The Business Times, 2 December 1998

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  • 13 1 MITA(P) 110/12/97 85C THE BUSINESS TIME SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1998
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  • 603 1  -  European selldown adds to rush for the exit By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] There was no panic but Asian stock markets were sold down by as much as 4 per cent yesterday following the abrupt halt to Wall Street's recent breathtaking rise
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  • 73 1 Reuters {NEW YORK] Following its 216-point plunge on Monday, Wall Street fell another sharp 130 points in early trading yesterday before buying support emerged to steady prices in the afternoon. By 12 noon EST, the Dow Jones Industrial had retraced back to 9,085.66, but
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  • 380 1  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Choo Wee Khiang, a Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC, was charged in court yesterday on two counts of conspiring to cheat UMBC Finance Ltd by falsifying invoices totalling some $2.87 million. A director of
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  • 1060 1  -  But Bangkok says no slowdown to recapitalise banks Frorn. Harish Mehta in Bangkok IN a move that sparked widespread concerns that Thailand was backsliding on economic reforms, the government yesterday admitted that it was delaying privatisation of some crippled commercial banks nationalised this year
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  • 50 1 [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew throwing a switch yesterday to launch the book commemorating the 30th anniversary of Sembawcmg Shipyard. At left is Lua Cheng Eng. chairman of Sembawang Shipyard, and at centre is Philip Yeo, chairman ofSembCorp Industries. Full report, Pg2 SIEW YAW HOONG
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  • 575 1  -  By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] In a sobering reminder that cost cuts alone may not be enough to save jobs at every company, Brit-ish-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) yesterday announced that it will retrench over 300 of its 380 employees in Singapore
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  • 450 1 Tie-up will topple Shell from No 1 spot, slash 12,300j0bs AFP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US oil giants Exxon and Mobil yesterday announced a record U5577.2 billion (*****.1 billion) merger that would create the world's biggest oil company. A joint statement said the new company, to
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    • 78 1 aaiDE The yen and the euro are likely to dominate forex trading this month, Pg 4 ■HlWinaaalgHW jflj i day j^poaeAKa^N^ preference shares to raise SB7m to ease its heavy burden and tight cashflow.^ H Hi Bodyworks Concept, distributor of gym and SSbLSMSS out an aggressive expansionplan, Pg2 UUMTHHTB SINGAPORE
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    • 4 1 Market reports, Pg 2226
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    • 269 1 I* Solid ir ait r rcm-u al Bulky waste rein ma I hann al >u crf'tni: t raS, parks. industrial parks, pared areas art J carparks Sale and rental of a wide range of refuse bins Sale and rental of mechanised waste storage and handling equipment Sale and rental of
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    • 8 1 More In store afterflurry of mergers, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 550 2  -  Yards most adopt better work methods, raise quality, productivity to fight rising costs fly Conrad Raj THE shiprepair industry has not become a "sunset" industry as many once believed it would, but workers and management must be ready to change, adapt
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    • 294 2  -  By Clarissa Tan CITIBANK in Singapore, which currently employs about 2,700 people here, will retrench 40 people in a bid to cut costs, sources in the bank said yesterday. "The bank will be cutting some redundancies, which will affect about 40
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    • 656 2  -  Gym/leisurewear distributor to open at least six stores here and overseas By] Rahita Elias HOMEGROWN Bodyworks Concept, distributor of gym and leisure wear Bodynits and Bods, has mapped out an aggressive expansion plan which will see the launch of at least six stores at
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    • 266 2 MANPOWER Minister Lee Boon Yang yesterday encouraged Singaporeans to be mul-ti-skilled so as to boost their chances of securing jobs in the current economic slowdown. Dr Lee said workers would become "far more employable" if they are able to undergo skills upgrading or
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    • 206 2 LOWER taxi fare surcharges are on the way, with market leader Comfort making the first move yesterday by cutting phone-booking fees. Speaking at its Operators' Family Day at NTUC Pasir Ris Resort, Comfort group managing director Goh Chee Wee said both current and advance booking
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    • 202 2 LOCAL internet service provider (ISP) Sing Net and global news group Reuters yesterday jointly announced the launch of online news reports for corporate websites. The service Sing Net News Line (Reuters) Service will offer online reports covering tailor-made topics including Asian news and
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    • 283 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Labour By: Eugene Low MANY more have joined the hunt for jobs. The number of job-seekers on the Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) employment service register at the end of September hit 5,638 more than double the 2,352 at end-1997. This is
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    • 340 2 THE race to service Singapore's wealthiest individuals hots up, as two more platinum cards hit the market yesterday. American Express yesterday said its Platinum Card a sizeable notch above the Gold Card is targeted at the top 3 per cent of the population, primarily in
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 114 2 TANGLIN Mall has bagged the top spot In the Best Decorated Shopping Centre competition, beating 19 others in this category. It took the title in the Best Decorated Building Competition '96, organised by the Singapore Tourism Board. Tanglin Mall's theme this year is "The Christmas Station". The
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      • 117 2 SECURITY organisation Cisco and NTUC Income Insurance have teamed up to launch a high-tech wireless alarm system to make Singapore homes safer. Known as SecuriTech Wireless Alarm, it is the first product designed and developed locally by Cisco at a cost of $350,000. The system,
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      • 126 2 IN BT's Nov 27 report headlined "Axa offers some premium relief', we said that Axa Life policyholders will get premium discounts of up to 90 per cent from their life and endowment policies. Axa Life has since clarified that these are not a discount on policy premiums.
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    • 163 2 I ESI Human resources tools and strategies I ***** for the new world of business Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (ORC), an international management and human resources ORGANIZATION consulting firm, has appointed Mr Na Boon Chong as I RESOURCES Director of South East Asia for its Singapore Regional Office. He will
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 671 3  -  Think-tank pats out most pessimistic GDP forecast of -&2% this year Prom Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur BANK Negara governor Ali Abul Hassan pledged yesterday that the central bank will not print money to finance deficit spending after a thinktank
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    • 157 3 AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong banks' non-performing loans could more than double following the downturn in the economy, a leading banker warned yesterday. Bank of East Asia chairman David Li said non-per-forming loans could rise to 6.0-to-6.5 per cent of total loans in a worst
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    • 70 3 [HONGKONG] A colleague yesterday offering traders at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange a pair of scissors to help them hang a small poster featuring the Chinese character "ren which means to endure or persevere. Such a poster is often hung in offices or homes to remind
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    • 492 3  -  Key moves inclnde letting insurers, banks market trusts From< Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A SECOND milestone in Japan's financial sector "Big Bang" deregulation was passed yesterday when a series of legal changes, including one permitting banks and life assurance companies to market mutual
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    • 263 3 AFP Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economy will contract by another 5 per cent in 1999, despite government predictions that the current crisis could bottom out next year, according to the head of a private think-tank. In comments carried by the Jakarta Post yesterday, Faisal
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    • 7 3 Banks, insurers offer investment trusts, Pg 20
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  • FOCUS: MONET MATTERS
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      385 4 Source: A look at the numbers Market changes during the previous week CUMIIMCY m us* AS AT CLOSE Of CHANGE YEAfl TO DATE 27/11/96 ayil/tt Absolut* In* terms High Um OEM 1.7036 1.6873 0.016 0.96 1.8562 1.5880 JPY 122.78 119.93 2.850 2.32 147.60 111.50 SOD 1.6533 1.6282 0.025 1.54 1.6119
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    • 669 4  -  Watch out for Japanese year-end factors and European nervousness By Larry Wee By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] THE Japanese yen once again dominated the price action in Asian currency markets last week. But as it turned back up once again yesterday, our preferred scenario
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    • 672 4  -  Tell 9 jn.eC how Rates look good but comparisons may be a tricky proposition By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] When Jurong Town Corporation decided to launch the first $300 million tranche of its $4 billion medium term note programme last week, they assumed that it
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    • 396 4 ANALYSIS THE European Central Bank is set to assume control of EMU monetary policy in less than a month. But unlike the Fed, the ECB will be dominated by national central banks, and may be hampered by worries over a lack of transparency
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    • 333 4  -  Compiled by Larry Wee Sources: ANZ Investment Bank (ANZ), Deutsche Bank (DB). Independent Economic Analysts Holdings (IDEA), and MMS Int'l (MMS) United State* Today: Based on recent housing data like housing starts, permits and mortgage applications DB expects a strong reading for new home sales in October.
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 354 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The International Monetary Fund yesterday lauded Malaysia for its open trade regime but said capital controls could backfire, leaving the country vulnerable if its export markets begin to dry up. The IMF, in a paper
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    • 119 5 BANGKOK AFP THREE of Thailand's biggest commercial banks yesterday announced further cuts in their minimum lending rates of between 50 and 75 basis points, as they come under mounting pressure to ease credit. The move followed a central bank warning on Monday that slow progress
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    • 218 5 ■JAKARTA Religious leaders join call following mob attack on mosqnes Reuters INDONESIA'S president and religious leaders pleaded for an end to sectarian violence yesterday, a day after Christian mobs torched and ransacked mosques in the remote eastern town of Kupang. The West Timor town
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    • 404 5 ANWAR'S TRIAL I didn't tell Anwar that Thamby Chile, Rafidah were angry with him: witness Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The judge in Anwar Ibrahim's corruption and sex trial allowed the defence yesterday to try to prove a high-level conspiracy against the sacked Malaysian minister,
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    • 109 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE European Union said it regretted that Malaysia's sacked finance minister Anwar Ibrahim had been refused bail in his corruption and sex trial. In its second statement in two months on Anwar's case, the EU said it was concerned Malaysian authorities
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    • 332 5 JAKARTA Much of land may have been gained via dubious means: minister Reuters DISGRACED former Indonesian president Suharto, his family and friends own or control nine million hectares of rainforest about the size of the main island of Java local media reported yesterday.
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    • 159 5 JTC's first bond issue with a public offer •i J TC JurongTown Corporation 554,000,000,000 Medium Term Note Programme and Issue of *****,000,000 principal amount of 4.75% Fixed Rate Bonds due 2005 Arranger and Lead Manager Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited Dealer Panel Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited The Development Bank
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 519 7 TAIPEI Analysts see power balance staying, say state moves to keep banks lending more crucial A SURPRISE stock market slump in early November prompted Taiwan's government to roll out the heavy artillery a US$B.7 billion (5514.3 billion) emergency stabilisation fund that quickly ignited
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    • 213 7 HONGKONG AFP CHINA has ruled out financial futures trading after witnessing the turmoil among its Asian neighbours in the current economic crisis, parliamentary chief Li Peng was reported saying here yesterday. "Futures trading will not be allowed in China," Mr Li, the National
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    • 515 7  -  From. Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong SINGAPORE will replace Hongkong as the world's freest economy next year unless the bastion of capitalism sells its huge share portfolio amassed during the controversial market intervention, said the conservative Heritage Foundation. "It is
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    • 159 7 SHANGHAI Reuters AFP CHINA has sharply raised tax inspectors' targets for uncovering tax evasion and fraud in the face of an alarming government revenue shortfall for 1996, the official Shanghai Securities News reported yesterday. The State Administration of Taxes in recent days
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  • ASIA
    • 320 8 CANBERRA New legislation in the works to draw foreign investors into Anssie market Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S government said it's planning legislation to widen tax exemptions for foreign investors in corporate bonds, in a bid to boost Australia's fledgling corporate bond market. A meeting
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    • 291 8 SEOUL Exports rise for first time in 6 months as fell in imports slows Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's trade surplus widened to U553.67 billion (Ss6 billion) in November from October as exports rose for the first time in six months and imports fell by ;the smallest
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    • 64 8 [BOMBAY] A man dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of India'sfreedom from British rule, standing in front ofan "Aids Monster" during an Aids awareness rally in Bombay on the eve of World Aids Day on Monday. India has the highest number of HIV cases in the
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    • 484 8 BEIJING Govt pledges 'honest' treatment of existing joint ventures as it dismantles them Reuters CHINA attempted yesterday to justify plans to bar foreign firms from telecommunications networks but pledged "honest" treatment of existing joint ventures where billions of dollars are at stake. "At
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    • 273 8 TOKYO Economic planning chief expects more failures in sector AFP JAPAN'S economic planning chief said yesterday more construction firms would fail in the future, as a mid-sized contractor filed for court protection from creditors. "The collapse of general construction companies
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    • 223 8 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE prosecutors arrested the chairman of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd yesterday on bribery charges involving a former deputy chief of the nation's defence agency, a report said. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office arrested Isamu Kawai, 76, on suspicion of ordering
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    • 227 8 m NEW DELHI. AFP WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) deputy director general Anwarul Hoda yesterday slammed India's steep tariff regime, saying it impeded economic growth and hit exports. Mr Hoda told the India Economic Summit organised by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum that New Delhi had
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    • 193 8 SYDNEY Reuters BIG-SPENDING Australian consumers have delivered another blow to hopes for a preChristmas rate cut, with economic figures released yesterday pointing to a stillbuoyant domestic economy. Growth is expected to slow but the latest pointers suggest activity is robust and
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    • 1875 9 TRADES PJU R THR URL: http://www.tdb.gov.sg Singapore Trade Development Board diary International Day To Help Companies Venturing Overseas- I ofEvepts Seek Out New Global Markets toxJTiSS 1 Proposed Rurs/ Of Wfcy farm »f assistance can TDB offer my missions n offers forms to help busincMMk^ 12 6 Dae 9 X
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  • FOCUS
    • 2021 10  -  Despite its benefits and support of businesses, some analysts feel the peg will become increasingly costly to retain By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] THE Hongkong dollar's peg to the US dollar at HK$7.BO to the US dollar is one of the territory's institutions some say it's the
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  • THE WORLD
    • 556 12 BRUSSELS He will be backed by permanent MM members, Italy, Germany, France Reuters !ltU± voQNE of the last stumbling f .blocks to the launch of the euro was removed yesterday hnwhen finance ministers from 11 nations launching the agreed who should ,i
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    • 474 12 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts He proposes credit guarantees for "nations with sound /DB9' i policies Bloomberg r*Ur7b >joftE£>RGE Soros said that un- Kfettered capitalism "is a big..HfMV' danger to an open society H( &ah socialism", and some t j Harvard University professaid recent events offer f°
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    • 238 12 .ItiW. WASHINGTON Reuters 0 W A) HOUSE of Representatives Committee memr said yesterday he expec--171, the panel to wrap up its work next week even though Republicans have leadened the impeachment enquiry to examine the White ,-House campaign fund-raising -apodal. mukc House Judiciary CommitVxfee
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    • 169 12 Bloomberg THE US index of leading economic indicators rose 0.1 per cent in October, a sign economic growth should pick up in the coming months. The Conference Board's index is intended to project economic activity over the next six months.
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    • 485 12 LONDON New deals at Total, PetroFina; Qoechst, Rhone-Poulenc Reuters EUROPEAN companies announced a slew of mergers this week and analysts said this was just a taste of what's in store as companies come to grips with stiffer competition within Europe and face
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    • 274 12 POTSDAM, Germany Reuters GERMANY and France pledged yesterday to wrap up sweeping reforms to the European Union in the first half of next year, but remained far apart on key issues which could hold up the process. Leaders of the two countries'
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    • 12 12 Germany urges France to sell all of Aerospatiale, Shipping Times, Pg 16
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 616 13  -  THE BOTTOMLDIE OPINION By Sree Kumar The writer is a development economist and partner in a consulting firm. IT is the rage in Singapore. Everyone is now involved in scenario planning. The financial crisis and the ensuing political instability has put paid
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    • 172 13 'Insiders are still buying at historically bullish levels.' Frank Pootkdlo, an analyst at Prudential Securities Inc. who follows insider trading, which is starting to increase, especially in Internet, biotechnology and computer software companies. 'Rational valuations have been thrown out the window.' Ryan Crane, research analyst, on the
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    • 676 13 EDITORIAL IT matters little what Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, told his Russian hosts yesterday about the state of their economy or what they should do about it Russian leaders seem to have decided beforehand that the way forward is to stimulate
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    • 856 13  -  The USs2oob -tobacco settlement far-reaching and perhaps devastating implications By Robert J Samuelson Washington Post writers Group WASHINGTON We may have closure at least temporarily to the anti-smok-ing crusade of the *****. The agreement between state attorneys general and the
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    • 347 13 Piracy war Car from over FOR the first time in years, Hongkong stands a high chance of escaping from the United States watchlist of countries with a poor record of copyright piracy. Statistics released by the Customs and Excise show an unprecedented tally of seizures so
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    • 80 13 I H I BUSY PREPARING FOR ANOTHER > I I VOLATILE DAY AT THE OFFICE. j I I H I Ji V I I I I BREAKFAST BRIEFING. As Asia comes to grips with the economic crisis, we bring you the latest I Iffß I I overnight developments from around
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 493 14  -  CITIBAMK/BT CORPORATE GOLF LEAGUE Reports by Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The popular Citibank/Business Times Corporate Golf League will kick off its fourth successive season in Singapore at the end of next week. The event, which has become an annual fixture for top corporate
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    • 312 14 [SINGAPORE] The economic downturn has not dented sponsors' enthusiasm for the Citibank/Business Times Corporate Golf League, according to organiser John Burgess Associates. The company's managing director, John Burgess, revealed that this year's event had attracted about 10 sponsors, who together are putting up about US$l5O,OOO (5524(J,975).
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    • 744 14  -  There's no escaping sex scandals at work or at the movies, budreen dowd laments MAUREEN DOWD NYT IGO to work, and I feel trapped in Bill Clinton's libido. I go to the movies, and I feel trapped in Woody Allen's libido. Neither place is a pretty place
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    • 417 14 HEALTH Experts say excess protein, fat can add npto4J>kgayear Reuters [WASHINGTON] Nutritionists at Cornell University say they have a good tip for people who want to watch their waistlines over the holidays lose the meat. They said excess protein and fat, which come mostly
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    • 219 14 THEATRE Reuters [LONDON] Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Kevin Spacey took top honours at a major London theatrical awards ceremony on Monday. Kidman, star of this season's sensational The Blue Room, was presented with a special award for her contribution to the London
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    • 314 14 HEALTH Reuters [WASHINGTON] It may be more fun to pop a vitamin pill than to eat broccoli but eating plenty of veggies probably works better, a study shows. People who ate diets rich in fruits and vegetables showed strong evidence of antioxidant
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    • 719 15 FILM Scientists embark on film, TV projects to counter Hollywood typecasting NYT [LOS ANGELES) NYPD Blue is a big hit. But can an NYPhD Blue be one too? The television series' executive producer, David Milch, is working on a pilot for a similar dramatic series about
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • WIRED FOR BUSINESS
    • 919 16  -  Four companies at an e-commerce seminar see the Internet as key to explosive growth, reportstohham»»■" TOH HAN SHIH IBEXCO (International Business Exchange Company), Sterling Commerce, Bridge Information Systems and Citibank play in different areas of electronic commerce but they have this in common: each sees the
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    • 446 16  -  New technology pats Canadian company on the right track By Toh Han Shih IMAGING being in Singapore and .being able to track ships in the South China Sea, trucks in Malaysia, taxis in Shanghai and planes over Canada. This can be
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    • BOOK marks
      • 78 16 THE Investment Management Association of Singapore (Imas) has its own Web site to inform its members and business-oriented surfers about the wonderful world of investment management. The site opens with a lengthy mission statement and includes useful links to news and resources. The resources section
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      • 74 16 HAVE you always wanted to get an Internet address that your customers can remember easily? Now you can apply for it online. The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) has all the information and forms that you need on its Web site. The site provides some basic background information about
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      • 95 16 THE Sharper Image catalogue on the Net invites the surfer to buy all those gadgets that make life so much more bearable than it was for our parents. Who could do withoutWeebots"? These are little robots that respond to love and affection and even learn simple language. Or
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      • 82 16 THE turn of the millennium is coming and right along with it will come the Year 2000 bug. This bug has everyone worried, from governments to private individuals. What is it? What is it likely to do? Will it affect my computer, the plane I am
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      • 129 16 THE arrest and detention of a Shanghai entrepreneur, Lin Hai, on charges of "inciting the overthrow of state power" (actually, all he did was provide 30,000 e-mail addresses to an Internet magazine called Big Reference) has not deterred dissidents in China from using the Internet. Despite attempts to
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      • 71 16  -  Ooapfledbr Justyn Olby A NEW Internet service with a smile was launched yesterday—online auctions have arrived in Singapore. Kangtao.com claims to sell "the best bargains" for which they have scoured the island. Members can buy and sell in a virtual auction, 24 hours a day,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 530 17  -  NCCPS priced at 21% discount; redemption of 200 m preference shares due soon By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] With 200 million preference shares due for redemption in seven months, property group First Capital Corp (FCC) yesterday proposed another issue of non-re-deemable preference shares
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    • 342 17  -  By) R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Homegrown computer manufacturer and distributor GES International, whose shares are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, has been given inprinciple approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a primary listing here. In a statement to the
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    • 1051 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Harish Mehta A PLAN by Thailand's watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to break free of government control, assert its independence, and become more efficient is sparking off a turf war with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET)
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    • 498 17  -  It's eyeing $1,000 psf price for the large freehold apartments By) David Boey COME July 1999, Imperial Hotel will close for good as its owner redevelops the site into a luxury condominium. Listed Hind Hotels International said yesterday it plans
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    • SINGAPORE & MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
      • 379 18 Standard of disclosure better bat industry-specific gauges lacking Reports by Wong Wei Kong THIRTY-FIVE listed companies and 18 statutory boards will vie for the Annual Report Awards (ARA) this year, which marks the 25th anniversary of the competition which aims to lift the
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      • 192 18 PROPERTY developer DBS Land, winner of the Best Annual Report Award in 1997 and 1996, will be given the Grand Award if it wins again this year. The Grand Award, given to companies with the best annual report three years in a row,
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      • 331 18  -  By < Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Thakral Corporation shares were heavily traded yesterday, although 14 million shares, out of the day's turnover of nearly 19 million shares, were placed out by stockbrokers Vickers Ballas on Monday evening. Almost half of the 14.294 million
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      • 399 18 Move to poll in MMCs as customers to its S'pore services Bloomberg (SINGAPORE! Star Hub, which will run Singapore's second fixed-line phone company and third cellular service in April 2000, said it will join a venture being formed by British Telecommunications Ltd
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      • 827 18  -  RESCUE OFRHB No change in management but relook at risk policy From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur PROMINENT financier Abdul Rashid Hussain yesterday assured fund managers that he will remain in control of the financial empire he built over the last 15
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      • 246 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Danamodal Nasional Bhd an agency set up by the government to help recapitalise cash-strapped banks could eventually own between 44 and 49 per cent in RHB-Sime Bank, a government official said yesterday. Danamodal on Monday bought
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      • 525 18  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE) Scotts Investments (Singapore) Pte Ltd, the family trust of the Jumabhoy family which founded listed serviced apartments operator Scotts Holdings (Scotts), has been placed under judicial management even as negotiations for a takeover are ongoing. The High Court yesterday appointed
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 94 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) yesterday said It was waiting for the Malaysian Central Depository (MCD) to give account numbers to Singaporean Investors with Malaysian shares. SES said it provided MCD with the names of all the Central Depository (CDP) account
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        • 37 18 [SINGAPORE] UOB's associated stockbroking firm in Malaysia, Affin-UOB Securities Sdn Bhd, started operations yesterday. The company is 56 per cent held by Malaysia's Affln Group with the remaining stake owned by UOB.
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 422 19 Govt has told him he can stay 'for a long, long time', Tajudin tells analysts Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tajudin Ramli, executive chairman of Malaysian Airline Systems Bhd, told analysts he's not selling his controlling stake in MAS, saying he's been assured by
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      • 512 19  -  Loss is its first this decade; year earlier profit at RMlBOm From Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur ONCE-dominant newspaper group New Straits Times Press Bhd has, for the first time this decade, plunged into the red with a pre-tax loss of
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      • 393 19 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore's newly listed Hongkong stock index futures contract (Himsci) ended its first week of trading with a whimper, but traders said initial signs were encouraging and they saw potential for the product. "I was hoping for a bit
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      • 322 19 Reuters [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor yesterday agreed to acquire a 51 per cent stake each in Kia Motors and Asia Motors for 1.18 trillion won (Ssl.6 billion). Analysts said the deal would allow Hyundai to gain stronger ground in the country's car industry but would
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      • 375 19  -  Prom, Al Labita in Manila SHARES of two Manila-listed firms of Malaysia's Hong Leong Group yesterday sizzled on rumours that President Joseph Estrada has backed their controversywracked property project. Guoco Holdings shot up 27.7 per cent to 1.06 pesos on
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      • 379 19 Keppel Insurance to pay $25m for Tat Lee Insurance [SINGAPORE] The insurance arms of the Keppel Group and Tat Lee Group have been given in-principle approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to merge. The proposed merger or, rather, takeover by
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      • 174 19 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The Singapore* unit of Taiwan-based Acer Inc has signed an agreement to buy a major stake in Sahaviriya OA pic, one of Thailand's largest computer distributors. The investment would be through Acer Computer International Ltd, a Singaporebased retaUing unit of
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 555 20  -  Industry will get ethics code and training for 2 types of qualifications By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] The formation of a financial planning association should help Singapore establish global best practices in an environment where retail investors are sorely in need of "responsible
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      • 456 20 Issue will be nation's Ist coll&ter&lised bond obligation Bloomberg [TOKYO] Seventeen Japanese companies, including Taisei Corp and S K Lines l,td, will this month sell 70 "Billion yen (***** million) in one-year bonds under a plan that for some
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      • 456 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese bonds tumbled, driving the benchmark yield to a 12-week high, after the central bank dashed hopes it will buy more government bonds to hold down interest rates amid concern over excess supply. Trading of bond futures
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      • 293 20 FT [LONDON] The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) is to launch a contract based on Euribor, a benchmark lending rate set in Brussels that is in direct competition with London's own benchmark for the euro-zone. The move
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      • 179 20 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's Chuo Trust and Banking Co Ltd said yesterday it has held merger talks with the troubled Nippon Credit Bank Ltd, hoping for an alliance to survive a deepening banking crisis. But analysts warned a merger would not bring a stronger
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      • 176 20  -  ftimnik Report MSCI Singapore Index Bob Butcher, Jardine Fleming A LOWER close on wall Street and news of a big bankruptcy in Japan pulled down Ihe MSCI Singapore Index Futures. The lead month, December futures, opened at 210.00 which proved to be close to
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      • 154 20  -  MSCI Taiwan fixtures Perry Gilbert, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract traded lower over the session, responding to a weaker cash market where Taiwanese electronics stocks especially took a beating. Institutional traders noted that the cash index was suffering towards
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      • 309 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Distressed world oil markets lost yet more ground yesterday as a relentless slide in prices threatened more anguish for battered oU producers. London bellwether Brent futures traded at US$lO.4O a barrel, down six cents after touching a new 12-year low
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      • 267 20 AFX-Asia AFP THE dollar moved lower against most major currencies as investors continued to fear further major losses on Wall Street, dealers said. Adam Chester of Halifax said concern over the state of equities in the US after the DJIA fell more than 200 points overnight continues to
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    • 1874 21 SICOMFUTURES RUBBER (futures closing it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTU cwrtsAg) Close Voiume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jan 99 110.50 550 Feb 99 112.25 1375 Iter 99 114.00 1175 Apr/Jun 99 118.75 2250 J«l/S«p 99 122.75 150 Oct/Dec 99 126.25 126.25 126.25 75 75 RSS 3 CONTRACT
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    • 2302 21 LONDON Industrials M tact v31 Group 558.000 -12.400 AB Ports 308.000 -6.000 Abbey National 1164.000 -61.000 AlltedOomecg 510.000 -8.000 Allied Zurich 826.000 -62.000 Ante 176.000 -3.000 Asda Croup 155 600 -1.600 BAT tad 546.000 -10.000 BC Pie 409.200 -6.800 BICC 60.000 2.000 BOC Group 872.400 -8.000 BR
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    • 1609 21 Bloomberg Q Nikkei 225 -48JB JAPANESE stocks fell for a third day, led by banks and builders after JDC Corp became the biggest construction company ever to seek court protection from its creditors. Sumitomo Bank Ltd and contractor Haseko Co set the pace as the bankruptcy raised concern other
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      1501 22 Reuters Q Hang Seng -***** STOCKS slumped to a sharply lower close yesterday, tripped up by Wall Street's overnight losses amid concerns that weak local fundamentals failed to justify recent market gains, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index lost 426.47 points, or 4.1 per cent, to finish at 9,975.85,
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      626 22 Reuters n Shenzhen B Index +OJ2 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares edged to a higher close yesterday, extending a technical rebound from last week's heavy losses, analysts said. The B Index gained 0.12 of a point to 58.56 on turnover of HK$3.6 million. "With such small turnover, this can
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    • 367 22 AFP □wp Index -74JS TAIWAN share prices fell one per cent in thin trading yesterday as investors retreated to the sidelines ahead of local elections at the week-end, dealers said. "It's a tradition in Taiwan that the stock market is usually quiet before any elections," said Peter Chang of
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    • 264 22 AFP n Wellington -4L33 NEW Zealand stocks fell 2.1 per cent yesterday after a sharp overnight fall on Wall Street and the subsequent weakness of Asian markets. The NZSE-40 Index lost 41.33 points to 1,950.01 on turnover of NZ$B7 million. Brier ley Investments lost two cents to 46. —AFP
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      764 22 AFP OSETMm -w THAI shares fell 1.8 per cent yesterday on profit-taking by foreign and local investors, although sentiment improved after the release of the government's latest IMF agreement, dealers said. Analysts said the market fell sharply in the morning session, weighed down by selling in Wall Street and
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    • 417 22 AFP fl Composite Index -SJE2 SOUTH Korean shares fell 1.3 per cent yesterday, paring losses on the back of positive trade figures, amid futuresled selling ahead of its expiry on Dec 10, dealers said. Official data released during the day indicating that South Korea's exports could be recovering boosted
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    • 578 22 AFP D All Ordinaries jjj AUSTRALIAN shares closed 1.4 per cent lower yesterday as investors responded to a sharp overnight fall on Wall Street and lower metal and oil prices, dealers said. The All Ordinaries Index finished 39.2 points down at 2,734.1. National turnover was 459.84 million shares valued
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      729 22 AFP F1 Composite Index +L 47 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday amid a late technical rebound in selective big shares recouping morning losses, dealers said. "Basically there is no clear reason why the market should close positive. The index recouped its early losses in the
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    • 320 22 AFP DMmuU -53J7 SHARE prices fell 2.7 per cent yesterday due to profit-taking and negative sentiment caused by the fall in stock markets overseas, analysts said. The Composite Index fell 53.57 points to close at 1,921.79 points. Volume rose to 989 million shares worth 1.6 billion pesos. There was
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
      • 8967 23 INDUSTRIALS Cmmiw products 1998 Last Vol Day Net Cap Mm Lew ClMpmy Ml "OOO HI# U» W $W 320 170 Ajinomoto 310 16 15 320 300 17.1 125.6 148 35 Angkasa 85 5 189 86 78 125.3 292 123 Apollo Food Hlg 292 22 44 292 277 10.2 116.8 388
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      • 391 23 AFP F1 Composite Index +17.28 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 3.4 per cent higher in heavy volume yesterday due to strong retail buying spurred by rumours of corporate takeovers. "There is strong retail interest in second board stocks coupled with some institutional buying," a dealer with
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    • WARRANTS & OPTIONS
      • 2506 24 BONOS. LOANS ft VARIANTS m IMI Lut Vat Day Last Quota Av« High Lata Stna Cam# any Sata ♦or- (000) High Law Buyar Sailar Prtca 20.5 3 3160 "Acar ******1USS M -1.5 3 14 14 14.5 15 95 4.5 3164 Acma ******4 16.5 unch 112 16.5 16 16 16.5 17
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      • 200 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By] R Sivanithy IT'S a real shame that the Malaysian market is effectively closed to the outside world because there are pretty amazing things going on there. For those who haven't been watching, a quick look at how some stocks have moved particularly those
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      • 222 24 HONOKOIM STOCKS Of Or *9«a LMt V«t Day LMtOwli Ml Ml VM M M Ca» Hl» L— Stn» Com—"V fOOO) L— Buyr CV W >m 400 250 5123 COL (2000) HK 400 ao 2.4 2.0 20.5 7744.7 5124 CMtxy P«t 20c HK—720 265.0 2.1 7.4 6.0 *****.4 5125
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    • 6984 25 Qt Of M Wt 1998 Lot Vol Day Last Ouota Dt* Dtv YM Net Caa Am Mjj» lew StNo Company Sale OOP) High Law Buyer teller C'»r p/g Smli Wg MULThiMOUSTlY 142 49.5 ml 1000 Acma 50c 77.5 -3 437 79 77 77.5 78
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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        333 26 Stacks Vol—o DBS Land 15,070,000 Keppel Bank 8,609,000 Keppel Land50c 7,626,000 Wing Tai 25c 7,285,000 SingTel 15c 6,934,000 Semt) Corp RCPS 6,000,000 LungKee HKI00 5,836,000 OCBC Foreign 5,818,000 UOB Foreign 5,593,000 OUB Foreign 5,289,000 StNki S OCBC Foreign 58,398,233 (JOB Foreign 53,735,708 DBS Foreign 44,317,434 OUB Foreign 34,352,564 DBS Land
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      • 649 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Property stocks lead the falls, finance index shows surprising resilience; dealers not nnduly worried abont Wall St's falls By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Overnight tremors from Wall Street yesterday slammed the brakes on the local market's advance and
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      • ON THE GRAPEVINE
        • 163 26 HONGKQNG retailer and socialite Dickson Poon seems to be in a litigious mood these days. He is suing a female apprentice jockey and the Hongkong Jockey Club for the death of his horse, Harbour Master. The apprentice jockey, Willy Kan, has already been found guilty
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        • 87 26 ACCOUNTING and law firms have a habit of changing their names every now and then as they form new tie-ups and as old partners leave. The venerable firm of KPMG Peat Marwick, for instance, recently decided to drop Peat Marwick from its name here
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        • 145 26 NOWADAYS, if you're rich enough, a charge card can do so much more for you than just pay your bills. The recently launched American Express Platinum Card, for instance, will even help you find the horse you've always wanted. According to the Singapore head of direct sales, Lee
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        86 26  -  -by Shiv Taneja LUNG Kee Holdings closed eight US cents lower yesterday at 59.5 US cents on a volume of 5.83 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.6 million units. The daily RSI and Stochastics charts are just off the 75 level, but there is
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    • 823 26 THEBLSINESSTIMES C Jlamm Shipping Times aweek BUSINESS Xotices To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at Tudor Ballroom, Goodwood Park Hotel,
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    • 318 27 Reuters Reuters TRADING began so slowly in the east that it seemed to many as if there was a major Japanese holiday. Rate drops 15 cents on the key US Gulf/Japan grain run. Futures looked as though they were hung-over from a heavy weekend, Clarkson Securities Ltd, said
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    • 426 27  -  Fasa calls for greater cooperation among littoral states to ensure safe passage for ships Reports by'. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Asian shipowners have made strong calls for the regional governments to combat piracy and ensure their territorial waters are safe for shipping. Firdaus Widjdi,
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    • 304 27 [SINGAPORE] Asian shipowners have come out against a proposal by Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to include a declaration on Y2K (year 2000) compliance in mandatory ship reports for vessels transiting the Straits of Singapore and Malacca. The three littoral states recently
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    • 826 27  -  STRAIT TALK By: Seafarer A RECENT study by the International Shipping Federation (ISF) has underlined the extent to which ship operating skills are being transferred to the Asian crew-providing countries. The main thrust of the ISF's Interim Manpower Survey
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    • 372 27  -  SEATRADE ASIA CRUISE COMVEMTIOM By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The regional cruise industry continues to perform well in spite of the regional economic slowdown, PSA chairman Yeo Ning Hong said yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the Seatrade Asia Cruise Convention yesterday, Dr Yeo
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    • 82 27 [JAKARTA] Traditional Indonesian sailing boats calledpinisi are moored in Sunda Kelapa in the old Jakarta area. The 17-metre-long schooners come from Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Sumatra carrying timber for West Java. Jakarta was first known as Sunda Kelapa, the harbour of the Indu-Javanese Pajajaran kingdom from the
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    • 659 28 CRUISING Carnival Cruise Lines' smoke-free luxury cruise liner should prove a boon to those who abhor inhaling smoke Reuters [MIAMI] IF smoke-free restaurants, airlines and hotel rooms are not enough for those who hate the weed, a new alternative will be sailing out of Miami shortly an
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      • 887 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ud. shows price ranges In US dollars instead or single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Price* shown are based on average-sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 405 42 Average of 74.3% of airline seats filled, the highest recorded October figure Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airline passenger traffic rose 8.3 per cent in October, buoyed by North Atlantic traffic, as carriers filled more seats than in any previous October, a trade group said. Airlines filled
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      • 427 42 Smell in cockpit may have come from 615 kg of fish being carried in the hold AFP [ZURICH, Switzerland] A cargo of fish in the hold could have caused the smell which caused a Swissair passenger aircraft similar to one
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      • 101 42 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Hicom Holdings Bhd unit Kuala Lumpur Airport Services Sdn Bhd and British Airways signed a fiveyear contract for the provision of ground handling services at the KL International Airport, the Malaysian Business Times reported. The contract is estimated to
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      • 177 42 Bloomberg [BELLEVUE, Washington] Boeing Co won an order valued at U*****.5 million (*****.42 million) for three of its older 737 jetliners from Boullioun Aviation Services Inc. an airplane lessor based in a Seattle suburb. Deliveries of the 130-seat 737-300s start in the second half,
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      • 56 42 BAY| South Africa] An injured passenger sits on top of an overturned tourist bus which plunged 25 metres down a cliff in the Robinson Pass near Mossel Bay. Two Dutch tourists were killed and 28 other people were injured. Most of the patients
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      • 218 42 Reuters [POTSDAM, Germany] Germany on Monday pressed its calls for France to fully privatise state-controlled Aerospatiale to pave the way to creating a single European aerospace grouping. German delegations sources said after Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder dined with French President Jacques Chirac
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      • 103 42 Germany Visitors of an Air bag-Symposium in Karlsruhe's Congress Centre look at the simulator of an intelligent airbag system presented here. The system combines sensoric data of the passengers in the car and sensoric inout a A a strength of the accident to activate the inflation
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      • 345 42 International Finance Corp plans USs23m investment: Philippine minister AFP [MANILA] (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, plans to invest up to US$23 million (5537.95 million) in Philippine Airlines (PAL), Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu said yesterday. Debt-ridden PAL is holding talks with
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    • 1024 38 ■Tf SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 15 McCALLUM ST #03-01/02 NATWEST CTR 5.*****5 CR NO. **********00 TEL: *****81-3 FAX: *****08 (OUTWARD) *****69 (INWARD) TLX: R*****0 CALL DIRECT HUE: *****41/43 JESSICA/CELIA/MEI CHAN 7slgs/week 2 slg/week [VESSEL VOY I SIN I JAK [VESSEL IVOY SIN |PLB SEALEGEND 721S 03/12 (THU) 06/12 (SUN) TWADIKA
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    • 875 40 I VESSEL TIGER SEA 665N 08-11/12 12-18/12 22 23/12 I TIGER ISLAND 664N 08-09/12 13-17/12 21-22/12 I TIGER BAY 666N 14 15/12 19-24/12 28 29/12 I TIGER PEARL 667N 17-18/12 22-27/12 3 -01/01 I TIGER ISLAND 669N 21 22/12 26-31/12 05-0&01 I TIGER SEA 668N 24-25/12 3a05/01 06-07/01 I IVESSE^^^^VO^^SIJ^^CAL^SI^I
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