The Business Times, 7 May 2010

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Friday, May 7,2010
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  • 1055 1  -  Council for Estate Agencies to raise standards, introduce new rules by year-end By UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of National Development (MND) will set up a new statutory board to raise the professionalism of the real estate agency industry and better safeguard consumers’
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  • 141 1 ST INDEX 2,839.65 (-20.66) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,828 (-21) SIMSCI 337.22 (-0.84) SIMSCI FUTURES 335.00 (-0.90) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.395 (US$/S$ per 1.504 2.098 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.279 1.785 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 93.50 67.00 RM 3.260 2.336 HK$ 7.770 5.568 BAHT 32.36
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  • 725 1  -  Latest remedy for problems in the eurozone is leaving markets deeply dissatisfied By CHEW XIANG [SINGAPORE] The word of the week is “contagion”. Markets have started fretting for new targets after Greece won a 110 billion euro (S$195 billion) bailout on Sunday and
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    • 191 1 EMERGING ENTERPRISE Leong Guan taking S’pore noodles abroad FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD It’s England’s national day PAGE 36 BOOKS Charting his own course PAGE 34 PAGE 12 CORPORATE RESULTS StarHub Q1 earnings down 48% PAGE 6 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE One man’s wine world PAGE 30 WINE From a hill called Hermitage
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    • 10 1 Commentary: Now playing, The Global Crisis, Act II, Page 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 454 2 Dissolution date set for second half of Sept but Red Shirts want firmer timeline AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand’s premier yesterday outlined plans to dissolve Parliament in September for polls aimed at ending a political crisis, but suspicious an-ti-government protesters demanded a firmer timeline. The “Red
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    • 900 2  -  COMMENTARY By VIKRAM KHANNA ONE of the more eyebrow-raising news items in the last couple of days was the proposal by the German government for the European Union to make provisions to allow for “orderly default” by eurozone countries on their sovereign debts.
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    • 552 2  -  Cameron could lead Conservative-Liberal Democrats coalition By NEIL BEHRMANN MILLIONS of British people have voted in the most tightly contested UK election in a generation. Early signs indicate a high turnout of the more than 44 million registered voters, as The Business
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    • 484 2  -  IDs and issue manager touch base with top law firm By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] The fallout from New Century ShipBuilding’s sudden withdrawal of its initial public offering (IPO) this week ostensibly for material inaccu- racies in its prospectus has begun.
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    • 569 2 Lurching markets wait for next Greece THE word of the week is “contagion”. Markets have started fretting for new targets after Greece won a 110 billion euro (S$195 billion) bailout on Sunday and have fastened on fellow European strugglers and the common currency. The euro fell below 1.30
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    • 687 4  -  Analysts suggest an aviation framework might help ease disputes By PAULINE NG AN on-going turf fight between Malaysia’s two carriers has spilled into a war of words with each charging the other of not playing ball and harming the nation’s interests. Over the
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    • 537 4  -  HDB releases COV figures amid worries caused by reports of sky-high resale flat prices By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] As resale flat prices continue to climb, is it still possible to secure a home by paying a cash premium of $20,000 or less?
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 567 6  -  But telco expects better earnings later, with higher ARPU of smart phones By WINSTON CHAI STARHUB’S first-quarter net profit was almost halved from a year ago as its cost base skyrocketed after taking a bite at the Apple iPhone and other Web-enabled
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    • 429 6  -  By JASLENE PANG NUCLEUS Connect, which will operate Singapore’s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (NBN), yesterday unveiled its wholesale interconnection offer (ICO) pricing for retail service providers (RSPs). The pricing has been approved by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). RSPs can now officially
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    • 620 6  - Have a heart, telcos make your customers happy HOCK LOCK SIEW By LEE U-WEN ENOUGH has been said about the ongoing controversy surrounding Singapore’s inability as yet to secure the rights to beam the World Cup here. Even with the tournament the most glamorous and prestigious football event in the
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    • 484 9  -  Cost of sales up 27%, resulting in one-third fall in gross profit By VINCENT VINCENT WEE COSCO Corp (Singapore)’s net profit dipped 4 per cent to $31.7 million for the first quarter although turnover climbed 17 per cent to $835.0 million,
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    • 328 9  -  By SAMUEL EE POWERED by a 17.9 per cent year-on-year rise in sales to $114.1 million as the economy recovered, auto company YHI International lifted net profit 23.8 per cent to $4.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31. Singapore-based YHI an
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    • 566 9 Bloomberg NOBLE Group Ltd, the commodities supplier part owned by China Investment Corp, said first quarter profit rose 28 per cent as demand and prices of coal, iron ore and aluminium improved with the economic recovery. Net income increased to US$115 million,
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    • 366 9  -  Results helped by acquisition, financial asset disposal By CHAN YUPING CWT Limited’s acquisition of a defence logistics firm in January this year has paid off. A provider of integrated logistics solutions and engineering maintenance and facilities management services, CWT yesterday reported a 27
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    • 367 9  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI PARKWAY Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PLife Reit) saw its distribution per unit (DPU) for the first quarter ended March 31 rise 9.7 per cent to 2.07 cents, from 1.89 cents in the previous corresponding quarter. This translates
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    • 541 9 Reuters FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) said yesterday it is confident of maintaining historical revenue growth rates and is looking to buy malls in Malaysia to diversify its business. FCT, which owns four suburban malls in Singapore, recorded compounded gross revenue growth of 7.5 per
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    • 408 10  -  By EMILYN EMILYN YAP HERSING Corporation better known for its real estate agency ERA has ambitious plans for its self-storage business, hoping to spin this segment into a real estate investment trust one day. Its chairman Harry Chua shared this vision yesterday as
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    • 328 10  -  Gross profit margin falls; first interim dividend of 0.25 cents per share By CHAN CHAN YUPING MIDAS Holdings has achieved a 16.6 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit to $9.9 million, helped by a 47.5 per cent surge in revenue to
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 96 10 OTTO Marine unit Otto Marine Services Pte Ltd has issued $100 million of 4.845 per cent fixed rate notes. The notes, which will mature on May 6, 2013, are the first series issued under the $500 million Medium Term Note programme established on April
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      • 146 10 THAKRAL Corporation Ltd said it has sold its stake in India-listed logistics group, Gateway Distriparks Ltd (GDL), and will reap a net gain of about $29.9 million in the income statement for 2010 from the sale. On Dec 31, 2009, the GDL shares were
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      • 56 10 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (STE) announced that it has set up a wholly owned subsidiary, ST Engineering Financial II Pte Ltd (STEF-2). STEF-2 is set up as a fund vehicle for funds placement. It will be applying to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for the
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      • 59 10 CACOLA Furniture International warned that it expects to report a loss for the first quarter of 2010 compared to a year ago. This is due mainly to the increase in selling and distribution expenses incurred from the advertising campaign carried out to boost the number
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      • 53 10 FRASER and Neave Ltd said Ng Jui Sia, 58, will step down as chief executive officer of Times Publishing Ltd to take up an appointment with its Malaysian unit, Fraser Neave Holdings Bhd, as chief executive officerdesignate from July 1 and then as CEO
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1317 7 BT ADVERTORIAL A vision for innovation WHEN the going gets tough, the tough start innovating that was the operating mantra most companies adopted in 2008 when they were confronted with the onset of what would eventually turn out to be one of the worst downturns in history. As economies started
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 576 8  -  20.7-point fall brings index’s total weekly decline to 134 points or 4.5 per cent so far STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent TRADERS yesterday banked on European markets and Wall Street bouncing on Thursday by cautiously positioning themselves accordingly. Although the Straits Times Index fell
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 63 8 May 6 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1230.00-209.00 BT CADI -*****.00-256.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-123.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 691.86 -9.64 FTSE ST Small Cap 550.33 -8.67 FTSE ST All Share 702.67 -6.21 FTSE ST China Top 278.84 -4.79 FTSE ST China 298.27 -2.38 FTSE ST Catalist 1219.89
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    • 59 8 VOLUME Genting SP 171,739,000 Golden Agri 107,970,000 Cosco Corp 73,879,000 Yangzijiang 69,803,000 Sapphire 58,946,000 GMG Global 58,075,000 RafflesEdu 36,756,000 Baker Tech 35,619,000 Noble Grp 35,464,000 Transcu Grp 34,379,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 160,570,894 UOB 143,254,840 DBS Grp 129,875,284 Cosco Corp 115,331,370 OCBC Bk 103,983,750 Noble Grp 102,147,130 CapitaLand
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 12 2 0 0 0 3 12 2 Manufacturing 24 120 56 7 5 20 31 125 76 Commerce 12 34 21 1 6 6 13 40 27 Tpt/Stor/Comms 6 24 12
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        439 8 May 6 close: S$8.64 CIMB Research, May 6 OCBC Bank is our new top pick in the banking sector: We upgraded OCBC from “neutral” to “outperform” on Wednesday, after its results release. OCBC’s share price has underperformed year-to-date, partly on concerns over capital strain from Basel III implementation,
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      • 513 8  -  OCBC Investment Research, May 6 Compiled by CONRAD TAN UNCERTAINTIES in macro environment weigh on oil price: After reaching a high of about US$86 per barrel (bbl) in early April this year, oil prices have trended slightly lower to about US$82/bbl. Renewed worries in the euro
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    • 119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 30,147 30,147 119,117 119,117 Manufacturing 475,307 56,642 531,949 379,039 3,284 382,323 Commerce 135,513 12,010 147,523 209,355 2,291 211,646 Tpt/Stor/Comms 220,700 1,952 222,652 359,075 228 359,303 Finance 48,307 48,307 434,174 434,174 Construction 83,791 62,506 146,297 17,005
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    • 112 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.000 -0.080 CapitaLand 3.600 -0.030 CapitaMall 1.920 -0.040 CityDev 10.360 +0.040 ComfortDelGro 1.460 -0.020 DBS Grp 14.660 +0.020 F&N 4.550 -0.060 Genting SP 0.950 +0.040 Golden Agri 0.550 -0.005 HK Land 5.020 +0.010 JMH 34.700 -2.420 JSH 19.720 -1.460 Jardine C&C
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    • 433 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro tumbled to a 14-month low against the dollar yesterday after the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to offer any additional measures to ease the Greek debt crisis, which investors fear could spread across the region. Confidence in
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    • 110 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 108.8 0.7 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5104 26.5 0.4 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 CapitalaBNPePW*****1 23 15.5 206.7 HsuFuChi 265 14.0 5.6 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1575 14.0 0.9 GuocoLand Ltd 228 8.0 3.6 H Royal 298 8.0 2.8 UOI
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    • 120 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JMH 3470-337.4 -6.5 JSH 1972-203.6 -6.9 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2772-199.4 -4.9 DBXT Nifty 10US$ *****-195.2 -1.2 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1128-132.5 -7.8 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3860-131.1 -2.4 UOB.ES.1005 1874 -94.0 -4.8 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2805 -80.9 -2.0 Venture Corp 910 -77.0 -7.8 Jardine C&C 2878 -72.0
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    • 87 8 Where S$ stands May 6 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR May 5 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3907 0.42 1.4219 1.3680 Euro 1.7794 0.73 2.0153 1.7794@ Pounds 2.0959 0.52 2.2831 2.0845 A$ 1.2612 0.11 1.2960 1.2276 Yen* 1.4833 -0.64 1.5927 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** 1.63 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2976 0.42
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 303 11  -  By EMILYN YAP THE Housing Development Board (HDB) is offering 1,050 new flats in Jurong West and Yishun under the build-to-order (BTO) scheme. This brings the number of new BTO units it has launched since January to 6,132, and more will be coming
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    • 357 11  -  By UMA SHANKARI A FOCUS group set up to look at sustainability and identity issues for the Concept Plan 2011 recommends that Singapore aim to be “environmentally and socially sustainable”. The group, set up by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in January, announced its draft recommendations
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    • 160 11 THE Building and Construction Authority yesterday announced the three winners of this year’s Design and Engineering Safety Excellence Awards. The winners 313@Somerset, 78 Shenton Way and City Square Residences were chosen from 20 entrants by a panel of industry experts. Another
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    • 637 11  -  $405psf ppr offer is among 16 bids for plot near Kovan MRT Station By KALPANA RASHIWALA FRAGRANCE Properties has placed the highest bid of $16.25 million or about $405 per square foot of potential gross floor area at a state tender yesterday
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    • 1269 12  -  Leong Guan Food Manufacturer is confident these two factors will help it to export Singapore noodles overseas, reports EILEEN TAY EILEEN TAY PRIDING itself on high quality products and good service, Leong Guan Food Manufacturer aspires to be a leader in taking Singapore noodles overseas.
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    • 370 12  -  By TIMOTHY SEOW TRADE with South-east Asia and Greater China is deemed to hold the greatest promise by local small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This is according to HSBC’s Trade Confidence Index released yesterday. Local SMBs also felt exchange rate
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    • 476 12  -  By LEE U-WEN THINK Panasonic, and images of mobile phones, digital cameras and TVs instantly come to mind. But this 55-year-old household brand is also in the business of sports an industry where it has committed millions of dollars to sponsor football
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    • 272 12  -  By GLENN CHEE THE Life Insurance Association Singapore (LIA) released first-quarter business results yesterday showing renewed consumer confidence in insurance as the economy recovers. The industry started 2010 on a high note, with weighted new business premiums surging 43 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y)
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    • 103 12 TRANSPORT Minister Raymond Lim will cover the responsibilities of Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan for three weeks as he recovers from a heart bypass operation. The temporary arrangement was announced by the Prime Minister Office’s (PMO) yesterday after Mr Khaw underwent a successful
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    • 222 12 AN increasing number of water companies are choosing Singapore for research and development, cementing the island’s position as a hub for water technology. Toray, a Japanese membrane manufacturer and one of the new founding sponsors of Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) will open
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    • 58 12 This is the 10th of a series of features on the 15 finalists of the Emerging Enterprise 2010 Awards. Jointly presented by The Business Times and OCBC Bank, the EE 2010 recognises young SMEs with annual sales of less than $10 million. It is supported by RSM Chio Lim, Spring
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 681 14 Policy tool needed to manage inflows that fuel inflation, says UN agency Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian nations should increasingly consider capital controls in their “policy toolkit” to manage inflows that are fuelling inflation and creating asset bubbles, a United Nations agency said yesterday. “The main
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    • 3533 14 BEATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com. KRUNG THAI BANK PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED Head Office: 35 Sukhumvit Road, Klong Toey Nua Subdistrict, Wattana District, Bangkok 101 10 Thailand Singapore Office: 65 Chulia Street, #32-05/07 OCBC Centre, Singapore *****3 Tel: (65) 6533-6691, Fax: (65) 6533-0930 Co. Reg. No.: S94FC4735E Balance Sheets
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  • INDONESIA
    • 379 15 Decision follows sell-off of stocks, bonds and rupiah on investor fears Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia postponed a planned US$1.1 billion Samurai bond to the second half of 2010 as bond yields rose and the rupiah fell on investor fears over debt woes in the eurozone and
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    • 141 15 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesian government needs intense assistance from the World Bank (WB) to settle the power supply scarcity problem that makes 100 million people across the country yet to get supplied by electricity, an Indonesian specialist said here on Wednesday. “The existing projects under the
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    • 960 15 Reuters Source: Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian opposition politicians welcomed yesterday Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati’s decision to quit, a sign the country faces a prolonged fight over reform seen as crucial to luring investment and spurring growth. While investors and reformers now face uncertainty over the
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 929 16 Local authorities implement measures to crack down on property speculation to avert asset bubble PROPERTY MARKET [BEIJING] China’s home prices may slump 30 per cent as local authorities implement government measures to crack down on property speculation, according to brokerages including
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    • 212 16 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] China’s biggest developers are borrowing record amounts in Hong Kong, taking advantage of lower interest rates to circumvent a lending crackdown at home. While banks demand at least 5.2 per cent in annual interest for three-to-five year money in China, the cost
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 520 17 Consumer price inflation may average 4%, surpassing govt’s target of 3%, it says Reuters [BEIJING] China should have no difficulty achieving 9 per cent economic growth this year but needs to beware of mounting inflation, a statistics official said yesterday. Gross domestic product
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    • 560 17 Xinhua [CHICAGO] An impressive line-up of increasingly competitive Chinese biotech and pharmaceutical companies attracted a lot of attention at the 2010 BIO International Convention in Chicago. Drawing from more than 60 countries and hosting more than 1,700 exhibitors, the world’s largest
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    • 310 17 Monetary tightening seen due to pressure on headline inflation Reuters [NEW DELHI] India’s food inflation continued to ease in April, but fuel inflation was steady at its high level, keeping up pressure on headline inflation that could prompt further monetary tightening by the
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • WORLD
    • 639 18 AFP [ATHENS] Greek unions staged new demonstrations against draconian austerity cuts as the government raced to push the unprecedented measures through parliament a day after deadly rioting. The main unions were undeterred by the deaths of three people, reportedly including a pregnant woman, in a
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    • 566 18 Banking systems in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Britain at risk: Moody’s AP [LISBON] The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at one per cent yesterday with markets waiting to see what further an-ti-crisis steps the bank might take to
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    • 379 18 Bundesbank rebuffs calls for ECB to buy govt bonds Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Bundesbank president Axel Weber fired the first shot in a brewing debate over how far the European Central Bank should go to defend the euro. As the single currency plunged to a
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    • 447 18 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] US productivity grew solidly in the first quarter, although not as fast as in previous periods. The Labor Department yesterday said non-farm productivity rose at a 3.6 per cent annual rate, the smallest advance in a year, after expanding
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  • FOCUS: BURSA
    • 1351 19 Bursa highlights stock market’s strengths and govt reforms that will boost opportunities for investors LAST week, the chief executive of Bursa Malaysia, Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, shared his thoughts on the opportunities that the Malaysian capital market offers. The main point is that the market is
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 1876 19 MATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg adv IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MELLONA SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN MEMBER'S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Company Registration No. *****0664C) NOTICE OF MEMBER'S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION Notice is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 430 20  -  Award could be unveiled next week when PM Najib visits Phnom Penh By S JAYASANKARAN CIMB, Malaysia’s second largest banking group, is likely to be given a commercial banking licence in Cambodia in a development that could be announced when Prime Minister Najib
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    • 632 20 Reuters AP [HOUSTON] US regulators exempted BP from a detailed environmental review of the exploration project that ultimately resulted in the deadly Gulf of Mexico explosion and subsequent oil spill. The Minerals Management Service (MMS) granted BP’s project a “categorical exclusion” from
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    • 615 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Asian buyers won four of the top 10 lots on Wednesday night in New York, as Sotheby’s Impressionist and modern art tally tripled to US$195.7 million from a year ago. The evening’s highest price, US$28.6 million, was for a floral
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    • 434 20  -  It expects sharp rise in inflation to 2.3% this year as economy recovers By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy is expected to expand 7 per cent this year, according to a report released by the United Nations yesterday. The “Economic and Social
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 500 22 EDITORIAL HOW quickly sentiment sours. Just weeks ago, the broad consensus of expert opinion was that the international economy was well on the road to recovery from the financial meltdown of 2008-9. In Singapore, the official growth forecast range for 2010 was hiked 2.5 points
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    • 855 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE WILLIAM PESEK JR William Pesek is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own IT feels a lot like 1996. It was then, a year before the region plunged into chaos, when investors were
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    • 965 22  -  China wants to see a mechanism for channelling Asia’s savings into regional investments ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent SOMETHING big is stirring on the Asian financial scene and while its final dimensions are not yet clear, the outlines could be discerned at this week’s
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    • 1231 23  -  That’s one thing the four largest countries in South and East Asia must do to derive more mutual trade benefit By SHAHID JAVED BURKI The writer is a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies. He is a former vice-president of the
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    • 838 23  -  North Waziristan is the hub of so many terrorist groups and so much plotting that it’s having a global impact By AHMED RASHID The writer is a Pakistani journalist and most recently the author of ‘Descent Into Chaos: The US and
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 525 24 Times Square bomb suspect boarded flight even though his name was listed LAT-WP LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The US government now requires airlines to check no-fly lists much more quickly as a way to screen out terrorism suspects, officials said on Wednesday, after the man
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    • 278 24 SGX '000 May 6 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.66 0.01 2311 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.29 -0.01 35 Cosco Corp 1.56 -0.03 ***** CWT Ltd 0.90 -0.01 2662 Ezra Hldgs 1.99 -0.04 ***** First Ship Lea 0.51 -0.01 4843 Freight Links 0.06 unch 9098 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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    • 401 24 Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud drifts back into Atlantic [DUBLIN] All airports in Scotland and Ireland reopened yesterday after the latest engine-wrecking ash cloud from Iceland’s volcano drifted west back into the Atlantic. The latest threat from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano caused two days of
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    • 267 24 Bernama [KLANG] The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) wants the Klang Port Authority to regulate the rates of the ancillary services to prevent undercutting by port operators. Its vice-president, A Balasubramaniam, said of late there had been undercutting by operators, especially in the
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    • 225 24 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China has introduced a business tax exemption for airlines and shipping lines, helping industries affected by a trade slump during last year’s global recession. The exemption is effective from Jan 1, 2010, the Ministry of Finance said on its website in a
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    • 2933 24 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ457 1230 SQ456 1250 EY470 2220 Adelaide LH9771 1745 9W4082 2230 SQ268 1745 AF8088 2230 BA7382 2230 JL5083 2230 QF82 2230 LH9770 2350 SQ269 2350 Amsterdam LO4031 0605 LO4032 2345 SQ323 0605 SQ324 2345 US5410 0605 US5411 2345 AZ3992
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8998 25 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 18 5.5 3148 8Telecom 16.5cd -0.5 310 16.5 16.5 16 16.5 1.7 11 5.3 79 10 5.5 5834 A-Sonic 7 unch 90
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    • 1740 26 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 10 5 1181 t AA Grp 7 6.5 8 38.9 6.7 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 18.5 -2 83 19.5 18.5 18.5
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    • 9507 26 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.24/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.9/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.69/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6567/ Asian Credit Fund 1.2501/ Asian
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    • 680 26 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 112 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 111 +1.4 30 111 111 110 111 506.7 883 589 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US834 -26 73 840 834
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    • 259 26 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 26 6000 AVJennings A44 unch 2 44 44 43.5 46 3.6 8 3.5 114.6 31 11.5 6017 Genting HK US$ US20 unch 3069
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 365 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 5 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 848.8 -0.6 2.0 0.1 -1.4 -0.9 -0.6 EAFE Preliminary 775.7 -1.0 -1.2 -0.6 -7.6 -1.6 -6.8 Europe Preliminary 1084.0 -1.4
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    • 177 27 May 6 $S Offer Bid Overnight 1/8 1/16 1-month 3/8 1/8 2-months 7/16 3/16 3-months 9/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 1/16 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.32 0.27 1 month 0.39 0.29 2 months 0.41 0.31 3 months 0.45 0.35 6 months 0.58 0.48 9 months 0.95 0.75 12
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    • 22 27 May 6 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3945 1.3966 2-months 1.3946 1.3967 3-months 1.3946 1.3967 6-months 1.3947 1.3968 Source: OCBC
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    • 133 27 May 6 As at 9am May Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2490 1.2870 Can dollar 1.3410 1.3560 Euro 1.7730 1.7930 NZ dollar 1.0010 1.0230 Sterling pound 2.0870 2.1120 US dollar 1.3810 1.3960 Local dollars to 100 units of
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    • 27 27 May 6 Open High Sett STI May 2828 SIMSCI May 336.3 337.2 335.0 Taiwan May 273.9 274.7 270.0 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 130 27 May 6 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jun 10 340.0 340.0 340.0 10 Jul 10 324.0 Aug 10 307.0 Sep 10 293.0 293.0 293.0 20 Oct 10 296.0 Nov 10 295.0 60 Dec 10 295.0 Jan
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    • 90 27 May 6 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****V 05.08.2010 0.30 0.23 0.23 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2011 0.38 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0A 2.625 01.04.2012 104.13 104.30 104.30 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 101.38
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    • 105 27 May 5 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 10 968.25 977.00 983.00 967.25 Jul 10 978.00 987.00 992.75 976.00 Aug 10 975.50 984.75 989.50 973.00 Sep 10 961.50 970.00 974.00 959.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 10 38.64 38.36 38.73
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    • 77 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 5 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 83.38 -2.89 WTI (Near Mth) 79.67 -3.10 Dubai (1-Mth F) 84.66 -2.69 Tapis blend 90.60 -2.75 Minas 89.80 -2.60 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 84.67 -2.16 Jet Kerosene 95.40 -3.40 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 2321 27 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 1 15 3 4.63 48 4085 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 4 unch 200 1 4 2.00 21 2036 Advance SCT W*****9 0.5 1 87 2400 7.00
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    • 466 27 May 6 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.937 6.163 0.706 7.015 40.895 83.423 0.845 10.303 2.943 1.245 76.006 40.971 1.260 6.897 1.011 28.596 29.212 0.600 0.903 Canada 1.068 6.580
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    • 85 27 May 6 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 138 27 May 6 GOLD (US$/oz) May 06 May 05 Hong Kong 1176.00 1171.50 May 04 May 05 London 1171.95 1171.95 1172.85 1172.95 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR May 06 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 56,221.01 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 126.26 52 5gm 357.38 262 10gm 638.79
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    • 69 27 May 5 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2089.00 2130.75 3 months 2121.00 2163.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6921.75 6989.00 3 months 6958.50 7025.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1908.00 2028.50 3 months 1940.00 2060.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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    • 154 27 May 6 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2587 1.2609 0.9027 0.9030 Canadian dollar 1.3437 1.3466 0.9637 0.9643 Euro 1.7830 1.7860 1.2787 1.2790 NZ dollar 1.0104 1.0132 0.7246 0.7256 Sterling pound 2.0963 2.1002 1.5034 1.5040
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    • 77 27 May 5 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 10 2368 2359 2369/2349 Jul 10 2394 2387 2395/2372 Sep 10 2358 2347 2359/2332 Dec 10 2309 2297 2310/2285 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low May 10 1335 1341 1339/1330 Jul 10 1370 1378 1374/1360 Sep 10 1405 1411 1407/1395 SUGAR (US
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    • 66 27 May 6 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 10 2559 2560 2561 2541 223 2039 Jun 10 2522 2536 2555 2522 976 8991 Jul 10 2527 2523 2542 2509 ***** ***** Aug 10 2528 2525
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    • 371 27 May 6 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Jun10 99.4650 0 4858 Sep10 99.3450 0 2135 Dec10 99.1500 0 635 Mar11 98.8950 0 3454 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Jun10 99.6100 99.6200 99.6100 99.6200 0 5239 Sep10 99.6400 99.6400 99.6350 99.6400 0 3042 Dec10 99.6350 99.6400 99.6350
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  • executive lifestyle
    • 1867 30  -  Top wine critic Robert Parker talks to CHRISTOPHER LIM about those who question his rating system and about his work ethic CHRISTOPHER LIM IN the world of wines, the name Robert Parker is king, whether you like it or not. Such is the influence of Mr
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    • CINEMA/MUSIC
      • 596 31  -  The Runaways does a good job of conveying the craziness and the constant high that comes with living on the edge, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU YOU know you’re in for a different kind of movie when the opening shot is a
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      • 568 31  -  CD REVIEW By CHRISTOPHER LIM WHEN Axl Rose released Chinese Democracy in 2008 the first Guns N’ Roses album in 15 years it was clear that a large part of it was Guns only in name. After all, Rose is the only remaining member of
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      • 785 31  -  CHINESE ORCHESTRA By SAMUEL WONG SHENGMIAO The writer is the artistic director of The Teng Company, a lecturer and the author of two books on Chinese music. This is the seventh in a series of articles on Chinese orchestral music and instruments presented by
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      • 711 31  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM CONCERTS by world-fa-mous tenors like Andrea Bocelli usually cost a pretty penny, but the 12,000-odd fans at the Botanic Gardens tomorrow won’t be paying a single cent. This is because Malaysian company YTL Corporation is sponsoring the entire event as
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    • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL
      • 650 32  -  This year’s Singapore Arts Festival wants to shift focus from forms and specific disciplines, reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON PERHAPS one of the more obvious changes to this year’s Singapore Arts Festival the 24th edition is that you won’t find the performances separated into conventional
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      • 869 32  -  I, MALVOLIO/ I, PEASEBLOSSOM TIM CROUCH Literature will feature strongly in this year’s upcoming arts festival. Two productions will be a contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s plays while one will be a hefty but highly watchable six-hour performance based on the entire story of the book, The
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      • 526 32  -  LADY MACBETH THEATRE MOOLLEE By CHEAH UI-HOON SHE incited her husband to do an evil deed, and egged him on when he was hesitant about it, then later became the first to break down under the burden of guilt of what they had done.
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    • ARTS
      • 685 33  -  Flipside returns for its seventh year next week with both free and ticketed programmes. As usual, the shows will blow your mind by presenting the unconventional. NATALIE KOH reports SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL NATALIE KOH FUN, quirky and unconventional these are the words that Flipside
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      • 301 33  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN THE stark performance space featuring only chairs and a desk was full. Young and old theatre enthusiasts sat on folding chairs laid out in a circle for the dramatised reading based on archived recordings of Goh Lay Kuan, dance educator and wife of
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      • 550 33  -  By NATALIE KOH THE title might have been Hindi and there was ample bhangra dancing throughout, but make no mistake Rafta! Rafta! is all Singaporean. Adapted from an award-winning play by UK-based playwright Ayub Khan-Din, HuM Theatre’s debut production showed that with just a few
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      • 801 33  -  GATZ ELEVATOR REPAIR SERVICE By CHEAH UI-HOON THERE aren’t many books that one can read on stage and expect it to work as a piece of audio, and visual, theatre. So American writer F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is one rare production. “The Great
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    • BOOKS/GAMING
      • 987 34  -  William Dalrymple doesn’t take the easy way when researching his books but digs deeper to find a more balanced view of history, finds CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON WHEN William Dalrymple was researching his book The Last Mughal, the last thing he wanted to do was what
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      • 548 34  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM ONE doesn’t need insider information to figure out that publisher Rockstar is putting some serious marketing muscle behind ac-tion-adventure game Red Dead Redemption, which will be released on May 21. A plethora of advertisements and trailers have appeared, and there’s even
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    • WINE
      • 1089 35  -  Tasting of La Chapelle at World Gourmet Summit reminds N K YONG of the first bottle of La Chapelle 1961 he had found on a visit to Brussels in mid-1980s N K YONG NUMEROUS excellent wines are today produced in the Rhone Valley,
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      • AROUND TOWN
        • 166 35 SUMI Jo (right) is a Grammy award-winning coloratura soprano, born in Seoul, South Korea. A talented woman known for her beauty, voice and piano skills, she gained popularity in the late 1990s, and has become one of the most famous names on the international opera circuit.
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        • 187 35 AS the name suggests, No Conical Hats will feature works that depict South-east Asian countries in an unconventional way. These conical hats refers to the samsui woman hats that Asians are commonly portrayed to wear in artworks. The exhibition will feature a range of contemporary
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        • 148 35  -  Compiled by NATALIE KOH STORIES of the night: a piano recital by Roger Muraro, is a one-night only performance by the internationally renowned French pianist as part of his Asian tour. He will perform pieces from the Romantic era, with the first half of the performance
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      • 590 35  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM IN a demonstration of the pulling power of critic Robert Parker, the first Parkerbranded public wine event in South-east Asia in more than a decade wrapped up on Monday night after a two-day tasting fair and a sold-out charity dinner. The Ultimate
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    • FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
      • 1285 36  -  St George’s Day is probably the UK’s most controversial and least celebrated national day but things are changing, says DEBBIE YONG DEBBIE YONG Debbie Yong is a former journalist now doing a Master’s degree in global media and communications at the London School of
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