The Business Times, 20 January 1999

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04(Vi^S»r 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1999
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  • 49 1 SltMKEftlKET DONEES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP Closed NIKKEI 13,779.44 -34 §2 HANGSENO lament -***** SET INDEX 386.45 LM JAKARTA OOMP _Ctaed MANILA COUP —2,103.84 -17.W TAIPEI WP1 6,343.36 -33.89 SEOUL COUP 618.13 4.4 CLSA CHINA B 513.03 -4.76 AUSTALLORD 186SJ +2S.4 12noos EST Change DOW 9263.01 -87 JH
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  • 82 1 FOBEX BATES USS S) USS 1.682 £(USt/SJ per£) 1.664 1782 EURO(US$/S$ per E) 1.169 1449 Ml 1.688 0.996 YEN lltt 1.478* KM 18N 0.443 HKS 7.749 t217 BAHT 36.40 0 046 RIP1AH W75 0.020* *S$ in 100 units ROUS KATES SINGAPORE* 5.91 KUALA LUMPUR 11.60 JAKARTA .28.00 BANGKOK 1475
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  • 761 1  -  Bankruptcy petitions jump 68% to 4,073; 6,000 firms defunct against 3,800 in '02 By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Like retrenchment, the other grim indicators of economic doom bankruptcy and business failure hit new highs last year. Preliminary data from the Registry of Companies and
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  • 75 1 [KUALA LUMPUR] Democratic Action Party secretary-general Lim Kit Siang (left) yesterday giving Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad the 10 sen (four Singapore cents) that he lost in a wager for wrongly predicting that general elections would be called last year. Mr Lim was among the
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  • 460 1  -  It says longer term structural reforms are essential By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] In a comprehensive post mortem of its role in grappling with the Asian economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has confessed to making errors
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  • 600 1 Huge flow explains why analysts bullish despite market's massive ran-np Bloomberg [BOSTON] Americans continue to pour their retirement money into stocks, buoying the US equity market. About U557,570 (5512,730) of every US$lO,OOO of savings in 401(k) retirement plans is going to stocks,
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  • 57 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] US stocks gave up early gains by midday, but technology shares continued their relentless climb as Internet stocks surged. Investors began to take profits on the Dow despite early cheer from positive earnings surprises from financial firms. The Dow was down
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    • 200 1 msiDH The share prices of one in four stocks on the Singapore bourse have gone beyond the peaks of late 1997 as the Singapore market hit a new 10month high on Monday. And, reflecting the gains thus far in January, 25 counters are now trading at their pre-currency crisis levels
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    • 8 1 IMF's hits and misses in Asia, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 393 2  -  Paper will mature on Feb 1,2004; dosing date of application is Jan 25 By i Carol Eng THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is issuing $1 billion worth of five-year government bonds. The bonds will mature on Feb 1, 2004 and the
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    • 304 2  -  UTITISKS TO EDITOR Ng Toh Lam Singapore PLEASE allow me to reply to Charles Chua's letter, "Keep up the incisive pieces", in BT, Jan 16. I have previously declared my interest as an (insignificant) property investor and, since Mr Chua raised
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    • 171 2  -  Tan Yean Pau Singapore I REFER to the article "Pace-setter DBS says significant rate cuts unlikely" in BT of Jan 12. The banking community has been saying that prime lending rates are near bottom. On the other hand, although the prime rates
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    • 287 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Retail Byi Carol Eng AFTER several months of doubledigit declines, retail sales fell by a slower 6.4 per cent in volume terms in November 1998 compared to a year ago. This was boosted mainly by brisk car sales. During the
      Source: Dept of Statistics  -  287 words
    • 492 2  -  Most of them say impotence excluded from medical policies By\ Soh Tiang Keng INSURANCE companies in Singapore are taking a cautious stand on providing possible cover for Viagra, the wonder drug for curing impotence which has been approved for sale here by
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    • 154 2 AFP [HONGKONG] Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Changi Airport swept the board in the OAG Worldwide annual industry awards announced here yesterday. Frequent business travellers voted SIA the world's best airline for its services to the Asia-Pacific region, its short-haul first and business class flights as
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    • 249 2 JOHN Hancock Life Assurance is launching new disability income insurance products today featuring a monthly cash for people who lose or suffer a cut in their income due to accident or illness. They are the Signature Income Protector plan and its rider, Income Protector,
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 957 3  -  Thailand will be dragged down even while it's recovering, says analyst From Harish Mehta in Bangkok ITS economy on the mend, Thailand has emerged as the brightest spot among the countries bailed out by the International Monetary Fund, but economists are sharply
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    • 438 3 Reuters [BANGKOK] The World Bank said yesterday it was in talks with the Malaysian government on extra funding to help with a fiscal stimulus in the country but a few more weeks of discussions were needed. The bank's vice-president for the East Asia region,
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    • 126 3 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines yesterday projected annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth averaging 4.5 to 5 per cent from 1999 to 2004. The National Economic Development Authority (Neda) also forecast that gross national product (GNP) growth would average 5.1 to 5.6
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    • 291 3 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's central bank said yesterday it had warned the government as early as March 1997 of a looming foreign exchange crisis but had been ignored. In December 1997, the government, teetering on the brink of national default, was forced to
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    • 408 3 Move seen sparring foreign investment and local markets Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's credit rating was raised to investment grade by Fitch IBCA, a move that will ease borrowing costs for companies and deepen the pool of investors allowed to buy Korean debt, Korean
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    • 284 3 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese bankruptcy cases shot to a 15-year high in 1998 as the painful recession claimed ever more corporate victims, but the government's pump-priming steps somewhat cushioned the pain, industry data showed yesterday. Bankruptcies last year rose 15.3 per cent to 18,988, the highest
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
    • 1285 4  -  Deflation, rock-bottom interest rates may add to the draw of region's stocks HE mpcurn th By Larry Wee THE message this past week was: Immediate forex exposure should be protected with appropriate stops. With the concerns over Brazil, and early hints of more
      Source: Hypovereinsbank  -  1,285 words
    • 756 4  -  Internet, tech stocks are way overvalued, and asset inflation is a real problem By Chua Soon Hock The writer is head strategist, Sanwa Bank [SINGAPORE] The recent upsurge in US equity prices, led by the Nasdaq index for Internet and technology
      Source: Bank  -  756 words
    • 361 4  -  Spillover or painfal contagion? Byi Quah Hong Chye The writer is a regional economist with Hypo Vereinsbank, Singapore branch. ASIA'S recovery story is unlikely to be derailed by events in China and Brazil last week, but spillover effects into Asia may linger for a month or so. Economic links
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 476 5 KUALA LUMPUR However, he keeps mom on when general elections will be held Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that he enjoys the people's support, but sidestepped a question about when general elections will be called. He refused to be drawn into
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    • 345 5 SOLO, Central Java AFP FORMER Indonesian president Suharto spent the holiday here yesterday with his family despite strong opposition and widespread calls for his house arrest. Mr Suharto, his children, grandchildren and relatives attended the Hari Raya prayers at the Kalitan palace,
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    • 356 5 MANILA Chinese frigates off a shoal armed with missiles: minister AFP PHILIPPINE Defence Secretary Orlando Mercado warned yesterday of increased Chinese naval activities in the disputed Spratly Islands after it completes building what appear to be military structures there. Mr Mercado
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    • 188 5 BANGKOK AFP THAI Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi's bid for the top post at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) hinges on support from the European Union and the US, officials said yesterday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sukhumbhand Paribatra said Mr Supachai, who is also
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  • FOCUS
    • 2678 6  -  In a self-appraisal, the fund admits its mistakes but highlights its successes; it also tells the reasons for its schemes and what could have been done differently Vikram Khanna It concedes that it v Vikram Khanna in/ vi&ram muuuui [SINGAPORE] E made som< J
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 315 7 BEIJING Reuters CHINA will ban construction of new steel and iron projects over the next three years to eliminate over-production, the People's Daily said yesterday. The steel and iron firms which have stopped production would not be allowed to resume production, it
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    • 258 7 SHANGHAI Mm comes amid calls for curbs on the spread of megastores AFP A DOMESTIC retail chain has opened China's biggest supermarket in Shanghai amid calls from city officials for curbs on the proliferation of megastores, the Shanghai Star reported yesterday. Opened on Sunday,
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    • 664 7  -  Foreign lenders should not have banked on state bailout, he says From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE Chinese government's decision to liquidate Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation (Gitic) which has met with disgruntlement from foreign bankers has found strong support from
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    • 402 7  -  Adviser: Spend more on education to get skilled manpower From Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong THE Hongkong government and the business community should get together to assess what steps Hongkong should take to ensure it keeps its unique role as a regional business
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    • 323 7 HONGKONG Bloomberg, AFP CHINA'S bad loan problems reverberated through its newest city with three Hongkong banks admitting they will be forced to write off all of their loans to Gitic, China's second largest investment trust firm. Bank of East Asia, Dao
      Bloomberg,; AFP  -  323 words
    • 419 7 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S central bank will focus on preventing illegal outflows of foreign exchange this year, the International Finance News said yesterday. This would help China show a solid international payments position that would allow a stable currency and make
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  • ASIA
    • 560 9 TOKYO Govt pledges to help rttliiliM Asian economies, calls for optimism Bloomberg JAPAN'S prime minister and finance chief told Parliament their priority is to achieve positive economic growth in the year beginning April 1 and to help stabilise Asia's currencies and economies.
      Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  560 words
    • 249 9 TOKYO AFP JAPANESE Premier Keizo Obuchi offered yesterday to thaw icy relations with North Korwif it shows a "constructive attitude" over its missile development and a suspected nuclear programme. In a speech to open the Lower House of Parliament, he said Japan
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    • 311 9 TOKYO Consumption stable, bat capital spending down, joblessness up Reuters JAPAN'S economy is still in a prolonged slump but there are signs of change indicating slight improvements as well as some indicating further downturns, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said yesterday in
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    • 240 9 SEOUL AFP THOUSANDS of workers at South Korea's Daewoo Electronics Co went on strike yesterday in protest against feared job cuts after the company is acquired by a rival group, the union said. Some 4,800 employees at five workplaces across the country
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  • THE WORLD
    • 511 10 LONDON Foreign investors fear shares may fall as rates spiral and the real sinks Reuters DESPITE a spectacular 40 per cent relief rally in Brazilian shares since Friday, foreign funds have deep doubts that Sao Paulo's bourse can avoid the dangers of
      Reuters  -  511 words
    • 258 10 FRANKFURT Reuters THE European Central Bank warned in its first monthly report yesterday that economic turbulence around the globe could strike the 11 nations adopting the euro harder than has been expected. Without mentioning specific trouble spots, the central bank said growing
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    • 455 10 LONDON Figure casts doubts on prospects for rate cat soon Reuters BRITAIN'S underlying inflation rate rose to a surprise 2.6 per cent in December, above the Bank of England's 2.5 per cent target, and cast doubt on the prospects for another interest rate
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    • 772 10  -  LAII IU&FROM WASHDTOTOIf Americans nnfazed as ice storm shots out access to The Trial By Leon Hadar A MAJOR ice storm has left large parts of Washington without electric power for several days. As a result, the US capital has suffered one of the worst blackouts
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    • 44 10 [PETROSANI, Romania] Striking Romanian coal miners crossing a bridge over the Jiu River 250 km north-west of Bucharest, on the way to the Romanian capital on Monday They were defying government warnings not to take their protest to Bucharest AFP
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    • 375 10 LONDON Reuters BANKRUPTCY could threaten as many as 200 of Britain's top 1,000 companies if they do not put measures in place to tackle the millennium computer bug, an expert said yesterday. Robin Guenier, executive director of Taskforce 2000, told a press conference that
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    • 265 10 LONDON Reuters EUROPE'S investors should brace themselves for a wave of profit warnings and downgrades, once again raising questions about stock valuations as the region heads for economic slowdown, analysts said yesterday. They warn US company fourth-quarter earnings which begin to roll
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 775 11  -  tub BOTTOMLDVE OPINION By Raju Chellam The author is a BT correspondent THIS is a crucial year for everyone who uses computers or has to deal with organisations that do so. The dreaded millennium bug will rear its head more than
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    • 123 11 Any lunacy must have its limits. I reached mine in agreeing to become prime minister. I do not intend to fight for the presidency. My age is not right, you understand.' -Yevgeny Primakov the Russian prime minister, as President Boris Yeltsin is admitted to hospital with a
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    • 638 11 EDITORIAL Opposition to chuan Leekpai's reformist government seems to have taken a violent turn with a spate of bombings in Bangkok. Prime Minister Chuan says the bombing of a building near his Democrat Party headquarters last week mercifully, they only shattered three windows was meant to
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    • 1238 11  -  US clash with EU and Asia over imports could have major repercussions for its ties with them By] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent THE part-time government in Washington, preoccupied with adultery and which occasionally takes time out to bomb Saddam
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    • 510 11  -  By] Frank Rich NYT WE didn't need Larry Flynt to tell us that Bob Barr is a hypocrite. The Georgia congressman's sleazy marital history was already public back in *96 when he had the gall to champion an absurd bill called the
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    • 338 11 fatlWhßi 1 111 IHIIIIM AFTER the massacre of 45 Kosovar Albanian civilians... the prospect of the Serb leadership of President Slobodan Milosevic and the ethnic Albanian separatists ever reaching a settlement has been severely diminished. And if Nato now intervenes, the likelihood is it will do
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 1300 12  -  SPH leads pack, up 80.6% in 18 months; 25 counters at pre-crisis levels By E Eugene Loh, Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The share prices of one in four stocks on the Singapore bourse have gone beyond the peaks of fate 1997 as the
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    • 296 12 CORPORATE restructuring and small-cap stocks appear to be the recurring themes among market experts' stock picks. "If you are a long-term player go for GLC (govern-ment-linked companies) restructuring stories like companies in the Keppel stable," said an institutional dealer. "If you want better returns in
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    • 676 12  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Wong Wei Kong MUCH has been said about the favourable impact of lower interest rates on the economy in general. There is more money for the stock market, the cost of home ownership has fallen and consumption
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    • 199 12 [SINGAPORE] MMI Holdings and EDB Ventures have formed a joint venture to pursue the die-casting and machining of magnesium components. The company is called Integrated Magnesium Technologies (IMT) and has a paidup capital of about $2.2 million. The authorised capital is $10 million. MMI
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    • COMPANIES
      • 308 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] MerrUl Lynch's fourth-quarter earnings fell 23 per cent, a better-than-ex-pected result, as gains in asset management helped overcome lower trading revenue. "What they didn't achieve in trading was more than made up" in other areas, said Richard Strauss,
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      • 469 13 Deal fuels talk of takeover of Racal Electronics by GEC Bloomberg [LONDON] In a deal that should provide more grist to the bid-speculation mill, British Aerospace pic on Monday agreed to buy General Electric Co pic's defence unit for £7.76 billion (5521.6
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      • 442 13 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's troubled Nissan Motor Co Ltd is ready to sell a controlling stake, the company's president said yesterday, denying however that any negotiations are in progress with foreign firms. Nissan will decide on a tie-up with a foreign carmaker "on a case-by-case
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      • 449 13  -  Joint venture with Delhaize will enable group to expand in the region By i Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Indonesianlinked food company QAF Ltd is selling 49 per cent of its supermarket chain Shop N Save to Belgium giant Delhaize group to
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      • 69 13 [BEIJING] Chinese workers cleaning the evacuated glass collector tubes ofa solar thermal system on the rooftop of the Tsinghua Solar Corporation in Beijing yesterday. The joint venture, set up by Beijing's Tsinghua University and Beijing Glass Instruments Factory, manufactured seven
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      • 318 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] In a widely watched reporting season coming after last year's market plunge, the US financial sector yesterday revealed bet-ter-than-expected earnings. While Chase Manhattan, JP Morgan Co, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns Cos all beat earnings estimates, Bank America and
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      • 248 13  -  Manila telco cites its innovative marketing products From, Al Labita in Manila A LISTED Singapore Telecom unit doubled its number of subscribers in 1998 to 220,000, making it Manila's most dominant fully-digital mobile telecoms player. In a statement yesterday, Globe Telecom attributed this to
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      • 150 13 AFP [BANGKOK] The Stock Exchange of Thailand plans to shift away from banks and Financials to attract investment and better reflect the real economy, SET senior vice-president Patareeya Benjapolchai said. She said SET'S long-term aim was to become one of the most attractive
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      • 347 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] AtHome Corp, a high-speed Internet service aimed at cable television subscribers, said yesterday it has agreed to acquire Internet search and directory provider Excite Inc in a stock deal valued at about US$6.7 billion (5i11.3 billion). The proposed acquisition is the latest
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      • 261 13 Regulators say it's making rivals pay too much for connection Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Telstra Corp, Australia's dominant telephone company, may be forced to halve the amount it charges rivals for using its long-distance network, eroding its income and giving competitors a new edge to boost
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      • 203 13 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom AG said its net income rose 27 per cent last year as Europe's largest phone company halved losses in directory inquiries and other unprofitable units. Profits rose to 2.15 billion euros (554.2 billion) in line with analysts' expectations. Telekom's shares,
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 372 14 Move will create country's top trust manager with 200b yen annual profits Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui Trust and Banking Co and Chuo Trust and Banking Co, two of Japan's seven major trust banks, said they will merge on April 1, 2000, creating Japan's
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      • 543 14 Commex: Plan to let banks trade has had favourable response from Bank Neg&ra MBT [KUALA LUMPUR] The Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (Commex) expects the ban on banks trading in commodity derivatives to be removed soon. Its senior general manager Raghbir Singh said
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      • 468 14 40% jnmp seen in Australia as sales of pension plans rise Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AMP Ltd, Australia's largest fund manager and life insurer, said sales of new business in its financial services unit grew strongly in 1998 as people bought more retirement pension plans
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      • 195 14 Nikkei [TOKYO] Taiyo Mutual Life Insurance Co and Daido Mutual Life Insurance Co have agreed on an extensive tie-up involving cooperation in asset management and marketing, company sources said. The two midsize insurers wUI also consider working together in the field of
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      • 273 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Prudential Corp, Britain's biggest insurer, said its main indicator for new income fell 4 per cent in the fourth quarter as declines in Asia and the US offset strong sales through British independent salesmen. The company said annualised premium equivalent,
        Bloomberg  -  273 words
    • FINANCE, COMMODITIES & REGIONAL MARKETS
      • 161 15  -  Report MSGI Taiwan fttnres Cecilia Woo, Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract was little changed while the stock index lost 33.89 points or 0.5 per cent. Government-controlled funds were said to have been active in the stock market. Electronics shares took
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      • 325 15 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed as expectations that inventories of heating oil fell last week because of frigid weather were offset by forecasts for mild temperatures this week. Weak demand for heating oil has left
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      • 261 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] Coffee prices have come under pressure as Latin American growers are expected to ship more coffee, swelling global supplies and overwhelming roaster demand. Farmers in Brazil, the world's biggest coffee producer, could export more beans to earn doUars after the government there
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      • 314 15 Reuters, Bloomberg London THE US dollar was steady against the euro and the yen but the market still remained cautious on fears that Brazilian states may renege on promises to pay their outstanding debts to the central government. Cash-strapped Brazilian states said late on Monday they were in
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        738 15 AFP LJ SET Index -Ll6 THAI shares fell 0.3 per cent yesterday in thin trade as investors awaited leads from Wall Street, dealers said. Dealers said the market was in a holding pattern with Wall Street expected to provide some indication of the fallout from Brazil's economic crisis. "I
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      • 426 15 Q Manila -27.06 PHILIPPINES share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking after a sharp rise in the index the previous day. "I think because the market was more on the high side that's why some who wanted to play safe would rather unload," said Teresa Lee
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      • 465 15 AFP |3 Composite Index -4.4 SOUTH Korean shares edged down yesterday on profit-tak-ing amid futures-led selling in blue chips, dealers said. The Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 4.4 points at 618.12, off a low of 606.52 and a high of 631.58. The benchmark corporate bond yield was
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      • 1433 15 PRECIOUS METALS Jam* 60iP(USS/«) Jan 18 Jan 19 Singapore 286.80/ Closed/ 287.10 Closed Hongkong 286.80/ 286.90/ 287.30 287.40 London 286.70/ 285.60/ 287.20 286.10 Jan 15 Jan 14 New York 286.90/ 286.80/ 287.20 287.10 6010 PHYSICALS Jan 18 <32 Sow- frrrino Motor *****.62 ***** Igm(ottong) 24.72 15 59" 90.64 77 TOgra
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      • 622 15 AFP Flm Ordinaries *25.4 SHARES rose 0.9 per cent yesterday following strong performances in overseas markets and fuelled by buoyant telecommunication and bank stocks, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 25.4 points to 2,855.8, with buying concentrated on large capitalised industrial stocks at the expense of resources which
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      • 260 15 AFP n Wellington *3184 NEW Zealand share prices hit an eight-month high yesterday with a 1.6 per cent gain driven by bullish Telecom Corp, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index rose 34.84 points to 2,194.70 on turnover worth NZ$7B.4 million. Gainers outstripped losers by 73 to 26 among the 138
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      1360 16 Reuters P Hang Seng -112.43 STOCKS closed lower yesterday, pulled down by overseas institutions selling defensive issues and futures-related trading, and brokers said the market trend would depend on Brazil's impact on Wall Street. "I don't see the market falling too drastically, but how much it rises will depend
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    • 2204 16 LONDON Industrials PtUCi 31 Croup 615.000 -13.000 AS Ports 274.000 -2.000 Abbey National 1296.620 -19.380 ANied Dom»cq 486.000 -1.500 AHIed Zurich 920.400 828.950 Arrwt 170.000 -1.000 AsdaGroup 151.000 -4.750 BAT Ind 656.000 unch BO Pfc 399.000 -8.000 BICC 64.400 -0.100 60C Group 843.000 10.500 BR Petroleum 924.400
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      531 16 Reuters Cii Shenzhen B Index -0.48 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B Share Index ended at a record closing low of 49.54 yesterday as recent company announcements warning of lower 1998 profits weighed on sentiment. The B Share Index dipped 0.48 of a point to fall past the previous historic closing
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    • 326 16 AFP QWPlndex -3189 SHARES fell 0.5 per cent yesterday on reports that the chairman of a leading semiconductor maker had sold part of his stake and a stockstabilisation taskforce may cease operations, analysts said. The Weighted Price Index fell 33.89 points to 6,343.36. Investor confidence was dampened by reports
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    • 1582 16 Bloomberg □Nikkei 226 -3U2 JAPANESE stocks were mixed. Concern the yen's strength will sap profits drove down exporters including Bridgestone Corp and Honda Motor Co. Yet, Ito-Yokado Co gained after Japan's No 2 supermarket chain rang up a third consecutive month of sales growth«and said it will issue asset-backed
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    • 542 14 rIN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 LTCB MERCHANT BANK (SINGAPORE) LTD IN MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 80 Raffles Place #27-01 UO6 Plaza I, Singapore *****4 on the 14th day of January 1999, the following resolutions were duly
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    • 581 14 THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. SO CONGENERICS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members oft* above company duly convened and held on 13ti January. 1999 tie Wowing Special Resolution was duty passed Thai the Company be wound up voluntarily and fcat Mr Wong Hong Koon
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    • 440 14 *1 4- St TAT LEE FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in th* Republic of Singapore) j Merger of Keppel Finance Limited ("KF") and Tat Lee Finance Limited ("TLF") Notice of Closure of Books NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, subject to the sanction and confirmation by the High Court of the Republic of
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    • 627 17 FOOD Supermarkets are now moving into the once niche market in organic produce AFP [EASTBROOK FARM. England] Britain faces an organic revolution after successive food scares, but domestic farms cannot meet the surge in demand, leaving dominant supermarket retailers reliant on European supplies. Demand for
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    • 701 18  -  With no-frills Paris shows and without the usual razzmatazz, the clothes suffer, says SARAH SHARD AFP THE financial crises in Asia, Russia and now Brazil are already reverberating in the rarefied world of haute couture, which kicked off its summer shows in Paris over the weekend.
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    • 527 18 ART About 4,000 people pack county museum on opening day LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] In a city still young and self-conscious in the world of high art, an exhibition of 70 Vincent Van Gogh paintings drew a sold-out crowd that reflected both the region's diversity and
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    • 385 17 Where to wine, dine and @Has«r jjjjsss big; H I Happy Hours 1' LOBBY LOUNGH BAR y »g the sextet from the Philippines »M r > if; m m F V A FOR RESERVATIONS CAU: 433 For the months of January and February, our chefs have prepared a whole of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 290 19 Bridge News, Reuters TANKERS* Trading is expected to be quiet with many US offices closed for the holiday. Exxon opened with 46,000 to 51,000 tonnes of vacuum gas oil for Jan 29-30 loading from Amuay Baytoßaytown. PDV quoted 56,000 tonnes of crude for Feb 1-3 loading from Esmeraldas
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    • 228 19 n w CWT Distribution -0445 wttii 20* Oman Map a99 -0.005 131 0MMhWMlMMl-aS3 OlOl 4 rratfMUNfe* 0.1* -0.005 42«i GftHaMngt 0.435 OuOOS 54 Halton** OJ -OUOOS 347 HMMMZMMI —0.79 IMCMHHl HKS4 JaraHatdinat OM undi 74 JWM 7.25 0-25 134 KmSCmt 44* OJ 3480 KaWtfrtLS U2 until 249 UN*
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    • 480 19  -  BOZ throughput boosted by rise in empty containers caused by region's trade imbalance By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Despite a record containerised throughput of 15.14 miUion TEUs (20ft equivalent units) last year at PSA Corp's container terminals, containerised cargo tonnage actually slumped by 5.8
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    • 276 19  -  By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Bored with the SuperStar Leo? Fancy a cruise with a difference? How about a cruise on a containership on its South Africa-Far East schedule, which includes Singapore. South Africa-based container line, Safhiarine, has several of its ships decked out with passenger
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    • 839 19  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer LAST week saw the end of another chapter to the official response to one of the worst oil spill incidents in UK. Milford Haven Port Authority was fined £4 million (5111.04 million) for "causing polluting
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    • 428 19  -  Taiwan port remains world's third largest box port after S'pore *nA Hongkong From P T Bangsberg in Manila TAIWAN'S principal Port of Kaohsiung handled the equivalent of 6.27 million 20foot containers (TEUs) last year, maintaining its position as the world's third largest box port.
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    • 95 19 (SINGAPORE] Owners, builders and sponsors pose together soon qfler the naming ctremony for two anchor handling tug/supply vessels (AHTS). The vessels, Maersk Shipper and Maersk Supporter, are two of six AHTS Keppel Singmarine is building for the AP fattier group of Denmark. Keppel also did
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    • 716 20 SHIPBUIXiDXMO Won's appreciation and expected fall in global demand seen to lead to fewer ship orders this year Reuters [SEOUL] SHIP orders to be received by South Korean firms will decline this year due to the won's appreciation and an expected fall in global
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    • 330 20 PAOC FoongSun 8 AM. 3 Frot4 Accord S FrtUnks M Ahrenkiel 12 CUnfc 4 Append* 5 Ow«ftr«ns Austral s GensHgp 12 Aunt M GloryNa* M B'tang Mas 8 HaiSunHup 8 8SA 7 HangN 7 BTl M Hanjin 3 BaU)< Stipg 4 Heung-A 4 Bangladesh 13 Hoeqh 13
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    • 16915 27 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT CTA ETA Advarttaar VMM4 Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartrsar Vnul Voy aga TMption* SM DwTl M— Haw* Nuwtir Numbar SIN OMTn Nama Nam* Number Number ■MMKMNHMMMMHHMHMIMMMMNMMMaHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMi R08B8BBMBM0MMMWN0BMNMBM0NNMBM0MMMM88MB0MMM0MMMBNNMM8NM0BNNMI 04/02 22/02 MOL A VAAL 0501F 45-*****04 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir* 04/02 21/01 cians a tbn/valeria
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      • 409 33 Vassal Voy No Berth Arrival Depart urt Jurong Port Bt Afrizal *****9 J01 alongside 19.01/06C Bt Handi Jay *****9 J01 alongside 19.01/010 Bt Indah J *****9 J01 alongside 18.01/1831 Bt Kw Sejati *****9 J01 alongside 18.01/200 Bt Pul Telor *****9 J01 alongside 18.01/1631 Bt R8 2795 0199 J01
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      • 1747 33 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/BalMc* Rstls SWP Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported From To From tUHum iM 20/0100 U 4/1700 N/0451 4/0900 1 19/0700 4/1159 4/1400 2 nwi 5M400 U 4/1700 WWW Mm 1 N/0700 4/1154 19/1400 4 19/1200 4/1459 19/1700 M«IINV«2 8364* 21/0700 U
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      • 228 33 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. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Fab
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      • 759 33 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 417 34 Task force also recommends using part of new capital for repaying debts Reuters [MANILA] A panel of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) studying a rehabilitation plan submitted by Philippine Airlines (PAL) has said the airline should explain why it needs only US$l5O
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      • 59 34 [TOKYO] Nissan Motor Co Ltd unveiled its new sporty coupe Silvia at a Tokyo hotel yesterday. Nissan started selling the car yesterday in Japan at price from 177 million yen to 260 million yen. A 2.0-litre intercooled turbocharged enginefor the car delivers power output of2SOPS to
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      • 170 34 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc, the third largest US airline, said it signed a contract worth at least US$lO mUlion (5516.8 million) with iXL Holdings Inc, an Atlantabased Internet consulting firm, to develop travel-orient-ed Web sites. iXL win build and design Internet-related products
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      • 357 34 Rating reflects position as Australia's premier gateway airport Reuters [MELBOURNE] Standard Poor's on Monday assigned its single-'A'-plus long-term credit rating to Sydney Airports Corp Ltd's (SACL) As4oo million (***** million) fixed-rate medium-term notes programme. The funds raised will partly be used to refinance SACL's
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      • 192 34 AFP [PARIS] Eurotunnel, the cross-Channel tunnel operator, said that its sales soared 36 per cent in 1998 to 920 million euros (551.79 billion), and that it had almost tripled truck traffic, up 175 per cent to 704,660 vehicles. The sales figure was based on
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      • 80 34 [SAO JOSE DOS PINHAIS] Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (second from left) poses beside an Audi A3 which will be produced in the new Volkswagen plant inaugurated on Monday in Sao Jose dos Pinhais, Parana state, south of Brazil. Parana governor Jaime
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      • 266 34 Bloomberg (CHICAGO] US airlines raised leisure fares 4 per cent and business fares 2 per cent over the weekend, only to repeal the increases on Monday after Northwest Airlines Corp declined to foUow suit. Continental Airlines Inc raised
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      • 227 34 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) said on Monday it plans to introduce a third daily service to Perth from Singapore. "We are, however, still evaluating the economics of these additional services in light of the proposed increase in airport charges in Perth," vice-president of
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      • 209 34 AFP [NEW DELHI] German airline Lufthansa offered itself as a future strategic partner for India's state-run international carrier Air India, which is to be partially privatised this year. "Lufthansa will surely look into equity participation with Air India once the Indian government comes out
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    • 22 19 Korean shipyards set for foil in orders Won's appreciation, expected fall in global demand seen to lead to fewer orders. Pa#B 2
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