The Business Times, 4 May 1998

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  • 11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, MAY 4,1998
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  • 65 1 POSEXIATES W 8$ U8I 1JM I(USfSlp«rt) 1.171 IMC Oil 1.791 —0.8918 YEN 1S1J. 1JBT Ml 1771 HKI 7.748. .0.206 whmZZT. -a.wi.Zj.Mr •SttolOOoaiu FII1IB BATES SINGAPORE* i 7.7# KUALA LUMPUR 11 JO JAKARTA J800 BANGKOK 1171 MANILA. 2190 HONGKONG 10* TAIPEI 8J0 SYDNEY .8.46 TOKYO m SEOUL 14J6 ZURICH** Uf
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  • 1019 1  -  With rental market drying up, some may be forced to sell below purchase cost By) Diana Oon AVERAGE resale prices of private condominiums nearlng completion have fallen by as much as 30 per cent compared to average resale prices last
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  • 513 1  -  Inquiry blames them for frittering away foreign reserves From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai government may bring criminal and civil lawsuits against current and former central bank officials as well as politicians implicated by a powerful commission of inquiry that has
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  • 677 1 Reuters [HONGKONG] Many currency market watchers are getting nervous again as the yen's slide to 133.42 against the US dollar on Friday threatens to trigger another bout of market turmoil. "I am absolutely expecting another round (of selling) in Asia.
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  • 1015 1  -  Some doubts cast over bank's future independence Fromi Shada Islam, Neil Behrmann in London EUROPEAN Union leaders formally launched the bloc's single currency over the weekend and selected senior Dutch banker Wim Duisenberg to head the European Central Bank in what is seen
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 431 2  -  Move to better link group's activities will help to tackle slump in demand By Ronnie Lim SHELL has set up a Singa-pore-based regional unit to coordinate its South-east Asian refinery operations, including buying crude oil on a joint basis for
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    • 356 2  -  By David Boey THE Housing and Development Board will be asked to review the income cap imposed on HDB flat applicants, in view of better household incomes earned by young couples. Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for National Development and Second Minister
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    • 297 2 The Straits Times SINGAPORE could have three desalination plants by 2011 and these would produce enough to replace the water supplied under Singapore's first water agreement with Malaysia, which expires in 2011. Disclosing this yesterday, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said
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    • 360 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Company formation David Boey THE worst economic crisis to hit Asian economies since the end of World War II has reduced the number of companies formed in the first quarter of 1998. This is borne out by the latest data from
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 474 3 MEDAN Break in protests yesterday does not mark end of demands for reforms, they say AFP INDONESIAN campuses fell silent yesterday after weeks of protests reached a crescendo and President Suharto moved to assuage fears that he was steadfastly against political reform. But
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    • 134 3 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE possibility of increased foreign shareholding in local industries will have to be studied on a case by case basis, said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Saturday. "We have to study this on a case by case basis... if we
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    • 517 3 KUALA LUMPUR Govt working with Jakarta to prevent and fight fires AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said efforts were underway to create artificial rain to "clean the air" in Kuala Lumpur and that the government would help Indonesia prevent the outbreak of
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    • 254 3 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Malaysia has been given its worst political risk rating since 1994 by the Hongkong-based Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). In a published study, Perc said that in just nine months, Malaysia had gone from its best-ever political risk rating in June 1997
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    • 163 3 MANILA Reuters PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos has released billions of pesos worth of revenue and assets collected through a tax on coconuts and sequestered for years in a government flind. Mr Ramos said the fund and all assets such as property and shares
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
    • 369 4 PM, Anwar affirm readiness to support recovery after Indon minister's visit AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will provide a bridging loan to neighbouring Indonesia which is awaiting further funds from the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "Indonesia needs
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    • 257 4 AFP [SEOULI South Korea's economy is sliding into a recession faster than expected, shrinking between 3 and 4 per cent in the three months to March, analysts said. "The gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by an estimate of between 3 and 4 per cent
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    • 241 4 Finance minister dismisses IMF's call for tighter credit AFP. Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday dismissed the IMF's call for tighter credit, saying the government was "comfortable" with present interest rates. "My view is we are comfortable at this stage but we
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    • 177 4 Reuters [BANGKOK] The International Monetary Fund will start a two-week review of Thai economic reforms today before announcing a decision on the next disbursement of loans under a US$l7.2 billion (5527.2 billion) bailout package, said a senior Thai central bank official yesterday.
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    • 399 4 He voices concern package will take too long to implement AFP, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday urged Japan to expedite the implementation of a new multi-bil-lion dollar stimulus package unveiled last month to revive its economy. Following
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    • 436 4  -  Tlie Mnknl Commission Report Thai reforms to boost transparency, accountability f-Ymri Harish Mehta in B<mgkok THE Bank of Thailand should be restructured by splitting it into two boards and scrapping two key funds that the central bank operates, says the
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  • FOCUS
    • 1908 5  -  Singapore is a world leader in the use of IT but why are there so few local software companies which are strong internationally? By Hari Gunasingham The writer is co-founder and chief executive officer of Eutech Cybernetics, a Singapore-based software development company. He contributed
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    • 312 5 Together with the stb EXCO congratulatev the following for the completion of the Certified International 98c!^200o Chw Property Specialist (CIPS) Program bedfor the 1? Fir** CIPS dingnw in Atia, 1993 FIRST TIME in Asia from 8-13 September 1997. I mi Rlfl mm Jim U mm PP Anna Laa OPS Soniam.n
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 285 6 BEIJING Poll autonomy for four big banks part of new reforms AFP CHINA's four big state-owned commercial banks will be completely free of government intervention in their lending decisions by the end of this year, the head of the
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    • 168 6 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S new finance minister promised to get rid of random fees charged by officials which place a heavy burden on ordinary people and on firms, reports said yesterday. "We will abolish administrative charges and a large number of unjustifiable
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    • 410 6  -  US also orders a Sept review with threat of stringent action From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong DESPITE a flurry of high-pro-file crackdowns on copyright pirates and promises of tougher action against them, Hongkong failed to get its name removed from
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    • 60 6 [HONGKONG] Children watching events beside an campaign poster of Hongkong's most popular pro-democracy leader, Martin Lee, chairman of the Democratic Party, during a public election campaign event organised by the government yesterday. Mr Lee, who will participate in the territory'sfirst Legislative Council election under Chinese
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    • 259 6 BEIJING Funds from Europe, US, Taiwan will keep trend on track AFP PROMISED foreign investment in China rose 10.1 per cent in the First quarter and the trend is likely to continue despite the Asian economic crisis, official reports said yesterday. "The whole year
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    • 223 6 TAIPEI CPC vice-president held over NTsllm graft probe AFP A TOP executive of Taiwan's state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) was arrested yesterday in a probe into a NTSII million (*****,340) kickback scandal, prosecutors said. "CPC vice-president Lee Ching-jung was seized following an investigation
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  • ASIA
    • 134 8 ISLAMABAD AFP PAKISTANI Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan has resigned in order to look after his constituents, the foreign ministry announced on Saturday. Mr Khan had asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to "reassign" his portfolio so that he could attend to his constituents, an official statement
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    • 387 8 SYDNEY Business execs more concerned about tax reform than cutting jobless or deficit AFP, Reuters AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday promised the conservative government would deliver a surplus in a no-gimmicks electionyear budget on May 12. "The government's objective does not change the government intends to
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    • 212 8 ■TOKYO AFP MORE than 70 per cent of Japanese forecast a gloomy future for their country with their confidence shaken by major corporate failures, according to a government survey published yesterday. The ratio of pessimists rose from 56 per cent a year
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    • 368 8 NEWDELHI He cites build-up of military presence in Tibet, off Myanmar AFP DEFENCE Minister George Fernandes said yesterday that India faced a bigger threat from China than from Pakistan and added that New Delhi would make nuclear weapons if the country ran out
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    • 337 8 STRATFORD, New Zealand Reuters NEW Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley yesterday warned against writing off her National Party's coalition partner after NZ First's dismal showing at Saturday's by-election. National's Shane Ardern won the battle for TaranakiKing Country, a seat made
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  • EURO'S BIRTH
    • 644 9 Six-member executive board dominated by inflation fighters Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Central Bank, born this weekend out of a political scuffle, is packed with long-serving inflation fighters who are seen as the right team to manage the infant euro currency.
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    • 239 9 'The market will be on tenterhooks on Monday morning to see what the Bundesbank does. The market will expect the Bundesbank to do something. They can either talk, or they may feel obliged to act. What would be really positive would be if the peripherals decided early
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 538 10  -  Mustafa Online and bookshaw.com are early local adopters of Microsoft's Site Server software By: Kenneth Goh [SINGAPORE] Software giant Microsoft Corp last week underlined its intention to be a major player in electronic commerce, launching two new e-commerce software products for businesses and winning over
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    • 484 10  -  Key issue will be how the Internet can meet rising demand for throughput From David Welcher in Las Vegan THE latest edition of Networld+lnterop, the world's largest networking show, opens a four-day run today in Las Vegas offering more than 600 exhibits
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    • 548 11  -  New customisation service promises pre-setting of hardware and software and near plng-and-play installation By Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] American PC powerhouse Gateway 2000, a late starter in the tough Singapore and Malaysia markets, has stepped up its catchup effort by launching what it claims is the best
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    • IT TAKES
      • 65 11 [SINGAPORE] US-based RSA Data Security Inc has tied up with Singapore's National Computer Board to deploy RSA's encryption technology to support NCB's efforts in e-commerce applications. NCB will facilitate RSA's entry in channelling its encryption technologies to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) in Singapore. RSA
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      • 51 11 [SINGAPORE] Novell Singapore will hold an Intelligent NetWork Management Seminar on Thursday, for information systems managers. The seminar will launch Zen Works, Novell's first directory services based desktop management tool that cuts the cost of owning networked PCs and makes using networks easier. For details, fax
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      • 44 11 [SINGAPORE] CSA Automated Pte Ltd will hold a free high availability solutions seminar on Thursday, for chief information officers, systems analysts and IT professionals. It will have presentations by Clariion, Qualix, Bay Networks and Poly Con. For details, fax *****29.
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      • 48 11 [SINGAPORE] Digital Equipment Corp will hold a seminar on Friday to announce its electronic archive solution for SAP R/3 users. The solution offers cost reductions, boosts productivity and accuracy and offers R/3 users online access to archive data instantaneously. For details, call *****11.
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      • 33 11 [SINGAPORE] The Nanyang Technological University and Racal Data Group will organise a five-day computer course from May 18 on high-speed computer networks and networking. For details, call *****01 orfax *****00.
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      • 51 11 [SINGAPORE] Network Associates Asia-Pacific has set up a customer technical support centre called NACC (Network Associates Customer Care), in Singapore. It will provide free telephone technical support to customers and resellers and will be applicable for all of its products bought in Asia. For details, call
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      • 83 11  -  —Compiled by Raju Chellam LAST week we reported that Oracle Systems had appointed Keith Budge as its new South-east Asia managing director. Oracle has clarified that Mr Budge was in fact appointed managing director of Oracle Systems S.E. A. (S), which handles only Oracle's Singapore operations and is also
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    • 434 12  -  Boom in new niche segment »l*ted to hit US$7O billion by 2000 By; Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp has set up a branch of Its newest Business Intelligence (BI) unit for Asia In Singapore to go after a new niche
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    • 484 12  -  Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Now people in different locations, in the office, abroad or at home can discuss and share work with each other through a hardware and software server called Meeting Place. However, it cannot allow people to see each other. But it can
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 54 13 ACER Computer's new AcerPower 4000 entry-level desktop computer, powered by Intel's new Celeron 266 MHz processor, is now available. Acer said the $2,150 PC is year 2000-compliant at the BIOS level, and comes with 32 MB RAM, 64-bit Accelerated Graphics Port, Acer Desktop Management software, and
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      • 53 13 DELL Computer Corp has reduced prices by up to 15 per cent on its Power Edge 4200 departmental servers and up to 3 per cent on its line of OptiPlex commercial desktop computers. Dell said it is "passing along cost savings to its customers
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      • 124 13 JAPAN'S Olympus has launched a personal photo printer and three new digital cameras. The $823 printer, P-300, works with the cameras, offers 300 dots per inch photo-quality resolution, with 24-bit colour on 4x5.5-inch paper. In cameras, the high-end model is C-1400L, priced at $1,533, with
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      • 78 13 ADOBE Systems has launched two new solutions for small business owners. Adobe Photo Deluxe Business Edition and Adobe Page Mill Version 3.0. The former is for creating professional quality marketing material such as business cards, letterheads, and direct-mail material. The latter helps small business
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      • 59 13 MICROTRONICS Holding Pte Ltd has introduced a portable PC/TV converter, T3, that lets the PC or Mac connect to a TV. The $350 product automatically detects the video mode on TV and scales the computer signals to the screen without needing a software driver. It supports
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      • 75 13  -  Compiled by! Raju Chellam SINGAPORE-BASED Standard Western Consultants has come out with Cassandra, a comprehensive risk management software for the financial derivatives market. The software computes price, risk and volatility for exchange traded and over the counter financial derivatives and was developed as part of
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    • 120 13 [SINGAPORE] Intel last week introduced Pentium II Xeon, a new brand name for a line of processors designed to meet the needs of mid-range and higher-end servers and workstations. Intel says the Xeon will make its debut later this year, with systems to follow thereafter. The
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    • 439 13  -  Pizza Hut's pioneering venture points the way for other business opportunities Byl Chin Jit Fong [SINGAPORE] Wireless payment technology similar to that adopted by Pizza Hut in Singapore can also act as a portal for new opportunities in other business areas, developers of
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 824 14  -  Nova Amadeus gets Victoria Concert Hall audience clapping, cheering and whooping, says f yvaw P Y VAN AMIDST what promised to be a hot and hazy week, last Tuesday evening was reserved, for an Italian Evening with Nova Amadeus, a group of 16 instrumentalists from Rome. They
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    • 567 14  -  BALLET SDTs Ballet Under The Stars provided a buoyant display of vitality By\ Chua Soo Pong [SINGAPORE] The downpour in various parts of the island stopped just in time last Friday evening, and once again, Fort Canning Park welcomed dance lovers to the Singapore Dance
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    • 520 14  -  MUSIC By< Benjamin Loh [SINGAPORE] Last Saturday's performance by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of principal guest conductor Okko Kamu proved to be an inspiring evening of music-making. With a keen awareness of musical styles, Kamu steered the orchestra with
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 456 17  -  BNTs Asia business set to grow at least 20% a year over the next 3 years; official By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] While many industries have been decimated by the regional economic crisis, the custodial business appears to be still thriving with the
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    • 300 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's securities regulator has ordered Omega Securities Sdn Bhd to cease trading from today until the brokerage raises its capital to minimum industry requirements. The order comes as Malaysia under pressure from investors to rein in errant companies and securities businesses
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    • 720 17  -  MAUBT MATTERS MISC deal a good example of prudence and focus By Eddie Toh EVEN Mirzan Mahathir, the executive chairman of beleaguered Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd, could not count on his prime minister father for hand-outs. Last week, national shipping company Malaysia
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 409 18  -  Proposed deal with UK-based Hanson expected to raise KM25Om-RM3OOm By\ Meera Tharmaratnam tti Kuala Lumpur SUNGEIWAY Holdings, one of Malaysia's largest construction groups, is finalising the sale of some of its assets to UK-based Hanson pic to reduce its considerable debt,
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      • 173 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] BIMB Holdings Bhd, a leader in Malaysia's Islamic financial business, posted a 54 per cent drop in group profit before zakat and tax for the first half year ended Dec 31, 1997 to 14.62 million Malaysian ringgit (556.2 million) from RM31.72
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      • 485 18 Its share is up from 40%; group pre-tax upl2%toßMl4om Bernama, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Metroplex Bhd has emerged as a msyor Malaysian gaming entity with its hotel and leisure activities contributing significantly to the group's pre-tax profit for the financial year ended
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 91 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Petronas Gas Bhd recorded a pre-tax profit 0f968 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.3 million) for the year ended March 31,1996, a surge 0f11.3 per cent from the previous year's RM860.5 million. Turnover increased 15.8 per cent to RM1.465 billion from RM1.265 billion,
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        • 118 18 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) registered a group pre-tax loss of 159.9 million Malaysian ringgit (5867.8 million) for the year ended Jan 31,1996. The group's earnings were adversely affected by abnormal items relating to its Australian operation which led to the
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        • 71 18 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Malaysian-backed property investor Ipoh Ltd hassigned an agreement to buy the retail section of the new Citibank Centre development in the heart of Sydney for AII2O million (*****.6 million). The 41-storey Citibank Centre is located adjacent to Queen Victoria building, also
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      • 237 18 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's weak stock market is likely to prevent any Chinese state enterprises listing here until the third quarter of 1998, and the number of H-share IPOs could be half of those in 1997, industry analysts said. "It will be quite surprising
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 184 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Eastman Kodak said it will stop losing market share in the US this year to Fuji Photo Film in part by cutting film prices should its rival do the same. Kodak executives pledged in their most explicit terms yet
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      • 417 19 Anglo-Dutch company's first quarter net income rises to £426 m Bloomberg [LONDON] Unilever pic said first-quarter profit rose 44 per cent, beating expectations, as the Anglo-Dutch consumer products maker's focus on premium brands boosted sales. The maker of Lipton soups and Breyers ice-cream said first
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      • 397 19 Bloomberg (LONDON) EMI Group pic's shares fell as investors doubted whether a bid for the UK music company will materialise soon. EMI said last Thursday it has been approached about a "possible offer". It is not commenting on the potential
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      • 170 19 AFP [BEIJING] German conglomerate Siemens has become the first foreign manufacturer to win a licence from China's central bank to set up an enterprise finance company, the official China Daily reported on- Saturday. The People's Bank of China licence will allow Siemens Financial Services Ltd,
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      • 394 19 Group looks to US after UK regulators thwart purchase Bloomberg [LONDON] Power Gen pic, the UK's second-largest power generator, is in talks with "Houston Industries Inc which could lead to a £10 billion (5526.4 billion) merger, The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 560 21 This will encourage innovation, avoid over-regnlation, says Fed chief Bloomberg [NASHVILLE] US banks must be allowed to choose between state or federal government supervision to encourage innovation and avoid overzealous regulation, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. Banks now can operate in
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      • 180 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Societe Generate SA, one of France's largest banks, wants to sell its US mutual funds business and hired Goldman, Sachs Co to find a buyer, said its president Jean-Marie Eveillard. Societe Generale has four US funds, with total assets of
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      • 311 21 Firm lost more than US$BOO,OOO trading for its own account Bloomberg [SAN ANTONIO, Texas] Wade Cook Financial Corp, which runs investment seminars across the US, was accused by the Texas Attorney General of deceiving customers in that state about its investment success.
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      • 172 21 Reuters [TOKYO] While many Japanese life insurers have relied on subordinated loans to strengthen their financial positions, Mitsui Mutual Life will be the first to issue bonds, in order to boost its capital base, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said, citing
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      • 188 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US regulators urged bankers to do a better job of telling their customers about the limits of deposit insurance. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) insures an individual bank account up to US$lOO,OOO (*****.400). However, the insurance limit applies to all money
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      • 150 21 AFP [BANGKOK] US-based oil giant Chevron and Thailand's state-run petroleum firm have postponed a planned joint venture aromatics complex due to the current economic downturn here, reports said on Friday. Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) petrochemicals executive director Viroj Mavichak said the project would be
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      • 543 22  -  SIMEX Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya, MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] Speculation over a possible Fed rate hike put the spotlight on Fedspeak and US economic data last week, and there will continue
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      • 826 22 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold gave up almost US$6 an ounce as the market eyed the approach of the official launch of the European single currency, the euro, and the installation of the European central bank. The gold market has lived for
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    • SINGAPORE WEEKLY MARKET OUTLOOK
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        169 23 Market outlook THE key Straits Times Industrials Index closed down 3.7 per cent last week at 1,493.4. The week started with a sharp selldown across the board on fears that a sharp correction in the US market was around the corner. The index rebounded later in the week, as
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        73 23 DAIRY Farm International Holdings is one of the top-tier listed companies in the consumer industry. Its businesses extend throughout Asia. In Singapore, its businesses include the 7-Eleven chain. Cold Storage stores and Guardian Pharmacy. The group has undergone some restructuring lately, having discontinued some businesses in Japan, Taiwan
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      • 80 23 WANT Want Holdings is in the food business and is mainly known for manufacturing rice crackers products. It has a huge niche in Taiwan and China with over 80 per cent market share. Both the economies in Taiwan and China have been largely unaffected by the economic
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      • 262 23  -  Source: Analysed by Peter Coker a director of Bridge Int 7 Broking Ialattvi8tr«|thtadii RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting divergences
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 308 24 LONDON Reuters, AFP LONDON shares staged a strong rally last week after a plunge at the start due to Wall Street, as the Footsie Index got back above the 6,000-point level which it had not seen since mid-April. The Footsie Index finished on
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      • 875 24 Q Sydney *517 AUSTRALIAN industrial stocks would power along in the week ahead on the back of a strong US share market, analysts said. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, ended the week 50.7 points, or 1.8 per cent, stronger at 2,804.2. Speculation
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      • 469 24 NEW YORK Low inflation data help market to erase losses after initial rate hike scare AFP US STOCKS took a dive on rumours of a hike in interest rates only to rebound by week's end thanks to new figures showing inflation under control. The
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      • 1765 24 □Piris +97.58 FRENCH stocks will likely be little changed in the week to come as investors wait for further signs that economic growth is taking hold in Germany, France's main trading partner. The benchmark CAC 40 Index rose 146.99, or 3.9 per cent, to 3,880.92 on Thursday,
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      • 375 24 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE stocks are likely to face seUing pressure in the upcoming week amid the nation's economic slump with investors seen sidelined ahead of this month's Group of Eight (G-8) summit, brokers said. "Sellers are likely to dominate the market as no favourable
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      • 376 24 HONGKONG Reuters BARGAIN-hunting carried over from Friday's rally could lift Hongkong stocks in the early part of the coming week, but a decline in liquidity seems likely to limit upside, analysts said. "We expect the market to remain in a trading
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      • 429 25 AFP Q Composite Index -9J4 MALAYSIAN stocks are likely to trade cautiously and remain in a tight range in coming days after recording a 1.4 per cent fall on moderate turnover in the holiday shortened week, analysts said on Thursday. "Trading will be
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      • 185 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy MALAYSIA'S decision to allow up to 61 per cent foreign ownership in its telecommunications companies has stirred some interest in the sector. One beneficiary was Time Engineering Bhd, whose shares and warrants surged on Friday. A look at the
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        59 28  -  -by Shiv Taneja HAW PAR CORP closed six cents lower on Thursday at $1.82 on a volume of 986,000 shares compared with its 10-day traded average of 258,300 shares. The daily and weekly RSI and stochastics charts indicate that the stock is oversold. However, the daily and weekly
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      • 742 28  -  Till! WEEK AHEAD Fund managers go with the flow; no matter which way markets move, reasons can always be found after the fact to fit what's happened By R Sivanithy AFTER a few brief hiccups early last week brought on by sudden fears
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        425 28 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grentell Research Source: JM Sassoon Stocks VofclHM •RHB Cap Wt99 57,142,000 Easyknit HKIOc 35,676,000 •Rekapacific Bh 27,398,000 SingTel 15c 23,874,000 •M Resources 23,774,000 •RHB Cap Bhd 21,714,000 •MBf Capital 19,528,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 16,053,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 9,246,000 ST Capital R 9,116.000 Stocks DBS Foreign 83,329,548 SPH
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    • 814 18 IUtI.I.IJIFELS Keppel FELS Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I Notice of Annual General Meeting I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Board I Room of the Company at 31 Shipyard Road, Jurong Town, Singapore *****0
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    • 223 20 NATIONAL ■HK| COMPUTER llH'fif BOARD IIIAMIt 9 Xpress Print's innovative use of Information Technology (IT) has enabled the company to offer new services such as videoconferencing and DTP automation software to its traditional printing business, providing greater value to their clients. In fact, IT has helped Xpress transform itself from
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    • 158 21 v ASIAN^WSI The Leading International Pulp Paper Show for Asia 6-8 May 1998 World Trade Centre, Singapore Highlights: Production Technology Exhibition plus Paper Products Fair f More than 300 exhibitors from 29 countries over a floor space of 13,000 sqm. 1 k Jrsds Visitors only I J Senior Management Seminar
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    • 18 23 The Straits Ikm ClaMificd/Taaigiia Mall Tanglin Mall, every third Saturday of the month, spm 11pm I cat a
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    • 480 28 BUSINESS Xot ices 'lo advertise call toll-free 1800-741 18X3 NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS BEE LIAN BUILDING CONTRACTOR PTE LTD Incorporated in Singapore) Take notice thai Mick A* Cheok Hual and Christopher Bruce Johnson both of Moore Stephens. 1 1 Collyer Quay.»lo-02 The Arcade. Singapore *****7 have been appointed
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 264 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young CONTINUING the previous week's discussions for Panamax bulk carriers,there seem to have been developments in respect of a number of the ships in question, possibly resulting in sales. The Halla Giant (73,000/97) seems to have been undo* discussion with a number of buyers
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    • 364 29 Ship fatamed at Haikon; all crew members and captain sale [SINGAPORE] The tanker Petro Ranger that went missing two weeks ago has been found with its 21-member crew safe in Chinese waters. Chinese authorities had detained the ship and taken it to Haikou
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    • 258 29  -  From\ Leo Quigley m Vancouver [VANCOUVER, Canada] A downturn in traffic between Asia and North America has caused two major container lines, AP Moller-Maersk Line and Sea-Land Service Inc, to drop their joint weekly service to the Port of Vancouver. The lines Say
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    • 697 29  -  UNER SCENE By\ David Hughes THERE has been good and bad news recently for those involved in container shipping. The good news is that volumes, in general, have not been hit by the regional financial crisis quite as badly
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    • 410 29 AUSTRALIAN DOCK TURMOIL NtgMittd settlement of dispute may be reached AFP (SYDNEY] May Day marchers turned out yesterday in a massive display of support for 1,400 sacked dockers, ahead of today's crucial legal ruling in their battle with the government
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    • 231 29 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has seen an increase in the number of major shipping operators calling at its ports and this indicates that the improvement in efficiency and facilities is bearing fruit. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said. He said major
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    • 821 30 THRBAT TO US MARKET COMFETXTXOM' Alliances such as American-US Airways and possibly Delta-United have triggered a review by regulatory bodies Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airline alliances proposed by United States carriers will get close scrutiny from government regulators worried that industry competition is threatened, analysts and government
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      • 1467 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl COWTAIWEKS AMP LCI CABOO Bootlng/Manc* Rstto SIHp Voy No EtVttr Nriod Fro* To Frw <c. MM M MM* M urn* MMI MM SVTOC MMI MM MMI MM MM* 4 MM MM* MM* An VMM MM MM a MM* MM MM* a MM* MMM MM
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      • 179 45 lUjr4 Inland: May Holiday. Japan: Constitutional Memorial Day Holiday. Thailand: Coronation Day. United Kingdom: Bank Holiday. MV» Japan: Children's Day. Mexico: Battle of Peubia Day. Netherlands: Liberation Day (civil service) South Korea: Children's Day. MayS Denmark: General Prayer Day. France: Victory Day. May 10 Indonesia: Waisak Day. Hay
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      • 857 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockatt Marine OH Ltd. ihow* price nogae In US dollar* ImHtd at single price* tor a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown art baaed on awnp itoed Mem Market movement* are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 506 46  -  Dutch group committed to region despite current economic crisis By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] With a new look and a sharper focus, Dutch air express and logistics group TNT reaffirmed its commitment to Asia amid the economic haze of uncertainty in the
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      • 291 46 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan is expected to take part in a multi-billion US dollar investment with Canada's Bombardier Inc to develop nine-seater NMBJs, or new mid-business jets, the mass-circulation United Daily said yesterday. Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corp with investment from the economics ministry
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      • 61 46 [DHAKA] Horse-mounted police hold up placards urging Bangladeshis to obey traffic rules in Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh launched its annual traffic week yesterday to educate both drivers and pedestrians about traffic rules and penalties. During the week, police will crack down on unregistered vehicles, mostly pedal rickshaws which
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      • 249 46 [SINGAPORE] Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport saw strong growth in passenger traffic, cargo volume and air transport movements in the first quarter but does not expect similar levels of performance for the rest of the year. In the first
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      • 327 46 AFP [NEW YORKJThe US agency In charge of explaining air disasters is taking twice as long to complete its work as it did just five years ago, the New York Times said yesterday. The newspaper said the alarming slowdown
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      • 553 46 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's sale of a 40 per cent equity stake in the national carrier Air Lanka to Emirates airline of Dubai attracted more criticism yesterday ahead of a parliamentary debate over the deal. The Sunday Leader newspaper said
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