The Business Times, 27 August 2004

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    20 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. 2004 I Irit f ;rnot n;t>r. jsiness-times hsm 1
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    Lock icon S'pore firms earmark RM2.3b for M'sian business assets
    592 1  -  Second investment wave expected in wake of Temasek's Telekom deal Reports by Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE companies are believed to have set aside more than RM2.3 billion (Ssl billion) so far this year to snap up assets in Malaysia in
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    Lock icon PSA loses another shipping line – to Jurong Port tins time
    709 1  - PSA loses another shipping line to Jurong Port tins time BT exclusive UASC to use Jurong Port as its container transhipment hub from Sunday By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has lost its third mainline container carrier in four years. But this time it's Singapore's Jurong Port not the Malaysian
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    Lock icon Temasek set to clinch MPlant stake
    392 1 Partners to pay under RM1b; govt go-ahead expected soon [KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings and partners are set to get the official nod soon to acquire banking group Malaysian Plantations (MPlant) for just under RMI billion (Ss4sl million), executives involved in the
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    79 1 STI 1,919.10 (+2.01) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,921.00 (+8.00) ■VSIMSCI U 231.56 (+0.37) SIMSCI FUTURES 231.90 (+0.80) Thursday Change KLSE COMP ***** +1057 NIKKEI 225 11,129.33 -0.69 HANG SENG 12,784.39 -8.64 SETT INDEX 617.07 +9.38 JAKARTA COMP __.735.25 +354 MANILA COMP —*****3 +13.25 TAIPEI WPl 5,813.39 +152.42 SEOUL COMP 810.21
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    74 1 FOREX RATES US* S$ USS (S$ per l'S$) 1.715 £(L'S$/S$ per 1.796 3.080 El'RO(US$/S$/E). 1.208 2.071 YEN 110.1 64.20 RM 8.800 2.216 HKS 7.800 4.549 BAHT 41.68 24.31 Rl'PlAH 9,290 5,418 RENMINBI 8.277 4.827 INDIAN RUPEE._ 46.35 27.03 A$ 1.415 0.825 NZS 1.530 0.892 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon S'pore investors turn net buyers of US stocks in Q2
      631 2  -  Net purchase of US$1.8 billion reverses recent trend of net sales By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Uncertainty drove more Singapore investors out of Wall Street in the second quarter of this year. But the stout-hearted who stayed behind picked up
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      Lock icon DBS analyst recommends play on Philippine peso
      369 2 Peso expected to strengthen as Arroyo pushes for tax hikes Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] A senior analyst at DBS Group Holdings recommends that investors buy the peso on optimism that President Gloria Arroyo's remark that the country's finances are in "crisis" will pressure legislators to
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      Lock icon Oil price respite takes toll on Thai baht
      411 2 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The Thai baht fell to its weakest in more than a year yesterday as importers bought dollars to pay for oil after the price dropped for a fourth day and the central bank said a resumption of crude's rally would
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      Lock icon July S'pore factory output up 19%
      407 2  -  Electronics cluster, buoyed by global semicon demand, again main driver By Nande Khin [SlNGAPOßE] The electronics cluster fuelled by strong global demand for semiconductors once again boosted manufacturing output growth, leading to a 19 per cent year-on-year increase for total factory output in July.
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      404 4 pp!Hy§ SID olVn 9f*** NUS BUSINESS SCHOOL SINGAPORE INSTTTUTF. OF DfRFXTTORS Monday, October 18,2004 The Ritz-Cariton Millenia, Singapore I w W Gu«t of Honour Mr. Lim Hng Kiang Minister for Trade and Industry welcome Address Mr. Chew Heng Ching Chairman, Singapore Institute of Directors closing Address Dr. Tan Chorh Chuan
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  • SINGAPOREcompanies
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      Lock icon Give small investors a break
      687 4  -  HOCK lock siew genevieve cua WHO benefits from a small unit trust? No one, except the fund management firm which continues to collect the fees. For a long time, consolidation in Singapore's unit trust industry has proceeded at glacial speed, even though the pace has
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      Lock icon Step up protection for unit trust investors: SIAS
      528 4  -  It also questions accountability of fond distributors By Wong Wei Kong IN the wake of AIG Global Investment Corp's shock move to close 12 of its 16 funds in Singapore, the Securities Investors' Association of Singapore (SIAS) is calling for more protection
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Jumabhoy, Scotts seek closure
        111 4 WITH part of former Scotts Holdings chief Rafiq Jumabhoy's claims against the liquidators of Scotts Investments holdings company thrown out by the Court of Appeal, both sides say they now seek a prompt resolution on the remaining amount. A lower court had dismissed Mr Rafiq's claim
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        Lock icon Inchem's net profit surges 63%
        70 4 SURFACE solutions specialist Inchem Holdings yesterday posted a 63 per cent jump in net profit to $1.8 million for the year ended June 30,2004. Turnover grew 16 per cent to $27.5 million. Vietnam became the fastest-growing market for the group, contributing to 38 per cent
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        Lock icon Aussino's profit op 16% to $9.4m
        84 4 BEDLINEN retailer Aussino Group has reported a 16 per cent increase in net profit to $9.4 million for the year ended June 30,2004. Turnover jumped 63 per cent to $93.3 million. Aussino said margins were hit by a 140 per cent increase in distribution
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        Lock icon ASL Marine's net profit rises 9.4%
        52 4 ASL Marine yesterday posted a net profit of $9.9 million for the year ended June 30,2004, up 9.4 per cent from a year ago. Revenue rose 49.8 per cent to $118.3 million. The company proposes a first and final tax-exempt dividend of 1.4 cents
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        Lock icon 40% of 135 homes at Caribbean sold
        81 4 KEPPEL Land said yesterday it sold 40 per cent of the 135 homes it put up for sale at Keppel Bay's Caribbean complex. The homes were sold at between $600 and $800 a square foot, KepLand said. The offer opened two weeks ago.
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        Lock icon TR Networks'profit falls 10%
        76 4 SESDAQ-LISTED TR Networks, a manufacturer of healthcare and beauty products, has reported a 10 per cent fall in net profit to $1.03 million for the year ended June 30,2004. Revenue rose 48 per cent to $10.71 million following the company's entry into two new regional markets,
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        Lock icon MediaCorp profit down 81% to $25.4m
        53 4 MEDIACORP'S net profit has fallen 81 per cent to $25.4 million for the year ended March 2004. The drop is due largely to an exceptionally bigger base in the previous year, when MediaCorp made a $126.6 million gain from divesting part of the former
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      Lock icon Wing Tai turns around with Q4 earnings of $5.5m
      386 5  -  Lower interest costs and joint ventures in HE behind recovery By Andrea Tan WING Tai Holdings has swung back into the black, posting net earnings of $5.54 million for the fourth quarter against a loss of $920,000 a year ago. The
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      Lock icon Amtek posts 36% increase in net profit
      342 5  -  $43.8m earnings boosted by 17% rise in turnover By Chen Huifen AMTEK Engineering has reported a 36 per cent jump in net profit to $43.8 million, buoyed by a recovery in the global economy and gains from disposal of businesses. The record performance
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      Lock icon IPO gains lift WBL 9-mth profit above FY03 total
      345 5  -  Technology and manufacturing division drives $28m Q3 earnings By Kenneth Lim DIVERSIFIED group WBL Corp has more than doubled third-quarter net profit to $28.1 million, pushing group earnings for the nine months ended June 30, 2004 well past FY2oo3's bottom line.
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      Lock icon AnnAik takes stake in surgical equipment supplier
      315 5  -  By Vince Chong MAINBOARD-LISTED stainless steel group AnnAik has bought a controlling stake in a surgical and cleanroom equipment supplier, diversifying into a business which is burgeoning from a growing need for stringent contamination controls. This will provide a more stable base of
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      Lock icon PCCW to pay dividend after H1 profit rises 15%
      417 8  -  Telco posts profit of HK$805m; dividend payment will be its first in four years By Jean Chua PCCW, Hong Kong's largest fixed-line phone company, will pay its first dividend in four years after reporting a 15 per cent rise in net
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      Lock icon Optus, Vodafone to share costs of Aussie 3G network
      351 8  -  By Tang Weng Fai SINGTEL'S Optus unit yesterday announced a deal with the Australian operations of mobile operator Vodafone to share the costs of building a 3G mobile phone network spanning Australia. The deal is expected to be finalised in October,
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      Lock icon MMI hits record profits as non-HDD business takes off
      328 8  -  By Kenneth Lim A WEAKER than expected hard disk drive market pushed MMI Holdings' fourth-quarter turnover below last year's, but aggressive diversification into other sectors helped the component maker turn in $3.5 million in net profit from a $9 million loss
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      Lock icon TSM Resources renamed China Dairy Group
      266 8  -  By Jean Chua MAINBOARD-LISTED TSM Resources, which last November exited Singapore's construction industry, has changed its name to China Dairy Group to reflect its current business. TSM, 22.1 per cent owned by Fraser Neave, will trade under the new name from today. China Dairy
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      80 5 information sessions in As a partnership between two leading universities, 8 cities in 2004: the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA program Singapore provides the best executive education that Asia and September 6 (Monday) the US can offer. 7:00 8:30 pm Fullerton Singapore To find out more about this premium program or to
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  • SINGAPOREmarkets
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      731 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN TFV Technology 26 ctodwg; $LO6 TPV's Q204 results were in line with our expectations. Net profit rose 82.8 per cent year-on-year to US$2B.7 million on the back of a 122.8 per cent increase in sales to U*****.6 million. TPV shipped 5.9 million units of
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      Lock icon China Paper's valuations seen as compelling
      290 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan CHINA-LINKED stocks have been the biggest beneficiaries of improving market sentiment this week as the price of oil pulled back from its recent record highs. And one stock which enjoyed a sharp and active recovery is China Paper.
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      Lock icon Investors sceptical in face of shaky market
      531 6  -  BT comment STOCKS joyce koh LOCAL stocks ended stronger yesterday for a fourth straight session but the gain was the weakest in four days. Players said a further drop in crude oil futures could underpin the market today. The Straits Times Index ended
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      Lock icon Thai baht plunges to one-year lows
      618 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES US dollar also close to key resistance areas elsewhere larry wee THE Thai baht was forced to fresh one-year lows in Asia yesterday, after coming under heavy attack when both Wfc& Street and thetl& dollar made more gains from sliding oil
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        Lock icon Lian Beng MD buys 800,000 shares
        102 6 LIAN Beng Group chairman and managing director Ong Pang Aik bought 800,000 shares of the building contractor on the open market on Wednesday at 18 cents apiece. Mr Ong's direct stake in Lian Beng now stands at 5.52 per cent, up from 5.34 per
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        Lock icon Intraco pares Teledata stake further
        87 6 DIVERSIFIED trading group Intraco continued paring its stake in associate company Teledata (Singapore) on Wednesday last week with an open-market sale of 250,000 shares at undisclosed prices. In May, Intraco sold 144 million shares of the communications services company to local businessman Quek Chek Lan's
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        Lock icon Siriuss sells over half of Jackspeed stake
        92 6 PRIVATE equity investment company Sirius Capital Holdings sold more than half its shares in listed Jackspeed Corp and is no longer a substantial shareholder of the maker of automotive leather trimmings. Sirius, which counts New Zealand consumer credit insurer Tasman Pacific Insurance as
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        Lock icon Asti unit director cuts shareholdings
        83 6 THE director of an Asti Holdings subsidiary has cut his shareholding in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier to 0.2 per cent from 0.33 per cent after selling 400,000 shares on the open market. Han Chin Fong sold 100,000 shares on Monday at about 45 cents
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        Lock icon Arisaig buys more Lindeteves shares
        74 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM ARISAIG Asean Fund has been buying shares of diversified group Lindeteves-Jacoberg, the latest being an open-market purchase of 1.5 million shares on Tuesday that raised the fund manager's stake to 15.17 per cent from 14.64 per cent. A week earlier, Arisaig
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      401 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Aug 26 VALUE CLOSE WOMI 186.00 +24.00 ■TCADI -*****.00 -6.00 BT10-d<y«U -*****.00 +19.00 wmrplii 499.06 +0.10 SC r<|«iUw Oil 159.74 +0.86 1584.05 +1.21 S6 Pnp 455.47 -5.66 SUSP 231.55 +0.37 SiMSCI Futures 231.90 +0.80 Volume HorizonEduc 5c 26,562,000 SingTel 15c 20,119,000 UTAC US15c 19,383,000 •StarCruises 10c 19,244,000
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      Lock icon You can gain from technical analysis
      982 7  -  Beware of blindly following a 'Buy and hold' strategy as it may yield poor returns, says RAY BARROS RAY BARROS IF there has been one refrain resounding through the halls of the investment world, post-1999, it has been "Buy and hold!" It is not
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      Lock icon No intention to close in '98: Everest
      184 7  -  MAIL bag Low Jeng-tek Director Everest Capital Pte Ltd WE refer to the report in Executive Money of The Business Times, titled "Hedge fund climbs from the depths to soar" (BT, Aug 4). In the report it states that, "The firm almost shut
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      292 7 POWIBPUIS ~W INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Incorporated In tho Republic of Singapore on 3 October 2002) agriculture jJJ <1 wr qb mB" Zhongguo Power Plus Industries Limited is principally engaged in the design,manufacture and sale of hand- held agricultural equipment, specifically hand-sprayers, mist-dusters and brush-cutters. Invitation in respect of 89,500,000 Shares of
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      359 8 IHVESTORS FOR SETTING IP U EM CATION IHSTITUTI IN SMMFfIM Egraduate Pte Ltd an education management service company is looking for investors to set up an education institute in Singapore to offer its whole range of corporate training courses as well as certificate, diploma, university degree, MBA programmes etc from
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways pulls out fare ads on website
      541 9  -  Observers say fares are a test ran for the budget carrier's actual fares By Ven Sreenivasan FLY from Singapore to Phuket, Bangkok and Hatyai for just $50. For a brief moment yesterday, Tiger Airways' website advertised these fares. However, the prices were
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      Lock icon Yokogawa shifting R&D and marketing functions to S'pore
      529 9  -  It wants to become leader in industrial automation by 2010 By Nande Khin JAPANESE process automation and instrumentation giant Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced yesterday that it will transfer development including R&D and marketing functions to Singapore as the first step in the
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      Lock icon FairPrice supermarkets' operating profit dips
      737 10  -  Bat net earnings rise 30.7% to $78.9m at group level By Kalpana Rashiwala REFLECTING increasingly competitive conditions on the local supermarket scene, NTUC Fair Price said yesterday operating profit from supermarket operations dipped by 2.7 per cent to $59.6 million for the year ended March
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      Lock icon Rising demand seen boosting memory chip prices
      457 10  -  Double digit growth for global DRAM market bat oversupply concerns cloud price outlook By Raju Chellam COMPUTER memory prices are set to rise on higher notebook sales and strong demand for electronic devices in Europe. Already, spot prices of the most common chips
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      4133 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Citi US Aggressive Growth fund 0.78/ S B Set Gt> Bus U*s Ptfl 03<SGt» 1.0782/ SBSelGIb Bus L*s Ptfl 03<USD) 1.1072/ Citibond S'pore Class Y 0.989/ T-&2 S 8 Sel Eqty Dividend Pf 04 (SGoj 0.9774/ 13f! S B Sel Eqty Dividend Pf 04 (ijSO) 0.971/ Star
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      1190 10 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ITW SIGNODE SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at No. 2 Joo Koon Circle,
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      Lock icon Mandiri, Buana in joint bid for Permata bank
      491 11 AKARTA Permata had over 300 branches and 29t rupiah in assets at end 2003 Reuters Bloomberg PT Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's biggest lender by assets, will join PT Bank Buana Indonesia in a bid for a controlling stake in PT Bank Permata, Mandiri's
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        Lock icon Susilo maintains lead over Megawati
        128 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono remains ahead of incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri ahead of next month's presidential elections, according to an opinion poll released yesterday. The survey by the US-based International Foundation for Election Systems showed that 62 per cent of 1,250 respondents would
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        Lock icon Proton posts 5.3% rise in Q1 profit
        79 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's leading car maker, reported a 5.3 per cent rise in quarterly profits yesterday, helped by a lower research and development expenditure. Proton said its net profit rose to RM166.47 million (5575.1 million) in its fiscal first-quarter
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        Lock icon YTL's Q4 profit up 11%
        82 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Corp, Malaysia's biggest construction company, said profit in the fiscal fourth quarter rose 11 per cent, lifting full-year profit to a seven-year high, as it benefited from contributions from its overseas unit. Net profit in the three months to June rose
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        Lock icon PetroChina's H1 profit increases 17%
        68 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Asia's largest oil and gas producer, PetroChina Ltd, reported a 17 per cent rise in first-half profit yesterday thanks to surging oil prices and an increase in refining activity to meet China's soaring demand. PetroChina said its net profit totalled 45.3 billion
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        Lock icon Sina chairman denies Yahoo talks
        67 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China's largest Internet media firm, Sina Corp, is not in talks with Yahoo Inc to sell a stake, its chairman said yesterday, denying rumours that sent Sina's shares soaring 16 per cent on Nasdaq on Wednesday. "It's not true," Daniel Chiang, Sina's chairman,
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      Lock icon Asian exports brisk in July but outlook dims
      491 11 SINGAPORE Demand from US, China could slacken in coming months Reuters FUELLED by strong demand from China, three of Asia's top exporters revealed robust trade data for July, but economists said the outlook was darkening. Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, three exporting
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      344 11 INVITATION AmG-Herose Pharma International specialises in bio-pharmaceutical technology and botanical drugs research. With a breakthrough in our research, our company has successfully developed the state-of-the-art formulas to treat chronic skin disease. Our products have been patented and trademarked. We have successfully launched the products recently in Singapore. We would like
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      Lock icon All eyes on Barroso's gumption
      789 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION THE European Union's long-awaited change of guard with Portugal's former premier Jose Manuel Barroso replacing Romano Prodi as head of the EU's powerful executive Commission will only take place on Nov 1. shada islam But as EU policy-makers, diplomats and reporters
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      33 12 'We don't need this new political process. We just need to have power.' -Sanaa Addallatif a Baghdad resident, on the inability of the US occupation forces to provide adequate electricity.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong's unique position
      600 12 EDITORIAL Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's comments on Hong Kong seem to have drawn the ire of some in the territory who appear to have taken his comments to mean that its position as a leading financial centre may be in danger. It would be unfortunate
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      Lock icon Asian hedge funds not proving so hot after all
      1035 12  -  They've shown that they thrive in hall markets like everyone, and wither in bear markets like now. Why pay their hefty fees then? From Neil Behrmann in London THE performance of Asian hedge funds this year illustrates once again that they
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      Lock icon Defensive stocks that don't deliver
      836 12  -  COMMENTARY They erred in recasting themselves as growth stocks By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg THE price of oil is soaring to new highs. Interest rates are set to rise. The conflict in Iraq is rumbling to a shaky conclusion. Currencies are in flux, and commodity prices
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      Lock icon Flexible exchange rate best for China: IMF
      490 13 NEW YORK It urges move be made soon to capitalise on strong economic growth Bloomberg GREATER flexibility in China's exchange rate is in the nation's best interest to help the central bank better manage the effects of inflation and should be pursued "without
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      Lock icon Bank of China headed for a listing in H2 next year
      440 13 BEIJING Reuters BANK of China (BOC), the country's top foreign exchange lender, set its multibillion dollar stock offering for the second half of next year and reported its financial health improved further in July. BOC, which is expected to
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      Lock icon India risks losing a huge chunk of its outsourcing market
      618 13 Its dominance will be challenged by emerging nations by 2007: Gartner AFP [MUMBAI] Emerging nations in South-east Asia and central Europe could eat up 45 per cent of India's share of the booming outsourcing market as the sector failed to
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      847 13 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 Basil: notkesgsph.com.sg IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50, 1994 ED) AND IN THE MATTER OF CAMRON INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50,
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      870 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 BRODEUR WORLDWIDE PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting ot the Company convened and held at 855 Boylston Street. Boston MA *****, United States of America on 19 August 2004, the following resolutions were duly passed: 1. SPECIAL
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      1113 13 /SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Japan with Limited Liability) SMRC Annual Report for the Year Ended March 31, 2004 BOARD OF DIRECTORS (As of June 30.2004) Chairman of the Board Akishiga Okada President and CEO Yoshifumi Nishikawa* Daoutv Preaidanta Takaharu Nagata* Maaayuki Oku* Toichiro Mizushima* Sanior Managing
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      Lock icon Citigroup sued over sale of Enron-linked bonds
      414 14 NEW YORK Suit could result in US$2.5b of liability for group: paper Reuters CITIGROUP Inc was sued by Bank of New York Co over the sale of securities linked to Enron Corp's cred-it-worthiness, the Wall Street Journal said yesterday. The lawsuit could result
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      Lock icon Wall St firms losing wealthy clients
      338 14 NEW YORK Merrill, UBS among those hit as rich Americans torn to independent advisers Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co, the biggest US securities broker, and ÜBS AG, the world's largest money manager, are among the Wall Street firms which together are losing some of the
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      363 21 Bloomberg [OSLO] Aker Yards AS, Europe's biggest shipbuilder, said second-quarter profit plunged 78 per cent as the company completed fewer cruise ships and vessels to serve the offshore oil and natural-gas industry. Net income fell to 61 million kroner (Ssls million),
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      139 29 FOR 7AM 27 Aug 2004 5^S jp .Mb '.'^s far^** < B JBfc 3MK<* f V^SnS<''- :,MHgMaV I 1 V \T WM\ *1 \\i\^£ \> Ny >. N. Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable
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  • AIR & LAND transport
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      516 30 They seek to shift such insurance coverage to European govts Reuters [FRANKFURT] European insurers are proposing excluding from aviation policies certain risks related to attacks that use chemical, biological or nuclear materials, German insurers and airlines said on Wednesday. The move may lead European
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      179 30 Bloomberg [MANIL] Philippine Airlines Inc president Avelino Zapanta said he is retiring after 38 years at the country's largest carrier. Mr Zapanta, 62, became president in April 1999, when the airline was put under rehabilitation for failing to pay US$2.3 billion of debt. He
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      463 30  -  Money will be used to develop transport systems in southern Philippines From Al Labita in Manila THE Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) has earmarked US$l million in technical assistance to develop inter-modal transport systems in southern Philippine islands and hasten their trade and investment
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      639 30 They accuse govt of failing to face op to obvious link with Chechnya polls AFP, AFP,Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Russian newspapers yesterday pointed to terrorism as the probable cause of two simultaneous plane crashes, giving strong voice to a theory that officials and state-run
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  • THE BUSINESS OF TIME
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      504 31  -  by Larry Wee HERE we go again. Its 2004, and watch lovers in Singapore are in for their most exciting year ever! Sincere and The Hour Glass, Singapore's two largest retailers, respectively celebrate their 50th and 25th anniversaries in the business of purveying fine timepieces. And they
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      1330 32  -  SUSAN LUI, a lady watch-lover, makes an impassioned plea to watchmakers out there SUSAN LUI PERHAPS as recently as three years ago, a visit to the watch boutiques would have left me sorely disappointed. Not because there weren't any timepieces that tickled my fancy or tempted
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      1462 34  -  The Richemont Group is now a vast empire of famous brands. But can a conglomerate still offer that special touch? finds out LARRY WEE WATCH-lovers the world over watched with considerable awe, but also some trepidation, when Compagnie Financiere Richemont successfully bought the three highly respected watch
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      507 38  -  LARRY WEE begins here his voyage to discover ladies' timepieces LARRY WEE THEY come in all shapes and sizes these days, often with diamonds, though not always. And once you're used to wearing a very large or unusual watch on your wrist, the conventional round
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      334 41  -  For the woman who prefers something a little less conventional, LARRY WEE checks out the latest selection in oval watches LARRY WEE IF you ladies out there consider round watches too conventional, and square ones too, well, square, then how about oval? We saw a pretty nice
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      401 42  -  LARRY WEE sizes up some elegant watches that are sure to have the ladies drooling LARRY WEE FOR those who prefer the clean lines of Art Deco, Patek Philippe's popular 24 is now offered with a range of satin straps in light or dark pastels. Piaget's Franges,
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      1456 46  -  BERNARD CHEONG talks to the watchmaker who refuses to kowtow to commercial compromise in his work BERNARD CHEONG CONGLOMERATES have obligations to design parameters which nurture healthy cash flows. But to draw an analogy from the world of cinema, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino would have failed his
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      374 47  -  LARRY WEE lists the sporty and the tres cher for fun lovers LARRY WEE Here are some possibilities for the kinda gal who loves outdoor stuff like the §un, the sea and the Formula One circuit, starting with three chronograph watches. Omega's classic Speedmaster 35.5 mm auto
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      803 53  -  LARRY WEE finds out how makers of complicated watches strive to invent new ways to tell the time LARRY WEE THE ultimate dream of most watch fanatics is to own the most complicated timepiece that money can buy, or at least the most complicated one that they can
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      663 54  -  LARRY WEE looks at some expensive repeaters and exceptional chronographs LARRY WEE THIS year, Franck Muller has incorporated crisp minute repeater tones with the tourbillon complication in their distinctive cintre curvex case. Daniel Roth took it a step further, packaging even more complicated and therefore
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      540 55  -  LARRY WEE finds out the latest innovations in perpetual calendars and pocket-watches LARRY WEE COMBINING chrono functions with that of the perpetual calendar is not, of course, a new feature in complicated watches. Georges V, for example, proposes one version this year with fly-back chrono delight. But,
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      710 56  -  LARRY WEE explains some of the fascinating mechanisms that make time fly LARRY WEE Perpetual calendars BESIDES merely telling the time, perpetual calendar watches report the day of the week, the date, the month and the phase of the moon from small sub-dials or windows set into the
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      1203 58  -  LARRY WEE picks out the limited editions that are highly complicated and much sought after LARRY WEE LIMITED editions, as the name implies, should describe an exclusive class of watches which will only be made in staall numbers, and which should not be produced ever again. As always,
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      926 61  -  In Limited Editions II, LARRY WEE checks out the noteworthy but less complicated timepieces LARRY WEE WE commence this section with three "art of time" watches. We think Vacheron Constantin's Patrimony Explorer series is as visually stunning—though in a different way as FP
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      437 63  -  GOODIES FOR THE GUVS Relax, LARRY WEE has done the hard work and found the most desirable hand-wound timepieces LARRY WEE FROM the handsomely simple to the sophisticated and the unusual, watchmakers never fail to come up with new ideas for men to
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      461 65  -  GOODIES FOR THE GUYS GOODIES FOR THE GUYS Or you'll never get your autos moving, LARRY WEE scouts for handsome timepieces with automatic movements LARRY WEE THIS next section combines the fun of winding the watch up with the luxury of
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      911 69  -  GOODIES FOR THE GUYS GOODIES FOR THE GUYS LARRY WEE looks beyond hand-wound and automatic watches to uncover more gentlemanly gems LARRY WEE IF a simple hand-wound or auto doesn't quite cut it for you gents these days, then how about a Patek
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      1076 73  -  BERNARD CHEONG says his World War Two timepieces function as well today as they did during that pivotal period BERNARD CHEONG BETWEEN 1976 and 1986 I collected a small array of timepieces that actually saw service during World War Two, several of which were given to me during
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      1186 75  -  LARRY WEE handpicks a selection of irresistible sports timepieces launched this year LARRY WEE SELECTING 2004's most interesting timepieces for this supplement was tougher than usual. For example, chronographs can get so complicated these days (see our write-up on complicated watches, page 24-26) that we've had to transfer
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      2720 79  -  Tay 800 Jiang, founder of Sincere Fine Watches, takes LARRY WEE back in time with a story which is his own as well as Singapore's LARRY WEE FIFTY years ago, behind a modest six-foot counter at 22 North Bridge Road, Tay 800 Jiang started a small business
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      706 80  -  $23 million worth of special watches and at least $1 million worth of charity the Sincere way to celebrate 50 years in business, says LARRY WEE LARRY WEE HOW does a firm celebrate 50 momentous, if not exhilarating, years in the watch trade? In memorable style, of
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      1798 81  -  XU JIAXIAN provides some answers to the three burning questions asked by people new to the watch hobby XU JIAXIAN ARE watches a good investment? If not, should I explore the second-hand market instead? What are the dangers of buying on the Internet? These are three of
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      2842 83  -  Hour Glass chairman Henry Tay tells LARRY WEE how he put down the stethoscope to sell timepieces LARRY WEE HE'S a trained medical doctor, but made his name and money in luxury goods rather than medicine. This is the story of Dr Henry
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      789 84  -  Exquisite museum pieces, specialist talks and live demos to mark Hour Glass' 25th year bash, says LARRY WEE LARRY WEE FOR those who've never had the opportunity to visit the Annual Watch Fairs in Basle and Geneva, the Hour Glass (HG) has put on
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      28 31 CONTENTS (Section I) What women want ■PAGE 2 Behind Richemont PAGE 4 Tag's thunderbolt PAGE 6,7 Ladies' choice PAGE 8-13,18 Way-out watchmaker PAGE 17 Get complicated PAGE 24-26
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      863 33 Advertisement The Watchmaking Legend of onaco pMwßj Contributed by Leela Schellenberger broken, new benchmarks set up. and The Original-1969 Steve McQueen wore new breakthroughs mark HeuerMonaco every the HHHHrI and chronograph of Mc- QH Laren Mercedes Team, just keep pace with human achieve- -JB TAG Heuer Monaco. TAG Heuer perfectly
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      139 35 K*/'. f: I it A ?XT ''^W Wm Hr I ;ii^H v a® i I 1 IMF 1 Ife-i v I JKjft TiMI- 1 JiflMr 1 I I tt :'HIHIi: ii*in)iilii>iiMiiiMiiiu^tri»i'WW"nHßl i-:iiilii riTij ijih n> wuuiUi|i^H| w I x/ Breguet. La passion laisse des traces. //J "Le Re veil du
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      58 37 Francis Ford Coppola, Director JBL| Blanc faiN MANUFACTURE DE HAUTE HORLOGERIE lK A. ♦o; J I Exclusively M Leman Collection. v GMT alarm watch, COril na W3ten indication the power reserve Raffles city #01-36 Tei 6339 9iBs of the alarm mechanism, self-winding Millenia Walk 6339 1728 Paragon 623S 0084 Lucky
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      202 38 CITIZEN B t Y t> N D P S f I S I 0 N http.// www.citizcn.com.sg J>a pppr Br fy 0 0 mPi jMp^i a *j#« Jr *v»illii ftr' jfl II II II I Sii.;. Ab I j|HPW^^^S3SS5!^PIIBtI I H I I I I I I I 1 I
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      67 39 PARAMOUNT automatic chronograph movement with date steel case nonreflective sapphire glass water-resistant 30m Exclusive Distributor: BMI A division of F J Benjamin (Singapore) Pte Ltd Tel: 6737 3786 Website: www.fj-benjamin.com Available exclusively at: ROY EASTERN WATCH Lucky Plaza Tel: 6734 3139 THE HOUR CLASS Ngee Ann City Tel: 6734 2420
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      165 40 jIUDEMARS Piguet Le maitre de I'horlogerie depuis 1875 Audemars Piguet THE WATCH OF YOUR LIFE ■n /#m 1 oHßmohjA\ i V j1 1 -^au liKkSHtf 1 ■B 9tv lIPIHa JBB^hi' FfilßVm 'fi&mmKWa v w flrSSgr^Lg^jk MH JULES AUDEMARS WATCH. WATCHES IN WHITE GOLD OR PINK GOLD WITH CENTRE SECONDS HAND,
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      140 42 RAYMOND WEIL GENEVE rf) G cJJon >Jiovanni C/os\ rancle Self winding mechanical chronograph movement SOLE DISTRIBUTOR- CRYSTAL TIME (S) PTE LTD hi. /47H«H« -.v.-hsito http VAVW.uystaltimf iotn sq Raymond Weil Showroom Servife Centre #02 09 Raff it- Hi>* ..iwj.n <>u *****" Tt-I <65' >:*****1H Authorised Raymond Weil -J'on ,/ioi<ihhi Retailers
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      85 43 Bell (S) Ross 1 I'l.iv 111' -t i ilnildi UMI A (I i v i i i i I.I I I H.-II).limn I'. *****.11 n' i I' I I til l.-l VV. I www I.. -II: m W u\\ t[ l„ M1| llni( ni A v.! 11 .1 It I
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      42 45 CON CO The Launch of Delirium XXV Exhibition the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Delirium Raffles City Shopping Centre City Square I 26 to 29 August 2004,10 am to 9.30pm I I M JM^^KKr W# rJ$S* fl. jK /^HT I I
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      64 46 ■F<t r I m w* i ir^K v t~£.. tiZrwl W 7 Vc Hr; \S r. /-^'V\ x i\ a a .1- N -II \L -;>;- J" You never 1 actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation. The new, larger Calatrava with the
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      155 47 jfl fl jfl JMKfe* iIPP sisi -.JmNH 4/lkl* Br j> > m.yt Mb m f j V 9* r n .«j] JiIUW %i aMwfs $r?* Automatic chronograph in steel, water-resistant to 200 metal bracelet, 1 I CAPELAND rubber or Toile de voile strap. n CHEW CHEONG WATCH CENTRE (CENTURY SQUARE,
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      22 48 THE HOURGLASS O/r,, Anniversary 1979-2004 presents TEMPUS THE GREAT WATCHSCAPADE Raffles Ballroom, Raffles City Convention Centre, Level 4, Swissotel The Stamford, Singapore
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      150 49 and revolutionary, Gerald Genta has continued to provoke the traditional world of exclusive watchmaking over the past 30 years. An obsession with avant-garde design and innovative materials in bold f combinations: red gold or platinum with a Tantalus bezel, ceramic cloisonne dial and black folded croco strap, the OCTO line
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      138 51 a The finest watches produced atelier style, De Bethune timepieces boast the sophistication and refinement of the highest order in watchmaking. Emerging from the dial of the DB 15 Perpetual Calendar Revolving Moon Phase, a sphere made of platinum and steel revolves on its own axis. Its revolutionary calibre houses
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      211 52 The flair of harmonising art with technology is demonstrated in every i M Daniel Roth veritable masterpieces in the purest tradition of haute horlogerie. 7**'' 2" IJM This world premiere double-face Tourbillon 8-day power-reserve, entirely assembled within the Daniel Roth Manufacture, takes technical prowess to r -A'i J x new
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      70 57 WWW.MONTBLANC.COM Montblanc Sport GMT Automatic MONT® MECHANICAL MONTBLANC MOVEMENT 4810-405 A I Scpew- down cpown SCRATCH-PESiSTANT FLAT SAPPH'PE CRYSTAL WITH ANTIREFLEX COATiNC WATER RESISTANT TO 200 M Swiss Made by Montblanc IS THAT YOU? I 1 i mlUPfw, i j M| v **>vwc| "> u c 03 JD -t— 1
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      24 58 7 ti *-*-^$f%A|Jfer complications C f,. :.i S i\0!. -i.3iVii-.le at FRANCK MULLER BOUTIQUE -H.V-\ >Ttli-;: SINGAPORE NGF.E ANNClPi TEL(65)*****61S >'A"CC.T-V-.LTE. MALAYSIA "F > r
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      30 58 CONTENTS (Section II) For men only PAGE 34-41 WWII legacy PAGE 44 Outdoor style PAGE 46-48 Sincere's story PAGE SO For the Newbies PAGE 52 Hour Glass Time PAGE 54
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      73 60 Vintage 1945 XXL Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, Manual-winding GP GIRARD-PERREGAOX Exclusive Distributor: BMI A division of F J Benjamin (Singapore) Pte Ltd Tel: 6737 3786 Website: www.fj-bei\jamin.com Available at all authorised retailers: CORTINA WATCH Millenia Walk Tel: 6339 1728 Paragon Tel: 6235 0084 ROY EASTERN WATCH Lucky Plaza Tel: 6734 3139
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      45 61 LOCMAN ITALY t. 'j£viv i-r' V 'v diamonds. Iguana strap r alk) Tel: 6339 1728 (Paragon) 171 Valley >ping Centre) Tel: 03-7956 6171 Pacific Time Pte Ltd 3791 Jalan Bukit Merah #09-29/30 £-Centre#Redhill Singapore *****1 Tel: (65) 6334 2338 Far. (65) 6334 2721 Email: info^pacifictime.com.sg
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      65 62 m% 9 f p f F f t s+ /i f /> f P TTT f <o "if* *~k J f Iff r ✓> If t Corums breath-taking Classical Limited Editions are so much more than beautiful pieces of genius to racc i pleasures, experienced St and relished over ""§p
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      254 62 Classical Kai Chon The Kai Chon, a striking rendition of two roosters engaged in confrontation, colourfully brings to life the rich plumage and elegance of the roosters with hand enameled grand feu and pave diamonds set in 18K yellow, pink or white gold case. With the optional 122 diamonds to
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      66 63 Since 1545 we have developed mechanical masterpieces in Glashiittc, calibre 95 5 crafted in our manufacture from the tiniest screw to the complicated watch movement. With ultimate precision and attention to detail we fE M < Z o m o o x in < SINGAPOtE: Cortina Watch Milnio Walk T«l:
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      59 64 VACHERON CONSTANTIN Manufacture Horlogere Geneve. m L WB&Bg£XmEs&%§i ;—-r-,- v,v" '-'^•y M MHP^^MSB^^^M^Mi^^MMßagEslM»«c■.■* r^SF^StW»^. 1 r■- '-3r-- M to<f^cT»w^i^^MMß;<fc. A/lfte. T yyjh£~ >S Depuis 1755. Authorised Retailers Singapore: Cortina Watch Sincere Fine Watches Roy Eastern Watch Malaysia: Cortina Watch Sincere Fine Watches Indonesia: Regent Watches The Time Place Service Centre:
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      288 71 The accuracy of a Lange watch can be measured with great precision. '>• <r v. '<< V- V -fi .'/hi;' r j 1 Y" Feeler gauge by Lange, ca. 1900. The precision of a watch cannot exceed that of the measuring instruments used in its making. That was absolutely clear
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      106 78 ..-•JBFf There comes a time when men BECOME GENTLEMEN. I I I I World Time Zaffiro i Uniquely crafted by master artisans, the This fascinating masterpiece combines World Time offers incomparable quality and innovation and elegance by displaying the flawless composition. hour on the right and minutes on the left.
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