The Business Times, 6 July 2007

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Friday, July 6,2007 JF A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Building costs climb with industry boom
    885 1  -  Material prices surge but demand may hit new peak By and ARTHUR SIM JANICE HENG Source: BCA, London Mecal Exchange and RLB in-house data How they fare Change in prices of construction materials between June '06 and May '07 7.2% Aluminium 7.6% Cement (ordinary
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    131 1 STI 3,551.68 (-3.17) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,556.00 (-3.00) siMsa 436.51 (-0.65) SIMSO FUTURES 436.50 (-1.10) MARKETS Thursday Change KLCOMP 1,369.30 -7.84 NIKKEI 225 18,221.48 +52.76 HANG SENG 22,252.99 +34.44 SET INDEX 823.93 -1.52 JAKARTA COMP 2,220.93 +24.83 MANILA COMP 3,802.32 +70.66 SEOUL COMP 1,847.79 +9.38 SHENZHEN B 657.52
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    Lock icon Market may correct but no shadow of crisis: SM
    591 1  -  Lessons learnt, bonds forged in '97 financial trauma By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) chairman Goh Chok Tong does not see a financial crisis coming, even if there's some correction in the stock market. "I don't think
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Spotlight on Tajudin as Air Maldives sues MAS
      941 2  -  Suit relates to alleged breach of management contract in 1996 By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's national carrier, Malaysian Airline System (MAS), is being sued by Air Maldives, over an alleged breach of a management contract inked between the two about a decade
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      Lock icon Building material suppliers in crunch too
      523 2  -  By and ARTHUR SIM JANICE HENG [SINGAPORE] Singapore may be just in the nascent stage of the current construction boom but the strain on resources is becoming a concern even for suppliers. TV Narendran, deputy president (operations) of Nat Steel Asia, said: "In Singapore,
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      Lock icon Yong, wife in remand in HK; won't contest extradition
      566 2  -  By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Former National Kidney Foundation (NKF) chairman Richard Yong, who was nabbed by Hong Kong police on Wednesday, turned up in a courtroom there yesterday morning to settle matters relating to his extradition to Singapore. Yong and his
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      626 2 Asia investment bank revenues hit US$3.8b WITH loan, debt capital and M8iA (merger and acquisition) activity hitting record levels and equity markets still charging ahead, banks in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) generated strong investment banking revenues for the first half of the year. Revenue rose 33 per
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      Lock icon Asia investment bank revenues hit US$3.8b
      751 3  -  UBS Investment Bank tops ranking with 11.4% market share or US$438m By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] With loans, debt capital and M&A (merger and acquisition) activities hitting record levels and equity markets still charging ahead, banks in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) found themselves sitting
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      130 4 In the heart of the city, IN A WORLD OF YOUR OWN. Four Seasons Hotel Welcome to the stylish, sun-filled sanctuary of Four Seasons. Whether bed breakfast I I I RATES FROM tor business or pleasure, enrich your stay with resort-style indulgence: the garden swimming pool, rejuvenating spa and nine
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      1461 4 China Essence Group Ltd. 4M (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at East India Room, Level 1, Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore *****3 on Monday, 23 July 2007 at 10
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon Improve disclosure on placements
      576 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY MENTION the words "private placement" to the average stockmarkfet investor and the reaction would probably be harsh, critical, and laced with suspicion and claims of unfair treatment. The reason for this is that many investors believe that the placement game
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      Lock icon Space for growth, not costs, now main concern of banks
      416 6  -  By CONRAD TAN CORPORATE real estate managers at large banks in Asia are struggling to cope with the rapid pace of growth over the last 18 months, according to a recent survey by property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle. It found
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      Lock icon TT Int'l to build retail warehouse
      228 9 TT INTERNATIONAL, the company behind the Akira consumer electronics brand, is setting up a warehouse retail facility along Jurong East Street 11. It will build the facility on a 5.6 ha site that it is buying on 30-year leasehold tenure from the state. The
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Tee Yih Jia Food pulls out of Apex-Pal deal
        61 9 APEX-PAL said it has received written notice from Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing saying it aligns its position with that of fellow Thai Village shareholders Lee Tong Soon, Kok Nyong Patt and Lee Tong Kuon who have pulled out of an
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        Lock icon GuocoLand rights issue to raise $554.7 m
        76 9 Reuters SINGAPORE luxury home builder GuocoLand said yesterday that it would raise $554.7 million through a one-for-three rights issue. The developer, controlled by Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan, is offering 221.9 million rights shares at $2.50 each In a statement lodged with the
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        Lock icon TMB Bank delays rights issue
        59 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] TMB Bank, Thailand's fifth largest by assets, said yesterday that its US$l billion rights issue would be delayed until next month pending talks with Singapore's DBS Bank. The Thai bank needed more time to negotiate with DBS Bank to raise its holding from
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        Lock icon SGX nod for Parkway Life Reit
        50 9 PARKWAY Holdings said the Singapore Exchange yesterday granted a conditional eligibility-to-list letter for'the listing and trading of units in Parkway Life Reit. Parkway will make a separate announcement when the preliminary prospectus of Parkway Life Reit is lodged with the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
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      Lock icon Darcowins $11.1 m worth of contracts
      212 9  -  By JAMIE LEE DARCO Water Technologies Ltd, a waste water treatment company, has clinched $11.1 million worth of industrial contracts, bringing its total FY2007 order book to $34 million. Darco which has a stock market value of $64.6 million said it had secured six
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      Lock icon Singapore's Reits seen doubling to 30 by 2008
      354 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S real estate investment trusts are expected to double to about 30 by the end of 2008 as more property owners raise funds in the city-state to expand, the Asian Public Real Estate Association said. The new trusts will include so-called
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      Lock icon ecoWise applies for carbon credits
      323 11  -  New project using waste steam for drying and heating will cut pollution By JANICE HENG ECOWISE Holdings hopes to obtain carbon credits for emission reductions of 12,800 tonnes a year, by using waste steam for drying and heating. The Ses-daq-listed environmental solutions firm is one
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      Lock icon Eu Yan Sang scholarship for NTU's TCM students
      405 11  -  By CHARMIAN KOK WITH the growth and increasing recognition of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry in Singapore, Eu Yan Sang International has announced a new university scholarship for Nanyang Technological University's (NTU) TCM students. The scholarship, the first of its kind
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      Lock icon Hot young designer Ashley Isham is BH's Top Achiever of the Year
      615 3  -  By ARUN JOHN [SINGAPORE] Ashley Isham, international fashion designer to the stars, has become the youngest ever recipient of the Berita Harian Achiever of the Year award. The annual award, which is organised by Berita Harian and presented
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      Lock icon Qian Hu buys into UK aquarium lamp maker
      530 6  -  It buys 20% of Arcadia Products in move to grow business in Europe By OH BOON PING ORNAMENTAL fish service provider Qian Hu has bought a stake in a UK manufacturer of aquarium lamps to propel its business growth in Europe. Qian
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      Lock icon Equation going into solar-film business
      640 4  -  It will buy into Solar Morph through which it will build a solar panel manufacturing plant By MICHELLE QUAH INVESTMENT holding company Equation Corp, formerly known as Heshe Holdings, is venturing into the solar-film business. The Sesdaq-listed company intends to buy into privately held Solar
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      Lock icon Financial One prices IPO shares at 75 US cents each
      420 9  -  Expected gross proceeds of US$112.5m for Taiwan-based firm By CHOW PENN NEE FINANCIAL One Corp, the first Taiwan-based financial company headed for a Singapore listing, has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 75 US cents a share about 17
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      1505 6 Al£| [*AT3 m NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg MTQ CORPORATION LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0057Z) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 38th Annual General Meeting of MTQ Corporation Limited ("the Company") will be held at Carlton Hotel, Empress
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      1093 6 >AT^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg MTQ CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Co. Reg. No. *****0057Z) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at Carlton Hotel, Empress Room 1, Level
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      78 7 DHL EXPRESS SINGAPORE opens the dgWrd jaHsnaa ON 6 JULY 2007. r ■LJjttfm mjmmm i.. v >c- Our congratulations on the grand opening of your new facility. r i i I wlilm imagine SPECTRUM PRESS PTE LTD SMfINK invent yedc£m ***** 'rlcri!' SDatacraft Bspacio ffififti PU Sine Tel (S&listra HSa3HS2^K
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      2753 8 NOTICES X X X i- L-J Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT-FIND IT Avaplas Ltd Company Registration Number: *****1788 C (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on 23 July 2007 at Cube
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      322 8 Cos. Act Cap. 505.291(1) Ungsing Aromatks Pt# Ltd Statutory Declaration I, Lim Ah Poon of 458 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 #10-1586 5G*****8, NRIC No: *****939F make oath and say as follows:-1 am a director of the abovenamed Co; The abovenamed Co. cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its
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      256 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF CAOPOASIA PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Reg. No. *****0742Z NOTICE OF FINAL MEETINQ NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap. 50, the Final Meeting of the abovenamed Company
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      166 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF F.N.F. REALTY PTE LTD COMPANY REG. NO: 1994-*****-H (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors of the above named Company, which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before the 31st
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      2197 8 FABCHEM CHINA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****3128G) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of FABCHEM CHINA LIMITED will be held at 39 Fishery Port Road, Singapore *****5 on Monday, 23 July 2007 at 9.30 a.m. for
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      445 8 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND MTHE MATTER OF AGENICA RESEARCH PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) (Co.Reg. No. *****2105 D) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraoninary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 11, Hospital Dnve, 4* Floor,
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      351 9 IBFD International Tax Academy (ITA) Kuala Lumpur The IBFD is highly regarded around the world as the leading source of information and training on cross-border and comparative taxation. With the establishment of our regional office in Kuala Lumpur, the IBFD International Tax Academy (ITA) is now able to offer its
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon China momentum reversal hits STI
      526 10  -  STOCKS Index swings from 20-pt gain to 3.2-pt loss; second-liners also subject to momentum changes R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent AT THE risk of sounding like a broken record, momentum was again the central theme in yesterday's stock market action a sudden 6 per cent plunge
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      981 10 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Undi Up Down Unch Up Down Undl Multi Ind 13 24 000 13 2 4 Manufacturing 102 68 61 25 18 13 127 86 74 Commerce 37 21 24 4 7 50 25 31 T pt/Stor/Com ms 15 16 13 111 16
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      881 10  -  By UMA SHANKARI Nippecraft July 5 dose: 550.175 Net Research, July 4 NEW product ranges being added to the key brands, Collins, Debden, Top Grade and Fountain to capture a wider range of customers, providing "something for everyone". Trend of half-year losses reversed due to lesser reliance on
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      Lock icon US$ gains ahead of Europe rate decision
      380 10 CURRENCIES AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar edged higher against the euro and yen in quiet Asian trade yesterday with many players sitting on their hands ahead of European monetary policy decisions and key US jobless data, dealers said. The British pound slipped back
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      487 11 :*at3 NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Name of company LIAN HUAT SHIPPING CO. PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) Reg. No. *****0012G Address of former 10 Anson Road, #14-19 International Plaza registered office Singapore *****2 Last day of receiving proofs 21 July 2007 Name of liquidators Chee Yoh Chuang and
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      446 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE COX GROUP (INTERNATIONAL) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) (Co.Reg. No. *****6108H) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duty convened and held pursuant to Section 179(6)
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Be adept at handling change, grads told
      412 12  -  Veteran banker Peter Seah paints likely scenario By GRACE CHUA THE economic world as people think they know it may be making its exit, veteran banker and businessman Peter Seah told new graduates yesterday at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      144 13 LawNet2 launched, with higher rates THE Singapore Academy of Law has launched LawNet2, a newer version of the information portal for legal professionals. The subscription fees will, however, be adjusted upwards. They will range between $63 per month for a one-man firm and $3,780 for large firms with
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      Lock icon Malay community urged to go global
      501 13  -  By ARUN JOHN SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong has urged the Malay and Muslim community in Singapore to seize the opportunities created by globalisation and participate more actively in international business. SM Goh was speaking at the presentation of the Berita Harian Achiever of
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      Lock icon Little India 'white site' could fetch up to $280 m
      375 13  -  By UMA SHANKARI THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday launched a "white site" at the junction of Race Course Road and Rangoon Road for sale by public tender. Experts believe the 1.36 ha could fetch as much as $280 million.
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      Lock icon Branding holds key to success in export markets
      617 12  -  This is especially true for fast moving consumer goods: industry veterans By CHEN HUIFEN CREATING successful brands for export can be tough, even if one has a hotselling product in the home market, say two industry veterans. "Don't think that you have
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      Lock icon EDB rebuts Aussie press report on UNSW
      450 12 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) has issued a letter rebutting an article in The Australian, which claimed that the Singapore investment promotion agency had rejected a proposal by the University of New South Wales "at the 11th hour". The letter was addressed to
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      Lock icon Pender Court in West Coast sold for $80m
      541 13  -  Buyer Bravo Construction plans to build condo to be sold at $1.800 psf By KALPANA RASHIWALA PENDER Court, off West Coast Highway and near the Caribbean and Reflections at Keppel Bay condos, has been sold for $80 million or about $872 psf
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      1996 12 Jttkl MATS 60 NOTICES BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT FM HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of FM Holdings Limited (the "Company') will be held at The Pines, 30 Stevens Road, Singapore *****0 on Monday, 23
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      466 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF VANTIVE SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****5929 C NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores CA ***** United States of
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      464 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF G-LOG PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****4985 C NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores CA *****, United States of America
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      370 12 AJ^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT IN THE MATTER OF SECTION 215 A OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF HERAEUS SHIN-ETSU QUARTZTECH SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER *****5436K) (the "Company") NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Company
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      944 13 Adex-Pal APEX-PAL INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****4816E) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ttiat an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ("EGM") of Apex-Pal International Ltd. (the "Company") will be convened on Monday, 23 July 2007 at 10:00 a.m. at One Irving Road,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Indonesia cuts key rate again to boost growth
      387 14 13th cut since May 2006; BI governor cites higher exports, consumer spending Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank has cut its interest rate for the 13th time since May last year to accelerate economic growth after inflation eased. Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah
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      Lock icon China in danger of overheating: top planner
      271 14 Reu ters [BEIJING] China has failed to contain the risk of an overheating economy, the country's top economic planner said in remarks published yesterday. "The trend towards economic overheating has yet to be curbed," Ma Kai, the chairman of the National Development and
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2474 14 VOL Jul 5 KM W- (POO) ASM Realty 3.06 0.21 307 Abfk Bhd 0.30 -0.01 36 Advance Synergy 0.33 -0.01 374 Adventa Bhd _1.67 -0.03 1054 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.32 -0.01 113 Affin Holdings .2.53 0.02 2719 Ahmad Zaki Resou 4.00 -0.10 696 Ak Corp 0.60 unch 0
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      1155 14 S NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT NOTICE OF MEETING (GENERAL FORM) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBUC OF SINGAPORE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF GOH HUP HENG ELECTRICAL PTE LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION)
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      849 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF OFFICE 1 PTE. LTD. (In Mombofi' Voluntary Liquidation) (Co.Reg. No. *****7090N) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held pursuant to Section 179(6) of the
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      1125 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FORTIS WEALTH MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****7687 C NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 63 Market Street #21-01 Singapore *****2 on the 29th
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      1125 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF J.D. EDWARDS (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****4389N NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 500 Oracle Parkway Redwood Shores CA *****, United States
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Ekovest to build RMl9b waterfront city in Johor
      426 15  -  241 acre site 5 km from Causeway will have commercial centre, luxury villa precinct By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN property developer Ekovest is planning a RM19.2 billion (SsB.s billion) integrated waterfront city development next to Danga Bay in the Iskandar
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      Lock icon Work starts on US$406m Johor bunker terminal
      258 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday launched the construction of a US$4O6 million regional petroleum hub to be built on a man-made island off southern Johor state. The Asia Petroleum Hub (APH) is expected to be completed in 2009
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      188 15 If you are facing any of the following: You need to keep your payroll absolutely confidential. Your payroll staff are bogged down, and are bored with the routine of rushing payroll every month, and there is limited room for staff development for payroll processing functions. You or your payroll staff
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Corruption cases in Hong Kong on the rise
      413 16  -  Proportion of private sector ICAC investigations hits record high of 61% By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong THE number and scope of corruption inquiries involving Hong Kong businesses are increasing and investigators say that they are probably looking into only a small
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      379 17 It plans to IPO in next two years; will become Reit when govt allows it Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indian billionaire Kushal Pal Singh's real estate group plans to raise US$l billion this fiscal year for a fund to buy properties after securing financing
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      280 17 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] Vodafone Group Pic's US$ll billion acquisition of a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar Ltd is unlikely to be eclipsed as India's biggest takeover any time soon as slowing profit growth curbs the size of deals, ÜBS AG chief financial officer Clive
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      316 18 Assets, invested mainly in 2 funds managed by state, are at historical high AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Financial assets of OPEC member Kuwait had ballooned to 61.4 billion dinars (US$2l3 billion, or ***** billion) as at March 31, the largest in the oil-rich emirate's
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      326 18 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Abu Dhabi will seek bidders for a US$3 billion power and water plant in September to meet soaring demand for power in the United Arab Emirates. The Shuweihat plant will be capable of producing 1,500 megawatts of power and
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      671 19 Stephen Bollenbach has made US$52b of transactions during his career Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Stephen Bollenbach, chief executive officer of Hilton Hotels Corp, made sure his last deal was his biggest. The 64-year-old Mr Bollenbach agreed on Tuesday to sell the company
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      422 19 AFP [DILI] East Timor's ruling Fretilin party has won the most votes in parliamentary polls held last weekend but not the majority needed to govern alone, preliminary official results showed yesterday. The outcome, which saw Fretilin's popularity plunge from five
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      405 19 AP. Reuters [CANBKRRA] China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. "The pace and scope of its military modernisation, particularly the development of new and disruptive capabilities such as the
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      177 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Growth in US service industries unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest pace in 14 months in June, reinforcing evidence the economy picked up last quarter. The Institute for Supply Management's index of non-manufacturing businesses, including banks, builders and retailers, rose to 60.7 in
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      324 19 Bloomberg [MONACO] Fidelity International Ltd chief executive officer Barry Bateman said clients have withdrawn about US$3 billion from the firm's European Growth Fund since manager Graham Clapp said at the start of the year that he was quitting. The London-based affiliate of the world's largest
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      301 19 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's government may lift restrictions preventing domestic industrial groups from investing in Woori Finance Holdings and other state-owned banks in a bid to promote more efficient allocation of capital. Current regulations have blocked companies with more than
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      316 19 Reu ters [LONDON] People who fail to pay their tax bills could see the money taken directly from their bank account without a court order under new government plans. HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) said the new powers would let it recover unpaid
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      497 20 Shares rise after airline says business, first-class traffic rose 1.4% from year-ago Bloomberg {LONDON] British Airways Pic, Europe's third-largest carrier, said premium traffic rose last month on demand from business travellers for direct flights to and from London's Heathrow airport. The shares rose the
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      559 20  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN WHEN the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner was unveiled yesterday at its official premiere in Seattle, it rolled out with two next-genera-tion Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines the leading power plant for all versions of the 787. The Trent 1000 will also power
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      111 20 Bloomberg. AFP [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, Asia's most profitable carrier, plans to add two more services a week to Paris because of rising demand for flights to Europe. The airline will increase its weekly frequency on the Singapore-Paris route to nine from
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      370 20 Bloom berg [LONDON] Dubai International Capital LLC, an investment company controlled by the emirate's ruling sheikh, bought 3.12 percent of European Aeronautic, Defence Space Co as part of a plan to invest in global companies. "We are confident that EADS's
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      306 20 Xinhua [KATHMANDU] The national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Etihad Airways (EA), is now all set to connect Nepal's capital Kathmandu and the commercial hub of the Middle East, Dubai, by the end of October this year. The Himalayan Times reported
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      629 20 Reduced capacity, rising travel demand spell higher earnings Bloomberg [DALLAS] Less flying may mean more profit for the biggest US airlines. Major carriers are cutting domestic capacity even as travel demand is rising, helping them fill more seats with passengers. That's sparking optimism AMR Corp's
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      590 21  -  ReCAAP review notes significant drop in incidents in first half of 2007 By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Mem-ber-states of the new regional inter-governmental anti-piracy body need to provide more timely and better information, the group's executive director said yesterday following a special meeting of its
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      467 21  -  By CONRAD RAJ GLOBAL power and automation technology giant ABB Ltd yesterday opened a new marine academy in Singapore for the booming oil gas marine industries. The academy is ABB's second global training centre and will train some 1,700 crew over the next four years or
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      723 21  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR TWO vessels that carried steel coils from Japan to Australia during the northern hemisphere winter have been found liable for corrosion damage to the coils from moisture even though the vessels had ventilated the holds along the way.
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      367 21 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] AP Moel-ler-Maersk's Lindoe division, builder of the world's largest container vessels, has agreed to sell its eastern German shipyard to a local competitor to help meet cost-saving targets. Volkswerft Stralsund GmbH will be sold to Hegemann AG,
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      59 21 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China plans to spend at least 40 billion yuan (SsB billion) on shipping canals and other waterway facilities in the five years ending 2010 because of rising marine-cargo traffic. The budget is double that for the five years ended 2005, Li Shenglin, Minister
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      481 22 EDITORIAL CONCKRN over the environment has been going around the world for decades, but not until the last couple of years has there been such hand-wringing. That perhaps should not be surprising. Climate change a buzzword among governments, businesses and. more recently, even investment professionals
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      1260 22  -  If the pundits are right, emerging markets will overtake developed economies by mid-century By PETER SEAH ET me begin by quoting Charles Darwin. He said, it is not the strongest of the species which survive, nor the most intelligent but those Lmost
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      800 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent "MIRROR, Mirror on the Wall; Who is the Biggest Superpower of all?" That is the question being asked by foreign policy pundits in Washington these days, as they ponder the impact of the military quagmire
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      894 23  -  Apple's campaign to build excitement for its latest gadget has generated more pre-sale media coverage than any other product By VILLE HEISKANEN Bloomberg gg«. PPLE Inc's campaign om, to build excitement about its iPhone may >f m be the most successful marketing effort ever, surpassing
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      232 23  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Kelly Long, Vice-President and Head, Corporate Communications, The Singapore Exchange WE refer to the forum letter, "Separate directors' duties for best governance", by Mr Goh Khee Kuan (BT, July 3). Mr Goh is concerned that listed companies have
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      626 23  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the report, "An-ti-competition unit clears Nets fee hike" (BT, June 26). Four heartland merchant associations, with about 4,000 members, have told the media that Nets has offered to charge them a lower rate,
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  • ARTS
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      1059 29  -  PROFILE In the great age of museum building, history is no longer trapped in dusty, ancient surrounds, writes PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR IT'S very simple: culture follows money and the money is now in Asia. So suggests Mark Jones, director of the UK's Victoria
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      580 29  -  THEATRE By AMANDA DE GUZMAN WITH the opening of Happy Endings on July 11, Alfian Sa'at's Asian Boys trilogy comes full circle. The series first broke ground in 2000, when The Necessary Stage's production of Vol. 1 drew controversy and praise for being one of
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      559 29  -  MUSIC By LINDSAY VICKERY FRANZ Liszt may well have been the world's first pop star. The Hungarian composer and pianist was so big in his day that 19th century journalist Heinrich Hein coined a word to describe his unprecedented popularity. The word was "Lisztomania",
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      1219 30  -  A new movie is about to open, the final book will soon hit stores along with games and merchandise, writes PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR IT IS a good time for those who like magic the next couple of weeks promises a bumper spell
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      585 30  -  By GEOFFREY EU HARD to believe, but it's been 19 years since Die Hard erupted on our movie screens and catapulted Bruce Willis to the front of the line in the action hero queue, simultaneously launching what has turned out to be the Movie
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      486 30  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM MANY Generation X-ers will remember hearing Suzanne Vega's first mainstream hit songs Tom's Diner and Luka, some 15 years ago. Luka, in particular, discomfited more than a few people who found themselves grooving to the catchy pop song about
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      447 30  -  DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR NOSTALGIA is in the air: former action stars are showing us that they still pack a pretty hefty punch, what with Bruce Willis currently playing in cinemas, Indiana Jones making a comeback soon, and Sylvester Stallone's recent return with
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  • PURSUITS
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      697 31  -  BOOKS Reviewed by KATHERINE PENALOZA A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton By Carl Bernstein Hutchinson $46.60 w/wo GST, 628 pages Rating: C LOVE her or hate her, one would be hard put to not have an opinion about Hillary Clinton. Ambitious, intelligent,
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      773 31  -  NIGHT OUT MELISSA LWEE takes a look at some of the numerous options available in the lucrative 'save yourself after a night out' market MELISSA LWEE S any regu*lar parM ty-goer m knows, every great gpKSIBUk night out Ml m has its conB ti sequences.
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      62 31 »f fc« 27,28 &30 July 2007,8pm, Esplanade Theatre Conductor Lim Yau Director David Edwards f| Count Almaviva Dominique Moralez Figaro Yungbae Yang Rosina Liang Ning Dr. Bartolo Michael Lion Don Basilio William Lim The Philharmonic Orchestra Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus ft the Philippines Chorus m. Sung in Italian with English
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  • WINE
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      1160 32  -  A visit to two estates yields a delicious spread from dry and flavourful to syrupy botrytis, writes N K YONG N K YONG OF the many famous names in the Middle Mosel, Joh Jos Prum and Fritz Haag are the two widely-ac-knowledged superstars. As time did
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      2031 33  -  GEOFFREY EU finds out how architects here are meeting the pressing urban challenge of developing green, high-density projects GEOFFREY EU i| HEN management bigwigs at JapaM nese insurance giant Tokio Marine I* i t Nichido Fire Insurance decided to "i Jr redevelop an office building on m M
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