The Business Times, 5 March 2008

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 122/12/2007 Wednesday, March 5,2008
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    Lock icon Analysts paint bleak earnings outlook
    1072 1  -  TEH HOOI LING Earnings per share growth of Spore listed companies may not even make 6% this year By [SINGAPORE] Faced with a small domestic market and a very open economy, Singapore companies are highly susceptible to any global slowdown and are therefore expected to
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    Lock icon New rules to raise the bar for private education sector
    582 1  -  LEE U-WEN MOE to regulate sector; new council to oversee school registration [SINGAPORE] The government is stepping in to ensure that Singapore's private education sector meets baseline quality standards. Regulation of the rapidly growing sector which now has 1,200 schools
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      59 1 EXEC MONEY IHEiEF MOTORING MONEY MAnERS US ECONOMY <g| Momentum investing: SSjfc" Importers warm to Choosing your Bernanke: Housing JL^ Profitable but puzzling p^-T^/pp IIF cut in diesel car tax fund managers market likely to worsen A PAGE 32 KbmdHßl page 30 PAGE 31 PAGE 17 AL J AW.M ZSa
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Key Spore economic indicator takes another dip
      368 2 PMI now just above threshold between expansion and contraction [SINGAPORE] The purchasing managers' index (PMI) slid for a third straight month in February, with declines in export orders and output. But the electronics index edged up, even though orders were also weak. With
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      Lock icon Troubled Indigoz offers Ichqs refunds to customers
      559 2  -  SIOW LI SEN CEO says company is currently undergoing restructuring 3y [SINGAPORE] The Indigoz [chqs programme has been put on hold but customers liolding unused Ichqs will be refunded their money, said the company's chief exacutive Patrick Teng. Mr Teng said the value
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        43 2 1 COMP 1,314.02 -16.59 IIKKEI225 12,992.28 +0.10 1ANG SENG 23,119.87 -465.10 SET INDEX 831.41 -11.51 JAKARTA COMP 2,634.75 -17.56 1ANILACOMP 3,108.72 +28.73 ;eoulcomp 1,676.18 +4.45 iHENZHEN B 628.56 -4.64 IUMBAI IND 16,339.89 -337.99 11AM EDT Change 12,098.44 -160.46 )OW IASDAQ 2,229.84 -28.76
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        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.75 INDONESIA 15.658 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 6.00 CANADA 5.75 SWITZERLAND 4.25 INDIA 12.25 Source: Bloomberg
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        39 2 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.392 (uss/ss il 1.986 2.764 :uROi :us$/s$/e; 1.518 2.112 'EN 103.2 74.20 3.192 2.293 m 7.784 5.594 !AHT 31.61 22.71 lUPIAH 9,099 6,538 1ENMINBI 7.108 5.108 INDIAN RUPEE 40.36 29.00 1.076 0.773 1.246 0.896
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon S'pore the best place for Asian expats: survey
        72 2 THE Republic ranks as the best place for Asian expatriates to live worldwide, according to the latest survey by human resources consultancy firm ECA International. Singapore surpasses cosmopolitan cities such as Sydney, Melbourne and Copenhagen in Asian expatriates' view, the survey showed.
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        Lock icon S'pore IT firms seen lagging regional rivals' growth
        81 2 SINGAPORE'S listed information technology companies are not having much success cracking into regional markets, if data from Star Mine Professional are anything to go by. Analysts forecast the sector's earnings per share to increase by just 1.9 per cent in 2008. By
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        Lock icon SGX puts nine companies on first watch-list
        49 2 SINGAPORE Exchange has placed nine mainboard-listed companies under its first watch-list. They are ASA Group Holdings, Chuan Soon Huat Industrial Group, Fastech Synergy, General Magnetics, lonics EMS, Joinn Holdings, Stratech Systems, Tri-M Technologies (S) and Unifield Communications Holdings. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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        Lock icon Collins Stewart sets its sights on Asia
        65 2 COLLINS Stewart, the leading sponsor on London's AIM, is set to grow its Asian pie after setting foot on Singapore as an approved full sponsor for the revamped secondary board Catalist. The opening of its first South-east Asian office marks its foray into
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        Lock icon Wilmar to seek China's permission for price hike
        68 2 WILMAR International may seek permission from the Chinese government as soon as this week to raise the price of its cooking oil products. It said last Saturday: "With the recent sharp increase in vegetable oil prices, the company is now in the
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        Lock icon S'pore bags second solar cell wafer fab
        68 2 IT'S "sunny days" for Singapore's fledgling solar industry which has just attracted a second world-scale solar cell wafer fabrication plant, also from Norway. Nor Sun's US$3OO million plant will produce mono crystalline wafers catering to the high-end 40 per cent of the global
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        Lock icon Focus will be on traditional assets, says CIC
        66 2 CHINA Investment Corp plans to focus investments on "traditional" asset classes and commodities. "Investing in traditional asset classes is like farming for us, while taking equity stakes and alternative investments are like hunting," its vice-president Jesse Wang said in Beijing on Monday.
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        Lock icon M'sian regulator probes possible share manipulation
        43 2 MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission is investigating possible share price manipulation activities after a report said that several Malaysian stocks were hit hard by troubles in a financial firm based in London, Malaysia's Business Times reported. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 12
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        Lock icon HK retail sales jump 23.3% in January
        63 2 HONG Kong's retail sector kicked off the year with a solid start, but economists fear the effects of a slowdown in the US may bite into sales for the coming months. January retail sales were HK525.7 billion (554.6 billion) in January, 23.3 per
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        Lock icon Importers warm to cut in diesel car tax
        90 2 THE reduction in the special tax on diesel-powered cars has had a generally positive reception from car importers. Only one of the European carmakers, which is acknowledged as the biggest and most successful proponent of diesel technology, has decided not to import
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      Lock icon SGX, Bursa on track for cross-trading
      468 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO M'sian bourse says links should take off by early next year [SINGAPORE] Bursa Malaysia has outlined a new timeline to tie up with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for cross-border trading. Trading links between the two bourses are expected to take off within
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      Lock icon Full business class on SlA's LA, NY flights
      493 3  -  YEN SREENIVASAN It is first airline to offer this service on transpacific route [SINGAPORE] Responding to overwhelming demand from corporate customers, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is converting its daily direct flights to Los Angeles (LA) and New York to all-busi-ness class. The airline
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      Lock icon You may not have to file tax returns
      417 3  -  GEOFFREY LEE IRAS launches No-Filing Service for 332,000 taxpayers [SINGAPORE] Pay special attention to the letter you just received from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Maybe you won't need to file a tax return this year. You still have to
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      Lock icon Singapore tops among Asian expats: survey
      455 3  -  QUAH CHIN CHIN The Republic is the best place for them to live worldwide; Baghdad ranks last [SINGAPORE] The Republic ranks as the best place for Asian expatriates to live worldwide, according to the latest survey by human resources consultancy firm ECA International. Singapore
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore IT firms seen lagging regional rivals' growth
      1042 4  -  TEH HOOI LING China stocks suffer biggest earnings downgrades on disappointing results SINGAPORE'S listed information technology (IT) companies are not having much success cracking into regional markets, if data from Star Mine Professional are anything to go by. Analysts forecast the sector's
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      Lock icon SGX puts nine companies on first watch-list
      546 4  -  CHOW PENN NEE SINGAPORE Exchange has placed nine main-board-listed companies under its first watch-list. They are ASA Group Holdings, Chuan Soon Huat Industrial Group, Fastech Synergy, General Magnetics, lonics EMS, Joinn Holdings, Stratech Systems, Tri-M Technologies (S) and Unifield Communications Holdings. The nine
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      Lock icon Collins Stewart sets its sights on Asia
      648 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO Spore to be centre of its Asian strategy: chief exec COLLINS Stewart, the leading sponsor on London's AIM, is set to grow its Asian pie after setting foot on Singapore as an approved full sponsor for the revamped secondary board Catalist.
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      Lock icon Parkway got the medicine right for Novena deal?
      661 4  -  CHEN HUIFEN AS THE property investment chant goes, there are three factors that one needs to consider in a purchase: location, location, and location. But for a hospital operator, does location count too? In Parkway Holdings' case, apparently it does. Having been
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    • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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        Lock icon Warning triangles for US dollar and bourse
        948 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES A couple of others are building for the yen carry trade as well FRESH Wall Street losses have pointed the way south again for global bourses and the US dollar this past week, following more bad news from the credit
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
        90 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 6 8 3 0 0 0 lanufacturini 62 64 49 15 71 72 Commerce 15 27 20 18 30 "pt/Stor/Comms 15 17 16 18 ■inance 15 10 15 instruction 16 'roperties 24 24 lotels/Rsts iervices 23
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
        116 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 30,319 30,319 145,996 145,996 lanufacturing 301,433 33,807 335,240 296,665 2,789 299,454 lommerce 42,498 2,136 44,634 60,237 375 60,612 'pt/Stor/Comms 104,244 266 104,510 290,387 83 290,469 :i nance 37,585 10 37,595 292,644 292,646 lonstruction 21,945 23,006 44,951 7,324 3,018 10,342
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        Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
        102 6 la pita Land 6.060 -0.010 Olam 2.400 -0.070 :a pita Mall 3.180 -0.020 SIA 15.000 -0.040 jtyDev 11.220 -0.020 SGX 7.810 -0.240 losco Corp 3.620 -0.100 SIA Engg 3.900 -0.030 IBS Grp 17.200 +0.180 SPH 4.360 +0.060 :&N 4.840 +0.140 ST Engg 3.300 -0.020 Sent Intl
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        Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
        794 6  -  UMA SHANKARI Robinson Co March 4 close: 556.60 DBS Group Research, March 4 ROBINSON announced on Monday that Al Fattaim Group (ALF) had extended its offer period by one month to April 3. It also highlighted that to-date, it had received valid acceptances representing 22,393,630 offer shares or
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        Lock icon Market still hinging on Wall St futures
        519 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS HOW Wall Street performed the night before may have some influence on how the local stock market behaves on any given day, but this rarely lasts for too long. Markets are anticipatory creatures, and so much more important are expectations
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        4 6 DAILY
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        52 6 Mar 4 VALUE CLOSE -955.00-249.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 -62.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -95.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 767.70 -2.19 FTSE ST Small Cap 677.64 -0.15 FTSE ST All Share 758.98 -1.65 FTSE ST China 496.41 -3.09 SIMSCI 360.84 +0.01 SIMSCI Futures 361.20 +3.00 PrimePartnersCI
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        Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
        59 6 VOLUME Yanqzijianq 42,557,000 Synear 40,754,000 E3 Hlds 32,529,000 Sing Tel 25,113,000 Cosco Corp 21,983,000 Golden Agri 20,200,000 Goldtron 18,206,000 CapitalanMßLeCWoBo6o2 17,346,000 Global Voice 17,047,000 China Honqxinq 15,778,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 92,556,030 SGX 89,563,343 Cosco Corp 80,893,556 DBS Grp 74,174,665 UOB 65,400,720 Capita Land 63,233,895 Keppel Corp 63,229,390
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        Lock icon RISES
        105 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP Creative Tech 745 20.0 2.8 JMH 2786 19.5 0.5 STI 3300SGAePW*****8 68 19.0 38.8 WBL Con 535 19.0 3.7 iBS Gri 1720 18.0 1.1 Great Eastern 1616 16.0 1.0 NOL 319 16.0 5.3 STI 3500SGAePW*****8 96.5 15.5 19.1 STI 3350 DBePW/*****2 99.5 14.5 17.1 F&N
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        Lock icon FALLS
        120 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN Jardine C&C 1994 -80.0 -3.9 China H 10US$ 1673 -65.4 -2.7 GLD 10US$ 9726 -54.3 -0.4 ISMSCI India 100 761 -30.6 -2.8 JSH 1568 -25.0 -1.1 SGX 781 -24.0 -3.0 Venture Con 959 -21.0 -2.1 SembCon Ind 425 -19.0 -4.3 SGXMBLiCW*****0 261 -17.0 -6.1 Swiber
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        Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
        87 6 Mar 4 CLOSE CHNG FR Mar 3 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3917 0.14 1.5479 1.3895® Euro 2.1144 0.00 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.7649 0.01 3.1194 2.7390 AS 1.2975 -0.05 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3478 -0.42 1.3821 1.2285 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.19 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.4041
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      Lock icon Wilmar may seek price hike nod this week
      459 7  -  CHEW XIANG It is in the process of submitting a price increase application to the Chinese govt WILMAR International, a palm oil giant listed in Singapore, may seek permission from the Chinese government as soon as this week to raise the price
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      Lock icon KepLand to launch US$206m Vietnam project in Q4
      324 7  -  ARTHUR SIM 4FTER announcing eight new development projects in Vietnam last year, Keppel Land plans to launch 3ne of these in the fourth quarter of this year. In a statement released yesterday, Keppel Land said that it has been awardad the investment
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      Lock icon HK's Joyas to raise $4.6m from listing
      350 7  -  OH BOON PING GIFTS seller Joyas International has registered its prospectus for a listing on the mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. The offer comprises 28.8 million shares one million public-offer shares and 27.8 million placement shares at 29 cents each. The total offer,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Portek in talks on share sale
        50 7 PORTEK International said it has been approached by certain parties and is still in discussions with them on acquisition of shares in the company. It said no agreement has been reached and there is no certainty as to whether any transaction will take place.
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        Lock icon See Hup Seng names COO
        31 7 SEE Hup Seng has appointed Lum Chee Kong as chief operating officer for its corrosion prevention segment. He reports directly to chief executive officer Yap Sew.
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        Lock icon Trek 2000 wins government tender
        31 7 TREK 2000 International has been awarded a tender by a Singapore government agency to adopt its Chez Solution to enhance its data encryption and security functions.
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      Lock icon Tan family amasses 74.37% of STC shares
      363 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE Tan family's stake in The Straits Trading Company (STC) has hit 74.37 per cent, well in excess of the more than 50 per cent required to make its offer for STC unconditional. This follows OCBC Bank's decision yesterday to
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      196 7 I H /v U 4 11 j «b^3 w _^^B Im /a (II vlfcil allt£r^jß "In my opinion, it's the ability to bring together a range of diverse elements to create an outstanding driving experience." Bernd Pletschen, Head Acoustician at Mercedes-Benz The satisfying "clunk" of the car door as it
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore bags 2nd solar cell wafer fab
      597 8  -  RONNIE LIM Nor Sun's USs3oom plant, opening in Q3 2009 will be its largest worldwide IT'S "sunny days" for Singapore's fledgling solar industry which has just attracted a second world-scale solar cell wafer fabrication plant, also from Norway. Nor Sun's US$3OO million plant
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      Lock icon Invida acquires Valeant's Asia-Pac operations for US$37.8m
      339 8  -  MATTHEW PHAN INVIDA Pharmaceutical Holdings, a private Singapore-based group that counts Temasek Holdings as a shareholder, has acquired the Asia-Pacific operations of New York-listed Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for US$37.B million, it said yesterday. Invida, which declined to reveal the size of the stake
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      Lock icon For sale: 18th floor of Peninsula Plaza at $17.5m
      366 8  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA NOVELTY Department Store Pte Ltd, part of the Novelty Group, has put the entire 18th floor of Peninsula Plaza up for sale, with a price tag of about $17.5 million or about $2,050 per square foot (psf) of strata
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      Lock icon 4th varsity may offer courses in high-growth industries
      487 9  -  LEE U-WEN It will have an annual intake of between 2,500 and 3,000 students PLANS to set up a fourth publicly-funded university in Singapore are beginning to take firm shape. Two preliminary recommendations by the committee overseeing the local university sector's expansion
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      Lock icon Govt eases rules on topping up of relatives' CPF minimum sum
      402 9  -  CHEW XIANG Restrictions on age, family ties for cash top-up to be removed from Nov MINISTER for Manpower Ng Eng Hen told Parliament yesterday that topping up the CPF minimum sum balance will be made even easier from November
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      Lock icon Foreign workers a boon: minister
      370 9  -  LEE U-WEN THE secret of Singapore's strong job growth, according to Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen, is not to rely solely on locals to fill the vacancies. Instead, it was the ministry allowing businesses here to readily tap foreign workers to meet their needs that
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      Lock icon Fourth specialised school to open in January 2010
      310 9  -  LEE U-WEN INTERNSHIPS at companies such as IBM and Creative Technology will be the norm for students at a new independent secondary school set to open its doors in January 2010. The School of Science and Technology, or SST, will be set
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      Lock icon Business research in Asia on the rise, says UK firm
      436 10  -  OH BOON PING USs2m sales in Singapore makes up 21.5%ofKadence's global revenue KADENCE Group, a business intelligence firm from the UK, sees growing demand for research services here and across the region, despite the current economic uncertainty. Regional managing director
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      Lock icon Accreditation scheme for tourism industry
      255 10  -  QUAH CHIN CHIN A NEW quality standard is to be introduced to draw visitors to Singapore. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) yesterday announced a new accreditation scheme, called Singapore Service Star, to recognise and promote businesses that deliver quality service experiences. It will be launched
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      Lock icon Three new cooperatives to aid jobless women, others
      244 10 THE Singapore National Cooperative Federation (SNCF) yesterday announced three new cooperatives aiming to help unemployed women and individuals. "We hope to provide new job opportunities through these enterprises, recognising there will always be groups facing economic difficulty," said SNCF chairman Seah Kian
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      Lock icon S'pore and Portugal in open skies agreement
      165 10 SINGAPORE and Portugal have concluded an open skies agreement (OSA) for full flexibility on air services by carriers of both countries. It will become fully effective in the International Air Transport Association (lata) scheduling season for the northern summer in 2010. Under the
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Career banker Yamaguchi could be next BOJ governor
      538 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Pragmatic and unflappable, career central banker Yutaka Yamaguchi may be the compromise candidate Japan needs to break a political deadlock over who will be the next governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). He may lack the charisma of current
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      Lock icon Capital controls still an option: BOT governor
      393 11 Reuters, Bloomberg But no immediate plans to reimpose unpopular curbs, adds Tarisa Watanagase [BANGKOK] Capital controls still remain an option if the baht is too volatile, Bank of Thailand (BOT) governor Tarisa Watanagase said yesterday. But she said there are no immediate plans
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2245 11 Iar4 RM C000) ASM Realty 0.65 \bric Bhd 0.17 advance Synergy 0.13 Adventa Bhd 1.21 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.25 Win Holdings 2.13 Ahmad Zaki Resou 1.17 AicCorp 0.63 \irasia Bhd 1.52 Akn Technology 0.51 alliance Financi 2.77 aluminium Co 1.10 Amalgamated Ind 0.44 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.68 Amtel Holdings
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      Lock icon Focus will be on traditional assets, says CIC
      526 11 Bloomberg, Reuters But govt wealth fund does not rule out more overseas equity stakes [BEIJING] China Investment Corp plans to focus investments on "traditional" asset classes and commodities. "Investing in traditional asset classes is like farming for us, while taking equity stakes
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      112 11 Columbia NUS Double Professional Degree in Financial Engineering ESH^fl H wSm iH HIS HE9 a2| Program Briefing by Columbia NUS Faculty Talk on "Valuation and Its Discontents" by Professor Emanuel Derman, Columbia University Grand Hyatt, Sir Stamford 111 Thursday, 27 March 2008, 7pm (Reception starts at 6.30pm) For online registration
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Anwar target of raced-based attacks
      517 12  -  PAULINE NG Billboards with caricatures of DAP candidate called 'degrading, sexist' in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has found the guns trained mainly on him, as the country's keenly contested 12th general election heats up in the final days before polling day on
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      Lock icon SC probes possible share price manipulation
      168 12 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Securities Commission (SC) is investigating possible share price manipulation activities after a report said that several Malaysian stocks were hit hard by troubles in a financial firm based in London, Malaysia's Business Times reported. "The SC and Bursa Malaysia are investigating
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      Lock icon Kayveas plays lead in Taiping's political theatre
      611 12  -  S JAYASANKARAN vVITH 4,000 mm a year, Taiping in lorthern Perak state gets the most -ainfall in Malaysia, so it is no surorise that when M Kayveas makes lis appearance, the rain is pelting iown. The campaign headquarters ?or Mr Kayveas is fairly
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      Lock icon Indonesia's next central bank chief must be able to say 'no'
      797 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's next central bank governor will take charge of an institution reeling from graft allegations, making the day-to-day job of running monetary policy at a time of rising inflation even tougher. Outgoing Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah and two
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank equity head moves to HK
      477 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Deutsche Bank will move its global head of equity trading to Hong Kong, joining rivals including Citigroup in relocating executives to Asia as the region's capital markets grow and takeovers increase. New York-based Noreddine Sebti will take over from Colin
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      Lock icon HK retail sales jump 23.3% in January
      523 13  -  JANE MOIR But economist fears US slowdown could hit performance in months ahead in Hong Kong HONG Kong's retail sector kicked off the year with a solid start, but economists fear the effects of a slowdown in the United States may bite into
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      Lock icon China losing competitive edge in some industries: survey
      348 13 -AP [SHANGHAI] China is fast losing its manufacturing competitiveness in some industries, and companies need to upgrade their operations there to stay profitable, according to a survey released yesterday. The study comes amid reports that thousands of manufacturers, both Chinese and foreign,
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      Lock icon Talk of price curbs hits soyoil and palm oil futures
      546 13 Reuters Industry officials say China planning to release soyoil stocks [KUALA LUMPUR] A record-breaking rally for Asian vegetable oil markets was brought to a crashing halt yesterday by talk that China could intervene to curb rising prices. Dalian soyoil futures
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      842 14 Reuters September's floodlit grand prix will be the highlight of the new season that kicks off in Australia on March 16 FORMULA One takes a step into the dark this season with new faces and new races, including the first to be held
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      325 14 Reuters History will repeat itself, says Mallya [LONDON] Eddie Jordan had fun in Formula One and now Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya intends to bring back the good times after buying the team founded by the Irish entrepreneur. Force India will represent a startling new departure
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      7865 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.91/ Star Europe Bond 1.224/ Star Europe Bal 1.169/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.417/ Star Asia Bond 1.205/ Star Asia Balanced 0.977/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.188/ Multi St Fd 0.864/ Star Asia Bond(USD 0.862/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Analysts unsure over Tata Motors
      477 15 Reuters They are questioning its ability to integrate Jaguar and Land Rover with its current line-up [MUMBAI] As India's Tata Motors finalises its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover, analysts are questioning its ability to integrate the luxury car brands with its staid but profitable
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      156 15 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Minmetals Corp, the country's biggest steel-trading company, invested in its first steelmaking joint venture in India. The state-run Minmetals has tied up with Xinxing Pipes Group and three unidentified Indian companies to build a six-million tonne pellet plant and a
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      324 15 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] ICICI Bank, India's second largest, incurred a loss of US$264 million in overseas operations due to trading in credit derivatives and investments, according to a government minister. The losses will make the Mumbai-based company the first major bank in India to lose
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      437 15 Bloomb- erg It may also buy ships and has set up subsidiary in Spore [NEW DELHI] Tata Power plans to import 12 million metric tons of coal from countries, including Indonesia, for a new steel plant in Gujarat state. "We are
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Bernanke urges more action to fix housing slump
      477 17 -AP Vigorous response needed to reduce rising foreclosures, says Fed chief [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called yesterday for additional action to prevent more distressed US homeowners from falling into foreclosure. "This situation calls for a vigorous response," Mr Bernanke said
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      298 17 OVERNIGHT, the Clipper fleet has been enjoying steady winds of around 15 20 knots from the west. This has allowed all the teams to continue making good progress east over the last 24 hours, with daily runs between 200 and 250 nautical miles. Several of
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      Lock icon Liverpool owners reject £400m Dubai bid
      517 17 AFP, AP [LIVERPOOL] Liverpool co-own-ers Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr yesterday rejected a £400 million (Ssl.l billion) bid by Dubai International Capital (DIC) for the Premier League club Liverpool. Mr Hicks "turned down their offer immediately upon receipt", a person involved with the
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      Lock icon Court orders closure of popular Bangkok night market
      327 17 Reuters [BANGKOK] A Thai court has ordered shopowners at Bangkok's Suan Lum Night Bazaar one of the city's most popular tourist spots to pack up and leave. The Crown Property Bureau (CPB), which owns the land on which the sprawling market of
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      478 17  -  MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] Contrary to what some developers think, a majority of companies are willing to pay a premium for properties designed with "sustainable" principles in mind, a recent survey by real estate firms Jones Lang LaSalle and Core Net Global shows. The bottleneck is,
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      119 17 THE WEEKLY MARITIME PROGRAMME. ON CHANNEL NEWSASIA, STARTING THURSDAY, 6 MARCH, 9.30PM Sea of Opportunities 9.30PM" 9.30PM 9.30PM 9.30PM 6MARCH 13MARCH 20MARCH 27MARCH Commissioned by the Singapore Mariti me Foundation, the four- part programme highlghts the excitement of life in the maritime industry, the professionalism and strong community spirit among
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Banks hit by sub-prime may need more cash
      540 18 Bloomberg Dubai fund chief says much more is needed to rescue Citigroup, others [DUBAI] Banks and securities firms led by Citigroup may need more money from Arab states as losses stemming from the collapse of the US sub-prime mortgage market increase, the
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      Lock icon Flamboyant Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano dies at 86
      402 18 -NYT [MILAN] Giuseppe di Stefano, a flamboyant, sometimes erratic opera star who in his prime after World War II was lauded as the most thrilling Italian tenor in a generation, died on Monday at his home in Santa Maria Hoe, north
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      Lock icon Record US$4.2t in bonds sold last year
      318 18 Bloomberg But banks are now saddled with unsold bonds, no investors [NEW YORK] Wall Street sold a record US$4.2 trillion in bonds last year, generating US$lB.B billion in fees. Unfortunately, 2007 did not end on Dec 31. Banks and brokerages began the new
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      Lock icon Intel cuts margin forecast as industry outlook dims
      364 18 -Re- uters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp cut its current-quarter gross margin forecast on Monday, citing weaker pricing on certain memory chips, while the industry's outlook for consumer electronics dimmed along with the economy. Shares of the world's biggest chipmaker fell nearly 3
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      Lock icon Microsoft's legal woes in Europe set to improve
      378 18 NYT This follows decision to disclose pages of server code to rivals [HANNOVER, Germany] The chief executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, said on Monday that his company's legal woes in Europe, which have so far resulted in US$2.6 billion in fines, were
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      Lock icon GE CEO's pay up 9.7% to US$l9.6m
      264 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] General Electric increased compensation of chief executive Jeffrey Immelt by 9.7 per cent last year to US$l9.6 million. Mr Immelt, 52, also got 215,000 shares of stock valued at about US$7.2B million tied to cash flow, half the payout he
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      117 18 MARCH PULSES OUT NOW! IN THIS ISSUE: Cover story: Renewable energy a hot topic in business now We chat with Ho Bee's founder Chua Thian Poh and find out how he copes with the market's ups and downs Pulses takes an in-depth look at companies such as Vicom, United Food
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Boeing's tanker order loss may help Dreamliner efforts
      624 19 Bloomberg Deal rejection a bad defeat but not without an upside, says US plane-maker [CHICAGO] Boeing Co's loss of a US Air Force aerial refuelling tanker order valued at as much as US$35 billion may work to its advantage if the company
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      Lock icon Boeing lost contract decisively: analyst
      631 19 -Reuters It failed to beat Northrop in any of the key criteria [WASHINGTON] Details emerged on Monday about how dramatically Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner beat Boeing Co to win a US$35 billion tanker aircraft competition, as furious Boeing supporters called the contract
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      Lock icon S&P raises outlook for JAL
      219 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Corp (JAL), Asia's largest airline by sales, had its outlook raised by Standard Poor's (S&P) to "positive" from "negative" after announcing a plan to raise money to buy new planes and repay debt. S&P maintained its B long-term corporate credit ratings
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      2473 19 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways 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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      292 19 CRYPTI C|T SSW!T Dr^^^ Chlna Alr noisy (5) S Central News Agency 27 Such life forms mean one's 7 In a dilatory manner, being YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION reported yesterday, developed (8) short of oxygen! (7) Across: 1 Coronet, 5 Rate-cap, 9 without citing anyone. 28 Return a bad debt, ruining 8
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  • ASIA PACIFIC MARITIME 2008
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      Lock icon Conference aims to address pressing issues
      669 20 It will also showcase some of the latest technology, writes VINCENT WEE A forthcoming exhibition and conference highlights the way the business of shipping has become increasingly complex and sophisticated. With market segments becoming more clearly defined there is a greater need to identify
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      Lock icon Industry to tackle global shipping issues
      529 20 Two-day conference will focus on outlook for Asia INTERNATIONAL delegates will join members of the local shipping, insurance and banking industries in a two-day conference at the end of the month to tackle the major issues impacting global shipping, with particular emphasis on the
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      153 20 26 -28 March 2008 *A Asia Pacific Singapore Expo www.apmaritime.com >^^ MARITIME s I Extended Opening Hours: <P^S]" >N^^^^^^^^^"""" 1 26 -27 Mar (Wed/Thur) 1000 1900 hrs |28 Mar (Fri): 1000 1700 hrs o** a r^?V^oT^ V CONNECTING YOU TO V^ INTERNATIONAL MARITIME "tsvs^ tO With more than 700 participating
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      21 20 This is the second of a four-part weekly series brought to you by Asia Pacific Maritime 2008 Asia Pacific MARITIME llanniversary
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Paying dearly far past mistakes
      738 21  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK Lack of seaman training a generation ago now a key reason for navigational mishaps SOME interesting facts emerged from a seminar held in Singapore recently by Norwegian classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV). Over the past five years, it appears, the
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        108 21 Mar 4 Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks Jaya Hold Ltd KiVentures KeppelCorp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.56 0.36 3.62 0.84 2.19
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        40 21 Mar 4 M$ Vol Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid PDZ Holdings 0.84 8.70 8.20 4.12 3.06 unch 0.15 -0.02 -0.05 -0.40 0.02 0.02 unch 0.01 42 842 392 1379 431 0 25
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        15 21 Mar 4 Balrt Vol Precious Ship Regional Cont 27.50 25.25 -1.00 unch 1175 442
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        14 21 Mar 4 HK$ Vol Ooil Singamas Cont .48.50 ...2.26 -0.20 -0.04 2439 482
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        25 21 Mar 4 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.00 34.50 2.20 unch unch 1.00 unch unch 1002 1247 2 0
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        24 21 lar Evergreen Marine ....26.70 :irst Steamship 71.00 /Van Hai Lines 28.45 r"ang Ming Marine ..21.20 0.85 1.00 1.25 0.60 36 7 11 26
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        44 21 Mar 4 Yen Vol Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..236.00 -3.00 ***** Kawasaki Kisen ...1062.00 20.00 4162 Mitsubishi Hvy 464.00 7.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..307.00 5.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ...1363.00 38.00 ***** Nippon Express 547.00 -8.00 3532 Nippon Yusen 991.00 29.00 ***** Source: Reuters
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      Lock icon Sinotrans to buy more assets from parent
      271 21 -Rev- ters China National plans to float key assets on market [BEIJING] China National Foreign Trade Transportation (Group) Corp, the nation's logistics giant, is pushing ahead with plans to sell more assets to its listed unit, Sinotrans Ltd, a senior executive said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Branson launches online charter service
      575 21 Reuters [NEW YORK] Richard Branson's first charter plane experience gave him the idea to start commercial airline company Virgin Atlantic Airways. Some 25 years after the British entrepreneur chartered a private jet to fly 50 passengers and himself from the Beef Island, Tortola airport to
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      Lock icon Auckland airport shares nosedive on stymied bid
      390 21 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Auckland International Airport Ltd, subject to a partial takeover offer from a Canadian pension fund manager, slumped in Wellington trading after the government tightened foreign investment rules. The airport's shares slid 30 cents, or 12 per cent, to NZ$2.lB at 12.57pmin
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      Lock icon Open-skies accord will foster consolidation: British Airways
      330 21 Bloomberg Key question of ownership yet to be addressed [NEW YORK] British Airways pic chairman Martin Broughton said that the relaxation of restrictions on transatlantic flights would foster consolidation in the airline industry. The open-skies accord that takes effect at the end of
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Inflation, stagflation and deflation
      545 22 THE US Federal Reserve meets for the second time this year on March 18. The signals over the past few months show that topping its agenda would be the state of the economy, the turmoil in financial markets and then inflation, in that order; the US
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      933 22  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Human, financial costs hit staggering proportions, says 'The Three Trillion Dollar War' THE human and financial costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have grown to staggering proportions and America and Britain should pull out as soon as possible. In
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      770 22  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE HISTORICAL documents on Sino-American relations released recently by the US State Department have shed light on the personality of the reclusive chairman Mao Zedong, China's ruler from 1949 until his death 27 years later. In his
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      986 23  - Good candidate good president? LEON HADAR Veteran of Washington politics points to JFK to say Obama's ambitious and sometimes vague promises won't be fulfilled ONE member of the gym where I work out is a 68-year-old veteran of Washington politics. He had been active for more than 50 years in
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      Lock icon Hillary vs Obama – a case of Old Politics vs New Politics
      828 23 Hillary vs Obama a case of Old Politics vs New Politics -NYT THE Democratic presidential primary campaign began around Christmas 2006, and it may have ended on Tuesday night. But of all the days between then and now, the most important was NovlO, 2007. On that day, the Democratic Party
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      141 23 LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE thank Lee Kwok Meng for his letter "Is 'touting' by stock brokers allowed?" (BT, Feb 27). The Offer Document and its enclosures referred to by Mr Lee were sent by Macquarie Securities (Asia) Pte Limited for and on behalf
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8437 24 Transaction date: Mar 4 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hit Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hii Com[ 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 28.5 11 5834 A-Sonic 107 98.5 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF
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      81 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Day Ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCa| C'vr P/E $mi Comi _Hu 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** *****
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      2004 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil Comi >an< Hii 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3 1501 s Advanced System
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      213 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      363 25 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Mar 3 World Index Preliminan 1005.3 -1.1 -11.2 -1.3 -12.4 -1.1 -9.4 EAFE Preliminan 968.9 -2.0 -13.5 -2.1 -12.9 -1.9 -9.8 Euroi Preliminary 1342.5 -1.3 -13.0 -1.5 -13.4 -1.3 -10.4 Pacific 818.5
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      65 25 Mar 4 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Low Vol Open Done Position Mar 08 4219 4067 4219 4219 192 1449 Apr 08 4427 4090 4483 4072 3450 9451 May 08 4445 4099 4486 4071 ***** ***** JunO8 4419 4090 4466
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      22 25 Mar 4 STI ilMSCI Mar 359.1 362.5 361.2 "aiwan Mar 318.1 328.6 327.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      21 25 Mar 4 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3889 1.3898 2-months 1.3873 1.3883 3-months 1.3862 1.3872 6-months 1.3822 1.3834 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      158 25 Mar 4 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2928 1.2938 0.9293 0.9295 Canadian dollar 1.4023 1.4037 1.0080 1.0085 Euro 2.1111 2.1125 1.5175 1.5177 NZ dollar 1.1155 1.1174 0.8018 0.8028 jterlini ind 2.7633 2.7651 1.9863 1.9866
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      360 25 Mar 4 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 97.147 97.595 97.740 97.760 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 6095 EUROYEN FUTURES MarO8 99.140 99.145 JunO8 99.260 99.260 SepO8 99.390 99.400B DecO8 99.390 99.400 MarO9 99.340 99.350 JunO9 SepO9 DecO9 99.140
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      280 25 Mar 4 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 1 (S cents/kg) lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest <\prO8 Vlay 08 lun 08 lul/Sep 08 3ct/Dec 08 Ian/Mar 09 401.25 403.75 405.25 406.00 405.00 406.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gli Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      131 25 As at 9am Mar 4 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2960 1.3120 Can dollar 1.3970 1.4140 Euro 2.1030 2.1270 NZ dollar 1.1100 1.1350 Sterlinc 2.7460 2.7781 US dollar 1.3830 1.3990 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      146 25 Mar 4 Offer Bid )vernight 7/8 -month 1 3/8 'months 1 7/16 1-months 1 9/16 Overnight mode: 1 1/8 JS$ Offer 3/4 1 1/4 1 5/16 1 7/16 Bid days month months months i months months 2 months ijr 3.15 3.10 3.05 3.05 2.90 2.85 2.80 Offer 3.10
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      468 25 Mar 4 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS lustralia 0.922 6.606 0.612 7.234 37.506 84.561 0.959 8.805 2.966 1.158 58.408 37.762 1.293 7.242 0.967 28.721 29.374 0.468 0.929 Canada 1.085 7.166
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      160 25 Mar 4 /oz) lar lar Hong Kong 976.40 980.80 977.40 981.80 Feb29 Mar 03 970.40 980.90 071 1 C QQ1 Qn (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1524.75 1377 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying M Sellim Bui rim .ondon Source: Reuters 10gm SILVER $535.00 Selling 439 /ing
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      77 25 Mar 4 (US$) (SS) 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 3.***** 1.***** 3 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 1.***** 4yrs
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      90 25 Mar 4 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 05.06.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.28 1.31 1.25 1.25 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750
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      66 25 Mar 3 IK ?>_ Trt/ lit iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previou: :ash 3097.80 3070.01 months 3136.00 3106.01 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) ;ash months 8670.00 8575.00 8502.01 8430.01 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 3423.00 months 3420.00 3335.01 3330.01 Jickel (US$/tonne) ]ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01 'in (US$/tonne) ]ash months *****.00
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      77 25 Mar 3 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1396 1391 1400/1376 May 08 1423 1425 1427/1407 JulO8 1456 1458 1460/1440 SepO8 1436 1440 1442/1425 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mar 08 2732 2703 2740/2670 May 07 2750 2735 2760/2685 JulO8 2766 2757 2775/2709 SepO8 2774 2763 2782/2724 SUGAR
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      103 25 Mar 3 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 1544.50 1522.00 1570.00 1543.00 May 08 1559.50 1536.50 1586.50 1555.00 Jul 08 1570.00 1546.00 1596.00 1567.00 Aug 08 1543.00 1515.00 1563.00 1543.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 70.40 68.15 70.65 70.00
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