The Business Times, 27 September 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Thursday, September 27,2007
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    Lock icon Sentosa Cove turns sea to gold with 3b land sales
    595 1  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Relaunched Pearl Island could see luxury villas going at hefty prices, market watchers say By [SINGAPORE] The combination of sand, sea and location have worked wonders for Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd (SCPL). It has raised more than $3
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    Lock icon S'pore most business-friendly, with NZ a close second: report
    713 1  - S 'pore most business-friendly, with NZ a close second: report ANNA TEO "Doing Business 2008" Doing Business 2008' By [SINGAPORE] In a year when Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics totally trumped East Asia in dismantling business barriers, Singapore emerged for the second year running as the most business-friendly
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      65 1 Sf^ijJißlP! UNREST IN MARITIME WEEK EN BLOC BizlT |^t JUJSiW 7 MYANMAR $12m boost for &SB* ■■<> Rush to launch Virtualisation poses new WKjmS^m^f Impact on S'pore technologies I" s?' I^^^ collective sales risks for data centres »8i HPi HI companies page 2 page 19 aiiMa^v page 32 page 20
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon 4 killed as Myanmar unrest escalates
      648 2 Reuters, AFP Crowds of monks, citizens defy warning shots, tear gas, baton charges [YANGON] Seething crowds of Buddhist monks and civilians filled the streets of Myanmar's main city yesterday, defying warning shots, tear gas and baton charges meant to quell the biggest anti-junta protests
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      Lock icon S'pore companies yet to feel the impact
      419 2  -  UMA SHANKARI Companies there are mostly in the hospitality business By [SINGAPORE] Singaporean companies operating in Myanmar yesterday reported that business has not been affected by the deteriorating political situation in the country. Reports said that Myanmar security forces fired shots over the
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon 10,000 new jobs, $1.4b value added could come from Lead
        52 2 THE Local Enterprise and Association Development (Lead) programme is projected to create some 10,000 new jobs and generate $1.4 billion in additional value-add, plus $3.4 billion in revenue to the economy by 2010, a forum was told yesterday. TOP STORIES,
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        Lock icon SGX upgrading IT systems to cope with higher volumes
        50 2 SINGAPORE Exchange is spending tens of millions of dollars to upgrade its IT infrastructure. Muthukrishnan Ramaswami, its head of operations and technology, said yesterday that the new systems are meant to cope with much higher trading volumes. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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        Lock icon Swiber joins Viet firms to bid for contracts
        41 2 OFFSHORE oil and gas services provider Swiber Holdings has now set its sights on Vietnam, tying up with two state-linked oil and gas companies there to bid for contracts. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5
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        Lock icon August output up 13.8%; electronics turning around
        57 2 SINGAPORE registered 13.8 per cent growth in manufacturing output last month, with the electronics sector displaying growing signs of a turnaround. Production output in the electronics industry grew 5.6 per cent year-on-year in August. This is an improvement from the 1.7 per cent
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        Lock icon Forex trade: M'sia cuts red tape, says report
        65 2 MALAYSIA'S central bank is streamlining rules on trade in the local currency to cut the cost of doing business in the country, a newspaper said yesterday. The bank outlined in a circular to chief executives of licensed onshore banks that five registration
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        Lock icon India eases restrictions on capital outflows
        44 2 INDIA relaxed rules on the amount of money companies and individuals can send abroad, but analysts said the move was unlikely to counter the big capital inflows that have pushed the rupee to nine-year highs. INDIA, PAGE 14
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        Lock icon Rush to launch collective sale sites
        65 2 DESPITE the cooling off in the property market, there seems to be something of a rush to launch collective sale sites this week. The latest offerings are Chateau Eliza at Mount Elizabeth, Toho Garden in Yio Chu Kang, Vista Park at South Buona Vista
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      Lock icon Next DBS CEO will have his work cut out
      876 3  -  SIOW LI SEN COMMENTARY FOR a while it really did look as if Jackson Tai, DBS' outgoing chief executive could defy gravity, as he outlasted the combined 42-month tenure of his two previous predecessors. The talented Mr Tai who is equally
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      Lock icon Scheme set to yield 10,000 new jobs, $1,4b in value added
      400 3  -  OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] The Local Enterprise and Association Development (Lead) programme is projected to create some 10,000 new jobs and generate $1.4 billion in additional value-add, plus $3.4 billion in revenue to the economy by 2010, participants at
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        43 3 fednesday 1,320.89 lange +4.46 1COMP IIKKEI225 16,435.74 +34.01 IANG SENG Closed ;et index 844.40 +9.22 JAKARTA COM P 2,361.01 +30.65 1ANILACOMP 3,475.75 +35.08 ;eoulcomp Closed ;henzhen b 769.22 +3.14 IUMBAI IND 16,921.39 +21.85 12N00NEDT Change 13,859.61 +80.96 )OW IAS DAI 2,704.93 +21.48
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        29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.456 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 3.88 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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        39 3 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.496 (USS/SS per 2.017 3.018 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.413 2.113 'EN 115.00 76.90 3.425 2.290 IK$ 7.764 5.191 !AHT 32.00 21.39 lUPIAH 9,145 6,113 1ENMINBI 7.510 5.021 INDIAN RUPEE 39.71 26.55 1.147 0.767 IZ$ 1.350 0.903
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SGX upgrading IT systems to cope with higher volumes
      477 4  -  CONRAD TAN New infrastructure able to handle up to two billion orders a day SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is spending tens of millions of dollars to upgrade its IT infrastructure. Muthukrishnan Ramaswami, its head of operations and technology, said at a media
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      Lock icon SGX price surge raises interesting questions
      669 4  -  R SIVANITHY WHAT does building a disclosure-based regime really entail? Invariably, views revolve around the point that the regulators should ensure that companies are prompt, transparent and honest when it comes to market disclosures of financial dealings or transactions that could have a bearing
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      Lock icon UOB-KH, Dubai group to buy into Viet fund manager
      372 4  -  VEN SREENIVASAN AS private enterprise expands rapidly in Vietnam, UOB-Kay Hian and Dubai Investment Group (DIG) are buying into a fund management outfit in Vietnam run by a group of former Franklin Templeton fund managers. UOBKH and DIG are each paying
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      Lock icon Swiber joins Viet firms to bid for contracts
      418 5  -  RONNIE LIM It has signed 3-year 'broad cooperation' pacts with state-linked groups OFFSHORE oil and gas services provider Swiber Holdings has now set its sights on Vietnam, tying up with two state-linked oil and gas companies there to bid for contracts. This
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      Lock icon S'pore Aerospace to pay US$28m for control of LKT
      181 5 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing will pay about US$2B million to buy a controlling stake in Malaysian tech firm LKT Industrial from two major shareholders, LKT said yesterday. Under the plan, Singapore Precision Engineering Ltd, a unit of Singapore Aerospace,
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      Lock icon Utac buyout likely to get nod to dismay of deal's bankers
      424 5 [HONG KONG/SINGAPORE] The US$l.4 billion private equity buyout of Singapore's United Test Assembly Center (Utac) is likely to win shareholder approval on Oct 5, to the potential dismay of the deal's bankers. Underwriters JPMorgan, ABN Amro and Merrill Lynch
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      Lock icon 'They (banks on the deal) are getting very nervous indeed.'
      135 5 -Reu- ters A banker in HK with knowledge of the deal nancing structure for the deal. "In general, cove-nant-lite structures going forward in private equity deals will be very difficult," Philip Lee, chief executive of JPMorgan's investment banking for South-east
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Marine stocks in play as STI rises
      542 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Index moves close to all-time high, with help from Keppel, SembCorp, SingTel and banks THE US economy may be slowing, consumer confidence may be at a two-year low, and the market there still isn't out of the woods yet. But
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      102 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 4 6 0 0 0 8 4 6 Manufacturing 120 37 60 16 17 136 46 77 Commerce 39 10 28 12 51 13 31 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 26 28 Finance 16 16
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 32,919 32,919 126,127 126,127 Manufacturing 712,011 131,186 843,197 574,030 41,848 615,878 Commerce 290,479 45,910 336,389 140,486 8,087 148,574 Tpt/Stor/Comms 135,701 8,223 143,924 318,840 8,826 327,667 Finance 44,117 81 44,198 355,632 19 355,651 Construction 101,046 30,138
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      226 6 Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.51 1.780 +0.020 Ascendasreit 0.90 2.640 CapitaComm 0.52 2.690 +0.010 Capita Land 4.96 8.100 -0.050 CapitaMall 0.94 3.800 +0.060 Chart SemiCond 0.53 1.050 CityDev 2.94 16.300 -0.200 ComfortDelGro 1.29 1.950 +0.010 Cosco Corp 1.72 5.550 +0.300 Creative Tech 0.15 6.200
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      933 6  -  CONRAD TAN NEW high-margin product launch: Pine Agritech Ltd (PAG) recently announced the launch of a new product, Ditang. Ditang is a powdered mixture of PAG's SOS and Peptide products along with tea leaf extracts, and comes on the back of an R&D collaboration with a Shandong hospital.
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      Lock icon Euro sets another new high against US$
      478 6 AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The euro struck another record high against the US dollar in Asian trade yesterday on growing concerns that the world's largest economy is losing steam, dealers said. They said that another batch of sluggish data had sparked renewed speculation about
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      48 6 Sep26 VALUE CLOSE 205.00 +42.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +229.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +20.00 All-SG Equities 995.50 +10.39 SG Equities Elect 125.56 +0.39 SG Equities Fin 2522.91 +14.40 SG Equities Prop 1571.07 +8.61 SIMSCI 447.90 +3.55 SIMSCI Futures 449.10 +5.30 PrimePartnersCI 257.12 +9.14
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 6 VOLUME Sinostar 152,840,000 Diqiland 133,963,000 Gen Intl 49,955,000 El-Nets 41,822,000 Unionmet 39,455,000 Yanqzijianq 37,283,000 JiutianC 36,959,000 Alantac 31,417,000 AusGroup 30,836,000 FHTK Hldqs 30,234,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 162,573,450 Sinostar 88,231,985 SGX 75,310,246 Yanqzijianq 73,686,120 Cosco Corp 73,451,850 Sing Tel 72,632,289 Capita Land 72,172,370 Keppel Corp 70,437,000 STXPOKWIOO 65,532,750
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      105 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 7260 89.7 0.8 GLD 10US$ STXPOMBLeCW*****5 131 51.0 63.8 SGXSGAeCW/*****8 119 50.0 72.5 Kei Con 1400 40.0 2.9 BukitSemW*****3 745 35.0 4.9 Cosco Con 555 30.0 5.7 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 30.0 0.3 Yam :MianRBeCW***** 72 24.0 50.0 ISMSCI India 100 795 22.4 1.9
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      112 6 CLOSE DOWN Cifr 1630 20.0 1.2 Asia Pac Brew 1320 10.0 0.8 Creative Tech 620 10.0 1.6 Great Eastern 1790 10.0 0.6 Jardine C&C 1790 10.0 0.6 S I A 1880 10.0 0.5 SIA 10 1880 10.0 0.5 SIA 200 1890 10.0 0.5 i ham La Asia 2300 7.7
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      85 6 Wh lere S! stands Sen 26 CHNG CLOSE FRSep25 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4966 0.21 1.5479 1.4966® Euro 2.1126 0.10 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 3.0120 0.28 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3057 -0.59 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2991 0.60 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.11 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.6840 -6.45 4.6840*
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      Lock icon Darco secures $130m contract in Indonesia
      369 7  -  CHEN HUIFEN Milestone project involves water-treatment plant in Bangka DARCO Water Technologies said it has secured a milestone project worth more than $130 million, giving a boost to its portfolio of contracts generated from the Indonesia market. The deal will see its majority-owned subsidiary
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      Lock icon Datapulse FY2007 net more than doubles to $14.9m
      283 7 DATAPULSE Technology, a provider of CD and DVD services in Asia Pacific, saw net profit more than double to $14.9 million for the year ended July 31, 2007 from $6 million the previous year. Revenue rose 16.4 per cent to $70.1 million,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Keppel O&M wins $100m conversion deals
        60 7 KEPPEL Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore Marine, has been awarded two conversion contracts worth a total of $100 million. The contracts were awarded by Prosafe Production Pte Ltd and Shipping Logistics Inc for a long-term charter to Perenco SA. Work on
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        Lock icon Samudera to buy two vessels for US$83m
        57 7 SAMUDERA Shipping Line says it has agreed to buy two container vessels for US$B3 million. The vessels, to be built by Guangzhou Wenchong in South China, will have a capacity of 1,740 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) each. They are expected to be delivered
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        Lock icon Man Wah sets up JV with Chinese company
        94 7 MAN Wah Holdings yesterday announced that it has set up a joint venture with China's Xiamen Comfort Science Technology (Group) Co. Man Wah will own a 50 per cent stake in the joint venture; Xiamen Comfort, 45 per cent; and a Chinese
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        Lock icon Saizen Reit eyes USslsom Singapore IPO
        89 7 Reuters A HONG Kong-based private equity group is seeking to raise about US$l5O million through a Singapore-listed property trust based on residential buildings in Japan, sources close to the deal told Reuters yesterday. Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are arranging the public offer of
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      Lock icon Newspapers most trusted source of info
      445 8  -  MICHELLE QUAH Web-based media overtakes television as 2nd most popular choice: Edelman NEWSPAPERS continue to be the single most trusted source of information and news about business, say Asian business stakeholders. However, Web-based media including business logs and company ripostes are fast catching up,
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      Lock icon Temasek's first MOI for genco likely to be in Q4
      499 8  -  RONNIE LIM TEMASEK Holdings looks set to miss its target of launching a memorandum of information (MOI) this month for the first of the three big generation companies (gencos) that it wants to sell by early 2009. The initial MOI,
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      Lock icon Trafigura rivals Vitol with new Singapore oil tanks
      427 8 [SINGAPORE] Western trader Trafigura will lease up to 100,000 cubic metres of new clean oil storage capacity in Singapore, pitting it against Vitol as Asia's largest clean oil products trading firm. With this lease under phase three of Horizon Terminal's project, due
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      Lock icon Manpower shortage among the challenges facing retail industry
      324 8  -  UMA SHANKARI THE outlook for retail sales in Singapore remains positive, but retailers will still face challenges over the next 12 months, market players said during an industry conference yesterday. A manpower shortage will be one sticking point, according to the Singapore
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      Lock icon August output up 13.8%; electronics turning around
      489 9  -  CHEN HUIFEN Analysts see gradual rebound to continue as stock overhang works itself off SINGAPORE registered 13.8 per cent growth in manufacturing output last month, with the electronics sector displaying growing signs of a turnaround. Production output in the electronics industry, which accounts
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      Lock icon SMEs get advice on selling franchises abroad
      279 9  -  WEE LI-EN SELLING franchises overseas can be very tricky, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking to do so were advised to make sure that they know the country and their business partner very well. The advice came from speakers at a workshop
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      Lock icon Book on MM Lee and language policy planned
      272 9  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE publishers of a book on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's efforts to learn Chinese are now tackling language change, language policy and language education in Singapore. World Scientific Publishing Co yesterday said that it has invited Mr Lee to
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      Lock icon MerLion starts human tests of ulcer treatment
      388 9 Bloomberg MERLION Pharmaceuticals Pte, a Singapore drugmaker developing antibiotics, said it began patient tests of a pill to fight cancer-causing stomach bacteria that promises fewer side effects than existing treatments. Studies of the medicine on mice showed it ridded the stomach of Helicobacter
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      Lock icon Playing matchmaker in oil & gas
      1035 10 Playing matchmaker in oil gas IE Singapore has been busy helping Singapore businesses explore opportunities abroad in the 0&G sector, writes CHUANG PECK MING INTERNATIONAL Enterprise Singapore helped to bring in overseas sales valued at $556 million last year for companies in the local oil and gas business, many of
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      Lock icon Tapping on IE S'pore's resources helps Jason
      519 10 Its overseas missions helped the firm gain customers' trust INTERNATIONAL Enterprise (IE) Singapore, the government's trade promotion arm, is well known and respected in global markets, as many companies it has helped can attest to. One of the companies, homegrown Jason Electronics, which
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      Lock icon A hub for everything connected with oil
      337 10 SINGAPORE has no hydrocarbon, yet it is widely recognised as a key refining and petrochemical hub. Among industry players, it is "the Houston Of the East", a smaller version of the American city that's the world's leading centre for building oilfield equipment and
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon World leaders hope to wrap up trade deal soon
      541 11 Reuters NEW YORK/WASHINGTON] World leaders signalled on Tuesday that a long-await-ed global trade deal could soon be within reach, reviving some hopes that the Doha trade talks may finally move beyond years of deadlock and discord. "Brazil will spare no effort
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      Lock icon Japan's Aug trade surplus soars
      298 11 -AFP Hike of 287% due to increasing exports to Asia and Europe [TOKYO] Japan said yesterday its trade surplus nearly quadrupled in August, marking the biggest increase in 24 years thanks to fast-growing exports to the rest of Asia and Europe. The sharp increase, driven
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      Lock icon Currency trade: London takes centre stage
      566 11 Reuters, Bloomb- erg S'pore biggest emerging-market forex trading centre, BIS survey shows [LONDON] London strengthened its position as the world's currency trading hub, followed by the United States, raising its share of global foreign exchange trading to over a third of the US$3.2 trillion
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Will VW acquire Proton the Skoda way?
      523 12  -  r S JAYASANKARAN Volkswagen CEO's expected visit gives rise to speculation negotiations may be finalised in Kuala Lumpur WHEN asked by a German newspaper several weeks ago if Volkswagen AG (VW) would take up a 20 per cent interest in Malaysian car maker
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      Lock icon M'sian companies slow to realise value of their brands
      423 12  -  PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur PETRONAS may be Malaysia's most valuable brand, worth RM7.5 billion (553.3 billion), but its brand value as a proportion of its total enterprise value of RM92B billion came to a mere one per cent. Surprising for
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      243 12 -Reu- ters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank is streamlining rules on trade in the local currency to cut the cost of doing business in the country, a newspaper said yesterday. The bank outlined in a circular to chief executives of licensed onshore
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      190 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's competition regulator will decide by early November whether Temasek Holdings Pte used its stakes in the nation's two biggest mobile-phone operators to fix prices, the agency's chairman Mohammad Iqbal said on Tuesday. Temasek, which manages more than US$lOO
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      249 13 ters Reu- Official found guilty of taking bribes of over 6m yuan [BEIJING] China has passed a life sentence on a former aide to Shanghai's disgraced ex-Communist Party chief for his part in a huge financial scandal, state media said yesterday. It was
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      198 13 AFP [BEIJING] China wants to negotiate more extradition treaties with western nations to help it repatriate and punish more corrupt officials, state media reported yesterday. China signed an extradition treaty with Spain in late 2005 and has since signed similar pacts with Portugal and France,
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      134 13 tat '»■I! Wish you If A. J9 I chl^fi a more F^E^ secure It'JC JH infrastructure? I \l C\S Results of auction of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds to be issued on 1 Oct 2007 KHiillHll HiNHtltHI BHBI Let your senses take flight at Jurong BirdPark. Join the Flock! Dine
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      367 14 Reu- ters But move unlikely to counter huge capital inflows that have led to rupee's rise [MUMBAI] India relaxed rules on the amount of money companies and individuals can send abroad, but analysts said Tuesday's move was unlikely to effectively counter the big capital
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      212 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, India's third-biggest developer, has applied for nationwide telephone licences, seeking a financial stake in the world's fastest-growing wireless market. Indiabulls filed its application on Tuesday, Gagan Banga, a spokesman at the Mumbai-based company, said in an interview yesterday. The
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      7608 14 fUNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.072/ Star Europe Bond 1.208/ Star Europe Bal 1.256/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.699/ Star Asia Bond 1.284/ Star Asia Balanced 1.111/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.245/ Multi St Fd 0.963/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.855/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      400 15 Bloomberg Move edges towards opening stock market to all foreign investors [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia is allowing Persian Gulf nationals to buy and sell shares freely for the first time, moving closer to opening the Middle East's biggest stock market to all foreign investors.
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      301 15 Reuters [DUBAI] The Saudi riyal rose to a fresh 21-year high against the US dollar on Tuesday over speculation that Saudi Arabia may revalue its US dollar-pegged currency. Saudi neighbour United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday dropped its three-month Certificate of Deposit (CD)
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      359 15 Reuters It's in talks with BP instead to build the USssb refinery [KUWAIT CITY] Kuwait wants to drop Royal Dutch Shell as a partner and is instead considering BP in a project to build a US$5 billion oil refinery in Guangdong in
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      508 16 Bloomberg To gain shareholder approval after Qatar surprise, their new bid is 32b kronor ;NEW YORK] Nasdaq Stock Market Inc and Borse Dubai raised their bid for DMX AB to about 32 billion Swedish kronor (557.4 billion) after Qatar crossed their previous takeover plans
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      122 16 [BANGKOK] Thai Interior Minister Aree Wongsearaya announced his resignation yesterday, citing conflict of interest over his stake in a canned sardine company, Kuang Pei San Food Products Pel. "I want to announce that I am resigning. I will tender my resignation to the
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      490 16  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Moves signal new PM's reformist pragmatist direction By in Tokyo ONE of the first acts of Yasuo Fukuda after taking office as Japanese prime minister on Tuesday was to order intensified efforts to boost Tokyo's status as an international financial
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      2348 16 iep26 RM C000) ASM Realty 0.94 \bric Bhd 0.29 advance Synergy 0.32 Adventa Bhd 1.50 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.30 Win Holdings 2.52 Ahmad Zaki Resou 4.44 AicCorp 0.55 \irasia Bhd 1.81 Akn Messaging Te 0.21 Akn Technology 0.86 alliance Financi 3.18 AluminiumCo 1.27 Amalgamated Ind 0.55 Grp 3.64 Ammb
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      Lock icon Qatari bidder holding talks with Sainsbury's pension fund
      307 16 -AP [LONDON] A Qatari investment fund that has made a preliminary £10.6 billion (Ss32 billion) bid for J Sainsbury pic said on Tuesday that it is holding confidential talks with the grocer's pension fund. Delta Two, which has been stalking Sainsbury since
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      336 16 Reuters LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] New orders for costly US-made goods dropped at the sharpest rate in seven months during August, the Commerce Department said yesterday as demand fell across nearly every major category. Orders overall plummeted 4.9 per cent much steeper
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      343 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] America's industrial companies have the weakest credit profile ever, which is likely to result in a big increase in defaults over the next year, Standard Poor's said on Tuesday. Industrial companies in the "B" rating category, a mid-level junk
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      194 16 -AFP [CHICAGO] General Motors Corp has reached a tentative deal with striking workers who shut down 80 plants across the United States, the automaker said yesterday. More than 73,000 United Auto Workers members walked off the job on Monday morning after contract talks broke
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon United's bid for non-stop Shanghai flights hits snags
      434 17 -LAT Transportation Dept to recommend other routes proposed by rival carriers [LOS ANGELES] United Airlines' attempt to start a non-stop service from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai hit major turbulence on Tuesday after the US Department of Transportation said it would
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      573 17 Reuters [MADRID] Barbara Cassani's first job as Vueling chairwoman is to sharpen up the Spanish airline's financial management to drag it into profit, she said on Tuesday as she stepped into her new job. Ms Cassani, who founded low-cost airline Go in 1998,
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      304 17 Reuters [KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR in Russia] Russia unveiled its first all-new airliner since the fall of the Soviet Union yesterday, hoping to curb dependence on oil and gas exports, and boost its teetering aviation industry. Sukhoi's Superjet 100 is designed to seat 78-98 passengers
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      Lock icon Cell phones used to sort out flights in US as radar fails
      275 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US air traffic controllers used personal cell phones to sort out flights on Tuesday when a major communications systems failure in Memphis knocked out radio and radar, officials said. The three-hour midday disruption in a telephone
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      2375 17 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Always Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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  • SHIPPING
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      421 18 Bloomberg Govt's proposed tax change could spell savings of 6.6b yen a year [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping line, and other sea carriers may reduce their tax bills under a government proposal designed to encourage domestic ship registration. The shipping
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      Lock icon Vinashin to issue 3t dong in bonds
      292 18 Reuters [HANOI] State-run Vinashin, Vietnam's largest shipbuilder, is selling 3 trillion dong (***** million) in 10-year bonds on the domestic market to expand its cargo ship fleet, the company said yesterday. The Sept 20, 2017 bond carried an annual coupon of 9.4 per
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      446 18 Reuters Boost from news Nippon Oil to refine 6% more in October [SINGAPORE] Asia freight rates for Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) loading from the Middle East Gulf jumped yesterday as charterers rushed to lock in their tonnage requirements for October. Rates
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      Lock icon New probe into port lead contamination
      246 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] An Australian state government has begun a new investigation into lead contamination at the key minerals export port of Esperance following the discovery of high levels of lead in rainwater tanks. Lead shipments via Esperance from a mine run by Magellan Metals
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      193 18 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] California's Port of Oakland, the fourth-busiest cargo port in the United States, was idled a day after a worker was killed in an accident. The accident occurred on Monday afternoon as workers moved cargo aboard the Stuttgart Express,
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        32 18 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid 1.31 9.85 9.80 4.26 2.95 unch 0.04 0.05 unch -0.02 0.02 unch 601 249 1263 195 55 0
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  • MARITIME WEEK '07
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      697 19 Infocomm@SeaPort, jointly developed by MPA and IDA, launched to make maritime sector more efficient, reports CONRAD RAJ ANEW $12 million initiative to encourage greater development and use of the maritime infocomm technologies (ICT) programme was launched yesterday. The Infocomm@-SeaPort programme, jointly developed by the Maritime
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      427 19  -  SURENDREN APPAROO They will collaborate on maritime, port operations R&D By NANYANG Technological University (NTU) is collaborating with China to research technology for automating container operations, green port and green ships, shipping operations, marine operations and shipyard operations. NTU yesterday signed a memorandum of
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      203 19 liiMJllliirJYl^iCjTiTi^W Bi M n i m (i a>i 13 -nmi Ttpit-rtrrnrngm"t Rn tiT^hr^ I:, I f;; i: i f jJJiidiJjitiJJJiiiJJiljiiLJJ W ?hmmSßmm 051 jssmss but RMin Singapore Maritime 1 tll^B i Ucture 2007. From left: Mrs Lim HweeHua, Minister of 11 State for Finance and Transport, BG(NS) Tay Lim Heng,
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  • BizIT
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      498 20 Communications unit's move comes as firm grows in region, writes ROLAND LIM REUTERS, the worldwide news service and market data company, has moved the global headquarters of its enterprise communications unit to Singapore. Speaking to BizlT in an exclusive interview, David Gurle, the
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      Lock icon The upstream challenge
      958 20  -  ERWIN YSEWIJN <you say> VDSL2 technology could be the answer for bandwidth-hungry online applications By THE big story around broadband this year is SingTel's ramp up to deliver IPTV and other content, blending video, audio and data with the so-called Triple-Play services. Faced with declining subscriber revenues
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      Lock icon Online social network MySpace set to go mobile
      246 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] News Corp's Fox Interactive Media said on Monday it plans to launch adver-tising-supported versions of its popular Internet social network MySpace and other properties for free on cell phones. Aiming to court an audience adept at finding entertainment on
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      Lock icon Virtualisation to pose new risks for data centres: IDC
      433 20  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Net tech may render existing security protocols ineffective DATA centres, which have always put a high premium on security, efficiency and availability, will soon be facing a new set of problems due to changes in technology, new research
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      Lock icon Amazon launches early version of music store
      214 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Amazon.com Inc launched an early version of its highly anticipated digital music download store, which is seen as a potential rival to Apple Inc's dominant iTunes system. Amazon's store, named "Amazon MP3", allows users to buy music without copy protection
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      548 21 Microsoft CELEBRATING OUR PARTNERS' CONTINUED SUCCESS f pK M Jii 'ff wfi i I Congratulations to all the winners of the 2007 Microsoft® Partner Awards! The Microsoft Partner Awards is a unique opportunity for us to recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions made by our local partners throughout the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Watershed moments in publishing industry
      498 22 MORE than a decade after the Internet became an indispensable part of modern day life, newspaper companies worldwide are still groping for the right business model in this "new" environment. Many realised the need for a Web presence, and have one. But the dilemma is
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      1173 22  -  YOGI AGGARWAL The focus should be on whether it is really needed and not its religious validity I HAT has a fable from the Indian epic, Ramayana, got to do with building a modern sea canal in the Palk Straits? In few countries
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      733 22  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY THE BOTTOM LINE REALITY intruded amid the "dreaming spires" of Oxford last week when university dons came together with business, leaders, government officials and others to debate the state of the world. The inter-disciplinary discussion produced a sobering assessment of
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      1306 23  -  CARTER DOUGHERTY ■IHT Need to cool inflation pressures clashes with political desire to keep growth robust THE German company Alno faced a tough crunch last year when prices for the components that go into making its prefabricated kitchens mainly wood and metals shot up.
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      374 23  -  Narayana Narayana LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the Master Card study highlighted in the report, "Debit card cheapest way to get cash abroad" (BT, Sept 24). I, for one, found it difficult to swallow the unequivocal conclusion that, "Cash,
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      239 23  -  LuKeehong I REFER to the report, "Redas: Mass market poised for double-digit growth" (BT, Sept 26). It is interesting to note that the first vice-president of Redas, an interested party in Singapore's booming property market, commented that just because mass
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      120 22 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore Press Holdings News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, *****4 PHONE: 6319-6319 FAX: 6319-8277 INTERNET: http://business-times.asial.com.sg EMAIL: Press releases: btnews@sph.com.sg Letters to the Editor: btletter@sph.com.sg OPS DESK: 6319-5360 CUSTOMER SERVICE 6388-3838 Chief Executive Officer Editor-in-Chief Singapore Press Holdings (English Malay Newspapers) ALAN CHAN PATRICK
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8443 24 Transaction date: Sep 26 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High ■ow Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 14 1100 AEM 42 10
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      2062 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Com Last Sale Vol cooo; Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil Hii 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 24.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9.5 1524 Alantac 22.5 8 7814
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      247 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum all
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      362 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Sep25 World Index Preliminan 1155.5 -0.4 5.0 -0.1 6.0 -0.3 8.: EAFE Preliminan 1138.7 -0.4 2.8 -0.1 6.1 -0.3 8/ Euro[ Preliminary 1551.0 -0.9 3.8 -0.7 7.2 -0.9 9.! Pacific 999.2 0.8
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      124 25 As at 9am Sep26 )i foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer »jst dollar 1.3000 1.3160 .an dollar 1.4830 1.5010 luro 2.1080 2.1320 IZ dollar 1.1040 1.1280 jterlin mnd 3.0060 3.0400 JS dollar 1.4900 1.5070 .ocal dollars to 100 units rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi
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      160 25 Sep26 Overnight 1 7/8 1-month 2 7/16 2-months 2 1/2 3-months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 2 1/8 US$ Offer 1 3/4 2 5/16 2 3/8 2 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.05 5.18 5.20 5.25 5.15
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      21 25 Sep26 STI ;iMSCI Se 443 450 449.1 'aiwan Sep 353.3 359.7 358.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 25 Sep26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4917 1.493 2-months 1.4885 1.4899 3-months 1.4853 1.4867 6-months 1.4771 1.4786 Source: OCBC
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      151 25 Sep26 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3035 1.3047 0.8717 0.8719 'anadian dollar 1.4846 1.4863 0.9929 0.9932 iuro 2.1123 2.1140 1.4126 1.4127 IZ dollar 1.1073 1.1085 0.7405 0.7408 Sterlim 3.0162 3.0188 2.0171 2.017. IS dollar 1.4953 1.4964 >$IUS$ to
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      335 25 Sep26 iURODOLLAR FUTURES 3ecO7 VlarO8 lunO8 iepO8 95.135 95.500 95.605 95.640 0 0 0 0 9831 ***** 4270 6141 EUROYEN FUTURES 3ecO7 99.160 99.160 VlarO8 99.120 99.120 lunO8 99.080 99.080 iepO8 99.005 99.010 3ecO8 98.915 98.925 VlarO9 lunO9 >epO9 99.155 99.115 99.080 99.005 98.915 99.155 99.115 99.070
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      270 25 Sep26 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Oct 07 NOV07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 336.25 335.50 336.00 338.00 342.00 344.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest
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      101 25 Sep2S (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov07 973.00 978.75 982.50 970.25 Jan 08 989.00 994.50 998.00 986.25 Mar 08 996.75 1002.75 1005.50 994.50 May 08 996.25 1002.00 1004.00 993.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct07 38.64 39.31 39.11 38.63 Dec 07 39.19
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  • PROPERTY
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      575 29 Bloomberg Sin City acts as a barometer because it shows investor movement [BOSTON] What happens in Las Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas when it comes to the city's housing market. Tumbling home prices in the city will show how far and how fast
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      290 30 -AFP Expected mortgage rate rise to 8.613% aimed at reining in property prices [BEIJING] China's central bank is expected to increase the interest rate of mortgage loans to 1.1 times the benchmark one-year lending rate this week to curb the property market, state media
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      301 30  -  UMA SHANKARI Freehold project has 30 detached, semidetached houses AUSTRALIAN property company Brisbane Development is all set to release the second phase of Illoura, its strata landed project in the Holland Road area, after the first 15 units in the development were
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      156 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Marriott International Inc, the world's largest hotel operator, said it plans to more than double the number of properties it has in Beijing by the 2008 Olympics. It will open another 20 hotels in China through 2010, Marriott said on Tuesday in
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      680 31 Reuters It plans to focus on strategic partnerships as it expands in Asia [HONG KONG] The Carlyle Group hopes to seal its first property deal in India this year and is buying homes for the elderly in Japan, as the private equity firm's
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      845 32  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Chateau Eliza, Toho Garden, Vista Park among those offered for en bloc By DESPITE the cooling off in the property market, there seems to be something of a rush to launch collective sale sites this week. The latest offerings are Chateau Eliza
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      1287 29 GOOD CLASS BUNGALOW AT BISHOPSGATE FOR SALE Land Size: 16,556 sq. ft. (approx.) Freehold Built in: 9,000 sq. ft. (approx.) Designed by Award Winning Architect 5 Bedrooms (2 Master Suites with Study/Sitting Area/Jacuzzi Baths) Pool, Spa, Ponds, Gymnasium and Garage House in very good condition Viewing by appointment Please Contact:
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      1568 30 W'M WM Industrial SAVILLS COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SPACE tSSSSSsaie. Collective Sales Mal<e BusiNEss Sense Out Of Space i^_ .™r. International Sales Tel: 6536 5022 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF STREET NAME TYPE
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      689 31 IliliP EN BLOC SALE Area approx 35,000 sqft r^JS? -40^- Tenure Freehold I 'y^^^^W^ Private Preview Only m mmmma -..*****331 I Chinatown CO" 9108 2160 II (Dennis Lam) FOR SALE BY TENDER Closing Date: 11 October 2007 Time: 2.00pm Free hold Residential Site at Kovan (District 19) Kovan Road gg
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      375 33  -  ARTHUR SIM By; THERE is a lot to smile about these days. A broadbased recovery in the housing market now looks imminent with some developers feeling confident enough to put in new benchmark bids for 99-year suburban leasehold sites. But HDB upgraders are finally making a comeback, bolstered
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      155 34 T T o Redevelopment of Straits Trading Building Battery Rd 178,500 2009 e o A&A for OUB Centre Redevelopment of Overseas Union House and Change Alley Raffles Place Collyer Quay tbc 412,000 2009 2010 o e o Redevelopment of Ocean Building 135 Cecil Street Redevelopment of Dapenso Building
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      1338 35 Property investing doing the math roy a varghese examines two real-life scenarios to show investors the importance of timing in calculating risks and returns MOST individual investors of real estate have a gut feel about whether they made, lost or broke even after holding their property for a certain period.
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      1290 36 Flush with cash, the high-end residential market is flourishing, ku swee yoimc and jaime kwa look at what $5 million gets you STRONG corporate profits and a global commodities boom in 2006 helped grow fortunes and sparked a surge in demand for trophy homes. A survey
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      1375 38 TABLE 1 Upswing Price recovery by districts The outlook for this sector is bright riding on strong demand fundamentals, says chia SIEWCHUIN PRICES of mass market residential property are finally seeing a clear uptrend, as reflected in the latest Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) statistics. Non-landed
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      1125 40 It's certainly a seller's market as prices trend upwards and demand for larger units rise, says eugeme lim HDB resale prices have been recovering slowly but surely since a dip in late 2005 when anti-cashback measures were introduced to stamp out the illegal over-declaration of
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      Lock icon Dispelling some auction myths
      1020 41 WHEN one flips through the property classifieds these days, it not uncommon to see properties advertised for auction. It is also not uncommon for a prospective buyer to immediately get the impression that the property to be auctioned, or the owner, must have some problems, otherwise
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      819 42 A team with passion, balanced objectives and judicious management can help enhance an estate's value, writes Jordan imeo WITH the current boom in the real estate industry, we are witnessing a sudden, across-the-board escalation in property prices. In this exuberant state, the contribution and achievement of
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      681 42 Effective deployment of funds can boost the capital appreciation and rental yield of an estate, SayS JORDAN NEO IT IS an important mandate of the management council to keep watch over the expenditure of their estate, ensuring that funds are sensibly ploughed into areas which best
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      Lock icon The ascent of landed housing
      1043 44 Solid gains await with double-digit price growth and Singapore's scarcity of land, says Leonard tay THE private residential market has been hogging the headlines in the past 18 months. Overall prices recovered in 2004 and 2005 by 0.9 per cent and 3.9 per cent respectively,
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      744 45 rHE humble sofa is set to get all touchy-feely, judg.ng by the emerging trends from the design capitals af the world. Furniture designers often take their cue from what is put on show at cutting-edge exhibitions like ;he International Furniture Fair in Milan. And this /ear,
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      Lock icon Will the en bloc fever start cooling?
      766 45 Savills Research Consultancy Activity may slow down with tighter regulation, higher costs and longer sales periods, say ku swee yoiug and yoiug yuiug shim THE past two years have been stellar for en bloc sales which saw some 160 redevelopment sites being sold
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      Lock icon How to choose a housing loan?
      1131 46 dennis niG lists some criteria to look out for to ensure your package makes the most financial sense for you Most consumers want to know which housing loan is the best in town. Unfortunately, that is the wrong question to ask. There are more
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      1142 46 Despite their complexity, ***** choom fah points out the distinct advantages this financial product can offer THE management of risks is central to all investments, including real estate. The financial markets have, since the *****, managed risks in the form of derivatives financial instruments
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      986 48 daisy 100 looks at today's malls a careful mix of the right tenants, themes and well-planned layout to draw people in and keep them occupied longer RETAILING these days is more than just about the shopping, it's a total experience. That means both "hardware" and "software"
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      983 48 Business is brisk as visitor arrivals climb steadily, pushing up room rates and triggering a flurry of new hotel construction, writes doimald haim SINGAPORE is all set to spur tourism in the next few years with high-im-pact projects like the two integrated
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      924 49 calvin yeo looks at how the development of New Downtown at Marina Bay will shape new offerings in the current CBD WITH demand for office space in Singapore outpacing supply in the last three and a half years on the back of healthy economic
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      1108 50 MEGAN WALTERS and ALVini teo examine the impact of sub-prime woes on the real estate needs of financial institutions here Singapore's fast growing financial sector has been a major user of prime office space and helped fuel the strong growth in rental
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      Lock icon Industrial space gets snapped up
      985 51 Vacancy rates are the lowest in eight years, as Reit players push up demand for warehouse and factory space, say domimic peters and yoiug yuiug shim IN TANDEM with the growth in residential and office space, average rents for the less glamorous but nonetheless expanding
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      928 53 Rising tourist arrivals are pushing up occupancy levels and room rates, as developers plunge into new hotel construction, writes paulime rig MALAYSIA'S hospitality industry is on a high with hotels in Kuala Lumpur booked to the seams. Malaysia last year greeted some 17.5 million
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      961 55 Christopher boyd sees more upside potential in the high-end residential market as demand pushes prices to ever-higher levels THE residential market in Malaysia can best be described as well taken care of at the lower end, and, at long last, in a state of broad
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      Lock icon Penang – the next luxury destination
      815 55 Penang the next luxury destination michael geh gives an overview of the island's hottest developments and what's in store for the future THE island of Penang continues to have its own fascination the food, its laid-back quality reminiscent of a Singapore 30 years ago, its frenetic night life. Whatever the
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      980 57 Vietnam the new hotspot Where's the money? While its cost competitiveness in manufacturing is drawing in foreign investment, JUSTim keaim and Andrew brown look at how Vietnam can boost its attractiveness to move up the value chain VIETNAM, on the back of strong economic growth in recent years, has been
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      Lock icon Enjoying the sponsorship edge in acquisitions
      972 63 Company data, Goldman Sachs Research estimates SINGAPORE commercial Reits have been enjoying rising office rents in 2007 but are facing fierce competition to acquire prime office assets amid competition from private equity funds and yield compression. Three events stand out (See Table 1): (i)
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      Lock icon Bright outlook for S-Reit market
      1298 63 With more overseas players seeking to list here and strong backing from the government to strengthen governance and the operation structure of the market Singapore is fast developing into a regional Reit hub, writes jeremy lake SINGAPORE has established itself as one of the most
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      198 33 AT GRANGE M^ttiic^^ m JilM: 5*53 sMSJBi.- sife: ±£k msSm\ V ■■■A t^PSs 'k '■■Mi1?-~^**^B >/£^ tv-^'"" s :^m 'm^" I"'''"■ t Si Bi^^^^^^^^^^^^ INTRODUCING THE HAUTE LIVING EXPERIENCE AT THE HEART OF SINGAPORE \""V^ 4? W ISLive in a world that redefines privileged living. Cliveden at Grange is an
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      28 33 CONTENTS: Property risk and returns page 3 Mass market movement page 6 Sub-prime impact on offices page 18 Malaysian real estate page 24 S-Reit guide 2007 pages 33-38
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      212 34 UOmmßrClcll I ASI9 Udpitdl IVOrKBIS More than ever before, your success depends on the quality of your decisions. Asa global leader H I 2006 3.1 million sq ft transacted I Exclusive sales Agents: Acquisition Agentfor: I in real estate services and money management Jones Lang LaSalle is positioned to partner
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      65 35 Others build, a property, You cultivate a rarity. <Wn, -t Y>»jiijij rdi*= '*o i g**g>Ml7^ BBi^B|lljK>^i<Wiß •S^^flflttßv- H*Xw7j?*> "-^W. <-T~ iSIiJrriIrSweHBMSkIMIISMHMMH 3MCS* I *> 7^ ■^m.r.^Sg^^^B^^i^r I '-"V.'**' jftwi i^BrMTTll^^^^MiiM H^^^hJMfaMC^ljPelflM '-^t. KkrK-.J-SdßriaEjrrlE •—-"**> 'N!fej^Jfc?*k "^**lßy M^^^ii>)iiiWrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrMr^ I IB^ew.? •^Zj^mErT'. >* '«3iSEr!?^^B •Sl'^lrrii^^^C S?*4'S&^^^^irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrS '^*3 I jm kit >!tB S^l.
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      200 36 IL. "^Mr jB jfl V, JW^ A IT J Bf l&l^A^ k i^^^- 70°Sqft 7 872 Sqft 1141 sqft /1475 sqft 1615 sqft 2131 sqft _^Jm SHOWFLATS OPEN DAILY FROM 11 AM TO 6PM Centrepoint t^^.r,^" 8 "<™ Singapore Marketing Agent: Shopping Centre CTE'PIE Singapura Art Museum Raffles Hotel Dhoby
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      370 37 Others try to predict the future We focus on creating it I i Over the last three years, the property scene has experienced unprecedented growth across all sectors. But where are each of these sectors in the growth curve? What are the trends and where are they headed? At DTZ,
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      79 38 The ultimate property investment requires the ultimate At Savills, we have an astute eye for property investments. So you oan always expeot I optimum returns. When you're in the hands of a leading global property services group, you HHHJH have vast experience and expertise right at your fingertips, savills.com Tel:
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      329 39 we can customise a home loan just for you. Whether you are choosing colours, buying furnishings, or creating a unique theme for your home, you can design it to suit your lifestyle. Now you can enjoy the same with your home loan. Customise your home loan from a range of
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      152 41 AGENCY SERVICES CLIENT SOLUTIONS VALUATION HOSPITALITY CAPITAL MARKETS SALE of historic Asia Insurance SALE of Murray Terrace Building at Finlayson Green. 14 conservation shophouses. GFA circa 150,000 sf. GFA circa 50,000 sf. mm ——.la^v'" jj^j ja^l^'" g'^| SALE of 837 to 851 (odd nos.) SALE of Pender Court at Wishart
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      297 42 Project Sales p p omes Ijrandeur,, Warres Land Pte Ltd, Centrepoint Homes Ltd, Bonvests ****?*^clppw^i^i| DToiccts include I^^3B t^^^^'--'- i A;'*■' Bp*^^" --J Northwood The Trumps Grandeur Homes, a corporate division of PropNex Group, Heritage Residences The Medley focuses on serving hi§h net-worth clients with premium T properties such as:
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      770 43 ADVERTISING FEATURE .-5 ,uxe lirestyle in -V^L^pl^^ z Imagine a 21st century waterfront home in Punggol 21+, the evolving li^Bl w-- Irll %fcJ* :U! fll and myriad recreational possibilities. Welcome to The Ambience. ||J| U^U I m Waterfront living has always held a magical Splashes of blue and green will
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      137 44 r- jL.-— p p Showdates: 15-17 April 2008 SUNTEC SINGAPORE f>^Cs* INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION The International Property Investment and Development Event EXHIBITION CENTRE Network with the top decision makers involved in property investment, development, architectural design and construction of major public and private commercial property developments. J f M 3B The
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      297 45 6%^ nv KuoChuan SERANGOON AVE 3 <£ BRADDELL RD g BARTLEY RD Eighteen remarkable strata titled bungalows, created < g w™r' s'' with understated elegance for pure comfort and S |—7^ l| S uppaljunied rd surrounded by tranquil luxury. Conceptualized to Q^~)tjshsi_\ c^oaT' maximize space usage and without sacrificing \l^"
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      200 46 [f 1,2 3 BED APARTMENTS I prices from New Capital Quay I I GREENWICH WATERSIDE II J^M f\J^J^^ I LONDON SEIO 9BY I i I 1 *s|IMIV 1 MARKETING AGENT STH 6TH 7TH OCT '07 "ll^H^^ IAM 7pM FRI SAT SUN SIR HENRY KEPPEL room ii wJ^oL The Grand Hyatt
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      129 47 b^i^^j^ v l j i■■ 7* m V City Edge -Chic meets luxury for the ultimate luxurious pad. Cuscaden Royale Even the amenities are beyond one s imagination. r I"™*^ jH fSf| Oxford Suites The personification of Über modern living. jjSeßt. Cuscaden Royale -Height of royal living in a luxurious
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      232 50 Over the years, Colliers International has established a reputation as the most successful industrial property consultant and marketing agent in Singapore representing 70 percent of the total transacted value for industrial investment-grade properties. Our clientele includes some of the largest and most respected names in the market and we have
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      46 51 ÜBI ROAD (4 STOREY) BUILDING Car Showroom cum Service Centre Excellent frontage along Eunos Link Land area: approx. 4,993.4 sq m Built-in approx. 6,824.7 sq m Immediate occupancy Ramp up access from the Ist to 4th storeys Ample visitor parking lots Call: 9685 7557 9794 6879
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      33 63 S-REIT GUIDE 2007 PAGE 33 Allco Commercial Reit PAGE 34 Frasers Centrepoint Trust PAGE 35 K-REIT Asia PAGE 36 MacarthurCook Industrial Reit PAGE 37 Macquarie MEAG Prime Reit PAGE 38 Mapletree Logistics Trust
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      360 64 Allco Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust ("Allco REIT") was the first cross-border, multi-jurisdiction real estate investment trust ("REIT") listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX:ALLC). At time of listing on 30 March 2006 ("IPO"), Allco REIT offered an exposure to
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      443 64 Since IPO, Allco REIT has achieved strong, consistent financial performance and asset growth. The results to date have been largely driven by: pro-active management of its portfolio of assets; the strengthening of the Singapore and Australian office property markets; growth through acquisitions of distribution yield-accretive properties;
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      223 64 The Manager pursues a series of asset management initiatives to: (a) increase income produced and minimise expenses incurred by the properties; and (b) reduce and diversify risk to the maximum extent possible. The asset management team has increased the portfolio's weighted average lease expiry to
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      123 64 Financial Highlights in Ist1 st Half 2007 Results Amount available for distribution of 5520.85 million for 1H2007 exceeded forecast by 42.1 Allco REIT paid 2.99 cents distribution per unit for 1H2007 Net Property Income of 5525.35 million for 1H2007 exceeded forecast by 28.7% Unitholders' funds increased by 66.3% during 1H2007
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      83 64 The Manager has demonstrated its ability to consistently deliver financial results which exceed forecasts and to originate assets across Asia, with six acquisitions since IPO. Moving forward, Allco REIT will maintain its growth strategy of investing in high quality yield-accretive assets with capital growth potential in
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      627 65 FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is a leading developer-sponsored retail real estate investment trust (Reit) focused on growing shareholder value for its unitholders through growing its investments in retail malls and active asset management. The sponsor of FCT is Frasers Centrepoint Limited, a leading Singapore-based property company and
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      219 65 July 2006 Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) listed on the SGX with a portfolio of three quality suburban malls: Causeway Point, Northpoint and Anchorpoint with net lettable area (NLA) of 638,486 sq ft. August 2006 Northpoint2 added to FCT's acquisition pipeline. Northpoint2 is located adjacent to Northpoint and will be
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      68 65 CAUSEWAY POINT This is the largest suburban shopping mall in FCT's portfolio. It is located in the heart of Woodlands Regional Centre, next to the Woodlands MRT station and bus interchange. The seven-storey mall has 250 stores and a high traffic count of more than 25
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      132 65 MAHKOTA PARADE SUBANG PARADE NORTHPOINT Northpoint is Singapore's pioneer suburban mall. It was the first mall to be built on HDB-tendered land and became an informal hub for residents of Yishun. The success of Northpoint served as a model for other suburban malls. Located next to
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      602 66 K-REIT Asia aims to generate stable returns to Unitholders by owning and investing in a portfolio of quality income-producing commercial real estate and real estate-related assets. It has a pan-Asian mandate that enables it to invest in quality commercial properties in Asian growth cities. With about 70 per
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      241 67 HEADQUARTERED in Melbourne, Australia, and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, MacarthurCook Limited (ASX Code: MCK) is an international real estate investment manager specialising in the investment management of direct property, real estate securities and mortgage assets. In October 2006, MacarthurCook expanded in- to the Asian region with the
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      681 67 MACARTHURCOOK INDUSTRIAL REIT Wf M^^ I 4 MacarthurCook Industrial Reit is an owner of high-quality industrial assets across Singapore and listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange on April 19, 2007. Managed by MacarthurCook Investment Managers (Asia) Limited, the Reit's key objectives are to deliver
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      504 67 DUAL-LISTED on the ASX and the SGX, the MacarthurCook Property Securities Fund (MPS) is a diversified "Property Managed Fund" holding interests in a range of listed and unlisted property trusts, and listed property related companies primarily across Australia, the US and Europe, including cash and fixed
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      31 64 Allco Commercial REIT A L LCO Allco (Singapore) Limited (Reg. No. *****3404G) 55 Market Street, Level 16, Singapore *****1 DID: +65 6438 1191 Fax: +65 6438 1161 Website: www.allco.com.au Email: enquiries@allco.com.sg
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      31 65 Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management Ltd 438 Alexandra Road CDACCDC #02-00 Alexandra Point T^--^^ J J Singapore *****8 CENTREPOINT Tel: (65) 6277-2620 T TRUST Fax: (65) 6272-8776 www. fraserscen trepoin ttrust. com
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      24 66 K-REuasfa K-REIT Asia Management Limited 1 HarbourFront Avenue #18-01 Keppel Bay Tower Singapore *****2 Tel: (65) 6835 7477 Fax: (65) 6835 7747 Website: www.kreitasia.com
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      38 68 Macquarie Pacific Star (H^H) MACQUARIE Macquarie Pacific Star Prime REIT Management Limited Manager of Macquarie MEAG Prime REIT 2918 Orchard Road #21-08 Ngee Ann City Tower B Singapore *****4 Tel: (65) 6835 8633 Fax: (65) 6835 8644 www.mmpreit.com
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      22 69 mapleiree ll@ii@nhsgtrust Mapletree Logistics Trust Management 1 Maritime Square, #11-01 HarbourFront Centre Singapore *****3 Tel: (65) 6377 6111 Website: www.mapletreelogisticstrust.com Email: daniel.hoo@mapletree.com.sg
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      34 70 IBs Ss si B™ IB s t^&^js'i CBRE The right business partner for all your real estate needs. CB RICHARD ELLIS www.cbre.com.sg 6 Battery Road #32-01 Singapore *****9 T: (65)6224 8181 F: (65)6225 1987
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