The Business Times, 30 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/ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998
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  • 963 1  -  Ez-DPM pleads not guilty, says he was beaten unconscious From] Eddie Tab Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim was produced in court yesterday with a swollen black eye and bruises on his right arm—to face nine charges of sodomy and corrupt
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  • 78 1 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Two men who were recently convicted of being sodomised by sacked Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim have decided to retract their guilty pleas and appeal against the conviction, lawyers said yesterday. The lawyers, who asked not to be identified, said Sukma Derma
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  • 386 1 230 am LATEST Vail Street seems disappointed, with Dow down 44 punts Reuters Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve yesterday gave world financial markets what they wanted by cutting US interest rate a quarter percentage point its first cut in almost
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  • 547 1 Judge: 18% interest 'aggressive', MAS should look into it The Straits Times [SINGAPORE] High Court judge Warren Khoo has criticised Hong Leong Finance's practice of charging a default interest rate of 18 per cent a year when its customers could not
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  • 651 1  -  Scale of loss raises concern omits net tangible assets By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Line yesterday declared a staggering interim loss of $240.8 million, raising questions as to how long the national shipping line can continue to sustain losses of this
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    • 150 1 STpcre-Japui initiative Singapore is teaming up with half a dozen leading Japanese companies to position its manufacturing sector at the forefront of next-generation electronics and telecomunications technology, Pg4 Wafer fab plant Dutch chip giant Philips Semiconductors is investing USsl2b in a wafer fabrication plant In Singapore, teaming up with Taiwan
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  • ANWAR'S ARREST
    • 176 2 AFP AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police said yesterday they had detained another three without trial for being involved in activities that threaten national security. The three are student leader Ahmad Shabrimi Mohamad Sidek, opposition Parti Islam member Abdul Malek Hussein and lawyer Zulkifli Nordin,
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    • 84 2 AFP [OTTAWA] Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin pledged on Monday to raise the plight of Malaysia's jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim during a meeting of Commonwealth finance ministers this week. Mr Martin, describing Anwar as a friend, said he would raise the
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    • 530 2 They also venture that DrM could be brought to the stand [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government took its first concrete step yesterday in prosecuting former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, but lawyers warned that the trial could.drag on for months, and ventured that the prime
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    • 458 2 He was commenting on Islamic requirement to prove the act of sodomy Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Mihister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that due to the state of the present society where many people claim to be Muslims but fail to
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    • 355 2 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] A special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat yesterday was told that former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim was detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for trying to incite his supporters to start riots. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said it
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    • 1258 2 These are the charges against Malaysia's sacked Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. All are dated Sept 29. BT has translated the charges into English from Malay. Sodomy ohmrgo* Charge 1: That you, on a night in April 1994 at No 8, Jalan Setia Murni 1, Bukit Damansara in
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 644 3  -  Dutch chip giant in Joint venture with EDB and Taiwan Semiconductor By Jennifer Lion DUTCH chip giant Philips Semiconductors is investing US$l.2 billion (SI2 billion) in a wafer fabrication plant here, teaming up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and the
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    • 223 3 THE government has extended the double tax deduction (DTD) scheme, first launched by the Trade Development Board, to the tourism industry. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday that companies in the tourism industry can now offiset, against their taxable income, twice the eligible
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    • 678 4  -  BO LEE'S VISIT TO TOKYO Mm into forefront of electronics and telecommunications technology Reportsby Ronnie Lim in Tokyo SINGAPORE is teaming up with half a dozen leading Japanese companies to position its manufacturing sector at the forefront of next-genera-tion electronics and telecommunications
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    • 251 4  -  By David Boey SINGAPORE Airlines has made another about-turn on its fares for the SingaporeManila route, barely a week after it said it would be charging the fUll published rates. Yesterday, the national carrier said it was reinstating discounted market fares for its
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    • 532 4 S'pore taking action to stay competitive, investors assured JAPANESE investors in Asia are concerned about the regional crisis and its impact on their regional operations, especially the growing protectionist policies used by some Asian countries to manage their problems. But Japanese
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    • 329 4  -  By: David Boey SPURRED by the need to speed up workers' skills upgrading, the government has brought forward by six months the start date of a new workers training fund, labour chief Lim Boon Heng announced last night. The NTUC Education and Training
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    • 405 4  -  Reason: it is now Asian HQ after HK took brant of sweeping revamp By I Slow Li Sen DAIWA Securities Singapore will not be retrenching any staff now that it has become the Asian headquarters of Japan's second biggest broker, after Hongkong bore
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    • 325 4  -  EYE OM THE ECONOMY Commerce Byi Carol Eng VISITOR arrivals fell 11.7 per cent year-on-year in August, bringing to 16.8 per cent the total drop in arrivals for the first eight months of the year. The August decline, though, had moderated from the 20 per
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 94 4 The Straits Times NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng does not think the National Wages Council is in the position to recommend what should be the percentage cut in the 20 per cant monthly contributions of enqdoyect. HesaMthattfaeMWC, reconvened last week to issue fresh guidelines, would
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      • 44 4 AMERICAN technology company TRW Inc will pump in US*L million (tl .7 million) here by year-end as part of Investments in its new regional headquarters, officially opened on Monday The regional headquarters, called TRW Systems Overseas Inc, will oversee the group's
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      • 32 4 joint vMm, atifl te Asia Pacific managing director Anthony Fox. ftatarpts are mainly the bom* J iuipftiaeiuaut aad alar 1 Mlr nl retail tmilnaiaaa, and poMfttjr health fcbMutjr too.
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      • 50 4 MICHAEL Page Ltd, a headhunting and executive aaarch company, pleated guilty in court on 1988 tor i yat 11 n an nieirt agency without a valid licence of Manpower (MOMXtha mtniaKy sak! yeeterday. The company was fined $1,000. MOM said the maximum fine for this oftace under the Employment
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      • 21 4 SINGAPORE Changl Airport has pictari up a arithin a month—readers of Business TVuuaKarmagatfne have voted Changithe "Beat Airport and
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      • 39 4 METROPOLITAN YMCA, which recently launched 26 aarrics aparttieiUaal Stevens Rd. has tied up with Tele-Medical Servicea to ofier its gueats basic medical services. These include telephone medical conaall a ttotii for minor ailments round-the-clock every day.
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      • 65 4 SINGAPORE Ucodmiltted to market ytfajjlMtl* Lim S-<w«?Sq?SiSsySlaL-map of the fcuvwniwiwr pailianientaxy committee for finance and trade ft industry. "Instead of looking for easy but unsustainable ways to »et out of this regional crisis, we are determined to turn thte economic crisis Into a growth
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    • 294 3 ir 1 Invented for you The Type XX Aeronavale chronograph has a doubly prestigious heritage. It is true to the inventive spirit of Abraham-Louis Breguet, the greatest watchmaker ever known. It is am imbued also with the exploits of his dtsigntd by Louts BngHtL i I descendant, Louis Breguet, one
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    • 1530 5 TRADES PJLJ R SEP/OCT 98 AN OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF _TDB URL: http://www.tdb.gov.ft9 Singapore Trade Development Board X diary TDB Plans More Missions The Euro And of Events n r t Your Business Over Next Six Months Business missions Mr Tay added that there are ill Tbe Europe Union (EU) is
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  • FOCUS: MONET MATTERS
    • 1141 7  -  The US$ seems likely to weaken as Asian interest rates recede sharply By Larry Wee IF you are long, you are wrong. That's been the basic message that's been building up over the last week for many US dollar holders. In Asia, this was most
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    • 1272 7 Desmond Supple of Barclays Capital briefs US lawmakers en the likely implications of Asia's economic crisis and champions banking reform as the best path to recovery FUTURE economic growth and policy trends in Asia will be framed by the region's banking
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    • 27 7 This is an excerpt of a 19-page testimony to the US House Banking and Financial Services Committee hearing on the world economic crisis, held on Sept 14.1998.
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    • 365 7 RMB YUAN^B 1997.1241 1996.12.31 liA-MrTIM 1997.1241 1996.12.31 ASSETS LIABBJTIEB Cash 242,158,815.73 229,936,460.01 Due to Banks 10,*****4,913.37 *****,346,144.18 Du> from Banks 31,*****0,488.44 **********9.55 Deposits 80,534,404,801.87 58,573,*****5.39 |B Accounts RecefcaMo 1443,*****154 1,785,769,884.64 Remittances..... 59,826,866.49 68.111.817.32 Bills Discounted and Accounts Payable 1,851,*****161 1,763,417,173.30 H Remittances Bought 5422,*****248 5,110.373,007.68 Other UattNUas *****6,***** 403,005,188.67 Loans
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 895 8  -  WORLD BANK REPORT OM EAST ASIA Recovery likely to take longer in East Asia than in Mexico in 1994 From Leon Hadar in Washington IN its first comprehensive study of the East Asian financial turmoil, the World Bank suggests that the
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    • 358 8  -  There must be total transparency from everyone, lie says From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S combative Financial Secretary Donald Tsang has called for new international rules and regulations to cover foreign exchange activities by investment banks and hedge funds.
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    • 215 8 HKMA proposes moving HK rate gradually to 7.8 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has proposed gradually weakening the rate at which it converts banks' Hongkong dollar balances to US dollars over a 500-day period starting next April, the authority said yesterday. "We have written to the HKAB (Hong
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    • 607 9  -  Capital adequacy ratio raised to 4% from current -25% From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S efforts to restructure its moribund banking sector moved another step forward with the government's announcement yesterday that it was launching a recapitalisation programme for troubled banks. Bank Indonesia
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    • 294 9  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies continued their advance against the US dollar yesterday, amid widespread expectation of a US interest rate cut at the start of US trading. Traders said the greenback's weaker tone was on the back of an
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    • 502 9  -  Plans allow for viable banks to get injections, sell NPLs From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WITH a political compromise now achieved for rescuing the nation's failing banks, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is preparing to advance much bolder plans
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    • 6 9 Shaky outlook/or the greenback, Pg 7
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 422 10 JAKARTA Verdict will hurt investor confidence in legal system, say analysts Reuters INDONESIA'S first real attempt at a bankruptcy case in 95 years came unstuck yesterday and analysts warned it would make investors even less comfortable with the country's cloudy legal system. An
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    • 361 10 JAKARTA Moody's move expected to affect USs73om debt of power companies Bloomberg THREE Indonesian power projects' ratings were cut by Moody's Investors Service, affecting debt of as much as US$73O million (Ssl.2 billion), after state oil company Pertamina and utility PLN breached contracts to
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    • 379 10 BANGKOK Reuters AFP THAILAND'S Democrat Party said Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's new coalition took shape yesterday when all seven parties agreed to keep economic portfolios in the hands of the core Democrats. Sanan Kachornprasart, secretary-general of the Democrat Party, told reporters that the
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    • 316 10 JAKARTA They will be banned from the industry, say newspapers AFP THE Indonesian government is to bar owners of troubled banks from working in the banking industry if they have been found guilty of bank crimes, newspapers said yesterday. Central Bank Indonesia (BI) director for
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    • 278 10 SINGAPORE AFP THE Asian economic crisis may be both boon and bane for companies pushing hightechnology products in the region, an independent thinktank said yesterday. Lower spending power may limit the entry of new technology, but the crisis may also make It easier
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    • 209 10 JAKARTA AFP A BRAWL between army and police units in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province yesterday sparked a shooting spree which left up to three people dead and scores injured, witnesses said. "It was a war," a resident source said by telephone from
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    • 770 10 =p Den norske Bank as a PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNTS BALANCE SHEETS >T-y v Amounts in NOK million 1997 1996 AmoMßte in NOK million 31 Dec. 1997 31 Dw.1996 Interest income; 12 015 11 781 ASSETS Interest expenses 7 587 7 539 Cash and deposits with central banks 857- 3
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    • 957 10 —1 r: l 'i Noble group limited Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability INTERIM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT for the half-year period ended 30 June 1998 The Board of Director* of Noble Group Limited present to you Asian market*. Our response, as margins have contracted, has below the unaudited operating results of
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 336 11 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S unemployment rate, already at a 15year high, is expected to soar higher as one out of three firms plans to cut staff in the second half of the year, a survey showed yesterday. The survey carried out by the Hong
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    • 573 11  -  Some, like Th&kral, are oat to protect China investments while others seek to cover repayments From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong WORRIED about a devaluation of the Chinese yuan, more companies with investments in China, including Singapore's Thakral Corp, are protecting
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    • 313 11 BEIJING Stricter measures to stem capital flight: diplomatic sources AFP CHINA'S foreign exchange administration is preparing new controls in light of increasing capital flight out of the country, diplomatic sources said yesterday. These/noves follow an order by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange's
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    • 137 11 BEIJING Reuters CHINA is expected to set up a new one billion yuan (*****.7 million) securities firm in the south-western city of Chongqing, a Chongqing International Trust and Investment Co official said yesterday. The new brokerage will be set up soon following the
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  • ASIA
    • 418 12 MELBOURNE Work stoppage after Friday's gas plant blast said to be costing As3sm a day Reuters Bloomberg GAS consumers in the state of Victoria yesterday sued Esso Australia Ltd, operator of a gas plant which exploded last week and severed most of
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    • 240 12 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korean banks and labour unions have reached an agreement on layoffs in the banking sector, avoiding planned strikes and chaos in banking operations during the country's busiest holiday season. In last-ditch talks yesterday, seven out of nine banks bowed to
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    • 95 12 ISLAMABAD Reuters THE head of Pakistan's armed forces on Monday denied a London newspaper report that the army planned a coup because of alleged corruption by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. General Jenhangir Karamat said in a statement that a report in the Sunday Observer that he
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    • 605 12 fSL I I I nurnmc asanas ingram i 7/y An Ingram Micro Affiliate BBIBfsBB. W. P Prof own Half Y«ar Financial Statement and Dividend Announcement p The Directors are pleased to announce the following results for the six months ended X June 1996. These figures m P have not been
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    • 379 12 4 T I ;'j -V Announcing the double offer by Northwest Airlines, where prices are brought down to earth, while our service is still soaring high. From now to 30 November 1998, you can fly to Tokyo for only $628 on economy class and $1,288 on World Business Class 5
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  • THE WORLD
    • 424 13 US, IMF plan US 30b loan for Brazil: report NEW YORK Beacne package to stave off prospects of a devaluation of the real, says NYT AFP THE US administration and the IMF are putting together a US$3O billion (5550.4 billion) rescue package for Brazil in a bid to protect Latin
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    • 154 13 SANJOSE -Bloomberg WORLDWIDE sales of computer chips are expected to rise 12 per cent in 1999, rebounding from a decline of 6 per cent this year, according to a market research group. Gartner Group Inc's Dataquest research unit said on Monday weak
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    • 259 13 BRUSSELS Reuters THE European Union and 71 developing countries this week begin the most radical overhaul of their relationship in a quarter century. The wealthy 15-nation EU and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group, which includes many of the world's poorest
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    • 118 13 WASHINGTON AFP PRIVATE capital flows to emerging markets around the world are expected to contract sharply this year, falling to US$l6O billion (*****.6 billion) from US$24O billion in 1997, a leading financial association warned yesterday. "Capital markets are at a critical juncture and
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    • 401 13 MOSCOW Controlled emission of money not workable, he says AFP Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund's representative in Russia criticised on Monday the government's sketchy plans to revive its crippled economy, saying Russia urgently needed a strong political consensus to push ahead with radical reforms. IMPs
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    • 543 14 BONN Govt may move to Berlin in April or May; chancellor reassures allies Reuters AFP GERMANY'S newly elected Social Democrats moved swiftly to put their stamp on power as plans emerged to cut taxes in 1999 and bring forward the government's
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    • 377 14 NEW YORK Greenspan feeling pressure to shew leaderships analysts Reuters THE Federal Reserve's success In presiding over the best US economy in decades may be drawing the US central bank into a global role beyond its mandate, Fed watchers said on Monday. The
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    • 164 14 0k '"MM Emirates, Airline of the Year. See inside for details. At this year's OAG Airline of the Year awards, Emirates walked off with Best Airline for Food and Wine, Best Cabin Crew arid Best Economy Class, to name but a few In fact, Emirates scooped nine awards in all
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 691 15  -  TBB BOTTOM LIMB OPINION By Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent WHEN G-7 finance ministers gathered in Hongkong a year ago prior to the IMF and World Bank annual meetings there, the Asia crisis looked like a single dark cloud in an
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    • 158 15 'It showed us that the Americans could easily ignore their own principles.' ihtait a prominent economist and president of Nakamae International Economic Research in Tokyo on the US$3.5 billion rescue of Long-Term Capital Management. The financial world is dominated by those with big bucks, and those guys
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    • 591 15 EDITORIAL IS it that voters became tired of the old faces or is a new political mood sweeping through Europe? In the past two years, West Europeans seem to have turned away from the economic rationalism of the ThatcherReagan years. Three of its richest nations —France,
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    • 839 15  -  Such help for the rich and well-connected is grossly unfair and encourages reckless actions in future By, James Giasaman The writer is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute The Washington Post THE principle behind welfare reform was simple: If you pay people when
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    • 1106 15 THE world's top finance officials gather in Washington this week for the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Though the parties may be as lavish as ever, the mood will be somber. With financial meltdowns and economic slumps in much of the
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 816 16  -  They will undoubtedly be better reading than special prosecutor Starr's report on Clinton, says chablbs levendoskt CHARLES LEVENDOSKY NYT IT'S National Banned Books Week in the US —a good time to pick up a book that has been banned and read It. It will undoubtedly be
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    • 421 16 FILM His new film reveals myriad feelings, ranging from joy to disdain, about fame Reuters [NEW YORK] Characters In Woody Allen's new film Celebrity have a host of feelings about fame some revel in it, some disdain it, some abuse it, some don't
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
    • 827 18  -  Management commitment and talented staff play a big part in Cisco Systems' success, CEO John Chambers tells xbmmbth jahzs KENNETH JAMES ONE statistic sums it all up for Cisco Systems Inc last year, this company alone accounted for an astonishing one-third of all
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    • 501 18 ▼ataelngatjr uderestnu ted at CSbco fbiff ASIA'S electronic commerce potential has been hugely underestimated, Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers believes. "The most aggressive estimate I've seen on e-commerce in Asia is US$35 billion (5559.4 billion) by the year 2002.1 believe that's off maybe five, maybe
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    • BOOK marks
      • 94 18 THE National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) has unveiled its new Web site which contains more information and new interactive features. The new site, which aims to provide the latest developments on the travel and tourism industry in Singapore, will reproduce the monthly
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      • 87 18 SINGAPORECONNECT. one of the leading business directory Web sites here, has introduced a new bulletin board service called "Business Leads". The business service, which is currently free, allows local and overseas companies to find partners and other business opportunities on the Net. Registered users
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      • 107 18 SOME 12 per cent of the American population have read the recent Kenneth Starr report on the Internet, J according to a poll in the US by Frank Lutz polling company. The 20 million Americans who accessed the Starr Report represents the highest number
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      • 103 18 ONLINE coupons may become the next big advertising phenomenon on the Net according to figures from Forrester Research. The coupons industry is currently worth US$3 billion (SIS. l billion), accounting for only 0.06 per cent of the overall advertising market share. However, Forrester Research
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      • 138 18  -  Francis Ang ONLINE satesof software packages are expected to f rocket to US$5.9 billkm (SSIO billion) by2ool ftx>m an estimated US$2OO million in 1997, the latest report by International Data Corp shows (www.idcresearch.com). IDC predicts that by the year 2008, nearly 100 per cent
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 703 19  -  Most of them either meet or exceed profit forecastsdespite electronics slump and regional woes By, Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] THE latest round of corporate reporting yielded no surprises in the local electronics sector those expected to deliver delivered, while those expected to turn in less-than-exciting
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    • 528 19 Bill on transfer of Malaysian shares traded overseas bach to KL gets nod AFXAsia Bloomberg Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proposed a new set of laws in Parliament to make it easier for the government to know investors'
      AFX- Asia; Bloomberg; Reuters  -  528 words
    • 768 19  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Lee Han Shih SEEN as a corporate coup last year, Neptune Orient Lines' purchase of its American rival APL now looks like a major mistake. In April 1997, prior to the start of file Asian crisis,
      ARTHUR LEE  -  768 words
    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 452 20  -  Hyslittb tain from investment property sale cats exceptional loss to just HKs229m From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong NET earnings for Lee Shaukee's Henderson Land Development slumped by almost half in its last financial year > even after being cushioned by a
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      • 216 20 [SINGAPORE] Electronic Resources yesterday posted a 15 per cent gain in net earnings to $10.7 million for the six months ended June 30. But earnings per share fell to 4.5 cents from 5.3 cents in the same period last year due to a l-for-2
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      • 333 20 Koh Bros net suffers 66% blow as G W profit dives [SINGAPORE] Specialist construction group Koh Brothers and its listed subsidiary G&W Group saw profits fall 66 per cent and 64 per cent respectively in the first half of this year. Koh Brothers posted net earnings of $685,000, down from
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      • 225 20 [SINGAPORE] Guthrie GTS' net interim earnings tumbled 52 per cent to $5.4 million, which was worsened further by debt and investment provisions of $57 million. The hefty provisions took attributable losses to $52 million for the six months ended June 30, compared to
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      • 312 20  -  But Hong Leong and Goodwood potting condo plans on hold By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPOREI The Hong Leong group's Boulevard Hotel and Khoo Teck Puat's Ladyhill hotel have received approval for a re-zoning of the sites for permanent residential use but redevelopment plans
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      • 399 20  -  By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Ground engineering specialist PSL Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offer of 25 million new shares at 15 cents apiece. The offer, leading to a Sesdaq listing, comprises a public tranche of 7.5 million shares
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 67 20 [SINGAPORE] Furniture maker Hwa Tat Lee chalked up a loss of CM) million for its half year ended Jims 30 despite a 5.73 per cent rise in turnover to MS. 12 million. lem* MM |jtl wiHIWm, $ÜB,OOQ pn)flt pi evkKiaiy .Rwa Tat Lee said
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        • 97 20 [SINGAPORE] Shipping company Coeco Investment M reported that earnings for its latest half year ended Jtme f3O had Jumped 61 per cent to $1.8 million. Turnover was down 28 per cent to $230 million. The group said its earnings rose primarily because of
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        • 119 20 Asiama-trix to the red with 341.000 loss I [SINGAPORE] Plastics infection mould-maker and healthcare provider Asiamatrix Ltd raked up a iocs of $341,000 for its latest half year but said the loss was an improvement from the previous interim's $711,*****t5. Turnover rose 10JS per cent to $3.6 million, with contributions
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        • 129 20 [SINGAPORE] United Engineers' earnings dived 61 par cent to $8.36 million for the half year ended June $0. Turnover foil 20 per cent to $173 million white pre-tax operating profit rose by a mere one per cent to $204 million. Looking ahead, UE said it
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    • HEDGE FUNDS FALLOUT
      • 925 21 Rich investors reassess investments in hedge funds as worries emerge over Convergence Asset Management NYT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A CONSORTIUM of big Wall Street banks completed a hugescale rescue package for Long-Term Capital Management on Monday night, but investors' anxiety rose about a second
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      • 478 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] As September draws to a close, some prominent hedge funds are in for another disappointing month, though none of them will come close to having the debacle that rattled Long-Term Capital Management LP. "A lot of funds have been
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      • 532 21 After urging Asia not to rescue its sinking banks, the US does something similar NYT [HONGKONG] In Asia, which has been sermonised by the United States over its economic policies, there is a sense of grim satisfaction at the near-collapse of LongTerm Capital Management
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 505 23 Comp&nies' results said to be distorted to meet analysts' projections Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt announced a series of accounting initiatives to stem what he described as widespread company manipulation of financial reports. "Increasingly,
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      • 220 23 McDonald's in US 3.sb buyback Bloomoerg [OAK BROOK, Illinois] McDonald's Corp, the largest restaurant company, plans to buy back US$3.5 biUion (555.9 billion) of its stock, or 8.9 per cent of shares outstanding, over the next three years to bolster its lagging stock price. The company also said it expects
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      • 444 23 Shares of rivals have tumbled since its decision to go public Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group LP, blaming a bear market in shares of bank and securities firm stocks, cancelled an initial public offering that just two months ago was expected to
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      • 506 23 Bat it has no plans to quit Singapore joint venture AFP [TOKYO] The world's top steelmaker Nippon Steel said yesterday that it is pulling out of domestic microchip production in Japan and selling its semiconductor subsidiary to a Taiwanese firm. Nippon Steel
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      • 136 23 Bloomberg [WHITE PLAINS, New York] IBM and Sedgwick Group pic, the world's third largest insurance broker, announced they have teamed up to insure companies against such Internet hazards as network hacking, computer viruses and electronic theft. IBM officials said the ven- ture will
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 498 24  -  Average daily volume of USss.9b in April '98,228% up over a three-year period: BIS survey By < Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Trading of foreign exchange derivatives in Singapore has ballooned in the last three years, with average daily volume surging by nearly 228 per cent
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      • 403 24  -  New fund to target investors deterred by volatile stock markets By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] UOB Asset Management yesterday launched its United Global Bond Fund that will invest in high-grade sovereign bonds worldwide, appealing to investors deterred by the high volatility of equity markets.
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      • 462 24 Palm oil exporters to revert to US Exporters under pressure from foreign buyers to review RM pacts MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian palm oil exporters, who have been quoting their forward trades in ringgit from early this year on the insistence of the government, say they will have to revert to
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      • 278 24 NYT [NEW YORK] WaU Street investment bank Lazard Freres Co has agreed to pay US$9 million (5515.3 million) to settle a civil lawsuit accusing it of grossly overcharging the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Agency in a 1993 bond transaction, participants in
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      • 200 24 SSMEXReport Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures kept a firm footing but were little changed yesterday despite worries about Japan's ailing financial sector. Dealers said concerns about a worsening of credit crunch in Japan mounted after the recent failure of Japan Leasing Corp. But caution over
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      • 191 24  -  MSGI TAIWAN FUTURES Cecilia Loh service dealer, Refco Singapore FOCUS shifted to October 98 futures yesterday as the September 98 contract dipped 0.70 point on its last trading day. But the October 98 contract lost its early gains, ending 2.10 points down. The stock index
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      • 282 24 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed in early trading yesterday as traders awaited a US inventory report that could show a sixth week of declines, due to a halt in production and imports caused by Hurricane Georges. Storms in the
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      • 285 24 AFP Reuters London THE imminent end to the long wait for news on US interest rates kept the dollar soft. Renewed expressions of US concern about a weak yen on Monday by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and lingering disquiet about the shape and policies of Germany's new government
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      • Article, Illustration
        1213 24 INTERBANK CROSS RATES Sep 29 At C$ ECU Ffr Dai HKS H>4 fa NUaH Vw Ww KM IU3P*is Hf S$ land Sir MT$ 8K Hmt USS AatfraKa 0598 6.171 0.507 3.347 0.996 466 ********** 0.801 8.171 2.264 LI85 32.266 26.121 1.000 3.470 0.*****.547 ***** 0349 0596 Canada L114 5.509 0.565
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    • 1731 25 SICOM FUTURES Sep 29 RUMKR (Marts ciosfcq at 5.30*b) RSS1 CONTRACTS cmtsAq) ClOM Volume Opon Mootfc Mfb Low Sott (too—s) Interest Oct 96 120.00 5050 Nov 98 120.75 120.25 121.75 400 1350 OK 96 124.75 123.00 122.50 620 1600 Jan/Mar 99 125.00 1950 Apr/Jm 99 129.25 1950 Jlli/Scp
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    • 2212 25 LffWPfttf MutrWs ln» Naca *h 31 Group 495.000 1.000 AB Ports 261.400 4.400 Abbay National 1009.000 -16.000 Allwd Domacq 416.600 -2.000 Anwc 150.000 5.000 AsdaGroup i. 171.000 0.400 BAT Ind 463.400 *12.200 BG Pic 400.000 8.400 •urr -1.400 BOC Group *****0 -2.000 BR Pttrotoum 892.000 3.000 BTP
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    • 1607 25 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 -87J4 JAPANESE stocks were mixed, as late gains by exporters offset declines by trading companies and helped the benchmark index erase most of an early deficit. Mitsui Co and Mitsubishi Corp fell on concern profits will be eroded by crumbling investments, while Sony Corp led
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      1500 26 Reuters AFP n Hang Seng -108.43 STOCKS eased to a lower close y&sterday with investors holding their breath ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting, already discounting an interest rate cut of 25 basis points. The Hang Seng Index lost 108.43 points to finish at 7,837.61. Turnover amounted
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      629 26 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +L 24 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares ended higher yesterday amid renewed rumours that Beijing would roll out market-boosting measures and cut interest rates, analysts said. The B Index gained 1.24 points to 65.35 on turnover of HK$l3.4 million. "Although B shares were slightly
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    • 357 26 AFP □wp latex -Mil TAIWAN share prices slipped 0.4 per cent yesterday amid pessimism over the market's outlook despite a central bank move to loosen liquidity the previous day, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 26.11 points to 6,884.50, following a one per cent drop in the previous
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      706 26 AFP Composite Indei +LOl INDONESIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday on cautious expectations of a US interest rate cut amid a lack of fresh domestic incentives, dealers said. A dealer with a joint-ven-ture brokerage said there were plenty of cheap shares, but investors still appeared to be
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      777 26 AFP QSETlnfex -4LIB THAI stocks closed 0.1 per cent down yesterday on short-term speculation ahead of an expected cut in US interest rates, analysts said. They said most investors were awaiting the decision of the US Federal Reserve on whether to cut interest rates, leaving the market open to
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    • 285 26 AFP £3 Manila +7.67 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday due to speculative buying on the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, the country's main telecommunications firm. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 7.67 points to 1,238.17. Turnover slumped to 142 million shares worth 803 million
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    • 418 26 AFP 410 SOUTH Korean shares closed 2.2 per cent higher yesterday as unions at nine banks cancelled planned strikes and accepted massive layoffs in return for extra benefits. The Composite Index closed up 6.60 points to close out at 312.33. Volume was 61.4 million shares worth 293.5 billion won.
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    • 575 26 AFP HmOrflMrit* +1100 AUSTRALIAN share prices finished 0.5 per cent higher yesterday aided by solid gains in Telstra and other industrial stocks. The All Ordinaries Index rose 12.0 points to 2,603.6 after shrugging off earlier losses. The All Industrials firmed 23.6 points to 4,565.6 and the All Resources Index
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    • 265 26 AFP n Wellington -ILO> NEW Zealand stocks closed down 0.7 per cent yesterday awaiting interest rate cut news from the United States. The NZSE-40 Index was down 11.69 points to 1,704.92 on moderate turnover of NZ565.3 million. Among the leaders Telecom Corp was down seven cents at NZ57.45. —AFP
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8272 27 MDUSTKIALS Cmhwmt prefects 1998 List Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sale 'OOO High Low P/E SmH 310 170 AJinomoto 210 11.6 85.1 148 35 Anqkasa 59 unch 37 59 58 1.4 87.0 290 123 Apollo Food Hlq 188 12 9 189 180 6.5 75.2 388 108 BerjayaLand 138
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      • 379 27 AFP Bernama Q Composite Index -9.75 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 2.5 per cent lower yesterday, dragged down by news of deposed deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's sex and corruption court case, dealers said. Mr Anwar's first appearance in court with bruises on his
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 2476 28 BONDS, LOANS ft VARIANTS MM Last Val Day Last OvoU A»g High In StM C—mmy SM **r- COOO) High Low Buyar ««»*r Prica 20.5 i~ 3160 "Acar ******1 USS 4.5 unch 14 4.5 4.5 4 4.5 95 5 3164 Acma ******4 6.5 unch 31 6.5 6 6.5 7 7 3161
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      • 210 28  -  WARRANT WATCH liy\ R Sivanithy THE Keppel group of companies has sprung into play, following a disclosure that some sort of restructuring could be on the cards. All sorts of theories are circulating. some of which revolve around delistings, mergers, sell-offs and anything and everything
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      • 216 28 H0MK0N8 STOCKS Or Cr 1998 LMt VM My Lot Oua« 0* 0* VM Nat M Cm HH«I L— Stno Cmm«> Sate C000> Mp L— Buyr *—r CV P/t tag 400 250 5123 CDL(2000)HK 400 395 80 2.4 2-0 20.5 7744.7 5124 Cattwy Ptc 20c HK—720 265.0 2.1 7.4
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • Article, Illustration
        297 30 Stotta fjtgg OUB Foreign 12,020.000 KtppH Land 50c 9,900.000 KeppeiCorp 9,193,000 DBS Land 6,603,000 SmqTH 15c 6,438.000 E Res WtOI 6,219,000 OCBC Foreign 4,370,000 TAC BtW 200 3,250,000 UOB Foreign 3,155,000 Hett* HMgs25c 2,998,000 $tod»_ S OUB Foreign 29,249,252 OCBC Foreign 18,808,120 KeppeiCorp 18,100,120 SingTel 15c 17,854,156 UOB Foreign 15,248,980
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      • 621 30  -  STOCK MAUBT COKMBMTAKT Also in the limelight were a handful of GLC counters, notably Keppel; a fairly buoyant session too for property shares By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local stock market yesterday performed much as expected, with bank
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 11 30 SINuArUKE Telecom's top management
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        • 97 30 WHEN it comes to a good business deal, political rivals dont necessarily make strange bedfeliows, as is clear from the latest agreement between China Internet JCo (an Internet subsidiary of China 1 official Xinhua news agency) and Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA). Xinhua and CNA often trade
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        • 69 30 n seems ivuuayan sanxing nas tne nignest fixed deposit (FD)rates in town, partly pfbecawe its prime lending rale of 8.125 per cent is not being cut. For amounts under $51,000, the PD rate for one- to nine-montH f deposits is 5.5 per cent For larger amounts,
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        • 54 30 SG, the commercial and investment •.banking business of the Societe Generate Group, has appointed Alain BaUlssard as chief executive officer of its commercial banking business in Hongkong. He replaces Alain Simon who has returned to the bank's headquarters in Paris. Mr- P||f BeUissard was most
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        74 30  -  by Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE LAND has bounced back, decisively from its 52-week low at $2.00 three weeks ago. Volumes have remained strong, with yesterday* turnover just slightly below the 10-day average of $1.45 million shares. However, the technicals suggest the stock is slightly overbought and could face some
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 314 31 Bridge News Reuter TANKBRfIi IT was a "lively" start to the week for very large crude carriers from the Persian Gulf as they maintained the gains made last week, brokers said. There was also some activity for Mediterranean Suezmaxes while the Aframaxes remained in the doldrums. Petron paid
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    • 236 31 M 1M CWT Dtjtrtftutton 0J» -0.01 44 o>u«> Hue o. is *0.01 n CeewNwestment O.MS -0.018 14 frMMLMa 0.15 uncft 774 «W*«t 0.215 uncti 7 MMSunHw* 0J1 *0.00$ 2*9 HRMMZoMn —_0JC5 une ft 32 I<<CIIIHW<I WM JimlUMNp 0.41 -0.011 17 Jwr«MlN»y«*— 4.90 -0.05 W MpWiCws 1.02 *0.14 MM KWMirtU
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    • 530 31  -  Its regional office KIL Singapore now manages 21 ships By: Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Danish shipowner Knud I Larsen (KIL) has been steadily expanding its shipmanagement activities in Singapore and plans to have its three chemical tanker newbuildings scheduled to fly
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    • 302 31 Maritime Asia [MANILA] Maritime officials are battling an oil spill caused by the sinking of the passenger ferry Princess of the Orient on Sept 18. Coast Guard officials initially placed the volume of oil spilled by the vessel at 4,000 litres but said they expect
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    • 703 31  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer SOME time early next year the International Federation of Transport Workers (ITF) campaign ship Global Mariner should be in this region and it is due to call at Singapore. The converted general cargo ship is sailing around the
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    • 301 31  -  By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The controversial foam parties held on Singapore's resort island Sentosa, are back and this time on a cruise ship. Locally-based New Century Cruise Lines and the Pink Flamingo Beach Pub, Sentosa, are bringing the foam party back to
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    • 120 31 AFP [DUBAI] Dubai Shipping Company (DSC) has signed a US$5O million loan agreement with three banks to buy two new oil tankers from South Korea's Daewoo, a statement from the company said. DSC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai governmentowned Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC),
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    • PORT Shots
      • 72 31 [SINGAPORE] Hongkong's Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has taken delivery of a second ice-strengthened container vessel from Daewoo Heavy Industries in South Korea. The 2,800-TEU capacity vessel was christened the OOCL Belgium on Monday at Daewoo's shipyard on Koje Island. It is the company's second
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      • 93 31 [SINGAPORE] Sinotrans, the state mainland Chinese operator, has taken delivery of the first of two multi-purpose bulk carriers from Jurong Shipyard. The 37,000dwt open hatch carrier Great Rainbow goes into a long term time charter trading between Canada, northern US and Asian ports including China. Sinotrans
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      • 64 31 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Yangming Marine Transport Corp and K Line have decided to Jointly introduce two new twice-weekly Asia-Europe routes from November, according to a statement from Yangming Marine. Yangming Marine will have seven 3,500 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) container vessels handle the Taiwan-Asia-
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    • 1027 32  -  ASIAN CRUISES The USs3som SuperStar Leo, with 1,000 cabins, is the first world-class megaship to be built for Asian market Dale Wainwright Lloyds List Representing the first worldclass megaship to be built for Asia, SuperStar Leo is set to herald a new era of cruising
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      • 742 45 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure AuliaSeraya 3598 Njt alonqs.de 29.09/2000 Bint an Mulya *****9 J02 akwqside 29.09/2300 Brilliant Re 9822 J02 akwqside 30.09/2359 Bt Afruai *****8 J01 akwqs.de 30.09/0600 Bt Lesaa Jam *****8 J01 akwqside 29.09/2359 Bt Nurdiana2 *****8 J01 akwqs.de 30.09/0600 Bt Rat I 0)0998 J01
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      • 1863 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From kc«Clew Ml 30/2359 I* 29/1500 29/1459 29/1900 II 29/1500 29/1659 29/1900 2A 29/1700 30/0459 30/0900 2a 29/1700 30/0459 30/0900 3 30/0700 30/1159 30/M00 lain CM MOH 01/1700 tt 29/1500 29/1459
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      • 189 45 Oct I China: National Day. Hong Kong: National Day. Oct 2 China: National Day Holiday. Hong Kong: National Day Holiday. Oct 3 Germany: Day of German Unity. South Korea: National Foundation Day. Oct 5 Portugal: Republic Day. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Oote South Korea:
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      • 722 45 THIS report, compiled bv Cockatt Marin* 0U Lid. •how* price range* in US dollar* inatead of ilngja price* for a more comprehenalvt description of the market. Price* ahown are baaed on averaga-elaed nam Market movement* are indicated The Cocked Bun ker Price Index change and the
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      • 439 45 U'W" Will fflU II I"? Si! VI" Sap 24 DwnRi mm tesMua Uk MhMm MbmI NoabdME25 1 4 0 3 3 r %M/M MO AM 968.0 0.3 1S.a 0.07 27 0.03 Iu« 360 Max 996.0 0.9 19.6 0.11 S4 0.11 Wr» %W »h/m WW -a* Wo
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 438 46  -  Manila to call off domestic charter flights by Cathay Pacific next week By: Marcus Hand (SINGAPORE] Despite Philippine President Joseph Estrada's announcement that flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will return to the skies next week, the airline's future is far from
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      • 518 46 Reuters [LONDONI British rail infrastructure giant Railtrack pic shareholders on Monday overwhelmingly backed plans to buy the first phase of the Channnel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) in 2003 for £1.5 billion (554.3 billion). The plan is a key part of the CTRL
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      • 590 46 Carmakers focns on small models to win customers Reuters [PARIS] From Toyota's new Yaris to the Peugeot 206, small cars will be vying for the spotlight at the Paris car show this week as auto makers unveil models aimed at winning customers in a
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      • 366 46  -  Minister to woo private developers for USs24b projects From Rajendra Rajpai in New Delhi INDIA'S Minister for Surface Transport, M Thambi Durai, has left for the United States and UK to find private developers for a dozen expressway project proposals worth US$24 billion
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      • 156 46 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it would seek to cut costs wherever possible in a bid to offset the negative earnings impact of the Asian economic downturn. "We will seek to curb costs where possible across the entire organisation," spokesman Peter Wellhuener said,
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      • 194 46 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered more inspections of Boeing 737 jetliners for potential problems with the wiring in their fuel tanks. Widening a probe that began after the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996, the agency said it
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      • 106 46 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale), partly owned by Singapore Airlines, said it had delivered the final two A 320 aircraft it agreed to lease to America West Airlines. It said in a statement the agreement was for a period of
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    • 1082 33 TO EUROPE FROM EUROPE IvtSSB VOY SIM BTM AMU HAW HIV SOU FXT L£H~ VESSEI VOT WW ANR HAM IRV SOU FIT UH HN_ NOIAMAZOMTE 01CW 01/10 24/10 21/10 22/10 19/10 HY COMMOOORE 3141 12/09 09/09 10/09 07 W 01/10 lALOMI 523W 02/10 11/10 20/10 23/10 24/10 NOl PEARL 0041
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    • 1894 33 HANJIN SHIPPING HANJIN SHIFTING PTI ITO Hi* //www ho** «m KXXJNC 32M235 737 SALES 32*0724 231 DOCUMttI 32*0271 274 OKUIIONS *****41 252 MAM UM *****55 fU ******0 O»0 **********0N TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* HM VSL/VOY IAM I SIN UNfHAUI/VOY sa Sw do [m oi isp m dtt r~Si
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    • 1474 34 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN/CANADA VESSEL VOY "siiT" LEH HTM WR HAM BflV RJC Vttttl VOY SIN JED Off SP€ fOS VIC MTW HMUM GENOA W0843 02 10 23 10 24.10 22 10 23 10 25 10 WttMINGTO* SENATOR WMO43 01 10 12.10 10 10 20 10 22
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    • 1086 34 SPORE M'SIA I Carrier MM CONTD UNES, IMC P. GUDANG: (07) *****26 I I JVy J cm MO; 1Z*****0000C S»U: (064) *****9 MANILA: (632)*****24 PENANG: (04) *****36 BANGKOK: (662) *****67 SURABAYA: (31) *****0 P. KELANG: (03) *****77 JKT: (21) *****07 MON: (61) *****3 KUCHING (082) *****1-3 KAOHSIUNC SURABAYA MV "KOTA
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    • 628 34 miJESSELTON LINE gy THi 11H454 IMb lIMIII I MUARA 1 LABUAN vissa vot no n» vissa vor rro n* SPOtENUAAA SPOOf IN CUMAM-SVIX/Wtt/lIM/10 CAAAKAMO-n VI3E/00 01/10 00/10 SIIAITSHOH Vm/W 07/10 11/10 STUfTSHOPI YIOI/OO 17/10 11/10 CAMKAM-32V14E/W U/10 14/10 CMMUJM-S2 V1«/N 11/10 IS/10 STUnSHOPt mi/00 10/10 20/10 STtAITS HOPf VM/W 10/10
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    • 1512 35 [VESSEL VOY SIN PQU PKQ PEW PQB DUB SHJ BAg IRAN MATIN PJL 1308 19/09 27/09 28/09 28/09 29/09 IRAN VAHDAT PJL 1317 14/10 18/10 24/10 28/10 PQB» Mina Qaboot. DUB Dubai. SHJ Sharjah. BA > Bandar Abbas. BJK Bandar Imam Khomeini ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN WAN
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    • 2489 35 DIRECT TO ISRAiI 1 IN 13 DAYS I -ill I' SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 6 SHENTON WAY TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/L) ""^OsJoTTllSßEOma!™"^^^^™™ 1 COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD #i 7-oa ms sidg saus/kgs 420SSS7/60 inward deft (d/oj *****1S COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SMI BND NO. *****1W000M TOWER TWO (*****) CONVHDONAi
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    • 1318 36 EUTOPt^K^CAMOWAVI^tWUWmSU S6P ROW ANW HBG THP ZEE LHV LHV THP RDM ANW HBG PKL SGP E. DYNAMIC RW-001 M/ 1« 23/10 21/11 24/11 28/19 27/11 21/11 E. REWARD RE-030 83*9 06*9 NM 07M9 MW JI/JJ J2fll E DEVOTE RW-003 11/10 38/18 04/11 Jl/10 82/11 03/10 84/11 E REFINE RE-017 18*9
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    • 952 36 aSgrPII PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD I ""l'*-''? 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO **********06 Ivissti VOY m a m sro m w m apl hi ml «T"| KWGATHUIAI 1 173 1/10 3/10 14/10 U/IO T2/\0 W/10 31/10 ooakcam m 4/10 s/10 n/10 17/10 11/10 tt/10
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    • 620 36 NANTAI LINE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VISSII VOT SIM I PUI DUt JM CPT KB nansacastwa im 04/10 is/10 i»/io 72/10 73/10 wio" KAMUIHTOKESS VO74S 13/10 77/10 30/10 31/10 NANTAI QUEEN V.030S If/10 24/10 01/11 04/11 OS/11 01/11 KANIAi DIA6ON VOOfS 77/10 OS/11 of/ll 17/11 13/11 NANTAI
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    • 412 37 BSfl I 1 M MYANMA ™HBk FIVE STAR UNE r (MyoMor National Mro) w loading for Yongoo (Raagoon) vessh voy sm pkl pen pgu MAWUMYME ROW SU MALAYSIA AGENTS: ROIISTEAD SMPPMG AGENCIES RUL TH (03) 241/300 PIL 1H (03)*****01 KM: TH (04)*****02 PGU: TH (07) *****21/4 BANK LINE (A >f
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    • 905 38 BANGKOK/MAP TA PWUT/LAlii CHABANO J A KA WT A/PAH J AHO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN SINO OCEAN OCNII7 In Pt 03/10 THANA BHUM 306S In Pt 03/10 NANTA BHUM** 413W In Pt 03/10 04/10 GURU BHUM »7S In Pt 04/10 BAN! BHUM 117N
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    • 143 41 N mmmmamm FREE Reader Enquiry Service cut out and fax to 65-*****29 Need HELP or INFORMATION on the following? (please tick relevant boxes) SHIPPING SERVICES Port of Origin: Cargo Type: Cargo Ready by: Port of Destination: Cargo Volume: Special Requirements: Q ADVERTISER:PRODUCTS/SERVICES Saw an advertisement in Shipping Times of a
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    • 1008 42 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD I "J- 15 McCALLUM STREET #03-01/02 NATWEST CENTRE S'PORE *****5 ■MB TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARO) TLX: R*****0 CR NO. **********00 BOOKINGS CALL DIRECT LINE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAM 7 SLGS/WEEK lillilLSia 2 SLG/WEEK |VESSEL |~VOY SIN [~~JAK VESSEL |VOY \SM |PLB ACX CLOVER 903
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    • 679 42 ENG LIE SHIPPING CO Wl 1101 I IGEA M *****7S (4 Umil fax: SI3MM/SUMM I T t»>*!l5Ht»*****( I VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION Mono Polo 46 07/98 27/09 29/09 Jckorto/Suratoyo Mofco Polo 42 10/98 27/09 29/09 Jokorto BuonoAbodi 14/98 27/09 29/09 Kucrio Tungkol/Jomfai UnienSlv 18 10/98 27/09 28/09
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    • 864 43 MEC TRANSPORT I APM-SAiGON SHIPPING Ivcsa hcmc gg Ivcsa vot raswßt wp Inmnw Ivcsa vor raswg formAttf! ormu W4l 01/10 (HHJ OS/IO 01/10 Ta*«l 9041 04/10 (SUN) WZSSSt 22^2 TOMMI 9041 04/10 (SUN) 00/10 11/10 11* 9«4? 11/10 (SUM) 11/10 mtamk ***** W/lOffH 04/0 mmm 017 00/ioduo 09/10 u/10 m
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    • 969 44 I VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER ISLAND 651N 05-o#lo 10-15/10 19-20/10 I TIGER PEARL 652N 07-08/10 13-18/10 23-24/10 TIGER BRIDGE 653N 12-13/10 18-23/10 28-29/10 I TIGER BAY 654N 15-16/10 20-25/10 30-31/10 I TIGER ISLAND 655N 19-20/10 24-29/10 03-04/10 I TIGER PEARL 656N 23-24/10 28-03/11 06-09/11 IVESSEL^^VO^^SI^^CA^^SI!^! XPRESS SPORE
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