The Business Times, 4 August 1999

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES M ,T *rra>j3i2iw. 85<r S I N C A P O R E Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1999
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    66 1 Dsn 214X37 (+14.72) BT-SBI 804*0 (+1.69) susa FUTUIES 29L00 (+2.10) HKABKETMOOD: Wooed STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 748.94 +13.40 NIKKEI 17,969.93 +144.23 HANG SENG 13,***** +38.41 SET INDEX 456.07 +3.46 JAKARTA COMP 61&99 +22.48 MANILA COMP Closed TAIPEI WPI 7,176.19 -20.76 SEOUL COMP .973.33 +1352 CUSA
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    80 1 FOBEX BATES US) s$ l«$ 1683 £(US$/SS per 1.616 2.721 EURO(US$/S$ per E) 1.066 1.794 DM 1.835 Oil 17 YEN 115.4 1.459* RM 3.800 0.443 HKJ 7.762 0217 BAHT #719 0.046 RL'PIAH 6386 0.024 St lo 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.28 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00
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    27 1 SINGAPORE 2,3,4 ASIA ON THE MEND 5 REGION 7,8 WORLD 9 EDITORIAL 10 TV 11 MONEY MATTERS 12 COMPANIES 13-17 FINANCE 18 COMMODITIES 19 STOCKS 20-24
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    Lock icon SembGas plans US$500m LNG facility in Singapore
    894 1  -  Move is part of strategy to ensure alternative sources of energy Promi Conrad Raj, Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE plans to build a massive US$5OO million (SsB4l million) facility to store liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ensure that it is never short of
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    Lock icon Miyazawa seeks Summers' help to cap rising yen
    1139 1  -  But US may seize chance to posh for speedier reforms From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CLEAR signs of Japan's rising concern over the rapidlyappreciating yen it has risen by about 7 per cent against the US dollar came yesterday when Finance Minister
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    Lock icon Rockefellers buying Bali hotel for US$50m
    555 1  -  Foreigners could snap up USslb worth of Indon property From! Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta MORE than US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) worth of properties across Indonesia could start falling into foreign hands, the first being a luxury hotel on the resort island of Bali that
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    Lock icon Index points to easing of growth in manufacturing
    595 1  -  But electronics industry still going great guns By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The recent robust growth of the manufacturing economy may be easing as the purchasing managers' index (PMI) dipped last month after rising for three straight months. But the electronics industry seems
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      128 1 INSIDE DBS note issue DBS Bank scored impressively with its inaugural tier 2 capital raising in global debt markets, raising USs7som in a 10-year subordinated note issue seen as a benchmark for other Singapore and Asian issuers, Pg 13 SES trading vohzme down Trading curbs by stockbroking firms and the
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      24 1 What analysts say, Pg 6 Watching the 'gaps' on the STI, Pg 12 OD NO SPECIFIC DEADLINE WkWD FOR TRANSFERS: BG LEE BPg 3
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      19 1 Companies report sharp improvements in Q2, Pg2 Big firms again outdoing small firms, Pg2 Other Parliament reports Pg 3
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Companies report sharp improvements in Q2
      612 2  -  BT-CBRD survey results confirm very strong upturn in HI for S'pore Jft'/Mirt.s btf, Audrey Tan SINGAPORE companies fared much better in the second quarter than at any time since end 1995, as almost half of them improved on sales, profit and new orders performance,
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      Lock icon Big firms again outdoing small firms
      446 2 JUST as large and foreign firms here weathered the Asian ci isis better, they also appear likely to benefit more from the economic upswing. The latest BT-CBRD survey found that large companies continued to outperform small firms in the second quarter, while foreign firms
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      Lock icon Late First Lady 'brave to the end'
      634 2  -  Parliamentarians pay tribute to Mrs OngTengCheong By, Anna Teo IT was a long night at the President's Charity Ball on July 9 but the late Mrs Ong Teng Cheong sat through it, carrying out her duties as First Lady patiently and courageously with
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      Lock icon 13 renovators win award from industry watchdog
      269 2 THE Renovation and Decoration Advisory Centre (Radac) has introduced a recognition scheme to boost professionalism among its members, in keeping with rising consumer expectations. Yesterday, the non-profit watchdog of the renovation and decoration industry pres ented 13 accredited renovators with the inaugural Radac
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      Lock icon Call for culture of continuous re-education
      211 2 BECOMING a successful knowledge-driven economy requires Singapore to foster a "nation-wide culture of continuous re-education", Minister for Health and Second Minister for Finance Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. He was giving a speech on "Staying competitive in the new mUlennium" to National University of
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      42 2 In celebration of the 34 th NATIONAL DAY I Our Silver Jubilee Anniversary, THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCH proudly announces its establishment as an Operational Headquarters Status (OHQ) Commencement Date: 1 August 1999 wm IiWIW THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCH
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      78 2 JUNK'. ANTIQUE IT rJy treasures? |Oj ll To you, they could just be old, ugly and Iv 1 i '1 worthless, but an antique collector could m \T if] take great delight in them. (And be willing I |y 11 to pay a handsome sum!) \J So instead of sending
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Lock icon No year-end deadline for Clob transfer: BG Lee
      583 3  -  Investors still have legal claim if shares are moved to KL's finance ministry By, Anna Teo THERE is no specific timeframe for the migration of Clob shares to the Malaysian Central Depository, and Clob shareholders will still have legal claim to their
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      Lock icon Law may be changed to let unions represent lower execs
      274 3 THE government may amend the law to allow junior and mid-level executives the right to union representation in labour disputes, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. He said the Manpower Ministry will present its preliminary proposal on the matter
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      Lock icon Suzhou Park could be profitable in medium term
      550 3  -  Bnt S'pore partners won't inject any more money into project: BG Lee By< Audrey Tan THE Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) has a "reasonable" chance of becoming profitable in the medium term, but the Singapore partners will not be injecting any more money
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon Company surveys via the Net
        92 4 FROM Friday, businesses will be able to submit their statistical returns to the Department of Statistics (DOS) via the Internet. DOS is launching a new service, called E-Survey, which will allow information to be sent securely online. Developed by DOS, Kent Ridge Digital Labs and
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        Lock icon Law academy takes over SIAC
        77 4 THE Singapore Academy of Law yesterday took over responsibility for the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) from the Economic Development Board and the Trade Development Board. The Ministry of Law said the transfer would "further enhance arbitration as an alternative method of dispute resolution within
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      Lock icon S$ interest rate futures drawing keen interest
      393 4  -  Customers asking for commission rates well ahead of launch by Simex: brokers By\ Siow Li Sen WITH slightly more than a month to its debut, the Singapore dollar interest rate futures contract is attracting keen interest, brokers say. The Singapore International Monetary Exchange
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      Lock icon Kranji racecourse to open officially with $3m race
      294 4  -  March 4 event set to draw top int'l jockeys; racing starts next month By Conrad Raj SINGAPORE'S biggest and richest horse racing event, the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup, will be held on March 4 next year to commemorate the official
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      Lock icon S'pore refiners cut Aug output on poor margins
      301 4 Reuters SINGAPORE refiners are being forced to run crude below capacity for August, as refining margins see limited signs of on Monday. will cut throughputs at its 59,000 tonne per day (tpd) refinery to 30,000 tpd for this month. The August level
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      Lock icon Need for more investor education, protection
      464 4  -  MAILBOX Adrian Ho Singapore via Internet IT would appear to me that in the past one year or so, the Singapore regulatory environment has shifted from "you do only what is specifically allowed" to "you can do anything, provided it is not specifically prohibited".
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      Lock icon Give small investors access to info promptly
      187 4  -  A S Khaled Brunei via Internet I REFER to your report on contra losses by retail investors. It is true that retail investors have themselves to blame for buying stocks with no fundamentals and allowing professionals to make money at their expense. However,
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      Lock icon Zero strike warrants are no 'hedge'
      202 4  -  Jennifer Tay Singapore via Internet I WOULD like to take issue with a statement in your article. "Singapore urged to train large pool of financial engineers" (BT. July 30). That statement read: "Another example of financial engineering at work is provided by zero strike
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      631 4 The Straits Times Classified r Where [gSsal buyers sellers Buy h. S«U!t Find It. Marine I Industries I Keppel Marine Industries Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF-YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1999 I The Directors of Keppel Marine Industries Limited advise the following
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  • ASIA OH THE MEND
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      Lock icon KL plan could burden major banks: Moody's
      540 6  -  BANK MERGERS But it also says move will steel banking system in long run; credit ratings retained From, Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur US-BASED rating agency Moody's retained its credit ratings on Malaysian banks, but said the plan to consolidate the country's banks
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      Lock icon New superbank is Indonesia's biggest
      201 6 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's new superbank, PT Bank Mandiri, will be the country's largest, with some 39 per cent of Indonesia's commercial banking assets, Standard Poor's ratings agency said yesterday. It said that Mandiri, which opened for business on Monday as the result of the merger
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      Lock icon Investors impressed by Manila's management of debt burden
      269 6 Reuters [MANILA] The successful return of the Philippines to the international debt market this year speaks well of the health of its issuers in managing their debt burden. A US$3OO million (Sssos million) central bank bond this week would add to the
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      Lock icon US$180b debt pile still a threat to Thai economic recovery
      767 6 Corporate debt being resolved bat public debt stacking up Reuters [BANGKOK] A debt mountain of some US$lBO billion (Ss3o6 billion) threatens to disrupt Thailand's recovery from recession just as economists are busy revising up growth projections for the crisis-hit country.
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      Lock icon Thai govt to back utility bonds
      241 6 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's finance ministry said it will guarantee 18 billion baht (SsBl2 million) worth of bonds, which the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) plans to sell in the domestic market. The move follows a pledge by the state utility to sell stakes
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon Habibie validates Indon poll results
      641 7 JAKARTA Stocks gain 3.8%; forming parliament, election of president can now proceed AFP, Reuters [JAKARTA] President BJ Habibie yesterday finally validated the results of the June 7 elections, two months after they were won by the opposition Indonesian Democracy Party-Struggle (PDIP) of Megawati Sukarnoputri. "I
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      Lock icon When peace in Batam comes into question
      837 7  -  ASIAN VIEW Laat wraak'g mmmniml riflthiw highlight Hia fnr tbft Wffllflmlt pie to expand and be more equitably shared as well Bp Yang Razali Kassim SINCE political upheaval became something of a trend in post-Suharto Indonesia, a new myth has developed: those fleeing
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      Lock icon Batam refugees return home after peace deal: report
      227 7 JAKARTA Bida head attended signing of agreement by warring parties Reuters THOUSANDS of refugees who had fled from ethnic bloodshed on the Indonesian industrial island of Batam have returned home, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. The refugees were escort- ed
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      Lock icon Hope seen in Taipei, Manila air row
      155 7 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine government and Taiwan airlines are willing to negotiate over a capacity row that is threatening an air services agreement between Manila and Taipei, officials said yesterday. "The door for negotiation is still open," Timothy Yang, EVA Air country manager
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      Lock icon Ibra probing claims official involved in debt-recovery scam
      393 7 JAKARTA Golkar denies involvement in Bank Bali graft Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday it was investigating claims one of its officials and a senior member of the ruling Golkar party were involved in a corrupt loan-re-covery scam. "We
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      Lock icon Philippine markets shut as floods worsen
      262 7 MANILA Govt offices closed, thousands evacuated from their homes AFP, Bloomberg MONSOON rains continue to whip the Philippines for the third straight day, shutting financial markets and government offices, while thousands of people were evacuated from their homes, pushing the two-day death toll to
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      Lock icon China gives nod to three new asset management firms
      413 8 BEIJING They aim to remove massive debts from the books of state-owned banks Bloomberg CHINA'S State Council, or cabinet, recently approved three new asset management corporations charged with moving a mountain of debt from the books of state-owned banks, officials said.
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      Lock icon HK land auction seen to squeeze buyers' margins
      196 8 mHONGKONG Bloomberg LAND-POOR small and medi-um-sized developers are expected to pay top dollar at today's government land auction, and if they're not careful some of their profits could disappear into the widening gap between land and house prices. While land prices rose
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      Lock icon Taiwan urges calm amid Chinese troop alert
      439 8 TAIPEI AFP, Bloomberg TAIWAN appealed for calm yesterday following China's test of a long-range missile and reports that Chinese troops off the Taiwanese coast have been put on full alert. Taiwan's weighted index plunged below the 7,000-point level in early trading yesterday on
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      Lock icon Daewoo creditors reject latest restructuring proposal
      222 8 SEOUL Banks want conglomerate to give more detailed plan Reuters CREDITOR banks of South Korea's embattled Daewoo Group yesterday turned down the latest restructuring plan by the nation's second largest conglomerate, a spokesman at Korea First Bank said. The spokesman said creditors had asked
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      245 7 Taipei may hit back at Manila over air row, Shipping Times, Pg 16 A leading, international force in the data logging industry is seeking expressions of interest from parties interested in acquiring the business and assets of the company on a going concern basis. Based in New Zealand, the company
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      25 8 4T ji n -i v :u m tow \V x .4*7- A <•[ > V i fr.- THERE IS A WAY TO SEE THE FUTURE MORE CLEARLY
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      323 8 THE ASIA BUSINESS FORECAST 1999 [Brought to you by Strategic Intelligence. 1 The best connected intellectual force in Asian business. J 26 August Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore Examine the future with the most They include: influential economic, political and Prof< Pau) Krugman business minds in Asia. Ford International Professor of Economics,
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon US Treasury sees signs of economy cooling down
      539 9 WASHINGTON Retail and auto sales slowing, lower consumer confidence, less investment in new equipment Bloomberg THE US economy is showing signs of cooling and that could help keep inflation in check at a time when unemployment is near a 30-year low, the
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      Lock icon US leading index extends uptrend, 0.3% up in June
      503 9 NEW YORK Growth headed for new all-time record in longevity Bloomberg THE index of leading US economic indicators in June registered the eighth increase in nine months, a sign the current expansion is on track to set a record for longevity
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      Lock icon At least 17 keen on Bangalore's new airport project
      397 9  -  Foreign firms included, bnt Changi Airport steers clear From Rajendra Bajpai in New Delh i AT least 17 Indian and international companies have expressed interest in bidding for a new international airport at Bangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon India's railway minister quits
        90 9 Reuters [GAISAL, India] India's railway minister resigned yesterday to take responsibility for a collision on Monday of two crowded trains that killed at least 250 people. Workers at the crash site in eastern India continued to pull bodies from the wreckage but were hampered by a
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        Lock icon Faster German growth seen in H2
        70 9 AFP [MUNICH) The German economy will grow faster in the second half of 1999 as the improved global economic environment helps lift exports and low interest rates boost domestic demand, the Ifo economic research institute said in a report to be published today. Ifo
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        Lock icon Gold prices up 1%
        71 9 Bloomberg [LONDON] Gold rose as much as one per cent yesterday as European jewellers bought bullion to take advantage of prices near a 20-year low. Gold has gained only 1.5 per cent since July 20, when prices reached their lowest level since 1979 on concern that
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        Lock icon Gates denies report on donation
        70 9 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have denied a report in London's Sunday Times, saying they have no "imminent" plans to give away all their wealth, now about US$9O billion (*****.5 billion). Mr Gates and his wife have "expressed
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon How Wall St fuelled Silicon Valley boom
      734 10  -  the BOTTOMLIKE OPINION By Michael Lewis Michael Lewis, the author of' Liar's Poker'and 'The Money Cultureis a columnist for Bloomberg News. The views expressed are his own Bloomberg ANYONE with eyes can see that many big, established American industries have been badly unsettled
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      157 10 The new German government has changed its rhetoric from being scary to being market-friendly and reform-friendly. That is a significant change. And if, indeed, we were to see a major change in German government policy to match the change in rhetoric, then one could start to think
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      Lock icon Asian security: Let's be frank
      654 10 EDITORIAL ASK most investors about their main concerns over Asian markets and they will probably cite the danger of fresh currency turbulence provoked by a weakening US dollar or by a devaluation of the Chinese yuan. Some might point to the threat of Japan sliding
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      Lock icon Woe to US when wealth bubble finally bursts
      1370 10  -  Congress on dangerous course of predistribnting expected prosperity of the next 10 years By. Kevin Phillips Phillips, apolitical historian and commentator, wrote 'The Politics of Rich and Poor' THE United States is approaching the millennium with a lotus-eating culture and e.commerce that
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      829 10 Th« Rank Rail scandal THE Indonesian government should act quickly to clarify the issues in a scandal allegedly involving millions of dollars at Bank Bali because it puts at stake the integrity of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), which directly or indirectly controls over 600
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Rory Kennedy weds in Greece
      296 11 PEOPLE Ceremony postponed by JFK Jr's death takes place in Greek tycoon's home, says Greek paper AFP [ATHENS] The wedding of Kennedy clan member Rory Kennedy, which was postponed after John F Kennedy Jr died in an accident last month, took place in Athens on
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon Watching the 'gaps' on the ST Index
      1141 12  -  And why the US dollar looks a sell on rallies By Larry Wee DESPITE decent corrective strength for the US dollar in Asian trading yesterday, the past week has seen the first signs of a potentially more difficult period for the US economy.
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      Lock icon Sing$ bonds hit, but yields may have overshot
      724 12 Asian factors which drove S$ interest rates np may cool off THE Singapore dollar bond market has had a difficult month over higher interest rates concern, but it may well be the case that Sing dollar interest rates have overshot their fair
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      385 12 1 Chart of interest rates: —US Dollar Base Premium Deposit Alternate Currency Interest Rate* Australian Dollar 18% p.a. Euro 14% p.a. I in Japanese Yen 11% p.a. British Pound 11% p.a. Canadian Dollar 10% p.a. |3 Cl If you're looking for a foreign currency deposit that gives you higher returns
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon DBS makes global mark with US$750m issue
      516 13  -  Subordinated note seen as setting benchmark for other S'pore, Asian issuers By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank scored impressively with its inaugural tier 2 capital raising in global debt markets, raising US$75O million (Ssl.3 billion) in a 10-year subordinated note issue seen
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      121 13 As of yesterday, 24 locally-listed companies had released their results for the six months ended June 30, 1999. They recorded a combined $1,165.2m in group profits, up 172.0% over the same period last year. The breakdown is as follows: f No with profits 24 No with lowt 0
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      Lock icon Trading volume on SES down 45% in July
      308 13  -  Curbs by broking firms, US interest rate fears deal blows By\ R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Trading curbs by stockbroking firms and the sudden revival of US interest rate fears last month brought stockmarket business down sharply from its June peaks unit volume plunged
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      587 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ruth Wong MALAYSIA'S buoyant stock market has been a boon for some but for financiallytroubled property and financial services group ArabMalaysian Corporation (Amcorp), the market surge is a double-edged sword. In its bid to restructure debts totalling some two billion Malaysian ringgit
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      371 13 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank will be reviewing its need to make regional bank acquisitions in light of Internet banking and electronic commerce developments, president and chief executive Peter Seah told Reuters yesterday. "We are reviewing the strategy. We don't want to rush into
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        Lock icon UOL profit doubles to $34.7m at half time
        458 14  -  CORPORATE RESULTS Bat group expects weaker H2; Hotel Plaza net dips 11%, hit by tourism slump By i Carol Eng UNITED Overseas Land's interim net earnings more than doubled to $34.7 million, but the results of listed subsidiary Hotel Plaza continued to
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        143 14 Group earnings for the six months ended June 30 '99 1999 1996 CHNG 1999 1996 CHNG 1999 198 g 1oao ($•000) (WOO) (cents) (ceote) <$?£) UnlfdOvr—— Und 34,736 17,169 +102.0 5.9 2 9 +103.4 190 402 230 258 -17 0 0 0 Keppd TrtL—
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        364 14  -  Turnover up jnst 2%; group sees even better results for H2 By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation's (KT&T) net earnings surged 44 per cent to $8.7 million at half-time, and the group expects even better results in the second
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        399 14  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel Electronics' shares rose slightly yesterday as some analysts tweaked full-year earnings forecasts upwards, but the company's strong interim results were hardly a surprise to most. The NEL stock rose 3.7 per cent, or 30 cents,
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        236 14  -  By i Corinne Kerk [SINGAPORE] TLB Land, a listed company in the Keppel stable, yesterday announced half-time net earnings of almost $4.4 million reversing the $12.2 million loss suffered in the previous corresponding period. The earnings for the six months
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        294 14  -  By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] While the bigger companies are stunning analysts with results that far surpass their forecasts, Keppel Marine Industries surprised them with its dismal interim performance. Net profit for the first six months to end-June dropped 88 per cent to
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        247 14  -  By Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Keppel Tat Lee Finance has posted a 70 per cent rise in net earnings to $15.1 million for the four-and-a-half months ended June 30, adding that it is likely to do better for the remainder of the financial year.
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        265 14 [SINGAPORE] Freight Links Express Holdings has responded to a query from the Stock Exchange of Singapore, explaining why the company posted a $6.8 million loss in the second half of the financial year ended April 30, after it had said earlier that it was confident
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          49 14 [SINGAPORE] Overseas Union Bank has confirmed that it bought a 49 per cent stake in PJB Pacific Securities, part of Johor Corp, for more than $12 million. A report from the Television Corp of Singapore said the brokerage would be renamed PJB-OUB Securities.
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          53 14 [SINGAPORE] Bonvests Holdings group general manager John Chin Siew Choy, who was found guilty last week of molest, has resigned as director of three of the company's subsidiaries. They are Bon-Food Pte Ltd, Bonstar Pte Ltd and Coop International Pte Ltd. His resignation
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          47 14 [SINGAPORE] SNP Corp yesterday clarified it expects second-half results to be "better" due to the seasonal nature of the printing and publishing business. On July 30. it said it was "cautiously optimistic" its profitability would farther improve in the second half.
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          39 14 [SINGAPORE] New Toyo International Holdings has made Benjamin Lo its chief executive, effective yesterday. He was formerly with British American Tobacco in China and Hongkong, handling audit, finance, business development and brand management.
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          36 14 [SINGAPORE] ANA Hotels Singapore has appointed Ho Wah Onn and Goh Yong Hong directors and audit committee members, effective July 30. Lim Joke Mui has also been appointed an audit committee member.
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        393 15  -  Asset securitisation deal marks second such transaction by developer this year ity. Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] DBS Land has sold its 20-storey office building at 268 Orchard Road, formerly known as Yen San Building, via an asset securitisation deal for $184 million.
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        292 15 [SINGAPORE] Small investors who applied for one to nine lots of Strike Engineering's initial public offer received 42.9 per cent of the company's offer tranche. The home-grown mechanical and electrical engineering company offered a total of 42.5 million shares representing 20
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        134 15 [SINGAPORE] The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) yesterday said Bintang Melewar Sdn Bhd's four new proposals are only at a discussion stage. In a statement faxed to BT, the association said the four proposals have not been submitted for regulatory approvals from either the
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        457 15  -  niSEDES VIEW Bnt buyers dominate with $45m deals vs $9.6 m worth of sales By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Buying activity by directors and substantial shareholders dipped last week as stock prices recovered. but selling by insiders also fell, a reflection of a consolidating
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        265 15 [SINGAPORE] Business for national carrier Singapore Airlines perked up in June, with its passenger seat factor hitting a 24-month high of 77 per cent from a year ago. SIA figures released yesterday showed that the overall load factor, which measures how efficiently an
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          68 16 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's finance ministry said yesterday it would soon select global coordinators ahead of a fifth offering of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) shares in fiscal year 1999 to March 2000. In July the ministry sold 48,000 NTT shares for 72 billion
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          Lock icon CSR unit buys US firms for US$28m
          47 16 AFX-Asia [SYDNEY] CSR Ltd said unit CSR America has made three acquisitions in the US for US$2B million (Ss47 million). It said it has acquired Eastern Shore Concrete Pipe, the Dolese Bros Co pre-stress concrete operation and Moor-Tex Concrete. AFX-Asia
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          55 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mazda Motor Corp, an affiliate of Ford Motor Co, said it will sell its automobile loan company to Ford Motor Credit Co to repay debt and help Mazda expand sales. Ford Motor Credit will spend eight billion yen (*****.7 million)
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        553 16 It will then sell Canadian company's financial, property, retail units Bloomberg [LONDON] British American Tobacco pic will buy the 58 per cent of Imasco Ltd it doesn't already own for £4.2 billion (5511.4 billion) in cash, then recoup most of
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        463 16 Results continue trend of strong UK banking performance Reuters [LONDON] Britain's National Westminster Bank pic yesterday unveiled better than expected first half profit, continuing the strong trend started by Lloyds TSB last week. The bank raised profits before tax by 18
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        245 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] US consumers have placed a record number of advance orders for its Dreamcast home video game console, set to debut worldwide next month, Sega Enterprises Inc said yesterday. California-based subsidiary Sega of America Inc said retailers have logged orders for
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        180 16 Bloomberg [PARIS! France Telecom SA, France's biggest phone company, agreed to sell 32 per cent of its Mobilix Danish telecommunications unit to a group of investors for an undisclosed amount. Under the new structure Paribas Affaires Industrielles will own 9 per cent,
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          Lock icon Free iMacs offered for Internet sign-ups
          75 17 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] A Los Angeles-based start-up company said on Monday that, from next month, it would give away one million of Apple Computer Inc's popular iMacs to customers who sign up for its Internet service. The start-up, Freemac.com, said it would give away
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          86 17 Bloomberg [PARIS] Societe Generale SA, France's second-largest bank, published an unfair newspaper advertisement in trying to repel a hostile takeover bid from Banque Nationale de Paris SA, BNP said yesterday that a French court had ruled. The ruling concerns an ad which said BNP
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          84 17 Reuters [ARMONK, New York] Computer maker IBM Corp and networking company 3Com Corp unveiled an agreement on Monday to share access to networking and communications patents in a move that should help each speed its products to market. The companies did not disclose
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          84 17 AFP [PARIS] The French stock market regulator, the COB, yesterday authorised a counter bid by Elf Aquitaine for TotalFina in the latest twist in a showdown in the oil sector. The COB also raised questions about the accounting methods used by TotalFina in
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        190 17 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] The popular Internet portal Yahoo Inc is considering buying its rival ExciteAtHome Corp in a deal that could significantly extend its market leadership and enable it to offer new services, Business Week Online reported on Monday. The
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        465 17 Intruders may plant malicious programs by e-mail or luring victim to Web page NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Three giants of the computer industry Microsoft, HewlettPackard and Compaq Computer found themselves scrambling on Monday to address a rash of serious security vulnerabilities in
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        466 17 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs market strategist Abby Joseph Cohen said on Monday the stock market may see more modest gains in the near future after a strong wave of buying has lifted stock prices to fair levels, based on their bottom lines.
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        264 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Electronic trading networks should bear the same self-regulatory responsibilities as established markets, said US Senator Charles Schumer. In a speech at the New York Stock Exchange, the New York Democrat who serves on the Senate Banking Committee also said the
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        662 18 Routine case sparks probe involving 1,500 that conld net over USs3oom in unpaid taxes, penalties NYT [NEWARK, New Jersey] A routine investigation into cable television piracy has evolved into an exploration of the secret world of offshore money laundering, giving US investigators what one agent
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        275 18 More than half of investment goes into Internet startups Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Venture capitalists inspired by a powerful market for Internet stocks poured more cash than ever into US start-ups in the three-month period ended in June, according a report released yesterday.
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        53 18 [SIBIU, Romania] A new 2,000 lei (550.21) note was issued by Romanian central bank on Monday to mark the last total solar eclipse of the millennium. The eclipse, which takes place next Wednesday, will be most visible from Romania in the area shown on the back of
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        471 18 Bank made 17.5b yen, above Credit Suisse derivatives unit, poll shows AFP [TOKYO] Foreign banks working in Japan have made huge investments in the past year and driven up their profits, with the US' Citibank leading the pack, accountants KPMG said yesterday.
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        209 19  -  Slhnii Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market opened a tad lower yesterday but nudged higher gradually albeit on thin volume. The rise in the Singapore three-month interbank rate by 6.25 basis points to 2.25 per cent did
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        149 19  -  MSCI Taiwan fatnres T-l J i 1 J Cecilia Loh Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures regained lost ground in late session yesterday, supported by gov-ernment-backed funds. Taiwan central bank's reassurance that it will maintain a stable currency market also helped lift
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        282 19 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil fell for a third day yesterday on expectations that US inventories will stay close to current level as demand from motorists drops from near-record levels. US crude oil supplies, now below levels a
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        335 19 Reuters London THE dollar retained a foothold above 115 yen on Monday, but moved away from session peaks as dealers grew increasingly doubtful about the likelihood of a joint USJapan intervention to stem the yen's recent rise. A statement by Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa that he had
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        1864 19 SICOM FUTURES Aug RUBBER (futures cloiinq at 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS centsAg) Close Volum« Opm Month High Low Sett (tomes) Interest S«p99 92.00 1200 Oct 99 94.25 300 Nov 99 95.75 300 Otc 99 97.50 300 Jan/Mar 00 100.50 300 Acr/Jun 00 103.50 Jul/Sep 00 106.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US c*atsAq)
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      1361 20 AFP Fl Hang Seng +38.41 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday with buying slowing down after stronger interim results from HSBC Holdings pic, dealers said. '"Overall, the momentum has slowed down, but the prices are firm after the bet-ter-than-expected interim bank results," said Michael Ng, deputy managing
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      606 20 Reuters Q| Shenzhen B Index -0.61 SHENZHEN'S B shares closed marginally lower yesterday, driven down by investor expectations that many companies would report weak results for the first half of 1999. The B share index fell 0.61 point to 97.92 on turnover of HK$3B million, compared with HK$64 million
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      358 20 AFP QWP Index -20.75 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday as strong government support offset early losses caused by news of a Chinese long-range missile test, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index feU 20.75 points to 7,175.19, following a 1.8-per cent decline in
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      2329 20 LONDON Industrials Pome *h 3i Group 7.96 0.17 Abb«y National 10.40 -0.27 A 8 roods 4.18 0.06 A 6 Ports 2.99 unch AstraZeneca 23.23 0.27 Alliance Leicester 8.37 0.H Allied Oomecq 5.71 0.16 Allied Zurich 7.50 -0.03 Anglo American Gold 43.70 unch ASO A Group 2.19 unch
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      1641 20 AFP H Nikkei 225 ****** SHARE prices in Tokyo gained 0.8 per cent yesterday as the yen's decline against the dollar triggered heavy buy-backs in late trading, brokers said. The Nikkei average of 225 selected issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 144.23 points to finish at 17,969.93 points,
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        371 21 AFP, AFX-Asia Fl Composite Index +13.4 MALAYSIAN share prices rose 1.8 per cent yesterday as broad-based bargain-hunting led by the finance sector helped reverse some of the previous day's steep losses, dealers said. "Foreign selling continued but the bargainhunting offset it," said an institutional dealer at
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        199 22  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE penny segment has been stagnant for about four weeks now and prices seem to have stabilised somewhat after their recent hammering. With contra players now settling their debts and broking firms seemingly poised to lift their trading curbs,
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        224 22 HONGKONG STOCKS Cf Cr 52-** L«t VM Oay Last Ouot. Dtv Wv YM N.t M Cap Hlgft Lo» Stno Company Sa» (OOP) Hl» Urn Buyar Sa—r H C« PH Smll 365 173 5123 COL (2000) HK 307.5 300 8 3.7 2 6 10 4 ***** 5124 Cathay Pac
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        2108 22 BONOS. LOANS WARRANTS M S2-Wh Last Vol Day Last Quota Avq Low Stno Company Sato *or- (OOOI High Low Buyer Seller Price 104 3 s 3160 "Acer W0I0731 US$ ~45 0.5 140 45.5 43 45 45 5 80 4.5 s 3164 Acma W*****4 40 5 -1 137 41.5 40.5 40
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        880 22 AFP nSET Index +3.46 THAI share prices finished yesterday 0.8 per cent higher on bargain-hunting in selected blue-chip stocks and banks, dealers said. The market found support from bargain-hunting in banks, sparked by news that Krung Thai Bank's recapitalisation would be completed in two weeks, dealers said. They said
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        750 22 AFP il Composite Index +22.48 INDONESIAN share prices closed 3.8 per cent higher on a technical rebound in large caps, with the presidential endorsement of the general election results further boosting sentiment, dealers said yesterday. A dealer at a European brokerage said "news about the endorsement of the election
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        677 22 AFP nAn Ordinaries +32.2 AUSTRALIAN share prices rose 1.1 per cent yesterday with a rally in the banking sector and buying in key stocks lifting the market, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index gained 32.2 points to 3,032.20. The All Industrials Index closed up 50.6 points at 5,250.60, while
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        286 22 AFP H Wellington *1(182 LIMITED buying interest in selected market heavyweights helped New Zealand share prices rise 0.8 per cent yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index was up 16.82 points at 2,180.11. Turnover was light and amounted to NZ$B3.3 million. AFP AaO K$ (000) Advanttqt MDS 2.60 unch 24 Air
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        418 22 AFP "Compositelndex ♦jftg SOUTH Korean share prices gained 1.4 per cent yesterday, with active retail interest offsetting profit-taking by foreign investors and institutions, dealers said. LG Securities analyst Yoon Sam Wui said a modest rebound in futures helped lift the market, along with a steady influx of capital and
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      7245 23 Transaction date: Auk 3 Lilt Vol Day Last Ouott DW ON YW Net Cap Am S,N# Company Solo COOP) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mll Price MULTI-INDUSTRY flf 17 5 m b JOOO AcmaSOc 134 unch 32 135 134 133 134 10 3.3
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        378 24 Stocks Volume Del Monte USk 14,622,000 Aztech 5c 14,386,000 Asia FoodS Prop 10,538,000 SingTel 15c 9,325,000 ICT HKIOc 7,850,000 IPC Corpn 5c 7,633.000 Hotung Inv NTS 7,612,000 KepTatLee Bk DBSCWOO 7,155.000 Golden Aqri USIOc 6,746,000 •Gentinq Int 6,330,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 73,285,404 OCBC Foreign 26,819,332 SingTel 15c 25,967,057 DBS 18,231,000
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        611 24  -  STOCK HABKET COMMENTARY Another factor is the weeks-old worry of rising US interest rates; electronics stocks manage a decent showing By R Sivanithy A REBOUND in a few key blue chips like Singapore Press Holdings, DBS Foreign and Venture Manufacturing helped
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          77 24 THE Hongkong Futures Exchange is working on switching over to electronic trading. A story going round is that during a test run recently, the system jammed because some brokers deliberately fed in abnormally huge orders. It seems the system gives up when volume reaches four
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          68 24 IN these days of the Internet, there's a new catch phrase that's replacing its Darwinian predecessor about what it will take to succeed in business. In fact, it's to be the title of a special seminar on the impact of e-commerce in the new millennium at the forthcoming
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          109 24 WHEN the property market was at its darkest last year, housing agents apparently turned down offers to market properties as they had to bear costs like advertising, which were a black hole if no transactions resulted. On the other hand, property developers were so hard up for
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          206 24 IT is amazing what Haw Par Corporation think is important to highlight when talking about its financial performance. It called a press conference last week to announce its astounding five-fold jump in half-time earnings to $20.8 million. Walking into the conference room, its president and chief
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        68 24  -  -By Wong Wei Kong ASIA Food Properties closed yesterday unchanged at US$O.56, after trading to a high of U550,575 and a low of US$O.55. Volume was 10.5 million shares, compared with its 10-day traded average of 26.3 million units. While the stock is currently stuck in trading ranges,
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      292 25 Bridge News, Renters TRADING was quiet as charterers and owners reassessed their positions at the start of the week. Panamax rates in the Atlantic continue firm and appear to be steady in the east with the potential to firm. TANKERSc It was again another slow start to the
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      489 25  -  Date is one of three Y2K 28-hour critical time windows By] Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Precautionary measures will be implemented for ships calling at Singapore port during a 28-hour critical time window before and on Sept 9, the first Y2K bug critical
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      735 25  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer IF the Cardiff, Wales-based Seafarers' International Research Centre (SIRC) wanted to produce a controversial piece of research, it has certainly succeeded. This month's issue of the Telegraph, the magazine produced by UK-based ships' officers union NUMAST,
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      278 25  -  By 1 Tan May Ping [SINGAPORE] Emery Worldwide has been appointed Nike's logistics service provider for its Singapore distribution centre. The move is part of the leading sportswear manufacturer's strategy to outsource more of its logistics requirements. Under a two-year contract worth $3 million,
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        232 40 Bridge News [SHANGHAI] China's aviation industry, which saw an unprecedented nosedive into the red last year, cut its losses by more than half in the first six months of this year, the official China Securities daily reported. Total losses in the sector were
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        345 40 Delta offering 10% discounts on tickets bought via Internet Bloomberg [ST PAUL, Minnesota] Northwest Airlines Corp, the fourth-largest US airline, and No 8 Trans World Airlines Inc cut leisure fares for US and international flights about 25 per cent as part of an autumn
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        509 40 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan stepped up pressure on the Philippines hinting at adopting retaliatory measures after Manila terminated direct air links with Taipei during negotiations on an aviation agreement. The China Times Express quoted Transportation Minister Lin Feng-cheng as warning on Monday
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          128 40 AFP [AMSTERDAM} The Dutch airline KLM reported that net profits before exceptional items fell in the first quarter by 63.67 per cent to 77 million guilders (5J62.6 million) from 212 million guilders in the first quarter of last year. But the company said that overall
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          73 40 Reuters (COLOMBO] SriLankan Airlines and Malaysian Airline System have signed a code-sharing agreement for passenger and cargo services, a spokeswoman for Sri Lanka's national carrier said. "The code-sharing agreement came into place on Aug 1. SriLankan Airline is the operating carrier and it is
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          74 40 Bloomberg [ST PAUL, Minnesota], July 30 Northwest Airlines Corp and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV suspended two flights between the US and Europe because increased competition over the Atlantic held down revenue. Northwest, based in St Paul, Minnesota, and Amsterdam-based KLM suspended daily flights between Philadelphia
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      27 25 Container shipping; Foldable boxes the way to go USssoom could be saved yearly on new box ships by 2010 if enough folding boxes are introduced. Page 2
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