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Title Section48 2006-10-06 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 th ANNIVERSARY JD Friday, October 6,2006 THE BUSINESS TIMES online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg SINGAPORE 85 cents A N N I V Rl S A R Y JT A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Friday, October 6,200648 words
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483 2006-10-06 1 SIOW LI SEN - Lower court's decision to reject case overturned By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] A Thai court yesterday agreed to hear a petition to revoke the licences of three affiliates of Shin Corp, a telecom conglomerate in which Temasek Holdings has a substantial483 words
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Article, Illustration848 2006-10-06 1 NANDE KHIN - It is expected to ease cost pressures on many companies By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] The slide in oil prices in recent months if sustained bodes well for the Singapore economy by easing inflationary pressures, reducing business costs and through its positive impactSource: Bloomberg - 848 words
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Advertisement54 2006-10-06 1 Friday, October 6,2006 THE CFO INTERVIEW Olivier Lim on the capital of Capita Land NEW JOBS S'pore employment rate 15years PAGE 12 ••A Xf '<5 < »!><•«.»>, -k- < < I 9 I I I i 111 I i f ill t 'im #vX TvinH xBHKB^HHmHH Mm y v -454 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article, Illustration1029 2006-10-06 2 WONG WEI KONG - COMMENTARY Few of its purchases anywhere have had such far-reaching impact WONG WEI KONG Senior Correspondent TEMASEK Holdings has built an enviable track record in its overseas acquisitions. Its acquisition of Shin Corp in Thailand, despite its controversial nature, may prove to be a shrewd1,029 words
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Article370 2006-10-06 2 S'porean bites into Thai burger business US fast food chain McDonald's has sold its Thai operation back to locals, just two years after it bought out its Thai partner. Thai cinema magnate Vicha Poolvaraluck, together with Singaporean Hester Chew, have bought the American chain's 91 outlets in Thailand370 words
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684 2006-10-06 3 UMA SHANKARI - Included in Phase 1 price tag is $900m for residential, office complex By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings, together with Hongkong Land and Keppel Land partners who clinched the site for the Marina Bay Business and684 words
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Article136 2006-10-06 3 STI 2,641.48 (+38.56) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,646.00 (+38.00) SIMSCI 316.50 (+4.68) SIMSCI FUTURES 318.00 (+6.30) MARKETS Thursday Change KL COMP 968.89 +4.83 NIKKEI 225 16,449.33 +366.78 HANG SENG 17,907.67 +278.46 SET INDEX 695.72 +7.76 JAKARTA COMP 1,544.98 +7.89 MANILA COMP 2,561.06 +74.24 SEOUL COMP Closed SHENZHEN B Closed136 words
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Article, Illustration556 2006-10-06 3 CONRAD RAJ - Partnership may have paid $50m for 91 McDonald's outlets: sources By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] In a complete reversal of recent trends, US fast food chain McDonald's has decided to sell its Thai operation back to locals. Thai cinema magnate Vicha Poolvaraluck, together with Singaporean556 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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387 2006-10-06 4 LESLIE YEE - He will pay a civil penalty of $86,000 without court action on grounds of insider trading By LESLIE YEE THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday that it has taken civil penalty enforcement action against Anthony Yeo Beng Kiat, the former chief387 words
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Article, Illustration489 2006-10-06 4 MATTHEW PHAN - KIE building $180m incinerator; to be completed in 2009 By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE'S fifth waste-to-energy incineration plant, when completed in 2009, will generate $500 million in revenue over a 25-year period for its builder Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE), a subsidiary of Keppel Corp. KIE489 words
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578 2006-10-06 4 GENEVIEVE CUA - By GENEVIEVE CUA ASIA'S first gold-backed exchange traded fund (ETF) will be listed here next Wednesday, amidst conflicting views on whether the price of the precious metal is heading up or down. Street Tracks Gold Shares will track gold spot prices, with its578 words
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810 2006-10-06 4 SIOW LI SEN - HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LI SEN A DIRECTOR of a major contractor once talked about how after being informed that his company had clinched a tender, mixed feelings often follow. That's because he'll wonder if his rivals know something he doesn't since they810 words
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258 2006-10-06 4 SINGAPORE'S biggest property group, CapitaLand, is issuing up to $500 million of convertible bonds. It is proposing to issue $350 million of convertible bonds, with an over-al-lotment option for up to an additional $150 million worth of bonds. The bonds, which are convertible into258 words
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632 2006-10-06 4 MICHELLE QUAH - By MICHELLE QUAH MERRILL Lynch has launched its first equitylinked structured note for the Singapore retail market, in response to what it says is a growing demand for such products here from investors who are neither private banking clients nor high net worth individuals.632 words
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438 2006-10-06 7 WONG WEI KONG - But market players still see advances for Singapore stocks in the longer term By WONG WEI KONG IT'S October and time to be wary, some brokers are telling their clients. After watching stocks continue to chalk up smart gains in September, market players are438 words
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308 2006-10-06 7 PARKWAY Holdings said yesterday that the sale of its nearly 31 per cent stake in Pantai Holdings, Malaysia's biggest healthcare service provider, to Pantai Irama Ventures, a joint venture in which Parkway holds a 49 per cent stake, has become unconditional. "Parkway wishes308 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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97 2006-10-06 7 LEADING Japanese non-bank financial services firm Orix Investment Management will be investing in and participating as a shareholder in Park Developments, which in August signed a conditional agreement to buy Nassim Park for $380 million in a collective sale transaction. With the participation97 words
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59 2006-10-06 7 INTERGRA2OOO substantial shareholder Kwok Kah Kie increased his stake from 6.51 per cent to 6.81 per cent on Monday, after buying 500,000 shares in the open market at an undisclosed price. He bought 500,000 more on Wednesday, increasing his stake to 7.1 per cent.59 words
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62 2006-10-06 7 KEPPEL Corp through its subsidiary Keppel Telecommunications Transportation has increased its deemed stake in Mobile One (Ml) from 16.25 per cent to 17.01 per cent after a series of transactions from August 11 to Oct 3. About 7.55 million shares were bought at62 words
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55 2006-10-06 7 KINGSMEN Creatives said that it has confirmed contracts of about $86 million as of Sept 30. The projects include the i—Space Exhibition and the Nanotechnology Exhibition at the Singapore Science Centre and interior projects at Vivo City. Others include Eu Yan Sang, FJ Benjamin,55 words
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34 2006-10-06 7 SURFACE Mount Technology has signed a 5 V2 -year loan agreement with nine international banks to raise a HK$480 million (S$97.6 million) term loan and revolving credit facility.34 words
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172 2006-10-06 7 VANTAGE Corporation Ltd has appointed Omega Capital Ltd and Stamford Law Corporation as its financial and legal advisers, respectively, in relations to its Pacific Internet (PacNet) investment. Stamford Law has been hired "to advise on compliance with applicable laws and regulations". Omega Capital will172 words
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Article, Illustration564 2006-10-06 7 But it remains undecided on a listing in the future Reuters CHEMOIL Energy Ltd, which cancelled its initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore this week, said yesterday it has not decided whether to go ahead with a listing in future. But Robert Viswanathan Chandran,Reuters; ARTHUR LEE - 564 words
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Article, Illustration428 2006-10-06 7 LAUREL TEO - Two more contracts bring order book to a record S$1.84b By LAUREL TEO FAST-RISING rig-builder Libroy Marine has clinched two more contracts worth US$3O7 million (Ss4Bs million) from a Norwegian client, swelling its total order book to a new record of 551.84 billion. LabroyRLE PHOTO - 428 words
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381 2006-10-06 7 LESLIE YEE - By LESLIE YEE OCBC Securities will become the first local brokerage to give customers trading access on the same day they apply for share financing, so that they can better capture opportunities in a fast-moving stock market. Managing director Hui Yew Ping381 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration524 2006-10-06 6 R SIVANITNY - STOCKS Banks and property stocks propel local index to 2,641 after Wall Street's new overnight record R SIVANITNY Senior Correspondent WALL Street's surge to a new high on Wednesday bringing the Dow Jones Industrial Average to within 200 points of the 12,000 markSource: Bloomberg - 524 words
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Article, Illustration1005 2006-10-06 6 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Oct 5 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ BuyI Shares Per Before After Stock Pate Director Sell '000 Shr$ fB0) ('000) ITE Elec 5-Oct-06 Foo Yung Kuan 'Sell 6285 na 9448 12.22 3163 4.09 ITEElec s-0ct-06 Tan Lee1,005 words
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Article, Illustration970 2006-10-06 6 UMA SHANKARI - Complied by UMA SHANKARI Wheelock Properties Oct 5 dose: 551.90 CREDIT SUISSE. Oct 5 WHEELOCK'S management has an excellent track record of timing the property cycles. It held back from major landbank acquisitions until late 2003, when it acquired close to SSBOO million worth of landbank, when land pricesSource: Bloomberg - 970 words
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Article, Illustration527 2006-10-06 6 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent AHEAD of key US September jobs data later this evening, the US dollar was already looking soggier overnight on some weak data. Looking further ahead, currency strategists warn that it could well face a more troublesome time in theSource: Reuters - 527 words
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INVINCIBLE SPIRIT
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Article634 2006-10-06 8 MATTHEW PHAN - The Rolex Awards for Enterprise encourage and endorse the advancement of knowledge and well-being, as MATTHEW PHAN finds out MATTHEW PHAN ESTABLISHED in 1976, the Rolex Awards for Enterprise are aimed at giving support to individuals who advance human knowledge and well-being. The categories of the awards span634 words
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Article, Illustration246 2006-10-06 8 TO be held on October 26, the award ceremony for this year's Rolex Awards for Enterprise will be held at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore. That's right the concert hall which will be transformed to seat the 400 guests expected to attend.246 words
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Article, Illustration838 2006-10-06 8 WHO is qualified to select the creme de la creme from a global crop of committed, energetic, innovative candidates? From what Rebecca Irvin, director of the Rolex Awards, says, it's just as difficult to be picked as one of the Selection Committee members as838 words
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Article, Illustration545 2006-10-06 9 Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine DR Luis Rojas Marcos, former head of New York City's Department of Mental Health Services and a Selection Committee member in the 2006 Rolex Awards for Enterprise, has won praise for his groundbreaking research into the545 words
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Article, Illustration637 2006-10-06 9 Conservationist, founding partner and president of Aqua International Partners IN the environmental field, William Reilly sounds as if he has been everywhere. Formerly president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in the US, as well as head of the US Environmental Protection Agency for four years fromPHOTOS BY WDIER JORDAN - 637 words
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Article, Illustration636 2006-10-06 9 Japanese lighting designer, president of Motoko Ishii Lighting Design HER designs light up the world's longest illuminated bridge, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan. Hers is the inspiration behind the solar energy powered Yokohama Grand Mall Park, as well as the natural lighting at Shirakawa Village, a World636 words
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COMPANIES: CHINA STOCKS
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Article370 2006-10-06 10 JEAN CHUA - Its shares close 2% lower after CIMB demotes it to 'underperform' By JEAN CHUA SHARES of C&O Pharmaceutical Technology closed almost 2 per cent lower yesterday after CIMB downgraded the stock on inventory worries that would affect its sales and profit in the current financial370 words
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Article, Illustration322 2006-10-06 10 UOB Asset Mgt and Schroder take 5% stake each THE initial public offering of Epure has been 3.7 times subscribed, with the Chinabased wastewater treatment company now counting firms such as UOB Asset Management and Schroder Investment among its institutional investors. At the close of322 words
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435 2006-10-06 10 [BEUING] A clarification by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) of new rules governing the transfer of a company's assets overseas a critical step for listing as a red chip outside the mainland fails to clear confusion over whether companies that have435 words
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Article5487 2006-10-06 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Afi Amer Income AT USD 8.62/ AB Amer home BT USD 8.65/ AB Amer Income A USD 8.64/ AMI Amre Asset Mgl (Spore) AB Amer Income BUSP 164/ Star Eivope Eqty! 09» AB Amer Income A EUR 6.8/ S&f Eirope Bond -12/ AB Amer Income B EUR5,487 words
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THE CFO INTERVIEW
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Article, Illustration1765 2006-10-06 11 SIOW LI SEN - A better way to understand the company is to look at how capital is deployed, CapitaLand's group CFO tells SIOW LI SEN SIOW LI SEN WHEN talking to Olivier Lim, group chief financial officer of CapitaLand, a former Citibanker, one can almost lose sight of theYEN MENG JIIN - 1,765 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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228 2006-10-06 12 ARTHUR SIM - By ARTHUR SIM A FURTHER group of small retailers is being offered money by the Housing and Development Board (HDB) to wind up their businesses. The 262 HDB shop-tenants can collect $60,000 each if they close down, under the board's second Restructuring Programme228 words
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817 2006-10-06 12 DANIEL BUENAS - NEW JOBS All age groupsand both men and women show rise in employment By DANIEL BUENAS REFLECTING the robust job creation stemming from two years of strong economic growth, Singapore's employment rate has risen to the highest level in 15 years, with the817 words
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Article417 2006-10-06 12 ROLAND LIM - By ROLAND LIM PRINTER manufacturer TEC Singapore Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Toshiba TEC Corporation, yesterday said that it will invest US$5O million over the next three years and add 300 jobs to its operations. Speaking to BT in an interview,417 words
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Article, Illustration411 2006-10-06 12 LAUREL TEO - By LAUREL TEO TEMASEK Holdings chief executive Ho Ching has emerged as Number 12 on Fortune magazine's list of the 50 most powerful women in international business. Two other Singaporeans also made it to this year's honour roll. SingTel's incoming chief411 words
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Article, Illustration662 2006-10-06 13 JEAN CHUA, OH BOON PING - But firms in oil and gas sector remain upbeat about prospects By JEAN CHUA, OH BOON PING ALTHOUGH oil prices have fallen, most Singapore companies are maintaining a cautious stance, but businesses in the oil and gas sector remain upbeat about prospects. In aFILE PHOTOS - 662 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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Article97 2006-10-06 13 AN ADVERTISING campaign developed by the creative services team the marketing division at Singapore Press Holdings has won a finalist certificate at the prestigious New York Festivals. The campaign was to promote the first season of SPH Gift of Music, a concert series sponsored97 words
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Article51 2006-10-06 13 THE Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced the establishment of its new Enterprise Development Centre to be known as EDC@SMCCI. A Spring Singapore initiative, the centres provide general diagnostic and consultancy services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The EDC@SMCCI is the fourth EDC launched51 words
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Advertisement2246 2006-10-06 12 nAMTEK ENGINEERING LTD (Company Registration No.: *****3886K) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of AMTEK ENGINEERING LTD will be held at Ficus 1 &2, Level 2, Jurong Country Club 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****82,246 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration601 2006-10-06 14 Construction slowdown could cut growth by 1 point in H2: Bernanke Reuters [WASHINGTON! The US Federal Reserve remains worried inflation is too high, but is also watching to see how much a "substantial correction" in housing markets will slow economic growth. Fed chairman BenReuters; BLOOMBERG - 601 words
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492 2006-10-06 14 Half point cut likely to boost consumer expenditure Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the fifth reduction since May, to revive consumer spending after inflation last month slowed to a year's low.Bloomberg - 492 words
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228 2006-10-06 14 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Exports in Malaysia, Asia's seventh-largest exporter, rose 14.8 per cent to a record RM53.49 billion (5523.2 billion) in August year-on-year as exports to the US and China reached the highest monthly figures on record, the gov® ernment said yesterday. The figureAP - 228 words
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467 2006-10-06 14 Reuters [BANGKOK] The new Thai prime minister's .call for a "self-sufficient" economy will not lead to slower growth as some investors fear, Bank of Thailand governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said yesterday. "Although we will bring in a policy of self-sufficien-cy, our economy will stillReuters - 467 words
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Article, Illustration497 2006-10-06 15 S JAYASANKARAN - Competition from govt-linked construction firms intensifying By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur THE sale of a significant interest in Road Builder Holdings by its founder to parties linked to leading contractor IJM Corporation signals an industry-wide consolidation to counter intensifying competition from government-linked construction firms.AFP - 497 words
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BRIEFLY ASIA
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200 2006-10-06 15 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may reconsider a plan by Singapore investment companies to double their combined stake in ICICI Bank Ltd at a cost of over US$l billion. India's central bank had earlier this year rejected the plan by Temasek HoldingsBloomberg - 200 words
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58 2006-10-06 15 Economic Times [KOLKATA] Singapore is looking at hosting an international student population of 150,000 by 2015, up from the current level of 70,000-plus. India is one of its key source markets along with Indonesia,, Vietnam, Malaysia and China. Towards this end, the Singapore Tourism BoardEconomic Times - 58 words
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65 2006-10-06 15 Reuters [LONDON] Malaysian casino and leisure group Genting Bhd yesterday said it had increased its stake in Britain's Stanley Leisure Pic to 43.96 per cent. It bought a further 5.5 million shares a 7.74 per cent stake in Stanley Leisure at its offer priceReuters - 65 words
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510 2006-10-06 15 Audit agency has right to access tax records: minister [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government appears to be taking the Supreme Audit Agency's'(BPK) latest disclaimer on the state budget report seriously, promising to continue improving its accounting system, and follow up on the agency's findings,510 words
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485 2006-10-06 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Dubai Investment Group will not sell its shares in Supermax Corp Bhd and Seal Polymer Industries Bhd even though both rubber glove makers have aborted plans to merge, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. Dubai Investment Group Asia485 words
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Article, Illustration386 2006-10-06 15 He still has a lot of time to deliver promises, he says Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said he has no reason to call elections anytime soon, quashing speculation he may go to the polls as early as next year.Bloomberg - 386 words
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GREATER CHINA
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Article, Illustration383 2006-10-06 16 Its bullish market helps stocks rise 1.6% with HSBC hitting record peak Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong stocks rallied 1.6 per cent to close at fresh six-year peaks yesterday, fuelled by a record high in the Dow Jones industrial average, withReuters; Source: Bloomberg - 383 words
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335 2006-10-06 16 AFP [BEIJING] The biggest annual event for China's Communist Party begins on Sunday, with President Hu Jintao expected to use the meeting to cement political power and push his agenda of building a "harmonious society". Nearly 500 members of theAFP - 335 words
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334 2006-10-06 16 Lenders sweeten loan deals amid a mortgage price war Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's home sales surged to an 11month high in September amid a mortgage price war that saw the city's lenders cut interest rates and offer other incentives for homeBloomberg - 334 words
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INDIA
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423 2006-10-06 17 BSE has initiated process to dilute equity stakes of its member brokers Economic Times [MUMBAI] The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) seems to be following global trends. At a time when exchanges across the world are merging to consolidate, the New YorkEconomic Times - 423 words
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265 2006-10-06 17 AFP. Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's biggest private steel firm Tata Steel is in talks to acquire Anglo-Dutch steel giant Corus Group in a deal anticipated to be worth more than US$lO billion, newspaper reports said yesterday. "Given recent industry consolidation, Tata SteelAFP.; Reuters - 265 words
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Advertisement2275 2006-10-06 17 NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT k1 Ventures Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Registration Number: *****0535W) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND the Annual General Meeting of k1 Ventures Limited (the "Company") which that the Company2,275 words
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MIDDLE EAST
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Article, Illustration521 2006-10-06 19 CLARENCE MICHAEL - Move comes after improvement in economic fundamentals By CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai MOODY'S Investors Service has upgraded the long-term foreign and domestic currency government bond ratings for all the six Gulf countries Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) followingBLOOMBERG - 521 words
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208 2006-10-06 19 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Sharjah Islamic Bank, a lender in the United Arab Emirates, sold US$2OO million of Islamic bonds, its first such offering. The five-year sukuk will pay investors 0.65 percentage points more than the six-month US London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), according toBloomberg - 208 words
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402 2006-10-06 19 Move will boost foreign property investments Reuters [MANAMA] Bahrain is planning to allow real estate investment trusts (Reits) by December and hopes the industry will grow to US$B billion within a year, a central bank official said on Wednesday. Rival financial centre DubaiReuters - 402 words
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242 2006-10-06 19 Reuters [GENEVA] Syariahcompliant bank accounts and investment tools have become mainstream product offerings for high-end wealth managers who aim to woo clients from the booming Middle East. Increasing numbers of Middle Eastern clients are asking for Islamic financial products to invest their assets, which haveReuters - 242 words
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Article, Illustration561 2006-10-06 20 ANTHONY ROWLEY - Speculation turns to possible Nissan tie-up talks with rival Ford By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo RELIEF at the collapse of, talks about a possible tie-up between Nissan and ailing US motor giant General Motors helped shares in Japan's second-largest motor manufacturer to surge561 words
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467 2006-10-06 20 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] New claims for US jobless aid fell by a bigger-than-expected 17,000 last week to the lowest level since mid-July, government data showed yesterday, but the fourweek average of claims changed little. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance benefitsReuters - 467 words
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286 2006-10-06 20 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp reduced the total pay of chairman Bill Gates and chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the first time in at least six years as profit gains slowed. Mr Gates and Mr Ballmer, both 50, each earnedBloomberg - 286 words
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429 2006-10-06 20 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard's (HP) former chairwoman was among five people charged on Wednesday with illegally gathering phone records of board members, journalists and others in an effort to find the source of news leaks. The felony charges, filed by the CaliforniaNYT - 429 words
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Article, Illustration472 2006-10-06 20 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer said on Wednesday that an internal review had found that Steve Jobs, the chief executive, knew that the company was backdating some stock options granted to employees to inflate their value but did not understand its accounting implications. "I apologiseNYT - 472 words
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42 2006-10-06 20 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's candidate for head of the United Nations has withdrawn from the race after Security Council members made it clear South Korea's Ban Ki-moon would get the job, Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday.Reuters - 42 words
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55 2006-10-06 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Euronext NV, Europe's second-largest stock exchange, should seek a merger in Europe before forging a transatlantic alliance with NYSE Group Inc, a French business group said. Euronext and Deutsche Boerse should merge and then invite Borsa Italiana SpA, the operator of theBloomberg - 55 words
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67 2006-10-06 20 Bloomberg [MANILA] Robinsons Land Corp, which sold new shares last month, will boost spending to 15 billion pesos (***** million) over the next two years to build new malls and expand existing ones, vice-chairman Lance Gokongwei said. The company will boost gross leaseable areaBloomberg - 67 words
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36 2006-10-06 20 AFP [SYDNEY] The Sultan of Brunei yesterday lost the first round in an Australian court battle over an alleged agreement to buy a 400-year-old miniature Koran for US$B million.AFP - 36 words
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41 2006-10-06 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Japan's third-biggest bank, said yesterday it would repay 222.2 billion yen (Ss3 billion) of public funds owed to the government from bailouts in the late 1990s.—ReutersReuters - 41 words
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483 2006-10-06 20 Number of men going under the knife rising steadily and now makes up 11% of total Reuters [LONDON] City of London financiers have found a perfect way to splurge their annual bonuses cosmetic surgery to keep them looking youthful in a fiercelyReuters - 483 words
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Article, Illustration759 2006-10-06 22 Takeover will create an airline with 50m passengers a year Reuters [DUBLIN] Ryanair, Europe's biggest budget airline, launched a shock bid for Aer Lingus yesterday, valuing the former Irish state carrier which listed just four days ago at 1.48 billion euros (552.97Reuters; AFFILE PHOTO - 759 words
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Article, Illustration721 2006-10-06 22 VEN SREENIVASAN - Customers should take the long view and invest in the next generation of technology the A380 VEN SREENIVASAN Senior Correspondent THE big question, after European planemaker Airbus' revelation of a third and worst delay in its A3BO programme, is whether some of its customers will721 words
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353 2006-10-06 22 AFP [PARIS] European planemiker Airbus said yesterday it may need 15 years to catch up with and overtake US rival Boeing, while the co-chief executive at parent company EADS said plans for the new mid-size A 350 jet might haveAFP - 353 words
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Article, Illustration258 2006-10-06 22 VEN SREENIVASAN - By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Ram Menen, Emirates' divisional senior vice-president for cargo, has been inducted into the prestigious sth Asia Logistics Awards 2006 Hall of Fame. The award, presented yesterday evening at a function held at the Sapphire Pavilion on Sentosa's Siloso258 words
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67 2006-10-06 22 AFP [TAIPEI] China Airlines (CAL), Taiwan's leading international carrier, said yesterday it will increase the number of passenger flights between Taipei and Delhi to five a week from three to meet greater demand. A CAL spokeswoman said both tourism and business passengers toAFP - 67 words
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67 2006-10-06 22 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Pioneering budget carrier Air Asia plans to fly to Ho Chi Minh and Da Nang in Vietnam after launching its maiden direct flight to Hanoi, a report said yesterday. Group CEO Tony Fernandes said the carrier had submitted a proposalAFP - 67 words
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63 2006-10-06 22 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pel, the country's biggest airline, said Apinan Sumanaseni remained its president, denying "rumours" he had been fired. "Thai clarifies that Flight Officer Apinan Sumanaseni, Thai's president, remains (in) his position as such," the emailed statement late on Wednesday said.Bloomberg - 63 words
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50 2006-10-06 22 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Corp, Asia's largest carrier by sales, denied media reports that it faces bankruptcy risks. "A media report read as if the company's liabilities exceeded its assets, but this is not the case," the airline told the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday.Bloomberg - 50 words
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613 2006-10-06 23 JEREMY HUREWITZ - Port of Rotterdam wresting business from rival Hamburg By JEREMY HUREWITZ in Shanghai AS SHANGHAI continues to develop its port into what analysts say will be the world's biggest, one of Europe's most important shipping hubs, Port of Rotterdam, is making major efforts to613 words
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741 2006-10-06 23 SELVA KUMAR - ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A US appeals court recently dismissed a vessel owner's action on a demurrage claim which started about three years after a one-year time bar under the charterparty ran out, but the decision was not unanimous, with one741 words
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Article, Illustration668 2006-10-06 23 DONALD URQUHART - In first such case, India gives right to innocent passage to ships in distress By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] A unique court case in India has upheld the international principle of the right to innocent passage, following the grounding of the Taiwanese fishing668 words
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265 2006-10-06 23 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE! Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's biggest shipyard, agreed to a two-stage rise in steel-plate prices from Japan that will increase the metal's cost by a total of 5.1 per cent, less than analysts had expected. The Ulsan, South KoreabasedBloomberg - 265 words
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Article297 2006-10-06 23 S6X '000 Oct 5 SS W- Vol CH Offshore 038 0.01 609 ChuanHup .0.32 unch 930 Cosco Corporation 1.79 0.06 ***** CWT Distribution .0.59 0.01 47 Ezra Hldgs 3 36 022 1656 Freight LJnks. .0.07 unch 3572 Grand Banks Yacht 0 87 unch 8 Java Holdings 1.45 -0.02297 words
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531 2006-10-06 24 EDITORIAL THE question of an imminent slowdown in the global economy particularly in the biggest player, the United States has in recent weeks moved beyond one of "if' or "when" to the issue of the extent of the moderation, and its impact on smaller economies, especially531 words
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Article, Illustration1489 2006-10-06 24 THOMAS FULLER - Factories in China are said to be using increasingly sophisticated methods of cover-up By THOMAS FULLER AS WORKERS poured out of factories into the evening sunlight, Samuel Wong trolled the streets of an industrial zone in Shek Yan on the outskirts ofAP - 1,489 words
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Article, Illustration769 2006-10-06 24 YOGI AGGARWAL - THE BOTTOM LINE YOGI AGGARWAL LAST month, 13 South Asian Maoist groups met at an undisclosed location in the region. Of these groups, five were from India, five from Bangladesh and one each from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. It was the fourth769 words
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Article, Illustration995 2006-10-06 25 LEON HADAR - Columnist Bob Woodward dishes out the dirt on the failings of the US administration in his latest book LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent WHEN people are gossiping in the "real world" out there, they usually tend to exchange some juicy buzz about the rich and theREUTERS - 995 words
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Article, Illustration612 2006-10-06 25 JOHN COGHLAN - By JOHN COGHLAN WHEN non-financial people think of the role of the finance professional in business, what is their perception? Is it that of a scorekeeper or, worse, a bean-counter? Or is it that of a dynamic driver of business performance? FinanceBLOOMBERG - 612 words
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283 2006-10-06 25 John Gollifer - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR John Gollifer Senior Vice-President Head. Corporate Communications and Investor Relations S 'pore Exchange Ltd WE refer to the letter, "Raising standards of Code compliance" (BT, Oct 3), by Mr Tan Lye Huat, CEO of HIM Governance Pte Ltd. The283 words
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120 2006-10-06 25 Denis Distant Singapore - Denis Distant Singapore THE use of Giro to effect periodic payments should not only be encouraged but also made cost effective and convenient to benefit both the company receiving payments and its clients. Why then does it take six to eight weeks to set120 words
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Article, Illustration525 2006-10-06 33 CHEAH UI-HOON - By CHEAH UI-HOON THERE would be only two groups of people who would (possibly) enjoy tick, tick BOOM! The Musical, the late American composer Jonathan Larson's "rock monologue" of a particular period of his life. One would be fans of the excellent RENT,525 words
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Article, Illustration888 2006-10-06 33 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR finds out why the musical is making a comeback here after 12 years PARVATHI NAYAR THE Phantom of the Opera. Cats. Evita: any which way you sing it, "the business of musicals in Asia has been fantastic. And Singapore was the springboard that gave us888 words
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997 2006-10-06 33 N K YONG - By N K YONG MOST people in this part of the world drink hardly any white, preferring red wine no matter what they are eating. The proportion of red wine to white wine drunk is in the ratio of at least four997 words
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Miscellaneous200 2006-10-06 33 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD f 10 Mountains stopping short of southern river (4) 14 |H fIH |R H| Beca^othe^ 27 Skilfulness of specialist reaching headland (10) 8 Person having a single- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION minded approach to life (8) Across: 1 Maharanees, 6 Arts, 9 1 Reactor found in publication n a Paignton200 words
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Article, Illustration583 2006-10-06 34 GEOFFREY EU - Oliver Stone gives reverent recreation of the disastrous day, writes GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU Mk sober reminder at rthfe start of World Trade Center rei minds the audik ence as if we need any remindK tog that "these Jr events are based on the583 words
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Article, Illustration518 2006-10-06 34 PARVATHI NAYAR - By PARVATHI NAYAR FOR those who are entertained by Woody Allen's prattle, Scoop guarantees several giggles and laugh-out-loud moments. It is an airy concoction, light on plot and innovation but rich in whimsy, good-natured silliness and chirpy oneliners such as Allen saying, straight-faced, that518 words
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Article, Illustration299 2006-10-06 34 PARVATHI NAYAR - DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR WOLFGANG Petersen's remake of the 1972 disaster film The Poseidon Adventure in turn based on the Paul Gallico novel is snappily titled Poseidon. and comes in under a snappy 100 minutes. That, of course, is the good news. Everything else299 words
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Article, Illustration2978 2006-10-06 35 PARVATHI NAYAR - PARVATHI NAYAR finds out how members of S'pore's literary circles view the award. Below are reviews of the short-list PARVATHI NAYAR IT'S that time of the year again, when the literati and liter-ary-minded punters focus their attention on the aptly titled prize for good books:AFP - 2,978 words
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Article480 2006-10-06 35 A fortnightly listing of the latest books available in S'pore NON-FICTION China's New Culture of Cool by LiAnne Yu, Cynthia Chan and Christopher Ireland ($39.85) A look into China's urban youth, focusing on four fundamentals aspects of the Chinese consumer lifestyle food, style, home life, and mobility. The480 words
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Article, Illustration1688 2006-10-06 36 GEOFFREY EU - Architects from Singapore and the region are making an impact with their cutting-edge designs, reports GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU Notwithstanding the usual economic indicators, there's a fairly useful, albeit nonscientific way of finding out how the developing nations in this part of the world are1,688 words
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