The Business Times, 24 September 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 SINGAPORE Internet: http://b;!siness-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1999 85C
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    59 1 sn (+0.74) BT-SBI 71AM (-9.99) SDBCinmmES 277J0 (-0.20) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP ***** -14.08 NIKKEI Closed HANG SENG 13,214.44 +2*82 SET INDEX 400.46 -9.69 JAKARTA COMP §28.1? -1728 MANILA COMP _iW4J6 -1187 TAIPEI WPl dosed SEOUL COMP Closed CLfiA CHINA B 867J7 +0.36 AUST AIL
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    80 1 FOBEX RATES us$ s* US$ 1-714 £(US$/S$ per 1.639 1788 ELRO(USS/S$ per E) 1046 1712 DM 1.870 0116 YEN 103.6 1.654 Rtf 1800 1.481 HK$ 7.767 0121 HAHT 4016 0.042 RL'PIAH 8126 0.020 St to 100 untfj PMME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 755 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA
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    Lock icon DBS Land plans $1b shopping mall fund
    623 1  -  p=i| exclusive Tampines Mail will be injected into the fund before a public flotation: sonrces By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] DBS Land is planning to establish a bil-lion-dollar property fund called the Singapore Shopping Fund to purchase shopping malls in Singapore. The listed
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    Lock icon A Malaysian bailout for ailing Goldtron
    710 1  -  Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] A well-con-nected Malaysian businessman, who is also the key figure behind a port being built in Johor to rival Singapore's, has emerged as a white knight for debt-ridden Goldtron Ltd. Mohd Taufik Abdullah, executive chairman of Johor Port Bhd and
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    Lock icon KL now wants quick solution to Clob impasse
    735 1  -  l -H exclusive Govt may want to break deadlock to help boost stock market ahead of general election From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FOLLOWING Tuesday's surprise cut in the exit tax on stock market profits, Malaysian authorities will now push for
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      151 1 wsmE i 8 Rnpiah tumbles, shares plunge Massive student demonstrations in Jakarta yesterday, coupled with reports of skirmishes between peace-keepers and Indonesian militia in East Timor, sent shivers through the country's financial markets, Pg 15 41 r j 'zj r r j n 1 r i r~~^ ISSUE pPhr j
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      Lock icon MCL bags Devonshire site with aggressive $92m bid
      727 2  -  Price is equal to a break-even cost of no more than $1,300 psfcJLLMD liy] Kalpana Rashiwala MCL Land, the listed property arm of Cycle Carriage, has bagged a prime freehold residential plot at Devonshire Road with an aggressive bid of $92 million.
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      Lock icon 12 S'pore firms in new S&P Asia Pacific 100 index
      374 2  -  S'pore has an overall weighting of 7.19 in the index By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Twelve Singapore companies will be part of the newly-launched Standard Poor's (S&P) Asia Pacific 100 Index. Singapore will have an overall weighting of 7.19 per
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      Lock icon Decline in HK consumer prices quickens to 6.1%
      453 2  -  July retail sales see growth in volume, the first since September 1997. Quak Hiang Whai HONGKONG'S deflationary situation has worsened, judging by the 6.1 per cent drop in the consumer price index in August the biggest decline in 10 months. Based on
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  • FOCUS 2000
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Whither the Singapore dollar?
      529 3  -  LABRY WEE argues the case for a stronger greenback, and reckons it will be somewhere between 551.70 and 551.72 by early 2000 LARRY WEE GIVEN the recent strength of the yen, it's not surprising that some analysts are saying it can go further testing 100 yen
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      Lock icon What counts is whether M'sia can deliver
      619 3  -  MAILBAG Phoon Geng Chee Singapore via Internet I REFER to Malik Tahir's letter "Rest assured KL will catch up with Singapore" (BT, Sept 23). I will not speculate on the occupancy of Petronas Towers. Whether it is filled to the brim or to
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      Lock icon Why Singapore is leading the race
      130 3  -  Derek Hodgkinson Singapore via Internet I REFER to Malik Tahir's letter "Rest assured KL will catch up with Singapore" (BT, Sept 23). Singapore leads the race because it has an open and honest administration, a clear and rigorously applied rule of law, excellent infrastructure,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Cyberworks in US$350m share swap with CMGI
      470 4  -  Partners looking at co-investing in US, Asia Internet businesses From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCC), a subsidiary of Singapore's Pacific Century Regional Developments and the company behind Hongkong's Cyber-Port project, has signed a US$35O million share swap with CMGI
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      Lock icon Creative soars on ISP tie-up with C&W
      751 4  -  Joint venture to be S'pore's 6th Internet service provider Jennifer Lien CREATIVE Technology shares soared $1.10 yesterday to $17.80 on news that the company would partner the Cable Wireless group to become Singapore's sixth Internet service provider. On the same day, chip distributor
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      Lock icon NEL buys 30% of Taiwan's Eumitcom
      493 4  -  By' Marissa Chew CONTRACT manufacturer Nat Steel Electronics (NEL) has expanded its fledgling original design manufacturing business (ODM) with its acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in Taiwan's Eumitcom Technology Inc. The acquisition is worth NT5226.8 million (5512.2 million) and will give NEL
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      Lock icon Radical moves needed to push unit trust investments
      832 4  -  locksiew Catherine Ong THE government's efforts in encouraging retail investors to invest their funds through profes-sionally-managed unit trusts are laudable. Unit trusts provide the small man with a well-diversified portfolio of financial assets and help him spread his risk and access markets
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      Lock icon Vista to be DBS Land's healthcare arm
      564 7  -  Stake will be raised to 55% within next three years, says Han Cheng Fong By i Carol Eng DBS Land will make Vista Healthcare its main healthcare vehicle with an option to raise its stake to 55 per cent or US$45 million (Ss77
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      Lock icon Philippines' Medtecs offers 45m shares at S$0.306 each
      390 7  -  NEW LISTINGS First foreign firm to list on Sesdaq in US dollars By] Eugene Low PHILIPPINE-BASED Medtecs International Corp, which launched its initial public offer of 45 million shares yesterday, will be the first foreign company to list in US dollars on
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      Lock icon Seksun plans detachable warrants issue
      267 7 SEKSUN Precision Engineering is proposing an issue of 24.25 million detachable warrants in conjunction with a five-year transferable loan facility (TLF) of $15 million. The issue is in connection with the $15 million facility arranged by DBS Bank, which is managing the facility cum warrant
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      Lock icon SembCorp to keep 5-10% of PacNet
      344 7  -  f¥ Teh Hooi Ling SEMBCORP Industries intends to retain a 5-10 per cent stake in associate Pacific Internet (PacNet) after it ropes in a strategic partner to help PacNet grow internationally. "The idea is to find a strategic partner that can help PacNet grow
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      Lock icon Nam Lee Pressed Metal gets mainboard listing nod
      223 7 NAM Lee Pressed Metal Industries, a homegrown metal engineering specialist, has received in-principle approval from the Singapore stock exchange for a mainboard listing. In a statement yesterday, the company said it enjoyed good growth over the last five years. Group turnover rose
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      Lock icon Simex traders prepare for swings on Monday
      505 7  -  TAIWAN QUAKE Volatility expected when Taiwan index fntnres resume trade By I Siow Li Sen FUTURES traders here are bracing for a volatile resumption in the trading of Taiwan stock index futures on Monday following a trading suspension since Wednesday that has attracted
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      Lock icon CAM Int'l accepts investor's plan, closes M'sian unit
      269 8 CAM International Holdings, whose shareholders continue to wait in futility for its trading suspension to be lifted, yesterday said it has accepted an investment plan from a third-party investor. It had on Sept 14 accepted the written conditional proposal "from a third
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      Lock icon Tuan Sing back in the black with $8.7m gain
      454 8  -  CORPORATE RESULTS SPP suffers $1.5 m loss; parent seen profitable for fall year but not SPP By Marissa Chew DIVERSIFIED Tuan Sing Holdings is back in the black but its subsidiary SPP remained mired in the red for the half-year ended
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin halves full-year loss to $18m
      336 8 Results slightly above analysts' expectations FASHION wear retailer FJ Benjamin yesterday reported an $18 million loss for the year ended June 30, almost half the disastrous $33 million it lost a year ago. The figure, slightly better than analysts' consensus of $19.8 million
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Armstrong rebounds with $835,000 gain
        59 8 PRECISION engineering group Armstrong Industrial Corporation has made a turnaround with an interim net profit of $835,000 compared to a net loss of $938,000 last year. Increased sales following the regional economic recovery and its own restructuring exercise were mainly responsible for the return to
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        Lock icon Hwa Tat Lee's back in the black
        86 8 MANUFACTURER and exporter of leather hides and sofas Hwa Tat Lee Holdings has returned to the black with a profit of $3.2 million for the first half of this year. It posted a loss of $2.9 million in the same period last year.
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        Lock icon 16% fall in earnings at See Hup Seng
        104 8 SEE Hup Seng, the Sesdaq-listed structural protection specialist, has reported a 16 per cent fall in net profits to $1 million for the six months ended June 30,1999. Turnover rose 7 per cent to $19.5 million. The company attributed the fall in
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        Lock icon Lion Asiapac profit plunges 59%
        79 8 LION Asiapac yesterday posted a 59 per cent drop in net earnings to $1.96 million for the year ended June 30. The company attributed the drop mainly to the relatively poor results of its dry cargo container business and the trading and distribution business in
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        Lock icon Turnaround at Liang Huat
        68 8 LIANG Huat Aluminium has posted a net profit of $2.3 million, reversing a loss of $4.3 million previously, as it tightened control on costs and improved productivity. It made an extraordinary loss of $671,000 from the sale of a subsidiary and properties. Turnover fell 34 per
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        Lock icon Allied Components' net soars 94%
        108 8 ALLIED Components yesterday reported a 94 per cent jump in net profit for the year ended June 30 to $5.4 million, even as turnover shrank a tad to $134.8 million. It recorded an extraordinary loss of $156,000 from the liquidation of an Indonesian subsidiary, resulting
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        116 8 As of yesterday, 188 SES-listed companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30, 1999. They recorded a combined $4,238.3m in group profits, up 73.7% over the same period last year. The total included 20 foreign companies listed here If they were excluded, total
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon OSK warrant a worthy pick with time on its side
      190 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy IT'S been some time since we looked through the Malaysian market for any valuable nuggets, so now is probably as good a time as any. There are actually hordes of cheap, long-dated warrants to choose
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      468 6 Stocka Voluma AstanMicro 5c 24,156,000 •Owning Inl 13,879,000 PCI 25c 10,966,000 *TanChonglnt50c 7,833,000 TtonaWoon 10c 7,172,000 SingTel15c 6.794,000 NatSteei50c 4,863,000 Asia Food&Prop USS 4,219,000 Hotung mv NT5 4,007,000 NOL 3,544,000 Stocks DBS *****.108 SJA 31.990.452 C*yDev50c 22.155,469 SingTel 15c 19,893,809 NatE)ec10c— 19,376,641 PadficCentury 17,102,855 NatSteel50c 14,957,405 SPH 13,622,254 AaaanMicro 5c
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      Lock icon Market uneasy over sudden attack on region's currencies
      575 6  -  h i J comment STOCK MARKETT r. sivanithy IT was the currency market that set the undertone for a nervous stockmarket session yesterday, with the Japanese yen's rise taking a back seat to a sudden attack on all regional currencies in the
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      Lock icon SembCorp shares at oversold levels
      243 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SEMBCORP Industries shares closed higher yesterday, after the group finally announced the sale of bakery chain Delifrance Asia as part of its plans to divest non-core assets. The stock finished 2 cents higher at $2.03. It opened at $2.05,
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      80 6 Friday, Sept 24 2.45pm. Launch of new fund by Aberdeen Asset Management 4pm. Sembawang Corp announcing formation of new subsidiary and joint venture. 5.16pm. Osprey Maritime's interim results. ThmOMad Ban^wfa 3pm. Bank of Thailand releases weekly report of the official foreign reserves figure and net forward loan
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      Lock icon S$ closes at key 1.7150 level as US$ slides against yen
      505 6  -  I :ij comment CURRENCIES Fear that greenback is headed for test of 42J>0 baht and 9,500 rnpiah larry wee WHEN respected government officials try to stand in front of a speeding train, they lose credibility, as the Japanese have
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      82 7 meßlecs INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 26 November 1997) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 45,000,000 Ordinary Shares Issue Price: US$O.lB each Placement Share 550.306 each Offer Share Applications for shares under the public offer may be made by way of printed Application Forms or Electronic Applications as referred to in
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      377 8 BP National University \fsp of Singapore Founded 1905 The Public Policy Programme of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, invites applications for admission for the academic year *****001, commencing 10 July 2000. Developed in collaboration with Harvard University, the Programme creates an awareness of the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Prime offices, condos now about equal in price
      487 9  -  I=i I analysis At the '96 peak, prime office space cost twice as much as choice condos Byy Carol Eng PRIME office space, which used to cost twice as much as choice residential condominiums, is now almost on par, if not cheaper,
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Developers'literature
        99 9 WHAT does a top developer like Hong Leong chief Kwek Leng Beng read? Sharing his literary taste at a recent regional property conference, he named "The Good Earth" by Pearl S Buck. Mr Kwek quoted how the poor Chinese farmer Wang Lung in the novel "took earth from the
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        Lock icon A tangible chance
        91 9 SO Second Chance wants to go into retail property. But chairman Mohamed Salleh told reporters recently that its net tangible assets are only $23 million. Going by current rules, this means that whenever it wants to buy property exceeding $4.6 million or 20 per cent of NT
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        Lock icon No more freehold?
        101 9 WITH a flurry of collective sales expected after the new Land Titles (Strata) Amendment Act comes into effect next month, one developer wondered if the term "freehold" is becoming something of a misnomer. After all. the amendment allows a collective sale to go through with just 80
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        Lock icon Public yen-emy No 1
        106 9 IN his latest newsletter, technical analyst David Fuller proclaims: "The yen's surge is unsustainable. It should be remembered as Hayami's tsunami." Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami is "on the way to becoming public enemy No 1 in the eyes of the Japanese government". Why? "His
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      Lock icon China Construction to keep focus on Philippines
      306 9  -  It expects to clinch more contracts there in next two years By\ Marissa Chew CHINA Construction (South Pacific), a subsidiary of China's top construction group, plans to focus on the Philippines in the next two vears. where more opportunities are opening up compared
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      Lock icon Fear over job loss to foreigners unfounded: poll
      607 10  -  pß:i|exclusive Firms prefer locals who are equally qualified or experienced as they cost less By. Anna Teo ANY disquiet among Singaporeans over foreigners taking away jobs from them is "most likely unfounded", a survey found. Singapore companies hire foreigners mainly for their
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      Lock icon Firms see bigger pay rises next year: survey
      434 10  -  Monthly variable component hard to implement, say 25% By Eugene Low FIRMS here expect to give out higher salary increments next year than in 1999, according to a survey by human resource consultancy Watson Wyatt. A quarter of the companies surveyed also
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      Lock icon Service to track Internet ads and audiences soon
      339 10  -  By\ Raju Chellam A NEW service for marketers and advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ads on the Internet will be launched here early next year. The service the first of its kind in the world comes from market research firm
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon S'pore medics leave for Taiwan
        56 10 A SINGAPORE medical team left here yesterday for Taiwan to give medical help to the earthquake-stricken country. Their visit is a follow-up to the deployment of Singapore's Disaster Assistance Rescue Team (Dart). The team of five Singapore Armed Forces doctors and 12 medics were flown
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        Lock icon Women form 25% of ASME council
        64 10 WOMEN entrepreneurs form one-quarter of the newly-elected 16-member executive council of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME). Derek Goh, executive chairman of Serial Systems, is president of the council for the term 1999/2000. ASME said the high proportion of women in the
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        Lock icon New chairman for American chamber
        43 10 THE American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore has announced a new chairman, Edward Gilbert, who will replace outgoing chairman, Gregory Brusberg, who has returned to the US. Mr Gilbert is a partner in Vinson and Elkins International Lawyers.
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      Lock icon Few Cricket Club memberships change hands
      469 10  -  There were only 4 applications for transfers this month By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Cricket Club (SCC) members must be a very satisfied lot, judging by the minuscule number of members who sold their memberships on the open market following the Sept 1 expiry of
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      Lock icon August consumer price index up 0.9%
      299 11  -  157 =on the economy By, Audrey Tan INFLATION continued to edge up in August, as the economic recovery led to a pick-up in consumer prices. Data released yesterday by the Department of Statistics show a 0.9 per cent rise in the consumer price index
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee offers cheapest home loans with no conditions
      421 11  -  Borrowers also get renovation loan, legal subsidy, and no penalty on early partial repayments n,, Siow Li Sen KEPPEL Tat Lee Bank is giving its bigger rivals a run for their money by offering a package that offers the lowest interest
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      Lock icon International SOS sees 20% revenue expansion in '99
      390 11  -  Medical assistance firm set for listing within two years By. Andrea Tan INTERNATIONAL SOS, the world's largest medical assistance company, expects revenues to expand by at least 20 per cent this year, its president and chief executive officer told BT yesterday. "We
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      Lock icon Broadband Net access in hotel rooms
      290 11  -  Aug Wan May THREE Grand Hyatt hotels controlled by the Sultan of Brunei are among the first to provide broadband Internet access in guestrooms to meet business travellers' need for greater speed in communications. The service, called Worldroom Connect, allows guests to surf the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Online brokers selling another stupid idea
      797 12  -  mm I bottom line OPINION michael lewis Michael Lewis, the author of "Liar's Poker" and "The New New Thing", a forthcoming book about Silicon Valley, is a columnist for Bloomberg News. His opinions don't necessarily represent those of Bloomberg News. Bloomberg ONLINE stock brokers
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      112 12 'At least we now know where the BOJ is confused. They don't understand basic monetary economics.' David Deßesa adjunct professor of finance at Yale This is a massive use.of the courts and laws in order to serve the political agendas of the powers that be. It is
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      Lock icon A dangerous Japan-US standoff
      678 12 EDITORIAL THE standoff between Tokyo and Washington over the conduct of Japan's monetary policy is downright dangerous. It threatens to derail Japan's economic recovery and could well prove to be the straw that precipitates a collapse on Wall Street and the end of the US economic
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      Lock icon Pat the Rebel shakes up US presidential race
      898 12  -  His populist and nationalist rhetoric may force both parties to adopt a more protectionist agenda From Leon Hadar in Washington HE describes himself as a "Washington outsider" and a "rebel" who's leading the nation's have-nots as they storm the bastions of power
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      931 12 India's tussle with WWF WHILE the row between the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) over the distortion of Indian maps cannot be allowed to jeopardise the conservation of wildlife, a sovereign state cannot simply overlook consistent misrepresentation
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Smooth nuptial for Southern, Ban Hin Lee
      1152 13  -  p:i|exclusive bane mergers Southern Bank's CEO cites shared values and friendship between major shareholders By I Eddie Toh [KUALA LUMPUR] UNLIKE the other bank merger plans in Malaysia, the proposed marriage between Southern Bank and Ban Hin Lee Bank is going to be
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      Lock icon Southern Bank confident of beating merger deadline
      293 13  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SOUTHERN Bank set to be one of the six anchor banks in Malaysia is confident of beating the tight deadline to merge with Ban Hin Lee Bank and six finance companies. Chief executive director Tan Teong Hean
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    • MARKET MOVES
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        Lock icon Tenaga down in 'power play'
        72 13 IT was a day of "power play" in Malaysia. National utility company Tenaga Nasional shed 35 sen to 8.30 Malaysian ringgit on news that YTL Power has teamed up with Hongkong's CLP Power International to bid for Tenaga's thermal plants and other power generation assets
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        Lock icon YTL Power unchanged
        57 13 WHILE Tenaga lost some ground yesterday, YTL Power closed unchanged at 3.30 Malaysian ringgit after rising to RM3.38. The closing price is still a shade below the price tag of RM3.39 per share, or RM3BB million (Ssl7s million), that CLP Power paid in acquiring a 5per cent
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        Lock icon Tanjong bucks trend
        34 13 TANJONG, the company controlled by Ananda Krishnan, managed to buck the trend, inching up 10 sen to 8.35 Malaysian ringgit. Analysts continue to promote the well-run company for its quality earnings.
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        Lock icon MRCB unchanged
        29 13 MALAYSIAN Resources Corp, another power producer in Malaysia, closed unchanged at 2.86 Malaysian ringgit. The counter has been dampened by poor cashflow and uncertainties over its future.
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        75 13  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh MORE bad news for troubled Abrar Corporation, formerly controlled by Wan Muhamad Hasni Wan Sulaiman, a strong supporter of Anwar Ibrahim. Abrar is now in the final leg of transferring its 20 per cent stake in the Express Rail Link to a subsidiary
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      394 13 m KUALA LUMPUR AFXAsia MALAYAN Banking has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Edaran Otomobil Nasional (EON) and EON Bank for the proposed acquisition of EON Bank or EON Finance or both. Maybank said in a statement to the Kuala Lumpur
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      210 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin yesterday named a high level panel to help to draw up a masterplan for the country's capital market. Markets regulator, the Securities Commission, said its chairman Ali Abdul Kadir will head the seven-member
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      530 13 KUALA LUMPUR Local investors nnlikely to be able to support market Bridge News MALAYSIAN stocks ended 1.95 per cent lower on continued political jitters and lack of buying interest, exacerbated by the strengthening yen and the fall on Wall Street overnight. The
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      304 14 KUALA LUMPUR Dr M says govt will remain conservative in its projection MALAYSIA will maintain its gross domestic product (GDP) forecast of one per cent for this year despite private projections of higher expansion. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. The government will remain conservative
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      432 14  -  SINGAPORE KL's other policy responses much like those of Bangkok, Seoul and had similar results IV Vikram Khanna THE impact of Malaysia's capital controls is difficult to gauge and its other policy responses to the crisis were broadly similar to those adopted
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        98 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A wholly-owned subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Bhd has increased its stake in Digital Phone Company Ltd of Thailand to 46 per cent from 33.33 per cent. Telekom Malaysia International Sdn Bhd's additional stake comprised 70.187 million shares bought through a
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        98 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state oil firm Petronas yesterday declined to comment on an offer by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) for a 26 per cent stake in a proposed joint venture petrochemical plant in northern India. "We have nothing to comment on at this
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        84 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Kejora Harta Bhd said it was approached by Java Works Sdn Bhd to support the bid for Time Engineering Bhd on the understanding that Kejora will ultimately be the vehicle for the acquisition of Time should the bid be successful. Kejora said
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        77 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) said it is unaware of any plans by Samsudln Abu Hassan, of Kejora Harta and Cosway Corp, or any other party to acquire a controlling stake in the company. TRI, in a reply to the Kuala
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        120 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] MBf Capital Bhd announced yesterday a group loss before tax 0f77.402 million Malaysian ringgit (5534.9 million) in the six-month period ended June 30,1999 against RM507.116 million in the same corresponding period in 1996. Group turnover fell 95 per cent to RM49.377
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      715 14 ■KUALA LUMPUR But policy doesn't mean end to capital controls: analyst AFX-Asia THE elimination of the twotier levy system on repatriated profits in favour of a flat 10 per cent exit tax should facilitate the reinstatement of Malaysia into the Morgan
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      204 14 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama PENGKALEN Holdings Bhd has reduced its group pre-tax loss by 76.9 per cent to 154.5 million Malaysian ringgit (5569.6 million) for the half year ended June 30 from RM668.9 million in 1998. In its unaudited results released here
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      851 15  -  Student protests, E Timor send rupiah tumbling over 4%, shares down 3% From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta MASSIVE student demonstrations in Jakarta yesterday coupled with reports of skirmishes between peacekeepers and Indonesian militia in East Timor sent shivers through the country's financial markets causing
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      443 15 JAKARTA Debtors turning uncooperative, don't seem to be afraid: deputy chief Reuters, Bloomberg, AFXAsia INDONESIA'S key bank rescue agency said yesterday its debt restructuring efforts had been badly hit by a domestic bank scandal, as the country awaited the recommendations of a parliamentary team
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      161 15 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S central bank yesterday denied a newspaper report that recapitalisation of state banks had been delayed. Bank deputy governor Subarjo Joyosumarto was commenting on a local newspaper report which said the timeframe for recapitalisation had been extended to December from September.
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      495 15 AUCKLAND AFP NEW Zealand tourists are being urged to boycott the Indonesian resort of Bali because of events in East Timor. Auckland organisers of a "Boycott Bali Campaign" have been picketing Indonesian airline Garuda at Auckland International Airport, calling for tourists to.
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      427 17  -  Govt plans to pot biggest bloc of shares in Philippine National Bank np for tender next year From, Al Labita ■in Manila THREE Singapore banks DBS Bank, Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) are among the foreign investors
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        46 17 Bridge News [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Asia Palp and Paper Company Ltd (APP) plans to raise US$5OO million (SsBs4 million) by listing its China operations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by the year-end, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.—Bridge News
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        72 17 AFX-Asia [MANILA] First Pacific Holdings Co Ltd said it has completed the acquisition of 40 per cent of PT Indofood Suk9es Makmur Tbk for US$6l5 million (Ssl.l billion). First Pacific said it agreed to acquire the Indofood stake from the Salim family and other investors
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        36 17 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The Philippine stock exchange has deferred a decision <?n a plan to extend daily trading hours pending farther discussions with its member brokers, PSE governor Augusto Cosio said. —AFX-Asia
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        49 17 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand, the world's largest grower of natural rubber, said it may reverse a decision to leave the International Natural Rubber Organisation (Inro) following demands by local traders and growers to remain a member of the group, which supports world rubber prices.—Bloomberg
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        73 17 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's PT Bank NISP said yesterday it will offer a five-year 250 billion rupiah bond (5551.3 million) on Sept 27 to 29. The bond will bear a fixed interest rate of 15 per cent for the first six months and a floating rate
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        90 17 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam's inflation eased in the month to Sept 22, official figures showed yesterday, signalling a downturn in the economy hit by fallout from the Asian financial crisis. Year-on-year inflation came in at 1.4 per cent for the month, according to the
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      50 17 [KUALA LUMPUR] A zookeeper feeding giraffes at Malaysia's National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The zoo is usually quiet at this time of the year with visitors only during school holidays and might be closed during these times if not for corporate sponsorships. AFP
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      154 17 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine central bank has approved unlisted Manila Banking Corp's bid to acquire troubled thrift bank, Prime Savings Bank Inc, a senior central bank official said yesterday. Manila Bank plans to merge Prime Bank with another thrift bank it earlier
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      499 17 BANGKOK R m s THAILAND'S baht currency slumped to its lowest levels against the dollar in more than a year yesterday on heavy selling by local corporates and dealers said it was time for the central bank to step in to halt the
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      793 18 Analysts and property agents say the government's housing policy is creating a property glut Bridge News HONGKONG WITH the gov eminent pledging to uphold its housing target of an annual supply of 85,000 residential units, apartments in Hongkong are no longer viewed
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      349 18  -  Pmrti Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong NEXT Media Publication's Jimmy Lai may be facing an advertising boycott from fellow Hongkong businessmen, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper said yesterday that a half-dozen frequent advertisers from big property groups to trading companies
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      426 18 SINGAPORE Oil firm hopes to get US$B-s9b via IPO next yean sources Reuters STATE-OWNED China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) aims to raise US$B-$9 billion through an initial public offering (IPO) exercise expected some time next year, Chinese industry sources said yesterday.
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      164 18 HONGKONG HONGKONG-based luxury hotel group Mandarin Oriental International Ltd said yesterday it will build a hotel in New York in a US$2OO million (***** million) joint venture with US real estate developers and investors. Mandarin Oriental said in a statement it will manage
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      483 19 TAIWAN QUAKE DISASTER Sector's total loss estimated at NTs6.7b; facilities in good shape AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's information technology (IT) sector has largely weathered the killer earthquake that struck the island this week despite a short-term setback to production, analysts and officials said yesterday.
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      377 19 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN has trimmed its 1999 economic growth target to 5.5 per cent, but officials said yesterday a post-quake reconstruction boom should drive growth beyond 6 per cent in 2000. Taiwan's economic ministry said it now expected the economy to grow 5.5
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      333 19 BEIJING Govt wants check on equipment to ensure they have official stickers Reuters CHINA is launching a campaign which amounts to enforcing quotas on foreignmade mobile phones and other telecommunications equipment, industry executives said yesterday. State media said there would be a nationwide check of telecommunications
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      596 20 BOMBAY Infrastructure devt policies likely to be in place by 2001 and will propel growth Reuters THE Indian economy may not do very well this year but is an attractive long-term investment, the regional economist at SG Asia Securities said yesterday. "Looking longer
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      236 20 BOMBAY Bloomberg SHARES of ICICI Ltd, India's second-biggest lender, surged 6.9 per cent to 92.35 rupees as investor interest in the stock rose after its American depositary shares (ADS) began trading at a premium to their initial offer price in New York
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      268 20 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA will usher in stock trading on the Web in less than a year, with brokers already putting key infrastructure in place, a software expert said yesterday. "India will kick off trading on the Web by April 2000," said
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      569 20 mCOLOMBO Govt looking for lead manager for listing on Colombo, int'l bourse or both Reuters SRI Lanka said yesterday it was seeking an adviser and lead manager for its proposed public share issue of Sri Lankan Telecom Ltd, days after the collapse of talks
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      721 21 ASIA But IMF report warns corporate reform is lagging in the region AFP [WASHINGTON] THE crisis-hit economies of Asia have improved in recent months, with growth now expected for 1999 in almost all the countries in the region, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.
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      589 21 UNITED STATES AFP [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Wednesday that current US economic momentum is unsustainable and may soon have to be curbed through higher interest rates. "There is no doubt that in the period ahead a significant slowdown to sustainable levels
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      442 21 JAPAN Concerns about inflation, financial system have abated; export gains seen AFP [WASHINGTON] The IMF yesterday offered a surprisingly upbeat assessment of Japanese economic prospects as it sharply upgraded its 1999 growth forecast for Tokyo to one per cent from its April projection. "There are increasing signs
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      829 22 TOKYO The deal, which may be signed next week, will make it the first foreign owner of a Japanese bank Bloomberg AS Japan's government nears a decision on the fate of the insolvent Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, specialist
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      850 22 Computers the long, slow road to paying bills WASHINGTON Most bills still have to be paid by a paper cheque Washington Post AFTER paying bills from his desktop computer for several months through an electronic bill-paying service at Bank of America, Ernest E Rosemond became irked recently when he noticed
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      495 22 TOKYO No control over what they can charge come Oct 1 Reuters JAPAN'S brokerage sector, one of the best-performing sectors this year on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is bracing for a price war over broking commissions due to start in just seven days.
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      43 22 [TOKYO] A digital clock marking the 100 day countdown to the end of the year and the start of year 2000 at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, suburban Tokyo, yesterday. Tokyo Disneyland will have some special events for the millennium celebration. AFP
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      143 22 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US economy is expanding at a brisk pace with tight labour markets and few price pressures, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, a combination that suggests the central bank is unlikely to raise interest rates again next month. The Fed's latest
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      402 22  -  Prom D Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) began a crucial meeting yesterday to prepare the road map for a new round of global trade negotiations with the European Union and the United States sharply divided on how the
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      1050 24 NEW YORK 6M, oil producers, technology firms, financial-services companies expected to chalk np strong gains, say analysts Bloomberg US companies' third-quarter profits are forecast to surge by at least 20 per cent, the biggest quarterly gain in more than four
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      619 24 WASHINGTON US congressional panel chief wants them to use decimal share prices first Bloomberg THE head of a congressional finance panel wants the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market to delay planned public offerings until after they introduce decimal share
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      647 24 NEW YORK Reuters US tobacco companies, led by industry leader Philip Morris Cos Inc, vowed not to settle the civil lawsuit filed on Wednesday by the Justice Department seeking to recover the US$2O billion (5534.2 billion) in smoking-related
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      223 24 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Nasdaq Stock Market said MCI World Com Inc finished installing a new trading system ahead of schedule, doubling the market's trading capacity to four billion shares a day. The new system will be able to handle the trades at double
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      281 24 NEW YORK Bloomberg BELL Atlantic Corp said plans to combine its US wireless operations with those owned by Vodafone AirTouch Pic will cut earnings by 7 per cent a share in the first year after its completes its purchase
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      232 24 NEW YORK Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co, the biggest US brokerage, introduced a security that allows investors to own a basket of 20 Internet stocks. The firm on Wednesday sold 3.77 million of the shares, known as Internet Holdrs, for more than US$4OO
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      264 25  -  Slftii-i a. Report MS& Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market had a mixed and quiet session yesterday with several major Asian markets closed for trading. The benchmark Straits Times Index opened lower but managed to shake off the blues
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      306 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Crude oil prices powered ahead by more than 40 US cents within minutes of opening yesterday, inspired by Opec's decision to stand firm on supply cuts that have doubled prices this year. Benchmark Brent crude blend
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      171 25 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG! Zambia's Mines Minister Syamukayumbu Syamujaye said yesterday the government was still weighing options for its giant copper industry after a failed privatisation bid last month. Mr Syamujaye told Reuters in a telephone interview from Lusaka that the options included ongoing talks with
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      313 25 Reuters, Bloomberg London THE dollar checked its recent long fall against the yen yesterday, clinging to the 104 yen level as traders thought twice about selling the dollar so close to the Group of Seven rich nations meeting this weekend. Currency traders have been selling dollars and buying
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      2674 26 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks closed slightly higher yesterday, with blue chips largely in limbo as investors again focused on technology stocks instead. The Hang Seng Index closed up 26.82 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 13,214.44. Turnover was HKSB.29 billion, down
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      1050 26 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -0.6 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed lower in thin trade yesterday as investors turned to a major domestic A share offer by the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The B share index edged down 0.6 point, or 0.67 per cent, to 88.79 on thin
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      420 27 AFP, AFX-Asia Q Composite Index -14-08 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 2 per cent lower yesterday as concerns over Wall Street's weakness dampened sentiment, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 14.08 points to finish at 707.09 and the Second
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    2949 29 TURNOVER ('OOO) VALUE COOO) M£ m t»«K mm S«N T»«rt Multi tnd 18.203 '&203 38,986 38.986 Manufacture 46.409 37,947 84,356 94,338 23,194 117,532 Commarca 16,614 1.172 17,786 21.033 7S7 21.790 Tpt/5 tor/Com 22.444 547 22.991 68,291 296 68.587 rinanca 13J02 13,302 107.557 *****7 Construction 2.781 2,939 5,720 1,696
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      833 29 AFP □set Index -9.it THAI share prices closed 2.4 per cent lower yesterday, with investors concerned over the ongoing slide in the value of the baht, dealers said. Continued selling by foreign investors prompted local speculators to follow suit, which dragged the market sharply lower, they said. The Stock
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      285 29 AFP -LIS NEW Zealand stocks eased slightly yesterday despite bet-ter-than-expected current account data, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 1.15 points at 2,063.83 on total turnover of NZ$56 million less than half of Wednesday's level. Trading was fairly quiet, said David Price at Credit Suisse First Boston.
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      747 29 AFP P Composite h>de» -17.28 INDONESIAN share prices closed 3.2 per cent lower yesterday with investors nervous over shooting incidents in East Timor and student protests against a national security bill, dealers said. A dealer with a joint-ven-ture brokerage said the demonstrations against the national security bill were the
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      283 29 AFP □Manila JM7 PHILIPPINE share prices closed lower yesterday. The Composite Index fell 12.87 points to finish at 2,094.86. Volume totalled 5.1 billion shares worth 3.1 billion pesos. —AFP Sap 23 fasa roow Abacus Construction 2.40 -0.04 23 Abort u Equity 2 38 0.04 1439 ABS CBN Broadcasting 40
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      572 29 AFP HAfl Primaries »2SJ AUSTRALIAN shares closed up 0.9 per cent yesterday thanks to selective buying of blue chips as the market shrugged off a negative lead from Wall Street. The All Ordinaries Index added 25.6 points to close at 2,927.30. The All Industrials Index stacked on 40.3 points
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      73 29 "My watches are a hundred years behind tlie times flfiflHfc A certain unrest keeps going. I Jon to ma^e watches, I want to continually improve them. the same aesthetic clarity, This step backward is really CHRONOSW ISS Fiszj nation der Mechanik "y"y M a step forward. An uncommon philosophy in
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      733 33  -  Blithe cuff jaime ee I'VE RECENTLY acquired a copy of the latest talkedabout magazine in the US, Talk, a new title created by publishing diva Tina Brown, who'd been headhunted by the Miramax guys from her influential seat at The New Yorker to create yet another magazine.
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          83 34 SERVICE in this city has never been great but how low can it sink? A couple were at a coffeehouse, waiting for a pot of tea. When the cup came, it had a stain on the inside, so they called the waitress over and
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          82 34 IN THE heat of the competition, sportsmen can get rather carried away. Here are some platitudes that a few sporting greats have mouthed. As they say, no brain, no pain. "He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it you can see it all over their faces." "I
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          41 34 WE RECENTLY received a letter announcing a press briefing by "two miniature golf experts from Germany" who are here to inspect and certify our "standard of miniature golf'. No, they weren't talking about Lilliputian golfers, just the non-professionals.
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        834 34  -  Andrew Tjioe and his father Zhou Yingnan are both ardent admirers of Chinese art They talk to tam su ten about their common passion TAN SU YEN ANDREW TJIOE, 40, and his father, Zhou Yingnan, 71, are best known as the owners of the 15-restaurant Tung Lok Group.
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        791 34  -  Earl Lu is obviously one man who collects with his eyes, rather than with his ears By] Parvathi Nayar "COLLECTING art is like falling in love you do it first and rationalise later," says renowned art collector and consultant surgeon Earl Lu. Talking to
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        851 34  -  Mel&nie Chew favours works with a historical significance By] Parvathi Nayar ENTER Melanie Chew's home, and you are immediately struck by the lovingly handpicked paintings that adorn the walls. As she walks you through her home, she makes these paintings come alive with the
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        882 35  -  Lionel Lim of Sun Microsystems loves good food so much that he hired someone full time to whip up his favourite dishes. He tells tam su ten more about this hand-picked employee TAN SU YEN Lionel lim is a man who is
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        133 35 The basics our chef should know how to cook are the types of Penang food that we can't get here Penang char kway teow, Hokkien mee, lor mee and Penang laksa. The rest should be whatever she cooks best. These
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        476 35  -  Dimsum chef Fanny Foo is making a big impact with her small dishes By' Tan Su Yen FANNY Foo Yoke Kuan, dimsum chef at the Conrad International's Golden Peony, is one reason to be hopeful about the future of Singapore's F&B industry. Chef Foo, 30, who
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        444 36 MUSIC Song Recital The Young Musicians' Society presents William Lim (baritone) and Shane Thio (piano). Included in the programme are Brahms' Vier Ernste Gesange Op 121, R Strauss' Morgen and Heimliche Aufforderung, Duparc's L'lnvitation au Voyage and Reynaldo Hahn's Paysage. Sept 26, Bpm, at YMS Arts Centre, The
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        663 36  -  CINEMA Cookie's Fortune, from maverick director Robert Altman, is a delightful confection of small-town characters and crises By! Susan Tsang Robert Altman is back. After stumbling over Pret-a-Porter, the director has regained his balance with Cookie's Fortune. The punny title may not sound good, but Cookie's Fortune
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        471 36  -  CINEMA By! Susan Tsang DROP Dead Gorgeous brings us to America's heartland, and shows how a beauty pageant brings out the worst from that bastion of civic pride and wholesome living. The mockumentary covers the Miss Teen Princess beauty contest, the biggest event of
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        1277 38  -  THE 58th Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, commonly known as the Frankfurt Motoi Show, is not as gripping as expected. jK/mEZ Many of the 50 or so product debuts are actually variants of existing cars. That, perhaps, is a function of an industry more aware of shareholder value than
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        710 39  -  tbv SKEBMXVASAX finds out why golf is the game of choice for these five newsmakers VEN SREENIVASAN MARK Twain once described golf as a good walk spoiled. Yet what is it that attracts thousands of professionals, businessmen and politicians to this game whose objective is to get
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        2180 40  -  Managing multi-million dollar funds is a serious business and makes exacting demands on the men and women charged with the task This week we take a glimpse at the way the challenge is met as loots beckeruno talks to the men behind three of
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        936 41  -  Personal accident insurance covers for unexpected accidental losses that may not otherwise be covered by life policies, writes soHTUMonara SOH TIANG KENG Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere. People can get hit by a bus while travelling to work. Or struck by falling debris from
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        892 42  -  hi J comment THE FINER POINT It's not Just investors who need to be educated on unit trusts. Fund managers need to change their mindsets as well wong wei kong CHANGING investor behaviour is never an easy task. Even when taught hard lessons by
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        803 42  -  Be financially literate, says money-spinning guru By\ Raju Chellam IT seems so simple when he says it be financially literate if you want to be financially free. Understand what your real assets are. Get cashflow to come automatically. Get your money
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        1337 43  -  With interest rates more likely to rise than fall in the months ahead, it may be prudent for housing loan customers to switch to fixed rate loans, writes az.vxntat ALVIN TAY WH O says rising US interest rates mean that home owners here
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        359 43 DBS Bank WITH $16 billion in outstanding housing loans, this is the bank to beat—or poach. Come Jan 1,2000 —exactly 99 days away DBS could start adjusting the subsidised interest rates for POSB housing loan customers to market rates. Although the bank has said that it will
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        466 43 How the banks rank in size DBS Bank UOB OCBC Bank OUB Koppel TatLee Outstanding housing loans $16.10b $6.55b $4.33b $2.71b $1.86b What banks charge in interest YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 TO 5 THEREAFTER PBS Bank 4.0 5.0 5.0* 5 75* United Overseas
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        1382 43 Deposit amount 1-mtf) 3-mth 6-mtt) Depcutt amount 1-mth 1-mth 6-mtti DBS Bank MMMMMMK: HSBC AS AS S10 000 -A24 999 4 2500 4 3700 4 7000 25,000 74.999 3 7500 3 8750 4 4375 A25.000 A49 999 4 2700
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      148 33 CAST YOUR VOTE: Go to the BT Online website (business-times.asial.com.sg) and take part in the interactive poll based on his column. Motoring BMW's Z9 gran turismo (left) and Mercedes-Benz' SLR Roadster the two big at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show EL 6 Cutting edge direction: Robert Altman turns his attention
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      172 34 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD 12 Jewish council and shrine re--23 Irishman is about all in (5) 24 Vigorous, and kicking per- j I I I I 25 Pointing to examples of very —-JBL_ large numbers I've assembled 26 26 Winter game requiring dream team? (7,8) 8 Make crazy notes, to some ex-
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      112 35 Busy Executive Lunch: I Jazz Sunday Brunch: -JitKmmtChicken Schnitzel. Pork Knuckles. Nuremberg Sausages. Hungarian Goulash. Apple Strudel and more. Garlic Bratwurst. free-flow beer and even more. Singapore's days of belt-tightening are over. i With prices like $14.50+++ for weekday lunch and $38+++ for Sunday brunch (including free-flow beer and live
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      233 35 i can make a home in the 'City of Eternal Spring Here in Kunming, Yunnan, the southwestern province of China, it's always Springtime, with a refreshing 'air-conditioned' climate round. Our integrated resort features the best Jack Nicklaus golf course in Asia, and our new Robert Trent Jones Jr. golf course,
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      114 36 Where to wine, dine and entertain InternaiionaT Card is now available. 76 Bra* Baaah Road, Singapore *****8 Tel: 338-8333 Fa*: 339-6866 Web Site http://www.carUofi-coafc.sg Cheers! I Too night of 1 great fun and entertainment Mfek j at Cangtry's mm I Happy Hours Sp > 5.00pm X.OOpm Daily 8$ W complimentary
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      67 36 Jj i EunctiOTWrobm available for: private parties company dinner and dance 11 •conference I seminar and meeting. II HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED I 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, I Singapore *****7 1 Te»: 737 9944 Fax: 733 3175 1 j|U Advertise in Wine, Dine Entertain of The Business Times. Contact Putnck
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      110 36 immiiu)ii SICLBO*" Adult $9MT" CMd Cj.M.^p,fe rnHi" i 515.80"* Adu» CMd Free flow of Orange luce. Coffee and tea for reservations, please cat 433 /132 Coleman s Cafe (sth level) Peninsula Hotel (vary lain day and I—day 11 noon to 4 pm Treat your family to o sumptuous spread of
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      124 36 If you enjoy lobsters, you will adore lobsters with noodles. Re-disc over this royal treat from the sea with eight different recipes for the month of September. There are Pan-fned Noodles with Lobster and Minced Meat Sauce; Rice Vermicelli Soup with Lobster; Cold Spinach Noodles with Lobster to name a
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      140 36 Create your own set lunch of Continental cuisine with strong French Italian influences. Mondays to Fridays IQD noon to 2.30pm (last order) fSy Price: $28 Revolving Reservations: *****58/88 *"'".11?' Mandarin 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7. Tel: *****11 CU«-P denes' KoirrioH- C«-Pe joUn CVv#vf«*u Sfe I7VU Vo ls+ October, 1111 They
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      2939 37 TODAY'S TV CINEMA RECOMMENDED VUiWUIQ Premier© 12 1-03 Talking Point. American Pie Grossed out comedy of US schoolkids who de- T V Innovations. 1-30 In Conversation. cide they must lose their virginity before graduating. R(A) Exit TO«Hou»OfU.her,Fri, 4°° S?e® Weate SJO Market Report Cathay. Orchard. Yangtze. Golden. Pembleton SfciSffl S£T
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      119 39 The Bintan Laqoon Golf Membership For Just $462 A Month. *****& First let us assure you that this is a premium golf membership; with the renowned Jack Nicklaus B j-NTAN Seaview lan Baker-Finch Woodlands Courses undoubtedly offering the region's best golf. But if you re LAGOON looking for challenges beyond
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      109 40 WKmiwmw -'J Jr., 2&j~ v *<?.f**&r I s > Hj>> P\ W T-v.v^^^^^^^^m/rfmßmmmws mJB^ i ip fl SjSL, M All aspiring musicians are welcome to join our jazz jam sessions. Where V A V you can get tips from the pros, support from fans and even a free beer A
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      246 41 Two oul of Ik ree Singaporeans w ill lick al leasl one box. Wkal are your ckances? hfs 4. Coronary Artery By-pass 19. Surgery to the Aorta Statistics show two out of thro* Singaporeans will suffer from cancer, [D 5. Kidney Failure 20. Terminal Illness heart disease or a stroke.
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      204 41 Great Eastern Life with Congratulations to Swee Hin Chang of IC No *****10 Z. He wins for himself a 3Com Palm nix for the Sept 10 issue of Insurance-Wise Win a 3Com Palm lllxi We hope you enjoyed the lost issue of our 13-week series on Insurance-wise, brought to you
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      162 42 fl fitting testament to Excellence in Fund management The "Fund Manager of the Year 1999" Award* recognises DBS Asset Management's capabilities in many facets of fund management. 9t*., Prom the introduction of innovative j 4P products to our award-v/inning funds. JT L^| J fl From our commitment to investor Hp
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      1388 44  -  Personalities in S'pore's banking industry discuss their work and interests with sxow Li sen SIOW LI SEN Borrowers and consumers have never had it so good, what with banks falling over one other to offer all manner of financial services not just competing on price but also
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      127 45 Bridge News, Reuters HEALTHIER rates were reported for Panamaxes in the Pacific with charterers getting coverage prior to the holidays in Japan and South Korea over the next few days. TANKEBSc Trading remained lively for Suezmaxes in the North Sea with rates steady to slightly firmer. There were
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      282 45 »a n +h <m CWT Distribution t19 uncti 28 Oman Hup L36 0.02 453 Cosco investment 1.15 0.01 24 Freight LMl 032 unch 285 MHotenn 0.09 0.01 2 H*i Son Hup —0.69 0.01 102 IMC HoMnqs-HK —5.60 i*Kh 0 Jaya Holdings 0.95 0.01 128 Jurong Shipyard 8.05 040
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      461 45  -  |:i exclusive Majority owner Metro has provided for $35 million extraordinary loss By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Sun Cruises has settled for an insurance payout on the sunken wreck of the Sun Vista well below the price the line paid for the cruise ship
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      391 45 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Orders for Japan's and South Korea's shipbuilders fell about 30 per cent in the January to August period, compared to the same eight months a year earlier, an industry association said, citing weak demand. Japan's ship orders fell 29
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      128 45 Bridge News (MANILA] Philippine port operator International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) said it was negotiating to buy out its Argentine partner, Bemberg Inversiones, in the overseas subsidiary, Buenos Aires Container Terminal Services SA (BACTSSA). ICTSI told the Philippine Stock Exchange
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      627 45  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar AN English court recently reaffirmed a basic principle in the UK's Arbitration Act 19% that parties shall conduct their arbitration according to how they have agreed rather than what is written in the Act. The parties in
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        688 46 Gdynia faces a doughty opponent in bid to take over two Kvaerner yards in Finland the Finnish government Reuters [HELSINKI] THE Polish Gdynia shipyard fears Finland's government rpay scupper its bid to take over two Finnish yards, put up for sale by the Anglo-Norwegian
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      311 46 PAGE Eng Lee 13 an i 3 ESP Lines 13 Accord 8 6 Ahrenkiel 14 'oongSun 8 Append 5 FroU Asii OCl 13 links 14 9 Austral 8 C Lw A»ant 14 6 < B'tang Mas 8 CwhM 13 KA 7 Glory Nav M BTL M H4iSunHu
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      17807 53 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel voyage Telephone SIN Destn Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name Number Number i To BUENOS AIRES (BUE) 2060 Arqentina To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire m/io 29/w mol p o ned Durban mioa h
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        654 59 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure BtMuslndafi ***** JO! 23/09/810 23/09/1800 Budman iivU 278 J02 23/09/8:10 23/09/19 00 C Succass 23S£P J09 23/09/8 50 23/09/16:00 Tropical 28 «A99 J07 23/09/900 2J/09/I7 00 8t Mo Veo-21 JOI 23/09/10:30 23/09/23:59 8t Mm Ct6 S7 S£P-23 JOI 23/09/Ttl5 23/09/23:59 81 MM
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        2065 59 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstts Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From AC I DAHLIA 0131 24/7 00 U 22/1700 23/0*5? 23/0*0 21 22/1700 2V0*59 23/0900 1 23/0700 23/1159 23/MOO 4 23/1200 23/1459 23/1700 HMMH2 m 24M0 a 22/171* 21/M99 2MW 2*
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        192 59 Sep 24 South Africa: Heritage Day. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival Eve. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 28 Hong Kong: Day after Mid-Au-tumn Festival. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival Day Following. Sep 27 Australia: Queen's Birthday (WA). Sep 28 Taiwan: Confucius Birthday. Oct 1 China: National Day. Hong Kong:
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        805 59 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        522 59 Carbon 180 Mai 990.0 U M.7 0.08 74 0.05 S*f 16 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 I 0 0 0 0 T7T7 380 Ave 986.2 0.4 U.4 0.07 32 0.02 bn. 380 Max 993 4 0J 15.7 0.11 70 0.06 »S/V3
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        174 60 Bridge News [PARIS] European efforts to streamline its aerospace and defence industry suffered a setback when partners in Airbus Industrie failedto draft proposals to turn the group into a private company. The four partners Aerospatiale Matra, British Aerospace, DaimlerChryslerAerospace (Dasa) and Spain's Construcciones
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        447 60 Reuters [HONGKONG] While aviation industry experts welcomed a 15 per cent cut in Hongkong's airport landing and parking fees, they said Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd should not start breaking out the champagne. Analysts yesterday were still revising their profit
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        495 60 Nearly 45% of airports' annual gross revenue being used for capital expenditure: ACI Reuters [GENEVA] The global airports body Airports Council International (ACI) said on Wednesday its members were investing heavily in new infrastructure to handle an expected doubling of passenger traffic
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        135 60 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Association of Freight Forwarding Agents (HAFFA) has welcomed the Airport Authority's decision to cut landing and parking fees at the Chek Lap Kok airport by 15 per cent. "This is an unprecedented move that will be welcomed by all sections of the
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        380 60 Partnership the first such agreement between a US and Malaysian carrier Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Northwest Airlines Inc and Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yesterday signed a commercial co-oper-ation agreement, which will include code-sharing service, frequent flyer programme reciprocity and "seamless" flight connections. The partnership, the first
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        287 60 AFP [PARIS] Cooling aviation fuel before pumping it aboard airliners could be a simple way to help prevent explosions of the kind that destroyed a TWA flight off New York in July 1996, the magazine New Scientist says. The destruction of TWA Flight
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      62 45 Pelepas Cargo Without Going Overboard. hß9Hra With 1.2 Million Square Metres Of Container Yard, We Give You A Storage U' Capacity Of Approximately 110,000 TEU's. Vj 1 'tßt- Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn. Bhd. (*****9-k) B* K r*^— < No. 3, Jalan Sri Perkasa 1/3, Taman Tampoi Utama, *****, Johor Bahru,
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      7 45 World airports poised for growth explosion BACKHkBE
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      1271 46 I NORTH AMERICA 1 I EXPORT I I 07WEW DESTINATIONS 1 SSX-SUPER BHUTmEXPBBBB-OHCT TO LOWQBgACH 1 WEST COAST Of CBRIMI. AMERICA (MAROARITA MRVICE) vqt npsoi |ua6M*n mix housto oocacq |«wyom mocqotT Yissa yoy 1 rtawrml *o*nA imhomco cn—ro pi CMoaA I —uwmaA I mmac" ooaaau istsa a/a a/a 15/10 i*/io
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      619 46 Unas services represented <. (fj£k\\ by Members o(the Registry o« MeinDw* o( the Accredited Shipping Agents. Forwarder. Spore National Shipping Aaaoc Association NORTH WEST EXPRESS UNE ACCEPTING CONTAINERS, BREAKBULK PROJECT CARGO TO DAMPIER/FREMANTLE (MONTHLY SERVICE) MV "ARKTIS GRACE" V.9902 ETA SIN 02/10/99 BOOKINGS CALL MONKA/JUUA TEL 323 4374 CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL
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      1048 47 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE [vpsa vot Is«wm am ham wrv sourer ibT [vtssa" vot n» hm wv sou m lbi sii MNUH S47W 23/00 14/10 13/10 14/10 11/10 HTAOOMUL Mil 04/00 01/00 02/00 30/08 13/0* MONTI tOSA 530W 24/00 12/10 14/10 14/10 17/10 HT HKHMSS 31* 02/09 04/04 07/04 01/04
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      1172 47 (R) HANJIN SHIPPING llkr I U ilkMy.li> M* 73X731 HAMB SHTfING (S) PTIITP MOBOt *****3V737 SAUS *****74 731 DOtUMBn *****71 774 OfWIWIIS *****5*751 IBjjjM *****55 IAI 777W44 C»oft lIS3WO—t TO NW USA A CANADA USA CANADA* m KL/VOT MM SM IM HAH/VO T SU TTW PM 01 S m BTT
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      1638 48 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA VESSEL VOY IwT" LfH RTHI AMfl HAM »RV FIX ««tl VOY St BIT OT H» W.C MTW NMUM MM FMMCttCO 0013W 72 00 Mil 1110 1110 13.1* 1311 UH LONDON SMATO* 08MW 23* Mil 1110 H* MM »10 TRADE HARVEST 0824W 24 N 15
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      1030 48 am MAC-HELS S'PflftE M'Slfl Carrier: MN CONTR LINES, INC p. guoang: «jt) *****26 I I QMMOc **********0E SIBU: (084) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****24 V iXy PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (862) *****67 SURABAYA: (31)*****11 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21)*****45 KUCMNG (082) *****1-3 VANCOUVER BC CHITTA6ONG MV "HJ HONGKONG V.083E MV
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      567 48 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA/COLOMBO Vessel SPORE N.SHEVA COLOMBO P.KLANG TARPON SILVER VIMW 27 SEP K OCT 12 OCT 17 OCT CAPE CANAVERAL V.112W 64 OCT 12 OCT 1* OCT 24 OCT TULSIDAS Vll5 11 OCT 11 OCT 26 OCT 31 OCT TARPON SILVER V IHW II OCT 26 OCT
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      1708 49 [vessel voy khh hkc S<W PKC pqb dxb pmm ba bik IRAN BAABAEI PCL-5121 22/09 24/09 28/09 29/09 08/10 09/10 10/10 12/10 14/10 IRAN TAKHTI PCL-5122 29/09 01/10 05/10 06/10 15/10 16/10 17/10 19/10 21/10 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-5123 06/10 08/10 12/10 13/10 22/10 23/10 24/10 26/10 28/10 IRAN SATTARI PCL-5124
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      1218 49 Diro<t Calif to Kolm (4 Days), 1 Nagoya (7 Days) Tokyo (t Days) I I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) "TJOSJO^^JOHORTOFFK^^ COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD 112-00 saus/bkgs *****57/60 inward dept (D/o) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND j CR NO: **********00 SINGAPORE
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      1267 49 EUKOPE EXPRESS SIRVICE EXPORT IMPORT HJVALENOA 3C W 23, m) CHK 01/04 OMN 04/W 26^04 kj osaju 051w :oa3Eß7io; 24/10;2^0 hjfmis om w/w lf/w u/w lis/wiFrc HJ WUAINGTON 009W 12 10 79 10 31/10 01 11 02.11 03.11 04 11 HJ LONDON 02H 16, W 11/04 21. W 22 04
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      1443 50 EUROPEAJK/SCAMDIMAVIA/FINLAMD/RUSSIA SGP ROM ANW HBG THR ZEE IHW LHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKL I SGP E. DEVOTE RW-008 26/U9 14/10 2010 It/10 11/10 19/10 20/10 E RIGHT RE-040 02/09 04/09 03/09 05/09 07/09 26/09 27/09 E. DEVELOP RW-008 03/10 21/10 27/10 23/10 25/10 2S/10 27/10 E REWARO RE 040
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      851 50 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD A Immm 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, *****0. J CR NO: IQOeOt XJOOfc Ijvtssa VOT MB nrt stp g out oa wmmol Ml I UMMAIKTUtII 541 25/» 27/0 1/10 0/10 13/10 17/1# 23/10 25/10 I IWCA TttAlAi <_ZEIBI_ M ~B7T~ IQTO'Z tt/tt h/lfl 3ZM
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      422 50 50 TRO« HJNGAH ROAD #02-02 OTIPORT CENTRE STOREHi TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSEL VOT ETA ETD DtSnWHOK HMAINA 0799 23A&99 24DM8 PASIR GUOANG^ONTMNAMMTTOX LMAMU 1099 2MM9 259&909 PONTMNAK INABUKWA 33« 2MM9 27/ttM BALAM For ononirin »nd bookings pliui contact SEASPACE SHIPPING (S)
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      510 51 BSfl x TBETTTJdI VcP-tc d M* MYANMA Mftlflflk FIVE STAR LINE (Myonmar National line) w Loading for Yangon (Rangoon) VESSEL VOY SIN MIL PEN PGU KENG TUNG 4W SID SAGAING 62W SU) MALAYSIA AGENTS: BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL m (03)*****00 PKL TEL (03) *****01 PEN: TEL (04)*****02 PGU: TEL (#7)
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      1207 51 HMNEHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. I VESSa voy sm sou ta rtm ant |ham| my ra I [rasa voY|sou|iß<|RTM|AiiT|HAM|MvlFaiSMi DANUH S47W 24/09 11/10 16/10 13/1 C 14/10 HYMGMESS 3191 01/09 08/09 04/09 07/09 25/09 MONTE ROSA S3OW 24/09 17/10 11/10 12/10 14/10 MAAS 5311 10/09 11/09 05/09 07/09 29/09 HY
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      1120 51 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TQpMORTH AND LATIN AMERICA RORO HEAVYUFT SERYKI* fviSSCI VOY RAMP HEIGHT UN LAX CM. MA I SAV BAL OtF NYC NEW MM TAPtOU AHO6~ 400 Imh 6JM TyJW 25/10 03/11 OS/H" 01/11 10/11 11/11 13/11 17/11 il/U TAMPA AHO7 400 Thm 6.3 M 12/10 09/11 11/11 21/11 23/11
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      787 52 ■ANQKOKjUAP TA PHUT/LAEM CHABANO JAKARTA/PAN JAMO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN MATHU BHUM 433N 25/09 29/09 28/09 BANI BHUM 12SSB In Pt 26/09 XETHA BHUM" 302N 26/09 29/09 30/09 BUNGA MAS TIGA *****3 25/09 29/09 ACX SWAN 394E 27/09 01/10 01/10 SHAHE* 004 26/09
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      349 52 "2,BSSH INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA I FULL CONTAINER SERVICE a jvorl rn sm m m. stb /ft msumi -nm w/n ln/n n/n |is/n ftOIdBBSMW 7g tS/ll IS/INI7/I* 10/1* p/H mmm in. ivu u/n m/io »/i« po/w oftacmj lit. n/nl lw/iqn/i*|«/ii| FEEDER SERVICE TO INDONESIA wi vot sm smumt* uuuk
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      769 52 I VESSELS VOY SW PKL JED MLA LEH RTM HAM ZEE SOT SAUOIJEDOAH N33W 28rt» 29/08 07/10 12/10 17/10 18/10 20/10 22/10 23/10 SAUOIJUBAIL H33W 04/10 14/10 19/10 25T10 26/10 28/10 31/10 VKXE D'ORION Y33W IVIO 16/10 25/10 29/10 ***** 04/11 07/11 08/11 VM-LE OE MW4QSA V34W _WlO 20/10 28/10
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      50 53 NEW BREAKBULK SERVICE una— oso Tin r»t ■S||Si||BH|3| Round-the wortd ContakwrSmda Kl Ki 11* I*ll B See PACC CONTAINER LINE For Complete n Pg 5 US WEST COAST Schedules middle east INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT Information n Check Out Our Details On Pg 7 Daily Turn To Pg 5 JJ d'OCEAN LINES
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      45 55 WLT (Retrieve more schedules!) Press "1" JCV Select the port and key in the four digit code eg: To New York (NYC) 2275 sr£) Key in your fax number ST Enter your phone number Another Innovative service offered by document Will be Shipping Times JLJ
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      186 56 SMHnriOJUE.LtaM.LM. HUNAN OCEAN MmNO AGENCIES I »xj o^ (FOREST PIOOUCTS SERVICE) {ScmMxn Service For C hrittims Island Kremantle C«m Island) EUROPE SERVICE "Also call other west Australia ports subject to inducemen J TAW SKN KKU TNU VESSEL VOY. SIN CXI FML COS RUBIN STELLA V3IA SAILED SAILED SAILED THOR KIRSTEN
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      204 56 TO EURO** CHINA N. gUROPg WMM VESBCI7VOV XOO QOA «HA MKO MN HAM 55: TRADE HARVEST 024W 12 SEP 14 SEP 16 SEP 20 SEP 25 SEP LLQCI LL2£I IH2£I HANJIN DALIAN 026W 19 SEP 21 SEP 23 SEP 27 SEP 01 OCT 21 OCT a OCT 240CT POTSPAM 002W
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      160 56 FOUR TMHIS/ WIIK SAIUW6S: f. CWAMO/HWOAPOtt SOUTH lOUND I »csa WT r.aaon m awusMni WITS via M/WWB UMI Um Z^WBffl jommi tms hm am vmmm IAMI ms v/vimn a/wire BMUSIWI TIT3S ttW(WB W/WWP) I OMASUM TIMS n/W(HB» 30/WfIHU) MOtTHIOUHO vtssa wt hmhk BMUSIMI t)W H/WW) ~H/WffW iQMusum fiw a/wtw mhisuo
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      664 57 shipping line ltd MAIN UNE/OUTWARD; 532 3MB INWARD (DID): 437 23M IMPORT STATUS (DIDh 437 2378 INVENTORY (DID): 437 2420 Wcbsit* http://www.saMwdcra.ioiN CR NO. **********0 D BOOKINGS UNE: 535 6266 (Celia/Jessico/Mei Chan/Jeslynn/Pora/Hanim) slgs/weekiy i:i:<:rjfii:mTTTTcM 3 slgs/weekly MBS VQT SIH MK IviSSIL Ivor SIN HtK (LCM) UH (PAT) ISttSWM 028 25/09
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      1051 57 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO I ftp 1 1 JKT I SW I HW I ft>G |CM I lON j HAI I NYI I 0«f I SAV |KW TAM HOU ggjDON /0352 10 10 14/10 14/10 71/10 31 !0 26/04 07/11 10/1) 07/12 10/1? 11/1? 14/12 11/H
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      525 57 |#n ING LEI SHIPPING CO PTE lIDI I W; *****75 (4 Llm>| tax: SNNM/SIIHM I I ah mmiimt I VESSfI VOT SM ETA SIN ETD DESTMATKM DwOoye 10/99 24/09 26/09 Duno Buo*r Gondc 111 7/99 24/09 25/09 Sjtteyc DoaMhagss 8/99 26/09 27/09 Saraboyc Union Sio 32 8/99 28/09 29/09 Jokate
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      509 58 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER ISLAND 735N 2f>2b/Q9 29-04/10 0910/10 I TIGER PEARL 736N 2829/09 12 I TIGER SEA 737N 10-14/10 I TIGER BAY 738N 08-09/10 1417/10 22 23/10 TIGER PEARL 740N 12-13/10 17 21/10 I TIGER ISLAND 739N 15-16V10 21 30-31/10 Ivesse^^^VO^^SE^^CA^^SlN| TIGER STREAM 396CN8 28
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      852 58 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS I Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin3singnet.com.sg DIRECT CONSOLIDATION SERVICE TO ALEXANDRIA COPENHAGEN MAHE PHNOMPENH BUENOS AIRES HELSINKI MANZANILLO SAN ANTONIO CEBU ISVANBUL MEXICO CITY SANTOS VALPARAISO IZMIR NHAVA SHEVA XINGANG PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL FREE LINE: 1800-*****66 FOR BOOKING PROJECT SHIPMENT HEAVYUFT CARGO Bobby Lee *****71
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      76 60 1 Ship Loader Wharf Conveyor (Under Instructions from Qid Sugar Corporation) For Sale By Tender/ Expression Of Interest Mackay Bulk Sugar Ship Loader Conveyor. Located Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Conveyor: 205 m Long 1140 mm wide Cap 2000 tph Ship Loader: Mobile Gantry with Boom telescopic chutes slinger with all electrical
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