The Business Times, 14 August 1998

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) IHVI2/97 85c SIN G AFORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1998
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    FINANCE
    81 1 FOREX RATES USI ss IJSS 1.758 £(l'S$/SS per 1.627 2.859 DM 1.792 0.981 YKN 146.6 L199 RM 4.220 0.416 HKS 7.750 0.227 BAHT 42.15 0.042 RL'PIAH 13,000 0.014* 'St to 100 until PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 7 88 KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA .28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA 22.90 HONG KONG 10.25
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    S'pore, KL stocks take bad beating
    549 1  -  By, R Sivanithy, Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Renewed currency concerns, regional economic woes and fears of worsening corporate earnings yesterday swept all regional stock markets lower, with Singapore and Malaysia suffering the worst beating. With the outlook of the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan remaining
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    Corrections & clarifications
    83 1 Corrections clarifications IN the summary box accompanying yesterday's front page report on the recommendations of the SES Review Committee, we erred in saying that stamp duty and GST would be eliminated by Jan 1,2000. The elimination is from Jan 1, 2000. In a related Page 16 report headlined "Past policies
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    70 1 D 96&74 (-30.03) BT-SRI 389.96 (-22.13) BTCOMP 784J4 (-24.47) BTMGA ***** (-16.06) H MARKET MOOD: Mixed STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECOMP 326.73 15.46 NIKKEI 15,182.92 +3.08 HANG SENG .6,660.42 -199.06 SET INDEX 230.87 3J7 JAKARTA (MT —402.94 5.70 MANILA COMP 1,303.29 -4.01 TAIPEI WPI 7,362.56 +1104 SEOIJL
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    Lock icon MAS eases S$ restrictions, plans to boost bond market
    989 1  -  Bnt govt policy won't encourage Sings internationalisation, says BG Lee By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Government has relaxed its restrictions on the use of the Singapore dollar and will take steps to promote a deeper and broader bond market in a
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    Lock icon Japan economy worsening with no recovery in sight: BOJ
    408 1 Massive spending package will have limited impact AFP [TOKYO] Japan's recessionstruck economy is worsening and the government's record spending programme may not deliver a promised recovery, the Bank of Japan warned yesterday. The central bank said the positive impact of the
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    Lock icon Dow down 26 pts at 1pm EDT
    89 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] An early rally on Wall Street fizzled out yesterday as renewed selling spurred by growing turmoil in Russian and Asian markets unnerved investors. At 1 pm EDT, the Dow was down 26.26 points at 8526.70. The latest Russian market rout
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    OUB interim profit drops 28% to $130m
    1145 1  -  This is smallest fall among Big Four banks; provisions soar 256% to $182 m By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank (OUB) yesterday reported a 28 per cent drop in net interim profit to $130.3 million the smallest percentage decline among the
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      139 1 INSIDE Bating the rating *y w |ut Firms like Moody's and S&P have made it their business to rate all manner of borrowers. It's time somebody rated them, Pg 12 Visiter forecast slashed The Singapore Tourism Board has slashed its visitor forecast for the year, PM timing The SES Review
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      16 1 More reports, Pg 2 SS liberalisation's part of a longer-term, strategic goal, Pg 15 h; i
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  • FOCUS ON THE SINGAPORE DOLLAR
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      Broader definition of 'S'pore resident'
      382 2  -  More people can now tap Sing dollar loans under new MAS ruling Byi Conrad Raj ONE of the most notable changes in the circular on the internationalisation of the Singapore dollar issued yesterday by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to replace a 1992 notice lies
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      Lock icon Little short-term impact seen from S$ liberalisation moves
      892 2  -  By. Audrey Tan THE measures announced yesterday to liberalise the use of the Sing dollar will have little impact in the short term, but move Singapore a step closer to becoming a financial centre, analysts said. Most said the government's move 'Wras
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      MAS launches electronic payment system
      325 2  -  New MEPS system reduces interbank settlement risks By\ Eugene Low THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) officially launched the MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS) yesterday. MEPS is a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system designed for Singapore-dollar high-value interbank fund transfers and the settlement of scripless
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      What they say
      121 2 "Not to worry, we'll persuade them a bit harder this time." BG Lee Hsien Loong on why he thinks he is able to get statutory boards to raise funds through bond issues when the MAS has long tried and foiled. "I think it's time for us to
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      5% price cut for last Villa Verde units
      334 3  -  Final 40 terrace houses in Choa Chu Kang to be sold at $228-$269 psf By\ Diana Oon KEPPEL Land is cutting prices for the last 40 units in Villa Verde by 5 per cent from the launch prices in May. in a
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      Lock icon Celebrating hiss-tory
      106 3 [SINGAPORE] Trading in stock index futures is serious business but it should be fun too, like snake-charming. Ryan Crowe, manager of the interest rate desk at Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd, shows what it means as he handles a 1.5 m albino python while real snake-charmer Mohd Yusof plays
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      Lock icon Knight fails again to stop fresh charges
      273 3 The Straits Times FORMER white-collar crimebuster Glenn Knight has failed in his second attempt to use his immunity as a reason to stop the prosecution from bringing fresh charges against him. Chief Justice Yong Pung How yesterday dismissed his action to set aside
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    • NEWSRoundup
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        Inflation for low income group at 11%
        67 3 THE inflation rate for the lowest 20 per cent Income group in the first half-year was 2.1 per cent, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The middle 60 per cent had a lower inflation of 1.2 per cent while the top 20 per
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        STB wins convention award for 6th year
        50 3 THE Singapore Tourism Board yesterday said it has won a gold service award from Meetings and Conventions magazine the sixth straight year it has done so. The magazine's 76,000 subscribers were asked to identify the top convention and visitor bureaus in the world.
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        MOE to recruit more teachers
        65 3 THE Ministry of Education said it will increase its recruitment of teachers by up to 2,600 over the next two years. Hence, the annual intake for 1999 and 2000 will rise from 2,000 to up to 3,300 teachers. The increase is to meet the requirements
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        Hyatt to become Grand Hyatt S'pore
        58 3 COME late August, the Hyatt Regency along Scotts Road will become Grand Hyatt Singapore. The hotel has been under renovation since 1990. The final stage of upgrading for its lobby and a new restaurant costs $15 million. Grand Hyatt features a larger proportion of
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      Geylang freehold apartments priced at $438psf
      470 3  -  Balmy Courtis selling at 10% below going rates By: Diana Oon PRICES of small freehold apartment projects have been cut further, with the developer of Balmy Court in Geylang, for example, offering units at $438 per sq ft this weekend, at least 10 per
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      STB sees 15-20% fall in arrivals
      521 4  -  Latest forecast pats total number of visitors this year at near 1992 levels By< Carol Eng THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has slashed its visitor forecast for the year it now expects arrivals to plunge 15 to 20 per cent, bringing the figure back
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      Societies face tighter rules on fund-raising
      256 4  -  It's to ensure proper records on collection and disbursement By* Annette Pan SOCIETIES in Singapore will be subject to more stringent procedures when they raise funds in future, to ensure proper records of fund-collec-tion and disbursement, said the Registry of Societies (ROS) yesterday. Starting
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      Poll: S'poreans are moderate Net users
      226 4 INTERNET surfers in Singapore spend a moderate amount of time on the Net, says the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore in its latest issue of Vistas. Most dial-up surfers sign on for less than an hour a day, or between 12 and 20 hours a
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      Lock icon Leading index fell 7.4% in Q2
      272 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY GDP By, Audrey Tan THE Composite Leading Index (CLI) an indicator of economic activity three quarters ahead took a decisive negative turn in the second quarter. Figures from the Department of Statistics show a 7.4 per cent year-on-year drop in
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      Hai Sun Hup to sell Planet Fitness stake
      266 4 AS the two partners hold "different business philosophies", listed shipping and property group Hai Sun Hup (HSH) has decided to sell its 50 per cent stake in Planet Fitness to its American co-own-er Five Continents. The $1.2 million cash sale of the
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      645 4 Overseas Union Bank Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Bank Limited wishes to announce 1 UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1998 The Croup The Bank Six months ended Six months ended 30-6-98 30-6-97 30-6-98 30-6-97 SSOOO SSOOO
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Yen rises, markets wary on hints of intervention
      435 5  -  'Mr Ten' declares economy will reach turning point soon; Nikkei np 3 points From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FOREIGN exchange markets turned jittery last night after Japan's "Mr Yen", Financial Vice Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara, claimed that Japanese authorities were
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      HK govt stand on peg under more pressure
      594 5  -  Link blamed for economic woes; speculators piling up short-sell positions From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong IT'S round three of Donald Tsang versus speculators. Deep-pocketed hedge funds and other speculators yesterday continued their week-old campaign to put pressure on the Hongkong
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      Lock icon Yuan stabilises as speculators back off after govt warning
      343 5 AFP (SHANGHAI] China's yuan stabilised yesterday, and the central bank halted its intervention to shore up the currency for the first time this week after warning speculators to back off. The yuan closed at 8.2798 to the dollar from Wednesday's 8.2800
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      Estrada blamed for fall in Manila stocks
      355 5  -  Foreign fnnds losing confidence in leader, say brokers Fromi AL Labita in Manila THE plight of Philippine stocks has taken a new twist after traders linked their fall not to the slumping yen or yuan but to President Joseph Estrada himself. Newspaper reports
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      Lock icon Minor run on Thai banks, finance firms taken over by govt
      220 6 Central bank chief declines to reveal extent of run Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai central bank governor Chatumongol Sonakul said yesterday depositors and foreign creditors staged a minor run on funds of four commercial banks and seven finance companies taken over
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      Thai govt to unveil bank restructuring plan today
      573 6  -  Analysts fear plan won't be comprehensive enough for recovery J-Yorn Harish Mehta in Bungkok THAILAND'S much-antici-pated restructuring plan for the crippled banking sector will be announced today with analysts saying it could cut both ways investors will have cause for worry whether
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      Lock icon Foreign investment in Thai projects down 42%
      304 6 AFP [BANGKOK] Foreign investment in approved projects in Thailand plunged 41.9 per cent in the first half of 1998 compared to the previous six months, officials said yesterday. Board of Investment (BOI) secretary general Staporn Kavitanond said foreign investment had decreased in the
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      Fitch IBCA rates KL's foreign debt a notch above junk
      418 6  -  Rating's first to be assigned by agency and sets ceiling for banks, corporates From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur EUROPEAN bond rating agency Fitch IBCA yesterday put Malaysia's long-term foreign currency rating one notch above junk status, assigning it a
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  • REGION
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      Indon Chinese fleeing ahead of rumoured unrest
      661 7  -  Army said to be taking extra care as nation gears up to celebrate Independence Day From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS Indonesia prepares to commemorate the anniversary of its independence on Aug 17. hundreds of ethnic Chinese have left the country or are
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      Lock icon Reinsurers resist claims for Indon riot damage
      397 7 JAKARTA Damage due to widespread uprising rather than isolated cases, they argue FT MUNICH Re, Swiss Re and other big reinsurance companies are resisting hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance claims filed by Indonesian companies after the May riots. The Singapore Reinsurance
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      12 Indon banks may lose US$18m in LC scam
      232 7  -  Case uncovered when company failed to service loan From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A CONSORTIUM of 12 private Indonesian banks stands to lose US$lB million (5531.6 million) as a result of a scam involving an Indonesian manufacturing company. According to Amir
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      Lock icon US statement on threat upsets KL
      360 7 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA voiced concerns over a US statement that warned of a threat to US interests here following the recent bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, a senior minister said yesterday. "I had reminded them to exercise care when
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      Lock icon Govt to go ahead with Semen Gresik sale
      298 7 JAKARTA AFP THE privatisation of Indonesia's giant cement manufacturer PT Semen Gresik will go ahead as planned, but perhaps under a new formula because of resistance from the local community. State Enterprises Minister Tanri Abeng said yesterday "With regard to (Semen Gresik
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      Lock icon Aussie govt unveils A$13b tax cuts
      746 10 CANBERRA Taxation reforms expected to be main re-election plank of Howard's party AFP THE Australian government announced yesterday more than Asl3 billion (5513.5 billion) worth of tax cuts as part of sweeping taxation reforms expected to be its main reelection plank. "Without a shadow
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      Another day of chaos in NZ politics
      603 10  -  Treasurer refuses to resign, attacks PM; moves are a blow to business community From David McLoughlin in Auckland NEW Zealand's renegade Treasurer Winston Peters provoked another day of political chaos yesterday, refusing to resign and repeatedly attacking Prime Minister Jenny Shipley in an
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      Lock icon Indian govt avoids collapse as key ally postpones walkout
      381 10 MADRAS Bnt BJP lukewarm about outcome of regional party's meeting AFP INDIA'S fragile coalition government drew back from the brink of collapse yesterday after a key ally postponed a threatened walkout over a regional water-sharing dispute. Leaders of maverick politician Jayalalitha
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      Lock icon Unions threaten strikes if riot police raid Hyundai
      210 10 SEOUL AFP MORE than 100.000 union workers from over 200 different workplaces yesterday threatened to down tools next week if riot police raid the country's largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. "We will fight together with Hyundai if the police go in." said
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      Lock icon HK exports fall as S'pore, Japanese orders drop
      187 10 HONGKONG AFP SHARP falls in orders from Japan and Singapore are the key factors behind a drop in Hongkong exports, although lower demand at home helped narrow the trade deficit, the government said yesterday. Hongkong's trade deficit fell sharply to HK$6.6 billion
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      Lock icon Korean electronics exports sink 5% in first half
      499 10 SEOUL Domestic sales fall 17%; prospects for second half bleak Reuters THE sales picture for South Korean electronics makers was bleak in the first half of 1998, and little improvement is expected during the rest of the year, an industry official said
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      781 10 AYfg) mi mmim tnpoiiiini ii.s.c.t Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of 31 December 1997 Income 1997 1996 Year ended 31 December 1997 (L'SS million) 1997 1996 Assets (L'SS million) Liquid lunds 317 236 Marketable securities 2,731 2,622 Operating Income Placements with banks and Interest income 1,479 1,501 other financial institutions
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon July US retail sales fall on weak car sales
      428 11 WASHINGTON Figure up 0.5% if car sales excluded; stock volatility may dampen spending Reuters THE biggest drop in new car sales in more than a year pulled total sales at US retail stores down in July, the Commerce Department said yesterday
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      Lock icon Microsoft request to stay press order denied
      201 11 WASHINGTON AFP A FEDERAL judge here on Wednesday denied a Microsoft request to stay an order that requires company chairman Bill Gates to testify in public in pre-trial depositions in an antitrust suit. US District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's two-paragraph denial followed
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      Lock icon EU to probe 7 national phone firms on fees
      394 11 BRUSSELS They could be charging too much to forward int'l calls Bloomberg EUROPEAN Union anti-trust regulators said they will investigate seven national telecommunications providers which could be charging excessively high fees to forward international calls within the EU. The European Commission,
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      Lock icon Swiss recovery threatened by Asian crisis
      310 11 ZURICH Bloomberg ASIA'S economic slump, which is chilling stock markets around the world, poses a particular threat to Switzerland, Europe's most exportdependent economy. Sulzer AG, Switzerland's largest textile-machinery maker, warned that 1998 profit will suffer "significantly" as it takes a reorganisation charge to wean
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      Let inspiration, imagination soar
      720 11  -  EUROPEAN VIEW It's never a good Idea to focus overmuch on day-to-day economic minutiae By Kevin Sullivan BY the time you read this, Steve Fossett, a 54-year-old US businessman, may be several miles above the Indian Ocean, coursing along the jet-stream towards Australia on his fourth
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      Lock icon Russian currency controls send stocks plunging
      497 11 MOSCOW Stocks fall 7%, debt yields surge on devaluation fears Bloomberg RUSSIA'S RTS stock index plunged to 27-month lows and debt yields soared to 190 per cent as central bank efforts to shore up the rouble backfired, renewing concern that a devaluation is imminent.
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      733 11 Overseas Union Trust Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Trust Limited is pleased to announce UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1998 COMPANY AND GROUP Six months ended Increase/ 30-6-98 30-6-97 (Decrease) SS 000 SVOOO Total Operating Revenue
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Don't hesitate to rate the credit-raters
      765 12  -  THfri BOTTOM LIME OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer isßT's regional economics editor ON July 24, just one day after Malaysia released its much-awaited National Economic Recovery Plan, the international credit rating agency, Moody's Investors Service, decided to downgrade the country's credit rating by
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      113 12 'We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is freedom, democracy, and the fight against disease and poverty and terrorism.' Madeleine Albright US Secretary of State, as she prepared to fly home
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      Time to end Monicagate
      627 12 EDITORIAL THE recent terrorist bombings at the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and the renewed tensions between Baghdad and the United Nations over weapons inspections should serve as warning shots to Washington. The Clinton administration, the United States Congress and the press may have been
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      Lock icon What's most unfair about the US economy
      838 12  -  Virtually all the bounty of the US' growth has gone to the educated, enterprising and already-affluent By: Peter Pasaell NYT MOST economists are most comfortable thinking and writing about what is, or will be. Would cutting the capital gains tax to 15 per
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1043 12 When (acts lose to hysteria OF Asian exporters, only Taiwan and South Korea compete significantly with Japan. For the rest, a weak yen generally improves their terms of trade, since Japan is their main source of imports. Such facts cannot of course compete with market hysteria.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Electronic Art: pushing the limits
      1040 14  -  Eduardo Kac's works can be seen as weird, or pretentious and over-intellectualised, or relevant and speaking to today's generation, says parvathi marayam PARVATHI NARAYAM HE works with computers and robots, holograms and digital photography. He is completely at ease with electronic and photonic (related to
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      Lock icon Camilla: the lady in waiting
      906 14 MPEOPLE Charles' mistress steadily winning approval from the British public Reuters [LONDON] When Prince Charles buried Princess Diana, he also seemed to bury all hope of finding happiness with the one true love of his life Camilla Parker Bowles. But a year after Diana's death,
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      208 14 THE WEATHER Singapore: Partly cloudy. Temperature (31/25 C) Asia-Pacific Lo/Hi* Good. lerusaiem 2»y3.i dear Siockhotai 1119 <i)udy Auckland 1116 rain Mecca 3143 dear Vienna 1*26 doudy Bangkok 2<>33 ran Zurich ___12 27 dear Beawf 2333 showers Europe Lo/Hl* Good. Bombay 2632 showers VmsVntain 1422 doudy America La/HJ* Cood. Brisbane 11'22
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Demutualisation will help SES keep up with changes
      493 15  -  SES REVIEW COMMITTEE REPORT To advance, the exchange has to remove vested interests: brokers By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Separating the ownership of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) from membership will minimise any potential resistance to change and help the SES
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      PCRD to pay HK$200mto settle claims
      193 15 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Regional Developments has signed a HK$2OO million (5545.3 million) deal to settle claims made on the company by Hongkong-listed Kresta Developments. Kresta had filed claims of HK$232 million and US$2.2 million (553.9 million) against PCRD unit, Beijing Jing Wei House Land
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      799 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong POR years, the whole issue of the internationalisation of the Singapore dollar has been treated in officialdom like a sacred cow, not to be slaughtered, even disturbed. The rationale is that internationalisation will subvert the Monetary Authority
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      687 15  -  Move will lead to industry sh&keont, discount broking By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The SES Review Committee's recommendations to reduce brokerage fees were widely anticipated but the timing could have been better, according to some traders. Many of the
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      240 15 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Natsteel Electronics Ltd, the world's sixthbiggest contract manufacturer of electronics products, expects to be ranked among the top three in the next two years as it adds customers. The company last week posted a $26.7 million firsthalf profit, more than double its
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        434 16  -  Analysts not sure about extent of provisions developers will make By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] It's a trying time for investors and analysts alike. Even as property stocks continue to slide, analysts offer sharply divergent views on what's in store for property groups'
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        463 16  -  Losses in securities, properties to blame for poor showing Prom Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THAI-Chinese family Kanjanapas, whose business empire in Hongkong and Thailand has been badly affected by the regional slump, was dealt another blow when one of their listed units posted
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        240 16  -  From, Al Labita in Manila THE diversified Philippine group of Singapore's Keppel Corp yesterday reported a better-than-expected 12 per cent rise in after-tax profit to 54 million pesos (552.2 million) for the first half of the year. Keppel Philippines Hold- ings Inc
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        Koh Brothers upbeat on its property division
        433 16  -  By. Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] LISTED Koh Brothers Group aims to have its property division contribute one-third of its turnover in five years, its managing director said yesterday. Francis Koh told reporters at a press briefing that the engineering and construction group will look
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        SG names 5 S'pore firms among top 50 survivors
        768 16  -  CityDev, DBS, SIA, SPH, STEngginlist of top Asian firms From Quak Hiang What in Hongkong SG Securities' latest list of top 50 "Asian Nuggets" those which not only will survive the regional economic crisis but also emerge stronger includes five Singapore-listed
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        199 16 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Listed Singapore companies must disclose their millennium bug plans when they report interim and full-year results, the Stock Exchange said yesterday. Companies must disclose the potential impact of the bug, also called the Year 2000 or Y2K issue, on their business,
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          CSA unit posts 40.5% rise in profit
          58 16 [SINGAPORE] A subsidiary of mainboard-listed electronics firm CSA Holdings Ltd yesterday reported a 40.5 per cent jump in interim earnings to HK$l6.l million (553.6 million). Automated Systems Holdings Ltd said turnover for the first half of 1998 rose to HK5281.2 million, compared to
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          60 16 [SINGAPORE] Furniture chain Courts (Singapore) Ltd yesterday said it has accepted an offer by the landlord of Plaza Singapura shopping centre to expand its new store there. Courts said the total floor area of the new store will now amount to about 54,000 square
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          71 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Magnum Corp, a Malaysian betting company, said it is "deeply shocked" over reports that its executive director of public affairs has been charged yesterday with unlawful possession of live bullets at his home. The charge, which carries a mandatory death penalty, is
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          89 16 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Kemayan Corp Bhd said the company and its units have been granted a restraining order from the High Court, preventing creditors from taking any action against the group and its guarantors under Section 176 of the Companies Act 1965. In a statement, president
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          102 16 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Millennium Copthorne Hotels pic, a subsidiary of CDL Hotels Ltd, said the strength of the sterling and the Asian crisis are having little impact on the group's operations. Group chairman Kwek Leng Beng said: "The outlook for M&C remains good. Business levels
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        Beijaya Group to raise RM3b via loan stocks and warrants
        493 17  -  Issue seen as a test case for regulators as it breaches several guidelines From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur BERJAYA Group Bhd, the flagship company of tycoon Vincent Tan, plans to raise as much as 3 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ssl.2
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        425 17 Absence of another blockbuster seen affecting growth Reuters Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Rupert Murdoch's global media group News Corp Ltd, buoyed by a US$l.B billion (553.2 billion) box office bonanza from the Titanic, reported a 39 per cent surge in annual profits yesterday. But
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        74 17 [SYDNEY] Chairman of Lend Lease Corporation Stuart Hornery (left) telling of his impending retirement in 2000 at a press conference yesterday to announce the group's full-year results. With him is managing director David Higgins, The Australian-based international property and financial services group announced
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        Tenaga free to renegotiate deals with IPPs: Moggie
        584 17  -  Government sees it as a commercial transaction From Ruth Wong m Kuala Lumpur THOUGH the Malaysian government was not in the habit of changing contracts, it will not interfere should Tenaga Nasional and the independent power producers (IPPs) choose to renegotiate their
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        161 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON) A preliminary audit by the Federal Communications Commission has found that the regional Bell telephone companies cannot locate an estimated US$5 billion (SsB.B billion) worth of communications equipment that they claim on their accounting books, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The newspaper,
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        336 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR) Technology Resources Industries Bhd shares plunged 46 per cent yesterday after it posted a surprise first-half loss of 258 million Malaysian ringgit (Sslo7 million) as the cost of its foreign debt surged while the ringgit fell. TRI, Malaysia's biggest cellular
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        Genting, Resorts World post lower interim profits
        404 17  -  Analysts attribute fall to R8Q61.7m Star Cruises goodwill write-off From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur GENTING Bhd and its 54.9 per cent gaming unit Resorts World posted lower earnings for the first half, but analysts said this was due to the writeoff of
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        574 18 German banks top list with exposure of USs29.6b in mid-1997: BIS Reuters [LONDON] Europe's banks may have made hefty provisions to cover bad loans in Asia, but they still have a long road of writing down debt ahead of them as the
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        Lock icon Aussie life insurers face profit squeeze, ratings cuts: S&P
        234 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian life insurance companies face squeezed profit margins and their credit ratings may be cut because there are too many in the industry, US rating company Standard Poor's said yesterday. About 10 of Australia's 50 life insurance companies may
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        274 18 Bay will give German bank access to US investors Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Germany's Dresdner Bank has offered up to US$lO billion (5517.5 billion) in a bid to acquire PaineWebber, the fourth largest US brokerage firm, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Buying PaineWebber would
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        281 18 ING to withdraw just weeks after going on scheme Reuters [LONDON] The designated market maker for Bund futures on the Liffe derivatives exchange is pulling out after this week and will not be replaced, a Liffe spokesman said on Wednesday. ING Derivatives
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        139 18 Reuters [HOUSTON] Mobil Corp said it will ask a federal judge to overturn Tuesday's jury verdict ordering the US' secondlargest oil company to pay Exxon Chemical Co US$l7l million (*****.5 million) for violating an Exxon patent. Mobil also said it wiU appeal a decision
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        231 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORKJ Sumitomo Corp said on Wednesday it will pay US$99 million (*****.8 million) to US copper traders, settling six class-action lawsuits in one of the biggest commodity trading scandals ever. The suits were filed two years ago in US federal
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        226 18 StXE&Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures shook off a weak start and strengthened in late trade yesterday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) said it would leave "ample" liquidity in the money market. BOJ governor Masaru Hayami said the central bank would provide ample funds
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        202 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh, Cecilia Loh, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract plunged 0.50 point on heavy institutional selling despite a rally in the stock index which posted a gain of 11.04 points. The New Taiwan dollar rebounded on
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        229 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer, lent support to floundering prices yesterday by making fresh cuts in crude export volumes for September. The news helped lift benchmark Brent crude by 42 US cents to U5512.19 a barrel at 1559 GMT.
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        263 18 Reuters AFP London THE mark weakened against the dollar on worries over the state of the Russian economy, which typically hurts the mark because German banks are big lenders to Russia. The dollar broke through 1.80 marks for the first time in a month before retreating to 1.7857
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      1801 19 fgOOM FUTURES Aug 13 RUBBER (futyrw clowvq *s it 5 30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsAfl) Close Votome Op#n Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Sep 98 112.50 <90 Oct 98 "2 00 Jj50 Nov 98 113.00 H50 Sk 98 "3.75 1850 S99 1K.25 2025 Apr/Jun 99 120.50 2025 Jul/Sep
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      2262 19 LOHPOW Industrials *ho N«t 31 Group 520.000 -20.000 AB Ports 322.400 -5.600 Abbey National 1095.000 -11.000 Allied Domecq 545.000 -4.000 Amec 146.400 -10.600 Asda Group 187.200 -2.200 BAT Ind 620.400 -2.600 BG Pic 370.400 -14.600 BICC 110.400 -1.000 BOC Group 777.400 20.000 BR Petroleum 801.000 1.000 BTR
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      1614 19 Bloomberg n Nikkei 225 +105 JAPANESE stocks traded little changed, though the benchmark index inched higher for the first time in nine days, as declining markets across Asia reminded investors how vulnerable Japan is to regional economic turmoil. "Whenever Asia is weak, Japan is weak. They're one and the
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      1467 20 Reuters AFP PlUagSeag -IW.Q6 STOCKS ended with hefty losses yesterday as fears of a devaluation of the Russian rouble and talk of another speculative attack on the Hongkong dollar prompted heavy selling, analysts said. The Hang Seng Index fell 199.06 points to close at 6,660.42, dragged down by steep
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      637 20 Bloomberg Reuters QShenzhenßlndex -OJ2O CHINA shares ended mixed yesterday. The Shenzhen Index fell 0.4 per cent to an all-time low, mirroring tumbling Hongkong stocks. Shenzhen B shares, denominated in Hongkong dollars, are sensitive to the Hongkong market, particularly as speculation continued against the Hongkong dollar's peg to the US
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      362 20 AFP QffP Index +ILO4 TAIWAN stocks rose 0.2 per cent yesterday, lifted by overnight gains on Wall Street, but gains were pared on dimming hopes of joint US-Japa-nese intervention in defence of the yen, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index rose 11.04 points to 7,362.55. "The Japanese government had
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      256 20 AFP CI Wellington -38.67 NEW Zealand stocks fell 2.0 per cent yesterday as political turmoil in the country unnerved the market, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index lost 38.67 points to 1,913.72 on turnover of NZ$l23 million. Market heavyweight Telecom Corp closed at NZ$7.B3, down 22 NZ cents.— AFP A«a
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      760 20 AFP n SET Index -127 THAI shares fell 1.4 per cent yesterday amid growing concern over the fate of ailing banks and finance firms and declines in regional markets, analysts said. "Investors were giving some weight to local factors, especially Friday's government announcement on sweeping financial measures," Adkinson Securities
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      426 20 AFP C 3 Composite Index -134 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday as earlier gains gave way to increased selling pressure on a weak Japanese yen, dealers said. The Korea Stock Exchange Index closed down 2.34 points at 303.01, off a high of 308.04 and
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      594 20 AFP |3 AH Ordinaries -9.8 SHARE prices slipped 0.4 per cent yesterday after the Hongkong market hit a fiveyear low on the falling Japanese yen and dragged the Australian dollar down. The All Ordinaries Index fell 9.8 points to 2,541.2. The All Resources Index closed down 4.2 points at
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      713 20 AFP CI Composite Index -5.7 SHARE prices closed 1.4 per cent lower on the Jakarta Stock Exchange yesterday on regional market weakness and rumours of unrest here around Indonesian Independence Day on Aug 17, dealers said. "In early trade the yen was slightly stronger but it turned lower by
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      319 20 AFP CI Manila -4.01 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as investors quickly took profits on early gains. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index fell 4.01 points to 1,303.29. Volume fell to 214 million shares worth 965 million pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co lost 15 pesos
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        8735 21 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1996 Last Vol Day c Htfh Low Company SaU ♦A 'OOO Hlfh mW 310 170 Ajinomoto 172 2 11 172 172 9 5 |?Z 148 35.5 Angkasa 34.5 -1 34 37 36 5 0.8 53.8 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 130 -7 1 130 130 4.5 52.0
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        409 21 AFP CI Composite Index -15.46 MALAYSIAN stocks slumped yesterday amid concerns over the yen's slide and a possible yuan devaluation. "Negative news from the region such as the possible devaluation of the yuan killed confidence in the local bourse," an institutional dealer with a
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        3429 22 BONOS, LOANS t WARRANTS m 1 mi i Vol Day Last Ouota A»g High Law Stno Company Sala *or- COOO) High Low Buyer Seller Price 23.5 8 m 3000 m AMOB c5.5%*****6 8 -1 K) 8 8 7.5 8.5 20.5 3 3160 "Acer ******1USS 4 95 6 3164 Acma ******4
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        Gamuda warrant: a marginal case
        195 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By) R Sivanithy AS the regional crisis deepens and extends into its second year, a question that everyone is asking is when will the market recover? Three to five years seems to be the most popular forecast, which does not bode well for
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      2311 22 Transaction date Aug 13 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Of Gr *99* Lm« Vol Day Lot Oust* D4v Mv YM *•< M Cap High Law Stop Company Sm C000) High Law Buyac S—r C'vf P/t 5m* 135 28 miSOOO AISB50C 29 -1.5 102 29.5 28.5 28.5 29 5.0 3.3 3.6 12-2
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        217 24 Stedu W— •HumeM K),001,000 DBS Land 7.959,000 UOB Foreign 5,802,000 SIA Foreign 5,196,000 SinqTet 15c 5,172.000 DBS Foreign 5,132,000 Keff* Land50c 5,044,000 TAC BtIO 200 4,535.000 OCBC Foreign 4,274.000 ST Engg 10c 3.964^000 Stocks DBS Foreign 43,844,164 SIA Foreign 35,367,387 DOB Foreign 28,045,060 OCBC Foreign 23,512,054 SPH 15,089,194 SingTel 15c
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        72 24  -  by Shiv Taneja ST Engineering closed one cent lower yesterday at $1.32 on a volume of 3.96 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.4 million shares The counter is overbought, according to the daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics The daily MACD chart indicates some
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        648 24  -  gTOCI MARKET COMMENTARY Hopes of STU stabilising around the 1,000-point level dashed as bine chips fall victim to US-originated sell programs By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Market watchers hoping for the Straits Times Industrials Index to stabilise at or around the 1,000 mark
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          78 24 WHATS the difference between hotels and specialist doctors? One difference may be In the "fees" for their "peripheral" customer services. When one of our reporters flips through magazines at her specialist clinic and chances upon interesting articles, the staff will usually photostat them for free. But on one
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          122 24 THE Hong Leong Group is really going all out these days to draw homebuyers. Few would have missed their series of project advertisements featuring TCS artistes from the sitcom Under One Rooffor The Florida executive condominium. And lately, of course, sitcom character Phua Chu Kang (aka Gurmit
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          53 24 THE National Library Board is keeping abreast of technological advances. Remember how asking the librarian used to solve our problems with school research projects? Soon, NLB will start a new service on its Web site called "Ask a cyberian" that will allow users to "virtually interact"
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          118 24 THIS could be the best advertisement for a product Sony has just announced that it will modify its Hand yearn video camera to prevent it from seeing through clothing. In its infrared 'Night Shot' mode, thecamera is meant for night filming of animals
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          93 24 COUNTRY singer Dolly Parton, famed fbr her chart-busting song with Kenny Rogers Islands in the Stream, amongst other things, is said to be doing well with her theme park called DoUywoocL Set in the smoky mountains of Tennessee, the theme park features 40 live performances a day
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      281 25 scs %Wi% AgO a w CWT Distribution 0.33 ♦0.01 S ChuanHup 0.37 unch 218 Cosco Invastmant 0.435 -0.045 51 FrttqMLMu 0.155 0J3O5 294 GB Holdings 0-205 *0.005 2 Hal Sun Hup 0.425 unch 329 Hitachi Zoaan 0.51 -0.01 61 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jaya Holding* 0.395 *OJ>2 3
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      565 25  -  Decline in lst-half due to competition from S Korean, Japanese rivals By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Foreign npwbuilding orders received by Chinese shipyards sank in the first half of the year as the fledgling shipbuilding industry struggled to compete with currency devaluations enjoyed
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      780 25  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A SUDDEN turn of weather off a Western Australian port caused a Singapore-registered vessel to drag anchor and hit a jetty and four fishing vessels but an investigation has concluded that the incident could have been avoided.
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      366 25 Reuters (WASHINGTON) The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) launched an investigation on Wednesday into alleged unfair restrictions at Chinese ports, warning it could impose sanctions if these barriers were not lifted. The FMC, which pushed Washington and Tokyo to the brink of
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      172 25 [SINGAPORE] Cosco. K Line and Yang Ming have announced details of their planned expansion in the trans-Atlantic trade, which involves deploying an additional five vessels, making a total of nine. Each carrier will operate three vessels. Vessels are being deployed in two
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      537 26 AIRPORT SAFETY A govt air safety report detects major 'safety deficiencies' with air traffic control procedures Reuters [SYDNEY] A STRING of errors by Sydney air traffic controllers put passenger jets at risk of collision at Australia's busiest airport, according to a government air
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      213 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's move to rcducc airport landing fees has led to an increase in the number of airline passengers, a Transport Ministry survey on Okinawa's airports showed. Okinawan airport landing fees were cut in July last year, leading airlines to cut
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        194 41 Aug 15. Austria: Assumption Day. Belgium: Assumption Day. France: Assumption Day. Greece: Assumption Day. Italy: Assumption Day. Luxembourg: Assumption Day. Portugal: Assumption Of Our Lady. South Korea: Liberation Day. Spain: Assumption Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Indonesian National Day. An|lB. Hong Kong: Victory Day. Aug 3L Luxembourg: Luxembourg City
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        1013 41 THIS report, compiled by Cocketl Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices Tor a more comprehensive description aI the market Prices shown are based on average-siied stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        386 41 Carton ISO Mai 992.0 0.8 19.9 0.10 72 0.07 Al*l3 Density Wit* fttsMut Ask Aluminium StOlnwnt No abOM E25 3 0 8 0 0 0 MO AM 987.0 OJ 15.8 0.08 29 0.04 III 380 Max 992J 0.9 t9.2 0.11 m 0.28 tt/iri »/v %m/H m/m
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        327 42 Reuters [NEW DELHI] British Airways pic (BA) has redistributed many of its Asian flights, and is taking a breather to look closely at the situation before going further, a senior airline official said on Wednesday. Much of BA's flight redistribution in
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        473 42 But shift planned for '99 will only restore fraction of jobs to be axed in 2000 NYT [NEW YORK] Aiming to ease the strain on one of its most troubled production lines in Seattle, the Boeing company was to announce yesterday that
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        39 42 [SUONENJOKI, Finland] A passenger train sitting on top of a cargo train in Suonenjoki in central Finland on Wednesday. Fourteen people were injured in the collision between the inter <ity passenger train and the peroxide-carrying freight train. REUTERS
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        343 42 Reuters [NEW DELHI] State-owned Indian Airlines proposes to implement a financial restructuring plan to modernise its fleet before a planned initial share offering, a senior company official said on Wednesday. Indian Airlines planned to offer employees stock options worth 500 million rupees
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        361 42 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (HACTL), the territory's main freight handler, said yesterday it believed Hongkong's air cargo throughput may show negative growth this year due to Asia's economic crisis. "I think there is a chance there may be negative
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        163 42 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) said on Wednesday that the Star Alliance was not currently planning to incorporate Singapore Airlines (SIA) into the world's largest airlines club. The Star Alliance includes SAS, Air Canada, Deutsche Lufthansa, United Airlines, Thai Airways
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        358 42 Campaign banking on lower ringgit to generate publicity Bernama [LANGKAWI] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is embarking on an aggressive campaign to promote the country's tourism sector which stands to gain from lower ringgit. Vice-president (passenger sales), Rashid Khan, said since January this year, MAS
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        1930 42 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD S0325 1710 N***** 2359 Adelaide $0230 WW 0F06 1805 S***** 2359 Amsterdam N***** 0755 KL844 0040 F«ta»o*a S0989 1700 ***** 0tl5 $0327 0755 GA974 2255 Guangzhou P#C $0803 1905 C2354 0910 KL837 1455 KL838 2300 C2351 2045 $0804 1020 NZ4328 2320
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      19 25 Major safety errors found at Sydney airport A govt report detects flaws in air traffic control procedures. Page 2
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      1974 29 TO ISRAEL 1 IN 13 DAYS EVERY THURSDAY I 'SHINTO*WAT TiL 224 1900 fM: *****0! OUTWMD(I/l) 4205M2 JOHOREOFFICE: rn ■in iir»T.Vnn!nn #17-08 MS BLDG SAIES/IKGS *****41/43 INWARD DfPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD TOWER TWO (*****9) COHVENTIOHAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT DEPT *****25 TEL: 02-07-35 ***** FAX: 02-07-*****70 /one«
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      598 30 I Advertising in Turbulent Times REXffhf"" I DIPPING TIMES GUARANTEE I "48,000 daily circulation! I In Singapore, when you want to reach I out to a select target audience in 335 I IffTOTIffTirifTBSTBffffRTO, only I one daily offers you the advantage of I maximum reach at minimum cost. I And
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      460 30 Pl* NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL VOY I SIN I PUJ PUR CPT I R/BAT KAKSA (ASTEUA VOOIS 16/01 25/08 29/ M 03/W NANTAI PRINCESS VO23S 23/08 07/09 11/OT NANIA] QUEEW VO79S 31/W W/W 13/09 IS/W 21/W NANTAI DRAGON V OQgS 07/09 17/09 71/09 26/09
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      430 31 BSA A. MYANMA wBBk FIVE STAR LINE (Myaiinar Motional Lint) loading for Tango* (Rangoon) vessel voy sin m rai n> smwi »iw su> PATHEIN 150W SIB MALAYSIA AGfNTS: lOUSTUD SNIPPING AGfNCIES KUL m (03)*****00 PKL Til (03) 37*6101 PIN: Ttt (04)*****02 PGU: Ttt (07)*****21/4 BANK LINE (A mvkt of todrtw
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      1016 31 norwegion ifmcktmd outooaman Vr*. Qm°K3 Wilhelmsen Lines TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERKA *10*0 HEAVYUFT SERVKE' |VESSEL VOY »W HEIGHT SIN LAX C»l jjj SAV Ml OtF NYC WW HOI TAPtOLA Ft 16 4001 ms "TSI U75» 10/09 19/09 22/09 24/09 ~H]WW/W 20/09 03/10 04/10 TAMPA FOl7 400 Ihb 6.3 M
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      781 32 IMBB M MBBWI JAKAWTA/PANJAWO VESSEL VOY "SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJW WATHABHUM MM IS/08 19/06 16/06 DEJA BHUM 7«» 15/08 18/08 MATHU BHUM 378N 18/08 19/06 18/06 ANRO QOWA' 046 15/06 18/08 1 ACXRUBY 28N 18/08 19/06 20/08 ACX JADE* 27S 17/08 20/08 1 YANTRA BHUM"
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      515 32 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. ■^^1 H 30 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0208 ■FfV TEL *****88 FAX: *****64 TLX: R*****6 SINMER VMb CR No: **********0W ReoMng Cargo at PTI Blntulu 1 I Mmi ~1 vessel voy sin ry mm m M HI I Sail Y***** 20-21/08 26/08 M GoU **15/! IH9/M
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      644 32 Jft ACCORD A SHIPPING PTE LTD m'• 5A***** t 4O Un *»> FA* *****30 POfTUAHG (93) *****91 Km Vk WBfCT ACCESS TIL *****55 (EXPORT BOOKING) US* GUMHG (97) SSI \V7 *****34 (CXPOMT DOC), *****39 (IMPORT) tOUMC (94) SSI 1449 UBUHTTP:/ /WWW.ACCORD.COM.SO WUUtTA (71)*****79 POtT FIR SIM PORT ITA SIM PORT
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      36 32 LNS EXPRESS (S) PTE LTD Blk 217 Henderson Road, #01-04 Henderson Industrial Park, Singapore *****5. CR NO: **********0/H Air-Sea International Freight Forwarders MU ARA I Also accepting Heavy Lift Project Cargo Tel: 65-276 7996 Fax:6s-276 3740
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      853 33 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. I 1 CR NO: 100e*****00E Iwkc.. VOY m SIN FBI $YD m tw BEL API jj Wl SMI I KOTAPERWIRA PWIOII U/B J*Z! I Uli VUI 1 1 Ml \II U£_ ZO^I IIIMGA TtRATAI 3 20/B 21
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      529 38 hfffSS, EN6 liE SHIPPING CO PTE LTD I I T«l! *****75 (A Umil In: *****38/*****80 I T (I Hi HIMWOOOQC I ESSEI VOY SIN ETA SIN HO DESTINATION Smor Central 11/98 11/08 14/08 Pewwng/Buo»cn/P Boru Morco Polo 24 08/98 15/08 16/08 Suratoyo Union Sim 18 10/98 17/08 18/08 JoluKto/Suratioyo Morco
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      145 39 <g*TOYOFUJI SHIPPING CO., LTD. MULTI-PURPOSE VESSEL FOR RO/RO, CONTAINER BREAK BULK CARGO VESSEL VOYI PK SIN JKT MU KK JPtT DELPHINUS 51 09/08 11/08 13/08 16/08 17/08 24/08 TRANS FUTURE 1 6 16/08 H/08 23/08 01/09 TRANSPACIFIC S 82 23/08 2S/08 27/08 30/08 31/08 08/09 VESSEL VOY SIN jPK KU
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      1052 40 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER CREEK 9at)7 15-16.08 21 24/08 I TIGER ISLAND 643N 17 18/08 22 27/08 01 02/09 I TIGER WAVE 644N 24 25/08 30 02/09 07 08/09 I TIGER BRIDGE 645N 26-27/08 01 04/09 09 10/09 I TIGER BAY 646N 28-29/08 03-07/09 12 13,09
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