The Business Times, 22 February 1999

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1999
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  • 27 1 SINGAPORE NEWS 2 ASIAN SLUMP 3 REGION 4, 6 WORLD 7 TV 11 LIFESTYLE 12 COMPANIES 13-15 FINANCE 16 COMMODITIES 17 MARKET REVIEWS 18 STOCKS 19-22
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  • 716 1  -  Audit firm to review and help recover non-performing loans By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] In a radical move away from conventional banking practices, OCBC Bank once regarded as Singapore's most conservative has engaged an outside party to deal with its non-perform-ing
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  • 533 1  -  Byt Carol Eng, Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] Businesses appear modest in their expectations for the coming Budget this Friday, having benefited from last November's $10.5 billion cost-cutting package and noting the government reminders that they shouldn't expect more so soon after. But
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  • 954 1  -  But bulls still believe the booming US economy will help bine chips Fromi Andrew Marks in New York A GROWING number of Wall Street strategists are predicting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is headed for a correction of the order of 10 per
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  • 810 1 Decline favourable, Hayami says after 6-7 meeting Bloomberg Bloomberg [BONN] Bank of Japan governor Masaru Hayami endorsed the yen's latest fall against the dollar, easing concerns among financial markets that Japan's monetary authorities may soon back off their support for the
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  • 516 1  -  Unexpected 7% drop suggests S'pore still not cost-competitive By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] January's poor trade results have revived concerns that multinationals are continuing to move their production out of Singapore to cheaper Asian locations, analysts say. The January numbers, released by
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    • 176 1 mmmg Hie Clob issue Malaysia should release Clob stocks and barrel, says KL correspondent Eddie Toh, Pg 13 Toogh for banks S-E Asian and HK banks face competition in gathering retail and corporate deposits as they strive to regain their strength in their core functions, following the regional financial crisis,
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 2288 2  -  Ernst Young's Pok Soy Yoong expects the Budget to be unveiled on Friday to focus on two areas: immediate relief of a temporary nature to businesses and laying the fiscal foundation through a series of incentives and relaxations to meet the challenges of
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    • 289 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Construction Byy Corinne Kerk PRIVATE sector construction work continued its downward trend last November, leading to a 69 per cent year-on-year drop in contracts awarded. Preliminary numbers from the Construction Industry Devel- opment Board (CIDB) show that $479.07 million worth of
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    • 792 2  -  Bllt CDL maintflinff context of usage in brochures different By i Corinnee Kerk THERE are two landed residential projects by City Developments Ltd (CDL) where the term "built-in" is used to refer to the internal areas of a house, said lawyers of
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    • 403 2  -  Byt Audrey Tan SINGAPORE may contribute to the US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion) Asian Growth and Recovery Initiative launched by Japan and the US, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Speaking to reporters at a Chinese New Year Garden Party at the Istana,
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 570 3  -  Forecasts based on expectation that US growth will slow down by only 1-2% From Neil Behrmann in London EXPECT a sharp rebound in Asia-Pacific economies next year. This is the overwhelming view of 130 prominent economic and financial forecasters who specialise
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    • 361 3 Reuters [SEOUL] The sliding value of Japan's yen has set off alarm bells over South Korean exports which otherwise have been forecast to rebound after shedding 2.2 per cent in 1998, economists said yesterday. "A 10 per cent drop of Japan's
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    • 299 3 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Gaping fiscal deficits confront Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha as he prepares a Budget to steer the country's battered economy in the next fiscal year beginning on April 1. Mr Sinha will unveil the annual 1999/2000 (AprilMarch) federal Budget
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    • 175 3 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine commercial banking system's non-performing loans (NPLs) dropped further to 10.37 per cent at the end of December compared to 11.82 per cent in November, the central bank said yesterday. "This confirms our preliminary assessment that the NPL situation may
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    • 751 3  -  CRISIS WATCH It is unlikely to match IMF in mobilising resources from govts In US and Europe By Vikram Khanna Eighteen months ago, when Asia's crisis had just begun to rage, Japan floated the idea of an Asian Monetary Fund or AMF —a regional version
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    • 283 3 After a year in office, he lays stress on political reform and unemployment AFP [SEOUL] South Korean President Kim Dae Jung yesterday pledged a massive stimulus package this year to end the country's prolonged economic recession, as he began celebrating his first
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    • 330 3 AFP, Reuter (TAIPEI] The Taiwanese government may knuckle under pressure from business leaders and cut a stock transaction tax to rescue the sagging share prices despite objection from the opposition, officials said yesterday. Premier Vincent Siew yesterday said the
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    • 492 3 Reuters [TAIPEI] As expected, Taiwan's Year of the Rabbit financial reforms sparked a strong new year stock rally, but economists were sceptical about their longer-range impact on the island's slowing economy. "The actions show the government really knows how serious the problem is and
      Reuters; Source: Bloomberg  -  492 words
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  • REGION
    • 334 4 TAIPEI AFP FORMER US defence secretary William Perry is to visit Taiwan and China next month as part of a bid to press for "second track" dialogue between the rival sides, a report said here yesterday. Mr Perry, who visited
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    • 517 4 RUM-DP TO SABAITS ELECTIONS PBS throws charge back at National Front; Dr M may step in on seats AFP [KOTA KINABALU] Malaysia's opposition Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has denied fanning racist sentiments in its quest to wrest power from the ruling National Front
      AFP; FILE PHOTO  -  517 words
    • 157 4 KOTA KINABALU Bernama THE leadership of Malaysia's theocratic opposition party PAS has approved the 10 candidates to be fielded in the coming election in the east Malaysian state of Sabah, the party's state election director Mohamad Husain said yesterday. They consist of businessmen, professionals and
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    • 488 4 KUALA LUMPUR Law suits, political tours, attacks on foreign press abound Reuters MALAYSIA'S political temperature, already near boiling point, is on the rise as a deadline for general elections approaches. A spate of law suits, cross-country tours by politicians, a campaign against the
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    • 221 4 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MORE than 200 people from various opposition parties staged a peaceful anti-govern-ment demonstration in the Malaysian capital yesterday to denounce the imposition of high toll rates. Led by opposition leader Lim Kit Siang, the protesters who were mainly Malays and
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    • 306 4 HONGKONG 300 immigrants end 16-day sit-in, apply for permits to stay Reuters HUNDREDS of mainland Chinese are gearing for a second legal battle over the right to live in Hongkong after immigration officials gave them a temporary reprieve from deportation over the weekend.
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    • 438 4 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S ruling Golkar Party is testing the political waters in the post-Suharto era before fully committing itself to his successor in the November presidential polls. Golkar heavyweights have floated the idea of backing President B J Habibie, but have yet
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    • 664 4 JAKARTA Observers say phone tapping sign of power straggle among elite AFP INDONESIA'S armed forces chief has denied any military involvement in the purported tapping of a phone call between President B J Habibie and his attorney-general, the Republika newspaper reported
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    • 476 5 INDIA-PAKISTAN SUMMIT Summit ends with pacts to reduce nuclear risk and to find a way ont of the Kashmir impasse AFP [LAHORE, Pakistan] The premiers of Pakistan and India yesterday vowed to take immediate steps to reduce the risk of nuclear
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    • 382 5 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA yesterday praised Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, brushing aside the protests against the peace talks between the two leaders. Mr Vajpayee, who crossed the barbed wire border into Pakistan by bus to a warm
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    • 353 5 SEOUL Reuters TWO South Korean chipmakers have failed to strike a pricing deal on their acquisition deal, which has now entered into the final, govern-ment-mediated stage, company and government officials said yesterday. Hyundai Electronics Industries Co and LG Semicon Co have failed to narrow a
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    • 262 5 SEOUL Six life assurance firms face closure, says report AFP SOUTH Korea's troubled financial sector faces a second stage of sweeping restructuring, with six life assurance Firms doomed to death, reports said yesterday. The reform process will start with a
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 590 6 THE MICROSOFT CASE Sloppy defence reflects arrogance but judge not likely to break np company AFP [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp is likely to escape serious legal sanctions in its antitrust trial, despite a defence of poorly prepared witnesses and sloppy technical demonstrations, experts say.
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    • 278 6 LONDON It counters criticism saying partial leak of report is unfair AFP THE British government was yesterday embroiled in controversy after stepping in to block publication of leaked extracts of a report said to accuse Britain's largest police force of racism. Home Secretary Jack
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    • 62 6 [SYDNEY] Safety Sam, The Condom Man. distributingfree condoms on the steps of the Sydney Opera House on Saturday to increase public awareness of HIV/Aids during the 21st Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival. The annual month-long festival of theatre, film, music and arts culminates in the
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    • 214 6 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA will oppose a World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on tariff cuts for information technology (IT) products during negotiations in Geneva, the Press Trust of India said yesterday. The pact plans to extend the WTO's 1997 Information Technology
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    • 467 6 WASHINGTON It says it should look at whole picture instead of at individual sectors Reuters THE World Bank, which admits it failed to tackle problems leading to Asia's economic demise, should change the way it lends to member states, according to a policy
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    • 250 6 LONDON AFP A FORMER British secret agent claims a Russian spy ring has infiltrated London's financial heartland and is targeting top staff at the Bank of England and City institutions, the Sunday Times reported. The paper said the ex-offi-cer with Britain's overseas intelligence
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  • G-7 MEETING
    • 569 7 Regular meetings to swap info, assess risks, identify action Bloomberg [BONN) Economists welcomed a weekend agreement among Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers on a plan to help avert future economic crises while warning that such plans are nothing new. "Of course this is
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    • 873 7 11-nation eurozone, Japan, Brazil urged to improve growth Bloomberg [BONN] Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven leading industrial nations, bowing to strong US opposition, agreed on Saturday not to change the management and coordination
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    • 462 7 Members pledge to review criteria and strike a deal by June Reuters [BONN] Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations on Saturday announced a major new drive to speed up debt relief for the world's poorest countries
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    • 482 7 Italian slump expected to weigh on Europe's growth Reuters, AFP [BONN] The Group of Seven (G-7) nations forecasts European growth in 1999 slowing to 2 per cent or less from 2.6 per cent in 1998 due in part to a slump
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  • BUSINESS IT
    • 686 8  -  The market for educational tools in S'pore could grow 30% a year By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE} Singapore's market for educational software has got a fresh boost with a spate of new products being announced in the last couple of weeks. At stake is a
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    • 285 8 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Linux, the upstart rival to Microsoft's Windows operating system, received perhaps its biggest boost to date last week when International Business Machines Corp said it will provide Linux on its powerful server computers that run
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    • 420 8 Expert says state sector will meet compliance deadline Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand may boost its budget for millennium compliance to ensure all state-sector computers are upgraded by the turn of the century, the head of the National Science and Technology Development Agency said.
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    • IT TAKES
      • 61 9 HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore has won a $1.2 million contract from OCBC Bank to implement a complete IT management solution for the bank. The solution will be baaed on HP's Open View IT Service Manager (ITSM), which includes a suite of integrated software modules that will let
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      • 51 9 KODAK Professional Digital World will be held on March 9 at the Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel. It will feature demonstrations of digital cameras, virtual photography, interactive imaging, digital photo ID, and large-format inkjet and LED printers. Hothouse Media is the organiser and entry is by invitation. Fax:
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      • 58 9 A TWO-DAY seminar on Supply Chain Management Techniques will be held at the Kent Ridge Guild House on March 15 and 16. It is presented by Dunn Bradstreet Singapore, managed by Kuhle Consulting, and conducted by Michael Novitsky, president of Professional Consulting Alliance and technical consultant for
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      • 50 9 VOICE Asia 99 exhibition and conference will be held at Suntec City from April 13 to 15. It will feature four conference sessions—on call centres, computer telephony, Internet integration, and CT servers—and four half-day workshops. It is organised by Advanatar Communications. For details, e-mail: gmartin@advanstar.com.
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      • 110 9 NETWORK Associates says business users should beware of two new viruses. The first is the W97M/Caligula virus that infects Word 97 files, disables some menu items and strikes on the 31st of the month with a message that reads: "no cia, no nsa.no satellite, could map
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      • 39 9 NETWORK Associates International (NAD has appointed Dean Mansfield as the company's first vice-president for the Asia-Pacific region. He will be based in Australia and will be responsible for implementing the company's Total Solutions Program.
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      • 83 9  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam ABOUT I,ooocompanies are expected to participate at the 11th Asian International Information and Communications Technology Exhibition and Conference (CommunicAsia9o) from June 22 to 25 at the new Singapore Expo centre. The Internetßusiness99 showcase, the Internetßusiness99 Summit and the PECC (Pacific Economic Cooperation Council)
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    • 160 9 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp will sell computers with software that tracks banking customers, expanding in the fast-growing market of data analysis. Decision Edge, a combination of software and consulting services available with IBM computers, comes in versions for local and
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    • 427 9 Many are reluctant to take on the bug on short notice fearing future setbacks Reuters [NEW DELHI] With time running out for firms across the world to fix Year 2000 (Y2K) computer problem, demand for a solution is still robust, but India's software firms
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    • 648 9  -  By Lim Chon-Phung The author is general manager, enterprise business computer organisation, Hewlett-Packard South Asia WHY would a multinational company (MNC) want to do business in Asia? Though this question may be obscured by the current economic crisis, Asia
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    • 283 10  -  By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Japanese giants Canon and Sony last week announced new digital cameras with a slew of features that promise better and brighter pictures from devices that are lighter, smaller, and use new technology. Canon's Power Shot A 5 Zoom digital
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    • 611 10 Disappointing results seen as reason behind the move NYT [ROUND ROCK, Texas] Up to now, Dell Computer Corp, the fastest growing personal computer company, has chosen not to compete in the subUS$l,OOO (551,706) PC market, the industry's fastest growing segment. The company
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 89 10 EPSON Singapore is ready with the GT-9600, a high-speed, high-resolution A 4 size colour image scanner (above) targeted at businesses and design professionals. The 36-bit scanner offers 800 by 3,200 dots per inch (dpi) resolution, "the highest optical resolution in its class", Epson said. It works
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      • 61 10 EPSON Singapore has launched two new dot matrix serial impact printers for heavy-duty office printing. The DFX-8500 costs $4,299 and comes with a nine-pin head that prints 1,120 characters per second (cps) in draft mode, runs on a network, and can print up to
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      • 42 10 ADOBE Systems has announced its new Dynamic Media Studio, which is an integrated collection of its applications, including After Effects 4.0 (production bundle), Premiere 5.1, Photoshop 5.0.2, and Illustrator 8.0. The suite costs $5,940. For details, fax *****23.
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      • 65 10 ALIAS/WAVEFRONT, a subsidiary of Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), has announced Maya Complete, a new animation and effects software for digital content creators working on Win NT or SGI workstations. It includes Alias/Wavefront's 3D modelling, rendering animation technology, Maya F/X particles system with integrated soft-body dynamics, and
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      • 71 10  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam PSION pic (Asia-Pacific) is ready with InSync Pro, a palmtop synchronisation solution for Lotus Notes. Notes users can now synchronise their Calendar, Diary and Domino databases with Psion's applications. The $178 InSync Pro is a plug-in synchroniser for Psi Win Psion's
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 449 11  -  He helped bring film criticism to the masses with weekly TV shows, says eric slates ERIC SLATER LAT-WP Gene siskel, who along with partner Roger Ebert brought film criticism to the masses with their weekly television programme and ingeniously concise thumbs-up, thumbs-down rating system, died
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    • 899 12 PERSONALITY Nikita Mikhalkov's latest film seen as an extravagant political advertisement NYT (MOSCOW] Nikita Mikhalkov, Russia's most celebrated living film director, has already won an Oscar for his 1995 movie, Burnt by the Sun. He has fame, fortune and, as many women fans would have
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    • 344 12 CULTURE German town known for its links with musicians, writers AFP [WEIMAR, Germany] Weimar, a small town in Germany known for its links with writers, musicians and designers, as well as the ill-fated republic of the inter-war period, became Europe's culture capital last
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 547 13  -  Survey finds crisis shrinks markets and region's banks don't spend enough on IT By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] South-east Asian and Hongkong banks face greatest competition in gathering retail and corporate deposits as they strive to regain their strength in their core
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    • 843 13  -  MAUBT MATTERS Move will put Malaysian bourse on a sounder footing By Eddie Toh HOW should Malaysia deal with the more than 10 billion ringgit (554.5 billion) worth of Malaysian stocks previously quoted on Singapore's Clob International and now trapped in a state of limbo
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    • COMPANIES
      • 580 14 Analysts expect huge losses from NPLs, which may account for 52% of its loan portfolio Reuters [BANGKOK] The Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand's oldest and most venerable bank, is facing the gravest crisis in its 93-year history and desperately needs
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      • 674 14 But many banks are still not interested in looking for partners NST [KUALA LUMPUR] While thinkers, market players and the victims differ on the reasons for the East Asian economic crisis, all agree that the financial institutions, among the first
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      • 366 14  -  Radical revamp planned bnt M'sian exchange controls may foil efforts From Neil Behrmann in Ixmdon TYCOON Khoo Kay Peng's Malaysian United Industries (MUI) Bhd is considering turning the listed UK fashion group Laura Ashley into a private company, according to the London
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 727 15 Bloody David vs Goliath takeover battle looms over Europe's 4th largest telecoms firm Reuters [ROME] Italian communications group Olivetti unveiled an audacious US$5B billion (5598.9 billion) bid for its larger rival Telecom Italia on Saturday, forcing it on to the
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      • 325 15 Deal for handphone operator said to be worth over USslb FT [ZURICH] Deutsche Telekom is taking majority control of Austria's max.mobil, one of Europe's fastest growing mobile telephone operators, in a deal understood to be worth more than US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion). The German
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      • 356 15 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Mannesmann AG said yesterday it had reached a conditional agreement with Olivetti to buy the Italian group's stakes in mobile phone operator Omnitel and fixed-line phone firm Infostrada for 14.9 billion Deutschemarks (5514.5 billion). The German engineering and telecoms group said the
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      • 316 15 Reuters [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings executive chairman Rod Eddington said yesterday the airline was aiming to exceed its target of Asloo million (*****.9 million) in operating profit for the year to June 1999. Asked on Channel Nine's Business Sunday programme whether he would be
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      • 325 15 Heavy trading likely as individuals seek quick profits AFP [PARIS] Air France makes its debut on the Paris stock market today, when just under a quarter of the company will be quoted, but the government will retain a majority stake in the
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      • 452 15 COO paid USsl7m, a rise of 8.2%, bat firm's profit grew even faster at 15% NYT [NEW YORK) After weathering last year's financial storm better than many rivals, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's top executives will take home more money this year
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      • 474 15 Action could impact next month's vote by NASD board on similar proposal Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] An advisory committee of the National Association of Securities Dealers opposed the notion of permitting the Nasdaq stock market to sometimes halt trading of volatile stocks. Nasdaq's
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 401 16 Former unit of French bank being sued for billions by California state FT [SAN FRANCISCO] A multi-billion-dollar lawsuit filed last week by California's insurance commissioner is unlikely to disrupt next month's privatisation of Credit Lyonnais, the French bank said
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      • 594 16 Strategy part of revamp by new investment chief Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Franklin Mutual Advisers Inc, in the first quarter without value investor Michael Price in charge of daily management, cut its stakes in hundreds of companies, including the sale of about 6.5
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      • 333 16 Reuters [ZURICH) The 25 per cent stake in Swiss Life being sold by ÜBS will go to a range of strategic investors and the sale will not affect the insurer's share price, chief executive Manfred Zobl told a Swiss
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      • 85 16 [TAIPKIM Taipei securities broker greeting a dancer dressed as the Chinese fortune god in the belief that the god of fortune will bring luck on the stock market'sfirst trading day of the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit on Saturday. The Taiwan stock index on Saturday closed
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      • 132 16 AFP (TOKYO) Japan's Sanwa Bank plans to take a 30 per cent stake in mid-sized brokerage firm Universal Securities Co for six billion yen (5585.3 million), reports said on Saturday. Sanwa, one of the country's top city banks, will buy Universal Securities shares
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      • 519 17  -  SIIWKX Weekly Roundup Hiroko Komiya [SINGAPORE] The highlight last week was the surprising weakness of the Japanese yen. which fell nearly 7 yen to 120.75 yen after Japanese officials talked down the yen. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Finance confirmed a news report that they would
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      • 831 17 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON) Sugar prices hit a 12-year low point last week on speculative selling and an up ward revision of world production estimates, while oil enjoyed a slight recovery, but remained caught in an overall slump.
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      • 272 18 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stocks are expected to trade in a narrow range in the week ahead with few fresh incentives to give the market direction, dealers said. The blue chip Hang Seng Index closed down 1.8 per cent at 9,254.12
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      • 860 18 Q Sydney *318 A STRING of key indicators and profit results this week will determine the direction of the Australian share market with most analysts tipping another strong week to follow Friday's 1.5 per cent rise. "It has been a buoyant earnings season," Colonial State Bank chief
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      • 554 18 NEW YORK Investors shifting money into stocks with fast earnings growth that aren't as highly priced Bloomberg THE slump in high-flying computer stocks presents a quandary for "growth" investors: where to turn when old reliables like Dell Computer Corp disappoint. The
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      • 2017 18 P Paris *7002 THE CAC Index shot up more than 2 per cent in the final minutes of otherwise dull trade on Friday. The index closed up 2.25 per cent at 4,130.48 on volume of 2.3 billion euros on the final day of the February settlement, leaving
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      • 293 18 LONDON AFP THE London stock market rose over the week after a long series of company annual results reassured investors that Britain's slowing economy is in for more of a soft landing than a recession. The FT-SE 100 Index closed on Friday at 6,0301.2 points,
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      • 452 18 TOKYO AFP SHARE prices in Tokyo are expected to trade in a limited range in the coming week with investors closely watching global market reactions to a Group of Seven (G-7) meeting, brokers said. "Range-bound trading is expected next week as we don't
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      • 8431 19 INDUSTRIALS Consumor products 1999 Last Vol Week Net Cap L— Company Sal* JOOO High Low P/E Smll 310 280 Ajinomjto 290 10 2 290 290 16.0 117.5 83 62 Angkasa 76 5 2.5 4 6.5 74 112 8 283 243 Apollo Food Hlg 250 -5 4 250 243 8.7 100.0
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      • 482 19 AFP P Composite Index -5.5 MALAYSIAN stocks are expected to post gains ahead of impending elections in the eastern state of Sabah, dealers said. "I expect an upbeat mood due to the Sabah state elections," a dealer with a local brokerage said,
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      • 207 20  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy RECENTLY, punters seem to be switching out of the penny 1999 warrants into those with longer dates. This could have been motivated by recent reports that many corporate insiders have been selling out of their holdings of 1999 warrants, which
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      • 449 22 Stocks Vetomt STEngglOc 21.467,000 SemtoCorpI 25c 17,518,000 DBS Ural 13,245,000 SingTel 15c 10,672,000 Heslte Hldgs25c 9,181,000 Keppel Land50c 7,087,000 Keppei LaraflKOO 5,945,000 OCBC Foreign 5,779,000 OUB Foreign 5,464,000 BankBttMlCW99 5,394,000 Stedis OCBC Foreign 61,648,593 DBS Foreign 45,788,568 SPH 40,035,866 OUB Foreign 33,820,436 SentoCorpI 25c 33,676,068 UOB Foreign 31,633,955 STEngglOc 31,066,874
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      • 617 22  -  Investors likely to sell stocks if Sing dollar weakens farther THE WEEK AHEAD By i R Sivanithy TO say the Year of the Rabbit has hopped off to a mixed start would perhaps be an understatement. First, the Straits Times Index dropped
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        68 22  -  By Wong Wei Kong OCBC Bank Foreign shares closed last Friday up $0.30 at $10.80 on a volume of 2.64 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 2.66 million shares. The daily and weekly RSI and Stochastics indicate there is further room for the stock to
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    • 264 23 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THIS has proved to be an active week, carrying on from the increased activity in the previous report. Vessels sold for farther trading bulk carriers: Western Trader: 70,329 tdw bit 2/89 Sanoyas reported sold region US$B,lOO,OOO to clients of Cyprus Maritime. ♦Camarina: 64,643
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    • 365 23 Raling a blow for shippers, who fear move will result in higher rates Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] American maritime regulators agreed to let shipping lines continue to share rate information, dealing a blow to shippers who fear such cooperation could result
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    • 314 23 Reuters [COLOMBO] Two big shipping lines will bring new cargo to Colombo this year, but a senior official said day the bread-and-butter transhipment business would still decline further in 1999. Mohan Samarasekera, chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, said Taiwan's Evergreen
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    • 841 23  -  UMERSCEME By. David Hughes THERE have, over the past couple of weeks, been two further indications of the way liner shipping is developing. There has been another large merger of carriers with AP Moller's acquisition of Safmarine's container business. Meanwhile, the new transatlantic
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    • 410 23  -  They have failed to maintain ship properly: court surveyors By. Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] A hard-hitting report from the Antwerp Court Nautical Commission has found that the 1997 fatal sinking of the Albion Two was due to the owner's failure to deal
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      • 488 24  -  It says hydrostatic balance loading on single-hull tankers can cnt pollution risk Rejwrts from David Hughes in London THE 10 main crude oil charterers could dramatically increase the protection of the environment from spills from single-hull tankers, according to a prominent independent Very Large
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      • 313 24 SALVAGE teams will be reluctant to enter UK waters to deal with shipping casualties and pollution threats for fear of being prosecuted by the UK Environment Agency (EA) using the draconian Water Resources Act, according to a salvors' organisation. The International Salvage Union
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      • PORT Shots
        • 107 24 THE world's cellular containership fleet shrank by four ships and 4,822 TEU slots during January, according to UK-based Clarkson Research Studies. Although Clarkson points out that not too much should be read into the Figures, this is the first month in which the cellular fleet has
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        • 58 24 UK officer's union Numast has said it is unhappy about proposals to make it easier for owners to employ non-UK officers on UK-flag vessels. A spokesmen said the union was concerned the proposals for new equivalent competency procedures could undermine efforts to increase the recruitment of
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        • 60 24 INCREASING capacity and the sharply reduced demand due to the Asian economic crisis means there will be large-scale availability of Asian-produced cement in the international market, according to a new report from Ocean Shipping Consultants. This could lead to substantial quantities of Asian cement being
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        • 47 24 Two Greek bulker shipping firms, connected with the Lygnos family, have had their vessels arrested around the world by mortgagee banks. At least 28 ships operated by Pronoia and Lygmar were believed to be either under arrest or heading for arrest last week.
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        • 66 24 China Express International Transportation, a joint venture between international logistics group U-Freight and the Dalian Foreign Trade Department, has opened a new office in Qingdao, northern China. China Express is, initially, operating as a satellite of the U-Freight/China Express regional hub in Dalian, the Qingdao office
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        • 61 24 Major UK-based shiprepair and conversion company Cammeli Laird has bought a long-closed drydock on the Tyne in its latest move to expand its now substantial presence in England's north-east. The purchase of the former Hawthorn Leslie yard gives the Merseyside-based firm, which also operates Gibraltar's
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        • 59 24 THE International Underwriting Association of London (lUA) has announced that its marine technical and underwriting executive committee, is to be chaired by Nigel Jenkins, former ILU (Institute of London Underwriters) chairman. The lUA was formed at the end of last year with the merger of the ILU
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      • 452 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jurong Port Gangqanaqara 9a J23 alongside 24.02/1200 Mint Express 0299 J06 alonqside 22.02/0700 J? ovl 61/99 J17 alonqside 22.02/1500 Scaneaqle 153E J15 alonqside 21.02/1300 Swan Arrow 167 J15 alonqside 21.02/1400 Amethyst A9902b J05 22.02/0730 22.02/2300 Arete *****9 J16 21.02/1900 23.02/1600 Blissful R
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      • 214 37 Mar 1 South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Mar 8 China: Women's Day half day. Mar 17 Ireland Republic of: St Patrick's Day. United Kingdom: St Patrick's Day. Mar 22 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Mar 25 Greece: Independence Day. Mar 28 Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Indonesia:Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia:
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      • 801 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 544 37 F.k A 4 ,r^ n 180 Mai 994.8 1.0 18.8 0.09 127 0.05 e 4 Oenslty Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 2 0 16 0 2 0 380 Ave 986.7 0.3 14.7 0.06 30 0.02 rr;,,, "y i NVMUCUMI SmtM Si 1 ao
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 412 38 Thorny issues remain access to Heathrow and access to the huge US domestic market Reuters [LONDON] British and US government officials have failed to reach agreement at a fresh round of aviation trade talks in London, British government sources said.
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      • 335 38 AFP [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has sacked six top air traffic controller leaders for disrupting domestic and international passenger flights. Civil Aviation Minister Ananth Kumar said Brijendra Shekhar, the general secretary of India's ATCs' Guild, was among the six summarily dismissed. "Nobody
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      • 462 38 AFP {SYDNEY] Australia airlines expressed strong opposition Sunday to proposals for a major shift in government policy that would allow foreign airlines to compete against the national carriers. Qantas Airways chief executive James Strong described parts of the productivity commission plan as "an absurdity"
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      • 226 38 Reuters [NEW DELHI] State-run Indian Airlines is looking at buying 10 to 15 100-seater aircraft as part of a fleet replacement plan, a spokesman for the airline said. "We are doing the technoeconomic evaluation for future fleet renewal programme. At least, 10 to 15
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        • 71 38 Reuters [LONDON] European low-cost airline Debonair is considering moving its listing from the European stock exchange Easdaq to London in a bid to improve share liquidity, the Financial Times reported. Debonair, based at Luton airport near London, was quoted as saying Easdaq was "too illiquid"
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        • 96 38 AFX-Asia [MANILA] The government said it will push ahead with the planned US$5OO million (SsB4o million) new terminal project at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The project has been put on hold by the previous administration for almost two years. President Joseph Estrada has
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        • 51 38 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Volvo Truck Corp, a unit of Swedish vehicle maker AB Volvo, said it will start assembling trucks in Moscow during the spring of 1999. Volvo also said there were plans for further expansion of the assembly operation later this year in Russia.
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      • 337 38 AFX-Asia [PHILADELPHIA] A US jury ordered DaimlerChrysler AG to pay nearly US$6O million (Ssloo.B million) in damages in an air bag class action suit. "As far as I am aware, the verdict is the largest in an air bag case and
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