The Business Times, 21 August 2004

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  • news front
    • Article
      Lock icon MM Lee foresees 4-6% annual growth for a decade
      612 2  -  Minister Mentor takes stock of country's advantages and challenges young Singaporeans to rise to the occasion By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economy has a good chance of making 4-6 per cent annual growth for the next decade thanks largely to
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      Lock icon Oil price eases after flirting with US$50 a barrel
      683 2 AP, Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Oil futures pared early gains yesterday, trading below a new peak, after Iraqi police said they had entered a shrine in the embattled city of Njyaf and that rebel militia had left. But, with the September
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Is thermal fogging to kill mosquitoes safe for humans?
      1139 2  -  saturdaysoapbox It's time the authorities in Singapore examined the health risks that fumigation may pose with jaime ee I REALLY hate it when the foggers come round to my neighbourhood. At one time, it was a designated dengue fever zone with
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      173 2 IMF chief sticks to 4.6% growth forecast, Pg 11 Are you one of the winners? B The winners of Week 13 will each Tha Grand Draw prizes are won by the receive a $100 Raffles City shopping following: wilder and ISO food jft 1. *****141C-A pair of Singapore Airlines Executive
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  • the raffles conversation
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      Lock icon AMERICA'S MAYOR
      2272 3  -  Hailed for his leadership during 9/11, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tells VIKRAM KHANNA how small successes facilitate change VIKRAM KHANNA THE greatest mayor of all time. Rudy the Rock. Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2001. A dream candidate for any political campaign manager. The
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      118 3 The Raffles Conversation is brought to T) (I 1 you through a special arrangement with I Q I I |f*C Raffles International Hotels and Resorts. VjCLLJL JLV'O The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles INTERNATIONAL International logo isanapt symbol.Not only hay water stored at the base of this Hotel s Resorts
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  • news companies
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      Lock icon China's Junma Tyre Cord scraps listing application
      482 4  -  Junma, which called itself Sesdaq's first S-share listing, was second company to withdraw IPO application this year By Kenneth Lim JUNMA Tyre Cord Co, which hailed itself as the first China-incorporated company to seek a listing of S-shares on Sesdaq, withdrew its application
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    • Article
      Lock icon Texchem wins nod to list packaging arm
      457 4 M'sian group also eyes SGX listings for two other units [KUALA LUMPUR] Texchem Resources Bhd (TRB), which on Wednesday received a conditional approval for Texchem-Pack Holdings (S) Pte Ltd (Texpack) to be listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), is looking to list two
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      Lock icon Temasek seeks to be Asia's long-term partner
      515 4  -  corporate analysis Buying spree leaves market guessing its next move, says JOYCE KOH JOYCE KOH IT'S hard keeping up with Temasek Holdings these days. Seldom does a month go by without some news or talk of the investment company buying some asset in
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      Lock icon Interested even in smaller companies
      747 4  -  By Joyce Koh IT is not only the big local companies that are on Temasek's radar screen these days. Smaller companies too have caught the attention of Singapore's investment agency. The companies, among them mainboard-listed YHI International, Hyflux and Osim International, have benefited from Temasek's
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      Lock icon STI dips as oil threat hits home
      532 4  -  market review ven sreenivasan THE realisation that rising oil prices could eat into corporate earnings and economic growth finally hit home, sending blue chips sliding yesterday for the first time in five sessions. But second-liners and penny stocks took over where the heavyweights
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sea View posts $196m profit on back of hotel sale
      317 4  -  By Vince Chong SEA View Hotel (SVH), the investment holding company of the former East Coast hotel of the same name, posted a $196.4 million net profit for the year ended June 30 mainly through the $255 million sale of
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      78 4 STI 1,894.93 (-12.12) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,895.00 (-13.00) nsiMsci 228.85 (-1.69) SIMSCI FUTURES ***** (-1.60) Friday Change KLSE (X)MP 808.47 1.68 NIKKEI 225 10.889.14 14.39 HANG SENG 12.376.90 -19.77 SET INDEX 598.55 3.99 JAKARTA (X)MP __750.47 -3.22 MANILA (X)MP 1,582X4 +9.57 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** +19.87 SEOUL COMP 787.64 -0X9
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      Lock icon GuocoLand Q4 net gain surges to $76.8m
      454 5  -  Rise due largely to sale of slake in Benchmark Group, which netted a $70.4m profit By Kalpana Rashiwala QUEK Leng Chan's GuocoLand yesterday posted a group net profit of $76.8 million for the fourth quarter, up significantly from $1.7 million in the corresponding
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    • Article
      Lock icon New boss upbeat despite Hartford's loss
      486 5  -  Education provider's $770,300 loss due to lower intake By Kenneth Lim WHEN Chew Hua Seng's Raffles LaSalle recently bought a 60 per cent stake in Hartford Holdings, he did not expect the new subsidiary to swing to a loss of $770,300 for the year
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      Lock icon SIA must face its challenges head-on to survive: MM Lee
      407 5  -  It must not wait till it's forced to, for that will be too late By Chuang Peck Ming SOARING oil prices may be Singapore Airlines' biggest headache right now but they're not the only worry. SIA faces more challenges from
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      Lock icon NOL was unaware of impending Temasek offer
      215 5  -  MAILBAG Marjorie Wee Company secretary Neptune Orient Lines Ltd Sarah Lockie Vice-President Corporate Communications, NOL WE refer to the article "SGX reminder timely move to clear the air" in your Hock Lock Siew column on Aug 20. The article highlighted that, after speculation
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      Lock icon AsiaPharm Q2 net profit quadruples to 16m renminbi
      446 5  -  Firm expects to continue doing well, with 2 new drugs By Jean Chua MAINBOARD-listed AsiaPharm Group has more than quadrupled second quarter net profit to 16.1 million renminbi (553.3 million) as it sold more drugs and research findings from its laboratories. Group
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    • corporateroundup
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        Lock icon SATS bond Issue to raise $200 m
        67 5 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services Ltd (SATS) said yesterday that it would raise $200 million through a five-year bond issue. The unsecured fixedrate notes due 2009 are managed by Citigroup and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp, and will bear a coupon rate of 3
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      • Article
        Lock icon Chosen Hldgs profit down to $6m
        41 5 PLASTIC components maker Chosen Holdings yesterday reported net profit of $6 million for the year ended June 30,2004, down from $6.4 million. The decline came as sales fell almost 20 per cent to $76 million.
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        Lock icon Lum Chang returns to Mack
        65 5 PROPERTY and construction company Lum Chang Group closed its financial year ended June with a slim net profit of $916,000, compared with losses of $9.8 million in the previous year. Turnover for the group surged 66 per cent year-on-year to $376 million. Also helping to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Intraco sells stake In subsidiary
        68 5 TRADING group Intraco Ltd yesterday said it had divested its entire stake in wholly-owned subsidiary In-ter-Co Holdings Pte Ltd (ICH). Inter-Co Holdings was held by Intraco's indirect wholly owned subsidiary Sinco Holdings Ltd which sold all of its interest to an unrelated party. The transaction
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      • Article
        Lock icon CAM Infl narrows Q3 lost
        57 5 ENGINEERING firm CAM International Holdings reported a narrowing of losses for the third quarter ended June to $174,000, down from $374,000 in the corresponding quarter a year ago. This was despite revenue falling 38 per cent year-on-year to $1.38 million. Helping the performance were lower
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  • money personal investment
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      Lock icon brokers'take
      549 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has said it will raise its fuel surcharge from Sept 1 to offset continuing high fuel prices. This move was widely anticipated, given the direction of oil prices during the past month. SIA will raise the flat fuel surcharge from US$5 per
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    • tradestowatch
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        Lock icon PGA substantial shareholder ups deemed stake to 15.14%
        99 6 ELECTRONICS cbtitrdct maitlifacturer PCA Technology said substantial shareholder Ng Yiak Meng's deemed stake rose to 15.14 per cent from 15.03 per cent after 210,000 shares were bought on the open market at an undisclosed price on Thursday. The shareholder also has a
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      • Article
        Lock icon Prudential increases Techcomp holding to 7.29%
        65 6 PRUDENTIAL Asset Management, which has been actively trading shares of laboratory equipment maker Techcomp, saw its stake rise to 7.29 per cent from 6.1 per cent after another 1.6 million shares of the newly listed company were bought on the open market on Thursday.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Best World Int'l shareholder buys 58,000 more shares
        59 6 BEST World International substantial shareholder Derek Goh Bak Heng bought another 58,000 shares of the health and lifestyle products marketer on Wednesday, the latest in a string of purchases. Mr Goh has already bought 445,000 shares of the recently listed company this
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        Lock icon AsiatraveLcom diqpfl add to their stakes
        116 6 ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings independent director Ong Nai Pew saw his deemed stake increase to 1.58 per cent from 1.53 per cent on Thursday after a nominee account bought 100,000 shares at 37 cents each. Mr Ong is also deemed to have bought another 150,000 shares
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        Lock icon UOL continues to accumulate shares in Hotel Plaza
        101 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM UNITED Overseas Land, a diversified property group chaired by United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw, continued to accumulate shares in subsidiary Hotel Plaza yesterday. UOL's purchase of 123,000 shares on the open market for a total of
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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      Lock icon The changing mindset on US junk bonds
      1007 6  -  Well-chosen low-grade corporate debt is seen as attractive again, says MARGARET PATEL MARGARET PATEL A FEW years ago, not many investors would have considered including highyield (or sub-invest-ment grade) bonds in their portfolio. The recession of the early 1990s took its toll on
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  • dbs investment roundtable
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      Lock icon Revisiting the bonds story
      3679 7 With equities looking squashed and oil prices on the up, bonds are looking attractive Genevieve Cua: This time last year with equity markets so strong, fixed income investments were clearly a poor cousin. But this year, equity markets have been skittish, oil prices are still going
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      41 7 8 DBS The DBS Investment Roundtable is brought to you by DBS. It aims to help the investor make informed decisions by providing a platform for experts to discuss the impact of current market issues and concerns. DBS hotline No: 1800-*****22
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  • news at home
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      Lock icon S'pore can be test-bed for entrepreneurs
      469 8  -  Visiting professor says it has the right qualities, and should aim to draw regional talent By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE should aim to attract the brightest minds from the region and to promote itself as a test-bed for entrepreneurs seeking to move into more developed
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    • Article
      Lock icon SM Goh appointed MAS chairman; Tharman is deputy
      233 8 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong was yesterday formally appointed chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) with immediate effect for two years. Mr Goh is MAS' fifth chairman since it was established in 1971. He replaces Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,
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    • Article
      Lock icon IDA awards 12 scholarships
      153 8 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday awarded the first 12 National Infocomm Scholarships. The awards took place at the National Infocomm Competency Centre's Pace (Promoting Accreditation Competency Employability) 2004 symposium for IT training and certification. The scholarship is available to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents
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    • Article
      Lock icon More scope seen for GST-refund business
      452 8  -  EXCLUSIVE Premium Tax Free joins incumbent Global Refund By Vince Chong TAX is big business, and it's not just for the government. From July this year, Pre- mier Tax Free became only the second company to provide foreign visitors with Goods Services Tax (GST)
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      Lock icon India woos S'poreans to its hospitals for surgeries
      283 8  -  Low costs, skilled doctors are main selling points By Andrea Tan MEDICAL tourism appears tQ be the latest buzzword these days. A group of healthcare executives and doctors from India are in town to promote their hospitals to Singaporeans. The Indians are
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      Lock icon Air Andaman scraps planned S'pore route
      257 8 AFP [BANGKOK] Grounded Thai carrier Air Andaman is struggling to survive a double-whammy of record high fuel costs and cutthroat competition as it scrapped plans for its Bang-kok-Singapore flights, the airline said in a report yesterday. One of Thailand's first low-budget carriers to emerge
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  • Article
    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • region/world
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      Lock icon China to start offering 10-year residency permits
      448 10 'Green card' will be given to foreigners who bring benefits AP, AFP [BEIJING] China will start offering 10-year residency permits to "high-level" foreigners who bring in important investments or business skills, exempting them from rules that require most foreigners to renew visas annually,
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      Lock icon Remy China venture to list in HK
      375 10 Dynasty, controlled by Tianjin Dev, will be the first vineyard to list abroad Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Remy Cointreau SA's venture in the northern industrial city of Tianjin may become China's first vineyard to sell shares overseas as rising incomes whet Chinese tastes for
      Bloomberg  -  375 words
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      Lock icon S Korean Q2 economic growth slows to 5.5%
      527 10 Bloomberg, Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's economy grew at its slowest pace in a year in the second quarter as weak domestic spending offset much of the gains from exports. Also, the central bank said high oil prices clouded the outlook for domestic
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    • Article
      Lock icon BHP, Posco plan India steel project
      400 10 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Australian mining company BHP Billiton and South Korean steel maker Posco are exploring the possibility of setting up an iron-ore and steel complex in the Indian state of Orissa. The companies have made presentations to the state government. Orissa's Energy Minister Suryanarayan
      Bloomberg  -  400 words
  • Article
    Lock icon SGX
    2700 10 Transaction date:Aug 20 TURNOVER ('000) VALUE ('000) —i* wm s** thm MuWtad 34>799 34,799 37.568 37.568 Manufaettirg 145,978 4,898 200,876 152.472 1,080 153.532 Commerce 25.645 798 26,443 13,381 200 13.S81 Tpt/Stor/Com 34,489 64 34,553 77.879 17 77,896 finance 35.188 524 35,712 83,334 208 83.542 Construction 35,476 3,743 39,219 8.468
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    Lock icon BOWPS A WARRAMTS
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  • news world
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      Lock icon IMF chief still sticks to 4.6% global growth forecast
      400 11 World economy in a period of solid growth despite high oil prices, he says AFP, Reuters [MADRID] Even as global oil prices neared the US$5O-per-barrel threshold yesterday, IMF managing director Rodrigo Rato said he still sees the world economy growing by
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      Lock icon Google's auction threatens Wall St's income stream
      632 11 Auctions deprive banks of high fees for managing IPOs Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Google Inc's share sale has put Wall Street on notice: The old way of doing business may be ending. The six-year-old Internet start-up dodged US investment banks and auctioned shares directly
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    • Article
      Lock icon Contrary oil bet hits Biggs funds
      357 11 NYT [NEW YORK] Hedge funds started a year ago by leading investment strategist Barton Biggs have been stung by losses this year, partly because of a bearish bet on the price of oil at a time when the commodity's prices are setting records. Mr
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    • inbrief
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        Lock icon LCD oversupply to peak in Q3
        139 11 Reuters [SEOUL] A global oversupply of largesized liquid crystal displays (LCDs) is forecast to peak in the third quarter of this year, but will balance out by the fourth quarter, a US research firm said yesterday. Strong supplies and disappointing demand meant global supply
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      • Article
        Lock icon WPP's H1 profit surges 16%
        116 11 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's WPP Group pic, the world's second-largest advertising company, said yesterday its first-half profit climbed nearly 16 per cent as growth in Asia and the United States counterbalanced sluggish European markets. WPP, whose agencies include Young Rubicam, Ogilvy Mather and J Walter Thompson,
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      • Article
        Lock icon Amazon.com to buy Joyo.com
        77 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Amazon.com Inc will buy 1 Joyo.com, China's largest online retailer of books, music and videos, for US$75 million gaining access to the world's second-biggest Internet market in terms of users. The world's largest Internet retailer will pay US$72 million in cash and assume
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        Lock icon Citigroup unit to sell Nikko stake
        96 11 Reuters [TOKYO] A unit of Citigroup Inc will sell on the market 6 per cent of the outstanding shares in Nikko Cordial Corp, Japan's third-biggest brokerage, Nikko said yesterday. The offer of 117.4 million shares, worth about 56.6 billion yen (*****.8 million) at Friday's
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    Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
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  • motoring
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      Lock icon Driving pleasure
      881 12  -  driving style Businessman Tan Puay Hiang has fond memories of the big gas-guzzling American cars of his youth. But for him, nothing beats the comfort and heritage of British marques. He shares his experiences with GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU ONE of the most enduring images Tan Puay Hiang
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      Lock icon whichwheels
      364 12  -  the weekend's specials on autos and accessories... Compiled by SAMUEL EE Jazzed up With a facelift on the cards, Kah Motor has cut the price of the Honda Jazz hatchback by $1,000 to $71,500 (auto with COE, insurance and road tax). The 2005 model is already on the way
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      Lock icon Aero dynamic
      522 12  -  By Samuel Ee IT may also have that distinctive lime yellow paintwork but something about this new Saab 9-3 Convertible looks different. First of all, it sits lower with bigger 18-inch wheels. Then there's that subtle rear boot spoiler. A closer inspection reveals that this is no ordinary
      SAMUEL EE  -  522 words
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      Lock icon Revival of Sportage
      237 12  -  By Samuel Ee KIA has revived its Sportage model and the compact sport-utility vehicle will make its world premiere at next month's Paris Motor Show. Authorised distributor Cycle Carriage Kia plans to bring in the car by the end of this year or early next year. Pricing
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  • sight & sound
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      Lock icon Pure delight
      756 13  -  Yearning for pristine digital audio broadcasting but stumped by lack of choice of affordable tuners? Hear the good news from THAM CHAIK KONG THAM CHAIK KONG IT has been five years since Singapore became the first country in A s a to pioneer digital audio broadcasting (DAB) on
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      124 13 Hf|||HlM^Ugßflri^mi|^L'o Information is key when it comes to investing in stocks if V -=S?"eE. i shares With over 550 companies listed on the Singapore J \sg Hp f p* I Exchange, how true it is that the more you tell, the more KjjjS" Y° u "sell" 1 The Business Times
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  • Article
    Lock icon KLSE
    2217 14 Transaction date:Aug 20 H KUALA LUMPUR GlobetroniaTech 0.43 -0.01 424 y 0 GlomacBhd 2.29 unch 0 RM ('000) Gold Bridge Engrg 0.34 undi 147 Golden Frontier .0.70 -0.02 2 ASM Realty 1.25 unch 0 Golden Hope Plant 3.26 0.02 242 Abric .0.51 -0.00 10 Golden Pharos 0.42 -0.04 173
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4209 14 Transaction date: Aun 20 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges 4 Clearing..1530 -0.10 4263 WS *4- '000 HKRIntl -3.53 -0.08 1347 Hong Kong Electric 33.90 -0.10 915 AaonCradlt— 430 i*Kh 0 Hongkong ChineM 0.9B unch 42 Aeon Stores- .6.90 0.05 68 Hopewell Holdings 16.35 -0.20 892 Alpha 030 un£
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  • style health
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      1215 14 your health questions answered I run three or four tlmee a week both croee country and track. My kneee are beginning to ache even when I waht long dlatancee. What can I do to prevent thia from getting worae? Will taking ghicoaamlne taMete help to alleviate/prevent the pain from
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      Lock icon Hope for patients with blood cancers
      1468 15  -  JESSICA CHEAM finds out about a new treatment that offers a shot at a cure for life-threatening conditions JESSICA CHEAM EVERY year at least 320 people in Singapore are diagnosed with a form of blood cancer— out of which as many as 120 are
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      323 15 j v "Thfe International Healthcare Provider of Choice With and Progress" Every year, over 200,000 patients from I •> Asia's premier fully integrated healthcare provider 150 countries come to Singapore for S a^t 9 l'?^!' w rk sp al5 tertiary care. Over 60% of them are I International Referral Centre
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  • style shopping
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      Lock icon Let's freshen up
      1233 16  -  Esprit and Country Road go for overhauls which include better quality merchandise at affordable prices and different store concepts. CORINNE KERK steals a glance CORINNE KERK THEY'RE both in their 30s. A stage in life where the restless energy of the 20s is gone but middle age
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      Lock icon Making the cut
      751 16  -  HK designer Dorian Ho's evening line will be available at NY's Saks Fifth Avenue, adding another feather in his cap. CAT ONG reports CAT ONG WITH his creations now sold in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and the US, not counting Lane Crawford in
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      1910 17  -  Let your tastebuds do the walking the next time you're in the territory. NINA SIMONDS suggests some speakeasies to visit NINA SIMONDS NYT AFTER a visit to booming Shanghai, one might be tempted to relegate Hong Kong to has-been status. Don't be too hasty. Hong Kong
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        785 18  -  By Geoffrey Eu IT could have been billed as the Return of the Culinary Son. Justin Quek's Singapore homecoming earlier this week as a guest chef at a hotel food festival and at a new bistro managed by his food consultancy was cause for a flurry
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        155 18  -  By Geoffrey Eu WHILE Justin Quek has been working onnew cuUiiairy projects indiflferentparts ofthe world, former business partner Ignatius Chan, a founding member of Les Anjis who left thegroup soon after him, has decided to stay closer to home. His new fine-dining restaurant
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      117 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 23 Stays on to fetch what's left black deer (5) 24 Watch watch (4 34) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Jap-dancers, 28 Drab, 29 Ring- bands, 13 Icing sugar, 14 Yards, 24 watch watc Across: 1 Shoestring, 9 Coda, ma ster. 15 Olden, 19 All-star, 20 ReDOWN 10 Methodical, 11 Limped,
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