The Business Times, 16 October 1998

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  • 621 1  -  CMS Energy awaits independent power producer licence from PUB By Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] US power giant CMS Energy Corporation which jointly with Keppel Fels is bidding to buy into the $3 billion Tuas Power company is in talks with the
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  • 328 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Singapore share prices rebounded 4 per cent yesterday as dealers reported a perceptible change in the pulse of fluid managers fearing being left out in the fi-nal-quarter performance stakes. The outcome was that the Straits Times Index, which
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  • 359 1  -  By Lu Ning [SINGAPORE] Singapore has displaced the US to rank No 1 in per capita gross national product (GNP) in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP) for 1997, according to the World Development Report 1998/99 released by the
    Source: 1996 World Development Indicator World Development Report 1997/98  -  359 words
  • 76 1 [SINGAPORE] They look like giant test-tubes left behind by some absent-minded scientist. But actually they are four two-storey-high funnels of water guarding the entrance to Far East Square on Telok Ayer Street. To the Chinese, flowing water signifies good luck, a point made by a brass plate
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  • 472 1  -  It wants condition to be inserted in next letter of intent From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday made it crystal clear that it objects to any form of capital control being introduced by Indonesia, and insisted that
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  • 810 1  -  From' Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SUN Hung Kai Properties, Hongkong's largest property group, stunned the market yesterday with a provision of HK$4.7 billion (***** million) for asset devaluations which slashed its full-year earnings by half to HK57.26 billion from HK$l4.2 billion last year.
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    • 146 1 IK HIDE In thai tax arts himM A corporate tax cut will only have a significant impact as part of a larger cost-cutting package, say experts polled by BT, F|2 The White House and US Congress are still locked in negotiations over a framework deal fbr the i960 budget, Pf
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    • 13 1 Editorial: The way of the marketplace, Pg 13 Regional market reports, Pg 22-26
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 521 2  -  Market reckons the current 26% tax rate is nnlikely to go below 25% By] Eugene Low WHILE any corporate tax cut would be welcome, it would only have significant impact as part of a larger package of cost-reducing measures, say
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    • 359 2  -  He says that's too gloomy, clarifying earlier statement Byi Carol Eng IT is impossible for unemployment here to hit 9 per cent next year, even if the economy contracts in the third quarter and market expectations of recession in
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    • 348 2  -  By. Anna Teo WITH the services sector accounting for two-thirds of gross domestic product (GDP), the Department of Statistics (DOS) is developing new measures to better track the performance of the sector, particularly emerging industries like financial derivatives trading, IT and
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    • 360 2  -  By, Annette Pau APPLE Computer will hit local consumers with the iMac tomorrow through aggressive channel marketing. Tie-ups with new retail partners will be "key to our success", said Graham Long, president of Apple Asia Pacific yesterday. "We believe the iMac is so
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    • 310 2 A THE Star Hub Consortium has pledged a total $150 million in performance bonds to the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) to ensure its fixed line telephone and mobile phone networks will be up and running by April 2000. The latest Vistas,
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    • 341 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports are expected to have shrunk in September, though economists are divided on the extent. A BT poll found estimates ranging from -0.8 to -10 per cent from six forecasters, with the average forecast
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    • 505 2  -  They are waiting for condo prices to fall farther: NUS study By\ Marissa Chew SOME HDB upgraders are finding leasehold private condominiums to be more attractive and affordable than executive condos, a study by a class of real estate students at the National
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    • 304 2  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sree Kumar Singapore WARREN Low argues well in his letter "In defence of bankers and developers" (BT, Oct 15). And this is as it should be. As a banker he has added a further dimension to the question of consumer
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    • 282 2  -  Frank Lee Chee Hoon Singapore I WOULD like to add to the last part of Warren Low's letter (BT Oct 15) on our property market being in need of fixing. To almost everyone involved in property, this is a pretty obvious point, and a glance at
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 555 3  -  Fears of global recession on the rise; yen, rapiah could fall back, it says By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] European assets in general, and their sovereign bonds in particular, could be the best bet for investment funds seeking a new home
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    • 318 3 Reuters [WASHINGTON] In a major victory for the White House, Republican leaders said on Wednesday that Congress would hand over US$lB billion (S|29 billion) to the International Monetary Fund to bail out economies swept up in the global financial crisis. In exchange for
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    • 273 3 Obuchi gets problem loan data wrong twice Reuters (TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi was forced to apologise yesterday for exaggerating the amount of Japanese banks' problem loans and then getting it wrong again while trying to correct his mistake. Mr Obuchi said he told a gathering of managers of
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    • 518 3  -  Major banks undercapitalised, says BOJ governor From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ON the eve of today's expected passage of critical banking legislation by the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament, Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami yesterday urged all major Japanese
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    • 267 3 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda said yesterday that Thailand had not abandoned a plan to float at least US$l billion (551.61 billion) of offshore sovereign bonds but had delayed it because of Asian financial volatility. Finance ministry sources said growing liquidity
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    • 242 4 •—Hanjung and Siemens AG congratulate CMS Energy Asia on the signing CMS SVfcAf^ of the landmark agreement for Taweeiah A 2 power and water project and their partnership with Keppei FELS for the Tiias Power project. Desalination Power Plants Your Reliable Partner HANJUNG Power Plant Phase I in Saudi Arabia,
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  • FOCUS
    • 1676 6  -  The well-developed sense of shame among Japanese people may well conspire to discourage applications for capital injections By, Anthony Rowley [TOKYO] JAPAN'S latest banking rescue plan has been greeted with widespread scepticism because of wide gaps between policy formulation and implementation in the past.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 334 7 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine central bank transferred the closed Orient Commercial Banking Corp to the state receiver, beginning the nation's first liquidation of a commercial bank in 12 years. While Orient is the first among the country's 56 commercial banks to capsize since the
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    • 311 7  -  From From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur DANAMODAL Nasional Bhd, the agency set up to recapitalise Malaysia's ailing banks, will issue 11 billion Malaysian ringgit (554.7 billion) in five-year, zero-coupon bonds to get the next phase of recapitalisations underway. The agency
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    • 541 7 MANILA He tells Nnrnl Izzah that her father should not waver Bloomberg Bernama PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada told the daughter of Malaysia's jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim that her father should be "unwavering in his fight". Mr Estrada met 18-year-old Nurul Izzah
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    • 769 7  -  Bat govt hasn't given nod for bond issue to retire 50% of Renong debts, premier says From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government may resort to other bond issues to rescue troubled companies like in the proposed
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    • 1317 7 I Light up your life at I our Deepavali g I auction! I rp lL SUNDAY 18 OCT 98 cb rp til rp £-1j i rp Z.S.y jj T ["I LJ K-j Renong deaL who really pays for it?, Pg 17 BiKWff Mliiad payments cause cross-defaults, Pg 18 «<3ZIX[M] u>a©
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 485 10 BEIJING Foreign investment drop moderated by increase from Europe, N America Bloomberg AFX-Asia DIRECT foreign investment in China by other Asian countries slumped in the first half as the region's economic crisis battered banks and companies, the International Business Daily
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    • 241 10 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S exports will continue to face pricing pressure in the coming year because of increased competition from countries whose currencies have devalued during the Asian financial crisis, a trade report said yesterday. The quasi-official Trade Development Council (TDC) also said in its
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    • 384 10 BEIJING AFP THOMSON Bank Watch yesterday downgraded the shortterm local currency ratings on 20 Chinese banks, including the four largest commercial banks. "The systemic downgrade of banks reflects the eroding confidence of Thomson BankWatch analysts in what has so far been an effective government
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    • 383 10 SHANGHAI Reuters TAIWAN'S senior envoy Koo Chen-fu lavished praise on Shanghai's stock exchange yesterday and called for a bigger market role for Taiwanese firms. "It's amazing," Mr Koo said while standing on the sprawling trading floor of the exchange, completed last year at a cost
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    • 295 10 HONGKONG It is collating views on whether to extend freeze on land sales AFP HONGKONG'S ailing proper ty market is showing signs of stabilising, but the outlook remains uncertain, a senior official said yesterday. "I believe statistics and data in the last few weeks
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  • ASIA
    • 353 11 TOKYO 43% rise in August follows July's 53J% rise as consumer spending dries np AFP JAPAN'S sagging imports pushed its current account surplus up 43.6 per cent in August from last year, officials said yesterday, as the central bank warned the
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    • 207 11 TOKYO Bloomberg TWO of Japan's most prestigious business organisations said they may set up a private institution to buy shares directly from cash-starved companies as a way to prevent them from pulling down the stock market by selling large equity blocks. Keidanren,
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    • 398 11 SEOUL Claim that voluntary reform is better angers civic groups AFP SOUTH Korea's unwieldy conglomerates yesterday demanded a stop to official interference in corporate reform, turning up their nose at government warnings and widespread public anger. The demand by the familycontrolled conglomerates, or chaebol,
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    • 302 11 SEOUL Bloomberg, AFP AFP SOUTH Korea's corporate bankruptcies fell to a 19month low in September, as falling interest rates helped relieve the burden of interest payments. Corporate failures totalled 1,086, including 404 in Seoul, the lowest since February last year. It compared with 1,337
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  • THE WORLD
    • 379 12 TOKYO Report points to 400b yen of book losses on the bank's securities holdings AFP TOKYO'S financial authorities will accept that the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan's debt exceeds its assets as they put the troubled bank under state control, reports said yesterday.
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    • 61 12 [PARIS] A bloodied youth suspected of hooliganism being arrested at Paris' Place de la Nation yesterday as tens of thousands of students took part in a demonstration through central Paris to protest against the lack of educationalfacilities. The hooligans taking advantage of the large
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    • 410 12 LONDON It also forecasts 9% decline against mark in six months Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs International, the world's fourth largest bank in terms of currency trade, slashed its forecasts for the US dollar to reflect a further 7 per cent decline against
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    • 193 12 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts Reuters JOHN Kenneth Galbraith, the "people's economist" who has advised Democratic presidents starting with Franklin Roosevelt, foresees a US recession and worries that "the innocent" will suffer. Mr Galbraith turned 90 yesterday an event that will be celebrated at Harvard
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    • 197 12 WASHINGTON Reuters A SURGE in car prices boosted US wholesale prices in September, but analysts linked the rise to special factors and said it did not point to rising inflation pressures. The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.3 per cent
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 737 13  -  THE BOTTOM LOVE OPINION By Russell Baker The writer is a New York Times correspondent NYT SOME say the end will come by fire, and some by ice, but I say farce is just as likely. Oh, probably not the farce that consumes
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    • 166 13 I am concerned they've never seen this before, they've never seen a downturn of this magnitude. Markets by definition go up and down. The most important factor is to neither fall in love nor become disenchanted with securities.' L Arthur Levitt the chairman of the US Securities
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    • 611 13 EDITORIAL STOCK markets in the Asia-Pacific seem to be edging slowly up again and this might be a good time to take another look at the unshakeable capacity of sane and sophisticated investors to periodically abandon all reason and stampede like a herd This trait
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    • 1258 13  -  Resource-rich region receives little from central government, prompting demands for more autonomy From Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent in Medan FROM the air, the area around Medan is a sea of green palm oil and rubber plantations, which cover more than 70,000
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    • 917 13 MobeTs doable-edged prise THIS year's Nobel Prize in economics is going to Amartya Sen, whose work has focused on helping the poor and on analysing how government policies can cause starvation even when food is available. It is gratifying to see the prize given to a
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 1018 14  -  Nobel Prize winner Amartya K Sen bridges the gap between economics and social policy, report stuart sxlverstein and marjorie miller STUART SILVERSTEIN and MARJORIE MILLER LAT-WP Amartya K Sen, a researcher celebrated for stretching the limits of economics to explore the plight of the world's
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    • 575 14 STYLE A US company offers real-world fragrances like Rubber, Dirt, Vinyl NYT [NEW YORK] "Techno fragrances are the coming thing," said Christopher Brosius of Demeter, the company whose line of fragrances won the best-of-show award last week at Extracts, the trade show at
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    • 530 14 BOOKS NYT [NEW YORK] Novelists Tom Wolfe and Robert Stone and literary critic Harold Bloom are among the finalists for the 1998 National Book Awards, the US National Book Foundation announced on Wednesday. The foundation named 20 finalists in four categories and also
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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  • THE LEADING EDGE
    • 1458 16  -  Dr Kong Hwai Loong, winner of the Young Scientist Award this year, does cutting-edge research here to kill the tumour by starving it of blood supply, reports baju cbell&m RAJU CHELLAM HE'S the first Singaporean to have been accepted by Cornell University to assist in
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    • 456 16 LIVER cancer accounts for about 8 per cent of all cancers in men in Singapore, and breast cancer is the leading cancer among all races here. "Liver cancer is quite a big chunk of all cancers in men here, as compared to, say the US,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 614 17  -  Shamrock presents rescue plan, said to be on insistence of Malaysia's Camerlin By Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] The besieged board of Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL) sought refuge from the press here yesterday, refusing to emerge for a working lunch until hotel security
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    • 257 17  -  By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Indonesianlinked stocks Van der Horst and Transmarco closed well below their intra-day highs yesterday, after the Stock Exchange of Singapore completed another round of "buyingin" of the two stocks to settle accounts left short last week. The
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    • 105 17 [SINGAPORE] Courts (Singapore), the furniture and consumer electronics group, has clinched two financial deals with the DBS Bank. The first is its proposed issue of a $15 million floating rate note (FRN) due in 2001 which will be subscribed by DBS. The second
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    • 810 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ruth Wong CREATIVE? Sophisticated? A bailout? Call it what you want, but the financial restructuring of the influential Renong group was unavoidable. Saddled with some 20 billion Malaysian ringgit (SsB.s billion) in debts that account for
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    • 192 17  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to your Oct 14 Hock Lock Siew column, "Shortsellers of Indon-linked stocks licking their wounds", and suggest that the Stock Exchange of Singapore revise and publish their rules for buying-in trades of short sellers,
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    • 340 17  -  Market watchers see loss for 99-year project at that price Hy. David Boey THE Bonvests Group is launching over the Deepavali weekend its 88-unit Laguna 88 condominium at prices starting from $440 per sq ft. Sited off Bedok Road, along Eastwood
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
      • 403 18  -  Loans totalling billions of ringgit now in doubt, gronp needs cash urgently From, From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur CONGLOMERATE Renong disclosed yesterday that it had failed to meet interest and fee payments of 12.03 million Malaysian ringgit (Sss.l million). And
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      • 275 18 Plan also running in Japan, Australia, NZ; S'pore target met Reuters (HONGKONG) Motorola Inc's Asian semiconductor products division said yesterday that the unit would cut staff through a voluntary severance plan in the region and might dismiss staff if it failed to meet
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      • 294 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Popular Holdings Ltd, a Singapore-based book retailer and publisher, may see fiscal 1999 profit in its retail unit fall compared with fiscal 1998, according to a company executive. Ashley Bala, Popular's group retail director, was speaking at a
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      • 330 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AMP chairman lan Burgess said he wants the life insurer's As 3 billion (Ss3.l billion) hostile bid for insurance company GIO Australia Holdings to be resolved through talks between the firms. Mr Burgess said the public battle between
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      • 109 18 [SINGAPORE] The government has shortened to one day the time that proceeds from the sale of investments can remain in the CPF Investment Account, before being transferred back to the CPF Ordinary Account. Previously, the proceeds could stay in the
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      • 153 18 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Banking Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday Bank Danamon's shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting have approved plans for a restructuring of its capital and balance sheets. This will allow the government to hold a 95 per cent
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      • 234 18 AFP [SYDNEY) Australian resource giant BHP has been named in a potential US$5OO million (SsBll million) antitrust complaint in Hawaii, but vowed yesterday it would defend itself against all charges. The complaint was lodged by the Hawaiian AttorneyGeneral's office in the US District
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 60 18 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Swire Pacific Ltd is likely to reduce its property value by HK$2l billion (554.4 billion) after a re-evaluation, the Hongkong Economic Times said. The report said the group told market analysts that the asset value reduction will raise its gearing
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        • 46 18 Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] Guangzhou International Trust and Investment Corp, an investment arm of the Guangzhou city government, has missed a US$3O million (5548.3 million) loan payment due, the Hongkong Economic Journal reported. The loan was arranged by the Societe Generale Group. Bloomberg
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        • 57 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] China Everbright Pacific Ltd said yesterday it had to make further exceptional provisions for the loss in value of short-term investments. "The share decline and extreme volatility in regional stock markets necessitated a further exceptional provision for diminution in value of the group's short-term
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        • 59 18 Meera Tharmaratnam [KUALA LUMPUR] Seng Hup Corporation, a Malaysian retailer of electrical products, said it has defaulted on 41.9 million Malaysian ringgit (5117.8 million) of principal payments and RM2.6 million of interest payments in respect to short-term debt. The company's Indonesian subsidiary has an additional
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 514 19 (He&rnings boost annual Drofit to USs3o9m, its first is three years Bloomberg [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer's fourthquarter earnings topped expectations, as strong sales of its new iMac personal computer rocketed the company to its first annual profit in three years. Net income
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      • 234 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nomura Securities Co, Japan's biggest broker, said its parent company lost 33.72 billion yen (*****.9 million) on long-term securities during the six months ended Sept 30. The announcement came after the resignation of Andrew Friedwald, the head mortgage derivatives trader at the firm's
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      • 453 19  -  Shortage of Cheetah and fibre-channel drives: senior VP By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Disk drive maker Seagate Technology, which posted better-than-ex-pected quarterly results on Wednesday, is boosting output in Singapore due to shortages of some high-end drives. This is good news for
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      • 343 19 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co, the world's No 2 carmaker, said thirdquarter earnings rose 11 per cent as strong demand for its high-profit light trucks in North America overcame slumping worldwide sales. Net income rose to US$l billion (Ssl.6
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      • 347 19 Move follows its first quarterly loss since 1989, and job cats Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co has asked Daniel T Napoli, the executive in charge of overseeing the biggest US securities firm's risks around the world, to step down and take another
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      • 277 19 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California) Intel Corp shares dipped on Wednesday as investors looked past strong third-quar-ter earnings and focused on a possible slowdown in computer sales because of the world's economic slump. Intel fell US$l to US$B2 9/16 in trading of 27.6 million,
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 355 20  -  Efforts should help improve financial system's resilience, says agency Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Standard Poor's yesterday said it holds a "positive view" of the sharp reduction Singapore's domestic banks have made to their external net liabilities. The rating agency said in a report that
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      • 207 20 KEPPEL Bank and Tat Lee Bank have both cut their prime lending rates by 25 basis points to 7.25 per cent effective today, and slashed their fixed deposits. This completes the latest round of rate cuts by the six local banking groups the
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      • 468 20 HEDGE FUNDS DEBACLE Credit losses include bad loan to small bank it bailed out FT [NEW YORK] Bank America, the largest US bank, on Wednesday sent tremors through Wall Street after announcing a US$l.4 billion (512.3 billion) provision for credit losses in the third quarter
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      • 141 20 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co, one in a consortium of 14 financial institutions that last month bailed out Long-Term Capital Management LP with a US$3.6 bUlion (Sss.B bUlion) capital infusion, said on Wednesday it invested US$3OO miUion in September. Morgan's
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      • 348 20  -  Ry Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has joined the slew of financial institutions that have begun to downsize overseas operations in the face of the region's declining economies. The bank yesterday confirmed that it had retrenched a number of
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      • 177 20 It also recommends timely recognition of identified losses Reuters [NEW YORK] A Bank for International Settlements (BIS) committee has released a consultative paper recommending improved loan valuation, loan loss provisioning and credit risk disclosure for banks around the world. The report prepared by
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      • 292 20  -  Report MSd Singapore Index Jardine Fleming THE Singapore market was the star performer in the Asian region yesterday. Markets in Hongkong, Seoul and Manila shrugged off a down day in Tokyo as well, but Singapore led the way. The MSCI Singapore Index Futures fully reflected that
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      • 153 20 MSCI Taiwan ftitnres Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract moved sideways as bullish sentiment propelled by solid overnight performance on the US Nasdaq Composite Index was offset by concerns over earnings at banks and finance companies. The October 98 contract settled down 0.2
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      • 204 20 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Petrol rose 2 per cent after an industry report showed a greater-than-ex pec ted drop in US inventories last week as refineries slowed because of storm damage and maintenance operations US petrol inventories fell seven million barrels, or
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      • 269 20 Reuters AFP London DIMINISHED expectations of lower interest rates in Germany, after comments from Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer, knocked the dollar lower against the mark while the yen was nervous, back below recent highs. Mr Tietmeyer's remark that easing monetary policy to the point where it was inconsistent
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        1164 20 WTHMUMK CROSS BATES <* t15 !L-JE^S-51^*S!fiZil2l2—J5l«25lil2jI2JEL-E2L--£LJ5L— J5-J2L^B*5EzJ* AMtrtto 0979 6.17* 0527 14*2 103* 4.90 ***** ***** 0.753 1444 2.4M 1124 *US1 TIjUI lfl?l II 4»M»l>r» trrf a W CM* 1011 5.377 0.539 3.556 1061 5.019 ***** 56.041 0.769 8.646 L462 114* 35.*****037 IM bS 0*64 zSauS OJW OM6 CNna 0.190
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    • 1572 21 SICOM ruTuaES Oct 15 »WC»(»*FMdortq««tmp») KS1 cwKA<) Clow VoImm Obm I— Stl (taut) hrttmt **98 l».75 1325 CO-75 1450 £99 ***** 550 £2 ttl75 650 Mar 99 125.00 150 Apr/Am 99 12*25 128.00 128.50 150Q 2850 *5? W 132.50 150 0ct/D«c 99 136.00 RSS3C0NT1ACT (UScwtsfa) Vataaa Obm HHfc
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    • 1532 21 Bloomberg □natoj22s -ISM JAPANESE stocks fell for a third day on speculation about losses at the US arm of Nomura Securities Co, Japan's biggest broker, after their head mortgage derivatives trader quit. "Speculation that Nomura's US affiliate failed is weighing on the market," said Tsuguya Onozuka, assistant manager at
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    • 2157 21 LONDON •ctB No 3t Group 501.400 1.400 AB Ports 275.000 -3.000 Abbey National 1067.000 26.540 Allied Oomecq 460.000 S.OOO Amec 178.000 1.000 Asda Group 163.000 -L600 BAT Ind 477.000 &000 BG Pic 396.000 15.000 BKX 55.400 -2.600 BOC Group 712.000 -24.000 BR Petroleum 854.400 8.600 BTW 100.000
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      705 22 AFP Composite Index +L 66 INDONESIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday in the absence of foreign buying and amid a firmer rupiah, dealers said. "I think it becomes clear now that the recent market recovery was driven by foreign progam buying. Now the program buying is over
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      1506 22 Reuters AFP Q Hang Seng >130.41 STOCKS climbed to a higher close yesterday with index heavyweight HSBC Holdings taking the lead amid shortcovering and hopes of an early interest rate cut, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index added 130.41 points, or 1.48 per cent, to finish at 8,970.42 after
      Reuters; AFP  -  1,506 words
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      580 22 Reuters rlShenihaiß Index 40.70 SHENZHEN'S B Share Index closed higher yesterday following Wednesday's losses, but sentiment remained weak amid thin turnover, brokers said. The B Index rallied 0.70 of a point to 65.96 on turnover of HK$lO million, roughly equalling Wednesday's level. China Vanke was the top gainer with
      Reuters; Source: Credit Lyonnsis Securities(Asia) Ltd  -  580 words
    • 338 22 AFP □wPhtex 1134 TAIWAN share prices fell for the fourth consecutive day, slipping 0.3 per cent yesterday in thin trading as investors stayed on the sidelines, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index dropped 19.24 points to 6,799.88, following a 1.3 per cent decline in the previous session. "The index
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    • 256 22 AFP □WeUugton ♦1118 STOCKS continued their recovery yesterday in the face of falling interest rates. The NZSE-40 gained 1.1 per cent or 19.18 points to 1,765.30 on turnover of NZ$77.B million with Brierley Investments Ltd, ahead of a key board meeting yesterday in Singapore, gaining four cents to 42
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      761 22 AFP P| SET Index jig THAI shares gained 3.5 per cent yesterday amid heavy trade in the finance and banking sectors despite ongoing concerns over third-quarter results due out this month, analysts said. An analyst with Adkinson Securities said that there had been no negative development to harm the
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    • 305 22 AFP UlbjriU +18.56 SHARES rose 1.4 per cent yesterday due to selective buying of blue-chips, analysts said here. Ayala Corp and its flagship, Ayala Land, rose in reaction to a bill easing restrictions on foreign ownership of land. The Composite Index rose 18.56 points to 1,342.78. Volume fell to
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    • 394 22 AFP QORpstebin^fl SOUTH Korean share prices rocketed 6.5 per cent yesterday on active foreign interest amid a firmer yen and declining money market rates, dealers said. Sentiment was also boosted by speculation that Ford Motors Co might win the auction of Kia Motors Corp, dealers said, adding foreign investors
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    • 572 22 AFP □AnOriiMriw -13 SHARES fell 0.2 per cent yesterday as traders waited for solid direction before hedging their bets in the current volatile climate, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index slipped 6.3 points to 2,459.3. National turnover totalled 292.38 million shares worth A 1781.09 million. The All Industrials Index
      AFP  -  572 words
    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 6523 23 INDUSTRIALS prefects Lm V«4 Day CM High Lew Company S«» 'OOQ H» u. P/f 310 170 Ajinomoto 229 4 1 229 229 Ua 2 8 144 35 Aoqkiu 60 4 24 60 tuI 290 123 AfxtfoFaodH*) 188 «5 752 388 108 Bfrjiyi Land -.142 3 133 143 139 2 9
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      • 361 23 AFP Fl Composite Index +M 3 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 2.4 per cent higher yesterday ahead of the 1999 budget to be presented by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad next week and expectations of a boost to the banking sector. "Further measures are
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    • WARRANTS&OPTIONS
      • 2494 24 BONDS. LOANS WARRANTS •W* Lnt VM Dey Lot Ouote A«| HHK In StM Company Sat* ♦<*" (000) Ht«ti Lm Buyer SHtar Prtc. 20.5 3 3160 -Acer ******1 US$ 7 *15 217 8 5 7 7.5 95 4.5 3164 Acme ******4 15 *0.5 3445 18 14 14.5 15 7 3161 antkh
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      • 200 24  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy WE'LL continue our focus on laggard local warrants, particularly those with long dates. Before looking at today's feature, it's worth noting how quickly the tide of money has changed perceptions in the local market suddenly, people don't
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      • 191 24 HOMKOM STOCKS Gc fir l«M Last V* Day LwtOaat* D)> Ok VU M M Ca» HI» L— st»« c.—-, w- COOOI »—i u» —yr CW W 400 250 5123 COL (2000) ML 400 aO i4 24 2Q.5 7744.7 5124 C4ttuyPac20cHK_720 265.0 2.1 7A 6.0 *****.4 5125 ChMig Ksng50c
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    • 6578 25 Transaction date: Oct 15 J Or Or M Wt U»* Val Day Last Ouata Ohr Mv VM Mat Ca» Ay, HN> L— C»WM«y 81a COOOl HN> Law jnyc SaBac Cw Pft im& Mb MUThMOUSTRY 142 49.5 mt tOOO AcmaSOc 72 -3.5 4082 80.5 T1.5
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    • 1167 25 i*m ««w cm»i iS» roow n »«6»f Y c5c p£ uSrtSS HMUFACfQRM W^F(^E8888Bll^lWflB8i 243 30 6 2049 'ASAMdlOc 72.5 *3 4911 763 72 72.5 73 1S.0N 73 2.1 64 823 70 82 45 1 2051 ASJ HMqsZOe 48 *0.5 21 44 473 48 50 2.5 10.2 U) 9.2 433
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
      • Article, Illustration
        301 26 Stacks Volume Keppel Land 50c 26.887,000 DBS Land 19,621,000 Wing Tai 25c 19,118,000 Hotel Prop 12,544,000 Guthrie W02 11,301,000 Aztech 5c 9.507,000 Zagro Asia5c 9,297,000 Keppel LandWOO 8,505,000 Keppel Corp 8,401,000 Asia FoodtProp 8.181,000 —li DBS Land 29,865,554 Keppel LandSOc 26,313,475 Keppel Corp 21,179,284 OCBC Foreign 20,994,500 City Dev 50c
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      • 683 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Funds fear missing ont on a recovery and underperforming in last quarter; active buying also from US, Europe By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Fund managers, worried that their relative performance wiU suffer in the final quarter if they didn't
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 133 26 IT was a topical question that Anthony Nightingale of Jardine Matheson asked of Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong when the latter was on a visit to Hongkong—what's the government's stand on the Singapore property market. But in case there was any hint that be
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        • 139 26 PLAZA Singapura is all set tor a Big Bang reopening in two months fh>m now. DBS Land, in its Londoimos publication, proudly lists some of the attractions the revamped landmark shopping centre has to offer. The latest tenants to sign up are Kopitlam,fora7oo*eatfoodcourt,anda 8,9005q ft
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        • 102 26 TOO tired to play the real thing? Fret not. Taiwan's Acer Group, the official sponsor of the 13th Asian Games in Thailand, has set up a virtual games site 'aimed at offering surfers an exciting warm-up for December's Asian Games". The site is at 7
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        • 88 26 WITH gold prices having fallen from a five-year high ofover US$4OO per oz in June 1996 to under US$9OO per oz currently, gold analysts are having a rather hard time convincing sceptical investors of the merits of investing in the shiny stuff. The best we
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      • Article, Illustration
        73 26  -  -by Shiv Taneja SESDAQ-LISTED Aztech System closed one-and-a-half cents higher yesterday at 21 cents on a volume of 9.5 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 473,300 shares. Most of the daily charts indicate further upside in the near term, but this could be capped as
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    • 202 17 After years of building machines that take off, we know how to make one stay on the ground. II lidf i I I k J Once /oil arc behind tie .vhccl c .1 Si,lb 9-5 all your senses tell you that .on li t m full cont'd In dew ping
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    • 491 18 I MAYFRAN INTERNATIONAL LTD 1 I ANNOUNCEMENT I I The Board of Mayfran International Ltd ("Mayfran" or the "Company") refers to the I I announcement dated 12 October 1998 issued by Keppel Bank of Singapore Limited I I ("Keppel") on behalf of Gimmill Industrial (Pte.) Ltd. (the "Offeror"). It was
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    • 223 19 ity. -JIB 11.I 1 mi i iiiinil Call VariQ r- nr *S -H& TQtl %7-i a—M• v pU 1 j '"-'ft" A^Bk^^Sßf Freedom to move. Freedom of choice. Freedom to expand, to rearrange, to do as you please. That's the beauty of Vario, the ultimate in stackable workstations from Diethelm.
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    • 78 20 iipZ* THE WORLDS LEADING T OFFSHORE COMPANY AND TAX PLANNING SPECIALISTS Smre 197S our worldwide staff of over J multi disciplrned professionals mriudntcj W^L lawyers, chartered accountants, (bartered secretaries and bankers have provided A&fr confidential and cost effer tive company formation ir all the major low tax areas Incorporation Fees
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    • 5 20 Strait Talk THEBISfINESSTIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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    • 221 22 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 f BARNS VATS (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Windlng-Up) LIQUIDATOR'S OFFICE 1S Beach Road *S3-10 Beach Centre Singapore *****7 NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 ot the Companies Act. Chapter 50 that the Final Meeting of the
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    • 107 22 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I ROY TAN LIAN HUAT of 56 Lengkok Bahm #08-453 Singapore *****6, have applied for a Public House, First Class (extended) Licence in respect of M/s The Railway Karaoke Pub located at 388 Upper Bukit Timah Road Singapore *****4, and that this application will be
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    • 115 22 UOUOR LICENCE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I NGO MING KIAH of Blk 305 Ang Mo Kk> Ave 1 #03-1155 Singapore *****5, have applied for a Second Class Beer House in respect of M/s LPS Kopttiam (Fore) Pte Ltd located at 68 Orchard Road *06-12/15 Plaza SJngapura Singapore *****9,
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    • 289 22 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANO ACT CAP. 98 AND THE MATTER OF DM WAREHOUSE (S) PTE LTD (M MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LAUDATION) MtNhig of tot abo»anwnltonad Company, hato«lW,Anaon Road. *****/02, WamtionN Plaza, Stogapon *****3 on toa 8 day of Octobar 1980 M 11:00 am RESOLVED by tptcal imoUom Vat--1 Si
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    • 11 23 BUSINESS \otices 1 Turn to Pages 24 26 for more Notices
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    • 120 23 +The KLSE scoreboard can be found at the following Internet address: www.asial.com.sg/btstocks NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I M. ARUMUGAM S/O MANA MUTTAYAH of Blk 53, #08-124, Pipit Road Singapore *****3, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Meenatchi Amman Mini Mart located at 60,
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    • 336 24 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I CHAN HOCK PAW of Blk 161 #11-150 Bishan St. 13 Singapore *****1, have applied for a Beer House 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s Happy Belly Cafeteria located at Units #02-01, #03-01, #03-02 Blk 267 Serangoon Ave
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    • 222 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF LAURI SHIPPING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 (1) of the Companies Act. Cap.so. that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company wtN be held at 9
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    • 299 24 HJuRACO URACO HOLDINGS LIMITED ***** MILLION GUARANTEED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2002 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that the Rate of Interest for the 6-month period from 16 October 1998 to 16 April 1999 (182 days) is 5.*****6% per annum with a Coupon
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    • 323 24 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. St Ami IN THE MATTER OF TIPHOOK CONTAINER RENTAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (la Mirtin' Viliiiilmj ll|illiH NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant 10 Section 30X I) of the Companies Act, Cap. SO thai the Final Meeting of the members
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    • 373 24 IDuraco URACO HOLDINGS LIMITED ***** MILLION GUARANTEED INVERSE FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2M2 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that the Rate of Interest for the 6-month period from 16 October 1998 to 16 April 1999 (182 days) is 3.*****4% per annum with a
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    • 762 24 to Mb MXIh CwpaMbeArt.Cbp.li Aad hi In Maßer ef HMA THUMBS EBTBtPMSE PTE LTD At an Emraotdtoary 6wwl MietoiQ ottoe members of toe abtnanamad Comply duly cotwened and held on to 21 at fey of September 19M toe Mtoatog Special Mflv eere deemed passed pursuant to Section 179(6) of toe
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    • 97 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I LEONGWENG KOON of 43, Jalan Setia Singapore *****1, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop Licence in respect of M/s The Grocer located at 447 MacPherson Road Singapore *****7, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors Licensing Board on 4 December
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    • 103 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I INDRAH D/O RAJ ARAM of Blk 6 #03-374 Jalan Minyak Singapore *****6, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Rasi Corner located at 240 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore *****5, and that this application will be considered by the Liquors
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    • 108 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I GOH KAH TIANG of Blk 334, Kreta Ayer Road *25-01 Singapore *****4, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s Chuan Huat Seng Kee Provision Shop located at Blk 803 King George's Ave *01-206 Singapore *****3, and that this application
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    • 107 25 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I CHAN H(X;K PAW of Blk 161 *11-150 Bishan St. 13 Singapore *****1, have applied for a Beer House 2nd Class Licence in respect of M/s Happy Belly Cafeteria located at *01-00 15 Stadium Rd. Kallang East Entrance Singapore *****8, and that this application will
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    • 368 26 TO ADVERTISE CALL TOLL-FREE 1800-741 1883 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SPACEWOOD INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting signed by the Representative of Holding Company relating to Proceedings of Subsidiary Company pursuant to
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    • 363 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHINA RESOURCES COUNTERTRADE (S) PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company signed by the Represerttative of Holding Company relating to Proceedings of Subsidiary Company pursuant to Section
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    • 811 26 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Lee Chooi Yoke of Blk 451 Tampines St 42 #08-214 S'pore *****1 have applied for a Public House First Class Licence (extended) in respect of M/s Lian Ying Holdings Pte Ltd located at Peoples Park Centre #81-01, 101 Upper Cross Street S'pore *****7 and
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    • 396 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO ANO IN THE MATTER OF BESTSTEEL MARKETING PTE LTD (Mtmfcars' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of BESTSTEEL MARKETM6 PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 12th Octob* 1998 the Wtowing was duly passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION
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    • 552 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 ANO IN THE MATTER OF TATARA TRADING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, that the final meeting of the members of the abovenamed company will be
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    • 618 26 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAR SO AND M THE NATTER OF FARTHERS »t MEDIA AStARTE LTD (In Mamßan' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extaordnary General Meeing of Morton of PARTNERS M MEDIA ASIA FTE LTD tfcdy convened ■*1 at SSA Smth Sbeet Sngapore *****2 on Thursday. Mh October,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 320 27 Bridge News Reuters TANKERS: AS Aframax rates are faring stronger at the moment, brokers said Panamax rates are following a similar trend. A 50,000-tonne cargo was fixed at worldscale 113.5, up from a previous range of ws 105 to ws 110 earlier this week. ♦Hess booked a 50,000-tonne
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    • 293 27 SO 000 •ens a hi Cm Distribution 0.32 *0.005 191 ChuanHup 0.38 *0.005 278 Cosco Invastmant. 0.415 -O.OOS 104 Fraiqht Links 0.165 *0.005 5668 G8 Holdings 0.35 *0.045 219 Hal Sun Hup 0.355 *0.015 556 Hitachi Zosan 0.53 *0.01 394 IMC Holdings HK 5.60 Jaya Holdings 0.47 *0.005
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    • 494 27  -  Others in feeder trade concerned about fall in rates with new entry By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] A bullish Samudera Shipping Line plans to start a new Singapore-Ma-dras service at the end of the month, its third new Indian sub-continent service this year. "We
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    • 85 27 AFP [BANGKOK] China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Cooperation (CNEC) has delivered an ocean-going vessel to Myanmar authorities in Yangon, state-run media reported. The ship, Dawei, a 12,000ton general cargo carrier, was built in China for stateowned Myanmar Five Star Shipping Line and
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    • 256 27 [SINGAPORE] The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and research agencies in Singapore were yesterday encouraged to continue with joint efforts in research and development that improved the marine environment and enhanced navigational safety. Parliamentary Secretary (Communications) Yaacob Ibrahim said
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    • 246 27 Cruise line also fonnd guilty of conspiracy, lying and obstructing justice Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd was fined US$B million (5513.1 million) for dumping oil and lying to the US Coast Guard, the US Justice Department said. US District Court Judge Juan
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    • PORT Shots
      • 98 27 Xinhua [SHENZHEN] Ports in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone handled 1.36 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) in the first nine months of this year, as compared with 1.14 million TEUs in 1997. Local port authorities predict that the zone adjacent to Hongkong will handle
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      • 101 27 Xinhua [SHENZHEN], October 10 The China International Ocean Shipping Container Group (CIOSC) has emerged as the world's major producer in its sector with total sales of containers rated at one million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units). Shenzhen-based CIOSC, founded in 1982, has exported 100 per
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      • 66 27 AFX-Asia (TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp (Taiwan) Ltd said its unit Evergreen America Corp is set to relocate three of its branch offices in Seattle, Portland and San Francisco to Salt Lake City later this year or in early 1999. "This consolidation move is meant
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    • 799 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Byl Selva Kumar AN Australian court has decided that a sale by a Marshall pursuant to an order by an admiralty court in an action in rem confers good title on the purchaser even if the vessel had
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    • 1091 28 ERA OF THE MEGASHIP To service the giant container ships of the future means they must spend big bucks on facilities and infrastructures Journal of Commerce THE largest container ship ever to visit North America sailed into the Port of New York New Jersey last
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    • 374 28 PAGE ESP Lines 14 AAM'time 12 Ewfqreen 6 ANL 3 Express TL 12 ft Accord 8 foongSun 8 Ahrenfciel 14 frota '3 Appenship S Ert Links 14 ft Astro 3 GLink 4 Austral 8 Gem*trans 8 Avant 14 Gfnsh W B'tang Mas 8 Glor Nav 4 g£
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    • 16832 35 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number 28/10 22/n Kien Hung PROSPERITY CONTAIN PC804S 65 *****33 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 28/10 22/11 speeda prosperity contain pckms
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 715 41 Y«»l VoyMo Berth Arrival Departure 2298 J m JJ2 aionjuM 1510/0530 J* *»gjjdt *10/0900 i***-'. Hongs** 1510/2300 2 ■*>' atoned. 16.10/0300 Kit*! W*98 JOl MonfM *.10/0600 2£L *<»«»* 18.10/0700 Handy Orattw s,,, *10/1600 Hand* Oragon UC78 J22 miss* 1710/1300 0»96 J13 Ho««Mt 17.10/1700 9812 J15 alonqvOt 15.10/2300 W*"«
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      • 1788 41 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Sh 'P Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From aci immu oou la/noo u re/1500 re/»s» re/1900 15/1500 15/1659 15/1900 2A 15/1700 16/0659 16/0900 28 15/1700 16/0659 16/0900 1 16/0700 16/1159 16/1400 4 16/1200 16/1459 16/1700 Almw 6J6S
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      • 193 41 Oct 19 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Oct 23 Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. Oct 20 Austria: National Day. Ireland Republic Of: October Holiday. New Zealand: Labour Day. Oct 28 Greece: Oxi Day. Oct 31 Finland: All Saint Holiday. Sweden: All Saints Holiday. Taiwan: Birthday of President Chiang Kai-Sek. Nov 2
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      • 865 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marin* Oil Lid. shows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are Indicated The Cockett Bun ker Price Indei change and the
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      • 470 41 ft,. O Carton 180 Max 992.0 2.8 17.7 OK 342 0 07 2SL® Pmlty Water Residue Art UmMmm U*am* No above t25 I 4 H) 3 3 0 m/m 380 Ave 987.6 0J 16.0 0.07 27 0.03 ja rr.c3s "y m S fS SS 2- SU
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      • 442 42  -  Their new frequent flyer programmes allow economy class passengers to accrue air miles Reports by, Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The three partners of the soon-to-be-de-funct Passages programme unveiled new, expanded frequent flyer programmes (FFPs) offering more perks to their passengers, but
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      • 199 42 [SINGAPORE] Cathay Pacific Airways announced yesterday a commercial partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL) which includes codesharing on routes between Hongkong and Japan and joint frequent flyer programmes. Under the agreement, JAL becomes a partner in Cathay's new frequent flyer programme Asia Miles. Code-sharing on
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      • 75 42 [SYDNEY] The retiring head of the Honda Motor Company Nobukiko Kawamoto poses with models and the new Honda HR-V which made its world motor show debut at the Sydney Motor Show yesterday to a Hawaiian theme. The compact four-wheel drive is the first recreational
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        • 58 42 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic said September passenger traffic at its seven UK airports rose 7.1 per cent on,the year as strong demand offset cancellations as a result of a Northwest Airlines strike. Its airports handled 10.8 million passengers in September while first-half traffic
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        • 65 42 Reuters [HONGKONG] The Hongkong Monetary Authority said yesterday it will tender the second issue of the Airport Authority notes on Oct 21. The HK$5OO million two-year notes will carry a fixed interest rate of 8.45 per cent per annum payable semi-annually in arrears. Settlement
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        • 61 42 Reuters [SHENZHEN, China] China's southern city of Guangzhou plans to begin construction on a new 14.85 billion yuan (552.9 billion>airport by the end of this year, the Yangcheng Evening News said. The new Balyun International Airport would be equipped to handle 21 million passengers
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      • 322 42 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday that it was still negotiating the acquisition of a stake in debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL). Cathay Pacific, which Philippine President Joseph Estrada said was close to An agreement to acquire
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      • 193 42 Bloomberg [LONDON] Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd, the UK airline owned by Richard Branson, said it halved some transatlantic fares in a bid to challenge British Airways pic, Europe's largest carrier. The UK's second-largest airline said its new £133 (Sssos) return fare to New York, Boston
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      • 432 42  -  Information technology may help in development of integrated logistics By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The development of integrated logistics in Asia has a long way to go before it reaches the standards of Europe or the US, although IT (information technology)
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      • 292 42 Reuters [NEW YORK] The chairman of regional airline British Midland said he could start flights from Britain to the United States by spring 2000 if a new aviation pact between the countries is reached. Michael Bishop, who met US Department of
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    • 1448 31 [VESSEL- VOY SIN SIP PKG PEN PQB DUB 1 SWJ BA BIK IRAN GHEYAMAT PJL 1307 18/10 27/10 31/10 IRAN VAHDAT PJL 1317 22/10 17/10 31/10 01/11 04/11 PQB= Mina QaOoos DUB Dubai. SHJ Sharjah BA Bandar Abbas. BIK Bandar Imam Khomtini ACCEPTING CONTAINER/BREAK-BULK SHIPMENTS TO INLAND POINTS IN IRAN
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    • 944 34 JAKARTA/PAN JANQ VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCtT" VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN HATHA BHUM 35N 17/10 21/10 20/10 DEJA BHUM 769S 17/10 21/10 MATHU BHUM 38SN 17/10 21/10 ANRO JAYAKARTA' 057 17/10 20/10 ACX JADE 31N 18/10 21/10 22/10 ACX RUBV 33S 19/10 22/10 YANTRA BHUM" 262N 18/10 21/10
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