The Business Times, 30 April 1999

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 04*1/12/98 85c S I N (J A PORE InterrwV~hvfp;.< vWgfness-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    65 1 STI 1818.41 (-18.67) Bfr-SU ***** (-11.69) SMSCI FUTURES M6JO (-6.20) f MLASEET MOOD; STOCK MAHET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP §6172 +7.09 NIKKEI Closed HANO SENG 11,***** +4131 SET INDEX 432.49 +927 JAKARTA COMP —490.99 +9.66 MANILA COMP —2,***** -216 TAIPEI WFJ -***** SEOUL COMP ***** -37.42 CLSA
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    FINANCE
    81 1 POKKMBI USS St us$ itoo £(US$/S$ per S) 1.614 174S RURO(US$/S$ per E) 1.063 1M7 DM 1.840 0.924 YEN 119.0 1.428 KM 1800 9.447 HKS 7.751 0.119 BAHT 17.46 0.04ft RUPIAH 8,366 0.020 •St lo l«0 units PUME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.825 KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.75 MANILA
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    S'pore lawyers preparing offer document for Akhbar Khan
    761 1  -  Akhbar's proposal to bny shares at steep discount has been approved: sources From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur TWO lawyers from the Singapore law firm of Khattar Wong Partners are advising Singaporean businessman Akhbar Khan on a proposed deal to buy over
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    Lock icon Dow 47pts up at 1pm EOT
    71 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Dow Industrial within shouting distance of 11,000 remained higher at midday yesterday, fuelled by strong cyclical stocks and government data showing employment costs remained under control. By Ipm EDT, the blue chips index was up 47.25 points at 10,892.70. But
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    Few Clob investors have considered legal redress
    490 1  -  By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] With Malaysian authorities expected to unveil proposals to Clob shareholders anytime now, what are the legal recourses open to investors unhappy with the options? A check by BT found that few of the 170,000 Clob account holders have
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    Lock icon Morgan Stanley denies talk of cut in S'pore MSCI weighting
    476 1 No imminent decision on reinstating EL in indices, it adds Bridge News [SINGAPORE] Morgan Stanley will not cut its Singapore weighting in the Morgan Stanley Capital International indices in favour of Malaysia, principal John Fildtes told Bridge News yesterday. He
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    Lock icon STI rallies alter crumbling 56 points
    352 1  -  'Gap theorists' optimistic following index's retracement By. R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Traders in Singapore were left breathless yesterday when the stockmarket plunged shortly after the opening bell. The Straits Times Index crumbled 56 points to an intraday low of 1,781.05, but then rallied to 1,818.49.
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      196 1 More reports, Pg 2 Hock Lock Siew: Why should Clob investors accept any discount? Performance of Clob shares: Then and now 25.7% of Land General with Clob investors BBBSbm flSBy Could your security access system stand up to the Millennium Bug? Imagine this: if your system is not Y2K compliant,
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  • FOCUS ON CLOB
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      Then and now
      970 2 Full list of all Clob shares rank NAME CLOSING PfWCES CHANGE APR 29. 99 APR 29. 99 SEPT 15, '98 SEPT 15. 98 TO KLSE ON CLOB APR 29. 99 (RM) (SS) (SO 1 Lingui Development 2.87 1.28 0.23 456.5 2 Public Bank Bhd Foreign 3 60
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      Why should Clob investors accept any discount?
      788 2  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy FROM the looks of it, despite hints from the Malaysian authorities over the past two weeks that a "win-win" solution will soon be reached for Malaysian Clob shares, what is going to be finally offered might amount to
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      Clob shares outperform M'sian benchmark
      178 2  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Malaysian shares which were formerly also traded on Singapore's over-the-counter market Clob International have mostly outperformed the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI). The KLCI yesterday closed at 668.72 points, some 70 per cent higher than the 389.08 points at the
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      Lock icon 25.7% Land & General with Clob investors
      174 2 25.7% Land General with Clob investors AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Land General Bhd said Singapore shareholders of Clob hold the largest stake in the company with a combined interest of 25.71 per cent as of March 15. Chairman Wan Azmi Wan Hamzah said the company's shareholder value is not likely to
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      Clob's travails: from the beginning
      859 2 1973: May 24: The Stock Exchange of Malaysia Singapore splits into two. Jun 4: The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) starts operations. 1989: Oct 27: Malaysia announces delisting of KL stocks from the SES. Nov 9: Singapore delists local stocks from KLSE. 1990: Jan 2:
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Worst may be over for East Asia, says PM Goh
      470 3  -  Bat affected nations will take 4-10 years to regain position By. Audrey Tan THE worst may be over for East Asia, but it will take four to 10 years for the affected economies to regain their prosperity, Prime Minister Goh
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      Best to release shares in stages
      434 3  -  MAXLBAG W Y Chan Singapore I REFER to the letter "Call to set up shareholders' association" by R C Cooper and the report "Singapore tycoon in bid to buy RMlOb of Clob stocks" (BT, April 28). The formation of a shareholders' association has been
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      Legal standing of Clob investors?
      132 3  -  Fabian Lee via Internet Singapore I AM a long-time investor in Clob and have stocks that were purchased during the 1993 bull run and on the last days of Clob, hoping to "average down". Having read all the "rumours" about KLSE's three proposals to resolve
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      Are investors given option to reject Clob offer?
      48 3  -  Kian Soon Chua via Internet Singapore I REFER to the report, "Clob offer a test of market reaction, say investors", in BT yesterday. Do Clob investors have the option to reject the offer? If not, this is like daylight robbery!
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      Aggressive cost-cuts a success
      384 3  -  MAT DAT MESSAGE ...but PM calls for cantion, saying there are still several areas of anxiety By i Carol Eng SINGAPORE'S "aggressive" cost-cutting last year was a success, but Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong remains only "cautiously optimistic" about the country's prospects over the next 12
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      Control costs to pare job losses: SNEF
      200 3 SOME six in every 10 companies here project a wage freeze this year, said the Singapore National Employers Federation yesterday, urging cost containment as a way to pare job losses. Noting recent reports of economic recovery and some companies hiring staff again, SNEF
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      Simei Green buyers to get $500,000 from developer
      311 4  -  NTUC Choice Homes to foot conservancy bill for three months, contribute $100,000 to sinking fond By Marissa Chew NTUC Choice Homes is "giving" $500,000 to the buyers of its first project, executive condominium Simei Green. It will pay the service and conservancy
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      Stricter rules add 3-5% to building costs: BCA study
      249 4  -  Govt will review regulations to make sure they're justified By Marissa Chew A STUDY by the newly formed Building and Construction Authority has found that stricter government regulations in Singapore add 3-5 per cent to construction costs. Disclosing this preliminary finding
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      Lock icon Jaguar has big plans for successor to XJ range
      333 4  -  Larger car to appear after marque's 'baby' Jag model By l Christopher Tan EVEN as it is just launching the S-Type "junior" Jaguar and has a "baby" model in the pipeline for 2001, Jaguar Cars is preparing a bigger successor to
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      Lock icon S'pore lessons on resilience
      363 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY IMF Comment By, Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S "resilience" in the face of the large and adverse economic shocks triggered by the Asian crisis may offer lessons for other countries, says the International Monetary Fund. In an article on Singapore in the latest issue
      Source: World Economic Outlook  -  363 words
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      S'pore banks fared better than HK's
      307 4  -  By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE banks have weathered the crisis with more resilence than banks in either Hongkong or Malaysia, a comparative study shows. Corporate Data Source (CDS), a financial information provider, concluded in the recent study that in terms of profit and turnover performance,
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      Lock icon SES chief urges local businesses to go public
      486 6  -  Increase in business and profits worth ownership dilation, rise in accountability By Eugene Low HOMEGROWN enterprises should aim for a public listing as this would benefit both themselves and the local capital market, said Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) president Lim Choo
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      Banks write off $15m in credit, charge card bad debts in first qtr
      450 6  -  Figure is almost doable Q1 last year; card spending up 8.6% for (Q this year Byi Clarissa Tan CREDIT and charge card bills continued to plague banks in the first quarter, as the amount of bad debts
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      Better for internal audit to report to CEO
      347 6  -  By Soh Tiang Keng INTER-ROLLER Engineering chairman and former banker Lim Yong Wah yesterday suggested that a company's internal audit department report to the chief executive instead of the audit committee. In a keynote address to the 1999 Internal Audit Conference here,
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      Corrections & clarifications
      32 6 Corrections clarifications THE centrespread map in our Property Supplement yesterday gave a wrong average price for apartments at Villa Martia. It should have been $735 per square foot, and not $539 psf.
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  • ASIA OH THE MEND
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      Lock icon Siam Commercial sale raises 65b baht
      581 8 Half of funds raised via govt's bailout programme; analysts say more needed Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Siam Commercial Bank raised 65 billion baht (552.9 billion), half from the government's rescue plan, in Thailand's largest-ev-er share sale a one-shot bid to refill its coffers as loan defaults
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      Lock icon Astra bankers give nod to debt rescheduling plan
      416 8 Bondholders to meet May 14 to decide on USsl.9b debt Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest car assembler, said it got a nod from its bankers but not from bondholders on its plan to reschedule US$l.9 billion (553.2 billion) in debt.
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      Lock icon Thai banks see firm foreign interest
      669 8 Recent purchases point to confidence in Thai recovery; more deals to come Reuters [BANGKOK] In a clear sign that Thailand's banking sector may be on the path to recovery, foreign investors are queueing up to buy Thai banks. Standard Chartered Bank's purchase on Wednesday
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      Lock icon FDI: Developing Asian nations down just 7%
      233 9 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries in Asia has weathered the storm of financial crisis despite a modest 7 per cent decline last year, the United Nations said yesterday. "Although the region as a whole experienced a contraction and a
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      Lock icon Rupiah at 3-month high on rate play
      397 9  -  Indonesian equities may also be starting to attract interest, say analysts By: Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian rupiah soared 1.8 per cent to end at a three-month high of 8,375 against the US dollar yesterday, as overseas players bought the unit for yield
      Source: Bridge  -  397 words
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      Lock icon Daim: economy can grow as much as 2% this year
      565 9 Strength of recovery will be more certain by 2nd half, he says Reuters, Bernama, Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin expects Malaysia's economy to consolidate by the second half of 1999 and grow by as much as 2 per
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      Lock icon Khazanah studying high-tech fund idea
      167 9 Fond will be joint venture with US ventnre capital fond Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional Bhd said yesterday it is studying a proposal to launch a US$5O million (SsBs million) fund to help high technology entrepreneurs in a joint venture with a US venture
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Eric Chia defends his role as Perwaja Steel chief
      831 10 Gone missing after KL probe into firm's RM3b loss? It's all media hype, he says NST (SINGAPORE) Millionaire industrialist and former managing director of Malaysia's Perwaja Steel Eric Chia has defended deals made during his seven-year tenure at the national steelmaker,
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      Lock icon World Court ruling puts M'sian defamation suits in the balance
      545 10 THE HAGUE Top court upholds UN rapporteur Cumaraswamy's immunity Reuters THE fate of several defamation suits by Malaysian companies including those linked to tycoon Vincent Tan against a United Nations official hung in the balance yesterday, after a World Court
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      Lock icon Henry Sy betting on property as economy recovers
      465 10 MANILA Manila tycoons building up reserves for bargains Bloomberg HENRY Sy, owner of a US$l.7 billion (552.9 billion) stake in SM Prime Holdings Inc, the Philippines' biggest shopping mall developer, is betting his future on land not stocks. In recent months, Mr
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      1007 10 r(000'8 omitted) (000'8 omitted) As On As On As On As On 31.03.98 31.03.97 31.03.98 31 03 97 RS RS RS RS I. CAPITAL LIABILITIES INCOME Capital 637.97.28 596,72.93 Interest earned 3935,79,62 3513,39,20 Reserves and Surplus 1677,15,48 1342.20,65 Other income 579,94,89 490,16,40 Deposits *****.61.86 *****!60!91 TOTAL 4515,74.51 4003.55,60 Borrowings 1557,48,20
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      HK rejects developers' rival Cyberport proposal
      604 11  -  Alternative plan financially inferior to that involving Pacific Century: govt From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ATTEMPTING to clear the air on the controversial Cyberport once and for all, the Hongkong government yesterday rejected a rival proposal on the project by a group of
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      Lock icon Panel sets telco IPO at NT$60, upsets union
      271 11 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN took a key step toward telecommunications privatisation yesterday, fixing the price of an initial stock offering and outraging telecom workers who said it undervalued the state phone company. Parliament's telecom panel adopted a resolution under which 33 per cent
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      Lock icon 3 firms to advise HK on share sale
      271 11 HONGKONG Reuters THE Hongkong government yesterday named three advisers to help it to sell off most of its HK5213.38 billion (5546.7 billion) equity portfolio, but analysts said placement of the shares would take time. Exchange Fund Investment Ltd (Efil), the government firm
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      Lock icon HKMA pressure in debt workouts
      454 11 HONGKONG Authority could use formal powers on banks to posh restructure pact Reuters HONGKONG Monetary Authority deputy chief executive David Carse said yesterday he could not rule out using statutory powers on banks which stand in the way of a successful debt workout if "moral
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      Lock icon Bank of China to merge 12 banks, list entity on HK bourse: report
      209 11 HONGKONG AFP CHINA-OWNED Bank of China Group plans to merge 12 banks to create a banking giant that will be listed on the Hongkong stock market, reports said yesterday. "It is a global trend for banks to
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Samsung, LG in renewed battle for phone company
      571 13 SEOUL LG chief says he wants to bay Dacom; Samsung raises its stake to 20% Reuters SOUTH Korea's familyowned conglomerates, or chaebol, are rekindling intense rivalries in a battle over Dacom Corp, one of only two fixed-line telephone companies in the country.
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      Lock icon Making faces at uranimn
      77 13 [MELBOURNE] Keshe Chow (left) and classmate Teagan Boscia, both 15 years old from Melbourne's Methodist Ladies College, show off their paintedfaces as they join other students in a demonstration against the Jabiluka uranium mine yesterday. About 500 Melbourne pupils joined a nationwide student protest over the
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      Lock icon Australia kills 1m chickens
      256 13 SYDNEY Another lm birds to be called in fight against fatal vims Reuters [SYDNEY] Nearly one million chickens have been destroyed north of Sydney as Australian authorities battle to control an outbreak of Newcastle disease. Officials said up to a further one million birds had yet
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      Lock icon S Korea posts impressive economic data amid warnings
      432 13 SEOUL Output growth hits four-year high; govt urged to step up reform efforts AFP SOUTH Korea yesterday showed off a battery of impressive economic indicators amid warnings the economy could overheat dangerously as it emerges from crisis. Industrial output growth hit a
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Goldman's Cohen says US Q1 corporate profits 'stunning'
      453 14 WASHINGTON She indicates she will bump up year-end forecasts for SAP 500, Dow Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs' star strategist Abby Cohen said firstquarter profit reports from US companies so far have been "absolutely stunning". She indicated she will raise her year-end forecast for
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      Lock icon Swiss most happy at work, Brits still among grumpiest
      359 14 LONDON Reuters IT may be the mountains and all that fresh Alpine air, but Swiss workers are the most content in Europe, a survey published yesterday said. But, perhaps unsurprisingly given the country's harsh hire-and-fire labour market, British workers are the
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      Lock icon HP says Microsoft forced it to drop PC start-up screen
      338 14 WASHINGTON Screen was to help novice users navigate new PC Bloomberg HEWLETT-PACKARD Co (HP) eliminated the start-up screen on one of its new PC models because Microsoft Corp said the No 2 computer company wasn't complying with terms of its
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Smallest increase in US labour costs
        69 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Labour costs for US businesses registered the smallest increase on record in the first quarter, the latest evidence inflation is dormant and the Federal Reserve can hold Interest rates steady. The employment cost index—the broadest measure of wage, salary and benefit costs—rose
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        Lock icon Yugoslavia sues Nato in World Court
        53 14 Reuters [BELGRADE] Yugoslavia yesterday urged the World Court to halt Nato's air war, as Russia's Balkan envoy began a peace shuttle with no immediate sign ofa breakthrough. "The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia sues the Nato member countries which are participating in the aggression," the
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        Lock icon Chernobyl virus: Taiwanese confesses
        77 14 AFP [TAIPEI] A Taiwanese former college student has admitted to designing the "Chernobyl" virus which paralysed thousands of computers worldwide, sources said here yesterday. Chen Ing-hou created the virus designed to take effect on the 13th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster—while a student at
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      Lock icon Vote-buying claims in WTO race bring out angry defences
      418 15 BANGKOK Thai officials spring to Supachai's side while Moore says he ran a clean campaign AFP AN angry Thailand sprang to the defence of its candidate for the WTO leadership and his New Zealand rival declared himself to be clean yesterday
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      Lock icon IMF conditions raise doubt Russia will get cash
      465 15 MOSCOW Deal with IMF good for image but analysts downbeat Reuters THE International Monetary Fund's offer of new loans for crisis-hit Russia falls short of what Russia expected and is so linked to key legislative changes that receipt of the cash is
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      Lock icon Europe indicators show signs of economic recovery
      261 15 PARIS Reuters MORE signs emerged yesterday that Europe is edging towards a second-half economic recovery, though a batch of continental indicators suggested the lights remain on amber. While French industrialists polled by national statistics institute INSEE gave a worse outlook for the general
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      201 15 Exceptional opportunities in Singapore EXPERIENCED PR CONSULTANTS (jrayling Group opened its first operation in South East Asia through the acquisition of a consultancy in Singapore last year. This is the base tor ambitious expansion plans in the region. We are now seeking to appoint senior consultants. Candidates should have experience
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Kosovo reveals again Europe's impotence
      777 16  -  BOTTOM LIME OPINION By David Mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT THE human tragedy in Kosovo is sickening to
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      126 16 'Each day, our military campaign takes a toll on Serbia's machinery of repression. The Serbian leadership has failed to divide us and will not outlast us. The combined military might and moral determination of Europe and North America will endure.' -Bill Clinton United States President, after a
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      The challenge of an active citizenry
      670 16 EDITORIAL THE Singapore 21 report unveiled last Saturday by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was a vision statement with a difference. Several differences, in fact For a start, it was quite unlike the one Mr Goh himself prepared in 1984 Vision 99, which spelt
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      812 16  -  Many economists find fault not so much with his cautions ideas, but with how to see them through By- Michael M Weinstein NTT UNITED STATES Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin's proposal for reforming international financial institutions, announced on the eve of this
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      1040 16 End of fares speculation MARKET speculation of possible foreign exchange controls and a new exchange rate system will hopefully be laid to rest after last week's legal assurance from the House of Representatives. The bill on foreign exchange flows and exchange rate system, approved by the
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      Lock icon PTC nearly trebles its IPO price on debut
      395 17  -  Logistics group's 38 cents close is doable 19 cents offer; 69m shares traded By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The improved sentiment for new listings helped logistics group Poh Tiong Choon (PTC) nearly treble its offer price on the first day of trading.
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      Lock icon GES sees its PC sales outpacing industry forecasts
      419 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] GES International Ltd, a distributor and contract manufacturer of electronics products, said it expects its personal computer sales to beat industry estimates as the recession in Asia ebbs. "I'm seeing a recovery: the last two months we've seen business in
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      Chew Eu Hock interim profit down 35%
      238 17  -  By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] Construction firm Chew Eu Hock said yesterday that its interim profit had fallen 35.4 per cent to $1.27 million, and cautioned that its FY 99 performance could reflect the "difficult operating environment and intense competition" the group faces. Turnover
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      Lock icon Avimo 'comfortable' with analysts' forecasts
      350 17 Its expected to post earnings of 17.3 C a share, up from 13.9 c Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Avimo Group Ltd said it's "comfortable" with the profit forecast for the year ending September from analysts polled by Ibes International Inc. The company, which makes components for defence
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      Ex-CAM auditor fails in appeal against conviction
      312 17  -  Official Assignee, S'pore Finance sell 21% stake in tender By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] An appeal to the High Court by CAM International Holdings' former auditor Cheong Khee San, 59, was dismissed yesterday by Chief Justice Yong Pung How who called it a "hopeless
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      Guthrie share price up 5.5% on Emporium Holdings deal
      369 17  -  REACTIONS TO YESTERDAY'S NEWS Bnt analysts cool to its apparent move into retail business By\ Rahita Elias {SINGAPORE] Shares of Guthrie GTS rose 5.5 per cent yesterday on news that it is taking over debt-burdened Emporium Holdings. In the stock market
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      Lock icon Creative stock in 2nd day of losses
      212 17 (SINGAPORE] Creative Technology's shares yesterday fell 90 cents to a low of $20.50 before ending the day's trading at $20.70, making it the top loser in absolute terms on the second day investors dumped its shares after worse-than-expected results. The stock's close was
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        Lock icon Lazard Asia takes over Sing Tao, marking new era for both
        1110 18  -  Sally Aw to get HKssBm loan, consultancy fee of HKs9mayear From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong "TODAY marks the beginning of a new era for Sing Tao," Lazard Asia chief Patrick Cheung declared after making history in the Hongkong
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        Progen placing out shares to raise $5.7m
        209 18 [SINGAPORE] Progen Holdings is placing out 11.9 million new shares, or 9.1 per cent of its present share capital, at 48.5 cents each. The placement price represents a discount of approximately 8.2 per cent to the weighted average traded price of the shares
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        Lock icon First among Equus
        84 18 [SEOUL] (From left) South Korea's Construction and Transportation Minister Lee Jung Moo, Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju Yung, chairman Chung Mong Koo and Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil at the launch of Hyundai Motor's new luxury car Equus in Seoul on Wednesday. Hyundai Motor will market the
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        Lock icon Phillip Securities on $50m acquisition drive
        274 18 It's eyeing stock brokerages together with UK partners Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Phillip Securities, one of Singapore's largest privately held stock brokerages, is in the market for acquisitions in East Asia and Europe, a senior executive said. After its purchase last year of part of a
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        Lock icon Time gets 3 months more protection from creditors
        254 18 Creditors agreed on more time to work oat restructuring Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering Bhd, a debt-laden Malaysian telecommunications company, got a threemonth extension on its court protection from creditors as it struggles to repay 4.6 billion Malaysian ringgit (Ss2 billion) of
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        NatSteel buys M'sian steel-related company Eastech
        245 18  -  Folly owned Natsteel Chemicals subscribes for 70% of capital By Siow Li Sen Nat Steel Ltd yesterday said it has bought a Malaysian steel-related company to strengthen its steel business in that market. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nat Steel Chemicals Ltd, the diversified
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        Keppel, Tat Lee insurance units merge
        208 18  -  Byl Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] Keppel Insurance and Tat Lee Insurance will merge their operations today to form an enlarged group with assets of $380 million. Keppel Insurance said last night that the merger follows the court order approving the scheme to transfer the
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          Superior Metal on deemed interests
          115 18 [SINGAPORE] Superior Metal Printing Ltd yesterday said that following two family trust arrangements, deemed substantial shareholder Goh Cheng Liang's son, Goh Hup Jin, now held a 65.97 per cent deemed interest in Superior Metal. This follows the transferring of the older Mr Goh and his
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          Compact Metal placement gets SES nod
          34 18 [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore has given in-principle approval for the listing of the 10 million new shares Compact Metal Industries is issuing in its private placement.
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          Kian Ho sets up new China unit
          62 18 [SINGAPORE] Kian Ho Bearings has set up a new subsidiary to manage its sales and logistics activities in China. Shanghai-based Acker Machinery will own the warehouse Kian Ho is acquiring in the Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. Acker has a registered capital of
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          ST Computer to change its name
          26 18 [SINGAPORE] ST Computer Systems A Services said shareholders have passed the resolution to change its name to Singapore Computer Systems.
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          NOL gets green light for stacktrain sale
          65 18 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines said yesterday that US regulators have approved the sale erf its shares in its North American stacktrain business unit, Land Transport Services Inc, to New York-based Apollo Management, for 1545 million. NOL shareholders have also approved the sale on
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        Lock icon First qtr net profit quadruples at Samsung flagship
        388 19 Bottom line boosted by sales of flat panel displays, rebound in chip prices Bloomberg [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co, the world's largest maker of memory chips, said net profit quadrupled in the first quarter thanks to better-than-expected sales of flat panel displays and
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        Lock icon Amazon.com Q1 loss soars to US$62m on higher expenses
        429 19 Shares fell 12 3/8 to 1931/2 in New York on Wednesday Bloomberg [SEATTLE) Amazon.com Inc, the Internet's largest retailer, said its first-quarter loss widened as it spent more on promotions and new services such as auctions. The loss increased to US$6l.7
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        Lock icon Marks & Spencer quits Canada's tough retail market
        59 19 Marks Spencer quits Canada's tough retail market [MONTREAL] A shopper leaves a Marks Spencer store on Ste Catherine Street in downtown Montreal on Wednesday. The famed British retailer Marks Spencer announced that after more than a quarter of century, it was quitting Canada's tough retail market, closing its 38 Canadian
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        Lock icon Alcatel's Q1 sales up 4.4% to 4.3b euros
        210 19 Bloomberg [PARIS] Alcatel SA, France's biggest phone-equipment maker, said yesterday firstquarter sales rose 4.4 per cent, helped by acquisitions in the US and demand for Internet equipment. Sales rose to 4.32 billion euros (Ss7.B billion) from 4.14 billion euros in the year-earlier
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          Lock icon Unilever 1st-qtr profit down 6%
          93 19 AFP [ROTTERDAM] Unilever yesterday reported a 6 per cent drop in net profit to 1.358 billion guilders (Ssl.l billion) in the first quarter of 1999, down from 1.44 billion guilders from the corresponding period in 1998. The Anglo-Dutch conglomerate's operating profit dropped 5 per cent
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          Lock icon Lufthansa Q1 profit plunges 61%
          72 19 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa said first-quarter profit fell 61.1 per cent as costs to hire staff and expand capacity rose. Preliminary pre-tax profit, excluding one-time items and including income from subsidiaries, fell to 63 million marks (5J58.3 million) from 162 million marks a year earlier,
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          Lock icon MCI WorldCom Q1 profit soars
          107 19 Bloomberg [JACKSON, Mississippi] MCI World Com, the No 2 US long-distance phone company, said its first-quarter profit rose more than four-fold, beating estimates, on strong increases in data and international revenue. MCI World Com said first-quarter profit from operations rose to US$6BB million (551.17 billion),
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          Lock icon Wal-Mart not for UK in near future
          126 19 Reuters [LONDON] US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has quashed speculation that it plans to enter the British market in the near future, the Financial Times reported yesterday. It quoted the company's treasurer Jay Fitzsimmons as saying that margins in Britain were too high
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom's US$93.7b Italian bid faces full EU probe
        401 19 Antitrust review could take five months: official Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Deutsche Telekom AG's plan to buy Telecom Italia SpA for U5593.7 billion (Ssls9 billion) will face a full five-month probe by European Union regulators as they review "several real competition problems" it
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        Lock icon AT&T gets loan for MediaOne bid
        350 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp on Wednesday sprinted past a key milestone in its race to acquire Media One Group, lining up US$3O billion (Sssl billion) in deal financing just days after it made its surprise US$5B billion bid for the nation's No 3
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        Lock icon Regent Pac moves to bail out five funds
        258 20 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Regent Pacific Group Ltd, Hongkong's only publicly traded hedge fund, said it signed agreements to bail out five related hedge funds that lost money following Russia's August debt default. Regent agreed to buy up to U5536.2 million (5561.4 million) in
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        Lock icon New disclosure rules for US hedge funds urged
        284 20 White House task force to recommend regular filings, more power for regulators Reuters [WASHINGTON] A White House task force plans to recommend that Congress require the vast investment pools known as hedge funds to disclose previously private financial information on a regular
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        55 20 [COLOMBO] Bank employees shouting slogans on Wednesday outside a state-owned commercial bank in Colombo as part of a protest campaign demanding salary increases of up to 35 per cent Bank workers in Sri Lanka have threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands
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        Lock icon Alliance Q1 net up 42% with US$300b funds managed
        211 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Alliance Capital Management LP, the largest US publicly traded money manager, said first-quarter earnings rose 42 per cent on higher revenue and assets under management. The New York-based company, which is 57 per cent owned by insurer Equitable
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        Lock icon Daewoo Sec may sell unit to US fund manager
        183 20 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Securities said it is seeking to sell a controlling stake in its wholly owned Subsidiary Daewoo Capital to New York-based fund manager Scudder Kemper Investments. "Scudder Kemper is now evaluating the value of Daewoo Capital Management," said Jung
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        Lock icon Merrill's best for UK equity research: poll
        153 20 Reuters [LONDON] Merrill Lynch is top among UK ftmd managers for the quality of its equity research, said an annual survey compiled for Reuters. The survey, carried out by consultancy Tempest, gave Merrill the top slot with 15.1 per cent of the vote,
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        Futures fall on banking profit concerns
        170 21  -  S fnr Reports MSCl Singapore Index Christopher A Podbury, Jardine Fleming THE MSCI Singapore Index futures lost ground yesterday, along with a weaker cash market. The selling activity in the •futures was largely led by foreign institutions on concerns that expectations for a recovery
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        Biggest fall for futures in nearly 3 months
        225 21  -  MSCI Taiwan ftitures Juliana Loo Na Na Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures lost a total of 22 points over the last four days, with its fall yesterday the biggest in almost three months. Far Easttone Telecommunication (9 lost
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        Lock icon Oil prices pull back after steep rise hits refiner demand
        262 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices pulled back yesterday from a 15-month high posted a day earlier, with the recent steep rise in crude prices beginnUg| to bite into refiner demand, traders said. International benchmark Brent crude was trading
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        303 21 Reuters, Bloomberg London THE dollar preserved its firm tone against the euro yesterday, but failed to make substantial gains amid caution about intervention to support Europe's single currency, analysts said. "The market is trying to push euro/dollar down, but it keeps coming back," said Fabio Fraschetti, market analyst
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      1302 22 AFP FllUngSeng +4&31 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday on futures-led buying, reversing early losses that had taken the market barometer below the psychological 13,000-point level, dealers said. "The major futures players kept the index higher as there is not much selling pressure," said Alex Tang, research
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      Lock icon CHINA
      522 22 Reuters CI Shenzhen B Index -0.43 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares erased a morning rally to close lower yesterday as investors burned by unexpectedly low corporate annual results kept to the sidelines. The B share index fell 0.43 point, or 0.79 per cent, to 53.84 as turnover dwindled to
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      333 22 AFP OWPlodn -201W TAIWAN share prices plunged 2.8 per cent yesterday as a sell-off by foreign investors in the previous session prompted nervous investors to bail out, dealers said. The TSE Weighted Price Index fell 206.99 points to 7,289.62 on a turnover of NT1111.31 billion. "Strong selling by foreign
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      WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        Lock icon March trade surplus gives shares a boost
        415 23 AFP W% Composite Index *7.09 DESPITE bouts of profit-taking, Malaysia's key share index ended 1.1 per cent higher yesterday due to fresh buying activity. "The trade surplus for March boosted sentiment," an institutional dealer with a local brokerage said. Malaysia's trade surplus soared
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        Teledata wrt: underlying share a better bet
        203 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy JUDGING from the looks of things, the play on Teledata isn't quite over yet in a weak day yesterday, its share and warrant firmed quite nicely in decent volume. In situations like this, where the play is a
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        CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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      708 24 AFP Composite Index INDONESIAN share prices closed 2.0 per cent higher yesterday, extending the previous day's gains on an inflow of foreign funds, dealers said. "Any good broker will tell you it's just liquidity, liquidity, liquidity," one sales representative with a regional brokerage said, adding broad market sentiment was
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      894 24 AFP TlSETlndex +9.27 SHARES rose 2.2 per cent at the close yesterday as foreign investors picked up bank stocks following a successful rights issue, dealers said. Analysts said buying in the banking sector lifted the market after Siam Commercial Bank announced it had successfully placed new shares worth 32.5
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      334 24 AFP □Manila -2<L5 SHARE prices closed one per cent lower yesterday as investors took profits on earlier gains, brokers said. The Composite Index fell 26.50 points to close at 2,433.49. A total of 1.74 billion shares worth 2.7 billion pesos changed hands, from Wednesday's 2.4 billion shares worth 5.6
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      394 24 AFP k3 Composite Index -37.42 SOUTH Korean share prices plunged 4.7 per cent yesterday as investors reacted negatively to reports that the government might move in to slow down the pace of market gains, dealers said. "The possible government intervention was the largest factor," Dongwon Securities analyst said. The
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      667 24 AFP PAH Ordinaries -17.8 AUSTRALIAN share prices slumped 0.6 per cent yesterday as a rally in resource stocks failed to outweigh the hangover from inflation news boding badly for a future rate cut, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed down 17.8 points to 3,104.9. The All Industrials Index
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      Lock icon WELLINGTON
      298 24 AFP □Wellington *1453 NEW Zealand stocks ended up 0.6 per cent yesterday, driven higher by pulp and paper stocks. The NZSE-40 Capital Index finished up 14.53 points at 2,292.84 on low volyme of NZ$BB.2 million. Telecom Corp was down 8 cents to NZ59.37.—AFP MS (000) Advantage HDS 1.46 -0.04
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      STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE: MAIN BOARD
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        MSCI denial helps STI pare early loss of over 50 points
        576 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Selling pressure attributed to talk of MSCI lowering S'pore weighting to reinstate M'sia in indices By R Sivanithy IT was a heart-stopping session for traders yesterday as rumours that Morgan Stanley Capital International would cut its
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          Khan come to the phone right now
          78 26 THE office of flamboyant Singapore businessman Akhbar Khan has been bombarded with telephone calls from journalists following reports that he is (hinting up to put in a bid for the frozen Malaysian shares previously traded on Clob International. He has not returned calls
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          Seeing red ever Allgreen
          98 26 SOME broking houses are apparently unhappy with the amount of Allgreen placement shares they've been apportioned. Requests have been in the millions but brokerages are said to be getting only about 100,000 shares each. The most a brokerage has received is said to be about 250,000
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          Mixing metaphors,or cement?
          68 26 MINISTER for National Development Lim Hng Kiang spoke last night at the launch of the Building Construction Authority and awards presentation. After more than a decade of high growth, said Mr Lim, the construction industry now had a good window of opportunity... to take concrete steps... to
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          Taking it easy at last
          71 26 MALAYSIA'S richest man, Lim Goh Tong, is finally taking it easy after having run the sole casino in Malaysia for over 25 years. The octogenarian has given up the post of joint managing director of Genting Bhd. leaving second son Kok Thay as the sole
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          Taxi? No tax?
          129 26 A NEW Zealand MP, lan Revell, asked his secretary to have a taxi standing by at Auckland Airport and almost got taken for a ride by a disgruntled constituent instead. Looking in her little black book, the secretary, it seems, chose a number under tax, instead of
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        HOT STOCK
        54 26  -  By Wong Wei Kong POH LIAN closed up 2.5 cents yesterady at $0.31 on a volume of 15.7 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 5.5 million units. The stock is near its 52week high of $0.32 and the RSI. Stochastics and MACD indicators suggest an
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      185 26 NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF LABANCA FAR EAST PTE LTD (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that the Final Meeting of
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      1402 27  -  After going through an upheaval in the past two years which has seen some labels closing down permanently or downsizing drastically, buds of hope are beginning to blossom in this beleaguered sector, jaime ee reports JAIME EE IN EVERY war movie, there's always
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        814 28  -  Off the Cliff by Once upon a time, yon were either an achiever or a dreamer. Now, as society matures, the courage to pursue one's dreams is finally gaining some respect by Jaime Ee PETER WEIR, the acclaimed Australian film
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          62 28 ARE you tired, in need of a massage and possibly hungry? There's a health spa in town that will meet all these needs. Spotted in a newspaper advertisement: "No one can beat our special package, our therapeutic massage, spa include use of hotel room for
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          40 28 HERE'S an interesting abbreviation: CHOICE. A new programme organised by the National Library Board, CHOICE stands for Creativity Has Originality, Innovation, Change and Excellence. Whew. Naturally, it's a programme designed to enhance creative ability.
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          82 28 THERE'S this cream currently being touted on TV infomercials that is supposed to get rid of all your excess fat. For the duration of the infomercial, customer upon satisfied customer came forth to espouse the wonders of this miracle cream. Just as one potential customer reached for
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        1162 28  -  Watching a film by auteur-director Peter Weir is like being given a temporary visa to a special place, mrtatbi mayas finds out what goes into the making of these cinematic journeys PARVATHI NAYAR PIELDS of wheat move in the breeze, the hint of an object
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        447 30  -  Compiled by Parvathi Nayar DANCE Ballet Under The Stars This fourth annual outing, almost a Rite of Spring for the Singapore Dance Theatre, features five new works. Do look out for SDT's dancer and choreographer Jeffrey Tan's Facade, a contemporary dance set to Samuel Barber's haunting Adagio For
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        1387 30  -  Anne Wood, creator of the Teletubbies, tells jtoi bevam of the long and winding path to her flower-filled meadow at the edge of the Cotswolds JUDI BEVAN FT 1 SPOTTED Anne Wood, the 61-year-old former schoolteacher turned entrepreneur who has outraged educationalists. with her television
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        680 31  -  CINEMA Good performances power Xin Xiu, but director Joan Chen offers no new takes on what is by now a tediously familiar tale By\ Susan Tsang XIU XIU is Joan Chen's directorial debut, and it has been successful enough, winning seven Golden Horses, including best actor,
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        650 31  -  AUCTION In Tuesday's yard sale, the picked-over remains of what opened in 1979 as the Bart Reynolds Dinner Theater will go wider the hammer By* Clay Lambert NYT [JUPITER, Florida] The doors are shuttered at an up-and-down playhouse most recently known as
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        668 31  -  CINEMA How do folks who live beyond their means keep np appearances in tough times? Find ont in Where Got Problem By I Susan Tsang WHERE Got Problem is the second feature by producer J P Tan, who came up with last year's hit Money No
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        960 32  -  The S-Type has its share of detractors, but Christopher tan finds the young Jaguar a quiet stalker and more agile than its XJ sibling CHRISTOPHER TAN IF THE S-Type is a baby Jaguar, it is a big baby indeed. The car is just 16cm (half
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        782 32  -  What do fish and high fashion have in common? tax su ten talks to Interocean Fishery's Doreen Tan, who is also MD of Elite Collections TAN SU YEN THE well-suited in our midst have reason to be glad. After coming perilously close to leaving
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      113 33 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eaststore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 Jubli<x 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 585-1782 Golden Villaga 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina TampinesS TiongBahru Yishun Overseas Movie Ctementi/Co'wealtti 777-0669 Golden/New Town 296-5466
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        1066 34  -  At Wok Roll, taw su ten gets to choose from eight different categories of Asian cooking, and reacquaints herself with some regional favourites TAN SU YEN After the old Shanghai elegance of Club Chinois and the revolutionary zeal of House of Mao, the
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        920 34  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Dom&ine Leroy's Burgundies have acquired a new elegance and finesse By N K Yong DOMAINE Leroy hardly needs introduction. Madam Lalou Bize Leroy established this Domaine in 1989 by purchasing Domaine Charles Noellat in Vosne-Romanee and renaming it after herself. From
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      311 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 When top-of-the-range pro- mm bh mm h| MB grammes are shown? (4,7,4) mm 9 Given overdose, in tears ij rats! (7) Bfl 10 One that cuts money artist's jflß j|H |BB model 11 Stars man adored to distrac- 11 I I I tion (9) sucker for cine
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      162 29 THE FIRST OF A NEW GENERATION ALL NEW, YET VINTAGE. Introducing the new Jaguar S-TYPE. Solid proof that power, agility and style can only be inherited. Watch out for the satisfying low throb of the powerful Jaguar engine. The comfortable, quiet interior. Expect unrivalled smoothness in every ride. Agile handling,
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      163 30 Where to wine, dine and entertain M *****45 Every Saturday and Sunday pamper yourself from as early as 12.00pm to our sumptuous High Tea Buffet of popular Asian and Western sweets and savouries at Cafe Victoria. CALL: 310 3585 OR 330 3590 FOR RESERVATIONS 76 Bras Basah Road, Singapore *****8
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      67 30 Functi Jflro>bniMJl available for: private parties company dinner and dance conference seminar and meeting. HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED 22 Orchard Road/Cavenagh Road, Singapore *****7 Tel; 737 9944 Fax: 733 3175 n depend on predictions. Jtt Advertise in Wine, Dine Entertain of The Business Times and reach out to 140,000 readers
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      161 30 The freshest seafood dishes come with unlimited wine in St. Gregory's Brasserie in the Grand Plaza Parkroyal on Friday and Saturday evenings. Delicious Rock Crab with Tang Hoon, juicy cold Oysters, Prawns and Green Mussels on ice, Baked Slipper Lobster and many more. Plus as much wine as your heart
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      146 30 rjjj m«.uiu ifiu. -xL V Australian Wines H A aaPtaLi* Seafood perfected Chinese PV style for lunch and dinner. r I Also features Abalone set iH tv 'MtS t .•>- i menu with a selection of JP: Jr Australian wines. Reservations: E£l£ 831 6262/66 S™ES 13] Orchard Road. Singapore *****7
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      22 34 *'»aroL. £g »;,k ■xpr««« y«wr««tf. W.ne Bor, Wh.sliy Bor A Music Bar with l,ve' entertainment at the Grand Hyatt Singapore 738 1234
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      102 34 barscene by night owl 10PM. I was standing in front of the Grand Hyatt questioning life, when I was rudely interrupted by the sound of crushed ice cascading into a glass of crushed lime and vodka. CAIPIROSKA! 1 exclaimed and rushed down the stairs to BRIX. There it stood. Not
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      17 35 Some Singaporeans may run out of money half-way through their retirement.* Will you be one of them?
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      187 38 0% cnisisiL tnz (Ajatefi tjOLiuz aLcvaui ujantscl 'ionizdau toaau. Introducing Sincerc's new Privilege Purchase Standard l haltered credit card and von c.in Programme. V's, it's now easier tor von to be enjov paving bv instalments at o*. interest amongst the privileged rate. At Sincere I ine jffiSk Chjf njßn )§gy%
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      7 41 CATS. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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      1092 42  -  The pace has been slow, but with technological progress and the recent market rally, more investors are jumping into cyberspace to trade shares, reports oemetibte cua GENEVIEVE CUA AS recently as a year ago, the idea of trading shares by pointing and
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        1397 35  -  An NUS survey shows that many Singaporeans are not putting enough away for retirement or children's education, gembvxevecua has the details GENEVIEVE CUA IF YOU have a steady job, and are able to support your family plus put aside a sum monthly in some form
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        258 35 AMONG the many eye-openers thrown up by the survey conducted by professors at the National University of Singapore was the fact that many Singaporeans are hazy when it comes to certain terms commonly used in investment planning. Many are unable to explain terms like compound interest,
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        1055 36  -  The Upper Bt Timah/Hillview condo belt has yet to see the price increases that developers are enjoying elsewhere in S'pore. marxssa chew talks to the property agents MARISSA CHEW WHILE prime condominiums have seen a price boost of late with the turn in sentiment, there
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        280 36 SOME owners who bought their district 21 and 23 homes back in the heydays of the property market in 1995 and 1996 have had to let them go at substantial losses, caveats lodged for selected projects show. Springdale, a 999-year leasehold project by
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        1000 36 Property transactions for district 23 lodged between Feb 15 and Apr 29, 1999. Project Mama/ Prop Contact Ttnur* BulHtf Price P* Street Name Type Dal* Land Vm taq»0 (SJ'OOO) <st) Non-Landed Cashew Ht Apt 09/03/99 999 1647 680 413 Cashew Ht Apt 20/03/99 999 1658 760 458 Cashew
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        977 37  -  House hunters are turning once again to the prime location as new projects come up for sale, reports coßnrara: kerx CORINNE KERK NEW residential projects in the River Valley area are enjoying good response, reflecting the strong pick-up in activity in the residential market. Recently
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        347 37 BANKS/FINANCE COMPANIES YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 0-10 YEAR 11-35 Citibank* (max of 30 years) -1 to 5 years loan duration 4.0000 4.7500 5.0000 5.7500 5.7500 6 to 10 years loan duration 4.0000 4.7500 5.2500 6.0000 6.0000 6 0000 -11 to 30 years loan
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        1327 38  -  A look at how the strategies perform in different cases and how funds apply value averaging, smv taneja and bamxta shuvh report SHIV TANEJA,BANITA SHINH Shiv Taneja is editorial fund analyst and Banita Shinh is media consultant at Standard Poor's Micropal in London. The
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        675 38  -  Fond manager banks on stocks with upside potential Byi Catherine Ong WHEN share prices are running up, it may be difficult or well nigh impossible to pick stocks that are undervalued relative to their fundamentals. Dennis See, executive director of Pointworth Management Ltd, has no such
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        398 38 UNTT TRUST/SECTOR !6 MONTHS: 30SEP98-8APfl99) CHANGE BENCHMARK CHANGE To# 10 fund* 1 Templeton IF Korean/Korea EQ 130.03 Korea SE Composite 159.08 2 OCBC Savers Korea/Korea EQ 114.63 Korea SE Composite 160.08 3 Aberdeen Singapore Growth/ Singapore EQ 100 65 Spore Straits Times 77.21 4 Schroder
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        703 39  -  GENEVIEVE cua outlines features of sites such as DBS, Fraser Securities, Phillip Securities and J M Sassoon GENEVIEVE CUA IF you're new to online share trading, and have perhaps just browsed through the home pages of one or two cyber brokers, you may be bewildered
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        865 39  -  Asset management arm of UK-based CGU already manages $1.6b Asia-Pac mandates in S'pore By] Louis Beckerling [SINGAPORE] Morley Fund Management (Singapore) Ltd has set itself a target of doubling funds under management out of its Singapore office to $3 billion-plus "within
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        1342 39 Offered by carious banks (as at Apr 211. 19:99) Depoett MKXint 1-nrth 3-nrtti g-wlh Deposit amount 1-mth J-mth 8-mth At AS S10.000 A24 999 ***** ***** 4 0700 25,000 74,999 3 6875 3 6875 3 6875 A25 000 A49 999 4.1400 ***** 4 0900 75,000 149 999
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        1040 40  -  Banks have various packages for homemakers seeking financing for their renovations, ct.abtbsa taw looks at how the loan schemes work CLARISSA TAN YOUR kitchen badly needs a facelift, and you're thinking of knocking down the wall between your dining and living rooms to create
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        372 40 These are some questions we've received following last week's feature, "Up close on personal credit", answered by a panel of experts from Keppel Tat Lee Bank. Do keep your questions and feedback coming! Ql! What is the difference between a charge card and a credit
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        735 41  -  THE FINER POINT Thristlng funds wltta track records may be better than new ones for investors putting money in unit trusts for the first time By Wong Wei Kong THE newest thing in town may not always be the best buy, savvy shoppers will
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        1012 41  -  Brokers'roles will include helping clients accumulate wealth and providing research information By\ Peter Douglas Peter Douglas is principal of GFIA Pte Ltd, an independent consultant to the financial services IN a recent speech, Koh Yong Guan, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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        280 41 BANKS/BNANCE COMPANIES BELOW $3000 $3000-4999 $5000-9999 $********** $***** ft UP DBS (Auto-Save) 1.0000 1.2500 1.2500 1.2500 1.5000 Hong Leong Finance (Savers Plus) 1.3750 1.3750 1.3750 1.3750 1.3750 Singapore Finance (Savers Plus) 1.2500 1.2500 1.2500 1.2500 1.2500 HSBC (Cheque-Up) 1.0000 1.0000 1.0000 1.5000 2.0000 Keppel TatLee Bank (MoneyMax) 1.2500 1.2500 2.0000
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      55 42 W Property W J Buying wave yet a to hit Upper Bt Timah/Hillview, em 10 Finance New is not always better, even for unit trusts, EM 15 Trading shares on the Internet, EMI3 Face of stockbroking in the millennium, EMIS Find out in our new series. EM9 Our Smart Money
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      298 43 Bridge News, Reuters THERE has been a marked improvement in very large crude carrier (VLCC) rates in the west illustrated by sharply higher levels agreed from West Africa and the Mediterranean; Brokers said that charterers with VLCC cargoes are finding tonnage tight on certain positions, hence the higher
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      279 43 v- w CWT Distribution 0.87 -0.02 187 Chuan Hup —0.91 unch 548 Cosco Invastmant 1.00 0.01 251 Frtight unki 0.27 unch 7802 08 naidtngf 0.60 -0.02 373 Hal Sun Hup -0.61 -0.02 774 IMC HoMngs-HK 5.60 uncfi 0 Jaya Holdings 0.90 0.02 1680 Jurong Shipyard 6.85 0.35 566
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      443 43  -  High growth in previous years and impact of Asian economic crisis cited for decline By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Demand for fast ferries newbuildings are expected to decline over the next two years as a result of the high growth in the previous
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      287 43 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Australia New Zealand Direct Line (ANZDL) has opted to drop the Port of Auckland in favour of Port of Tauranga as the New Zealand call for its fixed-day weekly liner shipping services to North America, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Port of Tauranga
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      640 43  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar THE English Admiralty Court has ruled that a reasonable ship owner ought to conduct a full investigation before committing a cargo owner to pay for a long tow from the Red Sea to Singapore under
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      298 43 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corps overseas port ventures will be Y2K ready by June this year, in line with its domestic operations in Singapore. A PSA spokeswoman told Shipping Times that all the group's overseas terminals that use its IT systemswould be Y2K
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      1047 44 CARGO CRISIS It is a misty future as hard economic times force Sabah's many log carriers to look elsewhere for business Bernama IKOTA KINABALU] SABAH's shipping industry is heading for a misty future amid competition. a lack of cargo and difficult regional economic conditions. An
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        174 57 Apr 30 Denmark: General Prayer Day. Finland: May Day Eve. Mayl Greece: Labour Day. Germany: Labour Day. Austria: Labour Day. Belgium: Labour Day. China: Labour Day. Finland: May Day. France: Labour Day. May 8 France: Victoria Day. May 13 Indonesia: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. France: Ascension Day.
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        767 57 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars Instead at single prices 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
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        334 58 He cites bottoming of downturn, improving capacity outlook, cost-cutting measures AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Asia's regional airlines are set for a cyclical rebound and an overall improved structure, according to a report on the sector by Prudential-Bache Securities' aviation analyst Sanjeet Devgan. The report said
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        56 58 [ROTHENBURG, Germany] Construction workers of German railway Deutsche Bahn AG inspecting the damaged track after a German high speed cargo train ICG derailed in a tunnel between Fulda and Kassel near Rothenburg on Wednesday. Deutsche Bahn AG announced that nobody was injured but the incident caused
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        265 58 Reuters [HONGKONG] Shanghaibased China Eastern Airlines Co said on Wednesday the new Sino-US aviation agreement offered the company's new air cargo company a bigger base for growth. "We are the fourth largest (Chinese) airline permitted to fly to the United
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        234 58 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] China Eastern Airlines Corp said it made a gain of US$25 million (5J42.4 million) from the sale of 13 planes to General Electric Co's Capital Aviation Services. The airline's chairman Fu Yunbi didn't give a price for the 13 Boeing MD-82 aircraft it sold
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        419 58 Deal called off after cancellation of tax breaks, subsidies Bloomberg [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co, the world's No 2 automaker, said it won't build a proposed US$l billion (SSI.7 billion) factory in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul because
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        324 58 Tests show flight systems will perform normally during changeover AFP [SINGAPORE] Airbus Industrie has assured Asian carriers that primary flight systems on its aircraft in the region will not be affected by the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, the European plane maker said
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        266 58 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd failed to report 2.6 billion yen (SS3B million) in taxable income in a bid to generate money to pay off corporate gangsters, reports said on Wednesday. The flagship carrier allegedly evaded taxes for this purpose for
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        336 58 Reuters [LONDON] Lawmakers pressed Britain to toughen up its transport policy on Wednesday in a parliamentary report calling for new measures including tighter control over Railtrack pic and a supermarket parking tax. The cross-party Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee broadly welcomed Britain's Integrated Transport
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      1290 47 |VESSE» VOY KHH HKG SIN PKG PQB PXB DMM BA I BIK "I IRAN BAABAEI PJLI34S 30/04 03/05 04/05 13/05 14/05 15/05 17/05 19/05 IRAN TAKHTI PJLI346 07/05 10/05 11/05 20/05 21/05 22/05 24/05 25/05 IRAN TABATABAEI 5-103 12/05 14/05 18/05 19/05 28/05 29/05 30/05 01/06 03/06 IRAN LORESTAN 5-102
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      908 48 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD A Mik 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PIL Building, Singapore *****0. CR NO: **********06 I lIVIttR VOT mI Ml Hit srp Ml M «n AM Htt ml siT I lUNGA TIRATAJ 3 1/5 30/4 2/5 I 12/5 15/5 10/5 24/5 2//S I *****DTY 039 ih tT'TTo/s
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      558 48 rt* NANTAI LINE j FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO MAURITIUS SOUTH AFRICA VESSEL VOY I SIM PUI QUI JNB CPT W NANUIOMGON *0135 04/05 15/05 1f705 77/05 73/05 NANIAI VENUS <0345 11/05 74/05 30/05 "OT/OT 03/0* 1)4/04" GOLDOt WAGON jjjg 71/05 05/04 OT/04 "n/oT 13/04 NAMTAIQUEEK <0355 01/04 14/04 70/04 73/04
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