The Straits Times, 13 May 2000 (2024)

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93 2000-05-13 87 SINGAPORE Pnys.cal (SS) Fri Thu K.looar *****-*****.92 *****-1597!. 18 100 gm 1536-1627.40 1541-1632.55 SOgrr 768-824.00 771-826.06 20 qn 307-340.93 308-341.96 sgm 77-100.94 77-101.97 !cjm 15-36.05 15-36.05 Bullion coins (SS/oz) Fri Thu Saore Bullion coin .505-493 503 496 Ca-iad.an Tiapie ieaf 505 493 508-496 Austranamuqqet 487-520.15 439-522.21 UBS gold Kin«tur'"

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175 2000-05-13 87 Foreign Currency Note Rates (9am, May 12) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 0.9910 1.0040 Canadian dollar 1.1470 1.1720 NZ dollar 0.8110 0.8310 Sterling pound 2.5820 2.6090 US dollar 1.7200 1.7310 Singapore dollars fc 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.19

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1826 2000-05-13 87 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS. May 13, 2000 EGEWD All prices art indicative except for S Ex Rtnqqlt Assets Broadly Diversified Narrowly Focused S Lower Risk; Low to Medium Risk. Medium to Hlqn Risk; Higher Risk; open-ended; Before subdivision r units. S/S After subdivision of units; SP after stock split; N A

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402 2000-05-13 87 HKS ASM Pacific 24.70 -t.35 Bank of East Asia 15.45 0.40 CPPokphand 0.29 0.01 Cafe De Coral 3.00 0.07 Cathay Pacific Airways 14.30 0.30 COL Hotels 2.18 unch Century City Infl 0.35 unch Cheung Kong Holdings 82.75 3.50 China Motor Bus 45.00 unch CITIC Pacific

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41 2000-05-13 87 Crude calm oil (Ms/tonne) May 00 1020 (Sootn) Refined palm oil (USS/tonne) RBD Palm Oil May 00 310.00 (seller) Jun 00 310.00 (seller) RBD Olein May 00 330.00 (seller) Jun 00 330.00 (seller) RBD Stearin May 00 252.50 (seller)

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19 2000-05-13 87 Closing prices tUSS/troy oz) Thu Frl Singapore 5.00-5.02 4.98-5.00 Wed Thu New York 5 01-5.03 4.99-5.01 Source: ROTHSCHiLD

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8 2000-05-13 87 Closing prices (MS/kilo) KLTin ?O.32(+O.IO) Turnover 88(»4>

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285 2000-05-13 87 STOCK FUTURES Rubber Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (Tonnes. S cents/Kg) Physical Rubber (SICOM) May 12. 2000 Month High Low Sett Vol Open Int (Prices at 12nn m S cents/kg) Buyer Seller JunOO 121.50 300 50 JulOO 123.00 100 400 RSS 2 June 2000 120.00 121. 00N AuqOO 125.00 100

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384 2000-05-13 87 Eurodollar 3-Month deposit (!OO imphed interest rate) Open Hign Low Sett Est Vol May 00 93.2725 93.2725 93.2650 93.2600 408 Jun 00 53.150 93.150 93.130 93.140 9836 Jul 00 93.015 0 Act Vol (Thu ***** Open Int (Thu *****7 Open High Low Sett

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161 2000-05-13 87 52Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gross Net M Cap High Low Company Traded Sale tor- '000 High Low dlv P/E SmM HONGKONG STOCKS 365 200 CDU2OOO) HK2ooxd 8 6.8 3956.9 Cathay Pac 20c HK72O 265 6 *****.4 Cheung KonqSOr HKI7BO 240 3 4069&

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3446 2000-05-13 87 KUALA LUMPER Transction date: May 12, 2000 2000 Last Voi Net Hiqn Low Company Sale (000! P/E INDUSTRIALS Consumer Products 420 310 Ajinomotc 374 4 6 20 5 158 91 Angkasa 98 1 16 670 29 r Apoilo Food Hlq 520 -20 19 12 4 3150 2700 BATSOC 3100 25

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74 2000-05-13 87 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES Crude/Product Month" Chanqt Pric* (US$l BBL BRQfI s. EM Jun KM! ->-;- t WEST TEXAS Inte'm Jji -117 ?9 39 2V 4 DUBAI FATEH Jun +U3 tSMIHtMt TAPIS BLENO Jun 1-0.90 28.70-28 8C MINAS Jun *0.90 2t 6C 26 6C NAPHTHA (CIF Jap! *5.00/3.50 265.00-267 OC NAPHTHA

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7 2000-05-13 88 Transaction date; May 12, 2000 1

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48 2000-05-13 88 Straits Times Index 2026.65 *22.93 3T 08/ OS -160.00 -95 00 BT CADI -*****.00 '22.00 8T 10 day MA -*****.00 16.00 DBS 50 Index 653 84 »6.55 OCBC 30 623.34 >6. '0 UOB Blue Chip 735.30 *3.06 MSCI Singapore 269.35 »2.90 SiMSCI Futures 266. 50 *2 30

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94 2000-05-13 88 MAIN SDQ Up Dn Uncn Up Dr. Unch Multilnd 9 4 7 0 0 0 Manufacturing 40 40 25 2Z 10 10 Commerce 14 13 10 4 4 4 Tpt/Stor/Comms .12 12 7 0 1 0 Finance 12 6 8 0 0 0 Construction 5 11 5 5 4

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30 2000-05-13 88 ChewEuHock 20c 46.912.000 SIA Enqq 10c 24,971.000 SATSvcslOc 20,176.000 ThaiVMiacje 5c 19.315,000 Meaißadsc 10.221,000 A.iwt^an 5c 9.886,000 Koon mpire 5c 9,807,000 Pn^wayLab 5c 9,694,000 CXi 9,454.000 MstStMISOC 8,367,000

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67 2000-05-13 88 TURNOVER !'OOO) Ma|n Sesoaq Total Multi Ind 14,194 14 194 Manufacturing 63.716 13 941 97 65/ Commerce 14,847 10,448 ***** Tpt/Stor/Comms 33,730 798 34,528 Finance 16,732 16,732 Construction 61,535 6.290 67,825 Properties 6,776 6 776 Hoteis/Rsts 5,488 19,452 24 940 Services 50,883 28,348 79.231 Others BLW 15,837 250

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2754 2000-05-13 88 MULTI INDUSTRY k Curr Last Vol Day Grs Net M Cap Wt Avg Ml*f Low Comply Tr»o>d Sal. *or- 000 High Low Olv P/E Smll Price 18 5 s AyaFood&Prop 42 5 unch 313 43 42.5 ''-33-8 4J 1 3 r s ssjasssfKfc ■■.-.■-.■■■is- 5

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276 2000-05-13 88 MARKET REPORT ARKCOVKRY on Wall Street overnight on Thursday brought back some life to battered Asian markets, with the Singapore bourse rebounding 1.14 percent yesterday. The Straits 'limes Index closed 22.93 points up at 2,026.65, helped by gains m blue-chip counters Singapore Airlines ami DBS

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1379 2000-05-13 88 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Ki^^^rr L^_Ffy-*L'i'i' STOCK PRICES LECENO NOTES Straits Times Index Stocks AS sfiares quoted taw a par value of SI and *t traoed m lots of 1.000 snares b i buylnq-in eacn unless otherwise specified s scripiess and non CPF AH sr,*et are scripiess etctpt Euntil, Foptec IMC

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1129 2000-05-13 88 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cip Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sal. +or- 000 High Low Dlv <*> P/E Smil Prlc. MANUFACTURING 2.8 -00 c -AS Auto 10c 138 unch 311 140 137 lON 181.2 139 137 67.5 c ASJ Hidqs 20c 90.5 '35

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83 2000-05-13 89 AT XEROX Under CEO Rick Thoman (below), Xerox stumbled m its bid to reinvent itself as a maker of digital copiers and printers linked to computer networks, rather than the stand-alone analog copiers on which its business was founded. AT KODAK A similar upheaval txx)k place

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389 2000-05-13 89 Xerox chief quits after troubled year PRESSURE FROM BOARD NEW YORK Mr Rick Thoman, the embattled chief executive officer of Xerox, resigned on Thursday under pressure from the company's board after a troubled year that has seen the office equipment company's stock tumble by more than 50 per cent. The

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131 2000-05-13 89 LONDON WPP Group has agreed to buy Young Kubicam (Y&R) tor US$4.7 billion (SsB.l billion) m Stock to create the world's biggest advertising company, leapfrogging Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group. WPP, the industry's No. .3 advertising holding company, will pay 0.835 American depository receipt

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478 2000-05-13 89 Recovery m European sales and higher margins lift first-quarter profit to $906 m NEW YORK Dell Computer reported a 31 per cent increase m revenues and higher first-quarter earnings that topped estimates, reversing the rocky ride of the two previous quarters. Net income of

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506 2000-05-13 90 U.S. E C N (> M V Producer price index drops for the first time since February last year, thanks to lower oil costs WASHINGTON Prices paid to US factories, farmers and other producers fell last month for the first time m more than

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88 2000-05-13 90 NEW YORK US stocks rose for a second session yesterday, boosted by expectation-topping profits from Dell Computer Corp and news of tame inflation at the wholesale level. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1 16.86 points or 1.11 per cent to 10,662.83. The Nasdaq Composite Index

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173 2000-05-13 90 WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve board chairman, Mr Alan Greenspan, has won the approval of 76 per cent of Americans, according to a Pew Research Centre poll. In contrast, President Bill Clinton's approval rating dropped over the past year, sinking below

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404 2000-05-13 90 CONCERN OVER INFLATION WASHINGTON With the US economy continuing to boom despite five recent Federal Reserve interest rate rises, many analysts have increased their estimates ot how high rates will have to go eventually to slow the economy's headlong rush, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The

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95 2000-05-13 90 'This expansion is beings driven by investment, and m such a case real interest rates have to be higher than they othencise would be m order to balance demand and supply of investment funds. Fed vice-chairman Roger Ferguson, on tin- impact of productivity growth EXPECTATIONS Most analysts

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376 2000-05-13 91 Gus Dur vows to prop up sinking rupiah Currency plunges towards 8,500 to US$l as analysts voice doubts over govt's ability to turn economy around JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said the government would take action to boost the rupiah, which has dropped to seven-month lows, if the battered unit

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463 2000-05-13 91 MARY KWANG- MARY KWANG HUNT FOR NEW BOSS CONTINUES CHINA i)HKI Sl'O\m.\ SI" ZHOU The Chinese side of the Sino-Singapore Sii/hou [ndustriaJ Park t SIP has found a deputy chief executive tor the joint venture, but is still looking for a candidate to head the Park

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277 2000-05-13 91 WASHINGTON Prix ate companies m China are thriving despite little access to loans or equity financing, the World Bank said. In the first study ever of of China's private sector, the World Bank found it produces at least one-third of China's total output. "What's amazing

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438 2000-05-13 92 DENESH DIVYANATHAN- DENESH DIVYANATHAN It plans to launch a budget service, Value 015, within the next month, which will offer even cheaper rates AKHL'B is offering InterLtional Direct Dialling ii)D"> discounts of up to 60 I cent to 2v> destinations t in Monday.

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324 2000-05-13 92 Japan okays Bill to cut phone charges CHEAPER INTERNET ACCESS SOON TOKYO Japans Parliament has passed a Hill to cut connection tees by more than 20 per cent for companies including foreign ones trying to break into Japan's Lucrative telecommunications market. Lawmakers m the 252--member House of Councillors voted 208-to-22

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229 2000-05-13 92 PORTUGAL'S SHIPPING INDUSTRY IS FIGHTING OFF CHEAPER SHIPYARDS IN ASIA, SAYS BLOOMBERG ONE of the largest shipbuilders and repairers m the A»ian region, Singapore's Keppel Hitachi Zosen, is m talks with Portugal's Lisnave t >taleiros Navais. operator of that country's largest shipyard. When

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143 2000-05-13 92 DIFFERENT 'oiks, similar strokes. With three swift strokes, designer Su Veang left captured the whirl o? difference that characterises the Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI). esterda) the association ofmainl) home-grown companies unveiled its new -look symbol si its ;tnnuai dinner. "The challenge

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200 2000-05-13 92 A FREEHOLD site on Serangoon Road has been put up for sale by tender and is expected to raise close to $32 million. The sale was launched on Tuesday. At the junction of Moonstone Lane and Serangoon Road, the .3:3,785 sq ft property has a

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331 2000-05-13 92 NARENDRA AGGARWAL; NARENDRA AGGARWAL-Shipping firm wins Brithsi SME award NARENDRA AGGARWAL NARENDRA AGGARWAL By SINGAPORE-BASED l"n--derwaier Shipcare, which provides underwater diving services to the shipping industry m Singapore and m the region, yesterdaj won the inaugural British Chamber Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) of the Year Award. Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng

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852 2000-05-13 94 TAMMY TAN- TAMMY TAN By The trick for Sing Tel is to forgo the glamour of big names and pool smaller, second-tier firms instead TO lose one's bride .it the altar i> a painful experience. 1 <> be jilted tw i< v is unbelie> able. But such

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570 2000-05-13 94 LEE CHEE CHEW- LEE CHEE CHEW "V\'h vrr much regret that although due diligence has been completed Renong and I line are not m a position to sign a definitive agreement with Sing el at this point. "We have not been told of the reason

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415 2000-05-13 94 DENESH DIVYANATHAN- DENESH DIVYANATHAN ONE-CENT RISE By DESPITE the collapse of the Time Engineering deal. Singapore Telecoms (Sing Tel* share price escaped a battering yesterday and edged up one cent to close at $2.34. Analysts said this was liecause the move by the Malaysian telecommunications

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518 2000-05-13 94 KUALA LUMPUR The restructuring of Time Engineering's debts of about RM.5.372 billion (552.4 billion) is likeh to gather pace now that the Singapore Telecommunications' (Sing Tel; proposal to acquire stakes m the Time group has fallen through, industry sources and analysts

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387 2000-05-13 95 IGNATIUS LOW- IGNATIUS LOW K7 But shareholders will have to approve the merger on June 19 before the new management can take over THE power structure at mega stockbroker Goh, Vickers will form a triumvirate comprising Mr Goh Geok Khim as executive chairman,

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395 2000-05-13 95 CHEEJANNPERNG- CHEEJANNPERNG STOCK WATCH SIA UNITS SINGAPORE AMines' (SIA) subsidiaries Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats) and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) initial public offers (IPO) hit an air pocket on their first day of trading yesterday. SIAEC shares ended only three cents above its

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458 2000-05-13 95 HALAL CERTIFICATION Business activity must not involve: Alcohol or products with alcoholic inferences Pork-related products Interest-bearing financial services p*rnography Casino or gambling activities Tobacco production Business activity subject to closer review: Businesses whose principal activity are halal but may have non-halal content m operating their business.

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360 2000-05-13 95 NATSTEEL shares went on a roller-coaster ride yesterday rising more than Itpel cent m early trading, on1> to shed all gains and end 7 l>i r cent lower .it $3.78. Analysts attributed this to a spih m opinion over the group's new restructuring

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142 2000-05-13 95 GOK GEOK KHIM, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN What the merger means for G X Goh and Vickets Ballas shareholders IGK Goh share 1.51 17 Goh. Vickers shares 1 Vickers Ballas share 1.303 Goh, Vickers shares What next Shareholders of G X Goh and Vickers Balks need to approve the merger

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559 2000-05-13 96 IGNATIUS LOW- IGNATIUS LOW B£ INEVITABLE: Like root canal job It is expected, and three months don't make too much of a difference. The writing has been on the wattfor a Jong time m bold. It's like a root canal job you can posttione it,

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52 2000-05-13 96 May 12 Cents SPHIOO 3000 90.0 3.1 SIA 1740 70.0 4.2 GcHldqs 1280 60.0 4.9 SIA 2OO 1730 600 3.6 JMHUS2SC4OO 448 44.8 6.2 Creative 1 25 c 4280 40.0 0.9 SPH 2970 40.0 1.4 Sembcorp Logist 1040 40.0 4.0 DatacraftiOc 705 34.5 2.9 DBS Grp 2050

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59 2000-05-13 96 TOP RISES May 12 Cents Intßoller WtOO 2 100.0 1.0 DBSDPECWOI 48 20.0 8.0 CentreptWtOC 3.5 16.7 0.5 Armstrong WO4 W. 5 14.7 2.5 Thai Village 5r 25 13.6 3.0 CityDev CL ECWOO 15.5 W. 7 1.5 Pan Pecific2sc 44.5 9.9 4.0 Bonves!Wto2 22.5 9.8 2,0 Sing Tel CL eCW00

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56 2000-05-13 96 May 12 Carts OCBC 1030 30.0 2.8 NatSteelSOc 374 28.0 7.0 BSemtawang 1300 20.0 1.5 City Dcv 50c 685 15.0 2.1 ST Assembly 25c 595 10.0 1.7 VentureMfg2sc 1810 10.0 0.5 TACBUO 200 240 6.9 1.6 IPCOWO2 154 6.0 3i Amtek Engg 20c 73 5.0 6.4 GES

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55 2000-05-13 96 TOP FALLS Mayg Cents Msyfran W0Z1207 15 16.7 3.0 UOBGSeCWOOK»S. 6.5 13.3 1.0 LeeKimTahWt 4 11.1 0.5 KepTL Fin WOl 17 W. 5 2.0 Colex Hldgs 10c 24.5 9.3 2.5 KepTl Bk DBSCWOO 5.5 8.3 0.5 WellNetHMOc 16.5 6.3 1.5 Twimwxx!sc 23.5 7.8 2.0 KepTL Bank WOO 6 7.7 0.5

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