The Business Times, 14 May 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) IKVI2/97 85e SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    73 1 F01EI BATES uss s$ 1<SS 1669 £(USI/8SperS) 1434 1709 DM L777 0J34 YEN 1341 1196* Ml UBS 0.427 HKS 7.748 1114 BAHT 39.00 0.043 RUPIAH ***** 0.016* 'Sttomuntu FUME KIRS SINGAPORE* 7.79 KUALA LUMPUR 11.5® JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA 22J0 HONGKONG 10.25 TAIPEI 8.86 SYDNEY 8.45 TOKYO 2.60
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    US hedge funds give regional stocks a drubbing
    570 1  -  Market players see speculative funds capitalising on Indonesian fears By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) Floundering regional stock markets took a sharp turn for the worse yesterday on reports of deteriorating social unrest in Indonesia. But market players said American hedge funds did the
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    Hard selling bashes Asian currencies
    425 1  -  Rnpiah plummets past 10,000, near term outlook weak By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Currency markets across Asia were pummelled yesterday, with the Indonesian rupiah nosediving a massive 16 per cent at its lowest point yesterday to 11,000 to the greenback. The rupiah ended Asian trading at
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    Lock icon Steer clear of Asia's debris: analysts
    267 1 Asia has got everything going against it, says one Reuters [GENEVA] Money managers meeting in Geneva have warned investors who may be tempted to pick through the debris of Asia's collapsed markets in search of bargains to steer clear of the troubled region for
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    Lock icon Suharto urges students to show restraint
    984 1  -  President cuts short Cairo trip as riots escalate, more deaths reported From I S N Vasuki in Jakarta PRESIDENT Suharto, now on a state visit to Cairo, yesterday urged anti-government rioters at home to show restraint, after enraged students rampaged through the streets of
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      150 1 DfSIDE Wkn hanks tar* wiry Bankers are scrutinising applications for credit with a magnifying glass, complains a major property developer, Pg2 Parkway pkws w Despite the depressed regional market, Parkway Holdings is continuing to expand overseas, PC IB Sleek with nifty features But the Mitsubishi FTO leaves much to be
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      10 1 Recovery prospects dim for Asia as yen sinks, Pg 6
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      6 1 Core blue chips hit, Pg 15
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      More gloom about Asian crisis: World Bank official
      302 2 THE view among experts about the likely duration and depth of East Asia's financial crisis has become increasingly pessimistic, the World Bank's regional manager for East Asia and the Pacific, Javad Khalilzadeh Shirazi, admitted yesterday. Speaking to journalists at a press briefing
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      Banks' credit squeeze hits small, new firms hardest
      478 2  -  Bankers resort to strict screening of applicants and selective lending By\ Siow Li Sen THE great bank credit squeeze is on, hitting hardest new businesses and smaller companies as they usually have bumpy cashflows and are least able to survive a credit
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      Western Digital likely to lay off 400-500 staff
      426 2  -  The cuts, expected today, said to affect mostly those at the Chai Chee plant By. Annette Pau AFTER holding out for almost five months, US disk drive maker Western Digital is today expected to lay off some 400-500 workers from its Chai
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      Lock icon Feb domestic supply prices fall
      301 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Prices Byi Carol Eng DESPITE price increases in most goods, the domestic supply price index for February dipped 1.3 points from a year ago to 85 points, latest figures from the Department of Statistics show. Revised data also show the January
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      Growth seen at 2-2.5% if Asia stabilises
      375 2 Bat outlook uneven, MNCs will fare best, says NUS economist ECONOMIC growth at the upper end of the official 2.5-4.5 per cent forecast is unlikely, given the economic data for the year to date, a National University of Singapore economist said yesterday. But
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      Sibex opens on smaller scale this year
      187 2 SIBEX '98, Singapore's longest running building exposition, opened yesterday on a smaller scale but its organisers, say it is down only in not quality. *JjrtWitlo23o companies takmgScft a total floor space of 7,000 sq m, the four-day Sibex '98 at the Singapore International
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      Lock icon Great Singapore Sale will go on
      391 2 Bnt promotional budget will be smaller THE Great Singapore Sale (GSS) will go on this year albeit with a smaller promotional budget despite weakening regional economic sentiment which has exacerbated local retail woes. At a press conference yesterday, the GSS organising committee emphasised that
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      Stars Singapore closed over rental dispute
      218 2 THE owners of Stars Restaurant Cafe (Stars Singapore) closed their outlet yesterday after failing to secure a cut in rentals from landlord Chijmes Investment. "Stars Singapore is being closed due to an on-going dispute with the landlord, Chijmes Investment, after months of intense negotiations
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      New fund to support IT firms' investments kicks off
      313 2 NCB will first put up $10m in scheme for SFCI members; may commit np to $35m APPLICATIONS are now open for local IT companies keen on tapping the IT Co-In-vestment Fund for their forays into new technologies or markets overseas. First
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      Islamic banking conference in August
      228 2 ISLAMIC banking its potential and prospects in Asia, and its competitiveness vis-a-vis conventional banking will be discussed at an international conference on the subject in Singapore on Aug 17-18. The inaugural Asia Islamic Banking and Finance Conference, organised by Mendak i Holdings, is expected to
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
      1087 4 Property transactions for districts 11 and 21 (sectors 28 to 30 and 58 to 59) lodged between Jan 5, 1998 and May 9, 1998.' Project Nama/ Prop Contract Tenure BuBMn/ Price Ht Street Name Type Dale LandArea* (aqtt) (STOOO) (SS) District 11 Arcadia Gdn Apt 18-12-1997 99 7503
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      Clementi, Binjai rentals holding up
      666 4  -  Expatriate demand keeps landed properly rents from falling with the market By, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Rentals of landed properties in the Sunset Way vicinity off Clementi Road and the Yarwood Avenue/Binjai Park estate in Bukit Timah appear to be holding up better than average. While
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      HK property agents' bad debt surges
      411 4 Speculators default on purchases, refuse to pay commission [HONGKONG] A sharp correction in property prices has raised estate agents' bad and doubtful debts to their highest levels in 10 years after potential property buyers walked away from deals In droves. Sources said speculators burned
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      66 4 LIM HOCK KIM BUILDING 29 OXFORD ROAD SINGAPORE *****2 TENURE Freehold (Lot 1584 TS 18) LAND AREA Approx. 1341 sq.m. or ***** sq. ft. BUILT IN AREA Approx. 2509 sq. m. PLOT RATIO 2.8 MRT Approx. 3 mins walk Future Farrer Park Station TENDER CLOSES ON 6 JUNE 98 AT
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Amien Rais: man behind the scene?
      836 5  -  Mnhammadiyah movement's leader was in rousing form yesterday From I S N Vasuki in Jakarta MUSLIM leader Amien Rais has emerged as a key player behind the wave of student protests that are intensifying across the country. However, analysts are sharply divided on whether
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Alphatec creditors ask court to allow debt restructure
      240 6 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Creditors of Alphatec Electronics, once Thailand's largest memory chip assembler, asked the Thai court to declare the company bankrupt and allow banks to supervise a restructuring. The filing comes about a month after Thailand changed its bankruptcy code, adding a
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      Lock icon Hang Seng falls as interbank rates spike up
      523 6  -  From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ESCALATING social unrest and violence in Indonesia aggravated the tight money market situation in Hongkong yesterday, sending the Hang Seng index reeling. Brokers reported heavy selling by European and Japanese funds which started last week as
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      Lock icon New BOT chief proposes steps to repair credibility
      751 6  -  Plans include body to curb governor's powers, moves to raise transparency Reports by Harish Mehta in Bangkok CURB the powers of the central bank governor and take urgent steps to restore the battered Bank of Thailand's credibility. This call came from none
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      No more Thai finance firms will be closed, says BOT
      469 6 It will boy shares of firms that fail to raise capital by Jnne NONE of Thailand's troubled finance companies will be forced to shut down, and the Bank of Thailand will buy shares offered by those thaf fail to raise
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      Indon crisis drags KL shares 3.7% down to 4-month low
      412 6  -  By. Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S benchmark stockmarket index yesterday fell to a four-month low as investors dumped stocks on growing fears of political and economic instability in the region, analysts and brokers said. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
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      Lock icon Recovery prospects dim for Asia as yen sinks below 134
      401 6  -  China bank official accuses Tokyo of being irresponsible From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE yen sank below 134 to the US dollar in Tokyo yesterday as financial markets appeared to rule out the prospect that this weekend's G-8 meeting in
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      Lock icon Seoul may have to write off US$43b loans
      326 6 Amount is equivalent to one-fifth of S Korean economy Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP [SEOUL] South Korea said it may have to write off bad loans equivalent to a fifth of its economy, a US$43 billion (5571.3 billion) hole that could further maim its
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon China export growth drops to 11.6% as Asian trade shrinks
      417 7 BEIJING But fall anticipated, won't spark moves to devalue ynan, say China watchers AFP THE Asian financial crisis had a chilling impact on China's trade in the first four months of 1998, with export growth plummeting 15.3 percentage points from
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      Lock icon Selangor pumping underground water for industry use
      303 7 KUALA LUMPUR Water production from a well will help ease acute shortage AFP MALAYSIA'S central Selangor state has begun pumping underground water to industrial areas to ease an acute shortage, a report said. The first phase of water production from a well can
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      Lock icon Japan's March current account surplus down 28%
      258 7 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN'S current account surplus fell in March, the seventh contraction in 10 months, as Asian countries bought fewer machines and materials for manufacturing. The current account surplus shrank 28.4 per cent to 1.116 trillion yen (5513.8 billion), the Finance Ministry said
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      IT one of China's bright spots
      712 7  -  CHDVA WATCH Tapping into world's fastest-growing market is a challenge By Lu Ning LAST week, China's largest personal computer (PC) maker, Legend Group, marked a milestone in its brief history. The one millionth PC rolled off its assembly line in Beijing. From zero to
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      NZ business wary about Peters' budget today
      653 7  -  They hope it won't do more harm to the stagnant economy Prom David McLoughlin in Auckland NEW ZEALAND'S business community is not waiting with any enthusiasm for the budget which Treasurer Winston Peters will present to Parliament today. At best, business leaders are
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Two more Indian N-tests as US clamps sanctions
      660 10  -  Japan cats USs3om aid; analysts say impact of sanctions won't be severe By] Rajendra Bajpai in New Delh i AS INDIA conducted two more nuclear tests yesterday in defiance of international opinion, economic and trade sanctions rained down on the country as
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      Lock icon Clinton begins talks with Kohl
      279 10 POTSDAM, Germany Reuters US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl met yesterday for talks which are likely to be overshadowed by India's nuclear tests. Mr Clinton was formally welcomed by Mr Kohl at the Neues Palais, the summer palace of Frederick the Great,
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      Lock icon Curbs on Microsoft do not extend to Windows 98: appeals court
      371 10 M WASHINGTON Bridge News A US FEDERAL appeals court ruled on Tuesday that anti-trust restrictions a judge placed on the sale of Microsoft's Windows software do not extend to the upcoming release of Windows 98, the company said. The
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      Lock icon BOE report likely to point to easing inflation pressures
      251 10 ULONDON Bloomberg THE Bank of England is likely to say in its quarterly inflation report, due yesterday, that inflationary pressures are easing. It probably won't say interest rates have peaked, though. In its last inflation report, in February, the central bank
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      US industrial costs up 0.2% in April
      491 10 WASHINGTON PPI report raises concern of Fed rate hike to cool inflation PRICES paid to US factories, farmers and other producers registered their first increase in seven months in April, a sign industrial costs could creep higher. The Producer Price Index rose 0.2
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      Lock icon Soros poised for another sterling killing?
      544 10 NEW YORK Unlikely; pound may fall but there won't be a ront: analysts NYT GEORGE Soros, the man who broke the Bank of England six years ago, is said to be betting against the pound sterling once again. Does that mean it's deja vu
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      Lock icon Rubin urges Clinton to veto bill to reform US financial services
      314 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is recommending that President Bill Clinton veto legislation to revamp the US financial services industry as it "would substantially weaken the national banking system", Mr Rubin said in a letter to House
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      28 10 INGA P O R I PROPERTY I GUI D E I Over 1,000 Property Listings I With Full Colour Photos. I Available IfORS^iLeI I all over I Singapore
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Daimler and Chrysler make an odd couple
      689 11  -  BPTTOMLDVE OPINION By Robert Reno The writer is a Newsday columnist WALL Street and the automotive world were caught flat-footed last week by the largest industrial merger in the history of the world. Most experts, analysts, industry observers, competitors all the usual suspects
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      180 11 The question is why don't we learn to read? What's the state department for? The political leadership in India as much as said they were going to begin testing. There's a tendency at the state department to say, 'Gee, the CIA never told us'.' Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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      Australia's election budget
      622 11 EDITORIAL Australian Treasurer Peter Costello's third budget showed all the hallmarks of a government heading into an election. He announced a A 52.69 billion (552.79 billion) underlying surplus, and forecast economic growth at 3 per cent in 1998/99 and the jobless figure coming down even if slowly.
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      Lock icon India's N-tests put US in lose-lose situation
      916 11  -  Imposing sanctions damages ties with Delhi, bnt US may still have to live with Indian nnclear bomb By' Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent INDIA'S underground tests of three nuclear devices on Monday have been described by US officials and experts
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      882 11 Indonesia in discord AFTER two days of relative calm, students in various cities across Indonesia returned to the streets on Tuesday to voice their discontent over the economic and political situation and to demand change. Judging by the prevailing mood of the students, a growing number
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Sleek with nifty features
      672 12  -  But the Mitsubishi FTO leaves much to be desired for sheer driving pleasure, writes Christopher tax CHRISTOPHER TAN IF THIS car had arrived here the time it was first unveiled in 1995 it would have been a scorcher of a hit. No question about it. Just
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        57 drivers in Mobil-sponsored race
        86 12 MOBIL'S Tour de Singapour Rallye blasts off this Sunday at the National Stadium carparks A, B, C and F. This year's race, the ninth precision-driving event sponaored by Mobil Oil Singapore, will see 57 drivers competing in 10 categories. At stake is $25,000 worth of
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        Land Rover's Defender for the future
        81 12 THIS is a concept study of Land Rover's Defender for the millennium. Note the exposed coil suspension, deep-set "eyes", single top-mounted wiper and an obviously amphibious form made of lightweight polymers. Despite the futuristic and playfUl design, it retains the Land Rover look. Meanwhile,
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        'Book a cab and win a car' campaign
        86 12 TRANSPORT operator Comfort has launched a "book a cab and win a car" campaign. For three months starting tomorrow, commuters stand to win a 1.6-litre Peugeot 906 when they book a Comfort taxi through any of the three automated modes; Cab Link
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        Four entries for Le Mans by Porsche
        69 12 PORSCHE'S four entries for Le Mans have qualified for the showdown next month, setting the best lap times in the trials without a hitch (with one crfr clocking an average speed of 22Skmh). It will pft its prowess against all comers on June
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        'Breakout party' by Harley-Davidson
        59 12  -  Compiled by < Christopher Tan HARLEY customers, scream! Agent Harley-Davidson of Singapore is organising a "breakout party" at Zouk next Thursday where you will meet Nadya Hutagalung in person and catch Elite Models (including Junita Simon) strut their stuff. Every 100 purchase erf"any Harley-Davidson Motor Clothes
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      Lock icon Cannes unrolls red carpet and swings into gear
      529 12 FILM Reuters [CANNES] After weeks of frantic hammering and flower arranging, the red carpet unrolled yesterday as the Cannes Film Festival opened on the sun-soaked French Riviera. Hundreds of curious onlookers lined up for hours outside the Festival Palace on the shores
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      S-E Asian works on the block
      704 12  -  ART Sotheby's has 202 pieces, some never sold before, for sale By I Sian Jay A TOTAL of 202 works valued at over $3 million will go under the hammer at Sotheby's South-east Asian Paintings sale at The Regent Singapore on Saturday. Although regional
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Core blue chips hit as further Indon unrest erupts
      536 15  -  Observers talk of hedge-fond activities and exit of longer-term money Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] On a day when the Straits Times Industrials Index crashed nearly 5 per cent as further violence erupted in Indonesia, blue chips offered investors little safety as
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      Lock icon Wind up Transpac, say some shareholders
      511 15  -  By\ Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] A group of small shareholders of venture capital firm Transpac Industrial Holdings wants the company to be wound up and its assets liquidated. Alternatively, it wants a change in Transpac's top management and a cost-cwt-ting programme, starting with the management
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      Brierley likely to embark on same major asset sales
      744 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker THE FIRST signs that all was not well at Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) came in March when the New Zealand group admitted that it was preoccupied with trying to extract value from its existing investments rather
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      Parkway presses on with expansion plans in region
      395 15  -  Deals signed for healthcare projects in Philippines, China By, Jenny Lam (SINGAPORE) Despite the depressed regional market, Parkway Holdings is continuing to expand overseas, having recently signed a preliminary agreement to build a hospital in the Philippines. The healthcare and property group
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      Simex to promote new index futures
      303 15  -  By 1 Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange is embarking on an education and marketing campaign to prepare investors for the launch of its first Singapore stock index futures contract in August. In a circular to members late last week, Simex
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        Lock icon KL infrastructure firms to get priority for IPOs
        481 16  -  SC broadens priority listing terms to indnde projects not deferred by govt Front Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CASH STRAPPED infra structure projects in Malaysia now have a better shot at getting fresh capital under a recent policy relaxation by the Securities
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        UEM borrowed RM86m from 2 units
        502 16  -  RM35m from Kinta Kellas and RMSIm from Propel Froi Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN construction firm United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd (UEM) appears to have ridden on the credit worthiness of its units when it borrowed heavily to fund the controversy-ridden 2.34 billion Malaysian
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        Lock icon Public Bank eyeing Sime merchant bank unit: report
        195 16 Acquisition could be announced soon, says M'sian daily euters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Public Bank Bhd is considering buying Sime Darby Bhd's merchant banking unit, Sime Merchant Bankers Bhd, The Star newspaper said yesterday. The daily quoted banking sources as saying Public Bank
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        Lock icon Telekom to pay cash for rest of Mobikom
        214 16 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd will pay cash for the outstanding 70 per cent stake in cellular phone operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd, chairman Ali Hassan said. The New Straits Times quoted Mr Ali Hassan as saying that funding for the purchase
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        Lock icon Thailand's Adkinson Securities to sell stake to Soros fund
        216 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's Adkinson Securities pic said yesterday it would revamp its capital increase plans and issue 39.5 million new shares to international investors including the George Sorosbacked Quantum Emerging Growth Fund. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Thailand,
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        Lock icon Dhana Siam denies market talk of liquidity crunch
        305 16 Reuters AFX-Asia, [BANGKOK) Dhana Siam Finance pic said major shareholder Siam Commercial Bank remains committed to subscribing to a current rights issue and that the overall financial situation of the finance company is "sound". In a statement to the Stock Exchange of
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        Lock icon Tenaga hits 4-month low on fears it will post 1st-half loss
        227 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR) Shares of Tenaga Nasional Bhd fell to a four-month low amid expectations the Malaysian power utility will post a loss when it announces its fiscal first-half financial results tomorrow. Tenaga fell as much 35 sen to
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          Kian Ho joins CPF trustee stock list
          91 16 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings will be added to the list of trustee shares under the Central Provident Fund Board's Investment Scheme from today. CPF members can now invest in 164 mainboard trustee shares, three on Sesdaq and 10 trustee loan stocks on the
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          TLB Bullion to be wound up
          51 16 [SINGAPORE] TLB Bullion Futures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tat Lee Bank, has gone into voluntary liquidation, the bank said yesterday. TLB Bullion Futures decided at its extraordinary general meeting on May 8 to wind up the company, and to appoint Hamish Alexander Christie as
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          Auric ups stake in Indon Bank Niaga
          72 16 [SINGAPORE] Auric Pacific has raised its stake in Bank Niaga to 70.47 million shares, with a book value of $10.14 million, compared to a cost of $26.02 million. The increase arises from Auric's recent purchase of 113,500 Bank Niaga shares for $7,825. These
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          Pacific Century names new COO
          44 16 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Century Regional Developments has appointed Nicholas Colfer director and chief operating officer. Mr Colfer joins the board on June 1 from the Jardine Matheson group, where he has spent 13 years in senior management positions in Asia.
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          Lock icon Taiwan bank eyes Philippine stake
          36 16 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] First Commercial Bank is considering taking a 60 per cent stake in an unidentified Philippine bank for NT$2 billion (Ss99 million), the Commercial Times reported, citing banking sources. —AFX-Asia
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        C&W impresses with 54% jump in pre-tax to £2.1b
        543 18  -  Net exceptional gain of £587 m, mainly from HE Telecom, boosts results Froh Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BRITISH telecommunications giant Cable Wireless pic yesterday unveiled an impressive set of results for the year to March 31, 1998, with earnings per
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        Lock icon James Hardie 2nd half profit down 74%
        505 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] James Hardie Industries Ltd, an Australianbased building materials company, said its second-half earnings fell an expected 74.2 per cent, dragged down by losses on asset sales and legal costs from a dispute. The company reported a second-half profit of A 517.6
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        Lock icon Cazenove to focus on HK, S'pore
        269 18 Revamp At UK broker to see staff cnts in KL, BAngkok Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cazenove Co, the UK's largest independent stockbroker, will focus its Asian business on regional hubs in Hongkong and Singapore while trimming some offices, executives said. The move which includes cutting staff
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        Lock icon Barney's out of Dickson Poon's reach
        495 18 A setbAck for HE'S luxury retailer hit by the Aoaii crisis Bloomberg [HONGKONG] With the rejection of his two-year bid to take over Barney's Inc New York's bankrupt but ev-er-trendy retailer Hongkong's Dickson Poon is left to focus on a luxury shopping empire that
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        Lock icon Pact with Daimler may include Subaru maker: Nissan Motor
        391 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Daimler-Benz AG is considering including Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru cars, in any alliance with Nissan Diesel Motor Co, said Nissan Motor Co president Yoshikazu Han awa. "It's possible Fuji Heavy could join the alliance," said
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        Nomura, IBJ in tie-ups seen as signs of a merger
        482 19  -  The two Japanese giants forge alliances in fond management and derivatives business Front. Anthony Rowley m Tokyo SIGNS emerged yesterday of a defensive strategy on the part of Japanese financial firms threatened with a major foreign invasion of their territory
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        Lock icon Paribas takeover unlikely, says chairman
        214 19 Reuters [PARIS] French financial conglomerate Paribas is a more attractive target for a takeover bid now than a few years ago, but such an offer would not create additional shareholder value, Paribas chairman Andre Levy-Lang said on Tuesday. Mr Levy-Lang also said he believed the
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        Templeton launches fund to invest in US, Europe
        421 20  -  Latest sub-fond to join Templeton's S'pore umbrella fond By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Even as Asian stock markets tumbled yesterday in reaction to rising unrest in Indonesia, Templeton Asset Management launched a new fund that will allow investors to invest in the
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        Lock icon John Hancock Mutual plans to go public
        408 20 Conversion could lead to USslob windfall for its 5m policyholders Bloomberg [BOSTON] John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance plans to convert into a publicly traded company to help it make acquisitions and raise capital and, analysts said, distribute as much as US$lO billion (Ssl6
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        Lock icon JP Morgan gels okay to open branch in India
        259 20 Bloomberg [BOMBAY] J P Morgan Co has won government approval for its first office in India and is expected to open one in South Korea soon as part of the bank's plan to expand in emerging markets. Reserve Bank of India
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        Lock icon US broker gets up to 24 years'jail for fraud
        244 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A New York brokerage owner was sentenced up to 24 years in jaU after a jury convicted him of stealing from investors by convincing them to put their money in worthless stocks. Robert Laws, owner of Concorde Capital
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        Lock icon Another shakeup at Deutsche Bank unit
        294 20 Changes see board member taking over investment banking Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Josef Ackermann, a member of Deutsche Bank AG's management board, will take direct control of Deutsche's investment banking business in the second management shakeup of the unit in four months. Mr Ackermann's new role
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        Euroyen slips as JGBs take a breather
        220 20 SOKEZReport [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures slipped as Japanese government bond (JGB) futures surrendered some of their recent heady gains in late trade yesterday. But dealers said the market was merely taking a breather and Japanese credit instruments would remain well sought on dips
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        Currencies pull futures down further
        171 20  -  MSCXTAIWAMFUTOKES Cecilia Loh Cecilia Loh, service dealer, Refco Singapore [SINGAPORE) The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract continued to tumble as the depreciation of the New Taiwan dollar and other Asian currencies sparked concern that financial crisis and economic slowdown across South-east Asia may
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        Lock icon Brent futures up on pre-expiry buying
        268 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] IPE Brent and gas oU futures held gains as buying frenzy on June provided support, brokers said yesterday. At 1151 GMT, June Brent was trading nine cents up at U5515.20, just two cents under June Nymex which was at
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        279 20 AFP THE dollar rose against all other major currencies except the pound due to the effect of the yen's weakening and a few hours ahead of publication of US retail sales data and producer prices for April. Some analysts think the number might lead the Federal Reserve to
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1903 21 SICOM FUTURES May 13 RUBBER (futures closing is it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cmtsAg) Close Volume Open Month Hlqh Low Sott (towns) Interest Jun 98 124.75 124.75 125.00 375 900 Jul 98 124.50 375 2065 Aug 98 125.00 2615 Sop 98 126.75 1615 Oct/Dec 98 130.75 4650 Jan/Mar 99
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2339 21 LONDON Industrial Way 13 9mKI *h 31 Group 630.000 30.000 AB Ports 372.000 -3.000 Abtxy National 1107.000 7.000 Allied Domecq 623.400 1.400 Amec 179.400 -2.600 Asda Croup 190.200 0.800 BAT Ind 594.000 2.000 BG PtC 331.400 4.000 BICC 168.000 -5.000 BOC Group 977.000 9.000 BR Petroleum 966.000
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      1612 21 Bloomberg P Nikkei 225 +2L33 JAPANESE stocks were little changed as falls by banks on concern political strife in Indonesia will ripple through Asian markets offset gains by electronics makers on buying by public pension funds. "Investors are getting cold feet about banks' exposure to Asia," said Yoshio Inamura.
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1538 22 Reuters kl Hang Seng -***** THE Hang Seng Index suffered its biggest point drop in more than two months yesterday as increasing violence in Indonesia and rising interbank rates battered share prices across the board. The blue chip index closed on a loss of 372.22 points, or 3.78 per
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      629 22 Reuters QShenzhen Blndex +0.06 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed mixed yesterday amid renewed falls on regional markets including Hongkong which badly damaged investor confidence, brokers said. Shanghai's B Share Index shed 0.77 points, or 1.60 per cent, to 47.51 as turnover expanded to US$3.l4 million. In Shenzhen, the
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      359 22 AFP □WP Index -75J3 TAIWAN stocks fell 0.9 per cent yesterday on concerns over the yen's weakness and unrest in Indonesia, brokers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 75.53 points to 8,202.90. following a 1.2 per cent slip the previous session. "If the yen is unstable, the Taiwan dollar
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      265 22 AFX-Asia n Wellington -126 Share prices closed slightly lower amid heavy trading in Lion Nathan, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index closed down 3.26 points at 2,228.69 on turnover of NZ5201.6 million. Lion Nathan accounted for about half of total turnover. A block of 23 million shares was traded at
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      804 22 AFP n SET Index -10.73 THAI stocks closed yesterday near their lows for the year with a 2.8 per cent fall on the back of regional tensions and concerns about the fate of struggling finance companies, analysts said. Dealers said the banking and finance sectors led the market down
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      419 22 AFP Q Composite Index +4.72 SHARE prices rose 1.3 per cent yesterday, recouping early losses, on expectations of government steps to remove foreign shareholding ceilings, dealers said. The market fell to 344.57 in morning trade but saw a technical rebound later, led by large caps. "Investor interest stayed in
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      588 22 AFP QAH Ordinaries -KL2 SHARE prices shed 0.5 per cent in post-budget trade yesterday, defying a rise on Wall Street and falling in line with Asian bourses. The All Ordinaries Index, lost 13.2 points to 2,773.7. The All Industrials Index finished 15.6 points lower at 4,780 while the All
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      732 22 AFP n Composite Index -28.47 INDONESIAN shares closed 6.6 per cent lower yesterday as jittery investors bailed out following the shooting of six students by security forces in escalating unrest here. The Composite Index closed 28.47 points lower at 402.06 after dipping as low as 393.36. The rupiah also
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      332 22 AFP n Manila -6(^86 Philippine share prices fell 2.3 per cent yesterday due to fears that instability in the region, particularly Indonesia. could hurt Asian currencies. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 50.85 points to close at 2,163.67 points. Turnover fell to 362.9 million shares worth 869.1 million
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        8899 23 INDUSTRIALS 1998 Last V- Day N«« Cap High Lao Company Sato 'OOO Lew P/t $mll 310 180 Ajinomoto 222 -8 2 222 222 12.2 90.0 148 65.5 Angkasa 65.5 -4.5 94 70 65.5 1.5 96.6 290 123 Apollo Food Hlg 160 4.7 64.0 388 190 BerjayaLand 290 5 96 300
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        Lock icon Market tumbles on foreign selling
        421 23 AFP CI Composite Index -20.84 MALAYSIAN shares plunged 3.7 per cent yesterday on foreign selling amid fears of regional instability as the social unrest in Indonesia escalated, dealers said. The Composite Index closed at 548.33 points, down 20.84 points. The Second Board Index lost 3.48
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        3542 24 BONDS, LOANS ft VARIANTS wt 1998 Last Vol Day Last Ouota High Low Stno Company SaX *or- COOO> High Law Buyar SaMar Prtca 23.5 9 m 3000 m AMDS c5.5******6 12.5 -0.5 30 12.5 12.5 12 20.5 8 3160 "Acar ******1 US$ 8.5 -0.5 47 9 8 8.5 10 95
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        Guthrie wrt: put it on back-burner
        198 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By\ R Sivanithy GUTHRIE's warrants were the most actively traded counter yesterday, and they rose one cent to nine cents. A review is therefore called for to see if the interest is justified. Apart from being cheap in absolute terms, the other
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      2331 24 Transaction date May 13 j MALAYSIAN STOCKS Of Gr 199® Last Vol Day Last Ouot. Mr Otv YM Nat M Cap High Law Mm Company Sai» COOP) MN» Law Bwyer S—r C*vr P/t $m« 135 28 m s 5000 AIS8 50c 495 -4 397 5-4.5 48 49 49.5
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD~
      6607 25 Transaction date May 13 j Cr Or M Wt 1998 Last VaI Day Last Owll ON W* Ytd Nat Caa A»J Mm> Loo StMo Company SM OOP) WgH Law B«iyar C »r P/l Smll Prlca BOUSTVtAU 43 17.5 a 1020 ACE Dynamics60c.... 20 unch
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        224 26 Chut into from Bridge Stocks Volume Guthrie W02 11,235,000 SingTel 15c 7,252,000 STEngglOc 6,940,000 TSM Res 5c 6.502,000 •RHB Cap M99 5,732,000 HK Land USIOc 4,914,000 •Rekapacific Bh 4,490,000 Keppel Corp 4,484,000 •Renong Bhd 50c 3,969,000 •M Resources 3,883,000 Stocks S OCBC Foreign 21,818,708 SPH 20,634,118 SiA Foreign 20,397,744 DBS
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        HOT STOCK
        66 26  -  -by Ven Sreenivasan CLOB-TRADED MBf Capital slipped another cent to 36.5 cents yesterday Although the RSI charts show that the counter is significantly oversold at the moment, the momentum indicators suggest that it could continue heading south towards its next support level at 30 cents If it breaks
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        Market gets drubbing from active hedge-fund selling
        703 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY STII falls up to almost 100 points in intra-day trading as sentiment worsens; Malaysian market relatively resilient By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] US hedge funds, intent on capitalising on the weak sentiment created by the explosive Indonesian situation, yesterday drove the
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          Fund with wrong numbers
          88 26 THE Securities Commission and the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, which recently pumped another 300 million Malaysian ringgit (*****.8 million) into the compensation fund for stock market investors, should boost it by another RM4 million to RM3IB million, says a superstitious market participant. He points out that
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          Ward for sick loans
          66 26 DRESDNER (South East Asia Ltd) has an "Intensive Care Unit" where problem loans are being nursed back to health. One executive also described it as "the loan workout unit". It is staffed by officers from the credit department, who hope they'll all return to their credit
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          Murray on a roll
          146 26 THERE is no rest for the restless. Former French Legionnaire Simon Murray appears just as busy after quitting big businesses to do his own thing as he was when he was running Deutsche Bank in the Asia-Pacific, and Hutchison Whampoa. ICO Global Communications, the mobile communications
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          New head of equities
          52 26 BRAD West, head of Asia research at Deutsche Bank, will become head of equities for Singapore and Malaysia. He will be based in Singapore while Archie Hart, who joined the bank in March, takes over his job. Mr Hart is based in Hongkong and came from
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          Lion ahead of Tiger
          60 26 WE have bad news for Tiger Motors Singapore: The Lion is ahead. An official of Tiger said recently that the company was the first Singapore firm to assemble motorcycles. In fact, mainboard-listed Lion AsiaPac has had a massive motorbike assembly plant in China since early last
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          Another condo carrot
          69 26 HERE'S another buy-a-condo, get-a-car deal from developers. To lift sales of its Springbloom condo project. MCL Land has thrown in a Mercedes-Benz C-class as a lucky draw prize. The car. of course, is from the motor distribution business of its parent group, Cycle Carriage Ltd. Not very
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          Rice flows from oil firm
          50 26 STATE-owned Petronas, often tapped to help cash-strapped Malaysian organisations with strong establishment links, yesterday performed a different sort of national service. The cash righ oil firm donated 800.000 kilos of rice and 816,000 cans of sardines to 20,000 families in several districts of drought-hit Sabah
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      319 27 Bridge News, Reuters THE short term outlook remained gloomy with the market for Panamax tonnage slow again, dashing expectations of at least a return to some activity after a two-week period dogged by holidays. Biffex eased again with selling interest immediately showing at the previous night's closing levels,
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      294 27 IKS 000 fc»» w CWT Distribution 0.52 -0.21 161 Oman Hup 0.46 -0.02 51 Cesco Investment0.71 -0.04 13 FretqM Links 0.28 -0.005 46 GB Moioinq! 0.30 unch 5 Hai Sun Hup 0.52 -0.015 123 Hitachi Zosen 0.675 -0.025 373 IMC Holdlnqs HK 5.60 Jaya Hoidings 0.435 -0.02 S
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      608 27  -  Attack on Lithuanian vessel comes at a time of renewed fear of piracy in region By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Pirates struck again in the region at the weekend, attacking a Lithuanian cargo vessel off the Thai resort island of Phuket, leaving one
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      259 27 Reuters [LONDON] Shipping analysts Clarkson Research Studies said yesterday that oil tanker markets are finely balanced, although high current freight rates risk being undermined by new tanker ordering and falling demand. London-based Clarkson said in its newly-published half-yearly review of shipping markets that
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      New HK marine chief takes a hardware, software approach
      601 27  -  SHIPSHAPE By: David Taylor HARDWARE and software are the terms used by Hongkong's new Director of Marine to describe his various plans for the port of Hongkong. Tsui Shung-yiu holds a post-graduate diploma in business information technology and a Masters in
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      328 27 AFP [ABU DHABI] The largest shipping firm in Saudi Arabia has reported profits in the first quarter of 1998 and said it expects strong performance through the year, keeping up a turnaround. The National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia
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      72 27 Bernama [CHUKAI, Malaysia] Star Cruises, Asia's largest holiday cruise operator, has launched a service between Kemaman and Singapore. The maiden voyage by cruise ship Star Aquarius, with 1,300 special passengers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Indonesia and Brunei, arrived at the Kemaman Port on Sunday. Terengganu Deputy
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      924 28 HONGKONG'S NEW AIRPORT Problems with construction of a high-speed railway between Lantau airport and central HK delay opening to July NYT April was to be the month that Hongkong's new international airport opened, symbolising the former British colony's role as a gateway to China and putting
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        192 41 May 18 Canada: Victoria Day. May 21 Austria: Ascention Day. Belgium: Ascention Day. Denmark: Ascention Day. Finland: Ascention Day. France: Ascention Day. Germany: Ascention Day. Indonesia: Ascention Day. Luxembourg: Ascention Day. Netherlands: Ascention Day. Norway: Ascention Day. Sweden: Ascention Day. Switzerland: Ascention Day. May 29 Hong Kong. Tuen
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        452 41 180 Mai 992.2 0.9 W.O O n 123 0.06 «r» O-ftT ».ter te,M» Asn AM.W S*l»e«t TtoT™ 986 4 0.2 *4 O.U 30 0.03 V2 380 Mm 992.9 2.0 19.6 0.16 72 0.08 M/M*i m/M m/M No tbott C35 1 ?e 9 <L ISO/Cmmc Limrts Soet
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        408 42 Half of 96 aircraft inspected show wires with varying degrees of wear Reuters. Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Inspections of older Boeing Co 737 aircraft revealed four more cases of fuel tank wires that had lost insulation, the Federal Aviation Administration said. In an
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        370 42  -  Carrier will acquire only 3 Boeing 7475, one 8767-300 By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Australia's Qantas Airways has decided against purchasing the Airbus A 340 or the Boeing 777, opting instead to acquire three Boeing 747s and a smaller 767-300, underscoring its cautious approach to capacity
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        281 42 AFP [TOKYO] At least 25 people were slightly injured when passengers were evacuated from a United Airlines aircraft on the runway at Tokyo's Narita airport on Tuesday, officials and reports said. The 25 were hurt as they left the Boeing 747-400 on emergency
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        331 42 Reuters {LONDON] British airports operator BAA pic said on Tuesday its new Heathrow Express railway from the airport to central London will start running on June 23, following an official opening by Prime Minister Tony Blair. BAA is promising to cut journey
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        93 42 Reuters [LONDON) British airports group BAA pic is close to winning a contract to operate the retailing business at Newark airport in the United States, the Financial Times said. The newspaper said the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was in final negotiations
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        55 42 [SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil) Workers of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer attend the unveiling ceremony of its new ERJ-135 jet, in Sao Jose dos Campos, north of Sao Paulo. Embraer invested US$lOO million (SSI62 million) in developing the new ERJ-135 37-seat aircraft, which is designed for the
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        562 42 Pndong airport to open in 1999; present Hongqiao airport overcrowded Reuters [BEIJING] Shanghai's second international airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is set for strong demand when it opens at the end of 1999, said airport operator Shanghai Pudong International Airport Corporation. "Many foreign airlines
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        299 42 Financial Times [AMSTERDAM] Just when Amsterdam's Schiphol airport thought it had found a growth path which might placate environmentalists, it has come under attack from another direction. Ifalpa, the international airline pilots' association, last week put it on a safety blacklist. The
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      465 30 LINE S& J* TIL: *****56 FAX: ***** 1 2 MUARA LABUAN VESSEL VOY no ETA VESSEL VOT fTD ETA SPORE MUARA SPORE LIN APRIL GIORY VI2I/98 14/05 19/05 APR*. GiORY VI2E/9I 16/05 20/05 J. PROSPER VI3E/W 20/05 23/05 J. PROSPER VI3E/W 20/05 24/05 APR It GIORY VI3I/9S 24/05 29/05 APRR
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      1887 31 SAILING I TO SHANGHAI XINGAN6 I I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (S/l) *****02 JOHORE OFFICE; COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD •17-08 DISHDG SAIES/BKGS *****41/43 INWARD DEPT (0/0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDH BHD CR NO: **********010 TOWER TWO (*****9) CONVENTIONAL *****50/55 T/SHPMT DEPT
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