The Business Times, 1 October 1998

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  • 14 1 MITA (P) ll(Vl2/»7 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet- http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1998
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  • 73 1 FOBEX KATES USt 81 U8t 1.188 1.009 IMS DM 1J77 L007 YEN i 1U.7 LMJ* KM 1800 <1444 HKS1 7.741 0J18 BAIT 9U4 0.043 RUP!AH_ 11,71* 0.911' •at**** FUSE 1ATBS SINGAPORE* 7.17 KUALA LUMPUR 1IH JAKARTA am BANGKOK 14.76 MANILA .22.90 HONG KONG 1025 TAIPH 8.80 SYDNEY 8.45 TOKYO
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  • 679 1  -  Economists say '98 growth may just be 0.4% bnt no recovery expected until Q4 '99 By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy is expected to have shrunk 2.5 per cent in the quarter just ended, the first of probably four to
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  • 348 1  -  Lawmakers say those who kept funds offshore hnrt M'sia Froml Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIANS who deposited their cash in Singapore may find themselves subject to a political probe to expose those who have hurt Malaysia in recent months by engaging
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  • 150 1 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said yesterday that Tokyo would unveil a US$3O billion (5550.6 billion) rescue package for South-east Asia at Saturday's Group of Seven meeting in Washington. "During this upcoming G-7 meeting I would like to present
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  • 530 1  -  PM says injuries could have been self-inflicted From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday promised to launch an independent probe into his sacked deputy's claim of police brutality while being detained under the Internal Security
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  • 162 1 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A doctor who examined Malaysia's sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that he believed Anwar had been assaulted while in police custody. "In my expert opinion... Anwar Ibrahim was assaulted over the left forehead and neck and
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    • 145 1 DTSXDE Landed homes see the biggest decline of 10.3% while prime apartment prices fell by 10%, says a Jones Lang Wootton report, Pg6 I 4. 93. v r z IJjwt 2% grvwth 3 The world economy is expected to grow by only 2% in 1996, according to the latest World
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    • 70 1 BT corporate earnings review The latest corporate reporting season is finally over, but not after the market has had its fill of some stunning losses and a few earnings surprises. In a two-page spread we put the earnings season in perspective with: A complete earnings listing A look-ahead to the
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    • 37 1 Mahathir may appoint new deputy premier, Pg 2 Anwar faces new sodomy charge, Pg 2 jtjf m m m a. Wl J M <TI 1 1 HI I iHIi».Ii I, .f I f 1' ,f!I. •,t I,i
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  • ANWAR'S ARREST
    • 465 2  -  Abdullah Badawi tipped as strongest contender From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad may appoint a new deputy, widely touted to be Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, following his sacking of Anwar Ibrahim on moral grounds last month. At a
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    • 293 2 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's lower house of Parliament yesterday rejected a bid by the opposition leader to discuss a complaint by sacked cabinet minister Anwar Ibrahim that he had been beaten by police while under arrest. Lim Kit Siang, head of the
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    • 314 2 Umno members rallying for Anwar will be issued show caose letters Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Umno Youth head Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and four top leaders of the Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement (Abim) detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) have been unconditionally
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    • 283 2 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Sacked deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was desperately clinging to power through dictatorial acts but had been rejected by the Malaysian people. In answers to four written questions put to him by Reuters and
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    • 402 2 AFP Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US State Department called on the Malaysian government on Tuesday to investigate allegations by ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim that he was beaten while in custody. Anwar, who appeared in court in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday with a black eye
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    • 523 2  -  Sacked deputy PM pleads not guilty to sth such charge From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur SACKED Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim yesterday pleaded not guilty to another count of sodomy, the fifth, since he was produced in court two days ago. Anwar also faces
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    • 295 2 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian lawyers, politicians and activists protested yesterday against alleged police mistreatment of detained former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim while in custody. The Bar Council said in a statement it was "shocked" about injuries suffered by Anwar, who has alleged police handcuffed,
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 346 3  -  bye on the economy Commerce By l Carol Eng TOURISM receipts plunged by more than 20 per cent year-on-year during the first two quarters, preliminary numbers from the Singapore Tourism Board show. If the trend continues as seems likely, going by recent arrival fig- ures the
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    • 449 3  -  Emphasis on high .And and certifiable skills By< Audrey Tan THE government will emphasise training in high-end and certifiable skills by increasing the funding for such programmes under the Skills Development Fund (SDF). Announcing the changes yesterday, Minister without Portfolio Lim
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    • 439 3  -  Reports by David Boey THE Housing and Development Board is working on an action plan to help HDB homeowners with their flat repayment packages should their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings be hit by a cut in CPF contribution rates,
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    • 181 3 WHEN completed in 2002, the Housing and Development Board's new headquarters will be the centrepiece of a rejuvenated Toa Payoh Town Centre and will showcase what can be achieved through the Ministry of National Development's Estate Renewal Strategy (ERS), said Minister
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    • 334 3  -  London tops in BIS ranking with daily volume of USs637b; HE slips to seventh By( Catherine Ong SINGAPORE has retained its position as the world's fourth biggest foreign exchange market and Asia's second largest while Hongkong dropped two places in the global ranking
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    • 361 3  -  Industry expects outlook to stay bearish over 12 mths By Soh Tiang Keng THE economic slowdown is putting a cap on the loans growth of finance companies, with their loan portfolio shrinking 2 per cent from January to July. Latest
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    • 322 3 PRIVATE sector companies can now look to the National Library for their business information needs. The National Library Board has set up a new Business Information Service (BIS) at the recently-reftir-bished Stamford Road library, offering users access to 14 online business
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    • 584 4  -  B6 LEE'S VISIT TO TOK7O But there will be no policy to restrict movement of short-term capital Reports by Ronnie Lim in Tokyo SINGAPORE will not pursue a policy to restrict movement of short-term capital but will still maintain careful watch
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    • 525 4 Manufacturing HQ award recognises mother plant capability in S'pore [TOKYO] Japanese electronics giant Matsushita yesterday became the pioneer recipient of Singapore's Manufacturing Headquarters award, given to manufacturers which have built up "mother plant" capability in their Singapore operations. To qualify, the company must have
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    • 90 4 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority has added three more categories to its monthly statistics on building projects found on its Web site. The new statistics are: ♦projects granted building plan approvals; ♦projects which have begun construction; and completed projects. This is in addition to
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    • 405 4 [TOKYO] Mitsui Chemicals expects it will decide within the next two months on a US$2OO million (*****.4 million) investment in a phenol plant in Singapore. But it is delaying by at least a year its decision on another big
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 22 4 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday, Oct 12,1996 at 12.30 pm, the clerk of Parliament announced yesterday.
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      • 76 4 FHM, the men's magazine which had its licence to publish revoked in May, will hit the stands again, this time with alterations to make sure it will not transgress government guidelines, said its editor, Dan Tudball, yesterday. The new publication, called Singapore FHM, will hit
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    • 192 4 I Choices Abound I K October 3, Auction of Southeast Asian Paintings B§l October 4, Auction of Fine Jewels and Watches IB at The Royal Pavilion Ballroom, The Regent Singapore HB H H SH| ■||HgMfl^ a WSrMP IM^MY^Pf^^B ■BBS iH Hg I V m mm BE Exhibition: SflK Southeast Asian
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 413 6  -  Landed homes see the biggest decline of 10.3% while prime apartment prices fall by 10%, says Jones Lang Wootton report By! Diana Oon [SINGAPORE) Property prices slid by almost 9 per cent in the third quarter of this year, with landed homes seeing the
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    • 690 6  -  But UOB charges lowest interest rate for late payment By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Another reason why you should have taken that Credit POSB loan it gives the longest grace period of up to a month for instalment payments before the
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    • 347 6  -  Landlords see rental fell of np to 40% from a year ago By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Landlords of large, luxury housing have been hardest hit by falling rentals, with some pocketing 40 per cent less than they used to a year ago. With fewer
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    • 607 6 Property transactions for districts 9 and 10 (sectors 22 to 23 and 24 to 27) lodged between Aug 29 and Sep 26, 1998. srnifS 6 TBUK WKE PSF bl*tT fiAME TYPf OATt LAHO AREA* (SOFT) (STOOD) <SS) District 09 Non-landed Angullia View Apt 08/14/98 FH 1549 1200 774
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    • 400 6 Katong Park Hotel I FOR SALE BY TENDER I B* Srte area 36.079 sq ft approx. Existing 170 rooms hotel with F&B outlets and a health centre Gross floor area: ***** sq ft Written permission has been granted for a 16-sty hotel extension plot ratio of 4.2 Potential as serviced
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    • 212 6 FOR SALE BY TENDER 5-storcy commercial building located at Nos. 40.40 A, 408, 40C 40D, Carpenter Street, Singapore *****9 Lots 43-6/U1.43-6/U2,43-6/U3,43-6/U4 and 43-tfU5, T. 5.7 To be sold with vacant possession. Site Area; 155.1 square metres Total Strata Area: 549 square metres Tenure: 99-year leasehold commencing from Ist April 1951
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  • REGION
    • 395 7 BANGKOK Loans allegedly given without collateral; at least 2 said to have fled to the US AFP THE chief of Thailand's biggest finance house during the economic boom years has been officially charged with extending loans without collateral, central bank officials said yesterday.
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    • 306 7 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN Attorney-Gen-eral Andi Muhamad Ghalib, who heads a government team to investigate the wealth of former president Suharto, said yesterday there was no need for an independent probe team. "We don't need an independent team .What I need is a
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    • 313 7 MANILA Aide says work stoppages could force firms out of business Bloomberg PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada, swept into office in May as champion of the working poor, is seeking a ban on strikes until the economic crisis passes, an aide said. Jerry
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    • 304 7 JAKARTA Reuters THOUSANDS of Indonesians rallied yesterday, the 33rd anniversary of an attempted communist coup, warning that communism was still alive and responsible for riots and looting plaguing the country. They echoed recent warnings from the military that communists, frequently used as bogey-men
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    • 629 9  -  Portfolio built up during intervention will be disclosed after firm is set np From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong government will set up a new company known as Exchange Fund Investment Limited to manage its substantial holdings
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    • 318 9 AUSSIE ELECTION Political pandits see disaffected voters and no firm trend Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian voters may well re-elect their conservative government on Saturday, but that won't mean they're happy about it. Political scientists expect Prime Minister John Howard to scrape back into
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    • 741 9  -  CHINA WATCH All states rescue troubled firms, difference Is in degree and frequency By Lu Ning JUST days after publicly criticising the Hongkong government's intervention in the stock market, US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan found rather embarrassingly that the central bank itself had to help
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    • 80 9 [MELBOURNE] Melbourne residents using a council shower block on the Kingston Heath Reserve on Tuesday. Gas supplies were stopped to Australia's second largest city after a series of explosions crippled a coastal gas plant killing two people on Friday. Most of Victoria state is likely
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    • 367 9  -  SINGAPORE Central bank unveils rules in latest move to spur spending By, Lu Ning THE Chinese central bank has introduced rules that make car loans available to domestic consumers for the first time, according to a press report. Bank
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    • 349 9 BEIJING AFP Reuters CHINA'S economy needs to grow a hefty 10.4 per cent in the last quarter to reach its 1998 growth target of 8 per cent, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was yesterday quoted as saying. "On economic growth,
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 354 8 Real values of banks slashed as Nikkei falls to 12-year low Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's banks are sitting on a time bomb of unrealised stock losses following a decline in the benchmark index to a 12-year low on the day companies closed
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    • 127 8 Reuters [LONDON] American and European corporations are looking to buy troubled Asian companies and could provide a large slice of the US$234 billion (*****.8 billion) needed to recapitalise the region, The Times newspaper reported yesterday. It quoted Peter Sutton, a microstrategist
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    • 769 8  -  WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK InlMFs best-case scenario, Asian recovery will start by second half of' 99 Reports by] Leon Hadar in Washington THE world economy is expected to grow by only 2 per cent in 1998, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) issued
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    • 257 8 THERE has been some progress in the resolution of the East Asian crisis this year, but also some major setbacks, according to the IMF. In its World Economic Outlook, the IMF points to the strengthening of exchange rates of the crisis
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    • 281 8 THE World Economic Outlook (WEO) proposes that a key to restoring global economic growth is the adoption of confidence-restoring policy by governments and International institutions. Addressing Japan, it says that taking into consideration the country's role in the world economy and in
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    • 306 8 KL will use controls regime to carry out reforms, it hopes Bernamq [WASHINGTON] The World Bank Is closely monitoring Malaysia's experiment with capital and currency controls as It copes with Its financial crisis, a senior bank economist said here on Tuesday. Masahlro Kawal, chief economist at
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    • 189 8 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand showed few signs of recovery from its first recession in 30 years as non-government investment plunged 19.3 per cent in July from a year earlier, the central bank said. Thailand, once a regional production hub for the automotive, garment
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  • THE WORLD
    • 307 10 LONDON Reuters POWERFUL Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov said yesterday that serious policy mistakes by the International Monetary Fund and Western banks had ensured the billions they lent Russia "were thrown into the fire". Mr Luzhkov, who is regarded as a possible
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    • 510 10 LONDON It only buys a bit of valuable time for many beleaguered countries; analysts Reuters PITY poor Alan Greenspan. His best efforts at throwing a life line to the emerging markets left them largely unimpressed, with many seeing the Federal Reserve's quarter point rate
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    • 473 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE presidents of the Federal Reserve's regional banks who will vote on interest rate policy next year are less "hawkish" on inflation than the current bank presidents who vote, Fed watchers say. "From where we are now, there will
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    • 327 10 WASHINGTON Bloomberg A KEY barometer of US economic activity was unchanged in August, while a slumping stock market reinforced an earlier report which had suggested that growth may slow in the months ahead. The Conference Board's index, intended to project the economy's course
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    • 51 10 [MOSCOW] A tax inspector looking at a bottle of vodka in a small Moscow shop yesterday to check its authenticity. The Russian government has decided to establish a state monopoly for the vodka trade to drum up some more money during the current economic crisis.
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    • 353 10 WASHINGTON Don't squander money on tax cats, urges Clinton Reuters Bloomberg US President Bill Clinton yesterday hailed the arrival of the first federal budget surplus in 29 years and urged the Republican-dominated Congress not to "squander" the money
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    • 286 10 i The airline that offers Singapore more of the US, now offers more reasons to fly everywhere. Vancouver.-'' .i'.'.W'" Calgary Winnipeg Seattle Portland m Minneapolis/; ''./.•••Toronto st Paul Sacramento Salt Lake City Des Moines V NmvYoik y' '..San Francisco Denver Washington t Tokyo »Las Vegas Chicago """"f'L .jL San Diego
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 752 11  -  THE BOTTOMLIIIB OPINION By. Sree Kumar The writer is a development economist and partner in a consulting firm THIS is a tale of two GLCs. Both play a strategic role in the economic health of the country. And both belong to that traumatic
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    • 161 11 We in Krasnoyarsk are not rich yet but in exchange for the status of a nuclear territory, we could feed the (military) formation and become a headache for the world community along with India and Pakistan.' -Alexander Lebed the retired army general and governor of the huge
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    • 735 11 EDITORIAL THE meeting of the finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries will, for a change, be no run-of-the-mill jamboree or at least it had better not be. 1 The meeting in Washington, which will be followed by the annual get-together of the IMF and
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    • 1088 11  -  Highly leveraged and speculative capital in pursuit of profits has caused ha voc in developing nations By\ Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London correspondent WHO are they, what are they and where are they? Thanks to Long-Term Capital Management's problems, questions are
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    • 1036 11 Anwar's beating unjustified A MONTH ago, Anwar Ibrahim was .sitting in Malaysian cabinet meetings as the second highest-ranking member of the government. On Tuesday, he appeared in court on corruption and sex charges with a black eye and a badly bruised neck and arm, saying he
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 869 12  -  A show on its theme park architecture traces the history of the genre, and highlights attractions in pure dream state, says Herbert muschamf HERBERT MUSCHAMP NYT AS usual, Tocqueville had it nailed even before it happened. More than a century before Disneyland opened its doors,
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    • 268 12 ■HEALTH Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Throw that antiperspirant away. A team of California scientists has developed a new treatment that qan keep underarms dry for months no roll-ons, no sprays, no powders required. So what if it could cost as much as US$l,OOO (SI1.680) per year?
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    • 619 12 HEALTH It can be used to design drugs for diseases ranging from cancer to Aids Reuters [WASHINGTON] Researchers said on Tuesday they may have found a gene that acts as a "conductor" that orchestrates the body's entire immune response. The team at British-based Chiroscience Group
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • MOTORING
    • 573 14  -  A strong euro may blunt the edge of European carmakers in Asia, says a BMW director By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] A STRONG euro could pose a "challenge" for BMW and other European car companies to maintain their competitiveness against American and Japanese competitors, according to a senior
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    • 393 14  -  $4m project links two-storey complex with existing facility By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Diversified Wearnes International is spending about $4 million to add 50 per cent more capacity to premises occupied by Malayan Motors, its car distribution unit in Leng Kee Road. Work is
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    • 325 14  -  By l Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] While Porsche sales have stayed flat, membership to the exclusive Porsche Club has risen some 40 per cent from a year ago. According to a committee member, the number within the ranks has swelled to 130, from just
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    • 274 14 [SINGAPORE] Lexus and Saab are bucking the trend in the luxury car market this year, with healthy gains in sales. According to official figures, the two marques were the only ones out of eight tallied that showed an improvement in sales in the first eight
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 86 14 SINGAPORE has the dubious honour of being the country with the most cars per kilometre of road. According to the latest survey by the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme, the Republic had 163 four-wheeled vehicle per kilometre of road in 1995. Others with
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      • 72 14 ACCORDING to the same survey, Singapore had the second densest read network in the world. It had 4.7 km of road for every square kiloiriltre of land. This was seconß to Uruguay, with 4.9 km. Belgium followed with 4.69 km. Mauritania had the lowest
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      • 69 14 ITALDESIGN presented a coupe concept commissioned by Volkswagen at the just concluded Paris Motor Show. The Bugatti EBIIB features the first 18-cylinder engine to be used in a passenger vehicle. Developed at VW, it has three banks of six cylinders joined together in a "W" format.
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      • 100 14 A SIMILAR model of this Lotus E spirit turbo was fast enough for James Bond to uae on one of his missions but this one did not elude the car "repo" man's finesse. Its owner, a textile merchant, failed to pay eight monthly instalments
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      • 56 14 VISITORS to the Heineken Open (Oct 10-18) will get a chance to win the "Baby Benz" Al6O. All they have to do is guess how many tennis balls there are in a display car at the grounds and fill up an entry form at
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      • 116 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan THE Audi A 8 has emerged as the car with die best passive safety. At a recent US NCAP (new car assessment programme) conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the aluminium A 8 attained the maximum five
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    • 491 14 7 October 1998 INDONESIAN BANKRUPTCY LAWS EFFECTIVE MALA YSIAN EXCHANGE CONTROL MEASURES This seminar seeks to address the recent amendments to the Indonesian bankruptcy laws, their implementation effectiveness and the recent Malaysian exchange control measures their practical repercussions. This seminar is absolutely necessary if you wish to keep abreast of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 538 15  -  Extraordin&ries incurred due to exit from PC business; sales drop 81% By, Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Troubled local personal computer maker IPC yesterday announced $22 million in net interim losses, which were taken to further depths by extraordinary charges of $196 million.
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    • 275 15 The suite is now open to VIPs and costs $6,000 a day Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, the world's third richest man, will now have to share his exclusive hospital suite in downtown Singapore, best known for its black marble bathroom walls
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    • 488 15  - Indon-linked counters run up again on rumours By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] In the absence of any real news to whip up interest, the rumour mill yesterday churned out one of the oldest and most reliable stories to periodically break the surface on the local stock market. The rumour which comes
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    • 635 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Louis Beckerling THE search for value in the present stock market might lead investors to re-examine service companies with high labour costs which are trading at deeply discounted levels. Try banks, for instance, or Singapore Airlines (SIA), or
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    • 602 15  -  Boost comes from higher interest income, switch to use of US$ in division By' Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Group interim net profits at Indonesianowned Asia Food Properties Ltd (AFT) soared four times to $99 million, thanks mainly to higher interest income and
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    • COMPANIES
      • 544 16  -  New S'pore entity on lookont for potential investments as Asian outlook improves By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] SG Asset Management, the fund management arm of Societe Generale of France, and SG Yamaichi Asset Management, formerly Yamaichi International Capital Management (YICM), will officially combine their
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      • 149 16 [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings has appointed a former Citicorp executive its chief financial officer, effective this coming Monday. The mainboard-listed property company said yesterday that Ivan C Hoyes, Jr had been with Citicorp for the past 14 years. His last position was managing
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      • 626 16  -  Move dims Sing Tel hopes of new global alliance with it By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] British Telecom win "possibly" offer its managed network services, Concert, in Singapore exclusively through Star Hub, says a top British Telecom official, dimming Singapore
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      • 606 16 No land sales; jump in loan costs; RM3B4m group forex loss Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Renong Bhd, a Malaysian diversified company, lost more money than expected for fiscal 1998 as borrowing costs quadrupled, and businesses slumped amid Malaysia's worst economic turmoil. Renong swung
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      • 223 16 [SINGAPORE] Construction and property group Lim Kah Ngam tumbled into the red with $89.5 million in net losses at half time, against profits of $51,000 in the first half of last year. Booked as an extraordinary loss was a $9.8 million provision
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      • 280 16  -  New management team in; Johor unit to closedown By < Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Cash-strapped Showpla Asia, whose parent company is under court protection, yesterday posted a $16.2 million interim net loss, in sharp contrast to its $460,000 net profit a year
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 147 16 [SINGAPORE] Mid-Continent Equipment yesterday reported a sevenfold jump in net profit to $2.7 million for the year ended June 30. Adding a $3.9 million extraordinary gain from selling a subsidiary and an associate, the oilfield equipment and spares supplier posted total attributable profit of $6.6 million.
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        • 85 16 [SINGAPORE] Amara Holdings yesterday reported a 57.3 per cent fell in profits to $1.3 million for the half-year ended June 30. Revenue declined marginally by 0.8 per cent to $15 J million. Earnings per share fell to 0.22 of a cent from 0.66 cent. Net
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        • 100 16 [SINGAPORE] GRP Ltd has posted a $2.8 million loss for the full year ended June 30, compared to net earnings of $1.2 million last year. Turnover fell 11.6 per cent to $28.7 million. Net tangible assets per share was 20.42 cents. Loss per
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        • 94 16 [SINGAPORE] Liang Huat Aluminium yesterday announced a $4.3 million loss for the six months ended June 30. It had a profit of $2.3 million for the previous half year. Turnover rose 48 per cent to $74.7 million. Loss per share based on existing issued
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        • 89 16 [SINGAPORE] Net earnings of Fuji Offset Plates Manufacturing Ltd fell 86 per cent from $1 million to $146,000 for the half year ended June 30. Turnover was $9 8 million, a 23 per cent drop from $12.8 million. Earnings per share based on existing
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        • 22 16 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Bank yesterday announced that Lim Chee Onn resigns as director with effect from today.
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        • 56 16 [SINGAPORE] Trading and fbod group Inno-Pacific Holdings saw its interim net loss widen 19 per cent to $3 million for the half-year ended June 30,1996. Turnover plunged 47 per cent to $5.1 million from $9.6 million. Net tangible asset halved to 10 cents white
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        • 86 16 [SINGAPORE] Increased efficiency, reduction in operating costs and a refocus on its customer base helped Nippecraft Ltd narrow its interim net loss by 71 per cent, from $4.6 million in the previous half-year to $1.3 million this year. Turnover, however, declined marginally to $25 million.
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        • 93 16 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings saw its half-year profit nose-dive by 85 per cent, from $1.4 million in 1997 to $215,000 this year. Turnover fell 15 per cent from $29.6 million to $25.2 million because of slower sales in the face of the regional slowdown,
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        • 81 16 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Grand Central saw net earnings 111 dive 72 per cent to $769,000 for the latest half year ended June 30,1998 with earnings per share eroded by $1.06 to 42 cents. Pre-tax profit fell 38 per cent to $6.2 million while income from
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        • 29 16 [SINGAPORE] Retailer CK Tang said its capital reduction exercise and the rights issue were passed at an extraordinary general meeting held on Tuesday.
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        • 60 16 [SINGAPORE] Noel Gifts has been saddled with a net loss of $1.65 million for the full year ended June 90, far higher than the loss of 1230,000 it racked up in its previous financial year. Turnover for the period dipped 1.3 per cent to $20.62 million,
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        • 85 16 [SINGAPORE] General Magnetics saw its fortunes change for the better in its latest half year ended June 30. The tape manufacturer reported a pre-tax profit of $383,000, compared to a loss of $52,000 last year. The group attributed the turnaround to improved profit margins and
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        • 78 16 [SINGAPORE] Auto parts distributor Tye Soon has posted a loss of $3.4 million for the six months ended June 30. Turnover dropped 38 per cent to $40.4 million, with turnover for the group's automotive components business dipping by some 33 per cent while turnover
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        • 79 16 [SINGAPORE] National Kap remained in the red for the half-year to June 30,1998, with a net lots of $1.7 million, due to the slowdown in the global electronics industry. Turnover for the electronic parts manufacturer more than quadrupled to $5.8 million due to the
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 304 17 Bloomberg Reuters [SAN JOSE] Intel Corp, Netscape Communications and venture capital firms Greylock and Benchmark Partners have taken stakes in closely held Red Hat Software to promote its software, which competes with Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Red Hat
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      • 193 17 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Netscape Communications Corp has lost its lead in the Internet browser market to Microsoft Corp, a new study shows. The study by International Data Corp says the shift was not because of changing consumer preferences. Instead, it found Microsoft's lead reflected
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      • 494 17  -  Firm will be among 15 biggest in market cap after Nov float From] Russell Baker in Sydney DESPITE the volatility of world equity markets, Australia's second biggest telecommunications group Cable Wireless Optus (Optus) is pushing ahead with a stock exchange listing
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      • 408 17 Fall in selling prices of memory chip products blamed Reuters Bloomberg [BOISE, Idaho] Computer memory chip maker Micron Technology reported a large quarterly loss on Monday, but the loss was narrower than many Wall Street analysts had expected. The Boise, Idaho-based
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      • 133 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp and Sony Corp, two of Japan's biggest manufacturers, yesterday announced plans to launch a data communications service. Sony and Toyota said they were in talks with Internet service provider Internet Initiative Japan Inc (IIJ) about forming a new company
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      • 487 17 266 companies have so far issued earnings warnings Reuters [NEW YORK] Leading American corporations like Gillette Co and Coca-Cola Co, long accustomed to record profits, are stumbling as a result of global economic turmoil and face their worst earnings squeeze in seven years.
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      • 105 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] NKK Corp, Japan's second-largest steelmaker, said it plans to cut 13 per cent of its workforce by March 2000 to stem losses from its takeover of a failed subsidiary. NKK will trim about 2,000 of its 15,300 employees through transfers to subsidiaries
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      • 188 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso, after pressure from US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt, plans to further relax a proposal to make it easier for companies to leave the Big Bo^rd. Mr Grasso is expected to
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 423 18 LTCM fallout But Long-Term Capital is extreme case and not typical of fnnds: SEC chief Reuters [WASHINGTON] Wall Street's top regulator warned on Tuesday that there might be more hedge fund losses but added that the losses at Long-Term Capital Management were
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      • 438 18 July/August trading losses may be offest by a USs477m Treasury bond gun Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp shed some light on Tuesday on its global finances, revealing a US$3.2 billion (555.4 billion) exposure to hedge funds, according to analysts, while saying
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      • 246 18 FT [LONDON] Daiwa Securities, Japan's second largest broker, is to cut at least 800 of its 1,800 overseas staff before April as part of scaling back its international operations. It will leave Nomura Securities as the only Japanese securities house seeking
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      • 335 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Long-Term Capital Management LP's reputation as the greatest collection of mathematicians and traders Wall Street could assemble made it the sweetheart of lenders before its near-collapse. "They hid so much pedigree and banks knew their business would be so high volume,
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      • 334 18 IOCATM UATIWTV MDXEPHCES MATuWTY K, YEAR RAISED COUPON WTBCST lOFQAYSOF (EXCLUDMB I GROSS! RATE AMOUNT PAYMENT ACCHJB) ACCRUED REDEMPTION <%*»> W DATES *S«T NTBfsr, mD^PA) L.2,?9 N*****0V 1994 3 1/8# MOO 1/2' 1/8 ~W~ 99 95/ ~'~l26# 1 3 1 1979 6
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      • 247 18 i>iwKft Report Reuters [SINGAPORE] Simex Eurodollar futures were firmer yesterday, supported by the US Federal Reserve's overnight move to ease the federal funds rate and hopes that there would be another round of rate cuts soon. "Everyone is looking for another US
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      • 165 18  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES Charlie Kuo service dealer, Rtfco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures slid yesterday as rate cuts by Taiwan's central bank and the US Federal Reserve failed to boost market sentiment. Many investors doubted if the lower interest rates could pull
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      • 256 18 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices fell yesterday but held most of their recent gains, despite an unexpected build-up in the inventories of the huge US market even afler hurricane-related halts to production. World benchmark Brent Blend crude traded six cents down at U5514.55
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      • 276 18 AFX-Asia AFP THE dollar firmed against the yen in late trade on expectations that capital outflows from Japan will resume after the G-7 meeting at the weekend, dealers said. Hopes earlier in the week that a supportive statement from the G-7 could come to the yen's aid continued
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        1149 18 INTERBANK CROSS RATES *S C$ Rmt ECU Fir £>m HK$ hifcfKO Tw W» ttU MZ$H6»s Pt« S$ to* S* W1 MM E—< tfSS Awtrafa 0 900 4.178 0.505 3.336 0.995 4598 21*5 ***** 0.805 ***** 2255 1.188 32.*****,082 t.001 3.487 0.824 20.424 23.346 0.349 0593 CaMd H! -1 1470 5il
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    • 1682 19 3ICOII FUTURES s^so BS1 CONTRACTS caets/kf) Close Vofeme Open M* low Sott (tMWM) Interest Oct ***** ***** 120.50 500 750 122.25 1350 0*98 123.00 MOO Jw/Mar 99 125.50 1950 99 129.75 1950 Jotf5ep 99 134.25 150 ISS 3 CONTRACT (UScmts/kq) Volume Ope* 1> Hjjti Low Sott (tones) mtorest
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    • 2206 19 Industrials *h 31 Group 505.000 *10.000 AB Ports 263.000 *1.600 Abbey National 1014.000 5.000 AIM Domecq 425.000 8.400 Amec 150.000 uncf) Asda Croup 171.600 0.600 BATInd 440.000 -23.400 86 Pk 409.000 9.000 8ICC 59.000 0.400 BOC Croup 730.000 *8.000 BR Petroleum 900.000 8.000 STR >06.200 3.400 Bank
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    • 1551 19 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 -415JH JAPAN'S benchmark stock index tiunbled to its lowest in more than 12 years, pulled down by late selling erf banks and trading companies on concern deteriorating assets will erode profits. Sumitomo Bank Ltd led a list of lenders that declined amid worries a government
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    • 759 20  -  Brokers pin hopes on electronics to drive S'pore market over next few months By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The regional economic crisis and local property slump have whacked corporate earnings really hard, with brokers expecting fUll-year earnings for 1998 to fall by an
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    • 646 20  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE regional economic crisis and accompanying asset deflation have wiped some $4.4 billion off the balance sheets of listed companies so far this year. As expected, banks and financial institutions' record provisions accounted for the bulk of provisions 43
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    • 570 20  -  Dickson to slash wages by 10%; Chen Hsong has already axed 80 workers From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong TWO more listed Hongkong companies, Dickson Concepts and Chen Hsong Holdings, yesterday unveiled plans to cut costs amidst the severe economic slowdown. Retail chain
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    • 5091 20  -  Half-year ranking of SES main board companies compiled by Alijah Tahar of SES main board companies compiled by Alijah Tahar of BT Alijah Tahar RANKING COMPANY INTERIM EARNINGS CHANGE TURNOVER CHANGE EPS CHANGE RANKING COMPANY INTERIM EARNINGS CHAIN CURR PREV PERIOO CURR
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    • 843 21 awTwv So DO EAflMNGS CHANGE TURNOVER CHANGE -EPS CHANGE S£2 PfCV*CURRPnEV* E (SSM) (S$M) (SSM) (CIS) (CTS) na AS Auto Sep-97 7.24 4.90 47.9 5246 48 71 8 1 6 54 5 44 20.2 "4 GurTech^ 3 Jun~30 flL4fi ftS? 236 147,20 121,14 215 171
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      1420 22 Reuters Q Hang Seng +45.86 STOCKS meandered to a moderately higher close yesterday with liquidity drying up to a 1998 low as investors clung to the sidelines ahead of a long weekend, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index added 45.85 points to finish at 7,883.46 after hovering between 7,752.11
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      582 22 Reuters 11 Shenzhen Blndex LB4 SHENZHEN B shares ended sharply higher yesterday, the last trading day before a market holiday, as a US interest rate cut lifted hopes that China would trim local interest rates, analysts said. The B Share Index gained 1.84 points, or 2.81 per cent, to
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    • 357 22 AFP □wp Infra -6055 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday, led by electronics shares, amid disappointment over the size of the US interest-rate cut, dealers said. An across-the-board sell-off was triggered by disappointment over the rate cut in the US and weak windowdressing activity at the
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    • 188 22 AFP FlVeflimgton *2102 NEW Zealand stocks closed up 1.4 per cent yesterday in the wake of the US interest rate cut. The NZSE-40 Index was up 23.02 points to 1,727.94 on turnover worth NZ$llB million with Telecom Corp up 20 cents at NZ57.65. AMP was up five cents at
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      749 22 AFP □set Index -L 53 THAI share prices shed 0.6 per cent yesterday in line with regional markets and on the back of disappointing economic indicators released by the central bank, analysts said. They said the interest rate cut announced by the US Federal Reserve overnight was widely anticipated
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    • 392 22 AFP D Composite lain -101 SOUTH Korean share prices closed yesterday 0.6 per cent lower on profit-taking after a smaller-than-expected rate cut in the United States, dealers said. Dealers said news that the central bank had decided to allow its key inter-bank call rate to fall by one percentage
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    • 553 22 AFP HADOrdnariw -IK AUSTRALIAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday after US interest rate cuts fuelled further concerns about the global economy, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index fell 16.6 points to 2,587. National turnover totalled 286.45 million shares worth A 51.23 billion. The All Industrials lost
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      737 22 AFP n Composite Index +OJ4 INDONESIAN share prices closed barely higher yesterday on a lack of fresh leads with selected stocks posting gains, dealers said. "There are no positive leads at all in the market. Some stocks made strong runs because of foreign buying in stocks like Gudang Garam,"
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    • 303 22 AFP HI Manila +2L47 PHILIPPINE share prices closed 1.7 per cent higher yesterday on selective buying of certain blue-chips, analysts said. The Composite Index rose 21.47 points to close at 1,259.64 points. Total shares traded rose to 210 million shares valued at 1.04 billion pesos. San Miguel Corp saw
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 377 23 AFP Bernama Q Composite Index -4.00 SHARES ended 1.1 per cent lower yesterday in thin directionless trade amid an absence of clear leads, dealers said. There was little reaction to the interest rate cut in the United States but developments surrounding the court
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      • 185 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By] R Sivanithy INDONESIAN-LINKED counters yesterday exploded into life on rumours that the tycoons that bought into them are now looking to seU out. Transmarco, Van Der Horst, L&M and UPP all rallied strongly and in good volume, so perhaps we
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      • 195 24 Or Or I9 I** On LMtOMte h« n» VM M nca Mm. L— «tn» c~HM-y am fooo> l— w, cw y/t w 250 5123 COL (2000) HM 400 400 8.0 M U 20J 7744.7 5124 CrtMyPac20cHK_720 265.0 2.1 7A tX) ***** 4 5125 Cheung Kong50c HK. 1780 id
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        298 26 Sterts Voted* Van der Worst 10.246,000 Asia Food*Prop 7,128,000 KeppH UndSOc 5,658,000 LiM 50c 4,882,000 DBS Land 4,832,000 OUB Foreign 4.224,000 Transmarco 3,894,000 IUtSte4 50c 3,517,000 LUI im 3427,000 Keppel Corp 3,136,000 > UOB Foreign M.273,474 SIA Foreign 10,658,997 008 Foreign 10,290,635 DBS Foreign 10,027,362 SPH 9,150,174 OCBC Foreign 8.566.788
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      • 656 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Fed's quarter-point cut seen as too small; rally in Indon-linked shares sparked by rumours By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Disappointment over the size of the US interest rate cut on Tuesday and a sudden explosion of speculative interest in Indonesianlinked
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 97 26 IN this column on Tuesday, we pointed out that a letter published In The Strata Times Forum Page, which defended Singapore Airlines' decision to remove its discounts on airfares to Manila, was written by someone with the same name as SlA's general manager for the Philippines—
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        • 59 26 JSIVEN the massive losses thai several :-X Institutional investors have suffered in Asia over the past one year, one would have thought that a conference on investor be ideally timed. Sadly, however, only one session—"Managing Expectations in a Down Market"—ls of Immediate relevance to IR practitioners,
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        • 106 26 Wfc. hear that senior officials from fM- i Hongkong Monetary Authority (HKMA) .%<Hi feeling pretty «x>d recently 'Aev heard news that the New YodrVf Federal Reserve Bank had orchestrated a bailout of a U8 hedge ftmd, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM). Alan Greenspan, the head
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        • 37 26 about its plan to ;;Taco Bell to Singapore this year, Trioon Restaurants which also owns KFC and JPfeza Hut resta u rants was puzzled bow our reporter came to know abouithis. I§n. dear Watson," as
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        • 77 26 The Financial Jtywrrecehtly rah an article on different types of intelligence. It related the story of how two graduates— '*,one from a top university iad the oO*r §&i from an unknown college were JR d confronted by a menacing bear. Th* |>N graduate from the top universa&uaing ils
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        67 26  -  -by Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of specialist construction grotp, L&M Groups has risen from its 52-week low at 17 cents four weeks ago. It closed at 27.5 cents yesterday, up 5.5 cents, on a volume of 4.9 million shares compared with the 10-day average of 133,300 shares. The
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    • 112 16 The Straits Times CLASSIFIED Where buyers and sellers meet CHRISTIE'S ART m Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art and The Property from a Southeast Asian Collection Important Jewels from Private Collectors Auction: Singapore. 4 October 1998 Preview: 2-3 October 1998, 10 am to 6pm at Grand Hyatt Singapore A Blue
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    • 316 27 Bridge News Reuters ALTHOUGH the tone of the market is more optimistic for both handy and Panamax sizes from the US Gulf, proof has yet to be seen in the way of fixtures. There was talk of a US Gulf to China cargo Calling at US$l3.BO, but details
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    • 567 27  -  M'sian govt's call to use domestic ports pays off for terminal operator By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Aggressive marketing and the recent calls by the Malaysian government urging shippers to use local ports have been paying off for Klang's Westport, which saw
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    • 179 27 [SINGAPORE] Hongkongbased Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) has launched its internet bill of lading services in Singapore. The internet bill of lading allows exporters to prepare OOCL bills of lading at their own offices, meaning customary multiple visits to shipping line offices
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    • 595 27  -  SHIPSHAPE By Marcus Hand IT'S been a long hard road for John Covaney to reach the position of senior managing director of marketing at the Virginia Port Authority, from the time he started out as a mail boy for Sea-Land
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    • 144 27 [SINGAPORE] An annual ferry rescue exercise (above) spearheaded by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was held yesterday morning involving some 330 personnel MP A said the exercise was aimed at testing the preparedness and procedures of the Ferry Mishap Contingency Plan
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    • 258 27 Bloomberg [IRVING, Texas] Exxon Corp's Norwegian subsidiary, Esso Norge, filed a 4 billion kroner (Ss9o4 million) countersult against Norway's Smedvig ASA to recoup costs of an oil-production ship Esso was not happy with, Smedvig said. Smedvig, an oil-service company, filed a 2.6 billionkroner (US$35O million) suit
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    • 1270 28  -  SHIP FINANCE CENTRE By anticipating global trends, Singapore is well placed to maintain its position as an eminent centre for ship finance By\ Stephen Fordham The writer is from Watson, Farley Williams. This article first appeared in a publication to commemorate the Singapore Shipping Association's 13th
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      • 1539 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Mane* Rstts Ship Voy Ho Etb/Btr Ptrtod From To Frow AaM»» on* a/aw U M/BOO MMM MM jomoo m-woc U JO/I'OC 0V0659 OVOfOO a 30/1700 OVO659 ovwoo i 01/0700 01/1159 on** 4 OVT200 OVMSf OVTTOO AiUtMUrt* OSS 01/500 M JO/BOO
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      • 191 39 Oat 1 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. OotS Portugal Republic Day. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Oct South Korea: Harvest
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      • 567 39 THIS report oompthd by Cockatt Maria* Oil Ltd. ahows price ranpm In US dollar* tnattad of male jrtnßt a mart coafnbntnt daealptlan of the Price* thown are baaed on tverape-tiatd Bra Market movements an indicated Ha Cockatt Bun bar Price Index change and the individual changn
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      • 488 40  -  Management sure that nnion members will vote in favour of labour deal today By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Senior officials at Philippines Airlines (PAL) are confident that the carrier will take to the skies again next week as balloting takes place today
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      • 98 40 AFP [MANILA] US courier service Federal Express Corp (FedEx) informed Philippine authorities that it will extend by Ave years a lease on its regional hub at Subic Bay, the administrator of the free port said. The current lease expires in 2003 and FedEx decided
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      • 287 40 [SINGAPORE] From today every Cathay Pacific Airways flight which lands in Hongkong will have a winner on board. In a two-month "fly-to-win" promotion which ends on Nov 30, more than 3,500 Cathay passengers who land at the new Hongkong International Airport at
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      • 173 40 AFP [BEIJING] China's civil aviation industry was pulled into a billion yuan (Ss2oo million) debt in the first half of the year, with even good performers such as China Eastern Airlines and China Southern reporting deficits, the Beijing Morning Post reported. "By the
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      • 138 40 Reuters [SHENZHEN] China's southern city of Guangzhou was preparing to relocate two villages from the site of a new airport project despite protests by residents, the Yangcheng Evening News said. Angry villagers twice disrupted ground-breaking ceremonies this year for a housing project designed to relocate them,
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      • 485 40 PARIS MOTOR SHOW Joint venture reflects need to cut costs in car industry Reuters [PARIS] France's PSA Peugeot Citroen and US giant Ford Motor Co, highlighting growing moves towards consolidation in the car industry, said on Tuesday they would join forces to develop diesel
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      • 367 40 Bloomberg [PARIS] Europe must press ahead with plans to create a single aerospace and defence company to challenge US rivals, a goal that can only be achieved in several steps, said Daimler-Benz AG chairman Juergen Schrempp. Many industry executives and analysts
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