The Business Times, 24 February 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Far East woos buyers with 7.25% cap on mortgages
    475 1  -  Developer will refund the difference for two years if rates go any higher Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Far East Organization has come up with yet another market initiative it now promises to cap buyers' mortgage rates at 7.25 per cent for two
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    S'pore banks to disclose more on loan exposure, provisions
    485 1  -  But fall disclosure from Big Four appears unlikely yet By\ Siow Li Sen (SINGAPORE) The Big Four banks said yesterday that they will reveal their regional loan exposure in greater detail and provide more information on provisions for doubtful loans in
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    Bill Gates to make major announcement on S'poreOne
    334 1  -  By Kenneth James [SINGAPORE) Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates will make a "major announcement" related to Singapore One, the nationwide high speed multimedia network, when he comes to town next month, Microsoft Singapore MD Saw Ken Wye said yesterday. Mr Saw
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    Lock icon British official defends Tokyo in face of G-7 criticism
    428 1  -  Japan free to decide on fiscal stimulus, approach to crisis: BOE deputy Fnrn, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AMID growing signs of Japanese resentment at what government ministers see as attempts by some G-7 nations to dictate economic policy to Tokyo, a
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    Lock icon Rupiah dives 4.8% on hint peg won't come soon
    479 1  -  tYom S N Vasuki in Jakarta THE Indonesian rupiah tumbled 4.8 per cent to 9,350 rupiah against the greenback yesterday on remarks by finance minister Mar'ie Muhammad which suggested that any currency system of fixed exchange rate would not be introduced
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      119 1 Kn-q> to the Mpt The Singapore government is unlikely to cut the corporate tax rate by more than one percentage point tyt analysts say, Pf 2 The Property Column Is Quek Leng Chan selling his stake in First Capital? Is MCL Land up for grabs? P|4 It's rarity bad Fires
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      16 1 Editorial: Is only Japan to blame? Pg 12 Anwar urges commitment to freer trade, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Corporate tax unlikely to be cut by more than a point: analysts
      582 2  -  RUN-UP TO THE BUDGET Larger drop could trigger anti-tax haven rules for some foreign firms here By* Audrey Tan THE government is unlikely to cut the corporate tax rate by more than one percentage point, tax analysts say,
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      Lock icon Inflation fell to 1.2% in Jan
      308 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Inflation By' Jenny Lam SINGAPORE'S inflation rate dipped for a third month in January to 1.2 per cent, down from a high of 2.5 per cent in October and September last year. The modest rise in consumer prices was due
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  308 words
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      ST Aero to widen skills to upgrade advanced fighters
      606 2  -  Aging aerospace Upgrades to be developed in-hoase with Mindef help Reports by David Boey SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace combat aircraft design teams will soon be able to give new generation fighters a more lethal punch through upgrades developed in-house with the help
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      Lock icon STE carving stronghold in defence work
      370 2 Group gearing up to expand defence exports globally SINGAPORE'S largest engi neering group is fast gaining recognition as a world leader in the technological niche of weapons upgrades. Staffed by 7.5(H) people, about one-third of whom are engineers, ST Engineering (STE) packs a vast
      Source: Defence Technology Group  -  370 words
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      1997 economic details out tomorrow
      122 2 DETAILS of Singapore's 1997 economic results will be released tomorrow, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said yesterday. In his New Year day message, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced that the economy grew 7.6 per cent last year. The ministry's economic survey report fleshes
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      More S'poreans replacing expats at the helm
      344 2  -  Also easier now to persuade local top execs to change jobs tiy Frances Lui WITH the regional economic slowdown and the spate of mergers and acquisitions, the trend of Singaporeans taking over the helm from expatriate managers has speeded up. say executive search
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      Special rates limited, says Sheraton
      223 2  -  LtTITEKS TO THE EDITOR Sue Gan director of sales Sheraton Towers Singapore YOUR report "STB effort to woo visitors sparks price war among hotels" (Feb 19) is misleading. Sheraton Towers Singapore would like to highlight two very pertinent facts: 1. The hotel's room rate of
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      PW not coordinating talks
      69 2  -  Michael Lim Choo San managing partner Price Waterhouse I REFER to your Saturday article headed "Auditors step into regional exposure issue", and in particular to your comment that "Price Waterhouse is understood to have coordinated discussions on behalf of the accountants with the MAS I wish
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      10 2 Tomorrow: Singapore Technologies Electronics More reports on Shipping Times P#l6
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      FCC selling more than just property?
      829 4  -  THE PROPERTY columiv Talk Is Quek Long Chan's mulling sale of his 67% stake In company Lee Han Shih IN the last few months, most of the news on listed First Capital Corporation has been that it is trying to sell something condominiums, leasehold
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      Lock icon HK property bottoming: New World
      406 4 Another key player sees turnaround soon but analysts see further declines SCMP ANOTHER key developer has joined Hongkong's most prom inent property players in declaring the property correction is almost over. New World Development managing director Henry Cheng Kar-shun said last week residential property prices
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Tide has turned for S'pore, KL ties
      1312 5  -  All aspects of the latest meeting between Mr Goh and Dr Mahathir indicate improved relations and understanding of mutual sensitivities, long-term interests By' Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional analysis editor [SINGAPORE] SO near and yet so far. That is how
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon US to send special envoy to meet Suharto: Rubin
      387 6 Washington seeks clarification on currency board plan after conflicting reports Bloomberg [LONDON] The Clinton administration will send a special envoy to Indonesia in the coming days to meet with President Suharto, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. Mr Rubin also said
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      Lock icon Taking a breather on the way up
      45 6 [JAKARTA] Traders working at the Jakarta stock exchange as one of them takes a rest. Stocks gained 2 per cent yesterday. The rupiah fell against the US doUar early yesterday, leading to buying in some telecom stocks. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Thais get softer budgetary requirements from IMF
      434 6 Third 'letter of intent' allows for rise in inflation AFP, Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's third "letter of intent'' agreed with a visiting International Monetary Fund team will contain softer budgetary requirements and room for an expec ted rise in inflation, a Finance Ministry official
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      Lock icon G-7 should be more committed to freer trade: Anwar
      277 6 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Group of Seven (G-7) countries should be more committed to liberalising trading practices with the region in line with their policy pronouncements, said Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday. "I don't think it is proper to single
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      Lock icon IMF aid not long term solution, says Tietmeyer
      291 6 Private creditors should be involved in arrangements to end Asian wing Reuters [FRANKFURTJ Support from the International Monetary Fund for countries in Asia is not a long-term solution to the region's financial crisis, Bundesbank President Hans Tietmeyer was quoted as saying yesterday.
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      Lock icon Manila set to end IMF supervision with standby deal
      291 6 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines will exit from more than 35 years of International Monetary Fund tutelage on March 30 but expects to seal a US$l.6 billion (552.6 billion) "precautionary arrangement" with the IMF. officials said yesterday. The arrangement will start from
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Suharto's last chance to solve crisis: movement
      364 7 SYDNEY Muslim leader gives president a year to solve problems Reuters A PROMINENT Indonesian Muslim leader said he will steer a people's movement against President Suharto if he fails to solve the country's economic crisis within a year, an Australian newspaper said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Dress casually for safety, officials told
      153 7 ■JAKARTA AFP JAKARTA city government officials have been told to wear T-shirts and other casual clothes when they leave their offices amid fears they could be attacked as violent unrest spreads, a report said yesterday. "There is no direct instruction from the governor." city
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      Thailand's target for export growth disappoints
      400 7  -  BANGKOK Govt unveils projected 7% rise, but analysts had hoped for 10% By Harish Mehta THAILAND yesterday unveiled its foreign trade targets for this year, setting its sights on a lower than expected growth in exports that disappointed analysts. According to the government spokesman's
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      Lock icon Kalimantan fires too big to contain: German expert
      366 7 JAKARTA Head of fire-fighting programme expects situation to worsen AFP, Reuters KIRKS raging in the Indonesian province of Kast Kalimantan are too big and widespread to contain and the situation will only worsen as a prolonged drought drags on, the head of
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      Lock icon New Thai bankruptcy bill may become law next month: report
      268 7 BANGKOK AFP SKNATE speaker Meechai Ruchuphan is confident Thailand's new bankruptcy bill, hailed as a breakthrough for the stricken economy, will become law next month, a local newspaper reported yesterday. The bill has been approved by the Lower House and
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Moody's was perhaps too vigilant on HK: expert
      373 8 HONGKONG Rating agpncy making up for failing to predict Mexican crisis Nobel laureate Reuters NOBEL laureate Lawrence Klein said yesterday that Moody's downgrading of Hongkong's financial ratings might have stemmed from "excessive vigilance" after it failed to warn the world of the
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      Lock icon Taiwan VP begins trip to 4 states
      117 8 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S Vice-President yesterday began another defiant journey to countries that recognise rival communist China, but the trip was shrouded in secrecy for fear of interference by Beijing. Lien Chan left aboard a commercial flight bound for Thailand to meet a connecting
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      Lock icon HK tourist arrivals fall 25% in January
      302 8 HONGKONG Cathay Pacific's Jan revenues 15% below target Bloomberg HONGKONG tourist arrivals plunged almost 25 per cent in January as hotels, retailers and the city's main airline. Cathay Pacific, kicked off what is likely to be their worst year in more than a
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      Lock icon China think-tank urges financial liberalisation
      164 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S most influential think-tank has urged the government to press ahead with financial reforms needed to free up state control over lending policy, the China Daily said yesterday. "Government institutions must lift restrictions on the financial operations of banks and non-banking financial institutions,"
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      Tuned in to what Hongkongers want
      594 8  -  LETTER FROM HOMOKOMO Tsang's friendly budget defuses resentment By Loh Hui Yin DONALD Tsang has every reason to beam. Basking in the glory of his budget, his popularity with Hongkongers has soared to 86 per cent this past week, from 73 per cent at
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Court orders restoration of Uttar Pradesh govt
      336 10 ALLAHABAD, India Reuters, AFP AN Indian court yesterday ordered the restoration of a dismissed Hindu nationalist government in the key northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The high court in Allahabad city reversed Saturday's shock dismissal of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief minister Kalyan
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      Lock icon Power failure shuts down many businesses in Auckland CBD
      908 10 AUCKLAND Some use generators while others send staff abroad in one-week wait for electricity Bloomberg Reuters. AFP THE commercial centre of Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, was brought to a halt after its electricity supply failed and the local power company
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      Lock icon Dae Jung names election Sly as prime minister
      248 10 SEOUL But choice of Kim Jong Pil faces veto from opposition party AFP [SKOULJ South Korean presi-dent-elect Kim Dae Jung yesterday named a conservative political ally as prime minister and a pro-democracy crusader to head a corruption watchdog agency. The selection of
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      Lock icon President-elect Kim cleared of slush fund charges
      356 10 SEOUL Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's prosecution yesterday cleared pres-ident-elect Kim Dae Jung of allegations that he had received bribes from businesses and stashed the money in illegal bank accounts. The prosecution announced its findings after concluding an investigation into the slush fund scandal.
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      Lock icon Monash to set up full campus in M'sia
      275 10 SYDNEY SungeiWay group is Aussie university's joint venture partner AFP (SYDNEY) Melbourne's Monash University has accepted an invitation from the Malaysian government to become the first foreign university to set up a full campus in the country, university officials said yesterday. The
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Clinton keeps mum on Annan-Iraq deal
      823 11 WASHINGTON Saddam agrees to fall unfettered access for weapons inspectors: Blair's office Reuters US President Bill Clinton said yesterday that he had spoken to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and British Prime Minister Tony Blair about the agreement that Mr Annan has nade with Iraq
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      Lock icon SEC backs auditor watchdog body
      352 11 WASHINGTON It warns of review of self-regulation amid planned mergers FT THE Securities and Exchange Commission has warned that it might have to reconsider the system of self-reguiation by US auditors in the light of mergers planned by several of the Big Six accounting firms.
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      Lock icon French minister predicts 350,000 new jobs in 1998
      263 11 PARIS AFP FRENCH Finance Minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn has predicted that 200,000 new jobs will be created in France's pri vate sector in 1998, with anoth er 150,000 in the public sector from the Socialist govern ment's job creation plan for young people.
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      Lock icon Tietmeyer hopes German bond market rally will go on
      346 11 FRANKFURT Govt seen wanting to keep borrowing costs low to aid investment Bloomberg THE head of the Bundesbank said yesterday he hopes the rally that is taking German bond yields to record lows won't run out of steam, a signal the
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      Lock icon British GDP growth revised down to 0.4% in Q4
      293 11 LONDON Reuters THE British economy grew more slowly than first thought in the final quarter of last year, slipping below trend for the first time in some 18 months. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product (GDP) grew by
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      Lock icon Creators of Dolly the sheep have now cloned a calf
      336 11 LONDON Reuters THE company that helped to clone Dolly the sheep said yesterday that it had also cloned a calf. "Mr Jefferson", a healthy 44.5 kg Holstein breed, was born in Virginia on Feb 16. said PPL Therapeutics chief Julian
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      IMF-bashing will not help Asia
      820 12  -  THE BOTTOM LIVE OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor BACK in 1988, as a relatively green IMF staffer, I attended a conference in Chicago. I found myself seated next to an Argentine academic and I struck up a conversation with
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      93 12 The best of all possible worlds continues to get better.' Robert Dederick an economic consultant, after US producer prices registered their biggest drop in four-and-a-half years in January and builders continued to break ground on new housing at a rapid pace, signs that the US economy is
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      Is only Japan to blame?
      651 12 EDITORIAL IT is a pity the Group of Seven finance ministers proved themselves incapable of more than just playing a "blame game" directed at Japan and, to some extent, at the rest of Asia at their weekend meeting in London. Any hopes of meaningful initiatives
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      Lock icon S Africa's black chips
      1078 12  -  Black-controlled firms do well from govt deals and orders from a rising Mnefc middle By; Neil Behrmann The writer, BT's London correspondent, visited South Africa recently FOUR years after the African National Congress (ANC) came into power. South Africa is struggling to make headway in its
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      901 12 Qtetflns Lit tb# public jDdfi SHOULD the British gov ernment have cashiered the Duke of Wellington on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo be cause he had a mistress? The duke thought the public would support him if it came to that. When the mistress
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      Legendary upset in Johor's top 10 courses
      793 14  -  Pulai Springs falls from grace while Legends catapults to No 1, writes micklaus d'cruz NICKLAUS D'CRUZ The writer is the editor of the Asian Golf Review Here it is, our list of the top 10 golf courses in Johor. This ranking, done for
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      548 14  -  BTSOCIALCLUBS INDEX Cricket Club's discount has drawn only 100 of the 1,000 new members sought Ven Sreenivasan MEMBERSHIP prices of social and recreational clubs have gone the way of other asset prices, judging by the January BT Social Clubs Index. The seven-club index
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      Lock icon King of Geylang to take control of KL's listed Arus Murni
      676 15  -  S'pore developer to get 22% stake in firm which is baying his assets for RM4O7m By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE) Singapore developer Eric Tan. dubbed the "King of Geylang" for his wide interests in the area, is taking control
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      NEL stock hits year's high of $2.71
      396 15  -  It doses at $2.65, or 85% higher than its issue price 5 mths ago By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Local contract manufacturer Nat Steel Electronics (NEL) yesterday saw its shares hit a new year-high of $2.71 before settling to close at $2.65 for the
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      HK's relief for mortgages an innovative move
      794 15  -  HOCK LOCK BIEW Quak Hiang Whai CYNICS would probably see it as the government's way of redeeming itself by com pensating Hongkongers for the high interest rate situation partly caused by the defence of the currency peg. But without doubt the biggest and
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      KL finance stocks surge on talk of more mergers
      380 15  -  Ven Sreenivasan |SIN(iAIH)KK| Kuala Lumpur lislcd finance stocks saw a surge of activity yesterday amid speculation that the successful conclusion of the ongoing (Commerce Asset Hash id llussain negotiations could trigger more hank mergers. The 58-stock Kl. Finance index surged to
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      Lock icon Jurong Shipyard set for earnings rise
      207 15 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Jurong Ship yard Ltd is expected to post a 24.8 per cent increase in 1997 profit to $39.64 million from $31.72 million a year earlier, according to a Bloomberg poll of five analysts. The ship and oil rig repair company is likely
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        Lock icon HSBC lifts profit 8%, makes £61 m bad debt provision
        675 16  -  Non-Asian business boosts results, which are in line with expectations From l Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BOOSTED mainly by strong growth in its non-Asian business. HSBC Holdings pic yesterday reported an 8 per cent jump in net profit to
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        SingTel, China Telecom sign telecoms pact
        290 16  -  /v Teh Hooi Ling (SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom has signed an agreement with China Telecom (Hongkong) gqoup a substantial owner of Hongkong Telecom to explore and provide telecommunications services such as multimedia and other value-added services. The two companies will look into serving customers in
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        Lock icon Non-performing loans seen hitting Thai Danu profits
        440 16 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Thai Danu Bank pic will see non-performing loans rise sharply in 1998. threatening to remove the positive gloss from a share which has outperformed the sector since the Development Bank of Singapore took a majority stake in it. analysts said. The
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        Saison's asset sales expected to help rebuild Seiyu chain
        329 16 (TOKYO] Japanese retailer Saison Group's recent string of asset sell offs will give the group a lead over its competitors in restructuring its main retail operation, analysts said yesterday. Saison. owned by business tycoon Seiji Tsutsumi. has suffered losses in its
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        SiS Int'l sells 80% stake in distributor to CHS
        297 16  -  US firm to pay HK-based company USs7o.4m for stake Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE] Homegrown computer distributor SiS International Holdings, nowheadquartered and listed in Hongkong, is selling 80 per cent of its computer distribution arm to the world's thirdlargest computer distributor. CHS Electronics,
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        Thai steel mill NSM's proposed US$400m bonds get junk status
        553 16  -  Bat analysts say US markets may view issue favourably /•hurt Harish Mehta in lUimjkitk THAI debt instruments wore delivered yet another body blow over the weekend when Moody's Investors Service assigned junk bond status to a proposed US$lOO million bond
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          SPH to be traded cum bonus till March 5
          63 16 (SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings' shares will be traded cum bonus until March 5. The cum-bonus period started on Feb 19. The ex-bonus period is from March 6-12. With effect from March 6, SPH Foreign shares will cease to be traded. They
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          CM Telecom in talks to buy HK property
          92 16 [SINGAPORE] CM Telecom International yesterday said it was not aware of any reason for the unusual market movement in its company's shares, referring to the recent drop in its share price. In the same statement, the company said it is negotiating with
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          Creative granted US patent
          43 16 [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology said the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it a patent for its Digital Sampling Instrument Cache Memory, an audio technology that enables wave-table synthesis to be efficiently and cost-effectively implemented on the PCI bus.
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        Lock icon Mobile phone sales help lift Optus interim trading gain to A$41m
        452 17 Results a rebound from last year's As63m loss but pay TV, interest charges drag on profits Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Optus Communications Pty said it turned in a first-half trading profit of As4l million (5545.3 million), boosted by robust sales growth
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        201 17 Bloomberg (TOKYO) Shares of Japanese retailer Jusco Co fell as much as 6 per cent yesterday after the company slashed its profit forecast because of weak demand at home and a decline in contributions from its Southeast Asian units. Jusco shares fell as much
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        432 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] QBE Insurance Group Ltd. an Australian insurance company, said its indicated second-quarter profit slumped, dragged down by unrealised losses on its investments. Earnings for the three months ended Dec 31 fell to Asl.7 million (Ssl.9 million) from A 559.5 million. Earnings
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        403 17 Bloomberg (JACKSON. Mississippi] World Com Inc president and chief executive Bernard fibbers' acquisition streak may not be over. He may be interested in a wireless company. "In the future, we'll look at hooking up with someone in wireless." Mr Ebbers said
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        Lock icon Country Road sees A$2m trading loss in 1st half
        294 17 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Upmarket apparel retailer Country Road Ltd said yesterday that difficult trading conditions meant it would report a trading loss of about As 2 million (552.2 million) for the six months to Jan 31,1998. "While sales improved during January it
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        Lock icon Woolworths' interim profit up 19%
        363 17 Ansae recovery helps boost sales at supermarket chain Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Woolworths Ltd's first-half profits rose 18.6 per cent as Australia's economic recovery translated into earnings gains for the nation's largest supermarket chain. Woolworths said yesterday that net earnings for the halfyear to Jan 11 were
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        Lock icon Akzo Nobel Q4 net up 24% as all businesses improve
        302 17 Bloomberg (ARNHEM, Netherlands] Akzo Nobel NV, the largest Dutch maker of chemicals and drugs, said fourth-quarter net income rose 24 per cent, in the middle range of expectations, as all businesses, particularly the pharmaceutical division, improved. Fourth-quarter net rose to
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        Lock icon Merrill casting for more global buys to stay on top
        426 18 US giant firmly set on acquisition to further growth, says head of global markets Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Merrill Lynch Co is on a worldwide search for further acquisitions to cement itself in the top ranks of global financial services companies. "We
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        Asian life premium growth seen at 9%
        343 18  -  By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Driven by strong economic performance, the volume of life insurance premiums in Asia will grow an average 9 per cent a year in the next seven years. This is the forecast of Swiss Reinsurance in a recent
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        Lock icon First Commercial Bank's NT$2.7b plan
        170 18 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] First Commercial Bank, the fourth-largest bank in Taiwan, plans to invest a total of NTS2.6B billion (5J133.7 million) in four companies, getting into the securities business to fend off competitors. The bank said last week it will raise as much as NTS2S billion
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        Lock icon Societe Generate to buy US bank Cowen for US$540m
        356 18 NYT [NEW YORK] Societe Gener ale. the big French bank, said on Sunday that it would pay US$54O million (SsBBo million) in cash to acquire Cowen Co, a New York investment bank that specialises in the health care, technology and communications
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        470 18 Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter set up Competitive Edge Fond a month ago Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The new Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Competitive Edge Fund has amassed an estimated US$l.2 billion (Ss2 billion) in assets in less than a month, people familiar with the fund
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        234 18 Bloomberg (TOKYO) Yasuda Trust Banking Co plans to cut sala ries an average of 10 per cent and bonuses:«) per cent in the year starting April 1, pending approval by its labour union. Yasuda Trust. Japan's fourth largest trust bank in as sets,
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        245 18 SSKEXlleport Reuters (SINGAPORE] Simex Kuroyen futures surged yesterday on growing indications Japan was not about to resort to fresh fiscal steps to stimulate its stalled economy. Comments by senior Japanese ofTiclals that the government had no plans for further stimulus steps spurred short covering
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        Futures gain as premium narrows to parity
        172 18  -  MBCI TAIWAN FUTURES Charlie Kuo day. Charlie Kuo, Service Dealer, Refco S'pore Pie Ltd ISINGAPORK) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index fu tures contract rose 3J points to 377.8 yesterday. Buying Interest emerged when the February premium to cash was at parity. The
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        243 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON) World oil prices fell sharply yesterday to fresh 46-month lows after United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan clinched a deal with Iraq over weapons inspections. The accord struck with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears to avert the threat of a military
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        266 18 AFP, Reuters London DOLLAR/YEN was steady at mid-session in European trading yesterday, garnering support after Japan declined to promise new fiscal measures to stimulate domestic demand at the Group of Seven (G-7) meeting on Saturday. "And as we were expecting, the G-7 meeting produced nothing on currencies," said
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      1652 19 AFP □Nftka22s -***** JAPANESE share prices ended 0.9 per cent lower in lacklustre trading yesterday, pressured by profit-taking following the weekend Group of Seven (G-7) meeting, brokers said. Foreign investors were the main profittakers as the yen was sold in the foreign exchange market on the lack of Japan's
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      1716 20 AFP Q Hang Seng +85.42 HONGKONG share prices managed to gain 0.8 per cent yesterday despite profit-tak-ing after the market breached the 10,800-point level on expectations of good annual results from HSBC Holdings, dealers said. "The stock market is moving in a fairly tight trading range as share prices
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      708 20 AFP Fl Shenzhen B Index +0.12 THK Shenzhen B share market erased morning losses to close slightly higher yesterday in lacklustre trade as investors stayed out of the market on lack of incentives. The B Index edged up 0.12 point to 94.32 on turnover of HK$B.4 million. "The wait-and-see
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      399 20 AFP QWP Index *58.19 STOCKS rose 0.6 per cent yesterday to the highest level this year on upbeat sentiment. Dealers said retail investors were confident over the mar ket's outlook. The TSE Weighted Prices Index rose 58.19 points to 9,147.00. Turnover was 4.1 billion shares worth NT5226.7 billion. Risers
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      749 20 AFP QOompoote Index +9-81 SHARES rose 2 per cent yesterday as the rupiah weak ened amid speculation about the timing of a possible currency peg. dealers said. "Foreigners are awaiting concrete news on the IMF," a dealer said, referring to the International Monetary Fund which has committed a US$4O
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      962 20 AFP n SET Index -0.01 SHARES closed marginally lower yesterday on profit-tak-ing in leading blue chips and ahead of an announcement on possible tax rises. Analysts said investors were also waiting to see if offl cial meetings in Iraq would lead to a resolution of the crisis or a
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      337 20 AFP n Manila -19.91 SHARES closed lower yesterday as foreigners shunned the market, analysts said. "There wasn't any buying enthusiasm. I didn't see any foreign buying," said a trader. The PSE Composite Index fell 19.91 points to 2,116.00. Turnover was 1.9 billion shares worth 1.1 billion pesos. Meralco A
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      459 20 AFP Q Composite Index ♦1421 STOCKS rose yesterday, with investors buoyed by an apparent resolution of the Gulf crisis and hopeful of market boosting measures by the new government, dealers said. They said a statement by the Group of Seven industrial ised countries on providing trade finance support to
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      618 20 AFP F1 AD Ordinaries ♦10.0 SHARES rose yesterday, with renewed buying support for telecommunications giant Telstra a bright point in an otherwise lacklustre trade. The All Ordinaries Index rose 10.0 points to 2.655.1. Turnover was 270.9 million shares worth AJ678.5 million. Instalment receipts in Telstra rose 10 cents to
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      259 20 Reuters n Wellington -2192 SHARE prices took a late dip yesterday in belated reaction to a morning warning from the central bank that monetary conditions were too loose, analysts said. The NZSE Top 40-share Index closed 23.92 off at 2,258.71 but volume remained light at NZ$46 million. Reuters MM
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        Lock icon Shares end lower on lack of fresh leads
        561 21 AFX Asia P Composite Index -7.60 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday amid a lack of fresh local leads and continued uncertainties in Indonesia, analysts and dealers said. The KLSK Composite Index closed down 7.60 points at 720.46. The Emas Index fell 0.83
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        Figures show Petronas Dagangan warrant is worth a punt
        165 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy AS WK said in the last column, in-the-money warrants an? rather hard to come by in this depressed market, so it's refreshing to find one in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Kxchange Petronas Dagangan As the name
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        229 24 Stacks Votaiw •RHB Cap Wt99 29.092.000 Easyknit HMOc 25,746.000 •Renong Bhd 50c 25,531,000 •M Resources 17.731,000 *MBf Capital 16,777,000 •Rekapacific Btl 16,588,000 •Berjaya Group 13,920,000 •101 Corp Wt 13,691,000 •Pub Bk Foreign 13,418,000 •RHB Cap Bhd 12.9U.000 Stacks DBS Foreign 28,673,788 SIA Foreign 27,145,887 OCBC Foreign 20,626,353 *M Resources 20,013,160
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        51 24  -  -by Ven Sreenivasan RHB CAPITAL closed eight cents higher yesterday at $1.50 on a turnover of 12.9 million shares. Although the counter is meeting some upside resistance at current levels, there is still more upside in the near term the buy signal is supported by the daily MACD
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        Players take a breather as they await Friday's budget
        639 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY UN-Iraq tensions, contra and forced selling especially among M'sian second liners help keep mood snbdued R Sivanithy ISINGAPORKI The local stock market yesterday lost some of its recent Impetus. with activity in most segments down considerably as institutional
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          110 24 COMMENTING on Singapore's move to generate more buzz in the financial sector with measures to deregulate and liberalise the financial sector, one fund manager quipped: "The ultimate reform I look forward to is for them to let us take MAS officials out for lunch." He was referring to
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          Buzz shifts to Golden Shoe
          112 24 YOU KNOW times are hard for bankers, brokers and analysts when the eateries at Boat Quay are not busy during lunchtime. A BT staffer who happened to be In the area during lunchtime yesterday was amazed at how easily his party of five managed to
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          Speak their lings,young man
          141 24 IT DOES help to speak the same language if one is trying to inspire investors' confidence. NUS associate professor Mukul Asher related how at an Apec forum two weeks ago in Cuncan, Mexico, the technocrats from the Latin American countries were most impressive in their exchanges
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          Banking on what others say
          63 24 THIS takes kiasuism to new heights. When the public relations manager with one of the Big Four banks was asked whether the bank would reveal its regional exposure when it releases its results next month, she responded with another question: What did the other banks
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          Businessman with heart
          133 24 LEE ENG SLA may not win the Businessman of the Year award but he is a fine example of how businessmen can do their bit to help their country weather the regional financial storm. The managing director ofNibongTebal Paper Mills is offering 30 ha of his idle
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      307 25 Bridge News. Reuters LATE trading was quiet as players took to the sidelines, waiting to see what next week brings. There is one school of thought that rates for Panamaxes wanting to go east may ease back as the cuts in the Panama Canal draft take effect. The
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      472 25  -  Govt-owned firm is holding talks with foreign firms about joining consortia FVom Rajendra Bajpal in New Delhi The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is scouting for partners to set up a joint ven ture to operate LNG vessels and is already
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      362 25 Lloyd's List [LONDON] Leading shipping group A P Moller has given a substantial fillip to its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier fleet by investing in around US$lBO million (*****.7 million) worth of additional vessels. The Copenhagen group is to buy from
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        89 25 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese shipyards received export orders for 13 vessels in January, down from 17 vessels a year earlier, an industry group said last week. In terms of tonnage, January's orders were up 16.4 per cent to 614,800 gross weight tonnes from 528,030
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        138 25 Bernama [SIBU, Sarawak] The 75 million Malaysian ringgit (5532.5 million) Tanjung Manis port in Sarawak's Sarikei Division will begin operating on April 27. Chang Ming, general manager of the Rejang Port Authority (RPA), which manages the port, said that technical problems had prevented it
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        134 25 {SINGAPORE] Norwegian ro/ro operator Wilhelmsen Lines has won a US$3O million (5149.1 million) global contract to carry Mercedes-Benz cars. It entered into a three-year agreement with the car maker to carry the full range of Mercedes-Benz models, including its new A-class, on Ave different routes
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      315 25 Lloyd's List (ATHKNSI AN alleged inter national ship certification racket which could leave maritime regulators in several countries red-faced Is under investigation in Cyprus after police searched a Panamani-an-owned off-shore shippinK office in Limassol. The International Register of Shipping (IRS) Cyprus Ltd was searched
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      194 25 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] An Australian court yesterday ordered the Maritime Union of Australia to stop its wave of industrial action at the Port of Melbourne. The Victorian state Supreme Court ordered union officials not to instruct or encourage union members to strike at
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      328 25 Port operator has to torn away business at peak of export season: CEO Bloomberg [AUCKLAND) Ports of Auckland Ltd. New Zealand's largest port operator, said the failure of all main electricity cables in central Auckland has forced it to turn business away. Ports of
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      860 26  -  SHANGHAI PORT New port facilities and shipyards are being built to turn Shanghai into a world trading and shipping centre From David Taylor in Hongkong HANGHAI is buildM ing new port faciliA ties, new shipyards, encouraging shipping company relo- cations and providk ing improved
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        887 39 THIS report. compiled by Cocked Marlnr Oil l.ld, shows price ranges In I IS dollar* In ■Imml of single prim for a more comprehen •Ivr description of thai markrl Prices shown are baaed on average sited stem Market movements are Indlrat rd The ('ockett Hunker Prkv
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        347 40 AIRCRAFT g PITCH FOR ASIA [SINGAPORE] Brazil s Embraer and US-based Gulfstream expect the market for regional jets in Asia to expand significantly over the next five years. Both aircraft manufacturers remain optimistic despite the economic turbulence in the region and said that
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        547 40  -  It's confident that region will prove to be among promising markets for world aircraft makers Reports by Felix Chan [SINGAPORE) Boeing Co yesterday urged Asian airlines not to overreact to the economic turbulence in the region and said that Asia will
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        327 40 [SINGAPORE] Boeing yesterday said its 777-200 X derivative will now meet range and passenger payload requirements for year-round non-stop flights between the US and major South-east Asian destinations. Boeing's senior vice-presi-dent for international sales, Asia-Pacific, Larry Dickenson. told a news conference yesterday
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        264 40 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation said yesterday that the Asian financial crisis will not have a big impact on its income. "I don't think there will be any delay for orders (of commercial aircrafts). For military aircraft there could be
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        132 40 (SINGAPORE) Having been preened and polished, a GKN Westland Super Lynx helidopter gets some close attention from her flight crew as preparations for Asian Aerospace '98 went into full swing yesterday. This maritime attack chopper is making its debut at Asia's largest airshow, which
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      1851 29 TO EAST WEST AFRICA (VIA DURBAN) EVERY FRIDAY I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE: COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #17-08I>KIIDG SAUS/BKGS 4205M1/43 INWARD OEPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CRNO: **********0W TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT
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