The Business Times, 24 September 2009

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Thursday, September 24,2009
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    Lock icon G-20 summit takes sharp aim at bankers' pay
    649 1  -  JOYCE HOOI Disagreements loom but compensation landscape could change dramatically By [SINGAPORE] The end might be near for the days of wild frontier risk-taking by bankers, with G-20 finance ministers locking the subject of executive compensation firmly in their crosshairs for the
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      45 1 Inesi lay lange 1 COMP 1,219.07 -2.13 IIKKEI225 Closed IANG SENG 21,595.52 -105.62 ;et index 730.52 +6.15 JAKARTA COMP Closed 1ANILA COMP 2,842.51 +57.73 ;eoulcomp 1,711.47 -7.41 ;henzhenb 506.38 -10.72 IUMBAI IND 16,719.50 -166.93 12 noon EDT Change )OW 9,831.38 +1.51 IASDAQ 2,149.28 +2.98
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.765 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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      45 1 IS$ (S$ ier US$) 1.411 (USS/SS ier 1.636 2.309 :URO (US$/S$/E) 1.480 2.088 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 91.00 64.50 3.463 2.454 IK$ 7.751 5.492 !AHT 33.53 23.76 lUPIAH 9,700 6,874 1ENMINBI 6.826 4.837 INDIAN RUPEE 48.02 34.02 1.142 0.809 IZ$ 1.378 0.977
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    Lock icon HP's rich pickings at Marina Bay IR
    593 1  -  ONG BOON KIAT Technology giant edges out rival Dell and eyes more slices of the IR pie By [SINGAPORE] It is sweet victory for Hewlett-Packard (HP) Singapore as it has bagged a key computer deal from Marina Bay Sands and edged out old
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      115 1 CORPORATE INVESTMENT BANKING ASSET MANAGEMENT PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRIVATE BUSINESS CLIENTS A leader in Asia's financial flow markets. No.1 FX House in Asia 1 Best at FX Management in Asia 2 I *M I I I I IBl:— I I I I I WMmW^t^k I H__________H__i- Wtj- ~«&_f________________l____l i# ralm'''
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      58 1 fM*' BizlT S'PORE JM g SAUDI PROPERTY JH^' Second OpCo for INTERNATIONAL Iff III, "tpj l"v"UFPglTV Two more residential ___W^'^h_^-, fibre-optic highway? FTAs boost Wooing students with sites come to market Il page 30 competitiveness page 15 WjBMmBmiWm^^ scholarships page 2 page 34 Hotel bookings for F1 weekend pick up
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      26 1 <___*_& ______r^BM _^^h 1 I I Mass market recovery Award-winning projects W Making sense of home loans All these and more in BT's 40-page property supplement today
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Understated, ambitious and preparing to be wealthy
      485 2  -  TEH SHI NING Survey gives insights into the attitudes and aspirations of wealthy individuals of the future By! [SINGAPORE] The next generation of wealthy individuals will likely defy cultural and social stereotypes of the wealthy of an older, less globalised age, says a
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon G-20 summit takes sharp aim at bankers' pay
        66 2 THE END might be near for the days of wild frontier risk-taking by bankers, with G-20 finance ministers locking the subject of executive compensation firmly in their crosshairs for the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. Among the proposals to be tabled are regulatory
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        Lock icon HP's rich pickings at Marina Bay IR
        49 2 IT IS sweet victory for Hewlett-Packard Singapore as it has bagged a key computer deal from Marina Bay Sands and edged out old rival Dell which pipped HP to another deal awarded by Resorts World at Sentosa earlier this year. FRONT PAGE
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        Lock icon Big investment losses for US university funds
        81 2 STEEP investment losses have caused painful cutbacks at some of the best-known US universities over the most recent fiscal year and have prompted questions about whether their endowments are taking too much risk. But the managers of these endowments are indicating their continued
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        Lock icon Emerging sovereign ratings may be at turning point
        64 2 THE gloomy credit rating outlook for emerging economies has stabilised in recent months and, while further downgrades cannot be ruled out, there may be a turning point in the cycle. As global leaders debate the eventual removal of stimulus packages, investors are
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        Lock icon Charterers forecast Q3 loss should be higher: KPMG
        99 2 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, which expects an expense of US$B.2 million relating to the proposed acquisition of the Singapore chip foundry by Advanced Technology Investment Company, should have recognised this expense in its recent third-quarter financial performance forecast. Independent external auditors KPMG said
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        Lock icon SembCorp unit seeks Chinese banks' funding
        47 2 A SEMBCORP Industries-led group is now looking "eastwards" to a group of five Chinese banks, in conjunction with the China Exim Bank, to help it fund its US$l billion Salalah independent water and power project in Oman. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 11
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        Lock icon Town councils to be graded based on 4 key areas
        65 2 SINGAPORE'S 16 town councils will be benchmarked according to four key areas outlined in the finalised Town Council Management Report framework, which was released yesterday. The town councils and the estates that they manage will be assessed on cleanliness, maintenance,
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        Lock icon China moots multinational sovereign wealth fund
        73 2 CHINA'S central bank deputy governor Hu Xiaolian proposed setting up a multinational sovereign wealth fund to invest in developing nations and help reduce the danger of another financial crisis. "Considerations can be (given) to setting up a 'supra-sovereign wealth investment fund' to help channel
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        Lock icon Two choice residential sites offered to developers
        68 2 DEVELOPERS hungry for land were offered two plum residential sites yesterday. One is a 99-year leasehold plot of 224,303 square foot at Upper Thomson Road, opposite the Singapore Island Country Club's Island Course. The second offering is a 28,167 sq ft freehold plot
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      Lock icon Big investment losses for US university funds
      802 2 NYT Endowment risk appetites in the spotlight as varsity cutbacks bite [NEW YORK] Steep investment losses have caused painful cutbacks at some of the nation's best-known universities over the most recent fiscal year and have prompted questions about whether their endowments are taking
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      Lock icon New Saudi university woos students with science and scholarships
      611 2 -AP, Bloomberg, AFP Multi-billion-dollar venture inaugurated by King, headed by ex-NUS chief [CAIRO] King AbduUah of Saudi Arabia yesterday inaugurated a new postgraduate research university, a mul-ti-billion-dollar co-ed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region better known
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      Lock icon Emerging sovereign ratings may be at turning point
      677 7 Reuters Investors showing greater confidence in global economy [LONDON] The gloomy credit rating outlook for emerging economies has stabilised in recent months and, while further downgrades cannot be ruled out, there may be a turning point in the cycle. As global leaders
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      Lock icon Bookings for F1 weekend pick up
      545 7  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Trackside hotels' better showing aided partly by more affordable room rates By [SINGAPORE] Less bad, it seems, is the new good this year. Bookings for Formula 1 (Fl) weekend seem to have accelerated just in the nick of time at the trackside
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      Lock icon What's next for last year's cheats?
      882 7  -  STEVE SLATER COMMENTARY By AROUND the Singapore GP circuit, there is bustle. Journalists cluster around drivers at media events, decorators put the final finishing touches to hospitality suites and the pitlane garages are alive with the sound of mechanics unpacking and assembling the cars
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      Lock icon A story of the seasons in Melbourne
      1159 8 From spring through to winter, a host of unique events renders Melbourne a weather-proof playground SPRING in Melbourne, as at many other places around the world, is all about rain-bow-hued blooms bursting onto the landscape and animals frolicking in fields. Except that these
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      Lock icon High living on board SIA's A380
      472 8 MELBOURNE may be the events hub of Australia, but travelling to the Victorian capital will soon be an event in itself with the launch of Singapore Airlines' Airbus A3BO flights to the city. From Sept 29, those flying between Singapore and Melbourne the second
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Chartered's forecast Q3 loss should be higher: KPMG
      442 9  -  JAMIE LEE Outlook needs to include expected USsB.2m expenses linked to ATIC move By CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, which expects an expense of USSB.2 million relating to the proposed acquisition of the Singapore chip foundry by Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), should have
      BLOOMBERG  -  442 words
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      China takes Rio lessons to heart
      600 9  -  OH BOON PING ON MONDAY, commodity trader Noble Group said it is selling 15 per cent of its shares to China Investment Corp (CIC) for US$B5O million, marking the sovereign wealth fund's latest foray into the resources sector. But to market watchers and followers
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      SingTel may keep 25% stake in Bharti-MTN
      288 9 Reuters SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) could maintain a 25 per cent stake in the combined entity created as a result of a potential merger between India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN, Morgan Stanley said in a report yesterday. "We do not expect the
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      Sembcorp-led group turns to China banks
      404 10  -  RONNIE LIM Fund sought relates to US$l b Salalah independent water and power project By A SEMBCORP Indus-tries-led group is now looking "eastwards" to a group of five Chinese banks, in conjunction with the China Exim Bank, to help it fund its US$l billion
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      Z-Obee applying for dual listing in HK
      278 10  -  WINSTON CHAI By Z-Obee Holdings looks set to apply for a dual primary listing on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong soon. After saying last month that it was contemplating such a move, the company said yesterday that it
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      Mapletree in talks to lease more space
      312 10  -  FELDA CHAY Business park has leased 40% of space to major firms By MAPLETREE Investments Pte Ltd said yesterday that it is in advanced negotiations to pre-lease another 15 per cent of space at its Mapletree Business City. This follows the 40 per
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      KepLand's Evergro offer unconditional
      244 10 KEPPEL Land says its offer to take its China unit Evergro Properties private has become unconditional in all aspects. This comes after Evergro announced that the delisting proposal was approved at an extraordinary general meeting yesterday. Keppel Land has already accumulated 88.96 per cent of Evergro
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      Taiwan queries Medtecs stock price surge
      351 12  -  JAMIE LEE Registration on conversion of shares to TDRs temporarily suspended By MEDTECS International Corporation has been prompted by the Taiwanese regulator to explain a more-than-tripling of the stock's average closing price over the past six months. This follows a temporary suspension of the
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      IFS pumps in Aslom to finance Aussie films
      286 12  -  WINSTON CHAI By IFS Capital has set up a new financing programme in Adelaide to help Australian producers take their vision from the storyboard to the silver screen, The Singapore-listed finance services company is setting aside Aslo million (5512.3 miUion) for the
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      AWT chief ousted in shareholder meeting
      234 12  -  OH BOON PING By TROUBLED Asia Water Technology (AWT) said its chief executive officer has been ousted in a shareholder meeting called by some minority shareholders yesterday. Investors that were present also voted in a new management team for the water treatment specialist, whose
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Hitwise rankings: SPH sites take 30 top spots
        86 12 WEBSITES of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) took 30 top spots in the Hitwise Top 10 Rankings in the first six months of 2009, the media group said. AsiaOne.com, zaobao.com, ST7ol.com, and hardwarezone.com were once again ranked No. 1 in their respective
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        Ecowise now in FTSE ST Small Cap Index list
        95 12 ECOWISE Holdings, which is in the business of renewable energy and environmental services, said it has been selected as one of the constituent stocks in the FTSE ST Small Cap Index list with effect from Sept 22. The small-cap index comprises
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        SinoTech unit to buy China training centre
        123 12 SINO Techfibre's wholly owned subsidiary Shandong Jinfeng Synthetic Leather Co Ltd will buy a training centre in Gimudao, China for 62 million yuan (5512.84 million) in cash. Shandong inked the deal to buy the training centre with a land size of 12,920 sq
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      24 9 GOOD GAINS Let your investors know by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sq. S MATS NOTICES
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Market flat despite Dow's rise
      560 11  -  YEN SREENIVASAN STOCKS Appetite for blue chips and bellwethers low, but there's frenzied rotational punting among secondliners, penny stocks AS Wall Street's Dow inches up to within striking distance of the key 10,000 points mark, one would expect some cheer across Asian markets. Instead, it
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      SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      101 11 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 7 3 0 0 0 6 7 3 Manufacturing 74 62 61 14 82 69 75 Commerce 32 13 27 37 15 32 .t/Stor/Comms 19 12 12 20 13 13 Finance 13 13 10 Construction
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      SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 11 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 66.525 66.525 79.563 79.563 Manufacturing 737.916 238.719 976.635 350.957 9.202 360.159 Commerce 287.839 95.091 382.930 169.830 42.261 212.092 Tpt/Stor/Comms 260.007 111.620 371.627 268.094 34.686 302.780 Finance 27.120 33 27.153 142.611 142.614 Construction 141.029 22.535 163.564
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      STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      110 11 Stock name Close Cham Capita Land 3.680 -0.050 CapitaMall 1.770 -0.030 CityDev 10.280 -0.040 ComfortDelGrc 1.600 -0.020 Cosco Corp 1.250 DBS Grp 13.140 -0.160 F&N 3.940 -0.060 Genting SP 1.170 +0.020 Golden Agri 0.440 -0.010 HK Land 4.130 +0.090 JMH 32.100 +0.460 JSH 17.460 +0.120 JardineC&C
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      BROKERS' TAKE
      952 11  -  by JOYCE HOOI Sing Holdings Sept 23 close: $0,335 PHILLIP SEC RESEARCH, Sept 23 WE met the management of Sing Holdings for an update on the company. It mentioned that it achieved sales of 92 per cent, or 47 out of 51 units, for Belleßive (at Keng Chin
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      Dollar hovers near 1 -year low ahead of Fed meeting
      478 11 Reuters CURRENCIES [LONDON] The greenback hovered near a one-year low against a basket of major currencies yesterday as investors braced themselves for the close of a Federal Reserve meeting that's expected to keep US interest rates at a record low.
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      STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      65 11 Sep 23 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 3.00 +6.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +86.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 630.16 +2.41 FTSE ST Small Cap 562.63 +2.55 FTSE ST All Share 663.46 +0.62 FTSE ST China Top 287.98 +3.49 FTSE ST China 286.41 +4.28 FTSE ST
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      MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 11 VOLUME Lexicon Grp 186,096,000 Gentinq SP 175,671,000 VDH Energy 111,400,000 Memstar 93,301,000 Ezion 88,192,000 Golden Aqri 80,458,000 Sinotel Tech 78,715,000 Ocean us 72,226,000 C2O Hldqs 64,083,000 Ramba 60,962,000 VALUE(S) Gentinq SP 205,993,980 SingTel 75,282,480 Ezion 72,521,440 Olam 71,065,180 Sinotel Tech 56,612,065 CapitaLand 53,466,024 DBS Grp 50,285,620 Wilmar
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      RISES
      106 11 CLOSE UP ***** 700.9 4.9 DBXT Ni 10US$ OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9500 90.0 1.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5502 66.3 0.9 GLD 10US$ 9974 64.9 0.5 JMH 3210 64.9 1.5 SIA.ES.0909 1358 22.0 1.6 DBXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4308 21.2 0.3 EasternEuro 531 21.2 2.9 Mala' ia 10US$ 667 19.7 2.1
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      FALLS
      116 11 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ CLOSE DOWN 5771 -62.1 -0.8 OCC 5.1% NCPS 100 9790 -50.0 -0.5 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 7980 -20.0 -0.3 DBXTMSTaiwan 10US$ 1509 -19.7 -0.9 China H 10US$ 1614 -16.9 -0.7 DBS Gr| 1314 -16.0 -1.2 India Ni 10 1478 -15.0 -1.0 Omei lav 554 -15.0 -2.i
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      CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      86 11 Sep 23 CLOSE CHNG FR Sep 22 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4117 0.09 1.5579 1.4117® Euro 2.0879 0.09 2.0897 1.9150 Pounds 2.3190 -0.57 2.4366 2.0356 AS 1.2361 -0.08 1.2365 0.9453 Yen* 1.5526 -0.49 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.09 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2090 -0.21 4.3390
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      168 12 GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Create greater transparency for your company by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email natices@sph.com.sg. MATS UH^r^^_7L_ aov v t QT^Tif^T AT Ah yat three Treasure set H T dllXJ^ PER JAX.S29.BO [j*l p7R T—fc Till *Pr* X^ I B*^^^^^^^ International
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Town councils to be graded by MND
      349 13  -  UMA SHANKARI Areas of assessment include cleanliness, maintenance, lift performance By SINGAPORE'S 16 town councils will be benchmarked according to four key areas outlined in the finalised Town Council Management Report (TCMR) framework, which was released yesterday. The town councils and the estates
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      LTA awards two Downtown Line contracts to Austrian firm
      288 13 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the last two civil contracts for the Downtown Line Stage 2 project to Alpine Bau GmbH (Singapore Branch) for a combined total of *****.74 million. Alpine Bau, a major civil engineering contractor from Austria,
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      Aug CPI up on higher car, petrol prices
      374 13  -  TEH SHI NING By SINGAPORE'S consumer price index (CPI) rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4 per cent in August from July, due mainly to hikes in car and petrol prices, the Department of Statistics (DOS) said yesterday. And although the Republic's inflation rate
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      It's all in the location for both wine and property
      286 13  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By IF there's one important thing that wine and real estate have in common, it has to be this location, location, location. BT's most recent Wine Night took place on Tuesday at Far East Organization's residential development, Silversea
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      Withdraw stimulus gradually: panel
      252 13  -  FELDA CHAY By WITH the economic outlook still fragile and uncertain, the government should opt for a gradual withdrawal of its fiscal stimulus measures in 2010, and maintain some of the key schemes that featured in this year's Budget, said the policy study workgroup (PSW) on
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Hiap Shing awarded vehicle park tenancy
        53 13 THE Singapore Land Authority has awarded the tenancy of a heavy vehicle park at Defu Lane 7 to the incumbent, Hiap Shing Construction. The site was launched on Sept 1 for a term of 3+2 years. Hiap Shing's bid for the 21,058 square metre
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        Citibank, Mastercard launch new card
        58 13 CITIBANK and Mastercard have launched a new credit card for consumers who prefer to be rewarded with cash instead of vouchers and other freebies for their card spending. The new Citibank Dividend World Mastercard is touted to be the first product here to combine the
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      Keeping a solid line to the energy sector
      775 13 Cables International makes customer focus its ethos, report TOBIAS CHEN, JOYCE KAY and ERVIN LIM BIG successes sometimes stem from humble beginnings, even failure. Cables International, which supplies cable solutions to the energy sector, is a testament to this. Its founders Brian
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      68 13 ENTERPRISE Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 Published every Tuesday and Thursday, this series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E5O partners and the NUS Business School. Cables International Pte Ltd was among the E5O winners in 2008. The annual E5O ranking is co-organised by The Business
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      More FTAs equals more benefits
      877 14 Free trade agreements boost S'pore exporters' competitiveness, reports CHUANG PECK MING JAGDISH Bhagwati, an influential economist and critic of free trade agreements, called it the "spaghetti bowl phenomenon" the proliferation of FTAs will entangle trading nations in a complex web of rules that will prove
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      Panasonic plugs into the system
      406 14  -  CHUANG PECK MING By FREE trade agreements FTAs in short feature large in the export strategy of Panasonic, which ships its electronic products to over 50 countries. "FTAs are an important aspect of Panasonic since they provide a mechanism to promote our exports," says George
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      From 25% tax to duty free today
      351 14 WHEN Kim Hing Food Industries exported its Dragon brand bird's nest delicacy to China four years ago, its importer had to pay an import tax of about 25 per cent. The Singapore-based company's dried bird's nest go into the Chinese market duty free
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      Benefits under the China-S'pore FTA
      350 14 Ay Singapore and China signed the China-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (CSFTA) on Oct 23, 2008. The CSFTA is the first comprehensive bilateral FTA concluded by China with an Asian country, covering areas ranging from trade in goods and services, to investment and economic cooperation. Upon
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • Article
      G-20 leaders face waning enthusiasm for bold measures
      769 15 -AP They are not likely to enforce individual commitments to restrain imbalances [PITTSBURGH] Bolstering a global economy still wobbly from the worst recession in seven decades, restraining greedy bankers and plotting a future course for sustainable growth the leaders of the world's
      -AP  -  769 words
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      US Treasury easily sells debt of USs43b
      362 15 -LATWP [WASHINGTON] Despite the US Treasury's record borrowing binge this year, the government demonstrated on Tuesday that it is having no trouble selling more debt. Investors flocked to the sale of a record US$43 billion in two-year Treasury notes, resulting in the strongest
      -LATWP  -  362 words
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      Pittsburgh lives up to its name as steel city
      382 15 Reuters [PITTSBURGH] Dubbed the "steel city" for its industrial history, Pittsburgh will live up to its name for a different reason when world leaders meet amid heavy security today and tomorrow for the Group of 20 (G-20) summit. Thousands of additional
      – Reuters; AP  -  382 words
    • Article
      Summit indicates climate reform may occur nation by nation
      589 15 [NEW YORK] Several world leaders on Tuesday gave the most decisive indication in months that they would work to revive floundering negotiations aimed at securing a new international climate pact. But the vision US President Barack Obama and others outlined at
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      UN sets example with carbon offsetting
      334 15 -NYT [NEW YORK] Like most large international conferences, the United Nations climate summit meeting in New York this week generated a hefty dose of greenhouse gas emissions. Hundreds of presidents, prime ministers and officials from across the globe this week took airplanes to the
      -NYT  -  334 words
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      New EU financial watchdog to rely on moral authority
      547 15 -AP [BRUSSELS] The European Union's new economic watchdog plans to use "moral pressure" instead of regulatory authority to crack down on countries posing major risks to Europe's economy, the European Commission said yesterday. The EU's executive body laid out a new
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Bank Negara sees signs of economic recovery
      400 16 Bloomberg It's only unsure on whether rebound will be modest or sharp: Credit Suisse [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank has become more confident the South-east Asian nation is recovering from the global recession, Credit Suisse Group said, citing a meeting with deputy governor
      – Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  400 words
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      M'sian investors buy stake in top sailing series
      456 16  -  PAULINE NG Move comes after KL says it will launch its own F1 team By in Kuala Lumpur BARELY a week after Malaysia announced it would launch its own Formula One (Fl) team, Malaysian investors have acquired an equity stake in the
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      Indonesian panel to pick new graft fighters
      293 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono formed a panel to recommend replacements for three leaders of the country's an-ti-graft body who were suspended after being named suspects in criminal cases, a minister said. "The president sees it necessary to have the void
      – Bloomberg  -  293 words
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      War, famine drive refugees to Australia
      439 16 -AFP [SYDNEY] Australia on Wednesday blamed war and famine for a surge in illegal immigrants making for its shores, as its navy stopped a boat carrying 98 suspected asylum seekers. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said that the navy intercepted the boat before dawn
      -AFP; AP  -  439 words
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • Article
      China moots multinational sovereign wealth fund
      760 17 Bloomberg Fund can cut risk of crisis by helping to channel capital into developing nations [BEIJING] China's central bank deputy governor Hu Xiaolian proposed setting up a multinational sovereign wealth fund to invest in developing nations and help reduce the danger of another financial
      – Bloomberg  -  760 words
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      Beijing lauds US court decision in favour of Chinese tyres
      399 17 Bloomberg, Reuters [BEIJING] China yesterday applauded a US court decision that ruled against the US Commerce Department's imposition of dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on Chinese off-road tyres. Hebei Starbright Tire Co, one of the Chinese producers affected by the tariff
      – Bloomberg, Reuters  -  399 words
    • Article
      Goldman to invest HK$2.6b in China's Geely Automobile
      227 17 ■AP [SHANGHAI] Chinese car maker Geely Automobile said yesterday that it will raise about US$334 million in a deal with an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, building up cash for a possible takeover of Ford Motors Co's Volvo Cars. By midday, shares in
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      China trying to prevent rain on 60th birthday
      289 17 -AFP [BEIJING] China will make its biggest-ever effort to control the weather and prevent rain from washing out festivities marking the 60th anniversary of communist rule, state media said yesterday. China's air force will deploy 18 aircraft to spray cloud dispersal chemicals
      -AFP  -  289 words
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      India lures German auto, parts makers
      639 17 -AFP But brand managers warned about tough market [FRANKFURT] India, home of the world's cheapest car, urged German auto and parts makers on Tuesday to pitch their world-class wares to one of the toughest and potentially biggest markets on earth. Managers of brands such
      -AFP; AFP  -  639 words
    • Article
      'Buy online' craze grips affluent Chinese
      626 17 Reuters China may overtake the US as biggest consumer market by 2020, say economists [BEIJING] For all the talk about Chinese spending too little, business is booming for the country's online retailers, heralding the emergence of young, affluent consumers who will reshape the global
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • Article
      UK housebuilders launch rights issues
      558 19 -Reuters Redraw and Barratt say they need to reduce debt, bolster financial positions [LONDON] British housebuilders Barratt and Redrow turned to investors for fresh funds yesterday, hoping to repair weak balance sheets and have some money left over to exploit subdued property prices by snapping
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      Huge dust storm lashes Sydney
      478 19 Reuters, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney yesterday, snarling traffic, disrupting flights, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil. The dust blacked out the outback town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing a
      – Reuters, Bloomberg; REUTERS  -  478 words
    • Article
      Fairfax's Walker to meet with investors after call to quit
      326 19 -Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ron Walker, chairman of Fairfax Media Ltd, will meet investors over whether he should stand for re-election after two directors of Australia's second-largest newspaper publisher called for his departure. Mr Walker and deputy chairman Roger Corbett will meet
      -Bloomberg  -  326 words
    • Article
      Best US firms for working mothers
      391 19 Reuters They offer on-site or back-up childcare, career guidance [NEW YORK] Working Mother magazine on Tuesday named the best US companies for working mothers, citing those that have kept or expanded familyfriendly programmes and policies amid the pressures of recession. Company policies for working
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      NYU students left hanging as law firms slash offers
      891 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Many students entering their final year at top law schools including Harvard and New York University haven't landed the full-time jobs they would normally have claimed by now. Firms and school officials said it is a reflection of
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      GM restores 3,000 jobs, may raise output
      407 19 Reuters [DETROIT] General Motors Co said on Tuesday that it planned to restore about 3,000 jobs at US assembly plants and related facilities and is getting set to raise North American production by up to 45 per cent next year. GM said it
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  • WORLD
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      Asia embraces risk management
      871 20 -Reuters Companies tighten internal controls to improve ability to identify, lessen risk [TOKYO] A year ago, when Shinsei Bank chairman Masamoto Yashiro was asked why Japanese banks had been able to avoid the worst of the financial crisis, he dismissed it as something akin to a
      -Reuters; REUTERS  -  871 words
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      US to enforce ban on flavoured cigarettes
      203 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Tobacco companies can no longer sell candy, spice or fruitflavoured cigarettes in the US, regulators said, taking action to enforce a ban that was signed into law in June by President Barack Obama. Making, selling or shipping cigarettes, rolling papers
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      BOA, JPMorgan plan to revise overdraft fee policies
      364 20 -NYT [NEW YORK] Bank of America (BOA) and JPMorgan Chase, two of the biggest US banks, announced plans on Tuesday to drastically overhaul their debit card programmes by lowering or eliminating fees, changing the way they credit transactions and allowing customers to
      -NYT  -  364 words
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      US regulator urges tougher rules for swaps market
      529 20 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US securities regulator warned Congress on Tuesday that parts of the US$45O trillion private swaps market could still fall through regulatory cracks under the Obama administration's financial reform plan. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Mary Schapiro said stricter
      – Reuters; AFP  -  529 words
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      Put social value above profits, UK banks urged
      648 20 Bloomberg Regulator calls on banks to scrap structured products [LONDON] Banks with savings and securities-trading divisions should voluntarily abandon structured products that have little social value even if they are profitable, the head of Britain's financial regulator said. Investors in banks may
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Japan's new diplomatic aspirations
      448 21 NEW Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama entered the world scene suggesting the idea of an "East Asian Community", similar to the European Union. The occasion was his first meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly
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      West blocking India's generic drugs
      1072 21 They block shipments at European ports and step up lawsuits to stop the sale of generics INDIA'S growing presence in the international generic market for medicines has led to aggressive steps by European countries and the US to reduce what they see as competition. The
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      Asia needs its own unbiased science 'rating agencies'
      691 21 THE BOTTOM LINE RECENTLY I read an article in the New York Times heralding yet another scientific breakthrough of Harvard and MIT. I then went on to study the original paper in the top scientific journal Cell and felt taken aback: The
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      Next rebound awaits oil services
      1365 22  -  HENNING STREUBEL KLAUS LANGNER Companies need to act now to reap the benefits of the upturn and the expected new capacity of offshore supply vessels By and BOOMING demand and record oil prices over the past five years provided oilfield services firms and equipment suppliers
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      Obama right to drop Europe missile shield
      784 22  -  LEON HADAR REMEMBER the good old days when the perceived Soviet threat served as an opportunity for politicians, bureaucrats and interest groups encompassing what then president Dwight Eisenhower called the Military-Industrial Complex to stimulate a new arms race in the name of protecting
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      Boeing targets 20% cut in 777 operating costs
      527 23 Bloomberg To challenge Airbus A350, it may modify current 777 version or create new jet [WASHINGTON] Boeing aims to reduce operating costs for its 777 by as much as 20 per cent as the planemaker considers making changes to the current version
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      Banks may seek to split up JAL
      275 23 Reuters [TOKYO] Lenders to Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) may seek to split the carrier between its profitable and loss-making parts, two sources familiar with the matter said, as part of a radical overhaul of Asia's largest airline by revenue. The floating by banks
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEARTURES
      2753 23 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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      FedEx Express gets its first B777F
      416 23  -  VINCENT WEE ByApril 2010, it plans to have 4 to run Asia-US routes By [SINGAPORE] FedEx Express has taken delivery of its first 8777 Freighter (8777F) and is set to put it into action to help optimise its Asia-US routes. FedEx Express is the
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      Slow China demand hits Baltic index
      508 23 -Reuters [LONDON] The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates to ship dry commodities, hit a fresh four-month low on Tuesday with a slowdown in Chinese demand hurting sentiment. The index which gauges the cost of shipping resources including iron ore, cement,
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • Article
        SGX
        111 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs rirst Ship Lease rreight Links Grand Banks lava Hold Ltd KTVentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines V1TQ Corp MOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine ipore Ship itar Cruises 0.72 0.33 1.25 0.67
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        KLSE
        36 23 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB .Holdings Nepline Brief PDZ Holdings 0.98 9.00 8.85 3.13 3.07 unch 0.08 0.01 unch -0.20 0.03 0.01 unch -0.01 12: 21 29! 21] 1) 183!
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        BANGKOK
        12 23 ■oo 'recious Ship Regional Cont 18.20 12.10 -0.10 -0.10 545. 6711
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        HONGKONG
        11 23 '000 Doil iingamas Cont 42.20 1.43 -0.05 -0.01 1121 337:
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        PHILIPPINES
        22 23 '000 >Gp >GS0 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.10 22.00 unch unch 0.10 unch unch unch 151 219!
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        TAIPEI
        14 23 Evergreen Marine ....19.10 :irststeamship 38.60 /Van Hai Lines 17.25 -1.15 0.10 -0.45 1
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        TOKYO
        42 23 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..231.00 (awasaki Kisen 395.00 Mitsubishi Hvy 358.00 Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..253.00 Mitsui Osk Lines ....582.00 Mippon Express 369.00 Mippon Yusen 376.00 source: Thomson Reuters -3.00 ***** -4.00 4392 2.00 ***** -6.00 5026 6.00 ***** 1.00 6211 -3.00 7182
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      232 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Defender having a game noeuvres! (9) /r-\ J^^H 29 Plan to put stone by layers of rock (9) 14 Next to notice Joseph at YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Down home in middle of night (9) Across: pitchers, 5 Ignore, 9 2 Recover spirits when inciden- 15 Dumpy one's
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      SGX MAINBOARD
      8809 24 Transaction date: Sep 23 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E m_ 17 3 3148 STelecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 31.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 14.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 7 2101 APOil 93 26.5 5550 ARA 8
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      SGX CATALIST
      1691 25 52-wks Tel High Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 15.5 5 1181 s AAGrp 26 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20
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      SGX ETF
      415 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hi. 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 783 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 274 149 DBS STI ETF 100 4195 3534 DBXT DJE50 1OUS$ DBXTDJE5OSh
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      250 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
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      9209 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 2.071/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/^- 1.349/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.09/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.77/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5096/ APS Komaba Global
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      27 24 I I VlNMWn^jr .4 SEBASTIEN BUEMI I _H iA^-_'*i___S7*l'^_#____F_- IA1 P i h9SWI9___I_ttH_I ___S___^^\ "^a= _^feB I __________________BHH-_-^_9 I __f _^**___i_______l I V V Wr m T
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      369 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Se| 22 World Index Preliminary 808.3 0.5 19.3 0.7 21.7 1.0 24.2 EAFE Preliminai 768.8 0.3 18.4 1.1 24.8 1.4 27.3 Euroi Prelim inan 1090.1
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      FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      124 26 As at 9am Sep23 >f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer iust dollar 1.2230 1.2610 .an dollar 1.3110 1.3280 luro 2.0740 2.0980 IZ dollar 1.0160 1.0390 iterlini ind 2.2950 2.3220 JS dollar 1.4020 1.4190 .ocal dollars to 100 units if foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi
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      INTERBANK RATES
      170 26 Sep23 fer Overnight 3/16 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 5/16 US$ Offer 1/16 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months >—■. I. $Au 0.32 0.35 0.38 0.50 0.70 1.10 1.30 Offer 0.22 0.25 0.28 0.30 0.50
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      STOCK INDEX FUTURES
      28 26 Sep23 ten Jii Sett iTI Se 2690 2690 2686 ilMSCI Se 322.2 323.9 321.6 'aiwan Se 272.7 275.5 269.5 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      21 26 Sep23 S! Bid Offer 1-month 1.4105 1.4125 2-months 1.4107 1.4128 3-months 1.4109 1.4131 6-months 1.4115 1.4137 Source: OCBC
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      PALM OIL
      59 26 Sep23 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Oct09 2227 2206 2230 2206 482 2236 Nov09 2191 2150 2197 2150 2393 ***** Dec 09 2180 2146 2188 2142 7123 ***** Jan 10 2177 2150 2183 2139 1243 7612 Total o/p: *****
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      SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      259 26 Sep23 URODOLLAR FUTURES 3ec09 VlariO un10 iep10 99.5650 99.3500 99.0000 98.5800 7022 4323 3336 2450 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES 3ec09 99.520 99.520 Vlar10 un10 >ep10 3ec10 \/lar11 Iun11 >ep11 99.520 99.520 99.550 99.540 99.525 99.485 99.400 99.340 99.340 100 5678 4146 2052 1084 574 562 52 51 EUROYEN
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      SICOM FUTURES
      184 26 Sep23 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) Oct 09 217.0 NOV09 Dec 09 217.0 Jan 10 Feb 10 Mario 216.5 216.5 216.5 216.5 216.5 216.0 216.0 216.0 53 40 384 515 851 791 461 574 TSR 20
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      GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      85 26 Sep23 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's |h Low Hi, 3-Month BQ*****W 24.12.2009 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2010 0.32 0.39 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hio Day's cjh Low 2-Year NX*****H 3.625 5-Year NX*****F 3.625 7-Year N*****0S 2.875 10-Year NX*****W 2.500 15-Year NY*****H 3.000
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      CHICAGO BOT
      98 26 Sep22 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov09 922.00 913.50 927.25 903.25 Jan 10 926.25 919.00 932.00 909.50 Mar10 927.75 922.25 935.00 912.50 May 10 927.75 923.00 935.25 913.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 09 34.51 33.77 34.49 33.80 Dec 09 34.92
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      CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep22 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 70.13 1.46 WTI (Near Mth) 71.55 2.02 Dubai (1-Mth F) 68.74 -0.40 Tapis blend 73.45 -0.25 Minas 71.30 -0.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 66.50 75.60 -0.90 -1.75 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      462 26 Sep23 Rm Euro HK! Im Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZ! Pal Rs Peso Ram NT! Bal it Pouni us: Australia 0.936 5.979 0.592 6.789 42.059 84.967 0.797 10.462 3.033 1.207 72.266 41.559 1.236 6.461 0.895 28.348 29.371 0.535 0.876 Canada 1.068 6.386 0.632 7.250 44.916 90.739
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      SIBOR
      75 26 Sep23 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 1.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Mid rates
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      INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      152 26 Sep23 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2349 1.2374 0.8757 0.8762 Canadian dollar 1.3189 1.3213 0.9353 0.9356 Euro 2.0868 2.0899 1.4798 1.4799 NZ dollar 1.0230 1.0247 0.7254 0.7256 Sterling 2.3072 2.3112 1.6361 1.6361 US dollar 1.4102 1.4122 S$IUS$ to
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      PRECIOUS METALS
      137 26 Sep23 GOLD (USS/oz) Sep 23 Sep 22 Hong Kong 1014.20 1011.30 London Sep 22 Sep 21 1015.75 1000.90 1016.55 1001.70 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Sep23 Buying Sellini Kilobar "49,230.70" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz
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      LONDON METALS
      69 26 Sep22\ minimum, 99.7 jrity (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 1855.25 1850.00 3 months 1889.00 1884.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6249.00 6270.00 6165.25 6190.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2262.75 3 months 2290.00 2186.75 2215.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      LIFFE
      72 26 Sep22 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 09 2035 2003 2040/2001 Mar 10 2048 2019 2055/2018 May 10 2063 2038 2069/2038 Jul 10 2019 1988 2018/1995 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low SepO9 1465 unch 1467/1467 Nov09 1483 1479 1486/1445 Jan 10 1507 1504 1510/1470 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close
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      BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2276 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Tel Code Company Last Sale Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths +or- ('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 1 15 12 4.71 56 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 1358 12.00 11 AscendasREIT.ES.0909 172 8756 Asiatic Grp (H) Ltd W*****2
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  • BizIT
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      IBM swallows RedPill for analytics boost
      314 29  -  PHILIP KERPAN KWEE Big Blue says deal to be completed later this year By SINGAPORE firm RedPiU Solutions will soon be part of technology giant International Business Machines Corp (IBM). Big Blue announced on Tuesday a plan to acquire RedPill in a move that
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      Second OpCo may cruise the fibre-optic highway
      603 29 But the new operator will have to do so without any government funding, reports WINSTON CHAI COMPETITION in Singapore's future broadband landscape is likely to extend beyond the service provider level to the OpCo (operating company) tier, with at least one other company
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      Apple not in breach of standards
      246 29 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Inc's decision to block Palm Inc's Pre from working with the iTunes music program doesn't breach technical standards for so-called USB connectors, a technical group said. Palm said in July that Apple may be improperly using device codes overseen by
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      South Korea approves sale of iPhone
      127 29 ■AFP [SEOUL] South Korean telecom regulators yesterday approved the sale of Apple's iPhone in a market currently dominated by local handset manufacturers. The US firm's smartphone has been a worldwide hit but its debut in Korea was delayed by concerns that its location services
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  • PROPERTY
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      Savoy makeover adds to London hotels' woes
      920 31 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Savoy, the 121-year-old London hotel that has hosted Elizabeth Taylor and Claude Monet, may add to strains on the city's luxury guesthouses when it reopens next April following British hospitality's most expensive renovation. After last year's collapse of Lehman Brothers
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      UK mortgage approvals up 81.4% in Aug
      394 32 Reuters But consumer credit and demand for re-mortgaging remains subdued [LONDON] British banks approved 81.4 per cent more home purchase loans in August than the same month a year ago but consumer credit and demand for re-mortgaging remained subdued, a survey showed yesterday.
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      Bids of $300-425 psf ppr seen for Upper Thomson plot
      824 33  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Another site at Meyer Road offers bite-size option, with $65m price tag By DEVELOPERS hungry for land were offered two plum residential sites yesterday. One is a 99-year leasehold plot at Upper Thomson Road, opposite the Singapore Island
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      BULL CHARGE
      335 34  -  Uma Shankari IS THE seeming recovery in the property market for real? It's the million-dollar question that no-one neither developers, analysts nor homebuyers can answer with any certainty. The residential market in Singapore took off in February this year, after subdued sales through all of 2008. The bull
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      Sustainable home sales
      1307 35 Strong sales volume has been the cause for the government's concern that a bubble was building up, says ham huam mei DEFYING all expectations, Singapore's residential property market has rebounded in the thick of the worst recession the country has seen. Buyers turned up in droves at
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      Recession, what recession?
      1379 37 Increased sales strongly suggest that buyers are convinced property prices have bottomed, or are low enough for them to re-enter the market, writes emilyemg GIVEN the recent euphoria in the residential market, it is no surprise that it has become a hot topic of discussion. Isn't Singapore
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      Can a mass market recovery be sustained?
      1022 38  -  CHUA CHOR HOON Due to lower interest rates, affordability for mass market resale condominiums has improved compared with the peak in Q4 2007 By ASS market projects, which were laggards in the 2007 boom, are leading the recovery this time round. In 2005
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      Local projects garner global accolades
      1258 39 Singaporean developments put up a respectable showing this year picking up regional and international awards, reports uma shaimkari REAL estate companies in Singapore and the rest of Asia are now placing greater emphasis on winning awards that give their projects as well as the developer
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    • AWARD WINNERS: LOCAL DEVELOPERS
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        City Developments Limited
        773 40 Leader of Singapore's Built Environment The First and Only Platinum winner of the BCA Built Environment Leadership Awards FOR over 45 years, City Developments Limited (CDL) has built over 22,000 quality homes, creating new benchmarks of excellence in innovation and sustainability. Today, CDL is also one of
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        Frasers Centrepoint
        681 41 One of Singapore's top residential property developers and retail mall owners and operators, Frasers Centrepoint started off with a single shopping centre on Orchard Road. A fully owned subsidiary of Fraser and Neave, Limited, Frasers Centrepoint has grown by leaps and bounds, boasting an impressive portfolio today that
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        Mapletree Anson
        1025 42 Developer: Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd Project: Mapletree Anson Awards: BCA Green Mark Platinum Providing new levels of business space efficiency MAPLETREE Anson is set to become a well sought-after address in Singapore's Central Business District and it is easy to see why. The gleaming 19-storey office tower leads
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        Dijaya Corporation
        819 43 ONE of the country's more innovative developers, Dijaya Corporation has made a name for itself by leveraging on its strategic locations to execute designs that accentuate modern concept lifestyles. Discerning house buyers as well as property experts have found its fresh and creative designs so pleasing that the
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        DST International
        917 44 Committed Service Offering preferred properties in choice locations, DST International is committed to providing professional consultancy services to meet clients' needs for investment as well as residential purposes. It is established in 1998 to market new and refurbished residential and commercial properties around the world, particularly locations in
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        S P Setia Berhad
        978 45 SP Setia Berhad, one of Malaysia's leading listed property developers, has a track record of innovative developments spanning the full range of the property market from mas-ter-planned townships to thriving commercial hubs. Since its incorporation in 1974, S P Setia has been working to deliver products
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        DCA Architects Pte Ltd
        1202 46 The name behind some of Singapore's most iconic buildings IN just 11 years, DCA Architects has risen to become one of Singapore's most established architectural firms ana is now behind some of the nation's most iconic buildings. Incorporated in 1998, DCA Architects grew out of a
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      Landed homes the way to go
      1026 47  -  GRACE NG Buyers took advantage of lower prices, which have corrected by some 20 to 30% from the peak, and low interest rates to buy their dream landed homes By HOME these days A has become more of a lifestyle statement and status symbol
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      Some choice locations for landed homes
      225 47 West Coast/Pasir Panjang NOT only is this area close to institutions of higher learning, such as The National University of Singapore, it is just 15 to 20 minutes' drive to the CBD. The opening of shopping malls such as VivoCity and West Coast Plaza
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      The growing GCB market
      1019 48  -  WILLIAM WONG Prices have more than doubled over the last decade By PRICES of good class bungalows (GCBs) have picked up strongly since early this year, topping prices fetched in the last property peak in 2007. GCBs are owned by a select group of wealthy individuals,
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      Residential market needs a rework
      1123 49  -  LESLIE YEE Changing policies as market conditions change reflects pragmatic and adaptive policymaking which should be applauded By THE big picture driver of real estate wherever is the economy. A residential property buyer pays a certain amount for a particular location because he likes to
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      Rental market here on road to recovery
      855 50  -  PATRICK LAI Homes in districts 9,10 and 11 are seeing more rental enquiries now that prime rents have fallen By BUFFETED by so much negative economic data, the residential rental market inevitably succumbed, with rents falling sharply by 8.5 per cent in the
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      HDB resale market still buzzing
      1688 51  -  EUGENE LIM In contrast with 2006 and 2007, the current run is not supported by a buoyant economy and buyers will resist paying too much cash By m ITH 80 per cent of Singapore's population staying in HDB flats, one would expect the HDB market
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      HDB rental market stabilises for now
      278 51 OVER one year, HDB-ap-proved sub-letting cases surged by some 20 per cent from 12,808 units in 2007 to 15,344 cases in 2008. In the same period, the increased demand pushed HDB rentals across the board upwards by 23 per cent. The main tenants for
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      Your guide to HOUSEHUNTING
      629 53 this season SOME CURRENT MAJOR PROJECTS O AscentiaSky 99 03 WingTai 0 The Interlace* 99 04 CapitaLand Hotel Properties 0 The Peak Balmeg FH 05 MCLLand 0 Concourse Skyline 99 07 Hong Fok Land 0 Skyline 360° at St Thomas Walk* FH 09 Hiap Hoe Group
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      The new design ascetic
      1216 54 Pared down, simplified and minimal, architects are all reassessing what is really essential in life, reports Arthur sim HETHER it is because of the constant talk about the economy, wealth destruction or the periodic stockmarket jitters, homeowners appear to have lost the desire to build ever
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      Everything but the kitchen sink
      593 56 More and more home appliance manufacturers are now melding functionality with aesthetically pleasing looks, says wiimstoim chai ITH function the lowest common denominator among audio-visual (AV) equipment and home appliances, manufacturers are increasingly leaning towards aesthetics in the battle for precious consumer dollars. The end-result
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      Faux furniture fad or fab?
      1093 58 Interior designers and shops alike are seeing a trend where clients choose to mix and match high- and low-end pieces, reports feldachay THE economic downturn has hit home with high-end furniture shops and interior designers saying that demand for upmarket furniture pieces has taken a
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      Main St rents feeling the blues
      875 59 But slowdown shows signs of abating in Asia-Pacific, reports UMA SHANKARI ORE than half the world's most expensive shopping streets have seen prime retail rents slump in 2009 marking the biggest fall in retail rents in 24 years a recent report from real estate
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      Room for improvement in en bloc laws
      1480 60  -  KARAMJIT SINGH PAMELA KOW The 80 per cent en bloc law made it possible for the private sector to take the lead in maximising the value of scarce land 1 By and COME October, it will be 10 years since en bloc sales
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      Green shoots, firm roots
      1149 61  -  ANG CHOON BENG As buyer interest returns to the market, we can expect to see increased activity from institutional investors drive up transactions next year By INVESTMENT sales have been rising steadily throughout the year. From $304 million in the first quarter, transactions have jumped more
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      Retail market looking good
      1328 62  -  LETTY LEE Some 1.1 msqft of retail space will be added to Orchard Rd this year, bumping up supply in the prime shopping belt by 24% 1 By THE retail scene appears to be regaining some momentum after a quiet first quarter, thanks in part to
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      Office market here is still active
      897 63  -  CHRIS ARCHIBOLD The vacancy rate in prime Grade A buildings rose from 1.8% in Q3 2008 to 6.1% in Q2 this year By THE office market here, like many around the world, has seen a fundamental shift in dynamics over the last nine months,
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      Not all Reits are created equal
      763 64 Volatile as the year might have been, the consensus on the inclusion of Reits in investment portfolios is favourable, reports joyce hooi AT FIRST glance, real estate investment trusts (Reits) watchers will be frustrated by the hung jury that has been the outcome for
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      Land of buying opportunity Down Under?
      1725 64  -  SOPHIE COTTOM, RON DE WIT DONALD HAN While Australian hotels may have been slow to transact in recent times, a pick-up in activity is expected in the coming months By and SOUTH-EAST Asian investors are starting to scour Australia's hotel market in the hopes
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      Making sense of home loans
      1877 66 We survey what's on offer by major banks and discuss key features of the packages. By felda chay and siow li sen ITH the recent home buying spree, one pertinent issue is how to pick the best home loan from among the dozens on the
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      US commercial real estate prices resume slide in July
      494 66 Reuters [NEW YORK] US commercial property prices renewed their steep decline in July as sector prices were down nearly 39 per cent from peak levels two years ago, said Moody's Investors Service in a report. Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI),
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      Malaysian market picking up
      1127 68 To some, the fact that the wealthy are once again putting their money in real estate is a sign the market is on its way up, reports paulime rig WHETHER it was the triple 8 that did it, I&P's launch of 80 link houses on August
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      Hong Kong office rentals arrest decline
      1048 68 Despite the slower pace of rental falls and increased leasing activity, vacancy rates are climbing, says uma shamkari THE Hong Kong office market is mirroring the trend seen lately in the Singapore market rents are still falling, but at a slower rate. Data from
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      Bargain hunting Down Under
      1485 70  -  MARTIN PEPPER Investment activity in both the retail and industrial sectors has declined over the past 12 months By COMMERCIAL property values across Australia have dropped in the past 18 months in line with the global economy. Although the timing has varied, the decline has been
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      London still the place to be
      1126 70  -  ED LEWIS JULIAN SEDGWICK Singapore and Asian investors now see the City as a safe long-term investment, and as long as the sterling is low they will be buying By and THE UK property market is waking up, prices are rising and the British
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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      112 35 INTERIOR DESIGN CHEW DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE Sm Chew Interior Design has created thousands of dream homes for our customers in HDB, Condominium, landed properties and commercial projects. We provide one-stop renovation services to make sure your experience is pleasant with us from designing interior concept to after sales service. I^^^^^M^^^^l^
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      283 37 NASSIMPARK RESIDENCES PP"*^ iP' \x Ms|v -^^^BflH ft^* stffl B^k AM AC rF"C 1"R13]"C 1/^"C 1 l n the heart of Nassim, Singapore's most desirable neighbourhood, comes IVIiVO 1 _Lj XL 1 1 _Lj Vj _Lj the unveiling of Singapore's most coveted freehold address. A unique by Chan Soo Khian,
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      160 44 -<rv3S3'*B3Bßß^j^^^ DST International Property Services Pte Ltd (T^ rn^^^^^ Shenton Way V #10-08 Shenton House, Singapore *****5 3^J lJ JL Tel: (65) 6223 9119 Fax: (65) 6225 3165 international Email: Sales@dstproperty.com property servkes Web: www.dstproperty.com Business Registration No.: *****6396N Sjn'aahst in 1 ropt/rtx Consultancy Please be aware that the property
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      36 45 Builder of Distinction Set I a SPSETIABHD GROUP S P Setia Singapore Sales Gallery Harbourfront Tower 1, #01-06 (next to Harbourfront MRT Station) The sales gallery opens daily from 9am to 6pm. www. spsetia. com. my
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