The Business Times, 15 April 2008

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg •■F* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Tuesday, April 15,2008
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  • Article
    Lock icon Stronger Sing$ may weigh down interest rates
    634 1  -  SIOW LI SEN Inflows may increase, but stronger currency could hurt exports By [SINGAPORE] Amid the clouds of uncertainty hanging over some sectors, there is good news for home loan borrowers. Interest rates are poised to fall to levels last seen in 2003
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    Lock icon Record $8b worth of govt tenders up for grabs
    808 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Lion's share goes to building projects but boom could add to cost pressure By [SINGAPORE] It may have pushed back building projects worth $3 billion to ease the crunch, but the government is still calling for tenders to the
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 16.050 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.25 CANADA 5.25 SWITZERLAND 3.76 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      45 1 lorn lam KL COMP 1,233.43 -13.36 NIKKEI 225 12,917.51 -406.22 HANG SENG 23,811.20 -856.59 SET INDEX Closed JAKARTA COMP 2,272.48 -31.45 MANILA COMP 2,918.27 -22.71 SEOUL COMP 1,746.71 -33.00 SHENZHENB 533.29 -25.49 MUMBAI IND Closed 12NOON EDT Change 12,314.27 -11.15 DOW NASDAQ 2,281.77 -8.47
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      41 1 USS SS IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.359 (USS/SS >er£) 1.972 2.681 ;uro(us$/ss/e) 1.579 2.146 'EN 100.60 74.00 3.162 2.326 IK$ 7.792 5.732 !AHT 31.62 23.26 lUPIAH 9,198 6,766 1ENMINBI 7.000 5.150 IDIAN RUPEE 39.96 29.40 1.082 0.796 IZ$ 1.265 0.931
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      66 1 MARKETS CORPORATE PROPERTY j SME Wall St optimism KjlraK^ RESULTS Lessons from failed ji jj Capitol Optical keeping still a problem trl^i SGX: Q3 earnings collective sales a keen eye on business needs PAGE 7 l l~'jM I Up 13.9% PAGE 4 PAGE 39 m&M^kPAGEU GAMES Spore to have its
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore to have its own YOG torch run
      589 2  -  LEE U-WEN Organisers to stick with tradition despite Beijing's flame trouble By [SINGAPORE] While Singapore will not be part of the Beijing Olympics torch relay's upcoming Asian leg, it has been confirmed that the iconic flame will be a key feature of
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      Lock icon China consumers urged to boycott French goods
      310 2 Bloomberg France may be first to feel backlash of Olympic protests [HONG KONG] Chinese consumers are being urged to boycott French products, as activists rally the world's most populous nation to retaliate against last week's disruption of the Olympic torch relay. Consumers are
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon China, India, S-E Asia hot M&A markets: survey
        60 2 CHINA, India and South-east Asia are the hottest markets for mergers and acquisitions in the near future, even though questionable business practices there have made these investment destinations some of the riskiest in the world. Such were the findings of a survey
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        Lock icon SGX Q3 profit up 13.9% with boost from derivatives
        69 2 SINGAPORE Exchange emerged from a challenging third quarter to register a 13.9 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to $101.5 million, thanks to the surge in its derivatives market revenue. The earnings for the three months ended March 31 came
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        Lock icon SPH Q2 profit dips 6.3% on drop in investment income
        86 2 SINGAPORE Press Holdings turned in strong second-quarter recurring earnings for its media and property businesses. But a fall in investment income resulted in a 6.3 per cent dip in net profit to $99.6 million, from $106.3 million a year earlier.
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        Lock icon Asean businessmen urged to press for integration
        54 2 BUSINESSMEN in Asean yesterday were "challenged" to step up pressures on their governments to speed up integration of the economic grouping, which has a poor record of translating words into actions. "Asean business community has not done enough," said Tommy Koh, Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large.
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        Lock icon Paulson warns against use of price controls
        40 2 US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson advised developing nations struggling with soaring commodity costs against using price controls because they may do more harm than good to long-term economic growth. ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 15
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        Lock icon Rising expenses will be crippling, Tenaga warns
        71 2 MALAYSIAN state-owned utilities Tenaga Nasional has warned that rising generation expenses would cripple its operations if it was not allowed to pass the rapid increases on to end users. Coal prices which have leapt 50 per cent over the past three months led
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        Lock icon Legislators rap new HK accounting watchdog
        78 2 HONG Kong's new accounting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council, has launched just one investigation since it started work nine months ago, and came under fire last week for members' paltry attendance records. The council is an independent statutory body set up in the wake
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        Lock icon Brokerages rushing to India to launch mutual funds
        84 2 INTERNATIONAL and domestic financial firms are queueing up to launch mutual funds in India, lured by attractive fees and rising valuations in Asia's third-biggest economy, and to counter the impact of a sharp fall in broking fees. At least six brokerages are
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      Lock icon China, India and S-E Asia seen as M&A favourites
      730 3  -  MICHELLE QUAH Survey puts them ahead of pack in near future despite high risks By their eye on China, India and South-east Asia. But the report also found that smaller and medium-sized companies are also getting more interested in crossborder deals,
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      Lock icon ANZ to review dealings with Opes Prime
      492 3 Bloomberg JADE TECH SAGA [SYDNEY] Australia New Zealand Banking Group will examine its involvement in securities lending and collapsed stock broking firm Opes Prime Group Ltd. The review will investigate whether employees of ANZ, Australia's third-larg-est bank, breached the company's policies or acted
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SGX's Q3 earnings up 13.9% on derivatives boost
      608 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO Securities daily average trading value down while ETF business trebled By THE Singapore Exchange emerged from a challenging third quarter to register a 13.9 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to $101.5 million, thanks to a surge in derivatives
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      Lock icon Tuan Sing set to gain from sale of 2 Aussie hotels
      402 4  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Agent appointed to find buyers; net gain estimated at As3om By' MAINBOARD-LISTED property group Tuan Sing Holdings is expected to make a handsome gain from the sale of two of its Australian hotel properties in Adelaide and
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      Lock icon SPH Q2 profit dips 6.3% to $99.6m
      561 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE Recurring earnings surge 36% but investment income down 83.7% By SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) turned in strong sec-ond-quarter recurring earnings for its media and property businesses. But a fall in investment income resulted in a 6.3 per cent dip in
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      Lock icon BT's circulation up 12.6% in H1
      109 7 THE Business Times saw its circulation rise by 12.6 per cent year-on-year for the half year ended Feb 29. The growth was second only to the 16.1 per cent rise in circulation of Tamil Murasu, another daily newspaper in the Singapore Press Holdings stable.
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      Lock icon Pioneer Investments to move HK jobs to S'pore
      148 7 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Pioneer Investments, the fund management arm of Italy's Unicredit, will centre its Asian business around Singapore in a move that will result in job losses in Hong Kong. Pioneer plans to build Singa- pore into its Asian hub and will
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      Lock icon Wall St optimism still a problem
      710 7  -  R SIVANITHY YESTERDAY'S sell-off in regional stocks was a sobering reminder that contrary to what some analysts have been claiming, the worst of the US sub-prime-induced bear market may not be over yet. True, investors have had 5-6 months to digest bad news and
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      Lock icon Banker upbeat on Asian securitisation deals
      690 9  -  CONRAD TAN He is sanguine about medium term despite global financial woes By THE current turbulence in world financial markets has brought Asian securitisation deals to a virtual halt, but the market is likely to recover in the medium term, a senior structured finance
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Deutsche Bank hires Chua Hak Bin
        76 9 Reuters DEUTSCHE Bank has hired Chua Hak Bin, an economist at Citigroup, as the Asian investment strategist for its private banking unit, sources told Reuters yesterday. Dr Chua, who also worked as an economist at DBS and at Singapore's central bank, joins Deutsche Bank's
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        Lock icon Yongnam forms JV for Marina Bay sky park
        85 9 CONSTRUCTION-related Yongnam Holdings is forming a joint venture with Japanese engineering firm JFE Engineering Corporation to undertake a $50.3 million contract for the construction of the sky park a one-hectare park set atop the three hotel towers at the Marina Bay Sands
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        Lock icon Sino Construction to list on main board
        82 9 SINO Construction has lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to list its shares on the main board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Sino Construction was established in 1998 and is mainly engaged in building construction and civil engineering
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      Lock icon For China Eratat, S'pore listing is the way to go
      584 9  -  EMILYN YAP By LIN Jiancheng, the CEO of mainboard-bound China Eratat Sports Fashion, is one person able to determine shoe sizes with just one quick look. Not surprising, given that he has spent more than 24 years in the sports
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      Lock icon Dayen to sell Indonesian coal concession
      384 9  -  YEN SREENIVASAN China state firm will take over mining rights for USs2sm By' LOSS-MAKING Chinabased waste and water treatment specialist Dayen Environmental hopes to turn its fortunes around by flipping its Indonesian coal mining concession to a China state-controlled firm for US$25 million. It
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      Lock icon C&O Pharma in venture with US outfit
      373 9  -  CHEN HUIFEN By MAINBOARD-LISTED C&O Pharmaceutical Technology Holdings aims to ride the global trend to outsource research to Asia by setting up a joint venture with US contract research organisation (CRO) Xenoßiotic Labs. As part of its share in the JV, in which
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      Lock icon Anthony Soh resigns as E3 Hldgs president
      188 9 ANTHONY Soh, who is at the centre of the failed Jade Technologies takeover debacle, has resigned from E3 Holdings as group president, just three months after being appointed. E3 made the announcement yesterday. No reason was given for his resignation. The statement did
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      1361 5 Unaudited Results for the Period ended 29 February 2008 (Extract) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS sph reports second quarter net profit of ssioo million 2q 2Q 1H 1H Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) has reported its results for the second quarter 2008 2007 2008 2007 ended 29 February 2008. Profit before investment income
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI drops 84 pts in region-wide selloff
      591 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Banks and Sing Tel suffer losses; broad market chalks up 337 falls against 74 rises A SENSE of inevitability enveloped trading yesterday, following Friday's slide on Wall Street. The Straits Times Index (STI), which on Fri--1 day had jumped 62
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      91 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 12 1 0 0 0 3 12 1 lanufacturing 24 102 42 13 12 26 115 54 Commerce 37 18 11 39 20 'pt/Stor/Comms 26 28 :inance 24 24 Construction 11 15 'roi lerties 32
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 33,873 33,873 123,260 123,260 lanufacturing 241,137 52,216 293,353 210,567 2,949 213,516 lommerce 37,559 2,369 39,928 50,589 258 50,847 'pt/Stor/Comms 84,997 267 85,264 233,606 72 233,678 :i nance 37,020 37,028 374,040 374,041 lonstruction 55,806 5,974 61,780 13,725 320 14,046 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      105 6 lapitaLand 6.260 -0.210 lapitaMall 3.500 -0.070 jtyDev 11.300 -0.620 losco Corp 2.910 -0.020 IBS Grp 19.180 -0.480 :&N 4.690 -0.180 Sent Intl 0.590 -0.005 IK Land 4.280 -0.160 ISH 16.500 +0.200 lardineC&C 16.840 -0.360 Ceppel Corp 10.140 -0.360 Ceppel Land 5.660 -0.260 IOL 3.120 -0.080 loble
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      354 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE THE counter has been sold down excessively, and we believe it is due for an upward re-rating. Company fundamentals are unchanged despite the company being involved in a court case that management claimed was unrelated. As far as the corruption case is concerned, CEO Ciliandra
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      Lock icon ST Index may test support at 2,994
      260 6  -  KEN TAI CHEE MING, CHART POINT FROM the peak of 3,906 to a low of 2,745, the 38.2 per cent Fibonacci retracement suggests that the Straits Times Index (STI) will encounter stiff resistance at 3,188. Truly, the STI succumbed after hitting a high
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      Lock icon Wall Street worries supersede G-7 fears
      531 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES AFTER an early knee-jerk lift following the past weekend's G-7 Finance Ministers' meeting, the US dollar once again found itself a victim of Wall Street worries by the Asian close. The G-7's postmeeting statement warned: "Since our last meeting, there have
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      54 6 Apr 14 VALUE CLOSE -7.00-112.0C IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00-267.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 TSE ST Mid Cap 765.35 -13.81 TSE ST Small Cap 641.51 -12.71 TSE ST All Share 774.73 -19.1 TSE ST China 446.82 -14.0, OB Catalist 145.70 -1.3. IMSCI 378.76 -10.6 IMSCI Future 374.80
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 6 VOLUME UniFiber 43,679,000 Golden Agri 40,908,000 ChinaEnerqy 28,145,000 China Honqxinq 25,453,000 Cosco Corp 25,449,000 Sing Tel 23,830,000 Jade Tech 21,820,000 Sing Tel MEReCWOBII2B 18,970,000 SingTelMBLeCWOBO9O3 18,960,000 Synear 17,763,000 VALUE(S) UOB 115,721,500 SGX 98,943,900 DBS Grp 96,021,570 Sing Tel 92,737,602 Keppel Corp 76,403,028 Cosco Corp 73,029,100 Capita Land
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      Lock icon RISES
      99 6 CLOSE UP 1650 27.2 1.2 ISH IMH 2956 21.7 0.5 iBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** 20.0 0.2 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 IOBMBLeCW*****8 40.5 18.5 84.1 IQB MBL eCW*****6 49 11.5 30.7 ilandDBePW/***** 20 5.0 33.3 IsuFuChi 98 5.0 5.4 ;C Global W*****0 65 5.0 8.3 IOBMBLeCW/*****8 BY
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      Lock icon FALLS
      114 6 CIMBAsean40 100US$ CLOSE DOWN 832-157.6 -12.2 China H 10US$ 1629-115.5 -5.0 GLD 10US$ 9096 -62.5 -0.5 Cifr 1130 -62.0 -5.2 UOB 2022 -58.0 -2.8 DBS Gr| 1918 -48.0 -2.. S I A 1524 -46.0 -2.9 ISMSCI India 100 715 -36.7 -3.6 Jardine C&C 1684 -36.0 -2.1 Kei Cor| 1014
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      88 6 Wh lere S! stands Apr 14 %CHNG CLOSE FR Apr 11 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3598 -0.10 1.5479 1.3546 Euro 2.1467 0.20 2.2064 1.9913 Pounds 2.6837 -0.19 3.1194 2.6730 AS 1.2544 1.12 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3462 -0.92 1.4484 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.04 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3073
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore strengthens ties with Hangzhou
      400 10  -  ONG BOON KIAT SiTF inks deal with HESP to facilitate technology and business exchange By in Hangzhou SINGAPORE companies now have more help in cutting high-tech business deals in the "Heaven Silicon Valley" of China. Yesterday, the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) inked an agreement
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      266 10 AFTER two years of consultation with advisory committees, representatives of video games distributors and retailers, parents, academics and gamers, the Board of Film Censors (BFC) under the Media Development Authority (MDA) will launch a two-rating classification system for video games on April 28. Applicable to
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      Lock icon Asean businessmen urged to press for integration
      485 11  -  CHUANG PECK MING Only 30% of group's agreements have been implemented, says Tommy Koh By BUSINESSMEN in Asean yesterday were "challenged" to step up pressures on their governments to speed up integration of the economic grouping, which has a poor record of translating
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      Lock icon Malays need greater focus on management skills: Dr Yaacob
      232 11 MALAY/MUSLIM businesses do not really need special help but a stronger focus on overall management skills and financial literacy, says Minis-ter-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim. He made the observation following the release of findings of the first survey of Singapore's
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      Lock icon Jayakumar praises ISD'S contributions
      188 11 THE Internal Security Department (ISD) has a long record in keeping Singapore safe, and Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar is confident it will continue to keep the country secure. Speaking at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers yesterday, Prof Jayakumar listed
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      Lock icon Life science companies headhunt at junior level
      671 11  -  CHEN HUIFEN By IT appears that the manpower crunch in life sciences is spreading to the junior-level positions as well so much so that companies are employing headhunting firms to scour for such talents. "Traditionally, they (life sciences companies) are only willing to
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      Lock icon Keeping a keen eye on business needs
      1029 12 Customer satisfaction and providing quality service are key priorities for optical chain Capitol Optical, says WEE JUN KAI OOL!" That was what Francis Wong thought when he saw, on one of his holidays abroad, a toilet cubicle's clear glass walls becoming frosted once
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      Lock icon Wiping out unnecessary business cost
      523 12  -  OH BOON PING PRO-ENTERPRISE CHANGES Renewing planning permission annually a cumbersome affair By FOR Steam Jet Car Spa Pte Ltd, the need to renew planning permission annually for its car grooming business at a multi-storey car park was a cumbersome affair. Companies involved in transportation
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  • SME SPOTLIGHT
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      561 13 IT MATTERS The SIRC advises on the usage of advanced infocomm products, says OH BOON PING SMEs trying to get started in adopting infocomm to improve business operations may do so by first getting advice from the SME Infocomm Resource Centre (SIRC) at the Singapore Polytechnic
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      Lock icon Small caps bear brunt of sell-off
      369 13  -  TEH HOOI LING By MARKET jitters are back again and few counters escaped unscathed. And as in any sell-down, small-cap stocks are the ones which bore the brunt. In the five trading sessions to yesterday, our small cap portfolio slumped 5.9 per cent. This
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Paulson warns against use of price controls
      576 15 Bloomberg, NYT They may do more harm than good to long-term economic growth, he says [WASHINGTON] United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson advised developing nations struggling with soaring commodity costs against using price controls because they may do more harm than good to
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      Lock icon No G-7 action, no US$ rebound, analysts say
      384 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Group of Seven officials, who have signalled concern over a sliding US dollar for the first time in 13 years, may have to match talk with action before the currency stages a sustained rebound. US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson,
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      278 15 Reuters It will invest up to USs3b in stock and bond indices [WASHINGTON] The World Bank plans to invest up to US$3 billion over the next two to three years in stock and bond indices, to stabilise its income and safeguard against rising inflation and
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  • MALAYSIA
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      514 16  -  PAULINE NG Despite a higher revenue, operating expenses led to 32% decline in profit By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN state-owned utilities Tenaga Nasional has warned that rising generation expenses would cripple its operations if it was not allowed to pass the rapid increases
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      579 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN By in Kuala Lumpur IN what is tantamount to throwing down the gauntlet over the weekend, Malaysian International Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, a serving vice-presi-dent of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno), appeared to position himself as a potential challenger to
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      321 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The proposed multi-billion ringgit high speed train linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, which has received mixed reaction from the public, will face tough financial challenges as well as require government support to ensure its success. Proponents point out that it
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China gives its support for two key Taiwan proposals
      615 17 ■AP Breakthroughs on charter flights and tourism a boost for new Taipei leaders [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Presi-dent-elect Ma Ying-jeou received a huge gift over the weekend support from China's leader for two of Mr Ma's proposals that could boost tourism and the
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      617 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] China's central bank chief said there's still room to raise interest rates after six increases last year, as he tries to tame the highest inflation since 1996. "The anti-inflation policy is a combination of both quantitative measures and price measures,"
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      489 17 Bloomberg, AP [BEIJING] Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf offered his country as a midpoint for an oil pipeline to China from the Persian Gulf, as talks are poised to resume on a US$7.4 billion rival project that has been delayed for a decade.
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      Lock icon Legislators rap new HK accounting watchdog
      428 18  -  lANE MOIR FRC launched only one probe in 9 months; its meetings hit by poor turnout By in Hong Kong HONG Kong's new accounting watchdog, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), has launched just one investigation since it started work nine months ago, and came
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      174 18 Reuters, Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Beijing has called for a halt to red-chip companies, or Chi-na-backed firms incorporated and listed in Hong Kong, listing their shares in Shanghai amid a weak mainland stock market, a Hong Kong newspaper reported yesterday. The South China Morning
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      Lock icon PBOC lets firms issue medium-term paper
      501 18 Reuters [BEIJING] The People's Bank of China (PBOC), in a major innovation for the country's capital markets, will let companies issue paper with maturities of more than one year to give firms more debt-financing options. In a statement over the weekend, the central bank
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      8231 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.909/ Star Europe Bond 1.211/ Star Europe Bal 1.16/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.35/ Star Asia Bond 1.174/ Star Asia Balanced 0.952/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.191/ Multi St Fd 0.851/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.865/ Gib Multi StUSD 1.112/
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Brokerages rushing to India to launch mutual funds
      380 20 Reuters Players lured by attractive fees, rising valuations [MUMBAI] International and domestic financial firms are queueing up to launch mutual funds in India, lured by attractive fees and rising valuations in Asia's third-biggest economy, and to counter the impact of a sharp
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      1997 20 TOP GLOBAL LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****3719Z) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Top Global Limited (the "Company") will be held at 8 Cross Street, #11-00 PWC Building, Singapore *****4 on 30 April 2008 at
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      Lock icon Kuwait assembly seen stuck in anti-reform grip
      601 21 Reuters May polls will bring in fresh faces but Islamists, tribes still dominate: analysts [KUWAIT] Kuwait's next parliament is likely to be dominated again by Islamists and tribes opposed to economic reforms, despite a new electoral system that seeks to break their grip
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      445 21 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ROYAL SUN ALLIANCE (SINGAPORE) LIMITED [IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****2883E NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ihe Company held at 77 Robinson Road, #1700 Robinson 77, Singapore *****6 on the
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      2958 21 QAF Limited \b adiS§L> sa Company Registration No. *****0035 D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ADV^s™o C2Ly 2 K<! TED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at No. 224 Pandan (Incorporated in Singapore) Loop, Singapore
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon US business inventories increase 0.6% in Feb
      332 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Inventories at US businesses in February increased as sales slumped by the most in more than a year, indicating companies will need to cut back on orders. The 0.6 per cent gain fol- lowed a revised 0.9 per cent rise
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      Lock icon Wachovia posts Q1 loss, plans to raise US$7b
      433 22 Bloomberg The US bank cuts dividend after posting unexpected loss of USs393m [NEW YORK] Wachovia Corp, the fourth-largest US bank, reported an unexpected loss, cut its dividend and said it will raise about US$7 billion in a share sale to replenish capital.
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      397 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] While shareholders await first-quarter results from Merrill Lynch on Thursday, the bond market already has given new chief executive officer John Thain a report card. And there isn't much to get excited about. Since he joined the world's third-largest securities
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      2285 23 rpr 14 RM ('000) ASM Realty 0.70 \bric Bhd 0.17 advance Synergy 0.12 Adventa Bhd 1.25 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.23 Win Holdings 2.03 Ahmad Zaki Resou 1.02 AicCorp 0.57 \irasia Bhd 1.32 Akn Technology 0.47 Alliance Financi 2.81 aluminium Co 1.02 Amalgamated Ind 0.55 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.36
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      Lock icon Party's over for banks: supervisor
      635 23 Reuters G-7 MEETING They need to accept regulators' demand for higher capital provisioning for risk for risks posed by some of the more exotic financial instruments that became all the rage during the credit boom which went belly-up in August as a crisis in the
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      Lock icon No economic slowdown for New York super-rich
      583 23 NYT Spending spree goes on with splurging on property, luxuries [NEW YORK] Who said anything about a recession? Many businesses that cater to the super-rich report that clients many of them traders and private equity investors whose work is tied to Wall Street
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      2308 22 lIMIMCITEK Company Registration No. *****8431Z (Incorporated In The Republic Of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ttie Annual General Meeting of INNOTiK LIMITED ffne Company") will be held at The Casuarina Suite A, Level 3, Raffles Hotel, 1 Beach Road, Singapore *****3 on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 9.00 a.m.
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      1096 22 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2008 Annual General Meeting of lONICS EMS, INC. will be held at the Sta. Elena Golf and Country Club at the Light Industry and Science Park I, Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines, on Tuesday, April 29 2008 at 10:30
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      1277 23 GSMART ESMART HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****2393E) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Ruby Suite, Social Clubhouse-Level 11, Orchid Country Club, 1 Orchid Club Road, Singapore *****2 on Wednesday, 30* day of April
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Delta, Northwest may announce merger today
      466 24 -AP But pilot issues still linger and there is no guarantee of deal moving ahead [ATLANTA] Delta and Northwest could announce a combination as early today that would create the world's biggest airline, but pilot contract issues still loomed and there was no guarantee
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      Lock icon Virgin Blue plunges 22% after Toll scraps stake sale
      232 24 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue Holdings fell by a record 22 per cent in Sydney trading after Toll Holdings, Australia's biggest freight company, scrapped plans to sell its controlling stake in the nation's second-biggest airline. Toll on Friday abandoned the sale of
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      413 24 -AFP, Xinhua Garuda surprised by extension despite safety measures [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday criticised the European Union's failure to remove any of its airlines from a flight blacklist as "unfair", saying that much had been done to improve standards. National flag carrier Garuda Indonesia
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      183 24 NYT [NEW YORK] American Airlines said its fleet of 300 MD-80 jetliners was back to full strength on Sunday, after the cancellation of about 3,300 flights last week. The company was still working to help passengers whose flights had been cancelled and
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      2397 24 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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      186 24 BT/ZUJI Deals of the Week m^M fllVu@ Zl Ml urni^ i^B ■^r ■[fjPB BB^^^..-B mjb:'r. '-'""''i L..:." ;i '\f'\ ;''j™ ■M IBSSH^S^' '.H'.;'-' 1 I > f i "a ;f£s S :'f BUSINESS CLASS (from ECONOMY CLASS (from I HOTEL (from Beijing $2,340 $445 $44 Air China Air China Take
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      336 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS r I I T I I I I I l I May committee use it as a 1 |2 |3 [4 |5 [6 H? 9 Bar paid copywriter (9) HJ U |JJ fj fj 10 Enter at speed to make ar- g I 1 Not in place
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  • SHIPPING
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      609 25 IUD, 1 -AFP It faces habitat degradation and loss, overfishing and land-based pollution [HANOI] Polluted, crossed by busy shipping lanes and disputed by many countries, the South China Sea has taken an environmental battering that threatens future food supplies, marine scientists have warned.
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      Lock icon CIMC buys 3% stake in Goodpack for $22m
      174 25 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China International Marine Containers Co (CIMC), the world's largest maker of shipping containers, bought a 3 per cent stake in Singapore-listed Goodpack Ltd, a maker of bulk containers for storing and transporting commodities. CIMC paid $22 million for 13.5 million
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      Lock icon S'pore box ports post strong Q1
      228 25  -  VINCENT WEE By' [SINGAPORE] Singapore's container ports had a good first quarter with PSA terminals here seeing a close to 12 per cent rise in throughput over the same period a year ago, while Jurong Port had a good run for March, notching up
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      107 25 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipbuilder, said it received an order to build a drill ship worth 554.1 billion won (*****.6 million) from the US. The vessel, used to explore for oil in deep water, will be delivered by Sept 30,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Hungry for answers to global food crisis
      462 26 THE images are stark. Sharp increases in the price of rice; housewives hoarding packs of the must-have staple. Countering that, assurances from the authorities of ample supply, buttressed by photographs of replenished shelves and well-stocked warehouses. And this reality check these recent reports
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      976 26  -  LEON HADAR Bush administration suffers stinging defeat by the Democrats on the trade deal A US trade association has published an advertisement in several Capitol Hill magazines in recent weeks in which Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is seen hugging Cuba's Fidel Castro while
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      812 26  -  SHADA ISLAM THE BOTTOM LINE FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy and his glamorous new model-cum-singer wife Carla Bruni may grab headlines across the world, but when it comes to serious European Union (EU) business, German Chancellor Angela Merkel continues to consolidate her reputation as the
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      1451 27  -  MAX YUEN TEEN The regulator should impose penalties on a company that has made an inaccurate or misleading announcement By I HE March 2008 newsletIter published by the Asian Corporate Governance Association mentioned that on Feb 28, 2008, Eco-Tek Holdings, a company listed on the Stock Exchange
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      824 27 AP OIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Registration No. *****2257 M (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2008 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on Wednesday, 30 April 2008 at 30 Gul Crescent Jurong Singapore *****5 at 3.00 p.m. to transact the following businesses
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8212 28 Transaction date: Apr 14 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hi 1 Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net lh Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hit Com[ >an] 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 28.5 8.5 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABFSGBondETF 30
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      69 28 Hii Low Code Comi Sale COOP) Hii Low Big Seller Cvr P/E imil 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 398.3 288 6009 STI ETF 3977.9 3013.7 6010 STI ETF
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      1899 28 Low Code Coi Sale COOP] Hii Low Bit Seller Cvr P/E Sinil 30 11.5 1181 sAAGrp 41.5 16 5000 sABRHIdgs 31 18 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19.5 3518 s Afor 70.5 12 1524 s Alantac 22.5 8.5 7814 s Albedo 46.5 26.5
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      199 28 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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  • FINCANCE & COMMODITIES
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      371 29 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change ir 11 World Index Preliminan 1016.2 -0.7 -10.2 -0.7 -12.8 -0.7 -7.5 EAFE Preliminai 973.1 -0.3 -13.2 -0.4 -12.8 -0.4 -7.5 Euri Preliminan 1345.8 -1.2
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      134 29 As at 9am iiuil linil_.j Apr 14 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2480 1.2630 Can dollar 1.3190 1.3350 Euro 2.1240 2.1480 NZ dollar 1.0630 1.0860 Sterlinc nd_ 2.6650 2.695C US dollar 1.3520 1.3680 Local dollars to 100 units
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      144 29 Apr 14 Bid Offer ilvernight 3/16 -month 15/16 '-months 1 1/8 S-months 1 1/4 Overnight mode: 1/2 JS$ Offer 1/16 13/16 1 1 1/8 Bid days month > months months j months months 2 months iFj 2.75 2.85 2.90 2.90 2.80 2.80 2.80 Offer 2.65 2.75 2.80 2.80
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      24 29 Apr 14 en Hie Sett Tl_ IMSCI Ap 376.6 379.5 374.8 aiwan 336.9 342.1 340.1 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      22 29 Apr 14 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.3564 1.3577 2-months 1.3545 1.3559 3-months 1.3534 1.3548 6-months 1.3500 1.3516 Source: OCBC
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      157 29 Apr 14 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2555 1.2571 0.9240 0.9244 Canadian dollar 1.3259 1.3278 0.9758 0.9764 Euro 2.1450 2.1469 1.5786 1.5787 NZ dollar 1.0739 1.0751 0.7903 0.7906 iterlin. 2.6794 2.6820 1.9719 1.9722 US
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      320 29 Apr 14 iURODOLLAR FUTURES unO8 >epO8 DecO8 VlarO9 97.525 97.755 97.700 97.710 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** ***** EUROYEN FUTURES unO8 99.185 99.185 >epO8 99.240 99.245 DecO8 99.290 99.290 VlarO9 99.305 99.305 lunO9 99.275B iepO9 99.215B DecO9 99.150B VlariO 99.185 99.235 99.285A 99.300 99.185 99.240
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      277 29 Apr 14 .UDDEK hutures (Closing prices] SS 1 (S cents/kg) lonth High I Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest /lay 08 un 08 UI08 vug 08 ep 08 )ct/Dec 08 382.50 378.50 373.75 373.50 373.50 373.50 tSS 3 (US cents/kg) /lonth High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      101 29 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 08 1332.50 1356.00 1356.00 1328.00 Jul 08 1349.25 1372.75 1370.00 1344.00 Aug 08 1338.00 1360.00 1352.00 1334.00 Sep 08 1304.50 1318.00 1312.00 1298.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 08 59.94 60.17 60.20 59.50 Jul
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 29 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS 3 Apr CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.96 -0.19 WTI (Near Mth) 110.33 0.3 Dubai (1-Mth F) 102.34 -0.44 Tapis blend 116.1 -0.5 Minas 106.9 -0.25 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 101.82 139.60 0.50 -0.5 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      466 29 Apr 14 AS_ CS_ Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRui Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.947 6.469 0.585 7.201 36.931 85.003 0.930 9.064 2.922 1.169 58.617 38.558 1.256 7.273 0.924 28.019 29.219 0.469 0.924 Canada 1.056 6.833 0.618 7.605
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      88 29 Apr 14 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 17.07.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 0.84 0.86 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hig Day's gh Low 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N *****0V 1.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X
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      68 29 Apr 14 mth 2.***** 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** mths 2.***** 1.***** mths 2.***** 1.***** mths mths 2 mths 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs 2.***** 7yrs 2.***** 10yrs 3.*****
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      66 29 Apr 14 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Apr 08 3480 May 08 3438 Jun 08 3453 Jul 08 3463 Total o/p: ***** contracts 3565 3565 3480 77 250 3590 3590 3420 1107 5142 3595 3595
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      182 29 Apr 14 GOLD (USS/oz) Apr 14 Apr 11 Hong Kong 917.60 925.00 918.60 926.00 Apr 10 April London 926.40 922.55 927.10 923.25 Source: Reuters a n a n a a GOLD (USS/oz) Apr 14 Apr 11 GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1398.49 1259 UBS GOLD
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      55 29 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previoui Cash 3040.20 3 months 3090.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8793.00 8650.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2961.50 3 months 2967.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50 3 months *****.00 Zinc, Special High Grade (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      976 33 Cityscape Asia is drawing a great deal of interest from major western developers THE global real estate sector is going through big changes and this could not be more apparent at this year's Cityscape Asia 2008. While Cityscape Asia is an Asia-focused real estate
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      Lock icon The view from Kuala Lumpur
      1189 34 paulime imc looks at real estate developments in the vicinity of the iconic Petronas Twin Towers LIKE a beacon, the gleaming twin iconic towers beckon to the hordes of tourists that flock there daily for a snapshot of what many consider to be the symbol
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      245 35 Where: IDR, Johor Bahru, a mere 20 minutes from Singapore What: Johor's first eco-themed township Why: Offers the best of both worlds a township with all the trappings of modern life amid an eco-living setting Located next to the administrative city of Nusajaya, this futuristic mixed township
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      157 35 Where: Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 5 minutes from KLCC Twin Towers What: Luxury serviced apartments Why: Positioned as an "Urban Chic" development targeted at sophisticated urbanites aspiring to live and work within the pulse of the city Located one kilometre from the centre of the iconic
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      207 35 Where: Shah Alam, Selangor 20 minutes from heart of Kuala Lumpur What: Malaysia's pioneer ecologically friendly enclave of luxury semi-Ds and bungalows Why: Voted the World's Best Master Plan Development, it showcases nature's wonders with over 25% of this gated and guarded estate dedicated
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      248 35 Overview One of Malaysia's best-known real estate developers, S P Setia has built thousands of homes over the years, in the process earning a reputation brick-by-brick for its quality, innovation and reliability. From mass townships under the Setia name to upmarket developments under the Duta
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      40 35 ewrewr Builder of Distinction Setia SPSETIABHD CROUP S P Setia Bhd Setia Corporate Tower SA, Jalan Setia Nusantara Ul3/17 Seksyen Ul3, Setia Alam ***** Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia Tel: +603 3344 8800 Fax: +603 334 0884 Website: www.spsetia.com.my E-mail: corp@spsetia.com.my
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      1145 36  -  ANUJPURI For investment, emerging localities are preferable to established and often saturated ones any time By IN Indian real estate today, the only constant is change. Hot destinations of the last year are not assuredly the best options this year, and the
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      385 36 Bloomberg ÜBS analyst Regina Lim cites falling home prices in city-state [SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd, Singapore's second-largest real estate company, led declines in developers after ÜBS AG downgraded the stock to "neutral", citing falling home prices in the city-state. CityDev, controlled
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      295 37 Katana II tagged at RM1,600-I f 9oo psf, double price of first project in 2005 BOUTIQUE firm Katana Developments, which is linked to Oriental Holdings chairman Loh Cheng Yean, will launch its second residential project in Kuala Lumpur at RM1,600-1,900 (Ss6B7-815) per square foot. This
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      300 37 PROPERTY developer Malaysia Pacific Corporation Berhad (MPCB) is planning a giant retail and wholesale trading hub as part of its flagship development LakeHill Resort City in Johor's Iskandar Development Region (IDR). IDR is a special economic zone aimed at garnering both domestic
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      817 39  -  ARTHUR SIM COMMENTARY By LOOKING for a silver lining when nothing looms but storm clouds may seem a futile exercise. But recent events surrounding the failed collective sales of Tulip Garden and Makeway View to Bravo Building Construction may just be a ray
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      241 36 PSnfBI LARGE LANDED/CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT SITE |Sjj3£l&l J IvMPßHital AT DISTRICT 15 FOR SALE BY TENDER r—r r—r— ——^?> LorongJ/KTelokKurau HosDftalo^ Tenure: 105 years/999 years commencing Canadian wisch Medical —^L-^^^^l\S\ 26 January 1939 I^.t^b^ prominent District 10 Site, Off Sixth Aye 3—^C^P^^^^T \i^ Land Area: approx. 101,662 sqft k^ 9^"SC!;^.!1! 1110
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      3661 37 Amber Glades (30 32 Amber Gardens) Freehold, land area 40,9 17 sq ft Tanjong Katong t Residential plot ratio 2.8 PriSch C. H. I.J. r pjj A (Katong) y Prominent dual road frontages uO^^ Close proximity to Parkway Parade 7 tisB"^ SS>-4r^ fc90 TaoNan and Marine Parade Central cmb»«t'& &?t&*®
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      1027 38  -  UMA SHANKARI Asia's retail and hospitality sectors are expected to benefit from strong growth in intra-regional travel, reports DEVELOPERS are investing in the retail and hospitality sectors in Singapore and the rest of Asia in a big way, banking on an expected surge in retail spending
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      161 38 This is the third of a four-part series brought to you by ,I||||LCUSHMAN& \«j»! WAKE FIELD® Global Real Estate Solutions'" BROKERAGE CONSULTING PLANNING PASSION HHH RETAIL I new ws ,^mf*'%L>^t3& P>*'" m ""T^^^ i-"']1 "il [lj'rJiJ'l-:|l' v"" |B^? i''l fin j: 10,6675qf for LEASE along 1.1 MILLION sqf for lease
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      249 39 '*i«S**"»'fWj|F TUT I ~~^fl^*l 6+l rm built 330Osqf Freehold 3+l rm full designer renovation with Terrace at Greenwood Aye, off Bukit ultra-modern kitchen and balconies Timah. High 5.3% rental yield at in all rooms. o.skm to ACS Newton $11 k /mth covers mortgage. Near MRT. Mins to Orchard Plaza S'pura
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      1265 40 MATTHEW PHAN looks at what the building industry is doing to conserve water, energy and other resources THE property market may have slowed, but the construction industry is still going at breakneck pace, with several national projects and plenty of private sector developments in the pipeline.
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      99 40 Developer CDL Land Pie Lid (Co. Regn. No. 1 *****107 D] Tenure of Land :99 yeais wilh effect from 1 4 October 2005 Lot No. Lois 78A and 286T TS 30 at Shenlon Way Developer License No. COll 5 CITY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED Bul |,j ing P an Approval No. Date
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      15 40 This is the third of a four-part series brought to you by City Developments Limited
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