The Business Times, 29 July 1999

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    12 1 The Businesstimes MITA (P) 046/12/98 85c SINGAPORE >^f^«^httpy^t>qgin^s-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1999
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    63 1 □sir mm (+78.23) nw« U 778J6(+25.12) PI ana porous U 28L40 (+9.90) STOCK HABKEr INDICES Wednesday Change KLSEOOMP ***** -1182 NIKKEI 17,679.91 __+l 17.19 HANO SENG 13,140.42 *66.33 SET INDEX etoed JAKARTA COMP -JMM >28.04 MANILA COMP TJHJ7 *89.86 TAIPEI WPI 7.484LM +1I6J3 SEOUL OOMP 944.44 +16.61 CLSA
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    77 1 FOISXKATO ust st OBt 1680 £(USS/S$ per 1.692 3J74 EURO(US$/S$ per E) 1.066 1.789 DM L8W Mil YEN 115.7 1.462* RM 1800 1442 HKS 7.762 Oil! BAHT VM 0.046 RLPIAH 187ft 8.924 •SftoMwUtt PUKE 1ATES SINGAPORE* 6.80 KUALA LUMPUR 758 JAKARTA 10.00 BANGKOK.., 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONG KONG 8.25
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    Lock icon Commercial Crime probes practices of S888.com
    609 1  -  Investors urged to seek independent legal advice before statin* on as franchisees By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Crime Division is investigating the business practices of SBBB.com, an e-commerce start-up which uses a controversial franchising scheme to attract hundreds of Singaporeans with promises of
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    Lock icon DBS stuns with 301% rise in interim profit
    744 1  -  More pogi tire Umpivirii growth peaks By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank dished out a stunner to the market yesterday a 301 per cent increase in net interim profit to $655 million. S Dhanabalan, chairman of DBS Bank, told a press
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    Lock icon Simex to open new electronic trading system to non-members
    556 1  -  Hove catches some unawares, will eat into members' revenues Byi Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange is throwing open its new electronic trading system to non-members, a decision that not only has caught some Simex members unawares, but
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    Lock icon STI soars 4% on rapid earnings upgrade
    301 1  -  Last-minute rush for DBS shares; banks, property top buy list Byl R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Expectations of better economic growth in the second quarter and a rapid earnings upgrade in the light of DBS Land's sparkling results meant local blue chips surged almost 4
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      172 1 nigra ST EnglpnAt op 23% Singapore Technologies Engineering yesterday posted a half-year net profit increase of 23% to 197.3 m. It expects to achieve its 20-25% forecast for full-year earnings growth this year, Pg 13 BG Lee w the ShgS Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also the
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      7 1 DBS' HI provisions up just &4%,Pg 13
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      24 1 Some thoughts on SBBB.com, Pg 4 Portal to riches, Pg 4 DBS Land profit sends property stocks up, Pg 13 Market reports, Pg 20-24
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Core inflation unlikely to jump: SG
      341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECOMOMY Inflation By Audrey Tan THE strong second-quarter economic rebound is unlikely to re-ignite core inflation and cause the government to tighten its monetary policy dramatically, says brokerage SG Securities. In a brief released on Tuesday, SG econ- omist Charlie Lay
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      Lock icon MAS 'very comfortable' with Sing $ level, says BG Lee
      410 2 MAS 'very comfortable' with Sing level, says BG Lee Traders suspect govt moved to stem gains on Tues bnt he says S'pore's exchange policy is neutral Reuters DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said yesterday that the MAS was "very
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      Lock icon Sing $ surges to $1.6785 on DPM's remarks
      242 2 Sing surges to $1.6785 on DPM's remarks Bridge News THE Singapore dollar spiked up after comments by Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, who reportedly said on Reuters TV that he is comfortable with the level of Singapore dollar on a tradeweighted
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      Lock icon Court nullifies Great Eastern Hotel sale option
      360 2  -  By. Ang Wan May THE confusion over the sale of Great Eastern Hotel has been cleared and the bids for the hotel off Macpherson Road with redevelopment potential are hotting up. The High Court yesterday declared the purchase option granted earlier to Trend
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      Lock icon Only two out of 15 properties sold at Colliers Jardine auction
      294 2  -  Byy Corinne Kerk THE slowdown in sales at auctions has continued, with only two out of 15 properties sold at a Colliers Jardine session yesterday. Describing the results as disappointing, Colliers Jardine executive director Dennis Yeo said sellers were
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      Lock icon Manufacturing growth target raised to 5-6%
      396 2  -  Philip Yeo expects at least another year of electronics npcycle By. Annette Pau SINGAPORE'S manufacturing sector is now targeted to grow 5-6 per cent for the year, up from the 4-5 per cent estimate made earlier this year, while manufacturing investments are already at
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      Lock icon Soft launch for Hermitage at $1,130 psf
      203 2 THE Hermitage, a freehold apartment project located along Sarkies Road in the Newton area, is being softlaunched todayat an average of about $1,130 per sq ft. The project, completed in January this year, comprises a 10-storey block with 30 units of two-bedroom apartments
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      Lock icon NUS in new wireless technology pilot study
      342 2  -  By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The National University of Singapore (NUS) has begun a pilot project that provides students a high-speed data connection for both portable and desktop computers and lets them access video, live telecast of lectures, SingaporeONE applications, and the Internet. The
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      Lock icon Syed Alwi conservation plots: Half of all top bids from one firm
      307 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday closed its tender for eight land parcels of conservation shophouse development at Syed Alwi Road. Slated for two-storey units, the 99-year leasehold land parcels are located at 61-69 Syed Alwi Road within the
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      Lock icon The quiet rise of the E Asian economic forum
      803 4  -  ASEANPOSTMDfXSTERIAL CONFERENCES Asean-led caucus, fleshed out by crisis, may outpace dialogue with other partners By Yang Razali Kassim AFTER more than 20 years, Asean's annual dialogue with its key trading partners seems to be losing steam and is under threat of
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      Lock icon Legit business – or house of cards?
      653 4  - Legit business or house of cards? SBBB.com has 'em guessing, although signs twinkle in the eyes of franchisees B>r Catherine Ong ERIC Tan, who helps out in his family's cafe business, is one of those who has signed up as a franchisee for SBBB.com, and in a short time has
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      Lock icon S888.com sold as a portal to riches
      479 4  -  .Signinitfp x franchisees is main theme of public talk Toh Han Shih YOU can become very rich. That was the thrust of a talk last night organised by SBBB.com to encourage people to sign up as franchisees of SBBB.corn's Internet commerce venture. Speaking
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      Lock icon Some thoughts on S888.com
      901 4  -  Joshua Lim Singapore via Internet I ATTENDED an evening talk last Sunday organised by SBBB.com Pte Ltd at The Rock, Suntec City, and came away with strong feelings that I feel morally obliged to share with my fellow Singaporeans. I first heard about SBBB.com from a
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      Lock icon Parkway speculation misleading: DBS Land
      343 4  -  MAILBOX Lim Joke Mui (Mrs) Company Secretary DBS Land WE refer to your article in BT yesterday headlined "DBS Land hints at sale of prime hospitals if it buys Parkway". I wish to inform you that the following statements in the article are totally wrong
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      Lock icon Shoddy work? Let MOF know
      108 4  -  Lee How Sheng Director (Central Services) Ministry of Finance I REFER to the letter, "Lowest bids could mean poor workmanship" (BT, July 28), by Mr R Puru. Mr Puru pointed out the importance of supervision to ensure that contractors perform according to specifications. We agree
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      Lock icon Stack-up factories solve land woes
      399 5  -  JTCs Woodlands devt features ground-floor ease for plants on all levels By' Tan May Ping GONE are the days of factories for traditionally groundbased industries. The new look is high-rise developments with ground-floor convenience. Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) has developed a novel way to overcome
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      231 3 |S i jV' y^9v The factories at Woodlonds Spectrum are stacked ?levek high, W^ever jevel you're on, you'll enjo^j^p^^^K JHBH If s as though you never left the ground! 3 hr"- j- «'T, |r. .> y-\- --.f v -r- c i ■<% pa II \x u vFxfp pnt I|\ Strata
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Bank Bali founders sold 7.3% stake in July
      394 6 This was before recapitalisation revealed to be higher Bloomberg [JAKARTAJPT Sarijaya Wirasentosa, controlled by Indonesia's Ramli family, founders of PT Bank Bali, sold 7.3 per cent in the bank in July, just weeks before the cost of recapitalising it was revealed to
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      Lock icon Jakarta to replace state bank directors by end-Aug
      163 6 Bridge News [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government will replace the boards of directors of stateowned banks at the end of August, Minister of State Companies Tanri Abeng said. Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar, Mr Tanri said members of the new boards
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      Lock icon 9 institutions get faster KLSE stock settlement
      224 6 Foreigners can deposit shares with custodian banks Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia allowed eight banks and a custodian services company to settle stock trades directly with the country's clearing house, ending a one-day delay for stock transactions that repelled some foreign investors. The Kuala
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      Lock icon Japan policymakers say yes to extra budget seen at 5t yen
      534 6 Final decision will depend on key economic data dne in Sept: officials Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese policymakers agreed late yesterday to compile a stop-gap budget later this year, in order to foster an economic recovery by pumping more money into
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      Lock icon Asia far from M recovery: World Bank chief
      536 6 Region must focns on restoring demand: chief economist Reuters [BANGKOK] Asia must focus on the restoration of demand and although it is clear the crisis has bottomed out, the region is far from full recovery, World Bank chief economist Joseph Stiglltz said
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      Lock icon Asian economies are not out of the woods yet: analysts
      353 6 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Asia's economic crisis is not over yet, despite figures showing growth, investment and a likely boom in trade, economists and international experts said on Tuesday. The analysts, dismissing Washington's "official consensus" that the crisis had abated, said governments
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      Lock icon Foreign factors to blame for bourse woes: Manila
      408 6 Finance secretary says economy is fundamentally sound AFP [MANILA] Recent volatility in the Manila stock market is attributable to external factors, a Philippine official said yesterday after analysts blamed President Joseph Estrada's battles with the press and his attempt to rewrite the
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Taiwan trade with China up 7.5% in January-May
      440 7 TAIPEI Taiwan's trade surplus up 13-5%; some fear punitive tariffs soon for president's remarks Reuters, Bloomberg TAIWAN'S trade with rival China grew to U559,847 billion (5516.59 billion) in the first five months of the year, up 7.5 per cent from the same
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      Lock icon China aims to raise hi-tech exports by 30% a year
      266 7 U BEIJING It wants such items to form 14% of total exports by 2002 AFP CHINA plans to implement a package of preferential policies to boost exports of hightechnology products to 14 per cent of overall exports by 2002, versus
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      Lock icon East Timor vote delayed until Aug 30 on security worries
      426 7 SINGAPORE AFP A HISTORIC vote on the future of East Timor has been delayed until Aug 30 due to security worries and a delay in registering potential voters, Indonesia's foreign minister said yesterday. "There has been an announcement by the
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      Lock icon Religious clashes in Ambon leave 24 dead
      221 7 AMBON Reuters TWENTY-FOUR people died in fresh clashes between Christians and Muslims in Indonesia's devastated island of Ambon, hospitals said yesterday, as Jakarta rushed troop reinforcements to the distant island. Fighting gripped five different parts of Ambon city, much of it in ruins
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      Lock icon Spirit of the millennium
      76 7 [KUALA LUMPUR] Ponsardin Veuve Clicquot Asia regional marketing manager Vita Wong-Kwok yesterday carrying a case of La Grande Dame champagne crfter the launch of the company's 'Millennium Collection' in Kuala Lumpur. Behind her stand the Petronas Twin Towers, the world's tallest building. The champagne collection consists
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      Lock icon M'sian election body prepares for snap polls
      264 7 KUALA LUMPUR Ballot boxes sent to state offices, drills completed by Aug 20 Reuters MALAYSIA'S Election Commission said yesterday it had dispatched ballot boxes to state offices and expected to complete election drills by Aug 20, fuelling speculation that snap polls are imminent.
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      Lock icon Court orders Taipei govt to pay Matra NT$1b
      233 7 TAIPEI AFP A COURT yesterday ordered the Taipei city government to pay the French Matra transport firm NTSI.I billion (5557.2 million) for extra expenditure incurred during delays in building the island's first mass rapid transit (MRT) system. After five years of litigation,
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      Lock icon Indon Parliament still split on oil and gas reform bill
      298 7 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S Parliament remains split over a draft bill reforming the oil and gas sector a day before debate is due to end, politicians said yesterday. The factions cannot agree on whether mining rights should be wrested from state
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Creditors may sell Daewoo assets to support two units
      581 8 DAEWOO DEBACLE Minister says funds will be used for Daewoo Motors and Daewoo Corp Reuters, Bridge News [SEOUL] South Korea's finance minister said yesterday that creditors would eventually liquidate US$B.3 billion (Ssl4 billion) in collateral put up by the embattled Daewoo
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      Lock icon Current account surplus widens 23.6% in June
      393 8 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's current account surplus widened 23.6 per cent in June from May, as an economic recovery across Asia helped Pohang Iron Steel Co and other companies sell more goods overseas. The current account surplus the broadest measure of the flow
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      Lock icon Indian govt sounds alarm bells over fiscal deficit
      271 8 NEW DELHI 40% revenue could go to interest payments minister AFP INDIAN Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha yesterday sounded alarm bells about the country's ballooning fiscal deficit and warned that an "internal debt trap" was around the corner. "We are facing a situation
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      Lock icon US House keeps China trade privileges
      428 8 I WASHINGTON 260-170 vote in favour will boost WTO entry chances Bloomberg THE US House of Representatives has rejected a resolution to strip China of its trading privileges with the United States, a vote that business leaders said could boost the communist country's chances
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      Lock icon Tourists on a high
      56 8 [SYDNEY] A group of tourists making their way up to the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday. Tourists pay US$6O (SflOl) for a three-hour tour of bridge, fondly known as "The Coathanger" which weighs 39,000 tonnes and is held together by six million iron rivets
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      Lock icon HK sets up advisory group on tourism
      161 8 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG is to set up a strategy group to advise the government on tourism policy in a move to attract more holidaymakers to the reces-sion-hit territory, officials said yesterday. Tourism commissioner Mike Rowse told a press conference that a 20-member advisory
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      Lock icon Coca-Cola Amatil being probed by Aussie regulator
      549 8 SYDNEY Complaints made of possible abuses of its market power Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S anti-trust regulator is investigating CocaCola Amatil Ltd, in which Singapore's Fraser and Neave Limited (F&N) has a stake, for possible abuses of its market power. The investigation comes as Coca-Cola Amatil
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      Lock icon Aussie inflation slides; rate hike pressure lifts
      279 8 SYDNEY Treasurer sees prospects of catting down jobless rate Reuters A SLIGHT drop in Australia's already low inflation rate appeared yesterday to have given the Reserve Bank of Australia a further buffer against international pressures to hike rates. Treasurer Peter Costello, reacting to
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Greenspan sees no sign of foreigners selling US$ assets
      563 9 WASHINGTON Top priority should be to reduce national debt, and now is ideal time, he says AFX-Asia Bridge News Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday that he did not see any evidence "pending" of foreign investors unloading their
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      Lock icon Will Greenspan stay for 4th term?
      712 9 His future as Fed chairman may be mired in election politics Reuters IS there life after Alan Greenspan? It may be difficult for global financial markets to imagine anyone but the venerable 73-year old Federal Reserve chairman in charge of the world's most powerful
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      Lock icon US durable goods orders up modest 0.3% in June
      484 9 WASHINGTON Jane figure may ease Fed pressure to raise rates: analysts Reuters WEAKER demand for new commercial aircraft helped limit new orders for costly manufactured goods to a smaller-than-expected gain in June, the Commerce Department said yesterday in a report that
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      Lock icon US Fed can afford to be less aggressive now: Rivlin
      292 9 WASHINGTON AFX-Asia THE arguments in favour of an aggressive monetary policy have weakened, according to Alice Rivlin, who resigned in June as vice-chairman of the US Federal Reserve. "The argument that the Federal Reserve has to be aggressively preemptive to
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      Lock icon US computer monitoring plan raises privacy concerns: report
      450 9 WASHINGTON Potential for abuse seen in govt's anti-hacker system AFP US officials are weighing a plan to create a sweeping computer monitoring system aimed at fending off hackers in a move that is raising concerns over privacy rights, The New York Times
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Brace yourself for Y2K lawsuits
      732 10  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Raju Chellam The writer isaßT Correspondent Wrm less than 150 days to go before the dreaded Millennium Bug strikes, there is a new fear in corporate hearts: lawsuits. Not just from end-users taking computer vendors and software developers to court
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      123 10 'What you want to see is court cases against lots of crooks. But given the cultural impediments in Asia, I don't think you'll see it' -Hugh Young managing director of Aberdeen Asset Management, on attempts to bring accountability and long-term health in Asian economies. 'We won the
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      Lock icon Reviewing censorship
      609 10 EDITORIAL WHILE Singapore has made enormous strides economically, in at least one sphere —the civic society and particularly in defining generally accepted social parameters —progress in the last decade has been slower. Every now and then, the country finds itself grappling with issues like how far the state
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      Lock icon France In the throes of economic revolution
      1084 10  -  Series of M&As across all sectors will modernise business bnt more needs to be done to maintain country's standing By Eric Teo The writer, a former diplomat based in Paris for a number of years, is currently business development director for a French-Belgian
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      963 10 Russia: debts bat no reforms FOR the past six years, our governments have been living from one International Monetary Fund infusion to the next. In the first stage we are short of money and hold hasty talks with the IMF. Next, we receive the money after
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Chocolate tasting is serious business
      668 11  -  FOOD Valrhona shows it involves a lot more than just plonking heavenly delights into your month By 1 Tan Su Yen [SINGAPORE] When Valrhona's Far East "Grand Cru tasting" was first listed on the World Gourmet Summit events' booklet, the organisers received calls from puzzled
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      872 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 It's no longer of use when economy? (9) DOWN 14 Illustrious pawnbroker of a YEETTERDAVS SOLUTION 1 Shy actors (4) previous I Tlfil f 2 Where rash Scots get mixed 16 He calls out at court (8) i HtH?BqHtHcHaßh up with tourists? (9) MBe Q uick t0
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  • MOTORING
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Lock icon RR, Bentley sales get a boost in US
        74 12 ROLLS-ROYCE and Bentley sales grew 13 per cent to 787 units in the first half of the year, powered by the wealth effect in the US. The Americas accounted for 325 units, up 85 per cent from a year ago. Volkswagen of
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        Lock icon Priciest Beemer ever
        71 12 THIS is the first official photo (above) of the BMW ZB, a five-litre 400-horsepower open sports car thafs a modern i interpretation of the 1960s classic 507. Power is transmitted via a six-speed manual gearbox to the rear wheels, translating to a sub-five-second O-lOOkmh sprint. The car
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        Lock icon Easy way to racing action in Sepang
        73 12 FORMULA One fans hoping to catch the action up close at the Sepang circuit in Kuala Lumpur have their dreams mapped out Auto adventure group Wheels For Fun is organising a trip for those who want to watch the race. It promises to
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        Lock icon Swing away to the Canary Islands
        65 12 THE Performance Motors Ultimate Challenge golf tournament is here again. The last of the qualifying rounds will be held tomorrow, and the winners get to represent Singapore in BMWs Golf Cup International to be held in Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands from Nov 28
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        Lock icon GM to recall 3.5m vehicles to fix brakes
        85 12 Complied by Christopher Tan GENERAL Motors has agreed to recall 3.5 million of its most popular sport-utility vehicles, vans and pick-up trucks because they may have faulty anti-lock brakes. According to an AP report, the recall comes after a five-year investigation by
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      Lock icon Luxury car sales up 6.8%
      786 12  -  CAR ■PDAfHT Turnaround is slow compared to the 35% rise in total registration of passenger cars and 37% increase in COEs released for the big and luxury categories in the first half Reports by Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Luxury car sales have started to recover, although
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      Lock icon Parallel imports up, with Toyota the top choice
      304 12 [SINGAPORE] Parallel importers have increased their presence here, boosted largely by the availability of excess stock in Japan. According to estimates based on official data, the brands offered by these importers in the first half were Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda and Mercedes-Benz.
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      Lock icon Total Automation's net profit up 6.9%
      346 13  -  Prospects for rest of year fairly stable, says company By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed Total Automation, which yesterday reported a 6.9 per cent rise in interim after tax profit to $1.84 million, says its prospects for the rest of this year remain "fairly stable".
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      Lock icon OUS profit trebles, plans 1-for-4 bonus
      239 13  -  By i Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Recent rallies in Asian stock markets have helped Overseas Union Securities (OUS) to nearly treble its interim net profit to $1.65 million, leading the broking arm of Overseas Union Bank to propose a l-for-4 bonus issue. Earnings per share
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      Lock icon DBS H1 provisions up just 6.4% to $335.8m
      411 13  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Provisions, which severely eroded DBS Bank's profits last year, took a back seat in its 1999 interim results because the rise in non-performing loans (NPLs) has moderated. Provisions grew slightly by 6.4 per cent to $335.8 million,
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      Lock icon Inevitable battle for DBS Land
      679 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih WHEN Dr Han Cheng Fong told reporters and analysts on Tuesday that he was out to grab a 20 per cent share of the new housing market, he was not boasting. The chief executive of DBS Land was simply
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      Lock icon ST Engg's H1 profit jumps 23% to $97m
      681 13  -  CORPORATE RESULTS ST Marine led Q2 sales, profit growth; Q3's earnings seen lower than Q2's By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE]. Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) yesterday posted a half-year net profit rise of 23 per cent to $97.3 million, and said it would
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      Lock icon DBS Land profit surge sends property stocks soaring
      265 13  -  Ry t Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] The Property Index shot up 8.7 per cent yesterday, boosted by better-than-expected first-half results from DBS Land. City Developments led the sector's gainers, surging 12 per cent or $1.20 to close at $11.20. Some 16.1 million
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      Lock icon Clob issue unlikely to be resolved soon, says BG Lee
      430 13 S'pore still in contact with KL over frozen shares Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore remains in contact with Kuala Lumpur over the frozen Malaysian shares formerly traded in the island state, but a solution to the issue is not seen soon, the
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        Lock icon S'pore draws US$275m of Asian private equity funds in H1
        532 14  -  Amount is second highest in region, behind S Korea and ahead of HE By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Singapore has emerged as the second most favoured destination for Asian private equity funds, attracting some U*****.1 million (***** million) of the
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        Lock icon Broadway appoints Dane as CEO
        428 14  -  Bj&rne Uhde Nielsen optimistic about group's FY results By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Financially troubled Broadway Industrial Group has roped in a Dane, Bjarne Uhde Nielsen, to help the group return to profitability. Speaking to reporters yesterday, the group's new chief executive officer said Broadway, which
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        Lock icon CCL pays $25m to fully own Aussie unit
        389 14  -  24.9% Astre stake bought from Ong Beng Seng's Sizona By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Motor and property group Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) now owns all of Astre Investments the Australian automotive division it ran with Ong Beng Seng's Rizona Motors. The company
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        Lock icon China cuts lines in Lion Teck Chiang mobile business
        221 14  -  By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Lion Teck Chiang's mobile phone network contracts in China have been terminated lyIn a statement issued yesterday, it said that its Chinese partner, China Unicom (CU), has been asked by the authorities there to terminate the China-China-Foreign
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        Lock icon Datacraft takes controlling stake in Japan's NetWAVE
        266 14 [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia has entered the Japanese market by taking a controlling stake in Japan's NetWAVE Inc for U5537.5 million (Ss63 million), its biggest acquisition so far. Datacraft will own 75 per cent of the Japanese networking systems integrator, with the remainder held
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        Lock icon NSTP to sell entire 19.4% stake in Commerce Asset-Holding
        407 14  -  Proposed sale to foreign parties aimed at catting debts From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur THE New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) has proposed selling its entire 19.4 per cent stake in financial group Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd (CAHB) to foreign
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        Lock icon Airbus denies reports it'll withhold spares and services
        290 14 Reuters, Bloomberg [PARIS] Airbus Industrie yesterday denied reports that it would withhold sales of spares and services to any customer buying used Airbus jets from Boeing, but said contract concessions made to the original buyer Singapore Airlines, which is trading them in
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          Lock icon 358m NOL shares taken up
          78 14 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines has completed the first closing of its international placement of 4*7.5 million shares. NOL said 358 million shares, comprising 80 per cent ofthe total ISP issue, which the lead manager Salomon Brothers International and other underwriters have agreed to subscribe for.
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          Lock icon Pertama gets stake proposal
          54 14 [SINGAPORE] Pertama Holdings said It has received a proposal by a potential investor to subscribe for a strategic investment stake. It Is currently considering the proposal and was in discussions. Pertama was responding to a stock exchange query on a substantial increase in its share price
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          Lock icon FCC ups HPL stake to 13,49%
          90 14 [SINGAPORE] First Capital Corp (FCC) has again raised its stake in Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) by an additional L3B per cent on Monday. FCC—through wholly-owned subsidiary FCC Equities—paid $1.50 per share, or a total ofie.4 million million shares. The purchase brings FCC's stake in
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          Lock icon Momentum to launch new furaiture line
          121 14 [SINGAPORE] Momentum Creations, in which Nobel Deaign Holdings holds an 85 per cent stake, has launched a new line ofdesigner furniture under the brand name OM. Momentum Creations, which opened a 20,000 sq ft showroom at Marina Square earlier this year, is expected to
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          Lock icon NatSteel Electronics joins Y2K group
          46 14 [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Electronics has joined hands with Cisco Systems, Dell Computer, Motorola, Solectron Corporation, Sun Microsystems and others to form the HifhTech Consortium—Year 3000 A Beyond, an organisation created to rsduce the impact of year3ooo Issues on the high-tech industry.
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          Lock icon Parkway unit buys M'sia Orifoiio
          62 14 [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings' wholly-owned Malaysian subsidiary, Mount Elizabeth Health Care Services, has acquired the entlrs capital of Orifbllo Options Sdn Bhd based in Malaysia for 1.18 million Malaysian ringgit (*****,000) cash. Orifolio's main asset is its property in Johor Bahru. The acquisition is aimed at
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          68 14 [SINGAPORE] British American Tobacco Singapore Investments (BATS Investments) now owns a total of 91 million shares of British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore), representing a stake of some 97.08 per osot It also owns 110.3 million Rothmane Industries shares, repreeenting a 98 per cent stake in the
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          Lock icon Promet posts RM312.83m pre-tax loss
          55 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Promet Bhd incurred a group pre-tax loss of 312.83 million Malaysian ringgit (Ssl3o3million) for the year ended April 30,1989 from a pre-tax loes of RM3BB million previously. Turnover dived 70 par cant to RM161.93 million. The previous year included the results of
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        Lock icon Hongkong exchanges agree on 70:30 split
        394 15 SEHK, HKFE accept compromise merger terms suggested by go vt Bridge News, Reuters [HONGKONG] The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) and the Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) have compromised on the terms of the upcoming merger, especially the valuation, a source close to
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        Lock icon Caltex to sell Koa stake for 26b yen
        404 15 Bloomberg, Reuters [TOKYO] Singapore-based Caltex Corp is selling its controlling stake in Koa Oil Co to Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp, the country's largest oil refiner for 26.1 billion yen (*****.3 million), giving it more control over supply in Japan's oil product market.
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          Lock icon Asia Pulp aims to raise up to US$200m
          101 15 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Indonesia's Asia Pulp and Paper Co (APP), one of the region's largest paper manufacturers, has hired Bankßoston NA to arrange up to US$2OO million (***** million) of new debt as the company reorganises its finances. Bankßoston is assembling a group
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          Lock icon Japanese Internet stocks index set up
          110 15 Reuters [TOKYO] Societe Generate Securities Japan said yesterday that it had created a stock index, the "SG e-index Japan", composed of promising Internet-related stocks in Japan. The index will initially comprise 30 issues picked by the French securities house on the basis of their
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        Lock icon Sony Q1 profit dives 55% on strong yen, price wars
        492 15 Despite setback, earnings still beat analysts' forecasts Reuters [TOKYO] Sony Corp said yesterday its profit for the AprilJune quarter took a 55 per cent dive from a year earlier, battered by a strong yen and price wars in many of
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        Lock icon Deutsche Bank Q2 net profit surges 50%
        523 16 Lower taxes, higher trading income boost earnings to I.lBb euros Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank AG, the world's biggest bank, said second-quarter profit rose 50 per cent, after its US$9 billion (5515.1 billion) purchase of Bankers Trust Corp boosted trading income, and as its
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        Lock icon Paribas sees good year as H1 net profit rises 57%
        316 16 But French bank warns of poorer 2nd-half results AFP [PARIS] French bank Paribas, at the heart of a bitter three-way takeover battle, said yesterday its net profit soared almost 60 per cent in the first half of the year and
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        Lock icon IBM buys Mylex in move to boost data storage business
        376 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp (IBM), which is making a bid to regain its leadership position in the high-performance end of the data storage business, on Tuesday said it would buy Mylex Corp, a maker of controllers and
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          Lock icon Cox eyes Gannett's cable unit
          87 17 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Cox Communications Inc, extending an acquisition spree of cable-television companies, said on Tuesday it plans to buy Gannett Co's cable systems for US$2.7 billion (554.5 billion) in cash to build its presence in the central US. Cox agreed to buy Gannett's Wichita, Kansas-based
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          Lock icon Microsoft snubs AOL request
          55 17 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp, the world's No 1 software maker, said on Tuesday it rebuffed a request from top online service America Online Inc for a "business arrangement" to resolve their battle over instant e-mail messaging. Instead, Microsoft asked AOL to join industry efforts to
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          Lock icon Rover revamp will boost profit: BMW
          110 17 Bloombere [MUNICH] Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Germany's third-largest carmaker, said yesterday reorganisation of its unprofitable Rover unit in the UK will help it match last year's earnings, reversing a slide in first-half profit. BMW posted net income of 191 million euros (*****.5 million), or
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          Lock icon Unocal's Q2 profit falls 69%
          97 17 Bloomberg [EL SEGUNDO, California] Unocal Corp, which explores for oil and natural gas and makes fertiliser, said second-quarter profit fell 69 per cent because corporate expenses rose while oil production and fertiliser prices declined. Profit from operations fell to US$l9 million (5531.9 million), or 8
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        Lock icon Brokerages not Y2K ready by Nov 15 to be shut down: SEC
        623 17 They will have to transfer customer accounts to other securities firms Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a rule requiring brokerages to cease business and transfer customer accounts to other securities firms if they
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        Lock icon Intel launches new Celeron, Pentium III chips
        443 17 Reuters, Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp, the world's No 1 chip maker, introduced two new processors on Tuesday, including a faster Pentium 111 at a price that is lower than its most recent upgrade. Intel said that PC makers are now including the
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        Lock icon Reuters arm to take 16.4% slake in US trading network
        324 17 Move set to challenge NYSE, other US markets FT, Reuters [NEW YORK] Instinet, the securities broking arm of Reuters, on Tuesday threw its weight behind an upstart US trading network in a move likely to add to the pressure on
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        Lock icon Nasdaq mulls move towards Internet system
        454 17 Major revamp planned to tighten ties with dealers and high-tech firms FT (NEW YORK) Nasdaq, the second largest US equities market after the New York Stock Exchange and known for its technology stocks, is considering a dramatic restructuring that would lead to the setting
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        Lock icon Motorola offers to inject US$400m into Iridium
        240 17 BotbaaihaUen most agree to swap USsLsbdebtfer 25% stake ia Iridium Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Motorola Inc last week offered to put another US$4OO million (*****.4 million) into cashstrapped Iridium LLC if bondholders agree to swap US$l.5 billion in debt for a 25 per cent stake
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        Lock icon Royal Bank buys 20% stake in AOL Canada
        346 18 Reuters, Bloomberg [TORONTO] Royal Bank of Canada said on Tuesday it was spending US$6O million (Sslol million) for a 20 per cent stake in AOL Canada to forge a new e-commerce alliance on the Internet. Royal Bank, one of Canada's largest financial
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        Lock icon CFTC considers new way to measure performance
        495 18 Returns would be calculated on the value of commodities that funds control Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US funds that buy and sell futures will be able to promote themselves in a way that makes their performance seem less volatile if regulators adopt a proposed change
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        Lock icon Barclays gets new chief at last
        70 18 [LONDON] Matthew Barrett on Tuesday posing for the media in London after being named new chief executive of Barclays Bank pic after Barclays spent more than six months struggling to fill the post. Mr Barrett, formerly chairman and chief executive of Bank of Montreal,
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        Lock icon Catastrophe losses take toll on US insurance firms
        402 18 Chubb and ACE profits hit; Marsh McLennan backs trend Reuters [NEW YORK) Chubb Corp and ACE Ltd on Tuesday posted lower-than-expected earnings due to catastrophe losses and the seemingly intractable downward slide in premium rates. Leading global insurance broker Marsh McLennan Cos
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        Lock icon GE Capital's Wendt plans US$3b private equity fund
        516 18 Investments will be split between Europe •mi Japan: source Bloomberg [STAMFORD, Connecticut] Gary Wendt, who built GE Capital Services Corp into the world's largest non-bank financial company in 12 years as chief executive, plans to start a US$3 billion (555.05 billion) private
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        Lock icon Copper trading loss: Sumitomo sues Credit Lyonnais
        498 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] Sumitomo Corp has filed suit against a unit of French bank Credit Lyonnais seeking US$3OB million (*****.5 million) in damages for its alleged role in a copper trading scandal that resulted in US$2.6 billion in losses for Sumitomo in 1996.
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        Lock icon Free Index surges as local stocks roar back
        219 19  -  ftlMUI Reports MSCl Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market roared back with a vengeance, buoyed by a host of factors including the 115point overnight rise on Wall Street, stronger interim results from DBS Land and Singapore economic growth
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        Lock icon Nasdaq's overnight gain helps lift futures
        200 19  -  MSCI Taiwan tatnres Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index flitures finished 6.9 points higher for both the July and August contracts whUe the Taiwan Weighted Price Index gained 116.53 points. Nasdaq's gain of 60.14 points in overnight trading helped boost
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        Lock icon Oil prices seen hitting US$20 a barrel by fourth quarter
        237 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices rose yesterday on news of a large stockdraw in the key US market, with analysts predicting that continued output curbs could push oil to US$2O a barrel by the start of the fourth
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        307 19 Reuters THE euro gave back some of its recent gains against the US dollar yesterday as weak euro-zone and German economic data spurred broad profit-taking in European currencies. The US dollar also clawed back ground from five-month lows against the yen with the market jumpy amid wariness over
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      1408 20 AFP Q Hang Seng -MBL33 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.5 per cent in cautious trade yesterday following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "It is a continuation of the technical rebound from yesterday" amid the expiration of the July futures, said Michael Ng, deputy managing director at Sassoon
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      550 20 AFP, Reuters H Shanghai B Mai *<L» SHANGHAI'S B shares gained 1.3 per cent yesterday but trading was dull on uncertainty over whether the government will release promised mar-ket-boosting measures any time soon, analysts said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index, which tracks shares nominally reserved for foreigners,
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      318 20 AFP HWPMn ****** TAIWAN share prices closed 1.6 per cent higher yesterday spurred by a sharp rally on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. "We saw strong buying in technology shares following a big rally on the technologyheavy Nasdaq Composite overnight," said Jerry Huang, senior researcher at President Securities. "How-
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      2155 20 LMDON an *h 31 Group *p 0.22 A B Foods 4.11 0.10 A 8 Ports 2.92 -0.01 AstraZanoca 23 32 0.89 AManca k lakastar 8.52 0.13 ARM Domocq 5.71 0.18 AIM Zurich 729 0.07 Anglo Amartc an GoM 43.70 unch AS0A Group 2.19 0.01 Bank of Scotland
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      1620 20 AFP Q Nikkei 225 ♦U7JI SHARE prices in Tokyo rebounded 0.7 per cent yesterday following recent falls, brokers said. The key Nikkei Average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 117.19 points to end at 17,579.91. Trading volume was moderate in the absence of fresh trading
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        Lock icon Program and forced selling drag market down
        428 21 P Composite Index -1182 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday as program and forced selling activities continued, dealers said. The market briefly broke through the 800-point resistance level on follow-through buying in early trade but this was quickly offset by
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        200 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy FOR those who have been following movements in the local market closely, one of the better supported stocks is Lindeteves Jacoberg, which seems to be holding very weU at $2.10-$2.20. To be fair, it has faUen from a $2.74 high
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        280 22 AFP n Wellington *2111 NEW Zealand shares rebounded one per cent yesterday as Telecom Corp and Fletcher Challenge Ltd stocks finned, but market volumes continued to be light. The NZSE-40 Index was up 21.69 points to 2,184.59 on weak turnover of NZ555.60 million. —AFP mm *t- r—i **untag>HOJ 2.65
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        312 22 AFP Hmafl* *a»J6 PHILIPPINE share prices surged 4 per cent yesterday, buoyed by Wall Street's rise and bargain-hunting here to end a losing streak stretching back seven sessions. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 89.85 points higher at 2,352.97, having plunged 4.8 per cent on Tuesday. Volume rose
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        381 22 AFP nOompoßtehlg +ISJI SOUTH Korean share prices rose 1.7 per cent yesterday but earlier gains gave way to increased profit-taking towards the close, dealers said. The market extended Tuesday's strong gains, which came as concerns eased over the Daewoo Group's plight, on the back of institutional and foreign buying
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        638 22 AFP PAH Orfaarieg *7 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday but failed to sustain an early push received from a reinvigorated Wall Street, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index climbed 6.7 points to 3,059.8, the All Industrials Index rose 8.9 to 5,322.4 and
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        733 22 AFP F1 Composite Inda +26.04 INDONESIAN share prices closed 4.5 per cent higher yesterday on Wall Street's overnight gains and a technical rebound after recording sharp falls in previous sessions, dealers said. "The market was up mainly due to a technical rebound after slumps in recent days," a dealer
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        424 24 ESEffiHEHSSBBBHBIDEIi Stacks VoHunt Asia FoodS Prop 31,500,000 Hotung Inv NTS 25,822,000 ICT HKKk 25,418,000 LHT Hldgs 10c 24,175.000 *Genting Int 22,450,000 Golden Aqri USIOc 17,718,000 DBS Land 16,115,000 IPC Corpn5c 14,589,000 ST Engg 10c 12,314,000 Pertama 25c 11,891,000 Umta I DBS Land 56,230,778 City Dev 50c 48,719,156 SPH 46.562,467 0C8C
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        Lock icon DBS Land results, Dow's rise send blue chips soaring
        639 24  -  STOCK MARKET GOMMEMTABY Help also from expectations of better economic growth, bnt second-liners still suffering from hangover By R Sivanithy LOCAL blue chips yesterday drew comfort from a confidence-boosting session on Wall Street, a reassuring earnings report from DBS Land and
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          137 24 THE disk drive industry is going through some bad times, with drive makers all posting losses or sharply lower profits. To cheer industry players up, drive maker Maxtor Corp's chief executive, Mike Cannon, started his keynote speech at the Datastor Asia *99 conference yesterday on a more light-hearted
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          93 24 EVEN if few Singaporean musk: lovers (and no Singapore bands) went to the Woodstock '99 Music Arts Fair in Rome (July 23-25), Singapore's own music master was there in full glory. Creative Technology showcased its Lava (Live Audio Visual Animation), a new technology, and its Nomad
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          96 24 OFFICIALS at the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) must be following closely the tribulations of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange (HKFE) as it attempts to switch to electronic trading. Running into problems during a test run over the weekend, the HKFE has decided to delay the
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          94 24 HOWS this as an incentive to "outperform" at an Aug 11 golf tournament up north. The organisers say that —all in the spirit of ftin, understand— manufacturer Pfizer is offering a year's supply of Viagra as one of the prizes for anyone who scores a hole-in-one at
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          76 24 BORED with typing all those e-mail messages all the time? Fret not. Go to www.mediarlng.com and download Mediaßing Talk. Once you're done, you can send and receive voicemail ova* the Internet by just attaching voice (lies to your e-mail messages, or even chatting online with
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        62 24  -  by Wong Wei Kong ST Engineering shares rose 14 cents to $2.06 yesterday on a volume of 12.3 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 7.1 million units. The technical indicators such as the daily and weekly RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts show that the stock
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      321 25 Bridge News, Reuters THE tone of the Atlantic Panamax market remains firm with talk of a higher rate for a wheat cargo to Egypt The Pacific market continues to see fixtures concluded at soft levels. TAMREBSi Caribbean and east coast Mexico Aframax rates were again static at around
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      503 25  -  Growth of transactions expected to be focused on S'pore, HE markets By) Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) container shipping arm, APL, says that the number of Internet transactions by its Asian customers is set to soar over the coming
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      73 25 [TOYO-CHO, Kochi] The 6,500-ton Muroto Ferry (above) ran aground about 200 metres off the coast of its destination the south-western town of Toyocho, Kochi Prefecture. The vessel was blown ashore by high winds while trying to dock at the port. Maritime Safety Agency officials
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      746 25  -  NEWBUILDS By\ David Hughes IT has been yet another hectic fortnight in the newbuilding scene. This week's list features most types of vessel, from very large crude carriers (VLCCs) to bulk carriers. The latter type of vessel are once more popular despite the continuing generally
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      91 25 AFX-Asia [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd said it won a US$3OO million (SSSO7 million) order from Bernhard Schulte of Germany to build 10 container ships. Hyundai has secured firm orders for 35 vessels worth about US$l.B billion and exchanged letters of intent to build 20
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      188 25 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government has not issued any conditional approval to Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd for the development of a second cruise terminal in the territory. Hongkong director of planning Bosco Fung said that no conclusion has been reached on
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      272 25 Reuters [JUNEAU. Alaska] A cruise ship struck a rock in a gla-cier-filled fjord in south-east Alaska on Tuesday and began sinking but all 94 passengers were rescued. Coast Guard officials said. The 58-metre Spirit of 98 ran aground in the mouth of Tracy
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      543 26 SEX AFLOAT US cruise lines promise to report all sea crimes after being stung by news of sexual assaults on their holiday liners -Reuters [MIAMI] STUNG by news of seagoing sexual assaults, America's biggest cruise lines declared a tougher anticrime policy on Tuesday and promised to
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        191 37 An# 2 Ireland-Republic Of: August Holiday. AaffS Singapore: National Day. South Africa: National Women's Day. Anf 12 Thailand: HM Queen's Birthday. Anf IB Belgium: Assumption Day. Hong Kong: Sino-Japanese War Victory Day. Luxembourg: Assumption Day. Aagl7 Indonesia: National Day. Ang 29 Philippines: National Heroes Day. Ang 30 United
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        776 37 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        223 38 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine aviation regulators agreed to shorten a 30-day suspension of China Airlines' HongkongManila route to 15 days after meeting CAL officials from Taiwan, CAL said. The Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board "suddenly" notified CAL last Monday that it would suspend
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        471 38 Bat govt says such fears are groundless as safeguards are written into sell-off plans AFP [LONDON] Some aviation experts have warned that the British government's plan to privatise the air traffic control network may put public safety at risk. But
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        294 38 9.6 m people passed through airport in first half Bloomberg [ZURICH] Flughafen Zurich, which manages Zurich's international airport, said 6.5 per cent more passengers passed through the airport in the first-half of 1999, as more scheduled flights offset a decline in charter flights. The airport
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        454 38 Financial Times [FRANKFURT] Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, yesterday warned margins would remain under pressure this year in spite of a stronger than expected European car market and a surge in US sales in the first half. Ferdinand Piech, chairman, said the group
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          80 38 AFP [BAGUIO, Philippines] A small plane crashed in the northern Philippines early yesterday and all eight people on board are missing, a military source here said. The wreckage of the King Air plane was found in the village of Luboluban near the town of Cervantes, said
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          84 38 Reuters [GENEVA] SAirGroup parent of airline Swissair, is considering renewing ties with Delta Air Lines or linking up with British Airways, be Temps newspaper said yesterday. "There are more and more signs that there are discussions with British Airways," the paper quoted a high-ranking company source
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          63 38 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's leading carrier China Airlines said yesterday it had issued NTtB.5 billion (***** million) in note issuance facilities (NIFs) to raise operating funds. 'The ftinds would provide low-interest loans, which would help lower operating costs," said an executive at China Airlines. First
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