The Business Times, 11 April 2008

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA(P) 122/12/2007 Friday, April 11,2008
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    Lock icon Economy surprises with robust 7.2% Q1 growth
    629 1  -  ANNA TEO But MAS says growth is likely to ease in next few quarters as global outlook dims [SINGAPORE] Inflationary concerns outweigh downside growth risks for now anyway as the economy rebounded strongly in the first quarter. But GDP growth is expected to
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    Lock icon MAS signals it will allow stronger Sing dollar to fight inflation
    638 1  -  CONRAD TAN Strong Q1 GDP numbers seen giving MAS more room to tackle price rises [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday effectively gave a one-time boost to the Singapore dollar to fight inflation, surprising analysts who had
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.***** TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 5.25 CANADA 5.25 SWITZERLAND 3.74 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      43 1 1COMP 1,248.19 +20.45 IIKKEI225 12,945.30 -166.59 IANG SENG 24,187.10 +202.53 ;et index 820.98 -5.21 JAKARTA COM P 2,235.93 +55.84 1ANILACOMP 2,955.11 -6.67 ;eoulcomp 1,764.64 +9.93 ;henzhen b 555.30 +6.44 IUMBAI IND 15,695.10 -95.41 12N00NEDT Change 12,645.40 +118.14 )OW IAS DAI 2,361.86 +39.74
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      36 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.358 (uss/ss ier 1.977 2.685 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.584 2.152 'EN 101.00 74.40 3.152 2.321 IK$ 7.786 5.734 !AHT 31.60 23.27 lUPIAH 9,198 6,773 lENMINBI 6.991 5.148 INDIAN RUPEE 39.95 29.42 1.072 0.790
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      117 1 WORLD GOURMET J. JADE TECH COMMENTARY W^ FINANCIAL CRISIS ciimiiiJiiT /5bH '""inin ''mum SUIVIIVUT SIAS to raise disclosure The end for budget m/S Major banks promise A taste of local restaurants issues with SGX long-haul airlines? T|p^|'t.., (i new guidelines PAGE 48 pAGE 4 pAGE 2 yp^U I PAGE 28
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Is it all over for budget long-haul airlines?
      686 2  -  YEN SREENIVASAN COMMENTARY Such carriers face high fuel prices, cut-throat competition and declining demand THE financial failure of Hong Kong-based airline Oasis has led industry observers to ask whether the wheels are falling off the long-haul discount carrier model. Oasis, the first
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      Lock icon S'pore leads Asia-Pac project finance borrowing
      546 2  -  I EMILYN YAP Spore firms took up 23.5% of regional loan volume in Q1 [SINGAPORE] Singapore firms were the most active project finance borrowers in the Asia-Pacific region (including Japan and Australia) in the first quarter of 2008, according to figures from Thomson Financial.
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon S'pore companies in no rush to draw down credit lines
        78 2 COMPANIES in Singapore do not see bank lending drying up any time soon and are not actively drawing down their credit lines, bankers say. Unlike their US counterparts, which have been tapping existing lines of credit after banks tightened lending
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        Lock icon Cosco dives 15.2% as it cancels US$202m job
        87 2 SHARES of Cosco Corp (Singapore) were in turbulent waters yesterday as news of latest contracts worth US$292 million was overshadowed by the group's cancellation of a US$2O2 million project. The stock price fell as much as 15.5 per cent as investors read
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        Lock icon Thomson Medical's H1 profit up 28%
        83 2 THOMSON Medical Centre has posted sizeable gains in its interim earnings, thanks to better patient numbers which were boosted by the centre's efforts to upgrade and refurbish its hospital operations. The group, which is a niche premium healthcare provider for women and children, reported
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        Lock icon IPS to acquire Asia Media Systems for $30m
        78 2 PRINTING and software package specialist International Press Softcom said that it has entered into a non-legally binding memorandum of understanding to fully acquire privately held Asia Media Systems from its vendors for $30 million. IPS will pay $5 million in cash and
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        Lock icon Headhunting preferred method of recruitment
        60 2 HEADHUNTING has emerged as the top method that Singapore companies are using to recruit new staff, and it's not just senior executives that they are on the lookout for. A new survey has showed that 72 per cent of companies here say headhunting is their
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        Lock icon Shares of KL's Iris Corp hit 3-week low
        82 2 IRIS Corp, the subject of an international stock manipulation probe, fell to a three-week low in Kuala Lumpur after Malaysia's regulator sued US hedge fund Aeneas Capital Management for market rigging and fraud. The maker of digital identity cards fell 3.6 per
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        Lock icon Indonesian central bank chief detained in graft probe
        56 2 INDONESIA'S anti-corruption agency detained central bank governor Burhanuddin Abdullah as part of an investigation into graft allegations, his lawyer said. "We remain firm that we have enough evidence to arrest the central bank governor," Johan Budi, a spokesman for the anti-corruption agency
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        Lock icon Yuan nudges past key level against dollar
        89 2 CHINA'S currency nudged past 7.0 yuan to the US dollar yesterday, a milestone bound to please Beijing's trading partners and dismay exporters struggling to remain competitive in overseas markets. The Xinhua news agency reported that the yuan was trading at 6.9920 to US$l
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        Lock icon Once booming India now faces inflation fears
        87 2 MONTHS ago, the talk of India appeared to be shooting stock prices, brave business deals and cricket wins. Now, in a New Delhi vegetable market swarming with flies, chatter has turned more mundane, and angry, to rising prices. India's wholesale inflation rose to
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      Lock icon Takeover targets beckon from beyond Asia
      422 3  -  SIOW LI SEN Lower valuations, strong Sing dollar fuel interest [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies are considering takeovers not just in the region but further afield as conditions have become conducive, says a JP Morgan executive. Philip Lee, Morgan's chief executive, investment banking (South-east Asia), says
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      Lock icon S'pore companies in no rush to draw down credit lines
      731 3  -  CHOW PENN NEE Their cash balances are at healthy levels, so liquidity concerns are limited: bankers [SINGAPORE] Companies here do not see bank lending drying up any time soon and are not actively drawing down their credit lines, bankers say.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Cosco dives 15.2%, as it cancels USs2o2m job
      562 4  -  VINCENT WEE Market fears project cancellation signals growing impact of global credit crunch SHARES of Cosco Corp (Singapore) were in turbulent waters yesterday as news of latest contracts worth US$292 million was overshadowed by the group's cancellation of a US$2O2 million project.
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      Lock icon SIAS to raise Jade disclosure issues with SGX
      349 4  -  CHEW XIANG SECURITIES Investors Association of Singapore president David Gerald said yesterday that he would contact the Singapore Exchange (SGX) today to "find out whether there are any disclosure issues" outstanding in the failed Jade Technologies takeover. The aborted bid "has done
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      Lock icon Corporate reporting gets boost from new CIMA framework
      430 8  -  LYNETTE KHOO Traditional models of reporting swamp investors with unnecessary details MANY companies here are seen merely complying with the regulatory requirements for corporate reporting, with few going the extra mile to make their corporate reporting relevant and comprehensive, representatives Df the
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      Lock icon Bio-Treat should give bad news prompt treatment
      731 9  -  LYNETTE KHOO One month has passed since the hedge fund Abax Lotus, wich is based in Hong Kong, filed a complaint in a New York court, suing Bio-Treat and its subsidiary guarantors over the collapse of a credit agreement. But it seemed that
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      Lock icon Thomson Medical H1 profit up 28%
      387 9  -  MICHELLE QUAH THOMSON Medical Centre has posted sizable gains in interim earnings, thanks to higher patient numbers boosted by the centre's efforts to upgrade and refurbish its hospital operations. The group, which is a niche premium healthcare provider for women and children, reported a
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      Lock icon IPS to pay $30m for Asia Media Systems
      511 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO IPS will pay $5m in cash, the balance via the issue of 161.29 m new shares ities located in Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia and India. It also has formed strategic alliances in the US and Europe. Its list of customers
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      Lock icon SIA slashes fares on 12 routes for limited period
      268 10  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Singapore Airlines SINGAPORE Airlines has dropped its fares by as much as 40 per cent on 12 selected Asia-Pacific routes. The fares are on offer for a limited time and are valid only for Economy class tickets booked online,
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      Lock icon Dayen to raise $6.5m in share placement
      227 10 It plans to issue 12m new shares at 55 cents apiece WATER treatment firm Dayen Environmental is making a placement of 12 million new shares to raise about $6.5 million in net proceeds. The company said yesterday it has entered a subscription agreement
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Sacking won't affect ops: Compact Metal
        104 10 COMPACT Metal Industries said that the dismissal of Mark Kevin Ng as its group financial controller on March 31, 2008, has no major financial impact on the group and does not affect the group's operations. It was responding to a BT article yesterday which
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        Lock icon AIS to spend USssoom on 3G mobile network
        71 10 Reuters THAI mobile operator Advanced Info Service, which is 21.5 per cent owned by Singapore Telecommunications, said that it would spend an initial US$5OO million on developing a new third generation mobile service (3G). "We plan to spend roughly about US$5OO million
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      Lock icon Unifiber to raise USs22sm to help fund project: source
      205 10 Reuters SINGAPORE-LISTED United Fiber System (Unifiber) plans to raise about US$225 million for expansion by selling convertible bonds and shares in its Indonesian unit, a source close to the deal said yesterday. The source, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon More Wall St weakness expected
      612 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS ST Index falls another 25 points, bringing three-day loss to 117 points or 3.7 per cent FOR the third consecutive day, traders in the local market yesterday braced themselves for an expected slide on Wall Street by selling off Singapore stocks, resulting
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      95 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 10 4 0 0 0 10 lanufacturing 36 76 58 11 11 41 87 69 Commerce 19 19 20 24 23 25 "pt/Stor/Comms 23 23 ■inance 16 12 16 12 Construction 10 13 'roperties 22
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      116 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 24,115 24,115 115,980 115,980 lanufacturing 330,799 90,212 421,011 268,660 7,798 276,458 Commerce 48,994 2,428 51,422 58,018 384 58,402 3t/Stor/Comms 232,129 240 232,369 662,631 66 662,697 :inance 43,710 43,710 460,482 460,482 Construction 21,534 22,503 44,037 5,257 1,012 6,269 ■roperties 43,534
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      106 6 lapitaLand 6.370 -0.160 Olam 2.280 -0.080 :apitaMall 3.450 +0.060 S I A 15.460 -0.440 jtyDev 11.500 -0.420 SGX 7.980 -0.020 losco Corp 2.850 -0.510 SIA Engg 4.020 +0.020 IBS Grp 19.300 SPH 4.500 -0.010 :&N 4.690 -0.030 ST Engg 3.470 -0.050 Sent Intl 0.600 -0.010 SembCorp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      860 6  -  CONRAD TAN TPV Technology April 10 close: SSO.BB CIMB-GK Research, April 10 ABOVE expectations: TPV'S Q4 2007 net profit of US$56 million (up 44 per cent y-o-y) came in 37 per cent and 12 per cent ahead of consensus and our expectations respectively, with upside coming from higher-than-expected
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      Lock icon Yuan, S$ at highs against the dollar
      457 6 ■AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The dollar lost ground yesterday as Asian currencies staged a strong performance amid growing fears of a recession in the United States, dealers said. China allowed the yuan to appreciate beyond 7.0 to the dollar for the first time since
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      4 6 DAILY
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      51 6 CLOSE 217.00-249.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-116.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00+22.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 769.34 -5.06 FTSE ST Small Cap 650.08 -5.39 FTSE ST All Share 780.53 -6.16 FTSE ST China 450.27 -23.80 UOB Catalist 146.50 -1.62 SIMSCI 380.97 -3.32 SIMSCI Futures 375.90 -6.20 PrimePartnersCI 150.01
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 6 VOLUME Cosco Corp 152,129,000 Jade Tech 78,641,000 CoscoCorpMßLeCWoBoBol 53,811,000 Golden Agri 47,185,000 ChinaEnerqy 38,289,000 UMS 36,151,000 Yanqzijianq 29,014,000 Synear 23,953,000 Sing Tel 23,032,000 CoscoCorpMEßeCWoBo9lB 21,474,000 VALUE(S) Cosco Corp 444,756,550 UOB 158,266,248 DBS Grp 136,815,274 Sing Tel 89,936,220 SGX 78,769,873 OCBC Bk 74,247,685 Keppel Corp 67,605,110 Capita Land
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      103 6 CLOSE UP BMT ***** 800.0 4.2 GLD 10US$ 9224 399.1 3.3 Jardine C&C 1690 36.0 2.2 IndoAi iri 226 25.0 12.4 UOBMBLiCW*****0 725 23.0 3.3 China H 10US$ 1660 17.7 0.8 Cmdt 10US$ 401 17.7 3.4 JSH 1664 16.3 0.7 ISMSCI India 100 738 14.9 1.5 CoscoCori iNPePW***** 48
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      121 6 CLOSE DOWN SGX MBL iCW*****3 330 -60.0 -15.4 Cosco Con 285 -51.0 -15.2 CoscoCori iMBLiCW***** 89 -49.0 -35.5 S I A 1546 -44.0 -2.8 At 1150 -42.0 -3.5 SIA 200 1548 -40.0 -2.5 DBS MBLiCW*****0 615 -30.0 -4.7 CoscoCori iMBLiCW***** 59.5 -27.5 -31.6 Kei MBLiCW*****0 254 -22.0 -8.0 Kei
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      88 6 Wh lere S! stands Apr 10 CHNG CLOSE FR Apr 9 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3583 1.65 1.5479 1.3583® Euro 2.1577 0.70 2.2064 1.9913 Pounds 2.6900 1.23 3.1194 2.6900® AS 1.2669 1.19 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3513 -0.09 1.4484 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 1.46 0.*****0.*****® Baht* 4.3011 1.07
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore a strong US ally in war against terror, says Bush
      529 11  -  LEE U-WEN He and SM Goh say China must engage Dalai Lama; so must the Myanmar junta with the Opposition SINGAPORE is regarded by the United States as a "strong ally" in the war against terror, US President George
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      Lock icon Patrick Daniel takes over helm at press club
      281 11  -  QUAH CHIN CHIN AFTER 17 years at the helm of the Singapore Press Club, veteran journalist Leslie Fong passed the baton to a new president, Patrick Daniel, at the club's annual general meeting on Wednesday. Mr Daniel, 53, who was the club's
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      Lock icon CordLife opens largest cord blood bank in SE-Asia
      421 11  -  WEE JUN KAI HOMEGROWN Cord Life officially launched the largest cord blood bank in Southeast Asia yesterday at The Galen at Science Park 111. And it announced a programme to provide its services free to needy families with a history of cord
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      Lock icon Headhunting preferred method of recruitment
      561 12  -  LEE U-WEN Veclior Asia Pacific Pty Limited 57% of companies here find attracting talent remains a major challenge, survey shows HEADHUNTING has emerged as the top method that Singapore companies are using to recruit new staff, and it's not just senior executives that they are
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      Lock icon Drew & Napier is top IP law firm for 9th year running
      331 12  - Drew Napier is top IP law firm for 9th year running MICHELLE QUAH It tops 3 categories in leading magazine for IP owners DREW Napier has been ranked the top intellectual property (IP) law firm of the year in Singapore by the internationally recognised publication Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), in
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      Lock icon HDB gets 1,752 applications for 490 flats
      501 12  -  ARTHUR SIM Board will restructure, re-time sale launches THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) launched 490 flats for sale in the North and West Zones through the bi-monthly sales exercise yesterday, receiving 1,752 applications on the same day. HDB has also reviewed the
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      5546 13 H pursuant to the Share Option Scheme as at 31 December 2007 are as follows: Aggregate options granted Aggregate options exercised Aggregate options Options granted since commencement since commencement outstanding during of Scheme to end of Scheme to end as at end of Subscription ciiwiccf-n Name of Directors financial year
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      3755 15 ZAGRO ASIA LIMITED Registration No. *****6784 D t^TAJTTgV s^r scsr— AsiaPharm Group Ltd. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at frtmnam/ Rpnictratinn Nrt* 33KRA Zagro Global Hub, 5 Woodlands Terrace #06-00, Singapore *****0, on Wednesday, the 30th day of April
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      452 19 Bloomberg, AFP Lack of oversight is partly to blame for financial markets' woes, says Soros [WASHINGTON! The global economy faces "significant challenges" that will be at the top of the agenda when Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers meet in Washington this week, a
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      565 19 Reuters [SINGAPORE] A global rush for rice that has heightened food security anxiety across Asia should slow in coming months, as consumer nations replenish depleting stocks, extra crops boost supplies and a sense of panic subsides. Rice output is set to rise this year
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      238 19 AFP [BEIJING] China and Australia have agreed to resume negotiations on a free trade pact, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. "We are both committed to this being a broadly based, comprehensive and substantive free-trade agreement," Mr Rudd told reporters after meeting Premier Wen
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Abdullah plans food security scheme
      189 20 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday proposed a national policy on food security, as rising prices and shortages cause havoc across Asia. "We need to have a national policy on food security," Mr Abdullah told a press conference. "We must have
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      341 20 Bloomberg Fall follows SC's suit against US hedge fund for creating fake demand for Iris [KUALA LUMPUR] Iris Corp, the subject of an international stock manipulation probe, fell to a three-week low in Kuala Lumpur after Malaysia's regulator sued US hedge fund
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      176 20 -AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The leader of Malaysia's Islamic opposition party suffered a minor stroke and was hospitalised yesterday in the wake of hectic political activities during recent elections, his aide Zaihan Mohamad Daud said. Abdul Hadi Awang, the president of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), was admitted
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      289 20 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will keep price controls on a key grade of rice to ensure that the country's poorer citizens are not burdened by the soaring cost of the staple, domestic newspapers reported yesterday. Agriculture Minister Mustapa Mohamed said
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  • INDONESIA
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      361 21 Bloomberg Anti-graft agency says it has sufficient evidence to arrest outgoing governor [JAKARTA] Indonesia's an-ti-corruption agency detained central bank governor Burhanuddin Abdullah as part of an investigation into graft allegations, his lawyer said. "We remain firm that we have enough evidence to arrest
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Yuan nudges past key level against dollar
      389 22 -AP The below-7 mark is set to please China's trading partners but dismay exporters [SHANGHAI] China's currency nudged past 7.0 yuan to the US dollar yesterday, a milestone bound to please Beijing's trading partners and dismay exporters struggling to remain competitive in overseas
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      412 22 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] The Olympic torch's only stop in North America turned into the mystery of the missing flame on Wednesday, as San Francisco abruptly changed the route, angering both China supporters and protesters. Thousands of people converged along the announced scenic Embarcadero
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      Lock icon China firm behind tainted sports food says sorry to Greece
      242 22 Reuters Beijing probing case despite doubting weightlifters' claims [BEIJING] A Chinese company blamed for providing tainted dietary supplements that led to positive dope tests for 11 members of the Greek national weightlifting team has admitted to sending an apology letter
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      Lock icon China revises 2007 GDP growth to 11.9%
      479 23 Reuters Data shows upward revision reflects greater output in the services sector [BEIJING] China yesterday revised up its GDP growth for 2007 to 11.9 per cent from 11.4 per cent, showing that the world's fast-est-growing major economy had even more of a banner
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      Lock icon BHP not aware of China stake move
      229 23 -AFP Denial comes after report of China plan to launch share raid [SYDNEY] BHP Billiton yesterday said it knew nothing about any move from Chinese authorities to acquire a multi-billion dollar stake in the world's largest miner. Responding to a query from the
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      416 24 Reuters Buyers bid actively for premium lots, ignoring troubled global stock markets [HONG KONG] Demand for top-tier Chinese artwork remained robust at Sotheby's biannual Hong Kong sales on Wednesday, as buyers ignored troubled global stock markets to set record prices for feted blue-chip
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  • INDIA
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      307 25 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's top sourt upheld a law setting aside more seats for the underprivileged at institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management, a move that had sparked student agitations in 2006. A five-judge constitutional
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      596 25 -Reuters Wholesale inflation rose to 7% in March, the highest in three years [NEW DELHI] Months ago, the talk of India appeared to be shooting stock prices, brave business deals and cricket wins. Now, in a New Delhi vegetable market swarming with flies,
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      Lock icon Central bank to unveil measures to curb inflation
      220 25 Bloomberg Deputy chief says details will be in bank's annual policy due soon [MUMBAI] India's central bank will announce measures to curb inflation, which has reached a three-year high, deputy governor Rakesh Mohan said. "An apt and detailed response will be available
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      16 25 Lianhe Zaobao I Ito invest I ls2om in the production of I recreational I motorbikes I
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      2033 25 FISHERY yf GnOUP LIMITED CHINA BEARING (SINGAPORE) LTD. CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED *Htt*(«JlI#)*ll&Pl UniNA rISnCHT UHUUr LIMI I CU (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) Registration No. *****2048E BTrT7T3TP?T7T^T?rTTT^TrT?TH^yH?7TTrM notice of annual general meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Feb US trade gap widens to USs62.3b
      621 26 Bloomberg Deficit is 5.7% up from January as imports swamp record exports [NEW YORK] The US trade deficit unexpectedly widened in February, reflecting a jump in imports of cars and machinery that swamped record exports. The gap grew 5.7 per cent to U5562.3
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      Lock icon Top investment banker sees Wall St banks cutting 35% jobs
      465 26 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Kenneth Moelis, the former president of ÜBS AG's investment bank, said Wall Street firms may have to eliminate as much as 35 per cent of employees as leveraged lending dwindles and the pace of mergers and acquisitions
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      378 26 Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] The Bank of England (BOE) cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point yesterday in an attempt to cushion the economy from the global credit squeeze. It was its third reduction in five months. The cut
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      2267 26 >pr 10 RM C000) ASM Realty 0.70 \bricBhd 0.17 advance Synergy 0.13 Adventa Bhd 1.21 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.24 Win Holdings 2.02 Ahmad Zaki Resou 1.09 AicCorp 0.57 \irasia Bhd 1.36 Akn Technology 0.44 alliance Financi 2.79 aluminium Co 1.03 Amalgamated Ind 0.50 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.48 Amtel Holdings
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      Lock icon Banks move to head off new regulations
      646 28 IHT They vow to adopt new guidelines as G-7 finance chiefs begin meeting today [FRANKFURT] The world's major banks will impose new guidelines on themselves to ease the current financial crisis, in a bid to head off new regulations that would hurt their
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      Lock icon Microsoft launches tool for avoiding traffic jams
      321 28 -NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft is introducing a webbased service for driving directions that incorporates complex software models to help users avoid traffic jams. The new service's software technology, called Clearflow, was developed over the last five years by a group of artificial-intelli-gence researchers
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      Lock icon Yahoo to combine operations with AOL
      254 28 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Yahoo is close to an agreement to combint operations with Time Warner's AOL unit in a bid to fenc off Microsoft's U5544.6 billion takeover offer, a person fa miliar with the situation said. Yahoo would gain control o AOL, receive an
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      1498 26 MEM MEMTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****2032Z) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Sheraton Towers Singapore, Diamond Room, 39 Scotts Road, Singapore *****0 on Monday, 28 April
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      627 27 Bloomberg Australia's Victoria state to open licence bids to pubs, clubs from 2012, not just Tabcorp, Tatts [SYDNEY] Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group will lose their duopoly on slot machines in Australia's Victoria state after the state government announced a new structure for the
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      Lock icon Takeda to buy Millennium Pharma
      312 27 Reuters [TOKYO] Takeda Pharmaceutical will buy Millennium Pharmaceuticals for US$B.B billion to boost its cancer drug business. Takeda, making the biggest overseas acquisition by a Japanese drug maker, will offer US$25 per share 53 per cent above the US company's closing share price on Wednesday.
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      8236 27 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.925/ Star Europe Bond 1.225/ Star Europe Bal 1.177/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.352/ Star Asia Bond 1.193/ Star Asia Balanced 0.957/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.19/ Multi St Fd 0.851/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.864/ Gib Multi St USD
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      2097 28 OCEAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED /T^ fJQjKI lift (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I #V/ *^H^* NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING /SDMMtogs NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Peach Garden Restaurant in the Executive's Club, 65 Chulia Street, #33-01 OCBC
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Oasis downed by high oil price, aircraft buys
      558 29 -AFP [HONG KONG] Soaring fuel costs and a decision to buy aircraft instead of renting them led to the demise of budget Hong Kong airline Oasis, the company's founders said in an open letter published yesterday. Raymond and Priscilla Lee apologised to
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      Lock icon Cathay won't buy Oasis
      57 29 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's dominant airline, is not interested in acquiring budget carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, Cathay Pacific chief executive Tony Tyler said on Wednesday. "We have no interest in the business model that they've got," he said on the sidelines
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      Lock icon FAA checks throw US air traffic into disarray
      274 29 -NYT [WASHINGTON] Air travellers, whose plans have already been disrupted by thousands of cancelled flights recently, may face continued chaos in coming weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes. The groundings at airlines like
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      Lock icon Airlines lining up for Boeing compensation
      618 29 -Reuters Further delivery delays of 787 jets will hit Air NZ, ANA, JAL, Qantas [WELLINGTON] Airlines started lining up on Thursday for compensation after Boeing Co further delayed its new 787 Dreamliner plane, with Air New Zealand Ltd first to seek redress and Japan's
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      125 29 Congratulations to TNT on your inaugural flight on the new route. A A^A^ A A0AA m^A AW m AM. As TNT's preferred Ground Handling partners at Singapore Changi Airport, Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) and SIA Engineering A j-i f\ I f- ,-J Company (SIAEC) are set to take our
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  • SHIPPING/AVIATION
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      Lock icon UPS, FedEx to bank more on overseas gains
      646 30 -AP Bellwethers want to lower dependence on wobbly domestic market [ATLANTA] Beverage makers are doing it. So are airlines. With the US economy waning and its outlook for recovery uncertain, the shipping industry too, is eyeing overseas growth opportunities to offset tough
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      Lock icon Russian billionaire doubles TUI stake
      373 30 Bloomberg [DUSSELDORF] TUI AG, the German tour operator planning to shed its Hapag-Lloyd shipping line, said investor Alexei Mordashov doubled his stake to 10 per cent as the Russian billionaire supports the company's focus on travel. Mr Mordashov and his related companies held 10.03 per
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      224 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Rates to transport crude oil from the Caribbean on Aframax tankers fell 14 per cent amid lower-than-normal demand from US refineries and a dearth of cargoes from the Middle East. The market is "in flux but will continue showing
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        37 30 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.74 9.00 9.00 4.40 3.22 0.21 0.15 0.01 unch 0.20 0.04 0.04 -0.01 0.02 323 570 997 610 86 10 109
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        22 30 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.80 31.50 2.50 unch -0.10 -0.50 0.10 unch 1722 224 19 0
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      1489 30 ASIAN FEEDER DISCUSSION GROUP (AFDG) ON THEIR BUSINESS PLAN 2008 We refer to the press notice published by AFDG in the 14 December 2007 issue of The Business Times wherein we have informed the trade of our Business Plan for 2008. This notice serves as a reminder and reiteration that
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      1465 30 I JiJiiUMl—— SINGXPRESS LTD. (Company Registration No.: *****3164K) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SingXpress Ltd. ("the Company") will be held at #28-02 The Concourse, 300 Beach Road, Singapore *****5 on Tuesday, 29 April 2008
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      4592 31 ONIONTECH LIMITED f~\ (Company Registration No. *****1873E) J^""^t (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING J NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 168 Robinson Road, #25-01 Capital Tower, Singapore *****2 on Friday, 25 April 2008
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      4877 32 MEMORY DEVICES LIMITED f^ SITRA HOLDINGS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****) p!Sj (Company Registration No. *****1237E) ("the Company") (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) T J (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of
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      4422 33 chmapetrotechHoldingsumited >v^ IIARPfI DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED CHINA PETROTECH HOLDINGS LIMITED >< UHnUU (Company Registration No *****6732 C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Incorproated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****5397E) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Darco Water Technologies Limited ("the Company")
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      3497 34 ©I <7nDR GLOBAL VOICE GROUP LIMITED m DR Limited (Company Registration No. *****5625E) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) (Company Registration No. *****9059G) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Global
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      488 36 STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED economic growth has given more room for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to tighten monetary policy to fight inflation, but that luxury may not be afforded by the central bank going into the second half of the year. Singapore's economy grew 7.2 per
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      795 36  -  MARK GRIEVES Excellent service requires a sustained effort, perseverance and consistency IN THIS era of tough competition, more businesses are seeking to differentiate themselves through customer service. But how many businesses show this in ways that customers recognise and genuinely appreciate? The truth is that
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      805 36  -  LEON HADAR THE BOTTOM LINE DEMOCRATIC Senator Hillary Clinton, who is hoping to occupy the White House next year, is trying now to win the votes of blue-collar workers in her party's presidential primary in Pennsylvania. And since many of these voters have lost their
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      1441 37  -  MICHAEL LEWIS Bloomberg Analyst who upped the ante on Citigroup brings into Wall Street a sceptical predisposition towards its own firms ONE of the rare inspirational subplots of America's current financial panic has been the rise of Meredith Whitney. An obscure and little-noticed
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    • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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        207 37  -  Lim Bee Khim WE refer to Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Curb blatant profiteering from rise in price of rice" (BT, April 8). We view the issue of profiteering seriously. We will investigate any case of alleged profiteering reported to us. If
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        132 37  -  Kho Wai Peng I REFER to the article, "China should seize window of opportunity on Tibet" (BT, April 9). I agree with Frank Ching that China should change its tactics in its propaganda on Tibet. However, I think it is naive to
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      2307 37 ©^fm SEE HUP SENG LIMITED V 5 4 (Company Registration No. *****2208Z) reSOUrCeS INTERRA RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****0166Z NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of See Hup Seng
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      7365 38 Transaction date: Apr 10 Hii Low Code Com[ Sale COOP) Hi. ■ow Bi Seller C'vr P/E $mil 5716 "IstSoftware 22 6 5 3148 STelecom 28.5 8.5 5834 A-Sonic 110 99.5 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF ii 26 7.5 1100 AEM 42 19.5 2101 APOil 141 54 5 5550
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      1964 38 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCa| |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Snii Comi >an' Hii 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 415 16 5000 sABRHIdgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19.5
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      209 38 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      362 39 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Apr 9 World Index Preliminan 1023.1 -0.8 -9.6 -0.8 -10.9 -0.7 -7.1 EAFE Preliminan 982.7 -0.9 -12.3 -0.6 -10.7 -0.5 -67 Euroj Preliminan 1369.3 -0.7 -11.3 -0.4 -10.2 -0.2 -6.. Pacific 819.6
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      129 39 ~aJl 9am IMUIt KAIt3 Aprw Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2610 1.2770 Can dollar 1.3300 1.3460 Euro 2.1450 2.1700 NZ dollar 1.0780 1.1020 Sterlin md 2.6760 2.7070 US dollar 1.3550 1.3700 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies
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      159 39 Apr 10 Bid Offer Overnight 1/2 1 -month 1 2-months 1 1/8 3-months 1 1/4 Overnight mode: 1/2 US$ Offer 5/8 7/8 1 1 1/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 5 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 2.85 2.90 2.95 2.95 2.80 2.80 2.80
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      23 39 Apr 10 STI 331.4 339.4 338.7 SIMSCI Ap 380.7 382.5 375.9 Taiwan Apr CLOSED Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      22 39 Apr 10 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.3551 1.3564 2-months 1.3529 1.3544 3-months 1.3518 1.3533 6-months 1.3486 1.3502 Source: OCBC
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      164 39 MM It Kb AIM ft lUKKtnilY KAIL: Against SS Currencies Bid Offer J Apr 10 Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2658 1.2673 0.9325 0.9328 Canadian dollar 1.3350 1.3369 0.9835 0.9841 Euro 2.1504 2.1527 1.5842 1.5845 NZ dollar 1.0858 1.0874
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      347 39 Apr 10 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 97.565 97.765 97.710 97.710 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 8003 ***** EUROYEN FUTURES JunO8 99.180 99.205 SepO8 99.270 99.275 DecO8 99.300 99.315B MarO9 99.305 99.320 JunO9 99.285 99.285 SepO9 99.220B DecO9 99.150B
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      291 39 Apr 10 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High I Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest May 08 JunO8 Jul OS Aug 08 SepO8 Oct/Dec 08 382.75 380.00 375.50 375.50 375.50 375.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hi£ jh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      102 39 Apr 9 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 08 1313.00 1251.50 1321.50 1259.00 Jul 08 1330.00 1268.75 1338.75 1276.00 Aug 08 1320.00 1262.00 1332.00 1278.00 Sep 08 1287.00 1240.00 1300.00 1247.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 08 58.07 55.84 58.34
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      74 39 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Apr 9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Chanc Brent blend (1-Mth F) 108.15 2.28 WTI(NearMth) 110.57 1.79 Dubai (1-Mth F) 100.36 0.03 Tapis blend 113.85 -0.05 Minas 104.85 -0.3 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 99.88 137.10 -0.39 -0.6 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      467 39 Apr 10 AS CS_ Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.948 6.520 0.589 7.262 37.255 85.780 0.942 9.106 2.940 1.166 58.922 38.789 1.267 7.368 0.929 28.262 29.467 0.472 0.933 Canada 1.055 6.878
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      91 39 Apr 10 mLHjuni dillj Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hie Day's h Low 3-Month BQ*****X 10.07.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 0.71 0.80 0.65 0.65 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N*****0V 1.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F
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      74 39 Reuters Apr 10 6mths 1.***** 9mths 1.***** 12mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (Ss) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** syrs 2.***** 7yrs 2.***** 10yrs 3.***** 12 yrs 3.***** 15 yrs 3.***** Source: f (US$) (SS) 2.***** 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 2.***** 1.***** 3 mths 2.*****
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      62 39 Apr 10 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hie Vol Open Done Position Low Apr 08 May 08 3391 Jun 08 3405 Jul 08 3409 Total o/p: ***** contracts 3410 261 3415 3425 3380 527 5592 3455 3455 3380 8036 ***** 3450
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      137 39 Apr 10 GOLD (USS/oz) Apr 10 Apr 09 Hong Kong London unav 904.30 905.30 Apr 09 Apr 08 925.00 909.20 925.90 910.10 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Apr 10 Buying Sellinc Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling ***** Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz
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      70 39 Apr 9 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 3049.20 2933.20 3 months 3100.00 2986.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8877.00 8730.00 8677.00 8540.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2947.20 3 months 2958.00 2884.80 2895.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      75 39 Apr 9 LUCUA (Btonne) Close Prev Hit h/Low MayO8 1359 1316 1377/1311 JulO8 1377 1332 1394/1325 SepO8 1284 1250 1300/1247 Dec 08 1265 1235 1283/1234 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low May 08 2270 2215 2274/2151 JulO8 2298 2243 2301/2180 SepO8 2298 2250 2300/2190 Nov08 2265 2223 2265/2175 SUGAR (US
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      1616 39 BONDS WARRANTS -J bb/ el lode Company el Last Vol Conv Exer lode Company Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left 3741 DBSDB ECW*****5 12 -0.5 50 0.1 2190 5 4169STI 2900 SGA EPW*****9 11.5 1 905 0.0 0 0 4269 DBS DB ECW*****9 68.5 2.5 1000
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      492 43 Pop albums with an Opendisc feature into your PC to enjoy exclusive online content, says CHRISTOPHER LIM THE next time you buy a music CD, don't just put it into the hi-fi system in your car or at home. Instead, run it
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      552 43  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM LOOK around an MRT train and you'll see at least a couple of people hunched over their Sony PSP or Nintendo DS portable game consoles. Maybe you've even envied their distraction from the discomfort of being crammed four people to a square metre, but
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      2550 43 W °Jg»fSH?BTiIWIIIWI UNITED PULP PAPER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 7 October 1967) (Company Registration No.: *****0346 M) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-First Annual General Meeting of United Pulp Paper Company Limited (the "Company") will be held at The
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      4749 44 BANYAN TREE V VICOM LTD BA~l^™^ Ethe?.pu Db!Kng™™T ED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singopore) (Company Registration No. *****3108H) |C 0 R eg N o *****0320K) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOT|CE QF ANNUAL GENERAL MEEJ|NG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will
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      2864 45 beaufychina BEAUTY CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability) (Company Registration No.:l *****) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hie Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Beauty China Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Carton Hotel Singapore, 76 Bras Basah
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      2456 45 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited (Incorporated In The Republic Of Singapore) ICompany Registration Number: *****4815Z| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hup Soon Global (31 in exercising the authority conferred by this Resolution, the Company Corporation Limited (the "Company") will be
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  • PURSUITS
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      703 46 The drink is very much alive and kicking, says CHRISTOPHER LIM ANCE club-goers in the early 90s will re- member swilling Jack I Daniel's bourbon whisky, typically M mixed with Coca-Co-la. And some might remember actor Kevin Sorbo, of Hercules fame, declaring "This ain't
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      717 46  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM NIGHT OUT LONGEVITY is hard to come by in the competitive local nightlife scene so 14 years is an impressive milestone, even if you're associated with a name as established as Harry's. On Sunday, the chain's very first branch at Boat Quay
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      2141 46 DEL MONTE PACIFIC LIMITED (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands with limited liability on 27 May 1999) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Del Monte Pacific Limited ("the Company") will be held at Shenton Room, Basement 1, M Hotel Singapore, 81
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  • CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD RACE
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      1008 47 They had to wait for repairs to be completed before setting off, writes VINCENT WEE RIGHT on schedule, after compensating for the unexpected refitting work on the boats, eight of the 10 yachts in the Clipper 07/08 Round the World Yacht Race started
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      73 47 This series on Uniquely Singapore's adventures in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race is brought to you by ■n^i'Mi THE BUSINESS TIMES Business Times journalist Vincent Wee, who did a circumnavigation on Uniquely Singapore Clipper in the 2005-2006 race and reported from onboard the boat in the first
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      1170 48 As the World Gourmet Summit kicks off, JAIME EE and CHEAH UI-HOON get a taste of what to expect. THE high-profile chefs may not have arrived yet, but the World Gourmet Summit kicked off this week with a series of dining events showcasing the
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      1020 48  -  N KYONG WINE THE name Antinori not only evokes an immediate mental association with Italian wine, it is also the name that is synonymous with the high quality and international recognition of Italian wines today. This aristocratic wine family, one of the oldest
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      160 48 I I The Ultimate Design for the True Gourmet concept% »I I /">' Z T RhpU r\ r\ I I BOSCH f/Z. I i.' i"".'-:■:: I I i V'r I I am-' liftu^Sll U i J': fw Ij r=l n —i 1 Ingenious Combination of Appliances F^#^#^#^l 1 Bosch Concept
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      4832 49 A LINAIR TECHNOLOGIES LIMTIED I I Z ~Z J^^f Registration No. *****5699 D fSM M Bl LINAIR (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) CHUNGHONG li±JU23^Ml^lWAlUllMM CHUNGHONG HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Orchid Country Club, (Company Registration No.
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      597 50 Auction house Larasati is showcasing a large collection of Korean contemporary art here this weekend. lAN POH and DANNY TAN find out more WHILE Korea's cultural exports in recent memory have been limited to sappy dramas and kimchi, industry players and collectors say that
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      606 50  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEW R.E.M Accelerate Warner B+ Muse Haarp Warner ABullet For My Valentine Scream Aim Fire Jive B- R.E.M. continues that latest charge into online releases with its 14th studio album, Accelerate. Released physically on April Fool's Day last week though it was no
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      486 50  -  EMILYN YAP BOOK REVIEW Death to All Sacred Cows by Beau Fraser, David Bernstein and Bill Schwab Hyperion Pages: 206 Price: $36 w/o GST THIS year's Democratic presidential race has been riveting in the way it has redefined a number of long-standing beliefs, or
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      632 50 artBEAT I paper and canvas will depth of his range, the exhibition has modern society. The theme of a popular Western favourites played on Things, Belgian artist Natacha Arena I be on display at 700 no fixed theme. It explores subjects search or journey permeates the Chinese instruments. abandons overt
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      594 51 An entertaining, if unbalanced, historical romp, says PARVATHI NAYAR THE Other Boleyn Girl is based on Philippa Gregory's "sold over a million copies and counting" 2002 bestseller that spawned a revival of Tudor-ma-nia. A racy historical novel, it gets down and gets dirty with the
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      527 51  -  GEOFFREY EU WHEN a talented director does a shot-by-shot remake of one of his films this time in a different language it somehow implies that the work in question has sufficient entertainment value to be reprised in the effort to recruit a whole
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      533 51  -  PARVATHI NAYAR DVD "DO you want to win the war on terror? Yes, or no. This is the quintessentially 'yes' or 'no' question," thunders Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) in Robert Redford's hard-hitting war film, Lions for Lambs. The movie's strength lies in its ability
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      770 51  -  QUAH CHIN CHIN GROWING demand for wedding planners has lured some young professionals into making a mid-career switch. Two of them share their experience. Hannah Chong, Heaven's Gift Although it was a childhood dream years ago, Hannah Chong never thought of actually venturing into the wedding
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      300 51 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 On time to help with words pj p j [3 I I 4 Bfl^ IH^ 9 Single lady taken round port |H| |fl| jJH j I i HH HH HH H^^lH 10 Camera enthusiast closer to HH__PH__HH__HH__HH__^H__H^HH__ 12 Man cried out endlessly (4) I^l^H Hi MBHWi
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      611 52  -  jaime ee OH, THE ignominy of it all. Here I am, the world-famous Olympic torch, bearing a sacred flame ignited in the holy Temple of Hera in the ancient ruins of Olympia, protected by the gods and special back-up lanterns crossing the universe with a
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      1034 52 Busy couples who can afford it are turning to wedding planners, reports QUAH CHIN CHIN m HENTannyTait m got married last year, the ballroom at Beaufort Sentosa, where her wedding banquet was held, exuded blue and white hues. A big centrepiece of flowers formed the backdrop against
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