The Business Times, 15 October 1999

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    13 1 MfTA (P) 046/12/98 85# SI NGAPORE Internet: ht:p7,'business-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15. 1999
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    71 1 VMttlHB ust slugs Law £(US*5$per£) LH4 t77» EURO(US$/SS perE) 1.978 1-811 DM LM4 UN YEN 197J 1M7* RM UN UN HKS 7.7N UH BABT NN Ufl ROPIAH M» Utl* •s$rnmmm FUME BARS SINGAPORE* &.80 KUALA LUMPUK 1» JAKARTA 1 tt.M BANGKOK M.M MANILA 11.09 HONGKONG tAIPH 8J7 SYDNEY __7*
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    Lock icon Coming soon: Sentosa Cove's 2,600 waterfront homes
    545 1  -  :i*exclusive Project will include high-rise condos, and marina for ocean-going yachts By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Even as the Keppel Group awaits news of how much it will have to pay the state for redeveloping its former harbour site in Telok Blangah, another mega
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    Lock icon Indon finance firm chief vanishes with US$45m
    521 1  -  CTIJiIJIIUIUJ PutraSurya Mnltidana seeks police help to look for Perak-born Alex Ng By< Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] REPORTS have been filed with the police in Singapore, Jakarta, Hongkong and Interpol over the disappearance of over US$45 million (5575.6 million) from the coffers of one
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    Lock icon A weekend of screeching tyres and fun for top S'pore execs
    465 1  -  BnlkffSepaag Grand Prix tickets snapped 19 bj corporate sponsors By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Many of Singapore's top executives will be in Kuala Lumpur this weekend for the Formula One Grand Prix—courtesy of corporate sponsors. BT understands that corporate sponsors
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      141 1 mgDMB BT Comment The mispricing of CM Telecom shows investors still prefer a good quick punt. ExOC Money KM 10 Top Stories Sumitomo, Sakura in talks to form world's 2nd largest bank. Hmxtpmw HDB offering 1,614 executive flats in balloting exercise. w» ST Micro plans to invest $1.2b in S'pore
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      59 1 Hk Starting today, a ■fe jlbdflHi weekly series spotlighting corporate chieftains who've had to steer through the rough waters erf the Asian crisis. Cfculw Ua of I Nat Steel Electronics, however, has breezed I through, pHing up profits I at a dizzying pace for I J 6 this WHton-doHar company.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Milking capitalism the Hongkong way
        175 2 HERE'S an abridged version of the old cow joke which originated from a fund manager in Hongkong: The meaning of socialism: You have two cows. The state takes one and gives one to someone else. The meaning of capitalism: You have two cows. You sell
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        Lock icon No-fuss banking
        122 2 OCBC Bank is turning up the heat on its competitors in the home loans market. In particular, the bank is going out of its way to woo customers away from the former Credit POSBank, now part of DBS Bank. One DBS customer said she decided to move her
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        Lock icon It's all in the name
        150 2 HONGKONGERS' penchant for choosing "interesting" Western names has been the subject of many colourful articles. Foreigners try to keep a straight face when they come across an Adidas Wong, Money Lam or Dodo Cheng. But many of them don't realise that much thought goes into
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        Lock icon Don't know, don't know
        40 2 SAP AG, the large enterprise resource and planning solution provider, recently launched a new product. Its name, MySAP.com, caused some chuckles in Thailand, we heard on the grapevine. "My SAP" sounds like "don't know" in Thai.
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      Lock icon Rough passage ahead for Habibie's speech
      568 2  -  PDI-P official says party will reject president's accountability defence From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SIGNS emerged last night that President BJ Habibie's accountability speech would face a rough passage through Indonesia's highest legislative body even as the embattled leader delivered a feisty defence of
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      Lock icon Sumitomo, Sakura in talks to form world's 2nd largest bank
      886 2  -  Combined assets of 99t yen; bank stocks react favourably From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE surge of proposed banking mergers in Japan is reaching the proportions of a tsunami or tidal wave. Yesterday, two of the nation's largest and best
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Grande Electronics plans to raise up to US$100m in IPO
      451 3  -  listings Issue to comprise 82m new, 56m vendor shares at 56-80 US cents each By< Andrea Tan GRANDE Electronics Holdings Ltd aims to raise between US$BO million and US$lOO million (*****.4-169 million) from a main board initial public offer by
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon JC-MPH's Aussie unit everstated profits
        116 3 AV JENNINGS, Jack Chia-MFWs Australian property suosutiary, saia yesterday tnat it naa owiuiea its profits for the previous financial years. It said the accumulated overstated amount up till March 31 this year amounted to A 112.5 million (5513.6 million). While profits for the interim ended
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        Lock icon Apollo rebranded as Nevetel Apollo
        68 3 AFX-Asia APOLLO Enterprises Ltd said it has signed a management contract with AAPC Thailand Company to manage and rebrand Apollo Hotel Singapore as Novotel ApoDo Singapore. It added that the term is for a period of five years with a five-year renewal option, with effect
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        Lock icon Datacraft wins US$1m China jobs
        49 3 Reuters DATACRAFT Asia said yesterday it had mm a UBU miiM/ai (551.67 million) to build an intranet iafraatructure system for a plant bekmgingto China's Hnawei Technologies. DatacrafL a communications and networking systems integrator, said in a statement PataciaflChinawouldcnnnectthenetwortMoftfaree headquartered in Shenzhen and makes trieuommimkaitionseqiiftanent—Rasttrs
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        Lock icon Creative's hi-fi e-com site revamped
        92 3 HifUom, sister company to Cambridge Sound Works and a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology, yesterday unveiled a revamped website and an extensive set of customer-friendly policies. Because of exclusive online distribution aflreaments with several of the industry's leading manufacturers, HifLcom offers consumers a wide
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      Lock icon Nam Lee up 10% in first-day trading
      221 3 NAM Lee Pressed Metal Industries staged a respectable debut yesterday, rising nearly 10 per cent to close at 46 cents. "It's quite a reasonable showing considering the US market took a beating overnight," said Edwin Tay, research manager at BT Brokerage Associates. The
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      Lock icon HMI Hldgs' public offer 63.8x subscribed
      190 3 HOSPITAL management and consultancy group HMI Holdings' public offer tranche was subscribed 63.8 times at the close of the initial pubUc offer yesterday. The company said it received applications for 848.1 mUlion shares worth $229 million for its pubUc portion of 13.3 mUlion shares.
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      Lock icon NOL seeks to remove 49% cap on foreign ownership
      383 4 Foreigners now own 48.19%, after its purchase of APL and global equity offer NOL's purchase of American President Lines has raised its profile significantly among international investors. Following the high-profile US$B25 million (Ssl.4 billion) acquisition and a massive US$5OO million local
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee completes purchase of AIB ops
      335 4  -  AlB's treasury, private banking business will be integrated into KTL By\ Siow Li Sen kjsPPEL Tat Lee Bank has completed the purchase of the private banking and treasury business of its partner Allied Irish Banks (AIB). Effective today, AlB's private banking and treasury
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      Lock icon Eastern Pub to raise $2.9m via share placement
      300 4 EASTERN Publishing is proposing to raise about $2.85 million through a share placement to ftind expansion in e-commerce and publishing. It said yesterday that it plans to place out five million new shares, or about 4.76 per cent of its paid-up capital,
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      Lock icon GES shares rise 4% on news of IBM tie-up
      346 4  -  Counter Is day's third busiest, with 14.6 m shares traded By\ Eugene Low GIVEN a fillip by news of its latest tie-up with the world's largest computer maker, IBM Corp, GES International closed up six cents, or 3.8 per cent, on
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      Lock icon How Taiwan quake affects S'pore electronics firms
      920 4  -  HocMßraiiam jennifer lien JUST how important Taiwan is to the world electronics industry became evident three weeks ago, when a killer earthquake struck the southern city of Taichung, claiming over 2,000 lives. While the catastrophe left Taipei and its environs largely unaffected, tremors
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      Lock icon Reject offer, Nomura tells Form shareholders
      455 8 na.wsi Offer price is a huge 80% discount to Form's last done price of 3L5 cents NOMURA Singapore, which is advising Form Holdings' directors on the general offer by management consultant and former banker George Thia, has asked shareholders to reject the offer. Among
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      Lock icon Hobson's choice at Electro Magnetics
      391 8 OCBC says new offer gives shareholders an exit chance AFTER four long years. Electro Magnetics Ltd's shareholders are now faced with Hobson's choice in the general offer dangled before them. Even though they will in aggregate own only a miserly 6.5 per cent of the
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      10 3 the Straits Times Classflled r Where ruMo-i buyers sellen MMILMi
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      98 4 Collective Sale by Tender LARGE PRIME DEVELOPMENT SITE Property Grenville Condominium Location Mt. Sinai Lane/Holland /S/ Land Area 19,544.4 sqm j Qumm I I (approx. 210,375 sqft) Tenure 999yearswef 1885 /W [3 Planning Residential Plot Ratio x hi Parameters 1.4,4-storeys fw Description: Located near to Henry Park M ±$2^^ Pr.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Lindeteves-Jacoberg wrt shows dear upside potential
      182 6  -  WARBAMT WATCH -Byl R Sivanithy ONE company that's appeared regularly on the buy lists of several broking firms is Lindeteves-Jacoberg. A look at its price chart shows that the shares have been drifting sideways for some months now. The counter hasn't really performed in
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      361 6 HBOfc» VBIUW NmLltlOc *****,000 CMTdMom HK75C *****.000 QE8MIUd20o 14,560,000 Eaatgsta 10o 13,980,000 *G«nMnglnt 9.686.000 TanCtanglneOc 8,181.000 Wri«8NnoHK80c 7.871.000 8fnaT«l15o 6.868,000 CMTfltecomWIOO 6,198,000 5996,000 WMm I DBSQrp 29,332,376 CtlyDavSOc *****.463 QGSMUd20c 23,409,400 0C8C 23,281,070 9taTW16c 21,964,180 JTHIdg»10c *****,694 SU *****,412 PadHoC«ntury 15,*****0 OBSUnd. 15,418,725 TwChongMBOc *****,424 Hods Oanl> *fIPCOWOC 27 20.0
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      Lock icon Stocks end higher despite sharp fall on Wall Street
      588 6  -  pi^ilcomment STOCKS r.sivanithy LOCAL stocks first rose, then wavered for some hours before finally gearing up for a resoundingly firm close yesterday. Considering Wall Street's overnight tumble, the resilience came as a pleasant surprise to many who had feared the worst.
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      Lock icon JIT gathering upward momentum?
      252 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong JIT Holdings shares were among the most heavily traded issues yesterday and were also among the biggest net gainers, the stock apparently finding favour with more institutional investors. The shares rose 9 cents or 3.1 per cent to $2.99. Volume
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      Lock icon Indon events still calling shots, bat ignore not US data
      515 6  -  CURRENCIES A bad Sept PPI number tonight could push US stocks lower again larry wee ANOTHER sharp fall In US stocks helped set the tone in Asian markets yesterday, weakening the US dollar and thus tempering the Indonesian-led drag on
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      281 8 r a Graduate IV l\ 1 3 /V Management FORUMS' Get the facts a valuable career investment and learn about the MBA experience If you're serious about getting your MBA, an opportunity you wont pass up. Representatives from more than 60 MBA programs will be in Singapore to answer all
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      726 8 1 1 HOLDINGS HMI HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 26 October 1998) Invitation In respect of 38,000,000 New Shares of $0.05 each comprlsing:(1) 13,300,000 Offer Shares at $0.27 each by way of public offer; and (2) 24,700,000 Placement Shares by way of placement, comprlslng:(I) a minimum
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon HDB offering 1,614 executive flats in balloting exercise
      425 9  -  1,056 four and five-room flats in mature estates also available By) Marissa Chew MISSED out on buying a new executive flat from HDB? Here's your chance as the Housing Development Board gives first-time flat buyers and upgraders the chance to buy 1,614
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      Lock icon Grange Mansion, Sarkies Court launch en bloc sales
      375 9  -  I sales Grange Mansion could fetch SlOOm, Sarkies Court $18m By Andrea Tan GRANGE Mansion and Sarkies Court are the latest prime property sites up for collective sale following the amended law facilitating collective sales which came into effect on Monday. Grange
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      Lock icon Still no takers for Mountbatten Rd bungalow
      376 9 THE Mountbatten Road bungalow which had once belonged to businessman G Mohan failed to find takers yesterday when it was put on the auction block for the third time in as many months. There were no offers for the property at the opening
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      Lock icon HDB offers 8,037 flats for sale in 4th qtr; prices up to 3% lower
      323 9 THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) Is offering 8,037 flats for sale in the fourth quarter, priced as much as 3 per cent lower than the ones offered in the third quarter. Four-room flats in Choa
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      343 9 Ballroom, Hilton Singapore Sunday, Oct. 17, 1999 Viewing time 10.30am-12 noon Auction time From 12.15pm Eastern Carpets brings you its newest collection of village, tribal and city rugs all the way from Central Asia. Every item handpicked by Edmund and Shukor, and yours for a veiy special price. What's more,
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon ST Micro plans to invest $1.2b in S'pore facilities
      397 10  -  It is ramming building of wafer fab plant, developing adjoining site By\ Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] STMicroelectronics (STM), which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Singapore, said yesterday that it would be investing at least $1.2 billion in resuming the construction
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      Lock icon Manufacturing to stay as key pillar: PM Goh
      243 10 SINGAPORE aims to keep manufacturing as a key economic pillar and will beef up workers' skills, knowledge and efficiency to stay ahead of the fierce competition for manufacturing investment, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. "This is the only way
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      Lock icon Foreign reserves hit $130b in Sept
      233 10  -  147 3on the economy foreign reserves By\ Soh Tiang Keng SINGAPORE'S foreign reserves the nation's stock of gold and foreign investments swelled to $129.6 billion in September this year. This represents a 6.1 per cent rise over September 1996, and an increase of 1.3
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      Lock icon C&C's Merc links go back five decades
      571 10  -  MILLENNIUM COMPAMT But what happens next will hinge on discussions with DaimlerChrysler By] Eugene Low MENTION Mercedes Benz and Cycle Carriage springs almost instantly to mind. So closely associated are the two in the minds of Singaporeans that C&C, which turned 100 in
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Fin wins claims against the Chias
      526 11  -  Company awarded some $5.4 m plus interest, legal costs By i Conrad Raj THE High Court has ruled in favour of Hong Leong Finance on its three claims against the estate of the late Thai-born businessman Jack Chia and his son Clement
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      Lock icon Why rules for CPF schemes are different
      573 11  -  Ronald Chong Manager (Public Affairs) Central Provident Fund Board Singapore PLEASE refer to the letter "Leave decision to CPF members" by William Foo (BT, Sept 25). Mr Foo said that "a CPF member is at a disadvantage if he invests his CPF savings
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      Lock icon Brokerage fees fully negotiable by 2003: SES
      168 11  -  MAH.PAH Soh Sun Oh Manager, Public Affairs Stock Exchange of Singapore Ltd We refer to N Grandhi's letter "Cut bank fees for share trading accounts" (BT, Sept 29). In line with the government's plans to deregulate the financial sectors, the SES Review Committee
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      Lock icon HMV opening second store next year
      291 11 HMV Singapore yesterday announced that it would open a second store in Singapore next year. The new store will be the anchor tenant in Hongkong Land's City Link, a new fully airconditioned underground retail mall connecting City Hall MRT and the Marina Centre area.
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      Lock icon CPF can drop agent banks in investment scheme
      221 11  -  N Grandhi Sydney,Australia via Internet WITH, refwMftc© to Peter look at CPF agent banks' fees in isolation" (BT, Oct 9), one gets the impression that CPF investment'banks do many tasks without any additional charge. This is not true. Recently, when BAT and
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      451 10 FengShui 5^ orthelntemet?^^. Which one should you bet your business on in the new millennium? You don't need to consult the Feng Shui man to survive and prosper in the digital economy. Establishing a presence on the Internet opens Date Nov 4, 1999 (Thursday) Nov 5, 1999 (Friday) a whole
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon China matters — one way or the other
      863 12  - China matters one way or the other HB I« bottom line OPINION tom plate The writer, a Los Angeles Times columnist, also teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles. E-maiL Tplate@ucla.edu IS China's importance overrated? For most people, especially in Asia, China is the 800pound gorilla Although Japan's 20th
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      103 12 'We've heard horrendous stories, for which so far there's not a shred of evidence... terrible things have happened here. But we don't believe that people in their thousands have been killed and their bodies buried or thrown in the sea If this had been the case, we
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      Lock icon The heartware for Singapore
      613 12 EDITORIAL THE debate in Parliament on the President's address has thrown into sharp relief several key challenges that Singapore faces in building a knowledge-based economy (KBE) —beyond just the honing of minds and skills. Having set its sights on becoming an advanced, knowledge economy within a
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      Lock icon Has the 'Big Australian' managed to save itself?
      1191 12  -  Management, not its core businesses, tod BHFs slide in tMs and restructuring nnffftftjUtfjMi remain By\ Manjit Bhatia The writer is a lecturer in political economy at the University of Queensland in Australia ASK an Australian to name a typical Aussie company and
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      926 12 MtgUlf IwOSS WHILE I tried to interest European clients in small- and medium-capitalisation stocks, most were unmoved by my arguments. They believe that these companies are at significant competitive disadvantages compared with their better-managed, better-financed, large-capital-isation counterparts. But investors across the Atlantic are excited about US
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Mahathir dismisses talk of rift with Daim over bank mergers
      639 13  -  Decision made by both of ns, central bank will follow govt policy, he says From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday dismissed market talk of a rift between him and economic tsar Daim Zainuddin over
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      Lock icon Kit Siang slams 'utter confusion' over banks
      393 13 KUALA LUMPUR DAP leader says Mahathir's P-tnrn aims to please voters before general election AFP MALAYSIA'S opposition leader yesterday called for the drafting of a policy statement when Parliament convenes next week to clear up "utter confusion" over the government's banking merger plan.
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      Lock icon M'sia likely to be re-rated upwards soon: CSFB
      424 13 SINGAPORE 1 Second-half growth seen well in excess of 8% in real terms Reuters MALAYSIA is likely to see an upward re-rating by agency Fitch IBCA in a few weeks and another re-rating by Moody's by the end of the year, CS
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      Lock icon Inro disbanding after 20 years as M'sia, Thailand quit
      259 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg THE International Natural Rubber Organisation, a group set up 20 years ago to support rubber prices, said it will disband as some of its biggest members stood by a decision to quit the group. Inro said it ended
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      Lock icon Mahathir crashes bike-but it's only on a simulator
      306 13 KUALALUMPUR AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who lobbied personally to bring the world's motor racing stars to Malaysia, tried out his own driving skills at an exhibition yesterday but ended up crashing. The premier mounted a replica motorbike hooked to a simulator
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon Amcorp buys more time
        66 13 AMCORP—the ultimate holding company of the Arab-Malaysian stable —rose five sen to RM2.35 on heavy volume following news that it has secured an extension of its court restraining order against creditors. In addition to buying the group more time, major shareholder Azman Hashim is scrambling to
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        Lock icon Sunway up on GIC news
        46 13 SUNWAY City inched up four sen to RM1.87 as investors liked the cash infusion by the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. The RM372-million (*****.4 million) investment will lower the developer's gearing ratio to a more manageable 1.42 times from 2.86 times.
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        Lock icon Not banking on M'sian Plantations
        60 13  -  Compiled by! Eddie Toh MALAYSIAN Plantations —the owner of smallish Multi-Purpose Bank shed two sen to RM3.02 on expectations that it will not emerge as the second-largest bank in Malaysia as earlier expected. Analysts said it may not succeed in the plan to swallow all
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      Lock icon Tan Cheng's plan to hive off ops will hurt earnings
      379 14 KUALA LUMPUR Bnt listing parts, non-motor divisions will benefit holders, say directors Reuters MALAYSIA'S Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd said yesterday its plans to hive off businesses not related to the assembly and sale of cars would hurt its earnings.
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      Lock icon SC corporate plan approvals up sharply
      241 14 KUALA LUMPUR Bridge News MALAYSIA'S securities watchdog, the Securities Commission (SC), approved 190 submissions for various corporate plans from listed and unlisted companies in the nine months to September, up from 101 in the yearearlier period. The approvals were given mainly for capital-raising exercises,
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      Lock icon KL confirms it's dropping Bakun project: Ekran
      279 14 KUALA LUMPUR Govt to pay RM95Om compensation to BBC's holders, contractors, lenders Reuters MALAYSIA'S Ekran Bhd said the Bakun Hydro-Elec-tric Corp Bhd (BHC) of which it is a member has received a confirmation notice from the government to relinquish its rights and assets
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      Lock icon NPLs: Another RM8b may be removed
      263 14 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd may remove another eight billion Malaysian ringgit (553.5 billion) in non-per-forming loans (NPLs) from the banking system, managing director Azman Yahya said yesterday. Bernama quoted Mr Azman as saying after addressing an investors conference: "We had done
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      573 15  -  S&P says additional capital injection needed is triple its own earlier estimate From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S troubled banks require three times more capital than previously expected to keep them afloat, figures released by rating agency Standard Poor's show. S&P
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      349 15 MANILA Sale may mark first salvo of bidding war for country's 7th biggest bank Bloomberg AN unidentified buyer bought a 6.3 per cent stake in Far East Bank and Trust Co in what could be the opening salvo of a bidding war for
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      367 15 BANGKOK AFP THE Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) proposes to ease the listing rules for new aspirants in an effort to breathe fresh life into the moribund market. The SET said yesterday that the board of governors has agreed that
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      250 15 BANGKOK Reuters THAI imports surged dramatically last month as the economy continued to recover from two years of recession, figures from the Thai finance ministry showed yesterday. Imports soared 30.6 per cent year-on-year in September to US$4.4 billion (557.4 billion), from U553.37
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      352 16 MANILA Bank Bali cited as reason; presidential polls hampering IMF team: ADB official Reuters THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cancelled US$l2O million (*****.2 million) in loans to Indonesia due for disbursement this quarter due to the Bank Bali scandal, Shoji Nishimoto, director
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      236 16 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Military Bank Pic, the country's sixth-largest bank, has scrapped a 30 billion baht (511.3 billion) sale of new shares because of lower than expected demand from investors. "The offering price is not what was expected," first executive vice-president Montri Visoldilokpun said
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      60 16 [MANILA] Teenage Filipino street vendor Roily Ravino laying out his wares under a flyover on a sidewalk yesterday, ahead of the Christmas season. The colourful lanterns above him sell for 25pesos (Ssl. 04) each while the rattan renditions cf angels, reindeer and Santa Clous on
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      475 16 HANOI But developing financial tools will take time, says official Reuters VIETNAM has agreed to use open market operations to influence the volume of money in the economy, but it will take time to develop the necessary financial tools, an official said yesterday.
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      452 15 KPMfiSaiiimrStriß Insurance Seminar Tuesday, 2 November 1999,9.00 am to 5.30pm Orchard Hotel, Level 3, Ballroom 1 The Insurance Steering Committee of the International Accounting Standards Committee ('IASC') is expected to release an issues paper on accounting for insurance contracts in the last quarter of 1999. This is part of a
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      352 15 ISDA ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE ISDA's Asia-Pacific Regional Conference begins on Monday, October 25 with the morning session providing an introduction and review of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreements. The afternoon session features hands-on workshop sessions with stream one covering collateral arrangements and stream two discussing the 1998 FX and Currency
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      529 17 SHANGHAI Bering looking at ways to wind up electronic markets for special state-held shares Reuters CHINA has halted trade on two electronic markets for special state-held shares, but that has left regulators scratching their heads over what to do with
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      335 17 SHANGHAI Official says move will not have impact on China A shares AFP CHINA will support large numbers of domestic hightech firms seeking to list on Hongkong's recently announced Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) for emerging companies, the official China Securities
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      442 17 WASHINGTON Even if that means no deal this year, says B&rshefsky Reuters US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky said on Wednesday that the United States would not be rushed into a trade pact with China, even if that meant no deal this
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      381 17 BEIJING AFP INTEREST rate cuts, extended loan terms and tax breaks may not do the trick, but mothers-in-law might be the Chinese government's best bet at getting people to buy homes. "It's just too crowded," said a 46-year-old woman shopping for a
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      365 17 TAIPEI AFX-Asia TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is expected to report a third-quar-ter net profit of NT$5.9-$7.9 billion (Ss3l2-$417 million) compared with NT16.02 billion in the second, NT$4.O9 billion in the first and NT$2.l2 billion a year earlier, analysts said. Based on
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      517 18 HONGKONG Fignre is 20% below analysts'forecasts; Cheung Kong wins mass-market plot with HKssssm bid Bloomberg THE Hongkong government raised just HK$7O6 million (*****.8 million) in its fourth land sale of the year, 20 per cent less than analysts expected, reflecting the
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      513 18  -  Prospective partners poll out; shares dive 32% From', Meera Tharmaratnam in Hongkong INTERNET aspirant China Prosperity Holdings, whose share price has risen as much as 340 per cent in the last month, saw its billion-dollar business plan crumble as its prospective mainland partners pulled
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      321 18 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG is calling for more regional cooperation to strengthen Asia's financial markets, and has volunteered to link its payment and settlement systems with others in the region. "There is a need for much higher regional cooperation in financial affairs and Hongkong
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      125 18 TAIPEI Bloomberg MOSEL Vitelic Inc and other Taiwan computer memory chip stocks rallied as many investors decided solid growth prospects outweighed damage from a US Commerce Department ruling which more than doubled tarlflfe on some chips. Mosel, the most traded share by
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      638 19 KARACHI Central bank bans withdrawal of foreign currency from banks until further notice AFP, Bloomberg, Reuters PAKISTAN share prices tumbled yesterday as the stock market opened for the first time after the army seized power, but the central bank moved to staunch a flight
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      438 19 PBOPLB Reuters AFP FORMER bursancrat Yashwant Sinha, who was retained at finance minister on Wedaeaday in a new Indian administration, must be hoping tt win be third time lucky in his lataet stint on the job. The 61-yaaroid minister's first apsO lasted
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      532 20 TOKYO Move gets mated reaction from Washington, markets mull effect Reuters JAPANESE Finance Ministry officials heaped praise on the independent Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday for adopting a "flexible" monetary policy, but the BOJ's move elicited a muted reaction in Washington and left global
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      533 20 TOKYO Reuters ASIAN online broking, especially in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, is set for rapid growth in the years ahead following a liberalisation of brokerage commissions, Lehman Brothers said. Robert Zielinski, head of Asian financial institutions equity research at Lehman Brothers
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      311 20 TOKYO FT LEHMAN Brothers, the US investment bank, and Softbank, the Japanese Internet Investment group, are each mulling over bids to acquire Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), the nationalised Japanese bank. A number of other companies are also looking closely at NCB's
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      355 20 TOKYO Probe may Mwtak into possible criminal wrongdoing Bloomberg JAPANESE police raided the Tokyo offices of Credit Suisse First Boston Lie's derivatives unit as a nine-month probe into the Swiss bank turned into possible criminal wrongdoing. About SO officers from the Tokyo
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      519 21  -  US to posh for panel on labour issues at WTO meet; move seen as swap for nnion backing Gore From. Leon Hadar in Washington UNITED States President Bill Clinton's announcement on Wednesday that his administration would push for the inclusion of a panel on
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      361 21 LONDON It has risen to 5.78 per cent so far this yean Moody's FT The level of defaults on global bonds has surged to its highest level since 1991 driven mostly by bankruptcies in the US and emerging market turmoil. In a report, Moody's Investors
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      213 21 FRANKFURT IHT CHANCELLOR Gerhard Schroeder's government Wednesday made a new retreat from its pro-business course by endorsing an early retirement plan. Walter Riester, Mr Schroeder's labour minister, executed the government's latest policy U-turn with an agreement to support early retirement at age
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      259 21 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters IF you think the Internet is in your face already, you haven't smelled anything yet. In a high-tech twist on the old "scratch-and-sniff" concept, a new company announced plans on Wednesday to bring smells to the Internet with
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      542 22 FRANKFURT Tie-np will create world's third largest aerospace firm with sales of 21b euros Reuters GERMAN aerospace group Dasa and France's Aerospatiale Matra said yesterday they planned to merge to create Europe's largest aerospace company and the world's third largest with annual
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      404 22 NEW YORK Bloomberg TIME Warner Inc, the world's largest media company, earned more than expected in the third quarter on advertising and subscriber gains at its cable-television channels and magazines. Before gains from cablesystem swaps, Time Warner earned 8 US cents a share,
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      412 22 onnuiT So ms ft leading fignrt In Africa's struggle fur Reuters [DAR ES SALAAM] Former Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere, one of Africa's most charismatic pott-colonial leaders, died in a London hospital yesterday at age 77. "Dear Tanzanians, it is with great shock and sorrow that
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      512 22 FRANKFURT Software giant in tie-up with Penguin to pat 1,000 classics on Microsoft Reader Reuters BY the year 2006, electronic news kiosks will allow people to download newspapers and magazines onto electronic reading devices. By the year 2010, the devices will be lightweight, have
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      263 22 Des Moines, lowa Bloomberg ECONOMIC growth in the US this year will be greater than previously expected, said Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president Michael Moskow. "Growth has been driven by unusually strong consumer spending, and our expectations for growth in 1999 are
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      514 22 CUPERTINO, California Order backlog exceeds USs7oom, sales to grow 20-25% Bloomberg APPLE Computer's fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 15 per cent as the company failed to obtain enough processors, but the personal computer maker predicted a strong December quarter and its
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        64 22 Bloomberg {WABHINGTONI US retail sake oooied in September after the previous month'* surge as auto dealers came off their beet month in 18 years. Outside of autos, furniture and department stores reported eollri gains. Bales rose 0.1 per cent to U*****.4 billion <SsB79billion) last
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        69 22 Bloomberg [BASEL] Roche Holding AO, Europe's flourth-blggest drugmaksr, Indicated third-quarter sake roee 12 per cent on demand Ibr therapiee «uch as the anti-obesity treatment and its msdical test equipment Revenue Jumped to 6466 billion francs (Bt7 A bflbon) from SJB7 billion a year earlier. Xeirirsl
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        52 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Genaral Motor* Corp'a third-quarter profit fhraconttouingoparalicmwaeUBl677million <g$L5 billion), or USsl.3Sa«hare, compared withaloaa of USsBoomillicm, or 82 US cent*, whan strllrae crippled its production in the yeer-eerliar period. The workTa largest automaker arceeded the UBsl.ai a ahaie averagt estimate in a First Call
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        61 22 Bloomberg [PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island] Hasbro Inc, the world's No 2 toymaker, said third-quarter earnings rose 14 per cent on higher sales ofFurby, Star Wars and Pokemon toys. Net Income rote to US$B6.2 millloii <Ssl43 million) from profit from operations of U***** million a year earlier. Sales
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        64 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] The New York Times Co said yesterday that, with ito record thirt-quarter share earnings of 88 US cents, up at per eeoft from 1888 on strong advertising demand and lower newsprint costs, it remains on track to meet its earlier
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      562 23 ORLANDO, Florida Reuters MICROSOFT Corp, the world's largest software company, will transform in the next decade from a traditional software firm selling products on CDs to a fee-based software service company, Microsoft president Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. "Literally, if you go out
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      208 25  -  SOBSLReports fyfjaril TnAwr Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market shook off Wall Street blues and ended on a firm footing yesterday. Volume was thin, however, with the Y2K millennium bug cited as one of the issues deterring weighty participation. The
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      198 25  -  MSCX Taiwan ftitnrea Juliana Loo Na Na Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures surged 4.0 points yesterday, led by memory chipmakers like Winbond Electronic Corporation. The electronics sector rose on solid growth prospects which investors felt would help offset the impact
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      250 25 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices recovered some ground following a bout of profit-taking yesterday after confirmation of a big fall in US stockpiles of surplus petroleum. Brent crude for December delivery was trading 14 cents weaker at U5522.31 a
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      332 25 AFP, Reuters THE US dollar was at softer levels against the yen and was consolidating against the euro yesterday with losses likely to be extended going forward, analysts said. "Right across the board the dollar Is facing generalised weakness," said Nell MacKinnon at Merrill Lynch In London. "The
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      2667 26 BOMOKOMG AFP PHaagSeag +10J6 HONGKONG share prices ended barely higher yesterday on selective bargainhunting that reversed early losses following a slump on Wall Street, dealers said. "It is quite obvious that sentiment is weak..," said Alex Tang, research director Core Pacific-Yamaichi, noting weakness in
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      1770 26 TOKYO AFP □■US *16,77 NEWS of a major alliance between Sumitomo Bank Ltd and Sakura Bank Ltd yesterday helped Tokyo shares defy two straight days of sharp falls on Wall Street, brokers said. The Nikkei Average 0f225 selected issues climbed 25.77 points to end
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      879 26 AFP -L 36 SHENZHEN'S hard currency B shares closed down yesterday in line with weak domestic A shares after a weak morning rebound ran out of steam, analysts said. B shares staged a technical rebound early in the day after a 5.5 per cent plunge on Wednesday because of
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      350 26 AFP HWPhfai *42J7 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday on support from governmentlinked funds and strong institutional buying, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 42.97 points to 7,879.91, on turnover of NT5103.30 billion. "Government-linked funds bought blue chip shares to support the
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      287 27 AFP M Composite latex +0.77 MALAYSIAN shares closed marginally higher yesterday as rumours of a rate cut fuelled buying interest but Wall Street's overnight fall capped the gains, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed up 0.77 point or 0.1 per
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      718 29 AFP H SET Mm +L 2» THAI share prices closed 0.3 per cent higher yesterday oil selective bargain-hunting in banks and finance issues after recent falls, dealers said. However, Thai Military Bank remained under selling pressure after it announced it had put off a capital increase plan, they said.
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      264 29 AFP nana* -U2 PHILIPPINE shares dipped 0.2 per cent yesterday after a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index closed 4.12 points down to 2,046.60. Volume rose to 2.5 billion shares worth 11.1 bil- lion pesos compared to 1J billion shares worth 3.2 billion
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      502 29 AFP POwFMtofaig -417 INDONESIAN share prices closed lower yesterday in cautious trade ahead of President BJ Habibie's speech before the national assembly to account for his 17 months in office, dealers said. They said rumours of opposition to the nomination of Dr Habibie and military chief General Wiranto as
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      252 29 AFP flwdHifft- +33J NEW Zealand share prices rose 1.6 per cent yesterday, advancing for a second successive day in defiance of the slump on Wall Street The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 33.00 points to 2,128.48 on turnover of NZ$l5l million. Telecom was uplBcentstoNZs&2B.—AFP MM m *f- mm >«wwim
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      451 29 AFP QllOifcirtM -M AUSTRALIAN shares closed down 0.2 per cent yesterday on bargain-hunting, brokers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed down 5.4 points at 2£01.3. The All Industrials Index closed down 18.7 points at 4,961.8, while the All Resources closed 9.0 points higher at 1,2883.
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      195 29 AFP POnpiritiMß ♦MJW THE Korea Stock Exchange Index closed up 10.50 points at 866.02. Volume was 331.86 million shares worth four trillion won.—AFP MM t Aasm SimI nidi BratoTadi -»99 "5 Central Bank ——-M» 00 ClwaCw—i —'WW DNG«M 2® oiimn carp -w naaaaaraip Mitt to PaaaaaOxt *9*9 "t® DaawaoHaavyM
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      1566 32  -  CEO Chester Lin thinks company's growth has been too fast and wants it to slow down to strengthen foundations, says jummifur uek JENNIFER LIEN DIVERSIFY. It seems a logical concept for companies wanting to survive and make profits, but few have done it with the
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      213 32 UOB RIVILEGE BANKING j j jj* f^™s^— K 1 BR BPHS ML s I ■•->»^S"Jj» 1 B^L^»j^" "fl- r 111 SS *f*® I i* VALUE-ADDED FINANCIAL SERVICES. YOUR OWN RELATIONSHIP MANAGER. A ROOM WITH A VIEW. dD........ At the heart of Privilege Banking is Plaza 2, Raffles Place, you'll find
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      1267 33  -  Ed bloc sale fever is making instant millionaires of hundreds of homeowners but what about the angst that accompanies such deals now that die new rules allow for majority consent? tan su ten reports COVER STORY TAN SU YEN A WOMAN who spent $150,000 on renovations
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        790 34  -  a a the cuff Con artists are having a field day, thanks to our belief in maximum gain for minimal input jaime ee I WISH I was a con artist. After all, when you read so much about gullible people who get conned out
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        836 34  -  By 1 Tan Su Yen THANKS to the Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Act 1999, which allows en bloc sales to go ahead as long as there is majority consent, collective sales are enjoying a heady second wind, egged on by a steadily improving
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        767 35  -  Since *****, 15 BMW cars have been the medium for artistic expression. CHRISTOPHER TAN runs through some of them CHRISTOPHER TAN CARS have been the stuff that art is made of since the early years. And in many cases, the converse has proven true too. Impressionists around
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        626 35  -  VIEWPOINT For oosnmsnßEthe joy of moving into a new home is ruined by the prospect of an en bloc sale CORINNE KERK LAST weekend, my husband and I moved into our new apartment. This weekend, we're attending our first meeting that will discuss
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        453 36 MPMC Jan Festival Chijmes' 4th Independent Jazz Festival features Eldee Young, Jeremy Monteiro and others, as well as special acts including acid jazz by Waykool's Band. Oct 17, 4pm to 10pm, Chijmes Lawn, Courtyard; free. Isn't All That JuxT The Young Musicians Society's salute to the 20th century
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        580 36  -  CINEMA Exploring notions of love, Playing By Heart is weakened by a mix of the perceptive and banal By Parvathi Nayar THE original title of this movie was Dancing About Architecture, simple words which acquire certain quirky tensions between them when placed side by side.
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        564 36  -  CINEMA Cast of Hie General's Daughter *1— help film an entertaining mystery By\ Susan Tsang AS far as quality goes, The General's Daughter is something of a roller-coaster for viewers. The film starts off with a low moan, as scenes with John Travolta sporting a
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      736 37 A-M-fa— Pie Grossed out comedy of US school-kids. R(A) Orchard, Picturehouse. Iliiiwtii The secret world of body builders. R(A) Lido, Eastshore, Yangtze, Oriental. Bone Daddy. Rutger Hauer in a tale of pain and fear. Hougang, Republic, Century. Bowftnfer. Eddie Murphy shines as a paranoid Hollywood star and also stars
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      110 37 C*hay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orctod 235-8386 PidufBhouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 big WaH Empress 777-5867 Jubliee 454-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Maim 338-9719 WTiitesands 585-1782 332-6098 for group bookings A wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon lay Marina TampinesS TtongBahru Yishun OvifMM Movie Clementi/Co'wealtti 777-0669 Goklen/New Town 296-5466 N'Crown 459-9675 Princess 448-4965
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        559 38  -  A spinoff from the putting game a century ago, minigolf now has avid followers in the US, Europe, and S'pore is set to join the ranks with two such certified courses, ten sreemitasam reports VEN SREENIVASAN WITH the certification of Sentosa-based Sijori Wonder Golf s Eternit
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        150 38  -  Ven Sreenivasan from Mizimo which riiowThe inttaflf thalllwao Pranii Un* «f woods and irons, the *axunol¥o»e ran* of tttanium&ivars, late* «rte« of gotfbagi and other accessories. One of the highlights includes the Grand Monarch shoes, which feature interchangeable soft and walking spikes. Dcrld Leow, the ratar
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        1067 38  -  Titles Forbidden Archaeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race Authors: Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson Number dpmgimr 914 Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Institute PrtoecJBo Available at Borders By R Sivanithy EVER wondered about how old Man is? Most scientists would reply that modern Man probably appeared around 100,000
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        842 39  -  A revamped wine bar and the chefs clever presentation woo diners, jaime ee gets a taste JAIME EE THERE is a truism that, I notice, applies to some of the restaurants in Singapore— just because you don't go to a particular restaurant for eons, it
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        689 39  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yong DISCOVERY is part of the fun and excitement of wine. I wrote last about the great Austrian dessert wines of Alois Kracher, but because the world drinks more dry whites than sweet, I believe we will be hearing
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        445 40  -  And now, a fund that tracks the third parly suppliers who provide for the big-name OEMs, womq wd eomo finds out why CMG is selling 'Asian inside' WONG WEI KONG INVESTORS still hungry for exposure to the technology sector can whet their appetite with one more
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        689 40  -  LETTER FROM LONDON Technology will only encourage direct banking and lower costs By Shiv Taneja The writer is with Standard A Poor's Fund Services in London ONE of the biggest problems with unit trusts has been the high charges associated with such investments:
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        580 40  -  to basics By\ Patrick Corfe FUNDAMENTAL to any investment is the concept of return. First-time investors often do not know what kind of return to expect from any particular fluid, nor the appropriate time horizon over which to measure performance. This
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        702 41  -  United Europe and Latin America will be the two new growth plays while a diverse Asia lags, vem srbbmxvasam reports VEN SREENIVASAN ASIA will head into the new millennium as an isolated bunch of nations pursuing individualistic economic models and currency regimes, while grappling with volatile financial
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        853 41  -  By\ Siow Li Sen AMERICAN Express is launching a gold credit card, targetting a younger market, after the successful debut of its blue credit card in June last year. The latest product from Amex comes with a new feature yet to be
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        430 41  -  It to first local bank to do so, hut annual fee parallels foroign bank charges By Ling Su Ann OVE RSEAS Union Bank (OUB) recently became the first local bank to impo se an annual fee of $60 on both its old
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        722 42  -  g' comment YOUR MONEY The mlgprldngof CM Telecom shows Singapore Investors still prefer a good quick pant to calculated arbitrage gains r. sivanithy FOR almost a week now, CM Telecom's shares have been actively traded both here and in Hongkong, where they are also listed.
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        336 42  -  INVESTING IN GOLD Open a gold savings account at a bank, or buy wafers; the choice is yours -By Genevieve Cua THINKING about investing in gold? There is a whole range of options to suit your budget and preferences, ranging from gold savings accounts to the
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        328 42  -  UNIT TRUSTS -By Genevieve Cua IF you want some exposure to gold through a unit trust, there's only one avaUable UOB Asset Management's United Gold General Fund. The fund invests in companies involved in the exploration and production of precious metals (gold,
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        511 42  -  JEWELLERY By Susan Tsang EVEN as central banks sought to divest gold reserves, demand for the metal has remained strong in Asia and the Middle East, where it is mosUy turned into personal ornaments. Gold jewellery has been a traditional store of value for Indians
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        1037 42 1-w» »<■>! Mai D^O^I—Ml »<■» Mdfc DBS Bank HSBC AS A$ S10,000 A24 999 4 2500 4 7800 4 9200 25.000 74.999 3.7500 ***** 4.6875 A25.000 A49.999 4.2700 4.8000 4.9400 75,000 148,999 3.8750 4 3750 4 8125 Dmk C$
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        1500 43  -  Strong financials and restructuring stories are in, and cylicals will track the regional recovery, says Salomon smrb basnet SALOMON SMITH BARNEY THE Singapore market is expected to be locked in a narrow trading range this quarter as investors deal with Y2K issues and await anticipated changes
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        728 43  -  Salomon Smith Barney We advocate an Overworn position on amines aabiA provideSapiay Into the regional economto recovery. Traffic data has bean buoyant, reflecting the benefits of regional recovery, whHeyielda are atartlng to improve. A atrong cargo performance should also support a significantly improved operating performance thia year.
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      57 33 Motoring Artistic expression gets free rein in BMW cars treated as painting mediums. EL 3 \jj^W J Cinema Playing By Heart is pleasantly sweet despite exploring grittier aspects of love. EL 4 Golf Minigolf is no child play as avid followers in US, Europe will attest. Singaporeans can too get
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      118 34 r* Busy Executive Lunch: r—Jazz Sunday Brunch: JttKimm*Chicken Schnilzel. Pork Knuckles. Nuremberg Sausages. Hungarian Goulash. Apple Slrudel and more. Garlic Bralwurst. free-flow beer and even more. Singapore's days of belt-tightening are over. With prices like 14.50+++ for weekday lunch and $38+++ [t| "I or Sunday brunch (including free-flow beer and
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      242 34 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Beg good bloke to translate I I 1 I I I 1 I I 8 Rains heavily, as competitors in match heard (5) *P 0 9 Shoe, old, damaged deliberate- —LaJ |m| |mJ LmJ 12 Study one chapter, a section of 13 Might he sport barest
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      79 36 Hi-Tea Delight Local Hi-Tea with over 60 varieties to savour Complimentary Free Flow of Soya Bean Milk. Coffee and Tfea Saturdays A Sundays $14.80+++ Ad* $10.80+++ Odd Public Holidays $16.80+++ a** $12.80+++ CMM For Reservations, please call *****32 c* Cafe Kxcetelor (Lobby Level) 12pm-4pm Y 5 Coleaan Street Slifayorr *****5
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      143 36 High Tea, a never ending spread of familiar favourites, is offered to all at the St. Gregory's Brasserie. Senior citizens are given special priority with a discounted price of 310 nett per person (Monday to Friday). High lea daily from 3pm to spm $17 per adult £10 nett per senior
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      109 36 i s'Jk OCTOBER A veritable treasure trove of exotic Turkish cuisine, culture craft. VENUE The Belvedere (4th floor, Main Tower) 331 Orchard Road. Singapore 23M67. Td 737 4411 Fax: 732 2361 vM* VW> (Saurosef eU>3|f» ocfr^c*. Prepare yourself for on incredible lunchfime buffet featuring 100 delightful dishes including Bruised Short's
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      2109 37 TODAY'S TV —mmmm—mmm—mmmmmh 19 1030 Talking Point. RECOMMENDED TIEWDfO 1 M 11 News World. 3.00 PM TV Innovations. m© Special Assignment. Qwppt of his parent's murder 4-00 Here s Humphrey: In- HOO MN One Hour News. r Cl and unearth what really Sear s Island. innocence happened. Starring JJJ Sesame
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      119 38 The Blntan Lagoon Golf Membership For Just $462 A Month. First, let us assure you that this is a premium golf membership; with the renowned Jack BINTAN Nicklaus Seaview lan Baker-Finch Woodlands Courses undoubtedly offering the region's LAGOON best golf. But if you're looking for challenges beyond our par-three signature
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      1437 44  -  Gold is back! From a 20-year low of USs2s2in August, prices of the precious metal have shimmied up to about US$322 an ounce. Analysts agree that the worst is over. Is it time to go in ?aißKßvusvis cda takes a close look at the future of gold.
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      285 45 Bridge News, Reuters CAPER rates remained firm in all areas and there were signs that panamax levels were also strengthening, especially in the Far East, brokers said. A notable feature of the Far East was the number of panamax fixtures for 3-5 months and longer, with rates for
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      262 45 mm u +t CWT Otttmutlon L26 -0.02 43 OWMHI* U7 0.02 wro Cotco tnvtttntmt 1 ia 20 total* LMtt 0J1 0.01 265 OiifaMn* OM OOI Hal Sun Hup 0.M uncfi 169 IMC HpMnpa-HK 5.40 unch 0 JayaHoMktps O.tl OOI 69 JurwM Shipyard _7.f0 unch 117 KappalCprp 4.96 a04
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      468 45  -  CONFERENCE ON MALACCA AND SINGAPORE STRAITS Develop int'l framework for sharing bnrden of maintaining S'pore urges Reports by Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government has called for the development of an international framework for user countries ofthe Straits of Malacca and Singapore
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      361 45 [SINGAPORE] The maritime industry should look into the idea of empomrimg shore based veeeaMriflrc operators to enable fhe}£)o to change course in the interests of navigational safety, International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretarygeneral, William O'Neil said yesterday. "I think we should aak
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      Lock icon Ship grounding due mainly to buoy being out of position
      782 45  -  ftDMIBAMT CASEBOOK I By\ Selva Kumar THE grounding of a Singa-pore-flagged vessel in a northern Queensland port late last year was due mainly to a temporary buoy being out of position by up to 60 metres. However, Canberra's Marine Incident
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      325 45 It has invested in Y2K compliant computerised handling system Bridge News [JOHANNESBURG] South Africa's state-owned port company, Portnet, a subsidiary of transport utility Transnet, spent 43.7 million rand on the introduction of the Y2K compliant computerised cargo handling system, Cosmos, Public
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      227 45 Bernama [NEW DELHI] Port Klang of Malaysia is interested in developing a sister port relation with an Indian port This was stated by O C Phang, general manager and chief executive officer of Port Klang Authority, according to a report in
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        436 46 City mayor wants to wrest control of the airports back from the Port Authority FT [NEW YORK] Rudolph Giuliani, the mayor of New York, has paved the way for privatising La Guardia and John F Kennedy airports by inviting bids from potential operators.
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        305 46 Bridge News [OTTAWA] Transportation Minister David Collenette said yesterday that Canada's Liberal government will not be rushed into a quick decision on any proposal to restructure the country's airline industry. Mr Collenette also said he hopes for another bid to surface
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        Lock icon Delta cockpits to have one-piece oxygen masks
        198 46 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines, the third-largest US carrier, plans to spend US$7.2 million (Ssl2 million) to equip its planes with full-face, onepiece oxygen masks that pilots can don in fewer than five seconds if smoke enters a cockpit. Delta plans to install
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      274 46 PAGE E» Lines 13 •AIM. 3 Ew»v««" Accord S F°°n«Sun M FrtUnks 14 Appemhip 5 GLJnk 4 toil on 13 Gemartrans 6 Austral 8 Gwshp < Avail M GW* 13 B'tangMas 8 <****•» M m 7 HaSunHup 12 BTL M 7 Balaii Shoo 5 Hanjta 3 Q
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      20135 53 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT rmuni, wivuui w», ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Voyaga Tttaphocw I ETA ETA Advartisar Vassal Numbac SIN OasTn Name N«na Nun** Nun,t»r SIN D«.n Name Nun** Nun^ I 27/10 21/0 CSAV IWATO 020S B-*****55 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre nno 21/0 nyk iwato mos B-*****21
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        622 59 Vtssd Voy Wo Brth Arrival Papartura East Uft«r PV246 JM 14/10/705 B/B/500 M 0«nc«ti2 ***** J01 M/B/800 I6/B/23S9 Paiynftai t J04 U/B/715 U/WtOO MMl J AUG-99 J02 M/I0/W5 M/B/BOO K M«Ur *****9 J01 M/K»/tl:45 M/B/BOO ■t NurdMn*2 *****9 JOI M/B/lt50 M/B/2300 Unts tar 99B J09 14/10/9:30 19/B/BOO Jaya
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        1901 59 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCI CARGO Booklnf/litanc* htls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Nrtod Fron To From ACX ULV 0221 IS/WO UASOO U/W9 U/1900 u amo mahh mmoo a UATOO M/04S9 MAHH 3 M/0700 MAW M/MOO 4 MA200 HA494 MATH AAMOOKSI MM 15/1*00 OASOO O/HH O/WM 2a
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        186 59 Oat 18 Hong Kong: Chung Yeung Festival. Oat as Thailand: Chulalongkorn Day. OMS Inland-Republic OF: October Holiday. New Zealand: Labour Day. Taiwan: Restoration Day. OstM Austria: National Day. Oat 98 Greece: Oxi Day. Nmtl Philippines: All Saints Day. lterS Japan: Culture Day. Nov 5 Brunei: Meraj. Nnl Indonesia:
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        793 59 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead ofsingle prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesteed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual changes
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        369 59 Catn NO Mm Wtl U NJ 0.06 74 OJM 2SL2 SotT" 5 u oi oJ 30° oJ *2* 380 Ma 995.5 0.9 1T.9 0.H 58 0.04 u/m %*n %Wi »m/M *w M»*»w635 0 0 0 0 0_ ISO/CJmc LWtS £Tbs 5* to So wo w us*
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        Lock icon Airbus sold A318 planes to BA 'at a loss'
        563 60 But European consortium denies it would lose money on the sale Reuters [LONDON] European plane maker Airbus Industrie would have had to sell its aircraft at a loss to snare an important British Airways order announced this week, a source involved
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        156 60 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's No 1 carrier, won one of the country's biggest corporate travel contracts after outbidding its domestic rival Ansett Holdings Ltd. From the beginning of next year, Broken Hill Proprietary Co, Australia's biggest resources company, will use Qantas for nearly
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        Lock icon Former Eastern Airlines pilots seek US$800m from Continental
        201 60 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Some former pilots for nowdefunct Eastern Airlines sued Continental Airlines, whose parent company acquired Eastern in 1966, seeking US$BOO million (Ssl.3 billion) in compensation. US Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, is supervising historic litigation against Continental, which sought Chapter
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        107 60 [SYDNEY] A visitor getting into the "self-driving" Mitsubishi HSR (Highly Sophisticated-transport Research) concept car that is on display at the Sydney International Motor Show yesterday. The car, valued at around US$l.3 million (552.18 million), has an automated "self-driving" mode that involves image sensors and
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        114 60 Bloomberg [ARLINGTON, Virginia] US Airways Group Inc, the sixthlargest US airline, cut the commission rate it pays travel agents for ticket sales to 5 per cent from 8 per cent, following the Ave biggest US carriers. The change, effective today, includes a US$5O (SsB4)
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        500 60 Bloomberg [ZURICH] SAirGroup's Swissair said it is in advanced talks with AMR Corp's American Airlines about closer links after its longtime ally Delta Air Lines Inc said it would dissolve their partnership. The Swiss carrier will cooperate with Amei ican to sell seats
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      89 45 ■wpy ii aircraft :v The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. To keep our readers updated. Shipping Times now features a full page on logistics on Thursday every fortnight
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      731 48 Carrier MM CONTO LMES, *C p.ouDMn/kmmm 2K~/\"\ 8BU:(004) *****8 UAMLA: (832)*****24 X PO4AMO: (04) *****6 BANGKOK: (882) *****87 SURABAYA: (31) *****11 P. KELANQ-<03)*****77 JKT: (21) *****46 KUCKNQ (062) *****1-3 DIRECT CONSOL TPsGENOA MV "P 0 NED. EREMANTLE" V.9518 ETA SIN: 23-10-99 Also accepting to Milano, Trieste La Spezia BOOKING, PIS
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      530 48 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR N.SHEVA/COLOMBO KMi S PORE N SMEW COLOMBO PKLAK UtPON SILVER VIMW 11 OCT 21 OCT KNOB 17 MOV CANAVERAL VIISW 25 OCT MNOV MNOV 14N0B XSI OAS VIII (INOV FOB DRYDOCUN6 ONLY VESSEL V. BHV ItNOB UPON SILVER V.IMW M MOV 1t NOV 23 NOV 2SNOV
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      1623 49 VOV KHH HKO SIN PKO POM DXB PMM IBA 6IK MAN TABATABAEI PCL-5123 06/10 06/10 12/10 13/10 22/10 23/10 24/10 26/10 28/10 NMNSATTAm PCL-5124 13/10 16/10 16/10 20/10 26/10 30/10 31/10 02/11 04/11 ■UN BAAKERI PCL-5125 20/10 22/10 26/10 27/10 06/11 06/11 07/11 06/11 11/11 NUN TEYFOURI PCL-6126 27/10 26/10
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      550 50 refill PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL UNES (PTE) LTD A 140 Ceci Street, #03-00 PIL Bidcflng, Singapore *****0. I CR NO: **********06 Ivcsa WW Hi n o it m 3T| mm a S mi UT.. y .7. NM64WUTII3 4IS it/iS »1/U s/11 11/11 14/11 Ignll R gi> bisj m a 111 mo fcccgmc
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      771 51 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND UTIN AMERKA *CW ROM HEAVYUFT SERVKi" [vissa vor I KMT mm sm ux cm mu sav |ml oof htc |kw moo talaoot AMI 4001 MB u* "Wio 20/11 04/iJ 07/n o»7ir"TT7Tr IWI47TTIiTTT WITTAMPERE AHO9 4001 m* LM 11/11 09/12 11/12 21/12 23/12 2S/12 27/12 21/12
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      801 52 BANOKOK/MAP TA PHUT/LAEM CHABANO JAKARTA/PAN J A NO VESSEL VOY SIN BKK MTP LCH VESSEL VOY SIN JKT PJN MATHU BHUM 436N 16/10 20/10 18/10 BAN! BHUM 128 SB In Pt 17/10 XETMA BHUM" 30SN 17/10 20/10 21/10 BUNGA MAS TIGA *****9 18/10 20/10 SHtMANAMI 07E 18/10 22/10 22/10 SHAHS'
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      320 52 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA T HJU.OOtfPUNj«MWWCg y* Iwrini a|w Imlhilm. ilmlm m—ma li 4» I it/x »/n 3i/u c/ii B/II Mami Ins I wh >i/ii 97/11 w/ii 11/11 waw Ins I w/ii n/11 m/ii 14/11 w/ii wwr Iwl w/iilti/iil |n/ii|n/nl k/i'lFEEPER SERVICE TO INDONESIA m vox vm mum» TtL
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      34 53 I New advfrtisers/Services/Agencies I FAR EAST-EUROPE FULL CONTAINER EXPRESS SERVICE Turn To Pg 5 pfc China Shipping (S) Agencies Pte Ltd Wallenius Wilhelmsen New Europe To MIDDLE EASTI S.E. ASIA service Pg 7 (Barwil)
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      35 53 KYOWA LINE Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL Service to Manila/Guam/Saipan Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd See Page 7 Daily Asia Oceanic Container Line Weekly Service to Belawan/Sin/P. Klang Twice-Weekly service to China Turn to Pg 13 Every Mon/Wed/Fri
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      45 55 (Retrieve more schedules!) si Press *1" Select the port and key in the four digit code JK# eg: To New York (NYQ 2275 !z£) Key in your fax number I your phone number Another iniwv&ttM wrvic* offered by The document will be Shipping Times Vat*
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      148 56 M 1 (FOREST PKOOUCTS SHVKE) (StmUjam Service Far ChrKtmw Uknd Fmnntlr C«s* Uknd) EUROPE SERVICE I "Abo oil other west Australia ports subject to inducement TAW SXN KKU TMA VESSEL VOl Si CXI FML COS RUBIN STELLA V3U SAILED SAILED SAILED hiqu (msim 445! 31/10 04/11 11/11 21/11 io»m6n*jao*M/itn/niKM6/un*ar thorkmsten
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      205 60 0 NOTICE TO INTRA-ASIA TRADE 0 Fuel Adjustment Factor The under-mentioned shipping lines in the Intra-Asia trade would like to inform all shippers and consignees that due to the exceptional increase in fuel costs over the past few months, shipping lines operating in the Intra-Asia trades to/from Singapore have no
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