The Business Times, 12 August 1999

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  • Title Section
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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, AUGUST 12,1999
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  • Article
    Lock icon Deutsche Telekom in talks to take 20% SingTel stake: report
    557 1  -  SingTel's spokesman declines to comment on 'speculation' By* Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Europe's biggest phone company Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) is in talks to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Singapore Telecommunications, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported, citing telecoms industry
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    65 1 sn 1987.53 (-35.03) BT-SII ***** (-22.01) □smsciFimjxEs 270.40 (-2.30) rr MABKETHOODc LX Dtwi STOCK MAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 688*0 +4.8& NIKKEI *****.16 +9.07 HANG SENO 12,457.80 158J1 SET INDEX 421.49 -926 JAKARTA COUP __H426 -2198 MANILA COMP —2,157.89 -7X89 TAIPEI WPl 7228.68 -40.92 SEOUL COMP ***** -24J8
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    77 1 FOBEX BATES us$ s$ USS_ UK £(US$/S$ per 1.913 1989 EUR0(US$/8$ per E) U71 MB DM l-»7 Mil YEN 114.7 1.463* RM law 0.«9 HKS 7 Ml* BAHT 3751 9.644 RUPIAH 7,796— 0.021 •SftoltOmtti PUME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40 00 BANGKOK 10.00 JttNILA ll.M HOMHONG
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    Lock icon CONTENTS
    17 1 MARKETS 2 SINGAPORE 4,5 REGION 7,8 WORLD 9 MOTORING 12 COMPANIES 13-17 FINANCE 18 STOCKS .20-24
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    Lock icon Debt worries send rupiah crashing to 7,750 against US$
    476 1  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian rupiah nose-dived as much as 10 per cent against the US dollar in thin and volatile trading yesterday morning, plagued by worries of delays in bank restructuring and fear of more political tensions ahead. It
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    Lock icon Steep slide in S'pore stocks baffles players
    887 1  -  STI now 11% below July 2 peak of 2,222.45, with some $40b wiped off market cap By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks continued their steep slide downhill yesterday, baffling investors who had taken heart in the latest crop of good corporate results and
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    Lock icon Iata, IBM to develop worldwide e-ticket system
    629 1  -  ItH link 266 member airlines to centralised service By: Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The International Air Transport Association (lata) and computer maker IBM unveiled a plan yesterday to develop a service that links the electronic ticketing systems of hundreds of airlines worldwide. The new
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      214 1 WSTOE No go Mercedes' cutting-edge keyless entry and ignition system will not see the light of day here, Pg 12 Heck Lack Siew R Sivanithy on why shortselling should be allowed, Pg 13 PacNet in the red Pacific Internet's attempts to combat rival Sing Net and protect its market share
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  • FOCUS: MARKETS
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      Lock icon KLSE up but could see more selling
      501 2  -  Fears of higher than expected outflow still a dampener on market sentiment From Eddie Toh til Kualu Lumpur THE Malaysian market rose slightly yesterday but it could see more selling ahead of the September deadline for the foreign repatriation of stock proceeds. The
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      Lock icon Rupiah dives 10%, drags stocks down 3.8%
      625 2  -  From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE euphoria that followed the peaceful Indonesian general elections is fast fading as growing political uncertainty and the Bank Bali scandal have put renewed pressure on the rupiah, which dived more than 10 per cent to touch
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      Lock icon Stocks plunge as Taiwan investors pull out of Thailand
      462 2  -  They contribute 25-30% of total trading volume From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI stocks have plunged 22 per cent from their June peak and analysts point out that Taiwanese investors, who form the bulk of foreign investment, are bailing out because
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      Lock icon Manila continues to melt over US rate fears
      336 2  -  FromAl Al Labita in Manila SELLDOWNS continued to hound Philippine equities yesterday as investors turned cautious over a looming US interest rate hike. From a peak of 2,621.67 points on July 5, the 33-share bellwether Phisix index has slumped a hefty 17.7
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      Lock icon Wall St slide not over yet, say analysts
      520 2 As many as four Fed rate hikes seen over next 12 months Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Key US stock market indices are down sharply from their July peaks led by Nasdaq as investors fret over whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates
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      Lock icon Inflation data holds key: Fed officials
      289 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] At a time when financial markets are convinced tight labour markets and rising wages will prompt the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates this month, two Fed officials said this week that inflation data holds the key to monetary policy. Federal
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon S'pore is again top Asia venue for global meetings
      377 4  -  It bags hononr for 16th year running Republic also ranks 6th in the world By] Marissa Chew SINGAPORE is the top city for international meetings in Asia and the sixth in the world, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said yesterday. It
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector: up 13%
      277 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Investments By] Eugene Low NET investments in Singapore's manufacturing sector grew 13 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter, according to figures released on Tuesday by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) in its quarterly economic sur- vey. Investment commitments in
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      Lock icon Amex pushes clients to cheque out its unsecured credit
      457 4  -  Bank targeting big money-spinner: unsecured overdrafts By\ Siow Li Sen AMERICAN Express Bank has been sending "cheques" of pre-approved credit to cardmembers in what looks like the most aggressive marketing bid so far for the hugely lucrative unsecured overdraft business. A
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      Lock icon Haagen Dazs gels boost from recovery
      272 4  -  Monthly sales have been picking np since January By\ Rahita Elias HAAGEN Dazs, the Mercedes of ice-creams, has seen the volume of its business pick up since January this year in line with the economic recovery. A spokeswoman for Pinedale Trading, a subsidiary of
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      Lock icon Software firm Finesse Alliance moves into US
      308 5  -  Software developer plans to set up offices in N Asia, Europe later this year By. Andrew Wee HOMEGROWN financial software developer Finesse AUiance has expanded into the US, with plans to replicate its success in Asia there. The company's CL@RITY suite of financial
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      237 4 H 1 h| nTClHirttSfflfAlllkUSA education I■: ■|ggj^^BßpP ec a Mature H *1 i 31 August '99 Make waves in a knowledge-based economy Singapore's position as a major maritime hub has never been more important. Especially now that the Trade Development Board aims to step up its efforts towards building an
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      138 4 S The gourmet's delight. Home-cooked and hawker style Malaysian specialties in a daily buffet to please every palate. Prepared by two chefs from Riviera Bay Resort Malacca and a popular ee us $**<9 hawker from Jonor. Witness the intricate skills of batik handjpainting, r 1BB& master silversmiths who craft fine
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    Lock icon DBS Land didn't 'give away'ANA
    511 5  -  MATT.BAG Tan Yoke Khim Singapore YOUR senior correspondent Lee Han Shih surprised me with his article, "Why give away ANA's listed status?" (BT, Aug 6). He obviously does not know that a listed shell company is not worth very much these days. A couple of
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    Lock icon Is the ANA deal really win-win for all parties?
    316 5  -  Victor Koh Singapore REFERRING to your report, "Simon Cheong In ANA deal with DBS Land" (BT, Aug 5), I would like to raise a number of questions regarding this deal. The ANA deal with DBS Land has been reported as a
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    Lock icon Haw Par's reply doesn't address issues raised
    552 5  -  Yeo Seng Chong Singapore via Internet I THANK Ong Li Peng, manager for corporate affairs of Haw Par Corporation, for the reply "Haw Par Healthcare's prudent" (BT, Aug 7). Unfortunately, the reply does not address the issues raised in my earlier letter. Shareholders
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  • MAHATHIR FOCUS
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      Lock icon M'sia under economic stress
      3557 6  -  The prime minister of Malaysia gives his assessment of what capital controls and Clob curbs have done for the country's economy Ky. Mahathir Mohamad [KUALA LUMPUR) IT is now almost a year since Malaysia introduced selective capital control. Initially we were worried over whether or not
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      Lock icon Sell-down not from S'pore
      441 6  -  STORE BIOH COMMISSIONER REPLIES K Kesavapany High Commissioner Singapore High Commission We reproduce below a letter to the editor of Malaysia's Business Times daily from Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia, K Kesavapany, rebutting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's comments DR Mahathir's "World Analysis" published on Aug
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon US$800m-$900m Indon interbank debt due in Aug
      269 7 JAKARTA This could keep driving the ropi&h down: analyst Bridge News INDONESIAN banks may have to pay as much as US$BOO million to US$9OO million (551.34 billion to Ssl.s billion) in interbank debt by Aug 24, much more than the US$44O million that
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      Lock icon Taiwan to become world's No 1 notebook maker
      137 7 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN will become the world's largest notebook computer maker this year, outpacing Japan and supplying about half global demand, an information technology research centre said yesterday. The island was expected to produce 8.73 million notebook computers in 1999 which accounted
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      Lock icon Bank Bali probe: Ibra to appoint independent auditor
      309 7 UJAKARTA The int'l auditor will conduct validation of agency's findings AFP THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday it will appoint an independent international auditor to "validate" its probe into possible irregularities in Bank Bali's interbank deals. "To obtain a more
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      Lock icon Rise in China's July exports will ease pressure on currency
      441 7 BEIJING 7.5% increase to USsl7.34b points to stronger second half, say economists Reuters CHINA'S exports recorded their strongest rise for more than a year in July, foreshadowing a stronger second-half performance and easing pressure for a devaluation of the yuan,
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      Lock icon Faber sees yuan devaluation within a year
      203 7 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] A private Hongkong-based fund manager said yesterday that he expects China to devalue the yuan by between 15 and 20 per cent, "or at worst 40 per cent" in the next 12 months. "The devaluation of the yuan is
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      Lock icon Tough decisions for Bank Indonesia
      714 7 The weaker rupiah is putting its policy of lowering rates to boost domestic demand to the test Bridge News [JAKARTA] THE recent tumble in the Indonesian stock and foreign exchange markets poses some tough monetary policy decisions for Bank Indonesia the central bank whose stated
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      Lock icon Y2K ready: China's aviation, banking sectors
      228 7 BEIJING Reuters CHINA has made good progress making air travel, banking and telecommunications safe from the millennium bug, but thousands of stateowned firms were still fumbling for solutions, a key official said yesterday. "We still have major shortfalls in terms of addressing Y2K, and
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      Lock icon Deloitte seeking to stop HKSA probe: report
      416 7 HONGKONG Regulatory body wants to investigate '97 Gnangnan audit PUBLIC accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is seeking a judicial review to thwart a probe by the Hong Kong Society of Accountants (HKSA) into the firm's 1997 audit of insolvent red-chip Guangnan (Holdings), citing
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      Lock icon Creditors to force Daewoo to sell all but 6 of its units
      683 8 DAEWOO DEBACLE Group will be left with 4 motor units, heavy machinery and the trading arms Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Group's domestic creditors said they will force South Korea's sec-ond-largest conglomerate to sell all but six of its 25
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      Lock icon Pakistan denies firing on media helicopters
      289 8 ISLAMABAD Reuter, AFP PAKISTAN yesterday denied reports that it fired on Indian helicopters carrying journalists to the wreckage of a Pakistani plane brought down by Indian fire. "The two helicopters were not engaged," Brigadier Rashid Quereshi told the CNN television news network. He was
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      Lock icon Creditors' punitive sanctions move 'unfair': Samsung
      301 8 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korea's Samsung Group yesterday attacked as "unfair" a move by creditors to slap it with crippling punitive sanctions unless it offers up more cash to cover the debts of its failed auto unit. But the firm said it would try to
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      Lock icon Macquarie Bank ED guilty of fraud
      387 8 SYDNEY Simon H&nnes may be jailed up to 5 years on each charge Bloomberg Reuters SIMON Hannes, an executive director at Macquarie Bank Ltd, has been found guilty of fraud in Australia's largest ever insider trading case. The 10-week trial in Sydney's Downing Centre
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      Lock icon Reader's Digest makes another foray into finance
      457 8  -  It's buying HE'S Benchmark which publishes investment fond magazines By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Reader's Digest. the magazine famous for its stories of ordinary folk overcoming the odds, may soon be providing its readers in Asia with a helping hand in beating the
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      Lock icon Telstra float: Aussies review CSFB role after Japanese action
      181 8 SYDNEY FT THE Australian government is reviewing the role of Credit Suisse First Boston, the international investment bank, as joint global coordinator in the Asl6 billion (5517.4 billion) partial privatisation of Telstra Corp, the telecommunications giant. Tuesday's announcement followed Japan's imposition
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      Lock icon LDP panel eyeing 2002 yen redenomination
      373 8 TOKYO Move to make one yen close to one dollar and one euro Bridge News A RULING Liberal Democratic Party panel decided yesterday to call for a downward redenomination of the yen in January 2002, senior LDP member and panel head Hideyuki Aizawa said.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon More economists expect an earlier rate hike by the ECB
      540 9 FRANKFURT Bat it is not expected to come at the bank's next council meeting on Ang 26 Reuters, Bloomberg News EVIDENCE of European economic recovery has prompted a growing number of economists to bring forward the date of an expected
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      Lock icon Bank of England ups growth forecast; UK jobless rate falls
      406 9 LONDON Bloomberg THE Bank of England raised its forecast for UK economic growth yesterday, and the jobless rate fell to a 19-year low, suggesting the central bank is done cutting interest rates after seven reductions since last October. The economy
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      Lock icon UK dealers scan skies, not screens, during eclipse
      265 9 LONDON Reuters STARGAZING replaced chart watching as the most popular activity in the world's largest financial centre yesterday as the first total eclipse of the sun in Britain in seven decades brought dealing to a near halt. Dealers crowded to scarce window
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      Lock icon US regulators keep closer watch over brokerages' practices
      664 9 U NEW YORK Bid to protect individual investors from fraud and risky trading strategies NYT ACTIONS by US state and national securities regulators in recent weeks have brought increased scrutiny to some once-obscure corners of Wall Street. Although the cases are very
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      Lock icon Microsoft's illegal acts form pattern: US
      524 9 THE MICROSOFT CASE Aim was to protect its operating system monopoly, Windows Bloomberg News MICROSOFT Corp engaged in a "broad pattern" of illegal practices to protect its Windows personal computer operating system monopoly, said the US government, laying the groundwork for it to demand
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      679 9 Sv 15TH ASIA PACIFIC PETROLEUM CONFERENCE S 13-15 September 1999, Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore i^—^.——————■——————■ Mergers: Reshaping Pefroleum Politics Over the past few years, the world oil and gas industry has been experiencing a period of Natural Gas A Coal restructuring and consolidation. To maximise Competition in Power resources
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Prodi & Co set for clash with EU politicians
      803 10  - Prodi Co set for clash with EU politicians THE BOTTOMLZME OPINION Shada Islam The writer is a Brussels-based journalist who contributes to BT IT HAS been a long and difficult half-year for the European Union (EU). In March, the European Commission resigned en masse on charges of corruption and nepotism.
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      86 10 'Now the government should realise that it cannot fool the people by disclosing artificial economic data such as strong economic growth in the second quarter or drastic interest rate falls.' Raden P&rdede an economist at PT Danareksa Securities in Jakarta, following the sharp drop in the Indonesian
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      Lock icon OK, enough of the euphoria
      620 10 EDITORIAL THE recent performance of stock markets in the region has put paid to the pat predictions of a V-shaped recovery in Asia After euphoric run-ups in market after market in the first half of this year, there have been some sharp corrections of late.
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      Lock icon Faith in authority falls victim to Thai crash
      977 10  -  Ordinary Thais now dare to challenge bureaucrats, using new law on freedom of information By\ Seth Mydans NYT WHEN Sumalee Limpaovart's six-year-old daughter was rejected by an exclusive government school earlier this year, Mrs Sumalee did something that would have been unthinkable
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1092 10 Cooling Indo-Pakistan tre LESS than a month after India and Pakistan stepped back from a military clash in the Himalayan foothills of Kashmir, a new crisis has erupted in another tense border area. The latest episode involves the shooting down of a Pakistani military aircraft by
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon No frenzy over Hitchcock centenary
      415 11 A plaque and film retrospective just about sum up British memory of its famous son AFP [LONDON) The centenary of Alfred Hitchcock's birth is passing with little more than a polite ripple of interest in his native England. Apart from a plaque marking one of
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Correction in COE premiums in sight
      593 12  -  Open category drops to almost the same level as Category A in latest tender Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] FINALLY, a correction in COE premiums is in sight. Category A, the mainstay segment for small and mid-range cars, eased for the first time in six months,
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      Lock icon Motorcycle COEs rise 31% to 13-month high
      199 12 MOTORCYCLE COEs are trending towards the $1,000level after remaining below it for more than a year now. In the latest tender, premium for bikes rose $212 or 30.8 per cent to $900, a 13-month high. An industry veteran attributed the upsurge to easy
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      Lock icon This new Porsche 911 Turbo is fast, very fast
      132 12 [SINGAPORE] Zero to lOOkmh in 4.2 seconds. A top speed of3oskmh. Meet the new Porsche 911 Turbo, a monster machine to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. Equipped with a 3. Mitre, twin-turbocharged flat-six that puts out 420
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      Lock icon More car insurers adopt points system: GIA
      341 12  -  All reports by Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] More motor insurers have adopted the points rating system, according to the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA). Maurice Chia, the association's statistics convenor, said more companies had adopted the system or were marrying the system to
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      Lock icon It's a no from the authorities for Keyless Go
      390 12 [SINGAPORE] MercedesBenz's cutting-edge keyless entry and ignition system made available in the recently launched new S-class will not see the light of day here. The system, which works on radio waves, does not meet certain guidelines of the Telecommunications Authority of
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Lock icon Inchcape eyes online dealerships
        113 12 INCHCAPE pic, the world's largest motor distributor, is in talks with Autobytel, the US Internet car dealer, about launching online dealerships in Europe and Asia, according to the Financial Times. Quoting group chief executive Peter Johnson, FT said the move followed the successful launch of Autobytel
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        Lock icon Merc A140's here-but it's for staff only
        83 12 CYCLE CARRIAGE has brought in the 1.4-litre version of the Mercedes-Benz A-class. Unlike the 1.6-litre offered so far, the car amies with basic equipment and trim. It is also a manual transmission model. The car is listed at $96,000 without COE (normal subsidy
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        Lock icon Jaguar names new styling director
        78 12 JAGUAR has appointed lan Callum, 45, its director of styling* replacing the late Geoff Lawson. Mr Callum will also be responsible for styling the Aston Martin, the other Ford-owned brand. He was chief designer and general manager of TWR Design for the past eight years,
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        Lock icon Set for a crack at BMW Golf Cup
        74 12 BUSINESSMAN Lau Chung Hiong, 48, has won the Performance Motors Ultimate Challenge golf tournament at the Orchid Country Club. He lands himself a trip to represent Singapore at the BMW Golf Cup International World Final at Teneriffe, Spain. Mr Lau said he
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        Lock icon Nissan COO's first duty
        76 12 RENAULT'S Carlos Ghosn performed one of his first duties as chief operating officer of Nissan Motor recently by handing (Hit scholarships. Mr Ghosn presented certificates to students who completed the first year of the Nissan-NPO Learning Scholarship, a programme that allows students to be attached to
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        Lock icon From Porsche Cars to Rolls-Royce
        51 12 ROLLS-ROYCE Motor Cars has appointed a communications manager for the Asia-Pacific region. Richard de Leyser, 37, was formerly with Porsche Cars Australia, and before that, the Inchcape group of companies. He Joins regional director Mark Tennant at the new Singapore representative office in Great World
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        Lock icon 350 join Citicab scheme
        58 12 CITYCAB's frequent caller club—a taxi equivalent to a frequent-flyers' scheme—has attracted 350 members since its July launch. Tailored for those who regularly dial for a cab, the programme promises benefits such as a 24-hour priority booking hotline, two emergency taxi bookings (worth $10 each), regular pre-arranged
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        Lock icon CityTrans conference next month
        58 12  -  Compiled by I Christopher Tan THIS year's CityTrans conference will be held in conjunction with Intertraffic, Intertransport Asia, and the new Interautomotive Asia. Scheduled for Sept 16-18, it will feature top speakers in the field, including Singapore Land Transport Authority chief executive Han Eng Juan and
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Efforts to keep market share put PacNet in the red
      559 13  -  CORPORATE RESULTS Q2 loss is nearly $lm; full-year profit will be under pressure in bid to widen customer base By 1 Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet's attempts to combat rival Sing Net and protect its market share in
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      Lock icon Eltech's interim net profit doubles to $4.1m
      365 13  -  By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Eltech Electronics doubled its net profit to $4.1 million for the first half year ended June 30. Group pre-tax profit was 18.2 per cent higher at $4.4 million, but 83 per cent lower income tax resulted in the 102
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      Lock icon Outdated mindset on short-selling must change
      827 13  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy ONE of the glaring deficiencies exposed in the recent stockmarket bull run and its subsequent correction is how unprepared the average local trader is when it comes to selling in this market. Put differently, most punters cannot conceive of
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      Lock icon Half-time score
      128 13 As of yesterday, 39 locally-listed companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30,1999. They recorded a combined $2,126.0*11 in group profits, up 97.7% over the same period last year. The breakdown is as follows: Wo with profits 39 Wo with lo—s 0 U
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      Lock icon KLW's Aussie deal to bring in up to $8m sales next year
      446 13  -  Bretts will export raw timber products to KLW to process By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] KLW Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian building materials wholesaler Bretts Pty Ltd, which should generate between $5 million and $8
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        571 14  -  Analysts say it'll have to absorb biggest number of loss-making financial institutions From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MULTI-PURPOSE Bank is expected to be the main beneficiary of the latest tax perks granted to help create six mega banks, analysts
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        140 14 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia expects six local insurance companies to finalise details of their merger by the end of the year, a senior central bank officer said yesterday. Muhammad Ibrahim, the central bank's insurance regulation department director, was quoted by the official
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        430 14 Report puts tab of recapitalisation and bailout at 1.49t baht Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai commercial banks will need at least 600 billion baht (5526.4 billion) of additional capital by the end of 2000 to meet central bank standards, the executive chairman of
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        245 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Delta Electronics, Thailand's largest maker of computer monitors and parts and a major exporter, said second-quarter profit fell by a third from a year earlier, as the stronger baht cut earnings in local currency. Delta posted a
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        454 14  -  It will pay USs37lm cash, USs229m in new shares, USssom in convertible notes Prrm) Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong FIRST Pacific Company, which is controlled by Indonesia's Salim Group, yesterday received overwhelming approval from minority shareholders to buy a 40
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        247 14 Reuters, Bridge News [HONGKONG] Hongkongbased First Pacific Co Ltd said yesterday it is continuing to negotiate separation terms for its joint ventures with China Unicom ahead of the Chinese telecommunications firm's initial public offering. "We continue to explore the issue with Unicom, but we're
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        289 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Siam Makro Pel, Thailand's second-larg-est retailer, said second-quar-ter earnings tumbled 88 per cent, reflecting a revaluation of a property. Siam Makro earned a net 17.4 million baht (*****,452), or 0.07 baht per share, compared with 139.6 million baht, or
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          100 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday said it had started a 24-hour retail outlet on the Internet to sell products such as phones and fax machines. "With the growing popularity of the Internet in Singapore, we expect to see about 20 per cent of our retail sales made
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          54 14 [SINGAPORE] CK Tang has appointed Quek Peck Lim as non-executive director and a member of its audit committee. Mr Quek is currently chief executive and general partner of Prime Partners Group. He was formerly director of BNP Prime Peregrine Securities and research director
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          108 14 [SINGAPORE] Huan Hsin Holdings substantial shareholder Chang Yu Mei has sold 2.25 million Huan Hsin shares, paring her stake from 1.9 per cent to 0.8 per cent. As a result, her husband Hsu Hung Chun's deemed interest has fallen from 1.9 per cent to 0.8
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          75 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Arthur Andersen has been appointed special administrator of Malaysian-listed Sin Heng Chan, a feedmill manufacturer. Danaharta said no creditor may take action against the company during a 12-month moratorium. The loss-making company hit the limelight in 1996 when it offered to buy
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          49 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] HLG Capital, which is part of Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan's Hong Leong group, will sell its seat on the Hongkong Stock Exchange for HK$3.B million (SWOO.OOO) to Realink Securities. HLG Capital bought the broking seat for HK$5.l million in 1994.
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          63 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Southern Bank Bhd said in a statement it has not been notified by the Keppel Group of any change in the tatter's shareholding in the bank. A statement from Keppel issued in Singapore earlier this week said Keppel planned to
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          92 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) has entered into a conditional agreement with Yasmin Holdings Sdn Bhd for the sale of EON's 51 per cent stake in Jurumuda Sdn Bhd for 11.34 million Malaysian ringgit (Sss million) cash. Jurumuda Sdn Bhd is
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific surprises with HK$108m interim profit
        555 15  -  Analysts had seen up to HKs33lm loss; HEs322mounfrom investment sale erases operating loss From* Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong CATHAY Pacific surprised the market yesterday when it reported net earnings of HKJIOB million (Ss23 million) for the first half, but the Hongkong flagship
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        302 15 Reuters [HONGKONG] Jardine Fleming Securities Ltd said yesterday it plans to launch an Asian online stock trading service by the end of this year. The company, a unit of British investment bank Robert Fleming, plans to launch a system that will allow
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        254 15 It's not a big lender to the troubled group, they say Bridge News [HONGKONG] Analysts believe the current financial difficulties at South Korea's Daewoo Group won't have a great impact on UK-based, Hongkong-listed HSBC Holdings, due to the bank's small
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        136 15 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said yesterday that it will raise its capital expenditure by 11.7 per cent to US$l.24 billion (Ss2.l billion) for 1999 to expand production capacity amid brisk business. The funds would be used to speed up expansion
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        Lock icon Slump in Net stocks may stall Aussie IPO plans
        267 16 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian Internet companies that delivered big windfalls on their debuts in recent months have plunged as low as 70 per cent from their selling prices, forcing a likely halt or delay to planned Internet share sales. "The pipeline is
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        537 16 Free use of untested metrics helps analysts pat a firm in the best light Reuters [PALO ALTO. California] A Stanford University professor studying the ways financial analysts rate Internet stocks has concluded the process is highly subjective, involving untested financial models
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        481 16 Bat the insurance market is not looking at demntualisation Reuters [LONDON] Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market, says it is looking at ways to modernise but the corporation is not discussing demutualisation of the Corporation of Lloyd's, the market's central business development,
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        373 16 Ten's rise against US$, lower domestic sales cited for fall Bloomberg [TOKYO] Honda Motor Co, Japan's third-largest automaker, said first-quarter profit fell 6.9 per cent ending a string of nine straight quarters of record profit as the yen rose against the dollar and domestic sales
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        223 16 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's No 2 lender, said yesterday that its second-half profit rose a better-than-expected 9.2 per cent on strong growth in the financial services division and continued cost savings gained from new technologies. Sydney-based Commonwealth Bank's after-tax profit
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        298 16 Bloomberg [BENTONVILLE, Arkansas] Wal-Mart Stores Inc's fiscal second-quarter profit rose 21 per cent as the expanding US economy and a push into groceries boosted sales. The world's largest retailer also clamped down on costs. Net income rose to US$l.25 billion (Ss2 billion), or 28 cents
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          87 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Takashimaya Co, Japan's largest department store operator, is likely to report a parent operating profit of 3.4 billion yen (5549.4 million) for the half-year to Aug 31, down 10 par cent on the year, the Nthon Keizai newspaper said. A Takashimaya spokesman
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          80 16 Bloomberg [REDWOOD SHORES, California] Oracle Corp, the No 1 database software maker, formed a new business unit to develop and market Linux software as it throws more support behind a competitor to rival Microsoft Corp. "We're seeing a huge demand for our products on
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          52 16 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE] Cisco Systems Inc, the No 1 maker of Internet equipment said fiscal fourth quarter profit rose 29 per cent, driven by sales to phone companies and small and medium-sized businesses. Net income in the period ended July 31 rose to US$635 million
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        523 17 Mew entity will be world's biggest aluminium company Reuters [ZURICH] Alcan, Pechiney and Algroup announced a huge transatlantic merger yesterday to form what they called the world's biggest aluminium company and take on market leader Alcoa. Faced with a rapidly consolidating industry and
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        343 17 MCI World Com working with Lucent to correct problems Bloomberg [CHICAGO] The Chicago Board of Trade's electronic trading system reopened on Tuesday, five days after it was crippled because of a "catastrophic" outage of a switching system operated by MCI World Com Inc.
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        278 17 LAT-WP [SAN FRANCISCO] Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), a struggling pioneer in sophisticated computer graphics and special effects, announced yesterday that a major restructuring that will result in the loss of up to 1,500 jobs or 17 per cent of
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        225 18 It charges fraud, racketeering linked to copper scam Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sumitomo Corp, the Japanese trading company that lost US$2.6 billion (554.4 billion) in a copper trading scandal three years ago, sued JP Morgan Co for more than US$735 mUlion. The lawsuit against JP
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        378 18 SEC charges two former Coopers Lybrand auditors They are said to have missed many irregularities in a 1994 audit Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday charged two former Coopers Lybrand accountants with reckless conduct for their 1994 audit of a California firm whose top executives later
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        57 18 [MOSCOW] Traders playing chess and read newspapers at the Moscow stock exchange on Tuesday as trading activity was affected by the latest government crisis. The rouble rallied by 1.1 per cent to 25.01 against the dollar Tuesday from Monday's close 0f25.290n the Moscow Interbank Currency
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        509 18 He will see to admin chores, oversee arbitrage ops NYT [NEW YORK] Hoping to turn around a dismal performance at his US$l3 billion (5521.7 billion) hedge fund family, George Soros has picked Duncan Hennes, the former treasurer of Bankers Trust Corp, to serve
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        304 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the world's biggest financial services company, said customers will soon be able to bank, trade stocks and buy insurance from their mobile phones and other portable devices. Beginning in some Asian countries later this year, Citigroup's e-Citi
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          64 18 Reuters [SEOUL) The Korea Futures Exchange (Kofex) said yesterday that it would begin test trading of three-year government bond futures contracts on Aug 16. "The test trading would last about a month and involve the September and December contracts of the three-year government
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          74 18 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Macquarie Bank and broker JB Were plan to have a new equities trading clearing house up and running in the second half of2ooo, the two groups said yesterday. Macquarie Equities and Were, which each clear about 120,000 trades a month on the Australian
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          84 18 Bloomberg [ST LOUIS] General American Life Insurance Co was placed under supervision by Missouri regulators after it said it couldn't meet all the demands of customers seeking to withdraw US$6.B billion (5111.6 billion) from investment contracts similar to certificates of deposit. It received an "unexpected" volume
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          72 18 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Bank One Corp, the fifth-largest US bank, awarded contracts valued at more than US$6OO million (SSI billion) to AT&T Corp and IBM Corp, expanding the Technology One Alliance the three entered into last year. Under a US$465 million contract, AT&T will
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        221 19  -  ffSMfSK Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE local bourse continued to drift lower yesterday, afflicted by continued concerns about higher interest rates ahead, Wall Street's overnight weakness, and the generally lethargic mood prevalent in the market of late. Adding
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        201 19  -  MSCI Taiwan fatures Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures yesterday lost its momentum to sustain the gain made the previous day and ended down 3.6 points in the August contract. The Taiex was also down, settling 40.92 points off the
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        193 19 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices climbed to a 22-month high yesterday on fresh evidence from the United States that petroleum stockpiles are waning. Benchmark Brent blend crude oU reached U5520.67 a barrel by mid-afternoon in London, up 18 US
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        318 19 Reuters London THE dollar was stagnant against most major currencies yesterday, edging slightly above recent lows amid lingering worries that an imminent US credit tightening could further damage the shaky asset markets there. The pound was bolstered by strong UK economic data and a hawkish Bank of England
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        1301 19 DfTERBAWK CROSS RATES 4 C$ Bwb E«ro Ffr Dm HK$ Hid »s BupUh Van Won KM WZ$ Pah Bs Peso S$ Bind Sfr HT$ Bart Pnni USj f** 4 0969 "J 0W5 3.967 1183 5.026 28.146 50.278 0.743 7.781 2.461 1.231 33.515 25.340 1.079 3.988 0.969 20.798 24.543 0.401 0.648
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        1820 19 SICOM FUTURES Aug 11 RUBBER (futures dosing as it 5.30pm) RSS1 CONTRACTS ccntsAq) Close VotaiM OfWfl Month High Low Sett (townes) Interest Sep 99 92.75 1200 Oct 99 95.00 300 *0V 99 98.00 98.00 96.50 600 300 Dec 99 98.25 300 Jen/M* 00 ***** 300 Apr/Jan 00 105.25 ■M/Sep 00
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      1382 20 AFP QHangSeng -15&91 HONGKONG share prices dropped 1.3 per cent yesterday because of concerns about US interest rates and tension in the Taiwan Strait, dealers said. "The market is weak because of the same old worries, such as interest rates and tension between China and Taiwan," said Patrick Yiu,
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      334 20 AFP DWPMn -40J2 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday as investors took profits on a big surge in the previous session, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index slipped 40.92 points to 7,228.68 on turnover of NT5117.33 billion. Decliners led advancers 301 to 143,
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      578 20 Reuters QgmnrfMaßlndei -0.73 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares finished lower yesterday as poor first-half earnings figures from blue-chip Fangda cast their shadow over the market for a second day. The B share index fell 0.73 point, or 0.83 per cent, to 87.44 but business was brisk with turnover of
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      2251 20 LWflWH Mistrials AeglO PwnW *h 31 Croup 7.89 0.03 Abbey National 9.85 -0.11 A B Foods 4.05 -0.10 A B Ports 2.94 -0.01 AstraZwwca 22.17 -0.52 Alliance t Leicester 7.86 -0.18 Allied OoflMcq 5.58 -0.09 AMed Zurich 6.84 -0.26 Anglo American Cold 43.70 unci) ASOA Group 2.20
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      1608 20 AFP nwktdaas +107 SHARE prices in Tokyo inched up 0.1 per cent yesterday with investors hoping for a brighter outlook for the world's second largest economy, brokers said. The Nikkei 225 index rose 9.07 points to finish at 17,211.16. Trading was thin throughout the day with many investors on
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        394 21 AFP, AFX-Asia H Composite Index +4iC MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday as investors snapped up speculative index-linked stocks to offset mild foreign selling. Dealers said the local bourse had generally stabilised but foreign selling was likely to continue in the immediate
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        8388 21 INDUSTRIALS Com—ir pnMi 19*9 Last Vol Day Net Cap High Low Company Sato OOP High Low PH imU 440 255 Ajinomoto 310 -2 2 310 310 19.7 125.6 174 46 Anglian 88.5 1 168 90 88 130.5 404 220 Apollo Food Mig 300 10 13 300 290 10.4 120.0 294
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        189 22  -  WARRAHT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE Malaysian market looks like it might have reached some kind of bottom for now, judging by yesterday's movements. Also, with an election on the horizon, one can expect the stock market to enjoy some sort of a
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        225 22 homkom stocks Cr Cr W-W» Last Vol Day Lut OuaU Otv CM* W M M Cap KHfti La* Stno Coma it 1 Mi fOOOl Lav Buyar Saki Cw P/C Sm* 365 >73 5123 CDM2000)HK 277.5 20 6 285 277.5 272.5 8 X7 2.9 9.4 ***** 5124 Cathay Pac
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        295 22 AFP n Wellington -11.82 TELECOM Corp led New Zealand share prices down 0.7 per cent yesterday in lifeless trade, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index fell 14.82 points to 2,150.28 on turnover of NZ$BO.7 million. Telecom was down 10 cents at NZ$B.6O. AFP Mn (DOO) A«vant*9* MOS 1 2.5S
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        861 22 AFP □SET Index THAI share prices closed 2.2 per cent lower yesterday, with investors cashing out to buy dollars, dealers said. They said sentiment was weak following falls in most regional markets, particularly Singapore, amid investor concerns over a possible US rate hike and Chinese yuan devaluation. The Stock
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        408 22 AFP P Composite Index -24,58 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 2.5 per cent lower yesterday after the Daewoo Group and creditors delayed the unveiling of the conglomerate's final restructuring plan, dealers said. LG Securities analyst Yoon Sam Wui said the delay in the release of Daewoo's overhaul blueprint triggered
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        657 22 AFP gAnOrimirie, -ZLB AUSTRALIAN share prices fell 0.8 per cent yesterday, forced down by weakness in key blue-chip stocks amid lingering fears over interest rates, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 23.8 points lower at 2,934.90. The All Industrials Index lost 37.6 points to 5,042.70 and the All
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        738 22 AFP n Composite Index -22.08 INDONESIAN share prices slumped 3.8 per cent yesterday on a sharply weaker rupiah and the ongoing investigation into possible corruption at the private Bank Bali, dealers said. An analyst with a state brokerage said the Bank Bali probe and the suspension of trading in
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        296 22 AFP n Manila -72^9 PHILIPPINE share prices plummeted 3.3 per cent yesterday to a four-month low on fears of higher interest rates in the United States, analysts said. The Composite Index fell 72.89 points to 2,157.89. Turnover fell to 1.73 billion shares worth 2.39 billion pesos from two billion
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      7257 23 Transaction date: Aiu; 11 Or Or M *ft S2 -Wk Last Vol Day Last Qua** Dhr Olv yid Net Cap _Avg High Low StNo Company Solo COOOI HH* Low Buyer Seller C'»r H P/C $mtl Price MULTI-INDUSTRY 182 17.5 m b lOOO Acma 50c
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        406 24 Stocks Volum# Asia FoodiProp USS 15,207.000 Hotunglnv MT5 12,099,000 •Genting Int 10,772,000 Golden Agri USIOc 10,738,000 NOL 8,245,000 IPC Corpn 5c 6,750,000 *TanChonglnt50c 6,705,000 Huan Hsin 20c 6,246,000 Eagle Brand Hldgs HK75c 6,088,000 First Capital 5,731,000 Stocks DBS Foreign 38,261,909 OCBC Foreign 25,688,697 SPH 20,279,856 OCBC 20,030,115 City Oev 50c
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        586 24  -  STOCK MARKHT COMMENTARY Local factors such as superior earnings and improving economic data brushed aside; chartists stay wary By R Sivanithy RISING US bond yields took another chunk out of local equity prices yesterday as nervous investors continued to
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          74 24 IN the latest COE tender, someone bid $14,680 for a motorcycle COE more than 16 times the successful attempt ofl9oo. Even if it were a mistake (it was probably meant for the commercial vehicle category), the bidder would have to register a motorbike and wait for a
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          217 24 COMPUTERS, fax machines, voice mail and other technological advances have led to more stress In the workplace, according to almost half of the respondents to a technology survey by US-based computer accessories maker, Kensington Technology Group. Bloomberg reports that some 47 per cent of American workers surveyed said
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          52 24 LITTLE-FOLLOWED textile firm Putera Capital Bhd is rumoured to be keen on diversifying into the stockbroking industry. According to the grapevine, Putera Capital may join the stockbroking big leagues by taking over and merging five to six ailing brokerages under the auspices of national asset management
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          123 24 BESIDES claiming to be a pioneer in in-flight service which they claim even other airlines talk about, Singapore Airlines is believed to be one of the first in the region to introduce non-smoking flights. We're told now that, much to the chagrin of its regular commuters, Korean Air
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        64 24  -  -By Wong Wei Kong LION Asiapac shares closed half a cent higher at U550,215 yesterday, one of the few stocks on the most actively traded list to end up. Volume was 4.4 million shares, compared with the 10-day traded average of 3.4 million units. The technical indicators are
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      310 25 Bridge News, Reuters PANAMAX trading was again stalled in the Atlantic, although so far rates remain steady and could rise again, according to brokers. Futures remain uncertain as to the next move, Clarkson Securities Ltd said in its daily report. Traders cannot make up their minds whether or
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      380 25  -  Maritime authorities will be able to work even more closely on matters like policy and operation By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish closer cooperation between
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      840 25  -  MEWBUILDS By David Hughes DESPITE an apparently busy couple of weeks in the newbuilding market, the signs seem to be that demand is dropping off. Both Korean and Japanese statistics report a decline in orders. The latest figures from the Japanese government
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      382 25  -  China, Middle East rivals are improving facilities, cutting costs: Lee Boon Tang By\ S Shivani [SINGAPORE] Singapore's marine industry may face challenges this year from increased international competition despite an economic recovery, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said on Tuesday. Speaking to employees
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      679 25 Productivity has gone up as workers stop taking lunch together AFP [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka's dockers have shed their centuries old tradition of taking lunch together in a bid to increase productivity and make Colombo South Asia's key hub port. The plan
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        49 25 (LONDON] Tecon container terminal in Santos, Brazil, has seen a 5 per cent increase in throughput during the first half of 1999 compared to the same time last year. The privatised terminal has handled 139,690 TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) so far this year.
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        43 25 [LONDON] UK shiprepairer AAP Group has won a refit contract worth US$7.5 million (S$ 12.52 million) from the UK Ministry of Defence for the Royal Navy auxiliary supply tanker Brambleleaf. The job will take two months to complete.
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        53 25 [LONDON] Tecomar will become a part of fellow shipping group TMM and will have its existing services marketed under the TMM brand name following the reorganisation of TMM liner division's Mexican operations. The company said that the integration would allow the combined service to
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      746 26 JUST-IN-TIME DELIVERY Third-party logistics providers are increasingly used by MNCs to be their supply strategists and orchestrators IT was not so long ago that European telecommunications and automotive customers had to wait two weeks for their electronic component orders to be delivered to them from Hewlett
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        806 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Atlantic Sap 6 """"''Si IWa/JK) n/0W2340 Love Sonq 16 JW *fig5P tUMMO Or 18 J***** J18 11/08/9:10 1V08/16:00 Bt liar Baru ***** J01 11/08/8:00 IffiS/ESS? Petroventure 13/99 J11 11/08/9:15 U/MMXW G Enpress 811/99 J12 11/08/8:20 11/08/2340 turn 4 1 J03 11/08/8:40 n/OS/^OO
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        1855 37 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklnq/B*Ur»ce Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Portod From To From tat Coflff AE903S 12/0400 U 10/H00 n/1900 KVT500 n/*59 10/1900 2A 10/1700 1V0659 TOM n lo/tToo ivo*» n/0900 J IV0700 1V1H9 TVMOO 4 n/Koo n/M5» n/iToo I kmtm 9n<tg« 906
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        191 37 An| 12 Thailand: HM Queen's Birthday. Ang 15 Belgium: Assumption Day. Hong Kong: Sino-Japanese War Victory Day. Luxembourg: Assumption Day. Aagl7 Indonesia: National Day. Anf 29 Philippines: National Heroes Day. An«3o United Kingdom: Summer Bank Holiday. Aug 31 Malaysia: National Day. Sepl Mexico: State of the Nation (optional).
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        814 37 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        499 37 Carton 180 Max 990.4 8.1 173 0.10 78 O/F Am 5 Oewltr Water Residue Ask AiMitntan Sediment tboyt E25 0 1 2 380 Ave 985.6 0.4 14.4 0.07 40 0.02 titwl. 380 Max 1005.0 2JS 20.8 0.14 235 0.08 »6/w3 M/M %M/w mi —ttw« No above
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        441 38 China Airlines'jet orders signal Asian carriers' renewed purchasing power AFP [PAßlS] Aviation giants Boeing and Airbus are once again set to do battle for dominance of the mega-liner market in Asia, as signs of an economic recovery point to renewed purchasing
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        529 38 It will also buy 7 passenger planes from Airbus Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's top carrier, China Airlines, said yesterday it would buy 13 cargo jets from Boeing of the US and seven passenger aircraft from European consortium Airbus Industrie. China Airlines also said it
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        602 38 NYT [WASHINGTON] Growing discontent in the crowded skies have caused complaints about airline service to more than double from a year ago. A total of 5,005 complaints were lodged against the major carriers in the first six month of this
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        421 38 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Southern Airlines Co, China's biggest airline by fleet size, said sales rose in July for the first time in five months as demand on international routes strengthened. Total passenger volume rose 0.6 per cent in July
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        55 38 [YOKOSUKA] The world's biggestfloating airstrip, Megafloat, weighing in at 40,000 tonnes, rests in position in Tokyo Bay, ojfYokosuka. The 1,000 metre long, 60-metre wide strip is a three-yearlong test project which cost U*****.3 million (*****.38 million). The project aims to prove that a floating platform can
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      734 26 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry ot c Accredited Shipping Agents. SjUU Singapore Fright Forwarders S pore National Shipping Assoc Association ULY UNE MALE I VESSEL VOY ETA [~fTA flw P.KLAHC STORE MALE Empress Lily V 0499 18/08 19/08 28/08 Princess Uly V 0899 04/09 05/09 14/09 Empress
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      1122 27 SAX SERVICE (DIRECT) Ivcsa voy swtn uu oa* pai hou oo ax rbo ah ntc awsahomtx 0131 21/07 os/oe 10/00 io/oo io/o> 10/00 io/o» 10/01 11/00 n/00 AftTOUMMUNE 0271 a/07 12/08 17/06 17/08 17/01 17/06 17/01 17/01 1«/ D» U/0» AfllAfli 0131 04/06 19/06 24/06 24/06 24/06 24/06 24/00 24/06
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      2123 27 ®HANJIN SHIPPING llkF I tfcMydn -Ub *****30 HANJM SMPPING m ITS h»//«. cm WOW* *****3S 737 SMB *****74 731 DOCUMWI *****71 774 OTBUTKMS *****5»751 MAIN UM *****5S f« 7779H0 CI MO 11 *****000QM TO NW USA A CANADA USA CANADA* HMVa/VOT OAM 5 IRRHAIA/VOT sETI fiw DBt PM 5i KP
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      1227 29 Direct Calls to Koto (6 Doy»),l Nagoya (7 Days) Tokyo Days) I I SINGAPORE S GENERAL AGENTS 80 ROBINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B I) COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12 00 sales/BKGS *****57/60 INWARD OEPT ID/OJ *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BND CRNO: **********0 M SINGAPORE *****8
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