The Business Times, 21 April 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) IKVI2/97 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    66 1 □sra (-4.76) BT-SRI •2537 (-3.98) BTOOMP UOL2B (-5.69) BTMGA 713.79 (-1.82) ■TVHAIKETIICXMh KJ Mixed STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COUP 634.29 +5.51 NIKKEI 15,697.10 -6.70 HANQSENQ 11,161.63 __+160Jl SET INDEX 434.37 -4.62 JAKARTA COMP —508.16 +016 MANILA COMP .—2,166.60 19i TAIPEI WPI 8.508.56 -***** SEOUL COMP 436,73
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    FINANCE
    79 1 FOBEX BATES ust s$ I'SS 1.600 £(US$/S$ per 1.674 1678 DM 1.811 0.884 YKN 1312 UHIIS 3.782 6.423 HKS 7.749 0.206 BA11T 3920 0 041 RUPIAH 8.037 0.020* 'St to lOC until PMME1ATES SINGAPORE* 7 7# KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA 2800 BANGKOK 14 75 MANILA .22.90 HONGKONG 1015 TAIPEI
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    US$3b of S'pore's IMF pledge for Indon trade guarantees
    440 1  -  PH Goh: Bilateral export-credit insurance scheme being worked oat Reports by Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore will use US$3 billion (Ss4.B billion) of the US$5 billion it has already pledged to Jakarta under the IMF rescue package to provide bilateral ex-port-credit insurance
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    Lock icon Ringgit's slide halted by talk of central bank intervention
    365 1 Rupiah, baht up but regional stocks torn in weak performance [SINGAPORE] Talk of intervention by the Malaysian central bank yesterday helped cushion the downward pressure on the ringgit. After falling to a five-week low of 3.8250 against the US dollar in
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    S'poreans can borrow S$ freely for overseas projects
    390 1 Banks need not consult MAS on such loans, regardless of amount: B6 Lee [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will revise its regulations to clearly state that banks need not consult the MAS before they lend Singapore dollars to Singaporeans for
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    Lock icon March non-oil exports up 9.6%, above forecasts
    515 1  -  Bnt economists find no cause for cheer, citing weak Sings By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's non-oil domestic exports rose a better than expected 9.6 per cent in March, but economists still find no cause for cheer in the figures. The bears now outweigh
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      126 1 prams Downgraded Standard and Poor's (S&P) has cut the foreign currency ratings for Petronas, Telekom Malaysia and Tenaga, but analysts say the downgrade did little damage to the already beaten stockmarket, Pf6 lip of the iceberg The nationwide student protests prompted by Indonesia's economic crisis "are just the tip of
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      76 1 Hie face of dock security W j vesm m V —x. n it J 'a^H REUTERS [MELBOURNE] Melbourne policewoman applying sunscreen while on guard duty at East Swanson Dock yesterday. Union members and their supporters are picketing the wharf which is now manned by non-union labour. The situation could worsen
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      71 1 Adviaera want USs3b loan fund for Indon SMEs, Pg 6 OOT-linked revenue loss. Dr Hu gives details, Pg 2 June target for MAS real time system, Pg 2 3iW ALFRED DUNHILL LONDON The New Smi\c;/Srii\i»« 199K Tie Collection I urßjj^Bß^S^v vA^r/^jiy^ Mai& JrliSP^HiA A i /*jlA r-" 1 v?/ A
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Dr Hu gives breakdown of GST-linked revenue loss
      262 2  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Income, corporate tax cots account for 82% of revenue loss By Wong Wei Kong THE revenue loss of $7.9 billion from the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax for the period fiscal year 1994 to 1997, is computed
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    • IN Brief
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        Tougher penalties for maid abusers
        76 2 PARLIAMENT yesterday passed the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 1998, which provides for greater penalties for employers who abuse their domestic maids. Under the amendments, offences such as causing grievous hurt, wrongful confinement and insult of modesty—when inflicted by an employer on a maid— carry 1.5
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        No key underground water sources
        93 2 THE Public Utilities Board's geo-physical and hydro-geological investigations on ground water resources reveal that there are no significant underground water sources on the island, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan told parliament. He was responding to Hougang MP Low Thia Khiang's question on whether
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        HK extradition bill amended
        67 2 PARLIAMENT also passed the Extradition (Amendment) Bill which enables Singapore to continue the system of extradition with Hongkong. The amendment is necessary as the agreement vis-a-vis Hongkong dates back to when it was a British colony and part of the Commonwealth. The amendment enables the previous
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        Energy-efficient proposals welcomed
        96 2 THE government is open to suggestions for more incentives for companies to save water and electricity, such as rebates for meeting usage efficiency targets, Trade Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan said yesterday. He was responding to a question from NMP Simon Tay on whether the government would
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        Hazes Asean ministers' progress
        87 2 ASEAN environment ministers made further progress at their recent meeting in Brunei in their efforts to address the problem of regional forest fires and haze. The ministers agreed to sub-regional firefighting arrangements under the regional haze action plan to tackle fires in Kalimantan and prevent fires
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        S'pore's security firmly under control
        79 2 THE fact that more illegal immigrants are arrested does not indicate that security has worsened in Singapore, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said. The number of illegal immigrants arrested in March leaped to 2,086, from 431 in January and 644 in February. "The security
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      June target for MAS real time system
      182 2 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is in the final stages of testing the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) System and may implement it in June this year after reviewing the test results, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a written reply
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      TAS gets the powers to regulate liberalised sector
      301 2  -  Amended Act brings it up-to-date on new technology too By' Ven Sreenivasan PARLIAMENT yesterday approved the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill which will put in place a regulatory framework for fair, effective and sustainable competition ahead of the year 2000 when
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      Doctors' profit pledges to Asiamatrix not illegal
      229 2  -  By i Carol Eng THE controversial profit guarantees by four doctors to Sesdaq-listed Asiamatrix do not contravene any existing healthcare laws, nor is approval needed for the transaction, said Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday. But the Ministry of Health will conduct more
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      Lock icon March job ad volume down 51%
      295 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Jobs By] Frances Lui THE volume of newspaper job advertisements fell for the fifth straight month in March, down a whopping 51 per cent compared to the same period last year. The slide began last November when ad volume slid
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      Lock icon S'pore still least risky economy: Perc study
      366 2  -  Confidence in almost all Asian countries eroded by turmoil By- Audrey Tan THE financial crisis has eroded confidence in almost all Asian countries, but Singapore is still rated as the least risky economy, a Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) report shows. Singapore
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      Becton's buy to boost investment here
      167 2 NEW York-listed medical devices maker Becton Dickinson and Company's recent acquisition of the global business of Ohmeda Medical Devices Division (OMDD) will boost its total investment in Singapore by 35 per cent to US$l35 million (*****.9 million), says a senior Becton official. The acquisition
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      Motorola sees Asian 'paging revolution'
      524 2  -  But some issues have to be resolved before new suite of functions takes off By' Teh Hooi Ling MOTOROLA, the world's leading pager manufacturer, 1s aggressively selling a whole suite of new pager functions to operators in Asia and is confident some of these new
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Thai land for foreigners unlikely
      533 4  -  Two bills to lift restrictions on foreign ownership will probably be squashed due to strong resentment against them By Bruce Cheesman [BANGKOK] MOVES to expand overseas ownership of property in Thailand have hit further snags with the Ministry of the Interior trying to recall two
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      Lock icon Survival of Thai property firms at stake
      556 4 Many face closure as they wait for rates to be cat: analysts AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] The survival of Thai property companies is at stake in the current economic climate, and in particular its very high interest rates, with the sector likely to be completely
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      Under the hammer
      633 4  -  Property auctions coming up Knight Frank Thursday, Apr 23 (2-30pm) at Grand Plaza Hotel, Ballroom II Residential: 34 Bayshore Rd, 23-02 The Bayshore apt 3+1,1,249 sq ft/99 yrs wef 1993* 1 Jin Kuala, 2002 The MomingskJe: maisonette 2,799 sq fMR-P* 2 Kim Yam Rd, 03-03 Riviera Point:
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      27 5 Evefjt6am A Service of NBC Dow Jones f(^ C C •«<"•« h «,.<UM« o« chMMt IS rf S C«fcU *.<«,. F* «ll Sin,. per, CaM. Vt.to, at 171 01U.
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon S&P raises NPL estimate for M'sian banks to 20%
      352 6 USslob in new capital needed, but modest recovery possible next year Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] About one fifth of Malaysia's bank loans are in default, and the financial system needs about US$lO billion (5516.0 billion) in new capital to restore its health,
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      Regional advisers want US$3b loan fund for Indon SMEs
      489 6  -  PECC fears possible worsening of Indonesian economy By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] An Asia-Pacif-ic grouping of business advisers, fearing an eruption of unrest in Indonesia within the next three to six months, has proposed an emergency US$3 billion (Ss4.B billion) working
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      Lock icon 75% of Indon developers close
      104 6 AFP [JAKARTA] The economic crisis that has hit Indonesia since last year, compounded by mismanagement, has forced 1,500 of the country's 2,000 real estate developers to close down, a report said yesterday. Housing Minister Akbar Tanjung said of the 2,000 real estate developers in operation
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      S&P cuts foreign currency ratings of 3 KL firms
      480 6  -  Petronas, Telekom, Tenaga downgraded but with little effect on the market From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur CREDIT rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has cut the foreign currency rating for Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Telekom Malaysia Bhd and Tenaga Nasional
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      Lock icon Student protests just the tip of the iceberg warn Indon economists
      534 6 Group says protesters command wide support AFP [JAKARTA] The nationwide student protests prompted by Indonesia's economic crisis "are just the tip of the iceberg" and command wide support throughout the country, local economists warned yesterday. "Indonesia is in a
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      Lock icon Thai central bank told to resolve liquidity crunch
      293 6 Reuters AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi said yesterday that he has asked the Bank of Thailand to map out a plan quickly to solve liquidity problems facing the hard-hit industrial sector. Mr Supachai told reporters after a weekly economic
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      Capital influx lifts Seoul's forex reserves to US$30b
      483 6  -  Rise fails to dampen concerns over stalled economic recovery From, Jennifer Veale in Seoul SOUTH Korea's usable foreign exchange reserves have reached US$3O.3 billion (5548.4 billion) as of April 17, matching the reserves held before last year's economic crisis, but failing to
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      Lock icon US fund to take over Dongsuh
      196 6 AFP (SEOUL] A US fund has agreed to take over bankrupt Dongsuh Securities Co, the first foreign acquisition of a South Korean financial institution this year, company officials said yesterday. "A formal contract will be signed soon between Dongsuh and Horizon Holdings Ltd," Dongsuh's
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  • REGION
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      HK steps up aid efforts as jobless rate hits 3.5%
      482 7  -  Unemployment near 10-yr high; HKs3olm put up for retraining Tsang to lead talks on job creation Frorn Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong AS THE ranks of jobless Hongkongers swell, the government has asked Financial Secretary Donald Tsang to step up
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      Lock icon Qian woos Taiwanese investors
      359 7 SHANGHAI Mainland most stable in region, says China Vice-Premier Reuters CHINA's Vice-Premier Qian Qichen has called on Taiwan businessmen to put their money in mainland China, saying it was the most stable market in a region buffeted by financial crisis. Mr Qian, a veteran foreign policy
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      Lock icon Carrian case: ex-Wardley banker charged
      463 7  -  Launder alleged to have accepted bribes worth over HKs4om 15 years ago From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong IN its second swoop in less than a week. Hongkong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday took a former top investment banker to court for allegedly accepting
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      Lock icon We're making progress in joining OECD, says Taipei
      258 7 TAIPEI It's upbeat about its chances of becoming an observer of group's trade panel AFP TAIWAN has made a step forward in joining the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) despite China's efforts to prevent its membership, officials said yesterday. "We
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      Lock icon Pol Pot's death: Thai minister calls for probe
      153 7 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan yesterday called for further investigations to help prove the cause of death of former Khmer Rouge tyrant Pol Pot despite his cremation. The feared former supremo whom the rebels, Thai government and military say died
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      Lock icon China's GDP to grow 8.3% this year: official
      185 7 SHANGHAI AFP THE chief economist of China's State Statistical Bureau has predicted the country's gross domestic product (GDP) might grow 8.3 per cent this year on the strength of first quarter growth, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The report quoted Qiu Xiaohua
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      Breaking point for brokers?
      658 7  -  LETTER FROM HONGKONG These are tough times for dealers, analysts in the region Bu Quak Hiang Whai TWO broker friends will leave town soon. The first a Singaporean who arrived last August found the going too tough. The young man had landed in Hongkong when the
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      Lock icon Vajpayee sacks minister to defuse crisis
      219 8 NEWDELHI AFP INDIAN Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday sacked his communications minister to defuse a political crisis threatening his new coalition government, an aide of the premier said. He said a letter recommending the removal of Communications Minister Buta Singh from Mr Vajpayee's
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      Japan wholesale prices in early April drop 2.1%
      465 8  -  Sharp drop fans deflation fears; BOJ admits strong downward pressure From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN wholesale prices for the first 10 days of April dropped by a sharp 2.1 per cent compared with a year earlier, the Bank of Japan disclosed
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      Lock icon Japan's March trade surplus up 56.5%
      151 8 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S trade surplus in March climbed 56.5 per cent from a year earlier with imports showing a double-digit fall for the second straight month, officials said yesterday. The March trade surplus was 1.25 trillion yen (5515.12 billion), in line with analysts' forecasts,
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      Lock icon Overpowering anger
      46 8 (BANGLADESH] Women supporters of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party demonstrating with lanterns on Sunday in Dhaka near the Dhaka Electric Supply Authority's office. Bangladesh is facing a shortage of3oo-500 mega watts of power supply daily and this has provoked criticism and protests. AFP
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      S Koreans in two minds about economic probe
      561 8  -  LETTER FROM SEOUL They hope it isnt a case of vendetta politics By Jennifer Veale SOUTH Koreans don't know what to think right now as a sweeping probe gets under way into who caused the economic crisis which almost forced the nation
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      Lock icon Hanbo chief gets another 18 months'jail
      206 8 SEOUL AFP A SOUTH Korean court yesterday sentenced the jailed head of the bankrupt Hanbo Group to another one and a half years in prison for doling out kickbacks to politicians in return for favours. An official at the Seoul District Court said the
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      Lock icon Dire warning about Aussie current account deficit
      374 8 SYDNEY Think-tank sees gap surging to 'banana republic' levels AFP AUSTRALIA'S current account deficit will return to "banana republic" levels forcing interest rates up amid rising import demand and falling exports to Asia, a leading economic forecaster warned yesterday. Prime Minister John Howard
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      68 9 AIA has just been assigned the highest 'AAA' rating by Standard ft Poor's, the world's leading credit f /v rating agency. This makes AIA the only Asia-based life insurance company to receive this rating. l TH« symbol of financial strength. recognition of AlA't financial atrength. If a alao one mo«
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon French, Dutch up stakes in fight to head European central bank
      386 10 PARIS Both threaten to veto other nominees for presidency if theirs is rejected Bloomberg, Reuters THE European Union appears headed towards a full-blown diplomatic row after France and the Netherlands hardened their positions yesterday over the presidency of the
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      Asian FDI cuts to cost 100,000 UK jobs?
      286 10  -  From Neil Behrmann in London ASIAN direct investment in the UK has virtually come to a halt and the cutbacks threaten to cause 100,000 job losses in Britain in the coming decade, according to a preliminary study. Business Strategies, a London-based forecasting
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      UK exports slump on strong £, Asian crisis
      432 10  - UK exports slump on strong Asian crisis Bat imports from Asia up only slightly, trade figures show From Neil Behrmann in London TRADE statistics confirm that the Asian economic downturn and massive appreciation of sterling have badly damaged British exports to the region. On the other hand, British imports from
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      Lock icon Treasury denies Rubin plans to quit after G-7 meet
      263 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE US Treasury dismissed a magazine report that Secretary Robert Rubin may resign after a meeting of leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations in the UK in May "The rumours are not true," a Treasury spokesman
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon German Jobless rate eases for 3rd month
        72 10 Bloomberg {FRANKFURT] German unemployment is expected to fall from post World War II records, the Bundesbank said, as it found more evidence that a genuine economic recovery, powered by the car industry, is taking hold in western Germany. Unemployment fell in March for
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        Lock icon Russia to increase arms sales by US$1b
        74 10 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia, the world's biggest arms exporter after the US, plans to sell US$3.5 billion (555.6 billion) worth of arms in 1998, US$l billion more than last year. Interfax news agency yesterday quoted the general director of Rosvooruzheniye, the Russian export sales
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        Lock icon New form of male banding?
        48 10 AFP [FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany] Visitors to the Consumer Fair 180 here participating over the weekend in "Human Table Soccer", a game usually played in a totally different size. The players are bound from their hands to a horizontal pole while struggling to score goals.
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        Lock icon Russia will not give up Kuril islands
        69 10 AFP [MOSCOW] The Kremlin stressed yesterday that Russia will not cede its territorial claim to the Kuril islands despite friendly gestures from Japan at weekend talks, Interfax reported. The news agency quoted Sergei Yastrzhembsky, spokesman for President Boris Yeltsin as saying: "The Russian
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        Lock icon Arafat ready to discuss peace in London
        77 10 Reuters [GAZA] Palestinian President Yasser Arafat told Britain's Tony Blair yesterday that he is ready to go to London to discuss US proposals to break the deadlock in peace talks with Israel, British and Palestinian officials said. Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, general-secretary to the Palestinian
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        Lock icon Kuwait may become free trade zone: PM
        74 10 Reuters [KUWAIT] Kuwait said yesterday it could turn the entire state into a free trade zone as part of long-awaited plans to liberalise the economy and open it to foreign investments. Prime Minister Sheikh Saad al-Abdulla al-Sabah promised to "adopt structural reforms needed
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Film festival offers welcome diversity
      779 11  -  THB BOTTOMLDIE OPINION By Susan Tsang Susan Tsang is a freelance writer who contributed this article to Business Times. Thefilm festival is on now to May 2 IN acting, less is more, but in art, diversity results in a richer scene. Which is why events
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      102 11 'Precedents of government support for the financial system, and close ties between the political and business elites, indicate that the public sector may shoulder a sizable portion of the burden.' Credit rating agency Standard 4 Poor's explaining why it cut ratings for Malaysia's debt. 'We are not
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      Recapitalising Malaysia's banks
      626 11 EDITORIAL THERE can be no clearer signal that Malaysia must boost the health of its banks and finance companies than the series of corporate collapses and high-profile restructuring exercises announced this month Clearly, a corporate shakeout is underway. The cause is no surprise: Malaysia has one of
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      IMF joins the game of Japan bashing
      963 11  -  The fnnd's decision to 'advise' Tokyo in public is a disturbing sign By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent "NEVER let in light upon magic," warned the great British statesman Walter Bagehot and if the International Monetary Fund had heeded his
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      885 11 Bank margßn and pontics IT WAS nervy of Citicorp nd Travelers to announce the biggest merger in corporate history even though current federal law would prevent the deal from being carried out in ML Both institutions exuded confidence that Congress would change the Depres-sion-era banking laws
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Linda McCartney dies, aged 56
      968 12  -  Ex-Beatle's wife and photographer hit by cancer. KOZXNN reports ALLAN KOZINN NYT LINDA Eastman McCartney, the wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney and a photographer whose portraits of 1960s rock stars have become classics, died on Friday in Santa Barbara, California, where the McCartneys had
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      Lock icon Mexico loses a literary giant
      620 12 PERSONALITY Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, 84, was also an incisive political essayist Reuters [MEXICO CITY] Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, who died on Sunday at the age of 84, was not only one of Mexico's finest poets but also an incisive political essayist and outspoken critic
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      Getting a kick out of a look at male psyche
      624 12  -  THEATRE Balls! features three men who try to relive their golden youth by going for football match in KL By! Susan Tsang [SINGAPORE] Balls! is a play that looks at three fellows, who are having trouble dealing with adult life,
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      529 15  -  Regional turmoil; listing of HE, M'sian units; US loss cited as reasons for fall By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] CSA Holdings reported a 56 per cent drop in 1997 net earnings to $6.4 million just over half of analysts' consensus forecast for the computer
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      117 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The DRBHicom Group, which is signing five memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with foreign defence companies at the Defence Services Asia at the Mines Resort near here today, is now in the forefront of Malaysia's efforts to develop its indigenous defence industry, said
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      313 15  -  By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Times Publishing yesterday unveiled sharply lower than expected interim results and warned as well that it will not match last year's second-half earnings. Net earnings for the halfyear to Feb 28 were down a little more than
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      756 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Catherine Ong THE tender results for Singapore's fixed-line and mobile phone licences could be announced as early as this Friday, according to industry speculation. Officials from the five companies vying for a maximum of two fixedline and two
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      193 15 [SINGAPORE] CAM International Holdings has given up control of an aeroponics subsidiary. selling 2 per cent of the unit to its partner. Consolidated Plantations (Consplant). The company said yesterday that it sold 240,000 AeroGreen Technology shares, of $1 par. to Consplant subsidiary Sime
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      278 15  -  Major shareholder Edwin Soeryadjaya takes over Conrad Raj (SINGAPORE) In a move that has been expected for some weeks now. President Suharto's son, Bambang Trihatmodjo, resigned as chairman and director of engineering firm L&M Group Investments Ltd. He was replaced by the group's new
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      189 15 Bloomberg (SINGAPORE) Singapore Press Holdings Ltd shares rose 3 per cent amid speculation the newspaper publisher is well positioned to ride out South-east Asia's economic crisis. The stock rose 50 cents to $17.20. "It's an extremely defensive stock with strong cash flow and
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        422 16  -  US firm's investment dearly signals confidence in country: president From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur BOSTON-based John Hancock International Holdings has raised its stake in Malay-sian-listed John Hancock Life Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd to 42.2 per cent from 32.5 per
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        438 16 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's largest commercial bank, Bangkok Bank pic, said yesterday that its first-quarter net profit crashed 98.5 per cent from a year earlier due to a conservative provisioning policy. Bangkok Bank said in a statement that unaudited net profits after
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        523 16 Many counters have potential to doable in 12 months' time Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR) Investors should ignore the key Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index and instead focus on individual stocks based on their medium-term cash flow and asset quality. Bankers Trust
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        630 16 Only a matter of time before China controls vital areas: analysts Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Whisper "China". and some Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd shareholders hear "takeover". Cathay stock yesterday staged its biggest rally since February amid speculation that companies backed by Beijing may
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        262 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Commerce Asset-Hold-ing Bhd and Bankers Trust yesterday launched three unit trust funds, which are expected to benefit from asset prices cheapened by a regional economic crisis. Commerce-BT Unit Trust Management Bhd chief executive Jason Yetton said the
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        105 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] Rizal Commercial Banking Corp said it reached agreement to buy 99.6 per cent of Capitol Development Bank, the second takeover this year in a Philippine banking industry hit by the Asian currency crisis. RCBC, the Philippines' ninth-largest bank, did not disclose a
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        312 17 Ford Motor Credit says low interest rates a major factor in size, timing of sale Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Credit Co, the world's biggest automotive financier, plans to raise US$2.5 billion (Ss4 billion) this week in its biggest ever
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        246 17 IPO values the company at between £L4b and £1.7b Bloomberg [LONDON] Thomson Travel Group, Britain's biggest seller of package holidays, said its initial public offering will value the company at between £1.4 billion (553.7 billion) and £1.7 billion. The company,
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        324 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORKJ AT&T Corp said first-quarter profit rose as the largest US phone company slashed costs. AT&T said first-quarter profit from continuing operations before charges rose to 77 US cents a diluted share from 67 US cents a year earlier.
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        265 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nissan Motor's shares fell 9 per cent, its biggest one-day drop in 15 months, after the company said its net profit fell an estimated 79 per cent last year. Shares in Japan's second largest carmaker plunged 44 yen
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        116 17 Bloomberg [PARIS] Christian Dior SA, the French fashions and luxury goods company, said first-quarter sales fell 5.8 per cent as slowing economies in Asia cut into revenue at its LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA unit. Christian Dior, which owns 41.7 per cent of LVMH,
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        414 17 Deal will create world's largest paint and coatings maker Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Akzo Nobel NV said it agreed to buy UKbased Courtaulds pic in an offer valued at £1.83 billion (554.9 billion) in cash, creating the world's largest maker of paint and coatings. The
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        349 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] News Corp said yesterday it will buy 38 per cent of PLD Telekom Inc from London-based Cable and Wireless pic. PLD, a Nasdaq-listed company, provides telecommunications services and products in the former Soviet Union. In a statement News Corp also
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        341 18  -  Property, motor, health insurance seen hit by rise in drought, floods and storms: report By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Property, motor and health insurance in this region and other parts of the world are likely to be hit by an increase
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        265 18 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korea Exchange Bank, one of South Korea's big seven commercial banks, said it is in talks with foreign banks to sell about 300 billion won (*****.2 million) of new shares to bolster its capital. Discussions are taking place with
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        89 18 Reuters [LONDON] Fidelity Investments, part of the world's leading fund management group, is to convert 20 of its unit trusts into a £5.6 billion (5515.2 billion) open-ended investment company (OEIC), the Financial Times said yesterday. OEICs, a hybrid investment vehicle recently introduced into the
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        458 18 Mntnal fond only one operated solely by a property investment and research firm Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Security Capital Group Inc plans to open its re-al-estate mutual fund to the public, giving investors another way to put their money alongside that of famed
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        370 18 Talk of merger overcomes Asian impact concerns Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian banks are back in investor favour with talk of more rationalisation after the mega-mergers in the United States that have overshadowed concern about the impact of the Asian crisis on the sector. Local bank stocks
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        256 18 Bloomberg (TOKYO] Goldman Sachs Co bought the beneficiary rights to Yamato Mutual Life Insurance Co's downtown Tokyo headquarters and will resell them as securities in Japan's first such securitisation of prime real estate, a Goldman spokesman said yesterday. The transaction, which the
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        211 18 SXMEX Report Reuters [SINGAPORE) Simex Euroyen and Japanese government bond futures (JGBs) rose yesterday after a Bank of Japan report suggested Japan might be on a deflationary tract. The BOJ report said the wholesale price index fell 2.1 per cent in the first 10
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        151 18  -  IBWI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh service dealer, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd {SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract tumbled 10.80 points as the stock index tumbled, unable to sustain its rally on Saturday. The AprU '98 futures traded towards more than eight points
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        293 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON) Petroleum prices tiptoed higher yesterday as traders read oil market tealeaves for signs that prices are on the upturn. Benchmark Brent blend for June loading on the London futures exchange was up 15 cents by 1543 GMT at
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        277 18 Reuters AFP London THE dollar was higher versus the yen in afternoon Europe yesterday having spent most of the European trading session confined in a tight range, while the mark was up against sterling, traders said. With the threat of dollar/yen intervention hanging over the market and no
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        1720 19 SXCOM FUTURES Apr 20 RUMCR (Mam cleunq *s *t 5.30pa) RSS 1 CONTRACTS ctnts/kg) CIom Volume Open Month High Law Sett (towns) Interest May 98 119.00 2050 J«" 98 119.75 1750 J* 98 ***** 2865 Aufl 98 124.25 1665 Sep 98 126.00 1665 Oct/Dcc 98 130.50 130.50 130.50 75 4650
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        1621 19 Bloomberg D Nikkei 228 4.70 JAPANESE stocks were little changed, after falling for two days, as foreign investors sold carmakers on concern that profit momentum is slowing. Builders rose on a report the government may expand tax breaks for new homeowners. Nissan Motor Co declined after the carmaker estimated
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        2296 19 LONDON Mistrials A»r20 h«tl 31 Group 598.400 12.400 AB Ports 358.400 0.400 Abbey National 1184.000 1.250 Allied Domecq 620.000 3.600 Am* 164.000 -1.000 Asda Group 211.200 -2.200 BAT Wd 569.400 11.000 8G Ptc 304.200 3.200 8ICC 155.000 -1.400 BOC Group 954.400 I.OOO BR Petroleum 885.400 1.400 BTR
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      1558 20 Bloomberg "Hang Seng +150.31 STOCKS rose for the first time in four days, led by property developers following bet-ter-than-expected prices at a land sale late last week an indication the territory's property slump may be bottoming out. Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd and other real estate companies gained 2.1
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      633 20 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index -OJ2 CHINA'S hard currency B shares lost ground yesterday with confidence stung by another round of dismal profits by B share companies, brokers said. Domestic institutions stepped in to prop up prices but the buying was insufficient to turn sentiment around. "Poor results by
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      347 20 AFP QWP Index -217.38 TAIWAN stocks tumbled 2.5 per cent yesterday led by strong selling of technology issues to reflect a possible slow season for the hi-tech sector in the second quarter, dealers said. "Since the second quarter performance is usually worse than the first one in electronics sector,
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      265 20 AFP Wellington *BJ3 STOCKS rose 0.4 per cent yesterday on modest turnover. The NZSE-40 Index gained 8.93 points to 2.326.79 on turnover of NZ980.1 million. Telecom Corp dominated the trade with its main stock up one cent NZ$B.B4 and instalment receipts down one cent at NZ$5.l7. AFP *r» I'M
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      861 20 AFP n SET Index -4.62 THAI stocks closed yesterday down one per cent as financial issues fell victim to prof-it-taking. dealers said. Concerns over tight liquidity and high interest rates saw finance counters picked out by profit-takers as Thailand's largest commercial bank. Bangkok Bank pic, reported a crash in
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      442 20 AFP n Composite Index -5J6 SHARE prices closed 1.4 per cent lower yesterday for the fourth straight decline as market sentiment remained weak due to concerns over labour unrest, dealers said. "There are still worries that problems with the labour unions are not settled and it could get worse
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      615 20 AFP All Ordinaries +5.00 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 0.2 per cent yesterday in quiet trade. The All Ordinaries Index gained Ave points to 2,872.5. National turnover totalled 246.7 million shares worth A 5660.81 million with falling stocks outnumbering advancers 601 to 524. The All Industrials Index rose 6.6 points
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      707 20 AFP P Composite Index +0.26 SHARES closed slightly higher yesterday although most investors stayed out on concerns over an increase of interest rates on central Bank Indonesia certificates (SBIs), dealers said. "Why should you invest in stocks if the government raises SBI rates to 60 per cent? I think
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      346 20 AFP Manila -115 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday due to uncertainty over the May presidential elections and interest rates as well as the regional crisis. The Composite Index fell 19.5 points to settle at 2,156.60. Volume fell to 1.33 billion shares worth 980 million pesos
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        8817 21 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products IMS Last Vol Day Net Cap M0I Law Company Sato 'OOP Htqll L— P/E )mN 310 180 Aiinomoto 251 13.8 101.7 148 73 Anqkasa 88 -2 3 88 88 2.0 129 8 290 123 Apollo Food Hlq 167 3 38 169 162 4 9 66 8 388
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        414 21 AFP |3 Composite Index +5.51 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday in quiet trade after late buying interest from foreign funds reversed earlier losses. The Composite Index rose 5.51 points to end at 634.29, off the day's low of 622 points. One
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        189 22  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy AS we've pointed out often in the past few months, low-priced warrants abound here and in the Malaysian market. Sifting through these instruments to find value is a difficult task, especially given that the risks in a fragile market environment
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      2309 22 Transaction date Apr 20 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Or Qr L*t Vol 0»V LaatOMta Mr Dk W M M Cap High Low Stno Company Sate (*000) Law ■nyr Mhr O P/t t*m 135 28 m$ 5000 AIS850C 73.5 -15 282 74.5 72 72 73.5 5.0 X] U 30 6 714
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        60 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja PARKWAY Holdings closed 14 cents lower yesterday at $3.14 on a volume of 2.25 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 393,800 units. In the near term, there could be some buying interest, but the medium-term outlook for this counter is negative, according
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        225 24 Stacks Volume •Refcapadfic Bh 7,151,000 *MBf Capital 6,222,000 Uraco HldqslOc 5,459,000 DBS Foreign 5,405,000 SingTel 15c 5,335,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 4,621,000 •M Resources 4,259,000 •Uniphoenix 4,200,000 DBS FR 3,802,000 UOB Foreign 3,545,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 56,913,517 SPH 32,063,236 UOB Foreign 25,852,490 OCBC Foreign 25,628,282 SIA Foreign 14,619,008 SingTel 15c 13,884,540
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        673 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY EL shares seen as getting boost from futures short-covering and in for possible technical rebound By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local stock market displayed its unease with the lingering currency uncertainties and the health of the Malaysian
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          115 24 CENTRAL bankers are seldom greeted with cat-calls and whistles, with the exception perhaps of Bank Indonesia managing director Miranda Gultom. Dressed in a striking red jacket, Ms Gultom received the star treatment from local journalists at a press conference in Jakarta last week. She was puzzled with all
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          82 24 THE proof of the eating is in the pudding, they say. With a pack of newspaper and television cameramen prodding them on, the top two honchos at Aqua Gen a desalination start-up in which ST Marine has a stake had to pose for numerous shots drinking desalinated water straight
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          81 24 COMMERCIAL properties may be in the dumps in Singapore and elsewhere in in Asia, but in the United States they have been on a roll, judging from rental figures compiled by Deutsche Morgan Grenfell recently. The hottest is San Francisco, where rentals increased on average by
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          94 24 If your company has zillions of bytes of "classified data" sitting in millions of dollars worth of "mission-critical systems", wouldn't you love to have a software that not just alerts you if and when your system is hacked into, but also what the hacker
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          176 24 IT was calculated to embarrass President Bill Clinton but he knew how to handle it. So when a mischievous Chilean journalist handed him a copy of the Kama Sutra, the American president, after glancing at a couple embracing on its cover, promptly gave
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      300 24 Standard ft Chartered *****,000,000 Negotiable Floating Rate Singapore Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 18/10/1999 In accordance with the provisions of the abovementioned Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from 21 April 1998 inclusive to 21 July 1998 exclusive the Interest Rate applicable to the
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      517 24 IN THE MATTKR OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAT. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GUILIN ESTATES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Al an Ittraordinars General Meeting of the abovcnamedCompany duly convened and held al 2 Havelock Road. #07-07 Apollo Centre, Singapore *****}. on Ihe 20lh day of April 1
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      322 25 Bridge News, Reuters SOME higher rates have been seen for both handy and Pan&max sized tonnage from east coast South America for April dates and there is the expectation of even higher rates being paid for those April cargoes not yet covered. However, the market seems divided over
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      274 25 »m st *h m CWT Distribution 0.68 Chuan Hup 0.495 *0.01 45 Cosco Invastmant 0.00 Fraight Links OJ2 >0.005 51 GBtwMlnqs 0.305 -0.005 6 HaiSunHup 0.585 *0.023 132 Hitachi Zosan 0.715 -0.015 123 IMC MoMnqs HK 5.60 JayaHok*nqs 0.52 Juronq Shipyard _7.80 -0.05 75 KappaiCorp 4.32 -0.12 1586
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      Cargo volumes at S'pore, HK ports increase
      493 25  -  Bat both ports warn of tough times when fall brant of Asian crisis sets in By] Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The world's two busiest ports put in stellar performances in the first quarter of the year registering robust growth in monthly throughput amid the
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      Mystery over cruiseship fire remains
      176 25 [WASHINGTON] The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) appears to have done little to lift the mantle of mystery that has enveloped the July 27, 1996, fire on the Panamanian-flag passenger ship Universe Explorer. Shortly after the incident in Alaskan waters John Hammerschmidt, the board's
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      61 25 [GIBRALTAR] The 115-foot Cable Wireless Adventurer left Gibraltar in its bid to break the world record for a global circumnavigation by a powered vessel. It aims to complete the 26,000 mile journey in less than 80 days and will stop off at 15 ports en route,
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      Negros Navigation receives 900m peso capital injection
      296 25  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE local flagship of the Hongkong-based First Pacific Corp has bailed out ailing domestic shipping line Negros Navigation Corp (Nenaco) with an infusion of 900 million pesos (5537.8 million). In a disclosure filed at the Securities and Exchange
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      Lock icon Farmers set to break port blockades to move freight
      456 25 AUSTRALIAN DOCK TURMOIL Patrick wins court order banning picket lines outside Melbourne terminals AFXAsia Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian farmers are prepared to try to break a blockade that has halted trade through some of the country's largest container terminals, the National Farmers'
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      216 25 Lloyd's List [HONGKONG] THE Suharto government has revealed that state-owned port corporations, Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) II and 111, are under the spotlight for partial privatisation later this year. The two port operators control around half of Indonesia's 110 ports. The remaining two state port
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      Crucial maritime safety net
      1111 26  -  PORT STATE CONTROL Inspection of foreign flag vessels visiting national ports is a right step towards eradication of substandard ships Hy_ Fernando Plaza ORT State Control the inspection of foreign flag vessels visiting national ports has been defined as the last safety net in maritime safety.
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      INDEX TO SHIPPING LINES AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS
      255 26 PAGE Djak Lloyd 9 ACL 9 Dongnama 3 ANL 3 ECl 5 Accord 8 Ethiopian 6 Appenship 5 Eurohans 6 It Astro 3 Evergreen 6 Austral 9 FoongSun 8 BSA 7 G Lh Batamindo 7 Gemartrans 8 Bayswater 8 Genshpg 9 B tang
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        1651 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofclrxj/fUUnct Bstlj SMp Voy No Etb/Btr Ptrlod From To From Aci OON *****00 U 20/900 20/899 *****0 itvnoo nnm 10/im U 20/1700 {VMM mm 20 20/1700 21/0*99 2V0900 I 2V0700 ***** 2VM00 Na*w2 M2M 21/0400 M 2MN 20/899 M/800 20/1900
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        201 39 Ayr 28 New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr 27 Australia: Anzac Day Holiday. Apr 88 Brunei: Hijrah. Indonesia: Islamic New Year Mu harram. Malaysia. Muharram. Apr as Japan: Greenery Day. Apr SS Finland• May Day Eve. Netherlands: Queen's Day. Marl Austria: Public Holiday. Belgium: Labour Day. China: Labour Day.
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        909 39 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine OU Ltd. (how* price range* In US dollar* Instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are based on average-siied stem Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index chant* and the Individual
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        390 39 ISO Mai 988.0 0.7 18.0 0.31 123 0.05 PwmtT »«t*T »ttHw Art Umtmm S««lfnt No «0om £25 0 0 5 0 t 0 JUT 380 Am 985.7 0.3 15.9 0.06 29 0.03 Utm 380 Mu 992.9 2.0 19.6 0.13 62 0.07 M/W3 %M/» m, mm* Ho
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        403 40 Car firms resorting to airfreighting parts to continue production Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian auto companies say strife on Australia's docks is threatening supplies of imported cars, and the parts needed to manufacture cars here. Kia Motors Australia, an importer of Korean Kia cars, has cars
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        226 40 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said yesterday its fortunes had declined in 1998 as the regional crisis bit into passenger loads and revenue. A total of 1.6 million passengers were carried by the airline in the two months to February,
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        339 40 Debate over viability of massive train project lingers AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's first order of French high-speed trains have arrived despite a lingering debate over massive cost overruns and delays caused by the country's financial crisis. Transportation ministry officials said
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        107 40 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian national carrier Qantas Airways Ltd will buy three Boeing 747s from Asian airlines and open up new routes to Zurich and Buenos Aires. Qantas will buy two Boeing 747-400s from Malaysia Airlines and a third from South Korea's Asiana
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        321 40 AMA STRIKE AFP [TOKYO] The pilots' union at Japan's All Nippon Airways Co Ltd said it would halt its 15-day strike "temporarily" ahead of a key holiday break here. The strike on international routes, which began on April 6 and has so
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        1691 40 CITY FUCHT ETA fllGHT ETD AtaDfcaM GA975 1035 WW 1710 ***** 0105 cm* aoo (w0nnc S0003 i*» czm <m> MM 8*7381 1930 IA7302 2055 CZ351 2045 ***** 1020 0f81 1930 0TI2 2055 NmoI VN741 1310 **740 1410 MW BIO **743 1925 Aantartaa S0327 0755 KIS44 0040
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      23 25 Port state control: Crucial maritime safety net Inspection of foreign flag vessels is a right step towards eradication of substandard ships. Page 2
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      1470 29 VESSEL VQY SIN POU PKO ~PEN BLW SUR PUB BA ~BIK IRAN VOJOAN PJL 1278 10/04 25/04 IRAN GHEYAMAT PJL 1279 23/04 02/05 IRAN VAHDAT PJL 1284 12/05 21/05 22/05 IRAN TAKHTI PJL 1285 19/05 28/05 29/05 IRAN TEYFOURI PJL 1287 26/05 04/05 05/05 I MALACCA QLORY PJL 1285 I
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      1076 29 DIRECT SAILING I TO SHANGHAI XINGANG SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) 1COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD #iz-08 MSIIOG SAUS/IKGS 4205M1/43 INWARD OEPT (D/ 0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD CR NO; **********0 M TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAI *****50/55 T/SHPMT DEPT *****25 TEL
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      599 29 EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD/^££,T* |_tj EQ (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD 1 SPECIALIZE IN RORO t HiAVY UFT UPTO 122 TONS ECI (SINGAPORE) PTE 110 LOADING FOR YOKOHAMA OSAKA YANGON CHITTAGONG MV "CORAL HERO" V.6 MV "OCEAN BRAVE" V.B ETA SIN 23/04/98 ETA OSK 02/05/98 ETA SIN 25/04/98 ETA YGN 30/04/98 ETA
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