The Business Times, 6 January 2007

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  • 22 1 The Business Times A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBUCATION SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Janu.iry 6-7, 2007 online at http://business times.asial.com.sg j
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  • 780 1  -  Growing tourist numbers and expectations of room supply shortage fuel bullish projections in 2007 By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] With tourist arrivals increasing and room supply limited, hotel operators plan to bump up rates by as much as 10 per cent this year
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  • 672 1  -  It flies to UK, China in July; Australia, India, Europe later By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN low-cost long-haul airline launched yesterday is expected to charge half as much as fullservice airlines when it starts flights in July to the
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  • 132 1 STI 3.029.04 (+5.24) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,034.00 (+5.00) SIMSCI 368.79 (-0.59) SIMSCI FUTURES 368.00 (unch) MARKETS Friday Change KICOMP 1,120.40 +2.22 NIKKEI 225 17,091.59 -262.08 HANG SENG 20,211.28 +185.70 SET INDEX 628.19 -20.03 JAKARTA COMP 1,832.550 +8.477 MANILA COMP 2,996.39 -16.35 SEOUL COMP 1,385.76 11.53 SHENZHENS 441.86 +1.25
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  • 736 1 PM says more violence expected in next 1-2 months By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S equity markets continued to be battered yesterday as rumours swirled of an imminent counter-coup by a more hardline faction of the military regime that seized power less then
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 523 2  -  Entire floors of the two towers bought for $1,500 to over $2,000 psf By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd (CDL) executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng remains bullish about the high-end property market and expects prices to rise 10-20 per cent
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    • 145 2  -  By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Members of the Keppel Fels Employees Union will be getting a great start to the year with 7.2 months bonus announced for this year. Speaking to BT on the sidelines of the NTUC farewell dinner for former secretarygeneral Lim
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    • 571 2 SGX invalidates error transaction in DIA ETFs THE Singapore Exchange has cancelled an error trade in Diamonds Exchange Traded Funds which track Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks and warned that the parties involved may face regulatory action._DBS Vickers Securities had keyed in an order to sell 75,000 DIA
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    • 297 2  -  It exercises call option to raise stake in S'pore firm By CONRAD TAN [Singapore] total assets of about $144 billion. It was formed in October 2004 from the merger of The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co and The and Marine Inwith
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    • 687 2  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX WINSTON CHAI Reporter Mooching is not a new way of showing affection. Nor is it the act of savouring Japanese Mochi. Get caught doing it and you're likely to lose a chunk of change or even end up behind bars. If
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • 1717 3  -  Prudential's business, chairman David Clementi tells GENEVIEVE CUA, is to manage its affairs very well so that it can look after its customers' affairs very well GENEVIEVE CUA ASK a Briton what he or she would like in a savings-cum-insurance product, and the answer would most
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    • 605 3 CYNICS may shrug at the effectiveness of financial education efforts when investors fall prey to the same investment mistakes time and again. But Prudential pic chairman David Clementi is adamant that financial education is never a lost cause. "It's a slow cause," he
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    • 71 3 The Raffles Conversation is brought to you g|al|| through a special arrangement with Raffles Tp\ Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in I J I+T the Raffles Hotels and Resorts logo is an apt 1 XjdlX K symbol. Not only has water stored at the base > r> of this
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 519 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE start of a new year brought with it new all-time highs both for the Straits Times Index as well as volume traded. On Tuesday, the index crossed 3,000 for the first time when it rocketed
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    • 547 4  -  DBS Vickers Securities, Phillip Securities may face regulatory action By WONG WEI KONG THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has cancelled an error trade in Diamonds Exchange Traded Funds (DIA ETFs) which track component stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and warned that the
      BLOOMBERG  -  547 words
    • 552 4  -  It rates CMT a 'buy', but rates A-Reita 'hold', CCTa'sell' By MATTHEW PHAN HAVING lowered its projections for 10-year government bond rates from 3.5 per cent to 3 per cent, Citigroup has upgraded the target prices of the real estate investment trusts (Reits) it
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    • 308 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI PROPERTY giant CapitaLand will be exercising on Jan 20 its right to acquire all remaining shares of delisted subsidiary Raffles Holdings Ltd (RHL) now held by shareholders who did not accept its exit offer. RHL's shares
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    • 545 5  -  Michael Fam asked to stay on, AGM on Jan 25 seeks to reappoint him By MATTHEW PHAN FRASER and Neave is searching for a new chairman to take the place of its current non-executive chairman Michael Fam. Mr Fam, 79, retired as F&N's
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    • 343 5  -  It seeks approval to sell Dapenso Building By UMA SHANKARI HOTEL Royal Limited (HRL), which is calling an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Jan 27 to seek approval to sell Dapenso Building for $58.4 million, yesterday said that it will book a net gain of
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    • 194 5 OCBC will be among the largest shareholders of mainboard-listed HG Metal Manufacturing, following the bank's notice to convert nearly $3.18 million of a $10 million convertible loan into new ordinary shares of the group, HG Metal said yesterday. HG entered into the convertible
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    • 1450 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF TECHNOLOGIES CAPITAL HOLDINGS PTE LTD (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS APPOINTED) (Company Registration No. *****6843R) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Messrs Chen Yeow Sin and Abuthahir Abdul Gafoor of ELTICI Financial Advisory Services Pte Ltd, 1 Raffles Place, #20-02
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    • 1451 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF LHR PTE LTD (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS APPOINTED) (Company Reiteration No. *****2408 D) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Messrs Chen Yeow Sin and Abuthahir Abdul Gafoor of ELTICI Financial Advisory Services Pte Ltd, 1 Raffles Place, #20-02 OUB
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    • 2305 5 ASIA Holdings ANNOUNCEMENT MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER fry TOKIO MARINE NICHIDO FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) to acquire all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of ASIA GENERAL HOLDINGS LIMITED 1. Introduction The Boards of Director# of Asia General Holdings Limited ("AOH") refer the shareholders of AGH
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      808 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI AsiaPharm Group Jan 5 dose: 7BJ cants STANDARD ft POOR'S, Jan 5 HOT on the heels of its recent acquisition of Guangzhou-based CMNa from Lifetech Pharmaceuticals for 80 million yuan (5515.7 million). AsiaPharm has announced the acquisition of Naqjingbased Solid Success Group (SSG) for 345
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    • 1080 6 For week beginning Jan 1 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS SubsmtM toy No of Pnc# SMMEN010M6 Trans Shareholder I S«A Shares Par Mora AfUr luxt Data Director Cony '000 Shr t COOP) COCO) CG Tech 5-Jan-07 Lam Chik Tsan -Buy 500 0.43 *****2 46 47 *****2 46 66
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    • 1103 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent AT THE last count, there were more than 700 stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). It is almost impossible to monitor and be on top of all these companies. Investors thus
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 388 7 Watchdog probing possible breach of rules by Richard Li Reuters. Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's broadcast regulator, looking into potential breaches by tycoon Richard Li of its rules against crossmedia ownership, said yesterday that it had asked the media arm of Mr Li's phone company
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    • 236 7 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Selular, Indonesia's biggest mobile-phone operator, expects sales growth to slow this year as rivals, including a unit of Hong Kong billionaire Li Kashing, expand operations in the nation. Telkomsel, which added 10.6 million new users last year, expects to entice between 7.5
      Bloomberg  -  236 words
    • 302 7  -  TELECOMS WATCH It says amount paid will not have impact on NTA, EPS in financial year By WEE LI-EN MOBILE phone solutions provider mDR said yesterday that it had settled all its claims with Nokia. The company announced that it had paid
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    • 550 7 AEM-Evertech to buy Qualitek subsidiary AEM-Evertech Holdings yesterday said it has executed a sale and purchase agreement to buy a 100 per cent stake in the Malacca subsidiary of Taiwan-based Qualitek Electronics for RM13.5 million (S$2.65 million). Inter-Roller to sell The Octagon property INTER-ROLLER Engineering said it has
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    • 2481 7 Mandatory Unconditional Caah Offer by Morgan Stanley MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER ASIA (SINGAPORE) PTE. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****6298Z) for and on behalf of TOKIO MARINE NICHIDO TOKIO MARINE NICHIDO FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) (Company Registration No. 0199-01-*****4) to acquire all the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 698 8  -  It needs culture of compliance and implementation of decisions, timelines By DANIEL BUENAS ASEAN needs to make "hard-nosed decisions" to stay relevant in the changing global landscape. Should it fail to do so, it will wither and become marginalised, Deputy Prime
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    • 486 8  -  By WEE LI-EN THE new law school at Singapore Management University (SMU) will accept 90 students and offer a curriculum with a non-law component of 30 per cent when it opens in August. SMU president Howard Hunter said yesterday at the
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    • 6799 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIM Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Empt Eqty' 1 Star Europe Bond 1.191/ Star Europe Bal ***** Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 3091 Star Asa Bond 1.312/ Star Asia Balanced 1097/ Star Global Technology Fuid!" 0211 MuftiStM 0964/ Star Asia BondtUSD) 0.8561 Gfc Mtifi SI USD*.— 1.157/
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    • 291 9 Xinhua THE Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will be restructured into five distinct commands led by the Chief of Air Force, Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean said here yesterday. Mr Teo announced the planned restructuring of the RSAF when he officiated
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    • 749 9  -  By Vincent Wee and Janice Heng IT IS a rare thing for a labour leader to be lauded by both workers and employers. But outgoing National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) secretary-general Lim Boon Heng is an exceptional man, and his accom* plishments in
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    • 413 9 Today's Internet is dominated by community and collaboration THE prognosis is bleak. Or endlessly exciting, depending on your point of view. Well beyond blogging and podcasting, today's era of new media lifestyles is spiralling to one where game world overlaps with reality,
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    • 129 9 Academics meet in S'pore SINGAPORE'S universities are set to welcome the views of academics, with the International Academic Advisory Panel holding its meeting here from Jan 8-12. SCCCI backs NTUC CPF suggestion THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) supports NTUC's call to top up the
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    • 1139 9 Cats Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of SGN INVESTMENT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Company No.: *****5045W At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the Company deemed to have been held on 28 December 2006 pursuant to Section
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    • 38 9 •^lffy/7 •'2 *T INFORMATION SESSION Date: 3 February 2007 Venue: Block B, Faculty of Law, NUS Buklt Tlmah Campus Time: 11.00 am -12.30pm A&'X Please register online at www.ipocademy.com.sg or contact Daniel Tan at 6232 9821/ I daniel_tan@ipacademy.com.sg
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 347 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] Sunway City Bhd (Sun City) has moved to tap property development opportunities in India, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. Its subsidiary, Sunway City India Private Ltd (SCIPL), has entered into an agreement with Prajay Engineers Syndicate
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    • 431 10 Builders and developers brace for losses with 3-10% increase [KUALA LUMPUR] MALAYSIA'S builders and property developers are bracing themselves for losses after the government's decision to backdate price hikes in cement, instead of giving them some lead time, according to a report in Malaysia's
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    • 8254 10 Transaction date: Jan 5 52-Wk Td List Vol Day Last Quote Dtv GrYld Nat MCap High Low Cod# Company Silt -W- rOQO) High Lew Buyer SaMar Cvr HI jwg 3.5 1 5716 1st Software 2 susp 8.1 11 5 6 3148 STelecom 9 iOS 195 9 9 9
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    • 358 10 [GOLD COAST] Sime Darby Bhd and Brunsfield Corp Sdn Bhd have teamed up for their first foreign joint venture to re-develop Oyster Cove, one of the most exclusive waterfront resorts in Australia's Gold Coast, said a report in The Starßiz yesterday. They recently
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  • INDONESIA
    • 381 11 Search efforts hampered by rain, winds and cloudy weather Reuters [MAKASSAR, Indonesia] Indonesia has widened the hunt around Sulawesi island for a plane that disappeared without a trace five days ago with 102 people aboard, an air force commander said yesterday. The search had concentrated
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    • 5902 11 Transaction Date: Jan 5 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE (S) Gen Intl 246.519.000 Gen Intl Sapphire 128.092.000 DBS Grp 127.965.335 FHTK Hldtg 123.607.000 SPH 115.854.800 Goldtron 120.982.000 SingTel 85.319.060 Liang Huat 85.900.000 Keppel Corp 75.960.900 El-Nets 84.338,000 UOB 74.316.610 Centillton 68.583.000 ChinaCnerov 61.629.550 Jasper 67.388.000 OCBCBk 61.063.750 Hiap Hoe
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    • 195 11 Bernama [JAKARTA] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes Indonesia's economic growth rate in 2007 will reach only 6 per cent because its new investment is likely to take place only after the first half of the year. "I think it will be
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 361 12 Shanghai Pudong Bank's 2006 profit climbs 31 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co, part-owned by Citigroup Inc, said earnings jumped 31 per cent in 2006 from a year earlier. Net income at the Shanghai-based national bank rose to 3.35 billion yuan (***** million) from 2.56 billion yuan, it
      Bloomberg  -  361 words
    • 345 12 Success at Wal-Mart spurs raising target to 70% by Dec 2007 AFP [BEIJING] China's state-controlled trade union plans to organise labour in at least 70 per cent of all foreign-invested enterprises by the end of 2007, state media reported yesterday. The target
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    • 426 12 Move comes after rival local banks' shares jump Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Industrial Bank Co, which is partowned by a unit of HSBC Holdings pic, plans an initial public offering (IPO) in China after shares of rival banks soared. The China Securities Regulatory Commission's
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    • 458 12 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's long-de-layed high-speed rail system made its debut yesterday, with its 12-car caravan of sleek orange and white coaches gliding out of a suburban Taipei station right on time at 7am. "The train is history in the making, and I
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    • 494 12 Bigger factories planned to cut costs amid competition Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Powerchip Semiconductor Corp Taiwan's largest memory-chip maker says it will apply for land to build up to four factories in Taiwan at a cost of NT$4OO-500 billion (S$ 19-24 billion),
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  • India
    • 578 13  -  They counter with acquisitions and alliances with overseas chains By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi THE owners of India's US$3OO billion worth of retail space are in a tizzy following the tie-up last month between the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart of the US, and the
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    • 363 13 Economic Times [KOLKATA] AXA Asia Pacific Holdings is keen to raise its stake in Bharti AXA Life Insurance (BhartiAXA) to 49 per cent from the present 26 per cent. Bharti-AXA is a 74-26 joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and
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    • 18 13 (New Delhi) Indian models displaying creations in New Delhi b disigners Rina Dhaka AFP
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    • 449 13 Group wants to buy Hutchison's 67% stake in telco JV Reuters [HONG KONGI India's Essar group, keen to buy out Hutchison Telecom's 67 per cent stake in its Indian cellphone joint venture, would have the right of first refusal only if Hutchison
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    • 2469 13 VOL I—» DM *t- f»0) AIM Realty 1.48 unch 109 AbricBhd 031 0.01 56 Acp Industries 136 -0.03 492 Advance Synergy 323 -0.01 532 Adventa Bhd .090 -0.02 5 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.39 -0.01 97 Affin Holdings 1.90 031 698 Ahmad Zaki Resou. 2 35 0 01 S3
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 68 13 [SINGAPORE] The Network for Electronic Transfers (Nets) has designed a commemorative Combi Cash Card for the Children's Cancer Foundation. The contactless Cash Card, which has no stored value, can be obtained at the foundation's main office for a minimum donation of $7.
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      • 89 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] The government said it will decide on a partner for national carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd by March after evaluating proposals from rivals including Naza Group. The Naza Group on Thursday made a presentation to the government, Second Finance Minister
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      • 56 13 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will not raise fuel prices this year, Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop was quoted by the Bernama news agency as saying. Opposition parties and non-governmental groups held anti-government rallies to protest against a sharp hike in
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      • 96 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia will offer tax breaks to companies from this month in a bid to attract investment in some industrial sectors and boost the economy, the government said yesterday. The new rules come as the government aims to lure US$145 billion worth
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      • 72 13 AP [BEIJING] China stepped up efforts yesterday to cool its sizzling economy by tightening bank credit for the fourth time in seven months. The central bank raised the amount of money that banks must hold in reserves, cutting the pool available for
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 464 14 Reuters. Bloomberg [LONDON] Oil prices have slid almost 9 per cent this week but investors said that it was too early to call the end of a bull run that began in 2002. "What we're seeing at the moment
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    • 449 14  -  Fears of higher interest rates, lower exports as consumption stalls By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices plunged yesterday as the yen strengthened sharply in what some analysts said could be the start of a turbulent year in currency markets. The
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    • 286 14 LATEST US DATA AP [WASHINGTON] Employers stepped up hiring last month, boosting payrolls by a brisk 167,000 and keeping the unemployment rate steady at a still historically low 4.5 per cent. Workers' wages grew briskly. The latest snapshot of the nation's employment
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    • 554 14 AP Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] In a day of ceremony and historic change. Nancy Pelosi became the first female leader of the US House of Representatives on Thursday, as Democrats eagerly took control of Congress for the final two years of President George Bush's term. "The Democrats
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    • 670 14 NYT IATLANTAI The US$2lO million severance package for former Home Depot chief Robert Nardelli shocked some, but most Fortune 500 bosses have agreements coming into the job about what they will get when they walk out. And in most cases
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    • 258 14 AP [HANOI] Vietnam will partially privatise four of its largest state-owned banks this year, the government announced on its website yesterday. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved plans for Vietcombank, Housing Bank of Mekong Delta, Bank for Investment and Development of
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  • MOTORING
    • Article, Illustration
      2643 15  -  Last October, Singapore unveiled plans to develop a new road map to guide the Republic's key land transport developments over the next 10-15 years. One of the main aims of the comprehensive review of the 1996 White Paper on Land Transport was to make public transport a
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  • GOLF
    • 1174 16  -  Asian Tour officials tell JUSTINE MOSS who are the golfers to watch in 2007 JUSTINE MOSS' IT IS the start of a new year on the various global professional golf tours, and the wellrested professionals are geared up and raring to go with another
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  • WELLNESS
    • 1554 17  -  With doctors themselves crossing scalpels over cosmetic turf at times, the onus is on patients to seek out bona fide specialists, writes CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON WHEN do you see a plastic surgeon, a cosmetic surgeon or an aesthetic surgeon for cosmetic procedures? If you're
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    • 1164 17 Medication errors are quite common, injuring or killing at least 1.5 million people a year, says report NYT AN elderly woman, sharp as a tack and living on her own, is busy doing everything a healthy woman in her 80s might want to do. That
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 345 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 5 Summon social worker to the ACROSS show (7) 1 Finished article better be ex- 5 how one may get a slice of aggerated (4,3.3) the cash? (5,5) 8 There's one in the world back- 7 Mother thus works at uned with animation (4) pleasant realities (4,6) 9
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  • SHOPPING
    • 769 18  -  From one shop, PLC has extended to become the largest pet chain store in Singapore with 16 outlets, says CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON IT STARTED as a "kopitiam" concept where the best purveyors of petrelated services would be gathered under one roof, and Ng Whye Hoe,
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    • 746 18  -  CHEAH UI-HOON meets Milo Migliavacca, who has turned orchid breeder as well CHEAH UI-HOON "1 WASN'T a hippie when I went to Bali," clarifies Milo Migliavacca, the well-known Bali-based Milan-born fashion designer. "Which is why I felt a bit out of place because 1 didn't
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  • Travel
    • 1093 19  -  Mind your nose as you drink to your heart's content amidst the lush vineyards Down Under, says DAVEN WU DAVEN WU THE road to the Hunter Valley from Sydney passes through Kearsley, one of the many blink-and-miss-it cosy towns that dot this part of the Australian
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    • 107 19 iIMR^B jp Where to stay Hyatt Regency: A little dated, but the location a few minutes walk to Rundle Mall is perfect. Ask for a room facing the Torrens. North Terrace. Adelaide. tel.- 08-8231 1234. filickinstal Barossa Valley Retreat: A charming B&B strewn with white pebbles and rose bushes, with
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  • The Business Times weekend
    • 2061 20  -  If you're looking to star the new year on a healthy note, there's no better way than to go herbal. JAIME EE and CHEAH UI-HOON RED WHITE PURE #02-141, #03-09 Vivo City. Tel: 6827-0118 IT'S more beige and brown than red and white but
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