The Business Times, 5 February 1998

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) HQ/12/97 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1998 85t
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    No worries over HK banks, says HKMA chief
    822 1  -  Asset quality is sound, exposure to regional economies low /•y-om Loh Hui Yin in Hongktytig THE Hongkong Monetary Authority does not foresee any bank collapses or Hongkong banks being hurt badly by property loan defaults, despite painting a sombre outlook for the
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    Lock icon Rupiah rallies 9% but baht selling dampens mood
    428 1  -  Traders attribute dizzy moves to profit-taking By\ Larry Wee [SINGAPORE) Regional currencies ran helter-skelter in a very volatile Asian session yesterday, initially rallying strongly as the greenback fell sharply below the 10.000 mark against the Indonesian rupiah. and then falling back as
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    Lock icon Solid UBS shareholder backing for SBC merger
    350 1 FT |LONDON) Union Hank of Switzerland (ÜBS) on Tuesday won overwhelming sharehold er approval for Its merger with Swiss Hank Corporation (SBC) and tried to scotch ru mours circulating about the bank for the past month. ÜBS also revealed 1.5 billion Swiss francs
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    Thai bourse skids 9.5% as region weakens
    322 1  -  f*y R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE) The Thai stock market yesterday saw a sharp 9.5 per cent downward correction while most other markets in the region also ended lower after gaining strongly earlier in the week. The 53.33-point plunge in Thailand's SET Index to 505.59
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    Lock icon Jakarta considers pegging rupiah to US dollar
    490 1 World Bank admits underestimating impact of corruption Bloomberg. Reuters IJAKAKTAI Mank Indonesia CJovernor Soedradjad Djlwandono said yesterday that tho government Is considering es tabllshlnK a currency board that would |>eg the rupiah to the l)S dollar. "We're still studying the idea," Mr Soedradjad
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      121 1 iUSEDE CaUpnprty Is there life left in the j property market for enbloc I developments? Pf 3 KLfinaw ill in l|i KL ftnarwo utrefts rose yesterday as rumours of bank mergers and restructurings resurfaced, m V V*v. .Jit.J '•V Wlnlilf jm w muf fli ji. No fewer than 34 new
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      14 1 KL finance stocks surge 8% on merger talk, Pg 13 Market reports, Pgs 18-22
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Prudential premium revenue shoots up 78% to top $1b in '97
      513 2  -  Results boosted by merger of CPF investment schemes; bonus rates may be reviewed this year By( Clarissa Tan PRUDENTIAL Assurance in Singapore saw its total premium revenue shoot up by 78 per cent to cross the $1 billion mark
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      Private sector sees drop in absenteeism rate
      325 2  -  By Frances Lui THERE may be a silver lining for employers amid the economic gloom Business pros pects and sentiment may be down but so. it seems, is the level of absenteeism among employees. Dhirenvara Shantilal. general manager of Business Trends, an employment
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      Lock icon US firm aims to invest US$1b in region
      291 2  -  Amount represents a doubling of Boston Stientific's investment Iht Jenny Lam NEW YORK-listed Boston Scientific Corporation (BSC), which makes medical devices for minimally invasive procedures. aims to double its investment in the Asia Pacific region to US$l billion (SSI.7 billion) in three
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      Royal Bros to face 3 sets of charges
      531 2  -  All relate to $2m allegedly received from food conrt firm Hy I Conrad Raj THE Royal Brothers, Asok Kumar and Raj Kumar Naraindas, who found fame and fortune in property purchases like the Promenade in Orchard Road and the former Melia at
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      Lock icon Slight rise in Q3 average salaries
      327 2  -  ETE ON THE ECONOMY Wages Audrey Tan AVERAGE monthly earnings of Singapore employees rose slightly to $2,335 in the third quarter last year, despite the start of the regional economic problems then. Compared to the 02 average. Q3 monthly earnings were up 0.6 percent,
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      Lock icon Economists see subdued inflation this year
      686 2  -  Bat retailers say they may raise prices of imported goods l\!h Audrey Tan INFLATION is widely expected to remain subdued this year. A poll of private sector economists found that most agree with the official forecast that consumer prices will likely rise about 2.5
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Asian Aerospace show starts on Feb 24
        90 2 THE Asian Aerospace exhibition this year will be held over six days from Feb 24 to March 1. of which the first four days are for trade visitors. Trade tickets at $40 will be sold daily at the show site at the Changi
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        Private sector to publish more textbooks
        76 2 THE Ministry of Education wants the private sector to design and produce up to 90 per cent of approved textbook material for use in schools from its current 15 per cent, and to take charge of textbook publication by 2005. History and geography books
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        157 arrested in drug bust
        64 2 THE Central Narcotics Bureau has arrested 157 suspects in an island-wide operation to bust narcotics abusers and traffickers. A total of 115 suspects tested positive for the abuse of controlled drugs, while drugs seized included 20 sachets and 49 straws of heroin weighing 162 grammes,
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      158 2 FACT-IBM SEMINAR Coping with the "Regional Economic Crunch" using Real-Time Accounting Software (Specially for SMEs) Fact Software International and IBM Singapore Pte Ltd are pleased to invite SMEs to a special seminar on February 11, 1998 at IBM Towers, 2:00 to S:OOPM. The focus will be on how SMEs can
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
      1151 3 Property transactions for districts 09 and 10 (sectors 22 to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Nov 17, '97 and Jan 31, '98. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT IN/ PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE OATE LANO AREA' (SOFT) (SS'OOO) (SS) District 09 Non-Landed 2B Cplx Apt
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      Lock icon En bloc projects put on hold
      697 3  -  Some developers have decided to lease out existing properties rather than develop them for now IV, Diana Oon [SINGAPORE) INSTEAD of being redeveloped, some private enbluc properties sold in the last two years, notably those in the Balmoral Stevens Road Hukit Tintah belt, are
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      En bloc sale market grinds to a halt
      726 3  -  Land values seen falling with developers sidelined By. Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE] After enjoying a good three-year run from 1995 to 1997, the residential collective property sale market has come to a virtual standstill. No new collective sale tender was launched over the
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      244 3 MRfl FAIRS THINKING ABOUT A GRADUATE I DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT? 1998 MBA Fairs Loarn more about opportunities to eain an MBA and other graduate 9 m S a I degrees in the field of management by attending the mba Fairs m Asia Participating Universities Directors of Admission from Little School
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Tokyo faces uphill task pushing Asia debt guarantee plan
      482 4 Analysts don't think plan will solve region's problems Reuters. AFP [TOKYO] Japan may have to struggle to win support from its Group of Seven (G7) partners for the idea of asking the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to guarantee
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      Lock icon 126 kg gold collected in donations: Thai army
      214 4 Reuters (BANGKOK] The Thai army said yesterday it had collected 126 kg of gold in donations from the public in a campaign to help the government overcome Thailand's economic crisis. The army now planned to extend until Friday its nineday "Donate Gold
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      Lock icon Top fund manager turns hawker
      73 4 [BANGKOK] Sirivat Voravetvuthikun selling sandwiches at a stand at the "formerly rich "market in Bangkok. Mr Sirivat once was the darling of Thailand's rapacious stock investors, a millionaire market analyst and fund manager who enjoyed celebrity status. He now sells sandwiches on the streets of
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      Lock icon Philippine banks to cut prime rates after threats
      233 4 AFP [MANILA) Philippine commercial banks yesterday agreed to cut prime lending rates after an angry central bank governor threatened to punish them for snubbing his appeals for lower interest rates. Bankers' Association of the Philippines (BAP) president Deogracias Vistan said his group
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      Thailand's bond market savaged by string of defaults
      435 4  -  Major petrochemical firm is latest to join list of defaulters From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S bond market has been bloodied by a string of defaults this year. A major Thai chemicals player. Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) defaulted on its interest payments
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      Lock icon IMF, Korea agree to cut GDP growth rate to 1%: report
      490 4 Seoul also to allow hostile takeovers by foreigners from this month Reuters, AFP [SEOUL] South Korean state radio yesterday said Seoul and the International Monetary Fund agreed on revised mac-ro-economic targets which would lower the country's gross domestic product
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      Lock icon Canberra to underwrite exports to Indonesia
      423 4 Howard accuses US of exploiting crisis to grab markets AFP (SYDNEY) Australia has agreed to underwrite exports threatened by economic turmoil in Indonesia amid charges that the United States has been exploiting the crisis to grab traditional Australian markets. A cabinet decision was announced
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      Lock icon China may further devalue the yuan this year: analysts
      325 4 AFX-Asia. Reuters [NEW YORKI China may further devalue the yuan in 1998 and this would plunge Asian and world markets into another round of crisis. IDEA analysts said. Speaking at an IDEA conference on Tuesday, analyst Josh Stiles said a yuan
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      Lock icon Thai central bank to move on two banks soon: report
      296 4 AFP [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has targeted two more commercial banks as it prepares to begin the second round of its clean-up of the troubled sector, a report said yesterday. The central bank is expected to announce rehabilitation
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Anwar expects '98 budget to be largely balanced
      583 5 KUALA LUMPUR GDP growth will stay below 8% next year; merger talks between local banks taking far too long, he says Reuters. Bloomberg MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that he expected the 1998 annual budget to be largely balanced,
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      Lock icon Al Fayed may start investing in Malaysia
      359 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MOHAMAD Al Fayed, owner of Harrods. may invest about £5 million (5513.8 million) in Malaysia "to start with", the Kgyptian born tycoon said yesterday. Mr Al Kayad was taking questions at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
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      Lock icon Indon price freeze on food
      179 5 JAKARTA AFP MAJOR Indonesian food retailers and wholesalers have agreed to a government request for a freeze on prices until next week, a major distributor said in remarks published yesterday. Prices will be maintained at an artificially low level until next Wednesday, when tens of
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      Lock icon 100b yuan set aside for housing loans
      290 5 BEIJING Move to stimulate residential boosing market: minister AFP IN AN effort to boost flagging economic growth. China will allocate 100 billion yuan (5520.2 billion) this year for housing loans to stimulate the residential housing market, the Construction Minister said yesterday. The loans
      AFP  -  290 words
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      Not quite a wish list
      824 5  -  CEEDVA VIEW But PM-to-beZhn Rongji gets chance to pick his team Lu Ning AN OLD Chinese saying goes: "Whenever you have the reign of a new son of the heaven (emperor), there will be a new court of ministers." The saying has proved enduring even
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      Lock icon Indonesia to continue boosting exports: minister
      248 5 JAKARTA Reuters, AFX-Asia. AFP INDONESIA would continue to boost exports. Industry and Trade Minister Tunky Ariwibowo said yesterday after releasing figures showing a trade surplus of US$l.42 billion (552.4 billion) in November 1997. "The depreciation of our currency has had a positive impact on
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      Lock icon Suharto holds back naming of his running mate
      263 5 ■JAKARTA AFP PRESIDENT Suharto says he is sticking to the letter of the Indonesian constitution by refusing to name a running mate in the March presidential polls until parliamentary factions unveil their candidates for the vice-presidency. The Jakarta Post yesterday quoted a
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      Taiwan reshuffle rapped for dropping reformers
      564 7  -  TAIPEI PM Siew's exercise, meant to infuse new blood, hardly brings in any fresh faces By\ Bruce Cheesman A MOVE by Taiwan's Premier Vincent Siew to axe several key reformers in a major cabinet reshuffle yesterday has been harshly criticised by the opposition and
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      Lock icon US agency to monitor Japan's photo market
      477 7 TOKYO Move follows WTO ruling that Tokyo is not helping Fuji to block market access Bloomberg THE US will establish an agency to monitor Japan's market for photographic paper and film to ensure equal access for foreign companies, including Eastman Kodak Co. US
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      Lock icon Don't rely on expected tax revenues: Matsunaga
      269 7 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga told parliament yesterday the government could not rely on expected higher tax revenues in future years to finance budgetary spending for fiscal year 1998/99. "As far as the government is concerned, we cannot use expectations that
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      Lock icon Hit by computer bug
      62 7 |T< )K Y( I'eople looking at an electric information Ixxird as they wait for the recovery of a railway system yesterday. A high t.rh railway computer in the Ja/Minese capital broke down for four and a half hours, and more than 2(H) train services were cancelled
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      Lock icon Budget surpluses will buffer NZ economy against shocks: govt
      305 7 WELLINGTON Bloomberg NKW Zealand's government will continue to run budget surpluses and repay debt, providing the economy with a buffer against shocks such as Asia's financial crisis, it said in its budget policy statement yesterday. Hut the government does not plan
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      Lock icon Chinese banks' real problems
      1313 6  -  Institutional weakness within the system rather than bad debts is the real bugbear of the industry By Lu Ning (SINGAPORE) CENTRAL bankers are not generally noted for their candor. So it was something of a surprise when Dai Xianglong, the governor of the People's Bank of
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon US faces resistance in M-East as it seeks support against Iraq
      631 8  -  WASHINGTON Arab allies don't want to be seen as stooges of US interest in latest Saddam offensive Hft Leon Hadar THE US government is coming up against a wall of resistance from former Gulf War Arab allies reluctant to
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      Lock icon US policy on Iraq may spark world war: Yeltsin
      236 8 MOSCOW AFP US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton s actions over Iraq could trigger a world war. Russian President Boris Yeltsin warned yesterday. stressing the need for further diplomatic efforts. "Clinton's actions could lead to a world war. He is acting too brazenly
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      Lock icon China Telecom in talks to buy Jiangsu mobile phone network
      316 8 HONGKONG Bloomberg CHINA Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd is negotiating to buy one of the country's largest mobilephone networks, a big step in Beijing's plan to sell stateowned businesses. China Telecom, a publicly traded arm of China's telecommunications ministry, said it
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      Lock icon Li Peng says US wants to rule the world
      263 8 BEIJING AFP CHINESE Premier Li Peng has launched a scathing attack against the United States accusing it of wanting to rule the world and meddling in the internal affairs of other countries. it was reported yesterday. The aggressive tone adopted by
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      Lock icon Striking a high note
      59 8 PARIS| French auctioneer Jacques Tajan on Tuesday leading the sale in I'aris of a violin made try the famous (Yemona craftsman Antonius Stradiuarius dating hoik to 1711 The violin was auitioned off for ft H million francs (SSI.S million) a retard for Fraruv. Another Stradivarius dating
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      Lock icon US sanctions on Iran gas deal acceptable if equitable: Dr M
      206 8 KIJAI.A I.UMI'UK Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yes terday that threatened US sanctions over an Iran gas deal would be acceptable if they were imposed on all three firms involved in the investment. "If they (United States)
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      IMF unnecessary and obsolete: ex-US officials
      472 8  -  SINGAPORE They call for its abolition once the Asian crisis is over iiifi Quah Choon Poh FORMFR US Secretary of State George Schultz and for mer Secretary of the Treasury William Simon have criticised the International Monetary Fund as "Ineffective, unnecessary and obsolete" and
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      Lock icon IPTN not a liability, will never be closed: Habibie
      245 8 .JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S much-ma-ligned aircraft manufacturer IPTN has never been a budget liability for the country and will never be closed down. Research and Technology' Minister Bacharudin .Jusuf Habibie vowed in a report received here yesterday. "IPTN has never bankrupt ed
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      Lock icon China posts US$4.6b EU trade surplus
      168 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA reaped a US$4.6 billion (SS7.B billion) surplus with the European Union (EU) over 1997 as its exports to the region soared 20.1 per cent, the General Administration of Customs said yesterday. In 1997. China's exports to the EU reached US$23.B billion.
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      Lock icon Silver prices soar to 9-year-high of 705 US cents
      458 8  -  LONDON Sellers borrowing metal for delivery at 20% pa for a month "a Nell Behrmann SILVER prices soared 47 US cents (79 Singapore cents) to a nine year high of 70S US cents an ounce in Ixmdon yesterday on news that
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      We need a culture of disclosure
      792 9  -  THE BOTTOMLZME OPINION By David Mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant. He contributed this article to BT THE TURMOIL in the Asian financial markets in recent months has
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      94 9 Human rights officials will continue to pat me on the back while rapping me on the head.' Han Sen Cambodian leader on United Nations criticism of his human rights record. 'Sometimes people tell you that they cannot pay you. And then you see that they have a
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      Asean's fight against irrelevance
      674 9 EDITORIAL AS the financial crisis swept across the region last year, it was not long before the doomsayers began proclaiming the end of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean). The economies that were once lauded as powerhouses were shown up. one by one. starting with
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      Lock icon Clinton's weak spot
      1016 9  -  A long political and legal battle over the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal could hurt the US presidency By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent "IT'll go away. It'll pass," predicted William Ginsburg, the attorney defending Monica Lewinsky, when asked to predict the fate of the
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      Convenient and safe way to make payments
      149 9  -  MAILBOX Theresa Lee Marketing communications Network For Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Ite Ltd Singapore WE REFER to Mr Michael Yang's letter headlined "Need penalties for (Jiro be so high?" (BT, Jan 27) and his comments on the move towards electronic payment. As one of
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      617 9 Lowlnsky, policy advlsorf 1 SURK hope* he had sex with her. Hecause the alternative explanation offered by Monica Lewinsky's lawyer is far more disturbing. Asked why the president of the United States would spend so much time talking to an intern. William Ginsburg suggested that thr
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Wheeling in the new models
      1519 10  -  Distributors will be launching no fewer than 24 fresh looks this year, reports Christopher tam CHRISTOPHER TAN Economic turmoil or no. the Year of the Tiger will have its fair share of new car launches. A quick check with distributors reveal that no fewer than
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      202 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 12 D I E ——I —E 1 Had ambitions, when pride I I Fellow in the bay (4) JH___ JH_ 9 Annoy by encroaching, as per- son on Toot does? (5.2,4,4) 10 Assemble for service 21 Some clwa|i seals in far end of complete YESTERDAYS SOLUTION rLftM)M
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  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
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      Lock icon The business of being a mother
      2045 12  -  Li Lien Fung, mother of 3 successful children, including entrepreneur Ho Kwon Ping, shows her mettle to jaixe ee JAIME EE THEY say that behind every successful man is a woman. If that were true, then Ho Kwon Ping, head of the Wah Chang
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      KL finance stocks surge 8% on talk of mergers
      626 13  -  Rashid Hnssain, Arab Malaysian, MBf groups lead gains as rumours resurface By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Kuala Lumpurlisted finance stocks surged yesterday as rumours of bank mergers and restructurings resurfaced. The rumours were lent weight later when Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar
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      SPH ad revenues steady, write-offs unlikely
      563 13  -  SPH chairman confident of approval of merger of Foreign, Local tranches By i Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings has maintained its advertising revenue so Ear in the current financial year and further write-offs from investments in multimedia and telecommunications are highly unlikely this
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      Fair compromise on merger of SPH foreign, local tranches
      901 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Shiv Taneja NEXT Monday, Feb 9, will be a critical day for shareholders of publishing giant Singapore Press Hold ings. Holders of its Local and Foreign tranche shares will vote in separate meetings and at a joint EGM
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      L&M seeks to resume trading after query over suspension
      353 13  -  H'l Annette Pau |KIN(iAPOKK| I AM yesterday asked tin* stock exchange to lift its trading suspension after the exchange told (he company to account lor tin- pro tracted suspension, which t«*»k ••IT« ct on Jan 2H. In response to the SKS
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      SingLand wins Maybank HQ contract
      236 13 |SINC»APORK| Listed Singapore has clinched the project management contract to redevelop Malayan Banking Bhd's (Maybank) headquarters at Battery Road. Making the announcement yesterday, Maybank said Sing Land is an experienced real estate developer and it had given project management and/or development advisory services to Standard
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        Lock icon SimeSecurities back on KLSE restricted brokers list
        412 14 Two new names added to list of firms facing trading curbs; more names expected Reuters {KUALA LUMPURJ The number of Malaysian brokers hit with trading curbs grew longer yesterday with SimeSecurities Sdn Bhd added to the list, and analysts expect more to come.
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        All eyes on Renong's Gelang Patah land case
        442 14  -  From Meera Tharmaratnam ui Kuala Lumpur RENONG Bhd's bid to develop its 10.926 ha township in Johor may face complications following a recent court decision to give a previous landowner Honan Plantation Sdn Bhd the right to proceed and seek compensation at
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        Lock icon Compaq sees Asian business growing despite consolidation
        438 14 Reuters {SINGAPORE) Compaq Com puter expects its Asian business to keep growing in 1998 despite financial uncertainty and industry consolidation, a senior company official said. "I have an objective to grow at least twice as fast as the market." Paul Chan. Compaq's Asia
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        326 14 Reuters (BANGKOKJ Coca-Colas South-east and West Asian division said yesterday it expects profits to exceed 1997's record levels despite Asia's economic crisis. Senior executives said sales in the region are continuing to grow along with profits in US dollar terms despite severe currency depreciations
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        Lock icon Wharf units under review for Moody's downgrade
        142 14 AFP [HONGKONG) International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service yesterday said it had put the subsidiaries of Hongkong conglomerate Wharf (Holdings) Ltd under review for a possible downgrade of their debt ratings. The move came after Standard and Poor's on Monday cut to A-
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        Partners set to go ahead with plane project without SingTech
        644 14  -  Airbus, Alenia and A vie to set up office by next month /•Yfmt David Boey in VmUouae, /•Ytince AIRBUS Industrie, Alenia and Avic of China are prepared to press ahead with plans to develop the new AE3IX commercial airliner, even
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        Lock icon No takers yet for Peregrine's fund management arm
        545 14 Liquidator doubtful if all the remaining units will be sold Reuters HONGKONG| Buyers for the ffind management arm of Peregrine Investments Holdings are proving hard to find and while talks are being held with three parties regarding its remaining businesses, not everything
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        Lock icon Dhaka businessmen take over Peregrine Bangladesh
        158 14 AFP (DHAKA) A group of Bangladeshi businessmen has taken over the Dhaka arm of Hong kong's defiinct Peregrine Investment Holdings Co Ltd. a statement published here yesterday said. The deal, worth 47.4 million taka (551.68 million), will merge the Peregrine arm and its local
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          Lock icon Keppel's Manila unit in deal with union
          96 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Keppel Corp said yesterday its Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works Inc (Cebu Shipyard) In the Philippines has renegotiated a collective bargaining agreement with its workers. The workers are affiliated with Nagkashiusang Mamumuno sa Baradero of the National Federation of Labour,
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          San Teh director resigns
          21 14 (SINGAPORE] San Teh director and audit committee member Hee Theng Fong has resigned with effect from yesterday.
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          Bothman Industries director quits
          19 14 [SINGAPORE] Rothman Industries director John Walter Webb has resigned from the company effective Dec 31,1997.
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          52 14 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Futures Exchange yesterday said most of its members support the change in trading its Hang Seng index futures and options contracts to an electronic order-matching system from open outcry. "Detailed migration plans are now being developed," exchange chairman Frank Wong
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        Corrections & Clarifications
        67 14 Corrections Clarifications PARKWAY Holdings has clarified a Bloomberg report, "Parkway buys 5% stake in M'sian carmaker", in yesterday's BT. It said the stake was bought by Wang Tak Co Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lee Hing Development which is listed on the Hongkong Stock Exchange. Parkway's deemed interest in the
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        Lock icon Software body attacks Microsoft's practices
        450 15 Association's rules call for company not to favour own products over competitors' Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The software industry's largest trade group released "competitive principles" that condemn the business practices of its biggest member, Microsoft Corp. already embroiled in an antitrust battle with the US federal government.
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        436 15 Computer giants developing chips that operate at speed of 1,000 MHz NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] The surging power of the microprocessor chip is approaching another milestone. Both IBM and Digital Equipment Corp were to present technical papers yesterday at a conference here describing experimental
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        Lock icon Falling rates hit telecoms operators
        322 15 FT [LONDON] The cost of international telephone calls is being forced down faster than some major operators have expected. undermining budget targets and forcing emergency restructuring. The average price per minute of delivering an international call within western Europe or the US fell by 25
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        341 15 FT [LONDON] The reputation of US lottery company GTech suffered its worst blow yesterday after a London jury decided its chairman, Guy Snowden, had attempted to bribe billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson in an attempt to make him drop his bid to run
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        Lock icon Kodak Q1 profits may be lower than forecast
        309 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Eastman Kodak Co may earn less in the first quarter than some analysts now forecast because of a stronger US dollar and increased advertising spending, said analysts who attended a dinner with company officials. Kodak chief financial officer Harry
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        521 15 Int'l team to find ont why his firms pay lower taxes: report AFP (LONDON) An international task force of tax investigators has been set up to examine why newspaper and television magnate Rupert Murdoch's News Corp pays virtually no tax. a British newspaper said
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        Lock icon PacifiCorp ups bid for Energy Group of UK to US$10.7b
        392 15 Bloomberg (LONDON) PacifiCorp sweetened its bid for Energy Group pic, offering US$lO.6B billion (SslB billion) in cash and assumed debt, to block possible bids from two other suitors. The Portland, Oregonbased power company offered 765 pence a share, 11 per
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        Lock icon NationsBank market cap tops US banks at US$58b
        420 16 Jump in market value due to acquisitions reflects industry's move to consolidate Bloom berg [CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] Nationsßank Corp has become the nation's largest bank by one measure, surpassing Citicorp and Bank America, with US$5B.3 billion (Ss99 billion) in market value. The
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        408 16 6E Capital Service may set up venture with Toho Mutual AFP (TOKYO) US giant General Electric Corp's finance offshoot is to bail out troubled Japanese insurer Toho Mutual Life Insurance Co Ltd. a newspaper report said yesterday. GE Capital Service, among
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        Lock icon Japanese insurers lending more as banks reduce loans
        317 16 Reuters (TOKYO] Major Japanese insurers, swamped with requests for loans, have begun to increase their lending, but their efforts will not be enough to offset a credit crunch stemming from cuts in bank loans, insurers said. Insurers have been Hooded with requests
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        Lock icon Sumitomo could pay 10% on securities
        300 16 FT ILONDON] Sumitomo, one of Japan's largest banks, could have to pay a rate of interest of up to 10 per cent on securities it plans to issue in a few days. The interest rate equivalent to that charged by borrowers in the junk
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        Lock icon Big Six face quiz over auditing profits
        330 16 EC inquiry wants to find ont if they set artificially low prices FT THE European Commission has sent a confidential questionnaire to the Big Six accountancy firms seeking detailed information on their profits from statutory audits. The inquiry aims to establish to what
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        Lock icon Omani oil up on S Korean purchases
        251 16 ENERGY REPORT Bridge News, Reuters |TOKYO| A flurry of Omani oil purchases by South Korean refiners for March loading has allowed sellers to raise their offers to five US cents |>er barrel under the official selling price (OSP) or 10 15 cents un
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        Futures fall on concern over rising rates
        165 16  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Charlie Kuo By Charlie Kuo, Service Dealer, Refco S'pore Pte Ltd |SINGAI'OI(K| The Simcx MSCI Taiwan Slock Index fu turet contract fell yesterday amid concern over rlsinK interest rates. Hanks are expected to raise their deposit and prime rates
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        Lock icon Economic woes hurting sugar demand
        286 16 Reuters (HONGKONG) The economic downturn in Asia is putting a damper on sugar demand from the region's major buyers and pressuring prices, traders said here yesterday. "If you look at the Far East, the picture is still pretty gloomy. Most of the major buyers are
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        272 16 AFP. Reuters London THE US dollar was stuck on a downtrend yesterday, taking it below the 125-yen level as operators hoped for Japanese budgetary measures to stimulate the economy. At 1235 GMT, the dollar was at 1.8138 marks against 1.8171 on Tuesday. The greenback slipped to 124.58 yen
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        1212 16 MTBRBAMK CROSS KATES Feb4 A5 C$ ffc ECU ffr M lit Mh —p4H Y— Ml ICthtb S$«— M CT> IMt Hmt WS> AustrKk 0.979 1178 0.625 4.131 1232 5 251 ***** ***** 0.851 10.913 LM 1159 29.939 ***** LM 1350 0.996 ***** 33J52 MB OHIO CinMa 1.022 5.757 (U3I 4.222
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1917 17 SICOM FUTURES F( h RUBBER closing *s <» 5 30»m) RSS 1 CONTRACTUS cwtjAg) Close Volume Open Month HjQh Low Sett (tonnes) Interest MarW 1 134.50 275 Apr 98 137.75 137.75 130.00 100 3975 May <»« W0.75 140.75 140.75 100 4200 Jw» 98 143.75 143.75 142.75 100 3675
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2511 17 LONDON Mntriafe h«i 3< Or out 5X3 '4 6CC *3 Ports 238 j-c-AeeeyNatoral 1255 57 Allied Domeca 552 Aincc 18 -2 AsaaGrsup 2C 3 fcOO BATind 6 BO Pic 327 4 400 WCC 149.400 6400 BOC &<-!X» 957 "3 BRPetroWum 82 C 400 46C0 BTR *4 400
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      1678 17 AFP P Nikkei 225 -***** SHARE prices closed lower yesterday, hit by profit-taking among leading international blue chips after recent gains. "Profit taking is inevitable as the Nikkei Index topped the 17.000-point level yesterday." a dealer said. The 225-share Nikkei Average fell 140.36 points to end at 16.882.62. The
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      1744 18 AFP Q Hang Seng -***** HONGKONG share prices slumped 2.1 per cent yesterday on continued profit-taking, despite an easing of interbank interest rates, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 222.90 points to close at 10,302.61, the second consecutive decline following the sharp gains posted on Monday, when
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      410 18 AFP Q VP Index -4157 STOCK prices dropped 0.5 per cent yesterday on profit-tak-ing following two days of gains, dealers said. "Investors sold shares to lock in profit after the index broke theB.soo-point level yesterday." said a trader. The TSE Weighted Price Index dropped 43.57 points to 8.470.61. Turnover
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      971 18 AFP Q SET Index -5133 MANY investors took their money and ran from the share market yesterday, leaving the bourse 9.5 per cent weaker af ter a day of volatile trade. "There's no positive news to spur the market higher after this week's rise's," a dealer said. "Investors seemed
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      500 18 AFP Q Composite Index -193 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as profit-taking in blue chips emerged in late trading to offset earlier gains. "There was profit-taking in blue chips in late trading after recent steep rises, but overall sentiment is still positive." said a dealer. The Composite Index fell
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      635 18 AFP F1 All Ordinaries *15 SHARE prices closed firmer yesterday as industrial stocks followed Wall Street higher. Brokers said market trading was quiet. The All Ordinaries Index gained 2.5 points to 2.656.9. Turnover was 259.4 million shares worth A 5752.1 million. The gains in the industrial sector were led
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      265 18 Reuters F1 Wellington +429 SHARE prices ended slightly firmer yesterday with modest gains in the forestry sector, dealers said. By the close,the NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 4.29 points at 2,244.66. Turnover picked up throughout the session but still ended at a moderate NZ$5l.5 million. Reuters r«4 jb$ (ooo)
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      727 18 AFP P Composite Index -1186 SHARE prices dropped 3 per cent yesterday on continued profit-taking, analysts said. "People have realised that fundamentally, there is no change in this country," a dealer said. "So what we have seen in this market is just a short-term volatility." The Composite Index fell
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      Lock icon MANILA
      293 18 AFP nManila -43.74 SHARE prices fell 2.1 per cent yesterday as investors embarked on a second day of prof-it-taking, analysts said. "There is continued profittaking," said a dealer, noting that the market had soared some 400 points last week. The PSE Composite Index dropped 43.74 points to 2,042.14. Turnover
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        9695 19 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Last Vol Day Ntt Cap WN> t— Company Sa<a 000 High low P/E Smll 268 180 Ajinomoto 258 8 14 2S8 250 14.3 104 6 110 73 Anqkasa 107 3 85 108 102 2.5 157.8 190 123 Apollo Food Mlq 190 unch 27 190 185 5
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        Lock icon Financials supported by merger talk
        558 19 AFX-Asia Composite Index -10.55 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday, with Financials supported by various rumours ranging from possible mergers to speculation of a rise in local banks' foreign shareholding limit, dealers said. The KLSK Composite Index closed down 10.55 points at 890.76. The Kmas Index
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        3885 20 BOWS, LOANS A WARRANTS Wt La»t Vol Day Last Quote Avg 55 L Company Sal* ♦of COOOI High Low Buyer Sollor Prlc* 68 9 m 3000 m AMOB C5.5H*****6 9 9.5 81 8 3160 A Acef ******1USS 13 *2 37 13 12 13 14 131 8.5 3164 Acma W*****4 13
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        With turnover at such high levels, GK Goh wrt worth considering
        185 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy WITH slock market turnover surging. I hi* obvious lieneflciaries are broking firms. The market has obviously picked up on this and some of the associated warrants have already started lo show signs of life.
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2534 20 Transaction Date :Feb 4 I MALAYSIAN STOCKS Of Of 1997/99 ca«t V« Day L«t Ouota DK, D* fit Mat M Cap H><> L— c rOOOl Law Bmt— Satr H Crr p/t $mi 478 28 mi SOOO A>S8S0c ©7 2177 -71 'CO '06 <07 50 33 10 44 2
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        1765 21 imom cooo) value cooo) mi cut tkh mm p» r«t* h»dtt»trw 127,449 157.822 285,311 230.640 94.062 324,722 fjMne* 16.953 179,355 196,308 114.092 174,977 289,070 HoMs 3.805 2,159 5.764 5.403 766 6.16* Pro»«U#» 34.761 38,518 75.279 108.850 13,697 122.548 W» n.5« 16.686 16.686 MWn? 2.179 2,179 1,571 1,571 3376 86.650 90,526
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        MAIN BOARD
        5557 21 Or Or H Ml 1997/98 Last Vol Day Last OuoU Wv Olv TM Nat C.p Av« HH* Imm StMa Company Sat* (OOOI Mlqh Law But*' Sattar H C>f H P/l Jmll Prk* MMHTBMLS 157 18.5 a 1020 ACE Dynamics60c 315 unch 28 32 31 31.5 12 248 JO
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        1236 21 Cr Gr M wt >997/98 Laa« Va( Day LMl Oualt Otv Otv VM Net C<* Ava Ml* Low StNo Company tlk 000) Hl«k Im Buy»f MMr H C vr B/l tnl Prtc4 tCSDAO i«* r» iooo >i«»v9ik m «Ath 55 us m «a jo »o o.i 1729 sj ua
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        229 22 Stocks Volume •MBf Capital 79,025,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 54.546,000 •Renong WtOO 32,036.000 •RHB Cap Wt99 31.417.000 •RHB Cap Bhd 30,772,000 •Pub 8k Foreign 24,639,000 OBS Land 23.776.000 Asia FoodiProp 22.945,000 •M Resources 20,167,000 •Rashid Hussain 16.674,000 Stocks DBS Land 57,549,150 DBS Foreign 51.573,927 •MBf Capital 48.228,090 •RHB Cap Bhd 39,803.232
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        HOT STOCK
        59 22  -  by Shiv Taneja UNJPHOENIX CORP closed 79 cents lower yesterday at $1.26 on a volume of 5.3 million units. It is massively oversold on the daily RSI, and there could be a technical rebound in the next few trading sessions. However, in the medium term, there is more
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        Players caught between bull and bear factors
        679 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY While the optimists believe the regional crisis is easing, the bears are thinking of taking profit and run R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE) Malaysian second lin ers powered ahead yesterday despite pressure on their blue chip counterparts as the market continued to
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          Winds of change
          141 22 THE DB LION Bond Fund, a unit trust which Invests in bonds of G-7 countries as well as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, was recently awarded Trustee status by the Ministry of Law. This means the fund, managed by Deutsche Bank's Investment management subsidiary, can now be
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          Calling theii bluff
          135 22 IP YOU'RE moving into a new development, you might want to read this. Ped up with the lack of action from the developer to rectify a pipe problem in his brand new home despite repeated calls, the home-buyer decided to try another tack. He Informed the developer's
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          Doing well in bad times
          87 22 THERE are always businesses that benefit from an economic downturn. One warehousing group Is laughing all the way to the bank, thanks to the recent downturn. The group's one-million-plus square-feet warehousing in Singapore has been in great demand by MNCs left with unsold goods. The
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          Worth the wait
          65 22 THE spate of retrenchments in the financial sector has spooked some people. The head of research at a European bank who handed out the annual pay letters to staff found herself almost in hysterics when her own letter arrived late. It turns out that her boss just
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          In the greenback we trust
          98 22 AN ADVERTISEMENT In the latest Fortune magazine put up by the Hyatt group of hotels in the Asia-Paciflc region has an interesting story to tell of the state of Asian currencies. Room rates for the Grand Hyatt hotels in Japan, Singapore, Melbourne. Hongkong and Taipei
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          A do-or-die situation
          110 22 A BUSINESSMAN in Malaysia is believed to have issued a death threat to an associate for suing his company after a failed transaction. The businessman demanded that the suit be dropped by a certain time or else the threat would be carried out The case is now
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      324 23 Bridge News Reuter RATES slumped again on the key US Gulf/northwest Europe Panamax grain run with a cargo fixed to Ghent at a meager US$7.5O, brokers said. Tonnage was said to be offering at US$l7.OO to U5517.50 without combinations ports on the Panamax grain run to Japan. The
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      309 23 US '000 f*4 M *j- HI CWT Distribution 0.61 -0.035 21 Chuan Hup 0.455 *0.01 34 Cosco Investment (LOO *002 t Freight Links 0.31 unch 99 GOMota.-><j» 0.31 *0.01 10 HeiSunHw* 0.525 -0.045 243 Hitachi 2o*en 0.60 -0.02 263 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.44 *0.07 17
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      Pan-United's Batam shipyard to open on schedule in Q2
      461 23  -  Expanding into Batam, with ready pool of cheap labour, hones group's competitive edge: MD Ry Rahita Elias (SINGAPORE) Pan United Corporation's Batam shipyard will open on schedule in the second quarter of this year. Group managing director John Lim said that
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      Antwerp handled 111.9m tonnes cargo
      181 23 [SINGAPORE] The port of Antwerp handled a record 111.89 million tonnes of cargo last year, a 5 per cent increase over figures for 1996. General cargo and bulk cargo handled were about evenly split. 56 million and 55 million respectively. Official figures released last week
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      837 23  -  SHIPSHAPE By Felix Chan LIKE many of the old guards of the logistics industry. Guenter Rohrmann waxes lyrical on how an industry whose sole function was to move somebody else's goods to their destinations had evolved into such a technology dependent profession. "The global logistics
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      82 23 (MELBOURNKI Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members listening to a speech as machinery at the Webb Dock (rear) laid idle in Melbourne on Tuesday. They are under threat of legal action if they try to prevent nonunion dockers from going to work. Yesterday, MUA members have
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        195 38 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic. a UK airport operator, said it won a five-year contract to manage tax and duty-free sales aboard British Midland flights. The contract is the first in the United Kingdom for BAA's Inflight Duty Free Shop unit, which BAA took over in
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        576 38  -  Deal for 76 planes is largest ever from a European carrier n„\ Felix Chan ISINGAPOREJ Europe's Airbus Industrie clinched an order from Spanish airline Iberia worth US$2.6 billion (554.4 billion) for 76 planes, its largest ever from a European car rier and
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      1331 27 1 VESSEL VOY SIN BKK POU PKO PEN BLW SUR BA I BIK IRAN TEYFOURI PJL-1287 09/01 18/01 IRAN TAKHTI PJL-1266 14/01 22/01 IRANGHEYAMAT PJL-1272 11/02 20/02 ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN CIS COUNTRIES I E A2ARBAIJAN. ARMENIA, KAZAKHSTAN. UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, KIRGISTAN, TADZHIKISTAN GEORGIA VIA B. ABBAS.
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      1795 27 CARGO TO/FROM SHIKOU HUANGPU WEEKLY DIRECT SAILING I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHINTO* WAY TEL: 22fc 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/L) *****02 JONORE OFFICE: COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD «17-O«disildg SAUS/IKGS 4205«4i/43 INWARD DIPT (O/OI *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CRNO: ********** M TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/SS T/SHPMT DtPT
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      1362 28 EURQPE/UK/SCANOINAVIA/f INLAND/RUSSIA SGP RDM ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV IHV TMP RDM ANW HBC PKI SGP E. DELIGHT RW 001 09/02 27/02 04/113 21/02 02/03 03,93 04/03 E REACH RE-017 11/01 13/01 12/01 14/01 11/01 ***** 104)2 E ROUND RW 030 14,112 06/1)3 11,1)3 07/03 00/03 10/03 11/03 E GALLANT
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