The Business Times, 13 July 1998

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  • 18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c SING A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes MONDAY, JULY 13, 1998
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  • 57 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week Change ST1I 1,090.35 -32.32 BTSRI 454.71 -21.80 KLSECOMP 428.62 -45.16 NIKKEI 16,090.06 -421.18 HANG SENG 8,205.77 _...-433.54 SET INDEX. 274.26 +0.52 JAKARTA COMP. 463.58 -6.97 MANILA COMP. 1,802.21 -57.03 TAIPEI WPI 7,883.16 +6.92 SEOUL COMP .304.97 -2.88 CLSA CHINA B 759.87 -23.36 AUST ALL
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  • 77 1 FOBEX BATES USS SS USI 1.727 2(US$/S$perS) 1.632 .2.818 DM 1.828 0.945 YEN 141.4 1.221* RM 4.242 0.407 HKJ 7.749 0.223 BAHT 41.65 0.041 RUP1AH 15,200 0.011* SS to 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 7.88 KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA 22.90 HONGKONG 10i5 TAIPEI 8.80 SYDNEY
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  • 619 1  -  Minister's remarks reinforced as NTUC tells workers to be prepared By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang yesterday said the government has not ruled out a cut in employers' Central Provident Fund contributions should the economy slip
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  • 453 1  -  Buyers may not get sufficient loans if prices keep falling By i Clarissa Tan, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Property developers who offer deferred payment schemes to boost their sales may be deferring a potential problem of buyers being unable to obtain loans to fully
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  • 50 1 [JAKARTA] Indonesian President B J Habibie tries a reclining chair on display during a ceremony marking the country's "51st Cooperative Day" held in Jakarta yesterday. Dr Habibie urged the nation to use the power of cooperatives to help overcome the nation's serious economic crisis. REUTERS
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  • 368 1 AFP [BEIJING] China warned yesterday that economic growth was seriously under target and that ailing finance institutions might soon have to close. "Economic growth is estimated at 7 per cent during the January-June period and it will be a formidable challenge for the
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  • 698 1 Global currency and stock markets in for turbulence: analysts Reuters (TOKYO) Japanese voters yesterday handed Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto a shock electoral defeat that looked certain to force his resignation and leave his plans to rescue the economy in tatters. Financial analysts forecast
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    • 174 1 INSIDE Asia and the Wall Street babble Anybody with horse sense can figure out that what's really happening on Wall Street now is just another speculative binge. And one day for no clear reason, the bubble will burst. The recovery of Asia's markets will also happen in a similar fashion
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    • 176 1 6 We would be more hesitant to expand. f f A We certainly have learnt some lessons 9 Mirzan Mahathir, on his shattered logistics empire, See Pg 18 Automatic Chronometer in 316L steel, by Mauboussin. S$ 5,380. MAUBOUSSIN since i 3 27 EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT: MAUBOUSSIN BOUTIQUE «0I I'M NC'.EE
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 573 2  -  It may have to pump more money into its ventures because of currencies' slide By' Teh Hooi Ling WERE it not for the Southeast Asian economic crisis, Deutsche Telekom (DT) which has pumped some US$2 billion (553.4 billion) into joint ventures in
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    • 333 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Electronics By, Jennifer Lien Reversing two consecutive months of growth, new orders of electronic components in the US fell 19.7 per cent in May as inventory growth continued to outpace shipments. In April, new orders had surged a revised 30.4
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    • 692 2  -  Luxury hotels target US, UK, take more conference groups By Carol Eng DESPITE the limping tourism industry and plunging visitor arrivals, Ritz-Carlton Millenia hotel actually raised room rates in the first half of the year, and maintained occupancy at the same time.
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    • 63 2 IN our review of the Volvo SBO on Saturday, an accompanying table stated that the price of the car was $135,888. That is incorrect. The model has not been imported yet and the price has not been decided. In updating our table, we inadvertently left unaltered the
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 483 3  -  65% of contractors are technically bankrupt and rest face risk of closure Frot i Alan Boyd in Bangkok THE Thai construction sector has warned of a debt spiral from insolvent contractors following a new wave of budget cutbacks affecting public
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    • 324 3 Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is planning to introduce a system to provide yendenominated loans to other central banks mostly in Asia in order to better internationalise the Japanese currency, a financial daily reported yesterday. The BOJ would propose the idea
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    • 715 3  -  CRISIS WATCH But, sooner or later, the tide will turn for both By Vikram Khanna ASIA'S crisis has helped bring into sharp relief just how whacko the world of high finance can get. At the close of trading on Wall Street
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    • 183 3 BIS opens Asia rep office in HK, Pg 19 Some things in life are worth waiting a lifetime; so what's 17 years? W B 9 9 K S m K jj^fcaaMM^..,. #M >^K -i— M{ j ul. ~wi VJ 11 i i i i ii ihilKiin Ti ill iif The
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  • FOCUS
    • 1380 4  -  Habibie's hand stronger as many Suharto loyalists are dropped from new central committee Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor. in Jakarta DESPITE the show of decorum by the contesting camps, the tension in the hall during last Saturday's extraordinary assem bly of
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  • REGION
    • 294 5 TAIPEI Nuclear weapons, military satellites not included in 10-year plan Reuters TAIWAN military authorities have drafted a 10-year programme to develop major weapons to curtail any military threat from arch-rival China, a local daily reported yesterday. The programme would not include nuclear weapons, although
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    • 330 5 KOTABARU Issues should be resolved through proper channels Bernama MALAYSIA and Singapore should be more rational and cooperative in resolving issues between the two countries, deputy Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday. He said that in view of the current
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    • 160 5 HANOI AFP SHARES in only 11 stateowned enterprises (SOEs) were offered in the first half of the year against a government target to privatise 150 state firms for the whole year, the official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported. This brings the number of
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    • 231 5 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN plans to hold 10 billion euro as part of its foreign exchange reserves, a masscirculation newspaper reported yesterday. Taiwan authorities will announce the plan when the European Union declares that it will set up a liaison office in Taipei,
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    • 144 6 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korean firms in which foreigners have a stake over 50 per cent outperformed firms with a lower foreign stake in 1997, a Bank of Korea survey said. The central bank survey, released yesterday, was compiled with earnings statements of 2,156
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    • 500 6 SYDNEY Australian PM loses Assb election war-chest to finance tax cuts AFP THE Australian government was reeling yesterday after the upper house Senate, against all the odds, rejected its key vote-winning plan to privatise the remaining twothirds of Telstra Corp. The Senate's dismissal
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    • 54 6 [NEW DELHI] School children holding placards with the Indian family planning logo march around the National Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday to mark World Population Day. The Indian population is estimated to be growing by about 18 million a year equivalent to the total
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    • 212 6 SEOUL Rally is the largest in South Korea since Jan 1997 Reuters THOUSANDS of workers belonging to South Korea's two largest umbrella unions staged a peaceful rally in central Seoul yesterday to protest against government-led reforms. About 70,000 workers from the Federation of Korean
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    • 128 6 NEWDELHI, AFP THE Indian government's "fast-track" approval of foreign investment proposals will fail to bring major capital inflows because of red tape and continuing concern over political stability, analysts say. They argue that foreign investors will remain cautious since the success of long-term
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  • THE WORLD
    • 535 7 MOSCOW Govt says it urgently needs USslob to USslsb in loans to poll through Reuters RUSSIA appeared poised to clinch yesterday a multi-bil-lion dollar loan deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which it sees as vital in halting a financial and
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    • 395 7 LONDON Reuters THERE is an increasing risk of "stagflation" in the British economy, with a combination of rising wage inflation and a slumping manufacturing sector, a report said today. In its latest twice-yearly forecast, think-tank Oxford Economic Forecasting said that following the Bank
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    • 329 7 ABIDJAN, Ivorv Coast Close colleagues say they believe he has not made up his mind Bloomberg US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said speculation that he's considering leaving his job is incorrect. The New York Times reported on Saturday that members
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 711 10  -  IDC survey says HP continued to lead in S'pore and Malaysia too last year By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Aggressive marketing, especially in the financial and banking sector, helped push Hewlett-Packard Company further ahead in the Asia-Pacific Unix server market, in value terms, last
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    • 676 10  -  It will make its debut in September and could be made in Singapore for Asia liy, Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Apple Computer Inc will showcase its new, translucent desktop the iMac at a three-day Mac World Expo that begins here on July 24.
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    • ITTAKES
      • 63 11 PALA Music Asia 98 {SINGAPORE] Pro Audio Light Asia (PALA) Music Asia 98 a sound and lighting showcase of entertainment technology will be held from July 17 to 19 at the World Trade Centre. Over 250 companies from 22 countries will take part in the show, spanning 12.000 sq m
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      • 55 11 [SINGAPORE] TeamWARE will host a Process Solutions seminar on July 24 from 1 pm to 5 pm at Hotel Inter-Continental. There, TeamWARE will launch its entry-level work management software called TeamWARE Dolphin. TeamWARE Process Solutions and workflow software enable companies to monitor, track and control their business processes.
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      • 65 11 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard-listed Datacraft Asia, a communications and network systems integrator, has won a U*****,000 contract in China from the Anhui Post and Telecommunications Administration. Under this contract, Datacraft will build and maintain a videoconferencing network for Fuyang, a city in Anhui province, as well as provide
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      • 67 11 [SINGAPORE] JD Edwards and Microsoft have announced their collaboration to improve integration between JD Edwards' One World suite of ERP solutions and the Microsoft BackOffice family of software. From September this year, JD Edwards's future releases of One World will support Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server Edition architecture.
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      • 71 11 [SINGAPORE] Novell's NetWare 5 Boot Camp, a series of three-day seminars, will be conducted in Singapore and Malaysia for selected Novell partners from July 27 to Aug 8. The Boot Camp programme provides Novell channel partners with hands-on technical and sales training before Novell products ship. The NetWare
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      • 59 11  -  Compiled by Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Seminars on "Year 2000 in Industrial and Process Control Systems" will be held on July 30 and 31 at the Marriott Hotel in Singapore, and on July 28 and 29 at the Hilton International Hotel at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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    • 145 11 [SINGAPORE] Bobby Choonavala, who spent the last 32 years with Digital Equipment Corp, has taken over as the Asia-Pacific managing director and corporate vice-presi-dent of storage maker lomega Corp. In the last five years, Mr Choonavala was Digital's president for Asia-Pacific, in charge of
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    • 374 11  -  'IT Market Day' showcases cutting-edge technologies and draws 200 prospects Hy\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL) is seeking investors and business partners to help turn its technologies into commercial ventures in global markets. The institute held an "IT Market Day" last
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    • 366 11  -  ih,\ Kenneth James (SINGAPORE] It was a powerful endorsement of local innovation, coming from no less than John Seely Brown, chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and director of Xerox's fabled Palo Alto Research Center. "I have to say I'm very impressed with nearly
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    • 251 11  -  Hi, Kenneth Goh [SINGAPORE] QAD Inc. Hew-lett-Packard and ST Computer Systems Services Limited (STCS) are collaborating to offer optimised, bundled Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions called QAD/HP Performance PaQ to midmarket manufacturing companies. QAD/HP Performance PaQ guarantees ERP implementa- tion in 100 days. It is
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    • 305 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Computer problems triggered by the arrival of the new millennium could cause many medical devices to malfunction, putting patients at risk, said a top official of the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Such devices as X-ray machines and surgical
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    • 664 12  -  Staff numbers in Asean will go up, including 70 more for Singapore By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] SAP AG, the fifth largest software firm, is hiring aggressively in Asia. This year, SAP will add about 70 people to its Singapore staff strength which
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    • 409 12  -  By. Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Compaq's latest range of Presarios, launched here last week, focuses on enhancing the multimedia and Internet experience for the home user. Three new desktop models introduced last Tuesday the Presario 5030, 5020 and the 5130 come with enhanced 3D graphic effects
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    • 580 13  -  Internet Appliance believes the "secure Internet server appliance" is an idea whose time has come Ky Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Home-grown Internet Appliance (IA) has launched the INTERNETpro Small Enterprise Server, an innovative plug-and-use Internet server targeted at small businesses with little inhouse IT expertise. INTERNETpro SES,
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    • ONTHESHELF
      • 101 13 DELL Computer has introduced its Power Edge 6300 server (above), "the most powerful computer Dell has ever offered". With prices starting at US$lO,OBB, the system supports up to four 400 MHz Pentium II Xeon processors and up to 126 GB internal storage drives, and is
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      • 86 13 DIRECT marketer Gateway Inc has introduced two servers running Intel's new Pentium II Xeon processor. The Gateway ALR 9200 works on up to four Xeon processors, supports up to 4 GB RAM, comes with dual-channel Ultra 2 SCSI controllers, and is available at prices starting from
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      • 74 13 HEWLETT-PACKARD has announced two new extra-wide 54-inch-format printers targeted at print-service providers and graphics professionals. The DesignJet 3000CP (above) comes with 12 MB RAM, can be integrated with an external Raster Image Processor (RIP), can be used with HP-developed drivers for AutoCAD and Windows, and retails
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      • 53 13 AZTECH Systems Ltd has introduced its new 56K Turbo Modem, which comes with a free suite of communications software. Weighing 250 grams, the $199 system provides dual support for V.9oand Ks6flex standards, offers video-conferencing and full-duplex speakerphone facilities, and is distributed here by David Stephenson
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      • 74 13  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam lOMEGA Corp has announced up to 30 per cent price cuts on its Jaz 2 GB drives and disks, effective immediately. The Jaz internal drive will now cost $899 (less 3 per cent); the Jaz external drive, $899 (less 17
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  • WORLD CUP 98
    • 555 14 His goal in the 36th minute makes him the tournament's top scorer with a tally of six goals Reuters DAVOR Suker installed himself as the tournament's top marksman and led Croatia to third place in their first World Cup finals with
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 748 16  -  Painful chords haunted the orchestra, but music improved as evening wore on, says p y van P Y VAN IN the midst of the South-east Asian turmoil, a good dose of pure, unadulterated escapism seemed just the thing to take one's mind off economic
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 409 17  -  STpore bank sector may provide unique opportunity with PEs at record lows From Neil Behrmann in London SINGAPORE banks are "reasonably well positioned" to ride out the turmoil in the coming year and long-term share valuations appear attractive, contends Salomon Smith Barney. The two
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    • 293 17 MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Rating Agency Malaysia Bhd (RAM) has downgraded 32 per cent of private debt securities issued between July 1997 and May 1998 as more companies face difficulties in financing their debt. RAM manager for infrastructure, utilities and real estate
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    • 752 17  -  MARKET MATTERS Reluctance to sell assets at a loss will only slow recovery By Eddie Toh MALAYSIA faces the grave prospect of more corporations buckling under mammoth debt's that are ballooning by the day. Taking a fresh approach to the problem. Prime Minister Mahathir
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    • COMPANIES
      • 1549 18  -  Dr M's eldest son is disappointed that his efforts have not been appreciated Froti Eddie Toh in Kmit<i Lumpur WHILE Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is fighting his biggest battle on both the political and economic fronts, eldest son Mirzan is slowly picking up the pieces
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      • 457 18 Computer firm made profit of HKs73.3m in year to March 31 Reuters [HONGKONG] China-backed computer distributor Legend Holdings has seen an impressive return to profits and is well placed to seize the growth potential in China's fast expanding market, analysts say. A favourite
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      • 149 18 Bloomberg (LONDON] Coca-Cola Beverages pic (CCB) said it will sell shares to institutional investors at a top-of-the-range 160 pence per share, valuing the world's fourth-largest CocaCola bottler, which starts trading in London today, at £1.7 billion (Ss4.B billion). Spokesman Alex Sandberg said institutions
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      • 208 18 Bloomberg [BASEL] Roche Holding AG's implied second-quarter sales rose 37.9 per cent, as revenue at the drugmaker was lifted by its takeover of Corange Ltd and the introduction of new drugs. Second-quarter sales rose to 6.69 billion Swiss francs (557.5 billion) from 4.85
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 365 19 Japan's largest software distributor broadens interests in World Wide Web Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Softbank Corp, Japan's largest software distributor and an investor in online companies, agreed to pay US$4OO million (Ss69o million) for 27.2 per cent of E Trade Group
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      • 380 19 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Macquarie Bank's investment unit said recent poor performances by its equities operation won't stop the division from continuing to increase profit by 25 per cent a year. Macquarie Investment Management's executive director David Adams said the bank expects a turnaround
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      • 326 19 Move will boost ties with region's central banks, it says AFP [HONGKONG! The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) opened a representative office here on Saturday to serve as a base for its activities in Asia a move touted as a sign of global
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      • 294 19 Growing mutual foods market good for Japan banks also, says Moody's FT [TOKYO] Japanese banks and foreign financial groups will be the main beneficiaries of changes in Japan's growing market for mutual funds, according to Moody's Investors Service, the US credit rating
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    • COMMODITIES & FUTURES
      • 556 20  -  SIMIfIE Weekly Roundup Hiroko Komiya MMS International [SINGAPORE] Japan and Russia remain the major driving factors for US dollars and will continue to be volatile points for the market. A rich schedule of G-7 economic data may provide some fresh prospects regarding the relative strength
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      • 817 20 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Oil investors had a nervous week, with prices falling amid turmoil in Nigeria, expectations of a rise in Iraqi export levels and figures showing record worldwide crude reserves. Brent, the reference North Sea crude, ended the
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    • MARKET REVIEWS
      • 287 22 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks will remain volatile in the coming week as nervous investors eye developments in Japan, dealers said on Friday. "It depends on the outcome of the Japanese elections on Sunday, whether Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto would get support," said Howard
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      • 878 22 £3 Sydney +48 THE outcome of Japan's weekend upper house election and its effect on the Australian dollar will set the course for the local bourse in the week ahead, brokers here said on Friday. "I think the most positive result of Sunday's Japanese election for the market
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      • 513 22 NEW YORK Disappointing profits kept market mostly stagnant last week Bloomberg AFP SLOWING economies. Rising wages. Fierce competition. The strong US dollar. Take your pick from that litany of worries about US corporate profits, investors say: It all adds up to more meagre
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      • 436 22 LONDON Bloomberg UK stocks are expected to slide in coming days on concern Asia's extended economic demise may stunt corporate profit around the globe. Sales updates from a slew of Britain's largest companies, such as British Telecommunications pic and Marks Spencer pic, are
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      • 1924 22 Q Paris -48.03 FRENCH stocks fell on Friday, led by France Telecom SA (FTE) on reports its main rivals plan to gain market share by boosting investment in fixed line and mobile phone networks. The CAC 40 Index fell 62.83 points, or 1.45 per cent, to 4,256.35.
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      • 397 22 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to hold firm in the coming week with upper-house elections yesterday seen as a neutral factor unless the ruling party suffers a severe setback, brokers said. "Share prices will be firm if the Liberal Democratic
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8905 23 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Lot Vol KM Net C< Mfh Lew Company Sale 000 High Low P/C $m 310 180 Ajinomoto 200 -18 2 2t1 200 110 81 148 45 Angkasa 48 -11 170 59 45 1.1 70.1 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 145 3 6 145 143 4.2 58.<
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      • 477 23 AFP Q Composite Index -45J6 MALAYSIAN shares are expected to trade flat to lower in coming days, after prices plunged 9.5 per cent in the holiday-shortened week to Friday, analysts said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's 100-share weighted Composite Index closed the four-day trading
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 3665 24 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS art 1998 Last Vol WMk Lot Quote Ayg High Lm StM Company Solo ♦or COOO) hkjh Low Buyer Seller Price 23.5 9 m 3000 m AMDB cS.5%*****6 ZTlO 23 10 10 10 13 20.5 5 3160 Acer ******1 US$ 5 -15 22 6 5 5.5 6
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      • 221 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy UNDER normal circumstances, a stock that has crashed to one tenth its value in just under two years would normally make us sit up and take notice. Even better would be if the stock had associated warrants in issue that offered
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    • 2428 24 Week ended Jul 10 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gr Gr 1998 Last Val Wee* Last Ouott Dlv Mv Yld Net M Cap High Law Stno Company SaM COOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mll 135 28 m s 5000 AIS8 50c 40 398 49 40 40 455 i!o 3.3
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    • 6783 25 Week ended: Jul 10 j Gf Gr M Wt 1*98 Last Vol Wee k Last Quote Dtv Ot» YM Net Cap Avg Mm» Lew StNo Company Sait COOO) High Low Buyor Sollof C'vr P E m INDUSTRIALS 43 13 e 1020 ACE Dynamics20c. 14
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    • 1335 25 1998 Last Vol «Ht Last Oust* 0>v Dlv YM Net Cap Avq High Low St No Company Salt COOP) Mtgh Low Buyer Sollor C'yr H P/E Smll Ptlca 134 50 2000 ABR Mldgs 5c 80 unch 17 80 77 50 79.5 39 0 79 243 65 a 2049 AS
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        436 26 Source: Deutsche Morgan Grentell Research Source: JM Sassoon Stacks Volume •MBf Capital 45.460,000 DBS Land 23,344,000 •MBF Land Bhd 19,241,000 Easyknit HKIOc 17.068,000 SingTel 15c 15,348,000 TAC BtIO 200 14,761,000 City Dev 50t 13,939,000 ST Engg 10c 13.823.000 •M Resources 13,197,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 11,371,000 Stocks SPH 112,705,810 City Dev
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        70 26  -  by Ven Sreenivasan HEAVYWEIGHT properly counter City Developments has rebounded from its 52- week low of $3 78 and is attempting to claw its way back to the $500 level But the Relative Strength Index is neutral, suggesting that the upside momentum is not as strong as it
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      • 685 26  -  THE WHISK AWTBAIE Malaysian corporate woes, ringgit worrying but yen's movements still pivotal for market By R Sivanithy ALTHOUGH Japan and the yen's movements are expected to play a pivotal role in how the local market fares this week, an added worry has now emerged
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    • 827 26 Invitation for Bids Date: 29 June 1998 IFB No: MT/S-VILL/98 I The Governmerrt of Maldives, represented by Ministry of Tourism, has announced the development of Villingili in Addu Atoll, initially with 500 beds, with the option for further expansion after the resort has been in operation. 2. The Ministry of
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    • 459 26 BUSINESSv,/, in the high coi rtof thf REPUBLIC OF SING APORE Originating Petition No. 20 of IWH > In the Mailer of the C ompanies Act Section 2278 (Chapter 50» And In the Matter of EMPORIUM HOLDINGS (SIM. APORE I LTD formeriv known as EMPORII'M HOLDINGS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD <RC
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 281 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young A COUPLE of deals have highlighted the perceived differences in value between double and single hull VLCCs. The Halla resale hull No. 1038 (300,000 tdw/double) is now said to have been concluded to clients of Klaus Oldendorff at around U5573.2 million (*****.3 million).
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    • 292 27 SES '000 ■ww Si Tel CWT Distribution —0.41 unch F Chuan Hup 0.36 Cosco Investment .0.50 Fretaht Links 0.185 -0.005 33 G8 Holdings 0.20 unch 31 Hal Son Hup 0.38 -0.005 111 Hitachi Zosen 0.51 -0.04 82 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.385 -0.015 18 Jurona Shipyard
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    • 504 27  -  They will identify shippers who continue using S'pore instead of M'sia ports: minister Ry. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Malaysia is to set up special task forces to identify exporters who continue to tranship their goods via Singapore rather than using the
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    • 168 27 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The government needs to establish and empower a central agency to coordinate all matters relating to shipping and ports services in the country, said Wawasan Shipping Sdn Bhd's managing director Lim Leng Pin last week. "We lack
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    • 757 27  -  LOVER SCENE David Hughes POLLOWING the progress of Taiwan's giant container shipping group Evergreen can be a confusing business. A few months ago, Taipei newspapers quoted Evergreen chairman Chang Yungfa as saying that the group, which includes regional carrier Uniglory. had halted plans for
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    • 94 27 [IST ANBULJ A group ofprotesters from Nature Warriors Association displaying a banner with the organisation's name in Turkish, in a protest against carrying of oil through the Bosphorus straits on Saturday while sailing past the run-aground Malteseflag oil tanker Sea Salvia. Sea Salvia was
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    • 345 27  -  2nd phase expansion of Zhapu port to cost 730 m yuan From P T Bangsberg in Manila CHINA'S busiest and often congested sea gateway should get some relief with official approval of an expansion of the nearby Port of Zhapu. Officials said construction
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    • 1036 28 BRITISH AIRWAYS-AMERICAN PACT EU regulators' conditions on the trans-Atlantic alliance may clear way for its approval but not everyone is happy NYT MORE than two years after American Airlines (AA) and British Airways (BA) announced an alliance that would dominate air traffic across the Atlantic, European
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    • 373 28 PACE Evergreen 6 ANL 3 Express TL 14 Accord 8 FoongSun 8 Ahrenkiel 14 Eroti 15 Appenship 5 Frt Links 16 Astro 3 GLink Austral 9 Gemartrans 8 Avant 16 Oenshpg 9 Btang Mas 8 GtoryNa* 16 BSA 7 HaiSunHup 8 BTL 16
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    • 17591 36 thebusinesstimes THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Nam# Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number ■■Wrr' 14/07 31/08 Clan S A WAN HAI2W V.N052 V.9W3SB 65 *****34 N/07 31/01 Clan S A KOTA BERKAT V.BKT3 V.W13SB
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 566 43 Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Juronq Port Asian Banner 1 J09 alongside 17.07/2300 Batulicin OM JTO alongside 13.07/0700 Bongdaesan 06/98 J07 alongside 13.07/0800 Bt Berkat Ya *****8 J01 alongside 12.07/2000 Gnmn JM alongside 12.07/1430 4C J16 alongside 13.07/0700 Kimtransaqua IH03 J16 alongside 12.07/0600 Kobe Oueen 23* J05 alongside
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      • 1860 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From Aci U* 086* 14/0700 IA 12/1500 12/1459 12/1900 IB 12/1500 12/1659 12/1*00 2A 12/1700 U/0459 13/0900 21 12/1700 13/0459 13/0900 3 13/0700 13/1159 13/1400 4 13/1200 13/1459 13/1700 Aumnyj 2
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      • 186 43 Jul 13. United Kingdom: Orangeman's Day Holiday (N Ireland). Jul 14. France: National Day. Jul 15. Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Jul 17. South Korea: Constitution Day. Jul 20. Japan: Marine Day. Jul 21. Belgium: Independence Day. Aug 1. Switzerland: National Day. Aug 3 Ireland Republic Of: August
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      • 1032 43 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 471 43 CtfbOfl 180 Mai 994.5 0.9 17.1 0.10 84 0.07 Jul» Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 4 0 10 0 1 0 380 Ave 986.7 0J 16.5 0.07 26 0.03 Ehm 380 Mai 992.8 0.9 19.0 0.11 58 0.07 «t/M*3 %»/> %M/M HI/11
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    • AIR&LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 318 44 AFP [BRUSSELS] Four out of five of Europe's top-selling cars are more expensive in Britain than in any other European Union country and in some cases the difference exceeds 50 per cent, the latest EU price survey revealed. The Netherlands maintained
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      • 70 44 [STUTTGART] Mathias Wissmann, German Minister of Transport (left), chatting with Wendelin Wiedeking, chairman of Porsche, last Friday, behind a first series Porsche 1500, prior to a reception marking the fiftieth anniversary of Porches first 356m0de1. Porsche are to mark the jubilee by a procession of over 400 Porsche
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      • 149 44 It can proceed with plan to acquire 8.5% of Aerolineas AFP [WASHINGTON] The Department of Justice cleared American Airlines' proposed acquisition of about 8.5 per cent of Aerolineas Argentinas. In response to the department s anti-trust concerns, American said it will not hold a
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      • 495 44 His comments come as HK announces probe into foul-ups at Chek Lap Kok Reuters [HONGKONG] The head of Hongkong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific said the worst of the problems at its new airport was over just as the territory announced the
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      • 437 44 Move due to civil aviation ministry's request: official Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) deferred a decision on the Tata Group's proposal to start a domestic airline for the second time in a month. "It has been deferred following a
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      • 112 44 Reuters [ROME] Flag carrier Alitalia is in good shape and is ready for a further sell-off before the end of the year, the president of Italy's state hold ing company IRI said last week. Gian Maria Gros-Pietro said at a conference: "As far as we're concerned,
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      • 75 44 [CHEK LAP KOK, Hongkong] A member of Hongkong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (Haeco) hangar staff posing under an aircraft engine in a hangar at Chek Lap Kok on Saturday. The new Haeco hangar is one of the most technologically advanced of its kind in
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      • 401 44 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co is poised to start an assembly line for its 737 jetliner in California and boost output of the best-selling airplane in an effort to keep up with demand, union representatives said. The world's biggest airplane maker is
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      • 236 44 AFP [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service, crippled by a 15day strike a year ago, now faces another confrontation with labour after determining it is no longer bound to create 2,000 jobs by July 31. The nation's largest package deliverer said that as
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    • 1598 30 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA VESSEL TOY 5W l£H RTM ANH HAM ORV FIX VESSEL TOY SIN JED GIT SP* FOS VLC MTR TRAOE HARVEST WQB3I 10 07 31 17 01 08 30 17 31 17 KN JAPAN SENATOR WMS3I 11 07 22 07 20 07 30 07
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