The Business Times, 2 April 1999

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85c bA NGAPORF Internet: http://business-times.aaial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    TAS paves way for mobile phone, paging tie-ups
    514 1  -  Policy relaxation opens up a new horizon for pore paging operators By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] In a significant policy relaxation for the telecommunications industry, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) says it will now allow paging operators to work with mobile
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    UOB neck and neck in bid for Thailand's Nakornthon Bank
    915 1  -  Stanchart the other bank in final talks for a majority stake Fromi Quak Hiang Whai m Hongkong UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is one of two foreign banks in the final stages of talks to buy a majority stake in Thailand's
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    OCBC unveils vast land bank: 187 S'pore properties worth $2.1b
    965 1  -  Only 3 pieces of land with market valne of $204.8 m not developed yet Reports by Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank yesterday disclosed for the first time the full details of its vast land bank and property holdings, revealing
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    OCBC's Alex Au makes paper gains of $2.3m
    483 1 His 400,000 share options have market value of $3.7 m [SINGAPORE] Alex Au, OCBC Bank's chief executive, has made a paper profit of $2.3 million from his 400,000 share options some six months after joining the bank. Mr Au's 400,000 share options
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    Nikkei leads charge with 3% rise; KL surges 5%
    863 1  -  Strong foods flow poiot to farther Tokyo gains; dealers By. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo aridH Stv&nithy in Singapore TOKYO stock prices greeted the start of the new Japanese financial year yesterday by surging 3.1 per cent to their highest levels in
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      129 1 mSDMB What are jva. saying? An unamused High Court judge yesterday questioned Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo's credibility and asked him if he thought about what he was saying under oath, Pf 10 USs27b aJI-chan deal BP Amoco pic has agreed to a USs26.Bb all-share takeover of Atlantic Richfield Co of
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      49 1 EM 12 14 Mini-boom in Thailand, EL 1 Who's afraid of William Shakespeare? El 2 The Porsche 911 C 4 is no untamed bronco, EL 3 TV maverick Robert Chua defines his limits, EL 5 COMPANIES MARKETS Today's Companies section is included in the main paper. See Pages 10-18
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      18 1 TAS limits tie-in period for handphone services, Pg 2 Suit against Li Fung withdrawn Full report, Pg 10
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      8 1 There will be normal publication of BT tomorrow
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      21 1 SAP revises outlook on M'sia to stable, Pg 4 Will Tokyo'i surge come to nought? EM 13 Market reports, Pgs 14-18
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Self-help more crucial to Asia recovery than foreign aid: BG Lee
      752 2  -  He says economic cooperation will lay bads for vibrant regional economy From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE recovery of Asian countries depended more on what they did for themselves than on financial assistance from the developed countries and the
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      Landed homes form half of auction sales
      437 2  -  Ont of 118 homes hammered down in first qtr, 58 are landed properties By Marissa Chew ALMOST half the 118 residential properties sold by auction in the first quarter of this year were landed properties, similar to the trend in the same period
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      Lock icon DBS Land's Phnom Penh hotel hit by strike
      372 2  -  By. Audrey Tan FOR two days, supervisors and even managers of DBS Land's Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh staffed the kitchen and waited on tables because their workers went on strike, demanding that they be paid sprvice charges which they said
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      S$ low by Big Mac standards
      379 2  -  eye on the economy Currency By\ Eugene Low CONTRARY to what economists say, the Singapore dollar, like most Asian currencies, is undervalued against the greenback by 24 per cent to be exact according to the latest Big Mac index. If burgernomics is anything to
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      TAS limits tie-in period for handphone services
      367 2  -  Dealers risk fine or suspension if contracts don't end by March 31,2000 By' Teh Hooi Ling THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has warned telecoms equipment dealers here to limit the period of their tie-in conditions for cellular services to at most a year
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      SingTel to cut BudgetCall, IDD rates to NZ, Lanka
      213 2 SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday said it would cut its International Direct Dial and Budget Call rates to New Zealand and Sri Lanka by up to 25 per cent from next month. An IDD call to New Zealand during economy hours will cost
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      JTC appoints assistant CEO
      234 2  -  By< Ang Wan May JURONG Town Corporation has appointed Chong Slak Ching assistant chief executive officer as part of changes to its top management following the retirement of three JTC veterans. Ms Chong, who played a key role In JTC's Industrial land plan for the 21st
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      Fooled by Lee Han Shih's move?
      362 2 NOW that it's the 2nd of April, all can be revealed: yesterday's page 4 story headlined "BT's Lee Han Shih moving over to Redas" was a spoof meant to be taken in the spirit of April 1. However, the reader feedback suggests that not
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      119 3 n First Asia Pacific mobile service provider toletirouroamtofliQre f/73/J o 100 destinations wmm**—*-' 1 ik i i V ''*5* '-'fy From capital cities to exotic hideaways, there's no tell my where our customers may he flying to. That's why Sing Tel Mobile has created a coverage network that's truly global,
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      S&P revises outlook on M'sia from negative to stable
      580 4  -  It cites strong foreign reserves and low debt levels as positive factors From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur INTERNATIONAL rating agency Standard Poor's yesterday revised its outlook on Malaysia from negative to stable, joining a swelling chorus of increasingly bullish
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      Lock icon BOT moves to speed up NPL reduction
      362 4 Banks can drop doubtful loans from books after deals with debtors AFP [BANGKOK] The central Bank of Thailand yesterday moved to help commercial banks reduce the level of doubtful debts from their books by easing conditions on loan classifications. The BOT said it
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      Lock icon New Japanese agency to collect debts
      507 4 Bnt it'll be tough going with property prices so low Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan yesterday launched a public debt coUection agency that wiU play the central role in liquidating the financial system's bad debt. The Resolution and CoUection Corp (RCC) like its model, the US
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      Lock icon No right for Bank Papan in bankruptcy cases: court
      421 4 Bank's closure cited; action has to be by restructuring agency Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's efforts to claw its way out of economic crisis were dealt another blow by the bankruptcy courts yesterday with two controversial verdicts which complicate the country's efforts to
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      Lock icon In hot water over debt
      58 4 [SEOUL] South Korean farmers burn an effigy representing overwhelming debt in the agriculture sector during a protest yesterday. About I,ooofarmers gathered to protest the government's lack of action in helping them reduce their debt, which has greatly increased since the beginning of the country's economic
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      Lock icon Korean March forex reserves hit record
      247 4 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's foreign currency reserves rose to a record U5554.45 billion (5593.8 billion) last month, helping the won strengthen and nearing the government's target for this year. Foreign currency reserves rose US$2.5 billion in March from February, the Bank of Korea said,
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      Lock icon M'sian growth forecast figure doubtful: analysts
      647 4 Clouded by uncertain outlook for domestic consumption AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian central bank's projection for 1.0 per cent growth this year is clouded by an uncertain outlook for domestic consumption as Malaysia grapples with its first recession in 13 years, analysts say. The
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      Lock icon Bank Negara to unveil more reforms
      157 4 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Bank Negara is expected to announce more banking reforms this month, on top of those announced on Wednesday, according to an official at the central bank yesterday. "It's likely that more announcements will be made" at a closed-door meeting
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Johor pig farmers urge S'pore to review import ban
      266 6 Johor pigs are free from vims, claims farmers' body KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE pig rearers association in southern Malaysia's Johor state yesterday urged Singapore to review its ban on pig imports even as the death toll from an encephalitis outbreak rose
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      Lock icon China poultry exports hit by HK bird flu find
      256 6 BEIJING Mainland tightens checks to stop spread of deadly virus Reuters, Bridge News CHINESE poultry exports have been "seriously affected" after Hongkong quarantine inspectors found the deadly "bird flu" in mainland fowl, Chinese state media said yesterday. It said China had
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      Lock icon Anwar verdict to be out on April 14 instead of April 6
      533 6 Judge cites lawyers' lengthy submissions and logistics for postponement KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE judge in the corruption trial of Malaysia's ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim yesterday postponed his verdict from April 6 to April 14, saying he needed
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      Lock icon 170 bankers banned from going abroad
      158 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Finance Minister Bambang Subianto said yesterday that he had submitted to the justice ministry a list containing names of 170 bankers to be banned from travelling abroad. "I submitted the list just a few hours ago," Mr Subianto told reporters at
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      I still have support from within Umno: Anwar
      486 6  -  He blasts Dr M ahead of verdict and launch of new party From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has intensified his attacks on his former boss, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, ahead of the co\irt verdict
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      Lock icon Indonesia splits police from armed forces
      316 6 JAKARTA Move aims to create a more caring police force, says Wiranto AFP INDONESIA'S police force yesterday formally separated from the armed forces in a move which the military chief said would create a more caring and less violent force. It is "the beginning
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      Lock icon Carter Institute to act as observer in Indon polls
      283 6 JAKARTA AFP FORMER US president Jimmy Carter said yesterday that his Carter Institute would act as an observer in Indonesia's June general election and expressed hopes for a fair poll. Mr Carter said that after talks with officials, non-gov-ernmental activists, politicians,
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      Lock icon Release detained migrants: HK court
      455 7 HONGKONG 100 Chinese allowed to stay pending appeal by 17 others over residency law Reuters [HONGKONG] A Hongkong court ordered the release of 100 detained Chinese immigrants yesterday and ruled they could remain in the territory until a decision was made on an appeal by
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      Lock icon Aussie exchange to run Y2K test
      185 7 SYDNEY Reuters AUSTRALIA'S finance industry will begin a three-week Year 2000 simulation next week, replicating trading during a three-month period around the change of millennium. The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) said yesterday the test would involve 10 stockbrokers, five custodial institutions, six banks and
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      Lock icon China issuing key rules on telecoms competition by July
      367 7 GUANGZHOU Move seen as laying foundation for a telecom* act Reuters CHINA will issue key rules by July to help shape future competition in its stateowned telecommunications sector, the country's top industry regulator said yesterday. "The Administrative Regulations on Telecommunications will
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      Lock icon A Chinese remnant of die past
      63 7 [TAIPEI] A visitor looking at a bronze human head in Taiwan's National Palace Museum here yesterday. The antique piece, dating back some I,7ooyears and unearthed in San-hsiung-tui, in the central Chinese province of Sichuan, is among the Chinese collections on display in the museum.
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      Lock icon S Korea allows foreigners to trade freely in forex market
      330 7 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday allowed those living outside the country to engage freely in foreign-exchange transactions here in an important step towards liberalising its forex market, banking officials said. Under the new measures, foreigners no longer have to prove
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      Lock icon Worldclass leaders for Tokyo? Paper pulls readers' legs
      242 7 TOKYO AFP JAPAN will recruit worldclass leaders such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher to the government, a newspaper's April Fool's report said yesterday. The "Big Bang" reforms already sweeping the financial sector would be extended to politics through legislation approved by
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      Lock icon China stays mum on dates for Zhu's trip to US
      340 7 BEIJING Surprise silence raises eyebrows but Daley is unfazed Reuters [BEIJING] China refused yesterday to confirm the dates of an impending visit by Premier Zhu Rongji to the US. Brushing aside a barrage of questions, foreign ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi
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      China's window to join WTO closing: Daley
      250 7 GUANGZHOU Bat US commerce secretary hopes a deal can be reached A NARROW window of opportunity to clinch a deal on Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is closing, US Secretary of Commerce William Daley warned yesterday. China has been lighting
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon The march of folly: then and now
      1305 8  -  Will the US involvement in Yugoslavia turn into another military quagmire? By\ Leon Hadar [WASHINGTON] IMAGES of the Vietnam War and the long and nasty political debate in the United States over that unsuccessful and costly US military intervention in Southeast Asia seem
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      191 8 Three US soldiers in shock capture by Serb forces, Pg 9 aSßKpr^JcftiWatjL' i^H MHb Sv J A" >a j V m# 5 wf 4 ►At Mercedes-Benz, we know that man is far more reinforced exposure zones, to the new windowbags (as well system (BAS), provide safer automatic brakii^H vulnerable than
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US economy is world's one major bright spot: Rubin
      442 9 RALEIGH, North Carolina Consumer spending drives up March manufacturing output Bloomberg THE US economy is the "one major bright spot" in the world today, although there has been progress in resolving the economic slump elsewhere, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. "There
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      Lock icon More funds for Brazil
      79 9 [RIO DE JANEIRO] An unidentified employee ofan exchange and travel agency putting up a new quotation/or Brazil's currency. The International Monetary Fund announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to support Brazil's revised economic programme and is lending the country a further US$9.B billion (5J16.9 billion)
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      Lock icon Three US soldiers in shock capture by Serb forces
      379 9 THE EOSOTO CRISIS Pope believed to be trying to secure trace for Easter Reuters [BELGRADE] The shock capture of three US soldiers by Serb forces on the Macedonia border overshadowed the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (Nato) military effort against Yugoslavia yesterday
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Yugoslavia slammed for rights abuse
        68 9 AFP (GENEVA} A high-ranking US official told the Human Rights Commission yesterday that Yugoslavia and China were among the world's most brutal offenders, while singling out Indonesia and Nigeria for praise. Harold Hongju Koh, US assistant secretary of state for human rights, also blasted rebel
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        Lock icon 70% of Russian banks survive crisis
        81 9 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] The Bank of Russia said about 70 per cent of the country's commercial banks have survived the financial predictions that only half would stay afloat At a press conference, Russian central bank chairman Viktor Gerashchenko said that of the 1,473 banks currently
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        Lock icon UK manufacturing reviving: poll
        63 9 Reuters ILONDONI Britain's battered manufacturing sector Is showing faint signs of life thanks to a tentative recovery in export markets, according to a survey yesterday. But with the survey, from the Chartered Instituteof Purchasing and Supply, also showing increasing job losses in industry and floundering domestic
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        Lock icon Melissa virus traced to Florida firm
        73 9 Reuters [ORLANDO, Florida] The Melissa computer virus that crashed thousands of e-mail systems and snarled corporate and government communications has been traced to a Florida Internet service provider, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. The Melissa virus, described as the most widespread ever seen,
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        Lock icon World Bank may vouch for govt bonds
        95 9 Bloomberg Idajnukukj Trie world tsanx, aiming to ooost private funding for ailing economies, may soon offer guarantees on sovereign bonds, a senior bank executive said The World Bank has never guaranteed a government bond, though it has backed a handful of issues by
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Minority shareholder drops suit against IMS, Li & Fung
      530 10  - Minority shareholder drops suit against IMS, Li Fung He decides to accept Li Fang's cash offer for his stake of 6.44 m IMS shares By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Inchcape Marketing Services minority shareholder George Ong Eng Poh has dropped his lawsuit against the company and Hongkong's Li FXing group
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      Court questions Kotjo's credibility
      535 10  -  Judge to VDH chief: Don't yon think abont what yon are saying? Byy Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] An unamused High Court judge yesterday questioned Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo's credibility and asked him if he thought about what he was saying under oath. Justice Judith Prakash, who is
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      Rise of the Aussie index: what it means for small investors
      697 10  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker ■HHBIE Australian stock marachieved a major mileH stone last week when the key All Ordinaries Index breached the 3,000 point mark. The All Ords has now doubled in value this decade, although it is
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      Lock icon DBS, OCBC Local hit 5-year highs on end of dual listing talk
      353 10  -  Byi Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Banking stocks continued their upward climb yesterday, with the local tranches of DBS Bank and OCBC reaching new five-year highs, as speculation continued on the merger of the banks' local and foreign tranches. OUB
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Yahoo pays US$4.8b for another acquisition
        185 11 Bloomberg, NYT [SANTA CLARA, California] Yahoo! Inc, the No 1 Internet directory, has agreed to buy Broadcast.com Inc for about U554.77 billion (SsB.2 billion) in stock. The Broadcast.com deal is second by Yahoo this year. In January, it agreed to exchange stock, now worth
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        Schroder's Michael Sng now MD of UOB Asia
        220 11 [SINGAPORE] Michael Sng, a senior official of Schroder International Merchant Bankers, has left the merchant bank to head the investment banking arm of United Overseas Bank (UOB). As managing director of UOB Asia Ltd, Mr Sng will further develop and expand the
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Lock icon HK Tel to list Net business on Nasdaq?
          52 11 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hong Kong Telecommunications may become the second Asian firm —after Singapore's PacNet to list its Internet business on Nasdaq. It has already begun preliminary talks that could lead to a Nasdaq listing this year, a person familiar with the company's
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          Excel posts $87,000 profit
          59 11 [SINGAPORE] Excel Machine Tools has declared net profit of $87,000 for the is months ended Dec 31,1998, on turnover of $82.1 million. No comparative figures were provided. The bottom line was lifted to $875,000 thanks to an extraordinary gain of $788,000 from the sale of plant
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          ST Aero launches helicopter unit
          57 11 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Aerospace has established a wholly-owned subsidiary, ST Aerospace International Structures Pte Ltd, with an initial issued and paid-up capital of $200,000. The subsidiary will manage services for the production phase of the ECI2O Programme—a collaborative effort with Eurocopter of France and the
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        BP Amoco buying Arco for US$26.8b in all-share deal
        792 11 Takeover will create world's 2nd biggest listed oil firm by value, behind Exxon [LONDON] BP Amoco pic, striking its second massive deal in months, said yesterday that it had agreed to a US$26.B billion (5546.2 billion) all-share takeover of Atlantic Richfield
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        Lock icon Hai Sun Hup wins bid for A$250m Perth project
        388 11  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Hai Sun Hup Group has won the bid to build the corporate headquarters for Woodside Petroleum in what is said to be Perth's largest property development in a decade. Woodside, one of Australia's largest energy
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        NOL rebounds after intra-day 8% fall
        284 11  -  By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) shares yesterday tumbled almost 8 per cent before recouping most of the losses a day after the company announced record losses of $438 million. After shedding 4.5 cents or 7.6 per cent to an intra-day low
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        Ossia suffers $2m loss, turnover falls 13%
        311 11  -  By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Ossia International yesterday reported a $2 million group net loss for the year ended Dec 31,1998, as its borrowing costs almost cancelled out operating profits. The sporting goods retailer also sold its stake in several subsidiaries, and provided for
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        More teeth for KL's Securities Commission
        405 11  -  Deputy CEO post created to boost enforcement From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S capital markets regulator, the Securities Commission (SC), yesterday appointed four new board members, and created a deputy chief executive position to beef up the enforcement and supervision of the domestic
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Stocks, bonds underwriting rises to record US$942b in Q1
        607 12 Result of soaring markets, rising mergers and new European demand Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Securities firms and banks underwrote a record U*****.9 billion (Ssl.6 trillion) in stocks and bonds in the first quarter as markets soared, mergers multiplied and Europeans demanded new
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        Lock icon US commercial loans growth slows
        438 12 Companies going to equity markets to raise money Reuters [NEW YORK] US commercial loan demand has slackened after a surge last year, when capital markets collapsed and companies flocked to banks for financing, and credit quality also is a worry in some sectors, analysts said.
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        Lock icon Banks in several smaller countries not Y2K ready
        361 12 All-out bid needed to avoid disruption: Basel Committee Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Banks in several smaller countries remain "manifestly underprepared" for the Year 2000 computer problem, and an all-out push is needed to avoid disruption in these markets, a survey by a key
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        Lock icon Visa card spending up 16% in '98
        215 12 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Visa USA Inc said consumers and businesses spent 16 per cent more on Visa credit and debit Cards last year as the world's biggest card brand stole market share from cash and cheques. Total consumer and business spending with Visa
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        Lock icon BASF partners Russian firm in gas exploration
        70 12 [LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany] Juergen Strube (right), chairman of the German chemical giant BASF AG, and Rem Vyakhirev, the chairman of the board of the world's biggest gas producer and exporter, the Russian OAO Gazprom, exchanging documents of a cooperation contract between the two companies
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        Lock icon Goldman partners' US$15m forfeit clause
        470 12 They'll have to pay if they quit and compete with firm or raid its client list Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! Goldman Sachs Group LP will require partners to pledge as much as US$l5 million (5525.9 million) in stock to back up promises they will not compete with
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      • SMALL Change
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          Lock icon Bank to float discount broking unit
          56 12 Reuters [MONTREAL] Toronto-Dominion Bank said on Wednesday it will sell 10 per cent of its global discount brokerage business, which includes Waterhouse Investor Services in the United States, in a public offering that could be worth Csl billion (551.14 billion). Its discount brokerage unit
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          Lock icon BIS puts off capital adequacy report
          49 12 Bridge News [ZURICH] A Bank for International Settlements spokesman said yesterday the report on capital adequacy rules had been put off indefinitely. Japanese media had said the bank would release a review of capital-asset ratio requirements for global banks on April 9.—Bridge News
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          Lock icon First flexible-rate annuity for Japan
          46 12 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co, Japan's second-biggest insurer, will start selling by June the nation's first flexible-rate annuity. The yield will be reset every month in line with that on five-year government bonds and other benchmark interest rates. Bloomberg
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          Lock icon Merrill Lynch loses bid to halt lawsuit
          72 12 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Merrill Lynch Co lost its bid at the California Supreme Court to block a lawsuit by 14 cities and government agencies with US$BO million (Ssl3B million) of claims stemming from Orange County, California's bankruptcy. The court denied the largest US
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          Lock icon StanChart tops UK bank chiefs in pay
          40 12 Reuters [LONDON] Rana Talwar, the chief executive of Asia specialist bank Standard Chartered, topped the list of highest paid UK bank chiefs in 1998 with a package exceeding £1 million (552.78 million). Reuters
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        Lock icon Who's who in Fleet reveals gender gap
        597 12 No women among top 11 executives after financial gronp takes over Bankßoston Reuters [BOSTON] Fleet Financial Group's proposed US$l6 billion (5527.7 billion) purchase of Bankßoston Corp points up the continuing difficulty that women have when it comes to cracking the senior executive line-up.
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        446 12 Reuters NEW YORK] Bancßoston Robertson Stephens, the investment bank arm of BankBoston Corp, is pushing into private client services by hiring managers, developing new products and going after the growing ranks of rich Americans, the head of its financial services unit said. "The
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        231 13  -  Reports MSCI .Singapore Index Bob Butcher, Jardine Fleming THe/MSCI Singapore Index broke free of its recent trading range yesterday. The long weekend holiday ahead did not dissuade investors from taking new positions. With the expanded trading opportunities came more volume, which is not
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        Banking, hi-tech sectors boost futures
        179 13  -  MSCI Taiwan fatnres Juliana Loo Na Na Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures rebounded behind profound gains in the banking and electronics sectors, which helped to bolster sentiment. United World Chinese Commercial Bank rose after the government told banks to reduce bad
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        278 13 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil plunged 4.2 per cent yesterday, the largest drop in more than two months, on speculation that Opec will fail to meet new production cuts that began yesterday and are designed to relieve a world
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        301 13 Reuters London NEGATIVE yen sentiment dominated yesterday as dealers rushed to close their books ahead of the long holiday weekend and crucial, possibly market-moving, data out of US and Japan, analysts said. "There is a lot of nervousness ahead of (March) US non-farm payrolls tomorrow and Japan's quarterly
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      1337 14 AFP rlHangSeng +130.78 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.2 per cent on selective buying yesterday to reclaim the psychological 11,000-point level ahead of the Easter holiday, dealers said. "Futures traders pushed the index higher by buying heavily weighted stocks," said a research head at Dharmala Securities, adding a surge on
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      507 14 Reuters QSheozhenß Index +OJB7 SHENZHEN'S B share index erased morning losses to close higher yesterday, thanks to sharp gains by shares of Luthai Textile Joint Stock Co, analysts said. The B index rose 0.87 point, or 1.71 per cent, to 51.78 on turnover of HK$9.O million against Wednesday's HK$7.4
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      333 14 AFP gWPladei ♦136J6 TAIWAN share prices closed 2.0 per cent higher yesterday, buoyed by the government's move to allow increased foreign investment in the local bourse, dealers said. "Foreign investors are expected to increase their weighting on Taiwanese shares after the government opened up the stock market wider to
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      1596 14 AFP PWklMiaaS +410J7 SHARE prices in Tokyo surged 3.1 per cent yesterday, pushed by gains among high-tech, auto and banking issues, with the key Nikkei index recovering the 16,000-point mark, brokers said. "Not only foreign players but domestic institutional investors joined the buying move on expectations that Japan's economic
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        382 15 AFP, AFX-Asia Q Composite Index +24.74 MALAYSIAN share prices surged 4.9 per cent yesterday on a rally led by foreign buying spurred by an upgrade in its sovereign debt rating outlook and new banking measures, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index rose 24.74
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        1994 16 BONDS, LOANS ft WA1RANTS m-h 52 Last Vol D«y Last Ouota A*g nun tow stno Company Sal* »or- COOO) High Low Buyer Seller Price I. 1 3WO "Acer ******1 US$ p unch O i5 U3 27 4 5 3164 Acma ******4 «9 »0.5 730 20 18.5 19 19.5 18 S
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        Jaya warrant drastically overpriced
        212 16  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE local market never ceases to amaze on the one hand, it aspires to be a sophisticated financial centre which trades derivative instruments like covered warrants; on the other, it punts warrants like Jaya Holdings 1999, which have no right to
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        211 16 HONGKONG STOCKS Qt Of S2 m D»y LMtOiMtt M Oti W Ml M C*» Mmi L— Stno Compmy »<H rOOO) HfH L— Buyf S—f Cw P/l SmM ~235 173 5123 COL (2000) HK 230 Hi a M 3J OS 445X2 5124 CMteyPac 20c MK_720 cd 265 2.1 7.4
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      717 16 AFP H Composite Index +&8 INDONESIAN shares prices closed firmer but off their highs yesterday amid late profit-taking in most stocks, dealers said. An institutional dealer at a local brokerage said trading was quite hectic on the injection of fresh liquidity by foreign investors. "Some big caps such as
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      412 16 AFP PI Composite Indei +17J1 SOUTH Korean stocks jumped 2.9 per cent yesterday on the back of strong institutional support, with a firm yen and gains in Tokyo providing an additional boost, dealers said. "The market was not that strong early this morning due to Wall Street's weakness. But
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      649 16 AFP rl All Ordinaries 442 SHARE prices closed up 0.2 per cent in holiday-abrev-iated trade yesterday despite losses on Wall Street as markets across Asia showed strength, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed up 6.2 points at 2,973.4. The All Industrials Index closed up 14.9 points at 5,346.7.
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      295 16 AFP Wellington +4J58 NEW Zealand stocks closed up 0.2 per cent yesterday in half-day trading ahead of the Easter holiday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 4.58 points at 2147.76 on turnover worth NZ5553.8 million. Of this, NZ5476.5 million was in casino Sky City.—AFP Mi m cooo) Advantaq* HQS
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      865 16 AFP H SET Mac +4M THAI share prices rose 1.4 per cent yesterday on continued buying in banks after the Bank of Thailand eased regulations on loan classifications, analysts said. But profit-taking capped earlier gains and there was no follow-through buying from foreign investors as some were away for
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        366 18 Stock! VofclM Econ WtOO 26,250,000 MHt HWgs Wt99 22,294,000 Wing T» 25c 20,290,000 Liang HuatWt 15,473,000 JCMPHWtOO 14,762,000 Uraco Wt02 13,380,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 13,161,000 UIC 12,960,000 Hotei Prop 12,683,000 Eltedi Wt99 12.536,000 Stadu DBS 36,869,200 DBS Foreign 32,583,590 Wing Tal 25c 29,614,150 DOB 28,218,070 OCBC Foreign 27,025,140 SPH
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        Good Thursday for the Singapore market
        616 18  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Bank and property stocks see fdrions buying on merger talk, housing loan war; How's slide ignored By R Sivanithy THE local market continued to confound its sceptics yesterday as furious buying of bank and property counters together with hectic punting in
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          Surprise huge savings
          107 18 HERE'S some indication of Sing Tel Mobile's profit margin. Customer Wong Yoon Kee said his bills for Jan 99, Dec 98 and Nov 96 were $362.00,1435.21 and $514.45, respectively. That works out to an average of $437. Following Sing Tel Mobile's recent rate cuts, Mr Wong said
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          When the going gets tough-spend!
          138 18 THE current 10 per cent rebate for taxpayers in Hongkong is supposed to be an expansionary fiscal measure. But just in case consumers don't oblige by rushing out to spend their tax savings, there is a contingency plan. The "Hongkong Together" campaign joint working committee,
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          First clothes, seen food as well
          86 18 OKAY, here it is straight from the horse's mouth. Isetan (Singapore) Ltd last night confirmed that it is moving into the supermarket business. In a statement released to the Stock Exchange, it said that that it does not propose to renew the lease of
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          No sweat – just chip away
          49 18 No sweat just chip away HERE 'S an uncommonly frank answer that we journalists get only rarely. Our reporter asked a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer how thft company plannari tn cut costs in view of a worrying price decline for the type of chips they make. His answer, reduce investments.
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          My play-pen or yours?
          106 18 WE wonder if this one will send kiasu US parents rushing to the stores. They now can get their children an early introduction to the world erf electronic communication with a "just for children" pager called Friend-Link, according to recent news reports. Kids can now get
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        HOT STOCK
        70 18  -  By Ven Sreenivasan HOTEL Properties seems to be back in play in recent days. The counter has broken through its 80 cents resistance level and is now headed for its next target at $1.00. Downside support is at around 70 cents level. However, the technicals suggest the fizz
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      258 19 Epicure Britain's changing food scene EL 6 ■ivsh There's a mini boom going on in Thailand. Despite the recession, the country's movie theatres, television operators and Irish pubs are busy chalking up profits and making expansion plans. Why are they thriving in the midst of a financial crisis? Which sectors
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      9 19 MS Travel London gears up for the EL 7
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        Who's afraid of William Shakespeare?
        784 20  -  Off the Cliff by With his Oscar-winning screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, Tom Stoppard shows the Bard to be the mortal he was, not an icon revered by academics by Jaime Ee I DO remember a time when the name "William Shakespeare" was not so
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          Fruit for thought
          47 20 TRUE story: An old South African Caucasian man arrived in Singapore and saw this sign in his hotel: "No durians allowed." After a couple of days, he couldn't stand the suspense anymore and asked his host: "Can you tell me, who are the Durians?"
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          Putting a damper on things
          104 20 WATER is precious, unless you pay for it—is this a new policy for restaurants? At Nooch the Noodle Bar, one diner was asked to pay for a bottle of mineral water because the management had stopped providing normal drinking water. Apparently it was inefficient for
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          Internet wisdom
          43 20 FROM the Net: "New Maxims for the Internet Age". Home is where you hang your@. Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish. The geek shall inherit the earth. Don't byte off more than you can view. What boots up must come down.
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        The show must go on
        1771 20 COVER STORY A THAI cinema operator Matfor Cineplex and its Australian partner recently invested US$7 million on a theatre in Bangkok that flaunts a seven-storey tall screen. Had they forgotten that an economic crisis was raging in Thailand? The investors who built the world's largest
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        Lock icon This Stuttgart stallion packs a wallop
        956 21  -  But rest assured, despite having huge reserves of power, the Porsche 911C4 is no untamed bronco, says CHRISTOPHER TAN Gremlins, it had to have been gremlins. In under a year, I've come across glitches in test-drive cars that should not have happened. They would
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        Robert Chua defines his limits
        1259 23  -  Singapore's most famous TV maverick has decided that it's time to take things easy. His recent brain surgery, he tells qpak maim whai, has given him a whole new perspective on life QUAK HIANG WHAI Robert chua is recuperating at home after his brain surgery
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        WHAT'S ON
        419 22  -  Compiled by Parvathi Nayar MUSIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra A Russian Easter The dynamic conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, returns with an exciting programme of Russian music. On the programme are RimSkyKorsakov's Russian Easter Overture, which seems to epitomise {he pomp and splendour of the Russian
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        694 22  -  NIGHTSPOT That's right. Choose a drink not by its nanghty name but by its number and try your luck at Carnegie's, which is gearing up to be every bit as hip and happening as its parent bar in Hongkong By Parvathi Nayar IT'S A WOLF in sheep's
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        Drowning in a flood of cliches
        565 23  -  A Bottle is so platitude-ridden, it's almost unnerving CINEMA By: Parvathi Nayar WHAT would you do if you unearthed a love letter in a bottle tossed ashore by the waves, written to a lost love who is described as having a smile "that held
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        Wasted opportunities
        543 23  -  CINEMA Nothing is explored or poshed far enough in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel And Laurence By Parvathi Nayar MOST of us can relate to the relationship between the three male protagonists of Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel And Laurence, we've experienced being best buddies with people, not because of
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        1916 24  -  Forget the puddings and done-to-death vegetables. British cooking has acquired a whole new lease of life thanks to some bright young chefs, imaginative lashings of ethnic ingredients and (dare we say it?) a few stylish ideas from the French, jaime be discovers just how good the grub has
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        320 24 cravings EASTER is the perfect excuse for splashing out on some fine chocolate, all in the name of giving the kids some excitement on that Easter morning egg hunt And if you're tempted by the rich, creamy sweetness of Belgian chocolates, Francoise
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        Marriott Easter brunch
        66 24 Singapore Marriott Hotel celebrates Easter with a Family Brunch spread featuring such delights as a home-made Easter terrine, chilled Maine Lobster, sashimi as well as main courses like baked salmon and tempura. Children can have their own Easter fun at the Kid's Corner where the eats include
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        High-net-worth hunt
        137 24 HOTEL guests who participate in the Ritz-Carlton's Sunrise Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday morning stand to win more than chocolate eggs. The booty, valued at over $10,000, includes a Cartier gold ring, suite and dining vouchers for the hotel and countless dollar coins. "No one will leave
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        Canadian excellence
        284 24 MANY A Michelin star-studded European chef has come to our shores amid much fanfare only to disappoint when cooking in a strange kitchen and under our hot and humid weather conditions. So far, the New World chefs seem to have fared slightly better, and this week, Traders Hotel
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        Pork-free dianxin
        90 24  -  Compiled by Tan Su Yen ON A MORE serious note, dianxin lovers will be comforted to know that most restaurants are substituting the minced pork used in these tasty morsels with chicken. At last Sunday's lunch, staff at Charming Garden restaurant in Copthorne Orchid Singapore went out of
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        Countdown to London 2000
        1563 25  -  The city is undergoing a massive transformation, the likes of which have never been seen before by tourists and locals alike. jams be gets a sneak preview of the millennium celebrations JAIME EE The writer was a guest of the British Tourist Authority and British Airways
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        Just stretch out and relax
        307 25 BUSINESS Class passengers who still toss and turn despite their larger-than-economy seats may want to give British Airways' latest "Cradle Seats" the ol* sleep test—chances are they might not wake up in time for their next meal. The cool thing about these seats is their
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      CINEMA
      668 26 All Men Are Liars. Comedy of sexual identity. R( A). Yangtze. American History X. Edward Norton plays a Neo-Nazi leader who returns from a stint in prison with a new perspective on life. Powerful, hard-hitting film. R(A). Yangtze, Orchard, Beach Road, Central. BeewuM. Chris Lambert stars as a man
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      ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS
      122 26 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yaigta 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubilee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Qoldon Villago 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina j TampinesB Tiong Bahai Yishun OvtrtMt Mo via Clementi/Co'wealth I
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        1174 27  -  A breezy sea view draws house-hunters to condos in the Meyer/Amber Roads area, david boet reports DAVID BOEY IT'S not exactly in the league of Hawaii's Waikiki Beach or Australia's Gold Coast, but the. breezy view of East Coast Parkway enjoyed by condominiums clustered along the
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        House Hunt
        1190 27 Property transactions for districts 9 and 10 (sectors 22 to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Feb 27 and Mar 27, '99. PROKTNAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BULTHW PRCE PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE LANO AREA* (SOFT) (STOOD) (SS) District 09 AirviewTwr Apt 02/22/99 FH 1496 755 505
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      268 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Transported in a lunar mod- 9 Some of the baby's malted -—JHL—■■ 10 Army men have dog for sale —LhJ LbJ LmJ 12 A man of vision (7) 13 Small-time financier from a Spanish island (7) H| 14 The ground food for rodents around noon (5) j
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      62 21 OCBC Arts Card Exclusively for priority bookings, bigger discounts, free tickets, and more. IMMM/ flßftr* tf i 4 singaporeQuSfestival'99 Call 1800-538-0118 for more exciting details! OCBC Arts Card "Singapore Arts Festival 1999" specials on Swatch watches at Metro Paragon 9s and other specials at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and
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      362 22 Where to wine, dine and (g^esSr f+r f, q Jjxr\ 6omto lam daily Dinner :6.30pm to 10pm I for J private partes I Buffet Lunch Buffet Dinner •wmpanydmner and dance I Moo to Fti Nightly .conference I Adult: $14M~ Aduk:sl3Ji~ uminar and meeting. I $10.00— Child 1 High Tea Aduit
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      140 22 I ■^^V^WINE ■fIS adventure 1-30 April 1999 I Secretaries' C JlI I Week Special FAf Featuring a jpedaDy ■:'«RI«CTy choreographed fxhion show j SiyW&& H train Australia H 19 23 April 1999 *****0 2.30pm Mandarin Ballroom, 546 uctt per peraoa Reservations: 831-6288 1 333 Orchard Road Smgapore *****7 I W:
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      2095 26 TODAY'S TV 9.00 AM Holiday Special: Na- 2- 00 News Day. tional Geographic 98: BL 30 Biz of Showbiz. For Eye's Delight. 3 oo News Day. 10.00 H'day Special: National ao Fresh Gear. Geographic Ice Wall. 400 Newt Day. ILOO H'day Dance Golf the World. Sport: Latin News Day. It
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      226 26 PAHTA H»e Way We Are, BBC, Fri, poverty-stricken countries in lLlUpm Central America and Eastern Ivor Gaber presents the third Europe —to adopt children, series in this programme Clare Gorham discusses with which highlights the latest them whether trans-racial changes and trends in Britain adoption is the answer to today
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        Lock icon Cut risks by diversifying
        1134 28 The individual investor should expand his portfolio beyond the local stock market to avoid being at the mercy of the vagaries of a single market IMM HEN an individual -X- investor goes the on he ends up lv taking unnecessary and unproductive risks by the mere
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        533 28  -  Analysts divided over firm's diverse businesses By, Jennifer Lien ANALYSTS are split over the attraction of specialist metals engineering company Teamsphere, which launched its initial public offer last week. Some of them find the company's business of serving the electronics and construction sectors too
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        Confusing array of choices, channels for investors
        889 28  -  Banking, telecoms innovations offer a melee that investors have to sift through Brian Thom The writer is senior director at American Express Bank and head of global marketing for the bank's Personal Financial Services unit He is based in Paris IN the UK,
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        Lock icon Schroders offers small-cap fund
        730 29  -  The Global Smaller Companies Fund will invest in 3 sub-funds that boast an impressive double-digit returns, oiamvmvn cua has the details GENEVIEVE CUA YOU'VE heard the arguments for small-cap investing before: Smaller companies, partly because of their low base, outperform the giants in earnings and share
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        Lock icon Bonds and bond funds for the retail investor
        916 29  -  Hie instruments offer diversity and dependable interest income By Lui Chong Chee The writer is director of corporate finance at Citicorp Investment Bank UNTIL recently, the Singapore investor's options were shares, equity flinds or fixed deposits. Now, with the budding bond market
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        THE UNIT TRUST SCORE BOARD
        257 29 UNT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS: 31AUGM-26MAR98) CHANGE RANK Tempteton IF Korean/Korea EQ 87.68 1 Aberdeen Singapore/Singapore EQ 81T582 OCBC Savers Korea/Korea EQ 8126 3 Aberdeen Singapore Growth/ Singapore EQ 79.25 4 Templeton IF Thailand/Thailand EQ 71.8 5 Sing UT Global Tactical/ Asset Allocation Global EQ .1.14
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        Putting retirement savings to work
        626 29  -  Unit trusts are a safe but misunderstood investment option By] Mark Browning The writer is general manager of sales and marketing at Templeton Asset Management UNIT trusts have been gaining popularity around the world as investment vehicles for retirement savings as successive governments have been
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        917 30  -  With deposit rates falling, is cash still king? oembvibve cua looks at safe bets like foreign currency deposits, bonds and endowment plans GENEVIEVE CUA IF the Asian financial maelstrom and ensuing recession wreaked havoc on your finances, you'd probably want to lie low this
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        765 30 INVESTORS seeking a good measure of safety, a regular income and higher returns than the plain vanilla Sing dollar fixed deposit have a few options to pick from. The most risk averse can go for single-premium endowment plans which almost every insurance firm will
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        1076 31  -  Gains shown by Individual counters have so far not been converted into a sustained lift-off for the broad market THB FKMHR POZMT By Louis Beckerling AROUND the region, hopes of investors may have been set a fluttering yesterday by the news of a 491-point
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        843 31  -  Investors most resist temptation to over-trade By John Liau The writer is CEO of OUB Bullion Futures Ltd. This piece is meant for information only, and does not constitute an invitation to invest. MOST investment classes have at least one unique characteristic which
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        224 31 Source: OUB Caalu Amount of cash initially placed with the bank as collateral to start the MTA. Traded prioM The price at which the investor's trade is transacted. nxHwnwt pries The price at which outstanding positions are revalued on a daily basis. Initial margin (Df)s The minimum
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      348 32 Unit trust Small is beautiful, says Schroders EMU Finance Too early to pin hopes on Japan recovery, EM 13 L r "—assets 1 With economies snd stock markets still in a flux, C3sh remains the most liquid and conservative instrument. But with Singapore dollar deposit rates at a low, how
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      306 33 Bridge News, Reuter THERE appears to have been some last-minute activity before the Easter holiday with several ships reported fixed. Panamax rates remain weak in both the Atlantic and the Pacific, but some brokers expect Atlantic rates to steady in the short term. It emerged that Cosbulk booked
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      327 33 The 20-member group was to replace TACA which carries more than half of the North Atlantic cargo Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Federal maritime regulators delayed a plan by 20 ship lines operating on the lucrative North Atlantic trade route to form a rate-setting cartel,
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      165 33 The two will provide towage services and wreck removal Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch port services group Smit Internationale said on Tuesday it would enter an alliance with Belgium's Unie van Reddingen Sleepdienst (URS). The two partners will cooperate in providing harbour towage services,
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      639 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A SHIPOWNER which agreed to lash and secure cargo loaded by its voyage charterer has found itself liable to the charterer following damage to the cargo after foul weather at sea. The issues in the dispute
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      290 33 AFP [COLOMßO] The Indian air force has sent a rescue aircraft yesterday to look for survivors after a South Korean freighter collided with a North Korean vessel off Sri Lanka, officials here said. Colombo Radio, Sri Lanka's ship-to-shore communication centre, said the Indian
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      146 33 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Singmarine recently completed the conversion of Haripur Commodore I, the world's largest floating gas diesel power plant. The conversion for Wartsila NSD Finaland Oy is valued at US$6 million (5510.3 million). The floating gas diesel power plant, with a total output of 120
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      1078 34  -  MAURITIUS' PORT LOUIS Ports authority has opened new container terminal in Port Louis' Mer Rouge area targeted at transhipment trade By Mike Mundy IN mid-January this year, the Mauritius Ports Authority opened its new container terminal in the Mer Rouge area of Port Louis. The
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        207 47 Apr! Mexico: Good Friday (optional). Germany: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Ireland Republic of: Good Friday. Netherlands: Good Friday (Banks only). New Zealand: Good Friday. Apr! Hong Kong: Easter Saturday. Mexico: Holy
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        760 47 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are based on averagesixed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Mce Index change and the Individual
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        580 48 Move follows after rival ANA says it will not service any more Skymark jets Bloomberg [TOKYO] Skymark Airlines Co, a Japanese discount carrier, said it may have to raise air fares if forced to invest in aircraft maintenance, because rival All Nippon Airways
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        149 48 Reuters [PRAGUE] Czech state-owned airline Ceske Aerolinine (CSA) said on Wednesday th&t it has decided not to join any of the world's airline alliances this year, but was still aiming to join one in the future, local news agency CTK said. CSA vice-president
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        117 48 Xinhua [KUNMING] A new air route linking Kunming, the capital of south-west China's Yunnan province, and Japan's Osaka opened recently, the local civil aviation administration has announced. This is Yunnan's first direct air link with Japan. The service is provided by a Japan Air
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        156 48 Reuters [SYDNEY] Second-ranked airline Ansett Australia yesterday said here that it had renewed and extended its alliance with intra state airline Hazelton for the next five years. The deal also includes an agreement with "a major shareholder of Hazelton" for Ansett to be offered
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        51 48 [NEW YORK] Cynthia Trudell, chairman and president of Saturn, speaks at the unveiling of the new mid-size Saturn 2000LS sedan at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday. Saturn also introduced a mid-size station wagon at the event. Both models will go on sale this summer.
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        162 48 Reuters [ARLINGTON, Virginia] US Airways Group Inc said on Wednesday that pilots at its US Airways Shuttle have ratified an interim contract agreement, a significant step toward integrating the Shuttle pilots into the airline's system. US Airways, the sixth largest airline in the
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        39 48 [SEATTLE] The first Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 for Ireland's Ryanair taking off in this recent photo. Ryanair recently took delivery of the first 0f25 737-800s ordered by the carrier to develop new routes. REUTERS
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        285 48 Reuters [BRUSSELS] European and US airlines are offering more services to smaller airports on both sides of the Atlantic, improving travellers' choice and increasing capacity, a study said on Wednesday. With at least 26 new daily non-stop transatlantic services, there will be an
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        413 48 Representative of pilots' onion points to its weak areas NYT [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines is still "desperately seeking strategy" from its new management, according to a stinging critique by the pilot union's non-voting representative on the board of directors. Mark Halsor, a captain who
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