The Business Times, 28 January 2008

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  • Title Section
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    26 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Monday, January 28,2008
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Former Indonesian president Suharto dies
    791 1  -  LAUREL TEO His imprint on modern Indonesia remains, despite divisions over his legacy By in Jakarta IN THE end, Indonesia's longest ruling leader exited life much as he had burst into power shrouded in a cloud of controversy. Former president Suharto, who had been slowly
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  • Article
    Lock icon Timely divestments enabled GIC to buy into ÜBS, Citi
    565 1 Some holdings were sold in Q3 in still buoyant markets By ANNA TEO in Davos, Switzerland BACK in the third quarter of 2007, when global financial markets were still buoyant and the investor mood fairly exuberant, the Government of Singapore Investment
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      51 1 Weekly 3,159.48 hange +55.23 iT Index 1COMP 1,405.40 -34.09 MKKEI 225 13,629.16 -232.13 IANG SENG 25,122.37 -79.50 ;et index 759.72 -29.95 JAKARTA COM P 2,620.49 +9.36 1ANILACOMP 3,237.41 +69.11 ;eoulcomp 1,692.41 -42.31 ;henzhen b 657.47 -26.40 IUMBAI IND 18,361.66 -652.04 )OW 12,207.17 +107.87 IASDAQ 2,326.20 -13.82 ;&P 500 1,330.61
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.483 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.08 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      39 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.422 (US$/S$ ier£) 1.984 2.821 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.476 2.09! 'EN 107.70 75.8I 3.242 2.28I m 7.808 5.492 !AHT 31.45 22.12 1UPIAH 9,326 6,55! 1ENMINBI 7.208 5.07I INDIAN RUPEE 39.39 27.7I 1.130 0.79! IZ$ 1.292 0.90!
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      67 1 DINING OUT BizlT VIEWS FROM THE TOP POWER LUNCH Grand eats to ring S'pore SMEs to spend CEOs on strategies to cope £5 jr f jB Advanced Holdings CEO in the Rat Year U!^$ lb on telecoms with rising staff costs on his favourite cuisine page 11 gBPt this year
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Singapore's GIC declines UBS board seat
        57 2 IT'S final: GIC will not take up a seat on the UBS board. The Singapore investment agency's deputy chairman and executive director, Tony Tan, told UBS chairman Marcel Ospel of its decision when they met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in
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        Lock icon Early birds in the black, some with higher earnings
        45 2 THE early birds of the reporting season have delivered a good showing. All 13 companies that reported their results this month stayed in the black, and eight of them posted higher earnings. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5
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        Lock icon Raffles Education to list China ops on HK bourse
        60 2 NOT content with just a Singapore listing, Raffles Education Corporation intends to list all its China operations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. A listing in Hong Kong would enable the private education provider to springboard into China, said Raffles Education
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        Lock icon NPOs enticed to set up in Singapore
        56 2 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) has launched a new International Organisations Program Office to attract non-profit organisations to set up their headquarters in Singapore. They include industry organisations, standards boards, R&D houses or think-tanks, grant or charity foundations, humanitarian groups, and corporate social
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        Lock icon Epic era in Indonesian history ends
        49 2 HIS beginnings were humble, but his influence on Indonesia was to be profound. And whether they agree with his legacy or not, whether they ultimately admire his achievements or revile his missteps, all Indonesians will mourn former president Suharto's passing. INDONESIA, PAGE 14
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        Lock icon Global financial chiefs urge tougher bank self-regulation
        76 2 A PROPOSAL to establish "a new sheriff to police global financial markets" landed with a thud at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. And it was voted down 3-to-l by delegates. What financial officials from around the world hope for most
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        Lock icon Can rising China and India save world economy?
        78 2 WITH fears of a global economic slowdown mounting, some analysts are predicting that developing giants China and India, with their booming growth, would help lessen the impact. Stock market turmoil last week, triggered by fears of a United States recession in the
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      Lock icon Changi park shaping up as financia backroom hub
      781 2  -  ARTHUR SIM URA studying plans for Changi Business Park as part of 2008 Master Plan Review By [SINGAPORE] OCBC could soon follow Credit Suisse, Citibank and DBS to Changi Business Park to form a growing alternative financial hub there. And with prime
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      Lock icon New Business Group breaks fresh grounc
      709 2 THE EDB EDGE By MATTHEW PHAN [SINGAPORE] Set up a year ago and charged with spotting future trends and positioning Singapore to benefit, the Economic Development Board's New Business Group (NBG) is now nearly four times larger than some of EDB's other key clusters,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Robinson CEO clarifies position on Lippo
      337 2 LETTER TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the article "Robinson CEO throws weight behind Lippo" (BT, Jan 25). I am concerned that the headline of the article may give readers the wrong impression that I have, in my capacity as CEO of Robinson Co
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    • Article
      Lock icon GIC declines UBS board seat
      611 3  -  ANNA TEO THE VIEW FROM GIC Tony Tan says, as a financial investor, GIC also invests in other banks Reports by in Davos, Switzerland IT'S final: GIC will not take up a seat on the ÜBS board. The Singapore investment agency's deputy chairman and executive
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      Lock icon 'Look after the downside, the upside will look after itself'
      1005 3 "OUR philosophy is, if you look after the downside, the upside will look after itself." So says GIC deputy chairman Tony Tan about the investment agency's "risk over returns" approach. "When we consider an investment, we always look at the
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      Lock icon Rising inflation a worry for S'pore
      384 3 WHILE fears of a US recession loom large, Tony Tan's larger concern is if the downturn drags beyond the first six months of 2008 into the second half. But the "biggest worry to the world economy", he said, is inflation. "I myself do not
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon What might the Fed do for an encore this week?
      740 4  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS IN THE classic 1971 anti-estab-lishment, post-flower power era anthem "Won't get fooled again" by British rock band The Who a track incidentally used as the theme for popular TV drama CSI Miami singer Roger Daltrey tips his
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      Lock icon Asian units mostly up, but yen eases from 32-month peak
      413 4 CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies gained slightly on the greenback as fears over the global economy continued last week, but the yen lost ground after reaching a two-and-a-half year high. Japanese yen: The yen eased back from a 32-month
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      500 4 Legend: US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (aa) Capital; (ad) Cash/Bonus Tax Exempt (One-Tier); (af) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) Final; (am) Final Special Tax Exempt (One-Tier); (an) Final Tax Exempt; (ao) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (ay) First and Final
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      Lock icon Gold, platinum hit record highs after volatile week
      415 4 -AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Volatility gripped commodity markets last week as fears of a US recession gave way to hope for the world's biggest economy. Gold and platinum prices struck historic heights on Friday as investors once more bought up commodities as stock
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1920 4 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name advance SCT Ltd 1.50 2.00 2 6.55 9.31 1.69 0.67 .IIco Commercial REIT 1.60 1.60 5.16 13.96 1.52 0.74 .II' ireen Pro jerties Ltd
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 WEEKLY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      47 4 CLOSE -1280.00+636.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +350.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-128.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 790.80 +37.89 FTSE ST Small Cap 695.21 +23.33 FTSE ST All Share 807.80 +29.96 FTSE ST China 601.64+34.42 SiMSCI 386.79+ 14.09 SiMSCI Future 388.90+ 17.30 PrimePartnersCI 195.25+ 11.17
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      54 4 VOLUME Yanqzijianq 314,016,000 China Honqxinq 313,599,000 JiutianC 305,159,000 Memstar 239,038,000 SingTel 217,010,000 Jade Tech 185,751,000 JES 178,796,000 FirstRes 164,978,000 STXPOKW100 148,001,000 Gent Intl 138,097,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 1,466,341,866 SGX 964,219,217 SingTel 797,643,891 UOB 740,569,724 CapitaLand 510,853,646 OCBC Bk 509,381,750 Keppel Corp 483,730,294 Cosco Corp 432,346,985 Yanqzijianq 416,085,330 S
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      Lock icon RISES
      104 4 CLOSE UP 9140 625.4 5.1 GLD 10US$ Robinson 635 189.0 42.4 SGX 1088 133.0 13.9 Ci 1288 118.0 10.1 SGXMBLiCW*****0 505 107.0 26.9 S I A 1646 84.0 5.4 SIA 200 1648 84.0 5.4 Venture Cor| 1040 72.0 7.. Cai litaLand 653 64.0 10.9 Cai italanMBLiCW/***** 258 50.0 24.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      116 4 Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in Ss. CLOSE DOWN 877 -98.1 -7.3 ISMSCI India 100 JSH 1492 -93.8 -4.2 China H 10US$ 1802 -85.3 -3.2 Jardine C&C 1934 -66.0 -3.3 SPC 569 -65.0 -10.3 ire Land 642 -63.0 -8.9 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** -60.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      85 4 Jan 25 CHNG CLOSE FRJan24 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4230 0.64 1.5479 1.4205® Euro 2.0968 -0.17 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8174 -0.45 3.1194 2.7855 AS 1.2581 -0.50 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3225 2.01 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.16 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3043 0.61 4.5700 4.1730
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon First 13 firms to report results are in the black
      915 5  -  MICHELLE QUAH Eight saw earnings improve; most of the early birds are trusts and Reits By THE early birds of the reporting season have delivered a good showing. All 13 companies that have reported their results this month were in
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      Lock icon Micro-Mechanics Q2 earnings up 20% at $2.5m
      274 5  -  MICHELLE QUAH By MICRO-MECHANICS Holdings has reported a 20 per cent jump in its earnings for its fiscal second quarter, on the back of improved operating efficiencies and a steady hand on costs, the company said. It is rewarding its shareholders with an
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      Lock icon Raffles Education sees HK as step to China
      534 5  -  CHOW PENN NEE By NOT content with just a Singapore listing, Raffles Education Corporation intends to list all its China operations on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. This, however, excludes Oriental University City a company that owns, develops and operates a campus
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Boots for analysts' upgrades portfolio
      1432 6  -  TEH HOOI LING THE US Federal Reserve's surprise 75-ba-sis-point rate cut the biggest single cut in 23 years has provided some respite for stock investors. It lifted the Straits Times Index (STI) by 1.8 per cent, its first weekly climb in 2008, last week. As
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      Lock icon Both buyers, sellers more active during market slide this months
      866 6  -  By ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS BOTH the buying and selling by directors and substantial shareholders surged during the steep correction in the market this month, as buyers moved in to support their companies' share prices while sellers aggressively cut their
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      125 6 Stock name Close Change Cai i Land 6.530 +0.390 Cai iMall 3.180 +0.280 Cit' 12.880 +0.660 Cosco Con 4.910 +0.230 DBS Gn 18.940 +0.480 FSN 4.940 +0.140 Gent Intl 0.630 +0.020 HKLand 4.670 +0.260 JSH 14.920 -0.280 Jardine CSC 19.340 1.180 tod name lose lange Kei
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      105 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 9 1 0 0 0 8 9 1 Manufacturing 49 164 27 35 58 199 31 Commerce 16 54 11 16 20 70 15 ir/C. ms 16 21 16 24 Finance 11
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 156.860 156.860 759.969 759.969 Manufacturing 2.962.510 470.995 3.433.505 2.629.860 48.523 2.678.383 Commerce 602.998 24.813 627.811 579.570 4.169 583.739 ir/< 823.596 3.757 827.353 2.402.691 1.213 2.403.91 Finance 426.616 655 427.271 3.899.510 66 3.899.576 Construction 521.334 196.222 717.556 148.132 21.061 169.193
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      2233 7 I %l^estpac Banking Corporation I %i#est P ac I I Banking Corporation Westpac Banking Corporation and its controlled entities (All figures quoted in Australian dollars) MRfIPN I STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007 ho c I STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER I Tier
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon BALANCING ACT
      4572 8  -  Gary Harvey THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What strategies can companies adopt to cope with rising staff costs? T Chandroo Chairman/CEO Modern Montessori International Group HERE we have a Catch-22 situation where if we do not accord a good employee a reasonable remuneration, then we risk losing him; yet, if
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon NPOs enticed to set up in S'pore
      388 10  -  MATTHEW PHAN New EDB office to attract them, target is to have 150 NPOs here by 2015 By THE Economic Development Board (EDB) has launched a new International Organisations Program Office to attract non-profit organisations (NPOs) to set up their headquarters in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Outbound travel to grow 4.5% in first half: survey
      418 10  -  TAN SEO YEAN By DESPITE the economic uncertainty clouding world financial markets, outbound travel from Singapore in the first half of the year is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent compared to a year earlier, according to a new MasterCard
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      Lock icon Clipper yachts push off again, this time Qingdao-bound
      332 10  -  VINCENT WEE By By AFTER a pleasant stay of over a week in Singapore enjoying the comforts of home and a welcome break from racing, the crew of the Uniquely Singapore Clipper and the almost 200 other international crew members on the
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Grand eats to ring in the Rat Year
      1710 11 Celebrate with creative variations of fortune 'yusheng' and mightily tempting morsels of traditional favourites CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVE MENUS Spring JuChunYuan 130 Amoy Street #01-01, Far East Square Tel 6536 2655 IT'S the first Chinese New Year for Spring JuChunYuan, which opened
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  • dining OUT with citibank
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      Lock icon Advanced Fuzhou taste buds
      723 12  -  JAIME EE POWER Lunch By WHEN it comes to food close to their heart, most CEOs tend to choose simple, home-style cooking as opposed to designer fare from celebrity chefs or high-end restaurants. Kar Wong, CEO of Advanced Holdings, is no different, seeing as his taste
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      Lock icon Tantalising taste of tradition
      793 12 NEW RESTAURANT True Blue 47/49 Armenian Street Tel: 6440 4548 IN LINE with the recent trend of establishing fine restaurants in museums, the Asian Civilisations Museum on Armenian Street which is dedicated to Straits Chinese, or Peranakan, history and culture has gotten its "own" restaurant with
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Sailing safely in a choppy market
      848 13 For those who are more risk-averse, mutual funds offer investors an affordable avenue to diversify their portfolios, says CHEN HUIFEN LAST week's stockmarket crash and subsequent yo-yo fluctuations of the Straits Times Index (STI) may have caused hearts to flip, but it also highlights
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      Lock icon Sticking with a strategy to win
      962 13 CAMPUS LIFE A novice trader reaps sweet returns by following through on his own trading plans, writes CHARM lAN KOK FOR self-professed geek Ronald Lee, his love for numbers and charts can only be matched by the gratifying thrill of following the roll-er-coaster movements
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    • Article
      Lock icon Be smart with your finances
      204 13 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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      46 13 citibank THE Business Times-Citibank Young Investors' Forum is published every Monday in The Business Times. It aims to raise the financial awareness of university and polytechnic students and cultivate a better understanding of business issues. The series is part of BT and Citibank's tertiary outreach programme.
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  • SUHARTO: 1921-2008
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      Lock icon Epic era in Indonesian history ends
      1348 14 DEATH OF A STRONGMAN Whether they admire his achievements or revile his missteps, all citizens will mourn Mr Suharto's passing, says LAUREL TEO HIS beginnings were humble, but his influence on Indonesia was to be profound. Suharto was born on June 8, 1921, in
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      Lock icon Life and times of Suharto
      376 14 Source: Reuters June 8,1921 Born in Kemusuk village near the Javanese royal city of Yogyakarta. Around 1940 Suharto joins the Dutch colonial army as a corporal. For three years, between 1942-1945, Suharto was platoon commander in the Japanese-trained "Indonesian army", and later fought with Indonesian
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      Lock icon Regional leaders pay tributes
      431 14 'The region has lost a great statesman. With his keen understanding of the regional dynamics and as one of ASEAN's Founding Fathers, Pak Soeharto helped forge Southeast Asian unity and ASEAN's consolidation.' President S R Nathan in his condolence letter to President Bambang Yudhoyono 'Pak Soeharto
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      Lock icon Time fails to heal wounds of angry opponents
      448 14 AFP [JAKARTA] The death yesterday of Indonesia's former president Suharto has not dulled the anger of his political opponents, who see his demise as a missed opportunity to bring him to justice. For them, including many who were thrown into prison for
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Stockpiling is costly and inefficient
      597 15  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT IT WAS strange to see the shelves of supermarkets here bare of cooking oil earlier this month, when Malaysia is one of the world's top producers of palm oil. The shortage in some areas owing to panic buying (and smuggling) saw
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      Lock icon Telekom M'sia eyes Myanmar, Laos assets
      661 15 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Telekom Malaysia's mobile arm, TM International, is eyeing mobile assets in Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, and will invest US$lOO million in Cambodia in the next two years to build its networks, the unit's chief said on Saturday. Chief executive Yusof Annuar Yaacob
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Moody's admits sub-prime gaffe
      500 16 ■NYT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM CEO blames rating failure partly on drop in quality of information received [DAVOS, Switzerland] The chief executive of credit rating agency Moody's conceded on Friday that his agency had made significant mistakes in the rating of structured finance products, but added that
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      Lock icon It's still a man's world at the WEF
      293 16 -Reuters [DAVOS] Women may be smashing glass ceilings on Wall Street, but a walk down the crowded corridors of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland would have you fooled. Organisers said that female delegates make up 17 per cent of the
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      Lock icon Japan unveils US$ 10b climate change fund
      357 16 Reuters [DAVOS] Japan, one of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters, presented a US$lO billion package on Saturday to help emerging countries tackle climate change without risking growth. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who will host the Group of Eight leaders' summit in northern
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      Lock icon Global financial chiefs urge tougher self-regulation for banks
      1056 16 ■IHT [DAVOS, Switzerland] A proposal to establish "a new sheriff to police global financial markets" landed with a thud last week at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. The meeting of bigwigs in this snow-covered Alpine village has never shied
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      2757 16 Transaction date: Jan 25 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day I0NG KONG Vol ■000 HK$ ;on Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific Sank Of E Asia Seida Jade
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Can rising stars China and India save the world's economy?
      656 17 -AFP Analysts divided on whether they can help lessen impact of US slowdown [SHANGHAI] With fears of a global economic slowdown mounting, some analysts are predicting that developing giants China and India, with their booming growth, would help lessen the
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      Lock icon India's boom fuels investment in art by new rich
      601 17 [BANGALORE] India's economic boom has fuelled demand for condos, cars and company stocks but some of the new wealth created in Asia's third-biggest economy is finding its way into art. Entrepreneurs and young professionals, the biggest beneficiaries of India's financial prosperity,
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      Lock icon HK public eyes Budget boosts for price relief
      444 17  -  JANE MOIR By in Hong Kong HONG KONG consumers will be looking to the coming Budget for measures to alleviate inflation in the city, which hit 3.8 per cent last month, the highest in nearly a decade. However, while home owners may
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      109 17 1 1 SS^'Tb 1 FEBRUARY ISSUE OUT NOW! The second issue of the revamped Pulses is now out at Buzz Pods, major bookstores, selected newsstands and all Spinelli outlets for only $5.50 IN THIS ISSUE How an airline pilot flies high in the stock market Why it doesn't always pay
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      574 18 It intends to open at least 3 non-gambling resorts with the MGM brand of its US partner [DAVOS, Switzerland] Dubai World, the state-owned investment group that agreed to invest as much as US$5.l billion in MGM Mirage, plans to open at least three hotels
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      315 18 Bravehearts Who Cook Discover Scotland's finest culinary talent when Guest Chefs Raymond Capaldi and Martin Wishart join Pan Pacific Singapore's Executive Chef Joseph Martin to present Bravehearts at Global Kitchen. Acclaimed culinary figures, Chef Raymond Capaldi is responsible Rtji vf^h f^jiT'i's bcpT.ii irom for Fenix restaurant in Melbourne while Michelin-star
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      Lock icon Fed seen cutting rates further to head off slump
      565 19 AFP Analysts say Fed will err on side of easier money in view of dire economic risks [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve is widely expected to trim borrowing costs again at an upcoming meeting as insurance against a possible economic tyThe two-day
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      392 19 [MELBOURNE] Novak Djokovic stood toe-to-toe with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and soaked up everything the Muhammad Ali of tennis could throw at him before delivering a knock-out blow to clinch the Australian Open title on Sunday. Tsonga, nicknamed Ali for his resemblance to the
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      310 19 -Reuters The two stocks have fallen more than 20% [CHICAGO] New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed Merck Co and Schering-Plough Corp for documents and information to see whether the companies hid the results of a study on their cholesterol drug Vytorin. The move, announced
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      517 19 Reuters, AFP SOCGEN SHOCK [PARIS] The junior trader blamed for causing a US$7 billion loss at French bank Societe Generale faced a second day of questioning by finance police yesterday. He gave his version of the loss that he is accused of covering up,
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      328 19 [NEW DELHI] French President Nicolas Sarkozy demanded changes to the running of international financial markets on Saturday in the wake of the fraud scandal at Societe Generale, which cost the French bank some US$7 billion. "We have to put a stop to this
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      1183 20 WALL STREET INSIGHT All eyes on US economy and Fed on Wednesday after surprising 75 basis point rate cut By ANDREW MARKS in New York THE coming week in the US stock market should be posted with a large warning sign: Beware, More Volatility
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      855 20 -NYT Voters show little taste for Clintons' political approach [COLUMBIA, South Carolina] Barack Obama proved in South Carolina on Saturday that he could not only endure everything the Clinton campaign threw at him in the most confrontational week of the presidential contest so
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      451 20 -AP [NEW YORK] An Alabamabased hedge fund gave notice on Friday that it would try to elect directors to The New York Times Co board, a day after the same hedge fund gave similar notice to another newspaper company, Media General.
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      414 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Carlsberg A/S and Heineken NY agreed to buy Scottish Newcastle pic for £7.8 billion (Ss22 billion) after a three-month battle that hinged on control of the British brewer's fast-growing Russian assets. Carlsberg and Heineken said on Friday they offered 800 pence
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      402 20 Jan 25 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 R°ma Si" 9aP °re 6 5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina S.A 6 Ban? kok Ba"k t Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5
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      529 21  -  YEN SREENIVASAN US alleges XL breaks open skies pact by barring all but a few airlines from Subang By [SINGAPORE] Could a looming "open skies" spat between the United States and Malaysia force the re-opening of the former Kuala Lumpur gateway
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      321 21 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Air Asia Bhd, South-east Asia's biggest discount airline, will start flying to Hong Kong and new destinations in southern China as air travel booms in the world's sec-ond-largest aviation market. Air Asia, which received landing rights a month ago, will fly
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      2420 21 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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      187 21 Reuters [NEW YORK] A ship carrying orange juice collided with a dredging vessel in Newark Bay last week, closing the bay to all ship traffic, the US Coast Guard said. The 204-metre Orange Sun and the dredging vessel New York collided around 1:50
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        116 21 '000 Ian 25 it Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises
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        37 21 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid PDZ Holdings 0.96 9.65 9.75 3.80 3.04 0.27 0.18 unch unch 0.25 0.10 0.07 -0.01 0.01 76 376 1507 1155 3 15 158
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        13 21 '00 Ian ■recious Ship Jegional Cont .22.80 .23.50 0.60 0.40 1141 262
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        12 21 '000 Ian Doil iingamas Cont 46.60 2.34 4.50 0.08 1607 2482
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        22 21 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.60 40.00 2.38 2.10 0.10 37 3.00 957 -0.12 88 0.30 *****
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        22 21 Evergreen Marine ....23.50 :irst Steamship 51.20 /Van Hai Lines 25.00 fang Ming Marine...20.90 -0.30 -0.30 0.50 -0.10 52 13 9 12
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        40 21 '000 Ian 'en (awasaki Hvy Ind ..272.00 16.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen ...1002.00 41.00 9013 Mitsubishi Hvy 446.00 33.00 ***** l/litsui Eng&Sbldg...355.00 18.00 ***** 1/litsuiOsk Lines ...1233.00 57.00 ***** Jippon Express 548.00 8.00 6396 JipponYusen 793.00 25.00 8403 iource: Reuters
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      606 21 Win-win for all as S'poreKL air route opens up -AFP [SINGAPORE] Travellers, budget carriers and long-es-tablished airlines will all be winners when the Singa-pore-Kuala Lumpur air route opens to competition on Friday, analysts and industry players said. Agreement by Singapore and Malaysia to free up the sector is long overdue
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      106 21 AGREEMENT AWATA wishes to inform its customers that with regard to operating conditions and size of vessels deployed on the Asia West Africa range, the members have decided to implement their own BAF quantum from March 2008. This quantum will be reviewed monthly and customers will be informed through respective
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      392 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Mother saw cook about the first Christmas birds (6) HJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJ -1 li:[ m[/ l:ii:l ■:■:■■:■!-rvl iivl 9 One of the Ugly Sisters re- HJ HJ I I HJ HJ HJ fused drink on return (6) 12~^ 13 One authorised by another 17 I I I I
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      6711 22 Week ended: Jan 25 Hi. !-wks Tel Low Code Com| Sale ('OOP) Hil Low B'l Seller C'vr P/E Sinii 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 207 9 S S fi^Si 'S is i£u c°:<:. 42 12.4 2101 APOil 141 54.5 5550 ARA i ..j 27 11 1102
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      76 22 Wk Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Low Lasi (uote Seller Div C'vr Net P/E Ca| _Hm Com _Hm Jmj 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO US200d US620C US100C US1120C 250 65
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      2223 22 Ill Low Code Comi >an' Sale COOQ) Hii Low By rer Seller C'vr P/E Sim 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 20.5 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3 1501 s Advanced System 34 29 3518 s Afor 70.5 12 1524 s Alantac 22.5
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      261 22 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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      26 22 Sole Distributor Service Centre: AUDEMARS PIGUET (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED. gJS sfej( SHHf 9 341 River Valley Road #01-01 Singapore *****2. Tel: 6238 6678 Fax: 6238 6676.
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      363 23 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jan 25 World Index Preliminary 1028.1 0.7 -6.6 0.4 -9.3 0.7 -2.2 EAFE Preliminary 1001.7 1.4 -9.6 1.1 -8.9 1.4 -1.7 Euro[ Preliminary 1366.1 0.0 -8.5 -0.3 -8.5 0.0 -1.: Pacific 876.3
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      127 23 As at 9am Jan 25 of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2510 1.2660 Can dollar 1.4100 1.4260 Euro 2.0950 2.1180 NZ dollar 1.0930 1.1160 Sterlin mnd 2.8040 2.8350 US dollar 1.4190 1.4350 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi
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      162 23 Jan 25 Rirl Overnight 1 5/16 1-month 1 13/32 2-months 1 7/16 3-months 1 1/2 Overnight mode: 1 3/8 1 3/16 1 9/32 1 5/16 1 3/8 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 3.40 3.32 3.32
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      22 23 Jan 25 STI SIMSCI Jan 384.1 389 388.9 Taiwan Jan 298.4 305.2 304.8 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 23 Jan 25 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4188 1.42 2-months 1.4167 1.418 3-months 1.4147 1.416 6-months 1.4096 1.4111 Source: OCBC
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      152 23 Jan 25 Zurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2574 1.2585 0.8846 0.8848 "anadian dollar 1.4135 1.4152 0.9944 0.9949 luro 2.0977 2.0995 1.4758 1.4760 IZ dollar 1.0990 1.1012 0.7732 0.7742 jterlim 2.8193 2.8218 1.9835 1.9831 IS dollar 1.4214 1.4224 >$/US$
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      360 23 Jan 25 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT URODOLLAR FUTURES Vlar08 Iun08 >ep08 3ec08 96.840 97.205 97.280 97.265 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 6739 EUROYEN FUTURES Vlar08 99.230 99.230 Iun08 99.410 99.410 >ep08 99.430 99.430 3ec08 99.400 99.410 Vlar09 99.355 99.355 Iun09 99.275 99.290B >ep09
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      296 23 Jan 25 KUbbbK Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 378.75 379.50 381.75 381.75 381.75 381.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      101 23 Jan 25 >,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low V1ar08 1243.00 1230.50 1253.00 1226.50 May 08 1261.50 1249.00 1270.00 1244.50 lul 08 1275.25 1263.75 1285.00 1259.50 *ug 08 1267.00 1266.50 1275.00 1258.00 SOYBEAN/OIL [60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low War 08 52.01 51.68 52.53 51.65 May
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      74 23 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 24 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 87.47 0.11 WTI(NearMth) 89.52 1.49 Dubai (1-Mth F) 82.98 -0.18 Tapis blend 93.55 0.5 Minas 91.6 0.5 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 91.10 102.48 -0.20 unch US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      453 23 Jan 25 iuro ren Ion 'eso Earn 'ouni Australia 0.889 6.377 0.599 6.908 34.844 82.507 0.953 8.375 2.868 1.143 55.258 36.109 1.258 6.191 0.966 28.573 27.824 0.446 0.885 Canada 1.124 7.170 0.674 7.767 39.175 92.764 1.071 9.416 3.224 1.286 62.128 40.598 1.414 6.961 1.086 32.125 31.283 0.501
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      88 23 Jan 25 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****Z 24.04.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.47 1.53 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Hie Day's igh Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year NY*****X
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      74 23 Jan 25 1 mth 3.***** 1.***** 2 mths 3.***** 1.***** 3 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 3.***** 1.***** 9 mths 3.***** 1.***** 12 mths 3.***** 1.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 1.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** SWAP
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      62 23 Jan 25 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Low Vol Open Done Position Feb 08 3267 3264 3267 3196 188 714 Mar 08 3261 3249 3285 3103 1058 ***** Apr 08 3268 3255 3285 3054 ***** ***** May 08 3272 3249 3272 3050 2393 5364
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      133 23 Jan 25 /oz) Ian Ian Hong Kong London 890.00 916.50 891.00 917.50 Jan 25 Jan 24 912.00 905.50 912.90 906.20 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Jan 25 Buying Sellini Kilobar "44,632.91" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Selling Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1 oz 1 oz
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      68 23 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2479.50 2424.00 3 months 2520.00 2463.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7036.00 7020.00 7051.00 7020.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2606.00 3 months 2615.00 2607.50 2615.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00
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      81 23 Jan 25 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1149 1145 1152/1142 May 08 1169 1164 1170/1161 Jul 08 1195 1191 1196/1189 Sep08 1185 1179 1185/1177 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1998 2019 2016/2006 Mar 08 2022 2040 2044/2014 May 08 2043 2061 2062/2037 Jul 08 2058
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      4528 23 BONDS WARRANTS rel lode Com| rel Last Vol Conv Exer Zode Company Sale +or- ('000) Ratio Price >058 AdvanceModulesGrpW*****3 5.5 1.5 245 1 17 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 14.5 -5 235 1 87 #ArianeCorpLtd W*****9 1 -0.5 3337 1 5 3798 Ascendas REIT SGA ECW*****3 9 7 ***** 1
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon S'pore SMBs to spend US$ 1b on telecoms in '08
      861 28 AMI says bulk of spending will be on telco services, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SMALL and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore are set to invest as much as US$l billion on telecom infrastructure this year, according to research by US-based
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        Lock icon Brother offers up Wi-Fi and a colour screen
        114 28 BROTHER International has unveiled the MFC-685CW, its latest multi-function printer targeted at both home and office users. Besides fax, printing and copying, the new product even has a digital answering function that is capable of recording up to 58 messages of around
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        Lock icon Samsung sharpens standard DVDs
        91 28 SAMSUNG is bringing some festive cheer to home theatre enthusiasts with its new DVD player. The DVD-FlOBO can convert standard discs in 480p resolution to 720p, 1080 i or 1080p so users can tune into razor sharp videos on their high-definition televisions. Besides playing DVDs, the
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        Lock icon Superior sound with Plantronics headset
        100 28 PLANTRONICS has launched the Voyager 520, the latest addition to its family of Bluetooth headsets. The new offering boasts ol a combination of noise-can-cellation and wind-reduc-tion functions so users can enjoy crystal clear conversations even in distracting outdoor environments. The headset also incorporates the company's
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        Lock icon Nokia adds to designer handset collection
        111 28  -  Compiled by WINSTON CHAI NOKIA has taken the wraps off the Nokia 7900 Prism, a new handset geared at style-conscious mobile users. To add to the phone's aesthetic appeal, the company roped in fashion designer Frederique Daubal to come up with a unique back
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      Lock icon QTrax is music to consumer's ears
      397 28 By WINSTON CHAI OVER the coming months, audiophiles across Asia will have access to a new music service which allows them to download millions of songs at no cost. Launched at a star-stud-ied event in Cannes yesterday, QTrax claims to be the world's first
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      Lock icon D-Link boldly goes places with new product design
      354 28  -  ONG BOON KIAT It joins growing list of makers on makeover drive By NO more antennae that stick out like sore thumbs. No more square edges. Almost imperceptibly, the wireless local area network (WLAN) access product genre is being transformed from ungainly
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      Lock icon Global sourcing top priority for IT executives
      737 29  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Firms look for 'best of breed' services from around the world: study By DEVELOPING a strong global sourcing and delivery strategy, with dedicated hubs of competency, is the top concern of IT executives in the Asia-Pacific, excluding Japan (APEJ) region
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      Lock icon Two new Valentine's computer worms detected
      273 29 Xinhua [LOS ANGELES] Los Angeles-based Panda Security announced on Friday that it has detected two new computer worms, Nuwar.OL and Valentin.E, that use the topic of Valentine's Day to spread. "Year after year, we see the appearance of several malware strains that use Valentine's
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      Lock icon Digital music sales up 40% to US$2.9b
      313 29 -AP But increase fails to make up for decline in CDs [LONDON] Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 per cent to US$2.9 billion in the past year, but the growth is still failing to cover losses from the collapse of
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