The Business Times, 8 April 2008

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg mS* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA(P) 122/12/2007 Tuesday.April 8,2008
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Home leases stagnant for 2 years, still looking soft
    823 1  -  ARTHUR SIM Foreigners could be switching from leasing to buying property, says Savills Singapore By [SINGAPORE] Residential leasing transactions have stagnated in the past two years after falling from a recent high of 33,874 in 2005. According to an analysis of
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      41 1 1COMP 1,221.07 -0.91 IIKKEI225 13,450.23 +157.01 IANG SENG 24,578.76 +314.13 ;et index Closed JAKARTA COM P 2,286.80 +9.71 IANILACOMP Closed ;eoulcomp 1,773.56 +7.07 ;henzhen b 558.32 +17.87 IUMBAI IND 15,757.08 +413.96 12NOONEDT Change 12,696.29 +86.87 )OW IAS DAI 2,385.27 +14.29
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.850 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 5.25 CANADA 5.25 SWITZERLAND 3.77 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      36 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.383 (USS/SS ier 1.986 2.747 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.567 2.167 'EN 102.70 74.30 3.191 2.307 IK$ 7.790 5.633 !AHT 31.67 22.89 lUPIAH 9,217 6,664 lENMINBI 7.002 5.063 INDIAN RUPEE 39.94 28.88 1.084 0.784
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    Lock icon Jade shares crash as Soh withdraws bid
    459 1  -  CHEW XIANG SIC confirms it is investigating withdrawal of offer By [SINGAPORE] Shares in Cat-alist-listed Jade Technologies took their biggest-ever dive yesterday after its group president Anthony Soh withdrew his bid for the company. The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has declared Jade a designated
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      48 1 pnin BANKING COMPANIES SME BANK OF JAPAN C^.^% fcfc Citibank Spore posts S-shares poised Decisions pay off Shirakawa looks set '"I- r /tf^l record profits to recover for Sky China to be BOJ governor P^ WFI tStk PAGE 8 PAGE 5 PAGE 11 PAGE 19 A Vr 1
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Tulip Garden en bloc may be called off
      687 2  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Buyer Bravo will 'accept costly missed opportunity' if it's not granted payment extensions By [SINGAPORE] The owners of Tulip Garden met over the weekend and BT understands that most of them have taken the view to rescind the $516 million
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      Lock icon A&G appoints new head of litigation
      476 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH By I [SINGAPORE] Singapore's biggest law firm Allen Gledhill (A&G) has appointed Andrew Yeo head of litigation and dispute resolution sourcing from within its replacement for its current high-profile head, senior counsel X Shanmugam. Mr Shanmugam, 49, has been named Singapore's new
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon HK moves to overhaul health care system
        80 2 AN overhaul of Hong Kong's health care system is being mooted by policy-makers as the city grapples with rising medical costs associated with its ageing population. As part of a three-month consultation, the public is invited to comment on a number of financing
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        Lock icon United Fiber surges as stalled pulp mill gets going
        75 2 SHARES in United Fiber System surged as much as 15 per cent yesterday as a long held-up billion-dollar pulp-mill project looks set to start taking shape with the expected signing this week of a turnkey contract with a new Chinese partner.
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        Lock icon S-shares poised for recovery, say analysts
        59 2 THE poor broader market sentiment this year has not spared S-shares or Singapore-listed Chinese companies, of which even the high quality counters have been beaten down to single-digit valuations. These S-shares could be poised for a recovery on the back of undemanding valuations and
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      • Article
        Lock icon Oei Hong Leong challenges JAH chairman's claim
        68 2 OEI Hong Leong, International Capital Investment Ltd's major shareholder, has challenged Japan Asia Holdings' claim that it is "serious" about a proposed share buy-back. Mr Oei told BT he doubts the sincerity of the company's offer, given that JAH chairman Tetsuo Yamashita has
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        Lock icon Wyeth invests US$96m to expand milk products plant
        63 2 US pharmaceuticals maker Wyeth is investing US$96 million to expand its US$l7O million Singapore nutritional manufacturing plant to enable it to meet growing regional demand for its high quality infant formula and milk products. The Madison, New Jersey-based company announced this at
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        Lock icon OECD urges Japan reforms in face of global slowdown
        78 2 WITH key sectors of the global financial system suffering from "partial paralysis", the slowdown in major economies will be deeper and longer lasting than previously expected, OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria warned yesterday. In Tokyo for the launch of the latest annual
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        Lock icon Johor Umno lobby in move to call for Abdullah's exit
        86 2 PRIME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will probably not serve out his full term as he is likely to be persuaded to step down in a managed, but dignified, exit. According to officials of the ruling United Malays National Organisation, a
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        Lock icon S'pore Grade A office rents continue to rise in Q1
        79 2 OFFICE rents in Singapore continued to power ahead in the first quarter of this year, despite a slowdown in the US economy and possible fallout for Asia. According to a Jones Lang LaSalle report, the CBD core Grade A gross
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      Lock icon China suspends multiple-entry tourist visas
      316 3 -AFP Travel agents expect resumption after Olympic Games [HONG KONG] China has stopped issuing multi-ple-entry tourist visas until after this summer's Olympic Games, travel agents in Hong Kong and Singapore said yesterday. "At the beginning of last week, we were no longer able to get
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      Lock icon Business groups in NZ hail FTA deal with China
      391 3 ■AFP [WELLINGTON] New Zealand business and labour groups welcomed the free trade deal signed yesterday with China despite criticism over Beijing's human rights record. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark witnessed the signing in Beijing of
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      Lock icon HK moves to overhaul health care system
      624 3  -  JANE MOIR City grappling with rising medical costs for an ageing population By in Hong Kong AN overhaul of Hong Kong's healthcare system is being mooted by policymakers as the city grapples with rising medical costs associated with its ageing population. As part
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SIAEC making waves overseas
      593 4  -  YEN SREENIVASAN WHEN the going gets tough, the tough go global. SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) seems to be doing just that. Last Friday, the Singapore Airlines subsidiary signed a joint venture agreement with the Philippines' Cebu Pacific Air (Cebu) to set up an aircraft heavy maintenance
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      Lock icon United Fiber surges as stalled mill gets going
      413 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO New Chinese partner set to sign turnkey contract for pulp mill By SHARES in United Fiber System surged as much as 15 per cent in trading yesterday as a long held-up bil-lion-dollar pulp-mill project looks set to start taking shape
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      Lock icon S-shares poised for recovery
      821 5  -  LYNETTE KHOO Factors like earnings growth, compelling valuations, strong economy cited By THE poor broader market sentiment this year has not spared S-shares or Singa-pore-listed Chinese companies, with even the highquality counters having been beaten down to sin-gle-digit price-earnings valuations. Year to date, the FTSE ST
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      Lock icon Federal clinches waste-water treatment contract in China
      341 5  -  SARA LIM By FEDERAL International (2000), through a consortium, has won a contract to provide centralised waste-water treatment services to factories in China's Sichuan PanZhiHua Vanadium-Titanium Industrial Park. The consortium comprises Federal's 65 per cent-owned subsidiary Federal Environmental Energy and lESE Water (Asia).
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      Lock icon CAO gains admission again to Global Trader Programme
      392 5  -  RONNIE LIM By CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) has been re-admitted to Singapore's global trader programme (GTP) as it gears up to resume oil and petrochemical trading in the second half of this year. The company is also looking at moving into markets
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      Lock icon Oei Hong Leong challenges JAH chairman's claim
      633 5  -  MICHELLE QUAH By OEI Hong Leong, the majority shareholder of International Capital Investment Ltd (ICIL), has challenged the claim by Japan Asia Holdings (JAH) that it is "serious" about a proposed share buyback. JAH chairman Tetsuo Yamashita had told BT last week that
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      Lock icon Sino-Environment clinches rights for deNOx catalysts
      345 7  -  EMILYN YAP Rights are worth an expected revenue contribution of 300 m yuan for '09 By SINO-ENVIRONMENT Technology Group which was queried by the Singapore Exchange over the 12 per cent surge in share price to $1.40 last Friday yesterday announced that it has
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      118 7 MobileOne AGM Meritus Mandarin Singapore, Level 4, Grand Tower, Mandarin Court D, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 Apr 8 3.30pm Meiban Grp AGM Siglap Room, Level 3, Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel, 50 East Coast Road, Roxy Square, Singapore *****9 Apr 8 10.30am Etla Ltd AGM 1 Changi North
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      Lock icon Pacific Healthcare bags first Thailand deal
      338 7  -  CHEN HUIFEN By PACIFIC Healthcare Holdings has clinched its third consultancy and management contract and its maiden deal in Thailand. Under the deal with Bangkok Mediplex Co, Pacific will reap more than $500,000 over three years by helping duplicate its design and set-up model
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      Lock icon SGX to launch clearing of OTC benzene swaps
      218 7 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is introducing the world's first clearing of benzene swaps in response to the petrochemical market's need for a credit risk mitigation facility. The exchange announced yesterday that SGX Asia Clear will launch the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) benzene
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      Lock icon SPH, Star Publications in JV
      289 7 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH), through SPH Interactive International Pte Ltd (SPH II), has forged a joint venture (JV) with Star Publications (Malaysia) to provide digital media services in Malaysia. The JV is called 701 Panduan Sdn Bhd. In Malay, panduan means to provide direction or
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon SGX to delist Carats
        45 7 CARATS Ltd will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange, after it failed to meet the exchange's requirements for the shell company to acquire a new business by April 5. The firm will be wound down and its cash returned to shareholders.
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        Lock icon AL-Futtaim's Robinson stake rises
        42 7 AL-FUTTAIM Group's stake in Robinson Co is inching towards the 90 per cent level, with the offeror saying that, as at 5.30 pm yesterday, it and parties acting in concert control 88.36 per cent of the retailer group.
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        Lock icon Sihuan buys stake in drug R&D firm
        54 7 SIHUAN Pharmaceutical Hldgs, a manufacturer of cardiocerebral vascular drugs in China, has bought a 60 per cent stake in drug research firm Shandong R&D Co for 62.5 million yuan (5512.3 million). Sihuan said that the purchase would pave its way to advance into
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI ends 26 pts up in see-saw session
      565 6  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS Stocks rise after US markets shrug off weak job data; HK Land and City Dcv lead index gainers SHARES here started the week on a cautiously optimistic note yesterday, after US markets shrugged off a poor employment report on
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      95 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 6 2 0 0 0 10 6 2 Manufacturing 92 40 51 14 101 48 65 Commerce 31 18 21 36 20 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 26 26 Finance 20 21 Construction 11 Properties
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 6 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 28,609 28,609 87,965 87,965 Manufacturing 459,651 192,838 652,489 319,938 14,429 334,367 Commerce 60,375 1,278 61,653 92,895 255 93,150 Tpt/Stor/Comms 68,685 15 68,700 201,642 201,647 Finance 29,373 29,375 309,536 309,536 Construction 176,454 20,031 196,485 47,827 1,236
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      106 6 CapitaLand 7.000 +0.100 CapitaMall 3.390 -0.030 CityDev 12.480 +0.320 Cosco Corp 3.700 +0.100 DBS Grp 19.720 -0.120 F&N 4.870 -0.050 Gent Intl 0.615 -0.010 HK Land 4.390 +0.200 JSH 16.300 +0.040 Jardine C&C 16.940 -0.360 Keppel Corp 10.920 +0.160 Keppel Land 6.180 +0.030 NOL 3.490 -0.080
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      473 6  -  CONRAD TAN Singapore Property Sector DBS Group Research, April 7 WEST side story: The government's proposal to turn Jurong into a commercial and entertainment hub is a major concerted effort to transform the Jurong Lake District into a unique lakeside destination for leisure and business over the next
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      Lock icon It's still a bear rally for ST Index
      212 6  -  KEN TAI CHEE MING, CHART POINT BASED on last week's high of 3,175, the Straits Times Index (STI) has effectively gained 11.7 per cent over the past two weeks. While we do not rule out the possibility that shifting sentiment may set
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      Lock icon US dollar rebounds despite weak data
      388 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The dollar rebounded in Asian trade yesterday as some traders looked beyond recent gloomy US data, betting on a recovery in the world's largest economy later in the year, dealers said. The dollar stood at 102.44 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade,
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      51 6 CLOSE 955.00 -116.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00+158.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +95.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 793.97+10.85 FTSE ST Small Cap 664.22 +9.42 FTSE ST All Share 807.89 +8.11 FTSE ST China 496.20+18.22 UOB Catalist 150.16 -1.52 SIMSCI 396.19 +2.84 SIMSCI Futures 395.60 +4.50 PrimeParnersCI 168.88
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      57 6 VOLUME Jade Tech 166,199,000 UniFiber 153,721,000 Jasper 85,908,000 ChinaEnerqy 68,277,000 Synear 46,183,000 E3 Hlds 42,723,000 China Honqxinq 40,742,000 Yangzijiang 37,530,000 CoscoCorpMßLeCWoBo7o3 31,009,000 Golden Agri 27,297,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 95,402,796 UOB 82,903,860 Sing Tel 75,971,525 SGX 74,403,306 Capita Land 69,981,303 OCBC Bk 46,524,950 Keppel Corp 45,996,780 HK Land
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      Lock icon RISES
      110 6 CLOSE UP BMT ***** 3200 23.2 GLD 10US$ 9030 99.6 0.8 JMH 3000 33.2 0.8 India Ni 10 1660 33.0 2.0 lit 1248 32.0 2.6 HK Land 439 27.7 4.8 China H 10US$ 1719 26.3 1.1 SIA 200 1634 26.0 1.6 ISMSCI India 100 740 20.7 2.1 DBS SGA
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 1694 -36.0 -2.1 Jardine C&C DBS BNP ePW*****6 20.5 -32.0 -61.0 Shani iriLa Asia 2080 -21.3 -5.5 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** -20.0 -0.2 Jade Tech 6.5 -15.5 -70.5 DBS Gri 1972 -12.0 -0.6 NOL 349 -8.0 -2.2 DBS MBLiCW*****0 645 -7.0 -1.1 MCL Land
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      88 6 Apr 7 CLOSE CHNG FR Apr 4 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3822 0.14 1.5479 1.3757 Euro 2.1710 0.16 2.2064 1.9913 Pounds 2.7470 0.80 3.1194 2.7258 AS 1.2769 -0.63 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3469 0.28 1.4484 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.08 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3644 0.11
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      218 7 One Idea Can Change Your World UrbdnfOrUlTli Scenario Analysis is a key asset of any senior manager's toolkit and an invaluable skill to: Develop relevant and meaningful future scenarios for the organisation Ensure the current strategy is robust enough to deal with future change Develop insights that keep you in
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Citibank Singapore posts record profits
      695 8  -  CHOW PENN NEE Net earnings jump 35% to $683.5 m for the year ended Dec 31, 2007 By CITIBANK Singapore's shift from niche operator to mass-market player with new consumer products has powered its profit. Citi's locally incorporated consumer banking arm reaped a record net
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      Lock icon Manulife offers S$ version of its variable annuity
      349 8  -  GENEVIEVE CUA By MANULIFE is launching a Singapore dollar version of its variable annuity, which it hopes will raise as much as $300 million. The US dollar Secure Retirement Plus product raised SsBB million last year, giving it a share of 22
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      Lock icon Next-gen broadband gets $250m boost
      487 9  -  WINSTON CHAI By THE government has set aside an additional $250 million grant as it takes the next step towards realising Singapore's vision for a new ultra-fast Internet highway, taking the total subsidy for this project to $1 billion. The extra funding was unveiled yesterday
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      Lock icon Customer satisfaction index launched
      303 9 LOCAL businesses can now leverage on the newly launched Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore (CSISG) the first institutional measurement here for service excellence to ascertain customer satisfaction levels and identify problem areas that require improved performance. Results are based on a nationwide survey, which was conducted
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      Lock icon MOVERS AND SHAKERS
      127 9 ALAN Chan (centre), chief executive of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and chairman of SPH Magazines, attending a dinner at the residence of Brazilian ambassador Paulo Alberto da Silveira (second from right) at Tanglin Hill. The gathering of some 20 guests last Friday was part of the Ambassador
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      Lock icon Aton Water inks 130m yuan worth of deals
      262 9 SINGAPORE-BASED Aton Water yesterday announced memorandums of understanding with the Xinmin municipal government of the Chinese city of Shenyang for a 30-year build-op-erate-transfer (BOT) waste-water treatment plant and a 30-year BOT sludge treatment plant. Aton Water is 66 per cent owned by
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      Lock icon Wyeth invests US$96m to expand milk products plant
      412 9  -  RONNIE LIM Capacity will be increased by 50% to meet Asia-Pacific market growth By US Pharmaceuticals maker Wyeth is investing US$96 million to expand its US$l7O million Singapore manufacturing plant to meet growing regional demand for its infant formula and milk products.
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      Lock icon S'pore firms to advise Oman on financial services
      319 9  -  CHUANG PECK MING By OCTAGON Advisors, which is headed by Koh Beng Seng, former deputy chief of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has teamed up with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise to advise Oman in developing the sultanate as a financial hub. A
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      1489 9 ROTARY ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED (Co. Reg. No. *****0255E) (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 28th Annual General Meeting of ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at 17 Tuas Avenue 20, Singapore *****8 on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 at 10.00
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  • SME SPOTLIGHT
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      Lock icon No more curbs on hotel phone charges
      429 10 PRO-ENTERPRISE CHANGES Other industry players have also benefited, says OH BOON PING IN 1995, price controls were imposed on telephone charges at hotels to curb rate increases. Although the move was well-intentioned to make sure hotel guests enjoy competitive rates comparable with those
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      Lock icon Old concept thrives in new age
      844 10  -  OH BOON PING By BELIEVE in your dreams. This is the motto which led Terry Thng, 50, the boss of Ozone Barter Exchange, to start the company in January 2006. Ozone Barter Exchange is a community of small and medium-sized enterprises that purchase goods
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      Lock icon Sky tapping China's rising energy needs
      942 11 Niche oil player broadens services, increases investments in plant and R&D to capture slice of buoyant market, reports lAN POH IMAGINE this: streams of oil spouting miles into the air upon discovery, spurring a free-for-all among prospectors hungry for the cash earnings. The Hollywood-esque
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      Lock icon Hiring the right consultant makes a difference
      609 12 IT MATTERS A good one aligns results with the environment via a transformation plan, reports OH BOON PING ANY business owners may be tempted to play the part of an information technology (IT) consultant themselves when they need to embark on a project.
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      Lock icon Portfolio advances as STI recovers
      336 12  -  TEH HOOI LING By SINGAPORE stocks firmed despite bad news on the economic front from the US. In the five trading sessions to yesterday, the Straits Times Index climbed 5.8 per cent the strongest Tuesday-to-Monday gain since March 2007. Our portfolio also advanced, but at
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      1311 10 BMCER Technology limited—— BAKER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0637 D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Baker Technology Limited (the "Company") will be held at Nautica 11, Level 2, Republic of Singapore Yacht Club,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      518 13 Reuters [LONDON] Defending himself from charges that easy US monetary policy created the current credit crisis by inflating a housing bubble, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan blamed professional investors for the crisis. In an article in Monday's Financial Times newspaper, Mr
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      585 13  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Tax policy changes, raising of service sector output key to country's recovery By in Tokyo WITH key sectors of the global financial system suffering from "partial paralysis", the slowdown in major economies will be deeper and longer lasting than
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  • MALAYSIA
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      471 14  -  S JAYASANKARAN Officials say anger on the ground is too strong for him to stay as president By in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will probably not serve out his full term as he is likely to be
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      2603 14 HtU hwa hong corporation limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0130 C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited (the "Company") will be held at Swissotel Merchant Court, Merchant Court Ballroom, Section A,
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      1492 14 0 DUTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****6359 C) (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Dutech Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at Temasek I Room, Level 2, Traders Hotel Singapore, 1A Cuscaden Road,
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      584 15  -  PAULINE NG Political uncertainties knock investments in stocks and economy By in Kuala Lumpur IN THE wake of the current political uncertainties following the March 8 polls, Malaysia's marketing of itself as an equities' "haven" in the global sub-prime turmoil now rings hollow. Its main
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      268 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to introduce more expensive petrol to cut its fuel subsidy of RM3S billion (5515.1 billion) a year, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Abdul Samad will present the
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      299 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's parliament approved top economic minister Boediono as the nation's 13th central bank chief, as South-east Asia's largest economy grapples with accelerating inflation and slowing growth. Mr Boediono, 65, will succeed Burhanuddin Abdullah, whose five-year term expires on May 17. Mr
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      8280 15 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.931/ Star Europe Bond 1.228/ Star Europe Bal 1.18/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.369/ Star Asia Bond 1.187/ Star Asia Balanced 0.972/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.193/ Multi St Fd 0.851/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.857/ Gib Multi St USD
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      280 16 -Bloomberg [DUBAI] Depa, a United Arab Emir-ates-based interiors contractor fitting out the world's tallest tower in Dubai, may raise US$5l6 million in an initial public offering (IPO) if it prices shares at the top of the indicated range. Depa will offer 278.9 million shares,
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      2617 16 SUPERBOWL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) .^^g Registration No. *****3139W NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of "entities at risk" under Chapter 9, or any of them, to enter into any of Superßowl Holdings Limited will be held
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      382 17 Reuters [PARIS] The relay of the Beijing Olympic torch through the streets of Paris by runners was cancelled yesterday and the flame was put on a bus at the request of Chinese authorities after huge pro-Tibetan protests, French television reported. France's
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      281 17 -AFP But PM says raising grain output crucial for future supplies and taming inflation [SHANGHAI] Prime Minister Wen Jiabao insists that China is capable of feeding itself and that grain reserves are expected to meet demand despite tight global supplies, state media reported
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      191 17 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China will let its commercial banks invest in US stocks and mutual funds, widening the scope of its overseas investment programme, the China Banking Regulatory Commission said in a statement yesterday. China has signed similar agreements with the Japanese, UK,
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      1364 17 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET Citigroup inc. and subsidiaries CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF Citigroup inc. and subsidiaries REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING INCOME FIRM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, Year Ended December 31, The Board of Directors and Stockholders In millions of US dollars, except shares 2007 2006 In millions of US
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India plans 5m tonne strategic grain reserve
      326 18 Xinhua [NEW DELHI] The Indian government has decided to establish a strategic reserve of five million tonnes of food grains over and above the buffer stock to meet emergency situations due to domestic inflation and tightening wheat and rice prices in the global
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      Lock icon India panel urges 100 small steps in financial reform
      567 18 Bloomberg Among measures are new markets, more banking competition and better regulation [MUMBAI] An Indian panel set up to analyse liberalisation of the financial sector to quicken growth in Asia's third-largest economy has suggested greater competition among banks, better regulation and
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      393 18 -Bloomberg Govt says it will sell bonds and treasury bills this week to drain cash from banks [MUMBAI] India should use measures that drain excess money from the financial system instead of raising interest rates, to curb inflation at a three-year high, said former
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      1353 18 Ml AA Group Holdings Ltd. jtlpk (Company Registration Number: *****2064 D) *^|pP*' (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of AA Group Holdings Ltd. will be held at Duke Room, Level 2, Copthorne King's Hotel, 403 Havelock Road, Singapore *****2 on Thursday,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Discover agrees to buy Diners Club for US$l65m
      224 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Discover Financial Services yesterday said that it agreed to buy Citigroup Inc's Diners Club International operations for US$l65 million, expanding its global presence. The Diners Club network generates more than US$3O billion of annual card volume outside North America,
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      518 19 Clipper Ventures HEADWINDS being produced on the south side of the North Pacific high pressure system means the yachts in the Clipper fleet are tacking their way towards Santa Cruz. It is obvious looking at the positions on the race viewer that most
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      516 19  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY He may take over just before G7 meet as DPJ hints it won't veto appointment By in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) will get a new chief in time for what is seen as a critical meeting of Group of
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      477 19 -Reuters, AP [NEW YORK] Yahoo is not opposed to Microsoft Corp's bid for the Web media company, as long as it is at the right price, Yahoo's board said yesterday. "We have continued to make clear that we
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      920 19 citibank BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2007 citibank Singapore limited PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT citibank Singapore limited INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007 2007 2006 Member of the Company Ssooo Ss'ooo 2007 2006 Citibank Singapore Limited Equity attributable to equity holders Ss'ooo Ss'ooo We have audited the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Novartis buys 25% of Nestle eyecare unit
      592 20 Bloomberg It pays USsllb, holds option to take a further 52% stake for USs2Bb [GENEVA] Novartis AG agreed to buy a 25 per cent stake in Nestle SA's Alcon Inc for US$ll billion and said it may acquire the rest to become the
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      516 20 Reuters [ZURICH] Nestle stands poised for large acquisitions to strengthen its strategic drive into nutrition and health foods after agreeing to sell its stake in US eyecare firm Alcon for up to US$39 billion. Nestle said yesterday it was now open
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      Lock icon Lachlan Murdoch scraps bid for Consolidated Media
      298 20 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Lachlan Murdoch, eldest son of News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, has scrapped plans to buy Consolidated Media Holdings for A 53.2 biUion (Ss4.l billion). The joint proposal with Consolidated Media chairman James Packer was withdrawn due to a change in "overall
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      Lock icon Manufacturers in US crank out higher profits
      537 20 -Reuters They're also raising prices during what's said to be the worst housing downturn since Depression [CHICAGO] The US economy may be slipping into a recession as the housing market slumps and the credit crunch prompts widespread belt-tightening, but you might not know
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      Lock icon New York embraces a better brew of coffee
      623 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] At a Manhattan coffee bar, an ultramodern machine whirls and zips a selection of beans from clear silos of freshly roasted coffee beans through plastic shoots to be instantly ground and brewed to order. While New Yorkers were once
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      285 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Mark Perm, the much-criticised chief strategist of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, is out as her top adviser. He quit after coming under fire for his firm's role in promoting trade with Colombia. "After the events of the last few days,
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      617 22 Bloomberg World rice stockpiles are at their lowest levels since the 1980s [LONDON] From Cairo to New Delhi to Shanghai, the run on rice is threatening to disrupt worldwide food supplies as much as the scarcity of confidence on Wall Street earlier this year roiled credit
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      402 22 AFP [DAKAR] African governments are nervously confronting a mounting wave of often deadly social unrest caused by the soaring cost of food and fuel. Forty people died during price riots in Cameroon in February. There also have been deadly troubles in Ivory Coast and
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  • AVIATION
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      738 23 Reuters Sticking with older planes cheaper than buying or leasing new, fuel-saving jets [WASHINGTON] Recent aircraft groundings and cancelled flights at US airlines partly reflect the challenges of managing an ageing fleet. Worsening industry finances will force carriers to live with those
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      287 23 Bloomberg [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines Inc, the world's largest carrier, is freezing hiring of management and support employees, citing near-record fuel prices and an economic slump. American, a unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp, last week informed employees of a policy
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      126 23 ■AFP [BANGALORE] Jet Airways, India's largest private carrier, and Japan's ANA plan to start a code-sharing partnership and link their frequent flier programmes next month, Jet said yesterday. The agreement, the first such between Indian and Japanese airlines, will take effect on May 21 subject
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      Lock icon EU to announce in-flight cellphone calls rules
      243 23 -NYT [LONDON] The European Commission plans to announce rules to let airlines offer midair mobile phone calls to passengers across the EU, removing a major obstacle for companies that want to sell the service. With the new regulations, due to be released yesterday,
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      2394 23 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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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Cosco Pacific H2 profit up 81% on China exports
      472 24 Bloomberg It boosted its container volume 22 per cent last year to 39.8 million [HONG KONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, Asia's third largest container terminal operator, boosted second-half profit 81 per cent, helped by surging shipments of Chinese-made toys, furniture and clothing
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      381 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping Middle East crude to Asia, the world's busiest market for supertankers, may extend its biggest two-day drop in three years as refineries release spare ships into the market. Refineries in the northern hemisphere undergo routine repairs and reconfigure
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      345 24  -  VINCENT WEE By [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU), together with the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and the Maritime Port Authority (MPA), has helped the 22 stranded crew on the stricken bulker MV Lady Belinda recover US$lO2,OOO in unpaid wages
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      288 24 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Workers at Indonesia's sole state-owned port operator Pelindo may begin an open-ended strike from today to try and scupper a Bill to end the company's monopoly, potentially disrupting trade from South-east Asia's largest economy. Union representatives yesterday discussed late additions
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      531 25 THE prospect of up to 18 months of political limbo and policy paralysis faces Japan unless the (barely) ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) summons up the courage to call a general election. There is no doubt that this is what it should do, in
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      1099 25  -  TIGER TONG The appreciation rate, if it continues, will push a large number of exporters into the red By! CHINA is losing its competitive edge in some of the very industries that started the country's industrialisation process. For instance, its garment and accessories
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      763 25  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group THE BOTTOM LINE IN AMERICAN politics, it is imperative to be seen as "doing good". The present housing crisis is a case in point, as Congress now seems increasingly intent on aiding millions of homeowners
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      1098 26  -  LEON HADAR 'A recession is possible/ he told the somewhat hostile members of the Senate Joint Economic Committee last week YES. US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke actually used the word "recession" during his Congressional testimony last week. He didn't say that the US
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      380 26  -  Yeo Guat Kwang LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the editorial "Cracking down on errant private schools" (BT, March 12). The editorial said that "even 'registered' schools and those with the Case Trust seal that's supposed to ensure the 'highest possible standards of academic,
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      265 26  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to media reports about the increase in the price of rice, and fears of a supply shortage. It was reported that a chicken rice restaurant has raised the price of a plate of chicken rice from
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      339 26  -  Narayana Narayana IN his letter, "Disclose CEO's and directors' actual pay, not bands" (BT, April 3), Mak Yuen Teen makes an impassioned plea that Singapore catch up with its rival, Hong Kong. He comments: "Actually, in several areas, we are now behind Hong Kong,
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      21 28 Apr 7 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3805 1.3817 2-months 1.3788 1.3801 3-months 1.3779 1.3792 6-months 1.3747 1.3762 Source: OCBC
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      158 28 Apr 7 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2749 1.2761 0.9221 0.9223 Canadian dollar 1.3735 1.3752 0.9934 0.9939 Euro 2.1658 2.1677 1.5665 1.5667 NZ dollar 1.0925 1.0942 0.7902 0.7908 Sterling md 2.7454 2.7480 1.9857 1.9861
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      348 28 Apr 7 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 97.595 97.720 97.635 97.555 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 8127 ***** EUROYEN FUTURES JunO8 99.245 99.245 SepO8 99.345 99.345 DecO8 99.355 99.360 MarO9 99.350 99.355B JunO9 99.305B SepO9 99.240B DecO9 Mar10 99.240A
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      131 28 As at 9am Apr 7 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2640 1.2790 Can dollar 1.3620 1.3790 Euro 2.1570 2.1810 NZ dollar 1.0790 1.1030 Sterlini 2.7350 2.7661 US dollar 1.3740 1.3900 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      158 28 Apr 7 Overnight 1/2 1 -month 1 3/16 2-months 1 1/4 3-months 1 3/8 Overnight mode: 13/16 US$ Offer 3/8 1/16 1 1/8 1 1/4 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 2.85 2.95 2.95 2.95 2.85 2.85 2.85
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      467 28 Apr 7 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.928 6.457 0.589 7.184 36.830 84.999 0.947 8.991 2.943 1.167 57.983 38.474 1.275 7.169 0.936 28.048 29.201 0.464 0.922 Canada 1.078 6.958 0.634
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      136 28 Apr 7 GOLD (USS/oz) Apr 03 Apr 07 Hong Kong London 898.30 912.80 899.30 913.80 Apr 03 Apr 04 906.30 905.40 907.20 906.30 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Apr 07 Selling Buying Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling ***** Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1
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      91 28 Apr 7 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****X 10.07.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 0.77 0.83 0.7 0.7 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N*****0V 1.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F
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      70 28 Apr 4 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2902.00 2860.80 3 months 2953.00 2910.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8809.00 8670.00 8686.50 8550.50 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2928.00 3 months 2940.00 2948.00 2960.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      101 28 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 08 1277.00 1257.00 1279.00 1257.00 Jul 08 1294.00 1276.00 1297.00 1275.00 Aug 08 1287.00 1268.00 1287.00 1271.00 Sep 08 1262.00 1238.00 1262.00 1262.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 08 56.61 55.37 56.70 55.35 Jul
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      76 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Apr 4 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 103.13 -0.34 WTI (Near Mth) 106.18 1.96 Dubai (1-Mth F) 97.19 -0.04 Tapis blend 110.65 0.4 Minas 102.7 0.4 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 98.00 130.50 -0.95 0.4 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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  • PROPERTY
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      964 32  -  JOHNFWASIK COMMENTARY By DID McMansion fever cause the US housing bust? Now that the home crisis fin-ger-pointing season is in full swing, it's a good time to take a look at how "house lust", as author Daniel McGinn calls it, affected the
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      489 32 -Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apartment rents in San Francisco rose the most of any US market in the first quarter as stricter lending standards and falling home prices deterred people from buying homes, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc. San Francisco asking
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      494 33 Bloomberg Lowest level of unemployment in 33 years, higher pay, immigration cited [SYDNEY] Australia's home-building approvals rose in February, boosted by the lowest unemployment rate in 33 years, higher wages and immigration. The number of approvals to build or renovate houses and apartments increased
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      907 33  -  JOHN M BERRY Bloomberg COMMENTARY Reducing the overhang of new homes is what's needed By SUPPOSE you're trying to sell your house when a similar home down the street has a sign in its yard proclaiming: "Foreclosure. Priced to Sell." You're probably
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      556 34  -  ARTHUR SIM 8.4% surge driven by banks with eye on private wealth management in Asia By OFFICE rents in Singapore continued to power ahead in the first quarter of this year, despite a slowdown in the US economy and possible
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      378 34 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Macquarie Group Ltd, Australia's only publicly traded investment bank, plans to move its Hong Kong headquarters to One International Finance Centre in the Central business district. The bank will move its entire office, currently located at Citic Tower in
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        994 35 But analysts say some cities, including Spore, may see slowing rental growth, reports UMA SHANKARI BUOYED by limited office supply in some cities and high GDP growth, all major office markets in Asia are expected to see rental growths in 2008, but
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      Lock icon S'pore home prices make 2nd highest jump globally
      436 36  -  ARTHUR SIM Bulgaria, with 33.7% surge, tops world index, beating Spores 31.3% rise By THE average price of private housing in Singapore surged 31.3 per cent between Q4 2006 and Q4 2007 the second-biggest jump in a world index topped by Bulgaria
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      Lock icon Royalville back with lower en bloc price tag
      342 36  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA New asking price of $1,106 psf per plot ratio is 10-15% less than before By ANOTHER en bloc sale property is back on the market with a lower asking price. Royalville in Bukit Timah, off Sixth Avenue, has been relaunched
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      293 36 Millennium Copthorne names Richard Hartman CEO Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Millennium Copthorne Hotels pic named former Intercontinental Hotels Group pic manager Richard Hartman as its third chief executive officer in about as many years after eight months without a permanent CEO. Mr Hartman, 62, has worked in the lodging industry for more
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      352 36  -  EMILYN YAP By THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) has launched a fifth Design, Build and Sell Scheme (DBSS) site at Simei Road for sale. According to Nicholas Mak, director of consultancy and research at Knight Frank, the site may fetch between $49
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      988 37 Singapore's Garden City concept may be extended further to encompass ecosystems that encourage biodiversity, reports MATTHEW PHAN BIODIVERSITY seldom comes to mind when one thinks of the living environment. Yet biodiversity which refers to the number and variety of organisms in an area merely
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      468 37  -  MATTHEW PHAN By IT'S a magical place where photographers gather at weekends to snap some of Singapore's rarest and most beautiful creatures. The butterfly trail at Alexandra Hospital is Singapore's biggest open-concept butterfly garden, with more than 100 different species sighted. They include the Common Birdwing,
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