The Business Times, 15 April 1998

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    11 1 The BusinessTb® MITA(P) ll(V12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet' http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    68 1 FOBEX BATES US) St USS 1JM £(US$/S$perS) 1.669 2JCS DM 1821 0-876 YEN 12M 1 tar MS SIM MM HXS 7.766 02Q* BAHT 40.00 0.040 BUPIAH 7*7* OJttl* 'Sttmtmrn FUBBJOB SINGAPORE* 7.7$ KUALA LUMPUR 1150 JAKARTA BJ» BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA ZLM HONGKONG 10.25 TAIPEI AM SYDNEY 8.45 TOKYO 1M
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    MUI in surprise RM631m sale of 15% SCMP stake
    770 1  -  Move could signal its need for cash, say analysts Froml Ruth Wong, Neil Behrmann in London IN a move that analysts speculated could signal a need for cash in the current economic crisis, Malaysian tycoon Khoo Kay Peng's Malayan United Industries
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    Two M'sian Second Board firms latest victims of crisis
    533 1  -  SCK Group under receivership; winding-up notice against Bescorp From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TWO Malaysian Second Board companies, including one controlled by the younger brother of James Bond movie star Michelle Yeoh, yesterday became the latest victims of the economic
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    He who waits risks missing the plane
    453 1  -  Bargain prices for regional tours may not last very long By] Kau Yi Kang [SINGAPORE] Holiday-mak-ers waiting for the price of Asean tour packages to slide further before making their bookings will risk missing the plane. The season of bargain prices, travel agents
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    Jakarta names seven state firms to be privatised in line with IMF plan
    559 1  -  But govt to proceed cautiously and keep 51% stake in all privatised firms From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA moved swiftly yesterday to implement the IMF-mandated reform programme by naming seven state firms that will be
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    Lock icon Read my hat
    75 1 [SYDNEY] Feelings continued to run high among Australian dockworkers yesterday, with the message coming across clearly on the hard hat of this sacked worker manning a picket line. Patricks Stevedores, the company at the centre of the storm, sacked I,4oodockworktr s across Australia on April 8 and
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon BG Lee notes possible slowdown in Japanese investments here
      484 2  -  Weak yen, economic woes, likely to affect manufacturing industry's plans By, Annette Pau DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday voiced concerns of a possible slowdown in Japanese investment here in view of Japan's economic woes and the weakened yen. Speaking
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      SP tie-up to test new desalination method
      529 2  -  Partner is start-up firm in which STSE unit has a stake By] Ronnie Lim IN A 'mutually-beneficial move, Aqua Gen International, a start-up company in which Singapore Technologies has a stake, has tied up with Singapore Power (SP) to build a demonstration desalination
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      Lock icon Bank loans fall for second month
      288 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Finance Byl Clarissa Tan TOTAL bank loans in February fell month-on-month for the second time in a row, latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show. Bank loans amounted to $142.07 billion in February, down 0.6 per cent
      Source: MAS  -  288 words
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      EDB's global advisers meet today
      190 2 THE Economic Development Board's international advisers all captains of industry from top US, European and Japanese corporations are meeting in Singapore to discuss the impact of the financial crisis. The meeting the EDB International Advisory Council's (LAC) fourth starts today at the Ritz Carlton Millenia,
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Dr Hu attending talks in US
        51 2 FINANCE Minister Richard Hu left yesterday to attend a Special Finance Ministers' Meeting in Washington. The meeting tomorrow will be attended by finance ministers from 22 countries. Dr Hu is accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of
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        Education ministry promotes 1,439
        50 2 THE Ministry of Education promoted 1,439 officers this year. Of these, 36 education officers were promoted into and within the Superscale grades while 621 went into the senior education officer (SEO) grades. Another 782 officers moved into the general education officer (GEO) 1A and 2A grades.
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        Tourism nominations wanted
        96 2 MEMBERS of the public, both visitors and residents, are invited to nominate individuals or organisations for the 13th Tourism Awards, organised by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Among the 16 categories open for nominations are Tourism Host of the Year and Best Shopping Experience. Forms are available
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      Parliament to discuss profit guarantees from doctors: MOH
      496 3  -  Move follows an SMA resolution warning of risks in snch promises By> Jenny Lam THE issue of doctors and surgeons giving profit guarantees will be raised in parliament next Monday, with Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong responding to a question tabled by
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      Microsoft in all-out bid to fight software piracy here
      384 3  -  It may sne landlords of tenants who sell illegal software By Imelda Tham MICROSOFT Corporation is stepping up action against vendors of illegal products and may even sue landlords who fail to stop the offence as part of an all-out drive
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      A bigger Food & Hotel Asia98 opens
      211 3  - A bigger Food Hotel Asia98 opens By 1 Kau Yi Kang THE region may be reeling from economic and financial problems but folks at the Food Hotel Asia 96 exhibition don't seem to have noticed. "Despite the region's current economic crisis, Food Hotel Asia has grown by some 2,555 sq
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon IMF calls for more supervision of hedge funds
      311 4 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US and UK regulators should consider steps to strengthen the supervision and regulation of hedge funds, the International Monetary Fund said. To increase disclosure by hedge funds, the IMF said detailed portfolio and position reporting requirements would have to be
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      Indon stocks jittery on reports that palm oil export ban will stay
      450 4 Report on minister's comments leads to fears of possible backpedalling on new deal with IMF IJAKARTAIA decision by Indonesia's trade minister not to resume crude palm oil exports this month despite the signing of a new agreement with
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      Lock icon S Korea stocks down 6% on fears of labour strife
      338 4 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean share prices tumbled yesterday as threats of strikes rattled the country's largest car maker, Hyundai Motor Co, and Kla Motors Co, the bankrupt Arm waiting for receivership. Hyundai Motor's union sent letters to the government, appealing
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      Lock icon Jakarta's March forex reserves put at US$16b
      217 4 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves stood at US$l6.6 billion (5526.5 billion) at March 31, enough to cover about 4.3 months of imports, the Antara news agency said yesterday. The gross foreign assets at the end of March stood at U5516.58 billion or
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      Lock icon Indon firms will seek 50% foreign debt write-off
      387 4 Jakarta and private creditors to start talks in US today AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian corporations are hoping that foreign lenders will agree to debt write-offs of up to 50 per cent at a crucial meeting with Jakarta government representatives in New York opening
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      Lock icon S Korea's bad loans to hit 58t won: report
      501 4 Govt urged to sell state firms to raise 3 foreign currency Reuters [SEOUL] Non-performing loans by South Korean financial institutions were forecast to rise to 58 trillion won (Ss66 billion) at the end of 1998 from 45 trillion won a year
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      Lock icon Letting the IMF get into their heads
      64 4 [SEOUL] A stolid South Korean pedestrian ignoring a headless department store window mannequin alongside a poster announcing "100 days of IMF (International Monetary Fund), Let Us Overcome The Financial Crisis (presumably by not losing one's head), in Seoul yesterday. As unemployment rises m
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      Lock icon Tarrin to seek more World Bank aid
      233 4 He will also seek support at finance ministers' US meet AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda will seek fresh funding to help Thailand through its economic slump when he attends a meeting of world finance ministers in Washington this week, it was
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon Hazy weather ahead on the financial front
      1171 6  -  Economic forecasts depend on devts in three areas: Indonesia, Japan, US By Larry Wee OVER the last week, regional currencies have recovered, prompted by an exquisitelytimed attack on yen bears by the Bank of Japan over the Easter weekend. Not to mention finally
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      How a weak Japan hurts Asia
      518 6 Significant impact on Japan as a source of capital, hitting FDI and bank lending DISMAL tankan results on April 2 were followed by a downgrade of Japan's sovereign outlook recently. But the greater impact of these deteriorating conditions lies not on trade, but on
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      ANALYSIS
      349 6 Bank vs corporate Interests THE recent failure of a well-known Malaysian (listed) company may be cheered by some as a victory for banks over the corporate sector. But a number of commentators feel that Kuala Lumpur has to clarify come the crunch whether it supports banks or companies. Historically,
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      Lock icon THE WEEK AHEAD
      323 6  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ABN-Amro(ABS) Dow Jones Newswires (DJ), IndependentEconomic Analysis Holdings (IDEA) JP Morgan (JPM) MMS International (MMS) United States Friday: Analysts generally expect a smaller February trade deficit of about US$11.5 billion or S$18.3 billion (JPM and MMS) after January's US$12 billion shortfall. But
      Sources: ABN-Amro(ABS); Dow Jones Newswires (DJ),; IndependentEconomic Analysis Holdings (IDEA); JP Morgan (JPM); MMS International (MMS)  -  323 words
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      10 6 This is an authorised excerpt from IDEA's daily client faxes
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      11 6 This is an authorised excerpt from ABN-Amro 's Asian Market Weekly.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Govt may boost credit flows to more areas, says Mahathir
      445 7 KUALA LUMPUR He also says ITsia's water shortage will not affect supply to Singapore AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad indicated yesterday that the government may increase lending flows to other industries after moving to boost the troubled car and
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      Lock icon M'sia starts national campaign to fight smog
      451 7 KUALALUMPUR Helicopters and •planes to be used to spot fires Reuters ■MALAYSIA yesterday launched a nationwide campaign to combat thickening smog, using helicopters and airplanes to spot fires and vowing to put people who start blazes into jail. j The drive came as
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      Bumper to bumper on the 2nd Link
      792 7  -  ASIAMYIHW Traffic Jams suggßst that things aro back on track By Yang Razali Kassim THE Second Link seems to have a life of its own. Just as it was about to be written off as a potential white elephant, the new bridge linking
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      Lock icon No interest so Viets put off forum for investors
      207 7 HANOI Bloomberg VIETNAM will shelve plans for a high-level conference to woo new foreign investors due to lack of interest. The government which saw foreign investment tumble by almost half to US$4.4 billion (Ss7 billion) last year, amid regional currency devaluations
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      Lock icon 2.2m foreign workers in M'sia: report
      261 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S total foreign labour has risen to 2.2 million people, comprising 1.2 million legal workers and another one million illegals roaming freely in the country, a report said yesterday. "For Malaysia which has 21 million residents, the 2.2 million foreigners working
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      Lock icon West Sumatra to get new airport
      224 7 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA will begin the construction of a new U5557.7 million (Ss92 million) international airport in West Sumatra this year, a report said yesterday. The construction of the airport in Katapiang, some 20 km north-east of Padang, the capital of the province, is
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Rising trade deficit a threat to better ties, US warns Beijing
      521 10 BEIJING Trade gap widens more than five-fold since '90; conld affect presidential summit AFP THE US warned Beijing yesterday that its gaping trade deficit with China was a growing threat to improving relations and could affect the Beijing presidential
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      China's Exim Bank gives S Africa US$ export credit
      236 10  -  By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] The ExportImport Bank of China has extended a US dollar credit facility to South African importers of Chinese capittil goods. Hongkong-based Absa Asia Ltd, which arranged the facility, said yesterday that importers could get financing equivalent to
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      17 Chinese firms fined for investing illegally in 2 funds
      313 10  -  Some set np phony individual accounts, buy into fnnds meant for retail investors By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] China's securities watchdog has slapped a host of companies with hefty fines after they were found to have invested in two mutual fUnds
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      Lock icon HK opposition is hoping for victory
      64 10 [HONGKONG] Democratic Party chairman Martin Lee (left) and vice-chairman Yeung Sum flashing victory signs as they register as candidates to run in Hongkong's Legislative Council election last Saturday. Seen as the territory's de facto opposition leader, Mr Lee launched his official campaign with a
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      Lock icon China mulls foreign designs for theatre
      102 10 BEIJING AFP CHINA is considering proposals from 21 foreign architects to design what will be the country's largest theatre, in a bid to widen its pool of expertise, reports said yesterday. "We want this cross-cen- tury project to represent this century's highest-level technology, and
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Bankrupt Japan firms owe 15t yen – a post-war record
      377 11 Bankrupt Japan firms owe 15t yen a post-war record TOKYO Stagnant economy poshes liabilities up 66%; survey warns of worse to come AFP THOUSANDS of bankrupt Japanese firms left a post-war record of 15.1 triUion yen (*****.2 billion) in liabilities in the fiscal year to March, a private research agency
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      Lock icon LDP charts plan to help SMEs
      201 11 TOKYO Reuters STUDY groups within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have outlined measures to support small and medium-sized firms and selected industrial sectors under a forthcoming economic stimulus package, LDP officials said yesterday. The LDP study groups, which propose policies to party leaders,
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      Lock icon Waiting for food in N Korea
      52 11 [SUKCHON, North Korea] A mother holding her daughter at Therapeutic Feeding Centre in Sukchon County, North Korea. The UN World Food Programme again lashed out at North Korea yesterday for not letting international aid workers freely monitor distribution of food to its famine hit
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      Lock icon S Korea to set up 2 funds to boost industrial revamp
      327 11 SEOUL Foreign investors will be invited to take part in the 10 trillion won funds AFP SOUTH Korea said yesterday it will set up two funds worth a total of 10 trillion won (5511.4 billion) to finance and stimulate
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      Jobless Koreans won't stoop to menial work
      526 11  -  LBTTH&F&OM SEOUL Used to Cosby Jobs, they have yet to adjust to harsh economic realities By Jennifer Veale HOW are South Korea's newly unemployed white-collar salarymen handling life without a job? Some go hiking to avoid the social stigma, while others kill time
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  • THE WORLD
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      US wants creditors to bear the brunt of bad investments
      606 12  -  It will p«ish for .mechanisms that make them take the etasequences \JYom] Leon Hadar if i Washington *tHE United States will push jar effective mechanisms to ensure that creditors and in- vestors "more fully bear the .consequences of their ac/•tions"
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      Lock icon Swiss bank, insurance shares up on US mergers
      436 12 ZURICH US bank tie-ups fuel talk of farther consolidation Bloomberg SWISS banking and insurance shares rose as much as 3.5 per cent, led by Bank Sarasin Cie and Zurich Insurance Co, after two US bank mergers fuelled speculation that consolidation in the
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      Lock icon Three firms chip in to develop ultra-fast Internet
      308 12 WASHINGTON Bridge News THREE high-tech communications companies will offer an ultra-fast data pipeline and some of the needed network equipment as part of a US$5OO million (***** million) contribution toward developing the next generation of the Internet. "We will end the days
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      Saudi prince invests US$200m in Teledesic
      355 12  -  SINGAPORE By Catherine Ong SAUDI Arabia's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud has invested US$2OO million (*****.8 million) in Teledesic, a company backed by BUI Gates that is behind the world's first broadband "Internet-in-the-sky" project. The investment, made through family trusts, was finalised
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      Lock icon US CPI steady in March for 2nd time in 3 months
      433 13 WASHINGTON Fourth straight drop in energy prices keeps consumer prices in check Bloomberg US consumer prices were steady in March for the second time in three months, held in check by the fourth straight drop in energy prices. The
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      Lock icon Retail sales in US surprise with 0.1% drop
      456 13 WASHINGTON Economy could be levelling off after earlier strong gains Bloomberg US RETAIL sales unexpectedly declined in March for the first drop in five months a sign the economy could be levelling off after strong sales gains in January and aryMarch sales
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      Lock icon Waigel against Germany extending gains tax
      185 13 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMAN Finance Minister Theo Waigel yesterday joined a growing debate on whether Bonn should expand its current tax on earnings from sales of shareholdings to include longer-term holdings, saying he is against such a move. He said that Bonn had decided against
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Russian Interior Ministry slammed
        80 13 Reuters [MOSCOW] Acting Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko criticised Russia's Interior Ministry yesterday, saying many police officials were unqualified for their jobs and their efforts to crack down on crime had achieved little. Officials attending the Interior Ministry conference said crime has risen 6 per cent over
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        Lock icon Director of US budget office quits
        54 13 AFP [WASHINGTON] The director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Frank Raines stepped down yesterday to take a job in the private sector. President Bill Clinton named Jack Lew, who has been deputy OMB director since 1995, to take the post which
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        Lock icon German wholesale prices fall 0.3%
        83 13 Bloomberg [WIESBADEN, Germany] German wholesale prices fell a greater-than-expected 0.3 per cent in March, pulled lower by fish and coffee prices, the Federal Statistics Office said, in further evidence of subdued inflation. Economists polled by Bloomberg News had expected prices to fall 0.1 per cent.
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        Lock icon Some IRA prisoners to go free this week
        70 13 AFP [DUBLIN] The first group of IRA prisoners to be freed in the Republic of Ireland since the Northern Ireland peace deal is expected to be released this week, government sources in Dublin said yesterday. As a gesture of goodwill, some Irish
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      Lock icon US official on reasons for low inflation
      259 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg LOWER commodity prices, sound monetary policy and cheaper imports have been instrumental in driving down inflation in the US and reducing inflationary expectations, said Robert J Shapiro, Undersecretary of Economic Affairs at the Commerce Department. "We are now in a low-in-flation
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      Lock icon Yeltsin's choice of PM likely to be confirmed
      477 13 MOSCOW Reuters, AFP RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin began talks yesterday which could be the last chance to win parliament's backing for his controversial choice of prime minister before it votes on his candidacy next Friday. Russian parliament speaker Gennady Seleznyov said yesterday
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Dow will come down to Earth
      681 14  -  THB BOTTOMLDVB OPINION By Chua Soon Hock The writer, who is chief strategist with Sanwa Bank Singapore, contributed this column to The Business Times. The views expressed are his own. AS SURELY as the sun rises, so too will the Dow be brought back
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      IV OTHER WORDS
      129 14 'Many style gurus most loathe women not the anorexic, androgynous teenagers who stalk the catwalks like heroin addicts in search of a fix, but real women with real bodies/ -Joan Coffins writing on the current fashion scene. 'Motorola is in for a rough time for the next
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      Indonesia's IMF Accord, Ver 3.0
      627 14 EDITORIAL ITs now do or die for Indonesia That seems to be the general reaction to the latest agreement on economic reform between Indonesia and the IMF. Signed last Friday, the agreement was the third in less than six months. If it follows the fate
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      Lock icon Banks' merger mania
      1153 14  -  Rivals are pairing up at lightning pace into the handfnl of giants expected to dominate US hanking By' Timothy O'Brien NYT NO sooner had John McCoy announced on Monday that his bank, Banc One Corp, would merge with First Chicago NBD Corp to create the dominant bank
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      782 14 Anglo-Irish rMOfatfcm THE Asia-Europe summit that ended on April 4 in London was dominated by expressions of European concern for Asian woes. Little attention was paid to the most intense discussions at the summit those between the British and Irish prime ministers as they coordinated positions
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      181 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 13 An attractive young woman is 29 Is an attorney allowed to leave 30 Scratching a living (8) 31 Skater managed to go hell for long dress (2,4) YEBmXDAY*S SOLUTION leather (6) 11 Church members go on creat- MBMeTATp |r|l [cJoIgfHMM DOWN ing mayhem (12) ■RWrW|*a)E^ 1 Removal
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      463 16  -  SINGAPORE FILM FESTIVAL Yakuza thugs and bank robbery give film its measure of violence, says jamet maslpi JANET MASLIN NYT Takeshi Kitano is a Renaissance star in Japan: comic actor, serious director, painter, film editor, tough guy. Apparently in all these realms he relies on
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      Lock icon Mother and Son— picture-perfect bond
      585 16  -  A timeless film on the ideal mother-son relationship By Deborah Hornblow LAT-WP IN Mother and Son, Russian director Alexander Sokurov and cinematographer Alexei Fyodorov conspire with the wind and the weather to create a timeless, breathtaking filmic ode to the ideal motherson relationship. Symphonic, painterly,
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      Lock icon O'Meara-Woods friendship not par for course
      513 16  -  GOLF It's a situation yon dream abont, says Tiger on his best friend's win By Don Markus LAT-WP [AUGUSTA, Georgia] They are the odd couple of the PGA Tour, the overweight 41-year-old father of two who has stayed on the periphery of the spotlight
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      172 16 THE WEATHim Moderately hazy partly cloudy. Temperature (30-25) AeU-Psodlo <HVU* Good. Europe HVLo* Cood. America Hl/lo* Good. ABrtiand 20/14 showers Amsterdam 11/W rain Bumhw Aires 24/14 doudy Bugfe* JM» Altaß 17*7 sum* ltls rk«d> SS*- llm Ann Ey S5 tag Cop-haga showss L«Awtei IMI Hum *'18 ram 1(V05 showers MmeoCtj
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      Sembawang goes into water recycling
      585 17  -  Group plans to pomp $220 m into facilities on Jurong Island Byl Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] The Sembawang group is going into water recycling in a big way, with plans to pump $220 million into a terminal, called SUT2, on Jurong Island. The terminal will include
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      ST Computer up 9.6% after good rating
      418 17  -  Analyst says firm has growth-oriented management team By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The ST Computer stock yesterday rose 15 cents or 9.6 per cent to a record $1.72 on relatively heavy volume, propelled apparently by a favourable rating from GK Goh Research. The counter
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      Vikay in restructuring talks with potential investors
      267 17  -  By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Troubled liquid crystal display firm Vikay Industrial has started discussions with potential investors to restructure the company and expects to be back on track by mid-May. Over 10 "reputable" parties have shown interest in the Sesdaq-listed company's operations, and
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      Proposed Institute of Directors: which path should it take?
      670 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Clarissa Tan ALL goes according to plan, Singapore will very soon have H its first Institute of Directors This institute will have a HHmission to bolster standards of corporate governance and disclosure among Singapore companies. But how exactly
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      540 17  -  Company asking $1,700-$l,BOO psf for bulk sale of nnits By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE! Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) is trying to sell en bloc the last 16 units of its Four Seasons Park condominium located off Orchard Boulevard, sources say.
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        431 18  -  Firm cites change in circumstances after fond-raising exercise From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TING Pek Khiing's Ekran Bhd which is being probed by the Securities Commission has confirmed that it has used part of the proceeds from its fund-raising exercise
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        216 18 Reuters [MANILA] Ford Motor Co said yesterday that it would bring in US$3OO million (Ss47B million) in investment after it re-enters the Philippine market next year. "The initial investment is US$lOO million Over the next few years there will be another US$lOO million as we
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        Uraco to pay US$1.7m for 28% of US firm
        288 18  -  Subsidiary LMI to subscribe for shares in chemicals cleaner By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Uraco Holdings has agreed to take a 28 per cent stake in an American chemical cleaning company for US$l.69 million ($2.7 million). The company said yesterday
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        473 18 AFX Asia [SINGAPORE] Lindeteves-Ja-coberg Ltd expects its recent rapid growth to slow due to the regional economic crisis but it should still manage to sustain double-digit earnings gains in the medium term. Despite the crisis, turnover is targeted to reach $200 million this year, up
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        China Telecom (HK) profit up 10% in maiden results
        538 18  -  HKs4.63b earnings better than consensus estimate From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong China Telecom (Hongkong) (CTHK), the mainland's first listed mobile telephone company, yesterday unveiled a better than expected maiden set of full-year results and said the group would continue to
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        Lock icon Rashid Russain needs RM2b for Sime Bank deal: analysts
        304 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian financial services group Rashid Hussain needs up to 2 billion Malaysian ringgit (*****.2 million) to acquire and recapitalise the troubled Sime Bank Bhd, analysts said yesterday. They said the huge price tag was largely holding up the
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        507 19 It is losing market share to Pqi Photo; digital iiMgmg nnit keeps losing money Bloomberg [ROCHESTER, New York] Eastman Kodak Co said firstquarter profit tumbled 17 per cent amid lower sales of its photographic film, higher marketing costs and
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        Lock icon Cheap PCs squeeze margins of Taiwan technology firms
        376 19 Sab-US&OOO personal computers grow in popularity Bloomberg [TAIPEI] For GVC Corp and other Taiwanese makers of personal computers, circuit boards and modems, the growing popularity of cheap PCs is squeezing profit margins like never before. GVC expects to earn less than eight
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        Lock icon Ten Network stock too expensive: investors
        320 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ten Network Holdings Ltd made its official debut on the Australian Stock Exchange yesterday and investors said the shares are already too expensive. Ten shares fell one Australian cent to A 52.54, an 18.1 per cent premium to the A 52.15 per
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        Lock icon Minolta shares hit 1998 high on earnings outlook
        339 19 Company expected to post third straight year of profit growth Bloomberg [OSAKA] Minolta Co shares yesterday reached a 1996 high on expectations that strong copier exports powered a third straight year of profit growth in the year ended March 31 and will
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        Lock icon Marubeni in US$1.8b Brazil oil project
        155 19 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's Marubeni Corp is to join a US$l.B billion (552.9 billion) oil development project in Brazil with a Japanese partner and four oil companies, a company spokesman said yesterday. The trading house and Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd, an oil development firm,
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        Lock icon Johnson & Johnson Q1 profit up 11%
        201 21 Johnson Johnson Q1 profit up 11% Bloomberg [NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey] Johnson Johnson said first-quarter profit rose 11 per cent as rising sales of some drugs made up for a decline in sales of a key medical product coronary stents. The company said its firstquarter net income rose to US$l.Ol
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        360 21 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp said it has no plans to allow personal computer makers to hide the Internet Explorer browser icon in its Windows 98 operating system, as they can under a court order applying to Windows 95. The
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        265 21 Enron Oil Gas posts 17% rise in Q1 profit Sales of reserves, assets offset price foil in crude and gas Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Enron Oil Gas Co said first-quarter earnings rose 17 per cent, as increased production and sales of reserves and assets offset lower natural gas and crude oil prices.
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        503 21 Company accused of setting false, high prices for some Nasdaq shares NYT [NEW YORK] Securities regulators have fined Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co US$l million (Ssl.6 million), contending that the firm and its traders manipulated the Nasdaq 100-stock index by setting false, high
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        337 21 Company acts to slash costs amid weaker sales in Asia Bloomberg [FARMINGTON, Connecticut] United Technologies Corp's Otis Elevator Co said it will shed 2,000 jobs and more than two-thirds of its engineering centres amid weaker sales in Asia.
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        Lock icon US$90b worth of deals for Merrill, Goldman
        292 22 BANK MERGERS The Nationsßank and Banc One deals will generate more than USsloom in fees, say analysts Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co and Goldman, Sachs Co became the first Wall Street firms to advise on US$9O billion (*****.3 billion) of mergers in
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        702 22  -  COMMENTARY If it's Just a convenient shop with high prices, then forget it By Robert Reno LAT-WP THE creation of anything as awesome as Citigroup has to rank with one of the Hapsburgs' more successful marriages, by which the very map of Europe was redrawn in
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        Stanchart's new investment scheme
        287 22 It allows investment in a portfolio of top-rated unit trusts [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank yesterday unveiled a new investment scheme which buys into a portfolio of Singapore's top performing unit trusts. Called Personal Investment Plan or PIP, it allows investment in a portfolio of toprated unit
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        253 22 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's life insurers say they are shopping overseas for bonds that offer higher returns than they can get at home. Japan in January dropped behind the United Kingdom as the biggest holder of US Treasuries as Japanese investors sold bonds to book profits
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        209 22 SSMELReport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures slipped slightly yesterday, though Japanese government bond (JGB) futures rose on hopes of a future interest rate cut. Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member Kazuo Ueda said late on Monday that he saw room for a
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        Futures plunge along with shares
        156 22  -  MSGI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh service dealer, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract plunged 5.50 points as Taiwan stocks feU to their lowest in six weeks. The Weighted Price Index closed 98.53 points lower at 8764.58 on worries
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        Lock icon Oil subsides with no relief yet from glut
        284 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Shaky world oU markets took another downward turn yesterday, frightened by the size of the glut in global supplies. Benchmark Brent blend futures for May loading were 27 cents lower in early business at U5513.73 a barrel. Dealers
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        280 22 AFX-Asia, AFP London THE dollar moved sharply lower against the mark and other major currencies in late trade, as the release of slightly softer than expected US economic data encouraged all round profit taking, and comments from US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin weighed on the US currency, dealers
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      1560 23 AFP, Bloomberg P Nikkei 225 -40* JAPANESE share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday, as initial short-covering after the previous day's declines failed to draw follow-through buying, brokers said. "Investors mostly remained sidelined ahead of tomorrow's G-7 (Group of Seven) meeting," a Chuo Securities broker said. "The main
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      1308 24 AFP Q Him Seas *W32 SHARE prices rose 0.7 per cent in post-holiday trading here yesterday on a strong US market boosted by mergers of banks, dealers said. "The market was mainly boosted by the movement of shares of HSBC Holdings pic," after the announced merger between Bank America
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      551 24 Reuters FlShemhaißlndgi +0.71 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed mixed yesterday after foreign investors returned from the Easter holiday, brokers said. Shanghai B shares closed down slightly as foreign investors sold to take advantage of higher prices reached during their absence, they said. The Shanghai B Share Index fell
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      315 24 AFP QWPbfax -ias3 STOCKS resumed the previous day's sharp losses, dropping 1.1 per cent yesterday amid negative leads and investor worries over the market's outlook, dealers said. "Investors lowered positions on fears of further losses," said Peter Chang of Polaris Securities Co Ltd. Investors were concerned about reported Chinese
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      750 24 AFP |Jf!«»pngitehlßi -7jH SHARE prices closed 1.5 per cent lower yesterday following concerns that the government ban on crude palm oil exports would not be lifted as agreed on with the IMF, dealers said. "It is a matter of consistency. A few days ago, (the government) said the export
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      356 24 AFP Q Composite Index -2721 SHARE prices dived 5.5 per cent on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday on sluggish post-Easter foreign interest and fresh concerns over labour strife, dealers said. The weakening of the won added to pressure on the market as retail investors offloaded holdings and institutions intensified
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      592 24 AFP rl An Primaries +3&1 AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 1.2 per cent yesterday, pushed to a new record high by takeover and merger speculation about banks. The All Ordinaries Index closed 35.1 higher points at 2,840.9. The All Industrials Index closed 66.6 points higher at 4,904.5 while the All
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      254 24 AFP rl Wellington +8J STOCKS rose 0.4 per cent yesterday on turnover of NZSIBI.7 million. The NZSE-40 Index gained 8.9 points to 2,314.42. "The market's interest is really still dictated by the leaders," said Nigel Scott at ABN Amro. Brewer Lion Nathan Ltd rose 14 cents to a record
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      255 24 AFP FlUiafl* +ILSB PHILIPPINES share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday due to a decline in key government Treasury Bill rates, analysts said. Eric Tan of Abacus Securities Inc said the upturn was "because of the decline in the T-bill rates". The Composite Index rose 11.58 points to
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        Shares ease on Tokyo fall, weak ringgit
        398 25 n Composite Index -2.09 MALAYSIA'S Composite Index ended 0.3 per cent lower yesterday amid a weak ringgit and in tandem with a poor performance on the Tokyo bourse. "The bourse closed lower in line with the Tokyo bourse and the weak ringgit," an
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        195 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE thing about a falling market is that it creates tremendous opportunities for those brave enough to plunge in. Of course, this should be done carefully and as far as warrants are concerned, it's always advisable to buy time
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        65 28  -  -by Shiv Taneja SESDAQ-LISTED Datapulse Technology closed one cent lower yesterday at 52 cents on a volume of 2.8 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 984,500 shares. The daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics are oversold, and the counter could come under further selling pressure
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        Market continues drifting as if World Cup has started
        670 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Trading dictated by concerns over Japan's health, corporate earning*, possible Wall Street blow-out By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was more gloom for investors in local equities yesterday as the nervousness over the future direction of the market increased.
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          A soft l(a)unch
          79 28 SEMBAWANG Engineering and Construction officials who were told to do a "soft launch" erf their latest Jurong Island mega engineering project must have decided that the best way to go about it was to do a "soft lunch" with invited journalists But ifyou are imagining a lightweigh
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          Staying in touch
          79 28 NEARLY 40 Inmarsat satellite phones were used In the rescue and recovery operation for the Silk Air plane that crashed last year near Palembang, in the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The accident zone was outside the coverage of cellular radio, so the portable satellite phones—mostly contributed by
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          There's always the Dow
          111 28 IF you are looking for evidence that the US stockmarket has become a bit of a gamble, look no farther. Las Vegas, the mecca of gambling in the United States, is playing host to the Money Show next month. More than 50 investment experts will be
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          Up, down, sideways?
          147 28 SEVERAL Asian currencies have rallied quite sharply from their lows in December and January, but investors expecting more of the same could be in for some disappointment, according to the latest Salomon Smith Barney's Weekly Pacific Perspective. Salomon said that with some exceptions, further upside for regional
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          Biting for sure
          58 28 WE know BTs Markets in Turmoil page makes for interesting reading, what with the gyrations in the region, but for one reader it took on thriller proportions yesterday. A BT reporter on his way to die office saw a reader biting his fingers as he read the
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      352 18 Seminar on International Trade Finance Operations Risks, Controls Accounting Aspects Letters of Credit are important financing instruments in import/export transactions, so it is vital that participants in these transactions know what they are doing. A badly opened letter of credit could expose the company to many risks, such as costs,
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      206 19 SI <% a f at Clarke Quay Festival Village (11-19 April 1998) For just nine days, were celebrating the best of Britain in Singapore. If you re a food lover savour British delights British Beer A 13-16 Apr 6pm-9pm The Gazebo like beer battered fish and chips, steak and mushroom
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      49 24 L• me o, o. W If only everything m ♦Hie Bangkok market was closed yesterday for a holiday DAY TT buy a m It's easy. I'll just find it in The Straits Times Classified. j Dad does it all the time. Our house is like a zoo now. |CATS.|
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      316 29 Bridge News TRADING was very quiet with many parts of the world still on holiday. The market in general is not expected to be that active this week with the Orthodox Easter holiday coining up. Fliiuiet TAMKBMk Trading from the Caribbean and east coast Mexico was active, brokers
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      230 29 CWTOMrMton. 0.705 -0.095 4 ChuanHu* 046 -a 04 127 CaacaHwwIiMnt-0*0 *002 7 FrvMNUnfe* 048 -0.005 109 01lllMMl 0-315 IWSMH* OS7 *0.01 17 MRacNZaaan 0.73 -0.03 203 meillUwti MK 5.60 J«»IIW*n<l 04S -0.035 3 Jurats Shipyard _7.75 -04S MS Corp 4.50 -040 SSS rcLS 444 Kappal Marin* 1.75 -0.02
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      382 29  -  Taiwan carrier will end cooperation with France's CMA on same trade By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Yang Ming Line of Taiwan is expanding its relationship with the New World Alliance with the deployment of vessels on its Asia-Mediterranean loop. A joint statement from
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      Besides ISM Code, IMO is looking into environmental guidelines too
      757 29  -  STRAIT TALK Ry I Seafarer A FEW weeks ago the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) celebrated its 50th anniversary. The UN body has become a prodigious producer of regulations covering a wide range of safety and environmental issues. Much attention is
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      485 29 Reuters (MIAMI] Carnival Corp will need to invest in ports around the world to handle the leading cruise ship operator's rapidly expanding fleet, Carnival's chief executive said. "As our company gets bigger, as our ships get bigger, we are going to have to make
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      Lock icon Pickets detained as waterside war rages
      382 29 AUSTRALIAN DOCK TURMOIL Patrick applies for injunction against sacked workers Reuters, AFP [SYDNEY] Australian police bundled dozens of protesters away from a Sydney wharf yesterday as one of Australia's biggest stevedores simultaneously launched court action to ease union blockades stranding millions of dollars worth
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      222 29 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Johor Port Bhd is taking bold steps to meet the changing demands of the industry for it to stay competitive amidst the gloomy scenario facing regional economies, said executive chairman Mohd Taufik Abdullah. He said in the company's 1997 annual report that
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      728 30 MALAYSIAN CAR MARKET But easing of car lending curbs is not seen lifting Proton/Perodua sales, as consumer confidence stays weak AFXAsia [KUALA LUMPUR] THE easing of credit limits for the purchase of cars worth up to RM40.000 (5517,520) is unlikely to significantly improve sales of Perusahaan
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      351 30 PACE ESP Lines W ANL 3 Ethiopia 6 Accord 8 6 Ahrenkiel M F ide M Appenship 5 foongSun 8 AslaOCL 15 FroU B t Astro 3 W Links >6 Austral 9 U"* Avant 6 Gemartrans 8 B'tang Mas 8 9 BSA 7
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      15658 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advarttjar Vassal Voyaqa Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar Vassal SIN Dast'n Nam. Nam. NumPar Numtwr SIN Oastn Nam. ,n 19/04 29/04 NVK VILLE OE LIBRA MS 44-2****** A 20/04 06/05 MSCAqy MSC XINGANG 004A *5 3252*50 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059
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        746 45 Vtssd Voy No Bfth Arrtvrt D«p«rtur* K Afrizai *****6 'jOI ilongside 15.04/0800 M Ard#iyi 1APS96 J01 alongside M.04/600 MMat AP1H4 J01 ilongside 14.04/2359 It Sur Hi *****6 J01 alongside 14.04/1700 K Suriati 4 *****6 J01 alongside 14.04/2300 Caa* Aguftas 1M1 J10 ilongside 21.04/1700 Eret VeaKfty 4 J04 i
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        1828 45 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/BoUnco Rstls Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr PtrM From To Fro* Aci Ms* 00* 17/1400 u M/BM M/N5* M/BOO a m/bm m/*5* win u m/itm 8/o*» n/otoo 21 V4/T700 8/M5* 8/0900 I 15/0700 B/1B* B/MM 4 15/1200 15/1451 15/1700 ion (7/U00
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        198 45 Apr 17 Greece: Orthodox Good Friday. Apr 30 Greece: Orthodox Easter Monday. Apr 20 New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr 27 Australia: Anzac Day Holiday. Apr 28 Brunei: HUrah. Indonesia: Islamic New Year Muharram. Malaysia: Muharram. Apr 28 Japan: Greenery Day. Apr 30 Finland: May Day Eve. Netherlands: Queen's
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        922 45 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marin* Oil Ltd, thow* price range* In US dollar* mataad of tingle pricaa for a more oomprehenal ve description of the market Price* »hown are baaed on average-(lxed •tern Market movement* are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        352 45 Carta* MO Mai MIS 2.0 17.4 OJI 03 0.09 kat I Demit? Water ImMim tin Itrntotm iitlwil No atovt £25 12 4 mo Am m i o J «.i 0.06 jo 0.02 uZ 300 Mu 992.9 0.9 19.9 0.13 M 0.07 wr» »n/M WW Wo atOM
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        583 46 Political differences hinder qnick restructuring of industry Reuters [PARIS] Western European governments, on the brink of launching a single currency, face the daunting task of erecting another pillar of European integration a unified aerospace industry. The British, French and German governments
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        214 46 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Clinton administration was to issue its aviation safety agenda yesterday to focus industry and government resources where the biggest improvements can be made. Top of the list are expected to be efforts to cut the number of controlled-flight-into-ter-rain (CFIT) incidents
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        437 46 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc said its top marketing executive resigned, further clearing the way for the airline's new chief executive, Leo Mullin, to install his own management. Robert Coggin, 61, will retire as executive vice-presi-dent of marketing after 42
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        186 46 Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co's nextgeneration 737-800 model has been approved for certification by European regulators, the manufacturer said. Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities has recommended that its 27 member countries grant type validation for the new model, which was approved last month by the US Federal Aviation
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        350 46 US appeals court upholds jury's verdict Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Isuzu Motors Ltd's design of its Trooper sport-utility vehicle was not at fault in a traffic accident that killed a teenager, an appeals court decided in upholding a Texas jury's verdict. The sth US
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        703 46 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways pilots, who said they will strike for a 10th day today to protest against a 15 per cent pay cut, said their union can afford to pay members' salaries for three years. The
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        1531 46 CITT FLIGHT ETA FU6WT CT1 AMM $0230 19(0 Htaito IWO S0990 0115 Aastortaa KIMS 04S0 RUM 2300 0051 2045 C2352 0635 SO327 0755 S024 2320 Haaol **741 1310 WI742 0905 *1837 M55 J_ S0175 1840 S0176 "05 Auckland ****** 2050 M42B5 2045 $0286 2050 $02(5 2045
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