The Business Times, 2 July 1998

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 110/12/97 85C Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1998
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  • 65 1 srn MN6JO (+28.44) BT-SRI *****9 (+16.46) BTCOMP 938.75 (+29.87) BTMGA ***** (+29.81) C MARKET HOOD: Dp STOCK MARKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 471.23 +1559 NIKKEI *****.89 *532.62 HANG SENG closed SET INDEX dosed JAKAHTA COMP _.„466.54 10 62 MANIWCOMP 1,781.96 *21.83 TAIPEI WP1 dosed SEOUL COMP 315.56
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  • 85 1 FOREX RATES uss s$ US$ 1.693 £(US$/S$ per 1.666 2.821 DM 1.811 0.935 YEN 138.4 1523* RM .4.180 0.405 HK$ 7.748 0.219 BAHT 42.30 0.040 RUPfAH 14,676 0.012* St to 100 units PKIME RATES SINGAPORE* 7 88 KliAfcA LL'MPtlR 11.50 JAKARTA 28 00 BANGKOK M75 MANILA 2290 HONG KONG
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  • 458 1  -  Soft loans for some 20 critical projects, bat Bakun dam is out Front Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will set up a fund of 5 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ss2 billion) to revive stalled or deferred strategic infrastructure projects, as a further
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  • 518 1 AFP (SYDNEY] News Corp chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has warned that Asia's economic crisis is highly dangerous and could unleash an unprecedented trade war. "This, I contend, is a tremendously dangerous time. We are dealing here with more than
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  • 53 1 [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged yesterday after weighing the inflation risks from strong US economic growth against the potential damage from Asia's financial crisis. The decision left the target for the federal funds rate, a benchmark for overnight bank loans, at 5.5
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  • 810 1  -  Talk of permanent tax cuts buoys markets; yen firms From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE financial markets could have turned around, with both share prices and the yen rising again yesterday as more details leaked out of the plan, due to be formally
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  • 228 1 [SINGAPORE] Share prices rose yesterday for the first time this week, with the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index rising 28.44 or 2.7 per cent to 1,095.1. All major sectors ended higher, with property standing out with a gain of 5.23 per cent on the SES
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    • 149 1 inside Feeling the beat US manufacturing activity dropped in June from May as exports are hit by the Asian crisis. This is the weakest performance in two years, Pg 10 On shaky ground One in 10 firms in a recent survey have retrenched staff in the first quarter of this
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    • 34 1 M&laysia'a interest rate strategy poses risks, Pg 11 i '•U -it iiiin." 11 ill mi. I 1111 IMI I IkWi Nlin I'l i/.i It\i I I i ill t' I > I n•, i\iii. in
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 447 2  -  RDS finds companies ready to cut wage increases, bonuses; cap pay rises at 3% Audrey Tan ONE in every 10 firms retrenched staff in the first three months of the year, as companies became increasingly bearish over business prospects
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    • 388 2  -  By Ang Wan May EUROPE'S largest supermarket operators are descending on Asia with mega-million investments, but giving the saturated Singapore market a miss. Tesco pic, one of UK's largest supermarket chains, is sniffing out "opportunities" in Taiwan and South Korea, after
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    • 342 2  -  Conrad Raj PRICE Waterhouse and Coopers Lybrand will continue to expand, recruiting about 200 accountants a year, even after they merge to form Singapore's largest accounting firm. "We are still short of people, experienced people," Coopers chairman Chew Kia Ngee said in an interview
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    • 167 2 NASDAQ-listed power protection products maker EFI Electronics has formed a regional sales arm in Singapore. EFI Asia Pacific, a 50:50 joint venture between EFI and local outfit Lim Kim Hai Electric, will in turn appoint companies in the region to distribute EFl's power
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    • 531 2  -  Hug Kiang's remarks follow reports that HDB has cat prices By David Boey PRICES of new Housing and Development Board fiats fluctuate from quarter to quarter depending on location and other factors, said Lim Hng Kiang. Minister for National Development and Second Minister
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    • 273 2 FOUR in 10 travel agents in Singapore lost money in their last financial year, and more than 30 have closed down in the last 18 months, a seminar heard yesterday. And those are but "conservative estimates" based on information from the
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    • 336 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook Audrey Tan TAKING into account the official sec-ond-quarter growth estimate, a National University of Singapore (NUS) unit has forecast growth of 3 per cent for Singapore this year, way above the government's revised projection of 0.5-1.5 per cent.
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    • 240 2 AFX-Asia SINGAPORE Telecom will cut international direct dialling rates to seven countries by up to 20 per cent from Aug 1 in its second round of rate cuts this year. "This latest round of rate revision is the
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    • 577 2  -  Shell cats prodactioa farther, a US firm "reviewing situation' Ronnie Lim A GLOOMY third quarter is looming for Singapore's oil refiners, following a volatile April-June period, industry officials said. "The higher margins seen at the start of the second quarter have
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 75 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, Law Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar and former cabinet minister S Dhanabalan were sworn in yesterday as members of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. Others in the 17-member council include Chief Justice Yong Pung How (chairman),
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      • 49 2 SINGAPORE Power is giving a rebate package of about $81 million on electricity tariffs to all its customers in support of the government's off-budget measures to relieve the financial burden of businesses. The rebate takes effect from July 1 and lasts 12 months.
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      • 58 2 THE government has awarded an $18.6 million contract for automatic fare collection gates for the Mass Rapid Transit's North-East Line (NEL) to Alcatel CGA Transport/Cegelec Singapore Joint Venture. It also awarded a $20 million contract for the supply and installation of automatic fare ticketing machines
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 184 4 INDUSTRIAL property rentals and capital values continued their slide in the second quarter amidst pessimism in the growth momentum of the manufacturing sector. According to property consultant Jones Lang Wootton (JLW), average monthly rentals for first-storey industrial space slipped 8.3 per cent
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    • 340 4  -  Price gap between leasehold condos and HDB executive flats narrows By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE! CHOICES have opened up for upgraders, with the price gap between leasehold suburban condominiums and HDB executive fiats having narrowed substantially to 67 per cent from 224 per cent
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    • 895 4 Property transactions for districts 9 and 10 (sectors 22 to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between May 30 and June 27 1998. EST TBM€ s*™ STHtfcl NAME TYPE DATE LAMO AREA* (SOFT) (STOU) (SJ) District 09 Adis Vrtlas Apt 23/04/98 FH V184 770 650 Aspen Ht Apt
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    • 106 4 Prime JTC Factory Plots at Gul FOR SALE Built-in (sq ft) Land area (sq ft) Tanura Plotl 32,705 92,121 30+30 yrs wef 1980 Plot 2 16,867 41,150 30+30 yrs wet 1977 Plot 3 17,842 41,372 30+30 yrs wef 1977 Total 67,414 174,643 3 plots can be sold separately or as
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
    • 425 6 Hyundai union staff on strike for second day; other onions plan action AFP [SEOUL] South Korean prosecutors yesterday launched a crackdown on bank employees resisting forced closures as the government's reform drive ran into challenges from labour unions. Union workers at
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    • 263 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's at-torney-general Andi Ghalib yesterday said his department will conduct an audit on 13 foundations run by former president Suharto and announce the results publicly. "The attorney-general's team is investigating all the existing foundations. We will coordinate with all parties and conduct
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    • 173 6 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Pertamina, Indonesia's state oil and gas monopoly, has cancelled a contract with PT Humpuss, a company controlled by former president Suharto's youngest son, said Pertamina president Sugianto. Humpuss, controlled by Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto, failed to fulfill its obligations in
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    • 354 6 He also tries to allay Seoul's concerns over US-China ties Bloomberg [SEOUL] The collapsing South Korean economy is "like an iceberg breaking up", a necessary precondition to recovery, US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin said. Facing a deep recession, banks have all but
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    • 152 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economic crisis has pushed the ranks of the country's poor to 40 per cent of the population, or some 80 million people, from only 11 per cent in 1997, a minister said yesterday. The comments came from Food and Horticulture Minister
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    • 448 6  -  China Light Power beats S'pore Power Intl, 3 other firms with USs24om offer From Hariah Mehta in Bangkok HONGKONG'S China Light Power Ltd has bought a U*****.97 million (*****.8 million) stake in Thailand's state-owned power producer. Electricity Generating pic (Egco), beating out
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    • 442 6 No easing of interest rates till rnjriah recovers: Sjahril Reuters [JAKAßTA] Indonesia's central bank yesterday called on politicians for help to stabilise the collapsing economy and warned that interests rates would have to stay high to defend the rupiah. Central bank governor
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    • 375 6 AFP [BEIJING] China is counting on its latest interest rate cut, which went into effect yesterday, to counter the effects of the Asian financial crisis and push economic growth back to the 8 per cent target for the year, analysts said. China's central bank
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    • 330 6 Hotel stay, meals free this month on a day to be announced at short notice Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday announced measures aimed at enticing back tourists scared off by riots and political instability, including one day this month when all tourist services will be
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    • 226 6 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai inflation surged slightly more than expected in June due to water and food price hikes, and increased pressure from higher wholesale prices for construction materials and consumer products. The Thai Commerce Ministry said yesterday the June consumer
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  • REGION
    • 568 7  -  Chinese president says central govt will see HK through economic crisis Prom Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong CHINA will back Hongkong's efforts to pull through its economic slump. President Jiang Zemin pledged yesterday, and affirmed that the Chinese government will not devalue its currency, the
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    • 403 7  -  Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Hongkong's most senior official in Singapore yesterday rebutted criticism that the Tung Chee-hwa government had not risen to the task in the first year of the territory's reversion to Chinese rule. "Let's be fair, a lot of the events caught
      CHRIS LOH  -  403 words
    • 993 7  -  The sultan adopts a hands-on approach as regional crisis bites ASIAN VIEW By Yang Razali Kassim BRUNEI is probably one of the most peaceful places in the world. Since ancient times, it has been remarkably insulated from the tumults of the surrounding South-east Asian region. Its
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    • 328 7 MANILA Subic Bay authority chairman Richard Gordon removed AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada began his first full day in office on Tuesday by firing an old political rival, Richard Gordon, from the plum post of administrator of the Subic Bay
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    • 120 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday there is a conspiracy to tarnish his image and undermine his position. He said this is the motive behind the book titled 50Dalil Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi PM (50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot
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    • 235 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE Human Resources Ministry will forward an official request to the Singapore government to allow workers from Peninsular Malaysia to withdraw their contribution from the republic's Central Provident Fund (CPF) once they cease working there. Human Resources Minister Lim Ah
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    • 599 9 SHANGHAI Failure to renew status will sever economic ties, cnt US out of huge market Reuters US President Bill Clinton relayed a warning for the US Congress from Shanghai yesterday that failure to renew favoured nation trade status for China for another year would cut
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    • 759 9  -  CHXNA WATCH Televising Clinton's speech and press conference has made his visit a huge success By Lu Ning IT is a pity that visiting US President Bill Clinton has so far not dropped into a Chinese bookstore. If he did, he might have
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    • 72 9 [SYDNEY] A conservator of the Australian Museum inspecting the coffin oftheAmun Driest /^£h 0t t e Pfro™ar°undl0™ar°undl 000 BC. The coffin of a young woman called Takhateru from about 900BC stands to the left. More than 300 ancient Egyptian artifacts spanning 3,5008 C to 450 AD
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 554 10 WASHINGTON Impact of Asian crisis and 6M strike cited; Conference Board sees growth moderating Reuters Bloomberg US manufacturing activity contracted in June from May as the crisis in Asia took its toll on exports the weakest performance in almost two years. The
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    • 505 10 LONDON Bloomberg UK manufacturing shrank at the fastest rate in more than two years last month, as a strong pound and the economic slowdown in Asia cut into exports, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) survey said. The CIPS seasonally adjusted index
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    • 231 10 LONDON Reuters LESS than half of British exporters are preparing for the single European currency even though a majority of them now favour the project, according to an Institute of Export/NCM poll released yesterday. With only six months to go before the
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    • 331 10 BRUSSELS Reuters THE European Union yesterday said it had asked for a World Trade Organisation dispute settlement panel to probe what it alleges is an unfair, US$2 billion (553.4 billion) a year export subsidy for US companies. The EU maintains that tax
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    • 175 10 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMANY'S manufacturing sector grew in June at the highest rate this year, but analysts said subdued inflation suggested no domestic need for higher interest rates. The BME/Reuters Purchasing Managers' Index released yesterday jumped to a seasonally-adjusted 56.33 in June from May's revised
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    • 515 10 FRANKFURT It will need crisis funds if Russia borrows a lot more AFP THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is running out of cash and if it makes another huge loan to Russia it will have to activate refinancing provisions, director general Michel Camdessus
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    • 355 10 MOSCOW Bloomberg RUSSIA faces a "grave situation" unless it quickly passes measures to raise revenue and secure a loan of as much as US$l5 billion (5525.4 billion). Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko warned parliament yesterday. As Mr Kiriyenko painted a stark picture of
      Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  355 words
    • 80 10 ALTHORP. England] Everything is in place—a museum, a templefor prayer, a cafeteria, souvenir shop and in the distance the tomb of Diana, Princess of Wales prior to the opening of the exhibition dedicated to her. Althorp House, home of the Earls of Spencer for generations, threw
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    • 349 10 I SYDNEY One Nation's platform draws quick condemnation AFP POPULIST politician Pauline Hanson yesterday unveiled her party's immigration policy under which refugees would be expelled from Australia once conflict is resolved in their homeland. The 10-point agenda, which One Nation party
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    • 137 10 PARIS Bloomberg FRANCE will sell 87 per cent of Groupe des Assurances Nationales (GAN) to Groupama Assurances for 17.25 billion francs (Ss4.B billion) to form the No 4 French insurer. After the acquisition, Groupama will have eight million clients and revenue of 78.5
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 818 11  -  THE BOTTOM LINE OPINION By Vikram Khanna The writer is BT's regional economics editor IN recent days, Malaysia appears to have decided to defy the conventional wisdom on interest rate policy by priming the monetary pump. On June 18, it unveiled a 7 billion
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    • 88 11 'What China is doing suits China What Japan is doing arguably suits Japan. What the United States is doing is designed to suit the United States. We're in a geopolitical environment full of self-interest here.' Chris Tinker head of regional economics at ING Barings in Hongkong. 'Hongkong
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    • 557 11 EDITORIAL THERE were scattered protests against Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Hongkong yesterday as the Special Administrative Region celebrated its first year under Chinese rule. That these protests, part of Hongkong's colourful lifestyle under British colonial rule, continue under Chinese sovereignty, should be proof enough that
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    • 1235 11  -  Nationalists, Islamists, minority parties vie to form the next government of Indonesia By\ Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent FOR the past 32 years, one man stood at the centre of Indonesian politics. He determined how the country's political system would operate. Every important policy
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    • 848 11 HE'S weak consumer laws NOTHING more graphically illustrates the inadequacies of the present consumer regulations than the fine imposed on Hongkong Telecom for its blatant and continuous breach of the rules. When a company with assets of billions can only be fined HK$2O,OOO (554,380) for anti-competitive
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 943 12  -  Thanks to coach Hiddink, the Dutch Oraqjehave buried Euro 96 memories of a racist rift By\ Rob Hughes The writer is sports correspondent for The Times of London. IHT [SAINT ETIENNE, France] Orange is the colour of the Dutch, but it is the rediscovery
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    • 836 12  -  WORLD CUP 98 It was a night of extraordinary hope and England spoilt it all, says obbsb matvszcztk CHRIS MATYSZCZYK The writer, a member of the British Sports Writers Association, is a creative director based in Warsaw. HOW can it be that the most wonderful, pulsating moments in
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    • 964 12 PROFILE Broadway play sees actor getting into and ont of psyche of broken writer NYT [NEW YORK] Liam Neeson didn't look so scary. The large, almost lumbering screen presence from films like Schindler's List and the current Les Miserables just seemed tall and slim in
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  • MOTORING
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 75 14 CYCLE CARRIAGE is preparing a road show for the revolutionary Mercedes-Benz A-class, a model about the length of a Nissan March but packing a lot more room and vroom. The Category 2 car is slated to arrive in the next few months, and will be
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      • 92 14 PORSCHE Ag will be creating 250 jobs for engineers at its research and development centre in Weissach. The sports car maker is currently looking for specialists in the areas of body, running gear, engine and gearbox design, as well as electric/electronic systems development. The management has
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      • 74 14 VOLKSWAGEN Ag, which has been in China for 20 years, expects interim sales in the mainland to rise by 7.1 per cent to 153,000 units for the period ending June 30. The figure would account for 58 per cent of the total market. In a
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      • 112 14 AUDI Ag is poised for a more profitable year. During its recent annual general meeting, chairman Franz-Josef Paefgen said he expects margins from sales to exceed the 5 per cent achieved last year. Turnover for 1998 is forecast to surpass 25 billion Deutschemarks (5523.5
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      • 71 14 NISSAN Motor has announced that it had reached a mutual agreement with UK engineering company TWR not to renew their two-year motorsports activity contracl beyond July, according to an AFX report. The two jointly developed the Nissan R39OGTI that took part in the 1997 and
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      • 112 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan VOLKSWAGEN could produce a V 8 Passat, according to board member Martin Winterkorn, quoted in Forbes Global recently. This is slated for 2000. when the VW Passat will also be made larger than it is today. The top engine currently
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    • 722 14  -  Volvo spurns the super-luxury league to remain a niche plaver Christopher Tan [GOTHENBURG, Sweden] SIZE has nothing to do with profitability and competitiveness, according to Tuve Johannesson, president and chief executive of Volvo Car Corp, adding that the Swedish maker has no intention of becoming a mass-market
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    • 454 14  -  Mercedes sales of Advance Automobile have ground to a halt, says MD By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Things just haven't been working out for Advance Automobile. First the company lost its Citroen distributorship, then another party took its Peugeot franchise. Backed into a corner, Advance
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 514 15  -  Printed circuit board assembly equipment will boost its capacity by 15% By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Electronics Ltd (NEL) yesterday said it had bought some printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) equipment and spare parts from Apple Computer's Cork, Ireland, plant
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    • 300 15  -  Earnings would have risen 26% if not for 2 non-recurring items fiy, Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] Books and stationery distributor Popular Holdings yesterday posted a 4.9 per cent rise in net profit to $8.2 million for the year ended April 30, 1998. Group
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    • 248 15 Without exceptional item, profit would have dropped 26% Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] O'Connor's Corporation Bhd (OCB) has recorded a 64 per cent increase in group pre-tax profit to 21.7 million Malaysian ringgit (SsB.B million) for the first half-year ended March 31, 1998, from RM13.2 million previously.
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    • 246 15 Proton parent posts RM26m full-year loss as slump hits car, property sales Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Diversified Resources Bhd, a Malaysian auto and real estate company also known as DRB, said it posted a loss of 109.8 million Malaysian ringgit (5544.3
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    • 662 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jenny Lam CK Tang's recent shock announcement that it has incurred a whopping $47.6 million full-year loss, of which about $30 million was for provisions, has led some market sceptics to wonder if it is too late
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    • 198 15  -  !ty\ Edmund Loh [SINGAPORE! Inchcape Motors is selling its majority stake in a distribution and marketing company in Brunei to Inchcape Marketing Services Ltd (IMS). Mainboard-listed Inchcape will be paid $5.2 million for the 70 per cent stake based on Inchcape Borneo Sdn
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 639 16 Sale of shipping business will hurt revenue; Mirzan may sell own assets Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian cargo transporter Konsortium Perkapalan Bhd aims to become the region's top logistics firm after selling its shipping fleet, its chairman Mirzan Mahathir said yesterday. While the
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      • 239 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Perdana Industri Holdings Bhd's consolidated pre-tax loss for the year ended March 31 widened 123 per cent to 36.2 million Malaysian ringgit (5514.6 million) from RM16.3 million previously. Group turnover fell 27 per cent to RM15.7 million from RM21.6
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      • 561 16 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Broken Hill Proprietary Co chairman Jerry Ellis should step down once a new chief executive is settled in at Australia's largest resources company, some of the company's biggest shareholders said. Mr Ellis yesterday began visiting shareholders to
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      • 263 16 It is the first foreign securities firm to cater to Japanese individuals Bloomberg [TOKYO] Merrill Lynch Co, the United States' largest brokerage by sales, opened its first retail office in Japan yesterday in Nagano, the site of this year's Winter Olympics.
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      • 328 16 Shares np on possible interest from Europe, N America Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Semen Gre sik's shares soared as much as 10 per cent as investors bet the government would fetch a good price in the sale of part of its stake in
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      • 291 16 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Toyota Motor Corp, Japan's biggest auto manufacturer, lifted its stake in a Thai affiliate to 94 per cent, buying more shares to help the company ride out a recession. Toyota Motor Thailand Co raised 4 billion baht (*****.7 million) by selling shares
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      • 170 16 Bloomberg [SEOULJ Korea Telecom said it sold its entire 49 per cent stake in Miditel SA to the Mexican company's major shareholders for U5549.5 million (SsB3.t million). The biggest telephone operator in Korea said the sale is part of its drive to downsize costly overseas
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      • 307 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co (KDD), Japan's former monopoly provider of international phone service, entered the domestic market yesterday, to offset the plunge in profits of its core international service, which faces increased competition from overseas companies. KDD, Japan's largest international phone company, reported
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      • 165 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] The share price of Indonesia's largest noodle manufacturer, PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, jumped nearly 7 per cent yesterday in heavy volume on market talk of possible stake sales. At around 0430 GMT, the counter was up 100 rupiah at 1,550 rupiah
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 78 16 [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank is opening its Taipei branch today. The bank said it was granted a full banking licence by Taiwan's Ministry of Finance. The branch, which upgrades OCBC's representative office there, will offer a wide range of commercial and trade financing services. It will be
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        • 42 16 [SINGAPORE] Henry Lira Song Joo has joined Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation (STIC) as director (strategic development) from yesterday. Mr Lim has resigned as deputy chief executive of ST Computer Systems and Services, a subsidiary of STIC.
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        • 42 16 [SINGAPORE] Omni Mold said Chen Wu-Chang has resigned and retired as chairman of the company. Steven Kent Uhlmann has been appointed chairman. The company added that following his retirement, Mr Chen has been appointed deputy chairman.
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        • 35 16 [SINGAPORE] FJ Benjamin Holdings said Caroline Cheung has relinquished her post as a member of the executive committee of the company as well as her role as executive vice-president (international duty-free).
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        • 58 16 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines unit Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) said it has appointed Robert Martin managing director, replacing John Willingham. After four years at Sale, Mr Willingham will return as chief operating officer of Bouillon Aviation Services Inc. one of Sale's major shareholders. Mr
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    • COMPANIES
      • 496 17 New technologies, globalisation, strong stock markets, led to U*****.5b in deals Reuters [NEW YORK] The strongest currents propelling world commerce, including new technologies, robust equities markets and globalisation, converged in the first six months of 1998 to drive
        Reuters  -  496 words
      • 514 17 Analysts expect it to earn less than Ford, Chrysler for first time since Q***** Bloomberg [DETROIT] General Motors Corp said the strikes crippling its North American production cost it US$l.lB billion (Ss2 billion), or US$l.79 a share, in the second quarter,
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      • 75 17 [RAYONG, Thailand] Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai sitting in a Ford pick-up truck produced by Auto Alliance (Thailand) Co Ltd (AA T), a car assembly joint venture between Ford and Mazda at a plant, in Thailand's eastern Rayong province yesterday. The AA Tplant is
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      • 379 17 Its USs6Bm loss compares with USsls6m profit in the ye&r-ago period Reuters [SEATTLE] Athletic apparel giant Nike Inc posted a fourth-quarter loss on Tuesday and said advance orders fell sharply from year-earlier levels as the battered Asian region showed no signs of rapid
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      • 268 17 Reuters [MUNICH] Compaq Computer Corp said on Tuesday it would report a net loss this year, resulting from US$4.7 billion (557.9 billion) in restructuring charges and writeoffs in connection with its takeover of Digital Equipment Corp. Compaq chief executive officer Eckhard Pfeiffer
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      • 297 17 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Hilton Hotels Corp announced on Tuesday it will split its hotels from its gaming business and pay US$l.2 billion (Ss2 billion) in stock and debt to acquire some of the assets of Grand Casinos Inc. This is the most significant
        LAT-WP  -  297 words
      • 507 17 Lacklustre movies, slow product sales in Asia spark 2nd wave of cuts in 3 weeks Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Shares of Walt Disney Co fell sharply on Tuesday after several Wall Street analysts cut fiscal 1998 earnings estimates, prompted by lacklustre movie
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 447 18  -  Debut may be aided by possible slowdown in US, good business climate at home H>r Catherine Ong A POSSIBLE slowdown in the US economy next year, coupled with healthier economic trends in euroland, indicate a strong euro at launch, according to
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      • 274 18  -  Jane was busiest month in futures market's history By\ Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange has reported robust trading growth for the first half-year, with June emerging as the busiest month in the exchange's history. In June, 12 records
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      • 271 18 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea said almost a third of the loans at its 12 weakest banks may never be recovered, putting their survival in doubt. The banks had a combined 43.7 trillion won (5553.8 billion) of bad debts, or
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      • 247 18 NYT [NEW YORK] In a high stakes game of musical chairs, Credit Suisse First Boston has hired the leaders of Deutsche Bank's global high-technolo-gy banking business. The new hires, which were to be announced yesterday, are an effort by Credit Suisse to build
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      • 365 18 It says business loans conld torn sour if economy weakens and profits fall LATWP [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve Board warned Tuesday that some US banks have relaxed their lending stan dards too far during the current economic boom. It asked federal bank examiners to
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      • 178 18 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp yesterday unveiled plans to enter the non-life insurance business in the latter half of 1999. The move comes at a time when Japanese deregulations in the non-life insurance sector have prompted new entrants from major life insurers
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      • 224 18 Reuters [LONDON] Cocoa rose almost 2 per cent, its biggest increase in more than seven weeks, on concern drought earlier this year reduced the recent harvest in Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer. Analysts say that dry weather between November and March
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      • 261 18 Sim fin Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Japanese government bond futures weakened yesterday as market players sold bonds and dived into the Nikkei after hopes of permanent income tax cuts were rekindled. Japanese Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga said the ruling Liberal Democratic Party
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      • 232 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDONJ World oil prices held steady yesterday as traders waited for production cuts agreed last week by Opec to eat into oversupply. Opec members Nigeria, Iran and non-Opec Oman confirmed their cuts yesterday, notifying buyers that exports would be curbed
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      • Article, Illustration
        1283 18 DITERBAIfK CROSS RATES M A$ C$ gwti ECU Ffr Dw HK$ lad Is Euptah Yw Won Ml m$ PH IU Pwo S$ Band Sir «T$ Bafct Hmd USS 0.912 6.178 0.568 3.749 1126 4.818 26.267 91.256 0.861 8.522 2.599 1.188 28.723 25.726 1.053 3.796 0.947 21.367 26.304 0.373 0622 SSJ?
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      • 265 18 Reuters AFP London THE Japanese currency rallied to a one-week high against the dollar and mark amid growing expectations the Japanese government would cut taxes and take action to clear up its banking system. The optimism about the Japanese moves helped the yen consolidate its recovery from Monday's
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    • 1794 19 SICOM FUTURES RUBBER (futures closing »s at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS ct<its/kg) Close Volume Open onth High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest *"9 9 8 12U5 ii9j50 ***** 50 340 98 121.50 121.50 122.50 50 340 Oct 98 123.75 1550 No* 98 125.25 1550 Dec 98 126.75 1550 Jan/Mar 99
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    • 2320 19 LONDON Industrials J* 1 1 P«KI 31 Group 610.000 -3.000 AB Ports 328.000 -5.000 Abbey National 1074.500 4.500 Allied Dom«cq 554.000 -5.400 Amtc 172.000 1.000 Asda Croup 203.600 -2.000 BAT hid 609.400 12.000 BG PIC 356.000 9.000 BICC 131.000 3.000 BOC Croup 848.000 31.600 BP Petroleum 900.000
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    • 1625 19 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 +532.62 STOCKS rallied for a sixth day as the Nikkei 225 surged to its highest in two-and-a-half months amid growing confidence the government's plan to revive the economy will succeed. The Nikkei 225 surged 532.62 points to 16,362.89, its highest since April 10. "People are
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      731 20 Bloomberg AFP M Composite Index +10.62 INDONESIAN stocks surged on optimism Japan will unveil policies designed to boost its economy and strengthen the yen today, moves that will likely stimulate Indonesia's economy and currency. "If the yen strengthens, it'll be enough to lift off the pressure," on the Indonesian
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    • 411 20 AFP Composite Index +17.68 SOUTH Korean share prices closed yesterday higher on the yen's recovery as investors actively bought shares to take advantage of the chc;ip prices after recent losses. Dealers said investors were now not overly focused on tough economic reforms. "Though concerns over the fallout from the
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    • 707 20 AFP Bloomberg All Ordinaries *31 SHARES rose on the first day of the new financial year, as capital flowed back into Australia yesterday on the back of a stronger currency. The All Ordinaries Index rose 31 points to 2.699.4 points. The All Industrials Index gained 39.7 points to 4,728.7
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    • 274 20 AFP Q Wellington +4199 NEW Zealand stocks jumped yesterday as the local dollar rallied on lower interest rates and buying came back to the market, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index was up 43.99 points at 2.008.58 points. Turnover was NZ5120.4 million. Telecom ordinary shares were up 28 cents at
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    • 373 20 Reuters Shenzhenßlndex SHENZHEN'S domestic currency A Share Index closed lower yesterday despite a cut in bank interest rates as rumours of official investiga tions into speculative trading hurt sentiment, brokers said. The A Share Index slid 5.87 points to 426 07 on turnover of 3.9 billion yuan. There was
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    • 302 20 AFP Q Manila +2L83 PHILIPPINE share prices closed higher yesterday in response to a rising Japanese yen. The Philippine Stock Ex change Index gained 21.83 points to 1.781.96. Volume fell to 408 million shares worth 753 million pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co rose 30 pesos to 980 AFP
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8816 21 Transaction date: Jul 1 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1998 Last Vol Day Net Cap Mtqft Loo Company Sal* OOO High Low P/E $mll 310 180 A,inomoto 218 12 0 88 4 148 58 Anqkasa 60 2 1 60 60 1.4 88.5 290 123 Apollo Food Hlq 142 4.1 56.8 388 190
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      • 432 21 Q Composite Index +15.59 MALAYSIAN share prices rebounded to close 3.4 per cent higher yesterday boosted by strong gains in the Japanese stock market and a recovery in the yen. dealers said. The upsurge on late buying support was also in anticipation of positive news from
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
      • 3415 22 BONOS, LOANS WARRANTS m "98 Last Vol Day Last Ouota Avq High Low 5tno Company Solo ♦Of- COOO) Hlqh Low Buyor Sailor Prtco 23.5 9 m 3000 m AMOB c5.5%*****6 10 10.5 13 20.5 5 3160 *Acor ******1 US$ _6.5 5 7 95 8 5 3164 Acma ******4 10.5 0.5
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      • 200 22  -  WARRANT WATCH R Sivanithy THESE days, it's almost the norm to find warrants that are out-of-the-money, or those which have exercise prices above their underlying share prices. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that almost the entire warrant sector has
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    • 2377 22 Transaction date Jul 1 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Cf Gr u ,9 1 Last Vol Day Last Ouote Otv Dtv Vld Nat M Cap High Low Stno Company SoK COOP) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Sfc P/E $m« ,3S 28 m 5000 AISB 50c 49 62 49 47 4el 4*5
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    • 5413 23 Hloh ,W, u U,t w Day Lot Ouote OW Dlv VW N.t Cm AV Low StNo Company Sale COOP) High Law Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smll Prk INDUSTRIALS 43 8 1020 ACE Dynamic$2Oc.... 14 unch 3 14 14 14 14.5 0.1 16.5 0.1 17
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    • 1170 23 stNa Cmwt. sil' rZ&x P T L»1 Owot. ON Wv VW Nat cJJ A™ mgn low StlM Campany Sal* COOP) H>» Law Buyer Sa«ar C'vr H P/f $m« Prtca 134 SO 2000 ABR Hldgs Sc SO unch 81 80 SO 80 90 -JO n 80 2 82 MS 9
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • Article, Illustration
        68 24  -  -by Shiv Taneja GENTING Bhd closed 14 cents higher yesterday at $3.22 on a volume of 2.07 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average ot 107,400 shares. The counter has bounced off its two-and-a-half-year low, and is expected to see more upside in the medium term This
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      • 220 24 Stocks Volume S«gTel 15c 10,198,000 DBS Land 10,130.000 Wing Tai 25c 6,950,000 *M Resources 5,969,000 *MBf Capital 4,850,000 *RHB Cap Wt99 4,215,000 •Rekapacific Bti 3,812,000 SPH 3,701,000 OCBC Foreign 3,384,000 Keppel Corp 3,363,000 Stacks SPH 43,090,644 SingTel 15c 24,739,960 DBS Foreign 20,626,566 OCBC Foreign 19,975,379 DBS Land 15,084,500 City Dev
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      • 635 24  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY But dealers feel a full-fledged rally is still far off though technicals have been highly oversold; property shares rise sharply By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A sixth consecutive rally in Japanese equities and a relatively firm day for
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 119 24 THOMAS Graeff, general manager of marketing and sales at locally-based fund management outfit Templeton Asset Management, has left the company with immediate effect No reason was given for his sudden departure. Mr Graeff has been with Templeton for the past two-and-a-half years. He was also the chairman
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        • 71 24 ONE analyst is recommending a buy on UEM shares because of the chaos at the new Kuala Lumpur airport. It seems people who usually fly to the Malaysian capital from Singapore will now find it easier to drive up and UEM will stand to benefit from
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        • 104 24 WHILE we are still on the subject of the chaos at the new Kuala Lumpur airport, a well-known socialite from Hongkong who is usually impeccably dressed for all occasions was yesterday caught short on the sartorial front. At a reception by the Hongkong Economic and
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        • 147 24 WHAT price a "buy" recommendation from a top brokerage? Not much. It seems at least not as far as an American investment bank is concerned. On May 18, the US investment bank released a very bullish report on Creative Technology, raising its rating from "trad|ng buy" to outright
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        • 167 24 THUS far Hongkong Insurers' nightmares have been confined largely to expensive cars which have a tendency to disappear from streets of Hongkong and reappear across the border in China's Guangdong province. But the latest Chinesecustoms figures on smuggling seizures have sounded a new alarm. Although the demand for
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    • 278 15 Jiaotu sanku A Wise Rabbit Digs Three Burrows TWO foreign private bankers recently marketed their asset management services to entrepreneurs in China, Both, speaking in Chinese, talked about the need for asset diversification. The first banker ended with this bit of advice: "Don't put your eggs in one basket." The
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    • 202 16 Coopers Seminars for Financial &Lybrand institutions 14-17 July 1998 Coopers Lybrand will be presenting a series of seminars to provide in-depth coverage of compliance, operations risk management, legal and regulatory issues for financial institutions. Participants who will benefit from this course are operation risk management officers, audit officers, legal and
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 303 25 Bridge News, Reuters RUMOURS continued in late trade that MSK has covered a July cargo from the US Gulf to Japan at US$l3.OO without combination port discharge, but confirmation remained lacking. Fixtures TANKER& Activity picked up for the Suezmaxes from West Africa in late trade, keeping rates at
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    • 277 25 CWT OtitrtDutlon 0.415 -0.02 30 CJmanHup 0J75 *0.015 47 Cosco Investment 0.50 unch 14 Freight Links a195 *0.005 9 G8 Holding* 0J0 unch 7 KeiSunHuO 0.395 unch 24 Hitachi 2osen 0.57 unch 14 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jeya Holdings 0.40 unch 41 jwong Shipyard 8.40 *0.25 205 KeppeiCorp
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    • 618 25  -  Customised service agreements help shipping lines save hundreds of millions of dollars every year By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp is to give a total of $21 million worth of savings to tenants of PSA properties through rental rebates and customised concessions,
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    • 763 25  -  NEWBUXLDS BU David Hughes THERE is very often a surge of newbuilding orders before the northern summer sends much of the shipping industry into its seasonal torpor. This year, interest has been stimulated by the very low newbuilding prices now on offer
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    • 122 25 Bn sadier Abdul Malik Al-Sayani (left), the Minister of Transport of the nnn, ft I Yemen^ PSA s Pasir Panjang Terminal. The minister was in Singapore on a visit during which he met Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan and PSA Corp ?J?l?cA HonB A PSA
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    • 207 25 Reuters [HONGKONG] Port and cargo handling group Pacific Ports Co Ltd said its China port business would benefit from its link with its single largest shareholder. New World Infrastructure Ltd (NWI) "Right now NWI is the single largest shareholder of the company," Pacific Ports
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    • 1180 26  -  CONCORDE AIRPXiANE With no successor in sight makers and users of the supersonic plane work to keep it in the air well beyond 2000 Ip/ Bill Burchell The author is editor of British Airways World Engineering Magazine and this feature appeared first in the Rolls-Royce
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    • 256 26 PAGE Danveron 4 ACL 9 0 "J 0 1 9 ANL 3 Dongnama 3 ft Accord 8 EC- 5 Appenship 5 Ethiopian 6 It Astro 3 Eurohans 6 Austral 9 Evergreen 6 BSA 7 foongSun 8 Batamindo 7 G Link 4 Bayswater 6
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 721 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt C Sentosa *****8 J01 alongside 02.07/0100 ®J J* 0,0798 J01 alongside 01.07/1630 m J 01 alongside 02.07/0700 Bt Nunkm *****# J01 alongside 02.07/0900 8t S Makassa *****8 J01 alongside 01.07/2000 Bt S<iriati4 *****8 J01 alongside 02.07/0400 Bt Sury Inda *****8 J01
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      • 174 39 Jul 2. Hong Kong: SAR Establishment Holiday. United States: Independence Holiday. Jul 7 Brunei: Maulud. Indonesia: Mouloud Prophet's Birthday. Malaysia: Birthday of Prophet Mohammed. Jul 0. Thailand: Asanha Bucha. Jul 10 Thailand: Khao Phansa Day. Jul 13 United Kingdom: Orangeman's Day Holiday (N Ireland). Jul 14. France: National
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      • 1019 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 512 39 C«rt>on 180 Mai 994.5 1.0 T7.1 0.09 84 0.05 jMI125 Density Wattf Besidue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 4 0 W 0 1 0 380 Ave 986.6 0.2 16.5 0.06 30 0.03 tiioo 380 Mm 991.6 0.9 19.5 0.11 58 0.09 t/lr3 »/V %1/M M/M
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    • AIR&LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 554 40 Asian economic crisis and declining Aussie dollar blamed for Asl4m loss in March quarter AFP [SYDNEY] Ansett Australia warned its 17,000 workers yesterday it cannot afford an annual pay rise this year as it flies into deepening financial woes caused by the
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      • 241 40  -  Investment is its first in an airport project From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delhi INDIA'S international flag carrier, Air India, is set to pick up equity in the 6 billion rupee (Ss2lo million) international airport under construction at Cochin in south India.
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      • 221 40 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's largest air carrier China Airlines (CAL) is to take delivery of eight Boeing airplanes between September and December, with another seven due to be delivered over the next three years, a CAL spokesman said. CAL ordered the 15
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      • 69 40 [SYDNEY] A small group of protesters hold placards outside the Philippine Airlines (PAL) Sydney office yesterday to show support for the worldwide day of protest against the airline's recent sacking of62spilots, I,4ooflight attendants and 3,6ooground staff. Unions are claiming the airline is using the current
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      • 370 40 NYT [ATLANTA] Delta and United airlines will begin merging their frequent flier programmes on Sept 1, taking the first step in a planned marketing alliance that will later link their routes. The airlines said the initial move will enable passengers
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      • 87 40 [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie's A 319 corporate jetliner (above), launched last year, is perhaps the ultimate in luxury for the business traveller. With a price tag of US$35 million (Sss9.smillion), without the cabin, it certainly does not come cheap The cabin is customised to individual requirements, and
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      • 171 40 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp will invest in a Rolls Royce pic's project to develop new aircraft engine, a newspaper said yesterday. Under a risk-revenue sharing partnership agreed with the British firm. Marubeni will initially shoulder 5 per cent of development costs
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      • 306 40  -  By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Lufthansa German Airlines launched their strategic alliance yesterday, introducing codesharing services between Singapore and Frankfurt and Frankfurt and New York. With each airline increasing its frequency on the Sin-gapore-Frankfurt route from seven to 10 a week, passengers
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      • 131 40 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] A computer glitch at Malaysia's new Kuala Lumpur International Airport continued to delay flights yesterday, an airport official said. 'Some flights are still delayed. We advise passengers to come around two hours before their flights," said an airport official. "Some flights
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