The Business Times, 22 January 1998

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 22,1998 85c
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Indonesian rupiah crashes through 12,000 barrier
    850 1  -  Analysts say plunge deep concern about economic crisis and politiffll From S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian rupiah crashed through the 12,000 rupiah barrier its lowest ever against the greenback yesterday, with financial markets totally unappeased by the government's formal launch of sweeping
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    Regional markets firmer
    168 1 [SINGAPORE] After tumbling some 22 points to a morning low of 1,274.58 points, selective buying by offshore funds helped the Straits Times Industrials Index claw its way back during the final hours of trading to close with a net gain of 14.49 points at 1,311.4. In Kuala
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    Lock icon Designer boutiques lie in tatters
    524 1  -  Some are closing down, others are slashing prices and advertising budgets By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Coveted in good times, shunned in bad. Big designer labels such as Emmanuel Ungaro, Istante and Byblos are closing down. Others are slashing everything from advertising budgets to prices.
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    Traders say Soros, Tiger agents savaged rupiah and ringgit
    443 1  -  By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] It was George Soros' Quantum Fund and Julian Robertson's Tiger Fund, as well as a particular American investment bank. As traders struggled to find an explanation for the 2,000rupiah and 25-sen slide, these were the familiar names
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    SM sees recovery from Asian crisis in 2 to 3 years
    786 1  -  Bat he warns that painftd remedies are unavoidable From Conrad Raj in Bangkok EAST Asia can recover from its current economic crisis in two to three years if the governments and people are united in implementing the hard painful
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      123 1 IMHIIIE ■mririmri nipirlni An attempt by angry Thai car workers to burn down their factory on Tuesday night could point to more violent protests ahead as nearly 2m workers are expected to be laid off this year, P|s CMit POSB raises ratal igun Singapore's largest home loan provider, Credit POSB,
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      4 1 Market reports, Pg 20-24
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Level playing field for telcos alter 2000: John Chen
      332 2  -  By] David Boey TELECOM companies competing in a fully liberalised telecommunications industry come April 2000 will be kept in check by a slate of government policies that will foster free and fair competition, Minister of State for Communications John Chen said
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      S'pore economy seen picking up from 2nd half
      488 2  -  Economists expect stronger exports, foreign capital inflows to lead recovery By. Audrey Tan THE Singapore economy will show signs of a pick-up from the second half of the year, with a recovery in both exports and foreign capital inflows, economists said at
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      Half-point hike in Credit POSB rates
      410 2  -  Second hike this year; mortgage rate rise to take effect from Feb By' Clarissa Tan SINGAPORE'S largest home loan provider, Credit POSB, will raise its mortgage rates by half a percentage point from February after having upped it by the same amount in January.
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      67 local unit trusts in race for Investment Fund Awards
      365 2 [SINGAPORE] Sixty-seven locally authorised unit trusts will compete for top honours at the second Investment Fund Awards to be held on March 6. At the inaugural awards in September 1996, 46 unit trusts competed. The awards are jointly organised by
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      Case on credit card surcharges
      144 2 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) says the lack of clear regulations has led to some retailers, especially travel agents, getting away with imposing surcharges on credit card and charge card purchases. Several major card issuers, including Visa and MasterCard issued by banks, have told
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      Lock icon Nov manufacturing growth up 10.3%
      354 2  -  E7E ON THE ECONOMY Manufacturing By. Jennifer Lien Manufacturing growth bounced back in November, rising 10.3 per cent year-on-year, compared with October's revised 6.6 per cent. Cumulative manufacturing growth for the first 11 months of 1997 was 4 per cent, the Economic Development Board said
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      Lock icon Go cashless in payments to save on costs, stay competitive: PM
      243 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday called on businesses to use electronic means to make or receive payments to save on costs. Speaking at the launch of a campaign to promote electronic transactions, Mr Goh said: "The processing of
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      BA's worldwide reservation systems down for 3 hours
      257 2  -  By, Ang Wan May BRITISH Airways' worldwide reservation systems were down yesterday and 15 flights out of Heathrow Airport were cancelled due to a malfunction in the airline's check-in system in London. Flights from Singapore to London were unaffected. The cause is
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      Corrections and clarifications
      51 2 IN OUR Jan 20 report "Nov retail sales index down 6.5 per cent", we wrongly gave the estimated value of retail sales for November and October as $2.61 billion and $2.53 billion respectively. The correct figures are $2.03 billion and $1.96 billion. We are sorry for the
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing sitting on Bayshore?
      458 4  -  HK tycoon does not appear to have done anything on govt sale site it bagged for $683 m a year ago By] Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] A LITTLE over a year after bidding $682.8 million for a leasehold site in Bayshore, Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing does
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      Lock icon Bangkok urged to change property laws to ease glut
      1003 4  -  Govt Deeds to cot property tax, relax foreign ownership roles, analysts say From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Suthees, one of Bangkok's teeming middle-class couples, have been unable to upgrade to a bigger flat after 20 years of marriage, even though
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      House Hunt
      1152 4 Property transactions for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between Nov 1,1997 and Jan 20,1998 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BULHN/ PRICE PSF STREET HAVE TYPE QUE LAND AREA* (SOFT) (SSDOO) (SS) District 15 East View Apt 1Q/T1/97 FH 1098 890
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      233 4 mhshm flf} Singapore Special Edition Whv Singaporeans should »»««Marl„, ~f~ Q r i »e«mm buy investment funds 1 iere t0 P ut y° ur money in 1998 x. H ,L :,..s I: f k-' M rr B( if I We provide consultancy services on offshore structures, shelf companies and incorporations
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      19 4 The Straits Times CLASSIFIED Where buyers and sellers meet Find the perfect item at a garage sale. fSfr |cata|
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Thai banks post big falls in profit, even losses for 1997
      373 5 AFP [BANGKOK] Several Thai banks yesterday announced huge drops in profit, with some even going into the red, amid assurances from the central bank that the ailing sector would be fully reformed and restored to health by the year
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      Lock icon Seoul bank debt: Rubin urges 90-day rollover
      436 5 Treasury Secretary doing a very good job Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] International lenders should "play a constructive role" in helping South Korean banks roll over short-term foreign exchange debt for 90 days, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. "The challenge now is for these
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      Lock icon Rumour-mongers face prosecution: M'sian police
      274 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police have warned that people spreading rumours aggravating the economic crisis could be prosecuted under the country's draconion Internal Security Act and other laws. "There are certain parties that are fishing in troubled waters amid the country's economic crisis," police public
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      Lock icon Zoo not spared from S Korea's jumbo problems
      68 5 [SEOUL] A zookeeper patting an elephant, wearing a protective covering due to the cold weather, at a zoo near Seoul on Tuesday. Due to the ongoing financial crisis gripping the nation, the zoo is doing Us bit to save money on heating
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      S$ not a big enough currency to be base for an Asian unit: SM
      384 5  -  S'pore might place reserves in US$, euro andyeninfntnre From* Conrad Raj in Bangkok THE Singapore dollar cannot be used as the base of an Asian currency unit along the lines of the euro because the Republic's
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      Lock icon Zhu calls for defence of HK$ peg
      172 5 Reuters [BEIJING] China's economic tsar Zhu Rongji has called for the defence of the Hongkong dollar at any cost, bluntly warning that confidence in the territory's currency had to be maintained. Vice-Premier Zhu, in two tough internal speeches in recent weeks, also said
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      Lock icon International banks mull over joint Indonesian rescue plan
      301 5 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] International banks, saddled with US$65 billion (*****.6 billion) in loans to Indonesian companies, have begun meeting to discuss ways to repackage the debt to avoid widespread defaults, bankers and government officials said yesterday. Faced with what investors say is a
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      Lock icon Cohen voices concern over Indonesian situation
      453 5  -  Jakarta imist make all changes required' before in ragtaß am be nstartd From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo UNITED States' Defence Secretary William Cohen yesterday underscored the concerns felt by Singapore and other Asean countries, as well as by China, about the state of crisis
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      Lock icon Asian crisis not as bad as Latin America's: S&P
      203 5 AFX-Asia AFP [TOKYO] The turmoil in Asia will be shorter and less damaging to banks than the Latin American financial troubles of the early 1980s, Standard and Poor's said yesterday. "Significant differences between the situations are encouraging analysts to anticipate the
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Asia's crisis: it's the weak yen's fault
      2874 6 A correspondingly stronger US$ signalled the start of trouble when speculators deemed greenback-linked regional currencies overvalued and ripe for attack Nobel Prize-winning economist Merton Miller spoke in Hongkong recently on the financial crisis in South-east Asia. We reproduce below excerpts of his speech.
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Thai paper blasts KL over Muslim rebels
      316 7 BANGKOK AFP PRIME Minister Chuan Leekpa i warned the proposed growth triangle involving Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia was in doubt after a spate of separatist attacks blamed on Muslim rebels, reports said yesterday. Mr Chuan said he doubted the massive infrastructure development project
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      Lock icon Thai workers' bid to torch plant raises spectre of more violence
      472 7  -  BANGKOK With deep production cuts ahead, auto industry especially vulnerable By] Harish Mehta AN attempt by angry Thai auto workers to burn down their factory on Tuesday night could point to more violent protests ahead as nearly two million
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      Lock icon Prices not cause of unrest: governor
      300 7 SURABAYA E Java leader points to criminals bat says situation may be worse than elsewhere Reuters THE governor of East Java said yesterday that unrest in the heavily-populated region was the work of criminals and had no link with soaring food prices. Mobs attacked
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      Foreigners can now hold majority stakes in Thai brokerages
      330 7  -  BANGKOK By] Harish Mehta THAILAND has allowed foreign investors to hold majority stakes in Thai brokerages for up to 10 years, provided they bring in at least 500 million baht (5516.5 million), in a move to boost foreign investments. The Thai
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      HK govt to provide relief in Feb budget
      375 7  -  HONGKONG Govt concerned about burdens faced by fTrmgknnggrg Tnng By. Loh Hui Yin HARD-pressed Hongkongers can expect some help from the government to alleviate their hardship when the budget is presented next month. But chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, who hinted at the
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      China may have got big one from US
      679 7  -  CHIVA WATCH while Taiwan tries bottom-Ashing in South-east Asia By Lu Ning TAIWANESE officials have gone fishing in a region engulfed by financial and currency crises. Following Vice-President Lien Chan's New Year vacation in Singapore, Premier Vincent Siew, who made a private
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Nov US trade deficit narrows unexpectedly
      419 8 WASHINGTON Trade |ap shrinks to about USsBb below forecasts by analysts of USslob Bloomberg THE US international trade deficit in goods and services unexpectedly narrowed in November with falling oil prices and weaker demand for petroleum holding down imports, even as the Asian crisis
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      Lock icon Tokyo may delay budget deficit cuts
      491 8 TOKYO Plans may be put on hold until economy recovers report AFP JAPAN may delay widely-crit-icised plans, already enshrined in law, to cut its massive budget deficit through spending cuts despite the sluggish economy, a report said yesterday. Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has called
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      Lock icon Fed officials warn of slowdown from Asian crisis
      412 8 WASHINGTON Comments hint that they may next move to cnt interest rates Bloomberg THE threat of a slowdown stemming from the Asian financial crisis hangs over the US economy, Federal Reserve officials are warning, suggesting their next move will be to cut
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      Lock icon Vietnam central bank orders freeze on loans to P&G venture
      271 8 HANOI Reuters VIETNAM'S central State Bank has ordered commercial banks to freeze loans to Procter and Gamble's troubled Vietnam venture in what analysts said yesterday could be a final blow to the firm's activities in the country. Alan Hed, P&G's
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      Lock icon We will not be moo-ved
      53 8 [LONDON] London police attempting to remove Mayflower, a South Devon cow who charged her way into Downing St as part of Tuesday's National Farmers Union protest. UK farmers, who have had a disastrous couple of years since the 'mad cow'crisis, are demanding more assistance from
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      Lock icon Delay seen for Clinton's fast-track trade bill
      353 8 WASHINGTON Reuters IT APPEARS increasingly likely that a White House push for Asian bailout money will shove President Clinton's request for fast-track trade negotiation authority off the agenda this year, analysts said. White House officials say publicly that the president intends to move
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      Lock icon Some progress in US talks, says Netanyahu
      243 8 WASHINGTON AFP ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday "some progress" had been made in discussions in Washington on getting stalled peace talks back on track. Mr Netanyahu met President Bill Clinton twice on Tuesday and also held lengthy talks with Secretary of
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      Lock icon Four-hour blackout in City of London
      211 8 LONDON Reuters A POWER cut hit 10,000 homes and businesses in central London yesterday, disrupting financial trading across Europe. London Electricity said the power outage, which lasted almost four hours, was due to a problem at an electricity substation. The blackout stretched from the
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      Lock icon Thais open to US setting up floating military base
      224 8 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND would allow the United States to set up a floating base off its coast, army commander-in-chief General Chettha Thanajaro was reported as saying yesterday. "There should be no problem if they were to seek permission," the general said,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Sadat's lesson for Netanyahu and Arafat
      806 9  -  BOrrOMLDVE OPINION By Thomas Friedman The writer is a columnist for The New York Times NYT AN important anniversary slipped by quietly a few weeks ago. It was the 20th anniversary of Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem It's worth recalling Sadat these days both
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      92 9 Instead of a meeting between an angel and the devil, wouldn't it be better to think of a meeting between two angels who are friends of the poor?' President Fidel Cutro on the Pope's visit to Cuba. 'A person is innocent until proven guilty... unless it's me.
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      IMF and misguided US lawmakers
      586 9 EDITORIAL IT would be a grave mistake if American lawmakers succeed in their plan to deny the Clinton administration and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the resources they need to contain East Asia's financial turmoil. President Clinton and his advisers are seeking congressional approval for
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      Lock icon Will IMF end like UN?
      1246 9  -  The UN and its former chief became the laughing-stock of television shows By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent LAST WEEK, the leading US newspapers were carrying front-page headlines and thoughtful editorials about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its plans to resolve
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      Short-selling is evil speculation that SES should not legalise
      803 9  -  MAILBOX A S K Wee GIVEN the current Asian currency turmoil, I am somewhat shocked to find a front-page article headlined "Stock borrowing and lending set to take off", (BT, Jan 20) which suggests that moves are afoot to get the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      A tee-off amid the rice fields
      901 10  -  Sunsets, surf and Shark Tee await at Greg Norman's Nirwana course in Bali, says vxar ebeemivasam VEN SREENIVASAN HOW would you like to tee-off against the sunset from one cliff-top to the green on the other, over the raging surf of the ocean? If
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      Lock icon Philippoussis, Moya join dumped seeds
      696 10 AUSTRALIAN OPEN But No 1 Sampras still in quest for a third title here Reuters AFP [MELBOURNE] Venus Williams won her first match against her little sister and 1997 finalist Carlos Moya and local hope Mark Philippoussis joined the dumped seeds at the Australian Open
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      Lock icon NBC to pay US$13m per episode for ER
      688 10 TV Deal to hold on to TV series valued at over USsBsom, making it most costly show ever NYT [PASADENA, California] NBC's agreement to pay Warner Brothers, the studio that owns the drama ER, about US$l3 million (Ss23 million) an episode over
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  • A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
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      Making connections count
      1914 12  -  The IT and Net-sawy co-founder of Sintercom speaks to jaxbke ee by e-mail from New York where she is pursuing a master's degree JAIME EE IT WOULD be so easy to pigeon-hole Wynthia Goh: 20-something rabble rouser; techno babe whose first word as a toddler must have
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon ST Engineering shares soar on safe status
      339 13 Shares hit intra-day high of $L 52, a rise of 7%, in high volume Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Shares of ST Engineering rose to a record yesterday before easing off at the close as the defence contractor's cash hoard and steady earnings stream are expected
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      Venture loses 6.5% on profit-taking
      367 13  -  Correction comes in wake of large gains mjfein past week By Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Profit-takers cut short the strong rebound by blue-chip contract manufacturer Venture Manufacturing yesterday. After surging in the last few trading sessions on "buy" calls from broking houses, the company's shares yesterday
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      Lock icon Analyst sees strong upside for Tat Lee
      333 13 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE! Shares of Tat Lee Bank could be worth as much as 75 per cent more than their current price with the proposed merger with Keppel Bank, said an analyst at Peregrine Securities Singapore. The two banks have announced that they would
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      IA Ka-Shing unlikely to bid for HK Land at the moment
      702 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih WILL Hongkong "superman" Li Ka-Shing mount a takeover of Hongkong Land now that the company's share price has plunged? Talk of yet another bid for HK Land, the biggest landlord in the central
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      SingTel may make second bid to enter HK telecoms market
      215 13  -  By 2000, HE Telecom will end monopoly on international calls Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom will consider providing telecommunications services in Hongkong. This follows the announcement by Hongkong Telecom on Tuesday that it will give up its exclusive international
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      437 13 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] New Zea-land-based Brierley Investments Ltd's major shareholder, Malaysian-based Camerlin Group Bhd, is seen as financially sound, although it may still sell its 20 per cent stake, analysts said. "There's going to be a lot of conjecture. The company itself hasn't
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        Lock icon Mandarin Oriental KL expects 50% occupancy in first year
        257 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The yet-to-be-opened Mandarin Oriental KL expects to secure 50 per cent occupancy for the first year of operations, said Kent Zhu, its director of sales and marketing. The luxury hotel is due to open in the Kuala Lumpur
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        436 14 Deal being proposed to allow majority shareholder to sell sequestered shares Bloomberg [MANILA] First Pacific Co of Hongkong said yesterday it has talked with the major shareholder of San Miguel as part of efforts to take over the Philippines' largest food
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        Lock icon Hopes of early sale of Peregrine fade amid lack of interest
        457 14 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hopes for an early sale of parts of Peregrine Investments Holdings Ltd may have been too optimistic although bids are still being made for parts of the firm, provisional liquidator David Hague said on Tuesday. "I think
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        434 14 They praise govt for transparency, going ahead with reforms Bemama [KUALA LUMPUR] US investors are keen to re-invest and make Malaysia a platform to enter the Asean markets, USAsean Business Council president Ernest Z Bower said here yesterday. "We are a long-term
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        Lock icon HK Telecom deal: no property redevelopment included
        285 14 It aayi the omission has nothing to do with declining prices Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong Telecommunications Ltd said on Tuesday the package it received as compensation for the loss of its exclusive international telecoms licence did not include the right to redevelop its property
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        Lock icon EON Bank says it's not in merger talks with any bank
        124 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] EON Bank is not in merger discussions with any bank, DRB-Hicom senior group director of corporate finance and treasury Maznah Abdul Jalil said. Speaking to reporters after launching a new banking product, she said: "We are
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          Nippecraft rights issue undersubscribed
          58 14 [SINGAPOR2] Nippecfcaft Ltd yesterday said its 3-for-4 rights issue of ISO milUon shares was 67.6 per cent subscribed at the doee of the offer on Jan 16. 11m subscription comprises soms 100.3 million acceptances and asceas applications lor LIS million shares. The remaining 4M million rights
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          Sembawang Resources appoints director
          41 14 [SINGAPORE] Sembewang Resources has appointed Tan KokQuan director with eOKt from Jan 19. Mr Tan is a partner of law Ann Lee Lee, and is also a director of several companies, including Overseas Union Bank and PidemcoLand.
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          Lindeteves-Jacoberg sells stake
          54 14 (SINGAPORE] Lindetevee-Jacoberg has sold its 51 per cent stake in LJ Phils Industries Inc to its partner, London Equity Ventnrss Corporation toe, tor SiEmllßon pesos (S|lfi0,000). The sals is expected to help the group concentrate on its sngineering and power supply activities in the Philippines through wholly-owned
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          Liang Court ups investment in unit
          60 14 [SINGAPORE] Court Holdings has increased its investments in LC Ventura (Tampines) Pte Ltd by subscribing tor 149,888 $1 shares at per, or 80 per cent oflX; Ventura's total paid-up capital Singapore Technologies Construction Pte Ltd holds the other 40 per cent Liang Courfe investment
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          Lock icon PT Telkom says no project cancellations
          87 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's PTTeUcom has had no project cancellations due to the country's economic crisis, the company said in a statement obtained yesterday. "Telkom has no problsm in liquidity so far which could cause contract cancellations that have been signed," the statement tafal. Ongoing
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          99 14 Reuters [HONGKONG] Lippo Ltd yestsrday said its financial position remains sound. "Although members of the group also engage in securitiee services, the financial position of the group Is sound and there are sufficient financial resources to most its short-term andtong-arm liabißbes," it said. The company's
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        Lock icon Japan's top 5 chipmakers have not set capital spending yet
        250 16 Bloomberg {TOKYO] Japan's five largest producers of computer chips say they have not yet decided their capital spending budgets ,for the business year starting April 1, following a media report they wUI slash capital spending. The Ave —NEC Corp, Hitachi
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        622 16  -  Filled finance firm fMgHHESbmrth ef scrips tecrediters From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong A HUGE sell-off could be brewing in the Hongkong market as it was learnt yesterday that about HK$l biUion (*****.8 miUion) worth of securities have been pledged to creditors by
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        Lock icon Samsung to focus on semiconductors, finance
        214 16 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Samsung Group, South Korea's second-biggest conglomerate, said it will focus its resources on semiconductors and financial services, selling or merging other businesses. Korea's chaebols agreed to streamline their sprawling empires during talks last week with President-elect Kim Dae Jung, as part of
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        264 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co analyst Lucianne Painter cut her forecast for PC unit shipment growth to 14 per cent in 1998 from a previous estimate of 17 per cent because of weak demand in Asia. As a result of this
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        151 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Barton Biggs, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover Co, encouraged by Japanese proposals to help the nation's banks, has doubled his Japanese equity weighting, a company official in Tokyo confirmed. The Japanese government proposed a spate of measures including using
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        Lock icon IBM profit up 4% to US$2.1b in 4th qtr as hardware sales fall
        586 17 Firm warns Q1 earnings will be diluted by rising US$, declining Asia sales Bloomberg NYT [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp's fourth-quarter profit rose 4 per cent, which is below expectations as hardware sales fell and
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        Lock icon Away with griddles
        84 17 [MEVASSERET ZION, Israel] An Israeli soldier walking off with his hamburger, coke and fries as other soldiers, on a break from manoeuvres in this January 1997fi1e photo, line up at the counter to place their orders at a kosher McDonalds outlet in a shopping mall near Jerusalem.
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        Lock icon Seagate's Q2 revenue falls 30% but loss lower than expected
        419 17 Lossof USslB3m including revamp charges Bloomberg ISCOTTS VALLEY, California] Seagate Technology Inc reported a fiscal second-quar-ter loss that was less than analysts expected, though the maker of computer disk drives continues to be hurt by falling prices and weak demand
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        Lock icon Theatre chains to buy Regal Cinemas for US$1.5b
        176 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Hicks, Muse, Tate Furst Inc and Kohlberg Kra vis Roberts Co agreed to buy Regal Cinemas Inc for US$l.5 billion <552.6 billion) and combine their other theatre chains, creating the world's largest operator of movie theatres. The investment firms
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        Lock icon Texas Instruments doubles Q4 profit
        457 17 But chip maker reports USs2Bsm loss after charges AFX-Asia AFX-Asia PALLAS] Texas Instruments Inc's fourth-quarter earnings rose less than expected before charges resulted in a final loss, as sales of its specialty processors were offset by further erosion of computer memory-chip prices. The Dallas-based semiconductor
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        Lock icon US stock markets to close on Dec 31, '99?
        220 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Securities Industry Association (SLA) on Monday endorsed a proposal to declare Dec 31,1999, a trading holiday as part of indus-try-wide Year 2000 preparations. The trade group said the endorsement was aimed at allowing extra time to process
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        Lock icon Compaq Q4 profit up 37%; lifts optimism for industry
        433 17 Company weathering Agiiw mm tml reaping improved PC margins Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp's fourth-quarter earnings surged 37 per cent as the world's largest personal computer maker sold more highprofit machines and has so far weathered the Asian economic crisis. Compaq's
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        240 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! Cable Wireless Inc received permission from the US Federal Communications Commission to offer telecoms services from the US to the Philippines using its own network or reselling the service of other long-distance companies. The FCC, in its ruling issued on
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        Lock icon Price of Simex seat falls 50% to $160,000
        497 18 Traders say drop reflects recent sale by Yamaichi and Asian crises Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The price of a seat on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange plunged to $160,000 on Monday, down nearly 50 per cent from last year's high, the exchange said. The
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        76 18 PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba] A Cuban sugar cane cutter working on this year's harvest in the fields outside Havana on Monday.' 'Zafreros (sugar cane cutters) work non-stop for six months to boost sugar production, Cuba's main export. Cuba is trying to recover from the lowest
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        Lock icon Merrill, Paine Webber and DLJ post record profits
        420 18 Rooming US economy boosting growth of securities firms despite Asian turmoil Reuters [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co Inc, Paine Webber Group Inc and Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette Inc on Tuesday all reported record profits for 1997, including strong fourth quarters, as the roaring
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        Lock icon NatWest Futures closes S'pore office
        132 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] National Westminster Bank pic said it closed Nat West Futures Asia Pte in Singapore, retrenching its entire 22-person staff. News of the cuts comes three weeks after Nat West Markets, the bank's Asian equity and finance arm, axed 41 people at its equity
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        111 18 FT [LONDON] Two French banks on Tuesday announced the first derivatives contract denominated in the euro, the single European currency due to be introduced in January 1999. The transaction, which highlights the growing confidence of French banks that European economic and monetary union is going ahead
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        Lock icon Citicorp eyes banks in emerging markets
        447 18 Chairman sees opportunities in regions hit by financial crisis Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citicorp is interested in buying banks in emerging markets such as Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and isn't likely to make a major acquisition in the United States, the bank's top
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        247 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Saudi Arabia is toughing it out on the world oil market, supplying higher volumes under its new Opec quota and has no intention of acting alone to support sagging oil prices. A senior Gulf source said yesterday that the
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        Futures surge in line with rise on Wall St
        154 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert Bert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract yesterday responded well to the rise in the US equity markets overnight with institutional orders driving the January contract up
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        278 18 Reuters [LONDON) Gold continued its recent choppy course yester day, driven by trade related to options positions dealers said, continuing its gradual climb higher compared with its 18Viyear lows of 10 days ago. Gold fixed at U*****.90 an ounce yesterday morning, up on Tuesday
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        260 18 Bloomberg AFP THE US dollar feU against the deutsche mark after an unexpected rise in Western German business confidence in December sparked concern German interest rates will soon rise. Germany's Ifo research institute said its index of Western German business confidence rose to 99.6 from 99.1 in November.
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      1595 19 AFP O Nikkei 225 +317.81 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday as hopes for additional economic measures by the government eased concerns about the downside risk, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average extended gains for the sixth straight trading day, the longest string of consecutive rises since December 1995. "It
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      1487 20 Reuters Hug Stag _JflUo HONGKONG stocks slumped to a lower close yesterday as investors eyed a fragile Indonesian rupiah and an uncertain outlook for the local economy, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index closed down 186.90 points, or 1.98 per cent, at 9,246.80. "Selling pressure is not that intense,"
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      627 20 Reuters nStoniittßhiß THE Shenzhen B share market ended up slightly yesterday but trade remained thin due to caution ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays. The B Index added 0.81 point to 81.71 on turnover of HK$l3.7 million. "Some individual stocks saw gains but trading was very slow," said
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      360 20 AFP HTPMn *11X7 STOCKS rose 2.4 per cent yesterday, led by strong buying of technology and financial shares, as investors were buoyed by the overnight rally on Wall Street, dealers said. "People have lots of yearend bonus with nowhere to go. A surge on Wall Street boosted investors' confidence
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      235 20 Bloomberg QWeflmgtoo -&3I SHARES closed slightly lower yesterday on concerns that companies' earnings will be hurt by the fallout from the turmoil in Asia. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 3.31 points to 2,254.14. Within the index, advances outnumbered declines 18 to 16. M 1 f ANZ tanking TLSO
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      753 20 AFP HSHMB ♦m? INTEREST in blue chips pushed the index higher yesterday. Foreign investors snapped up stocks in the communications and energy sectors rather than banking and finance which posted strong gains earlier in the week. The SET Index finished 19.07 points higher at 432.86. Turnover was 259 million
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      364 20 AFP nOwniiMß -MM SHARE prices plunged 5 per cent yesterday on profit-tak-ing and gloom over the weakening won. Dealers said investors were also unnerved by newspaper reports that the finance ministry had ordered two major investment trust firms to repay their loans by end-June, although the government denied the
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      572 20 AFP □uOrfcrin -MJ SHARE prices fell 0.6 per cent yesterday as a strong opening gave way to reticence based on fears of further instability in Asian markets. "The rot started when the message came through that the Indonesian rupiah was at an all-time low against the US dollar and
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      673 20 AFP nOmwiteMg +17JI SHARE prices climbed 4 per cent yesterday but ended off their highs, with a weakening rupiah boosting sentiment on overseas-listed and export-ori-ented counters, dealers said. "It's just another day of outstanding performance. I would say it's strange given the fact that the rupiah is still in
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      253 20 AFP Manila -1&5 I SHARE prices fell 1.1 per cent yesterday amid signs that the firming peso was again starting to depreciate. "The peso started depreciating. That is why everyone had a fast change of mood," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index fell 18.59 points to close at
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        391 21 AFX-Asia P Composite late +&20 SHARE prices closed mixed yesterday with investor sentiment slightly bruised by the political unrest in Indonesia and the weakening rupiah, dealers said. They said earlier falls were cushioned by late support for blue chips, particularly Sime Darby. The KLSE
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        Hai Sun Hup wrt: medium-term buy
        229 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan WE CONTINUE to highlight cheap warrants which show signs of being a good bet in a volatile market. Today's feature is the warrant issued by property and shipping concern Hai Sun Hup Group. The instrument slipped 0.5 cent to
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        58 24  -  by Shiv Taneja CASH closed 2.5 cents lower yesterday at 54 cents on a volume of 3.45 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 1.96 million shares. In the near term, there will be more downside for the counter daily RSI and stochastics are over 75.
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        661 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Afternoon recovery comes after European markets open; sentiment remains cautions, however By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Stocks here fell in the morning yesterday but recovered in the afternoon after European markets opened, suggesting that offshore funds were again nibbling their
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          101 24 THERE'S a new acronym for Singaporeans to get used to, but this one is quite cute. The just-announced merger of the Institute of Systems Science and the Information Technology Institute is named Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL). It's pronounced "cradle" because, presumably, it will nurture
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          135 24 THE investor relations outfit at Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation may score many points for its warm-hearted accessibility and flashy smiles, but a few number-crunchers have this grouse about STIC: it has a long way to go in being more transparent about its business activities. While noting that STIC has
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          133 24 JUST how badly has the erosion of the rupiah's value hit the Indonesian hoi polloi? Badly enough for fellow scribes in Jakarta to append job applications to their press queries. The spin doctors responsible for promoting British computer systems specialist and network integrator, Logica, shared the
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          83 24 JUST goes to show how quickly things change in financial markets. Euromoney's January issue, which we've just received, still featured troubled Peregrine's 34-year-old head of fixed income and forex operations as one of its top 50 in finance who are under 40 years old. With
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          105 24 BUT here's some great news feu* the less fortunate of traders who, sometimes through no fault of their own, are finding themselves in transition through retrenchments and cutbacks. If their ex-employers have no faith in them, apparently some information vendors do. Word on the street has it that
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      519 24 Buy It. Sell It. Find It. Classified. M Call Today For Results Tomorrow 1800-737-1106 HOCK SENG MOTOR CO. (PTE) LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(2) of the Companies Act. Cap. SO that the FINAL MEETING of the Members of the abovenamed company
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      278 24 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 FRANK INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Liquidation) At a general meeting of FRANK INVESTMENTS PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 21st day of January. 1998 the following special resolution was passed: SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(1
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      407 24 THE MATTER OF THE COMMMES ACT, CAP. SO WAJAR-TAM CORPORATION PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meetna of the members of WAJARTANI CORPORATION PTE LTD duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Row] *14-01 Golden Mile Tower. Singapore *****9 on the 21 day of January 1998. the
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      286 25 Bridge News Reuters C APESIZES faced a gloomy short term outlook with few new cargoes and easier rates, particularly for South African cargoes, brokers said. fixtures TANKZaUk Trading was again sluggish for most sectors with new enquiry thin and the market "lacking direction", brokers said. There was continued
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      454 25  -  regional ports has been hit, tat the event has drawn interest from outside Asia By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] A record number of visitors is expected at the SingaPort '98 international maritime exhibition and conference this year despite the regional economic turmoil. PSA
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      757 25  -  MHWBUILPS By David Hughes CHINA is determined to become a major shipbuilding country and there is little doubt that it will, in the longer term, achieve this ambition. Exactly how the country's yards should go about realising this objective has, however, been under
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      244 25 Reuters [TOKYO] Orders for Japanese and South Korean shipbuilders are likely to slow as Asia muddles through a regionwide economic crisis, a Japanese industry body said on Tuesday. "Quite a few ship operators will likely hold back from placing orders until
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      367 25 Number of seafarers him doubled last year compared to D 6 Reuters [LONDON] More than 50 seafarers were killed in increasingly violent pirate attacks on ships around the world last year, a report released this week said. In its annual report on piracy,
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        78 25 AFX-Asia (TOKYO) Japan December shipbuilding orders rw»t§|aji*/; million groes tonnes with 37 vessels on the contract baiv. from 718,740 gwt with 19 vessels a year earttsr, said Jsflta Ship Exporters Association. The aseortatlonslsosstf to the quarter to December, shipbuikHngordewrtSatoSMtt million fwt with 71 ahlpe, from lJsmflMonftrt«ilkf>
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        89 25 [HONGKONG] The Port ofTianiin. Bering's gatewsgr to the sea, is undergoing a 15-year plan to increaw capacity to 100 million tons by the year 2010. Throughput In l»7w*s 68 million tons, according to the director ofTiaJaflnPort Administration, up almost 10 per cent on 1996LSincatf86
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        92 25 [HONGKONG] Ten foreign firms have eaE^*4?P"9< kjTtn building the Lingdtngyang Bridge, wbteh win Wlfcilff fromZhuhaltoHengkiom m imssU* ress! lliH| flWilu 't Hongkong's Huachen Stock Hotting C? and Wiv 1 Corporation of the US are intsnton parthrlpsttnjtathe US$2 billion (553.5 billion) project, according toa $**01 China Morning Post
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      924 26  -  SHIPPING COMPANIES Study shows firms sell shares for 3 reasons: vessel acquisition, speculative asset play and debt repayment By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] SHIPPING stocks are viewed by many investors and institutions as being unattractive, but this has not stopped an increasing number of shipping
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        214 39 JuM Australia: Australia Day Holiday. Jan 27 China: Chinese New Year Eve. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year Eve. South Korea: Lunar New Year Eve. Taiwan.: Chinese New Year Eve. ten Brunei: Chinese New Year. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year. Malaysia: Chinese New Year. Singapore: Chinese New Year. South
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        855 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. thowi price range* in US dollar* Instead of single price* far a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are baaed on average-sized stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        284 40 Reuters (BRUSSELS! Europe's major airlines sharply criticised the European Commission, accusing it of delaying transatlantic alliances, favouring new rivals and of trying to over-regu-late the allocation of slots at airports. "The established airlines of Europe are concerned about tendencies in EU bureaucracy
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        473 40  -  An in principle' agreement has been reached on India's USs37om airline By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines has reached an "in principle" agreement to provide technical support to the US$37O million (*****.5 million) new domestic airline project by India's Tata Industries.
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        482 40 Tentative agreement with pilots' group after 6 days of talks Reuters [WASHINGTON] United Parcel Service said on Tuesday that it was looking ahead to a major expansion of its business after reaching a tentative contract agreement with its 2,100 pilots. A
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        439 40 Carriers deny plans to suspend services due to govt stance AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Transport Minister on Tuesday rejected a call by foreign airlines to be allowed to quote their fares in dollars to beat the effects of the plunging baht, officials said. But representatives
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        49 40 MUNICH, Germany] Manfred Bischoff, chairman of Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG posing for photographers in front of a Eurofighter prototype in Munich on Tuesday. Mr Bischoff told a news conference the company aimed to achieve the Daimler Benz group goal of 12per cent return on equity this year. REUTER
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        438 40 Bloomberg (HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc's fourth-quarter earnings jumped 55 per cent, topping analysts' expectations, as higher fares and increased travel pumped up earnings. Houston-based Continental's net income rose to US$73 million (*****.2 million), or 97 US cents a diluted share, from US$47 million,
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      515 26 LmM services represented Merrtoerecttheflegwtryct \\%Ss*Sj Accredited Shipping Agents. Vmy Sngapore Shipping Association Members of the SinoiporeFre^^^ Full Cover Insurance Services To Moscow CIS Mongolia Call Gareth Evans SOVO EXPRESS PTE LTD Tel: 272 7188 Fax: 272 7811 E-mail: sovonis@mbox2.singnet.com.sg Sole Agent of Wilhelm Reemtsen Co. GmbH EXPORT 3 x Jqpon-2x
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      378 32 BINTANG MAS SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 39 NEIL ROAD, SINGAPORE 0008 TEL *****68 FAX: *****64 ■Vj TIX R*****6 SMMER CR No: **********0W FtocaMng Cargo at PTI I MwtuNi 1 I tow ~1 mm m m m m ISm mm 875/01 01/02 WM'f »M/0I 21/01 iMa max nwn 11/02 KM mm *nw
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