The Business Times, 28 November 2005

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  • 18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents' MICA (P) 089/03/2005 V/ online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg Monday, November 28,2005
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  • 903 1  -  This has lifted Republic's profile among MNCs as global costs saw record leaps, says US govt report By CHUANG PECK MING IN A year that saw record jumps in global production costs, Singapore was among a handful of manufacturing hubs that showed
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  • 133 1 MARKETS Week Chge STI ....2295.73 +2.53 KLSECOMP 904.28 +2.56 NIKKEI 225 *****.29 ....+161.17 HANG SENG *****.47 ....+198.15 SET INDEX 669.89 -6.52 JAKARTA COMP ...1074.40 ......+19.41 MANILA COMP ....2106.10 +26.12 TAIPEI TAIEX .6128.20 +21.46 SEOUL COMP 1,293.22 +20.97 SHENZHEN B 197.80 -2.63 AUSTALLORD 4592.50 -18.10 DOW JONES *****.62 ....+165.29
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  • 712 1  -  S'pore hopes to play honest broker to help clinch deal From CHUANG PECK MING in Malta COMMONWEALTH leaders, wrapping up three days of talks, yesterday issued a strong statement calling on rich nations to give more than they receive in the latest
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 642 2 Gold price surge unabated, set to pierce US$5OO GOLD is flirting with the psychological level of US$5OO an ounce, its highest level since the late eighties, on the back of exceptional investment and speculative demand. Closing on Friday around US$496 an ounce, it is only a matter of
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    • 741 2  -  Amount is higher than current $380m plan expiring this year By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] A half biUion dollar plan to revitalise East Coast Town over the next five years was unveiled yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar. The plan
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    • 433 2  -  Reports by NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] Bilateral and regional trade agreements are "second-best solutions" compared to multilateral ones discussed under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec), said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. But deals like Singapore's Trans-Pacific Strategic
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    • 233 2 [SINGAPORE] Japan should acknowledge facts and events of its wartime past which are "not contentious" and recognise "things that happened which were bad. and must never take place again", said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was asked in The CNBC Conversation what potential
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    • 661 3  -  Investment demand climbs in Q3 and continues into first few weeks of Q4 By NEIL BEHRMANN in London GOLD is flirting with the psychological level of US$5OO an ounce, its highest level since the late eighties, on the back of exceptional investment
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    • 470 3  -  By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] Singapore continues to be one of the most attractive locations for offshore services, though other South-east Asian countries are making significant strides, says management consultancy A T Kearney. The firm's Annual Global Services Location Index ranks the best locations
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    • 513 3  -  Race 4 of the Round-The-World Yacht Race kicked off yesterday from Durban. Route: 4,350 arduous nautical miles across the Southern Ocean to Fremantle, Australia. Estimated day of arrival: Dec 17. Business Times journalist VINCENT WEE is onboard the Uniquely Singapore
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 2102 6 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Is the current rise in interest rates a concern for your organisation and industry generally? What can companies do to counter this? RISING interest rates coupled with the overhang of persistently high crude oil prices will exert upward pressures on
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 305 7  -  Robust system that goes beyond whistle blowing in place at bank: exec By LESLIE YEE OCBC Bank has institutionalised an internal control framework that goes beyond whistle blowing and positions it to take on new opportunities in the region, says head
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    • 413 7  -  Move highlights commitment to shareholder return By LESLIE YEE WHILE controversy rages over the hike in listing and processing fees by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), analysts have given the thumbs-up to SGX's move. ÜBS says "fee increases highlight commitment to shareholder return". Late last
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    • 589 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG MARKETS arguably need certainty more than anything else, but the Singapore IPO market, at the moment, appears a little confused. It boils down really to one question: just what sort of companies the Singapore
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    • 217 7 Reuters '[KUALA LUMPUR] Southeast Asia's biggest developer. Capita Land Ltd, is planning to set up a real estate investment trust (Reit) in Malaysia, a business weekly reported. Singapore-based Capita Land was "aggressively looking for properties in Malaysia as part of its plans to launch a
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    • 218 9 AIRCRAFT components supplier A-Sonic Aerospace yesterday announced that 19.9 per cent-owned Advent Air is heading for a London listing in about three weeks. "The target listing is before mid-December," said A-Sonic, whose stake is held through wholly-owned subsidiary Janco International. After Advent
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    • 588 9  -  IPO WATCH Part of IPO monies to be used to upgrade plant, climb tech ladder By RONNIE LIM SHANGHAI Turbo Enterprises, one of two leading Chinese makers of vanes used in steam turbine power generators, is looking to list on the SGX mainboard
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    • 341 9  -  By NANDE KHIN CHINA Coking Company Ltd has become the third listing aspirant in slightly more than a week to shelf its listing plans. The formerly stateowned coke producer is postponing its initial public offering after withdrawing its IPO prospectus last Thursday. Its withdrawal follows
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 651 8  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT looks very much that analysts are now running through the various sectors in the local market, giving the stocks concerned the once-over to see if they can find something to write about and thus stimulate buying interest. We
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    • 329 8 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were mostly flat against the dollar during a week marked by little movement due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, with markets looking to fresh leads from US data due in the coming days. Japanese yen:
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    • 1657 8 Consensus No.of Forecast Mean Frfs Consensus. No.of Mean Frfs recommendation esti- EPS PE target price yommendation esti- EPS PE target prtce Company name TWswk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Company name TWs wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) prtce to Allgreen Properties 2.00 2.11 10 5.85 22.41
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    • 633 8 Payment Ex Book! Pay Payment Ex Books Pay (en) d«t« dose date_ (£51—«»?• dsn data APS Brrweries EE 2.00 01-Feb Ofrf* J5*b MFS Tech 10c 1.50 02 Feb 07-Feb 23-Feb AHNwriu f 1«N 01-Kb 06-fab 15-Feb MiyoohiSc f 030 05-lan 11-Jan 23-ton Asia Tiaer US4c I M>73t7IE 23-Noy
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    • 424 8 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] World oil prices rallied last week as temperatures dropped in the United States and western Europe, sparking demand for heating fuel. Gold prices closed in on US$5OO per ounce for the first time in 18 years, while aluminium struck the
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    • 1263 10  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent T HE Straits limes Index ended the week almost unchanged while there appeared to be some interest in the second-tier market, with tiie UOB Sesdaq Index edging up 0.7 per cent The decline in interest in the market
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    • 1177 10  -  INSIDE MARKET Purchases seen in CapitaCommercial Trust, Fortune Reit, China Sun Bio-chem and Venture Corp, reports ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THERE was a series of fund manager and substantial shareholder activities on the local market last week, with significant trades on both
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    • 84 8 WEEK AHEAD Serial System's rights issue, ex-date Nov 29 Aussino's dividend payment, Nov 28 DBS Grp's dividend payment, Nov 28 Lum Chang Hldgs' dividend payment, Nov 28 Luxking Grp's dividend payment, Nov 28 SIA's dividend payment, Nov 28 Longcheer's dividend payment, Nov 29 MTQ Corp's dividend payment, Nov 29 MMI
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 593 11  -  Firm will tie up with other law firms in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei By CONRAD RAJ WITH Islamic banking poised to grow in Singapore, a leading corporate lawyer has started a niche legal service for this multibillion dollar industry. Arfat Selvam, a Muslim who has
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    • 448 11  -  By MATTHEW PHAN CHILDAID, a charity concert planned for next month, received its first donation from a small and medium enterprise (SME) last Friday. atea Environmental Technology, a gaseous waste treatment firm that ranked 21st on the Enterprise 50 list this year, donated $10,000 to the
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    • 226 11 DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 28-29 Nov Asia Business Forum Hilton Hotel 8.00am Internal Audit Asia 28-29 Nov HR Workshop on Robertson Walk, 9.00am -HR For Line 02-18/19 Managers/Supervisors 29 Nov IDSS-NUPI Public Seminar Traders Hotel 8.00am on Maritime Security in South-east Asia 29 Nov- EnviromexAsia and Suntec Singapore
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 614 12 Forceful statement could help restore credibility to club of ex-colonies Reuters [VALLETTA, Malta] Commonwealth leaders piled pressure on the European Union (EU) on Saturday to slash farm subsidies to secure a deal on world trade that could boost global prosperity and lift
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    • 166 12 Reuters [RIYADH] Opec oil exporters are not thinking of cutting production levels at a meeting in Kuwait next month despite a recent fall in world oil prices, Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi said on Saturday. "We are going to meeL We are not
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    • 806 12 Not known when the Fed, ECB, BOJ are going to act Reuters [LONDON] The prospect of changing interest rate regimes in the world's largest economies is throwing the direction of global currency flows into question. For the most part, 2005 has
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    • 1066 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP., 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF GRID SYNERGY PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP [PURSUANT TO SECTION 290( 1 Kb)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Company held on 23 November 2005 at 37
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 710 14  -  When most people think of banks, they imagine investment bankers in suits trying to increase their clients' wealth. But the people at CitiGroup will have you know that there are more people working in the bank than front-line bankers. This week, UMA SHANKARI explores
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    • 811 14  -  CAMPUS LIFE L'AO SHUYI chats with SMU students about their field trips around the Asia-Pacific region LIAO SHUYI AS PART of their "Asia-Pacific Business" module, 20 students from the Singapore Management University (SMU) flew to cities like Hong Kong, Bangkok, Shenzhen and Macau to learn
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  • KEPPEL.CLIPPER – ROUND THE WORLD
    • 1850 15  -  BT journalist and sailor VINCENT WEE writes from Durban about the ups and downs the Uniquely Singapore Clipper went through during its voyage from Salvador VINCENT WEE ON THIS last leg from Salvador, Brazil, to Durban, South Africa, the crew of the Uniquely Singapore Clipper
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 611 16  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT Must it take the mistreatment of a foreigner to jolt Malaysian lawmakers? S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent Technology rules, a video clip showing a naked woman doing "ear-squats" in front of an expressionless woman police officer has been sent from cell phone to cell phone
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    • 275 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government will decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp or state firm Pertamina should be the operator of the US$2 billion Cepu oil block if the two keep bickering over the issue, the vicepresident said on Saturday. Deadlocked talks have cast
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    • 147 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Susiio Bambang Yudhoyono may reshuffle his Cabinet each year after evaluating the performance of his ministers, his deputy said. "The ministers who do not perform can be changed," Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said in an interview on Saturday. "This means that
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    • 406 16 Initial US$20m investment for 100,000 tonnes per year capacity plant [KUALA LUMPUR] Johor Corp Bhd (JCorp) is at an advanced stage of negotiation with some parties linked to interests in Europe to set up a biodiesel plant in Johor, said chief
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    • 184 16 Glory after the sweat. Now's the time to honour the super achievers of the business world. We invite you to nominate: Businessman of the Year Award Presented to the most deserving individual for outstanding corporate success. He or she has shown exemplary leadership qualities, and has demonstrated extraordinary business and
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 326 17 [HONG KONG] A high land premium has kept developers away from a massive Kowloon-Canton Railway Corp (KCRC) residential project above the Tuen Mun station, the South China Morning Post reported property surveyors and consultants as saying. Of the 10 shortlisted developers, only
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    • 544 17 HK regulator fears the inducement may lead to market manipulation [HONG KONG] The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) plans to ban rebates of broker commissions payable by the warrant issuer because it fears the inducement offered may lead to potential market
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    • 946 17 Reuters [HONG KONG] How many investment banks does it take to bring a company public? For Hutchison Whampoa Ltd's Italian 3G telecoms business, the answer is seven. While the crowded 3 Italia deal is an extreme example, it underscores how much
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    • 174 17 Reuters [HONG KONGI Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said th 6 initial public offering (IPO) of its 3G mobile phone business in Italy could be delayed until the first quarter of 2006. "After consultation with (Italian market regulator) Consob and (stock exchange) Borsa Italiana,
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    • 3084 17 Transaction date: Nov2s For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG vei ecot* 0.20 0.02 4890 HK$ *1- '000 eForce Hldgs 0.02 unch 0 Egana Jewellery 1.10 0.03 160 Aeon Credit 6.00 unch 0
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  • INDIA
    • 613 18 Moscow also keen to take stake in pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan, India [NEW DELHI] Russia on Saturday invited Indian companies to pick up equity in Rosneft, Russia's state oil producer, through tin initial public offer which may be floated next year.
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    • 485 18 Chidambaram highlights huge infrastructure gap Bloomberg Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's economy is likely to expand'by more than 7 per cent this year and the nation needs more investment in irrigation and industry to accelerate growth, Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram said yesterday. "We
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    • 526 18 [NEW DELHI] HSBC, the world's second-biggest bank, has ramped up its diplomatic charm offensive in India in an attempt to repair relations with regulators, damaged by a clumsy attempt to take a large minority stake in an Indian bank, the Financial Times reported. John
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    • 250 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] Indian shares ended at a new closing high on Saturday as investors continued to pour in funds as worries over interest rates and oil prices eased. The BSE's main index ended 0.4 per cent higher at 8,889.03 points, off an
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    • 339 18 Reuters [KOLKATA] Communist allies of India's federal coalition are trying to unionise the booming information technology sector, ruffling, but not rattling, an industry with US$l7.2 billion worth of exports last year. Officials and analysts say workers in the IT sector, which depends
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 964 19  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Bulls propel advance for 5th week but analysts warn that bears could emerge if economic reports bring troubling news By ANDREW MARKS in New York INVESTORS didn't let the Thanksgiving holiday-shortened trading week get in the way of what has become a
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    • 725 19  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo STABILISING energy demand and supply among Asian countries is vital if a scramble for resources is to be avoided, analysts from across the region agreed in Tokyo last week. Oil consumption in the Asia-Pacific is set to double
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    • 163 19 [LONDON] A company that plans to allow subscribers to stream Indian films onto their computers in real time is gearing up for a £50 million (Ssl4s million) listing on the London Stock Exchange early in the New Year, the Sunday Tele- graph reported.
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    • 678 19 Stem cell firm aims to build hospital on tourist island AFP ISEOUL] With its doctors at the vanguard of pioneering stem cell therapy, South Korea is looking to become a "medical tourism" destination for foreigners unable to find cures in the own
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  • AVIATION
    • 535 20 It will push to open new routes to other S-E Asian countries: Tony Fernandes AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] After a long campaign to secure landing rights in Singapore, Malaysian budget carrier Air Asia has said it is no longer interested in the lucrative short-haul route.
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    • 211 20 Xinhua [BEIJING] Soaring international oil prices have prompted the Chinese authorities to decide to extend the deadline on imposing additional fees on jet fuel from Dec 31 to March 3*l, next year, the Economic Information Daily said. The decision was jointly announced
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    • 352 20 Reuters [WELLINGTON] National carrier Air New Zealand Ltd increased its forecast annual profit by 40 per cent last week because of falling fuel prices. The airline said it was now expecting a profit before tax and unusuals of around NZ$l4O million
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    • 561 20 AFP [PAßlS] Rapidly rising pollution by the aviation industry, which is not covered by targets in the Kyoto protocol to combat global warming, could be slashed through inclusion in the EU carbon market, an International Energy Agency report suggests. The co-author of
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    • 211 20 [SINGAPORE] Airbus announced orders and commitments (excluding options) for 157 airliners worth around US$l4 billion during the recent Dubai air show. The European planemaker also took commitments for Airbus' new A 350 airliner to 155 a number which it expects to rise
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    • 184 20 AP Reuters [BERLIN] A sudden winter freeze gripped parts of northern Europe on Saturday last week, with heavy snowfalls cutting power and spreading air and road traffic chaos. Air traffic suffered from the snow and ice. Flights in and out of airports
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 201 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD the Undergro^ 2 Wolf, perhaps, gets duck (8) merit (5) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 3 Has a slice of cake at supper- 6 Founc out caught and tried Across: 1 Leading article, 9 Deflat- P/Tf' (5) ed, 10 Tutor, 12 Peep, 13 Censor--5 Where unmarried person s 18 teps outside
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  • SHIPPING
    • 408 21 Dubai Ports offering between 420p and 440p per share: UK papers Reuters [LONDON] Gulf state-back-ed Dubai Ports World could make an announcement tomorrow or Wednesday about an offer to buy British ports and ferries company P&O for more than £3
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    • 335 21 Xiamen and Tianjin ports plan to raise combined US$250m Reuters [HONG KONG] Two Chinese port operators Xiamen International Port and Tianjin Port Development Holdings plan to start marketing their Hong Kong initial public offerings as early as this week. The two
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    • 271 21 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Port Waratah Coal Services, which operates Newcastle coal port in south-eastern Australia, started work on a Asl7o million (*****.7 million) expansion of the terminal, the world's largest for the export of the fuel. The expansion of the Kooragang Island terminal
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    • 390 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping crude oil on millionbarrel tankers from ports in the Mediterranean Sea rose to its highest in almost a year as restrictions in the Turkish straits kept vessels from picking up cargoes. Turkish authorities in 2002 barred oil
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    • 295 21 SGX '000 No* 25 S$ Vol CH Offshore .....0.37 0.01 1512 ChoanHup .0.81 -0.01 8755 Cosco Corporation .2.35 0.02 3796 CWT Distribution 0.82 0.02 9 Ezra Hkta.... 1.42 -0.03 729 Freight Links 0 06 unch 112 Grand Banks Yacht 0.89 0.01 4 Java Holdings 1.23 -0.01 642 K1
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  • 11464 22 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stock nam* Wt Close Change AllgreenSOc 0.32 1.310 -0.020 Ascendasreit 1.00 1.960 -0.010 BILIntlUS20c 0.56 1.380 *0.010 Capita Land 3.26 3.280 -0.040 CapitaMall 0.82 2.270 *0.010 Chart SemiCond 26c 0.78 1.180 -0.020 CityDevSOc 2.47 8.450 -0.050 ComfortDelGro 25c 1.68 1.550 -0.020 Cosco Corp 20c
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  • BizIT
    • 743 29  -  BT exclusive It is exploring overseas markets, especially in the wireless communications and e-government sectors, reports ROLAND LIM ROLAND LIM HAVING carved out a niche at home, homegrown technology solutions provider Singapore Technologies (ST) Electronics is looking to expand further beyond national shores, especially in
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    • 448 29  -  By ROLAND LIM MICROSOFT Singapore has high expectations for its latest enterprise software suite comprising database server SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and Biz Talk Server 2006 which will be launched here tomorrow. "We will be targeting new customers and
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    • 198 29 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Burton Smith, a long-time supercomputer designer and chief scientist at Cray, has resigned to take a position at Microsoft. Mr Smith had been a founder ofTera Computer, which in 2000 acquired Cray Research from Silicon Graphics. The company, which was based
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    • 505 29  -  By LEE KIM SIANG SITEX 2005 has proven to be a big hit once again, with exhibitors ringing up more sales than last year's $14.5 million. The annual consumer electronics lifestyle show, held at the Singapore Expo from Nov 24-27, drew about 632,500 visitors.
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    • 145 29 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] California election officials said on Friday they invited a Finnish computer security expert to break into an electronic voting machine built by Diebold Inc to test its safeguards and reliability, both having been questioned by activists. Security expert Harri
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    • 661 30  -  It says Singapore key to driving lucrative regional operations By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY NASDAQ-LISTED Mercury Interactive, which provides software and solutions that help companies to optimise the use of their information technology assets, is betting on doubling its business and manpower in the Asia
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      • 63 30 MICROSOFT Singapore will be investing, together with partners, some $1 million over a period of three years in a Business Productivity Centre (BPC). The BPC aims to help Singapore-based companies experience innovative customised productivity solutions that help address real business needs. It is the
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      • 65 30 SINGULAR ID Pte Ltd, the brand protection solution provider, announced last weejf thatits chief executive officer Adrian Burden has won Entrepreneur of the Year at the British Business Awards 2005 organised by the British Chamber of Commerce, Singapore. The annual awards gala dinner was held
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      • 62 30 SUN Microsystems announced last week the expansion of its customer financing and leasing unit under the new name Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services (SMGFS). SMGFS, formerly called Sun Microsystems Finance, is building out an array of worldwide programmes for businesses of all sizes looking for flexible
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      • 85 30 BROCADE Communications Systems Inc is hosting the first Asia-Pacific SAN industry conference. Brocade Conference 2005 will be a unique forum for key SAN experts from around the world to share knowledge and experiences on enterprise storage. Aimed at SAN, storage and server administrators, SAN architects, and
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      • 57 30 AVANADE Inchas appointed Tia Too Seng as chief technology officer, Asia. This new position was created at Avanade specifically to prepare for the anticipated growth opportunities and challenges across Asia. In this Singapore-based role, Dr Tia will spearhead the shaping of solutions for Avanade's customers and
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      • 77 30 BMC Software Inc. a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, has announced the appointment of Peter Goh to the position of managing director, South-east Asia and India. He will oversee BMC's operations in India and South-east Asia. Mr Goh's primary focus will be to develop
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      • 71 30 FEDEX is equipping its couriers in Singapore with a new way of working. Starting in December, all couriers will be outfitted with a new gadget called the PowerPad. A Windows-based Pocket PC, the FedEx PowerPad will expand and accelerate customers' access to information, enabling
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      • 56 30  -  Compiled by LEE KIM SIANG JUNIPER Networks will be holding a seminar on optimising and securing network applications at the Fullerton on Dec 1 from 2.15 pmto5.15 pm. Attendees stand a chance to win an iPod Shuffle. Admission is free. For more information, visit http-y/www.
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    • 122 30 Xinhua [SHANGHAI] Electronic health records will change the way healthcare is arranged in east China's Shanghai Municipality in the future. Supported by the municipal healthcare authorities, the Ciji Healthcare, the biggest healthcare chain in the nation, will keep an electronic patient record for every
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    • 638 31  -  &lt;we say&gt; Video games may mean big bucks, but the real gains could come from their application to business KENNETH JAMES Technology Editor BY ALL accounts, the World Cyber Games (WCG) that was hosted here last week was an unqualified success. The largest
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      • 85 31 CANON has unveiled DVD camcorders that its says are the world's smallest and slimmest. The DC20 and the DC 10 are also the world's first PictBridge compatible DVD camcorders. The DC20 features a 2.2-megapixel CCD and RGB colour filter, while the DC 10 comes equipped with a
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      • 104 31 INX Japan has released its YouSD card, a combination USB flash drive and SD card rolled into one handy device. It eliminates the need for any cables, USB converters or card readers and features an LED that lights up during data transfer. One end of
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      • 56 31 SYMANTEC Corp has announced the Symantec Mail Security Enterprise Edition, a unique, comprehensive mail security solution for SMTP gateway and groupware tiers. It will provide integrated virus scanning, anti-spam, content filtering controls, and the flexibility to choose between multi-platform software-based, appliance-based and hosted service solutions.
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      • 70 31 KINGSTON Technology Company Inchas announced its new Kingston 15-in-l Hi-Speed Reader. Designed to support 15 popular types of digital memory cards using four media ports, the USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Reader delivers up to 480 Mbps data transfer rates. The reader comes with a five-year warranty and
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      • 115 31 lOMEGA International announced last week the new lomega Micro Mini Hard Drive in 4 GB and 8 GB capacities. It has been designed with Drop Shock technology to handle the inevitable bumps and dings of portable use. A fold-away USB connector is built into
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      • 89 31 PLANTRONICS Inc has introduced the Pulsar 590, a Bluetooth stereo headset that lets users listen wirelessly to music and movies with excellent audio quality and switch seamlessly to mobile phone calls with the touch of a button. Available with a universal Bluetooth audio adapter, it provides
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      • 86 31  -  Compiled by LEE KIM SIANG NOKIA has released its new Nokia 6111 slider phone. It features a built-in camera with flash, a 262,000-colour display, visual radio and media player with stereo sound as well as MP3 and AAC ringtones. The 6111 is also able to
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    • 531 31  -  By ROLAND LIM SECURITY solutions provider Trend Micro is placing its bets on the "much neglected" small and medi-um-sized business (SMB) market to fifel its growth fev the region. Its latest solutions launched last week Trend Micro Client Server Security (CSS)
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    • 1056 31  -  &lt;you say&gt; With the network a commodity now, applications that drive businesses will be key By TOM CHEONG SALES pitches from hardware vendors about the ability of their network infrastructure solutions to transport voice and data and increasingly, video are of little interest to business
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