The Business Times, 10 February 1998

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    19 1 The BusinessTMes MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c S I N G A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    79 1 EXCHANGE BATES LSI St USJ i 664 1541 2.729 DM OAM 0*20 YEN 100 0.802 I m MS 0261 0.4*4 HKS 0129 0216 BAHT 0 021 0 036 RL'PIAH 100 0.010 0.017 Inttrbank rata PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 7.85 KUALA LUMPUR. 930 JAKARTA...- 18.00 BANGKOK 13.25 MANILA 12.50 HONGKONG .9.50
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    Lock icon Strong vote to scrap SPH's dual listing
    731 1  -  Merger of Local, Foreign shares welcomed by analysts Reports by] R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE] Shareholders of media and property group Singapore Press Holdings yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a proposal to merge the company's Local and Foreign shares, an outcome which was welcomed
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    In surprise move, SingTel gives thumbs down to SPH share merger
    278 1 [SINGAPORE] The big surprise at yesterday's SPH shareholders' meetings was the decision of Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) to vote against the plan to merge SPH's Local and Foreign shares. SingTel's proxies voted separately in both the Local and Management
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    Sino Land revenue hits HK$15b
    653 1  -  Rentals alone enough to pay off short-term debt, says official /W/m' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong NG TENG Fong's Sino Land sold about 2,200 residential units in Hongkong last year generating some HK$l2 billion (552.57 billion) in revenue besides collecting another HK$3 billion in rents,
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    Indonesia looks headed for currency board system
    902 1  -  Capital controls seen in Suharto's talk of "killing 9 strategy Fhnn S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONKSIA yesterday appears! headed towards a currency board system after President Suharto declared that Jakarta had to determine a "certain" exchange rate for the rupiah in order
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    Simex frees all commission rates
    275 1 Move seen as prelude to flexible commission rates for equities [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) has freed its minimum commission rates on all its remaining futures contracts "in the light of changing market conditions". In what could be a precursor to cutting loose
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      128 1 msPE STIC hives off ST Capital stake to parent Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation has agreed to sell its stake in loss-making ST Capital to its parent company for $40.4 m, Pg 15 Why all eyes are on Fm* East Orgutaatita As Singapore's biggest developer, its decision could move the property
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      9 1 Why *U eyes are on Far East, Pg 4
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      9 1 Indon Chinese seek refuge with army, police, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Paribas to expand in Asia despite some layoffs
      534 2  -  About 10 laid off in S'pore amid refocus, plans to expand fixed-income business Byi Catherine Ong BANQUE Paribas said yesterday it is expanding its fixed-in-come business in Asia despite laying off about 10 people in Singapore and a few more in Hongkong
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      Matsushita Graphic to invest $25m here
      225 2 FACSIMILE machine maker Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems (MGS) is investing $25 million to boost its manufacturing and product design facilities here. The December issue of Singapore Investment News said the company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan's Matsushita group, will spend $10 million to double
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      Japan should stimulate demand at home: Lehman
      343 2  -  Move would help Asia rebound from recession this year By. Audrey Tan JAPAN should stimulate domestic demand to help Asian economies rebound from a year of outright recession, said an economist with US investment bank Lehman Brothers yesterday. At its annual global economics
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      MNCs go for economy in travel budgets
      350 2  -  By Frances Lui BUSINESS class travel is out, even on long haul flights. In some cases, room-sharing with colleagues of the same sex is in. And one multinational has told its staff to, where possible, video-confer-ence instead of fly. As companies tighten their
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      From Hill St police station to arts centre
      347 2 TIIK old Hill Stni't Police Station which iimhl to house |x> I icemen and their families in tin* 19.10s will Im* turned into an arts building with galleries. cafes and outdoor theatre performances, and also be home to ih«- Ministry of In
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      Lock icon Weak S$ reflects slowdown: OUB
      280 2  -  ETC ON THE ECONOMY Currency tt'J< Audrey Tan THE Singapore dollar's current weakness against the US dollar reflects expectations of a sharp economic slowdown here, says Overseas Union Bank (OlIIJ). In its latest financial review, it said the Sing dollar's 15 per cent slide against
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      Jurong Island project to go ahead: EDB
      517 2  -  Phase 3B basic reclamation costs said to be $2.6b ItrjM/rLs fry] Ronnie Lim REGIONAL crisis or not, Singapore will start work this August on the final, largest and most expensive reclamation phase the 995-ha, Phase 3B of the $7 billion Jurong Island project,
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      Final incentive offer made to Mobil
      486 2 SINGAPORE has made its final offer on investment incentives to Mobil and expects the US company to decide on its multi-billion dollar petrochemical investment here by the end of next month. Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo said. Talking to reporters after opening Chemical
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      168 2 Stay at the Royal Crowne Plaza and enjoy our exclusive privileges Save 111 > to 45% on published room rates when you stay at Royal Crowne I'la/a hotel in Singapore from now on until March 51st, 1998. That's not all! When you pay with Aiueiic .in Kxpress card, you'll also
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      467 3 BREITLING 1884 NAVITIMER Early this century, aerial navigation was The Breitling Academy thus stages aerobatics essentially a matter of dead reckoning, with the training courses where pilots have an aid of a map, an altimeter and a chronograph. opportunity to fly the three current top Cockpit instruments did little more
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Why all eyes are on Far East
      715 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN As S'pore's biggest developer, Its decision could move the property market here and In Hongkong Lee Han Shih WHEN asked last Thursday why Far East Organization delayed payment on three plots of state land, its chief executive Philip Ng shot
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      Lock icon Thai property auctions face snags
      817 4  -  Foreigners can't buy assets to be sold unless govt changes ownership laws AW//// Harish Mehta in lUuujkttk THAILAND is inviting bids for property assets, both good and bad, worth about 200 billion baht (Ss6.B billion) held by its 56 finance companies that were closed last
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Trade body urges steps to jog Japan economy
      275 5 TOKYO AFP THE chairman of Japan's most powerful business group yesterday urged lawmakers to draw up measures to awaken the slumbering economy and support Asian countries. "As Japan is not a weak country, it is important to rebuild the economy and to
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      Lock icon Asian crisis will halve China's trade growth, warns minister
      443 5 BEIJING Exports may see no growth or even shrink: economist Reuters CHINA'S foreign trade minister. warning of the impact of the Asian financial crisis, was quoted yesterday as saying combined import and export growth this year would be slashed by half.
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      Lock icon Indon Chinese seek refuge with army, police
      303 5 JAKARTA AFP HUNDREDS of ethnic Chinese yesterday took sanctuary at military and police installations on the eastern Indonesian island of Flores after mobs angered by soaring prices torched their shops and businesses, the military said. "Many Chinese panicked because of the attack on
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      Lock icon Philippine exports soar 23% on weak peso
      336 5 MANILA Reuters PHILIPPINE merchandise exports surged 22.8 per cent last year, boosted by a weaker currency, but economists said yesterday that tight credit and rising wages could temper the momentum this year. "We expect a lower growth rate this year While some of
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      Lock icon HK to reschedule land sales amid market slump
      161 5 HONGKONG AFP THE Hongkong government plans to reschedule its land auction programme amid a slump in property prices as Asia's financial crisis rumbles on, a government official said yesterday. Bowen Leung, secretary for planning, environment and lands, told reporters that a new
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      Bank of Japan to question 600 staff in bribery probe
      483 8  -  TOKYO Surprise move comes after reports of BOJ officials being wined and dined by banks By, Anthony Rowley AN official probe into alleged bribery of Japanese financial officials by banks assumed new dimensions last night when the Bank of Japan
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      Lock icon IT market seen shrinking amid crisis
      392 8  -  SINGAPORE By' Toh Han Shih AS a result of the Asian currency crisis, the information technology (IT) market in Singapore and the region will shrink in US dollar terms this year, according to a recent study by US market research firm International Data Corporation
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      Lock icon S Korea current account surplus up
      378 8 SEOUL Bat falling imports may hurt Q2 figures: officials AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday unveiled a third consecutive monthly current account surplus of US$3.O3 billion (Sss billion), but officials warned that plunging imports bode ill for ex|K»rts in the s*?cnnd quarter. Central Bank of Korea
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      Lock icon Militant S Korean unionists reject landmark layoffs deal
      243 8 ■SKOUL AFP MILITANT South Korean unionists yesterday rejected a landmark accord on legalising mass layoffs and demanded a nationwide strike to protect their jobs. Dozens of protesters occupied the headquarters of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), urging the resignation of
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      Lock icon Eyeing branded goods
      51 8 [BEIJING] A Chinese woman checks out a pair of brand-name spectacles at a shopping mall in Beijing on Sunday. While massive layoffs hurt China's unskilled workers, its growing upper-middle class is shrugging off Asia s economic woes and treating itself to goods and services like never before.
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Rafidah backs S$ as intermediary unit for Asean trade
      298 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Minister of International Trade and Industry (Miti) Rafidah Aziz welcomed the use of Singapore currency as the intermediary unit to trade among Asean countries. "At the Asean level, this is the first effort taken to encourage trade among
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      Lock icon Japan should take the lead in helping Asia: Anwar
      520 6 US also needs to take a more active role to help region out of financial crisis Reuters [TOKYO) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim politely tweaked Japan and the United States yesterday for not taking a more active role in helping
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      Lock icon Lending a helping hand
      42 6 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (left) greeting a family on Sunday after launching a women's savings fund to boost the country s ailing bourse and support his 17-year leadership in tackling the country's economic crisis. AFP
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      Lock icon Thai short-term foreign debt may become long-term debt: report
      365 6 Govt securities may be used to back new long-term obligations AFP Reuters [BANGKOK| The Thai government is considering renegotiating the country's shortterm foreign debt into long-term obligations backed by government securities, a report said yesterday. Thai finance chiefs are looking at
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      Lock icon Asian currencies have fallen too far: Camdessus
      379 6 He blames region's govts for failing to avert crisis Reuters I LONDON International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Michel Camdessus said yesterday that Asian currencies had fallen too far following the financial crisis in the region. In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr
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      Lock icon Several countries set to fund Indon exports: IMF
      163 6 Bridge News ISINGAPORK) Several countries are "expected to announce soon that they will as sist with the financing of Indonesian exports". International Monetary Fund's (IMF) deputy managing director Stanley Fischer said in an interview with the Asian Wall Street Journal. In a
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      Lock icon Domestic debt of S Korean firms now at US$368b: AWSJ
      325 6 Chaebols warned not to offer cross-debt guarantees for loans AFP. Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's outstanding domestic private debt has reached a staggering US$36B billion (Ss6ll billion), the Asian Wall Street Journal said yesterday. In a front page story headlined "South
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      Lock icon LDP delegation meets DPM Lee
      176 6 Reuters (SINGAPORE! A delegation from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) met Singapore Deputy Prime Minister l<ee llsien Ixxmg yesterday to discuss Asia's economic crisis. But spokesmen for the two sides gave no details of the meeting with Mr Uh\ who is also chairman of
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      Asian crisis manageable for China: ex-VW exec
      358 6  -  Lu Ning |SINGAPORK| The negative impact of the regional financial crisis on China "is economically manageable" without any devaluation of the renminbi, a top German industrial executive has said, adding that the reform of China's state-owned enterprises would also benefit. Martin Posth. who
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon A challenging role for Surin
      1776 10  -  The main task for Thailand's new foreign minister is to win back international confidence to overcome the country's financial crisis By' Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor [SINGAPORE] IF Thailand's new foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan becomes prime minister one day, one
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      58 10 m Ml SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Removal of foreign share ownership restrictions and the merger of the local and foreign shares of Singapore Press Holdings Limited Pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement involving a special bonus issue of new shares to shareholders Financial Adviser
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton team confident economy will continue to expand
      453 11 WASHINGTON Bnt report urges vigilance against inflation in the light of low unemployment Bloomberg US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton's economic team sess no sign the seven-year-old US expansion is in danger of stalling, though his annual economic report to Congress says the low
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      Lock icon G-10 sees recovery in US, Europe amid Asian slump
      220 11 BASEL No risk of big failures in Asia's banking system: Tietmeyer Bloomberg THE Group of 10 central bank governors expect the world's industrialised countries to recover following the slump in South-east Asian economies. Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer said. Mr Tietmeyer. speaking
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      Lock icon Blair to lead millennium bug campaign
      331 11 LONDON AFP BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair is mobilising world leaders behind a campaign for urgent action against the "millennium bug", after a warning that it could cost £250 billion (SS6BI billion), The Independent reported yesterday. Many computer systems are unable to distinguish between
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      Lock icon Powell: public success or political Mure?
      320 11 LONDON FT ENOCH Powell, who has died at the age of 85, was a dedicated intellectual, a scholar, a politician of influence, a British nationalist, an early imperialist who in later life became an isolationist and, if high ministerial office be the touchstone, an
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Refiners seek ways to ride out lean times
      806 12  -  THE BOTTOKUME OPINION By Ronnie Lim The writer is BT's trade and industry edit(jr THINGS are no longer "swinging" at Singapore's refineries, once collectively touted as the regional swing centre geared to take up any supply slack in oil products. Today, the
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      129 12 'For the government to choose sides in a highly competitive industry is unfair and unnecessary.' -Bill Gates Microsoft Corp's chairman, in a letter to Microsoft s 25.700 employees and 1 million shareholders, explaining why he was taking a firm stand In the US Justice Department s antitrust
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      US must open its skies
      677 12 EDITORIAL THE real message in the belated signing of the Ja-pan-United States civil aviation pact is that there will be no free market in flying until the principle of reciprocity is taken to its logical conclusion: when American skies are also fully open to the
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      Lock icon Waterfront showdown
      1186 12  -  Australia's farmers' federation is backed by Canberra in its fight against the dockworkers' union Peter Lynch The writer is a Sydneybased journalist wflp contributes to BT IT HAS become almost as much a ritual as the cricket season or the rugby league: Australia's ports are again the centre
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      862 12 Bnda eaanotjaattfy ths twain THERE is an irony In US President Clinton's being the victim of grand jury leaks that violate the rules. On issues of civil liberties, he has been a tone-deaf president. He has al lowed shameful infringements of constitutional rights. Including the virtual
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Still hooked on Diana
      1175 14  -  Britain's fiercely competitive newspapers seem to trust no one but the late princess to captivate gossip-hungry readers, writes warren hoge WARREN HOGE NYT WITH Diana gone, a now press code in place and the comparatively straight-laced officials of Prime Minister Tony Blair's new Uibour government offering
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      Lock icon America's Cup stakes rise to new heights
      691 14 YACHTING Entry fee of U*****,000, due to the record 16 challenger clubs NYT [NEWPORT. Rhode Island] When a U*****,000 (*****.875) entry fee. in the form of a letter of credit, came due on Jan 31 for challengers to the America's Cup. one of
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      STIC hives off ST Capital stake to parent for $40m
      518 15  -  ST Capital to raise $57m through 1-for-l rights issue at 40 cents a share Reports by] David Boey [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation has agreed to sell its stake in loss-making ST Capital to its parent company for $40.4 million,
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      ST Capital busts forecasts with $26m loss
      493 15 [SINGAPORE! ST Capital yesterday announced a hefty $26.5 million after-tax loss, way beyond the $18 million revised forecast it made last month. The loss, which amounts to more than one-third its capital and reserves, was caused by the regional financial turmoil, in particular
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      More financial disclosure on the way for Japan firms
      952 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Anthony Rowley FINANCIAL markets are convinced that Japanese banks have been cooking their books for years, and that Finance Ministry inspectors have been discreetly looking the other way while bankers tried out their recipes for creative accounting. But
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      Analysts see slower 4-7% growth for Big 4 banks
      580 15  -  Variations in forecasts hinge on provision levels //v Clarissa Tan (SINCiAI'OKKI Analysts ex l*?ct the Hit; Four banks to post average earnings growth of to 7 per cent for 1997, a far cry from the double digit jumps they had predicted
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        China Telecom to up HK Telecom stake to 13%
        602 16  -  Deal will not benefit HK Telecom in terms of getting into the Chinese market Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong STATE-controlled China Telecom Group moved a step closer to taking control of Hong kong Telecom yesterday when it paid HKJI2.B billion
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        Datacraft placement to raise US$39m
        290 16  -  By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Datacraft Asia is raising U5539.2 million (Ss6s million) through a placement of 16 million new shares at USS2.SO each to repay bank borrowings and to boost working capital. company officials said yesterday. The 10-cent shares were priced at a 4.6
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        HPL up 7.4% on Brashs divestment
        167 16 [SINGAPORE] Investors gave Hotel Properties Ltd's divestment of Australian retail chain Brashs the thumbs up yesterday. llie HPL stock rose eight cents or 7.4 per cent. Volume was a healthy 3.08 million, or nearly three times its 10-day average. HPL announced over the weekend
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        SembCorp sells 3.6% of JSL for $37.2m
        280 16  -  ////< Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE) Sembawang Corporation yesterday announced that it had sold five million shares or 3.59 per cent of Jurong Shipyard Limited. The diversified govern-ment-linked group gave no reason for the sale but the disposal at $7.43 a share would have raised
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        205 16 Reuters |SYI)NKY| (tlobal media group News Corp Ltd hit a new all tune high on the Aus trallan Slock Kxcliange yester day following last week's earnings report and continued success for the movie Titanic. News Corp shares closed up cents at As 9 .15
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        Tanjong's Powertek stake may wipe out its cash hoard
        570 16  -  Analysts are divided if it is a wise move for the gaming company /if/: Meera Tharmaratnam in huaUi Lumpur CASH-RICH gaming company Bhd's decision to take up a 22.25 per cent stake in independent power producer Powertek Bhd may be part
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        Lock icon Cut number of M'sian brokerages to 15 from 60: Daim
        370 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government's top economic adviser, Daim Zainuddin, said the number of brokerages in the country may have to be slashed by three quarters. According to executives who attended a meeting with Mr Daim last week, he
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        Lock icon Foster's surprises with only 1% dip in profit
        340 16 Bloomberg |MKI.II()I)KNK| Foster's Brewing (Jroup Ltd. Australia's largest brewer. said first half profits Toll a lower-than-expected one |H i r cent as its rising tax hill otTset profit gains in its domestic brewing and wine making unity. The Melbourne-based hrewer of Victoria
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        Lock icon Siam City Bank to ask for US$700m debt rollover
        444 17 USs3oom is due this year, with the rest in 1999 and 2000 AFP [BANGKOK! Thailand's crippled Siam City Bank pic is to ask foreign creditors to roll over its massive debt, the bank's chief said yesterday, just three days after it
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        Lock icon Analysts see Philips Q4 net profit exceeding 1b guilders
        258 17 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Philips Electronics NV should turn a small fourth-quarter loss in 1996 into a net profit from ordinary operations in excess of a billion guilders in 1997 with contributions from all its units, analysts say. Analysts* forecasts for fourth quarter
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        Lock icon Rashid in for long tussle to control Bank of Commerce
        494 17 3 firms in his stable and Commerce Asset to resume trading Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian financier Abdul Rashid Hussain may be in for a long tussle to get control of the country's sixth largest bank. Bank of Commerce. Three companies
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        Lock icon China okays US$4.5b chemical plant JV
        242 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Royal Dutch/Shell Group said the Chinese government approved a LSS4.S billion fS$7.4 billion; chemical plant, the biggest-ever foreigpfunded joint venture in China, eight years after the first contract was signed. The Dutch company will lead construction of an 800,000-tonne per year ethylene
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        Lock icon US firm PacifiCorp to buy 30% of UK's Energy Group
        265 17 FT |NEW YORK| PacifiCorp, the US electricity group. is planning to buy lip to 29.9 per cent of Energy Group's shares in an attempt to see oil any attempt by rival suitors to outbid its £4.05 billion (SSI 1 billion)
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        Lock icon BA Q3 profit down 24.5%
        335 17 Third straight fall, bat airline says prospects still strong Bloomberg I LONDON British Airways file said profit fell 24.5 per cent in its fiscal third quarter, held hack by the strong pound and lingering effects from a flight attendants strike last summer. Europe's largest airline
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        Lock icon Hitachi sees difficulty in hitting profit goal
        184 17 Bloomberg (TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd, Japan's largest maker of electronics, said its group net profit forecast of 89 billion yen (Ssl.lB billion) for the year through March will be difficult to meet. "It'll be difficult for us to achieve our earnings target of 89
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        Lock icon D'Amato urges halt to UBS, SBC merger
        454 18 Chairman of Senate banking committee wants fall accounting of Holocaust accounts FT [NEW YORK] The merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation, the world's largest banking acquisition, should be blocked until the two have made a "full accounting" for the
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        Lock icon 4% profit dip seen for Aussie bank
        399 18 Interest rate squeeze expected to hit CBA's first half results Reuters [SYDNEY] The ever-tighten-ing squeeze on interest margins is expected to force first half profits from Australia's largest home lender. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), down about 4 per cent, analysts said yesterday.
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        Lock icon One name for ABN Amro investment banks
        195 18 Bloomberg (AMSTERDAM) ABN Amro Holding NV said that starting yesterday its investmentbanking units win operate under the name ABN Amro, dropping the names Hoare Govett. Chicago Corp and others to present a more uniform image. The only exceptions will be Alfred Berg in
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        Lock icon IBJ to sell US$1b of preferred securities
        206 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK) Industrial Bank of Japan plans to sell USSI billion (SSI .7 billion) of preferred securities In the US to bolster its depleted capital base, according to people familiar with the transaction. IBJ will follow Sumitomo Bank, which sold US$l.B billion
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        Lock icon Euroyen, JGBs close firmer
        236 18 Simriii Report Reuters [SINGAPORE) Slmex Euroyen and Japanese government bond (JGB) futures firmed yesterday despite a Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) member's calls for an extra 1998/99 budget. Dealers said Euroyen futures were boosted by a drop In the overnight call loan rate. The December contract
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        Futures fall on poor electronics sales figures
        172 18  -  M 8& TAIWAN FUTURES By Charlie Kuo day. By Charlie Kuo, Service Dealer, Refco S'pore Pte Ltd (SINGAPORE) Slmex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures failed to sustain their early gains yesterday as some electronics firms announced disappointing January sales figuros. The February contract
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        Lock icon Opec January output at 28.05m bpd
        248 18 EMEROY REPORT Reuters [LONDON) Opec oil producers lifted output In January as some member countries pumped more to meet higher output quotas. January production from Opec Jumped 510.000 barrels a day (bpd) from December to 28.05 million bpd, a survey found. That is easily
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        Lock icon CURRENCY RETORT
        296 18 Reuters London THE US dollar was trapped against the mark by mid-ses-sion in Europe yesterday with traders mesmerised by the possibility that opposition to European economic and monetary union in Germany could spell a delay to the project. Assumptions the single European currency will be, launched in 1999
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1576 19 SI COM FUTURES FebS RU88£R (Marts closing at 5J0pa) RSS1 CONTRACTS cMts/kg) ClOM Vo(wm Open Moth High Low Sttt (tonts) tattrwt M* 128.00 75 200 Apr 98 138.00 132.00 132.00 725 3800 M*V 138.00 137.50 135.75 425 4025 JM 98 138.00 137.50 137.75 425 3500 .M/S* 98 148.00
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2308 19 LONDON MntrWi Nn Grove 522 3 AB Ports 296 2 AM>ay Manor* "214 -51 AlhM Domacq S66 -3 Amae P9 -2 40C AsdaGroue -95 84CC BAT ind 590 2 600 BG Pie 3-4 600 400 BtCC '-42 3 40C 80CGro<# 972 -3 BP 8" 4 -3 BTR
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      1634 19 AFP Bmkhias *im» JAPANESE share prices closed higher yesterday due to approval in the Diet's Lower House for a financial rescue package and hopes of further help for the economy. Brokers said sentiment was buoyed by Friday's approval of legislation to help the financial sector and on expectations that
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      1844 20 AFP H Hang Seng +387.29 SHARE prices surged 3.7 per cent to a 1998 high on robust buying yesterday after a strong week-end performance on Wall Street and a steady easing of interbank interest rates here, dealers said. "Sentiment has mainly been improved by an easing of interbank interest
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      712 20 Reuters Shenzhen B Index *8.48 STRONG gains on the Hongkong stock market sent Shenzhen's B share index to a sharply higher close vester day. th»* first trading clay after the Chinese* New Year holiday. The H share Index surged its lO|iercent limit of 8.48 points toH».18«n turnover of llKs26.r>
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      406 20 AFP WP Index -4835 STOCK prices slid 0.6 per cent yesterday as late selling wiped out early gains amid profittaking on technology issues, dealers said. "Institutional investors ad justed their holdings after huge gains last week." said a trader. "Technology share prices had rallied to a level where there
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      276 20 Reuters Q Wellington +15.19 SHARES shook off a slow start yesterday to end strongly. "It was a very strong day and on good volume for a Monday," a trader said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index, after starting the day square, ended up 15.19 points at 2,257.97 on turnover worth NZ$7B.4
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      893 20 AFP n SET Index -5.48 SHARES closed lower yesterday after a volatile day of trading as investors took profit in blue chips following recent surges on the market. The SET Index lost 5.48 points at 530.50. Turnover was 228.7 million shares worth H.l billion baht. Falls beat rises 217
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      482 20 AFP Q Composite Index +1L54 SHARK prices closed 2.1 per cent higher on brisk buying of blue chips yesterday. Second liners also gained robust support from retail investors, but institutional selling stemmed further gains. "Trading in second liners was active, which represented 51 per cent of today's total volume."
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      659 20 AFP rl All Ordinaries +29.2 SHARE prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday as resource stocks outperformed industrial stocks in relatively quiet trading, brokers said. "It was a very dull market. New York closed at near-re-cord levels on Friday which flowed through to most Asian markets." said a broker.
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      715 20 AFP Q Composite Index -&18 SHARE prices dropped 1.2 per cent yesterday in a technical correction, with the market unmoved by reports of social unrest and street protests, dealers said. "I do not think the market was that concerned. It is just people expressing their opinion, as long as
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      Lock icon MANILA
      371 20 AFP Manila +1191 SHARE prices gained 0.7 per cent yesterday on buying of blue chips, analysts said. "The market is up because of the blue chips," said a trad er, adding that second liners are "in a correction stage right now". The PSE Composite Index gained 13.91 points to
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        Lock icon Forced sales offset by gains by financials
        583 21 AFX-Asia Composite Index -0.79 SHARE prices closed mixed in heavy trade yesterday amid continued interest in financial stocks and some forced selling and profit-taking. Dei lers said support for Financials in tens Lieu u.. positive response to the central bank's cut in statutory
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        9719 21 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Last Vol Day N«» Cap H>fl> L— CoMMHV Sat* 'OOO High Low P/C JmM 310 180 Aiinomoto 304 '4 3d 110 2<>o 16 8 '2 3 2 14a 73 Angkasa —.137 4 358 148 136 3 2 202 0 280 123 Apollo Food Hlg 270 25
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        Osprey RCCPS: conversion factor
        184 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THERE seems to be some confusion over he exact status of Osprey Marltime's redeemable convertible cumulative preference shares (RCCPS) which were fea tured In this column last Saturday. The confusion lies in the $1.81 conversion price, which we understand. Is not
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        4041 22 BONOS, LOANS WARRANTS 97 8 Lait Vol Day Last Quota A»g "NW L »«"o Company SM ♦or- COOO) High Low Buyor Sailar Prlc* M 9 m 3000 mAMOBc5.5%*****6 195 *10.5 115 23 195 ~1»S 21 8' 8 3160 "Acar W*****1USS 16.5 -1 131 20 14.5 15 16 5 131 8.5
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2571 22 Transaction Date :Feb 9 I MALAYSIAN STOCKS Qf Qf W7/98 tact 2#. l*«i ox ox rw N«t m cap Mun La» Stfw CgWgPy S— 'OOC, L»« 8w T y t—» H C-»T H P/t tm« 478 28 msSOOC ASBSO: r? -S 32 --2 "4 8 51 3J 09
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        1600 23 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE ('OOO) Mate Cla» Total Matn Ctoa Tatal lixhtftnaf 247,142 391.362 638.504 J39.50? 269,700 605.206 Financa 25.673 141,260 166.933 117.978 111.591 229.569 HoWS 11.281 12.735 24.016 14.941 7,173 22.115 ProparMas 17,950 192.760 210.710 55,313 103.556 158,871 Plantation 33.580 33,580 32.027 32,027 Mining 7,152 7,152 fc467 6.467 8tW 14,897
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        MAIN BOARD
        5299 23 Transaction Date: Feb 9 Q( Qf III m ..J?* 7 8 Latt Vol Day Last Ou«L Dl» OI« VM Nat Cap A.g **<> S»N« Company Sal* COOO) High Lav Buyar Sallar H Cyr Pit »mll Prtca —UITUALI 157 1*5 a 1020 ACE Dynamic s60c 43 J 247 43
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        SESDAO
        923 23 \997tf y«« 0«y Last Owot* CM* otv VM *41 C«p Ar<g 0 Compwy S4I4 1000) Ml** L4» Buyer Cw P/I Jm4 PrKt tttftftft ■U !J 21 i UJ w* >0 60 oi ITTi mi u* AS AutoKk 200 -IT 401 2)1 20) 2OH 210 DON $0 0 7 17)
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        225 24 Stocks Volume •Renonq Bhd 50c 88,675.000 •Rekapacific Bh 65,098,000 *MBf Capital 55,221.000 •Kemayan Corp 44,412,000 •Renonq Wt 00 35.434,000 •Innovest Bhd 31,158,000 Easyknit HKIOc I 30.382,000 *M Resources 30.292.000 *MBF Land Bhd 29.603.000 Nippecraft 10c 28.739,000 Stocks •Renonq Bhd 50c 61,196,843 •MBf Capital 42,922,815 SIA Foreiqn 39,507,015 JurongShip 50c 37.653,150
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        STII ends higher despite waves of selling pressure
        661 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY The ability of stock prices to withstand the bouts of profit-taking suggests that the trend is upward for the present moment tin R Sivanithy (SINGAPORKI The local stink market yesterday withstixxl waves of selling pressure to emerge relatively unscathed
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        HOT STOCK
        62 24  -  by Shiv Taneja FACB closed 0.5 higher yesterday at 32.5 cents on a volume of 9.36 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.5 million units. The counter has run up a fair bit over the past month or so, but according to the weekly MACD
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Soros under the spotlight
          148 24 THK study of George Soros has become the latest fad to hit the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in the Year of the Tiger, thanks to the recent financial turmoil in the region. Not only does his name crop up regularly in the local press, books
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          This pendulum never rests
          105 24 AND while we're on the subject of George Soros, the financier and philanthropist was heard propounding his view about the inherent instability of financial markets at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos last week. Mr Soros said that economists who have been teaching people about
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          MRCB raising banking profile?
          121 24 MALAYSIAN Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB) is poised to play a bigger role in the country's banking sector. The politically well-connected group holds the key in the merger talks between RHB Bank and Bank of Commerce due to its substantial shareholding in the parent companies of both
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          Are the buyers coming back?
          153 24 HONGKONG IPOs and properties may not be commanding the heady pre-crisis prices they were fetching last year. But at their new bargain basement levels, turnover is booming. We're not sure what Sino Land planned to tell pressmen at a news conference yesterday but they sure
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          First bite of the millennium bug
          88 24 A BT reporter has had a personal encounter with the millennium bug, which occurs because some computers cannot distinguish between the years 2000,1900, 1000 etc. because they use only two digits. After dining at a restaurant in Europe, our man on holiday tried to
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      314 25 Bridge News, Reuters THERE was some talk that rates have found a bottom, but the suggestion remained hesitant though with the weekend approaching, owners were showing signs of resistance. Even charterers said that owners had nothing to gain fixing yesterday but just might by next week. The Baltic
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      290 25 »mhkm -m m s$ m CWTOMMn.OiH *0409 IN Oman Hup 050 -0.025 144 Co*colo»»Hwwil .0.795 *0.01 44 Frataht Unto 0.365 iMi DU tlW** 0-325 -0.035 TI3 Mai Sun Hup 0.555 -0.02 347 HrtacM Zosan 0.4 -0015 54 IMC HoMingt 5.4 Jay* HoMngs 0.45 uncfi 54 Juran. Shipyard 7.7
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      P&O Nedlloyd buys UK's Blue Star Line for £60m
      462 25  -  Move strengthens shipping giant in Australasian refrigerated trades /■Yom David Hughes in London P&O Nedlloyd has bought UK-based Blue Star Line for £60 million (*****.5 million), in a move which will significantly strengthen the AngloDutch container shipping giant. especially in the
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      Australian docks come to a standstill
      461 25  -  Union members walk ont to attend nnion briefings on Melbourne dispute From Jerzy Farynski in Sydney MAJOR ports in Australia came to a standstill yesterdajj as dock workers in Sydney. Adelaide and Fremantie downed tools to hear reports and express their anger at what
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      474 25  -  Intl Container, Asian Terminals say move doe to peso's fall against US$ Prirm P T Bangsberg in Manila A SHARP rise in cargo handling charges is on the cards at the main Philippine port, though operators fear it may be a
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      Lock icon Japan to inspect single hull VLCCs
      199 25 Lloyd's List |TOKY()| Single hull VLCCs navlgatlnK the busy liny of Tokyo hit now subject (o onboard ship Inspections as part of a new safety campaign In response to last summer's oil spill In the area from the tanker Diamond Cracv The 140 member
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      ICB still planning to move operations to Singapore
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      23 25 Cheap neighbours threaten HE port Competition is heating up, it has to work hard to stay as No 1 container port. Page 2
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      410 25 Nasty storms ahead for Cathay But MD confident that airline will weather difficult period. Back Page People Sooho Cho, president of Hanjin Shipping, has been re-elected chairman of the Korea Shipowners' Association (KSA). Mr Cho. who was formerly the vice-chairman of KSA from 1994 to 1996, was also the association's
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