The Business Times, 22 November 1997

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.cora.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, NOVEMBER 22-23,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon S Korea asking IMF for US$20b bail-out
    777 1  -  Move prompted by US, Japan reluctance to grant bilateral leans; won, stocks ralfy From Moon Ihiwan in Seoul SOUTH Korean Finance Minister Lim Chang Yuel announced yesterday that his country will ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bail-out package of US$2O
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    KL market stages rebound as govt allays fears over banks
    899 1  -  4-4% recovery also helped by ringgit's strengthening By Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S benchmark index overcame a morning slump to gain 4.37 per cent after government leaders signalled that banks would not be forced to bear the burden of
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    Tourist arrivals plunge 17.6% in Oct
    315 1  -  By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Visitor arrivals in Singapore slumped 17.6 per cent in October against the same month last year, no thanks to the regional currency turmoil and the haze from forest fires in Indonesia. It was the most drastic drop in monthly
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    Why blame us, say S'poreans to Mahathir
    710 1  -  Reports by I Conrad Raj, Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans and analysts based here have reacted with a mixture of puzzlement and annoyance to allegations by Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad that many of the negative rumours on Malaysia originated from Singapore. Dr Mahathir
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      103 1 411 SIDE Tmißg to US equities are too rfcky; Asian stocks are still falling. So European stocks may be an excellent solution for medium-term investment Pg2 liiingmg fuwam SIA is expected to announce on Monday a new bilateral partnership with Germany's Lufthansa, as speculation mounts of a break-up with Swissair,
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL`SEYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        602 2 Flaures denote number of respondents Those polled foe their views oa the Sinmors ttockmsrket outlook for ml week were: Deutsche Mor ■Ml Grenfell. fraser Securities, CK GaSTINC Baring Securities. Kim Eng Securities. Phillip Securities, mdosuet W1 Csrr mo ♦(Sell) BZWPacific Union, Nov 20,51.81 We have downgraded our
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        In my opinion
        385 2  -  Tim Greston Moholif-Aypltfito HE current crisis of I faith in the Asian X growth story is overexaggerated, both in the market's current pricing and in the media. As most know, markets, especially in emerging countries, tend to overshoot on the upside as well as on the downside.
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      Lock icon Good value seen in Europe
      1067 2  -  Against volatile US, Asian equities, European blue chips offer some relatively secure upside ahead of EMU: bankers By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] IF you are one of those who believes it is too dangerous to get into US equities now and too early for Asian stocks
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      Investors still bearish on Jakarta stock market
      507 2  -  STB OV THE RWUOMSINDONESIA From, S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIAN stocks slumped to a four-year low this week on a variety of concerns. Foreign and local investors, who appeared bullish when the government announced a US$23 billion (5536.8 billion) IMF-led stabilisation package
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      Lock icon Shopping for a COE? Bet on lower bids
      582 2  -  Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] In early April, we ran an article which Mid COE premiums would soon test record highs. Although the article drew unfavourable feedback from some quarters, we were vindicated. Premiums started to spiral that very month, with Categories 1
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      Unit trusts can help diversify your portfolio
      618 2  -  They can provide exposure to different markets, industries, economic cycles Byi Caroline Meakin IT cannot be emphasised too much how important it is to spread risks by diversifying across a variety of assets and across a range of investments within each asset class.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SISV forges closer link with HK counterpart
      245 3  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong PROPERTY surveyors and valuers from Hongkong and Singapore forged a closer link yesterday when their respective industry bodies sealed a membership reciprocity agreement here. Signed by the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) and the Hongkong
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      Lock icon FairPrice, Carrefour in tussle for Hougang Point
      440 3  -  Cooperative also said to have secured Yaohan's coveted spot in Thomson Plaza By. Ang Wan May NTUC Fair Price is embroiled in a showdown with French hypermarket Carrefour over Far East Organization's Hougang Point. The cooperative has also just secured Yaohan's coveted spot
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      CPF payments and statements via the Internet
      304 3  -  By 1 Toh Han Shih CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) members will soon be able to read their CPF statements on the Internet, and employers will be able to submit their monthly CPF contribution payment details online. From Dec 29, CPF members through the
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      Sing Tech to help pay benefits for retrenched Micropolis staff
      250 3  -  By Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE Technologies has agreed to help pay the compensation benefits of employees terminated by whollyowned disk-drive subsidiary Micropolis, which is being wound up. In a letter to employees obtained by BT and dated Nov 18, Sing Tech
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      Canada, Singapore to sign C$150m in IT deals
      352 3  -  Pacts seen helping to sell Singapore ONE network overseas From Yang Razali Kassim in Vancouver CANADA and Singapore were scheduled yesterday to sign more than Cslso million (*****.9 million) worth of agreements in the information and communications technology sectors. A statement issued
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Expect another 6-9 months of volatility in Asia: experts
      595 4  -  But region's future remains good if it acts fast and shows political will By. Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Expect another six to nine months of volatility in Asian financial markets, now that South Korea has joined the list of battered economies, say
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      Lock icon Indon central bank urges lowering of rates
      311 4 Bloomberg News [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono met with a group of about 200 bankers yesterday and encouraged them to cut the high domestic interest rates that have threatened to drive some companies out of business, bankers that attended the meeting said.
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      Lock icon Offshore banks in M'sian money market
      88 4 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will allow offshore banks to invest in Malaysian ringgit money market instruments subject to a limit on the value of investment per bank from January 1, 1998, Bernama news agency said yesterday. Quoting a speech prepared for delivery by Finance
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      Lock icon Dr M to sell economic campaign
      375 4 AFP Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad plans to take his campaign for new economic measures to businessmen, trade unions and media over the weekend, a spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said Dr Mahathir planned to address about 60 business leaders this
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      Lock icon KL not consulted on Renong deal: Anwar
      315 4 ■LABUAN Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday the government was not consulted on the restructuring exercise of Renong Bhd and United Engineering (Malaysia) Bhd (UEM). 'The deal is a private exercise, it has not been reported to the government and
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      Lock icon Foreign creditors to roll over some Thai short-term loans
      202 4 AFP (BANGKOK) Thai Deputy Finance Minister Pichet Phanvichartkul said yesterday that foreign creditors have agreed to roll over some of the billions of dollars owed them by Thai firms in short-term loans falling due by the end of the year. Mr
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      Lock icon Over expansion, banking ills blamed in Korea
      405 4 Govt must raise more forex, reform banks and firms: analysts AFP [SEOUL] Reckless debt-fi-nanced expansion by giant conglomerates and an outdated banking system triggered the financial crisis that forced the once dynamic South Korean economy to seek International Monetary Fund help, analysts said
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      Lock icon Hang Seng Index ends 5% higher
      199 4 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong stocks stormed to a higher close yesterday, boosted by a combination of positive local and regional factors, and brokers said the index should trend higher next week but trading would remain volatile. "We have seen a combination of positive events today,"
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Economists shave Japan growth forecasts to 1-2%
      571 5 TOKYO They cite recent poor consumption figures, impending fallout from Asian turmoil Reuters JAPAN'S feeble economic performance over past months and the spectre of growing fallout from turmoil in Asia is prompting economists to cut forecasts for Japanese growth in this fiscal year
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      Lock icon No-confidence motion against Mitsuzuka
      205 5 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S three opposition parties yesterday submitted a no-confidence motion against Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka following the collapse of one of the country's top 10 commercial banks. The three parties the New Frontier Party, the Democratic Party of Japan, and Taiyo Party jointly took the
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      Aussies free wanted ex-Allied Group exec
      361 5  -  HONGKONG By* Quak Hiang Whai A FORMER financial controller of the Allied Group wanted in Hongkong for alleged fraud and conspiracy was set free in Australia yesterday after the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled an extradition agreement between Hongkong and Australia ended after
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      Lock icon Japanese port workers strike against cargo procedures
      216 5 TOKYO AFP SOME 50,000 Japanese port workers launched a 24-hour nationwide strike yesterday, angry at what they see as Tokyo's agreement with Washington that they reform cargo-handling procedures. "We are really angry at the Japanese government which made a deal with the US
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      Lock icon PM keeps forgetting he's no longer in Opposition
      147 5 BANGKOK Reuters THAI Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai keeps forgetting he's not in the opposition any more. On two occasions the newly-appointed premier followed habit and used opposition facilities instead of those aUotted to the prime minister. Mr Chuan surprised his rivals when
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      Lock icon S-EA may move some reserves to euro
      460 5 FRANKFURT Turmoil will probably make Aman central bankers reassess position: 6IC official Bloomberg CENTRAL banks in Southeast Asia, seeking a better haven from the currency market turmoil, may switch some reserves from US dollars into Europe's future single currency, a senior manager of
      Bloomberg  -  460 words
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      Lock icon Chuan wins reprieve in fight to keep workable majority
      375 5 BANGKOK Opposition party not expelling 12 MPs who vow to stay with govt AFP Reuters NEW Thai Premier Chuan Leekpai won a temporary reprieve yesterday in his battle to retain a workable parliamentary majority as 12 Prachakorn Thai Party (PTP) MPs
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      Lock icon Fishing for compliments
      118 5 [SYDNEY] Aquarium maintenance diver Giles MacLeay yesterday cleaning the bottom of a coral fish tank at Sydney's new Star City Casino. The casino s two aquarium tanks, which contain reef fish from Australia's Great Barrier Reef, cost Asl.3 million (SSI.4 million) in total. The ASB76 million casino
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      Lock icon HK changes land bid procedures after hoax
      180 5 ■HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG is to change its land auction procedures after a woman hoaxer wrecked a multi-million dollar land auction by making a phoney winning bid, the government said yesterday. Prospective bidders at land auctions will now be required to register with the
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      Lock icon M'sian cabinet to decide fate of 800 stranded Mercs
      151 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters EIGHT hundred Mercedes Benz cars are stranded at a port in Malaysia as authorities decide whether to allow them into the country, the national Bernama news agency said yesterday. "It's true that the cars have arrived at Port
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Asian crisis to shave just 0.25 point off US GDP, says official
      551 6 NEW YORK But negative pressures may rise next year if domestic markets are volatile Reuters THE financial crisis plaguing South-east Asia will probably shave a quarter of a percentage point off US gross domestic product (GDP) growth in
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      Lock icon Leadership needed for economic reforms: Hng Kiang
      476 6 THE regional financial turbulence requires bold leadership among Asia-Pacific economies to forge ahead with economic liberalisation, not the mere setting up of a funding facility to bail out countries in crisis. While the Asian financial facility agreed upon by Apec finance officials this
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      Behind that Asian IMF decision
      678 6  -  APBC SUMMIT In whatever form the proposal now takes, It stakes new lines for IMF's role In Akla Reports from Yang Razali Kassim in Vancouver THE Canadian official, in a catchy play on words that reflected his own stand, described the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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      Lock icon BOE clarifies remarks on euro
      290 6 LONDON Reuters THE Bank of England (BOE) on Thursday stressed that Britain was unlikely to join a single European currency before the next British election, due by 2002. A BOE spokesman was commenting on an article due to appear in yesterday's edition of the Germah
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      India's parties stall moves that could lead to snap poll
      563 6  -  NEW DELHI No signs of quick end to fend between Congress Party and ruling coalition By Rajendra Bajpal THE running feud between India's ruling United Front coalition and the Congress Party without whose support the government could fall showed no
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      Lock icon Soros applies to SEC to keep some stock positions secret
      422 6 WASHINGTON Bloomberg GEORGE Soros has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to keep certain equity positions held by Soros Fund Management LLC secret, the first time the billionaire investor has tried to take advantage of a little-known rule. Institutional investors
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      Lock icon 50 years of marriage
      38 6 [LONDON] The Queen smiling as she is given a "Happy Anniversary balloon as she walks from Westminster Abbey on Thursday. Foreign royalty and other dignitaries gathered to celebrate her 50 years of marriage. REUTERS
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SIA, Lufthansa expected to unveil tie-up on Monday
      391 7 Partnership likely to cover everything from code-sharing to marketing to flight coordination Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Singapore Airlines Ltd are expected to announce a bilateral partnership on Monday, marking the entry of the latter into a new alliance. The move
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      Hai Sun Hup muscles in on gym business in the region
      411 7  -  Group plans chain of Planet Fitness gyms in Asia Pacific By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Listed shipping and property group Hai Sun Hup is muscling in on the gym business in the region. It plans to develop a chain
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      KepLand's Villa Verdi may spell trouble for other developers
      680 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih KEPPEL LAND is not known as a market leader in the private housing market here. But very soon, it could be. And that is bad news for other developers. KepLand will launch its Villa Verdi
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      Lock icon GIC sitting on A$l4.5m paper gain from Telstra
      273 7  -  From, Russell Baker in Sydney THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has been one of the major winners from the A 514.3 billion (5115.8 billion) privatisation of Australian telecommunications giant Telstra. GIC was allocated 20.38 million As 2 shares in the
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      Lock icon Hwang-DBS rating cut due to risky practices
      86 7 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPURJ Hwang DBS Securities' syndicated loans were downgraded by Rating Agency Malaysia (RAM), due to risks in its stock brokerage practices. RAM said it cut its shortterm rating for Hwang-DBS' 150 mUlion Malaysian ringgit (5568.3 million) loans to P3 from P2.
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      Hospital Pantai buys 5.9% of Asia Matrix for $3.3 m
      363 7  -  Move follows sale of Parkway stake less than 6 months ago By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Malaysia-listed Hospital Pantai, which recently sold a 19 per cent stake in healthcare group Parkway to DBS Land, has become a substantial shareholder of Ses-daq-listed
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      Lock icon SingTel shares up 3% to $2.84
      195 7 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom shares rose 3.3 per cent as investors flocked to buy the stock as a safe haven amid the regional stock market and currency turmoil. Shares in the former telephone monopoly, known as Sing Tel, rose 9 cents to $2.84, the
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        IPOs go on despite regional financial market woes
        402 8  -  Another 3 companies all set to be floated by year-end By, Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Initial public offerings are continuing apace despite the regional stockmarket and currency turmoil, with another three companies set to float on the local bourse before the year is
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        CDL unit offers to buy back shares
        244 8  -  From. Al Labita in Manila A LISTED unit of Singapore's City Development Ltd (CDL) has offered to buy back its shares to enhance their traded value. In a report on Wednesday to the Philippines Stock Exchange, Grand Plaza Hotel Corp (GPHC) said the
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        Lock icon Lehman to sell part of its private banking business
        301 8 Operations in HK, Singapore and London affected Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc will sell its private client businesses in Hongkong, Singapore, and London to Prudential Securities Group Inc of the US for an undisclosed price. Lehman will also move its
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        Lock icon Kong Tai tie-up offers to buy control of SHK unit
        262 8 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Kong Tai Inter national Holdings Co, a Hongkong property investment company, said it will team up with businessman Lam Chinchun and the Bank of China to buy control in SHK Convertibles Ltd. Kong Tai, Mr Lam and China
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        Lock icon Yaohan in HK winds up business amid heavy debts
        523 8 More leaves most of its 2,700 workers without jobs Reuters [HONGKONG] Almost 3,000 workers were fighting for jobs or compensation as the Japanlinked Yaohan department store empire shut its doors yesterday and faced liquidation amid a pile of debt. But a
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        Lock icon MBf to develop education park in Kulim
        299 8 Bernama [BUKIT MERTAJAM] The MBf Education Group will develop an education park at Padang Meha in Kulim, Kedah, next month, MBf Capital's chief operating officer Loy Teik Ngan said yesterday. The project would be known as Taylor International College. The education park is
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        Giken's interim net falls to $1.06m
        228 8 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Giken Sakata's net profit for the half year to September fell 3.3 per cent to $1.06 million. Turnover tumbled 67.6 per cent to $68.3 million, due to "substantially reduced orders from a major customer", the group said yesterday, without naming the customer.
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        Lock icon Tenaga offers to manage Bakun project
        184 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional, in welcoming the move by the government to take over the Bakun dam project, said it was ready to offer its services to the new owners to manage the project, if and when the government decided to resume its
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      • COKMPANYBriefs
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          Vehicle inspection firm raises rates
          106 8 [SINGAPORE] Jurong Inspection Centre, a venture between CIAS Enterprises, SBS Engineering and CWT Distribution, is raising its motorbike fee from $8 to $15; cars, cabs and light goods vehicles will now be $50 ($25 previously); buses and heavy vehicles with two axles, $60 ($30); those
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          Bt Sembawang interim profit falls 46%
          61 8 [SINGAPORE] Property firm Bukit Sembawang Estates' net profit for the first half to Sept 30 fell 46 per cent to $8.36 million from $15.29 million previously. Turnover was down, too: $20.95 million this time against $31.32 million. Earnings per share for the CPF trustee
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          Courts leases more space for AMK store
          61 8 [SINGAPORE] Furniture giant Courts Singapore is leasing 19,687 sq ft of additional showroom space to expand its Ang Mo Kio store for electrical appliances as well as information technology products. It will also enlarge its furniture range, the company said yesterday. The official
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          PCRD appoints executive director
          23 8 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Regional Developments has appointed Peter Allen an executive director and a member of its audit committee.
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          Fu Yu raises China unit's paid-up capital
          32 8 [SINGAPORE] Fu Yu Manufacturing has raised the paid-up capital of Fu Yu Moulding Tooling (Shanghai) Co Ltd to US$3.5 million (555.6 million) from US$2 million.
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          IMM unit changes its name
          29 8 [SINGAPORE] IMM Multi-Enterprise Ltd's wholly-owned Yaohan Whimsy Singapore Pte Ltd has changed its name to Whimsy Singapore Pte Ltd with effect from Nov 13.
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon NTT rings in 178b yen interim profit
        234 9 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp, the world's largest phone company, reported its group net profit rose about 70 per cent to 178.3 billion yen (552.25 billion) for the six months through September. An exact comparison isn't possible because this is the first
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        Lock icon Japan banks foresee mega losses after debt write-offs
        482 9 Losses piling into trillions of yen as hanlrg tflkft maw attff cats, unload assets Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's largest banks yesterday projected trillions of yen in losses for this year as they try to rid themselves of bad loans that have piled up
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        Lock icon Talk of takeover lifts Gucci shares
        312 9 FT [LONDON] Shares in Gucci, the Italian fashion house, soared by 5.80 florins to 78.80 florins in Amsterdam on Thursday amid speculation of a takeover bid from LVMH, the acquisitive French luxury goods group. LVMH, which already owns a cluster of French luxury labels
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        Lock icon Nasdaq to expand capacity
        304 9 MCI bags USs6oom contract to build new high-volume network Reuters [WASHINGTON] Looking to the future but with one eye on last month's stock market plunge, Nasdaq on Thursday agreed to pay US$6OO million (*****.3 million) to more than quadruple the computer-driv-en stock market's trading capacity. The
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        Lock icon Moody's cuts Yamaichi's debt rating to junk
        290 9 SAP reviewing rating of firm's long-term debt for downgrade Bloomberg [TOKYO) Moody's Investors Service cut Yamaichi Securities Co's debt rating to junk, saying it questioned whether Japan's fourth-largest brokerage can be profitable again. "Reduced funding availability in combination with an already reduced capital
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        S-EA gold demand falls flat on regional turmoil
        439 10  -  Buying deflates in Q3 after first-half surge; metal used as safe haven in N Asia From Neil Behrmann in London GOLD demand in South-east Asia has collapsed because of the region's currency and financial crisis. Confirming earlier reports in BT, the World
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        Business as usual at S'pore unit of troubled Sanyo Securities
        243 10  -  By i Soh Tiang Keng (SINGAPORE] Sanyo Merchant Bank in Singapore is continuing with normal business despite the collapse of its parent company, Sanyo Securities, in Japan. Masao Nishi, managing director of Sanyo Merchant Bank (SMB), told BT yesterday that
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        Lock icon US$ likely to resume downtrend
        436 10 USS/mark: The US$/mark started the week in lacklustre fashion, trading between 1.7238 and 1.74 for the first three days. It then made a push above 1.74 to touch 1.7430 on Thursday and was trading around the 1.7410 level yesterday morning. Despite the bullish tone displayed
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        Lock icon Lloyd's hints at drop in profit: paper
        150 10 Reuters [LONDON] Fierce competition in international commercial insurance and the strong pound have eroded revenue at Lloyd's of London insurance market, threatening to drive down profits this year, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The paper said figures published in Lloyd's monthly publication One
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        Lock icon Kankaku Securities to cut ops in restructure
        262 10 Reuters [TOKYO] Kankaku Securities Co Ltd said oil Friday that it would gradually withdraw from its overseas operations, cut the number of its outlets in Japan and reduce its workforce. The second-tier securities house said in a statement that the moves are part
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        222 10 SWim Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures steadied in late trade as uncertainty over Japan's use of public funds to stimulate its economy continued to take centrestage, dealers said. After a fairly volatile week, the June Euroyen futures traded within a tight two-and-a-half tick band
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        146 10  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES -By Ric Trotta By Ric Trotta, Floor Manager, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract finished higher yesterday after a fairly lacklustre session. The November '97 contract closed at 326.9 with a gain of 7.1
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        237 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices edged lower yesterday as traders turned their attention from Iraq to a potentially stormy Opec meeting set to debate a plan to increase its official output ceiling. World benchmark Brent blend crude was trading down eight cents
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        271 10 Bloomberg Reuters Tendon THE dollar fell against the yen in Europe as optimism grew that a crisis in Asian financial markets may be easing. Talk South Korea will ask the International Monetary Fund for aid for mounting debts helped the won stage its biggest one-day rally ever. That
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      1592 11 Bloomberg AFP Q|wa *wm JAPANESE stocks rose for a second day, led by banks, as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party moved towards using public funds to shore up Japan's rickety financial system. "Anxiety about the financial system has subsided now that the LDP is hammering out a concrete scheme,"
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      1577 12 AFP QHangSeng +497.52 SHARE prices surged nearly 5 per cent yesterday amid South Korea's decision to approach the IMF for an economic bailout and bolstered by Wall Street's overnight rally, dealers said. "The rise is largely pushed up by strong gains on Wall Street overnight," said Eugene Law, research
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      608 12 Reuters Shenzhen B Index -LO2 CHINA'S hard currency B shares ended at new closing lows for 1997 as sentiment was hit by disappointment that a national finance meeting failed to yield policies to boost the stock market, brokers said. Some analysts said they were forecasting the start of a
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      390 12 AFP PI WP Index ****** TAIWANESE share prices edged up one per cent yesterday, boosted by a Wall Street rally overnight and a rebound of the Taiwanese and South Korean currencies following Seoul's decision to approach the IMF for an economic bailout. "Encouraged by heavy gains of US shares,
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      259 12 AFP n Wellington «&6S SHARES closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday in trading dominated by stocks with exposure to crisis-ridden Asian economies. The NZSE-40 Index was down 5.65 points to 2,343.61 on turnover of NZ576.5 million with Telecom Corp up one cent at NZ$B.32 AFP w coow AN2 Banking
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      807 12 Reuters AFP PI SET Index jjl THAI stocks closed slightly lower yesterday as concerns about new share issues and corporate profitability outweighed the positive sentiment generated by a rebound in regional markets, brokers said. After a thin day's trade the SET Index pared losses late to end 0.59 points,
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      410 12 Reuters rlComposite ladei ♦I7jW SOUTH Korea's won currency and stocks soared yesterday as investors welcomed the government's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for standby credits to help overcome a currency crisis. The won closed at 1065.0 to the dollar, up sharply from Thursday's close of 1139.0. The Composite
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      589 12 AFP FlADOnfaariei *47 AUSTRALIAN share prices jumped 1.9 per cent yesterday as investors moved in on stocks pushed below their value amid slipping commodity prices and negative sentiment from nervous Asian markets. The All Ordinaries index rose 47 points to 2,482.7. National turnover totalled 345.9 million shares worth A
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      700 12 AFP Q Composite Index 4,87 SHARE prices slipped 1.2 per cent despite a technical rebound in selective big cap stocks led by telephone monopoly Telkom and cigarettemaker Sampoerna. "I doubt if it was the genuine buyers who pushed up some stocks like Sampoerna. I suspect that some affiliated parties
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      304 12 AFP Q Manila -33M PHILIPPINE share prices fell 1.2 per cent yesterday as foreign investors sold second-lin-ers. "There is heavy foreign selling across the board for the second liners," said Didia Lemo of Trendline Securities Corp. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index fell 23.08 points to 1,849.67. Volume fell to
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        438 13 Bloomberg F1 Composite Index *2147 MALAYSIA'S key stock index gained for the first time in eight days, led by Petronas Gas Bhd and Telekom Malaysia Bhd, as the ringgit strengthened against the US dollar. "The ringgit's strengthening has helped boost stocks," said Chong Sui San
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        220 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By. R Sivanithy IN a market that's been laid waste as badly as this one, anyone with money to spare can have a field-day picking out bargains. The catch of course, is the holding of cash many players are known to be
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        46 16  -  -by Shiv Taneja CITYDEV closed 25 cents higher yesterday at $7.75 on a volume of 2.4 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.98 million units. Almost all the technical indicators point to further upside in the medium term. by ShlrTanqja
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        220 16 Stocks ValMM SingTel 15c 19,797,000 •Innovest Bhd 12,0%,000 •RHBCap Wt99 11,068,000 'Magnum CorpSOc 9,375.000 •Reoong Mid 50c 8,258.000 *RH8 Cap BM 8,046,000 STIC 25c 8,991,000 IPC Corpn 5c 6,752,000 MS Land 6,026,000 •Stow Oarty 50c 5,734,000 Stocks StogTeM5c 55,790.402 U08 Foreign 44,221,294 DBS Foreign 23,272,251 City Oev 50c 18,744,614 OCBC
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        658 16  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Malaysian market tarns around to gain 4.4% on talk that the UEM-Renong deal may be aborted By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A sudden reversal in Malaysia and heightened interest in Singapore Telecom were the main features in a relatively firm
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          94 16 IN these terrible times of market tumult, Marc Faber, the original doomsayer, is finding his end of the camp getting increasingly crowded. David Fuller, in his Nov 14 Fuller Money report, paints a pretty dismal picture of the state of a£fairs. He reckons that currency devaluations,
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          117 16 SINGAPORE'S supermarket giant, NTUC Fairprice, will soon have a fierce supermarket rival, Tops, as its next-door neighbour at Clementi Central Tops, the Joint venture between the Kuok group and Dutch supermarket chain Royal Ahold, has taken over the supermarket operations of Oriental Emporium there.
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          201 16 CONSPIRACY theorists will love the latest issue of newsletter World Money Analyst, a product from Welt Research. According to the newsletter, the most powerful man in the world is not Bill Clinton or Alan Greenspan but a "shadowy figure behind the scenes in China". The man
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          83 16 INTERESTED in investing in Eastern European equities? There are no Singapore-authorised unit trusts currently available here that invest exclusively in those markets, but investment ipanager Templeton's offices in Hongkong have been mailing information packs on a recently-launched ftind in Hongkong that invests in Eastern European equities to
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          75 16 AT a recent securities conference, US investment bank Bears Sterns gave a little black bear to every participant as a souvenir. Well, for some, the bears made good presents for their kids, but for some of the equities dealers present, it was seen in seriously bad taste. As
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          30 16 OVERHEAD on why Coopers Lybrand and Price Waterhouse have merged. "So that Coopers has every justification to charge higher audit fees as they can now be called "Pricey Coopers!"
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      1631 17  -  jay ehwla talks with well-known Singapore architect Tay Kheng Soon as he prepares to wind down after three decades of practice and looks forward to a new phase JAY KHOSLA IT IS perhaps a little unfair to contrast architect with architecture, especially if the building
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        34 17 A DINER at a bistro was overheard asking the waiter if the ice coffee on the menu would be served black or white. "Oh no," replied the waiter, "it's brown."
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        76 17 STILL on the subject of clueless staff, a customer who was trying to locate a Lonely Planet travel guide in a bookshop decided that her best bet would be to approach the sales assistant sitting behind a computer. "L-O-N-Y," the sales assistant began typing, then deleted
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        59 17 WE'RE ALL familiar with the "young infant on board" stickers we see as we drive behind cars with toddlers in them. But trust the army to add a twist to this. A fellow journalist gave the car on his left a wider berth than usual when
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        49 17 IT MAY be a subject of great fascination to new mothers, but we were rather alarmed by the title of a suggested interview with a paediatric specialist. The topic: Infant regurgitation and new management of regurgitation. Sounds like that should about cover all bases.
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        558 18  -  You can't blame tea drinkers for getting potty about Whittard's at Suntec City, says tamsuyhh TAN SU YEN The British have long believed that all the ills of the world can be made right with that perfectly brewed cup of tea. While the rest of
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        881 18  -  TEA When the Ulfa rebels get restless, Calcutta is as good a place as any to learn more abont Assam tea By I Giles MacDonogh FT A FEW months ago, a scare hit the headlines of the British papers: the price of tea bags was
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        664 18  -  NATURAL FOOD Hunting of gping green? It's a piece •f cake at Planet Organic Jaime Ee BABIES and pets may seem to be excluded from the organic food experience that environmentally conscious Singaporeans are only starting to enjoy. But not anymore. Vegetarian dog biscuits, organic
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      818 20  -  CINEMA Starship Troopers features a pretty uninspiring bunch of characters, but they're still preferable to the dysfunctional lovers found in She's So Lovely By\ Susan Tsang STARSHIP TROOPERS is a sci-fi film that seems to aim for the retro effect of World War II
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      715 20  -  CINEMA With its briskjadng, well-scripted dialogue and unrelenting suspense, LA Confidential is probably the best crime drama to come our way in years. It would be a shame to miss this one By I Shahiron Sahari LA Confidential, based tm James Ellroy's pulp novel,
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      633 21  -  NIGHTSPOT Friday nights at the. Ritz Carlton's Greenhouse will never be the same again By\ Ben Munroe EVERY Friday night, the chic Greenhouse Restaurant at the Ritz Carlton is transformed into rf dapce hall from the roaring Forties. The' sophisticated ambience remains, and the
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      351 21  -  Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra Jan Vogler is the soloist in Dvorak's Cello Concerto. Also on the programme is Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3. Shui Lan conducts. Nov 28 29, 8.15pm at Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets: $8,$13, $18, $25&$35 (concession: $5, $8 $12) available at all
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        706 22  -  FOOD That's foie gras, the city's most celebrated product By\ Sue Styles FT SYDNEY Smith was a spirited 18th-century English parson, a man of simple tastes and seductive theological arguments who famously observed that his idea of heaven was eating
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        736 22  -  East Coast residents rave about the desserts at Cafe Cartel. But that's not all it has to offer, says Twnrin TAN SU YEN THE TELECOMS Directory Assistance could not shed any light on the exact location and telephone number of Cafe Cartel. But as friends who live
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        563 22  -  PROMOTION When talent isn't enough to create a culinary masterpiece, try adding a little star temperament By' Tan Su Yen THREE Michelin star chef Marc Veyrat bursts into the room where we are waiting and launches into animated conversation with his fellow countryman, Marc Haerberlin, also a three
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      753 23 Allen Resurrection. Defying death thanks to DNA magic. Ripley (Sigoumey Weaver) is back and more determined than ever to destroy the biggest, baddest alien ever. This fourth Aliens instalment also stars Winona Ryder. Previewing at Lido, Republic, Hougang, Changi, Woodlands, Jurong, Choa Chu Kang, Century, Oriental, Whitesands, Mandarin, Empress,
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        1095 24 jWB/k San interview subject, Tay Kheng Soon never bores his views have wit and bite, but manage somehow to be BH more than soundbites. Draw swords with him and he rises to the occasion, lometimes with eloquence, sometimes on the defensive. In these excerpts from the
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        97 24 TAT ON THE KARAOKE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE 'Karaoke is joyful expression I think that is the driving force behind the architecture of our condominiums and shopping centres. They are really fun pieces that are out of tune. Unfortunately, this is not in
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