The Business Times, 3 July 2009

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA(P) 197/08/2008 Friday, July 3,2009
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  • 593 1  -  ANNA TEO Singapore may technically climb out of a recession but stay in a rut, the numbers suggest By [SINGAPORE] Now that the economy is believed to have touched bottom, data watchers are on the lookout for signs that it is
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  • 751 1 LAT-WP, AP Bickering kills Budget deal on last day of fiscal year [SACRAMENTO, California] After trying for weeks to fix a California Budget gone out of control, governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers stood frozen in conflict on Wednesday with the state on
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.165 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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    • 44 1 1COMP 1,078.71 -0.69 IIKKEI225 9,876.15 -63.78 1ANG SENG 18,178.05 -200.68 ;et index 586.42 -11.06 JAKARTA COM P 2,065.75 +5.87 IANILACOMP 2,438.04 +5.15 ;eoulcomp 1,411.48 -0.18 ;henzhen b 508.94 +4.94 IUMBAI IND 14,658.49 +13.02 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 8,328.73 -175.33 IASDAQ 1,801.35 -44.37
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    • 43 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.450 (US$/S$ per 1.634 2.369 ;UR0 (US$/S$/E) 1.409 2.043 Foreii in curreno >er US$ S$ 'EN 96.70 66.70 3.521 2.429 IK$ 7.750 5.346 !AHT 34.06 23.50 lUPIAH 10,195 7,033 lENMINBI 6.832 4.713 INDIAN RUPEE 47.89 33.03 1.246 0.860
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  • 446 1  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Buyers expected to build apartments on adjoining sites By [SINGAPORE] VI Kai Group and Fission Group, the duo that recently paid $71 million for VTB Building in Robinson Road, are said to have joined forces to buy Aviva
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 88 2 NOW that the Singapore economy is believed to have touched bottom, data watchers are on the lookout for signs that it is headed up, and not still floundering. So it's no surprise that May's manufacturing uptick has spurred talk that Singapore
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      • 93 2 AFTER trying for weeks to fix a California Budget gone out of control, governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers stood frozen in conflict on Wednesday with the state on the brink of a meltdown. A day after the state Senate failed in a
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      • 81 2 VI KAI Group and Fission Group, the duo that recently paid $71 million for VTB Building in Robinson Road, are said to have joined forces to buy Aviva Building in Cecil Street and next-door Cecil House from insurer Aviva for a total of
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      • 44 2 EMPLOYERS cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the US unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 per cent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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      • 104 2 ASIAN initial public offerings, which accounted for the lowest proportion of share sales in at least 10 years during the first half, may be poised to take off as smaller stock swings make it easier for companies to tap equity markets.
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      • 52 2 SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a second contract to complete a semi-submersible rig for Sea Dragon Offshore unit Oban B. The contract is worth U*****.3 million, excluding owner-supplied equipment. SembMarine secured a US$247 million contract for a similar rig in April. COMPANY NEWS,
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      • 72 2 HANG on tight, brace for a bumpy ride but, most importantly, hang on. Financial soothsayers were unanimous in their opinion yesterday that an economic recovery is imminent, despite a correction expected in the second half of the year. Some even go as far as
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      • 74 2 THREE sites have been added to the government's industrial land sales programme for second-half 2009, which was launched yesterday by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The three sites have been added under the reserve list to continue to meet potential
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    • 690 2 AP, Bloomberg LATEST US DATA 467,000 jobs lost in June, pointing to US economy's bumpy recovery ahead [WASHINGTON] Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the US unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 per cent, suggesting that
      – AP, Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  690 words
    • 534 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO But near-term trend remains on the decline, says E&Y global leader for PE By [SINGAPORE] Private equity space, which may stay muted for the rest of this year, could stir to life again in 2010 when values stabilise, says
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    • 776 4 Bloomberg Bankers say firms that shelved IPOs in past 18 months are reviving plans [HONG KONG] Asian initial public offerings, which accounted for the lowest proportion of share sales in at least 10 years during the first half, may be poised
      Bloomberg  -  776 words
    • 901 4  -  CHEN HUIFEN Boustead CEO draws on his experience as serial entrepreneur By [SINGAPORE] If he had a young child who was a scholar, Boustead Singapore CEO Wong Fong Fui would encourage him or her to join public service or a government linked company
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    • 483 4 Reuters It downplays risks of both above-target inflation, deflation [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates at one per cent yesterday, and markets expect it to hold them at the all-time low for much of next year to help repair
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 231 5  -  VINCENT WEE By KEPPEL Corporation's shipbuilding unit, Keppel Singmarine, yesterday delivered a multi-purpose duty rescue vessel to Lukoil-Ka-liningradmorneft (Lukoil) the fifth it has delivered to the services and marketing unit of major Russian oil company Lukoil Oil Company since 2003. The 60-tonne bollard pull
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    • 360 5  -  VINCENT WEE The USs237m deal for a rig is second from Sea Dragon Offshore since April By SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a second contract to complete a semi-submersi-ble rig for Sea Dragon Offshore unit Oban B. The contract is worth U*****.3 million,
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    • 816 5  -  R SIVANITHY IT IS one of the uncomfortable truths about the stock market that when it comes to regulation and governance, "blind spots" abound. Somewhat analogous to military "no-fly zones", these no-go areas are supposedly too sensitive to discuss openly, with the result
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    • 457 6  -  JOYCE HOOI Some expect next bull market to begin this half as US housing bottoms out By HANG on tight, brace for a bumpy ride but, most importantly, hang on. Financial soothsayers were unanimous in their opinion yesterday that an economic recovery is imminent,
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    • 466 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO By THERE has been a spike in claims of mis-selling and negligence against fund managers as more investors turn to lawsuits when they see their asset values plunge. Capital Market Services (CMS) licence-exempt fund managers should check their professional
      STOCK.XCHNG  -  466 words
    • 392 6  -  LYNETTE KHOO By ORIENTAL Century's chief financial officer, Chan Kheng Yong Hock, has resigned with immediate effect, with the company saying yesterday that it is unable to continue to finance his service. The resignation was a mutual agreement, the company said, adding: "Mr Chan shall
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    • 364 6  -  JOANNE TANG By GLOBAL Investments Limited (GIL) the mainboard-listed mutual funds company which until recently was known as Babcock Brown Global Investments Limited has narrowed its search for a new manager. In an update on its strategic review yesterday, GIL said it is
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    • 474 7  -  CHEN HUIFEN It has issued 'buy' calls on Raffles Medical and Parkway By DESPITE the prospect of the HINI virus spread escalating, which may impede patient flows, Nomura Singapore is bullish about the private healthcare sector and has issued "buy" calls on both Raffles Medical and
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 88 7 KOYO International has been awarded two contracts by Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) for the provision of maintenance of mechanical and electrical systems in two school zones for a period of three years with an option to continue for another three years. The two
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      • 104 7 SINO Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co Ltd (SSTEC) and Farglory Land Development Group Shanghai will work together on an integrated development covering more than lOOha of residential and commercial land, of which more than 70ha is located within the Eco-City's 4-sq-km Start
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      • 58 7 ROTOL Singapore has been awarded a $2.2 million contract for metal, aluminium and glazing works for extension works at Mustafa Centre. The project will commence immediately and is expected to be completed by August 2010. The group expects this contract to contribute positively to its results
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      • 37 7 THE judicial manager of L&M Group Investments said that the High Court of Singapore had granted an order that the judicial management order remain in force for a further period until Sept 30, 2009.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 685 8  -  YEN SREENIVASAN STOCKS After showing some early resilience, the STI retreated 31.73 points to close at 2,320.82 IT WAS a down day for regional markets yesterday amid weakening Wall Street market futures and caution ahead of the release of key US June unemployment data.
      : Bloomberg  -  685 words
    • 94 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 5 5 7 0 0 0 5 5 7 lanufacturing 35 48 62 11 37 56 73 Commerce 13 22 20 19 24 23 'pt/Stor/Comms 22 10 22 :inance 13 13 Construction 'roperties 14 22 11
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    • 116 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 12,286 12,286 49,692 49,692 lanufacturing 244,607 17,049 261,656 165,599 862 166,461 lommerce 67,453 7,847 75,300 79,594 4,029 83,624 'pt/Stor/Comms 169,383 552 169,935 166,409 33 166,442 :i nance 29,632 29,632 194,767 194,767 lonstruction 64,353 2,060 66,413 20,265 31 20,296 'roperties
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    • 101 8 lapitaLand 3.630 -0.120 lapitaMal 1.400 -0.040 JtyDev 8.510 -0.200 lomfortDelGrc 1.280 -0.010 Iosco Corp 1.260 -0.020 IBS Grp 11.640 -0.340 :&N 3.840 -0.070 ienting SP 0.690 -0.010 iolden Agri 0.370 -0.015 IK Land 3.410 -0.110 IMH 27.860 -0.140 JSH 15.140 4-0.240 lardineC&C 19.180 -0.320 Ceppel Corp
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    • 950 8  -  JOYCE HOOI China Hongxing Sports Ltd July 2 close: $0,165 CIMB, July 2 CONSERVATIVE relative to peers. While the big Chinese sports shoe producers have been giving positive growth guidance of more than 20 per cent y-o-y for this year, Hongxing remains cautious and continues to guide for
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    • 423 8 AFP CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The US dollar was stable against the yen in Asian trade yesterday ahead of a report that is expected to show another wave of job losses in the United States, dealers said. The US dollar was changing hands at
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 62 8 Jul 2 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 70.00+142.C IT CADI -*****.00 -54. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +7.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 526.47 -1 .Si TSE ST Small Cap 421.16 -1 .Si TSE ST All Share 566.25 -6.6i TSE ST China Top 240.55 -0.01 TSE ST China 235.93 -0.3'
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    • 56 8 VOLUME Golden Agri 108,427,000 Ezion 59,628,000 GoldenAqri R 57,127,000 NOLR 50,580,000 Infinio 33,831,000 Memstar 32,845,000 NOL 26,548,000 China Honqxinq 25,046,000 5T***** DBeCWO9IOOI 23,537,000 Gentinq SP 22,958,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 75,177,525 Capita Land 66,701,770 Sing Tel 41,443,860 OCBC Bk 41,387,100 Golden Agri 40,775,485 UOB 39,608,692 NOL 39,202,360 Yanlord
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    • 96 8 iBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ CLOSE UP 1312 115.9 6.5 LD 10US$ 9220 108.7 0.: iBXT Ni 10US$ 9258 101.4 0.: iBXT S&P Short 10US$ 6840 72.5 0.7 ISH 1514 34.8 I seta n 322 19.0 6.3 ICBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 9630 10.0 0.1 in< Inv Fin 124 10.0 8.: iates Elec
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    • 118 8 CLOSE DOWN DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2750 -46.4 -1.2 Daip irm 618 -46.4 -4.9 ICBCCai 5.1%NCPS 100 9400 -44.Q -0.5 DBS Gr| 1164 -34.0 -2.8 China H 10US$ 1417 -33.3 -1.6 lardine C&C 1918 -32.0 -1.6 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** -30.0 -0.3 UOB.ES.0907 1444 -28.0 -1.9 'enture Con 698
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    • 84 8 Where S! i$ stands Jul 2 CHNG CLOSE FRJuM YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4495 -0.13 1.5579 1.4308 Euro 2.0426 -0.27 2.0732 1.9150 Pounds 2.3701 0.34 2.4051 2.0356 1.1656 0.19 1.1816 0.9453 'en* 1.4986 -0.23 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.18 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2512 0.02 4.3390 4.1040 Peso*
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  • SUPERFUND ROUNDTABLE
    • 3281 9 It won't do to just buy-and-hold now today's more volatile investment environment demands a vigilant rebalancing of portfolios OVERVIEW SHELL-SHOCKED that's the word to describe investors and financial market participants worldwide in the aftermath of arguably the biggest financial crisis of our generation. Things have since
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 560 10  -  UMA SHANKARI They are added under reserve list to meet potential demand, says MTI By THREE sites have been added to the government's industrial land sales programme for second-half 2009, which was launched yesterday by the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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    • 332 10  -  TEH SHI NING By SINGAPORE'S manufacturing economy expanded for a second straight month in June, going by the latest Purchasing Managers' Index, released yesterday. Although June's PMI reading of 51.1 was onetenth of a point down from May's figure, due
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    • 328 10 WHEN the going gets tough, the tough use rewards points to travel, it seems. "It happens every time there's an economic downturn. Customers are using points in lieu of cash," says American Express (Amex) Singapore country manager Simon Kahn. Travellers are also opting for
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    • 212 10 HSBC is about to launch a dedicated retirement planning service for its HSBC Premier mass affluent clients. A recent survey revealed that 39 per cent of Singaporeans feel they have a good understanding of their short-term finances. But only 23 per cent can
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    • 326 10  -  LEE U-WEN By CAN there be a rule to ensure that newcomers to the private education industry have at least $500,000 of start-up capital and provide a certain number of classrooms? And is it necessary to set up an examination board within a private
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 53 10 NEWATER has been given the thumbs up by a panel of international and local water experts, PUB said yesterday. The panel, which meets twice a year, also recommended that PUB develop a management strategy to best utilise NEWater, specifically during times of emergency or
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      • 52 10 NANYANG Technological University and top-ranked Italian design school Domus Academy are offering a joint master of arts degree in interactive design the first time Domus has joined with a foreign partner to establish a master's degree programme outside Italy. The programme starts in
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 434 11 NYT Mix of good and bad news shows free-fall is over but recovery will be patchy, fragile [HONG KONG] Gradual stabilisation in some economies, a muted recovery in others, and a long way to go overall that was the picture painted by a cluster
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    • 851 11 Xinhua Investors weighed down by uncertain economic recovery [NEW YORK] Although Wall Street rebounded strongly and posted a three-month rally from March to May after touching 12-year lows on March 9, analysts expect the US equity market to be boring in the second
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    • 417 11 Xinhua [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund executive board said on Wednesday that it has approved a framework for the issuance of notes to member countries and their central banks. "This innovative framework will further strengthen the IMF's capacity to bring rapid assistance
      Xinhua; AFP  -  417 words
    • 337 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] MiUionaire investors lost their spring-time cheer and turned pessimistic in June as worries over the economy and political climate soured the mood, according to an index released on Wednesday. High rollers became slightly bearish last month, according to the
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 515 12  -  PAULINE NG Jointly sponsored by ADB and IDB, fund aims to help build infrastructure By in Kuala Lumpur Developing Asian and Central Asian nations looking to get Shariah-compliant infrastructure projects off the ground could soon find financing from a US$5OO million Islamic private equity
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    • 347 12 AFP Jan-May figure just a fraction of RM46b for whole of 2008 [KUALA LUMPUR] Foreign investment in Malaysia has plummeted this year, Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed said yesterday after the government announced liberalisation measures aimed at luring investors. "Foreign direct investment for 2008 was RM46
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    • 577 12 Reuters [PUTRAJAYA] 101 Corp, Malaysia's No 2 planter, said on Thursday that the worst was over for the plantation sector as palm oil prices have recovered from last year's slump although M&A activity would be muted. Earnings of Malaysian palm oil producers plunged
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 711 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian economic growth may accelerate to as much as 7.75 per cent this year amid signs of a "bottoming out" in the US and harvests benefiting from monsoon rains, the Finance Ministry said yesterday before next week's Budget. "The speed at
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    • 425 13 Bloomberg After 8-month slide, minister says moves to stabilise inflows of investment will be unveiled soon [BEIJING] Foreign direct investment in China faces "unprecedented difficulties" after falling for eight months, the longest stretch of declines this decade, Vice-Commerce Minister Chen Jian said. The government
      Bloomberg  -  425 words
    • 392 13 AP Provision an attempt at advancing trade protectionism [BEIJING] China said yesterday it opposed part of a landmark US bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying tariffs should not be imposed on countries that do not cut emissions. "We are firmly against
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    • 256 13 -AFP [BEIJING] Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said yesterday. Just hours before the July 1 deadline, the government indefinitely froze a
      -AFP  -  256 words
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 715 14 -AFP Analysts attribute good showing to marketing, pricing, solid products [DETROIT] Korean carmakers have managed to increase their share of the US market amid a painful recession thanks to a winning combination of marketing, pricing and solid products, analysts said. Once bit
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    • 512 14 ■LAT [NEW YORK] News Corp certainly made it worthwhile for Chase Carey to return to the company. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that Mr Carey, who rejoined News Corp as deputy chairman and chief operating officer on Wednesday, received
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    • 536 14 [SEOUL] Frustrated by poor returns and high fees, South Korean retail investors are dumping equity funds and picking stocks on their own, raising the prospect of consolidation in the domestic asset management industry. While the "do-it-your-self attitude of the investors is forcing
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    • 593 14 Reuters It is a key source of foreign funds for Pyongyang [SEOUL] North and South Korean officials held talks yesterday to salvage a joint factory park in the communist state that has become a key source of foreign cash for
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  • LIFE AFTER JACKSON
    • 979 15 -AP It includes unused tracks from some of his best albums, recent songs made with Akon and will.i.am [NEW YORK] Michael Jackson had a mountain of unreleased recordings in the vault when he died music that is almost certain to be packaged and repackaged
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  • WORLD
    • 667 16 Reuters Companies will be required to disclose more information to shareholders [WASHINGTON] US securities regulators moved to change how companies elect board members and govern themselves, tilting the corporate playing field towards investors who have complained of weak boards and lavish pay for
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    • 499 16 -Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Oscar winner Karl Maiden, the bul-bous-nosed character actor acclaimed for film roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront before gaining TV fame as a leading man in The Streets of San Francisco, died on Wednesday at
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    • 393 16 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Ernst Young (E&Y) LLP accountants assured Superior Bank executives the institution was financially healthy until just before admitting to regulators they mistakenly signed off on inflated financial statements, an ex-bank official testified. Ernst Young acknowledged in January 2001 that its auditors had
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    • 306 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Angelina Jolie is Hollywood's top earning actress, banking US$27 million in the past year to beat out her partner Brad Pitt's ex-wife Jennifer Aniston, who raked in US$25 million, a Forbes.com study showed on Wednesday. Most of Jolie's income
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    • 609 16 AP [NEW YORK] Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site. Privacy has been a central, often thorny issue for Facebook because
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 233 17  -  YEN SREENIVASAN The low-cost carrier is offering 4 daily Melbourne-Sydney flights, from As 39 By [SINGAPORE] TIGER Airways Australia yesterday launched its MelbourneSydney service, with members of the Wests Tigers National Rugby League team hauling the 70-tonne aircraft out of the hangar at Melbourne Airport
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    • 780 17 Reuters ANALYSIS [NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been confronted by a high-profile challenge less than two months into his second term how to fix the ailing national airline, which has asked the government for a bailout. The government has given
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    • 2679 17 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI 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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    • 248 17 Reuters [FRANKFURT] AP Moller-Maersk's liner shipping business expects stagnation at best in the industry next year but will not cut freight rates to win more market share, the head of the division told a German newspaper. "We are pretty disappointed by what we've seen
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    • 385 17 Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange said on Wednesday it had changed the way its chief sea freight index was calculated in a move aimed at boosting freight derivatives trading. The daily index, which gauges the cost of shipping resources including iron ore, cement,
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 119 17 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KlVentures Keppel Corp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.51 0.26 1.26 0 49
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      • 37 17 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.95 8.55 8.60 3.06 2.76 0.03 0.10 -0.01 -0.05 0.05 -0.04 unch 0.01 0.01 155 660 371 255 2 174 7507
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      • 22 17 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop unch 15.75 2.38 unch unch 0.25 0.06 unch 0 90 28 0
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      • 23 17 Evergreen Marine ....16.85 :irst Steamship 46.60 /Van Hai Lines 15.60 rang Ming Marine ..12.15 0.35 0.50 0.10 0.20 7 6 2 14
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      • 38 17 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..269.00 :awasaki Kisen 384.00 /litsubishi Hvy 391.00 /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..227.00 /litsui Osk Lines ....611.00 Jippon Express 427.00 JipponYusen 414.00 -1.00 ***** -7.00 7155 -7.00 ***** -1.00 5404 -6.00 ***** -5.00 2905 1.00 5076
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 444 18 TRUE to the enterprising spirit of the genre, an upcoming event for entrepreneurs, The Blue Sky Festival, focuses on what's positive in the current downturn. The theme of the event is Growth Opportunities in Difficult Times. Historically, difficult times have often catalysed great business breakthroughs.
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    • 1031 18  -  GAGAN MALIK MNCs operating there expect clarity, certainty and stability in operations By A STABLE Indian government at the centre after a fairly long time has led to anticipation and hype over a pro-growth agenda in India's annual budget to be presented by the new Finance
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    • 796 18  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg A QUESTION is cropping up more and more on the streets of Tokyo: Male or female? It's not an exaggeration to point out that many young Japanese men are looking a bit ladylike. The phenomenon is an
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    • 1554 19  -  LEON HADAR Iran isn't like China in 1989 or Russia in 1991; its people have their own interests and will pursue them as they think fit IN the aftermath of the ousting of Saddam Hussein and the "liberation" of Iraq by US
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    • 941 19  -  AHMED RASHID -LAT-WP By HAS the Pakistani government, after years of vacillation, finally gotten serious about eliminating the Taleban threat? Maybe. For the first time since 9/11, Pakistan's army has begun a decisive military offensive to drive the Pakistani Taleban and other extremist groups
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    • 850 19  -  Mak Yuen Teen LETTER TO THE EDITOR THE article "Westech proposes $10m RTO deal" (BT, July 2) should not only raise eyebrows as mentioned, it should agitate the regulators and anyone who cares about good corporate governance to challenge what is happening.
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8532 20 Transaction date: Jul 2 Hi; !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale COOP) Hi; Low Bu] fer Seller C'vr P/E $mil >an] 9 3 3148 8Telecom 9 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 25 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 15 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM. 23 7 2101 APOil 70
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    • 1556 21 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 19 5 1181 s AAGrp 26.5 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 26.5 8.5 3518 s Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 19.5 3.5 7814 t
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    • 378 21 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COM) Day ih Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii 109 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 107.1 877 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US648 -5 246 149 DBS STI ETF 100 232 -3 2786 1682
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    • 246 21 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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    • 9314 21 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 1.806/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.275/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.93/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.64/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5132/ APS Komaba
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 366 22 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change JuM World Index Preliminan 706.2 1.0 4.2 0.9 6.2 1.2 6.1 EAFE Preliminai 674.8 1.1 3.9 1.2 7.4 1.4 7.1 Euroi Preliminan 925.3 1.9 1.5
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    • 121 22 As at 9am Jul 2 Singapore dollars to one unit rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer s,ust dollar 1.1570 1.1930 .an dollar 1.2500 1.2660 luro 2.0320 2.0550 IZ dollar 0.9170 0.9360 iterlini ind 2.3700 2.3960 JS dollar 1.4380 1.4550 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign
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    • 151 22 Jul 2 )vernight I-month '-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1/8 JS$ 3/16 7/16 9/16 11/16 Offer 1/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid Hays I month > months months d months months I I. (All 0.35 0.42 0.70 0.80 1.15 1.70 1.80 Offer 0.25 0.32 0 40 0.50 0.85 1.40 1.50
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    • 11 22 Jul 2 STI IIMSCI Jul 282.1 283.6 278.2
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    • 18 22 Jul 2 Bid Offer -month 1.4491 1.4502 1.4492 1.4503 {-months 1.4492 1.4502 >-months 1.4492 1.4505
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    • 61 22 Jul 2 lelivery flonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low lul 09 2265 2195 2265 2180 106 330 Hug 09 2256 2190 2256 2175 2422 ***** >epO9 2259 2175 2259 2169 ***** ***** 3d 09 2251 2180 2251 2171 1784 5674 Total
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    • 284 22 Jul 2 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 Jun10 99.3650 99.1450 98.8950 98.5250 ***** 3245 3017 2370 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES SepO9 99.490 99.505 DecO9 99.510 99.520 Mar10 99.515 99.515 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 99.490 99.510 99.515 99.500 99.510 99.505 99.485 99.430
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    • 177 22 Jul 2 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) <\ugO9 163.0 >ep 09 3d 09 158.5 \lov09 158.5 Dec 09 158.5 Ian 10 162.0 158.5 158.5 158.5 162.0 160.5 158.5 158.5 158.5 159.0 40 10 10 10 564
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    • 447 22 Jul 2 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni Australia 0.923 5.481 0.569 6.218 38.420 81.789 0.776 10.185 2.824 1.261 65.383 38.628 1.163 6.266 0.868 26.398 27.329 0.491 0.802 Canada 1.083 5.935 0.616 6.733 41.604 88.567 0.840 11.029 3.058 1.366 70.802 41.830 1.259 6.785 0.939 28.586 29.593 0.532
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    • 87 22 Jul2 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****F 01.10.09 -Year BY*****W 03.05.10 0.24 0.35 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hio Day's cjh Low !-Year NXO11OOH 3.625 i-Year NX*****F 3.625 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 O-Year NX*****W 2.500 5-Year NY*****X 3.125
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    • 67 22 Jul 2 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (Ss) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** syrs 2.***** 7yrs 2.***** 10yrs 3.***** 12yrs 3.***** 15yrs 3.***** Source: Thomson Reuters mth 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 0.***** 0.***** mths 1.***** 0.*****
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    • 132 22 Jul 2 /oz) lun Hong Kong .ondon 940.70 936.30 941.70 937.30 Jul 01 Jun 30 938.90 927.05 939.90 927.85 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR M) Jul 02 Buying Sellini Kilobar "46,952.67" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying gm jam Ogm !0gm JOgm OOgm oz ozUBS Kinebar™ 104.86
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    • 98 22 Jul 1 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 09 1258.50 1226.25 1265.50 1228.00 AugO9 1160.50 1119.25 1166.00 1120.00 Sep 09 1068.50 1030.00 1078.00 1034.00 Nov09 1015.50 981.00 1029.25 981.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;llscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low lul 09 35.82 35.02 35.96 35.13 S.ug 09
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    • 75 22 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 1 origin] t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 69.27 0.3I VTI (Near Mth) 69.30 -0.6: iubai (1-Mth F) 70.09 -1.1! "apis blend 74.65 -1.01 i/linas 72.15 -1.01 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Chanqi Naphtha Jet Kerosene 66.60 76.15 -2.72 -2.25 US$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price
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    • 148 22 Jul2 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1622 1.1637 0.8020 0.8025 Canadian dollar 1.2588 1.2599 0.8687 0.8688 luro 2.0419 2.0439 1.4091 1.4095 IZ dollar 0.9215 0.9227 0.6359 0.6363 Sterlinc 2.3674 2.3696 1.6337 1.6341 IS dollar 1.4491 1.4501 >$IUS$ to
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    • 61 22 ,luminium, 99.7% urity (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1631.75 months 1663.00 1596.75 1630.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) :ash months 5073.00 5087.50 4948.75 4967.00 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 1718.25 months 1739.00 1670.50 1690.00 lickel (US$/tonne) :ash months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 'in (US$/tonne) :ash *****.00 *****.00 months *****.00 *****.00 inc, Special
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    • 72 22 Juli Close Prev Hii ih/Low ul 09 1570 1581 1599/1570 iepO9 1595 1605 1630/1595 Dec 09 1604 1614 1638/1604 War 10 1603 1614 1635/1604 IOFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low ul 09 1300 1299 1315/1294 iepO9 1323 1335 1338/1315 Mov09 1347 1358 1360/1340 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low
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    • 2191 22 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT rei lode Company Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ("000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 -0.5 410 !036Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 15 -10 5.25 1 87 1650 10.00 58 13 1092 Asia Environment W*****4 0.5 I816tt Asiasons Capital
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    • 37 25 tahla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY TAXING TIMES Do NRIs have to pay taxes in India? What are the tax implications for Singaporeans who own property in India? Who is this 1 1£ I 'sardar'? Ayf
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 601 26 Showcasing history of currency LOCATED in a restored shophouse in the bustling heritage district of Chinatown, the Singapore Coins and Notes B^^^ Museum (SCNM) is the country's first and only museum dedicated to currency. SCNM, which opened on July 1, Bfcgl Bt|^|fl gives the visitor an eye-opening experience via an
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    • 308 27 JP Moueix Fair JM Instrumental in the rise of the reputation of the Pomerol i I .>•' region, Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix distributes only red wines from the most prestigious appellations of the J^U^t^^^KtHk A Libourne area, in particular, Saint-Emilion and Pomerol. Wi^^tt^^^^^m 1 Join us next Saturday in a tasting
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    • 338 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Is unable to lean over (4) 1 Time when the hands come 7 Distressing twitch about to irritogether (6) tate (6) 4 Cadet due for promotion, hay- 8 They hold up shelves (6) ing been taught well (8) 11 Soldier-husband who tries to 9 Instrument that
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    • 2506 29 w MAIS JL^I V^>/ JL JLVj JLj l 3 Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg IN THE MATTER OF IN THE MATTER OF In The Matter Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 I crTlur THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 The Companies Act (Chapter 50) DAIRY
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  • executive lifestyle
    • 1530 30 Local businesses are turning to social networking websites to reach out to their customers, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM THE Internet almost ground to a halt last weekend after pop star Michael Jackson's death on June 25, as both the fervent and curious flocked to social web tools
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    • BOOKS
      • 1130 25 CLARISSA TAN reviews three books set in the Muslim countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, and talks to two of the authors AFGHANISTAN, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt the Islamic nations of the Middle East and Central Asia continue to offer fertile fodder
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      • 363 25 We Are Now Beginning Our Descent By James Meek Canongate Pages: 302 Price: $21.45 before GST Rating: B+ RATHER strangely, the scenes that most stick in your mind from Meek's novel are those that are tangential to the central love story. There is a sharp, hilarious
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      • 297 25 The Consequences of Love By Sulaiman Addonia Random UK Pages: 352 Price: $15.95 before GST Rating: B WHEN the circumstances of a place are practically medieval such as in Saudi Arabia, where you can get flogged for meeting with the opposite sex it's no surprise
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      • 333 25 The End of Sleep By Rowan Somerville Orion Pages: 320 Price: $17.71 before GST Rating: BSOMERVILLE'S debut novel has a marvellously funny first chapter that sets the tone for the whole book. Fin is an Irishman living in Egypt who takes a
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    • ARTS
      • 606 26 This year's instalment of the Night Festival aims to give local artistes a platform to showcase their talents, reports MELISSA LWEE NEXT weekend (July 10 and 11), the Bras Basah precinct will come alive with lights and activities thanks to the Night Festival
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      • 403 26  -  AMANDA DE GUZMAN By. THE National Museum s Night Festival could have had a less straightforward name. "My direction for Bersama Hijau is to engage the audience with strands of culture, history and entertainment all rolled in one simple act of coming together," Aaron Khek,
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      • 498 26  -  AMANDA DE GUZMAN By With Own Time, Own Target, audiences will be seeing not only one, but two interpretations of a truly Singaporean institution: National Service (NS). "Both plays are not about the macho stuff," says Julian Wong, the 21-year-old creator of the musical Botak
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      • 507 26  -  CHEAH UI-HOON By TOP designers such as Prada have been doing it for a while blurring the lines between fashion and art. Now, for a homegrown version, check out Jonathan Scow of Woods Woods art/fashion installation at Theatreworks. "I definitely approach fashion as a
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    • WINE/RETAIL
      • 1164 27 White wines deserve to be drunk a lot more than red in hot climes, and there are plenty of good ones around, writes N X YONG I OR a hot climate region, you would expect white wines to be far more popular than red if not
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      • 491 27  -  MELISSA LWEE By EAGER shoppers may be on tenterhooks as they wait for lon Orchard to fling open its doors on July 21, but they'll also be pleased to know that as the Orchard Road revamp unfolds over the coming months, there'll be
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    • CINEMA
      • 927 28 Rem Koolhaas's mind-boggling Prada Transformer Building in Seoul flips over for some cinematic action, reports MICHAEL CHIANG #0 were you in the building when it flipped?" someone asked. While that's what the Prada Transformer BuildA ing does, it's not quite the hi-tech Disney ride one might
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      • 643 28  - All about plot, dialogue provoking thoughts GEOFFREY EU By DUPLICITY starts off smart, sharp and super sexy as two spooks from opposing sides indulge in a round of verbal foreplay poolside at the US Embassy in Dubai before adjourning to a hotel bedroom for some joint undercover work. One spiked
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      • 486 28  -  GEOFFREY EU By BEING a parent is hard enough work, but being a parent-to-be is possibly more stressful if the third instalment of the popular animated series starring a herd of sociable prehistoric creatures and voiced by various well-known members of the television
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    • MUSIC/GAMING
      • 926 29 CD REVIEW Contrasting styles show breadth of local music scene, says CHRISTOPHER LIM Dark Folke The Observatory Rating: A No Ordinary Country X'Ho Warner Rating: B+ Singapore 60s: The Definitive Collection Various Universal Rating: B SWIMMING pools invite you to submerge yourself, while foot baths
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      • 455 29  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM By IF you enjoy massively mul-ti-player online role-play-ing games (MMORPGs) in which you explore worlds predominately populated by fellow human agents but have only dabbled with Western varieties such as World of Warcraft, you're missing out on a wider realm of gaming
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