The Business Times, 26 January 1998

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE MONDAY, JANUARY 26,1998 85t
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    BG Lee expects no recession, barring shocks
    732 1  -  But external pressures on Singapore are now greater By" Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that unlike in 1985 and barring any new shock, he does not expect Singapore to go through a recession this time although the
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    HP, Compaq: We're still committed to S'pore, region
    478 1  -  No lay-offs in S'pore for now, say US computer firms By] Kenneth James [SINGAPORE! The regional chiefs of computer giants Hewlett-Packard Co and Compaq Computer have pledged to stay committed to Singapore and the region despite the economic turmoil, saying that there
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    Lock icon In the mood for more
    57 1 [SINGAPORE] With the Chinese New Year just days away, shoppers were out in full force in Chinatown yesterday. Seasonal delicacies such as bak kua and festive decors were in demand, as were household provisions in general asfamilies loaded up on supplies to see them through
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    Lock icon Indon crisis: IMF, Japan to act again this week
    544 1 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Japan are expected to draw up this week additional measures to deal with the deepening financial crisis in Indonesia, Eisuke Sakakibara, Vice-minis-ter for International Affairs at the Ministry of Finance, said yesterday. Mr
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      131 1 T lIP GniHii wMMds Creative Technology expects revenues in this quarter to be flat due to the Asian currency turmoil but gross margins are seen remaining healthy, PglO Tfeflywfcroit An eyecare chain has opened at Great Worid City wnat may oe tne region s first one etop nop that asßs
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      28 1 Clinton's presidency may be in jeopardy Having survived accusations ofsexual impropriety for so long, the truth may at last be catching up with the US president, Pg 8
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      6 1 More reports in BusinesslT, Pg 10
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon New eyecare chain opens $2m shop in S'pore
      478 2  -  Besides retailing eyewear, Specialist Eyecare operates a licensed eye clinic By, Jenny Lam THE first store of a new regional eyecare chain, called Specialist Eyecare, has opened at Great World City (GWC) at a cost of $2 million. "Our vision is to
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      S'pore to host key Asia-Pac telecom meet
      237 2  -  By David Boey SINGAPORE will host in June 1998 a high-powered regional telecommunications conference that is expected to draw some 20 ministers and 300 senior industry officials from the Pacific Rim nations. The A pec Ministerial Meeting on the Telecommunications and Information Industry
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      Lock icon F&B revenue down 6.8% in Nov
      351 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Commerce By Frances Lui FOOD beverage revenue fell 6.8 per cent last November one of the sharpest year-on-year falls in recent years, latest preliminary figures from the Singapore Tourism Board show. The F&B industry has been in a state of
      Source: S'pore Tourism Board  -  351 words
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      Lock icon S'pore-NZ defence ties to be expanded
      206 2 The Straits Times DEFENCE ties between Singapore and New Zealand will be expanded with plans to start joint air force exercises, and also exchanges between thinktanks in the two countries. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan said this yesterday after talks with
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon US investors round off week of worst bond slump
      684 3 BMiyMfcUt IvpiilmliaM CB»f'n>m, riff i «f Aji&cUMHty, c—UailiigUSgrtwth Bloomberg [NEW YORK] President BUI Clinton's troubles, signs of stability in Asia, and scant evidence of slowing US growth caused bondholders plenty of pain last week. That* s good news for some investors,
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      Lock icon 'Considerable' progress in talks: Seoul negotiators
      255 3 Tfclks to continue today on converting short-term debt Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean debt negotiators yesterday said there was "considerable" progress in talks with bankers in New York aimed at resolving the country's financial crisis. South Korea is seeking to convert some US$25 billion (Ss44
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley buys stocks in S'pore, M'sia
      364 3 S-E Asia saw 'selling dimax'tw* weeks ago: Barton Biggs Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley Asset Management chairman Barton Biggs said the money management company recently bought stocks in Malaysia, shares of some Singaporebased banks and is studying whether to buy stocks in Hongkong.
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      Lock icon Bob Hasan warns against timber stock dumping
      255 3 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian tint- ber firms could dump their > stocks at less than the cost of production as the country's economic crisis deepens, ty- coon Mohamad "Bob" Hasan said in remarks published yeaterday. Warning against such a move, which would bolster the*
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      Lock icon More money will be pumped into stock exchange fund: HK
      432 4 Sort will provide If if needed; mwe fellows collapse of CA Pacific Securities Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkong government said yesterday more money would be injected into the stock exchange fond to compensate clients of fciiari companies in the wake of
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      Lock icon China should be wary of mergers: economist
      239 4 AFP [BEIJING] The financial crisis In Asia should put China on guard against trying to merge firms to create larger ones, without paying better attention to the quality of the firms being merged, the official press warned yesterday. A number of Chinese economists
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      Lock icon Japan brokerages will be asked to reveal risk factors
      209 4 Bridge News [TOKYO] Japan's ministry of finance plans to require all brokerage houses to disclose their capital adequacy ratios on a quarterly basis to show their financial condition to investors, the Yomiuri Shimbum reported yesterday, according to Kyodo news service. The
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      Lock icon Rallying for tax cuts in HK
      69 4 [HONGKONG] Protesters from the Hongkong Democratic Alliances, carrying 50 banners with overso,ooosignaturesfrom supporters, marching in front of banking and commercial buidings in the central financial district here on their way to the chiefgovernment office yesterday. The demonstrators demanded a reduction in taxes as the
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      Lock icon Indon airlines hike fares by up to 35%
      211 4 AFP [JAKARTA] State-owned Indonesian airlines have been forced to raise tares on some domestic routes by up to 35 per cent to cover US dollar-denom-inated costs following the rapid plunge of the rupiah against the greenback, reports said yesterday. Flag carrier Garuda
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      Lock icon Thais may seek US$2-$3b aid: report
      174 4 AFP [BANGKOK] A Thai television station reported yesterday that Thailand was considering asking the World Bank for "two to three billion (US) dollars" to ease its mounting unemployment problem. The report, which could not be independently confirmed, came after Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda returned
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      Lock icon US confident Malaysia will bounce back: US envoy
      337 4 American investors its now beginning to return to KL, be says Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The United States has confidence in Malaysia's ability to pull free of Asia's economic turmoil, US ambassador to Malaysia John Malott said yesterday. "In all of Asia, Malaysia
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      Lock icon Asian crisis deals sharp blow to UK universities
      533 4 Institntiens' £300 m a year Asian income fast falling as student flew dries sp AFP [LONDON] British universities are feeling the brunt of the Asian financial crisis, with the multi-million pound market of Malaysian and other Asian students drying to a trickle.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Economic crisis hurts major M'sian newspapers
      378 5 KUALALUMPUR Rising newsprint prices, falling advertising revenue may force them to cut number of pages AFP MALAYSIA'S economic crisis is forcing major newspapers here to consider reducing the number of pages amid a weakening ringgit and falling advertising revenue, a report said yesterday. "As
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      Lock icon Bomb blast probe implicates Indon businessman, others: magazine
      190 5 JAKARTA AFP A PROBE into a Jakarta bomb blast has found an e-mail message implicating businessman Sofyan Wanandi and linking the attack to the forthcoming presidential selection process, the major Gatra weekly news magazine said yesterday. A copy of the e-mail message
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      Indon freedom fighter dies
      85 5 JAKARTA INDONESIAN independence campaign veteran Hamid Algadri died here yesterday aged 87, Antara reported. Mr Algadri had been in hospital for the last five days, it added. He was designated a Pioneer of Independence in honour of his contribution to the former Dutch colony's 1945 declaration
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      Lock icon New Indon fires, threat of more rekindle haze fears
      159 5 JAKARTA Knight-Ridder HUNDREDS of new fires have broken out in Indonesia and more are expected, rekindling fears of the smog that blanketed much of South-east Asia last year, a report said yesterday. The latest fires are in the province of East
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      Lock icon Vietnam's Jan trade deficit down 26% to US$250m
      335 5 HANOI Import dump reflects slowdown in domestic AmmmnA and in foreign investment AFP VIETNAM'S trade deficit in the month ended Jan 23 dropped 26 per cent to just US$25O million (*****.5 million) compared with the same period a year earlier, an official
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      Lock icon Setting the stage
      41 5 [JAKARTA] An Indonesian worker yesterday adding the final touches to a replica ofa mosque which will serve as a backdrop and stage far theforthcoming celebrations welcoming Hari Raya AidilFitri, which is celebrated in Indonesia on Jan 30-31. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Indonesia still buying 16 fighter jets
      184 5 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA plans to go ahead with its order for 16 British Hawk fighter jets, despite huge cuts in the military's budget as a cost-saving measure during the country's deepening economic crisis, a report said yesterday. The state Antara news agency quoted the
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang wins local elections
      482 6 TAIPEI But main opposition DPP plays down results, says polls tainted by graft AFP TAIWAN'S ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party has hailed its success in local elections on Saturday which were slammed by the opposition as a victory for neither side and tainted by corruption.
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      In the red, but foreign firms upbeat about China
      630 6  -  80% of German firms surveyed have not broken even: study By\ Petor Seidlitz David Murphy in Beijing FEW foreign companies in China make money, but they believe it is only a matter of time, according to a survey. The survey of
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      Lock icon 1.2m Chinese textile workers face axe: reports
      315 6 BEIJING Local interests most be sacrificed for good of industry: council AFP CHINA'S textile industry must lay off \2 million workers in the next few years to become profitable, which means local governments will have to sacrifice their own political concerns, reports said
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon LDP aims to slash corporate tax to 40%
      370 7 TOKYO Japan's rates are 'way too high' over global average, says senior party official Bloomberg A SENIOR ruling Liberal Democratic Party official Taku Yamasaki said yesterday he is determined to cut the corporate tax rate to 40 per cent in the year
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      Lock icon Overturning the spirit of charity
      17 7 becomes apparent that people are stealing from their clothing appeal bins. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Howard rules out early polls with budget pledge
      318 7 CANBERRA He says jobs growth outlook is good despite turmoil Reuters AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard yesterday pledged his government will unveil its 1998/99 budget in Mayas planned, effectively ruling out an election before mid-fear. "We, of course, will have a May
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      Lock icon Korean bankruptcies at record high
      208 7 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korean bankruptcies hit a record high in December, and companies defaulted on promissory notes at the fastest monthly rate ever, the Bank of Korea said. The number of companies declared insolvent increased to 3,197 in December, compared with 1,469 in November. A
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      Lock icon Stop using Super 301 against us, Kim DJ urges US
      281 7 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea's presidentelect Kim Dae Jung yesterday urged the United States to refrain from using special provisions of US trade law to resolve bilateral trade issues, Mr Kim's party said. In a meeting with US Ambassador to Seoul
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      950 7 The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange takes no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, makes no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton presidency in the balance
      595 8 WASHINGTON 49% polled favour impeachment if the president told the ex-intern to lie Reuters EXPLOSIVE new reports that President Bill Clinton engaged in phone sex with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky emerged on Saturday as a former top presidential aide spoke openly about the
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      Lock icon US military strike on Iraq may come soon
      322 8 WASHINGTON Clinton affirms toagh stance against Iraq's latest intransigence Reuters A COUNTDOWN to a US military strike against Iraq could begin as soon as Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting ends on Friday, The New York Times reported yesterday, quoting White
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      Lock icon UK rail link project close to collapse: paper
      174 8 LONDON AFP THE £5 billion (5514.5 billion) project to build a high-speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel is close to collapse because of a financing crisis, the Sunday Telegraph reported. London and Continental a consortium including Richard Branson's Virgin
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        Lock icon UK to consult parties about peace talks
        102 8 Reuters [LONDON] The British government it would consult all parties involved in the Northera Ireland peace talks before deciding if a loyalist group ltaladto recent killings could stay in the process. Sinn Fein and the Ulster Unionists called on Northern Ireland Secretary of
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        Lock icon Treasury denies report on BOE governor
        96 8 Reuters [LONDON] The British Treasury said yesterday that no decision had yet been made about reappointing Bank of England governor Eddie George. A spokesman said a report in the Sunday Times newspaper that th<f government was set to extend Mr George's appointment for a
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        Lock icon Israel will retaliate against violence
        61 8 AFP [JERUSALEM] Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu warned yesterday that Israel would retaliate against any resumption of an intifada following warnings by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ofa new uprising. •Threats of violence are very serious and Israel will issue a tough response if the Palestinians are
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      Lock icon Italy slams EU row over gold as political ploy
      394 9 NAPLES Gold transfer to help cut central bank's deficit is legitimate, says Rome PM Reuters ITALY on Saturday slammed a row over a gold transaction as a surreal case of political manipulation but said it would not be a tragedy if
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      Lock icon De facto euro start in May for 11 states
      317 9 BRUSSELS Bilateral exchange rates will be fixed at May 2-3 EU summit AFP EUROPE'S single currency will not be formally launched until next year. But for all but four EU countries monetary union begins in practice just 14 weeks from now.
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      Lock icon UK minister may be liable for £2m tax
      197 9 LONDON AFP MULTI-millionaire British Treasury minister Geoffrey Robinson could be liable for £2 million (Sss.B million) in unpaid Belgian taxes on a legacy bequeathed to him, the Sunday Times reported. Finance ministry officials in Brussels told the paper they want Mr Robinson,
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Compaq posts strong Asia-Pacific growth for '97
      695 10  -  Asia-Pacific chief Paul Chan sees new opportunities, outlines plans for tough 1998 Reportsby! Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Personal computer leader Compaq Computer, which last week announced sterling 1997 results, shuddered under the gale force of the economic turbulence buffeting Asia but its Asia-Pacific shipments
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      Hewlett-Packard not deterred by woes in the region
      600 10 HP is factoring partners into long-term strategy [SINGAPORE] When the going gets tough, HewlettPackard Co has the reputation of toughing it out with its partners and customers. And that's what it's determined to do now in the region, HP managing director of
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      Lock icon Shortage of labour makes Year 2000 problem costly to fix
      220 10 Reuters [NEW YORK] A dearth of workers available to tackle the Year 2000 (Y2K) computer glitch will push costs for fix--' ing the problem higher as the clock ticks towards the new millennium, experts say. As companies roll up their
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      Lock icon What Asia must do to spur Net usage
      697 11  -  Corporation expert Ms several measures By' Toh Han Shih (SINGAPORE] Asia is eager and willing to get on the Internet, yet the Internet is not taking off as fast in Asia as it could. To improve Asia's Internet usage, said International Data
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    • IT TAKES
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        Raid on fake software retailers
        52 11 [SINGAPORE] Police have seized more than 1,800 CD-ROMs inaraid against retailers suspected of selling counterfeit software. The raid on Jan »aleo yielded 2^00 video compact discs suspected of containing pornographic material and more than 2,000 CD-ROMs containing counterfeit games software. Seven suspects ware arwetad following
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        One-stop Internet shop
        50 11 [SINGAPORE] Local Internet service provider Pacific ShoppingCentreTAttnis shop, customers wffibeabWW pay bills, upgrade their schemes, shop for products or buy giftvouchers. Customers can also rent a laptop to surf wireleesly while enjoying a meal at the nearby Delifrance outlet. Pacific Internet has another shop at ParcoBugis Junction.
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        Daisytek sets up sales centre here
        63 11 [SINGAPORE] American office automation supplies distributor Daisytek International hat set up a sake and distribution centre in Singapore. The office, which opened on Jan 15, has a staff of 12. Daiaytek has another office in Sydney, Australia, its Asia-Pacific headquarters. The US company distributes
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        Unified messaging boom predicted
        87 11 [SINGAPORE] The unified messaging market will boom over the next five years, says reeearch firm Ovum. Unified messaging combines different message types such as e-mail, voice mail and fox into one common mailbox, allowing users to access all their messages, regardless of location, device or type
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        Looking for jokes? Drop in here
        62 11 [SINGAPORE] An exhibition on technology-based careers will be held on March 21 and 22 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Careers in Technology Exhibitions *98 provides ITftrms, corporations and government organisations an opportunity to recruit experienced JT personnel This forum is
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        New regional GM for Intel
        30 11 [SINGAPORE] Intel has appointed John Daviee its new general manager for the Asia-Pacific, He rsplacee Sean Maloney, who has been promoted to worldwide corporate vice-president
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        Sun-Sybase in joint mission
        33 11  -  -Hi mil. Iby Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Sun Microsystems and Sybaae have teamed up to provide a data warehousing solution using Sun's E3000 server with database software froin Sybase.
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      Internet TV now available in Singapore and Malaysia
      560 11 [SINGAPORE] Dutch electronics giant Philips and local software firm MyWeb have launched the first commercially operational Internet TV in Singapore, ahead of similar projects announced earlier but not yet implemented. Last October, Philips and Technochannel, the Malaysian parent company of MyWeb, launched
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      Lock icon New research entity to work with SMEs on new technologies
      443 11  -  KRDL to focus oo getting Dew know-how qnkklytothe marketplace By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE) New research entity Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL, pronounced 'cradle') will work with Singapore-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as with multinational corporations (MNCs) on
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      Mixed reactions to Netscape's free software source code move
      412 11  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Local IT players have mixed reactions to Netscape's move to make the source code for its next Communicator software freely available. On Jan 22, the leading Internet firm announced that its current Communicator software for the
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      HP to make new flatbed scanner in Singapore
      511 12  -  Revamped Pa vilkm PCs now in four new models By] Raju Chellam SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard last week launched a lew flatbed scanner that it «vill manufacture in Singapore for the world markets. Fhe scanner, called SJSIOOC, incorporates new technology ;hat eliminates the need
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      Lock icon Female cartoon heartthrob wows the market and the boys
      376 12 Bloomberg [LONDON] The heroine of the British stock market is a smooth-talking heiress of aweinspiring measurements who wears pistols strapped to her thighs and not much else. She looks like a female Arnold Schwarzenegger and acts like Indiana Jones. Her name
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      Coming soon to a shop near you – gadgets of the future
      395 12 Coming soon to a shop near you gadgets of the future [SINGAPORE] Robot firefighters, home security devices which recognise your face and portable language translation devices may be just around the millennium corner, according to scientists at British Telecom Labs. The products range from robot exercise companions to smart-card medical
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      104 13 FAPOtJLOHOm Celebrate the Year of the Tiger with a grand feast at Luna Coffee House with family and friends. 31 Jan -1 Feb 1998 HIGH TEA Adult: $15.80 Child: $11.80 For reservations call 733 2081 ext. 468 All prices subject to 10% service charge, cess and GST. 6am to lam
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      159 13 Ctubra" Ramadhan with the Royal Croume Plaza. Themed "A Taste of Asia'W are over 30 varieties of Asian I dishes o tantalise your tastebuds. I Available from 2-27 January 1998 at the Palm Terr ace, 6.3 opm to 9.3 opm. Call 7 *****0 to make your reservations now. CROWNE PLAZA"
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      144 13 CBTPTIC CROSSWORD 24 Whote was redrawn (8) 25 Some petty ranting from am 7 Majority shareholder's part- SATURDAY'S SOLUTION oppressive leader (6) ner? (7) |KOKEHI)OPMHPO]| 26 Help could be finer in Rose's 14 Partners is about to become M°R w |j E |^si^sMAlNlom home (8) known (9) mpS RBMBiBRBoIfITm DOWN
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      1301 14  -  Don't look among current day movies if you're looking for an inspirational man, says bicharp a shwedbb RICHARD A SHWEIDER NYT WHY are images of men in movies these days so desolate when it comes to real love, real sex, real families, real children
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      848 14  -  PERSONALITY Mewaoociatie nmnmg with some lnterestnig plans By\ Susan Tsang [SINGAPORE] Bart Folse, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's new associate conductor and chorus master, has hit the ground running. On the first evening after his arrival in this country,, he was at the Victoria Concert Hall,
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      651 14 AUSTRALIAN OPEN The Mo 1 reaches quarter finals, while rain stops several matches Reuters WORLD No 1 Pete Sampras slapped down an upstart from Morocco yesterday to reach the quarter finals of the Australian Open and said he expected to meet Andre Agassi
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      485 14  -  MUSIC Second half prom to be musically fruitful after disappointing first half By Benjamin Loh [SINGAPORE] It is not often that one sees female conductors on the concert podium, conducting being largely a male domain. But last Friday evening saw Catherine Comet taking centres tage
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      Lock icon Parkway plans revamp, commissions McKinsey
      609 15  -  Study to start on Feb 9$ healthcare firm also in talks to seQ US investments Reports by. Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] Parkway Holdings has commissioned a study by US management consultants McKinsey Co to streamline operations and trim costs. The healthcare group is also in talks
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      254 15 [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Parkway Holdings sees no threat in Asia Medic, a small listed company aspiring to be a regional healthcare specialist. Parkway managing director Tony Tan said: "(AsiaMedic's) paid-up capital is only $40 million. They can't be a threat. What I understand
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      310 15 Shareholders to &t Arthnr Andersen report on purchase of stake in parent Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] United Engineers (M) Bhd will hold a shareholders' meeting on Feb 14 to seek approval of the purchase of a stake in its parent Renong Bhd. UEM, Malaysia's largest
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      671 15  -  MARKET MATTERS More Information nnoilwl on major ghapohnlilflre of a Mtmpany Eddie Toh THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has finally acted to restore confidence in the battered stock market. The exchange recently announced a two-tier system to protect both market intermediaries and investors.
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        668 16  -  Asia could account for a 10% fall in total revenue this quarter: Sim Wong Hoo Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] The Asian currency turmoil will likely keep Creative Technology's revenues flat this quarter, but gross margins should remain in the healthy "low-30s" percentage range, the
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        481 16 Reuters [LONDON] British Telecommunications pic (BT) was highly unlikely to receive an outright bid approach from software giant Microsoft Corp or a US telecom company despite market rumours to the contrary, analysts said on Friday. BT's shares slipped from
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        170 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Many investors are expecting US stocks to fall in the coming days as companies warn that 1998 profits will fall short of expectations. This week several large US companies will report last quarter's earnings, including AT&T and General Motors today
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        269 16 Reuters [AUBURN HILLS. Michigan] Chrysler Corp, hurt by model changeovers, a strike and tough competition, said last Friday a one-time gain from sales of rental cars allowed it to report a 5.6 per cent increase in fourth-quarter profits. But profits for
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        446 16 They're defensive instruments, says in vestment banker Reuters [HONGKONG! Hongkong's bearish stock market tone has prevented companies from raising much-needed funds, but firms may now turn to convertible bonds as a way to secure fresh capital, analysts said.
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        231 16 Bernama PLANTATION conglomerate Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd plans to renew plantation activity in Liberia in big way. It wiU be undertaken by its wholly-owned subsidiary Guthrie Plantation Liberia Inc. Its group chief executive Mohd Khalid Ibrahim said the subsidiary has a land concession
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        423 16 Bloomberg [LEXINGTON, Massachusetts] Raytheon Co will cut more than 8 per cent of its workforce and shut 20 defence facilities as it tries to wring more profit from recently acquired companies and boost its engineering business. Raytheon, the world's third-largest aerospace and
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        455 16 New chief expected to unveil moves to jimp-start company Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp is expected to report its fourth straight quarter of lower profit today but investors are paying more attention to how its new chief executive plans to
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        494 17 Proposed Cs3Bb merger will be biggest in Canadian corporate history Reuters FT [TORONTO] In a stunning move that could reshape Canada's banking industry, Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal, two of the country's biggest banks, said on Friday they
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        505 17 Bank may doable new shares it plans to issue to 100b yen Reuters [TOKYO] Faced with deteriorating asset quality and growing competition, Japan's fourth-largest trust bank, Yasuda Trust and Banking Co Ltd, said on Friday that it is considering a drastic boost in its
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        472 17 Lamer metal, mineral prices make it cheaper to buy known reserves Bloomberg [LONDON] The world's mining companies are expected to spend less this year on exploration of deposits as lower metal and mineral prices make it cheaper to buy known reserves. With gold near an
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        259 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Charles Schwab, chairman and founder of Charles Schwab Corp, wants his company to boost customers' assets to US$l trillion (511.75 trillion) by 2005 from about US$354 billion now. That lofty ambition comes as Mr Schwab's company, the US'
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        401 17 Bloomberg [LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas] First Commercial Corp, the largest bank in Arkansas, has held talks to sell itself, and could fetch more than US$2.5 billion (554.4 billion) in a sale, people familiar with the situation said. Buyers may include Columbus, Ohio-based Banc One Corp;
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        Lock icon Asian crisis to stay in limelight
        507 18  -  tfi—m Weeklyßoundup Uss downed last week by allegations against Clinton, weakening stocks Callum Henderson, MMS International (SINGAPORE] The theme of forex markets at the start of the week was yen buying, but ended with US$ selling. of extensive ye® short positions vs the mark
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        873 18 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices slumped below the US$l5 mark to a four-year low last week, as markets braced for an increase in Iraqi exports, while the American Petroleum Institute (API) announced a rise in stocks. The market,
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        209 19 Market outlook DESPITE regional sentiment being dampened by the Indonesian rupiah, Singapore stocks rose 1.17 per cent with the Straits Times Industrials Index closing at 1,259.83 last Friday. The market will continue to keep an eye on the volatile rupiah, which plunged to a record low of 16,500 last
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        91 19 Cycle Carriage THE group's major activities are car sales, property development, food retail. Growth prospects for CCL this year appear unexciting. Contribution from property development is expected to underpin growth. The stock is a good candidate for the recovery. It has a strong balance sheet, and a strong market niche
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        125 19 THE Property Index is down about 30 per cent compared to a year ago. The slowdown in sales, increase in the prime rate and consequent hike in mortgage rates, and rise in operating costs, leave little to be desired of this sector. The companies that will be able to
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        259 19  -  Source: Analysed by Peter Coker a director of Bridge Int'l Broking RSI measures the rate at which prices move. As a rule, an RSI above 80 indicates an overbought condition while RSI below 20 indicates an oversold market. RSI is more effective in detecting divergences (sell signals).
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        257 20 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks are unlikely to enjoy their traditional Chinese New Year rally this week, brokers said on Friday, despite a marginal rise in the key Hang Seng Index over the week. The index closed on Friday at 8,920.20, up
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        875 20 fl Sydney *10 A THRIVING Australian resource sector will compensate in the coming week for losses among stocks exposed to the vagaries of Asian markets, brokers said on Friday. The Australian Stock Exchange's main indicator, the All Ordinaries Index, rose 9.0 points, or 0.4 per cent, over
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        Lock icon Wall St shaken by Asian crisis, Clinton sex scandal
        554 20 Prices also dragged down by quarterly results which failed to meet expectations AFP BLUE-chip stocks on Wall Street slumped last week in the wake of the continuing economic crisis in Asia and the latest sex scandal involving US President Bill Clinton.
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        431 20 LONDON AFP SHARES here fell over the week, amid uncertainties on the domestic front and mixed signals from bourses around the world. The FTSE-100 Index of leading shares fell by 81.7 points or 1.55 per cent, to 5,181.4 points. Wall Street fell late In the
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        268 20 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE share prices are likely to trade in a tight range in the coming week despite apparent improving market sentiment on expectations the government may launch new economic stimulus measures, brokers said. "As there is psychologically strong resistance at 16,*****,800
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      1514 20 Qhn M FRENCH stocks fell on Friday, led by Elf Aqultaine SA and Total SA, amid a declining US dollar and lower oil prices. France's benchmark CAC40 Index fell 22.44 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 2,966.15. For the week, the index lost 9.94 points. Elf Aqultaine
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        382 21 AFP F1 Composite Index *18J0 MALAYSIAN stocks will take a breather amid a long festive break after rising 3.4 per cent in the week to Friday, analysts said. "Investors have squared their positions ahead of the holidays. Trading will be quiet on Monday
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        223 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -Bjr Ven Sreenivasan THE warrant of electronics components maker Flextech Holdings was the fourth highest percentage gainer on Friday. The instrument gained three cents or 20 per cent to 18 cents. Some 89,000 units changed hands. The underlying stock meanwhile edged up
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        694 24  -  THE WEEK AHEAD Flood of forced selling, squaring of positions could come next week after last Monday's buying frenzy By Ven Sreenivasan PLAGUED by a weak rupiah, Indonesia sneezed and the regional financial markets caught a bad cold. That, in a nutshell,
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        56 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja PROMET closed two cents lower on Friday at 14.5 cents on a volume of 9.8 million shares, compared with its lOday traded average of 3.3 million shares. In the days ahead, the stock might lose more ground. But in the medium-term, the outlook is positive,
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      318 24 BUSINESS Notices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Tan Chiew Mooi of 60 Duku Rd Singapore *****3, have applied for a Ist Class Beer House Licence in respect of M/s ZMC Eating House located at Blk 170 Stirling Rd #01-1147 Singapore *****0, and that this application will be considered by
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      248 25 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young Many buyers continue to mark time in the dry bulk sector, biding their time until they deem the prices have fallen sufficiently. The Panamax bulker •Global Challenger' (73,000/96) having been inspected by a number of buyers saw offers well betow the owners anticipated
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      429 25 Competition from Japan, Korea hits Vs off staff from China State Shiptarildiiig Lloyd's List [HONGKONG] China State Shipbuilding Corporation is to layoff 90,000 of its 270,000strong workforce over the next three years as rival yards in Japan and Korea
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      316 25 SrarcMsayithu decided to publish rate assessments Reuters [LONtfON] The Baltic Exchange said it will announce a decision on whether to go ahead with publishing tanker rate assessments soon. Baltic Exchange chief executive Jim Buckley said: "We will let you know
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      381 25 Trouble had been brewing at company following management change* From in Kuala Lumpur SOME 708 employees of Malaysian marina engineering company Sabah Shipyard had their jobs terminated last week. Company officials cited "severe financial and cashflow constraints" as the chief reason behind the
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      101 25 [SINGAPORE] A multimedia training package on steam, turbines, originally developed by Singapore Polytechnic students, wUI be produced and marketed for the marine industry in a Joint-venture with Videotel Marine International. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Marine Technology Department Transportation Department
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      920 26 MBWOIFBIBW Fairlines, founded by a member of the Van Cleef Arpels family, hopes to find its niche amongst the major airlines Bloomberg LIKE many young boys, Francois Arpels had a passion for airplanes. He remembers building one from Lego blocks at age five, and sitting
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        483 42  -  Itepite economic gloom, US company is optimistic about its expansion plans bore By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Despite the dark economic clouds hanging threateningly above the region, US-based logistics group AEI remains committed to its expansion efforts in the region and will
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        360 42 Airlms weeing Indian Airlines, Air India and Alliance Air Reuters [BOMBAY] French President Jacques Chirac said he hopes India's state-run airlines will buy European Airbus airliners when he addressed businessmen on Saturday at the start of a three-day state visit aimed at
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        204 42 AFP [LONDON] The European Commission is expected to issue a green light for British Airways' planned alliance with American Airlines within three weeks, the Sunday Times reported. After more than 18 months of wrangling, the EU's top an-ti-trust official, Competition
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        157 42 Reuters [LONDON] British Airways declined to comment on reports that it might delay start-up of its proposed alliance with American Airlines on certain routes in order to win approval from the European Commission. "We are in discussions with Brussels, we're still hopeful of approval
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        93 42 [KUALA LUMPUR] Lam Mei Ling (left), a Benson and Hedges Bistro staff member, giving a free cup of coffee to motorist Ali Bin Hassan at a stopover along Malaysia's North-South Expressway yesterday. The cafe is giving out free drinks between 7pm and 2am from Jan
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        259 42 USSlbKonkiui Railway has shot past deadline, budget AFP [BOMBAY! A 760 kilometre railway line in India, which took seven years and almost US$l billion (511.7S billion) to build, will be officially opened this week, officials said. The Konkan Railway, the
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        137 42 Bloomberg [ZURICH] SAir Group said it signed a cooperation agreement with state-owned Turkish Airlines, deepening an existing accord and extending its number of alliances amid heightening competition and falling air fares. SAir Group, the operator of Swiss airline Swissair, said the agreement includes each
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        298 42 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's Lufthansa Group, reporting an increase in the number of airline passengers carried in 1997, has said it saw no cause for revising 1998 earnings expectations due to the Asian financial crisis. "The currency crisis in Asia had little impact
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