The Business Times, 13 February 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lippo said to be eyeing takeover of Auric Pacific
    576 1  -  Move could give group first listed vehicle in S'pore; Auric price surges 35% in a week By■ Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group is said to be negotiating to acquire a substantial stake in Auric Pacific a move which could
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    Lock icon Greenback's rise expected to continue unchecked
    398 1  -  From- Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE US dollar surged back above 124 yen yesterday and also climbed to a 34-month high against the German mark as foreign exchange markets appeared to reject the assertion by G-7 finance ministers that the dollar's strength had run
    Source: Bloomberg  -  398 words
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    No special steps needed to support S$: Dr Hu
    299 1  -  Sing recovers after weakening farther apinstUS&rmggft By 1 Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar weakened further in morning trading yesterday to levels not seen in more than six months 511.4200 against the US unit and 57.10 Singapore cents to the ringgit
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    Lock icon Foreign funds fuel surge in S'pore stocks
    342 1  -  Market tuinwer of $010 m heaviest in over a year By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore stock market had one of its most bullish sessions yesterday, with turnover reaching some $910 million, the heaviest in over a year. The Straits Times Industrials Index
    Source: Bloomberg  -  342 words
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    Lock icon Up and away
    18 1 [SINGAPORE] A unique way to park bicycles—along the fence outside St Andrew's Cathedral ERIC CHU
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      9 1 UBs hits highs against mark,Pg9 Anwar comfortable with ringgit'srise,Pgs
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      S'pore, UK sign pact to avoid double taxation, stop evasion
      398 2  -  Part of new accord May affect STpere's attlity to compete for UK investments By l Genevieve Cua SINGAPORE and the UK yes- terday signed a new agree- J ment for the avoidance of douible taxation and the i prevention of
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      Lock icon Working towards a 'New Dynamic'
      727 2  -  ASBAM-BU TALES Xyanmar is the ooe sensitfo issue; Eut Timor will not be discussed at the talks Reports by Yang Razali Kassim AT A talk yesterday by British foreign minister Malcolm Rifkind, host Tommy Koh of the Institute of Policy Studies asked that questions stick
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      US business team to visit S-E Asia next month
      166 2 'SOME 100 senior executives from the US will visit Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia from March 8-14 the largest business delegation ever to visit South-east Asia. The delegation will be led by US-Asean Business Council chairman George David, who is president and
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      Eli Lilly considers building US$100m plant here
      541 2  -  US pharmaceuticals company may seek OHQ status later By. Ronnie Lim US PHARMACEUTICALS company Eli LUly Is considering investing in a bulk manufacturing plant here costing at least US$lOO mUlion (Ssl4o milUon), and obtaining operational headquarters status further down the road. Although the
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      S'pore, UK take steps to boost business ties
      279 2 STRONGER business and investment ties between Singapore and Britain will spearhead a new action agenda to boost bilateral relations and position the two countries as leaders in global free trade. A British statement yesterday, in connection with a visit by UK Secretary
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      Lock icon Philips launches Voice Dial handphone
      291 2 THE next time you want to make a call while driving, don't reach for your handphone. Just tell it who you want on the line and it will do the rest. Of course, you would have to First get the Philips Spark GSM handphone which
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      Caltex appoints new MD for Singapore as part of revamp
      272 2 US-BASED Caltex has appointed Leo Lonergan as the new managing director for its Singapore operations. Mr Lonergan replaces Clifton Hon, who has since moved to the Philippines to assume a new position as country head of that market. A Caltex
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      UBS ups Q1 growth forecast
      318 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY GDP By, Anna Teo ÜBS Securities has raised its forecast of the first quarter's economic growth to 5.6 per cent, from 4.2 per cent previously, following the surprise strong recovery in the closing quarter last year. After a slowdown to just
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Esso raises pump prices by 2 cents
        92 3 ESSO said yesterday that it has increased its pump prices of petrol by two cents. Drivers now have to fork out $1,307 for one litre of Esso Supreme Leaded (98-Octane), formerly at $1,287 per litre. Esso Supreme Unleaded (98-Octane) now costs $1,186 per
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        AIA's model blueprints
        72 3 THE Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) has picked American International Assurance's (AIA) on the job training blueprints as a model for the industry. The blueprints, developed over the past two years, are for claims, policy-owner services, and underwriting and issue departments. "By using AlA's blueprints, other insurance
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        Consultant jailed for altering car licence
        132 3 AN ASSOCIATE director of property consultancy firm Richard Ellis was convicted yesterday of driving an off-peak hour car without a valid supplementary licence. Long See Hong, 35, was sentenced to two weeks in jail for altering a supplementary licence with an intent to cheat
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      Lock icon Manufacturing industries upbeat about first half
      412 3  -  But separate survey shows commerce sector sees slowdown By. Anna Teo MANUFACTURING industries, including those in nonconsumer electronics, are upbeat about business prospects in the first half of 1997, according to the latest business expectations survey by the Economic Development Board (EDB). The commerce
      Source: EDB; ALLAN  -  412 words
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      GE to set up regional HQs here for two divisions
      271 3 GENERAL Electric will set up its transportation and lighting Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, GE South-east Asia president Kenneth Brown said yesterday. In addition to the regional HQ for the two divisions, the American conglomerate will also base its regional training,
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      Small car COE at 20-mth high; big car premium falls
      509 3  -  By( Christopher Tan COE prices have once again defied gravity, with small car and motorcycle premiums hitting 20-month and 15-month highs respectively. Only one category underwent a correction a massive one. Category 3, the playing field of dealers of big
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      7 2 Aae&n-EU ties at a crossroads, Pg 10
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon 800 district 11 flats up for grabs this year
      609 4  -  Developments include a 381-unit project on Thomson Road By Michelle Low [SINGAPORE] M HANDFUL of new freehold pro- jects in dis- trict 11 are scheduled to be launched M this year, househunters a chance to buy into a homely and prime
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      Lock icon Watch out for the lessons of history
      538 4 lUf»lr rf England official warns of incipient over-heating FT [LONDON] In October 1989, an item in The Financial Times said that if you could see more than a dozen cranes from your office window you were probably looking at the next property recession.
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      House Hunt
      1129 4 Property transactions far districts 11,21 and 23 (sectors 2$ to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Jan 12 and Feb 11,1997 mXDHMJ PROP COMMCT TOME MHW PWZ PSF STREET NAME TYPE DATE UW®*E 00 FT) (SVOOt (SS) District 11 Arcadia Gdn Apt 23/12/96 99 4672 2420 518
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Her sales are numbered
      48 5 [JAKARTA] An Indonesian stall vendor, holding her child, selling beer at her stall yesterday. Indonesian authorities will soon issue regulations restricting the sale of alcohol in the world's largest Muslim-populated nation to authorised outlets only. This spells the end of such small stalls. AFP
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      Lock icon Ramos veto may signal charter changes
      337 5 MANILA Presktont signs budget but want curb use of foods for vote on rhangftg AFP PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos yesterday signed a 434 billion-pe-so (5523.4 billion) national budget but vetoed a provision prohibiting the use of funds for a plebiscite to amend the Constitution. The
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      M'sia may turn EPF into partial annuity scheme
      526 5  -  KUALA LUMPUR Immediate impact an stock market seeo as minimal, say analysts By: Eddie Toh THE Malaysian government is considering a proposal to turn the country's Mslo7 billion (Ss6l billion) retirement fund, or Employees Provident Fund (EPF), into a partial annuity scheme.
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      Lock icon Anwar comfortable with ringgit's rise against US$
      158 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was quoted yesterday as saying he was comfortable with the ringgit's recent rise against the dollar. Mr Anwar said he was satisfied with the scale of the ringgit's rise, adding that the Malaysian currency
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      Lock icon Rupiah/US$ rate good enough: finance minister
      407 5  -  JAKARTA Analysts see rupiah trading within more subdued range against US$ in 1997 By S N Vasuki INDONESIAN Finance Minister Mar'ie Muhammad yesterday said the current value of the rupiah against the greenback was "good enough" as it was boosting the country's export competitiveness.
      Source: Bloomberg  -  407 words
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Big policy changes unlikely
      664 6  -  CHXXA WATCH Two different polls may oblige China to Just tinker wftta Its foreign Investment regime By Lu Ning IN THE past week, senior Chinese officials in charge of foreign investment have indicated that Beijing was going to "adjust" its foreign investment regime once more— soon.
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      Lock icon Lehman bullish on HK property over next 3 years
      407 6 HONGKONG Senior analyst sees prices jumping by at least 10% a year in '97 and '98 Reuter HONGKONG should see strong growth in its property market in the next three years, spurred on by strong company earnings in the sector and
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      Lock icon China to regulate development of Beijing dept stores
      200 6 BEIJING AFP BEIJING plans to regulate runaway development of department stores in the city, which are suffering from oversupply and uneven distribution, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Experts would re-examine plans for retail outlets in the city that are bigger
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      Lock icon China arrests suspected leader of Xinjiang riot
      267 6 BEIJING Reuter CHINESE police have arrested the suspected ringleader of a riot in the mainly Muslim region of Xinjiang last week that left at least 10 people dead and 144 injured, local officials said yesterday. Abudu Heilili, 29, of the Uighur ethnic minority,
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      Setback in plans for China-Taiwan shipping links
      586 7  -  TAIPEI Kaoteriung officials expect services to start in Jane instead of March By] Bruce Cheesman HOPES are fading that Taiwan and China will begin in March long-awaited direct shipping links between Kaohsiung and the mainland ports of Xiamen and Fuzhou under an agreement
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      Lock icon China may end some trade barriers for WTO seat: report
      350 7 NEW YORK Reuter CHINA has told American officials it is willing to end some of its largest trade barriers in exchange for membership in the World Trade Organisation, the New York Times reported yesterday. Citing information from senior officials of
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon HK is Asia's most open financial sector
        73 7 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's financial sector has been rated as being the most open to foreign participation in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a Far Eastern Economic Review poll released yesterday. Of the3oo business executives polled, 96.4 per cent gave Hongkong the thumbs up.
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        Lock icon France freezing arms sales to Taiwan?
        81 7 AFP [TAIPEI] France has frozen new arms sales to Taiwan because of pressure from China, press reports said yesterday, but a Taiwanese defence official insisted negotiating channels remained open. Taiwan's shopping list included Mistral anti-aircraft missiles, submarines and other hardware, said the Independence Morning
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        Lock icon China's retail inflation likely to rise
        62 7 Bloomberg Business News [TAIPEI] China's retail inflation will accelerate this year as the country's foreign exchange reserves swell, according to a leading economist in Taiwan. The retail inflation rate is likely to rise to 9 per cent from 6.1 per cent last year, said
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        Lock icon Call for anti-graft action: report
        76 7 AFP [BEIJING] China laid the ground yesterday for a fresh round of arrests of errant officials with a People's Daily editorial calling for urgent action against high-level corrupt cadres. The newspaper based its commentary on a speech given by Chinese President Jiang Zemin at the
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      Lock icon No China effect seen in grain market
      374 7 WASHINGTON Study by US group says Chinese will boost output to meet higher demand Bloomberg Business News CHINA'S soaring demand for grain, pushing its imports to record levels during the next two decades, will not squeeze world supplies because China will also step
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      Lock icon Taiwan market still pulls foreigners
      277 7 TAIPEI Bloomberg Business News AFTER earmarking a record amount of money for Taiwan's surging stock market in 1996, foreign investors continued to shift money to the island to buy shares this year, the central bank said. Foreigners brought a net U*****.9 million (*****.7 million) to
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Korean home minister quits over Hanbo
      457 8 SEOUL He is to be quizzed on suspicion of taking kickbacks in the widening loan scandal Reuter AFP SOUTH Korean Home Minister Kim Woo Suk yesterday resigned over his alleged involvement in the widening Hanbo loans-for-kickbacks scandal, the Prime Minister's Office said. Mr Kim
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      Lock icon A$ falls to its lowest in almost a year
      395 8 SYDNEY AFP THE Australian dollar fell to its lowest level in almost a year as overseas investors, spooked by falling commodity prices and potential, interest rate cuts, fled to higher yielding currencies. The currency was falling due to a "combination of
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      Lock icon Japan power sector expected to see earnings' slowdown
      329 8 TOKYO Deregulation, cost-cutting will impede profit growth AFX-Asia JAPAN'S electricity sector is likely to see slower earnings growth over the next few years as the government pushes forward deregulation plans and increases pressure for major cost cuts. Analysts yesterday said it remains
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      Lock icon India names recipients of Bofors' payments
      209 8 NEW DELHI Reuter INDIAN investigators have released the names of Ave people they said had received payments from Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors in connection with a US$l.3 bUlion (Ssl.B billion) artillery contract in 1986. India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said: "In
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      Uniform standards for Asian telecom agencies proposed
      342 8  -  TOKYO Japan to present proposal to 20 nations next week Byi Anthony Rowley TELECOMMUNICATIONS agencies from more than 20 Asian nations will be asked in Tokyo next week to agree on uniform specifications and other technical standards for multimedia systems in the region.
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      Lock icon S Korean investment abroad seen doubling
      240 8 SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korea's 200 major firms are expected to raise their overseas investment by 106 per cent this year to 2.31 trillion won (513.8 billion), a survey by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed yesterday. The niiftisttf laid in a statement
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  • THE WORLD
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      Albright, Gore head for Beijing
      565 9  -  WASHINGTON Visits in coming weeks underscore separation of human rights issue and engagement policy By Leon Hadar IN ANOTHER sign that human rights considerations are not going to interfere with US policy on engaging China, Vice-President A 1 Gore and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
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      Lock icon Clinton, Congress draft priority list of legislation
      384 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News PRESIDENT Bill Clinton and congressional leaders met on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and drafted a priority list of can-do legislation all within the framework of their top goal, a balanced budget. "I think we've got enormous opportunities to do
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Memorial fund for Holocaust victims
        74 9 Reuter [ZUBK&] The Swiss government yeatenUy agreed to crMte immediately a memorial ftrnd that taps contributions from banks and other businesses to aid victims of the Holocaust, Foreign Minister Flavio Cotti said. But he rebuffed calls for a quick cabinet decision on what payment Switzerland
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        Lock icon Kohl touches raw nerve with unions
        84 9 Reuter [FRANKFURT] German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, touching a raw nerve with unions sngry at record unemployment, yesterday said Germans should sccept little or no real wage Increases over the next tow years In a bid to create jobs. Mr Kohl told Germany's Bild newspaper
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        Lock icon Serbian opposition celebrates
        73 9 Reuter [BELGRADE] The Serbian oppoeltion yeeterday celebrated victory in its battle for recognition of local election sains—but in a move that is bound to raise tensions warned It was only a first round in the fight tor more democracy. 1 expect protests to continue in all of
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        Lock icon Labour seeks reform, net revolution
        57 9 Reuter [LONDON) Britain's opposition Labour Party has no plans to revolutioniee the regulatory structure governing the financial servicss industry If it wins the ejection, which the ruling Conasrvative government must call by May "We are talking about a developmental pi ocees—reform rather than revohitkm, Mike
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      Lock icon Policies that boosted US economy can be exported: economist
      289 9 WASHINGTON Reuter THE policies that led to the current vibrant US economy can be successfully exported globally, the chief economist of the World Bank said on Tuesday as he began his first day in that post. Joseph Stiglitz, who a day
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      Lock icon UK managers could dominate EU pensions market
      320 9 LONDON Reuter BRITISH pension fund managers could dominate a vast, potentially lucrative market in Europe but the UK must fully engage in monetary union to take advantage of the chance. The London-based Action Centre for Europe (ACE), whose president is former Conservative Party
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      Lock icon EU makes more liberal offer at telecoms talks
      410 9 GENEVA Canada moiling over improving its proposal Reuter THE European Union presented a more liberal proposal at global telecommunications negotiations in Geneva yesterday as talks on a pact to ease controls on the US$6OO billion (SsB4o billion) market moved ahead of a
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      Lock icon US producer prices up in Dec
      220 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News US PRODUCER prices rose faster in December than previously estimated. Revised government figures released yesterday also showed that the closely watched core inflation rate, which excludes food and energy costs, was unchanged in the revision. In December, prices paid to
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Filipino First policy leads to Filipino Last?
      738 10  -  THE BOTTOM LIVE OPINION By Al Labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent FOR foreign investors, doing business in Manila is sometimes a test of nerves. They can get lambasted in public by boisterous members of Congress. Or hauled to court for flimsy
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      139 10 'Love can cure Aids.' Sarah Jane Salazar the Manila government's 22-year-old unofficial spokeswoman on Aids, who is HIV positive, after confessing to an affair with Ritchie Atizado, 16, and becoming pregnant with his child. 'She is from a lowly family and has a hysterical belligerence of inferior
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      Asean-EU ties at a crossroads
      614 10 EDITORIAL WHILE there is no reason for Asean and the European Union to see eye to eye on every issue, any major dissonance cannot but affect what the Eminent Persons Group report on strengthening the 20-year-old relationship describes as die "interwoven skein of dialogue and
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      Lock icon Sharing the misery
      1167 10  -  Western Europe is trying to understand the reasons for its unemployment crisis, so it can come np with some answers By\ Salil Sarkar The writer is a Paris based journalist who contributes tk The Business Times SINCE late January, more than a hundred French companies have been
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      CPF's methods explained
      201 10  -  MAILBOX Chan Chong Meng Manager (Public Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board I refer to the letter "Withdrawing top-up funds tangles retirees in red tape" by Denis Distant (BT, Jan 22). Mr Distant felt that the Board should not require members to complete the same CPF withdrawal form,
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      644 10 Buying votes wtth kiddie care WHEN politicians start talking about how they are going to help poor, sick kids, watch out. Something bigger and more pernicious is afoot. In the latest case, it is the attempt to achieve, piecemeal, the government-run health system the nation rejected
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      672 12  -  The 10th S'pore Film Festival will feature a more light-hearted programme and a greater selection of movies, reports coronas eerk CORINNE KERK PROM a love story in a colourful nomadic tribe to a frantic psychodrama about drug addiction and alcoholism, the 10th Singapore International Film Festival returns
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      Love is in the airs
      751 12  -  CONCERT REVIEW Valentine's Day arrived on Tuesday for Pro Cantione Antiqna's andience By\ P Y Van [SINGAPORE] English a capella vocal music certainly has supporters here, if Tuesday night's turn-out for Pro Cantione Antiqua's concert at the Victoria Concert Hall is anything to go by.
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      823 12 OSCAR NOMINATIONS Films made outside the big studios dominate the nominations list LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] It was independents' day in Hollywood on Tuesday, as Anthony Minghella's The English Patient, Scott Hicks' Shine. Joel Coen's Fargo, and Mike Leigh's Secrets Lies, four films made outside the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Philippine SEC set to order shutdown of foreign broker
      528 13  -  Firm said to have breached laws in alleged scam which victimised S'poreans, and Malaysians From, Al Labita in Manila THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is poised to padlock a foreign broker here for an alleged stock scam victimising Singaporeans and
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      Thakral's Gold Coast hotel gets new management
      241 13 [SINGAPORE] The Thakral group's Thakral Operations and the Pan Pacific Hotel and Resorts group have decided to terminate the management agreement for The Pan Pacific Hotel Gold Coast in Australia with effect from March 31. Thakral is appointing Accor Asia-Pacific (AAPC) to manage
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      NTUC Income and the car business: how smooth a ride?
      680 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Christopher Tan HAVING brought on board a team of business development managers in the last six to nine months, it is quite clear that NTUC Income is embarking on a major diversification trail. What is not clear,
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      STIC units in tie-up with Sumitomo
      191 13 [SINGAPORE] Two subsidiaries of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) have tied up with Japan's Sumitomo Corporation to provide support services for trade transactions done through electronic data interchange (EDI) and the Internet. The subsidiaries are ST Computer Systems Services and ST Logistics. They are
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      Lock icon Counsel grills expert on option valuation
      477 13 THE JUMABHOY CASE NUS don had said Rafiq got valuable share option for free The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] Rafiq Jumabhoy's counsel yesterday crossed swords with the expert witness from his brother Iqbal's camp for suggesting that Mr Rafiq had obtained a valuable share option
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      Lock icon Lung Kee shares jump 7.7% as broking houses call a 'buy'
      286 13 [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed Lung Kee Metals' share price yesterday surged 7.7 per cent (or six US cents) to close at 90.5 US cents, its highest since its debut, on a volume of 9.7 million shares traded for the day. The
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        Village Roadshow in loan deal
        405 14  -  Group signs As23om facility to finance expansion in Asia, Australia, Europe and South America From Russell Baker in Sydney LEADING entertainment and leisure group Village Roadshow Ltd has arranged a As23o million (***** million) debt facility to help fund its aggressive global expansion plans which
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        Lock icon MBf Capital shares at record high
        237 14 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of MBf Capital Bhd, which owns Malaysia's largest finance company, soared to a record yesterday as investors bet it will post better-than expected profit for 1996. Shares of the financial-ser-vices company rose 14 sen, or 3 per cent,
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        Lock icon Arab-M'sian Finance issue gets nod
        152 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Securities Commission has approved as proposed, Arab-Ma-laysian Finance Bhd's (AMFB) one-for-one bonus issue which involved the issuing of up to 240.7 million new shares of Msl each to be credited as fully paid to the existing shareholders of the firm. Arab-Malaysian
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        Lock icon Indah Water to spend M$1.8b on capital works
        254 14 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian sewerage treatment Arm Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) is to pump Msl.B billion (551.02 billion) into capital works through to 2001, a report said yesterday. IWK chairman Wan Adli Wan Ibrahim said one billion ringgit would be
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        Lock icon Seven Network posts 32% fall in profit
        584 14 Reuter [SYDNEY] Australian television broadcaster Seven Network Ltd yesterday reported a 31.5 per cent fall in net profit for the half year to Dec 31 as the network started to account for tax. A slightly better performance in the second half of the
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        Lock icon Giordano plans China joint venture
        336 14 Clothing retailer in talks with strategic investors to handle mainland operations AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong clothing retailer Giordano International Ltd said yesterday it was planning to set up a joint venture to handle at least some of its China operations. Giordano told the Stock Exchange of
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        Lock icon HK brokers reject plan for negotiable commissions
        226 14 Reutar [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Stockbrokers Association said yesterday it had rejected the Stock Exchange of Hongkong's suggestions to introduce negotiable brokerage commissions on large size orders. "All committee members attending yesterday's (association) meeting unanimously supported to keep the commission structure unchanged," chairman Cheung
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          Clipsal gets Sydney Olympics deal
          37 14 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Clipsal Industries said its Australia-baaed asaoclate company, Gerard Industries, has been appointed official provider of electrical accessories and building automation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by the organising committee.
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          Guthrie gets nod for bond issues
          61 14 [SINGAPORE] Guthrie GTS' shareholders have approved the company's proposal to isaua $75 million worth of 3 per cent secured bonds due 2002 and $56 million worth of 3 per cent unsecured bonds due 9002 with up to 190 million detachable warrants. The warrants can
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          Sincere Watch buys rest of joint venture
          27 14 (SINGAPORE] Seedaq-listed Sincere Watch has bought over Its joint-venture partner's half-share in Sincere Watch Duty Free Pte Ltd for $250,000.
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          Lock icon Landmarks profit up 27%
          42 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Landmarks Bhd's pre-tax profit roee 37 per cent to M 177.52 million (Ss44 million) for the year ended last Dec 31. Its property division boosted turnover to M 525&86 million from M 1154.44 million. Bemama
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        Lock icon Intel workers receive US$820m payout
        531 15 Amount equals its '91 net income; average staff gets about four months' bonus Bloomberg Business News Reuter [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp, the world's biggest maker of computer chips, said on Tuesday that its workers received about US$B2O million (Ssl.l billion) in cash bonuses, profit
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        Lock icon Digital to spend US$500m to complete restructuring
        214 15 Bloomberg Business News [MAYNARD, Massachusetts] Digital Equipment Corp said it has reduced to about US$5OO million (Ss7os million) the cost of completing a restructuring which has cut its payroll in half since the late 1980s. The computer maker also accrued a loss of
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          Lock icon Canon profit up 56% to record 125b yen
          76 15 Reuter yesterday unveiled record annual profit tor 1998. aided by the global boom in personal computers and the weaker yen. Canon, also a leading producer of cameras, said its parent current profit jumped 56 par cent to 125.2 billion yen (Ssl.4 billion),
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          Lock icon Westinghouse reports US$34m loss in Q4
          52 15 Reuter its transformation into a broadcasting powerhouse, said on Tuesday that it lost US$34 million (S$48 million) in its fourth quarter as restructuring costs continued to take a bite out of earnings. For the year, Westinjhouse earned US$30 million, or 7 US cents a
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          Lock icon Time Warner profit up 79% in Q4
          22 15 Reuter toss for all of iwTvu greater than a yew earlier. Mb? 1 8 thettiree
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          Lock icon Sony in digital-animation venture
          71 15 Bloomberg Business News [TORY O] Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, gamemaker Namco Ltd and Polygon Pictures Inc plan to set up a digital-anlmatkti studio to mate movies similar to Walt Disney's Toy Story- Dream Pictures Studio Inc. capitalised at aoomillton yen (Ss&3 million), will be based in
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          Lock icon PolyGram earnings down 18%
          47 15 Reuter yesterday reported an almost 18 per cent fill in earnings after taking dramatic action to respond to a slowdown in record sales. PolyGram's 1996 net income after tax extraordinary items dropped t0606 million guilders (***** million) from 741 million guilders in 1906.—Reuter
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        Lock icon Powerful alliance for Indian firm
        71 15 (NEW DELHI] Richard Buckland (right), managing director ofAllen Power Engineering, part of Britain's Rolls-Royce group, with Sumat Jain, managing director of Belliss India, after signing an agreement in New Delhi yesterday for the supply of steam turbinepower generationpackages ofup to 30 megawatts. Belliss India, in
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        Lock icon ITT board rejects Hilton's US$10.5b offer
        338 15 Reuter Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] ITT Corp yesterday said its board rejected Hilton Hotels Corp's offer to acquire it for US$lO.5 billion (5514.8 billion). It called the offer inadequate and not in the best interests of ITT shareholders. In a press statement, ITT
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        Lock icon Citizen's design-your-own watch offer
        142 15 Reuter [TOKYO] Japan's Citizen Watch Co Ltd said yesterday that it has a new idea for that special, but inexpensive gilt: a US$5O (Ss7o) watch that the buyer custom designs using a personal computer. Customers who wish to order the watches need to apply to Citizen
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        Lock icon Microsoft official warns of slower growth ahead
        350 15 Analysts say it must look to products other than PC software Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp, which is growing at a comfortable pace in the fiscal third quarter, already dominates the software business so much that growth may slow in future
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        Lock icon Things go better with Coke again – it's voted most admired US firm
        300 15 Things go better with Coke again it's voted most admired US firm Bloomberg Business News Bernama-Kyodo [NEW YORK] Coca-Cola Co executives are smiling once again. For the second straight year, the beverage giant was voted America's most admired company, according to a Fortune magazine poll. And why not? Coke shares
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        Lock icon Restructuring may be on the cards for HK brokers
        373 16 Pnwi management groups, like Jardine Fleming to tighten brokerage selection SCMP [HONGKONG] A tightening of the way fund management groups choose brokerages could accelerate a restructuring of the broking business in Hongkong, industry experts say. Increasing competition, narrowing margins and high
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        92 16 [TAIPEI] A closer look at a NT$lOO (Sss) silver coin that Taiwan's Central Bank of China on Tuesday announced, it would issue today. A total ofss,ooosuch coins will be issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the "Feb 28 Incident" in which thousands ofpeople had died in
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        Lock icon Aussie lenders review home rates after CBA cut
        398 16 Commonweahh Bank variable rate to 7-58% Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Australia's banks and mortgage lenders are reviewing their home mortgage rate charges, after Commonwealth Bank of Australia yesterday unexpectedly said it was slashing its standard variable home loan rate. Commonwealth Bank, Australia's
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        Lock icon Commonwealth Bank interim profit up 11% to A$602m
        347 16 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Commonwealth Bank of Australia said firsthalf net profit rose a higher-than-expected 11 per cent to AS6O2 million (***** million), driven by an increase in lending and containment of costs and bad debts charges. It also announced it will
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        Lock icon Magellan fund removes bonds from top 10 holdings
        455 16 Its ftmd manager is moving increasingly into technology stocks Bloomberg Business News [BOSTON] Fidelity Investments' Magellan Fund no longer counts any bonds among its top 10 holdings for the first time since former manager Jeff Vinik began loading up on bonds in
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        Lock icon Swiss Bank Corp to buy rest of SBC Warburg Australia
        227 16 Reuter Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Swiss Bank Corporation said yesterday it will acquire 100 per cent ownership of the SBC Warburg Australia group of companies. SBC had previously owned 50.1 per cent of SBC Warburg and local management 49.9 per
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        Lock icon No incentives to move Euroyen
        239 16 SSXEXReport Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures were pinned within two-tick trading ranges yesterday as a lack of fresh incentives and holidays in Singapore and Japan earlier in the week severely limited participation. "The interest rate products are having a problem because the majority of traders
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        168 16 AFP London The US dollar flexed its muscles again yesterday, although a scolding by the Bundesbank sent it down from its highs. The bank's verbal intervention curbed a steep dollar rise against the mark, countering a report that Germany was keen on an even stronger US currency. But
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        Lock icon Norway lifts oil, gas reserve estimates by 16%
        296 16 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (OSLO] Norway said yesterday it had upgraded estimates of recoverable hydrocarbon reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by nearly 16 per cent to 12.5 billion cubic metres of oil equivalent, or 78.6 billion barrels. In 1995 the country's
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2414 17 LONDON hriutri^s N»a nki AB Ports 311.400 1.400 ABOry National 793 10.600 AMed Domecq 424 -4.400 Amec 103 unch Aids Group 114.600 2.600 BAT Ind 525 6-2 OO «CC 270 unch BOC Group 947.400 *1 BR Petroleum 700 1200 BTR 243 -6 Bana of Scotland 350.400 -4
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      1669 17 Reuter puma as *m.ii STOCKS closed higher yesterday, as shares of major multinational companies continued to attract investors, supported by the yen's retreat against the dollar. But the market's upside was capped by strong selling demand, brokers said. The key Nikkei-225 Average rose 228.79 points, or 1.26 per cent,
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      1616 18 Reuter rl Hang Seng +&40 STOCKS recovered some lost ground yesterday, boosted by a recovery in some heavyweight property counters but pulled down by selling in conglomerates and banks, brokers said. "This was a rebound of sorts, but the market is likely to be easier before we see another
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      413 18 Reuter Owp Index +1163 SHARPS prices fought off prof-it-taking yesterday to close higher for the seventh consecutive session and set a sixyear high, but brokers said momentum was slowing. The Weighted Price Index ended 13.63 points, or 0.18 per cent, higher at 7,424.10. That surpassed the 7.410.47 close on
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      717 18 Reuter H Composite Index *0.78 STRONG overseas buying of some blue chips helped Jakarta share prices to close higher yesterday after earlier hitting a record of 700.89 points, brokers said. The Jakarta Composite Index rose 6.78 points, or 0.98 per cent, to close at 701.05 points as gainers led
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      841 18 AFP □SETlntei -1L42 SHARE prices dropped 1.6 per cent to a 56-month closing low yesterday amid concerns about problem loans in the financial sector and the baht currency, analysts said. Dealers said renewed rumours of a baht devaluation out of Singapore sent shares sharply lower after a steady morning
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      Lock icon MANILA
      336 18 AFP Q Manila -1&87 SHARE prices fell 0.6 per cent yesterday amid an absence of positive news to spur the market, brokers said. The PSE Composite Index closed 18.87 points lower at 3,339.83. Turnover was 31.361 billion shares worth 3.725 billion pesos (U*****.26 million), compared to Tuesday's 48.78 billion
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      427 18 AFP n Composite Index -OJB SHARE prices closed 0.1 per cent lower on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday as investors took profits following recent gains, dealers said. "Profit taking was broadbased, but with gains in select majors including Samsung Electronics," a dealer said. The Composite Index fell 0.93 point
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      607 18 AFP Ordinaries +25.4 SHARE prices rallied one per cent yesterday to close at a record high after strong rises in bank shares and gains in other blue-chip stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 25.4 points higher at 2,473.5, its second consecutive record high close. National turnover totalled
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      269 18 AFP F1 Wellington jig SHARE prices on the New Zealand Stock Exchange closed 0.7 per cent firmer yesterday as the bourse recovered from a drop the previous day. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 16.27 points to 2,326.27. AFP Fa* 12 room ANZ Sinking 9.10 ♦0.05 >6899 Advantages Mlogs 1.37
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        Lock icon Stocks rise to three-year high
        555 19 Bloomberg Business News Q Composite Index +12.47 STOCKS rose to their highest level in more than three years as investors bid up power utility Tenaga Nasional and motor stocks, which are expected to benefit from the depreciation of the yen. The yen's depreciation against the
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        LKN, Lee Kim Tah wrts perk up
        223 20  -  WARRANT WATCH IV Ven Sreenivasan THE wave of buying that swept across the Singapore stock market yesterday lifted a slew of warrants to the top of the percentage gainers list. This newfound appetite appears to have perked up activity on at least two
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        HOT STOCK
        69 22  -  Shiv Taneja PROMET Bhd closed unchanged yesterday at $1.57, near its 12-month high, on a volume of 8.8 million shares. On the face of it, it's a sell with the daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics well over 75. However, the directional indicators are making a strong case
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        216 22 Stacks Yihwi •SriHartamas 33,428,000 •MBf Hldgs 50c 22.321,000 *bisasBM 18,411,000 •RenongWtOO 15,223,000 •FACB50C 14,265,000 •Berjaya Ind 14,055,000 Lung Km M«tal 9,674,000 'Amsteef Wt 9,388,000 •Promet 8,827,000 *101 Corp Wt 8,653,000 Starts •Sri Hartamas 40,430,940 U08 Foreign 36.600,095 DBS Land 30,470,838 FW 29,841.350 •Berjaya Ind 27,162,520 SIA Foreign 26,189,832 UOBFA 24,215,520
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        Buyers focus on Clob counters, second-liners
        648 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Strong showing attributed to re-rating of S'pore equities by foreign funds and a rise in liquidity By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks continued climbing in the Singapore stock market yesterday amid a wave of buying interest focussed largely on second-lin-ers and Malaysian
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          Early bird gets the discount
          92 22 TO get a discount at the SES Investment Fair '97, all you have to do is to be early. The Stock Exchange of Singapore, the fair's organiser, promises all early birds and repeat participants a discount. The SES said that with the recent modifications to
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          A place for something silly
          165 22 IF you think the people at Peregrine Securities are a serious bunch, think again and have a look at their "The Far Wide Collection". As its editors put it: "About four years ago, the great minds that assemble the Asia Daily Report decided to start
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          Name game
          99 22 SECURITIES outfit W1 Carr yesterday said it had changed its name to Indosuez WI Carr Securities to reflect the integration of all Asian equity activities within the parent company, French bank Banque Indosuez, now wholly owned by Credit Agricole. But, one wonders, when Credit Agricole begins flexing its
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          Just a tad desperate?
          76 22 IS this the sign of the times, or just the results of massive competition in the private banking/ftind management industry? In last weekend's edition of the Financial Times, James Capel Investment Management said in an advertisement that it welcomed private clients. The advertisement said the firm
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          Hippocratic?
          115 22 WE wonder if the staff at this particular private hospital coukl have shown a little more sensitivity. On the day when one of its patients was having a crucial five-stent insertion, its staff was desperately trying to contact the patient's wife. When told that she was at the hospital,
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      326 23 Bridge News TRADING remained sluggish with holidays continuing to disrupt activity, brokers said. A very mixed session with the current stalemate continuing in the futures, Clarkson Wolff said in its daily Biffex market report. The tone on the close can only be described as lacklustre, the bulls are
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      444 23  -  They are opposing govt plan to move them ont of urban areas From. David Taylor in Hongkong SMALL shiprepair operators in Hongkong are feeling the pressure of government action to move them out of urban areas. There are three mam centres of small shiprepair
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      4 more Maersk ships to fly US flag, reversing a trend
      290 23 [NEW YORK] Maersk Inc will fly the American flag over four more of its ships, the first time a group of ships has been put under the Stars and Stripes since tankers carrying Kuwaiti oil were reflagged in 1987.
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      Ordering frenzy resumes with container ships
      655 23  -  NEWBUILDS By. David Hughes SHIPPING is a strange business. It has an amazing ability to walk straight over a cliff, do itself immense damage, partially recover and promptly set off to find another cliff. At least that looks like what always happens to capacity
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      Showa Line to pull out of unprofitable cruise business
      228 23 [TOKYO] Showa Line Ltd, a major ship operator, will withdraw from its loss-making cruise business from June 1. Kyodo News quoted a company official as saying: "It is a pity we have to withdraw, but it will be good for company
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      73 23 Bernama-UNI [MOSCOW] India and Russia on Tuesday signed an agreement on starting joint shipping services between Mumbai port and Novorosik port on the Black Sea. This will be the first regular shipping services between the two countries. The agreement, reached during the third and
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      IMO plans controls on emissions from ship fuel
      142 23 [TOKYO] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) plans to impose controls on emissions of sulfur oxide and other chemicals from ship fuel that harm the environment. A Kyodo News report attributed Japanese government sources as saying that the London-based maritime authority plans to
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      China's largest coal export port
      123 23 [QINHUANGDAO] North China's port of Qinhuangdao is now the largest coal export port in the country. According to statistics, the volume of freight handled in the port last year reached 83 million tonnes. This included 65 million tonnes of coal and 11 million tonnes of
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      Amsterdam terminal may lose 2 big customers
      226 23 They acconnt for 70% of Amsterdam's container business [AMSTERDAM] Combined Terminals Amsterdam (CTA) may soon lose its two largest customers the Eurosal and New Caribbean Service (NCS) consortiums a development that will deal a major blow to the port of Amsterdam. The two
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        103 23 Reuter [TOKYO] Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said yesterday it had received an order worth 20 billion yen (Ss22B million) for four 100,000-deadweight tonne (dwt) tankers from Russian shipping firm Novorossiysk Shipping Co. The double-hulled tankers will be manufactured by steelmaker and shipbuilder NKK
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        Tug strike hits Antwerp port
        70 23 [BRUSSELS] Traffic at Antwerp, Europe's second largest port was seriously disrupted on Tuesday by a 24- hour strike by tug operators. "Everything that can sail without tugs can do so but nevertheless this is difficult" port spokesman Paul De Wit said. The dispute, which centres
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        Pirates attack freighter off Manila
        104 23 [MANILA] Pirates attacked the 1976-built, 13,512deadweight tonne Jakov Bondarenko off the Philippine coast, according to Lloyd's List At 0200 local time on Feb 9, 6 pirates armed with knives boarded the Ukrainian-flagged vessel whilst anchored 6.4 km off Breakwater Port, Manila. During inspection of the
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      1153 24  -  CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES: PRICKING THE AURA OF INVINCIBILITY Seemingly immune from legal accountability, classification societies have inspired antagonism among the maritime community and discussions to establish principles of conduct have been in progress for several years By- Tony Gray Lloyds' List Liability and classification societies have
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAY
        211 37 MIS China: Chinese New Year. Fmk 17 United States: Washington's Day. Mat 3 Australia: Trades Labour Day. Mar 17 Australia: Canberra Day. Mar 30 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 27 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Mar 38 Australia Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Hong
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        737 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. (hows price ranges in US dollars instead of sincle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        450 37 Cwtea 180 Mai 993.3 LI 17.0 0.13 106 0.06 4 Fat 6 OmiRt »«t#f IhMn At* AtaaUaa Mam Ho atow £25 115 3 10 300 Aw 984.3 0.5 12.6 0.06 33 0.02 IM 300 Mai 995.9 19 17.9 0.12 83 0.07 w*w %W %n/u w mrnt
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        Lock icon Mercedes-Benz India plans move to new plant
        251 38 Reuter [BOMBAY] Car maker Mer-cedes-Benz India Ltd (MBIL) will shift production to a new facility in two years, a financial newspaper said. The Hindu Business Line quoted MBIL managing director V Klein-Albenhausen as saying the move from its plant at Pimpri, in the
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        Lock icon World motor vehicle output up 2.3%
        169 38 Increase highest in Asia-Oceania region last year Bloomberg Business News [PARIS] World motor vehicle production rose 2.3 per cent last year, the International Organisation of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers or Oica said on Tuesday. A total 0f50.79 million cars, utility vehicles, trucks and buses were
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        Lock icon Vietnam's accident-prone highways
        59 38 [HANOI] A traffic policeman inspecting the scene of an accident in which a bus overturned after an emergency stop on highway No 5 in a suburb of Hanoi yesterday. One person was killed and several were seriously wounded in this accident. Some 20,000 road accidents have been
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        Lock icon Australia eyes Germany's magnetic levitation train
        206 38 Reuter [MUNICH] The Australian government was showing increased interest in Germany's Transrapid magnetic levitation train for a high-speed rail line linking Sydney and Canberra, a German newspaper reported. Australian Transport Minister John Sharp said he wanted to travel to Germany to ride the Transrapid
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        Lock icon ADTranz wins court battle with Mitsubishi over rail deal
        213 38 Bloomberg Business News [SAN FRANCISCO] ADTranz Inc, a unit of Daimler Benz AG, won a court battle with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd over a contract to build a light rail system for the San Francisco International Airport. A state judge threw
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        UPS shifts some functions from S'pore to Manila
        491 38  -  Move to consolidate billing activities throughout Asia-Pacific region By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has relocated part of its finance, information systems and accounting functions for consolidated billing from its regional headquarters in Singapore to Muntinlupa, a suburb in
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        Lock icon 500,000 want £10 Concorde tickets
        199 38 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways said there had been over half a million attempts to jump the queue to get the £10 (Ss23) tickets for Concorde which go on sale later on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of BA's privatisation. BA announced on Monday that
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        Lock icon Suzuki launches low-pollution motorbikes in India
        234 38 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indo-Japanese motorbike manufacturer TVS Suzuki yesterday unveiled two low-pollution bikes and three scooters which it hopes will help it capture 25 per cent of the market. TVS Suzuki chief Venu Srinivasan told a news conference here that the 140 cc Shogun
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        Lock icon Boeing to work on more projects with Russia
        154 38 Reuter [MOSCOW] Boeing Co plans to expand joint projects with Russia's nyushin and Tupolev aircraft manufacturers. Robert Spitzer, vice-presi-dent of Boeing Commercial Airplane Group, said over the weekend his company planned to engage in projects in the areas of air safety and
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          Lock icon Qantas drops domestic services' 1st class
          55 38 Bloomberg Business News [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd said it will abolish first class on its domestic services from mid-April. Hie airline's decision is in line with the worldwide trend for services operating on short and medium distance routes, said Geoff Dixon, Qantas group executive
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          Lock icon American Air, pilots resume talks
          88 38 Reuter [WASHINGTON] Federal mediator Kenneth Hipp (above) said on Tuesday he remained hopeful that American Airlines and its pilots union could reach an agreement to avert a strike against the No 2 carrier set for midnight tomorrow. The National Mediation Board chairman made the comment
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          Free luggage carts soon at NY airports
          86 38 [SINGAPORE] The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will be offering free luggage carts to air travellers arriving at JFK and Newark International Airports in sprfcng. Currently, the self-service carts are available to passengers for US$l.6O (SI2.10). The Port Authority's vice-chairman
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