The Business Times, 14 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon SES volume hits 3-year high on buying wave
    476 1  -  Sm jumps 30 points as markedly bullish sentiment sweeps local bourse By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A wave of buying lifted trading volume on the Stock Exchange of Singapore to its highest level since the tail end of the 1993 Super Bull. The
    Source: Bloomberg; ERIC CHU  -  476 words
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    Boulevard Hotel up for sale at around $560m
    418 1  -  DBS Land's hiiaaid to be closest ta taking price; M Credit, HE Land pat in joint bid Reportsby. Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Boulevard Hotel in the Orchard Road area is said to be up for sale at around $560 million. Owned by listed
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    Lock icon Hotel Prop on verge of buying Forum
    321 1 $380 m Orchard Rd mall has potential for redevelopment [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd is negotiating to buy over Forum The Shopping Mall on Orchard Road which has the potential to be redeveloped into a bigger commercial complex. Industry sources told BT that the
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    Lock icon Hang Seng slides while Jakarta bourse touches record high
    340 1 Rumours about Deng's health give HE market the chills Reuter [HONGKONG] It was a day of mixed fortunes on Asian stock markets yesterday, with Hongkong registering a big reversal while Jakarta closed at a record high. The Hang Seng Index plunged
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      15 1 Thai stocks close at 56-month low, Pg 4 Taiwan hoarse draws foreign funds, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Ministers agree on actions to deepen business ties
      970 2  -  Draft declaration dream vents possible veto by Portugal over East Timor issue By' Yang Razali Kassim ASEAN and the European Union have agreed to take action to consolidate, deepen and diversify relations between the two dynamic regions, with special emphasis on the
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      Income not planning to parallel import cars
      370 2  -  Chief exec says it has to look for better ways to invest its assets By< Christopher Tan NTUC Income has put the brakes on its supposed plan to parallel import cars, first reported earlier this week. In a letter to the press yesterday,
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      More say I-love-you via papers
      313 2  -  By* Clarissa Tan SOME come adorned with roses, others with cuddly lovebirds or benign cupids. But they all bear hearts, and earnest words. Love messages sent through the newspapers on Valentine's Day today are proving more popular than ever. Known as Valentine's Lovelines, the service
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      Lock icon Petrol, gas push up wholesale prices
      348 2  -  BYE ON THE ECONOMY Prices By Andrey Tan WHOLESALE prices rose in the last quarter of 1996, fuelled by more expensive petroleum and gas. The Domestic Supply Price Index averaged 88.4 points in the last three months of the year, up from 87.23 in
      Source: Dept of Statistics; ALLAN  -  348 words
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      Bank of India bungalow up for sale
      206 2 THE Bank of India is selling its chief executive officer's old bungalow home, which is expected to fetch about 513.5 million. The single-storey detached bungalow on a 27,414 sq foot site at Victoria Park Road in Bukit Timah has a built-up area of
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      Lock icon 1st timers, HDB upgraders prefer ECs
      473 2  -  Popularity doe to affordability and attractive financing Ngee Ann poll By 1 Tan Su Yen A NGEE ANN Polytechnic survey has confirmed the views of property analysts executive condominiums have emerged as a strong alternative for first-time home buyers and HDB upgraders who shun
      Source:; ALLAN  -  473 words
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      Strong local response to Net directory
      353 2  -  Byi Chung Tsung Mien LOCAL companies have responded enthusiastically to a service designed to put them in touch with business partners via the Internet. Some 500 companies have listed details of their interest in establishing partnerships and business collaborations in Singapore Connect, a comprehensive
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      Lock icon POSBank job for Ssangyong
      63 2 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's Ssangyong Engineering and Construction Co Ltd, an unlisted unit of Ssangyong Group, said yesterday it has won a US$225 million (*****.3 million) order to build a high-rise building in Singapore. Ssangyong said the order was awarded by Posbank Centre Pte Ltd. The
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        ERA property sales up 21% in January
        77 2 ERA Realty Network has recorded a 21 per cent increase in property sales in January 1997 over December 1996. The company sold $237 million worth of properties, an increase of 7 per cent from January last year. ERA said it expected the property
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        1st locally designed laser welder built
        55 2 EXCEL Advanced Technology, the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology have teamed up to build the first locally-designed pulsed Nd:YAG laser system. Called the Excel PYL-300, it welds electronic components, electronic packaging, consumer products and other assemblies
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        New envoy to Nepal appointed
        46 2 THE government has appointed Ong Keng Yong as Singapore's next ambassador to Nepal. He will present his credentials to King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev today in Kathmandu. Mr Ong, who resides in New Delhi, is also High Commissioner to India.
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        Firms in poly's QC projects save $5m
        45 2 COMPANIES which work with Ngee Ann Polytechnic students on quality circles-related projects have saved more than )5 million. Since 1992, the student-industry teams have completed 35 projects, 25 of which were presented at the National Quality Circle Conventions.
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon Another slow year for ad spending in '96
      465 3  -  Growth remains at 1995's 8% due to a slowdown in retail, property sectors By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] Advertising expenditure grew 8 per cent to $1.14 billion last year, which was a lacklustre period due to the slowdown in the retail and property
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      Lock icon Exxon bans use of live tigers in service station promotions
      339 3 Decision prompted by animal protection group's campaign Bloomberg Business News [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Corp, which for years has claimed to put a tiger in your gas tank, now says the big cats don't belong at local service stations. At least
      Bloomberg Business News  -  339 words
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      Environmental show likely to be 20% bigger
      492 3  -  Response from US, UK exhibitors set to hit record levels By, Agnes Wee [SINGAPORE] The organisers of an exhibition on environmental equipment and services, to be held on Nov 4-7, expect the show to be 20 per cent bigger than the one last
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      126 3 V GRUPMODERN INTI PUTRAMODERN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE B.V U5531,000,000 Transferable Loan Facility Arranger and Agent HSBC Investment Banking Singapore December 1996 SINO-THAI ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED US$BO,OOO,OOO Syndicated Term Loan Facility Arranger and Agent <x> HSBC Investment Banking Singapore October 1996 J PT ETERNAL BUANA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES (Eterindo Group) U5543,000,000
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      195 3 f > S.P. INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED U5533,000,000 Syndicated Loan Facility Arranger and Agent <z> HSBC Investment Banking Singapore November 1996 I SHANDONG HUAZHONG PAPER COMPANY LTD U5540,000,000 Syndicated Term Loan Facility Arranger and Agent <z> HSBC Investment Banking Singapore August 19% J < PT STEADY SAFE US$lOO,OOO,OOO Syndicated Term Loan
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      An Indon conundrum far foreign investors
      711 4  -  Positive economic fandamentals but riots have raised concerns about stability LETTER FROM JAKARTA By S N Vasuki FOREIGN investors, who have committed billions of dollars in direct investment to Indonesia, are a puzzled lot these days. Though Indonesia's economic fundamentals remain positive, investors have
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      Lock icon M'sian state election nullified by court
      251 4 KUALA LUMPUR AFP A MALAYSIAN high court yesterday declared the election in a constituency in eastern Sarawak state null and void due to vote-buying and ruled against a candidate of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's coalition government. Judge lan Chin ruled in favour of independent
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      Lock icon Thai stocks plunge on weak baht concerns, liquidity problems
      352 4 BANGKOK The SET index closes at 56-month low after 3.4% fall Reuter INVESTORS unloaded key stocks on concerns of weak baht and on comments by the central bank governor that some finance firms faced short-term liquidity problems, driving the index down
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      Lock icon Just point and shoot
      55 4 (MANILA] Dulce Canoy, a 27-year-old office worker, trying a foreign made 9 mm calibre pistol at an arms exhibition in Manila yesterday. "I want to buy a weapon for protection, "Ms Canoy said. The aviation, maritime and defence exhibition, held once every two years, brings together
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      Lock icon Regional bankers meet in Bangkok
      352 4 BANGKOK Reuter SOUTH-EAST Asian central bankers met yesterday in Bangkok at a largely informal gathering to exchange views on their respective countries' economies. "No fireworks. A friendly gathering of central bank colleagues for informal talks about how we're doing," a central bank official, who asked
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      Lock icon Taiwan targets Cambodia in south-bound investment policy
      372 4  -  TAIPEI Part of government's 1994 plan to reduce reliance on China By\ Bruce Cheesman TAIWANESE investors, gaining a reputation for going where their Western counterparts fear to tread, have designated Cambodia as their latest South-east Asian target. The government has paved the way
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        Lock icon Suharto to visit Myanmar, Cambodia
        84 4 Reuter [JAKARTA] President Suharto will visit Myanmar next week, just days after a meeting of European and South-east Asian nations at which Yangon's military rulers came under heavy fire. State Secretary Murdiono said yesterday Mr Suharto would make state visits to Cambodia from Feb 17
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        Lock icon Bangkok, Manila to sign repurchase pact
        99 4 Reuter [BANGKOK] The central banks of Thailand and the Philippines yesterday said they would sign a bilateral agreement to help the two countries to cooperate to counter future market attack on their currencies. Bank of Thailand governor Rerngchai Marakanond told reporters that the two
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        Lock icon Illegal Viet migrant woes for China
        102 4 AFP [BEIJING] A rising tide of Vietnamese illegal immigrants, many of whom engage in prostitution and crime, is posing a new threat to social stability in parts of China, a report said yesterday. "Some Vietnamese women bring opium, heroin and other narcotics into China,
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      148 4 You can say NO to duplication in your accounts department You must be fed up of the number of times the same voucher or invoice is made, posted, updated and written over and over again by the different departments in your company. This naturally leads to delays, errors and unnecessary
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan bourse a strong draw to foreign funds
      511 5  -  TAIPEI Overseas investors pomp in USs336m, helping market to gain 7% this year By Bruce Cheesman OVERSEAS funds are still flowing into the Taiwan stockmarket, which has risen by more than 7 per cent this year. They poured more than US$336 million
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      Lock icon Beijing hits out against charges of xenophobia
      186 5 BEIJING Nationalist sentiment is not aggressive, says commentary AFP CHINA yesterday published the latest in a series of count-er-attacks against Western criticisms that its growing nationalism is threatening to develop into out-and-out xenophobia. A commentary in the official China Daily stressed that nationalist
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      Lock icon Britain, China complete 1997-98 HK budget
      168 5 HONGKONG Reuter BRITISH and Chinese negotiators said yesterday they had basically finished drawing up Hongkong's government budget for the coming fiscal year, which straddles the territory's return to China. "We have basically completed the detailed compilation of the 1997-98 budget," said Hongkong Treasury Secretary
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon Taipei won't tighten liquidity
        61 5 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's central bank has no immediate plan to tighten its stable-to-loose monetary policy, saying the recent stock rally showed investors' confidence in an economic recovery, a senior bank official said yesterday. "The central bank thinks the stock market's bull run shows investors are confident
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        Lock icon Tung attacks HK Democrat leader
        57 5 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's future leader Tung Chee-hwa yesterday attacked Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee for damaging confidence in the territory overseas. Chief Executive-designate Mr Tung said that remarks made by Mr Lee during his current overseas tour, could affect foreign investors' confidence in Hongkong after
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        Lock icon No more visa-free HK entry for Britons
        66 5 AFP [HONGKONG] British nationals will no longer be entitled to unconditional visa-free entry to Hongkong under new rules to be brought in ahead of the territory's July 1 handover to Chinese rule. Alex Fong, deputy secretary for security, told local legislators yesterday the
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        Lock icon Star TV will keep HQ in HK
        54 5 AFP [HONGKONG] Media baron Rupert Murdoch's Pan-Asian satellite television broadcaster Star TV said yesterday it would keep its headquarters in Hongkong. "While we concentrate on our regional markets and building our presence there, our home is Hongkong," Gary Davey, Star TV chief executive,
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      Lock icon China offer to lift trade barriers encouraging, says US official
      203 5 WASHINGTON Reuter US officials said on Wednesday that China had indicated a willingness to drop many of its biggest trade barriers in order to win membership in the World Trade Organisation. Secretary of Commerce William Daley told reporters he was
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      Lock icon China industry grows 10.3%
      112 5 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S industrial output for January totalled 150 billion yuan (5525.5 billion), up 10.3 per cent over the same month last year, the State Statistics Bureau said yesterday The growth rate was 2.8 percentage points slower than the 1996 full-year average. Private enterprises and joint
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon S Korea President rejects PM's offer to resign over Hanbo
      415 6 SEOUL Former home affiurs minister and two lawmakers arrested yesterday Bloomberg Business News SOUTH Korean President Kim Young Sam rejected a resignation offer by the Prime Minister as the corruption scandal surrounding the failed Hanbo Group snared a former home
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    • Article
      Major shake-up in Aussie casino industry
      619 6  -  SYDNEY iniPWHtnrff queuing for apiece of the action By. Russell Baker AUSTRALIA'S casino sector is undergoing a huge shake-up and Asian-linked investors are queuing for a piece of the action. Malaysian casino and hotel operator Metroplex has entered into an agreement to take over
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      Lock icon Wide angle
      56 6 [SYDNEY] Japanese sumo wrestler Koyo Musashimaru (left) getting his photo taken by compatriot and rival Toshio Tosanoumiat the Sydney Opera House after a promotional launch in Sydney yesterday. Sydney and Melbourne will hold a knock-out tournament in June with 40 of Japan's top sumo wrestlers competing with a
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      Lock icon Strong Aussie jobs growth makes rate cut unlikely
      374 6 SYDNEY, Jan saw highest jobs growth since Nov 1)5, bat unemployment rate holds steady AFP AUSTRALIA yesterday recorded a surprise surge in new jobs which economists said will reinforce the central bank's view that another interest rate cut is not warranted. The
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      Lock icon Tension runs high as senior N Korean officii defects
      425 6 BEIJING AFP SOUTH Korea rushed a diplomatic team to Beijing yesterday to negotiate the departure of the most senior defector to flee North Korea, after Pyongyang agents attempted to recover him. With tensions and allegations between the rivals running high, China
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      Lock icon Aussie PM wants more competition in lending to business
      200 6 CANBERRA Bloomberg Business News AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard called for increased competition among banks for small business loans after Commonwealth Bank of Australia dropped its home loan rate to 7.55 per cent on Tuesday. Mr Howard said the area of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Greenspan calls for cautious lifting of US banking curbs
      399 7 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday Congress should move slowly in granting US banks access to new non-financial businesses and letting commercial firms acquire banks. Mr Greenspan's prepared text for testimony before a House Banking Committee
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      Lock icon US sales up less-than-expected 0.6% in Jan
      352 7 WASHINGTON Staffer pace indicates economy won't sostain Q4's rapid growth Bloomberg Business News US RETAIL sales posted a smaller-than-expected increase in January, a sign the economy is unlikely to repeat the fourth quarter's rapid growth pace in early 1997, Commerce Department figures showed
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      Lock icon Middle East, Asian buyers snapping up gold at low prices
      364 7  -  LONDON Price bottoming out after a 11% slide in Nov: dealers By\ Neil Behrmann GLOBAL gold refiners are working at full capacity to meet exceptional demand from Middle East and Asian buyers who are snapping up bargain-priced metal. As a
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      Lock icon Clinton puzzled by report on Chinese donations
      139 7 WASHINGTON AFP PRESIDENT Bill Clinton was "puzzled" and concerned by a report that the Chinese Embassy here sought to channel foreign donations to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for the 1996 elections, the White House said yesterday. "Everyone I've checked with here at
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      Lock icon Telecom talks: S Korea, Canada improve offers
      248 7 GENEVA Bloomberg Business News SOUTH Korea gave up ground and Canada appeared ready to make further concessions, paving the way for a successful conclusion to talks aimed at transforming the US$6OO billion (SsB46 billion) world telecommunications market. The latest offers in the two-year-old
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      Named for commercial success or failure
      607 7  -  Or why it may not help to call yoor company Unotype-Hell EUROPEAN YXEW By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT SHROVE Tuesday and Valentine's Day, both falling this week, offer elegant testimony to the fact that commerce insinuates
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      Lock icon EC hails progress towards common currency
      232 7 BRUSSELS Bloomberg Business News THE European Commission hailed progress towards the common currency planned for 1999, warning that only a relapse into reckless government spending policies could throw it off course. The commission, the executive agency of the 15-nation European Union, said in its
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Greenspan on a roll over life, the economy
      763 8  -  OPINIO* TgaauituM By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent ALAN GREENSPAN is a happy man. After all, investors on Wall Street agree that the United States Federal Reserve chairman and his tight monetary policies are responsible for continued growth in
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      117 8 'I would never abuse my position or do anything that would upset Her Majesty.' Sarah FerpMß Britain's Prince Andrew, defending herself againswbcusations she was sullying the name of the royal family by appearing in paid advertisements. It's the swallowed the whale here.' Stuart Puhrirent analyst on Catalytica
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      Thailand tackles its economic woes
      619 8 EDITORIAL AN 84 billion baht (554.57 billion) spending cut announced this week in the face of declining revenue collection and a runaway current account deficit will help Thailand address some of its economic problems. But there is a limit to how fast the economy in
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      Lock icon US looks to the East
      1029 8  -  The world is experiencing a sodden tilt in economic and political power from the Atlantic to the Pacific region By I Serajul I Bhuiyan The writer is a lecturer at the School of Communication Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, whose research interest is in Economic
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      985 8 Tmnegwi' gilt to America OVERLY critical and pessimistic adults should be required to read an amazing new report: "Volunteering and Giving Among American Teenagers". This product of Independent Sector, a Washington nonprofit group that seeks to encourage volunteer and charity work, offers considerable reason for optimism.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A gallant look-alike?
      727 10  -  If potential buyers are attracted to its looks, they will be sold once they drive the Galant, says Christopher tan CHRISTOPHER TAN WHILE the new Lancer has a rear that smacks of the Merced es-Benz C-class, the new Galant is more than a shade of the BMW.
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Daimler-Benz arm's turnover jumps 15%
        109 10 THE services arm of motor-based Daimler-Benz Ag, Daimler-Benz Inter Services (Debis) Ag, recorded its most 4 successful year in 1996. Turnover rose 15 per cent to 13.6 billion marks (5f11.4 billion); and 1,200 new employees were recruited in the year, raising its workforce to 11,400-strong.
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        Mitsubischi dominates Dakar Raily
        67 10 MITSUBISHI has swept all mater awards at this year's 8,518 km Dakar-Agadee-Dakar Rally. On Jan 19, KenJiro Shincsuka, who had taken part in the event 12 times, became the first Japanese to win the gruelling rally. With co-driver Henri Magne of France, his Team Mitsubishi Oil
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        Shearer signs Jaguar marketing deal
        103 10 ALAN SHEARXR. captain of the English national soccer team and the world's most expensive footballer, has altered into a three-year worldwide marketing agreement with Jaguar Cars. Under the agreement, Jaguar win be the exclusive supplier of cars to the 26-year-old star Already an owner of
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        12 BMW to launch 2 new products a year
        122 10  -  OifllHfcy -v Christopher Tan FROM this year, the BMW Group will launch at least two new products a year. However, it will not unveil them until production has started up—to secure the success of existing products. Swedish maker Volvo has also
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      Lock icon Love's a blooming in China
      607 10 PEOPLE Valentine's Day pwiwhtn iff Hftjnfft from lows bat also florists who reap huge profits Reuter [BEIJING] More and more Chinese suitors are using Valentine's Day as an excuse to open their hearts to the ones they love but rose merchants reaping huge profits may
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      Lock icon Bowie gets his star
      58 10 [CALIFORNIA] Rock music superstar David Bowie (right) and his wife, supermodel Iman after he received a star on the famous Walk of Fame on Wednesday in Hollywood Bowie, whose changing persona has marked him as one of rock music's most dynamic performers over the last three
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      Acma to gain $61m from sale of 21% Lityan stake
      369 11  -  Divestment of holding in ITsian firm will raise its NTA by 37 cents per share By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Acma Ltd has agreed to sell its 21 per cent stake in Malaysian unit Lityan Holdings reaping a hefty
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      Kemayan to buy offices for $57m
      202 11 [SINGAPORE] Hongkonglisted Far East Holdings International has given Kuala Lumpur-listed Kemayan Corporation an option to buy the office units of a building here for Sss7 million. The building, Parkway Builder's Centre next to Parkway Parade, has office space totalling 57,000 sq ft. Far East
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      Lock icon Iqbal camp strikes at Rafiq's expert witness
      405 11 THE JUMABHOT CASE The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] Iqbal Jumabhoy's camp yesterday launched a counterstrike, attacking Rafiq Jumabhoy's expert witness who had spoken in favour of his share option. Senior -counsel Davinder Singh, who acts for Iqbal, sought to raise doubts about Robert Whaley's
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      Nikkei's Jan plunge: did the market fall or was it pushed?
      843 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Anthony Rowley AT THE beginning of this year, it was suggested in this column that the Tokyo stockmarket might surprise everyone by turning out to be one of the best performing major markets during 1997. The
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      Lock icon Property stocks up on confidence in economy
      295 11  -  SES Property Index jumps 13 points as 23 counters rise By, Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Major property stocks posted gains yesterday, driving the SES Property Index up 12.55 points to a high of 804.64. Observers said the counters were buoyed by growing confidence in
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      RDC awards US$22m Viet deal to affiliate
      178 11 [SINGAPORE] Listed Resources Development Corporation (RDC) has awarded a building contract to an affiliate, Sembawang Construction, for U5521.65 million (5530.3 million). The contract involves the construction of a 16-storey service apartment project in Ho Chi Minh City. An RDC statement yesterday said the
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      CCL in motor finance venture Down Under
      209 11 (SINGAPORE] Cycle Car riage Ltd (CCL) has entered into an agreement with two Australian companies to set up a motor-finance outfit Down Under. Yesterday, the motor-based group signed a "heads of agreement" with Astre Investments Pte Ltd and St George Bank Ltd to
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        Lock icon Wing Tiek set to firm up sale of Manila steel corp stake
        208 12 Bernama [MANILA] The sale of the 87.5 p4r cent stake of Malaysia's Wing Tiek Holdings Bhd in Manila's National Steel Corp (NSC) will be firmed up on Feb 21 this year, an official said yesterday. NSC president Edgardo
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        Metro Pacific's gain up 64% despite packaging losses
        336 12  -  Packaging snbsidiary incurs a net loss of 246 m pesos Prom, Al Labita in Manila METRO Pacific Corp (MPC), the listed Philippine flagship of Indonesia's Salim Group, has failed to meet its one bil-lion-peso profit target in 19% because of losses in
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        Lock icon SingTel to cut costs, expand its services to fight new rivals
        475 12 Profit margins likely to slip 2 points when competition starts in April, say analysts Bloomberg Business News SINGAPORE Telecommunications will trim costs and expand its services to battle new competition, the company's chief executive said yesterday. Singapore's phone monopoly
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        Lock icon Brisk trade in Berjaya Ind on news of foreign venture
        299 12 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Berjaya Industrial Bhd were the most active on the Kuala Lumpur exchange yesterday as the controlling shareholder said the company may soon take part in a group to acquire an overseas business. "It's
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        Lock icon They just keep getting smaller
        72 12 [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant NEC unveiled the Picona, the world s smallest digital camera yesterday. Measuring 22 mm by 74 mm by 102 mm and powered by standard AA batteries, Picona has a 4.6 cm liquid crystal display monitor, and a 2 megabit flash memory
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        Lock icon Malayan Credit plans to borrow $90m
        163 12 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] Malayan Credit Ltd, the property development arm of Cycle Carriage Ltd, plans to borrow up to $90 million over five years. Malayan Credit may opt to borrow the money as bonds, a company executive said. It will use the funds
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        Lock icon Philippine bourse proposes removal of IPO tax
        299 12 Reuter [MANILA) The Philippine Stock Exchange has proposed scrapping a tax on initial public offerings in order to encourage more firms to go public, papers obtained from the Department of Finance showed yesterday. The papers show it also asked for the abolition of
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        Veteran hotelier to head OUE arm
        329 12  -  Hotel management unit to re-examine its operations By. Agnes Wee (SINGAPORE] Local veteran hotelier Michael Ow is set to take over the helm of SMI Hotels and Resorts, the hotel management division of listed Overseas Union Enterprise. Alfred Low, the present director and general
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          Haw Par expands M'sia bowling business
          79 12 [SINGAPORE] The Haw Par group has expanded its bowling business with the opening of its third bowling centre in Malaysia. The Golden Bowl Klang, costing about M 52.7 million (511.5 million), is at Klang Parade in Kuala Lumpur. The trading group already operates Golden
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          Changes in Kay Hian audit panel
          42 12 [SINGAPORE] Wee Ee Chao has resigned as a member of stockbroking company Kay Hian Holdings' audit committee. Tang Wee Loke has been appointed to takp his place. Both the resignation and appointment will take effect tomorrow.
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          Lock icon Pidemoo Land's FRN issue allotted
          66 12 Reuter [HONGKONG] Pidemco Land's US$l2O million (SII6B million) floating rate note issue has been allotted, arranger Standard Chartered Bank Singapore said. The facility has a final maturity of five years. It was priced at par to float at 26 basis points over the six-month London
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          Lock icon HK Telecoms to freeze managers' wages
          48 12 AFX-Asia AFN [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecommunications is reported to be freezing the wages 0f3,000-4,000 middle and senior managers. The Hongkong Economic Journal reported that chief executive Linus Cheung said in an internal memo issued last month that there will be no pay rise.
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          Lock icon Kian Ho olueless about stock surge
          98 12 Bloomberg Business News [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings Ltd, a trader and distributor of bearings and seals for machines, said it does not know why its stock has soared as much as 50 per cent this week. "We have no idea who's buying or why
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          Lock icon PT Medoo Enegi, Petronas in sale talks
          68 12 Bloomberg Business News [JAKARTA] Indonesian oil and gas company PT Medco Enegi said it is in early talks with Malaysian state oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) on the sale of a stake to Petronas. The talks are "very preliminary", a Medco investor-relations
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        Lock icon AT&T coming out ahead of Bells in local phone access
        463 13 Phone giant has succeeded in getting di&coimts from local networks Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp is coming out on top in battles with the Baby Bells for cheaper access to their US$lOO billion (Ssl4l billion) a year US
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        Lock icon Royal Dutch/ Shell posts record £5.2b earnings
        348 13 Bloomberg Business News Reuter [LONDON] Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced record annual profits of more than £5.2 billion (Ssl2 billion) yesterday, sending its shares surging in both London and Amsterdam. Earnings from oil and gas, boosted by higher oil prices and increased
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        Lock icon Pearson may take £100m charge at Penguin unit
        280 13 Bloomberg Business News (LONDON] Shares of British media company Pearson pic slid as much as 8 per cent after it said it may take a £100 million (Ss23o million) charge at its Penguin USA publishing unit, after discovering "improper accounting". Shares in
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        Lock icon Philips posts surprise Q4 loss of 81m guilders
        270 13 It takes larger than expected charges against earnings (AMSTERDAM) Philips Electronics NV reported a fourthquarter net loss before items of 81 million guilders (5560.8 million), as it financed a top-to-bottom overhaul. Six analysts polled had forecast average pre-items net profit of 652
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        Lock icon Former copper king to go on trial on Monday
        545 14 Hamanaka's lawyers say they don't want to explain their strategy in advance Reuter [TOKYO] One-time copper trading king Yasuo Hamanaka goes on trial on Monday, accused of masterminding a market swindle that became the biggest financial scandal in history. The man
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        Lock icon Nippon Credit shares up 22% on talk of debt guarantees
        273 14 Bloomberg Business News [TOKYO! Nippon Credit Bank shares rose as much as 22 per cent after reports that a senior official from Japan's ruling LiberAl Democratic Party calle&on the government to consider guaranteeing the bank's debentures. Yesterday, shares in Nippon
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        Lock icon Pumping up in Vietnam
        53 14 [HANOIJ A pump attendant filling ci small water bottle with petrol at a central Hanoi gas station yesterday. Vietnam, which produces crude oil, has been negotiating with foreign partners on the construction of its first refinery at Dung Quat, a coastal site, but talks have run
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        Lock icon CBA to expand in Asia and NZ
        213 14 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the nation's largest lender, has announced an aggressive expansion plan into Asia and New Zealand through joint ventures and acquisitions, as the company looks for growth outside the mature Australian market. Commonwealth Bank managing director
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        Lock icon Strong US$ is good news for some commo exporters
        372 14 Greenback rally may reduce risk of new EU-US tension over export subsidies Reuter [LONDON] The more than 7.5 per cent rise in the value of US dollar since Jan 1, measured against a trade-weighted basket of currencies, is good news for
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        Lock icon Hilton bid: into pay advisers US$20m
        245 14 Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] ITT Corp will pay Goldman, Sachs Co and Lazard Freres Co US$lO million (5514.2 million) each for the investment banks' advice on how to fend off Hilton Hotels Corp's US$lO.5 billion hostile bid. The fees were disclosed in a
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        Lock icon Euroyen stable, JGBs end higher
        224 14 SEKEZRepvrt Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures were stable in late trade yesterday after a spate of morning selling, underpinned by buying on dips, dealers said. "There were some late buying on dips on nagging concerns over Japan's banking sector and economy. That helped push Euroyen
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        Strong US buying keeps prices firm
        202 14  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert ▼ioe-president, Refbo Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The bullish sentiment prevalent in the US stock market flowed through to Taiwan yesterday with the TAIEX Cash Index closing at a new high of 7536.3. The MSCI Taiwan Index followed this
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        Lock icon Viet refinery plans hit snags
        208 14 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (HANOI] Vietnam's plans for its first oil refinery appeared to have run into problems again yesterday as wide differences emerged between Hanoi and prospective partners, but a senior official said a deal was still being sought. Ho Si Thoang, of state oil
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        255 14 Reuter AFP London THE US dollar moved sideways at European midsession. Comments from Bundesbank vice-president Johann Wilhelm Gaddum overnight that it was not in the central bank's interests to see the dollar strengthen further added to concerns that the authorities might intervene to sell the US currency. The
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1609 15 Bloomberg Business News □Wkkatt +278J0 STOCKS rose for a third day amid optimism the dollar's gains against the yen will boost earnings of exporters and that banks could benefit from government support. Shares of exporters such as Toyota Motor and Sony along with banks such as Nippon Credit Bank
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      1571 16 Bloomberg Business News Q Hang Seng -222.66 STOCKS tumbled, as the benchmark Hang Seng Index turned its biggest gain in a week into a 1.65 per cent loss. The index slid in the last hour of trading as investors shopped for better values in other Asian markets, such as
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      417 16 Reuter □wp Index ♦mij SHARE prices closed sharply up to reach a six-year high yesterday as market sentiment received a boost from the overnight record close on Wall Street, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index rose throughout most of the session and closed 112.18 points or 1.51 per cent
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      758 16 AFP Composite Index +&32 SHARE prices rose 0.9 per cent yesterday to close at a record high on gains in selected stocks supported by an inflow of foreign funds. "All in all I would say the market is looking very strong with most brokerages participating in today's trade," a
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      829 16 Reuter D SET Into jta INVESTORS unloaded key stocks on concerns about the weak baht and on comments by the Thai central bank governor that some finance firms faced short-term liquidity problems, driving the index down 3.39 per cent yesterday. The SET Index finished 3.39 per cent or 24.51
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      347 16 Reuter C3 Manila 4JQ SHARES finished a tad lower yesterday due to late-session selling in blue chips which had bolstered the index for most of the session, traders The PSE Composite Index closed 4.10 points down, or 0.12 per cent, at 3,335.73 points. Index heavyweights which dampened the index
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      428 16 AFP W Composite loin 421 SHARE prices closed 0.6 per cent higher on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday amid ample liquidity and bullish sentiment, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 4.21 points at 716.71, off a high of 726.13. "The market is seeing a li-quidity-based rally and the
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      595 16 AFP »22J SHARE prices rose 0.9 per cent to its third consecutive record high close yesterday following a strong performance on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index topped 2,500 points for the first time, then slipped back to close 22.9 points higher over the day at 2,496.4. National turnover
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      261 16 AFP Q Wellington *1188 SHARE prices edged up 0.6 per cent on light buying interest following a strong performance by overseas bourses. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 12.88 points higher &t 2,339.15. —AFP mb «a *h rtm ANZ Bonking 9.25 015 ***** AOvantogos Hidgs 137 unch 8000 Air Mow
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        Stocks rise on entry of US, HK funds
        459 17  -  -By] Eddie Toh Q Composite Index +4.18 THE Malaysian bourse is expected to continue its surge with the recent entry of major funds from the US and Hongkong, analysts said. The KLSE Composite Index yesterday rose to an intra-day high of 1,266.38
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        Will Freight Links warrants fly?
        222 18  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan WITH 19 of the top 20 percentage gainers yesterday being warrants, it is obvious that the market is going through a strong bull-run led by institutional investors and fuelled further by retail interest. Now that warrants are suddenly the flavour
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        MAIN BOARD
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        HOT STOCK
        61 20  -  bf Shiv Taneja IPC CORP, which closed yesterday 3 cents higher at 50.5 cents on a volume of 6.6 million shares, is trading near its 12-month low. For investors with a medium-term view on this stock, now is the time to buy. Daily RSI and Stochastics are at
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        Buying interest spills over to heavyweight stocks
        626 20  -  While institutional fnnds poor money into bine chips, retail investors pile into warrants, say brokers STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks rose to new recent highs on a wave of liquidity which swept into the market following the resumption of trading
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        227 20 Stacks VriMM •Sri Hartamas 30,025.000 •InsasBhd 29,137,000 *MBf Hklgs 50c 25,418,000 •Idris Hyd 50c 18.955,000 •Asia Pat Ld 18,536.000 •Renong WtOO 16,439.000 SMB United 10c 16,276,000 •FACB 50c 15.463.000 •Amsteei Wt 14,873.000 •Berjaya Ind 14,366,000 Stacks UOB Foreign 42,507,573 •Sri Hartamas 39.259,060 •Whs Hyd 50c 39,158.630 •InsasBM 35.263.290 Keppei Corpn
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          Property mart to stock mart
          81 20 ANOTHER sign that stock market punters are back in earnest. A lawyer specialising in conveyancing informed us that clients have been rushing her recently to finish the documentation for the refinancing of their properties. It seems these clients are in a hurry to secure more
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          Waxing lyrical
          140 20 rrs time to exit a market when investment analysts and fund managers begin to wax lyrical about its merits. Eastern Europe, we reckon, will be no exception to this. According to a report in the latest issue of Barrons, analysts and fund managers are calling Eastern Europe countries
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          Asian connection
          67 20 BANQUE Paribas said yesterday it has acquired Hongkong-based brokerage Asia Equity Holdings from Securities One and First Asia Securities, which has a 70 per cent and 30 pa* cent share in Asia Equity. The announcement comes on the heels of Banque Nationale de Paris' acquisition of Hongkong-based Prime
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          Busy streets
          104 20 ITs surprising what one can learn just by making polite small talk with strangers you meet at a house warming, especially when the subject of how one earns a living crops up. While swapping horror stories about work, the long hours and enigmatic colleagues, a motor claims executive
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          The '90s woman
          37 20 MEET the woman of the '90b. She was sitting in an airport lounge when approached by a guy. "In need of some company?" he asked. "Oh, do you have any for sale?" she replied.
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          Without prejudice
          60 20 IT sometimes doesn't pay to send greeting cards to people, especially lawyers. According to a report in the Sidney Morning Herald which quoted Without Prtjudia, the newsletter of the Australian Office of the Legal Services Commissioner, a woman who sent her lawyer a Christmas card received an As
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          Hot stock in a stew
          140 20 HERE'S a lesson for stock markat dabblers. One of America's hottest stocks last year has turned out to be not only a damp squib but is now facing an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission into possible irregularities in its financial statements. Just six
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      408 20 TELEWATCH PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, (Chapter 50) that a Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company will be held at 6001 Bcach Road #11 -02 Golden Mile Tower. Singapore
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      322 21 Bridge News THE PACE quickened for Panamax tonnage both in the Atlantic and the east with period activity Evident, brokers said. Once again without any significant physical market input futures were celatively thin, Clarkson .Wolff said in its daily Biffex market report. <1 The Baltic Freight Index was
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      Multi-destination cruises through S'pore hit record
      443 21  -  S'pore boosts position as region's cruise hub; SCC posts over 1,300 calls last year By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Singapore further strengthened its position as the region's cruise hub with multi-destination cruise traffic through its passenger terminals reaching an all-time high last year. Cruise traffic
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      231 21 PT Pelabuhan II plans share issue in June next year Bridge News [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government is studying a plan to offer shares in state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan II to the public next year. Details of the plan were reported in yesterday's
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      Shipowner can repudiate contract despite earlier message to charterer
      681 21  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN ENGLISH Court has held that a strongly-worded telex from a shipowner to a hirer to honour a time charterparty did not amount to an irrevocable commitment that the owner wanted to continue with the contract.
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      377 21 Planning bureau says current lack of space greatly exaggerated [ROTTERDAM] It's official. The Dutch government has said construction of a Second Maasvlakte extending the Rotterdam harbour area to an offshore location is not necessary for now. The Municipal Port Authority and other
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      56 21 [PUNTA DEL ESTE] A child looking at oil that was washed up on the shores of the Uruguayan resort ofPunta del Este on Wednesday. On Saturday the oil tanker San Jorge ran aground offPunta del Este spilling an estimated 200 tonnes of crude Most of the tanker's crude
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      India's Great Eastern to offer pilotage services
      258 21 [BOMBAY] India's Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd has decided to diversify into the business of offering pilotage service to ports. This is one of the areas allowed for private participation in port development under the new guidelines. Great Eastern sees good potential in
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      248 21 Bridge News [TOKYO] Three Japanese shipping lines urged the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on Wednesday to drop action it proposes to take against them in retaliation for what it regards as discriminatory and restrictive practices in the Japanese harbour services
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        89 21 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd has finalised two deals, valued at a total US$2OO million (SI2BO million), to sell three cargo vessels to a Canadian firm and one to a US firm. A Daewoo public relations official said on Wednesday it
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        124 21 AFP [MOSCOW] The crews of the two Russian ships sent to help clean up an oil spill from a sunken Russian tanker off the Japanese coast have run out of food, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Wednesday. The agency said the captain
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        90 21 Reuter [SEOUL] South Korea's Seyang Shipping Co filed tor court receivership early this week after it de&tulted on debt repayments last week, the Korea Stock Exchange said. Seyang, a specialised lumber transportation company, said it was in financial trouble stemming from the financial crisis in the
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      902 22 REEFER RATES MOVE UP: NEW CAPACITY HELD IN CHECK Reefer trade has risen by 4 per cent a year for the last 10 years and, after three years in which total fleet capacity has dropped by 2 per cent and with little newbuilding,
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        1711 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Bookinq/Bolanco Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From V. Hu om M/2359 j* U/ISOO 13/1*59 U/1900 2* 13/1700 M/0459 14/0100 21 13/m» M/0459 14/0900 J M/0700 M/TI59 M/MOO kataT ittT m/otoo am WW dan 13/1700 M/0*59 >4/0900 I
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        739 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        213 37 Fab 17 United States: Washington's Day. Mar 3 Australia: Trades Labour Day. Mar 17 Australia Canberra Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 27 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Mar 28 Australia: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good
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        489 38 Group headed by United Air and Lufthansa to be launched in May Reuter [LONDON] Nine major airlines are forming a powerful new global alliance to counter the threat posed by the proposed linkup between British Airways and American Airlines, airline
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        264 38 [SINGAPORE] United Parcel Service (UPS) handled a daily volume of 1.668 million express packages and documents last year up 9.5 per cent over the previous year's volume. Regional director for AsiaPacific Charles Adams said in a statement on Wednesday: "1996 has been a
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        BA forecasts growth in US-Heathrow service
        256 38 Attempt to put alliance with American Air in positive light [LONDON] British Airways pic chief executive Bob Ayling said he expects one-fifth more flights between the US and London's Heathrow Airport if BA's proposed alliance with AMR Corp's American Airlines is approved. Mr Ayling,
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        42 38 [ATLANTA] American Airlines pilots walk an information picket outside the American Airlines terminal entrance at Hartsfield International Airport here on Wednesday. The pilots have stated they will strike if a new contract is not reached by midnight today. REUTER
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        214 38 Reuter [ROME] The Italian manufacturer Alenia will take a stake in the European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie and its project to develop a new "super"jumbo jetliner. Bruno Steve, the managing director of Alenia's parent company, Finmeccanica, told reporters earlier
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        181 38 AFP [NEW DELHI) India is to ban aircraft from its airspace unless they are equipped with anti-collision radar, officials said yesterday. Sources at the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a government watchdog agency, said planes with a capacity of 10 or
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        183 38 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan yesterday ended a 25-year ban on imports of Japanese cars by allowing nine Japanese car manufacturers to enter the market here, officials said. Under the import quota table issued by the Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT), the nine Japanese car
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        322 38 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Acting to ease public qualms about US air safety. President Bill Clinton on Wednesday accepted the proposals of a White House commission aimed at cutting the rate of fatal air accidents by 80 per cent over 10 years. The commission
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          61 38 AFP [HANOI] Buon Me Thuot airport in central highland resumed its operations at the this month after three months of closure for restor altpfCgn airport official said on Wednesday. Around&SSl minion (Ssl.4 million) were spent on upgrading the afrfUDt, including improving its I,Boom long runway
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          67 38 Bloomberg Business News [ST LOUIS] Trans World Airlines Inc named Gerald Gitner its chairman and chief executive, ending a four-month search for a new leader. Mr Gitner, 51, has been vice chairman and acting chief executive since December, when Jeffrey Erickson resigned under pressure.
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          60 38 Reuter [NEW YORK] American Airlines and China Eastern Airlines Corp Ltd said on Wednesday they had signed a memorandum of understanding to create reciprocal code-sharing programmes between American's service points in the US and China Eastern's gateways of Beijing 4 and Shanghai. A formal
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        1626 38 cmr FU6HT ETA FUOHT HP CwnkuPtC CZ354 0920 AfcwMwM IY80I 0850 mmnc COO*7 2010 AdalaMt BY608 1005 Hanoi VN745 1255 VN744 1355 $0229 2220 WtT4> 1310 VW740 1410 Amsttfdam K1843D 0550 K1844 0125 Hat Yal TG407 2120 TG408 0820 S0327 0820 W.838 2335 H09S 2145 M896
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        277 38 Only minor differences need to be ironed ont DPA [KUALA LUMPUR] On-going "open skies" aviation negotiations between the US and Malaysia are expected to be wrapped up next month, with an agreement to be signed by April, a US official said on Wednesday/ Bernama
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