The Business Times, 8 May 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    76 1 FOBEX BITES uss St USS 1.824 £(USS/S$ per L«1 UN DM 1.771 0.918 yen im iar SO 3.8M 0.422 HICt 7.749 0ill 6AHT 18.72 0.042 RUPIAH 9,460 1017* 'St to lOOvnta FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 7.79 KUALA LUMPUR 1150 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 1475 MANILA _ttl0 HONGKONG 10.25 TABS 8.88 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Asian currencies taken for a roller-coaster ride
    625 1  -  More volatility expected in the near-term By: Larry Wee [SINGAPORE! It looked like the start of another run on regional currencies yesterday, but market players were relieved when some semblance of stability returned before the day was done. The Indonesian rupiah initially fell
    Source: Bloomberg; Source: ANZ Investment Bank  -  625 words
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    STII swings back after early 50-point fall
    194 1 [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday mirrored the fall of the Singapore dollar, falling almost 50 points before ending the day at 1,428.5 for a loss of 19.9 points on the day. Brokers attributed the bounce to bargain hunting and short-covering by
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    Lock icon Greenspan suggests banks pay govts for guarantees
    339 1 This could prevent excessive risk-taking, he says Bloomberg, Reuters [CHIGAGO] Federal Reserve chairman Alan .Greenspan said yesterday that making banks pay governments a fee for a "sovereign guarantee" might help prevent the kind of excessive risk-taking at play in the Asian financial crisis
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    Jakarta hikes rates to defend rupiah
    866 1  -  10-point rise helps stem currency's plnnge From Greg Earl in Jakarta INDONESIA hiked interest rates by around 10 percentage points yesterday in a new attempt to defend the crumbling rupiah from widespread loss of investor confidence following this week's protests against energy price increases.
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    Lock icon Suharto off to Cairo
    101 1 BernamaXinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia's President Suharto will leave for Cairo tomorrow to attend the eighth summit meeting of the Group of 15 (G-15) countries from May 11 to 13, a senior official said. The G-15 summit is expected to discuss the current world situation, including the international
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    Ripples from rupiah's fall
    576 1  -  The currency's renewed troubles bring to the fore three hitherto I neglected aspects of the region's crisis, says Tlknun I Vikram Khanna THE collapse, or rather, re-col-lapse, of the Indonesian ruplah, which has dragged down other Asian currencies and some stock markets, blows away some of
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      138 1 DISDMB We look at why developers stayed clear of the tender for the new downtown site, Pf 2 Trade between Singapore and China soared 24% in the first three months of this year, maintaining the mnm«ntnm generated last year, Pf 2 ;*.'"4* v: f -t -i 9 KUbnfuM The Kuala
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      41 1 USs4lb done deal Faster than you can put your car in drive, Daimler and Chrysler have sewn up the biggest industrial merger in the US. Full report, plus merger trends in the US and impact on Japanese car makers, Pg 10
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      62 1 Economist sees pressure for yuan devaluation, Pg 4 vl Double C rings Yellow. white and rose gold bands. Yellow gold or pav£ diamonds "C. a For Mother's Day 35 I X SINGAPORE S MIIXBNIA WALK GROUND FLOOR 001-22/23 TEL 33* 0183 NCEE ANN CITY TOWER B GROUND FLOOR TH. TS4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Analysts: office building value could fall up to 40%
      405 2  -  Pessimism reflecting peer demand could account for lack of interest in Marina Boulevard site By. Ang Wan May THE VALUE of prime office buildings could fall by as much as 40 per cent over the next couple of years, say analysts.
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      S'pore-China trade soars 24% in Q1
      352 2  -  Strong showing follows 31% surge in China trade in' 97 By\ Lu Ning TRADE between Singapore and China soared 24 per cent in the first three months of this year, maintaining the strong momentum generated last year. Benefiting from a depreciation of the local
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      BG Lee to open seminar on Asia crisis
      133 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will open a twoday seminar on Tuesday that is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the World Bank's Economic Development Institute. The seminar, supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Swiss Agency
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      Lock icon More room for civil society in future: Tommy Koh
      411 2 The Straits Times CIVIL society will enjoy more room in future as it is now in a new phase in its historical development, Ambassa-dor-at Large Tommy Koh said yesterday. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's agenda, he noted, was to allow more
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      Lock icon F&B revenue down 12% in Feb
      292 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Food and beverage Dy. Frances Lui FOOD and beverage revenue fell 12.3 per cent year-on-year in February, the worst fall in recent years, preliminary figures from the Singapore Tourism Board show. Total F&B revenue amounted to $128.3 miUion in February.
      Source: STB  -  292 words
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      SingTel looking into higher charges for local calls
      390 3  -  Operators now less able to subsidise local services By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications is considering "rebalancing its tariffs" that is, increase local call charges to offset falling international call rates. But that could be some months away as it
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      Layoffs not confirmed, says Digital S'pore
      384 3  -  Report says Compaq will cut 15,000 jobs as part of merger By. Annette Pau EXECUTIVES of Digital Equipment Corp Singapore yesterday said they were unaware of rumoured layoffs of up to 15,000 employees in the group as a result of the Com-paq-Digital merger. Compaq's
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      Chan Bros, Air NZ set up Kiwi destination loyalty club
      386 3 Perks for first-time NZ visitors who return for 2nd trip LOCAL travel agency Chan Brothers Travel has tied up with Air New Zealand to launch Singapore's first destination loyalty programme, the Chan's World Kiwi Club. Under the programme, first-time visitors
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      Software piracy a drag on S-EA's tax revenues
      333 3 SOFTWARE Piracy will cost ,South-east Asian governments some U*****.9 million i(Ssl.l billion) in foregone tax revenues by the year 2001, triiple the U*****.3 million it icost them in 1996, says a Price Waterhouse study on the contribution of the software industry to
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      798 2 ID jf'f l I TORONTO I I i| I CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF I As at October 31 INCOME For the years ended October 31 IB H (millions of dollars) B| assets 1997 1996 (millions of dollars except for per share amounts) fit® Cash Resources 1997 199f) f|j
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Thai stocks recover despite jitters over Indonesia, local banks
      461 4  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI stocks clawed back into positive territory as finance and energy shares rose, with investors shrugging off worries over Indonesia and jitters caused by a downgrade of Thai banks by a US ratings agency into junk
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      KL market firms on strong trade data
      358 4  -  Bnt bourse likely to. drift downwards in short term: analysts From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market recovered all of what it lost earlier in the day yesterday following the release of a positive set of trade data but the
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      Peso plummets on rupiah's slide, talk of yuan devaluation
      338 4  -  From, Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine peso fell sharply yesterday after reports swept the markets that China was planning to devalue the yuan and Indonesia's rupiah sank to 10,000 against the US dollar. Trading at the Philippines Dealing System saw
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      Chinese economist sees pressure for gradual yuan devaluation
      587 4  -  Central bank official dismisses comments as economist's 'personal opinion' From! Shahiron Sahari in Sydney CHINESE policymakers are divided over whether to devalue the yuan and may decide on a "gradual adjustment" in order to avoid disruptions in regional markets, a leading Chinese
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      Hang Seng slips under 10,000 in futres-led decline
      443 4  -  From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG shares fell for a fourth straight session and the Hang Seng Index slipped below the key 10,000 level as investors fled amid rising uncertainty over the local economic situation and overseas markets. Brokers said concerns
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      Lock icon China has no reason to devalue yuan, says Tung
      398 4  -  ASIA SOCIETY CONFERENCE Country has healthy trade surplus, rising inflow of foratyi funds Reports Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THERE is nb reason for China |o devalue its renminbi as its economy has been doing fine 90 far this year, pointed
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      Lock icon Interbank rate jumps to 7.5% as Sing $ falls
      352 4  - Interbank rate jumps to 7.5% as Sing falls Bat rise was not sustained, indicating over-reaction By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The benchmark three-month interbank rate rose sharply yesterday to an intra-day high of 7.5 per cent in a knee-jerk reaction to the decline in the Singapore dollar but the rise
      Source: Reuters  -  352 words
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      Do more to help absorb Asia exports, Japan urged
      403 4 World trade flows could be at risk, speakers warn INTERNATIONAL trade flows could be de-stabilised if Japan does not do more to help absorb an expected flow of exports from the crisis-hit South-east Asian economies. This warning came from speakers at
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      Lock icon M'sia's March trade surplus widens
      418 5 But analysts see RM3.72b surplus as not export-led Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's trade surplus widened to 3.72 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ssl.6 billion) in March as the cooling economy eroded demand for imports. The value of exports rose mainly because the slide in the ringgit swells
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      Lock icon KL unit to help firms get quicker govt payments
      433 5 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has set up a special unit to help private companies get quicker payments for projects they carry out for the government, Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. He said the division within the Finance Ministry would
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      US stands to gain by aiding Asia recovery: BG Lee
      456 5  -  Crisis offers rare chance to increase its strategic stake Fromi Conrad Raj in Washington THE current Asian crisis offers America a rare chance to increase its economic, financial, and strategic stake in the region; and in helping the stricken countries
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon US urges restraint on all sides to ease Indon riots
      420 6 WASHINGTON Jakarta advised to allow peaceful protests; Australia echoes concerns Reuters THE United States expressed concern on Wednesday about violent demonstrations in Indonesia and urged the authorities to let peaceful protests take place. Because of the disturbances, the State Department
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      Lock icon S-EA braces for dengue epidemic
      343 6 JAKARTA AFP SOUTH-EAST Asian countries are bracing for their worst dengue fever epidemic in years, one that is expected to peak this month or next, officials said. Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines are likely to suffer most from the mosqui-to-borne disease which has claimed the
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      Sales tax on Sarawak lottery, palm oil?
      188 6 KUALA LUMPUR THE Sarawak state government may impose sales tax of between 5 per cent and 10 per cent on lottery tickets and palm oil, Deputy Chief Minister George Chan Hong Nam was quoted as saying yesterday. The Star newspaper quoted Dr Chan,
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      US firm must stop operations in Thai gulf: Hun Sen
      349 6  -  Cambodia, Thailand dispute over area has to be settled first From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok A MAJOR American oil company operating in disputed offshore areas in the Gulf of Thailand must delay its exploration until Thailand and Cambodia settle their
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      Lock icon Court: govt cannot sell San Miguel shares yet
      249 6 MANILA Bloomberg A PHILIPPINE anti-graft court said the government can't sell a 27 per cent stake in San Miguel Corp until the court resolves questions about its ownership. In the latest twist In a 12year battle over the controlling stake in the
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  • PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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      Lock icon Race hots up as Philippine elections draw near
      893 7  -  Opinion polls favour Estrada, but there are doubts that their results can be taken at face value By. Al Labita [MANILA] THREATS of revolt and protests permeate the air as the 10 candidates trade charges of trying to rig the elections through
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      567 7 wraf Wassail Asia Pacific Ltd NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be hekj at Gateway Room 4, Level 2, The Pan Pacific Hotel. Marina Square. 7 Raffles Boulevard, Singapore *****5 on 28 May 1998 at 2.30 p.m.
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      China can head off recession: economist
      319 10  -  SINGAPORE Fundamental data not worrying; its response to looming problems rapid and sensible, he says Hy Lu Ning CHINA may be "just entering the early stages of a painful adjustment" to Asia's financial crisis, but it has the resources to avoid an economic recession,
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      Lock icon A picture paints ten thousand miles
      84 10 [TONGLING, Anhui) Chinese artist Zhu Meilin and his wife Liu Ling looking at Ten Thousand Miles Yangzi River Whole View, his painting of China's longest river. Mr Zhu and his wife are pictured at their home in Tonglingcity in central Anhui province. The artist
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      Lock icon China blasts US for cutting textile quotas
      270 10 BEIJING US says USsl.7m of Chinese-made goods shipped illegally Reuters CHINA'S Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation yesterday criticised the US for cutting Beijing's textile quotas over allegations that Chinese firms illegally transshipped goods through Hongkong. The US government, citing evidence that
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      Lock icon Taiwan trade surplus dives 88% in first 4 months
      382 10 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S trade surplus plummeted 87.6 per cent year-on-year to US$2OO million (*****.7 million) in the first four months of 1998 amid falling exports to crisis-hit Asia, a finance ministry official said yesterday. Authorities and economists, meanwhile, feared an export
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      Lock icon Jiang unfazed by cheaper Asean exports
      304 10 BEIJING Reuters CHINA does not fear export competition from South-east Asian countries whose currencies have crumbled in the regional financial crisis, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said yesterday. In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Mr Jiang said China's first quarter trade figures indicated that the
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      Lock icon Taiwan may tap China to fight year 2000 bug
      262 10 TAIPEI Reuters TAIPEI may need to turn to rival China to help rid Taiwan's industrial backbone one million small and midsized firms of the "millennium bug" lurking in its computers, an industrial leader said yesterday. Taiwan and its huge hightechnology industry
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      794 10 HAW PAR HEALTHCARE LIMITED A member of the £$)HaU#par Group (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the 61st Storey, (JOB Plaza 1, 80 Raffles Place, Singapore *****4 on
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      331 10 BUSINESS ()t(C( S I" ;icl\crlisc call toll-free lS0t)-~4l 18X3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Goh Eng Soon of Blk 607 Bedok Reservoir Road #09-640 Singapore *****7, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Winecatyers located at Blk 1001 Eunos Avenue 8, #04-04 Singapore *****6,
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      373 10 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tay Boon Chai of 166 Waterloo Street #03-168 Singapore *****3, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Mart 81 Enterprise located at 307 Joo Chiat Road Singapore *****8, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Aussie jobless at 7-year low in April
      274 11 SYDNEY AFP Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate hit a seven-and-a-half year low yesterday, breaching what Treasurer Peter Costello said was a psychological barrier. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said unemployment fell in April to 7.9 per cent, seasonally adjusted, from 8.2 per cent the
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      Lock icon India's slow 2.6% export growth sparks concern
      324 11 BOMBAY Businesses call for radical remedial measures AFP INDIAN exports recorded one of their lowest annual growth rates in the year to March, prompting calls by business lobbies yesterday for radical steps to reverse the trend. Exports for the fiscal 1997-98 year rose
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      Lock icon S Korean industry giants set restructuring plans
      362 11 Hyundai, LG,SK to raise funds, spin off non-core businesses, sell assets SEOUL AFP HYUNDAI and other South Korean industrial giants unveiled major restructuring programmes yesterday to reinvent their over-stretched business empires built on reckless borrowing. Hyundai said it would raise US$B.5 billion (5513.6
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      Lock icon Saying a final farewell to a rock idol
      81 11 [TOKYO] Police pushing back screaming young female fans of late rock star Hideto Matsumoto. a member of the now-disbanded rock group X Japan, as the coffin leaves Tokyo's Tsukiji Honganji Temple after the funeral yesterday. The rock star was found hanging by
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      Lock icon NZ govt expected to trim growth forecast to 2.3%
      362 11 WELLINGTON Interest rates seen falling as domestic demand stays weak Bloomberg NEW Zealand's government looks set to trim its growth forecasts in next week's budget, fueling expectations that credit costs could slide through 1998 as domestic demand remains weak and Asia's
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      873 11 Haw Par Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Twenty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be heid at the 61st Storey. UOB Plaza 1, 80 Raffles Place, Singapore *****4 on 3 June 1998 at 2.00 p.m.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon UK seen to lose US$243b equities if it joins euro
      346 12 LONDON Germany will receive largest asset inflow followed by Italy: HSBC report Reuters IF BRITAIN joined the European single currency, US$243 billion (*****.5 billion) of assets would flow out of domestic equities into European markets, HSBC said in a report
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      Lock icon EU central bank chief vows to buttress euro
      403 12 BRUSSELS US dollar slips after Duisenberg pledges tight monetary policy Bloomberg WIM Duisenberg emerged from the controversy over his appointment as European Pentral Bank (ECB) president and promptly knocked the US dollar down by pledging a tight monetary policy to defend the
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      Lock icon Dishing out the votes
      88 12 [VOSSEBEL, The Netherlands) A resident of Coevorden village on Wednesday casting his vote in the Dutch general elections at a polling station set up in the kitchen of a family home. The house has been used as a polling station for this northern Dutch community ofl
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      Lock icon Chirac, Kohl bury the hatchet, launch sovereignty initiative
      345 12 AVIGNON, France AFP FRENCH President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl set aside their differences to announce a joint initiative yesterday on the thorny issue of national sovereignty in the European Union. Meeting for a two-day summit that came on the
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      Lock icon Joblessness likely to trouble most G-7 states: polls
      281 12 LONDON Reuters UNEMPLOYMENT is likely to trouble many of the world's leading economies for some time to come, with the US and Britain the only Group of Seven nations with little to worry about, according to a series of Reuters polls. The
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      Lock icon US growth 'moderate to strong', inflation low: Fed
      432 13 WASHINGTON Labour markets remain tight; consumer spending generally robust Bloomberg THE Federal Reserve's latest reading on the US economy suggests growth was "moderate to strong in March and April" with inflation absent. "Expansion was occurring in nearly all districts," except those served
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      Lock icon US goes to WTO over EU members' tax practices
      186 13 WASHINGTON AFP THE US has gone to the World Trade Organisation to challenge income tax subsidies offered by Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland and The Netherlands, the office of the US Trade Representative announced here on Wednesday. "These practices constitute prohibited subsidies
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      Lock icon Iraq meets conditions for lifting ban: UN official
      244 13 UNITED NATIONS AFP THE top UN weapons inspector on Wednesday informed the UN Security Council that Iraq had fulfilled conditions providing for the lifting of a travel ban voted in November. western diplomats said. While the step marks an important psychological boost
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      Lock icon Russian govt presents 3-year budget blueprint
      198 13 MOSCOW AFP RUSSIA'S finance ministry presented its budget blueprint for the next three years to the cabinet yesterday, heeding President Boris Yeltsin's call for fiscal discipline and tight budgetary rigour, agencies reported. Deputy Finance Minister Vladimir Petrov outlined spending and revenue targets as well
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      The action before the World Cup
      638 13  -  BUSOPBAMTIBW French lorry drivers' pay claim likely to be met before kick-off By Kevin Sullivan JUST 33 days to go before Scotland launches the World Cup in Paris with a match against Brazil. French lorry drivers have indicated that they may organise a series
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      793 13 EinESJ Marine I Industries I Keppel Marine Industries Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H .v»H Notice of Annual General Meeting I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Conference H Room of Keppel Corporation Limited at 325
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US sceptics don't see euro as a threat yet
      740 14  -  TBB BOTTOM LHB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent. POLICYMAKERS in Washington have reacted to the decision by the European Union (EU) to adopt a common currency, the euro, among 11 members next year with the mixture
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      141 14 The country flags have come down, and the flag for profitability has gone up.' -TomDißdk an investment manager, on Daimler-Benz AG's agreement to buy Chrysler Corp, the largest takeover in automotive history. There's no immediate crisis in this programme, but as the report shows and as the
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      Case for clarity over Taiwan
      654 14 EDITORIAL US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's remark about a "communique" while visiting Beijing last week caused major jitters in Taiwan. She was quoted as saying: "I don't want to predict what any final communique would look like on Taiwan or other aspects of it.
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      Lock icon Keeping the circle intact
      1085 14  -  The stock market is the vital component of a virtuous circle that has kept the US economy healthy By' William Dudley The author is director of US economics research at Goldman Sachs. THE US economy shows persistent strength. High real interest rates, trade drag from Asia,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      843 14 Aaothar duumal Mtdad DAY by day, the violence in Indonesia is growing worse. Most badly affected are the ethnic Chinese, who are once again being treated as scapegoats for popular grievances. But the government's efforts to control the situation are making matters even worse. By opening
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      556 16  -  Lawyer W T Woon sees compassion in 20,000 Buddha images he collects, says siavjay SIAN JAY A YOUNG boy's fascination with the martial arts developed into a passion for studying and collecting Buddha images. W T Woon's interest in the art has led to him owning, by
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      733 16 HEALTH Bat doctors wary of 'miracle cure' tag after tests on mice Reuters A POTENTIAL treatment for cancer that kills tumours by starving them of their blood supply is being tested on humans by doctors at the University of California in Los Angeles,
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      393 17  -  However, it does not see the launch of duplicate contract as a positive move By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (Kloffe) expects its Malaysian stock index futures contract to continue to do well despite its Singapore
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      484 17  -  Retailer hopes to draw local shoppers amid declining sales By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Retailer Robinson Co is lowering the prices of most of the merchandise in its Marks Spencer stores by an average of 15 per cent following a drop in turnover in the
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      542 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) can do with its own best practices guide on how not to introduce unworkable rules. On Monday, the exchange announced that it would do a root-and-branch overhaul of Chapter 9B of
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      447 17  -  Bank consolidating, revising strategy amid tnrmoil By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE! In a sober message to shareholders, United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw says the group will consolidate and rethink its operations over the next two years in order to
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      114 17 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings said yesterday that its chairman. Tan Chin Nam, will not seek reappointment at its annual general meeting on June 3. Mr Tan will also step down from its board of directors as he is retiring to pursue his personal interests and hobbies,
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        478 18  -  Concerns about SPH's ad revenue; downturn in regional travel hitting SIA By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Leading index stocks Singapore Press Holdings and Singapore Airlines were hammered yesterday as concerns about falling advertising revenue and the sharp downturn in regional air travel sank
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        Lock icon Berjaya Sports Toto posts 33% jump in profit
        138 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd recorded a 32.5 per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to 455.168 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.7 million) for the year ended April 30. 1998, compared with RM343.54 million a year earlier. Group turnover rose 19.4
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        171 18 Reuters [JAKARTA] Jardine Fleming Ltd said yesterday that it had voluntarily returned the licence of PT Jardine Fleming Nusantara Investment Management to conduct fund management services in Jakarta to Indonesia's Capital Markets Supervisory Board (Bapepam) in March. Bapepam said in a statement it had
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          133 18 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] Uniphoenix Corp Bhd said yesterday it plans to have a stockbroking licence issued to private limited firm Phillip Securities Sdn Bhd as part of its restructuring of troubled unit Halim Securities Sdn Bhd. Halim, s stockbroking firm, was put under the Jurisdiction of
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          Lock icon Ayala Corp Q1 profit flat at 1.82b pesos
          92 18 Bloomberg [MANILA] Ayala Corp said first-quarter profit excluding one-time gains was flat at 1.82 billion pesos (Ss74 million), as growth at its bank, phone and electronics units ofbet a property slump. It said net income in the three months ended March 31,
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          172 18 [SINGAPORE] Our May 6 report headlined "Goodwood, Hotel M'sia Interim profits nosedive" contained a number of errors. The Goodwood group did not suffer foreign exchange losses; it actually made a fore* sain of $2.4 million. The group's tax bill fell by 35 per cent and there were
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        509 18 Profit up 10% to USs3l9m, slightly bettor than forecast Bloomberg [SYDNEY] News Corp said its third-quarter profit rose a better-than-expected 10 per cent, led by its box office hit Titanic and higher advertising revenue at its television stations and Fox TV network. Still,
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        340 18 Jane 1 deadline set for submitting fall particulars to SC Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] A substantial shareholder in a company is required to submit to the Securities Commission (SC) full particulars of his or her interest by June 1 this year, a month
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        MUI's US associate sells Atlanta hotel for US$54.4m
        374 18  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur A US-based associate of Malayan United Industries has sold a hotel in Atlanta for U5554.4 million (5588.3 million) in a strategic divestment to realise substantial capital gains. MUI said yesterday that its 49 per cent associate
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        630 19 Merged company, to be called DaimlerChrysler, will be owned 57% by Daimler Bloomberg Reuters [STUTTGART, Germany] Daimler-Benz AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, has agreed <o buy Chrysler Corp, the US' third-largest carmaker, for an estimated US$4O.9 billion (5566.4 billion) in stock and assumed
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        435 19 USs7BBb worth of mergers ha ve been announced this year Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Your car, your bank, your phone company, even your garbage collector is getting bought out in the biggest year ever for corporate mergers. With US$7BB billion (Ssl.3 trillion) of
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        216 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nissan Motor shares fell 5.4 per cent yesterday, leading a string of Japanese automakers lower on fears that Daimler-Benz's purchase of Chrysler will intensify competition in autos. Japan's No 2 automaker fell to 385 yen after earlier touching 365, its lowest
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        238 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORKJ Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian got even wealthier on Wednesday as his company's stake in Chrysler Corp grew by US$65B million (Ssl.l billion) after the automaker and Daimler-Benz AG said they were in merger talks. While Mr Kerkorian failed in a 1995 attempt
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        ABN Amro plans to manage US$1b in S'pore
        424 20  -  Its office here to be centre for managing Asian fixed income funds; unit trusts to be launched here By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Dutch banking giant ABN Amro plans to make Singapore its centre for Asian fixed income fund management, with plans
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        376 20 Companies unable to retrieve cash placed with China banks Reuters [HONGKONG] A row between Chinese banks and some Hongkong-listed China enterprises over deposits is not expected to spread to many more H-share companies, analysts said. Dongfang Electrical Machinery Co Ltd said
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        280 20 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank AG, Germany's biggest bank, said yesterday that first-quarter profit rose 38.6 per cent, led by market-driv-en gains in its commission and securities trading business. Profit rose to 891 million marks (*****.1 million), or 1.68 marks per share, from 643 million
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        237 20 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] National Australia Bank Ltd's secondquarter profit fell 21.7 per cent, dragged down by a onetime charge associated with restructuring its global operations. The Melbourne-based bank, Australia's largest and most profitable, said earnings in the quarter ended March 31 feU to A 5436
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        277 20 Pressure on operating expenses, interest margins Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Bank of New Zealand Ltd's indicated second-quarter earnings fell 4.7 per cent as operating expenses rose and interest margins were squeezed. The bank's indicated profit in the three months ended March 31 fell
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        171 20 mi mm Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen rose and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures catapulted to record highs yesterday after a Japanese central banker was quoted as saying the benefits of a rate cut would outweigh negative side effects. Bank of Japan deputy
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        175 20  -  MSa TAIWAN FUTURES Mr Charlie Kuo Mr Charlie Kuo, service dealer. Rrfco Singapore [SINGAPORE] The futures contract continued to slide yesterday, as concerns over slowing economic growth and corporate earnings of the technology industry kept damaging sentiment. The May 98 contract dropped 2.0
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        288 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [VIENNA] The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is honouring its commitment to production cuts implemented on April 1, according to an Opecna report quoting the group's president, Obaid Bin Salf Al-Nasseri. Opec's news agency also reported that Mr Al-Nasseri, who is United
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        274 20 Bloomberg AFP THE US dollar fell against the deutsche mark yesterday, erasing earlier gains after European Central Bank presi-dent-designate Wim Duisenberg said that European rates, led by Germany's, need to rise to slow inflation. Mr Duisenberg said price stability has not yet been achieved in Europe. His comments
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      2073 21 M*T ta *h 31 Croup 585.000 unch AS Ports 367 000 -7.000 AMey National 1081.000 -11.000 ANedDomecq 624.400 *4.400 Amee 142.000 -1.000 Asda Group 193.200 unch BAT Ind 940.000 5.000 BC Pie 325.200 -2.400 BiCC 180.000 5.000 BOC Croup 1020.000 -8.000 BR Petroleum 947.000 -3.000 BTR 206.000
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      1620 21 Bloomberg □mum as -mm JAPANESE stocks fell for the fifth time in six days, led by Sony Corp, as the declining yen prompted foreign investors to sell shares before their US dollar value erodes further. "The weak yen is raising the spectre of another foreign sell-off," said Masayoshi Yano,
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      1473 22 Reuters -137.21 HONGKONG stocks closed lower yesterday as investors took flight, spooked by weaker overseas markets and with little news to inspire buying, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index ended the day below 10,000, off 137.21 points, or 1.36 per cent, at 9,971.93. It earlier hit a low of
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      575 22 Reuters nShemhen Binder -&51 CHINA'S hard currency B shares slid yesterday as concerns about Southeast Asia's financial problems spurred selling. "Sentiment was bearish as the economic outlook for South-east Asian countries, especially Indonesia, is gloomy," said a Ping An Securities analyst in Shenzhen. "B share investors have yet to
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      347 22 AFP QWPMp -36J7 TAIWAN share prices slipped 0.4 per cent yesterday, dragged down by falls in overseas markets due to jitters over growing unrest in Indonesia which renewed regional currency weakness, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index dropped 35.27 points to 8,290.37. "The bourse was mainly
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      237 22 AFP n Wellington -***** NEW Zealand shares dipped 0.5 per cent after Wall Street fell and as Asian markets struggled. The NZSE-40 Index was down 10.06 points to 2,220.55 on turnover of NZ579.7 million. Brokers said sentiment was negative and expected to remain so.— AFP •mi m nm AN2BanMn*.
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      803 22 AFP Psetmm «<m THAI share prices rose marginally on bargain-hunting yesterday after early losses triggered by a weak baht and falling regional currencies, dealers said. "The market was up at closing because investors bought shares amid expectations of gains in the finance sector," a broker from Asia Credit Public
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      402 22 AFP QOnpootc Index ♦124 SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday on the Korea Stock Exchange due to a late technical rebound after earlier losses on concerns over the regional markets and labour unrest, dealers said. "The market remained in negative territory for most of the day, breaking the 370point
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      573 22 AFP QAH Ordinaries -7.2 AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.3 per cent yesterday. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, was 7.2 points lower at 2,780.8. National turnover was a thin 261.7 million shares worth A 5816.7 million. The All Resources Index dropped 12.5 points to 1,179.2,
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      688 22 Bloomberg QoanpateMKj»2Us INDONESIA'S benchmark stock index rose yesterday for the first time in 10 days, led by PT Indosat and other dol-lar-earners that are net beneficiaries of a weaker rupiah. The benchmark Jakarta Stock Market Composite Index rose 22.15 points, or 5.34 per cent, to 436.78 after tumbling to
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      316 22 AFP, AFX-Asia QlfaiiiU -2U6 PHILIPPINE share prices fell one per cent yesterday due to renewed concerns about the regional situation, fuelled by unrest in Indonesia, analysts said here. Concerns about the worsening social unrest in Indonesia triggered a sharp fall in the peso, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange
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        250 23 AFP Q| Composite Index *121 MALAYSIAN share prices made a dramatic recovery yesterday from earlier losses to close 0.4 per cent higher, boosted by news of a trade surplus in March, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 100-share weighted Composite Index rose 2.21
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        191 24  -  WARRANT WATCH 9 WW lltfi -By] R Sivanithy CONTINUING our theme of looking at soon-to-explre warrants, today's focus is the warrant issued by United Engineers. Like yesterday's feature which was F&N 1998, the UE warrant is very cheap in absolute terms at just one cent.
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        70 26  -  -by\ Shiv Taneja UNITED Overseas Bank's foreign tranche dosed 20 cents lower yesterday at $6.75 on a volume of 4.03 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 127 million units. In the near term, there could be some buying interest, but this is likely to be
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        Shares recover from lows after rupiah, ringgit scare
        719 26  -  sTOQg Miliar COMMBHTABT STn ends 19.9 points down bnt manages to regain grip on 1,400 level; not helping is the wobbly US market By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A plunge in the Indonesian rupiah to below 10,000 to the US dollar and the
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          73 26 NO VIEWING please. AURA official covering up the narrow strip of glass that gave the only view into the "tender room" in which developers were to put in their bids for the huge Marina downtown site. But when the tender closed at noon on Wednesday, not a
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          140 26 "EVERY time I flew anywhere, my plane seat would look as though someone had crushed a packet of digestive biscuits on it" This somewhat humorous remark was made by entrepreneur Davkl Tang to describe his skin disease called psoriasis, s condition that leaves the skin inflamed and
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          51 26 THE new call search service—*****77— (Wmrvni irirfliilwfor friendly and fast service. One of our reporters called tbsm recently for a number and she was plaaasntty surprised "Would you like to hold on? I can connect you to the number too." Now, that Is what we call
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          107 26 IN HIS daily review notes for Wedneeday, Fraser AMMB Research's executive director Ong Nai Pew presented hie view on how the authorities can do their part in tug wot lies about banks' exposure to Indonesia. Tram the standpoint fifths .3 Singapore market, it may bsawiss thing for the authorities
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          116 26 SIN Chew Jit Mi, one of the two major Chinese nswspspsrs in Malaysia, Just celebrated the 10th anctivenary of its republication with a big jump in circulation. Copies sold hit and its owner, timber tycoon Tiong Hlew King, said at a staff function on May Day that he
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      384 18 carnaudMetalbox ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Twenty-Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Monday, 1 June 1998 at 11.30 am at 455 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim Singapore *****6 for the following purposes: 1)
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      505 18 ({mtotfUotfc} LIMITED Incorporated in Singapore NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at Hilton International Singapore, Third Level, Room Vista 1, 581 Orchard Road, Singapore *****3 on 28 May 1998 at 9.30 a.m. for the purpose of
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      883 19 I I Land I Keppel Land Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting H ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Company which will be held at 230 Victoria Street #15-05, Bugis Junction Towers, Singapore *****4 on 15 June
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      611 26 BUSINESS \<>/itv s In .MluTtisi- call 1011-hvc ISIMI-741 INS.* I IN THE MATTES OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 5* AND IN THE MATTES OF PACIFIC ADVANCED MEDIA STUDIO (ASIA) PTE LTD (Incorporated in die Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of (he
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      312 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Neo Wang of 3 Lorong 110 Changi Road Singapore *****8, have applied for a Beer House, First Class Licence in respect of. M/s Lily Eating House located at 344 Bedok Road, Bedok Shopping Complex Singapore *****8, and that this application will be considered by
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      286 27 Bridge News, Reuters PANAMAX activity was thinly spread although there was some new inquiry after the Japanese and South Koreans return to work. Capesize activity was limited, and much of the recent business fixed remained under wraps. Freight futures continued to climb with frfKlHI rising •between 10 and
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      476 27  -  SDfGAFORE TANKER EVENT It cannot be m rigid as air traffic control systems: MP A official By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Vessel traffic control systems should not be as rigid as air traffic control systems, but instead provide advisory information, said an official from
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      S'pore ship registry hits 21m gt mark
      171 27 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) breached the 21 million gross tons (gt) mark for the first time recently. The new record comes just five months after the registry achieved the 20 million gt mark last October. The 21 million gt mark
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      722 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar THE English Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of a lower court that a clause on an Asbatank voy form for a voyage charterparty is not an indemnity. Clause 36 of
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      375 27  -  Consolidations will be trans-national, NOL chief executive tells conference By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The increasing pace of globalisation and strong cost pressures that sparked off a wave of consolidation and mergers among container lines are trends which are likely to continue in
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      535 27 AUSTRALIAN DOCK TURMOIL Dispute far from over, Prime Minister Howard warns AFP [SYDNEY] Australia's 1.400 sacked dockers began returning to work yesterday following settlement of a row over wharf security that threatened to derail a back-to-work agreement reached earlier this week. But as dockers
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      1120 28 MALAYSIA'S PORT SUNG First signs are that it will be a very difficult year for Port Klang terminals due to the region's economic uncertainty Maritime Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] THE spokespeople continue to make encouraging noises about growth, but the container terminals at Port Klang The National
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      326 28 PACE ESP Lints M ACL 9 AML 3 Accord 8 Farwide 14 Ahrenkiei M FoongSw AppeflsMp 5 Frotl AsiaOCL IS Frl Links 16 Astro 3 Link 4 Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Avant 16 Censhpg 9 B'targMas 8 Clorylta* 16 BSA 7 HwSunHup 8
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      16055 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser VMM* Voyaga Talapftona ETA ETA Adv*rtis*f V«iH Voyaga T»i«pfwn« SIN Dastn Mm Nm Numpar Numtar SIN OMtn Nam* Nama Numpar Numbar MMHMMBNMIMMMMMMMBIMHMMMMNHMHMMMMMHMNMMMM! ■MMMHMHIlMHHBMHHBBHHHMHHHBHHBHi 12/05 04/04 OSCN CHOYANG ARK WN020 *5 *****10 To ABIDJAN CABJ) 2003 To Ivory Coast, Cote D'lvoire Queensland, Australia
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        1674 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Booklng/BtUnci RitJs SWp Voy Wo Ett/itr Hri* Frew T> FroM ICMUKO 017W 04/2000 U 0T/8M 07/14M 07/800 m OT/HOO 07/«* :?^*oc a 07/1700 OUHI OMWO Ac i Dtny 0M I0/8M S 07/BM 07/HM 07/HM 07/BM OT/HM NM U 07/1700 04/0IM
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        200 43 May 8 Denmark: General Prayer Day. France: Victory Day. May 10 Indonesia: Waisak Day. May 11 Malaysia: Vesak Day. Singapore: Vesak Day. Thailand: Visakha Bucha. May 18 Canada: V ictoria Day. May 21 Austria: Ascention Day. Belgium: Ascention Day. Denmark: Ascention Day. Finland: Ascention Day. France: Ascention Day.
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        895 43 THIS report complied by Cockett Marina Oil Ltd. show* price ranges In US dollar* inttead at tingle price* for a more com preventive de •cripuon of the market. Price* thown are bated on averages lied item Market movement* are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        358 43 Carta* WO Mm ftU 0.9 «.0 0-H 123 0.M tar 30 Owoitv Motor IosJOim Ask AtaaWaa Sottaoot E25 10 1110 1 rrr- 300 Aw MM 0.2 16.4 OM 30 0.03 r™. 300 Mm 992.5 2.0 t9.6 0.J6 72 0.00 MAri »Mta ww mm* ta Wow 635
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        532 44 Competitive impact of three separate partnerships needs to be reviewed Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Several US legislators with jurisdiction over aviation issues called upon the six largest US airlines to forego implementation of their recently announced alliances until federal agencies have had a chance
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        210 44 AFP [HANOI] State-owned Vietnam Airlines has cancelled or reduced flights on several domestic and international routes to stem mounting losses due in part to the regional crisis, an official said yesterday. The national carrier has cancelled the Hanoi-Manila route and reduced flights on
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        49 44 [CEBU CITY] A Philippine rescue worker looks at a Cessna-206plane which crashed in Bohol island in Central Philippines. The plane was flying from the southern Mindanao island to Cebu when it crashed halfway through its flight, killing all six people on board. REUTERS
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        299 44 Bloomberg [SAO PAULO] Continental Airlines Inc said it would buy at least 25 jets from Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA for US$3l5 million (*****.7 million), making the US carrier the largest customer for the Brazilian company's regional jets. Continental also took an
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        511 44 Wexford may make another bid for airline after earlier offer was rejected Bloomberg [MIAMI] Pan Am Corp's initial plan to accept a US$2B.5 million buyout offer from Guilford Transportation Industries was approved by a bankruptcy court judge as another potential bidder emerged. Jay Cristol,
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        134 44 Bloomberg [FAIRFIELD, Connecticut] General Electric Co said yesterday that the number of Boeing Co 777 aircraft using its GE-90 engine will more than double this year in transactions with a total value of at least US$5OO million (***** million). GE expects to deliver
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        428 44 AFP [LIMA] Rescuers stepped up efforts to find survivors from a Peruvian Air Force plane chartered by Occidental Petroleum that crashed with 87 people aboard in northern Peru, officials of the US firm said. The 13 survivors found so far are in
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      24 27 Economic crisis hitting Port Dang terminals hard First signs are that it wili be a very difficult year for the three terminals. Page 2
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      1261 30 DSR-SENATOR UNES TO UK/CONTINENT TO RED SEA/MKDf IEKRANEAN/CANADA MMH VOV m liM RTM liW MAM {|HV JfU TOB WY W JHI PIT HM WX MT* nuaMMST mm2l«.«' an h.h mm 21 m si.h woYAiMYnmi wma urn so n h c m m.h hh uh CHOYAMB AM MMM I 12.H KM
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