The Business Times, 26 May 2008

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    22 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 Monday, May 26,2008
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    Lock icon S'poreans take advantage of Wall St slump
    779 1  -  CHUANG PECK MING They picked up a net USsllb worth of equities in Ql, making them top buyers of US stocks By [SINGAPORE] As Wall Street continued on its sharp descent in the first quarter of this year, Singapore investors went on a
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      52 1 IT Index 3,122.15 -119.34 1COMP 1,274.78 -25.89 IIKKEI225 14,012.20 -207.28 IANG SENG 24,714.07 -904.79 ;et index 875.59 +5.26 IAKARTACOMP 2,465.96 1 Rfi -Z.oo 1ANILA COMP 2,849.28 -30.67 ;eoulcomp 1,827.94 -60.94 ;henzhenb 535.98 -20.80 IUMBAI IND 16,649.64 -785.30 )OW 12,479.63 -507.17 IAS DAI 2,444.67 -84.18 ;&P 500 1,375.93 -49.42 =TSE
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.729 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.88 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      40 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.360 (US$/S$ per 1.978 2.691 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.572 2.139 'EN 103.80 76.30 3.216 2.364 m 7.803 5.736 !AHT 32.10 23.59 lUPIAH 9,335 6,862 lENMINBI 6.943 5.104 INDIAN RUPEE 42.81 31.47 1.041 0.765 IZ$ 1.275 0.937
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    Lock icon Bharti Airtel ends takeover talks with MTN
    617 1 Reuters Parties fail to agree on who will control combined entity [MUMBAI/JOHANNESBURG] India's Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Saturday it had ended takeover talks with South Africa's MTN Group after failing to agree on which company will control a combined entity. The groups
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      146 1 \^A COMFORT IS A MATTER OF y^ MILLIMETRES. An increase in temperature, altitude or physical activity may cause your wrists to expand and can even make wearing a watch uncomfortable. This is why Rolex invented and patented Easylink, an extension system that H folds out to let the wearer increase
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      52 1 POWER LUNCH BizlT VIEWS FROM THE TOP FORMULA ONE LWS3T y^ The travel Salesforce.com sets up Natural disasters: Hamilton takes tM taste buds data centre here how ready are we? Monaco's glamour title i\Jft PAGEI7 PAGE 36 PAGES 14 &15 PAGE 24 L, M//f IM, fe uS COMMODITIES S^ -rf^'^S'^
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Commodities may see short-term blip
      751 2  -  OH BOON PING However, analysts believe market fundamentals remain intact By [SINGAPORE] Global commodity markets could see a correction ahead, after the strong rally seen in recent months, market watchers told the BT. So far, prices of several commodities have risen sharply alongside key indices
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      Lock icon S'pore companies view Chinese firms as strongest rivals: poll
      458 2  -  OH BOON PING M'sian companies seen as competitive as China's by SMEs By [SINGAPORE] Most Singapore firms view their Chinese counterparts as their strongest rivals, a survey has found. In the latest BT-UniSIM Business Climate Survey which polled 120 firms, 73
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon HDB 'lab' paving the way for broadband vision
        74 2 SOMETIME in the near future in a HDB heartland, housewives will be able to download an entire Korean movie in mere minutes instead of hours. Researchers at Biopolis a biomedical science research development hub will be able to perform complex calculations previously
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        Lock icon IPOs worth US$4.5b in the pipeline
        62 2 AS a sign of market recovery Singapore could see eight IPOs worth US$4.5 billion launched for the rest of the year if the market holds up, said Thomson Reuters. If indeed market sentiment does improve, IPOs for 2008 could outdo those launched last year
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        Lock icon SMB and PSL – interesting alternative construction plays
        67 2 SMB and PSL interesting alternative construction plays WHEN it comes to investing in the property/construction sectors, most people think first of buying the big blue chips such as Capita Land, Keppel Land or City Developments. If they were to cast their nets further afield, they might venture into the construction
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        Lock icon Creative expects US$15m restructuring charge in Q4
        63 2 CREATIVE Technology has announced that it will incur a restructuring charge of US$l5 million in its fourth-quarter, while the company's revenues will be in the region of US$l3O million during the same period. The recent topline guidance signals another tough year for the
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        Lock icon East Timor will have US$3b SWF by year-end
        47 2 EAST Timor will have US$3 billion by end-2008 in a sovereign wealth fund and may hire fund managers to diversify its US Treasury holdings into better performing assets, President Jose Ramos-Horta told Reuters on Saturday. ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 19
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        Lock icon Indonesia gives cash handout to the poor
        47 2 INDONESIA is handing out US$l.5 billion in cash to its poorest residents to soften the blow of big fuel price rises a move that might bring the government short-term relief after weeks of protests, analysts said yesterday. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 20
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        Lock icon Templeton's Mark Mobius bets on cheap Thai stocks
        39 2 THAI stocks are relatively attractive after the country's return to democracy and given its low stock valuations compared to regional peers, Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius said on Saturday. ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD, PAGE 25
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        Lock icon ÜBS expects more losses related to sub-prime
        41 2 ÜBS AG, the Swiss bank seeking US$l5.6 billion from shareholders to replenish capital after sub-prime-related writedowns, said it may face more losses from holdings in both US and global mortgage markets. WORLD, PAGE 27
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      Lock icon HDB 'lab' paving the way for broadband vision
      749 3  -  WINSTON CHAI Government agencies linked up in low-key tests to study disruption By [SINGAPORE] Sometime in the near future in a HDB heartland, housewives will be able to download an entire Korean movie in mere minutes instead of hours. Researchers at Biopolis
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      Lock icon Russia's Nutritek picks S'pore for regional HQ
      499 3  -  CHUANG PECK MING It eyes regional markets and aims for public listing, most likely on SGX By [SINGAPORE] Another Russian company wants to make Singapore its regional headquarters (HQ) and list here the second in less than a month. Nutritek Group, a wholly
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      78 2 Balanced Currency Harvest Euro IIC 19/05/08 107,24 EUR I Booster Capital Guaranteed Fund USD I RID 15/05/08 10,29 USD i i I Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD |RIC-B 19/05/08 13,64 SGD I Croci Alpha Pairs Sectors USD IIC 19/05/08 *****,54 SGD Metal Drive Guaranteed Fund RID 15/05/08 18,05 USD FX
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      214 3 Opens Today! At ASEANPLAS, you will be able to: meet and interact with some 250 exhibiting companies from 20 countries including national pavilions and groups from Austria, Germany, India, Italy, Singapore and Taiwan. "C learn from industry experts on how to leverage on technology to (If increase your competitive edge
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Sign of market recovery when 8 IPOs are launched
      536 5  -  SIOW LI SEN Reuters If the economy does improve, '08 IPOs could be worth USs4.sb, beating '07 By AS a sign of market recovery, Singapore could see eight IPOs worth US$4.5 billion launched for the rest of the year provided the
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      Lock icon KXD Digital to try to collect 210m yuan from debtors
      321 5 Company says it does not rule out more bad debts KXD Digital Entertainment's debt woes took the spotlight yesterday in an announcement which resulted from a series of queries by the Singapore Exchange on the company's dismal first-quarter results. The
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      Lock icon Enzer appoints new non-exec director
      278 5 ENZER Corp has appointed substantial shareholder Jonathan Lim Keng Hock as its new non-executive director and chairman, following the departure of Low Shiong Jin who is embroiled in trouble over missing funds at Oculus. In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, Enzer said that Mr
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      Lock icon SMB and PSL – interesting alternative construction plays
      689 10  - SMB and PSL interesting alternative construction plays R SIVANITHY HEN it comes to investing in the perty/construction sectors, most people think first of buying the big blue chips such as Capita Land, Keppel Land or City Developments. If they were to cast their nets further afield, they might venture into
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      Lock icon Creative expects Q4 charge of US$15m
      296 10  -  CHEN HUIFEN By CREATIVE Technology has announced that it will incur a restructuring charge of US$l5 million in its fourth-quarter, while the company's revenues will be in the region of US$l3O million during the same period. The recent topline guidance signals another tough year
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Don't be lulled into a false sense of security
      690 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS EVEN the most bullish of investors would have to admit that last week's drop was not entirely unexpected since bottoming at 2,792 on March 17, the Straits Times Index had bounced 449 points or 16 per cent to
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1073 6 AFP Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (aa) Final Interest Income; (ab) Final Fully Franked; (ac) Final Capital; (ad) Capital; (ac) Cash/Bonus; (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ah) Final; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax
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      Lock icon Australian dollar hits 25-year high against greenback
      502 6 CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] The Australian dollar hit its highest point against the greenback since the currency was floated 25 years ago during the week as it heads towards parity with the US currency. The New Zealand dollar also ended the week well up
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      Lock icon After breather, oil rallies near record highs
      113 6 AFP COMMODITIES [NEW YORK] Crude oil prices rallied near this week's sky-high records on Friday on concerns that global output will not satisfy rising demand and speculation on the back of a weak dollar. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1974 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name advance SCT Ltd 2.50 2.50 2 7.15 4.76 0.50 0.32 .llco Commercial REIT 2.25 2.25 5.49 14.85 1.08 0.79 .llgreen Properties Ltd 2.45 2.10 11 9.68
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      56 6 May 23 VALUE CLOSE -276.00 -19.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-110.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -27.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 806.54 -6.35 FTSE ST Small Cap 682.16 -6.90 FTSE ST All Share 802.52 -9.01 FTSE ST China 480.61 -15.97 UOB Catalist 159.21 -0.05 SiMSCI 383.46 5.83 SiMSCI
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Jade Tech 659,341,000 Oceanus 271,206,000 Golden Agri 218,762,000 Global Voice 148,232,000 Abterra 134,792,000 Magnus 134,441,000 Sing Tel 133,506,000 JiutianC 130,948,000 Yangzijiang 119,960,000 CoscoCorpDßeCWoBo929 110,533,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 489,331,460 Keppel Corp 471,031,049 DBS Grp 390,306,048 UOB 337,304,312 SGX 332,549,376 Capita Land 265,260,053 Cosco Corp 241,958,580 Golden Agri
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      Lock icon RISES
      98 6 CLOSE UP 9120 524.9 4.4 GLD 10US$ SembCori Ind 470 40.0 9.3 Total Access 176 29.9 14.3 Hotel Proi 316 27.0 9.3 SembMar 448 27.0 6.4 Ezra 292 24.0 9.0 StraitsAsia 400 20.0 5.3 Tat Hon. 228 17.0 8.1 Wilmar 527 16.0 3.1 .ho' 60 15.0 33.3 Pacific HCW*****6
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      113 6 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN 3270-394.3 -8.1 JMH JSH 1768-176.8 -6.8 DBSBk6% NCPS 10 *****-160.0 -1.5 UOB 1894-134.0 -6.6 ir China H 10US$ 1747-103.3 -4.2 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 *****-100.0 -1.0 Ci 1104 -96.0 -8.0 DBS Gr| 1956 -92.0 -4. DBSMBLiCW*****0
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      86 6 Where S! stands May 23 CHNG CLOSE FR May 22 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.3593 -0.02 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1374 0.30 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.6884 -0.07 2.8431 2.6568 AS 1.3055 -0.07 1.3235 1.2349 Yen* 1.3083 0.66 1.4484 1.2832 Rill liah* 0.***** 0.05 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2359 0.48
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      Lock icon A worrying picture ahead
      1546 8  -  TEH HOOI LING THE picture on the economic front with US financial institutions facing deeper losses and record energy prices depressing consumer spending continues to be worrying. And that's going to weigh on the stock market in the weeks ahead. Last week, the Standard Poor's (S&P)
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      Lock icon Buyback activity remains high; fund manager sentiment negative
      1386 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS Three asset managers lowered their stakes to below 5 per cent in three listed firms By TRADING among directors and substantial shareholders was flat for the second straight week based on filings on the Exchange during the holi-day-shortened
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  • RISING ASIA
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      Lock icon A growing force in banking
      1222 7 If industry players are right, Islamic banking is set to enjoy significant growth over the next few years, writes CHEN HUIFEN ISLAMIC finance has generated a hive of activities in Asia recently, driven by greater awareness, demand from investors in the Middle East and closer
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      188 9 •^^r '4 feh^^^^ I Dreams. Realities. o I After an evening of tantrums that shook the Every minute, Kate's world is being enhanced I walls, Kate has finally begun to dream. >» But by those near and far. And every minute, Citi is I down the hall, her father wonders
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      2138 10 1^ I WmmC^ J_\| V^>/ J. J.V^> d 3 Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg I BUY IT«SELL IT* FIND TT (A N/4 Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (INCORPORATED IN THAILAND) Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Income As at December 31,2007 For the year ended December 31,2007 Assets 2007 2007
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      1115 11 Important Notice to Shareholders Parkway Holdings Participate in Parkway's Growth in Asia Parkway Holdings Limited ("Parkway" or the "Company") is undertaking a renounceable Important Dates to Note underwritten rights issue (the "Rights Issue") of up to 360,398,108 new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the "Rights Shares") at
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon DesignBridge to boost its regional presence
      595 12  -  CHEN HUIFEN Staff strength rising to 50 from 30 as increasing wealth in Asia drives growth By BOOSTED by the economic boom in Asia, branding agency Designßridge is expanding its business in the region and boosting its headcount to about 50 by the end
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      Lock icon Subsidies not a long term solution: MM Lee
      420 12  -  CHEN HUIFEN By SUBSIDIES will never be a long-term solution to rising prices in oil and food, just as the experience in other countries has shown, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew reiterated yesterday in response to the many letters to the media
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    • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL
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        Lock icon A'MAZE'ING DISCOVERIES AWAIT YOU
        125 12 Poster of the Singapore Arts Festival 2008 seen through an art installation "disSPACEments" for the Singapore Arts Festival 2008 conceptualized and designed by Chia Yu Hsien (Singapore). Maze in the city: Extruding Moments Intruding Memories Imagine a forest and a maze of towers in the heart
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        Lock icon 'Water Fools' provide spectacular opening
        641 12  -  LIM WEN JUIN Entertainment started earlier with street performers By WATER Fools, an act presented by French street theatre company Ilotopie, got this year's Singapore Arts Festival quite emphatically underway last Friday evening. But the entertainment began before that with warm-up street performers like a
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Stand up and be counted
      3152 14 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Does the corporate sector do enough to help out when natural disasters strike? What more can be done, especially here in Singapore? Lim Eng CEO NCS Group "WHEN natural disasters strike, Singaporeans and Singapore companies have demonstrated in the past that they
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    • JAPANESE GEMS
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        Lock icon TATSUYA
        346 16 270 Orchard Road, #01-05, Park Hotel Orchard. Tel: 6737-1160 TATSUYA is a long-esta-blished Japanese restaurant that is both highly regarded with a long line of regular admirers and sometimes criticised for being a tad on the pricey side. There's rarely any dispute, however, over the quality of its cuisine
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        Lock icon SANTARO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
        324 16 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, #02-26, Amara Hotel. Tel: 6324-8388 WITH 33 years of experience in the sushi business under his belt, Santaro Li is cut from the same culinary cloth as his contemporary Yoshio Nogawa especially since they also worked together in the early days of the
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        Lock icon NADAMAN
        271 16 Shangri-la Singapore, Orange Grove Road. Tel: 6737-3644 ONE of many international branches of the famous Tokyo original, Nadaman Singapore has been feeding foreign dignitaries and local businessmen for years first on the top level of the Shangri-la and now in its current position on the lobby floor. There's an
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        270 16 #03-01 RitzCarlton Singapore. Te1:6338 3788 SHIRAISHI is one of the handful of authentic sushi masters in Singapore, having trained under the well-known sushi guru Yoshio Nogawa. The wiry, immaculately-mannered chef has headed the sushi counter at his namesake restaurant for more than 10 years now, and he's still personally
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        328 16 100 Orchard Road, #03-25, Lobby Level, Le Meridien Hotel. Tel: 6732-2911 IF anyone can stake a culinary claim to being responsible for Singapore's enduring love affair with sushi, it's Yoshio Nogawa, the chef whose eponymous restaurants have been serving up raw fish and vinegared rice to sushi and sashimi
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        266 16 Goodwood Park Hotel 22 Scotts Road Tel: 6734-6281 STARTED by Japanese restaurateur X Watanabe in 1980, Shima is one of the oldest Japanese restaurants in Singapore. It has an enduring reputation for teppanyaki, so there's certainly something to be said for first mover advantage Shima was one of the
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        Lock icon KEYAKI
        290 16 Level 4, Pan Pacific Singapore Tel: 6826-8335 NO other Japanese restaurant in Singapore whisks you away to the countryside like Keyaki, tucked away as it is in a Japa-nese-style garden with carefully arranged stones and a pond of handsome koi fish and two residential tortoises. Keyaki is named after
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        Lock icon INAGIKU
        303 17 Level 3, Fairmont Singapore 80 Bras Basah Road Tel: 6431 6156 ITS makeover in 2007 has definitely catapulted Inagiku into stylish realms. With the warm lighting dimmed to the lowest it can possibly go, highlighting the soft carpeting and leather chairs in walnut, the overall impression the restaurant gives
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        Lock icon KURIYA
        280 17 #02-42 Great World City. Tel: 6736 0888 #05-01 Shaw Centre. Tel: 6735 5300 #81-06 Raffles City Shopping Centre. Tel: 6883 2020 REGARDLESS of which branch of Kuriya you end up going to, you can be sure that you'll get bang for your buck. The perennially crowded restaurants are well
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        310 17 #01-01 Orchard Parade Hotel. Tel: 732-4438 AKASHI, which originally made its name offering great quality and affordable Japanese food in its original location in Tanglin Shopping Centre, went decidedly more upmarket in its new flagship restaurant in Orchard Parade Hotel, with all its regular patrons following suit. The new
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      Lock icon Taste buds shaped by travel
      779 17  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch Charles Reed's favourite Japanese restaurants: 'The quality of Japanese restaurants in Singapore is excellent. For good ramen, I would recommend Satsuma Shochu Dining Bar at the Gallery Hotel. For top-grade sashimi, Nadaman at Shangri-La is the place to go to. If
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      172 16 BT-CITIBANK GOURMET CHOICE AWARDS 2008 The Business Times and Citibank are proud to present the first ever BT-Citibank Gourmet Choice Awards a prestigious Award to recognise top restaurants in nine cuisine categories. This Award also promises to be the ultimate guide for food lovers seeking the best in epicurean delights.
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTOR'S FORUM
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      Lock icon Looking beyond dividends
      929 18 In this follow-up to last week's introduction on dividends, JASON LOW shares some tips on identifying good dividend-yield stocks E said last week that yes, with high dividend-yielding stocks you might be able to obtain double rewards dividend yield and capital gains. While knowing that a good
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      Lock icon Victory in the land of 'Case Giants'
      733 18 CAMPUS LIFE JASON LOW speaks to students who won an international case competition held in Montreal, Canada SUB-ZERO temperatures, native French speaking judges and a whole field of "case giants" that's what a team from Nanyang Business School (NBS) had to face en
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      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 18 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 18 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon East Timor will have US$3b SWF at year end
      658 19 Reuters It may hire fund managers, diversify from US Treasuries [SINGAPORE] East Timor will have US$3 billion by end-2008 in a sovereign wealth fund and may hire fund managers to diversify its US Treasury holdings into better performing assets, President Jose
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      Lock icon ECB to show how interest rates control inflation
      835 19 -AFP Under attack from politicians and Europeans, it has to inspire confidence [FRANKFURT] Ten years ago the ECB was born with a high-risk mission of launching the euro and managing the monetary affairs of the new eurozone, one of the biggest economies
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      Lock icon World Bank plans USss.sb alobal warmina funds
      501 19 Bloomberg, Reuters [TOKYO] The World Bank will raise at least US$5.5 billion with the United States, the UK and Japan this year for climate change funds that will help poor nations use clean technology and tackle global warming, its vice-president said. The bank
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      Lock icon Central bankers facing more uncertainty
      162 19 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Bank of Korea governor Lee Seong Tae said central bankers around the world are facing more "uncertainty" that makes policymaking increasingly difficult. "The question of how to cope with uncertainty is a big challenge for central bankers and academic theorists," Mr Lee said
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon KL has no plans to raise pump prices: Shahrir
      409 20 DPM Najib to chair Cabinet committee on inflation to review fuel subsidies [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has no plans to raise pump prices of petrol and diesel despite mounting fuel subsidies following record crude oil prices, a minister said on Saturday. Malaysia,
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      Lock icon Let the Premier complete his task
      614 20  -  S JAYASANKARAN MALAYSIA INSIGHT The lengths Dr M would go to to achieve Abdullah's ouster is mind-boggling MANY years ago, Mahathir Mohamad, then prime minister of Malaysia, told this writer that it was necessary to have laws like the Internal Security Act because "in
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      Lock icon Jakarta to set up holding company for state banks
      248 20 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government will set up a parent holding company for state-owned banks to comply with a regulation prohibiting any investor from owning a majority stake in more than one bank. "We decided to establish a holding company for
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      Lock icon Indonesia gives cash handout to the poor
      360 20 AP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is handing out US$l.5 billion in cash to its poorest residents to soften the blow of big fuel price rises a move that might bring the government short-term relief after weeks of protests, analysts said yesterday. The government moved quickly
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2736 20 Transaction date: May 23 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway feia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade Bird Jeijing
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      125 20 Stock name Close Chani Cai .and 6.300 -0.060 Cai iMall 3.370 -0.140 Cit' 11.040 -0.280 Cosco Con 3.360 -0.210 DBS Gri 19.560 -0.060 FSN 4.820 Gent Intl 0.580 HKLand 4.770 +0.070 JSH 17.680 +0.200 Jardine CSC 16.820 -0.240 tod name lose lange Kei Con 11.800 -0.240
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      101 20 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 8 2 0 0 0 8 8 2 Manufacturing 73 107 55 25 11 98 118 62 Commerce 26 34 19 31 42 25 r/G 10 24 13 24 Finance 13 20 14 20 Construction
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 20 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 204,610 204,610 770,968 770,968 Manufacturini 1,676,289 823,751 2,500,040 1,509,346 106,134 1,615,480 Commerce 407,409 282,421 689,830 372,292 79,745 452,037 Tpt/Stor/Comms 529,257 4,673 533,930 1,414,758 1,359 1,416,117 Finance 131,872 1,227 133,099 1,347,601 280 1,347,881 Construction 140,199 235,829 376,028 32,660 15,689 48,349
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  • FOCUS: ENERGY
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      Lock icon No relief to rising fuel costs from presidential contenders
      496 21 -Reuters Solutions offered by Obama, McCain are vague for fear of alienating voters [NEW YORK] Americans struggling with rising fuel costs may find no quick relief from the energy proposals being touted by the two main presidential contenders in this year's
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      Lock icon Oil shock threatens lasting changes to US economy
      520 21 Reuters [WASHINGTON/NEW YORK] Oil's relentless price rise has pushed US drivers off the road, curbed consumers' appetite for expensive goods, forced airlines into their deepest cuts in years and threatened carmakers with a flood of red ink. It all points to a
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Foreign aid pours in as rain poses threat
      552 22 -AFP AFTER THE QUAKE As hopes of finding survivors dim, focus turns to clean-up, reconstruction [CHENGDU] More foreign help arrived in China yesterday as forecasts of heavy rain threatened to pour more misery on survivors of the devastating earthquake that killed at
      -AFP; AP  -  552 words
    • Article
      Bank regulator writes off bad loans after quake
      296 22 AFP [BEIJING] Millions of dollars in bad loans caused by China's massive earthquake will be written off in an effort to help disaster victims, the nation's bank regulator said on Saturday. "If borrowers suffered huge losses that cannot be covered by insurance,
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      Listen to the animals to predict quakes, say survivors
      472 22 Mass migration of frogs, toads before May 12 disaster [TANGSHAN] Well before this city was destroyed by an earthquake 32 years ago, the coming disaster was loudly preceded by strange animal behaviour and other bizarre signals that survivors wished that they
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      Insurance cover for natural disasters likely
      725 22  -  SAIBAL DASGUPTA Analysts see rise in demand for insurance products By in Beijing THE China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) has set up an expert committee to look at introducing catastrophe insurance to protect individuals and companies against natural disasters like this month's earthquake in
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      China, Taiwan seek economic deals
      548 22 Reuters [BEIJING] When the chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), visits China this week, commentators might be tempted to see it as a sign that enmity and suspicion are in the past. They are not. True, the old antagonists are far from
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      HK home owners brace for interest rate hikes
      530 23  -  JANE MOIR But despite margin squeeze, banks may hesitate to raise their mortgage rates in Hong Kong HONG KONG home owners are expecting interest rate hikes as banks in the city attempt to bolster earnings, ending a long run of cheap mortgage
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      Chinese art sold for record USs9.sm at Christie's HK auction
      354 23 Reuters [HONG KONG] A work by Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi sold for US$9.5 million on Saturday, a new auction record for an Asian contemporary artwork, at auctioneer Christie's first evening sale of such art in Hong Kong. Other records also
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      Surprise win for BJP in Karnataka state election
      488 23 Reuters [BANGALORE] India's main opposition party, the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has won an election in the southern state of Karnataka, extending a winning streak ahead of a national vote due by early 2009. The BJP victory surprised many pollsters and
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      China's six telcos told to merge assets in overhaul
      295 23 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China told its six telecommunications companies to merge their assets, allowing fixed-line carriers to expand into wireless services and creating three operators that will offer phone and Internet connections to 1.3 billion people. Under the plan, the parent of
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  • FORMULA ONE
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      Hamilton masters Monaco
      696 24 -AFP Race on treacherous wet and dry conditions had its share of accidents [MONACO] Briton Lewis Hamilton won yesterday's Monaco Grand Prix and reignited the scrap for this year's drivers' world championship with a memorable drive for McLaren in a race of treacherous wet and dry conditions.
      -AFP; AP  -  696 words
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      Honda CEO will spend US$l Ob to gear up for F1 win
      476 24 Reuters [TOKYO] When CEO Takeo Fukui says that he would spend US$lO billion to rack up a Formula One victory for Honda, you get the sense that he really means it. Under Mr Fukui's five-year leadership, Honda Motor's
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      F1 engine manufacturers snub FlA's Mosley
      297 24 -yIF.P They keep their distance as he is embroiled in a lurid sex scandal [MONACO] The big money players in Formula One, the companies that supply the engines for the teams, turned down an invitation to meet FIA president Max Mosley here at the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • Article
      Templeton's Mark Mobius bets on cheap Thai stocks
      458 25 Reuters Shipping and consumer-related stocks are likely to outperform in Asia [BANGKOK] Thai stocks are relatively attractive after the country's return to democracy and given its low stock valuations compared to regional peers, Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius said on Saturday. Shipping and
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      More Brazilians spending, economy not hit by US woes
      591 25 -AP [SAO PAULO] Consumers in the United States are tightening their belts; Brazilians are spending like there's no word in Portuguese for recession. Middle-class Americans are surrounded by a rising tide of angst; Brazil's middle class is growing. Even some credit-wor-thy
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      PRIME LENDING RATES
      395 25 May 23 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank
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      Babcock to help Babcock Power with funding
      350 25 Bloomberg It will protect value of Babcock Power's assets, says CEO [SYDNEY] Babcock Brown Ltd is prepared to help Babcock Brown Power with funding if Australia's biggest publicly traded electricity producer fails to secure additional debt financing from banks. Babcock is willing to
      – Bloomberg  -  350 words
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      Japanese firms slowing down capital investment
      255 25 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese companies are slowing down their capital investment in the face of a stronger yen, rising material costs and concerns about the US economy, a report said yesterday. They plan to increase spending in plant and equipment by 3.7 per cent in
      AFP  -  255 words
    • Article
      Cat helps out as stationmaster at Japanese railway
      448 25 -AFP She has increased the number of commuters by 17% [KINOKAWA] In times of need, Japanese say that they can even ask the cat for help. In this town in western Japan, people look to Tama, a nine-year-old cat working as master
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      Myanmar urged to rapidly accept aid
      647 28 AFP, AP Yeo says Asean can only facilitate trust between the junta and outside help [YANG ON] Myanmar must quickly open up to foreign aid to address the desperate needs of 2.4 million cyclone survivors, Singapore's foreign minister told a donor conference yesterday. George
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      Bears return as US investors worry over oil spikes, economy
      721 28  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL ST INSIGHT in New York BEARS are back as Wall Street frets over oil and the economy. Over the past two months since Bear Steams' near bankruptcy then subsequent rescue and sale to JPMorgan Chase brought the
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      Banks to blame for sub-prime crisis says Buffett
      266 28 I Reuters [MADRID] Blame for the sub-prime crisis lies at the feet of banks who took too many risks in mortgage lending, US billionaire investor Warren Buffett told newspaper El Pais in an interview published yesterday. "The banks exposed themselves too much,
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  • FOCUS: RISING INFLATION
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      Global inflation risks are being ignored: Merrill
      341 26 Reuters Rising food and energy prices threaten to spark inflationary spiral in emerging economies [NEW YORK] Policymakers and investors are ignoring the risks of surging food and energy prices, which threaten to spark an inflationary spiral in emerging economies and restrict growth in
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      Americans putting brakes on driving as oil soars
      464 26 Reuters [WASHINGTON] In a sign that Americans are curbing their driving in the face of record-high gasoline prices, data released last Friday showed highway kilometres driven in March fell 4.3 per cent from a year earlier, the first March decline since the
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    • Article
      Saudi Arabia inflation rises 10.5% in April on rents, food
      294 26 Reuters [RIYADH] Annual inflation in the world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia rose to 10.5 per cent in April, its highest level in at least 27 years, fuelled mainly by rents and food prices. Inflation is a challenge across the
      – Reuters  -  294 words
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  • WORLD
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      ÜBS sees more losses related to sub-prime
      394 27 Bloomberg Bank is also evaluating whether to limit or stop its US reference-linked note programmes [ZURICH] ÜBS AG, the Swiss bank seeking US$l5.6 billion from shareholders to replenish capital after sub-prime-related writedowns, said it may face more losses from holdings in both US
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      Can money buy happiness or not?
      686 27 -AFP Wharton study shows link between wealth, well-being [WASHINGTON] The saying goes that money can't buy happiness. But inquiring economists have been working for decades trying to prove or disprove the notion. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business released a
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      1768 28 mandiri CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF December 31,2007 and 2006 PROFIT AND LOSS (Expressed in millions of Rupiah, unless otherwise stated) December 31, 2007 and 2006 ASSETS 2007 2006 (Expressed in millions of Rupiah, unless otherwise stated) Cash 5,909,369 3,965,717 2007 2006 Current Accounts with Bank Indonesia 28,161,059 21,579,158
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Airbus valued at 'less than zero' after EADS stock fall
      519 29 Bloomberg Investors' low valuation a bizarre outcome for a large company: Lehman [PARIS] Airbus SAS, the world's largest commercial aircraft maker, is valued at "less than zero" after this year's 31 per cent drop in the shares of parent European
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      Lock icon Vietnam tourism industry gets twin boost
      328 29 AFP [HANOl] Australian lowcost airline Jetstar and a Canadian luxury resort and casino developer have launched two ambitious projects that aim to revolutionise Vietnam's fast-grow-ing tourism industry. Jetstar, the budget offshoot of Australian carrier Qantas, teamed up with Vietnam's Pacific Airlines to launch Jetstar
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      Lock icon American airlines raise fees for children flying alone
      239 29 Bloomberg [DALLAS] Children flying alone to camp this summer will cost their parents more as US airlines boost fees to help cover rising fuel costs. Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc, the regional carrier that sought bankruptcy protection last month, last Friday joined AMR
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      Lock icon Baltic Dry Index down on panamax oversupply
      474 29 Bloomberg It is the index's longest decline since March [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, had its longest decline since March because of an oversupply of panamax vesels that haul goods such as grain and coal. The
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      Lock icon Alitalia leads traffic decline at Malpensa
      162 29 Bloomberg [MILAN] Alitalia SpA, the airline that Italy has been trying to sell for more than a year, led a 31 per cent traffic decline at Milan's Malpensa airport last month after the unprofitable carrier cut two-thirds of its flights. Traffic at Malpensa, Italy's
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2440 29 AIRLINE CODES: AA Arn^ an Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AC), A> =innair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd w JG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brun. _dn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airline. w w EVA
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      270 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 Reportedly angles for openings (8) j^l 9 Run off on Sunday run (6) 9 10 Irregular cops' raid going I wrong (8) I^H 12 One reeks spilling fuel (8) B^^^HH WR WU 18 Gloomy inside leaky mar- '4 HJ^HH^^HBH 22 Way round permit for gamb- 23
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      6208 30 Week ended: May 23 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil Hii Com| 5716 1st Software ***** I? ?K Si?" '18 S ffi FS P E 24.5 7.5 1100 AEM 42
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      2057 30 Hii |h Low Code Comi >an' Sale C000) Hii Low By ler Seller C'vr P/E Smil 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 15 5000 sABRHIdgs 31 18 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19.5 3518 s Afor 70.5 12 1524 s Alantac 22.5 8.5
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      257 30 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      362 31 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Mai 23 World Index Preliminan 1049.7 -1.2 -7.2 -1.2 -9.9 -1.1 -4.5 EAFE Preliminai 1010.6 -1.3 -9.8 -1.0 -9.6 -0.9 -4.3 Euro[ Prelim inan 1382.8 -1.6 -10.4 -1.4 -10.8 -1.3 -5.5 Pacific
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      132 31 As at 9am May 23 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2920 1.3070 Can dollar 1.3700 1.3870 Euro 2.1250 2.1490 NZ dollar 1.0570 1.0800 iterlini ind 2.6760 2.7050 US dollar 1.3520 1.3670 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
      157 31 May 23 fer Overnight 3/4 1-monfh 1 1/8 2-months 1 3/16 3-months 1 1/4 Overnight mode: 11/16 US$ Offer 5/8 1 1 1/16 1 1/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 2.35 2.48 2.72 2.92 3.00 3.12 3.28
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      25 31 May 23 ten Hii Sett STI IIMSCI Ma' 387.9 389.6 385.2 Taiwan Ma> 344.9 345.4 338.1 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 31 May 23 S! Bid Offer 1-month 1.3581 1.3594 2-months 1.3564 1.3578 3-months 1.3549 1.3564 6-months 1.3506 1.3521 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      158 31 May 23 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3055 1.3073 0.9601 0.9606 Canadian dollar 1.3791 1.3808 1.0142 1.0146 Euro 2.1376 2.1395 1.5720 1.5721 NZ dollar 1.0665 1.0682 0.7843 0.7849 iterlin. md 2.6893 2.6917 1.9777 1.9779
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      356 31 May 23 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO8 SepO8 DecO8 MarO9 97.357 97.225 96.985 96.795 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 9064 ***** EUROYEN FUTURES JunO8 99.145 99.150 SepO8 99.100 99.100 DecO8 98.995 99.020B MarO9 98.915 98.940 JunO9 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 99.145 99.095 98.995
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      283 31 May 23 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest JunO8 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 429.75 427.25 424.25 422.50 420.00 421.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest
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      104 31 May 23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 08 1368.00 1324.75 1371.00 1341.00 Aug 08 1370.00 1328.25 1372.50 1361.00 Sep 08 1358.00 1324.25 1360.00 1347.00 Nov 08 1353.50 1324.25 1365.50 1341.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 08 63.56 61.83 64.25
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      76 31 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 22 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 131.52 0.87 WTI (Near Mth) 130.16 -2.79 Dubai (1-Mth F) 129.39 5.32 Tapis blend 141.45 6.56 Minas 137.65 6.26 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 122.82 173.50 5.82 6.2 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      466 31 May 23 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS IndRsRi Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.947 6.667 0.611 7.493 41.113 89.644 0.997 10.057 3.088 1.224 65.736 41.770 1.306 7.371 0.989 29.287 30.822 0.486 0.960 Canada 1.056 7.043 0.645 7.915
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      92 31 May 22 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low 3-Month BQ*****W 21.08.08 1-Year BY*****N 04.05.09 0.88 1.01 0.88 0.80 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low Hii 2-Year N5O51OOF 2.625 5-Year N *****0V 1.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year
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      132 31 May 23 Hong Kong London 921.90 927.00 922.90 928.00 May 22 May 23 920.70 926.15 921.70 927.15 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) May 23 Buying Sellim Kilobar "43,149.89" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™ 96.3
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      66 31 May 23 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Jun 08 3668 Jul 08 3555 Aug 08 3575 Sep 08 3576 Total o/p: ***** contracts 3611 3631 3568 262 2067 3620 3650 3555 2362 ***** 3654 3658
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      70 31 May 23 minimum, 99.7 jrity (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2959.00 2952.00 3 months 3001.00 2995.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8301.00 8180.00 8232.00 8125.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1988.00 3 months 2009.00 1991.50 2010.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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      967 36 Centre is the first one outside of US for the company, which sees Asia-Pac as a major growth region, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SALESFORCE.COM, which sells software as a service, will today announce the setting up of its data centre in Singapore, its first
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        95 36 INFOCUS has introduced the XSI, the company's first so-called short-throw projector. Available exclusively in Asia, the product claims to be able to reduce the distance of the projector to the screen to a ratio of 0.7:1. This is one third the distance required by standard projectors,
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        83 36 MOTOROLA continues to tune into the promise of digital music with its new Rokr E8 handset. With the new device, the company has incorporated its Modeshift technology to allow users to switch between music and phone functions with the press of a button. In addition, the
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        107 36  -  WINSTON CHAI CREATIVE has launched two new soundcards which promise to bring the sound quality of its X-Fi hardware to the desktop. The new Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatality Professional Series and Titanium Fatality Champion Series sound cards are designed to fit the PCI
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      753 37 Mobile operators will compete to offer better services and perks to retain existing customers and woo defectors, writes WINSTON CHAI M ITH the clock ticking down to true mobile number portability, local operators are pulling out all the stops to get a leg-up when
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      586 37  -  KENNETH JAMES By TWENTY-FIVE years from now, the way people get the news will be dramatically different. But news publications and their journalists, far from becoming an endangered species, will actually be more important than ever if they adapt to the evolving
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        Lock icon S'pore firm claims lens breakthrough
        91 37 SINGAPORE-BASED Innovative Nano Systems (Innanosys) claims to have developed one of the world's smallest autofocus camera lens modules. The new Innanol6B is the result of a $1.5 million research and development investment. Its offers 2x zoom and has a thickness of merely 2.9 mm. The
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        87 37 NAVIGATING the streets of Singapore will be made easier with the launch of a new online directory called StreetDß.com. The website is the result of a tie-up between mapping software specialist AGIS and Singapore Expats.com, a site designed to the expatriate community in Singapore. StreetDß.com will
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        133 37 THE Market Research Society Singapore (MRSS) will hold the Asian Research Conference 2008 from June 12 to 13 at Swissotel The Stamford. Themed "Thinking allowed unconventional approaches in a new marketing era", the conference's topics include "Learning to harness the power of social networking
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        108 37 MARKET research firm Frost and Sullivan will be holding its Global Shared Services and Offshoring (SSO) conference from June 5 to 6. To be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront, the event will examine the trends in the SSO space such as the
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        108 37  -  WINSTON CHAI Compiled by PHILIPS Electronics Singapore's Toa Payoh complex has been awarded the Green Mark Gold Award by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). The facility was built in 1972 and is the oldest industrial project to be given the environment-friendly commendation. Some
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      145 37 Reuters [SINGAPORE] A Greenpeace report has called video game consoles a "toxic menace", saying they contain chemicals that could affect memory and sexual development. The environmental pressure group said it had tested Sony's PlayStation 3, Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles and found they all
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      698 37  -  ONG BOON KIAT By THE arrival of Apple's iconic iPhone to Asia soon will not faze High Tech Computer (HTC) Corp, a senior executive of the Tai-wan-based smartphone maker says. Speaking with BizlT at the launch of HTC's flagship smartphone the Touch Diamond
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      918 38 DATA CENTRE CONNECTIVITY Rising digital traffic makes data centre connectivity a key business concern today, writes ONG BOON KIAT HEN Singapore's new broadband network dubbed Next Generation National Broadband Network rolls out in 2010, an influx of new data centres could follow, drawn by
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      304 38 TECHNOLOGY development centres are often known for the quality of their research and development (R&D) personnel and their innovations. Unknown to most, however, resilient, high-speed data networks are toiling silently in the background to power the intensive computing efforts and to enable the resulting
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