The Business Times, 21 September 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Friday, September 21,2007
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Steep rates likely for F1 trackside hotel rooms
    770 1  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Companies seeking to entertain guests may have to pay top dollar for packages over race period [SINGAPORE] Corporations preparing to entertain their guests at trackside hotels during the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix in September next year may have to
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    Lock icon Horizon Towers resolution may be in sight
    600 1  -  MICHELLE QUAH Owners of 135 units vote to extend sale deadline to Dec 11 [SINGAPORE] There may finally be a resolution, of sorts, for the long-running Horizon Towers saga. Owners of 135 units at the Leonie Hill development who attended a hastily convened
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      47 1 INVESTMENT BOOKS .f» I COMPANIES OFFICE DESIGNS ,^A IJfßpl ROUNDTABLE China, India-vivid \^9 Spore-listed Reits The 21st century WF H§-' Japan: the new safe haven story of two giants T^^ could hit 30 next year cubicle >v^ ~^WkRAGE 14 RAGE 36 M PAGE 7 RAGE 30 I^%^
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore SMEs spread their wings
      672 2  -  OH BOON PING 70% venture overseas; most do well but rising costs are a new concern [SINGAPORE] Singapore's small and medium-sized firms are increasingly striking out beyond its borders, according to the latest SME Development Survey conducted by DP Information Group (DP Info). The survey
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Home market will grow even if punters retreat: report
        63 2 RECENT events could make the residential property market vulnerable to declines in collective sales and speculative activity. However, Goldman Sachs believes that other demand drivers such as the increase in resident population will help mitigate the fall in those selling their
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        Lock icon 20 SGX firms make the cut in Forbes Asia 200
        55 2 TWENTY Singapore companies have made their way into the latest Forbes Asia 200 "Best Under A Billion" list, which ranks companies with less than US$l billion in turnover but which have shown consistent growth in sales and profits over three
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        Lock icon City Spring sees DPU rising 16.7% with Basslink buy
        75 2 THE acquisition of Basslink in Australia is expected to raise City Spring Infrastructure Trust's distribution per unit (DPU) to 7 cents on an annualised basis for the next financial year ending March 2009, th trustee-manager of City Spring, said yesterday. This
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        Lock icon Rotary expects to win up to $300m Exxon Mobil contracts
        94 2 ROTARY Engineering, a Singapore oil and gas infrastructure services firm, said it expects to win contracts worth up to $300 million from oil major Exxon Mobil in Singapore. The company also plans to invest up to $30 million in a
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        Lock icon 7 companies sign up 15 franchisees
        66 2 IN the largest multiple franchise agreement signing ceremony held here yesterday, some 22 firms signed franchise-related agreements, with seven companies appointing 15 franchisees in the opening ceremony of the FLAsia 2007. These included international companies appointing master franchisees and local companies signing unique franchise
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        Lock icon Funding squeeze tightens as China reins in asset markets
        75 2 A MASSIVE squeeze in China's money market suggests the authorities are getting serious about reining in soaring asset markets to control inflation. Funding squeezes have occurred a few times this year in response to initial public offers of equity and seasonal
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        Lock icon Golden Plus courts loss-making Maika
        63 2 GOLDEN Plus, a property firm controlled by Shanghai-based businessman Teh Soon Seng, wants to take over loss-making but asset-rich Maika Holdings the investment arm of the Malaysian Indian Congress political party. Separately, Golden Plus has also asked Bank Negara for permission to buy the insurance
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        Lock icon China to let banks invest in global stocks
        50 2 CHINA will soon allow its banks to invest their clients' money in a wider range of stock markets, such as in New York and London, through the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor scheme, the China Securities Journal reported yesterday. GREATER CHINA, PAGE 17
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      Lock icon Bernanke offers markets fresh assurances
      557 2 Bloomberg Congress told Fed will act against bad lending practices [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the credit crisis has created "significant market stress" and offered fresh assurances that regulators would take steps to curb fallout related to the mortgage mess.
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      Lock icon Sands raising $5b to fund building of S'pore IR
      439 2 Bloomberg Banks roped in are said to include DBS, UOB, OCBC [SINGAPORE] Las Vegas Sands Corp, the world's largest casino operator by market value, is seeking a record loan in Singapore currency to fund construction of the nation's first integrated resort
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      Lock icon Home market will grow even if punters retreat: report
      768 3  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Developers may go for higher volumes, lower margins in mass, mid-segment By [SINGAPORE] Recent events could make the residential property market vulnerable to declines in collective sales and speculative activity. However, Goldman Sachs believes that other demand drivers such
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      Lock icon Temasek's chief investment officer leaves next month
      387 3 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings said that its chief investment officer, Jimmy Phoon, would leave next month after eight years with the firm. Mr Phoon said in a separate statement yesterday that he would take a break to spend time with
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
      • Article
        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.75 INDONESIA 15.515 TAIWAN 5.956 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 3.94 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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        46 3 Thursday Change 1,308.67 +11.51 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 16,413.79 +32.25 HANG SENG 25,701.13 +146.49 SET INDEX 815.43 +3.64 JAKARTA COMP 2,304.63 -8.71 MANILA COMP 3,442.38 +79.40 SEOUL COMP 1,908.97 +6.32 SHENZHEN B 779.46 +3.40 MUMBAI IND 16,347.95 +25.20 12NOONEDT Change 13,807.83 -7.73 DOW NASDAQ 2,664.14 -2.34
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        42 3 uss SS US$ (S$ per US$) 1.504 (USS/SS ier 2.004 3.013 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.404 2.111 YEN 115.60 76.90 RM 3.445 2.291 HK$ 7.784 5.177 BAHT 34.26 22.78 RUPIAH 9,165 6,095 RENMINBI 7.512 4.995 INDIAN RUPEE 39.90 26.53 1.161 0.772 NZ$ 1.355 0.901
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon 20 SGX firms make the cut in Forbes Asia 200
      625 4  -  LYNETTE KHOO List ranks top 200 with under US$l b turnover, showing consistent growth TWENTY Singapore Ex-change-listed companies have made their way into the latest Forbes Asia 200 "Best Under A Billion" list, which ranks companies with less than US$l
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      Lock icon Schumpeter's right at home at St James Power Station
      833 4  -  MATTHEW PHAN IF nightclub operator St James succeeds in its planned reverse takeover (RTO) of loss-making IT firm JK Technology, the transaction will recall Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter's "creative destruction" at two levels. First is the St James Power Station's physical
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      Lock icon CitySpring sees its DPU rising 16.7% with Basslink acquisition
      402 6 Long-term regular revenues expected to give 7 cents DPU in next financial year ending March 2009 THE acquisition of Basslink in Australia is expected to raise City Spring Infrastructure Trust's distribution per unit (DPU) to 7 cents on an annualised basis
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      Lock icon Rotary Engg eyes Exxon Mobil contracts worth up to $300m
      443 6 Reuters It also plans to invest up to $30m in new fabrication yard ROTARY Engineering, a Singapore oil and gas infrastructure services firm, said it expects to win contracts worth up to $300 million from oil major Exxon Mobil in
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      Lock icon Sunshine to acquire China property firm for 61m yuan
      331 6  -  ANGELA TAN Henan Jinjiang has 2 mixed-devt projects in Zhengzhou SUNSHINE Holdings is buying a China property company for 61 million yuan (5512.2 million). The acquisition, Henan Jinjiang Real Estate Co Ltd, will be 90 per cent owned by Xinxiang Huilong
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      Lock icon SP AusNet to buy assets from Singapore Power for A$B.l4b
      559 6 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] SP AusNet has agreed to buy assets from parent Singapore Power Ltd for A 58.14 billion (5510.4 billion), including debt, to become Australia's largest energy transmission company. The acquisition will be funded by a mix of debt and
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      Lock icon S'pore-listed Reits could hit 30 next year: CBRE
      440 7  -  CONRAD TAN Asian Reits' market cap doubles in six months to over USsBob at end-June THE number of Singa-pore-listed property trusts could reach 30 next year if market conditions remain favourable, says CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) in a report. But competition in
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      Lock icon MapletreeLog to invest in Japan centre
      273 7 $92 million deal on distribution centre in Kanto region due to be completed in '08 MAPLETREE Logistics Trust is investing $92 million in a distribution centre in the Kanto region of Japan. Announcing this yesterday, Mapletree Logistics Trust Management (MLTM), the manager of the
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      Lock icon Trek secures $38m contract
      226 7  -  ROLAND LIM HOMEGROWN "Thumbdrive" inventor Trek 2000 International yesterday announced that it has secured a contract worth $38 million from a Japanese multinational customer. In a press release yesterday, the company said that it expects contributions from the contract to "commence towards the end of FY2007
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      Lock icon Citigroup regional hubs to boost corporate servicing
      422 9  -  SIOW LI SEN New Spore-based regional service hub, client care centre will serve key clients CITIGROUP is opening two regional hubs in Singapore to better service corporate customers in an effort to earn more fees from transaction banking. A statement yesterday said Citi
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Proposed share subscription in Ei-Nets
        53 9 EI-NETS said Anthony Soh, chairman of Asia Growth Capital, will subscribe for 280 million new shares at 3.5 cents apiece. On completion of the proposed transaction, Dr Soh, who is also chairman of Asia Pacific Links and First Capital Growth Investments, will become a non-executive
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        Lock icon AusGroup secures A$45m job
        29 9 AUSGROUP has secured a letter of intent for maintenance work on refinery sites worth about As4s million. The work, over three years, will start immediately.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Fresh sub-prime concerns in Europe?
      567 10  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Local session turns more sober with ST Index down 41.9 points and a weak broad market IT'S possible to argue that since the Straits Times Index had rocketed by almost 117 points on Wednesday, it would be reasonable to expect some kind
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      103 10 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 10 4 0 0 0 6 10 4 10 Manufacturing 37 112 59 22 18 42 134 77 Commerce 18 40 18 23 46 24 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 27 10 29 Finance 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      118 10 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 16,808 16,808 77,113 77,113 lanufacturing 378,066 222,459 600,525 317,509 61,650 379,159 Commerce 119,326 15,644 134,970 109,104 4,912 114,017 •pt/Stor/Comms 148,707 2,935 151,642 455,040 3,288 458,328 :inance 56,860 56,860 785,653 785,653 Construction 92,517 14,001 106,518 45,719 3,782 49,501 'roperties 78,617
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      233 10 Stock name Wt Close Chani Allgreen 0.51 1.760 -0.010 Ascendasreit 0.91 2.590 -0.020 CapitaComm 0.55 2.780 +0.060 Capita Land 5.06 8.050 -0.200 CapitaMall 0.95 3.720 +0.020 Chart SemiCond 0.55 1.060 -0.020 CityDev 2.93 15.800 -0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.32 1.950 -0.020 Cosco Corp 1.66 5.200 -0.200 Creative Tech
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      910 10  -  MATTHEW PHAN Singapore Banking DBS Group Research, Sept 20 WE EXPECT topline growth for banks to remain robust on the back of strong loan growth, coupled with careful management of assets and liabilities (pricing of loans and deposits). With strong loan growth, we expect net interest margin to
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      Lock icon US$ lurches lower, euro hits new highs
      508 10  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES THE US dollar suffered another day of ugly losses yesterday, registering fresh multi-year lows versus some counterparts and testing yet more key support areas. More soft US figures released overnight certainly did the US unit no favour, with US housing
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      46 10 Sep20 VALUE CLOSE -47.00-397.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-196.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -5.00 All-SG Equities 970.32 -11.40 SG Equities Elect 123.91 -1.55 SG Equities Fin 2426.28 -4.21 SG Equities Prop 1540.78 -21.75 SIMSCI 436.85 -5.43 SIMSCI Futures 437.90 -5.10 PrimePartnersCI 244.15 -5.35
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      57 10 VOLUME CapitalandDßeCWoBol2l 57,260,000 Baker Tech 51,754,000 Startech 47,675,000 Sing Tel 44,662,000 Alantac 44,579,000 Armarda 39,456,000 ChinaKanqda 35,572,000 Centillion 32,882,000 Eastqate Tech 30,274,000 DBS DBeCWOBO3IO 28,641,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 396,008,772 UOB 188,846,203 Sing Tel 172,419,135 Capita Land 156,192,821 SGX 99,025,400 OCBC Bk 88,067,500 CityDev 83,082,400 S I A
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      Lock icon RISES
      97 10 CLOSE UP LD 10US$ 7210 60.1 0.6 IOIL 244 43.6 13.5 ISH 1500 30.1 1.4 iBS Gri 2040 30.0 1.5 ;TI3500SGAeCW*****9 95 18.0 23.4 .abro* larMBLeCW/***** 45 15.5 52.5 MSCI India 100 760 15.0 1.3 China H 10US$ 2000 15.0 0.5 ;txpokwioo 295 13.0 4.6 ;TXPOSGAeCW*****9 106 13.0 14.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      127 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 374 -22.0 -5.6 Sini iTel 100 B Sembawani 1110 -20.0 -1.8 Cai Land 805 -20.0 -2.. Cosco Con 520 -20.0 -3.7 Haw Par Con 810 -20.0 -2.. Kei Con 1380 -20.0 -1.. S I A 1860 -20.0 -1.1 SIA 10 1860 -20.0 -1.1 SIA 200
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      88 10 Reuters Source: Wh lere S! i$ stands Sep 20 CHNG CLOSE FRSep19 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.5035 0.29 1.5479 1.5027® Euro 2.1103 -0.15 2.1154# 1.9913 Pounds 3.0178 0.39 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2971 -0.87 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.3011 -0.02 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.47 0.***** 0.***** Baht*
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon 7 firms sign up 15 franchisees
      472 11  -  LYNETTE KHOO It's the largest multiple franchise agreement signing ceremony held here IN the largest multiple franchise agreement signing ceremony held here yesterday, some 22 firms signed franchise-related agreements with seven companies appointing 15 franchisees in the opening ceremony of the FLAsia 2007. These
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      Lock icon Janus Capital sets up office to woo investors
      296 11  -  CONRAD TAN AMERICAN-BASED specialist fund manager Janus Capital Group has opened an office here to target private banks and other institutional investors in South-east Asia. The office has kicked off with two traders, led by Benjamin Chang, co-head of the firm's Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon Education in markets for financial sector staff
      189 11 THE Securities Investment Institute (SII) is offering a new professional qualification programme that aims to equip entrants to the financial sector with broad industry knowledge. SII said yesterday that it had come up with the International Introduction to Investment Award to meet a
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      Lock icon 'Very little' e-waste recycled in S'pore
      390 11  -  MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE recycles "very little" electronic waste, with less than "a few per cent" of computers, printers, cartridges and other equipment returned, a Hewlett-Packard executive said yesterday. HP's environment director for the Asia-Pacific Japan, Jean-Claude Vanderstraeten, told a media session that in Western
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      Lock icon More accountability, stricter regulation with building bill
      601 12  -  ARTHUR SIM YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Key amendments in place for underground works, high-rise buildings THE Building Control Bill was passed by Parliament yesterday, paving the way for a stronger regulatory framework to raise professionalism, quality and safety standards in the construction industry. Speaking
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      Lock icon Longevity Insurance committee may report in 6 months
      430 12  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE first report of the committee on National Longevity Insurance (LI) could be rolled out within six months, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. Dr Ng, who is keen to have the committee come up with a basic plan
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      Lock icon House okays changes to en bloc sale rules
      369 12  -  r UMA SHANKARI PARLIAMENT yesterday approved changes to the Land Titles (Strata) Bill, which spells out proper procedure for en bloc sales. The changes will now become law sometime next month after it has been cleared by the President's office. During the
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Funding squeeze tightens as China reins in asset markets
      500 13 Reuters Policy shift could spell trouble for stock, property markets: analysts [SHANGHAI] A massive squeeze in China's money market suggests the authorities are getting serious about reining in soaring asset markets to control inflation. Funding squeezes have occurred a few times
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      Lock icon Fed cut meant to jumpstart debt market
      458 13 The Washington Post Risk of recession enough to warrant aggressive cut [WASHINGTON] The decision by the Federal Reserve to cut a key interest rate by a half percentage point was spurred by concerns that the market's woes are far different from major meltdowns
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  • BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Japan: the new safe haven
      2500 14 OVERVIEW AMID continuing turbulence in credit markets and with deep uncertainty as to how far this will penetrate into financial systems, currency markets and into the global real economy, could Japan prove to be one of the havens for investors on a medium term view?
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  • MALAYSIA NEWS
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      Lock icon Touchy issue as Golden Plus courts Maika
      554 15  -  S JAYASANKARAN Teh Soon Seng's property firm also eyeing Pan Global's insurance unit GOLDEN Plus, a property firm controlled by Shang-hai-based businessman Teh Soon Seng, wants to take over loss-making but asset-rich Maika Holdings the investment arm of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
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      Lock icon Megan's Memory Tech served winding-up petition
      550 15  -  PAULINE NG MEMORY Tech, a subsidiary of Megan Media Holdings, was this week served with a winding-up petition, adding to the woes of the technically insolvent disk maker. Mayban Trustees, which is the trustee for some RM473 million (*****.5 million) of Islamic debt papers
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      20 15 Lianhe Zaobao I I Shenzhen I [buyers £l Ifuel home i I I prices iii I Guangdong I I:r1 j£H|
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      85 15 ■^■JSTI BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EP^ ~f —r ■S ta International British Virgin Islands Opportunities for Growth in Financial Services 10 October 2007, 2pm Bpm Raffles Hotel, Singapore Senior government officials and regulators from The British Virgin Islands, one of the world's premier financial centres, will be visiting Singapore in October
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  • INDONESIA NEWS
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      Lock icon Plan to recover assets embezzled by Suharto
      268 16  -  Xinhua Yudhoyono to meet World Bank chief for talks [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to meet World Bank chief Robert Zoellickto have talks on the alleged illegal wealth of former president Suharto, on the sidelines of the upcoming UN General Assembly
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      Lock icon Foreign funds return to Indonesia's capital market
      602 16  -  LAUREL TEO Gradual recovery of foreign deposits in Bl certificates and state debt securities AFTER pulling out in droves from Indonesia last month, foreign investors are pouring their funds back into the country's capital markets. Since the start of this month, there has
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      Lock icon Stanley Ho shells out record HK$69m for Qing sculpture
      417 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Casino billionaire Stanley Ho paid a record HKs69.l million (5513.3 million) for a Qing Dynasty bronze, preventing a controversial auction of the looted artwork by Sotheby's. Mr Ho planned to donate the horse head sculpture to China. The
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley to buy stake in Jutian Fund Mgt
      275 17 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley plans to buy into China's Jutian Fund Management Co in a move to tap China's red-hot wealth management sector, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley had signed an initial agreement
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      150 17 AFP SHANGHAI] Three businessmen linked to Shanghai's biggest graft scandal involving the theft of millions of dollars of public funds went on trial on charges of taking aribes, state press reported yesterday. Han Fanghe, former general manager of Huaan Fund Vlanagement, was charged
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      344 17 Reuters Clients' funds can be invested in overseas markets, under QDII scheme: report [BEIJING] China will soon allow its banks to invest their clients' money in a wider range of stock markets, such as in New York and London, through the Qualified
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      425 18 Reuters It is also open to signing long-term contracts with coal producers [MUMBAI] India's No 2 private power producer, Reliance Energy Ltd, is scouting for coal mines overseas and sees infrastructure projects such as road and rail transport as key growth drivers, a
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      262 18 [NEW DELHI] Leading global mobile operator Vodafone will begin using its own name in India today following its US$ll.l billion purchase of an Indian cellular firm, a company official said Wednesday. The move to rename its new Indian cellular unit will involve
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      7654 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.087/ Star Europe Bond 1.209/ Star Europe Bal 1.263/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.672/ Star Asia Bond 1.287/ Star Asia Balanced 1.102/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.243/ Multi St Fd 0.977/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.853/ Gib Multi St USD
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      993 19 Reuters Nasdaq to buy OMX, Borse Dubai buys Nasdaq's LSE stake, plus 20% of Nasdaq [STOCKHOLM] Nasdaq and Dubai's stock exchange struck a deal yesterday that shakes up ownership of some of the world's top share markets and takes the Nasdaq
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      284 19 Reuters [BERLIN] The liquidity crisis that sent Shockwaves through the international financial system will also hurt third quarter profit at Deutsche Bank, one of the largest players in the global debt market. Chief executive Joseph Ackermann said late on Wednesday that
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      451 19 Bloomberg, AP, NYT Q3 net income dropped 61% to USsl7lm [NEW YORK] Bear Steams Cos, the securities firm hit the hardest by the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, reported its biggest profit decline since at least 1998 as rising US homeloan
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      501 19 Hull Humber wins, close fight for second Clipper Ventures THE boat Hull Humber stormed to victory in the first race of Clipper 07-08, crossing the line at La Rochelle more than 50 miles ahead of its closest rival, Liverpool 08. Hull Humber's win in its debut Clipper Race follows its
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      415 19 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] The index of leading US economic indicators fell in August by the most in six months reflecting lower consumer confidence and a rise in claims for unemployment insurance. The Conference Board's gauge declined 0.6 per cent, more than forecast,
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      120 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronic goods retailer Bic Camera Inc will spend some 5.7 billion yen (5574.1 million) to become Best Denki Co Ltd's top shareholder, amid expectations for a further shake-up in the industry. Japanese electronics retailers have been merging and forming a web
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      Lock icon MUFG to buy US$l b of shares in credit card unit
      266 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said yesterday it will buy US$l billion worth of shares from Mitsubishi UFJ Nicos to bolster the credit card unit's financial health. Japan's consumer finance industry has suffered heavy
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Japan's Skymark rebounds, wins new customers
      633 20 Bloomberg Stock is up 24% this year and expected to rise 50% more in next six months [TOKYO] Skymark Airlines Inc, Japan's largest discount carrier, came back from two years of losses by doing what the country's biggest airlines have failed to do: win
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      543 20 ■AFP [BANGKOK] Thai police said yesterday that it could take up to two more weeks to formally identify 33 badly burnt victims of the Phuket plane crash that killed nearly 90 people. Aviation officials are still trying to determine what caused
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      495 20 Bloomberg Boarding procedures to be changed to cut time waiting in line [DALLAS] Southwest Airlines Co, reaching out to business fliers, will change boarding procedures to reduce the time passengers wait in lines while keeping its policy of not assigning seats. An end to
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      341 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] London Heathrow airport's crowding problems predate ownership by Grupo Ferrovial SA, said Willie Walsh, chief executive officer of British Airways Pic (BA), the airport's biggest customer. Traffic at Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, exceeds capacity by 20 million passengers a year and the
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      252 20 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German airline Deutsche Lufthansa and mail and logistics group Deutsche Post said they will launch a joint cargo carrier in 2009 focused on airfreight and express shipments in and out of Asia. The venture will operate a fleet of 11 leased new
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      2371 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      389 21  -  WEE LI-EN SSA has seen its membership grow a record 14% to 312 By AS it celebrates its 22nd anniversary tonight, the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has something to cheer about a record 14 per cent rise in membership to 312 members
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      174 21 Reuters [HONG KONG] Chinese logistics giant Sinotrans (Group) Co's resources shipping unit plans to raise more than US$l.3 billion in a November IPO here, taking advantage of a global shipping boom, sources said yesterday. The parent of Hong Kong-listed Sinotrans Ltd is applying
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        114 21 '000 20 it Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.86 0.37
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        40 21 '000 20 M$ Vol Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid PDZ Holdings 1.22 9.65 9.70 4.24 2.92 0.25 2.17 -0.07 0.05 0.15 0.08 -0.03 -0.01 unch 881 148 724 3085 85 4 71
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        14 21 ■oo iep20 Vol ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 35.00 30.50 -0.25 unch 1243 1013
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        14 21 '000 20 HK$ Vol Doil iingamas Cont 76.65 4.53 -0.60 0.03 1125 1422
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        51 21 '000 19 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.80 33.00 1.98 1.60 unch unch unch unch 1916 1262 10 20 TAIPEI Sep20 NTS Vo[ Evergreen Marine ....25.60 :irst Steamship 75.00 /Van Hai Lines 23.95 r"ang Ming Marine ..25.00 1.30 -3.30 0.30 0.40 61 2 6
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        41 21 '000 'en (awasaki Hvy Ind ..409.00 -10.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen ...1653.00 63.00 9677 Mitsubishi Hvy 667.00 2.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..594.00 6.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ...1778.00 34.00 ***** Mippon Express 590.00 -10.00 3576 MipponYusen 1086.00 -3.00 7757 iource: Reuters
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      734 21  -  SELVA KUMAR ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK IHE UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has called on the International Chamber of Shipping to develop a code of practice for the container shipping industry
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      481 21 Reuters [HONG KONG] Port operator China Merchants Holdings (International) Co Ltd, which posted a 26 per cent rise in first half earnings on Wednesday, plans to focus more on resource and ener-gy-related bulk cargo terminals in coming years, hoping to ride a Chinese-driven
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      525 22 IT used to be said that when the US economy sneezes, Asia catches a cold. These days, however, the more interesting debate is just how much this region's growth trajectory can diverge or decouple from that of the US. This week, we
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      1030 22  -  RAJESH MAHAPATRA ■AP Critics wonder if a bid for luxury marques. Jaguar and Land Rover, makes business sense FOR this former British colony, an Indian takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover would be a boost to local pride and a sign of India's economic
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      780 22  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE THE BOTTOM LINE THE "Bernanke put" may have made Asian markets dizzy with excitement, yet very few central bankers in the region will be joining the celebrations. To most Asian policymakers, the larger-than-expected cut this week in the US
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      1630 23  -  DONALD GREENLEES IHT With the missile ambitions of Asian countries growing, India and China are modernising and upgrading their systems TWO decades after developed nations agreed to halt the proliferation of strategic missile technology, China and India are leading the most significant modernisation of nuclear-capable
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8360 24 52-wks Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol '000) Hig Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap Smil Hig Comp any 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF
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      2072 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000] Day |h Low Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCa Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Sin Comi >an' Hii 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 25 8538 APStrategic 16.5 1.5 1501 Advanced System 70.5 9.5 1524 Alantac 22.5
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      371 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Se| 19 World Index Preliminan 1166.8 1.9 6.0 1.4 6.8 2.1 8.7 t EAFE Preliminan 1146.3 3.0 3.5 2.8 5.9 3.5 7.8 Eun Preliminary 1571.0
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      133 25 A. s 9am se p2o Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2850 1.3000 Can dollar 1.4780 1.4950 Euro 2.0930 2.1170 NZ dollar 1.1000 1.1250 jterlin iund 2.9980 3.0320 US dollar 1.4970 1.5150 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      162 25 Sep2o Overnight 2 5/16 1-month 2 13/32 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 1/2 Overnight mode: 2 1/16 US$ Offer 2 3/16 2 9/32 2 5/16 2 3/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 5.05 5.25 5.25 5.25 5.20
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      21 25 sepio STI SIMSCI Sep 443.1 448.5 437.9 Taiwan Se 347.7 353.9 348.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 25 Sep20 SS Bid Offer 1-month 1.4998 1.5009 2-months 1.4960 1.4973 3-months 1.4929 1.4943 6-months 1.4845 1.4859 Source: OCBC
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      152 25 Sep 20 Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2951 1.2963 0.8615 0.8617 Canadian dollar 1.4866 1.4885 0.9889 0.9895 Euro 2.1099 2.1117 1.4035 1.4038 NZ dollar 1.1090 1.1105 0.7377 0.7382 aterlim ind 3.0120 3.0148 2.0036 2.0041 US dollar 1.5033 1.5043
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      347 25 se p2o OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 95.320 95.610 95.680 95.695 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 5385 3722 EUROYEN FUTURES DecO7 99.195 99.205 MarO8 99.175 99.180B JunO8 99.130 99.140B SepO8 99.065 99.070 DecO8 98.970 98.970 MarO9 98.885 98.890 JunO9
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      270 25 se P 2o RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Oct 07 NOV07 Dec 07 Jan/Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 330.50 330.00 330.75 331.25 334.75 337.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      101 25 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov07 971.00 969.50 972.00 953.00 Jan 08 986.00 984.50 988.00 969.00 Mar 08 995.00 992.00 995.50 977.50 May 08 995.00 993.50 995.00 978.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct07 39.28 39.48 39.36 39.08 Dec 07 39.70
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      79 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS se P ,9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 78.27 1.27 WTI (Near Mth) 81.84 -0.23 Dubai (1-Mth F) 74.12 1 Tapis blend 83.3 1.2 Minas 78 0.95 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 77.38 92.05 -0.07 0.55 US$/barrel Opec
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      452 25 se p2o iuro ren (on 'eso lam ■ouni Australia 0.871 6.472 0.614 6.707 34.380 78.966 0.996 7.953 2.968 1.168 52.213 39.056 1.296 6.091 1.013 28.492 29.514 0.430 0.862 Canada 1.148 7.431 0.705 7.701 39.472 90.662 1.144 9.131 3.408 1.340 59.947 44.841 1.488 6.993 1.163 32.712 33.886 0.494
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      89 25 se p2o Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****N 21.12.07 1-Year BY*****V 30.04.08 2.09 2.13 2.01 2.01 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****0A 2.625 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year
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      75 25 Sep2o (US$) (SS) 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 4.***** 4.***** 5.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.*****
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      133 25 Sep 20 (SK Sellini Bu rim 1 oz 1213.38 1086 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying lOgm SILVER $425.86 349 Selling Buying Passbook Acct 1 oz 19.65 19.41 Source: UOB LONDON PLATINUM (US$/oz) Sep 19 Close Previous PM Fix AM Fix 1306.00 1300.00 1307.00 1299.00 Source: Reuters
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      70 25 Sep 19 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2429.00 2349.80 3 months 2484.00 2407.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7933.00 7885.00 7633.00 7585.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3292.00 3 months 3235.00 3214.50 3140.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      84 25 Se P l9 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 981 978 984/967 Mar 08 995 994 997/983 May 08 1004 1003 1007/992 Jul 08 1013 1014 1016/1006 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 07 1898 1903 1919/1917 Nov 07 1948 1953 1966/1928 Jan 08 1822 1815 1833/1799
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      1567 30 New office designs could boost productivity, but local companies are slow to adopt them, reports GEOFFREY EU T HAS been considered an inexact art and one that has escaped closer scrutiny in the past but furniture systems are no longer taking a back seat in the
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  • CINEMA
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      601 31 Planet Terror is a faithful recreation of a 70s low budget movie, says GEOFFREY EU YOU don't have to be a cineaste to appreciate what director Robert Rodriguez attempts to achieve in Planet Terror his personal tribute to the resoundingly absurd, low budget
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      Lock icon A look at choices in life and love
      419 31  -  WEI-TZE SAM A PERPLEXING and provoking film, director Tom Kalin's Savage Grace is much more than just a straightforward exploration of the Oedipus complex. Based on the book by Natalie Robins and Steven Aronson, Savage Grace centres on the wealthy and dysfunctional
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      412 31  -  WEI-TZE SAM THEY were a big part of the pop culture of the 1950s to *****, and now they're also part of our illustrious local movie history. Some 40 posters of Chinese movies made by Cathay have been put up on exhibit, in a
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      384 31  -  PARVATHI NAYAR DVD ANTHONY Minghella evokes mood magnificently, whether the obsessive attachments of The English Patient or the complex social ambitions of The Talented Mr Ripley. In that sense, his latest, Breaking and Entering, is no exception. Set largely in London's gritty
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  • NIGHT OUT
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      892 32 Majestic Bar is built to resemble a tree house, complete with faux eaves, deck and LED-lit sky of stars, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM OOKING for somewhere new to go for a drink? Pleased with the constantly increasing variety at the Dempsey Road area, but growing
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      767 32  -  CHEAH UI-HOON HIS "trees" are composed of hundreds of tiny human figures, and his "human figures" could well be branches of a tree reaching out. Then there's the interplay of outlines and solid shadows to his other 2D-looking sculptures, with common use of everyday animals, like birds,
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  • ARTS/WINE
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      Lock icon Enthralling China with a Singapore Season
      752 35 PARVATHI NAYAR reports on the upcoming month-long programme showcasing Singapore's cultural and business vibrancy in Beijing and Shanghai from mid-October ÜBLIC-private-peo-pie partnership" at I its best: that's what Dr Tan Chin Nam, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts (Mica),
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      622 35  -  WEI-TZE SAM ARTSINGAPORE returns this year, bigger and better than before. South-east Asia's largest contemporary art fair is in its seventh year, and this time, features 87 galleries from 16 countries, with over $20 million worth of art pieces on display and for sale. This
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      994 35  -  N X YONG A WINE-TASTING lunch is somewhat unusual but this invitation from an old friend, whom I shall call "J" for short, contained the elements of a worthy surprise. J is a highly eclectic wine collector and I knew he must have
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  • BOOKS/MUSIC
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      Lock icon The story of a tectonic shift
      1047 36 'obyn Meredith, in her new book on the rise of China and India, has tackled a vast subject with insight and flair, says VIKRAM KHANNA EVER in history have we had two enormous countries embracing both capitalism and globalisation at the same time," says
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      Lock icon Korn balances rock with eclecticism
      388 36  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEW IT'S hard for a metal band to grow without either losing focus or losing loyal fans. Metallica is an excellent example. It alienated quite a few fans when it changed both its image and sound for its sixth album, Load. Korn
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