The Business Times, 12 October 1999

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    14 1 The BusinessTimes MiTA (P) 046/12/96 85C SINGAPORE internet: i?ttp://business-times.asial com.sg/ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1999
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    59 1 wmm LJ 212L23 (+7.74) nsr-oa km mm (-1.58) Vlamnmiiß U mm (+3JO) STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Qiaofe KLSEOOMP 747Jt +156 NIKKEI dentf HANG SENG 1SJ93.72 -119.70 SETIWnET .411 JAKARTA OONP—J84JI -4.18 MANILA OONP _2.970.17 +U4 TAIPEI WP! 7,607.11 SEOUL COMP 8MJ9 *K CLSA CHINA B MM 11.71 AU8T
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    70 1 FOKEX KATES U8S 81 US> 1J77 £(USS/S$per2) U6I 1718 EUROfUSS/StperE) 1.082 1.781 DM LM1 Mil YEN mt 1179* KM UN 8.441 HKS 7.7U Mil BART 48.98 0.041 RUPIAH im MU •st torn mm ran barb SINGAPORE* 6.89 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA MM BANGKOK MM MANILA 11.8# HONGKONG 816 8J7
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    Lock icon Cold Storage in talks to buy Tops
    619 1  -  exclusive Great World City, Tangjin Mall outlets could be included in deal, say sources By: Kalpana Rashiwala, Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Tops, one of Singapore's newest supermarket chains and in business for only about three years, could be changing hands, sources say. Dutch supermarket
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    Lock icon FJ Benjamin shares soar on NextMedia connection
    566 1  -  Market excited by talk that Next Media might list on Nasdaq B* Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Internet magic worked on fashion retailer FJ Benjamin yesterday. Its shares rose as much as 38 per cent in heavy trading before trading in them was suspended
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    Lock icon Electronic component makers get squeezed – again
    690 1  - Electronic component makers get squeezed again Cost pressures rising, customers are more demanding By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Cost pressures are once again building up for Singapore's electronic component manufacturers despite the relief offered by cuts in employers' Central Provident Fund contributions earlier this year. Gone, too, are the days of
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    Lock icon Third go for Mountbatten 'landmark'
    58 1 [SINGAPORE] Word on the street is that the staircases ofthis bungalow havegold-plated railings. And so have the wash basins in the powder rooms, it seems. Sitting on a2l,ooosqft freehold site at the corner qfMountbatten and Crescent roads, the imposing bungalow is being put upfor auction
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      108 1 IMKIUU BT Comment IPO saga of DBS Land's hotel arm RH 95. PiO Top stories Company owned by Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing takes Sing Tel to court m $35 million the price tag for six bungalow plots In Holland Road. F*o Study stock options carefully before giving them to staff:
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        134 2 THERE is a gold rush of sorts between Far East Square and China Square. Recall our Grapevine column last Wednesday highlighting a rainbow ending at China Square? Well, we suggested (tongue in cheek, of course) that tycoon Ng Teng Fong may have just found another pot of gold.
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        Lock icon Dirty secret of the Information Age
        139 2 STEPHEN Roach, an analyst from US brokerage Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, is convinced that recent reports of improvements in productivity don't mean very much. He estimates that in this age of information technology, about six hours a week is spent on boot-up, shutdown, e-mail
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        Lock icon An alternative to work
        54 2 ARE you lonely? Don't like to work on your own? Hate making decisions? Then call a meeting, an e-mail we received yesterday instructed. You can see people, draw flow charts, feel important, form sub-committees, impress your colleagues, make meaningless recommendations —all on company's time. Meetings, the
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        Lock icon Concrete benefit
        67 2 FOLLOWING two accidents at Paya Übi Industrial Park, the developer of the estate is certainly sparing no effort to regain the goodwill of potential customers. Taking out prominent advertisements in the newspapers, it said that the first 66 buyers to book a unit from now till January stand
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      Lock icon ABN Amro: newest consumer bank
      624 2  -  It will focus on car, home loans and has big plans for electronic banking Reports by Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] ABN Amro Bank, the oldest foreign bank in Singapore, yesterday became its newest consumer bank when it opened its cash counters for business at the
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      Lock icon A new millennium, a new phase
      664 2 ABM Amro jnst might be challenging Citibank and HSBCinafewyears [SINGAPORE] It has taken ABN Amro well over a century to enter the consumer banking business in Singapore. But if the bank is to realise its ambitions, it should take just a few short years
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      345 2 Strait Talk I&gBuaN&SSTDIES Shipping Times UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE m "Ranked Among the Top 25 Business Schools in USA" i -fl r American MBA sth Intake Starting 23 October '99 BS Completion in 18 months; 13 modules 608 seminar hours: Ra Sf?>c? T n Top 25 Business Schools |pH| same as
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  • INDON polls
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      Lock icon Megawati may be Gus Dur's V-P
      732 3  -  Talks on but idea must be sold to her supporters, says observer By I Shoeb Kagda [JAKARTA] Charismatic islamic leader Abdurrahman Wahid and opposition front-runner Megawati Sukarnoputri are working out a plan for a joint ticket in next week's presidential polls that could prove
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SembCorp appoints adviser on possible S'pore Food Ind listing
      207 4 [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Industries has appointed an adviser on the possible listing of its subsidiary Singapore Food Industries (SFI), a spokesman said. Industry sources said the adviser is Overseas Union Bank. "We have appointed an investment adviser to advise us on the
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      Lock icon Multiple applications rule does not apply to bookbuilding: MAS
      532 4  -  exclusive SINGAPORE TECHNOLOGIES SPIN-OFF SES says change made in line with finance subcommittee's recommendations By Ven Sreenivasan THE MAS yesterday said the stock ex- change rule prohibiting multiple applications does not apply in a bookbuilding exercise because those who put in
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      Lock icon GE Life jumps 20% in one week despite OCBC statement
      414 4  -  It's set to become only listed insurer soon after ICS is privatised By I Siow Li Sen THINLY traded Great Eastern Life, soon to become the only listed insurer, is up 20 per cent one week after DBS Group announced
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      Lock icon Hong Leong buys YHS' Tsang & Ong stake
      298 4 Hong Leong buys YHS' Tsang Ong stake FOOD and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) has sold its entire 25.5 per cent stake in financially-troubled Tsang Ong Stockbrokers to the Hong Leong group for a token $1. However, it could get a farther payment later if the stockbroking firm's parent.
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      Lock icon Exotic investment options for uncertain market times
      741 4  -  locksiew neil behrmann ONCE again Alan Greenspan has shrewdly kept the bears at bay even though he believes that Wall Street and several other global markets are overvalued. The Fed chairman decided last week to keep short-term rates unchanged. But just as the
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      Lock icon HMI not expected to make strong Sesdaq debut
      659 7  -  I 1 watcn Analysts say weak track record, quiet bourse may keep investors away By, Andrea Tan A FEEBLE track record, weak earnings, poor positioning and a quiet stock market could hamper healthcare provider HMI Holdings from making a strong Sesdaq debut
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      Lock icon Hind Hotels loses $ 17.8m in 9 months
      116 7 Hind Hotels loses 17.8m in 9 months HIND Hotels International yesterday released its unaudited results for the nine months ended Sept 30 to facilitate the sale of a major stake by its substantial shareholders to DBS Realty. Turnover for the period rose from $9.7 million to $11.3 million while net
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Hai Sun Hup,Mitsui OSK units merge
        73 7 Reuters HOTELS and shipping firm Hai Sun Hup Ltd said v*j yesterday it and Japan's Mitsui 06K Lima Ltd had merged their logistics and forwarding subsidiaries. Tha merged operating entity, called Cougar Holdings Pte Ltd, was formed by joining Cougar Express Pte Ltd and
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        Lock icon Form beefs up management team
        58 7 SESDAQ-listed Form Holdings has beefed up Ms management The group has appointed Anthony OwHin Jiu as genera] manager and Bryant Hwang as business development manager. Mr Ow had aerved as financial controller and general manager in various firms. Mr Hwang was at one ttae managing
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        Lock icon Lindeteves-Jaceberg bags power deal
        65 7 UNDETEVESJACOBERG said its wholly-owned subsidiary Linberg Philippines Inc has entered into an agreement to supply power of up to 12 megawatts to Philips Semiconductors Philippines Inc. This agreement will be fulfilled through the redeployment of existing plant and equipment and additional investmsnt. The supply of power
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      Lock icon Yongnam closes 26.4% above 36c IPO price
      325 7  -  IPO fatigne may be setting in; CSM offer seen affecting debut By. Andrea Tan ENGINEERING and construction company Yongnam Holdings marked its entry to the mainboard yesterday with a closing premium of 26.4 per cent over its offer price of 36 cents a
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      314 4 The overwhelming success of Paya Übi These features have been a big pull. But Industrial Park phase I& II sale has a lot for our last batch of factories, we are to do with the unique advantages of our throwing in a even bigger incentive our factory units. Superb frontage
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Potential for Keppel TatLee Bank 2002 wrt to move up
      184 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -By] R Sivanlthy AFTER much activity earlier this year, Keppel Tat Lee Bank has sort of dropped out of the picture. The focus has switched to the electronics sector and occasionally, the market's energies have been occupied with
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      406 6 »ocfca Volume Yongnam 20c 38,684,000 •Qanttnglnt 7,589,000 STEngo 10c 7,573,000 FJ Benjarrwi20c 6,556,000 SingTel 15c 6,336,000 Sunway IntlHKIOc 5,997,000 SambCoipt 25c 5,712,000 Inno-Pac20c 5,516,000 ChuanHup 4,652,000 MHE HHge20c 4,479,000 9>ock» DBSQrp *****,508 SIA 39,477,823 SPH 36,163,079 0C8C 27,523,414 SingTel 15c 20,124,688 STEngglOc 17,862,220 Yongnam 20c 17,502,040 UOB Foreign 13,670,560 SambCotp!
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin, Datacraft surge while market stays cautious
      580 6  -  1-11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy LOCAL stocks started promisingly but buckled under Wall Streetrelated worries and generally weak sentiment throughout the region, closing weaker across-the-board yesterday. There were, however, a handful of situational plays to liven up the day and keep traders
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      Lock icon ST Engg: charts show more upside
      264 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong ST Engineering shares were in the spotlight again yesterday, finishing the session as the third most heavily traded issue. The stock closed up 3 cents orU per cent at $2.30. It opened at $2.27, traded to an intra-day
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      103 6 ♦9.15 am. Opening ceremony of the inaugural Singapore International Advertising Congress ♦9.90 am. Lnog Hi» extraordinary general mect*f ing ♦1030 am. Release of HDB annual report FY96/98 ♦4pm. Stamford Tyres Corpo- i ration annual general meeting^ Federal Reserve releases its index on manufacturing in the Midwest for
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      Lock icon Currency markets off to a quiet start
      488 6  -  CURRENCIES Key events later this week cited, but S$ continues to find buyers above S$L6B larry wee CURRENCY markets had an unusually slow start yesterday, thanks in part to holidays in Japan and the United States, but also because players chose to stand
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      35 6 r 1 This announcement appears as a matter of record only l-Sf £.*1 KOH BROTHERS GROUP LIMITED Renounceable Rights Issue of up to 47,966,000 Warrants Manager Underwriter Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited October 1999 CITIBANKO'
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      121 7 s The elliptical sweep of lines denotes progressiveness, agility, responsiveness —V -I <v- 5 4 4'^t A V 2 and a forward-looking vision •-out/-!S 1 ~v ■'•(:*;>y%S^f;%|hatstemsf«mafferent sources yel ?g| i --Y"~ moving towards a shared vbioe^SM ■Kl' 11 Complementing the sweep of lines is j for Innovation and v
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Costa del Sol condo finds SingTel cables in the way
      611 8  -  Japan Devt is seeking legal clarification on the presence of underground phone cables at its Bayshore Read project By I Catherine Ong A COMPANY owned by Hongkong tycoon Li Ka-shing is taking Singapore Telecommunications to court for the presence of
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      Lock icon Lengkong Gardens, Holland Road bungalows set to go en bloc
      395 8  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala, Marissa Chew LENGKONG Gardens has joined its neighbour, Lengkong Apartments, in jumping on the collective sale bandwagon and the two sites could fetch a total of $114 million. Lengkong Gardens was put up for sale yesterday by
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      Lock icon Minister appoints 8 as panel members of Strata Titles Board
      268 8 MINISTER for Law S Jayakumar has appointed eight people, mostly property consultants, as panel members of the Strata Titles Board. The Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Act 1999 took effect yesterday. The eight are Lee Hon Kiun (Edmund Tie), Francis Lim
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      Lock icon Stock options not always appropriate
      782 9  -  rTmarnament Boon Heng Finns should not plnngo into scheme if it will weigh down earnings By. Audrey Tan SINGAPORE companies should study employee stock option plans (ESOPs) carefully, before "plunging" into implementing them, Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng said in Parliament yesterday. Stock options,
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      Lock icon Export price index rises 2.9% in Aug
      298 9  -  on the economy terms of trade By] Eugene Low SPURRED by the sharp rise in mineral ftiel prices, the export price index continued to move upwards in August with a 2.9 per cent year-on-year increase. Compared to July, export prices rose 1.6 per
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      Lock icon Ex-NMP Chuang not current president of Seal
      152 9  -  Simon Lee Executive Director The Singapore Contractors Association Ltd WE refer to your report titled "Ex-NMP Chuang charged with bribery" (BT, Oct 9). In particular, we would like to draw your attention to paragraph five of the report. Contrary to the account, Chuang
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      Lock icon Why can't CPF take on agent bank role?
      133 9  -  Stanley Chua Singapore via Internet I REFER to Peter Heng's comments regarding CPF (Central Provident Fund) bank charges on shares purchase using CPF ("Don't look at CPF agent banks' fees in isolation", BT, Oct 9). With the advances in technology, most of
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      Lock icon Agent banks add no value
      204 9  -  David Loh Singapore via Internet I REFER to Peter Heng's letter, "Don't look at CPF agent banks' fees in isolation" (BT, Oct 9). I appreciate the extent of the CPF (Central Provident Fund) agent banks' responsibilities, broadly encompassing various custodial, accounting and administrative functions, as
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      Lock icon Hello Asia.com raises US$20m in first round of financing
      347 9  -  Funds obtained through US-based companies Byi Andrew Wee INTERNET start-up Hello Asia.com Inc, formed in the US but focusing on Asian markets, has raised US$2O million (5533.5 million) in first-round funding through US-based financial institutions and technology companies. The financial institutions
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      Lock icon Move beyond odd lots and board lots
      199 9  -  Alison Cousland Singapore via Internet I AM at a loss to understand why two of your contributors, Denis Distant and Narayana Narayana, continue to discuss the problems of trading odd lots. As I pointed out in a previous letter, under a fully functioning
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      99 8 m m jfl K >p^w jl- life V^^F«»^utf'" rWlr y I &S jyßWkp, ftkr f To many Singaporeans, Catherine Lims somewhat flamboyant style is immediately familiar. Overseas, however, it may be only her literary style thats as well known. Which is why Catherine carries the American Express® Card. So now
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon The saga of RH 95's IPO
      554 10  -  -I i comment PROPERTY Even the next target data for listing- January 2000 Is denbtfol lee han shih LAST week, what was to have been a triumphant floating of DBS Land's hotel arm, RH 95, turned into embarrassment when the IPO had to be
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      Lock icon Mountbatten bungalow to go on the auction block for 3rd time
      363 11 THE imposing two-storey bungalow behind this gate at Mountbatten Road has been put up for auction twice in the past three months but failed to attract any offers at the opening bid of $8.9 million on each occasion. It
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      555 10 I TT n I Collective Sale Vv by Tender TheTangHn L, > FALCON CREST atArdmore Park ...Ifr, 1 I U o Land Area: 27,279 sq ft Ardmore /iv American /jy CKjt> J approx. 1 /Jv Part Lot 644 TS 25 Freehold Tenure 'Plotßatio: 2.8 H< i!S ay /*Z Height Control:
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      246 10 [I Collective Sale 1 by Tender PRIME FREEHOLD SITE Balmoral Park I S/ Lant,Area: 3517.1 sqm/ 37,858 sqft (approx.) Plot Ratio 1.6, up to 10-storeys Location Hill-top with RELC «S5 i I panoramic view. Near ACS, /tST SCGS prestigious "SrsSr developments such as Chelsea i u M Garden, Gardenville, Jewel
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      336 10 I AMARA CORPORATE TOWER I Brand New 12-Storey Office Tower at 100 Tras Street I Floor Area from 900 sq ft onwards. Approx. total lettable space of 50,000 sq I j iroximity to Tanjong Pagar MRT I j 1 Station, Taxi Stand and Bus Stop. 11 Close to Banks, Post
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      449 11 <■ Freehold I Development Site Collective Sale By Tender /?<! \C«v Canotilin \T/C>>v pr| a Sec Sch Bedok Address 37,39 &41 Bedok Road cSSgS? ro Site Area 14,792 sqm (159,219 sq ft) A„g,,c.n\ V y^cSSXUJaS, Zoning Residential with PR 1.4, Hl# Be 4 storeys Description Close to Tanah Merah MRT
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Tokyo can't be faulted for defence boost
      629 12  -  SSSIH I» ~i bottom line OPINION herbert london The writer is John M Olin professor of humanities at New York University and president of Indianapolis-based Hudson Institute RETHINKING the pillars of post-war defence policy in Japan is gaining momentum and generating anxiety. That
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      166 12 'What we're trying to do is to make sure the European voice is heard at the same strong decibel level as when the European Union speaks as the world's biggest trade bloc and the biggest foreign aid donor.' Christopher Pittn EU commissioner for external affairs, on a
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      628 12 EDITORIAL POR the first time in more than three years, India looks like it will have a government that has a chance of lasting, if not its full term, at least long enough to push through long-delayed reforms. The 26-seat margin of victory of the
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      Lock icon Trade agenda lost in US presidential race
      1083 12  -  Domestic politics makes Gore, Bradley downplay free-trade commitment By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent EVEN US President Bill Clinton's closest aides admit his rejection in April of China's offer to liberalise its markets in exchange for US support for Chinese
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      989 12 Merger mania "YOU want to buy this new cable service that's much faster than your old modem," my son the information architect told me. Not wanting to become the slowpoke pundit, I called my local cable company and ordered Express Net. A new black box cost
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Outflow of funds from M'sia hits RM6b
      554 13  -  Despite escalation, analysts say trend is not worrying From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A TOTAL of six billion Malaysian ringgit (552.6 billion) in portfolio investments has fled Malaysia since July, as investors reversed course and took advantage of an easing in capital
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon A blockbuster in the making?
        88 13 SECOND-LINERS are coming alive after the recent run-up in prices of blue chips. Datuk Keramat, which does not have a huge following, was heavily traded yesterday. The counter surged 22 sen to RM2.42 but dealers could not explain the sudden interest in the company. The
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        Lock icon Mulpha, Sri Hartamas up on rumours
        37 13 TWO second-liners—Mulpha International and Sri Hartamas perked up yesterday on vague rumours of major corporate deals. Mulpha rose 15 sen to RM1.06, while Sri Hartamas gained 7.5 sen to 83.5 sen.
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        49 13 PACIFIC Bank rose 28 sen to RM3.74 on rumours that it may get a new merger partner instead of Maybank. Pacific Bank, currently controlled by Singapore's OCBC Bank, is said to be toying with the idea of merging with Hong Leong Bank and EON Bank instead.
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        Lock icon Banking on merger talk?
        63 13  -  Compiled by! Eddie Toh RHB Capital, which was earlier thought to have lost its bid to be anchor bank, moved up eight sen to RM3.48 on reports that subsidiary RHB Bank is exploring a merger possibility with Hong Leong Bank to jointly become an anchor bank.
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      Lock icon RHB Bank MD slams paper over report
      352 13  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur RHB Bank Bhd managing director Yvonne Chia yesterday blasted local daily The Sun for an article which speculated that she would leave RHB Bank for Multi-Purpose Bank, and added that she had never contemplated leaving the RHB
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      Lock icon West out to break up Indonesia: Dr M
      242 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accused the West of trying to break up Indonesia by pressing for East Timor's independence, and said the region could turn into "Australia's Vietnam". In a monthly column in Japan's Mainichi Daily News,
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      Lock icon Foreigners yet to regain faith in M'sia: M Stanley
      441 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bnt interest will grow with economy doing well Reuters FOREIGN investors have yet to regain confidence in Malaysia's economy, corporate sector and government, the head of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia said yesterday. "The fact that the economy is
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      424 13 IMCSamiite Goods Services Tax Seminars on Partial Exemption Orchard Hotel Singapore, 9.00 am to 12.30pm What The GST Services Team of KPMG will be conducting a GST workshop on Partial Exemption for the financial and non-financial services sectors respectively on the dates shown below. Why All GST registered traders, regardless
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Stanley Ho takes over at Manila firm
      766 14 PEOPLE Macau mogul may be hedging his bets ahead of territory's return to China AFP, Reuters [MANILA] Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho took over yesterday as chairman of a Philippine firm in a move seen as hedging his gaming and leisure businesses ahead
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      Lock icon Thai markets anxious as Moody's team hits town
      465 14 BANGKOK Bat any immediate upgrade of sovereign rating is unlikely Reuters THAI financial markets are on tenterhooks this week as a team of analysts from Moody's Investors Service assesses the country's creditworthiness. Rumours in recent weeks have suggested the US-based credit agency
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      215 14 BANGKOK Money raised wiU be used to pay for its move into banking Bloomberg EKACHART Finance Pel, whose shares are the best performing this year among Thailand's non-bank lenders, said it would sell 10 billion baht (Ss4l9 million) of bonds to help pay
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      461 15 JAKARTA Inefficiencies, mismanagement uncovered at Pertamina, Bnlog Reuters INDONESIA said yesterday independent audits had found two state firms had lost up to US$5.6 billion (559.4 billion) through inefficiencies, mismanagement and missed opportunities. Most of the damage was to state oil giant Pertamina,
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        27 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Tunas Sepedan Inrestama hasappointed First Boeton and PTPanareksaSrtntfitrttto. fall manage the initial pnhllr company's subsidiary, FT Dipasena.—Bridge News
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        62 15 Bloomberg [MANILA] Inflation could surge to more than 13 per cent next year if regional wage boards approve a 68 peso (512J21) rise in daily minimum wage, the government said. The wage board for Metro Manila is expected to Issue an order before the
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        38 15 Bridge News [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Tarrin Nlmmanhaemlnda yesterday ruled out media reports that the government is studying a proposal for early repayment of its loan to the International Monetary Fund.—Bridge News
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      196 15 JAKARTA Reuters POLICE questioned two senior Indonesian ministers yesterday about the PT Bank Bali scandal that has engidfed embattled President BJ Habibie ahead of the presidential election. State Enterprises Minister Tanri Abeng, flanked by several bodyguards, made no comment as he arrived at the
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      428 15 JAKARTA A-G's office cites weak evidence; Amien warns of student protests AFP, Bridge News THE Indonesian government yesterday announced it was dropping an investigation into former president Suharto over suspected misuse of funds and abuse of power, citing lack of evidence.
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      413 15 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN'S Chinese Petroleum Corp said yesterday it was reviewing plans to build a US$6OO million (Ssl billion) joint-venture oil refinery in the Philippines but denied it had dropped the project. The disclosure by the state-owned oil giant's spokesman Liao Chung-lung
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      574 16 HONGKONG They expect good «4 GDP numbers but warn deflationary pressures still exist Reuters HONGKONG'S economy is showing some signs of life after two years of hardship but analysts warn that the road to real recovery may be difficult. Echoing an upbeat
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      525 16 HONGKONG Dealers expect IPO of Tracker Fund to draw lukewarm response AFP. Bloomberg HONGKONG yesterday unveiled details of a new stockmarket vehicle to allow investors to buy into the massive share portfolio the government acquired during its unprecedented market intervention last
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      413 17 BEIJING Liberalisation move aims to help boost money supply and ease deflation Reuters, AFX-Asia CHINA will reform its interest rate system to help bolster money supply and ease deflation, central bank governor Dai Xianglong was quoted as saying yesterday. "Various restrictions on
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      235 17 HONGKONG Annual govt campaign not urodntin* results AFP TOURISTS visiting Hongkong are not greeted by a ready smile and a warm welcome despite an annual government campaign to educate Hongkongers to be more helpful, a survey showed yesterday. Sixty-nine per cent of 372 people
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      91 17 HONGKONG Bridge News CHINA will forbid from November all foreign individuals and institutions from conducting direct surveys for national security, National Bureau of Statistics requires all pending foreign surveys to be registered for approval by .wov 15, it added. China has a de fiacto market
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      417 17 TOKYO Japanese analysts say damage to facilities has been substantial FT, Reuters THE damage to semiconduc-tor-making equipment during the earthquake in Taiwan last month may have been much worse than first thought and could affect supplies of personal computers during the peak Christmas and
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      327 18 BANGALORE Reuters INDIAN computer software firm BFL Software Ltd said new business orders it has received would keep it on track to attain a projection of about 40 per cent growth in net profit for the fiscal year to March 2000. The firm
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      122 18 NEW DELHI Bloomberg VIKAS WSP Ltd, an Indian chemical maker, said secondquarter profit for fiscal 2000 rose 71.8 per cent, boosted by an increase in demand for its products. The company's earnings increased to 161.2 million rupees (556.2 million) in the three
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      576 19  -  SINGAPORE Stocks are 34% overvalued close to the 40% fignre just before Oct 1987 By\ Siow Li Sen THE US stock market is not only as overvalued as it was in October 1987 but is also "dangerous", with threats from a
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      317 19 LONDON Union Worldlnvest joins list of British fonds lured by higher profit potential Bloomberg UNION Worldlnvest Ltd, a UK fund manager whose clients include Coca-Cola Co and the International Monetary Fund, is planning to introduce a hedge fund to invest
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      404 19 SYDNEY Reuters, Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S Reserve Bank is poised to embark on a path of higher official interest rates, but the total tightening cycle over the next year will be modest, a Reuters survey found. The poll of 23 economists, conducted on Friday,
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      451 20 BRUSSELS Accelerating pace of bank lending could fnel higher prices, official warns Bloomberg ECONOMIC growth in the 11 euro countries accelerated in the second quarter as exports rebounded, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to raise
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      383 20  -  TFI Foreign talent will help achieve goat CheowTong Reports from D Ravi Kanth in Geneva SINGAPORE yesterday unveiled a road map to emerge as a leading "Information Age economy" with sound institutional infrastructure and an open-door policy to attract the best
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      253 20 LONDON Bloomberg GLOBAL Crossing Ltd., which is building a worldwide phone network, agreed to buy Racal Electronics Pic's UK fiber network for £1 billion (Ss2.B billion) in cash and assumed debt, topping a bid by Energis Pic. Global Crossing will pay
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      278 20 PHOENIX. Arizona Bloomberg BANK supervisors at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere around the world must be careful to allow innovation and not increase risks to the financial system as banks evolve and grow larger, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. "The need for a
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      373 20 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] German-born biologist Guenter Blobei won the 1999 NoMl iTMB lOT mfwlpftHHp TOT QWXJVWim how proteins an novsi around ceQs, malHw| if potßftlt to Ott pTOtStoS (O create drugs to fight hereditary diseasaa. Dr Blobel, 99, waa awarded the prist for hia
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        55 20 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] tofraattopal Bneinee* Mammae Corp said it will Mcanee software ftttn Nokia Otf that lets people send e-mail and check bank accounts using their mobile pbooee. The software from Nokia win run on IBM computer servers, which would link call
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        86 20 Bloomberg [GENEVA) ATWCofp, die No 1 US kmgHuetana wwniMn* irfMtllhTriacnßMMnlMhlli the UK's biggest phone company, sakl theywill invest US$3 billion <Sss billion) in their Concert venture ovsr the next five years to transmit voice, text and video Caster between major cities.The network, which will nee
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        65 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Credit Suisse Trust snd Ranking Co, a Japanese unit of Credit Suisse Group, overcharged cUents 5.4 billion yen (SgMJ million) on commissions Rathe past three years, as it helped Japanese clients conceal looses by transferring bad loans to forstgn banks, the newspaper reported,
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        74 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Former UK Trads Secretary Peter llandstoon has been re-appointed t© the cabinet leas than a year after he was forced to resign for taking an undiadoeed home loan finom a minlstsrlalooUaagQe. He's been mads Secretary of Stale for Northern Ireland in yesterday's
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      581 21  -  MELBOURNE Friendly scrip takeover offer is first major Aussie foray by world's No 1 gold producer From. Brian Gomez in Sydney THE world's largest gold producer, South Africa's AngloGold Ltd, yesterday launched a friendly AsB3o million (Ss9l3 million) scrip takeover bid for Acacia Resources
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      286 21 ARMONK, New York Alliance partners include Compaq, Microsoft, HP, Intel Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines, the world's largest computer maker, will become part of an industry alliance to create better security for elec-tronic-commerce transactions. The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance also includes Compaq Computer Corp,
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      218 23  -  HIMKI Reports MRfgg fnitor Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market closed with modest gains yesterday amid thin trading as investors steered clear of the market in the absence of any strong market leads. The Straits Times Index closed at 2,122.23, up 7.74 points
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      164 23  -  MSOI TUwaa Mnrai Charlie Kuo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures gained yesterday as investors were optimistic about the island's October exports, which might post a double-digit rise year on year. In the cash market, Taiwan Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Company, the
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      301 23 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Bruised oil prices picked themselves off the floor and staggered uphill yesterday after a trouncing last week inflicted by speculators taking profits. Benchmark North Sea Brent crude for November delivery was trading 20 cents higher at U5520.90 a barrel at around
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      2808 24 HONGKONG AFP QHangSeng -119.70 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday, reversing early gains ahead of the launch of a unit trust to dispose of the government's massive share portfolio, dealers said. Howard Gorges, vice-pres-ident of South China Brokerage,
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      1001 24 AFP, Reuters P Shenzhen B Index -L4l SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed sharply lower yesterday as a fall in the domestic A share market knocked prices down. The B Share Index fell 1.41 points, or 1.69 per cent, to 82.00 on turnover of HK$lO.7l million against HK$l6 million
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        669 31 Aside from data connectivity, mobile employees can even participate in real-time interactive video/audio conferencing usiM the IP tedmokME?. THE days of an unwieldy tangle of cables cluttering your office are numbered. Soon, the office worker will no longer be tied to a
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      269 33 AFP Qlhmla *tM PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.3 per cent up yesterday, buoyed by buying in a gaming and leisure firm taken over by Macau casino king Stanley Ho, brokers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 6.34 points to 2,070.17. Volume rose to 3.3 billion shares worth 6.4
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      277 33 AFP Wellington -SH NEW Zealand share prices eased yesterday, ignoring strong gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 5.29 points to 2,060.41 on turnover of NZ5106.2 million. Heavy turnover in Sky TV was the main feature of a flat market throughout the day. —AFP oeiii
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      489 37  -  Dex will offer transparent and accessible products and services By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] A new player in the hull insurance market has appeared, formed by marine insurance manager Thomas Miller and two reinsurers, Swiss Re and Chartwell Re. The new insurance syndicate named Dex
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      198 37  -  By. Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] The Economic Development Board (EDB) has joined hands with thirdparty logistics companies to introduce a certificate course in logistics management to advance the skills level of industry workers. To begin in January next year, the 10-month programme will be offered
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        751 49 THIS report, complied by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        496 50 The 100-seater A3lBs will be nsed on European, internal British flights AFP. Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways said yesterday it had ordered 12 medium-haul jets from the European consortium Airbus Industrie, to a value of US$47O million (***** million). The 100-seater A3lBs, to be
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        302 50 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch airline KLM pressed ahead with its European alliance building, unveiling joint venture talks with its 30 per cent owned Norwegian partner Braathens designed to bolster its position in Europe's Nordic region. The announcement came just weeks before the Dutch flag
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          53 50 Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA p)c said it had received penniseJoctodevelopanew £30 million (5182.8 mfflkxDexteslon to London's Gatwfck North Terminal. The extension will provide 60 per cent more space to the terminal and enable 70 per cent more seattag. catering and shopping than the
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        225 50 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Ansett Holdings Ltd, Australia's No 2 ranked airline, will add two more flights each week between Sydney and Hongkong because of an increase in demand on that route. The Melbourne-based airline, jointly owned by Air New Zealand Ltd and News Corp, said
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