The Business Times, 6 October 1999

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 85* SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1999
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    62 1 R1 mm (+26.85) mmrnsai U 790J8 (+6.16) PI ana ramus U ***** (+6.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP *****3 *2731 NIKKEI 17,***** +2044 HANG SENG 1****** +123.03 SETINDEX 396.94 +181 JAKARTA COMP 568.26 +1196 MANILA COUP 2,164.76 -39.52 TAIPEI WPI 7jK7.01 128.47 SEOUL COMP 7»1 jfi -2182
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    76 1 ran tins us* s$ USS 1.688 £(USf/SS per 1.664 1791 EUROfUSS/SSperE) 1.17V 1AM DM 1.828 9114 YEN 106.6 1584 KM I860 0.444 HKS 7.768 6117 BAFT 3985 0.042 RUPIAH 7,7* 0.022 'St to Mvniti PUBS BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA .40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONQKDNG 8.25
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    Lock icon US rates unchanged but Fed hints at future rises
    483 1 gamirnresM Dow slides on news after climbing over 100 points in the morning Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US central bank yesterday left short-term interest rates unchanged at 5.25 per cent but announced that it would be leaning toward higher rates in
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    Lock icon Chartered Semiconductor to launch IPO in US, S'pore
    933 1  -  It will offer opto 287.5 m shares at USSL6O-USSLBO apiece By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Chip foundry Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is planning an initial public offering on Nasdaq in the US and in Singapore of up to 287.5 million shares at between US$l.6O
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    Lock icon OECD invites S'pore, HK, M'sia to join anti-graft pact
    466 1  -  liiexclusive Signatories to make bribery of foreign officials a crime By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is inviting Singapore to become a signatory to its convention to combat corruption. If the republic agrees to join
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      101 1 DfSDMBI MCI World Com buys Sprint Corp in US$l29l Mum Pg 23 TOP STORIES Housing loan war: DBS wont lower its rates. Pg 2 HPL not a sleepy company. Pg 4 Vickers Ballas scraps plans to buy Malpac Sec. Pg 5 Finance company stocks in play. Pg 5 NTU revamp
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      Lock icon Richard Hu recuperating after intestinal surgery
      239 2 FINANCE Minister Richard Hu is recuperating from an operation on Monday to remove the right segment of his large intestine, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday. Dr Hu, who turns 73 on Oct 30, underwent surgery at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital
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      Lock icon Housing loan war: DBS refuses to play rates game
      463 2  -  I-ii exclusive Peace of mind, afford&bili ty more important, it says By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank is taking it easy in the housing loan war. Elsie Foh, DBS managing director and head of individual banking, told BT: "Our housing
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon More foreign talent for DBS
        73 2 THE latest to join the group of foreign talent at DBS Bank is Charles Newton, who will head its corporate affairs department. An American, Mr Newton started work on Monday. His last post was as head of the Hongkong office of Burson Marsteller's Asia Pacific
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        Lock icon Rainbow connection
        88 2 IF there is one person in Singapore who does not need to find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it is property tycoon Ng Teng Fong (right). Goodness knows how many pots of gold he has already amassed from his real estate investments. Still,
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        Lock icon Millennium drive
        90 2 IF they can help it, many car buyers are expected to hold off registering their new vehicles till January, we hear on the grapevine. Why? Because more so than before, they would want their log cards (ownership document) to reflect the year 2000 date of registration. But this
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        Lock icon MTV's 007 offensive
        102 2 NOT only is he a super spy, but he is also something of a marketing whiz. Fresh from hawking Hewlett-Packard palmtops, James Bond will soon be seen in over 100 hours of programming on MTV to promote his latest movie, The World Is Not Enough. This is
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        Lock icon New oasis for camel
        84 2 REMEMBER the Mongolian camel at the Tang Dynasty City, which has been closed down? Well, here's an update since this column highlighted the plight of the cutie two weeks ago. The seven-year-old camel, which was born at the theme park in Jurong, has found a new
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      Lock icon Thailand tightens baht supply to foreigners
      627 2  -  Move believed to be aimed at preventing speculative attacks on the currency From, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND yesterday tightened the supply of the baht to foreigners in a move that was seen aimed at heading off speculative attacks on the currency. The Bank
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        Lock icon Proposed Fairs/ Missions
        96 3 Month: Oct 99 International Logistics Hub Promotions Mission to the US Master Franchise Sourcing Mission to Birmingham, UK Months Oct/Nov 99 International Exhibition City Mission to India Business Mission to Thailand TDB/Singapore Confederation of Industries Joint Mission to Beijing, Chongqing and Chengdu Month: Nor 99 •IT Mission
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        Lock icon New Seminars/ Courses
        232 3 •Briefing by Controlling Authorities on Import and Export Procedures Module B (sth Intake) Dotes 12 Oct 99 Managing Foreign Exchange Risk in International Business (9th Intake) Dates 13- 14 Oct 99 •Seminar on Business Opportunities in United Nations (New) Dates 14 Oct 99 Business Myanmar Language [Part-time]
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      Lock icon Franchise for Quick Start-Ups and Greater Growth
      471 3 Franchise is fast proving to be an effective avenue for businesses to grow both in the region and globally. More companies are choosing franchising as a means to achieve greater growth and to remain competitive. Franchising has also proven attractive because it offers
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      Lock icon Franchising For Expansion
      78 3 Direct Franchising The franchisor grants the rights directly to individual franchisees. Direct franchising is generally used by local franchisors. Master Franchising In master franchising, a franchisor grants to the master franchisee the rights to operate within the entire country. Swensen's, 7Eleven and McDonald's are some of the
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      Lock icon Projects To Boost Logistics Sector
      259 3 LEAP projects propel Singapore towards vision ofa premier logistics hub Singapore boosted its transport and logistics sector with the launch of six new industry projects at the recent LEAP 99 (Logistics Enhancement and Applications Programme). The projects are expected to inject increased efficiency and higher
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      Lock icon Focus On Global Economy
      117 3 Thinking of expanding? Interested in growing your overseas business? Theme: Challenges and Opportunities in the New Global Economic Landscape. When and Where: January 2000 at Suntec City. Come to TDB's International Day-an annual event that continues to draw strong participation from the business community, keeping it
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      Lock icon Fine-tuning The Copyright Act
      201 3 The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 1999, read in August this year in Parliament, is a move to further fine-tune the Copyright Act to encourage the growth of a knowledge-based economy and promote electronic commerce and creative innovations. Enhanced Protection For Copyright Owners The Bill extends copyright protection
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      Lock icon New 24-hours Information Service For Businesses
      272 3 Need information from TDB urgently and it is after office hours? Now, you can get the necessary information of the day Jf with TDB's 24-hours Teletrade Hotline. In its efforts to continually upgrade and provide better service to the business community, TDB's Teletrade service,
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      Lock icon Japanese Companies Offer Collaboration Possibilities
      249 3 Singapore businesses are looking to Japan for opportunities as companies there open up to possibilities of collaboration. Several Singapore companies recently joined TDB in a Support; ing Industries Mission to Osaka and Yokohama to seek Japanese, buyers for our local products, explore contract-manufacturing opportunities with
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      29 3 For more InfOWldtlOn, please call Information includes TDB Business Missions flk fcdfea 3 TDB Seminars/Courses TDB *s 24 hour hotline TDB Business Library Services or Visit our website: -www.stdb.com.sg
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chew family in talks to sell 30% stake in Khong Guan
      363 4  -  They hope buyer can nse company's listed status for farther expansion By 1 Teh Hooi Ling THE Chew family, which founded Khong Guan Flour Milling, is negotiating to sell a 30 per cent stake in the company to an
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      Lock icon HPL revving up for expansion
      770 4  -  It's looking to replenish land bank, set np Moroccan Hard Rock hotel By: Kalpana Rashiwala HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL) yesterday brushed aside talk that it was becoming a sleepy company with little else to do after the sale of its Cuscaden Residence condo in July.
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      Lock icon Why SembCorp should hang on to PacNet
      618 4  -  lock slew lee han shih DID SembCorp Industries get it backwards when it decided that it would be prepared to sell its entire 42 per cent stake in Pacific Internet to fund other businesses? Should it instead sell all its other businesses to
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Medtec IPO 26 times subscribed
        38 5 MEDTEC International Corp yesterday reported that its public offer tranche of 18 million shares has been subscribed 26 times. It received application monies totalling $143.1 million for 467.64 million shares from 38,496 applicants.
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        Lock icon CSC unit bags $21m contract
        63 5 CSC Holdings subsidiary, Ching Soon Construction Pte Ltd, has clinched a term contract worth $21 million for large diameter bored piles from the Housing Development Board. The contract is for a period of 24 months starting this month and will not have any material impact
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        Lock icon Avimo merges subsidiaries
        58 5 AVIMO Group has merged wholly-owned subsidiary Optem International Inc into its 80 per cent subsidiary, Amarel Precision Instruments Inc, with effect from Sept 30. The company is also in the process of merging wholly-owned Hungarian subsidiary KHG Bt into another wholly-owned Hungarian subsidiary, Neeb Optikal Rendszerek. The
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        Lock icon HK-based Invesco buys 5.3% of NOL
        32 5 HONGKONG-BASED Invesco Asia has bought 61.9 million Neptune Orient Lines shares on the open market, giving it a 5.3 per cent stake in the national carrier.
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        Lock icon FHTK gets SES nod for rights issue
        32 5 FHTK Holdings has secured listing approval from the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the rights shares from its planned one-for-two offer at 20 cents apiece.
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      Lock icon Vickers scraps plans to buy 49% of Malpac Sec
      350 5  -  Parties disagree over management control of M'sian broker w Ven Sreenivasan BROKING house Vickers Ballas has abandoned its plans to buy a 49 per cent stake in Kuala Lumpur-based Malpac Securities because it could not secure management control. "We would have
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      Lock icon Roly expects to return to black this year after cutting losers
      478 5  -  By Andrea Tan ROLY International Holdings expects to swing back into the black this year after two straight years of losses. "After we cut our lossmaking entities, we are very confident that we will make a profit this year,"
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      Lock icon Finance finns surge on UOB offer for UOF
      497 5  -  Move raises hopes other banks will take their units private By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of finance companies rose sharply yesterday, after United Overseas Bank's (UOB) plan to take its finance arm United Overseas Finance (UOF) private fanned expectations that other banks
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      Lock icon Most property firms' credit quality below average: S&P
      459 7  -  Sector's interest cover has been falling while gearing has been rising By Wong Wei Kong THE credit quality of most Singapore property companies falls below the industry average in other markets, according to rating agency Standard Poor's following an analysis of the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      435 6 Stock* Votuma 'Gerrtmg Int 32,917,000 Sunway Infl HK10c 11,884,000 Tan0ionglnt50c 10,506,000 Asia Food&Prop US$ 10,249,000 Gotten Agri US10C 9,489,000 NOL 8,784,000 TiongWoonlOc 8,293,000 CM Telecom HK75C...! 7,179,000 AsianMicro 5c 6,272,000 ST Engg 10c 6,011,000 Stocks NatEleclOc 21,913,778 DBS Grp 21,259,143 SIA 19,622,883 NOL 19,437,450 OUB 17,318,636 *TanChonglnt50c 17,067.960 SunwavlnflHKIOc 16,232,960
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      Lock icon Market up as investors bet on no US interest rate hike
      586 6  -  I^ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AN overnight rally on Wall Street and a general belief that the US Federal Reserve will probably not raise interest rates at its scheduled meeting yesterday brought out some buying here, with momentum picking
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      79 6 Wednesday, Oct 6 8lam«n ♦5.45pm. News conference on Singapore Press Holdings 1998/99 financial results ♦10am. Broadway Industrial Group extraordinary general meeting ♦10:15am. Opening of Dupont lycra plant ♦1.15pm. News conference on the formalisation of a new partnership between StarHub and NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corp for Arcstar ♦2pm.
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      Lock icon Both Super Coffeemix share and wrt due for a rebound
      193 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THERE are some faint signs that the market is stirring, judging by yesterday's rally and volume done in US dollar stocks. Small caps, however, have not really taken off yet what typically happens in the
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      Lock icon SPH may break out for $30-level
      239 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE Press Holdings shares rose sharply yesterday and were the session's second biggest net gainer. The stock opened at its intra-day low of $27.70 and closed at its intra-day high of $28.80, up $1.30 or 4.7 per cent
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      136 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only October 1999 medlecs INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 26 November 1997) INVITATION IN RESPECT OF 45,000,000 NEW SHARES OF US$O.O5 EACH COMPRISING:(1) 18,000,000 OFFER SHARES AT 550.306 FOR EACH OFFER SHARE BY WAY OF PUBLIC OFFER; AND (2) 27,000,000
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      778 7 This announcement appears as a matter of record only October 1999 QfflQfiHß ASA Ceramic Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 21 November 1995) Private Placement of 15,000,000 new ordinary shares of 550.20 each at U550,355 per ordinary share in the capital of ASA Ceramic Ltd Placement Manager and
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon NTU revamps accountancy, business undergrad courses
      679 8  -  Changes will better meet demand for street-smart and methodical staff By] Marissa Chew THE Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will revamp its accountancy and business undergraduate programmes to better meet emdemand for staff who are both street-smart and methodical. It will adjust the content in
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      Lock icon Is your PC likely to crash on New Year's Day?
      750 8  -  WHAT CAM 00 WRONG OK JAM 1, 2000 By. Raju Chellam IT'S a frightening scenario: You wake up early morning on Jan 1,2000, and boot up your personal computer at home. It runs through its usual boot sequence and suddenly
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      Lock icon Developers should note buyers are wiser now
      548 8  -  KL Wong Singapore via Internet I REFER to your reports "Where have all the home buyers gone" (BT. Sept 28) and "JLL sees 1999 private home prices up 25-30%" (BT, Sept 29). It is an undisputed fact that the recent private property launches
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      Lock icon Krugman just after own agenda?
      584 8  -  Peter Bolton Malaysia via Internet Mr Bolton is a partner in Bolton Associates, a Malaysian-based corporate strategist I REFER to your article ("How Malaysia got away with economic heresy", BT, Oct 1). Professor Paul Krugman's rather cavalier and arrogant editorials on Malaysia seem to me
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      Lock icon IMF needs policy, ideology reforms
      500 8  -  —awJin Y Woozeer Singapore THANK you for the Paul Krugman article ("How Malaysia got away with economic heresy", BT, Oct 1). It prompts further thinking. Now that both Malaysia and IMF patients like South Korea and Thailand have charted similar recovery paths, there is a
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      Lock icon SingTel's the billing, collecting agent
      290 8  -  Foo Kim Leng (Ms) Senior corporate communications manager Singapore Telecommunications Ltd WE refer to the letter "Are Sing Tel Paging, Sing Tel Mobile accounts separate?" by Jerry Low Kai Siong (BT, Oct 5). The issue raised by the writer relates to the Singapore Telecom Group's
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      Lock icon Hedge funds: a new way to exploit poorer countries
      238 8  -  A S Khaled Brunei via Internet HONGKONG'S Treasury Department head Donald Tsang's interview with Tom Plate of LA Times (BT, Oct 2) gives a peek into the future of developing countries. The view is rather unpleasant. Hedge funds will not be
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      Lock icon CityDev to test market by launching Summerhill
      385 10  -  I=ll exclusive Property consultants expect a price range of $650-$7OO psf for the freehold condo By < Carol Eng CITY Developments (CityDev) has blinked. It will launch its long-awaited Summerhill condominium at Hillview this Saturday rather than wait for buyer sentiment to improve.
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      Lock icon MOH in 5-year building plan to boost healthcare
      685 10  -  It plans to improve service quality, help control costs By, Audrey Tan THE Ministry of Health (MOH) will put in an extensive building programme over the next five years to upgrade public healthcare services. In its addenda to the Presidential Address, MOH
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      Lock icon Buckley Road freehold site to go for $50m: sources
      271 10  -  By) Kalpana Rashiwala THE third and final freehold plot at Buckley Road put up for collective sale in August by Jones Lang LaSalle is about to be sold for about $50 million, say sources. The buyer is understood to be a
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      Lock icon Another 3 freehold sites up for en bloc sale
      325 10  -  By Marissa Chew THREE more freehold sites, including a massive 160,000-sq-ft plot in Bedok, are due to hit the property market. Country Park in Bedok, a 15-year-old apartment project, is believed to have a reserve price of $75 million. It is
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      Lock icon M1 growth slows, M2, M3 pick up
      366 11  -  l=tt=J on the economy money supply By, Soh Tiang Keng GROWTH of Singapore's narrow and broad money supply showed divergent trends in August, according to latest figures from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. While maintaining its double-digit rate of expansion, narrow money Ml
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      Lock icon Construction industry to get $44m IT network
      212 11  -  By- Andrea Tan THE government will invest some $44 million over the next four years to put in place a national computer network for the construction industry. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said yesterday that the amount would be pumped into
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon New CEO for BCA
        58 11 Tan Siong Leng takes over as the new chief executive officer of the Building and Construction Authority (BC A) from today. He replaces Chua Koon Hoe, 60, who has retired but will remain as a BC A board member. Mr Tan, 47, was with the Public
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        Lock icon $1.5m pumped into First Cube
        44 11 Singapore Post, Sing Tel Ventures and SMB United will invest $1.5 million in local e-commerce start-up First Cube Pte Ltd. Sing Post and Sing Tel ventures will invest a total of $1.25 million, while SMB United will invest $250,000.
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      Lock icon S888.com to carry on despite losing 2 out of 5 franchisees
      453 11  -  Foil amount, totalling a couple of million dollars, refunded to those who have withdrawn: official By Toh Han Shih TWO out of every five franchisees and some merchants have withdrawn from SBBB.corn's controversial scheme but the local company is
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      375 9 *3T > w».~- iSßw*-'*•••.* 7~j /*tffi* The right to be let alone is the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued in civilized man. Justice Louis D. Brandeis At the Green Club, you can be alone... but never lonely. The obsession with shapes and figures fades. The quest
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      201 10 Each h An Experience Urban excitement at Singapore Artful charm and elegance at Sbab Alam Rocking nightlife at Kuala Lumpur Tudor-style at Cameron Highlands Sun and surfing at Gold Coast Pleasant airport hotel arrangements at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sepang ...find UJe Invite you To Be Part Of It No
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Going for long-term, success
      650 12  -  < 1 II i bottom line OPINION pote videt The writer is the Singapore-based managing director of Credit Suisse First Boston and former deputy commerce minister of Thailand A PANEL discussion on a somewhat in-ter-galactic topic, Global Corporations versus Nation "States', led off the CEO summit
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      107 12 'Our domestic market has been destroyed, and our export market, which we depend on, will suffer. There is no fat left on the bone of British industry.' Andrew Coek chairman of Europe's biggest producer ofsteel castings, William Cook Group. 'Hobson's choice: workers can either have an insecure,
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      Lock icon The e-Asean way forward
      624 12 EDITORIAL SURPRISE, surprise. When so little is expected of Asean meetings these days, the 31st economic ministers meeting in Singapore pulled a nice surprise out of the hat: e-Asean. The idea was an instant hit At once, it sent out all the right signals. This is
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      Lock icon Bretton Woods malaise
      1328 12  -  IMF and World Bank chiefs grapple with their institutions' relevance in the global free market By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent CONTRASTING attitudes struck by International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Michel Camdessus and World Bank president James Wolfensohn at the annual meetings of
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      867 12 Teat ban treaty crtttaal AFTER a two-year delay, the US Senate is now racing towards a vote next week on ratifying a critically important arms control treaty. Ratification is by no means assured. But approval of the nuclear test ban treaty, which prohibits participating countries from
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • MARKET MOVES
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        Lock icon Foreign boost for Telekom, Tenaga
        66 13 FOREIGN funds were behind the rise in the share prices of index-linked heavyweights Telekom Malaysia and Tenaga Nasional yesterday, dealers said. Telekom shares were up by 65 sen, or 6.5 per cent, to RM10.60 on a volume of 2.4 million shares while Tenaga was higher
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        Lock icon Bank stocks surge further
        132 13 CONTINUED speculation that the government might allow more than six anchor banks in Malaysia's bank-merger exercise pushed banking stocks higher yesterday. The Finance index was up by 5.3 per cent, or 280.56 points, to close at 5,589.82 points. Leading the pack in terms of gains and
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        Lock icon Budget talk sends L&G rising
        110 13  -  Compiled by Diana Oon Abdullah DEVELOPER L&G was not left out of the run-up on the KLSE yesterday, posting gains of 20 sen, or 11.6 per cent, to close at RM1.93 yesterday. The stock was on the list of yesterday's most active counters, chalking up
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      Lock icon Telekom shares up on NTT talk
      196 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters TELEKOM Malaysia shares rose sharply yesterday, driven by talk that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) had completed evaluating the cost of buying a stake in the Malaysian telecommunications firm, dealers said. At 0732 GMT, Telekom shares were up 75 sen
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      Lock icon Gamuda pre-tax jumps 30%; one-for-one bonus issue proposed
      548 13 KUALA LUMPUR Analysts expect strong earnings growth to continue CONSTRUCTION and toll operator Gamuda Bhd has impressed analysts with its latest set of results, and they expect the company's strong earnings growth to continue over the next couple of years with the
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      550 13 KUALA LUMPUR Maybank move to lower rates on some fixed deposits a surprise; others seen following suit Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank could be tempted to lower the key intervention rate to reflate the economy and boost the stock market ahead
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      124 13 KUALA LUMPUR THE policy-making body of Malaysia's main political party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), will meet on Saturday after Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad returns from his overseas trip, fueling speculation that he might call for snap polls. The general election
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      340 14 KUALA LUMPUR AFP JAILED former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim is not suffering from acute arsenic poisoning, according to a medical report released as his sodomy trial resumed yesterday. The report into claims by Anwar of a possible murder plot against
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        45 14 Reuters [COLOMBO] Fund manager Marc Faber said yesterday Malaysia could have been richer had its government not been "anti-foreign" and that the imposition of capital controls was ill-timed. Mr Faber said he was still reasonably optimistic about the Malaysian market.
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        79 14 [PENANG] A former trainee remisier has filed a RM4O million (5517.8 million) civil suit against stockbroking firm Hwang-DBS Securities Bhd and one of its remisiers for defamation, conspiracy and unlawful procurement of his arrest, The Sun reported yesterday. Yeoh Guan Yong claimed that because of
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        42 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) chief executive Hassan Marican said the company 1 8 plana to buy Hicom Bhd's stake in Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional await the completion of talks between Hicom and Proton. —AFX-Asia
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        37 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Ten million Metroplex Bhd shares arising from a private placement will be listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange starting tomorrow, the exchange said in a statement AFX-Asia
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      195 16 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA said yesterday it would not receive any new loan disbursements from the International Monetary Fund or World Bank until after a new government is formed. "There will be no disbursement of loans until a new letter of intent is agreed,"
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      343 16 JAKARTA Ibra aims to 'execute offering at earliest possible time' Bloomberg INDONESIA named Merrill Lynch a manager for Bank Central Asia's initial share sale as the government moves to sell state assets and plug the country's budget deficit. Merrill Lynch, which beat seven
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        75 17 Reuters [MANILA] ING Baring Securities Phils Inc and Merrill Lynch lead the latest list of top 20 brokers released by the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. ING was the top brokerage firm in the nine-month period to September, accounting for 6.97 per cent of 1.109 trillion pesos
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        60 17 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] The former controlling shareholders of PT Astra International, the Soeryadjaya family, are interested In buying back 30 per cent or more of the company, Bisrtis Indonesia reported, quoting unnamed sources. But the source said the family might be blocked from buying
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        35 17 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Shin Corp Pel, which controls Thailand's largest mobile phone company and sole satellite operator, said it is in talks with rival Samart Corp on a possible alliance. —Bloomberg
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        45 17 Bloomberg [MANILA] Fort Bonifacio Development Corp said it is negotiating to lease property to the SM Group. Fort Bonifacio Development President Ricardo Pascua said the SM Group may lease a 3.3-hectare lot for 25 years to build a shopping centre.—Bloomberg
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      539 17 HONGKONG Y2K fears prompting an Asian zero weighting could be costly for investors Reuters ZERO weighting Asia's marginal equity markets in a bid to beat potential millennium bug fall-out could cost investors more dearly than holding firm and facing the risk, fund managers said yesterday.
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      718 17  -  s i comment ASEAN Old boys' network responsible «n» «IH.ima By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] IT wasn't too long ago that reformist leader Amien Rais condemned Golkar for being a status quo party, a relic of the past to be torn down and buried
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      1043 18  -  With the island opening its telecoms doors, foreign investors are entering the fray to break into the market dominated by monopoly Chunghwa m Macabe Keliher [TAIPEI] HUNGHWA Telecom, Jm the government-owned 1 monopoly, has had it easy for the past 50 years. It is the only
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      361 19 HONGKONG 4th month-on-month decline as interest rates rise and gains in home prices stall Bloomberg, AFP THE number of apartments changing hands in Hongkong fell in September compared with August, the fourth month-on-month decline, as interest rates rose and gains in home prices
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      437 19 SYDNEY Mat Mutual says it's reviewing position on Aza China Region Bloomberg AXA National Mutual Holdings Ltd, Australia's thirdbiggest insurer by market value, asked the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to suspend trading in its 74 per cent owned Hongkong unit, Axa China
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      141 19 TAIPEI Reuters TOP microchip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said yesterday revenue loss from a devastating earthquake would be less than NT$2.B billion (Ssl4B million). "The number will be significantly lower than NT$2.B billion because our recovery was so much faster than expected,"
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      174 19 HONGKONG AFP CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji is expected to call for the development of high-technol-ogy industry during a tour of southern China's Guangdong province, official sources said yesterday. In his tour of the province, Mr Zhu will officiate at the opening of
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      573 20 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa will today unveil his third annual policy speech, with analysts doubting it wUI raise spirits heading into the new millennium. They note Mr Tung has yet to teU people how he will make good on the
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      672 20  -  I mil 3 ;l from beijing Boor Tfmtiirftfi In fail as gap between potential and reality becomes too wide to bridge david murphy THE beer market is a good example of the kind of wishful thinking that lies behind many of the failed efforts of foreign business
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        58 20 Bloomberg (TAIPEI] The business arm of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party said it approved a combined Nlt/» million (Ss4o miffion) of investments in five ventures in Taiwan and Israel The Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), is the world's richest political party. Last year, its businesses and
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        80 20 Bridge News [HONGKONG] China's bankrupt Guangdong fataraational Trust South China Morning Post yesterday. Gitic creditor CCIC Finance is seeking to recover damages, as well as unpaid interest and costs relating to a 1997 syndicated loan for itself and a group of others. The article did not
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        62 20 Reuters [HONGKONG] Hongkong's anti-corruption agency said yesterday it had arrested a mid-ranking executive of the Hcmg Kong Futures Exchange in connection with an investigation into the award of a compute- installation contract. A spokeswoman for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) told Reuters the official
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        98 20 Bridge News [FRANKFURTI Volkswagen AG board member Robert Buechelhofer said growth in the group's Chinese market could be flat in 1999 compared with the previous year if nothing exceptional happens. According to an interview with German financial daily newspaper Handelsblatt, Mr Buechelhofer said the German
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        76 20 Bridge News [TAIPEI] Taiwan plans to ban or restrict construction along a 77km fault line where last month's devastating earthquake hit The authorities have proposed to ban construction within 45 metres on either Bide of the fault line, and turn the stretch into
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      538 20 HONGKONG The USs6.4b purchase is biggest acquisition in China AFP INVESTORS drove up the share price of China Telecom (Hongkong) Ltd yesterday after the firm revealed plans to buy three mobile-phone networks from its Chinese parent for US$6.4 billion (Sslo.B billion). China Telecom
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      472 21 BANGALORE 50-60% profit growth seen for next first-half despite drop in Y2K business Reuters INDIAN software companies are likely to report average earnings growth of 50-60 per cent in the first half of 1999/2000 despite a fall in Y2K business, sector analysts said yesterday. Revenue
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      192 21 BANGALORE Reuters INTEL Corp. the world's largest computer chipmaker, said yesterday that it has invested an undisclosed amount in Indian software firm Silicon Automation Systems Ltd (SAS). "Our investment in SAS continues Intel's strategy of accelerating the deployment of high-speed broadband services to homes
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      488 21 COLOMBO Foreign reserves deteriorating, debt service harden rising AFP SRI Lanka's exports are falling sharply and headed for a record contraction this year amid deteriorating foreign reserves and an increasing debt service burden, a prominent trade forum said yesterday. Exports
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      629 22  -  Miyazawa and Sakaiya reappointed to their posts From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo IN a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi decided not to risk undermining the country's still fi*agile recovery by retaining key ministers dealing with the economy. He reappointed veteran
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      308 22 SEOUL Strong sales of new recreation vehicles, effect of corporate restructuring pay off AFP KIA Motors Co, whose insolvency prompted South Korea's economic crisis in 1997, is headed for an all-time record profit of 140 billion won (Ssl9s million) this
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      509 22 SEOUL -~even though poor market response has forced KEB to scrap rimilsr plana Bloomberg CHO Hung Bank, South Korea's oldest commercial lender, said it is going ahead with a US$l billion (551.69 billion) overseas share sale this month, even as another Korean lender
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      801 23 NEW YORK Biggest takeover ever; combined company to be formidable rival to AT&T Reuters [NEW YORK] MCI World Com Inc, the second-biggest US long-distance phone company, yesterday said it would buy No 3 carrier Sprint Corp for US$ll5 billion (*****.1 billion) in
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      185 23 WASHINGTON Reuters A MAJOR US economic forecasting gauge fell in August for the first time in four months, fuelled by slow vendor deliveries and falling stock prices, a private research group said yesterday. The Conference Board said the widely-watched Index of Leading Economic
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      424 23 NEW YORK Complacency sets in after potential disasters avoided Reuters FORMER Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin returned to the world's financial capital on Monday to remind investors risk is still the flipside of reward, warning they must be accountable for their choices. A
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      376 23  -  From'. Ravi Kanth m Geneva MONSANTO, the US biotech giant now in the eye of a storm over its genetically modified (GM) food research, has shelved plans to produce the so-called Terminator (sterile) seeds, a move prompted by rising backlash against the GM
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      225 23 Reuters (TOKYO! NTT Docomo, the mobile phone service offshoot of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), yesterday surpassed its parent in size with a market capitalisation of 21.12 trillion yen (***** billion). NTT Docomo (NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc) became Japan's largest
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      185 24 ARMONK, New York Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp, the No 1 computer maker, and AT&T Corp will today unveil plans to make and sell software, computers and Internet access to the small business market. IBM will develop the software and servers, which
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      79 24 [SYDNEY] Blind person Lynette McGregor hugging a sculpture titled "Birth of the Millennium which is part ofa Royal Blind Society exhibition titled the Australian Tactile Art Prize in Sydney yesterday. The exhibition, named tactile which means the sense of touch, includes over 65 pieces that allows
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      491 24 FRANKFURT Dresdner tie-np with HypoVereinsbank seen becoming more likely, say analysts Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank AG and Dresdner Bank AG said they ended talks about linking their domestic retail networks. That's likely to renew speculation that Dresdner and HypoVereinsbank AG will merge,
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      260 24 TOKYO Bloomberg MARUBENI Corp, one of Japan's Ave largest trading companies, and the Indonesian government have reached a basic agreement to restructure their troubled ethylene venture, the Nihon Keizai newspaper said, without citing sources. The Indonesian government will raise its stake in
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      310 24 SEOUL Posco to smooth way for Kolon to sell stake Bloomberg VODAFONE Air Touch pic, the world's largest wireless phone company, is in talks to buy control of South Korean mobile phone operator Shinsegi Telecom Co, Shinsegi's largest shareholder said. Yoo Sang 800, chairman of
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      395 24 NEW YORK Group, with assets of USsBb now, has suffered 23% loss so far this year Bloomberg INVESTORS in Julian Robertson's Tiger Management LLC withdrew about US$l.5 billion (552.5 billion) in the third quarter, as the fund group's losses in financial markets
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      426 24 LONDON Reuters AT least eight people were killed and more than 160 injured yesterday when two trains packed with commuters collided and burst into flames near central London's Paddington station. Police warned the death toll could rise as firemen struggled to free
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      264 25  -  Reports MBWWiippnrallillw Daphne Tay Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market sprang from the opening bell yesterday, following. Wall Street's strong overnight gains and amid widespread optimism that a rate hike may not be on the cards when the Federal Reserve convened later last night.
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      218 25  -  MSCX Taiwan fatores Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures yesterday posted losses of 3.2 and 5.3 points in the September and October contracts respectively. The October contract was more active compared to the September contract which expires today.
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      223 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices fell further yesterday after three key exporters who orchestrated this year's steep rally said they would hold talks that are widely expected' to examine output strategy. Some dealers expressed scepticism about a Saudi assertion that the Saudi, Mexican
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      343 25 Reuters London THE US dollar firmed across the board yesterday buoyed by the positive tone in US stocks going into the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the first of this week's three major central bank meetings. Nevertheless, any upside for the US currency could be short-lived with
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      2834 26 HONGKONG AFP QH&ng Seng ******3 HONGKONG share prices rose one per cent yesterday in line with a stronger US market as investors bet that the US Federal Reserve would hold interest rates steady, dealers said. "Trading is quiet," said Michael Ng, dealing
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      348 26 AFP QWPbfax -128,47 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.7 per cent lower yesterday as investors locked in profits on construction material counters that have risen following last month's earthquake, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 128.47 points to 7,557.01, on turnover of NT593.7 billion. "Investors took
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      1849 26 TOKYO AFP Qifikuaas ♦a 0.44 SHARE prices in Tokyo closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday as sentiment remained cautious ahead of a meeting of the US Federal Reserve Board's policy making committee, brokers said. Share prices climbed sharply in early trading on gains on
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      401 27 AFP Q Composite Index +27.37 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 4 per cent higher yesterday boosted by Wall Street's gains and speculative interest in banking stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index surged 27.37 points to finish at 710.23. The Second Board
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      294 28 AFP Q Campoate Index -2&82 THE South Korean Composite Index closed down 26.82 points at 791.55. Volume was 281.4 million shares worth 3.2 trillion won. —AFP MS AH—SW* »W0 MOO BrtMl T«dl MOO -145 CmtriHwli 2600 220 ClwMConm 7JSOO -500 Dm Cu Bank 3900 -tOO DMtanqCorp 4910 -240 Dmwoo
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      277 28 AFP k| Manila -3158 PHILIPPINE shares closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday as foreign investors shunned local blue chips, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 39.52 points to close at 2,064.76. Volume fell slightly to 3.7 billion shares worth 15.3 billion pesos. —AFP MS Nw CBOO
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      279 28 AFP Q Wellington -141 NEW Zealand shares eased 0.5 per cent yesterday, dragged down by Telecom and Carter Holt Harvey, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed 9.46 points lower at 2,036.16 on total turnover of NZ$67 million. Foreign investors were selling ahead of the upcoming election.—AFP ocii m
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      544 28 AFP HlPOrtoriw AUSTRALIAN share prices were pushed 0.7 per cent higher yesterday by a strong performance on Wall Street and another rally by the gold sector, brokers said. The key All Ordinaries Index rose 21.7 points to 2,917.2. Turnover totalled 540.1 million shares worth Asl.l billion. The All Industrials
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      805 28 Reuters H SET fata THAI stocks ended yesterday relatively flat as investors ignored heavyweight financial stocks and concentrated on the property and electronics sectors. The SET Index closed up 2.81 points, or 0.71 per cent, at 398.94 on thin turnover of 4.1 billion baht. "The market was very quiet,
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      670 28 AFP nOmpflatehin ♦10J6 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2 per cent higher yesterday in line with a rebound in regional markets and on optimism that the US Federal Reserve would hold interest rates steady, dealers said. Trade was cautious in the morning but the market extended gains in the afternoon
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      882 30  -  Houses note that Singapore art collectors are a growing breed, parvathz mayar reports PARVATHI NAYAR ART auctions seem as much about trends as about rarity and quality of art or about an artist's body of work being in the right place at the right time. Indonesian
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      477 30 SPORTS Small market size so it's overlooked by sponsoring MNCs Reuters [SINGAPORE] Golf-hungry Singapore has one of the world's highest concentrations of courses, but the affluent city state's ability to attract worldclass players and tournaments has dwindled, say local golf officials and organisers.
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      582 31 USs7om facelift is New York icon's most ambitions restoration NYT [NEW YORK] After a face lift that cost US$7O million (SsllB million) double the original estimates and left the stage dark for seven months, Radio City Music Hall reopened on Monday night in a blaze of lights
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      1132 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Tense whilst being given in- struction 3 Having a trying time before I I I I I play begins (10) 9 Name a hat designed to be an jo I j 1 I I object of abhorrence (8) H—lmLJ— Forgetfulness of former putting cat against one inside
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      1036 32  -  l-i comment CURRENCIES Supports of 39.65 baht and 551.6850 broken; 551.67 next key target larry wee OVER the last week, the US dollar's fortunes have taken a distinct turn for the worse against practically all currencies, except the yen. And with a raft of interest-rate
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      706 32 This article was contributed by UOB Research Division. SINCE the 1987 Wall Street crash, October has become a very jittery month for global financial markets. But the end-result has not always been bad. Many Octobers have also turned out to be periods when asset
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      312 33 Bridge News Reuters THE capesize sector of the dry cargo freight market got off to a slow start but brokers reported busy conditions for panamaxes in the East despite a holiday in China. Atlantic panamax levels remained broadly steady and geared tonnage continued to enjoy strong demand in
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      486 33 late will be one acceptable to both shippers and lines KL minister Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is considering implementing a single freight rate common to shippers and shipping lines at all local ports. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Kerk
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      712 33  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer RARELY does Seafarer feel moved to do battle with other shipping publications but now is such an occasion. Last Friday, London-based shipping daily Lloyd's List published an editorial so breathtakingly eurocentric that it demands a robust response. Even more so
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      275 33 Reuters [TAIPEI] A shortage of vessel capacity has pushed Asian grain cargo rates higher in the past week as demand remained strong, and shipping agents said that rates were unlikely to soften in the near term. Agents quoted rates for Panamax-class
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        829 34  -  The late Ted Arison banked on the huge growth of mass-market cruise vacations affordable to everybody Dy Marcus Hand TED Arison, the founder of the world's largest cruise shipowner Carnival Corp and pioneer of massmarket cruising, died of a heart attack, at the age of 75,
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        186 47 OetlO Taiwan: Double Tenth National Day. Ortll Canada: Thanksgiving Day. Japan: Sports Day Holiday. United States: Columbus Day. Oot 12 Mexico: Columbus Day (optional). Spain: National Day. Oot 18 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Ootas Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. Oot M Ireland-Republic OF: October Holiday. New Zealand: Labour Day.
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        760 47 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marina OU Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive dsscrlption of the market Pricee shown ars baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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        488 48  -  Aaction is the first in the world to be carried out by a global alliance By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The world's first online ticket auction to be carried out by a global aviation alliance has attracted more than 1,000 registrants from Singapore
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        555 48 Reuters [VANCOUVER] Aircraft manufacturers will be pressured to reduce costs as airline alliances will demand lower average sales prices, air industry executives were told at an International Air Transport Association conference. Aircraft with common standards will be critical in simplifying the manufacturing process,
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        400 48 AFP [GENEVA] The International Air Transport Association (lata) has called for the privatisation, partial or full, of air traffic control in Europe to reduce airline delays that reached crisis levels earlier this year. lata director-general Pierre Jeanniot unveiled a plan
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        319 48 Philippines wan to to set capacity limits on flights between the two countries AFP [MANILA] After cutting direct air links with TWwftn over passenger volumes, the Philippines is set to renegotiate an air services pact with South Korea with a view to imposing
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