The Business Times, 15 December 1998

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    12 1 MITA (P) 04tyi^98 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    64 1 FOBEX BATES L'S$ S$ U5J 1.645 £(USS/S$per£) U87 1776 DM tm UH TCT BM i Upl HKt 7.748 0.212 BMT-—— *71 (Itf KUPtAfi 7jS75_.MH* •mum*** PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* Cil KLALA LUMPUR Hit JAKARTA AM BANGKOK 1475 MANILA AM HONGKONG 16.26 TAIPEI &M SYDNEY &46 TOKTO 160 SEOUL It* ZURICH
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    Lock icon Economists see fillip from stock market
    617 1  -  Bat foil economic recovery still hinges on external factors, they say By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] With the stock market at an eight-month high even after a two-day correction, economists say it could give a much-needed fillip to economic sentiment, and probably point to better
    Source: Bloomberg  -  617 words
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    Regional equities finish lower
    305 1  -  Investors winding down positions ahead of book closure By: R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Regional stocks closed mainly weaker yesterday as foreign investors wound down their positions ahead of their year-end book closure. Setting the tone was a 2 per cent fall in Japan and a 4.28 per
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    One in 10 firms to compensate staff for CPF cut: poll
    425 1  -  Indications also of slowdown in layoffs next year By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] One in every 10 firms will compensate their workers when the Central Provident Fund (CPF) is cut by 10 points next year, a poll has found. The
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    Lock icon Stained mattress to be produced
    732 1 ANWAR'S TRIAL Reuters AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The prosecution in the sex and corruption trial of Malaysia's sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday it will produce as evidence a mattress believed to be stained with semen. Senior police officer Musa Hassan told the capital's High
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    Lock icon Surprise negative turn in Japan business sentiment
    557 1  -  Poll shows business sentiment down sharply in Sept-Dec From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AFTER a brief interlude of optimism last week, the mood in Tokyo financial markets plunged back into pessimism again yesterday after a gloomy report on business conditions from the Bank
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      143 1 imsidb TW Fifty orf— Lee Han Shih on why corporate mergers could be bad for the property market Pf 4 j-.n m. L J UMfar PBV§BW Standard Poors has placed the ratings tor USsl34.sm worth of debt papers secured on the rental income of Ng Teng Fong*s Pacific Palisades undo:
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      29 1 Market reports, Pg 20-24 Asean Summit: Reports on Pg 7 Asean speeds up bond plan by 10 years Will Hanoi summit mark a milestone? Excerpts from Hanoi's action plan
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      249 1 Foreign, Local shares see yawning price gap, Pg 15 These two exquisite watches, in the shape of peaches, are called <<For China>>. The craftsmen of Geneva were renowned yk for their mastery of enamel and these watches are a triumph of their art. By their efforts the subtle gradations of
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      9 1 Tokyo may cut GDP forecast to 2%, Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Recent job cuts just tip of the iceberg, warns Dai-Ichi
      355 2  -  200,000 to 350,000 workers will be laid off in current recession: economist By Conrad Raj THERE is a potential unemployment time-bomb ticking away in Singapore as recent cuts in the labour force are just the tip of the iceberg, warns
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      Local banks deny sitting on pile of repossessed properties.
      548 2  -  But figures do show rising number of mortgage sales By\ By Siow Li Sen and Corinne Kerk ARE Singapore banks sitting on a pile of repossessed properties? And will they unload these properties on the market and kill off any recovery
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      Lock icon China resort firm here to woo investors
      540 2  -  By l Carol Eng RESORT developer and operator Yalong Development Co linked to one of China's biggest corporations wants to raise 500 million renminbi (5598.8 million) from Singapore investors to expand its resort in Hainan, which is one of China's 11 designated national
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      Silk Air explains crash compensation
      358 2  -  Indon inqniry team to provide update of probe on Friday By< Conrad Raj SILKAIR has settled in foil with the families of five of the 104 passengers and crew who were killed when one of its aircraft crashed near Palembang in 3umafra, Indonesia, on Dec
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      S'pore's foreign reserves up in Nov to $124b
      330 2  -  By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S foreign reserves continued to climb in November, to $124 billion, preliminary data from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show. The figures show a steady increase in official foreign reserves since the middle of this year, as Singapore
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      UK insurer Guardian awarded OHQ status
      206 2 insurer Guardian >* m exchange has secured operational headquarters status, jjJlch comes with certela■ fx benefits, for its re!r£t&fi&Toffice here. The company moved its regional centre from Hongkong to Singapore in August last year. The regional office here, Guardian Royal Exchange (Asia Pacific), is
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      Lock icon Bank loans drop 2.3% in Oct
      344 2  -  ETE OK THE ECONOMY Finance By\ Soh Tiang Keng TOTAL bank loans in Singapore fell a second straight month in October, by 2.3 per cent year-on-year to $137.7 billion, according to the latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The October decline is
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      Lock icon Prime office rents seen consolidating next year
      490 2  -  Byi Corinne Kerk PRIME office rents will consolidate next year, with any further downside limited to between 10 and 15 per cent, said property consultancy, CB Richard Ellis, in its annual review of the sector. This follows a 38 per cent fall in
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      $25m new look for Sheraton Towers
      442 2  -  It hopes to maintain rates in tamtam after refurbishment By\ Marissa Chew THE 13-year-old Sheraton Towers will get a new look come August 1999 when a $25 million refurbishment project is completed. Its director for marketing and business development, Peter Hildebrand, said in an
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      M'sian manufacturing output down 13.7%
      403 3  -  Oct decline marginally better than average fall of 14.3% in Q3 From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S manufacturing output» thfe second biggest contributor to the economy continued to be anaemic, contracting by a hefty 13.7 per cent in October against the same month last
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      Lock icon Thailand to auction more than US$llb of loans
      344 3 Sale likely to draw bids from 6E Capital, Goldman Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand will today auction more than US$ll billion (SslB.l billion) of loans originally extended by now-defunct finance companies in a sale expected to attract bids from companies including General Electric Capital
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      Lock icon Tough 1999 seen for HK:US business survey
      339 3 AFP Bridge News (HONGKONG] Hongkong's business environment will remain poor in 1999, but a recovery is expected in 2000, according to an American Chamber of Commerce (AmChsm) survey of member companies in Hongkong. The annual survey, released yesterday, showed that while 94 per
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      Lock icon Two calm years seen for China's economy
      260 3 Reuters [HONGKONG] China's econ omy is headed for two years of relative calm because it has the domestic borrowing capacity to continue spending on infrastructure. Credit Suisse First Boston senior regional economist Dong Tao said yesterday. Mr Tao, speaking at a briefing on
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      Lock icon Tokyo may cut GDP forecast to -2%
      185 3 Reuters [TOKYO] The Japanese government is likely to revise down its forecast of gross domestic product (GDP) for this business year to around -2 per cent from the current forecast of -1.8 per cent, a government source said yesterday. "Taking into account the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      The shrinking buying power of proƒesionals
      593 4  -  THIS PROPERTY COLUMN Corporate streamlining hits properties in the $L2m to $3m range By Lee Han Shih U"W TOU really have to look at the purchasing power W that professionals have," I Steven Choo of property consultants Jones Lang Wootton told the Far Eastern
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      Under the hammer
      566 4 Properly auctions coming up «3| TUESDAY, DEC 15 (&30pm) Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel, Ballroom 2 91A Lor LTelokKurau: development site, t0,G35sqft/RT" r 12 Rochafe Dr. 2-sty detached. 12.240 sq 16 Rochafe Dr: 2-sty detached, 12,478 sq M=H" v ~t25St 92 Farteigh Awe: 2 1/2-sty detached, 4,234 sqWFH**
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      323 5 I NOW THAT WE'VE.MERCED WITH CORESTATES, I IT'S ABOUT THE ONI.V I I'l ACE WE DON'T OPERATE. YET. I I > I Jf '$r j# .> w > j£*- LM* >- > ij** v I /&-IJZ-A <&*?, >wi? fij 11 |or oNtr '.|oO vr.irs, !oi rSI.iU s ,iiul lis |»r<
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Analysts put bet on Razaleigh
      646 6 KUALA LUMPUR They see him as having the edge over two front-runners to succeed Mahathir Reuters THE race to succeed Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is under way, and a former adversary who spent years in the political wilderness is building momentum. Dr Mahathir told
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      Lock icon No power tariff hikes till 2000: KL
      102 6 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia THE government will not allow any increase in power tariffs until the year 2000, Deputy Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Chan Kong Choy was quoted by Bernama news agency as saying. He said the government will also not interfere in
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      Lock icon Central Java riot: police chief orders shoot-on-sight
      335 6 JAKARTA Move comes after mob rampage in Solo, says report AFP THE head of police in the Indonesian province of Central Java has ordered his forces to shoot rioters on sight after a mob rampage in Solo, a report said here yesterday. "I
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      Lock icon Arrest Suharto, says Nobel peace laureate
      241 6 SYDNEY Reuters AFP NOBEL peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta says former Indonesian president Suharto should be arrested for crimes against humanity, just as former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet had been arrested in London. Mr Horta said Mr Suharto and "his clique of generals" should
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      Lock icon Guangzhou Itic struggling to repay debt
      354 9 HONGKONG Firm defaults on USssm payment, one of several bills it's unable to repay Bloomberg GUANGZHOU International Trust and Investment Co, one of the financial arms of the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou in Guangdong province, missed a US$5 million (SsB.2 million) payment on
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      Lock icon Heavy economic reform tasks ahead, says Premier Zhu
      325 9 BEIJING He affirms policies which help China overcome crisis Reuters CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji has said China faced "complicated, and heavy" tasks'of economic reform, development and stability in 1999, the People's Daily said yesterday. "Next year's tasks of reform, development and stability
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      Lock icon China central bank opens 3 more branches
      173 9 SHANGHAI Reuters THE People's Bank of China has opened three more regional branches in a broad restructuring aimed at making the central bank more independent, the China Securities newspaper said yesterday. The three new branches are in the north-east city of Shenyang, the
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      Lock icon All in a day's work for 500 yuan monthly
      63 9 [BEIJING] A Chinese worker standing on a glass awning as he cleans the outside of a newly-constructed shopping mall in downtown Beijing yesterday. A recent survey said a majority of urban workers in China's major cities were earning more than 500
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      Lock icon China firms seen earning 40b yuan
      236 9 BEIJING Zhn Rongji says China has overcome Asia's crisis AFP CHINA'S state-owned enterprises are expected to generate 40 billion yuan (557.9 billion) in profit in 1998, Vice-Premier Wu Bangguo said on Sunday. Mr Wu, speaking at a national economic and foreign trade conference, urged
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      Lock icon FDI may hit US$45b
      112 9 BEIJING AFP FOREIGN direct investment (FDI) in China is expected to reach US$45 billion (Ss74 billion) this year, about the same level as last year's, the official Xinhua news agency said. The agency quoted the China Economic Herald, which carried the figures, as saying that China
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  • ASEAN SUMMIT
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      Asean speeds up bond plan by 10 years
      662 7  -  forward tt 8000 underscores new priority Reportshvm Yang Razali Kassim m Hanoi ASEAN has accelerated its plan for bond markets by 10 years. Ministers meeting ahead of a summit of Asean leader* this week have brought forward the deadline from aoio to
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      Lock icon Will Hanoi summit mark a milestone?
      1699 7 goal o! Asean leaders must be to ensure that the current financial maelstrom will never be allowed to recur [HANOI] MASAKI Okada, a senior official from the Japanese foreign ministry, had been specially despatched to Asean to prime journalists on what to expect from
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      Hanoi plan to deal with crisis
      392 7 BtinbuininthitkiMl Hiutai pin if 4ctitw IN recognition of the need to address the current economic situation in the region, Asean shall implement initiatives to hasten economic recovery and address the social impact erf the global economic and financial crisis. These measures reaffirm Asean commitments
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon State-run Korea Telecom to list
      568 10 SEOUL IkiitlwratlMway (•r*UBs2bfcr«J<n atoaknltiPwißiittf rtratagie partner Bloomberg SOUTH Korea said it will list State-run Korea Telecom on tto domestic stock exchange next week, setting the stage for a USta billion (513.3 bilHon) stock sale overseas and tjp pursuit of a strategic partner by the nation's
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      Lock icon Aussie coal miners strike on Japan price cuts
      328 10 SYDNEY Reuters STRIKING coal miners brought Australia's biggest export industry to a standstill yesterday at the start of a 48hour industrial backlash after reports of a secretly negotiated drop in prices. The strike by 10,000 coal miners began at midnight after unconfirmed
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      Lock icon A day to remember 47 samurai
      83 10 [TOKYO] Students qf a Tokyo business school wearing the costumes qf the famous "47Samurai"in the Ginzashopping district qf Tokyo yesterday to ram money far the annual end-qf-year charity. The day is remembered hy the Jqpantsejbr the 47 loyal retainers of Lord Ako who attacked
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      Lock icon EU seeks US pressure on Malaysia to complete IT pact
      325 10 BRUSSELS AFX Asia THE EU wants the US to put pressure on Malaysia to accept a World Trade Organisation pact to reduce tariffs on printed circuit board manufacturing equipment, European Commission sources said. The comments followed what US Trade Representative
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      Lock icon India to set up special fund for highway project
      425 10 NEWDELHI 280b rupee project's fundi won't be included in budget Reuters Bernama INDIA will set up a special fond to construct a 7,000 km road network that will cut two swathes across the vast country, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said
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      214 10 Cashmere in leather. Or how to advertise your Christmas bonus. Tp celebrate the opening of am new boutique, we are giving away 2 (astern Oriental Exnceu rail tickets to one lucky customer. v'jfi fejrftp Make a purchase of 1000 or more at the Seeger boutiques in Singapore from now until
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton ready to accept compromise
      500 11 WASHINGTON He says lengthy impeachment process not in the interest of the US Bloomberg PRESIDENT Bill Clinton said he'd accept "any reasonable compromise" if it would save him from impeachment by the House and a lengthy trial in the Senate on whether he should be
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      Lock icon Soros says sterling could be exposed against euro
      189 11 LONDON Reuters BILLIONAIRE investor George Soros hinted on Sunday that he may speculate against sterling if Britain remains out of the European single currency. Mr Soros, who reputedly made US$l billion (Ssl.6 billion) from sterling's exit from the EU Exchange Rate Mechanism
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      283 11 US policy faces paralysis, Pg 12 V v -y People will stare. Some might even want to touch. But really, who can blame them? With its aggressively lowered front spoiler and dynamically sporty looks, \L I s *i the Mercedes-Benz C-Class deserves all the attention it gets. Choose between a
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Is life too good for HK's civil servants?
      674 12  -  imonon OPINION By Loh Hui Yin The writer is a BTcorretfmftent in Hongkong AT leapt some people In Hongkong are still enjoying the good life. While Hongkong's economy contracted in the first two quarters on&08, and is expected to shrink 4 per
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      150 12 'I! anybody tells you the government is going to onange the value of the ringgit, tell them to jump into the sea' -IhlMltiakiaM Malaysian prime minister, an whither Ute ringgit's 3.80 peg to the US dollar would be adjusted. The Taliban has imposed a draoonian Catch-22 on
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      US policy faces paralysis
      619 12 EDITORIAL THE US House of Representatives is scheduled to meet this week to debate whether to impeach President Bill Clinton for his oonduct in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, the seoond president in American history to face suoh a vote in the House. The move follows the
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      Lock icon Wall St rally doesn't mean economic storm is over
      1272 12  -  Dtw'iikarf^raf ■M-jwrma mkHynOt* frailty tf the fliudal system By By Roger Altman The writer, an investment banker, served as deputy secretary of the US Treasury in the first Clinton administration LAT-WP jfiAKTtitiUAlisa and erupt ing volcanoes are tame com pared with
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      799 12 WITH blood from the Black Friday tragedy not yet even dry, the Armed Forces (Ahri) has announced it plans to forge ahead and recruit tens of thousands of civilians to help maintain security in Indonesia. Few people will question the legality of the plan since the
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon A sombre musical saga
      692 13  -  There are no outrageous sidekicks in Prince of Egypt, reports bebwabd wmuihaub BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT TALKING about the film that has consumed him for nearly five years, Jeffrey Katzenberg said: "You can't do in Prince of Egypt what you did in Little Mermaid and Beauty and
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      Lock icon No real business blockbuster recently
      790 14 BOOKS Business people seem to have been weaned off the guru-inspired quick fix FT THESE are curious times in the business book world. There has not been a real business blockbuster since Gary Hamel and C K Prahalad's Competing for the Future published in 1994.
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      Lock icon Anthony Hopkins to quit acting: report
      303 14 PROFILE AFP [LONDON] Welsh film star Anthony Hopkins says he will quit acting because he Finds it "very bad for one's mental health", the weekly News of the World said on Sunday. Hopkins, 60, said in an interview with the tabloid that after 35
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Foreign, Local shares see yawning price gap
      632 15  -  Price differentials have widened by as mach as eight-fold within three months By: Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE} The liquiditydriven rally whici began in September lias dramatically widened the between the foFelgn and local tranches of stocks. Tlw foreign share preminyi<w the seven dual tranche
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      Reclassification for 3 Centrepoint Properties' projects
      471 15  -  This is to avoid making farther trading provisions By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Centrepoint Properties has reclassified three potentially loss-making developments, thereby avoiding the need to make further trading provisions. The developments at Tanjong Rhu, Holt Road and Hillview Avenue are now treated as
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      Australia's Big Four banks underpin economy
      684 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia's managing director David Murray is not known for his tact. Mr Murray recently complained that the average Australian should be congratulating Australia's "Big Four" banks for maintaining a prudent financial system in the face
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      FNCC blames $44.4m loss on regional crisis, fierce price war
      326 15 Key markets put in disappointing performances [SINGAPORE) The regional economic crisis and fierce price competition were the main reasons why F&N CocaCola (FNCC) reported a disappointing $44.4 million loss for the year ended Sept 30. At a briefing for analysts
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      Van Der Horst to sell stake in Manila electricity producer
      452 15  -  By. Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Embattled ma-rine-engineering group, Van Der Horst, has conditionally cashed in an investment in a Philippine electricity producer for a total of SI 15.5 million to help reduce its crippling debt pile. In a statement released after
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Inchcape in talks that may lead to sale of IMS stake
        359 16 Inchcape Marketing shares soar 20%; trading suspended from today [SINGAPORE) Inchcape pic is in talks that may see the sale of its $IUO million stake in Inchcape Marketing Services (IMS), whose shares yesterday soared more than 20 per cent
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        Lock icon Renong's revamp handed to debt panel
        252 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The restructuring of Malaysian conglomerate Renong has been handed over to the newly setup arbitrator, the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC), said Second Finance Minister Mustapa Mohamed yesterday. "At this moment we have decided that we should discuss this with the
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        S&P puts Sino-linked debt papers under review
        586 16  -  Papers secured on rental income; interest coverage deteriorates From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CREDIT rating agency Standard Poors has placed the ratings for U*****.5 million (*****.2 million) worth of debt papers secured on the rental income of Ng Teng Kong's Pacific
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        Cerebos posts $8m loss: its first in 15 years
        531 16  -  W Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Tonic food maker Cerebos Pacific sank into the red for the first time since it was listed some 15 years ago. The maker of the famous Brand's Essence of Chicken posted a loss of $8 million for
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        Packer makes fresh bid for Melbourne's Crown Casino
        440 16  -  PBL proposes Asssom share swap with Crown Ltd From, Russell Baker in Sydney AUSTRALIA'S richest man, Kerry Packer, has made a fresh attempt to grab control of the Crown Casino in Melbourne. His listed media group Publishing Broadcasting (PBL) yesterday unveiled an
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        Dow warrants: closing date extended
        240 16 [SINGAPORE] The closir.g date for the subscription pf Singapore's first Dow Jones index warrants has been extended by one day due to market conditions. Tang Wee Loke, director of Kay Hian Pte Ltd, the selling agent, said response had been slow as prospective investors were
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        Lock icon Ruling gives rivals access to Telstra's networks
        133 16 Bloomberg {SYDNEY) Telstra Corp's dominance of Australia's telecommunications market is under threat after the antitrust authority made a draft ruling that will allow competitors to access directly its phone and data networks. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said its proposed decision would
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          No conversions for CMB warrants
          42 16 [SINGAPORE] CarnaudMetalbox Asia said 20.99 million of its warrants expired on Dec 11 with zero conversions, i The warrants were issued with the company's renounceable rights issue in 1993. CMB's issued capital remains unchanged at $73.48 million.
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          Lock icon Ipco unit to get RM35m compensation
          79 16 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Ipco International Ltd said yesterday its subsidiary. Ipco Constructors Sdn Bhd, will receive 35.2 million Malaysian ringgit (5J15.2 million) in compensation for a contract termination from Pekah Sdn Bhd. The sum is for the termination of a contract for the engineering and
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          Lock icon Elec & Eltek's share placement
          93 16 Elec Eltek's share placement AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Elec Eltek International Ltd said its Hongkong-listed parent Elec Eltek International Holdings Ltd has agreed to place some 11.26 million shares in the company at US$5 apiece. The placement to independent investors represents about 9.94 per cent of the issued share capital. The price
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          Lock icon Compaq ties op with S'pore firm
          72 16 AFP [BANGALORE, India] Compaq Computer Corp of the US yesterday unveiled a tie-up with Singapore-listed Electronic Resources, a major Asian distributor of computer products, for a larger slice of the Indian market. Compaq said it planned to expand its hardware and software sales from
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        Lock icon Shell to take US$4.5b charge, sell assets
        364 17 Major revamp to boost flagging profit as oil prices near 12-year low Bloomberg [LONDON] The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, said yesterday it will take a charge of US$4.5 billion (557.4 billion) to sell assets and cut staff
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        Lock icon Oracle joins Sun in plan to challenge Windows
        352 17 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft's archrivals, Sun Microsystems and Oracle, were poised yesterday to announce a joint effort to make corporate computer users less reliant on Microsoft's Windows software. Sun and Oracle intend to create network server computers that users of desktop machines
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        Outlook still optimistic for securitisation industry
        491 17  -  SBC'URITIMATIOIT ASIA COXFEREMCE Crisis has sparred govts to facilitate process: speakers Reports by' Wong Wei Kong WHILE the number of successful securitisation transactions in Asia has fallen in 1998 because of tough market conditions, there is still a groundswell of activity which supports an
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        Call for broad govt guidelines to develop industry
        456 17 [SINGAPORE] A good way for Singapore to develop its securitisation industry is for the government to provide broad guidelines with enough leeway for the market to develop its own model and products, according to securitisation experts from CIBC World Markets, the investment
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        Lock icon MCI World Com bids for OzEmail
        189 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] US long distance company MCI World Com Inc yesterday launched a AJS2O million (*****.2 million) takeover bid for OzEmail Ltd, one of Australia's biggest Internet service providers. Jackson, Mississippi state-based MCI World Com has already secured 14.9 per cent of OzEmail for
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        Lock icon Older US bonds offer premium over benchmark
        264 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Older Treasury bonds are paying big premiums compared with the benchmark the most at year-end in at least a decade handing traders an opportunity and the Federal Reserve a reason to consider cutting interest rates. The bond sold a year
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        Lock icon Big Five accountants under cartel probe in Italy
        400 18 Allegations of price-fixing, coordination among association members FT [ROME] The Big Five accountancy firms are being investigated in Italy for allegedly running a price-fixing cartel in the statutory audit market for listed companies. An Italian Competition Authority spokesman said there had been
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        Lock icon Only 3% potential bankrupts able to pay part of card debt
        180 18 NYT (NEW YORK) A new study on the US credit card industry finds that only 3 per cent of those filing for bankruptcy can repay even a small part of their credit card debts. Earlier this year, when the
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        Lock icon Fed tried to frustrate deal: report
        278 18 Economist says Fed tried to get buyers for Bankers Trust Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve tried to line up buyers for Bankers Trust Corp before Deutsche Bank AG revealed it was negotiating to buy the eighth-largest US bank. The Economist magazine, citing three unidentified
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        Lock icon NZ opens up NZ$l.2b insurance market
        297 18 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand has revamped its ground-breaking state accident insurance regime, opening the way for employers to find private coverage and insurance companies to compete in a market estimated to be worth NZ$l.2 billion (Ssl billion) a year. But the changes contained in
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        Downtrend continues for futures
        201 19  -  SDKEUieports Mgf!lMti|ipipnwftTnAw Edward Cheung, Jardine Fleming THE start of the week for the MSCI Singapore Index futures witnessed a re-play of the sell-off on Friday. The market opened on its high at 215.00 in the lead month December futures and immediately dropped into the trading range
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        Retailers dominate in range-trading
        162 19  -  MSCI Taiwan fatnres Perry Gilbert, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taßvan Stock Index futures traded in a tight range over the session with retail orders dominating volume mainly through UOB Bullion Futures, Pltilip GNI Futures and Ong First Chicago Futures. Institutional buying was noticeable at the
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        Lock icon Oil up a little as key producers agree to meet
        363 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Groggy oil prices hammered by a glut rose unsteadily yesterday after the architects of global output cuts said they would meet again to tackle oversupply. Cash-pinched petroleum powers Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Mexico plan to meet
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        325 19 Bloomberg Bloomberg, AFXAsia Irrni4ttn THE dollar remained in a "softish" mood, undermined by Wall Street's weakness and the ongoing decision process on impeachment of US President Bill Clinton. "All these things in the background are the main reasons for the weakening dollar. There is really nothing else to
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      1332 20 Reuters AFP P Hang Seng -126.79 STOCKS drifted to a lower close yesterday as weaker overseas markets and concern over impeachment proceedings against US President Bill Clinton gnawed at the market, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index lost 126.79 points, or 1.27 per cent, to end at 9,825.21. Turnover
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      Lock icon CHINA
      544 20 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -0^0 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index closed slightly lower yesterday, with buyers remaining scarce on expectations of no improvement in market fundamentals in the short run, analysts said. The B Index lost 0.20 of a point to 55.25 on turnover of HKJ6.6 million. "It is
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      350 20 AFP AFX-Asia □wp Index -50.24 PRICES closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday as investors stayed on the sidelines despite the government's announcement that it will continue to support the stock market, analysts said. "Investors were waiting for action, not lip-service, from the government," said Core Pacific Securities Lai Tsung-yu.
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2297 20 LONDON Mistrials •KM N«t» *h 31 Group 556.000 -2.000 AS Ports 291.400 -8.600 AMev National 030.000 -39.000 A Mod Domocq 546.400 -5.600 AIM Zurich 805.400 -28.000 Amac 176.000 -2.000 Aida Croup 146.400 1.800 BAT tad 519.000 20.000 BG Pic 396.200 *14.000 BICC 66.400 *1.000 BOC Group 854.400
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      1598 20 Bloomberg D Nikkei 225 -2H02 JAPANESE stocks fell to a one-month low after the government said it will take over Nippon Credit Bank Ltd, raising concern other struggling lenders may be nationalised under an industry bailout begun in October. Exporters including Sony Corp also slipped as investors worried the
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        Lock icon Shares up on institutional support
        384 21 AFP Composite Index +7J3 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent higher yesterday due to follow-through buying despite a mild bout of late profit-taking. "There was institutional buying support on index-linked stocks," a dealer with a local brokerage said. The Composite Index rose 7.13 points
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        9003 21 INDUSTRIALS Cbmmmt protects 1998 Lnt Vei Day Net C*p HI# U» C—nn Mt •OOP Hifh Low P/l tmk 320 170 Ajmomoto 300 -6 13 306 300 16.6 121.6 146 35 Angkasa 101 -1 146 110 101 146.9 310 123 Apollo Food Hlg 279 unch 5 290 279 9.7 111.6 366
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        2397 22 •ONOS, LOANS ft WAMANTS m 1998 Last v<x Day Laat OiMt* *1 High Low St no Cwn#wiy S<M COOP) High Law Bwyaf >•"« Met 205 3 3160 "Acar ******1 USS M *0.5 54 14 13 13 14 95 4.5 31*4 Acma ******4 18 unch 41 18 17 J 17.5 18.5
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        Jurong Engg warrant sees quiet support
        171 22  -  WARRANT WATCH ft/: R Sivanithy ONE warrant that hasn't been caught up in the recent fever but has instead seen quiet support is the Jurong Engineering 2002 instrument. In fact, it has quietly been creeping up albeit in modest volume, so perhaps a review
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        216 22 NONflKQNt STOCKS Cr C* NN LMl Vai Day Last Ouata M DO TH M M Cap Hl» U» Stna Corner, lata COOP) HI* L— fciyar *—af C'w H P/T tffli 400 250 5123 CDU2000) MK 400 8 2.4 2 20-5 7744.7 5124 Cathay Pac 20c HK 720 265
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        235 22 AFP □Wellington -2HB NEW Zealand shares dipped in late trading yesterday as investors caught the mood of a slumping Australian market, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index closed down 22.02 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 1,919.55 on moderate turnover of NZ599.4 million. tecM m *h tmm ANZBankif* 1230 0.10
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        767 22 AFP d SET Intel -15.41 THAI shares slumped 4.3 per cent yesterday reflecting the trend of weaker regional markets, dealers said. The SET Index fell 15.41 points to 344.89. The sell-off by investors of the big market capitalisation issues "as well as negative sentiment in overseas markets attributed to
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        Lock icon SEOUL
        410 22 AFP H Composite late +4J3 SOUTH Korean share prices closed yesterday 0.7 per cent up in volatile trade, with strong retail interest offsetting profit-taking following the announcement of Korea Telecom's listing, dealers said. Retail buying relieved selling pressure from the announcement that the staterun telecom monoply would be listed
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        572 22 AFP HjAnQrdißMMi -515 AUSTRALIAN shares closed down 2.0 per cent yesterday on a continuing slump in commodities prices and weaker overseas markets. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 53.5 points at 2,676.5. The All Resources Index finished down 31.3 points at 902.4, while the All Industrials lost 83.7 points
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        716 22 AFP P Composite Index -OJH) INDONESIAN shares yesterday closed 0.2 per cent lower with falls on selective big cap shares pressuring gains on second liners, dealers said. "The trading of second liners was quite active, which helped limit the (impact of) falls of selective large cap stocks," a dealer
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        Lock icon MANILA
        313 22 AFP PjjMfc -3tn PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.9 per cent down as investors locked in profits from last week's gains, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 34.81 points to 1,800.80. Volume hit 266 billion shares although value was low at one billion pesos from Friday's 768
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      5889 23 Transaction dato Dec 14 LMt V«( Day Lest Oust* Wv 0t» YM Met Cj* l„gi u JtM c .mM"Y M rOOO) HK» L— Buyer Seller C w P/t ,m k IfUlTt* INDUSTRY ',42 49.5 m t tOOO Acme50« 72 2 'f 5 72 5
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      SESDAQ
      1077 23 Cf Of M Wt tooa Last Vd Day Lnl Oualt OK Mv YM MM Cap A»g Htqh Loa SIN* Company 5«H COOOI L—r 8»yr »*8*r C'¥T MANUf ACTURtMG 243 30 2049 -AS Aut. IOC 102 -7 1003 109 102 102 103 ISM 7 1.5 9.6 116.5 IK) 89 5
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        406 24 Stocks Votonw Elec 80c 22.814,000 S Finance Wt99 7,399,000 UOL WtOI 7,269,000 ST Capital 25c 7,199,000 SingTel 15c 5,164,000 InchMarkt 50c 4,972,000 Keppel Bank 4,533,000 Wing Tai 25c 4,347,000 Progen IOC 3,534.000 Keppel LandWOO 3.484.000 Stocks Elec 80c 114.046.680 UOB Foreign 18,859,144 SPH 17,292,887 Keppel 8ank 13,416,570 SingTel 15c >3.254.633
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        Shares ease in thin volume ahead of holiday season
        653 24  -  STOCK W A Rikirt' COMMENTARY Fall in line with losses elsewhere in region and on expectation of softer Wall Street opening; farther winding down of positions expected By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] As expected, the local stock market weakened in thin volume
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Showing the door
          160 24 OCBC Bank, it Is said, has come up with an innovative method to retrench some of its "deadwood". The bank has apparently set up a "contingency pool" whereby those who end up in that unfortunate group would be given notice to find new jobs within a period
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          Python in a coffee shop
          81 24 IF you planning on having a quiet cup of coffee at the Sheraton Tower's coffee shop, you'd better forget about sitting al fresco by their waterfall, pleasant as the atmosphere may be. It seems there is a four-metre python slithering around the place. The management
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          New bead of research for Asia
          89 24 DESMOND Supple, a well-known commentator on foreign exchange and other matters economic, has been appointed head of research for Asia by Barclays Capital. Mr Supple joined Barclays in 1997 as a director and head of emerging markets economic research. In his new position he
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          Oat of the mouths of babes
          153 24 QUESTIONS about love, marriage and sex were posed to New York kids aged five to 10. Their answers, published by the New York Times recently, offer an alternate take on the annual State of the Nation address. What do most people do on a
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        HOT STOCK
        81 24  -  by Shiv Taneja ELEC Fltek International closed 52 US cents lower yesterday at US$4.BB on a volume of 22.8 million (block deal: 22.5 million) compared with its 10-day traded average of 278,600 shares. The daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics are quite near the oversold level, but there
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      310 25 Bridge News Reuters RATES remained weak in most areas of the market after a week where owners saw little opportunity to even repeat last done rates, brokers said. The US Gulf/Japan grain rate came under pressure although it looks to be stabilising now around the mid-US$l2.OO range. Biffex
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      288 25 sis iHBHHP 'mo OkA II W CWT Distribution 0.49 unch 41 ChuanHup 0.52 *0.005 25 Cosco Investment 0.52 Freight Links 0.185 -0.01 961 G8 Homings 0.38 -0.01 26 Hai Sun Hup 0.42 -0.005 183 Hitachi Zosen 0.74 *0.015 519 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.525 *0.01 5
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      PSA simplifies box storage, handling rates
      474 25  -  New rate structure, to begin Jan 1, will save customers administrative costs By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp yesterday unveiled further simplifications to its container storage and handling rates structure for shipping lines calling at its terminals. The simplification exercise, which the port operator
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      Schlumberger's fully integrated MPSV
      100 25 [SINGAPORE] Schlumberger has designed and built its first fully integrated multi purpose service vessel (MPSV), Bima. Built in Singapore at PPL Ltd, the MPSV is able to provide all services necessary for the evaluation and production of oil reserves. All equipment required are fully integrated into
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      Lock icon Sea-Land, Maersk Line shortlist 3 ports for US hub
      449 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Baltimore, New York and Halifax made the short list for a deep-water hub port for Maersk Line and SeaLand Service Corp that could become a key port for a new generation of mega container ships. Maersk-Sealand, one of
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      Singtel cuts rates for Inmarsat services
      188 25 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom is lowering the rates of calls from Singapore fixed line subscribers to Inmarsat mobile earth stations by 10 per cent for its four Inmarsat services from today. Inmarsat specialises in providing global satellite telecommunications for the maritime industry. Rates for calls
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      Lock icon Coping with dramatic changes
      967 26  -  TRANS-PACIFIC SHIPPINO Rate recovery plan sets rates at least US$9OO higher per 40-foot container from next May 1 By. Albert Pierce The writer is executive director of the Trans-Pacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA) and the Westbound Trans-Pacific Stabilisation Agreement (WTSA), carrier discussion and policy setting group in
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      SHIPPING SCHEDULES INDEX
      235 26 PACE ECL 5 ACL 6 Evergreen ANL 3 'oongSun 8 9 Accord 8 G Appenship 5 G«nartrens 8 Austral 8 HaiSunHup 8 Balaji Shpg 4 Hi0 9 1 7 BSA 7 "«>)'" 3 B'tang Mas 8 Heung-A 7 CCNI 7 7 CMA 8 tFS 3 COSCO 5
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      17991 33 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser VMS* Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar Vassal Voyaga Talaphona SIN Dast'n Nan* Nam* MumMr Numbar SIN Dast'n Nan* Nam* Numpar Numbar ■■■■■■N8MMHMMM8MMMMMM8MNMMMMNMMMNHMNM* 25/12 05/01 Evargraan HANJIN CHEJU 425 65-3921H1 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* 25/8 05/01 Triastino hanjin cheju *n
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
        808 37 Vtntl Voy No Barth Arrival Depart urt Bartalt LHtl 02/96 JWW alongside 15.12/1200 M C Bom *****6 JOt alongside M.12/1800 Bt Ca Muda *****8 J01 alongside 14.12/2100 K Citra Aba DECM J01 alongside 14.12/2359 Bt DM IKS *****0 J01 alongside M.t2/1800 Bt Ool R9 N *****6 J01 alongside
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1853 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/Balanct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Porkxl From To From *t. NrtMciu om 16/1200 w M/BOO m/»» ww n *0500 14/* 51 M/1900 2A M/1700 15/0*55 15/0900 21 M/1700 15/0*55 15/0500 J IS/0700 8/T89 B/MOO 4 15/1200 8/M59 8/1700 MUM*m
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        571 38 Other planes landed safely daring the six months instrument landing system was turned off AFP [SURAT THANI, Thailand] Airport managers refused to take the blame for the Thai Airways tragedy yesterday, despite admitting that an instrument landing system (ILS) was turned
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        393 38 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co Ltd said it would become the world's ninth largest automaker in 2003 when it would jointly produce 2.5 million vehicles with newly-acquired Kia Motors Corp. "We will jump into the ninth place in the world
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        194 38 Reuters [RIYADH] Saudi Arabian Airlines Corp plans to sell 17 old aircraft on the international market after new planes entered into service, the company's chief executive said. Saudi Arabia's Arabic-lan-guage al-Eqtisadiah quoted Khaled Ben-Bakr as saying the state-owned airline had stopped all
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        336 38 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co and All Nippon Airways Co, Asia's two biggest airlines, said they will raise business and first-class fares for the first time in five years on because of increased costs. The new fares will take effect on April
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        229 38 Bernama [MELBOURNE] International air fares, especially for first and business classes, are likely to continue rising as airlines seek to recover losses from the Asian economic downturn. The American Express Airline Index says price hikes will be part
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