The Business Times, 11 April 2006

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://biisiness-times.asia 1 .com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Tuesday April 11,2006
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    Lock icon Q1 growth likely to beat 9.1 % estimate
    547 1  - Q1 growth likely to beat 9.1 estimate Government's advance estimate shows higher growth in key sectors of S'pore economy By ANNA TEO two years. United Overseas Bank's economists who had forecast 16 per cent manufacturing growth for Q1 say the construction and services sectors exceeded their expectations. Notably, the 0.6
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    137 1 STI 2.545.92 (-6.13) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,546.00 (-6.00) siMsa 301.94 (-0.60) SIMSG FUTURES 301.20 (-1.00) MARKETS Monday Change KLSECOMP 942.47 -1.24 NIKKEI 225 17,456.58 -106.79 HANG SENG 16,521.59 +49.81 SET INDEX 757.51 -12.82 JAKARTA COMP Closed MANILA COMP 2,207.94 -8.79 SEOUL COMP 1,398.29 -4.07 SHENZHEN B 281.55 +4.40
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    Lock icon NKF hires law firm as it considers action against former board
    476 1  -  Legal team looking into contracts with Forte, Protonweb By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has hired one of Singapore's top law firms, Allen Gledhill (A&G). to look into possible legal recourse against the charity's former board
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      35 1 JM COLLECTIVE SALE Cairnhill site ■H clinched at $123 m CTTIRAYA Director gets 45 months' jaU PGS RUPEE CONVERTIBILITY India needs warc ,est SH* 1 I Bjr«^Hti SME SPOTLIGHT Furniture trade sees strong growth PGI3
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      167 1 As]j\ quautyofufe^m Survey rates S*pore ffl I as best city in Asia j J mk| Tuesday, April 11,2006 ft Si TUT COMMENTARY Labroy's rig play comes with risks PG4 Sonata Cathedral Dual Time lißß^teft. Tradition Craftsmanship Innovation Patented innovative alarm with melodic chime and 24 hour countdown indicator. 24 hour
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Analysts expect higher bid for UK port operator
      399 2  -  Consortium that includes GIC of S'pore could up bid to over 800 pence a share By DONALD URQUHART (SINGAPORE] Analysts in London believe the Goldman Sachs-led investment consortium that includes the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) will up its bid for
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      635 2 Chip Eng Seng bags Cairnhill en bloc plot for $123 m RIDING on the current upturn in sentiment in the high-end residential market, construction and property group Chip Eng Seng has clinched the freehold Venus Mansion at Peck Hay Road in the Cairnhill area for $123 million in
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      Lock icon Thai central bank raises a key interest rate by 25 basis points
      874 2  -  Protest leader Sondhi faces charges over remarks about king By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THE Bank of Thailand (BOT) yesterday decided to raise the key 14-day repurchase rate by 25 basis points for the 12th consecutive time as
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      Lock icon Hng Kiana on Marina IR: Very strong bids from all four
      206 2 [SINGAPORE] The four contenders for the Marina Bay integrated resort (IR) have each submitted very strong bids and delivered ott all the criteria set out, said Trade and Industry Minister Urn Hng Kiang. The high quality of the bids
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      Lock icon S'pore is best in Asia for quality of life: poll
      585 3  -  Zurich, Geneva still top Mercer survey, Tokyo slips while Hong Kong rises By MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] Singapore has pipped Tokyo as the city with the highest quality of living in Asia, according to a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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      Lock icon Citibank scheme rakes in $500m from heartlanders
      756 3  -  Its unfixed deposit, friendly service win over HDB residents By SIOW LI SEN (SINGAPORE] Citibank Singapore may have garnered an estimated half a billion dollars from "heartlanders" mainly Singaporeans who live in HDB housing in the last nine months through its fixed deposits.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Cairnhill en bloc plot goes to Chip Eng Seng at $123m
      506 4  -  Breakeven cost for a 100-unit condo project would be about $1,100 psf Reports by KALPANA RASHIWALA RIDING on the current upturn in sentiment in the high-end residential market, construction and property group Chip Eng Seng has clinched the freehold
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      Lock icon OCBC to book $260m Q3 gain from site sale
      375 4 OCBC Bank will book a gain of about $260 million for the third quarter from the $329.1 million sale of its Kim Seng Road site to Indonesia's Lippo group. Yesterday's announcement of the site's sale confirms an earlier BT report. Market
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      Lock icon Labroy's rig play comes with risks
      645 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG WHEN Labroy Marine announced its first contracts to build offshore oil rigs last month, it sent the message that rig building was not just for the big boys like Keppel Corp and SembCorp Marine. But even as
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      Lock icon Company director gets 45 months in Citiraya case
      530 5  -  COURT CASES Tan Liang Chye 10th person to be jailed; accounts clerk's trial begins By WONG WEI KONG A COMPANY director convicted of falsifying accounts in the Citiraya Industries corruption scandal was sentenced to 45 months in prison at the Subordinate Court
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      Lock icon UOB stock upgraded even as court hearings begin
      416 5  -  By LESLIE EE UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday saw its shares recommendation upgraded to "outperform" from "neutral" by Macquarie Research. The financial institution is impressed by the bank's capital management prospects and improvements from overseas operations. UOB shares rose 10 cents yesterday at
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      Lock icon Temasek may pare CapitaLand, SembCorp stakes: Citigroup report
      362 5 Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings may "gradually" pare its stakes in Capita Land Ltd and SembCorp Industries Ltd as their shares have risen, Citigroup Inc said in a report. Temasek, which this year bought stakes in Thailand's Shin Corp and Standard Chartered Pic, is
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      Lock icon OCBC names KPMG as its new auditors
      434 7  -  Bank's switch from PwC is in line with MAS's 2002 rules on auditor rotation By LESLIE YEE OCBC Bank is switching auditors, away from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) which it has been using for more than 35 years, the bank announced yesterday. Rival accountancy firm
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      Lock icon Shareholder may sell major slice of stake: KS Energy
      292 7  -  By UMA SHANKARI KS ENERGY Services, whose shares have been suspended since Wednesday last week, yesterday said that a substantial shareholder might sell a "major portion" of its stake in the equipment distributor for the rig-related industry. KS Energy gave no
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      Lock icon Omega closes 10% below IPO price
      435 7  -  IPO DEBUTS Stock closes at $25.50, with 67,150 units traded By VEN SREENIVASAN THE dual-listed shares of Greek shipping company Omega Navigation Enterprises sank 10 per cent below their $27,353 initial offer price when they debuted on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday. But those
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      Lock icon Singapore Windsor closes 1.5c above offer price
      351 7  -  By OH BOON PING SINGAPORE Windsor yesterday closed 1.5 cents above its initial public offer price but failed to meet debut expectations. The counter started at 26.5 cents well below an expected opening price of 31 cents and hit a dayhigh of 28.5
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      Lock icon SembCorp unit bags US$1.35b Abu Dhabi plant deal
      429 9  -  SembCorp Utilities tops bids for 40% stake in power and desalination plant By RONNIE LIM ABU Dhabi will sign a US$l.35 billion power and desalination plant privatisation contract with Singapore's SembCorp Utilities this month, according to an official* from the United Arab
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      Lock icon US$165m rig deal for Jurong Shipyard
      210 9  -  By DONALD URQUHART SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, has announced yet another rig building contract this time a jack-up rig for Larsen Oil and Gas-managed Jacklnvest I Pte Ltd. The U*****.5 million contract for the PPL Shipyard's proprietary Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up
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      Lock icon YHS in dispute with taxman
      328 9  -  AUDITOR'S NOTE Reports by ALEXANDRA HO FOOD and beverage giant Yeo Hiap Seng (YHS) is disputing the taxman's claims that it has to pay up on the revaluation surplus of its property development projects. The nub of the matter is whether two revaluation surpluses should
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      Lock icon Compact Metal, Greatronic and Eco Water also draw auditors' concern
      488 9 IT'S annual report season and auditors have highlighted concerns with some companies, including Eco Water, Compact Metal Industries and Greatronic. Compact Metal Industries' auditors, KPMG, noted that its balance sheets showed that the group's and the company's current liabilities surpassed
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      1605 4 Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg to book your tender notice in our newspapers now. Notice of Second Annual General Meeting TOUCAN FOODS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated to Singapore «4to United ItobWy) (Company Reglelrabon No. *****1338W) TUffKl=±irt* G VEN lh nd Ganerel Meeting of Youcan Food* International Limited (The Company")
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      2334 6 HOR KEW CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****3415K) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 66 Sungei Kadut Street 1, Singapore *****7 on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 at 11.30 a.m.
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      2023 6 CG TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Room 1003, Level 10 NTUC Centre No. 1, Marina Boulevard One Marina Boulevard, Singapore *****9 on 27 April 2006 at 10.00 a.m.
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      19 7 Inviting tenders? Call 1800 289 8822 or email notiees@sph.com.sg to book your tender notice in our newspapers now. NOTICES
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      101 7 Skills Matter. Not Age. and enthusiasm, Zainatis enjoying L?JI In// second career with us. wy/W 111/ J Eddie Ng, 34 Container Logistics Manager The advantage is yours PSA gains the advantage by retaining dedicated older workers through retraining. Our older workers still have a lot to offer. It's not how
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      4885 8 :*at^ €0 NOTICES I -A- X JL X*_J X_j Ly Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg I JUsiapower ASIA POWER CORPORATION LIMITED Company Registration No.: *****1487 C (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF 9™ ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 9th Annual General Meeting of ASIA
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      52 9 We are a public company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and we invite interested parties to bid for CASUARINA BEACH RESORT Batu Ferringhi, Penang, Malaysia. Interested parties, please get the bid documents from: Mr. Lee Tel +603 8947 8889 E-mail casuarina.penang@yahoo.com.my Closing date spm on 12/6/06 Terms and
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      123 9 Spring fever is taking over! Simply fly ANA from Wf Singapore to Japan and get to shop for free at Mi I JfljpT Takashimaya, Isetan or Robinsons! That's not all, you Rp will also get a one-way free excess baggage allowance! Just our way of saying thank you for your
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Profit-taking drags ST Index lower
      531 10  -  STOCKS Property stocks like City Developments and Singapore Land hit by selling TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent INVESTORS were taking some money off the table, particularly in property counters, after the strong run in the Singapore market so far this year. The Straits Times Index
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      1010 10 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Apr 10 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Buy/ Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Sell '000 Shr C000) ('000) Hotel Plaza 10-Apr-06 UOL Ltd Buy 88 na *****8 77.69 *****6 77.71 Magnecomp 7-Apr-06 Thai Focused Eqty
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      1005 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI City Developments April 10 dose SSIOJO MACQUAME RESEARCH, April 10 WE HAVE downgraded City Dev from a "neutral" to a "underperform". Based on our RNAV oi 558.15, the stock has potential downside of 25 per cent. Almost 70 per cent of its gross assets
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      Lock icon Dollar trims gains after jobs report
      479 10 CURRENCIES AFP [TOKYO] The dollar was slightly weaker in Asian trade yesterday, paring gains sparked by a solid US employment report that fuelled speculation of further US interest rate rises, dealers said. The dollar eased to 118.04 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade from 118.29
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore, Saudi Arabia ink deals to boost ties
      522 11  -  One agreement sets out investment framework, the other is trade MOU By DANIEL BUENAS SINGAPORE and Saudi Arabia yesterday signed two agreements to promote trade and investment. The first is an agreement aimed at boosting bilateral investment flows through a framework that
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      Lock icon S'pore-M'sia issues yet to be settled: minister
      179 11 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday he did not foresee a solution soon to the pending issues between Malaysia and Singapore. Nevertheless, the absence of any accord on the issues would not undermine bilateral relations, he told reporters in
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      Lock icon WDA makes older-worker pitch
      88 11 TO raise the employability of older workers, the Workforce Development Agency today launches an awareness campaign aimed at employers, older workers and the general public. The campaign will feature real-life examples of employers, colleagues and members of the public who recognise skills and experience over age,
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      Lock icon German firm seeks to develop solar-panel technology here
      616 12  -  HIGH-TECH INVESTMENTS It says it can reduce module production costs of solar cells by up to 50% By CHEN HUIFEN A GERMAN-based technology firm has discovered a way of producing solar panels at a fraction of the cost by conventional methods and
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      Lock icon Panasonic to hire 220 and invest $10m more in S'pore
      246 12  -  By ROLAND LIM PANASONIC Semiconductor Asia Pte Ltd (PSCA) yesterday announced that it will hire another 220 engineers within the next five years and invest an additional $10 million to train its staff here. Its latest investment is part of
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      Lock icon Nanotech firm opens $2.5m facility
      177 12 NANOTECHNOLOGY may still be a novel concept to Singapore, but a new $2.5 million facility is set to alter this by unlocking its growth potential. The company behind the facility is Sin-gapore-based NanoMaterials Technology (NMT), a company specialising in the development and commercialisation of production
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4985 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGI Amer Income B USD 8.54 ACMGI Amer Income A EUR 7.05/ ibu isiu 1,1 ACMGI Aiwf Income B EUR 7.05/ n<HA/ ACMGI Eurap Income Opp AT SGD 14-77/ ACMGI Eurap Income Opp BT SGD 14.77/ V® ACMGI Eurap Income Opp AT EUR 7.59/ S EKr" i
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      2949 11 :*AT3 NOTICES BU y:T.sELLiT.r,NDiT Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices^sph.com.sg %Jh it m -a- U CHMA MERCHANTS HOLOMQB (PAOHC) UCTED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration Number ********** NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA MERCHANTS HOLDINGS (FttCIFIC) LIMITED (the
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  • SMEspotlight
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      Lock icon Furniture trade sees strong growth
      1050 13  -  Major manufacturers lay emphasis on design and quality as smaller players set sights on global markets, writes NANDE KHIN NANDE KHIN SINCE leather sofa maker HTL International's group managing director Phua Yong Tat took home the Businessman of the Year award at last month's Singapore
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      Lock icon Tru-Marine's turbocharged growth
      991 13  -  By SIM PING KHUAN AN eye for opportunity is a crucial component for succeeding in business and TruMarine directors David Loke, Jack Chan and Loke Yuen Kong certainly know an opportunity when they see one. Ship-repair company Tru-Marine began in 1977, acting mainly as a sub-contractor in
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      Lock icon Lasseters on expansion path
      660 14  -  SMALL CAPS Chairman Jaya JB Tan talks to NANDE KHIN about the company's growth strategies for its online and land-based gaming businesses NANDE KHIN fj jj LICK and mortar" gaming operator W Lasseters International aims to grow both its land-based and online gaming business arms by
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      Lock icon Signs of market taking a breather
      323 14  -  By TEH HOOI LING THE UOB Sesdaq Index has enjoyed a 13-day winning streak and is now near a two-year high. But there are signs this segment of the market is in need of a rest. Yesterday, losers overwhelmed gainers by 259-137. And in
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      Lock icon Working around GST to cut business costs
      1081 15  -  LAM KOK SHANG looks at some of the schemes and opportunities available to help SMEs manage their costs LAM KOK SHANG SINGAPORE'S Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate is one of the lowest in the world. But still it can have a significant
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      2229 14 5at5 Q& NJOTirFS buyit-sEuiT-f,nd,t -L' L-J Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.corn.sg gl UNITED TEST AND ASSEMBLY CENTER LTD (Company Registration No. *****8070H) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held
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      21 15 Releasing your financial results? Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg to book your financial results in our newspapers now. NOTICES
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      1376 15 STARTECH ELECTRONICS LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Registration No. *****6220H NOTICE OF SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company w* be held at the SAA City Campus, 1 Raffles Place, 27th Floor, OUB Centre, Singapore *****6 on Thursday,
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      1487 15 SUPER COFFEEMIX MANUFACTURING LTD (Co. Reg. No. *****1696K) (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd ("the Company") will be held at No. 2 Senoko South Road, Super Industrial Building, Singapore 7580% on Thursday, 27 April
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      1527 16 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****8462 C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Samudera Shipping Line Ltd ("the Company") will be held at Amara Hotel, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore *****9, Connection 2, Level 3, on
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      2223 16 <3^" JEL CORPORATION JEL CORPORATION (HOLDINGS) LTD. (Company Registration No. *****6139K) (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of JEL Corporation (Holdings) Ltd. ("the Company") will be held at 11 Changi North Way, JEL
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      27 16 Want the best deal? Invite tenders. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.eom.sg to book your tender notice in our newspapers now. MAT 3 NOTICES I I
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Streamlining Asian FTAs a challenge
      611 17  -  But ADB paper says despite piecemeal approach, an integrated Asia-Pac is within reach By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo STREAMLINING the overlapping web of free-trade agreements proliferating across Asia will require "considerable effort so as to minimise their 'noodlebowl' effect and bring coherence to this FTA-led
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      Lock icon Stronger US jobs growth expected
      290 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] US job growth this year may outpace the growth of the past two years, but higher wages remain limited to high-skill jobs, employment industry executives said after a stronger-than-expected report showed broad-based job gains and moderate wage inflation. "It looks like we're
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      Lock icon Japan reopens Asean trade talks
      265 17 AFP [TOKYOI Japan resumed talks yesterday to reach a free trade deal with the 10 members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) after an eight-month stalemate, the foreign ministry said. Japan will also hold bilateral talks during the three-day meeting with Cambodia, Laos
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      Lock icon China makes a killing from gold
      416 17  -  By NEIL BEHRMANN in London CHINA has made a killing from increasing its monetary gold reserves when the price was depressed in 2001 and 2002. It raised its gold reserves by a third, or 6.4 million ounces to 19.3 million ounces, in 2001 and
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      3309 17 :»AT-c J 00 N OT ICES B^^rTwiNc.t To 11 ree: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices(5sph com.sg «CHIP ENG SENG CORPORATION LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (RnMratiM No. *****5196H) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Emerald Suite, Golf Clubhouse-Level II Orchid Country
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      5140 18 I €0 NOTICES I it Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg I o« mediaring Registration N0.*****4568R (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Mediaßing Ltd ("the Company") will be held at Singapore Post Centre, 10 Eunos Road 8 #05-30 The Pavilion (Theatrette),
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bursa M'sia jumps 3% to record high
      516 19  -  Exchange riding on speculative plays as trading volume soars By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur BURSA Malaysia may have been the region's worst performing bourse last year, but as a stock, it has been a runaway success so far this year. Already one
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      332 19 IKUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia Bhd will this month launch Bursa Station, a subscription-based information product that would help retail investors to trade, Malaysia's Business Times reported its chief executive officer Yusli Mohamed Yusoff as saying. Bursa Station will provide real-time market quotes, news
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      536 19 Reuters [SINGAPOBE] An investor group led by Indonesian bank Benaissance Capital plans to borrow US$2.l billion to fund a US$3 billion acquisition of two coal mines from Bumi Besources, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday. Bumi, Indonesia's largest listed mining group,
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      326 19 Bernama [PENANG] Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak yesterday clarified that the government had not made any decision on the setting up of an independent body or an ombudsman. He said that the government was looking into the matter
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        75 19 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa faces uncertainties and 2006 could be a pivotal year for its A- corporate credit rating, ratings agency Standard and Poor's said. The outlook on the rating is negative while Hutchison faces uncertainties over several key issues
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        82 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] Kuwait's government plans to invest US$5 billion in building an oil refinery in the southern Chinese coastal city of Guangzhou. Hong Kong daily Ta Kung Pao reported yesterday. It cited Guangzhou city's deputy mayor Gan Xin as saying the National
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        65 19 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] National oil and gas giant Petronas yesterday said its subsidiary has signed a 15-year pact to supply liquefied natural gas to Japan's second-largest gas company. Malaysia LNG will sell 920,000 metric tons of LNG a year to Osaka Gas
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        83 19 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Benq Corp, Taiwan's biggest mobilephone maker, said it will sell its disk-drive unit to Lite-on IT Corp for NT$l.2 billion (5559.4 million) plus al3 per cent stake in Lite-on IT. The disk-drive division falls under Benq's computing product business group,
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      380 19 Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government will keep reducing subsidies on fuel moving closer to allowing markets to set prices, said Effendi Norwawi, minister in the prime minister's department. "The principle of this administration is to move away from subsidies as soon as it
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      539 20 It'll require regular documentation from foreigninvested entities [HONG KONG] Foreign firms in China face closer scrutiny as the government moves to bring in an estimated 300 million yuan (Ss6o million) a year it says slips through the tax net via illegal transfer pricing,
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      41 20 [HONG KONG] A flight attendant at the Hong Kong international airport wears a protest sticker on her shirt. Some flight attendants yesterday initiated a petition objecting to three airlines setting the retirement age of flight attendants at 45. REUTERS
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      330 20 Crackdown on industrial pollution dampens investments in industry [ZHUHAI] China's beleaguered petrochemical producers may be glimpsing a light at the end of the pipeline, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. While oil prices are expected to remain at or near their current highs, there are
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      280 20 Bloomberg SAIC Motor Corp, China's second-biggest carmaker, will invest 13.7 billion yuan (552.7 billion) to make cars of its own design, taking it into competition with its partners, General Motors and Volkswagen. SAIC plans to build capacity for up to 300,000
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      535 21 Rule blocks multiple casinos from operating in same, building [HONG KONG] Macau's increasingly crowded gambling market is bringing rivals into face-to-face competition, but the government is taking a relaxed stance on how they share space, The Standard reported yesterday. Melco International
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      225 21 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said yesterday it plans to seek a separate listing of its Chinese medicine unit, Hutchison China Meditech Ltd, on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The ports-to-telecoms conglomerate gave no details on
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      626 23 From 400 Chinese software engineers, target headcount is 1,600 next year Reuters [HANGZHOU, China] India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) plans to double its China headcount in each of the next two years, as part of its drive to diversify from its home market,
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      462 25 Move marks end of dispute between two main shareholders Bloomberg (NHVV DELHI! The Aditya Birla Group will pay close to US$l billion to buy the Tata Group's 48.14 per cent stake in their joint mobile phone venture, marking the end
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      280 25 Bloomberg (MUMBAI] Bharti Tele-Ven-tures, in which Singtel has a stake, Reliance Infocomm and rival Indian mobilephone companies added a record 5.14 million users in March by offering low rates and tariff plans that include free incoming-calls for a lifetime. The number of users rose
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      341 25 Bloomberg [MUMBAU State Bank of India, the nation's largest lender, said its more than 9,000 branches opened for business yesterday after the government brokered an end to a week-long strike. The bank's 205,000 workers returned to work after the bank agreed to
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      1297 23 FiZSTfyfLiNK FIRSTLINK INVESTMENTS CORPORATION LIMITED (Registration No. *****2562E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Mandarin Court B, 4th Floor, Grand Tower, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 on Thursday, 27 April 2006
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      1255 23 o o I KB KINGBOARD COPPER FOIL HOLDINGS LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of KINGBOARD COPPER FOIL HOLDINGS LIMITED will be beld at sth Floor, Block J, Valiant Industrial Centre, 2-12 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan, Shatin, Hong Kong on Thursday, April 27, 2006
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      4580 24 m. NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg NOVENA HOLDINGS LIMITED n a. Registration No: *****7300 M Consumer uurstyle Group (Incorporated in Singapore) at««i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 47 Sungei Kadut Avenue, Singapore *****0 on Friday,
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      1320 24 GUL TECHNOLOGIES SINGAPORE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****3137E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 17" Annual General Meeting of Gul Technologies Singapore Ltd (the "Company") will be held at 9 Oxley Rise. 1" Storey Foyer. Pooium Block The oxley k Singapore *****7 on Thursday,
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      1835 25 SembCorp y Logistics SEMBCORP LOGISTICS LTD COMPANY REGISTRATION NO *****0166 M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Function Room, Level 3M, 5 Clementi Loop, Singapore *****6 on Wednesday, April 26,2006 at 2.30
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      2376 26 nera) Nera Electronics Ltd (Company Registration No. *****0191E) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of NERA ELECTRONICS LTD (the "Company") will be held at 109 Defu Lane 10, Singapore *****5 on 27 April 2006 at 11:00 am for the following purposes:
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      2664 26 nera) Nera Telecommunications Ltd (Company Registration No. *****2690R) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of NERA TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD "the Company") will be held at 109 Defu Lane 10, Singapore *****5 on 27 April 2006 at 11:30 am for the following purposes:
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      Lock icon Samsung, Sony to build new US$2b LCD line
      355 27 Move to cash in on expected flat-screen TV boom Reuters. Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea's Samsung Electronics and Japan's Sony Corp have agreed on a US$2 billion expansion of a liquid crystal display (LCD) plant, seeking a greater share of booming flat-screen TV
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      193 27 Reuters [HANOI] Semi-private Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank has applied to list on Vietnam's stock market, an industry official said yesterday, as the country seeks to diversify the type of offerings on its bourse from commodities companies. Vietnam's stock market capitalisation would be
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      1579 27 /Ik AA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD. Company Registration Number: *****2064 D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of AA Group Holdings Ltd. will be held at Duke Room, Level 2. Copthorne King's Hotel. 403 Havelock Road,
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      2175 27 -j t TELEDATA (SINGAPORE) LIMITED TobHriTri (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I v7IUUU IV-4 (Company Registration No. *****0922 M) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 151 Lorong Chuan, #04-02 New Tech Park (Lobby
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      464 28 LSE and Euronext advisers meet to discuss tie-up, say sources Reuters [LONDON] UK-based fund manager Fidelity, at one point London Stock Exchange's (LSE) biggest shareholder, has sold its stake in the long-standing bid target, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday. The
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      336 28 Reuters [PARIS] French President Jacques Chirac yesterday scrapped a planned youth job law that provoked weeks of protests, in a climbdown opponents celebrated as an unqualified victory. The move was a personal blow to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who had championed the First Job
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      287 28 [LONDON] Manchester United is weighing up a move into mobile telephony through selling branded handsets to its millions of fans around the world, and then running the service itself, says a report in the London Sunday Observer. The paper quoted Man Utd's
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      205 28 Reuters [ROME] Centre-left leader Romano Prodi looked on course to beat Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Italy's general election, exit polls showed yesterday, as voters punished the government for failing to revive the economy. Mr Prodi's alliance was set to win between
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      2332 28 t\\) CHINA WHEEL HOLDINGS LTD. (Company Registration No. *****7196 C) CHINA WHEEL (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) CDBEI9 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of China Wheel Holdings Ltd. ("the Company") will be held at Chartroom (Level 2), Raffles Marina, 10
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      1588 28 EUROPTRONIC GROUP LTD Qm»tp»r»m l» K* M* MOMWIH) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Europtronic Group Ltd ("the Company") will be held at The Conference Room, 80 Marine Parade Road #16-06, Parkway Parade, Singapore *****9 on Friday, 28 April 2006 at 9:30 am for the following
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      2100 29 —-i A-SONIC AEROSPACE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****1838G Registered Office 10 Anson Road #24-07, International Plaza. Singapore *****3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 168 Robinson Road. Capital Tower, Level 9 FTSE Room, Singapore
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      1815 29 WEPCO LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0314 D) (Incorporated in Singapore with Limited Liability) NOTICE OF THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Third Annual General Meeting of Wepco Limited ("the Company") will be held at the registered office, 5 Kwong Min Road Singapore *****8 on Thursday, 27
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      2217 29 pp-rpOTPCIT ELECTROTECH INVESTMENTS LIMITED CLCU I nu I CUM (Company Registration No. *****5084 D) L—(lncorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 8 Cross Street, #11-00 PWC Building, Singapore *****4 on
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  • AVIATION
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      478 30 Key customers, including SIA, have raised complaints about aircraft Reuters [TOULOUSE] European plane maker Airbus said yesterday it was ready to discuss possible improvements to its future A 350 plane after receiving several complaints about the mid-sized wide-body aircraft. "I want to note
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      130 30 Ij r i mm' BUSINESS (from S) ECONOMY (from HOTEL (from HoChiMinh $538 $185 j $141 iy Vietnam Airlines Vietnam Airlines PESTWiMWNS BUSHESS CLASS from!) ECONOMY CLASS fran 5) HOTB. from S) WIATHER Bangkok $600 Thai Airways $145 Swiss International $50 R-an Manila $774 Pt*pneAiHtes
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        122 30 Reuters [LONDON] Silverjet, which plans to launch a low-fare business class airline, is seeking to list on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in May, the company said yesterday. The firm is looking to raise £25 million (Ss7o million) from institutional investors in the UK
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        90 30 Reuters [DUBAI] Emirates Airlines will issue a 1.8 billion dirham (*****.2 million) bond in the next few months, a Dubai-based newspaper reported yesterday. The Gulf News quoted sources as saying the bond would be used to repay a floating rate note that matures
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        Lock icon EVA Air '05 profit falls 59% to NT$1.3b
        68 30 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] EVA Airways Corp, Taiwan's secondlargest air carrier, had a 59 per cent fall in 2005 profit because of higher fuel costs. Net income was NT$l.3 billion (5564.4 million), or NT$O.37 per share, the company, based outside Taipei, said in a
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      401 30 South African Air becomes group's 1st African member Bloomberg [HONG KONG/JOHANNESBURG] Shanghai Airlines Co, China's fifth-largest carrier by fleet size, said it's in talks to join Star Alliance, the world's largest airline grouping, as it seeks to offer more flights and cut
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      203 30 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] The new airport under construction in India's technology hub of Bangalore may be expanded to accommodate as many as 8.5 million passengers by 2010. Bangalore International Airport Ltd, or BIAL, said its board agreed "in principle" to redesign the facility, which will
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      186 30 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 2 Complex dye Norm's removed (8) (8) Across: 1 Contending, 9Thor, 10 3 Man had sharp change of di- 15 Not being honest on the vio- Paratroops, 11 Old man, 12 Conrection in port (6) lin? (8) cert, 15 Honesty, 16 Yokel, 17 Orts, 4 Lower garment (6)
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  • SHIPPING
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      907 31  -  Need to build strengths to meet overseas market needs: minister By GEORGE JOSEPH (SINGAPORE] Local logistics companies need to rise to the challenge of consolidation in the logistics industry by forming strategic alliances with other players or they run the risk of being nudged
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      352 31  -  Discovery comes as US debates tighter security for ports By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Twenty-two Chinese stowaways, believed to be part of a human smuggling ring, were discovered at the US west coast Port of Seattle last week after spending 15 days in a 40-foot
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      163 31 Reuters [CAIRO] An investigation into what caused an Egyptian ferry to sink in the Red Sea with the loss of more than 1,000 lives in February widened to include the firm which owned the boat, Egypt's Mena news agency said on Sunday. The government
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      Lock icon Dalian Port seeks HK$2.2b IPO to expand berths
      348 31 Bloomberg [HONG KONGJ Dalian Port Co, operator of China's biggest oil terminal, plans to sell shares to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd and three other strategic investors in its initial public offering, said bankers familiar with the plan. The company plans to raise as
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      1917 31 *>Hulti«Chem The Hole Solution Provider Registration No. tMSOOIItZ (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 11 Tuas Avenue 5, Singapore *****7 on Friday, 28 April 2006 at 11:30 a.m. to transact the following businesses: ORDINARY
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      526 32 EDITORIAL WHY is the price of crude heading up even in this season of weak demand? The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) says the market is well supplied, yet prices are just about US$3 below the U5570.85 historic peak reached last August
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      689 32  -  THE BOTTOM LINE SHADA ISLAM Brussels Correspondent ASIAN finance ministers who met their European counterparts in Vienna on April 9 may be tempted to go away reassured by Europe's vows to fight protectionism and keep its markets open to foreign exporters, businesses and
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      1112 32  -  Search on for more energy sources as far away as Africa as economy burgeons By TAN JIN SAN A GAME is currently being played on the international oil circuit, with China trying to secure energy from as many sources as possible to
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      1133 33  -  High forex reserves would provide liquidity and maintain the exchange rate By SANJEEV SANYAL INDIA'S government recently decided to re-evaluate the possibility of full capital account convertibility. The country has steadily eased controls since 1991 but significant restrictions remain. In particular, there are restrictions on
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      246 33  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Wang Yuean. executive chairman and CEO, Oriental Century Ltd WE REFER to your article "China school operator in legal dispute" (BT, April 7). The directors of Oriental Century Ltd (OCL) would like to clarify that GL Capital Pte Ltd
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      1644 33 ASIA SILK HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****1894 D) (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Asia Silk Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at Prince Room, Level 13, Copthorne King s Hotel, 403 Havelock Road, Singapore *****2 on Thursday, 27 April 2006
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      343 39  -  Company earmarks US$40m for property ventures in India and China By AL LABITA in Manila PHILIPPINE conglomerate Ayala Corp plans to use its Singapore unit to expand its property investments abroad, particularly in China, India and Thailand, company officials said. "We are
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