The Business Times, 23 November 2005

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents Wednesday, November 23/2005 .com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005
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  • 468 1  -  Almost half the winners are first-timers By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] The spirit of enterprise among companies here is alive and well, judging by the winners of this year's Enterprise 50 (E5O) award. Close to half the latest winners of the award
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  • 775 1  -  They see economic recovery underpinning earnings and yields By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] The sharp fall in the unit price of Singapore's real estate investment trusts Reits in recent weeks is an over-re-action. property managers said yesterday. They said the recovery in the domestic
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 616 2  -  Views diverge over whether it's grown more resilient after Q3 turnaround By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] Domestic demand turned around in the third quarter and is expected to rise further as the job market improves and inflation stays benign. Some economists are upbeat about the upturn.
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    • 623 2 Microsoft releases Xbox 360 ahead of Sony's Play Station 3 MICROSOFT Corp released its Xbox 360 video-game console across the US, a machine chairman Bill Gates says will enable the company to wrest control of the US$2B billion industry from Sony Corp. Microsoft, which spent more than US$l2
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    • 713 2  -  ENTERPRISE 50 AWARDS Winners hope to leverage on award and take their business forward By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] The winners are definitely not going to rest on their laurels. The companies that took the top three spots in the Enterprise 50 (E5O)
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    • 855 4 It's betting on the new Xbox 360 grabbing a bigger slice of the video games industry Bloomberg [BELLEVUE, Washington] Microsoft Corp has released its Xbox 360 video-game console across the US, a machine chairman Bill Gates says will enable the company to wrest control
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    • 363 4  - Not this Christmas S'pore gamers will have to wait By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Singapore gamers can expect to get their hands on Microsoft's latest Xbox 360 early next year. The console, which Microsoft hopes will help it wrest control of the US$2B billion gaming industry from Sony, was launched
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    • 317 4 Court gets glimpse of Packers, Murdochs in One.Tel hearing [SYDNEY] James Packer, the son of Australia's richest man, broke down in tears and apologised to Lachlan Murdoch, son of media magnate Rupert Murdoch, just days before the collapse of a budget phone
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 643 6  -  INTEREST RATE WOES Investors will want higher yield for forex risk and business novelty By SIOW LI SEN SP AusNet's initial public offering could be priced at the lower end of $1.68 to $1.70 as investors demand higher yield for the foreign exchange
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    • 791 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY A FEW months ago, we asked in this column whether the real estate investment trust (Reit) sector was in for a rough time because of rising interest rates (BT, Hock Lock Siew, Aug 26 "Is Reits bubble bursting?"). At
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    • 436 6 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore's local-currency bonds fell, the biggest fluctuation of any government debt market yesterday, amid concern that borrowing costs will continue to rise. Singapore's threemonth inter-bank rate, a short-term lending indicator as measured by the Association of Banks in Singapore, yesterday rose
      Bloomberg  -  436 words
    • 522 7  -  But firm is upbeat about prospects, will go ahead with expansion plan By ANGELA TAN STEEL prices depressed by rising oil prices and increased supplies from China have hit HG Metal Manufacturing, with the steel stockist reporting yesterday a 67 per cent fall in
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    • 285 7 Reuters [HONG KONG] Singapore and Hong Kong rank first and second in Asia in terms of best corporate governance, according to a report by CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets and Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). The report, titled The Holy Grail, ranked India third followed by Malaysia,
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    • 240 7 Bloomberg SHARES of Creative Technology, whose music players compete with Apple Computer's iPod, had their biggest gain in 12 weeks on optimism that the company will sell more of its Zen and MuVo devices during the Christmas season. Creative's stock rose 3.9 per
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    • 308 7  -  By ALEXANDRA HO CAPITALAND continues its expansion in China, announcing yesterday its partnership with Hong Kong-listed real estate company, Lai Fung Holdings, to build 3,000 homes in the fast-growing southern city of Guangzhou. The deal, worth 102.76 million yuan (Ss22 million), is
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 99 8 LMA North America Inc, a unit of Singapore-listed LMA International NV, has signed a 14-month agreement to supply laryngeal mask airway products to Novation the contracting arm for two national healthcare alliances that serve 2,500 healthcare organisations in the US. The agreement which runs
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      • 71 8 KS Energy Services has, through a subsidiary, entered into a 50;50 joint venture with Ezra Holdings to take up a 25 per cent interest in KSES (USA) Inc, a company which provides marine and offshore services to support the offshore drilling operations of oil
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      • 80 8 KEPPEL Corp, the world's largest offshore rig builder, has secured three thermal solutions contracts in Europe worth $42 million through Keppel Seghers, the environmental technology unit of Keppel Integrated Engineering. The first contract was awarded by Tirme, a waste treatment and management company in Spain.
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      • 97 8 MOBILE phone operator, Mobile One Ltd, has appointed Yusof Annuar Yaacob and Ganen Sarvananthan as directors with effect from Nov 16. Both are directors of Sun Share Investments Ltd, which has bought a major stake in Ml. Sun Share is owned 80 per cent by
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    • 360 8  -  China Risun Coking Group withdraws prospectus By UMA SHANKARI UNZA Holdings, which develops and makes personal care and household products, has decided not to go ahead with its planned initial public offering for now. Managing director Gavin Wel- man said the company has chosen
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    • 335 8 Reuters AUSTRALIAN-LISTED CyGenics Ltd said yesterday it intends to list its blood bank unit on a key Asian stock exchange to raise funds for expansion in Asia and Europe. Cord Life Pte Ltd, whose main operations are based in Singapore, sets up individual blood
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    • 314 8  -  By RONNIE LIM DBS Vickers has initiated coverage of Southeast Asian-focused exploration and production (E&P) company Pearl Energy with a "buy" call and a price target of 551.90. "Armed with its strong management and experienced E&P team, Pearl is poised to exploit the
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    • 280 8  -  Only 7.77% of its are now held by the public By ANGELA TAN WBL Corporation Limited has raised its stake in car distributor Wearnes International C 1994) from 88.45 per cent' to 92.23 per cent, exceeding the crucial 90 per cent trigger point
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    • 242 8 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Genting International, the overseas investment unit of Asia's biggest publicly-traded casino group, plans to raise about US$l5O million from a Singapore share sale, according to an e-mail from one of the underwriters* The Hong Kong-based unit of Genting
      Bloomberg  -  242 words
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    • 196 9 ANNOUNCEMENT UNZA Board decides to reschedule IPO Unza Holdings Limited has decided not to go ahead with its planned Initial Public Offer on the SGX at the current time. As South East Asia's leading independent personal care company, UNZA's Board was concerned that UNZA would not receive its required market
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 909 10  -  CURRENCIES But equities and metals shine as greenback consolidates LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE week's most spectacular gains were made in equities and metals, with currencies displaying a more consolidative tone ahead of holidays today in Japan and tomorrow
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    • 510 10  -  TRADES TO WATCH By UMA SHANKARI TEMPLETON International's deemed stake in Venture Corporation has risen to 7.02 per cent from 6.02 per cent The change —resulting from acquisition and disposal of Venture shares over the period Oct 11 to Nov 18 raised
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      420 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 22 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -340.00 -59.00 BTCAPI -*****.00 -19.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -34.00 All-SG Equities 579.26 -1.57 SG Equities Elect 123.17 +0.68 SG Equities Fin 1690.06 -2.33 SG Equities Prop 688.91 -4.49 SIMSCI 269.94 -0.46 SiMSCI Futures 270.00 +0.10 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME Biosensors
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    • 277 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Hyflux Limited Nov 22 dose: $2.73 JP MORGAN RESEARCH, Nov 21 WE are raising our 12-month target price to $3.81 from $3.30 to refleet the removal of the 20 per cent equity dilution that was built into our earlier assumptions and to factor in
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    • 400 10  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IF there was a single underlying theme to yesterday's trading session, it was "sell outperformance, buy underperformance", a common enough theme as trading themes go, but one that probably has greater impact in a market which for the time being appears to
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    • 332 10  -  CHART POINT By YEO KEE YAN ON the back of stronger than expected 3Q GDP and October NODX (non-oil domestic exports), the Straits Times Index managed to rise above the 2,268 level last week. The implication here is that STl's support has been
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 412 11  -  It's among 10' best country brands' for 'business' and 'conventions' By NANDE KHIN SINGAPORE might appear to be a country, or perhaps a city, but to brand consultants it is a brand and a winning one too. It has been ranked among
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    • 336 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE, which is hosting a counter-terrorism conference this week, called for increased cooperation among Asian countries to deal with the threat of terrorism, which has killed-hundreds in the region. Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia have stepped up joint sea patrols of the Malacca
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    • 514 11  -  By MATTHEW PHAN ONE of the trickiest things about new technology, at least from a business perspective, is deciding whether people will like it enough to pay good money for it. But that is a skill the Master of Science programme in
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    • 176 11 SUN International, a would-be bidder for the Sentosa integrated resort, yesterday picked up a copy of the request for proposals (RFP) documents for the Marina Bay resort, exactly a week after it was published. Sun, one of South Africa's largest gaming companies,
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    • 241 11 A NEW book from the Institute of South Asian Studies (Isas) spells out significant differences between the various Indian states which should help potential investors. The book, Growth Opportunities in Indian States: Issues of Governance and Economic development, studies the interrelationships between
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    • 230 13 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew had a busy day in India yesterday, meeting several political leaders. He called on President APJ Abdul Kalam, then met former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and opposition leader LK AflVßhi. He later had a closed-door discussion over lunch with
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    • 385 13  -  Group ties up with two HK investment funds to establish new company here By CONRAD TAN LONDON-BASED Whittington Group, a privately owned, specialist insurance services provider, is moving its headquarters to Singapore. Formerly part of the Omni Whittington group, Whittington announced
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    • 105 13 A DELEGATION from the European Union met Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday afternoon at the Istana to exchange views on the political systems in Europe and Singapore. The European Parliament Delegation for relations with countries of South-east Asia and Asean is currently
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    • 298 13 THIS year's National Volunteerism and Philanthropy Awards, announced last night, honours individuals and institutions seen to have made a difference. Yayasan Mendaki, which runs educational programmes for Malay youths, won the Nonprofit Organisation Award. To carry out its mission, it draws up annual departmental action
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 500 14 All-stock mergers will be almost impossible for foreign companies [TOKYO] Japan is considering new rules that would make it almost impossible for foreign companies to conduct all-stock mergers with Japanese companies, reversing a government pledge to liberalise the market for foreign direct investment
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    • 476 14 NYT [BRUSSELS] The president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, said on Monday that the bank had no plan to embark on a series of interest rate increases, but would assess the need for them over time. Mr
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    • 254 14 AP [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund is pressing China to take further steps to overhaul a currency system that US manufacturers blame for lost sales and factory jobs. "There is scope to do more," David Burton, director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific
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    • 626 14 Asian suspicion is that the Fund is a tool of the US, G-7 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Growing pressure from the US Treasury for the International Monetary Fund to play "bad cop" with China over Beijing's rigid currency regime may well backfire by
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    • 622 14 But impact on US economy will be slight: economists Reuters (WASHINGTON] Job cuts at General Motors Corp will shake consumer confidence across the United States and ripple through the vehicle parts industry, but the impact on the economy as a whole will be
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    • 603 15  -  Funds of Public Mutual, CIMB Principal boast a total RM500m size By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur GLOBALLY competitive Singapore companies look set to benefit from the launch this week of two new offshore funds with a combined fund size of more
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    • 338 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Overseas investment in Indonesia increased 165 per cent this year, boosted by spending in the transportation, communications and storage industries, the Investment Coordinating Board said. Overseas investors spent US$B.55 billion on 785 projects in the first 10 months, compared with U553.23
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    • 510 15  -  Move follows ousting of former CEO 3 months ago By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur PERODUA Auto Corporation's deputy managing director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Tahir is likely to be appointed chief executive of national carmaker Proton Holdings, Malaysian auto industry officials say.
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 430 16 Major telecoms equipment vendors give their backing Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China's home-grown third-genera-tion (3G) mobile telecoms standard is set to take root as more big industry names back it and as the prospect of soft loans and technical support attracts developing market interest.
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    • 2331 16 VOL General Corp .0.40 unch 65 m»a Ml *1- r»00) Genting 3120 0.60 1057 George Kent 0.60 0.02 411 A AM Realty 1.49 unch 1 GHL Systems 0.11 unch 511 Abric 031 unch 106 GlobetroniaTech ...0.28 -0.01 1803 ACP Industries 0.65 0.02 17 GlomacBhd... 1.23 0.02 84 Advance
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    • 572 16 Exchange's first warehouse in China near approval, possibly year-end Bloomberg Reuters [SINGAPORE] London Metal Exchange (LME) chief executive Simon Heale says a China Daily report that China had to deliver 200,000 tonnes of copper into ex-change-approved warehouses by Dec 21 was "market rumour
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    • 296 16 [HONG KONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings), Hong Kong's largest developer by market value, said it still managed to sell nearly HK$2O billion (554.4 billion) worth of properties in the first 10 months, which already surpassed home sales income of HK$l5
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 88 16 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Minsheng Banking Corp, the second-largest lender listed on mainland Chinese exchanges, plans to sell US$3.7 billion in bonds in its latest effort to shore up capital while expanding lending at a rapid clip. Planned debt issues announced yesterday would help enhance the
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      • 88 16 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Global banking giant HSBC said yesterday it was seeking an Islamic insurance licence in Malaysia as part of its plans to capture a bigger slice of the growing Islamic financing business. The Malaysian central bank had earlier said four Islamic insurance
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      • 80 16 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Baosteel, China's biggest steel maker by volume, will cut product prices by an average of more than 10 per cent in the first quarter, fuelling expectations a domestic glut will stretch into 2006 and pressure prices in the world's top steel
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    • 61 16 [BEIJING] A model presenting a creation at China Fashion Week in Beijing. Fashion sense in China was virtually non-existentfor decades under communist rule, but a rebirth occurred only two decades ago when economic reform began. Now as the world's biggest textile manufacturer, especially in low-and medium-end
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    • 464 16 Revenue loss as high as US$1,200 per employee [NEW DELHI] Unplanned and undesired exits account for up to 33 per cent of the attrition in India's BPOs, according to the Financial Express. The newspaper quoted Shailaja Puranik, chief operating officer of a
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 373 17 Reuters [HOUSTON] Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed a civil lawsuit on Monday against Sony BMG Music Entertainment for hiding "spyware" software on its compact discs in a bid to thwart music copying. According to the lawsuit filed in Travis County,
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    • 577 17 Each partner will pump US$1.2b into flash memory chips venture initially Reuters AFP NYT [SEOUL] Shares of Asian microchip makers fell yesterday after two US rivals agreed to form a venture to prothjidcT hot-selling flash meijfory chips. Intel Corp, the leading semiconductor maker,
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    • 425 17 IHT [PARIS] Microsoft said on Monday that it would seek approval to make the software formats behind its Office programs an "open standard" that it would licence free to competitors, partners and developers. Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, said some pressure had
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    • 393 17 Growth will be hit with higher rates, lower confidence Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai banks will face a "more challenging" environment next year as a rise in interest rates and a decline in confidence among businessmen and consumers affect economic growth, Fitch Ratings Ltd says. Consumer
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    • 292 17 [LONDON! A dispute which has shaken the Internet gaming sector is heading for the courts in the British Virgin Islands after Empire Online on Monday said it would take legal action against Party Gaming, says a report in the Financial Times. Empire's promise to
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 81 17 AP [VEVEY, Switzerland] Nestle, the world's biggest food and drink company, said yesterday it has recalled baby milk from four European markets after traces of ink were found in the product. Nestle spokesman Francois-Xavier Perroud told Dow Jones Newswires that some of the
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      • 107 17 AFP [PARIS] Economic growth picked up slightly in major economies during the third quarter, with the US and eurozone showing the biggest increases, a preliminary estimate released yesterday by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) showed. Gross domestic product among
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      • 91 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Spending on Internet advertising rose 34 per cent in the third quarter to US$3.l billion from a year earlier, setting a quarterly record and bolstering expectations that the market could exceed US$l2 billion this year. According to the quarterly
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      • 100 17 Bloomberg [PARIS] Cadbury Schweppes, the maker of Dr Pepper soda and Trident gum, plans to sell its European soft drink unit to Blackstone Group and Lion Capital for 1.85 billion euros (553.7 billion) to concentrate on beverages in the US and candy
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      • 81 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] Nokia and Motorola widened their lead over smaller competitors in the third quarter on demand for mobile phones in emerging markets in Asia. Nokia's global share rose to 32.6 per cent in the third quarter from 31.9 per cent in
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      • 64 17 AFP [SEOUL] The youngest daughter of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of South Korea's largest conglomerate Samsung, died on Saturday following a car accident in the suburbs of New York, a company spokesman said yesterday. Lee Yoon-Hyung, 26, was studying at New York University. The
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      • 122 17 AFP [TOKYO] Japan will once again have a force described as the "military" six decades after the US stripped it of the right to keep armed forces, in the first revision of the post-World War II constitution proposed yesterday. The revision will mean
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  • AVIATION
    • 710 18  -  NEWS ANALYSIS The decades-old air services agreement is stuck in a time-warp, even as the advent of low-cost flights revolutionises air transport around the region By VEN SREENIVASAN THE issue of opening up the SingaporeKuala Lumpur air route to more players was aired in
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    • 207 18 [SINGAPORE], Emirates Airline has signed a new contract with Singapore Aero Engine Services Limited (SAESL) and Hong Kong Aero Engine Services Ltd (HAESL) for the ongoing maintenance and repair of Rolls-Royce Trent aircraft engines within its fleet. The new contract, potentially worth US$6OO million, will
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 74 18 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Airbus SAS, the world's largest commercial aircraft maker, won an order from International Lease Finance Corp, the world's biggest aircraft lessor, for 12 of the new A 350 planes worth US$2 billion at list prices. Airbus announced the order at a
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      • 85 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Jetstar Asia, the international budget carrier of Qantas Airways Ltd, said it will start services to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, the first Singapore-based low-cost carrier to fly to Cambodia. The airline will offer three weekly flights to Phnom Penh from Dec 15
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      • 52 18 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines and American Airlines plan to begin codesharing cooperation between Vietnam, Japan and the United States by early 2006, airline officials said yesterday. American Airlines announced it has applied to the US Department of Transportation for authorisation to go ahead with the
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    • 479 18 Higher fares, cost cuts ease effect of soaring fuel prices Reuters [LONDON] British budget airline easy Jet pic beat forecasts with a 9 per cent rise in annual profits yesterday as new routes, rising fares and cost cuts eased the pain of soaring
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    • 254 18 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Boeing Co, the world's second-largest commercial aircraft maker, expects Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia's biggest airline, to decide by next month on new plane orders, which may include its fuel-saving 787. Boeing said it's in talks with Sydney-based Qantas on potential orders
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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  • SHIPPING
    • 569 19  -  Survey shows port security code being undermined by lack of trust and support By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] A major survey of the world's seafarers has revealed "widespread resentment" by seafarers at being treated as potential security threats and not allies in the
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    • 177 19 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] MISC Bhd, the world's largest carrier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), reported a 5.4 per cent rise in quarterly profits on Monday, helped by a turnaround at its ship engineering unit and lower costs. MISC had warned that its current
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    • 959 19  -  STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES THE long-term prospects for the shiprepair business in Singapore do look rosy in the light of an assessment made recently by the boss of Bahrain-based shipyard ASRY. Mohamed Alkhateeb, in a paper delivered at the recent Ship Repair and
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    • 400 19 Reuters [SEOUL/TOKYO] Freight rates from the US Gulf to Asia fell to a two-month low yesterday on concerns over falling demand for ships amid a slowdown in iron ore and coal cargoes. Sentiment was also undermined as the market was seeing more new
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    • 204 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second-largest shipping company, said it plans to sell a 13 per cent stake in Nippon Cargo Airlines Co to Nippon Yusen KK, adding to its competitor's controlling stake in the venture. "The sale of
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  • SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES ENTERPRISE 50
    • 339 33  -  By Uma Shankari THE Enterprise 50 awards crossed its 10th year milestone last year. Entering its second decade, the award, a mainstay of the Singapore SME scene, is still going strong. Recent news reports have shown that SMEs here have challenges aplenty awaiting them, from toilgh competition
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    • 1048 34  -  Oceantrade Foods founder Eddie Khoo tells CHEN HUIFEN how he got started in business CHEN HUIFEN OCEANTRADE Foods founder Eddie Khoofloes not have a university degree, but he considers that a Messing rather than a handicap. "I came out to work and learnt how
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    • 956 38  -  Sitra Holdings has come a long way since it was set up in 1979. Founder George Chew tells UMA SHANKARI what lies ahead for the company UMA SHANKARI JUST cutting and selling timber is not enough for home-grown Sitra Holdings. It now designs, manufactures and retails
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    • 855 39  -  JPN Industrial works hard to set itself apart from its competitors. OH BOON PING checks out its value-added services OH BOON PING TO SURVIVE in the highly competitive used equipment trading market, offering value-added services and product differentiation is key, says JPN Industrial. "Importing and re-exporting
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    • 1074 40  -  Besides being a worldwide distributor of metals, Albedo has also developed two other core businesses. NANDE KHIN reports MANDE KHIN WHILE other small and mediumsized companies might balk at the idea of diversifying away from their original business, Albedo Corp had no such qualms and
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    • 853 43  -  Apart from streamlining its operations to up efficiency, GMP also plans to expand its placement network, reports OH BOON PING OH BOON PING IF THERE is one factor that is driving GMP Recruitment Services, it is its sense of mission in helping candidates find the
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    • 1150 44  -  Identifying suitable local partners to collaborate with and investing in R&D are keys to BBS Access' consistent performance, reports MATTHEW PHAN MATTHEW PHAN IF THERE was an E5O Hall of Fame, Behrouz Gholamrezaey, chairman and CEO of BBS Holdings, would almost certainly be in
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    • 901 48  -  Though small, this company has several unique features that enabled it to survive through some of the toughest years in the Singapore construction industry, CONRAD TAN reports CONRAD TAN TEAMBUILD Construction's business and development director Joseph Tsu is under no illusions about the size
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    • 693 49  -  MATTHEW PHAN meets the new man at the helm MATTHEW PHAN IT IS odd t(} call up a company that placed 20th} in the Enterprise 50 rankings this year, ask'for the executive director, and be told "Mr Sashi Kumar is no .longer with the company".
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    • 1172 51  -  High-performance businesses excel at consistently making the critical decisions that give them the right strategic direction, market position and focus. SEAH CHIN SIONG explains SEAH CHIN SIONG HIGH-performanCe businesses have a knack for being in the right place at the right time. When one market matures,
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