The Business Times, 6 April 1998

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    12 1 TheBusinessT ffts MITA(P) 11Q/12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    S'pore escape recession? Economists are divided
    990 1  -  Forecasts average 2.6% growth for year bat some economists see negative growth in second half By< Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] With several of its neighbouring economies expected to go into recession soon, economists are divided on whether Singapore will be able to avoid slipping into
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    Lock icon S'pore-Indon trade finance plan could start this week
    925 1  -  From Yang Razali Kassim in London SINGAPORE'S trade financing scheme for Indonesia could start as early as this week once Jakarta and the International Monetary Fund formalise a new agreement on financial reforms, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said. The US$3 billion
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    Freeze on 7 Indon banks hailed; govt monitoring reactions
    916 1  -  From\ S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE freeze on the operations of seven Indonesian banks on Saturday has been widely welcomed by market analysts, but the government will be anxiously monitoring the reactions when the banking system re-opens for business today.
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    Lock icon Asem message expected to hit Tokyo markets
    1110 1  -  Summit leaders nnite to press Japan to kick-start economy From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE financial markets are expected to come under further pressure today, as market players digest the unequivocal message delivered at the just concluded EuropeAsia summit that the world could
    Source: Bloomberg; Source: Dow Jones  -  1,110 words
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      143 1 nvsziiß The move by Seagate's Prai disk drive plant will allow the company to meet last-minute product orders required by June, n LJ I fti MfHtHHUj Unveiling the new chip at the Penang plant to Asian journalists, Intel president and COO Craig Barrett pumped home a message of continuing commitment
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Asem agrees to review int'l financial system
      545 2  -  ASEM II SUMMIT Asia, Europe to find ways to moderate effects of speculation: PM Goh By Yang Razali Kassim ASIAN and European leaders have agreed to review the international financial system with a view to moderating the destabilising effects of currency speculation, said
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      Seagate M'sia plant rehiring ex-staff
      323 2  -  By, Jennifer Lien SEAGATE Technology is rehiring some former staff on a temporary basis in Malaysia, where it recently laid off 1,791 staff. The move by Seagate's Prai disk drive plant will allow Seagate to meet last-min-ute product orders required by June, said Nikkei BP
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      Lock icon Industrial water usage increases
      282 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Industry By\ David Boey EXCEPT for a slight dip in January, industry demand for water continued to grow during the first quarter of the year. Latest figures from the Public Utilities Board show that the average daily demand for water by non-domestic
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      Lock icon Mobil, S'pore close to deal on petrochemical plant
      411 2  -  Both sides said to be finalising details of proposed complex By: Ronnie Lim AN ANNOUNCEMENT on Mobil's proposed multi-bil-lion dollar petrochemical complex here is expected shortly, with officials from both the US company and the Singapore government thrashing out details, sources said.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon M'sian oil sector expects record 1998 investments
      409 3 KUALA LUMPUR Industry to pomp in BMl5b this year, RM56b over 5 yrs to 2001: Petron&s chief Bernama MALAYSIA'S oil and gas industry has not only been left unscathed by the regional economic turmoil and the world oil prices now at a historic
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      Lock icon Tolls on second link won't be cut says Samy Vellu
      305 3 ■JOHORBARU cost must be recovered, says Malaysian minister Bernama THERE will be no further reduction in the toll rates on the second link connecting Tanjung Kupang in Johor and Tuas in Singapore, Malaysian Works Minister Samy Vellu said yesterday. "I
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      Lock icon Mindanao deaths linked to El Nino drought
      222 3 MANILA AFP THE Philippines is the latest Asian nation to report hun-ger-related deaths from the El Nino weather phenomenon blighting parts of the region and other areas of the world, with 26 people reported to have died in the southern island of Mindanao.
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      Lock icon Malaysia to deport 1,029 Bangladeshis
      178 3 KUALA LUMPUR Illegal immigrants to be flown back to Dhaka by MAS AFP MALAYSIA will repatriate more than a thousand Bangladeshis this week as part of a continuing campaign to rid the country of illegal immigrants, a report said yesterday. Immigration director-gen-eral Aseh Che Mat
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      Lock icon Slam dunk, jumbo style
      48 3 [BANGKOK] The star from Jumbo Village, Wanphen the elephant, shooting basketball during a weekly elephant round-up yesterday in Sarin, 450 km north-east of Bangkok. Wanphen is one of some one hundred elephants who was trained for shows to attract tourists and locals alike. AFP
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      Lock icon Viets approve US$1b in foreign investment
      202 3 HANOI AFP VIETNAM approved nearly US$l billion (551.63 billion) in new foreign investment in the first quarter of this year, up 32 per cent over the same period last year, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported on Saturday. However, the number of newly
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Japanese banks forced to sell, trim US operations: analysts
      629 4 Financial woes at hoicne, lacklustre results abroad titled as causes Reuters [NE W YORK] Japanese banks are bailing out of the US market as debilitating financial tro übles at home and lacklustre results abroad force them to scale back or sell
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      Lock icon No yuan devaluation despite latest rate cuts: report
      282 4 AFP [BEIJING] China's latest round of interest rate reductions will not force it to devalue the yuan, officials were quoted as saying in a report yesterday. "Thanks to the support it lends to the country's economy, the latest interest rate cut will
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      Lock icon Biting into a cheaper burger
      79 4 [TOKYO] A Japanese woman eats a Big Mac outside one of the US burger chain's outlets in central Tokyo on Friday. Thanks to thefast advance of the dollar against the yen, the value ofa Big Mac which sells for 280 yen (553.38), has fallen to
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      Lock icon Manila's US$500m bond issue oversubscribed
      221 4 Response indicates confidence in the country: statement AFP [MANILA] A US$5OO million (*****.5 million) Philippine bond scheme launched in New York last week has been oversubscribed, indicating investor confidence in the country, an official statement said yesterday. Finance Secretary Salvador Enriquez told President Fidel Ramos
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      Lock icon Uncertainty returns to South Korean markets
      372 4 Factors cited: weak yen, strong pressure to depreciate yuan AFP [SEOUL] Uncertainty is mounting again in South Korea's financial markets as Japan appears headed for financial turmoil and China faces increasing pressure to depreciate the yuan, analysts said. Foreign investors, who had brought in
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      Lock icon IMF official expects Indon accord in about a week
      653 4 Progress made in all five areas of talks, says Fischer Reuters [JAKARTA] A top IMF official said yesterday reform negotiations with Indonesia were going well but declined to say how committed he thought the country's leaders were to the process. "Talks
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Taiwan fears more US anti-dumping tariffs
      606 5  -  Effect of duties on SRAM makers small, bot whole high-tech sector now at risk From. Laurence Eyton in Taipei THE US has slapped antidumping tariffs on Taiwanese static random access memory (SRAM) producers, sparking fears that other local high-tech companies could be hit as
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      Lock icon HK tourist arrivals fall 25%
      117 5 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG tourist arrivals dropped 25 per cent in January and February, with numbers from some Asian countries slumping by as much as 80 per cent, reports said yesterday. Figures released by the Hongkong Tourist Association show the number of tourists from North Asia
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      Lock icon China suffering from production glut: report
      279 5 SHANGHAI Reuters AFP CHINA'S economy is suffering from excess production with stocks of commodities surging, the official Wenhui 800 daily said yesterday. "Excessive production is very likely to become a shackle on further economic development and can lead to an economic slump," the daily
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      Lock icon In memory of Tiananmen
      46 5 [HONGKONG] A Hongkong resident reading about the 1989 military crackdown at Beijing's Tiananmen Square behind aposter ofa Chinese prodemocracy protester yesterday. The former British colony continues to hold events commemorating China's prodemocracy movement after it reverted to Chinese rule last July. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Beijing cracks down on illegal bank accounts
      284 5 BEIJING Managers me multiple accounts to embezzle, evade tax AFP [BEIJING] China's central bank is cracking down on illegal multiple accounts used by managers of state firms for embezzlement, tax evasion and hiding funds from creditors, a report said yesterday, "Many enterprises and
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      425 5 There's money to be made on the worlds sharemarkets* But which ones? USA 6,206,907 BRAZIL 136,664 TURKEY 26,529 JAPAN 1,498,560 MEXICO 108,530 KOREA 25,409 UK 1,284,817 SOUTH AFRICA 89,439 IRELAND 23,907 GERMANY 584,682 BELGIUM 75»53<> AUSTRIA 23,007 FRANCE 474,453 DENMARK 67,719 ISRAEL 22,362 SWITZERLAND.. 465,596 INDIA 53»4<>4 GREECE 22,253 NETHERLANDS
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Building firms seen as next victim of Japan's slump
      400 6 TOKYO Top contractor Shimizu expects 45b yen loss after huge write-off AFP DEBT-ridden construction firms could be the next victim of Japan's economic slump with heavy losses expected, after a string of collapses in the financial sector, analysts warn. "The construction
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      Lock icon No compromise on Aboriginal land rights bill: Aussie govt
      290 6 CANBERRA Reuters THE Australian government said yesterday it was not prepared to compromise on its Aboriginal land rights bill, ahead of a parliamentary vote this week on the bill that may clear the way for fresh elections. Special Minister of State
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      Lock icon Japan plans tax cuts worth 4t yen: report
      254 6 TOKYO Hashimoto expected to unveil move ahead of April 6-8 summit AFP JAPAN plans to include 4 trillion yen (5548.3 billion) worth of tax cuts in its package due in late April to stimulate the flagging economy, a newspaper said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon India will open food processing sector
      269 6 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA'S new finance minister seeks to play down fears that foreign investors will be totally excluded from the consumer goods sector. In an interview to be broadcast today by satellite channel Home TV, Yash want Sinha said the Hindu nation-alist-led government's
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      Lock icon Intel wants incentives for A$6b Aussie plant
      234 6 SYDNEY Some nations willing to give 40% capital rebate, it says AFP GIANT chip-maker Intel has reportedly demanded massive financial incentives in return for an As 6 billion (556.42 billion) investment in a factory in Australia. The Australian Financial Review said the US-based
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      Lock icon Daewoo chief hits out at Kim's economic reforms
      151 6 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's leading business mogul Kim Woo Choong of Daewoo Group openly challenged President Kim Dae Jung's economic reform policy, describing it as "excessive" in remarks published last Thursday. "The government policy towards chaebols must be reoriented," Mr Kim Woo
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Ex-E German spies now work for the CIA: report
      134 7 BONN AFP [BONN] The Bonn government suspects that former East German secret agents which spied on it are still operating today, for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to the latest edition of the weekly Focus. A senior German foreign
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      Lock icon US, France to resume talks on aviation pact
      349 7 PARIS Move seen to spur competition and posh down fares Bloomberg US AND French negotiators will resume talks today on an accord to expand access to each other's aviation markets, a French official said, a move which would stir up trans-Atlantic competition
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      Lock icon US March producer prices seen falling again
      517 7 WASHINGTON Declining energy prices, rising greenback help to keep lid on inflation Bloomberg FALLING energy prices and the rising US dollar have kept a lid on US inflation in recent months, and reports due out this week for March should carry the same
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      Lock icon Martin Luther's dream comes true in Memphis
      304 7 MEMPHIS, Tennessee Thousands of all races pay tribute on death anniversary AFP FOR the first time since civil rights leader Martin Luther King was gunned down on a motel balcony here 30 years ago, Americans of all colours came together in Memphis on
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      Lock icon The 20th Century's most influential
      349 7 NEW YORK Time releases first of six lists covering various fields AFP RONALD Reagan, Vladimir Lenin. Winston Churchill and Mohandas Gandhi are among the 20 most influential leaders of the 20th Century, according to a new list by Time magazine. The list is the first
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      Lock icon German jobless rate falls to 12.1% in March
      162 7 BONN Reuters GERMAN unemployment fell in March by nearly 200,000 from the previous month to 4.6 million, and the jobless rate fell to 12.1 per cent from 12.6 per cent of the labour force, the weekly press reported yesterday. The newspaper Welt
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      Lock icon Any coup plans by whites will be crushed: Mandela
      505 8 JOHANNESBURG S African president says he's in complete control and trusts security forces AFP ANY "sinister plans" to topple South Africa's black-led government by disgruntled whites would be squashed, President Nelson Mandela told a Sunday newspaper, after a report of a
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      Lock icon Reserve Bank, Absa group under probe after fraud claims
      271 8 JOHANNESBURG AFP SOUTH Africa's Reserve Bank and the Absa banking group are to be investigated after allegations of their involvement in fraud amounting to millions of dollars, the Sunday Independent newspaper said here yesterday. The report came after two British newspapers,
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      Lock icon Battle on the Riviera
      40 8 [CANNES] Japanese characters Ultraman (right) and Alien Benzen staging a fight on the French Riviera on Saturday. The famous Japanese heroes are promoting their television series as part of the MIP TV International Television tradefair. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Russia to pay some back wages this week
      176 8 MOSCOW AFP THE Russian government moved to end a wage arrears crisis affecting public sector workers by pledging to pay some of the outstanding salaries before Thursday's national day of protest. Acting Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko said on Saturday that the government
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      Lock icon Israeli Arabs clash with police
      151 8 SHFAR-AM, Israel AFP HUNDREDS of Israeli Arabs clashed with police overnight in northern Israel, causing some 20 injuries on each side, police said yesterday. The Arabs had gathered near Shfar-Am in lower Galilee to protest the demolition last Thursday of three homes built without official
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      Lock icon 63 killed in Ukraine coal mine blast
      379 8 KIEV Operations to locate miners still trapped in pit continuing AFP THE death toll from a coal mine blast in Ukraine rose yesterday with officials stating that 63 people had died in the methane gas explosion, double the previous estimate. A further 71
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      297 7 Information Security Trends, Issues Practices April 1998 Olivia In the Ist1 st Global Ernst Young Information Security Survey involving respondents from 29 countries including Singapore, results showed that three out of four respondents would expand their companies' use of the Internet for business transactions if the security of this medium
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      81 8 wL InT)> and we'll help you enhance your company profile Corporate celebrations are opportunities to have a total communication approach in enhancing your company profile to your business associates and customers. It may be a grand opening, launching ceremony, company anniversary, ISO certification, ground-breaking ceremony or a topping- out ceremony.
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Intel makes new chip launch an Asian affair
      608 9  -  Chip leader underlines commitment to Aria as manufacturing, design centre From Kenneth James in Periling OVER 20 major Asia-based original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) supported the launch here last week of Intel Corporation's Malaysia-made mobile Pentium II microprocessor, testimony to the chip giant's
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      Lock icon Millennium bug may delay IRS overhaul
      254 9 Washington Post [WASHINGTON] The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), worried about the time it will take to fix Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problems, has asked the Senate Finance Committee to delay several provisions of its Bill overhauling agency operations. The restructuring Bill would ease some
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      Asia to become second largest smart card market
      620 9  -  Anin mentality on security is nearer to that of Europe, says smart card maker By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Asia will be the second largest smart card market after Europe, said Jurgen Nehls, CEO of Cards Division, Giesecke Devrient, a German firm
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      Multi-channel TV: Cable vs wireless
      1018 10  -  The jury is still oat on which is the cheaper and better alternative Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Is cable the best way to deliver multichannel subscription television to homes, or is a wireless solution a better alternative? Judging from the way the experts are arguing
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      Microsoft helping SingTel to offer better Magix
      265 10 [SINGAPORE] Microsoft is helping Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) make its high-speed online information and video service, Magix, easier to use, and possibly cheaper, for consumers, Microsoft broadband and Internet business development manager Chong Yoke Sim told reporters last week. She was elaborating on
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    • IT TAKES
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        A new service on Singapore ONE
        117 10 [SINGAPORE] 1-Net, the infrastructure provider for Singapore ONE, has launched a service that will make it cheaper and more convenient for companies to deliver applications on the national high-speed multimedia network. Customers who take up this service can site their servers next to 1-Net's
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        Semiconductor seminar
        44 10 [SINGAPORE] Gartner Group, a US IT analyst firm, will organise a briefing on the worldwide semiconductor industry on April 27,8.30 am to 1 pm, at the Westin Hotel. Analysts will present their views on products, markets, technologies and the next silicon cycle.
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        New council for Computer Society
        58 10 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Computer Society (SCS) has announced its new council for 1998/99. The president is Mr Alex Siow. The vice-presidents are Mr Gerard Tan, Mr Saw Ken Wye, Mr Martin Tsang. The honorary secretary is Mr Ong Boon Kheng and the honorary treasurer is
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        SAP moves to new premises
        52 10 [SINGAPORE] SAP Singapore and SAPient College, SAP's training centre, has moved to new offices in UE Square from Chai Chee Industrial Park. The UE Square offices represent a $2 million investment and will house more than 70 staff. SAP's regional headquarters remains at Chai Chee
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        Cabletron CEO resigns
        43 10 [SINGAPORE] Cabletron Systems has announced that its Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Donald Reed as president and CEO effective immediately. Craig Benson, chairman of the board and a co-founder of the company, will assume Mr Reed's responsibility.
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        Tourism Technology Show
        54 10 [SINGAPORE] Service Tech Asia9B. the Tourism Technology Show, will take place on April 14 to 17 at Suntec City, in conjunction with Food Hotel Asia9B, the regional food and hospitality trade event Service Tech Asia will highlight a range of IT solutions for managing hotels, restaurants, shopping
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        J.D. Edwards expands in Singapore
        47 10 [SINGAPORE] J.D. Edwards, a US software Arm, opened its new US$2.5 million (Ss4 million) premises in Singapore last month. The new premises includes a solution centre. In May, J.D. Edwards will invest US$l million to set up a similar facility in Malaysia.
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        Internet conference
        39 10  -  -Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The conference, "Purchasing On The Internet", will be held on April 14 to 16 at the Shangrila Hotel. It will focus on business-to-business purchasing through the Internet, and include case studies.
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      No one will control the Net
      231 11 Askßill@BT Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates answers questions from BT readers There is wide concern that Microsoft is monopolising the electronic market in the road ahead. To what extent do yon view oompetitloa to be necessary and positive? Jason Shua Bill Gates: No
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      Integrated solution for transport industry
      198 11 [SINGAPORE] A home-grown IT firm now offers a set of integrated IT solutions targeted at the transport and logistics industry, covering freight operations, inventory management and shipment tracking. The solution, called Logistics/2000, comes from Ipacs Computer Services Singapore Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Ipacs Asia
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      ST Computer to manage Compaq's data centre ops
      111 11 [SINGAPORE] ST Computer Systems and Services Ltd has signed a $1.3 million contract to manage Compaq Computer's Asia-Pacific data centre operations. Compaq's data centre, based out of Singapore, supports its regional information technology operations, including production scheduling, data processing and regional network
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      It's all systems go, go, going for Dell Computer
      792 11  -  Trick is in the execution, says the man who keeps the systems in sync with Dell's high growth By] Kenneth James THE wonder isn't just that Dell Computer Corporation continues to break all the speed records for revenue and profit growth.
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      Lock icon Creditable N+I show despite crisis
      489 11  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] This year's Networld+lnterop (N+l) in Singapore was a smaller show, but performed creditably given the currency crisis, the networking show's participants told BusinesslT. The show was held in conjunction with the Asia Chief Executive (ACE) Forum, that attracted 75 CEOs
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      S'pore firms score at CeBIT'98
      287 11  -  By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE) This year's mega IT show, CeBIT'9B in Hannover, Germany, has proven to be lucrative for Singapore companies. Halfway through the world's largest IT show, many were already reporting "very good response" from visitors. Speaking to BusinesslT after returning from the sixday
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      Win9B – old wine in new bottle?
      925 12  - Win9B old wine in new bottle? Here's the good and bad news on the latest Microsoft operating system By, John Lui [SINGAPORE] Microsoft Corp is set to launch Windows 98, the successor to its hugely popular Windows 95 operating system (OS), on June 25. Does the software giant deliver the
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      StorageTek's new storage solution for NT users
      358 12  -  New business group formed to focus on open systems market By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based Storage Technology Corp (StorageTek) last week announced a new modular storage option that provides Windows NT users with the first combined solution targeted at the needs of medium
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Computer-based training products
        72 12 HOMEGROWN Communication Dynamics now offers computer-based training (CBT) systems from US-based Visible Systems Corp (for IT professionals), and from Innovative Knowledge Products (for general-purpose CBTs). Multimedia courses from Visible include topics such as client-server architecture, data-modelling, human interface design, project management and program design techniques. Innovative Knowledge
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        Leadtek launches 3D add-in cards
        76 12 TAIWAN'S Leadtek Research has launched Win Fast 3D SBOO add-in cards for 3D and 2D graphics and high-quality DVD video and audio playback on PCs. Hie company says this card eliminates the need for separate DVD chips and cards, costs the same as a graphics-only
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        Free upgrades for 3Com users
        58 12 SINGAPORE users of 3Com-US Robotics' X 2 modem can now get a free upgrade to the new 56K V.90 standard announced by the International Telecommunications Union Users can either call 3Com at *****10 or download the upgrade code at http:// www.3Com.Ccan/56k/ apr.html. Once downloaded, the
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        Bonus for Psion users
        62 12 USERS of Psion's Series 5 palmtops can now get a free upgrade to PsiWin 2.1 connectivity software, designed for Win 96 and NT. The software conies with an integrated messaging suite, with e-mail, fax and Web browsing facilities. Corporate users can also access Lotus Notes and
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        In Focus'now muldimedia projector
        64 12 IN FOCUS Systems Inc has launched the LP74O (above), an SXGA LCD data/video projector that offers a resolution of 1,280 by 1,024 pixels with 000 lumens, weighs 14 kg and is portable. Targeted at medical and engineering professionals who require high-resolution presentations, the product is available
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        Novell to bundle Oracle with NetWare
        58 12 A FIVE-USER version ofOracleß Data Server will be bundled with Novell's NetWare 4.11 and above from June. The bundling will also include sample applications built by developers and independent software vendors. Novell said NetWare users will get a powerful application platform far immediately tlniinping
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        Sun's free add-on for Java developers
        61 12  -  -Compiled by! Raju Chellam SUN Microsystems now offers a free electronic extension for developers using the Java Workshop 2.0 development tool. The extension provides support for the latest Java Foundation Class software 1.1. It also helps developers create scaleable programs fen* servers. Sun says
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      Melodic Chopin and nimble Bach
      590 14  -  Pianist Richard Dowling is a master of creating beautiful sounds, says p yvah P Y VAN American pianist Richard Dowling's recital last Friday evening at the DBS Auditorium covered a broad range of composers from the Baroque to the 20th century, including some of the
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      556 14  -  DANCE Frenchman Dominique Boi vin gives an overview of Western dance styles By* Chua Soo Pong THE audience at the Alliance Francaise last Friday was taken on an unusual journey by French dancer Dominique Boivin with his performance of My Vision of Dance Throughout
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      An odd choice of concerto
      366 14  -  MUSIC SSO guest pianist's virtuosity wasted on mediocre Medtner By Benjamin Loh ONE could not help but wonder why a relatively weak and unknown composition such as Nikolai Medtner's Piano Concerto No 1 in C minor, Op 33, was attempted at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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      Homegrown Plexchem eyes Nasdaq listing by '99
      476 15  -  Firm mulling over local listing in view of possible easing of Sesdaq roles By i Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Plexchem Technologies, which has captured a segment of the Asian plastic compound market, is planning to seek a listing on Sesdaq or Nasdaq by
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      234 15 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks are likely to fall this week amid persistent concern that South-east Asia's currency turmoil will keep interest rates high and hurt companies' profits. Real estate companies such as City Developments Ltd and DBS Land Ltd may decline. "Down, down, down,
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      722 15  -  MAUET MATTERS KL regulators most ensure measures are enforced consistently By Eddie Toh MUCH like its economy, the Malaysian stock market is undergoing major structural changes. Once the darling of the region, the bourse now has to endure a painful consolidation as excesses of the past return to
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        Lock icon Australia's Holyman to sell UK ferry unit to partner
        262 16 Reuters [SYDNEY] Shipping and transport group Holyman said yesterday it has agreed to sell its 50 per cent interest in UK unit Condor Ferries to its joint-venture partner Commodore Shipping Co Ltd. Holyman said the sale was subject to Condor's winning
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        Lock icon Latest H-share's steady debut set to lift sentiment
        333 16 Tanzhon Coal's firm performance likely to revive interest in China-related stocks Reuters [HONGKONG] Investors should show renewed confidence in China-related Hshares following the steady price performance of newly listed Yanzhou Coal Mining Co Ltd last week, analysts said. Shares of the Shandongbased
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        211 16 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Sanyo Electric Co Ltd on Friday slashed its profit forecast for the year to March 1998 after re-evalu-ating its assets. The major consumer electronics maker now forecasts a group pre-tax profit of 38 billion yen (***** million) for the year to March,
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        S Korea tops emerging markets in Q1
        321 16  -  Its 58% gain is ahead of Thailand's 43% and Philippines' 35% By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] South Korea reversed its fortunes in the first quarter of this year by becoming the best performing emerging market, topping even the gains made by developed countries, according
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        169 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR) Four Malaysian companies missed a March 31 deadline to submit their results for the year ended Dec 31,1997 and have been asked to furnish their announcements by April 15, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said. In a statement dated April 3,
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        411 16 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The race for British luxury carmaker Rolls Royce Motor Cars apparently has at least a few more laps to go. Now that Volkswagen AG (VW) has sweetened its offer, major shareholders of Rolls' parent Vickers pic are pushing the group
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        433 16 Investors rush into the high-growth export industry Reuters (BOMBAY] Investor frenzy over Indian computer software stocks will extend to the next millennium as local firms gear up to cash in on enormous growth opportunities. Strong demand for software services from western nations, changing global technologies
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        Lock icon Seiyu urges banks to give up 290b yen loans
        150 16 AFX-Asia (TOKYO) Seiyu Ltd has asked banks to give up 290 billion yen (553.5 billion) of loans to its debt-ridden non-bank unit, Tokyo City Finance, Yomiuri Shimbun reported. Seiyu has requested Dai-I-chi Kangyo Bank Ltd to abandon claims totalling 120 billion
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        333 16 Funds to be used to repay short-term debt, buy aircraft Reuters [CALGARY, Alberta] Canadian Airlines International Ltd, which recently reported its first annual profit in a decade, is in talks with a Canadian brokerage about a financing deal that could be
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        106 16 AFX—Asia [SEOUL) Kia Motors Corp is seeking a US$l-US$l.5 billion (Ssl.6-$2.4 billion) capital injection from Ford Motors as part of the former's rehabilitation plans, the Seoul Economic Daily quoted a senior Kia official as saying. He said an outcome on Kia's talks with Ford is
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        238 17 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp has offered to meet the Senate Judiciary Committee's request for sensitive internal documents by making them available in the offices of the company's lawyers. The most sensitive pricing information would be edited out of the documents, said William
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        591 17 Offer price of NZ$&B5 could raise asmachasNZs&Bb Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Ameritech Corp said it will offer its quarterstake in Telecom Corp of New Zealand at NZ$B.B5 a share, raising as much as NZ$3.B billion (553.4 billion) if the underwriters of the sale take
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        377 17 Boost from track unit's turnaround, stronger profits at aerospace division Bloomberg [STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG, Germany's largest industrial company, indicated second-half profit rose 9 per cent not counting a tax effect, boosted by a turnaround at its truck unit. Second-half profit rose
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        282 17 Reuters [CHICAGO] Motorola Inc is expected to report today firstquarter earnings significantly lower than last year's but in line with analysts' revised expectations. Motorola's results are due after today's market close. The technology giant typically kicks off the corporate earnings season, and this quarter
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        47 17 [BEIJING] University graduates checking out jobs at a booth for US-based entertainment giant Universal Studios on Saturday at a job fair here. Despite painful economic and governmental reforms taking place in China, it's still one of thefastest-growing economies in the world. AFP
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        Korea First Bank to shut down S'pore operations
        357 19  -  Under pressure from debt burden, it will dose 8 of its 10 international offices By\ Sboeb Kagda {SINGAPORE] Hit by the foreign debt crisis, Korea First Bank (KFB) will shut down its Singapore operations by the end of the year as part
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        431 19 IMTs record earnings bolstered by sale of non-core businesses Bloomberg [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments, the world's biggest mutual fund company, said net income increased 27 per cent to a record, bolstered by profits from the sale of businesses that have nothing to do with managing
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        59 19 [DAMASCUS] A man holding the new Syrian £I,ooonote, worth about Ss3l, in Damascus last week. The currency, issued by the Syrian Central Bank, carries the picture of President Hqfez al-Assad for the first time and bears a replica of Arab money in circulation
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        Mutual fund boom feeding European bull markets
        501 19  -  Retail fond inflow in main EU nations was 350b marks in 1)7 By Neil Behrmann {LONDONI A mutual fund boom in Europe is spurring European equity markets to new heights. Total retail mutual fund sales of the five major European nations Germany, France,
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        Lock icon Salomon Smith Barney ups US stock weighting
        335 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Salomon Smith Barney has recommended that investors increase their US stockholdings to 60 per cent of their portfolio from SO percent Strategist John Manley cut his recommended bond holdings to 40 per cent from 45 per cent and lowered the
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        405 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] NationsBank Corp has won approval from a federal regulator to combine its Texas business with the rest of its banking operations, although state regulators are fighting the move in a federal court. Nationsßank is seeking to combine its units in
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        551 20  -  MMt!| Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya, S&P MMS Singapore This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product [SINGAPORE] The highlight of this holiday-shortened week will be the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meeting on April 8-9. MMS believes that
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        808 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Grains and vegetable oils slid last week after the US Department of Agriculture's report on Tuesday predicting the size of areas to be planted next season. The USDA figures showed that fanners are turning to vegetable oils
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        70 21 MAGNUM Corp is a stock with a resilient streak. Being the leading 4D operator in Malaysia, it managed to achieve 10 per cent growth in turnover for FY97. It is cash rich with strong cashflows. Operating profit for FY97 grew 24 per cent. The market has already discounted
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        261 21 Source: Analysed by Peter Coker, a director of Bridge Int'l Broking l«lfttivi8tno|thbdai RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting divergences (sell
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        198 21 Market outlook THE Straits Times Industrials Index closed at 1,551.51, down 6.2 per cent for the week. The overall market was dragged down by bad sentiment and lack of interest ahead of holidays this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index still remains strong but the Nikkei is showing
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        95 21 WONG'S Circuits obtains 95 per cent of revenues from contract manufacturing of printed circuit boards and is expected to enjoy gross profit margins of2o-25 per cent due to economies of scale and increased capacity. With a wide range of clients, the risk of lower revenues as a result
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        Lock icon Bullish Wall Street lifts Footsie to new record
        287 22 LONDON AFP EUROPEAN stock markets rose to new records last week, with London's Footsie also helped by a soaring Wall Street. The FTSE Index of 100 leading shares closed on Friday at 6,064.2 points, up 124.9 points, or 2.1 per cent, from
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        Lock icon Dow crosses 9,000 but falls back on profit-taking
        458 22  -  NEW YORK Bourse expected to power ahead after investors get over millennial jitters By, Andrew Marks ANALYSTS attributed the failure of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to remain atop the 9,000 mark to a combination of jitters at breaching a new 1,000-point
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        366 22 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices face a grim week ahead with foreign investors likely to pull out as the economy nears recession, analysts said on Friday. "Tokyo stocks will go down further in the next week, possibly below the 15,000-point level, due
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        Lock icon Weak Japan bourse expected to put pressure on Hang Seng
        355 22 HONGKONG Reuters WORRIES about Japanese markets look set to drag Hongkong stocks lower in coming days, and investors could shy away from taking positions with the week cut short by holidays on Monday and Friday, analysts said. "You can't rule
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        878 22 Sydney +8J MORE bad news from Asia and the prospect of a general election will dampen trade in the week ahead, analysts said on Friday, noting that all eyes would be on domestic jobs data. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, ended the
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        1400 22 QFirii +12L71 FRENCH stocks fell from record highs on Friday, led by exporters like l'Oreal SA, after a decline in the dollar reduced earnings expectations of companies which sell goods in the US currency. The benchmark CAC Index fell 3.86 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3,932.02,
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        Lock icon Selling pressure seen on KL stocks
        346 23 AFP P Composite Index 4L14 MALAYSIAN stocks are likely to trade cautiously with a downward bias after recording an 8.4 per cent fall on moderate turnover on Friday, analysts said. "Uncertainties over the Japanese economy are sidelining investors and if the yen continues to
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        190 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy SOMETIMES, close-to-expiry warrants are worth a close look, especially those that are not too far out-of-the-money. As expiry draws nearer, the issue of exercising becomes important, and if the share price is very close to the exercise price, an interesting
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        421 26 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grentell Research Source: JM Sassoon Stacks Volume Easyknit HKKk 63,788.000 •Renong Bhd 50c 56,753,000 •Uniphoenix 51,424,000 •Rekapacific Bh 46,078,000 •M Resources 43,814,000 SingTel 15c 38,299,000 *MBf Capital 37,145,000 U Xin 10c 33,658,000 •Befjaya Group 29,580,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 29,574,000 Stacks SIA Foreign 127,995,955 SingTel 15c 107,320,460 DBS
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        56 26  -  by Shiv Taneja OCBC Foreign closed 30 cents lower on Friday at $8.40 on a volume of 2.54 million shares,compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.26 million shares. According to the daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics, trading over the medium term will be mostly sideways with
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        Technical rebound seen but it's not expected to last
        670 26  -  the webs ahead Plunging yen, wobbly Indon situation and worries of more corporate failures in Malaysia likely to cast shadow on local market By R Sivanithy TO SAY that local stocks face an uncertain week ahead would be an understatement. Just
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      267 26 BUSINESS Notices To advertise call toll-free 1800-*****83 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF IBAPTELTD (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 (1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) that the Final
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      639 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF UNITED R' PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Al an Kxtraordinary General Meeting of the members of UNITED R' PTE I.TD duly convened and held at 10 Anson Road #18-06 International Plaza Singapore *****3
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      250 26 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF JUST TAY BROTHERS INVESTMENT (S) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of The Companies Act. Chapter SO. that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company
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      314 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BLACKWELL COMPANY PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP Atan Extraordinary General Meeting of Blackwell Company Pte Ltd convened and held at A-08 Bintang Pantai Condominium 88 Jalan Bukit Pantai ***** Kuala Lumpur Malaysia on 31st March 1998,
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      281 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE is some increased activity in the handy/ handymax sector and a few "less distressed" sales being reported. Demolition sales continue to be concluded at relatively steady levels. However ts can be misleading as the final price paid at the time of closing
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      239 27 .J! *L Cj#T DUtrftutton 0.465 -0.04 45 ChWlNV 0.505 -0.005 SI ftyaWartmaH _0i7t -0.02 11 sasr— sj HMSwHup 0.58 -0.01 1*1 E2£Z=?S J Y> 0- 53 aot 21 JuranaSMpyart 7.7 -0.1 n RwriCwp 4.44 -ai 1062 Mppoi rtis 4J« ao4 203 Koppal Marin* 1.67 -0.02 252 -002 602
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      552 27  -  Owners, operators of S'pore registered ships that get detained would have to face the music By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is stepping up inspection of foreign vessels calling at the port in its efforts to
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      Studies upbeat about future of container shipping port operations
      654 27  -  LDIER SCENE By\ David Hughes THE current economic turmoil in Asia is clearly having its effects on the bottomlines of the container shipping lines. Neptune Orient Lines' results last week show that. But suggestions made at the start of the region's
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      569 27 Reuters [MIAMIJ US cruise behemoth Carnival Corporation on Friday swallowed up the Queen Elizabeth II and its British parent Cunard Line once a trans-Atlantic transport titan, now an also-ran in an era of entertainment cruising. Carnival, the biggest cruising company in the
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      1082 28  -  HONOKOMO PORT Authorities see benefits from promoting interdependence of ports in the region and good relations with China By Peter Thompson The writer is chairman of the Hongkong Port Development Board in Hongkong Hongkong people are focused on getting the best out of combining Hongkong's
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      352 28 PAGE Ethiopian 6 ANl 3 Eyer( J r n Accord 8 F4n M Ahrenkiel M F °ongSufl Appenship 5 Frota IS AsiaOCL 15 FrtLJrts M Astro 3 CUnk 4 Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Avant 16 Genshpg B tang Has 8 Glory Nav K>
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        557 43 Vesspl Voy Mo Brth Arrtvil Ptffwturt Jrai Nrt Bt Kop Put 7 *****8 J01 oiongsido 05.04/1700 tt Surioti 4 *****8 J01 olongside 05.04/2300 Este Fresco 01/98 J15 olongside 07.04/0700 W Rip Moll 01 J17 oiongsido 10.04/1500 Km Jyo 20 J22 olongside 06.04/0600 Tropic«l 42 03/98 J1S olongside 06.04/2300
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1409 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnf/BalMCt Rstts Ship voy Wo Ett/Btr Nrtod fro* To froa fci wmxm om ot/uoo m ovmo ovmm ovmm OVBM oywt ovmo U 0VI7M HMN OtAMO a ovmo otflu* o4/owo 1 04/0700 ot/m 04/MM 4 04/12M 04/MM 04/17M talMtt UU 07/0700
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        203 43 Apr® Hong Kong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 7 Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Apr* Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Maundy Thursday. Apr 10 Australia: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Ireland
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        900 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ud, shows price ranges In US dollars Instead ot single prices for s more comprehensive description ot the market. Prices shown are baaed on avsragi ilsed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        344 43 Cartas NO Mm M15 2.0 TT.4 0 J1 O.W Mar 26 Daasitv Malar BatMm AM AJaaMaa Sathaaat Na atoM £25 12 2 10 0 1 MO An OMJ OJ 14.4 0.06 30 0.02 toe MO Mai M2J 0.9 1IJ O.O 64 0.06 ■W »M*» —M- Haataaa63S
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        622 44 Bat smaller carriers serving domestic and regional routes face bleaker future Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asia's national airlines are likely to survive the regional economic meltdown even though many are in dire financial straits, aviation analysts said. Governments in the region are
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        142 44 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Lockheed Martin Corp of Forth Worth, Texas is being awarded a firm-fixed-price contract of U*****.35 million (*****.2 million) to provide for eight F-16 aircraft, alternate mission equipment and ferry preparation, the Department of Defense said. DOD said the work, taking place at
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        260 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan opened the world's longest suspension bridge yesterday after 10 years of work and spending of 1.3 trillion yen (5515.6 billion). Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako attended the opening ceremony for the 3,911-metre-long Akashi Kaikyo bridge across the Akashi Strait between
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        84 44 AFP [BEIJING] Germany's Lufthansa airline has started a daily non stop service between Beijing and Frankfurt, regional vice-president Manfred Reimer said. "Lufhansa is very pleased to be the first European airline to offer daily non-stop service to Beijing," Mr Reimer said in a faxed statement.
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        582 44 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's privatisation agency may have misled parliament over the controversial sale of a 40 per cent stake in national carrier Air Lanka to the Emirates airline of Dubai, two legislators from the ruling party said Sunday. The privately-owned press also
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        227 44 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Qantas Airways Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd are well placed to withstand any loss of business from Asia's economic troubles, and do not face any risk of having their credit ratings cut, Standard Poor's Corp said.
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      20 27 Hongkong port: Cooperation is key to future Authorities see benefits from promoting interdependence of ports in the region. Page 2
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      1260 31 55 VOY B*N KUA POil PKQ PgH 84.W BUR BA WK MUM VOJOAM PJL 1278 23/04 MALACCA QLORY PJL 1285 15/04 23/04 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN A CIS COUNTRIES l E AZARBAUAN ARMENIA. KAZAKHSTAN, UZBEKISTAN. TURKMENISTAN. KIRGISTAN. TAOZHIKISTAN A GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS, BIK AGENT X
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      2397 31 DIRECT SAILING 1 TO SHANGHAI A XIN6AN6 J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHINTON WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-o«MSHDG SAUS/IKGS *****41/43 INWARD Din (D/ 0) s *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD I CI NO: **********00 TOWIR TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT
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      1297 32 EUROf^K/SCANPtNAVIA/yiNtANP/RUSSIA rSGPI ROM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV I LHV THP ROM ANW HOG PKL SGP E DELUXE RW-002 11/04 01/05 06/06 02/06 04/06 #5/05 16/06 E GLEEFUL RE 062 08*3 10/03 09AH 11/03 13/03 08*4 17/04 E OELIGHT RW-002 11/04 06/15 20/06 16/06 11/06 10/05 20/06 E. REWARD RE-020
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      815 32 m. AM MAU-NcLS S rllHc M'SIA Carrier MN COUTH LINES, INC l~f\~/\~ J QX NOi 130W7M0008 SOU: (o*4) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****24 W PENANO: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MPN: (61) *****3 KUCHHQ (062) *****1-3 MANILA OENOA/MRCELONA MV "ANRO TEMASEK"
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      384 32 NANTAI LINE I FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VBSa I VOT 1 SIH I PUJ I PUi I gT I r/mT NAWUWIKI tO?1S 07/04 20/N MM RjjjMjggS ¥02tS 14/04 22/04 H/D4 30/85 tt/05 GOIDBI PtAGOW V.004S 21/04 30/04 05/05 01/05 imrcufgss mis 30/04 14/05 17/05 jjjjjjyjga VO27S 09/05
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      912 34 MANGKOK/LAEM CHAIAWO JA K AWT A/PA NJA NO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN KITIBHUM" 48N 07/04 10/04 DEJA BHUM 742S 07/04 10/04 09/04 NANTA BHUM 388N 07/04 11/04 10/04 XETHA BHUM 229S 08/04 11/04 SI NO OCEAN OCNQ67 08/04 11/04 XETHA BHUM ***** 09/04 11/04
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      454 34 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0206 TEL: *****88 FAX: *****64 TLX R*****5 SINMER CR No: **********0W Receiving Cargo at PTI Blntulu I Musra I ynsu voY sin m mv* mua ISem V9807E 10-11/D4 14/04 WOSI MlO/04 15/ M Iklei V9805E 14-17/04 72/04 M Gold VWO7E 14-15/04
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      50 37 To retrieve more schedules, just follow these simple steps... document ial 740-6000^^^P^^ tep be faxed m A Wjj° y U Press"l" TkSelect the port Step key in the four y number /M digit code Key in your Example: ——i fax number To NEW YORK (NYC) 2275 •for calls within Singapore
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