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Article, Illustration917 2006-04-01 1 SAMUEL EE - The feel-good factor, expat demand and keener pricing are helping to drive up sales By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE! With stock prices buoyant and the property market looking up, more high-end sports cars are being snapped up and many more non-Sin-gaporeans are buying917 words
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Article, Illustration540 2006-04-01 1 LESLIE YEE - By LESLIE YEE [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings' chief executive Ho Ching yesterday called for a cut in the tax rate for local corporate investors on their Singapore Reit investments. The tax rate for Singapore corporate investors now stands at 20 per cent,540 words
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892 2006-04-01 1 S JAYASANKARAN - 18% spending rise will give much needed respite for construction sector By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Abdullah Badawi's Ninth Malaysia Han (NMP). tabled in Parliament yesterday, includes higher government spending, sets ambitious targets and makes a renewed commitment to892 words
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Article134 2006-04-01 1 sn 2333.40 (+12.36) ST MDEX FUTURES 2,529.00 (+8.00) siMsa 300.76 (+1.67) SIMSa FUTURES 299J0 (-0.10) MARKETS Friday Change K15EC0MP -0.34 NKKEI22S 17.059.66 +1432 HANG SENG 15J05.04 75.65 SET INDEX 733.25 +2.26 JAKARTA COMP Closed MANILA C0MP 2,195.95 +15.31 SEOUL COMP 1,359.60 +21.46 SHENZHEN B 263.85 +1.94 MUMBAIIND 11,279.96134 words
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TOP STORIES
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662 2006-04-01 2 ANNA TEO - Five graduates share with alumni their roles in today's economy By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] There is a possibly disturbing trend for chief financial officers of companies not to be trained in accountancy. But five graduates of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) who spoke at a662 words
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Article, Illustration372 2006-04-01 2 Source: The Globalist India —A Salad Bowl of Religions? "-jh I. .i....... With a population of more than one billion people, India is known to be a hodgepodge of many religions; cultures and some 1,640 languages. Manmohan Singh, the country's prime ministe& is the first-ever Sikh to hold thatSource: The Globalist - 372 words
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Article, Illustration584 2006-04-01 2 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] Chief Justice Yong Pung How, 80, is to retire on April 10 after heading the bench for more than 15 years. The Prime Minister's Office said Attorney-General Chan Sek Keong will take over as Chief Justice while Justice Chao584 words
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439 2006-04-01 2 GENEVIEVE CUA - By GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] The burden of retirement and healthcare financing is shifting from corporations to individuals who do not understand the risks they are taking on, says Michael Caulfield, president of Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The trends of an ageing demographic and439 words
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Article358 2006-04-01 2 SembCorp in 350m-euro resolution to Solitaire case AFTER more than 10 years, SembCorp Industries has finally resolved the Solitaire issue by agreeing to pay 350 million euros (Ss6Bs million) to the pipe-laying vessel's owner. Allseas. An exceptional charge of about $65 million will be taken in the first358 words
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Article, Illustration564 2006-04-01 2 ROLAND LIM - SATURDAY SOAPBOX ROLAND LIM Reporter AS a journalist, I go to many lunches hosted by newsmakers. And believe me, the antishark's fin message from environmentalists and animal rights activists has largely fallen on deaf ears. In fact, on reflection, there was onlySummer Yeo Zhi Qi - 564 words
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RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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Article, Illustration1808 2006-04-01 3 AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY - William Green, CEO of Accenture, tells AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY why the consulting and outsourcing giant regards the customer as king AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WHEN you take up a job so that you can buy a new Volkswagen car, and that job happens to be one inYEN MENG JIIN - 1,808 words
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Article375 2006-04-01 3 ACCENTURE chief executive officer William Green reckons the global outsourcing and services industry has matured a lot "And when an industry matures two things happen, you are either a giant or a niche player," he says. "There's no middle ground. The middle is a375 words
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Advertisement57 2006-04-01 3 The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles International Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles International logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in an "east-west" direction, serving57 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration631 2006-04-01 4 CONRAD RAJ - Exceptional charge of about $65mto be taken in first quarter of 2006 By CONRAD RAJ AFTER more than ten long years, SembCorp Industries has finally resolved the Solitaire issue by agreeing to pay a staggering sum of 350 million euros631 words
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461 2006-04-01 4 UMA SHANKARI - $244 m asset injection and other agreements will give it 26.8% stake By UMA SHANKARI IN return for a sizeable stake, SembCorp Industries is injecting industrial park and leisure investments worth $244 million on the Indonesian Riau Islands into Gallant Venture (GV), a461 words
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Article, Illustration538 2006-04-01 4 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IF this week is to be remembered for anything, it wouldn't be for the Straits Times Index rising to new six-year highs because such rises have been so frequent this year that they have538 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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Article67 2006-04-01 4 SINGAPORE Post's current chief financial officer (CFO) Celine Wang now has a new position within the company. From today, Ms Wang will head the newly-formed division of Regulatory Affairs and Corporate Administration. To focus on her new position, Ms Wang will relinquish her position67 words
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52 2006-04-01 4 DAVID Tan takes over as CEO of Capita Commercial Trust Management Ltd (CCTML) from today. The former listings head of Singapore Exchange was named as CEO-designate of CCTML earlier last month. The incumbent CEO Martin Tan will remain on CCTML's board and52 words
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73 2006-04-01 4 INFORMATICS Holdings has announced the resignation of Michael Teng Yeow Heng as chief executive and director of the group with effect from yesterday. It also announced the appointment of two senior executives, Val Ortega and Cecilia Tong, as executive directors. Mr Ortega has been named73 words
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535 2006-04-01 5 RONNIE LIM - Bid not a surprise but a shame if firm is delisted: strategic investor By RONNIE LIM PEARL Energy which has now become a takeover target of UAE-listed Aabar Petroleum saw its shares closing unchanged at $1.98 yesterday, following a resumption of trading at535 words
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443 2006-04-01 5 LESLIE YEE - By LESLIE YEE TWO real estate investment trusts (Reits) have just made their trading debuts on the Singapore Exchange with contrasting fortunes. Pan-Asian service residence Reit, Ascott Residence Trust (ART), closed trading yesterday at $1.15 per unit, giving shareholders of The Ascott Group,443 words
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Article, Illustration337 2006-04-01 5 CONRAD TAN - Parties to discuss one charge that has no legal precedent By CONRAD TAN THE sentencing of Brilliant Manufacturing's former executive chairman and managing director Harry Koh Soe Khon has been postponed again to April 13, while the prosecution and defence argue over how to337 words
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224 2006-04-01 5 FORMER China Aviation Oil (CAO) chief Chen Jiulin has decided not to appeal against his prison sentence, his lawyers confirmed yesterday the last day on which he could have done so. Chen went into Queenstown Remand Prison last Tuesday, after he was sentenced224 words
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PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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Article, Illustration897 2006-04-01 6 MATTHEW PHAN - Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN OCBC Bank March 31 close: $6.70 CREDIT SUISSE. March 29 IN A presentation, OCBC's CFO Soon Tit Koon highlighted the bank's change in focus from seeking international growth to deepening penetration in chosen markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. He reiterated that "OCBC willSource: Bloomberg - 897 words
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Article1030 2006-04-01 6 For week beginning Mar 27 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS SubuntM toy No of Price SHAREHOLDING Tram SharohoMor/ Soft Sharoi Por Brforo Aft* Stock Date D IfoctOf Coov '000 SV S PW*) 0*0 Scorpio East 30-Mar-06 Cheong Loo Kheng Buy 302 0.16 *21° *22 Nam Lee 29-Mar-06 Yong1,030 words
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Article, Illustration1649 2006-04-01 6 TEH HOOI LING - SHOW ME THE MONEY To sell or not to sell? Here's a checklist to go through before disposing of your stock TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent A LOT of investors have a happy problem on their hands now. But it's also a problem that's one of theSource: Next View Advisor - 1,649 words
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BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration3362 2006-04-01 7 OVERVIEW IN the financial year which ended on March 31 this year, the Indian economy saw another year of impressive growth with an expected 8.1 per cent increase in gross domestic product (GDP). This makes India the second fastest growing major economy in the3,362 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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648 2006-04-01 8 NANDE KHIN, CHEN HUIFEN - MCYS launches ComCare Connection to encourage tie-ups By NANDE KHIN, CHEN HUIFEN COMPANIES and co-opera-tives wishing to launch social programmes to help the needy can now get help through the Com Care Connection to partner voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs), Community Development Councils648 words
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Article, Illustration383 2006-04-01 8 ARTHUR SIM - CHANGING LABOUR MARKET By ARTHUR SIM ANYONE house-hunting this weekend may want to ask whether the real estate agent showing them around is accredited. Since Nov 11 last year, the Singapore Accredited Estate Agencies (SAEA) Scheme has been in place to ensure standards of practiceNP - 383 words
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419 2006-04-01 8 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THOSE providing air transport services continued to be the highest paid, as total operating receipts generated by the overall transport services industry rose 18.4 per cent to $46.1 billion in 2004. According to the latest report on419 words
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SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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101 2006-04-01 8 POLICYHOLDERS with NTUC Income life policies are to have their bonuses increased for a third year running. The increase also extends to the cooperative insurer's 26,000 annuity customers. NTUC Income says 80 per cent of its 730,000 participating policies will enjoy a bonus rise.101 words
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41 2006-04-01 8 INDIAN Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath met Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday, SM Goh's press secretary said. They discussed improvements to the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) signed by India and Singapore.41 words
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Article54 2006-04-01 8 THE Singapore biometric passport was unveiled yesterday by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. In the first phase, which starts on April 29, officials and Singapore Airlines creWwill use the BioPass, allowing the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to sort out any problems. From August, all new54 words
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55 2006-04-01 8 THERE are four new members for the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board. They are Gong Wee Lik, deputy MD of EDB's Cluster Development Corporate Services; Leow, executive chairman of Crescendas Group; BG Wong Ann Chai, Chief Armour Officer for Mindef; and Lim Boon Wee,55 words
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267 2006-04-01 8 GRACE CHONG - By GRACE CHONG EMPLOYEES aged 50 or above show greater commitment and alignment to their companies than their younger colleagues and feel they are better equipped in terms of resources, according to research by human resource consultancy Watson Wyatt Worldwide. The survey showed267 words
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Article, Illustration379 2006-04-01 9 KALPANA RASHIWALA - PROPERTY FEVER He had bought 6 freehold bungalows for $5.8 m each, sells one for $9m By KALPANA RASHIWALA SIMON Cheong has again proved himself a savvy property investor. In about three months, he has made a handsome $3 million-plus profitFILE PHOTO - 379 words
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369 2006-04-01 9 ALEXANDRA HO - By ALEXANDRA HO THE collective sale fever continues, this time outside the downtown prime areas. Owners of three properties in the Thomson area Lock Cho Apartment, Comfort Mansion and a 4-storey walk-up apartment fetched $156.3 million after they joined forces to collectively sell369 words
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460 2006-04-01 9 WONG WEI KONG - By WONG WEI KONG THE Crimson Logic executive who handled the Carrefour IT contract at the centre of a corruption case involving top Crimson Logic officials pursued the project without proper authority. This was revealed after several days of cross-exam-ination of the executive,460 words
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Article246 2006-04-01 9 AFTER a five-year term, Bobby Chin has stepped down as chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). His term expired yesterday. Alan Chan, CEO of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), will replace him with effect from today. Mr Chin joined the URA Board as a member246 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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943 2006-04-01 10/11 PAULINE NG - Rising inequality in income a worrying trend; bumiputras worst hit By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA hopes to lift bumiputra ownership of corporate wealth to between 20 and 25 per cent by 2010, and to at least 30 per cent943 words
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131 2006-04-01 10/11 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian ringgit hit its highest In nearly eight years yesterday, boosted by large corporate flows and an absence of regular central bank intervention. One trader also attributed the ringgit's rise to bullish expectations from the government's five-year plan unveiled yesterday.Reuters - 131 words
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BRIEFLY ASIA
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117 2006-04-01 10/11 Reuters INHW DELHI! India's largest private carrier, Jet Airways Ltd, has received the nod of a government panel to take over smaller rival Air Sahara, a Jet source said yesterday. Jet had announced in January it would buy Sahara for US$5OO million inReuters - 117 words
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75 2006-04-01 10/11 AFP (BEIJING] China's big four state banks are still fa r from operating healthily despite billions of dollars in government bailouts and changes to corporate governance structures, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The banks' way of doing business appears to haveAFP - 75 words
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Article85 2006-04-01 10/11 Bloomberg (BEIJING) China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest oil producer, denied a report that it is in talks to invest in a US$6.l billion refinery expansion project by Reliance Industries Ltd in India's western state of Gujarat. Reliance is planning the world's largestBloomberg - 85 words
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91 2006-04-01 10/11 Reuters [CANBERRAI Australia issued a new travel warning for Indonesia yesterday, talking of the possibility of an attack against Westerners tomorrow. "Recent reports suggest Sunday (April 2, 2006) could be a potential date for attack but we emphasise that attacks could occur at anyReuters - 91 words
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95 2006-04-01 10/11 Bloomberg (MUMBAI) India's foreign-exchange reserves, comprising overseas currencies, gold and special drawing rights with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), rose US$2.5 billion to U*****.66 billion in the week ended March 24. the nation's central bank said in a statement in Mumbai. Foreign-currency assets roseBloomberg - 95 words
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605 2006-04-01 10/11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPURI Malaysia's life insurance companies, which own about 10 per cent of outstanding government bonds, say yields are too low to allow them to give their policyholders suitable returns. Government bonds denominated in Malaysian ringgit haveBloomberg - 605 words
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GREATER CHINA
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623 2006-04-01 10/11 They have started to fund Chinese and Indian firms before the stocks are listed Reuters IHONG KONGI Asian hedge funds, operating in an increasingly crowded market, have begun funding Chinese and Indian companies prior to their IPOs to get an inside track onReuters - 623 words
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Article, Illustration611 2006-04-01 10/11 JEREMY HUREWTTZ - CHINA INSICHT Deal will recognise China as 'market economy' JEREMY HUREWTTZ in Shanghai AUSTRALIA may seem like the most important stop on Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to the southern hemisphere next week. But due to the Free Trade Agreement being negotiated611 words
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Article, Illustration318 2006-04-01 10/11 AFP [TOKYO] China's rapid growth into the world's manufacturing base poses no threat to the United States which must refocus on higher-end products, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said yesterday. "At a time when China is growing as a manufacturing exporter ofAFP - 318 words
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385 2006-04-01 10/11 Reuters (BEIJING) China's Orient Asset Management Corp is offering bad loans with a book value of more than 50 billion yuan (SSIO.I billion) for sale, marking the latest move to speed up debt resolution. Company president Mei Xingbao told a newsReuters - 385 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration565 2006-04-01 12 Bloom berg [NEW DELHI] Citigroup Inc, the biggest US bank, plans to start a brokerage in India for individual clients as it seeks to tap growing affluence and improve its ability to arrange share sales in Asia's fourth-larg-est economy. The bank will formBloom berg; AFP - 565 words
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Article8201 2006-04-01 12 Transaction date: Mar 31 52-Wk Id Last Vol Day LactQuoU GrWv Div GrYM Not MCap High law Coda Comply Salo f000> Mjfc low »mr» So»or Cvr Wt $m» 5 1 5716 1st Software 5c 1.5 unch 1672 2 1.5 1.5 2 6.1 18.5 6 3148 8TelecomUS2c 7.5 -0.58,201 words
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686 2006-04-01 12 SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA - India overtakes China as largest defence purchaser among developing nations; US keen to sell more By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi AWAY from the glare of the India-US nuclear deal, there is another arena where Washington wants to engage New Delhi closely: it686 words
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Article, Illustration687 2006-04-01 13 ASHOK KUMAR - INDIA CORPORATE SPOTLIGHT Developers promise the largest and zaniest 'shoppotainment' centres ASHOK KUMAR In Mumbai THERE is a quiet revolution going on in Bangalore, home of two of India's biggest corporate success stories, Infosys and Wipro. The quiet southern Indian garden687 words
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Article6270 2006-04-01 13 Transaction Date: Mar 31 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Sunshine 6.2S< 109.374.000 MfS Tech 10c 123.043.270 MFS Tech 10c 98.664.000 D8SGfP 115.692.500 Biosensors USO.OIc 38*62.000 SingTel ISc 74.433.580 China Dairy Sc 31.413.000 UOB 64.706.200 SingTel 15c 28.071.000 OCBCBfcSOc 47.246.744 China Sun HK25c 27.505.000 Biosensors USO.OIc 45.445.850 Biosensor BNPeCW***** 26.581.0006,270 words
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609 2006-04-01 14 But gifts deemed routine 'promotional hospitality' prevalent for years AUSTRALIAN MPs were given gifts by Qantas, mainly seat upgrades and expensive wine, just before the federal Cabinet considered moves to expose the national carrier to competition from Singapore Airlines on the trans-Pacific route.609 words
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Article2354 2006-04-01 14 VOl General Corp 0.61 -0.05 1154 Mar 31 WM +1- COOP) Genting .23.80 -0.30 355 George Kent .0.55 unch 334 ASM Realty 1.37 unch 2 GHL Systems .0.21 0.01 5245 Abric 0.33 unch 35 Globetronics Tech .0.31 unch 1326 ACP industries 1.01 -0.01 1278 GlomacBhd 1.23 unch 1602,354 words
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Article, Illustration884 2006-04-01 14 By Our Correspondent in Bangkok AFTER weeks of street protests and confusion, millions of Thais are set to vote tomorrow to elect a new parliament. But analysts say that far from bringing an end to the political turmoil. it will merely mark884 words
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329 2006-04-01 14 DONALD URQUHART - By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPOREI At least 57 people drowned and 13 are missing, including four Singaporeans, after a tourist boat taking passengers on a dinner cruise capsized off Bahrain on Thursday night. An estimated 137 people were on board the pleasure boat329 words
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433 2006-04-01 14 AP. Reuters [WASHINGTON] Consumer spending, which had soared because of warm weather in January, slowed sharply in February while Americans' incomes grew by the smallest amount in three months. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that personal consumption spending rose by aAP.; Reuters - 433 words
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265 2006-04-01 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's six major banking groups were sitting on 8.4 trillion yen (*****.2 billion) in unrealised stock portfolio gains at the end of the financial year yesterday, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute estimated. That is more than double theReuters - 265 words
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658 2006-04-01 16 The bank, which had advised Toll on hostile bid for Patrick, denies any wrongdoing Bloomberg [SYDNEY] In the first such case against a company here, Citigroup is being sued by Australia's securities regulator for alleged insider trading while advising Toll Holdings on aBloomberg - 658 words
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431 2006-04-01 16 Reuters [GENEVA] Think of it as a family reunion and board meeting all in one. To prevent sibling rivalries and personal disputes from sapping family finances, financial advisers are urging the ultrawealthy to learn from transparency-driven public companies and talk more frankly aboutReuters - 431 words
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Article, Illustration309 2006-04-01 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] Just by saying no. Clara Furse, chief executive of London Stock Exchange, has made herself and investors £1.3 billion (553.7 billion) richer. Ms Furse has fended off four suitors who wanted to buy the LSE since 2004. Every time,Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 309 words
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Article, Illustration438 2006-04-01 16 Washington says intervention is to ensure fair trial NYT [BRUSSELS] The US government has intervened in Microsoft's anti-trust dispute with the European Commission, urging it and the 25 national governments in the European Union to be fair to the company, American diplomats andNYT; AP - 438 words
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Advertisement1759 2006-04-01 15 A PEOPLE'S FOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of People's Food Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at Grant Hyatt Singapore, Magnolia IV Room, 10 Scotts Road, Singapore *****1 on Friday, 28 April 2006 at 3.00 p.m.1,759 words
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MOTORING
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Article, Illustration975 2006-04-01 17 SAMUEL EE - DRIVING STYLE Jackson Liew aims to make Jackspeed Corp a regional leader in auto parts and accessories as well as outfitting aircraft interiors, writes SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE THE man who built up main-board-listed Jackspeed Corporation into a leather trim manufacturer for automotive and aviationARTHUR LEE - 975 words
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Article, Illustration626 2006-04-01 17 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE MERCEDES-BENZ has undergone a mini-revolution of sorts in the past 24 months. The threepointed star seems to have banished its legendary conservatism and adopted a new hipness by revamping its styling and rolling out a slew of new models, some626 words
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Article, Illustration228 2006-04-01 17 ARTHUR LEE - By ARTHUR LEE BUY a car, get a watch free. What's the big deal, one may ask, except that the watch in question is a $6,500 limited edition TAG Heuer automatic chronograph created to complement Mercedes-Benz. The 43 mm watch in black finish features a228 words
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GOLF
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Article, Illustration891 2006-04-01 18 JUSTINE MOSS - Creative Golf, a second-hand equipment store, attracts a loyal following, writes JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS IT may cost only a fraction of the price of a new car, but a golf club can depreciate in value at twice the speed of a set of wheels. That's whyARTHUR LEE - 891 words
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Miscellaneous278 2006-04-01 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD box (6) 5 Lady who is crazy to get up 1 Poised with poorly concealed e weetheart weapon (8) 6 Worried paints welcome 9 Curse of excommunication timewrth models(8) pronounced on Anna by 7 Avery cold composer. (4) them for an article (8) Strange metal pad in ree.278 words
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WELLNESS
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Article820 2006-04-01 19 CHEAH UI-HOON - CHEAH UI-HOON reports on a minimally invasive way to remove non-cancerous lumps in the breast CHEAH UI-HOON BREAST cancer might be the most common form of cancer among women in Singapore, with more than 900 new cases diagnosed each year, but an even larger number820 words
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354 2006-04-01 19 CHEAH UI-HOON - By CHEAH UI-HOON THE chances of post-menopausal women surviving breast cancer got a boost recently when three international trials showed how targeted hormone treatment can halve the likelihood of the disease returning and reduce mortality risk by nearly a third. "Surviving breast cancer is354 words
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Article, Illustration1381 2006-04-01 22 JAIME EE - Three casual eating joints serving simple but carefully prepared food. JAIME EE checks them out JAIME EE T'S the weekend and you're wondering what kind of easy, casual lunch you can have today. Well, depending on your mood, you've got three new places in town to choose from:ARTHUR LEE - 1,381 words
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