The Business Times, 6 July 1999

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 04^12/98 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1999
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    Lock icon Nikkei soars to 2-yr high on upbeat tankan report
    659 1  -  Survey findings add to growing confidence about economic recovery From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices soared to their highest level in nearly two years yesterday after the Bank of Japan's widelywatched quarterly survey of business sentiment, known as the
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    Lock icon KL ministry takes custody if Clob CDP account lapses
    605 1  -  But investors will still be the legal owners of the shares, says ELSE Fran Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CLOB investors will remain legal owners of their frozen Malaysian shares, although Malaysia's finance ministry will have custody of the shares if
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    Lock icon DBS Land clinches sprawling Siang Lim Park site for $160m
    471 1  -  It plans to build 400-unit devt on the 181,000 sq ft site By Corlnne Kerk [SINGAPORE] DBS Land has beat several listed developers to emerge as the buyer of the sprawling Siang Lim Park site in Guillemard, paying $160.1 million
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    Lock icon Home office scheme is limited to 'infocom' firms
    561 1  -  Patent lawyers, business consultants may apply By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Only "Infocom" technology-based entrepreneurs will be allowed to use their homes as offices under the new Technopreneur Home Office scheme. The National Science and Technology Board (NSTB), the Housing Development Board (HDB)
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      127 1 Markets without Mr Yen P85.12 maPB Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to step up joint efforts to promote tourism in both countries, including the revival of a dormant panel set up for. the purpose, F|2 DBS Laai injects wank* aparlßMat aps tate Scetts DBS Land is injecting its service apartment
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      22 1 out over Clob? Did Telekom CEO split with his chairman over Clob? UEM, Telekom price performance pg jg Mohamed Said Mohamed Ali
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      18 1 Yen kits 6-week low, Pg 5 CPpore penny stocks under pressure, Pg 5 Market reports, Pg 22-26 -r > >
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      17 1 Commentaryz All the better toe-trade with, Pg 3 Why not provide free offices for start-ups? Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon 84,800 individuals didn't file tax returns on time
      240 2 THIS year. 84,800 individual taxpayers failed to submit their returns on time, representing 6 per cent of total taxpayers. A spokesman of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) however said this percentage did not vary much from the past few years.
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      Lock icon S'pore, M'sia to enhance joint tourism promotion
      326 2  -  This includes reviving dormant panel set np earlier for snch a purpose By. Rahita Elias SINGAPORE and Malaysia have agreed to step up joint efforts to promote tourism in both countries, including the revival of a dormant panel set up for the purpose.
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      Lock icon And the condo prize goes to...Ikea
      267 2 THE winner of Borneo Motors* buy-a-car-win-a-condo promotion has no problem ftirnishing it. Why? Because the fortunate party is none other than furniture giant Ikea. Ikea Asia Pacific, the regional headquarters of the Swedish group, bought half a dozen Toyotas between last March and May
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      Lock icon Credit growth remains weak
      284 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Monetary policy By, Audrey Tan WEAK credit growth here highlights the need for Singapore to continue pursuing loose monetary and fiscal policies, says Barclays Capital. In two daily research briefs dated June 29 and July 1, Barclays says latest credit data demonstrates
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      Lock icon 73 join NUS' first masters course in financial engg
      282 2  -  Two-thirds are bankers, securities professionals By I Catherine Ong THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken in its first batch of students for a master's programme in financial engineering and has also set up an Association for Financial Engineering. A
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      Lock icon ECRCPL wins East Coast Parkway site
      433 2  -  Firm will spend $10m upgrading facility: director By\ Rahita Elias EAST Coast Recreation Centre (ECRC) Pte Ltd has clinched the site at 1000 East Coast Parkway called E-Z> ne Family Entertainment u. litre. George Wuu, a shareholder and director of ECRCPL, declined to say
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      Lock icon UEM:Renong shares not bought from Halim Saad
      198 2 iffAn.nari WE refer to the article, "Telekom and UEM join fray to buv frozen Clob shares" (BT, July 1). In it, you said: "The former darling among foreign portfolio managers spooked the market in 1997 when it made the controversial purchase of a
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      Lock icon Creditors are at risk too
      211 2  -  Patrick Sio Puay Soon via Internet Singapore I REFER to your article on the proposed changes to the Bankruptcy Act (BT, July 3). Before I go further, I wish to declare that I am a creditor to four undischarged bankrupts and I am writing to
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      Lock icon Bintang Melewar's Clob proposal still active
      110 2 WE wish to draw attention to a statement in your newspaper concerning our Clob proposal ("SES to send plan for release of Clob shares to KLSE next week", BT, July 3). In it, it was stated, "This proposal had, however, not been taken further
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      Lock icon All the better to e-trade with
      581 3  -  COMMENTARY Governing Oromeofflce'guidelines with a light hand will encourage more potential technoprenenrs to take the plungs By Jennifer Lien THE much-awaited details of the Technopreneur Home Office scheme, where new high-tech companies may be started in one's own living room, are finally out: The
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      Lock icon NTUC seeks change in law to let execs join unions
      353 3  -  It wants onions to represent execs in labour disputes, retrenchments By. Audrey Tan THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) will push for a legislative amendment in Parliament today, to let executives be represented by unions in a labour dispute. Cheng
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      415 2 CATA Buy h. Scfl h. Find It. Risk Management For Banks And Corporates The Asian financial crisis has highlighted the importance of risk management. With increased volatility of interest rates and fluctuations in currency values, it is essential for businesses to not only understand these risks but also to adopt
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      13 2 Buy It Sell It Find It Classified. iaM-737-IIM Call Today Rir Results Tomorrow.
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      95 3 Unza Company Private Limited I jjj on 2 July 1999. I would like to thank the management staff, business associates and friends for the support over the I look forward to our continued good relationships as I embark on my new reer as a Best wishes Adrian Wong, A Associated
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Why not free offices for start-ups?
      642 4  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN It prevents friction between HDB neighbours By Lee Han Shih PRICES of resale HDB flats may very well be affected by a new rule that allows technopreneurs to work from home. But it need not be so. Yesterday, the government released
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      357 4 For Sale By Tender Residential 81 Kheam Hock Road Tender closing date: 16 July 1999 Friday at 4 pm For further information, please contact Michael Tan at 5399 826/9208 9563 Sole Marketing Agent 220 3888 30% retention of this brand new flatted factory/ warehouse development Net strata area: approx. 185,000
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      440 4 For Sale By Tender ,s, al 1100 Lower Delta Road Judicial Managers' Sale r •The subject property comprises four purpose-built buildings with clean room facility •Site Area: 54,427 sf •Gross Floor Area: 101,525 sf •Tenure: JTC 60 yrs leasehold wef Aug '69 HDB 27 yrs leasehold wef June 72 (extension
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      289 4 COLLECTIVE SALE BY TENDER PRIME RESIDENTIAL SITE DUCHESS PARK Site Area Approx. 57,244 sq. ft. V, g Tenure 999 years N P ot Rat He '9 ht Control: 1.4 Up to 4 storeys TOP SCHOOLS VERY EXCLUSIVE. jrcotag. 5 minu,es wa,k to Bukit Timah Road, Coronation Plaza, Nanyang Primary subject
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Yen hits 6-week low on BOJ move
      433 5  -  Central bank acts on strong tankan result, desire to limit gains against euro By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] A Very strong reading on Japanese business sentiment forced the Bank of Japan to once again intervene in Asian foreign exchange markets yesterday, forcing the Japanese
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      Lock icon Mr Yen's successor makes his mark
      238 5 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The world's currency markets got a taste of life without "Mr Yen" yesterday as Japan's top currency official, Eisuke Sakakibara, left it to his successor Haruhiko Kuroda to announce Japan sold yen. "I'm retiring," the vice-fi-nance minister for international affairs told reporters
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      Lock icon S'pore penny stocks under pressure
      387 5  -  Brokers, analysts welcome the consolidation By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE) The Singapore stock market succumbed to a severe case of the jitters, with second-liners and penny stocks coming under sharp selling pressure as nervous punters scrambled for the door. However, blue chips held their ground, with
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      Lock icon Indon corporate debt stands at US$81.5b: central bank governor
      437 5 Bloomberg, Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's companies owe US$Bl.5 billion (*****.3 billion), or about 25 per cent more than earlier estimated, said Syahril Sabirin, governor of Bank Indonesia, speaking to the country's parliament. As investor confidence in the country's economic reforms improves, the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon NEAC calls for further property price cuts
      380 6  -  Developers risk snowballing of nnsold condominium units, it warns Reports from Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S National Economic Action Council (NEAC) yesterday urged property developers to further cut prices of office and condominium units in order to clear a backlog in supply,
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      Lock icon Danaharta may brand hotels before sale
      516 6 They may be sold as a chain or through a real estate investment trust NATIONAL asset management company Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd may consolidate and create a brand name for the hotel properties under it before disposing them as a chain of hotels or
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      Lock icon Umno still mum on poll date as fever mounts
      260 6 KUALA LUMPUR New king meets election chief, Umno supreme council Reuters MALAYSIA'S ruling coalition met yesterday to discuss preparations for the next general elections but gave no hint when they would be held. Barisan Nasional (National Front) secretary-general Mohamed Rahmat said
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        Lock icon Thai GDP growth could top l% DPM
        81 6 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai deputy finance minister Pisit Leeahtam said yesterday that the country's gross domestic product growth this year could exceed the latest projection of one per cent. "Until now we are unable to conclude if the GDP growth would be higher than
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        Lock icon Golkar denies forming alliance
        118 6 Reuters [JAKARTA] Officials from Indonesia's ruling Golkar party and leading Islamic parties denied yesterday that they were close to forming an alliance to keep Golkar in power and re-elect President B J Habibie. "There are no such talks. We are not planning any such thing," said
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        Lock icon Philippine govt bills drop to low
        71 6 Reuters [MANILA] The most closely watched Philippine treasury bill rate fell to a 12-year low yesterday after the government announced benign inflation in the year to June and took steps to increase liquidity. The yield on the 91-day treasury bill, used by banks to
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        Lock icon Asean meet in KL to discuss haze today
        72 6 AFP [SINGAPORE] Environment ministers from the Asean meet in Kuala Lumpur today to discuss progress in action plans to combat the recurring haze problem, a statement said. "The ministers are also expected to exchange views on immediate efforts needed on the ground
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      Lock icon Suharto sues Time for 189t rupiah
      399 6 JAKARTA AFP LAWYERS for former Indonesian president Suharto yesterday filed a civil defamation suit against the US magazine Time demanding 189 trillion rupiah (5547.4 billion) in damages for an article claiming his family was sitting on a fortune. The suit was filed at the
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      Lock icon Sempati Air, with 1.6t rupiah in debt, declared bankrupt
      213 6 JAKARTA Bloomberg DEBT-LADEN PT Sempati Air, controlled by former Indonesian president Suharto's youngest son, was declared bankrupt by the Jakarta Commercial Court yesterday. The airline filed for bankruptcy last month, faced with 487 creditors seeking repayment of 1.6 trillion rupiah (*****.6
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      Lock icon Vietnam eases rules on foreign investment
      187 6 HANOI AFP VIETNAM will allow foreign investors to hold up to 30 per cent in domestic shareholding firms in a bid to bolster overseas investment, according to a document released yesterday. The document signed by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai said the new ruling
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      168 6 C Castle Group Business Information Specialists In Association With TufßticimitccTtmvc M* institute of defence and strategic studies ■MffinMMHl REFORMASI Indonesia's Election f Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore 14 July 1999 Chairman, National Mandate Party Former Chairman, Muhammadiyah Jp^ Guest Speaker: v "1 Director, IMF Other Confirmed Speakers: MARZUKI DARUSMAN Vice Chairman Golkar,
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      80 6 kl USQ ■—p ■||||iij I fji AUSTRALIA sth Intake: Oct'99 Specialisation Ml Marketing H Project Management General Management mk. Information Systems Doctor of Business Administration Human Resource Management USQ students enjoy excellent graduate placement (ratio 5 out of 5) as reflected in the 'Good Universities Guide to Australian Universities' USQ
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Wharf plans to build 100-storey commercial building in HK
      307 7 HONGKONG No timetable for project yet; structure may rival world's tallest Reuters WHARF (Holdings) Ltd has obtained the Hongkong government's approval to construct a 100-storey commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui that may rival the world's tallest, the group's chairman said
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      Lock icon Beijing to target stubborn deflation: govt official
      297 7 BEIJING Reuters CHINA will take measures to ease stubborn deflation that has reduced investment returns and hurt investor confidence, a senior government official was quoted as saying yesterday. "The continuous fall in prices has increased investment risk, reduced the rate of investment returns
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        Lock icon China H1 growth seen at 8%
        65 7 Reuters [BELJING] China's economy was likely to grow by nearly 8 per cent in the first half of this year, the China News Service reported, quoting the State Statistical Bureau. The agency quoted bureau spokesman Ye Zhen as saying the economy had retained the
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        Lock icon Taiwan surplus forecast to soar
        53 7 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's exports were seen outpacing slightly rebounding imports in June. One overseas and eight Taiwanese economists in a Reuters poll forecast, on average, Taiwan would post a trade surplus of U551,066 billion (SII.B billion) —up 116 per cent from the US$493 million surplus
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        Lock icon Sinopec seeks overseas listing
        62 7 Reuters [SINGAPORE] China Petrochemical Corp (Sinopec), one of China's two oil majors, has submitted to the State Council a proposal for a foreign stock market listing, Chinese industry sources say. The firm wanted approval to list about US$2.5 billion (554.2 billion) worth of shares, possibly on
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        Lock icon Ex-mayor of Daqing city detained
        36 7 Reuters [BEIJING] Chinese authorities have detained a former mayor of Daqing city for his alleged role in a scandal surrounding Daqing Lianyi Petrochemical Co, according to the Yangcheng Evening News. Reuters
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        Lock icon PNG forges ties with Taiwan
        39 7 AFP [TAIPEI] Papua New Guinea and Taiwan have forged full diplomatic links. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Jason Hu and his PNG counterpart Roy Yaki signed a joint communique here after a day of talks. AFP
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      Lock icon HK proposes markets tribunal in reform package
      381 7 HONGKONG Move aims to enhance competitive edge of securities, futures markets AFP HONGKONG proposes to set up a tribunal to review decisions by the regulatory body in reforms aimed at improving the competitive edge of its securities and futures market, the government said
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Bank of Korea keeping rates low in attempt to get 6% growth
      560 8 SEOUL Conn try attracts USs9BBm of foreign investment in June, np49% Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's central bank said it will keep interest rates at "stable levels" and keep pumping money into the economy to spur the 6 per cent
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      Lock icon Turn for the better?
      85 8 [SYDNEY] Luna Park being silhouetted against the Sydney skyline on Sunday following news of its As6s million (5573.5 million) upgrade. The waterfront theme park dogged by controversy and shut in 1996 after residents complained of noise from its Big Dipper roller coaster —will include a 'human'
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      Lock icon Seoul to keep alive Samsung Motors
      507 8 SEOUL Govt pats pressure on Daewoo to take over the ailing firm AFP SOUTH Korea's embattled Daewoo Group yesterday faced government pressure to take over the auto arm of rival Samsung Group despite the latter's dramatic decision to put the ailing unit into receivership.
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      Lock icon Haste takes toll on Korean govt's insurer sales plan
      387 8 SEOUL Reuters FOUR months after South Korea said it would sell seven ailing insurers by international auction, it has yet to agree a deal with a big-name foreign insurance firm. If it fails to find buyers, the government must inject public
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      Lock icon Japan moves to curb personal bankruptcies
      215 8 TOKYO Plan to draft rules on court-supervised debt repayment for those on the brink AFP JAPAN plans to introduce a system to rehabilitate heavily indebted individuals and help their creditors in the face of snowballing personal bankruptcies, a report said yesterday. The justice ministry
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      Lock icon NZ retail sales down 2.1%, raising concerns
      320 8 WELLINGTON Bloomberg NEW Zealand retail sales fell for a second straight month in May as consumers spent less on everything from cars and clothing to home appliances and furniture. Retail sales fell 2.1 per cent to NZ$3.2B billion (US$2.9 billion), seasonally adjusted from
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      Lock icon India, Pakistan stocks up on hopes for end to Kashmir crisis
      569 9 BOMBAY Clinton, Sharif sign accord for farther talks bat militants refnse to poll oat Bloomberg, Reuters INDIAN and Pakistani stocks rose on optimism that tensions in Kashmir will ease, which will allow the governments and companies to focus their
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      Lock icon Australian central bank seen to leave rates unchanged
      432 9 SYDNEY Status quo at today's meet until it sees Jane unemployment data: economists FACED with weak jobs growth and an expected slowdown in economic activity, Australia's central bank is likely to leave interest rates unchanged when its board meets today, economists said
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      Lock icon Japan group protests cost of fund for elderly
      321 9 TOKYO Reuters A FEDERATION representing health insurance programmes at Japanese companies said yesterday it would protest the high cost of Japan's health care fund for the aged by delaying a 160 billion yen (552.2 billion) contribution. "We are not refusing to pay
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      Lock icon Posco starts roadshow in HK for US$1b ADR sale
      312 9 SEOUL Bloomberg POHANG Iron Steel Co, the world's largest steel producer, began a roadshow in Hongkong yesterday to promote a planned US$l billion (SJI.7 billion) share sale. It's the fifth time foreigners are invited to buy into the 30-year-old state company
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      Lock icon Australian farm minister to take trade portfolio
      340 9 SYDNEY Howard denies he had to force Vaile to take the job AFP PRIME Minister John Howard promoted Agriculture Minister Mark Vaile to the high-profile trade ministry yesterday as he headed for Japan. Mr Vaile will succeed Tim Fischer, who surprised colleagues by
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        Lock icon India tech park to raise 800m rupees
        115 9 Reuters [BOMBAY] Tidel Park Ltd, a software technology park located in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, is in the market with a seven-year bonds issue to raise 850 million rupees (5531.9 million) including a greenshoe option of 250 million rupees, a money
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        Lock icon Kim vows to free political prisoners
        79 9 AFP [SEOUL] Sooth Korean President Kim Dae Jung promised yesterday to free many political detainees and workers in an amnesty next month to mark Korea's liberation from Japan's colonial rule, reports said. "On the occasion of our (Aug IS) liberation day, I will free
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka names 13 Jimior ministers
        101 9 AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka has appointed 13 new junior ministers, side-lining leftist members within the ruling coalition of President Chandrika Kumaratunga, political sources said yesterday. President Kumaratunga inducted the 13 new junior ministers and shuffled three who were already deputy ministers at a ceremony
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon EU to probe Deutsche Post's funding of Nedfloyd purchase
      384 10 BRUSSELS German post office said to have used profits from monopoly services Reuters THE European Commission said yesterday it would investigate whether Deutsche Post AG received state aid to help it buy Nedlloyd NV's European transport and distribution division. The decision
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      Lock icon NY law firm is top EU merger adviser
      197 10 LONDON Bloomberg NEW York-based law firm Sullivan Cromwell was the leading legal merger adviser in Europe in the first half of 1999. The 120-year-old firm, which has 478 lawyers in nine offices around the world, advised on seven deals worth £123.5 billion
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      Lock icon Standing up for Israeli women
      58 10 [JERUSALEM] Israeli women activists demonstrating against Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak outside the Knesset (Parliament) yesterday behind a symbolic fig tree Mr Barak came under fire for failing to keep his promise to increase cabinet representation for women by includingmly one woman amongst the 32 members
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      Lock icon UK starts unloading its gold reserves today
      375 10 LONDON Outcome of auction could set tone for future gold prices AFP BRITAIN starts selling off the family jewels today by divesting itself of 25 tonnes of gold in the first auction under a four-year programme that has spooked the market and driven
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      Lock icon Supachai wants more than two years as WTO chief
      310 10 BANGKOK Reuters THE Thai candidate for the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) leadership said yesterday that he was willing to share the post but needed more than two years in the job. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi was referring to a
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      Lock icon Better German deficit seen
      154 10 BONN Bloomberg GERMANY'S budget deficit next year may fall to 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product as planned spending cuts allow the government to beat its own target of 2 per cent of GDP, the Finance Ministry said. Next year's deficit "could be lower than
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        Lock icon Russia declares end to inflation
        77 10 AFP [MOSCOW] The chief of Russia's economy yesterday pronounced victory over runaway inflation and promised a stable rouble for the future. First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Khristenko said inflation for June was estimated at 1.4 per cent and called prognoses for the future "very encouraging".
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        Lock icon German state bank told to reimburse aid
        58 10 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Westdeutsche Landesbank Glrozentrale will have to pay back 1.5 billion deutschemarks (Ssl.3 billion) in illegal state subsidies to the German government, a European Union official said. EU antitrust regulators will propose that Germany's largest state bank reimburse the government after finding
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        Lock icon Germany may speed up euro changeover
        95 10 AFP [FRANKFURT] Germany is considering completing the changeover from deutschemarks to euros in two months instead of six at the start 0f2002, the finance ministry signalled over the weekend. In the 11 founding countries of the euro zone, notes and coins are to be
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        Lock icon Don't rush into euro, UK onion warned
        71 10 Reuters [BOURNEMOUTH, England] Bill Morris, leader of Britain's Transport and General Workers Union, yesterday attacked the Trades Union Congress for arguing for immediate entry into the euro. He said the TUC had no mandate to advocate early entry. His warning represented a cooling
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      Lock icon US gets taste of its own trade medicine
      739 12  -  THE BOTTOM UMB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent WE are all familiar with the rule of thumb that suggests that what you think depends on where you stand Hence, the German politician who as a student during
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      100 12 The fact is, then as now, the future sells better than the past." Roger Prevwt a scholar who argues that Nostradamus was no prophet at all but a clever historian and poet. But readers prefer prophesy. 'We now know what it's like to be an American. We
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      647 12 EDITORIAL THE meeting of trade ministers of the Asia-Pa-cific Economic Cooperation (Apec) grouping which concluded in Auckland last week provided a much-needed boost to the fortunes of the 21-na-tion body. But more work will be needed to convince sceptics that the grouping is
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      1076 12  -  Japanese official Sakakibara's weak point was his failure to stick to his (pins By, Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent AS JAPAN'S controversial Finance Vice-Minister for International Affairs Eisuke Sakakibara prepares to quit the global monetary stage at least as
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      1015 12 St*t« sovereignty redefined THE war in Kosovo punctured the sanctity of state sovereignty the idea that a nation's actions within its borders are its own business. This concept has organised international relations since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. That year, as Europe's religious empires crumbled,
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      548 13 TRAVEL Beatle dieh&rds will find the ultimate tour in Liverpool Reuters [LIVERPOOL. England] Get your pink ticket to ride, step right up on the psychedelic charabanc and the Magical Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away. For diehard Beatle fans, this truly is the
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      968 14  -  To Agassi, Sampras was ruthless perfection and fireworks, pnpnt ram reports ROBIN FINN NYT PETE Sampras waved his racket like Merlin's wand and, in one brash swoop, made Andre Agassi disappear, and made history twice over, in an all-American finale Sunday on Center Court at Wimbledon,
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      666 14 ART Appetite for great works still strong, recent auctions show NYT [LONDON] Four disappointed bidders were prepared to spend more than US$24 million (5540.8 million) on a Degas pastel at Sotheby's here last week in a telling indication of today's art market: There
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Freight Links, PSL, Falmac placements
      223 15  -  By i Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Three companies Freight Links Express, PSL and Falmac are placing out shares representing 10 per cent of their respective share capital. Freight Links said broking house Kay Hian would place out 49 million new shares for a total of $23
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      332 15  -  Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) ex--pects to raise at least $100 million with its new United Global Telecoms Fund. Launched yesterday, the unit trust will invest in listed companies involved in the provision of communications services or equipment, including Internet and e-com-merce
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      Lock icon Hotung still attractive as high-tech play despite run-up
      771 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Wong Wei Kong ANY share can be a hot stock in a bull market. But, given the nature of rotational interest, many stocks are hot only for a while before the attention shifts elsewhere. One stock that has bucked
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      513 15  -  Developer will get $69m worth of Scotts shares in exchange for Stamford Holdings nnits By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] DBS Land, in a move that was expected following its acquisition of a 14.5 per cent stake in Scotts Holdings, is injecting its
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      312 15  -  Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is taking up $50 million worth of bonds from the Land Transport Authority's $300 million maiden offer and repackaging it for the retail investor. In what its managing director of capital markets. Eric Ang, described as "a
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      336 15  -  EGM on restructure, merger, bnyback to be held on Jnly 28 By i Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The shares of DBS Group Holdings, which will replace those of DBS Bank on the ma inboard after a one-for-one swop, will be traded from Monday,
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        Lock icon UEM up 18%, Telekom falls after Clob plan
        423 16  -  Analysts: differences over Clob, boardroom frictions may cost Telekom CEO his job From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur INVESTORS yesterday snapped up United Engineers Malaysia and dumped heavyweight Telekom Malaysia upon their requotation following their plan to buy the controversial Clob shares.
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        509 16  -  It plans to widen services and move into new markets By. Annette Pan [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-aspi-rant Strike Engineering says it is poised to benefit from the rising content of mechanical engineering (M&E) work in building contracts, and its established track record in the business. "At
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        566 16  -  It needs to raise USsloom for future expansion: president w Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] MyWeb Inc.com, currently quoted on the US NASD OTC Electronic Bulletin Board (OTCBB), is considering seeking a listing in one or more Asian stock exchanges. It plans to raise funds to
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        Lock icon Amara pays $45m for Upper Bukit Timah site
        279 16  -  Purchase follows that of Devonshire Rd site last month By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] AMARA Holdings has made yet another property purchase this time a 130,114-sq-ft condominium site in Upper Bukit Timah for $45 million. Just last month, it bought a 12,867-sq-ft freehold
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        Lock icon Nobel venture buys Katong site for $6.3m
        214 16 [SINGAPORE] Sesdaq-listed Nobel Design Holdings and property-based ACT Development have bought a residential Site in Katong for $6.3 million or $303 per sq ft per plot ratio. The freehold land, which covers an area of 14,834 sq ft, is located at Martia Road.
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        Lock icon TPL in Shanghai printing joint venture
        182 16 [SINGAPORE] Times Publishing Ltd (TPL) has formed a joint venture with Shanghai Printing Group (SPG), the largest state-owned commercial printing company in Shanghai, to set up a commercial printing plant in Shanghai. A joint-venture deal, signed last Friday, is subject to final approval of
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          Lock icon Nicky Tan stays as IPC administrator
          53 16 [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp says it will retain Nicky Tan as administrator in its debt restructuring scheme, noth withstanding news that he will not be joining the new PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore. Mr Tan, now a partner with Price Waterhouse, was last week reported to be leaving
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          Lock icon L&M appoints adviser for placement
          39 16 [SINGAPORE] L&M Group Investments yesterday said it has appointed Banque Internationale A Luxembourg Bil (Asia) as independent financial adviser to its shareholders on the proposed placement of 30.7 million shares to Jing Chui Ltd.
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          Lock icon Form ends contract with Eric Moo
          60 16 [SINGAPORE] Form Holdings has terminated its three-year contract with singer Eric Moo and Eric Moo Music Productions. Under the deed of release, all parties are fully discharged from their obligations under the original contract. The contract's termination is not expected to impact Form's earnings
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          55 16 [SINGAPORE] Broadway Industrial Group has accepted an investment injection of $10 million by British investment group 3i. Broadway will issue $10 million redeemable cumulative convertible preference shares, convertible into the group's ordinary shares at 37 cents each from April 1,2001. Upon conversion, 31 will have at
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          Lock icon DBS Realty ups ANA stake to 67.5%
          34 16 [SINGAPORE] DBS Realty has so far secured 32-37 million shares, or a 67.5 per cent stake, in ANA Hotels. Its unconditional offer for ANA closes on Thursday.
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        Lock icon Berjaya's full-year loss at RM113m
        194 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Berjaya Group Bhd, one of Malaysia's biggest diversified companies, said its loss in the second half increased six times as it lost money from the sale of its insurance unit Losses in the second half ended April 30 jumped to 219.5 million
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        Lock icon Wheelock net profit shrinks 58% to HK$602m
        608 17  -  It gets green light to build 100-storey Harbour City, HE's tallest FYorn Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong WHEELOCK Co yesterday reported a 58 per cent profit drop to HK$6O2 million (*****.7 million) for the year to March 31 and at the same time
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        Lock icon Telstra to offer Asian tranche
        303 17  -  By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] In the second phase of the privatisation of Australian telecommunications giant Telstra, a separate tranche of shares will be set aside for Asian investors, Australian Minister for Finance and Administration John Fahey said yesterday. Mr Fahey, who is here on a
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        Lock icon Pac Century Insurance chief eyeing region
        746 17  -  CEO attributes PCl's success to good staff and autonomy From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong ANDREW Yang is visibly proud of Pacific Century Insurance (PCI), formerly known as Top Glory Insurance Co (Bermuda). The chief executive of the life insurer has not only been
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Total Fina offers to buy Elf Aquitaine for 47.5b euros
        728 18 Deal would create world's fourth-largest oil company; Elf opposes offer Bloomberg, Reuters [PARIS] Total Fina SA yesterday offered to buy Elf Aquitaine SA for 47.5 billion euros (5582.6 billion) in stock in an unsolicited bid that would create the world's
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        Lock icon Credit Lyonnais IPO draws 3.4m investors
        396 18 Response seen to lead to 15-20% rise in price npon trading Bloomberg [PARIS] France said 3.4 million individual investors applied to buy Credit Lyonnais SA shares in its initial stock offering, more than for any other state IPO since France Telecom SA, sparking analysts
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        Lock icon Royal Pakhoed near deal to buy Royal Van Ommeren
        327 18 Bloomberg [ROTTERDAM] Royal Pakhoed, the world's top chemical distributor, is close to an agreement to buy Royal Van Ommeren, the largest provider of liquid-storage facilities, forming a company likely to be worth at least 1.4 billion euros (552.4 billion). Pakhoed said
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        635 19 If there's a growth surprise in H2, it'll most likely be in Europe: strategist FT [LONDON] Will equities rotate with the sun this year? In the first half of the year it has certainly paid investors to concentrate on the East. At the
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        Lock icon Standard & Poor's to set up new global stock indices
        322 19 Standard Poor's to set up new global stock indices Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Standard Poor's Ratings Services said it plans to unveil by October an array of international stock indices to rival Morgan Stanley Capital International's global model portfolios. The Global 1200 Index would comprise the S&P 500 Index, which tracks
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        Lock icon C&W jumps 6% on talk of DeutscheTel bid
        191 19 Reuters, Bloomberg, AFXAsia [FRANKFURT] Shares in Cable Wireless pic rose 6 per cent yesterday on the latest round of speculation that it could be the target of a takeover by Deutsche Telekom. C&W declined to comment on a Sunday Times article that
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        Lock icon Insurers wary of underwriting Asian political risk
        690 20 They face malti-million dollar claims following 2-year crisis Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asia's imminent recovery from two years of economic crisis is great news unless you are a political risk insurer expected to underwrite it. Insurers face claims for hundreds of millions of dollars after
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        Lock icon Viet coal miners' woe
        51 20 [CAM PHA, Vietnam] A worker munching bread while walking along the railway track in the coal-mining region of Cam Pha, in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh. Roughly 80,000 coal-mine workers are being affected by a dramatic cutback in production due to a slump in demand.
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        414 20 These fonds returned 10% in Q2, versus the SAP's 7% FT [NEW YORK] Actively managed funds are now beating Standard Poor's 500 index, a second-quarter trend that could have a profound effect on sales in the fund management industry if sustained. In recent years
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        Lock icon ANZ to start series on Aussie job ads on Net
        169 20 Reuters [SYDNEY] THE Australian and New Zealand Banking Group yesterday said they would introduce a series measuring job advertisements on the Internet to run alongside the existing monthly newspaper job advertisement series. ANZ said it had approached the operators of
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        Lock icon Offshore banks could boost Aussie corporate bonds
        196 20 Reuters [SYDNEY] Offshore banks will help to internationalise the Australian corporate bond market by taking up single-A or lower rated credits following changes to the Interest Withholding Tax, Westpac Banking Corp said yesterday. Last week, the 10 per cent withholding tax (IWT) exemption
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        Lock icon Unit Trust of India cuts flagship's dividend by one-third
        390 20 FT [BOMBAY] Unit Trust of India, the state-owned fund manager, has cut the dividend payment on its flagship fund US-64 by one-third and reduced its administered unit price in an effort to reduce outgoings and restore the troubled fund to health.
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        Lock icon Rothschilds posts 23% profit slide
        343 20 Group hit by slow Asia recovery, tough resources sector Reuters [LONDON] Family-owned merchant banking group NM Rothschild reported a 23 per cent fall in annual profits on Monday, saying a slow recovery in Asia and tough conditions in the resources sector had depressed profits. Rothschilds
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        Lock icon Futures fall in tandem with STI
        148 21  -  STMTIX Reports MSCI Singapore Index Christopher Podbury, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market scaled new heights in early trading but news of risk-con-trol measures to cool trading activity took the wind out of the market in the afternoon. The benchmark Straits Times Index retreated
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        Lock icon Futures slip as short-term play holds sway
        127 21  -  MSCI Taiwan fatures Charlie Kuo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures had a seesaw session yesterday as investors adopted a short-term-play strategy ahead of Wall Street's closure for US Independence Day. The July contract finished down 0.1 point to 377.3
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        Lock icon Brent oil breaches US$18 as Ctoec cuts bite
        354 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices powered higher again yesterday driven by bullish sentiment surrounding strict Opec adherence to supply limits agreed earlier this year. London August futures for benchmark Brent traded 50 cents higher to US$lB.l6 a barrel, the highest oil
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        317 21 Reuters London THE yen spent yesterday's European session trimming losses from the near-six-week lows it hit against the US dollar after Bank of Japan intervention overnight. Dealers said the yen's gains had been gradual and predicted the US dollar would find good support around 122 yen given fears
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        1839 21 SICOM FUTURES Jul 5 RUBBER (futurwctosinq as it 5.30p«n) RSS1 CONTRACTS centsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Merest Aug 99 ***** 300 Sep 99 ***** 900 Oct 99 104.75 350 Ho* 99 106.25 350 Dec 99 KJ8.00 350 Jan/Mar 00 1H00 600 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ccntsAg)
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      1334 22 AFP flHangSeng +322J6 HONGKONG share prices rose 2.3 per cent yesterday, cracking the 14,500-point resistance level on followthrough buying sparked by week-end gains on the US market, dealers said. Kitty Chan, fund manager at Dharmala Investment and Management Co Ltd, said there was room for further gains on the
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      563 22 AFP, Reuters CI Shanghai B Index -0.08 SHANGHAI'S B shares edged down 0.1 per cent yesterday in line with falls on the parallel market of locally traded A shares, dealers said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index lost 0.08 points to close at 55.58 points. The A Share
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      332 22 AFP QWPlntel +29.80 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of construction and paper stocks, dealers said. "Investors are switching buying interest from highpriced technology shares to the manufacturing sector because their prices are lower," said Bentham Hung, manager of the research department at
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      2269 22 LONDON Industrials M 3i Croup. 7.57 0.17 AM** National 12.17 -0.24 A B Foods 4.35 0.14 A B Ports 2.90 0.03 Alliance Leicester 8.77 unch Allied Oomecq 624 0.04 Allied Zurich 8.34 0.23 Anglo American Gold 4X70 unch AS OA Group 2.18 unch Ban* of Scotland 8.54
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      1635 22 AFP P Nikkei 225 +2015> SHARE prices in Tokyo gained 1.1 per cent yesterday, with the key Nikkei Index closing above 18,000 points for the first time in twenty one months. The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues rose 202.59 points to end at 18,135.06, lifted by strong business
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        Lock icon Talk of reshuffle at Telekom dampens market
        433 23 AFP F1 Composite Index +L 44 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday but off their early highs in volatile trade, dealers said. An institutional dealer at a local brokerage said a fall in the share price of Telekom Malaysia on
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        Lock icon Econ wrts may be worth hanging on to
        199 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivasan IT is not surprising that a slew of warrants led the top percentage losers yesterday, given that warrants tend to outperform the market in both directions. Warrants of Network Foods, MHE, Econ International, Pertama Holdings, Liang Court
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        270 24 AFP Q Wellington -Ll2 NEW Zealand shares ended barely lower in dull trade yesterday with weakness among some of the leaders, especially Telecom Corp. The NZSE-40 was down 1.12 points to 2,140.80 on turnover of NZ$7B.5 million. Telecom lost 10 cents to NZS7.B2.—AFP rtm A tfvanta«a MOS 2.42 -0.03
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        844 24 AFP Q SET Index -018 THAI shares finished yesterday slightly weaker with early gains on the back of Wall Street's strong performance offset by profit taking, dealers said. Dealers said many investors were sidelined ahead of the second quarter results due out later this month. Others were waiting for
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        390 24 AFP PI Composite Mei *2M2 SOUTH Korean share prices jumped 3.2 per cent yesterday after Friday's gains on Wall Street and amid increased liquidity arising from stockbuying beneficiary certificates, dealers said. The market was buoyed by improved corporate earnings amid growing liquidity, Dongwon Securities analyst Kim Sae Jung said.
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        609 24 AFP FlAflOrfaariM +412 AUSTRALIA'S share market gained 1.6 per cent yesterday on Wall Street's pre-holiday gains and a renewed sense of optimism over Asian markets, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index finished the day up 49.2 points at 3,078.1, its best close in two months.
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        734 24 AFP Q Composite Index -5.40 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday but off their lows on late foreign buying in select large caps, moderating early losses sparked by a broad market sell-off, dealers said. A dealer at a regional brokerage said many local investors were trying
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        330 24 AFX-Asia PlManila +42J5 SHARES closed higher yesterday, with the key index touching a 23-month high following the release of lower June inflation data and another 12.5 basis point cut in overnight rates that took effect yesterday, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 42.95 points at 2,621.67, on volume
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        390 26 «*Ck* VolUfTM Asia FoodiProp 48,295,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 48,175,000 CSC Hldgs 10c 40,465,000 *TanCI>onglnt50c 36,606,000 Hotung Inv MT5 35,342,000 Fft Links 20c 33.353.000 Liang Huat 10c 31,030.000 WeePoh20c 28,821.000 Amara Hldgs Ltd 28,791,000 PohLlanlOc 26,610,000 Stacks G£S Intl Ltd 20c 92,559,290 •TanChonqlnt50c 07,325.950 SPH 64,376,018 DBS Foreign 53,735,187 Asia
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        Lock icon Contra players wrong-footed by slide in second liners
        606 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Brokers nnfazed, pointing to low selling volumes; heavyweights hold up relatively well By Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market started the week on a cautious note yesterday with second liners succumbing to a dose of jitters following their sharp
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          100 26 IT seems everybody and his mother is jumping onto the e-commerce bandwagon. The latest company to do so, we hear, is the Parkway group which has signed a memorandum of understanding with ST Logistics, part of the Singapore Technologies stable, to explore opportunities for electronic
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          46 26 ASIA Pulp Paper is commonly referred to as APP. But for some reason, stockbroker Merrill Lynch is calling it PAP. In Singapore, that's the acronym for the ruling party. Happily tor Merrill, its latest Asia-Pacific weekly report is calling a long-term buy on PAP.
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          Lock icon Morgan Stanley tops M&A league
          86 26 MORGAN Stanley Dean Witter Co has topped the Asian Mergers and Acquisitions league table for the first half of this year, according to figures compiled by global research firm Securities Data Company. It had advised on 16 deals worth US$5.4 billion (Sm billion) during this
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          118 26 AT a press briefing yesterday morning giving details of the new Technopreneur Home Office scheme, National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) and Singapore Tourism Board officials were greeted with a barrage of questions from journalists who wanted to know if people like venture capitalists and
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          113 26 HAVING trouble picking the right stock? Pick the right number of rises and falls Instead. Financial bookmaker Financial Spreads has started to offer punters a new way to bet on UK blue chip stocks by taking bets on the number of daily gainers and
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      353 26 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax Nn- 741 l?Qfi I i hi ii i IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 30 June 1999, at KaneboBo7,4so
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      449 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND CELEBRITIES ASIA THEME RESTAURANTS (S) PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS Al an Extraordinary Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at Esplanade Room B. Level 4 Carlton Hotel. 76 Bras
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      562 26 W THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF LEONARD (3) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of LEONARD (S) PTE LTD duly convened and hetd at 133 New Bridge Road #10-08, Chinatown Point, Singapore *****3,
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      465 26 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 Section 290(2)(b) NOTICE Of RESOLUTION SAMTEK SEMICON DEVICES SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) Al on Extraordinary General Maatmg of Somtei Semcon Devices Singapore Pta lid held at ***** SamsungDong, Kongnam-Ku. Seoul, Korea on the 30th day of June 1999, the following special lesohAons
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      295 27 Bridge News, Reuters A WEAKER rate was allegedly agreed on the key US Gulf to Japan Panamax grain run with US$l6.lO done for a July 18-26 cargo, brokers said. Futures saw shorts covering prior to the weekend after a disappointing Baltic Freight Index, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in
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      269 27 Mi it t* CWT Ototrtouttan 1.56 -0.16 466 Oman Hue 1.43 -o.io 4451 Coko InmtmwH 152 -a 10 570 rrtWULIrtu 032 0.02 ***** OS rowings US -0.09 674 HaiSunHi* 1.01 -006 2828 IMC HoMnga I IK —540 imcti 0 Jaya Holdings Ui -0.09 sw Juron«JM»yart -020 94 KappelCar»_
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      402 27 Issue to be discussed in March 2000 committee meeting [SINGAPORE] Ship scrapping has been officially added to the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) agenda of safety promotion. This comes despite the reservations of some open register maritime nations. According to a report in Lloyd's
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      233 27 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilding orders rose 6.7 per cent in June, the first increase this year for the world's second-biggest maker of ships after Japan. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, and others landed orders for 14 ships totalling 614,000 gross
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      204 27  -  By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Japanese shipowners met officials from Japan's Transport Ministry to discuss strategies to combat the. scourge of piracy in South-east Asia. The meeting last Friday followed a recent report on piracy by the Nippon Foundation, a charity heavily involved
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      91 27 [SINGAPORE] Australian shipbuilder Austal Ships has clinched its largest contract an ASI4I million (*****.3 million) deal for three ferries for a Greek operator. The order for one 92-metre and two 72-metre ferries is from Minoan Flying Dolphins Maritime and the vessels will be ready for delivery
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        81 27 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation awarded 17 undergraduate scholarships at its annual scholarship ceremony on Saturday, in an investment which totals 12.75 million. The successful recipients were selected from a record I,2ooapplicants. The undergraduate scholarships are for courses in overseas as well as local universities. These scholarships carry a
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        120 27 [LONDON] The battle for control oflCB Shipping rages on with the news of more buying from both airta# Frontline now holds 66 per cent oflCß's outstanding capital, although it has only managed to acquire 44 per cent of the vote in the company. Last week
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        74 27 [LONDON] Taiwanese shipping conglomerate Evergreen announced a profit of USJ33 million (5556.1 million) in 1966, a 4 per cent drop on 1997. The company blames last year's poor freight rates and the Asian financial problems for the drop. It maintain* that business is already getting better as
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        64 27 [LONDON] Norwegian company Belships recorded a first quarter loss ofUS$3 million (Sss.l million), which it blames on changes to Norway's dry-docking accounting system and on the lack of activity in the Panamax sector. The company is optimistic that rising rates, the end of the Asian
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      1161 28 US COAST GUARD Maritime law enforcer sees efficient monitoring as a sum of good officers and cooperation with industry players LR Group Enforcing the letter of maritime law across the vast spectrum of activities which Rear Admiral Robert North, assistant commandant for marine safety and
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      189 28 PACE DjakLtoyd 8 ACL 6 Dongnama 3 AMI 3 ECUUb Accord 8 ECl Appenshtp 5 Ew fwfl 6 Austral 8 CUl 4 &a ajl Snp< 5 Gemartrans 6 BSA r H4ng,i 7 B'tang Mas 8 3 CCNI T 4 CMA 7 ICR 3 cosco 5 Interasta 7
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      21252 35 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage 7elephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Heme Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 22/07 16/08 COSCO EVER GROWTH 0001W 65 *****00 STSSTtSSL* "TMraffU.,,, 23/07 07/09 Setramar NORASIA SHANGHAI 201W 65 *****33 Hyundai MM BUNGA TERATAI2
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        633 39 V—•< Voy Wo Bfth Arrival D«ptrtiiro Ja«| Nft it M 2598 999 J01 05/07/9:45 05/07/1600 Bt Bat Maw ***** J01 05/07/8:20 05/07/18:00 Bt WHO k ***** JOI 05/07/750 05/07/2339 hi 2509 2007 J12 05/07/730 06/07/800 tt 8 SMy«5 ***** J01 05/07/1:10 05/07/16:15 C Succkj 05-Jul J09 05/07/9:00 05/07/1600
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        1729 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Book log/Baltnct Ritls Ship VoyWo Etb/Btr Nriod Frw To Frw Ac. VHXM 0041 OVMW U OS/BW OS/Mn OVHOO os/bw os/Mn os/iwo a ovttoo omsm ovotoo MM CM MM IT/BMW W 0VB00 (VMM OS/MM a os/boo m/mm os/iwo a os/nw ovmm
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        182 39 Jnll4. France: National Day. Jmllß Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Ma Belgium: Independence Day. Aaf 2 Ireland-Republic Of: August Holiday. Amg 9 Singapore: National Day. South Africa: National Women's Day. Aa|U Thailand: HM Queen's Birthday. Aug IB Belgium: Assumption Day. Hong Kong: Sino-Japanese War Victory Day. Luxembourg: Assumption
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        795 39 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. ebowt price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description at the market Prices shown are based on averagesized item. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        461 39 Mm Jul 1 Density Wstwf Etsidu# Ash jUmMm SodhMflt «M/H (DM UATi Vfi MAI M/M PHI man* ISO/Cmmc LMNKS Sp* 125 991 LO 15.0 0.10 80* 0.10* SuttM 991 LO 18.0 OK 80* 0.W Norttwrn Euro* W0 Am 962.6 0.1 12J 0.04 27 0.02 MO M«
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        387 40 Pilots failed to drop to correct altitude on landing approach: probe report AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] Human error was responsible for the crash of a China Airlines Co Ltd jet in February 1998, Taiwan's worst-ever aviation disaster which killed 202 people, the Central
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        71 40 [FLINT, Michigan] Employees cheer the last Buick, a 1999 LeSabre, to roll off the Buick City assembly line, in Flint, Michigan, marking the end of an era. More than 15 million Buicks were built on the Buick City site since 1907, not including the military vehicles
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        220 40 AFX-Asia [MANILA] China's total passenger traffic rose 4.78 per cent year-on-year to 3.67 billion passengers in the first quarter this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing figures by the National Bureau of Statistics. Total freight traffic in the first quarter, meanwhile, reached 2.97
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        219 40 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Cathay Pacific Airways said the number of passengers it carried and the percentage of seats it filled from January to April rose compared with the same period last year. Cathay Pacific, Hongkong's only long-haul airline, said in its biweekly in-house newsletter CX
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        622 40 First-year loss o! HKs4oom mainly dne to poor revenue from retail outlets AFP [HONGKONG] Hongkong's state-of-the-art international airport today celebrates its first birthday, but the anniversary is being kept low key as the airport battles against financial troubles. "We basically
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        1778 40 CITY FLIGHT ETA FUGHT ETO LHT78 1605 LH63T3 2355 AdoUM* BA7381 1930 Of 82 2055 «4578 *05 $026 2355 Of81 1930 AN8229 2230 S***** 1605 LH6380 2230 ®*7306 ***** 2230 «C AmsttnUm U.B43 0435 CA972 0010 S0909 1530 S0990 QMS S023 0705 K1844 0040 GMngztonMK *****
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      21 27 US Coast Guard: Many hands make light work Efficient monitoring a sum of good officers and cooperation with industry. Page 2
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      292 27 People ESH^ESHKSI The Singapore National I Shippers CouncH has re- elected John Lu to serve a second two-year term as chairman. Onq HVv J£j2M| KMm Klat and Derek ZmmJ 5M I \4jrjf I Coh were elected as II I first and second vice JLI I I chairmen respectively. I I
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      475 27 China Airlines Feb 1998 crash due to human error Pilots failed to drop to correct altitude on landing approach: probe report. Back Page o TASMAN ORIENT Merger of TASMAN ASIA and NZ-ORIENT LINK Tas man Asia and NZ-Orient Line are pleased to advise that the merger of the two companies
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      76 28 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 fvfSSli JAPAW POWT Mg LKMIILA ChiM <KVMIY "WH YflMI 1 VOY FTP SIN mm nTno, TOYOU ETANCO fTA OiTl S? Vl3lOB 11 JUL 19 JUI 70 JUL 21 JUL
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      746 28 f Lines services representeo u ;(§l' Members of the Registry erf fIWV Riders VMX/ Accredited Shipping Agents, GjJUW Association Singapore Shtpptng Association am ULY UNE MALE IVBSU I VOY lEU fS flu p. nm sfoti MALt Princess Lily V 0799 06/07 07/07 16/07 Empress lily V 0399 24/07 25/07 01/08
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      1621 29 10 HANJIN SHIPPING iffl muuii miiiiiir rri rrr im i_- Sde *****30 ITO NW USA CANADAI > < WC *****74 731 ********** urio »u» u« TTTTOSS FAI TTWHO ana itwwwM w® vsi/vdt mm sw uwhmh/vot su —m —j—=i r ANAPA* KjraajTowiosoi 10/07 n/07 MHO w/ o j »/o; Tji o;
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