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To: Follies who wrote (17891)	3/16/2000 2:19:00 AM
From: Tim McCormick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

No, it means they have an overt PPT- Taiwan's key stock index rose, reversing losses that had put it on track for its worst five- day slide in almost six years, as the government said it had started to commit $6.5 billion to buying shares. The TWSE Index gained 42.73, or 0.5 percent, to 8682.76, led by Hon Hai Precision Industries Co. The index earlier fell as much as 4.5 percent to a three-month low. At its lowest, it was down 14 percent in five days, the biggest such slide since October 1994, on concern an opposition victory in presidential elections will lead to a military standoff with China. ``It behooves the ruling party and the opposition to make sure the market doesn't turn in a repeat of its nasty performance Monday,' when it fell 6.6 percent, said Samuel Webster, director of research at Credit Suisse Investment Consulting in Taipei.