The Business Times, 15 April 1999

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  • 830 1  -  $232 m deals see DBS Land baying 53.9% of Hind, DBS Bank divesting SPC By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank and its associate DBS Land yesterday announced two major deals the former is divesting its entire 26.02 per cent stake in Singapore
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  • 729 1  -  Two rival groups vying for 8 council seats on ICPAS By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] A battle is brewing in Singapore's accounting profession ahead of this month's elections for council seats on the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS). At
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  • 575 1  -  By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index rallied to close above 1,700 for the first time in 18 months yesterday, but that was mere backdrop for the frenzied rotational play in penny stocks that ramped up their prices
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  • 46 1 Bloomberg. [NEW YORK] The Dow Industrial surged above 10,500 points for the first time yesterday morning, boosted by strong earnings from J P Morgan Co. By Ipm EST the benchmark index was up an impressive 123.76 points at 10,518.77. Bloomberg.
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  • ANWAR'S JAILING
    • 791 2  -  Fall-oat from Anwar case seen causing only short-term pause in portfolio flows to country Fron Neil Behrmann, Ven Sreenivasan in Singapore FOREIGN funds have begun returning to Malaysia, and the six-year jail term for former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim may cause
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    • 1039 2 Chronology of political turbulence in Malaysia Source: Reuters May-June: Tension mounts between then-Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as the former calls repeatedly for political reform and an end to cronyism. June 18-21: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, youth leader of the ruling United
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    • 562 2  -  Reformasi movement still a force to be reckoned with, says analyst Prom Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ANWAR Ibrahim will remain in political wilderness for a long time but his supporters may deny the national ruling coalition, Barisan Nasional, a crucial two-thirds majority
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    • 780 2  -  Seittttce punitive because of his high pafcaays judge Fnotm P ■■<!» Eddie Toh, Ruth Wong, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian court has sentenced Anwar Ibrahim to a punitive six-year jail term, a development that will further alter the country's political and
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 505 4 Many opportunities for discerning investors now, at the bottom of the cycle The Straits Times ASIA will make a comeback, but which country recovers first depends on individual countries' responses to the crisis. Nevertheless, there are many opportunities for discerning investors
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    • 331 4  -  EYEOMTHEECOIfOICT Job ads By\ Marissa Chew FOR the first time in 15 months, the volume of recruitment advertisements in newspapers has risen, albeit by a modest 3 per cent in year-on-year terms in March. The volume of job ads has been falling since November 1997
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    • 1100 4  -  jfin.PAii Tan Chak Lim Singapore AFTER so many months, you are still grappling with the issue of Malaysian shares that were traded over the counter (OTC) in Singapore until September last year. Some 170,000 Singaporeans and a few foreigners have been in painful purgatory. When will
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    • 174 4  -  Liam Brown via Internet Singapore LEE Kheng Joo ("Singapore has many talented people", BT, April 13) is listening to the wrong message. The chorus doesn't sing, "Singapore lacks talent". What I hear is: "Singapore has all it takes, people included, to succeed." It's a question of
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    • 519 5  -  First tranche of $3b-s4b exercise will be denominated in Singapore dollars By i Christopher Tan THE Land Transport Authority is likely to offer its maiden bond issue towards the end of this quarter, according to sources. The first tranche of what is expected
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    • 498 5 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore's oil refiners and traders will likely see sales to the Indian market shrink this year as new Indian refineries start up to supply local industries. India's fuel purchases from Singapore totalled about $660 million last year, up from $42.5 million
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    • 648 5  -  Staff absorbed into other plants; March quarter results beat analysts'forecasts By, Jennifer Lien SEAGATE Technology, which on Tuesday announced better-than-expected Marchquarter earnings, said it had halved its customer service operations in Singapore, but affected staff had been absorbed into its other
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    • 437 5  -  Expats in Perc poll credit govt with playing its cards well By, Audrey Tan EXPATRIATE businessmen in the region say that among Asian governments, the Singapore authorities have dealt best with the financial crisis, a survey by the Political and Economic
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    • 455 5  -  By I Siow Li Sen HONG Leong Finance (HLF) and its sister company, Singapore Finance, have gone aggressively into the car loan business, bucking the trend when the overall industry continues to decline. Car loans by finance companies have been falling the past 16
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
    • 664 6  -  551.67 could be next stop, say players, as US funds zoom in on local stocks By\ Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar powered its way higher for a second day yesterday, ending the Asian session at less than 551.70 to the US dollar
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    • 249 6 AFP [HONGKONG] More than 80 per cent of fund managers in Asia expect regional economies, except China and Japan, to improve in 1999, according to survey by US investment house Merrill Lynch released yesterday. The survey showed a sharp rise in optimism
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    • 228 6 Reuters [MANILA] The International Monetary Fund has expressed concern over the Philippine government's slow action on a scheme to monitor tax compliance by large firms, Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu told reporters yesterday. The IMF is also worried about the delay in the
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    • 367 6 Estimated 25,000 entrepreneurs expected to leave ahead of Jane polls Reuters [JAKARTA] Ethnic Chinese have shifted some US$BO billion (*****.8 billion) out of Indonesia and 25,000 entrepreneurs and their families are expected to leave ahead of June's general election, Media Indonesia reported
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    • 311 6 FT [BEIJING] China's state welfare system is set to come under unprecedented pressure this year, as state enterprises lay off another seven million workers one million more than last year and a further 26 million people turn to the government for their pensions.
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    • 616 6  -  But social unrest, rising inflation may prevent return of investor confidence From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S economy could be back on the road to recovery by the end of the year although the economic situation win remain difficult until the political
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    • 277 6 AFP, Bloomberg [PARIS] Japan urgently needs to speed up reform of its regulatory system if the country is not to languish in recession for years to come, the OECD warned yesterday. "The need for more rapid progress is urgent... a sharp
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  • REGION
    • 588 7 NEW YORK Chinall make tough choices in revamping financial industry, US bankers teM Bloomberg CHINA'S Premier Zhu Rongji said last year's decision to shut the country's secondlargest international investment firm was intended to show foreign lenders the government will
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    • NOTE Book
      • 43 7 AFP [KUALA LUMFORIA jmbßc inquiry has BKOMBMaM that former police chief Abdul Rahim Noor be charged he watln custody. Bernama news agency reported yesterday. The report said Mr Rahim should be charged with attempting to cause"grievous hurt". —AFP
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      • 51 7 AFP [TAIPEI} China has invited Taiwan to join in the planned development erf a regional passenger jetliner despite stalled ties betweemOJaipei and Bering, an ofDciliipW yesterday. The project proposed by China envisages building 00-to 80-seatjetliners at an estimated initial coet ofUS$45O million (5f764 million).
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      • 49 7 Reuters [HONGKONG} China Development Bank aims to launch a US$5OO million (S|B4® million) global bond in May. The issue was likely to have an intermediate maturity of five to 10 years, sources said yesterday. Merrill Lynch and Salomon Smith Barney are co-lead managers.—Reuters
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      • 37 7 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A five-nation, eight-day military exercise involving Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore kicked off yesterday after being put off last year with Kuala Lumpur's sudden withdrawal, officials said.-AKP fW
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      • 75 7 AFP [BEIJING] China moved yesterday to thwart dissident**plans to pay tribute at thagrava of a former reformist leader whose death 10 years ago was a catalyst for the 1968 Tiananmen Square protests. Today's anniversary of the death offormer Communist Party secretary Hu Yaobang is
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    • 440 7 ■TOKYO Farmer leader doubts planned polls will be successful AFP FORMER president Suharto blamed lawmakers and hasty reforms for fanning the flames of unrest in Indonesia and cast doubt on the success of planned elections in an interview published here yesterday. Mr Suharto,
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    • 364 7 WASHINGTON WTOnegrti&ttau to resume in Bering this month NYT, Reuters Bloomberg SMARTING from criticism that he backed away from a trade deal with China because of domestic politics, US President Bill Clinton telephoned China's prime minister on Yfltifefcy afternoon to restart tbf
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    • 596 7  -  Taiwan's Koos Group jointly owns company which runs Übex service Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Whatever political problems exist between China and Taiwan, they will be doing more electronic commerce with each other. This is thanks to a 30-year-old Singapore-based technopreneur, Yong Voon Fee, and the
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    • 391 7 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA Is putting a lot of chips on the table in a high stakes bet that it could one day become a semiconductor powerhouse. It is spending nearly a billion dollars on a key project in Shanghai to gain
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  • ASIA
    • 463 9 BOMBAY Ruling coalition loses majority; Congress party demands govt's resignation Reuters, AFP Bridge news INDIAN President KR Narayanan yesterday asked Premier Atal Behari Vajpayee to prove his majority in Parliament after a key partner in the ruling coalition withdrew crucial support,
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    • 328 9 ISLAMABAD Islamabad spurns Western appeals not to fuel arms race Reuters PAKISTAN said it successfully test-fired a Ghauri missile yesterday in response to a test by rival India, spurning Western appeals to avoid fuelling a South Asian arms race. An official announcement
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 70 9 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese corporate bankruptcies fell fen- the fifth consecutive month in March as government loan guarantees made it easier for small companies to raise k*ns. Last month, 1,235 companies went bankrupt, down 81A per cent from March a year earlier, according to Tokyo Shoko Research
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      • 60 9 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australians' confidence in the economy rose this month. Westpac Banking Corp and Melbourne University's Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research index of confidence rose 2.2 per cent this month to 112.8 points, seasonally adjusted. A reading above 100 signals more people are
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      • 41 9 Reuters [HONGKONG] New Zealand is well positioned to recover quickly from the Asian financial crisis and expects steady economic growth in coming years, Treasurer Bill Birch yesterday. "Undoubtedly, we are recovering very quickly,'' Mr Birch said.—Reuters
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    • 247 9 TOKYO He promises to stop using derogatory term for China Reuters TOKYO'S newly elected governor has apparently sought to calm worries over his nationalist views, saying his demands for the return of a US air base were a "bluff" and promising
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  • THE WORLD
    • 528 11 THE KOSOVO CRISIS German talks folly in line with Nato conditions, says US official AFP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States said a German peace initiative for Kosovo was a "constructive" effort to find a settlement in the conflict. "The German discussions
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    • 277 11 GENEVA Bloomberg THE World Trade Organisation said it hopes to name its next director-general before the end of the month, after missing another self-imposed deadline yesterday to find a replacement for Italy's Renato Ruggiero at the helm of the
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 92 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US businesses added to their stocks of goods on hand more vigorously than anticipated in February to meet strong demand, a Commerce Department report yesterday showed. Hie value of total inventories at retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers increased 0.4 per cent to a
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      • 77 11 AFP {WASHINGTON] US President Bill Clinton does not plan to challenge a ruling by a federal judge who held him in contempt of court for giving misleading statements on his affair with Monica Lewinsky, The Washington Post said yesterday. Federal Judge Susan Wright issued the
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      • 77 11 Reuters {LONDON] More than 100 senior City of London figures will launch today a campaign against Britain joining the euro, lobby group Business for Sterling said on Wednesday. Business for Sterling said in a statement its City team would be led by former stock exchange
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      • 76 11 AFP [MOSCOW] Russia yesterday withdrew an arrest warrant for tycoon Boris Berezovsky just two weeks after charging the Kremlin insider with bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from the Aerofiot state airline. The decision caps a mystifying month of politics here that included a
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    • 316 11 STRASBOURG, France Bloc needs better management to enable it to take in new members Bloomberg GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder urged a oneyear deadline for revamping European Union institutions to prevent a repeat of the corruption scandal that unseated the European Commission. Speaking
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 850 12  -  THE BOTTOM LIME OPINION By Paul Samuelson PATCHES of sun are beginning to peek through the clouds in East Asia South Korea is expected to reverse its downward gross domestic product trend and grow in 1999. Similar forecasts are coming in for Thailand Indeed,
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    • 100 12 4 lt was a savage sentence. I think most people will say that this is not an appropriate sentence for what in many people's eyes is not even a crime.' -Dr Philip Nitachke Australian euthanasia campaigner, on the 10-25 year jail sentence meted out to America's "Dr
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    • 596 12 EDITORIAL IT may seem churlish to question the growing mood of optimism about East Asia's chances of a quick and decisive economic recovery, especially as optimism itself is a factor which can aid the recovery process. But it would be irresponsible to encourage false hopes which
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    • 1112 12  -  That EU-US trade war has been averted is proof the system works and is worth consolidating By\ Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT TRANSATLANTIC squabbling over the European Union's banana import regime has been one of
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    • 873 12  -  WHAT TOE OTHERS SAT By\ David Ignatius The writer is an Associate Editor of The Washington Post UNITED STATES President Bill Clinton did something so shortsighted and potentially costly last week in scuttling a trade deal with China that you begin to wonder if the
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 1261 13  -  In her new book, she challenges the assumption that feminism has achieved its aims and has rendered itself obsolete, marjobie hub reports MARJORIE MILLER LAT-WP Undoubtedly, it is bad form to begin a story on feminist icon Germaine Greer by describing her dress. But
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    • 905 13 HEALTH Drug makers, even food companies, jockeying for slice of lucrative market Reuters [NEW YORK] Herbs, once relegated to the ranks of snake oil or voodoo in the eyes of the medical establishment, are joining the mainstream as people look for fast, cheap ways to
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    • 391 15 PEOPLE Reuters [NEW YORK] British author Salman Rushdie not only appeared in public in New York on Tuesday he had publicity. The Indian-born novelist is still getting used to allowing his presence to be known in advance. In 1989, Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 187 13 THE WEATHER Singaporei Partly cloudy. Temperature (25/29C) **«<■«■ WB* Good. Jeraaafea \\m Clear Staiholni 1/6 Cloudy AwUnd 8/18 Cloudy Mecca 23/35 (tar Vienna 8/18 Stonw j*!# 1 2&W Shown Zurich 1/8 Showers *<■8 8/18 ftk Bay ho/Of Goad. w*»*y 2M2 Hazy Aaoterdaai V7 Showers Amerioa WED* CmmL 18/26 CVudy Alhena
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  • MOTORING
    • 1046 14  -  GAR track The big boys will benefit most from an enlarged vehicle market and better margins as COE rates stabilise but fringe players are in for a bumpy ride All reports by < Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] MARKET analysts have declared 1999 the year
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    • 447 14 [MELBOURNE] JAGUAR cars got off to a slow start in the year, posting worldwide sales of 9,300 units in the first quarter, some 28 per cent lower than the same period a year ago. The drop in sales, according to director of overseas
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    • 387 14 [SINGAPORE] There used to be a time when professional car movers like Rodney Tan would get behind the wheels of the fanciest carriages and hurtle them from the port to the showroom. Beemer after Beemer, Merc after Merc, night after night. It was
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    • 221 14 Starsanto said to be the likely company to rliiM»-h fmnrliiin [SINGAPORE] The Audi distributorship is on the brink of a change. Currently held by Motor Ultima, it is likely to move "very soon", according to sources. BT understands several parties are vying for it, Un-
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    • 325 14 [SINGAPORE] After four years of amassing a string of motor franchises, Comfort Group is switching lanes, with an eye on the parallelimport route. If things go as planned, Comfort could well become the biggest grey importer here and the first listed one
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    • 199 14 [SINGAPORE] Listed Comfort Group has pared its unprofitable vehicle distribution business barely four years after embarking on an aggressive acquisition trail. A number of employees from the division, including key managers, were laid off recently. The company wUI soon be selling Peugeots (the first brand
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 43 14 INCHCAPE Motors director PaulT C Brooks has resigned with effect from April 5. Mr Brooks was the alternate director to Robert GoodalL His move follows the departure of joint managing director Andrick Tan and mm aAMrutiwdeputy chairman Alan Tan.
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      • 99 14 FORD Motor Co baa agreed to pay £1 billion (8&8 MUM in cash for Kwik-Fit Holdings, a UK car repair and parts company. According to Bloomberg, the offer, made through Ford's wholly-owned PAH Investments subsidiary, works out to 960 pence a share, a
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      • 64 14 THE partnership oface driver Jeff Beaumont, Mitsubishi and Cycte&Carriage makes competitors in the carpark race circuit nervous. Now, Shell has Joined the partnership. The new season started with Beaumont emerging tope in hfe new396-horsepower Lancer EyoV RS—a competition model similar to that driven by world rally
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      • 133 14 THE owner of an Opel stationwagon had a nagty surprise recently. While cruising on the right lane of the Central Expressway on Good Friday, C M Lim's four-year-old German car shut down completely. Even the hazard lights were not working. Ms Lim said the dealer
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      • 122 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan DAIHATSU Motor Co has issued a recall for onr <00*800 mini-cars. According to a Reuter report, 800 of the affected vehicles were exported to South-east Asian countries, including Singapore. Daihatsu said it will spend about four billion yen (5157.2 million) to replace
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1059 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 12 Salesman fibs in answers (7) IH 13 Burn to be vocalist right away 14 Be out throughout the cold 16 Busily active surprisingly jg 119 With a decision to make, one's boxed in (5) 21 Important issue, or other- n r 2 23 23 Vault I've used
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 360 17  -  Enropa-linkedfinn buys entire 22% stake for $7.3 m By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Hospital Pantai has sold its entire stake in locally-listed Asia Matrix, paving the way for buyer Europa Holdings to gain a substantial stake in a second Sesdaq company. Hospital Pantai said yesterday
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    • 626 17  -  Group wants even mix for investment, devtinlongrnn By\ Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Property developer First Capital Corporation has set its course for a more balanced property portfolio and along the way, will cast off a slew of properties. Its chief executive, Quek
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    • 159 17 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corporation yesterday said it would raise about $49 million from a proposed private placement of new shares to Merique Pte Ltd, a company linked to the US-based Prudential Insurance group. The listed property group said the 29.8
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    • 742 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE bank stocks have enjoyed a bull run for almost seven months now. Being one of the safest bets around, they have always been in good standing with stock market investors. But until recently,
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    • 467 17  -  By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines refused to be drawn into an Australian news report yesterday which said it had warned Air New Zealand (ANZ) that merger or equity talks could be jeopardised should its planned acquisition of Ansett be blocked. SIA
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    • SINGAPORE & MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
      • 425 18  -  IPOof 24%-owned associate on Shenzhen hoarse 152 times subscribed By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Lion Asiapac Ltd (LAP) yesterday disclosed details of a restructuring of its motorcycle business in China which would have boosted net tangible assets per share by 12 per cent
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      • 615 18  -  DBS Land's rivals include Li Ka-shing, City Dev, Centrepoint By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The Imperial Hotel site, which will now be developed by DBS Land, has been hotly contested ever since it was put on the market because such prime residential development sites are
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      • 263 18 Bloomberg {KUALA LUMPUR] Renong, Malaysia's biggest industrial group, plans to raise at least 3.3 billion Malaysian ringgit (551.47 billion) from the sale of its property, monorail and other businesses as it looks to pare debt. Renong's toll unit Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus)
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 69 18 AFP [WELLINGTON] Troubled New Zealand-based Brierley Investments Ltd has delayed the announcement erf its new business plan. Scheduled initially for yesterday, the plan will now be unveiled on or before April 23. Brierley, which is suffering poor results and a collapsing share price, said the plan
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        • 69 18 [SINGAPORE] Small investors who wanted less than 10 lots of Liang Beng Group's shares will end up with 31.5 per cent of the initial public offer. The biggest chunk goes to investors who applied for 10 to 99 lots, although those successful will
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        • 36 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] Quah Chek Tin has resigned as director of Genting Bhd and Resorts World Bhd. Hie casino group did not give any reason for the departure of its head of corporate affairs.
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      • 300 18  -  Byi Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-bound pipe maker Vicplas yesterday launched its initial public offer (IPO) of 31 million new shares at 13.5 cents apiece. But Vicplas' profit is expected to drop for the current year ending July, unlike most other new listing aspirants
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      • 364 18  -  By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) now has a new major shareholder in Keppel Corporation, which yesterday mopped up most of the 26.02 per cent stake held by DBS Bank. However, Keppel's stake at 24.5 per cent will only
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      • 127 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Daniel Yeong, managing director of GES International Ltd, said the contract manufacturer of electronic products expects profits in the year ending June to exceed its own forecast. He told Bloomberg that new orders and an e-com-merce centre will enable it to
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 462 19 NYT, Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp reported on Tuesday that first-quarter earnings increased 57 per cent, slightly higher than analysts' estimates, with slower sales offset by improved profit margins. Investors had braced for a disappointment after Compaq Computer Corp said on Friday
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      • 292 19 Cost ciits, higher sales of cell phones and chips lift profit Bloomberg [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc. the world's No 2 maker of cellular phones, said first-quarter profit rose 20 per cent, beating expectations, helped by cost cuts and improved sales of
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      • 578 19  -  Good response seen as 1,288-nnit residential development is above key MTR station From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A SINGAPORE-dominated consortium led by the Wing Tai group is expected to launch its long-awaited residential project above the Kowloon MTR Airport-Rail-way Station
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      • 349 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] HewlettPackard Co's chief executive Lewis Piatt caused a stir on Wall Street on Tuesday when he said his company could see revenue growth of 10 per cent or higher in 1999, only to retract his comments later. Mr Piatt told
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 243 20 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's top five life insurers plan a drastic cutback in foreign currencybond purchases in the coming year and will shift their focus to Japanese assets, a report said yesterday. In the past year to March, the five firms budgeted 1,800
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      • 512 20 Move will create Asia's biggest ethylene producer Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hanwha Group and Daelim Group, two of South Korea's biggest petrochemical makers, are merging their naphtha operations, creating Asia's biggest ethylene producer. The two groups will establish a new company with a capacity to produce
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      • 437 20  -  UK-based Midland will pay 71m Maltese lira for 69.8% stake in Mid-Med Bank From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HSBC Holdings yesterday expanded its global banking network further with an agreement to buy a majority stake in the biggest bank in
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      • 251 20 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), the huge hedge fund whose near collapse threatened the stability of global markets last year, is being threatened with eviction by its landlord in a dispute over some US$3 million (555.2 million) in rent, said US weekly
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      • 525 20 Sulfliffli Smith Barney hired to evaluate options Reuters [NEW YORK] The National Association of Securities Dealers, parent of the Nasdaq and the American stock exchanges, is taking steps towards a dramatic restructuring that could lead to an initial public offering, NASD officials
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      • 399 20 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Long considered an outsider among brokerage firms, Californiabased Charles Schwab is challenging its Wall Street rivals as it rides the surging popularity of online trading. Schwab has been on a roll lately, announcing on Tuesday that it
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      • 386 20 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK! Investment bank JP Morgan Co said yesterday that first-quarter profits soared 64 per cent and far exceeded Wall Street estimates amid strong activity across all of its business lines. JP Morgan said net income totalled US$6OO million
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      • 191 21  -  nimna Reports MSW fflwgapnro iwitiw Bob Butcher, Jardine Fleming THE MSCI Singapore Index got off to a strong start yesterday due to a stronger close on WaU Street but came off on lack of follow-through buying. The lead month April futures contract
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      • 185 21  -  HSCX Taiwan (Moras Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures dipped 0.4 point yesterday in the absence of new incentives. Futures crossed the 330mark at the high but after treading at 330-331 feU below the psychological level again despite
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      • 329 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [NEW YORK] Petroleum fell 3 per cent after a report that US inventories unexpectedly increased last week, as refiners booted production to take advantage of high retail prices. Stockpiles of the motor fUel rose 3.07 million barrels to
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      • 336 21 Reuters, Bloomberg London THE yen rallied to its strongest level in nearly two weeks against the US dollar and the euro yesterday amid concern Japanese money would not flow overseas as the new financial year gets underway. The trigger for yen gains was a report by Japan's Nikon
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      • 1633 21 SICOM FUTURES AprN KimCB (Mam dosing *j*t 5.30pm) tSStCOKnucmcMtsA« dot* Volmt 0*m tutu Urn Sit (tout*) hterwI itaf 99 100.00 775 JK 99 KHL25 1023 102.25 90 250 Jti 99 103.50 *050 ***** 600 200 Aaf99 105.25 200 S«*99 106.75 200 Od/SK 99 100.75 675 BS 3 COKTtACT (U$ ctntsAfl)
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      1374 22 AFP QlUngSeng -6SJ6 HONGKONG share prices dropped 0.6 per cent yesterday as investors were sidelined by an absence of fresh buying incentives after a series of gains in recent days, dealers said. "There is a lack of fresh incentives on the market," said Sean Li, associate director at Amsteel
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      501 22 Reuters flShaahenß Index +2J3 SHENZHEN'S hard-currency B shares ended sharply higher yesterday after solid 1998 profits at China Vanke boosted property sector issues, analysts said. The B share index rose 2.13 points, or 3.75 per cent, to 58.85, while turnover expanded to HK523.7 million from HK$l7.6 million on Tuesday.
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    • 351 22 AFP FlwP Index +KLB TAIWAN share prices rose 0.8 per cent yesterday to hit their highest level this year, propelled by continued strong buying by foreign investors. dealers said. "The financial sector took the lead in the rally as foreign investors continued to increase their holdings in that sector,"
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    • 2190 22 LONDON #v--- jgrM Hmt 31 Group 6.59 0.07 A B Foods 4.15 -0.02 A B Ports 2.80 0.01 AIM Oomacq 4J6 0.19 AIM Zurich.— 8.75 -0J5 ASOA Group L59 0.07 Bom of Scotland 9.14 0.04 Barclays 19.44 025 Bass 8.64 -0.14 BG 3.48 a 04 BKC 1.09
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    • 1533 22 AFP Q Nikkei 225 HU2 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday on late buying of selected issues as market sentiment remained strong, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 Index rose 49.52 points to end at 16,764.68. "The Nikkei index suffered a moderate fall in the morning,
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 335 23 AFP Q Composite lifcx 452 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 1.1 per cent lower yesterday amid sporadic violence after former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was sentenced to six years' jail, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index feU 6.52 points to finish at 578.11, while the Second
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    • WARRANTS, OPTIONS & REGIONAL MARKETS
      • 2189 24 BONDS, LOAM ft VARIANTS m 52-Wk Lut Vol Day Last Quota Avg High Low Strto Company Solo ♦or- COOO) High Low Buyor Sailor Prtco 18 3 S 3160 *Acor ******1 USS 15 *0.5 207 15.5 15 14.5 15.5 27 4.5 > 3164 Acma ******4 22.5 *0.5 707 23.5 22 22.5
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      • 190 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE market doesn't seem ready to let up in its search for the next big mover just look at how warrants issued by Stamford Tyres, Liang Court, Pertama and so on performed yesterday. Assuming this frenzied rotational play will
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      • 221 24 HONOKONO STOCKS Cr Gr 32-W* LmI V« Day LMt Ouota Wv OK YM M«t M Cap Hfi L— Strip Utt COOP) L— Buyr *—f CWr PH it* 235 173 5123 cot (2000) HK 230 Cd 232J g 2.4 3.5 11.8 4453-2 5124 Cattwy P»e 20c MK—720 cd 265
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      • 317 24 AFP *10.77 SHARE prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday due to increased liquidity following a fall in interest rates and bank reserve requirements, analysts said. The Composite Index rose 10.77 points to close at 2.168.41 points. Turnover rose to 3.02 billion shares worth 2.77 billion pesos compared to
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        687 24 AFP [jCmDoiiteMg +3L04 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday, with renewed interest in select large caps and sec-ond-liners lifting the index, dealers said. "In general, market sentiment was still firm, particularly on the second-liners," a dealer said, adding: "I think foreign investors are still chasing Indonesian
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      • 658 24 AFP OAH Ordinaries +IL9 SHARE prices extended their record-breaking run yesterday, gaining 0.4 per cent on the back of a rally in banking stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index gained 11.9 points to 3,088.2. The All Resources Index firmed 6.4 points to 1,070.5 and the All Industrials Index
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      • 290 24 AFP Wellington ♦LIB NEW Zealand shares shed slim early gains to close nearly unchanged yesterday, ignoring Wall Street's rally. The NZSE-40 Index closed just 1.18 points, or 0.05 per cent, higher at 2,149.37, on high total turnover of NZ$ll6 million with declines outnumbering advances 49 to 37 among 141
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      • 398 24 AFP Q Composite Indei -13> SOUTH Korean shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday on late profit-taking following recent steep rises, dealers said. LG Securities analyst Yoon Sara Wui said rising customer deposits and funds' equity investments offset profit-taking. The Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 2.39 points at
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    • 6645 25 Transaction datrjJVpH^J Or Cr M Wt 92-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quota Mv CNv VM Not Cap Av<j High Low StMo Company Solo COOP) Hlgli Low Buyor SoHor C'»r H P/t jgll Prlco MNLTHN0OSTIY 125 17.5 m b 1000 Acmo 50c 84 cd *1.5
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    • 1321 25 Or Or MOT 32-Wk Lot VaI Day LMt Quota Mv Mv YW Nat Cap A»» HN» Law UNa Cimuy «<H COOP) ta» fcryar taOar Cw M <— W MANUFACTURING 193 30 C 2049 AS Auto Kk *>7 -2 1353 m KM 106 107 15 N 7 1.4 10.1 12
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • 319 26 Stocks Vofcim Omni Ind 10c 54,887,000 Chosen Hlflqs 10c 37,914,000 6ES Intl Ltd 20c 32,711,000 Eagie Brand Hklqs HK75C 28,502,000 SemtoCorpI 25c 25,564,000 Hotung Inv NTS 23,739,000 CSE Sys Engg 5c 21.323,000 Total Automation 5c 19,268,000 Armstrong 10c 17,092,000 PSLHtdgslOc 16,890,000 Mwfa > PBS Foreign 66,108,385 SemtoCorpI 25c 55,971,910 Omni
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      • 664 26  -  STOCK KA&XHT COMMENTARY Frenzied rotational play as punters capitalise on rising momentum, liquidity; more funds pour in money By R Sivanithy IT was very much the turn of the penny stocks yesterday as the rotational play in these counters reached staggering levels,
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 116 26 PITY tbe poor analyst. Having correctly called a buy 011 electronics penny stock GES International when the price was just 24.5 cents back in mid-February, DBS Securities finally warned clients in a daily bulletin yesterday morning that a 171 par cent gain since then (to
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        • 64 26 CALLBACK operator Phoenix Communications cant be in a more appropriate business. We never seem to be able to reach its managing director Koh Kee Tong directly at the office number listed in the phone directory. Every time we called we were told Mr Koh would call
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        • 83 26 HSBC has topped th« league table for foreign exchange transactions in Axiamonty 's ninth annual farat poll for the second consecutive year. The magazine's April edition reported that Citibank was ranked second by 138 treasuries in the region, while Deutsche Bank came in third The only
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        • 96 26 THE National University of Singapore has been rated the number six university in Asia, according to a survey of universities in the region published by Hongkong-based Astawetk magazine. Topping the 79 multi-disciplinary universities surveyed was Tohoku University of Japan, followed by Kyoto University, Seoul National
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        • 112 26 IRIDIUM LLC, the multinational company that launched the world's first satellite phone and pager, has provided more than 60 of its phonee to relief workers and Balkan refugees in the Kosovo crisis. Motorola, the manufacturer of the phone, has shipped out the first batch of
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      • Article, Illustration
        74 26  -  -By! Wong Wei Kong OMNI Industries closed up $0.02 at $0.72 on massive volume of 54.9 million shares, including a block of 41.1 million units, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.87 million shares. While there is a chance the stock may test its 52-week high of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 286 27 Bridge News, Reuters SOME firmer Atlantic Panamax rates are being seen, but brokers believe these are positional only. Generally the market remains weak for Pacific Panamaxes and both the capes ize and handy size sectors of the market. UMB-GHABTERs ♦Rainbow Glory, Jesselton Line, June 19. ♦Erradale (built 1994)
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    • 208 27 M»_* H CWT Dtttrtbutton —0.68 0.03 209 ChuanHup 0.78 0.03 734 Cmco Innartroant 0 58 04)3 82 rreMrtLM* 0-22 002 ***** ca&Mintt o.46 001 n4 Hal Sun Hup 0.53 0.01 830 IMC Hotdlnga-HK —5.60 uncK 0 Jty* lloMngi 0.82 0.01 729 .taranq SMpyartf 7.49 a05 213 MpfMCarp 5.10
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    • 661 27  -  Local fast ferry yard hit hard by region's economic slump By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Kvaerner Fjellstrand's fast ferry yard in Singapore is among the shipyards being sold off by its Norwegian parent company Kvaerner as it exits from shipbuilding. The yard
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    • 80 27 [SINGAPORE] The semi-sub-mersible drilling rig Marine 500 (right) was successfully converted by Jurong Shipyard to a fourth generation one recently. The rig was handed over to its owners Marine Drilling Companies of Houston, US. The rig is to be chartered to Western Australia Petroleum for
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    • 645 27  -  SHIPSHAPE By Marcus Hand ■■■H O become the market leadin logistics provision to H our customers' is the vision boldly set out by Da■l vid Beatson, chief executive officer of Circle International since last July. Circle International has seen rapid growth in
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    • 214 27 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Pentagon is expected to block General Dynamics Corp's US$l.4-bil-lion (552.4 billion) bid for Newport News Shipbuilding, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing government and industry officials familiar with the developments, the newspaper reported that larger policy
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    • PORT Shots
      • 103 27 Xinhua [SHENZHEN] The Shenzhen Container Port in south China's Guangdong Province has entered the world's top 20 ranks for related facilities. The port handled 1.96 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) in 1966 alone. The port gained a 19th place ranking based on a vigorous
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      • 116 27 AFP (TOKYO] Three stowaways were found dead in the cargo hold of a Denmark-registered banana ship that entered Tokyo's port, a coastguard official said. "We found the three foreign men dead in the storage," said the official from the maritime safety agency on Tuesday. "We are
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      • 66 27 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese shipbuilders received export orders for 13 vessels in March, up from 11 a year earlier, an industry group said. The contracts include one tanker weighing 9,960 tonnes and nine bulk carriers totalling 332,500 tonnes with two oil tankers at 270,300 tonnes,
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    • 880 28 KTAERMES GROUP Drastic days are ahead as giant Norwegian company plans to shrink to one-third its size and cut 25,000 jobs NYT [FRANKFURT] THE reorganisation of European industry reached into the heartland of Norway on Tuesday, when Europe's biggest shipbuilder announced plans to sell all
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    • 219 28 PACE ECL 5 ACL 6 Ewgr»M 6 ANl 3 FoonqSun 8 tt Accord 8 L nfc Appenship 5 Gemartrans 8 Austral 8 H** 1 1 Balaji Shpg 4 "">>•" 3 BSA 7 Heung-A 4 B'tang Mas 8 Hyundai 7 CCNI 7 ICFS 3 CMA 8 Interasia 7
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    • 16986 35 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA AdvtftlMf V*ssX Voyaga TaNphon* I ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal SIN DM* Nam. Nam. Numb* NumO* SIN D.itn Nam. Nam. Numt*r Nom^ I 25/04 18/05 NGPL CHANGSHA VI 45-*****00 02 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot# D'lvolrt 24/m 17/05 Austral cape ho*e v.ots/w *****3522 02 22/04
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      • 187 39 Apr 17 Brunei: Hijrah Anniversary of Royal Brunei. Indonesia: First Day of Muharam. Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Apr 25 New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr 20 Australia: Anzac Day Holiday. Apr 20 Japan: Greenery Day. Apr 30 Denmark: General Prayer Day. Finland: May Day Eve. Mayl Greece: Labour Day. Germany:
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      • 766 39 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 372 39 Cjrtoa no Mm 995.1 U 19.1 0.10 66 0.05 ULl Sotr" 5 Ml 0.4 0.0? 0.0? ta2 380 Max 9H2 U iu O.tl 250 0.05 m/wj »/v w/M m/» *m m*t»4 Ho above 635 2 2 0 0 2 0^ ISO/Cimac Limits Spcc E25 9W 10
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 448 40 Philippine commission to decide carrier's fate today AFP [MANILA] Boeing Co of the United States has rejected a revised rehabilitation plan by Philippine Airlines (PAL) just two days before the state corporate watchdog decides on the carrier's fate. Boeing said the plan failed to assure
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      • 195 40 Reuters [HANOI] National carrier Vietnam Airlines said its operating environment had improved in the first quarter, making possible a recovery in the company's bottom line this year. An airline official declined to give specific profit forecasts, but indicated the airline broke
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        46 40 [SHANGHAI] A Chinese car worker assembles one of the General Motors' Buick sedan at a Shanghai plant. Shanghai GM earlier this week launched regular production of Buick sedans, the first vehicles to be made in China by the General Motors joint venture. APP
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      • 414 40 AFP [PARIS] A decision by Italian officials to open a ventilation shaft when a fire broke out last month in the Mont Blanc tunnel linking France and Italy may have fanned the inferno, in which at least 41 people
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      • 293 40 Carriers selling seats that have never been sold before Reuters [NEW YORK] The Internet has triggered the third global revolution in the airline industry and lifted the sector, a key analyst said. "I've never been as bullish as I am now" and that is
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      • 359 40  -  UTTER &XRPORT/EZPORAIL 09 Traffic in first quarter back to pre-Asian crisis levels By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Passenger traffic through Singapore's Changi airport grew 11.4 per cent in the first quarter against the same period last year, Minister of State for Communications
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      • 365 40 China Eastern sells while China Southern is leasing its aircraft Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Two of China's largest airlines are selling and leasing surplus aircraft overseas as demand for air travel slumps in East Asia. China Eastern Airline Co, China's third-largest carrier and the
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    • 19 27 Kvaerner group fighting tide of red ink Giant Norwegian company plans to shrink to one-third its size. Page 2
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    • 14 27 Boeing rejects PAL's restructuring plan Philippine commission to decide carrier's fate today. Back Page
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