The Business Times, 27 November 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85C SINGAPORE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1999 Internet, http://business-times.asial.com.sg/
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    62 1 Dsn 2236J2 (+33.99) wrnvt-m U 86LV7 (+18.05) PISDKGIFUniIBB U 30&10 (+0.80) STOCX MABKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP ***** +731 NIKKEI *****.50 +***** HANG SENG *****.53-+275.76 SET INDEX ***** +7.71 JAKARTA COMP _J»U6 +7.70 MANILA COMP 1JWA6 2-92 TAIPEI WP! 7,596.44 -309.09 SEOUL COMP 941.16 -2156 CLSA CHINA
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    79 1 FOBEX KATES us* s$ US$ 1.672 £(US$/S$ per 1.612 2.695 El!RO(US$/S$/E) 1.014 1695 DM 1.928 0.867 YEN 104.1 1.605* RM 3.800 0.440 HKS 7.772 0515 BAHT 88.796 0.043 RUPIAH 7,210 0.023 St to U0 units PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl'ALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONG
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    Lock icon MAS announces moves to allow freer use of Sing dollar
    1179 1  -  We hope changes will increase intl participation in S$ capital markets, add to depth, critical mass; BG Lee Byy Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore has further liberalised the use of the Singapore dollar with a variety of
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    Lock icon Govt slaps $1.1b levy on Keppel Harbour project
    961 1  -  Keppelgroup appealing for a lower charge By < Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] The Keppel Harbour project to convert the massive harbour site to residential and commercial use has attracted a higher-than-expected government levy of $1,098 billion, but the Keppel group is appealing for
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    Lock icon NCB chief leaving for private sector
    407 1  -  f-lti exclusive Sources say he will join a dynamic hi-tech start-np By\ Kenneth James {SINGAPORE] National Computer Board chief executive Michael Yap, one of the public sector's most energetic advocates of high-tech entrepreneurship, is leaving government service to take the plunge into high-tech business,
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      Lock icon Pay more attention to renewing boards, banks told
      479 2  -  MAS looks forward to working with younger board members BG Lee By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The boards of Singapore banks have done commendable jobs discharging their responsibilities, but they have on the whole not given enough attention to self-renewal, Deputy Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Same working day clearance for cheques by 2001
      235 2 Cheque truncation will save banks $46mayear [SINGAPORE] Cheques by the year 2001 could be cleared within the same working day instead of the next day once a system that processes cheques faster and cheaper is put into place. Deputy Prime Minister and
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      Lock icon Non-resident firms' S$ listings will boost competitiveness: SES
      343 2  -  About 60 companies expected to benefit from the new ruling Byl Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] About 60 companies stand to benefit from the latest move by the Stock Exchange of Singapore to allow non-resident companies whose shares are currently trading in foreign currencies
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Eating for a good cause
        96 2 HAVE your cake, eat it, and do your bit for charity this Christmas. The Sheraton Towers hotel is donating $1 for every guest served at its food and beverage outlets. The money will go to the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations Star Shelter, Singapore Symphonia
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        Lock icon Back to the future
        141 2 IN the BT newsroom we know the economy is picking up when there's a log-jam of invitations to press events. For these companies, though, it's a dilemma —how do you get journalists to go to your event when it's one of half a dozen happening at
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        Lock icon Y2K bug hits leave
        122 2 SEEMS banks here are taking no chances with the Y2K computer issue. Although the regulator has asked only for a few "black-out" days where management staff have to be on standby, most banks are imposing a much wider period. For instance, ABN-Amro executives have been told
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SingTel interim net falls 3% to $966m
      738 3  -  It warns fall-year earnings may drop even more; rates will be cat again in H2 Reports by Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications yesterday announced a 3 per cent drop in interim net earnings to $966 million and warned that full-year earnings may fall
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      Lock icon Listing its Net ops will put sizzle into SingTel's price
      661 3  -  ismaiocksi^ catherine ong IF Singapore Telecom wants to put some sizzle into its share price ahead of the entry of StarHub next April, it should do a Pacific Century CyberWorks and float its Internet business separately. Figures for the six
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      Lock icon Revenue soars but JIT profit up just 2.6%
      329 3  -  Interim earnings hit by increased investments in IT infrastructure By] Ling Su Ann CONTRACT manufacturer JIT Holdings yesterday announced a 161 per cent jump in interim revenue to $455 million, but profit was up a paltry 2.6 per cent to $10.5 million.
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      Lock icon Net, e-commerce next growth wave
      451 3 Sing Tel has plans to enhance growth potential SINGAPORE Telecom is banking on the Internet and e-commerce for its next wave of growth and has executed a number of initiatives which will enhance its future growth potential, its chairman Koh Boon Hwee said. Already, it
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      Lock icon DBS Land to sell Battery Rd building for $878m
      262 3 DBS Land yesterday said it is selling 6 Battery Road in an asset securitisation involving the largest Sing-dollar corporate bond issue to be offered in Singapore. The property group said it is selling the building for $878 million in the largest
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Capital reduction gains for OUB, OUT
        112 5 THE Malaysian High Court has approved the capital reduction exercise of Overseas Union Garden Sdn Bhd. Overseas Union Bank will make a gain of $6.5 million and its subsidiary Overseas Union Trust will reap a gain of $41.7 million after the exercise. OUT's earnings
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        Lock icon Popular moves into e-commerce
        34 5 POPULAR Holdings said it has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, Popular World.com Pte Ltd, to conduct e-commerce business, namely buying and selling of products via the Internet and online educational publishing.
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        Lock icon Medtecs forms Cambodian subsidiary
        90 5 MEDTECS International Corporation said it has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Medtecs (Cambodia) Corp Ltd, which has an authorised capital of US$2 million (553.34 million). Its principal activities are manufacturing of medical consumable products such as patient apparel, bed linen and medical bandages, and acting as buying
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        Lock icon Seksun to form joint venture
        75 5 SEKSUN Precision Engineering said it has agreed to form a joint venture with Henan Jinque Electric Group Co Ltd (HJEG) to manufacture, distribute and sell electrical metal stamp components. The total investment of the joint venture will be US$l.2 million (Ss2 million), of which US$B4O,OOO
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        Lock icon Bt Sembawang net up sevenfold
        97 5 BUKIT Sembawang saw its net profit rocket seven times to $7.7 million on turnover of $24.5 million in the half-year ended Sept 30. In the same period last year, profit was at $1.1 million and turnover at $4.1 million. In the latest half-year, the property
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        Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
        117 5 THERE were several errors in yesterday's Companies Briefs column. Inter-RoUer Engineering's managing director Yap Lem did not seU his shares, as incorrectly reported. He transferred five mUlion shares to a nominee account, which leaves his shareholding unchanged. The placement tranche of the initial public offering of China
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      Lock icon Net start-up Mania to list on Nasdaq in 3 mths
      432 5  -  Its M'sian parent in final stages of buying a US e-commerce firm By' Toh Han Shih MANIA Holdings, the Singapore Internet start-up that has been bought by the Petra Group of Malaysia, will list on Nasdaq in three months, Petra
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      Lock icon LKN's capital reduction plan okayed
      67 5 LIM KAH NGAM Ltd said both its shareholders and the High Court have approved its capital reduction of the par value of each ordinary share from $1 to 20 cents. The capital reduction wiU take effect when a copy of the Order of Court confirming
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      Lock icon MediaRing.com signs China distribution deal
      239 5 CNC, CNT to distribute its services at sales outlets in Chinese cities RECENTLY-LISTED MediaRing.com said yesterday it has teamed up with China Netcom Corporation Ltd (CNC) and CE-Info-com Network Technology Co Ltd (CNT) to distribute Mediaßing.com's services in China. The three companies have signed an
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      446 4 Stocks Volume China Toll 20c 119.000.000 MediaRing 10c 40,374,000 Asia FoodAProp US$ 29,925,000 L&M50C 18,578,000 AsiamedicR 16,735,000 FHTKR. 15,803,000 PCI 25c 12,647,000 GMG Global 5c 12,617,000 Eagle Brand HWgsHK75c 10,705,000 'Gentmg In* 10.681,000 Stock! > MediaRing 10c 68,767,130 DBSGrp 54,538,298 OCBC 49,153,600 LAM 50c 22,236,650 S1A 19,434,497 China Ton 20c
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      Lock icon Bank stocks lift market following BG Lee's remarks
      571 4  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy THANKS largely to a rebound in bank stocks, the Straits Times Index rose for the second consecutive session yesterday, giving a modest boost to sagging secondline prices. Most of the day's activity, however, was courtesy of house traders and retail
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      Lock icon Indon-linked rumours may add value to Guthrie
      190 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE L&M stock yesterday surged in response to the circulation of Indonesianrelated rumours, so let's see if there are any warrants that could benefit if similar stories continue. One possibility that has not been in play for some
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      Lock icon CSA's run-up unlikely to be sustained
      277 4  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong CSA Holdings sprang into the list of top gainers yesterday, rising 25 cents, or 12.3 per cent, to close at its day high of $2.29. Volume was heavy, with a total of 3.62 million shares traded, including a
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      102 4 Monday, Nov 29 WlnHftpOiv ♦11am. Lufthansa news conference on E-Purchasing '99 with Stefan Pichler, member of the executive board and executive vice-president of sales at Lufthansa German Airlines. ♦2.30pm. Systems Union chairman and founder John Pemberton visits and holds news conference. ♦4pm. Access Management Group (AMG) news
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      Lock icon Euro headed for test of one US$, hits new yen low
      461 4  -  I-\j comment CURRENCIES Latest S$ liberalisation measures have little impact on local unit's value larry wee EURO weakness continues to hog the limelight in currency market circles, with more commentators preparing their audiences for a test, and even a
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Manufacturing output hits a near four-year high
      330 6  -  22.6% surge in Oct boosted by strong electronics and chemicals production ity Jennifer Lien MANUFACTURING output surged 22.6 per cent in October, the highest jump since the 26 per cent recorded in January 1996. The latest industrial production index figure, boosted by strong
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      Lock icon JTC rental breaks to continue next year
      254 6 JURONG Town Corporation's tenants and lessees wUI enjoy $107 million worth of rental concessions next year as the landlord extends the concessions to the end of2ooo. The extension of the rental break is part of the measures the government is taking to help
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      Lock icon Contact Singapore Centre opens in HK
      258 6 Network of centres helps keep S'pore heartbeat strong, says minister MINISTER for Manpower Lee Boon Yang yesterday announced the official opening of the Contact Singapore Centre in Hongkong. "In order to ensure that Singaporeans in Hongkong do not lose touch with home, our government
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      Lock icon Surfers, journalists to chat on AsiaOne?
      203 6 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) intends to further exploit the vast appeal of its Asia One Web site to give its stable of newspapers a boost. Speaking at a "How to Build Brands in the Interactive Age" seminar yesterday, SPH executive vice-president for marketing Tham
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      Lock icon Back-to-basics look for the millennium
      720 6  -  Optimism about the future will be reflected in the use of bright, cheery colours like intense reds and yellows Tan Su Yen FROM Christmas trees to New Year's parties, the colours of celebration this millennium's eve are blue and silver. But what colour trends will
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      Lock icon Tell Acer firmly to be fair to all shareholders
      513 6  -  MAILTEM Dr P Leesinsky Hongkong via Internet AS I sit here in Hongkong with 20,000 Acer International shares and, more importantly, 58,000 warrants on the same stock, I feel compelled to report on a recent announcement in the Asian Wall Street
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      Lock icon Are parties in Clob offers just fronts?
      167 6  -  Tan Jiak Lim Singapore via Internet DAIM Zainuddin, Malaysia's First Finance Minister and economic supremo, said his government would not interfere in the sorry Clob saga unless the KLSE and the SES could not make progress on the issue. Who interfered after the
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      Lock icon Property prices move in line with economy
      160 6  -  Eric Ang Teck Sin Singapore via Internet YOUR editorial "A hazardous en bloc fever" (BT, Nov 24) highlighted the logic that we should not cause a repeat of the property price bubble. But even a free market, without any interference from the government,
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Getting hotter with election fever
        87 7 THE Malaysian market came alive on the last trading day prior to polling on Monday. Counters linked to political bigwigs were actively traded. Renong, which is linked to the dominant political party United Malays National Organisation, rose 4 sen to RM2.19. PMI, which is closely
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        Lock icon Petronas Gas up
        98 7 PETRONAS Gas the company with the biggest presence in Terengganu rose 30 sen to RM8.05 when Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visited the eastern state yesterday as part of his election campaign. The premier did not promise major projects but expressed confidence that the national ruling coalition, Barisan
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        Lock icon Romantic Family Planning?
        43 7 LITTLE-KNOWN Takaso Resources has incorporated a company with an unusual name Romantic Family Planning Sdn Bhd. It did not elaborate on the nature of its business. Despite the potential lucrative business, Takaso shed 11 sen to RM2.01 on thin volume.
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        Lock icon Speeding ahead
        62 7  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh ED ARAN Otomobil Nasional, the distributor of the national car, continued to climb on the back of strong car sales data. The counter rose 70 sen to RM13.30. Sentiment was also boosted by talk of a bigger role for its EON Bank, which was
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      Lock icon Fate of some films may hinge on polls
      688 7 ELECTION EU KUALA LUMPUR Stock price gains of politically linked firms point to strong win for ruling BN Bloomberg RENONG Bhd, Bolton Bhd and other Malaysian companies that thrive on ties to the country's long-time ruling party, stand to lose if the
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      Lock icon Malay leadership issue won't be decided by Malays alone
      1433 7  -  WRITER'S«.III.,>-.11 karim raslan Karim Raslan is a KL -based lawyer and writer ELECTION punditry is not a science and writers, myself included, are often the worst of crystal-ball gazers. Four years ago. 1 hit the campaign trail covering the general election
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      Lock icon The flu can wait...
      54 7 [KOTA BARU] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who's not feeling well, coughing yesterday while greeting supporters during a visit to Kelantan. He expressed confidence that in Monday's general election, his National Front would be able to regain control of Malaysia's only opposition state under the fundamentalist
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      Lock icon Port Dickson Power drops listing plans
      97 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIAN Resources Corp Bhd, Malakoff Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd said plans to list Port Dickson Power Bhd on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange have been dropped. The companies said in separate but identical statements that the decision was reached by
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      Lock icon M'sia Airports to debut on Tuesday
      171 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SHARES of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd will debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) on Tuesday, the exchange said. Malaysia Airports shares will be listed under the KLSE's Trading/Services sector, the exchange said in a statement yesterday. In the biggest
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      Lock icon Renong unit defaults on interest portion of loan
      66 7 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Renong Bhd said its light rail system unit Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (Putra) has defaulted on the interest portion of a two billion Malaysian ringgit (*****.4 million) loan. Renong said in a statement late
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      Lock icon NTT, Telekom mull deal details
      222 7 SUNGAI PETANI Percentage of equity to be sold, cost being worked ont: Daim Bernama NIPPON Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) is still discussing with Telekom Malaysia Bhd the equity stake it will take in the Malaysian company and the purchase price, First Finance Minister Daim
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indon listed firm's bankruptcy shakes market
      404 8  -  Analysts Fiskaragung may be vital test case for firms dragging their feet over restructuring of loans Prom Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta FISKARAGUNG Perkasa, a maker of iodised salt, yesterday became the first listed Indonesian company to be declared bankrupt after it failed to renegotiate
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      Lock icon Hamzah Haz quits Indon Cabinet amid graft talk
      508 8  -  Resignation could shake np govt, say analysts Froml Shoeb Kagda in.Jakarta IN a development that could shake up the government, Indonesian Minister for People's Welfare Hamzah Haz yesterday resigned amid allegations that he was involved in a 13 billion rupiah (S$3 million)
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      Lock icon China's WTO entry may spark trade war: Asean
      405 8  -  RUM-OP TO ASSAM SUMMIT More competition seen in Asia for export markets, FDI From. Al Labita in Manila ASEAN is wary of emerging threats to its fragile economic recovery, the biggest of which could come from China's entry into the World Trade
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      Lock icon Shinawatra to invest US$8m in Internet businesses
      272 8 BANGKOK Bloomberg THE Shinawatra group, which pioneered mobile phones, satellites and pay-TV companies in Thailand, said it plans to step up investments in the Internet, an area where the country lags most of the rest of Asia. Shin Corp pel, the group's main
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Gokongwei in talks to buy Asian Bank
        85 8 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Gokongwei group is in the final stage of talks to acquire Asian Bank Corp, the Business World dally quoted unnamed sources as saying. The paper said the Gokongwei group was the only entity to submit a bid for the bank
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        Lock icon Thai bankruptcies halved from year ago
        85 8 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The number of Thai corporate bankruptcies in the first eight months halved from the previous year as a recovering economy and low interest rates enabled more businesses to earn profits, the government said. There were 2,034 companies and shops closed in January
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        Lock icon BOT to peg monetary policy to inflation
        51 8 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand (BOD said yesterday it planned to peg monetary policy to inflation targets, thereby stabilising the baht and better managing the economy. Pending Cabinet approval, relevant legislation would be formulated in Parliament, said the BOTs assistant governor Thirachai
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        Lock icon Vietnam Issues first brokerage licences
        84 8 Reuters [HANOI] Communist Vietnam has issued the country's first stock brokerage licences to affiliates of an insurance firm and a leading state-run bank, an official said yesterday. The official from the State Securities Commission (SSC), the stockmarket watchdog, said the licences had been awarded to
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  • FOCUS indonesia
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      Lock icon US$2.5b Indon power play
      1549 9  -  In a move that could hit the flow of investment dollars, state-owned PLN has been given approval to file a suit to cancel a multi-billion dollar pact FromT T M Callahan The writer works for a consultancy in Jakarta which provides business information and advisory services
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  • EAST asia
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      Lock icon Military rumours send Taiwan stocks plunging 4%
      240 9 TAIPEI Panic on talk of China submarines Reuters, AFP AN early Taiwan stock rise on hopes for better China trade ties turned into one of the year's biggest routs yesterday as unconfirmed rumours of Taiwan-China military tensions sent small investors running for cover.
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      Lock icon Banks bust HKMA's Y2K deadline
      249 9 HONGKONG HSBC, Stanchart upgrade computers after Sept cutoff date Bloomberg HSBC Holdings pic and Standard Chartered pic, two of the biggest banks operating in Hongkong, replaced or upgraded their computer systems more than a month after a deadline imposed by regulators concerned about Y2K readiness.
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      Lock icon HK's Q3 growth up 4.5%, beating forecasts
      162 9 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG'S economic growth accelerated to 4.5 per cent in the third quarter, faster than economists expected, as improved trade, more tourists and better consumer spending prompted the government to boost its full-year growth forecast. The expansion compares with the 0.7 per
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      Lock icon China may scrap yuan's US dollar peg, says report
      527 9 HONGKONG Central bask Mints at mm to meet greater cempetitien after WTO entry Bloomberg CHINA'S leading financial policy newspaper suggested the nation may eventually scrap the yuan's peg to the US dollar to maintain competitiveness after the nation enters the World
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Japanese seen buying more US shares
      408 10 TOKYO Survey finds stock weightings at highest level since 1995 Reuters JAPAN'S institutional investors plan a hefty boost in their global stock investments next month, with the US market benefiting in particular, a Reuters survey showed yesterday. The monthly Global Asset Allocation survey found
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      Lock icon Daewoo likely to get foreign lenders' support
      291 10 SEOUL Korean creditors agree to bail oat debt-ridden company Bloomberg DAEWOO Corp, which on Thursday night won Korean lenders' approval for a multi-billion-dollar bailout, will probably also get the support of foreign creditors and stay in business, analysts said. At a late night
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      Lock icon Global sales of chipmaking equipment jump 90% in Sept
      460 10 TOKYO Analyst expects the industry to go back to historical growth levels Bloomberg WORLDWIDE sales of equipment used to make computer chips almost doubled in September, further evidence of a recovery in the semiconductor market, an industry group said. Sales rose
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      Lock icon Helen Clark cautious even as poll suggests victory
      368 10 AUCKLAND AFP OPPOSITION leader Helen Clark was urging caution yesterday but a poll on the eve of the New Zealand general election suggested she would be the next prime minister, heading a cen-tre-left government. A variety of surveys have put Labour well
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      Lock icon US economy may suffer hard landing: Japan's EPA
      184 10 TOKYO AFP THE US economy could experience a hard landing if bullish Wall Street stocks plunge and inflation rears its head, Japan's Economic Planning Agency warned yesterday. In a report on the world economy, the agency listed sky-high stock prices, falling household
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      Lock icon Murdoch media threatens war against Canberra
      331 10 SYDNEY AFP RUPERT Murdoch's media empire has threatened war with the Australian government from Monday by targeting voters in vulnerable seats with brochures attacking broadcasting policy. The head of News Corp Ltd's Australian broadcasting arm, Jim Bloomfield, denied yesterday the campaign was aimed at
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Kawasaki Heavy hit by weak sales, yen
        93 10 Bloomberg {TOKYO} Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, Japan's No 2 maker of ships and heavy machinery, said yesterday that its first-half group net income plunged into the red as weak sales at home and a surging yen hit earnings. The company, which also makes
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        Lock icon Sega posts record first-half loss
        128 10 Bloomberg (TOKYOJ Sega Enterprises Inc posted a record first-half loss, falling 20 per cent short of its most recent forecast as its arcade business slumped and its Dreamcast home video game tailed to capture the imagination of Japanese consumers even as it broke US sales
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        68 10 AFP {SEOUL] The head of South Korea's national flag carrier Korean Air was arrested and formally indicted yesterday for trial on tax evasion and embezzlement charges, prosecutors said. Chairman Cho Yang Ho was charged with playing a leading role in diverting 116.1 billion won (*****.4 million)
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      526 11 EDINBURGH Higher offer meant to pre-empt Royal Bank of Scotland from making offer Bloomberg BANK of Scotland increased its hostile bid for National Westminster Bank Pic 13.5 per cent to £25.6 billion (5568.9 billion) to discourage a rival offer
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      220 11 DUSSELDORF Bloomberg MANNESMANN AG chief executive Klaus Esser said speculation about friendly negotiations between his company and Vodafone Air Touch Pic is "without substance" and that the UK company's hostile US$l46 billion (***** billion) offer doesn't provide a "basis for discussion". "The hostile final
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      61 11 [JERUSALEM] Artist and peace activist Yoko Ono, widow of John Lennon of the Beatles, standing on Thursday inside one of her larger installation art pieces consisting of white ropes converging on a skylight connected to different coloured river stones as she walked through her
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      463 11 FRANKFURT Public lack of confidence in the enro is nqjnstified, bat worrying FT, Reuters WIM Duisenberg, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), is concerned that the euro's weakness against the dollar will damage public confidence in Europe's single currency. He told the FT
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      274 11 WASHINGTON Reuters AMERICANS' incomes shot up at the strongest rate in 51/2 years in October, boosted by farm subsidies, union signing bonuses and a bounce back in rental incomes from a September setback caused by the damaging impact of Hurricane
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      123 11 TORONTO Reuters CANADA signed a wide-rang-ing market access agreement with China yesterday that it said would ease Beijing's entry into the World Trade Organization. The deal calls for a cut in tariffs on Canadian exports to China, with priority on telecommunications equipment, aircraft,
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      289 12  -  StMEXßeports met Magi Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market ended the week on a strong note yesterday. Banks led the rally ahead of the upcoming MSCI re-weighting exercise and following changes unveiled by the Monetary Authority of Singapore aUowing freer
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      183 12  -  MSCI Taiwan (Mores Cecilia Loh Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures lost its ground yesterday following reports that China may step up military manoeuvres. The index posted its biggest oneday loss of 16.7 points or 4.61 per cent. The Taiex
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      211 12 ENERGY REPORT Reuters OIL prices eased yesterday amid Saudi assurances it would not let markets rise out of control but sentiment stayed firm as Iraq kept export taps tightly shut. Benchmark Brent for January delivery was 20 cents adrift at
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      336 12 Bloomberg New York THE euro yesterday fell to record low levels against the yen and the dollar after European Central Bank officials suggested the bank won't buy the currency to try to bolster its value. "The euro's getting battered across the board," said Alex Beuzelin, a market analyst
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      2831 13 HOMGKONG Reuters PHaiigSeng +275.76 HONGKONG stocks ended higher yesterday, helped by last-minute offshore buying and optimism that the territory's economy has turned the corner. The blue chip Hang Seng Index ended up 275.76 points, or 1.84 per cent, at 15,274.53. Turnover was
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      956 13 Reuters, AFP Q Shenzhen Blndei -K139 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares reversed early losses on bargain hunting to close up slightly yesterday. The B-share index rose 0.39 point, or 0.47 per cent, to 82.32 as turnover fell sharply to HK59.65 million from an already thin HK515.82 million on Thursday.
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      367 13 AFP □wp Index -30 TAIWAN share prices fell 3.9 per cent yesterday amid unease caused by reports of a Chinese military build-up against Taiwan, dealers said. Share prices fell sharply on rumours that China was to put decommissioned submarines at a Shanghai military shipyard back into service, said Grand
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      1998 13 AFP Q Nikkei 225 *112.72 TOKYO share prices closed yesterday at their highest point since August 1997 ahead of the arrival of five new investment trusts next week, brokers said. Nikko Securities senior analyst Kazue Mayuzumi said that investors snapped up "issues expected to
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      8698 14 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products (999 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sato OOO High Low P/E Smll 440 255 A t inomoto 300 -10 t8 302 300 19.0 121.6 174 46 Angkasa 90 -1 26 90 89 5 132.7 404 220 Apollo Food Hlg 320 unci) 6 322 320
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      429 14 AFP P Composite Index *7.31 MALAYSIAN share prices ended one per cent higher yesterday on local institutional support ahead of Monday's general election, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 7.31 points to finish at 745.91. An institutional dealer at a local
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      783 15 AFP SET Index *7.71 THAI share prices closed 1.9 per cent higher yesterday, with bargain-hunting in communications and finance stocks helping to push the broader market higher, dealers said. The SET Index rose 7.71 points to 412.31, off a low of 403.91 and a high of 412.60. The select
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      288 15 AFP Q Manila -2J2 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.1 per cent yesterday as investors turned away from blue chips, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 2.92 points to close at 1,959.55 points. Volume turnover rose to 34.132 billion shares worth 3.387 billion pesos. —AFP »a*2» H%»
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      666 15 AFX-Asia CI Composite Index +7.70 SHARE prices yesterday closed off highs amid a rebound in most blue chips following several days of successive declines on concerns over Aceh and the Y2K bug, dealers said. The market, however, received several shocks affecting individual shares including the suspension of Fiskaragung after
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      259 15 AFP Q Wellington ♦22J> A SOLID advance by Telecom helped push the market up one per cent yesterday despite polls indicating a change of government in weekend elections. Stocks closed up 22.19 points on the NZSE-40 Index to 2,137.32 on average turnover of NZ597.5 million.—AFP hiM rww Advantage HOS
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      568 15 AFP Q All Primaries AUSTRALIAN shares rose 0.5 per cent yesterday in a buoyant market which took its cue from a strong finish on European markets in the absence of a Wall Street lead, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 15.9 points to 3,060.0. National turnover totalled 837.5
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      296 15 AFP Q Composite Index -2X55 THE Composite Index yesterday closed down 23.55 points at 949.16, off a low of 945.78. Volume totalled 307.7 million shares worth 4.4 trillion won. MMSMI ***** -WOO Brain Tach 2020 -260 CantrH Bank 2530 -70 CtwOCamm ***** <000 Dm Cu Bank 3780 -85 OMiangCorp
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      1229 18  -  parvathi mayab hears that it's sponsoring S'pore's latest national art exhibition and other fringe events PARVATHI NAYAR PIRST, there was the National Day Art Exhibition in the late 1960s to *****. Later there was the Singapore Art Fair, and then Tresors in the '90s. Now, the
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      1283 19  -  parvathx nayar looks at affiliate projects coming your way from Nokia Singapore Art 1999 PARVATHI NAYAR Mixage IN the world of music, mixing sounds and musical fragments to create new works doesn't strike an odd note, but mixing visual art sounds stranger. Still, the '70s had "mail art"
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      1387 20 Compiled by M Yasotha/ Parvathi Nayar THEATRE Pygmalion Best known today by its translation into the Lerner-Loewe musical My Fair Lady, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion has been enchanting audiences since it was first performed in 1914. United Arts Theatre has assembled a large and experienced cast of adults
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      182 20  -  Byl Parvathi Nayar THE Boob "Originally I started with the premise of a protagonist who could cook because cooking is something I discovered recently. But along the way I modified it, so it wasn't a focal point of the play," says playwright Michael Chiang. Though a food angle remained,
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      947 21 IF music be the food of love, play on. But if food is what you're looking for before or after an arts event, read on. Makansutra 2000, a new publication that lists all the good hawker places as well as other places to eat in Singapore, brings you
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      635 21  -  MUSIC By) P Y Van THE Academy of St Martin in the Fields under the baton of Sir Neville Marrlner needs no introduction to audiences around the world, and on Wednesday evening, it played an all-Mozart programme to a packed house at the V ictoria Concert
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      608 21  -  MUSIC By\ Susan Tsang THE turn of the millennium is a time to look back, and also to look ahead. Violinist Siow Lee Chin will be doing just that when she plays in the Flight into the Next Millennium concert next
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      1238 22  -  Michael Chiang, playwright of My Lonely Tarts, tells parvathi matar why audience deserve the entertainment they paid for and that comedy is the genre he likes to do PARVATHI NAYAR IF Neil Simon is Broadway's patron saint of laughter, Michael Chiang would be Singapore's equivalent. Michael Chiang
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      339 22 'I've always loved Michael's work because it relates to people. The plays are easy to appreciate, even if you I are not a regular I theatre goer. Tarts is a I comedy but it also plays ay H with emotions; I'm not A just a gila psychic
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