The Business Times, 22 January 1999

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Billions shift out of low-rate fixed deposits
    700 1  -  Investors prefer stocks, property and greater liquidity in other accounts Byl Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Discouraged by sharply lower deposit rates, individuals and companies here have started to shift billions of dollars in low-pay-ing fixed deposits into stocks, properties, savings and current accounts. Total
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    Lock icon It's for real – Coke's going into fashion, sports clothing
    388 1 It's for real Coke's going into fashion, sports clothing Group gets partners, franchisees for Coca-Cola Wear FT [LONDON] Coca-Cola, the world's biggest soft drinks company, is to launch a range of fashion and sports clothing in the first significant extension of the Coke brand. The Atlanta-based company, which has almost
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    Regional plunges knock back STI 44 points
    333 1  -  By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index skidded by nearly 3 per cent yesterday as sharp plunges in regional markets and cautionary remarks by the US Federal Reserve Board chairman brought out the sellers. Brokers here said the 5 per cent plunge
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    Dow volatile, down 6 at noon
    76 1 [NEW YORK] US stocks were extremely volatile yesterday morning as investoH focused on the worse-than-expected US trade gap and the fall in Brazil's stock market Also dampening sentiment was the fact that a cut in US interest rates now looks unlikely after the Fed
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    Lock icon Here come Rupert and Wendy
    43 1 [HONGKONG] Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch was himself in thefull glare of the media here yesterday. And so was his girlfriend Wendy Deng, an executive at Mr Murdoch's Star TV and reportedly his wife-to-be. Fall report, Pf 7 REUTERS
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      136 1 uwiim Tlti Dua'a Immb DBs Bank's majority controlled Thai Danu Bank kwt 8 billl(m baht last year as bad debts continued to plague its operations, Fgll 1 v Xt HhMd hits a law Two months after its launch, the Singapore International Monetary Exchange's Hongkong stock index futures contract is .shrugging
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      46 1 Three-month Interbank rate eases, Pg 3 ■jrn«H| which foreiqn currency gives the hiqhest returns? EM 16 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE EXECUTIVE MONEY The outlook for retail, ELI Insuring against retrenchment EM 14 Sneak preview of new cars in 1999, EL 5 Dream houses for the picking, EM 12
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      23 1 Pull text of Greenspan's testimony, Pg 4 Real drop* as dollar supply shrinks, Pg 9 Tokyo bank shares get a fillip, Pg 5
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Govt decision on land sale freeze expected: property watchers
      480 2  -  flUtring Iraffklflg iff unseld homes at current rates will take several years By] David Boey REAL estate professionals said the government's decision not to lift the freeze on land sales comes as no surprise, as it will take several years to
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      Lock icon Seabass Farm hooks deal to supply NTUC Fair Price
      264 2  -  By < Christopher Tut SEABASS Farm, a govern-ment-supported deep-sea fishfarming venture started in 1997, has reeled in a whopper a deal to supply Singapore's largest supermarket chain, NTUC Fair Price. Fair Price will buy 2.5 tonnes a week of seabass a
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      New masterplan to be gazetted today
      172 2 A NEW masterplan for the development of land in Singapore will be gazetted today by the chief planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Master I>lan 1998, approved by National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang last December, comprises 55 development guide plans (DGPs). These guide
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      Set clearer severance policies: consultant
      323 2  -  By] Eugene Low COMPANIES In Singapore and Hongkong still lag behind their counterparts in US, Europe and Australia when it comes to professionalism in handling corporate downsizing and staff retrenchments, says David Stratford, international operations director of Davidson Associates (D&A), an international management consultancy. This
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      Lock icon Nov wholesale prices down 6%
      288 2  -  E7E OH THE ECONOMY Prices By Audrey Tan WHOLESALE prices plunged 6 per cent year-on-year in November, as prices of mineral fUels, crude materials, chemical goods and most manufactures fell. Latest figures from the Department of Statistics show that the domestic supply price index dipped
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      Another UBS senior exec, James Loh, quits
      289 2  -  Mm comes after resignation of farrow boss Urn Hi Km Byi Catherine Oag JAMES Loh, another senior executive from the old Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS), has resigned, a move widely expected after Lim Ho Kee, chairman of ÜBS East Asia, quit earlier
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      New entrants swell NTUC members to record 283,000
      307 2  -  M%p«wtkplMa> it within target of 285,000 by mid-ltM By Annette Pan UNION membership in Singapore swelled 6.4 per cent to a record 283,000 last year, said the National Trades Union Congress yesterday. Some 17,000 new members registered with NTUC up to last
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      Hilton Int'l confident it can reach 20% growth target
      271 2 HILTON International AsiaPacific is on track to achieving its planned annual increase of 20 per cent in the number of hotels despite the economic crunch, said its president yesterday. The hotel management group, which received the business headquarters (BHQ) award from
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      Santoku Merck plans to double capacity here
      341 2  -  By\ Ronnie Lim JAPANESE-GERMAN venture Santoku Merck, which has just set up a $90 million pioneer plant here producing high-quality electronics chemicals, is planning to double its capacity to cater to an expected global recovery in semiconductors in the second half. "Demand has
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      Star TV moves S-E Asian HQ to S'pore
      173 2 STAR TV, subsidiary of News Corp, has relocated its Southeast Asian headquarters to Singapore from Jakarta. The Singapore office will be in charge of marketing, distribution and advertising sales operations for Star TVs South-east Asian markets. Its TV services currently reach more
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      Economists stick to H2 export recovery forecast
      545 3  -  Only one oat of 7 surveyed has cut GDP forecast after poor Q4 trade figures By, Audrey Tan ECONOMISTS have brushed aside the dismal trade figures unveiled on Wednesday, choosing to stick to their forecasts of a second-half export recovery. A BT poll
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      Lock icon Asian Businessman of the Year can't say no to Fortune
      265 3  -  By i Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Airlines chief executive officer Cheong Choong Kong just could not refuse Fortune magazine's award of Asian Businessman of the Year as he felt the national carrier's success was a collective effort. "I may not be
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      Building code of practice being drafted by CIDB
      220 3 Minimum rules may lie mandatory in two to three years THE Construction Industry Development Board is drafting a code of practice to help the construction industry prepare for the time when minimum buildability requirements must be met before building plans are approved.
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      3-month interbank rate eases, outlook uncertain
      378 3  -  Weak trade should keep rates low Irat funds shifting out By\ Siow Li Sen THE three-month interbank rate eased this week as contagion fears from Brazil receded, but analysts warn that the fallout is far from over. Yesterday, the benchmark three-month interbank rate, watched
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      E-learning project at Raffles Girls a first
      144 3 A UNIQUE pilot project to introduce electronic learning will take off at the Raffles Girls' School (RGS) with US computer giant HewlettPackard Company providing mobile computers, training, support and access to the Internet. The pilot project will run for a year with HP
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  • ALAN GREENSPAN'S TESTIMONY
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      Lock icon Asset values not target of Fed policy
      2476 4 Its task is to facilitate greater growth by containing inflation and by promoting competitiveness through deregulation and an open global trading system Thefollowing is the full text of US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's prepared testimony on Wednesday to the House of Representative's
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
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      Tokyo bank shares get a fillip on talk of mergers, alliances
      542 5  -  Nikkei closes 1.5% higher, helped also by encouraging ROJ report on economy Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A FLURRY of proposed or rumoured mergers and alliances among Japanese banks helped push banking shares sharply higher on the Tokyo stock
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      Lock icon BOJ concerned about yen's strength, though crisis easing
      402 5 AFP [TOKYOJ Japan's economic crisis is slowly beginning to ease but the surging strength of the yen is a source of concern, the central bank said yesterday. "The economic deterioration in Japan is moderating gradually mainly due to the increase in public
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      Lock icon China denies market rumours of move to devalue yuan
      544 5 HK, Seoul stocks fall on renewed yuan ramonrs sparked by Brazil real float AFP [BEIJING] China yesterday attempted to quash renewed rumours of a yuan devaluation which were partly blamed for sharp falls on the Hongkong and South Korean stock markets.
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      Asian banks not out of the woods yet: S&P
      553 5  -  NPLi still a threat; recovery will take longer than expected From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FINANCIAL systems in Asia will continue to be plagued by serious problems and the economic recovery will take much longer than many people expect, senior
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      Lock icon Taiwan's export orders down 4%
      211 5 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's export orders fell 4 per cent last year in the first decline since 1982 amid slowing demand from crisis-hit Asian markets, official data showed yesterday. Local manufacturers received U*****.44 billion (Ssl99 billion) worth of orders from Overseas in 1998, the economics ministry
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      Lock icon Jardine 1st foreign fund to swap RM for US$
      477 5 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Jardine Fleming Unit Trust Ltd became the first foreign fUnd manager to exchange local currency for US dollars since Malaysia slapped controls on moving money into and out of the country last year. Jardine, which likely sold its
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      105 5 I a r?c i i kr #SW 4 lWi«i 1 KL jBH wmmHL* Prominent development at Euros I KnU BnUt with high visibility I BR T^^."i Minutes away from Euoos MRT station I Wftfc I Finishes similsr to office standard I Privnte car parking A loading I I* giß: fIHRIuJ
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Troops sent to Ambon to end clashes, death toll now at 24
      263 6 JAKARTA AFP HUNDREDS of police and troops poured into an eastern Indonesian province yesterday to end clashes between Christians and Muslims in which at least 24 people have died, police said. A small group of foreigners was stranded
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      Lock icon Chuan recounts traumatic Thai experience at World Bank meet
      434 6 BANGKOK Unemployment's doubled, illnesses rising, crime flourishing AFP A WORLD Bank meeting on the social impact of Asia's economic crisis opened here yesterday with a warning by Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai that the crash had immeasurable human consequences. The premier's
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      Lock icon Hun Sen asks for UN trial of genocide from 1970
      147 6 PHNOM PENH AFP CAMBODIA'S Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday called on the United Nations for a wide-reaching trial into crimes against humanity going beyond the Khmer Rouge genocide from 1975 to 1979. In a letter to UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan,
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      Lock icon Foreign media biggest obstacle to recovery: KL
      274 6 KUALA LUMPUR Priority is to regain foreign investor confidence: minister AFP MALAYSIA'S Second Finance Minister Mustapa Mohamad has singled out the foreign media as the biggest obstacle to the country's economic recovery, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Star quoted Mr Mustapa as saying
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      Lock icon KL maintains CIQ should be resolved as package
      366 6 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama MALAYSIA yesterday maintained its stand that all outstanding issues with Singapore, including the dispute over the Tanjong Pagar customs and immigration facilities, be settled as a package as agreed on earlier by both countries. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
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      309 6 KMSminarfifflK Share Buy-Back Friday, 5 February 1999,9.00 am to I.oopm, Orchard Hotel Singapore, Ballroom I What On 12 October 1998, the Parliament passed legislation to the effect that companies are, under certain circumstances, entitled to buy-back their shares. As the rules relating to share buy-back are very recent, there are
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Murdoch's new flame grabs media attention
      419 7  -  Apple Daily devotes a foil page to her Hongkong debut Fromv Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong NOT all eyes were on the international corporate bigwigs, including News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, who came to Hongkong this week as part of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's
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      Lock icon Taiwan fixed-line phone licences open to investors
      311 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE authorities have decided to throw open fixed-line telephone networks to private investors, banishing years of state monopoly, an official said yesterday. Fixed networks for both domestic and international calls would be opened up to private operators to compete with state-run
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      China plans 30% pay rise for civil servants this year
      480 7  -  SINGAPORE Kmaimedtt fighting corruption and increasing consumption By\ Lu Ning WHILE its neighbours are grappling with their deepest post-war economic crisis by cutting wages, China is planning a massive 30 per cent pay rise for its civil servants this year,
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      Lock icon Taiwan cabinet quits ahead of reshuffle
      101 7 TAIPEI AFP THE Taiwan cabinet resigned en masse yesterday ahead of a reshuffle with several ministers expected to be replaced. "We submitted our resignations to the president to show respect to the newlyelected parliament which is to inaugurate on Feb 1," Premier Vincent Slew
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      264 7 Introducing a truly AmaZing Lens The New SEIKO Super SV 1.67 AZ i Y >" t j *$2 < -i k w V i, t r >t 4 A revolutionary "double aspherical" design creating a lens so thin and vision so dear, comfortable and distortion-free, you can actually feel the
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon US to make move on Japan steel dumping
      168 8 WASHINGTON AFP THE United States will move on anti-dumping complaints against steel imported from Japan once December trade figures are out, US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said on Wednesday. Ms Barshefsky's statement followed President Bill Clinton warning on Tuesday, calling on Japan
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      Five major Indian airports to be corporatised
      411 8  -  Bids likely to be called by April; first airport could go private a year later From, Rajendra Bajpal in New Delhi THE Indian government has approved a plan to corporatise five of the major airports in the country and the first of these
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      Lock icon It's just not cricket
      53 8 [NEW DELHI] Members of the All India Student Association carrying an effigy of firebrand Hindu leader Bal Thackeray during an anti-Shiv Sena protest near Parliament on Wednesday. Mr Thackeray reiterated that his right-wing Hindu party, Shiv Sena, would sabotage Pakistan'sfirst cricket test tour af India in
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      Lock icon Australia finds new markets amid Asian downturn
      390 8 SYDNEY US back In 2nd place, Japan takes 20% of exports to stay top AFP THE United States surged back to second place in the league of Australia's overseas markets last year as exporters hammered by Asia's economic crisis sought new markets, according
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      Asian equity funds raise 23% less money
      229 8 SINGAPORE Further shrinkage expected this year, says report ASIAN private equity funds raised US$6.5 billion (5510.9 billion) in 1996, down 23 per cent from US$B.5 billion in 1997, and this is expected to fall by another 23 per cent to about US$5 billion
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      Lock icon Indian govt plans to reward honest taxpayers
      232 8 NEW DELHI Bridge News THE Indian government has decided to honour "honest" income tax and corporate tax payers by awarding certificates and promising to speedily clear their tax returns, the country's top tax official said on Wednesday. Chairman of the Central Board of
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US agents in India to probe bomb plot
      354 9 NEW DELHI AFP US federal agents were working with Indian security officials here yesterday to investigate an alleged plot to bomb American diplomatic missions in India. A US embassy spokeswoman said a team comprising agents "from several federal security groups in the
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      Lock icon Fed survey shows solid overall growth
      211 9 WASHINGTON AFP MOST regions of the US showed "solid economic growth overall" for December and January, despite mixed or weak results in some industries, the Federal Reserve Board said on Wednesday. Consumer spending "grew at a moderate pace during the holiday season", according to
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      Lock icon US trade deficit widens to US$15.5b in Nov
      476 9 WASHINGTON Crises in Asia, Russia, Brazil hit US exports as imports teach record levels Reuters THE US trade deficit swelled to U5515.49 billion (Ss26 billion) in November from a revised U5513.59 billion in October as imports rose to -record levels while exports
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      Lock icon Asset bubble next threat: Soros
      142 9 PARIS Reuters INTERNATIONAL money manager George Soros told a financial conference yesterday that an "asset bubble" could be the next threat to the world financial system. Due to high stock market valuations in the US and Europe, reinforced by streams of money out of emerging
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      Lock icon Brazil real slides as dollar stocks at banks shrink
      516 9 SAO PAULO Investors nervous as central bank leaves overnight rate flat Bloomberg AFP THE Brazilian real plunged on reports that the stock of US dollars at commercial banks is dwindling due to capital flight of more than US$5OO million (*****.7 million)
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      Lock icon Schroder wants more relief for poor nations
      224 9 BONN FT GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroder has signalled a significant change in his country's policy towards developing countries with an international initiative to speed up and extend debt relief for the poorest nations. Writing in yesterday's Financial Times, Mr Schroder invited support from
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      Asean, EU iron out dispute over Myanmar status at Thai talks
      616 9  -  Sip to say Vyamnar 'non-party'to 1980 EU-Asean treaty From Shada Islam in Brussels ASEAN and the European Union have settled their lastminute differences over Myanmar's status at an EUAsean meeting in Bangkok on Jan 24-25, allowing the talks to
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      213 9 HOTEL INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY A debt-free and profitable 4-star resort in Berastagi, North Sumatra, Indonesia, is seeking a strategic investor to enter into a shareholding partnership to upgrade existing hotel and participate in expanding the hotel owning company. Such partner should bring incremental value to the company in the form of
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Khmer Rouge trial needed to heal the nation
      845 10  -  THE BUTTOMmnE OPINION By Harish Mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent He is also BT's Indochina specialist THE leaders of the Khmer Rouge are faying to avoid prosecution and trial, but they must not be allowed to get away with mass
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      79 10 'Iniagine a robbery indictment that failed to indicate who or what was robbed, or what property was stolen. Imagine a murder indictment without identifying a victim' -QngvyGhUg defending Bill Clinton in the US Senate, on the lack of specifics in the charges against the president 'I worry
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      IMF's act of contrition
      767 10 EDITORIAL AS reviews go, the IMFs recent self-assessment of the economic programmes it is supporting in East Asia is an extraordinary document The institution has never before in its 54-year-old history produced a comparable post-mortem of its own performance anywhere in the world. Why has it
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      US pillar of growth stands on shaky ground
      960 10  -  Even as Asia looks to export its way ont of its troubles, an American slowdown may not be tar off By: Mike Loh DrMikeLoh is with Deloitte Consulting. He is the author of "Re-Engineeringat Work", published by Gower of England (1995,1997). The
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1025 10 What tta»mr left oat THE Asian crisis has humbled presidents, bankers, tycoons, economists, journalists and millions of ordinary people. But not the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF's just published analysis of its policies towards Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia, in which it* has played a
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Thai Danu posts 8b baht loss as bad loan provisions rise
      526 11  -  Analysts say DBS may have to pump in more fnnds to help it recapitalise From, Hariah Mehta in Bangkok DBS Bank's majority controlled Thai Danu Bank lost 8.08 billion baht (Ss37l million) last year as its operations continued to
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      Datacraft Asia's interim profit jumps 40% to U$9.Bm
      400 11  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia, a communications and network system integrator, continued to turn in strong growth despite difficult times: its first half net earnings grew 40.2 per cent to US$9.B million (5516.4 million). For the full year, the company's
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      Simex's Himsci contract volume shrinks
      348 11  -  By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Two months after its launch, the Singapore International Monetary Exchange's Hongkong stock index futures contract is struggling to stay alive, a victim of the drying up in hedgefUnd activity. Trading has shrivelled, hitting zero volume last Friday, Monday and again
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      Covered warrants: misplaced views need addressing
      746 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy A DEALER with more than 10 years' experience yesterday commented that Merrill Lynch must have made a lot of money from their recent covered warrant issue on the Singapore banking sector. Specifically, the comment was that the US broker
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      Punters still after CK Tang shares and warrants
      264 11  -  SES buying-in leaves short-sellers with heavy losses By I Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Interest in CK Tang warrants and its underlying stock continued even as the Stock Exchange of Singapore conducted buying-in operations on them, leaving short sellers with significant losses. Nearly three
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      Simex may start Euroyen contract based on Libor
      327 11  -  By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange may introduce a Euroyen futures contract based on Libor (London interbank offered rate) which, if it takes' off, could pose a serious challenge to Tokyo. Currently, Simex has a three-month Euroyen futures
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    • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon HSBC's earnings seen falling 30% with Asian losses
        337 12 Analysts expect USsl.Bb loan write-off, with provisions up 200% Bloomberg [HONGKONG] HSBC Holdings pic, the UK's biggest bank, will write off US$l.B billion (Ss3 billion) in Asian loans, driving earnings down by as much as 30 per cent, analysts said. The slump,
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        Nine Thai banks suffer total losses of 210b baht for 1998
        620 12  -  Higher provisions set aside for non-performing loans From. Hariah Mehta in Bangkok NINE Thai commercial banks reported combined losses of more than 210 billion baht (559.7 billion) last year, with some remaining in the red for the second year
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        Lock icon Hutchison Intrapage owners express commitment
        511 12  -  Hutchison Telecom sends 2 senior staff to boost operations Teh Hooi Ling HUTCHISON Intrapage's (HI) shareholders, who were said to be selling out, have now reaffirmed their commitment to the company and are now looking forward to the taste of profits by year end. Intraco
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        Lock icon Celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss
        278 12 [SINGAPORE] After keeping a low-profile in recent years, United Motor Works founder Chia Cheng Guan was once again the centre of attention yesterday evening. So was his wife, Janet. The occasion was their 60th wedding anniversary celebrations, held at the Shangri-La's Island Ballroom. Some
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        Lock icon Laura Ashley chief quits after just 5 months
        283 12 Reuters [LONDON] Laura Ashley chief executive Victoria Egan yesterday vacated one of the most worn seats in the British corporate boardroom, leaving Malaysian businessman Ng Kwan Cheong to try out the chair for size. Ms Egan's departure from Laura Ashley for personal
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        Change in Hour Glass' Thai business structure
        249 12 Holding company to ghre better control of Thai operations [SINGAPORE] The Hour Glass (THG) is changing the shareholding structure of its business in Thailand to give it greater control over the policies and directions of its Thai operations. The company said yesterday it
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        233 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Renong Bhd, Malaysia's largest industrial group, said yesterday its property unit missed interest payments totalling 41.4 million Malaysian ringgit (5518.3 million) as the nation's recession takes its toll. Prolink Development Sdn's default on interest payments due to an undisclosed
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        Bonvests unit Colex seeks Sesdaq listing
        120 12 [SINGAPORE] Bonvests Holdings has applied to the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) for a Sesdaq listing of its wholly-owned waste management unit Colex (Singapore). Colex will remain a subsidiary of Bonvests alter the listing, which is still subject to the approval of the SES,
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          Poh Lian stakeholders sell 15m shares
          80 12 (SINGAPORE] Two directors and two substantial shareholders of PohLisn Holdings have sold more than 15 million shares, or about 7 per cent of the company, In the past week. Almost all the transactions took place at 21.5 cents a share. Directors Lim Ah Leek
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          Supercoffee director sells warrants
          32 12 (SINGAPORE] Te Lay Guat, a director ofSupercoffee Mix, has sold 30,000 warrants of the company at 30 cents apiece. This reduces his warrant stake to 10.32 per cent
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          Pacific Can gets nod for bonus issue
          38 12 [SINGAPORE] Pacific Can yesterday said the Stock Exchange of Singapore has given in-principle approval for its proposed one-for-two bonus issue. A circular on the issue details will be sent to shareholders.
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        429 13 Investors wary after retailer Onsale says it will sell products at wholesale prices Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Shares of Internet companies slumped on Wednesday, led by a 19 per cent decline in No 1 online bookseller Amazon.com, amid concern that earnings and profit margins
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        396 13 Bloomberg [WALTHAM, Massachusetts] Lycos Inc, the No 3 Internet search service, said it is seeking an investor as its Web rivals team up with media and technology companies. The disclosure follows the landmark US$7.2 billion (5512.1 billion) acquisition announced yesterday of No
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        Lock icon Intel to invest US$100m in Samsung
        321 13 Money to be spent on Rambus DRAM chip facilities Reuters [SEOUL] US chipmaker Intel Corp has agreed to invest US$lOO million (Ssl6B million) in South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to expand cooperation in the next-generation memory chip industry, Samsung said yesterday. Under the
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          Lock icon Ford Q4 profit op 6.5% to US$1.67b
          52 13 Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford, the world's No 2 automaker, said fourth-quarter earnings rose 6.5 per cent on strong North American sales of high-profit trucks. Profit from operations rose to US$l.67 billion (Ss2.B billion), or US$l.35 a share. Ford was expected to earn US$l.27
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          Lock icon Higher Q1 profit expected at Lucent
          53 13 Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Lucent Technologies, the world's largest phone-equipment maker, was expected to report higher fiscal first-quarter profit yesterday amid strong demand from phone companies. Lucent is expected to earn US$l.Ol a share. A year ago, tt had profit of 86 cents
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          66 13 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Shares of tobacco companies fell on Wednesday after President Bill Clinton said the US government will sue cigarette makers to recoup billions of dollars spent treating sick smokers. Philip Morris fell 2 3/16 to 48 Hin late trading. UK-based British American
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          48 13 AFP (DARMSTADT, Germany] German pharmaceuticals maker Merck KGaA said group sales totalled 4.15 billion euros (SsB billion) in 1996, an increase of only 1.8 per cent. "The currency turbulence in Asia and Latin America was largely to blame for this," Merck said.—AFP
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        Lock icon TI's 8.2% profit rise in 4th qtr beats forecasts
        490 13 US COKFOKATO RESULTS Sales of consumer electronics chips np 13% from third qtr Bloomberg [DALLAS] Texas Instruments, the biggest maker of semiconductors for cellular phones, said fourth quarter earnings rose a better-than-expected 8.2 per cent, fuelled by demand for its processors
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        Lock icon Higher truck sales drive GM profit in Q4 up 55%
        498 13 Bloomberg [DETROIT] General Motors Corp's fourth-quarter earnings rose 55 per cent, easily beating expectations, as the world's No 1 car maker recovered from two crippling strikes and boosted sales of high-profit pickup trucks. GM's profit from operations climbed to US$2.l9
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        279 13 Bloomberg [MILPITAS, California] Quantum Corp, the No 2 US independent computer diskdrive maker, said on Wednesday that fiscal third-quarter profit rose 8.1 per cent, higher than expected, as demand for personal computers boosted sales of its disk- and tapedrive products. Profit before charges
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        Lock icon Fed official calls on banks to improve risk disclosure
        447 14 Begnlatora can then rety more on bank's share price to gauge company'i health Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bank regulators worldwide should push commercial banks to release more information to investors as part of an effort to prod industry to play a greater
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        Lock icon Sumitomo Trust, Daiwa deny report of merger
        238 14 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Daiwa Bank, Japan's 12th largest lender, and Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co, the second largest trust bank, have denied a Japanese press report that they are studying a merger. Daiwa Bank and Sumitomo Trust are thinking of merging by April 2000,
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        114 14 [COSTESTI, Romania] Romanian coal-miners on strike yesterday making victory signs as they pause on their march, now into the fourth day, towards Bucharest. The miners, who are striking to demand a 35per cent wage rise and protesting against the planned closure of 140 pits,
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        Lock icon Barclays fund manager won the most new business in '98
        289 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Barclays Global Investors, the fund management business of Barclays pic, surpassed Schroder Investment Management in winning the most new business in 1998 as companies switched to passive fund managers from active. BGI, which controls about four-fifths of its
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        Internet forex trading comes to Asia
        369 14  -  Stanchart first to offer service to corporate customers By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank Singapore yesterday launched Asia's first Internet foreign exchange dealing service. The service, called On-Line Treasury, allows real-time electronic foreign exchange and money market transactions for corporate customers. On-Line
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        ECICS Credit Insurance and Miti sign reinsurance deal
        275 14  -  Arrangement covers S'pore firms planning to invest overseas By I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] ECICS Credit Insurance of Singapore and Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry have signed an agreement to establish a reinsurance arrangement for overseas, investment insurance. A memorandum
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        JTC's US$280m bonds 3.1 times subscribed by institutions
        332 14  -  By' Wong Wei Kong JURONG Town Corporation's inaugural offer of $280 million of 10-year bonds was 3.1 times subscribed by institutional investors when the offer closed yesterday, beating the 2.6 times rate for its seven-year bond issue last November. The statutory board
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        Lock icon Prudential unit in move to put US$100m into Korean stocks
        250 14 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Prudential Asset Management Asia, a unit of Prudential Insurance Co of America, has hired Acts Capital Management Co to advise it on investing more than US$lOO million (Ssl67 million) in Korean stocks and convertible bonds. Acts president Chung
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        192 14 Bloomberg {TOKYO] Credit Suisse Group's Tokyo operation is under investigation by Japan's Financial Supervisory Agency, an official in the agency's investigation division said yesterday, without giving details. The announcement comes alter the Nihon Keizai reported the agency is examining derivatives trading at Europe's sixth-largest bank.
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        Turbulence worry hits futures again
        179 15  -  cnraT Reports —mil ffiiippnuft IkiAwr Bob Butcher THE MSCI Singapore Free Index fell back to the top of its previous trading range yesterday as the sense of relief of turbulence in world markets abated. The January lead month contract opened at the high price for
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        194 15  -  MSdlUnaMm Cecilia Woo THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures finished up on both the January and February 99 contracts. The January 99 futures contract held above the 260.0 level, with the low at 261.5 while the stock index kept itself above the critical 6,300
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        335 15 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil rose more than 2 per cent yesterday on speculation that a report of lower-than-expected US inventories could signal the erosion of a supply glut that sent prices to 12-year lows last month. Crude supplies stand
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        313 15 Reuters Bloomberg London DATA showing a wider-than-expected US trade gap and signs of fading business confidence in Germany knocked the US dollar. The greenback was already depressed against the yen by US threats to Japan over its steel exports, dealers said, and slipped further after US Commerce Department
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      1174 16 AFP DinW -MU» HONGKONG stocks closed sharply lower yesterday on concerns about the financial health of China-related firms and local banks' earnings, analysts said. The Hang Seng Index ended down 266.34 points or 2.6 per cent at 10,048.57. Total turnover was worth HK15.5 billion. Dealers said banking and property
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      478 16 Reuters DSh«Aaßhig -0.42 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B share set a record closing low for a third consecutive day yesterday, ending down as expectations of slumping 1998 profits triggered foreign selling, analysts said. The B Share Index closed down 0.42 of a point, or 0.85 per cent, to 48.33. Turnover
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      322 16 AFP Hwpmb *hm TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday despite late profit-taking that trimmed early gains, analysts said. The TSE Weighted Price Index rose 21.49 points 6,332.20, following a 0.5 per cent decline in the previous session. "Yesterday's rise was only a technical rebound. Inves- tors
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      1435 16 AFP Buma *aua SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 1.5 per cent yesterday on stronger bank shares amid expectations of farther progress in the state-backed restructuring of leading banks, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index gained 217.37 points to finish at 14,245.42 points. An estimated 539 million shares changed
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        231 17 POnporitolilg ♦1&JB5 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 2.6 per cent higher yesterday on local institutional support for index-linked stocks after a five-day holiday. "Institutional support on heavyweights such as Genting and Maybank boosted the bourse," an institutional dealer with a local brokerage said. The Composite Index rose
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        210 18  -  WARRANT WATCH -Br R Sivanithy IF anyone wanted to know why warrants can be more profitable than shares, they need to look no further than the movements posted by construction stock Lim Kah Ngam (LKN) yesterday. The shares surged 29 per cent, which was
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        240 18 AFP □Weffingtw -175 NEW Zealand shares fell 0.1 per cent on profit-taking yesterday after five consecutive days of gains, but brokers said the large volume traded was still a positive. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed down 2.75 points at 2,216.87. Turnover was worth NZ5202.73 million. —AFP v- c—» ANZ
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        699 18 AFP PSETMg 41 THAI shares slipped 2.3 per cent at the close yesterday as investors sold off bank shares amid a raft of poor profit results, dealers said. Analysts said Thai Farmers Bank pic's net loss of 39.88 billion baht (551.83 billion) in 1998 indicated the massive provisioning burden
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        253 18 AFP □■mil* -&M PHILIPPINE share prices closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday as the market consolidated, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 3.59 points to close at 2,142.80 points. Turnover rose to 1.41 billion shares worth 1.96 billion pesos from 661.7 million shares worth 2.07 billion
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        368 18 AFP nO—iitaMg -fljlflF SOUTH Korean share prices plunged 5.1 per cent to below the psychologically-impor-tant 600-point level yesterday on profit-taking following recent steep rises, dealers said. Investors also reacted negatively to external factors including continuing concerns over a possible devaluation of the Chinese yuan. "Investors were oversensitive to foreign
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        560 18 AFP QAllOrthiriM -M.7 SHARES fell 0.7 per cent yesterday to end a four-day positive streak as investors took their lead from a weaker US market, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index tumbled 20.7 points to 2,852.0. The All Resources Index slipped 13.0 points to 969.0, while the All Industrials
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        616 20  -  STOCKMARKET COMMENTARY Weakness on regional markets and Greenspan's warning on Wall Street among factors cited By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Weakness throughout the region and an air of caution surrounding Wall Street after warnings by US Fed chief Alan Greenspan about the heights US
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          Where looks count?
          71 20 IN this age of political correctness where lots of things are out of bounds, a recruitment ad from the fUnd management arm of the giant insurer, Prudential, took some by surprise. Apart from the usual requirements like resume, applicants for the three positions are also required to
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          87 20 THERE 1* an "unofficial ben" on China lending among international banlu in the wake of Beijing's decision to declare Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation bankrupt According to basispolnt, a regional debt markets newsletter, bankers and international investors will shy away from China loans and bonds, a move
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          KL unit tax next month?
          126 20 MALAYSIAN brokers are saying the much-anticipated exit tax on foreign portfolio investments is expected to be introduced by the authorities within the next month. According to market talk, the exit tax will be on a staggered basis, ranging from 30 per cent if money is
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          A tale of two fifties
          95 20 HERE'S a story that seems to reflect the current regional situation. A colleague with a crumpled A!5O plastic note decided to sxnootben it out with an iron, placing the note between two sheets of paper. It worked fine. Another colleague heard about his feat and
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        HOT STOCK
        61 20  -  -By Wong Wei Kong ST Engineering shares fell $0.07 to $1.60 yesterday on a volume of 16 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 8.2 million shares. The daily and weekly RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts suggest that there may be more downside before the stock
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      209 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF LONG HENG HUNG PTE LTD It— I l|,.L,.,|,||| (in MfnMrl vOludury Liquidation) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act, Cap. SO that the Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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      103 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, SEAH SIANG KWEE of BUc 417 Hougang Ave 8 #11-970 Singapore *****7, have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop licence in respect of M/s Shinkaiyo Pte Ltd located at 750, East Coast Parkway Singapore *****2, and that this application will be considered by the
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      109 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, LIEW WEI MUN of Blk. 925 Tampines St 91 #09-275 Singapore *****5, have applied for a Ist Class Public House (extended) License in respect of M/s JACKSPEED PUB located at Blk. 31 Tampines St. 92 #02-01 Singapore *****1, and that this application will be
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      106 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, lAN SIEW PENG of Blk 97, Bedok North Ave 4 #11-1509 Singapore *****7, have applied for a Beer House, Second Class licence in respect of M/s Keypoint Food Court located at No 371 Beach Rd #01-16,17,18 Singapore *****7, and that this application will be
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      109 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, WONG SENG POH of Blk 464 Upper Setangoon Road *04-1229 Singapore *****4, have applied for a Wholesale Liquor Shop Licence in respect of M/s S H Distributors Pte Ltd located at 317 Outrun Road #01-22 Concorde Hotel Shopping Centre Singapore *****5, and that this
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      430 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 02 TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 12 Jalan Lemtoah Kailang, Singapore *****8 on the 18 January 1999. the following resolutions were duly passed:1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the
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      474 20 FORM 69 (3) (Rule 91) NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBUC OF SINGAPORE COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 212 OF 1986 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF E.G. TAN CO (PTE) (In Liquidation) Name of Company E.G. Tan
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      262 20 r M THE MATTER OF TX COMPAMES ACT, CAP 90 AND M THE MATTER OF COBMAUOMT MVUTOHI m uaarrco (In MMnbifi' Voluntary Llquidstton) NOTICE OF FMIAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of Vie Companiee Act, Cap 50, Rial a Rnal Meeting of tfia Membere of the
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      837 20 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIED osk YOUR GUIDE TO MORE PRODUCTS SERVICES jjgf US$BO,OOO,OOO FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 2000 In accordance with the provisions of the Notes, notice is hereby given that the Rate of Interest for the 3-month period from 22nd January 1999 to 22nd April 1999 (90 days) is
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      530 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NtKKO CAPITAL SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Miiwbin' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS [Purauant to Section 290(2Kb)] At an Extraordinary General Mooting of the Company hold at 9 Panang Road *13-21 Park Mall. Singapore
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      Lock icon The outlook for retail
      1636 21  -  COVER STORY What developments can we expect on the shopping front in the months ahead? tam su yen reports TAN SU YEN AT CAUSE WAY Point, Singapore's newest suburban mall, two equally aggressive budget stores, 0ne.99 and Shop n Pay, slug it out eyeball-to-eyeball for the
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          A child ponders his fate
          74 22 OVERHEARD on a recent flight to San Francisco. The safety video was playing and a four-year-old Australian boy who was travelling with his older brother and father was watching the screen in front of him intently. When he heard the line about how adults should
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          Unwanted intimacy
          57 22 DOES this sound like a dream home or what? Seen in the classifieds section of a local magazine was this property which was up for rent: "Changi colonial bungalow, majestic spacious rental to share—fully furnished, maid service, food, toothbrush. $1,500 inclusive." We can think of many who wouldn't
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          Found: a strange new heart
          67 22 YOU'VE heard of lion and lioness, tiger and tigress, but what do you call a female mongrel dog in a bad mood? The answer lies in this advertisement in the "Found" section of The Straits Times classified ads. It said: "Cross Mongress Found," What if
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          Where anger gets you nowhere
          28 22 BETTER check your mood before you drive in Hongkong. According to a government statement there, a woman had been arrested for "furious driving".
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          This one sounds quite sickening
          59 22 TALK about inappropriate titles. You'd think "Swelling and Inflammation" would be the name of some school health exhibition about poor hygiene or something along those lines. Instead, it's an art exhibition which "explores the historical relationships between man and nature", "harmony and conflict", and so
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        Death and the maiden
        606 22  -  CINEMA Meet Joe Black could have been a really engaging romantic movie. Unfortunately, it gots sidetracked by too many unimportant issues By\ Susan Tsang THIS film has an interesting premise and some very big actors, but the romance involving Death (as a handsome young man) who
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        Lock icon Baby loves Teletubbies, but is it good for him?
        411 22 TELEVISION LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] The recent deal between Microsoft, Ragdoll Productions and itsy bitsy Entertainment Co to develop interactive toys based on the hit TV series Teletubbies highlights concerns about the unsettling alliance between children's television and merchandising. Featuring a band
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        Shape up or ship out
        538 22  -  CINEMA Special effects aside, there's hardly anything electrifying in this tale of alien invasion By: Parvathi Nayar VIRUS is that dreaded celluloid harmony, the one-note movie. Based on an original series from Dark Horse comics, the film's take on alien invasion offers a sentient electric
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        Young misfits with a mission
        603 22  -  CINEMA The doughty duo in Simon Birch succeed quite admirably; the two in The Mighty hardly inspire any confidence By\ Susan Tsang MOVIES are not child's play. This is illustrated by The Mighty and Simon Birch, two children's movies which feature pairings of two misfits
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        Lock icon Papa's enduring legacy
        1463 24  -  Ernest Hemingway is revered by many as an icon of American fiction whose characters influenced a whole generation of college students. Others consider him a macho pig, a bigot and a boor. Like him or loathe him, he remains among the greatest stylists of the century, says
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        Lock icon Diana vs Hillary: who wins the feminist title?
        1290 24  -  SOCIETY IcwpariMßiftlMtwv offers a hard look at contemporary feminism and at how love and ideology dent always mesh By Ana Taylor Fleming LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Is there any yardstick, any stretch of the imagination, by which the late Princess of Wales might
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    • MOTORING
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        What's new from A to V
        1511 25  -  CHRISTOPHER tam gives you a sneak preview of whaf s coming your way in 1999 CHRISTOPHER TAN ITS the year before the new millennium. Or the year before the year before the new millennium. Whichever way you time it, some car makers are likely
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        WHAT'S ON
        438 26  -  Compiled by M Yasotha MUSIC Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra This highly-acclaimed orchestra, led by its music director Hugh Wolff, has drawn a large following in both Europe and America with the startling precision of its ensemble work. Two different programmes have been lined up. The first night features
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        Listen, here's how we play it
        1065 26  -  Period instrument performance if s a term often heard nowadays. But what does it mean? And how does it differ from a performance given by a conventional orchestra? p ttu gets some answers from Trevor Pinnock, director of the world-renowned English Concert P Y
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      CINEMA
      722 27 Bride Of Chooky. In this sequel, the killer doll gets a girlfriend. Republic, Century. A Bag's lite. Animated take on the life of ants. Orchard, Eastpoint, Yishun. Clay Hnw. Vince Vaughn in a story of sexual intrigue. R(A). Lido, Oriental, Yangtze. Dance With Me. Vanessa Williams celebrates the passion
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      ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS
      118 27 Cathay Or* Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whrtesarxis 585-1782 Ookton Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina TampinesB Tnngßahru Yishun Ov#rtMS Movie Clement i/Co'wealtti 777-0669 Golden/New Town
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        Lock icon Sam's way with coffee
        840 28  -  Pork ribs cooked with coffee the combination shocked the guests gathered at Wolfgang Puck's Food Wine Experience in LA. Until they tried it that is. And the man behind the dish? None other than Sam Leong, chef de cuisine at Four Seasons Singapore, tax su Targets
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        Lock icon Paper-thin pancakes that pack a wallop
        626 28  -  RESTAURANT By] Rahita Elias SAY "pancake" and what comes to mind immediately are mounds of thick, fluffy flapjacks smothered in maple syrup. But the Old Dutch Pancake House, which opened here recently, should change that perception quite dramatically. Its pancakes, which are about 30cm
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        How to spend a fortune on the millennium
        253 28 CRAVINGS THE NEW YEAR celebrations are over but millennium fever starts in earnest. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company has unveiled its millennium plans, the most exclusive of which is "The Ultimate Experience", available to just one couple in each of the group's 35
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        Sweetie fruit
        81 28 THEY LOOK like miniature pomelos, but the green, fleshy citrus fruits found in Cold Storage in recent weeks are actually Israeli grapefruits which go by the cutesy n«m> of Jaffa Sweeties. Retailing for about $1.50 each, the pale fruit has the refreshing, juicy flavours of pomelo and the
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        Apollo's festive flavours
        85 28 JOIN the Hari Raya festivities at Indonesian restaurant Kintamaniln Apollo Hotel, which it rrffrring r> Itofi v Rayabuffetfrom Priced affordably at $18+++ for lunch and $19+++ for dinner, the spread includes Ayam Bumbu Matah or Shredded Chicken with Chilli Lime, Sop Buntut Nusantara or Oxtail Soup, and
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        Enter the tea trolley
        94 28 CHINESE restaurants used to have dimsum trolleys from which restaurant patrons could pick their choice of delectable bites. Now tea trolleys are making an entrance. Cherry Garden in The Oriental Singapore recently Introduced a tea trolley service at lunch and dinner featuring classical teas like the
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        SSO at Club Chinois
        112 28  -  Compiled by Tan Su Yen IT WILL BE a night of Shanghainese glamour at Club Chinois on Jan 24 as the Singapore Symphony Orchestra Ladies League and the Tung Lok group celebrates the orchestra's 20th anniversary with a fund raiser. Club Chinois will be transformed to
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        Aargghh! This can't be right, Charlie Brown
        665 28  -  THEME RESTAURANT The service at Snoopy Place on a bad day is enough to make Spike scurry hometoNeedles By 1 Tan Su Yen "GOOD GRIEF," Charlie Brown would mutter in dismay if he had the experience of dining at Snoopy Place, the newly-opened
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    • STYLE
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        A gathering of local talent
        815 29  -  The Brave New World exhibition breaks no new ground, but provides an interesting overview of the kind of work currently being produced in Singapore, says faavathi mil PAKVATHI NAYAR THIS year's opening exhibition at Soobin Art Gallery showcases some 40 works by a group of
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        The old curiosity shop
        545 29  -  GOOD FINDS Character with a capital C-that about suns up Eclectic Attic's motley assortment of collectibles By' Tan Su Yen AT THE door, a pink feather boa is draped over a vintage velvet gown. Deeper into the maze of collectibles, a cast iron angel lamp keeps
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        Appealing hodge-podge for the home
        756 29  -  FURNITURE At Moss Uving, the emphasis is on offerings wide variety of designs to suit as many tastes as possible By, Jaime Ee IT SEEMS to be the mantra these days for furniture stores value-for-money, we can give you the designer look at a fraction
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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      155 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD lead to row (7) a fckHtae tetters 8 CVerywhcrc for a YEOTEWIArB SOtDTWW and got indulgent (7) 14 If sitting, have a drink first (9) DOWN 16 Off to a dance with student, for 1 Where birds fight for room to a story (9) idialnig*rßAßSßißaß manoeuvre (7) 17
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      87 23 CAST YOUR VOTE: Go to the BT Online website (business-times.asial.com.sg) and take part in the interactive poll based on this column. RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S POLL: Theatre and cinema: Which do you prefer to watch? Theatre. It's live and therefore calls for better acting—lB.9per cent Cinema. It's slicker, with better
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      425 26 Where to wine, dine and entertain..."""? atover3o,ooo locations worldwide. 290 4545 Every Saturday and Sunday pamper yourself (ram m early as 12.00pm to our sumptuous High Tea Buffet of papular Asian and Western sweets and savouries at Clft Victoria. CALL 330 3585 OR 330 3590 FOR RESERVATIONS <^DN 76 Bras
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      162 26 Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert perform on Feb 9 (Charity Premiere for Hope Fund) and 10, Victoria Concert Hall, 8.15pm. Tickets: Charity Premiere—s2oo $100. Call Hope Fund at teL323-1119. Feb 10— $125, $95&575. Call Sistk at teL--348-5555. IS. J #H n n v^Y $25 BEIJING DUCK DURING THIS MONTH
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      2080 27 TODAY'S TV L3S am Ranma 1/2. »I«WUMI u. PM TV Innovations. J£ 3E£SKi.OfT«. 480 Kidz Blitz: Sesame jm? 4.00 TV Innovations. hired by the residents street. 800 See Saturday's Schedv c aiiiuiig a Qity to save them from am Kidz Blitz: Amazing Anithe ruins an extremist group. The JS Bite
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  • EXECUTIVE Money
    • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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        BT Sentiment Index
        1049 30 BULVBEYE Those polled for their views on the Singapore stock market outlook for next week were: Daiwa, Deutsche-Morgan Grenfell, Fraser, GK Goh, ING Barings, Kay Hian, Kim Eng, Merrill Lynch, Phillip. Great Eastern Life ♦(Boy)—Fraser-AMMB Research, Jan 18, $10.20 Using the Embedded Value approach, the fair value
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        Lock icon Bank stocks: digging into a single tranche
        1201 30  -  If and when it happens, the merging of the local and foreign tranches is likely to throw up questions of fair value, and compensation, loots bbcxhrxjmo looks at some of the possible answers LOUIS BECKERLING THE domestic stocks of the Big Four Singapore
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        Lock icon More upside seen to properly stocks
        777 30  -  Analysts cite retain of buyers, share prices Mow NAY By' Yen Sreentvaaan PROPERTY stocks are set to stay the course despite having run up sharply in recent months, say analysts. Despite the fact that most property stocks are trading at more than double their
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        Lock icon Electronics counters holding up
        805 31  -  Microsoft's 75% profit increase may have helped prop up local counters, but analysts aren't ready to raise profit forecasts yet reports loots LOUIS BECKERLING Electronic counters weathered the sell-off on the local sharemarket comparatively well yesterday —and in part may have Microsoft to thank for the
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        Lock icon Full profile
        340 31 Compiled by BT inviitminl objicllvi To achieve long-term capital growth by Investing mainly in Hated securities on Singapore and Malaysian stock exchanges. ri* v InvMtinent stylo A value-oriented investment philosophy and a top-down approach to the investment process. Long-term investment success can be attained by Investing in companies
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        Like moths drawn to the flame
        755 31  -  THBFDVBRPODVT Speculators still chasing C K Tang shares are ignoring reason and tact, driven only by greed By Conrad Raj THE speculators who have recently poured millions of dollars into buying C K Tang shares and warrants apparently know something that the company itself
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        THE UNIT TRUST SCORE BOARD
        263 31 UfiT TRUST/SECTOR MONTHS: 30JUNM-1&1ANW) CHANGE RANK Templeton EQ 93.95 1 Templeton tF Thailand/Thailand EQ 58.2 2 Schroder Singapore Trust/ Singapore EQ 53.4 _3 UOB United Regional Growth/ Far East PacEx Jap EQ 47.1 4_ UOB United infl Growth/Global EQ 43 37 5 RyeArrowe Alien Bond
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    • RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
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        Lock icon Dream houses for the picking
        1419 32  -  Homebuyers have about 350 leasehold landed properties to choose from in today's market ako wan mat highlights some choices ANG WAN MAY THE sell-out success of the Kuok Group's cluster housing project, Summer Gardens, is evidence that there is a significant group of homebuyers looking
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        The draw of coastal living
        587 33  -  CrawifinUi Summer Gardens' successes are signs of the east coast's appeal By] David Boey IT was a scene reminiscent of the height of the property bubble, when virtually any condominium sold and sold. Last weekend, hordes of avid house-hunters headed east to DBS Land's Casaflna
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        House Hunt
        760 33 Property transactions for districts 15 and 16 (sectors 42 to 45 and 46 to 48) lodged between Dec 13 1998 and Jan 16 1999. PROJECT NAME/ POOP CONTRACT TENURE BULT-M/ PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE GATE UWOAREA* (SOFT) (SS000) (SS) District 15 Butterworth View Apt 23/09/98 FH 1227
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        Lock icon What's in a measure?
        1764 33  -  The recent court case concerning a homebuyer's dispute over the terms 'built-in' and 'built-up' is likely to have implications for the property market, corxmme sebk gives a run-down of the proceedings CORINNE KERK Theoase Roger Lim BioHiong, a computer engineer, sued listed developer City Developments Ltd
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    • PERSONAL FINANCE
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        Lock icon Providing a shield against retrenchment
        579 34  -  Insurers may have a role to play with the increasing loss of jobs amid the economic downturn, SOB TIAMO EBNO reports SOH TIANG KENG INSURANCE companies in Singapore provide cover for a wide range of mishaps and diseases, including deaths, floods, heart attacks and Aids.
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        UOB launches S'pore bonds index
        414 34  -  Benchmark combines price and income components of S'pore govt securities Wong Wei Kong UNITED Overseas Bank will launch today the UOB SGS Index, the first index to provide a consistent measure of the performance of the Singapore bond market. Jointly developed by UOB and Quant
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        Not a baht way to invest
        342 34 YOU'D be forgiven for thinking that Thailand was well on its way to financial and economic recovery, judging from the astonishing returns from the Thai baht last year. A currency appreciation of 22.2 per cent, combined with an annual foreign depos- it rate of
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      ACU DEPOSIT RATES Offered by various banks (as at Jan 20, 1999)
      1391 34 mportuwrt 1—1 nm Oiportnoywi mm n-, M a| 1!S 1122 1™ W 3,8875 ***** ***** «5.000 M9 999 4 1800 4.1700 4 2800 74.000 149.999 3 8125 3.8125 3 8125 Dmk c| S10.000 Dm99 999 2 3700 2
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        Lock icon When should one switch unit trust
        533 35  -  iri tiwART aldcroft outlines the considerations for making the move STEWART ALDCROFT The writer is marketing and sales director with Templeton Franklin Investment Services (Asia) Ltd and is based in Hongkong. ONE of the often-asked, but less frequently answered questions about investing in unit
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        Lock icon Assess your risk tolerance
        630 35 Source: CPF All investors should assess their tolerance for risk before making any investments. Unless you have some idea of what levels of risk you can bear, you cannot know what sort of investments are best suited to you. The fowowtng questions, which form part of
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      Whither Sing$?
      170 36  -  By Shiv Taneja Dl ESPITE all the miseries of Thailand's economy last year, I the Thai baht was where you ought to have denominated I your foreign currency deposit in. Over a 12-month period to Dec 31,1998, the Thai baht I fixed deposit returned a mindboggiing 41 per
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      49 33 KHL BUILDING FOR LEASE •25 New Industrial Road F| exible sizes from 4,000 sq ft to 111,000 sq ft Corporate Image Attractive rental rates Central Aircon Ready for occupation in 2nd Quarter 1999 Call Sole Marketing Agent CB Richard Ellis (Pte) Ltd Industrial Department Tal: 224 8181 Fax: *****57
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      Page 33 Advertisements Column 2
      140 33 ■Ecmemml if WWM Prime Office Space for Lease Prudential Tower, a brand new high-lech office building at Raffles Place, Singapore's financial and business hub. Ideal for financial institutions, ma|or professional services companies and MNCs, looking to establish themselves for the long term at a prime location. Central Location Opposite The
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      477 35 Now's your chance to invest in Singapore's No. I bond fund. If you're looking for an investment with a consistent performance, consider the Citi Global Bond Fund. With 33%* returns from August 31, 1995 to August 31, 1998, the Fund beat its nearest rival by a full 10.31% to be
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      233 36 Investment Big Four: when the tranches merge EM 10 We Can GiveJ/ou The Inside Story On Health Care Investments. ACM Investment Funds INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE PORTFOLIO #f Investing For Growth In The World's >> Expanding Health Care Industries t W lin I lealih aiv luvvMniciitx.' Here s u li\: •I
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      2 36 Dream homes
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      Lock icon FREIGHT MARKET
      299 37 Bridge News Reuters A significant increase in voyage and timecharter rates for panamaxes from the US Gulf to the Far East brightened an otherwise dull dry cargo freight market for owners, brokers said. Biffex closed 13 to 38 points firmer than Tuesday's finish after trading 136 lots. The
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      MARITIME STOCKS
      266 37 jail St V- vo cirr na*»*i»ti _aaa ao3 m CftiMPHup 0.565 -0.01 196 CMco invattmont 0.51 -0.02 27 an -0.005 zmt GBHaMngt 0.415 -0.02 IS HW Sun Hup 0.49 -0.02 300 MKacM Zoton 0.79 WCiuMmn u Jpya HoMnqs 0.535 &01 36 JmpSNpyard —7.25 -0.05 96 If IMP Corp
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      Lock icon ECT expected to be sold for 680m guilders
      418 37  -  Hutchison to buy 50% stake, with Dutch firms buying thtk remaining half By\ Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The impending sale of privately-held Dutch stevedoring company Europe Combined Terminals (ECT) is expected to bag 680 million Dutch guilders ($599.35 million) for its present shareholders.
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      Lock icon Shenzhen's volume throughput soars 70%
      157 37 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The Shenzhen Special Economic Zone has become the second busiest container transport centre in China, with volume reaching 1.95 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) last year, up 70 per cent from 1997, the official Xinhua news agency reported. In a report monitored here,
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    • Article
      Warranty in marine insurance policy not absolute, court rules
      670 37  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A WARRANTY in a marine insurance policy that a vessel shall be seaworthy at the start of a policy and that the insured shall exercise due diligence to keep the vessel in a seaworthy condition, is
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      IMC's Frederick Tsao elected head of Intercargo
      480 37  -  From David Hughes in London FREDERICK Chavalit Tsao, chairman of IMC, Singapore, has been elected the new chairman of the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners. Mr Tsao is the second Asian owner to head Intercargo, a role undertaken by Frank Chao, of
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      India's slow progress in port upgrading may stifle trade
      345 37  -  By. Marcos Hand [SINGAPORE] The slow progress being made in the modernisation of India's ports and infrastructure could stifle the country's trade, Singa-pore-based feeder line Sea Consortium warns. Despite a list of some 21 port projects, worth an estimated US$6.6 billion
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      Lock icon Finn opts to go underground
      859 38 WAREHOUSING Van Benoekum Hoekstra's temperature-controlled underground storage in Rotterdam port suits its fruit and nuts Port of Rotterdam THE Dutch company Van Bennekum Hoekstra is the first to build a warehouse underground in the port of Rotterdam. Its new construction plans are a sharp contrast
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      SHIPPING SCHEDULES INDEX
      319 38 PACE FoongSun 8 AM. 3 FroU 12 Accord 8 FftLMs M AhreokM 12 Clink 4 Appenship 5 Gcnurtrans Austral 8 Genshgp 12 Avant 14 dory Nav 14 8'tangMas 8 HaiSunHup 8 BSA 7 Hangli 7 BTL W Hanjtn 3 BalaH Shpq 4 Heung-A 4 Bangladesh 13 Hoegh
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      SHIPPING GUIDE
      17316 45 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vnul Voyaga Tataphona ETA ETA A<tv#rtlMf VhhI Voyaqa THaphona S» Daatu mmm Nam Numbar Nuwbar SIN Dastn Nam* Nam* Numbar Numbar 800*00* 1i I'OI m—HH Omili llll llll rtiWB 04/02 01/03 Klan Hung INTELLIGENCE CONTA IC901S 65-*****33 To ABIDJAN (AB J) 2003 -Cot*
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        CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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        CONTAINER SCHEDULES
        1810 51 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO BoofctaQ/Mmct Ritls SWp Voy No Etfc/Btr Hhoi Froa To Frw M MmW COITW 2V0400 a 21*0 22*00 22/0900 21/1700 22/0*59 22/0900 J 22/0100 22/09 22/M00 4 22/1200 22/M0 22/1700 on 21/otoo u iviiw 22*09 22/0*00 21/1700 22/0099 22/0900 J 22,'OTOC
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        215 51 Ml Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. Fab IB China: Chinese New Year Eve. Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve. United States: Washington's Birthday Holiday. MM Brunei Chinese New Year. China: Chinese New Year. Portugal: Carnival. Singapore: Chinese New Year. South Korea: Chinese New Year. Taiwan: Chinese New Year. Fab 17
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        COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        744 51 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesiasd stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index chance and the individual
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        VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
        461 51 Cartaa WO Max 9912 OS IM 0.10 127 AM JmM Ommtty Water Mto Ask MmWm Sifcm No above £25 1 0 S 0 2 I 1 »0 Aw MJ 0J VO 0.06 25 0.02 Cum 300 Max 9H2 L5 IM 0.12 54 0M MAW »»A %M/M
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        508 52  -  Replacement Joan Lois Virata names new tAam From, Al Labita in Manila CONTROVERSIAL ethnic Chinese tycoon Lucio Tan, hounded by foreign creditors, resigned yesterday as chief executive officer (CEO) of the debt-ridden Philippine Airlines (PAL). Mr Tan, embroiled with the creditors over PAL's
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        416 52 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Disputes between the UK government and two US airlines over access to London's Gatwick Airport could stymie aviation talks between the two governments scheduled for next month, US Transportation Department officials said. British and US officials had
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