The Business Times, 20 December 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) ll(V12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet- http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, DECEMBER 20-21,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Silk Air jet crashes, 104 feared dead
    695 1 Singapore and Indonesia to moiint thorough investigation [SINGAPORE} A Silk Air Boeing 737-300 heading for Singapore from Jakarta crashed near Sumatra yesterday and all 104 people on board, including 46 Singaporeans, were feared killed. Debris from the plane, which was carrying 97 passengers
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    BG Lee is MAS chairman from Jan 1
    570 1  -  KohTong Gnanis new MD while Lee Ek Tieng becomes deputy chairman Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will take over the chairmanship of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) from Jan 1, the government said in a surprise
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    Liquidity crunch sends Seoul stocks plummeting 5%
    851 1  -  little joy over Kim's victory as foreign reserves nm oat From. Louis Beckering in Seoul THE cash-starved South Korean financial system ruined the party for the country's newlyelected President Kim Dae Jung yesterday, dragging share prices and the won sharply lower, and sending
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    Japanese stocks plunge 5%
    932 1  -  Bankruptcy of food group wipes out gains from gtiwtnlfg package From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stockmarket showed disturbing signs of panic yesterday when the collapse of a Japanese food company provoked a dramatic fall of more than 5 per cent in share prices and
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      194 1 2 flOf ijmwr NEW YORK Stocks tumbled on Wall Street yesterday as a sell-off in Japan and concerns over US corporate earnings rattled market conditions. The Dow Jones Industrial Index dived 147.75 points to 7,608.75 at 2Jopm. Analyts said traders were concerned about US earnings reports and that the selloffs
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      6 1 Kim's stunning political comeback, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Analysts see another round of prime hikes soon
      519 2 Tfeey say high* f interbank rates will ]rat pressor* OB banks' margins LOCAL banks are likely to raise their prime rate to at least 7 per cent within a month if high interbank rates persist, economists say. Already, two foreign banks generally
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      Fair Price cheapest in Case price poll
      633 2 It scores with lowest prices for 24 out of 61 festive items NTUC Fair Price has again emerged the cheapest in a supermarket price survey this time of festive goods, conducted by the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) early this week. The cooperative
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      Engineering investment commitments up
      352 2  -  EDB YEAR-END REVIEW By' Ven Sreenivasan FIXED investment commitments for engineering industries rose 15.3 per cent to $1.32 billion this year, according to the Economic Development Board: The sector, which is one of of SingafaflSi manufacturing industry, contributed 17.6 per cent to total manufacturing val-ue-added and
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      NTT to sell S'pore ONE to Japanese expats
      305 2  -  By' Toh Han Shih JAPANESE telecommunications giant NTT will not only be providing Live On Demand (LOD) video service on Singapore ONE it wants to encourage the Japanese community here to get onto the nationwide broadband multimedia network, and hopes to tap
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      446 3 NAVITIMER JBpL Early this century, aerial navigation was J The Breitling Academy thus stages aerobatics essentially a matter of dead reckoning, with the training courses where pilots have an aid of a map, an altimeter and a chronograph. opportunity to fly the three current top Cockpit instruments did little more
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'S EYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        545 4 nirrnl ♦(Sell) Indosuez WI Carr, Dec 18, US$l.65 Demand for Clipsal's products will be hit by the regional crisis, especially in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. It is likely that the company will see negative growth in FY9B. Moreover, there will be significant translation losses due to the
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        In My Opinion
        471 4  -  Paul Schymyck Executive Director CIBC-CEF HIS Christmas will I r not be as joyful for X Asia as in past years, but if the right measures are adopted, most economies will emerge from the regional currency crisis fundamentally stronger. It is unfortunate that the currency turmoil has
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      Lock icon Tis the season to make that commitment: buy a car
      901 4  -  With downward pressure on COEs more likely than not those in the market for wheels have much reason to be merry Byy Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] WHAT do Mercs and newborn chicks have in common? They both go "cheap, cheap". Just
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      Timing your investment to match the market
      658 4  -  Back W to Basics By i Caroline Meakin THE issue of investment timing has been touched on in previous articles in this series, but it is worth examining in detail. For the fact is, if, once you have analysed your financial position and
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      More falls seen on bourse
      466 4  -  EYE OK THE REGION: THE PHILIPPINES Bleak prospects for sustained rally due to forex woes: analysts From, Al Labita in Manila ASIA'S irrepressible currency malaise has virtually turned upside down Manila's share market, shattering a trading cycle and the Yuletide spirit. Prospects for a sustained
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      Choosing the right unit trust
      739 4  -  Performance record, history, objectives are among guiding factors in process By i Christine Stopp THE first step to choosing a unit trust is to establish your investment objectives and the level of risk you are prepared to accept. Having narrowed the search down to a
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Standard & Poor's downgrades ratings of 4 Indon firms
      352 5 Standard Poor's downgrades ratings of 4 Indon firms AFP Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Ratings agency Standard and Poor's yesterday downgraded four Indonesian corporations amid concerns over their ability to meet short-term debt obligations as they struggle with weaker cash flow. The New York-based credit assessor said in a statement the action reflected
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      Lock icon IMF forced to shelve plans for extra cash infusion
      418 5 Accord to raise quotas by 45% will fall short of fund's near-term needs: Camdessus Reuters [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that it has to shelve plans to tap member states for billions of dollars in extra cash for
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      Lock icon Shares of collapsed Toshoku untraded
      309 5 Jnst 3 yen offered for shares last traded at 33, hanka* gharag gliifo Bloomberg [TOKYO] Shares of collapsed Japanese food trading company Toshoku Ltd were untraded after the company filed for protection from creditors. Its shares were last offered for three yen, a decline of
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      Lock icon Seoul gets emergency credit lines to keep creditors at bay
      558 5 IMF extends DS$X5b while ADB dishes out USs2b Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea, in a daily struggle to keep creditors at bay, received a welcome boost when fresh injections of credit from the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank
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      PNB sitting on 20% paper losses from forays in KL bourse
      525 5  -  State-owned fund among those ordered to back bourse in Sept From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur PERMODALAN Nasional Bhd (PNB), one of the Investment arms of the Malaysian government, is sitting on paper losses of 20 per cent from
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      Lock icon Thai law on 100% foreign ownership of brokers soon
      250 5 Bloomberg AFXAsia [BANGKOK] The Thai government hopes to pass legislation within one month allowing foreigners to own up to 100 per cent in domestic brokerages. Commerce Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said. He said the government hopes to have the law in place
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      Lock icon Asean trade to cut dependence on US$
      304 5 Region will use mare of own currencies by Jnly; Manila official AFP [MANILA] South-east Asian countries will increase the use of regional currencies instead of the US dollar in settling in-tra-regional trade transactions by July next year. Philippine trade secretary Cesar Bautista yesterday
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  • KOREA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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      A stunning political comeback
      902 6  -  By Bruce Cheeaman Bruce Cheesman, BT's Taipei correspondent, met Kim Dae Jung many times while covering Korean politics from 1987 to 1995 WHEN Kim Dae Jung was crushed by nemesis Kim Young Sam in the 1992 presidential election, the last rites were administered as South Korea's
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      Kwangju rejoices in Kim Dae Jung win
      503 6  -  Provinces felt neglected by previous central governments From Jennifer Veale in Kwangju THE citizens of Kim Dae Jung's home base of Kwangju weren't too bothered about share prices and the currency nosediving yesterday after the financial markets learned their champion would finally become
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Countries cool to antitrust role for WTO
      269 7 GENEVA Bloomberg THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) said countries aren't ready to hand it a leading role in combating crossborder monopolies, cartels and other anti-competitive practices. While trade disputes, like that surrounding this year's purchase by Boeing Co of fellow US aircraft maker
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        Lock icon Aussie financial products proposal
        31 7 Reuters [CANBERRA] The Australian government yesterday proposed that financial products including securities, derivatives, superannuation, life and general insurance and bank deposit products—all be subject to comparable regulation.—Reuters
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        Lock icon China banks apply for offshore licences
        40 7 AFP [SHANGHAI] The People's Bank of China (PBOC) is considering the application of several local banks for offshore banking licences and expects to launch the business in the first half of next year. AFP
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        Lock icon No Zhn at Shanghai bourse's start
        74 7 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Shanghai's mayor struck a brass gong to signal the formal start of trading at the city's glistening new stock exchange yesterday, but Beijing leaders stayed away, raising eyebrows among some brokers. They had expected economic tsar Zhu Rongji to turn up and
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        Lock icon Ex-councillors to pay £27m surcharge
        79 7 AFP [LONDON] Former British premier Margaret Thatcher's model local council leader and her deputy were ordered to pay £27 million (5J74.7 million) after being found guilty of electoral corruption yesterday. The High Court in London upheld a decision to impose the massive surcharge against former
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        Lock icon Changes to Thai tan system?
        56 7 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai told reporters the government is considering making adjustments to the taxation system to make it more fair and to increase the country's revenues. Planned changes include increases in the inheritance tax and reductions in the corporate tax, he
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      Lock icon WTO sees '97 world trade rising 7% on Americas, Europe demand
      558 7 GENEVA Agia'g financial crises won't affect global trade growth until '98: economists Bloomberg WORLD trade will probably grow faster this year than last, as consumers and businesses in the Americas and Europe buy more goods, raw materials and services
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      Lock icon FOMC voted 11-1 in Nov on holding US rates
      338 7 WASHINGTON Dissenting voice Bro&ddns cites concerns over rapid US growth Bloomberg US Federal Reserve policymakers faced with fragile financial markets, Asia's economic crisis and concerns about US inflation were divided in holding the overnight bank lending rate steady at their Nov
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      Lock icon China seen growing at 9% in 1998
      166 7 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA'S economy will grow at a 9 per cent rate in 1998, its slowest since 1990, as exports slump amid renewed regional competition, according to a survey of 16 Chinese and foreign economists. The economists forecast that China's gross domestic product,
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      Lock icon Bayer suspends plans for huge Taiwan chemical plant
      436 7  -  TAIPEI Move a big blow to Taipei's drive to woo foreign investments By] Bruce Cheesman IN a major blow to Taiwan's drive to attract foreign investments, Germany's giant Bayer AG yesterday suspended plans to build a NT$49 billion (552.5 billion) chemical plant
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      Lock icon EU slams some big firms but lays off Microsoft
      441 7 BRUSSELS Reuters EU COMPETITION chief Ka- n 4 rel Van Miert on Thursday laid into some of Europe's big- n gest companies during a preChristmas briefing, but wag guarded on US software giant Microsoft Corp. I^* Mr Van Miert, effectively Ifl
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      Sithe China team gets US$ 500m project
      497 7  -  SINGAPORE Consortium seals deal to build, operate China power plant By] Lu Ning A CONSORTIUM led by Sithe China Holdings Ltd, an energy investment firm in which the Singapore government's investment arms have a major stake, has sealed a deal to build and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Kepfels confident of achieving over US$ 1b in revenues in '98
      474 8  -  Upbeat forecast on the back of recovery in oilrig market By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore's leading rig builder, Keppel Fels (Kepfels), is confident of achieving revenues of over US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) next year on the back of a
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      Lock icon CK Tang still in red at half-time
      276 8  -  By. Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted CK Tang has continued to bleed red ink, yesterday posting a 20.8 per cent increase in half-time net loss to $8.7 million from $7.2 million, amid a beleaguered retail sector. Group turnover for the six months to Sept
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      GP Batteries interim profit up 23% to $ 15.7 m
      269 8 GP Batteries interim profit up 23% to 15.7 m [SINGAPORE] GP Batteries yesterday posted a 23 per cent jump in net earnings to $15.7 million for the half-year to September, surpassing analysts' expectations. Analysts polled in the December issue of The Estimate Directory forecast a 17 per cent increase in
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      QAF-Indofood deal: isn't it better to let it lapse?
      686 8  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy N July, local food company QAF announced an ambitious, $2.75 billion purchase of a 50.1 per cent stake in Indonesia's H largest noodle maker, Indofood, part of the massive Salim group. At the time, the price
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      Ipco narrows net loss to $ 1.8m at half-time
      318 8  - Ipco narrows net loss to 1.8m at half-time By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Infrastructure and engineering-based Ipco International recorded a net loss of $1.8 million on turnover of $119 million for the six months to Oct 31, 1997. This is an improvement over the previous year's net loss of $14.7 million.
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      RHB Bank not involved in any merger: sources
      354 8  -  Rumours aboat its poor financial health also said to be nntme From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur RHB Bank controlled by tycoon Rashid Hussain will not merge with Arab-Malay-sian Bank or any other bank in Malaysia as is widely rumoured, according to
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      MRCB calls off restructuring exercise
      320 8  -  It fails to get waiver from making general offers for NST, TV3 From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CASH-strapped Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) has called off its restructuring exercise after failing to get a waiver from making mandatory general offers for New Straits Times
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      Lock icon DRB posts 43% rise in interim profit
      163 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Diversified Resources Bhd (DRB), the vehicle and transport group, has reported a group pre-tax profit of 198 million Malaysian ringgit (5585.9 million) for the six months ended Sept 30, up 43 per cent from the RM138.5 million in the 19%
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Bothmsns paying 16.87-cent dividend
        70 8 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Cigarette company Rothmans Industries said yesterday it will pay a dividend of 16.87 cents on its first-half profits, not 0.1687 cents as previously announced. Rothmans included the erroneous figure in its results for the six months to Sept 30, announced on Nov 7, when
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        Magneoomp's placement shares taken up
        78 8 [SINGAPORE] Mainboard aspirant Magnecomp International's 40 million placement shares have been fully subscribed by financial institutions, said issue manager OCBC Bank. US-based Magnecomp, which makes suspensions for disk drives from its China and Thailand plants, opened its initial public offer on Dec 18. Its public
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        Showpla to sell Jurong property to JTC
        90 8 [SINGAPORE] Showpla Asia has agreed to sell its property, occupying 20,898 sq m at Jurong Pier Road, to Jurong Town Corporation for $7.9 million. As the property is carried in Showpla's books at $3.35 million, the sale will give it an extraordinary gain
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        Lock icon Thai Airways' FY97 profit falls 18.3%
        122 8 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International Ltd announced yesterday that its net profit fell 18.3 per cent from a year ago to 2.76 billion baht (*****.4 million) in the fiscal year ended September 1997. A company statement said the decline was due to foreign exchange
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        Lock icon Malaysia's 101 aborts property purchase
        95 8 -Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] 101 Corp Bhd said yesterday it and Nusa Properties Sdn Bhd have mutually agreed to terminate an agreement for 101 to buy Nusa's entire equity for 145.64 million Malaysian ringgit (Ss63 million). In a statement sent to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange,
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon SEC charges 58 with penny-stock fraud
        236 9 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US Securities and Exchange Commission is charging 58 defendants with penny-stock manipulation in one of the largest stock fraud cases the government has ever filed. The SEC filed five civil fraud suits on Thursday in New York and Salt Lake
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        Lock icon Sony co-founder Ibuka dies of heart failure at 89
        391 9 He led development of tape recorders, transistor radios, Trinitron TV system Reuters [TOKYO] Sony Corp's legendary co-founder Masaru Ibuka, who led the development of tape recorders, transistor radios and the Trinitron television system that helped the firm grow into an electronics
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        Lock icon First Pacific's Asia Link to invest US$ 85m in 1998
        397 9 Funds to go to telecoms ops in India, China, Philippines AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] First Pacific Co Ltd's wholly owned telecoms unit Asia Link said it plans to invest around US$B5 million (*****.4 million) in its operations next year. Asia Link director
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        Lock icon BHP seeks to sell assets worth A$ 4b
        461 9 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australian steel, mining and oil giant The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd yesterday virtually invited bids for one-tenth of its assets, saying As 4 billion (554.3 billion) in asset sales were not out of the question. The struggling blue chip,
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        Lock icon Ka Wah shelves plans to buy into Jardine Fleming Bank
        470 9 Groups blame recent financial market turmoil for decision FT [HONGKONG] Ka Wah Bank, the Hongkong financial arm of China's flagship investment vehicle Citic, has shelved plans to buy into a part of Jardine Fleming, the Hongkongbased investment bank, blaming recent
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        Lock icon Berjaya's interim pre-tax profit up 1.5%
        148 9 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group Bhd has reported that its pre-tax profit for the half year ended Oct 31,1997 rose by 1.5 per cent to 262.1 million Malaysian ringgit (5J113.7 million) against RM258.3 million in the previous corresponding period. The company said in a
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        Lock icon Renong seeks continued trading suspension
        187 9 It says it is still in talks with 'relevant parties' on UEM deal Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Conglomerate Renong Bhd said it is requesting a continued suspension in the trading of its stock pending the conclusion of "discussions with relevant parties" on a share deal with
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        JP Morgan fined for flouting LSE rules
        314 10  -  From Neil Behrmann in London THE London Stock Exchange (LSE) imposed a £350,000 (*****,960) fine on JP Morgan after two of its traders were found to have engaged in share sales aimed at knocking down the FTSE 100 share index. JP Morgan, which
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        Lock icon Fed plans to relax banks' overseas underwriting limits
        441 10 Proposal will also give US banks more flexibility in other lines of business Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US banks secured the power to expand securities underwriting through their overseas subsidiaries under a proposal unveiled by the Federal Reserve on Thursday. The changes will benefit
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        Lock icon Hambros sells its core banking businesses
        203 10 Generale de Banqne to buy corporate lending operations Bloomberg [LONDON] Hambros pic will sell its corporate lending business for an undisclosed amount to Belgium's Generale de Banque SA as it begins to get rid of banking operations it has been unable to expand globally.
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        Lock icon Greenback may settle in a range
        305 10 USS/nuurk: The US dollar was trading in the range of 1.7597 to 1.7852 for the first four days of this week, and was at the 1.7750 level yesterday morning. The picture is not clear at the moment, with a range trading between 1.7580 and
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        Lock icon Resignation sends Aetna shares tumbling
        247 10 NYT [NEW YORK] In another jolt to the health-insurance business, shares in Aetna Inc, one of the largest US health insurers, plunged nearly 12 per cent on Thursday after the company announced the abrupt departure of a key financial executive. The swoon took US$l.4 billion
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        Lock icon Euroyen slips in thin trade
        191 10 rum tin Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures dipped in thin trade yesterday as players worried about the Japanese government having to issue more bonds to fund its economic stimulus plans. 'There are fears the market might be flooded with bonds next year. That's why,
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        Technology shares drag futures lower
        143 10  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures fell yesterday, as technology issues continued to be sold. The December contract ended near its intra-day low as sellers led by Carr Futures and OCBC
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        Lock icon Singapore refiners brace for the worst
        284 10 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [SINGAPORE] Refiners here are bracing for another round of drastic output cuts as losses run deep amid the most miserable energy winter in years, sources said yesterday. "The pressure to cut production is rising. The margins are becoming unbearable and once
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        285 10 AFP London THE US dollar was higher yesterday afternoon by comparison with the morning level, but trading was light due to the approach of the year-end holidays. The dollar was up to 1.7718 marks against 1.7677 in the morning and 1.7760 on Thursday. It was up to 128.67
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1682 11 AFP □Nikkei 225 -***** JAPANESE stocks plunged 5.2 per cent yesterday after the collapse of a leading food trading company stepped up anxiety over banks' credit crunch, brokers said. The 225-stock Nikkei Average dropped 846.75 points to finish the week at 15,314.89. The Nikkei Index lost 990 points at
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1519 12 AFP n Hang Seng -34&30 HONGKONG share prices dropped 3.2 per cent yesterday on profit-taking after two days of gains, as investors turned jittery following declines in New York and Tokyo, dealers said. "The market has been dragged down by poor performances in Tokyo as well as in New
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      Lock icon CHINA
      633 12 Bloomberg nShwrahfti B Index -L5B CHINA'S B shares fell yesterday as Inner Mongolia Erdos Cashmere Products tumbled to a record low after the company said that it will report lower 1997 profit amid intense competition. Li Chenjun, an official at the company's board secretary office, said Erdos' operating profit
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      397 12 AFP QWP Index -H2.47 STOCKS dipped 2 per cent yesterday, led by technology shares as market sentiment went bearish on the back of the overnight fall on Wall Street, brokers said. "A drop on the US hightech Nasdaq Index dragged down technology shares and drove other issues downward," said
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      722 12 AFP Composite Index +0.41 SHARES ended barely higher yesterday, as the impact of the rupiah's rebound against the US dollar was offset by regional market weakness which capped further rises. "The rupiah was gaining strength but then regional markets were going down, so we went down," a dealer said.
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      823 12 AFP SET Index -2J3 SHARE prices fell yesterday as the baht and most regional currencies slipped against the US dollar. Analysts said share prices were lower across the board on profit-taking amid tight liquidity and declines in regional markets. The SET Index fell 2.13 points at 385.25. Turnover was
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      304 12 AFP H Manila *12J3 STOCKS rose yesterday in response to continued moves to stabilise the local currency. The Central Bank of the Philippines has committed to infuse US$l5O million (Ss2so million) into the trading system each day, starting Thursday a move that helped the exchange rate stabilise. The PSE
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      417 12 AFP Q Composite Index -2L47 SHARE prices closed 5.1 per cent lower yesterday on concerns that tough restructuring programmes could be introduced now that a new president has been elected. "The fall can't be blamed only on the election. Investors are uneasy and worried about how the change of
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      596 12 AFP QmOrtiMriM -36J SHARE prices slipped yesterday, sapped by a slide in the Japanese stock market, brokers said. "News of bankruptcies in Japan and the Nikkei down 6 per cent just sent the market into a spiral," said a trader. The All Ordinaries Index, fell 35.0 points to 2,528.1.
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      254 12 Reuters Q Wellington -17.56 SHARE prices closed the week on a negative note yesterday, but brokers said that the stock market had held up well in light of the plight of its offshore counterparts. The NZSE-40 ended 17.56 points weaker at 2,300.95 on hefty turnover worth NZ$BO.B million. Reuters
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        521 13 AFX-Asia fl Compositelndex +LlB SHARE prices closed marginally higher in volatile trade yesterday as buying support for Telekom Malaysia narrowly kept the key index in positive territory, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index rose 1.18 points to 578.76. The Emas Index lost 0.22 at 151.21
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        197 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE collapse in the Asia Food Properties (AFP) share price to 17 US cents yesterday from a high of US$l.44 in July must surely rank as one of the worst performances turned in by
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        216 16 W«da *<*— *M Resources 8,353,000 ST EnqqtOc 7,453,000 DeSLMd 5,539,000 SingTei 15c 5,461,000 *MBf Capital 3,773.000 •Rekapacific Bll 3,134,000 Asia Food&Prop 2,932,000 •RHB Cap Wt99 2,831,000 HatSteel 50c 2,684,000 SIA Foreign 2.472,000 Mwto 06S Foreign 29,008,185 SIA Foreign 27,706,865 U08 Foreign 23,424,818 City Oe* 50c 17,764,103 SingTel 15c 16,957,870 FIN
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        68 16  -  -by Ven Sreenivasan KEPPEL CORP, which ciosed five cents higher at $5.05 yesterday, seems to have found its immediate support at the $5 level With the RSI in an oversold region, the counter is trying to regain lost ground. However, it faces stiff near-term resistance at the 15.50
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        663 16  -  Trading generally listless and featureless; property stocks down on disappointment that talk of an easing in roles was probably unfounded STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A weak closing on Wall Street on Thursday, followed by steep drops in the
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          101 16 IN THE real world, Nick Leeson's still paying his dues in prison for single-handedly bringing down Barings, the oldest merchant bank in Britain. Nothing exciting about that. But things are quite different in the reel world. When a female found out that hip British actor Ewan McGregor (of Trainspotting
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          134 16 MORE and more Arms are doing their part for charity during this season of giving. This year, Arthur Andersen is sending out greeting letters to clients and contacts instead of cards, and donating the money saved to charity. Another firm, public relations agency Huntington Communications, has
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          103 16 TIMES must be really grim for Hongkong hotels. According to Bloomberg, the swanky Peninsula Hotel is running its fleet of Rolls-Royces through the city's congested streets to pick up business, in a bid by management to boost revenue. For roughly 60 per cent of normal
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          110 16 SINGAPORE has just been invaded by 200 snowmen from Hokkaido, Japan. No, not the abominable type but snow figures made from the famous powdery snow of Hokkaido. It is part of a promotional exercise by Ail Nippon Airways and the Hokkaido government to promote the ski slopes
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          96 16 Want to buy some cheap property? Two Websites, http://texasusa.com/Moon and Moon Shop at http://www.moonshop.com is selling over the Internet property on the moon. Moon Shop says its lunar property does not cost the Earth. Moon Shop is offering for only U5515.99 (5326.60) 10 "sercas" of lunar property, which
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      228 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HANWAH IMPORT EXPORT (3) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that the Final General Meeting of the members of the above
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      1314 17  -  Moderation seems to be the keyword this festive season as Singaporeans cut back on their excesses and learn to celebrate less lavishly. This is not necessarily a bad thing; it could also mean putting the heart back into Christmas, says tax su yen TAN SU
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        39 17 SEEN in the lobby of a hotel here recently was this rather cryptic announcement: "Wedding dinner (sentencing) of Alvin and Jessie at the grand ballroom." Maybe someone felt that marriage was like life imprisonment.
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        Ballooning guest list
        73 17 THE organisers of the Supreme Court's open house cum exhibition held earlier this month were surprised by the 61,000 visitors who walked through the doors they were planning for just a quarter of that number. Still, they ensured that there was something for everyone, like balloons for
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        37 17 WE RAN a straw recently about a money changer called Wisma Drugstore. Now we hear that there's a hi-fi store called Precision Auto. Wish they'd make up their minds about what they want to be.
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        63 17 HERE'S a pat on the back for the local mail service. One of our reporters was sent a card from the United States addressed to Business Times at Jurong Port Road. That's where our printing presses are, not our editorial team. But the card still managed to
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        1207 18  -  Gavin Young, 69, spends 10 months a year on the road, and there's no stopping him from turning up in all sorts of dangerous places. mehta catches up with the writer who has covered 16 major wars and most of South-east Asia HARISH MEHTA AT 69,
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        420 18 IT WAS lan Fleming, the creator of James Bond, who told a certain young Englishman to become a journalist and join The Sunday Times of London. It was considered the best way to see the world in the '50s. That young man,
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        782 18  -  REVIEW Jane Austen, A Biography By Claire Tomalin Alfred A Knopf 341 pages (Illustrated) U5527.50 By\ Michiko Kakutani NYT "OF EVENTS her life was singularly barren," Jane Austen's nephew once observed, "few changes and no great crisis ever broke the smooth current of its
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        955 19  -  Christmas is less than a week away. If you're still shopping for presents, why not go for items that support worthwhile causes or benefit various charities at the same time? jadib be tells you who's selling what and where you can get them JAIME
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        461 19  -  T4M su ten shows you how to make it shine this Christmas TAN SU YEN THERE will be many living rooms bathed in the warm glow of candlelight this Christmas season, going by the increasing popularity of candles and candle holders here. Retailers report that
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      749 20  -  NIGHTSPOT Expect huge crowds, copious amounts of booze and loads of good cheer as free spirits throng this ever-popular strip By\ Ben Munroe COME Christmas Eve when the office has closed and the party mood takes over, hit the well-worn tiles at Boat
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      713 20  -  MUSIC Whether you're into chant or gospel, Placido Domingo or Michael Bolton, there's a CD to put yon in a merry mood this festive season By Andrew Lim CHRISTMAS music never fails to create an atmosphere. Depending on the musical style you choose, it can
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      694 21  -  CINEMA Helmsman James Cameron manages to keep everything nicely afloat in Titanic By\ Susan Tsang THE Titanic, hailed as "unsinkable", was big and brash. So who better than James Cameron (Terminator 11, True Lies) to direct the movie about the ship that made the biggest splash
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      380 21  -  Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC S'pore Symphony Orchestra: Christinas Concert David Firman conducts this familiar favourites concert. Programme includes Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Tumblers, Prokofiev's Cinderella and Herbert's March of the Toys. The concert ends with the traditional Christmas sing-along. Tonight, 8.15pm at Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets: $8,
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        128 22  -  Want to eat well this Christmas without making a hole in your pocket? jaimb be invites three top chefs to show you how JAIME EE LESS is more. At Christmas, sometimes this maxim can be good for your diet as well as your pocket. But lest you think
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        904 22 TOASTED OLIVE CROSTINI WITH BAKED EGGPLANT AND BASIL TOMATO (Serves 4) Ingredients: 1 loaf focaccia bread, 2 medium size eggplants, 4 ripe tomatoes, 4 stalks fresh basil, 1 clove garlic, 30ml olive oil (preferably extra virgin), 30gm parmesan cheese, crushed black pepper and salt to taste.
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        639 22 WARM SLIPPER LOBSTER SALAD WITH CURRY AND PASSION FRUIT VINAIGRETTE (Serves 4) Ingredients: Lobster: I.Bkg slipper lobster (cooked and deshelled), 50ml olive oil, 20gm turmeric powder, sgm salt, sgm pepper, lOgm sugar. Salad: 25gm red chicory, lOOgm each yellow and red frisee, 50ml lemon olive
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        James Chew's traditional Yuletide table
        929 22 SALAD OF ROASTED MUSHROOMS AND GREENS (Serves 4) Ingredients 80gms each of oyster, shiitake and abalone mushrooms stems removed and cut in 1 inch pieces. Marinade: 20gm garlic (minced), 30gm shallots (minced), lOgm chilli padi (stems and seeds removed, minced), 15ml fish sauce, 15ml light
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      790 23 Allen Resurrection. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is back and even more determined to destroy the biggest, baddest alien ever. Lido, Republic, Hougang, Jurong, Choa Chu Kang, Century, Too Payoh, Whitesands, Empress, Marina, Jubilee, Cathay, Orchard, Eastpoint, Central, Yishun, Bishan, Tiong Bahru, Boon Lay, Tampines, GV Marina, Pavilion. Devil's Advocate. A
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      121 23 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 magWmh Empress 777-5867 Jubilee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 OKI— TPU#• Bedok 443-2405 Bishan 353-8885 Boon Lay 792-2788 Broadway 454-9394 Majestic 533-9032 Marina 337-9488 Pavilion 786-5788 Tampines 8 786-5788 Tiongßahru 274-6588 Yishun 257-7848
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        558 24  -  Le Meridien Nirwana Golf Spa Resort gains immeasurably from being set within a totally natural environment of rice fields, streams and creeks, says vmr srbbmitasav VEN SREENIVASAN IF YOU fancy a holiday in Bali but find Übud too quiet, Kuta too cluttered and Nusa Dua
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        505 24 THIS is a development which was almost derailed by controversy some four years ago when a Jakarta newspaper revealed that the Bakrie Group was developing a mega resort right at the doorstep of the sacred Tanah Lot Hindu Temple. The resort's chief executive officer Dorian
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        1262 24  -  WILDLIFE The descendants of the dinosaur are alive, well and ready to bite By' Walter Glaser FT MORE than nine feet long, and looking deceptively docile, the Komodo dragon lay sunning itself on a patch of bare ground. It could have been a scene straight out of
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      88 17 Pursuits Charitable gift ideas EL 3 BVLGARI CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN JEWELLERS Wf Ipllfb IpM -fir m 4 #*> -J -V i •> »>%*** v V CI *j*»» **'vl* A i f* V% 4' V \i£Bkf•• "i Jf Troncketto ring in 18 k t gold and steel and with amethyst. Singapore Hilton
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      166 20 SAVOUR THE WORLD IN ONE SERVING. The 'TROPICARIBE' of Colombia Indulge like never before In one choice destination at Carmen's Seafood Wine the gastronomic paradise! Exquisite Mediterranean and French cuisine. A bouquet of choice wines from the best AjrfffS^K vineyards. Sizzling live perfor- Cvl yiH mances from South America T
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      27 20 ill 26/27 Boat Qu«y Your Sunday reading is not complete without fati "Wem'. Check it out in Sunday Classified this weekend. Ay f&k IwwmMi [wT CAT A
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      899 21 Where to wine, dine and entertain...^ HH Wkat tetter way to celebrate a great week than Sunday Brunch at The Cafe-in-The- Enjoy the finest brunch and service at only $2S* 1 per adult (only $14' for the kids). Then toast your good fortune with I Gold Sett Champagne, each glass
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      195 21 Mandarin Stngaparr Presenting The Longest Buffet Spread at Mandarin's Annual CHRISTMAS FUNLAND 25 Dec 1997, Thursday 1 lam 3pm Mandarin Ballroom Join us for fun games with f.Jm MoeAlkaff Call for your tickets 333, Orchard Road, Singapore *****7. Tel: *****11 In Seasonal Specials In Our Garden. Festive Buffet Dinner 6pm
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      2185 23 TODAY'S TV BBflftmggitnim uiuuiiMn 10,30 Saturdfl y Chinese Cine- 0.00 AM TVSN. ma 1 Red Wolf. A__ «srnrQPQP nn thp man IXOO NN TV Innovations. iaj Saturday Chinese American LOO P M Tennis ATP Tour Cinema 2-Godzilla vs Harvey Keitel is a Highlights 1997 Hanno J?° thra dreams low-grade hood
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