The Business Times, 5 July 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85e SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, JULY 5-6,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Kuok surprises with fresh move to float Allgreen
    422 1  -  Company believed to have filed with SES and named DBS Bank as lead manager By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok has again applied to float Allgreen Properties, less than a year after it withdrew its application because of unconducive market
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    Lock icon Hang Seng Index may see more red chips soon: brokers
    449 1  -  Additions may come in next revision of index From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE benchmark Hang Seng Index may soon be revised to include more China-affiliated companies popularly known as red chips, brokers said. Red chips such as China
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  • Article
    Auditor of Cam subsidiary charged
    378 1  -  Cheong Khee San accused of trying to cheat Ernst fc Yonng By l Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The auditor of electronics firm CAM International was charged yesterday by the Commercial Affairs Department with conspiring to cheat co-auditor Ernst Young. The CAD also slapped another 12 charges
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  • Article
    Pre-trial conference of Royal brothers' graft case adjourned
    92 1 [SINGAPORE] The pre-trial conference of a corruption case involving the Royal brothers has been adjourned till July 30. Deputy Prosecutor Muhammed Hidhir did not give any reasons. Last month, Raj and Asok Kumar, better known as the Royal brothers, were charged in
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  • Article
    Lock icon Millionaires are a dime a dozen, says Wall St
    432 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co brags that it has more millionaire clients than any other US securities firm. In response, the rest of Wall Street argues that having US$l million (Ssl.4 million) isn't such a big deal these days. In
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      109 1 disde 1H -133il rrtoie Developer Ban Hin Leong's chairman talks about hit passion for creating homes and why there are no plans to list the company, EL 2 lAmmqt fcdi^ The collapse of mediumsized construction contractor Tokai Kogyo sends shivers through Japan's financial markets, F|» 1^666 Thailand's stock exchange will
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Competition hasn't hobbled growth: SingTel
      404 2  -  Company says paging, handphone subscriber base higher since it lost monopoly in April By] David Boey SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) continues to see strong demand for its mobile phone and radio paging services despite keen competition from new rivals, one of its officials said yesterday. Executive
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      ITI spinoff opens Asia office
      357 2  -  New Alloy offers patented LiveCD technology By' Toh Han Shih A HI-TECH spin-off from local research body, the Information Technology Institute (ITI), opened its Asia office here yesterday. The company, New Alloy, offers technology called LiveCD which enables the personal computer to use the Internet
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      India, S'pore to draft new air pact
      326 2  -  From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIAN and Singapore government officials are meeting later this month to chart out a new agreement on air traffic rights between the two countries, a spokeswoman for the civil aviation ministry said. She said discussions between the
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      Lock icon SAF making major changes to officers' pay, benefits
      683 2 Overhaul to encourage top-quality personnel to stay in service The Straits Times THE Singapore Armed Forces is making major changes to its compensation and benefits package for uniformed officers, in an effort to encourage top-quality personnel to remain in service. Most radical
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      Lock icon Foodfare to have food courts in every major housing estate
      257 2  -  NTUC cooperative venture to help moderate price rise By. Audrey Tan NTUC cooperative venture Foodfare will operate food courts and food kiosks in every major housing estate, besides setting up a series of food franchises with existing market players, National
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    • Article
      Another financial guarantee insurer for Singapore
      299 2  -  By Soh Tiang Keng GLOBAL Guaranty Assurance (GGA) a specialist financial guarantee insurer with local and foreign interests has been given the green light from the government to start business in Singapore. GGA will be the second specialist financial guarantee insurer to operate in
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      S'pore trade mission bound for Philippines
      233 2 [SINGAPORE! A Singapore trade mission leaves for the Philippines tomorrow to promote homegrown franchises. The 15-company team, headed by the Singapore Trade Development Board (TDB) and the Singapore International Franchise Association, will visit Manila and Cebu. It will explore opportunities and identify viable partners
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      420 2 THE WEATHER atogeporei Showers in the afternoon, mainly over Western, Northern and Eastern Singapore. Temperature (32-24) a nil, rr bvu* cm. n»p hvu* cm. wu 1 Aorfckad IHS Shown AKrtn J*ll fcw BuemAra IVW doa* BaagMk JfcW Aim Oilier ■ST JT2I Ctariy Bate «*tt Cta* SS Bonbm 31/26 Showm Bom
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  • FOCUS:PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'S EYE
      • Article, Illustration
        BT Sentiment Index
        697 4 Those polled for their views on the Singapore stockmarket outlook next week were: Alliance Securities, Deutsche-Morgan GrenfeU, Fraser-AMMB, G K Goh, ING-Barings, Nomura, OCBC Securities, Phillip Securities, SBC Warburg, UOB Securities. Serial System ♦Hold Fraser-AMMB Research, July < $0.715 The company distinguishes itself from other distributors of
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        In My Opinion
        315 4  -  Oliver Behrens DBRnJMiiiijiinwit Singapore um HE fund manageI ment industry is an X important growth sector in Singapore's serviceoriented economy. And the Singapore government supports private investments by selecting such industries for favourable tax and regulatory treatment. Fund management has registered impressive growth recently. Government-linked institutions play
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      Lock icon Carefully does it in HK
      582 4  -  Smart money would wait to look for firms that can participate in China's growth in areas like infrastructure, telecoms By] Norman Wong The author is senior portfolio manager with Citibank Private Bank's Asia-Pacific Investment Services Unit. He specialises in the Hongkong stock market. (SINGAPORE] FOR
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      Lock icon The baht news reverses a hoped-for rally
      558 4  -  BTB OK THE RBOIOH: PHILIPPINES But local investors are said to be picking selectively From. Al Labita in Manila A RESURGENT Thai bourse seems to have worsened the plight of Philippine shares this week as investors went on a selling spree, derailing a
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      In favour: unit trusts with 'global' flavour
      457 4  -  Templeton raised $135min4weeks; more such trusts from locally-based managers in pipeline By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE! The strong showing by Templeton Asset Management's Global Growth Fund at its launch it raised $135 million In four weeks should send a clear signal to fund managers
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      Thai consumers feel effect of floating baht
      215 4 [BANGKOK] For Vichian Pengsorn the cost of a quick lunch went up by one-third overnight. "Last week, a dish of rice and curry cost me 15 baht (74 Singapore cents). Today, the stand charged me 20," said the 24-year old Bangkok delivery man.
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      DBSS' Picks
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  • REGION
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      Builder falls with 510b yen debts
      584 5  -  TOKYO Markets fear Tokai Kogyo's collapse may be first of many in industry, and deepen banking sector woes By- Anthony Rowley THE bankruptcy of a mediumsized Japanese construction contractor, Tokai Kogyo, sent shivers through the financial markets yesterday. There were fears that the collapse
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      SET to widen limits on share price movements
      349 5  -  BANGKOK Index jumps <L 3% bringing total gain over 3 days of frantic trading to 25% By: Harish Mehta THE Stock Exchange of Thailand has decided to widen the limits on shares* daily price movements to boost trading and bring them in
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      Lock icon The first SAR passport
      51 5 [HONGKONG] A Hongkong citizen, who is only known as Mr Tian, displays the first Hongkong Special Administrative Region passport ever issued in the former British colony. Large crowds turned out despite hedvy rain to get the new SAR passports on Thursday—thefirst working day under Chinese rule.
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      Deregulation news delayed till Monday
      522 5  -  JAKARTA Announcement of package put off again due to administrative reasons minister Byl S N Vasuki INDONESIA yesterday delayed till Monday the announcement of a major deregulation package expected to focus on reducing unofficial levies and streamlining investment and trade rules. Coordinating Minister for Production
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      Philippine stocks, peso stage mini rally in face of baht scare
      396 5  -  MANILA Market posts mild [puns on reports of single-digit inflation and surge in exports By Al Labita PHILIPPINE stocks and the peso yesterday shrugged off the Thai scare, posting mild gains on reports that inflation remained single digit and
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      Recession will follow baht devaluation, economist warns
      395 5  -  BANGKOK By: Harish Mehta THAILAND is heading for a severe recession following the devaluation of the baht on Wednesday, a financial analyst warned yesterday. Neil Saker, associate director and head of regional economic research for SocGenCrosby Securities, told BT: "A devaluation of the
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      Lock icon No changes to Indon mining rules after bad feedback
      144 5 JAKARTA Reuter INDONESIA has cancelled changes it had proposed to 1 mining regulations foUowing negative feedback from the in-; dustry, the director-general of. mining Adjat Sudradjat told Reuters yesterday. "There will be no changes., We wiU now go back to the
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Minutes show Fed was divided on rate stance in May
      436 6 WASHINGTON They however agreed a rate rise might be needed in the not too distant future Bloomberg PUZZLED Federal Reserve policy-makers were divided at their May 20 meeting on whether to raise interest rates but ultimately decided to hold policy
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      Lock icon Beijing begins to disband HK reversion institutions
      278 6 HONGKONG Reuter BEIJING has begun to dismantle the institutions that it set up to steer Hongkong into Chinese rule. Analysts said the moves indicated the Chinese communist government was moving quickly to give the new Hongkong administration a free hand to run the
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      Lock icon Gold plunges to US$324 on Aussie central bank sale
      374 6  -  LONDON Traders fear other central banks will follow Aussie move By\ Neil Behrmann THE Australian Reserve Bank's sale of 167 tons of gold has demoralised the precious metals market. Gold plunged to US$324 an ounce in London yesterday from US$332 on
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      Lock icon Asean charts regional investment area
      177 6 MANILA AFP ASEAN has agreed to complete a framework by 1998 for the creation of an Asean Investment Area to lure regionwide investors, it was announced here yesterday. The agreement was reached at a meeting of the heads of investment agencies of the Asean nations,
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      Holding public purse strings no open and shut matter
      843 6  -  WIIUIFUAIf TBW Budgets are a chancellorlng challenge which snlts only some By Kelvin Sullivan THERE was a computer game popular in the late 1980s (heavy on text, alas, and with primitive graphics) which invited players to draw up their own national
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      Lock icon Hoofing it
      54 6 m [MUOTATHAL, Switzerland] Around I,4oosheep being led through the village of Moutothal in central Switzerland yesterday as they head towards the Erigsmatt Alp where they will spend the summer this year. The alp has an altitude of around 2,082 metres and it will take the sheep two days
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      Lock icon 'Mr Yen' gets key finance post
      252 6 TOKYO He will have a say in Japan's international financial role AFP JAPANESE finance ministry officials said yesterday that Eisuke Sakakibara, dubbed "Mr Yen" for his influence over foreign exchange markets, is to be appointed to the key post of deputy vice-fi-nance minister in
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      Lock icon US budget deficit seen falling to US$60b
      222 6 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Clinton administration will announce later this month that it expects the fiscal 1997 federal budget deficit to be below US$6O billion (5585.8 billion), two administration officials close to the process said on Thursday. That's down from the US$l26 billion estimate
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      Lock icon HK return fails to bring in extra tourists
      170 6 HONGKONG AFP THE return of Hongkong to China was not the tourism extravaganza local operators had been hoping for, with the volume of visitors barely keeping pace with that for an ordinary three-day weekend, the Hongkong Tourism Association said yesterday. Although hotel
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Sinar Mas takes over Amcol with 98% acceptance of offer
      443 7  -  Indonesian conglomerate will compnlsorily acquire the balance By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas has successfully taken over troubled Amcol Holdings, having received acceptances of 98.68 per cent, and will compulsorily acquire the balance. Under the offer, four new
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      Lock icon S'pore investors chase up China and Thailand-linked stocks
      609 7 HE'S return to China, b&ht's float provided opportunities to buy Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore investors seem more interested in Thailand-related and Chi-na-related stocks that trade in Singapore than their own. China and Thailand-relat-ed stocks have made doubledigit gains this year, while the benchmark
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      Two new companies for Hotel Properties
      191 7 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) yesterday said it had acquired 100 per cent of the equity in Concorde Hotels Resorts Pte Ltd (CHR) here and Concorde Hotels Resorts (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. The companies will manage hotels and resorts. CHR has an authorised share capital
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      Thais pray to money-gods and get mixed blessings
      478 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Harish Mehta THE Thais do not pray to any one money-god but to a whole pantheon of economic deities, so to speak. One prayer of Thai exporters was answered when the Bank of Thailand unpegged the baht from a
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      Keppel Philippines Q1 profit jumps 20%
      236 7  -  But turnover dips 0% on lower shipyard revenues From, Al Labita in Manila KEPPEL Philippines Holdings Inc (KPHI), the listed flagship here of Singapore's Keppel Group, yesterday reported a 20 per cent jump in profit to 30 million pesos (551.63 million) in the first
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      Lock icon Metroplex upbeat on hotel, leisure sector
      218 7 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Metroplex Bhd will continue to perform well in the current financial year following the encouraging outlook for the hotel and leisure industry. "The success of Subic Bay has been dramatic in 1997," managing director Chan Teik Huat said in the company's
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      Lock icon ASB unit to up stake in Aussie gold mine
      220 7 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Advance Synergy Bhd announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Synergy Gold Incorporated (SGI), has accepted an offer to increase its shareholding in Australasian Gold Mines. This will be done via a placement of 7.25 million shares in Australasian
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Indonesian banks to see strong second half earnings: analysts
        624 8 Gains likely despite curbs on credit growth, regional banking problems AFXAsia (JAKAßTA] Commercial banks can be expected to post strong second half earnings gains despitf strict credit growth limits imposed by Bank Indonesia late last year and regional banking sector problems,
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        Lock icon APP gain boosted by forex earnings, minorities
        636 8 Q1 net op 90% to USs66m while paper prices, volumes down AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] New York-listed Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) said net profit rose 90 per cent in the first quarter of this year to U5563.53 million (5593.7 million). The Singapore-based paper maker,
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        Lock icon PLDT surges 7% as weaker peso seen boosting profit
        388 8 Raising of company's credit rating by Duff Phelps also helped Bloomberg {MANILA] Philippine Long Distance Telephone shares surged 7 per cent to a two-year high as investors bet the company would be one of the clear winners if the peso depreciates.
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        Lock icon Enroute to the Commonwealth Games
        86 8 [KUALA LUMPUR] Close-up shot of a map showing routes of Kuala Lumpur's planned light rail transit (LRT) systems. The map and pen were given out free to prospective commuters at shopping malls yesterday by Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik (Putra), an LRT operating company. Malaysia
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        Lock icon China Telecom HK stake very possible: C&W
        364 8 UK phone firm will sell shares in HK Telecom in exchange Bloomberg, Reuter [HONGKONG] Cable Wireless pic's chief executive said it's "very possible" the company will buy a stake in the Hongkong arm of China's largest telephone company. China Telecommunications (Hong Kong) may
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        Lock icon Telekom allocating M$3.3b for infrastructure
        162 8 AFXAsia [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd said it has allocated M 53.3 billion (511.87 billion) for telecommunications infrastructure in 96 development projects, the New Straits Times reported. The newspaper quoted senior vice-president of major business and government Mohd Khir Harun as saying that Telekom has
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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        Clarification
        66 8 [SINGAPORE] In a July 3 BT article headlined "HMI Balestler Hospital plans to list by 2000", it was reported that HMI Balestler Hospital Pte Ltd owns and runs the HMI Balestier Hospital here. Char Yong (Dabu) Association has since clarified that it owns the premises of the hospital at
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon UK building society to become a listed bank
        584 9 Woolwich Building Society expected to have market capitalisation of £5b Reuter, Bloomberg [LONDON] Woolwich Building Society will next week ditch its 150-year-old mutual status to become a bank, following recent stock market debutantes Alliance Leicester and Halifax. Latest indications from bookmakers City
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      • Article
        Lock icon Veba unit to buy Wyle for US$810m
        188 9 Reuter [NEW YORK] Electronics distributor Wyle Electronics has agreed to be acquired by a subsidiary of the German utilities giant Veba AG in a deal worth US$BlO million (Ssl.2 billion), the companies said on Thursday. Under the agreement, approved by the boards of
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        Lock icon Philips starts talks on cutting Grundig stake
        255 9 FT [AMSTERDAM] Philips, the Dutch electronics group, has begun talks with investors about reducing its stake in Grundig, the troubled German consumer electronics group. Analysts saw this as confirmation that chairman Cor Boonstra wanted a swift end to Philips' costly relationship with Grundig.
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        Lock icon Lockheed deal puts pressure on European firms
        235 9 They need to merge and restructure to meet US competition IHT [PARISJ Lockheed Martin's plans to buy Northrop Grumman will increase pressure on European aerospace companies to merge and restructure, analysts said Thursday. With only two major aerospace companies and a large defence
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        Lock icon AOL, Bertelsmann to bid for CompuServe: report
        155 9 Bloomberg (COLUMBUS, Ohio] Germany's Bertelsmann AG and America Online Inc will offer more than US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) to buy CompuServe Corp, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing people close to the transaction. Bertelsmann, which owns 5 per cent of AOL, is
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Two insurers to merge, form new German giant
        500 10 Munich Re's plans to acquire Victoria Holding will create country's 2nd largest insurer after Allianz Reuter [FRANKFURT] Reinsurance group Munich Re plans to acquire Victoria Holding AG by merging it with Munich Re's unit Hamburg-Mannheimer AG in a move which will create
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        Lock icon Canadians suing insurers for C$2b
        466 10 Suit alleges insurers misrepresented payments needed to keep policies in force Reuter [TORONTO] Canadian policy holders on Thursday launched a Cs2 billion (Ss2 billion) lawsuit against two units of London Insurance Group, and National Life Assurance Company of Canada. Lawyers representing policy holders said the
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      • Article
        Lock icon GE Capital unit ties up with Sakura Bank unit
        202 10 Bloomberg [TOKYO] General Electric Capital Consumer Finance, a wholly-owned Japanese unit of the financial services arm of General Electric Co of the US, said it has hooked up with Sakura Finance Service, a subsidiary of Japan's Sakura Bank Ltd. Under the
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        Lock icon Greenback testing upside
        461 10 USS/m&rk: The US$/mark cleared the resistance level of 1.7420 on Monday and hit successive highs each day thereafter to touch 1.7564 by Thursday. It then corrected its gains to a low of 1.7470 on the same day. The technical picture favours a test of the next resistance
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      • Article
        Lock icon Euroyen up as rate hike fears fade
        264 10 SXXEXHeport Reuter [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures extended gains yesterday as lingering rate hike fears were erased by fresh corporate woes in Japan. "If there were still doubts of an imminent rate hike in Japan, the Tokai Kogyo news should have erased them," said
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      • Article
        Futures hit new high on strong cash index
        170 10  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures opened on its lows and surged higher yesterday, carried to a new high of 392.0 on the back of a strong cash index. Refco
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        Lock icon Oil prices slip but no big dip seen yet
        212 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices ticked lower yesterday, following through from Thursday's slump as dealers took profit from gains early in the week. Prices came under pressure as dealers gave the thumbs down to support from US petrol demand and
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        269 10 AFP THE US dollar retreated in the face of a strong yen, which continues to profit from the weakness of the Thai baht. The dollar was expected to have a quiet day because of the closure of US financial markets yesterday for a public holiday. But it retreated
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      1584 11 AFP QNikkei 225 -153.C TOKYO'S key stock index closed below the psychologically important level of 20,000 points yesterday for the first time in more than a month as the yen's strength led investors to take profit. Foreign investors, the leading force of net buyers here, stayed on the sidelines
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      1567 12 Bloomberg QH&ngSeng -***** SHARES tumbled for a second straight session yesterday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 1.6 per cent, as investors sold real estate shares on growing concern that the new government's housing policy will hurt earnings growth. Property companies extended their slide after Hongkong's new Chief
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      654 12 Reuter UshsMhanß Index -0*57 THE Shenzhen B share market closed down slightly yesterday with continuing bearish sentiment keeping investors away. The B Index lost 0.57 point to 135.40 on turnover of HKS44 million. The A market erased early losses to end up 3.35 points at 411.62 on a turnover
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      326 12 AFP HWPMeat +IMJH HEAVY buying of shipping and banking shares lifted the stock market to its highest close in more than seven years yesterday. The shipping sector also benefited from expected freight increase in the second half of this year, an analyst said. But he warned that a correction
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      249 12 Bloomberg QWeOmgton SHARES rose slightly yesterday amid concerns that the week-long rally has taken prices beyond reasonable values. The NZSE Top-40 share Index rose 6.97 points to 2,526.65. Bloomberg mi *h nw AMZ Banking W.80 <>io 133*4 Advantage HMqt 1.05 -0.02 ***** Air Nn Zealand (A) 3.06 -0.05 *****2
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      828 12 AFP P SET laid +3UI SHARE prices gained 6.3 per cent in heavy trade yesterday as foreigners flooded into the bourse for the third day since the baht was floated. An analyst said most of the buying by foreign investors was longer term investment on the view that the
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      394 12 AFP 444 SHARE prices rose yesterday, thanks mainly to advances by heavyweight manufacturing shares seen to benefit from expected economic recovery. The Composite Index closed 6.44 points up at 781.70. Turnover was 47.9 million shares worth 756.3 billion won. Rises led falls 401 to 361 with 136 shares unchanged.
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      578 12 AFP PADOrfaariai -US SHARES fell yesterday after being hit by a plunging gold sector in the aftermath of the sale by the central Reserve Bank of Australia of two thirds of its gold reserves. The All Ordinaries Index lost 9.5 points to 2,733.4. Turnover was 334.5 million shares worth
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      758 12 AFP Composite Indn +LlO SHARE prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday to their second consecutive record close, supported by late buying of Telkom, dealers said. "The index was up slightly today," one dealer said. "Generally, I would say the market will continue to be strong. Today's volume is still
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      276 12 AFP Manila +1154 SHARE prices ended a twoday losing streak yesterday, rising 0.6 per cent on technical factors due to a stable peso. The Composite Index rose 16.54 points to 2,758.96. Turnover was 8.26 billion shares worth 2.34 billion pesos. PLDT rose 60 pesos to 930. Manila Electric Co
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        487 13 AFX-Asia QOompoateUstz -7«30 SHARE prices closed lower across the board yesterday, led by sharp falls in Telekom Malaysia and Sime Darby. Dealers said foreign institutions were sidelined and there was little local buying interest amid renewed concerns over the impact of the baht float
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        Time to look at electronics wrts?
        241 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan WITH the expected pick-up on the local bourse during the second half, it is time to cast around for a warrant that looks set to outperform the market. As most equity strategists see an uptick in the electronics sector
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        73 16  -  1 Larry Wee TYE SOON touched a new intra-day high of 58.5 cents on strong volume yesterday. As momentum is accelerating, the RSI reading of 75 should not pose any significant obstacle. Buy on any retracement to the uptrend support line, which currently stands at 52 cents. A
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        Mild rally as foreign funds come in for blue chips
        647 16  -  mOUBKBT COMMENTARY Hongkong's 232-point fall seems to show that some institutions are shifting their money to this region, with Singapore, Thailand the beneficiaries By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The market staged a mild rally yesterday as foreign buyers began to nibble
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          121 16 Microsofties not getting enough> A CERTAIN Dr Ruth Westheimer recently visited Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, and then told the AP wire agency that she was concerned by the long hours worked by the software company's employees. Her worry: It's difficult to "have time to have good sex if you
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          Ban leads to boom
          109 16 ANOTHER item which has been doing well in Hongkong during this period is the English language documentary on the Tiananmen incident—Gate of the Heavenly Peace. The excellent three-hour documentary, which was shown in a local theatre for months, ended its run just before the handover. Now,
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          Seeing red and yellow
          97 16 RED and yellow are the most popular colours in Hongkong these days. It has nothing to do with the seasons. Rather, it has all to do with being politically correct —red and yellow are the colours of China's five-star flag which has been flying at government
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          Beemers with strings attached
          70 16 AN OCBC ad that dangled five Beemers as prizes looks good compared with Standard Chartered's four Mercs. But read the fine print first. For OCBC, it seems that only deposits of $3,000 or more are entitled to the draw. And it is not open to fixed
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          No edge for the aged
          70 16 OCBC BANK has stopped granting preferential interest rates to senior citizens. Since April, young and okl customers alike have been getting the same treatment. For instance, the fixed deposit rate is 4 per cent foralL A teller was not able to explain why the bank
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      1696 17  -  COVER STORY How will the change of regime affect the ex-colony's antiquities trade? iola lemzi reports IOLA LENZI WITH the dust settling after the ceremonies marking its return to China, Hongkong is getting back to business as usual. Many in the financial community are
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        What's the point?
        69 17 SOMETIMES it's hard to tell if someone is trying to be helpful or is just missing the point. After receiving a list of questions from a journalist, a company's public relations manager called back and left a phone message, saying: "I'm afraid my bosses don't want to
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        145 17 SO YOU think it's bizarre that boxer Mike Tyson bit off a chunk of skin and cartilage out of Evander Holyfield's right ear? So did the popular press, which couldn't wait to sink its teeth into the incident. Here's a selection of headlines inspired by that
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        1521 18  -  Ban Hin Leong chairman Richard Lim talks to cobduib kerb about his business philosophy and his company's property projects CORINNE KERK IN Ban Hin Leong" s corporate video, chairman Richard Lim appears somewhat ill at ease in front of the camera. He talks briefly and
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        1339 19  -  Pottery-Mart's Ricky Goh tells cordihe berk how he got started in the business CORINNE KERK POTTERY-MART at Anchorpoint may be a modest little shop at 826 sq ft, but you'd still never guess that this outfit was the latest product of a business enterprise
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        776 19 DURING the best-publicised event in June, the Festival of Asian Performing Arts, there were moments of high drama, comedy, and breathtaking entertainment. There were also a few odd decisions made, and a couple of misses to go with the hits. In true Letterman style, all the way
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        753 19  -  THE ARTS Initial results indicate a success, with 12 of the 22 performance groups selling out their shows By) Ben Munroe FOR three weeks in June, the Festival of Asian Performing Arts (Fapa) was all over the media and drew audiences to
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      756 20  -  NIGHTSPOT Lt lode at Cbrfca Qn*y stocks nnnareos n DOvues in somewbitcnunped premises By) Ben Munroe ASK few the wine list at Le Aussie, the latest addition to the growing wine bar scene, and the staff will not hand you a bulging book. Rather,
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      626 20  - A giant snake —but there's no bite- bite CINEMA Some ligithearted viewers may be amused by Anaconda's ridiculous plot and finale but most will probably be irritated by the silliness By Susan Tsang The members of a film crew going down the Amazon encounter a giant snake that eats them
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      588 21  -  CINEMA A complex plot about a White House cover-op is competently handled in Mnrder At 1600 By Susan Tsang WASHINGTON DC, the one-time murder capital of America, is a dangerous place. One evening, in a lavatory at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, a woman is discovered, stabbed to
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      WHAT'S ON
      408 21  -  Compiled by M Yasotha COMCBRTB Violin Recital by Earn Ning Singapore-born Kam Ning's programme includes Beethoven's Violin Sonata No 8 in G, Grieg's Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor and Nathan Milstein's Paganiniana for Solo Violin. Carole Presland is the pianist. July 14, Bpm at Jubilee Hall,
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        Mixed marriage of a different kind
        847 22  -  Paolo and Ping offers Chinese and Italian cuisine but not on the same plate, jamb be samples its two-restaurants-under-one-roof menu JAIME EE Mixed marriages have been known to work, especially when each partner's best qualities are taken and put together in a successful combination.
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        721 22 SINGAPORE FOOD FESTIVAL THE Singapore Food Festival is here again, and with it, the many cooking competitions and efforts to make and break culinary records from now until July 31. But frankly, we're more concerned with what's going to be placed before us at the
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        729 22  -  RESTAURANT Hie new Scotts Walk restaurant beckons diners with its kind music and decor By, Jaime Ee IT'S BEEN a long time since we've seen any activity at the old Metro Orchard premises that a few years ago saw some obscure sports bar disappear
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      1231 23 AildkHod To Lot*. Jilted by their respective lovers, Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick join forces to take revenge. Lido: 11; <" 9.15. Republic: 11.45pm. Jubilee: 5.20pm. Bishan: 10.10; 12.40; 9.15; 11.45. Tiong Bahru: 10.10; 12.40; 9.15; 11.45. Boon Lay: 10.45; 1.15; 6.45; 12.15 am. Tampines: 11; 4.30; 9.20; 11.50.
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        Van Gogh's inspiration and palette
        1054 24  -  Auvers-sur-Oise was where the great painter sought solace in his last days, ooh hwbb lewo finds the idyllic hamlet little changed from van Gogh days GOH HWEE LENG IT IS easy to see why the great painter Vincent van Gogh chose to stay in Auvers-sur-Oise
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        Chateau d'Auvers show leaves strong impression
        487 24 The restored castle now houses the world's first multimedia exhibition on Impressionism THE starting point of any visit to Au-vers-sur-Oise has to be at the Chateau d'Auvers, a 17th Century castle which was painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1890. Completely restored at a
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      111 21 sensationaJ KEBABS From Lobster Bhopall to Garlic Chicken Tikka to Paneer Kati Kebab, you will definitely be spoilt for choice on the variety of Kebabs available at the Rang Mahal this July. Vrrmaimtibly priced front $38.50 For reservations, ptease ftJn&lW(k4b cat *****66ixt 1107 >— tol»«nDB t_H Jutoa *amL*amm WHU. W\M
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