The Business Times, 28 January 1998

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    13 1 The Business Times MITA (P) 110/12/97 Internet.: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28,1998 85C
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Jakarta freezes corporate foreign debt servicing
    965 1  -  Guarantee of domestic banks'loans also among new measures to restore stability From Greg Earl Compiled by BT in Jakarta THE Indonesian government yesterday effectively imposed a freeze on corporate foreign debt servicing and guaranteed the loans of domestic banks in a major package of
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    Prime East, BNP buy Greater China units of Peregrine
    387 1  -  Partners also eyeing failed finance group's equity operations m Singapore By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE! Homegrown financial group BNP Prime East, together with its major shareholder Banque Nationale de Paris, has bought the Greater China operations of Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd
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    Rise to challenges of Tiger year: PM Goh
    604 1 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had a sombre message for all Singaporeans ahead of the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya AidilJUri celebrations. We reproduce here the text of his message THE year of the Tiger will be a testing year for
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    Lock icon Springtime in Singapore
    50 1 Kumquats and cockscombs in solid crimsonjor luck, ceiosias inflaming red and yellow for a touch of tropical spring—it was all a very tough choicefor Mrs Grace Chua and daughter Stephanie as: they shopped for flowers for the Chinese New Year at a florist in Hougang. CHRIS LOH
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    Ox Year closes with 3.6-point rise
    213 1 Brokers satisfied witn session, which AAJMI V*iOACI sees ina rises agunst 74 falls [SINGAPORE] Local stocks ended the Year of the Ox on a quiet but firm note yesterday, with the Straits Times Industrials Index edging up 3.62 points to 1,256.92 and all sectoral
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      132 1 IVidhinlUbud The IMF has agreed to changes in key conditions of Thailand's USsl7.2b bailout to reflect the flagging state of the Thai economy. Finance Minister Tarrin yesterday, Pg 2 M» dHUOB jMt JOC Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corp will not change the terms of their planned megamerger
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      12 1 There will be no BT tomorrow. Normal publication will resume on Friday.
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      256 1 Market reports, Pg 9-12 1 i slTjJe.* v.am® RC4taUraßtB There's another great hold your celebration ■1 Tung Lok Group's HH ■Q for every $100 spent our restaurants, will Kfl M entitled to $10 food mtr K| Call any of our restaurants today to make your reservations. 8j Tuna Lok Shark's
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  • SINGAPORE/REGION
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      Japan finance minister to quit over MOF scandal: report
      625 2  -  Opposition threatens to boycott financial revamp debate unless Mitsnznka goes From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka is to resign over a scandal engulfing his ministry, Jiji Press news agency quoted a government source as saying yesterday. Mr
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      Lock icon Indonesia must wait for Korean debt plan: US experts
      430 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] Indonesia will be hard pressed to embark on a major debt restructuring before South Korea comes to terms with international bankers, and any solution to Jakarta's debt crisis will probably not involve a massive debt issue, US analysts
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      Lock icon The dove signal
      61 2 PHNOM PENH] A white dove just released by Prime Ministers Ung Huot and Hun Sen during a ceremony on Monday being taken away after it landed on some of the 1,500 weapons that were later destroyed. The weapons had been confiscated from local militias after fighting in
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      Lock icon Indon banking reform: What Jakarta said
      539 2 Reuters [JAKARTA] The following is the full text of a statement on the programme for the rehabilitation of the Indonesian banking sector released by the government yesterday: "In order to restore the confidence of depositors and creditors domestic and foreign in the Indonesian banking
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      Fares on kangaroo route slashed to 10-year low
      408 2  -  Qantas, BA moves may force other carriers to offer similar deals From Sorinder Singh in Sydney AUSTRALIAN and British carriers Qantas and British Airways are slashing fares for economy class on the route between Europe and Australia due to the economic crisis
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      Lock icon IMF allowing Thailand to change key terms
      334 2 AFP [BANGKOK] The IMF has agreed to changes in key conditions of Thailand's U5117.2 billion (5130.2 billion) bail-out to reflect the flagging state of the Thai economy, Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda said yesterday. The changes will be negotiated when the International Monetary Fund
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      SM didn't say Suharto blundered
      154 2  -  Yeong Yoong Ying (Madam) Press Secretary to Senior Minister SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday wrote to The Indonesian Observer clarifying a report carried in its Jan 24 edition. Below is the text of the letter by the SM's press secretary The Editor The Indonesian
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      Lock icon Foreign banks get briefing on Indon debt crisis: sources
      303 2 Reuters (JAKARTA) A group of foreign banks nominated to deal with Indonesia's private debt crisis were briefed in Singapore yesterday afternoon on reform measures by an Indonesian committee, banking sources said. A committee under Radius Prawiro, appointed by President Suharto to
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Ex-intern tells prosecutor about Clinton affair
      695 3  -  WASHINGTON Presidency remains under threat despite strong denials he had sexual relationship with Lewinsky By Leon Hadar MONICA Lewinsky, the woman at the centre of the sex scandal surrounding President Bill Clinton, spoke on the phone on Monday with prosecutor Kenneth Starr and revealed
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      Lock icon Howard backpedals on early elections
      399 3 SYDNEY He prefers to wait till '99; poll shows falling support for his govt AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard tried yesterday to hose down expectations of an election this year, saying he would prefer to wait until next year amid fresh signs of falling
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      Lock icon US lawmakers slam fund use for Asian crisis
      434 3 WASHINGTON They're pushing for bill to limit Clinton govt to USs2som from Treasury fond Reuters A BIPARTISAN coalition of US lawmakers was to introduce legislation late yesterday to curb the Clinton administration's use of a special Treasury fund to cope with financial
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      Lock icon Japan to speed up deregulation: Hashimoto
      175 3 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE Premier Ryutaro Hashimoto said yesterday that the government would draw up a new three-year plan by the end of March to promote deregulation of the economy. "The government of Japan needs to do its utmost using all resources of the cabinet
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      Lock icon Baking on the beach
      56 3 [RIO DE JANEIRO] Sunbathers walking past a sculpture titled "Opera Mundi" which was placed on the Barra daTijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro last Sunday. The work by artist Mauricio Bentes is one of 22 sculptures on show. The summer display is called "Art Everywhere and
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      Lock icon EMU seen harmonising prices across EU
      282 3 LONDON Differences in tax rates usually to blame for variance Reuters BRAND name products, which are now sold at wide price differentials in Europe, will be forced under a single currency to achieve more uniform pricing/ Andersen Consulting said on Monday. Francois Charriere, managing
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      Lock icon EMU needs coordinated policies: Italy
      288 3 LONDON Reuters ECONOMIC and monetary union (EMU) will require member states not only to run a single monetary policy but also to harmonise fiscal and welfare policies, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday. In a lecture and subsequent question-and-answer session at the London
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      Lock icon UK loans to Asean exceed £3b: report
      169 3 LONDON Reuters THE British government might be left with a bill of more than £3 billion (SJB.B billion) used to underwrite loans to Asian countries if the Pacific Rim nations default on their debts, the Independent newspaper said on Monday. Figures due to
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      Lock icon Activist urges union action over China layoffs
      316 3 SHANGHAI AFP A VETERAN Shanghai activist yesterday added his voice to calls for union action over mass layoffs, saying the government was selling out its work force. "The reform of state-owned enterprises has caused the layoff of many diligent workers and the trade
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      US president broke bargain with his voters
      786 4  -  na BOTTOMLOrE OPINION Vv Thomas Friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist I UNDERSTAND that Paula Jones is not a choir girL I understand that Linda Tripp is motivated by an intense dislike for the president I understand that Lucianne Goldberg
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      MOTHER WORDS
      115 4 'Before, companies that had done business with us for a decade would help us out in times of trouble. But no more.' -Kim Jong Ja South Korean clothing factory owner, on being forced to sack some employees. 'When the sun would go down and the air would get
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      Lessons from Clinton's woes
      673 4 EDITORIAL IT seems unthinkable that the United States should be in danger of dropping out of the world's reckoning for a while. Yet that is an eventuality for which the world must be prepared if President Bill Clinton's latest scandal justifies the forebodings of those who
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      Lock icon Tax and the top end
      1127 4 Two recent studies imply that raising the taxes of the highest earners is an inefficient way of raising revenue Economist "LET me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." When F Scott Fitzgerald wrote these words in 1926, he
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      794 4 CAPadflc reaction too slow HAD the government moved earlier to address the grievances of small investors in CA Pacific, who lost their savings due to a combination of the company's deceptions and the administration's failure to plug a regulatory loophole, much of the public disquiet over
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      102 5 APOtLOHOm smmpom Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a grand feast at HKJBEiIvM Luna Coffee House with family and 31 Jan -11 Feb 1998 BUFFET LUNCH BUFFET DINNER Adult: $21.80 Adult: $22.80 Child: $13.80 Child: $15.80 For reservations call 733 2081 ext. 468 All price* subject to 10** service
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      156 5 r /J 'Y[iivY l T CddrAfon AT MANDARIN SINGAPORE Savour traditional Chinese New Year favourites with us as we usher in the Year of the Tiger this Lunar New Year season Call 831 6262 for more details. J 333 Orchard Road. Singapore 23MA7. TeJ *****11 £> 3 eßlzl fr«m lIVU
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      806 5 TV&EAPIO 10.30 News 5 Tonight. 3.00 AM Close. OJO AM Chinese New Year 11.00 Holiday Movie Special IV: Variety Tvli wood Men. 12.40 AM The Late Mov 10.00 Chinese New Year Spe- ie 12.00 NN On The Horizon 2.40 China Time Red 1.30 PM Nostalgia Ramadan. China (See Teater Our
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      260 5 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Artist rejected joyless passion 4 Catastrophe hit at last in fabu- j—^^^^^ lous land (8) 9 A number of jurymen—22? (6) AH Hj 10 Husky encouragement to take space to expand rapidly (8) I I I I I 1 1 I I I I 1 forms part
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  • Companies & Markets
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      Bangkok Bank to up foreign shareholding limit to 40-45%
      517 6  -  Biggest Thai commercial bank out to raise 30b-50b baht fresh capital From) Hariah Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S largest commercial bank, Bangkok Bank pic (BBL), will increase its foreign shareholding limit from 25 per cent to 40-45 per cent, in a bid
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      Lock icon GM more than doubles Q4 profit to record US$l.7b
      350 6 Results soar from' 96 quarter when strike den ted earnings Reuters [DETROIT] General Motors Corp, capping a strong 1997 performance, said on Monday that its profits in the fourth quarter more than doubled to a record US$l.7 billion (552.9 billion) from
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      Lock icon Indon package boosts S'pore bank shares
      275 6 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore banks rose after Indonesia introduced measures to rebuild confidence in its banking system. The measures, including central bank guarantees of deposits and letters of credit, boost the odds of Singapore banks collecting a greater percentage of the estimated $5.5
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      Lock icon Microsoft unveils 2-for-1 stock split
      207 6 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp's board approved a two-for-one stock split to make it easier for individual investors to buy into the world's largest maker of software for personal computers. Microsoft approved the split to make its stock "more accessible" to investors, given its steep
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      Customers will gain from merger: Compaq, Digital execs
      428 6  -  By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The merger of information technology giants Digital Equipment Corp and Compaq Computer will benefit customers of both companies, according to officials from both companies. "Some of our customers have already expressed a positive reaction to the merger, because
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      Lock icon Apple's bite of the market shrinks
      224 6 Reuters [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc disclosed in a yearly financial filing that its US and worldwide market share fell sharply in its fiscal 1997, amid declining sales of its Macintosh computers. The worldwide market share of the company fell to 3.1 per cent
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      Lock icon CA Pacific Group threatens to sue media
      285 6 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] The parent company of a brokerage whose collapse last week prompted the promise of the biggest bail-out ever for Hongkong securities investors, threatened to sue some media over "defamatory" reporting. CA Pacific Group, the parent of the failed CA Pacific Finance
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      Lock icon AT&T posts strong Q4 gains, to slash up to 18,000 jobs
      501 6 Cats mainly from retirement and attrition, says boss Reuters [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp on Monday posted surprisingly strong fourth-quarter profits and announced plans, as expected, to cut 15,000 to 18,000 jobs by the end of next year in a
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      Lock icon TAC shares jump 31% on talk of takeover
      260 6 Reuters Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Shares of Thai mobile phone operator Total Access Communications (TAC) shot up more than 31 per cent in heavy trading yesterday on market rumours of a takeover, dealers said. TAC rose 19 US cents (33 Singapore cents) to 79
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      Lock icon Sampoema to scale back ops
      133 6 Bloomberg [SURABAYA] PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Indonesia's second-largest clove-ciga-rette maker, said yesterday it is hedging against the fall in the Indonesian rupiah and scaling back some operations in response to the country's economic and currency crisis. The company said it hedged payments for the first
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Stanchart allays fears over layoffs in global revamp
        437 7  -  Mine regional staff, including 4 from STpore, axed as bank Is reorganised Into 3 divisions By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank has restructured its operations into three global businesses, with some jobs lost. Amid a slew of lay-offs in the
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        Lock icon UBS, Swiss Bank Corp deny making changes to merger deal
        432 7 Reuters [ZURICH] Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corp will make no changes in the terms of their planned megamerger before shareholders vote on the proposal next week, a ÜBS spokeswoman said on Monday. ÜBS denied speculation in soifte
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        Lock icon JP Morgan may face cut in ratings
        394 7 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] JP Morgan Co, the most creditworthy US bank, may see its debt ratings cut by Standard Poor's Corp as the firm starts to resemble a Wall Street firm more than a traditional lender. JP Morgan's banking subsidiary, Morgan Guaranty Trust
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        Lock icon Travelers Q4 profit drops 13%
        367 7 In vestment banking imit's revenue hurt by Asian turmoil Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Travelers Group Inc said fourth-quarter earnings fell 13 per cent as plunging financial markets in Asia dragged down trading revenue at its Salomon Smith Barney Inc investment banking unit. The New York based
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        Lock icon New card accounts boost Amex Q4 income by 14%
        286 7 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American Express Co said fourth-quarter net income rose 14 per cent, led by new consumer and business card accounts, and an increase in managed assets by its financial services group. The New York-based financial and travel services company
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        Lock icon US oil firm to pay Cs3.7b for Canada's Norcen
        282 7 Reuters [CALGARY, Alberta] Norcen Energy Resources Ltd, one of Canada's biggest oil and gas producers, said on Monday it had agreed to be acquired by US-based Union Pacific Resources Group Inc (UPR) for C 53.7 billion (554.5 billion). UPR said it
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        Lock icon Wool group may abort stockpile bid
        280 7 Bloomberg (SYDNEY) The Australian Wool Group said it may drop its plan to revise its bid for Australia's stockpile of 230 million kilograms of wool, citing a drop in the wool price and concerns about slumping demand from Asia. The stockpile, the world's largest,
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        172 7 AFX-Asia Tokyo THE US dollar was lower against the mark and the yen in mid-afternoon trade, on profit-taking in the wake of Bank Indonesia's announcement of its depositor and creditor protection scheme. Bank Indonesia's announcement was followed by its move to sell the dollar in the foreign exchange
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        Lock icon Opec gets advice on how do deal with slump
        307 7 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [VIENNA] A committee of Opec ministers on Monday sent recommendations to other members on how do deal with the latest oil price slump, though there was no indication that they had come up with an effective way to
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1469 8 AFP -w.71 JAPANESE share prices closed moderately lower yesterday, pressured by profit-taking following recent sustained gains, brokers said. "As share prices rose more than 2,000 points in a straight line in recent trading, investors of course turned cautious over chasing higher levels," a broker said. The key Nikkei Average
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1534 9 Bloomberg QBugSeng ♦27&50 HONGKONG stocks rose yesterday, as China Telecom (HK) and Shanghai Industrial Holdings jumped on their first day as members of the benchmark Hang Seng Index. China Telecom rose 6.3 per cent to HK510.95 and Shanghai Industrial climbed 8.2 per cent to HK520.35. The two Chinabacked companies
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      Lock icon MANILA
      400 9 AFP fllUmla *133 SHARE prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday amid thin trade ahead of the Chinese New Year, analysts said. "The market is moving sideways on thin volume ahead of the Lunar New Year," said a trader. "We were expecting value and volume to thin out ahead of
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      581 9 AFP nAflOrfaariw -11.4 UNCERTAINTY in overseas markets and investors deserting the banking sector forced share prices lower yesterday. A broker cited the uncertainty in Asia, Hongkong's closure for the Chinese New Year and the latest sex scandal in Washington involving US President Bill Clinton. The All Ordinaries Index fell
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      253 9 Bloomberg IT3 Wellington -3114 SHARES closed lower yesterday, as Telecom fell amid continued concern that the planned sale of about a quarter of its shares will weigh on the share price. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 34.14 points to 2,209.32. Trading was valued at NZ537.3 million. Bloomberg jmv
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
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        Haw Par wrt worth looking at
        186 10  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy CONTINUING our theme of looking at warrants with plenty of time left to expiry, good gearing and modest conversion premiums, today's spotlight swings onto Haw Par's 2001 instrument, which sells for 29 cents. The warrant is just out-of-the-money with
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        MAIN BOARD
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        SESDAQ
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        227 12 Stocfci VtlMM T AC Bt 10 200 7,517.000 SingTel 15c 7,241,000 *Renong Bhd 50c 4.458,000 UOB Foreign 3.735.000 •Rekapacific Bh 3.675.000 DBS Land 3,111.000 •MBf Capital 2.601.000 City Dev 50c 2.444.000 Courts 20c 1,945,000 •Metropiex 50c 1,833,000 Stocks t SingTel 15c 24,562,334 UOB Foreign 23,189,400 SPH Foreign 12,676,879 City Dev
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        Small rally gives hope for prospects this year
        653 12  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Brokers optimistic that Year of the Tiger can be brighter, but much depends on regional currencies' performance, US sex scandal in weeks ahead By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was a minor Chinese New Year rally yesterday that left brokers
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        HOT STOCK
        72 12  -  by Van Sreenivasan TOTAL Access Communications has been rising steadily on heavy volumes during the last one week, buoyed by rumours of a possible takeover. The stock ended 19 US cents higher at US$O.79 yesterday. The daily RSI is deep in overbought territory but the monthly RSI is
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
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          Zipper and sticks
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          64 12 TALK about a vote of confidence. Yesterday, a senior Thai official said he was sure the United States would help Thailand to tackle its economic problems even if President Bill Clinton is forced to step down over a sex scandal. Mr Clinton, who may go down
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          82 12 A HONGKONG tycoon with a "snake" prefix—the Hongkong way of calling anyone with a knighthood, as sir and snake sound similar in Cantonese—is said to be the newest victim in the Peregrine saga. This tycoon, known to be close to Peregrine founders Philip Tose and Francis Leung,
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          58 12 SEMBCORP and Jurong Town Corporation are also in the market for a large loan to finance a power plant project in Jurong, banking sources said. The plant is to be powered by gas supplied from the huge Natuna gas field in Indonesia. There is no details
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          102 12 SOME market gurus have said now is a good time to go bargain hunting in the stock market. For those tempted to do so, here are three sayings which would serve them well in deciding what to buy (and when to buy them). "The time to buy is
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      495 13  -  Some orders have been halved and costs are rising but company is preparing tor rebound By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Fast ferry builder Kvaerner Fjellstrand (Singapore) faces tough times ahead as the Market is Dashed in half by the region's economic crisis. "Now
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      731 13 STRAIT TALK SO another year, another piracy report from the International Maritime Bureau (1MB). The latest volume of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships makes depressing reading. The number of attacks was virtually the same in 1997 as in the previous year,
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      274 13 Total cost of the deal, which was rejected in October, is £K)m AFP [LONDON] A marathon dockers' strike, supported by popular names such as Oasis singer Noel Gallagher and Liverpool footballer Robbie Fowler, was scuppered on Monday when former strikers accepted an earlier settlement
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      153 13 Bloomberg [GENOA, Italy] Costa Crociere SpA ordered a US$39O million (Ss6B4 million), 2,100-passen-ger ship from Kvaerner ASA, as the cruise line's new owners seek to increase its share of the growing European cruise market. Kvaerner is an Anglo-Nor-wegian construction and shipbuilding company. The 82,000-ton ship
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      130 13 Reuters [LONDON] The newly enlarged Grand Alliance of container shipping lines announced on Monday that all Alliance vessel calls in Hongkong will be made at Modem Terminals Ltd, which is the port operating arm of Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. The two new Grand
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      464 13  -  From« Jerry Farynaski in Sydney AUSTRALIA'S waterfront efficiency will not be improved by an increase in the number of stevedores, as long as the Maritime Union of Australia has a stranglehold on labour market conditions, said the Federal Minister for Workplace Relations, Peter
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      851 14 RECORD TONNAGE Europe's economic recovery boosted the flow of goods through its ports last year, with Rotterdam still the No 1 Journal of Commerce EUROPE'S top ports smashed cargo records last year and 1998 looks even more promising. Rotterdam handled 307.3 million tonnes of freight
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        205 29 laa 28 Brunei: Chinese New Year. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year. Malaysia: Chinese New Year. Singapore: Chinese New Year. South Korea: Lunar New Year. Taiwan: Chinese New Year. Jaa 29 Hong Kong: Lunar New Year. Malaysia: Chinese New Year. Singapore: Chinese New Year. Jan 30 Indonesia: Id-al-FitrL/Hari Raya
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        417 30 Deal seen as boast to Northwest in Asia; itH pay USssl9m for 14% of Continental AFP [MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota] Two leading US carriers, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines, on Monday announced a global marketing alliance that analysts say should shore up Northwest's position in
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        330 30 Cargo aCrfrfrrflff, landing and takeoff slots still unsettled Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US and Japan will extend aviation talks another day to resolve remaining issues including whether a second US cargo airline can serve Japan, and how to provide access to Japanese
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        70 30 [PARIS] French automobile manufacturer Renault announced on Monday the launch in March *****f the new "Clio 2" car. The chairman of the company Louis Schweitzer said 7.5 billion French francs (552.19 billion) have been invested in the product. Renault sees the new car as an essential element
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        201 30 Reuters [ATHENS] Greek government workers staged their second 24-hour strike in a week yesterday, walking out of stateowned enterprises in protest against plans to limit their col-lective-bargaining rights. Buses, trains, state banks, the post office and most Olympic Airways flights were shut down. Greek
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        157 30 Reuters [HONGKONG] Korean Air (KAL) has won government approval to raise ex-Seoul air cargo rates by 30 per cent to compensate for the sharp fall in the Korean won, an airline spokesman told Reuters on Monday. "We got approval last weekend from the
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        158 30 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Air freight forwarders affected by the Malaysian ringgit's decline said further rises in freight rates may push companies to ship out cargo via Singapore, The Sun reported. "Malaysian Airlines is the main culprit instigating other carriers to increase their rates when
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        142 30 Reuters [JAKARTA] Some Indonesian automotive manufacturers have halted production amid a severe economic downturn, the head of the country's automotive association was quoted assaying. "We have to stop production for at least three months until March," Herman Latief, the chairman of the Indonesian Automotive Association,
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      43 13 Northwest, Continental in marketing tie-up Northwest to pay USssl9m for 14% stake. Back Pace A day without c\ newspaper is like c\ Uongbc\o without Hioney ms\de. The New Paper. The only English newspaper on Jan 29. the second day of Chinese New Year.
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      871 26 —wSAMUPERA SHIPPING LINE LTD I ■"HP™ 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****6 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****089 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CH HO. IM7MSSSMB BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/lIEI CHAW j2En3H^B^B 7SLQS/WEEK ES3SH2ZB 2slg/week h— FVOY Ism TJAK I VESSEL VOY I MN PLB SILVER DAWN 28/01
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      390 26 Singapore Soviet Shipping j&Co. Pte. Ltd. CB WO: **********0W BOMBAY VESSEL VOY 8M BOM MQ PKL KOTA RAJA RJAOO3 03/02 10MB 22/02 24/02 TRADE FAST TFS2OO 08/02 17/02 02/03 04/03 ORIENT CORD 100N 17/02 28/02 00/09 11/09 KOTA RAJA RJAOO6 20/02 00/03 10/03 20/03 REGULAR MONTHLY RO-RO BREAKBULK SERVICE SIN/BOM/N.SHEVA
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      932 27 i ASIA MHXTIRRANEAN EXPRESS (AME) WESTBOUND SHtVtCI i I «SM VOY ISWICW»|H«|GtN|»CN|ItM|«MI|KI~ N SINGA 9803-3 28 JAN 01 FEB 10 FEB 12 FEB I U FEB I 17 FEB 18 FEB 1? FEB MSC RAFAELA 9804-3 03 FEB 07 FEB 16 FEB 18 FEB T2O FEB 23 FEB 24 FEB
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      403 28 SIN I TIGER BAY 599N 28-23/01 03-07/02 11-12/02 I TIGER WAVE 600N 01-02/02 07-1002 14-15/02 TIGER ISLAND 601N 04-06/02 10-14/02 TIGER BRIDGE 602N 07-08/02 13-16/02 21-22/02 I TIGER BAY 803N 11-12/02 17-21/02 25-26/02 I TIGER WAVE 604N 14-15/02 20-2302 28-01/03 I TIGER RIVER 310CNB 28-28/01 03-07 AH 13-14/02 I I
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      523 28 FREIGHT UNKS EXPRESS 62 Toh Guan Road, Singapora *****1 Tel: *****66 (60 Unas) Fax: *****33 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg LCL FCL SERVICES FROM SINGAPORE TO SOUTH AMERICA ATTRACTIVE RATES TO THE FOLLOWING DESTINATIONS: BUINOS AIRES (BUI)/SAHTOS (SSIJ/VALPARAISO (VAP) npsiw MM Bdssz »d vap Harmony Container VHRBOI 08/02 07/03 12/03 Settsu V4O3S 17/02
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      878 28 M M OOCL (Singapore) Pie Lid CFS Kernel A 70 A««lMd #21-04 (S) *****4 SIS MI-IB «mmky //6yi V Ct HO *****7M000N M: 172 7127 d 3269 ISC #1 M: *****13 F« *****41 t0:272 7»25 ZZ-Z. [^J3 wot™ kMMCA USA/ camam Q awhaua TO USA |iw|sro LGI OAK I CHI
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      130 29 LEGEND. R Thunderstorm Temperature Oq y Shower Weolher Wind direction with speed in knots •e Rom Cloudy Sky Wove h rt Surface »M$ ore indicoted by arrows which ffy with the wind C") hj crcl f«P<««nts colm or light and variable winds i—«. One half Heche represents 5 knots I—
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