The Business Times, 28 April 2006

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Friday April 28,2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at .com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006
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    Lock icon A battle for the mandate of 1.22 million
    948 1  -  straight, fights in 47 seats as PAP is not returned to office on Nomination Day By CHUANG PECK MING ISINGAPOREJ Some 1.22 million Singaporeans almost twice as many as in the last general election will get to vote next Saturday, after the
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    139 1 STI 2,601.06 (+4.41) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,601.00 (+6.00) SIMSCI 309.57 (+0.65) SIMSCI FUTURES 310.20 (+1.00) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 947.61 -1.68 NIKKEI 225 17,114.54 +58.61 HANG SENG 16,742.85 +70.19 SET INDEX 770.01 -0.39 JAKARTA COMP 1,474.609 -7.110 MANILA COMP 2,281.39 +34.25 SEOUL COMP 1,452.53 +1.31 SHENZHEN 8 285.15
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Creating top R&D varsities is key: NRF panel
      399 2  -  Post-doctorate talent vital for S'pore research to reach new level By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] Creating top research universities is the next key step in taking research in Singapore to another level, says the National .Research Foundation (NRF) Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Speaking
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      Lock icon Merrill plans global support centre in S'pore
      274 2  -  By R SIVANITHY {SINGAPORE] US investment house Merrill Lynch plans to set up a globtfsupport centre in Singapore for its private banking and global markets businesses. The project will kick off in September and complexion is slated for end-2008, Merrill's Asia-Pacific chairman Raymundo
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      Lock icon Shell, ExxonMobil up petrol, diesel prices
      521 2  -  They cite pressure on industry from higher crude price By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Like soaring air fares,- petrol pump prices here are racing towards $2 a litre following the recent run-up in crude oil prices beyond US$75 a barrel. The pain started early yesterday,
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      63 2 IN yesterday's article "IR effect on property prices fizzling out", there were errors in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Property Price Index figures that we quoted. The correct figures are given below. We are sorry for the errors. PPI CHNG Q1 *05 114.6 0.7 Q2 '05 115.2 0.5 Q3 '05
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      563 2 KepCorp's Q1 earnings rise 18% to $170 m KEPPEL Corporation yesterday reported an 18 per cent increase in net earnings to $170 million for the first quarter ended March 31,2006, from $143.6 million the previous corresponding period. Revenue jumped 36 per cent to $1.54 billion. TOP STORIES, PG
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      Lock icon KepCorp's Q1 earnings rise 18% to $170m
      648 3  -  Results come in below analysts' forecast of 32% surge to $191m By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corporation yesterday reported an 18 per cent increase in net earnings to $170 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006, from $143.6 million the previous
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      Lock icon From three banks to two? Unlikely, says UOB chief
      432 3  -  Forced merger unlikely if local banks continue to do well By LESLIE YEE [SINGAPORE] United Overseas 3ank's chairman and chief executive Wee Cho Yaw does not think the Singapore authorities will push the three local banking groups to consolidate into two.
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      Lock icon PSA again voted best container terminal operator
      140 3 [SINGAPORK] PSA International again won the Best Global Container Terminal Operating Company award at The Asian Freight Supply Chain Awards ceremony yesterday. PSA Singapore Terminals was also voted Best Container Terminal Asia (over 4 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units or TKUs per year) for
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon RafflesEdu: Valuations too rich?
      697 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY Yesterdays Hock Lock Siew column discussed printing firm Xpress Holdings, whose shares have shot up by an outstanding 260 per cent this year alone. The conclusion reached in that column, however, was that the rise was not driven by fundamentals
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      Lock icon Permasteelisa Pacific under probe by GAD
      211 4 PERMASTEELISA Pacific Holdings said yesterday the Commercial Affairs Department is investigating certain affairs of the company. Permasteelisa Pacific, which fabricates and installs architectural curtain walls for buildings, told shareholders "the company, its officers and staff are fully cooperating with the CAD in their investigations".
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      Lock icon Higher Q1 profits seen for banks
      418 4 Rise on fund fees, brokerage commissions SINGAPORE banks are expected to report higher first-quarter profits,, boosted by brokerage commissions as equity markets surge and by fund fees following interest rate hikes in the region. Analysts expect earnings momentum for Singapore banks to pick up
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      Lock icon MediaRing confirms May offer for PacNet
      233 4 JUST as Mediaßing Ltd yesterday confirmed that it will press ahead with its general offer to buy Nasdaqlisted Pacific Internet Limited next month, PacNet's board said it will be appointing a financial adviser for the offer. Yesterday, BT reported that Mediaßing, an early adopter
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      Lock icon STATS swings to US$l2m Q1 profit
      544 6  -  CORPORATE RESULTS Firm demand for chips leads it to forecast profit for Q2 as well By ANGELA TAN STATS ChipPAC, the world's fourth-largest chip packaging and testing company, yesterday reported another profitable quarter thanks to strong demand for chips used in übiquitous gadgets like
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      Lock icon HPL sale boosts GuocoLand Q3 net
      296 6 MALAYSIAN tycoon Quek Leng Chan's Singaporelisted property vehicle GuocoLand yesterday posted a third quarter group net profit of $58.3 million, up from $16.1 million in the same year-ago period due mainly to a $40.1 million net profit from selling its stake in Hotel Properties.
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      Lock icon MapletreeLog unit distribution below expectations in Q1
      542 6  -  By KALPANA RASIWALA MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has turned in a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.11 cents for its first quarter this year, marginally below its expected 1.13 cents. This was due to an equity fund-raising exercise being completed 25 days later
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      Lock icon Raffles Hldgs profit rises 4% in first quarter
      390 6  -  By WONG WEI KONG RAFFLES Holdings yesterday posted a 4 per cent rise in first-quarter earnings in what could be one of the last few times the group is reporting results as a listed entity. Raffles said net profit in the three
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      Lock icon SingPost revenue hits record $412.8m'
      334 6  -  By MATTHEW PH AN CALLING it a "breakthrough" for the group, Singapore Post yesterday said its revenue for its ftill year ended March 31, 2006, has crossed the $400 million mark to hit a record $412.8 million. The group, which has not registered significant growth
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      Lock icon Ban Leong takes 25% stake in Aussie distributor
      459 6  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY BAN Leong Technologies, which distributes IT products and accessories, is spending about Asl.4"million (SSI.7 million) on buying a 25 per cent stake each in Innovision Technology Australia and its AVLabs brand. Speaking about the acquisition to BT, Ronald
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      Lock icon Leadership a hey issue at CAO's AGM
      716 9  -  Time to push for updates on its business prospects MICHELLE QUAH Senior correspondent MOST companies hold just one annual general meeting (AGM) in a year hence the appellation "annual". China Aviation Oil (CAO), however, will be one of the handful of Singapore companies
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      Lock icon Smooth proceedings at Raffles' AGM
      322 9  -  AGM WATCH By GRACE CHONG THE annual general meeting of Raffles Holdings went so smoothly yesterday that all resolutions were passed and the meeting was over in barely 15 minutes, leading one shareholder to describe it as "a reassuring blur". During the meeting, a final
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      724 6 mediating MEDIARING LTD (Company Registration Number *****4568R) NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE DATE FOR THE RIGHTS ISSUE The Board of Directors refers to the circular to the Shareholders dated 10 April 2006 (the "Circular") in relation to, inter alia, the proposed renounceable non-underwritten rights issue of up to 245,620,591 new ordinary
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      42 6 Suntec Tower office ranging from 12,000 to 13,000 sq. ft. Connected offices Central units ranging from 883 to 12,000 sq. ft. Other Prime CBD Offices Shophouse units Edmund Lee Tel: 9843 3965 Lennon Koh Tel: 9748 7400 Elf Seah Tel: 9693 4126
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Keppel helps STI cross 2,600 again
      559 8  -  STOCKS Top actives list contains odd mix of counters from diverse sectors like shipping, semiconductors and biomedical R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent Meaningful gains were at a premium during yesterday's session in the local stock market, in which the Straits Times Index (STI) added 4.41
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      Lock icon TRADES TO WATCH
      1031 8 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Apr 27 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Buy/ Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Sell 000 Shr S COOP) COOP) Ferrochina 27-Apr-06 She Chun Tai *Buy 9825 0.880 0 0.00 9825 2.98 Ferrochina 27-Apr-06 Lee Tung
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      1009 8  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Singapore Land April 27 dot: $7.00 April 27 SINGLAND is almost a pure office landlord. Office buildings account for more than 70 per cent of its assets. Its other properties are retail malls, hotels and some residential projects. We estimate that for every 10
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      Lock icon US$ hits fresh '06 lows despite robust data
      562 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent ANOTHER pair of strong US numbers released overnight did little to ease selling pressure on the US dollar, which has now plumbed fresh 2006 lows versus the euro, the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit as well.
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      361 9 AGM season A-Sonk A 168 Robinson Road, Capital Tower. Level 9 FTSE Room. 10.00 am Singapore *****2 Capitaland A The STI Auditorium, 168 Robinson Road, Level 9, 10.30 am E Capital Tower, Singapore *****2 10.45 am Cathay A The Cathay Cineplex Preview Lounge, Cathay Cineleisure 9.00 am E Orchard Level
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      915 9 ifami Corporation I Keppel Corporation Limited I Co Reg No: *****0351N H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2006 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the first quarter ended mm
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Koh Bros, Heeton to buy Hilton Towers for about $79m: sources
      362 10  -  Price works out to be about $880 psf of potential gross floor area By KALPANA RASHIWALA DEVELOPERS continue to snap up collective sale sites in prime districts. Koh Brothers and Heeton are arranging a deal to buy the Hilton
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2365 10 VOL Gamuda 4.02 0.02 1858 Apr 27 RM *1- C000) General Corp 0.70 -0 03 499 Genting .24.30 -0.40 889 A&M Realty 1.36 unch 0 George Kent 0.56 unch 80 Abric...- .0.36 0.00 73 GHL Systems 0.28 0.02 ***** ACP Industries 1.08 -0.01 332 Globetronics Tech 0.34 0.01
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      Lock icon ERP rates unchanged this qtr
      77 10 THE current Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates will remain unchanged after a review of traffic conditions during the May-July quarter by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The LTA reviews traffic along ERP-priced roads and expressways each quarter as well as for the June and December
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      Lock icon PDM Int'l fined for breaching Copyright Act
      352 10  -  By SIM PING KHUAN INTERIOB design consultancy PDM International was sentenced to a hefty $30,000 fine in court yesterday for its use of unlicensed and illegal software. According to the Business Software Alliance (BSA), PDM is the first company in Singapore to be
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      Lock icon Construction industry looking rosy
      153 10 THE outlook for the construction industry is looking up, with demand expected to hit at least $12 billion this year, John Lim, chairman of the Building and Construction Authority, said yesterday. And, "over the next few years, major developments such as the integrated resorts, the Business
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      Lock icon New Reuters office at One Raffles Quay
      322 10  -  Move will free up room for new staff to join them By CONRAD TAN REUTERS, the Londonbased news and financial information provider, is setting up a new office at One Raffles Quay as it continues to expand its Singapore operations. The office, spanning
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      228 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ABL Seafood Pto Ltd (*****3419K) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of the above-named Company will be held
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China surprises with interest rate hike
      874 12 Commodity stocks dive on fears China demand will slip with higher rates Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since October 2004 to cool the world's fastest-growing major economy. The one-year lending rate will be increased
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      Lock icon Indonesia's realised FDI up by 29% in Q1
      158 12 Xinhua [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has revealed a 29 per cent rise in materialised foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of the year, a newspaper said. The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) has said the FDI amounted to US$2.6l billion on
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      Lock icon Time's short as markets refocus on imbalances
      778 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Just as world economic policymakers finally hatch a plan to head off financial market and economic instability from growing imbalances in world trade, time to avert a market disruption may be running short. Weekend meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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      Lock icon Bank Negara may hike rates again: economists
      270 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank may raise its key interest rate to as high as 4.5 per cent by the end of the year amid rising inflation, economists said after borrowing costs were unexpectedly increased on Wednesday. Bank Negara Malaysia on Wednesday
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      1256 12 LKN-PRIMEFIELD LIMITED (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) (Company Raglatratlon No. *****0131N) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of LKN-Primefield Limited (the "Company") will be held at 27 International Business Park, Primefield-Landmark Building. sth Level, Singapore *****4 on 24 May 2006 at
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Dr M makes direct attack on Abdullah
      685 13  -  Possible proxy war in Umno as it holds its elections next year, say analysts By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has launched yet another blistering attack on the administration of his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday in
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      Lock icon Three firms make strong listing debut on Bursa
      507 13  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur A PLANNED increase in the listing fees of Bursa Malaysia notwithstanding, companies contemplating a listing on the exchange would have been heartened by the performance of new listings yesterday. Three of the four debutants finished the
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      2716 14 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and its Subsidiaries (Incorporated in Singapore. Registration Number: *****0032W) The financial information as set out below contain only a summary of the Information extracted from the audited financial statements of Oversea-Chinese Banking Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity Bank Corporation Limited and the audited consolidated financial
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      4364 15 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and its Subsidiaries (Incorporated in Singapore. Registration Number: *****0032W) (a) Classification and consequential accounting for financial assets and liabilities The effects of adopting new or revised FRS on the financial statements of the Bank as at/for the financial year ended 31 December 2005 are summarised (i)
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Hutchison offers to buy Hindujas1 stake in cell firm
      540 16 Hutchison offers to buy Hindujas 1 stake in cell firm NRI group's 5.11% holding in Hutchison-Essar is valued at US$400m The Economic Times [MUMßAl] Hutchison Whampoa is believed to have offered to buy the Hinduja group's 5.11 per cent stake in cellular major Hutchison Essar for US$4OO million, according to
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon TSMC Q1 profit up 94%
        87 16 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest wafer foundry, yesterday said its net profit in the first quarter in 2006 rose 93.9 per cent year-on-year due to stronger demand. However, the NT532.61 billion (Ssl.6 billion) profit registered in the quarter to March
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        Lock icon Reliance posts 9% rise in quarterly profit
        98 16 [MUMBAI] India's largest private sector refiner, Reliance Industries Ltd, posted a 9 per cent annual rise in quarterly net profit, beating analysts' forecasts on record refining margins as oil prices surged over the year. Reliance said its refinery margins last quarter were its
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        Lock icon Bumiputra-Commerce to raise RM4b in debt
        68 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's second-largest lender, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd, plans to raise four billion ringgit (Ssl .7 billion) in debt to finance the purchase of rival Southern Bank, director Nazir Razak said yesterday. Reuters, quoting a source familiar with the plan, reported qh Wednesday
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        Lock icon SAP's downgrades Sri Lanka's outlook
        75 16 AFP [SINGAPORE] US credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's yesterday said it has downgraded Sri Lanka's rating outlook from stable to negative due to the escalating civil unrest in the country. The growing hostilities between the government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) will
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        Lock icon Malaysia will keep fuel prices stable
        79 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will keep fuel prices steady for the rest of the year, even if oil prices continue to rise, Economic Planning Minister Effendi Norwawi said yesterday, although such subsidies would eventually have to go. "We are financially stable enough, strong enough
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        Lock icon CNOOC to sell up to US$2b in shares
        107 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] Top Chinese offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd is leading a nearly US$2 billion share sale to help fund its expansion plans, according to a deal term sheet obtained by Reuters yesterday. The deal, which is the biggest
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        Lock icon ONGC pays US$l66m for stake in oil field
        95 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Oil Natural Gas Corp (QNGC), India's biggest oil explorer, will pay US $4-64 million for buying aTS per cent stake in a Brazilian oil field from Royal Dutch Shell pic. It will spend another US$234 million as its share
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      Lock icon HSBC aims to tap China's massive domestic savings
      489 16 It seeks to conduct QDII business under its own name [HONG KONG] HSBC, Hong Kong's biggest lender, plans to carry out qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) business under its own name and also work with Bank of Communications in which it holds
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      1521 16 BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore. Registration Number. *****0071R) The summary financial information set out below is extracted from the audited financial statements of SdoCtCd NOtCS tO thfi FlfOnCldl StdtClTlCntS Bank of Singapore Limited for the financial year ended 31 December 200j (the financial statements"}. fy r the financial
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  • GENERAL ELECTION 2006
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      Lock icon Contest lets PM gauge support: SM
      454 17  -  TAO NAN PRIMARY Joo Chiat SMC (PAP vs WP) Macpherson SMC (PAP vs SDA) By WONG WEI KONG, CONRAD TAN SENIOR Minister Gbh Chok Tong yesterday welcomed the challenge to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Ang Mo Kio GRC, saying it would allow
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      Lock icon 'Elevated' debate expected in Aljunied
      414 17  -  George Yeo prepared for 'good contest' against WP By MATTHEW PHAN FOREIGN Minister George Yeo, who is leader of the People's Action Party team facing Worker's Party chairman Sylvia Lim and her team in Aljunied GRC, says the next nine days will see a good
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      Lock icon Ling denies he wanted Chee out
      438 17  -  By MICHELLE QUAH SINGAPORE Democratic Party (SDP) chairman Ling How Doong yesterday publicly expressed his anger and disappointment with party secretary-general Chee Soon Juan, saying that he would like to remove Dr Chee from the party after the elections. But later in the day,
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAY
      385 17 This is a veiy critical election. It is about your future, about who you want to shape your destiny. The PAP has put up a new team/fresh faces and we have a new leader in the PAP, so I would think we're giving Singaporeans a very good
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      Lock icon Defamation lawsuit taking toll on SDP: Chee
      346 17  -  By UMA SHANKARI THF defamation lawsuit initiated by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) leadership is more than just a distraction it is causing the SDP logistical and organisational difficulties ahead of
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      Lock icon Gomez did not submit minority form: dept
      223 17  -  By NANDE KHIN THF Elections Department said yesterday there was no mistake on its part over Workers' Party nominee James Gomez's application for minority candidate certification. Mr Gomez told the media on Wednesday that he submitted his application on Monday. But the Elections
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      460 17  -  NGEE ANN SECONDARY Tampines GRC (PAP vs SDA) Hougang SMC (PAP vs WP) By VEN SREENIVASAN, DANIEL BUENAS THE People's Action Party put up a strong showing at Ngee Ann Secondary School in Tampines yesterday, where nominations took place for Tampines GRC
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      2895 20  -  BT captures the moods and events in each of the nomination centres with contested constituencies Reports by Arthur Sim, Anna Teo, Uma Shankari, Matthew Phan, Oh Boon Ring, Winston Chai, Michelle Quah PEI CHUN PUBLIC SCHOOL Ang Mo Kio GRC (PAP vs WP) Aljunied
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      566 20 'NO! Look at Khaw Boon Wan. He's had no contest, he's now in Sembawang, try and dislodge him.' MM Lee Kuan Yew, PAP, Tanjong Pagar GRC when asked if the lack of contest for some new PAP candidates will affect their standing as MPs 'Winning is not
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      334 19 TO BE CONTESTED UNCONTESTED people's (mm mm w W W Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) ACTION PARTY MahßowTan, Irene Ng, OngKianMin, Sin Boon Ann, Masagos Zulkifli, f J rrrm Q TO &Ld\ """I ssssssc wr üBl r .> b w&houio|m| AUJANCE Ong Hock Siong, Abdul Rahman Arthero Lim Tan Lead Shake,
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      290 21 Fed expected to raise rates by another quarter percentage point to 5% at May 10 meeting AP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday told Congress that rising energy prices endanger a currently strong economy and left open the option of more interest rate
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      586 21 Reuters Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean prosecutors called for the arrest of Hyundai Motor Co chairman Chung Mong Koo on charges of misusing company funds and embezzling 100 billion won (*****.4 million) to bribe government and banking officials. The warrant was filed with a court that
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      390 21  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE travails of Japan's flagship electronics and entertainment giant, Sony Corp, continued last year. Charges relating to the company's protracted restructuring rose sharply in fiscal 2005, leaving it reliant mainly upon a corporate pension adjustment to eke out
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      211 21 [LAS VEGAS] Harrah's Entertainment Inc, which recently submitted a final bid for a multi-billion dollar resort in Singapore, yesterday said its acquisition of rival Caesars helped lift first-quarter net income 7 5 per cent, topping Wall Street views. The world's largest casino operator
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        76 21 AP [WASHINGTON] A Senate committee on Wednesday announced an investigation into taxes paid by major oil companies and asked the Internal Revenue Service for the companies' tax returns. The Senate Finance Committee promised "a comprehensive review of the federal taxes paid" by the
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        85 21 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Credit Suisse Group, the world's third-largest manager of money for the wealthy, plans to merge its four banks to increase annual earnings by about 100 million Swiss francs (S$ 125.2 million). Credit Suisse will combine its Bank Leu AG, Clariden
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        68 21 AP [BERLIN] Carmaker DaimlerChrysler yesterday said its net profit edged up 4 per cent in the first quarter as continuing losses at Mercedes offset stronger performances from its financial services and van and bus groups. The net profit of 299 million euros (*****.3
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        73 21 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Microsoft Corp plans to pay US$2OO-400 million for Massive Inc, a privately held company that places ads in video games, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. The deal to buy the two-year-old company highlights the increasing importance of advertising in
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        64 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] The London Metal Exchange has appealed against measures by the UK's antitrust regulator blocking the bourse from extending electronic trading. In February, the Office of Fair Trading prevented it from extending trading hours on its "Select" platform after Spectrin Group pic, a
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      621 22  -  Upstarts mull Singapore-based operations to serve the lucrative route By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] A battle royale appears to be shaping up for a slice of the potentially lucrative air cargo market through Singapore between China and India. At least two Singaporebased players are
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      451 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Sixteen per cent, or some 3,500 of Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) employees, are expected to apply to leave in the first round of the national carrier's mutual separation scheme (MSS), says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. The anticipated high take-up
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      264 22 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Thousands of passengers were evacuated from Brussels' airport yesterday after a man fled from a security check and possibly boarded a plane, triggering the closure of a terminal for over three hours, officials said. Police said they were still searching for
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      252 22 AFP [BANGKOK] The much delayed opening of Bangkok's new international airport has dimmed Thailand's chances of becoming South-east Asia's aviation hub, its general manager conceded yesterday. The Suvarnabhumi Airport has been planned for more than 40 years but construction and other delays have pushed
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      467 22 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Bombardier Inc, the world's third-big-gest planemaker, expects Indian carriers to buy as many as 400 small planes valued at US$B billion in the next two decades as demand for air travel gains in India's small towns. Bombardier
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      545 23 But it approves plan for more screening in American ports Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US House of Representatives committee on Wednesday rejected a Democratic proposal to require overseas inspection of all US-bound marine containers but approved a plan for more screening in American ports
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      385 23 Bloomberg [LONDON! Associated British Ports Holdings pic, the biggest UK operator of ports, said at its annual general meeting that it has made a "satisfactory" start to 2006 and will meet its second-half growth targets. "The group continues to benefit from the
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      253 23 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China plans to expand total sea port capacity by at least 80 per cent to about 7.5 billion tons by the end of 2010, as trade rises in the world's fastest growing major economy. "We will speed up
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      166 23 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Merchant Marine Co, South Korea's second-largest shipping line, posted al2 per cent decline in first-quarter profit, largely because of the rise in oil prices. Net income fell to 137.2 billion won (*****.1 million) in the first three months of 2006, from 155.8
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      765 23  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR THE master of a UK-registered cargo ship, was asleep on the bridge while his ship missed a course alteration and ran aground in the Baltic Sea, but an investigation report said the proximate cause of the incident was his
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      88 23 ASIA WEST AFRICA TRADE AGREEMENT NOTICE OF RATE RESTORATION In order to ensure that the Members Lines are able to continue to provide the service necessary to meet the needs of their customers, the 8 Members Lines of the Far East West Africa trade agreement have decided to implement the
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      510 24 EDITORIAL ONCE again Indonesia may face a fuel crisis as international crude prices inch towards US$74 a barrel. But unlike last year when soaring global fuel prices almost caused a collapse in the rupiah and stoked runaway inflation, this time the local currency is
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      1230 24  -  Many states are increasingly reluctant to let new members into Europe's 'rich dub' SHADA ISLAM Brussels Correspondent THE European Union marks the second anniversary of its "Big Bang" expansion to include 10 mainly central and eastern European states on May I■ but celebrations
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      773 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON Tribune Media Services AMERICA and Europe share a basic problem sociological and economic. In this century, people migrate across traditional political boundaries at an accelerating pace. This they do mostly to gain economic well-be-ing. And it is not
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      1319 25  -  Among them are Google's founders and CEO and Apple's top exec; but they all are already fabulously rich, anyway By CHRIS GAITHER Los Angeles Times IN CORPORATE America, few status symbols rival the one-figure salary. As companies file their annual reports disclosing how much they pay
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      1642 32  -  Art consultancy is a full-time job, creating and managing collections for private and corporate collectors, writes PARVATHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR THEY are solo operators with specialised knowledge of their subject. Discreet yet widely networked, they are equally at ease, whether among glitzy corporates or reclusive artists.
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      1134 33  -  The city is an attractive mix of personalities and cultural references. A much needed urban overhaul is adding to its appeal, reports DAVEN WU DAVEN WU IF there was ever a city that is primed for its National Geographic close-up, it's Athens. Your most immediate impression of
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      1140 34 Dan Brown's book, first published some three years ago, has developed into a profitable business category all of its own WITH the countdown to the movie in May. x The Da Vinci Code continues to hog the headlines and the fine print. From sublime to
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      570 35  -  WORDS FROM THE TOP Singapore Environment Council executive director Howard Shaw talks to PARVATHINAYAR about reading to relax, the environment and corporate responsibility PARVATHI NAYAR Q. Is there a book that has made a huge impact on your professional life? A. As environmentalists we are
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      447 35  -  THEATRE By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN Escape Theatre has gone over to the dark side from the romantic comedy Modern Dance for Beginners to a classic about human rights abuse with the opening of Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden last week. While the
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      656 35  -  PARVATHI NAYAR finds out what writer Jake Needham thinks of The Da Vinci Code, the publishing business, crime and thrillers PARVATHI NAYAR Everything begins with a dead body at least in the world of crime, fictional or otherwise. Take Jake Needham's latest book, The Ambassador's Wife,
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      502 36  -  Johnnie To's gangster flick falls short of what it's trying to achieve, writes JAIME EE JAIME EE E LECTION 2 is a contest that is not won with a simple tick on a polling card. Not when the top post in question is that
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      294 36  -  DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR AFTER winning Best Picture at the Oscars this year and despite being the recipient of a tasteless tirade in print from Annie Proulx, who felt the movie based on her short story should have won Paul Haggis's Crash has
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      341 36  -  By UMA SHANKARI FANS of CS Lewis' classic novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will no doubt be pleased to know that Disney's adaptation called The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to avoid confusion remains
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      1221 37  -  The wine shows its best to those who seek to understand it, and with the patience to wait, says N K YONG N K YONG THERE is one Chateau in Saint-Emilion whose proprietors quietly and serenely go their own way making their wines as
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    826 38  -  Making Time LARRY WEE highlights some eye-catchers at this year's Swiss fairs that will surely excite collectors LARRY WEE A MODICUM of restraint was noted by some at this year's spring watch fairs in Switzerland, as if exhibitors were still catching up with orders from
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