The Business Times, 17 July 2008

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg «v a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 122/12/2007 Thursday, July 17,2008
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    Lock icon US inflation rate soars to 5% in June
    614 1 Reuters, Bloomberg Industrial output rebounds while workers' wages fall [NEW YORK] US inflation accelerated in June to its fastest rate since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 while workers' earnings slumped, compounding the difficulties for policy-makers trying to support a weak
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      43 1 1COMP 1,119.42 -8.18 IIKKEI225 12,760.80 +6.24 1ANG SENG 21,223.50 +48.73 ;et index 669.97 -23.44 JAKARTA COM P 2,218.13 +3.27 IANILACOMP 2,373.70 -39.56 ;eoulcomp 1,507.40 -1.93 ;henzhen b 449.1 3 -14.36 IUMBAI IND 12,575.80 -100.39 12N00NEDT Change )OW 11,058.86 +96.32 IASDAQ 2,246.57 +30.86
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      28 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONGKONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.512 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.97 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      40 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.347 (US$/S$ per 2.008 2.705 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.592 2.144 'EN 104.20 77.30 3.222 2.392 IK$ 7.797 5.789 !AHT 33.53 24.89 lUPIAH 9,144 6,788 1ENMINBI 6.812 5.057 INDIAN RUPEE 43.15 32.03 1.023 0.760 IZ$ 1.296 0.962
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    Lock icon Penny-stock club swells as share prices tank
    811 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Investors tend to exit small caps in uncertain times, say analysts [SINGAPORE] The pennystock club has seen its membership bloat this year as more counters see their prices sink below the one-dollar mark. As at yesterday, the number of penny stocks
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  • TOP STORIES
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      809 2  -  VEN SREENIVASAN Boustead's turning 180; how have some Spore companies survived so long? [SINGAPORE] Why do some companies struggle to survive, while others thrive, well over a century after they were established? It is a question which has preoccupied many management gurus
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon M'sian politics comes full circle with Anwar's arrest
        74 2 MALAYSIA'S opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was arrested by masked police near his Kuala Lumpur home yesterday over claims he had gay sex with a young male aide. In scenes eerily reminiscent of Mr Anwar's arrest on sodomy charges a decade ago, a
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        Lock icon Hiap Hoe-SuperBowl top bid for hotel site below forecast
        46 2 A JOINT venture between Hiap Hoe and its sister company Superbowl yesterday placed a lower-than-expected top bid of $73.3 million for a Balestier hotel site opposite the Sun Vat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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        Lock icon Capita Land sets up $1.4b Raffles City China Fund
        50 2 CAPITALAND has set up a $1.4 billion Raffles City China Fund to invest in prime mixed-use commercial properties in key Chinese gateway cities. The fund's seed assets will be the property group's Raffles City-branded developments in China. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 6
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        Lock icon Agri-stocks on investors' radar screens
        60 2 AGRICULTURAL and food-related shares are now high on the agenda of market players, thanks to rising commodity prices. The latest sign of this came last week when a planned partial offer for 51 per cent of rubber plantation firm GMG Global sent the stock soaring
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        Lock icon Rabobank launches 2 new equity indices
        58 2 RABOBANK executives believe agricultural commodity prices are "toppish" but there are parts of the food and agriculture value chain that investors can continue to profit from. The bank has launched two equity indices that seek to provide exposure to the upstream and midstream portions
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        Lock icon CIMB in Islamic fund mgt tie-up with US group
        51 2 A NEW Islamic funds management joint venture between Malaysia's CIMB group and Principal Financial Group of the US will kick off with RM4.I billion (Ssl.7 billion) of funds under management, and will be looking to Gulf investors to expand. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE
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        Lock icon PCCW plans to shortlist HKT bidders soon
        70 2 PCCW Ltd plans to complete the sale of a stake in a unit that will control most of the company's telecommunications operations this year, managing director Alex Arena said. PCCW aims to select a shortlist of bidders for the stake in HKT Group
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      Lock icon Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac in no danger of failing: Bernanke
      499 2 They are adequately capitalised, he tells US lawmakers [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac are in "no danger of failing". The Fed chief made his remarks to the
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      Lock icon The Federal Reserve in a dilemma
      351 2 P breaking .com THE US economy now suffers both downturn and inflation. With the financial crisis, the Fed's job has become impossible. Emerging may take years; the Fed must first discover what went wrong. Three years ago the right Fed policy was obvious: raise
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      Lock icon Economy may huff, puff through rough patch
      629 3  -  ANNATEO Worries not just restricted to manufacturing [SINGAPORE] Singapore's longer-term prospects may possibly be highly promising, but going by the musings of some economists in the past week, the immediate outlook's none too bright at all. Look a little deeper beyond the poor
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      Lock icon M'sian politics comes full circle with Anwar's arrest
      565 3  -  S JAYASANKARAN Arrest could stoke tension, further divide country in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was arrested by masked police near his Kuala Lumpur home yesterday over claims he had gay sex with a young male aide. In
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Hiap Hoe-SuperBowl top bid for hotel site below forecast
      602 4  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Group is aiming to build 3-star hotel that caters to China, India markets A JOINT venture between Hiap Hoe Ltd and its sister company Superßowl Holdings Ltd yesterday placed a lower-than-expected top bid for a hotel site in the
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      Lock icon Genco soles schedule puts Sembcorp in a bind
      818 4  -  RONNIE LIM DECISIONS, decisions, decisions. The latest sale of Singapore's largest generating company (genco) Senoko Power, launched last week by Temasek Holdings, is clearly being eyed by local big boys Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Industries which are also in the power and
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      Lock icon Capita Land sets up $1.4b Raffles City China Fund
      499 6  -  EMILYN YAP Fund will invest in prime mixed-use commercial assets in key gateway cities CAPITALAND has set up a $1.4 billion Raffles City China Fund (RCCF) to invest in prime mixed-use commercial properties in key Chinese gateway cities. The fund's seed
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com posts 22% rise in Q3 hotel bookings
      274 6  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI DESPITE a drop in Asiabound traffic from major markets, online hotel reservation service provider Asiatravel.com Holdings remains optimistic, having registered third-quarter growth of 22 per cent year on year in online bookings for hotel room nights. Taking into account the
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      Lock icon Investors fazed by slump in new Asian bonds
      515 6 Reuters [HONG KONG] From inflation to slow growth, Asian bond investors have enough problems at the moment without the additional headache of some exceptionally large falls in the prices of new debt. The falls in these bonds, even those from such highly
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ningbo share lock-up period to expire soon
        40 6 Bloomberg BANKofNingboCo, part-owned by Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, said 25.4 per cent of its total equity, or 635 million shares, will become tradable on July 21 after the expiry of a lock-up period.
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        Lock icon Karin Tech posts new high in Q4 sales
        70 6 KARIN Technology Holdings said it has seen the best fourth quarter ever in terms of sales revenue for the three months ended June 30. It attributed this to the rapid growth of customers' requirements in IT solution and services in the financial
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        Lock icon Fang Ai Lian named Metro director
        70 6 METRO Holdings has appointed Fang Ai Lian as an independent director to further strengthen its board. Ms Fang has also been appointed as chairman of the audit committee in place of Jackson Lee Chik Sin, who will remain a member of the committee. Recently
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      Lock icon Agri-stocks now on investors' radar screens
      730 9  -  MELISSA YEO Rising commodity prices, news of partial offer for GMG put focus on sector LONG regarded as less glamorous than finance or technology stocks, agricultural and food-related shares are now high on the agenda of market players, thanks to rising commodity prices. The
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      Lock icon SRG taking Courts Singapore private
      401 9  -  OH BOON PING By SINGAPORE Retail Group (SRG), which now owns 90.03 per cent of Courts Singapore, has proposed to delist the furniture and appliance company, citing reasons such as low trading volume and poor business. It will make an exit offer at 55 cents
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      Lock icon Boustead changes with the times
      959 11 An ability to adapt and alter its business model has seen it through 180 years, CEO Wong Fong Fui tells VEN SREENIVASAN HEN Wong Fong Fui bought up Bousteadco Singapore in 1996 from Jack Chia-MPH, serious questions were raised about the business sensibilities of a
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      Lock icon A brief history of Boustead
      209 11 IN March 1828, a 28-year-old Englishman, Edward Boustead, arrived in Singapore on the British ship Hindustan. Shortly after that, he established the trading company Boustead Co along the banks of the then-bustling Singapore River. In the years that followed, Boustead Co grew to become one
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      73 7 PPL SHIPYARD congratulates Aban Singapore Pte Ltd on the delivery of DEEP DRILLER 7 A Pacific Class 375 Jack Up Rig on 10th July 2008 mis^^ /9t \B r^^Bk. m^^^r" j T T^f n p Bfi I <^. Proudly built by a PPL SHIPYARD PTE LTD <ss^ A Subsidiary of
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      3725 8 COURTS (SINGAPORE) LIMITED SINGAPORE RETAIL GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Incorporated in Mauritius) Company Registration Number *****1411 C Company Registration Number *****6 Cl/GBL JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED VOLUNTARY DELISTING OF COURTS (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Singapore Retail Group Limited is tabling a proposal to seek the voluntary delisting of Courts
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI up but broad market still weak
      558 10  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS Investors stay hesitant amid uncertain outlook for the global economy and financial markets THE Straits Times Index (STI) arrested a two-day losing streak with slight gains yesterday, but the broad market stayed weak as investors remained deeply uncertain about the
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      99 10 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 5 5 7 0 0 0 5 5 7 lanufacturing 39 65 63 13 44 71 76 Commerce 22 12 23 29 15 26 'pt/Stor/Comms 15 15 10 16 17 11 :inance 16 16 Construction 11
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      118 10 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 21,241 21,241 98,839 98,839 lanufacturing 204,236 14,048 218,284 187,346 1,491 188,836 lommerce 34,220 26,221 60,441 67,612 9,407 77,018 'pt/Stor/Comms 97,869 818 98,687 270,539 261 270,801 :i nance 35,219 29 35,248 351,231 351,237 lonstruction 19,989 11,344 31,333 3,456 384 3,840
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      103 10 lapitaLand 5.540 -0.060 lapitaMall 3.040 -0.050 jtyDev 10.280 -0.080 losco Corp 3.100 IBS Grp 18.400 +0.020 :&N 4.390 +0.010 ient Intl 0.565 +0.010 IK Land 4.050 +0.040 ISH 15.520 -0.180 lardineC&C 15.600 +0.080 Ceppel Corp 10.540 +0.080 Ceppel Land 4.580 -0.070 IOL 3.020 +0.110 loble Grp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      959 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO Cosco Corporation July 16 close: $3.10 DMG PARTNERS SECURITIES, July 16 COSCO Corp had announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Sevan Marine (Sevan) to exercise the option attached to the Sevan Driller rig contract awarded in QlO7. This option entails the hull
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      Lock icon Asian currencies capped by economic uncertainty
      565 10 Reuters CURRENCIES [SINGAPORE] Most Asian currencies kept within tight ranges yesterday, a day after they climbed to multi-week highs against the US dollar, with investors waiting for further clues about the health of the global economy. The Indonesian rupiah, which hit a four-month high
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      62 10 Jul 16 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -808.00+151.0 BT CADI -*****.0 -32.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -80.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 694.62 +1.60 FTSE ST Small Cap 568.54 -0.84 FTSE ST All Share 714.37 +1.00 FTSE ST China Top 412.89 +2.50 FTSE ST China 406.33 +1.61 UOB Catalist
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 10 VOLUME China Honqxinq 40,303,000 Sing Tel 34,749,000 Li Henq 24,877,000 Ocean us 24,144,000 DBS DBeCWOBIII7 19,645,000 Golden Agri 14,957,000 DBS MBLeCWOBI2O2 14,750,000 Yanqzijianq 14,363,000 UniFiber 14,195,000 Synear 13,587,000 VALUE(S) Sing Tel 120,267,810 DBS Grp 104,154,880 UOB 92,790,400 OCBC Bk 87,279,884 Keppel Corp 63,043,740 S I A 56,115,220
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      99 10 CLOSE UP JMH 2900 70.0 1.8 S I A 1468 30.0 2.1 China H 10US$ 1516 26.9 1. SIA 200 1466 26.0 1.8 UOB 1836 20.0 1.1 Great Eastern 1608 18.0 1.1 MBUCW*****0 278 15.0 5.7 NOL 302 11.0 3.8 At NCCPS 175 10.0 6.1 STXPOKW100 268 10.0 3.9
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      Lock icon FALLS
      122 10 CLOSE DOWN QUE 1254-146.0 -10.4 GLD 10US$ 9624 -64.6 -0.5 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** -28.0 -0.3 India Ni 10 1178 -27.0 -2.2 SGX MBL JCW*****3 186 -27.0 -12.7 JSH 1552 -24.2 -1.1 Korea 10US$ 399 -24.2 -4.3 HLFin 340 -15.0 -4.2 Wilmar 454 -13.0 -2.8 Total Access 131
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      86 10 Jul 16 CLOSE CHNG FR Jul 15 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3472 -0.05 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1458 0.28 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.6991 0.21 2.8431 2.6568 AS 1.3174 0.29 1.3235 1.2349 Yen* 1.2938 -0.93 1.4484 1.2619 Rill liah* 0.***** -0.05 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.0191 0.13
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon Polish your company image to boost the bottom line
      1032 13 SMEs value branding but lack the know-how to build design into their strategies, reports CHUANG PECK MING FOR a company in tiny Singapore venturing into the global market, the world out there is a big place. Its product is easily lost
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      Lock icon Branding puts the shine on China Healthcare
      454 13 Firm sets itself a cut above the competition with brand communications lessons CHINA Healthcare, formerly known as Econ Healthcare, is proud of its service standards and pioneer role in its field two attributes it says help set it apart from its competitors at
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      Lock icon Help for expanding overseas from IE Singapore
      250 13 INTERNATIONAL Enterprise Singapore offers the following help with overseas expansion: Brand Pact. A branding programme offered also by Spring. It has four key thrusts: Training (seminars and workshops) Resources (one-on-one advice and self-help articles) Assessment (free online self-assessment kit to check brand health)
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      Lock icon Chocolate maker likes it here
      516 14 Aalst thinks S'pore is one of the best business locations, reports CHUANG PECK MING IG companies have A found Singapore an expensive place in which to manufacture for export and have moved H to cheaper production hubs like Vietnam and China. But not Aalst Choc,
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      Lock icon Joining forces to conquer world markets
      455 14  -  CHUANG PECK MING Alliance pools expertise and e-services of five member firms Reports by UNITY is strength, especially for small and mid-sized enterprises when they band together to strike out into the global market where they face big competitors. Thus the Singapore e-Government Services
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      Lock icon An eye opener for Solenoid
      327 14 AFTER it was assigned by its head office to set up shop in the Middle East, Solenoid Singapore sent its staff here to International Enterprise Singapore's Middle East Executive Programme to bone up on the business culture in the region. "The course was an eye
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      335 13 IZ NAL The Business Times SINGAPORE Singapore Singapore International a fortnightly series brought to you by IE Singapore and The Business Times. IE Singapore is an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry promoting the overseas growth of Singapore-based enterprises and international trade. www.iesingapore.com With a global network spanning
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      194 14 P^^^^k Seminar Series: Business Opportunities in Romania A International Enterprise (IE) Singapore is pleased to present a half-day seminar on business and market opportunities in Romania. Our expert panel of speakers will share insights on the investment environment and real estate opportunities in Romania. Register today and take the opportunity
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  • FOCUS: ACE
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      Lock icon Serving up an ACE for enterprise
      1353 15 CHUANG PECK MING looks at how the Action Community for Entrepreneurship has changed Singapore's entrepreneurial landscape IT'S BEEN five action-packed years, as a cover story in Enterprise Today, a government-backed publication championing entrepreneurship, concludes about the fifth anniversary of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship.
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      Lock icon Action Community for Entrepreneurship
      287 15 July 2004: Launch of Blue Sky Festival to celebrate and showcase the spirit of entrepreneuship in Singapore. July 2004: Launch of the ACE Awards for Pro-Enterprise Ranking on Government Agencies. March 2005: Launch of the first entrepreneurship-themed online forum in Singapore to boost learning and sharing
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      Lock icon In the words of the ministers in charge of ACE
      359 15 "The idea of having a minister looking into the promotion of entrepreneurship in Singapore came from the private sector The view was that if entrepreneurship is to take off here, it needs a champion to tackle the obstacles faced by
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Rabobank launches two equity indices
      424 16  -  They offer exposure to upstream and midstream parts of the F&A value chain By GENEVIEVE CUA RABOBANK executives believe agricultural commodity prices are "toppish" but there are parts of the food and agriculture (F&A) value chain that investors can continue to profit from. The bank,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon International archival meet to be held here
        61 16 SINGAPORE welcomes 160 delegates to its first international conference on records and archives today and tomorrow, who will share their knowledge and experience in the fields of archival and record keeping. A highlight will be the signing of an information-sharing agreement between the
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        Lock icon FedEx to deliver free ballots to US expats
        60 16 INTERNATIONAL transportation company Federal Express has announced its support for the Overseas Vote Foundation initiative "Express Your Vote" by agreeing to provide free delivery of absentee ballots to Americans who are living overseas, from Sept 15 till Oct 29. About six million
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        Lock icon Coming soon: common taxi booking number
        52 16 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the taxi companies will launch a common booking service, 6-DIAL-CAB (6342-5222) on July 21. The current taxi company phone numbers will still be in service, but the new number will be easier for tourists to remember, according to
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        Lock icon New MOE rep on NUS Board of Trustees
        41 16 THE National University of Singapore has appointed Yeoh Chee Van, Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, as the Ministry of Education's representative on its Board of Trustees, effective on July 14.
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      Lock icon London QC plans adjunct office here
      529 16  -  CHEW XIANG By A LONDON Queen's Counsel is setting up an adjunct office in Singapore focusing on arbitration. In an interview yesterday, Stuart Isaacs the first QC from London authorised by Singapore's Attorney General to practise as a foreign lawyer here said that he
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      Lock icon Textile, fashion federation launches industry brand
      251 16 LOCAL industry association Textile and Fashion Federation (TaFf) of Singapore, together with IE Singapore and Spring Singapore, launched a new indus-try-wide brand yesterday, Apparel Singapore, to act as a promotional branding vehicle and umbrella body for the textile and apparel manufacturing industry in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Asean foreign ministers to push charter
      223 16 THE region's foreign ministers have arrived in Singapore for the start of the week-long 41st Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM), which begins today. During this key annual meeting, they will review ongoing efforts to create an Asean community by 2015, and seek the early ratification
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      431 16  -  JAMIE LEE By BUSINESSMEN in the renewable energy sector crossed swords with the government yesterday as the two camps debated the use of subsidies to lower energy costs in a roundtable discussion. The discussion "Is Singapore Ready for Renewable Energy",
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      307 16  -  MELISSA YEO By THE union movement, through the National Trades Union Congress, its president John De Payva, secretary-general Lim Swee Say and former secre-tary-general Lim Boon Heng, offered condolences yesterday to the wife of MP Ong Chit Chung following his death
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Expectations on inflation contained: IMF
      352 17 Reuters But banks will continue to be severely challenged, says top official [BRUSSELS] Expectations about the course of inflation are contained so far, although the global financial system is still under pressure, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said yesterday. "Inflationary expectations are still
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      487 17 AP [LONDON] Inflation is at its highest level in more than 10 years and home sales are at their lowest in three decades. Retail sales are down and consumer confidence is falling. British officials throw up their hands, saying their country is caught between
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      219 17 -AFP [FRANKFURT] German consumer prices rose by 3.3 per cent in June on a 12-month basis, the biggest increase since December 1993, final figures released yesterday by the national statistics office Destatis showed. Prices gained 0.3 per cent from May in
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      Lock icon Tsang proposes HK$11b relief as inflation soars
      326 17 Bloomberg Measures include house-rent waivers and power rebates [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang proposed relief measures worth HK$ll billion (Ssl.9 billion) including electricity subsidies and rent waivers to help low-in-come residents cope with rising inflation. Consumer prices in Hong Kong,
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon CIMB in Islamic fund mgt tie-up with US group
      455 18  -  PAULINE NG Maiden fund with RM4.I bassets looking to Gulf investors to expand A NEW Islamic funds management joint venture between Malaysia's CIMB group and Principal Financial Group (PFG) of the US wiU kick off with RM4.I billion (Ssl.7 billion) of
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      Lock icon Bl's mop-up of funds hitting money brokers
      455 18 Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian central bank's stepped-up efforts to mop up excess funds from the banking system have hit revenues of money brokers, who fear job losses if the aggressive cash-draining campaign continues for months to come. But brokers admit that in the
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      Lock icon Jakarta regrets East Timor violence
      314 18 -AFP [NUSA DUA] Indonesia on Tuesday expressed regret for violence in East Timor in 1999 after accepting a report blaming it for crimes against humanity, but rejected calls for an international tribunal. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised to implement the recommendations made by the truth
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono's popularity hit by fuel hikes
      467 18 -AP [JAKARTA] Fuel price rises have further hit the popularity of Indonesia's president, with a new opinion poll on Tuesday showing him struggling to win re-election next year. Until this year, former military general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was seen by most political analysts as
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      Lock icon Indonesia plans palm oil export tax review
      264 18 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, plans to revise existing palm oil export taxes to maximise revenue, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Tuesday. Indonesia now applies a progressive export tax for palm oil products in which taxes are adjusted
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      Lock icon Indonesian economy rebounds from fuel price hike
      239 18 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economy has rebounded from the impact of a hike in subsidised fuel prices despite rising interest rates and high inflation, the central bank governor said yesterday. "I have reported to the president that our economy has begun improving. At the
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      2220 18 VOL C000) Jill 16 RM ASM Realty 0.55 AbricBhd 0.14 Advance Synergy 0.09 Adventa Bhd 1.00 AeMultiHIdgs 0.19 Affin Holdings 1.74 Ahmad Zaki Resou 0.70 AicCorp 0.50 Airasia Bhd 0.87 Akn Technology 0.39 Alliance Financi 2.58 Aluminium Co 0.93 Amalgamated Ind 0.42 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.10 Amtel Holdings
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Insurers may get to invest in infrastructures
      473 19 Reuters [BEIJING] China may aUow selected insurers to invest up to 8 per cent of their assets in infrastructure projects to help them diversify their investment portfolios, official and industry sources said yesterday. The move could release up to 240 billion yuan (5547.5
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      Lock icon PCCW plans to shortlist HKT bidders soon
      562 19 Bloomberg Company is satisfied with offers it has received for stake of up to 45%, says MD [HONG KONG] PCCW Ltd, Hong Kong's biggest phone carrier, plans to complete the sale of a stake in a unit that will control most of the
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      445 19 -AP Casino mogul seeks to fend off challenge from US newcomers [HONG KONG] Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho's company finally began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange yesterday after years of delays as he tries to fend off challenges from American newcomers
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      Lock icon Olympics opening tickets sold illegally
      196 19 ■AFP [BEIJING] Tickets for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics have been selling illegally online for more than US$3O,OOO up to 40 times their face value, state press reported on Tuesday. Xinhua news agency said that ticket touts had made fat profits during a
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Govt explains importance of nuclear energy through ads
      461 20 Bernama The oil ministry ads say nuclear energy will reduce revenue loss on fuel sales [NEW DELHI] The government is planning a second round of media blitzkrieg to explain the strategic importance of nuclear energy, which Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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      Lock icon Rupee seen falling on current-account gap
      236 20 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India's rupee is likely to weaken 1.8 per cent against the dollar by the end of the year as costlier fuel and food imports cause the cur-rent-account deficit to widen, according to Brown Brothers Harriman Co. The rupee slumped 7.5 per cent
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      323 20 -AFP [PARIS] Force India boss Vijay Mallya believes his team will make a major impact in 2009 despite a sobering introduction to the Formula One world championship this season. The sport's newest outfit, with Adrian Sutil and the experienced Giancarlo
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      8492 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 2/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.325/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.87/ APS Alpha Fund (USD) 0.65/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.9503/ APS Komaba
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  • US MORTGAGE CRISIS
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      Lock icon SEC moves to limit short sales of Freddie, Fannie and brokers
      762 21 Bloomberg Order to curb stock manipulation covers shares in 19 firms including Citigroup, JPMorgan and ÜBS [NEW YORK] The US Securities and Exchange Commission will limit the ability of traders to bet on a drop in shares of brokerage
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      Lock icon Citigroup falls to lowest since 1998 merger
      548 21 Reuters US banks face US$l trillion in 'value destruction' US financial companies, which have written off about US$lB9 billion in assets, may face a further US$l trillion of "value destruction", according to Jim Reid, a credit strategist at Deutsche Bank in London Analysts
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      Lock icon BOC has US$20b Fannie, Freddie debt, says CLSA
      223 21 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Bank of China Ltd may own about US$2O billion of debt issued by Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac, representing two-thirds of total holdings among the six largest Chinese banks, according to CLSA Ltd. The Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac investments
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      Lock icon US$38b of Korean reserves in US debt
      271 21 Bloomberg, Reuters [SEOUL] The Bank of Korea has invested about US$3B billion of its foreign exchange reserves in bonds linked to Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac, Yonhap News reported, citing industry officials it didn't identify. The amount is equivalent to about 15 per
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      Lock icon Another stimulus package needed
      551 21 ■NYT [WASHINGTON] Many economists have concluded that a second dose of government stimulus spending is required to prevent a broad economic unravelling and provide relief to millions of Americans grappling with joblessness, plunging home prices and tight credit. Democratic leaders in Congress have already begun crafting
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      767 21 -NYT Members concerned taxpayers will end up paying for it [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration's plan to rescue the nation's two largest mortgage finance companies ran into sharp criticism in Congress on Tuesday as some lawmakers questioned the open-ended request for money
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon GM takes wide cuts to stay alive
      449 22 -NYT It cuts labour costs by 20%, execs' benefits and suspends dividend to raise USslsb [DETROIT] With concern growing among investors about a possible bankruptcy filing, General Motors on Tuesday announced sweeping cost cuts and other measures to bolster its tenuous cash position.
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      Lock icon AIG falls to its lowest since '95
      414 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American International Group Inc (AIG), the world's largest insurer, fell to the lowest since 1995 in New York trading after Wachovia Corp downgraded the company, saying it may post as much as US$7 billion in losses on credit-default swaps in
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      Lock icon UBS to buy back auction-rate shares
      380 22 Bloomberg [BOSTON] ÜBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, plans to buy back as much as US$3.5 billion of auc-tion-rate preferred shares after being sued in the US for fraudulently selling the securities as low-risk alternatives to cash. Investors will be able to get their money
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Barclays investors face £363m stock loss
      686 24 Bloomberg The UK bank's share sale closes today; its stock fell 14% through Tuesday [LONDON] Barclays pic investors led by Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc face losses of about £363 million (*****.6 million) before the UK bank's share sale closes today. Sumitomo Mitsui agreed
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      Lock icon Intel Q2 profit soars 25% to US$1.6b
      500 24 Bloomberg It sees Q3 sales of uptoUSslo.6b, topping market calls [NEW YORK] Intel Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, reported a 25 per cent rise in second-quarter profit and gave a sales forecast that topped analysts' estimates after demand grew worldwide for personal computer
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      Lock icon Ex-Samsung chief escapes jail in tax evasion case
      280 24 -AP [SEOUL] A South Korean court yesterday handed a suspended sentence to former Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee, leaving the country's iconic business figure free from prison while convicting him for evading taxes. The Seoul Central District Court found Lee guilty of not
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Boeing shrugs off share slide
      471 25 Reuters [FARNBOROUGH, England] Boeing's chief executive shrugged off the dramatic fall in the plane maker's share price from its all-time high last year, saying the drop was characteristic of companies vulnerable to the soaring price of oil. "A lot of energy-sensitive stocks have had a
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      Lock icon Airbus bags orders for 148 jets
      484 25 Bloomberg FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW Value totalling USsl7b is more than 10 times that of Boeing's sole order [FARNBOROUGH] Airbus announced 148 jetliner orders valued at more than US$l7 billion on Day Two of the Farnborough International Air Show, more than 10 times the value
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      Lock icon Airbus has high hopes for low-fuel planes
      533 25 Reuters [FARNBOROUGH, England] Planemakers face major challenges as they try to develop cleaner planes, but new engines will be key in slashing the environmental cost of flying by 2020, Airbus's technology chief said. Airbus has set itself the goal of cutting carbon dioxide
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2501 25 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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      Lock icon US set to unveil new jetliner fuel tank safety plan
      378 25 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US government is expected to introduce a revised plan to reduce the risk of fuel tank explosions on commercial jetliners 12 years after TWA Flight 800 was lost over the Atlantic, according to aviation industry sources. Transportation
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Slower container shipping growth this year: Maersk
      443 26  -  VINCENT WEE Lines should keep up with times to achieve greater efficiencies THE container shipping industry will continue to grow this year but at a slower rate than last year's 10 per cent, Maersk Line's Asia-Pacific chief executive Jesper Praestensgaard said yesterday. Prospects
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      Lock icon LNG tanker surplus sinks charter rates by 46%
      394 26 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Charter rates for liquefied natural gas tankers transporting spot shipments of the fuel have fallen 46 per cent in the past year because of a ship surplus and lower demand for LNG in Asia. Daily rates to rent an LNG
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      Lock icon PSA consortium tipped to win Tangier terminal
      342 26  -  VINCENT WEE USs37l.7m 2m TEU terminal will open end-2012 A PSA-led consortium is set to get the licence to operate a major container terminal in Morocco that will be the port operator's African beach head. "The PSA-SNI-MM consortium has been selected as preferred
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      Lock icon Tianjin urged to develop more rapidly
      217 26 Xinhua [TIANJIN, China] China's top legislator Wu Bangguo has urged Tianjin, a port city neighbouring Beijing, to speed up development to become an economic hub in the country's north during an inspection tour to the city on Monday and Tuesday. Mr Wu, chairman of
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        101 26 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.60 0.36 3.10 0.83 2.20 1.24 0.07 1.04 1.46
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        36 26 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.76 8.45 8.20 3.60 2.98 0.20 0.21 unch -0.05 0.05 -0.06 -0.04 0.03 0.10 189 37 1116 244 188 21 0
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        12 26 '00 'recious Ship Regional Cont .20.40 .15.30 -0.50 unch 97! 43!
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        6 26 '000 toil .35.95 -0.25 1601
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        21 26 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.90 28.00 2.00 unch 0.20 unch unch unch 93! 6< 5(
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        20 26 Evergreen Marine ...19.85 :irst Steamship 55.50 /Van Hai Lines 17.50 t'ang Ming Marine...17.90 -1.45 -4.10 -1.30 -0.10 2! I
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        38 26 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..276.00 :awasaki Kisen 919.00 /litsubishi Hvy 463.00 /litsui Eng&Sbldg...306.00 yiitsui Osk Lines ...1368.00 Jippon Express 480.00 Jippon Yusen 921.00 10.00 1835! 2.00 8131 2.00 2879: -3.00 1258! 5.00 700: 16.00 537( 2.00 752i
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon The trouble with an attack on Iran
      467 27 IN think-tanks and consulting groups, analysts are putting the chances for an American or an Israeli attack on Iran at 50:50. It is clearly a safe bet if one takes into consideration the signals coming out of the Middle East and from Washington.
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      976 27  -  LEON HADAR Bernanke says growth could be slower, inflationary pressures could continue mounting US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke was a bearer of bad economic news during his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, suggesting that the problems facing the American
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      825 27  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY THE BOTTOM LINE SIX weeks ago, when financial markets were relatively calm, I suggested here that we were "in the eye of a typhoon" following the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and that worse was still to come. Then came the
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      859 28  -  VINCENT REINHART Odds are that more government rescues will be needed in future THE chief stewards of US financial market policies seem to be living out an old-time movie serial. Over the past year, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke have moved
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      Lock icon Good Class Bungalow land prices peaked in July 2007
      531 28 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the report, "Prices of Good Class Bungalows still going up, but volume falls" (BT, July 14) by Arthur Sim. I am not alone in having received numerous calls from owners who own Good Class
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      812 28 The Washington Post Writers Group WE'VE been having the wrong discussion about globalisation. For years, we've argued over whether this or that industry and its workers might suffer from imports and whether the social costs were worth the economic gains from foreign products,
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      Lock icon No way SINGfest will leave S'pore shores
      185 28 CHRISTOPHER Lim's report, "Is the Music moving" (BT, July 11), highlighted concerns that Universal Music's involvement in SINGFest may ultimately cause the festival to be removed from Singapore's shores. Quite the contrary, I would like to reassure all Singaporeans that the "SING" in
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  • BIZIT
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      Lock icon S'pore contact centre industry in growth mode
      919 29 Asia-Pacific contact centre industry yet to be hit by US slowdown, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE Singapore contact centre industry is an increasingly mature sector and continues to grow on the back of organic expansions as well as limited new contact centre setups,
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      Lock icon Lenovo targets SMBs with new laptop range
      417 29  -  ONG BOON KIAT I By CHINA'S Lenovo has ratcheted up its focus on the budget-conscious, small and medium-sized business (SMB) laptop user. The world's fourth-larg-est PC maker yesterday unveiled a bumper crop of 13 laptops, which include a line aimed at SMBs called
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      Lock icon Nintendo unveils accessories, games for Will console
      206 29 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Nintendo Co, maker of the topselling Wii video-game console, has introduced accessories that will enable users to talk to each other during play and simulate musical instruments through its motion-sensitive controller. The WiiConnect24 microphone will be available for use with
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      Lock icon Time to board the mobile Intermet bandwagon
      682 29  -  DAVID KO <you say> Potential is enormous but keep in mind the challenges of providing search advertising in the nascent mobile space 7 HHE global mobile Interne opportunity is tremendous And it's not far off in the fu ture, it's happening righ now.
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8113 31 Transaction date: Jul 16 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hi 1 Day Last Quote )h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap $mil Hit Comi >an] 5716 1st Software 21.5 6.5 3148 STelecom 28 8 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABFSGBondETF 25
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      1899 31 52-Wk Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol fOOO] lay I Low By .ast Quote yer Seller Div Cvr Net P/E Cap ,mil Hii Comi >an' Hii 20 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 15 5000 sABRHIdgs 32 18 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38
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      215 31 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      374 32 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jul 15 World Index Preliminary 911.5 -2.0 -19.5 -2.0 -22.2 -1.5 -16.8 EAFE Prel liminai 860.4 -2.4 -23.2 -1.9 -23.2 -1.4 -17.8 Eun Prelim inan 1155.6 -2.3 -25.1 -2.2 -25.2 -1.7 -20.1
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      129 32 As at 9am Jul 16 Singapore dollars to one unit rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer s,ust dollar 1.3140 1.3300 .an dollar 1.3370 1.3540 luro 2.1320 2.1570 IZ dollar 1.0320 1.0550 iterlini ind 2.6860 2.7180 JS dollar 1.3390 1.3550 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign
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      172 32 Jul 16 Overnight 1/16 1-month 7/8 2-months 1 1/16 3-months 1 5/32 Overnight mode: 5/16 US$ Offer PAR 3/4 15/16 1 1/32 BJd 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months >—■. I. $Au 2.45 2.65 2.85 3.00 3.20 3.30 3.40 Offer 2.35 2.55
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      22 32 Jul 16 STI IIMSCI Jul 347.4 349.3 347.1 "aiwan Jul 259 260.8 253.8 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 32 Jul 16 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3440 1.3456 2-months 1.3420 1.3437 3-months 1.3402 1.3419 6-months 1.3352 1.3367 Source: OCBC
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      156 32 Julie Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3155 1.3170 0.9771 0.9772 Canadian dollar 1.3439 1.3457 0.9982 0.9985 Euro 2.1432 2.1455 1.5919 1.5920 NZ dollar 1.0385 1.0400 0.7714 0.7717 aterlini ind 2.7028 2.7062 2.0076 2.0080 US
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      283 32 Jul 16 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct08 NOV08 Dec 08 Jan/Mar 09 429.25 426.50 424.25 424.50 423.75 424.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig g|i Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest
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      77 32 CRIDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul IS CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 138.64 -6.14 WTI (Near Mth) 138.57 -6.69 Dubai (1-Mth F) 141.23 2.63 Tapis blend 155.5 2.95 Minas 150.85 2.65 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 133.45 175.20 0.45 0.7 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      139 32 Jul 16 GOLD (USS/oz) Jul 16 Jul IS Hong Kong London 973.80 977.30 974.80 978.30 Jul IS Jul 14 976.35 967.45 977.35 968.45 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jul 16 Buying Sellini Kilobar "45,044.86" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1
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      697 36 Reuters Wave of commercial property sales may cause *****-style market crash [LONDON] Britain's economic slowdown heralds a wave of forced commercial property sales that could yet tip a downturn in real estate markets into a *****-style property crash. Some new buildings could
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      890 37  -  PAULINE NG Developers currently relying on more resilient higher-end segment in Kuala Lumpur SINCE real estate is a natural hedge against inflation, buying property in Malaysia would seem a capital idea, with inflation running at its highest level in more than
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      404 38 Reuters Trusts hit by fears of rising financing costs arising from global credit crisis [SYDNEY] Now is the time to pick up cheap Australian property trusts because the country's economic fundamentals are strong, according to a securities fund manager at property
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      1098 39  -  CLARISSA TAN Only 1 in 5 S'poreans get regular health check-ups when that figure should be 100% for those aged 35 and above, reports CLEARING your closet, reading Proust and getting regular health screenings these have something in common. They'd all be good for us,
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      157 39 This is the fifth of a 12-part series brought to you by NOVENA Medical Center NOVENA Medical Center Jir Jr HI A Wide Variety Of Specialised Services Under One Roof. "~l_''>**SK»: ,;ni; '< Conveniently located in the central Novena vicinity, our growing reputation has attracted At Singapore's most modern medical
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      211 40 BUYING A PROPERTY IN MALAYSIA? Competitive <^B 1 fct Interest Rates ~^V W^ F>"^^\ Tangram, or Seven Plates of Wisdom, is an ancient puzzle that uses seven geometric shapes to form a wide variety of patterns. With RHB "financing1 Malaysia Property Financing, we give you such ideal flexibility as you
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      35 40 COMPANY LISTING Hi^^M^r^r^T^BVi bTs«bYi bWci rrTvTrTjj B bYsjBI HiV^i^^^BT^n^^iH bT£ji«w*bivbYi i rtT* vc^M^mvßl ■*|iii B«i^^M^^Mii^^*i^Pißl bVT^bI BBi^ffl?ff^i^JPf™f WtjPP^ Bhi^TVh BB™nfl^ V^Kr9^ PP*tP^l Bai^Ti^Vfl BB^rUffrfl^n™™™* BHi^Ti^Vfl BBT**T^^P^^nßH Bcflftff fWnffl Baa BMjffffßWcfflfM Bafl Bfl^flmfl Bala Kfllffffll bSlb
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  • WHO'S WHO IN PROPERTY OVERSEAS EDITION
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      981 41 Christopher boyd examines demand and supply trends in the Klang Valley and sees a continued up-cycle for the foreseeable future THE office sector in Malaysia's Klang Valley saw a number of significant events in the last 18 months, both in terms of rents as well as
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      962 41  -  ALLAH SOO THE Klang Valley retail market saw a turning point last year as the sector became more mature and saturated. Although the market is not fully saturated in terms of successful centres by number, it is nevertheless now more difficult for retailers to increase
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      692 42 A look at how XL's residential property market is faring in the current economic climate MALAYSIA'S property market had cruised into 2008 looking to keep its upward trend. But unprecedented results from the country's general elections in March led to new political parties forming state governments
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      707 42  -  DAVID GREEN-MORGAN AUSTRALIA'S commercial property markets are very much at a crossroads as we enter the second half of 2008. Investors are increasingly nervous as volatility in credit markets continues, banks of all sizes revaluate their exposure to the property market and new lending rules
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      1146 43 OVERVIEW BOLTON, which is listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, is one of the oldest and most established property developers in Malaysia with roots stretching back to 1964. It made waves with the 262-acre township development in Taman Midah, the pioneering housing estate in Kuala Lumpur. More recently
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      844 44 OVERVIEW D'Tiara Corp Sdn Bhd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oilcorp Berhad, a well-diversified company which is listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. Oilcorp is involved in three core business activities namely Oil Gas, Fisheries and Property Development Investment. As the property development arm of
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      1267 45 OVERVIEW DST International caters to those in the market for high end residential and commercial properties around the world, particularly in London, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Wellington, Paris, Dubai, Shanghai, Bangkok, Bali, Phuket and Singapore. The firm, established in 1998, provides a wide range of property services
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      1071 46 OVERVIEW An Integrated Waterfront Development DANGA Bay Sdn Bhd's (DBSB) core business is in property development. The 11-year-old company is undertaking the development of Danga Bay in Iskandar Malaysia, an area spread over 2,000 acres and blessed with 25km of waterfront shoreline. Danga Bay Phase 1 covers an
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      1007 47 OVERVIEW DIJAYA Corporation is renowned for creating distinctive residential resorts and commercial properties in Malaysia. Listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange since 1992, the group is diversified with businesses including resort property development and manufacturing. Dijaya is the developer of the award-winning Tropicana
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      923 48 OVERVIEW Gallant Venture Limited is an investment holding company with a focus on regional growth opportunities. Headquartered in Singapore, the group is an integrated master planner for industrial parks and resorts in Batam and Bintan. Since its establishment in the *****, the Group has positioned itself strongly in
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      1074 49 OVERVIEW 'Because of our ability to innovate, to think out of the box, we have been able to transform ideas into ventures that are profitable yet sustainable. Take our SMART Tunnel and Yen So Park projects as examples. We were the pioneers conceptualising developments which were not only problem
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      887 50 OVERVIEW Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Glomac can take pride in its ability to turn vision into reality, fulfilling the dreams and aspirations of their customers. Through the years, Glomac has established itself as a premier property developer in Malaysia. Property development has been the main business
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      1133 51 OVERVIEW Hunza Properties Berhad (HPB), a Bursa Malaysia-listed company, has 30 years of experience in quality property development and property investment. It was founded under the leadership of Dato' Khor Teng Tong. HPB has, since the *****, gained valuable experience in serving foreign property buyers. The group
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      854 52 OVERVIEW jL Property Group, a subsidiary of JL Group, is a boutique property marketing firm that specialises in helping retail investors enhance their wealth through properties and property-related investments. Its parent conglomerate company, which has over 60 years of history, grew from a humble outfit into one
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      1578 53 OVERVIEW IJM Land Berhad (formerly known as RB Land Holdings Berhad) (IJM Land) is set to be transformed from a mid-size property developer into one of the largest property developers listed on the mainboard of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad upon the completion of the rationalisation exercise of the
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      1479 55 OVERVIEW An integrated property developer, Malton was listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia in 2002. Its main focus is in property development and construction and project management. Since its inception, Malton has amassed a number of accolades as a leading, branded developer focused on the medium
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      628 57 'Mulpha's key strength lies in our unconventional and long-term approach to identifying, acquiring and developing assets as well as businesses across the region.' Lee Seng Huang, Executive Chairman, Mulpha International Berhad OVERVIEW MULPHA International Berhad is a diversified conglomerate and a component stock of the Bursa Malaysia
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      1042 58 OVERVIEW NAZA TTDI is best known for the development of the acclaimed township of Taman Tun Dr Ismail in Kuala Lumpur the group's first property development which commenced in 1973 under the then incorporated UDA SEA Park Development. In 1990 its name was changed to TTDI Development and
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      1082 59 OVERVIEW PJ Development Holdings Berhad started as a modest company in 1965, and over the decades has grown into a corporation with combined assets of over RMI billion in property development and construction, hotel and leisure, manufacturing and trading. Listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia, the
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      790 60 OVERVIEW UOA (United Overseas Australia Ltd) was a small venture capital company founded in Australia, in 1987, and listed on the Main Board of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in 1989. In 1989, UOA saw the potential of property development in Malaysia and began its focus on property
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      1165 61 OVERVIEW Incorporated in 1982, UEM Land is a subsidiary of UEM World, a diversified public company listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia which has undertaken numerous major infrastructure projects including the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, North-South Expressway, the National Sports Complex and currently, the Penang Second
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      1218 63 OVERVIEW YTL Land Development has been pioneering lifestyles for many years, not surprisingly, as its parent YTL Corporation is one of Malaysia's largest companies by way of market capitalisation. YTL Corporation, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia, began as a construction company back in 1955 building hospitals, offices
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      23 47 BDijaya Corporation Berhad DpAYA CORPORATE BeRhJ Building with passion ***** Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Sales hotline: (03) 7728 2018 Website: www.dijaya.com.my
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      23 48 Gallant Venture? Gallant Venture Ltd 991 Alexandra Road Blk 3 #02-06/07 Singapore *****4 Tel: (65) 6389 3535 Fax: (65) 6396 7758 E-mail: pohcheng@gallantventure.com
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      33 49 E GAMUDA LAND ENRICHING LIFE Gamuda Land Sdn Bhd Lot 54-58 Jalan SS22/25, Damansara Jaya, ***** Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Tel: (603) 7491 3201 or 7491 3343 Fax: (603) 7726 7646 Website: www.gamuda.com.my
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      39 50 j^^^^^^^ Glomac Berhad J^^m I ■■"^i- 12 Floor Wisma Glomac 3 I Kompleks Kelana Centre Point Jalan SS7/19 Kelana Jaya GLOMAC ***** Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Tel: (603)7801 9000 *i I f Fax: (603)7803 0203 Website: www.glomac.com.my
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