The Business Times, 20 August 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85f SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1999
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    Lock icon Yen seen rocketing towards 110 against US$
    873 1  -  Surge could invite intervention as Tokyo moves to protect exports By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Japanese yen, already rocketing against the US dollar in Asian trade, received a turbocharged boost late last night from weak US trade data. Just after the trade data
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    Lock icon US June trade deficit surges to record US$24.6b
    491 1 This reflects US strength compared to weakness in Europe and Asia, say analysts Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit ballooned to a record U5524.62 billion (5541.2 billion) in June as imports from major trading partners Western Europe and Mexico soared to all-time
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    Lock icon HK sacks tax chief, penalises director of buildings
    435 1  -  Key officials punished for conflict of interest and misusing staff From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong government yesterday sacked the inland revenue chief and ordered the master of buildings to reimburse it for misusing public servants for a private matter.
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      279 1 HI SIDE Baik M|v Industrial Bank of Japan, Fuji Bank and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank appear close to agreeing on an alliance which could lead to the credtion of the world's biggest bank with assets estimated at around US$l.3 trillion, Pg l 2 Ovnetki As a result of an editing error,
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      28 1 What if the Fed keeps tightening Pg 10 Is there room for private pension funds? EM 14 HHHnJHJF"" The new arts sponsorship by small and medium-size enterprises ELI
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Dell in talks with EDB to set up Asia-Pac headquarters here
      566 2  -  It's also preparing to move its regional Net hub; co-investment with S'pore possible Hy, Jennifer Lien DELL Computer is in discussions with the Economic Development Board to set up its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore and move the hub of
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      Lock icon Govt sets up e-commerce policy helpdesk
      175 2 THE government has set up a helpdesk to provide businesses a "one-stop shop" that provides timely information and assistance on its elec-tronic-commerce policies. The National Computer Board (NCB) is leading the effort, which is formally called the E-Commerce Business Policy Helpdesk. NCB chief executive
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      Lock icon Foreign buyers back in S'pore property
      325 2  -  Byi Carol Eng FX) REIGN buyers are back in the Singapore property market after vanishing during the crisis, said Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) at a property seminar yesterday. "The property market recovery started at the lower end of the market and has already filtered
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      Lock icon June retail sales volume up 22%
      306 2  -  BYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By\ Marissa Chew RETAIL sales volume surged 22 per cent in June, the largest jump since it went back into positive territory in February as sales of motor vehicles shot up. June's performance outstripped the 7.8 per cent rise
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      Lock icon Better to restore CPF cut than let market up basic pay: EDB
      175 2 Reuters SINGAPORE needs to restore wages gradually to dampen any potential wage inflation, Economic Development Board (EDB) chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. "It is better for us to restore the CPF amount once the economy recovers, rather than
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      Lock icon Ho Bee buys Great Eastern Hotel in MacPherson for $41m
      426 2  -  By i Corinne Kerk THE Great Eastern Hotel has finally found a buyer in Ho Bee Developments, which #111 pay Located at the junction of MacPherson Road and Upper Aljunied Road, the hotel is owned by Great Eastern Hotel (Private)
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      Lock icon Raise 30% foreign asset limit for insurance companies: GIC
      420 2  -  This will help to rednce their business and investment risks By I Soh Tiang Keng THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) should consider raising the current 30 per cent foreign asset limit for insurance companies to reduce their business and investment
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon DBS has talent, but more needed
      1374 3  -  S pore pool of good bankers is limited, the solution lies abroad in Asia and beyond, says chairman Dhanabalan By I Conrad Raj WHILE DBS Bank already has some very good bankers, they are not in the numbers required to elevate it to a
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Thailand prepares for possible yuan devaluation
      297 4 AFP [BANGKOK] The central Bank of Thailand said yesterday it was drawing up an emergency plan to protect the local currency should China decide to devalue the yuan. BOT assistant governor Kiatisak Meecharoen said the bank was examining how such a devaluation would affect
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      Lock icon Wall St fall fails to dampen regional stocks
      221 4 [SINGAPORE] Except for Malaysia, regional stocks yesterday brushed off Wall Street's overnight drop to finish mainly firmer, continuing the rallies that began on Wednesday. The rallies were led by Hongkong, where hopes of bank mergers pushed the Hang Seng Index up 410.49,
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      Lock icon Analysts see Malaysia's Q2 growth topping 3%
      553 4  -  Manufacturing and services sectors cited as the swing factors From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) could grow by a better-than-expected rate in excess of 3 per cent, analysts said. The analysts said that the second quarter
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      Lock icon KL bankers told to cancel leave to complete mergers
      481 4 BN also wants weekly reports on progress of talks Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Bank Negara Malaysia gearing up for the most sweeping banking overhaul in the nation's history has ordered bankers and executives to cancel all holidays ahead of planned mergers in
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      Lock icon KL shows no signs of easing capital gains tax: funds
      356 4 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities who met fund managers yesterday gave no indication that the government would relax a capital gains tax on foreign portfolio investments, participants in the meeting said. The managers, who met officials from the National Economic
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      Lock icon Yen surge clawing at Japan's recovery
      491 4 Fresh gains hurt exports; Nikkei's rise keeps BO J from intervening AFP [TOKYO] The steady surge in the yen has already started eating into profits at Japan's biggest companies and threatens to squash prospects of a swift economic recovery, analysts said yesterday. Not only
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Pro, anti-liberalisation rallies in Manila
      644 5  -  Clash over Estrada's proposal to open up economy further to foreign investors From Al Labita in Manila DIVERSE groups will' hit the streets today in separate vendues in what appears to be a showdown between anti and pro-economic liberalisation supporters. The anti-liberalisation supporters, led by
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      Lock icon Bank Bali: action will be taken against violations
      370 5 REGIONAL BANK WOES But Bls&ys probe still going on; B&pep&m looking into insider trading Bridge News, Bloomberg Reuters, AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia governor Sjahril Sabirin told legislators yesterday that its investigation into the Bank Bali scandal is continuing and that any violations
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      Lock icon Bangkok focusing on easing Krung Thai loan woes: Tarrin
      261 5 ■BANQKOK Reuters THAI Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda said yesterday that the government was putting high priority on easing substantial nonperforming loans (NPLs) carried by state-owned Kruftg Thai Bank pic. Mr Tarrin told parliament he had asked Krung Thai's new president Singh
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Abri firm lost 420b rupiah over loan
        98 5 AFP [JAKARTA] A military insurance company that gets its funds from obligatory monthly contributions from Indonesian armed forces members has lost 420 billion rupiah (5594.5 million) it lent to a businessman, a report said yesterday. The Abri (Indonesian military) Insurance Company (Asabri) has
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        Lock icon Suharto discharged from hospital
        48 5 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's former President Suharto left hospital yesterday afternoon after being treated for intestinal bleeding for several days. Witnesses said Mr Suharto left Jakarta's Pertamina hospital in a wheelchair at around 2.40pm (0740 GMT) amid heavy security, accompanied by some of his children.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Flights to Ambon suspended
        63 5 AFP [AMBON, Indonesia] Indonesian authorities have suspended all civilian flights to riot-torn Ambon because of escalating Muslim-Christian violence and handed the airport over to the military, sources said yesterday. A duty officer at the military information office said the suspension affected all commercial flights to and
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Foreign investment in China falls 10% in first 7 months
      626 6 BEIJING Slide in capital inflow far less serious than expected: economist Bloomberg FOREIGN investment in China sank 10 per cent to U5521.49 billion (Ss36 billion) in the seven months ending July, as investment from other Asian countries slowed. While the
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      Lock icon New Bank of China unit to manage bad loans
      163 6 BEIJING Bloomberg THE Bank of China, the country's biggest foreign exchange bank, will set up an asset-management corporation to deal with its bad loans before the end of September, an executive said. It is the first time the bank has given
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      Lock icon We're ready to attack Taiwan, China warns US
      309 6 BEIJING Taiwan cabinet says it wants missile defence system AFP CHINA yesterday kept up pressure on Taiwan, warning the US through the state media that it was fully prepared to launch an attack on the island if necessary, regardless of the cost.
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      Lock icon Hang Seng up 3% on hopes of Japan mergers, WTO talks
      297 6 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks closed sharply higher yesterday on news of a potential Japanese bank merger and on hopes of progress in China's bid to join the World Trade Organisation. The Hang Seng Index closed up 410.49 points or
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      Lock icon China delays joint venture rules for processing trade
      333 6 BEIJING Implementation delayed as some details not yet issued Reuters CHINA has delayed the implementation of rules on joint ventures in the processing trade to Oct 1, a Foreign Trade Ministry spokesman said yesterday. "We have decided to delay the implementation of
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      Lock icon China B-shares up; market boosters expected
      223 6 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CHINA'S B-shares, which foreigners can hold, rallied on speculation that the government will take fresh steps to encourage investment in equities. The Shanghai B-share index rose 8.7 per cent to close at 47.821, its biggest one day gain since July 23. The
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  • ASIA
    • AISA Notes
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        Lock icon Foreign bankers may still sue Daewoo
        88 7 Reuters [SEOUL] Foreign bankers said yesterday they had not ruled out taking legal action against South Korea's debt-laden Daewoo Group and would make their position clear next week. "Our position will be forwarded to the (Korean) government and Daewoo Group next week," said an
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        Lock icon India expects 7% growth this rear
        49 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha (above) said yesterday that India would achieve 7 per cent growth in the year to March 2000 despite numerous challenges. "The economy is growing strongly. More importantly, the feel-good factor has come back," he said. —AFP
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      • Article
        Lock icon Samsung,creditor bank close to a deal
        56 7 AFX-Asia [SEOUL] Samsung Group and its creditor bank are close to an agreement on how the group will cover more of the debt of unit Samsung Motors Inc, a creditor bank official said. "We need a couple of more days to study details including
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        Lock icon Sonia opts for safe constituency
        66 7 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian opposition leads* Sonia Gandhi was widely derided yesterday for announcing her candidacy for coming elections from a safe constituency in the country's deep south. Mrs Gandhi, 52, unexpectedly filed her nomination papers from Bellary in the southern state of Karnataka on
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        Lock icon Miti: no new move to calculate GDP yet
        61 7 Bridge News [TOKYO] An official from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) told Bridge News yesterday that local reports that Miti would start calculating Japan's gross domestic product separately from the Economic Planning Agency are inaccurate. The official added that
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      Lock icon Korean GDP surges 9.8% in Q2, beating forecasts
      500 7 mSEOUL Growth led by strong investment in plants and equipment, says central bank Reuters SOUTH Korea said yesterday that its economy grew a powerful 9.8 per cent over the year to the second quarter of 1999, surpassing expectations and sharply rebounding from
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      Lock icon PNG seeks World Bank aid on Ok Tedi
      328 7  -  From] Brian Gomez in Sydney PAPUA New Guinea has asked the World Bank to set up an independent team to examine social and environmental issues related to the Ok Tedi copper mine, which faces possible closure by its majority shareholder, The Broken
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      Lock icon Telstra offer attracts 1.8m Aussie investors
      369 7 SYDNEY Australia could beat US to become biggest shareowning society FT AUSTRALIA could overtake the US as the biggest shareowning society, in percentage terms, if a majority of would-be investors in the secondary public offering of Telstra, the telecommunications company, take up their allocations.
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      Lock icon Osaka property loan recovery ratio sinks in H2 '98
      167 7 TOKYO Nikkei IN a worrisome sign that some Japanese banks may be forced to raise their loan-loss provisions, property loan recovery ratios are dropping at court-sponsored foreclosure sales in the Osaka area. Auctions of foreclosed real estate in the second half
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon What if the Fed keeps tightening: Scenarios and risks
      2228 10  -  Due to continued profitability, a market correction won t be sufficient to squash US consumer demand, says dato DAVID FOLKERTS-LANDAU THE direction of US interest rates is the point of departure for any global analysis these days. In the likely outcome,
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Russian Budget counting on US$5.7b in int'l aid
      380 11 MOSCOW AFP THE Russian government approved yesterday a draft Budget for 2000 that provides for US$5.7 billion (559.5 billion) in international financial aid as an IMF (International Monetary Fund) team arrived here for talks, news agencies reported. The draft Budget will be
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      Lock icon Germany expects average growth of 2% till 2003
      362 11 BERLIN Finance ministry also forecasts fall in joblessness t03.4min2003 from 4.3 m in 1998 Bloomberg THE German government expects growth to average 2 per cent through to 2003, with unemployment falling to an average of 3.4 million by the end of that
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      Lock icon Internet ad revenue in Q1 nearly doubled to US$693m: US study
      284 11 PALO ALTO, California Reuters INTERNET advertising revenue is growing rapidly but the spending is increasingly concentrated on a handful of top Web sites, the Internet Advertising Bureau said on Wednesday. A survey by the industry group shows Internet advertising
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      Lock icon Brazil's real slips to 5-month low on deficit fears
      626 11 BRASILIA Central bank forced to sell dollars, announces measures to boost investment Bloomberg BRAZIL'S currency tumbled to a five-month low as falling Interest rates and the government's Inability to cut its budget deficit prompted investors to search for higher returns elsewhere.
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      Lock icon IBJ, Fuji, Dai-Ichi Kangyo set to create world's biggest bank?
      780 12  -  Three in alliance talks to form holding company with assets of US$l.3 trillion From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THREE of Japan's leading banking institutions Industrial Bank of Japan (IBJ), Fuji Bank and Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank (DKB) appear close to agreeing
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank's dream Frankfurt project shattered
      168 12 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMANY'S biggest bank yesterday abandoned its vast real estate dream to make Frankfurt a more attractive city after the country's railway operator, which owns the land, said it would develop the site itself. Deutsche Bank's plans to give Frankfurt, home of the
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      Lock icon Russian mob may have moved billions through NY bank
      411 12 NEW YORK Officials say it could be one of the largest money laundering ops uncovered in US NYT BILLIONS of dollars have been channelled through the Bank of New York in the last year in what is believed to be a
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      Lock icon US orders money transfer agencies to register in bid to stop laundering
      328 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US Treasury Department ordered thousands of money-transfer providers, including American Express and First Data's Western Union Telegraph, to register with the US government as part of a crackdown on money laundering. Treasury first proposed the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Bretton Woods twins in belated labour
      819 13  -  188 BOTTOM LDTB OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent ABIT late in the day but probably better late than never is about the most charitable way to describe the decision by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank
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      96 13 'Producers have resorted to malicious competition by slashing prices drastically for survival.' New (Un News Agency describing the price wars among many producers, a new phenomenon/or Chinese officials that they find unsettling. 'You know what happens, somebody floats a rumour and it causes you to ask a
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      Lock icon Thailand on the mend
      617 13 EDITORIAL PINALLY, everything seems to be falling into place for the ravaged Thai economy. All its key indices are pointing the right way and the country seems to be visibly energised Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai is talking to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about raising the
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      Lock icon Big questions facing US presidential hopefuls
      1160 13  -  Will the Greenspan soft landing be safeguarded so US remains locomotive of global stability? By Paul Samuelson The writer is an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology IT WAS a sad thing for Europe and the global economy when the conservative Herbert Hoover
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      915 13 THIS is the account of one of US President Bill Clinton's initiatives that got sidetracked and has led to nothing. It is a typical Washington tale, in which hopes are raised, political points are scored, headlines are written and then in the end, an issue is
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Finance interim profit rises 60% to $48.8m
      474 15  -  CORPORATE RESULTS fpek-np in economy tlso boosts S'pore ranance profit, by 8% to $l&3m k- Siow Li Sen IfONG Leong Finance (HLF) westerday turned in a sparlilng set of net interim earnings, which surged 60 per <pnt to $48.8 million, in
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      Lock icon Expiring warrants deserve a new lease of life
      808 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy IHHH ARLIER this week, CK Tang's warrants expired out-of-the-money and therefore worthless. ijV HIH Their lapse meant that 3 the retail firm sadly missed out on a cash injection of some $23 million, a decent enough sum
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      Lock icon Datacraft's profit continues to soar
      522 15  -  Over 30% growth at least 5 years in a rew; mere to come By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] It is getting predictable: Datacraft Asia yesterday reported a 40 per cent jump in net earnings to US$2l.4 million (5535.8 million) making the year just past at
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      Lock icon NatSteel Broadway profit up 55%, 1-for-2 bonus on the way
      554 15  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Broadway Ltd (NBL) yesterday posted a 55.8 per cent rise in interim net profit to $13.97 million, and is so pleased with the results that it is proposing a l-for-2 bonus issue. And for
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Tan Chong sees better car sales, profit margins in second half
        428 16  -  It expects fall in COE prices, sets sales target of 1,000 vehicles a month Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Banking on lower COE prices, car distributor Tan Chong International expects to not only sell more cars in the second half
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        Lock icon Progen Holdings to rake in $26m cash by year's end
        299 16 Rights issue to raise np to $10.7 m; sale of associate USss.sm, property sale $5.9 m [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Progen Holdings yesterday announced a series of initiatives expected to rake in cash of up to $26 million by yearend. The company
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        Lock icon Mentor Media to launch IPO shares at 20-25 cents each
        477 16  -  Issoe of 40m shares; employees to be given 12L5m nnits By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-bound outsourcing and assembly specialist Mentor Media will raise some $7 million from its initial public offer of 40 million shares next week. The IPO will
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        Lock icon CPF consultant to review investment scheme process
        123 16 [SINGAPORE] The Central Provident Fund Board has appointed a consultant to review the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS) with the objective of reducing settlement time and transaction costs. The board yesterday said it had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers to study the entire business process of the
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        Lock icon Stock trading open to Simex brokers by 2002
        263 16 New exchange to explore feasibility of cash, derivatives trade for all members Bridge News [SINGAPORE] Futures brokers wUI be allowed to trade stocks after access to both cash equities and derivatives markets is fully liberalised by January 2002, said a Singapore International
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        Lock icon Simex: No plans to start M'sia contract yet alter MSCI move
        567 16 Bridge News [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange has no immediate plans to push out its Dow Jones Malaysia Stock Index Futures contract, following a move by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to reinstate Malaysia back into its widely-tracked
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        Lock icon MSCI revisions not likely to affect S'pore much: SG Securities
        302 16 [SINGAPORE] The reinstatement of Malaysia and the increase in Taiwan's weightage in the Morgan Stanley Capital International indices from February next year should not affect Singapore much, said SG Securities group research director Manu Bhaskaran. "In terms of a pro-rated
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          50 16 louiu/u-vrii&j riuow urciga nuaungs saia it nas Incorporated a new company called home2be.com Pie Ltd to sell home furniture, furnishings and gifts over the Internet as part of its entry into e-co«nmerce. The wholly-owned subsidiary will have an authorised and intended paid-up capital of $100,000
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          64 16 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has been ranked Mo 1 by the readers of Time Asia, topping the list of 86 airlines from around the world. SIA was tops in terms of overall image and inflight service and was the airline most frequently flown in the past
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          66 16 [SINGAPORE] Harimau Investments repeated net profit of $4.6 million for the half-year ended June, up from a loss 0f54.8 million last year, as regional equity markets staged a strong comeback. Operating income came to $6.8 million. Earnings per share was 7.65 cents while
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          56 16 [SINGAPORE] Gokttron Ltd said yesterday there are reasonable grounds Cor the company to continue as a going concern because its creditor banks have indicated they will support the company while it finalises the comprehensive restructuring of its businesses and borrowings. The company was replying toqueries
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          68 16 [SINGAPORE] MHE Holdings said it has signed a letter of intent with Thomson Multimedia Asia to provide contract manufacturing support and material procurement services to Thomson's colour television operation in Madras. The letter of intent is conditional on MHE investing in and setting up
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          64 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The Perak state government will buy a 20 per cent stake in state electricity utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd's Manjung power plant, the national Bernama news agency said. "We will acquire the stake through the State Economic Development Corporation (SEDC)
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          62 16 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Bhd said its managing director Yeo Chee Yan will retire from the company and as director of all subsidiary and associate companies in the group with effect from Aug 81. The company said in view of his experience
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        659 18 Fox TVs higher programming costs, lower circulation revenue at Sun cited Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Profit fell 20 per cent at News Corp, the media company run by Rupert Murdoch, in its fiscal fourth quarter because of higher programming costs at the Fox TV network and
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        259 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp said yesterday that it would consolidate its production facilities and sell more land to help slash its debts. The automaker said it would sell part 0f400,000-sq m plot at Oe in the central city of Nagoya where
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        276 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] Troubled reinsurers GIO Australia Holdings Ltd and Reinsurance Australia Corp Ltd said yesterday they had exposures to the earthquake in Turkey's industrial heartland which killed at least 3,500 people. A GIO spokeswoman said the company did not have "precise information available" at
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        586 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantts Airways Ltd, Australia's biggest airline, said second-half profit rose a better-than-expected 15 per cent as domestic earnings jumped, fuel costs fell and it sold more tickets on US and UK routes. Qantas, the fifth largest carrier in the Pacific Rim, reported a
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        388 18 HK$L36b HI profit; net debt-to-eqnity ratio halved Reuters, AFP [HONGKONG] Cheung Kong Infrastructure yesterday reported a 10 per cent rise in first-half net profit and said it nearly halved its net debt-to-equity ratio. At a first-half results briefing, a company official said
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        314 18 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hongkong has its first local discount broker. Boom Securities (HK) Ltd, a closely held brokerage that was one of the first to offer online trading here, yesterday started to allow local investors to buy and sell US shares. Boom, which will
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        409 18 Lease income will be used to finance its expansion into satellite businesses Reuters, Bloomberg [HONGKONG] APT Satellite Holdings Ltd said it had agreed to lease all the transponder capacity of one of its three satellites, Apstar-lIR, for about 14 years to a
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        520 19 Shareholders file lawsuit to stop restaurateur from filing for Chapter 11 Bloomberg, NYT (ORLANDO, Florida] Planet Hollywood shareholders have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the star-spangled restaurateur from filing a bankruptcy reorganisation plan, the Orlando Sentinel said on its website on Wednesday. The newspaper
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        323 19 Bloomberg [PITTSBURGH] Alcoa Inc won a short-lived bidding war for Reynolds Metals Co with a sweetened offer of US$5.B billion (559.7 billion) in stock and assumed debt, reclaiming its position as the world's biggest aluminium maker after rival Alcan Aluminium Ltd
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        539 19 Estimates vary as US money managers get in line for an IPO Bloomberg NEUBERGER Berman could be worth US$2.3 billion (553.9 billion) after it sells shares to the public for the first time. Then again, it could be worth US$5 billion. The smaller amount fits if
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        333 19 It plans release of software code for real-time e-mail Reuters, Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp turned up the heat on Wednesday in its instant-messaging battle with America Online Inc (AOL), pledging to release software code this month in a step towards establishing a widely accepted Internet
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        294 19 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro, the Netherlands' largest bank, unveiled a 30 per cent increase in first half 1999 net profits yesterday and promised more of the same. "We assume the increase in net profit will be at least 30
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        440 20 Bank loses money in jittery derivatives market; talk of USsloom loss said to be too high FT [LONDON] Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank, has lost money after being caught out in the derivatives markets. The loss was incurred late last
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        292 20 Bridge News, AFP [PARIS] Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet has offered raider Banque Nationale de Paris and its target bank Societe Generale a compromise solution under which they would hold each other's shares and develop cooperative ventures in some fields, the Wall Street
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        69 20 [BANGKOK] A Bangkok taxi driver rushing to fill up his gas tank yesterday after the latest gasoline prices were hiked to the highest price of the year due to the Organisation of Petroleum E *Z° r f l ?S Us production and failing local currency. Price
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        524 20 Philadelphia retaliates as CBOE, Amexseektotake business from it Bloomberg (CHICAGO] For the nation's options exchanges, a longawaited listings battle has begun. The Chicago Board Options Exchange and the American Stock Exchange said that beginning on Monday they will list Dell Computer Corp, the nation's busiest
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        387 20 Bridge News, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] In a departure from the typical Soros hedge fund, George Soros is creating a private fund which will form the primary vehicle for his real-estate investments. This is seen as the legendary investor's recognition that private
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        314 20 Settlement covers 7m current and former clients LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, the sec-ond-largest US life insurer, agreed on Wednesday to pay as much as US$l.7 billion (552.9 billion) to settle lawsuits by policyholders who said they were
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        222 21  -  ttiwiKi Reports MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market yesterday managed to shrug off overnight jitters on Wall Street, ending the day on a firm note. Key index stocks rose as investors returned to the market encouraged by the strong
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        215 21  -  MSCI Taiwan fixtures Juliana Loo Na Na Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract surged 27 points yesterday despite the overnight fall of the Dow. Strong record sales in the electronics is helping to offset lagging domestic demand
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        248 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets yesterday shrugged off reports showing higher US stockpiles and climbed back towards recent 22-month highs. Benchmark North Sea Brent crude for October rose 4 cents to U5520.71 a barrel, within striking distance of a recent US$2l high.
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        330 21 AFP Reuters London THE US dollar slumped below 111 yen for the first time in seven months yesterday as yen bulls were encouraged by the prolonged absence of the Bank of Japan from the foreign exchanges. A larger-than-expected US June trade deficit added to the dollar's woes, forcing
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      1218 22 Reuters QHugSeog +410.41 HONGKONG stocks closed higher yesterday on news of a potential Japanese bank merger and on hopes of progress in China's bid to join the World Trade Organization. The blue chip Hang Seng Index closed up 410.49 points or 3.16 per cent at 13,403.59. Turnover was HK59.36
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      495 22 AFP H Shenzhen B latex +&14 SHENZHEN'S B shares closed sharply higher on heavy turnover yester day, aided by speculation over market-boosting measures and signs of a more conciliatory stance towards Taiwan, brokers said. The Shenzhen B Share Index closed 5.24 points, or 5.91 per cent, higher at 93.89,
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      250 22 AFP □WPhia -am TAIWAN share prices closed 0.4 per cent lower yesterday as investors locked in profit from recent sharp gains, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 29.04 points to 7,964.67. Investors took profit from a sharp surge sparked by last week's rise in the
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      1426 22 AFP Q Nikkei 225 -1X52 SHARE prices in Tokyo recovered from heavy losses to close down just 0.1 per cent yesterday, buoyed by a report that three top Japanese banks plan a major alliance. The Nikkei 225 Index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 12.52 points to finish at
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        380 23 AFP n Composite Index -136 MALAYSIAN share prices closed marginally lower yesterday in volatile trade with buying interest fading amid a lack of fresh funds. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 2.36 points or 0.3 per cent to close at
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        212 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THERE'S a misconception in some circles that an out-of-the-money warrant with little time left before expiry could be seen as attractive because it offers high gearing. This is a dangerous assumption, since it ignores the reason why the warrant is
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        206 24 AFP pWcflngta -ICS# TELECOM led the New Zealand share market down 0.8 per cent yesterday after Moody's downgraded the company's credit rating on Wednesday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down 16.50 points at 2,181.56 on light turnover of NZ$6O.3 million. —AFP •m m f— M»ant4«aMDS LAS -OJO 64 MrNZA
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        804 24 AFP H SET fate +BJ4 THAI share prices closed 2 per cent higher yesterday, with investors returning to the market to buy bank shares in afternoon trade, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index finished 8.24 points higher at 418.0, while the SET 50 Index of selected
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        346 24 AFP gjOwaogtaMg *124 SHARE prices closed 0.26 per cent higher yesterday on strong second-quarter GDP growth figures and a firmer yen, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 2.24 points at 871.18. Volume was 277 million shares worth 3.2 trillion won. •Today's most remarkable (trading highlight) was foreigners turning
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        496 24 AFP FlAllOinihiriM +U AUSTRALIAN share prices closed marginally firmer yesterday, brokers said. Hie Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index rose 1.1 points to 3,027.1. Turnover totalled 385.6 million shares worth Asl.l billion. The All Industrials Index closed up 14.6 points at 5,207.5, while the All Resources Index fell
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        650 24 AFP ri Composite Index +2Q) INDONESIAN share prices climbed 3.6 per cent yesterday on the back of a stronger rupiah and positive moves to solve the Bank Bali scandal, brokers said. Trade was just speculative, a foreign exchange dealer with an international bank said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite
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        279 24 AFP gimuu PHILIPPINE shares closed up 2.5 per cent yesterday as investors bought heavily into blue chips, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 54.11 points to 2,159.20. A total of 1.6 billion shares worth 2.5 billion pesos changed hands yesterday, up from Wednesday's 1.2 billion shares
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        301 26 CESESSSBBHHBDE Stocks ValWM Asia FoodSProp US$ 40,970,000 •Gentlng Int 39,293,000 Hotung In* *75 29,952,000 Goldan Aqri USIOc 24,421,000 Omni M 10c 16,296,000 DragonLand 10c M,651.000 IPC Corpn 5c 13,436,000 DBS Land 13,125,000 Eagl* Brand HkJqs HK75c 12,763,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 11,553,000 Kwta > DBS Foreign 54.290,344 DBS Land 45.465,497
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        628 26  -  STOCK MAUBT OOMMHMTASY Sesdaq stocks gain another 4% Irat STI has mixed session while DBS Land comes into sadden play By R Sivanithy THE Straits Times Index managed a 21.14-point rise to 2,070.2 yesterday but the broad market came under some pressure in
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          91 26 NOW that the liberalisation spotlight has fallen on the insurance industry, the obvious question turns on foreign talent. Are local insurers going to start hiring foreign talent like some of the banks have done? Loo Sun Mun of Asia Insurance told Grapevine that because of
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          179 26 STAN Lee, the creator of Spkterman, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, la updating his pantheon of superhero** with, what else—an hiternet twist and a public stock listing, according to a Reutars report Mr Lee, who breathed life into some of the most enduring and profitable comic book characters,
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          107 26 HERE'S another proof that Singaporeans tend to be overly aggressive, almost to the point of being irrational in a competitive bidding event SingTel's virtual retail outlet, Bingtalshop.com, recently held an auction for 12 Motorola VMBB mobile phones. Participants were asked to bid for the phones in multiples of
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          53 26 DBS Bank, itseems, fe going all out to adopt a global mindset Unlike many fontns—oi that belt out Kenny Gor Richard Claydermann, the bank's call waiting system played an Italian opera the last time we called. Which toft one wag in BT to rmark—"So was tta tnfedy
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        73 26  -  ■By Wong Wei Kong OMNI Industries shares rose 24 cents to $2.02 yesterday, a new 52-week high. Volume was 16.3 million shares, including a block transaction of 7.07 million shares. This compares with its 10-day traded average of 7.07 million units. The daily and weekly RSI, Stochastics and
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      825 27  -  The cold, hard cash may come from the big multinationals, but small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore are also tmnJong up new and imaginative ways of supporting the local arts scene, pakyathi xatab has the details PARVATHI NAYAR BIG bucks and a multinational corporate profile are
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        686 28  -  Off the cuff s, Free miles, discount schemes, fee waivers aren't they all designed to make yon spend more than yon intended in the first place? by Jaime Ee IN THE consumer scheme of things, I can say only one thing:
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          134 28 SOME real conversations between computer technicians and computer users: A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The technician asked if she was "running it under Windows". The woman responded: "No, my desk is next to the door. But that's a good point.
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          33 28 Quotable quote: "Tax or fine? It's often a little hard to tell; a fine is a tax for doing wrong, a tax is a fine for doing well."—George 0 Ludcke
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        354 28 JANE LIM, RJ PAPERS WHEN Jane Lim, co-owner of RJ Paper, started sponsoring arts groups, it was not even a fashionable thing to do. As she puts it "Ten years ago, honestly speaking, no one was really as concerned with the arts as
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        364 28 MRW COVER STORY: THE NEW ARTS SPONSORSHIP DICK CHI A, HELU-TRANS k "WHAT excites me is the logistics of handling art. It's a challenge, a big one. Everything has to fall into place," says Dick Chia, managing director of Helu-Trans (S) Pte Ltd, an
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        322 28 LIM CHIN MING, BAN HIN LEONG GROUP THE ROAD leading to arts sponsorship can seem tangential, even serendipitous. Ban Hin Leong Group's Lim Chin Ming recalls that his personal Involvement with arts sponsorship started while developing a calendar featuring Singapore Symphony Orchestra musicians (1997) it led
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        391 28 WONG TING MEI, DBS CARD SENIOR manager Wong Ting Mei is the person at DBS Card Centre approached by arts companies looking for support and she's the one who takes those important sponsorship decisions. The all-im-portant deciding factor, she explains, is "whether it adds value to our customer
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        417 28 SIM KIAN KIAT, TRANSLINK SIM Kian Kiat, group managing director and one of three founders of Translink (1962), sees in the sponsorship of the arts an "Innovative way of giving something back to the society". It is also an excellent PR exercise. Rather than
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        444 30  -  Compiled by Parvathi Nayar FILM Goethe Film Festival To celebrate the 250 th anniversary of Goethe, four films inspired by his works will be screened. Faust Aug 21 and 27, Clavigo Aug 24, The New Sorrows of Young W Aug 25, Tarot Aug 26; Time: 7pm, Venue: Goethe-Institut,
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        665 30  -  CINEMA A repeat visit to the Big Apple in this remake of Neil Simon's The Oat Of Towners yields few insights and even fewer langhs By\ Susan Tsang Remakes are generally a risky thing. The Out Of Towners is no exception. In this update
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        621 30  -  CINEMA Three Seasons is a subtle piece of filmmaking with a real sense of place and engaging characters By I Susan Tsang THREE Seasons was the darling of Sundance, bagging the Grand Prize at that indie film festival, along with the audience prize and
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        869 31  -  Singaporeans adore its saloon sister. Now, will we also fall in love with the BMW 3-Series coupe? M SBBENiTiux reckons it'll be another happy match for the Munich-based carmaker VEN SREENIVASAN IT WAS just over a year ago that BMW launched its new 3-Series saloons in
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        1474 31  - Made in Singapore —and going places Imagine a Singapore film with an international cast, Asian co-producers and tie-ups with a Hollywood studio. Far-fetched? Not in the eyes of Daniel Yun, CEO of Raintree Pictures. He tells paktathi kayakhow he intends to take the mystery out of making movies, and turn
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        674 32  -  The flavours are fragrant and yet restrained, and the helpings are hearty enough to be shared by two. tamspthm tucks into some good old cowboy cuisine at Santa Fe TAN SU YEN PRESSED for her impressions of Tex Mex, my girlfriend was of no help.
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        873 32  -  CAFE It has been renamed Island Cafe, Imt the food outlet en the fourth level of G E Tang is still a treat with its warm service and palatable fare By' Tan Su Yen TREATS Cafe in C K Tang used to be one
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        242 32 CRAVINGS THE MID-AUTUMN festival starts next month but already mooncakes of various persuasions are being marketed in Chinese restaurants all over town. Peach Blossoms at Marina Mandarin Singapore is pushing its latest creation, 'The Shanghai Mooncake". This flaky-skinned confection is made
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        112 32 HOWS THIS for an example of innovative marketing? Hotel Inter-Continental Singapore, best known for its very pleasant architecture, has hit upon the idea of an afternoon tea with a difference. From Aug 27 to Sep 23, guests can chat or business In the Lobby Lounge over
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        143 32 DONT just pack lunch for the little ones. Include a note of encouragement from Mum and Dad. The Priorities Shop at Great World City has this innovative set of "Lunch Mail" cards to tuck into i your child's lunch box or back-pack. These miniature M
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        182 32  -  Compiled by Tan Su Yen COLD STORAGE recently launched a house brand, First Choke, which promises savings of up *o percent ratal* leading brands. The exclusive labdwffl carryover 150™ product lines, ranging from food and beverage items to pet food and household products. 80 confident is Cold Storage
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        1052 36  -  With an annuity, you will receive a guaranteed income every month for as long as you live, no matter how long you live, rabita w.iab details RAHITA ELIAS YOU have been working for about four decades and have reached the pinnacle of your working life. Now
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        509 37 INVESTMENT consultants William M Mercer has introduced a performance rating system for CPF-approved unit trusts to help CPF members make investment decisions. Ratings are assigned to a unit trust based on an analysis of its past performance relative to a benchmark considered relevant by Mercer.
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        454 37  -  LECTORS Christopher Teo Executive director JPP Capital Advisory Q: I have never invested in a unit trust before but am very interested in doing so now. However, I have a few queries I was hoping you could help me with. From what I have
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        1012 37 UNIT TRUST/SECTOR (0 MONTHS 29JAN99-13AUGM) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANG* 1 Five Arrows SEA Special/FE Pac EQ* 78.89 M6CI AC Far East exJap 36.23 2 Aberdeen Spore Growth/Spore EQ 77.28 Spore Straits Times 37.92 3 UOB United Japan Gth/Japan EQ 75.24 MSCI Japw Small Cap 27.91 4 Aberdeen Spore/Spore EQ* 72.14 Spore
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        866 38  -  THB FXMER POIMT Benchmarks will come and go, but good positive returns will always appeal By Madeleine Lee The writer, a CFA, was former managing director and chief investment officer ofCommerzbank Asset Management Asia AFTER the announcement by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) last week,
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        527 38  -  Counters trading at discounts to investment house's fair values By) Rahita Elias OUB, ANA Hotels and ST Engineering are currently among the favourite stocks of securities house FraserAMMB Research. Head of research Violet Soh said in a report issued early this week:
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        377 38 MOST investors would have figured out by now that investment decisions are a matter of balancing risk and reward, with the assumption that a low risk investment would give correspondingly low returns. Diversifying across different asset types has also become an investing
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        951 38 Companies can learn a lot from billionaire investor'! annnal tirades against corporate follies FT [LONDON] Warren Buffett, of course, is the richest portfolio investor on the planet For decades, his annual letters to shareholders have lashed corporate folly or malpractice. Much
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        972 38 P»po«*«WMnt i Mrti D«podl iwcunt H—» Mm »w» DBS Bank Mmmmmmmmm HSBC M A| S10.000 A24.9M 4.1200 4.1900 4.4600 28,000 74,999 3 8250 ***** ***** A29.000 A49.999 4.1400 4.2100 4.4700 75,000 149,996 ***** ***** 4.3128 Dmfc C$ 310.000 0m99,999
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        1050 39  -  Citibank, Cathay Pacific have relaunched their Visa frequent flyer tie-in that allows members to chalk up points faster, says bahitablxas RAHITA ELIAS IF you are looking for an opportunity to chalk up those frequent flyer points faster than ever, you can do so
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      261 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD IfIMH 5 Father has unfinished tale for MB minister (6) 9 One viewing house may be I I I very sour (8) 10 Show as false strong faith (6) 12 Found words for newspaper 16 Act vainly for play's cancelled H[ 19 Not successful in bringing I i
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      1220 29 You mflv nAT rftntltn Trite hut I IfM ArAim a C# 1 has played a part in every Singaporean s p\ll^ iJ life for more than 40 years. Young or old, you would have used a subscription as an insurance against Y UN HOME SERVICES Scheme comprises 3 parts, facility
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      223 36 We hope you enjoyed the eighth of our 13-week series on Insurance-wise, brought to you by Great Eastern Life. You can view this article as well as previous weeks' articles at our website at www.gellfe.com.s9 What's more, here's a chance to win a Getaway Pockage at The Beaufort Hotel Conference
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      279 36 brought to you by (w) Great Eastern Life rJXitL fii-ii .il-' i .r Two oul of ihree Singaporeans w ill lick at least one l>ox. Wkal are your ckances? 1. Cancer 16. Heart Valve Surgery 2. Heart Attack 17. Loss of Speech 3. Stroke 18. Major Burns 4. Coronary Artery
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      862 40  -  New proposals by a working group on financial security for S'pore's ageing population may revive the debate, womq wbk bono reports WONG WEI KONG IS there a place for private pension funds in Singapore? This is something that has been debated ova- the
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      197 40 Investment Much ado about indices, EM 12 v y t lveryo? 0 knows that ci'versi-cation is essentia! in a successful investment portfolio But now do you know if you are diversifying effectively? In the sea o f investments, diversification is more than ju »tnicking different products. hat s why The
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      295 41 Reuters Bridge News, A3&ANTIC Panamax activity was negligible and little new business evident, although rates remained firm. Activity picked up for Panamaxes in the east but rates have eased. Again there were few capesize cargoes auotsd. Little happened to disturb Tuesday's picture, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its
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      231 41 CWT D>*»MUl)il 1.26 0.02 69 CNMtiHup US -0.01 156 Caaaahwaatmant—US unch 20 FrWoM UnfcJ 0.33 -0.01 2439 0CmMn«i 0J9 -004 M HaiSunHu* 0.70 -OjOI *73 MC —5.60 gndt 0 Jays Ho4d*H»__..0.9S -OCT '35 Jarana SMpyard —7.40 OJt W3 RapaJcarv 5 70 005 1523 Kaaaairtu US an* m Knw
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      517 41  -  Rollover of older Global Positioning Systems takes place this weekend By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Shipping companies and ports are gearing up for possible disruption to ships' navigation systems caused by the rollover of older Global Positioning Systems (GPS) this weekend. GPS receivers are
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      707 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A SHIPOWNER which did not sign and return a copy of a voyage charterparty to its charterer has paid dearly for the omission. The failure has meant that the owner could not claim demurrage
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      297 41 Unit P6O Ports will manage USs24om container terminal for 7 years Bloomberg [CANBERRA] P&O Australia Ltd has joined John Keells Holdings, Sri Lanka's largest listed company, to build a US$24O million container terminal in Colombo. The terminal will be Sri Lanka's first
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      224 41 [SYDNEY] P&O Ports said yesterday it had concluded new enterprise agreements with employees at Australian container terminals and main bulk stevedoring facilities. The new agreements follow more than six months of site-by-site negotiations during which no time was lost due to industrial action,
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      Lock icon Weak shipping venture widens Nedlloyd's Q2 loss to 23m euros
      278 42 Bloomberg [ROTTERDAM] Royal Nedlloyd, joint owner of the world's No 3 con-tainer-shipping company, P&O Nedlloyd, said second-quarter losses widened, mostly due to deteriorating business at the shipping venture. The loss from ordinary operations grew to 23 million euros (5540.6 million),
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        1550 55 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO BooMrq/Mmc* Rstls Ship VoyHo Etb/Btr Ptrted From To FroM OCA 22/1900 U 19/B00 WW 19/7900 WBOO 19,1459 -VX a wmo 20/0199 worn .'I 19/T70C 20/0459 :0-7*0c 1 MM MM WMN 4 20/1200 20/W 20/1700 2V0000 M MM WW WMi ivuoo
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        190 55 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Aag SO United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. Aa«Sl Malaysia: National Day. Bap 1 Mexico: State of the Nation (optional). Bmp Canada: Labour Day. Luxembourg: City Kemesse. United States: Labour Day. Sap IB Japan: Respect of the Aged Day. Bap IS Independence Day. Sap 28
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        752 55 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of tingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesixed stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the Individual
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        371 56 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's second largest airline, said implied second-quarter net income fell 56 per cent, as its costs rose while revenue was held back as it lowered fares to fill an increased number of seats. Net income in the three
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        475 56 Reuters [ZHUKOVSKY] Western aviation firms are keeping a low profile at Moscow's fourth international air show, which this year has taken on a decidedly military tone with jet fighters and helicopter gunships taking centre stage. Despite the biannual event
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        412 56 A viation sector rebounds to chalk up profits of 262 million yuan AFP [BEIJING] China's aviation Industry, which sank some three billion yuan (*****.5 million) into the red last year, had returned to profit as of July, state media said.
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        143 56 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Emirates Airline have signed a code-shar-ing arrangement effective Sept 1, a PAL statement said yesterday. The agreement will give PAL a seat allocation on each of Emirates Airline's three non-stop flights per week between Manila and Dubai, it added.
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        307 56 Passenger complaints of privatised railways at record high AFP [LONDON] British trains are Increasingly prone to delays, cancellations and overcrowding, and the number of complaints from passengers has soared to record levels, a consumer group revealed. Issuing the second batch of gloomy statistics
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        274 56 Reuters [BOSTON] The executive director of the Massachusetts Port Authority submitted his resignation on Wednesday, shortly after a front-page newspaper story, with photos, showed him aboard a Bacchanalian cruise, during which a woman bared her breasts. "Recent errors in judgement by
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      20 41 Royal NedHoyd's Q2 loss widens to 23m euros Losses mostly due to deteriorating business at the shipping venture. Pag* 2
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      247 41 China's airlines back in the black in first 7 months Aviation sector rebounds to chalk up profits of 262 m yuan. Back Pa#» Feature August Make waves in a knowledge-based economy Singapore's position as a major maritime hub has never been more important. Especially now that the Trade Development Board
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      123 56 By Appointment a* Neieon Wheeier Coroorate Advisory Servtcl^^^^^^^B Assets of 4 Hong Kong Construction Companies n| (In Voluntary Liquidation) CTMIM f^KjQ 1996 Lettherr Fu#y Hydraulic 120 Ton Crawler Crane, Modal HSBB3HO c/w 2 Hook Biocka. 2 Wlnchee and A/C Cabin. 1995 IHt FuMy Hydraulic 100 Ton Crawler Crane. Model •OCHIOOO.
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