The Business Times, 29 June 2007

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  • 710 1  -  CapitaLand-led deal chalks up highest sum paid for an en bloc sale By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] A whopping $1.3388 billion. That's the price that a consortium comprising Capita Land, Hotel Properties, US-based Wachovia Development Corporation and possibly a foreign fund is paying to
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  • 798 1  -  More than 11,000 people joined ranks of high-net-worth individuals last year, says report By GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] Tiny Singapore has pipped other global markets to register the fastest increase in the number of high-net-worth individuals 21 per cent last year, beating India
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 325 2  -  2006 output hits $23b, with 2015 target set at $25b By CHEN HUIFEN [SlNGAPOßE] With the output of Singapore's biomedical sciences manufacturers close to reaching its $25 billion target eight years early, a new and tougher target is likely
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    • 413 2  -  With Lonza, it'll make cancer drugs Avastin, Herceptin By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Singapore will soon get to produce "biologies blockbusters" also known as proteinbased medicines whose fast-growing worldwide sales are worth billions. Biotech giant Genentech has announced that it is planning to manufacture the
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    • 501 2 S'pore retail rents continue to climb in H1 RETAIL space is getting expensive in Singapore. Rents here continued to climb in the first half of 2007 on the back of rising demand for prime retail space as international brands continued expanding and consumer sentiment remained robust. Islandwide, rents
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    • 609 4  -  Grade A mall rents up 5-7% in first half, may rise another 5-6% in H2 By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Retail space is getting expensive in Singapore. Rents here continued to climb in the first half of 2007 on the back of
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    • 442 4  -  By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines, one of the world's largest shipping companies, yesterday announced an order for eight large, high-speed container ships worth a whopping US$l billion. Each ship will have a capacity of 10,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and a
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    • 583 2  - Ex-US envoy joins Cushman Wakefield Lavin to help roll out property funds which will invest in Asia-Pacific By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Former US ambassador to Singapore Franklin L Lavin has joined Cushman Wakefield Investors Asia as managing director and chief operating officer. He will help roll-out various property funds which
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    • 355 2 AP [WASHINGTON] The US economy limped ahead at just a 0.7 per cent pace in the first quarter, the slowest in more than four years, as some businesses clamped down on spending given uncertainties about the severity of the housing
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    • 179 4 [SINGAPORE] Jurong and Paya Lebar have been designated as new business hubs so as to provide space for Singapore's continued growth as a global business centre. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. In the interview with Channel News sia, Mr
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    • 1139 4 w^Trrrsmmmmm ASSETS LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY In thousands of euros, at 31 December 2006 2005 In thousands of «uros. at 31 D*emb«r 2006 2005 Interbank transactions and similar Items 8,229.895 5,317,632 Interbank and similar transactions 2,285,329 392.505 Cash, Central Banks, Post Office Cheque Centres 9,657 1 5,151 Central Banks, Post
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 456 5  -  The 30% stake in Warid gives a boost to SingTel which has been struggling to deliver growth By SIOW LI SEN SINGAPORE Telecommunications has entered into a deal to buy a 30 per cent stake in Pakistan's Warid Telecom for an estimated US$75B million,
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    • 674 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By MICHELLE QUAH governance standards in the region, so it can rest on its laurels or lift those standards to peg itself to global standards. Impressively, it has chosen the tougher but more laudable alternative. MAS last year commissioned the
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    • 257 5 Company to absorb GST hike for its publications SINGAPORE Press Holdings' main property asset, Paragon, has been revalued at $1.82 billion. This is higher than the valuation of $1.52 billion the media group disclosed in July last year when it announced its results for the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 513 6  -  STOCKS Index rises 32.7 points; half-year window-dressing helps avert fifth consecutive decline R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent WALL Street stafect here was that the Straits managed to avoid a fifth consecutive drop yesterday, bouncing up 32.73 points to 3,538.23. Probably also helping was a hefty
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    • Article, Illustration
      958 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Lion Asiapac June 28 dose: $031 KEUVE RESEARCH. June 28 THE lion's appetite for lime: Since our last update, Lion Asiapac (LAP) has almost completed the disposal of its motorcycle businesses in China which were beginning to face declining profits. The company found a new
      Source: Bloomberg  -  958 words
    • 459 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON! The yen's three-day rally fizzled out yesterday as a rebound in stocks eased concerns about the US high-risk mortgage market and prompted investors to borrow the Japanese currency again to fund carry trades. The dollar steadied versus the euro, with
      – Reuters; BLOOMBERG  -  459 words
    • Article, Illustration
      953 6 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SOQ TOTAL Up Down Um» Up Down Umh Up Dow Uncfc Multilnd 11 52 000 11 52 Manufacturing 114 59 53 24 15 16 138 74 69 Commerce 40 19 24 11 7 6 51 26 30 Tpt/Stor/Comira 27 7 9 2 1 0 29 8
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 541 7  -  EGM WATCH They want board's explanation of rift between directors Reports by SIOW LI SEN WHAT was supposed to be a five-minute extraordinary general meeting (EGM) yesterday for Yellow Pages turned into a 45-minute session as furious shareholder Kenneth Chew blasted the company's directors for
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    • 202 7 NEW candidates are being proposed to serve on the Yellow Pages board, chairman Robert Tomlin said yesterday. Confirming this was Third Avenue Management which with its 16.03 per cent stake is the second-largest shareholder after Global Advisory's 27.4 per cent. "Third Avenue Management will work closely
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    • 384 8  -  Unit sold for top price of $5,100 psf; hot demand also for UOL's project By UMA SHANKARI A NEW record for home prices in Singapore has been set, once again. A unit in SC Global's freehold The Marq On Paterson Hill
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    • 206 8 —Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong billionaire Lee Shau Kee sought as much as Ssls3 million from selling his entire stake in Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, according to an email sent to investors by Citigroup, the arranger. Mr Lee, the third-largest
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    • 200 8 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian manganese miner Consolidated Minerals said it may be the target of a rival AsB49 million (Ssl billion) takeover offer from Territory Resources, trumping an agreed bid from Pallinghurst. Singapore-listed commodities trader Noble Group Ltd holds about a 13 per cent stake in
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    • 425 8  -  It will develop lifestyle precinct, BPO park in Tianjin By CHARMIAN KOK OVERSEAS projects have been coming the way of Singapore developer Keppel Land, the latest being a string of mega lifestyle precinct developments in Tianjin to fuel its growth in China. Among
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    • 269 8 -Bloomberg ASCENDAS, which manages Singapore's biggest industrial property trust, said it will start a real estate fund this year to invest in its China projects as investments increase in the world's fastest-growing major economy. The company has a portfolio of six technology and
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    • 326 8 Genting Int'l plans $2.3b rights issue GENTING International said yesterday that it plans to raise as much as $2.3 billion in a rights offer to help pay for the building of its Singapore casino. Reuters HLH launches new freehold project HLH Group has launched a new freehold residential
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    • 483 7  -  Directors fees for attending each meeting doubled to $2,000, travel allowance up 50% By SIOW LI SEN SINGAPORE Telecommunications directors will be getting generous pay rises of 20 to 100 per cent for attending meetings while the group's Australian staff are enjoying benefits such
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 476 10  -  By VINCENT WEE SAMY'S Curry Restaurant aficionados can breathe a huge sigh of relief now that the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has awarded a tender for another two sites at Tanglin Village. Bid winner Country City Investment has signed a
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    • 396 10  -  By RONNIE LIM EXXONMOBIL is building a 130,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) solvents expansion at its Singapore chemical complex to meet fast-grow-ing Asia-Pacific demand, including from China. It did not disclose the scale of the investment which sources estimate to cost US$75-100 million which will
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    • 415 10  -  By MICHELLE QUAH THE taxman has launched a new service that includes cutting down the time it takes for individuals and businesses to file a return. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) yesterday officially launched the "myTax Portal" https://mytax.iras.gov.sg which will be its one-stop e-ser-vices
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    • 393 10  -  Service standards less of a priority as staff turnover, expenses rise By JAMIE LEE MOST business executives know that service is important, but just half of them are willing to raise standards, according to a government survey. Workforce Development
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 213 11 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's government has no plan to set up a fund to manage its for-eign-currency reserves, Vice-Finance Minister Hideto Fujii said, refuting a Jiji Press report that said it would. "I heard today's report, but Japan has no intention to establish a
      Bloomberg  -  213 words
    • 391 11 Conciliatory note reached after feud at Doha round Reu ters [WASHINGTON] India and the United States pressed one another to watch out for poor countries' interests in global trade talks, but struck a conciliatory note less than a week after acrimony erupted
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    • 253 11 Bloomb erg [PARIS] The impact of hedge funds and other money managers on commodity prices is "overstated" and the biggest influence comes from demand and supply, the International Energy Agency (lEA) said. "No doubt speculative flows have had an influence on
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    • 500 11 Future investment spending will be steady at best not robust: analysts [WASHINGTON] Weaker demand for capital goods by US businesses in May is a sign that investment spending will be moderate this year and will help to slow economic growth. Robust global economic
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 218 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian state investment arm Khazanah Nasional yesterday said it has received overwhelming demand for an US$B5O million convertible bond, part of its efforts to make an orderly sell-down of state-held equity. Khazanah, whose portfolio of stocks was worth RM62 billion (5527.4 billion)
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    • 566 12  -  Over RM48m paid to federal govt, 35% of country's budgeted revenue By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN oil corporation Petronas, it seems, even transcends its territorial origins. Standout weird statistic: International credit rating agency Moody's ranks Petronas (Al) even higher
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  • GREATER CHINA
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    • 390 13 The Eco nomic Times [MUMBAI] Eleven Indian companies have found their place in Standard Poor's Asia index for investment that complies with the Syariah laws. These 11 companies are part of the 71 companies from nine Asian nations that form SBtP's Pan Asia
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    • 178 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Spice Communications Ltd, the Indian wireless unit of Telekom Malaysia Bhd, received bids for almost 38 times the number of shares it offered investors on the final day of its initial public offering. Investors offered to buy 4.24 billion shares
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    • 492 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China published rules for stock-index futures, paving the way toward financial products that will let investors hedge risk in a market that's almost doubled this year. The China Financial Futures Exchange said investors are required to put up 10 per cent of
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    • 278 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese officials in central government agencies spent as much as 47 billion yuan (559.5 billion) on "questionable" purposes last year, China's National Audit Office said in its 2006 report of government agencies. Many government agencies reported more workers than they had or
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    • 418 13 Tensions growing over trade, nuclear cooperation deal -AP [WASHINGTON] The US has trumpeted a nuclear cooperation deal with India as the cornerstone of strong new ties with a growing economic and strategic force in Asia. But with talks on that deal stalled, and India and
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    • 626 13 Investors worry that central bank may soon raise interest rates Reu ters [SHANGHAI] Chinese stocks tumbled 4.03 per cent yesterday out of concern that large sales of government bonds later this year could suck funds from the market, and on fears the central
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  • ASIA PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 422 14 Industry-funded reports highlight regulatory overlap affecting businesses LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Wednesday began an effort to examine regulatory overlap in the financial services sector, citing three recent industry-funded reports that argue a thicket of rules is constricting American business. Treasury employees will
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    • 480 14 AP [NEW YORK] Carl Icahn, the man famed for hostile takeover battles for names such as TWA and RJR Nabisco, said on Wednesday that the escalating amount of private-equity deals rushing the market this year has peaked. The billionaire corporate raider, who has spent
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    • 388 14 Reuters, Bloomberg [TOKYO] Former Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa, whose career stretched from Japan's defeat in World War II through the *****' "lost decade" of economic stagnation, died yesterday. He was 87, his office said. A finance expert at ease on the
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    • 428 14 OBITUARIES Reuters [NEW YORK] Apparel designer Liz Claiborne, who founded a namesake women's sportswear label that grew into a multibillion dollar global empire, has died at age 78, the company said on Wednesday. Ms Claiborne was ailing from cancer and
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 97 14 Bloomberg [LONDON! Shares of cigar-maker Altadis SA rose after the Wall Street Journal said Imperial Tobacco Group and buyout firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd are preparing rival offers for the cigarette maker that could top 13 billion euros (5526.9 billion). Imperial and
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      • 78 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's next election won't be "meaningful" if it excludes the former ruling party, Thai Rak Thai, said Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva. "They should be allowed to reform, regroup and take their causes to the people in the elections because that's what
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      • 99 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] A tentative deal over editorial independence at The Wall Street Journal would give Rupert Murdoch's News Corp the sole power to hire and fire the newspaper's top editors if it succeeds in buying Dow Jones Co Inc, The New York Times
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    • 372 14 Reuters [SYDNEY] Citigroup was cleared of insider trading charges yesterday by an Australian court, which ruled that the US bank's "Chinese Walls" were not breached when it traded shares in a company it knew was a takeover target. The case has been closely watched
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  • AVIATION
    • 371 15  -  Current airfares maintained due to fierce competition among airlines By CHARMIAN KOK [SINGAPORE] Airfare increases across Asia-Pacific remain flat in the first quarter of 2007, the American Express Business Travel reported. This was due to the fierce competition among airlines to capture
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    • 499 15 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russian airline Aeroflot pulled out of the bidding for Alitalia on Wednesday, leaving Rome's auction of the unprofitable airline in danger of collapse with just two players left. The Russian carrier's departure leaves smaller domestic airline Air One and
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    • 401 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Indian companies could play a key role in Boeing Co's global supply chain for both commercial aircraft and military sales, Boeing's chief executive said on Wednesday. Companies already supplying software and information technology to the commercial side "could become a significant
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    • 261 15 The move comes after the update of a 'blacklist' of unsafe carriers Reuters [BRUSSELS] All Indonesian airlines including national carrier Garuda will be banned from flying to the European Union within a week, the European Commission said yesterday, updating a "blacklist" of carriers deemed
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    • 222 15 Facility slated to begin ops in early 2009, hopes to make 4 A320 a month by 2011 AFP [BEIJING] Airbus yesterday signed a joint-venture contract for a north Chinese assembly plant, more than a month after work on the facility kicked
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  • SHIPPING
    • 673 19  -  Fashion and lifestyle now accounts for 40% of its business By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Returning to their Asian textile roots some 30 years on, German logistics group Birkart Globistics is tapping the rapidly rising demand for European branded fashion goods across the
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    • 448 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] China's strong demand for coal and iron ore is adding to the upward pressure on freight rates, which have risen sharply as the ship line-up builds in Australia after storm disruptions early this month. Industry officials and traders
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    • 772 19  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A RECENT investigation in the UK into the release of about 66 tonnes of propane at the Fawley Marine Terminal has led to several recommendations to improve the safety of valve arrangements on all liquefied gas carriers.
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    • 265 19 Bloomb erg [SHANGHAI] China International Marine Containers Co, the world's largest maker of freight containers, said it bought a majority stake in the Netherlands' Burg Industries BV, as it seeks to expand in Europe and extend its product range. The Chinese
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 506 20 EDITORIAL Singaporeans, and debate on it will no doubt surface again from time to time. And, in making its case, Goldman Sachs made some notable points. It suggests, for instance, that free and full access to landed housing would attract more foreigners to
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    • 1711 20  -  Territory's role as the mainland's gateway risks being usurped by its 'sister' cities By FRIEDRICH WU AS THE Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reaches the 10th anniversary of the territory's reunion with its sovereign in China in July, government and business leaders in
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    • 760 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE NEIL BEHRMANN London Correspondent THE Bank For International Settlements (BIS) has published an annual report that is uncomfortable but essential reading. It should shake up sanguine finance ministers, economists and investment bankers. Beware the consensus, warns the Basle-based central
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    • 851 21  -  The one thing that could upset this would be an outside bid for the SGX or for one or more of India's stock exchanges ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent THE "industrial logic" of cooperation between the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and the Singapore Exchange
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    • 447 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Joyce Fong Company Secretary The Singapore Exchange WE refer to the commentary, "Corporate disclosure: SGX must be the standard bearer", (BT, June 25). We would like to reiterate that SGX has, at all times, made disclosure based on
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    • 881 21  -  Manila is abuzz over the outcome which may come anytime soon of ousted president Joseph Estrada's six-year trial for alleged plunder and perjury AL LABITA Manila Correspondent UILTY or not guilty? m That's the question facUing a special anti-graft Philippine court as
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      977 28  -  SPA House is one of the newest landmarks in the fast-developing hip enclave of Dempsey Hill for chic PMEBs, writes MELISSA LWEE MELISSA LWEE SAY "goodbye" to clubs and bars when it comes to your social fix for the week say "hello" instead to House, the Spa Esprit
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    • 1097 28  -  NIGHT OUT By CHRISTOPHER LIM THERE'S a new Irish pub in town, but some people will scratch their heads and wonder if that's really news. Yes, it's got a name Durty Nelly's that appropriately straddles the middle ground between bawdiness and familiarity. It's also
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    • 1001 29  -  By N K YONG AFTER tasting the finest Bordeaux 2006 en primeur for a whole week, it was a welcome change to turn next to German Rieslings with their delicious freshness, fruity acidity and low alcohol. The week began with an introduction to Christophe
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    • 453 29  -  By GEOFFREY EU THE underdog sports story, in which a local hero triumphs over adversity despite the odds, is tailor-made for the movie screen although any life that has been distilled over 96 minutes into a conventional three-act drama is flawed by definition. The
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    • 435 31  - Oops wrong house! By AMANDA DE GUZMAN SOME of Korea's biggest exports may well be its soap operas and their swoonworthy stars, but the latest sensation could well be Jump a theatrical production that combines martial arts, comedy, and some serious acrobatics. Produced by Korean performance company Yegam, Jump's most
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    • 459 31  -  By AMANDA DE GUZMAN THE future for young theatre talents is shining bright, thanks to several programmes that have emerged to nurture up and coming actors and playwrights under the guidance of more experienced artists. Singapore Repertory Theatre's The Young Co, is a two-year training
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    • 1593 32  -  The Sun Festival comes to Singapore, combining music, literature, visual arts, wine, cuisine and wellness, reports PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR AS to why Singapore after Cortona and Napa, Mr Wissman replies: "Singapore appealed to me as a wonderful place to hold the event in
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