The Business Times, 14 July 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Jp A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents July 14 15, 2007 online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg
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    Lock icon S'pore flies high as low-cost airlines connect the dots
    704 1  -  Travellers can now fly from India to China for under $500 as LCCs change dynamics of air travel By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Fly from India, through Singapore, to China for under $500. Or why not a quick junket to Taipei or
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      35 1 ~-0 V'\ Wfs; .5*—■■ t. oI SHOPPING t i Style and I V substance I PAGE 18 f Wjjßg* MB^ 1 jHV jHtJL Bfefiii^i^^jiitf 4 BISTROS ARE BIG Restaurants are opening sister outlets page 20
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      27 1 E MOTORING Fiat 500-a cute little number PAGE 15 i, V -r- i v,f fi v I?: '•>*' &Y <, 111 8 *****1 1 *****4 Markets Digest Page 2
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      84 1 J RAFFLES I CONVERSATION pjr Sime Darby's go-getter CEO PAGE 4 PROPERTY More foreigners apply to buy landed homes PAGE 2 PERSONAL INVESTMENT Teh Hooi Ling on super stock returns page 8 BANKING f mm ■l^ill%Kl^ Citibank takes the fast train into HDB heartland PAGE 2 f I 11 BT
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon More foreigners apply to buy landed homes
      836 2  -  Applications rise 30% in 2006 thanks to strong sentiment and Sentosa Cove By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The number of applications by foreigners (including permanent residents) seeking approval from the government to buy lauded properties in Singapore rose 30 per cent in 2006 against
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      Lock icon Citibank takes the fast train into HDB Heartland
      490 2  -  By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Citibank Singapore's train track to customers has worked so well tljat it has won over thousands of commuters as it continues to open new branches at MRT stations. "The bank's aggressive push into the heartland gathered paqe last
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      Lock icon Margin debt on NY exchange surges to record US$353b in May
      480 2 Investors now able to borrow more to buy more in portfolio margining Reuters [NEW YORK] Investors are taking on record amounts of debt to buy securities on the New York Stock Exchange now that rule changes have made it
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      516 2 S'pore banks face rating risk in regional expansion SINGAPORE banks are among those in Asia-Pacific which enjoy the highest ratings, according Moody's Investors Service, but face rating risks as they expand regionally. The three local banks. DBS Group, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank, have maintained their Aal
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      134 2 Dsn 3,654.61 (+30.05) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,656.00 (+30.00) simso 449.46 (+3.85) SIMSO FUTURES 449.10 (+2.80) MARKETS Friday Change KLCOMP 1,384.72 +18.70 NIKKEI 225 18,238.95 +254.81 HANG SENG 23,099.29 +290.27 SETIWOEX 859.14 +15-27 JAKARTA COMP 2,301.60 +16.69 MANILA COMP 3,786.02 +29.27 SEOUL COMP 1,962.93 +53.18 SHENZHEN B ***** +6.25
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon M'sian CEO to watch out for
      2394 4  -  Ahmad Zubir Murshid is fast gaining prominence as Sime Darby's go-getter CEO and chief executive-designate of Synergy Drive, a special-purpose vehicle tasked to create the world's largest listed oil palm company. S JAYASANKARAN reports S JAYASANKARAN AHMAD Zubir Murshid is a portly, cheerful man
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      215 4 BASKING IN THE MAJESTIC AURAS OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND TIANANMEN SQUARE, RAFFLES BEIJING HOTEL IS THE PERFECT IMAGE OF THE CITY'S PAST AND PRESENT. The social heartbeat of the city almost 100 years ago, the hotel today continues to inspire, y winning the distinguished 'Best New City Hotel' Award
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      98 4 Raffles Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. Ranked second among the world's top hotel brands in the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler Business Travel Awards, Raffles Hotels Resorts is a collection of luxury hotels that distinguishes itself through the highest
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CSSD may list in Singapore or China by 2009
      244 5  -  By MICHELLE QUAH THE China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company (CSSD) is planning a listing by 2009, either in Singapore or China, Channel News Asia reported Suzhou mayor Yan Li, who is also chairman of CSSD's board, as saying yesterday. "For
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      Lock icon Connect bent on taking PacNet private
      346 7  -  It aims to raise its holding further after securing 87.59% in takeover offer By ROLAND LIM CONNECT Holdings' takeover offer for Pacific Internet closed yesterday with a stake of 87.59 per cent. Reflecting its determination to take the regional Internet service provider (ISP) private,
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      Lock icon A volatile but ultimately firm week
      517 5  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent WALL Street continued to set the tone for stocks everywhere this week, first by plunging sharply early on because of concerns that the US property market's problems will affect earnings, then by its Thursday rally that spread everywhere yesterday.
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      Lock icon Oei sells China Healthcare stake
      383 5  -  Disposal may have reaped a gain of as much as l4.6m By MICHELLE QUAH TYCOON Oei Hong Leong has disposed of his entire shareholding in Sesdaqlisted China Healthcare and possibly reaped a profit of as much as $14.6 million from the move. In a filing
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      Lock icon S'pore banks face rating cuts from overseas growth
      467 5  -  Entry into China, Indonesia, Vietnam could raise their risk exposure By CHOW PENN NEE SINGAPORE banks are among those in Asia-Pacific which enjoy the highest ratings, according to Moody's Investors Service, but face rating risks as they expand regionally. The three local
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      Lock icon Ascott to sell 50% stake in London asset for $172.2 m
      283 6  -  Group to get gain of $17.8 m from sale of Somerset Bayswater By ARTHUR SIM THE Ascott Group is selling ofT its effective 50 per cent stake in Somerset Bayswater, a serviced residence in London, for $172.2 million to
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      Lock icon Using investor relations to enhance value
      567 6  -  Financial PR aims to align the client's market valuation with agreed targets By JANICE HENG IF investor relations (IR) firms aim to bring a company's valuation close to its intrinsic value, it follows that their fees should be aligned accordingly meaning they could well
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      8647 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABMAMRO Asset Mat (S'pore) Starjurope Eqty!** 1.155/ Bond 1.18/ Staifurope Bal 1 289/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 6421 S?af%s<a Bond 1.307/ Balanced 1.144/ Subtotal Technology Fund'** 0 24/ Mu#Stfd «r 1 002/ Stasia BonddJSO) 0 862/ GibMutoStUSO —1.196/ Asi«ond Fd A 107 71/ AsiaflondFdB X 53
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      275 7 Bloomberg Vita Holdings to place up to 52m new shares VITA Holdings is proposing a placement of up to 52 million new shares representing about 18 per cent of the company's issued ordinary shares at $0.25 per placement share. Vita said that the net proceeds of $12.5 million
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      Lock icon ANGEL FUNDS FOR A GOOD CAUSE
      86 7 OVER the moon? Some investors obviously were when mooncake maker China Angel Food made a sparkling debut on the market yesterday. Its share price rose as high as 82 cents, more than twice the issue price of 35 cents, and ended the day at
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      2216 5 GPindustries GP Industries Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Co. Reg. No. *****2128 C Notice of Anhual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GP Industries Limited (the "Company") will be held at Taurus, Level 1, Marina Mandarin Singapore, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square,
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      31 6 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz (jjj) than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. Global |nvestors company regn 110 *****/169Z
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      323 7 AVIVA MORLEY Societe d'lnvestissement a Capital Variable (SICAV) Registered Office: 34 avenue de la Überte L-1930 LUXEMBOURG R C.S. Luxembourg B 32 640 NOTICE OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Mooting") of Avrva Morley (the "Company") will be held at the registered
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      180 7 nil—HHf EVEROSE GOLD. ALCHEMY BY ROLEX. IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT IASTISG COLOUR. RO.. E X CREATED AN AIIOV. EVEROSE GO.O TH E COlOl-R O r RE3--AR PINK GOLD TENDS TO FADE OVER TIME AS IT S EXPOSED t O *"-E ENVIRONMENT. PARTICULARLY CHLORINE rOU N D N Tw
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      989 8  -  Compiled by UMAS SHANKARI ST Engineering July 13 close: $3.64 Kim Eng Research, July 13 HERE'S to the next 10 years: In the 10 years since the formation of ST Engineering (STE), the group has posted impressive earnings CAGR of 17 per cent per annum. It has weaned
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      1009 8 For week beginning Jul 9 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Substantial lav No of Met SHAREHOLDING Tram Shareholder/ SeA Shares Per ■•fare After Slock Date Director Com 000 S>r» 000) 000) Progen Hldgs 12-Jul-07 Chong Thim Pheng Sell 1203 na ***** S.33 ***** 4.89 UIC ll-Jul-07 Telegraph Dev
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      Lock icon Super stock returns: ROE/PTB v ROE v PTB
      1246 8  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent LAST week's article In Search Of Super Returns In Stocks struck a chord with readers and investors out there, judging by the number of emails I received. For those who missed it, basically
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore facing dearth of seasoned accountants
      303 9 THE shortage of accountants has led to cases where audit managers can have as little as three years' experience and this can impact the quality of audit reports, a situation that the regulator is looking at closely. Singapore is facing a labour crunch of
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      Lock icon Malaysia coming down harder on derelict company directors
      531 9  -  Punished in their personal capacity to drive lesson of responsibility home Reports by SIOW LI SEN IN an effort to stop corporate scandals, regulators are increasingly shifting to taking action against directors in their personal capacity and looking at ratcheting up the
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      Lock icon SuperBowl to sell 2 Balestier properties
      486 9  -  By UMA SHANKARI SUPERBOWL Holdings yesterday said it will sell two properties in Balestier Road for $39.8 million. They are slated to be developed into a 168-room hotel consisting of a 11-storey tower block on a two-storey podium with a basement car park and
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      Lock icon Dreams come true at The Centrepoint and Causeway Point
      303 9 BT BONUS ISSUE A THIRD of your life is spent sleeping. Probably one of the most fundamental ways of restoring the body's natural balance, sleep is an integral part of your overall health fitness. This week, The Business Times' Bonus Issue
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      Lock icon Lower car sales a drag on overall May retail sales
      481 9  -  1.5% y-o-y rise in retail sales lower than expected By ARUN JOHN DECLINING sales in motor vehicles have had a dampening effect on overall retail sales in May, a Department of Statistics report showed yesterday. Overall retail sales were 1.5
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      Lock icon SPH grooms talents to stay ahead
      323 9 MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) needs to continue to attract and groom talents to stay ahead of the game, chairman Tony Tan said yesterday at a scholarship award ceremony. "This is part of our company's investment for the future," said Dr Tan, who
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      Lock icon S'porean drivers least concerned about fuel economy
      320 9  -  By JANICE HENG CONTRARY to expectations, Singaporean motorists are among the least concerned about fuel economy, a study by oil company Shell has shown. In the survey of 11 countries, Singaporeans ranked right at the bottom when it came to taking measures for
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Watchdog body lauds swift action on Transmile case
      204 10 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The regulatory authorities' swift action on the alleged financial misstatement by aircargo carrier Transmile Group Bhd was on Thursday welcomed by the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (MSWG). "We applaud the action of the Securities Commission. We had requested the
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      Lock icon China lends US$800m to build second Penang bridge
      493 10  -  Chinese bank's 20-yr loan for major plan reflects stronger Sino-M'sian ties By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur CHINA has extended its biggest loan for a single project to Malaysia in the form of a US$BOO million loan for the construction of the
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      9562 10 Transaction date: Jul 13 52-wfcs Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Dhr Gr YM Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sate W- fWH Hlgli Low Barer jailor Cur HI Sum 3.5 2 5716 1st Software. 2 SUSP 8.4 22 6 3148 8Telecom 20 <0 5 3253 21
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      Lock icon Johor draws most investment from Jan-May
      254 10 Bernama [JOHOR] Johor topped all other states in drawing investments in the first five months of the year, topping RM5.18 billion (552.27 billion), state International Trade and Industry, Energy, Water and Communications' committee chairman Tan Kok Hong said yesterday. The bulk of this was
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Govt sees 6-6.1 % Q2 growth, with rise in consumption, investments
      398 11  - Govt sees 6-6.1 Q2 growth, with rise in consumption, investments Goods and services exports also keep economy on track for year's 6.3% goal By LAUREL TEO in Jakarta THE strengthening Indonesian economy is expected to chalk up a year-on-year growth of 6 to 6.11 per cent in the second quarter
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      7391 11 Transaction Date: Jul 13 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Jade Tech 330,037,000 DBS Grp 112.524,950 Diqiland 164,461,000 Capita Land 108.442.450 Global Ariel 154,250,000 Jade Tech 92,693,005 Lexicon Grp 110,495,000 SingTel 82,932,880 ChinaAnqel 96.277,000 Yangzijiang 78.238.640 Japan Land 84,553,000 UOB 77.009.700 Ban Joo 77,772,000 ChinaAnqel 73,053,045 ♦StarCruises 70,320,000 OCBC Bk
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      Lock icon Jakarta warns of high waves and eruptions
      185 11 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has warned of the possibility that natural disasters could strike in several of the country's regions in the coming weeks, local press said yesterday. Senior government officials have asked the people to brace for potential volcanic eruptions and
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India sees IPO boom with US$7.2b raised in 2006
      539 12  -  Private equity fuels market dominated by real estate, energy, bank sectors By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in NEW DELHI WITH big ticket initial public offerings (IPOs) such as ICICI Bank and DLF, the stock markets have emerged as a key route for India
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      Lock icon Reliance Comm buys US$400m equipment
      239 12 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Alcatel-Lu-cent, the world's largest supplier of telecommunications equipment, has secured a US$4OO million order from Reliance Communications Ltd, India's sec-ond-largest wireless services company said- Alcatel-Lucent will supply equipment used to run services based on the global system for mobile communications, or GSM,
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      Lock icon UTI Bank plans US$1.1b offering to fund lending
      454 12 It faces growing credit demand in booming economy Bloomberg [MUMBAI] UTI Bank Ltd, an Indian lender whose market value has more than doubled in the past year, plans to sell shares worth at least 42.76 billion rupees or US$l.l billion to finance
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      1878 12 :*AT3 NOTICES BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT ENZER CORPORATION LIMITED C Kl 7 C D (Company Registration No: *****6945E) C, (Incorporated in Singapore) Technology With Style NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the
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      947 12 :*at^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg DUY IT Sf LL IT fIND IT IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF BENGKALIS DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM PTE. LTD. ABBREV. AS BDC PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) (Co. Reg No: *****8U2H) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Soon, make all the right connections in China with a Liantong condom
      218 13 [BEIJING] A condom trademark named after telecommunications giant China Unicom has been approved by the Chinese government's trademark office. Shenzhen-based Yelaixiang Adult Products Ltd applied for the trademark of "Liantong", the same two Chinese characters as part of
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      Lock icon US to haul China to WTO over industry subsidies
      553 13 Its steel, paper, IT and other industries benefiting from state grants, says US AFP [WASHINGTON] The United States will haul China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a formal hearing on industrial subsidies that US officials say violate global trading
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      Lock icon Beijing to put squeeze on polluters
      362 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China will ask domestic banks to curb loans to energy intensive industries to reduce waste and enhance environmental protection in the world's second-biggest energy consuming nation. Authorities will step up controls on loans to polluters, Liu Chengxiang, spokesman for the China Banking
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      Lock icon Google sued in China over Chinese name
      201 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Google Inc is being sued in China by a Beijing company that claims the owner of the world's most popular Internet search engine is using the Chinese business's name. "We want Google to change their commercial name, and are not suing
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  • ASIA PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Retail sales at 2-yr low, inventories rise
      382 14 LATEST US DATA AP, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Americans put away their wallets in June, sending retail sales crashing by the sharpest amount in nearly two years. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that retail sales fell by 0.9 per cent last month, the biggest drop
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      Lock icon Barclays wins Dutch court ruling in bid for ABN
      601 14 Supreme Court finds "no grounds" to block sale, overturns lower court ruling Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Barclays moved a step closer to buying ABN Amro Holding for 63.2 billion euros (Ssl32 billion) after a court cleared the Dutch company's sale of LaSalle Bank.
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      Lock icon Thaksin no longer in billion-$ dub, says Forbes
      224 14 AFP, Xinhua [BANGKOK] Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, a former telecoms tycoon, is no longer counted among Thailand's billionaires since the military froze his assets following last year's coup, Forbes said yesterday. Once Thailand's fourth-richest man with a fortune worth US$2.2
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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      1814 14 GP Batteries International Limited (Company Registration No. *****2111N) (Incorporated in the RepuPlic of Singapore) Notice Of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GP Batteries International Limited ("the Company") will be held at Marina Mandarin Singapore, Pisces Aquarius Room, Level 1, 6 Raffles Boulevard,
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon A cute little Italian number
      849 15  -  SAMUEL EE checks out the new Fiat 500 and attends a grand party to mark its return after a 32-year absence SAMUEL EE THERE are many things you can accuse the Italians of, but one thing you cannot say is m that they lack style.
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      Lock icon Huge bash for a small car
      604 15 THE word spectacular hardly begins to describe it. To mark the launch of the new Fiat 500, the Italian carmaker presented an extravaganza right in the middle of the Po River, which runs through its Turin base. Part of a rumoured 12 million euro
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      Lock icon Big Chevy for the masses
      465 15  -  By SAMUEL EE FOR a large and rather convention-al-lobking sedan, the Chevrolet Epica has a quirky hidden side. It's a bit like discovering your Chinese businessman neighbour moonlights as a porn star. As with most mid-sized saloons, the Epica has a predictably sedate appearance. It
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon European Tour invades Asian turf
      664 16  -  European Tour introduces new events in India and Korea without involving Asian counterpart, writes JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS STRONG words were issued by the people who run the Asian Tour when the European Tour last month announced a new tournament the inaugural Indian Masters in
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      Lock icon Playing good golf the David Leadbetter way
      799 16  -  By GEOFFREY EU ALL right, so it's just another corporate golf event, not greenside at the 72nd hole of the British Open (which starts next week in Carnoustie in Scotland), but teaching-pro Paul Hoad is in lockdown mode, and has the full attention
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  • WELLNESS
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      Lock icon Here's something to chew on
      895 17  -  Jaw joint disorders are on the rise as a result of stress and neglect, reports MELISSA HENG MELISSA HENG THE next time you step into a fast food joint, go for a regular cheeseburger instead of a Big Mac or risk your jaw going pop.
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      1271 17 HOT IPO Attract more interest from investors. Place your IPO notice In our newspapers." Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@spti.com.sg. :*AT^ Ci? NOTICES Toll free 1800 289-8822 Email: com sy Vjf TT INTERNATIONA! LIMITED y" Company Registration No. *****3771 D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      291 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 7 Amazing ordinary women in I Observe missile entering the side (6) plant (6) 9 Highly suspenseful story of 4 Closely follow notice in exhi- rock-climber? (11) bition (6) 14 One exempt from criticism 8 Cousin travelling round Baha- found on Indian street mas at a relatively
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  • SHOPPING
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