The Business Times, 12 July 2003

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  • Title Section
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    12 1 85c MITA(P) 024/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE JULY 12 13. 2003
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  • Article
    Lock icon SGX targets listing manual changes to boost IPO quality
    379 1  -  Proposals also cover reverse takeover and quarterly reporting By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] In response to recommendations from a high-level committee which studied corporate governance issues in Singapore, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it may amend its listing manual in ways
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    Lock icon Quest to treat region's sick continues
    780 1  -  Singapore's medical industry is facing stiff competition from its neighbours, but it's not giving up, KENNETH UNI and LEONARD UM report KENNETH LIM, LEONARD LIM EVEN as Singaporeans are saddened by the deaths in surgery of the conjoined Iranian twins, some industry watchers have
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    Lock icon MAS to set up protection fund for policyholders
    437 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore plans to set up a fund next year to compensate policyholders of general and life insurance in the event of a default by the insurer. "We have legislation setting the stage for
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      Lock icon SIAS eyes stock researcn unit
      115 1  -  By Kenneth Lim THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) is looking into starting a stock research unit to provide independent opinions on companies, chief executive David Gerald said yesterday. The idea is still in the early stages, but Mr Gerald said his committee is
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fighting software piracy, M'sian style
      72 1 THE move was meant to deal with copyright owners' demand that Malaysia fix its piracy problems. But yet, it has backfired because the US government thinks it's too drastic. Essentially, KL wants to mandate lower prices for original computer, music and movie software in the
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  • news front
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      Lock icon Consensus on option expensing eludes council
      502 2  -  But CCDG members accept that S'pore would eventually move towards adoption of new standard By. Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] After hours of gruelling debate yesterday, the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) ended its closely-watched meeting on stock option expensing still divided, sources told
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      Lock icon Europe on the brink of an accounting battle
      679 2 K could lead to political showdown if accounting board does not back down NYT [PARfSFA battle royal over in Europe. The leaders of the International Accounting Standards Board, which is trying to impose new ruleS r 6ri financial institutions, have been denounced
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      Lock icon Killing piracy's selling point
      718 2  -  Saturday soapbox The US should rethink its objection to KL's bold plan to close the price gap between fakes and the real thing tang weng fai OVER the past month, Malaysia has threatened to use its Price Control Act to force music, movie and software publishers
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      Lock icon Priceless lessons for Asia's richest
      875 2  -  EXCLUSIVE Citigroup gives 40 scions from region's most affluent families a crash course in wealth management By< Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] What do you give the children of the world's wealthiest, who have everything served to them on not just a silver, but a golden, platter?
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  • news companies
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      Lock icon NOL gets ratings boost from JP Morgan
      415 4 It cites a probable increase in profit per container in the next few quarters Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines Ltd, Singapore's largest shipping company, had its rating boosted by JP Morgan Chase Co, trailing some analysts who had raised their recommendations earlier this year.
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      Lock icon Hong Leong share transfer seen as a win-win deal
      704 4  -  covporate analysis Some say CityDev got it cheap and others believe Target dumped the assets. But VINCE CHONG says this is one deal that will benefit shareholders of both companies VINCE CHONG WAS it a case of real estate giant City
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      Lock icon New business plan is viable, says Horizon
      262 4 THE directors of education services provider Horizon Education and Technologies believe it should be able to continue operating as a going concern in the foreseeable future, Horizon said yesterday in a statement. Auditors Deloitte Touche had earlier said that Horizon's viability is dependent
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      Lock icon Ascendas eyeing expansion in China
      240 4  -  It is looking at cities like Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xian By Andrea Tan BUSINESS and industrial space provider Ascendas, which inked its second industrial park management deal this week, said it was looking to expand in China. Ascendas bagged a 10-year deal with the Shenyang Hunnan
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      Lock icon SPH Magazines in JV with Berita Publishing
      235 4  -  By] Leonard Lim SINGAPORE Press Holdings' magazine publishing arm, SPH Magazines, announced yesterday the setting up of a joint-venture company in Malaysia with Berita Publishing. Called Magazine World and to be owned 70 per cent by Berita and 30 per cent by SPH
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      Lock icon Fishing at the stock market
      692 4  -  market review r sivanithy IN a recent newspaper report, a dealer was quoted as saying that the local stock market could be in trouble in the days ahead because housewives and fishmong ers are starting to boast about how much money they've made over the
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      73 4 ST! 1,***** (+25.08) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,550.00 (+26.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 191.00 (+3.90) Friday Change KLSECOMP 7fl.SU *005 NIKKEI 225 9.635.35 32Ui7 HANG SENG mtM 7181 SET INDEX 484 .19 ♦10.ll JAKARTA OOMP .***** -644 MANILA OOMP .1.***** -14.02 TAIPEI WPI 5fl99« -42.42 SEOtlCOMP 704.15 -364 SHENZHEN B 227.46 17
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      Lock icon FINANCE
      79 4 FOREX RATES US$ SI IS$ (SS per rs$) 1757 4UISS/SS per 1.634 1871 1.134 1.992 YEN 117.8 67.UO RM 3.8U0 1163 HKS 7.799 4.4:19 BAHT 41.63 23 69 Rl'PIAH 8116 4.676 RENMINBI 8199 4.7£( INDIAN RITEE 4608 26.23 AS 1.521 0 865 NZS 1696 <L%« PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5ii
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    • corporateroundup
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        Lock icon CityOne to launch residential project in China soon
        196 4 CITYONE Township Development, a joint venture between HDB Corporation and Keppel Land, Could start its first residential township project in China soon now that the Shenyang Hunnan District Government has signed a memorandum of agreement with a consortium of Singapore companies to
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        Lock icon Thai Village in China deal
        61 4 THAI Village Holdings yesterday announced that the company had entered into a franchise agreement with Wuxi Yi Fu Trading in Suzhou, China. Under the agreement, Wuxi will be granted a nonexclusive licence to operate restaurants serving Thai Teochew cuisige in the city of Suzhou using
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        Lock icon NatSteel ups stakes in two units
        138 4 NATSTEEL Ltd has subscribed for a further 5.5 million shares at par value of $1 each in wholly owned subsidiary Nat Steel Engineering, which will increase the paid-up and issued capital of the unit to $47.7 million. The group said Nat Steel Engineering is
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        Lock icon SIA wins concessions at wage-cat talks
        79 4 SIA wins concessions at w age-cat talks SINGAPORE Airlines has concluded wage-cut talks with the last union in its family, said CNA, and has even got an unusual concession by members of the SIA Engineering, Engineers and Executives union. The union's members offered not to take half of their annual
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        Lock icon iSoftel appoints new CEO
        115 4 IT company iSoftel has announced the resignation of its president and CEO Kevin Chia and the appointment of new CEO David Fraser. Mr Chia has a service contract with the company which will lapse on July 17. The company said Mr Fraser has managed and led
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        Lock icon SIA leases two aircraft to Air-India
        102 4 Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd said yesterday it had signed a deal to lease two A3lO-300 aircraft to AirIndia for three years from December 2003 and February 2004. The airline did not provide any fUrther details. In April, SIA said it would phase out its
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      Lock icon THE REGULATOR
      1916 5  -  Canadian John Palmer, an authority on prudential regulation of the finance industry, shares with CATHERINE ONG how he came to be deputy managing director at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the tasks ahead for him CATHERINE ONG ON THE wall of his office on the 22nd floor
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      Lock icon MAS studying issue of lower bank capital requirements
      572 5 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking into the possibility of lowering banks' capital adequacy ratio (CAR) to 10 per cent from 12 per cent, thus freeing up the amount of capital banks need to fund their credit exposures. John Palmer,
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  • money personal finance
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      Lock icon Wealth and the family
      841 6  -  Being attuned to delicate family and personal issues plays a key role in managing wealth, as VIKRAM KHANNA finds out VIKRAM KHANNA Managing wealth is not just about making financial decisions, says Peter White, managing director at Citigroup Private Bank's Family Advisory Practice. "The psychological and
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • money personal investment
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      Lock icon Consider carefully before going into property
      783 7  -  By Genevieve Cua ALL-TIME low Interest rates and a fairly steep fall in property prices in recent years may make you wonder if property could now be an attractive investment There is certainly no shortage of innovative home loan schemes from banks, ranging from
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      Lock icon Using game theory
      1318 7  -  show me the money Investors can use this theory to decide on their market strategy based on their risk appetite teh hooi ling HERE'S a problem: You have two kids and one slab of leftover pie. Both children want a piece. What should you do such that
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    • Article
      Lock icon A week off gains for all portfolios
      974 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling RENEWED activity in the stock market this week helped lift the values of all our portfolios, with the one-year top losers portfolio gaining the most. The portfolio rose 10.3 per cent as at close of Thursday trading, bringing its
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  • news at nome
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      Lock icon NUSS to move to Suntec City
      476 9  -  It plans to move its city clubhouse out of Orchard Cineleisure and proposes to build alumni complex at Kent Ridge Byi Andrea Tan IT'S goodbye Orchard Cineleisure and hello Suntec City for the National University of Singapore Society (NUSS). This proposed move and a
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      Lock icon Christie's HK auctions raise over HK$42m
      449 9  -  By\ Parvathi Nayar GOOD art sells well, despite economic, Sars and post-war jitters. That's the encouraging message sent out to the art market by the strong sales results achieved by the South-east Asian and 20th Century Indian Pictures auctions at Christie's, Hong Kong, earlier
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      Lock icon JLL, NUS ink MOU to promote joint research
      201 9 PROPERTY firm Jones Lang La Salle (JLL) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote joint research activities. For a start, the two partners will work on a project to model the risk class
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    • Article
      Lock icon URA gets a bid for reserve industrial site at Boon Lay
      248 9 DESPITE the glut of industrial land, an unnamed developer has made a successful application for a reserve site at Boon Lay Way. The Urban Redevelopment Authority would launch a public tender for the 7.2 hectare site at Boon Lay
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      Lock icon StarHub invests US$16m in digital TV roll-out
      307 9  -  Byi Angela Tan STARHUB, Singapore's only cable TV operator, said yesterday it would be investing US$l6 million to launch by year-end its digital cable TV services which will offer more channels and features. "Star Hub will be spending US$l6 million on the equipment
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      Lock icon The power of branding
      200 9 WHEN expanding your business internationally, image is a powerful ally, said Hyflux's Olivia Lum at the sth Annual SMEs Conference yesterday. "Ideally, you will want to present your company not as a Singaporean or Malaysian one, but one that is truly international," she told an audience
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      94 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF 1) NEXUSTECHNOLOGY (S) PTE LTD 2) IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FINAL MEETING of the abovenamed Companies will be held at 371 Beach Road #19-06 Keypoint, Singapore
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      102 9 In the matter of the Companies Act, (Cop. 50) And In the matter of HEATHFIELD INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) NOTirF OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 308( IJofthe Companies Act, (Cap. 50) that the FINAL MEETING of the Members of the obovenomed Company
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  • news executive jobs
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      Lock icon What's your worth?
      845 10  -  While it's generally an employer's market right now, certain skill sets and looking beyond basic wages may fond you a better pay package, says KENNETH LIM KENNETH LIM ITH companies X. reeling from a poor T* economy and the government pushing for wage reforms, today's job seekers
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      Lock icon HSA to get new chief executive
      303 10  -  By' Tay Shi'an THE Health Sciences Authority's chief executive officer, Dr Clarence Tan, will be stepping down on Aug 1 to return to full-time professional work as a forensic pathologist in HSA's Centre for Forensic Medicine. Dr Tan, who has been the HSA's CEO
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      220 10 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 9 Agre a t 5 Meant to change around —I^ 10 The btg fish may take no part 7 man over 12 creating a 8 Plasterer wanting the right 14 Some people, if retired early. 1 Form of hose covering only 16 Put an end to running water,
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  • news region/world
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      Lock icon Syed Mokhtar bids against India-China rail firms
      618 11 His RM 14.5b rail line plan is 40% cheaper and is said to have impressed Mahathir [KUALA LUMPUR] A bidding war is shaping up between Malaysian tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary and units of state rail companies from India and China for construction of
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      Lock icon China unlikely to rush into freeing up yuan
      551 11 Politically risky move for new leadership: analysts Reuters [BEIJING] Pressure is mounting for China to revalue its yuan currency, but political concerns for a government that shuns drastic change in favour of social stability mean reform will come slowly. For weeks, speculation
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      Lock icon Syed Mokhtar's media empire plans hit a snag
      362 11  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary's plan to create a media empire in the country is in a state of flux. A little-known company linked to him has effectively emerged as a substantial shareholder of Utusan Melayu,
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      Lock icon Roach: trouble ahead if US$ stays up
      403 11 Reuters [SYDNEY] The US and global economies face years of hard times that only a 20 per cent decline in the US dollar could remedy, Morgan Stanley's global chief economist Stephen Roach said yesterday. He also said investors leaping into a rally in
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      Lock icon Japan may become Asia's growth engine yet again
      527 11 Offshore production and FTAs will boost trade and investment Reuters [SINGAPORE] Rising bond yields and surging stock prices reinforce hopes that Japan might finally be shaking off 13 years of sub-par growth and Asia may again start to draw strength from it.
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      Lock icon Malaysian fish breeder seeks S'pore partnership
      544 11  -  Xian Leng plans to use Republic for exports to Europe From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur WHILE Malaysia and Singapore are facing intense economic rivalry, the two countries' leading ornamental fish breeders could team up to penetrate new markets. Xian Leng, which is well
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    • inbrief
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        Lock icon Cap Gemini mom to Shanghai
        91 11 AFP [SHANGHAI] Global consulting giant Cap Gemini Ernst and Young has moved its China regional headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The company hopes the move will further help expand business in China with an already quickly growing clientele
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        Lock icon Huge response to China Southern IPO
        96 11 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Investors applied for 95 times the shares in China Southern Airlines' initial public offering on the Chinese mainland, its lead underwriter Galaxy Securities said yesterday, despite the prospect of less-than-spectacular.2oo3 earnings. Investors applied on Thursday for 95.08 billion shares in the airline,
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        Lock icon Parliament shelves Taiwan's NPL fund
        116 11 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] The Taiwan government's proposed fund to help clean up about NT$l2 trillion (***** billion) of bad loans was shelved by Parliament amid a dispute about which debts would be included in the rescue. President Chen Shui-bian's administration earlier trimmed the size of the
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        Lock icon M'sia-Japan FTA on track
        79 11 AFP [TOKYO] Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday said his country is on course to forge a free trade agreement (FTA) with Japan as it is determined to maintain its "Look-East" policy of learning from the rest of Asia. "The (FTA) talks are progressing
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        Lock icon Taipei seeks trade pact with Asean
        74 11 Bernama [TAIPEI] Taiwan will explore the possibility of entering into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with either Asean or Malaysia at the upcoming TaiwanAsean Business Forum 2003 in Kuala Lumpur on July 25, says Taiwan's Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs, Steve Chen Ruey-long. He
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  • news world
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      Lock icon USSFTA gets Congressional nod
      348 12 Endorsement from US Congress seen by end-July y following backing from panels AP [WASHINGTON] America's free trade agreements with Singapore and Chile won crucial backing on Thursday from both House and Senate committees, raising expectations that both deals can clear Congress before the end of this
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      Lock icon US May trade gap of US$41.8b third highest on record
      336 12 Reuters AP [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit remained near record levels in May at U5541.84 billion, as US exports struggled to show growth. The Commerce Department said record demand for foreign oil helped push imports slightly higher. The trade gap
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      Lock icon Buffett lunch goes for US$250,100
      242 12 Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] Lunch for eight with Warren Buffett, the world's second richest man after Bill Gates, fetched a top bid of U*****,100 in a charity auction on eßay Inc's website. The bid from eßay user "schtinyt" came in the final hour of the
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  • style sports
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      Lock icon Good players, bad boys
      716 13 The NBA teaches its stars how to behave on and off the court It doesn't always succeed NYT FROM the moment he jumped to the NBA from high school, Kobe Bryant like every other player in the league has been subjected to repeated lessons on how
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      Lock icon Battered Springboks under pressure to deliver
      316 13 AFP [CAPE TOWN] The Tri-Na-tions championship begins today with South Africa under huge pressure to beat Australia at Newlands. Unimpressive warm-up victories over Scotland (twice) and Argentina have only deepened the gloom hanging over the Springboks ahead of annual home and away fixtures against
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      Lock icon Federer's win is really a victory for men's tennis
      799 13  -  frankly speaking naveen verghese ROGER Federer's win at Wimbledon last weekend brings with it a lot of hope about the future of men's tennis. In a sport that had become increasingly dominated by huge servers, Federer's all-court game came as a
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  • style motoring
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      Lock icon VW to spring a surprise
      370 14  -  By\ Samuel Ee VOLVO is not the only carmaker to come up with its first SUV. Late last year, German auto giant Volkswagen unveiled its Touareg to the world, and the luxury SUV will arrive in Singapore within this quarter, says distributor Car and Cars.
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      Lock icon A safe bet
      791 14  -  SAMUEL EE finds out why the Volvo XC9O remains a much sought-after sport-utility vehicle in Singapore and elsewhere SAMUEL EE Nearly three months since it first appeared on our roads, the seemingly insatiable demand for the Volvo XC9O continues unabated. The Swedish company's first SUV is still
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  • style health
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      Lock icon A little less rice, please
      1075 15  -  eatwell A grain-rich diet could explain the high rate of diabetes and other diseases, says JOHN YEO JOHN YEO HOW sweet is your blood? Nearly one in 10 persons in Singapore has diabetes and more than one in seven have impaired glucose tolerance, that is,
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      Lock icon Chronic wound treatment
      793 15 HBOT can help prevent limb amputation common among diabetics, says CHEAH UI-HOON AN average of 700 diabetic patients have their lower limbs and toes amputated a year, due to diabetic foot wounds. Since last year, however, more than 20 managed to avoid major surgery through Hyperbaric Oxygen
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  • style shopping
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      Lock icon Time to kick back
      819 16  -  The Great Singapore Sale comes to a close this weekend. After all that shopping, what better way to relax and rest those tired feet than pop into a spa? CORINNE KERK finds out where you can unwind CORINNE KERK THE last time we spoke to Peter
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      Lock icon Sisley reclaims upmarket image
      411 16  -  By\ Parvathi Nayar "WE are among the top-sell-ing brands in Bergdorf Goodman, Harrods, Galerie Lafayette. In all of France, we are No 3 for skincare," says Christophe de Pous, Asia/Oceania director of Sisley. Mr de Pous was in town recently, partly to promote Sisley's new Spring/Summer
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    • instore
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        Lock icon Sparkling hearts
        68 16 LOUIS Vuitton fans who also love its jewellery should know that the fashion house has launched its new Heart collection. Comprising pendants and charms in white and yellow gold and set with diamonds and garnets, each piece in the collection carries the famous LV signature. A small photo
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