The Business Times, 30 November 1998

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    13 1 m MITA(P) 110/12/97 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia! .com.sg/ MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    HK sees 24% rise in new housing loans in Oct
    440 1  -  Overdue payments also on the rise; HKMA tells banks to be prudent in lending Front Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong MORE housing loans were taken by Hongkongers last month as the property market showed signs of picking up in the
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    Foreign buying of homes dives to 20% of '96 levels
    546 1  -  Indonesians main buyers; interest shifts from high end By i Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Foreign purchases of residential property here have fallen a sharp 80 per cent in three years along with the property downturn, with Indonesians, Malaysians and Hongkongers still
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    New Scotts suitor close to consummation
    526 1  -  By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Another of Scotts Holdings' suitors is said to be on the verge of an agreement to buy over 24.9 per cent of the service apartments pioneer, following its aborted deal with shipping and hotel operator Hai Sun Hup (HSH). While
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    Lock icon Funds wary of Asian market rally
    563 1 Reuters [HONGKONG] Asian fund managers say the foundations to Asia's stock market rally look increasingly shaky, even though most regional markets keep moving higher. With most fund managers forecasting a correction soon, many are trying to highlight potential selling triggers. So far, the list
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      158 1 HHBPB Gredit rctmgi fv binds Singapore debt issuers, including statutory boards, should be encouraged to seek credit ratings for their bonds to create greater transparency in the local debt market, Pg2 PC market Personal computer shipments in the AsiaPacific shrank by 25.8 per cent during the quarter ended September, both
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      24 1 Fantasy of HK property bulls. Pg 3 KL can afford to invite foreign funds back, Pg 17 Market reports, Pgs 22, 23 and 26
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      147 1 T I A I It j M I i No business inbranKSS IHH [BEIJING] Silhouetted soldiers from the Peopled Liberation Army arriuingon Saturday at an exhibition centre in Beijing torisit an exposition on the achievement of economic reforms in ttopasttwo decades. Like the army, the Chinese bureaucracy ha5 ordered to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Call for S'pore debt issuers to start seeking credit ratings
      596 2  -  Transparency, even for qnasi-govt bodies, can only be good for investors: observers Ny Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE debt issuers, including statutory boards, should be encouraged to seek credit ratings for their bonds to create greater transparency in the local debt
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      Lock icon Progress payments down 5.3%
      267 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction By i Corinne Kerk Construction progress payments fell year-on-year for a second straight month in September, leading to the first quarter of contraction in recent years. Latest figures from the Construction In- dustry Development Board (CIDB) show payments made out to
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      PPD looking into accident; suspends all shooting
      364 2  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Goh Shih Yong Head of public affairs For Director of Primary Production Dept I REFER to Jaime Ee's commentary "Time to tighten the leash on shooting of stray dogs" (BT, Nov 7) and Lee Wei Ling's letter "PPD should
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      Abolition of estate duty will help in wealth creation
      385 2  -  Dr R C Cooper Singapore IN recent years, several Singaporeans have suggested to the government to consider abolishing estate duty for different reasons. So far, this plea has not received favourable consideration from the government. The insignificant revenue which government derives
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      Esso tops bids in tender to develop two petrol stations
      264 2  -  In total, it bids $69m for the sites in Choa Chn Hang, Sengkang By David Boey ESSO topped bids in the tenders for the development of a pair of petrol stations in Choa Chu Kane and Sengkang, which attracted a
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      Lock icon Kingfisher plans aggressive push for Electric City
      708 2  -  UK giant eyes 'hundreds'of stores around Asia By < Carol Eng SINGAPOREANS who have come to associate Electric City with being just a homegrown retailer may soon see it in a different light UK powerhouse Kingfisher, which just acquired the business, plans to
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      244 2 9 QUEEN ASTRID PARK i I I j Legal Description Lot 257-20 MK 4 A,/ Is) el Land Area 2574.9 sq m E /W n (approx. 27,716 sq fl) 9 V J§y Tenure Leasehold 999 years /v Descri P tion Single-sly bungalow sitting on a x'X /v/ jL. regular shaped
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Fantasy of HK property bulls
      690 3  -  CRISIS WATCH Upbeat forecasts on pick "tip are thin on reality given local, regional economic downtnrn By Vikram Khanna CAN property prices rise in the midst of an economic depression? Sure—look at Hongkong. Since the start of October, some major real estate developers in the
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      Lock icon Analysts bullish about Philippine economy
      317 3 Reuters [MANILA] For over a year now, the phrase "investor confidence" has rarely been used in crisis-hit Asia except to highlight its absence. That appears to be changing in the Philippines, where bullish projections of 1999 growth and a large corporate deal last week have
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      M'sia not out of the woods yet alter 8.6% GDP fall in Q3
      899 3  -  Govt te cut foil-year forecast Mowing unexpectedly big fall From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian central bank said the worst is over but economists said the economy, which contracted by a larger-than-expected rate of 8.6
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      Lock icon Korea suggests US$3oob Asia fund
      269 3 Reuters [TOKYO] South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil has asked Japan to consider initiating a US$3OO billion (***** billion) "Asian Fund", Japanese media said. Mr Kim met Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at a joint ministerial meeting in Kagoshima, southern Japan, on Saturday and
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      Lock icon Output fall in Oct dashes S Korean recovery hopes
      452 3 Imports also down sharply, local demand stagnant, investment Reuters (SEOUL] Hopes for an imminent economic upturn in South Korea faded yesterday when new data showed industrial output took another tumble in October. A sharp fall in October imports, stagnant domestic demand
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      9 3 M*alA oan invite foreign funds back now, Pg 17
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      251 3 THf^oNETM^^w^w^^^^iNGAPOßE HI AMOUNT OFFERED SGDBSOMK) El j|| ISSUE CODE N*****2T W ISSUE DATE 10 DECEMBER 1998 n U MATURITY DATE 15 DECEMBER 2000 B fH INTEREST RATE TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE |f§ *11 AVERAGE YIELD OF SUCCESSFUL |fg APPLICATIONS P| ii PRICE TO BE DETERMINED AT THE AUCTION
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon 50,000 at PPP congress, biggest rally in 6 months
      425 4 JAKARTA Party to focus on Islamic roots; no reports of violence Reuters TENS of thousands of supporters of Indonesia's leading Muslim-backed opposition party crammed into the centre of Jakarta yesterday for the start of a four-day party congress, just months before
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      Lock icon M'sia back in FPDA joint defence exercises in 1999
      275 4 KUALA LUMPUR Economy improving so we can bear cost, says minister Bernama MALAYSIA will resume its military exercises with Singapore and three other countries under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) next year. Defence Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. He
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      Lock icon Umno to probe distribution of tapes of top level meeting
      324 4 KUALATRENGGANU Recordings could explain Anwar's expulsion from party Bernama UMNO will try to establish how tape recordings of the Sept 3 Umno Supreme Council meeting which expelled Anwar Ibrahim from the party have been made available to the public. Umno
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      Lock icon Suharto ready to stand trial; heads will roll, says his lawyer
      300 4 JAKARTA AFP FORMER Indonesian president Suharto is ready to face trial for corruption if charges are presented, but if he does go to court other heads will roll, his legal adviser has warned. In twin statements, issued late Saturday
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      Lock icon Aussie investigator denied access to Timor
      205 4 SYDNEY AFP INDONESIA has refused to allow an Australian government investigator access to East Timor to probe the deaths of five newsmen, Defence Minister John Moore said yesterday. Mr Moore said he raised the matter with President B J Habibie and military chief General
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      502 4 DEVASTATING CHRISTMAS OFFERS FROM PHILIPS n-pno High-performance 32-bit Ml PS-based Philips RISC Multiple input methods The Nino 300 is equipped with a T9™ processor at 75MHz Designed for fast access and high j smart keyboard developed by Tegic Communications throughput of Windows® CE applications. j and supports smAßTwriter® hand-writing recognition
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon KL govt slammed over failure in Labuan
      164 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE Malaysian government has failed to build the island of Labuan into a "Little Singapore" financial centre as promised, a former chief minister in the eastern state of Sabah complained yesterday. "Labuan has failed because the federal administrajflrs have been
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      Lock icon Beijing set to break up telecoms giant
      369 5 BEIJING" Govt opts for reform over allowing foreign ventures: report Reuters BEIJING is against foreign participation in telecommunications and is instead accelerating a plan to break up the nation's telecoms giant to boost competition, the China Daily Business Weekly said yesterday. "With no
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      Lock icon Key Thai reforms face mounting opposition
      289 5 BANGKOK AFP THE Thai government is fighting an uphill battle to convince Thais it is in control of its reform programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as key bills face mounting opposition. Premier Chuan Leekpai is struggling to counter allegations that he is
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      Lock icon China bureaucracy to cut business ties
      398 5 BKIJING Govt's anti-graft order comes four months after similar decree to army AFP CHINA has ordered its vast bureaucracy to cut ties with all its businesses from next year in a bid to stamp out corruption as the 20th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's economic
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      Lock icon Jiang wraps up Japan visit marred by past
      439 5 SAPPORO, Japan AFP CHINESE President Jiang Zemin yesterday wrapped up a landmark visit to Japan marred by his failure to get a written apology for Tokyo's wartime atrocities. Mr Jiang visited a monument to great Chinese writer Lu Xun in the northern
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Congress sweeps to victory in 3 out of 4 Indian states
      573 7 NEWDELHI Govt's defeat in provincial polls may affect passing of economic reform bills Reuters AFP INDIA'S Congress party won power in the central state of Madhya Pradesh yesterday, completing a sweep over Hindu nationalists in three states, the Press
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      Lock icon Aussie govt rules out mergers among big banks
      309 7 SYDNEY AFP FOLLOWING weeks of speculation, Treasurer Peter Costello ruled out yesterday any mergers between Australia's big four banks until they become more competitive. His comments follow a frenzied week on the markets that saw bank shares soar 5 per cent on
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      Lock icon Hedge funds could be out of control: RBA chief
      400 7 SYDNEY They need to be reined in, Aussie central banker says AFP AUSTRALIA'S central bank chief has acknowledged that hedge funds could be out of control and need to be reined in. While the Australian dollar is relatively stable and now
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      Lock icon Schroeder, French leaders to patch up Franco-German ties
      277 7 BONN Reuters GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will host a summit with French leaders today, looking to jump-start Franco-German relations which had faltered In the dying days of former chancellor Helmut Kohl's administration. The Bonn-Paris axis Is widely seen as the motor of
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Return of LDP's prodigal son
      1180 10  -  Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa's agreement to form coalition puts him in kingmakers' sights From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AN extraordinary political phenomenon has erupted in Japan with the agreement between Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's governing Liberal Democratic Party and Ichiro Ozawa's Liberal Party to
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      Lock icon Miyazawa under pressure to stay
      322 10 Obnchi wants him to keep finance post; uncertainty casts clond over coalition Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa. who announced last week that he intended to step down soon, was under pressure yesterday to remain in his post. Mr Miyazawa's uncertain future also threw
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      2238 10 IB PUBLICfINANCE COMPANY LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARY (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) At beginning of year 364.942 THE COMPANY THE GROUP (iVw Notes 1998 1997 1998 1997 At and of par ASSETS Accumulated depreciation: At beginning ol year 330,609 Cwrtnt aetata: Doproclatlon lor Die year 19,110 Caak 1,595,691 6,438,974 1.115,745
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon Japanese PCs seen hitting growth target
      582 11 Increasing consumer sales confirm that consumer demand is riding a tail wind Nikkei [TOKYO] In a Nov 25 press interview, Toshiba Corp president Taizo Nishimuro, currently serving as chairman of the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (Jeida), said the battered Japanese high-tech industry has
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      Lock icon Microsoft lends a hand to China palm computers
      421 11 The palmtops will use Chinese version of Windows CE Reuters [SHANGHAI] Microsoft Corp has unveiled Chinese-lan-guage software for palm-sized computers, giving the US software giant the upper hand in the battle for China's market. The hand-held computers will use a Chinese version
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific PC market shrinks 26 per cent in Q3
      700 11  -  S'pore PC market down 32% and Malaysia down 48% during period, says new IDC study By' Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Personal computer shipments in the Asia-Pacific shrank by 25.8 per cent during the quarter ended September, both in value and unit terms,
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      HP bullish about Asia growth next year
      231 11 [SINGAPORE] US giant Hew-lett-Packard Company expects to grow by more than 25 per cent in South-east Asia next year in local currency terms, fuelled mainly by increasing demand for personal computers, printers and imaging products. The company will also shift its focus from
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      Lock icon China-developed firewall system to battle hackers
      246 12 Xinhua I BEIJING] A so-called fire all system developed by the Beixinyuan Corporation to protect Novell Network subscribers was released here last week, marking the introduction of the first domestic computer system designed to deter the mounting incursions by hackers. "We developed the system
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      Star Hub to offer competitive technologies
      708 12  -  It will be an ISP by mid-1999 and will offer basic telecom services in April 2000 lhj Toh Han Shin [SINGAPORE] Star Hub, Singapore's second telecom player from April 1, 2000, promises a wide range of innovative services that will mean better prices for
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    • IT TAKES
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        Sean Tech Asia '90 online now
        52 12 (SINGAPORE] Trade visitors can now register online to visit Scan Tech Asia '99, to be held in Singapore from June 23 to 25. The exhibition and convention is sponsored by the Automatic Identification Manufacturers International and organised by Reed Exhibition Companies. For details, go
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        Hitachi receives EDI award
        31 12 [SINGAPORE] Hitachi Asia has been presented with the EDI Recognition Award by the National Computer Board in recognition of its aggressive implementation of EDI (Electronic Data Interchange).
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        Unix partnership
        64 12 [SINGAPORE] IBM, Intel, SCO and Sequent have come together in Asia to energise the Unix industry. These companies are members of a consortium called Monterey. The ultimate aim of Monterey is to create a single Unix operating system, based on the IBM AIX kernel. This makes it possible
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        Compaq appoints Telecom Equipment
        44 12 [SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer Asia has teamed up with Telecom Equipment to provide integrated IT solutions with Telecom Equipment as Compaq's reseller. Telecom Equipment will market Compaq products in Local Area Networking (LAN), Wide Area Networking (WAN) and Internetworking for companies.
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        Ang Mo Kio hospital adopts SAP
        45 12 [SINGAPORE] The Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital has implemented SAP Healthcare, SAP's software which increases efficiency and productivity in health care. The SAP software will enable hospitals to control expenditure, reduce costs and project future material and capital needs.
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        NetWorld+lnterop
        55 12 [SINGAPORE] NetWorld+lnterop99 Singapore will be held from April 5 to 9 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event is organised by ZD Events. There will also be an Interop Asean tour to Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. The tour will be in Singapore at the
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        Budget 2000 for National Eye Centre
        56 12 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has implemented Budget 2000, a multi-dimensional online application programming (OLAP) solution for budgeting, forecasting and analysis. Using Budget 2000's OLAP technology, users can make quicker decisions. The solution was implemented by MyCroft Technologies and Communications Pte Ltd,
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        VFN seminar
        44 12  -  -Compiled by 1 Toh Han Shin [SINGAPORE] Cisco will conduct a seminar on Internet and Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology for small and medium enterprises at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Dec 7. For more details, e-mail Janet Au Yeong at jauyeong@cisco.com.
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      A billion connected computers — and Intel
      844 13 A billion connected computers and Intel The chip giant is building big dreams around its core competence, kemketb jambs learns IT'S the office cubicle of tomorrow, with no PC monitor in sight. There's no need for one because a panel of the cubicle doubles as a large video screen. A
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      Upping the ante in the Asia-Pacific
      410 13  -  KENNETRH JAMES FOR Intel Corp, manufacturing in Asia is a given. Over the past two decades it's poured billions of dollars into plants around the region, from Malaysia to the Philippines to, most recently, Shanghai in China. But now the leading maker of microprocessors
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      Lock icon Robot football event mixes fun, learning
      428 14  -  'Players' use AI for the game hut they had limitations By' Tod Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Computers may have beaten chess champion Gary Kasparov, but robots are still a long way from taking on Fandi Ahmad in football. Still, that wasn't the point of the
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      Comdex—time for a rethink
      638 14  - Comdex —time for a rethink By David Welcher The writer heads Computing Dynamics (USA), a Brooklyn-based management consulting and software development firm I HAVE been to every Comdex Fall since 1988. I usually wish for more days, to aid in gaining true understanding of the current state of IT. This
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    • ONTHE SHELF
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        IBM' s micro-tower PC
        70 14 IBM's first micro-tower model of its PC 300GL commercial desktop (above) is ready, with prices starting at $1,629. The system comes with IBM's G5115-inch monitor, Universal Management Agent (UMA) software package, 300 or 333 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 32 MB RAM, 3.2 OB hard disk, and
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        Sunshine manufacturing bundle
        77 14 SUN Microsystems, Frontline Technologies and the MK Group have launched a complete manufacturing management solution, called Sunshine Bundle on WM (Virtually Vertkal Manufacturing), targeted at mfel-eiied manufacturing enterprises. It is available in three standard configurations, all running on Sun's hardware on a Unix environment The package comes
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        Diamond's portable player
        65 14 DIAMOND Multimedia Systems Inc will debut next month the Rio PMP3OO, a portable digital audio player that ktsueer* download and listen to audio from the Internet or from their own music CDs. The $340 device comes with 32 MB of Hash memory that's good for 80 minutes
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        Lotus Sametime unvelled
        53 14 LOTUS Development Asia-Pacific has announced Lotus Sametime, a family of real-time communication and collaboration products that works on a network and lets users "quickly find and collaborate with their colleagues, whether they sit across the hall or across the globe". Beta versions of the product can be
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        Adaptec SCSI prioea cut 20%
        52 14 ADAPTEC Inc has cut the retail price of its Ultra2SCSI 2940 U2Whoet adapter kit by 20 per cent, to US$399 (*****). The kit is targeted at PC workstations and servers and Is designed for users requiring an all-in-one SCSI solution, the company said. For details,
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        Vlrio Enterprise 5.0 ready
        70 14 VISIO Corp is ready with Enterprise 5.0, a cross-functional solution for enterprise-level design, modelling and documentation. Specially designed for network professionals, the software maps the logical connectivity of a network, supports reverse engineering of Visual C++ and Visual Basic code, and allows for the design of
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        Macromedia X'mas discount
        66 14 MACROMEDIA Inc is offering a 35 per cent discount on itsDrtamTeam suite till Dec 31. The suite includes three tools for building professional Websites— Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash—and now retails at $1,096. Dreamweaver is a visual toed for Web site design. Fireworks is a new Web graphics
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        Team SAP suport from SAP
        56 14  -  Compile* bjr Raja Chellam SAP South Asia-Pacific has announced TeamSAP Support to deliver to R/3 customers a complete set of twhnic*> online and consulting support services based on proactive and preventive techniques. It extends current SAP maintenance services, and includes new features that will debut
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Bali still packs them in
      568 15 TRAVEL Hotels are folly booked for the X'mas period, unlike in the rest of Indonesia -AFP [JAKARTA] Indra, the booking agent at the Bali Padma Hotel, has a message for all callers from overseas or other parts of Indonesia asking about the Christmas-New Year season
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      Lock icon Of madness and creative genius
      950 16  -  ABIGAIL trafford reflects on van Gogh's painting and pain ABIGAIL TRAFFORD LAT-WP YO! Van Gogh! I like your painting better after you'd gone mad. This is a terrible thing to say because you suffered so much with your illness. But when I look at your
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      Lock icon Dazzling performance by keyboard virtuoso
      481 16  -  MUSIC Guest soloist Hough strikes good balance between mind and heart at SSO concert By Benjamin Loh FROM the thunderous opening chords of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1 in Fsharp minor. Op 1, guest soloist Stephen Hough immediately established himself as a true virtuoso at
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      155 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 27 Break one's nose (8) 28 Be good at distinguishing veg- 8 Also after that time a few, SATURDAY'S SOLUTION etables? (4,4,6) plenty more than that (3,4,4) IsltlrieTalklelrMslpl I Irl ilt I 11 Soldiers one could be offend- IcUi ■lmrtßMbeMeMui DOWN ed by? (54J) R^prai^EiDMßiqvjEjßj 2 Old man
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      974 16 t ML tri-m TECHNOLOGIES (S) limited //mwm\ (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) The Directors of TRI-M Technologies (S) Limited wish to announce the unaudited results for the six months to 30th September 1998. GROUP COMPANY ssooo SS'OOO 1998 1997 Change 1998 1997 Change 1. (a) Turnover 25,144 17,194 46
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      KL banks finally agree to sell bad debts at loss
      855 17  -  Agreement comes after Bank Negara threatens to write off their bad debts From From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur AFTER dragging their feet for months, a majority of Malaysia's banks have finally cut a deal with regulators to sell their
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      M'sia can afford to invite foreign funds back now
      753 17  -  MARKET MATTERS But the floodgates should remain shut against speculative foods Eddie Toh IS the Malaysian stock market rally sustainable? The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index has almost doubled to a shade below 500 points from 262.7 points in September,
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Few political names emerging from KLSE disclosures so far
        785 18  -  Analysts not convinced that heavyweights have offloaded interests From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is slowly becoming more transparent as more substantial shareholders disclose their identities under Malaysia's new securities law, but the disclosures so far
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        Lock icon KLSE proposes RM5OOm fund for stockbroking firms' NPLs
        513 18 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has proposed a 500 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.1 million) revolving fund to, among other things, take over the non-performing loans of stockbroking firms. KLSE executive chairman Mohamad Azlan Hashim said a committee comprising representatives
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      • Article
        Lock icon AMP mails offer to GIO shareholders on Friday
        261 18 After that, 610 has two weeks to make a formal response Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AMP Ltd, Australia's largest fund manager, said it expects to issue its takeover offer for rival insurance company GIO Australia Holdings Ltd on Friday after a court last week
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        Lock icon Bleak outlook greets new BHP chief exec
        211 18 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australia's largest resources company. The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd, will greet its new chief tomorrow with the dismal news that its first-half 1998/99 profit could be at least 40 per cent lower than it was a year ago. The outlook
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        Lock icon France Telecom buys 2% of Deutsche Telekom
        354 18 Reuters [PARIS] France Telecom said yesterday it bought a 2 per cent stake in its ally Deutsche Telekom for 8.2 billion francs (552.4 billion) while the German company had bought a similar stake in France Telecom for eight billion francs. The cross-stakes, which
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        Lock icon Rashid Hussain to ink deal with Pahang
        477 18 State may inject funds, shareholder Rashid cnt his stake Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Rashid Hussain Bhd is calling a news conference today to sign a deal with the Pahang State Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), a company official said yesterday. The signing ceremony will take
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        Lock icon Frosty the Coke-can-man
        53 18 [BEIJING] Sixteen-month-old Qiu Yanyun touches a snowman made of Coca-Cola cans at the Cuiwei Department store in western Beijing on Friday. The snowman and tree behind it are part of a marketing campaign organised by Coca-Cola which is using Christmas related promotional efforts for the first time
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        CNN expanding in Asia despite regional downturn
        540 18  -  More hours of news for Asia, plan to double staff: official By I Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE! Cable News Network (CNN), the Atlantabased broadcaster that pioneered the 24-hour news channel, is expanding its operations in Asia despite the regional economic downturn, a senior company
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Barclays CEO quit over Russian losses: report
        602 19 His sadden resignation and a profit warning posh stock down 8% Bloom berg, FT FT [LONDON] Barclays pic chief executive Martin Taylor was pushed into resigning by nonexecutive directors who were angry because of Russian hedge fund losses the bank sustained this year,
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        Lock icon Canada set to oppose mergers of top banks, says banker
        302 19 FT [TORONTO] Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin is set to block in their present form two proposed mergers involving four of Canada's five largest banks, according to a senior Canadian banker. Canada's competition bureau is expected to deliver its preliminary
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        Lock icon HSBC to extend name to all global assets
        312 19 The USssom revamp will be completed before year 2000 AFP [HONGKONG] Banking giant HSBC Holdings pic will extend the HSBC name to all its vast global assets, the group said in a statement received here yesterday. The renaming, using the acronym for
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        Lock icon Dresdner Bank shares jump on Credit Suisse merger talk
        381 19 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Within days of Deutsche Bank's announcement that it is taking over Bankers Trust of US, rumours are rife about an impending deal by its rival Dresdner Bank AG with Credit Suisse Group. The speculation that Dresdner will merge with
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        Lock icon Dresdner unit lays off 13 HK staff
        172 19 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, the securities arm of Germany's Dresdner Bank AG, fired 13 staff in Hongkong, closing its proprietary trading desk, because of "difficult market conditions", an executive said. The investment bank is keeping its treasury department intact, and is redistributing
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        German reinsurer Gerling opens S'pore branch
        189 19  -  Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Germany's Gerling Global Reinsurance has opened a branch here to serve the markets of Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Hongkong and China. The branch at Centennial Tower is managed by Peter Hugger, regional head and chief executive. BT understands that
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        Lock icon GE Capital eyes LTCB leasing ami: report
        296 19 It may offer 900b yen in biggest purchase of Japanese firm Bloomberg [TOKYO] GE Capital Services Corp. the world's largest nonbank finance company, is negotiating to buy a Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd (LTCB)unit's leasing arm to expand its rapidly growing consumer
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    • COMMODITIES FUTURES
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        Lock icon Yen stays vulnerable
        535 20  -  Mmii« Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya MMS International [SINGAPORE) Forex markets are expected to look for directional clues from the slew of US economic data this week to assess whether the renewed exuberance in US stocks is fundamentally justifiable. The Dow Jones Industrial Average marked a record high closing
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        Lock icon Opec's failure to prop up oil may send prices down slippery slope
        834 20 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP |LONDON) The failure of the Opec meeting last week to prop up oil prices left crude at historic low levels, while elsewhere in the commodities markets coffee prices heated up. Brent, the reference North Sea
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1908 20 S1C0M rUTPRES A'ov 27 RUBBER (futures closing is it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cents/kg) CtOM Volume Open Month High low Sett (towns) Interest Dcc 98 110.50 450 Jan 99 111.25 550 Feb 99 H4.75 113.75 113.00 450 1375 Ifef 99 1M.75 1175 Apr/Jim 99 119.50 2250 Jul/Sep 99 123.50
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      BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      4344 21 Net MTU era Llanh Huat Sep 30 I 4.3231 2.324 2L 1.07 Date TY LY TY IV IM Kim Teh Sep 15 I 2 901 1.1*2 3 62 1.48 Company ann (tut) ($m) (ctt) (eti) LlmKahNgam Sep 30 t 89 49L 0.051 *14. 0.03 Lum Chang
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
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        Lock icon Hang Seng set for correction after recent gains
        279 22 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG share pi ices are expected to take a downward course in the absence of fresh incentives to extend a 5 per cent gain over the week to Friday, dealers said. "I think the market will go for a correction
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        ASIAN MARKETS Roundup
        870 22 f J Sydney +C 7.7 THE Austialian market will turn its attention towards more local data in the week ahead with seven weighty in dicators due for release one of the busiest times of the year, brokers said. "The direction of financial markets for the rest of
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        Lock icon Wall Street poised to breach 10,000 milestone
        598 22 NEW YORK History shows that a record shortly after a fall of 10% or more is a bullish signal Bloomberg THE rally that pushed US stocks back to record levels last week for the first time in more than four months shocked investors
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1690 22 QParis +145L24 FRENCH stocks closed higher on Friday after a brief consolidation in the morning, lifted by another bout of M&A rumours, scrappy buying in underperformers and small early gains on the Dow. The blue-chip CAC-40 Index closed up 35.41 points at 3,950.94, rising 148.24 from the
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        Lock icon Merger and rate cut talk boosts Footsie
        417 22 LONDON AFP LONDON'S stock market edged up last week on the strength of a record Wall Street close early on and a steady diet of merger talk and speculation over a new cut in British interest rates. The FT-SE 100 Index closed at
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        Lock icon Nikkei seen holding firm, thanks to New York rally
        320 22 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE stock prices are likely to hold firm in the coming week with fears of a crash receding, brokers said. "Tokyo shares are in the course of turning up, thanks to New York shares' rise to new highs, the
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Lock icon Window dressing seen propping up prices
        460 23 AFP W% Composite Index +3&52 THE Malaysian bourse is expected to see continued buying interest due to year-end window dressing in the coining days after soaring 7.9 per cent in the week to Friday, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's Composite Index rose
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
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        2685 24 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS wt 1998 Last Vol Wwk Last Oust* H«)h low Stno Company Sato tor COOO) High Lew Buyer Sailor Price 20.5 3 3160 "Acer ******1 USS 15.5 *2 1568 17.5 13 15.5 16 95 4.5 3164 Acma ******4 17 -0.5 2674 19 16.5 17 17.5 17 3161
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        San Teh 2000 wrt worth watching
        192 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE market seems to be in rotational mode at the moment. In the past week, electronic stocks. US dollar issues and Indonesian-linked stocks were in play. Looking through the market for stocks that have underperformed relative to the broad
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      • Article
        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        225 24 HONGKONG STOCKS Or Cr 1998 LHt Vol >Mt Last (XxXt Dtv Wv TM Not M Cap High Low Stno Company Sato COOO) High Lao Buyor Sotfor C'vr P/E Smii 400 250 5123 CDL(2000)HK 400 8.0 2.4 2.0 20.5 ***** 5124 Cathay Pac 20c HK_ 720 265.0 2.1 7.4
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      5624 25 Week ended Nov Or Cr M Wt .oog Last Vol Week Lnt Ouote Oh Dtv *M Met Cap Avg High Low StNo Company SiM COOO> High Low Buyer Sollor Cvr P/f Smll Price MULTMNDUSTRY 142 49.5 mt >000 AcmaSOc 81.5 »15 6622 87 76
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      SESDAQ
      1307 25 Or or mm 1998 Last Vol Day Last Ouot* Dlv Olv Yld Nat Cap Avg Nig* Law StNa Company Sata COOO) High Law Buyar SaMar C'vr P/C Prtca MANUFACTURING 243 30 a 2049 AS Auto 10c 130 *16 ***** 142 111 129 130 15.0N 7.0 1.2 123 148.4 129
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        530 26 Source: JM Sassoon Stacks Volume Datapulse5c 73,541,000 Brilliant 8c 72,504,000 SembCorpI 25c 69,933,000 Wing Tai 25c 64,738,000 SM Summit 10c 64,190,000 SingTel 15c 63,242,000 Uraco HldgslOc 53,135,000 MMI Hldgs 10c 50,265,000 •TanChonglntSOc 44,589,000 Liang Huat 10c 39,810,000 Stocks 5 SingTel 15c 170.891,383 SembCorpI 25c 135,963,146 UOB Foreign 135,883,504 SIA Foreign
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        Underlying mood still firm with STI seen at 1,500
        670 26  -  THE WEEK AHEAD With at least one more interest rate cnt seen before year-end, investors can expect another rally in property, finance issues By R Sivanithy GOING by logic, the local stock market should consolidate this week. Why? In the words
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        HOT STOCK
        76 26  -  -by! Shiv Taneja COMFORT Group closed one and a half cents higher at 61 cents last Friday on a volume of 5 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.5 million shares. There could be more upside in the near term, but trading is expected to
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      756 17 KLSE plans RM5OOm fund far brokers' NPLs, Pg 18 jfe Habib Bank Limited (Incorporated in Pakistan) (Rupees ill "(XMJ) LIABILITIES 1997 1996 ASSETS 1997 1996 RUPEES RUPEES RUPEES RUPEES Authorized Captial 5,000,000 5,000,000 zzz Cash oil hand and Paid up Capital 2,478,495 2.478,495 wl,h Kanks 34,267.734 40,750.762 Reserve Fund Surplus
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      58 21 C 3 j——, M a ZZI X- i 1 iM.il, ,MM 1111 tj| ~~c^" I j ~fll i /lil ii il Any Destination, j Any Time. I Sailing schedules to the Americas more. 2 4 hours a day in the Shipping Guide Fax-On-Demand hotline 740 6000. Another innovative service offered
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      1227 24 BUSINESS J\'()tiC( S To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 IN THE MATTER OF CORONA INSTRUMENTS (S} PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, that a Final General Meeting of the members of the above mentioned Company will be
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      300 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GARMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company, duly convened and held at 9 Penang Road. 111-02 Part Mall. Singapore
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      1299 26 BUSINESS ()t ieCS To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 ISS3 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF CHEMPROHA CHEMICAL DISTRIBUTORS PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBER S VOLUNTARY WINDINGUP(PURSUANT TO SECTION 290) I, LUM KHAIHOU. the undersigned,
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      445 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KEWALRAM REALTY LIMITED I, Narain Girdhar Chanrai. duty appointed Corporate Representative of Kewalram Singapore Limited, holder of ttie whole of the issued share capital of Kewalram Realty Limited, a Company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore.
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      450 26 Tuesdays The Property Column by Lee Han Skill THE TIMES 111 l MAYFRAN international ltd MM|fnm NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 2 Tuas Avenue 10, Singapore *****6 on 18 December 1998 at 4.00 pm
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon SHIP SALES
      299 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence& Young THERE has been a small increase in dry cargo activity but the tanker market has remained fairly static. The demolition market has fallen out of bed with prices tumbling down to low 100's. Demolition prices have crashed. The Chinese had been active and
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      293 27 US 1. i,.mM n*v CWT Distribution 0.54 <L0t M ChoanHup 0.55 *0.01 132 Cotco Investment 0.51 -0.02 22 Freight links 0.215 unch 1356 G8 Holdings 0.439 unch 36 Hal Sun Hup 0.475 unch 879 Hitachi 20Mn 0.796 0.029 399 IMC Holdings HK 5.5 Jays Holdings 0.S6 unch I
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      S'pore port users stand to save up to $32m next year
      492 27  -  Measures introduced by MPA, PSA to reduce business costs for customers By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Port users could save up to $32 million yearly, thanks to the cost reduction packages unveiled by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
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      All shippers will pay more, but smaller ones will pay the most
      833 27  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes THE news stories over the past couple of weeks have painted a confusing picture of what is happening to the liner business and how its problems are affecting Singapore and South-east Asia. The
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      Lock icon The end is near for Brent Spar
      63 27 [STA VANGER, Norway] Preparations on the Crane vessel Thialf are in full swing to lift the upper part of the Brent Spar oil platform off the coast of Vats, near Stavanger, at the start of the dismantling of the platform. Environmental campaigners had
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      Fasa to hold its AGM in S'pore tomorrow
      232 27  -  Asian Shipowners Safe Navigation Committee meets today By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Leading shipowners from across the region will be meeting in Singapore tomorrow for the 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Federation of Asean Shipowners Association (Fasa). The AGM is being
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      Lock icon Six int'l firms bid for venture with PT Pelindo II
      214 27 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia said it received bids from six international companies to form a joint venture with PT Pelindo 11, a state-owned port company in which the country plans to sell a stake. The bidders are AP Moller Group's Maersk
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    • SHIPPING NEWS
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        Shortage of officers from developed nations worsens
        490 28 SHORTAGES of officers, and particularly of engineers, are getting worse, according to the results of an Interim Manpower Survey by the International Shipping Federation (ISF), a group of national shipowners' associations. The statistics also suggest seafarers from Asian countries could be masters and
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        Former UK maritime safely chief to join lACS
        192 28 THE former chief executive of the UK's Marine Safety Agency (MSA) is to take over as permanent secretary of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) in June next year. He is to succeed James Bell, who retires after seven years as
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        UK ports to fight 'illegal' subsidies
        114 28 The two associations representing the large UK ports have agreed to merge to counter subsidies to rival northern European ports. The ports of Felixstowe, Bristol and Thamesport, currently represented by the United Kingdom Independent Ports Association (UKIPA) are to join the larger United Kingdom
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          IG Reinsurance costs
          148 28 DOWNCALLS by International Group (IG) P&I clubs are likely to be reduced following a reduction of about 20 per cent in the cost of the IG's main reinsurance contract. This follows a run of four reductions in consecutive years. The IG said the cut was possible because
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          Mitsui OSK and NavIX to merge
          65 28 JAPANESE shipping companies Mitsui OSK Lines and Navix are to merge next April to form a new company which will operate nearly 500 vessels and own assets worth over 640 billion yen (SsB.6 billion). Mitsui OSK will be operating a diverse fleet and maintaining
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          New approach to classification
          80 28 FRENCH classification society Bureau Veritas has launched what it claims is a new approach to classification which uses risk assessment techniques to integrate the owner's planned mainteniance system into the classification and survey of shipboard machinery and equipment. VeriSTAR Machinery introduces a riskbased classification system which
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          New reefer pool formed
          87 28 UNICOOL and other reefer owners are forming a new pool operation to be called Arctic Reefers. Unicool says the new company will focus on traditional reefer shipping but will "also engage in emerging markets with future potential" and will initially control some 20-25 reefer vessels from
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          Muttiport in 100 countries
          49 28 THE Multiport Ship Agencies Network now has representatives in 100 countries, following the admission of new members in the Bahamas and the Russian West Arctic. The Bahamas member is specialist ship agent United Shipping Co of Freeport, while Murmansk-based NordMor Service is the Russian agent.
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      SHIPPiIIG SCHEDULES INDEX
      376 28 PACE Express T L t4 ami i FoonqSun 8 Accord 8 Frot4 Ahrenkiel 12 M Links 14 Appenship 5 L,n 1 Austral 8 Gemartrans 8 Avant 14 Genshgp 12 8'tanq Mas 8 Glory Nav 14 BSA 7 HaiSunHup 8 BTL 14 Hangli 7 Balaii Shpq 4 Hanjin
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      17657 35 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone I ETA ETA Advertiser VesS.I Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number I SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number I U/12 09/01 PIL BUNGA KENARI Ml 65-*****93 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voire I 14/12 09/01 straits
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        602 41 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jvm* Pert And Adiratna 9805 J07 alongside 2911/1830 Bt S Makassa *****8 J01 alongside 29.(1/2000 Dooyangglofy 1196 J10 alongside 02.12/1600 Hms Premium *****P J13 alongside 02.12/0700 Joint Spirit 3A J09 alongside 29.11/0100 Marcopolo 62 01/98J J15 alongside 02.12/1300 Midas Hope 12 J11
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1869 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclnq/B«l«nct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Portod From To From UM DM CM2t 02/2300 U 21/15M 21/1651 21/WM It 21/1500 21/1651 21/WM a nmoo 30/0*54 jo/otoc 21 21/17M M/0651 30 WOO 30/0700 n/iim so/moo 4 30/1200 30/1451 30/1700 JkVCMtr M03a
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        189 42 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Air Canada, the nation's largest carrier, said it will cap commissions travel agents can earn for booking certain roundtrip international flights at Csl4o (*****.36), following the lead of US airlines. The cap, which will take effect on Jan 4, will
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        424 42 160 older aircraft to be inspected for cracks on fuselage joints Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Aviation Administration ordered US cargo airlines to inspect and, if necessary, replace fuselage joints on 160 older Boeing Co 727 aircraft. The FAA in 1991 found that
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      573 34 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO EUROPE I EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINERISED SERVICE VSI VOT |~PO»l I *'DAII/»'DM»|h'»U»6 ItIMEH MTTWW 4 VfSSH I IS/12 I 20/12 |«/H <*"* OS/81 TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE w IvorlptG sm I m im I stp |nal hm I mi I«t I MKT BflHtftlMl 20S |03/H OS/12§ !3/n|
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      1009 34 VESSELS VOY PKL MLA LEH FTTM HAM ZEE SOT VILLE D OftlON Y2BW 01/12 02/12 14/12 21/12 22/12 23/12 2S/12 26/12 VH_L£ DC MIMOSA V29W 08/12 08/12 21/12 26/12 29/12 30/12 01/01 02/01 VILLEDE TANYA T29W 15/12 18/12 28/12 CX/01 06/01 06/D1 Q6AM 06/01 VHXE DE TAURUS A29W 22/12 04/01
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      740 38 CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICE DIRECT SERVICE FROM S'PORE TO KARACHI ACCEPTING BOTH SOC AND COC CONTAINER [VESSEL VOYACt ETA SINGAPORE ETA COIOMO ETA KARACHI SHAUMAB 003HW H/11/H 03/12/86 08/l?/W SWAT 003HW 03/1 ?/WOB/12/W 13/12/W SHAMMAUI 004HW 17/12/W 77/12/W 77/17/91 SWAT 004HW 74/17/W 71/17/W 03/01 /W SHAUMAI 00SHW 07/01/W 17/01/ M 17/01/W
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      982 39 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO PKG I SIM I JKT I SU» PPG I ILW I CM» IQM HAI I MYI I 0«F I SAV I NEW TA» I HQU I HOI6H DUKI /0540 23/11 tNPT 03/1? 05/12 09/1? 14/12 21/12 24/1? 21/01 24/01 25/01 20/01 07/07
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