The Business Times, 19 August 1998

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    11 1 TheBusinessTSSs MITA(P) 110/12/97 85* SINGAPORE Internet http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    58 1 O 87J2 (-17.87) Vf BT-SBI Usutt (+2.48) riBTOOMP nsau, JTKAXXETHOQDe ■•Bum STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 315.66 -468 NUWH 1&J083.79—+M0.IJ HANOSENG 7,210M -1177 SET INDEX 236.68 +144 JAKARTA COMP —403.86 -W.77 MANILA OOMP _Uai? -11M TAIPH WP! 7,181.69 _-9l26 SEOUL COMP 391.16 -10.47 mAmiNAB ***** >1160 ;*Wr*LLORD
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    FINANCE
    64 1 FOBEX RATES uss ss USS 1.77® *(US$/SSper£) 1.614 1867 DM MM 0J64 YBN 14*8 1114 RM 4U1 0.418 Hid 7.74® 8.228 BAHT 41.710 0.042 RUP1AH ***** 0.014* •SttoMwtiU FUME BATES "147! 22.90 HONGKONG 1025 taipei SYDNEY g 45 tokyo I::** SEOUL 14JI ZURICH— FRANKFURT"* 4 M LONDON 745 NEW
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    Mahathir refloats 2 ideas to boost stock market
    750 1  -  Baying of shares by govt, moratorium on sale of pledged shares onder study From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday refloated two ideas which he first proposed last September but did not carry through buy stocks as
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    Lock icon S$ hits 7-month low of 1.773 on large sell order
    410 1  -  Dutch bank said to execute order to sell S$ for Belgian francs By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar was sold down to a 7month low of 1.7730 to the US dollar in Asian trading yesterday, despite signs that Asian
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    Lock icon Fed holds rates, Dow up 97 pts at 2pm EDT
    180 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Federal Reserve officials yesterday voted to leave interest rates unchanged, a signal that they expect turmoil overseas to curb US growth and keep inflation at bay. "There's enough global stuff going on that the Fed can wait,"
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    Revamped ST Index to be launched on Aug 31
    609 1  -  More sectors to be represented; illiquid counters may go By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Come Aug 31, a new value-weighted and broad-based Straits Times Index (STI) will replace the ST Industrials Index (STII), the local market benchmark for over three decades.
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    SES does clean-up of sector groupings
    490 1  -  By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday announced a revised 12sector classification for listed companies, aimed at better representing the businesses they operate and allowing more accurate performance comparisons. At a press conference yesterday, SES listings manager Sim Yong Nam also
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      140 1 Pi SIDE Farce majeure An Indonesian Supreme Court judge said yesterday that the country's economic crisis can be regarded as force majeure, a legal condition in which contractioning parties may escape their obligations, Pfl N# relief Singapore's domestic exports are likely to have shrunk in July, a poll of seven
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      61 1 MAS' easing of S$ restrictions a boon, Pg 4 Regional bourses fall, Pg 6 aa jj^||||^^^ >a> CliiTton > s confession 6 1 did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part for which
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Sixth Ave Ville prices brought down to $750 psf
      415 2  -  By. Ang Wan May IN anticipation of the launch of Blissville in Bukit Timah, the Hong Leong group has brought prices for its freehold Sixth Avenue Ville apartments down to $750 psf. The move effectively places downward pressure on the launch
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      Lock icon Motorola to sell 2 S'pore PCB plants to Taipei group
      179 2 Bloomberg MOTOROLA Inc, a US-based maker of electronic products, said it will sell its two printed circuit board plants in Singapore to Taiwan-based WUS Printed Circuit Co. The companies did not provide terms of the sale. WUS Printed Circuit, one
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      Economists expect 2.6% fall in July's key exports
      490 2  -  No relief is in sight as weakness in global electronics industry continues By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S domestic exports are likely to have shrunk in July because of continued weakness in external demand, economists say. A poll of seven banks and broking houses
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      Lock icon Better pay is prime motivation for S'poreans to work overseas
      582 2  -  SDTOAPOBE 21 SURVEY Bat only 40% polled willing to take up overseas posting Reports by Poo Cheong Wai Ming MONEY would be the prime motivation for Singaporeans to venture abroad to seek work, a recent survey commissioned by the government
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      Lock icon Majority don't see foreign talent as a threat
      521 2 SINGAPOREANS who see foreign talent as a threat to their jobs belong to the mi nority, according to a Singapore 21 survey. Just under one in four of the 1,522 people polled "perceived foreign talent as taking away more work opportunities than
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      Furniture maker Melandas launches 6 franchising plans
      322 2 AMIDST an economic downturn, furniture manufacturer and retailer Melandas Casa Mobili yesterday launched six franchising programmes. The programmes comprise three franchising and three gallery concepts, all of which target the global market. Each of the three new franchises caters to a different market
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      Lock icon Indicators signal further slowdown
      312 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Industry By\ Eugene Low LEADING indicators point to a further slowdown in economic activity over the next quarter or two. Output in the printing and publishing industry fell close to 12 per cent in the second quarter, while production in the fabri-
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      Tourist spending fell 8% to $4.8b last year
      399 2  -  Visitors spent 18% less in shops doe to firm Ss, crisis By i Carol Eng VISITOR spending fell 8.3 per cent last year, dragged down by an 18 per cent plunge in shopping expenditure. But spending in all other areas rose, by
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      Lock icon Unions to launch thrift and loan co-op
      372 2 The Straits Times THE labour movement plans to launch a national thrift and loan co-operative for workers to save with or borrow from if they are short of cash during the economic downturn. Nearly $15 million has been raised by the National Trades
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon MAS' easing of S$ restrictions a boon
      1579 4  -  With the region in the throes of a credit squeeze, the move opens a new avenue for companies seeking funds for overseas ventures By_ Larry Wee BAD news. There seems to be no end to it, and financial markets last week were once
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      China is cashing out of yen
      395 4 ANALYSES CHINA'S State Administration of Foreign Exchange has sold Japanese yen bonds for the equivalent of billions of US dollars, in order to cut exposure to a slumping yen, according to official sources. A government official, who chooses to remain un named, has revealed
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      376 4  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ABN Amro (ABN), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA) and MMS International Singapore Tomorrow: July non-oil domestic exports are not expected to repeat June's surprisingly strong 6.1 per cent number. A redink number is expected, ranging from minus 1.3 per cent (MMS) to
      Sources: ABN Amro (ABN), Independent Economic Analysis Holdings (IDEA) and MMS International  -  376 words
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Regional bourses fall despite Wall St's strength
      285 6  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Regional markets all but ignored Wall Street's strong overnight showing in the wake of fears that Russia's decision to devalue its currency could prompt China to follow suit. That the "rouble trouble" could have a contagion effect on Europe,
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      Lock icon HK bourse quiet, govt continues intervention
      581 6  -  Unemployment for May-July period hits 15-year high at 4.8% Frorni Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE much-anticipated bloodbath on the Hongkong bourse did not happen yesterday as investors returned from the long weekend to stay on the sidelines amid further government intervention to fend
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      Lock icon Impact of Asian crisis on US, Europe underrated
      458 6  -  Growth rates will be hit, says Deutsche Bank chief economist Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The likely effects of Asia's crisis on the US and European economies have been widely underestimated, Deutsche Bank's chief economist and managing director for research, Norbert Walter, said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Thailand, IMF deal to be finalised soon, says official
      206 6 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's latest agreement with the International Monetary Fund is expected to be finalised soon and presented to the Thai cabinet next week, government spokesman Akapol Sorrasuchart said yesterday. Mr Akapol told Reuters that the latest letter of intent, which
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      Lock icon Indian rupee hits another low
      314 6 Fears that rouble devaluation may hurt trade spark fall Bloomberg AFP Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian rupee closed at another record low of 43.34 to the US dollar here yesterday after Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha expressed concern that the devaluation of the Russian rouble may
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      Lock icon Indon judge sees crisis as force majeure
      334 6 He suggests debtors and creditors share weak rnpiah harden Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian Supreme Court judge said yesterday that the country's economic crisis can be regarded as force majeure, a legal condition in which contracting parties may escape their obligations. The judge, speaking
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      Lock icon Monetary system out of control: economics institute chief
      217 6 Russian crisis seen spreading, toppling other currencies AFP [BONN] The world monetary system is "out of control", says the president of the DIW economics institute, Lutz Hoffmann. In an interview published yesterday in the German daily newspaper Die Welt, Mr Hoffmann said
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      Lock icon Currency attacks at dangerous level: Dr M
      252 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Speculative attacks on currencies of emerging markets have reached a dangerous level and may prompt countries to fight back, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "The attacks by currency traders has reached a dangerous stage and is totally irresponsible,"
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      320 7 i cage AFTER ONE DECADE, THE WORLD STILL REVOLVES AROUND SUN. CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN ASIA SOUTH. One decade Hardly a blip on the face of history. And yet, it's taken less than that time for Sun to dream and develop technology that will change forever the way Earthlings will
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  • REGION
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      Indonesia opens almost all sectors to foreign investors
      488 8  -  Approval process streamlined; govt hopes to draw USslob by year-end Froml Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta DESPERATE for capital, Indonesia is throwing open sectors hitherto off-limits to foreign investors and streamlining its approval procedures, said Investment Minister Hamzah Haz yesterday. Speaking to a
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      Shaping the government through opinion polls
      598 8  -  LETTER FROM JAKARTA A new Xndon company hopes to do Jnst By Shoeb Kagda IN the post-Suharto era, dabbling in politics has become fashionable. Parties emerge overnight and politicians find a ready ear. All this brings a wry smile to Soegeng Sarjadi. He has
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      Lock icon Vietnam introduces new policy on infrastructure projects
      232 8 HANOI Reuters VIETNAM has announced a new policy regulating foreign investment in infrastructure projects taking the form of build-operate-transfer and similar funding techniques, an official said yesterday. The official from the Prime Minister's Office said the policy also covered investment in the form
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        Lock icon Head for Thai restructuring panel
        45 8 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin retired top finance ministry official Panas Simasathien to head the powerful Financial Restructuring Advisory Committee. Mr Panas was briefly a deputy finance minister in the last days of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's government in late 1997.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Should this be sheathed?
        84 8 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A worker yesterday wiping a nine million Malaysian dnggit (598.8 million) sculpture of a keris at the Bukit Jalil National Sports Complex where the main Commonwealth Games events will be held. But the upright poaitkmof the keris, a traditional weapon used by Malay
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        Lock icon Myanmar, China sign power deal
        82 8 Reuters {BEIJING] China has agreed to export US$25O million (*****.3 million) of equipment and technology to help build Myanmar's largest hydroelectric power plant, the China Daily said yesterday. China's Yunnan Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corp signed an agreement at the weekend with Myanmar's
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        Lock icon RHB outs lending rate to 11%
        53 8 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] RHB Bank Bhd, one of Malaysia's largest banks, said yesterday it will reduce its base lending rate to 11 per cent from 11.50 per cent from today. "This reduction is in line with the generally lower market rate trend," the bank
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      Lock icon Few takers for HK residential property
      225 10 HONGKONG Whopping 76% will not buy property in next 2 years: survey AFP HONGKONG residents are shying away from property purchases amid bleak prospects for the housing market, with a vast majority.saying they won't buy in the next two years, according to a.survey published
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      S Korean companies urged to suspend exports to Russia
      379 10 SEOUL Seoul makes plans to avoid damage to its economy after rouble devaluation SOUTH Korea's government will urge exporters to suspend shipments to Russia following Moscow's declaration of a partial moratorium on its foreign debt, officials said yesterday. "The government will
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      Lock icon China enterprise reform comes under sharper focus
      237 10 SHANGHAI Bridge News CHINA'S State Economics and Trade Commission (SETC) has been reorganised with a heightened emphasis an state-owned enterprise reform, a SETC staff member said. "Before the restructuring, we had just one department for state-owned enterprises (SOEs), now we have three (departments),"
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      Lock icon Foreign banks reeling from Pakistan N-tests
      245 10 KARACHI Bloomberg FOREIGN banks in Pakistan are the first companies to feel the heat of the country's nuclear explosions in May, as the sanctions and government restrictions that follow ed the tests have destroyed much of their business. They are raising interest rates on
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      N Korea's foreign trade up 14%
      318 10  -  1997 data from Jetro show exports np for first time in 4 years From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE total value of North Korea's foreign trade rose nearly 14 per cent to US$2.5 billion (554.4 billion) last year, according to the Japan External Trade
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      Lock icon Hyundai, union refuse to budge
      255 10 ULSAN Reuters SOUTH Korea said yesterday efforts to mediate a labour dispute at Hyundai Motor had made no progress as riot police appeared set to forcibly evict workers and their families who have been camped at the company's factory complex for a month. "Hyundai's union
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  • CLINTON'S CONFESSION
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      Lock icon Clinton admits to Lewinsky affair
      1060 11  -  His televised apology may not slow down momentum leading to impeachment move From Leon Hadar in Washington FOLLOWING months of denying that he had an affair with a former White House intern, President Bill Clinton reversed course on Monday when he testified under oath before
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      Lock icon Admission may rattle dollar temporarily: analysts
      304 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] US financial assets will probably shrug off President Bill Clinton's admission of inappropriate conduct as much ado about nothing and keep their safe-haven role in a troubled world economy, analysts said on. Memday. The lofty dollar, they added, may be vulnerable
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      Lock icon Americans forgiving but congressmen critical
      233 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Opinion polls yesterday showed US President BUI Clinton successfully tapped into the public's scandal fatigue with his televised admission of an extramarital affair, but Congressional Republicans said the scandal wiU not be over until it is decided whether Mr Clinton committed perjury. In
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      Lock icon Paula Jones' lawyers say Clinton speech shows perjury
      476 11 They pledge to push for court action against the president Reuters [DALLAS] Lawyers for Paula Jones said US President Bill Clinton's confession on Monday that he had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky proved he lied under oath in the sexual harassment
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US trade deficit shrinks for first time this year
      365 12 1 WASHINGTON JttKftfall In goods afM services Arrows to BJS§I4JSb in June Bloomberg titers trade deficit in goods and {services narrowed for the first time this year as imparticularly automobiles and cheaper oil, fell more than exports. The shortfall narrowed to
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      Lock icon Moderate rise in US July inflation
      248 12 y^SHINGTON Reuters prices rose <®4eritely in July, the govsaid yesterday, ofJRirtfrj reassuring inflation the Federal Reserve %a» set to convene a meeting oftqterest rates. iThe Consumer Price IndWs'the government's main inflation gauge, rose a seasonal adjusted 0.2 per cent inMuly after a 0.1 per
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      Russian debt default has limited impact, say EU bankers
      491 12  -  Loans to Moscow more cautions, large provisions set aside From, Neil Behrmann in London EUROPEAN bankers were sanguine about Russia's mammoth debt default, claiming that it would have limited impact on the international banking system, Asia and emerging markets. Despite their
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      Lock icon Americans leave Pakistan on security concerns
      263 12 ISLAMABAD Reuters MORE than 200 expatriate Americans, led by diplomats and their families, yesterday left Pakistan because of security fears linked to deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, officials said. About 180 Americans, some taking family pets with them, left in a chartered DC--10
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Indon small business needs a kick-start
      752 13  -  THE Bormnun OPINION By Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent INDONESIA has received much good news over the past few weeks. Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), which met in Paris at the end of
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      119 13 We do not expect a global recession.' -Abby Joseph Cohen Goldman. Sachs &Co analyst and the stock market's most influential enthusiast, who thinks stocks are a good buy and can withstand turbulence in the world economy. 'I like Abby and think she's very bright But she's living
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      Seoul's restive workers
      627 13 EDITORIAL SIX months after Kim Dae Jung finally won the South Korean presidency, he would be forgiven if he wished the dirty work of economic reconstruction had gone to his main rival, Lee Hoi Chang, who after all was the market's first choice for that office. It
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      Lock icon A CPF cut may lack impact
      1209 13  -  There are at least 3 reasons why the net impact of a rate cnt is likely to be smaller than expected By\ Mukul Asher The writer is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He contributed this article
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      454 13 ntntim miitoi hli IF a grudging admission of sexual indiscretion with Monica Lewinsky and another angry attack on Kenneth Starr could end the crisis in his presidency, then Bill Clinton finished his five-minute address to the nation on Monday night in good shape. But by our
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Health scares that weren't so scary
      1062 14  -  It s unwise to leap before you look more closely at what any new study actually means, says jane brody JANE BRODY NYT HOW often has your clock radio awakened you with the distressing news that something you eat, drink, breathe or do has
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      Lock icon Older woman, younger man — rare but growing
      691 14 Older woman, younger man rare but growing PEOPLE Terry McMillan, like her character Stella, got her groove back with a stud muffin NYT [NEW YORK] Terry McMillan plans to keep her groove on. Like Stella, the central character in her novel-turn-ed-movie How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Ms McMillan is
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      359 14 4 -Vi CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Millions of US dollars, except share data) December 31 Assets Cash and noninterest-earning deposits with banks 403 289 Interest-earning deposits with banks 1,475 j 33$ Federal funds sold 182 89 Trading assets o g s 650 Securities:
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      148 15 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS —I 1 Miss Edna working as helper 14 Strong performance in reality 30 Bear, strange to relate (8) 11 Man, say, lies badly (4) YESTERDAYS SOLUTION DOWN 15 Vegetable popular in French 1 Tricky situation fight with IJt B energy (6) Theatre worker should be mFfflzHzHlW 2
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      Lock icon ISPs cannot serve two masters
      838 16  -  An Aussie study says ISPs must carve out a niche in either network or content to survive, reports raju RAJU CHELLAM PEW Internet Service Providers (ISPs) today successfully deliver both network efficiency and content services and may need to establish a competitive position in either
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      Lock icon An SME clinches deals via Net directory
      456 16  -  By] Francis Ang [SINGAPORE] Future Engineering and Communication Pte Ltd (FEC) is one of a small but growing number of local small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are using the Internet to find business contacts and turning those contacts into contracts. FEC's managing
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        Online calendar of Aria's IT events
        104 16 FINDING information about all the technology-related events, seminars and conferences in Asia will be a lot easier now, thanks to a new online service called Go-events.com. The free directory allows users to view information on a host of IT events including expected attendance, price
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        LKY book available via the Net
        73 16 READERS interested in getting hold of the latest book on Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew can order a copy through the Internet. Asia One's online shopping site, Asia One Commerce, is selling the book titled Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew through its secured online
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        Lycos to acquire Net info service
        76 16 IN a move to beef up its presence as a Web portal, search engine company Lycos Inc has agreed to acquire Net information service Who Where? Inc for US$l33 million (***** million). Who Where? provides directory services and has 9.3 million registered users under
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        Online ad spending to soar by 2000
        106 16 REVENUE for online advertising in the US will reach US$3.B billion by the year 2000 and soar to US$B billion by the end 0f2002, according to eMarketer (www.emarketer.com). Revenue from advertising on the Net this year is expected to hit US$l.5 billion which
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        Help to beat Y2K bug
        99 16 THE National Computer Board has set up a Year 2000 (Y2K) Web site at www.ncb.gov.8g/ncb/yr2000to help companies overcome the so-called Millennium bug. The free service aims to provide companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a quick reference point of available Y2K information in
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        More uring non-PC units to access Net
        106 16  -  Compfledby Francis Ang IT research company International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by the year 2002, the shipment of non-PC devices will account for up to 50 per cent of all Web-enabled units. These non-PC units Include television set-top boxes and Web-enabled videogame
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      Keppel Bank interim plunges 41% to $29m
      517 17  -  Bank hit by higher provisions of $42m, lower not interest income Reports by\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Keppel Bank, the last of th* six local banks to announce half-time results, yesterday posted a 40.8 per cent plunge in interim net earnings to $29
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee ups provisions by $350m for Tat Lee's exposure
      626 17 Four Keppel Bank branches to close, layoffs inevitable [SINGAPORE] The new Keppel Tat Lee Bank (KTB) yesterday said it had made hefty additional provisions of $350 million for Tat Lee Bank's previous exposure in a bid to clean up the
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      KepLand may see first loss if it fully provides for 2 projects
      602 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih WHEN Keppel Land releases its interim results today, all eyes will be on whether there is an item marked "provisions". KepLand was the only major listed developer that did not make any
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      Finance arms to merge next year
      296 17  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Keppel Finance, a subsidiary of Keppel Bank, will merge with Tat Lee Finance sometime next year, the Keppel Group disclosed yesterday. However, Keppel Bank director Teo Soon Hoe declined to give details of the proposed merger between the two
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      Venture, ST Engg among top rises
      358 17  -  By. Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Venture Manufacturing and Singapore Technologies Engineering yesterday made the Straits Times Industrials' list of top rises following news of their Inclusion in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Singapore Free Index (SiMSCI). The two also made the Straits Times Industrials'
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        CEH Holdings launches IPO of 34m shares
        436 18  -  Priced at 25 cents apiece, issue will raise $7.7 m for civil engineering firm By Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Civil engineering firm Chew Eu Hock (CEH) Holdings yesterday launched its mainboard initial public offer of 34 million new shares at 25 cents apiece. This
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        POSBank a bargain?: analysis flawed
        698 18  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Fong Yong Kian Press Secretary to Minister for Finance IN his Hock Lock Siew column entitled "sl.6b question: Is POSBank a bargain buy for DBS?" (BT, Aug 12,1998), Lee Han Shih concluded that the acquisition was a bargain at a PE
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        Acma says Russian business not hit by rouble crisis
        233 18  -  Its payments and selling prices are based on US dollars By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Acma, one of the first listed Singapore companies to make significant inroads in Russia, said on Monday that the currency crisis in Russia would not have
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        Hong Leong Finance earnings fall 27.8% on higher provisions
        314 18  -  By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Finance, Singapore's largest finance group with main businesses in motor and property loans, posted a 27.8 per cent fall in interim earnings to $30.64 million. The lower net profit after tax and minorities was
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        GulTech interim profit up 7% to $6.5m
        266 18 [SINGAPORE] Gul Technologies yesterday reported a 7 per cent rise in interim net earnings to $6.5 million, compared to $6 million in the same period last year. A higher deferred tax provision of $400,000 limited net profit growth, although pretax earnings grew by
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        ST Engg gets Aa1 credit rating from Moody's
        268 18  -  By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Engineering, the mainboard-listed engineering and defence arm of Singapore Technologies, yesterday said it has earned an Aal credit rating the highest attainable corporate rating here from Moody's Investors Services. ST Engineering said Moody's acknowledged the group's
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        Datacraft profit up 48%; bonus proposed
        413 18  -  Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia, a communications and network system integrator, reported a robust 48 per cent surge in full-year net earnings to US$l5.3 million (5527.1 million) which in Singapore dollar terms, is an even more impressive 70 per cent jump. To increase
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        Reclassification of listed companies
        1662 19 Main board Singapore dollar-listed companies by sector/sub-sector COMPANY CURRENT SECTOR COMPANY CURRENT SECTOR MULTI-INDUSTRY Compact Metal Industries fnd Com Acma ind Com Dovechem Terminals Holdings Ind Com Alliance Technology Development Hotels Liang Huat Aluminium feyj Com Haw Par Corporation Ind Com MM! Holdings Ind Com Hotel
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        237 19 Its contracts with Pertamina had come under scrutiny due to links with Suharto Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime Ltd, a Singapore-based tanker company, said the Indonesian government's decision to honour all existing shipping contracts should remove doubts about its business with Indonesian companies. The Indonesian
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        Lock icon Bank of East Asia in merger talks with HK banks
        414 20 But bank mergers in HK unlikely to take place before 2000, says CEO AFP AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Bank of East Asia Ltd said on Monday it was holding talks with two or three other Hongkong banks about a possible merger. Chairman
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        Kay Hian retrenches 3 analysts
        167 20 [SINGAPORE] Local stockbroker Kay Hian has retrenched three of its analysts, the latest in a spate of retrenchments in the finance industry amidst the bearish market conditions. Sources mentioned that two of the retrenched analysts covered local stocks in the retail, motoring, and electronics sectors.
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        Brierley's £1.5b sale of Thistle falls through
        317 20  -  From\ Russell Baker in Sydney BRIERLEY Investments Ltd's rejuvenation efforts have been dealt another blow with the collapse of the proposed sale of its 46 per cent stake in the UK-listed Thistle Hotels. Brierley yesterday shocked stockmarket investors by revealing that negotiations for
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        Lock icon MBf Cap shares soar 34% on stake sale talk
        119 20 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Capital Bhd shares surged 34 per cent amid speculation it is close to selling a stake in MBf Finance Bhd. MBf Capital shares gained 10.5 sen to 41.5 sen with 13.6 million shares traded, nearly six times
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        Thakral's Sydney apartment hotel opens
        218 20  -  Froml Surinder Singh in Sydney A As 96 million five-star apartment hotel in Sydney's CBD jointly developed by Singapore's Thakral Group and a consortium led by Sydneybased developer Chua Wee Meng opened officially yesterday. Dr Chua, a Singaporean, told BT yesterday that almost all the
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        Lock icon HP posts 0.6% rise in Q3 profit to US$621m
        328 21 It says weakness in Asia, PC price wars, Y2K problem are causes for concern Reuters (PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's second-largest computing company, on Monday reported a slight rise in profits but said it was concerned that weakness in
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        Lock icon Philip Morris test-markets new cigarette
        220 21 Bloomberg [RICHMOND, Virginia] Philip Morris Cos on Monday began test-marketing a cigarette with substantially less of some cancer-causing chemicals in its smoke, hoping to circumvent the rising sentiment by non-smokers against smoking near them. The world's largest cigarette company has spent US$2OO million (*****.8 million)
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        Lock icon Lowe's, Tiffany profits up; Toys 'R' Us falls
        325 21 Strong US economy boosts Q2 results but competition hits toy retailer Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Tiffany Co and Lowe's Cos, two big US retailers, reported better-than-expected fiscal secondquarter profits as the robust US economy encouraged shoppers to splurge on everything from diamond rings
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        Global giants eye S'pore financial planning market
        580 22  -  Australia's APL forms joint venture; UK's Towry Law waiting in the wings By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] International financial advisory giants are eyeing the nascent financial planning market in Singapore, with plans to set up operations here as soon as the rules and regulations
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        Slew of funds on offer in the coming months
        440 22  -  Fixed income fonds, balanced nnit trusts set to hit market By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] Over the next few months, investors are going to be inundated with fixed income and balanced unit trust offerings several of them new launches while some
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        Lock icon Fed okays merger of BoA and NationsBank
        307 22 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Bank America Corp and Nationsßank Corp's U5557.7 billion (*****.5 billion) merger won approval from the US Federal Reserve on Monday, clearing the way for them to join forces and become the largest US banking operation. The banks agreed to sell 17
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        Lock icon JGBs hold firm on Russia, Japan worries
        186 22 frimni Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Japanese government bond (JGB) futures closed at their intraday highs as lingering concerns about Russia's de facto devaluation of the rouble and the outlook for the Japanese banking sector supported the market. Sentiment in the JGB cohtract was
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        Futures down on aggressive selling
        177 22  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh Cecilia boh, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract continued its downward momentum, shedding off 1.50 points yesterday. The benchmark Taiwan Weighted Price Index plummeted 92.26 points, its lowest since June 12. Chipmakers led the
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        301 22 ENERGY REPORT —Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets may be at a turning point with a global glut beginning to subside, oil analysts said. Oil prices ticked a little lower again yesterday, but some market watchers said they saw signs that the worst of the
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        274 22 Bloomberg AFP London THE dollar rose against the German mark, paring Monday's one-pfennig loss, after the German central bank said the inflation outlook is "favourable", suggesting German interest rates would not be raised until close to yearend. "The Bundesbank report was very relaxed and showed there's no short-term
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2266 23 LONDON Mvstrlais *H M Ptoct 31 Group 524.400 4.400 A8 Ports 316.400 -0.600 Abbey National 1115.000 +46.590 Allied Domecq 552.000 4.000 Amec 151.000 -0.400 Aid* Group 164.400 1.000 BAT Ind 675.000 24.000 BG PIC 357.400 -2.200 BICC 110.000 unch BOC Group 833.000 14.000 BR Petroleum 863.000 11.000
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      1660 23 AFP n Nikkei 225 tMU3 JAPANESE share prices bounced back 1.8 per cent yesterday on short-covering following an advance on Wall Street and the yen's firmness against the US dollar, brokers said. Investors were also heartened by the fact that the devaluation of the Russian rouble had little impact
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      1470 24 AFP DHangSeng -13-77 HONGKONG stocks ended 0.2 per cent down yesterday, after trading in a narrow range with speculators wary after government intervention last week, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index finished 13.77 points lower at 7,210.92 points, reopening after a long week-end. Turnover at HK$5.2 billion was
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      Lock icon CHINA
      610 24 Reuters QShenzhen Binder +0.42 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed higher yesterday with the Shanghai Index leaping 4.28 per cent as local investors bought on the belief that B shares were oversold, brokers and analysts said. Shenzhen's B Index gained 0.42 point, or 0.79 per cent, to 53.01 points
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      327 24 AFP Dwpindg -ms TAIWAN share prices closed 1.3 pfer cent lower yesterday in volatile trading amid negative leads from overseas markets, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index dropped 92.26 points to 7,181.59. Selling pressure was triggered by uncertainties in Asia after the Japanese stock market broke
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      706 24 AFP Q Composite Index -10.77 INDONESIAN shares closed 2.6 per cent weaker yesterday on profit-taking and amid a firmer local rupiah which pushed down overseas-listed, dollar-denominated counters, dealers said. "It seems that the index gain on Friday was only because of panic buying... so, it's the right time now
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      737 24 AFP PSETImta +0.44 THAI shares rose 0.2 per cent yesterday as investors picked out bargains following recent falls, with banks and finance issues enjoying limited gains, analysts said. Analysts said the day was characterised by thin trade and an absence of significant foreign interest as market players remained hesitant
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      Lock icon MANILA
      297 24 AFP n Manila -12^4 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday amid concern over the effect of the Russian rouble's de facto devaluation on Asian economies devastated by collapsed currencies. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index lost 12.54 points to 1,323.17. Turnover rose to 235 million shares worth
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      419 24 AFP C 3 Composite hdei -10.47 SOUTH Korean shares fell 3.5 per cent yesterday to below the key 300-point level on concerns over the de facto devaluation of the rouble and partial moratorium on foreign debt payments. "Foreigners increased selling in the afternoon, pulling the index lower, although local
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      588 24 AFP flAll Ordinaries ♦28b7 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 1.1 per cent yesterday, spurred by strong gains on Wall Street and a rebound in Tokyo, brokers said. "Hie All Ordinaries Index rose 28.7 points to 2,565.5. The All Industrials Index firmed 40.2 points to 4,536.5 while the All Resources climbed
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      259 24 AFP n Wellington -952 NEW Zealand shares fell 0.5 per cent yesterday amid disappointing first-quarter profits unveiled by market leader Telecom Ltd. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down 9.52 points at 1,928.45 on a light turnover of NZ557.68 million. Falls outnumbered rises by 51 to 30 among the 130
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        Lock icon Shares slide on foreign selling
        318 25 AFP DCoapoateliidg -&58 MALAYSIA'S key stock index fell 0.2 per cent yesterday due to selling by foreign investors amid jitters over the defacto devaluation of the Russian rouble. "Foreigners are still selling index-linked stocks but support from local institutions absorbed losses," an institutional dealer with
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        YTL wrt: a longer-term bargain
        187 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IT would be fair to say that anyone looking to buy warrants aggressively in a market like this would be asking for trouble the ultra-bearishness means a warrant, essentially a bullish instrument, has been shunned like the plague. Still, those
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        211 28 Stodu VdM *MBf Capital 23,514,000 •MBf Hldgs 50c 21,511,000 STEngglOc 7,454,000 Hotung Inv NT5 5,572,000 *M Resources 5,370,000 Enersave 10c 4,659,000 TAC BtIO 200 4,383,000 UOBForeip 4,123,000 DBS Land 3,666,000 PBS Foreign 3.263,000 Stocks > OSS Foreign 23,409,010 U08 Foreign 18.817.490 OCBC Foreign 11,962,072 SJA Foreign 10,942,993 STEngglOc 10,093,180 Venture
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        HOT STOCK
        71 28  -  -by Shiv Taneja UNITED Overseas Bank's Foreign tranche closed six cents higher yesterday at $4.62 on a volume of 4.12 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 4.15 million shares. The counter is oversold, according to the daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics. However, in the
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        STII hits new 10-year low on fears of yuan devaluation
        657 28  -  STOCK MABSBT oonmiTAir Jitters sparked by 'rouble trouble', widespread concern of contagion effect from Russia on Europe By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks fell to yet another 10-year low, weighed down by concerns that the regional crisis could move into
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          The second and last time
          91 28 KEPPEL Bank yesterday held its second and last press conference before the bank goes out of existence. Legally, it's already the Keppel Tatlee Bank though operationally the two banks, Keppel and Tat Lee, won't be merged until the end of the year. Keppel's first press
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          Patent force at work
          146 28 WHAT can stop falling markets? A sex scandal, apparently. After Russia's defacto rouble devaluation and adverse reaction to last week's stock market intervention by the Hongkong government, market watchers were bracing themselves for a volatile ride when regional markets opened yesterday But they were greeted by
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          Estrada backs Clinton
          176 28 US President Bill Clinton may find comfort in knowing that there is at least one Asian leader who does not think any less of him for having an "inappropriate relationship" with Monica Lewinsky. Philippine President Joseph Estrada yesterday added his support with these words: "Even if you
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          An Asian Monetary Union?
          151 28 PROFESSOR Norbert Walter, chief economist for Deutsche Bank, said part of the reason for his visit to Asia is to convince people in the region that they need to have an Asian Monetary Union (AMU) along the lines erf the European Monetary Union. Why, he asked,
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          'Aiyah, why probe?'
          48 28 OVERHEARD a conversation among a few brokers at Raffles Place on the Stock Exchange of Singapore's investigation into share trading of die newly-listed Mid-Continent Equipment Group: "Aiyah, investigate for what SES should allow more of these things. At least that will help to boost volume."
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      425 18 I* LABROY MARINE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors of Labroy Marine Limited wish to announce the unaudited results of the Company and the Group for six months ended 30th June 1998. GROUP COMPANY 1998 1997 1998 1997 SS'OOO Sl'ooo SS'OOO SS'OOO Turnover 69,689 44,493 56.6 31,429
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      584 21 Finance I I Keppel Finance Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1998 I Directors are pleased to advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the half H year ended 30 June 1998:
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      315 29 Bridge News Reuters TRADING started the week very quietly. Some brokers thought owners may be trying to resist any further cuts in rates, but others thought the situation was unchanged with charterers with firm definite cargoes having no problems in getting rates from owners. TANKBBSi Though the day
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      269 29 *h <<* CWT Distribution _028 -001 79 CltuanHi* 037 -O.OOS 212 Cotco Inyostmont 0.44 -0.009 29 FraMrtUnka 0.12 unch 297 CIMtofi 0-205 HaiSunHup 0.399 -0.019 63 HRachl Zoson 0.919 *0.003 4a IMCHoMn* HK 5.60 JayaHoMkiQS 0.3fl Jurono Shipyard 7 AO ♦OJO M KoppolCorp 1.78 -OAS 2617 koppoitels 2.64
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      600 29  -  But Asian crisis has affected shipowning, tanker and ro-ro/PCC interests to some extent By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] NYK Bulkship (Asia) plans to build up its medium range LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tanker and roro/PCC (pure car carrier) businesses in addition to its
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      785 29  -  STRAIT TALE I By\ Seafarer EARLIER in the year Seafarer referred to moves afoot in the European Union (EU) to, separately, impose both EU-deter-mined safety standards and wages and conditions on third-flag vessels operating between EU ports. At that time
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      262 29 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] An agreement has been reached between three major port developers on the long-delayed Container Terminal 9 project. The commercial agreement was welcomed yesterday by Hongkong's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang who said that it showed confidence in the future of the
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      196 29  -  Fromi Jerzy Farynski in Sydney A SIXTH consecutive year of record container trade in 1997/98 is just one indicator of an outstanding year for the Sydney Ports Corporation, the New South Wales Minister for Ports, Kim Yeadon, said. He said that provisional container figures for
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      116 29 Reuters [JAKARTA] Four people were killed and four injured when a passenger ship and a bulk carrier collided in the Straits of Malacca on Monday morning, shipping company officials said. The Indonesian-registered passenger ship KM Sinabung with 1,348 passengers on board was
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      1138 30  -  JAFAMBSB PORTS Loss of business to Asian competitors cited as main reason for sticking to the policy in time of economic hardship By: Bradley Martin Journal of Commerce [TOKYO] JAPAN remains on course to deregulate its ports, according to the country's director of port transportation. this
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        1243 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookhtq/Wonct tstli SWP Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrlod From To From *c« ui» ooTi 2V»oo u 9/1500 4/959 4/900 |W»0 4/959 4/90C 9/ 0*59 9/0900 522® nntn 9/0900 i n/oroo mn 9,noo 4 "/BOO 9/1459 9/1700 At Mid* 74-OM MM W
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        550 45 THIS report. complied by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. ihcwt price ranfti In US dollart inetted of tingle pricee for more comprehensive deecrtptlon of the market Pricee thown are bated on tvtrage-elxed etem Market movementa are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Wee index change and the Individual changee
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        313 46 Strike results in drop in domestic traffic and a AJB% fall in intl traffic through Paris AFP [PARIS] Air France lost one billion francs (Ss29o million) in revenue because of a strike by pilots on the eve of the World Cup
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        129 46 [TOKYO] Hokkaido International Airlines Co has decided to postpone the launch of service between Haneda and Sapporo until Dec 20, the company said. According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday the Sapporo-based airline, known as Air Do, has applied to the Ministry of
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        217 46 Reuters [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co Ltd said yesterday they had been paying money to a leasing firm involved in a payoff scandal also ensnaring Japan Airlines Co Ltd. A spokesman for Toyota Motor said it had ended
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        277 46 Departures come jnst days after Mesa said it would move its HQ to Phoenix Bloomberg [FARMINGTON, New Mexico] Mesa Air Group Inc's president and corporate secretary have resigned, the latest executives to depart since investor Jonathan Ornstein took control from founder Larry Risley
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        357 46 Rivals Northwest Airlines and Trans World Airlines refuse to go along Bloomberg [FORT WORTH, Texas] AMR Corp's American Airlines abandoned its latest attempt to raise leisure fares after rivals Northwest Airlines Corp and Trans World Airlines Inc refused to go along. Fort Worth,
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        249 46 [TOKYO] Following a major rethinking of a governmentsubsidised project to develop an indigenous Japanese jetliner, Japanese firms in the aircraft industry are shifting their focus from the plane itself to component technology. The so-called YSX project has undergone a major
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      25 29 Japanese ports' deregnlation on steady coarse Loss of business to Asian competitors cited as main reason for sticking to policy in hard times. Page 2
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      31 29 Beginning today, Shipping Times will be featuring a weekly profile of shipping companies which have set up operations in Singapore through the International Maritime Programme initiated by the Trade Development Board.
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      91 29 v THE PORT OF BERLIN, WARSAW, PRAGUE AIM BUDAPEST tr *r wmm&r^ The Port of Hamburg has ~'hr'"f the best intermodal connections to t the important growth markets of -mTl| Central and Eastern Europe just-, -V 'Sfj in-time deliveries the whole ,Wj^g| Reliable end efficient service providers guarantee a punctual,
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      27 29 Air France pilots' 10-day strike costs carrier lb francs Strike results in 16.8% drop in domestic traffic and a 4.8% fall in int'l traffic through Paris. BaokPage
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