The Business Times, 25 April 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 0&V12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes FRIDAY, APRIL 25,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    100 Indon brokers under probe over Pikko trades
    403 1  -  Four firms suspended for failure to deliver shares; three senior ftvrliangA officials questioned From S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) has been investigating more than a hundred stockbroking firms suspected of being involved in unusual trading activity in
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    Institutional players should dominate market: KLSE chief
    424 1  -  From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange should be dominated by the big boys rather than the small players out for a quick buck, says its executive chairman. Nik Mohamed Din said yesterday that he would be more comfortable
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    Lock icon Old cars never die
    83 1 [SINGAPORE] Car parts piling up at Soon Lee Seng at Defu Lane 9. The company, which has been in the scrap car businessfor over 20 years, buys secondhand vehicles mainly from Japan where inspection standards are high. Most of the cars are only about five years
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    STII slides to mere 20 pts above 2,000
    279 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Institutional investors yesterday continued to sell down the Singapore and Malaysian stock markets, pressurising stocks across the board and threatening to push the Straits Times Industrials Index below 2,000 for the first time in more than two years.
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    Sing Tel slashes mobile phone rates by up to 20%
    608 1  -  Mobile One says it has secured 10% of the market in less than a month By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications slashed its rates for mobile phones by up to 20 per cent yesterday, the same day that new
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      123 1 props Property ii'iv# SBS Group is looking into the hotel and hospitality sector, following its successful foray into residential and industrial property, Ifclß Keppel Bank may yet gain a toehold in the Philippines. It is one of four groups eyeing a stake in a local bank, PjfflS WWgfUBB httri, baqritatttjr
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Cement prices seen climbing up
      460 2  -  Strong demand so prices here second highest in Asia, says Goldman Sachs By Siow Li Sen CEMENT prices in Singapore are the second highest in Asia because of strong demand, and further price increases are likely, said US investment bank Goldman Sachs in a report
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      PSA invited to take part in project to develop Chile port
      321 2  -  By\ Ronnie Lim [SANTIAGO] The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has been invited to take part in a project to develop a mega-port in Mejillones in the north of Chile to handle bulk minerals like copper. Hector Casanueva, the
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      Lock icon 17 firms, institutes to spend $115 m to develop technology for S'pore One
      460 2  -  R&D will include providing security for Internet commerce By 1 Toh Han Shin SINGAPORE One, a masterplan to bring widespread multimedia services to Singaporeans through an island-wide broad bandwidth (high data speed) network, yesterday reached another milestone.
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      S'pore execs take over reinsurance unit
      279 2 Managers buy 51% stake from UK parent for $204,000 LOCAL executives of a British reinsurance broking unit here have taken over the company in a management buyout. The takeover was led by the company's managing director Wee Choo Neo, said Ikatan Asia Pacific Reinsurance
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      Lock icon March better for electronics
      347 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Electronics By, Jennifer Lien ELECTRONIC products turned in a largely-better showing in March's domestic export numbers, with four of the top six products showing better year-on-year numbers compared with February's. Exports of disk drives, parts of data processing machines and peripherals, printers
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      Lock icon S'poreans in Brunei should project good image: Jaya
      349 2 Reach ont to people and be unofficial ambassadors, he says The Straits Times SINGAPOREANS working in Brunei were told yesterday that they can be unofficial ambassadors of the country, and project a good image of Singaporeans to Bruneians. Foreign Minister Professor S
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      Far East's River Place 60% sold
      173 2 FAR EAST Organization has sold about 60 per cent of the first phase of its River Place condominium project, which is coming up along the Singapore River. A company spokesman said that the units were sold at an average of b tween $1,100 per
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      Lock icon Asean reiterates stand on Myanmar
      303 2 The Straits Times ASEAN considered constructive engagement the best way to facilitate Myanmar's economic liberalisation and bring about reforms in Yangon, a Singapore Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. In response to press queries as to whether US sanctions would have any impact on Myanmar's entry
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      Goldman Sachs sets ambitious target
      361 2  -  By Shiv Taneja US INVESTMENT banking partnership Goldman Sachs is setting a scorching growth pace in its asset management business in Asia, with funds managed from Singapore expected to more than double to US$B billion (5511.5 billion) in the next three years, a senior official
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  • FOCUS: ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Lock icon Coke to play hard ball with store brands
      461 3 Canadian arm plans to regain market share from non-cola beverages Bloomberg [TORONTO] COCA-COLA Beverages Ltd's president and chief executive officer William Casey has come up with a battle plan for regaining market share from store-brand soft drinks. Mr Casey, hired three years
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      Semicon fair draws 350 exhibitors
      338 3  -  Chip packaging, assembly show in STpore for sth year By i Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Semicon, the world's largest fair for the packaging and testing of semiconductor equipment, is coming to town again. Known in full as Semicon Test, Assembly Packaging 97, the conference cum exhibition
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      MEETING PLACE
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      Lock icon VW buys ads in Ellen despite controversy
      139 3 DPA [AUBURN HILLS, Michigan] German automaker Volkswagen AG said Wednesday will be the only car company advertising on a controversial episode of the popular US television comedy show Ellen in which the lead character announces that she is lesbian. US carmakers Chrysler and
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Manila watchdog finds signs of share rigging
      453 4  -  MANILA Some brokers manipulated share prices throng)! rumours: SEC chief By, Al Labita THE Philippines' corporate watchdog has uncovered "preliminary evidence" that some brokers manipulated share prices through rumours and dragged down the market, an official said yesterday. "We will inspect their books
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      Lock icon M'sia wants 8% growth to continue
      330 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mahathir dismisses overheating fears, says fast growth needed for Vision 2020 AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he would not reign in Malaysia's rapid economic growth despite warnings by some economists of overheating problems that could overwhelm the nation. Dr Mahathir said
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      Lock icon Analysts see lower Thai properly prices but no crash
      420 4 BANGKOK AFP SEVERAL Thai developers are threatened by an oversupply of units and high debt levels but demand appears sufficient to avoid a general property market crash, analysts said yesterday. "I think Bangkok has a good chance of a relatively soft
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      Lock icon Thai current account, trade deficits fall to 17-month lows
      372 4  -  BANGKOK Feb figures raise hopes of gradual economic recovery By] Harish Mehta THAILAND's current account and trade deficits fell in February to their lowest levels in the last 17 months, raising hopes in the business community of a gradual economic recovery
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      Lock icon 29 firms to start work in Super Corridor next month
      398 4 KUALA LUMPUR Reuter MALAYSIA'S Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) will start taking shape next month when 29 local and foreign firms break ground on projects in the high-tech zone, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. Dr Mahathir said yesterday that Malaysia has
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      Lock icon Rupiah tumbles against US$ on election anxieties
      374 4 JAKARTA Reuter THE Indonesian rupiah tumbled to a historic low against the US dollar yesterday on fears about possible unrest during the election campaign that begins in two days. Dealers and economists said the currency fell 15 points against the dollar in morning
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      Bambang signs MOU on Indon MRT project
      372 4  -  JAKARTA Sister Siti's presence in rival project intensifies competition By\ S N vasuki THE race to provide modern public transportation for Jakarta intensified with Indonesian tycoon Bambang Trihatmodjo yesterday joining a consortium planning a US$2 billion (Ss2.B billion) MRT system. Mr Bambang signed
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon lion in panda territory
      65 5 [HONGKONG] A young boy mimicking the roar of a lion as he stands next to one of the two bronze statues guarding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp yesterday. The bank, founded in 1865, was once a pillar of the British colonial order, but China is
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      Lock icon Shenzhen may let foreign banks do yuan business
      341 5 SHENZHEN No timetable given, bat foreign, Chinese banks enthusiastic Reuter SHENZHEN Communist Party Secretary Li Youwei said yesterday China would allow foreign banks in the southern boomtown to conduct domestic currency business, but other officials were less optimistic. Mr Li quoted Dai
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      Lock icon Clinton tells Dalai Lama he will urge China to open talks
      326 5 WASHINGTON Reuter PRESIDENT Bill Clinton met with the Dalai Lama on Wednesday and told the exiled Tibetan leader he will urge China to open a direct dialogue with him. Despite warnings from Beijing that the White House visit might
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      Beijing sets up PBOC monetary policy panel
      302 5  -  SINGAPORE But it will only make recommendations and not the derisions By Lu Ning CHINA has formally set up a monetary policy committee of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), marking what experts see as an important step towards allowing the bank to
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      Lock icon China to improve risk control in bourses
      111 5 SHANGHAI Reuter THE China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) aims to improve risk control in the securities and futures markets this year, Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The measure comes after a strong bull run on China's stock markets. Share prices on the Shanghai
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      Lock icon Taiwan may ban utility investment in China
      283 5 TAIPEI Renter TAIWAN said yesterday it may ban firms from investing in utilities and public works in rival China a squeeze that would finalise a stay on conglomerate Formosa Plastics' US$3 billion (554.3 billion) power plant project. "We have asked scholars and experts
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      168 5 i YOU CALL IT THREE CARS IH OHE. But what will it call you? A The Sp° rta (J e is so versat ,e breeds character Turning adventures, security. brakes see to Its 2-litre, 16-valve, DOHC, injection-engine delivers enough power to give Bonnie and Clyde a quick getaway. And if,
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan govt sees temporary dip in economy for Q2
      402 7 TOKYO Consumption tax rise will hit spending in Jnne quarter, bnt recovery seen in Q3 AFP Bloomberg JAPAN'S economy is expected to suffer a temporary downturn in the three months to June due to a consumption tax rise but should recover
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      Lock icon Bank plans to auction off Hanbo Steel
      194 7 SEOUL Reuter SOUTH Korea has announced plans to auction off the troubled Hanbo Steel Co, but the the Hyundai Group, seen by analysts as a possible buyer, said yesterday it was not interested. An official at Korea First Bank, the stricken steelmaker's prime
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      Lock icon Friendly visit
      49 7 [SYDNEY] The USS Constellation approaching the Sydney Opera House yesterday at the start of a four-day visit. The 81,000- tonne US aircraft carrier and her accompanying battle group are in Sydney to promote US-Australian defence ties and will participate in the annual Anzac Day parade today. AFP
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      Lock icon Chidambaram's party to review boycott of new govt
      356 7 NEW DELHI Former finance minister may return to Indian cabinet ahead of budget vote AFP A BITTER rift within India's minority coalition government could end at the weekend, officials said yesterday, leading to the return of the country's reformist finance minister. Tamil
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      Lock icon Gujral cabinet adopts new budget
      224 7 NEW DELHI Reuter INDIAN Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral's cabinet yesterday adopted the 1997/98 (April-March) budget which had been presented to parliament by former finance minister P Chidambaram. An official spokesman said the government looked forward to parliament adopting the budget, and would not discuss
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon New proposal on US bank laws
      484 8 US Treasury weighs proposal to ban big commercial firms from owning banks as part of revamp Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Treasury Department is considering leaving the 1,000 largest US commercial firms out of any legislation tearing down walls between non-financial companies and banks. The new
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      Lock icon Asian countries have highest reserves
      198 8 HONGKONG AFP ASIAN countries lead the world in terms of foreign reserves, with Japan, China and Taiwan heading the list, the Hongkong government said yesterday. According to the government figures, Japan is way out in front with U*****.4 billion (Ss3l6 billion) in foreign reserves as
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      Lock icon Bre-X shares surge on rumours of test results
      344 8 TORONTO Bat Freeport, Bre-X maintain that Busang tests are still ongoing Reuter SHARES in Bre-X Minerals Ltd soared on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Wednesday as rumors continued to swirl around the Busang gold deposit and analysts sifted through drill results from
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      Lock icon Tears for Peru's dead rebels
      86 8 [LIMA] Japanese envoy Terusuke Terada (right) comforting Peruvian Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani after he started crying during a press conference here yesterday. The members of the guarantor's commission for negotiating an end to the hostage crisis said they did not know beforehand of the government's
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      Lock icon Russia, China, Central Asia in pact to cut border troops
      322 8 U MOSCOW Reuter THE presidents of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan yesterday signed a pact on troop reductions along the former SinoSoviet border which they hope will prove a lasting model of regional security. "This day will go down
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      Lock icon Inventory sell-off weighs on memory chip prices
      351 11 SEOUL Analysts expect farther redactions as US, Japanese makers sell stocks Reuter AN INVENTORY sell-off by US and Japanese chipmakers has dragged down prices for 16-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips to around US$B (5511.50) and analysts yesterday predicted further declines. Analysts
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      Lock icon Campaigning turns negative in final leg of UK hustings
      288 11 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S two main parties kicked off the final week of electioneering yesterday with lurid warnings to voters of the dangers of putting their cross in the wrong box on May 1. All promises to eschew negative campaigning were tossed
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      Will Chirac's elan help Juppe in the election ?
      842 11  - Will Chirac's elan help Juppe in the election EUROPEAN VIEW Clash of two different philosophies In Juppe-Jospin battle By Kevin Sullivan The writer is a Spain-based journalist who contributes to BT WHEN French President Jacques Chirac announced on Monday the dissolution of the National Assembly ahead of parliamentary elections to
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      199 8 '-r IDhen the glass contains champagne, it's a regular long weekend. IDhen the bathtub does as u?ell, it's at The Ritz-Carlton, Ttlillenia Singapore. Mt> —matM KSf* A mild exaggeration, perhaps, if only to proved point. Kallang Bay View Room. Or elevate yourselves to a Our accolade-winning restaurants. Our celebratory package
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      225 9 One day, LS4OO engineers decided to ic t the true meaning of comfort. So we drove to a quiet lake deep in the seeking a sense of total serenity. ySS ft jHm Ik Yasushi Tanaka —Chief Engineer: LS4OO Quietness is the essence of comfort in a to any car, and
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      951 10 BUSINESS Not ices ROYAL BANK gglj; OFCANADA jSAdX 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31. 1996 Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Income (in millions of dollars) (in millions of dollars, except per share amounts) Octobcr 31. Octobcr 31. Year ended Year ended 1996 1995 Octobcr 31.
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      800 10 NOTICE NAKQRNTHON BANK acting through its Cayman islands Branch Tranche A Negotiable Floating Rate United States Dollar Certificates of Deposit due in June 1997 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that the Issuer is offering an additional extension fee of 0.195% on
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      314 11 RT J|i^K^y^Up^^ 'i m. mm J& If you travel on business puts all that in the past In short, ring anywhere or work across the world, One satellite phone works in the world from you'll understand the virtually all over the world. anywhere in the world. perils of unreliable and
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US not amused by weak yen's vicious circle
      806 12  -  THE BOTTOM UME OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent AS AMERICAN officials prepare for next week's meeting of the G-7 finance ministers and central bankers in Washington, as well as for the coming US visit of Japanese Prime
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      103 12 'Maybe it's sloppy, but she believes it's true.' David Donaldson attorney for Dow Jones Co referring to the writer of the article which resulted in a USs222.7million (SS32o.7million) libel judgment against the Wall Street Journal. They are just obliterating Pepsi everywhere in the world.' -Roy Barry an
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      Japan's corporate clean-up
      579 12 EDITORIAL PINALLY, Japan's beleaguered brokerage firm Nomura Securities appears poised for a management renaissance and a purge of past iniquities which have included shady deals with semi-under-world elements. The outcome will be important because where Nomura goes, so too will the reputation of corporate Japan. There are
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      Lock icon Markets and the law
      1050 12 Study finds that countries with common-law legal systems treat investors well and their firms have easier time raising capital IMAGINE that you have a little extra money to invest, and that you are choosing between the shares of two different companies. One is in a country
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      Use tips as incentive far good service
      196 12  -  MAILBOX Kevin Kwek I WRITE to say I cannot agree more with what Larry Wee said in his article headlined 'Waive 10 per cent charge if service is poor' (BT, April 23). In London, where I am living now, tipping is not mandatory
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      Regular investment reduces risk
      365 12  -  Peter Douglas I REFER to Shiv Taneja's Hock Lock Siew column headlined "Reconsider ban on unit trust regular savings plans" (BT, April 19-20). I make no comment on the desirability or otherwise of the Registry of Companies and Businesses' prohibition of regular savings plans, but a
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      Cost-efficient modems
      168 12  -  K C Liew I REFER to the letter "Consider modem users when adopting standard" by Denis Distant (BT, Apr 23). He says USR modems are übiquitous. This is debatable and I wonder if he has figures to support such a statement. I, for one, do not use a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      775 13 TV&RAPIO .a 10.00 Crimewatch. 1130 TV Innovations. rrwuw* 10>30 N ews 5 Tonight. L3O AM Close. m fk 2.30 PMTheWinners. 11.no Oliver Stone Special 3.00 Money, Money, Money. Platoon (See Our Choice). TVX 3.30 The First And The Best. jjo AM Friday Late Night 12.00 NNBeritaTengahari. 4.00 Twilight Zone. Movie
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      238 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Not the ordinary soldiers pay! 10 Striking actors a fellow reject- HH__JHL— 11 Leave a group of players with U~~U Har IBi" no backing (7) 13 Institute being reorganised (5) U 14 Give up in shamefaced embar 1 1 rassment (4) 17 Going on totally without mo--19
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      Lock icon Is art going to the dogs?
      551 14 ART Caged naked Russian playing at being a dog in NT gallery raises questions about art Reuter [NEW YORK] Thousands of New Yorkers have been flocking to a lower Manhattan art gallery to see a naked Russian artist crawl around on all fours like
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      Showcasing local artists at Tresors
      893 14  -  A group of art galleries have joined forces to bring Singaporean works to the international art fair now on here, ben hdmroe reports BEN MUNROE POR Tresors International Fine Art and Antique Fair 1997, now on at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, the
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      Lock icon New movie by maker of The Usual Suspects
      626 14 FILM Bryan Singer is drawn to a dark tale from Stephen King LAT [LOS ANGELES) It is a sunny morning in early April and Bryan Singer is slouching in his director's chair, anxiously waiting for the cast and crew of his latest
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SBS' Waterbank turns to hotel, hospitality sector
      518 15  -  Subsidiary tying up deal with local group on service apartments, possibly boutique hotels By i Christopher Tan (SINGAPORE] SBS Group, from its successful vents into residential and intrial property, is now eyethe hotel and hospitality According to sources, sub%fiiary Waterbank Properties is in
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      SembCorp on alternative offer
      277 15  -  letter to the editor Chan Wing Leong Chief Financial Officer Sembawang Corporation I REFER to your Hock Lock Siew column on April 16 ("SembCorp's alternative offer complicates Jurong deal"). The article gives the erroneous impression that Sembawang Corporation is replacing its original cash offer for Jurong
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      Biggest bite of the cake for cab firm which meets demand
      699 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Christopher Tan IT IS amazing, and almost amusing, how the decision of one private regulatory body can change the outlook of some listed companies here. The entities concerned are the transport operators, whose bottomlines are directly
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      Sing Tel shares at all-time low of $2.54
      328 15  -  Some analysts say selling overdone, downside risk limited By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Amidst negative sentiment and the general retreat of the stock market, Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) shares dropped to an all-time low of $2.54 yesterday. The counter fell eight cents
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      Freight Links plans bonus, rights issues
      355 15  -  Group to raise $90m from massive rights issue of 300 m shares By Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Freight Links Express Holdings (FLEH) has proposed a one-for-four bonus issue and a two-for-one renounceable rights issue to raise about $90 million for expansion. The homegrown logistics
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      Apology for STII error
      62 15 [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Industrials Index, which is managed by The Business Times, was wrongly computed in morning trading yesterday as adjustment was not made for Keppel Corpora- tion shares trading ex-bonus. The error, which was reflected on the SES trading system and on the TCS
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Keppel eyeing Philippine bank
        473 16  -  Keppel Bank among at least four groups keen to buy into financially-troubled Monte de Piedad %l Shiv Taneja Al Labita in Manila [SINGAPORE] Keppel Bank, which failed to get a commercial banking licence in the Philippines last year, is one of at least four groups keen
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        APLin the red in first quarter
        124 16 [SINGAPORE] US container liner APL Ltd, which Neptune Orient Lines is proposing to take over, yesterday said its first quarter earnings was weakened by rate pressures in all markets. APL posted a first quarter loss of US$O.4O per share against a profit of US$O.O5
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        Lock icon Hanoi rejects Salim venture's appeal
        346 16 Indon group may poll out of USsl33m food products project Bloomberg [HANOI] The Vietnamese government has rejected an appeal by a joint venture led by Indonesia's Salim Group to increase its access to Vietnam's domestic market with a proposed US$l33 million (*****.5 million) food products
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        Oakwell in Indian joint venture
        188 16 [SINGAPORE] Oakwell Engineering has formed a joint venture in Delhi, India, for infrastructure projects. Oakwell holds 385,000 shares, or a 70 per cent stake, in the new company, Oakwell India Pte Ltd. Its Indian partners are RK Naroola and his associates. The new company has
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        Lock icon Yamaichi may buy more Indon stocks
        264 16 Bloomberg {SINGAPORE] Yamaichi Capital Management (Singapore) Ltd is poised to boost its Indonesian stock holdings if stock prices are hurt by unrest during the upcoming election campaign, a portfolio manger said. "The possibility of riots, of unrest, and the military controlling that unrest is
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        Main board listing for Poh Lian
        108 16 [SINGAPORE] Equipment supplier Poh Lian Holdings has received the Stock Exchange of Singapore's in-prin-ciple approval for a main board listing. The company supplies equipment such as scaffolds and gondolas to the construction, marine and petrochemical industries. It recently diversified into construction and property development.
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        L&M receives offer for stake in listed M'sian subsidiary
        287 16  -  Discussions with party underway By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Listed specialist contractor L&M Group Investments, which has been suspended from trading for a week, announced yesterday that an undisclosed party had made an offer to purchase its stake in its listed Malaysian
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        Lock icon Intria's plan to expand into banking falls through
        379 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Intria Bhd's push to become one of Malaysia's largest diversified companies hit a snag with the collapse of its planned expansion into banking. Intria agreed in August to buy 30 per cent of FCW Holdings Bhd, which planned to
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          UPL wins site in joint bid
          68 16 [SINGAPORE) United Overseas Land, United Overseas Bank and Singapore Land have won a government tender for a commercial development at the junction of Thomson Rd and Moulmeinßd with a bid ofsSo6 million. The tender for the 18,670 sq m site was submitted on a
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          keepel warrant adjustments
          63 16 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corp has mads adjustments to the exercise price and share entitlement tor its call warrants issued on Dec 10.1906, effective yesterday. Following shareholders'approval for abonus issue of 154 million new shares, Keppel has adjusted the exercise price for its warrants from 60 to |7£o. Warrant-holders
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          Lock icon Liang Hust director's sale
          31 16 Reuter [SINGAPORE] Liang Huat Aluminium director Chew Kee Nam sold ***** LHA sharee at 66 cents each on April 10. which brought his holdings to 363,230 shares.—Rtuter
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          Ayala sells 2b pesos of debt
          54 16 [MANILA] Ayala Land, the Philippinee'largest property developer, said it sold 2 billion peeoe (SHOO million) in floating-rate debt papers to finance its land purchases. The sale is part of a 6 billion peso issue approved by regulators last year. In March, Ayala sold 4
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        Lock icon Scandal-hit Nomura posts 271.5b yen net loss
        599 17 This reflects special loss of 371b yen resulting from Nomura's aid to a troubled subsidiary Reuter [TOKYO] Scandal-tainted Japanese brokerage Nomura Securities Co plunged into the red on a net basis in the last business year after incurring a hefty special loss due
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        Lock icon Toyota to pay record full-year dividend on strong earnings
        472 17 It plans to buy back up to 100 billion yen of its shares Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp, flush with profits, announced a record full-year dividend and a second share buyback programme worth up to 100 billion yen (Ssl.l billion). "We
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        Lock icon HK's Pacific Concord to list in Osaka, says paper
        139 17 Reuter [OSAKA] Hongkong's Pacific Concord Holding Ltd is likely to be listed on the foreign section of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) as early as October, Japanese newspapers reported yesterday. The foreign section was set up by the Osaka bourse last
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        Lock icon Savoy makes Korea's first hostile bid
        326 17 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Savoy Hotel yesterday applied for a public tender offer to buy shares of New Star Trading Co in the country's first major hostile bid to take over a listed company, officials said. The Securities Supervisory Board (SSB) said Savoy, which
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        Lock icon Acer plans to make GSM handphones in Suzhou
        139 17 AFP [BEIJING] Taiwan-based personal computer giant Acer will begin producing GSM cellular telephones in eastern China's Suzhou next month, the China Daily reported yesterday. The rollout by US$3O million (Ss43 million) venture Acer Peripherals (Suzhou) will mark Acer's first mainland production of
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        Lock icon Privatisation plans push Taiwan Big 3 banks up
        203 17 Reuter [TAIPEI] Taiwan's "Big Three" state-run banks rose at mid-morning yesterday on price hike hopes linked to the government's privatisation programme for the three banks, brokers said. Chang Hwa Bank rose NTS7.SO to NT$l23 (556.42), First Commercial Bank surged by the 7
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        Lock icon HK bourse poised to be No 1 in Asia
        444 17 HKSE chairman sees China's economic might helping to boost growth after handover Reuter [LONDON] The ambitious Hongkong stock market is poised to become the premier exchange in Asia, eventually pushing the Tokyo bourse to second place, according to the head of
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon IBM profit flat but sales stronger than forecast
        571 18 Q1 earnings at USsl.2b; disk drive sales doubled but software sales down NYT [NEW YORK] IBM has reported first-quarter earnings that were essentially flat, but revenue was stronger than expected and per-share earnings exceeded Wall Street estimates. Richard Thoman, IBM's chief financial
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        Lock icon EC forces Anglo to cut Lonrho stake
        293 18 Reuter [BRUSSELS] In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the European Commission forced South African mining giant Anglo American Corp to drastically cut its stake in British conglomerate Lonrho pic to avoid controlling the platinum market. The EU's competition watchdog said Anglo had agreed
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        Lock icon Walt Disney posts US $333m gain in Q2
        267 18 Reuter [LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co on Wednesday reported better-than-expected secondquarter profits, reflecting strong theme park attendance and successful films. The entertainment giant earned US$333 million (Ss4Bo million), or 49 US cents a share, in the three months ended March, up from
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        Lock icon Hewlett-Packard to buy VeriFone for US$ 1.2b
        405 18 Move is part of HP's aggressive posh into electronic commerce Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co said it will buy VeriFone Inc for about US$l.lB billion (Ssl.7 billion) in stock to offer its customers, from banks to retailers, the ability to do business
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Taiwan threatens action against HK watchdog
        473 20  -  Regulator wants call warrants linked to Taipei bourse to be dropped immediately From Bruce Cheesman in Taipei THE Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has threatened to take legal action against its counterpart in Hongkong for approving "call warrants" linked to the Taipei bourse. The warrants,
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        Lock icon Chechnya strikes a different note
        100 20 [MOSCOW] The front and back of a specimen 1,000 Nakhar note of the new Chechen currency. With stacks of nakhars printed at a secret press in Britain sitting in its vaults, Chechnya's central bank is preparing to launch the nakhar in a bid to make
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        Lock icon Jinro creditors fail to agree on bailout plan
        296 20 Commercial banks reject bid to exempt smaller merchant banks from making additional loans Bloomberg [SEOUL] Jinro Group creditors failed to agree on a plan to speed the bailout of the debtridden conglomerate, South Korea's biggest liquor producer. In a meeting, commercial banks
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        Lock icon Taipei firm to set up investment bank in HK
        252 20 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Koo's Group, a Taiwan conglomerate, will set up Taiwan's first overseas investment bank in Hongkong in a bid to expand its business. China Securities Co, the group's securities unit, plans to take a 15 per cent stake in
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        Lock icon Universal Rehires gets record US$ 1.07b loan from Citicorp
        354 20 Large film companies qhfrrtng financing risks with banks Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Universal Pictures received a US$l.O7 billion (Ssl.s billion) bank loan from Citicorp to finance the production of movies over the next three years, said a commercial lender close to the
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        Lock icon Euroyen eases as rate doubts linger
        211 20 SIM KX Report Reuter (SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen futures eased yesterday in mostly technically driven trade but dealers said growing uncertainty about the Japanese interest rate outlook weighed on the market. December Euroyen seesawed in a four-tick range all day. finding good buying interest at
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        Futures ease as market consolidates
        195 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Perry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures weakened yesterday, as the market consolidated after the recent strong upward move in the stock index. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 52.3 points
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        Lock icon Near-term concern over Asia diesel glut
        215 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter (SINGAPORE) A flood of diesel oil into Asia has raised concern over the region's ability to absorb the glut but imports will still be required in the longer term to meet rising demand, analysts said yesterday. Since March, about 15 million
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        264 20 Reuter London THE US dollar was stable at mid-session after having started the day off with a rise, and London analysts said there were limited prospects for dollar appreciation. The greenback should remain confined within narrow limits until the G-7 meeting tomorrow in Washington, they said. At 1255
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        1447 20 DfTERBAMH CROSS RATES Apr24 AS C$ Binfc ECU ffr Dw> HK$ hid 8s Hptofc Vw Won tt$ N2$ P«fc *1 Ptso S$ Bind Sfr Mtt 8alrt j U$$ Australia 1.001 6.178 0.665 4.499, 1335 6.017 27.767 18.865 0.901 6.934 1944 1.123 31.307 20.472 1122 3.457 1.141 21.468 ***** 0.479 0.777
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1768 21 'Wt _M|Hi iiw>ir'iWrntiTOT'T TMNiiWMfMIT•* y i^» 1 W*8W9WeWWV6*1lMWWW'% MCOli rUTURBS Apr 24 RUBBER (Murts closing u it 5.30»m) RSI CONTRACT'ScwtsA«) Closo Votorno 0p«n Month High Low Sott (tonoos) Iwtomt »fUv 97 '5150 250 jun 97 154.25 850 Jul 97 155.25 155.25 155.75 50 1695 Aim 97 155.75 155.75
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2249 21 LONDON Mwtriais «pr24 mc« *h 31 Croup 503 503 AB Ports 255 -7 Abbay National 826.400 8.800 A Iliad Do mac q 436.400 2 Amac 138.400 unch Asda Group t14.400 2.400 BATInd 519 -2 BG Pic 183 unch BICC 254 -.400 BOC Group 909 -10.400 BR PatroKum
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      1674 21 Reuter Huatotas STOCKS closed slightly lower yesterday as profit-taking emerged near the end of the session to erase gains brought on by a pension fund shopping spree which at one point lifted the Nikkei Average near the 19,000-point mark. The 225-share Nikkei Average fell 37.40 points to 18,698.07. Its
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      1625 22 Bloomberg Hang Seng +19.79 STOCKS closed slightly higher yesterday. Companies with ties to China staged their biggest rally in three months and supplanted Hang Seng Index stocks as the most actively traded issues. This year's rally in China companies gathered steam as investors bet these companies' earnings will outpace
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      698 22 Reuter fl Shenzhen B Index -L3O THE Shenzhen B share market edged down yesterday as caution over recent sharp gains increased after Beijing's call for improved risk control, dealers said. The B Index closed 1.30 points lower to 175.79 on turnover of HK5156.6 million. The announcement on risk control
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      406 22 AFP QWP Index SHARES closed higher yesterday due to buying of financial issues prompted by a bullish outlook for three provincial government-run banks. Reports of high profits for the three banks ahead of their expected float of more shares led the rally, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index rose
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      266 22 Reuter n Wellington -OJ7 SHARES eased on good volume of NZ$7B million yesterday. Brokers said turnover was strong ahead of a holiday today. The NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 0.97 point to close at 2,253.57. Reuter Mr 24 MS <000) ANZ Banking 9.10 unch ***** Advantages Hldgs 1.28 uoch 3000
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      834 22 AFP i 3 SET Index -137 SHARE prices dropped in thin trading yesterday, with the market largely discounting data indicating poor exports but a narrower current account deficit. Analysts said some economic indicators showed signs of an improvement but the data failed to signal the overall economy will recover
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      419 22 AFP n Composite Index -225 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday due mainly to selling by foreign investors. The Composite Index edged down 2.25 points to 690.80. Turnover was 43.9 million shares worth 690 billion won. Falls beat risers 401 to 383 with 129 shares unchanged. The market closed the
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      613 22 AFP PI All Ordinaries *2.4 SHARES closed higher ahead of a long weekend with prices driven by the expiry of options to buy or sell shares. The All Ordinaries Index rose 2.4 points to 2,474.7. Turnover was 305.8 million shares, valued at A 5803.8 million. Among the blue chips,
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      768 22 AFP |n Composite Index +L 53 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday amid speculative buying of selective smaller shares and some profit-taking on blue-chip stocks. The JSE Composite Index rose 1.53 points to 652.98. Turnover was 259.2 million shares worth 431 billion rupiah. Dealers said profit-taking on some of the
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      359 22 AFP P Manila -7.23 STOCKS fell yesterday in cautious trading, analysts said. "There is still a bit of caution among investors. If they see some profit, they are going to take it," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index fell 7.23 points to 2,906.33. Turnover was 5.6 billion shares
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        8403 23 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products •997 Last Vol Day Net Cap Hlqh Low Company Sala 'OOO Mlqll Low PNL $mH 790 600 A|inomoto 645 5 4 650 645 35.7 261.4 448 300 Anqkasa 316 -4 63 318 316 9.4 465.9 905 670 Apollo Food Hlq 725 -5 110 730 720 290.0 428
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        592 23 Bloomberg n Composite Index -13.07 STOCK prices tumbled to their lowest level in a week yesterday, dragged down by banking counters on concern that they will have to cut back on lucrative property loans if they have exceeded the central banks' new loan limits. Analysts
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        3806 24 •ONOS. LOANS i WARRANTS wt 1997 Last Vol Day Last Oufltt Avg Mign Law Stno Company S«i# «or- COOO) MlgH Law Buyar Sallar Prka 68 45 m 3000 m AMDB C5.51W***** ...47 5 48 51 62 41.5 3160 A Acaf *(*****1 US$ 45 32 45 43 45 45.5 131 77
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        Ireka Construction warrants fast entering 'bargain' zone
        183 24  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy WITH market sentiment as bad as it is, the best that we can do is come up with possible "bargains" and hope that these will be the best performers when the market turns. In Malaysia, there are several candidates
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2422 24 MAUYSIAN STOCKS Or Gr 1997 Last Vel Day Last Ouote Otv OK VM Nat M Cat high Lai Stwa Company Sate COOP) High Law Buyer Seller H C'w P/C SmM 478 330 ms 5000 AISB50C 342 lo 36 360 342 342 354 ix> 4.9 0.4 70.1 350.8 137
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        1410 25 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE (*000) M»*i cit T«m mm c*» thi Muatritf 43,747 12,292 54,039 134,315 25,907 *****1 r*me» 8,872 4,044 12.918 tn,745 7,340 119.105 H«M( 1.622 299 1.921 4.343 515 4,878 Pro—rtm 6.139 9/440 15,579 28.609 12.771 41.380 PtaattttaA 3,019 3,019 7.749 7.749 MMnf 391 391 997 997 •LW 3.377
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        MAIN BOARD
        4811 25 Transaction Date Apr 2<| Cr Cr M Wt 1997 Last Val Day Lm« Ouata Dlv Olv YM Nat Cap A»q Mlj> Law StHo Company Sata COOP) High Law Buy»r Saliar H C'vr P/t Smll Prtca ■MISTRIALS 5146 ASENT$10 200 US- MS 88S 1275 ASF US$0.***** US885 8SS M.S
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        899 25 mm. ..y** °*T L06t0»0»0 D* CHv VM N«t Cap Aw| -115? Y W* 000) M»»6 Low Buyer Slhr C'w H P/t $mtl Pik) fftrAQ 202 144 2049 ?L C<I 5 J Jg "J T1« 120 3.0 6.0 0.1 164.3 511 119 n? M IM? 40 200 196 197 200
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        230 26 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 7,382,000 Hai Sun HupR 4,516,000 *KL Industries 3,869,000 •Berjaya Ind 3,691,000 MMI HldgslOc 3.223,000 Labroy M 20c 2,878,000 •Westmont Land... 2,488,000 08S Foreign 2,480,000 •MBF Land Bhd 2,278,000 SIA Foreign 2,167,000 Stocks OBS Foreign 42,638,304 UOB Foreign 31,271,325 SIA Foreign 26,917,825 SingTel 15c 18,790,890 OCBC Foreign
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        HOT STOCK
        54 26  -  by Shiv Taneja DBS FOREIGN, which closed 50 cents lower at 117.00 on a volume of 2.48 million units yesterday, will fall further in the days ahead, as indicated by the daily and weekly MACD charts. Investors thinking of buying this counter should wait till the stock falls
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        Selling continues as STII falls near to 2,000 level
        689 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Brokers attribute situation to uncertain outlook for the property and electronics sectors and the economy as a whole BU R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was no let-up in the selling pressure of recent sessions yesterday as institutional investors continued
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          Bonds as an alternative investment?
          147 26 WITH stock markets in the region still looking like they're in the doghouse, bonds have been touted as an alternative. And those closer to home that are worth a second look are Philippine government bonds, analysts suggest. Nomura's research team in Singapore, for example, pointed
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          Chip of an old saying
          43 26 TWO months after the death of Deng Xiaoping, stockbrokers in Hongkong have paraphrased a famous saying of the former paramount leader. Brokers are saying: "Red chips, blue chips, it's a good chip as long as it makes money."
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          Hotel analysts, naturally
          81 26 EARLIER this month, this column reported that the Raffles Medical Group's listing had caused a bit of a stir among broking houses. Since there is hardly a medical beat in Singapore, research managers were apparently in a quandary as to which analyst should cover the company. Well,
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          Flying high
          64 26 ACCORDING to a recent issue of IFR, Philippine Airlines awarded mandates to finance aircraft worth US$l billion (551.44 billion). Banque Indosuez picked up the mandate to finance US$B7O million worth of aircraft, while Marubeni has been appointed to raise US$lO3 million and KfW US$35 million. IFR said the
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          Pig out
          69 26 THIS was reported in a newsletter of a regional aviation company. The company had just bought new office space for its cargo business. It said the office will cope with the increased cargo volume for the company. And to celebrate the event, "a pig-cutting ceremony was held on
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      313 27 Reuter GRAIN freight rates slumped in the east along with timecharter rates with the owners ever more gloomy in the run-up to various worldwide holidays, brokers said. Again the volume was respectable at 421 lots, and curiously the open interest has hardly changed, Clarkson Wolff said in its
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      392 27  -  Iqjnredcrew members in hospital, no oil pollution from incident, say MP A and Mobil By' Yong Med Fong [SINGAPORE] One crew member died, two were injured and one is still missing, sifter a fire broke out on board an oil
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      First Taiwan ship sails to Xiamen flying Chinese flag
      296 27  -  From bruce Cheesman in Taipei THE Panamanian-registered Uni Order, the first vessel from Kaohsiung to break the 48-year ban on direct shipping services across the Taiwan Strait, will be flying the Chinese flag when it enters Xiamen harbour early today. Unlike
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      NOL and APL to continue with separate services
      293 27  -  Two CEOs promise an 'orderly transition' on merger's approval By Yong Med Fong [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and APL Ltd will continue to operate their separate services until their proposed merger is approved, said the chief executives of the two lines
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      771 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar VOYAGE charterparties usually include clauses that require the shipowner to give a notice of readiness to the charterer that it is ready to load or discharge cargo. Such a notice may specify that laytime the
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      315 27  -  LOOISTICS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE Logistics should be part of firm's corporate strategy: speaker By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Companies were encouraged yesterday to form strategic alliances with third-party logistics providers so that they can gain advantage in a highly competitive environment. Speaking at the
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      242 27 AFP [LONDON] Merchant sailors and shipping companies have urged the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to help stamp out an upsurge in piracy in South-east Asia, South America and West Africa, the IMO announced on Wednesday. The International Shipping Federation (ISF),
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        89 27 Reuter fLQM)ON)NewaMtf>unding orders In Japan dropped by W oer cent in Msrth to aroestoimiecoffloared. "!Y Mr*"* W w vw|w«w with the same month in 1966. the Japan Ship Centre (JSC) said. However, JSC said the March 1907 figure was 18J per cent, or 124,000ft, hi«her than
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        58 27 [AMSTERDAM] Dutch shipyard Van der Gieesen-De Noord has won a 75 million gulkter(Sip6J million) order for a sea container ferry. The order came from the Sea «j Container subsidiary Isle of Man Steam Packet, said a Cargomb news report The ferry will operate
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      914 28 CHXMA SHIPPING: BOOM IN DEMAND FOR SERVICES The Shenzhen ports are beginning to win a large volume of cargo diverted from Hongkong. Yantian, Shekou and Chiwan are expanding and offering low costs as direct services to South China proliferate American Shipper PORTS of South
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        191 43 Apr SB Australia: Anzac Day. Italy: Liberation Day. Zimbabwe: Good Friday. New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr 38 Zimbabwe: Easter Monday. Apr M Japan: Greenery Day. Apr SO Netherlands: Queen's Day. Karl Belgium: Labour Day. China: Labour Day. France: Labour Day. Malaysia: Labour Day. Norway: Labour Day. Philippines: Labour
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        688 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rtne Oil Ltd. thowa price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        393 44  -  Such planes necessary on key Asian rentes, Inter Airport Asia workshop told By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Super-large passenger aircraft, such as the proposed Airbus Industrie A3XX series, will soon be a must on key Asian routes on which airspace is running put. And
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        303 44 Commission law to force European airports to justify their charges Reuter [BRUSSELS] European Commission plans to set common rules for airport fees which will force EU airports to justify the cost and scale of charges levied, the executive said on Wednesday. Commission proposals, to be
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        235 44 Reuter [HONGKONG] Airline officials have been meeting Hongkong's Airport Authority over two days for talks on how much they will have to pay to use Hongkong's new airport. The talks, yesterday and today, are the sixth round of negotiations which have fuelled an increasing
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        48 44 [FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany] The first dirigible airship built in 60 years, the Zeppelin LZ NO7, had its first appearance at the Aereo air show here on Wednesday. The airship, which carries up to 12 passengers, will have its first flight this summer. REUTER
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        234 44 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Honda Motor Co said it has no interest in taking PSA Peugeot Citroen's stake in a money-losing car joint venture in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, the Japanese car maker said. A Chinese government official said last week that the
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        228 44 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airways Co Ltd plans to boost international flights in an effort to challenge the nation's largest airline Japan Airlines Co Ltd in overseas businesses, a company official said. The plan is part of the company's five-year programme,
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        312 44 Traffic will grow 15%-20% a yean Salomon Reuter [HONGKONG] The Chinese airline industry's long term growth prospects are among the best in the world and traffic is forecast to grow at IS to 20 per cent annually over the coming years, Salomon Brothers
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        Lock icon US meetings on gaining access to China market
        185 44 AFP [WASHINGTON! US airlines and the government opened two days of meetings here yesterday aimed at securing greater access to China, tipped to be the world's fastest-grow-ing aviation market in the next 20 years. Nearly all the leading US carriers, along with
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        Lock icon Russia and China plan joint airline
        125 44 AFP [MOSCOW] Russia and China plan to set up a joint airline for cargo and passenger flights within China and between the two countries, Itar-Tass news agency reported yesterday. The airline will be a joint venture between the Russian Volga-Dnepr airline and China's State
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          62 44 Bemama [SHANGHAI) The first group of 51 Santana 2000 cars, will be delivered at the end of this month, according to an agreement made at the «lst Guangzhou export commodi#., fair yesterday. The Shanghai Volkswagen Auto Co Ltd, a Sino-Germanjoint Venture, says that the exports
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          75 44 Reuter [PERTH] Qentas Airways Ltd said yesterday it had rescheduled flights to snd from the state of Western Australia next week to minimise inconvenience to passengers as sresult of the planned union blockade of(J» state. International and domestic flights have been rescheduled to land in Perth
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          Lock icon HK subway to get up
          70 44 AFP to set up t!£&ScVk screen doorson all station* anMTR spokesman seVdyeetentor. The coet for the pfetdect to instaU screen doors on elftte 28 underground stations was estimated at HKgl billion (S|182 million), he said. The decision came efter years of feasibility studied MTRC said,
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          Lock icon BA again postpones UK-
          76 44 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways World Cargo sflifltibaslfc'. postponed planiMrt UK -Israel cargo flights tor tfcethiflF time this year and is now looking at mid-June, mn* end-September or even tete-1997 as the start-up date, ism Outsourcing manager of BA Cargo Graham BuneeD seSFJ the reason for the
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          73 44 Reuter [HONGKONG) Air Ftsice is considering a paeeenger service between Peris snd Shanghai but planning is in tile initial stages and the ttnk Is not expected to start until next year, a French airline stores said."ftor the moment we have not decided anything such as whet aircfraft will
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