The Business Times, 25 January 2011

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  • 24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1 .00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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  • 728 1  -  Last year, fixed asset investments hit $12.9b, says EDB By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Singapore expects to attract $12-14 billion in investment commitments in 2011, after record levels of investment secured last year. The Economic Development Board yesterday said that fixed asset investments
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  • 141 1 GST INDEX 3,185.76 (+1.16) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,185 (+1) HSIMSCI 377.32 (-0.37) HSIMSCI FUTURES 376.80 (-0.50) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.283 (US$/S$ per 1.595 2.047 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.359 1.744 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 82.90 64.60 RM 3.056 2.381 HK$ 7.796 6.075 BAHT 30.88
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  • 57 1 [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans who have been waiting with bated breath for the announcement of the Budget now have a date to look forward to. The government announced yesterday that it will make the much-awaited statement on Feb 18, and expectations are high that it will be
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  • 579 1  -  ExxonMobil project said to hit construction snags; startup may now be early next year By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] The commercial startup of ExxonMobil’s mega US$5-6 billion second petrochemical complex on Jurong Island, scheduled for the second half of this year, may be delayed. Citing
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    • 37 1 S’PORE ECONOMY Inflation hits two-year high of 4.6% in Dec PAGE 3 Inc Homegrown transportation company Bok Seng Logistics’ expansion trail in the region PAGE 10 COMMENTARY 14 deadly mistakes in branding PAGE 12 8 '*****1 *****4
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    • 87 1 AVIATION Airline CFOs forecast bright outlook in 2011 PAGE 29 S1000 RANKINGS HONOURING SINGAPORE’S CORPORATE BEST The rankings are based on a review of the audited financial results of more than 37,000 locally incorporated companies PAGES 15-24 Adrenalin 0 Monaco 2006 CooperT71/73,1964 e> lii d 1 =r 2D ECOND A
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    • 9 1 OPINION Corruption is Indian govt’s biggest bugbear PAGE 33
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 642 2  -  Local operators offered two options to upgrade cellular networks for broadband-speed surfing By WINSTON CHAI [SINGAPORE] The government has laid out two paths for local operators to upgrade cellular networks which could eventually mean broad-band-speed surfing for smartphone users. Under the rules prescribed
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    • 433 2  -  By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies have become a major investment theme this year, with several bank strategists predicting their rise against the US dollar. The latest report backing this trend comes from RBS Coutts. The bank expects the Korean won
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    • 737 2  -  He claims she was a ‘dealer on remisier’s terms’ hence this condition applied KIM ENG’S CIVIL SUIT AGAINST FORMER DEALER By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] It is the industry practice for many dealers to take on the obligation of indemnifying their brokerages against any losses incurred
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    • 18 2 ISIN-CODE NAME NAV DATE LU********** Man AHL Trend SGD Share SGD 98.85 17.01.11
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    • 458 2  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur JUST a hundred days after the economic transformation programme (ETP) was launched to much cynicism, at least two securities houses have come away impressed by the progress made so far. The ETP is a key pillar
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    • 398 2 US$6b petrochem plant may face delay THE commercial start-up of ExxonMobil’s US$5-6 billion second petrochemical complex on Jurong Island, scheduled for the second half of this year, may be delayed. Citing some construction “issues”, sources said the start-up could possibly now be pushed back to early next year.
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    • 408 3  -  It goes from first to third mainly due to lower labour, technology mobility By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Singapore is no longer the world’s most globalised economy. It has ceded that crown to Hong Kong after slipping to third place on the Globalisation Index 2010
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    • 554 3  -  By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking the dismissal of an appeal filed by Pheim Asset Management Sdn Bhd (Pheim Malaysia) and its CEO against a market rigging ruling, to discourage attempts at window dressing here. In
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    • 646 3  -  High inflation, if sustained, could prompt MAS to act By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Inflation accelerated in December to its fastest pace in two years, exceeding earlier official forecasts and fuelling expectations that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) could act to dampen further
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    • 464 3 Gaining 13 branches in US seen as strategic expansion move by the Chinese bank Bloomberg [BEIJING] Industrial Commercial Bank of China, the world’s biggest lender by market value, will buy 80 per cent of Bank of East Asia’s US unit
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 446 4  -  Funding comprises term loans of S$3.8b and A$750m from six banks By LYNETTE KHOO SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) has secured long-term funding for its proposed merger with ASX, the operator of the Australian securities exchange. The Singapore bourse operator said yesterday that commitments for
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    • 356 4 Tie-up with IndusInd Bank targets corporates with India workers UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has partnered IndusInd Bank to offer corporate customers in Singapore remittance services for their Indian workers. UOB yesterday said that it has tied up with IndusInd Bank, one of India’s largest
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    • 601 4 Pacts on logistics centre, recycling water to be signed THE Keppel Group will be deepening and broadening its investments and scope of activities in the Sino-Sin-gapore Tianjin Eco-City in China through three agreements expected to be signed today by key units.
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    • 180 4 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Chi-East, the “dark pool” joint venture between the Singapore Exchange and Nomura’s Chi-X, said yesterday it has completed the rollout of its trading platform for securities listed in Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. All of Chi-East’s initial participants Instinet, Deutsche Bank, Morgan
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    • 485 4 Internationalisation policy will benefit commodity hub SINGAPORE, as the region’s commodity hub and dominant treasury centre for multinational corporations, will ride the wave of China’s internationalisation currency policy. Hong Kong, with first mover advantage, is the predominant renminbi offshore market but that does not
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    • 953 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY E VOLUTION is supposed to be a natural developmental process which after completion results in the end-product being more advanced, sophisticated and somehow “better” than what existed before. In the financial markets, high-fre-quency trading (HFT) is seen as
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    • 255 4 Reu ters [BANGKOK] The Thai stock exchange suspended trading in rubber producer Sri Trang Agro-Industry yesterday ahead of the pricing of a Singapore initial pubic offering (IPO), which has depressed its share price in Bangkok. The world’s largest processor of natural
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    • 507 5  -  CapitaMalls M’sia to ride on retail growth while Quill trust to face rental pressures By Kuala PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur The immediate outlook for CapitaLand’s two real estate investment trusts (Reits) in Malaysia appears to be a picture in contrast. Its retail Reit,
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    • 532 5 Reuters [HONG KONG] Tiger Management, the investment group founded by hedge fund industry pioneer Julian Robertson, has invested US$50 million in Hong Kong-based Nezu Asia, seeding two of its Asia-fo-cused hedge funds. The move by Mr Robertson, who established Tiger as
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    • 381 5 Accountancy bodies partner to enhance corp governance TWO accountancy bodies, ICPAS (Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore) and ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase awareness of the role of nonexecutive
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    • 535 8  -  Gain from MBFC sale, fair value gain from investments boost earnings By UMA SHANKARI KEPPEL Land has reported a fourth-quarter net profit of $841 million almost eight times that of $106.9 million a year earlier with the boost coming from a $364 million
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    • 387 8  -  Trust also acquires another nursing home property By LINETTE LIM PARKWAY Life Reit (PLife Reit) has registered $14.4 million in distributable income for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2010. This is a 16.6 per cent increase from $12.4 million a year ago.
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    • 187 8 COMFORTDELGRO Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Chengdu ComfortDelGro Taxi Co Ltd, has been awarded 800 new taxi licences by the Chengdu Municipal Government, making it the second largest taxi operator in the city with 1,050 taxis. With the new licences, Chengdu ComfortDelGro
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    • 441 8  -  Q4 profit hits $9m, up from $1.1m a year earlier By FELDA CHAY A SHIFT to producing and assembling higher-value integrated semiconductor systems has paid off for UMS Holdings in the form of a near eight-fold increase in net profit for its fourth
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    • 339 8  -  By EMILYN YAP FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) yesterday announced improved results for the first quarter ended Dec 31, 2010, even as portfolio occupancy slipped with one of its malls undergoing refurbishment. Gross revenue in Q1 rose by 19 per cent year-on-year to $27.6
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    • 416 8 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand’s top mobile phone operator Advanced Info Service (AIS) said it planned to invest 10 billion baht (S$414 million) on network expansion this year to benefit from continued growth in the sector. Cash-rich AIS would spend 7.5 billion baht
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS

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    • 197 5 Emerging Enterprise m V Fire up your business with Emerging Enterprise Award 2011 4 I r 9 ■I V I '.'.I 'I Be one of the top three to materialise your dreams with coveted prizes Total welding solutions provider Allalloy Dynaweld scored new achievements after emerging as one of the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 579 6  -  Market scoreboard shows 157 rises to 230 falls in weak session; only 1.45b units worth $1.3b traded STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index narrowly avoided kicking the week off with a loss yesterday when it finished 1.16 points higher
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    • 66 6 Jan 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -385.00 +22.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -66.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -38.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 813.07 -3.19 FTSE ST Small Cap 606.85 -2.28 FTSE ST All Share 793.26 -0.46 FTSE ST China Top 300.69 -2.03 FTSE ST China 325.62 -2.38 FTSE
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    • 56 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 127,725,000 Genting SP 62,872,000 ChinaGaoxian 52,055,000 RafflesEdu 44,404,000 Vallianz Hldgs 34,688,000 Noble Grp 29,543,000 FrasersComm 27,539,000 Armarda 26,862,000 MoyaDayen 25,302,000 NexGenSCom 23,584,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 134,500,230 Golden Agri 93,383,305 Wilmar 89,861,830 Noble Grp 65,671,170 DBS Grp 60,362,986 UOB 56,771,920 GLP 36,233,010 OCBC Bk 33,899,400
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    • 186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 8 4 0 0 0 4 8 4 Manufacturing 39 68 79 5 1 18 44 69 97 Commerce 13 19 30 4 4 5 17 23 35 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 15 19
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 350 6 Jan 24 close: $1.52 DMG Partners Securities, Jan 24 FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) has reported Q1 FY11 distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.95 cents (+2.1 per cent y-o-y; -9.7 per cent q-o-q), representing 24 per cent of our FY11 DPU forecast of 8.2 cents. Net property income
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      • 481 6  -  Jan 24 close: $1.22 OCBC Investment Research, Jan 24 Compiled by LYNETTE KHOO ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART), one of our 2011 top S-Reit picks, announced a promising set of Q4 FY10 results on Friday. Its Q4 FY10 gross revenue of $72.83 million was up 58.1 per cent
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      • 135 6 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half m-o-m month on month NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first,
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    • 119 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 27,424 27,424 57,752 57,752 Manufacturing 337,986 21,424 359,410 276,332 1,602 277,934 Commerce 108,123 44,315 152,438 120,158 4,057 124,215 Tpt/Stor/Comms 81,574 1,750 83,324 121,353 274 121,627 Finance 23,131 23,131 176,315 176,315 Construction 39,739 5,331 45,070 10,196
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    • 109 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.900 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.650 +0.010 CapitaMall 1.930 +0.020 CityDev 11.720 +0.040 ComfortDelGro 1.620 DBS Grp 14.860 +0.040 F&N 6.550 +0.130 Genting SP 2.120 -0.030 Golden Agri 0.730 +0.020 HK Land 7.190 +0.050 JMH 45.060 +0.860 JSH 27.120 +0.040 Jardine C&C 34.040
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    • 533 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro slipped from a two-month high against the dollar yesterday as investors began to bet that the recent rally went too far, too fast, with political turmoil in Ireland again highlighting problems in indebted eurozone countries. Tough
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    • 109 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4686 283.5 4.9 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 128.3 0.8 JMH 4506 110.3 1.9 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ 3730 41.1 0.9 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6018 29.5 0.4 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1623 23.0 1.4 Asia Pac Brew 2110 20.0 1.0 CIMBAsean40 100US$ 1023 16.7
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    • 133 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1469 -66.7 -3.4 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3790 -59.0 -1.2 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3136 -56.5 -1.4 Jardine C&C 3404 -38.0 -1.1 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4413 -35.9 -0.6 IS MSCI Spore 1381 -30.8 -1.7 DBXT MSCHINA 10US$ 1250 -29.5 -1.8 DBXT CSI300 10US$
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    • 104 7 ON POLITICS Singaporeans will accept a non-Chinese as Prime Minister? i 3 Opposition taking over In Singapore? i NO CHANCE 3 T LYD1AUM n TO KEEP SINGAPORE GOING Lee Kuan Yew takes on his critics in 32 hours of interviews with Straits Times journalists on all the important issues that
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    • 596 8 MATS NOTICES CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED CHINA FISHERY GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share Transfer Books and Register of Members of China Fishery Group Limited (the "Company") will be closed on February 16, 2011 for the purpose of
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 487 9  -  Deal gives bank S$2.35b in loans and a foothold in S’pore car-loan market By CONRAD TAN STANDARD Chartered has agreed to buy Singapore consumer moneylender GE Money and its S$2.35 billion worth of personal loans and car loans for an undisclosed sum. The
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    • 368 9  -  By LINETTE LIM GOING into 2011, Nomura’s economists are generally bullish on South-east Asia but warn that Asian policymakers fall behind the curve on anti-inflation measures. One reason is that Asian central banks (CBs) are not raising interest rates fast enough, said
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    • 572 9  -  This is to reassure non-Chinese parents that kids not at loss By LEE U-WEN IN his many visits to Singapore’s schools over the years, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has been consistent in driving home one point: the importance of students being proficient in English.
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    • 354 9  -  By LINETTE LIM PROCTER Gamble (P&G) has invested $250 million to build a mega-hub innovation centre at the Biopolis. When completed in 2013, the Singapore innovation centre will be of one of only two mega-hub innovation centres in Asia the other being in Beijing.
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    • 201 9 CELEBRITIES such as Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh descended upon Resorts World Sentosa yesterday to share their insights on volunteerism. They were just two of the more than 150 leading figures of the global volunteering community in town for the 21st IAVE (International Association of Volunteer
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    • 458 9  -  By FELDA CHAY DETAILS of the widely anticipated Budget 2011 will be revealed on Feb 18, said the Ministry of Finance yesterday. And with widespread expectations that the elections will be held in the second quarter of the year, many expect
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    • 481 9  -  By SIOW LI SEN HSBC’s private bank business in Asia is growing strongly, pretty much in line with the region’s robust economic growth. And unlike other dedicated private banks, HSBC private bank is also able to leverage off the customer relationships from its
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  • SME Inc
    • 1015 10  -  Bok Seng Logistics’ presence in Cambodia could lead to further opportunities in Indochina, reports CHEN HUIFEN BOK Seng Logistics’ investments in Cambodia is likely to reap returns for the company over the next two years, as the demand for its services picks up
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    • 926 10 ASK THE PROF Q: Given Singapore’s higher costs and relatively developed market, what do you think are the key success factors for new business ventures in the Singaporean sphere? A: The key success factor for any business is to have a strong competitive advantage ie a
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    • 438 10  -  By TEH HOOI LING FEARS of further tightening by the Chinese government weighed on market sentiment. All the blue chip, mid-cap and small cap indices in Singapore fell by 1.6 per cent in the last five trading sessions yesterday. Our small cap portfolio declined by a
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    • 711 11  -  The ship repair and offshore support services company has expanded to almost half a dozen territories, reports MAXIE AW YEONG DOHA, Qatar is not a place where one may typically think of as an ideal place to expand for a ship repair company. But
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    • 710 11  -  By ELAINE NG JOB training? Check. Work experience? Check. Enthusiasm and good attitude demonstrated? Check. But just a check in the “Have you ever been convicted?” box of an employment application form will stop most employers and hiring managers in their tracks. “We have seen
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    • 1202 12  -  RecruitPlus Consulting helps employers identify talented job seekers who ‘fit’ in their organisation’s culture, reports VICTOR KATHEYAS ADRIAN Tan, managing director of RecruitPlus Consulting, did not always intend to enter the recruitment and executive search sector. In fact, he was relatively satisfied with his job
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    • 1054 12  -  For SMEs, making one of the deadly branding mistakes listed here could kill the brand COMMENTARY By JACKY TAI Jacky Tai is the principal consultant at StrategiCom AUTHOR Oscar Wilde once wrote, “Experience is the name that everyone gives to their mistakes.” You can’t escape
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    • 2076 13 Land eppel Keppel Land Limited Co Reg No: *****0001G (Incorporated in Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2010 The Directors of Keppel Land Limited announce the following unaudited results of the Group for the full year ended 31 December 2010: Fourth Quarter
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 780 14 Most firms will just have to accept lower profit margins due to the higher costs Reuters [BEIJING] Call it the price of success. China is starting to pass on the rising cost of labour and other manufacturing inputs as it restructures its
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    • 530 14 Reuters [LONDON] Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday. US consumer confidence in the fourth quarter
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    • 490 14 Strong Australian dollar cushioning inflationary pressure Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia’s producer prices edged up by less than expected last quarter as a steep drop in the cost of imports helped offset homegrown increases evidence that the high Australian dollar is helping curb inflationary
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    • 426 14 But the government seems too optimistic over prices: analysts Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said the government’s 2011 consumer inflation and economic growth targets were tough goals to attain but would be achieved by the end of the year. His
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    • 476 14 Positive vibe due to strong sales, rise in economic growth Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US companies’ employment outlook improved to a 12-year high this quarter after sales strengthened and economic growth picked up, a survey showed. The percentage of businesses expecting to increase payrolls
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    • 285 14 Bloomberg [HO CHI MINH CITY] Vietnam’s inflation accelerated for a fifth month to the highest level in almost two years, fanned by currency depreciation and higher food costs. Prices increased 12.17 per cent in January from a year earlier, quickening from
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  • SINGAPORE 1000 RANKINGS
    • 1093 15  -  Featherweights and heavyweights are both considered in DP Information’s annual rankings, reports TEH SHI NING EACH year, more than $1 million is spent over 10 months to pore over thousands of Singapore firms’ financial reports. The outcome: a snapshot of the best in Singapore’s corporate sector of
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    • 242 15 THIS is the 24th year that the DP Information Group is publishing the Singapore 1000 family of rankings, which has grown over the years to become the S1000, SME 1000 and Singapore International 100 rankings, co-pro-duced with Ernst Young. The awards are supported by the
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    • 1034 16 Companies took steps to improve their balance sheets to overcome external financial shocks IN recognition of the contribution of small and medium enterprises to the Singapore economy, DP Information Group’s annual ranking of SMEs has been expanded from 500 to 1,000 companies.
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    • 935 16  -  Award-winning SSH Corporation Ltd is a case study on the importance of a company’s intangible assets, says TAN SIEW MENG The writer is head of commercial banking for HSBC Singapore IT was Albert Einstein who observed that not everything that can be counted
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    • 1089 18  -  MILDRED TAN gives insights into the factors behind the growth of high-performing companies in today's new environment MILDRED TAN The writer is the manging director of Ernst Young Advisory Pte Ltd THE past two years had presented businesses with some of the most difficult lessons
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    • 199 18 S1000 net profit: top ranked companies 1 Singapore Telecommunications 2 Pfizer Asia Pacific 3 Tuas Power 3 Wilmar International 5 Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing S1000 overseas sales: top ranked companies 1 Wilmar International 2 Singapore Telecommunications 3 Singapore Airlines 3 Olam International 5 Sembcorp Industries Public
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    • 1133 22  -  The entrepreneur can gain strategic insights from his mentor. TONG SHUH LANexplains TONG SHUH LAN The writer is director, business leadership at Spring Singapore BEING at the top can be lonely. Often, an entrepreneur or a CEO has no one to turn to for advice when
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    • 1187 23 IE Singapore has helped thousands of local companies to take off to markets overseas WITH the recent global financial crisis behind them, many Singapore companies have not merely recovered to the pre-crisis levels. They took a brief pause, and are gearing up for continued growth, and
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    • 923 24 Infocomm technology will help businesses raise their productivity, increase competitiveness and expand their markets WITH Singapore’s economy poised for another year of growth, there is no better time than now for SMEs to leverage infocomm technology (ICT) to raise productivity, increase competitiveness and expand
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    • 510 24 Ban Sun is able to compete more effectively by making use of infocomm technology A MORE efficient reminder service, greater business flexibility and an overall reduction in the administrative workload these are some of the ways in which infocomm technology is helping Ban Sun Pawnshop raise
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    • 200 17 SINGAPORE 1000 SINGAPORE SME1000 INTERNATIONAL 100 SINGAPORE 100I SINGAPORE iME 1000 SINGAPORETNTERNATIONAL100 24th Annual Rankings (2011) to the 2011 Award Recipients SINGAPORE 1000 TRANSPORT/STORAGE MODEC OFFSHORE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. TRANSPORT/STORAGE BREDERO SHAW (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE SME 1000 Crossing the $50 Million Turnover PROGRESSIVE BUILDERS PRIVATE LIMITED SINGAPORE
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    • 379 20/21 Celebrating a night of achievement and recognition. As the proud key sponsor of the 2011 Singapore 1000, SME 1000 and Singapore International 100 annual rankings, HSBC showcases the winners and their moment of glory at the awards gala dinner held at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore on 21 January 2011. &3
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    • 306 22 SINGAPORE 1QOO SINGAPORE SME1000 INTERNATIONAL 100 J Lea Tat Chemicals Pte Ltd is proud to be ranked in the 24th Annual Singapore SME 1000 awards. To our customers, Thank You! Our achievement was made possible only by your support. To our team of dedicated staff and partners, you have all
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    • 182 23 Gj) Conversant Content. Security Services Conversant Solutions Pte Ltd is ranked within the Top 200 companies in the SME 1000 category for the 24 th Annual Singapore 1000 Singapore SME 1000 incorporating the Singapore International 100 ranking by DP Information Group. Conversant is a Singapore based, privately held technology company
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    • 147 24 We're Singapore SME 500! TYT CORPORATION PTE LTD THE COMPANY TYT Corporation Pte Ltd is incorporated with the vision of providing innovative ideas, sound technology and flexible workshop and office solutions. Backed by a wide range of renowned products, we have increased our partner's productively, efficiency and cost-effectiveness in their
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 415 25 Central bank likely to keep benchmark overnight policy rate unchanged at 2.75% Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia may limit interest-rate increases to a quarter per-centage-point move in the second half of this year as economic growth slows, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier)
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    • 489 25  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH [SINGAPORE] Iskandar Malaysia received a further boost yesterday as Iskandar Education Enterprise signed an agreement with the UK’s University of Southampton to establish a campus in the region. The University of Southampton Malaysia Campus (USMC) will be located in
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    • 392 25 Deals worth US$15b to be signed in various areas Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono began a three-day visit to India during which companies will sign deals worth US$15 billion, part of growing economic ties between Asia’s two largest democracies. About 16 agreements
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    • 121 25 Congratulations to China Gaoxian Fibre Fabric Holdings Ltd. on its successful listing on the Korea Exchange's main board (Stock Code: A*****0) Your successful listing is indisputable evidence that the market is always willing to listen to, and invest in, companies like China Gaoxian with sound financial fundamentals, strong growth prospects
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 626 26 Fire trucks used to deliver drinking water as reservoir levels plunge Reuters Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s eastern province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in a century bizarrely coinciding with more snow than is expected in the south of the country, state
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    • 422 26 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India’s central bank aims to encourage foreign lenders to expand operations in the nation while maintaining financial stability in the local banking system through its proposed guidelines, Ernst Young LLP said. Overseas banks should be required to set
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    • 414 26 Reuters `[SHANGHAI] China is drawing up plans to either scrap or reduce export tax rebates on some of the country’s energy-intensive and high-polluting industries, a local paper reported yesterday, citing unidentified sources. A move to scale back on export rebates would mark
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    • 403 26 AFP [NEW DELHI] The chief organiser of the Indian Grand Prix has resigned, the promoters said yesterday, barely nine months before the country is to host its inaugural Formula One (F1) race. Mark Hughes, a former number two at the Bahrain circuit, in
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    • 132 26 Reuters [NEW DELHI]India’s new sports minister has sacked the chief organiser of last year’s scandal-ridden Delhi Commonwealth Games as the coalition government, caught in a web of corruption cases, seeks to repair its public image. Ajay Maken said he decided to fire
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 831 27 ANZ Bank says the bill to rebuild just Queensland could be as much as A$20b Bloomberg [CANBERRA] To build an average house, you need 6,200 bricks, 2,950 roof tiles, 785 floor tiles, and 15 cans of paint multiply that 28,000 times and you get
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    • 457 27 AFP AP [MELBOURNE] Surging floodwaters broke levees in disaster-hit Australia yesterday to inundate more properties in the southeast, as residents sandbagged homes against the spiralling crisis. Swollen rivers in the south-eastern state of Victoria have created a flood zone measuring an estimated 90 kilometres
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    • 666 27  -  Also pledges to deepen ties with US, China and Russia By in ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan yesterday committed his government to an ambitious programme of policy reforms in tax and social security. This will mean “opening up Japan both
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    • 270 27 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is reported to be readying a £3.5 billion (S$7.2 billion) bid for E.ON’s UK power networks, after a preferred Canadian and Abu Dhabi consortium walked away. Mr Li’s investment unit Cheung Kong Infrastructure
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    • 493 27 Reuters [PARIS] French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a speech laying out his G-20 agenda yesterday that the world’s top economies must agree new measures to curb volatility in commodity markets or risk destabilising food riots. Speaking to some 300 diplomats and journalists
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  • WORLD
    • 666 28 Investigators say corruption eats up as much as two-thirds of some grants AP [GENEVA] A US$21.7 billion development fund backed by celebrities and hailed as an alternative to the bureaucracy of the United Nations sees as much as two-thirds of some
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    • 606 28 Passage of spending cuts, tax hikes a condition of IMF aid Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Irish political leaders said they’ll press to pass a budget before elections as the collapse of Prime Minister Brian Cowen’s coalition threw the government into disarray. Finance Minister Brian Lenihan
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    • 293 28 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan is culling about 410,000 chickens at a farm in the southern prefecture of Miyazaki as avian influenza spreads to the nation’s second-biggest growing region for poultry. The government is taking measures to contain the disease as the H5
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    • 625 28 Reuters [SYDNEY] Rio Tinto’s US$3.9 billion bid for Afri-ca-focused coal miner Riversdale gained steam yesterday after a representative of Riversdale’s top shareholder Tata Steel backed the offer. The full board of Riversdale, coveted for its coal projects in Mozambique, recommended the bid saying
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    • 295 28 Reuters [BERLIN] Germany’s private sector expanded this month at its fastest rate since June 2006 after business in the services industry offset a dip in activity among manufacturers, a purchasing managers’ survey showed yesterday. The flash estimate from data compiler Markit
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    • 294 28 Reuters [LONDON] Barclays is planning a radical pay overhaul as part of a strategic review that could also see the group shed staff, the Financial Times said. New chief executive Bob Diamond aims to use contingent convertible bonds so-called CoCos to pay a large proportion
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  • AVIATION
    • 597 29  -  But they also expect pressures from rising costs, yield squeeze: Iata survey By VEN SREENIVASAN AIRLINE chief financial officers (CFOs) remain positive on the profitability outlook for their carriers over the next 12 months, but see pressures from rising costs and yield squeeze
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    • 505 29 IAGis targeting about 400m euros in synergies annually within five years of the merger between BA and Iberia. Bloomberg [LONDON] International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG), formed from the merger of British Airways Plc and Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, was valued
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    • 3255 29 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1230 KU6458 1425 SQ458 1425 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7278 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1830 AF8087 1830 BA7381 1830 JL5084 1830 MU8213 1830 QF81 1830 Ahmedabad NH6292 1850 SQ530 1850 Amsterdam LO4031 0605
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    • 310 29  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN GERMANY’S Lufthansa and global logistics giant DHL have appointed new Singa-pore-based regional bosses to oversee operations in this part of the world. At Lufthansa, Christian Altmann is taking over as the new general manager for Lufthansa in Singapore, succeeding Claudia
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    • 263 29 It aims to grow aircraft assets to US$7.5-8.0b Reuters [SINGAPORE] BOC Aviation, the aircraft financing unit of Bank of China, said yesterday it was looking to order more aircraft from manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing this year as the airline industry rebounds
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 299 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Rustles up perfectly served meal (6) 4 Should they take the blame for kids on trip? (4,4) 9 Worries about single cause of 22 (6) 10 Exaggerated returns on fictitious register (8) 12 System of symbols for books pinched by people (8) 13 Area directors on
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  • 3464 30 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New Orleans/Tampico *Loads E./W.
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    • 28 30 Shippers looking for Warehouse Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 M THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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  • SHIPPING
    • 579 31 Move will make the Iranian firm third-largest oil tanker firm by 2013 Bloomberg [DUBAI] NITC of Iran expects to become the thirdlargest oil tanker company by 2013, and possibly the second-biggest, when it takes delivery of 22 very large crude carriers
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    • 278 31 SGX '000 Jan 24 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.50 0.01 23 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 unch 490 Cosco Corp 2.34 0.01 8216 CWT Ltd 1.22 0.02 9648 Ezra Hldgs 1.69 unch 2974 First Ship Lea 0.47 unch 1039 Freight Links 0.08 0.01 2515 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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    • 211 31 Reuters [SINGAPORE] At least 240,000 tonnes of clean fuel products were booked for storage in Europe beginning in late January, likely distillates, traders and shipbrokers said yesterday. Geneva-based Taurus Petroleum fixed two 80,000 tonne clean tankers for storage between 30 and 60 days,
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    • 514 31 It cut Australian ports stake to focus on emerging mkts AP [DUBAI] DP World officials defended the Dubai port operator’s finances on Sunday, saying the company is under no pressure to raise cash even as a sister firm announced plans to seek new terms
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    • 204 31 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s state-owned port company Pelindo III will develop Bali’s provincial port of Benoa to upgrade it to international standards, a top Indonesian executive said here yesterday. Jarwo Suryanto, president director of Pelindo III, told a parliamentary hear- ing that in 2010, as
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    • 29 31 FREIGHT FORWARDER urgently needed by shippers Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? THE BUSINESS TIMES TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 SHIPPING TIMES
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    • 15 31 Experienced sh/p maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times?
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    • 40 31 General Declaration of lost document (Original B/L: NYKS**********) This is to announce that subject O/BL has been duly lost sometime between the periods of 22nd Dec 10 7th Jan 11 and that the document is now consider null and void.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 489 32 EDITORIAL THE rescue of the hijacked Malaysian-owned tanker Bunga Laurel and its crew from well-armed Somali pirates is a welcome coup in the fight against criminal activity on the high seas. A day after the Malaysian navy’s outstanding rescue in the Gulf of Aden,
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    • 809 32  -  THE BOTTOM LINE WILLIAM PESEK JR The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own Bloomberg YOU know we’ve got problems when Barbra Streisand and Herbie Hancock understand the global economy better than John Boehner and Harry Reid.
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    • 955 32  -  Definite progress has been made in this task, but there are still issues to be addressed By SANCHITA BASU DAS The writer is lead researcher for Economic Affairs at the Asean Studies Centre, Institute of South East Asian Studies. These are her personal views AFTER
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    • 1658 33  -  Revised regulations for financial institutions are a welcome step in raising corporate governance standards By MAK YUEN TEEN The writer is associate professor of accounting at NUS Business School, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics WITH little fanfare, the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 702 33  -  By HUGO DIXON REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS INDIA can’t afford to be soft on corruption. The government’s lacklustre response to a series of scandals isn’t just woeful; it is symptomatic of a general lack of reformist zeal which could drag down the country’s medium-term growth. India’s
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8992 34 Transaction date: Jan 24 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 14.5 3148 8Telecom 19 unch 532 19.5 19 19 19.5 1.7 9.5 6.1 91 12 4.5 5834
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    • 1691 35 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 7 4 1181 t AA Grp 5 4 5 27.8 4.8 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 168 +2 6 168 166 160
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    • 9512 35 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.36/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.05/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B SGD!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund Cl B USD!** 0.89/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM
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    • 854 35 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 108 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 110 110.3 112.5 502.1 1070 761 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1023 +13 1 1023 1023 1006 1022 40.9 335
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    • 256 35 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 38 6000 AVJennings A48.5 +1 3 48.5 47.5 46 50 3.6 7.2 3.9 126.3 55 16 6017 Genting HK US$ US47 unch ***** 48.5
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 36 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 21 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 914.0 0.2 9.8 0.1 1.9 0.6 11.5 EAFE Preliminary 815.9 0.1 4.0 0.4 -2.4 1.0 6.8 Europe Preliminary 1194.7 0.8
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    • 177 36 Jan 24 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.33 0.23 1 month 0.40 0.30 2 months 0.43 0.33 3 months 0.46 0.36 6 months 0.55 0.45 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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    • 22 36 Jan 24 ss Bid Offer 1-month 1.2828 1.2834 2-months 1.2827 1.2834 3-months 1.2827 1,2834 6-months 1.2825 1.2832 Sourte: OCBC
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    • 137 36 Jan 24 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Feb 11 588.0 583.0 588.0 13 Mar 11 580.0 Apr 11 580.0 May 11 580.0 580.0 580.0 14 Jun 11 583.0 578.0 580.0 30 Jul 11 583.0 578.0 580.0
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    • 86 36 Jan 24 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Mnnlh BQ*****E 28.04.2011 0.34 0.34 0.30 1 Year BY*****N 01.11,2011 0.41 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 103.41 5-Year N*****0S 2 875 01 07
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    • 113 36 Jan 21 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cenla/60 lb bushels; Close Previous Hiah/Low Mar 11 1412.25 1414.25 1427.00 <405.00 May 11 1422.75 1424 SO 1436.75 1415.00 lul 11 1430.00 *****5 1443.25 '421,50 Aug II 1405.75 1404.75 1415.50 '398.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cenl/lb) Close Previous Hiah/Low Mai 11
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    • 77 36 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 21 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/bariel Clpse CHANGS Brent blend (1-Mth F) 97.34 0.77 WTI (Near Mth) 88.10 -0.52 Dubai (1-Mlh F) 92.60 •0.47 Tapis blend 101.65 •0.75 Minas 97.60 •075 PRODUCT USS/banel (FOB S'Dore) Close Chanae Naphtha 94.61 -0.28 Jet Kerosene 110.44 *0.25 USi/banel Opec Oil
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    • 2556 36 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left AFP Properties EW*****8 29 -0.5 107 1 10 -6 1.43 58 6221 Asia-Pacific Strat W*****6 33 1 150 9 5.09 40 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 2 1 4 -14
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    • 121 36 Jan 24 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.312 1.238 Can dollar 1.315 1.265 Euro 1.778 1.71 Sterling pound 2.091 2.011 NZ dollar 1 0.953 US dollar 1.304 1.254 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 27 36 Jan 24 Open High Sett STI Jan 3IB5 SIMSCI Jar. 377.4 380.8 376.8 Taiwan Jan 317.9 319,9 319.5 Source MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 67 36 Jan 24 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Feb 11 3903 3815 3903 3815 525 6513 Mar 11 3863 3801 3885 3801 3816 ***** Apr 11 3821 3751 3836 3708 ***** ***** May 11 3750 3690
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    • 442 36 Jan 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar11 99.6550 0 3378 Jun11 99.5650 0 974 Sep11 99.4300 0 1714 Dec11 99.2450 0 527 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar11 99.6600 0 3063 Jun11 99.6450 0 1222 Sep11 99.6325 0 659 Dec11 99.6150 99.6150 99.6150 99.6125 0
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    • 464 36 Jan 24 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.986 6.524 0.729 7.728 45.248 89.861 0.821 11.117 3.029 1.304 85.197 44.202 1.272 7.012 0.953 28.796 30.606 0.621 0.991 Canada 1.014 6.618
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    • 85 36 Jan 24 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 78 36 Jan 24 GOLD (iJSS/oz) Jan 21 Jan 24 Hong Kong 1349.50 1351.00 Jan 20 Jan 21 London 1348.30 1343.90 1349.00 1344.80 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jan 24 CSS) Sellinu Buying Kilobar 60.077.29 5G027 PAMP GOLD BARS CSS) Sellinq Buying Igm 135 56 Sgm 382 280 1 Qgm
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    • 70 36 Jan 21 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (UM/ipnne) Close Cash 2395.50 3 months 2419.00 Previous 2383.00 2408.00 Couuer. Grade A (USS'tonne 1 Cash 9459.50 3 months 9441.00 9368.00 9355,00 Lead lUSS/tonne) Cash 2510.00 3 months 2425.00 2480.00 2437.00 Nickel (USS/louue) Cash *****,00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/lonnei Cash
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    • 82 36 Jan 21 COCOA (C/ronne) Close Prev Hiqh/Low Mar 11 2148 May 11 2114 Jul 11 2111 Sep 11 2099 2128 2102 2095 2091 2170/2135 2142/2109 2140/2109 2129/2093 COFFEE (OSS/tonne) Close Pev Hiah/Low Jan 11 Mar 11 Jul 05 Jul 11 2140 2149 2175 2188 2108 2115 2142 2155 2160/2125
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    • 155 36 Jan 24 Jan Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2711 1.2730 0.9908 0.9918 Canadian dollar 1.2899 1.2910 1.0054 1.0058 Euro 1.7432 1.7445 1.3588 1.3592 NZ dollar 0.9749 0.9760 0.7599 0.7604 Sterling pound 2.0461 2.0474 1.5949
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  • PROPERTY
    • 734 37  -  Gallant ropes in Spanish institute to develop Lagoi Bay as eco-tourism area By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] Gallant Venture, the investment holding firm behind Bintan Resorts International, will be engaging the help of Spain-based institute Fundacion Metropoli to develop the 1,300-ha Lagoi Bay area
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    • 507 39 Shui On boss sees long-term shortage, says govt moves are hurting developers AFP [SHANGHAI] The chairman of one of the mainland’s biggest developers yesterday dismissed fears of a property bubble in China and said government measures to curb real estate prices were hurting
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    • 497 40  -  Total value of commercial transactions in 2010 rises 104% BY LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] The buoyant economy, strong domestic demand and rental uptrend has translated to robust activities in the commercial property sector last year. The strata office sector led the jump in commercial transactions in
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    • 395 40  -  Expected price tag is $110-$115m, says DTZ By FELDA CHAY [SINGAPORE] North Bridge Commercial Complex is up for grabs, with an expected price tag of $110-$115 million, said DTZ, the marketing agent for the sale. Located along North Bridge Road, the freehold property
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    • 263 40 [SINGAPORE] JTC yesterday launched a 60-year leasehold industrial site at Ubi Road 1/Ubi Avenue 4 for sale by public tender. According to its announcement last month, a developer has committed to a bid price of not less than $29.38 million, or $88 per square
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    • 126 37 FOR SALE BYTENDER PRIME FREEHOLD LAND@ MARGATE ROAD Prime D15 Freehold Site Total site 2,229.8sqm approximately Masterplan Plot Ratio 2.1 Regular Plot size Close Proximity to City Centre, Marina Sands and East Coast Park Ideal for Landbanking Potential for up to 60 apartment units Mountbatten MRT MOUNTBATTEN RD Eton House
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    • 195 37 For Sale By Tender JTC Industrial Portfolio Sizable portfolio Stable revenue Mature industrial areas High occupancy rate Asset enhancement opportunities Excellent accessibility Total GFA (approx.) Total Rentable Area (approx.) Total Land Area (approx.) Tranche 1 No. of Locations 4 property clusters (Kallang Basin, Kolam Ayer Tai Seng) No. of Blocks
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  • INDUSTRIAL SPACE
    • 1088 38  -  Mediapolis will tap opportunities arising from convergence and schemes are in place to realise the huge potential, reports UMA SHANKARI THEmassive19hectareMediapolis@one-north project in the Buona Vista area, which is set to be completed by 2020, will significantly change Singapore’s media landscape. Mediapolis is being
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    • 114 38 cr-<-> Biopolis Tuas Biomedical Park MedTech Park As the one-stop infrastructure provider for the biomedical industry in Singapore, JTC invites businesses to set up operations in the dynamic biomedical cluster. Biopolis at one-north is a focal point for biomedical research; Tuas Biomedical Park is dedicated to manufacturing-related activities while the
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    • 394 39 COLLECTIVE SALE BY TENDER MACPHERSON GREEN (FREEHOLD) Site Area: 6,218 sq m (67,000 sq ft) Plot Ratio: 2.1 up to 24 storeys Low Development Charges With adjacent strips of 744 sq m (8,600 sq ft) by private treaty Within 400m of MRT station Tender Closing: 23 Feb 2011, Wed 3pm
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    • 181 39 THE CONCOURSE (BEACH ROAD) For Lease Office: From 1,023 to 25,000 sqft Fringe of CBD Shuttle bus to City Hall MRT Next to Nicoll Highway MRT Panoramic City/Sea View Broadband enabled Attractive leasing terms Immediate Occupation II Hong Fok Group Tel: 6390 2425/ 6292 8181 1,300-8,000 sqft BUSINESS PARK JURONG
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    • 72 39 Real value in a changing world FOR SALE BY TENDER PRIME STRATA SHOP SHOWROOM OFFICES @THONG SIA BUILDING (PODIUM BLOCK) 30 Bideford Road, Level 1 to part of Level 7, Thong Sia Building Opposite The Paragon Total strata floor area approx. 42,668 sq ft Freehold Walking distance to Orchard Somerset
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    • 207 40 W* Knight *4 Frank FOR SALE BY TENDER CAMAY COURT Freehold Residential Site at Lorong M Telok Kurau r) Land area: 2,966.4 sq m (approx. 31,931 sq ft) Master Plan 2008 Zoned "Residential", PR 1.4 Located within close proximity to food and shopping amenities, as well as established schools Tender
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