The Business Times, 5 February 1999

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04^12/98 85e SINGAPORE Internet http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon KL's exit tax plan gets mixed reception
    1314 1  -  Move expected to pat stocks back on MSCI index From] Eddie Toh, Ruth Wong, Diana Oon Abdullah MALAYSIA yesterday removed a key pillar of its exchange controls the oneyear freeze on repatriating proceeds from the sale of equities by foreigners and replaced it
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    No word yet on Glob shares, but new exit tax will apply
    567 1  -  From', Eddie Teh, Ven Sreenivasan INVESTORS holding Malaysian shares previously traded on Clob International, Singapore's over-the-counter market, will be subject to the new exit tax when holders of these scrip are allowed to trade their shares. But no
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    SingTel to invest in start-ups – for better returns, technologies
    391 1  - SingTel to invest in start-ups for better returns, technologies TAS welcomes more, says it will maintain S'pore's edge By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom said yesterday it has set up a venture capital firm to invest in high-tech startups in its search for higher returns as well as insights
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    RM3.80 peg expected to remain for now
    599 1  -  Restrictions on domestic outflows remain: analysts By) Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The 3.80 Malaysian ringgit fixed peg to the US dollar imposed in September last year is likely to remain for some time, analysts say, despite Malaysia's relaxation of a key capital control measure.
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      107 1 prams Hw Bank of England stunned the market yesterday by slashing UK interest rates, the fifth cut since October, by half a percentage point to &5%, P*K> TOP ffl BEST-SELLERS IN PROPERTY Federal Reeerve policymakers left interest rates unchanged at their first meeting of the year on tlf, g, a<
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      188 1 Mora ■"•ports, Pg 2 Ran won't attract fresh funds: fund managers Commentary: Malaysia parts the curtain.... a little Daim's statement, plus quotes from the industry Finance Asia called us Asia's Best Private Bank. So when will you call us? For the third consecutive year, ÜBS has personal needs and wishes
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  • MALAYSIA'S EXIT TAX POLICY
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      New funds won't come, say US and UK fund managers
      787 2  -  Complex levy system is big deterrent and memory of freeze still fresh From Andrew Marks, Neil Behrmann FUND managers in America, whose funds constitute the bulk of foreign portfolio investment in Malaysia, doubt that the easing of a key component
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      Analysts see Me effect on funds flow to S'pore
      376 2  -  Exit tax an improvement but is still a constraint By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's implementation of an exit tax to replace the 12-month holding period for stock market proceeds is unlikely to lead to a major diversion of regional fund
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      M'sia parts the curtain — a little
      824 2  - M'sia parts the curtain a little COMMBMTABT One big concern that remains is what will happen to the ringgit By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's Regional Economics Editor MALAYSIA'S new relaxation of its policy on repatriation of portfolio capital is hopefully a first step towards the larger goal of
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      Lock icon Daim's statement
      433 2 THE following is a statement by Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin on repatriation of portfolio capital. "The government wishes to announce a new policy with respect to the repatriation of portfolio capital. The measures implemented on Sept 1, 1998, which include the requirement for such capital to be in
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      What they say
      484 2 "We were definitely trying to get out. But now there isnoreasonforustowanttogetouL" -Mark MoNna, managing director of Tetnpleton Asset Management Ltd "We think it's positive. Even in the extreme case, Malaysia's got adequatefunds to meet any outflows resulting from the relaxation in capital controls." Cha* CMa Lin, ABN
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    The OUB Story Building of a Singapore Bank
    1384 3 OVERSEAS UNION BANK (OUB) first opened its doors on 5 February, 1949, with a staff of 27 and a paid-up capital of $2 million. The banking scene in Singapore at that time was dominated by three British Exchange banks which financed the
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  • SHGAFORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon MOM survey shows trend towards higher-skilled jobs
      602 4  -  Such posts form 27% of Sept vacancies which were down to a record low By\ Eugene Low WHILE job vacancies fell to a record low of 15,465 last September, the proportion of openings for professionals, skilled technicians and managers almost doubled last year
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      DBS to focus on retraining, not axing, of enlarged staff
      336 4  -  By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Retraining, not retrenchment, is the main issue facing employees of the enlarged DBS Bank following its acquisition of POSBank, union leaders said yesterday. While there are overlaps in areas such as retail banking, the bank
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      Lock icon S'pore growth likely in '99 if US growth tops 2%: EDB chief
      318 4  -  By. Ang Wan May SINGAPORE stands a good chance of achieving above zero growth this year if the US economy's projected growth of over 2 per cent is sustained, says Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo. Mr Yeo
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      SNS, TrustMarque tie up in online security
      358 4  -  By' Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE Network Services will make it safe for merchants to sell digital goods online, spurring the growth of online delivery of "soft goods" such as software, music or information. SNS will use the technology of Trust Marque, a UK
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      HDB's unsubsidised housing loans cheaper – for now
      328 4  - HDB's unsubsidised housing loans cheaper for now By Ang Wan May THE Housing and Development Board has a problem, albeit a temporary one: its interest rates for unsubsidised housing loans are now lower than those for subsidised loans. Come March 1, HDB flat owners with unsubsidised loans will enjoy a
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      HDB bonds 2.25 times subscribed; rate fixed at 3.875%
      342 4  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE Housing and Development Board's inaugural offer of $270 million of five-year bonds was 2.25 times subscribed by institutional investors when the offer closed at noon yesterday. The HDB has fixed a coupon rate of 3.875 per cent,
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Lock icon MP/businessman's flight sparks 4% Taiwan stock slide
      537 5 Investors worried about the family's companies, which include a listed firm {TAIPEI] Taiwan's financial malaise deepened as prominent legislator Liu Ping-wei flew with members of his family to the United States, after he bounced NT$l26 million (556.6 million) in cheques and depositors mounted
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      Jardine Matheson says ifs in Indonesia to stay
      431 5  -  Company even plans to raise stakes in business there /•Yorrv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Jardine Matheson Group, which employs 12,000 workers in Indonesia, is in for the long haul in the politically explosive republic and even plans to increase its
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      Thai AMC may not have funds to bid in auction
      317 5 [BANGKOK] Thailand's "bidder of last resort" for assets of 56 now-defunct finance companies said yesterday that it may not participate at an auction on March 10 because of a possible shortage of funds. The Asset Management Corp (AMC) said it
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      Lock icon Indon central bank chief sees -2% to 0% growth for '99
      380 5  -  Governor says worst over, aims for 5-10% real interest rate By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian economy should grow by between minus 2 and zero per cent in year-on year terms in 1999, says Syahril Sabirin, governor of Indonesia's
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      Jakarta to monitor large-scale capital movements
      521 5  -  By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] With the help of the International Monetary Fund, Indonesia is devising a mechanism to monitor large-scale capital movements so that it can react to any sudden flows, Central Bank governor Syahril Sabirin said in an interview with BT yesterday.
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      Have a heart; regulate capital
      160 5  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Rolland Miller Rion Financial Consultants British Columbia Canada via Internet BRAVO, Yang Razali Kassim (Going for a global economy with a human face, BT Feb 3). I have spent 36 years in the Financial world in Canada and have done business
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      781 6 ANNOUNCING A BOND ISSUE THAT WILL GENERATE A LOT OF INTEREST CjC] HOUSING |> DEVELOPMENT LMJ BOARD First bond* issue open to the public available through Citibank and five participating banks. Take advantage of this bond issue coming from one of the most established pillars of 2 Applications through the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Grocery ads: Aim for the men too, many decide
      199 7 SINGAPORE AFP MEN are the decision makers when it comes to grocery shopping in almost half of Malaysian households, but Korean husbands would rather leave that chore to their wives, an Asian survey showed yesterday. Next to Malaysia, Singapore has the
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      Lock icon Jakarta moves to revoke subversion law
      297 7 JAKARTA It also plans bill to ratify convention against violence AFP THE Indonesian government plans to submit two draft bills later this week, to ratify the Convention against Violence and Discrimination and to revoke the anti-subversion law, President B J Habibie said yesterday. "On
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        Lock icon Thailand to quit Inro
        62 7 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand is about to bail out of the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) because it no longer serves the country's interests, Deputy Agriculture Minister Newin Chidchob said yesterday. He said Thailand, one of the world's biggest rubber producers, was not getting value for money
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        Lock icon China foreign minister visits Thailand
        54 7 AFP [BANGKOK] Chinese Foreign Mincer Tang 1 arrived in Thailand yesterday at the start of a thrMHtay visit expected to seal a blueprint for relations in the next century. Bilateral contacts this year will include state visits by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Thai Prime
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        Lock icon Thai farmers rally for debt relief
        61 7 AFP [BANGKOK] Almost 4,oooThai farmers from north-eastern provinces rallied near the Grand Palace here yesterday to demand government help to solve their debt problems. Members of the Thai Farmers Group said they wanted the government to act quickly to ease the debt burden for
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        Lock icon Barisan Nasional confident in Kelantan
        107 7 Bernama [KOTABAHARU] Kelantan Barisan Nasional chairman Annuar Musa said the BN is confident ofwinning 27 seats out of the 43 Kelantan State Assembly seats in the coming general elections, to topple Parti Islam (PAS) and form the state government. "Yesterday, Datuk Ibrahim All (Deputy Minister
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      Lock icon Nissan still gloomy about Indonesia's prospects
      291 7  -  Jakarta production to remain suspended; Nissan will also cnt number of models From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S Nissan Motor Co is far more pessimistic about prospects for Indonesia than for other Asean economies, and the company will shortly begin exporting vehicles (mainly trucks)
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      KL airport to expand cargo destinations to stem outflow
      397 7  -  By Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is ready to take steps to boost cargo destinations from its new international airport to combat an outflow to Singapore's Changi airport, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. He said the country
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Zhu vows to crack down on shoddy construction
      258 8 BEIJING AFP [BEIJING] Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has promised to step up supervision of construction projects following a spate of deadly accidents caused by corrupt officials, media reports said yesterday. Mr Zhu pledged to "pay special attention" to improving construction quality, observing
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      Lock icon Right of abode move may tax HK
      354 8 HONGKONG Strain on public resources amid ageing population AFP HONGKONG will face further strains in its resources following a landmark court ruling allowing mainland children of the territory's residents the right of abode, a bank report warned yesterday. The report by Hang Seng
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      Lock icon China Telecom may be split up in move towards competition
      480 8 HONGKONG Meanwhile, Internet phone service operators slammed for bypassing govt AFX-Asia AFP CHINA Telecom may be divided into three companies as a major step by the Chinese central government toward increasing market competition, Xinhua reported. The agency cited Minister of
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      Lock icon Shandong Power IPO a big test for Goldman
      435 8 HONGKONG Stock offering to be priced today in difficult market NYT MUCH of the sparkle that China had for investors has been dimmed by a slowing economy, debt-ridden corporate sector and recurrent fears of a currency devaluation, which is why rivals of
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        Lock icon Beijing to tighten control on lotteries
        58 8 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's central bank has ordered tights supervision of the nation's problem-ridden lotteries, the official Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. All lottery sales must now be approved by the local branch of the central bank, and sales of lottery tickets must be shifted
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        Lock icon China firms lax in R&D to lose perks
        79 8 Bridge News [BEIJING] A Chinese official warned on Wednesday that major state-owned enterprises (SOEs) will be stripped of privileges in terms of bank loans and supplies if they fail to establish research and development centres ova- the next two years, the official
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        Lock icon Drought may hit north-east China crops
        73 8 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] North-east China may be hit by drought this year if the current dry winter persists, threatening the planting of corn, wheat and soybeans, Chinese officials warned. About 6.7 million ha in China's corn belt and breadbasket may be at risk, the China
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        Lock icon China Devt Bank's pre-tax profit stable
        76 8 Bloomberg [TAIPEI} China Development Bank, Taiwan's biggest listed investment company, which is controlled by the Nationalist Party, said Januaxy pre-tax profit exceeded NT1740 million (5138.7 million), while February's pre-tax is also likely to exceed NT9700 million. Both figures are about the same as last
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      Lock icon 9,000 armed police sent to Xinjiang riot town
      195 8 U BEIJING AFP CHINA has sent almost 9,000 armed police to Yining city in its north-west Muslim region of Xinjiang, the scene of previous anti-Beijing rioting, official Chinese media reported yesterday. "The Central Committee of the Communist Party is paying special attention
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      Lock icon Mayor battles jobless woes as reforms bite
      347 8 CHONGQING China's slowing economy, big job cots a formidable one AFP THE mayor of this sprawling, smog-choked industrial metropolis in south-west China calls them a veritable "treasure". Mayor Pu Haiqing could be referring to the 10,000 factories in Chongqing's 40 dependent districts, or
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      168 8 |y SCOIO EXECUTIVE TIPS FROM JOHN SLEDGERS: How to succeed in business 1. Be energetic. Dedicate your time and energies to your work. Believe in yourself and your abilities. 2. Learn everything you can about the business you are in. Have a vision. 3. Plan. Visions require systematic planning to
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Sanctions likely if Japan doesn't open up markets fast, says US
      424 9 ROME Officials nrge Tokyo and EU to play their part in easing global financial crisis IHT TRADE tensions between the US and Japan are mounting, and Washington is prepared to impose sanctions on Tokyo unless Japan takes rapid action
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      Lock icon Jailed Hanbo chief says he gave ex-president 20b won
      390 9 SEOUL Ponds allegedly for Kim Young Sam's election campaign AFP THE jailed former head of South Korea's bankrupt Hanbo Group said yesterday he had given former president Kim Young Sam some 20 billion won (5528.8 million) to fund his successful presidential
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      Lock icon Seoul corporate failures at 7-year low
      168 9 SEOUL Bloomberg CORPORATE failures in the South Korean capital of Seoul dropped to a seven-year low in January, thanks to falling interest rates and improving economic conditions. The number of insolvent companies in Seoul where more than 80 per cent of the country's financial
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan plan new route to peace
      440 9 NEWDELHI Vajpayee accepts Sharif invite to ride Ist cross-border bus NYT PRIME Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee of India accepted a warmly worded invitation on Wednesday from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan to ride the first bus to roll from India to Pakistan
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      Lock icon Aussie Dec retail sales show surprise drop
      264 9 SYDNEY Bat economists still upbeat, dismissing it as aberration AFP AUSTRALIA recorded a dramatic drop in consumer spending on retail goods over the Christmas period, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. But economists called the figure an aberration and predicted a strong
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      Lock icon Japan's PC shipments up 16% in Oct-Dec
      148 9 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN'S domestic shipments of personal computers during the October-December period recorded their sharpest rise in seven quarters, industry figures showed. PC makers, such as NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd, shipped 1.852 million units, 16 per cent more than in the same
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  • THE WORLD
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      Bank of England shocks with half-point rate cut
      446 10  -  This marks fifth foil since Oct to 5-5%; slack domestic activity, weak global environment cited From, Neil Behrmann in London THE Bank of England stunned the market yesterday by slashing UK interest rates by half a percentage point to 5.5 per cent.
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      Lock icon Fed leaves rates unchanged
      553 10 WASHINGTON Overnight bank lending rate stays at 4.75%, discount rate at 450% Bloomberg AFP FEDERAL Reserve policymakers left interest rates unchanged at their first meeting of the year on Wednesday, betting that the nation's longest peacetime expansion can continue with no acceleration in inflation. The Federal
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      Lock icon IMF denies speeding up aid instalment for Brazil
      413 10 RIO DE JANEIRO Everything scheduled to ran as normal: spokesman Bloomberg AFX-Asia THE International Monetary Firnd would not accelerate the next instalment of an aid package for Brazil, saying it will likely be paid at the end of the month as planned.
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      Lock icon Russian economy shrank 4.6% in '98
      260 10 MOSCOW Bloomberg RUSSIA'S economy contracted by 4.6 per cent in 1996 as production fell after the rouble's plunge choked domestic demand, and analysts said gross domestic product could fall even further this year. The government forecasts a drop in GDP of between one per
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      Lock icon Dissent in high places
      57 10 [BONN] Members of the environmental organisation Greenpeace sitting on the roof of the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) during a protest to demand the closing of all nuclear power plants in Germany yesterday. A marionette made to look like Social Democratic German Chancellor Gerhard
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      Lock icon Judge says key defence video not reliable
      375 10 THE MICROSOFT CASE Govt highlights inconsistencies in demo; Microsoft does new version LAT-WP [WASHINGTON! Voicing doubt about Microsoft Corp's credibility, the federal judge conducting the software giant's antitrust trial Wednesday called a key video presentation that the company prepared "not reliable". He also
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      Lock icon Aide says Clinton lied to him on Lewinsky: report
      206 10 WASHINGTON AFP WHITE House adviser Sidney Blumenthal acknowledged on Wednesday that President Bill Clinton lied to him about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, CBS television reported. Mr Blumenthal, SO, reportedly said so during questioning behind closed doors by Republican prosecutors as
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      Senate leaders set timetable to end trial on Feb 12
      588 10  -  OKJMTOirS IMPEACHMENT Bnt there's still m agreement on how Monicagate will cenclnde From Leon Hadar in Washington WELL, don't hold your breath. But it is quite conceivable that President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the US Senate could come to
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      Lock icon EU economic confidence up in Jan
      267 10 BRUSSELS But companies fear sales losses soon amid slowing demand Bloomberg CONSUMER and business confidence in the 11 countries in Europe's single-currency region rose in January, the European Commission said yesterday, amid record-low inflation and consumer expectations of rising wages. The economic confidence index
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Uncertainty of the herd lurks in the markets
      796 11  -  THB BOTTOMLDVE OPINION By Michael Lewis Michael Lewis, the author of Liar's Poker and The Money Culture, is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own Bloomberg I, FOR one, am still puzzled by what happened in the financial
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      103 11 'Maybe I am the most stupid guy existing in Indonesia. It's all right with me. The fact is that I'm the president' -B J Habibie president of Indonesia. 'Habibie's survival depends very much on how the elections are conducted. If they are not fair, he is finished.
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      Asean and the tourist dollar
      636 11 EDITORIAL WHEN all else seems to fail, it's the humble tourist dollar that often comes to the rescue. Asean's latest move to have a fresh coordinated crack at luring foreign visitors deserves nothing less than kudos. For a long time, governments have relied on prima
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      Lock icon Who needs Hongkong?
      881 11  -  Chinese cities like Bering are growing as production and business centres as high costs hnrt HE By\ Elaine Ng The writer is a director with William M Mercer, a US human resources consultancy based in Hongkong. She contributed this article to Business Times THE high cost of
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      Lock icon Easier to calculate heavenly motions than madness of people
      735 11  -  By Floyd Norris NYT FROM Davos, where Microsoft's Bill Gates was expressing bewilderment as to why people would pay so much for Internet stocks, to Washington, where Alan Greenspan, the US Federal Reserve chairman, questioned overall stock prices but said some
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      400 11 IT IS out in the open now. In the foolish little world of sport, the lords are trying to tell the rabble what is good for them, and they are answering back. The lords of sport ride in limousines...and the monarch of the "Olympic family" prefers
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      225 12 Your Business Partner in Asia, the Pacific Rim and the world. Our commitment to Asia More than 50 years ago, Bank of America made a visionary commitment to help finance Asia's development, and built a network to do it. Today, our commitment is stronger than ever. With offices in 25
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      SembCorp revamp affects two debt instruments
      436 13  -  Financial covenants breached; higher interest offered to instrument holders By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The SembCorp Industries group has offered to pay half a percentage point more in interest to entice investors of two of its debt instruments to hold on to their securities. This
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      Lock icon Chosen expects to maintain profit growth
      473 13  -  By< Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Homegrown plastic injection moulding firm Chosen Holdings, whose initial public offer will be launched on the main board later this month, expects to maintain its earnings, with margins at levels above the industry norm. The company's chairman and managing director
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      Share placements: how the market reads them
      695 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy DOES size always matter? Most people would say yes. After all, one of the supposed truths in life is that the bigger something is, the better. In most stockmarket-re-lated areas, size is important. All the recent mergers to
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      Lock icon Bank Bumiputra posts RM464m first-half loss
      426 13 RM7B9m set aside for bad loans, more than donble the amount a year ago Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd, the country's second largest bank, swung to a loss in the first six months ended Sept 30, as it set aside money for
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      TAS main aim is to protect consumers
      121 13  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dulcie Chan Corporate Communications Manager Telecommunication Authority of Singapore I REFER to the article 'TAS trying to keep a piece of the pie for Star Hub?" (BT, Feb 4). As explained to The Business Times and The Straits Times,
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      Pac Can to enter China highway ventures
      202 13 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can Investment Holdings is moving into several infrastructure projects in China involving a total capital injection of 1.07 billion renminbi (about Ss2lB million). The mainboard-listed company said in a statement yesterday that it has signed a co-operation agreement with a Chinese
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    • COMPANIES
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        Aw not charged due to lack of evidence, public interest: official
        751 14  -  Legislators attack justice secretary's reason that charges would hinder Sing Tao restructuring From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong LACK of evidence and "public interest" were the two reasons why the Hongkong government did not press charges against publishing tycoon
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        Lock icon UMW to sell 21% stake in Toyota unit to Japan parent
        288 14 Sale marks part of restructuring of UMW Toyota Motor Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd is to sell 12.41 million shares or 21 per cent equity in UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd to Toyota Motor Corp of Japan,
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        Lock icon Thai Petrochemical, Siam Cement deny merger plans
        318 14 Analysts also reject ramonr given the companies' agendas AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Siam Cement pic and Thai Petrochemical Industry (TPI) rejected suggestions the two companies are considering a merger, with analysts equally sceptical given the two companies' current agendas and the circumstances in Thailand. In
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        Lock icon Taiping gets SC nod for sale of properties to YTL
        145 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Taiping Consolidated Bhd said the Securities Commission has approved its plan to sell three properties to power and construction group YTL Corp Bhd for 323 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.6 million). Taiping said in October it was
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        General Securities Inv $54m in the red
        322 14  -  Bnt company points ont that its NTA falls by a much smaller $l«L2m By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] General Securities Investments (GSI) has plunged into the red with a hefty $53.9 million group net loss for the full year ended Dec 31,1998. Loss per
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        Lock icon NTT exploring strategic alliance with us: PLDT chief
        256 14 AFX-Asia Reuters [MANILA] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) is exploring the possibility of entering a strategic partnership with Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, PLDT president Manuel Pangilinan said. "They (NTT) are one of many. There are a lot of other foreign
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        Lock icon Renong unit proposes 'cash only' payment for land sale
        298 14 AFX-Asia Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Renong Bhd said its unit, Prolink Development Sdn Bhd, has proposed to amend the mode of payment for the sale of 426 hectares of land to SP Setia Bhd unit Bukit Indah (Johor) Sdn Bhd. Renong said
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          Eagle Brand IPO 2.5 times subscribed
          79 14 [SINGAPORE] The public offer of shares by Eagle Brand Holdings was 2.5 times subscribed when it closed yesterday. The Chinese ceramic tile and bathroom fixtures maker launched its IPO 0f230 million shares at 19 US cents apiece last week. Just 10 per cent, or
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          PSC seeks shareholder nod for buyback
          53 14 [SINGAPORE] Provisions Suppliers Corp is seeking shareholders' approval to buy back up to 10 per cent of its 225.15 million issued shares. It said repurchases will be made to iron out speculative fluctuations in its share price and to facilitate the return of cash
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          Kian Ann places out shares
          124 14 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ann Engineering is placing out 5 million new 20 cent shares while shareholder Eik Ann Co Pte Ltd is placing out 4 million existing shares. Eik Ann has a direct 4.2 stake in the company and is owned by four substantial shareholders, who
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          CK Tang's new chief operating officer
          46 14 [SINGAPORE] CK Tang yesterday announced the appointment of Foo Tiang Sooi as its new chief operating officer with effect from Monday this week. Following his appointment, he has resigned as a member of the audit committee but remains a director.
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          Lim Kah Ngam director sells warrants
          61 14 [SINGAPORE] Construction and properties group Lim Kah Ngam (LKN) yesterday disclosed that non-executive director Lim Kong Eng has been reducing his warrant holdings in recent days. Mr Lim sold 50 lots cm Feb 3 at 11.5 cents each and 245 lots at 12.24 cents
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          Cam sells off all of stake in agro unit
          83 14 [SINGAPORE] Cam International Holdings has finally divested all its 80.33 per cent equity stake in Cam Agro-Innovation (C AD. its investment holding company with shares in aeroponic vegetable farm operator Aero-GreenTechnology (S) Pte Ltd. The purchaser is one Chao Tzu Yun,
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          Noel sells London property for £2.5m
          106 14 [SINGAPORE] Hamper and gifts company Noel Gifts International Ltd has sold a property in London for £2.5 million (556.9 million) in view of a softening property market in the financial hub. Its subsidiary Kesteral Ltd sold the property at 30 Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, to
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          UIC ups interest in SingLand
          25 14 [SINGAPORE] United Industrial Corp Ltd has raised its effective interest in property arm Singapore Land Ltd to 57.15 per cent.
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          Lock icon RHB names Murad as exec director
          34 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Former Bank Negara assistant governor Abdul Murad Khalid has been appointed executive director of RHB Bank effective Feb 8,1999, the commercial bank said yesterday. Bernama
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        Lock icon Hitachi's loss to hit 375b yen, higher than expected
        459 15 High restructuring charges, strong yen to worsen its first full-year loss Bloomberg [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd, Japan's largest electronics maker, said it will lose a larger-than-expected 375 billion yen (555.6 billion) in the year ending March 31, its first-ever fUll-year loss, because
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        Lock icon HK Telecom sues 2 carriers for HK$427m
        188 15 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd has filed high court writs against New World Telephone Group and New T&T Hongkong Ltd seeking damages of HK5426.5 million (5592.9 million), arising from a re-routing of calls from abroad, the South China Morning Post reported, citing the
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        Lock icon Sony's new digital broadcast service
        189 15 Bridge News [TOKYO] Sony Corp and a group of companies will jointly launch a digital broadcasting data service for sending information, visual images and music to subscribers' television sets, Kyodo news service, quoting company sources, reported yesterday. The joint company, IBC, will be capitalised at
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        Lock icon Lai Sun sells Four Seasons stake for US$138 m
        342 15 It estimates gain of HKs23om from sale of New York hotel Reuters [HONGKONG! Lai Sun Hotels International Ltd said yesterday that it had signed an agreement to sell its 49.99 per cent indirect interest in the Four Seasons Hotel in New
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        Lock icon Sanyo, Kodak tie up to make new display panels
        240 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sanyo Electric Co, a Japanese consumer electronics maker, said it will form a "comprehensive" alliance with Eastman Kodak Co, the world's largest photography company, to produce new flat display panels. The new panels, called organic electroluminescence display, are better
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        Lock icon GM denies press report of interest in BMW alliance
        288 16 Quote attributed to 6M Europe chief 'completely incorrect' Bloomberg [ZURICH] General Motors Corp, the world's biggest carfnaker, yesterday denied a Belgian newspaper report that it's interested in an alliiuice with Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW). La Libre Belgique quoted GM Europe
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        Lock icon We're an Internet company too, says Hewlett-Packard
        323 16 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard Co, best known for its computers and printers, told investors on Wednesday it wants to be known as an Internet company, too. Hewlett-Packard has folded many of its hardware and software units into a new In-ternet-focused division the biggest
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        Lock icon Intel, Mattel unveil first toys in new line
        663 16 Hasbro wins licence to make toys based on Peanuts strip Reuters Bloomberg {SAN FRANCISCO] The yearold partnership of chip giant Intel and toy maker Mattel announced its first two products on Wednesday an electronic microscope and a video camera that both work
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        Lock icon Bell Atlantic to consider wireless purchases
        155 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bell Atlantic Corp, the largest US local phone company, said on Wednesday that it would consider making acquisitions this year to expand the reach of its cellular network. Lawrence Babbio, Bell Atlantic's network group chief executive, told analysts and investors at
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        Lock icon Time Warner posts US$214m loss
        253 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Entertainment and media giant Time Warner said on Monday it lost US$2l4 million (*****.2 million) in the fourth quarter, primarily due to one-time expenses, but revenue increased 7 per cent, and its results were better than Wall Street expected. The company said
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        Lock icon Swiss banks warn against easing secrecy laws
        326 17 All stakeholders in banks, the whole economy will be hurt: bankers' association Reuters [ZURICH] Swiss banks warned on Wednesday that any further easing of neutral Switzerland's bank secrecy laws would put them at a competitive disadvantage and hurt the overall economy. "Any fundamental
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        Lock icon Goldman IPO aimed at buying fund manager
        510 17 Bridge News [LONDON] The attempt by Goldman Sachs to resurrect its initial public offering is being taken seriously by Goldman staff, despite scepticism from some commentators, and is seen by some as an attempt to raise funds for the purchase of an asset
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        Lock icon Cost-cuts seen fuelling more Europe bank tie-ups
        432 17 Few int'l alliances expected amid many national mergers Reuters [LONDON] The harsh realities of overcapacity, high cost ratios, disappointing profitability and expensive technology will continue to accelerate the pace of consolidation in Europe's banking industry, analysts said on Wednesday. But while national mergers
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        Lock icon SG Paribas to cut loan book by 1.2b euros
        268 18 Reuters (LONDON] The merged SG Paribas will reduce the amount of capital in its lending book by 1.2 billion euros (552.3 billion) in the first two years, vice-president Daniel Bouton said on Wednesday. Mr Bouton said this process had already been
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        Lock icon Talk of Chase Manhattan eyeing Morgan Stanley
        556 18 Chase wants a global investment bank bat analysts say no deal's in sight Reuters [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp again was rumoured to be prowling around Wall Street looking to buy a global investment bank, but analysts said a deal was not imminent
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        334 18 Billionaire said to be behind strong demand for the metal Reuters [NEW YORK] Silver prices rose on Wednesday as rumours flew around that US billionaire Warren Buffett might be back in the market and behind the strong demand that continues to reduce metal
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        Wholesale price data boosts futures
        199 19  -  SBKELReports MSffl Sitigppnuft tnAw Bob Butcher THE MSCI Singapore Index tested the previous day's lows at one point in yesterday's session but the level nominally below the closely watched 200 level held forcing traders who had sold early expecting a more rewarding break to cover
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        Futures hit lowest level in 34 months
        161 19  -  MSCI Taiwan (Mores Juliana Loo Na Na THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract yesterday tumbled 11.6 points, the lowest level since April 1996. This foUowed reports that that Koo Chi-yun, president of China Life Insurance Company, is facing financial difficulties. The
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        334 19 EKERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices fell here yesterday as the market saw no sign of a halt to oil flow from potential trouble spots Iraq and Nigeria. International benchmark Brent futures traded eight cents lower at US$lO.Bl a barrel in
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        331 19 AFP Reuters London THE euro sank to record lows against the US dollar yesterday amid gloom about European growth prospects but was spared a similar fate against sterling after a larger-than-expected cut in British interest rates. Expectations that the European Central Bank will leave its key money-market rate
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      1315 20 AFP Q Hang Seng *18y8 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday on mild bargain hunting following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The gains on Wall Street provided an excuse to prop up the index," said Ben Kwong at Dharmala Securities. "The market's sentiment is cautious.
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      520 20 AFP Bloomberg n>Sh«izhftn B Index -LB9 SHENZHEN'S B-shares slid to historical lows as investors continued to sell ahead of the Chinese New Year. Shenzhen B-share Shenzhen Pangda Enterprise, which fell over 9 per cent, was a feature with players predicting possible corporate losses for 1998. Traders also cited ongoing
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      353 20 AFP QWP Index -228J7 TAIWAN share prices plunged 4.0 per cent yesterday on panic selling triggered by reports that a prominent politician-cum-businessman had left for the United States after issuing bounced cheques worth millions of dollars, analysts said. The Weighted Price Index fell 228.97 points to 5,514.89, posting its
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      2201 20 totHMtt Industrials Ftk4 Peace 31 Group 620.000 *1000 AB Ports 275.000 -3.000 Abbey Nation*! 1232.140 13.140 Allied Domecg 480.000 -4.400 Allied Zurich 949.400 -6.000 Am#c 176.000 1.000 Asda Group 1S9.600 3.400 BAT Ind 610.400 5.400 BG Pic 341.400 -9.600 BtCC 77.000 -3.000 BOC Group 866.400 2.400 BR
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      1579 20 AFP P Nikkei 225 -74.41 TOKYO share prices fell 0.5 per cent yesterday for the fourth straight daily decline but late bargain-hunting helped recoup some of the early losses on selling led by banks, brokers said. The market opened firm following a rise on Wall Street and the dollar's
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        8617 21 INDUSTRIALS 1999 Last Day Nat Cap H>» Lwr Cii—awy Sin "OOP Law P/I $w« 310 290 Ajinomoto 290 )6.o t17.5 83 72.5 Anqkasa 75 1 19 76 75 110.6 263 250 Apollo Food Hlq 270 14 1 270 270 9.4 108.0 204 172 Berfaya Land 176 4 143 179 174
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        428 21 AFP Composite Index +8.48 SHARE prices ended 1.5 per cent higher yesterday spurred by news of Malaysia easing capital controls, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index rose 8.48 points to finish at 577.32 while the Second Board Index rose 2.78 points to
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        1885 22 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS wt 52-Wk Utl W«4 Day Last Quota Avg High Lw Stno Company Sate ♦or- I OOO) Mlgh Loo) Buy.r Sailer Price 20.5 3 3160 "Acer ******1USS 12 15 12 11.5 12 13 35 4.5 3164 Acma WO***** 17.5 *1 416 17.5 16 17 17.5 17 3161
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        214 22 H0N6X0NG STOCKS Of Or Lwt Vol Day Last Ouota Olv Dtv YM Not M Cap Mt l— Stop CWUMHV U* COOP) Ht» L— Buyor S—or CV P/t >«* 5123 COt (2000) MK <00 8 14 2 20.5 7744.7 5124 Cathay Poc 20c HK_720 265 2.1 7A 6 *****.4
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        S'pore Fill warrant holds some interest
        180 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy SIX out of the top 10 percentage gainers yesterday are 1999 warrants, so maybe these counters are swinging back into the rotational spotlight. Unfortunately, most of them have pretty dismal numbers which make it difficult to recommend them. Of
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        246 22 AFX-Asia □Wellington -106 NEW Zealand shares ended slightly lower yesterday although interest was shown in selected blue chips. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down 2.06 points to 2,217.76. Turnover totalled NZ5213.6 million. Tranz Rail fell 0.04 to NZ54.55 ahead of its result. Fat 4 (000) AN2 Banning 12.50 0.20
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        734 22 AFP 71SCT Index -HUff BARGAIN hunting lifted the Thai sharemarket barely higher at the close yesterday despite concerted selling in the troubled banking sector, dealers said. Dealers said buying in selected blue-chips and smaller issues offset a third day of selling in banks and finance companies. National Finance and
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        406 22 AFP n Composite Index -118 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday on futures-led selling, falling for the third consecutive day, dealers said. The Composite Index closed down 3.18 points to 550.15, off a low of 542.94. Volume was 132.1 million shares worth 1.2 trillion won.
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        586 22 AFP FlAflOriinarieß *2230 SHARE prices closed up 0.8 per cent yesterday as the market reached a new record close for the second time this week, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed up 22.3 points at a record close of 2,940.5. The All Industrials Index jumped 42.3 points to
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        726 22 AFP C 1 Composite Index -L 54 INDONESIAN share prices slipped 0.4 per cent yesterday amid a lack of incentives and continuing concerns over the domestic political situation, dealers said. "The underlying market sentiment has actually been bearish during this week as investors are concerned about any recurrence of
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        312 22 AFP Q Manila -2LOB PHILIPPINES share prices closed 1.l per cent lower yesterday after investors took profits from a three-day runup. The Composite Index lost 21.08 points to 1,986.30. Turnover fell to 336 million shares worth 1.3 billion pesos from 751 million shares worth 1.44 billion pesos on Wednesday.—AFP
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
      6454 23 Transaction datr :Ft h 4 Cr Gr M Wt 52-Wk Ust Vat Day Last Ouata Oty Mv YM Nat Cap Avg High Lew StNe Company Sale COOP) High Low Buyar Seller C'vr PJt $mll Price MULTt-MDUSTRY 142 17.5 m t 1000 Acma 50c 71
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      SESDAQ
      1190 23 52-Wk Lot VI Day Last Ouota M» Div YM Nat Cap Am Wffc l— ttw» ciw»m t* roooi mm* t— «*—r cw w >■« ww MANUFACTURING 243 30 2049 AS Auto lOc 102 517 102 94 102 103 IS N 7 13 9.6 H6.5 99 79.5 45 2051 ASJ
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        326 24 Stacks Votaim SembCorpI 25c 21,022.000 GES Ml lid 14,297,000 DBS Land 13,068,000 STEnggKk 8,665.000 SingTel 15c 7.625.000 Keppei Land50c 4.236.000 Asia Foodi Prop 4.062.000 Keppei LandWOO 4,026.000 MM I HWgs 10c 2,999.000 Ftextech Wt02 2.987,000 SMi SembCorpI 25c 43,300,340 OCBC Foreign 28,368,127 DBS Land 27,724,600 SingTel 15c 17,634,969 DBS Foreign
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        Market sees week's first gain on late rebound
        586 24  -  STOCK MSUBT COMMENTARY Recovery seen as technical bounce; market earlier shrugs off firmer Wall St, KL easing of capital curbs By R Sivanithy FOR most of yesterday's session, the local market continued to display its recent indecisiveness and nervousness while shrugging off
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          Demon's licence revoked
          94 24 TALK about unusual names. Well, in Hongkong, the Securities Futures Commission yesterday announced it has revoked the licence of one Demon Leung Wai Ting for misappropriating some HK$3 million (*****,400) of his clients' money. SFC said the money had been given to him to buy shares on
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          Embarraming silence
          93 24 THE opening day of the OECD Conference on Insurance Regulations and Supervision at Mandarin Hotel earlier this week went smoothly except for a technical hitch—the microphone went off, not once but twice within the space of 30 minutes. The first occasion was when Helena Conruyt-Angene, chairman of the
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          Real big advertisement
          117 24 THEY did it with not quite the real tiling. Coca-Cola Co unveiled the biggest-ever outdoor advertisement in China, a bottle-shaped sign wrapped around a 26-storey skyscraper near Shanghai's landmark People's Square. According to an AFP report, the company held a ceremony earlier this week to mark the
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          Bahewatch needs financial help
          129 24 IT claims to be the world's favourite television show but the producers of Baywatch pleaded poverty yesterday, approaching Australia's government for financial help in relocating Down Under. According to an AFP report, the producers have said they fell in love with Australia last year during filming
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        HOT STOCK
        52 24  -  ~By Wong Wei Kong KEPPEL LAND shares closed up $0.02 yesterday at $1.65 with 4.23 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.11 million units. The daily and weekly RSI and stochastics indicate that an uptrend may be forming, and this is supported by the
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      107 21 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, KOH NGAKTIANG of Blk 251, *14-37 Compass vale Street Singapore *****1, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Associated Liquor Distributors (S) Pte Ltd located at 501 Orchard Rd #2000 Wheelock Place Singapore *****0, and that this application will
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      44 23 1 Sole Distributor Main Service Centre: I a THE SWATCH GROUP SKA. (S) PTE LTD I f\ 4MA^r;r^x d LUllgineS LONGINES Han I r*r\ l\\-£ ILadieslßrf No. L5.15M756 L/UIUC VI LQ L'ELEGANCE DU TEMPS DEPUIS 1832 A COMPANY OF THE SWATCH GROUP OF SWITZERLAND
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      627 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SUPERMAC (SIN) CO.. PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 714, Chung Shan N. Road, Sec 5,
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      642 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF ACELTECH ASIA PTE LTD (In Mwnbiw' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members ot the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at Blk 33 Marsiling Industrial Estate Road 3 Woodlands
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      458 24 MABFHTMOOD H MIXED Market mood indicates likely trading sentiment today baaed on broken polled at 54pm yesterday Overnight events may alter sentiments. Brokers polled: ING Barings. Phillip. Credit Lyonnals Securities. Daiwa. Fraser. CK Goh. Kay Hum. Morgan Gren/eU. SG Warburg. Nomura. Merrill Lynch Take control of your investments. Call DBS
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      609 24 In The Matter of The Companies Act Cap. 30 And In The Matter of Mrtisa Trading Pit Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) Members' Voluntary Winding Up At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above named Company duly convened and held at Blk 712 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6
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      712 24 In The Maner of The Companies Act Cap 50 And In The Matter of Interbrew Distribution Pie Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) Members' Voluntary Winding Up At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at Blk 712 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 #04-4056
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      570 24 In The Matter of The Companies Act Cap. 50 And In The Matter of QBS System Pte Lid (In Voluntary Liquidation) Members Voluntary Winding Up Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at Blk 712 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 #04-4056
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      496 24 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I.YUANG SOMCHUA of 17-G Jalan Hock Chyc, Singapore *****1, have applied for a 2nd Class Public House Licence in respect of M/s Diandin Leluk Thai Restaurant Pte Ltd located at 290 Orchard Rd #05-34/35 Paragon Singapore *****9, and that this application will be considered by
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      352 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SHOOKLIN INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. SO. the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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      236 25 Epicure Pineapple treats to die for EL 8 H IR&k > %ife^ JL >ai£ FflNiJK^H^Hl^B *V y <7? v" Ji SllfcJ Bifev l *-*-s r VI^BH^MI^B SIEW YAW HOONC Helpful or harmful? The health supplements market is exploding as more people believe in the efficacy of herbal-based remedies. But do
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      • STRAWS In The Wind
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          Never too old to party
          59 26 SO who says elderly people can't rock? We recently received this press advisory to say that the Tiong Bahru Befriender Service was inviting 160 senior citizens to a Chinese New Year reunion lunch and to learn about road safety at Zouk Discotheque. Wonder if any
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          Who's the happiest?
          67 26 Here's a thought for the day: "Happiness is like a crystal ball. When it is broken into a thousand pieces, some people would get more, some people would get less. Some people might even get hurt in the process." Here's our question: wouldn't the ones who don't
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          Living up to his name
          171 26 Ask, and it shall be delivered unto you. One motorist went to her favourite petrol station and bought a bag of Flying Man rice. On opening it, she found that she had won two bags of sugar and promptly went back to claim her prize.
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          Of past and present
          43 26 Quote of the week goes to Charles Wang, founding chairman of US software company, Computer Associates. He opened a convention here with this line: "Of the many conferences I have had to speak in, this is the most recent."
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          Papal confession
          33 26 Here's what David Letterman had to say about the Pope's recent visit to St Louis: "After Clinton met with Pope John Paul II, the Pope was immediately subpoenaed by Henry Hyde."
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        A prodigal student finds his voice
        857 26  -  THEATRE Malaysia's Jit Mnrad has revived his play, Gold Bain And Hailstones, for the Singapore audience liy Parvathi Nayar THERE'S some peculiar weather headed for Singapore next week from Kuala Lumpur called Gold Rain And Hailstones. Promising turbulence and sparkle, this comedy by Jit
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        Familiar neurotic set-up, but less engaging
        541 26  -  CINEMA The Misadventures Of Margaret has a weak script, with lots of male nudity thrown in to make np for it By Susan Tsang THE Misadventures Of Margaret bills itself as a comedy of sexual manners, with a fairly respectable cast of indie film
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        When morality issues cloud an action thriller
        609 26  -  CINEMA Too much soul-searching on politics and human rights takes the tension ont of The Siege By I Susan Tsang THE SIEGE begins as an action thriller, with a terrorist group setting off bombs in New York city, and an FBI team, led
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    • VIEWPOINT
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        What's there to bring back to life in Chinatown?
        792 27  -  Off the cuff We don't have a Chinatown in the true sense any more. In a way, it has re-invented itself, albeit not in the way we may have liked by Jaime Ee PLEASE don't shoot me. But I always thought
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        Lock icon Are health boosters helpful?
        1602 27 IRENE and Joseph Low wake up every morning to a mini cocktail of health supplements. Before they even brush their teeth, the forty-something couple pop their Barley Green capsules. "Our doctor friend says they work best on an empty stomach, when you first wake up." After
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        Lock icon Marketing the millennium
        891 28  -  Entrepreneurs in the US are furiously coming up with special merchandise to milk Year 2000 for profits, reports douglas martin DOUGLAS MARTIN NYT AS time marches relentlessly towards history's biggest New Year's celebration at least, its most outrageously promoted entrepreneurs are a step ahead, figuring angles to
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        Lock icon Diamond Multimedia's Rio sparkles
        685 28  -  PRODUCT REVIEW It gives music buffo the freedom to compile their own playlists By* Andrew Wee Trends for 1999 What's cool: Logging on the Internet and tuning in to KROC, a hip radio station in Los Angeles. What's cooler: Downloading songs from an artist's yet-to-be-released album
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        Lock icon Abraxas' comeback
        779 29  -  The upmarket store is focusing mainly on commercial projects and the occasional walk-in customer, reports jaime ee JAIME EE Before there was X-Tra, Cream or Limited Edition, there was Abraxas. If you were anyone with a modicum of style back in the late 80's, the Abraxas store in
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        XZQT opens new downtown store
        385 29  -  Its Paragon outlet offers a fairly wide range of furniture and knick knacks By, Jaime Ee WHILE it hasn't died and come back to life, XZQT has made a fairly drastic change by going downtown. XZQT it takes a while to figure out that the
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        Lock icon Exuding a sense of security
        871 29  -  The new Opel Astra's safety features are worth checking out says Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN ONE of the first things you'd notice about the new Astra from Opel is its build quality, and how far it has come in that respect. Unlike its predecessor, the
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    • LEISURE
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        WHAT'S ON
        471 30  -  Compiled by Parvathi Nayar MUSIC Singapore Symphony Orchestra The magical world of Tchaikovsky's ballet music never fails to enchant, excite and engage the senses. Programme includes Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Shui Lan conducts. Feb 5 6, 8.15pm at Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets: $35, $25, $18,
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        A slow-moving visual treat
        759 30  -  If Lmrhad only been a meal for the eyes, one would have come away well-satisfied, but as a piece of theatre, parvathi mayar expects more PARVATHI NAYAR Along time ago, a man wrote a play that managed in the same breath to talk of kings and
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      CINEMA
      685 31 Bride Of Chucky. In this sequel, the killer doll gets a girlfriend. Choa Chu Kang, Jurong, Century. A Bug's Life. Animated take on the life of ants. Orchard, Eastpoint. The Corruptor. Cops and robbers flick that pairs up Chow Yun Fat with Mark Wahlberg and lots of edge-of-the-seat action.
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      ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS
      116 31 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore346-78/6 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 I Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina Tampines 8 Tiong Bahru Yishun Overseas Movie Clementi/Co'wealtt) 777-0669 Golden/New
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    • EPICURE
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        Lock icon Pineapple treats to die for
        893 32  -  It's that time of the year when the jam-filled tart makes its appearance, tam su ten puts some of them to the test TAN SU YEN LOVE letters toasting on an open charcoal burner used to signal the coming of the Lunar New Year in
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        Have some wine, instead of Chinese tea
        495 32  -  WINE For a different culinary experience, serve the festive food with exquisite French wines By: Parwathi Nayar IN preparation for the upcoming Chinese New Year festivities, Singaporeans the island over are planning all manner of sumptuous Chinese fare. If you are looking for
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        Lock icon A kitchen amahs will be proud of
        939 32  -  RESTAURANT Shnnde's best offerings of home-style Cantonese fare are found in its dinner menn By 1 Tan Su Yen THE recession has been hardest on Chinese restaurants. Now that there's less money from property and stocks sloshing around the system, many have been
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        Enjoying reunion without the hiss of cooking
        353 32 CRAVINGS WE'RE barely two weeks away from the Lunar New Year and if you're not up to an at-home reunion dinner, consider a meal at Plaza Parkroyal's newly-renovated Si Chuan Dou Hua Seafood Restaurant. The restaurant has come up with a variety of
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        Goodies for takeaway
        161 32 IF you've abandoned grand schemes of making your own pineapple tarts and are still casting about for gifts for friends and relatives this Lunar New Year, most hotels now have Lunar New Year gift counters. Goodwood Park Hotel's New Year gift counter is located in the foyer
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        Prosperity baskets
        111 32  -  Compiled by Tan Su Yen AND if you must have mandarin oranges to amnsp yourself over the holidays, there's no need to brave the crowds in Chinatown. Cold Storage sells them in decorative baskets called, surprise, surprise, Prosperity Basket at $28.80. Or ham it up with the extended
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    • TRAVEL
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        Lock icon Legendary landscapes
        1313 33  -  Ancient Petra, almost forgotten for hundreds of years, is now a hive of tourist activity- stewart daisy visits Jordan's pink city STEWART DALBY FT PETRA, the fabled and incredible city of antiquity in what is now modern Jordan, reached its peak in the fourth century BC when Nabataean
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      342 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS r, i "c —MMg— i. i i t- i l, i 1 I k I 4 I 5 5 7 1 Old cobbler who puts on airs 3 Disenchanted with playing JML_HH__ golf? How disturbing! (3-7) 3 I I I I I 8 Charm a stubborn chap
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      127 28 km iii TO OWN AN EXCLUSIVE APARTMENT IN THE PRIME OF D.lO JC Drayco;y m .< n > The Preferred Locale For Fine Living 'I 11 v Owning a luxury home in the prime District 10 is now a dream No f| we can realise. JC Draycott offers a rare
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      66 28 I LION CITY HOTEL THE SENSIBLE HOTEL Comfort Convenience Affordable Sid Superior Room Fall day rot# Day use rote 1 2p«n-7p«n Night mm rat* 7pm- 3am 3 mins waft to MKT Station 15 mms drive to Changi Airport 10 mins drive to (10, World Trode Centre, Suntec Qty and Orchard
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      182 30 tttiha J Presented j DlUCrs Club Offers Personalised Cash Access to appty, cai: Where to wine 9 dine snd entertain. at over 30,000 locations worldwide. 290 4545 Every Saturday and Sunday pamper yourself from as early as 12.00pm to our sumptuous High Tea Buffet of popular Asian and Western sweets
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      221 30 CeieoMte re last century with De Grand < CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL *3 j| From 16 Feb 99 -28 Feb '99 SET LUNCH-$9.80 NETT (11AM-3PM) fl| SET DINNER 10.80 NETT (SPM 10PM) Thai style claypot red curry chtcken with pineapple Spanish pork nbs with garlic sauce claypot j Claypot fried
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      126 30 The freshest seafood dishes provide a delightful dining experience. Juicy cold Oysters, Prawns and Green Mussels on ice. Baked Slipper Lobster with Butter and Garlic. Delicious Roclc Crab with Tang Hoon, Spring Onions and Ginger. Just to name a few. Only $28.00 for adults and $14.00 for children. Children dine
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      124 30 VV\GHTBa t ytii* NMII flSfttMHftNl Stilt HIS Every Saturday, Sunday 8f Public Holiday iQP Noon to 5.00pm Adult: $23 Revolving Child: $15+++ 59th floor Reservations: *****58/88 —35— Manetarin Singapore 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7. Tel: *****11 I KwrtoH- *H> CrOSSrOaAs C*£g 11 30*u* 230ft*\ The Singapore Marriott Hotel is famous
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      2177 31 TODAY'S TV Premiere 12 300 CDIS RECOMMENDED YlcwulO 230 PM TV Innovations 400 Dimens Musik. 4.00 Kidz Blitz: Sesame Semarak Dangdut. r oi'io nrnm who becomes 12-year-old street. 5-00 Mimk-Muzik. u piuiii NickStahl steacherThis s<oo Kidzßlitz;Sam Max w^i.iwan rjopf nnr> rocnortahlo IQQQ 5 30 Kidz Blitz: The Wubbu Kawan Haiwan.
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      222 33 I I wish I This has to be a golfer's I ultimate fantasy play to I your heart's content at the I renowned Jack Nicklaus I Seaview Course and the I lan Baker-Finch Woodlands I Course. What's more, it's I just a 45-minute ferry I ride away. So bring your
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
    • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
      • BULL'S EYE
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          BT Sentiment Index
          537 34 Those polled for their views on the Singapore stock market outlook for next week were: Daiwa, Fraser, GK Goh, ING Barings, Kay Hian, Kim Eng, Merrill Lynch. SembCorp Industries ♦(Buy) Fraser-AMMB Research, Feb 3, $2.24 SCI announced a $419.5 million deliberate write-down in the value of its
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          In My Opinion
          447 34 HE rally in the SinI gapore market X which started in September last year has surprised many in terms of speed and magnitude. The recent slowdown in positive news flow, the Brazilian devaluation and concerns over the Chinese yuan have set it back, but we are still
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        Lock icon Raising S'pore corporate profiles in US market
        1001 34  -  More local firms DBS Land the latest are issuing ADRs to woo US investors By\ Louis Beckerling SINGAPORE companies are joining a growing queue of candidates around the region who hope to raise their profiles in the US investor market by issuing American
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        Lock icon Looking forward to a more profitable Keppel Corp
        1058 34  -  Despite varied forecasts of the group's first loss since '85, nearly all analysts agree that its revamp would bear fruit in the current year, with consensus net earnings expected at $161.2 million, comrad raj reports CONRAD RAJ Keppel Corporation should emerge a
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    • UNIT TRUSTS
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        Lock icon Asia has place in portfolio
        858 35  -  But investors need to do some homework before taking the plunge, such as checking track records and fact sheets of funds which invest in the region, obnbvibvb ctja takes you through the process GENEVIEVE CUA Asian stock markets staged a spectacular rebound in the last
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        Time to reward Nicholas Applegate's investors
        778 35  -  With change of owner, fund manager has chance to offer diversified products, good performance Ry\ Shiv Taneja INVESTMENT manager Nicholas Applegate Capital Management is in the spotlight yet again. A year and a half after the Asian fund management operator was sold by French
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        THE UNIT TRUST SCORE BOARD
        282 35 UNIT TRUST/SECTOR (6 MONTHS 31JUI98-29JAN99) CHANGE RANK B«*t P»rform«rs Templeton IF Korean/Korea EQ 55.72 1 OCBC Savers Korea/Korea EQ 54.85 Y" Templeton IF Thailand/Thailand EQ 49.48 3 Schroder Singapore Trust/ Singapore EQ* 45.39 4 UOB United Global Tech/Tech Global 44.34 5 Worst P*rform«rs DBS Shenton
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        Getting expert advice on unit trust investment
        662 35  -  A unit trust specialist helps save time, minimise risks in choice of fond By. Ben Fok The writer is a manager and fund specialist with Fraser Securities. DO you know that your investment choices today include more than a hundred unit trusts? Do
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        Lock icon Fund profile
        317 35 Compiled by BT Investment objective To seek long-term capital growth by investing in stocks on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and other companies with significant exposure to Thailand. Investment style A bottom-up, value-based approach to stock selection. Market outlook The key to Thailand's long-term development will be
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    • RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
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        Lock icon Prime condos still giving good yields
        1295 36 Four Seasons Park, Spring Grove and Regency Park top list in terms of rentals and popularity WITH investors of residential property facing their toughest time in a decade, are there still properties that are easy to rent out? Property agents cite a handful in
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        Lock icon Hillview homes: buyers receptive to price cuts
        955 37  -  Abundance of units helps lower prices from over $750 psf to $500-$570 psf today By. Ang Wan May ONCE teeming with industrial buildings, the Hillview area in Upper Bukit Timah has been transformed over the last decade into a residential area chockful of
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        Lock icon Price factor in property sales
        797 37  -  Only 2 among the top 10 best-selling private projects in 1998 were priced above $500 psf. COSIMME KERK gives a rundown CORINNE KERK CUT prices to move sales. That seems to be the strategy that worked for the top-selling private residential projects in 1998. Of
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE
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        Lock icon Balloon loan plan: burst it or let it ride?
        1094 38  -  It was hailed as an innovative plan when it was launched, but in today's weaker market, should car owners continue with the plan? vek hkhhnivasam looks into the details VEN SREENIVASAN IT HAS been two years since Performance Motors took the
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        Conditions apply in CPF housing relief
        587 38 IT will come as a big relief to a large number of Singaporeans that they can now use their savings in their CPF Special Account to pay for any mortgage shortfall following the 10 percentage point cut in the CPF contribution rate. But there
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        255 38 COMPASS AMOUNT l MjMBHi 6 MONTHS tMOWTHB 1J MONTHS C|t,b ank Uptp ***** 1.6875 1.8125 2.0625 2.1250 2 4375 *****-*****0 2.0000 2.2500 2.4375 2.4375 3 0000 0BS 1.0000 1.2500 1.7500 1.7500 2.0000 *****-*****0 1 0000 1.5000 1.7500 1.8750 2.0000 Hong Leong Rnance Up to ***** 1.7500 2.0625 2.1875 2.2500 2
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        ACU DEPOSIT RATES Offered by various banks (as at Feb 3, 1999)
        1187 38 wport amount 1-<tth 3-m<h 6-nrth Deport imount 1-mth 3-mtti g^mh A$ AS AM 000 A49 999 Iomo 4 1MO 1 ]2X 25 000 74 999 3 6875 3 6250 3 6250 A49.999 4 0900 4 1000 4 1000
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    • OPINION
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        Lock icon When sentiment gets ahead of fundamentals
        796 39  -  THE FIIVBR POUT Zn these uncertain times, investors appear to let their hearts rule tbeir heads By Louis Beckerling THE slide of around 50 points in the Straits Times Index so far this week has wiped away the last traces of the heady froth
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        We'd like to hear from you
        101 39 IT has been four weeks since we launched Executive Money comprising seven pages of news, views and features on matters that concern you and your finances. We'd like to hear from you on what you think about the new section, and the topics you
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        Lock icon Cutting costs doesn't mean clipping wings
        1168 39  -  A look at how firms can mawi g fl business travel more effectively By. Brad Prentice The writer is American Express director of corporate services in South Asia WHY is business travel and related expense management a subject that is now appearing on the
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      123 40 Investment Keppel Corp outlook EM 10 P**W g i! i >• m& J Vv w£ Kj *"ij >' ''7- yai ?r* :,.Jp gWI IJ^| We Can GiveYou The Inside Story On Health Care Investments. ACM Investment Funds INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE PORTFOLIO Investing For Growth In The World's wm Expanding Health
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      15 40 'frg rElft Sll Hill view homes: -Sj buyers receptive to price cuts ■■IKIH EM 13
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon FREIGHT MARKET
      320 41 Bridge News Reuter THERE was some talk of some slightly higher rates being paid to nearby Panamax tonnage in the US Gulf, but details were sketchy. However, the higher rates appear to be positional and no long term trend is indicated. TANIQIK& The flurry in activity for West
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      241 41 W4 *b CWT OMributtan 0A29 *0.02 66 ChuanHup 0565 *0.01 76 Cosca Invaatmant .047 undi 13 FraMMUnks Ot7 unch 1095 Cewwnie 0.38 unch M Hoi Sun Hup 044S *0.015 15« HKacMZoMfi 0.79 IMCHoMtafi—HK 5.60 Jpylla«n» 0.505 *0.005 52 Jutom SMpyar6_ 6.90 *0J0 91 KapppiCarp 190 *004 2090 Kappa<FCLS
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      Lock icon MPA to restrict use of line-towed barges
      418 41  -  From Jnne 1,2000, their use is prohibited in western sector of port at night By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is restricting the use of line-towed barges at night in the western sector of the port following a
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      M'sia will not impose fee on users of Malacca Straits
      304 41  -  Froml Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will not impose any fee or levy on ships using the Straits of Malacca, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. He said that this was in keeping with international maritime rules
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      Shortfall in fuel does not entitle charterer to cancel charterparty
      612 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Ry Selva Kumar A CHARTERER which called off a time charterparty because the owner had not provided the agreed amount of fUel has been told that it cannot resort to the "draconian remedy of cancellation". Instead both the
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      Leader of Asian piracy syndicate not a S'porean
      397 41  -  George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The alleged mastermind behind a piracy syndicate in Asian waters appears not to be a Singaporean after all, as reported by the Indonesian media. Responding to queries from Shipping Times, a Singapore Police spokesman said yesterday that the 56-year-old
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      Lock icon S'pore ship detained in Sydney
      231 41 AFP [SYDNEY] A Singaporeflagged vessel tagged a "ship of shame" by unionists was detained in Sydney Harbour yesterday after it was claimed crew members were crammed nine to a cabin in filthy conditions. An International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) delegate inspected the Ocean Mercury late
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      730 42 FIGHTING PIRACY Region has the will but needs a more concerted approach if it wants to win the fight against piracy Reuters ASIA has the will to combat piracy but is unlikely to ever wipe it out until nations adopt a more concerted approach, a
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        782 55 Vessel Voy No B«rth Arrival Departure Lucky 03/99 J02 alongside 05 02/2300 Bmtan Bam *****9 J03 alongside 04.02/2300 Bt Aneka Kar *****9 J01 alongside 04.02/1700 Bt Dewt Mas *****9 J01 alongside 04.02/1800 Bt Hanoi Jay *****9 J01 alongside 05.02/0100 Bt Mushka *****9 J01 alongside 05 02/0800 Bt Putra
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        1742 55 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofcinq/Btlancc Rstlf Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From 4*1 02/99 04/1200 I* 04/1500 04/1*59 04/1900 04/1500 04/H59 04/1900 IA 04/1700 05/0459 05/0900 21 04/1700 05/0459 05/0900 J 05/0700 05/1159 05,-400 4 05/1200 05/1459 05/1700 IMHtli 837SN 077ndb U
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        224 55 Feb IS China: Chinese New Year Eve. Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve. United States: Washington's Birthday Holiday. Fab IS Brunei: Chinese New Year. China: Chinese New Year. Portugal- Carnival. Singapore: Chinese New Year. South Korea: Chinese New Year. Taiwan: Chinese New Year. Feb 17 China: Chinese New Year.
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        734 55 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        521 56 US aviation agency wants inspection of aircraft to be completed by mid-April AFP Reuters [BEßN] Swissair has been ordered by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to check its entire fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft by mid-April, the airline said. The FAA
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        159 56 AFP [SYDNEY] Ansett Australia is to share codes with All Nippon Airways of Japan and upgrade its international fleet by leasing two Boeing 747-400 aircraft from Singapore Airlines. Ansett said yesterday it had reached a code sharing agreement with All Nippon
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        90 56 Reuters [MOSCOW] The head of Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot sacked two top managers and ordered an audit of key departments on Wednesday, a spokesman said. Chief executive Valery Okulov fired commercial vice-president and sales manager Alexander Krasnenker and director of airfreight sales Leonid Itskov, the spokesman
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        712 56 Sales up only 4% while many rivals have reported double-digit increases NYT [DETROIT] As many of its competitors reported doubledigit sales increases, the General Motors Corp said that January sales rose a scant 4 per cent compared with exceptionally weak sales in the month a
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        79 56 [BANGKOK] Models displaying the new Toyota Corolla Altis during the Thai launch of the sedan car which feature< reinforced body structure providing extra safety for drivers and passengers. Toyota is launching its new car in Thailand although vehicle sales for 1998 plummeted 60.3 per cent
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        455 56 Cs2om loss due to higher costs, pilots strike Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Air Canada, the nation's largest airline, posted a fourth-quarter loss as costs rose and it cut fares in a move to recover passengers driven away last year by a pilots strike. The Montreal-based company
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          52 56 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] PT Garuda Indonesia has appointed Swissair to supply spare parts for its 45 aircraft, company operations director Rudy Hardiono reportedly said. Bisnis Indonesia cited Mr Hardiono as saying that a one-year contract for the supply of spare parts supply will be signed this
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          56 56 Reuters [LONDON] The number of passengers travelling in premium class on the UK's British Airways in January was down 1.1 per cent, compared with January 1998, the company said. This compares with a year-on-year decline in premium traffic in December of 3.6 per cent.
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          74 56 Bridge News [Brussels] The EU Commission announced it is opening a ftill investigation in the proposed merger of Dutch national airline KoninklijkeLuchtvaart MIJ (KLM) and Martinair. The full investigation, which could take up to four months, is an in-depth phase of an EU merger assessment
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