The Business Times, 30 October 2006

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES StNGAEOBESTcents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg J* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Monday, October 30,2006
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  • Article
    Lock icon Gulf banks setting up presence in S'pore
    512 1  -  Emirates Bank latest to act on Republic's potential By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] While Singapore steps up its links with the Middle East, the Arabs are also looking for opportunities here and in the region. To promote further ties between the Middle East and
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    133 1 MARKETS Week Chge STI .2729.98 +43.55 KLCOMP 989.90 +10.71 NIKKEI 225 *****.07 +17.44 HANG SENG *****.55 ....+184.00 SET INDEX 725.77 +0.79 JAKARTA COMP ...1572.85 unch MANILA COMP ....2702.37 +84.96 TAIPEI TAIEX 7086.74 +47.37 SEOUL COMP 1369.09 +4.85 SHENZHEN B 331.27 +0.81 AUSTALLORD 5329.90 +25.50 DOW JONES *****.26 +87.89
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    Lock icon S'pore bull run stronger than expected
    952 1  -  142 stocks now within 10% of their 10-year peaks By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] The current bull run in the local bourse is stronger than many have expected. The number of stocks which are trading near their 10-year highs have exceeded those of the
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      46 1 Dliil^J G OUI i try "'lf fTSrir* if-* BL ■r M VIEWS FROM THE TOP CEOs on how the haze has affected their businesses, directly and indirectly pages 10 11 GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS Entrepot, enterprise, entrepreneurship the key themes at this year's event PAGES 20-27 8 Wi
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      12 1 S'PORE BIOTECH 1 Need to re-focus industry: World Bank study PAGE 4
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      106 1 COMMENTARY Chinese fakes pose real challenge to OSIM PAGE 7 OBITUARY HK tycoon Henry Fbk PAGE 2 s§'"l V* -i -t >■ I tf > >v *x. Achieving a AAA credit rating isn't easy. It takes AAA rating from Standard Poor's and Moody's •1 innovation, perseverance, plus total commitment €506
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon CapitaLand bets on central China's residential market
      470 2  -  It pays 601m yuan for 29.8% stake in Henan province developer Reports by UMA SHANKARI in Chengdu PROPERTY giant CapitaLand has agreed to buy a 29.8 per cent stake in a developer in China's Henan province for 601 million yuan (Ssl 19 million).
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      588 2 S'pore could succeed at biotech, but faces risks SINGAPORE'S foray into biotechnology could prove successful in the long run, but it faces some big threats and risks along the way, according to a paper by researchers from the World Bank. Singapore might need to re-focus the industry to
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      Lock icon China accounts for 19% of group assets
      315 2 CAPITALAND'S holdings in China now account for 19 per cent of the group's total assets of $18.7 billion, but the proportion could increase further. Chief executive Liew Mun Leong said that the property developer now has a ceiling of 30 per cent on
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      Lock icon Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok dies at 83
      604 2 Man called 'The Godfather' suffered from cancer: report Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Yingtung, whose business and political influence and close ties to Beijing earned him the nickname "The Godfather", has died in the Chinese capital aged 83. China
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      Lock icon S'pore could succeed at biotech, but faces risks: World Bank
      1247 4  -  Refocus for industry may be needed to make it major revenue-earner By VIKRAM KHANNA [SINGAPORE] Singapore's foray into biotechnology could prove successful in the long run, but it faces some big threats and risks along the way, according to a
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      972 2 oeoDle ur r sum H C includes Fortune 500 companies. www.thepeopleatwork.com Asia-Pacific Executive Search WATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT FERROCHINA LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) (Company Registration No. *****) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon US proxy firm against PacNet board move
      429 5  -  ISS recommends that shareholders rebuff Vantage bid to dissolve board By ROLAND LIM THE influential US-based proxy voting advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has urged shareholders of Nasdaqlisted Pacific Internet to rebuff its second biggest shareholder Vantage Corp's move to set up
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      197 5 Hyflux unit in firm building Algeria plant HYFLUX'S wholly owned Spring Utility and Malaysia's Malakoff International will hold 51 per cent in a company that will design and build a US$23B million seawater desalination plant of 200,000 metre cube/day in Algeria for 25 years. The Algeria Energy Company,
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      Lock icon CapitaLand eyes leisure business abroad
      352 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI SENTOSA integrated resort (IR) hopeful Capita Land said that it will look abroad for opportunities for its leisure business, even as it remains hopeful of winning the right to operate Singapore's second IR. Speaking to reporters on Saturday to announce a new
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon How much longer can all news be good news?
      615 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent To be perfectly honest, you'd be hard-pressed to find many investors prepared to plough large sums of cash into stocks at the moment because of the levels to which prices have climbed, even if the record
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      Lock icon Asian units end mixed; US$ may come under pressure on weak GDP growth
      354 6 CURRENCIES AFP {HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mixed against the US dollar after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged but the greenback is likely to come under pressure after the US economy grew at its
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Chinese fakes give OSIM real headache
      744 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG Extracting value from its huge US investment was previously seen as OSIM International's biggest challenge. Its latest results, however, have highlighted another threat: Chinese fakes. Arid it could prove a harder nut to crack. Last week, OSIM,
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      Lock icon S'pore firms unfazed by problems
      673 7  -  CHINA RISKS They keep trying their luck despite losses or no profits By SIOW LI SEN THE promise of China with its burgeoning middle classes continues to draw Singapore companies there to sell their goods and a stumble now and then is unlikely to put
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      281 7 If you are facing any of the following: >, You need to keep your payroll absolutely confidential. Your payroll staff are bogged down, and are bored with the routine of rushing payroll every month, and there is limited room for staff development for payroll processing functions. You or your payroll
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Portfolios advance in tandem with market
      1422 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index hit three consecutive days of record highs before consolidating on Friday. Despite lament from some quarters, the fact is the spoils are spreading down to non-blue chip sectors of the market. All five of our
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      Lock icon Shareholder activity low for 3rd straight week
      1136 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS Significant trades include rare buyback and shareholder purchase in Asiatravel.com, reports ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI CORPORATE shareholder activity was low for a third consecutive week with only 32 trades worth $24.6 million done, based on filings on the Singapore Exchange during
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore first stop in Japan's quest for Asian investment
      650 9 Republic picked for first Japan Investment and Business Symposium ByCHUANG PECK MING JAPAN is going big in attracting direct investments from Asia and Singapore is its first stop as the Japanese government stages its first Japan Investment and Business Symposium here
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      121 9 DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 31 Oct- Eco-Fair-First Glimpse of Suntec International 2 Nov the Eco-City of the Future Convention Exhibition 9.00am Centre, Level 6, Halls 601 &602 31 Oct Biz the Library Presents Library@Orchard 7.15pm Education- A Transformational Journey! 1 Nov HRSingapore HRLaw Hotel Phoenix 9.00am China Seminar
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      Lock icon Trial for money brokers' tussle over staff begins today
      420 9  -  By WEE LI-EN THE battle between two global financial groups over the exodus of staff from one to the other will finally go to the High Court today, after attempts at mediation in London broke down within a day. In February
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      304 9 :*ATci NOTICES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE tN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF 8.K.8. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTIONS PTE LTD (Company Registration No. *****0767W) (In Judicial Management) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MEETING Take notice that a meeting of creditors in
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      2795 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC How has the haze affected your business, directly and indirectly? What needs to be done to resolve the problem once and for all? ALTHOUGH the recent haze situation did cause some form of discomfort, I am glad that DHL and our staff did not experience
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      190 11 BT CEOs e-Club Members of the BT CEOs e-Club are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BT editors would lite to interact with in an atmosphere of informality and trust This 'dub' is a virtual one, with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we will invite comments from these top executives
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  • DINING OUT
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      1309 12 NEW OPENING The Marmalade Pantry 16 Collyer Quay, #01-04 Hitachi Tower. Tel: 6438-5015. IT has been just two weeks since the Marmalade Group rolled out the latest member in its line of cool, contemporary and casually chic dining outlets, but The Marmalade Pantry at Hitachi Towers
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      429 12 >AT-^ NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BINTAN CARRIER SERVICES PTE LTD (Company Registration No. *****8748R) (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly
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      585 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GLOMESH PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Registration No. *****5642 D NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 2105 Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central,
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      420 12 >AT^ NOTICES SUNW^HT SUNRIGHT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0523 M) (the "Company") NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on 22 November 2006 at Room 1003, Level 10
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Getting over the technical first steps
      814 13  -  Last week we took a look at what sort of investments you can make using your CPF savings. This week, DANIEL BUENAS takes a closer look at the ins-and-outs of how to make those investments. DANIEL BUENAS NOW that you've decided that you might
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      Lock icon Putting their money where their mouth is
      919 13  -  CAMPUS LIFE Three SMU undergraduates and their two friends have set up a club to discuss investing strategies as preparation for a career in investment, reports JAMIE LEE JAMIE LEE "RICH sounds like a bad word, but everyone wants to be rich," says
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      250 13 Be smart with your finances FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China-Asean summit sets sights on free-trade zone
      632 14 However, no major announcements are expected at two-day meeting AFP [NANNING, China] Chinese and Asean leaders will open a summit here today as the two sides lay the groundwork for an ambitious free-trade zone that would encompass onethird of the world's population. Officials
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      Lock icon China playing the game on opening market: WTO chief
      325 14 AFP [GENEVA] China is "playing the game" on opening its domestic market following accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2001, Pascal Lamy, director-general of the WTO, said in a newspaper interview. Mr Lamy told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps
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      Lock icon India infrastructure projects need US$80b
      448 14 Extra foreign investment needed over 5 years to meet targets: official Reuters [CHICAGO] India needs to attract as much as US$BO billion in private investment in infrastructure projects over the next five years to achieve its spending targets, a senior government official said here last
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't
      620 15  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT PM Abdullah cannot seem to satisfy Dr Mahathir no matter how far backwards he bends over. Who's calling the shots in the country anyway? S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent WHAT started as talks meant to pave the way for eventual reconciliation
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      Lock icon M'sia may build two more dams in Sarawak: Report
      263 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia may build two more hydroelectric dams in Sarawak on Borneo island in the next 10 years to accelerate industrial development, a report said on Saturday. The state already has two dams, the Batang Ai dam and the
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China seeks S'pore help to develop southern region
      511 16  -  It wants to promote cooperation with Asean through Guangxi province By JEAN CHUA in Nanning CHINA has called on Singapore to help in the development of its southern gulf area, which borders South-east Asia, and push forward the cooperation between Asean and
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      Lock icon Sensex could hit new records this week: dealers
      431 16 AFP [MUMBAI] Indian shares could hit new records this week amid optimism about sustained corporate earnings growth, dealers said. They said the market trend for the medium term appeared sound, though a small correction was expected if India's central bank raised interest
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      Lock icon Branded car plates upset HK business
      157 16 AFP [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong business group wants the sale of personalised car number plates featuring company brands banned after tags featuring HSBC and Sony were snapped up at auction, a media report said yesterday. The plates including another spelling the name Ferrari
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      Lock icon Guangzhou plans futures exchange: report
      187 16 Reuters [BEIJING] The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou plans a futures exchange, the China Securities Journal reported on Friday, in what would become China's fourth commodity futures exchange. "The city government's 11th five-year plan clearly calls for seeking central government and provincial support to establish
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      346 16 NOTICES IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NABATI OIL CORPORATION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Company registration no. *****5177 D At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at Wijma Gading Permai Tower AR 1 No. 1
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      Lock icon Boom in UAE fuels demand for syndicated loans
      313 17 [DUBAI] Surging economic growth in the UAE, rising investment in infrastructure and big-ticket acquisitions are fuelling demand for large syndicated loans in the country, says a report in Gulf News, citing a banker. The paper last Friday quoted Rajan Khetarpal, head of
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      Lock icon Kuwait parliament faces strong Opposition
      660 17 Alliance wants fight against graft and presses for reforms AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Parliament in oil-rich Kuwait begins a new term today with the government having to deal with a powerful Opposition bent on fighting corruption and pushing reforms. The Opposition, comprising three blocs of Islamists,
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2557 17 Transaction date: Oct27 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG Vol Datang Intnl Povwef Gene 6.30 urich ***** Jiangsu Express H 4.46 4.07 ***** Swire Pacific 8200 045 1513 U/tnai Textile B 622
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      Lock icon Rising costs drive skilled staff off
      173 17 [DOHA, Qatar] Highly skilled and efficient workers who have been employed in the Arab Gulf countries for several years are gradually opting for other countries in different parts of the world, says a report published in a local Arabic daily. The reason is the
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      Lock icon Gulf construction industry faces skills crunch
      538 17 [DUBAI] The Gulfs construction sector continues its rapid growth but is facing severe staffing challenges as too many companies compete for a limited supply of talent, the Gulf Daily News reported, citing the latest research released by Gulf Talent.com, a leading online recruitment firm
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Investors' quandary: slowing economy, upbeat earnings
      782 18  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT By ANDREW MARKS in New York WALL Street turned in another week of solid advances, but it ended trading on Friday with somewhat less of the euphoric attitude that has been building over the last several weeks. The culprit was a
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      Lock icon AXA mulls bid for Standard Life: report
      262 18 Reuters [LONDON] France's AXA is considering a £7 billion (5520.7 billion) bid for UK insurer Standard Life, the Sunday Express newspaper reported yesterday. In an unsourced report, the paper said investment bank Goldman Sachs was believed to be advising AXA in its assessment
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Rinker to reject Cemex bid: analysts
        62 18 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australia's Rinker Group is likely to reject a US$l2 billion bid from the world's third-ranked cement maker Cemex, analysts said yesterday as a top official of the Mexican bidder was reported arriving in Sydney. Cemex, which operates in 50 countries, said last
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        Lock icon Cosco Q3 profit 15.7% up on higher cargo
        57 18 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Cosco Shipping Co, a unit of China's biggest shipping company, said third-quarter profit rose 15.7 per cent after it handled more cargo. Net income rose to 192.8 million yuan (5538.6 million), or 0.29 yuan a share, from 166.5 million yuan,
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        Lock icon Over 100 feared dead in Nigerian air crash
        63 18 AFP [ABUJA, Nigeria] More than 100 people were feared killed yesterday when a commercial airliner crashed moments after takeoff here in the capital, aviation industry sources said. "After dropping some passengers in Abuja, the ADC plane took off for Sokoto (north). Some
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  • SHELL-SNA ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Drivers of CSR lacking in region
      832 19  -  A more litigious society and proactive media could well boost development, MATTHEW PHAN reports MATTHEW PHAN THE concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained much traction in Singapore, with companies of all sizes subscribing to the idea that there is a need for
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      Lock icon How Shell shows its sense of responsibility
      630 19 A MULTINATIONAL company like Shell, with exploration and production activities around the world, must address specific and varied concerns raised by local communities, says Shell Singapore chairman Lee Tzu Yang. In Singapore, for example, the government is very concerned with skills transplant and
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      899 19 SEEING as power generation is the major source of the greenhouse gases driving global warming in most countries, energy conservation is the most obvious place to start addressing the issue, said participants at a recent roundtable. Singapore's total electricity consumption in 2005 stood at 34,761
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      1033 20  -  These are the key themes of Global Entrepolis Singapore 2006, which looks set to eclipse last year's event. MATTHEW PHAN reports MATTHEW PHAN IF last year's Global Entrepolis Singapore (GES) is anything to go by, this year's series of conferences will be a swarming mass of hand-shaking,
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      717 24 BARTER has taken off in a big way in the US, UK, Europe and Australia, but in Asia, its full potential has yet to be realised. Barter means that companies can purchase products without having to pay cash, thus conserving cash and improving the bottom line of
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      266 22 <?0 Business Incubation Summit 2006 O Organised by TMW Business Accelerator Pte Ltd O About APBIS: The inaugural Asia Pacific Business Incubation Summit (APBIS) is proud to bring together successful industry leaders from 15 countries across US, Europe, Asia Pacific and emerging countries to share on how they've helped build
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      645 28  -  Air India Express will initially operate 10 flights a week from Chennai By AMITROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Indian budget carrier Air India Ex-, press made its inaugural flight to Changi Airport from Chennai yesterday evening. With this, it became the first India-based budget carrier
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      220 28 Bloomberg [ROME] Italy may raise about 750 million euros (551.49 billion) selling shares in Fincantieri SpA, the country's largest shipbuilder, as Prime Minister Romano Prodi divests government assets to cut debt, said two people with knowledge of the plans. The Prodi
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      556 28 AFP [PARIS] Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, is celebrating orders for 215 airliners taken in one day last week, highlighting heavy demand for its A 320 workhorse in contrast to the crisis over the glamorous superjumbo A3BO jet. The A 320 series is the "bread-and-butter"
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      134 28 AP [CANBERRA] Australia's flagship airline Qantas Airways Ltd announced yesterday it has ordered an additional eight Airbus A3Bos, bringing its fleet of the world's largest passenger aircraft to 20. The order comes less than a month after EADS, Airbus* parent company, extended to two
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      899 35  -  TelePresence will be part of package in its bid for government's $2 billion outsourcing contract, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY CISCO Systems last week unveiled in Singapore its new high-definition video conferencing solution, called Telepresence, and immediately held it up as a
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      91 35 Reuters [TOKYO] Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch its videogame business in Russia later this year, competing with Sony Corp and Microsoft Corp in a growth market, business daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said yesterday. With the US, European and Japanese game markets maturing, the Japa- nese
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      509 36  -  It's Aspect's first centre in Asia, fastest-growing region of company By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY CONTACT centre equipment and solutions provider Aspect Software has set up a solutions centre in Singapore, where it already has its regional headquarters. The company's AsiaPacific and Middle East
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      441 36  -  <what's cool> Pocket digital cameras are getting higher-resolution sensors which can challenge their lenses By GEOFFREY PEREIRA POCKET-SIZE digital cameras, with their relatively small lenses and low-res-olution sensors, have been able to produce clear 4R photos for some time now. A camera with a
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      411 36  -  GLOBAL ENTREPOLIS By ROLAND LIM INVESTORS and entrepreneurs in the technology industry will have their hands full with technology-related conferences, talks and networking opportunities at the Global Entrepolis Singapore 2006, which starts today and ends on Thursday. The mega event, which is an
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      343 36  - &lt;what` s up&gt; Compiled by WINSTON CHAI Business optimisation tips at seminar BUSINESS software maker Oracle will be holding its "Technology Summit" on Nov 14 at the Suntec City theatre. At the complimentary event, participants will gain insights into how they can enhance their business efficiency, with presentations on topics
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      296 36 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group Inc has cut its forecast for computer motherboard shipments, saying demand "is falling off a cliff". Shares of Intel Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co dropped on concern that a slowdown may spread across the industry. Shipments of
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      685 36  - &lt;what's new&gt; Compiled by ROLAND LIM Groove with the Nokia 5300 NOKIA has launched its latest music-centric phone, the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic, which is targeted at users wanting to use their phone as their digital music centrepiece. The slider phone is compatible with most digital music file formats such as
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      983 37 BT ADVERTORIAL Finger vein authentication leads biometric growth AS THE world becomes globalised with the help of a ubiquitous informa- f tion society, security has become a I I WM Mnm paramount consideration in today's V j VJjfl world not only physical security r m Hull security as M 1/
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      870 38  -  The Caribbean is blazing a trail for the launch of more intelligent condos, reports WINSTON CHAI WINSTON CHAI BESIDES breathtaking sea views and a grand marina, the Caribbean at Keppel Bay has another feature which sets it apart from most other condominiums in Singapore,
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      344 38 INTELLIGENT buildings make lives a whole lot easier for its residents but the incorporation of technology wizardry means that they are a lot kinder on the environment too. The high-tech National Library headquarters is one such example. The building is equipped with a
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      89 38 How do you shore secrets and how do you keep them? Samsung Electronics had joined in ventures with their subsidiaries and other partners. But Samsung's network seriously limited communication. And if they opened it up, they risked severe breaches of K\ using their Adaptive Network Architecture, redesigned Samsung's network to
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