The Business Times, 8 July 1999

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P)o4tyi 85« SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, JULY 8,1999
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon FINANCE
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    Lock icon STI hammered down 90 pts before retracing
    622 1  -  Second liners hit hardest with 18% intraday plunge By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Trading curbs by stockbroking Arms again sparked frantic selling yesterday, as short-sellers came out in force to send local stocks into a tailspin for the third straight day. At its low,
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    Lock icon Directors now have to tell more when selling shares
    615 1  -  SES wants more details on why substantial owners, directors sold shares By* Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] In a departure from past practice, substantial shareholders and directors of listed companies will now have to provide more details on why they are selling their
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    Lock icon SES sends Clob plan to KLSE
    279 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has sent the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange a proposal for a staggered release of the frozen Malaysian Clob shares. SES sources told BT that the proposal was sent earlier this week, but declined to give
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    Lock icon End of the bubble?
    806 1  -  oomeawTAMT Sesdaq slide is a healthy wake-op call for the market, says TaaSrMttivMaa Ven Sreenivasan WHAT began as selective trading curbs by broking houses has triggered panic buttons and a selling stampede. Such is the nature of stock markets. The alarm came when some broking houses
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      136 1 nrenw Growth prespects ped The Singapore economy is picking up faster than expected and prospects for sustained growth are good, says the MAS. However, the recovery remains patchy, P|2 SEC ckirs developer The US Securities and Exchange Commission has cleared Singaporean property developer Bobby Ong Congquin of all insider trading
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      21 1 B Staging It Mt MAS ouUbws shift in its Sings exchange rate stance. Pg 2 MAS managing director Koh Ybng Ouan
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      29 1 Gold attack M K >|L '< v 1 Ht dqe and commodity funds are aiming to dike gold down towards the I banter 4 -iy some London bullion dealers. Pg9
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  • MAS ANNUAL REPORT
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      Lock icon MAS goes from easy to neutral Sing$ stance
      384 2  -  Bat narrowing band not a signal for stronger Ss, it says /ft/ 1 Catherine Ong THE Monetary Authority of Singapore said it has moved from an easy to neutral exchange rate policy stance as regional currencies have stabilised and the local economy
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      Lock icon Economy bouncing back but...
      1186 2  -  recovery is patchy and still subject to major uncertainties Vikram Khanna THE Singapore economy is picking up faster than expected and the prospects for sustained growth are good, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) says in its 1998/99 Annual Report. Then comes the rider: the recovery,
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    • SHORT takes
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        Lock icon Huge money outflows in 1998
        77 2 THERE was an outflow of $30 billion last year in the financial and capital account of the balance of payments, five times higher than in 1997. This occurred partly because, faced with heightened uncertainties on account of the regional crisis, Singapore-based foreign banks repatriated their
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        Lock icon More white collar job losses
        101 2 OVERALL employment in Singapore declined in 1998 for the first time since the recession of 1985. But there were differences in the pattern of job losses between the two periods. In 1998, layoffs in manufacturing were proportionately smaller while those in the commerce sector rose
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        Lock icon Loan demand fell, so did supply
        97 2 AS economic growth slowed last year, there was less demand for bank loans. But the supply of credit also declined. Indeed, during the first nine months of 1998, banks' outstanding loans fell, even though their lending capacity improved. The reason? "Banks' heightened cautiousness in
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        Lock icon A budget deficit, but it's working
        128 2 SINGAPORE will have a budget deficit in FY99 of 3.5 per cent of GDP because of slow economic growth and more expansionary fiscal policy. The MAS estimates that the fiscal boost represented by the $10.5 billion package of cost-cutting measures last November on top
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        Lock icon MAS reviewing insurance sector
        70 2 THE MAS is carrying out a review of the insurance industry. "We are looking to open up the industry and studying whether there is a need for consolidation of the local players," MAS deputy managing director Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. He said the review would not necessarily
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        Lock icon Merger of SES and Simex on track
        154 2 MAS managing director Koh Yong Guan said the merger of the Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange was "on track" and would be completed in the third quarter of the year. Deputy managing director Tharman Shanmugaratnam said the search
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        Lock icon Y2K readiness: almost there
        72 2 THE MAS assessed 357 financial institutions in a test of the degree of preparation to cope with the year 2000 problem. The assessment covered banks, finance companies, securities firms, futures companies and investment advisers. The results as at March 31 this year were promising. About 73
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        Lock icon MAS on hedge funds
        104 2 THE MAS will express its views on hedge fund regulation, among other issues, during the September meeting of the Financial Stability Forum (FSF), a G-7 mandated group to study ways to strengthen the international financial system. Asked how the MAS viewed the issue of the regulation
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        Lock icon MAS beefs up its staff
        45 2 The MAS recruited a total of 92 staff last year, including 30 mid-career officers from the private sector. It said a key challenge was "people development", adding that it would give "increased emphasis to career development and training this year".
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      Lock icon S'pore set for strong rebound this year: economists
      510 2  -  By, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S economy is set for a strong rebound this year, and an early restoration of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) cut will not choke off the recovery, economists said yesterday. But they added that Singapore's long-term competitiveness remains an
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  • EMPLOYER News
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      Lock icon CPF training made easy
      405 3 W2<A the Board's new on-line training module, your payroll staff no longer have to waitfor scheduled training sessions or make tedious trips to the Board they can train themselves in the office. to the CPF I Board's on-line training A. module, your new payroll staff will
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      Lock icon Go electronic, it's good for business
      843 3 Organisations are opting for the Board's electronic services to send in their CPF contribution details and make their payments. It's more productive. The automotive Komoco group finds it a time-saver. The Ministry of the Evironment (ENV) finds it secure. Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital
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      Lock icon Stretch your working capital
      161 3 Sign up for Giro now and enjoy three more days to pay your CPF. All your CPF payments can be taken care of with just one simple instruction to your bank. Deduction is automatic so you need not worry about late payment. Sending of cheques by
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      Lock icon On-line handbook for latest updates
      149 3 Stay up-to-date on CPF issues with just a click of the mouse. With the electronic version of the Employers' Handbook, you can get all the information you need in the comfort of your office, whenever you need it. Easily accessible at the Board's website, the
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      Lock icon More new services available
      249 3 Check out the latest services at our website, and save yourself a trip to the CPF Board. As part of the Board's constant efforts to improve its service, employers will be able to complete and send commonly-used forms electronically by the end of the year. For
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      Lock icon SRC cutting output by 30% due to negative refining margins
      402 4  -  It follows Shell's move last week in cutting back due to regional glut By Ronnie Lim SINGAPORE Refining Company (SRC) the joint refinery of listed Singapore Petroleum, British Petroleum and Caltex will cut production by almost one-third to 200,000 barrels
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      Lock icon Far East Sq, Capital Sq get heritage awards
      456 4  -  Other winners include monastery, shophouses By i Corinne Kerk COMMERCIAL developments Far East Square and Capital Square in the China Square Conservation Area yesterday became two of the six recipients of this year's Architectural Heritage Awards. Given out by the Urban Redevelopment
      SIEW YAW HOONG; ARTHUR LEE  -  456 words
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      Lock icon Industrial rent index sees 1st rise in 3 yrs
      389 4 Despite 3.6% Q2 rise, rents are still 19% down year-on-year JONES Lang LaSalle's islandwide industrial rental index has posted its first increase in 12 quarters, with a 3.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter rise in the three months to endJune. Despite the increase,
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      Lock icon Trade surplus to fade: JP Morgan
      330 4  -  EYE ON THE ECOMOMY Outlook By, Anna Teo THE "impressive" US$l5.6 billion trade balance chalked up last year is likely to fade in 1999 as Imports pick up and export growth begins to plateau, says JP Morgan. The US investment bank expects Singapore's imports
      Source: JP Morgan  -  330 words
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      Lock icon Properties on auction up 50% in H1; success rate up markedly
      447 4 THE first half-year saw a 50 per cent jump in the number of properties put up for auction. The success rate has also improved significantly. About four out of 10 properties put up for auction found buyers in the
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      Lock icon RHB has not made general offer for Sime Bank
      358 4  -  MATTJIfI Tan Lai Hok and Daniel K C Lim Malaysia I REFER to your On The Grapevine report "Unhappy shareholders" (BT, June 30). Your report of a mandatory general offer (GO) by RHB for Sime Bank Bhd is incorrect. A mandatory
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      Lock icon AFP says shareholders gain
      357 4  -  Jane Teah Company secretary Asia Food Properties Ltd WE refer to Denis Distant's letter to the editor (BT, July 2) on why shareholders of Asia Food Properties Ltd (AFP) are not given preferential allocation of shares of Golden Agri-Re-sources Ltd in its on-going initial public offer.
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      Lock icon Work pass for eligible foreign talents
      589 5  -  TECHMOPREMEURSHIP PERKS Govt outlines criteria for new immigration rules from Sept 1 By, Jennifer Lien ARMED with a business plan and sufficient capital, a budding foreign technopreneur can soon apply for a work pass here. In a joint statement, the Manpower Ministry (MOM), Singapore
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon M'sian output surges by record 5.4% in May
      403 6 Though that's from low base, data shows recovery nnderway, say economists Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's industrial output surged 5.4 per cent during the 12 months to May, showing the strongest annual growth since December 1997 and suggesting that an economic recovery is
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      Lock icon KL central bank takes over another two finance firms
      243 6 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank said it took over the management of two more loss-making finance companies on June 25, as it tries restore health to the industry. The two companies are Sime Merchant Bankers Bhd and Sabah Finance Bhd.
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      Lock icon Merrill raises M'sian 1999 GDP to 4.9% from 2%
      335 6 It cites strong domestic, external demand momentum AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] US investment firm Merrill Lynch and Co said yesterday it had revised upwards its forecast of Malaysia's economic growth to 4.9 per cent this year from 2.0 per cent previously. The
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      Lock icon Bangkok shares dip 2% on talk of finance firm closures
      150 6 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Thai share prices closed lower led by banks and finance companies, amid rumours that a number of financial institutions could be closed and concerns about second quarter corporate earnings announcements later this month, dealers said. They said investors
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      Lock icon Taiwan exports rise 5.5% in first half as Asia recovers
      362 6 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan exports rose 5.5 per cent year-on-year to U5557.42 billion (5597.6 billion) in the six months to June on strong demand from recovering Asian economies, official data showed yesterday. Imports, however, fell 3.8 per cent from a year
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      Lock icon Korea ups growth forecast to 6.8%
      322 6 Central bank's new target pushes stock index above 1,000 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korea's central bank raised its 1999 economic growth target to 6.8 per cent, from the 3.8 per cent expansion it was forecasting three months ago, and the Korean bourse yesterday celebrated the news.
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon E-commerce, cyberlaws on agenda for M'sia's MSC meet
      561 7  -  IT bigwigs attending will also discuss policy directions for the cyber zone From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will push the development of electronic commerce and discuss the issue of cyberlaws when top leaders in the information technology world meet
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      Lock icon China newspaper warns of NPL risk as stocks rally
      290 7 fa SHANGHAI Companies taking large bank loans to play market, it says AFX-Asia THE current stock market rally risks generating a large increase in non-performing loans as enterprises and securities companies borrow bank funds for investment in shares, the China Business
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      Lock icon Regulators shut top Shanghai trust firm
      216 7 U SHANGHAI Bloomberg, Reuters CHINA'S financial regulators ordered Pudong Lianhe Trust and Investment Corp, one of the largest trust and investment firms in Shanghai, to shut as the firm's bad loans soared. The trust firm, formed in 1996 by the Agricultural Bank of China
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      Lock icon Fighting a flood of corruption
      85 7 [YELLOW RIVER, China] Hundreds of People's Liberation Army soldiers have been enlisted to take up the fight against China's life-threatening flood season in Northern China. Yesterday, the troops pictured were hauling sandbags up to the banks of the river Authorities in China, where more than
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      Lock icon Philippines sees room for 4-6 top banks
      202 7 MANILA Intense competition will force mergers: central bank chief AFXAsia PHILIPPINE central bank governor Rafael Buenaventura said only four to six universal banks will ultimately control the banking sector as a result of ongoing mergers and consolidations. Universal banks or expanded commercial banks
      AFX- Asia  -  202 words
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      Lock icon PNG PM quits on Taiwan issue
      451 8 PORT MORESBY Uproar over charge that funds were sought for recognising Taiwan Reuter, AFP PAPUA New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate quit yesterday with his government crumbling beneath him and a row raging over new diplomatic ties with Taiwan. "I want to announce my
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      Lock icon S Korean govt selling stake in US$1b gambling resort
      622 8 SEOUL Casino seen reviving economy of depressed Kangwon province Bloomberg OVERCOMING its traditional aversion to roulette wheels and blackjack, the South Korean government is offering investors a stake in a US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) gambling resort that heralds the end of
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      Lock icon Rothschild and Daiwa Securities plan to buy failed Japan firms
      168 8 TOKYO Bloomberg ROTHSCHILD Inc of the US and Japan's Daiwa Securities SB Capital Markets will set up a 40 billion yen (***** million) fund to invest in bankrupt Japanese companies, Daiwa said yesterday. The fund, to be called Japan Recovery
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      Lock icon India unveils US$2.3b plan to divest stakes in state-run firms
      274 8 NEWDELHI AFP INDIA announced a sweeping plan on Tuesday to divest equity worth US$2.3 billion <899.9' billion) in state-run firms during the fiscal year to March 2000. Information and Broadcasting Minister Pramod Mali ajan said the domestic and global share
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      Lock icon Business climate near 2-year best: Aussie firms
      474 8 MELBOURNE Poll suggests 8-year economic expansion will continue Bloomberg AUSTRALIAN companies are reaping the rewards of brisk economic growth, saying conditions in the second quarter remained near their strongest in two years. National Australia Bank Ltd's index of business conditions, which weighs sales,
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      161 7 ((LCastle Group Business Information Specialists In Association With iiNO*roai STUDIES REFORMASI Indonesia's Election f 1 s■ imim I Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore 14 July 1999 Chairman, National Mandate Party Former Chairman, Muhammadiyah Special Guest Speaker: /V Director, IMF Other Confirmed Speakers: MARZUKI DARUSMAN Vice Chairman Golkar, Chairman Indonesia National Human Rights
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  • THE WORLD
    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Asian rebound may slow US economy
        74 9 LAT-WP {WASHINGTON] The crisis that began in Asia two years ago turned out to be a great tonic for the US economy. But now, with Asian economies on the mend, their gain could mean some pain here. The US economy now faces the prospect
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        Lock icon Envoys draft plans for new trade talks
        75 9 Reuters [GENEVA] Envoys from around the globe yesterday finalised plans for shaping an agenda for a new round of negotiations on freer world trade expected to be launched late this year. Trade sources said ambassadors to the World Trade Organisation were close to
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        Lock icon Foreigners may tray US defence firms
        75 9 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Pentagon is willing to allow European or Asian firms to buy major US defence firms under certain conditions, Jacques Gansler, undersecretary of defence for acquisition and technology, said yesterday, predicting a wave of transatlantic mergers. He said such mergers would create
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        Lock icon Disney agrees to settle Katzenberg suit
        53 9 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co and Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to settle Mr Katzenberg's US$5BO million (Ss9B6 million) lawsuit against the company. Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed. Mr Katzenberg and Michael Eisner, chief executive of Disney, said they are satisfied with the conclusion
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      Lock icon Funds want to drive gold to US$250: traders
      602 9  -  Bids by big players at UK auction below accepted offer From Neil Behrmann in London HEDGE and commodity funds aim to drive gold prices down towards the US$25O barrier, bullion dealers here said yesterday. Prior to the British 25tonne gold auction, most
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      Lock icon World bond market worth US$22t at end-97: Salomon
      371 9 LONDON At constant exchange rates, the total was np 8.3% Reuters OUTSTANDING publicly issued bonds in 23 major markets at the end of 1997 totalled U5521.94 trillion (5537.2 trillion), just 1.5 per cent more in US dollar terms than a year earlier,
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      Lock icon EU goes ahead to put labour standards on WTO agenda
      579 9  -  It will press for multilateral framework for roles bat won't use trade sanctions From\ Shada Islam in Brussels THE European Union is pushing ahead with controversial plans to include labour standards on the global trade agenda despite fierce resistance from
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      Lock icon Non-US markets seen doing better
      127 9 NEW YORK Reuters IMPROVED economic performance in Asia and Europe, coupled with rising interest rates in the United States, indicate that overseas markets will likely outperform US markets, Merrill Lynch chief investment strategist Charles Clough said yesterday. In a global investment strategy brief distributed by
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      Lock icon Gold meltdown hits miners hard
      362 9 LONDON AFP THE sharp fall in the price of gold, caused by the first auction of part of Britain's reserves, is hitting countries which produce gold, putting their mining industries and currencies under pressure. In South Africa, thousands of miners are likely to lose their
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      Lock icon ECB won't step in, says better EU growth will firm euro
      293 9 SEOUL Bloomberg THE European Central Bank has no immediate plan to intervene to reverse a 13 per cent slide in the euro this year since an expected recovery in European economies will help stabilise the currency, a senior bank
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      132 9 X KBA KOREAN BUSHES ASSOCIATION (SfttttfOftt) is pleased to announce the inauguration of the association by Mr Mah Bow Tan Minister for National Development today. AIM OF KOREAN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (SINGAPORE) 1. To promote co-operation between Singapore and Korean companies for trade and investment 2. To contribute towards the advancement
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Godzilla prices on Wall St but no inflation...
      895 10  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent IT would seem that Voltaire was right and that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds". The US economy has moved back into a
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      87 10 'It wasn't as good as Disneyland.' Lawrence Goichman a recent American visitor to the Cu Chi tunnels, one of the most famous battlegrounds of the Vietnam War. Our children watch the sajne violent movies and television programmes, they play the same violent video games, they also come
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      Lock icon Time for WTO compromise
      636 10 EDITORIAL THE search for a new head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has entered a new phase with Australia proposing a compromise: New Zealand's Mike Moore and Thailand's Supachai Panitchpakdi will each serve up to three years consecutively. This is a workable idea, considering that
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      Lock icon Will a wave of lawsuits follow the millennium bug?
      1188 10  -  Computer crashes caused by the Y2K bog could lead to costly court cases By, Jean Eaglesham FT COMPANIES worldwide have spent billions of pounds to ensure their computer systems and software can cope with the Year 2000 date change. Dealing with
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1062 10 Tha dull truth about gold FOR thousands of years, gold has been an integral part of the world's monetary system. At first, it was the stuff from which money was made. Then, it backed up the value of paper money and formed the basis of global
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Gross-out films are top box-office grossers
      478 11 FILM Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Remember when Hollywood insisted that male and female actors sleep in separate beds and wear sets of pyjamas even when the script said they were married? And remember when the cameras panned to the heavens and the music swelled but
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Motor stocks still in fast lane
      2089 12  -  With six counters zooming ahead of the DBS-50 in the first half, here's a look at the staying power of various stocks By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] AMIDST the current bull run, which saw the STI rising from 800 to 2,200 points between last September
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SEC clears Bobby Ong of APL insider trading charges
      548 13  -  All his US assets freed; move follows his April deposition to SEC in New York Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] America's Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the watchdog of its securities industry, has cleared Singaporean property developer Bobby Ong Congquin of all insider
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      Lock icon LTA bonds snapped up on Day 1 of offer
      250 13 [SINGAPORE] All of the Land Transport Authority's $300 million bonds were snapped up on the first day of its offer yesterday, said DBS Bank, the joint lead manager with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Eric Ang, managing director and head of DBS
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      443 13  -  Rate second highest this year after Allied's 268.6 times By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-bound Asti Holdings yesterday said its public offer tranche of 6 million shares has netted a subscription rate of 267.2 times at its close on Tuesday. This makes its
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      764 13 Self-initiated moves taken to cut risks of bad debts Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] G KGoh Holdings' business has become so hot it is turning clients away. The smallest of Singapore's four listed stock brokerages put up a sign recently at its reception
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      339 13  -  By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore wants GES International to explain why it had said the exchange had "no objection" to a share sale by its executive chairman when the exchange had yet to give
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        Lock icon Total Access in talks to take in anew partner
        244 14 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Singapore-listed Total Access Communication pic (TAC) is negotiating with four new potential investors to take a stake in the company, managing director Mustapha Man-Nga said. He said the company will select only one potential new partner, to whom TAC
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        Lock icon Multi-Purpose sells 8m shares in Magnum Corp
        359 14 Lee Kim Tew denies he plans to control Magnum via Snnrise AFXAsia, Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Multipurpose Holdings Bhd has cut its stake in Magnum Corp Bhd, Malaysia's oldest lottery operator, to a direct 22.3 per cent and indirect 8.51 per cent, via the
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        Lock icon Ossia eyes 1.5 cents EPS as consumer confidence returns
        636 14 Sale of real estate assets allows it to refocus on core sports goods business Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Ossia International, a Singapore distributor of sporting products, is optimistic of achieving earnings per share of about 1.5 cents in 1999 compared with a loss,
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        Lock icon M'sian Plant ex-chief stops share sale
        231 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Plantations Bhd, which is into real estate and financial services, said a former executive got a court order to prevent Multi-Purpose Bank from selling his shares of the company pledged to the bank. Ahmad Fuad Md Ali, former executive chairman
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        Lock icon CHL seals deal on LWK with Brierley
        300 14 Reuters [WELLINGTON] CHL New Zealand, a private investment consortium planning to buy out clothing manufacturer LWR, said yesterday that it had formally entered into an option agreement with Brierley Investments to purchase 64.2 per cent of LWR over the next two years at
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        238 14  -  Choo Meileen made non-executive chairman By l Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Cathay Organisation Holdings, formerly known as IMM Multi-Enter-prise (IME), has appointed Wong Hean Fine its president and chief executive officer. The company also said yesterday that it had appointed Choo Meileen its non-exec-utive chairman
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        203 14  -  By\ Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Greenall Investments Pte Ltd yesterday exercised a call option to acquire 60 million shares representing 75 per cent of the former IMM Multi-Enterprise's (IME) capital for $15.9 million or 26.58 cents a share. Following this acquisition, IME is
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        132 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai electronics firm K R Precision yesterday said it had rejected an offer by Singapore disk drive suspension maker Magnecomp International Ltd to take a controlling stake in the firm. "The Magnecomp offer is inadequate, not in the best interest
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          Lock icon Venture unit to sell shares
          66 14 [SINGAPORE] Venture Manufacturing (Singapore) subsidiary Cebelian Holdings has agreed to sell 1.5 million shares, or 40 per cent, in Venture Meto International Pte Ltd for an Initial sum of $625,000 and a final consideration of up to an additional $125,000. Cebelian will be left with
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          71 14 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology yesterday said that Compaq Computer Corporation is now shipping the Creative Labs SBS-52 powered speaker system with its Prosignia family of desktop PCs for small and medium businesses. The SBS-52 powered speakers were designed by award-winning company Cambridge Sound Works. Creative also said
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          41 14 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom has incorporated a subsidiary in South Korea, Singapore Telecom Korea Ltd. The unit has an issued and paid-up capital of 50 million won (5572,300). It provides telecommunications services and is involved in related businesses.
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          Lock icon Bonvests raises stake in Bonster
          34 14 [SINGAPORE] Bonvests Holdings has subscribed for an additional 5.5 million shares in subsidiary Bonstar Pte Ltd at par, raising the issued and paid-up capital of Bonstar to 18.5 million.
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          73 14 [SINGAPORE] Omni Industries will incorporate a new subsidiary, Omni Plastics Technology, in Shanghai to carry out plastic component sub-assemblies. It will invest US$5OO,OOO (S$848,000) in the new unit which is held through Omni Plastics China. Meanwhile, Omni also said the initial paid-up capital of
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        394 15 Toshiba says it will retool lines at Dominion to make more lucrative chips Bloomberg [TOKYO] IBM Corp said it will sell its half of a computer memory-chip factory to joint owner Toshiba, Japan's sec-ond-largest chipmaker, leaving Toshiba without a
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        Lock icon C&W HKT shares hit by talk of China Telecom pullout
        432 15 Reuters [HONGKONG] Shares of Cable and Wireless HKT tumbled 6.48 per cent yesterday after China Telecom (Hong Kong) Group Ltd sold part of its stake, prompting rumours that it would pull out completely. China Telecom (Hong Kong) Group said it
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        Lock icon Acer wins NT$30b order from Dell
        164 15 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Acer, Taiwan's leading computer maker, won a NT$3O billion (551.58 billion) order from Dell Computer, helping bolster earnings as it aims to double operating profit, local media reported. The order would be its first from Texas-based Dell, the Commercial Times reported. Acer
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        Lock icon BOC mulls £7b takeover offer by French, US firms
        331 15 FT [NEW YORK] BOC is considering a proposed joint takeover offer from Air Liquide of France and Air Products and Chemicals of the US that values the UK industrial gases group at about £7 billion (5518.6 billion). The move is the
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        433 15 200 jobs to go as firm closes its US mobile phone business Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sony Corp, the world's second-largest consumer electronics maker, said it's shutting its North American wireless phone business and firing about 200 employees in engineering, sales and marketing. Sony's making
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        75 15 [SEOUL]South Korean workers from Jinro Coors shouting slogans yesterday asking for a fair deal from an auction to sell Jinro, which is currently under court receivershipCoors Brewing Co of the United States said on Tuesday that it wanted South Korea's Oriental Brewery disqualified for improper
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        383 15 60b yen sale a result of growing rivalry between the two Bloomberg [TOKYO] Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's second-largest computer maker, will pay 60 billion yen (SsB34 million) to gain full control of a Japanese joint venture with Yokogawa Electric Corp. Yokogawa said the
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        522 16 Solid capital strength at top 1,000 but pre-tax profits down from last year FT, Reuters [LONDON] Mergers in the financial services industry have pushed two US groups, Citigroup and Bank of America, to the top rank of the world's largest banks. In
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        563 16  -  Its share of Nets transactions has jumped to 80% after POSBank merger By< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank's share of Nets transactions has jumped to 80 per cent after its integration with POSBank, and a congested computer system caused the recent spate of transaction
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        Lock icon ABN Amro forms new division for European business
        286 16 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding NV, the world's eighth-largest bank, is combining most of its European activities, forming a new division which will coordinate the bank's business in the unified market created by the euro. The bank said it is integrating its
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        463 16 Family-owned firms unwilling to join forces, big groups have own problems Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asia's weak and overcrowded insurance market is crying out for mass mergers, but potential white knights of the region have turned a deaf ear to repeated calls for help from financial
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        Lock icon Allianz in talks to buy all or part of Pimco: report
        227 16 Reuters, Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] German insurance giant Allianz AG is in talks with Pimco Advisor Holdings to buy all or part of the US fund management firm, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported in yesterday's edition. While Allianz yesterday declined
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        136 17  -  Reports MSCI Singapore Index Christopher Podbury, Jardine Fleming SINGAPORE stocks went through a roller-coaster session yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index plunged sharply in the afternoon but recovered much of its losses by the close, finishing down 30.98 points, or 1.4 per cent, at
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        189 17  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures finished 1.2 points higher, moving in tandem with the Taiwan Weighted Price Index's rise of 15.58 points. This upward movement was the result of optimistic Taiwanese first-half year figures. In
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        310 17 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices were marginally lower yesterday, recoiling after sharp recent gains spurred by evidence of tight Opec adherence to supply curbs. World marker Brent blend crude was down 11 cents in London at U5517.99 a barrel. Oil prices have jumped
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        298 17 AFP, Reuters London THE euro bobbed in narrow ranges against the US dollar yesterday, holding above its recent life low, but failing to find a toehold above the U551.0250 barrier. Dealers said the euro was undermined in the afternoon by rumours, swiftly denied, that the Green Party was
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        1262 17 DfTERBAMK CROSS RATES C$ Euro Ffr Dw H« mdh Bupnh Yn Wow 8M NZ$ Pafc »t Peso S$ »and Sfr WT$ Baht Pwnd tgS Australia 0.973 6.178 0.647 4.241 t265 5.Ml 28.675 44.755 0.808 7.769 2.518 1264 34.*****.359 1124 4.012 1.037 21J94 24.432 0.424 0.663 l i! 5 649 0
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        1843 17 SICOM FUTURES .m? RUBBER (futures ctosmq ts at 5 30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS ceotsAg) Close Volume Open Month low Sott (tonnes) Interest Aug 99 97.50 300 Sep 99 99.00 900 Oct 99 103.25 103.25 100.75 600 350 Nov 99 102.25 350 Dec 99 104.00 350 Jan/Mar 00 107.00 600 RSS 3
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      1331 18 AFP Q Hang Seng -115J7 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.8 per cent yesterday as investors locked away profits in the absence of fresh buying incentives, dealers said. "I think the market is taking a bit of a pause after recent sharp rises," said Howard Gorges, vice-presi-dent of South China
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      567 18 AFP, Reuters Shanghai B Index -L 35 SHANGHAI'S B shares shrugged off a gain on the parallel market of locally traded A shares to fall 2.7 per cent yesterday, the third straight day of technical corrections, analysts said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index, which tracks shares nominally
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      344 18 AFP QWP Index +15JS8 SHARES closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday as bargainhunting offset early losses, dealers said. "Buying interest is strong in plastic and petrochemical sectors because of the hike in oil prices," said Yu Yin-kai, analyst at Grand Cathay Securities. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index
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      2186 18 LONDON Industrial! JM7 NM *h 3i Croup 7.94 0.13 Abbey National 1L82 -0.16 A B Foods 4.34 -0.13 A B Ports 2.95 0.02 Alliance t Leicestar 8.53 -0.27 Allied Domecq 6.01 -0.07 Allied Zurich 8.32 -0.06 Anglo American Gold 43.70 unch ASOA Group 2.18 unci) Bar* of
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      1663 18 AFP P Nikkei 225 -9L83 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday in the absence of fresh buying pegs, brokers said. The key Nikkei Average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 91.83 points to 17,958.90, ending below the major chart line of
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        8749 19 INDUSTRIALS Consumer protects 1999 Last Vol Day Het Cap High Low Company Sala 'OOP High Low HI $mM 440 255 Ajinomoto 384 unch 6 390 384 24.4 155.6 138 46 Angkasa 130 -3 1083 138 128 191.7 364 220 Apollo Food Hlg 350 8 526 364 344 12.2 140.0 294
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        Lock icon Shares dragged down by profit-taking
        421 19 AFX-Asia □Composite Index -6.76 SHARE prices closed lower largely on profit-taking with investors reluctant to take positions as trade settlements became due following last week's heavy volumes, dealers said. However, steady institutional and retail interest kept losses in check, they added. The KLSE Composite Index
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        2088 20 BONOS. LOANS ft WARRANTS hlJ*'*? LMt V* Day Lest Quota Awq I?*? Lo Stno Company Sat* ♦•f COOO) High Low Buyer Seller Price '22 3 1 3160 *Ac»f wrnf>7ti TS -4 949 82 57 74 75.5 4.5 s 3164 Acma ******4 52 -1.5 1663 56 39 51.5 52 72 '6
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        232 20 HONGKONG STOCKS Cr Or 52 Wfc L-*** v* Day tad Oust* Olv Ot* VM Ntt M Cap High Law mm Company SaM rOOO) Mt» Lw Bwyar Sa8ar CMr Pfl *1* 365 173 5)23 CDC (2000) HK 315 -5 12 315 315 315 8 17 23 10 7 6096.9
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        Lock icon Keppel Land warrant bears watching
        167 20  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IN a market as volatile as this, it pays to be nimble and to stick to quality. If one were to scrutinise the warrants table yesterday, one would see that someone who stuck to these principles could have made a
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        283 20 AFP P| Wellington *1(133 NEW Zealand share prices rose 0.5 per cent yesterday, helped by another positive day for Telecom. It added six cents to NZ57.94 but was still down from its February high of NZ$9.BO. The NZSE-40 Index was up 10.33 points to 2,171.03 on turnover of NZ$99.B
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        857 20 AFP □set Index -10.71 THAI stocks slipped 2 per cent yesterday as expected second quarter corporate results cast a shadow over the market, dealers said. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand Index lost 10.71 points to 516.11 while the select SET 50 was off 0.81 points at 36.51. Banks
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        392 20 AFP Composite Index +HLSS SOUTH Korean share prices rose 1.7 per cent yesterday, sending the composite index smashing past the 1,000-point level for the first time in three years and eight months, dealers said. The market was supported by steady inflows of funds, they said. "Compared to market conditions
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        664 20 AFP P All Ordinaries -14J AUSTRALIAN share prices ended in negative territory yesterday, pushed 0.5 per cent lower by a sharp slump in gold prices and a spell of prof-it-taking across other stocks, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index fell 14.6 points to 3,067.3. Turnover
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        717 20 AFP kl Composite Index -1&82 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2.3 per cent lower yesterday as weakening foreign interest undermined sentiment and offset early gains, dealers said. Trimegah Sekurindo Lestari dealer Suhendra said local sentiment was downcast due to the absence of foreign investors. "I think some local investors were
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        328 20 AFP n Manila -4.77 PHILIPPINE share prices slipped 0.2 per cent yesterday after a flat performance on Wall Street, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 4.77 points to settle at 2,605.59. Volume was 4.6 billion shares worth 3.9 billion pesos from 2.1 billion shares worth 3.3
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      7220 21 Or Of M Wt 52-Wk Ult Vol Day Lad Ouo« 01* ON VM Nat Cm Av« Hm» Law StNo Company tala COOP) N»gl» Law Buytr 8a8ar H C'vr Pfl >mi Prtea MULTI-INDUSTRY 182 t7.5 m b 1000 AcmaSOc 149 id -5 2028 158 134
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      1440 21 Or 6f M Wt 52-Wk Last Vol My Laat Ouata Of* Mv YM Nat Cap Avq High Law StNa Company t«W COOP) High Law Buyar SaPar C'yf P/I $■> Prtca MANUFACTURING 218 30 c 2049 AS Auto 10c ITS *4 2562 177 159 174 175 10 N 0.6 199.8
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        435 22 Stocks Voiwme Hotung Inv NT5 77.097,000 Asia FoodiProp 55.231,000 IPC Corpo5c 53.343.000 Frt Links 20c 42,164,000 Eagle Brand Hldgs HK75c 31,768,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 28,456,000 'Gentinglnt 27,215,000 •TanChonglnt50c 25,167,000 Liang Huat 10c 23,324,000 I-Qne5c 21,880,000 Wirtl > SPH 65,929,345 •TanChonglntSOc 55,893,375 Asia FoodiProfl 48,797,755 GES Intl Ltd 20c 48,786,846
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        Lock icon Punters brought down to earth in volatile trading
        614 22  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Panic-selling from small players, brokers' trading curbs cited; market ends off lows on short-covering By R Sivanithy CONTRA players and retail punters were brought down to earth with a rude bump yesterday in a heart-stop-ping session which saw the
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        65 22  -  -By Wong Wei Kong HOTUNG Investment fell 1.5 cents to US$0,555 yesterday with 77.1 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 44.9 million shares. The stock fell to a day-low of US$0.45 but recouped most of its losses with a sharp retracement. The technical indicators
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          133 22 A REPORTER at the Monetary Authority of Singapore's press conference yesterday wanted to know why the value of gold held by the MAS has gone up and if it reflected a deliberate policy of buying gold while other central bankers are selling theirs. The question caught managing
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          128 22 WE hear that Ravi Menon, senior director for the planning, policy .and communications division at the MAS will be leaving soon for a one-year secondment to the Bank for International Settlements based in not-so-sunny Basle, Switzerland. The work will be exciting as he will be
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          74 22 HERE'S how a bond trader at Raffles Place explained why it is better to put one's money in the Land Transport Authority's latest bond issue than in a bank. He said: "If you put your money in Citibank and Citibank collapses, you queue up
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          112 22 AS readers know, Menang Corporation and over half a dozen troubled Malaysian companies were excluded in Akbar Khan's cash offer to Clob investors. The other two contenders for Malaysian Clob shares— Bin tang Melewar and United Engineers Malaysia/Telekom Malaysia—are also not too keen to
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      307 23 Bridge News, Reuters ATLANTIC Panamax rates agreed disappointed those brokers expecting rates to steady, if not improve slightly, for late July-early Aug cargoes. Rates have yet to register any steep decline for Panamaxes in the east while brokers talked of a "better tone" for capesize tonnage. A rising
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      270 23 Ml CWT Distribution 1.44 -0.03 547 Chuon Hup 1 JO -0.03 2640 Cotco Irtvastmant 1.26 -0.09 490 Frrtght Links 0.42 -0.04 ***** 08 Holdings 1.02 -0.09 427 H4 Sun Hup 0.90 -0.04 2281 IMC HoK*ngi-HK 5.60 unci) 0 Jaya Holdings 1.07 -0.01 22S2 Shipyard 8.05 -0.15 174 Corp
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      353 23 Tankers scrapped in second quarter np 27-5% while dry bulk carriers sold for scrap fell 13% Reuters [PIRAEUS, Greece] Tanker scrapping shot up while the disposal of bulk carriers diminished as the total deadweight tonnage of ships sold for demolition rose by 5
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      247 23 Bloomberg [LONDON] Kvaerner ASA, Europe's largest shipbuilder, said it rejected a £1 million (552.7 million) bid from General Electric Co pic's Marconi Marine unit for its Govan, Scotland, shipyard, saying the price was too low. Kvaerner spokesman Paul Emberley said the company
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      669 23  -  SHIPSHAPE By: Marcus Hand SINCE coming to work in Singapore one-and-a-half years ago, Nick Sansom, managing director for Thomas Miller South-east Asia, has become a well known character on the local shipping scene. A man who clearly enjoys the social aspect
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      482 23 Management, onion talks on new contract yet to resume Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] The Port of Oakland was shut down and work slowed at the country's two busiest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, after the expiration of a contract with
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      484 23 Move the latest in a series to reduce role of foreign investors NYT [VLADIVOSTOK. Russia] The board of Russia's largest shipping company elected a ranking official of the Russian government as the company's chairman on Tuesday, bowing to pressure from a
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        653 35 Vassal Voy Mo Barth Arrival Departure j«m Nft Harcopolo 22 Prwl42 M 07/07/3J0 08/07/6.00 WBwSm ***** J01 07/07/730 07/07/1400 BtHar«>an2 ***** J01 07/07/805 07/07/16.-00 Bt R8 3298 T199 J01 07/07/900 07/07/16:00 A*t>ar Putra ***** J02 07/07/6:30 07/07/23.00 Bt Ca Ma3 ***** J01 07/07/8:10 08/07/23:59 m Kota Java *****
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        1819 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/Balanct Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Pwkx) From To From MMw 6 92 10/0600 U 07/800 07/W9 07/1*0 a 07/1500 07/1659 07/1900 24 07/1700 04/0*59 00/0900 20 07/1700 00/0*59 00/0900 3 00/0700 00/7159 04/U00 4 04/1200 04/U59 01/1700 Mam* 2
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        792 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        503 35 Carton 180 Mm 990.6 2.0 17.4 0.W 78 0.05 Jul I Dtftslty Water testdu* Ash Aluminium S*diat*nt No abow £25 0 1(000 ZZm 390 Aw 987J 0.3 13.2 0.06 36 0.01 tim 380 Mai 992.8 0.8 19.2 0.M 183 0.04 «/v m/m m/m mi Wo ibo*t
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        497 36 PREPARING FOR Y2K COMPUTER BUG Bat it will not fly to airports which are unprepared for Y2K problems AFP [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways said its planes and equipment have passed tests against the millennium computer bug and will be ready to
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        328 36 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South Africa's air safety watchdog, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), said it was in advanced stages of gearing the country's aviation industry to ride possible Y2K complications smoothly. "We are able at this stage to indicate that in as so far
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        44 36 [GEMAS, Malaysia] A man walks by a derailed train in Gemas, 60 kilometres south of the capital Kuala Lumpur. At least 12 people were injured on Tuesday when a Malaysian passenger train derailed after hitting a herd of cows. REUTERS
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          77 36 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's new airport handled 1.68 million tonnes of cargo in its first year, down from the 1.78 million tonnes the previous year at the old Kai Tak airport, according to provisional figures. An Airport Authority spokesman also said Chek Lap Kok airport, opened
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          67 36 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Goldman Sachs analyst Jean-Louis Morisot said he has cut his 1999 net profit forecast for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd to HK$BB4 million (*****.53 million) from HK$ 1.331 billion, primarily as a result of the recent pilot dispute. Mr Morisot estimates the pay
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          57 36 Reuters [AM3TELVEEN, Netherlands] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, Europe's fourth-largest airline, said traffic rose 2 per cent in June from a year ago, while capacity increased 3 per cent The overall load factor, or amount of capacity filled, fell to 76.9 per cent
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          65 36 AFP [LONDON] Channel Tunnel rail operator Eurostar drummed up £198.3 million (*****.49 million) in sales In the first half of 1999,6 per cent more than the corresponding figure in 1998. The Eurostar group, which runs high speed rail links from London to Paris and Brussels,
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        281 36 Reuters [ATHENS] Greece's Olympic Airways said it was cancelling 50 out of 79 domestic and international flights yesterday because of a second 24hour strike in less than a week by the state carrier's employees. The strikes have been called in protest against a
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        219 36 Reuters [SEATTLE] The Boeing Co said it had reached an agreement with General Electric Co to develop a 115,000 poundthrust engine for its long-range 777 airplanes. The Seattle-based aerospace group projects the market for the long-range *****0 X and 777-300 X to be
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        484 36 Move expected to help SNCF doable ticket sales abroad to 2b francs a year Bloomberg [PARIS] Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais (SNCF), France's national railway operator, said it is considering joining an airline group such as the Star
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