The Business Times, 21 September 1999

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES »UTA(l>«tra!!»r-. 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1999
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    66 1 □sit *****3 (-9.01) Bt-SBI 80M6 (-1.84) IT] SIMSCI FUTURES 11 mm (-1.8O) MOOD: STOCK MA1XET DOHGES Monday Change KLSE COMP *****3 -168 NIKKEI 17,6 7616 +***** HANG SENG W.***** -1147 SET INDEX ***** -196 JAKARTA COMP —541M -169 MANILA COMP _i.l«.75 +1L87 TAIPEI WPI 7J7114 -44.79 SEOUL COMP
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    80 1 FOBEX BATES ust SI USS 1JM i t(US$/S$ per .617 1749 EURO(USS/SS per E) 1.044 L7M OM, 1*74 BJtf YEN 1V7J tf7t* KM tm 8.446 HKt 77M 1218 BAHT S9S8 9.M2 TOHAH 8J» 1021* -St toM unto mmmm SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40.M BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00
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    Lock icon SES enforces liberalised listing rules
    966 1  -  Changes include easing chain If gtipg roles, letting foreign firms list on Sesdaq By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has amended its Listing Manual in line with some of the key recommendations made by the Corporate Finance Committee (CFC). The changes
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    Lock icon Setback for Habibie as Ginandjar, 4 ministers say they'll quit Cabinet
    769 1  -  Move seen as power struggle between military and Habibie From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta IN a blow to President B J Habibie's administration, economics tsar Ginandjar Kartasasmita and four other ministers effectively resigned from the Cabinet in what is
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    Lock icon Thomson-CSF paying 57% premium for 24.9% of Avimo
    495 1  -  $95m deal comes with right to raise its stake to 42% By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] French defence and electronics giant Thomson-CSF is taking control of Avimo Holdings in a deal that values the company at almost $400 million, a 57 per cent
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon UOB launches 3 improved plans as home loan war hots up
      479 2  -  It cats a quarter percentage point off fixed interest rates By\ Soh Tiang Keng COMPETITION in the housing loan market is hotting up with United Overseas Bank (UOB) announcing three improved home loan packages yesterday. Following in the footsteps
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      Lock icon Call for flexibility in use of office space
      443 2  -  ASIA-PACIFIC REAL ESTATE CONFERENCE By < Carol Eng HONG Leong group chairman Kwek Leng Beng yesterday called for more "flexibility" for office space in Singapore or the technological revolution may result in "empty containers in the sky". Over the last few years,
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      Lock icon Kwek upbeat about US hotel purchases
      210 2 MILLENNIUM Copthorne chairman Kwek Leng Beng yesterday declared that he could make recently-acquired hotels in the US perform "very well". Speaking on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Real Estate Congress, Mr Kwek brushed aside some analysts' concern that M&C's US$725 million (Ssl.2 billion) purchase
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      Lock icon Yahoo! launches free, 24-hour S'pore auction site
      222 2  -  By] Raju Chellam INDIVIDUALS looking at selling or buying new or used items can now do so at Yahoo!'s Singapore auction Web site. Surfers can now browse, bid or buy items in over 1,000 categories, including toys, antiques, computers, software, electronics and cameras.
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      Lock icon Aug int'l call volume up 16.3%
      266 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Industry By] Marissa Chew THE volume of outgoing international telephone calls just keeps climbing. Last month, it went up 16.3 per cent to 72.6 million minutes from 62.4 million minutes in August last year. Month-to-month, however, volume fell 1.4 per
      Source: SingTel  -  266 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Another five apartment blocks up for en bloc sale
      551 2  -  Nine terrace houses in Katong area also put np for tender By, Ang Wan May OWNERS of five apartment blocks have put up their properties for collective sale the largest of which is the 28-unit Lengkong Apartments in Kembangan. The 54,410
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      Lock icon SCV to raise $440m through 3 facilities
      434 2  -  It plans to tap banks, institutional investors By i Catherine Ong SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV), the Republic's sole cable TV operator, is raising $440 million through three facilities, including a maiden bond issue, to fund expansion in new businesses, sources said. The facilities
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      Lock icon Treat DVDs like we do cigarettes
      639 2  -  MAILBOX Mak Yuen Teen Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "Censors consider context" from Angeline Yap of the Films and Publications Department (BT, Sept 18) which was in response to my previous letter on the censorship of DVDs in Singapore. I would
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      Lock icon August non-oil exports up lower-than-forecast 8.5%
      532 3  -  Electronics exports up mere 1.6%, could be negative in Sept By Audrey Tan SINGAPORE'S electronicsled export rebound exhibited signs of weakness yesterday, with a set of disappointing August trade numbers showing double-digit drops in some electronics segments. Economists say that if these trends persist,
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      Lock icon StarHub clinches deal for payphones at Changi, Seletar
      335 3 STARHUB, Singapore's newest info-communications service provider, has secured a two-year contract to provide payphone equipment and services to Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. The contract from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore covers half the number of payphone sites at the two
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      Lock icon A means to enlarge the economic pie
      358 3  -  Foreign talent helps local firms'compete globally: Boon Heng By: Eugene Low FOREIGN talent enables local companies to compete on a global scale and helps to enlarge Singapore's economic pie, said Lim Boon Heng, sec-retary-general of the National Trades Union Congress. Speaking at a
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  • FOCUS: PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Toronto condo project goes on sale in S'pore this weekend
      170 4 [SINGAPORE] The developers of a freehold condominium project in Toronto called The Maxus are in town this week to launch the property, which is located in the exclusive Yorkville district. The Shui Pong group is holding an exhibition at the
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      Lock icon Property needs new CPF curbs too
      609 5  -  THE PROPERTY COLUMN A bad property Investment could be worse than a bad investment in shares By Lee Han Shih HAVING announced that the rules on using CPF money to invest in shares will be amended, will the government also change the rules on
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      338 4 For Sale By Tender FOUR CHAIN HOTEL GUILLEMARD HOTELI 757 Geylang Road 50 Lorong 18Geylang Part 2-storey with an Attic and Part 4/ Part 8-storey Part4-storey 125 guestrooms •51 guest rooms one restaurant Near business district major Walking distance to MRT station expressway Wide Prominent Frontage, About 4-year old, Freehold
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Thailand stuns markets with Q2 growth of just 3.5%
      812 6  -  Govt leaders had predicted 8% growth only a week ago; bank loans key drag From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok A WEEK after Thai leaders predicted 8 per cent growth for the second quarter, the government shocked markets yesterday when it reported
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      Lock icon Yen falls as BOJ credit easing seen more likely
      712 6  -  TEN WATCH From I Larry Wee, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE yen eased further yesterday amid rising expectations that the Japanese central bank will embark on fresh monetary easing after its policy board meets today. Traders, however, are sceptical about the
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      Lock icon Rising yen may be serious threat to Obuchi's political future
      419 6 It conld hurt recovery, send share prices tumbling Reuters [TOKYO] "Laid low by the high yen." It's hardly the political epitaph Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi has in mind. But unless a reluctant Bank of Japan (BOJ) eases its hyper-loose
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      Lock icon S Korean shares seen rising on economic recovery
      331 6 Restructuring will pay off; stronger exports expected Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean stocks are poised to benefit next year from steady economic advance and returning financial stability, analysts said in a Reuters survey published yesterday. They saw the yen's strength against the dollar
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      Lock icon Seoul to sell 5t won of local bonds next year
      243 6 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea said it will sell as much as 5 trillion won (517.06 billion) in domestic bonds next year to buy US dollars on the local currency market, in a bid to rein in a strengthening won and
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  • CRISIS IN INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Baligate, E Timor holding back recovery: Ginandjar
      544 7 Economic programmes delayed because of these two issues AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economic tsars conceded yesterday that the Bank Bali scandal and the violence in East Timor had dealt "a temporary setback" to economic recovery and undermined financial markets. The Bank Bali case has
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      Lock icon Bank Bali team hopes to finish probe by Thursday deadline
      317 7 Chief denies reports of bribes to slow down investigations Reuters, AFX-Asia, Bloomberg [JAKARTA] A special team set up by Indonesia's Parliament to investigate a smouldering banking scandal said yesterday it was "90 per cent sure" it could finish the probe
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      Lock icon Peacekeepers a boost for rupiah?
      133 7 AFP [JAKARTA] The arrival of the UN-authorised peacekeeping force in East Timor should help lessen selling pressure on the rupiah, central Bank Indonesia Governor Sjahril Sabirin said yesterday. "The entry of the UN peacekeepers should be better for the rupiah," Mr Sabirin said, after the
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      Lock icon Habibie will be Golkar's presidential candidate
      180 7 AFX-Asia (JAKARTA] Ruling Golkar party chairman Akbar Tanjung said the party will retain President B J Habibie as its candidate for the presidential poll in November. "We still nominate Habibie. We do not have any plan to replace him but we will closely observe
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  • CHINA – HONGKONG – TAIWAN
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      Lock icon HK jobless rate up marginally at 6.1%
      495 8  -  Bat there are more vacancies than job seekers registered with Labour Dept From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG'S jobless rate reversed its downward trend when the figure for the JuneAugust period rose marginally to 6.1 per cent. But the good news is
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      Lock icon HK sees value of e-commerce flying to US$2.4b
      291 8 mHONGKONG AFP THE number of Internet users making purchases online in Hongkong increased by half in the past 12 months, a government official said yesterday. Information Technology and Broadcasting Secretary KC Kwong also released estimates predicting that the total value of products
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    • SINO Briefs
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        Lock icon HK still preparing for blue-chip sale
        95 8 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] The Exchange Fund Investment Ltd has not yet finalised a timetable or prices for its planned sale of the government's shareholdings in Hongkong blue chips, Efll spokesman Kent Chen said. "We are still preparing for the launch of the fund and considering
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        Lock icon Bulk of China bond issue for projects
        100 8 AFX-Asia [SHANGHAI] China will invest 34.3 billion yuan (Ss7 billion) of the proceeds of its recent 60 billion yuan treasury bond issue in infrastructure projects, while 15.3 billion yuan will be invested in technology reforms for state enterprises and 6.7 billion yuan in
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        Lock icon Taiwan banks must merge: central bank
        42 8 Bridge News [TAIPEI] There are too many domestic banks and mergers need to be carried out among them, Taiwan's Central Bank of China governor Perng Fai-nan said, the Chinese-language United Evening News reported yesterday. Bridge News
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      Lock icon China leaders disagree on SOE revamp: report
      217 8 HONGKONG Debate on extent to which firms should be sold, restructured AFX-Asia MEMBERS of the Communist Party Central Committee are locked in a fierce debate on the extent to which stateowned enterprises (SOEs) should be restructured or sold, the South China Morning Post
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      Lock icon Taiwan index seen topping 10,000 milestone next year: poll
      485 9 TAIPEI Main worries are US economy, fresh friction with China, presidential election Reuters TAIWAN stocks will trend higher in 1999 and retake the 10,000-point milestone in 2000 as a gathering recovery boosts corporate earnings and the island's magnetism for foreign funds,
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      Lock icon Faces of celebration
      65 9 [BEIJING] A Chinese worker putting thefinishing touches yesterday on a float with a revolutionary theme to be used in a massive National Day parade. China's National Day and the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China will be celebrated on Oct 1 with
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      Lock icon China expedites drafting of investment fund law
      192 9 SHANGHAI There could be more investment avenues by end-2002: report Reuters CHINA'S lawmakers are moving ahead with the drafting of an investment fund law that could give people more avenues of investment by the end of 2002, the official Shanghai Securities News said
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      Lock icon China still shielding its two oil majors
      550 9 SINGAPORE Protection will allow firms to restructure, analysts say Reuters CHINA'S oil policy is becoming more liberal but is expected to remain protective of the profitability of the country's two oil majors in the years ahead, analysts said. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Korea Investment Trust seeks up to US$1b in foreign capital
      490 10 SEOUL Sale of controlling stake could help money manager weather cash crunch expected in Nov Bloomberg, Reuters KOREA Investment Trust Co, South Korea's second biggest money manager, said it's seeking to sell a controlling stake to foreign investors for as
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      Lock icon Korea Exchange Bank tries to sell US$1b of GDRs
      374 10 HONGKONG It needs cash to set aside more funds for risky loans Bloomberg KOREA Exchange Bank, South Korea's fourth-largest commercial lender, began trying to persuade investors to buy up to US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) of its shares, days after Hyundai Motor
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      Lock icon India may lose software wage-cost edge
      133 10 NEW DELHI Reuters RISING salary levels in India's computer software sector threaten to erode the country's traditional competitive advantage, the Economic Times newspaper said yesterday. "A study by the Economic Times Research Bureau reveals that employee costs for a sample of top 30 listed
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      Lock icon S Korea GDP up 5-6% in 2000: president
      259 10 SEOUL Seoul firmly committed to corporate reforms Reuters SOUTH Korean President Kim Dae Jung said yesterday the country's economy would grow by 5 to 6 per cent in 2000 and that there would be no backpedalLing on corporate reform. Mr Kim, speaking
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      Lock icon Cresvale likely to close down Japan securities business
      350 11 TOKYO Japan firms' 113.8b yen investment now worth 5b yen; Tokyo staff to be sacked AFP CRESVALE International Ltd said yesterday all staff in Tokyo would be sacked and it would likely have to close down its securities business after a scandal
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      Lock icon Public-sector reforms seen putting upward pressure on Tokyo rates
      633 11 TOKYO Concern that changes will lead to massive bond supply Reuters JAPANESE reforms aimed at making hundreds of semipublic corporations more efficient and accountable will almost inevitably cause interest rates to rise, according to analysts. Bond investors are worried that reform
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      Lock icon US' Ripplewood likely to buy LTCB, Obuchi told: report
      264 11 TOKYO Private equity gronp strongest candidate in final talks on sale of collapsed bank AFP JAPAN'S banking crisis manager yesterday told the prime minister that US private equity group Ripplewood Holdings is likely to buy the collapsed Long-Term Credit Bank of
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      Lock icon Govt must cut majority stakes in banks, says BJP official
      251 11 BOMBAY Reuters THE Indian government must give up majority stakes in the country's state-run banks and encourage mergers between them, an idealogue of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) told The Economic Times newspaper yesterday. "We believe that the government should
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon German business index seen hitting year-high
      411 12 FRANKFURT Corporate sentiment gets boost from rising exports, weak euro: economists Reuters GERMANY'S closely watched Ifo business climate index is expected to have risen in August to its highest level in a year confirming an improved growth outlook for Europe's biggest economy. Analysts polled
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon EU welcomes WTO ruling against US
        105 12 Reuters [BRUSSELS] European Union officials yesterday welcomed a decision by a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute panel which they said found that a US tax scheme for exporters violates world trade rules. EU sources said the panel's confidential final report, sent to Brussels and
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        Lock icon Raisa Gorbachev dies of loukaemia
        69 12 Reuters [MUENSTER, Germany] Ralsa Gorbachev, who brought glamour and controversy to the Kremlin when her husband ruled the Soviet Union, died of leukaemia yesterday in a German hospital. She was 67. Mikhail Gorbachev was by her side when she finally lost her long battle with
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        Lock icon Swedish economy set to beat forecasts
        94 12 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM) The Swedish economy is expanding faster than previously thought, allowing the government to plan the biggest income tax cut in almost a decade, the finance ministry said yesterday. The largest economy in the Nordic region is likely to expand 3.6 per cent
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      Lock icon Schroeder's party backs reforms despite defeat
      412 12 ÜBERLIN Reuters GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats yesterday pledged to back his unpopular austerity programme despite suffering their worst regional election defeat since World War n in Saxony. Capitalising on voters' hostility to the reforms, the conservative CDU opposition was returned to government
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      Lock icon Dutch Budget off to a booming start
      77 12 [SCHEVENINGEN] A Dutch mounted honour guard guiding his horse through thick smoke as part of general rehearsal for today's presentation of the Dutch State Budget at Scheveningen beach. The horses are exposed to explosions, smoke bombs and gunfire for an hour. Queen Beatrix
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      Lock icon UK has mountain of banknotes for millennium holiday use
      245 12 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN should have an ample stock of banknotes and coins to tide it over the extended millennium holiday, the Bank of England (BOE) said yesterday when announcing a technical measure to help ensure such an outcome. Lan Plenderleith, BOE
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      Lock icon Brady raps IMF for allowing Ecuador default
      296 12 LONDON FT PRIVATE capital flows to emerging markets will be put at risk by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) decision to allow Ecuador to default on its bonds, said Nicholas Brady, former US Treasury secretary. Mr Brady said the IMF was "playing with
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Kargil spells a victory for Vajpayee
      731 13  -  THE BOTTOM LINE OPINION By Rajendra Bajpai The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist who contributed this article to BT A COSTLY armed conflict between India and Pakistan in northern Kashmir has turned into a political bonanza for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's National
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      149 13 'It will be like Somalia. It's more than Somalia I know my people. They are angry.' Abdurrahman Wahid head of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation, predicting that Australian soldiers will go home in body bags from the peacekeeping venture in East Timor 'I don't see
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      Lock icon Putting Apec back on track
      594 13 EDITORIAL WHILE there has been much talk in recent months of a return to growth in Asia, government officials seemed a lot more cautious —until the 21 leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum met for their seventh summit in Auckland recently. In
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      Lock icon Path dependence, and a lock and key
      1034 13 Do today's new technologies call for an entirely new economics that can cope with pervasive externalities and increasing returns? The Economist TWO sorts of claim are made about the "new economy". The first says that technology is spurring growth so dramatically that old
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      1036 13 Bvw mora pvwwful IF the bill on state security currently being debated in the House of Representatives is seen as a test of wills for the country's reform leaders, then they have let their supporters down. All indications are that the House will endorse the bill
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon More TV roles for minorities
      1056 14  -  Networks are adding more non-whites to their programmes, says besmardweimbaub BERNARD WEINRAUB NYT The West Wing a new and highly anticipated NBC dramatic series about the White House, had a problem. The pilot episode was notable —and strongly criticised for the absence of any minority
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      Lock icon Currying favour with the Brits
      479 15 Britons order twice as much Indian take-home as they do the English favourite, fish and chips NYT [LONDON] The air on narrow, bustling Brick Lane is perfumed with a piquant potpourri of garlic, curry and coriander. Outside the Victorian-era store fronts in this funky East
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      Lock icon Getting a grip on knowledge
      1387 16  -  Chief knowledge officers are helping firms focus on relevant knowledge, turning them into knowledge-creating and sharing organisations By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] IT'S no surprise that six in 10 corporate chiefs in the World Economic Forum's 1998 CEO survey said knowledge management (KM) was "absolutely critical"
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      297 16 A company's ability to transfer knowledge can be a tool to motivate staff SOME organisations have a "constitutional inability" to make knowledge management (KM) work. The main reason for this is either that the need to manage knowledge is not clearly articulated or there
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      Lock icon Fixed-rate loans: OCBC gives assurance
      562 17  -  Bank will manage exposure to scheme to miwimigA risk to shareholders By Wong Wei Kong (SINGAPORE) Interest rates in Singapore can only go higher but OCBC Bank can manage its exposure to its fixed-rate housing loans with minimal risk, vice-chairman and chief executive Alex Au
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      Lock icon Wing Tai gears up to market two projects
      437 17  -  Residential projects at Tomlinson Rd and BokitTimahwill offer 472 units By\ Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai Holdings, which releases its full-year results today, is preparing to market two freehold residential projects one on the Tomlinson Mansion site and the other on the
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      Lock icon Investors bullish on UOB, and for good reason
      776 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Siow Li Sen IT looks like United Overseas Bank (UOB) is still very much the flavour of the month among Singapore's five listed banks. Investor interest has been sustained in part, no doubt, by the slow unfolding of its
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      Lock icon Analysts up Venture 1999 profit forecasts to $90m-$95m
      266 17 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Analysts said they have upgraded their full year net profit forecasts for Venture Manufacturing Ltd to between $90 million to $95.1 million after the contract manufacturer reported a 65.6 per cent rise in interim net profit to $36.70 million, analysts
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      Lock icon Heavy trading: Inno-Pac doesn't know why
      141 17 [SINGAPORE] Inno-Pacific Holdings yesterday told the stock exchange that it is not aware of any price-sensitive information that could have contributed to the heavy trading of its shares last Friday and yesterday. At the same time, it notified the exchange that Tong Keng Meng
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        Lock icon Philippine-based Fastech Synergy to offer 8m shares at 56c each
        461 18  -  MEW LISTINGS IPO to raise USss.6m; placement, reserved shares of 33 US cents each fully taken np By: Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Fastech Synergy will sell eight million shares to the public at 56 cents each in an initial public offer
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        256 18  -  By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Local compact disc maker Eastgate Technology, which received in-princi-ple approval for a main board listing last week, plans to use the proceeds of its initial public offer to expand its local and Hongkong manufacturing operations. Eastgate
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        Lock icon Hotung to place out 80m new shares
        168 18 [SINGAPORE] Hotung Investments yesterday signed a private placement with Daiwa Singapore to place out 80 million new shares at U550.3719 each, which is a discount of 9.61 per cent on the weighted average price for trades done yesterday. The net proceeds of US$29.l
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        Lock icon TMC's 29-cent IPO price seen making 5-10 cent initial gain
        443 18  -  Analysts Stock has medium-term fair valne of 38-40 cents By. Andrea Tan (SINGAPORE] The shares of education provider TMC International Holdings are likely to see a five to 10-cent rise over its initial offer price of 29 cents next Monday,
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        Lock icon First Engg expects double-digit growth in profit and turnover
        404 18  -  It's paying Sim to raise its stake in a Gnangzhon plant from 30% to 51% By, Jennifer Lien (SINGAPORE] Precision plastics manufacturer First Engineering, which is boosting its stake in a Guangzhou plant from 30 per cent to 51 per cent,
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        Lock icon Rotary Engg's H1 net profit up 9.8% despite falling sales
        209 18 AFX-Asia [SINGAPORE] Engineering services and trading company Rotary Engineering Ltd reported a 9.8 per cent rise in net profit for the first half which saw lower sales. Net profit rose to $3.34 million from $3.04 million in the comparable period
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        Lock icon IPC to offer Net 'portal' service in Asia
        208 18 [SINGAPORE] IPC Corp has signed a deal with a US-based Internet company to offer software applications to small and medium-sized businesses over the Internet. It yesterday said it had won a franchise from ASPOne Inc, a newly-formed subsidiary of France's Prologue Software,
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        129 18 As of yesterday, 170 SES-listed companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30.1999. They recorded a combined $4,194.9m in group profits, up 53.6% over the same period last year. The total included 19 foreign companies listed here. If they were excluded, total profits
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          32 18 [SINGAPORE] Asian Micro, a Sesdaq-bound electronics manufacturer, saw its public offer tranche of 5.3 million shares subscribed 250.9 times by the close of the offer yesterday.
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          Lock icon Penguin buys Auto Batam for $28.5m
          87 18 [SINGAPORE] Penguin Boat International is acquiring all the businesses of Auto Batam as a going concern for $28.5 million. Auto Batam and its subsidiaries are involved in the business of tourist and travel services, the operation of passenger ferry services and the handling of
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          101 18 [SINGAPORE] National Kap narrowed its interim loss from $1.7 million last year to $173,000 for the half-year ended June 30. The company also booked an extraordinary loss of $327,000 in cessation expenses for various businesses, resulting in a bottomline loss of $500,000. Although turnover fell
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          73 18 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom's wholly-owned subsidiary Sing Tel Ventures (Singapore) Pte Ltd has subscribed for 1.43 million preferred shares of 10 cents each in the capital of Hospitality City Pte Ltd (Hospitality City), representing a 25 per cent interest Hospitality City, which is incorporated in
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          94 18 [KUALA LUMPUR] In response to media reports, KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd has clarified that the franchises it operates under are not held by its substantial shareholder, Punca Ibarat. The KFC franchises for Malaysia and Brunei are held by itself, while the Pizza Hut franchise
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          Lock icon Uraco chief sells 3m company shares
          46 18 [SINGAPORE] Ng Kok Heng, chairman of Uraco Holdings, sold three million of his shares in the group for 40.5 cents a share last Friday. He now holds 33.9 million Uraco shares, representing a 9.6 per cent stake in the group.
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          45 18 [SINGAPORE] The Capital Group Companies Inc sold 66,000 ST Engineering shares last Friday at an average price of $2.1715 a share. This brings its stake from 206,942,841 shares, or 7.3 per cent, to 206,877,841 shares, or 7.29 per cent.
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        Lock icon SCNB plans to raise its registered capital
        390 19 Move will allow Standard Chartered Nakornthon Bank to retain SET listing Bridge News [BANGKOK] Thai-based and UK-backed Standard Chartered Nakornthon Bank Pic's (SCNB) board of directors approved a plan on Friday to raise its registered capital, a move necessary to maintain its listing
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          104 19 Bloomberg [BELLEVUE, Washington] Voice Stream Wireless Corp is close to acquiring Aerial Communications for US$3 billion (Sss.l billion), the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition reported, citing a person familiar with the agreement. Voice Stream, which provides wireless phone service in the western US, is
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          Lock icon No firm offer from Giordano, says Theme
          57 19 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Theme International Holdings said it has not yet received a concrete takeover proposal from Giordano International Ltd. It said the company is also exploring restructuring proposals with two other parties and talks are at a preliminary stage. No agreement has been
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          59 19 Reuters [PARIS] Defosses International, the media division of luxury goods group LVMH, yesterday said it had bought a 20 per cent stake in British Video Networks Ltd. The acquisition took place via a capital increase of £20 million (5554.8 million) in the British
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          Lock icon NZ's Todd Cap eyes 36% of Met Lifecare
          56 19 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's Todd Capital yesterday said it wanted to buy up to 35 per cent of Metropolitan Lifecare Group after earlier completing the purchase of just under 20 per cent of the firm in a mixture of on and off-market
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        275 19 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Sino Land Co Ltd is expected today to report a year-to-June net profit of HK$l.3 billion to HK$l.44 billion (Ss2B4 million to Ss3l4 million), up from HK5908.68 million the previous year, according to analysts' forecasts. The profit rise will
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        137 19 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's RHB Bank Bhd said yesterday that its executive director Abdul Murad Khalid has resigned, effective immediately. It gave no reasons for the departure of Murad, appointed to the post in February as a nominee of bank recapitalisation agency Danamodal
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        Lock icon BIL to sell interest in property investor Seabil for HK$130m
        347 19 It says sale won't add to recent losses on investments Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Brierley Investments Ltd said it plans to quit its interest in Asian property investor Seabil Pacific Ltd by year-end in a sale. that won't add to the investment
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        Lock icon Coke wants bigger gulp of China market
        169 19 AFP [BEIJING] The Coca-Cola Co opened a US$3B million (5564.4 million) extension to its Beijing bottling plant yesterday as it set out to increase its 33 per cent share of soft drink sales in China. "Throughout the last two decades, Coca-Cola has become
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        Lock icon Thai KR Precision plans to raise 1b baht
        273 19 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] KR Precision Pel, Thailand's biggest maker of components for computer disk drives, said it plans to raise 1.08 billion baht (5545.8 million) by selling shares to shareholders and a foreign fund to help pay debt and invest in new products.
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        Lock icon US$3b divorce suit
        86 21 [NEW YORK] Sumner Redstone (filephoto, above), 76, the chairman of Viacom, which owns Blockbuster video stores, MTV and Paramount Studios is being sued for divorce by his wife Phyllis Redstone for US$3 billion (555.08 billion), her attorney said on Sunday. It is the biggest divorce claim in
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        Lock icon Vivendi considers selling stake in power unit Sithe
        435 21 Disposal of leading electricity producer in north-east US conld raise np to USssb, say analysts FT {PARIS] Vivendi, the French environmental services and communications group, has put Sithe, its electricity production arm, under strategic review in a move that may lead to
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        Lock icon St Gobain buys US maker of plastics for US$617m
        450 21 Move will create world's largest high-performance plastics maker Bloomberg [PARIS] Norton Co, a unit of France's Cie de Saint Gobain SA, will buy Furon Co, a US maker of plastics and polymers, for US$6l7 million (551.05 billion), creating the world's largest
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        455 21 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ING Groep NV said it's reorganising its European, North American and Asian activities into regional divisions that will help spur the biggest Dutch finan-cial-services company's expansion. The new European division will be created early next year and be headed by Michel Tilmant and Hessel
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        350 21 AFP [TOKYO] The Tokyo District Court ordered a low-cost Japanese maker yesterday to stop producing and selling personal computers resembling the hit model iMac of the US Apple Computer Corp. The court issued an injunction to prevent SOTEC Co Ltd of
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        Lock icon Hochtief gets acceptances for 91% of Turner shares
        134 21 Bloomberg [ESSEN, Germany] Hochtief AG, Germany's biggest builder by market value, said shareholders of Turner Corp have tendered 91 per cent of their shares in its US$37O million (*****.2 million) acquisition of the US construction company. Hochtief said last month it would
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        534 22 Other plans likely to emphasise M'soft's new focus as Web software supplier NYT [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp's plans for the Internet have shifted uncertainly in recent years, but a series of announcements expected this week is intended to emphasise its new, narrower
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        445 22 Deal will create top global marine power equipment maker Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce Pic, which makes engines for planes, ships and powerplants, offered to buy Vickers Pic for £576 million (Ssl.6 billion), to double its marine power sales. The cash offer values each Vickers share
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        466 22 Reuters [LONDON] London stockbrokers woke up to the reality of an earlier market start yesterday as the UK stock market harmonised its opening with Frankfurt and Paris, bringing forward the start of trading by one hour. The British market's opening moves forward one
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        388 22 Bat sustained oil price rises could hurt consumers and Opec Reuters [VIENNA] The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) may no longer be the beast that shook the West in the 1970s by quadrupling the price of oil. But behaving again like a real
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        253 23  -  g T! X Reports SISCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming BOTH the Singapore stock and futures markets began the week on a positive note but were knocked down when news of lower-than-expected non-oU domestic export data hit the market at mid-day. Figures released
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        170 23  -  MS& Taiwan fatnros Charlie Kuo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures posted a marginal gain in a quiet session yesterday as investors could hardly find any clue to determine the market's directions. Market sentiment was very cautious also because of the long
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        258 23 ENERGY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil feU almost 2 per cent, its first drop in four sessions, on expectations that Opec will do little to change production levels at a meeting this week. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet
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        353 23 Reuters, AFP London THE yen reversed its earlier losses against the US dollar and the euro yesterday afternoon as the market was swept by doubts about whether the Bank of Japan would ease its credit policy. The yen was initially dragged lower in Asia on the prospect of
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      1464 24 Reuters C 3 Hang Seng -12.47 HONGKONG stocks finished lower yesterday, with blue chips largely declining or sidelined as investors sought out technology stocks. The Hang Seng Index closed down 12.47 points or 0.09 per cent at 13,472.37. Turnover was HK510.63 billion, down from HK$lO.B7 billion on Friday. Declines
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      566 24 Reuters n Shenzhen Blndex -0.72 SHENZHEN'S B shares closed lower yesterday, extending weeks of weakness caused by tense ties between Beijing and Taiwan and an absence of government measures to boost the market. The B Share Index slipped 0.72 points, or 0.80 per cent, to 89.14 on turnover of
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      344 24 AFP QWP Index -44.79 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday in thin trading as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the Moon Festival holiday, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index fell 44.79 points to 7,972.14 on a turnover of NT550.07 billion. It had risen 100.01
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      2263 24 LONDON Industrials ion nk *h 3i Group 8.01 -0.04 Aooey National 9.91 0.01 A B Foods 4.21 -0.02 A B Ports 3.10 unch AstraZeneca 25.00 0.57 Alliance Leicester 7.85 -0.14 Allied Domecq. 3.52 -0.03 Allied Zurich 7.11 -0.05 Anglo American Cold 43.70 unch ASOA Croup 2.21 unch
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      1665 24 AFP Q Nikkei 225 *XOM SHARE prices in Tokyo rallied 1.3 per cent yesterday as the yen eased against the dollar amid growing prospects that the Bank of Japan would loosen its monetary grip, brokers said. The Nikkei-225 Average rose 232.99 points to finish at 17,575.26. "Investors were beginning
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        8058 25 MOUSTMALS 1999 Last Day Net Cap High Law Company Saw OOP High Law P/t Smll 440 255 AjinomotO 316 20.1 128.1 174 46 Angkasa 101 -2 12 103 99 148.9 404 220 Apoilo Food Hlg 330 -4 17 330 328 11.5 132.0 294 115 Berjaya Land 192 -3 64 195
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        395 25 AFP, AFX-Asia P Composite Index -3.65 MALAYSIAN share prices ended 0.5 per cent lower yesterday amid renewed concerns over political stability following a weekend anti-government rally, dealers said. The KLSE Composite Index fell 3.65 points to finish at 710.03, but well off a sharp
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        Lock icon GP Batteries wrts: A medium-term bet?
        182 26  -  WARRANT WATCH -By Ven Sreenivasan GP BATTERIES International warrants stood out in a lacklustre market yesterday, making it to the top percentage gainers' list with a jump of five cents to 83.5 cents on a volume of 13,000 units. Meanwhile, the underlying share was
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        215 26 HONOKONO STOCKS Gf Or 52-Wk Last V«i Day Last OuoO Mi Hi YN MM M Cap Law Stna Company Sa» COOP) Hfh L— Myaf Mir Cvr »/t jml 365 173 5123 COL (2000) HK 262.5 8 3.7 3 #.9 5193.4 5124 Cathay Pac 20t MK_ 720 265 2.1
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        705 26 n Composite Index -3J9 JAKARTA shares closed lower yesterday with most players waiting to see what happens in East Timor where a contingent of multinational troops arrived yesterday. Dealers said sentiment was weak and trade sluggish. The Jakarta Composite Index closed down 3.69 points, or 0.7 per cent, at
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        882 26 AFP □set Into -3J6 THAI stocks slipped 0.9 per cent yesterday after profittaking offset early gains and some investors kept their powder dry ahead of an expected growth forecast upgrade, dealers said. Some investors hoping for a spectacular economic recovery were disappointed by National Economic and Social Development Board
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        330 26 AFP F1 Manila 2L87 PHILIPPINE share prices closed one per cent higher yesterday. "There was selective buying mainly on blue chips," said Hardie Lipana of Guoco Securities. The Composite Index added 21.87 points to 2,105.75. A total of 461.42 million shares worth 3.3 billion pesos were traded from Friday's
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        422 26 AFP Composite Index +&A 8 SOUTH Korean share prices closed 0.9 per cent higher yesterday following moves to set up a bond market stabilisation fund and the sale of Korea First Bank to a US investment firm, dealers said. The Composite Index was up 8.68 points at 933.88. Volume
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        657 26 AFP Q All Ordinaries -7.4 AUSTRALIAN shares closed down 0.3 per cent yesterday with concerns over a possible hike in US interest rates and the weak greenback dominating sentiment, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index ended down 7.4 points at 2.907.3. The All Industrials Index lost 13.3 points to
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        280 26 Reuters □Wellington ♦17J» NEW Zealand shares ended strongly but brokers said light volume had exaggerated many individual movements. The NZSE-40 Index ended 17.59 points higher at 2,110.80 after turnover worth NZ$67 million, about NZ$2O million of that from trade in takeover target Shortland. Reuters h»n u* roooi Advant aqa
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        392 28 Stocks Hkmm TiongWoon 10c 24,509,000 PCI 25C 20,607,000 liwo-Pac 20c 18,909.000 •Gentinq Int 18,112.000 Mentor Media M,211,000 ICT HKlOc 13,402,000 Golden Agri USIOc 13,029,000 International Press Softcom 12,716,000 Asia FoodiProp US$ 11,901,000 SingTel 15c 10,250,000 Stocks DBS 51.807.260 SU„ 38.541,200 OOB 33,085,800 SingTel 15c 30,514.070 SPH 20.033,534 PacificCentury 19,993,850 08S
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        Lock icon STI slips in dull trade as market looks for direction MARKET MOOD
        638 28  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Funds dry np on worries of strong yen, US rate hike; retail investors selling to realise profits nnder CPF scheme By Ven Sreenivasan THE market languished in directionless trading yesterday as a strengthening Japanese yen
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          100 28 SINGAPORE Airlines' posh First and Raffles class passengers will now be able to buy their tickets on the Internet, just as the Economy class customers can. But we suspect it might be easier if they just give their secretaries a holler. SQ-eTravel, as the
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          90 28 IT needs no gas or COE. But getting a driving licence may be a bit of a problem. The judicial managers of Tang Dynasty City in Jurong, beside having the usual task of finding new buyers for the money-losing theme park, have also got to find a home
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          126 28 IF the country were Singapore Inc as some have dubbed it Singapore would be among the most profitable companies in the world. For the financial year to March 31, 1999, Singapore Inc reported profit* defined as excess of receipts over outlays —of $17.06 billion, a touch lower
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          117 28 GOVERNMENT officials in Japan must be a busy lot these days. Apart from having to worry about how to tackle the soaring yen, an upcoming Group of Seven meeting and yet another fiscal stimulus package, they've got another issue to "come to grips" with: how
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        65 28  -  By Ven Sreenivasan CLOB-quoted Genting International is set to tread water at current levels for the near term. The RSI is neutral while the Stochastics do not suggest any directional changes. The counter has support at US 30 cents level but faces stiff upside resistance at 40 cents.
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      286 29 Bridge News Reuters BROKERS said the Atlantic Panamax market is still rallying, driven by minerals rather than grain. They predict that with the acceleration of grain shipments in the last half of October and first half November, rates should continue to rise. Mitsubishi is rumoured to have fixed
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      453 29  -  Feeder operator hopes securing berth reservation scheme will reduce delays By\ Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Feeder operator Bengal Tiger Line (BTL) has signed a two-year appropriated berth deal with the Madras port, which it hopes will help bring relief to the congestion that
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      173 29  -  By- Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Nine shipping and maritime personalities are in Singapore for the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's (MPA) annual International Advisory Group (LAG) meeting. The meeting will discuss MPA's plans and strategies in view of global trends in dedicated terminals, the cruise
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      364 29  -  Southern mainland ports now seen as rivals to HE From David Taylor in Hongkong 1 THE Shenzhen Port Authority has recently reported a 58.61 per cent increase in container throughput to 1.84 million TEUs (20-ft equivalent units) at its Shenzhen Ports, for the
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        109 29 [LONDON] Associated British Ports Holdings (ABP) announced that pre-tax profits for the first half of the year were down 7.5 per cent to US$B5 million (5J143.65 million) on the same period last year, due mainly to increased interest payments and a lack of property sales.
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        78 29 [LONDON] August saw a 50 per cent rise in newbuilding orders in Japan, according to the latest figures from Japan Ship Centre, although tonnage is still 61 per cent lower than in August 1998. Bulkers dominated the order book, with 8 out of the
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        35 29 UK shtprepairer A&P Tyne has won a US$5 million (5)8.45 million) refit contract for the Royal Navy Auxilliary repair ship DUigenc*. The work is expected to take three months.
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      1242 30 TRANSHIPMENT PORTS If fully carried out, the planned development in Mediterranean ports will put capacity well above demand, say analysts (LONDON] IF YOU build it, they will come. But will they come soon enough? And will they pay enough to make it worth your while?
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        190 41 Sep 23 Japan: Autummal Equinox Day. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival Eve. Sep 24 South Africa: Heritage Day. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival Eve. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 25 Hong Kong: Day after Mid-Au-tumn Festival. South Korea: Harvest Moon Festival Day Following. Sep 27 Australia: Queen's Birthday (WA).
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        815 41 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 mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        343 41 Crto, MO Mai 990.0 U 14.7 0.08 74 0.05 Sttt Pm>t T mm A* nmntm g-£» K5 J u 0 .0? 32 0.02 Y*? 380 Mai 993.4 0.8 15.7 0.11 70 0.06 »WV] >/y m/m m/m wi Ho *ow C35 2 0 0 0 0 0_
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        663 42 Govt report does not ftjmign any responsibility for Ang22 crash Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Hongkong government released a report that provided no clear answers on the cause of a China Airlines plane crash in Hongkong last month that killed three people
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        177 42 AFP [DUBLIN] A government investigation was underway in Ireland after an aircraft landing at Shannon airport in the south-west of the island overshot the runway. None of the 317 passengers and crew of the plane coming from New York was injured when the incident happened
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        507 42 They are deciding whether to be part of connter offer toOnexbid Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada's pilots said they asked for access to the airline's detailed financial data ahead of deciding whether to be part of any employee or management-led counter offer to
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        480 42 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Ansett Holdings Ltd, Australia's No 2 ranked airline, said its international arm is on track to deliver its first ever profit as an increase in traffic on its Japanese route and the suspension of loss-making Asian services boosts earnings.
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        355 42 Reuters [CHICAGO] Trans World Airlines is seeking to cut its losses in the transatlantic region by 30 per cent a year as part of a broad plan for the eighth largest US airline to return to overall profitability after a decade of
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      19 29 Mediterranean ports Sates sink as capacity swells Planned development of ports will put capacity above demand: analysts. Page 2
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      431 29 Daaiila Alr France has appointed I vOplv Jacques Clabaut (left) jH as regional director of Southeast Asia and Australia. Singapore Airttws jl He will be responsible for (SIA) has named f JR the development, sales and FOo Kim Boon as an growth of the airline for additional Company [J J
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      427 29 HE report offers no clear answers in China Airlines crash Govt report does not assign any responsibility for Aug 22 crash. Back Page A two-day, practical workshop on Supply Chain Management Techniques Learn Tested Supply Chain Management Techniques that workl 27th-28th October 1999, Concorde Hotel, Singapore WHO SHOULD attend? Vice
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      713 30 Unas services represented <j /fllßkv by Members ol the Registry ot W Members ol the (IVgPI; Accredited Shipping Agents. SUtfU Singapore Freight Forwarders Stxxe National Shipping Aaaoc Association Pq LILY LINE MALE VESSEL VOY ETA Tlu TEW P. KLAN6 SPOKE RULE Empress Lily V 0599 02/10 03/10 13/10 Princess Lily
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      1845 31 HANJIN SHIPPING Ilk P■ U i HsMyilo -Mb *****30 HANJM SHIffIWG (S) rTILTD f» lwj» an >*****6 737 SALES *****74 738 DOCUMWT *****71 77< BggOjjS *****50 7SI HUN UWt *****55 M *****40 C» WO 11 S34t3oooo>t TO NW USA CANADA USA CANADA* mVSL/VOT lIM I i iMHAUL/VOT SEA TTW KN
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      1649 32 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TO MEDrTERHANEANCANADA VESSEL VOY ISM L£H I RTM IMM HAM llftV IFU VtSStL VOY SM GIT Sl* K)S H.C MTU CHOYAMG ATLAS MIOW 14 M #110 KlO 03 H 06 10 OS 10 07 10 CHOYAMG PMOEMX 0940W 10 N 03 10 05 10 07 10
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      573 32 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA/ COLOMBO Vessel SPORE N.SHEVA COLOMSO P KLANG TULSIOAS V.114 24 SEP 01 OCT 17 OCT 11 OCT TARPON SILVER V IO4W 27 SEP 05 OCT 12 OCT 17 OCT CAPE CANAVERAL VII2W 04 OCT 12 OCT 10 OCT 24 OCT TULSIOAS V.115 11 OCT 10
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      1783 33 VESSEL VOY KHH HKG SIM PKG FOB PXB DMM BA BIK IRAN SHAHRYAR PCL-5120 15/09 17/09 21/09 22/09 01/10 02/10 03/10 05/10 07/10 IRAN BAABAEI PCL-5121 22/09 24/09 28/09 29/09 08/10 09/10 10/10 12/10 14/10 IRAN TAKHTI PCL-5122 29/09 01/10 05/10 06/10 15/10 16/10 17/10 19/10 21/10 IRAN TABATABAEI PCL-5123
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      1253 33 kly Direct Colls to Kobt (6 D«yf) f Nagoyo (7 Days) Tokyo Days) J I SINGAPORE'S GENERAL AGENTS: 80 ROBINSON RD TEL: 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (B/I) J^OSSO^^OHOR^fFK^ COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD #12-00 sales/ikgs *****57/60 inward dept (o/o) 4205/ss COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD (> NO: **********010 SINGAPORE *****8
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      1074 35 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYUFT SIRVKI" [VESSEL VOT RAMP HEIGHT SIN I LAX CRL MIA SAV lAI OtF NYC NEW MM TAPKXA AHO6 400 Io«s 6.3 M 25/09 25/10 03/11 06/11 OS/11 10/11 TT7TT 13/11 17/11 11/11 TAMPA AHO7 400 Ton 6.3 M 12/10 09/11
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