The Business Times, 24 September 1998

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    13 1 MITA(P) 110/12/97 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Big Four seen coping well with rising NPLs
    652 1  -  Profitable even after aggressive provisioning, analysts say By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Big Four local banks could see their non-performing loans (NPLs) more than double from current levels to reach as high as 15 per cent, investment analysts said. But solvency
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    Parkway bottomline slashed to just $2.5m
    457 1  -  By, Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The economic contagion afflicting the region has hurt healthcare and property company Parkway Holdings, which yesterday announced a 90 per cent drop in bottomline earnings to just $2.5 million at half time. For the six months ended June 30,
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    Lock icon Fed hints strongly at rate cut
    72 1 2am LATEST Reuters [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday global financial turmoil would be more than enough to curb US inflation, the strongest indication yet he may be considering an interest rate cut. In eagerly awaited testimony to the Senate Budget Committee,
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    World Bank defers loan to KL after capital curbs, ringgit peg
    493 1  -  Anwar's sacking also seen as factor in its decision From From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S decision to impose capital controls and peg its currency to the US dollar has "disrupted" the World Bank's plans to lend money
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    Lock icon Blueprint for e-commerce sees $4b trade in 5 years
    548 1  -  Plan aims to get half of Singapore's businesses aboard By 1 Toh Han Shih (SINGAPORE] An electronic commerce masterplan launched yesterday envisions the widespread use of e-com-merce within five years, with half of Singapore's businesses engaged in e-com-merce and some $4
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      112 1 mara Saltaa'i debt aceari Will Indonesia's s«Hm group offload QAF, UIC, Jurong Cement? P* it In a surprising turn of events, Bank Negara yesterday re-issued a policy statement on non-per-forming loans (NPLs) that it withdrew hardly 24 hours ago, PgB Hack Lack Stow There's a case for a futures contract
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      116 1 Fixed deposit rates fall further than prime, Pg 4 Anwar's fata, Umno's future Samad Ismail, a A veteran politician K and respected observer, Wk «^JH| on these and other issues. Exclusive interview, Pfl 3 PLUS Anwar couldn't manage Malaysia's economy: Dr M, Pg 2 More reports, Pg 2 The new
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      7 1 E-trmde hub masterplan gets thumbs-up, Pg 4
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  • ANWAR'S ARREST
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      Lock icon Court frees another aide
      173 2 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian court ordered the release from detention yesterday of a second private secretary to former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Mohamad Ahmad had been held on remand since Sept 15 following a swoop on Mr Anwar's associates after he was sacked
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      Lock icon Dr M: Anwar does not know how to manage economy
      351 2 He says sacked DPM was responsible for reducing amount of money in circulation Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim did not understand how to manage the finance or economy of the country,
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      Lock icon Daughter rushed to hospital with fever
      102 2 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] One of the six children of detained former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim was rushed to hospital yesterday from the family's sealed off home here. Mr Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail broke off preparations to give a press conference to a
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      Lock icon Family waits in vain for his appearance in court
      645 2 Police ban all reform meetings by his supporters AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim remained in detention for a third day yesterday, with his family led on a "cat-and-mouse" chase between the courts and the police headquarters.
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      Lock icon KL bans use of govt facilities for 'bad' news
      239 2 Bernama AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Foreign media will not be allowed to use government facilities to send news and visuals detrimental to Malaysia, Information Minister Mohamed Rahmat said yesterday. But the private sector would be allowed to transmit news for the foreign
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      Lock icon KL events could hurt region
      374 2 PMGoh tells of contagion effect if investors stay away The Straits Times [WASHINGTON] The political uncertainty caused by recent developments in Malaysia is unwelcome because it could dampen investor confidence in the region as a whole, says Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Responding to a
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      Lock icon The young and the old in Malaysia
      1470 3  -  BT's regional analysis editor Yang Ri»«al1 Kmrim speaks to Abdul Samad Ismail on Anwar Ibrahim and Malaysian politics Yang Razali Kassim ABDUL Samad Ismail occupies a special place among Malaysia's intelligentsia. At 73, Pak Samad, as he is affectionately known, is of the
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      S'pore merits top ratings, says agency
      179 4 SINGAPORE merits a AA long-term foreign currency rating, and a AAA long-term local currency rating, according to the Duff Phelps credit rating company. "The ratings balance Singapore's very strong position as a net external and net public sector creditor against the economy's vulnerability to
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      Lock icon Coming to a kiosk near you: Online shoping
      358 4  -  By. Eugene Low EVEN if you don't have a computer, you could soon do online shopping at a terminal just a few steps away from your home. Multimedia publishing group Xpress Print is investing $150 million to set up interactive multimedia i-ONE
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      E-trade hub masterplan gets thumbs-up
      285 4  -  Bat experts call for flexibility in goals, implementation By x Toh Han Shih COMPUTER industry experts yesterday endorsed Singapore's Electronic Commerce Masterplan, but said the government will need to be flexible in its implementation and goals. The experts were speaking yesterday at a panel discussion
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      Fixed deposit rates come down further than prime
      466 4  -  Big depositors with principals above $50,000 hit hardest, with rates cut by up to 100 basis points By\ Siow Li Sen DEPOSITORS who feel they are being penalised by commercial banks which offer lower interest rates for larger deposits might want to
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      Four of seven properties sold in year's 1st URA auction
      359 4  -  By. Marissa Chew FOUR properties in the Chinatown area were sold yesterday in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's first auction this year. Seven leasehold properties four sites for shophouse development and three restored conservation shophouses in Chinatown and Blair Road were
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      S'pore office rents fall to 14th highest in world
      222 4 SINGAPORE'S office rentals are now the 14th most expensive in the world, dropping from eighth position last year, while Asian markets saw the largest falls in rentals worldwide, a survey by property consultants CB Richard Ellis showed. Asian cities' office rentals
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      Walkie-talkies set to take off, thanks to handphone link-up
      604 4  -  By 1 Teh Hood Ling [SINGAPORE] A new feature of the walkie-talkie system the ability to connect to phone networks has put it on the brink of a major takeoff. Both operators of public trunked radio (PTR) in Singapore, which have
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      Lock icon CPI extends fall by 0.8% in Aug
      332 4  -  E7E OH THE ECONOMY Inflation By, Andrey Tan CONSUMER prices fell for the third consecutive month in August, as food, clothing and transport prices continued to tumble with slower economic growth. Figures released yesterday by the De- partment of Statistics (DOS) show a
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      Edmund Tie to manage state properties
      290 4 It will take over 599 properties now managed by Pidemco THE Land Office has awarded Edmund Tie Property Management Services a contract to manage 599 state properties in an effort to inject competition and new ideas into the management of state properties. The Land
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      Lock icon MAS to ensure continuity of euro-affected contracts
      632 5  -  S'pore studying new laws to create more certain environment for financial community Reports byi Catherine Ong AHEAD of the launch of the euro in January 1999, Singapore is looking into introducing legislation to give more certainty to contracts denominated in the currencies of
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      2 consortiums in race for Tuas Power stake
      535 5  -  By. Ronnie Lim AT least two rival consortiums have already been formed to compete for the controlling stake in the $3 billion Tuas Power (TP) company, which is building Singapore's latest power station, sources said. But it is early days, and more
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      Get ready for euro, MAS tells banks
      521 5 BANKS should make adequate preparation and planning to their payment systems to lower the risk of dispute, settlement failure or delay after the launch of Europe's single currency, the euro, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) advised. In a circular to banks and
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Not time to retreat from free markets
      3133 6 PM Goh urges US to take the lead in mobilising global support to tackle the Asian crisis and American businesses to seize opportunities in the region Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, now visiting the United States, delivered a speech to the US Chamber
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      House Hunt
      1218 7 HDB transactions from Aug 17 to Sep 11, 1996. TW POST*. CONTRACT BUILT-IN PWX PSf LOCATION nSTOCT DATE (SOFT) (StOOO) (SS) 3-Room OVpe-A) Bukit Batok East Ave 2 *****9 25-Aug-98 700 129 184 Hougang Ave 4 *****5 21-Aug-98 796 155 195 Hougang Ave 4 *****5 09-Sep-98 797 156
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      Lock icon HDB 3-room resale flats at bargain prices
      673 7  -  Since 1996, prices have come down by 22 per cent And there's still room for them to fall by up to 10 per cent say property agents By David Boey [SINGAPORE] IT'S bargain time for 30-something singles out on the prowl for a
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      Let market forces dictate property prices
      442 7  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Oh Soh Beng Singapore LIKE many of your readers, I subscribe to the notion that property prices should be determined by free market forces. If that means that property prices are high, so be it. If that means that prices
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      227 7 FREEHOLD 6-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING For Sale by Expression of Interest: Enbloc or Strata Floors Total Strata Area: 47,756 sq ft Strata Floor Areas: 6,383 8,837 sq ft Site Area: 9,564 sq ft Fringe of CBD and outside ERP zone Opposite proposed Kandang Kerbau MRT station Fully Leased Ample Carparking 5
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Thomson Bankwatch cuts Malaysia's ratings
      292 8  -  From' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong JOINING the bandwagon to attack Malaysia's latest capital controls, Thomson Bankwatch yesterday issued a critical report on the Malaysian restrictions and downgraded the country's sovereign risk rating, placing a "negative" on the outlook for the country. In a separate
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      Bank Negara flips back to looser policy on NPLs
      508 8  -  It re-issues statement on widening default period for loans From. From Meera Tharmaratnam m Kuala Lumpur IN a surprising turn of events, Bank Negara yesterday re-issued a policy statement on non-performing loans (NPLs) that it withdrew hardly 24 hours ago. On
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      Japan launching measures to help Asean
      499 8  -  inclndes financial support for firms, trade finance By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] To back up its "firm commitment to Asean", Japan will launch a package of "immediately effective measures" to help the region's economies, Japanese Minister for International Trade and Industry Kaoru Yosano said yesterday.
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      Lock icon IMF chief admits errors in preventing S-EA crisis
      504 9 Members didn't have correct information machinery before crisis, he says AFP [FRANKFURT] International Monetary Fund chief Michel Camdessus has admitted errors by the IMF in predicting and preventing the financial crises rocking South-east Asia and Russia. In an interview with the German
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      Lock icon Rescheduled: US$4.2b Indon debt
      355 9 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's creditors agreed to reschedule US$4.2 billion (557.3 billion) in government debt due in the next two years, Finance Minister Bambang Subianto said. Of that, US$l.2 billion in loans from 19 foreign governments and international agencies such as the International Monetary Fund will be
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      7 8 Editorial Obachi must act boldly, Pg 15
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      116 9 GUCCI cz and INTERNATIONAL POLO EQUESTRIAN fc *yr BE THERE TO WITNESS IT ALL. I v W watch intense battles between top teams in polo, J and the precise harmony of rider and horse in dressage j/JF A and showjumping, you are invited to witness it The Rolex International Polo
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon PAL: We're not closing, just suspending ops temporarily
      375 10  -  Estrada promises to help airline draw up new rehabilitation plan From, Al Labita in Manila THE Philippine Airlines (PAL) last nightwithdrew its threat to close shop following President Joseph Estrada's closed-door huddle with taipan Lucio Tan. PAL senior vice-president Avelino Zapanta said
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      Lock icon Agents rush for alternative flights
      298 10 SINGAPORE Approach of peak season aggravates S'pore agents' woes AFP TRAVEL agents said yesterday they were scrambling to find seats for clients from Singapore to Manila with the imminent closure of Philippine Airlines (PAL) as the peak Christmas season approaches. PAL is one of only
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      1,000 Medan farmers protest demand return of land
      475 10  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Medan MORE than a thousand farmers gathered outside the state governor's office yesterday demanding the return of land that they said was illegally appropriated by the New Order government of former president Suharto. Coming from various districts in
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      Lock icon Nine Indon banks miss repayment date
      220 10 JAKARTA Govt panel may decide next week to press charges Reuters INDONESIAN government ministers will meet next week to determine the fate of banks which failed to meet a deadline to return huge loans from the central bank, the agency in charge of restructuring
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      Lock icon Thai PM firming up minor reshuffle
      154 10 BANGKOK Reuters THAI Premier Chuan Leekpai is finalising a minor cabinet reshuffle in which some ministers from the government's six-party coalition will swap portfolios, officials said yesterday. The reshuffle foUows the resignation of Health Minister Rakkiat Sukthana following a scandal over the fixing of
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      Would another rate cut be wise?
      735 11  -  CHIXA WATCH Deepening deflation keeps pushing up real Interest rates By, Lu Ning CHINAS central bank is experiencing a sense of deja vu. It has already cut interest rates twice this year, yet it seems to be back at square one. Once again, it
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      Lock icon No wage cuts, layoffs for 12 months: HK Telecom
      231 11 HONGKONG AFP HONG KONG Telecommunications Ltd assured workers yesterday there would be no wage reductions or layoffs for the next 12 months, one day after withdrawing a controversial pay cut. Hong Kong Telecom chief executive Linus Cheung held out the assurance
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      Patten failed because of his vanity: Jardine's Keswick
      353 11  -  He takes swipes at the ex-governor in reviewing his book From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HENRY Keswick, the chairman of Jardine Matheson who backed Chris Patten's reforms and who once described the Chinese government as a "Marxist-Leninist, thuggish, oppressive regime", has
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      Risk of Korean recession turning into depression
      505 12  -  Downward spiral continues as painful reforms postponed or sidestepped From. Jennifer Veale in Seoul SOUTH Korea may appear to be out of the economic woods while the rest of Asia is engulfed by crisis, but there is still no end in sight to
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      Lock icon Jobless rate dips but there's a worrying trend
      302 12 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korean unemployment hovered near a 32-year high in August as some people gave up looking for work in the face of the deepest recession since the *****. The jobless rate fell to 7.4 per cent last month from 7.6
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      Lock icon Minister guarantees yuan won't be devalued this year
      357 12 BEIJING Reuters A SENIOR Chinese economic minister yesterday guaranteed China would not devalue its currency this year and said government spending plans would ensure the economy grew at the targeted rate of 8 per cent. "I can guarantee that this year the
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      Lock icon Stricter disclosure rules for Japan banks?
      214 12 TOKYO AFP JAPAN will implement stricter disclosure rules for banks from the current financial year and require them to report part of bad loans hidden at related entities, a business daily said yesterday. The Financial Supervisory Agency will urge all domestic banks to disclose
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      Lock icon Howard says hard to predict Oct 3 election outcome
      382 12 USYDNEY Beazley sets an ambitions 5% jobless target AFP Bloomberg Reuters AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard said it's "very hard to call" which party will win the national election scheduled for Oct 3. The main opposition Labor Party narrowly leads Mr
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      9 10 Will Saltm offload QAF, UIC, J Cement? Pg 19
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  • THE WORLD
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      G-7 help soon for emerging market borrowers: IDEA
      493 13  -  SINGAPORE Model could be aid given to Mexico in 1995; Brazil could be early beneficiary By Larry Wee EMERGING market borrowers could get a welcome legup from G-7 central banks within the month, according to British research house IDEA. In a note
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      Lock icon Brazil bleeds US$ amid talk of rescue package
      247 13 BRASILIA Reuters DOLLARS flowed faster out of crisis-torn Brazil on Tuesday, but the government appeared to be waiting for elections in 12 days before agreeing to a widely expected international rescue package, economists said. Dollar outflows, which peaked at US$2.9 billion (Sss
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      Lock icon Americans most unfaithful: condom maker's survey
      362 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters US President Bill Clinton is not alone. The US is the world's most unfaithful nation with one in two Americans polled confessing to at least one infidelity, according to a global sex survey released yesterday by Durex condoms. The Americans were
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      Lock icon France goes green
      57 13 [PARIS] A worker checking rows of bicycles parked near the Town Hall here on Tuesday. Parisians borrowed the bicycles in the first such one-day experiment in 35 French cities where cars were restricted from some downtown areas. The action was hailed by environmentalists who said it would
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      Lock icon Capital controls gain grudging support at EIU
      433 13 LONDON But curb only speculative inflows, not FDIs, portfolio investments, it says Reuters LIMITED capital controls are beginning to find grudging support in the free market bastion of the Economist Intelligence Unit. Robin Bew, chief economist at the economic thinktank, said many small
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      88 13 World needs a hand on its economic rudder, Pg 15 Got Freight? vTARAT) Walang Problema. 4 Need to get your freight worldwide? As we say in the Philippines, no problem! Because with our own fleet flying in and out of Manila daily, there are no third parties invplved. So there
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Political will needed to find Suharto riches
      682 15  -  THB BOTTOMLDVE OPINION By Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent OVER the past couple of weeks, the calls for a thorough investigation into former Indonesian president Suharto's alleged wealth have become more strident From the initial call for Mr Suharto to
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      149 15 'An honest man who is capable. Not a genius. I am not expecting a fair copy of myself.' Malaysian prime minister, when asked what he looks for in a successor. 'If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realised, then we should all bear
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      Obuchi must act boldly
      653 15 EDITORIAL JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's administration has become discredited to the point of being unviable, barely two months after taking office. Unless he quickly takes the reins of power firmly and ceases to defer to the whims of the parliamentary Opposition, there is no doubt
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      Lock icon World needs a hand on its economic rudder
      1084 15  -  Only global central bank can prevent destructive business cycles and maintain financial stability By, Jeffrey Garten The writer is dean of the Yale School of Management and the author of "The Big Ten: The Big Emerging Markets and How They Will Change
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1050 15 CUnfeoo's global duUlongß WHERE would Abraham Lincoln have been without the Civil War, President Clinton reportedly has mused to his friends... Now, with his presidency in danger, Mr Clinton has found his issue, maybe his hour. Financiers who once swore by deregulated capital markets beg for
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  • MOTORING
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      Importers of M'sian cars to pay more
      466 16  -  KL's new currency control measures erode earlier forex advantage By" Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] IMPORTERS of made-in-Malaysia cars are expected to face higher costs on the back of the country's new currency control measures. Currently, two brands are imported from across the Causeway, with
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      Comfort's Proton Wira taxi plan shelved
      282 16 [SINGAPORE] A plan to bring in Proton Wiras as taxis has been shelved for the moment. Twenty of the Malaysian cars were supposed to have been imported in March for Comfort Transportation, the taxi-operating arm of listed Comfort Group. But according to sources at
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      Lock icon Advanced tunnelling machines to be used for NE line
      252 16  -  By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] For the first time, earth pressure balance tunnelling machines will be used extensively in a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project. The machines minimise soil movement as they maintain constant pressure in the tunnel. They are also quieter
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      Land Rover wheels out new baby
      211 16 [SINGAPORE] The Freelancer was unveiled last week onboard the frigate HMS Grafton, amidst free flowing champagne and a full-spread English breakfast no less. The "baby Land Rover", with a 1.8-litre Rover engine, is priced competitively despite being from the land of the high pound.
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      89 16 [SINGAPORE] Executive assistant Tina Ho has won a brand new Peugeot 306 sedan ($60,000 without COE) in Comfort's "book a cab, win a car" campaign. Ms Ho, a non-driver, will be selling the car, which comes without COE. Comfort's three-month campaign drew
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      1209 16 Average OMV of cars registered in August MOOHAMDE CC MEOMVA AUOIA316A 1J0B6 22,458 AUDIA418A 1506 25.730 AUDI80 2 0E A 1384 16,782 AUDIA52AA 2508 47.361 AUMA625A 2,771 8M07 BMW 3"9A/40P 1,606 27.778 MW3iaAC*eRO 1.796 ***** MMT3iaM0R 1,806 ***** BMW310W4CR 1806 36,173 BME320MOR 1301 ***** BMW520A ifl0i *****
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Will Salim offload QAF, UIC, Jurong Cement?
      596 19  -  Group's debt accord would see it handing e?w shares in about 100 companies to Indonesian gwt By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] An agreement reached between Indonesia's Salim group and the Indonesian government this week, which would see the group hand over its shares
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      L&M posts $6.6m loss due to equipment trading, property
      239 19  -  By Diana Oon [SINGAPORE] Specialist engineering contractors L&M Group Investments slipped into the red, reporting $6.6 million in net losses for the first half of this year. This compares to $609,000 net profits a year ago. L&M's directors said the losses,
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      SingTel's management gets analyst's thumbs-up
      452 19  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom faces difficult times ahead but its proactive management gets the thumbs-up because it has been able to match competition and come out ahead, said PrudentialBache Securities telecoms analyst Rohit SobtL Mr Sobtl recommends accumulating Sing Tel which is
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      Super Coffeemix plunges into the red
      225 19 Interim net Ims «f $4J9m against a Sim gain previously [SINGAPORE] Deteriorating margins as a result of the regional crisis saw Super Coffeemix plunge into the red with a net loss of $4.19 million for the six months to June 30. This compares with
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      Strong case for a futures contract based on ST Index
      813 19  -  lIOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy IT'S been two weeks since the Singapore International Monetary Exchange launched its futures contract on the Morgan Stanley Capital International Index for the Singapore stock market While it might be a bit too early to
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      SM Summit's interim net profit slumps 55% amid Asia crisis
      241 19 {SINGAPORE] SM Summit saw its interim earnings fall 55 per cent to $2.05 million from (4.56 million last year as demand for compact discs fell amid the regional currency crisis. Turnover for the six months to June 30 fell 12
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        Sino Land profit dives 51% on HK$1.3b provision
        703 20  -  Netearnngifallto HKs9o&7mas provision was bigger than expected Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong NG Teng Pong's Sino Land Co yesterday unveiled a 51 per cent drop in net profit for the year to June 30, 1998, after making a bigger-than-expec-ted provision for
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        Lock icon China limits mutual fund holding to 3%
        265 20 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's stock market watchdog has issued rules governing trading of mutual funds, limiting an investor's holdings in a single fund to less than 3 per cent of the fund's total assets, the Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. Under the rules drafted
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        Lock icon Hong Leong Bank net dives 89% to RM10.5m, HL Credit in the red
        326 20 Bloomberg AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank posted a 89 per cent plunge in profit for the year ended June 30 to 10.5 million Malaysian ringgit (Ss4.B million). Earnings per share fell to 7 sen a
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        Lock icon Telekom M'sia raises US$60m Islamic loan
        194 20 Bloomberg AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd borrowed US$6O million (*****.8 million) in an interest-free Islamic loan, making the company one of the first to raise money outside the country after Malaysia imposed restrictions on capital (lows. The five-year loan was arranged by Standard
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        Lock icon Brierley shares hit record low as asset values fall
        526 20 Sentiment not helped by firm's meeting with bondholders Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd shares yesterday fell to a record low as the value of some of its biggest assets declined further, limiting the investment company's chances of reviving its flagging performance.
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        Lock icon Tenaga plans to restructure electricity generation unit
        274 20 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian power utility Tenaga Nasional said yesterday that it plans to restructure its electricity generation subsidiary, TNB Generation Sdn Bhd. "We hereby confirm that TNB Generation Sdn Bhd is planning to restructure its generation unit," Tenaga said in a statement
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          Rotol gots okay for mainboard move
          70 20 [SINGAPORE] Rotol Singapore said it has received in-principle approval ftam the stock exchange to move to the mainboard, at a date to be announced later. As of yesterday, the company has an authorised capital of Ss3o million compriaing 200 million ordinary shares of 10
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          Lock icon Capital gains tax for Thai deels?
          118 20 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] The Securities and Exchange Commission la studying details of a proposal to introduce capital sains tax on transactions at the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the Bangkok Post reported, quoting SEC deputy secretary-general Prasarn Trairatvorakul. However, if implemented, the tax would likely be
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          Lock icon Astra layoits part of debt restrusturing
          102 20 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] PT Astra International president Rini Suwandi said the management's decision to lay off 2S£OO employees was part of efforts to restructure debt "Aa part of debt restructuring, the Astra Group did not extend contracts of 20,000 workers and approved applications Jbr early
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          59 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Affin Holdings recorded a group consolidated pre-tax operating profit of 55.7 million Malaysian ringgit (Ss2s million) for the first half; down from RM234.3 million achieved a year ago. The company said the poorer performance was due to an increase in loan provisioning. Group
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          Lock icon Malakoff on turnover from land works
          85 20 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malakoff Bhd is expected to obtain a total of 190 million Malaysian ringgit turnover from land reclamation works at Lekir near Sitiawan for Tenaga Nasional Bhd's coal-generated electricity project. Physical works on the 400 ha reclamation land is scheduled to be
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          Lock icon UAC profit dips to RM27
          76 20 Bernama (KUALA LUMPUR] UAC Bhd. a building and construction firm, recorded a group operating profit before tax of RM27.9 million for the year ended June 80, slightly less than the RM28.2 million it posted in the previous year. Turnover, however, improved 81.8 per cent t0RM219.7
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        Lock icon One billion mobile-phone users by 2005: Nokia
        406 21 Quadrupling seen as tiie number of users Is rising foster than forecast Bloomberg Reuters [HELSINKI] Nokia Oyj, the world's No 2 wireless phone maker, said it expects the number of mobile-phone users will quadruple to one billion in the year 2005. While the
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        Lock icon Kia Motors' second auction cancelled
        333 21 Reuters [SEOUL] A second auction for Kia Motors and sister firm Asia Motors was cancelled yesterday and a fresh scramble is anticipated for the highly indebted Korean car firm. "All bidders asked for additional write-offs of debts," said Kia spokesman Kim Sam Sung. "The tender
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        Lock icon Faulty mobile phone models fixed: Ericsson
        240 21 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Swedish telecoms group AB LM Ericsson confirmed a report yesterday that some of its handset models were faulty but said the problem had been fixed. "The problem affected about 10 per cent of the production of the 688 and 788 models until
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        Lock icon Compaq introduces new range of cheaper home PCs
        324 21 New models to fight rivals in holiday sales season Bloomberg (HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp has introduced new home computers starting at U551,199 (552.075), cheaper than some rivals, as the No 1 personal computer maker looks to lure buyers in the important holiday
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        Lock icon 3Com Q1 profit falls 49%
        156 21 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Networking company 3Com Corp's first-quarter profit fell 49 per cent, hurt by price cuts on modems and other lowcost equipment that links computers tq the Internet. Profit before a gain in the quarter ended Aug 28 fell to US$B6.7 million (*****.2
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        Lock icon Lehman's Q3 net down 23% on trading losses
        170 21 Bloomberg YORK] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said yesterday that third-quarter earnings fell 23 per cent from a year ago after the company suffered trading losses in tumbling global markets. Lehman, the fourth largest US securities firm by capital, said net income for
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        Lock icon Oil firm chiefs to hold world summit next week
        399 22 Talks show how slump's forcing industry to do a radical rethink FT [LONDON] Around 20 of the world's biggest oil companies are due to meet next week to discuss the crisis in the industry, which is reeling from a slump in
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        Lock icon Barclays card unit to cut 25% of staff
        206 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] Barclaycard, the credit card business of Barclays pic, said it will cut about a quarter of its staff and increase spending in technology as it strives to retain its UK market leadership. Barclaycard said it will cut 1,100 jobs over
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        43 22 [BERNE] Bank note designer Joerg Zintzmeyer displaying the new series of Swiss bank notes after a press conference here on Tuesday. The Swiss National Bank presented a new 100 Swiss Francs note which will be available from Oct 1. REUTERS
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        Lock icon Goldman Q3 profit down 19%, warns about Q4
        440 22 Least hit of US investment banks; may delay IPO Reuters, Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc, scheduled to go public in November, on Tuesday reported a 19 per cent drop in its third-quarter pre-tax profit to US$754 million
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        Lock icon US banks' Q2 record profits not sustainable, says FDIC
        266 22 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US commercial banks reported record profits of US$l6.l billion (5527.9 billion) in the second quarter, although the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) warned that the string of heady profits is poised to end. Earnings of the nation's 8,964 commercial
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        Lock icon Solvency break seen for Asia insurers
        314 22 Reuters [MACAU] Asian insurance regulators, facing a wave of insurer failures, could relax solvency limits to help ease companies through the economic crisis, an industry leader said on Tuesday. "They will not necessarily be lowering the margins, but they might look at levels more
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        Lock icon Euro$ firms amid hopes of US rate cut
        186 22 SOtEKßeport Reuters [SINGAPOREJ Simex Eurodollar futures firmed yesterday as the market continued to bet on a US rate cut in the near future. "The market looks very bullish. People have been buying Eurodollars for the last few days because there's a chance
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        Futures fall on profit-taking
        172 22  -  MSCX TAIWAN FUTURES Ms Cecilia Loh Ms Cecilia Loh, service dealer, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures lost 3.60 points on profit-taking yesterday. The key stock index dipped 71.82 points as investors were not sure whether the proposed merger between three government-controUed banks
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        Lock icon Oil sheds gains on profit-taking
        274 22 ENERGY REPORT Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] IPE Brent crude oil futures shed gains in afternoon trading yesterday in profit-taking triggered by news that the St Croix refinery was preparing to restart. Operator Amerada Hess said its huge Caribbean refinery, shut down by a hurricane on Monday,
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        271 22 AFX-Asia AFP Loa4oa THE dollar was off its highs in afternoon trade, with the market sidelined by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony to the Senate Budget committee on Asia later in the day, dealers said. They said the market is eagerly waiting for Mr Greenspan's testimony in
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      1912 23 h>U >■» *h 31 Group 510.000 >15.000 AB Pom 250.000 -2400 AMoy National 1109.000 J.OOO Alliod Dofltacq 420.000 ****** Am* 150.000 4.000 AsdaGroup *****0 3.400 BATM 445.000 ***** BGPIc 375*200 1.600 WCC 65.000 -5*000 BOC Group 760.000 -3400 BO PstroNwn 878.400 27.400 rra m.4oo *1400 Banko(Scotland 609.000
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      Lock icon HONGKONG
      1427 24 Reuters W Hang Seng ♦jjjMS STOCKS enjoyed a robust rally yesterday, led by activity in the futures market where some brokers suspected the government might have been active ahead of the expiry of September index futures next week. The Hang Seng Index closed up 130.88 points at 7,504.39, boosted
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      Lock icon CHINA
      559 24 Reuters PI Shanhaa Blade* +OJ4 SHENZHEN'S B shares inched to a higher close in slim trade yesterday, with most investors on the sidelines awaiting policy news from Beijing, analysts said. The B Index gained 0.14 of a point, to 63.95 on turnover of HKS6.9 million. "People are reluctant to
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      Lock icon TAIPEI
      347 24 AFP Dtp latex -TUQ TAIWAN share prices fell one per cent to below the 7,000point resistance level yesterday as institutional investors locked in profits, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 71.82 points to 6,962.17, following a 0.1 per cent rise in the previous session. "Institutional investors adjusted holdings
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      Lock icon JAKARTA
      672 24 AFP PCbmnoßtohlg +L 37 INDONESIAN shares yesterday closed 0.5 per cent higher, with the market focused on blue chips following an asset-for-debt deal with the government, dealers said. "Market players generally focused on Gajah Tunggal, Astra International, Indofood and Lippo group shares," a dealer with a state brokerage said.
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      Lock icon BANGKOK
      764 24 AFP n SET laic +BJ4 THAI shares rose sharply at the close yesterday, adding 3.6 per cent on speculative buying in major issues and banks, dealers said. Analysts said there were some local leads as well as reactions to the meeting in New York between US President Bill Clinton
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      Lock icon MANILA
      250 24 AFP nimu *am PHILIPPINE share prices closed 3.2 per cent higher yesterday as investors picked up bargains. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index gained 36.39 points to 1,159.69. Turnover fell to 252 million shares worth 794 million pesos. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co rose 30 pesos to 800.—AFP Manila Mining
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      Lock icon SEOUL
      350 24 AFP POompoatolilei -OJB SHARES inched down yesterday despite retail buying of Samsung Electronics, dealers said. The Korea Exchange Index closed down 0.68 of a point at 291.93, off a low of 287.46. The won was trading at 1,399.00 to the US dollar. The benchmark corporate bond yield was up
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      Lock icon SYDNEY
      561 24 AFP HADOrtmtriM *312 AUSTRALIAN share prices gained 1.5 per cent yesterday with the upcoming expiry of September options considered the major force behind the surge, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 39.2 points to 2.573.6. National turnover totalled 391.15 million shares worth AJ993.29 million. The All Industrials Index
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      249 24 AFP QWeDmgtoo -10J7 NEW Zealand stocks were down 0.6 per cent yesterday with troubled Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) slumping to an all-time low. The NZSE-40 Index lost 10.17 points to 1,700.22 on turnover of NZ$81.7 million with BIL losing six cents to close at a record low of 38
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        Lock icon Ratings downgrade, loan moves hit shares
        378 25 AFP Bernama fl Composite Index -9J9 SHARES fell 2.4 per cent yesterday on concerns over central bank measures to ease bad loan problems and a ratings downgrade. The Composite Index edged down 9.19 points to end at 376.26. The Second Board Index lost 0.82
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        Index warrant a fascinating instrument
        226 26  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy IN yesterday's column, we highlighted the thriving covered warrant sector in Australia, where new products are regularly introduced. Apart from calls and puts on individual stocks, investors also have at their disposal index warrants to choose from, all with different
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        ST counters catch the eye amid day of quiet trading
        667 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMXBMTAKT STI gains 4.67 points to keep nose above 900, bat advance-decline score excluding foreign currency issues was 68-144 By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Lack of overseas direction and a general slowing down In trading of all regional equities
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          110 28 UNITED Overseas Bank's 221 (tele-banking) account-holders will be pleased to know that as of June this year, club. The bank has not opened any more 121 accounts since then, and its officers offer this sweet euphemism to turn away are no longer promoting this account", and the only
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          World of difference
          86 28 f§ SINCE opening a year ago, Great World City has attracted its share of shoppers and food lovers. But many motorists have grumbled about the "expensive and unreasonable" car park charges in the complex during Sundays and pubUb holidays. For instance, they charge ti per hour from
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          They've get sty
          59 28 AT least they haven't lost their sense of humour. Ousted leader Anwar Ibrahim's camp has been churning out "reformasi" come up with reform aai headbands and T' postcards distributed on Sunday bysupporters of Mr Anwar, who has been detained under the Internal Security Act yßte cards are
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        72 28  -  by Ven Sreenivasan PARKWAY Holdings fell 16 cents yesterday. Although the stock could (all further in the next few days, the technicals suggest that it should make its way back to its medium-term support level of 52.00 before too long. But a lot will depend on whether the
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      117 26 UNISTAR INDUSTRIES PTE ITD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at aa extraordlaary general meeting of the Company daly coaveaed and held oa the 14* dajr of September 1998, the following opedal reaolatioa wan pawed: That pursuant to 290 (l)(b) of the Companies Act (Cq>. 50) the
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      325 29 Bridge News Reuters THERE seemed to be a widespread rumour of a second ship fixed at a high US$B,OOO daily for a voyage from the east into the Atlantic, although full details failed to surface. This is apart from the 1997-built, 72,517-dwt Ever Blossom which on Monday established
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      503 29  -  Visit next month will be first in a series to discuss combined regional approach to reducing attacks By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] As concern in the shipping industry mounts over the increasingly violent pirate attacks against merchant ships in South-east Asia, the International
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      109 29 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese shipyards continued to suffer a sharp decline in export orders in August when they won contracts for nine vessels totaling 505,600 gross tonnes, an industry group said. The figures compared with 19 vessels totaling 771,490 gross tonnes a year earlier,
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      86 29 [SINGAPORE] Since operations started at PSA Corp's new Pasir Panjang Terminal (PTT) last October, over I,4oovessels have called. Four berths are now operational at the stateof-the-art terminal and another two will be completed and operational by next year. Each new berth has annual capacity 0f750,000 TEUs,
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      710 29  -  MEWEUILDS By. David Hughes THE latest figures from UK-based classification society Lloyd's Register (LR) show that the number of new orders increased in the second quarter of this year but the total backlog is nevertheless below last December's level of 56.6 million gross
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      398 29  -  SSA to continue working with govt agencies to tackle problems: chairman By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The outlook for the shipping industry is likely to "remain uncertain" in the immediate future, according to Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) chairman Lua Cheng Eng. "Our industry is facing
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      190 29 AFP [MANILA] Philippine marine officials said yesterday they were suspending the operations of seven ferries from the same stable as the vessel that sank last week leaving more than 100 dead or missing. Maritime authority general manager Rick Romero said the seven Sulpico
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      134 29 Reuters (LONDON] British port operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Co said it has invested US$2 million (553.4 million) in a Kenyan company which will develop a bulk grain and fertiliser terminal in the Port of Mombasa. Grain Bulk Handlers Ltd will boost the
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      1028 30 MARITIME SAFETY Major initiatives such as better ship design have contributed to this, Lloyd's Register official tells Martech '98 [SINGAPORE] Maritime safety, with particular emphasis on ships that experience an actual total loss (ATL), appears to be generally improving. This is based on statistics
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        168 42 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Boeing Co chairman and chief executive Phil Condit said he expects third-quarter aircraft deliveries to be the same as or slightly lower than in the second quarter. The world's largest aircraft maker delivered 139 planes in the second quarter. Analysts
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        149 42 AFP [NEW DELHI] Private Indian airlines, most of which failed to even take off, owe the government 1.4 billion rupees (5552.5 million), the United News of India (UNI) said yesterday. A special parliamentary committee has directed the Civil Aviation Ministry to prepare
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        368 42 Com Air, Continental, Midway, US Airways receive letters from Food and Drug Administration Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Four US airlines received warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration after recent inspections revealed inadequate handling of food and water supplies. Com Air Holdings Inc
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        290 42 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Hyundai Motor India Ltd unveiled a new car called Santro to challenge the dominance of Maruti Udyog Ltd in India's US$3 billion (555.2 billion) car market. "For 14 years people have been driving Maruti 800, which has lost
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        485 42 After several years of losses, carmaker confident of better sales this year Reuters [TQKYO] Nissan Motor Co, Japan's struggling number two automaker, is getting its key US operations back to normal after heavy losses last year, according to a top executive. "We're building
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        562 42 Spain's state-owned carrier prepares for public offering next year Bloomberg [MADRID] Iberia Lineas Aereas SA said it will buy as many as 11 Airbus Industrie planes worth about US$l.4 billion (552.4 billion) as the state-controlled airline overhauls its fleet in preparation for its initial public
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        158 42 AFX-Asia [AMSTERDAM] Amsterdam Airport Schiphol NV is looking to acquire a stake in Indonesian airport operator PT Angkasa Pura 11, the Financieele Dagblad quoted the chairman of Indonesia's agency for state-owned companies, Tanri Abeng. The report said the operator is one of the
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      23 29 Maritime safety: Fewer ships being lost at sea Major initiatives such as better ship design have helped, says Martech '98 speaker. Page 2
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