The Business Times, 30 March 1999

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITOwn2/98 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999
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  • 46 1 STOCK HAIKETIHDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP doaed NIKKEI 1M«84 -All HANG SENG 1W»47 -114J4 SET INDEX NU2 -M9 JAKARTA OOMP —MM -0.W MANILA COMP -1181 TAIPEI WPI 4901.68—-lHi7 SEOUL COMP 601.87 -S.75 cm china b taaco—♦».» AUSTALLORO 2J74 -216 ISaooa EST Chaage DOW IJ71J1 +167.07
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  • 75 1 F08EX BATES USS St USt 1711 £(USS/SSper£) 1.626 1811 EL'RO(TJS$/SI per E) 1.086 1.878 DM L9M MM YEN 118L8 1418* RM im 0.4M HKI 7.749 Ota BAHT I7J» 0.046 BJPIAH VM MM* •SStoMwtta ran bases SINGAPORE* KUALA LUMPUR 11.60 JAKAKDL .28.80 BANGKOK 14.76 MANILA nn HONGKONG 10 36 TAIPEI
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  • 630 1  -  Issue expected in a few weeks, given buoyant sentiment for property stocks By. Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok is finally listing his Singapore property arm All green Properties after two aborted attempts due to adverse market conditions. The medium-sized
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  • 71 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] US stocks were higher on buoyant corporate and merger news yesterday with the benchmark indicator moving up towards the 10,000 milestone. At midday EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 157.07 points at 9,979.31. IBM led the blue
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  • 467 1  -  From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE US$B billion (5513.8 billion) natural gas agreement between Singapore and Indonesia is in danger of being scuttled by political infighting in Jakarta. Or at least the agreement for Singapore to buy natural gas from Indonesian could be delayed
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  • 535 1  -  Six perm sees among 48 Admin officers promoted ByJ Marissa Chew (SINGAPORE] Singapore's top investment promoter, Philip Yeo, is leaving the Administrative Service to become executive chairman of the Economic Development Board from next month. After being seconded from the Admin Service
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  • 553 1 It will take np all unsubscribed shares in a rights issue Bridge News [BANGKOK] DBS Bank of Singapore is seeking to raise its holdings in Thai Danu Bank pic (TDB) to up to 80 per cent from the current
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    • 153 1 DHBPB Iks Prapoty fthmin Listed property companies have made a few billion dollars worth of provisions. Are there more to come? asks Lee Han Shih, Pg4 Sin* Uni pnfit lp 3-3% HK developer Sino Land beats analysts' forecast with a 3.3% rise in interim profits. Said chairman Robert Ng: "We
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    • 33 1 COMPANIES MARKETS Today's Companies section is included in the main paper See Pages 13-17 Tug Towage Don't miss our two-page focus on the liberalisation of the tug market in the Shipping Times today.
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    • 29 1 Civil service needs to be more open to face challenges: BG Lee, Pg 2 Somebody's going to love you for joining Asia Miles. v* 'i' m I \r~ -a;,
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    • 7 1 DBS eyes more Asian acquisitions, Pg 13
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • 496 2  -  Policy-makers have to tap knowledge of front-line workers in decision-making By. Marissa Chew DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday called for a more open approach to governance and administration in the face of changes in society and
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    • 383 2  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling THE Chunlan Group, one of China's top conglomerates, plans to invest a "few hundred million US dollars" overseas, including in Singapore, in the next two years. In Singapore, the group is exploring the possibilities of real estate investments, further cooperation
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    • 335 2  -  EYE ON THE ECOMOMY Deflation By. Anna Teo ARE deflationary pressures abating already? With oil prices at fivemonth highs and hints of a general commodity price rally, import prices may be recovering, says Barclays Capital. The Singapore government is thus likely to reassess its policy of
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    • 430 2  -  MAILBAG Tan Bien Chuan Singapore I WOULD like to relate an experience which reflects the enormous hurdles the government will face in encouraging entrepreneurship in Singapore. I am a senior executive of a local venture capital firm. My firm led a consortium of Singapore investors
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    • 167 2  -  Joyce Fong (Mrs) for Chief Corporate Development Officer Housing Development Board IN his letter "Please clarify Hillview redevelopment plans" (BT, March 24, 1999), Christopher Yap enquired about the redevelopment plans for the HDB estate in Hillview Avenue. Hillview Estate, comprising HDB flats as well as
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    • 340 2 I INVITATION Inviting buyers, buying agents, purchasing managers from department stores, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, galleries, retail stores, antique stores, boutiques, wholesalers and importers exporters to visit our Indonesian Products exhibition and display at HAII 3A, WORLD TRADE CENTRE on Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 March, Thursday 1 April, from 10am till
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  • ASIA'S ECONOMIC SLUMP
    • 416 3 Indonesian banks will offer to ftwhangfl liabilities AFP, Reuters [FRANKFURT] A committee of 13 international banks has agreed to extend payment of the external debt of Indonesian banks originally scheduled to mature up until Dec 31, 2001, Deutsche Bank said yesterday. Under
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    • 217 3 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand will today unveil a stimulus package that the government hopes will boost the sagging economy within six months by encouraging consumer spending and helping to create jobs. The government plans to pump at least 53 billion baht (552.4 billion) more into
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
    • 271 4 Bridge News [HONGKONG] Property prices should fall 10 per cent from current levels to sharpen competition in the Hongkong economy, said William Purves, ex-chairman of HSBC Holdings pic and long-term veteran of HSBC's local unit, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. He added that
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    • 673 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN That's the billion dollar question, and investors need some answers By Lee Han Shih A BILLION here, a billion there, and before you know it, listed property companies have made a few billion dollars worth of provisions. Are there more to come? This
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    • 221 4 Reuters [MANILA] Continuing sluggishness in the Philippine property sector will reflect badly on local banks' asset quality, although it will hurt less than in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, Standard Poor's said yesterday. "Deteriorating rapidly in 1998 were the office and luxury residential sectors, which
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 702 6  -  This despite group's preoccupations elsewhere during Asem meeting From, Ronnie Lim m Berlin THE crisis in Kosovo saw three EU ministers from France, Italy and Greece excusing themselves from the second Asia-EU (Asem) foreign ministers meeting which began here
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    • 324 6 JAKARTA AFP THE Indonesian Supreme Court has ruled against an electoral commission ban on ministers and senior government officials taking part in the campaign for the country's key June 7 national election. A Supreme Court document sent to the home minister said
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    • 122 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN police have arrested 55 people suspected of involvement in ethnic strife in West Kalimantan province which has left around 200 dead, a report said yesterday. West Kalimantan police chief Col Chaerul Rasyidi said Sunday that 55 people suspected of taking
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    • 459 6  -  Tluu deputy PlTs chances now hinge on support from France From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE US is actively supporting former New Zealand prime minister Mike Moore's bid to become the new chief of the World Trade Organisation, a US
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    • 296 6 BANGKOK She fears she won't be allowed back into Myanman party V-P Reuters OPPOSITION leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not go to England for the funeral of her late husband Michael Aris despite a government offer to allow the trip, a
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  • FOCUS
    • 1318 7  -  Policy errors made in 1997 have been remedied, with 100 trillion yen being spent to support economy, and the logic of recovery appears inescapable By Anthony Rowley [TOKYO] JAPAN'S economy is recovering and there seems a grudging acceptance of the situation in the international community.
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    • 7 7 Japan's output, sales fall unexpectedly, Pg 9
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    • 703 7 lUJ.HTJI Insurance I Keppel Insurance Pte Ltd I Notice I (Pursuant to Section 50(1 )(b) of the Insurance Act Chapter 142) H Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a scheme agreement (the "Agreement") dated 25 February 1999 entered I into between Tat Lee Insurance Limited ("TLI"), a company incorporated
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
    • 677 8 BEIJING Discussions expected to be wrapped up this week ahead of Sin's US visit AFP SINO-US talks on China's long-standing bid to enter the World Trade Organisation reached the final stages yesterday as US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky arrived here to try and clinch
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    • 397 8 BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday promised a slew of measures aimed at improving the environment for foreign investors and boosting flagging capital inflows. "China will face a serious challenge in the utilisation of inflowing investment in the future," assistant minister of the
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    • 342 8 COLLAPSE or omc Officials deny assets of failed group have been sold AFP [SHANGHAI] The working group appointed to handle the bankruptcy of Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corp (Gitic) has called meetings with creditors on April 20-22, the Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday. Quoting
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    • 312 8 HONGKONG Average firm spends USs2.4m on travel, entertainment AFP HONGKONG companies are lagging their competitors elsewhere in Asia in controlling expenses, American Express International said in a report received here yesterday. Travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses added up to the second
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  • ASIA
    • 529 9 TOKYO Hopes for nptnrn jarred; data shows output slide near a floor, says Miti Reuters JAPAN'S hopes of an economic turnaround were dogged yesterday by data showing an unexpected fall in industrial output and more weakness in retail sales. Industrial production fell 0.6 per cent
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    • 291 9 SYDNEY Reuters HUMAN trials of Australian HIV vaccines could begin within months and eventually include thousands of people in South-east Asia, researchers said yesterday. Trials of the vaccines, which have already protected monkeys against HIV when exposed to the virus, are
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    • 384 9 LUCKNOW, India Death toll expected to rise; panic strikes several cities AFP A POWERFUL earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit northern India early yesterday, killing more than 60 people and sparking widespread panic in several cities including New Delhi.
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    • 301 9 NEW DELHI Govt still seen as controlling industry despite moves to open np market Reuters INDIA'S new telecommunications policy opens up fresh opportunities for private investors in what could be a growth sector, but it also raises questions about regulation, analysts said on Sunday.
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    • 189 9 TOKYO Bridge News FINANCE Minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday proposed securitisation, likely in the form of debt-for-equity swaps, of some corporate debt as a part of a plan to promote economic growth through elimination of excess plant and equipment, a Ministry of International Trade and
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  • REGION/WORLD
    • 529 10 THE KOSOVO CRISIS IMF deal for loans to ease Russia's own economic crisis has been agreed Reuters, AFP [MOSCOW] Russian President Boris Yeltsin yesterday ordered Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov to fly for urgent talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to seek a political end to
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    • 616 10  -  If Yugoslav attack fails, support for the US president drops From. Leon Hadar rn Washington AS US-led Nato forces widen their attacks on Yugoslavia and the Allied operation enters into its sixth day, there are signs of growing political debate in
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    • 220 10 Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices clawed back further ground yesterday, with rapid momentum in the key US petroleum market helping to firm sentiment dampened by oversupply. Benchmark Brent crude oil was trading 15 US cents higher at U5514.56 per barrel, building on healthy gains
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    • 301 10 BUTTERWORTH, Malaysia National Justice Party to be launched on April 4, aide says AFP THE wife of ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim will launch a new opposition party to continue the struggle for reform, an aide said yesterday. "The new party, Parti
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    • 236 10 THE MICROSOFT CASE Reuters [SEATTLE] State attorneys general preparing for antitrust settlement talks with Microsoft Corp will ask the software giant to give up control of the Windows operating system, possibly through an auction, The Seattle Times said on Sunday. The paper said
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 861 11  -  THE BOTTOM LDIE OPINION By David Mason The writer was a partner in an international accountingfirm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT DISCLOSURE of information is the most
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    • 101 11 The existing model of an exchange doesn't work. The structure is just too goddamned slow and cumbersome.' Richard Syroo chairman of the American Stock Exchange. US stock markets, which have operated as not-for-profit membership organisations for two centuries, are talking about selling shares to the public as
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    • 705 11 EDITORIAL ALMOST two years after the historic handover in 1997, the Tung Cheehwa administration is finally getting into stride. This may seem a long time to get going but the truth of the matter is that until now, his major preoccupations have been to ensure that
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    • 1303 11  -  They are baying shares of good businesses for the long term and riding oat the bad periods By, James Glaasman Washington Post WITH the Dow Jones Industrials on the brink of 10,000, you might think this would be a period of celebration
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    • 952 11 The right tunc to do THE atrocious behaviour of the ruling Serbs to their Albanian citizens must rightly be condemned. That was the easy part. The question Nato and other governments faced last week was, should they approve military action against Mr Milosevic's Yugoslavia over it?
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
    • 465 12 GOLF Victory comes just hours after his father Bob claims the Senior Tour title Reuters [PONTE VEDRA, Florida) David Duval completed an unprecedented golf double on Sunday when he won the US$5 million (SsB.7 million) Players Championship by two strokes just hours after his father Bob
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1056 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 9 Characteristics we all have to Tex could be exempt in temperance organisation having an inability to express 17 Medical worker took the 21 blame first (9) 21 Typical example of mince pie beside large bix)k (7) J 23 Red sore breaking out, screen H HI needed (7)
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • 996 13  -  CORPORATE EARMDfOS REVIEW Sector likely to see recovery in 1999 but banks seen posing even keener competition By < Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] It has been a tough year for finance companies, just as for almost every other business sector. But faced
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    • 265 13 Bridge News [HONGKONG] DBS Bank of Singapore wants to make more acquisitions in Asia and has a sizeable war chest with which to do so, John Olds, chief executive and vice-chairman, said in an interview with Hongkong's South China Morning Post. "In no country, apart
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    • 588 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Al Labita ONE unpleasant note about Manila's share market regulations is that listed companies wittingly and unwittingly make a mockery of them. More often than not, listed firms make public only one-line statements. This is in sharp contrast
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    • 275 13 Statement follows report that he will inject assets Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Richard Li Tzar-kai abandoned plans to take over Singapore Hong Kong Properties Investment Ltd as a way of listing his Pacific Century Group's Hongkong assets, including the proposed Cyberport development, on
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    • 228 13  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Control and instrumentation engineering specialist Total Automation Ltd, which is launching its initial public offering today, said its placement tranche of 16.8 million shares has been fUlly taken up. The company will offer its shares to the
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
      • 653 14  -  Results boosted by robust sales of devt and investment properties From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SINO Land Company, which is controlled by tycoon Ng Teng Fong, yesterday reported a net profit of HK$l.O5 billion (***** million) for the six months
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      • 427 14 Reuters [LONDON] British drug group Giaxo Wellcome is firmly back on the prowl. And Bristol-Myers Squibb Co of the US, Switzerland's Roche Holding and Britain's SmithKline Beecham were all rumoured to be in its sights after a string of reports
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      • 316 14 Rating agency warns of possibly bumpy ride with Renault AFP, Reuters [TOKYO] US ratings agency Moody's Investors Service confirmed yesterday its junk bond rating for Japan's Nissan Motor Co but warned that its tie-up with France's Renault SA could be difficult. Moody's held Nissan's
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      • 210 14 Reuters [TOKYO] A potentially fierce bidding war for diminutive Japanese telephone company International Digital Corp (IDC) looked set to heat up yesterday after Japan's dominant carrier Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) was said by an industry source to have made a counter-offer
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      • 429 14 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Group, South Korea's third-largest industrial group, said it will merge four of its affiliates to focus more closely on its major businesses. The merger plan, filed yesterday with the Financial Supervisory Commission, the government's financial watchdog agency, will merge Daewoo
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      • 496 14 Decline more than forecast, mainly due to property slump Bloomberg [HONGKONG] New World Development Co, Hongkong's fourth largest real estate developer, said its net profit in the six months to December fell a larger-than-expected 71 per cent to HKJ633.4 million (Ssl42 million).
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      • 491 14 Move would create second-largest oil company Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] Oil giant BP Amoco pic, itching to grow even bigger just weeks after it was born out of an Anglo-Ameri-can fusion, said yesterday it is in talks to buy Atlantic
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      • COMPANY Briefs
        • 87 14 AFP [THE HAGUE] Dutch telephone operator KPN Telecom denied yesterday that it paid bribes of at least 2S million guilders (5521.3 million) in order to gain entry to the Indonesian telecommunications market The rebuttal followed accusations broadcast on Sunday night by the news magazine
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        • 65 14 Li Fang's profit up 21% Reuters [HONGKONG] Li Fung Ltd said yesterday it made an attributable profit of HKI455 million (SS101.8 million) fin* the 12 months to December 1996, up 21 per cent against 1907. Turnover in 1996 was HKf14L3 billion compared with HKS13.3 billion in 1997. The consumer products
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        • 72 14 Reuters [MANILA] Hongkong's First Pacific Co Ltd and its Philippine flagship Metro Pacific Corp denied rumours yesterday that it was buying shares in local television and radio firm ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. Shares of ABS-CBN soared 10 per cent or 235 pesos, to 24.75 yesterday
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        • 83 14 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co Ltd yesterday said it had paid 1.178 trillion won (511.7 billion) for its 51 per cent stake in Kia Motors Corp, completing its takeover of the bankrupt car maker. "Legally the whole deal is completed with this payment,"
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        • 80 14 AFP [MILAN] The Agnelli family which founded Fiat, the biggest Italian industrial group, expects to reduce its holding in the business from 30 per cent to 7 per cent during the next 10 years, the Repubblica newspaper reported yesterday. Hie family would probably
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        • 57 14 AFP [SYDNEY] The world's moat famous luxury department store, Harrods, Is coming to Australia via cyberspace. Harrods International said yesterday that Australians would be able to shop at the store without leaving home. Sydney-baaed electronic retailer TV Shopping Network has signed a contract with Harrods
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        • 72 14 AFP [PARIS] Luxury goods group LVMH has won an extra week to launch a full takeover bid for Gucci, the Italian leather and fashion house said in a statement received here yesterday. Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton had won a seven-day delay under Dutch law,
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        • 66 14 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the No 1 computer maker, will run and maintain Dayton Hudson Corp's internal network in a US$4OO million (5160.2 million) agreement, solidifying IBM's lead in computer services. IBM will watch over the mainframes and database software at
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • 457 15 Move to enable banks with healthy loans to hold less capital in reserve Bloomberg [VANCOUVER] The Bank for International Settlements is expected to release a proposal next month that would allow some banks with high-quality loans and strong risk-man-agement skills to
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      • 278 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China will launch two major securities mutual funds, the Taihe and Tongyi funds, this week, the official Shanghai Securities News said yesterday. The funds, each with a value of two billion yuan (Ss4l6 billion), would be offered to
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      • 419 15 Two sides remain far apart on how to handle loan portfolio Reuters [SEOUL] US investment firm Newbridge Capital's proposed takeover of Korea First Bank could be in trouble, signalling growing pains in South Korea's economic restructuring process. The two sides
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      • SMALL Change
        • 63 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange, Europe's second largest derivatives market, and the London Clearing House said they are plann ing a joint venture to develop new businesses. "Both Liffe and the London Clearing House seek to capture more international business,"
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        • 84 15 Reuters (SHENZHEN] US banking group Citibank said yesterday it had received approval from China's central bank to conduct business in yuan at its Shenzhen branch. A source said the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi had won similar approval for its Shenzhen branch. "We received approval last
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        • 59 15 Bloomberg (CANBERRA] The Australian government will introduce legislation into the federal Parliament tomorrow to set up a new, grower-owned body charged with selling the world's largest wool reserve. Wool International will resume sales from its one million bale national wool stockpile in July, after it
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        • 59 15 AFP [TOKYO] US ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said yesterday it may raise its subordinated debt rating for the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd. Moody's rates LTCB's subordinated debt at the lowest quality "Caal". The bank was nationalised last October under new
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      • 160 15 AFX-Asia London THE US dollar was mixed against the major currencies in narrow ranges in late afternoon trade yesterday, as it failed to derive any upward momentum from the gains on Wall Street, dealers said. Jane Foley at Barclays Capital said that following the dollar's sharp moves against
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      • 319 15  -  New contract will complement Euroyen Tibor from Thursday By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will begin trading its Euroyen futures contract based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) on April 1. The new Euroyen Libor contract will
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      • 358 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US credit card companies are expected to report improved first-quarter profit as consumers, encouraged by a booming economy, bought more using plastic and kept current on debts. American Express, the world's largest charge and credit card issuer
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    • Article, Illustration
      706 16 AFP Q Composite fade -OM INDONESIAN share prices closed barely lower yesterday with late buying in select big caps trimming early losses, dealers said. An institutional dealer at a Singapore brokerage said the market was generally quiet due to a lack of developments and an absence of foreign participation.
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    • Article, Illustration
      904 16 AFP CI SET Index -159 THAI shares closed one per cent lower yesterday as investors waited to see the details of an economic stimulus package due to be released this week, dealers said. Dealers said the package, due for release today, would include tax cuts and spending funded by
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    • 300 16 AFP Qlbmla -IXBI PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.6 per cent down yesterday with many investors on the sidelines, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index finished 12.81 points lower at 2,009.26. Turnover rose to 2.9 billion shares worth 2.5 billion pesos from Friday's two billion shares worth 992.43 million
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    • 406 16 AFP n Composite Indei -8.72 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 1.4 per cent lower yesterday on continued foreign sell-offs, with a weaker yen prompting programme selling amid declining futures, dealers said. The Composite Index closed the day 8.72 points lower at 601.07, off a low of 596.73. Volume stood
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    • 643 16 AFP Q All Ordinaries -22£ AUSTRALIAN share prices closed down 0.8 per cent yesterday with weak resource stocks weighing on the market following strong gains last week, dealers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index sank 22.6 points to 2,974. The All Resources Index ended 16.8 points
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    • 271 16 AFP □WeDiogtan -6J6 NEW Zealand's share market fell 0.3 per cent yesterday with a number of stocks going ex-dividend. The NZSE-40 Capital Index finished down 5.68 points at 2,117.48 on turnover of NZ$62 million. Telecom Corp contributed most to the weakness, falling 13 cents to NZ$B.BB. —AFP i mm
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      1346 17 AFP C 3 Hang Seng -114.84 HONGKONG share prices fell 1.1 per cent yesterday on a lack of fresh incentives ahead of the expiry of the March futures contract, dealers said. "There is no buying interest due to futures expiration. It is quiet with no new incentives," said Sean
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    • 2188 17 LONDON MastrMs Har29 *h 3i Croup 6.29 0.15 A B Foods 4.51 O.T7 A B Ports 2.88 unch Allied Domecq 4.60 -0.06 ANied Zurich 7.84 -0.03 Anqto American GoW 23.10 0.10 ASDA Croup 1.53 unch Ban* of Scotland 8.31 a03 Barclays 17.08 0.08 Bass 8.70 -an BG
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      502 17 Reuters Shenzhen B Index *L 53 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed up solidly yesterday, pulled higher by a sharp rise in the Shanghai B share market, analysts said. The Shenzhen B Share Index gained 1.53 points, or 3.07 per cent, to 51.49 on turnover of HK111.28 million against
      Reuters; Source: Credit Lyonnsis Securities(Asia) Ltd  -  502 words
    • 336 17 AFP QwPlnfax -13L57 TAIWAN share prices tumbled 1.9 per cent yesterday as mainstream technology stocks fell and buyers were sidelined by a lack of fresh incentives, analysts said. The benchmark Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 131.57 points to 6,901.68. "Investors were sidelined amid an absence of fresh
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    • 1586 17 Bloomberg, AFP QNikka 225 -BJS JAPANESE stocks were mixed yesterday. Nomura Securities Co led a retreat by brokerages after it said it will spend several billion dollars to bail out a financial affiliate. Fuji Photo Film Co and Bridgestone Corp rose after the US dollar jumped on Friday, promising
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 326 19 Bridge News, Reuters THE week ended very quietly on Friday with rates weaker in nearly all sectors of the market. The outlook for the Panamaxes especially looks gloomy. TAMKERSc The Caribbean market appeared to the only area showing signs of promise week with rates holding firm at worldscale
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    • 271 19 WmM m CWT attribution 0.57 0.02 49 Cases kwaalmont—031 -0.01 3 FrptaM LMu OJ8 unch 1664 MHoMnQ* 040 0.01 10 Hal Sun OAS -031 145 IMC HoMnQt-MK—5.60 unch 0 Jay t Hotdlnga 0.72 -0.01 1244 Jurong Shipyart —6.90 0.15 396 Kapp*ICorp_ 4.60 0-22 MM KappolFELS 3.08 -0.02 44S
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    • 554 19  -  Bat analysts expect group to return to the black this year after $27m loss last year By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime sees a mixed outlook in 1999 for the three major shipping sectors it operates in, following its announcement on Friday that it sank
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    • 289 19 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp's first European project and investment, Voltri Terminal Europa (VTE) in Genoa, Italy, clocked up 10 per cent growth in container volumes last year. In 1998, VTE handled 604,000 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units), a growth of more than 10 per cent
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    • 473 19 Bernama [KUCHINGI The Bintulu International Container Terminal (BICT) at Bintulu Port, the only fully equipped container terminal in the BIMPEaga region, is scheduled to be operational by June this year. BIMP-Eaga stands for Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and the East Asean
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    • 129 19 Bridge News [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd has concluded a contract with AMPCO Marketing, a US methanol sales company, to ship methanol produced in Guinea by parent company AMPCO, to the US Gulf area and Europe. According to a Nikkei report, two newly-built ships are
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    • 954 20  -  OMAN'S HEW CONTAINER PORT Maersk and Sea-Land's decision to back Salalah and turn it into a shipping hub will hurt the port's rivals By Karen Thomas Lloyd's List Global shipping giants Sea-Land and Maersk were due to unveil their new schedules for the key east-west trades
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      • 556 29 Vessel VOY No Berth Arrival Depart ur# Bt Lestari I *****9 JO? alongside 29.03/2300 Bt Mustika *****9 J01 alongside 29.03/2300 Bt Satria li *****9 J01 alongside 29.03/2200 Gen Delgado 3/99 J16 alongside 30.03/1200 Glory Star 9905 J23 alongside 31.03/0800 Maguanhai 903X J17 alongside 31.03/0700 Marco Polo 3 01Mp3
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      • 1787 29 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Boofcln«/B«e<K« Rstls hip Voy No Etb/Btr Ported From To From kef m lt/0900 U 29/1900 29/1455 29/1900 a 29/1700 30/0499 30/0900 29/1700 30/0499 30/O9OC J 10/0700 30/H59 «VM00 4 30/1200 30/M59 10/1700 m cotm mm m n/soo nnw 29/1900 U
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      • 209 29 A»r 1 Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Maundy Thursday (optional). Apr 2 Mexico: Good Friday (optional). Germany: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Hong Kong: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Ireland Republic of: Good Friday. Netherlands: Good Friday (Banks only). Ney
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      • 760 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranee* in US dollars instead of single price* for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 439 29 Carta* 180 Mai 996.1 14 18.4 0.09 59 0.07 Mar 29 Dwaltv Water ImMm Art AtaaMaa Tiilmairt No rtov* 125 2 1 IS 0 0 0 1 TTT- 310 *M 965.1 0 J 12.9 0.06 38 0.02 tu» 380 Mo 994.2 11 18.9 0.11 250 0.06
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    • AIR & LAND TRANSPORT NEWS
      • 542 30 Carrier denies having merger talks with Singapore Airlines Reuters [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand was keeping its options open yesterday as to whether it would exercise its pre-emp-tive right to buy News Corp's half share in Ansett Australia. Air NZ and Ansett became
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      • 539 30 Bloomberg [LONDON] US Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater met heads of the UK's three largest airlines in a bid to revive talks on removing flight restrictions between the two countries. An "open skies" pact is key to British Airways pic's planned alliance
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      • 158 30 Reuters [ROME] Turin airport authority, Sagat, said that the airport will be privatised by the end of the year now it has the go-ahead of the majority shareholder, the Municipality of Turin. German consulting firm Roland Berger is to make a
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      • 163 30 AFP INEW DELHI] Air France said it planned to increase the number of flights to India and operate daily services to Bombay and Delhi. "In India, we will develop the New Delhi and Bombay sectors, and serve both cities with daily
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      • 124 30 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Lufthansa Airlines said it will increase the number of flights on its Shanghai-Frankfurt route from four to five at the end of this month, the official Xinhua news agency said in a dispatch from Beijing. The additional flight will be on Tuesday, adding
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      • 416 30 Express carrier says it will not add new service while fees remain high Reuters [HONGKONG] Express air carrier DHL International (Hongkong) Ltd said it would not add an express cargo flight into Hongkong while airport fees remained at the current elevated level. "With the fees
        Reuters; FILE PHOTO  -  416 words
      • 384 30 Reuters [CHICAGO] UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, said designated James Goodwin, currently its president, is to succeed Gerald Greenwald as chairman and chief executive, promoting a long-time employee who has the backing of the carrier's powerful unions. Support of the unions at the largest
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    • 21 19 Shipping giants hold key to Omani port's success Maersk and Sea-Land's decision to back Salalah will hurt port's rivals. Page 2
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 110 29 LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature X\ V Shower Weather Wind dvectton with speed in knots Rom (J Cloudy Sky Wove height Surface winds ore indicated by arrows which Hy with the wind One full circle represents calm or bght and vonable winds One half Heche represents 5 knots L* ,u 10
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  • TUG & TOWAGE services
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      855 31  -  The move to open up Singapore's tug market has resulted in improved services and competitive rates, reports Felix Chan Felix Chan THE last year of the millennium marks a significant milestone for tug operators: the completion of the tug service liberalisation programme, which has opened up a
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    • 848 32 Singapore's biggest tog operator PSA Marine tiim to compete on service, providing value for money A YEAR and a half after commencing operations, PSA Marine which took over the marine business of the then Port of Singapore Authority remains the leading towage operator in
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    • 319 32 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has launched a new Marine Services System (MSS) to provide port users with an alternative tug ordering system. The MSS processes tug service orders for the five towage operators, SembCorp Logistics (formerly Sembawang Marine Logistics), Keppel Smit Towage
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    • 291 32 HOMEGROWN Marina Offshore has seen its slice of the local towfge market rise following the phased tug liberalisation programme launched two years ago. Business has grown by 20-30 per cent since the first two phases of the liberalisation scheme took effect, Marina Offshore director Freddy
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    • 92 31 I MARINA PTE LTD I I AWARDED THE PUBLIC LICENCE BY I I THE MARITIME PORT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE I I for the provision of towage services in The Port of Singapore. I l I 3rm it *t{H H I OUR CORE BUSINESS I I BERTHING UNBERTHING AT ALL CONTAINER
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    • 97 31 MARITIME (PTE.) LIMITED i 1? i** SsjßSasis^S^£sEsssg^S^^^^sssSM^^^^^^^^^^Pßß=jjj^^3jßj;pfc]i3lL^ Singapore as owners and operators of tugs and barges. Our clientele includes major European and American marine contractors, shipping companies and oil companies. SHIP OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF TUGS, BARGES, LANDING CRAFTS Oceangoing tugs, berthing tugs 1600 4200 bhp Landing crafts 650 dwt
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    • 174 32 Marine operations have been the core business of Kim Heng since its inception and as such we have more than 30 years of commitment in providing prompt and reliable service to the marine, offshore, dredging and the oil/gas field industry. With its extensive fleet of over 35 tugs and barges
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