The Business Times, 21 November 2009

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  • Title Section
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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend www.businesstimes.com.sg NOVEMBER 21-22, 2009 Ssl.oo MICA(P) 124/08/2009 SCUI A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Liver doc lists S'pore clinic Down Under
    813 1  -  Chew Xiang Another first for man who operated on Andrea D'Cruz and saw his horse win Emirates derby By xchew@sph.com.sg Singapore I HE liver doctor who per- formed life-saving transplant surgery in 2002 on actress Andrea De Cruz has listed his B clinic
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  • Article
    Lock icon Gentlemen, charge up your vehicles
    514 1  -  Samuel Ec Electric vehicle charging stations planned with Mitsubishi cars on their way By samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore A SMALL network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations could be in place by 2012 here, as the first batch of up to 50 Mitsubishi i-MiEV cars arrives from
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      186 1 jg&& THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION *^B I CEOS' HAWKER WEALTH *^WA I VETERAN FUND MANAGER GE GUIDE Emerging markets: the I ANTHONY BOLTON 6-7 Crab dishes L6-7 new safe havens 30-31 SHOT IN THE ARM Medical technology gets $36m SINGAPORE is injecting $36 million into the growing medical technology sector here,
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
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        47 2 KL COMP 1,274.36 -2.29 NIKKEI 225 9,497.68 -51.79 HANG SENG 22,455.84 -187.32 SET 695.25 -5.17 JAKARTA 2,487.36 +18.58 MANILA 3,068.73 -14.57 :ospi 1,620.60 +0.06 SHENZHEN B 636.30 -3.11 MUMBAI IND 17,021.85 +236.20 12 nnnn EDT Chanty/4 12 noon EDT Change DOW 10,300-25 -32.19 NASDAQ 2,141.88 -14.94
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.810 TAIWAN 4.696 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 050 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 us$ 'S$ ler US$; 1.387 'US$, /S$ ier£; 1.662 2.305 EURO. 'US$, IS$i 1.491 2.068 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 88.80 64.10 RM 3.392 2.445 HK$ 7.750 5.588 BAHT 33.21 23.94 RUPIAH 9,460 6,820 RENMINBI 6.828 4.923 INDIAN RUPEE 46.64 33.62 A$ 1.089 0.785 NZ$ 1.370 0.987
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      Lock icon Panel approves oversight of Fed
      604 2 NYT Fed officials have opposed the measure, saying it would undermine the central bank Washington IN A display of populist anger towards the Federal Reserve, a House panel voted on Thursday to let the US Congress carry out extensive new oversights of the central bank's
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      Lock icon Growing medical technology sector here gets $36m shot in the arm
      528 3  -  Teh Shi Ning Two new initiatives were announced by A*Star at the 14th Biomedical Sciences International Advisory Council meeting By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE is injecting $36 million into the growing medical technology sector here, the latest push in the
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      Lock icon Bull Charge comes through with $2.04m
      324 3  -  Arthur Lee By arthurl@sph.com.sg Singapore DESPITE difficult times, this year's Bull Charge run garnered $2,038 million in donations for 12 local charities. J YPillay, chairman of Singapore Exchange Ltd, said: "The financial community has again more than risen to the occasion, with the number
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      Lock icon Maybank walks the rehiring talk
      356 3  -  Chen Huifen Bank commits to proposals on re-employing older workers By xuifen@sph.com.sg Singapore MAYBANK Singapore has emerged as the first bank here to make a a commitment to support the recommendations outlined recently in the Tripartite Guidelines on the Re-Employ-ment of Older Employees. Led by
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      Lock icon BOJ feels pressure as Japan slips into deflation
      624 4  -  Anthony Rowley Ministers ask for monetary policy support but BOJ chief says merely providing liquidity won't work in the face of falling demand By btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo PRESSURE mounted on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday as the Cabinet Office declared the nation's
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      Lock icon Another collapse in the offing, fears SocGen
      634 4  -  Oh Boon Ping By huwenbin@sph.com.sg Singapore MUCH has been said of government stimulus packages and the nascent global economic recovery. But have investors given serious thought to the prospect of another crash? In a report, Societe Generale (SocGen) painted a Doomsday scenario in
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      Lock icon Asian govts mull capital control options
      700 5 Bloomberg Acting on concerns about hot money could put brake on sharp rise in Asian stock and asset prices Singapore ASIAN policy makers are studying capital controls to limit "hot money" inflows that may stoke asset bubbles and force their currencies to appreciate. Officials
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      Lock icon Oprah Winfrey Show to end in 2011 after 25 seasons
      532 5 AP Chicago THE Oprah Winfrey Show an iconic, influential broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibil-lion-doflar media empire will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air,
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      65 2 NEWS LIVING Top Stories 2-5 Art L2-4 Raffles Conversation 6-7 CEOs' Hawker Guide L6-7 Week in Review 8 Watches LB-9 Companies 9^13 Weekend With LTO The CEO Column 14 Gadgets Lll Singapore 15-17 30r '%tf Letter From Abroad 18 World 19-22 s—' Stocks Stats 23-27 Home Garden LI2-13 Perspective 28-29
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Running money
      2435 6  -  Genevieve Cua Anthony Bolton's contrarian streak and eye for turnaround stocks has won him much acclaim in fund management and billions in assets for Fidelity. The retired fund manager remains very much involved in finance. By i GOOD investor gets it right 60 per cent of the time,
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      73 6 Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. Raffles Hotels Resorts epitomizes enchanting experiences, embodying global sophistication and residential charm. Each is exclusive, intimate with a distinctive sense of place, imbued with heartfelt service that is intuitive and unobtrusive "like
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK
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        Lock icon Apec open for business in changing new world
        123 7 TWENTY-ONE of the world's leaders have pledged to chart a "new growth paradigm" for the Asia-Pa-cific region as well as to reject all forms of protectionism. The global economy is starting to recover from the worst financial crisis in decades, with Asia-Pacific
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        Lock icon Local unis see endowment funds bruised during crisis
        37 7 SINGAPORE'S three publicly funded universities may have lost hundreds of millions of dollars from their endowment funds in the year to March from the vicious downturn in financial markets.
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        Lock icon Release Suu Kyi, Obama tells Myanmar leader
        54 7 IN a landmark close encounter, US President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Myanmar leader Them Sein to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The US President had said in a major Tokyo speech that Myanmar's military junta must take steps to "unconditionally
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        Lock icon Updated guidelines clear up re-employment picture
        83 7 TWO years before the law on re-employing older workers comes into play in 2012, the picture is al- ready falling into focus. Among the key draft guidelines: re-employ-ment should be offered to those who are medically fit and had performed at least satisfactorily; the
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        Lock icon Oct home sales dip, but prime area defies mood of caution
        57 7 THE number of private homes that developers launched and sold in October slowed to their lowest levels since housing sales began their revival in February. While the outcome was expected, the big question is how long it will take
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        Lock icon Burst of hope after six quarters of business gloom
        44 7 WITH optimism finally surfacing among businesses here after six quarters of gloom, the latest BT-UniSIM Business Climate Survey now predicts that Singapore's economy will grow by up to 5 per cent in the present quarter.
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        Lock icon CAG back in hunt for third handler after Swissport blip
        68 7 IF it doesn't work the first time around, try again. That, plus the fact that the operating environment is improving, has prompted Changi Airport Group to invite tenders for a third ground-handling specialist. This comes less than a year after
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        Lock icon Power to rise from the east with new station
        51 7 THE government is releasing a new land site to develop a power station in Lorong Halus, Tampines the first in the eastern part of Singapore. It also plans to develop an electricity futures market here, Energy Market Authority CEO Lawrence Wong
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        Lock icon China wants balanced trade, stays silent on yuan
        57 7 CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao told President Barack Obama his nation does not seek a trade surplus with the United States and wants to balance flows, striking a conciliatory note but avoiding public comment on currency rifts. Mr Wen made the comments on
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        Lock icon No easy ride, but MTI bets on 3-5% growth for 2010
        78 7 THE economy is out of the woods, but the recovery won't be spectacular or even smooth sailing, says the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Unveiling what it calls a cautious but realistic forecast of 3-5 per cent GDP pace
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        Lock icon Asia leading world economy out of doldrums
        42 7 ASIA is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the industrialised countries, the OECD said on Thursday.
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      179 7 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 English constable is I depravity (8) (6) I sing inside (8) 22 Hesitation by lout I yesterday's solution Sounding a vowel Change 26~^ Across: 1 Scored, 4 Scissors, 9 Ac- 14 Star, 17 Upholsterers, 20 Fun of 23 Highest point at which to the fair 23 User,
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      110 7 NEXT WEEK Nov 23-27, '09 SINGAPORE DATA Nov 23 Oct Consumer Price Index Nov 26 Oct Producer and international trade price indices Oct Index of industrial production US DATA Nov 23 Oct existing home sales Nov 24 Q3GDP Nov consumer confidence Sept FHFA Home Price Index Nov 25 Oct Personal
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon MAS blocks bid by CIT to manage MI-Reit
      529 8  -  Chew Xiang By xchew@sph.com.sg Singapore THE battle for control of MacArthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) appears to be over after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) blocked a rival from managing MI-Reit because of a potential conflict of interest. Appendix 2 of MAS's
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      Lock icon Investment holding firm to make general offer for BMT
      482 8  -  Chen Huifen By xuifen@sph.com.sg Singapore INVESTMENT holding company Neptune Landing said it intends to make a general cash offer for mainboard-listed British and Malayan Trustees (BMT). The offer, which is triggered by an agreement between Neptune Landing's sole owner and OCBC
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      Lock icon Main themes from banks and US$ carry trades
      610 9  -  R Sivanithy STOCKS I sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent AS HAS been the case for months now, trading in the week just past was dictated by two main considerations: the strength or weakness of the US dollar and expectations of how Wall Street might
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      110 9 VOL CLOSE jentins SP 79,713 109 1.0 0.9 Golden 61,729 47 0.5 1.1 lomi 46,822 0.0 O.( 'ins Li 36,237 63 1.0 1.6 'eledata 35,197 5 0.5 11.1 5nj ;Tel 32,644 292 -3.0 -1.0 ;emsTO 30,771 0.5 6.7 'ans 28,823 116 4.0 3.( in Joo 27,011 0.5
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      57 9 CLOSE UP IBXTDJE50 10US$ 4468 335.4 5/ iBXTS&P Short 10US: 5562 91.5 i.: iLD 10US$ ***** 91.5 0.( >BXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4357 70.7 i.: iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5392 44.4 cor India NifD 10 1487 40.0 2.! lardine C&C 2488 36.0 1.! iBS Gri 1486 26.0 1.! IL Asia
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      58 9 CLOSEDOWN DBXT Nil 10US$ ***** -123.4 -0.! DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3207 -91.5 -2.0 UOB.ES.0911 1942 -52.0 -2.6 IMH 3048 -44.4 -1.0 ir China H 10US$ 1721 -43.0 -1.! iTXPO 100 1436 -36.0 -2.4 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1558 -31.9 -1.5 ;ia 1392 -20.0 -1.4 MS India 10US: 1447 -18.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      97 9 4.090 -0.010 Cai litaMall 1.720 +0.060 Cifr 'Dev 10.420 +0.060 ComfortDelGro 1.530 Cosco Corp 1.120 +0.020 DBS Grp 14.860 +0.260 F&N 3.950 -0.010 Gentin: SP 1.090 +0.010 Golden Agri 0.470 +0.005 HK Land 4.650 -0.030 JMH 30.480 -0.320 JSH 18.000 Jardine C&C 24.880 +0.360 Keppel Corp 8.130 +0.090
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      Lock icon GIL shareholders urged to vote for new fund manager
      484 9  -  Siow Li Sen By lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore POOR and miserable shareholders of Global Investments Ltd (GIL) were urged by directors yesterday to exercise their rights and turn up at next week's meeting to vote for a new fund manager. At a meeting
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      Lock icon Hyflux plans $120m global HQ and plant
      383 11  -  Teh Shi Ning The water-treatment group intends to develop two sites in phases over the next 3-5 years By tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore HYFLUX has unveiled a $120 million expansion plan to develop a new global headquarters and a new membrane manufacturing facility in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways mulls over IPO of at least US$500m: report
      186 11 SINGAPORE low-cost carrier Tiger Airways is considering an initial public offering of at least US$5OO million some time next year, the Wall Street Journal yesterday quoted a person familiar with the situation as saying. "At this time, they are considering
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      Lock icon Otto Marine unit wins US$10m contract
      370 12  -  Felda Chay It is engaged to gather offshore seismic information in New Zealand waters By feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore OTTO Marine said yesterday that its subsidiary, Reflect Geophysical, has been awarded a US$lO million contract from Crown Minerals the arm of the Ministry of Economic Development
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      Lock icon Ex-Millennium manager Tan to start fund in Jan
      226 12 Bloomberg London TAN Tien Leong, the former fund manager at Millennium Capital Partners LP, plans to start a commodity hedge fund in January. The AN Commodity Fund, based in Singapore, will invest in energy, metals and agricultural derivatives traded on exchanges, Mr
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      787 10 Important Notice: MI-REIT has an EGM on Monday, 23 November 2009, at Vanda Ballroom, Level 5, Marina Mandarin Singapore, which is critical to: MI-REIT meeting its substantial and immediate funding obligations Providing a stronger platform for MI-REIT to provide a safe and secure investment for you; and If the resolutions
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      124 12 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Engaging the Diaspora: the way forward www.pbdindia.org 7 9 January 2010, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT INDIA T® BE. Special Highlights Inaugural Session with the Prime Minister of India Conferment of Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awards Valedictory Session with the President of India
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon An eco-path to office efficiency
      894 13  -  Bert Wong Focus has to be on the optimisation of output, IT devices, document management and software applications to ensure efficient and sustainable management of office documents FROM THE DESK OF Managing Director Fuji Xerox Singapore WITH the evolution of the workplace attributed to the
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Foreign demand for professional services up
      403 14  -  Teh Shi Ning It is playing an increasingly important role in driving professional services growth By tshining@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE'S professional services have been traditionally dependent on domestic demand but external demand for them has risen in recent years and will be key to the sector's
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      Lock icon S'pore-based firm to advise Obama portrait artist on private deal
      337 14 IT is the only portrait of US President Barack Obama that he has signed, and Singapore-based boutique investment banking advisory firm DeConseil Pte Ltd has been tasked to exclusively advise the artist behind the painting on a private art deal.
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      Lock icon Wholesale trade growth eases in Q3
      332 14  -  Joyce Hooi By joyceh@sph.com.sg DOMESTIC wholesale trade increased 6.1 per cent in Q3 quar-ter-on-quarter compared to a 7.7 per cent increase in Q2, according to the latest figures from the Singapore Department of Statistics. Excluding petroleum, overall domestic sales grew 4.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter.
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      Lock icon Singapore gets top marks for clean energy effort
      329 15  -  Joyce Hooi International Advisory Panel also recommends industries that the Republic can focus on By joyceh@sph.com.sg THE International Advisory Panel (lAP) on Clean Energy gave Singapore the thumbs-up for the country's blueprint on clean energy, after meeting for the last two days
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      Lock icon New BMW 7 Series owners enjoy enhanced privileges
      418 15  -  Agnes Wee By aggie@sph.com.sg IMAGINE sunbathing on the net stretched across the twin hulls of a luxurious catamaran on a clear sunny day as it sails smoothly through azure waters. Proud owners of the new BMW 7 Series vehicles can enjoy such
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      Lock icon Growing role of design in harmonic healthcare
      332 15  -  Felda Chay By feldac@sph.com.sg DESIGN can be used as a strategic business tool to help Singapore become a world-class healthcare hub, the international advisory panel to Design Singapore Council (an offshoot of the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, or Mita) said
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      Lock icon Brahms Strad to feature in concert
      245 16 TO raise funds for young artists, Wolfgang Violin Studio and The Arts House have teamed up to present The Romantic Violin on The Brahms Strad, an evening of music that will feature local virtuoso Mm Lee and Czech pianist Vaclav Macha. Mm Lee will
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac airlines told to rally round
      462 16  -  Yen Sreenivasan Watch out against discriminatory European and US policies, warns SIA chief executive By ven@sph.com.sg ASIA-PACIFIC carriers must make their voices heard loud and clear to avoid falling victim to the unfair and discriminatory policies of European and American regulators, Singapore Airlines CEO
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    • Article
      Lock icon The raging debate over CPF Life
      590 16  -  Joyce Hooi By joyceh@sph.com.sg THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has been gaining ample understanding of the phrase "you can't please everyone" since it launched the CPF Life annuity scheme in February 2008 and introduced a variant early this year. Even after the more
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      205 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF YUKRAINE PTE LTD (Company Registration No.: *****4855H) (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members of
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  • LETTER FROM ABROAD WITH ASCOTT
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      Lock icon All about having a good day
      959 17  -  Indrajit Ray Chaudhury LETTER FROM I SYDNEY I Product Engineering Manager Memjet Printhead Singapore Sydney is a great place for healthy living, with its numerous national parks and miles of hiking and cycling trails. It's great for lazing as well, with the many beaches,
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      142 17 NOW DEFINING GLOBAL LIVING IN SINGAPORE li 180 l From the spacious exclusivity and refinement of Ascott to the pampering touches for 1M I the family at Somerset, or the vibrancy of independent city-living at Citadines, there __JI. J»3ji=m is an Ascott International serviced residence designed to make you feel
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Calls for Geithner to quit may gather momentum
      597 18 Bloomberg Democrats jump to his defence, blame Bush policies for economic ills Washington US TREASURY Secretary Timothy Geithner, as part of a grilling on Capitol Hill on Thursday, was asked by a Republican lawmaker to resign. It is a call he is
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      Lock icon Air Asia plans to list in Thailand, Indonesia
      425 18 Bloomberg Kuala Lumpur AIRASIA Bhd, South-east Asia's biggest discount carrier, plans to join Malaysian lender CIMB Group Holdings in seeking a dual stock listing in Thailand, chief executive Tony Fernandes said. The airline, already listed in Kuala Lumpur, also plans to have
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      Lock icon Less bonus and more dividend please, Goldman told
      298 18 Reuters Zurich BIG shareholders at Goldman Sachs, which is on track to pay out the biggest bonuses in the company's history, have asked the US bank to pass more profit to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported. Although investors are not pushing
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      Lock icon Indian husbands want protection from 'nags'
      235 19 Reuters Lucknow, India SHREWS, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding that the local government create a male protection society to address their grievances. The men, who said they had had enough of their "nagging" wives,
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    • Briefing
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        Lock icon Time to stop medicine, says ECB chief
        88 19 AP it Although it is too early to say the crisis is over, it is time to withdraw some of the policy measures that supported the financial system through the credit crunch, said European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet yesterday. In a speech
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        Lock icon JAL faces 100b yen hedging bill: report
        80 19 Reuters Japan Airlines Corp may have to pay about 100 billion yen (Ssl.s billion) to settle derivatives transactions, the Yomiuri newspaper said yesterday, sending the struggling carrier's shares down 3 per cent to a record closing low. JAL denied the report, which said
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        Lock icon Asean still has to play central role: Surin
        86 19 AFP The Association of South-east Asian Nations must remain at the core of regional affairs despite competing visions for a new Asia-Pacific diplomatic framework, its secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said yesterday. The "plethora of regional architectures that has been proposed in recent times"
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        Lock icon Investors pile onto commodities
        69 19 Bloomberg »n Commodities will likely attract a record US$6O billion this year as investors seek to diversify their assets, Barclays Capital said. Inflows so far this year are almost US$55 billion, more than the previous full-year record of US$5l billion set in 2006, the bank said.
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      Lock icon M'sian GDP shrinks 1.2% in Q3
      442 19  -  S Jayasankaran Smaller-than-expected contraction has economists saying worst is over for economy By in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian economy in the third quarter contracted by a less-than-ex-pected 1.2 per cent in real gross domestic product (GDP) terms, confounding consensus estimates of minus 2-3 per
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      Lock icon Sands China seeks to raise HK$26b in IPO
      483 19 Bloomberg New York SANDS China Ltd, the Macau casino unit controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, is set to raise as much as HK$26 billion (554.7 billion) in Hong Kong's biggest initial public offering (IPO) this year at a higher valuation than investors
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      Lock icon Obama's jobs figures don't add up
      630 20 NYT White House numbers on jobs created by stimulus may be wrong, admits oversight official Washington THE government watchdog overseeing the Federal stimulus programme testified on Thursday that he could not vouch for the Obama administration's recent claims that the money had saved or
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      Lock icon US senators seek probe into China's yuan peg
      565 20 Bloomberg Washington EXPRESSING frustration with the Obama administration's light touch on China's yuan exchange rate, two US senators asked the Commerce Department on Thursday to investigate alleged Chinese currency "manipulation". Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, and Senator Lindsey Graham, a
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      Lock icon China banks may need 300b yuan of new capital: BNP
      353 20 3loomberg Shanghai CHINA'S 11 largest publicly listed banks may need to raise about 300 billion yuan (Ss6l million) by selling shares and bonds to ensure they have adequate capital for credit growth, according to BNP Paribas. The lenders would need
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      Lock icon Belgian PM Van Rompuy named first EU president
      546 21 Reuters Compromise candidate little known outside his own country Brussels EUROPEAN Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first president on Thursday to lead efforts to make it more
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      Lock icon Obama's state dinner with Indian PM a top-secret affair
      445 21 AP Washington IT'S the hottest ticket in town. Just don't ask the White House who got them. The White House is saying very little about next week's state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first for President Barack Obama.
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      Lock icon Goyts must avoid bias against foreign suppliers after crisis: WTO
      364 21 Reuters Geneva GOVERNMENTS must ensure they avoid discriminating against foreign suppliers in economic policy and financial regulation as the global economic crisis ebbs, the World Trade Organisation said. "There has been no systemic breakdown in the international trading system and
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  • SGX
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      Lock icon Transaction date: Nov 20
      8773 22 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote C000) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E M Cap Smil 7 3 3148 8Telecom 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 14 15 5000 ABR Hldgs 5.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp I 1 1100 AEM
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        363 26 Nov19 dy yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminai 807.3 -1.5 19.1 -1.4 20.5 -1.9 24.9 EAFE Preliminai 754.4 -1.3 16.2 -1.4 22.3 -1.9 26.7 Euroi Preliminai 1093.2 -1.5 19.9 -1.9 26.9 -2.3 31.5 Pacific 590.2 -0.9
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        147 26 Nov2(\ lurrencies Bid 7$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2730 Offer Bid Offer 1.2750 0.9185 0.9186 .anadian dollar 1.3009 1.3034 0.9386 0.9391 Euro 2.0661 2.0699 1.4907 1.4913 NZ dollar 1.0116 1.0138 0.7299 0.7304 jterlini 2.3037 2.3071 1.6621 1.6622 US dollar 1.3860 1.3880 7$/US$ to
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        92 26 Nov i iOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low lan 10 1039.*****7.*****9.*****6.00 dar 10 1044.*****3.*****4.*****2.00 day 10 1046.*****5.*****5.*****7.25 lui 10 1050.*****9.*****9.*****9.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low 3ec09 39.45 39.75 39.99 39.20 lan 10 39.89 40.18 40.42 39.63 dar 10 40.28 40.54 40.79 40.00
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        74 26 Nov i°|| :rude ISS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Srent blend (1-Mth F) VTI (Near Mth) )ubai (1-Mth F) 'apis blend /linas 77.65 -2.23 77.64 -2.00 78.74 -0.73 81.55 -0.35 80.35 -0.85 •RODUCT ISS/barrel (FOB Spore) Close Change \l aphtha let Kerosene 77.30 -0.75 86.80 -0.80 JSS/barrel ipec Oil Basket
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        55 26 IVoy2o| loz] Jov Jov -long Kong 1136.*****2.40 Nov18 Nov19 .ondon 1147.*****1.40 1148.*****2.20 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying >assbook 1 oz 25.72 25.49 >LATINUM /Lon (US$/oz) Nov19 Close Previous 'M Fix 1435.*****9.00 iMFix 1430.*****9.00 Source: Thomson Reuters M-ATINUM /NYMEX (US$/oz) Nov 19 Last Prev High/Low Ian 10 1443.9 *****455.9/1423.6
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        722 28  -  CONRAD TAN Singapore Strategy Buy DBS Group Research Nov 2 IN line with DBS economists' forecast of a V-shaped recovery, we expect corporate earnings growth to rise by 21.6 per cent for 2010, up from 18 per cent in the previous quarter. As recovery normalises, earnings growth for
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        1100 29  -  Sani Hamid WEALTH INSIGHTS We are now in a unique phase where investors are generally bullish on the economy but have yet to react Director, wealth management (economy strategy) Financial Alliance IN RECENT weeks, I have started to notice an important characteristic of investors:
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        1281 30  - Value investing and longevity the distinct link Teh Hooi Ling SHOW ME THE MONEY An analysis as to why some well-known value investors live much longer than the average person hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent investing is about buying ung dervalued securig ties. It's about lookI m at parts of the market
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        588 32 Reuters It attracted record HK5567.5 billion in fund inflows in the past 13 months Hong Kong HONG KONG'S central bank chief Norman Chan warned that asset prices in the city could climb sharply next year and disconnect from fundamentals, raising the risk of
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        165 32 Bloomberg Hong Kong HONG KONG plans to tighten restrictions on marketing of uncompleted apartments, responding to concerns that misleading sales tactics by property developers have contributed to a surge in prices this year. The measures will require developers to provide more transparency about
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      57 34 I i fc^^^^^^^^^^j COME INTO MY PARLOUR \V Z^Tbl^Z ~~^t W Art^or t^ie Pu':)''c 'n a Pr' vate space PHOTO: JOHN HENG CEOS'HAWKER GUIDE GADGETS COMFORT Get cracking crabs L 6-7 Sitex highlights Lll A guide to healthy sleep Ll6-21 WATCHES PERSONAL SPACE MOTORING Off the beaten track LB-9 Making
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        1290 38 BT Weekend goes trawling to find the best crab dishes on offer in Singapore. By Audrey Phoon THERE are no secrets when it comes to crabs at least not in regard to finding the creme de la creme of cooked versions. After all, the best crab dishes are
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        621 38  -  Audrey Phoon Tan Tiong Cheng Chairman, Knight Frank By NAME crab done any way, and Tan Tiong Cheng has probably eaten it. The chairman of Knight Frank and the brain behind the CEOs' Hawker Guide series is a huge fan of crab, and can rattle off a whole
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        687 39  -  Melissa Lwee Creativity and passion are key to the success of Urwerk. 3yl WHEN it comes to making watches you can go one way or another traditional or avant garde. Taking the latter road was precisely what Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, co-found-ers of avant garde
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        786 40  -  Chuang Peck Ming Patricia Kan found some fine distractions in Panerai watches. By jA SLEEK black Lam/^t borghini is parked downstairs and the private lift shoots right up into her apartment, a stylishly furnished pad in Bedok. Leading you in is owner Patricia Kan, a slim
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        1168 42  -  Geoffrey Eu personal space Christopher Guy specialises in elegant and highly imaginative furniture his home is no different. By YOU may not have heard of Christopher Guy yet, but chances are you have seen his distinctive furniture in some swank hotel in London or Las Vegas or
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        786 44 FOR RESTFUU REFRESHING SLEEP, PERFECT SUPPORT IS KEY. BY CORINNE KERK A f there's one reason why we go to bed at night, it is to wake up refreshed after a comfortable sleep. Hence, what we sleep on is key. To achieve a comfortable rest, your head,
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        485 45  -  CHEAH UI-HOON THE RIGHT PILLOW CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO YOUR SLEEP, SO LOOK FOR ONE THAT'S TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS. BY esides the mattress, the other crucial implement for a good night's sleep is definitely your pillow. 3 Here too, technology is constantly evolving to create
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        1441 49  -  Swaran Kapur _L It's a part of the world %J that's very easy to fall in love with Slovakia and the Czech Republic enchant the visitor. By do Bohemia and Bollywood have in common? Nothing much, you'd think. But there I was, in Central Europe last month, reminded
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        655 50  -  Lee U-Wen no holds barred leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent BOXING'S dream fight is close to becoming a reality next year, one that will finally settle the long-standing debate of who is the greatest fighter of the modern era. In one corner will be the Philippine sensation
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        923 50  -  John Dykes kick off with John dykes FOOTBALL fans will this week have become aware of the contribution a placenta will be making to Arsenal's bid to win the Barclays Premier League title. Under the magnificent headline "Van Persic's a Placenta Forward!", the Daily Mirror (and
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        1412 51  -  Justine Moss Hoping to rise in the game, China has launched a programme aimed at developing and promoting junior golf. By IF the figures from the recent HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai are anything to go by 30,000 fans followed Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson
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        813 53  -  Samuel Ec C&Cs Mitsubishi Extreme Drive is the first with a very special section not seen in Singapore before. By DRIVING clinics and other events at the Changi Exhibition Centre are becoming so commonplace that the phrase "dime a dozen" springs to mind, and the only
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        473 53 THE Mitsubishi Extreme Drive "stunt driving" event last weekend was used to launch a new model the new Mitsubishi Lancer EX Ralliart. The name may be a little long, but its message is short and sharp. The Lancer EX Ralliart is basically a more genteel
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        580 54  -  Samuel Ee The latest version of the popular German hatchback now sports chiselled good looks on top of its safety credentials. By FORCED induction seems to be de rigueur for small VWs these days, so it comes as a bit of a surprise that there is no
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