The Business Times, 10 July 1999

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    11 1 IheBusinessTimes MITA (P) 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1999
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  • Article
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    66 1 D flBli3 (+2177) wwvrsai U ***** (+11.78) wm sxasci futuies U anjo (+1.30) STOCK MAMffiT INDICES Friday Change KLSE COUP 861.67 +4J1 NIKKEI 17,937.71 SJZ HANO SENG li»t§7 4.71 SET INDEX ***** +1191 JAKARTA COMP 666.64 -1.61 MANILA COUP _15M.71 -17.46 TAIPEI WPl 8*>6027 -ttl6 SEOUL OQMP 1,927.93
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    76 1 FOBEX BATES ust ss USi 1.700 per£) 1J6S M40 EUB0(U8$/S$perE) 1.020 1.714 DM 1.917 M87 YEN 1H7 1J86* RM 1880 0.447 HKS 7.7W 0119 BAHT J7.16 0.046 BUP1AH *086 OOtt* St to lOt uUtt POTE RATES SINGAPORE* &M KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40 00 BANGKOK 10.01 MANILA 11.00 BONG
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  • Article
    Lock icon Alternate open, closed COE tenders likely from next year
    596 1  -  Pay-as-yon-bid system not in tbe pipeline for now Reports by Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Bidding for certificates of entitlement licences needed for vehicle ownership could be carried out every fortnight from next year, versus the current once-a-month auctions. And two bidding systems
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    Lock icon Telekom chairman in shock exit
    559 1  -  Resignation comes amid talk that his CEO would resign From. Ruth Wong tra Kuala Lumpur THE chairman of Malaysia's state-controlled telecommunications giant Telekom Malaysia, Ali Hassan, has quit in a surprise announcement late yesterday amid speculation in the market of a boardroom tussle. The statement
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    Lock icon Most Aug COE prices firm, with easing off for big cars
    474 1 [SINGAPORE] Buyers of Mer-cedes-Benzes and BMWs will pay less for their COEs this month, while the Hyundai and Mitsubishi masses continue to see the cost of their permits to own such cars spiral. Certificates of entitlement remain firm for
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    Lock icon KLSE blasts AWSJ for calling it a Mickey Mouse market
    595 1  -  Exchange says it has been constant in handling Clob issue From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday angrily brushed off charges that its handling of the frozen Clob shares issue makes it a "Mickey Mouse
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    Lock icon HPL's Cuscaden condos snapped up
    581 1  -  Units at $1,500 psf move fast in 2 days of qniet marketing By, Ang Wan May [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd's Cuscaden Residences is practically sold out after two days of quiet marketing and HPL stands to make pre-tax profits of some $140 million from the
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      110 1 DtsiPE were Yew"s mm jiu IPO pitfall R Sivanithy on the hidden costs of applying for foreign currency IPOs, Fill batairkoM Three major US publishers are suing Thai copy shops for allegedly pirating their best-selling books. Analysts say the legal battle puts the spotlight on Thailand's compliance with the international
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      10 1 25-30% rise seen for home prices for 1999, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Disk drives: S'pore loses most among rivals for US market
      677 2  -  MAS study shows 5 percentage point fail in US market share from '96 to '98 By* Anna Teo SINGAPORE fared the worst among all disk drive exporters to the US in recent years, losing five percentage points in market share
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    • Article
      Lock icon 7% growth in 2000 possible, says MAS official
      346 2 Reuter SINGAPORE'S economy may grow by 7 per cent in 2000 if the external environment stays favourable, a central bank official said yesterday. "Seven per cent is always possible given Singapore's track record," said Khor Hoe Ee, senior executive director for economics
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    • Article
      Lock icon Accounting standards a dynamic process
      330 2  -  MATT.BAG Janet Tan Acting Executive Director Institute of Certified Public Accountants Singapore WE refer to the column 'Extraordinary' anomaly of S'pore firms" by David Mason (The Bottom Line, BT, June 15) and the letter "Do more for corporate governance" from Dr RC Cooper (BT, June
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      Lock icon 25-30% rise seen for home prices for 1999
      532 2  -  Over time, take-up, prices expected to moderate: Colliers Reports by< Corinne Kerk FOR the whole of 1999, private residential prices could rise some 25 to 30 per cent, with full-year take-up of new homes in the region 0f9,000 to 10,000 units, said
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      Lock icon Core inflation measures point to benign prices
      701 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By. AnnaTeo NOW that the economic outlook has brightened, one old concern has resurfaced will price pressures start creeping back again as economic activity picks up? After all, the consumer price index (CPI) actually rose in May though just
      Source: MAS  -  701 words
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      Lock icon Prime offices set for upturn by year-end
      463 2 THE prime office market is set to turn around by the end of the year, with rents bottoming in the third or fourth quarter and rising 5 to 10 per cent next year, said Colliers Jardine (CJ) yesterday. CJ associate director Tay Huey
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  • FOCUS
    • Article
      Lock icon Suzhou not a case of S'porean hubris: BG Lee
      674 3  -  But S'pore underestimated extent to which local perspectives prevail By, Audrey Tan THE Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) was a more ambitious project than Singapore had expected, but it was not a case of Singaporean hubris, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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      Lock icon If I were not Lee Kuan Yew's son...
      2762 3 Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave an interview covering a wide range of subjects to the Far Eastern Economic Review on June 17. Below are extracts of the interview. Making economic policy Review:... Of the experience that you have had, what
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  • ASIA OH THE MEND
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      Lock icon Jakarta, IMF to revise economic targets
      290 4 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will revise the macro-economic targets in their newest letter of intent to reflect the country's recovering economy. "The revisions are because economic growth is more positive, and inflation is very low," Miranda Gultom, deputy governor
      Bloomberg  -  290 words
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      Lock icon Indon bank restructuring by end-1999
      157 4 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Indonesia State Enterprises Minister Tanri Abeng said yesterday that the country's troubled banking sector should be restructured by the end of 1999. "The state-owned banks win aU be restructured before the end of the year. It is very likely that the restructuring and
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      Lock icon Thai central bank cuts discount rate to 4%
      497 4 Second cut in two weeks aimed at boosting economic recovery by lowering borrowing costs Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank yesterday cut its official bank rate for the second time in two weeks to a record low, aiming to rekindle the economic recovery
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      Lock icon Kuroda vows to stick to script as Mr Yen exits
      420 4 Reuters [TOKYO] Haruhiko Kuroda publicly donned the mantle of Japan's top financial diplomat yesterday, vowing to carry on the policies of his flamboyant predecessor, Eisuke Sakakibara, especially on curbing the strong yen. A news conference to mark Mr Sakakibara's retirement
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      Lock icon Little recovery expected for Asian refiners this year
      602 4 Margins seen under pressure because of new start-ups Reuters [SINGAPORE] The floundering refinery business in Asia is unlikely to see a significant recovery this year, analysts said yesterday. "In refining, as a standalone business, if anyone makes money in the open market
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      Lock icon Asian currencies end week softer
      383 4  -  Losses in Korean won, Thai baht lead downward pressure Hy Larry Wee [SINGAPORE) The South Korean won and Thai baht hit multi-week lows in Asian trading yesterday due to adverse reaction to news affecting domestic banks. Players reported that the Korean unit hit a five-week
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      Lock icon Bankers wonder if Asian recovery can be sustained
      399 4 When IT growth in US slows down, it'll hit Asia: HE's Yam AFP [HONGKONG] Asia-Pacific central banks said yesterday that a sustained economic recovery in the region depended heavily on steady growth in the United States and other industrialised countries, and agreed
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      Lock icon HKMA to step up market monitoring
      268 4 AFP [SINGAPORE] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), which successfully warded off currency speculators at the height of the Asian financial turmoil, said yesterday that it will monitor the markets round-the-clock for signs of manipulation. "Events of the past two years have underscored the
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Pertamina wants Bob Hasan out of gas venture
      381 5 JAKARTA Reuters STATE oil company Pertamina said yesterday that it wanted Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, a close associate of former President Suharto, removed as a shareholder of McDermott Indonesia to end controversy about the award of a major contract. PT McDermott Indonesia, a
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      Lock icon Golkar sticks to Habibie for president
      250 5 JAKARTA Akbar confirms decision after party meeting AFP A MEETING of Indonesia's ruling Golkar party yesterday decided to push for a new term for incumbent President BJ Habibie in November, party chairman Akbar Tanjung said. "Of course, we will still push him as a
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    • Article
      Lock icon US publishers sue Thai shops in landmark piracy test case
      506 5  -  Publishers estimate almost 30% of texts used in Thailand are illegal photocopies From Harish Mehta in Bangkok IN a landmark test case, three major American publishers are suing Thai copy shops for allegedly pirating their bestselling books and analysts said
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      Lock icon New Thai cabinet to be announced today
      241 5 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND'S new lineup of ministers will be unveiled today after weeks of acrimonious political manoeuvering over seats in the last cabinet before the next national polls, officials said. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said he had submitted a new cabinet lineup to
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      Lock icon HK and S'pore cyberhubs not a threat to Malaysia's MSC: Dr M
      459 5  -  Multimedia Super Corridor keen to cooperate with them From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Multimedia Super Corridor project is not threatened by competition from the cyberhubs in Hongkong and Singapore, and looks forward to cooperating with
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      Lock icon Indon govt asks Japan to bail out power project
      420 5 JAKARTA Move could cause Japan to break ranks with US FT INDONESIA has asked Japan to bail out a controversial power plant project led by Hopewell of Hongkong and Sumitomo of Japan a move which could break a deadlock in discussions
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      Lock icon Budget deficit was HK$23b, not HK$32b: HK govt
      558 7  -  New data questions govt's ability to forecast its Budget, say economists From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE Hongkong government yesterday said the budget deficit for the last fiscal year was HK523.2 billion (Sss billion) and not the revised estimate of HK532.3
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      Lock icon Guangdong govt stops interest payments to GDE creditors
      416 7 HONGKONG Move puts pressure on banks to accept Goldman restructure Bloomberg, Reuters CHINA'S Guangdong provincial government stopped interest payments to creditors of Guangdong Enterprises (Holdings) Ltd and its affiliates, a GDE subsidiary said in a statement, sending chills down the back of
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Indonesia's poor hit 49.5m in 1998
        68 7 Reuters [JAKARTA] The number of poor in Indonesia more than doubled last year to 49.5 million because of the country's economic crisis, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. A Mongid, assistant to the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare and Poverty Eradication, was quoted as saying
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        Lock icon Six Chinese writers sue Internet firm
        55 7 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Six Chinese novelists, former culture minister Wang Meng among them, are suing an Internet firm for publishing their works on the Internet without consent, the official Shanghai News reported yesterday. Readers could access entire novels, including Zhang Chengzhi's Black Stallion, through Beijing
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        Lock icon Koo family reject 'comfort women' link
        92 7 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Koo family yesterday rebutted a report that linked it to a company that supplied Taiwanese "comfort women" to the Japanese military during World War D. Koo Chen-Fu, the 82-year-old head of a family that now runs Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Taiwan's largest
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        Lock icon Amitabh Bachchan firm sees huge losses
        57 7 AFP [BOMBAY] The entertainment company set up by Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan (above) was declared a "sick" enterprise yesterday by the state-run Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction. Amitabh Bachchan Corp Ltd piled up losses worth 700 million rupees (5526.3 million), well beyond
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      Lock icon Failure of Gitic seen as a serious bilateral problem
      267 7 BEIJING Reuters JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said yesterday that the failure of a major Chinese financial institution was a serious bilateral problem. "The failure of China's non-bank financial institution is a major issue for the economic relations between China and
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      Lock icon HK to give electronic records legal status
      186 7 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG'S government will introduce a new bill next week to provide a clear legal framework to promote the wide adoption of commercial electronic transactions, officials said yesterday. Under the bill to be introduced to the legislature Wednesday, the government plans to
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      Lock icon China mulls big airlines merger to cut costs
      407 7 SHANGHAI Air China, China Southern tie-up in the works: sources Reuters CHINA is considering merging two of its biggest airlines in a move that could dramatically reshape the ailing aviation sector, industry officials said yesterday. But the plan to merge China Southern
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      Lock icon Japan, China wrap up WTO deal on services trade
      578 7 osucars visit to china Bat China still not ready to talk to US abont WTO entry Reuters [BEIJING] Japan and China wrapped up an agreement yesterday on Beijing's bid to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after months of intense negotiations.
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Strengthening Taiwan's banks
      859 6  -  Instead of using public funds to bail out weak institutions in Taiwan's overcrowded banking sector, the government wants them to consolidate By. Macabe Keliher [TAIPEI] TAIWAN'S Finance Ministry has proposed a merger between the largest government-run bank, Bank of Taiwan (BOT), and one of the three largest
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  • SHIPS IN PORT
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      Lock icon CONVENTIONAL WHARVES
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      Lock icon CONTAINER SCHEDULES
      1607 6 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookinq/Baianc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr P«rkxl Frow To From Au j** 6m n/noo u «/iioo otnm 09/1900 11 o»/»oo 09/1*59 09/1900 U 09/1700 KJ/0659 <0/0900 21 09/T700 >0/0*59 10/0900 I 10/0700 10/1159 n/MOO 4 10/1200 10/M59 10/1700 0J4* It/2300
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Patten's EU foreign policy chief in controversial team
      594 8  -  Critics fear Prodi's choices will generate more tension with US, Asia From Shada Islam in Brussels EUROPEAN Commission president-designate Romano Prodi yesterday appointed former Hongkong governor Chris Patten as the European Union's new foreign policy supremo despite signs that the move would
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      Lock icon Australian papers roast Clinton over quotas and tariffs on lamb imports
      499 8 SYDNEY They say his import relief plan smacks of hypocrisy Reuters AUSTRALIAN newspapers expressed extreme annoyance with US President Bill Clinton yesterday over his decision to slap quotas and tariffs on lamb imports, accusing the United States of hypocrisy
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      Lock icon Presidential race gains momentum
      766 8  -  LETTER FROM WASHINGTON Bush is soaring, Gore is falling, and Bradley is waiting In the wings By Leon Hadar SO is it all over? The 2000 US presidential campaign has yet to start but among the political pundits in Washington, the consensus is that the political
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      Lock icon Lifting of ban on UK beef proposed
      447 8 BRUSSELS Proposal will be presented next week for approval AFP, Reuters THE European Commission announced yesterday it was proposing a conditional lifting of a three-year ban on British beef exports from Aug L The lifting of the ban on Britain's worldwide beef exports,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Low gold prices may force China mines to close
      350 8 SINGAPORE Bloomberg CHINA'S gold producers may be forced to close mines or slash jobs if world gold prices stay at present levels, which are lower than costs of production in China, the World Gold Council said. Mining an ounce of gold
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon French govt debt tops euro zone limit
        118 8 Bloomberg [PARIS] France's debt last year rose above a limit imposed on the 11 countries that share the euro currency. France joins six other euro members, including Germany and Italy, in exceeding the limit. Signs that nations are falling short of their own
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        Lock icon Russia moves closer to Belarus treaty
        108 8 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russian Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin said yesterday that a treaty on forming a union with neighbouring Belarus was almost ready, sending the latest signal that Moscow is accelerating moves towards the union. Mr Stepashin said after a meeting with President Boris Yeltsin
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        Lock icon No need for debt write-off, says Russia
        69 8 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia no longer plans to ask its foreign creditors for a total write-off or partial debt reduction, Alexander Livshits, the country's special envoy to the Group of Eight nations, said yesterday. "The word 'write-off is excluded from the vocabulary. There is
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        Lock icon Huge Kosovo mass grave found
        89 8 AFP [PRISTINA, Yugoslavia] KFOR peacekeeping troops announced yesterday that they had found the largest suspected mass grave in Kosovo so far, a site that may contain as many as 350 bodies. A KFOR spokesman said the find had been made by the Italian contingent of
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Stormy weather over sunshine
      406 9 Slammed: Doctors who say sunshine gains may ontweigh cancer risks AFP (LONDON] Sunshine might be healthier than most people think, outweighing the risk of skin cancer, British doctors suggested yesterday and ran straight into a storm. The four researchers at Bristol University in western England were
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      Lock icon Winfrey and Hearst in mag venture
      554 9 NYT [NEW YORK] Oprah Winfrey frequently graces the covers of women's magazines, but now she is gr *mg in on the editorial sid' if the publishing business. Winfrey has teamed up with Hearst Magazines to publish a new magazine that will seek to capitalise
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      Lock icon Time and health eating into lunch
      1638 10  -  With Americans wanting faster and healthier lunches, restaurants try to avoid empty tables by giving in to them, masum burros reports MARIAN BURROS NYT A BUSINESS lunch today is positively Spartan compared with those fabled three-martini events a quarter-century ago. The martinis have been
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Lock icon Golden Agri applicants hit by forex difference
      485 11  -  Unsuccessful IPO applicants got back $1.6 m less than what they pat in By* Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Unsuccessful applicants in Golden Agri-Re-sources' initial public offer got back at least $1.6 million less than what they had put in and many of the annoyed
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      Lock icon Lian Hup Timber gets listing nod
      373 11  -  DPO, expected next week, is the 22nd this ye&r By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Wood chip company Lian Hup Timber has received in-principle approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a mainboard listing and hopes that it would eventually become one of the stock
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      Lock icon Brokers taking action, curbing exposure: SES
      150 11 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) said late yesterday that some brokers had taken measures to control their trading exposure to abide by exchange regulations and the law. In a statement after the market closed yesterday, the SES said some brokers had
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      Lock icon Golden Agri fails to glitter amid softer market sentiment
      430 11  -  New listing takes a tumble, along with parent Asia Food By Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Newly-listed Golden Agri-Resources yesterday made a dismal showing on the local bourse, due largely to "bad timing". The Indonesian palm oil producer closed at 63.5 US cents,
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      Lock icon Superior Metal upbeat on China
      483 11  -  It rakes 80% of pre-tax profit from China units By I Conrad Raj {SINGAPORE] Unlike most Singapore companies which have had a bad experience in China and suffered millions of dollars in losses, Superior Metal Printing is raking in superior returns on its investments there.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Time to take a long hard look at the IPO business
      782 11  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy Plus ca change, plus ce la meme chose, according to the French. Or as we would say, the more that things change, the more they stay the same. And so it is with the
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      Lock icon HPL unit cuts stake in Planet Hollywood KL to 65%
      316 11  -  By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd's 50 per cent associated company, Leisure Ventures (LV), has reduced its stake in Planet Hollywood (Kuala Lumpur) (PHKL) from 100 per cent to 65 per cent after roping in two new minority joint-venture
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Southern Bank to begin merger talks
        474 12  -  Plan to buy United Merchant Group's 43.53% stake in Ban Hin Lee Bank From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SOUTHERN Bank has secured official approval to begin talks on a merger with Penang-based Ban Hin Lee Bank. The bank said last night it would
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        Lock icon Choo Meileen holds 60% of former IME
        231 12  -  By] Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] Cathay Organisation Pte Ltd's chairman Choo Meileen now holds 60 per cent of the former IMM Multi-Enterprise (IME), following the latter's acquisition by Ms Choo's private vehicle, Greenall Investments, and related parties on Wednesday. Through Greenall, Ms Choo and
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        Lock icon OUB, OCBC, UOB foreign shares buck STI's fall
        400 12 They rise 0.7-4.7% this week as investors bank on economic recovery Bloomberg {SINGAPORE] Singapore bank shares that can be owned by foreigners rose this week, as investors bet the city-state's gathering economic recovery bodes well for the commercial lenders. Foreign shares of
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        Lock icon Good reception expected for NOL share issue
        684 12 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines, one of Asia's biggest shipping companies, will launch its international campaign Monday to woo buyers to its US$3OO million (Ssso7 million) new share offer. The money is part of NOL's US$5OO million debt-re-duction plan first disclosed three weeks
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      • Article
        Lock icon Creditor banks to roll over Osprey's US$370m debt for at least 3 months
        467 12 Shipping company's debt was dne to mature on Joly 20 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Osprey Maritime Ltd, a Singapore-listed shipping company with ties to the family of former Indonesian president Suharto, said yesterday its creditor banks have agreed to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Land & Gen up on bank takeover talk
        311 12 Land Gen up on bank takeover talk Bloomberg {KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Land General Holdings Bhd, one of Malaysia's biggest property developers, surged 11 per cent amid speculation it may buy a banking group, possibly PhileoAllied Bhd, to help offset slumping property sales. Market talk that "Land General will be
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      • Article
        Lock icon Metro sees better results after loss of Sun Vista
        290 12 Ship's sinking allows cutting of losses in its cruise business Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore retailer Metro Holdings Ltd said yesterday that the sinking of a luxury cruise ship would help it cut operating losses in its cruise business and improve earnings in
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      • Article
        Lock icon BATSI offers for BATS, Rothmans now unconditional
        287 12  -  By. Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] The cash offers that British American Tobacco Singapore Investments (BATSI) made for British American Tobacco Company Singapore (BATS) and Rothmans Industries have become unconditional. BATSI said yesterday that it has secured 91.17 per cent of BATS and 71.61 per
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      • COMPANY Briefs
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          Lock icon CAM substantial shareholder sells out
          88 12 [SINGAPORE] Substantial shareholder of troubled CAM International, Tommy Lam Wai Yin who just this April bought a 21.34 per cent stake—has sold his entire shareholdings of some 51.2 million shares at 3.1 cents each. But yet another new shareholder Lim E Piao came on to
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          Lock icon HSBC to launch Personal Portfolio Fund
          83 12 [SINGAPORE] The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp will launch its Personal Portfolio Fund for investors from July 12 to Sept 3. The fluid is available at an initial $25,000 investment, which gives investors packaged solutions managed by HSBC Asset Management Singapore. The management fee
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    • INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Swisscom to buy 58% of Germany's Debitel
        447 13 It will pay 2.6b Swiss francs, and bid for the rest of the shares outstanding Reuters [ZURICH] Telecommunications group Swisscom AG said yesterday it will buy Germany's Debitel AG, paying 2.56 billion Swiss francs (Ss2.B billion) for an initial 58 per cent stake.
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        295 13 Swedish auto firm's shares shoot up 6% after report Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Volvo AB, the world's second-largest truckmaker, has rejected a 144 billion kronor (5528.6 billion) takeover offer by DaimlerChrysler AG, a Swedish newspaper reported yesterday. That sent Volvo shares up as much as
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        446 13 Firm's Q2 results, ont on July 23, could disappoint: analysts FT [STOCKHOLM] Ericsson chief executive Lars Ramqvist admitted on Thursday that the Swedish telecommunications group had lost out to rival Nokia in the past year. He said a nine-month delay for the launch of
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        342 13 Morningstar plans to improve online services Bloomberg [TOKYO] Masayoshi Son's Softbank, a Japanese company that is one of the world's biggest investors in companies that do business on the Internet, paid US$9l million (Sslss million) in cash for 20 per cent
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        119 13 Bloomberg [PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island] Hasbro Inc. the world's second-largest toymaker, is recalling 273,000 spillproof cups made by its Playskool division that could cause children to choke if part of the cup's flexible spout tears off. The Pawtucket-based maker of Tonka trucks. Furby toys and Star
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        229 13 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] The Walt Disney Co on Thursday said it was merging its TV production unit with the ABC TV network's prime-time broadcast group in another move by the US entertainment giant to reorganise its businesses. The merger points
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        260 14 NASD slaps highest fine ever on insurer for flouting rules in insurance sales NYT [NEW YORK] Receiving yet another sanction for misleading customers for more than a decade, Prudential Insurance Co of America was fined US$2O million (Ss34 million) on Thursday by the
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          101 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Cargill Inc, the biggest privately-owned US business, won antitrust approval to buy the grain unit of arch-rival Continental Grain Co after the companies agreed to sell nine facilities in six states. Antitrust regulators said those sales were necessary to ensure farmers and other
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          99 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] George Soros's US$2 billion (553.4 billion) Quota Fund gained about 20 per cent in June, the second-best month this year for the biggest hedge funds. Quota, managed by Nick Roditi, led the pack, in part because of bets that Japanese
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          92 14 Reuters [BOMBAY] Indian interest rate derivatives made a strong start with deals worth more than two billion rupees (Ss7s million) being struck, traders said yesterday. Traders said initial deals on Thursday, the first day of trading in such derivatives, suggested a declining trend in Indian
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        323 14 Only wild card left: will SocGen, Paribas counterbid? Reuters [PARIS] BNP's hostile bid for Societe Generale and Paribas cleared its last regulatory hurdle on Thursday, paving the way for an August end to the bitter three-way bourse battle. One remaining wild card
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        450 14 Euro/USS: Euro/USS rangetraded between 1.0185 and 1.0270 for the first three days of this week before collapsing to yet another historical low of 1.0148 on Thursday. The unit was trading around 1.0220 yesterday morning. There are no signals, from a technical perspective, that
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        190 14 FT [LONDON] Banca di Roma, Italy's largest bank, on Thursday became the first European bank to sell off a portion of its non-performing loans to the bond markets. The move marks the latest and most radical step in the evolution of
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        142 15  -  Himtm Reports MSCI Singapore Index Christopher Podbury, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market ended higher on followthrough bargain-hunting and positive sentiment following the recent improved forecasts for the economy by both the government and economists from the Nanyang Technological University. The Straits Times Index
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        185 15  -  MSCI Taiwan futures Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract finished 1.8 points lower yesterday despite earlier breaking the key 380-point barrier. The Taiwan Weighted Price Index lost 42.16 points on concerns that electronics stock have gone up too
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        381 15 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices retreated a little yesterday as speculators pocketed profits made during the latest leg of a five-month-old rally triggered by Opec export curbs. London futures for benchmark Brent blend crude lost 22 US cents to US$lB.O2 a
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        319 15 AFP, Reuters London THE euro managed to hold above recent lifetime lows against a firmer US dollar in Europe yesterday, helped by a flurry of buying in the afternoon session. Aggressive euro/yen buying triggered a rally of more than 1/2 a cent in euro/dollar which lifted the single
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        1138 15 DtTERBAint CROSS RATES Jul 9 "r PwHttimh Bupun YWI Won w MSP»»l Pm S$ g»nd Sfr MTS B*t Eowd US$ 0-979 .V 78 0 653 4283 1277 5.16a 28.906 44.525 0.817 7.907 L531 1263 34.355 25.660 L132 4.053 L050 ***** ***** 0 429 0 666 J*J 5M4 U04 5277 29.514
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        1772 15 SICOM FUTURES Jul 9 RUBBER (futures ctosinq h at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTUS cMts/kqj Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (towns) Interest Aug 99 96.50 300 Sep 99 98.00 900 Oct 99 99.75 350 Nov 99 101.25 350 Dec 99 103.00 350 Jan/Mar 00 106.00 106.00 106.00 300 300 RSS
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      1364 16 AFP Q Hang Seng -173 HONGKONG share prices fell slightly yesterday in cautious trade following a weaker US market, dealers said. "The market is still consolidating from recent gains," said Howard Gorges, vice-president at South China Brokerage. "Investors are taking a wait-and-see stance, waiting for prices to fall further,"
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      2270 16 LONDON Industrials Mi PtMIM *h 3i Group 8.14 0.07 Abbey National 11.77 0.23 A B Foods 4.40 0.15 A B Ports 2.96 unch Alliance i Leicester 8.30 0.03 Allied Domecq 6.05 0.05 Allied Zurich 8.08 -0.14 Anglo American Gold 43.70 unch ASOA Group 2.18 unch Ban* of
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      578 16 AFP, Reuters Q Shanghai B Index +0.85 SHANGHAI'S B shares rose 1.7 per cent yesterday led by Heilongjiang Electric Power, analysts said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index, which tracks shares nominally reserved for foreigners, gained 0.85 points to 50.52. The A Share Index of locally traded stocks
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      342 16 AFP QWP Index -4116 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday as a sell-off in the financial and manufacturing sectors offset strong buying of technology stocks, dealers said. "Investors turned cautious and this was reflected in the moderate market turnover," said James Su, deputy manager of the
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      1630 16 AFP £2 Nikkei 225 -29JW TOKYO share prices edged down 0.2 per cent yesterday as investors locked in profits on recent gains and looked for fresh leads, brokers said. The key Nikkei Average of 225 selected issues fell 29.92 points to end at 17,937.73. The Topix Index of all
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        438 17 AFP rl Composite Index -HL3I MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday due to retail play on speculative stocks. "Retailers are just jumping into the market on various rumours. I expect the rumour mill to churn through the following week as
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        8887 17 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products Last Vol Day Net Cap HlgH Low Company Sale OOP High Low P/t $mll 440 255 Ajlnomoto 382 unch 5 390 380 24.2 154.8 144 46 Angkasa 142 8 1673 144 134 209.4 404 220 Apollo Food Hlg 388 20 302 404 370 13.5 155.2 294 115
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        200 18  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy ONE high-risk but potentially high-re-ward trading strategy to profit from the recent bounce is to pick those stocks and warrants that collapsed the most in the recent selldown. The argument here is that being the most volatile, these
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        226 18 HONGKONG STOCKS G* Or *2-Wk Lwt Vol Day Last Ouott M M> YM IM M Cap High Low Stno Company Sa» COOP) High L— Buyar 5—f Cw P/t jm* 365 173 5123 COL(2000)HK 315 315 B 3.7 2J 10 7 ***** 5124 C atftay Pac 20c MK— 720
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        2138 18 BONOS. LOANS i WARRANTS wt 52-*k Last Vol Day Last Ouota Avg High Low Stno Company Sal* r- COOO) High Lao B«iyef Seller Prtct 104 3 s 3160 A Acer ******1USS 82.5 -3.5 586 88 82 82.5 83 80 4.5 s 3164 Acma ******4 57 *2 1552 60 56 57
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        293 18 AFP P Wellington +15.78 NEW Zealand shares finished on a firm note yesterday, helped by strength in cyclical commodity stocks. The NZSE-40 was up 0.7 per cent or 15.78 points to 2,209.99 on moderate turnover of NZ$B2 million. Telecom was up five NZ cents to NZsB.lo.— AFP m* w
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        871 18 AFP QSETlndei +1233 THAI stocks climbed 2.6 per cent in a day of volatile trade yesterday as the central bank cut the discount rate, reversing earlier losses in the banking sector, dealers said. Analysts said that while inter-bank market rates were still lower than the Bank of Thailand's benchmark,
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        418 18 AFP Fl Composite Index +22L82 SHARE prices on the Korea Stock Exchange closed 2.9 per cent higher yesterday as robust buying orders offset profit-taking, dealers said. The Composite Index closed up 28.82 points, or 2.9 per cent, to close out at 1,027.93, the highest since Dec 24, 1994, when
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        651 18 AFP P All Ordinaries -4&3 AUSTRALIAN share prices dropped 1.5 per cent yesterday, taking their cue from Wall Street, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's key All Ordinaries Index fell 45.3 points to 3,041.0. Turnover totalled 490.5 million shares worth Asl.s billion. The All Industrials Index tumbled 86.5 points
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        707 18 AFP Q Composite Index INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent lower yesterday, led by falls in timber companies after the government decided not to extend some of their forest concessions, dealers said. They said the broad market was also weak amid the prevailing political uncertainty. think the market
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        333 18 AFP P Manila -17.46 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday due to the depreciation of the local currency, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 17.46 points to close at 2,594.72 points. Volume fell to 3.3 billion shares worth 3.8 billion pesos from 3.8 billion
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      7186 19 Transaction date: Jul 9 Cr Or M Wt 52-Wk Lilt Vol Day Last Ouote D»v Otv YM N«t Cap Ayq Hlqn tow StNo Company Sal* COOO) High Law Buyer Seller C'»r P/E J mil Price MULTI-INDUSTRY 182 17.5 m b 1000 Acme 50c 156
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        406 20 Stacks W— Gotden Aqri USIOc 205.242,000 IPC C0fpn5c 55,361,000 Hotung Inv NT5 32,885,000 Asia Food&Prop 29,294,000 •TanChonglnt50c 27,786,000 ICT HKWc 25,990,000 Frt Links 20c 25,323,000 SMB United 10c 21,119,000 Inno-PK 20c 20,993,000 STEngglOc 20,080,000 Utda > Golden Aqri USIOc 134,964,693 •TanChongint50c 70,124,280 SPH 69,440,574 STEngglOc 41,809,994 NOl 35,285,492 D8S Foreign
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        Lock icon Stocks end firmer with forced selling well-absorbed
        591 20  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Penny stock traders pile back into market close on heels of bine chip investors to send UOB Sesdaq Index up 3.5% By R Sivanithy AFTER sitting out most of the morning session, traders yesterday piled back into the local market
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          118 20 STEP aside Kofi, here comes Kishore. Singapore's ambassador to the United Nations, Kishore Mahbubani, appears to be making waves in New York City and finally winning over some critics with his controversial book, Can Asians Think? The latest US edition of Time magazine said when he
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          92 20 CATHAY Organisation boss Choo Meileen now controls two listed companies and could be on the prowl for a third one. She first bought UPP, formerly known as United Pulp Paper. Then she snapped up IMM Multi-Enterprise, now renamed Cathay Organisation Holdings. Apart from being
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          80 20 CHUA Ma Yu, who co-founded Rashid Hussain Securities with former partner Rashid Hussain, is set to play a bigger role in the Malaysian stockbroking industry. He recently bought a 5 per cent stake in Kuala Lumpur City Securities. And now, he is said to be eyeing
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          178 20 THE Chinese newspaper Sin Min Daily News has chronicled a few hard-luck cases of novice stock market punters. One housewife feared her husband would "kill" her if he found out about the losses totalling $10,000 or more from her contra-trades. "My friend told me it was
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          66 20 ON Thursday, the share price of Hewlett-Packard rose to a record high of U*****.38 in the US. This probably maw*? Lewis Piatt, chairman and chief executive, a very rich man. But Mr Piatt, who was in Malaysia for the meeting of the Multimedia Supercorridor Advisory
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        65 20  -  By Wong Wei Kong IPC shares rose 3.5 cents to $0.39 yesterday on a volume of 55.4 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 71.7 million units. Despite the rise, the technical indicators such as the RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts are still mixed and suggest
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