The Business Times, 18 August 1999

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85c SINGAPORE Internet http://business-times.asia! com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18,1999
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    75 1 FOBEX KATES UBI 1.079 £WB»p«r£) IJOO 1686 EHBOfUSS/SS per E) 1.662 1.767 DM— LBW UB3 YW U4.7 1.464* KM-— 1800 1443 HO 7.764 1216 BAOf 38.18 1044 BUPIAH 7,726 6.922 PUHEIATES SINGAPORE* Ml KUALA LUMPUR 7J8 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK. 10.01 MANILA 11.00 BONO KONG 8H TAIPH 8J7 SYDNEY 7.96
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    Lock icon IMF, World Bank press for market reforms
    854 1  -  Asia likely to get special attention in joint initiative Prom. Anthony Rowley m Tokyo THE World Bank and the International Monetary Fund are embarking on an ambitious new programme to survey the state of financial markets in all their member countries, with a
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    Lock icon PM: Only issue was President Ong's health
    988 1  -  Govt did not hinder president in his job; problems arose from honest differences By* Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] At no time did the government give President Ong Teng Cheong the runaroijid or hinder him in his job. The problems the president had complained of
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    Lock icon Fed hike likely despite 0.3% July inflation
    427 1  -  Bnt economists think a third increase in October unlikely From, Andrew Marks in New York US consumer prices rose a tame 0.3 per cent in July in line with Wall Street forecasts, but most economists believe the numbers are not low enough to
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      164 1 DfSTOE r n |HH p V Hi yH I PC ales up 21% Sales of personal computers were up a robust 29.4% in Singapore for the first half of this year compared with the same period last year, says a study by International Data Corp, Pf 3 Maoey Mattel Can
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  • YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT
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      Lock icon Dr Hu: Problems were neither fundamental nor intractable
      1785 2  -  No change in treatment of net investment income as current income By Rahita Elias NET investment income (Nil) of the government is and has always been regarded as current income under the Constitution and therefore not part of past reserves. Minister of
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      Lock icon On why it would take 56 man-years...
      619 2 "The president said it had taken the ac-countant-general 'more than two, three years' to inform him what the government's reserves consisted of. He said that when he asked for an inventory of the physical assets, the accountant-general had responded that it would take
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      Lock icon MAS won't interfere with banks' move to charge for services
      368 2  -  It's commercial decision by banks to recover costs, says BGLee By] Rahita Elias THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will not interfere with the banks' commercial decision to impose charges for services rendered, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon CAAS to review Terminal 3's opening
        72 2 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore will continue to closely monitor passenger traffic at Changi Airport and review the timing for Terminal 3, said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong. T3 was originally scheduled to be operational by 2004-2006. However, the
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        Lock icon Foreigners as certification authorities
        66 2 FOREIGNERS are not restricted from applying for licences to become a certification authority for e-commerce, said Minister for nnmmiiniraHnt>f and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong. He noted that Netrust was currently the only public certification authority. A new player is in the wings. Cisco Security and
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon S'pore PC sales up 29% to US$390m in H1
      463 3  -  Asia-Pacsees highest PC shipments during same period: IDC By. Raju Chellam SALES of personal computers were up a robust 29.4 per cent in Singapore for the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, with revenues rising
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      Lock icon Merger of Exxon, Mobil may cause shake-up in S'pore
      722 3 Mobil's assets may besoldwith BP Amoco a likely buyer Reuters THE imminent US$BO billion (*****.6 billion) Exxon Corp and Mobil Corp merger could lead to the first major shake-up of the Singapore oil and petrochemical sector in decades, industry sources and
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      Lock icon Asia's first online travel mart opens
      367 3  -  It integrates tours, hotels, car rentals, transfers bookings By: Raju Chellam BUSINESS and leisure travellers can now book their tours, hotels, car rentals and hotel transfers through what is billed as Asia's first online travel mart that integrates travel-related services of various service providers.
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      Lock icon Competition will improve industry, say insurers in S'pore
      653 4  -  INSURANCE LIBERALISATION Third smallest Asia Life plans to expand in region; bigger players eye mergers By Siow Li Sen LIFE insurance executives, whether they hail from the giant AIA or one of the smallest in the sector, say opening up the industry
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      Lock icon Allgreen's Tanglin Place up for sale
      431 4  -  Indicated pricing $38m or $1,075 psf of lettable space By Carol Eng THE Kuok group's Allgreen Properties is selling its freehold Tanglin Place commercial property via tender for at least $38 million, or a minimum of $1,075 per sq ft of lettable area. The
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      Lock icon Eunos walk-up apartment for en bloc sale
      381 4  -  fty i Carol Eng A 32,561 sq ft plot of freehold land near Eunos MRT station is available for about $15-16 million via tender. The 16 owners at walk-up apartment Deng Fu Court, at the junction of Kampong Eunos and Sims Ave East,
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      Lock icon Merrill sees 6.3% growth
      336 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By] Marissa Chew MERRILL Lynch has joined a string of research houses which have revised their growth forecasts for the Singapore economy upwards, predicting that it will grow 6.3 per cent this year and 5 per cent next year. Merrill had
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      Lock icon KIB launches insurance policy for landlords
      408 4  -  It offers protection against rental loss, damage to property By I Soh Tiang Keng HOMEGROWN KIB Insurance Brokers has launched a policy that offers landlords financial protection against risks such as loss of rental and damage to property a first in Singapore. Called Landlord
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      Lock icon Only Nathan qualifies for presidential election
      119 4 AMBASSADOR-at-large SR Nathan is the only one of three presidential hopefuls to qualify for a certificate of eligibility. Under the Constitution, potential candidates must satisfy certain criteria, such as having headed a government ministry, or a $100 million company. The presidential elections committee said
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      Lock icon Simon Cheong's JC-MPH, ANA deals
      398 4  -  MAILBOX Lau Tien Wing Singapore MUCH has been said about creating transparency, fairness and a level playing field for the investing public. A lot of publicity was given recently to the acquisition of JC-MPH shares by Simon Cheong, both on TV and in the press.
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      8 3 Oil refinery margins still underpressure in Asia, Pg2o
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Merrill Lynch sees KL market being re-rated upwards soon
      617 6 It recommends focusing on the big caps, especially MSCI stocks Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] International economic analyst Merrill Lynch views Malaysia's inclusion in the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Free index as very positive and expects the market to rerate
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      Lock icon KL sees better than forecast 1% growth
      328 6 Reuters, AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economy was expected to grow faster than the officially predicted one per cent in calendar 1999, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. But he said the government was sticking to its forecast. "Signs are showing that
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      Lock icon There are no clear signs of recovery, says BOJ
      720 6 Some positive signals bat no revival in private demand Bloomberg, AFP [TOKYO] Japan's economy shows no clear sign of recovery from the longest recession in 50 years, the Bank of Japan said, suggesting interest rates will be kept near zero for
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon State bank's bad debts plague Chuan govt
      629 7 REGIONAL SAME WOES Allegations of reckless lending also weigh on stock market and may delay elections Reuters, AFP [BANGKOK] Bad debt problems at a state-run bank have embarrassed the government of Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and depressed sentiment in the Thai stock
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      Lock icon Proposed mergers causing concern to M'sian bank workers
      249 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN bank employees yesterday raised fears about their future following the government's forced merger of the country's financial institutions. "The National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) is very much concerned over the recent announcement by Bank Negara to 'force'
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      Lock icon Philippine imports rise, economy seen growing
      166 7 MANILA Reuters A RISE in Philippine imports in June to an 18-month high signals the economy has bottomed out and is on the path to sustainable growth, economists said yesterday. The National Statistics Office said imports were U552.67 billion (554.5 billion) in June against
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      Lock icon Police to question ex-Bank-Bali director
      424 7 JAKARTA Three IBRA officials to appear as witnesses AFP INDONESIAN police will question a former director of Bank Bali as a suspect in a scandal involving an US$BO million (Ssl34 million) dollar commission payment, the official Antara news agency said yesterday. National police spokesman Togar
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley draws flak for MSCI reweighting of Taiwan
      466 8 TAIPEI Beying questions timing of announcement by US bank's index services provider UNITED States investment bank Morgan Stanley Dean Witter has angered Beijing after its index services provider announced it will increase Taiwan's weighting, sending the island's dollar and stock prices
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      Lock icon China commercial banks' outlook negative
      270 8 HONGKONG Moody's says reform will widen disparity of credit risks among Chinese banks Reuters MOODY'S Investors Service, in its annual report on Chinese banks, says that "serious reform of the Chinese banking system has finally begun in earnest, but that structural impediments remain deeply entrenched".
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      Lock icon Will Mahathir play the Chinese card?
      732 8  -  Be needs their help even more In the coming polls iOANTDW By Yang Razali Kassim TODAY, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad begins his official visit to China, hoping to bring back some political dividends. The trip may be meant to celebrate 25 years of
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      Lock icon New tie-ups seen as HK offers fresh satellite TV licences
      592 9  -  High entry costs likely to deter small players; eyes on TYB, Hongkong's No 1 TV company Frrrm Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong THE Hongkong government has invited applications for new satellite broadcasting licences to boost competition in the industry, in a
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      Lock icon HK's jobless rate dips further but officials cautious
      347 9  -  From< Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S unemployment situation continued to show signs of improvement as the jobless rate fell farther to 6 per cent for the May to July period, down from 6.1 per cent in April to June. While government
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      Lock icon China reveals 117b yuan of state funds misused
      156 9 "BEIJING Reuters CHINA has discovered that 117.4 billion yuan (5523.6 billion) of state funds were misused in the first half of this year, the People's Daily reported yesterday. Auditors found more than 3 billion yuan meant for water conservancy had been diverted
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      Lock icon Big Blue dumps men in blue; NZ files suit
      109 9 WELLINGTON Bloomberg NEW Zealand's government is taking legal action against International Business Machines Corp for damages after it quit a contract to upgrade the police department's computer system. "IBM walked away from a legally binding contract. That is not what the
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      242 10 GSM 900 incorporates new T9 technology making text communication simpler and quicker. I Smart people know that talking on the phone is not always the best way to communicate. Sometimes it may not be convenient to talk and this is where short message service (SMS) can solve the problem. The
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Millennium bug fears affecting world markets at last
      667 11 LONDON Investors steering clear of risk, there's a preference for liquidity: economist Reuters A SLEW of financial market distortions and anomalies in recent weeks have at last provided hard evidence that international investors are moving to price in the risks surrounding the
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      Lock icon EC: Coke explanation for health scare highly implausible
      240 11 BRUSSELS Bloomberg COCA-COLA Co, the world's biggest beverage company, failed to provide a credible explanation for the June outbreak of illnesses among hundreds of consumers who drank beverages from Coke plants in Brussels and France, the European Commission said. Coca-Cola's different explanations
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Heat wave boosts US July output
        97 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A searing heat wave and a resurgent manufacturing sector helped drive US industrial output up during July at the fastest rate this year, the Federal Reserve said yesterday. Total industrial production by the nation's factories, mines and utilities increased 0.7 per cent
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        Lock icon Biotech trials row could cost UK billions
        65 11 Reuters [LONDON] Britain could lose billions of pounds if fresh sabotage by environmental activists forces trials of genetically modified (GM) crops to shift overseas, the government said yesterday. The plea for profits came in response to a warning by a key player in
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        Lock icon Powerful Turkish quake kills over 700
        84 11 AFP [ISTANBUL] More than 700 people were killed and thousands injured in a powerful earthquake that struck Turkey's western and central provinces in the early hours yesterday, Turkish state television TRT reported. The tremor, measuring 6.7 on the open-ended Richter scale, struck at 3.02
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      Lock icon UK insurers face pension charges
      390 11 LONDON Review into possible mis-selling of top-up pensions launched Reuters BRITISH pension and life insurance providers were yesterday faced with fresh charges of up to £241 million (*****.9 million) after the industry watchdog launched a review into the possible misselling of "top-up" pensions. The Financial
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      Lock icon An early tasting
      72 11 [BINY AMINA, Israel] Golan Tishbi tastes his family's wines at the end of thefirst morning of the annual harvest in his family's Tishbi Winery vineyards. Although winemaking in the Holy Land dates back to biblical times, and more recently to a 19th century revival, it is only
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      Lock icon CNN dismisses executive Bohrman at financial news unit
      329 11 NEWYORK Move comes after power struggle over control of CNNfn NYT TOP executives at CNN dismissed David Bohrman as executive vice president of the financial news network CNNfn and had him escorted out the door of CNNfn's headquarters in Manhattan on Monday,
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      Lock icon French bank sues Daewoo unit in HK for US$10m debt
      595 11 KOREAN CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING Other suits could follow, may hamper restructuring efforts Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Natexis Banques Populaires, France's No 5 bank, sued a Daewoo Group unit to recover US$lO million (Ssl7 million) of debt, a move that could spark other claims
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      Lock icon Tax reforms aimed at breaking up chaebol: reports
      227 11 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea is moving to break up the country's powerful family-owned conglomerates through planned tax reforms which aim to limit the influence of their owners, reports said yesterday. The government decided on Monday on new tax measures which would make
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      Lock icon Korea Telecom 1st-half profit falls by half
      215 11 SEOUL Bloomberg KOREA Telecom Corp said first-half earnings fell by almost half as South Korea's largest phone company paid off 3,800 employees in a gov-ernment-mandated drive to boost efficiency. Korea Telecom earned a net 105.7 billion won (*****.9 million) or 362 won per
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon US and China groping in diplomatic fog
      763 12  -  188 BOTTOM ÜBB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THERE are increasing signs that China and the United States have entered into a dangerous period of "diplomatic fog" in which both sides are sending confusing signals and are having
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      117 12 'For people with an ideology that is apocalyptic, the struggle between good and evil is approaching.' Chip Ber let the president of Political Research Associates, a company that tracks extremist US groups, on the impact of the approaching millennium on these groups. The British were in Egypt.
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      Lock icon Above all, Russia needs stability
      630 12 EDITORIAL 11 does not really matter why Russian President Boris Yeltsin decided to sack his prime minister, Sergei Stepashin, after just 82 days. Or why he settled on Vladimir Putin, a former KGB spy, as his successor. The real issue is: Will Russia get some
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      Lock icon Chill winds of August
      1541 12  -  Bond markets are under stress, some traders may be in trouble and weak US$ poses dangers By, John Plender FT FOR the third year in succession, August is proving to be a month of extreme financial turbulence. The US equity and bond markets have been nervous.
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      851 12 The South African ooodltloo OF ALL societies, South Africa cannot be separated from its past. Not long ago, it was a country where people were tortured and murdered because of their politics. A country where, because of their race, husbands were systematically separated from their wives.
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Passive smoking ups stroke risk
      481 13  -  HEALTH Smokers 4 times more likely to have a stroke, says NZ study By\ Patricia Reaney Reuters [LONDON] Exposure to passive smoking can increase a non-smoker's risk of having a stroke by up to 82 per cent, according to new research released yesterday. The New
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon Currency thermometer Watching the euro, and Greenspan
      1082 14  -  If euro breaches crucial 120 yen level, US dollar may again test 113 yen; meanwhile stock market moves continue to dictate action ly Larry Wee STOCK market action continued to call the tune over the last week, both for the US dollar as
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      Lock icon Rough ride for Asian bonds but there's value yet
      699 14  -  Avoid Thai, Korean issues and go for top Chinese, Hongkong corporates Byl Eden Wong The writer is associate director, credit research, at Barclays Capital in Hongkong ASIAN bonds have experienced a rough ride over the last two months, but we continue
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      393 14 Chart of interest rates: US Dollar Base Premium Deposit J Alternate Currency Interest Rate* Australian Dollar 18% p.a. Euro 14% p.a. 110 tft Japanese Yen 11%p.a. p British Pound 11% p.a. gm A q Canadian Dollar 10% p.a. 8 m Cl If you're looking for a foreign currency deposit that
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon S'pore weighting may rise alter dual listings are merged: MSCI
      450 15  -  This should allay market fears over MSCI index rejig By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Confirming what some analysts have been saying since last week, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) said yesterday that Singapore's weight- ing in its widely followed stock
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      133 15 As of yesterday, 58 SES-listed companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30,1999. They recorded a combined $2,491.8m in group profits, up 69.0% over the same period last year. Excluding the sovon foreign companies listed on the local bourse, the increase was 97.4%
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      Lock icon QAF interim net earnings rise 20% to $6.4m
      220 15 [SINGAPORE] A heartening performance by QAF's supermarkets and bakeries drove the food group's interim net earnings up 20 per cent to $6.4 million. The company, which is behind household name Gardenia, reported a rise in turnover of 21 per cent to $229.1
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      Lock icon Ming Wall hit by interest, depreciation
      274 15 [SINGAPORE] Tanker owner and operator Ming Wah Universal (Bermuda) yesterday reported a scant 2.3 per cent rise in net earnings to US$6.5 million (Ssll million) at halftime despite a 38 per cent surge in turnover. Higher interest on borrowings and depreciation and amortisation wiped
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      628 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih LOOKING at the latest results of United Overseas Land, it is hard to tell that a substantial part of the company's fortune rides on a property project called Novena Square. UOL, the listed property arm of United
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      448 15  -  Firm expects to sustain profits in H2 as region recovers By, Jennifer Lien SINGAPORE Computer Systems Ltd (SCS), formerly known as ST Computer, yesterday posted a 14 per cent rise in interim net profit to $6.1 million. This compares with a 48 per
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        586 16  -  Mobikom's sharper losses, foreign associates' lower contributions cited Prom Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S biggest phone company Telekom Malaysia Bhd yesterday reported a wider than expected 24.7 per cent plunge in group profit to 555.4 million Malaysian ringgit (***** million)
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        283 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia expects to submit, together with United Engineers Malaysia, a prospectus to the relevant authorities by end-August, while the offer to Clob holders will be made by year-end. At a press conference on Telekom's interim results yesterday, chief executive Mohamed
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        192 16 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-bound International Press Soft Com (IPS), formerly known as International Press Company, said it had divested its entire 27 per cent shareholding in Panpac Media.com to its holding company International Press Holdings (IPH) on Aug 10 as part of its restructuring.
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        539 16  -  Move expected to doable company's turnover in 2 years By. Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased Sunway International will expand into producing communications products and expects its turnover to double in two years on contributions from this business. Sunway, which is seeking a dual listing
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        619 16  -  msnxE VIEW Purchase and disposal values about equal at $8.4 m ity Wong Wei Kong WITH the interim corporate reporting season underway, the number of insiders' transactions fell further last week, dipping to 47 from the previous week's 53. The Primark Director Sentiment
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        187 16 Reuters [HONGKONG] Pacific Century Cyberworks will pay US$7 million (Ssl2 million) cash for a 20 per cent stake in Outblaze, a developer of Internet portal applications. Outblaze will issue new shares representing 20 per cent of its enlarged share capital to a company
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        252 16 [MANILA] Sagging revenues and surging operating expenses dragged down the interim earnings of Philippines Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), the listed telecoms unit of Hongkong's giant First Pacific Co. PLDT said yesterday that after-tax profit for the first half ended June 30 fell a hefty 64 per
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        275 16  -  From, Al Labita in Manila AYALA Group's Singapore subsidiary is buying into Hongkong-listed Asia Standard to cash in on the territory's buoyant property market, an official said on Monday. Ayala spokeswoman Aida Mendoza said the purchase, costing HK$4O million (SsB.6 million), is being made
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          77 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tony Tiah Thee Kian has disposed of 6.783 million shares in TA Enterprise, the parent of TA Securities which is the largest brokerage in Malaysia. Hie divestment was made in the open market last month. Mr Tiah still owns 443.1 million shares
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          49 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Public Finance Bhd has reported a big jump in pre-tax operating profit of 60 million Malaysian ringgit (SS26 million) for the six months ended June 30, from RM9.9 million previously. Turnover was down 10 per cent to RM549 million. Bernama
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          89 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Ban Hin Lee Bank has recorded a 22 per cent drop in group operating pre-tax profit, minority interest and after interest on borrowings, depreciation and amortisation to 26.87 million Malaysian ringgit (5911.8 million) for the six months ended June 30.
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        520 17 It will sell or shatter reinsurance arm; SAP slashes rating by two notches Reuters Bloomberg, [MELBOURNE] Shares in GIO Australia Holdings Ltd, which in January fended off the nation's biggest hostile takeover bid, plunged a quarter after the insurer on Monday reported
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        292 17 Move will up value of Aussie firm's planned IPO by 30% Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Vodafone Airtouch Pic, the world's largest provider of wireless-phone services, will combine its New Zealand and Australian operations, increasing the value of the Sydney-based unit's planned share sale by
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          92 17 Bloomberg [TOKYOJ Sony Corp and Nintendo cut the US prices of their home video-game players to below US$lOO (Ssl67) in a move to boost sales before Sega Enterprises introduces its new Dreamcast system in the US on Sept 9. Sony Computer Entertainment America said
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          57 17 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Eva Airways yesterday said it posted a pre-tax profit of NT$277 million (5514.5 million) in the six months to June, compared to a loss of some NT$5OO million in the same period last year. Revenue grew 11.5 per cent to NT522.42 billion
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          66 17 Bloomberg [RIO DE JANEIRO] Microsoft Corp will pay US$l26 million (*****.4 million) for a stake in Globo Cabo, the No 1 pay-TV operator in Brazil, CNBC television network said. Globo Cabo, which has almost a million subscribers, sold an 11 per cent stake to fund
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          72 17 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Toys R Us Inc said on Monday that its second-quarter profit fell 14 per cent, mainly because It has increased spending on its online store to meet competition from Internet toy retailers. The nation's No 2 toy merchant also announced
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        314 17 It closes 17% above institutional offer, 35% ahead of retail Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian investors maintained their enthusiasm for telecom stocks yesterday as Hutchison Whampoa's local telco offshoot listed at a healthy premium and Vodafone Airtouch prepared for a likely float next year. Hutchison
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        395 18 Investor bays £680,000 of contracts to protect £750 m shares against 29% fall Reuters [LONDON] The London options market on Monday was the setting for a huge insurance policy by a mystery investor worried that Britain's FTSEIOO Index may be on the verge
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        274 18 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, Germany's third-largest bank, said firsthalf profit almost tripled on trading income, giving a push to expansion plans in the US. Pre-tax profit rose 170 per cent to 700 million euros ($1.2 billion) in the
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        496 18 Move seen as signalling new round of negotiations FT, AFP [PARIS] French regulators have postponed until next week publishing a decision on whether Banque Nationale de Paris should be allowed to become the dominant shareholder in rival Societe Generale. The decision was
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        320 18 It takes on Deutsche Bank in battle for 30b mark network Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Dresdner Bank, Germany's third biggest bank, plans to form a group of investors to bid for Deutsche Telekom's cable units, raising the stakes in the battle for control
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        603 19 Revenue growth expected to hit 11-13% in Q4, say officials NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] For the fourth consecutive quarter, Hewlett-Packard Co has reported earnings that exceeded Wall Street analysts' estimates. Hewlett-Packard officials who announced the figures on Monday also predicted the company would
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        277 19 Shortages emerging in some markets, says distributor Bloomberg [SCOTTS VALLEY, California] Shares of Seagate Technology Inc, the No 1 maker of computer disk-drives, and its competitors rose after a parts distributor said shortages are appearing in some markets. Seagate rose 1 7/16 to
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        406 19 NYT [NEW YORK] The 10-day partial outage of MCI Worldcorn's high-speed data network took a cataclysmic toll on dozens and possibly hundreds of small Internet service providers who were forced to shut down last week. Some say they may go out of
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        242 20 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] UnionBanCal Corp will cut about 1,400 jobs, or 15 per cent of its staff, to boost pre-tax earnings by a third. San Francisco-based UnionßanCal, which is 64 per cent owned by Bank of TokyoMitsubishi Ltd, Japan's biggest
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        592 20 Bnt SEC filing gives no specifics on type of fixed income investments made Bloomberg (WASHINGTON) Investor Warren Buffett put almost US$lO billion (5516.7 billion) in cash to work during the second quarter, and reported an increase in bond holdings of almost that much.
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        443 20 Deal marks Virginia insurer's first international boy Bloomberg [GLENN ALLEN, Virginia] Markel Corp, the biggest Vir-ginia-based property-and-ca-sualty insurer, said it will make its first international purchase, buying Terra Nova (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd for US$l.OB billion (SSI.B billion). Markel will pay 2.9 million shares
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        280 20  -  From Brian Gomez in Sydney OIL refinery profit margins have improved in Europe over the past fortnight, but Asian refiners are still experiencing tough conditions, according to the Australian Financial Review. The paper said on Monday that refiner margins were reduced when
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        243 21  -  STUffrnr Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming INVESTORS kept a low profile on the Singapore bourse yesterday ahead of the release of US July Consumer Price Index data due out later last night for signs of inflation and direction
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        199 21  -  HSCX Taiwan fatores Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures dipped 3.2 points for both the August and September contracts yesterday, breaking the uptrend which started four trading days ago last Thursday. The hype over MSCI's announcement of full
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        262 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [SINGAPORE] Crude oil prices in Asia eased yesterday on speculative selling, but stayed within sight of 22month highs as producer output cuts provided fundamental support. September US light crude futures on the electronic New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) Access system in Asia
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        331 21 AFP, Reuters London THE euro took a beating yesterday, sagging to life lows against the broadly bullish yen and then extending losses against the US dollar as tame US inflation data revived confidence in US asset markets. The dollar was also on the defensive against the yen, but
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        1820 21 SICOM FUTURES A ugl7 RUBBER (Mures closing *s at 5 JOpm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS CMts/kg) Clos« Volume Open Low Sett (tonnes) Interest S«p99 njii 1200 Oct 99 94.75 94.75 95.25 100 200 Nov 99 96.75 300 99 98.50 300 J»/M«r 00 102.00 300 Apr/Jun 00 105.50 J*rt/Sep 00 108.50 RSS 3
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      1510 22 Reuters Q Hang Seng -111.62 HONGKONG share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday due to a lack of incentives and apprehension before the release of US and Hongkong economic data, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index lost 111.62 points to close at 12,783.16-on turnover of HK$4.4 billion. Alex
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      549 22 n Shenzhen B Index +L 33 SHENZHEN'S B shares ended stronger yesterday in a technical rebound following recent heavy losses. The B Share Index rose 1.33 points, or 1.52 per cent, to 88.72 as turnover expanded to HK$47 million from HK$39 million on Monday. "B shares seem to have
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      322 22 AFP □WPlndex +64J6 TAIWAN shares closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday amid continuing positive sentiment after Morgan Stanley Capital International raised the weighting of Taiwan shares last week, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 64.96 points to 8,083.43. Turnover was NT5164.1 billion compared to NT5168.3
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      2194 22 LONDON Industrials hMUd 31 Group B_32 0.03 Abbey National 10.54 0.06 A B foods 4.30 0.22 A B Ports 3 JO 0.12 AstraZeneca 23.26 0.25 Alliance I Leicester 8.18 0.03 Allied Oomecq 5.49 -0.06 AMed Zurich. 7 JO -0.01 Anglo American GoM 43.70 unch ASOA Group 2
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      1646 22 AFP □Nikkei 225 +34-06 SHARE prices in Tokyo edged up 0.2 per cent yesterday for the seventh straight daily gain as investors continued to buy high-tech and export-led blue chips, brokers said. The Nikkei Average of 225 leading issues gained 34.06 points to close at 17,860.09 following a 2.2
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        411 23 AFP fl Composite Index -HL94 MALAYSIAN share prices closed down 2 per cent yesterday on continued profit-taking as most investors remained sidelined after last week's sharp rises, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 14.94 points to close at 751.47. The
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        207 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithv WE'VE said it before in this column but it bears saying again the Malaysian market has shown itself to be extremely progressive when it comes to the issue of how to deal with warrants which are about to
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        898 24 AFP P SET Index -6JJ THAI shares closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday but off their lows on bargain-hunt-ing in banks, analysts said. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index shed 6.8 points to end the day at 411.31, off a low of 403.65. The select SET 50
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        327 24 AFP □Manila -88J7 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 4 per cent yesterday due to concerns over the political conflict between President Joseph Estrada and his critics. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 88.17 points to close at 2,087.13 points. Volume rose slightly to 1.4 billion shares worth 2.5 billion
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        397 24 AFP D Composite Index -3158 SOUTH Korean share prices plunged 3.7 per cent yesterday on heavy profit-taking by investment trust funds amid rising concerns over redemptions of beneficiary certificates, dealers said. The Korea Stock Exchange Index lost 33.58 points to close at 873.70. Volume was 268.6 million shares worth
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        631 24 AFP QAH Ordinaries -29J AUSTRALIAN share prices fell one per cent yesterday as volatile and nervous local trading wiped out Monday's gains, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index lost 29.9 points to 2,988.0. Turnover totalled 396.8 million shares worth A 51.13 billion. The All Industrials
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        281 24 AFP n Wellington *LB4 NEW Zealand stocks closed up 0.1 per cent yesterday after a generally well-received June-quarter result from the market's leading Telecom stock, analysts said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 1.84 points to 2,188.39 on turnover worth NZ593.7 million.—AFP US *h 000) AdvantaqaHOS __2.53 0 02
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        625 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Low volume seen as good sign; observers seem to have written off this quarter but appear upbeat about last quarter of '99 By R Sivanithy THE lethargy which has plagued the local stock market ever since US
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          88 26 SECURITIES analysts who somehow feel they are being left out of the loop with United Overseas Bank may like to try contacting the bank's first vice-president Heng Cher Joo.of Investor Relations. Mr Heng has corrected the impression given by some analysts who phoned BT suggesting that
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          114 26 FOR those looking to earning a higher interest rate on their CPF savings, OCBC is offering 2.625 per cent for CPF fixed deposits of between one and 6 months and 2.75 per cent for between 7 and 12 months. The CPF is currently paying 2.5
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          152 26 A RECENT survey has found that competition is not what takes up most of top management's time but risk assessment and controlling costs. Concern over competition was only sixth on the list and came after concerns on information systems, long-term strategy and training, a survey commissioned
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          75 26 A LOCAL public relations firm, Spark Tech Communications, sent us an Invite for a press conference with an aspirin tablet enclosed in a glass chamber with a message: "In case of emergency, break glass" written on it. Ergo, If it's not an emergency, Instead of breaking the glass,
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        63 26  -  -By Wong Wei Kong ST Engineering shares rose 5 cents to $1.93 yesterday on a volume of 3.73 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.43 million units. The RSI. Stochastics and MACD charts show that there is still room for the stock to firm further.
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      292 27 Bridge News, Reuters ATLANTIC Panamax rates remained steady in a slow start to trading. Capesize owners talked higher rates but little new business emerged. Atlantic handy and handymax rates remained strong. Futures were initially steadier although it soon transpired that although the tone remains better, it is the
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      424 27  -  Asian market dominated by Malaysian-owned Star Cruises By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] While the Asian cruise market is set to grow steadily, it will still only account for about 3 per cent of cruise passengers globally by 2010, according to Ocean Shipping
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      727 27  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer SOMETHING akin to euphoria has gripped the UK's shipping community. While the chairman of major shipping group P&O, Lord Sterling, has not actually been seen leading hordes of shipping executives down the Whitechapel Road singing Rule Britannia and relatively few
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      121 27 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Kawasaki Heavy Industry is expected to join a big Chinese company to set up a shipyard in east China as Beijing looks to boost ship exports, official media said. Kawasaki Heavy was likely to join state-run China Ocean Shipping Group
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      311 27 AFP [HONGKONGJ Chinese authorities have arrested a man suspected of masterminding a massacre of 23 seamen on a Panamanian cargo ship in the South China Sea last year, a report said yesterday. The suspect, identified only as Weng, Was arrested on Sunday in
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      344 27  -  By\ S Shivani [SINGAPORE] The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) a powerful labour group representing over five million transport workers worldwide has welcomed Singapore's move to set up a fUnd for stranded seafarers. Singapore's move comes at the right time, the
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      120 27 [SINGAPORE] Swiss shipping line Norasia has launched a new service on the trans-Pacific trade route. Its Asia Pacific Express (APX) service is Indonesia's first direct container shipping service to the Pacific Northwest The route sails from Jakarta Hongkong, Keelung, Pusan, Vancouver before heading back to
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      816 28  -  STAR CRUISES Putting passengers first and providing the best service have catapulted Malaysian cruise line into Asia's biggest By! S Shivani WHEN Star Cruises started out in 1993, few people thought the company would actually succeed. As the cruise operator takes delivery of its second new
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        798 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. ihowi price rangse In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averageslzed stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the Individual
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        449 41 Carta* MO Max 990.0 «J TT.5 0.09 72 OA Am 12 Daaattv Krttr ImMm Aft UaaWw lillmurt No Mm E2S 0 110 0 1 1 rrr- MO Am 905.0 0.4 R2 OJ? 38 0J02 t™! 3t0 Max 1005.0 23 WJ O.O 235 0.01 M/WI %H/M %M/M
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        319 42 irr.M inj Continental, members of new alliance, locked in bitter dispute Financial Times [LONDON] Plans to set up Wings, a new transatlantic aviation alliance, have been hit by a bitter dispute between two of its intended members, KLM of the Netherlands
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        180 42 Govt seeks U*****,000 penalty for discrimination Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US government charged Continental Airlines with discriminating against disabled passengers and sought a U*****,000 (*****,500) penalty against the fifth largest US carrier. The Department of Transportation said the charges stem from official complaints filed
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        53 42 [SYDNEY] Commuters prepare to board an underground train in Sydney yesterday as Cityßail began 'Operation Music'. Mozart, Beethoven and Bach have started to be played in trouble-plagued railway stations in a bid to drive out the hooligan element in the runup to the Sydney
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        266 42 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines Ltd (Dragonair), a 43 per cent-owned associate of China National Aviation Co Ltd, said it recorded an average passenger load factor of 59 per cent in the first six months to June. For the period, the airline said it achieved
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        406 42 Provision will result in second-quarter net loss of US$B54 million Reuters [ATLANTA] Stung by a ruling last week that it wrongly claimed a 1984 tax deduction and was guilty of tax evasion, United Parcel Service Inc, the world's largest package
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      19 27 Star Cruises banking on happy customers Putting passengers first has catapulted M'sian cruise line into Asia's biggest. Page 2
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      218 42 Make waves in a knowledge-based economy Singapore's position as a major maritime hub has never been more important. Especially now that the Trade Development Board aims to step up its efforts towards building an efficient trade system, excellent transport and logistics infrastructure, as well as a conducive business environment. Training,
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