The Business Times, 12 January 1999

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85c SINGAPO RE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon BAT to buy Rothmans International for £4.6b
    814 1  -  Deal creating £13b giant whets appetite of S'pore market for more mergers By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] British American Tobacco is to buy Rothmans International for £4.6 billion (5512.6 billion) in shares and create a merged £13 billion giant that would take on Philip
    Source: Bloomberg  -  814 words
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    Lock icon Pace-setter DBS says significant rate cuts unlikely
    717 1  -  Remarks suggest that prime rates may be bottoming By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank, which led the last three rounds of interest rate cuts, said yesterday that it does not expect further "significant decreases" in local Interest rates even though interbank rates
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    Lock icon US private equity funds suck in record US$85b in 1998
    359 1 Bloomberg [BOSTON] US-based private equity funds attracted US$B5.3 billion (*****.9 billion) last year, 52.9 per cent more than in 1997, as pension funds, endowments and wealthy individuals poured in a record amount of money for the fifth consecutive year, according
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    Lock icon Yen shoots through 110 to hit 27-month high
    369 1  -  Way is now clear for next target of 106, says economist By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Japanese yen sliced through the key 110 yen level against the US dollar in Asian trading yesterday to close another 2.1 per cent up at 109.40,
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    Lock icon Encounter of the 'toxic' kind
    34 1 [SINGAPORE] Greenpeace activists took on Anglo-Dutch shipping giant P&O Nedlioyd in Singapore waters yesterday, saying that its containership, Encounter Bay, was "toxic". Full report, Shipping Times Pg 1 AFP
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      150 1 IMBIBE Tin The hire of a $100,800 cash giveaway has drawn 31 buyers to the Thomson 800 condominium development Pg 3 Inchcape Marketing Services shares came under heavy selling pressure following news that Inchcape pic had agreed to sell its entire 633 per cent stake in IMS to Hongkong's Li
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SP hopes to conclude Indon gas deal soon
      280 2 SINGAPORE Power's negotiations with Indonesia's Pertamina to buy natural gas from south Sumatra for its power stations are "progressing well" and SP hopes to conclude a deal as soon as possible, SP chairman Ho Kwon Ping said yesterday. While earlier reports said
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      Manufacturing investments hit $7.8b target last year
      454 2  -  Total amount for 1999 should be about the same, says Yock Suan Reports by] Ronnie Lim TOTAL manufacturing investments reached the targeted $7.8 billion last year, with 40 per cent of the investments in high-value electronics, and the figure for 1999 should be
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      Electricity demand stagnant: SP
      375 2 It will press on with expansion projects despite expected fall in revenues this year ELECTRICITY demand an indicator of the general economy has not shown any signs of a pick-up since midlast year. But electricity demand growth this year, if it comes, will be on the
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      Lock icon Fall in Dec job ads eases to 45%
      308 2  -  EYE Oil THE ECONOMY Jobs Byl Eugene Low THE fall in newspaper recruitment advertisement volume eased to 45 per cent last month, after declines of close to 60 per cent in October and November. In the preceding three months July, August and
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      Lock icon High-profile witnesses in CDL case
      695 2  -  They will help court decide on what constitutes 'built-in area' By Corinne Kerk A COURT case which began yesterday to decide what constitutes "built-in area" will see both sides call a string of high-profile witnesses to support their case. Listed developer City Developments Ltd (CDL)
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      Keppel TatLee unveils benefits for 293 retrenched staff
      450 2  -  By 1 Clariana Tan THE 293 people retrenched from Keppel Tat Lee Bank yesterday will be given three-quarters of their monthly salary for every year of their first twelve years of service, as part of their retrenchment benefits. The newly-merged bank told
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        LTA uses taxis to monitor traffic speeds
        88 2 THE Land Transport Authority yesterday launched Traffic Scan, its latest intelligent transport system, to monitor and report, on a real-time basis, traffic speeds on major roads islandwide. This system cost the LTA $1.9 million in software investment and it uses Global Positioning System
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        Compaq to invest $1Om over four years
        121 2 COMPAQ, the world's leading personal computer maker, will invest "on the order of $10 million" over the next four years in its new engineering design centre at Tampines, said Rustom Kanga, vice-president of Compaq Custom Systems Asia Pacific and Greater China. The centre,
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        Consumer confidence index down: poĺ
        82 2 THE Consumer Confidence Index, a measure of consumer expectations, has fallen 12.7 points to 45.4 for the six months ending March this year as Singaporeans continued to reel under the region's economic difficulties. But the survey ofsoo working adults by Temasek Polytechnic's Temasek Business School
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        31 buys stake in Moore Australasia
        64 2 THE Singapore office of European venture capital firm 31 yesterday reported the completion of a management buyout of Moore Australasia, a print management company. 31 said the acquisition makes it the single largest shareholder of Moore Australasia, alongside senior Moore executives, Direct Capital Management
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        TDB reappoints Stephen Lee chairman
        55 2 THE Trade Development Board has reappointed Stephen Lee its chairman for a third two-year term from Jan 1. Mr Lee is president of the Singapore National Employers Federation. Five board members were also reappointed, including TDB chief executive Barry Desker and Neptune Orient Lines group
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      The takeover buzz around DBS Land
      574 3  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN It has to do with the govt's current thinking on govt-linked companies that size matters By Lee Han Shih WHAT are the chances of DBS Land being taken over, say by Pidemco Land in three to six months' time? The chances
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      Thomson 800's cash gift attracts
      261 3  -  31 buyers will get share of $100,800 after signing the sales agreement By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] The lure of a $100,800 cash giveaway has drawn 31 buyers to the Thomson 800 condominium development. The buyers have placed their booking fee of 5 per cent of
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      Lock icon Asia property set for better year
      477 3 Firmer support seen for HK, S'pore; falls for Thailand, M'sia Bridge News [SINGAPORE] Asian property markets are expected to see a generally better 1999 after experiencing the toughest operating environment in more than 15 years in 1997-1998, said Salomon Smith Barney in a recent
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      203 3 Attract loads of new business AIR CARGO Special Feature Shipping Times Thursday, 21 January 1999 (Booking deadline: 14 January) To highlight the latest developments and the future of the Proposed editorial highlights include: multi-billion dollar air freight industry, Shipping Times will Future development of the air cargo and air express
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      KL says it has access to RM62b needed to finance recovery
      656 4  -  RM32b will come from foreign lenders, the rest from local bodies: NEAC Froml Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CONTRARY to common perception, Malaysia has found enough sources of funds to finance its economic recovery plan for the next two
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      Lock icon Govt reshuffle cheers M'sian stocks
      380 4 ELSE breaks the 600-point level for first time in 8 mths Reuters pftJALA LUMPUR] Investors yesterday welcomed Malaysia's cabinet reshuffle, but dusted finance minister Anwar Ibrahim said it showed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was nervous about his political base. Stock prices shot up as investors
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      Lock icon Daim may hasten lifting of capital curbs
      175 4 AFP IKUALA LUMPURJ The reappointment of Daim Zainuddin as Malaysia's finance minister may hasten the formal lifting of restrictive capital controls, analysts said yesterday. Mr Daim is expected to push for new regulations such as exit taxes and preferential treatment for qualified long-term
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      Lock icon S Korea GDP seen growing by 3.2%
      306 4 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's central bank more than tripled its economic growth forecast for this year because companies are boosting production and households are spending more than it earlier expected. The Bank of Korea said gross domestic product the total output of goods
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      Lock icon It pays to be HK's chief central banker
      301 4 Reuters [HONGKONG] Alan Greenspan may have the power, but Hongkong's chief central banker has the money. The US Federal Reserve chairman, visiting Hongkong yesterday for a central bankers' conference, is paid U*****,600 (*****,860) a year. But his host. Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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      Little disclosure from central bankers after BIS meet in HK
      536 4  -  Meeting ends with disappointingly general statements From< Qoak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FOR an organisation which spends much time promoting greater transparency in the international financial architecture, the Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements (BIS) certainly wasn't forthcoming to the media.
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      Why Asia is still a long way from a common currency
      661 4  -  COMMEMTARY The region has yet to attain what's needed to anchor a single monetary system By Shantanu Lodh The writer is an economist with the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. The views expressed here are entirely his own. HONGKONG
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 3b pesos from tycoon to keep PAL flying
      282 6 MANILA AFP TOBACCO tycoon Lucio Tan is to provide bridge financing of 3 billion pesos (*****.8 million) to keep ailing Philippine Airlines (PAL) flying until it finds an investor, Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu said yesterday. The money would be used to pay
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      Lock icon Habibie wants civil servants to stay neutral in elections
      316 6 JAKARTA Reuters AFP INDONESIAN President B J Habibie wants the country's four million civil servants to remain neutral in June's parliamentary elections, a minister said yesterday. "Habibie's stand on the civil servants is clear he wants them to be neutral. If
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      Lock icon Creditors holding PAL notes reject survival plan
      428 6 MANILA Govt says SEC will have the last say in flag carrier's rehabilitation plan Reuters CREDITORS holding a big chunk of Philippine Airlines Inc's floating rate notes (FRNs) said yesterday the airline's rehabilitation plan was unacceptable. However, the government said Manila's Securities and
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      Lock icon Traditional greetings in cybertimes
      50 6 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian children playing on the Internet at a school in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The economic downturn has driven some Malaysians to resort to their own creative ways ofsending IdilFitri greetings like creating cards through the Internet or sending messages over radio talk -programmes. REUTERS
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      Lock icon 30 Indon soldiers held for Aceh violence
      235 6 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S military said yesterday it has arrested 30 soldiers in Aceh for beating to death and torturing suspected separatist rebels during the weekend. "I say this firmly I cannot justify what happened on Saturday. I will Investigate the incident thoroughly and
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      Lock icon Cambodia garment factory workers go on strike
      171 6 PHNOM PENH Reuters MORE than 1,000 Cambodians working for a Malaysianowned garment factory went on strike yesterday to demand better overtime pay and working conditions. Workers at the Garment Ltd factory in Phnom Penh said overtime wages had recently been cut to 50
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      Lock icon Stains may not be from intercourse: chemist
      361 6 ANWAR'S TRIAL He also tells court not to rely solely on DNA evidence AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A chemist yesterday told the corruption trial of ousted Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim that he was unsure if stains on a mattress used as evidence of
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      Lock icon Indon students vow to resume protests soon
      286 6 JAKARTA They will take to the streets after Jan 19 Muslim celebration Reuters INDONESIA'S student movement vowed yesterday to resume mass protests this month to demand the resignation of President B J Habibie, an end to the military's role in politics and a
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        Lock icon Manila to issue US$500m of Eurobonds
        100 6 AFP [MANILA) The Philippines will issue USlsoomillion n (*****.8 millicm) of Eurobonds in the coming months, beginning with a roadshow in February, Finance Secretary Edgardo Espiritu said yesterday. The Eurobond float would follow a successful US$l billion Yankee bond float last week which was
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        Lock icon Indon tea experts some rising 20%
        94 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian tea powers expect the country's tea production in 1990 to remain stable at last year's level 0f160,000 tonnes, but exports are expected to rise, the JaJtaria/tort daily said. The chairman of the Indonesian t Tea Association, Rachmat Badruddin, said out of
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        Lock icon Viet tourism slumps 11.5%
        92 6 AFP [HANOQ Vietnam suffered an 11.5 per cent drop in the number of foreign tourists to 1.52 million visitors in 1908, a tourism official said yesterday. The figure was down from a record 1.72 million visitors in 1997. "The main reason is the economic crisis in
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        Lock icon 30 Indom McDonald's closed
        106 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's crippling economic crisis forced the Indonesian franchisers of the US fast-food chain McDonald's to close 30 of its 101 outlets in the country in 1998, a report said yesterday. "We had to temporarily close those outlets otherwise we will suffer greater losses. We
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        Lock icon Remains of first Viet Party chief found
        110 6 AFP [HANOI] The remains of Tran Phu, the first general secretary of the Communist Party of V ietnam, who died as a prisoner of French colonialists in 19S1, have been discovered in Ho Chi Minh City, a local official said yesterday. Acting on
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Foreign banks seen pulling credit lines to China firms
      467 7 TBBOmODBBACLE This follows Bering's failure to guarantee repayment of Gitic debts AFX-Asia AFP [HONGKONG! The move by China's government to wind up Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corp (Gitic) without guaranteeing repayment of its debts, even to those previously registered, will
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      Lock icon Poll finds HK firms downbeat on China
      292 7 HONGKONG AFP THE collapse of Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corp (Gitic) and official warnings of an economic slowdown have increased business pessimism about China's growth prospects, a survey said yesterday. Nearly half of corporate respondents expected the Chinese economy to deteriorate in
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      Lock icon Taiwan firms got NT$300b loans from China: report
      234 7 TAIPEI Funds channelled through Taiwan consulting firm* AFP SOME Taiwanese companies have indirectly received an estimated NT$3OO billion (5515.6 billion) from China to help them resolve financial problems, the China Times reported yesterday. But the newspaper did not name any firm nor
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      Lock icon China to tighten grip on bank deposits: report
      138 7 BEIJING Reuters TO curb tax evasion and illegal payments, China plans to adopt a new banking rule that would require depositors to reveal their real names when opening accounts, the China Securities newspaper said yesterday. "By adopting the system, the risk awareness
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      Lock icon China breaks silence – only to province
      380 7 China breaks silence only to province SHENZHEN Reuters CHINA broke months of official silence on the fate of failed Gitic Trust yesterday, trying to reassure depositors their funds were safe in what could be the nation's biggest bankruptcy since the Communists took power in 1949. But it revealed the impending
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Japan must break away from past financial policies: official
      507 8 TOKYO Banks have to revamp operations drastically, says head of reform panel AFP Bloomberg JAPAN must break away from the financial policies of the past and make its banks restructure their operations drastically, the head of a major bank reform commission
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      Lock icon S Asian free trade pact unlikely, says scholar
      472 8 COLOMBO AFP A FREE trade pact among seven South Asian nations was most unlikely to take off as planned because of political tensions between India and Pakistan, a London School of Economics scholar said in Colombo yesterday. Lord Desai told the influential
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      Lock icon Pakistan to enforce accords on power rate cuts
      310 8 ISLAMABAD Reuters THE Pakistani government has decided to implement accords forcing Ave independent power producers (IPPs) to cut rates, the official APP news agency said on Sunday. APP quoted a government statement as saying the implementation of the accords would be in
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      Lock icon Korea's Exim bank plans 10.3t won export boost
      200 8 SEOUL Funds #4% higher than the 6.6t won set aside last year Reuters SOUTH Korea's Export-Im-port (Exim) Bank said yesterday it would provide 10.3 trillion won (5514.6 billion) to help boost the nation's exports, a 64 per cent rise from the 6.6
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      Lock icon NZ set to become early warning post for Y2K bug
      312 8 WELLINGTON AFP AS the first country to see in the new century, New Zealand is poised to be a global early warning station for the millennium bug, officials said yesterday. The world will be monitoring any problems that occur as
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      Lock icon Snowbound stop
      46 8 [SHIOZAWA, Japan] Train passengers looking out of a Tokyo-bound express train which stopped at Ishiuchi Station in the northern town of Shiozawa due to heavy snowfall yesterday. Heavy snows over the pastfew days blanketed much of central Japan and the Sea ofJapan coast REUTERS
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      Lock icon Japan rejects US firms' calls to ease retrenchment rules
      524 8 ■TOKYO More sackings will batter consumer confidence: minister AFP JAPAN'S government yesterday rejected any US-style liberalisation of the labour market as it battles to cut record jobless queues while restoring economic growth. Labour Minister Akira Amari said US corporate chiefs had
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      Lock icon Asian, Polynesian migrants find back door to Australia
      379 8 SYDNEY AFP A DECISION by New Zealand to expand its immigration programme has opened a back door to Australia for thousands of immigrants originally from the Pacific Islands and Asia, a new study has found. Research by the Centre for Population and
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU Commission may face sack over fraud claims
      370 9 STRASBOURG, France Credibility of EU's executive on the line, parliament to vote Thursday on censure Reuters MEMBERS of the European Parliament were expected to formally call yesterday for the sacking of the European Union's executive Commission over allegations of fraud and mismanagement
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      Lock icon World growth will slow to 1.3% this year: EIU
      241 9 LONDON Reuters GLOBAL economic growth, which more than halved in 1998, is expected to slow further in 1999 to 1.3 per cent from 1.5 per cent last year, a London-based economics think-tank said yesterday. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said the
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      Lock icon The Chancellor's touch
      43 9 [BONN] German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (centre) putting his hands onto the shoulders of European Union Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert during a photo session after a meeting of the German Federal cabinet and the European Commission in Bonn yesterday. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Russia targets 15b roubles from asset sales this year
      467 9 M MOSCOW It plans to sell stakes in 11 strategic oil, gas, other firms Bloomberg RUSSIA lowered its expectations for state asset sales this year, setting a target of at least 15 billion roubles (Ssl.l billion) from sales of oil, gas
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      Lock icon Ex-central banker dismisses graft talk
      292 9 MOSCOW FT THE former head of Russia's central bank Sunday accused senior state officials who have alleged corruption within the institution of a political destabilisation campaign designed to undermine the country's economic reform programme. Sergei Dubinin, who resigned as governor in the wake of the
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      Lock icon German Nov industry orders down 1.5%
      326 9 BONN Reuters GERMAN industry orders fell for the second month in a row in November, adding fresh evidence that the economy is in the grip of a slowdown, figures released by the Finance Ministry yesterday showed. Orders fell by 1.5 per cent month-on-month in
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      Lock icon London financial sector more keen on joining EMU now: survey
      430 9 LONDON 51% say they're more in favour now than 6 months ago; 40% say UK will lose jobs Reuters LONDON City's financial institutions and banks are looking more favourably at the prospect of Britain joining the European currency union, accountancy
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      Lock icon UK expects sharp slowdown in Q1: poll
      179 9 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S financial services industry expects a sharp slowdown in business and significant job losses in the first quarter of 1999, a survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers showed yesterday. Firms* expectations for business growth over
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      Lock icon UK manufacturing heading for recession
      439 9 LONDON Output down for fourth straight month; central bank may cut rates again Reuters BRITAIN'S beleaguered manufacturers are heading firmly into recession, official data showed yesterday, as output fell for the fourth month in a row. With other data showing core factory gate prices at
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      Lock icon Microsoft, under siege, beefs up political muscle
      349 9 WASHINGTON Bloomberg MICROSOFT Corp, the No 1 software maker that's fighting an anti-trust lawsuit by the US Justice Department, is gearing up to become a major force in Washington. Under assault by the Justice Department and 19 states, Microsoft has unleashed a lobbying
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Case too sexy far US Senate's old fogies
      716 10  -  THE BOTTOMLDCE OPINION By Maureen Dowd The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT NOW that impeachment has moved to the Senate, the greatest deliberative body since Roman times, Peter and Dan and Tom and Tim and Cokie and Greta keep
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      166 10 'Having one or two more seats won't change anything. All democratic movements come from the masses on the streets. You need martyrs to change the system.' -Andrew To a leader of the so-called Young Turks in Hongkong's Democratic Party, who wants to abandon elective politics and take
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      Risks in Habibie's budget
      607 10 EDITORIAL INDONESIAN President B J Habibie received a cautious thumbs up from the International Monetary Fund and the financial community for the 1999/2000 fiscal year budget which he presented last week. Having learnt from last year when the budget announcement by then-president Suharto sent the rupiah
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      1308 10  -  Japanese survey finds transparency lacking, and the influence of Moody's and S&P too strong By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent TO many investors, international credit rating agencies appear like minor deities, bestowing upon some corporate or national entities the
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      821 10 ffhlnoio tftf tt irf rtfiMtm THE recent depressing news from China should not be surprising, yet China keeps having to teach realism to optimistic foreign observers. Unlike the theatre, Chi-na-watching should not be the willing suspension of disbelief. The depressing news in Chinese politics concerns the
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      New Metropolis awaits salvation
      484 11 ARTS The Dutch museum, with 10m guilders of debt, faces closure 2 years after opening [AMSTERDAM] An Amsterdam museum which billed itself as the most advanced in Europe is on the verge of closing, less than two years after it opened. An emergency credit provided by
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      57 11 [ALICE SPRINGS, Australia] Tctdeusz "Taddy"Klosinski, 52, cleaning an enormous hand outside his Alice Springs pawnshop over the weekend. The hand, which is madefrom concrete, advertises his store and is one of Alice Springs'most photographed landmarks. Customers range from locals ridding the family home of "junk to overseas tourists
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      Lock icon Thrillers inspired by world's trouble spots
      856 12  -  British reporter-turned-writer Gerald Seymour is a news freak and self-confessed workaholic who scorns writer's block, writes paul majendxe PAUL MAJEINDIE Reuters Troubleshooting reporter Gerald Seymour wrote his first thriller about Northern Ireland while waiting for two weeks in a Beirut hotel to interview Palestinian
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      Lock icon Membership price for Pinetree Club up 33%
      619 12  -  BT Social Clubs Index Index for December hits highest level since last March By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The upward momentum in the social club membership market which began in October continued last month, lifting some prices to their highest levels since the first
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      Lock icon Disney film casts 2 firms as major villains
      774 12 FILMS Movie based on real-life story of chemical pollution that led to 8 deaths NYT IHOLLYWOODJ What's it worth to a company to get its soft drink or athletic shoe prominently displayed in a big movie? Tommy Hilfiger, the hip young clothing
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      Lock icon Inchcape plc's stake sale deals blow to IMS shares
      342 13  -  Courier Ranges 13% from pro-suspension level as pride of deal disappoints investors By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Inchcape Marketing Services shares came under heafy selling pressure yesterday following news that Inchcape pic had agreed to sell its entire 63.3 per cent stake
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      Why was a $1.68 IMS asset sold for $0.85?
      265 13  -  LETTERS TO THE EDCTOII Charles Chua ON Jan 8, DBS Bank, the advisers for Hongkong company Li Fung Development (LFD), announced the takeover of a Singapore-listed company Inchcape Marketing Services (IMS) at $0.85 per share. IMS, as we already know, has
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      What warrants a call to buy
      434 13  -  Sunil Nanwani WONG Wei Kong has recommended a buy on Keppel Tat Lee Bank warrants issued by DBS Bank on the simplistic assumption that the warrant carries "a premium of 28 per cent" and has "a gearing of close to five times" (Warrant Watch,
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      1999 may turn out to be the year for small-cap stocks
      764 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy IN last Friday's Executive Money section in The Business Times, eight stockbrokers gave their top stock picks for 1999. One of the most striking things about these picks was that small-to-medium companies proved significantly
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      Osprey's chairman allays fears over its Indon links
      525 13  -  Assurance comes amid worries that company's future would be jeopardised By Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime is financially sound, underscored by having some US$B5O million (Ssl.4 billion) in long-term committed revenue streams which could double over time, chairman Tim Cottew said, dismissing
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      Pacific Internet ups IPO price: sources
      268 13  -  By. Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Pacific Internet, which is seeking a listing on the US Nasdaq stock exchange, has raised its offer price range from between US$l3 and US$l5 to US$l5US$l7, sources said. This is due to stronger-than-expected demand at the company's roadshows in the
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        Feeling bullish? Try SG's warrant on DBS 50 Index
        436 14  -  15 million covered warrants, to be listed on Jan 21, placed ont By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Investors who are bullish on the local stock market over the next nine months but are undecided over which stocks to buy can opt for
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        Eagle tipped to offer up to 250m shares
        302 14 [SINGAPORE] Chinese ceramic tile and bathroom fixtures maker Eagle Brand Holdings Ltd is expected to sell up to 250 million new shares at 18-20 US cents in its initial public offer. The final figure, from a minimum of 200 million shares, would
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        Lock icon Meralco denies it is trying to fend off takeover
        359 14 Bloomberg [MANILA] Manila Electric Co, the Philippines' largest power distributor, has denied speculation that the company is mounting a plan to thwart a takeover by businessman Eduardo Cojuangco. "We believe that there's no talk about a takeover," said Elpi Cuna, a
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        Lock icon HK's New World to raise HK$2.4b
        286 14 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] New World Development Co, Hongkong's fourth largest property developer, is raising HK52.35 billion (*****.7 million) by selling shares and will use the proceeds to spend mainly on its Hongkong property business, a company executive said. It is selling 117 million new shares
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        Lock icon Berjaya interim profit jumps 49% to RM391m
        156 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group's pre-tax profit for the half year ended Oct 31, 1998, rose 49 per cent to 391.2 million Malaysian ringgit (Ssi 72.5 million). Beijaya said the increase in group pre-tax profit was mainly attributed to the higher profit contribution
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        Lock icon Tenaga to give 5% rebate to 1998 cash deposit holders
        373 14 Reuters Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian power utility Tenaga Nasional Bhd said yesterday it would give a 5 per cent rebate to users holding cash deposits with the company in 1998, national news agency Bernama reported. Bernama quoted Tenaga's media
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        Renong of national importance, deserves govt help: M'sia's NEAC
        604 14  -  It replies to A WSJ article which said rescue plan altered to prevent backlash From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur THE National Economic Action Council (NEAC) has said that the Renong group had a claim to seek help from the government
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        Lock icon Talk is cheap in Hongkong
        79 14 [HONGKONG] Men making phone calls on New World Telephone public phones on Sunday in Hongkong. According to a survey by a local newspaper, Hongkong has become one of the cheapest places in the world from which to make international phone calls since price wars were
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        Lock icon Mexico's Cemex to buy 99% of Apo Cement for US$400m
        393 14 JG Summit selling its stake in Philippines' biggest cement plant Bloomberg [MANILA] Cemex SA of Mexico, the world's third-largest cement maker, said it would pay JG Summit Holdings Inc US$4OO million (*****.2 million) for the Philippines' biggest cement factory. Cemex,
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        Lock icon Samsung gives up control of US PC maker
        279 14 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co yesterday said it was relinquishing control in a US-based personal computer maker, and acknowledged its acquisition had been a failure. Samsung said the sale of 65 per cent of loss-making AST Research Inc
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        Lock icon Insider trades: Thai Telephone exec charged
        229 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's Securities Exchange Commission said it has charged a director and a shareholder of Thai Telephone Telecommunication pic with using inside information to sell shares before it was made public. One unidentified director and one unidentified company that owns shares in Thai
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        Lock icon Net stocks rocketing, led by Amazon.com
        623 15 Book retailer was up 859% last year, but analysts warn snch stocks are volatile FT NYT [NEW YORK] The market phenomenon of the year so far is the Internet. Web stocks, and particularly those linked specifically tQ "e-com-merce", are going through the roof. A
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        Lock icon Fujitsu to shift focus of DRAM chip production
        312 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Fujitsu Ltd, Japan's largest computer maker, said it will reduce production of the most commonly used type of 64-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips to focus on higherspeed semiconductors. Fujitsu did not confirm a report in the Nihon Keizai
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        Lock icon Beijing's first taste of Starbucks
        66 15 [BEIJING] Chinese customers crowding the new Starbucks Coffee Shop in Beijing as waitresses line up for the official opening of the US coffee giant's first retail outlet in China yesterday. The Seattle-based Starbucks' long march to China started more than four years ago when joint
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        Lock icon AirTouch bid battle fuels telecoms fever
        543 15 Analysts see another frenzied year of industry mergers Reuters FT [NEW YORK] The intense takeover interest in AirTouch Communications, the world's largest independent wireless company, started what is expected to be another frenzied year of consolidation in the telecommunications industry, Wall Street analysts said.
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        Lock icon Fiat and Volvo confirm alliance talks
        479 15 FT [MILAN] Volvo, the Swedish automotives group that is considering its strategic options, is holding talks with Fiat in a move that could mark a further consolidation of Europe's motor industry. Italy's Agnelli family, which controls 30 per cent of Fiat, said at the
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        Lock icon Lucent in talks to buy Ascend for over US$16b, say analysts
        258 15 Announcement of a deal could come as early as tomorrow Reuters [NEW YORK] Telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc is in talks to buy Ascend Communications Inc, a data networking company, for more than US$l6 billion (5526.8 billion), industry
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        Lock icon French clearer to vie with UK for bond supremacy
        325 16 Cle&rnet to compete head on with London Clearing House in Europe's government bond markets FT [LONDON] Clearnet, the clearing house owned by the French stock exchange, is to compete head on with the London Clearing House for supremacy in Europe's government
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        Lock icon Goldman to advise LTCB sale
        340 16 Appointment of US firm could signal start of surge in Japan MIA activity Bloomberg [TOKYO] Goldman Sachs was chosen to advise the nationalised Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan on the sale of its business, as Japan starts to seek outside help to restructure troubled financial
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        Lock icon Chung Kuo to buy 51% of Manila insurer
        202 16 Bridge News ITAIPEIJ Taiwan's Chung Kuo Insurance Co Ltd will acquire a 51 per cent stake in Cathay Insurance Co of the Philippines from Taiwanbased International Commercial Bank of China for about NT$lO million (*****,000), a Chung Kuo Insurance executive told Bridge
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        Lock icon Tackle Y2K bug or face curbs, HK watchdog warns firms
        310 16 Disclosure of Y2K readiness mandatory in company reports Reuters [HONGKONG) Hongkong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) yesterday warned financial institutions that it could restrict their businesses if they failed to take enough action to tackle the millennium bug. "The SFC
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        Guardian names Asia finance director
        306 16 NgoSiewPodisalso principal officer of S'pore branch ACCOUNTANT Ngo Siew Pod, the first Asian to head the Singapore operations of British insurer Guardian Royal Exchange, has been appointed Asia finance director of the group. Based in Singapore, she will continue to carry out her duties as
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        Futures fail to hold on to early gains
        202 17  -  SIMIiK Reports MSCI Singapore Index Bob Butcher, Jardine Fleming EXCITEMENT about changes in the Singapore banking industry gave the MSCI Singapore index futures a strong start but the market was unable to forge much farther into new high territory and gave back
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        Futures unchanged in cautious market
        176 17  -  MSCI Taiwan tatares Charlie Kuo THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures finished unchanged despite record gains on Wall Street last Friday. The market remained highly cautious and worldwide equity rallies were possibly offset by domestic concerns. The January *99 contract moved sideways between 267.0
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        Lock icon Severe winter helps reduce oil stockpile, lift prices
        313 17 ENBBOTRBPOKT Reuters [LONDON] World oil markets yesterday took another step along the road to recovery as winter weather in big Western markets helped ease a surplus of inventories. Benchmark Brent blend crude traded 35 cents higher by 1100 GMT to US$l2.OB a
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        331 17 AFP Reuters London AN ebullient yen leapt to 28month highs against the US dollar yesterday in defiance of Japan's economic woes and the risk of central bank intervention. Recent increases in Japanese government bond yields have fuelled speculation that Japanese investors will repatriate money and has helped hoist
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      1327 18 AFP PHamSepfi -88.43 HONGKONG shares fell 0.8 per cent yesterday with a large share placement by a property firm and the bankruptcy of the Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corp hitting sentiment, dealers said. Trading in New World Development was suspended ahead of an announcement of a share placement
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      Lock icon CHINA
      537 18 AFP CI Shenzhen B Index -0.63 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares slumped yesterday, ending lower on losses in Hongkong stocks, analysts said. The B Share Index fell 0.63 point, or 1.17 per cent, to 52.71 on turnover of HKS3.B million, compared with HK$4.5 million on Friday. Shenzhen's A Index
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      339 18 AFP Qwp Index -14.76 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday as late selling wiped out early gains amid concerns over the island's economic outlook, analysts said. "Investors were reluctant to push the upside with strong selling pressure at 6,500-point level because Taiwan's economy remained in a
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
      2060 18 Jen IWfclllMl Na 31 Croup 624.500 5.000 AB Ports 280.000 -2.000 WMy National 1303.000 -10.000 AMod Donocg 597.500 unch AMod Zurich 98.700 -3.400 Arnoc T79.500 unch Aid* Group 160.000 -3.250 BAT Ind 625.000 84.000 BGPk 384.500 -1.750 8KC 72.000 3.500 BOCGroup 829.500 -3.500 BR Potroteum 924.500 BTR
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      1526 18 AFP Nikkei 225 -2133 TOKYO share prices closed down 0.2 per cent yesterday on concerns the yen's strength would hit corporate profits, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index eased 23.33 points to close at 13,368.48. An estimated 300 million shares changed hands against 358.8 million on Friday. The
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        8611 19 MBUSTMALS Coflwiwf t irn Last Vel Day Nat Cap tm> Lew Cslpany I* *000 I— P/* Wi 300 292 Ajinomoto 300 8 2 300 299 16.6 121.6 83 76 Angkasa 81 1 263 83 81 19.4 283 255 Apollo Food Hlg 263 1 13 270 263 9.2 KM-2 204 178
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        Lock icon KL shares up after appointment of DPM
        332 19 AFP n Composite Index +&7I MALAYSIAN share prices ended 1.1 per cent higher yesterday following the appointment of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as deputy prime minister which boosted investor sentiment. "The appointment has settled one big uncertainty that has been weighing on the market
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        Liang Ct warrant offers good gearing
        204 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy LIANG Court Holdings is classified as a property company, yet its shares have lagged the advances elsewhere in the sector. The shares have risen from their 52-week low of 24.5 cents to 44.5 cents, but this is nowhere near
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
        193 20 HONOKOM STOCKS Qr Of 199* LMt Val On LMOwti Mv Mv VM Nat MC« H—I L— Stn« Cww *a» COOP) HUh L— 8wyr Cw Ptl $«W 400 250 5123 CDU2000JHK 400 8 5124 Cathay Pac 20c HK—720 2.1 7.4 6 *****.4 5125 ChtwiqKonqSOc HK.17S0 240 *J 6.7 3
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        705 20 AFP P Composite Index -2J9 INDONESIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday, giving up early gains amid profit-taking in selected big caps led by telephone monopoly PT Telkom, dealers said. A dealer at a Hongkong brokerage said the market was doing well in the morning but turned weaker
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        747 20 AFP □set latex -023 THAI share prices closed yesterday down 0.1 per cent after profit-taking hit earlier gains as investors remained uncertain over the market outlook, dealers said. Analysts said some investors were adopting a wait-and-see stance because they were unsure about the market's direction over the coming week.
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        Lock icon MANILA
        271 20 AFP Q Manila -LO PHILIPPINE share prices eased yesterday as the market began a correction after hitting a seven-month high last week, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell one point to 2,139.64. Turnover rose to 3.67 billion shares worth 2.72 billion pesos from 798 million shares
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        400 20 AFP H Composite Index +14^2 SOUTH Korean share prices closed yesterday 2.3 per cent higher amid rising liquidity as investors remain confident the market will further improve, dealers said. "It is just going up and up on rotational interest as fresh money flows into the market," a local dealer
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        587 20 AFP p All Ordinaries -O SHARES shrugged off the positive news of a rising Wall Street to fall 0.2 per cent yesterday amid renewed concern over US interest rates, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index slipped 6.9 points to 2,849.4. The all Resources Index jumped 24.5 points to 975.0
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        247 20 AFP PI Wellington *111 NEW Zealand shares gained 0.4 per cent yesterday, despite the market spending most of the day tracking a gloomier Australian market, brokers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 9.11 points higher at 2,169.40 Turnover was worth NZ$BO million. —AFP *f- rww ANZ 1230 "020 *****
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        381 22 Stocta 008 30.351.000 CK Tang 20c 28,191,000 Osprey M USIOOc 14.115,000 CKTang Wt99 13,920,000 DBS Land 12,274,000 SJnqTri 15c 12,165,000 SembCorpi 25c 8,641,000 Kcppci Land50c 6.979,000 PSC25C 6.844,000 KepTatlee Banfc 6.438,000 Stocks S OUB 158.191.100 OCBC Foreign 70,920,513 DBS Land 34,985.435 MS Foreign 34,798,450 SW 30,947,774 SJngTH15c 30,075.065 City Oev
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        Trading active amid merger, takeover rumours
        662 22  -  STOCI MARKET COMMENTARY Players in trading mode; brokers say at cnrrent levels, the tendency is to err on the side of cantion By R Sivanithy RUMOURS of mergers, takeovers and a resurfacing of speculation that local banks are to merge their Local and Foreign
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          More biďers for gaming licence
          62 22 AT least three companies are eyeing the highly lucrative gaming licence of listed Magnum Corporation of Malaysia. They are said to be companies linked to Lira Yan Hai's Bolton Properties, Lim Goh Tang's Resorts World and Lee Kim Yew's Country Heights. All three bidders are
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          Goldman Sachs' top 20 list
          128 22 GOLDMAN Sachs yesterday unveiled its top 20 favourite Asian stocks for 1999. In Singapore, they are Nat Steel Elec, OCBC Bank, Singapore Airlines and Singapore Press Holdings; in Hongkong, Asia Satellite Telecom, CDL Hotels, Cheung Kong Holdings, China Resources Enterprise, China Telecom (Hongkong), Dao Heng
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          ABN wins StarHub mandate?
          95 22 ABN Amro Bank has been verbally mandated to lead the debt portion for new fixed-line and mobile phone licensee Star Hub Pte Ltd. It was awarded last week, says Basispoint, a newsletter which specialises in the Asian debt market It said the mandate to ABN surprised
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          Ex-IMF official for Deutsche Bank
          62 22 DEUTSCHE Bank said it has appointed former IMF official Nissanke Weerasinghe as its chief country officer for the Philippines. He has sprat the last 16 years with the Fund, most recently, as its deputy division chief, Asia-Pacific department, based in Washington. Between 1993 and 1996,
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        HOT STOCK
        79 22  -  By Ven Sreenhrasan THE Total Access Communications stock surged yesterday to close at US$2.6O in a wave of strong buying. The 42-cent rise was accompanied by heavy trading six million shares, which is three times the 10-day average for the Thai company. However, the counter is now deep
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      1889 22 BUSINESS Xot/CCS lo advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO SULTANA TIMBER PTE LTD (In Liquidation) At a general meeting of SULTANA TIMBER PTE LTD duly convened and held on the 12th day of January. 1999 the following special resolution was passed: SPECIAL RESOLUTION That the Company
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      320 22 TheßuhnessTimes C fl AYJO Shipping Times aS IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HYDRO EXPRESS PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at No. 2
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      311 23 Reuters PANAMAX owners hiking rates for US Gulf cargoes prompted a stand-off last week with trading slowing significantly. BIPPEIi Futures continued to ease, encouraged by the Baltic Freight Index returning to its recent negative norm —it dropped a point to 791, Clarkson Securities said in its daily report.
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      721 23  -  Greenpeace claims PAO Nedlloyd-owned boxship is 'toxic' By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] International environmental activists from Greenpeace staged their first ever protest in Singapore yesterday against a P&O Ned-lloyd-owned containership which they said was "toxic". The Encounter Bay was sailing into PSA Corp's
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      686 23  -  It's prepared to open Keeliing as an offshore shipping centre From P T Bangsberg in Manila TAIWAN is making new overtures to China intended to spur maritime business across the narrow strait, far from its potential because of political restrictions. Lin Feng Cheng,
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      838 24  -  SHIPPING STANDARDS ABS supports the bedrocks of Safety, Quality and Environment ISM, ISO 9000 and the new ISO ***** Hy\ Robert Somerville Beneficial as the recent focus on the ISM Code has been, it should not blind any of us to the underlying trends shaping our
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        224 35 Jan 15 Japan: Adults Day. Jan 18 Brunei: Anniversary of Revelations of Koran. United States: Martin Luther King Jnr Day. Jan 19 Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa. Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Jan 20 Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa. Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa.
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        837 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        369 35 Crtoofl 180 Max 991.0 3.9 15.4 0.15 78 0.07 °2Z!l SotT" 5 «u u ti o.o7 z! o.o2 380 Mil 994.2 15 19.6 0.12 47 0.06 M/»r3 u/m m/m ww —wa He ibovt 635 12 1 5 0 0 0_ ISO/CiiMC Limits Spec E25 991 i!ij
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        526 36 Cockpit voice recording confirmed pilot had complained of poor visibility Reuters [BANGKOK] The pilot of a Thai Airways jetliner which crashed in December said he was unable to see the runway at an airport in southern Thailand during two attempts
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        105 36 AFX Asia [MANILA] President Joseph Estrada has suspended the construction of a passenger terminal occupying part of the Villamor Airbase area to review its possible transfer to Sangley Point in Cavite province, a presidential statement said. "The President directed the suspension of the construction of
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        243 36 AFP [BANGKOK] The European Union unveiled a US$34 million (Sss7 million) partnership yesterday with Asia's aviation authorities aimed at improving the industry's chequered safety record in the region. The scheme will focus on air-worthiness of planes, air traffic management
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        191 36 Sate of 110 yen to US$ unlikely to have impact on earnings Reuters [OSAKA] Honda Motor president Hiroyuki Yoshino said yesterday the company would maintain its independence, reiterating an earlier denial of media reports that Ford Motor Co was preparing to buy a
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          83 36 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Jet Air International Group Ltd said there may be a change in its controlling shareholder due to the exercise of rights given to a financial institution. The company said its chairman, Kam Ching Yu, pledged a total of 45 per cent of
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          57 36 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Some smaller jets could be forced to stay on the ground unless they pass urgent engine tests ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday. The FAA said its action was prompted by three reports last week of in-flight engine shutdowns
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          34 36 AFP [BEIJING] China's Hainan Airlines has signed an agreement for a 6.5 billion yuan (SSI.3 billion) credit line to fund its fleet expansion, the China Daily reported on Sunday.—AFP
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        426 36 Bridge News [DETROIT] DaimlerChrysler chairmen Robert Eaton and Jurgen Schrempp, speakers at the Automotive News World Congress, on Sunday confidently predicted the company will be a technological and innovative product leader well into the next century while competitors will have to work to keep
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      512 23 Chris Jones, general manager international shipbrokers Simpson Spence Young (SSY), has been promoted to their partnership with immediate effect. SSY MM was established in 1880, and has offices in the world's major shipping centres, and is the largest independently owned shipbrokers in the world. Saliya Aannda Senanayake has been appointed
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      81 23 Thai pilot couldn't see runway before crash Cockpit voice recording confirmed pilot's complaint Back Page Chua Chor Teck Memorial Lecture 13th Annual Lecture "The Crisis in Asia and World Shipping" by Mr Jarle Hammer Director of Research Fearnleys A/S, Norway at the Main Lecture Theatre 1 (MLT 1) Singapore Polytechnic
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