The Business Times, 18 July 1998

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c S I N G A P O R E Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, JULY 18-19,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    77 1 FOBEX BATES USS St USS 1.690 £(US$/S$per£) 1.*W„__1771 DM 1.788 0.946 YEN 139.0 iur RM 4.090 0.413 HK$ 7.748 0J18 BAHT 4053 0.042 RUPIAH 1W00 0.0 tr S$ lo 100 unJtt PBIXE BATES SINGAPORE* 788 KUALA LUMPUR U 50 JAKARTA .28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA 22J0 HONGKONG 10.25 TAIPH .8.86
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    Lock icon PM Goh hits back at gripes about off-budget measures
    646 1 Developers told to cut prices in response to fall in property demand [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last night had some stiff words for business groups, particularly property developers, who criticised the government's recent off-budget measures. "Our businessmen should know
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    Lock icon KL exporters face RM100-800 hike in Causeway truck levy
    268 1 Law to force cargo owners to use local ports under study Bridge News Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik has warned of an increase of between 100-800 Malaysian ringgit (Ss4l-$330) in the levy on trucks ferrying cargo across
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    Lock icon Ethnic Chinese flee Surabaya after looting: residents
    501 1 Fresh exodus said to be sparked by fears of further violence Reuters [SURABAYA] Intimidation, looting and fears of further violence have sparked a fresh exodus of ethnic Chinese from Indonesia's second city of Surabaya in East Java, residents said yesterday. Around 300 ethnic
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    Mortgage arrears stable: HDB
    79 1 [SINGAPORE] The Housing Development Board said 8,600 mortgage loans have been in arrears for three months or more since May a number which has remained relatively stable in the last few years. The HDB was quoted by TCS yesterday as saying that the figure is about
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    Amcorp gets court protection against creditors
    737 1  -  It will sell AMMB stake, assets to meet obligations in fall From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur DEBT-LADEN Arab-Malay-sian Corporation (Amcorp), the parent company of banking group AMMB Holdings, obtained court protection from its creditors yesterday so as to restructure the group and deal
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      10 1 Akb&r T&njung: A new force in Indonesian politics, EL 2
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      79 1 DBS net for more foreign talent, Pg 10 Property a good store of wealth here: DBS Sec, Pg 2 Upl M h/ nmV H Vw Xjr Y> ■11 1 1 I V W& jfa j r<illertior|^_ t ji* jB The timeless of mechanical perfection 65/737 64 Fax 6S/235 82 00.
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Property a good store of wealth here: DBS Sec
      594 2  -  40% retr&cement in price cycle won't hit long-term property wealth significantly Reports by Catherine Ong PROPERTY ownership has been a good store of wealth for Singaporeans despite falling prices since mid-1996, DBS Securities said in a recent report on local real
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      Lock icon Woodsvale EC prices seen lower than NorthOaks
      392 2  -  The average price will probably be $400 psf or less By, Jenny Lam PIDEMCO Land plans to launch its Woodsvale executive condominium in about three weeks' time, around National Day, at prices which will most likely be lower than Hong Leong Holdings' North
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      DBS to kick oft platinum rush with MasterCard
      257 2 FOR those for whom a gold card's not good enough, the platinum credit card will hit the Singapore market next month. DBS Bank will launch the Platinum MasterCard early next month, said sources from the bank's credit card department. Only those who
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      Lock icon PM Goh wins higher damages, full costs against JBJ on appeal
      462 2 The Straits Times THE Court of Appeal has raised from $20,000 to $100,000 the damages won by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his defamation suit against opposition leader JB Jeyaretnam. It also awarded Mr Goh full costs, ruling
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      Glut in office space not expected to ease till 2001
      368 2 DBS Securities; Huge stock of 1.7 m sq ft of nnoccupied space spilled over from '97 SINGAPORE'S office property market is unlikely to get any reprieve in the coming years and the supply glut is not expected to thin out
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      Tobacco retailers will need licence to sell from September
      183 2 FROM September, tobacco retailers will require a licence to sell cigarettes. And retailers who continue to sell cigarettes to youths under 18 years will risk losing their licence, which will cost $180 a year. Licensed tobacco retailers also cannot sell cigarettes
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      S'pore slips to third spot in Knight Frank property ranking
      244 2 SINGAPORE'S property market has slipped a rung to third in Knight Frank's latest ranking of 10 real estate investment markets in the Asia Pacific. But although it fell from its second spot in the initial report published three months ago,
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      Insurance group's performance exceeds target
      417 3  -  SIG hits budgeted premium income for whole year by first half By\ Soh Tiang Keng THE Singapore Insurance Group (SIG), a strategic alliance of the 12 local general insurance firms here, has got off to a flying start. Premium income in the first six months
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      Lock icon Investment flows into Hanoi fall by half to US$300m
      300 3  -  Viet growth slows to (L 5% in Ist halfharder times to come, says mayor By, Audrey Tan FOREIGN investment flows into Hanoi were down by half in the first six months this year to just US$3OO million (Ssso7 million), Mayor Hoang
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'SEYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        305 4 Those polled for their views on the Singapore stock market outlook for next week were: Alliance, Daiwa, Deutsche Morgan, Fraser, GK Goh, ING Baring, Kay Hian, Kim Eng and Merrill Lynch. Cycle and Carriage ♦(Sell) Indosuez Wl Carr, July 16, $4.54 Group profits are not expected to
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        In My Opinion
        447 4  -  David Perrett Regional economist Prudential Portfolio Managers Asia 44TT7 HAT a year! In \l\l the last 12 f months, five regional currencies have collapsed and seven of the region's economies are in recession. With every stomachwrenching lurch down in regional currencies, painful hike in interest rates, and
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      The Old World holds new promise for investors
      1137 4  -  Firm growth, attractive valuations and hidden value: that fund managers say, is the premise of the European storv By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] WITH all the hype surrounding Europe, its monetary union and the very rosy outlook for equities, it is not at
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      Noisy political scene rattles investors
      530 4  -  EVE ON THE REGION: PHILIPPINES From, Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines' raucous political scene appears to have unnerved the stock market, shaking investors' confidence and leading to lacklustre trading. Average daily value turnover is razor-thin at only 500 million pesos (5520.2 million), barely one
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      Lock icon Want a ride on the wild side? Try penny stocks
      1049 4  -  Small-cap stocks especially prone to gyrations in confidence cycle tty\ Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] So-called "penny-stocks" offer cheap access to the stock market, but the entry ticket comes with a wild ride. Just how wild can be seen in the performance
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      Get ready for The Game
      1178 5 If you think you can put together a portfolio of unit trusts that will outperform the rest sign up now [SINGAPOREJ JOINTLY organised by The Business Times and Standard Chartered Bank, the unit trust competition "The Game" will start on Aug 1, 1998 and end
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      A handy guide to unit trusts
      193 5 t/ STARTING today, BT introduces a column that gives an in-depth profile of a unit trust each week, including an analysis of its performance. The decision to make space for the Fund Profile (see column on the right) reflects the usefulness of collective investment
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      Lock icon Fund profile
      314 5 Compiled by BT Investment objective The fund invests in Singapore and Malaysian stocks listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, with the aim of achieving longterm capital growth. Investment style The fund is actively managed with a bottom-up investment approach. The fund's
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      Qualifying funds – The Game
      1122 5 Qualifying funds The Game no umttrust iyr 3yrs ksk fvr RETURN RETURN CAT RATIO Aberdeen Asset Management Asia 1 American Opportunities Fund N/A N/A B N/A 2 Asian Fixed Income Fund N/A N/A A N/A 3 Continental European Equity Fund N/A N/A B N/A 4 Indonesia Equity Fund N/A N/A
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      1786 6 Sales in w*** commenced commercial deliveries in March 1997, also progressed, compared to last year, but 1 were limited by increasing competition in PET preforms and bottles. t T l > l ad 1 v l f s f °I the Baht devaluation on group sales was mitigated by the
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Japan's problem bank loans far higher
      281 7 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's banks are weighed down with 87.5 trillion yen (Ssl.l trillion) in problem loans, Tokyo's new financial watchdog said yesterday, revealing the problem is far worse than admitted. The figure covers both bad loans and loans likely to turn sour as at
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      Lock icon No tax holiday
      73 7 [KARACHI] Traders in an electronics and jewellery market area of Karachi's main shopping district yesterday stayed shut in protest over a newly imposed General Sales Tax (GST) set by the Nawaz Sharif government. Banners strung across the roads display their discontent reading "No sales in protest against
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      Regional stocks move up for a third day
      322 7  -  IMF aid for Jakarta, firm yen, record Dow boost sentiment By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Regional stocks extended their gains into a third consecutive day yesterday on the back of another record high on Wall Street and another firm session for the Japanese
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      Lock icon Tung sees `very difficult' Q3 for Hongkong
      222 7 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa yesterday predicted a "very difficult" third quarter for the territory after nearly a year of problems brought on by the Asian financial crisis. "We're going to have a difficult second quarter, probably a very difficult third
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      Lock icon China's economic growth slows to 7% in the first half
      571 7 Analysts sceptical about attaining 8% target because of the Asian crisis AFP [BEIJING] China's economic growth, hit by the Asian financial crisis, slowed to 7 per cent in the first half of the year, with prospects for hitting a target
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      J P Morgan and Lehman to advise Indon bank agency
      504 7  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta IN a move that will speed up the rehabilitation of Indonesia's financial sector, the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) has appointed American financial houses Lehman Brothers and J P Morgan as overall international financial advisers
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      Lock icon Japan needs bold reforms: govt report
      279 7 Reuters [TOKYO] Despite its resistance to risks and change, Japan must implement bold reforms to escape its economic stagnation, the government said in an annual economic White Paper yesterday. The report, prepared by the Economic Planning Agency, said the economy remained stagnant and its
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      Lock icon Asia's outlook good after reforms: report
      356 7 Growth depends on more competition; productivity Reuters [BRUSSELS] The long-term growth outlook for crisis-hit Asia is much brighter than many believe, according to a report published yesterday. The study by the research group Conference Board Europe said Asia's return to strong economic growth depended
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      Thai Farmers, Phatra no longer on credit watch
      360 7  -  But S&P warns that outlook rating for both the companies remains negative From Harish Mehta in Bangkok US ratings agency Standard Poor's yesterday removed Thai Farmers Eank and finance company Phatra Thanakit from its credit watch list, a move that analysts said
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Extended air cargo fiasco will lead to HK$4.6b loss: HK
      516 8  -  Higher figure follows earlier govt estimate of HKsl.3b cost to the economy From. Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE almost two-month-long air cargo foul-up in Hongkong will result in an income loss of HK$4.6 billion (Ssl billion) or 0.35 per
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      Carry bad S'pore news, KL papers told: report
      169 8 KUALA LUMPUR A MALAYSIAN minister has urged the local media to publish adverse reports about Singapore, according to a news report yesterday. Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Sabbaruddin Chik said on Thursday this was only fair as the Singapore media had no
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      Lock icon First verdict in illegal sokaiya payoffs
      166 8 TOKYO AFP A TOKYO court yesterday handed down the first verdict in Japan's widespread scandal over illegal payoffs by top brokerage houses to a notorious corporate racketeer. The Tokyo district court sentenced a former executive of collapsed Yamaichi Securities Co to 10 months in
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      Anti-US sentiment growing in Japan
      765 8  -  LBTTHK FKOM TOKYO Lectures, criticisms, China wooing resented By Anthony Rowley A FEW days ago, Japanese Communist Party chairman Tetsuzo Fuwa suggested that Japan should consider dumping its holdings of US Treasury securities if Washington continues to bash Japan and to snub it in favour
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      Lock icon Japanese PM candidates lay out election promises
      280 8 TOKYO AFP THE two leading candidates to be Japan's next prime minister stepped into the ring yesterday, promising to deliver the world's second largest economy from its worst postwar recession. Keizo Obuchi, foreign minister and front-runner in the contest, promised tax cuts and
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      Zhu's financial clean-up takes on PLA
      654 8  -  Army-backed J&A Securities under probe for corruption ity Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's mounting campaign to clean up the nation's troubled financial sector is now targeting a sacred cow the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Chinese officials have confirmed that top officials of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Asian crisis stretches US trade deficit to US$15.7b in May
      405 9 WASHINGTON Clinton renews appeal to Congress to boost US support for IMF programmes Bloomberg AFP THE US international trade deficit widened in May to a new high as the economic crisis in Asia crippled export demand and flooded US markets
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      Lock icon Four killed as strong quake rocks Taiwan
      407 9 TAIPEI Top tourist town Meishan cnt off by quake measuring <L 2 AFP A STRONG earthquake rocked Taiwan yesterday, killing at least four people, flattening homes and cutting off roads, rescue officials said. A military operation was set underway to clear a route
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      Lock icon Golf Open delayed by high winds
      276 9 BRITISH OPEN Brian Watts was clnbhonse leader AFP [SOUTHPORT, England] Strong winds forced organisers to suspend play in the second round of the Open championship here yesterday. The winds were gusting up to 40 mph and heavy rain began lashing the course when play
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      Lock icon German May trade surplus hits record
      296 9 WIESBADEN Bloomberg GERMANY'S merchandise trade surplus widened to a record 14.6 billion Deutschemarks (5513.8 billion) in May, a sign that booming exports to Europe are more than offsetting the slowdown in Asia. The surplus grew from 11.4 billion marks in April, the Federal Statistics
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      Lock icon Burying the past
      57 9 [ST PETERSBURG] Russian President Boris Yeltsin and wife Naina bowing at the tomb ofTvir Nicholas II at St Peter and Paul Cathedral yesterday. Russia yesterday buried the remains of its last tsar and his family, exactly 80years after they were shot dead by Bolshevik revolutionaries in what
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      Lock icon Duma gives partial OK to bill to raise taxes
      159 9 MOSCOW Bloomberg RUSSIA'S lower house of parliament approved measures to raise less than a third of the revenue proposed in a def-icit-cutting programme, forcing the government to threaten it would implement the package by decree. Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko went to
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      AFP to pay Amcol's bank creditors, bondholders
      357 10  -  Fond* for $364 m payments from internal resources, $120 m bank facility By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Amidst the current gloom and loan defaults, there is one piece of good news at least for the bondholders and bank creditors of the former Amcol Holdings,
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      CMB's interim net up nearly 10 times
      352 10  -  $5.9 m profit helped by «lk&rp increase in interest income By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] A sharp increase in interest income saw CarnaudMetalbox's half-year earnings jump almost 10 times to $5.9 million. The results for the six months ended June 30 were achieved on
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      DBS set for more foreign talent
      302 10  -  By< Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank, which recently announced the appointment of an American banker to be its chief executive, is poised to recruit more foreign talent to fill senior positions, bank chairman S Dhanabalan signalled last night. In his speech at the bank's
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      Spore bank stocks offer good value at current prices
      779 10  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ven Sreenivasan NE would have thought that IM the recently-announced gov- I ernment measures to cut W W banks' minimum cash balances and lift the veil on hidden reserves would have boosted interest in Singapore bank stocks. While
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      Lock icon Panpac may sell part of company
      176 10 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Panpac Media Pte, a Singapore-based magazine publisher, said it could sell part of its company to its UK partner Emap pic to fund its expansion plans. Panpac is looking to raise $4.3 million in an initial public offering, and proposes to buy
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      Lock icon Shares in Thai mobile phone firm TAC surge
      403 10  -  Heavy trading refuels old rumours of Sing Tel interest By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The stock of Singapore-listed Thai mobile phone company Total Access Communications (TAC) has surged some 30 per cent in the last three days on heavy trading, rekindling
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      Bukit Sembawang launch today
      162 10 [SINGAPORE] Listed Bukit Sembawang Estates is launching its freehold Mimosa Terrace, located in the Seletar Hills area, at prices starting from $1.08 million each. The first phase of the three-storey landed development win be soft launched today. It comprises 36 terrace houses and a pair of
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Microsoft outpaces Q4 estimates with 28% rise in net to US$1.4b
        360 11 Strong sales of Office line, Windows 98 lift sales bnt company stays cautions Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp's fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 28 per cent, beating forecasts, as the software powerhouse turned in strong sales of its Office and
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        Lock icon Snacks help Pepsi Q2 profit go up 19%
        245 11 Reuters [PURCHASE, New York] PepsiCo Inc oil Thursday reported a 19 per cent increase in its second quarter net income, as higher earnings at its snack foods division offset increased spending to capture more of the North American beverage market. PepsiCo said
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        Lock icon Delta 4th-qtr earnings up 20%
        261 11 Low fuel prices, booming economy help bat investors not impressed Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 20 per cent, as the third largest US airline benefited from low fuel prices and filled a record percentage of seats. The earnings topped expectations,
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        Lock icon Toys R Less: Mattel, Hasbro profits hurt
        125 11 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Mattel and Hasbro, the largest toymakers in the United States, both reported lower second-quar-ter profit on Thursday, stung by a strong dollar overseas and reduced sales to Toys R Us. It was the second quarter in a row that they
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        Lock icon Microsoft is world's top software company
        306 11 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp just gained a title it might prefer to keep quiet: The biggest maker of personal computer software is now the world's top software company, period. Microsoft's fiscal fourthquarter sales of US$4 billion (556.7 billion) boosted its annual revenue to
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        Lock icon Say la vie
        63 11 [TOKYO] An employee of Japan's electronics giant NEC showing off on Tuesday the latest A 4 size notebook computer LaVieNX LT23/44A which has a 233 MHz Mobile Pentium llprocessor on its CPU, a 14.1-inch XGA TFT colour display and weighs only 2.19 kg and is 32.99 mm
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        Lock icon More losses for Ansett international unit
        467 11 Asian crisis lias hit hard; feasibility study going on Reuters [HONGKONG) Ansett Australia said it expected its international operation in Asia to stay in the red in 1998/99 and register a bigger than expected loss for the year ending June 30,1998. "It is still
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        Lock icon Sime Darby rapped over Sime Bank takeover deal
        376 11 Stock watchdog displeased with its 'indifferent attitude' Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's securities markets watchdog, the Securities Commission, yesterday reprimanded Sime Darby Bhd for its "indifferent attitude" in handling the takeover transaction of Sime Bank Bhd. The commission said that "their indifferent attitude
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        HK's Kresta sues PCRD unit
        346 11 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) yesterday said claims of HK$232 million (5550.6 million) and US$2.2 million (553.7 million) have been filed against its subsidiary, Beijing Jing Wei House Land Estate Development. Hongkong-listed Kresta Developments made the claim in Beijing courts, for Jing Wei's failure
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Lloyd's chairman urges Names to support changes
        533 12 But the traditional backers want reassurance about their future role Reuters [LONDON] Lloyd's chairman Max Taylor appealed on Thursday to the insurance market's traditional backers to support his enthusiasm for change, but Names were still looking for reassurance about their future role. "Max,
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        Lock icon Wharf unit in market for HK$1.5b loan
        325 12 Expected pricing considered tight, say bankers Reuters [HONGKONG] Wharf Properties Ltd, a unit of Wharf Holdings Ltd, plans to tap the loan market for HK$l.5 billion (***** million), bankers close to the deal said. And the loan will be launched into the market
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        Lock icon US$ downmove seen limited
        355 12 USS/mark: The US dollar took a plunge this week, touching a low of 1.7850 by Thursday night. The technical picture favours further downmove for the coming week although the oversold daily stochastics may limit the move in the short-term. Some upside correction cannot be ruled out
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        Lock icon Lend Lease to sell 20% of UK mall to Prudential
        404 12 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Lend Lease Corp, an Australian financial and real estate services company, said yesterday it will seU a further 20 per cent of the UK's largest shopping centre to Prudential Corp. The transaction will give UK-based Prudential a 35
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        Lock icon JGBs firm on short-covering, outlook weak
        302 12 SIMTIX Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Japanese government bond (JGB) futures firmed yesterday after market participants covered their short positions ahead of the long weekend holiday in Japan. Dealers said buying of long-term bonds by Japanese public funds in Tokyo helped support the JGBs, but
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        Futures rally with stocks on Nasdaq gains
        176 12  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Charlie Kuo Charlie Kuo, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures surged 8.80 points, in line with the stock index, which posted its biggest gain in two weeks, edging up 108.02 points. The raUy on the Nasdaq
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        184 12 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oU fell almost 3 per cent on expectations that it will take months for oil producers' output cutbacks to end a world oU glut Venezuela Energy and Mines Minister Erwin Arrieta said on Thursday that agreements to
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        269 12 Reuters AFP London EUROPEAN currency markets ignored the larger than expected US trade deficit and were dominated by dollar sellers for the fourth consecutive day on growing hopes for an end to political and economic stalemate in Japan and Russia, traders said. "The focus was exclusively on Russia
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      2295 13 LONDON MntrMf •**n n«K» 31 Croup 615.400 1.000 AS Ports 322.000 -3.000 Abbay National TI36.000 1.000 AHiad Oomacq 562.400 14.400 Am*c 165.000 -5.000 Astu Group 211.400 -3.600 BAT Ind 720.000 4.600 BG Pic 389.000 4.000 B1CC —138.000 -3.000 BOC Group 859.400 -4.600 BR Patroiaum 860.400 unch BTB
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      1634 13 Bloomberg P Nikkei 225 -BLM JAPANESE stocks fell, after four days of gains, on expectations the next premier will have a tough time resuscitating the country's moribund economy. Banks such as Sanwa Bank Ltd paced the decline. Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi said he'll run for prime minister, and his
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      1520 14 Reuters f% Hang Seng +4136 STOCKS closed higher yesterday with index heavyweight HSBC Holdings driving the advance, fuelled by overseas market strength, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index ended a relatively choppy day up 42.36 points at 8,628.93. It earlier hit a high of 8,712.07 on the back of
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      610 14 Reuters fl Shenzhen B Index +LO5 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B Share Index closed higher on a technical bounce yesterday, reversing course after a week of consecutive closing lows for the year, analysts said. The B Share Index gained 1.05 points to 73.64 on turnover ofc HK$ll million. "The B
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      349 14 AFP E|WP Index ♦106JB TAIWAN stock market powered up for the third straight day, taking the index above the psychological 8,000 level on Wall Street's strength, dealers said. "Market confidence recovered after both the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq indices soared to new highs. Negative leads from Japan appeared
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      267 14 AFP Reuters PI Wellington +40.63 STOCKS closed yesterday up on the back of falling interest rates. The NZSE-40 Index rose 40.63 points to 2,172.35. "The market is certainly in buy mode at the moment, focused on lower interest rates. It's not company news that's driving it," one analyst said.
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      711 14 AFP PI Composite Index +12.41 SHARES closed higher yesterday on positive sentiment over the economic outlook as the IMF pledged another US$6 billion (Sslo.l billion) for Indonesia, dealers said. "Most of it is being driven by locals. The IMF news and the fact stocks are trading at the«lower end
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      773 14 AFP +1127 THAI share prices closed firmer yesterday amid rumours of possible significant interest rate cuts here and regional market gains, analysts said. "The market was up sharply on overseas market sentiment, and an easing in local liquidity," Vicker Ballas Nava analyst Phadoempop Songkroh said. The stronger yen and
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      303 14 AFP n Manila -9.74 PHILIPPINE share prices closed lower yesterday after investors took profits on early gains. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index shed 9.74 points to 1,787.26. Turnover reached 441 million shares worth 982 million pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co rose 10 pesos to 955 pesos. AFP Manila
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      593 14 AFP FlAn Ordinaries +4J AUSTRALIAN share prices rose yesterday but early momentum from a stronger Wall Street was sapped by profittaking, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 4.1 points to 2,814.7, off an intra-day high of 2,825.2. The All Resources Index fell 7.5 points to 1,110.2, while the
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        391 15 AFP Bloomberg Q Composite Index +1&32 MALAYSIAN shares closed higher yesterday on a technical rebound as the ringgit's stability triggered fresh bargain hunting, dealers said. The Composite Index finished at 445.31 points, up 15.32 points from Thursday's close. The Second Board Index closed at
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        E Resources: promising numbers
        160 16  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IN yesterday's column, we said it might be better for the time being to focus on in-the-money warrants, seeing as how the out-of-the-money variety seems unable to benefit from their obvious gearing advantage. One of the long-dated warrants that's very close
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1883 16 Transaction date Jul 17 tuursux STOCKS —-i- a £S°sl. ,y si135 28 m s 5000 AISB 50c -.44.5 *5 284 46 40 44 45 50 3 3 2 3 ra j a* a 65.5 Mm, 500,I AMDS SOc -5.5 .1 431 i S lo fj £2 48 33
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        219 18 Stocks VotwM *MBf Capital 17,706.000 •M Resources 15,649,000 SingTel 15c 9,314.000 UIC 8,754,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 7,288,000 DBS Foreign 7,271,000 •RHB Cap BM 6,329,000 DBS Land 6,137,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 5,481,000 •Berjaya Group 5,084,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 69,473,832 SPH 41,624,500 OCBC Foreign 26,911,590 SingTel 15c 23,706,090 UOB Foreign 18,006,912 OUB
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        Firm yen, Wall Street rally give market a fillip
        655 18  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Rise broad-based and accompanied by jump in volume; gains equally impressive in Malaysia By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A record-breaking Thursday rally on Wall Street, a firm Japanese yen and a recent stream of good news rather than bad
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        69 18  -  -by Shiv Taneja NORTH Borneo Timber closed seven cents higher yesterday at 98.5 cents on a volume of 3.42 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.1 million shares. The daily RSI is heavily oversold, but in the near term, the counter is expected to trade
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          81 18 PROPERTY developers, we know, were quite unhappy with recent comments by Finance Minister Richard Hu that prices were still high in some sectors and that he would like to see property prices ease downwards gradually. But just how unhappy developers were, we found but yesterday. A well-placed source
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          Propping up sentiment
          89 18 WE hear that the phone lines of DBS Securities were jammed yesterday with callers asking for a copy of its 73-page property report which predicts that property stocks are poised for a recovery ahead of a bottoming-out of the residential market in 12 to 18 months. The
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          Only for local consumption
          72 18 DBS Bank recently hired an American banker to be its chief executive officer. Its annual report says it wants to be a "regional bank with a global reach". So it was quite puzzling for foreign journalists based in Singapore that they were barred from covering the
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          Score's best-kept secret
          138 18 WE stumbled across "Singapore's best kept secret" at lunch yesterday. Something that even the boys at Phoenix Park may not have heard about. We are referring to a little-known state-fUnded radio station called Radio Singapore International, which is not available on FM channels in Singapore but available
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          Yet more gloom
          122 18 SO just who is guilty of spreading all that bad news that Singapore businessmen are now growing tired of reading? Just released is a survey by global executive search firm Spencer Stuart of the opinions of executives across Asia. The results of its "Asian Business Leaders Poll"
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          Who is the Viagra man?
          132 18 SO who invented Viagra, the blockbuster Impotence drug? Biologists, chemists, biochemists and chemical engineers are named on three patents held in Britain's Patent Office covering the six-year development of the drug, reports Reuters, and they are now quibbling over who really created it. "There were
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      94 18 Advertising in Turbulent Times Are you Getting the rea(sh_ as promised? SHIPPING TIMES Q UARANTEES *48,000 daily circulation! In Singapore, when you want to reach out to a select target audience in HE only one daily oFFers you the advantage oF maximum reach at minimum cost. And that's Shipping Times.
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      1605 19  -  Norman Foster, creator of such icons as the Hongkongßank headquarters and the much-copied Stansted airport in London talks to JAT hhosla about his work and his design philosophy JAY KHOSLA The writer was a guest of Cathay Pacific Airways The office of Foster Associates in
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        Water, water everywhere
        60 19 TOMORROW, 30,000 random households in Singapore will have their water supply cut for two hours without warning to demonstrate the need to conserve water. According to wags on the Internet, water usage is expected to triple as a result as the entire nation fills up pails of
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        But is it safe?
        51 19 ALSO on the Internet are these tips on how to save water: Bathe with a friend. Flush only once a week. ♦Give your fish half their water. Wash the car with the laundry water. For those who live near the coast, pump sea water to flush
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        French cup runneth over
        45 19 THE World Cup is finally over. Or is it? One Frenchman predicts that France, which won the coveted trophy, will see a mini baby boom in nine months' time. That's because, he says, "when the French are happy, they make love!"
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        Brain teaser
        58 19 PROPERTY agents are so dulled by the current slump that it must be affecting their general intelligence. One colleague called such an agent, saying she was looking for a flat for a friend. The property agent asks: "What is your friend?" Reply: "He's an Englishman." To which the
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        Takeover by the Teletubbies: the truth is out there
        678 20  -  Off the CUff by The TV show featuring those ample aliens, far from being harmless to toddlers, conld result in the world being swamped by custard-guzzling lardballs by Jaime Ee I HAD a terrible nightmare last night. I dreamt that I'd
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        2024 20  -  Akbar Tanjung, who played a crucial role in bringing an end to Mr Suharto's 32-year rule, could well help to decide who the country s fourth president will be if he does not become a contender himself, says YANG RAZALI KASSIM The writer, BT's
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        1002 21  -  pabvathi n n&ray&m considers the results of a groundbreaking collaboration between Aboriginal artists and specialist printmakers PARVATHI N NARAYAN OVER the past two decades, the Canberra School of Art has invited a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to work with the
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      Stereotypes marooned on a tropical island
      654 22  -  CINEMA Six Days, Seven Nights unfolds with such predictability that even an Indiana Jones has trouble rescuing the film By\ Susan Tsang TAKE a young, sophisticated city-slicker and a beat-up, hard-drinking pilot who walked away from it all, throw them together for Six Days,
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      Barrier to true love in the 90s
      594 22  -  CINEMA What happens when a woman falls in love with a gay man? The Object of My Affection offers easy, trite resolutions to a potentially painfnl situation By'. Parvathi N Narayan Lovers, in literature, theatre or cinema, have always needed barriers or else
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      Catfights and other kinds of family activities
      814 23  -  THEATRE Ah Kong's Birthday Party is a rowdy, bitchy get-together where the andience may be called npon to play a part By Susan Tsang TO get to Ah Kong's Birthday Party, one must move past a couple of small disappointments. Getting to the
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      WHAT'S ON
      399 23  -  Compiled by M Yasotha CONCERTS Music Master Series/ Rachmaninov's Cycle Russian pianist Nikolai Demidenko returns to perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor which was popularised in the movie Shine. Conductor George Cleve leads the SSO in more familiar Mozart the Overture to Don Giovanni and
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        1226 24  -  tamsuyem finds out from the cognoscenti where they go for those value-for-money meals TAN SU YEN THESE days, too many fancy restaurants open with a bang only to close down with a whimper a few months later. Yet recession or not, people still drive all over
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        Serving up Euro-Asian cuisine in a luxury train
        536 24  -  As part of the Singapore Food Festival, the E&O Express has put together a special dinner jonrney By 1 Tan Su Yen THE train turned a corner and the Causeway came into view. A party of Scandinavian retirees oooh-ed and aah-ed over
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        Bordeaux's 1997 vintage sparkles
        792 24  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR There's just one problem with the wines their high prices By\ NK Yong THE following notes were made during a week of tasting in Bordeaux at the end of last month. The wines had very good dark colours and lots of ripe fruit. They
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        Classic Belgian fare gets a light touch
        233 24 CRAVINGS "NICE plate, good taste, light cooking," says top Belgian chef Pierre Wynants in a succinct description of his brand of fine fare. A third-generation chef, Pierre Wynants owns three-Michelin star, Comme Chez Soi, in Brussels. And visiting at the Raffles Grill last
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        German confusion
        116 24 FORGET fusion. In these tough times, chefs have to go global to keep their jobs. Paulaner Brauhaus, which describes itself as Singapore's First German Theme Restaurant and Microbrewery, has come up with a $10.90 set lunch that requires the chefs to cook Western, Thai, Indonesian and Chinese. Diners
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        Harbour Grill express
        85 24  -  Compiled by Tan Su Yen EXECUTIVES in a hurry can still fit in some fine dining at the Harbour Grill in the Hilton International. The restaurant has put together a menu that will have diners in and out of the restaurant in 32 minutes flat. Priced at
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      CINEMA
      662 25 Aberration. Scare-fest starring Pamela Gidley. Chinatown, Yishun, Changi, Century. Ana«f tin Animated feature about a potential lost Romanov. Eastpoint, Central, Pavilion. City Of Angels. Angel Nicolas Cage falls for Meg Ryan. Woodlands. Dark City. Spooky urban tale starring Rufus Sewell. Lido, Toa Payoh, Empress, Jubilee, Whitesands, Eastpoint, Cen tral,
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      ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS
      123 25 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturetouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubilee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Qoklsn Vlllaga BedOk 443-2405 Bishan 353-8885 Boon Lay 792-2788 Broadway 454-9394 Majestic 533-9032 Marina 337-9488 Pavilion 786-5788 Tampines 8 786-5788 Tiong Bahru 274-6588
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        969 26  -  New Delhi oozes history and pomp as a succession of rulers erected edifices clearly meant to impress and intimidate, says mark graham MARK GRAHAM EHHjj ROM a distance, they looked like a formidable bunch of fighting men. Close up, their towering height, bristling beards and gleaming
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      607 25 A stint in the Wimbledon 98 Men'. .11 Doubles Finals, 10pm, jailhouse Premier© 12 Todd Woodbridge and The Naked Truth, 9pm, Mark Woodforde of 5 Australia play Paul In the last episode, Haarhuis and Jacco Camilla refuses to Eltinghofthe disclose her sources about Netherlands for the tide, a rumour concerning
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      1493 25 TODAY'S TV 12.00 NN TV Innovations. 5 30 Denver Thp Last nino LOO PM Asian X-Games >.ff ur Qualifiers. v Kaanbom Karpom. 2.00 Asian Bowling Tour JjJV MGR. Philippines. 7.30 I amil Seithi (News, T). 3.00 Soccer: Football Feva. V 1 800 er ta 12 ews > M)4.00 Nature Showcase:
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