The Business Times, 21 March 2009

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  • Title Section
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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend MARCH 21-22,2009 Ssl.oo I «jP*AN SPH PUBLICATION MICA(P) 198/08/2008 www.businesstimes.com.sg
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  • Article
    Lock icon Recession trumps the hotel card
    941 1  -  Brittany Khoo and Liew Aiqing Jessica Yeo, Zeinab Yusuf and Zhang Vi Ting As membership numbers take a hit, hotels fight back by offering sweeter deals By bkhoo@sph.com.sg aqliew@sph.com.sg Singapore THE popularity of hotel cards is now at a discount. After thriving on offers of
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  • Article
    Lock icon Twist in the tale of 2 companies
    908 1  -  Lynette Khoo Why did NOL get rapped while CapitaLand did not? By lynkhoo@sph.com.sg Singapore TWO companies, two similar responses. Why did one get rapped while the other didn't? CapitaLand had declined to comment on Jan 7 when there were market rumours and a
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      201 1 [TRAVEL w M the raffles v PERSONAL SPACE V > New York, New York conversation *mf A tropica w harenui Lio,u tmJmX LIM BOON HENG 67 U*-i3 SALARY CUT Govt to pare civil service pay Move follows slowdown in economy, though last year's performance bonuses will still be paid out
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
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        46 2 KL COMP 856.82 +4.64 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG 12,833.51 -297.41 SET 429.64 1.92 JAKARTA 1,360.89 +19.29 MANILA 1,833.90 +53.64 KOSPI 1,170.94 +9.13 SHENZHEN B 335.38 -3.50 MUMBAI IND 8,966.68 12 noon EDT -35.07 Chanpe 12 noon EDT DOW 7,409.00 Change +8.20 NASDAQ 1,478.45 -5.03
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5,38 MALAYSIA 5,53 HONG KONG 5,00 INDONESIA 16,503 TAIWAN 4,826 JAPAN 1,475 KOREA 9,33 BRITAIN 050 US 3,25 CANADA 2,50 SWITZERLAND 0,52 INDIA 12,25 Source:
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        Lock icon FOREX
        44 2 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.508 (US$/S$ per 1.458 2.198 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.371 Foreign currency per US$, S$ 2.068 YEN 94.20 62.50 RM 3.646 2.418 7.751 5.141 BAHT 35.35 23.44 RUPIAH 11,815 7,836 RENMINBI 6.827 4.528 INDIAN RUPEE 50.13 33.24 1.445 0.959 nz: 1.780 1.181
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    • Article
      Lock icon We can't be like the Last of the Mohicans
      696 3  -  Lee U-Wen MM Lee highlights dilemma of Singapore's low birth rate and need for talent By leeuwen@sph.com.sg Singapore ONE constant worry on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's mind these days is babies specifically, a shortage of them. The country's poor birth
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      Lock icon Civil servants to get pay cut
      293 3  -  Teh Shi Ning By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Public Service Division (PSD) yesterday confirmed that civil servants will see a pay cut this year, given the slowdown in Singapore's economy. But last year's performance bonuses will still be paid out this month. Civil servants' annual
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      Lock icon The great COE dilemma
      879 4  -  Joyce Hooi Car lovers divided on renewing COE as prevailing quota premiums crash By joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore CAR lovers might not agree on which cars are worth loving, but they can collectively rejoice about Prevailing Quota Premiums (PQP) hitting their lowest levels since 1991. With the PQP
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      Lock icon Heavyweight chip maker sends upbeat signal
      318 4 Reuters Taipei TSMC, the world's biggest contract chip maker, said yesterday that it would end all unpaid leave for staff across the company from next month, the latest sign of a recovery from the sector's downturn. The decision came after TSMC sharply raised its
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      Lock icon Citigroup CFO to run toxic assets unit
      685 5 Reuters, Bloomberg Edward Kelly will replace Gary Crittenden as CFO; bank slammed for plans to spend USslom on new offices for top executives New York CITIGROUP Inc, in a significant management shake-up, named Gary Crittenden to run a unit housing underperforming and toxic
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      Lock icon Obama gives as good as he gets
      698 5 AP Universal City, California IF TV talk shows have become a battleground where hosts and newsmakers duke it out, Jay Leno and US President Barack Obama didn't get the message. Leno queried Mr Obama about difficult issues including AlG's executive bonuses and criticism
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      75 2 NEWS LIVING Top stories 2-5 Dining L 2-4 Raffles Conversation 6-7 Shopping L 5-7 Week In Review 8 'WMmWm From The Desk Of 9 mWm*^\ Companies 10-14 AmW Singapore 15-17 Plff^llll Letter From Abroad 18 Gourmet Awards LB-9 World 19-22 Travel LlO-11 Stocks 8c stats 23-27 Home 8c Garden Ll2-13
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The gold among the silver
      2137 6 Lim Boon Heng, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, is a man who thinks long and hard about population and ageing issues in Singapore. Here, he shares his thoughts with Chuang Peck Ming THE one thing that Lim Boon Heng doesn't want is for Singapore
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      Lock icon Raffles Hotels & Resorts
      76 6 Raffles Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. A collection of luxury hotels, Raffles Hotels and Resorts distinguishes itself through the highest standards of hospitality, service and cuisine. Its hotels in Singapore, Beijing, Cambodia, Beverly Hills, Dubai and the Caribbean
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • this week
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        Lock icon ADB funds to triple, IMF to get more cash
        47 7 G-20 finance ministers have agreed to a substantial increase in funds for the International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and other emerging market institutions. IMF resources will double to US$5OO billion and ADB's will triple to US$l5O billion.
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        Lock icon Job market pain takes on white-collar shade
        47 7 A LARGE number of white-collar workers have lost their jobs and more degree-holders have joined the ranks of the unemployed. Job losses hit a record quarterly high in the final three months of 2008, according to the Ministry of Manpower.
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        Lock icon More petrochem giants move HQs here
        48 7 MORE petrochemical and chemical producers are setting up their operational headquarters in Singapore to better serve Asian markets. The latest is Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical which will move the HQ for its terephthalic acid (or TPA) business from Tokyo to Singapore in June.
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        Lock icon AIG names banks that get bailout money
        75 7 FINANCIAL companies that received multibillion-dollar payments owed by AIG include Goldman Sachs (US$l2.9 billion), Merrill Lynch (US$6.B billion), Bank of America (US$5.2 billion), Citigroup (US$2.3 billion) and Wachovia (US$l.5 billion). Big foreign banks also received large sums from the US rescue, including Societe
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        Lock icon SGX sets off ripples with rare NOL reprimand
        72 7 THE Singapore Exchange on Tuesday issued a rare public reprimand of Neptune Orient Lines, saying the shipping group had not done enough to quell market rumours last week that it was seeking to raise US$25O million from a rights issue. The move,
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        Lock icon Audit fees rise in tricky environment
        45 7 AS audit firms venture into more complex areas in these volatile days, their fees have gone up. Some sources say that fees could rise by as much as 10 per cent this year as audit processes become more onerous.
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        Lock icon S'pore exports down sharply for 10th straight month
        39 7 NON-OIL domestic exports have notched another double-digit fall, suggesting the recession has deepened. In a 10th straight monthly decline, NODXtumbled 23.7 percent to $9.73 billion in February from a year ago.
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        Lock icon Time runs out for suspect in Cortina watch heist
        72 7 THE hunt for a former Cortina Holdings employee who allegedly went missing with almost $8 million of luxury watches in December last year has ended. Jerry Ec surrendered at the Singapore embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday and is in Thai police
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        Lock icon A chunk of RBS banking business up for grabs
        52 7 TROUBLED Royal Bank of Scotland is selling its retail and commercial banking business in Singapore, and 660 jobs could be at stake. The semi-nationalised British bank will retain its investment banking and wholesale business in Singapore, said RBS chairman Philip Hampton
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        Lock icon IBM in talks to buy Sun for US$6.5b: report
        74 7 IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems for at least US$6.5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported, in a deal that could bolster its computer server products against rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co. That would translate into a premium of
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        Lock icon Recruitment still strong in Asia's biomedical sector
        50 7 BUCKING the trend in other industries, recruitment in Asia's biomedical science sector remains strong despite the economic downturn, says recruitment firm ScienTec Consulting. Talent is in demand by contract research organisations, biotech firms and pharmaceutical companies setting up R&D bases in the region.
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        Lock icon SGX flags hot spots for company boards
        46 7 THE Singapore Exchange on Thursday urged boards to step up checks on their companies' cash holdings, accounts receivables, off-balance sheet items and other "areas of heightened risks". And the results of such checks, the SGX said, should be disclosed.
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        Lock icon Fed throws in US$1.2t and the kitchen sink
        61 7 THE Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would deploy an additional US$l.2 trillion to try to lower interest rates and stimulate the economy, an aggressive move aimed at containing the recession. The central bank will increase its purchases of mort-gage-backed securities
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      114 7 NEXT WEEK March 23-27, 09 US DATA March 23 Feb existing home sales March 25 Feb durable goods orders Feb new home sales Crude Inventories March 26 Initial job claims Q4 GDP, final March 27 Feb personal income/spending March Michigan sentiment SINGAPORE DATA March 23 Feb Consumer Price Index March
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon The art of the matter
      1260 8  -  Daniel Komala With art prices down 30-40% from last year, this could be a good time to build up your portfolio and snap up the works of emerging masters FROM THE DESK OF CEO, Larasati Auctioneers A LONG-TERM client, friend and art investor asked me
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Six businesses in search of a business
      812 9  -  Chew Xiang CORPORATE FOCUS After several failures, Jade Technologies now ventures into chemicals. Will it succeed this time around? By THERE is something surreal in the way Jade Technologies repeatedly lurches into new lines of business. In its peripatetic journey through the commercial
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      Lock icon SingTel Optus wins movie-content licensing dispute
      411 9  -  Winston Chai By winstonc@sph.com.sg Singapore AUSTRALIA'S New South Wales Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favour of Singapore Telecommunications' Australian subsidiary Optus in its licensing dispute with movie content provider TMNC (The Movie Network Channel). TMNC, a supplier of movie channels to the Australian operator's
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      Lock icon Cortina's loss from theft cut to $3.3m
      224 10  -  Jamie Lee It has recovered and identified 230 watches worth about $4.6m By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore CORTINA Holdings has recovered almost 60 per cent of the maximum $7.9 million that it expected to lose after a stash of watches and thousands of dollars in
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      Lock icon GE top achievers behind $100,000 donation
      185 10 THE Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund has received a donation of $100,000 from top achievers of life insurance company Great Eastern. The amount came from top achievers who chose to forgo recognition advertisements in newspapers. "Despite the challenging year ahead, they have not
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      Lock icon An exciting week for Ponzi schemes
      688 11  -  R Sivanithy STOCKS sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent To some observers, it's been a boring week prices drifting in thin volume with not much in the way of excitement or good news. On the contrary, we think it's been a wonderfully exciting five days, especially for
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      116 11 VOL aOSE Golden Aj 56,990 27.5 0.0 0.0 :hina Honi <ins 56,061 0.0 0.0 >ino-Env 35,240 15 6.0 66.7 :hart SemiCond 30,362 10.5 0.5 5.0 fanlord 28,732 99 3.0 3.1 in ;Tel 27,620 244 -1.0 -0.4 BtraitsAsia 25,941 845 3.5 4.3 ;lobal Voice 22,826 1.5 -0.5 -25.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      101 11 :apitaLand 2.030 -0.050 ]apitaMall 1.120 +0.020 :if 'Dev 5.030 +0.020 ]osco Con 0.740 +0.005 IBS Gn 7.750 +0.040 :&N 2.290 -0.010 lent Intl 0.450 iolden Ai ;ri 0.275 IK Land 2.120 -0.020 IMH 18.000 +0.400 ISH 10.280 +1.000 lardine C&C 9.990 +0.390 lei Con 4.450 +0.080 >el Land
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      58 11 BY CENTS UP CLOSE DBXT Nift 10US$ 5620 482.4 6.0 GLD 10US$ 9475 465.8 3.4 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 8330 180.9 1.5 ISH 1028 150.8 10.8 IMH 1800 60.3 2.3 OCBC Bk.ES.0903 446 44.0 10.9 lardine C&C 999 39.0 4.' UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9100 30.0 0.3 STXPO 100
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      54 11 CLOSEDOWN iBXT FTChina25 10US$ 1890 -60.3 -2.China H 10US$ 983 -30.2 -2.1 )CBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 8000 -30.0 -0 'enture Con 455 -17.0 -3.i :erebosPac 236 -14.0 -5.i IOB.ES.0903 923 -14.0 -1.: JOB BNP ePW*****8 91 -13.0 -12.! Creative Tech 333 -12.0 -3. iGX RB eCW*****5 3.5 -11.0
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      Lock icon See Hup Seng's CEO quits
      373 11  -  Angela Tan By angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore SEE Hup Seng's executive director and chief executive officer Yap Sew, who last year was ordered to pay a $50,000 civil penalty for insider trading when he was a consultant of the company, has resigned. The company, which decided to
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      Lock icon Agva gets SGX nod for delisting
      363 11  -  EMILYN YAP By emilyny@sph.com.sg Singapore LESS than six years after its listing on the Singapore Exchange main board, media storage product maker Agva Corporation is calling it quits in a voluntary delisting approved in-principle by the exchange yesterday. A manufacturer of laptop cases, CD
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      Lock icon KepLand defers construction of Marina Bay Suites
      552 12  -  Kalpana Rashiwala Building of Madison Residences also delayed by current market conditions By kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore KEPPEL Land is deferring construction of the highly touted Marina Bay Suites (in which it has one-third stake) as well as Madison Residences in Bukit Timah, citing "current
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      Lock icon Sino-Env: No idea why share price jumped
      363 12  -  Joyce Hooi By joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore SINO-ENVIRONMENT Technology has denied any knowledge of the reasons behind the 66.7 per cent spike in its share price during trading yesterday. In response to a query by the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) yesterday, it said: "We are
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      Lock icon UOL sells unit to CEO's niece
      209 12  -  Uma Shankari By shankari@sph.com.sg Singapore UOL Group said yesterday it sold a unit in its new project Double Bay Residences to Anna Gwee Lay Peng, niece of UOL director and chief executive Gwee Lian Kheng, for $878,820. Except for a 3 per cent "early
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      Lock icon Auditors' concerns over Huan Hsin
      227 12 HUGE losses, liquidity problems and loan covenant breaches indicate material uncertainty that may cast "significant doubt" over Huan Hsin Holdings' ability to continue as a going concern, its auditors said. Deloitte Touche issued an unqualified audit opinion on Huan Hsin's financial statements for the year
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      Lock icon Gloucester needs to seek merger approval
      438 13  -  Teh Shi Ning Australia's takeovers panel has ordered it to seek shareholders' nod for deal with Whitehaven Coal By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore AUSTRALIA'S takeovers panel yesterday ordered Gloucester Coal to seek shareholders' approval on its proposed merger with Whitehaven Coal, further boosting Noble Group's efforts
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      Lock icon No assurance of profit for Q4, says Jasper
      344 13  -  Jamie Lee By leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore OFFSHORE oil and gas drilling and services company Jasper Investments may post a fourth-quarter loss as a result of lower revenue and issues over a loan by one of its units. Jasper said yesterday that its unit
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon US should champion free trade: Hng Kiang
      551 14  -  Lee U-Wen He also called for deeper US economic engagement, not just with China and India, but with the rest of Asia as well By leeuwen@sph.com.sg AS THE world's biggest economy, the US has a special role and a responsibility to champion global
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      Lock icon ACPAC recommends clearer rules, anti-protectionism
      338 14  -  Nisha Ramchandani By nishar@sph.com.sg THE need for anti-protectionism and clearer regulatory frameworks are just some of the suggestions that the Asia-Pa-cific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC) will highlight to the Obama administration with regard to US-Asia relations. APCAC, which represents 27 American chambers
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      Lock icon Unemployment to rise: Macquarie Research
      383 15  -  Victor Katheyas It forecasts rate to peak at 6-7%, revises 2009 GDP growth outlook to -6% from -3% By victorpk@sph.com.sg MACQUARIE Research expects Singapore's overall unemployment rate to peak at 6-7 per cent later this year. This is worse than during the electronics bust of
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      Lock icon Public transport industry seeks workers
      296 15  -  Brittany Khoo By bkhoo@sph.com.sg SBS Transit, SMRT Corporation, the National Transport Workers' Union (NTWU) and the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) are moving to attract more workers to the public transport industry as it grows despite the economic downturn. Yesterday, they held an inaugural joint
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      Lock icon Desalinating water: Call to cut energy use
      214 15 SINGAPORE needs to manage the higher amount of energy required to produce desalinated water compared with taking water from conventional sources, Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday. "Although desalinated water and Newater have afforded enhanced water security, they are more
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      Lock icon Sing Lun donates $1m to SMU
      285 16 THE Singapore Management University (SMU) has established the Sing Lun Scholarships, Sing Lun Fellowship and Sing Lun Seminar Room with a $1 million gift from Patrick Lee, chairman of Sing Lun Investments, and his family. Mr Lee's donation is in honour of his late
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      Lock icon Fortis sees big value in Asian bonds
      554 16  -  Lynette Khoo It's slightly underweight equities; says rally in government bond markets is unsustainable By lynkhoo@sph.com.sg FORTIS Investment Management Group analysts say they favour Asian bonds in the medium term and are slightly "underweight" equities, assuming that an economic bottom is to be
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      Lock icon EU set to change S-E Asian trade policy
      255 16 AFP Berlin THE European Union (EU) is poised to alter its South-east Asia trade policy to deal with individual members of the Asean trade alliance rather than with the bloc as a whole, a senior official said yesterday. The German daily Handelsblatt
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Group switching off for Earth Hour
      259 16 THE Hong Leong Group yesterday pledged to turn off lights at all its buildings in Singapore during Earth Hour next Saturday. A total of 25 local buildings, hotels and offices belonging to City Developments Limited (CDL), Hong Leong Holdings, Millennium Copthorne International
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  • LETTER FROM ABROAD WITH ASCOTT
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      Lock icon Cold but comfortable in Bavaria
      662 17  -  Heng Yih Wen WHEN the offer of an international assignment came my way as part of KPMG's Global Opportunities programme, it was way too attractive to refuse. After much anticipation of what it would be like venturing out of my comfort zone into a foreign
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon OECD may cut China growth forecast to 6%
      452 18 Bloomberg Deepening global slump cited, but economy is expected to grow more strongly in 2010 Beijing THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) may cut its forecast for China's economic growth this year to as little as 6 per cent because
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      Lock icon Nano to be launched on Monday
      237 18 Reuters Mumbai TATA Motors will launch the much awaited Nano, slated to be the world's cheapest car at less than US$2,OOO, on Monday but it may be the middle of the year before it is seen on Indian roads. The formal launch comes 15
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      Lock icon Planned trade pact good for China, says Taiwan
      312 18 AP Taipei A PROPOSED trade pact with Taiwan could open the door to Chinese investments on the island, working to the mainland's advantage, a senior Taiwanese official said yesterday. The comment by Minister Chen Tain-jy of Taiwan's Cabi-net-level Council for Economic Planning
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      Lock icon China drafts new forex rules
      408 19 Reuters They are making it easier for banks to convert between foreign currencies Shanghai CHINA has drafted rules making it easier for banks to convert foreign currency holdings into other foreign currencies, official media reported yesterday, a move which some dealers said might eventually lead
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      Lock icon Labuan banks on its financial image
      443 19  -  Pauline Ng ay btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur IN the current push to increase the transparency of tax havens suspected of complicity in the global financial meltdown, Malaysia's Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC) believes it has found a new edge in its "clean" status.
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      Lock icon New India natural gas may hit naphtha
      209 19 Reuters New Delhi/Singapore NATURAL gas production from massive new fields offshore India will likely mean the beginning of the end for an upbeat Asian naphtha market, as local power and fertiliser firms switch to the cheaper fuel. Reliance Industries' Krish-na-Godavari Basin gas, due
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      Lock icon Govts may need to nationalise banks: expert
      305 20 Bloomberg Architect of Sweden's 1990s bank rescue says they can be privatised later Stockholm The US and other governments should consider nationalising banks in a bid to bring to an end the deepening financial crisis, Bo Lundgren, the architect of Sweden's 1990s bank
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      Lock icon EU pledges 75b euros to IMF
      429 20 Reuters, AFP Brussels EUROPEAN Union leaders yesterday agreed to provide 75 billion euros (*****.2 billion) in new loans to the International Monetary Fund as part of a G-20 effort to boost the lender's firepower for fighting global recession. The leaders also agreed at a
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      Lock icon China backs Russia's call for rethink on dollar
      366 20 Reuters Moscow CHINA and other emerging nations back Russia's call for a discussion on how to replace the dollar as the world's primary reserve currency, a senior Russian government source said on Thursday. Russia has proposed the creation of a new reserve
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      485 21 NYT It will guarantee payment to cash-strapped suppliers who employ 500,000 people Detroit THE Obama administration moved on Thursday to stabilise the American auto industry by creating a US$5 billion fund to support troubled parts suppliers. The Treasury Department said the programme would
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      419 21 Reuters London THREE of the world's biggest banks on Thursday embarked on fresh steps to boost their balance sheets, as governments moved to crack down on excesses that may have fuelled the global credit crisis. The moves by HSBC Holdings pic, Citigroup
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      384 21 AFP Washington US President Barack Obama yesterday launched a historic direct appeal to the Iranian people, urging an end to decades of animosity and offering "honest" engagement with the Islamic Republic. "My administration is now committed to diplomacy that addresses the full range of
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      8322 22 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol (f)O0) Day Last Quote High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E M Cap Smil I 3 3148 8Telecom 1 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 10.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs S 6 1938 AEI Corp 1:5 1 1100
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      1721 25 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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      46 25 Up Down Unch 5 4 4 Up Down Unch OOP Up Down Unch 5 4 4 lulti Ind lanui tectiinni .ommerce -inance .onst ruction jerties Totel Sts" >ervices led >as/ ler ;ure larr Active counters with no volume for todai are not included
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      39 25 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAI lulti Ind 25,679 25,679 64,063 64,063 lanui l~acturiri) .ommerce -inance .onstruction Yo\ >erties lotel ists >ervices led 'ater linini iiiarr Sini forei't stocks. Value calculated usini Monda} ''s excban^ rates.
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      847 25 For week beginning Mar 16 Trans Date Substantial Shareholder/ Director Buy Sell Conv No of Shares '000 Price Per ShrS Before ('000) After ('000) itock Hiap Moh Corp Ltd 19-Mar-09 Michael Wee Soon Lock Hiap Moh Corp Ltd 19-Mar-09 Ng Kah Lin Hiap Moh Corp Ltd
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      364 26 Mar 19 dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminai 597.2 -0.1 -11.9 0.7 -8.5 2.1 -12.5 EAFE Preliminai 567.8 0.5 -12.5 3.6 -9.8 5.1 -13.7 Euroi Preliminai 784.2 0.7 -14.0 3.9 -10.7 5.4 -14.6 Pacific 486.7
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      145 26 Mar2o| :urrencies Bid >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0429 Offer 1.0434 Bid 0.6918 Offer 0.6919 :anadian dollar 1.2216 1.2228 0.8104 0.8109 iuro 2.0672 2.0681 1.3713 1.3714 IZ dollar 0.8463 0.8473 0.5614 0.5619 jterlini 2.1973 2.1987 1.4576 1.4580 IS dollar 1.5075 1.5080 >$/US$ to
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      97 26 ^^^Arr^II SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 09 940.50 915.00 952.75 928.25 JulO9 940.00 911.75 951.50 926.00 AugO9 927.25 896.00 937.00 908.00 SepO9 902.75 868.00 910.00 877.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 09 31.89 30.92 32.50 31.31 JulO9 32.16 31.19
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      77 26 Mar i H :rude ISS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Srent blend (1-Mth F) VTI (Near Mth) )ubai (1-Mth F) 'apis blend /linas 49.69 2.79 51.13 1.73 47.64 1.62 51.45 0.80 50.45 1.10 •RODUCT ISS/barrel (FOB Spore) Close Change \l aphtha let Kerosene 46.50 0.85 53.90 0.85 JSS/barrel )pec Oil
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      65 26 ^^^^aT^ol loz] lar lar -long Kong 927.00 956.50 928.00 957.50 Mar 18 Mar 19 .ondon 890.70 953.80 892.20 955.80 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying 'assbook 1 oz 20.57 20.33 Source: UOB >LATINUM/Lon (US$/oz) Mar 19 Close Previous 'M Fix 1087.*****4.00 M Fix 1055.*****0.00 Source: Thomson Reuters M.ATINUM /NYMEX
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      66 26 Mar tluminium, 99.75" mrity (US$/tonne; Close Previous lid /tonne; lose ■revious Cash 3 months Tin (US$/tonne; 9922.00 *****.00 9791.01 9875.01 :ash 1 months :opper, Grade A 1426.75 1463.00 1342.75 1379.00 ;us$/tonne) lash J months ■ead (US$/tonne; 3963.00 3999.00 3720.75 3756.00 Cash 3 months Zinc, Special Hi; *****.00 *****.01
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      1058 27  -  Allein G Moore During a downturn, when people think twice before spending, strength of the brand is critical. It's also a chance to reinforce the brand and build market share By ID you prepare for the recession? I don't mean by H unloading shares before
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      866 27  -  David Brooks NYT By New York YOU'D think if some tiger were lunging at your neck, your attention would be riveted on the tiger. But that's apparently not how it works in the age of global ADD (attention deficit disorder). As a tiger sinks its teeth into
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        975 28  -  Linda Stern Reuters Here are some principles that can help you develop a new investment philosophy for turbulent times By HE past year's stock y market rout has dis- credited many investment gurus and their philosophies. Among the previously successful but rel^^^^^m cently shamed strategies are: Look
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        742 28  -  Jamie Lee Property sector Neutral OCBC Investment Research March 17 STRONG recovery in February property sales: February sales of non-landed property (NLP) reached their highest level since August 2007, with a total of 1,059 NLP units launched and 1,305 NLP units sold in the month. Sales were largely
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        1186 29  -  Ben Fok WEALTH INSIGHTS Confusion arises when investors fail to distinguish "compound interest" from "compound returns" CEO, Grandtag Financial Consultancy (S) LAST month, I had a discussion with a disgruntled investor about his investment portfolio. He claimed that the concept of compounding in investments in stocks and
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        63 29 The impact of dispersion and negative returns on 4 portfolios Year! 8% $10,800 1% $10,100 30% $13,000 50% $15,000 Year 2 QO/ o/b $11,664 13% $11,413 24% $16,120 24% $18,600 Year 3 QO/ o/b $12,597 10% $12,554 -30% $11,284 -50% $9,300 Simple average QO/ o/b 8% 8%
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        1086 30  -  Teh Hooi Ling SHOW ME THE MONEY During bear periods, investors are loath to inject money into a stock that is likely to be worth less in a month or two hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent ARELY four months inA to the year, companies listed on the
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        699 31 Reuters Some cite contradiction in clients' argument for simpler products and the need for capital protection Luxembourg FUND managers are struggling to come up with new ideas to win back clients following the mayhem in financial markets over the past 18
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        373 31  -  Oh Boon Ping By INDEX investing appears to be back in vogue, and new products could be rolled out in the next few months, says French bank Societe Generale. Amid the current financial turmoil, it sees growing demand in Asia for specialist index investing
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        683 33  -  Uma Shankari Landords' priority now is to retain tenants as they feel impact of slowdown, say analysts. By PRIME Orchard Road rents could fall about 15-20 per cent this year, says a new report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). Property analysts have cut
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        2286 35  -  Jaime Ee 'People are very much more aware of how they are spending. They want to appear to be saving money. If s cool to be thrifty if s the new trend.' Beppe De Vito (below), II Lido Singapore's top restaurants have not been spared the current
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        888 36  -  Jaime Ee Consider it the upside of a downbeat economy you can now treat yourself to value-for-money deals at high-end restaurants. By Hua Ting Orchard Hotel, 442 Orchard Road S3 6739-6666 THE premier Chinese restaurant is offering specially priced set lunch and dinner menus at $42++
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        483 37  -  Melissa Lwee FASHIONISTAS in London and Paris have long looked to Kokon to Zai a über-hip retail concept for cut-ting-edge clothing inspiration. The shops once known as fashion's biggest hidden gems have for many years served as a stepping stone for
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        539 37  -  Melissa Lwee BT checks out the latest international brands conning to town to steal Singaporean hearts Modern, funny and very Parisian FROM Paris with love comes a new brand dedicated to the young fashion lover AB irato. Started by Alexandre Miel and Benjamin Moureau, the label's name stems
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        419 38  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon FASHION-sawy men who feel they have been overlooked by Singapore retailers can look forward to a Z Zegna boutique here when lon Orchard opens. Parent company Ermenegildo Zegna may be known for its exquisite fabrics and formal suits, but Z
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        705 38  -  Corinne Kerk ILL-FITTING bras that create unsightly lumps of flesh on the back and around the chest can be a thing of the past if a newly-arrived lingerie brand really works as it claims. Bradelis, a premium brand of custom-fit lingerie designed and
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        800 39  -  Melissa Lwee Petar Petrov Available at Blackjack #01-10 Forum The Shopping Mall S 6735-0975 WOMEN who like juxtaposition in their fashion will appreciate the designs from Petar Petrov. Although previously better known for his menswear collections putting on a regular show during Paris Men's fashion
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        323 40 PHOTOS BY THE notion of good food and good company could not have been more obvious at The Business Times-Citibank Gourmet Choice Awards presentation on March 11 where Singapore's top 50 restaurants were honoured in a fun-filled evening that saw some 400 people enjoying food specially prepared by
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        1245 41  -  Geoffrey Eu Of all the Downtown districts, SoHo (above) is, after Greenwich Village, perhaps the best known, and the first neighbourhood that visitors in search of that special Downtown atmosphere will gravitate towards. That's where you'll find the Big Apple's hip and happening
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        1168 42  -  Geoffrey Eu personal space New Zealand High Commissioner Martin Harvey and his wife Sarah consider their residence here to be a second home for fellow Kiwis living in Singapore. By DIPLOMATIC posting isn't always about representing your country, interacting with other civil servants and conducting high-powered negotiations
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        1080 43  -  Christopher Lim Apple's smallest player supports high-fidelity music, but courts controversy with minimal controls. By THE iPod Shuffle has long endeared itself to audio fanatics for its excellent audio quality, but the latest iteration of Apple's tiniest music players finally fulfils its true potential. The new third-generation model
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        766 44  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon A muscle training centre with a difference has just moved into town. By Kieser Muscle Training Centre Singapore Land Tower, #01-02A S 6323-3933 STRENGTH training might sound like what athletes do, but it is not just for them. In fact, call it "muscle therapy", as
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        514 44  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon MODIFIED versions of the Japanese 'onsen' experience have come to Singapore's shores in the form of a steam bath and a "bubbly" one. And it's not for relaxation alone, as both are supposed to have therapeutic elements for overall wellness benefits, say
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        900 45  -  Naveen Verghese no holds barred naveen@sph.com.sg Executive Sub-editor FRENCH football wizard Zinedine Zidane was widely reported last week as saying that Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is the best player in the world. Zidane is not exactly known for speaking his mind and so
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        1469 46  -  Justine Moss According to a recent study, over-thinking during performance can have negative results Sports psychologists and professional golfers concur. By IN CASE both pro golfers and amateur hackers don't already know, a study that was completed earlier this year by a group of
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        606 47  -  CY Chew Michelin's Primacy LC delivers a quiet ride, fuel efficiency and wet-weather safety. By GRIP versus rolling resistance. Larger contact patch versus wet weather performance. Properties you would assume are mutually exclusive. At the launch of the new Michelin Primacy LC in Pattaya, Thailand, last week,
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        765 48  -  Samuel Ee Lots of space, good performance, fuel economy the Captiva Diesel offers all these and more. By A DIESEL-POWERED car is hardly the first thing a prospective buyer looks out for when shopping for a new set of wheels. But a reduction in the
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        659 49  -  Samuel Ee fl watch Plot twists and climactic endings in the sport promise more drama than a soap opera. By Mk m AYBE every--1% #1 thing is stage managed or maybe Formula I One really does offer more drama than a soap opera. Fl does not have
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