The Business Times, 24 November 1999

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA(P) 046/12/98 OCA SINGAPORE r* Internet: intp://ousiness-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1999
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    60 1 HI SHAM (-3.88) niMM kJ 83Gu03 (-127) nsasannuiES mm 3HJO (-2.40) STOCK MARKET HDKES Tuesday Chance KLSEOOMP 71ft It -ftB NIKKEI ami HAND SENG 1M8120 +108.17 8ETWDEX .496.42. -ft» JAKARTA COUP —«18.« -»1.72 MANILA COMP ORUI 4.44 TAIPEI WPI *****9 4.12 SEOUL COMP 174.06 -M CISACBINAB 807.74 -1179
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    71 1 F08EX1ATE8 us$ s$ USS 1.879 £(l'SS/S$ per 1.821 2.708 ElHO(US$/S$/E) l.m 1.728 DM im MS YEN 1MJ 1.601 RM 3500 0.439 HKS 7.771 Qllt BAHT 38.76 0.043 RUP1AH 7.062 0.024 •sttorn who PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7& JAKARTA M.W BANGKOK 19.00 MANILA 11.M HONGKONG 8.26 TAffH 8.67
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    Lock icon Clob freeze is breach of WTO: BG Lee
    916 1  -  But pending outcome of talks, no decision yet to take up issue with world trade body By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's actions on the trading of its shares on Clob International, Singapore's over-the-counter market, are inconsistent with its obligations under the World
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    Lock icon S&P unit forecasts growth for 12% M'sian Q3 GDP
    408 1  -  Front Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur INTERNATIONAL research house S&P MMS International has forecast that Malaysia's third-quarter economic growth will come in at 12 per cent year-on-year by far the most optimistic estimate for the number, which is to be
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    Lock icon Govt to restore pay cuts, pay bigger year-end bonus
    641 1  -  Improved economic ontlook justifies this: BG Lee By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] With the economy recovering, civil servants and ministers will see their pay cuts restored on Jan 1 and receive a larger yearend bonus. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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      79 1 nnapß Money Msttois Currency markets in Year 2000: Shortterm uncertainties, but big picture for Asia looks positive. I*3o Top stories Ho Bee to raise $74m from IPO of 160 m new shares. if if M Alan Harden to leave Stanchart. Pg 4 Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will fully reinstate
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      107 1 &The Governments intention is to restore employer CPFcontributions I I fulty to 20 per cent, the rate which prevailed before the cut... The H I restoration wiU be done as goon as possible, at a pace which the I economy can bear. If conditions are favourable, we should be able
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      85 1 Mail Bag: Don't put proposed Clob solutions into cold storage; Is KLSE really keen on a fair Clob solution?Pg 13 j IN SINGAPORE: Chopard Boutique, 435 Orchard Road no. 02-36, Wisma Atria, Tel. 65/737 64 51. Fax 65/235 82 00. Dickson shops: The Promenade, Centrepoint. Suntec City Cortina shops: Lucky
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      21 1 wSH have flexibility, Pg 10 IDA will be fair, Pg 10 Up to firms to decide on multimodal units, Pg 10
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Strange but true
        99 2 NOT all of our readers may know this, but a Web site called sbt.bhmedia.com makes it a point to tell visitors about strange, sometimes useless, but apparently true facts. Here's a sampling: The sun is 330,330 times larger than planet Earth. The world's termites outweigh humans by
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        68 2 ACCORDING to talk in fund management circles, DBS Asset Management is on the lookout for a new chief investment officer. Cheong Kum Hong, an industry veteran who used to fill this position, has left to join Commerzbank Asset Management. Mr Cheong replaces Madeleine Lee, Commerzbank's
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        Lock icon Tight margins?
        70 2 DURING a financial briefing yesterday, the managing director of a large equipment manufacturer for the information technology industry said that profits on IT products are very tight and prices are market dependent these days. Comparing cost of equipment such as calculators 20 years ago, he said the company
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        Lock icon Taxing education
        115 2 HERE'S something for those interested in the value of knowledge. A friend's wife went to Changi airport the other day to collect six small cartons of books and notes sent by her son so that he could keep up with his school work while he was here on
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        108 2 ACCORDING to an e-mail to BT, The Washington Post has asked readers to take any word in the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting or changing just one letter, and supply a new definition Here are some recent winners: "Reintarnation" Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
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      Lock icon Govt to help cushion impact of 2% CPF restoration, SDF move
      726 2  -  Additional wage-linked cost of $769 m a year, bat there'll be some $237 m in rebates on business costs By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Employers will have to foot an additional $769 million a year in wage-related costs with the
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      Lock icon HP sales in S-E Asia surge 32%
      304 2  -  Singapore accounts for 45% of total South Asian business By, Andrew Wee COMPUTER giant HewlettPackard's sales in South-east Asia have risen 32 per cent for the year ended Oct 31. Singapore currently accounts for about 45 per cent of total business in South
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      275 2 Manchester Business School The University of Manchester and University of Wales, Bangor School of Accounting, Banking and Economics Distance Learning MBA AN You are already making a success of your working life. You may be a financial manager, a specialist or you might be a general manager who needs financial
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      37 2 i *1 THE WORLD S LEADING *r OFFSHORE COMPANY AND TAX PLANNING SPECIALISTS I Incorporation Fees from U***** J BAHAMAS JERSEY V I m BRITISH VIRGIN MAURITIUS ISLANDS SEYCHELLES fi* CAYMAN ISLANDS SAMOA WT m BELIZE M
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      175 3 .A PATEK PHILIPPE GENEVE The Patek Philippe Sculpture Collection The new Patek Philippe Sculpture Collection brings a Exclusively distributed by Cortina, ffoe Sculpture Collection contemporary blend of strength and sensuality to is now available at the newly renovated Raffles City store timekeeping evident in the smooth, sculptural lines of the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Ho Bee to raise $74m from IPO of 160m new shares
      532 4  -  MEW LISTINGS Property developer will use proceeds for Kovan Centre, Great Eastern Hotel purchases By, Andrea Tan PROPERTY developer Ho Bee Investment yesterday floated 160 million new shares at 48 cents each, raising net proceeds of about $74 million.
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      Lock icon MIT offers 5.5m shares at 56c each
      354 4  -  By] Marissa Chew MANUFACTURING Integration Technologies (MIT) is offering 5.5 million shares to the public at 56 cents each as part of its initial public offer launched yesterday. In all, the company offered 55 million new shares at 56 cents each for its
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      Lock icon Alan Harden to leave Stanchart
      361 4  -  PBOPLE By' Wong Wei Kong ALAN Harden, who played a pivotal role In pioneering the unit trust distribution industry in Singapore, is leaving Standard Chartered Bank after five years during which he turned third-party fund sales into a major business for the bank. The global
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      Lock icon Chip Eng Seng shares start trading on 'ready' basis today
      176 4 CHIP Eng Seng (CES) yesterday announced that the public tranche of the company's initial public offer was 77 times subscribed. At the close of its offer on Monday, CES said it received 95,754 applications for 2.9 billion shares amounting to
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      Lock icon DBS, UOB may not have luxury of time in regional drive
      700 4  -  liMMHlocksievfl siow li sen LEST anyone missed the message, DBS Bank's latest foray into the Philippines is a clear indication of the group's determination to make it as a regional bank. And the bank is working against time as
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      Lock icon SembCorp to shift HQ to Junction 8
      315 8  -  Move trims costs, brings HQ staff under one roof liy< Conrad Raj SEMBCORP Industries, the combination of Sembawang Holdings and Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation, is moving its headquarters from Ngee Ann City in Orchard Road to Junction 8 in Bishan on Friday as
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      Lock icon Kingboard copper unit plans S'pore listing
      453 8  -  It has submitted its application and is likely to launch IPO in Dec By. Andrea Tan HONGKONG-LISTED laminates maker Kingboard Chemical Holdings is eyeing a mainboard listing for its copper foil unit in Singapore. Despite the current bumper crop of initial public offerings (IPO),
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      Lock icon Creative gets prime space in AOL malls
      206 8  -  By, Jennifer Lien CREATIVE Technology's online home entertainment mall, hifi.com, has signed an agreement with US Internet giant America Online (AOL) for some prime real estate in AOL's online malls. Under the agreement, hifi.com will have a "gold tenancy" in the home theatre
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      Lock icon Regal Hotels to get US$234m from sale of US assets
      279 9 It plans to use proceeds for working capital, repayment of loans Reuters REGAL Hotels International Holdings Ltd said yesterday it would receive about U*****.4 million (*****.6 million) from the disposal of all its hotel interests in the United States to
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      Lock icon YHS transfers stake in M'sian arm to unit
      184 9 Exercise will see all F&B ops come nnder THS (Singapore) YEO Hiap Seng is selling its 40 per cent stake in Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) to its wholly owned unit YHS (Singapore) Pte Ltd as part of its exercise to rationalise its
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      Lock icon Global Tech profit up 141%
      265 9  -  Jeanette Pang HONGKONG-BASED Global Tech (Holdings), which distributes cellular handsets and related accessories in Hongkong and China, rang up a 141 per cent rise in net earnings to HK$26O million (Sss6 million) for the year ended Sept 30. Turnover jumped 73 per cent to HK52.73
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      149 5 The Celebration Sale 6 Days of Exceptional Opportunity Mondial's 20th Anniversary Exhibition and Sale. The Grand Hyatt, Mezzanine Floor, Sir Henry Keppel 11. Today Till Monday Only, 11am Bpm. The widest array of stunning jewellery especially grouped for your easy selection. Diamonds, Emeralds, Rubies, Sapphires, South Sea Pearls... select pieces
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Better to go for Armstrong shares rattier than wrts
      192 6  -  WARRANT WATCH -Bi R Sivanithy ONE relatively new warrant that has not been featured here is Armstrong Industrial's 2004 instrument. The company makes moulded rubber and foam products for high-tech industries and has plants in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and China.
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      468 6 Stocfca Volume Mediating 10c 54,102,000 Golden Agri US10C 30,748.000 Asia FoodiProp US$ 29.969.000 •Qanling Int 15,191.000 AaiaDatorHK15c 12,754,000 Medtoca US5c 9,078,000 Sp Food 5c 8,976,000 Hotung Inv NT5 8,822.000 K>ie5c 6.124,000 BrffentSc 6,049.000 Stocfca MediaRing 10c 67,072,601 I DBSGip 45,251,907 0C8C 38,472.491 UOB 27,346,298 StA 27.162,270 NatElaclOc 23,988.350 SPH 18,546,932
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      Lock icon Forced selling takes its toll, but late buying pares losses
      579 6  -  ■ilcomment STOCKS r.sivanithy LOCAL stocks continued to lose their focus as well as upward momentum yesterday as a second day of forced selling took its toll on mainly the small-cap segment. There was, however, a late burst of buying in
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      Lock icon Technical outlook for NEL excellent
      231 6  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of contract manufacturer NatSteel Electronics (NEL) turned in a sparkling performance yesterday to close as the session's third biggest net gainer, after management gave more details of its operations in a conference call with fund managers and analysts.
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      86 6 Wednesday, Nov 24 ♦Bam. Business Week Chief Financial Officer Forum ♦11.30 am. ERA Realty, ECS Computers (Asia) Pte Ltd, Highway Innovations, Oracle Systems and Sun Microsystems signing ceremony and news conference ♦7pm. SDF (Skills Development Fund) 20th anniversary dinner ♦7pm. 26th annual report award presentation dinner ♦7pm.
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      85 6 HO BEE INVESTMENT LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 8 August 1987) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF 160,000,000 NEW SHARES AT $0.48 EACH Applications for the New Shares may be made on printed Application Forms referred to in the Prospectus dated 22 November 1999. Applications for Offer Shares may
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      38 6 Short of cash to invest 7 Trie c- .::a~n th cur V.v gir -I n 3n:ing l Call OB." estO" Online Jt 323-3955 S3l )[',SBANK Larry Wee's currencies ootnmn li on page 36 J TheßusinessTimes INTELLIGENCE CHANGES EVERYTHING.
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      183 8 Collective Sale of 18 Angullia Park Prime Freehold Residential Site Next To Four Seasons Park Site area: 4,155.7 sq m (44,731 sq ft) Plot ratio 2.8. 30-storeys Exclusive Ctacadan BOuT^ —wihHloe k/ neighbourhood 1 Walking distance to /Four 8»Mom Put J J <^ SS Orchard MRTstation Subject to STB approval
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      765 8 Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 23 October 1998) Invitation in respect of 125,000,000 ordinary shares of 550.05 each comprising 90,000,000 New Shares and 35,000,000 Vendor Shares as follows:(1) 38,000,000 Offer Shares at SSO.IB each by way of public offer; and (2) 87,000,000 Placement
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      78 9 Collective Sale of Bukit limah Mansion Prime Freehold Residential Site K> «co» PunMiß»—d HD i Mk Timah Itowrf T7% \_J TBrT A Prime Freehold Site area: 1,940.6 sqm Residential Site (20,888 sq ft) 100% Consensus Plot ratio: 2.1, 20 storeys For Sale By Tender Closing: Friday, 17 December 1999,3 pm
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  • PARLIAMENT news
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      Lock icon Mortgagors will have flexibility to choose home insurer
      481 10  -  They need not be tied to their bank's related insurer, says BG Lee By\ Siow Li Sen HOUSING loan borrowers will soon have a choice of insurers instead of being tied to their bank's related insurer, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Up to firms to decide how to form multimodal units: govt
      395 10  -  The govt's role is to set the policy direction By i Christopher Tan WHILE the government wants multimodal transport operators, it leaves it entirely to the operators themselves to decide how to go about forming such entities. Minister of
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      Lock icon Small cars still viable: minister
      262 10 Redaction in registration dne to keener competition THE Communications and Information Technology Ministry is unconvinced that a merger of the COE categories for small cars and mediumsized cars in April has made small cars unviable. Responding to MPs on the issue yesterday, Minister of State
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      Lock icon IDA will be a fair regulator, says Yeo Cheow Tong
      532 10  -  New authority will treat all players as favourite sons Byi Carol Eng THE new Info-Communica-tions Development Authority (IDA) will be a fair regulator and will not prefer any "favourite son", said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Inflation forecasts up
        55 10 INFLATION forecasts have been raised to one per cent for this year, and 2 per cent for next year. This is higher than projections made last week by the Trade and Industry Ministry that inflation will be 0.5 per cent this year, and one per cent to
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        Lock icon Money in cards like money in bank
        60 10 ISSUERS of multipurpose stored valued cards, like the popular CashCarda, are expected to make every effort to identify repay any unused balances on the cards after they expire. Tills is because the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which regulates such issuers, views money in
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        Lock icon CPF for mortgages:5% had shortfall
        72 10 FROM January to October, about 5 per cent of CPF members who use their CPF savings to pay monthly housing mortgages had insufficient funds in their ordinary accounts, litis is against 3.6 per cent for 1996. As at end-October, 62,466 members had used CPF savings
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        Lock icon Business registration bill amended
        41 10 THE Business Registration (Amendment) Bill was passed yesterday and the changes seek to update the act and fine-time administrative matters. For example, the validity period of certificates of registration was extended from one year to three years.
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        Lock icon Retrenchment to top 15.000 this year
        15 10 RETRENCHMENT is expected to exceed 15,000 workers this year.
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      573 11 +*4 I t High-performance VVT-i. Higkly intelligent ETCS-i. r jr Suddenly there's no need to compromise on power. r C» 4'' j The relentless pursuit of engines speed and load. I his clever move the accelerator. That means As cornering forces build, an entirely perfection involves a great many piece
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Changi Airport Ent buys into NZ airport
      440 12 SCAE takes 7J% of Auckland Int'l Airport in a deal worth NZsB7m Reuters [WELLINGTON] Singapore's Changi Airport, one of Asia's busiest hubs, made its first foreign investment yesterday by buying a small stake in New Zealand's international flagship airport, Auckland. In a deal
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      Lock icon High-rise motor workshop a first here
      415 12  -  AMKAntopoint kicks off 10-year plan to relocate 1 9 000 car workshops Reports by Christopher Tan THE first high-rise motor workshop built under the Housing Board's $5 billion industrial estate redevelopment plan opened yesterday. The six-storey AMK Autopoint in Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park
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      Lock icon 'Wall-less' HDB flats to cost up to $10,000 less
      270 12 THE Housing Board will sell prototype "wall-less" flats in the upcoming Punggol 21 new town at $9,000-110,000 less than conventional flats of equivalent sizes, HDB chief executive Tan Guong Ching said yesterday. The approximate 4-6 per cent discounts are to reflect
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      Lock icon CPI rises 1.5% in Oct year-on-year
      386 13  -  C=Vd3 on the economy inflation By Jennifer Lien THE consumer price index rose 1.5 per cent in October in year-on-year terms, although the measure remained flat in month-to-month terms. The latest figures from the Department of Statistics, released yesterday, show that the consumer price
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      Lock icon S'pore, HK best Asia-Pac bank processing centres
      427 13  -  They beat Sydney, Tokyo based on survey of international banks By Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE and Hongkong are the two most attractive locations in the Asia-Pacific for international banks to set up regional processing centres (RPCs), edging out Sydney and Tokyo, according to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Don't put proposed Clob solutions into cold storage
      395 13  -  MAILLEEH Y Woozeer Singapore I DO not agree with Denis Distant ("Clob: Time to clear the smoke", Mailbag, BT, Nov 23). He should not be asking the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) or any other regulatory body to put into "cold storage"
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      Lock icon Is KLSE really keen on a fair Clob solution?
      319 13  -  John Tan Singapore I AM tired of reading about the endless go-ings-on of the saga of the frozen Clob shares and that the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is still looking into it. It is hard to believe this, as the matter
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      74 12 S Director Eric Khoos films may well be known to movie buffs at home and around the world. But unlike an actor, a director spends most of his time behind the camera. Thats why Eric carries the American Express® Card. So now, he will always be sure of instant recognition
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Laos slips further behind its neighbours
      768 14  -  mm I bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent. He is also BT's Indochina specialist LAOS is slipping back to a state of isolation. Singapore's Silkair, Malaysian Airlines, and Royal Air Cambodge have stopped flying to Vientiane, the capital. Tourism,
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      149 14 'Any fool can keep inflation down at the cost of all sorts of other things.' Jim Aadertoa promising to renegotiate the New Zealand central bank's zero-to-3per cent inflation target if his Alliance l*arty forms the next government in coalition with Labour and the Greens in Saturday's elections.
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      Lock icon A hazardous en bloc fever
      684 14 EDITORIAL EVER since the economic recovery gathered steam in the second half of this year, hardly a week has passed without a report of an en bloc properly offering. Since June, more than 20 such collective sales have been completed and another 50 are reckoned
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      Lock icon CEOs wake up to the Net
      1247 14  -  After a slow start, corporate chiefs are rushing to put the Internet at the core of their strategy Ity. Andrew Hill FT WILLIAM Harrison of Chase Manhattan surfs the Internet for an hour after work every evening; Thomas Frist of Columbia/HCA realised the health
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      953 14 Quizzing Wtranto ANY inquiry into the violence which erupted in East Timor in September, sooner or later, would lead to the Indonesian Military (TNI) simply because it was the institution most responsible for maintaining security in the territory at the time. Thus, it should come as
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon MSCI to fully reinstate M'sia in indices in May
      446 15  -  Analysts see fall reinstatement poshing ELSE index to over 1,000 From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad received another election campaign boost when the influential Morgan Stanley Capital International said it would now fully reinstate the country
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      Lock icon Telekom keen to rope in foreign partner to fight competition
      202 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd, the country's biggest phone company, said it is eager to find a foreign shareholder as it looks to weather increased competition at home and overseas. "Sooner or later, we'll have to forge alliances," said
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    • MARKET moves
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        Lock icon The Mahathir factor
        108 15 SABAH counters came alive yesterday as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad visited the eastern state the same day. Investors are hoping that Sabah-based companies, like North Borneo Corp (up 24 sen to RM3.80), Tekala (14 sen to RM1.55), Anson Perdana (14 sen to RM1.39) and CP Bhd (12
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        Lock icon Dead weights
        53 15 TELEKOM Malaysia and Tenaga Nasional, the two largest companies in Malaysia, weighed down the market yesterday. Telekom shed 30 sen to RM11.70, while Tenaga eased 20 sen to RM8.65. If not for the two, the market barometer would have been in positive territory; not 0.62 of a point
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        Lock icon Selective interest
        62 15 SOME finance stocks managed to rise despite the market barometer's slip. RHB Capital firmed 28 sen to RM3.54 while Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank inched up 10 sen to RM8.15. The two groups are now set to emerge as anchor banks following the relaxation of the earlier merger blueprint to
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        Lock icon Back in favour
        54 15  -  Compiled by! Eddie Toh UDA Holdings formerly known as the Urban Redevelopment Authority—rose 19 sen to RM2 yesterday despite the lukewarm response at its debut at RM1.50 last week. Analysts expect the property company to benefit from the economic recovery «n<i potential spin-offs from election pledges to
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      Lock icon M'sia, China open up financial sector to each other's banks
      327 15 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg THE central banks of Malaysia and China have agreed to let each other's banks set up branches in their respective countries in a move that will partially liberalise their financial services industries. The pact was signed yesterday
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      Lock icon Penang: A tale of two cities
      1006 16  -  ELECTION Anwar is a non-issne on Chinese-dominated island, bnt looms large in the Malay heartland across the bridge Frtmt Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur THE site of an abandoned housing project just outside Penang's capital Georgetown was a hive of activity an hour before
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon Problems with voters'list: watchdog
        76 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian group set up to monitor upcoming polls claimed yesterday there were "serious deficiencies" in the voters' list and called for a thorough investigation. Kamar Ainiah Kamaruzaman, president of the the Malaysian Citizens Election Watch, cited hundreds of complaints, such as voters'
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        74 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank governor said yesterday that capital controls will remain "for some time". "We envisage that capital controls will remain for some time until there is discernible normalisation of the currency and financial markets," All Abul Hassan Sulaiman said
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        71 16 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's biggest Chinese-language newspaper has apologised for altering a photograph to remove Jailed former finance minister Anwar Ibrahim from a line-up of the nation's political elite. Sin Chew Jit Poh said a junior sub-editor doctored the 1995 photograph which ran in the
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        42 19 AFP (JAKARTA] A group of Indonesian farmers yesterday filed a lawsuit against former president Suharto saying they were illegally evicted from their land, and are seeking to add their case to a court battle with Time magazine. -r-AFP
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        49 19 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai opposition plans to submit a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's administration today, but the government is confident it will survive. The opposition says the motion will focus on massive non-performing loans held by the state-run Krung Thai Bank. —Reuters
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        38 19 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] ING Baring Securities (Thailand Ltd) bought a seat on the Stock Exchange of Thailand for US$3.6 million (Ss6 million). It won the seat in an auction organised by the Thai government.—Bloomberg
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        77 19 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Total Access Communications (TAC) Pic will halve the price of its mobile phone handsets next year to lift its subscriber base to betweeh 120,000 and 150.000, the Bangkok Post quoted TAC vice president Jaturon Himathongkom as saying. Alter suspending investment for some
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      268 19 JAKARTA AFP MORE than 200 trillion rupiah (Ss46 billion) worth of government bonds issued to finance the recapitalisation of Indonesia's ailing banks will be traded for the first time next year, a report said yesterday. The trade will be introduced in stages
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      537 19  -  Move hints at political battle for control of bank restructuring agency From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AFTER weeks of speculation, Indonesia yesterday announced that it was placing the powerful Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) directly under the wings of the president, in a hint
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      607 19  -  US soft landing, sustained Japan recovery assumed From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Asian Development Bank has issued an extremely upbeat assessment of Asian economic prospects for this year and into the new millennium, raising its growth forecast for 1999 to 5.7 per
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      451 21 HONGKONG Investments fall on fears of conflict with Indon military Bloomberg, AFP, Reuters THE Indonesian rupiah fell yesterday as investors reduced their investments in the country on concerns that calls for independence in Aceh province may lead to conflict with Indonesia's powerful military. But in
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      249 22 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG real interest rates have eased by more than 2 per cent since their peak a year ago and its real prime rate should fall to 6 per cent by end-2000, according to Nomura International. Contrary to the
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      339 22 TAIPEI Move aims to avoid market dislocations; investors, Taipei regulators consulted Reuters MORGAN Stanley Capital International said yesterday that its hotly awaited reweighting of Taiwan's stock market in its global indices will be phased in slowly over a full year to avoid
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      416 22 HONGKONG It's in better position than Vodafone, says HK shareholder Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, a Hongkong company set to become the single largest shareholder of Mannesmann AG, said it supports a decision by the German telephone company to reject a hostile takeover bid from
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      335 22 TAIPEI FT TAIWAN appears ready to end its D-Ram battle with the US and observers are linking the move to the island's efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Taiwanese manufacturers of D-Ram memory chips breathed a sigh
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      451 23 BOMBAY i s Knmar&com's 10b rnpee project a bid to kick-start »e-commerce in India, f bypassing shortage of phone lines FT AN Indian company is to set up a nationwide satellite-based e-commerce network that would allow millions of Indian consumers to purchase goods
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      74 23 [PUSHKAR, India] A RAJASTHANI nomad waiting for customers to buy his camels at sunset in Pushkar during the annual cattle fair, in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan. The annual fair attracts Rajasthani nomads to sell and buy camels and sheep. People also come to the
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      428 23 ÜBOMBAY Analyst: Sector will outperform stock market as a whole Reuters INDIA'S cement shares are expected to continue rising steadily this year, driven by increased consumption in a quickly growing economy. After a three-year economic slowdown, cement firms are poised to post higher sales
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      330 23 ISLAMABAD Process forms part of USs&3b Paris Club restructuring Reuters GERMAN creditors held rescheduling talks with Pakistan yesterday as part of a US$3.3 billion (555.5 billion) Paris Club restructuring that has to be wrapped up by the end of the year, government officials said.
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      283 25 SEOUL Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's jobless rate fell to a 21-month low of 4.6 per cent last month as retailers and manufacturers hired more staff to help handle the increase in demand brought by faster economic growth. A total of 155,000 jobs were added last
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      532 25 SYDNEY Economistspolled cat year-end forecasts to 62.50-6&50 US cents Bloomberg THE Australian dollar, the world's top-performing currency against its US counterpart until early October, has fallen 4 per cent since then, to 63.76 US cents yesterday. The fall came as jittery foreign investors
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      277 25 WASHINGTON Economy will grow by 0.6% current fiscal year, up to L7s%inthenext Reuters A TOP Japanese official said on Monday that growth prospects in the world's sec-ond-largest economy may be brighter than previously forecast, helping to boost the yen's fortunes in jittery foreign exchange markets.
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      45 25 [SYDNEY] Now here's a handphone that's chic enough for your Fendi handbag. Supermodel Naomi Campbell yesterday launched a new line of Nokia cellulars in Sydney's swanky Queen Victoria Building. She is on a three-day visit to Australia her first to the country. REUTERS
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      119 25 SEOUL Bloomberg DAEWOO Group's Korean lenders will extend a moratorium on the companies' debt another month if an agreement to reschedule payments can't be reached by tomorrow's deadline, an official at the Corporate Restructuring Coordinating Committee said. The committee, which represents 210 Korean financial
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      570 26 FRANKFURT Schroeder willtry to negotiate rescue package for company with banks AFP Bloomberg PHILIPP Holzmann, a 150-year-old German construction giant, filed for insolvency yesterday but Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said immediately that he would go to Frankfurt to negotiate a rescue with the
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      474 26  -  Differences will now be left to ministers to resolve in Seattle From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva WORLD Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Mike Moore and his team have given up after months of haggling on a plan to prepare a draft road map
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      294 26 WASHINGTON Reuters NEW orders for costly manufactured goods tumbled unexpectedly for a second straight month in October, led by a big drop in demand for electronic and electrical equipment, the US government said yesterday. The value of total new orders for durable goods
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      207 26 TEHERAN Bloomberg, Reuters THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries will not boost output to compensate for a disruption in shipments from memberstate Iraq, though it could act if the situation lasts more than two weeks, an Iranian oil official said. Still, crude
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      409 29 WASHINGTON Options offer buyers insurance against markets drying up doe tothe 'bog' FT 'THE New York Federal Reserve has sold almost US$37O billion (*****.1 billion) in "liquidity options" to leading banks in an effort to quell panic about the millennium
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      370 29 But watchdog will continue to give guidance to industry Reuters fWASHINGTON] A Federal securities regulator said on Monday new regulations for booming online stock trading might be premature despite fears customers are not getting the best investment advice. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Laura Unger
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      197 29 MONTREAL Bloomberg ALCAN Aluminium Ltd shareholders overwhelmingly approved the company's planned US$ll.B billion (5519.7 billion) purchase of France's Pechiney SA and Swiss-based Algroup's aluminium and packaging units, moving closer to creating one of the world's two biggest aluminium producers. At a meeting in Montreal, more than
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      255 29 AMSTERDAM FT WORLD Online, a Dutch provider of Internet access in 15 countries, intends a public offering early next year, with a target valuation of 4 billion to 5 billion euros (556.9 billion to SsB.6 billion). Nina Brink, founder and chairwoman, said
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      266 31  -  SSMSSLReports MOT Twtor Daphne Tay, Jardine Fleming THE Singapore stock market closed lower yesterday on lack of institutional participation and fresh market leads. Newly-listed Mediaßing and small-cap issues topped the actives, providing liquidity to an otherwise listless market. Banking counters came under seUing pressure following
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      161 31  -  MSCI Taiwan ftitnres Cecilia Woo Refco Singapore THE Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures contract inched up slightly by 0.3 point in the November contract while the Taiwan Weighted Price Index lost 6.12 points. Taiwan financial shares rose on news governmentbacked
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      236 31 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices dipped as dealers guzzled profits yesterday but markets stayed close to nine-year highs hit after Iraq announced it was suspending exports. Benchmark Brent crude was trading 15 cents off at U5525.63 a barrel at 1230 GMT, just
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      340 31 Reuters ixmdon GLOBAL fixed income fund managers cut their currency exposure to the US dollar to the lowest levels recorded since 1991 in the three months to November, a survey by US investment bank Merrill Lynch showed. But analysts at the firm said the likely result of such
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      2838 32 HONGKONG Reuters, AFP PI Hang Sen& +108J7 HONGKONG shares rebounded from early weakness yesterday, gaining 0.7 per cent on late selective buying, on the back of overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. "The rebound is due to selective buying on a couple
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      352 32 AFP QWFbfax J -U2 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.1 per cent lower in volatile trade yesterday as investors locked in profits from a long rally, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index moved down 6.12 points to 8,046.19, compared to a 1.9 per cent rise in the
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      995 32 Reuters, AFP n Shenzhen B Index -0.77 SHENZHEN'S B shares closed lower yesterday due to a lack of confidence in listed companies' earnings prospects as the end of the year draws near, analysts said. The B Share Index shed 0.77 of a point, or 0.9 per cent, to 84.17
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      429 33 AFP D Composite Index jjj MALAYSIAN share prices slipped slightly yesterday in mixed trade amid selective buying and profit-taking ahead of the Nov 29 general election, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 0.62 of a point to finish at
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      308 34 AFP n Composite Index -183 THE Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 3.83 points at 974.05, after a volatile session. Volume was 274.4 million shares worth 3.7 trillion won. —AFP ■Mil «M MMS«M ***** SO BrtmTach 2STS -25 Central Bank 2920 -130 ChoilComm KMOOO 3000 DwUM 4190 10
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      284 34 AFP n Manila -5.44 PHILIPPINE shares closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday due to growing concerns over the economy, dealers said. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 5.44 points to close at 1,956.63. Volume rose slightly to 14.7 billion shares worth 2.1 billion pesos. AFP hH <000> MRC
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      283 34 AFP Q Wellington +127 NEW Zealand shares closed 0.2 per cent firmer yesterday, thanks to Telecom and the sale of a stake in Auckland International Airport Ltd to a Singaporean operator. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 3.27 points or 0.2 per cent to 2,107.89 on heavy turnover of NZ5215.5
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      585 34 AFP n All Ordinaries -L 7 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed marginally lower yesterday due to some profit-tak-ing, dealers said. The Australian Stock Exchange's benchmark All Ordinaries Index closed down 1.7 points at 3,061.4. The All Industrials Index rose 4.3 points to 5,301.7, while the All Resources closed 9.9 points
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      795 34 AFP □set latex THAI shares closed 0.2 per cent lower yesterday in quiet trade, hampered by a lack of significant factors to influence the market, dealers said. Foreign investors stayed away amid concerns about the possible impact of the Y2K computer bug, they said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand
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      706 34 AFP C 3 Composite Index -1L72 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.9 per cent lower yesterday due to a lack of incentives that led to profit-taking in several blue chip stocks, dealers said. "There's no positive moves to drive the market," said a dealer with a regional brokerage. The Jakarta
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      1043 36  -  l-ljcomment CURRENCIES But euro, A$ and are vulnerable as the yen gains strength larry wee THE biggest event to influence financial markets over the last week must surely have been Wall Street's unequivocal thumbs-up to the Fed's decision to take back the last
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      756 36 But trading band could widen to &5, with little impact on Asian currencies THE arguments for a yuan devaluation have been based on a worsening balance of payments (BOP) predicament and a flagging growth trajectory. But these have to be reviewed. China now
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      542 36  -  Region seeing solid rebonnd in industrial production By\ David Cohen The author is director, Macro-economic Forecasting, MMS Standard and Poor's THE flow of third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) reports from Emerging Asia has and will testify to an impressive continuing recovery from
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      963 37 I»lhitti 1 MTffa^——^— rr■■!■! ■12 my Twins. «-00 See Thurs Schedules. 12.45 PMInfoTVI. 830 Showbuzz. LOO Bisnes Malaysia. I ml nn S Va i u S Crimewatch. 1H»»1» 2.02 Kembara Jalur Gemi jL 4.00 Kidz Blitz. Here s Hum- News 5 Tonight. LOO PM Response TV. lang B h I
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      290 37 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 It is extreme carelessness to gel 1 Young crab (6) 12x1 2 incorrect (5,10) 4 Leave country to let one's hair 5 Climbers win become attached to down (2,2,4) this in training (7) 8 Unable to take the long view with 6 GokJ and diamonds provided
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      280 39 Bridge News, Reuter THE dry cargo freight market got to a sluggish start on Monday, although caper rates remained steady and some fresh business was quoted from Japan despite a holiday there on yesterday, brokers said. Panamax conditions were easier in the Atlantic and brokers spoke of a
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      262 39 IMP 1 III II Umn *h <m SSaafT. ?1o -o'o6 2614 Cpscpkwoamairt 126 -0.01 143 fntaMLM* CL33 -0.02 090 68 Holdings LOO -O.OS 89 HaiStaHup 0.75 -0.01 2180 «c immmi-HK mo unch o JayaHoldings 1.39 uneh 9330 Jorgng Shipyard 5.50 -0.40 228 NaapwCarp 436 -0.02 1266 MppalFlLS 1.42
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      445 39  -  Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] Yokohama Port is spending 25 billion yen (***** million) on a new cruise terminal to be ready in time for "World Cup" cruises between Japan and South Korea in 2002. The Japanese port is also attempting to attract Asian
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      421 39 But company says outlook for the remainder of the year looks mildly positive Bloomberg [LONDON] P&O Nedlloyd, the world's third-largest container shipping company, said third-quarter operating profit fell 46 per cent, as average revenue per container declined and fuel prices rose. The company, a
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      831 39  -  STRAIT TALK By\ Seafarer TWO weeks ago Seafarer mentioned several recent accidents including the reefership Dole America's collision with the Nab Tower off the south coast of England. Since the Nab Tower is a substantial stone edifice it emerged from the encounter, as far
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      226 39 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Regional Container Lines, one of Thailand's largest shipping companies, plans to seU about one billion baht (Ss43 million) of bonds privately within two weeks to pay aff existing debt and invest in new projects. The bonds will be targeted at
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      179 39 [SINGAPORE] Yemen's two main ports in Aden and Hodeidah yesterday resumed op erations after a strike on Monday by hundreds of port workers demanding higher wages. Union officials said the workers went on strike after the failure of talks with the transport ministry over higher
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        727 40 Repression is unmentionable as to admit even a slight problem is to risk losing one's job AFP -1 [WASHINGTON] M IRLINE pilots have to submit to regular comI, petency exams 2 and physical > tests, but when it comes to men- tal health problems they are
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      189 40 PACE Dongnama 3 ACL 6 00tHn 7 MIL 3 ECL 4 Accord 8 ECU Line 6 Appenship 5 Evergreen 6 Austral 8 foongSun 8 Balaji Shpq 5 Clink 4 BSA 7 Gemartrans 6 B'tang Mas 8 Hanqli 7 CCNI 7 Han|in 3 CMA 8 Heung-A 4 COSCO
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      20361 47 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 04/12 29/12 MOL P 0 NED SAN JOSE 7504A 65 *****86 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voire os/12 31/12 H
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        709 53 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt mom Jay ***** J01 23/11/8:00 23/11/1200 BfHB 4180 1499 J01 23/11/8:30 23/11/1800 si CWKOC *****9 J12 23/H/8K) 23/11/1900 SAwcmtrjl DCC-99 J03 23/11/8.30 23/11/23:59 Btlestari I *****9 J01 23/11/10:00 23/11/231)0 B(||«k NOV-23 JOI 23/11/1000 23/11/23:59 ft Sue III «199 JOI 23/11/10:00 23/11/2359
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        2040 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From AC ISWAN 3*0£ 25/300 2A 22/1700 23/045* 23/0100 2* 22/1700 21/06* 23/0900 3 23/0700 23/115* 23/1400 23/1200 23/M5* 23/1700 tfl M.MM0M M 25/500 S 22/1700 23/0*5* 2V0*00 21 22/1700 23/065*
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        93 53 Nov 25 United States: Thankgiving Day. Deo 8 Italy: Immaculate Conception. Dec 0 Brunei: First Day of Fasting. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 25 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas
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        791 53 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 market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        474 53 Carbon HO Mu 991.2 12 17 J O.D 79 0.09 ■m M D*n*it« Water Residue lit Aluminium Sediment "0 Above E25 1 1 10 I ***** 222l '2201 aw.— Mm™ Avc 983.7 OJ 13.4 0.07 25 0.02 Um. 380 Mu 993.4 0.7 18.1 0.12 54 0.04
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        365 54 [CALGARY] Canadian Airlines Corp plans to respond to Air Canada's Cs92 million (Sslos million) takeover offer by the end of the week, an airline spokeswoman said. Calgary-based Canadian, with its cash reserves dwindling, faces bowing to Air Canada's advance or, in
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        172 54 AFP [BERN] A top Russian prosecutor met Swiss federal prosecutors on Monday as part of a joint probe into suspected moneylaundering by senior Aeroflot executives, judiciary sources said. "We hope to help the Russian judicial authorities carry out all sides of this inquiry,"
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        370 54 Its report confirms that this year will be the worst ever for air traffic delays Reuters [BRUSSELS] Air traffic delays in Europe continued to worsen in the third quarter of 1999. the Association of European Airlines (AEA) said on Monday.
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        492 54 Reuters [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia has signed a US$l.94 billion (553.2 billion) loan deal with foreign banks to help finance its purchase of airplanes from Boeing, an official from lead arranger Chase Manhattan said yesterday. The official at Chase's regional headquarters in Bahrain said
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        1865 54 Ctrr FLIGHT ETA FUCHT ETD $***** 2359 Ma MM G *975 1520 Fafcaata $0989 1750 $0990 0125 AMatot AN8230 1905 fni|i>ii $0403 1910 C2352 0835 LH6381 1905 C2351 2045 $0*04 106 ***** 1905 NmmI VW741 1310 ¥*****42 0905 Aasttrtaa m.0843 0525 U.0838 2335 S0vm76 »35 6A975
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        355 54 A commercial launch after Dec is not ruled ont, says weekly Reuters (LONDON] European planemaker Airbus Industrie will decide next month whether to begin seeking preliminary commitments for its proposed A3XX superjumbo aircraft, industry weekly Flight International reported. A full launch
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      71 39 ANNOUNCEMENT WE WISH TO INFORM THE SHIPPING COMMUNITY THAT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, TMI SHIPPING PTE LTD HAS CEASED TO BE OUR AUTHORIZED SINGAPORE AGENT AND IS THEREFORE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE OUR "TRANS MARINE INTERNATIONAL" HOUSE BILL OF LADING. WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK TMI SHIPPING PTE LTD
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      1270 40 I NORTH AMERICA I I EXPORT I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS DIRECTTO LONG BgACW~" II WTIIT mil "IT ("IT mUTIH UMni l fill!fill! lIliFT] ygsa vot rSST man iwwa mm mam oomo mwnm mbkoott mai "wT Tr 'njwmliouwuI wmio—co a—re "ptommu —mywimu mumcmb OOQUMKA 1*540 I 14/11
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      656 40 Lhi services represented hfms«s\ h* 01 Registry o» Members o< the \|KajW/ Accradtod Shipptng Agents. Singapore Freight Forwarders Sfrore National Shipping Asaoc Association Q ULY UNE MAIS Ivissa VOY IHA flu iu P. KIAN6 SPOtl mil Princess Lily V 1099 25/11 27/11 06/12 Princess Lily V 1199 12/12 14/12 23/12
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      969 43 SflHiag to Mm hMM, 1 Dfibwti (Via MM) IT-Jtl I lOIOMNSONID 111: 226 1900 FAX:*****08 OUIWWDII/U I SHIPPING fit LTD 112-00 SAIIS/IKGS *****57/60 INWARD MPT (D/ 0) *****85 COST Aft AGENCIES (Ml SDN 115 I SSaif« 25., x 1 TWHE/OI7OE 24/11 21/11 01/12 OS/I 2 EMPKSSSEA/0091W 11/11 14/11 m/ii 14/11
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      794 44 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES (PTE) LTD A 140 Cecil Street, #03-00 PtL Building, Singapore *****0. 1 CR NO VOT m Htl STB 11 M W W HI I {fll I I lUMGA TTIATAI I ITTO4S 14/11 27/11 1M? 15/12 71/12 tl/M I I wiatAtwAu fat i/» 3znz f/ii »/i2 it/12 azn
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      414 44 SO TEL OK BLANGAH ROM) 182-02 OTPORT CENTRE STORE *****9 TEL: *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** CR NO. **********0W VESSEL VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION MANAMA 41/99 2V11« 2MI« MUNTOK KAGURI 19A9 2911/99 2VII/99 MALAYSIAN POTPONTIMMK mabukwa cm anm anm pklbalam UMMU 14f19 3OT1« 3V11A9 PONTIANAK MAfIUKWA 43A9
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      1166 46 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA ""1 FULL COHTMNEB 3CTVICC va *rr_ m m w m vn m m n m tfiaouu its n/11 n/n «/i7 v/ii 10/n usuui IsT »/n S/ii ii/ii u/n TT/Ti PtOMDMBMM 5J5" 07/n 17/11 14/11 11/11 jyjl mrnrr i»T u/n wit |»/n|«/n| »/n~ FEEDER SERVICE TO
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      51 47 FAR EAST EUROPE I Direct Breakbulk/Container/LCL Service to Manila/Guam/Saipan EAST USA I Agents: V-Grow Shipping Pte Ltd See Page 7 Daily FULL CONTAINER EXPRESS SERVICE Wallenius T Wilhelmsen Turn To Pg 5 New Europe To [B MIDDLE EAST/ S.E. ASIA service China Shipping (S) Agencies Pte Ltd p 8 7
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      165 50 is MteiOM-UiMiM cocos traded" (FOREST PVOOUCTS SERVICE) (SunM/m Senior For Christmas Island Frrmantlr Oncn Island) Almi call other west Australia ports subject hi indwymenl TAW SXN KKU TMA VESSEL VOY. SIN CXI FMI COS OCEAN QUEEN OS/12 OS/12 THOR KIRSTEN 4SSB 01/12 OA/12 14/12 24/12 lOAMHG FO«: JtDOAH THOR KIRSTEN
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