The Business Times, 4 November 1999

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1999
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    64 1 sn 2087J0 (+30.77) BT-SRI 796L37 (+10.19) sdcsci nmjiES ***** (+5.90) STOCK MAXKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 730 62 +3,59 NIKKEI Closed HANG SENG *****.33 -7&51 SET INDEX ***** +030 JAKARTA COMP 608.59 ♦9.18 MANILA COMP __1(>4189. +7.84 TAIPEI WPI 7380.09 -***** SEOl'L OOMP 887.15 -3.08 CLSA CHINA
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    81 1 FOREX RATES I'SS ss LSS 1669 £(1 SS/SS per 1.651 1755 ETRO(TSS/SS per E) 1.051 1.754 DM 1.861 0.897 YEN 103.7 1.608* R M 1800 0.439 HKS 7.770 0115 BAHT 38.72 0.043 RIPIAH 6.739 0.025* 'St to 100 units FUME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.25 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK
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    Lock icon Bankers warn of wrenching forex changes
    914 1  -  I exclusive Major players battling to find niche in e-commerce revolution By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] One of the biggest industries in Singapore, foreign exchange trading, will soon undergo profound changes because of electronic commerce, bankers warned. The big forex houses said they have
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    Lock icon Jakarta makes major policy shift to agriculture
    924 1  -  President wants change spelt ont in next IMF Letter of Intent, expected by mid-Dec From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta IN a major shift in economic direction, Indonesia's newly-elected President Abdurrahman Wahid has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to focus more on agriculture
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    Lock icon Market cheered by Brandes' DBS move
    536 1  -  It places oat excess shares instead of damping them on open market By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Brandes Investment Partners has started selling down its DBS Group shares to bring its shareholding within the statutory limit, but the market was relieved yesterday that the US
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      182 1 DfSmE Top stories Oct trading on SES down 17% to lowest in 8 months. Pg 4 Sing lower; MAS may have intervened. Pg 8 BT Comment High-tech lessons from Europe. Pg 9 Motoring sa WMM The shape of tilings \o come. Pg 32 Shipping Times Joseph Tan Jude Benny emerges
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      10 1 ÜBS marrtntforward trading of G-3 currencies to Tokyo, Next Page
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      Lock icon UBS moving forward trading of G3 currencies to Tokyo
      678 2  -  l»ii exclusive The regional HQ for risk management, spot trading, derivatives, to stay in S'pore By i Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE) ÜBS. one of the top three foreign exchange banks in Singapore, is moving the forward trading of major currencies from the
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Sky-high prices
        97 2 SINCE Neil Armstrong and two other US astronauts soared across the heavens to land on the moon three decades ago, prices of goods and services everywhere have gone up considerably. For example, a special Time magazine edition on July 25,1969, to mark the moon landing carried a subscription
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        76 2 HERE'S a gem of financial forecasting that we have just come across. It's from the latest report of a Singapore securities house on the impact of component shortages on the revenues of info tech companies. It says: "As such, we earlier concluded that the only negative effect that
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        Lock icon Going for the full Monty
        168 2 AFTER his "Saving Private Ryan" speech some time ago, Hongkong's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang now wants to go for the "Full Monty". No, the outspoken Mr Tsang is not going to do a striptease act for the public. In his speech to the Confederation of
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        Lock icon Creative charting
        113 2 NASDAQ has been going great guns lately and one local stock that's clearly benefiting from this is Creative Technology, which has been shooting up over the past week. How high can it go? Traders must be wondering if it can cross the $30 mark as it did a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Oct trading on SES down 17% to lowest in 8 months
      638 4  -  Sesdaq turnover dives 36%; investors sidelined by external concerns Hy Ven Sreenivasan TRADING activity on the Stock Exchange of Singapore fell to its lowest level in eight months in October as investors remained sidelined amid the uncertain external environment.
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      Lock icon It makes sense for the Nikkei to be afraid of flying
      1038 4  -  IStoMHlock siew| anthony rowley EQUITY analysts are rather too fond of referring to a particular level in any given share index as being "psychologically important", for one reason or another. Yet. over-used as this phrase may be, it does
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia to spend US$30m on Net
      560 5  -  It secures licence for Sun-Netscape technology to offer Net portal solutions Rlf Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Technologies Telemedia is entering cyberworld in a big way with plans to pump at least US$3O million (Ssso million) over the next two years into Internet businesses.
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      Lock icon Avnet in talks with Serial System about 9.5% stake
      252 5 US-based company may increase or sell off its holdings Bloomberg AVNET Inc, one of the world's biggest computerparts distributors, said it's in talks with Serial System Ltd about its stake in the Singa-pore-based electronics distributor and manufacturer. Avnet, which owns about
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon FHTK to repay $22m bank loans
        97 5 FRUIT and vegetable distributor FHTK Holdings said that at least half of the proceeds from its previously announced rights issue will be used to repay bank borrowings. FHTK announced in September that it will raise $43.5 million in net proceeds from its rights issue
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        Lock icon Eng Kong trades on mainboard today
        32 5 ENG Kong Holdings will be listed on the mainboard today following its application for a transfer from Sesdaq. The short name of the shares is EngKong.
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        Lock icon Strike has option to bay $7.3m factory
        106 5 STRIKE Engineering yesterday said it has an option to buy a freehold factory for $7.25 million. The acquisition is to better house the company and its units, and $2 million of the proceeds from its recent listing will be used for the purchase.
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        Lock icon HPL sets up unit to run restaurants
        62 5 HOTEL Properties yesterday announced the setting up of an associated company, Hard Rock Cafe (HK) Ventures Ltd, with a paid-up capital of HK$lO,OOO (552,150). The unit, which will run restaurants and sell merchandise, is fully owned by HRC (HK) Holdings, which is in
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      Lock icon John Chin resigns as Bonvests general manager
      135 5 BONVESTS Holdings' general manager John Chin has resigned as general manager. A brief company announcement yesterday said his resignation from Nov 1 was accepted by the directors with regret, but did not give any reason for his leaving. Mr Chin, 45, was in
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      Lock icon Dragon Land raising US$13m via placement
      355 7  -  Grand Orient placing out 59.1 m of developer's shares at 22.5 US cts each Lit/i Carol Eng CHINA property developer Dragon Land plans to raise US$l3 million (5521.7 million) from a placement of shares equivalent to one-fifth of its current issued share capital. It
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      Lock icon UOI to buy over its sister company ICI
      203 7  -  UOI will pay a sum equal to the audited net book value of ICI lty\ Soh Tiang Keng UNITED Overseas Insurance (UOI) announced yesterday it intends to acquire sister company Industrial and Commercial Insurance (ICI). This acquisition is subject to the approval
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      Lock icon Parkway Hldgs rated 'outperform' by GK Goh
      195 7 Reuters STOCKBROKKR GK Goh has placed an "outperform" rating on Parkway Holdings on expectations of a high return on equity in healthcare operations, compelling valuations and attractive short-term prospects. GK Goh, in its latest research report obtained yesterday, set a 12-month fair value
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      566 4 Workshop on Finance for Non-Financial Managers As companies strive to enhance their shareholders' funds there is a greater need to understand financial information, particularly balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. Decisions made without properly understanding the financial implications may lead to reduced profits (or even losses) and a reduction
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      13 5 Buy It. Sell It. Find It. Classified. 1800-737-1166 Call Today For Results Tomorrow.
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      75 5 We're FIRST again. "The World's Most Admired Niati, Package and Freight Delivery CompanyV 999 In 1999, in a Fortune magazine global survey of senior executives, board members and financial analysts, wor id wide UPS was named the world's most admired company in its field. If this sounds all too familiar,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Blue chips in demand, but small caps steal the show
      583 6  -  comment STOCKS r.sivanithy AN improving Indonesian outlook, receding US interest rate fears and a new overnight record high for Nasdaq breathed new life into the local market yesterday, sending prices up for the third time in the past four sessions.
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      Lock icon Search for laggards may see Super Coffeemix wrt in play
      207 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy FROM the looks of things, the search for laggards might go into full swing soon liquidity in the small cap segment has ballooned and the penny stocks are starting to move. Of course this may
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      Lock icon DBS Group seen resuming its climb
      237 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE shares of DBS Group took a battering last month following the Monetary Authority of Singapore's rejection of Brandes Investment Partners' request to hold on to its 7.1 per cent shareholding in the group. The stock tumbled 7 per
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      Lock icon Diary of events
      126 6 Thursday, Nov 4 ♦9.30 am. FHTK Holdings Ltd holds extraordinary general meettng ♦Ham. Ritchie Brothers holds first auction in Singapore ♦12.45pm. Press briefing by Trade Development Board on "Intellectual Property Rights Protection" ♦3pm. Press conference to discuss release of Mercer's third-quarter 1999 performance report and ratings for
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      Lock icon S'pore dollar falls amid talk of MAS intervention
      450 6 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar fell yesterday from an 11-month high recorded on Tuesday, as buying of US dollars by local banks triggered speculation that the central bank is selling the city's currency. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) couldn't be reached
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      451 6 Stock* Volume Golden Agri US10c 38,288,000 "Gentmglnt 30,060,000 Asia Food&Prop USS 22,468,000 Medtecs US5c 18,919,000 RoJy IrrtUSIOc 17,033,000 IRE Corp 10c 16,380,000 Fastech US10c 13,238,000 DBSGrp *****,000 KLW Htdgs 10c 10,246,000 IPC Corpo 5c 9,259,000 Stocka DBSGrp 246.035.748 Chart Semiconductor 26c 36,223,550 OC8C 33,301,059 UOB Foreign 19,574,568 SIA 17,887,650 Golden
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      394 7 COMPLAINT MANAfiEMEIfT TOWARDS SERVECM CONDUCTED BY: PROFESSOR ROBERT JOHNSTON Business School, University of Warwick f Holida y ,nn Park View, Singapore 9.00 am 5.00 pm 1. COMPLAINTS AND BUSINESS BENEFITS the acid tests for complaint management 4. MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS satisfaction, retention, and improvement identifying information needed L3^'r ha,n inki
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Sing $ lower; MAS may have intervened
      419 8  - Sing lower; MAS may have intervened Short-term interest rates up due to Y2K, rate hike concerns Siow Li Sen THE Singapore dollar was driven lower yesterday and it was believed that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) had intervened the day before to prevent the currency from strengthening too much.
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      Lock icon After Goldenhill comes Arang Court
      479 8  -  collective Emraa Owners of 120,363 sq ft Lorong Chuan site hope to reap over $72m from tender iti/ Marissa Chew ANOTHER whopper of a site has come up for sale in the Ix>rong Chuan area the owners at Arang Court are coming together to sell
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      Lock icon Manufacturers boost land productivity by 57% over eight years
      349 8  -  Andrea Tan FOR every square metre of industrial space, the manufacturing sector produces an average output of $710, a rise of 4.1 per cent annually since 1990, latest figures from Jurong Town Corporation show. From $450 per square metre (psm) in
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      Lock icon Asian$ market up US$6.9b in Sept
      352 8  -  on the economy asian dollar market Ity I Soh Tiang Keng THE Asian dollar market Singapore's offshore market surged by US$6.9 billion in September to hit US$475 billion, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday. This rise was a turnabout from August when
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      Lock icon S'pore to host SEA Corporate Games
      265 8 LOCAL destination and event manager East West Executive Travellers Pte Ltd has brought Corporate Games a corporate multi-sport festival to town. It has secured the franchise for the South-East Asia Corporate Games, which is part of the Worldwide Corporate Games Community. "Apart from having
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      Lock icon Itochu, rubber producers set up S'pore base
      242 8  -  Ling Su Ann FOUR natural rubber producers in Thailand and Indonesia, and Japanese trading giant Itochu Corp have formed an international rubber trading firm in Singapore. Called Rubber Net (Asia) Pte Ltd, the new firm will start off with a paid-up capital of
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      Lock icon High-tech lessons from Europe
      543 9  -  r Mmmtnt J TECHNOLOGY It's a big-tracks global market for the fleet of foot kenneth james THE first stop was Dublin, where the weather chilly despite cloudless skies was more than compensated for by the warm hospitality and rich humour of our Irish hosts. Then on
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      Lock icon Sun-Netscape to treble its Asia-Pac staff
      270 9  -  It's region's top seller of e-commerce software licences Toh Han Shih SUN-NETSCAPE Alliance plans to treble its staff strength in the Asia-Pacific to keep up with triple-digit growth in the region's electronic commerce business. Sun-Netscape Alliance se- nior vice-president Stuart Wells told BT that
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      Lock icon Agent banks'fees: Reply defies logic
      713 9  -  —aiT-naft Bin Hee Heng Singapore MRS Tan-Huang Shuo Mei, assistant manager of the Customer Service Department of the CPF Board, stated in her reply (CPFIS processes under review, BT, Oct 22) to various letters that "the cost for members need not necessary be lower" if
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      11 8 Collective sales hit $3b in 3 weeks, Executive Suite, Pg 30
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      471 9 It would be a pity if you didn't look at the Lange 1 But you certainly don't need one to movement with a magnifying glass. read its patented outsize date. The Lange l's balance-cock. Lange's inimitable watchmaking skill in magnification: free-hand cutting by a master engraver makes every balance-cock unmistakably
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Taking the edge off Gore's top-dogginess
      793 10  -  mum I bottom line OPINION maureen dowd The writer is a New York Times columnist I WILL say this in Naomi Wolfs favour: you've got to respect a woman who gets a vice-president to pay her a salary higher than his own. Time magazine
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      103 10 It was all money, money, money, Gucci suitcases, two Rolex watches, private jets one day I woke up in a hotel, and it was all just emptiness. I couldn't take it anymore, so I just stopped.' -UriGeller the famed "spoon-bender" on why he quit the business. Reason
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      Lock icon From failure to Phoenix Awards?
      622 10 EDITORIAL A LOT is said these days about sharpening Singapore's entrepreneurial edge, and in such discussions it's almost de rigueur to throw in a line about the need to tolerate failure. But going beyond lip service seems to be another matter altogether. One way to
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      Lock icon India desperately needs a boom
      1252 10  -  Unless New Delhi can kick-start the economy, Indian industry could remain locked in stagflation By] Prem Shankar Jha The writer, a New Delhi-based journalist and former editor of The Hindustan Times, contributed this article to BT THE Vajpayee government, in its new incarnation, has inherited
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      910 10 Tough bargain AFTER months of hard bargaining, Mickey Mouse and chums are finally packing for their move to a new home in the SAR. In an economy still hamstrung by recession, the long-awaited announcement is the most positive sign that better days are coming. It gives
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KL to refinance US$1.35b loan at better rates
      548 11  -  nil exclusive New four-year loan split into 2 tranches; loan lead-arranged and underwritten by HSBC Bank From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has appointed underwriters for a syndicated loan to refinance. at substantially better rates, a US$l.35 billion
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      Lock icon M'sia may need 5 yrs to regain single A rating
      221 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIA may need up to five years to regain its single A rating status, said Stephen Taran, Salomon Smith Barney managing director of corporate bond research and global head for sovereign credit research. The Malaysian Business Times
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      Lock icon IFC reinstatement has little impact on KLSE
      144 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama THE reinstatement of Malaysia in the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a unit of the World Bank, effective from Monday, Nov 1. saw only a marginal impact in the local stock market yesterday. "It did provide some positive impact to the
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon A better marriage?
        45 11 INVESTORS greeted the rumour that Arab-Malaysian banking group is set to marry Utama Bank with cautious optimism. Utama rose five sen to RM2 while AMMB closed unchanged at RM7.85. The two recently broke away from their forced marriage to Perwira Affin Bank.
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        Lock icon Nanyang steady despite pay-out
        114 11 THE share price of Nanyang Press Holdings has been holding rather well although it lost a major defamation case to Mirzan Mahathir, the eldest son of the Malaysian premier. The counter closed at RM4.46 yesterday, 20 sen or 4.3 per cent below the closing price on
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        Lock icon RHB Bank courting new partners
        52 11 RHB Capital inched up 4 sen to RM3.34 after unveiling a sterling set of first-quarter results a turnaround from two years of massive losses. In addition, main subsidiary RHB Bank, which is keen to be an anchor bank, is believed to be talking to potential
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        Lock icon Lukewarm response to KFC deal
        72 11  -  Compiled by Eddie Toh INVESTORS are not too excited over reports that CI Holding has offered to buy a 30.3 per cent block in KFC Holdings from Ishak Ismail for RM4SO million (*****.5 million). CI shares shed 10 sen to RM6.10 in thin trading. CI
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      Lock icon UEM unit to buy 33% of waste treatment firm
      189 12 KUALA LUMPUR Bridge News A UNIT of construction company United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad (UEM) will buy a 33.33 per cent stake in waste treatment and disposal firm Kualiti Alam Holdings from Arab-Malaysian Development Berhad for 40 million Malaysian ringgit (5517.6 million)
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      Lock icon Nusantara signs US$800 contracts with foreign groups
      496 12  -  Deals are for work on RM6b integrated steel complex in Kudat, Sabah Pirtm Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA moved a step closer towards establishing a six biUion Malaysian ringgit (552.6 billion) steel complex in Sabah's Kudat town following Nusantara Steel Group's signing
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      Lock icon 2 Pengkalen units to be requoted
      286 12 KUALA LUMPUR TWO Pengkalen subsidiaries of Malayan United Industries Bhd (MUI) will be requoted on the KLSE tomorrow and on Nov 11 following capital restructuring, The Star reported yesterday. Pengkalen Holdings Bhd, to be renamed Pan Malaysia Holding Bhd, and Pengkalen Capital Bhd which
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon Merrill ups M'sia's GDP growth to 5.2%
        75 12 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] Merrill Lynch raised its estimates on Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 1999 to 5.2 per cent from 4.9 per cent previously, and to 6 per cent for 2000 from 4.6 per cent, official news agency Bernama reported
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        Lock icon CarLovers reports A$1.5m net loss
        78 12 Bernama [MELBOURNE] Car Lovers Carwash Ltd, which is 72 per cent owned by Malaysia's Berjaya Group, suffered an annual net loss of AJI.S million (Ssl .6 million) compared with the previous year's loss of A) 11.9 million. In Car Lovers' annual report released yesterday, managing
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        Lock icon HL Ind to issue RM125m bonds
        98 12 Bridge News [KUALA LUMPUR] Hong Leong Industries has proposed to issue up to 125 million Malaysian ringgit (5554.9 million) nominal value bonds to part finance some of its businesses, refinance existing debt, and to raise working capital. The five-year unsecured bonds which mature in
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        63 12 QUOTING a report in the Malaysian newspaper The Star, BT yesterday reported that Berger International Ltd plans to shift its headquarters from Singapore to Malaysia. Berger has since clarified that it has no plans to do so. It is only setting up a new research and development centre in
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      431 12 rl h iW LiJ ICM Special Feature November 30, 1999 A.aJlll z The tide has turned. The shipping industry has picked up dramatically in the past year. It's all systems go! Around the world, aging fleets have to be repaired, converted or z replaced and local shipyards can develop more
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      263 12 4th November, 1999 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch NOTICE TO WARRANTHOLDERS TO: ALL HOLDERS OF EUROPEAN STYLE CALL WARRANTS RELATING TO THE BASKET OF SINGAPORE BANK STOCKS ISSUED BY DEUTSCHE BANK AG, ACTING THROUGH ITS LONDON BRANCH, ON 3RD MARCH, 1999. Notice is hereby given by Deutsche
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  • SOUTH east asia
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      Lock icon Manila central banker keeps reform promise
      551 13 MANILA Banks warned to act fast on mergers as 2 form nation's biggest financial institution Bloomberg WHEN he was named governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in July, Rafael Buenaventura shook Manila's bankers by predicting just five banks would control 80 per cent
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Crisis hits Thai arma fair too
        87 13 AFP [BANGKOK] Organisers of an international arms fair which opened in Thailand yesterday say the Asian economic crisis has taken its toll on the cash-strapped defence industry. Over the next three days some 100 companies will tout state-of-the-art military technology and hardware to local
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        Lock icon Bank Indonesia sees stagnant economy
        55 13 Bridge News [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia has not changed its forecasts and still predicts that Indonesia's economy will be stagnant for 1999, the central bank said in a statement. It said that inflation for the year would likely come in at between 2 per cent and
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        Lock icon Stable ratings outlook for Manila
        69 13 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Duff Phelps Credit Rating Co said it has affirmed its stable ratings outlook for the Philippines in view of the government's effective management of the economy amid the Asian crisis. "The outlook on the ratings remains stable. Although economic activity slowed and the
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        71 13 AFX-Asia [MANILA] US Export-Import Bank has finally approved the rehabilitation plan of Philippine Airlines, Business World reported. Based on documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Eximbank said it is "formally withdrawing" its objection against the plan after PAL managed to address the bank's
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        67 13 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Finansa Ltd, a Bangkok-based financial advisory firm, won a government auction of a Thai securities licence, agreeing to pay 234 million baht (Sslo.l million) for the permit, the stock exchange said. The licence, which allows Finansa to offer brokerage and underwriting services, came
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        62 13 Bloomberg [MANILA] Social Security System, a Philippine pension fund, said it accumulated enough shares in Security Bank Corp to obtain a board seat in the small lender. The pension fund, in a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, said it bought 36.93 million
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      376 13 ■JAKARTA Higher tariffs make up for fall in telephone traffic Reuters INDONESIAN state-run international telecoms operator PT Indosat said yesterday nine-month net profit surged 36.5 per cent, with higher tariffs compensating for a drop in telephone traffic. Indosat posted net income of 1.19 trillion
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      335 13 BANGKOK Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) plans Dec 7 to auction off a 24.7 per cent stake in Bangkok Mass Tran sit System Pel. Thailand's first elevated train system, in a sale which is expected
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      396 14 JAKARTA Ibra chairman Glenn Yusuf will not be replaced, says Kwik Reuters AFXAsia AFP THE International Monetary Fund said yesterday that Indonesia must strengthen control mechanisms at the cen tral bank and the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) to prevent further scandals
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      305 14 AFP [BANGKOK) The economic crisis has failed to dampen Thailand's hopes of staging the 2008 Olympics, with Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai declaring his support for a bid, officials said yesterday. Chetta Thanajaro. chairman of the Olympic Committee of Thailand (OCT), told reporters that
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      569 15  -  HK govt hopes three theme parks will be built on Disneyland site I'Yom Quak Hiang Whai in lUmykony THE Hongkong Disneyland could be the first of several major tourist attractions to be built on Lantau Island, Chief Executive Tung Cheehwa said. In an
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      70 15 (SHANGHAI) Shanghai officials yesterday briefing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (second from right) on the history of Yu Garden during his visit to the city's famed traditional garden. The 300-year-old attraction was built by a Ming dynasty businessman for his parents. Mr Schroeder is on a three-day
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      193 15 SAN FRANCISCO AFP HONGKONG'S Information Secretary Kwong Ki-chi said here on Tuesday that 14 North American computer technology firms are in line to be tenants at the Cyberport centre off Hongkong. He said the companies have signed letters of intent to become
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      146 15 HONGKONG Bloomberg THB number of apartments changing hands in Hongkong rose 4.6 per cent in October compared with September, the first rise in five months. Still, October, traditionally one of the busiest months of the year for homes sales, was 23.7 per cent
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      319 15  -  Move will make merged entity among world's top 100 hrttm Macabe Keliher in Ta ipei TAIWAN'S Ministry of Finance has mergers back on its priority list, proposing to bring together three government owned financial institutions to create a bank large enough to stand
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      223 15 TAIPEI Bloomberg ACER Group, one of the world's top 10 makers of personal computers, expects its sales next year to jump to a record US$lO billion (5516.7 billion) on increasing shipments of laptop computers and mobile phones to US customers. Acer sees sales rising 25
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      159 15 Group In Association With THEBusinessTIMESJ* DSBBB N INDONESIA FORUM The New Indonesia The New Cabinet: Policies and Personalities Foreign Investment: Prospects and Perspectives Foreign Relations: ASEAN, Singapore and Australia Regional Autonomy and Natural Resource Development Expert Speakers: Dr. Dewi Far tuna Anwar Former Presidential Advisor to B.J. Habibie Foreign Affairs
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      428 16 BOMBAY Analysts say profits show firms more competitive, recovering well AFP -INDIAN industry is well on the recovery path after nearly three years of slowdown, according to analyses of recent six-monthly company financial results. The Business Standard newspaper, which analysed the results
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      392 16 BOMBAY AFP HEAVY selling by foreign investors and Year 2000 (Y2K) fears have been responsible for the recent sharp fall in Indian share prices, despite definite signs of an economic revival, analysts said Tuesday. The benchmark 30-share sensitive index on the
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      183 16 BOMBAY Bloomberg MAX India Ltd, one of the country's leading drugmakers. is teaming up with New York Life Insurance Co. the fourth-largest life insurer in the US, to set up joint venture for insurance in India. The new venture will offer insurance services
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        41 16 Reuters {COLOMBO} Sri Lanka has appointed a committee to reform laws for Internet trading, officials said yesterday. It will recommend laws to ease e-commerce transactions by ensuring reliability, address regulatory concerns and reduce litigation and costs.—Reuters
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        51 16 AFP [BOMBAY] The Indian government is considering giving up its majority stake in public-sector banks in ongoing financial reforms, the Business Standard newspaper reported yesterday. It said the finance ministry's banking division was working out amendments to the Bank Nationalisation Act to do
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        47 16 AFX-Asia [BOMBAY] Bajaj Auto Ltd is considering hiving off its motorcycle plant at Chakan in Maharashtra state into a joint venture with an international company, a senior company official said, adding it is talking with several foreign motorcycle makers. -AFX-Asia
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        40 16 Reuters [BHUBANESHWAR, India] India's state-run National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) said yesterday that its aluminium exports from the cyclone-hit state of Orissa could be delayed for 15-20 days but the commitments will be met. Reuters
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      Lock icon Australian central bank hikes key rate
      528 17 SYDNEY Overnight cash rate raised to 5% from 4.75% first increase in 5 yrs Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S central bank yesterday raised its key rate for the first time in five years, reversing a quarter-point cut made 11 months ago because the economy is growing faster
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      741 17 ADELAIDE BSkyß's purchase of 25% stake will help media giant crack European market Reuters, AFX-Asia NEWS Corp Ltd chairman Rupert Murdoch painted an upbeat picture for the international group yesterday, with plans to crack the European media market in a US$l billion
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      338 17 SYDNEY No hnrry to sell, it's got a strong cash flow, he says AFP THE price for News Corp's 50 per cent stake in airline Ansett Australia has doubled to Asl.o billion (Ssl .07 billion), owner Rupert Murdoch said yesterday,
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      232 17 SEOUL Bloomberg DAEWOO Group's 10 main units have debts of at least 79.6 trillion won (Ssl 11.1 billion) 16 per cent more than the US$57 billion (Ss9s billion) which the group said is owed by all of its almost 30 affiliates. Korean creditor banks
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      194 17 ■SEOUL Bloomberg FOREIGN direct investment in South Korea rose to a record in the first 10 months of the year as the government leaned on companies to sell assets and pare debts. Foreign investment totalled U5510.25 billion (Ssl7 billion) between January and October, 83
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      261 17 MELBOURNE Bloomberg AUSTRALIA New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Australia's fourth-largest bank, said second-half earnings rose a better-than-expected 39 per cent as it cut costs by closing branches and made more money from home loans. Earnings for the six months to Sept 30 rose
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      Lock icon Drug firms Warner-Lambert, AHP in US$65b merger talks: report
      507 18 MADISON, New Jersey Union would create the largest drag making company by sales Bloomberg AMERICAN Home Products Corp (AHP), and WarnerLambert Co, two of the top 10 US drugmakers, are discussing a US$65 billion (SsloB billion) merger, the Wall Street Journal
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      226 18 WASHINGTON Bridge News INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund managing director Michel Camdessus is hinting that he will leave his job before his term expires in 2002, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Mr Camdessus is serving an unprecedented third 5year term as the IMF chief. He has
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      63 18 [ST PETERSBURG, Russia] A worker wrapping an ancient statue created in 1717 by the Italian architect Tropelli, in the Summer Garden yesterday. The Summer Garden, once a favourite place of Russian tsars, has 91 statues, all of which are wrapped and protected by wooden boxes
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      260 18 m Moscow Soviet-era analogue technology less prone to millennium-related glitches Bloomberg THE US Agency for International Development (USAID) said it expects few disruptions in Russia caused by Year 2000 computer problems because most of the country's Soviet-era technology is not prone to date-related
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      355 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Nasdaq Stock Market's plan to become a for-profit company is starting to encounter opposition from small brokerages concerned that their financial interests would be overlooked in the conversion. "If a vote were to be taken today, the plan would go
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        74 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The index of leading US economic indicators fell in September as building permits and new orders for factory goods dropped. The Conference Board's index, intended to predict economic growth over the next half year, fell 0.1 per cent in September after
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        90 18 Reuters [HERZOGENAURACH, Germany] German sporting goods maker Adidas-Salomon yesterday said that third quarter net profit rose more than 20 per cent, sparking a rally in its shares even as the firm left its full-year outlook unchanged. The group said in a statement
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        81 18 Bridge News [FRANKFURT] Germany's electrical engineering and electronics giant Siemens yesterday said its net income for the fiscal year to end-September rose 37 per cent to 3.64 billion marks (553.2 billion), up from 2.66 billion marks on the year, boosted by improved earnings from
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        67 18 Reuters [LONDON] The Sun's topless "Page Three Girl" may be getting on for 30 years old but the British tabloid does not seem ready to dump her just yet. The word from the newspapers's headquarters yesterday was "no change at the moment" despite overnight
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      Lock icon Packard Bell to cut 88% of workforce, CEO to quit
      535 19 TOKYO NEC-controlled PC maker will also stop selling Packard Bell brand in US Bloomberg PACKARD Hell NKC Inc. the struggling personal computer maker controlled by NKC Corp, said it will fire as much as 88 per cent of its US
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      371 19 NEWYORK Recent killings highlight rising violence in stock fraud world NYT WHEN two young stockbrokers were found shot to death in an affluent New Jersey suburb last week, the headlines may have conjured up an image of well-tailored suits and a carpeted blue-chip world
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      127 18 International Credit Exhibition Conference II 17-19 November 1999 Wednesday Friday Raffles City Convention Centre The Westin Stamford Singapore Register for FREE Online Exhibit Pass by 14 November at http://WWW.intemationalCredit99.Com Credit Conference By International Conference Speakers from USA, Europe, Australia Singapore at http://www.internationalcredit99.com/conference.htm GULF AIR A MALAYSIA AIRLINES FIRST CLASS -$4688
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      263 20  -  SIMTflf Reports MSCI Singapore Index Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market put on a strong showing yesterday with gains seen across the board. The partial divestment of excess shareholdings in DBS Group Holdings by Brandes Investment Partners was well received by the
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      199 20  -  MSCI Taiwan fatnres Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures opened lower yesterday and finished in the same stride for the third day, losing 6.3 points in the November '99 contract. The Taiex shed 141.5 points along with the
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      Lock icon Crude oil little changed as market awaits data on Opec cuts
      200 20 EMEROY REPORT Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Crude oil was little changed yesterday as traders await indications of how successful Opec was in limiting oil supplies last month as it sought to trim world inventories and extend an 86 per cent
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      315 20 Reuters London THE dollar rebounded from six-week lows set earlier against the yen yesterday, on short-covering as the market put signs of a possible stron-ger-than-expected Japanese fiscal stimulus package into context. Analysts said the dollar had fallen as far as 103.46 yen earlier in Europe on the back
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      2706 21 HONGKONG AFP. Reuters Q Hang Seng -78J1 HONGKONG share prices weakened 0.6 per cent yesterday in directionless trade after four sessions of gains, dealers said. "There is a lack of direction," said Kitty Chan, fund manager at Dharmala Investment. The key Hang
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      994 21 Reuters QShenzhenßlndex -0.25 SHENZHEN'S B shares ended slightly lower yesterday due to continued selling in A shares overshadowed by rapid market expansion, analysts said. The B share index fell 0.25 point, or 0.33 per cent, to 75.63 on turnover of HK$l3 million against HK$l9 million on Tuesday. The A
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      381 21 AFP QVPlnlex -141.5 TAIWAN share prices fell across the board yesterday, losing 1.8 per cent on Year 2000 (Y2K) computer concerns and fears over a possible US interest rate hike, dealers said. "Selling set in on anticipation that foreign institutional investors would ease buying due to Y2K concerns," said
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      8172 22 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 1999 La*« Vol Day Net Cj **0* Lom Company SO OOO High U» M |ai 440 255 Ajinomoto 302 -8 I 302 302 19.2 122.' 174 46 Angkasa 91.5 1 8 92 91.5 134,< 404 220 Apollo Food Hlg 310 74 124 C 294 115 Berjaya Land
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      440 22 AFP. AFX-Asia F1 Composite Index +159 MALAYSIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday on light buying by local funds, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 3.59 points to Finish at 730.62 while the Second Board
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      792 23 AFP FISET Index +0.9 THAI shares finished marginally higher yesterday after profit-taking wiped out most earlier gains, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index closed up 0.9 point or 0.2 per cent at 403.31. Volume was 4.58 million lots worth 7.34 billion baht. An analyst with a local
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      285 23 AFP Q Manila +7.84 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.4 per cent higher in post-holi-day trade yesterday as selected blue chips continued an upturn from last week, analysts said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 7.84 points to close at 2,043.89 points. AFP 000) MRC Allied 0.74 -0.02 '270 Abacus
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      717 23 AFP Q Composite Index +9JB INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday following the resumption of talks between the government and the International Monetary Fund on loan disbursements, dealers said. They said the release of the full PricewaterhouseCoopers audit on the Bank Bali scandal and solid ninemonth
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      275 23 AFP Q Wellington -13J8 A SAGGING Telecom Corp and Canadian shareholders' rejection of a merger bid from Fletcher Challenge Paper for their firm yesterday drove New Zealand shares down 0.6 per cent. The NZSE-40 Capital Index lost 13.18 points to 2,086.74.— AFP »«3 W5 rooot Advantage MOS -2.50 -0.02
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      598 23 AFP nAM Primaries +19.3 AUSTRALIAN share prices made moderate gains yesterday, rising 0.7 per cent after an anticipated rise in official interest rates by the central bank. The All Ordinaries Index rose 19.3 points to close at 2,926.20. The All Resources Index closed up 16 points at 1,195.90 while
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      306 23 AFP fl Composite Index -3.03 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3.03 points at 887.15. Volume was 409.7 million shares worth 4.6 trillion won. —AFP •"J mm Anom S*mi ***** -200 Brotn T«ct> 2305 15 Centra Bank 3000 -30 Crw«l Comm —***** -800 Do* Gu Bonk 4810
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      425 25 BOXING Both studying tapes of first fight to prepare for rematch next week Reuters [LAS Kvander Holyfield admitted on Tuesday that he had underestimated Lennox Lewis ahead of their first fight and promised that he has learned from his mistakes. "He had more skills than
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      1826 27  -  Despite current depressed prices and rental values, chanfook kheong sees opportunities for capital gains for cash-rich investors CHAN FOOK KHEONG The writer is executive director of investment sales and senior technical adviser (Indonesia) of CB Richard Ellis. THK beleaguered Jakarta property market has not shown any
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      34 27 CBD Richard Ellis Investment By Tender or Private Treaty LOYANG LODGE INVESTMENT SALES i I 5 TEMASEK BOULEVARD #07-02 Lllt'SttTtl >11 SUNTEC TOWER 5 S PORE *****5 I TEL 221 8288 FAX 533 4339
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  • PERSONAL SPACE
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      1868 28  -  Michael Chiang's personal touches speak volumes about the soft-spoken playwright and Caldecott Publishing CEO, says oobimxe kerk CORINNE KERK Michael Chiang speaks softly. So softly that your polite "Pardon?l didn't get that?" slowly crumbles into "Sorry?" and finally, just plain "Har?". The good thing, though, is
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  • RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
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      1164 29  -  Based on URA's latest statistics, amy khor sees the Western region gaining favour with homebuyers AMY KHOR The writer is research director at Knight Frank Tffti Central region where the prime residential enclaves of Singapore are located is undoubtedly the preferred choice of most investors.
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      107 29 CB Richard Ellis Investment RESIDENTIAL SITE FOR SALE BY TENDER PROPERTY i DESCRIPTION Arang Court Site has wide frontage LOCATION j Serangoon Ave 3 (Braddell Heights by amenities and Estate) good schools. Large pool of demand from LAND AREA matured HDB estates TTTrrr and existing private Sq i P~Perty tenure
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      275 29 Rare freehold residential development site along Alexandra Road Located just a few minutes' drive from the CBD and Orchard Road Excellent accessibility very convenient Walking distance to Redhill Tiong Bahru MRT Stations Ideal for an apartment development with facilities Tenure Freehold Development Potential Approved Gross Plot Ratio 259 Land Area
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      307 29 FACTORY IN JURONG FOR SALE Vicinity International Road Description A single-storey detached factory with a 2-storey office annexe Tenure JTC Leasehold 30 30 years wet 16 August 1988 •Land Area Approx. 7,718.705qm (83.084 sq II) Gross Floor Area: Approx. 5,338.70 sqm (57,446 sq ft) Remarks Good main road frontage For
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  • EXECUTIVE Suite
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      1509 30  -  With the current slew of en bloc sales, owners would be wise to set reserve prices closer to market trends, market observers tell kalpava rashxwala KALPANA RASHIWALA SOME $3 billion worth of collective sale sites have been launched in the three weeks since
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      283 30 Collective sales closed this year pwce (*PSf month size plot price* per plot potential DEVELOPMENT,LOCATION SOU) BUYER (sq ft) RATIO ($m) RATIO) UNfTS•• Devt sit*/Balmoral Cres Jun Noel Gifts/Tiong Choon 16,096 1.6 13.10 509 18 Naga Court/Bt Timah Rd Aug Keppel Land 49,168 2.1 72.12 698 70 Duchess
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      636 30 Collective sales launched on or after Oct 11 '99 price i •-*«!> (IPSf DEVELOPMENT LOCATION TENDER SIZE PLOT EXP PRICE* PER PLOT POTENT1A CLOSING (SOFT) RATIO (|m) RATIO) UNITS" Granville Mt Sinai Lane Nov 3 210,375 1.4 188 638 200 Devt site Duchess Ave Nov 4 57,145 1.4 47
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        82 31 PARTS and components maker Delphi Automotive Systems booked US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) in new business in the Asia-Pacific region in the first nine months, senior executives said at the just-ended Tokyo Motor Show. Group Asian sales in 1998 was US$l.6 billion. The US$l billion
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        94 31 FORD launched a global TV ad campaign on Monday that showcased its seven product brands Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Volvo together for the first time. The two-minute ad was aired by all major networks around the world. To keep
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        Lock icon Ecclestone to sell half his stake in F1
        138 31 FORMULA One racing boss Bernie Ecclestone is planning to sell half of his stake in Formula One Administration, the company that controls the sport, in a deal valued at £781 million (Ss2.l billion), according to Reuters, quoting a Financial Times report. The
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        107 31 GOLFER Liew Choon Boon collected a brand new Lefcus IS2OO last week bounty for a hole-in-one he scored at the Golf Fengshan Tournament early this month. The 24-handicapper executed the 158 m feat with a four-iron on the fourth hole of the Dendro course at
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        60 31 A JAGUAR-sponsored concert took place last Friday night at the British High Commissioner's residence. The concert featured prize-winning students from London's Royal College of Music. The performance was one of just seven concerts given by the students during a five-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific region. Jaguar's
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        65 31 SIEMENS' Automotive Systems Group will soon offer a finger-print access system to carmakers. Using the science of biometry, Siemens' proposal is for a car to recognise each driver's identity and to adjust itself to suit his or her preferences. These may pertain to
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        Lock icon US Electricar has new hybrid system
        76 31 US Electricar Inc has developed, under contract with Hyundai Motor Co, a hybrid system for its vehicles. This system was created for Hyundai's concept car displayed recently at the Seoul Auto Show. It has been successfully integrated and has demonstrated all performance requirements. The
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        106 31 GENERAL Motors' Opel has successfully operated a fuel cell stack in -20 deg Celsius. The sub-zero start-up tests have been repeated on the same stack as many as 25 times with no reduction in performance, according to GM. Starting a fuel cell stack at freezing temperatures has
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        69 31 ERICSSON Mobile Communications AB and Mannesmann VDO AG will form a "strategic alliance" to develop integrated in-car communications and information systems. The move bundles know-how in all elements of car "infotainment" the merger of satellite navigation, communications (phone), telematics (traffic information) and entertainment. More than 10
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        87 31 HARLEY-DAVIDSON's new bikes with Twin Cam 888 engines are now available here. The 45-degree air-cooled unit features the same 1,450 cc displacement as the Twin Cam 88. What's unique are its balancers, which cut down on engine vibration and make the new models more
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        48 31 AS part of its new model offensive, Opel will invest DMIBS million (*****.l million) in a new transmission production facility at its main plant in Russelsheim, Germany. The new gearbox is a state-of-the-art six-speed transmission and production is to begin in 2002.
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        74 31  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan THE 280-metre long Opel Millennium Express is well on its way across Europe and Scandinavia. Conceived to celebrate Opel's 100 th year, the exhibition on rail highlights the marque's history as well as technologies of tomorrow. The Opel Millennium Express is
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      1425 31 Motor shows are among the better venues to catch up with industry captains, especially for impromptu interviews. In the first place, they are there, within easy access, and they are not averse to beingSffipffed in ffieir trades. And they somehow never ever say "no
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      462 31 Collaborations GENERAL Motors took the cake with a slew of announcements. The American giant unveiled a Chevrolet 4x4 that will share the same platform as a Suzuki. GM has an equity stake in the Japanese small-car specialist, which sources say will produce the Chevy-badged
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      863 32  -  The last major motor show of the century unveils new trends in cars of the future, writes Christopher tam CHRISTOPHER TAN WE'VE seen the future of the motor car, courtesy of the 33rd Tokyo Motor Show. The century's last major car event which ended
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      292 33 Bridge News, Reuters ASIA Panamax rates continued to slide with charterers fixing ships at some aggressive levels, but otherwise trading remained sluggish. Atlantic Panamax trading remained dull with few rates surfacing. Futures opened a touch weaker again with the premium on the Nov contract and an easier Pacific
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      306 33 SES '000 *»3 S$ *h VH CWT Distribution t.28 0.03 31 Chuan Hup LSI 0.01 964 Cosco Investment t13 0.02 27 Fraigfrt Links 0.31 0.01 731 08 Holdings 0.84 0.02 6 Hat Sun Hup 0.68 0.02 263 IMC Holdings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.95 0.02 84 Jurong
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      461 33  -  Joseph Tan Jude Benny emerges as Singapore's biggest shipping and admiralty practice si* exclusive Byi George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Shipping lawyers here have been reorganising and regrouping to take on more shipping and admiralty related work as the Republic heads towards being an international
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      732 33  -  NEWBUILDS By, David Hughes 7ET again we have seen a number of very substantia] orders announced over the past fortnight. A number of owners are taking the plunge by committing to very large crude carrier (VLCC) newbuilding orders despite the currently depressed
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      213 33  -  By Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] P&O Ports has clinched a US$l3B million (*****.46 million) build-oper-ate-transfer (BOT) contract for a container terminal at India's Cochin Port, after PSA Corp and Hutchison dropped out of the second round of bidding. P&O Ports has a successful track record in
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      338 33 Xinhua [QINGDAO) The major port city of Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province aspires to become one of the two largest international shipping centres in China in the next six years, along with Shanghai. By the year 2005, the port will have gained
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        1062 34 Rotterdam's car terminal fixes its space problem by expanding upwards Port of Rotterdam [ROTTERDAM] THE scarcer the space the more inventive a company becomes. The two sister companies, Rotterdam Car Terminal (RCT) and Rotterdam Car Center (RCC), demonstrate how it can be done. A few years
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      193 34 PACE Ojak Lloyd 8 ACL 6 Oongnama 3 ANL 3 ECU Line 6 Accord 8 ECL 4 Appenship 5 Ew rM 6 Austral 8 oon on &ala|i Shpg s G Link 4 j Gemartrans 6 imk CO 1 Heunq-A 4 CMA 8 Hyundai 7 COSCO 5 Interasia
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      21586 41 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name Number Number 24/n 20/12 Evergreen SKY RIVER 0313-003W 65 392W1 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 24/n 20/12 KienHung sea boxer sb9ois *****0133
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        645 45 Vassal Voy No B«rth Arrival Depart ur< Jareng Part MarcoooW 46 Prw006 JI7 03/11/2 55 04/H/600 Jan*. Mil 59 J02 03/11/7:40 03/11/19:00 AkDar Piitrj *****9 J02 03/11/6:35 03/11/23:00 8t Putra88 ***** J01 03/11/8:15 03/11/23:59 Gsh 203 58Sa J1« 03/11/740 03/TI/23:59 8t Kap«la P8 ***** J01 03/11/8 05 04/11/12:00
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        2013 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From MI MAGNOLIA ma 5/7DO M 02/1700 03/0*59 03/0*00 !l 02/1700 03/0659 03/0900 3 03/0700 03/1159 03/1400 4 03/1/00 03/1459 03/1700 aUHMMI MM VTS U 02/1700 03/0*59 03/0900 /I 02/1700 03/0*59
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        150 45 Nov 5 Brunei: Meraj. Nov 5 Indonesia: Ascension Day of the Prophet Muhammad SAW. Sweden: All Saints Day. Nov 7 Malaysia: Deepavali. Singapore: Deepavali. Russia: Day of Unity and Reconciliation. Nov 11 Belgium: Remembrance Day. Canada: Remembrance Day. France: Armistice Day. Nov 12 Taiwan: Birthday of Dr Sun
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        769 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        472 45 Carbon 180 Max 991.1 12 17.8 0.09 60 0.09 Oct 28 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above £25 1 t 11 0 0 0 JJyE" 380 Ave 989.1 0.4 13.4 0.06 28 0.02 bra* 380 Mo 995.5 0.9 18.1 0.08 47 0.04 WW! »«/V
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        664 46 FAA also to blame for crippling device meant to warn air controllers when planes go too low Reuters [WASHINGTON] US safety investigators said that the crew of a Korean Air Lines (KAL) Boeing 747 was largely to blame for a
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        Lock icon Korean carrier banned from Guam
        132 46 Bloomberg [SEOUL] The South Korean government banned Korean Air Lines from flying to Guam and Saipan for two years after US authorities blamed pilot error for a 1997 crash in Guam that killed 228 people. Korean Air, the nation's flag-carrier, was also banned from increasing
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        528 46 It owns 2 planes bnilt at the same time as the two 8767-300ERjets that have crashed Reuters [SEATTLE] The deadly crashes of two 767-300ER planes built side-by-side on the Boeing assembly line, have not spooked British Airways. the owner of
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        521 46  -  From: Diana Oon Abdullah in h'ualu Lumpur EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus Industrie is hoping that Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will be among regional airlines to place orders for its new long-haul aircraft, the A 340-500. "We have made proposals to MAS about the aircraft,
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        Lock icon China's aviation industry forecasts 8% growth
        151 46 Reuters [BEIJING] China's civil aviation industry is expected to grow 8 per cent a year in the next decade, the China Daily quoted a senior official as saying yesterday. China planned to "open Mif Wtitfes, add advanced aircraft and build a group of key
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        1844 46 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT CTD S***** 0755 OF5 2245 AMart* BA7381 1930 BA7382 2050 "«»5 835 LH6373 2355 OF81 1930 0F82 2050 LH6374 835 S026 2355 AN8229 2230 S0325 1535 LH779 2359 IH6380 2230 LH778 1655 ****** 2359 $0229 2230 H2457* 1655 S***** 2359 Amtertfan $023
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      668 34 Ltnes swvices represented b y Members of the Registry ot Members o« the jW/ Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Freight Forwarders Sfrore National Shipping Assoc Association |J ULY UNE MALE Ivissu TvoTTiu Tra eta f. KUHG STORE MALI Empress Lily V 0699 10/11 13/11 22/11 Princess Lily V 1099 25/11 27/11
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