The Business Times, 18 September 2010

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    17 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2010 S$1.00 MICA(P) 139/08/2010 Sf!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon S’pore intellectual capital to get $16b boost
    778 1  -  Enlarged budget for research and innovation to help sharpen competitive edge By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore THE economy is getting a $16.1 billion injection from the government to support research, innovation and enterprise over the next five years, underlining the importance of research
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      180 1 the the AZIM nice surprise August domestic exports up 31.2% ECONOMISTS are sticking to their outlook for slower NODX ahead despite being caught wrong-footed they had expected a slowdown after a month-on-month seasonally adjusted 3.9% dip in July. 2 inside look SID on issue of alternate directors IT calls for
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      25 1 WEALTH The next BRIC thing? 30-31 BT CORPORATE GOLF Big Fish makes a splash L16-17 the raffles conversation AZIM PREMJI, CHAIRMAN OF WIPRO 8 -9
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore’s exports jump 31.2% in Aug
      583 2  -  Despite the surprise rise, economists are sticking to their outlook of slower non-oil domestic exports ahead By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore AFTER a month-on-month seasonally adjusted 3.9 per cent dip in July, with economists pointing to a slowdown ahead, Singapore’s key non-oil domestic
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      137 2 STI 3,076.37 (+9.26) STI FUTURES 3,076 (+9) SIMSCI 362.46 (+0.78) SIMSCI FUTURES 362.00 (-1.10) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,466.97 -5.98 NIKKEI 225 9,626.09 +116.59 HANG SENG 21,970.86 +279.41 SET 923.57 -1.24 JAKARTA 3,384.65 +43.02 MANILA 3,979.35 -26.11 KOSPI 1,827.35 +15.50 SHENZHEN B 718.45 +5.25 MUMBAI IND 19,594.75 +177.26
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      Lock icon Alternate directors – the dos and don’ts
      593 4  - Alternate directors the dos and don’ts Institute of Directors stresses need for transparency on the circumstances surrounding their appointments By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) has weighed in on the issue of alternate directors and spelt out specific guidelines concerning their appointments. SID stressed the
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      Lock icon When productivity seems to soar – but clearly doesn’t
      691 4  - When productivity seems to soar but clearly doesn’t By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore FORallthe hand-wringingoverSingapore’s poorproductivity of late, the figures now suggest local labour yield has since more than jumped by leaps and bounds, having surged 14-15 per cent in the first half of 2010. Unless one believes that productivity
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      Lock icon MAS wins claim against Pheim Malaysia, its CEO
      426 6  -  It warns fund managers against engaging in window dressing practices By Emilyn Yap emilyny@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has won its claim against Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd (Pheim Malaysia) and its CEO Tan Chong Koay for market rigging.
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      Lock icon China’s electric-car plan seen as threat to foreign carmakers
      343 6 AFP Beijing CHINA is drawing up a new plan to become a leader in eco-friend-ly cars that could include forcing foreign carmakers to share key technologies for access to its market, a report said yesterday. The draft suggests that China could
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      Lock icon M’sian cosmetics tycoon’s murder could be just tip of iceberg
      788 6  -  By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur WHAT was already a gruesome murder of a cosmetics tycoon and three others could turn out to be the worst serial murder case in Malaysia’s history. Over five days, police scuba divers combing the
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      Lock icon Superstitious gamblers at S’pore IRs take the cake
      558 7  -  saturday soapbox Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor YOU’VE probably heard this old joke or something like it. Two friends were chatting when one asked: “Are you superstitious?” Theotherreplied: “I used tobe but I heard it was unlucky, so I stopped.” It’s
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      141 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Week in Review 10 Companies 11-14 From The Desk Of 15 Singapore 16-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-32 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 Real Estate 35 LIVING Weekend With L2-4 Health L5 KLHawkerGuide L6-7 Dining L8-9
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      207 3 THE GREENWOOD L, £2 S3? m 5s^(i IVfa s; m. B* 9;« T. r S til F > /> ill M 4' An exclusive lifestyle built around nature Minutes from Orchard Road, yet a world away in serene tranquility is The Greenwood. Set in the verdant wonders of nature, the
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      123 4 A Specialized BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY An established full service Post Production company based in Singapore, specializing in high-end post production services is looking for interested parties to take over the full facilities comprising of 7 post production suites for offline and online editing, special effects, animation and audio facilities for the
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      257 7 Bank of Singapore. Well positioned. Well recognised. FinanceAsia COUNTRY AWARDS FOR ACHIEVEMENT 2010 Best Private Bank Singapore, 2010 0[ Southeast Asia Best Private Wealth Management Bank Singapore, 2010 Southeast Asia Best Private Wealth Management Bank Southeast Asia, 2010 EUROMONEY EUROMONEY ASIAMONEY Best Private Bank for Relationship Management Philippines, 2010 Best
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Walking the talk
      2135 8/9  -  Wipro chairman Azim Premji attributes his company’s success to the fact that it is built on a solid foundation of values, and that it is more about substance than show. By Amit Roy Choudhury show.By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg WESTERN India Vegetable Products Ltd is not exactly
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK | Sept 13-17, 2010
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        Lock icon Alternate directors for IDs – boon or bane?
        45 10 Alternate directors for IDs boon or bane? A HEATED debate has emerged over the appointment of alternate directors for independent directors in listed companies. Though the practice of appointing alternate directors is not new, it has come under the spotlight over issues of corporate governance.
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        Lock icon New bank rules ease fears,
        60 10 alter landscape SINGAPORE banks’ ability to pay dividends or make new loans won’t be hurt by stricter global bank capital rules agreed in Basel on Sunday, analysts told BT. But big foreign banks such as HSBC that also have capital well in excess of the
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        Lock icon Shanghai sails ahead but S’pore port still sanguine
        47 10 THE race for the title of the world’s busiest container port is hotting up, as Shanghai overtakes Singapore for the first time in year-to-date container throughput, setting the stage for a potential and long anticipated upset in global rankings.
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        Lock icon Going beyond GDP to measure progress
        72 10 The US is looking beyond GDP (gross domestic product) as the defining yardstick of how well the country and its people are doing. Efforts are underway by a non-prof-it, non-partisan organisation called The State of the USA, under the auspices of the National Academy
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        Lock icon SGX to launch ADR trading platform in October
        62 10 The Singapore Exchange will offer the trading of 19 American Depository Receipts of several large Chinese firms next month. This is seen as a bid to channel funds that are flowing to the US markets which include money from Asian investors to
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        Lock icon Bulk deals for high-end apartments picking up
        40 10 BULK deals involving high-end apartments are gathering pace again. Some property funds which invested in Singapore’s upmarket residential sector are taking advantage of a price recovery in this segment to exit their investments.
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        Lock icon Docs heal rift, Farrer Park Hospital back on
        46 10 THE storm appears to have passed at Singapore Healthpartners, the group behind Farrer Park Hospital near Race Course Road. One faction of its shareholders has bowed out of the picture and construction is set to start in November.
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        Lock icon 80.4% of Aug developer sales still over $1,000 psf
        58 10 AN analysis of developers’ monthly sales information released by the government shows that 80.4 per cent of the 1,248 private homes sold in August were priced above $1,000 per square foot. This is the second month running that the share of
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        Lock icon Landed homes get new profile in pilot project
        48 10 THE government is conducting a pilot project of modified guidelines that will allow for more creative designs in landed homes. The guidelines will apply to nine landed housing plots that it will auction next month under Sembawang Greenvale Phase 3.
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        Lock icon SPH senior executive sacked over graft
        53 10 A SENIOR vice-president of Singapore Press Holdings has been fired after he admitted to stealing shopping vouchers and taking kickbacks over a number of years. Peter Khoo, an employee of 22 years, has made restitution of $196,500 for the misappropriated vouchers and the illegal
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        Lock icon Record low Sibor rate spells more pressure on banks
        50 10 SINGAPORE interbank rates have dropped to the lowest level on record, threatening to further squeeze banks’ income from lending here. Sibor was quoted at 0.***** per cent on Monday the lowest in at least 23 years and has stayed there since.
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        Lock icon Economy adds jobs for fourth straight quarter
        49 10 THE buzz is back for job seekers as the labour market continued to sparkle in the second quarter. The robust economy added jobs for a fourth successive quarter, taking the total employment gain to 61,400 for the first half of the year.
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        Lock icon Casinos find their El Dorado in S’pore
        69 10 IT’S not hard to see why casino operators love the Singapore market. Not only are they raking in big bucks per slot here, but the market could overtake the Las Vegas strip in a couple of years, according to US billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
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    • NEXT WEEK | Sept 20-24, ’10
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        20 10 Sept 21 Housing starts Sept 23 Existing home sales Leading indicators Sept 24 Durable orders New home sales
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        15 10 Sept 23 Aug consumer price index Sept 24 Aug index of industrial production
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        47 10 Sept 21 Washington US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds one-day meeting on interest rates; announces decision on rates and issues policy statement at 1815 GMT Sept 22 London Bank of England (BoE) to publish minutes of Sept 8-9 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting
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      317 10 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Flat-finding agency (6,5) 9 In which a boxer may drop his guard? (3,6) 10 I go round an Italian city (5) 11 Refuse a stretcher (6) 12 Having no worries about being negligent (8) 13 When students may collect on the streets (3,3) 15 The point
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      12 10 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘This one’s a bargain just came on the market...’
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon TTI in the red after material adjustments
      496 11  -  Audited full-year loss of $5.29m against unaudited profit of $197,000 By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore MATERIAL adjustments have resulted in trading company TT International (TTI) registering an audited group net loss of $5.29 million for its full financial year ended March 31, 2010
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      Lock icon Thai telecom shares plunge after court halts 3G auction
      375 11 Reuters Bangkok SHARES of Thailand’s top three telecom firms, including SingTel unit Advanced Info Service pcl (AIS) and Singapore-quoted Total Access Communication pcl (TAC), plunged and drove the broad stock market down yesterday after a court froze an auction for third-generation
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      Lock icon DMX up on ADR news
      425 11 ALMOST as if on cue, DMX Technologies Group shares surged 21 per cent yesterday as the company announced the trading of its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the OTCQX International over-the-counter market in the US. DMX shares closed up 7.5 cents at 42.5 cents on
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      Lock icon Sinwa shrugs off setbacks and moves on
      885 12  -  Despite the lingering effects of the slowdown, it is going ahead with overseas expansion. By Karen Ng corporate focus By Karen Ng karenng@sph.com.sg HOMEGROWNmarinesup-ply and logistics player Sinwa Limited has had to weather many storms in recent times including the global slowdown. But
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      Lock icon Taiwan bourse set to be new Asia funding hub
      684 13 Taiwan depository receipt listings are rising in popularity Reuters Taipei TAIWAN’S stock exchange looks set to become a sought-after destination for share listings by overseas and Chinese firms and notch up its ranking in Asia after the rising popularity of Taiwan
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      Lock icon Genting, Jardine stables provide main support
      570 14  -  STI up 2.5% over the five days; Jardine Matheson yesterday’s top gainer stocks R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent THE two Genting stocks may have grabbed most of the headlines this week, but equally important though less visible have been the Jardine counters, whose inexorable
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        Lock icon Swiber names Francis Wong CEO and president
        103 14 SWIBER Holdings, an integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed Francis Wong as group chief executive officer and president with immediate effect. Raymond Goh, as founder of the group, remains at the helm of Swiber
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        Lock icon Cosco subsidiary wins contracts worth US$51m
        87 14 COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Ltd said that Cosco (Guangdong) Shipyard Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the company’s 51 per cent owned subsidiary, Cosco Shipyard Group Co Ltd, has secured contracts worth over US$51 million to build two bulk carriers of 57,000 dwt and 35,000 dwt.
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      61 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP JMH 4570 205.3 3.5 GLD 10US$ ***** 136.0 0.8 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 117.3 0.7 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3778 113.3 2.3 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 1042 73.3 5.6 DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** 52.0 0.3 DairyFarm 765 52.0 5.4 JSH 2648 50.7 1.5 Lyxor Europe 10
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      60 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5063 -102.6 -1.5 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 9070 -30.0 -0.3 STXPO 100 1324 -16.0 -1.2 HK Land 589 -10.7 -1.3 Jardine C&C 3740 -10.0 -0.3 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ***** -10.0 -0.1 CapitaMall 195 -6.0 -3.0 DBS Grp 1394 -6.0 -0.4 Haw
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      Lock icon SGX to launch new clearing service for rubber contracts
      310 14 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will offer a new clearing service for over-the-counter (OTC)-trad-ed rubber contracts through its subsidiary Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom). The move follows a collaboration with Sino Rubber Electronic Trading Market Ltd in February this year. The new clearing
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      110 14 VOL CLOSE GentingHKUS$ 194,964 52 0.7 1.0 GentingSP 176,764 209 6.0 3.0 Equation 174,184 6.5 0.5 8.3 Biosensors 150,807 96 12.0 14.3 ChinaHongxing 101,615 21.5 0.0 0.0 DMXTech 67,418 42.5 7.5 21.4 ChinaEnergy 47,635 19.5 4.0 25.8 TranscuGrp 47,375 13 1.0 8.3 ChinaSports 44,030 13.5 0.5 3.8
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      106 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.160 -0.050 CapitaLand 3.970 -0.030 CapitaMall 1.950 -0.060 CityDev 11.580 -0.020 ComfortDelGro 1.540 -0.020 DBS Grp 13.940 -0.060 F&N 6.140 Genting SP 2.090 +0.060 Golden Agri 0.580 HK Land 5.890 -0.080 JMH 45.700 +1.540 JSH 26.480 +0.380 Jardine C&C 37.400 -0.100 Keppel Corp
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      165 13 CONCORD ENERGY PTE LTD, a locally-based international commodity trading company, is seeking to hire an experienced Manager Projects Energy to join its project development team. Under the direction of the Director of Projects Development, the Project Manager willassistinmanaging,prioritizing,andmonitoringthedevelopmentofinternational energy projects. The successful candidate will work with cross functional teams to
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Buying a boat? Guess what powers it
      836 15  -  The long-term future of recreational boating must be driven by passion not just on the part of boat owners but also among manufacturers, dealers and suppliers from the desk of Paul Whelan General Manager Simpson Marine A YACHT can be a status symbol,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Talent, skills shortage ‘still a key obstacle’
      581 16  -  ACCA’s annual conference discusses strategies to train and retain talent By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg STRATEGIES to train and retain talent, which include encouraging women who have left the workforce to return, got an airing at the ACCA annual conference yesterday. While most presenters
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      Lock icon What inclusive growth demands: Gan
      390 16  -  By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg ASIA’S fast growth has thrown up both opportunities and attendant issues on how to boost human capital to tap into said opportunities, and how to ensure inclusive growth for society, says Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong. Speaking yesterday at an Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon Six bids for Hougang residential site
      419 17  -  Sim Lian submits top bid of $160m, plans project with 400-450 units By Emilyn Yap emilyny@sph.com.sg THE response of developers to a state tender for a 99-year-lease-hold residential site at Hougang Avenue 7 yesterday reflected a “Goldilocks” moment not too hot, not too cold
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      Lock icon Making maids aware of their legal rights
      371 17 MAIDS have legal rights too even if they may not know what they are. And TSMP Law Corporation will try to help fix this knowledge gap by holding a short talk at the Gallery at Fort Canning Centre tomorrow, where the legal rights,
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      Lock icon RWS just got a whole lot sweeter with Candylicious
      310 17 THE brother-and-sister team behind retail concepts such as iwannagohome! opened Candylicious a candy boutique at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) yesterday. Sanveer and Sunaina Gill are the children of JS Gill, founder of Royal Sporting House (RSH). In 1977, the elder Gill
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      Lock icon Ingenico invests in Korvac
      300 18 FRANCE-BASED strategic investor Ingenico, the world’s leading provider of secure payment solutions, has invested $30 million in Korvac Holdings, a local group that offers payment and consumer data processing services. The investment, announced yesterday, gives Ingenico a 49 per cent stake in Korvac. Ingenico is the
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      Lock icon Changi starts work on its first Indian airport
      274 18  -  Indian firm given contract to build Durgapur project runway, terminal By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg CHANGI Airport Group (CAG) has found the first builder for its maiden Indian greenfield airport investment, the Durgapur Aerotropolis. The company developing the Durgapur project Bengal Aerotropolis Projects
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      Lock icon Temasek to sponsor training programmes for Laotians
      186 18 TEMASEK Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) and Temasek Foundation (TF) have announced two training programmes to improve rice crops and manage emerging infectious diseases in partnership with agencies from Laos. TF has committed a grant of $490,000 to the programmes, which it and TLL
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      648 18 adv GREATRONIC LIMITED (Reg No. *****0621N) (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GREATRONIC LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB, 52 West Coast Ferry Road, Singapore *****7 on Thursday, 30
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon KL unveils plan to halt drop in investment
      471 19 It targets 131 projects worth US$444b after talks with representatives from 200 firms Bloomberg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S government said it has identified private sector-led projects worth US$444 billion that can turn around a slump in investment and help the country achieve developed-nation
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      Lock icon Kaieda is new Japan economics minister
      382 19 Reuters Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan picked Banri Kaieda, who backed his defeated rival Ichiro Ozawa in a party leadership vote this week, as new economics minister in a Cabinet reshuffle yesterday. Mr Kaieda, 61, who was a member of a group advising
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      Lock icon J&J in talks to buy Crucell for 1.75b euros
      289 19 AP Amsterdam JOHNSON Johnson said yesterday it is in advanced talks to acquire Dutch biotech firm Crucell NV for 1.75 billion euros (S$3.1 billion), a deal that would boost the American health care product maker’s vaccine business. In a joint statement,
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      Lock icon Japan finance chief battles to weaken yen
      580 20 Fears rise that more intervention could let China off on yuan AFP Tokyo JAPAN’S Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, a fiscal hawk appointed in June to work towards cutting a massive public debt, is now enmeshed in a battle to stop a strong yen
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      Lock icon China central bank sees challenges
      379 20 AFP Beijing CHINA’S central bank warned yesterday that the world’s sec-ond-largest economy still faced challenges and uncertainties, pledging to maintain current policies to ensure stable growth. One of the risks facing China was the surge in bank lending to local government financing vehicles, which was
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      Lock icon Chinese finally get iPad’s Wi-Fi version
      521 21 Strong demand forecast despite lack of local content AFP Beijing HUNDREDS queued up yesterday for the first official iPads sold in China, the world’s biggest Internet market, after months of grey-market action among avid buyers unwilling to wait for the Apple tablet. Apple stores
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      Lock icon Graft threatens Indonesia: IMF
      287 21 AFP Jakarta THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned yesterday that Indonesia must make fighting corruption a priority if it wants to build on its progress as one of the world’s best-performing economies. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy expanded 4.5 per cent in 2009, the third fastest in
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      Lock icon Consumer prices rise 0.3% in Aug
      464 22 Core inflation over the past year is up just 0.9%, matching the lowest 12-month gain in 44 years latest us data AP Washington CONSUMER prices posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially
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      Lock icon Migrant cap hurts economy: UK minister
      483 22 Reuters London BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable was quoted yesterday as saying immigration limits were costing Britain thousands of jobs and hurting its economic recovery. “A lot of damage is being done to British industry,” Mr Cable said in an interview with the Financial Times
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      447 21 corporate advisory Our client, listed on the Singapore Exchange Mainboard, owns and operates one of the world~s largest integrated palm oil plantation group of companies with well established downstream business operations. It is also one of the leading food manufacturers in China. Our client is expanding its downstream operations and
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      198 22 corporate advisory Our client, listed on the Singapore Exchange Mainboard, is a leading regional property developer. It is a leading developer in Indonesia and is engaged in the development and construction of commercial, residential and industrial properties, townships, hotels and resorts. It has long-term investments in major commercial buildings, hotels
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  • SGX
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      9223 23 Transaction date: Sep 17 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 13 3148 8Telecom 20 unch 815 20 20 20 20.5 1.7 9.1 6.4 95.8 12 5 5834 A-Sonic 6 unch
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      1873 26 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 9 4.5 1181 t AA Grp 4.5 4 5 25 4.3 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 161 156 165 95.5 4 0.5 1501
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      186 26 MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 12 1 4 0 0 0 12 1 4 Manufacturing 104 33 66 12 3 17 116 36 83 Commerce 31 14 31 8 2 3 39 16 34 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 12 11
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      842 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Sep 13 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) BRC Asia Ltd 16-Sep-10 Lingco Marine Pte Ltd *Buy 3000 na ***** 3.86 ***** 4.25 BRC Asia
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 22,512 22,512 46,233 46,233 Manufacturing 769,675 215,541 985,216 431,687 20,997 452,685 Commerce 136,907 29,424 166,331 126,821 5,703 132,524 Tpt/Stor/Comms 93,626 7,766 101,392 171,046 1,153 172,199 Finance 32,121 35 32,156 242,689 5 242,693 Construction 84,081 31,117
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      129 27 Sep 17 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2420 1.2800 Can dollar 1.2950 1.3110 Euro 1.7390 1.7590 NZ dollar 0.9620 0.9830 Sterling pound 2.0780 2.1020 US dollar 1.3310 1.3460 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid
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      96 27 YTD change: +6.17% 52-week high: 3,086.28 on Sept 16,2010 52-week low: 2,576.84 on Oct 5,2009 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -20.70% 52-week high: 3,361.39 on Nov 24, 2009 52-week low: 2,319.74 on July 2,2010 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: +0.45% 52-week high: 23,099.50 on Nov 18,2009 52-week low: 18,971.50 on
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      374 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 825.1 -0.4 -0.9 -0.4 -5.9 -0.4 -1.2 ‡EAFE Preliminary 764.9 -0.4 -2.5 -0.4 -8.1 -0.4 -3.5 Europe Preliminary 1121.3 -0.3
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      154 27 Sep 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2612 1.2622 0.9461 0.9466 Canadian dollar 1.3029 1.3038 0.9773 0.9778 Euro 1.7530 1.7537 1.3150 1.3152 NZ dollar 0.9760 0.9775 0.7321 0.7331 Sterling pound 2.0954 2.0961 1.5718 1.5720
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      82 27 Sep 16 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 10 1884 1816 1910/1861 Dec 10 1901 1853 1925/1881 Mar 11 1917 1872 1938/1898 May 11 1928 1886 1949/1916 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 10 1644 1620 1607/1607 Nov 10 1653 1629 1671/1630 Jan 11 1675 1660 1697/1660 Mar 11
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      93 27 Sep 16 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 10 1036.*****2.*****6.*****3.00 Jan 11 1046.*****2.*****6.*****3.50 Mar 11 1054.*****0.*****4.*****1.75 May 11 1057.*****3.*****7.*****5.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 10 41.36 41.61 41.76 41.20 Dec 10 41.75 42.01 42.15 41.60 Jan 11 42.06 42.32 42.46
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      75 27 Sep 16 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 79.13 0.15 WTI (Near Mth) 74.38 -1.29 Dubai (1-Mth F) 76.71 0.28 Tapis blend 84.85 0.20 Minas 78.75 0.20 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 73.38 -0.28 Jet Kerosene 88.67 1.23 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      71 27 Sep 16 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2136.50 2121.50 3 months 2165.50 2154.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7689.25 7604.00 3 months 7700.00 7620.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2173.00 2207.50 3 months 2202.00 2237.50 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      68 27 Sep 17 GOLD (US$/oz) Sep 16 Sep 17 Hong Kong 1268.*****9.50 Sep 15 Sep 16 London 1268.*****4.25 1268.*****4.70 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 27.92 27.70 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Sep 16 Close Previous PM Fix 1602.*****4.50 AM Fix 1595.*****0.00 Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM NYMEX
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      66 27 Sep 17 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 10 2685 2702 2707 2685 1772 6481 Nov 10 2621 2645 2654 2618 3993 ***** Dec 10 2600 2627 2636 2598 ***** ***** Jan 11 2600 2620
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      828 28 / 29  -  Without progress towards a more democratic society, political stagnation and deteriorating economic performance will result. By Jason Bush i8S REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Jason Bush RUSSIA needs to catch up. Its uncompetitive industrial structure, inherited from Soviet times, is too dependent on commodity exports. Productivity is pathetic, and
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        1231 30 / 31  -  The overhang of economic uncertainty has taken a toll on recent returns in emerging markets Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg Personal Finance Editor THE emerging markets have been the investors’ darling over the last seven to eight years, but the overhang of uncertainty over the global macro-eco-nomic outlook
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          408 30 / 31 DMG Partners Securities “KEY” STI counters did not drive STI’s 6 per cent year-to-date rise: The Straits Times Index (STI) has risen 6 per cent year-to-date. Although this pales compared with Singapore’s H1 2010 GDP growth of 17.9 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y), it is still respectable. On closer
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        1177 32 By closing one fund and opening another, managers can, in one stroke, wipe clean their investment records NYT New York AFTER shutting his giant fund after a humbling loss, Pallotta, the money manager who is an owner of the Boston Celtics, is doing what
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        1319 33  -  Returns of S’pore market have been decent, but data for funds which invest overseas present a different picture show me the money Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent The writer is a CFA charterholder DO fund managers add value? Well it seems they do,
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        923 34 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 14 LANDED Jln Grisek 3-Ter 20/08/2010 FH 2763 2528 915 NON-LANDED Atrium Residences Apt 20/08/2010 FH 1948
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        563 35 But it sees rich pickings in Japanese distressed property, closing deal on Tokyo office buildings Reuters Hong Kong MORGAN Stanley sees good values in distressed real estate assets in Japan for its latest US$4.7 billion global property fund MSREF VII, a senior executive says. Hoke
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        246 35 Reuters London HENDERSON Global Investors has launched a new US$1.1 billion fund targeting the US apartment market, saying that it was the best-placed property sector for rent growth and occupancy over the next five years. CASA V is the fifth in Henderson’s CASA Partners
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        313 35 Xinhua Sydney THE outlook for Australian residential property is strong as signs emerge that home-loan applications are on the rise, analysts said yesterday. Savanth Sebastian, an economist at Australia’s leading investment company CommSec, said that a recent slowdown in demand for residential property
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        2798 2/3  -  You’d be surprised to know what these four medical practitioners get up to when they are off duty. By Melissa Lwee By Melissa Lwee mellwee@sph.com.sg Iroshini Chua Jewellery design www.beautifulstones.com.sg WHEN Iroshini Chua’s husband proposed to her, he didn’t do it the conventional way. Sure, he took her
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        834 4 wine dine with BTWeekend Triple Three Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Level 5 333 Orchard Road ?6831-6288 Triple Three is back. Named for the address of the hotel 333 Orchard Road it features a new Japanese-inspired international buffet spread, helmed by Japanese executive chef Shigeru Akashi. Embark on a culinary adventure with
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        1017 5  -  Concerned about your child’s worsening eyesight? Check out a couple of new lenses which their makers say can slow down the rate of myopia progression in children up to the age of 14. By Cheah Ui-Hoon 14.By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has one
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        1728 6 / 7  -  Dying for a char siew and siew yoke fix? Here are four places in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya that won’t disappoint. By Joyceline Tully By Joyceline Tully btnews@sph.com.sg THEY are lined up in a row, firmly hung on long, for-midable-looking hooks. And they’re the real deal not
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          930 8 / 9  -  Les Amis #02-16 Shaw Centre 1 Scotts Road ?6733-2225 Gone are the days when all you got at the end of a fancy meal was a scoop of vanilla ice cream and some fruit on the side. Nowadays, Singapore’s top restaurants are raising the dessert bar with inventive,
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          749 8 / 9  -  Iggy’s The Hilton Level 3, 581 Orchard Road ?6732-2234 www.iggys.com.sg By Geoffrey Eu ANDRES Lara pushes himself to dazzle diners on a daily basis with his skill and creativity as a dessert chef. In just six months of being in charge of the pastry kitchen at Iggy’s, his
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        1449 12 / 13  - Weird wonderful times Horology goes avant-garde with a new spin on the art of telling time. By Dylan Tan time.By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg THERE’S a running joke at Urwerk that the brand’s co-founder and chief watchmaker, Felix Baumgartner is the most hated person in the company. But ask him that
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        806 14  -  Samsung’s new NX100 camera is very tempting. By Christopher Lim By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg SHOPPING for gadgets is like shopping for anything else if you’re not sure what to look for, it’s natural to gravitate towards well-known brands. Samsung makes a huge range of electronic items. But
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        658 15  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor WE are already five weeks into the new English football season, but somehow there doesn’t seem to be the usual buzz. The usually high level of football fever in the air is absent.
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        789 15  -  pitch report with christy simson Christy Simson COMPARE the resources of New Zealand and India and you quickly realise it’s a waste of time. Three million people versus 1.4 billion, etc. When it comes to cricket wealth, the difference is even more acute. Back
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        835 16/17  -  Big Fish Innovative Technology continue to dominate after the island course. By Justine Moss course.By Justine Moss AFTER the fourth round of The Business Times Corporate Golf League, Big Fish Innovative Technology (BFG) continue to dominate having pulled ahead by seven points over Centurion, which is tied
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        581 16/17  -  By Justine Moss BEING avid golfers, the Audi team saw The Business Times Corporate Golf League as a good opportunity to unwind and have fun together as colleagues, and also to network and meet new people, according to Angela Wong, general manager, Sales for Audi Singapore.
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        468 16/17  -  By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg IT was a natural decision for Audi to sponsor The Business Times Corporate Golf League, which they feel is also a great platform for amateur golf lovers. “Audi has a longstanding relationship with the world of golf, thanks to our own
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        600 18  -  The new A7 Sportback is Audi at its luxurious best. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg WHEN it arrives next year, the new Audi A7 Sportback will do what the Audi A5 Sportback does, but with much more of everything. This is because the A7 is bigger
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        672 19  -  The A7 debuts with new technology, equipment and design features that raise the wow factor. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE Audi A7 Sportback has not only enlarged the smaller A5 Sportback’s “versatile five-door coupe” concept but it has also taken the new and larger model
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        523 20  -  The Cayenne S Hybrid is the Porsche’s first performance hybrid. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee ONCEconsideredunthinka-ble, the sporty Porsche brand has now expanded its engine options to include diesel and hybrid power. The petrol-electric Porsche Cayenne S Hybrid is the German sports car maker’s first performance
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        493 20  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE diesel surcharge may be hefty but for some, it is more than worth it for the back-thump- ing acceleration that the Cayenne Diesel offers. As the first Porsche to have a turbodiesel engine, the Cayenne Diesel has the usual attributes of an oil
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