The Business Times, 8 September 1999

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 046/12/98 85c S I N G A,P 0 R E Internet: http://business-times.asia! .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
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    Lock icon Pay rises are back with tighter job market: survey
    471 1  -  Employers are once again worrying about retaining and attracting good staff By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Companies fearfUl of losing staff have begun to compensate employees for last year's wage restraint, by increasing salaries and giving mid-year bonuses, a survey has found.
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    Lock icon East Timor crisis threatens economic backlash
    751 1  -  Rnpiah hits 6-month low 0f8,300, Bank Bali probe sidelined From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S economic recovery has been dealt a major blow by the intensifying violence in East Timor as foreign investors dumped stocks for the second straight day while the rupiah fell
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    Lock icon It's done: Leng Beng clinches Regal's US assets for US$725m
    810 1  -  Second largest deal by Singapore party after NOL's APL buy By < Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Millennium Copthorne, the London-based hotel arm of Singapore's Hong Leong group, has clinched the deal to buy the North American hotels of Hongkong's Regal group
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      180 1 nwiPE Dollar news A burst of explosive buying yesterday afternoon saw the US dollar jump almost two yen, and dragged already weak regional units even lower yesterday. A sustained recovery of the US dollar against the yen will hinge on two pieces of news coming out erf" Japan tomorrow, Ppi
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      12 1 Region feeling heat from rupiah slide, Pg 7 More reports, Pg 7
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      152 1 I would not say HK~] that Thailand would be first In, last out JiyS lam more optimistic than thats Jo««*i StigUtz, Wortd Bank's chtef economist on Thailand's economic recovery JMS ffls immediate neighbours Full report. Fg 14 I !Si? S^ I m to r ■v.. f ht M I Cm)
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon S'pore's overseas investment up 19.5% to $147.3b at end-1997
      456 2  -  Boost from direct investment, which soars 27% from end-1996 to $70.6b to! Eugene Low BOOSTED by strong doubledigit growth in direct investments abroad, Singapore's investment overseas rose 19.5 per cent year-on-year to $147.3 billion at end-1997. Total direct investments hit $70.6
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      Lock icon Reach hotel guests at all times
      329 2  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom and the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore yesterday launched a unique service which allows hotel guests to be reached on their hotel phone numbers at all times and anywhere in Singapore. The hotel mobile extension service is the first
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee hit by computer glitch
      168 2 SERVICES in some Keppel Tat Lee Bank branches were partly disrupted on Monday due to "a faulty power card" in one of its computer systems. A spokeswoman explained yesterday that the bank and vendor responded promptly to the computer system problem which started at
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        Lock icon S'pore, Portugal seal tax treaty
        35 2 SINGAPORE and Portugal yesterday signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and to prevent tax evasion. The agreement Is the 42nd comprehensive tax treaty Singapore has signed with other countries.
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        Lock icon Joo Chiat hotel up for sale
        65 2 A NEARLY completed hotel located Within the Joo Chiat Conservation Area, the Venus Hotel, has been put up for sale by tender. The 4-storey, 82-room hotel which sits on a freehold, 7,541 sq ft site near the Eunos MKT Station, is due to be
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        Lock icon Corrections and clarifications
        56 2 IN yesterday's report "Rajah Tann set to be second biggest law firm", we were wrong in saying Bernard Rada Barker Pauline Chen is planning to merge with US law firm Baker McKenzie. It should have been: Bernard Rada Partners is planning to merge with Arthur Loke Partners.
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      Lock icon July export prices up again, but not for key electronic products
      283 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Prices By, Audrey Tan EXPORT prices rose yet again in July, but those of key electronic products continued to slide, reflecting both keener competition in the global market and the stronger Singapore dollar. The Export
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      Lock icon Hitachi Chemical pumps $40m into S'pore PCB plant to raise capacity
      334 2  -  But it will slowly move production to lower-cost Indonesia By i Carol Eng HITACHI Chemical Asia-Pa-cific (HCAP) is investing $40 million in Singapore to beef up its production capacity to meet growing demand for printed circuit boards from major
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      Lock icon Axa insurance policies now available at post offices
      521 4  -  The firm plans to sell its policies in 40 Singapore Post branches in 3 years By\ Soh Tiang Keng APART from buying stamps and paying your utility, telephone and property tax bills, you can now buy insurance policies at post offices. This
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      Lock icon S'pore banks ready for Sept 9 computer bug: MAS
      392 4 Reporting exercise to be held that day to further substantiate Y2K readiness Bridge News [SINGAPORE] The Y2K critical date of Sept 9 will pose few problems for Singapore's financial sector, with extensive testing already confirming its readiness. Instead, a reporting exercise
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      Lock icon Govt should have released more land to dampen market
      386 4  -  MAILBAG Wong Kok Hoi Singapore via Internet JIT appears that the release of government land has been done to minimise (damage to the property developers. The tfllp side Is that future home buyers of iprlvate properties will have to pay curirent
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      Lock icon Insurance products: not right to compare apples with oranges
      492 4  -  Pearlyn Koh Singapore via Internet I read with interest an article on BT Online Personal Finance under the headline "Insurers go all out to court women" on Aug 27. I have sat for my Certificate in Life Insurance, and am currently
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      Lock icon Reward Chuan Hup investors
      98 4  -  Chng Peng Ton Singapore CHUAN Hup Holdings' management is to be congratulated on achieving such fantastic operating results in the last two years. It is about time it rewards its long-suffering loyal shareholders by either declaring a generous bonus issue or a bonus dividend. A company
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      54 4 $> w The grass is always greener on the other side. With so many choice properties for sale in The Straits Times Classified daily, it's no wonder our readers are tempted to seek greener pastures. Advertise in the Properties section (Classifications 402 to 568). Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166. CATS. Buy
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      10 4 AaUn debt market may get sidelined by Y2Krush,PglO E-mail: btletter@sph.com.sg
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Mustapa: ignore rumours, 6 anchor banks to stay
      382 6  -  Minuter dismisses talk that lobbying by some bigger bank groups may raise number to eight From. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Second Finance Minister Mustapa Mohamed yesterday quashed rumours that the number of designated anchor banks could be increased from
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      Lock icon Japan capital spending down by a more than expected 13%
      485 6 ODP report, due tomorrow, to show economy shrank 0.2%: survey Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese companies spent less on new factories and equipment in the April-June quarter from a year ago, signalling that the economy might have conanalysts said. CapibHPHHi per cent
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      Lock icon M'sian output up 3.5% in July
      486 6 Rebound in Asian demand, firm US orders lead growth Bloomberg, Reuters, Bridgenews [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's July industrial output" rose for the first time in three months, as a rebound in Asian demand and strong orders from the US prompted manufacturers to expand production. Industrial
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      Lock icon SC to regulate M'sian corporate bonds
      253 6 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] The Securities Commission (SC) has been appointed the regulatory authority to supervise and regulate the corporate bond market, the finance ministry said in a statement. "An important determinant of the success of corporate bond market development is the policy and regulatory
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      Lock icon US$ powers to 111.30 yen, regional units weaken
      323 6  -  By. Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] A burst of explosive buying yesterday afternoon saw the US dollar jump almost two yen, and dragged already weak regional units even lower yesterday, traders reported. They said the US dollar was bought with a vengeance shortly after
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      Lock icon Jakarta seeks to reschedule US$6b in govt debt
      342 6 AFP (JAKARTA! The Indonesian government has asked donor countries to reschedule US$6 billion (SIIO billion) of debt due in 2000 to a new payment date of 2002, Coordinating Minister for the Eccfliomy Ginanjar Kartasasmittf said. "We have been trying to seek approval
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      Lock icon M'sia needs expansionary Budget, say economists
      547 6 New Budget seen aimed at wooing voters AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will need a stimulus Budget this year to fuel growth and improve consumer demand as the battered economy begins to show signs of recov•ery, economists said yesterday. Economists also said that with an
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  • CRISIS IN EAST TIMOR
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      Lock icon NZ to host urgent meeting of Apec, UK ministers, UN
      439 7 Move comes amid mounting calls for international intervention AFP, Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] New Zealand will host an emergency meeting on the East Timor crisis including Asia-Pacific ministers, Britain and the United Nations, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced yesterday. It is likely
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      Lock icon Martial law imposed amid calls for peacekeepers
      433 7 Reuters, AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia imposed martial law and a curfew in East Timor and freed resistance leader Xanana Gusmao yesterday amid fresh outbreaks of shooting, burning and looting. International pressure meanwhile mounted for a peacekeeping force to end the killing by anti-independence militia
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      Lock icon US mulling various options to end violence
      329 7  -  Congress expected to resist involvement of US troops From\ Leoon Hadar in Washington US President Bill Clinton and his top foreign policy aides are considering various options to deal with the crisis in East Timor, including the possibility of sending United Nations peacekeeping
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      Lock icon Region feeling heat from rupiah slide
      314 7 US$/S$ unlikely to fall as Indon unit weakens: analyst Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian rupiah's slide on the escalating violence in East Timor has started to have a mild impact elsewhere in the region, most notably in Singapore. The eruption of violence, which has resulted
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Deflation may be out of control: Chinese minister
      248 8 BEIJING FT CHINA'S finance minister has warned that the government might not be able to put a stop to deflation. Xiang Huaicheng's warning on Monday comes despite the fact that extra spending to combat 22 months of falling prices has pushed the
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      Lock icon Apec officials to push for China, Taiwan to join WTO before Nov
      400 8 AUCKLAND That could mean pressure on US, Europe to conclude negotiations Reuters APEC senior officials will recommend to their ministers that China and Taiwan join the World Trade Organisation before the launch of the next round of global
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      Lock icon Beijing aims to have an open economy in 10 years
      302 8 MELBOURNE Jiang Period from now to 2010 will be crucial for reform Bloomberg, AFP CHINA'S economic evolution into an open market system, shifting away from its communist roots, should be complete within 10 years, Chinese President Jiang Zemin said during
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      Lock icon China's forex reserves soar US$3b in July
      310 8 BEIJING Biggest gain in 20 months may ease devaluation concerns Bloomberg CHINA'S foreign exchange reserves surged at least US$3 billion (Sss.l billion) in July to more than US$l5O billion, a central bank official said, a jump that may ease concern that China will
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      Lock icon US, Asian demand boosts Taiwan exports
      189 8 TAIPEI AFP STRONG demand in Asia and the United States pushed Taiwan's August exports to U5510.73 billion (SIIB.I billion), the highest in 21 months, official data showed yesterday. The figure represented an 11.4 per cent rise over a year ago, against a 19.0 per
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon US under fire for trade barriers ahead of Apec
      515 9 AUCKLAND It's angered Tokyo, Australia, NZ over steel, lamb tariffs and farmers' bailout Reuters THE US is finding itself under fire for protectionist policies ahead of this week's Asia-Pacific economic summit, putting a country used to lecturing Asia about free trade
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      Lock icon Daewoo affiliates to get new credit
      453 9 KOREAN CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING Domestic creditors agree on USs93sm proposal Bloomberg, Bridge News [SEOUL] Daewoo Group's domestic creditors agreed to grant US$935 million (Ssl.6 billion) of new credit to seven affiliates as the ailing group shuts more production lines because suppliers, concerned they will not
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      Lock icon Korea First Bank sale may fail if govt delays
      418 9 SEOUL Newbridge Capital wants deal by end of month FT, Reuters [SEOUL] Newbridge Capital, the US investment fund, is pushing to conclude talks on its proposed takeover of Korea First Bank by the end of the month. A refusal by the
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      Lock icon Korea Asset Mgt Corp ties up with Goldman, Lone Star
      319 9 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korea's "bad bank", the Korea Asset Management Corporation (Kamco), said yesterday it will be partnering with Lone Star Fund and Goldman Sachs Co to form the country's first two asset management companies. Kamco said in a statement
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      139 9 Twilight of the chaebol, Pg 13 I fl a t s fllsn R Home Imagine being able to, quite literally, stroll down to the beach at the end of your working day. You can at Mandarin Gardens, Singapore's only full service apartments by the sea. Apartments range from one bedroom
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  • REGIONAL COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Asian debt market may get sidelined by Y2K rush
      511 10 HONGKONG Western debt deals pile up as issuers try to beat expected cash drought Reuters A WAVE of new US and European corporate bond issues, due in coming weeks, could have implications for borrowers in Asia for the rest of the
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      Lock icon Korean businesses confident of even faster rebound in Q4
      316 10 SEOUL Commerce chamber's surrey cites stronger yen and Asia's return to growth Bloomberg SOUTH Korean companies are optimistic the economy's swift rebound will accelerate in the fourth quarter, as the stronger yen and a return to growth in Asia fuel demand
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Profit surge seen for listed US, German, Japan firms
      514 11  -  Amez bullish on Japan and Germany but not on the US next year From] Neil Behrmann in London PROFITS of companies listed on the three largest stock market areas are on a rising trend. In a study of profitability, American Express
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      Lock icon French economy gains pace, output up 0.6% in Q2
      497 11 PARIS Bloomberg FRANCE'S economy expanded faster than expected in the second quarter, powered by a revival in exports and rising consumer spending. Output of goods and services rose 0.6 per cent after a 0.4 per cent gain in the first quarter,
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      Lock icon Harrods to start online shopping this week
      412 11 LONDON Store thought to be aiming to reach 15% of sales via Internet FT HARRODS, Britain's most famous department store, will this week launch an online shopping service in a bid to capitalise on the explosive growth of Internet retailing. Shoppers will be
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      Lock icon Ministers riding into car-free day
      68 12 [PARIS] Italian Environment Minister Edo Ronchi, his French counterpart Dominique Voynet and French Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot pose next to bicycles yesterday in Paris as they announce a "car-free" day scheduled Sept 22. More than 150 cities and towns in France and Italy will take
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      Lock icon Roche, others seen near US$1.1b vitamins settlement
      556 12 WASHINGTON Payment will cot BASPs earnings by 15 20%; effect on Roche is expected to be worse Bloomberg ROCHE Holding AG, the biggest vitamins maker, and rival companies including Germany's BASF AG are close to a USSI.I billion (SSI .9 billion) settlement to
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      Lock icon Robertson's Tiger fund loses 5.5% of net assets in Aug
      280 12 NEW YORK Diclitt inapt* 17.6% the tot&l drop for the year to date Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE Investor Julian Robertson's Tiger Management LLC lost 5.5 per cent of net assets in August as some of the fund's biggest holdings US Airways Group
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Towards new social order in the West,
      819 13  -  THE BOTTOM LHVE OPINION By i Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent Political thinker Francis Fukuyama is living up to his reputation as America's Big Idea Man. In a new book, he tries to explain that Western civilisation is in the
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      89 13 'Once you realise that it (physics) drives every nation down similar paths. Eventually, all weapons systems will look alike. It has to do more with physics than espionage.' Houston Hawkins head of international security studies at Los Alamos on US allegations that the Chinese stole American nuclear
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      Lock icon Outlook for Japan's economy
      600 13 EDITORIAL Economics is said to be the dismal science. Certainly, many economists have been dismally wrong in their forecasts for die Japanese economy. Until very recentiy, the consensus was that Japan's gross domestic product (GDP) would contract for a third successive year in fiscal 1999 and
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      Lock icon Twilight of the chaebol
      1156 13 Daewoo revamp is part of Seoul's plan to dismantle the chaebol's business stranglehold NYT [PUPYONG, South Korea] Transported by the whispers of workers and housewives, a sense of impending doom is descending on this auto factory town, whose fortunes have always marched in lock-step with those
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      925 13 TkM lor Jakarta to tat fo JUST what motivates the Indonesian government, in the face of escalating violence in East Timor, remains uncertain. But the time has come for others to increase pressure on Jakarta to take, for a change, some honest and effective action. Despite
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Thailand's unlikely to be last to recover
      1520 14  -  Positive signs like social stability and strong political reforms are reasons for the World Bank chief economist's optimism By Harish Mehta [BANGKOK] HOW does the World Bank's chief economist, Joseph Stiglitz, rate Thailand's economic recovery vis-a-vis its immediate neighbours? "I would not say
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Krajicek gets his own back
      366 15 US OPEN He beats Spadea, Manta to whom he lost in earlier Grand Slams Reuters (NEW YORK] The US Open has quickly become Dutchman Richard Krajicek's forum for exacting revenge on players who gave him trouble at other Grand Slams this year. On Monday night,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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  • FOCUS: MONEY MATTERS
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      Lock icon All eyes will be on Japan tomorrow
      873 16  -  US$ could rebound on poorer than forecast GDP numbers and BOJ meeting By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] THERE was a breather of sorts for the greenback this week, thanks to unexpectedly benign US employment data last week, and a Labour Day holiday on Monday.
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      712 16  -  Krung Thai Bank scandal shows that credit crisis has along way to By Thitinan Pongsudhirak The writer is from the London School of Economics and is a regular contributor in IDEAglobal.com's daily client faxes [LONDON] It is now a foregone conclusion that Thailand's
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      547 17  -  Contract manufacturers acknowledge tight supply bat debate rages on on targets By Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] The debate on prospects for Singapore's contract manufacturers rages on with component shortages driving the latest concerns. Investors have been volleying views back and forth, following last Wednesday's downgrade of the
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      432 17  -  By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] An $11 million gain from writebacks and compensation helped boost transport group Delgro Corp's earnings to $28.4 million at half-time, from a loss of $3.3 million previously. This was achieved on a turnover of $379.2 million, almost flat from $381.4
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      616 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW R Sivanithy THAT Wall Street occupies a pivotal role in the minds of local stockmarket players isn't in dispute. Perhaps for too long a time now, plunges in US stocks and bonds are felt painfully here, while rallies
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      Lock icon DBS Land raises its shareholding in Sea View to 23.08%
      172 17 [SINGAPORE] DBS Land has upped its stake in listed Sea View Hotel to 23.08 per cent after buying another 18,000 shares. It said yesterday in a letter to the Stock Exchange of Singapore that its wholly-owned subsidiary, DBS Realty Pte
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      355 17  -  Move comes after selling shiprepair, shipbuilding ops to Keppel Hitachi Zosen By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Keppel Marine Industries is giving its shareholders a bonanza of 89 cents for every share held, following the sale of its shiprepair and shipbuilding operations,
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        434 18  -  CORPORATE RESULTS Results due to rise in home sales, pick-up in hotel business after renovation By < Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH) swung back to profitability at halftime with a $17.7 million gain from an $88 million loss in
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        121 18 Half-timescoreTH As of yesterday, 181 SES-tisted companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30,1999. They recorded a combined in group profits, up 9741% over the same period last year. The total included 10 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total profits
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        184 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Reinsurance Corporation saw its turnover shrink by 20 per cent, but its interim net profit shot up from $636,000 last year to $5.9 million for the half-year ended June 30. The directors said that turnover suffered because the company's core underwriting business
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        652 18  -  msnxß VUiW US fond buys shares in ST Engineering, Venture Mfg, SPH By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Insider buying outweighed selling last week, led by purchases by the Capital Group Companies, which turned buyer after being a steady seller for several
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        160 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Tan Chong International Ltd said it has 23 per cent of the Singapore car market, as total vehicle sales exceeded 1,000 for a third month in August. For the first eight months, Tan Chong sold 6,818 vehicles, which it said is
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        121 18 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore International Monetary Exchange said yesterday it will introduce block trading for its MSCI Taiwan stock index futures contracts. Effective Sept 15, this wUI aUow execution of large orders with greater price efficiency, Simex said. At the same time, the minimum aU-or-none threshold
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        447 18  -  Holdings cannot exceed 3% without ministry appro v&l By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The accumulation of SPH ordinary shares by US-based Capital Group Companies Inc beyond the 3 per cent limit permitted by law has drawn a query from the Ministry of
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        395 18  -  Public gets just 10% of Sesdaq-bonnd group's offer By\ Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Electronics contract manufacturer Asian Micro yesterday launched its initial public offer of 53 million shares at 38 cents each. The offer consists of 50 million new shares and 3
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        178 18 Turnover up 18% to $106 m; boost from property, construction units [SINGAPORE] Helped by better performance from its property and construction divisions, mainboard-listed contractor Poh Lian Holdings' profits more than doubled to $1.4 million for the half-year to June 30. Turnover
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          54 18 A DAY after announcing that It has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy Golden Harvest, an Aussie property Investment company, Inno-Paciflc Holdings yesterday said one of the oonditiona to the proposed deal cannot be satisfied. Accordingly, Its board has decided not to proceed with
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          45 18 SHANGRI-LA Asia's general offer tor Shangri-La Singapore closed yesterday with the offeror holding shares and acceptances amounting to 148,696,068 shares, representing about 88.5 per cent of Shangri-La Singapore's issued capital Schroder International Merchant Bankers acted for Shangri-La Asia in the takeover.
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          62 18 RECENTLY listed Asti Holdings yesterday reported a net profit of $2.4 million for the three months to June 80. It is also set to launch by the year-end the first semiconductor equipment based on a newly-developed platform. Group turnover came to 18 million. Profit for
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          33 18 FORMER Malaysian minister Ahmad Rithauddeen has resigned as chairman and director of Idris Hydraulic The company's controlling shareholder Ishak Ismail was charged in July for allegedly breaching Malaysian securities laws.
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        442 19 Drop is lower than expected as market share for Mercs rise inHK Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Jardine International Motor Holdings Ltd, which owns auto dealerships in Asia and Europe, said its first-half net profit fell less than expected as MercedesBenz cars increased their market share
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        500 19 It's sold unprofitable bank, gained from oil palm, cars, houses Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR) Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia's sixthbiggest company by market value, likely swung to a profit for fiscal 1999 after it unloaded its unprofitable bank, and made more money from oil palm,
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        431 19 Reuters [HONGKONG] Jardine International Motor Holdings Ltd, distributors of MercedesBenz vehicles in Hongkong since 1954, is having amicable talks with DaimlerChrysler AG about its participation in the Hongkong operation, Jardine's finance director said yesterday. "We are at a very, very early stage of
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        146 19 Bloomberg (HONGKONG! Pacific Century Regional Development Ltd (PCRD), a property and insurance company that is moving into information technology, sold almost half its stake in China Online (Bermuda) Ltd after the latter rose 43 per cent on Monday. Singapore-listed PCRD sold
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        452 20 Heavy trades force disclosure of talks; exchange probe on FT [LONDON] National Westminster Bank has indicated that insider dealings had taken place in the shares of Legal General (L&G) in advance of the bank's recommended £10.7 billion (Ss29 billion)
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        402 20 US group Witkoff is the buyer but terms are not revealed Bloomberg Reuters, [LONDON] Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it was selling its landmark London Shell-Mex House building to privately owned US property group Witkoff Group. Shell UK did not give terms
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        416 21 Largest media transaction creates multimedia and entertainment giant Reuters [NEW YORK] Viacom Inc, the name behind MTV and Paramount Pictures, yesterday moved to expand its media empire with a deal to buy US television broadcasting icon CBS Corp for US$37 billion (5)62.5 billion)
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        444 21 Machine to challenge rival in ISP market to be launched this month Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp (IBM) will unveil a powerful server computer for Internet service providers (ISP), its first move to challenge Sun Microsystems Inc in
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        272 21 Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Lucent Technologies, the world's largest phone-equip-ment maker, unveiled a line of products that carry voice calls on high-speed Internet lines, eliminating the need for separate lines. "Stinger" lets a phone company give voice calls on data lines higher
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        601 22 Banks plan to beef op staff as govt prepares to unlock billions of dollars Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Lured by billions of dollars in pension funds, more US investment banks are climbing on the Australian bandwagon. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co and Goldman Sachs
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        314 22 It on veils plan to convert loans and bonds into capital Bloomberg [TOKYOI Chiyoda Mutual Life Insurance Co, one of Japan's biggest life insurers, unveiled a three-year business restructuring plan which will convert 50 billion ygh (*****.8 million) ($456 million) worth
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        383 22 FT [ZURICH] Zurich Financial Services (ZFS), one of the world's leading financial services groups, announced plans to expand into e-busi-ness as it reported strong growth in the first half. The group has joined forces with IBM and ChannelPoint, a startup Internet company,
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        239 23  -  «imu« Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market consolidated yesterday in the absence of fresh leads as WaU Street was closed overnight for a holiday. The violent situation in East Timor also weighed on the market, with investors
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        151 23  -  MSCI Taiwan Mm Cecilia Loh Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures took its biggest one-day plunge of 12.90 points this month, in tandem with the Taiwan Weighted Price Index, which slipped 184.52 points to close below the psychological support level of
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        250 23 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil rose close to a 23-month high after Opec's top official implied that the organisation won't raise output until March, maintaining production cuts that have almost doubled prices this year. Oil output reductions made
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        315 23 Reuters London THE euro was forced lower late in Europe yesterday, sheding a quarter of a cent against the US dollar immediately after Bundesbank president Ernst Welteke said an appropriate rate for the single currency was US$l.O5, below current trading levels. This was a revision to Mr Welteke's
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        1224 23 DfTBRBAint CROSS RATES Sep 7 A$ CS !■> I— Fir P» HK$ mdfatM* Tw m IM MttNfcts Nw S$ »*Bd Sfr KT% *M Hmt US$ Australia 0.960 ft.171 0.612 4.011 1196 1002 28.010 53.102 0.714 7.685 2.447 1230 ***** 25.617 1009 3.887 *****0307 25.018 0.402 0344 Cauda 1042 5.570 0.637
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        1684 23 SICOM FUTURES Sep 7 RUMCR (Marts daita? asat SJQpw) RSS 1 CONTRACTS cMtsA*) CtOM VolHM Opoo Moot* j*«b Law Sott (toonat) Infest Oct 99 95.75 MOO Nov 99 9125 350 OK 99 ***** 200 Jan/Mar 00 ***** 300 Apr/Jon 00 109.25 Joi/Sap 00 ***** ISS 3 CONTRACT (US cmts/kq) VolHN
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      1319 24 AFP TiHamSeog +10J3 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday as a round of profit-taking was offset by rising hopes that China would soon restart stalled talks on its entry into the World Trade Organization, dealers said. "H-shares (mainland China companies) performed better. Some investors are speculating on
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      493 24 AFP Q Shanghai B Index +OJJB SHANGHAI'S B shares rebounded 2.0 per cent yesterday in a technical correction following a series of losing sessions, analysts said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share Index, which tracks shares nominally reserved for foreigners, gained 0.88 points to 44.96. The A Share Index
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      333 24 AFP □wPlnta -184-52 TAIWAN share prices closed 2.3 per cent lower yesterday as profit-taking eroded early gains on concerns over domestic politics, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 184.52 points to 7,945.76. "The plunge is related to comments by the National Assembly speaker Su Nancheng
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      1665 24 S«M Hmt *h 31 Croup 834 0.05 UMr National 10.53 0.09 A B Foods OS 0.05 ABPart* 339 uncti AstraZanoca 25.18 0.36 A Manet 4 Lakasttr 8.A 7 -0.07 AIM Oomocq 3.59 -0.11 A Mad Zurich 7.94 -0.07 Aml«Ai—mmCoM 43.70 unch ASOA Group Mi unch Bank of
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      1510 24 AFP □Mikkdaas -4MI SHARE prices in Tokyo slipped back 0.3 per cent yesterday on modest profit-taking as investors looked ahead to Japanese growth figures due out later in the week, brokers said. The Nikkei Average of 225 leading issues fell 49.01 points to finish at 17,707.50, reversing a 126.52
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        7858 25 INDUSTRIALS Cmsmmt prefects 1*99 Last Vel Day Nat Cap Htfli Law Company »djb 'OOP High Law Pit SHI 440 255 Ajinomoto 320 20.3 129.7 174 46 Angkasa 105 -3 16 106 105 1943 404 220 Apollo Food Hlg 330 10 3 330 322 11.5 132.0 294 115 Bar)aya Land 199
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        371 25 AFP □Compositelndex -0.04 MALAYSIAN share prices ended marginaUy lower yesterday in thin trading due to profit-taking by local investors. "There is very little going on except for profit-taking. The lack of participation is also worrying," said an institutional dealer at a local brokerage. The
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        1998 26 Wi> LMt Vol Day UlllMi Avg *V> La* Mm Company M *or- COOO) H*h Ln Buy*' Mw Mo 1$4 j 3160 *Acar ******1 US) 43.5 -0.5 176 46 42.5 43 43.5 W *1 1 31*4 Acma *OK>724 34.5 -0.5 37 34.5 33.5 34.5 37 36 59 I 1W A*T*«K WO*0607
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        193 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy THE latest covered warrant to make its appearance here is Goldman Sachs' call on property heavyweight City Developments. which was listed earlier this week. For those who recall, it was offered at 36.5 cents which means at 35 cents now,
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        213 26 -8.78 HOMKOM STOCKS Or Or M W La* W* 0«* Last Oust* M« Oti VH IM M Cap H<» La» »tm C*m—*y U* rOOO» u, -yw CV W $W 365 173 5123 COL (2000) MK 285 id 300 g 17 2JB 9.7 5124 Cathay Pac 20e MK—720 id
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        675 26 AFP IHI Composite Index *4J2 INDONESIAN share prices rose 0.9 per cent yesterday as investors bought up selected blue-chip stocks despite concerns over the post-election violence in East Timor, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 4.92 points to 545.35 on a volume of 574 million
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        847 26 AFP flscrlnfei *2J7 THAI share prices closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday in thin, rangebound trade amid selective buying in banks and finance stocks, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index gained 2.67 points to close at 426.75. The SET 50 Index was up 0.18 at 29.86.
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        313 26 AFP CI Manila -8.68 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.4 per cent yesterday as investors shifted out of blue-chip stocks and into smaller counters, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 8.68 points to 2,159.79. Turnover rose to 1.4 billion shares worth 2.5 billion pesos from 598 million
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        377 26 AFP □Composite Index +0.70 SOUTH Korean share prices made only marginal gains yesterday after profit-taking in semiconductors and ex-port-related large caps eroded an early rally fueled by investment trust buying, dealers said. An agreement by creditors on extending one trillion won (Ssl.4 million) in new financial assistance to seven
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        612 26 AFP yiAnOrifairiai *15 AUSTRALIAN shares closed marginally higher yesterday in lacklustre trading, dealers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index ended the day up 3.5 points at 2,993.6. The All Industrials Index finished 1.9 points higher at 5,153.6 while the All Resources Index added 6.6 points to
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        267 26 AFP THE New Zealand share market fell 0.4 per cent in thin trade yesterday despite bright news from major concerns Brierley Investments Ltd and Air New Zealand. The NZSE-40 Index slipped 8.78 points to 2,141.54 on light turnover of NZ$3B million. W7 *h rww Advantage MOS 1.53 -0.07 28
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        351 28 HHZMZmaHBBSl Stock* Vo4wn* •G«nting Int 29,199,000 Ask FoodiProp USS 22.423,000 GoMcn Agri USIOc 11,706.000 SingTel 15c 10,987,000 Hotung Inv NT5 8,884,000 RdylntUSHk 7,453,000 Ejglt Brand Hktgs HK75C 6,444,000 *TanChonglnt50c 6,360,000 GtS Intl Ltd 20c 5,939,000 DrtgonLjnd \0c 5,492,000 StodB I DBS 69,307,642 U06 Foreign 34,871,300 SingTel 15c 34,035,780 0C8C Foreign
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        636 28  -  STOCK KAUBT COMMENTARY Wall Street close sidelines investors resulting in doll session; East Timor turmoil also weighs on sentiment By R Sivanithy THE local stock market again displayed Its inabUity to forge ahead on its own yesterday as prices drifted uncertainly with
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          131 28 OKAY, okay. At some of our reader* pointed out, our report yesterday on James Loh being a "local talent" didn't tell the whole story. Most people who have spoken to Mr Loh, whoee sawiness for trading swaps and other esoteric Instruments Is second to none
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          84 28 IT isn't true that the taxman always take* and never gives back. Over the past decade or so, individual and corporate tax rates were lowered a few times. And at the recent launch of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore's Taxpayer Feedback Panel, gueets were
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          116 28 LISTED Isetan has a mid-range feshion line from Spain called Mango, which has proved a sell-out success and led the retailer to act up a boutique to carry tiie brand. And Isetan is dearly going all out to promote the line with advertisements at bus stops near town
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          141 28 TALK is that Malaysia's power company Tenaga Nasional could sustain a foreign exchange loss of about 700 million Malaysian ringgit (***** million) for the 1960 financial year as a result ofhaving swapped some of Its US dollar-denominated loans into yen-denominated ones. According to an industry
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        76 28  -  By Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE Press Holdings shares fell 80 cents to $27.00 yesterday with 679,000 shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 471,500 shares. The stock opened at $27.80 but fell to as low as $26.70 before recovering some ground. The technical charts are still
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      1519 22 Batteries International Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GP Batteries International Limited ("the Company*) will be held at The Ritz Carlton, Millenia Singapore, Millenia 2, Level 2, 7 Raffles Avenue. Singapore *****9 on Thursday,
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      300 29 Bridge News, Reuters TRADING was sluggish with the US Labor Day holiday curbing activity, brokers said. However Atlantic Panamax rates remained healthy while rates in the east remained weak. Capesize rates improved again in the east. Handymax rates remained strong from the Continent and Mediterranean/Black Sea. Monday, the
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      306 29 Won's decline against yen help ease drop in orders Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilding orders dropped 1.2 per cent in August from a year earlier, the smallest decline so far this year, helped by the won's depreciation against the yen. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co,
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      198 29 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian dock workers yesterday banned work on Indonesian cargo ships at Australian ports because of violence in the bloodied territory of East Timor. Maritime Union of Australia acting national secretary Paddy Crumlin said the union had stopped unloading all cargo and
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        393 44 Combined earnings back in the black at 262 m yuan, thanks to cost-cutting moves Bridge News [SHANGHAI] Earnings at Chinese airlines are showing signs of recovery after a period of downturn. Airline officials attribute the improvement to a cut in the number of flights,
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        277 44 [SINGAPORE! US express distribution giant, Federal Express (FedEx) has teamed up with Mail Boxes Exchange to offer express parcel services through retail outlets in Singapore. FedEx has forged a strategic alliance with Mail Boxes Exchange to extend the network of FedEx
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        320 44 FT [LONDON] European airlines appeared to be queueing up to woo British Midland, offering to take equity stakes in the privately-owned UK carrier as it considers whether to join one of the global airline alliances. Air France, the partly state-owned French
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        433 44 AFP [BOMBAY] India's state-run domestic carrier Indian Airlines has put off plans to lease nine aircraft this winter, due to lower than expected traffic growth, officials said. Indian Airlines had planned to lease four Airbus A 320 aircraft, while its subsidiary Alliance
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