The Business Times, 11 May 2010

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    24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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  • Article, Illustration
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    85 1 IT was a moment to remember for many corporate leaders last night at the Singapore Corporate Awards. Among those in the limelight were representatives of companies that won the Best Managed Board awards. They were, from left, Rolando Gapud, chairman of Del Monte Pacific; Lee Boon Yang, chairman
    ARTHUR LEE  -  85 words
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    Lock icon When one director wears three committee hats
    794 1  -  By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Much has been said about the number of directorships one should hold. But what about the number of board committees each director should take up? Possibly close to one quarter of Singapore-listed companies have the same set of directors
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    Lock icon EU mounts US$1t shock and awe rescue
    750 1 Ambitious measures include ‘nuclear option’ of buying govt bonds to ensure liquidity AP [BRUSSELS] The European Union (EU) put up a staggering US$1 trillion yesterday to contain its spreading government debt crisis and keep the euro currency from imploding. Analysts said the huge
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    141 1 ST INDEX 2,880.48 (+59.37) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,871 (+56) SIMSCI 342.31 (+8.68) SIMSCI FUTURES 341.40 (+9.50) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.377 (US$/S$ per 1.491 2.052 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.304 1.795 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 93.30 67.80 RM 3.196 2.321 HK$ 7.779 5.651 BAHT 32.27
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      106 1 COMPANIES OUE to be Lippo’s S’pore flagship PAGE 2 EMERGING ENTERPRISE Ice-cream chain Udders’ ambitious plan PAGE 14 SME INC Making their mark in the global fashion world PAGE 12 PROPERTY Hang Lung eyes returns from China offices, not homes PAGE 32 THE HOURGLASS Contemporary Horological Art SINGAPORE TAKASHIMAYA S.C.
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Use good governance to build business: SM Goh
      493 2  -  Internalise values and purpose behind the rules, especially in risk management SINGAPORE CORPORATE AWARDS Reports by LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Corporate governance is not just about complying with rules or reporting requirements. Rather, it is about internalising the values, spirit and purpose behind
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      Lock icon OUE to be Lippo’s S’pore flagship
      539 2  -  By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Indonesia’s Lippo Group has laid out growth plans for Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) now that it is in sole control of the property group. Lippo president Stephen Riady, who also became OUE’s executive chairman recently, said OUE will be Lippo’s
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      Lock icon Keppel, SingTel big winners at S’pore Corporate Awards
      615 2  -  By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] One is a diversified conglomerate with businesses in various vertical sectors, while the other is a telco offering a mix of mobile, broadband and pay-TV services. Despite stark differences in their businesses, Keppel Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications have
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      498 2 EU launches US$1 trillion shock and awe rescue THE European Union yesterday put up a staggering US$1 trillion to contain its spreading government debt crisis and keep the euro currency from imploding. Analysts said the huge sum supplied the “shock and awe” that markets had been waiting for,
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      Lock icon Asia in shape to ride European storm
      589 4  -  Most economists seem confident the region will prove to be resilient again EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] The jury is still out on the broader economic impact of the European debt crisis, though most analysts see little risk of Asia being
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      Lock icon Asian stocks, currencies cheer Brussels’ stand
      534 4  -  By CHEW XIANG XINHUA [SINGAPORE] Asian markets and currencies surged yesterday as investors began shifting money out from safe havens following the announcement of a 750 billion euro (S$1.3 trillion) rescue package for debt-rid-den European countries. The Nikkei 225 was up 1.6 per cent
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      Lock icon Bank of Japan weighs in to help
      444 4  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday agreed to join in a concerted and unlimited emergency dollar-swap exercise launched at the weekend by the world’s leading central banks as a means to ward off a global credit crunch. Interbank lending rates
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      Lock icon Fed to open currency swap lines with ECB
      652 4 NYT [WASHINGTON] After months of quietly watching from the sidelines, the United States finally intervened in the European debt crisis on Sunday night. The Federal Reserve announced that it would open currency swap lines with the European Central Bank in essence, printing
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      Lock icon Taking the fight to the bond markets
      489 4 AP [BRUSSELS] Alarmed by the risk to the euro, the European Central Bank (ECB) exercised what analysts called its “nuclear option” early yesterday, announcing it would intervene in bond markets as part of the wider effort to protect the eurozone. The central bank
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      Lock icon Merkel’s power in Parliament clipped by poll setback
      495 4 AP [BERLIN] Voters in Germany’s most populous state dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel a painful setback on Sunday, erasing her government’s majority in the upper house of parliament and curbing its power after criticism over the Greek debt crisis. Ms Merkel’s centre-right alliance
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      10 2 $190m boost for OUE; plan for stock split, Page 6
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      112 3 We were there when our grandparents used to hide their life savings underthe bed. We were there when our parents kept their passbooks locked up in a drawer. We were there when most people did their banking in banking halls. These days, most people do their banking online. We were
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CapitaLand plans 6th China Raffles City project in Shenzhen
      552 5  -  Completion of the mixed development expected in phases from 2014 By KALPANA RASHIWALA CAPITALAND continues to expand its Raffles City footprint in China. It yesterday announced plans for building a mixed development under this franchise in the southern Chinese city of
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      Lock icon How much longer can markets rely on bailouts?
      862 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY FOR more than a year, Wall Street has benefited from the riskless trade that is the “Bernanke Put” (BP). That’s the term used to describe the Federal Reserve chairman’s explicit guarantee that if need be, the
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      Lock icon Strong marine margins pump Sembcorp profit
      527 6  -  Q1 net profit grows 18.8% to $158.8m; utilities business also improves By VINCENT WEE SEMBCORP posted an 18.8 per cent rise in first quarter net profit to $158.8 million on a 12.1 per cent increase in turnover to $2.41 billion as strong results from
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin back on track with Q3 net profit of $3m
      516 6  -  Rise due to higher gross profit margins and exchange gains By ARTHUR SIM FJ Benjamin (FJB) has reported a net profit of $3 million for the third quarter ended March 31. The turnaround from a third-quar-ter net loss of
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      Lock icon Time for a tech sector turnaround: Henderson
      352 6  -  By CHAN YUPING THE technology sector is poised for a turnaround, thanks to a convergence of positive factors. But to benefit from it, investors must first shake off the fears they have been harbouring since the dotcom bust a decade ago, a fund
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      Lock icon $190m boost for OUE; plan for stock split
      457 6  -  By EMILYN YAP OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE) yesterday posted sharply improved results for the first quarter, and proposed a one-into-five stock split to boost trading in its shares. Net profit for the quarter ended March 31 was $184.6 million more than 14
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Foreland Fabrictech warns of lower profit
        64 6 FORELAND Fabrictech warned that it will report a “significantly lower net profit for Q1 2010 than that of Q1 2009”. It said that the demand in textile industry in Q1 2010 remained weak. The sluggish demand for higher grade textile products which command a
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        Lock icon Infinio to place 150m new shares at 2¢ each
        58 6 INFINIO Group has entered into a placement agreement to place up to 150 million new Infinio shares at 2 cents each to raise $2.96 million in net proceeds. The issue price represents a discount of 20 per cent to the weighted
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        Lock icon Swissco Int’l Q1 net profit drops 46%
        65 6 SWISSCO International posted a 46 per cent drop in first quarter net profit to $2.93 million, dragged by poorer sales. Revenue for the quarter fell 12.7 per cent to $12.2 million. The vessel chartering business posted weaker sales due to poorer utilisation, while
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      Lock icon Cerebos’ Q2 net profit jumps 82% to $22.7m
      375 9  -  Firmer sales boost figures; revenue for quarter rises 27% to $216m By JAMIE LEE CEREBOS Pacific posted an 82 per cent jump in sec-ond-quarter net profit on firmer sales. The company which makes the tonic Brand’s Essence of Chicken said net profit
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      Lock icon One-off property sale gain boosts Thakral’s Q1 net
      390 9  -  By JAMIE LEE THAKRAL Corporation’s first-quarter net profit more than doubled, lifted by stronger sales and a one-off gain from a property disposal. Net profit for the three months ended March 31 stood at $2 million, up from $792,000 posted in the
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      Lock icon Chip Eng Seng JV buys Perth mixed plot for A$20m
      273 9  -  By EMILYN YAP CHIP Eng Seng Corp has partnered an Australian developer to purchase a piece of land in Perth for A$20 million (S$24.9 million). The 50:50 joint venture with Cranecorp plans to turn the 1.02 hectare site at Scarborough
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      Lock icon April passenger numbers up 45% at Tiger Airways
      350 9  -  Volume over period of 12 months passes five million mark By NISHA RAMCHANDANI TIGER Airways Holdings saw a healthy set of operating figures for April the first month of its current fiscal year as passenger numbers rose 45 per cent year on
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      354 5 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BOARD LAND FOR SALE LAND PARCEL SENGKANG E3 AND SEMBAWANG SI a On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Singapore, the Housing Development Board is pleased to invite tenders for the sale of land parcels at Sengkang East Avenue/Buangkok Drive and Sembawang Road/Canberra Drive on a
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      1049 6 ICNA CNA GROUP LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Co. Reg. No. *****0449K) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at Amara Singapore, Connection 1, Level 3, 1 65 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore *****9 on 25
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      213 6 At a glance Q1 results ended March 2010 NET PROFIT (S$M) TURNOVER (S$M) COMPANY CURRENT PREVIOUS CHG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHG 1 Semb Corp Ind 158.82 133.64 18.8 2,406.27 2,146.73 12.1 2 China Aviation Oil 18.04 5.76 213.2 1,381.33 918.50 50.4 3 Changtian 11.36 2.34 385.8 46.98 15.67 199.8 4 CSE
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Markets rebound on euro bailout
      611 8  -  ST Index reverses week-long fall with increase of 59 points or 2.1% STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent AFTER dropping 153 points in a five-day sell-off last week, the Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday managed a 59.37-point or 2.1 per cent bounce to 2,880.48 on hopes
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 15 1 2 0 0 0 15 1 2 Manufacturing 111 20 54 5 3 17 116 23 71 Commerce 35 7 21 7 0 2 42 7 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 35 2 5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 26,747 26,747 110,577 110,577 Manufacturing 422,295 33,664 455,959 306,120 1,574 307,694 Commerce 106,111 6,892 113,003 156,637 1,503 158,140 Tpt/Stor/Comms 164,221 1,205 165,426 327,812 145 327,957 Finance 41,691 50 41,741 394,950 4 394,954 Construction 54,089 10,293
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      114 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.030 +0.060 CapitaLand 3.700 +0.070 CapitaMall 1.890 -0.010 CityDev 10.600 +0.140 ComfortDelGro 1.490 +0.040 DBS Grp 14.640 +0.280 F&N 4.710 +0.060 Genting SP 0.960 +0.015 Golden Agri 0.550 +0.015 HK Land 5.040 +0.040 JMH 35.680 +0.300 JSH 20.100 +0.100 Jardine C&C
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      4 8 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      65 8 May 10 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1378.0 +219.0 BT CADI -*****.0 +327.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-138.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 694.20 +15.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 551.82 +15.83 FTSE ST All Share 711.05 +15.21 FTSE ST China Top 282.90 +9.27 FTSE ST China 299.98 +4.95 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 8 VOLUME Golden Agri 161,884,000 Genting SP 99,016,000 Cosco Corp 50,411,000 Yangzijiang 38,593,000 Sunningdale 31,752,000 SaizenREIT 28,064,000 GMG Global 28,047,000 SingTel 27,021,000 Z-Obee Hldgs 25,939,000 CapitaLand 25,295,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 126,903,875 UOB 124,103,080 Genting SP 94,385,095 CapitaLand 93,261,800 Golden Agri 88,963,240 OCBC Bk 81,025,520 SingTel 80,390,110 Cosco Corp
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon United Overseas Bank
        416 8 May 10 close: $19.42 Phillip Securities Research, May 10 UOB reported a set of strong Q1 results, buoyed by the sale of UOB Life Assurance. Excluding this one-time gain, revenue still grew 14.3 per cent from the previous quarter. Geographically diversified loans had helped it to achieve
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        Lock icon Sembcorp Marine
        443 8  -  May 10 close: $4.22 DBS Group Research, May 10 Compiled by CONRAD TAN SEMBCORP Marine’s Q1 2010 revenue of $1.4 billion was flat y-o-y, slightly below expectations due to lumpy revenue recognition. Ebit margins expanded as expected to 11.7 per cent (up 1.8 percentage points y-o-y), mainly due
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      Lock icon Euro rises broadly on rescue package
      412 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro rose broadly yesterday, rebounding from last week’s 14-month low against the dollar after policymakers announced a US$1 trillion emergency package to stabilise the currency and euro zone central banks began buying local government debt. The aid package, hammered
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      Lock icon RISES
      118 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 458.2 3.0 DBXT DJE50 10US$ 3545 239.4 5.2 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2879 133.5 3.5 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1170 93.6 6.2 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3927 92.2 1.7 UOB.ES.1005 1978 86.0 4.5 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1141 83.9 5.6 Jardine C&C 2948 80.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXTiBoxxEu5US$ ***** -1212 -4 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5120-178.9 -2.5 CMProp 1000-118.9 -40.2 GLD 10US$ ***** -66.1 -0.4 Lyxor Nasdaq100 10US 778 -39.9 -3.6 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 951 -20.6 -1.6 Asia Pac Brew 1400 -20.0 -1.4 KepCorp DBeCW*****7 16 -16.5 -50.8 MCL Land 199 -14.0
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      87 8 Where S$ stands May 10 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR May 7 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3787 1.49 1.4219 1.3680 Euro 1.7947 -0.66 2.0153 1.7794 Pounds 2.0674 -1.84 2.2831 2.0293 A$ 1.2470 -0.39 1.2960 1.2276 Yen* 1.4796 2.65 1.5927 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.22 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2724 1.27
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Be a distinctive, age-friendly city
      415 10  -  URA focus group suggests ways to tackle quality of life and ageing issues By UMA SHANKARI A GOVERNMENT-initiated focus group tasked with looking at quality of life and ageing issues ahead of Concept Plan 2011 thinks that Singapore should strive to become a more distinctive
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      Lock icon NTU, UNSW tie up to study water industry
      274 10  -  Centre to tackle water production, environmental issues By ABIGAIL KOR NANYANG Technological University (NTU) and Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) yesterday jointly launched the Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre (ABEC). Set up to study micro-or-ganisms for water and environmental technologies, ABEC
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      Lock icon Leadership devt institute launched
      298 10 THE Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) was officially launched yesterday to help meet growing demand from global companies for talent strategies tailored for an Asian context. Announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last September, HCLI is a partnership between Singapore Management University (SMU) and the
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      Lock icon JPMorgan to start precious metals vault in S’pore
      174 10 Bloomberg [LONDON] JPMorgan Chase Co will start its first precious metals vault in Asia in the third quarter to tap increasing demand for storage. The facility, in a tax-efficient zone in Singapore, will “accommodate the trading of physically settled futures contracts on
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      Lock icon Agilent to host two life sciences forums this week
      226 10 AGILENT Technologies announced yesterday that it will be hosting two major life sciences forums in Singapore this week: the Agilent Asia Pacific Human Genetics User Summit 2010 and the 2nd Singapore Proteomics Forum. The former will be held at Capella Hotel
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon STB approves sale of Dragon Mansion
        76 10 THE Strata Titles Board (STB) yesterday approved the collective sale of Dragon Mansion at 18 Spottiswoode Park Road to RL Developments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roxy-Pacific Holdings. The 41,874 sq ft freehold site is being sold for $100.8 million. The deal was brokered by
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        Lock icon HDB awards tender to Fragrance Properties
        82 10 THE HDB yesterday awarded the tender for a 99-year private housing site at Tampines Road to Fragrance Properties for $16.25 million or $405 per square foot per plot ratio. The company was the highest of 16 bidders who took part in a tender for
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      1951 10 MATS NOTICES BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT ztex 3E3a3E«aeffiWPE^^ ASA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD. ASA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Reg. No. *****8258M) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Level 2, Meeting Room 206, Suntec
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      361 11 a a A ML I jft Official Opening of CWT Commodity I Mr Lee Yi Shyan Minister of State for Trade Industry and Manpower 11 May 2010 7 .i mm j Celebrating 40 Years of Success in Logistics 40 years. That's how far we have come. From humble beginnings to
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  • SME Inc
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      Lock icon Fashioning a name in overseas markets
      1247 12  -  Local designers are looking to export their products and their main target is Asia, the future top destination for the fashion and retail industry, reports JASLENE PANG JASLENE PANG SINGAPORE’S small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the fashion industry are all geared up to
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      Lock icon Orient Explorer hopes to seize the day
      855 12  -  Event organiser ready to expand in India, Japan, Europe By EILEEN TAY HAVING survived the recent global financial crisis, homegrown Orient Explorer which already has an overseas presence in 8 markets, is now ready to embark on a second wave of expansion into
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      Lock icon The importance of internal branding
      903 13  -  It builds a company’s IP, increases customer satisfaction, lowers training costs, and boosts employee loyalty and staff morale By LUKE LIM The writer is CEO of AS Louken Iburnmarkinnotangiand B NTERNAL branding is often relegated to the back burner compared with product development, marketing communications,
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      Lock icon Best World drags on small cap holdings
      406 13  -  By TEH HOOI LING STOCKS globally found their footing after European policy makers unveiled a US$960 billion loan plan to end the region’s sovereign-debt crisis. Still, the rebound has yet to recover all the losses suffered by the markets in the last couple
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      Lock icon Milking it for all it’s worth
      1094 14  -  Starting with an outlet in 2007, home-grown ice-cream chain Udders now has three with two more set to open soon, reports OLIVIA HO OLIVIA HO WHEN it came to his new F&B venture, David Yim was torn between two c h o i ces
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      Lock icon Move over, ice cream; here’s frozen soy dessert
      658 14  -  Founders of Soyato have big plans for healthy new product By ABIGAIL KOR A PAIR of enterprising fi-nal-year university students have plans to take the local F&B scene by storm. Alan Phua, a business management student at Singapore Management University (SMU), and
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      Lock icon Disparity in SME hiring expectations
      416 14  -  By OLIVIA HO SMALL business owners in the commerce and services sectors have higher hiring expectations for their industries than for their own companies according to the latest SBF-DP SME Index, an optimism index for local SMEs released quarterly by the Singapore Business Foundation (SBF)
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      Lock icon There’re ways to cushion impact of CPF increase
      1204 15 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the recent May Day Rally that the one percentage-point increase in employers’ CPF contributions will be implemented in two phases half in September and half in March 2011. What are your views
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      70 14 This is the 12th 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 small and young enterprises with annual sales of up to $10 million. It is supported by RSM Chio
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      116 15 Voices Next week’s topic: The deepening Greek debt crisis has prompted the European Union to put together a 750 billion euro rescue package. Do you think this is enough to stop the euro plunging and the crisis putting a brake on the recovering world economy? Do you think the fallout
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Miners’ backlash over Aussie tax
      643 16 Xstrata halts copper exploration; BHP warns expansion plans could be hit Reuters [SYDNEY] Several global mining giants scaled back or warned over their Australian investment plans yesterday as the backlash against the government’s “super profits” tax intensified. Coal giant Xstrata suspended copper exploration in Australia,
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      234 16 AFP [FRANKFURT] Germany’s trade surplus leapt higher in March, official data showed yesterday as the euro’s fall in value against other major currencies helped exports rack up solid gains. The trade surplus for Europe’s biggest economy jumped to 17.2 billion euros (S$30.8 billion) from
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      473 16 Survey also shows confidence easing further as rates rise Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian business conditions softened in April while confidence eased from historically high levels as rising interest rates began to eat into sales and profits, a survey showed yesterday. National Australia Bank’s (NAB) monthly
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      502 16 Reuters AFP [BERLIN] German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was admitted to hospital on Sunday after an apparent bad reaction to new medicine, missing a European Union meeting and raising questions about his capacity to steer Europe’s largest economy. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      487 17 Record low interest rates lift consumer spending, exports, investment recover Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s economy grew at the fastest pace in more than a year last quarter as record-low interest rates boosted consumer spending and exports and investment recovered. Gross domestic product increased 5.7 per
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      424 17  -  By PAULINE NG A SHORTAGE of skilled labour is hindering expansion and hampering Malaysia’s efforts to move up the value chain, says the Malaysian American Electronics Industry (MAEI). As demand picked up significantly in the second half of last year, export sales
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      491 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia may cut subsidies slowly to prevent triggering record inflation as it prepares to revamp a system that has hampered efforts to reduce the budget deficit, Standard Chartered Plc and Citigroup Inc say. A taskforce is exploring ways to revamp
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      567 18 Imports grew faster than exports due to stimulus-driven domestic demand Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s trade surplus shrank 87 per cent in April from a year earlier as imports grew faster than exports because of stimu-lus-driven domestic demand. The surplus of US$1.68 billion, reported by the
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      379 18 DPP says safeguard missing from deal govt plans to sign Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s opposition party would seek a trade deal with Beijing under international rules if it returns to power, seeking safeguards for the island that it sees as missing from a controversial
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      Lock icon Modi seeks more time to answer corruption charges
      277 18 AFP [NEW DELHI] Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) boss Lalit Modi yesterday sought more time to answer corruption charges that have sparked a government investigation into the cricket tournament, sources said. Mr Modi was due to respond to the allegations by the
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      245 18 Reuters [HANGZHOU] China’s Taobao and Yahoo! Japan said yesterday they will cooperate and launch two online platforms to cross sell into each others’ markets, a move that will boost the reach of Asia’s two e-com-merce giants. Taobao, owned by China’s largest e-commerce company
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Dubai debt restructuring deal going well: UAE
      543 19 No further large scale corporate revamp planned, say officials Reuters [ABU DHABI] UAE officials offered assurances that talks on a US$24.8 billion Dubai debt deal were going well and that no more major corporate restructurings were expected after Dubai, helping to send financial
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      Lock icon ‘Fair value’ only for Man U bidders
      357 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Red Knights supporter group planning a bid for Manchester United says it won’t offer above “fair value” for the 18-time English soccer champion. The group is continuing talks with wealthy potential backers in an effort to present a proposal to
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      Lock icon Brown intends to quit as party chief
      588 20 Labour to hold talks with Lib Dems, who are alrerady talking to Tories Reuters [LONDON] British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced yesterday he intended to stand down as Labour leader and his party would hold formal talks on a possible power-shar-ing deal with
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      Lock icon Goldman Sachs warns of more probes, suits
      337 20 It discloses several UK investigations related to CDOs Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Group, facing fraud charges from US securities regulators, yesterday warned that more litigation and investigations could be coming. Goldman, in a quarterly regulatory filing, disclosed a number of probes
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      293 20 Reuters [LONDON] The Bank of England (BOE) made no change to interest rates or its asset purchases programme yesterday, eager not to shock markets still reeling from Britain’s inconclusive election and the eurozone’s sovereign debt crisis. The decision to leave rates at a record
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      Lock icon Deal, if DPM surrenders: Red Shirts
      213 20 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai anti-gov-ernment protesters say they accept PM Abhisit Vejjajiva’s proposal to hold elections in November but will not end their protest unless the DPM surrenders to police over a deadly crackdown last month. Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaungsuban was in charge of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Kagan chosen as next Supreme Court justice
      298 21 AFP [WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama has chosen US Solicitor-General Elena Kagan as the next US Supreme Court justice, NBC TV reported late Sunday. If confirmed by the White House and later by the US Senate, Ms Kagan will replace Justice John Paul Stevens,
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      455 21 She was famous for reviling the bigotry of white audiences AP [NEW YORK] Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialise with them, slowing her rise to Broadway
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      554 21 Emergency meeting to discuss need for levers to halt sudden plunges Reuters [NEW YORK] The heads of leading US stock market operators have been called to Washington for an emergency meeting yesterday, days after a spine-chilling plunge in stock prices continued to perplex US regulators. The
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      125 21 ENERGY EFFICIENT INDUSTRIES It is not just a vision, it is in your hands. Energy efficiency is fast becoming a currency for the global competitiveness of companies as it enhances long-term business competitiveness and improves bottomlines. As such, the National Environment Agency (NEA), Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Economic Development
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      511 22 EDITORIAL MALAYSIAN central bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz has indicated that Bank Negara (BNM) would revise its 2010 economic growth forecast upwards. It must be hoped that better growth will not derail Kuala Lumpur’s plans for structural economic reform. Exports surged 36 per cent
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      831 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE WILLIAM PESEK JR The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own Bloomberg GREEKS wondering how to get out of this nightmare could do worse than look to South Korea. One of
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      1106 22  -  Obama could press for an energy bill and its cap-and-trade provisions more strongly now LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent FIVE years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, then president George W Bush was criticised for waiting much too long to act. The
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      1187 23  -  Their trade and investment flows have increased but the full potential of their cooperation is yet to be unlocked By ROOPA KUDVA The writer is managing director and region head, South Asia, Standard Poor’s CLOSE economic cooperation between India and Asean can prove to
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      Lock icon People get their say in Chinese city’s budget
      1198 23  -  By CHARLES HOTZIER AP IN FRONT of a roomful of government officials, businessman Zhou Jusheng took the mic and made a simple demand: finish paving and landscaping the industrial park that houses his drill-bit factory. His request at a public hearing was
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      591 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ng Lay San Vice-President Group Corporate Relations Sembcorp Industries Ltd WE REFER to the commentary “Sembcorp’s Cascal woes are of its own making” (BT, May 10, 2010), written by Wong Wei Kong. We would like to register our strong objection
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Boeing begins assembling 747-8 Intercontinental
      388 24 The jet is 16% more fuel efficient, has 51 more seats than its predecessor 747-400 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Boeing has started to assemble the first 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jet at its factory in Everett, Washington. Late last week, mechanics took the first step in major
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      Lock icon Pakistan police question suspect after airport alert
      442 24 AFP [KARACHI] Pakistani police were interrogating yesterday a man arrested at Karachi airport trying to board a plane for the Middle East with batteries and an electrical circuit hidden in his shoes. The 30-year-old civil engineer was detained late on Sunday when a
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      Lock icon Lufthansa to use biofuel with kerosene: CEO
      444 24 Reuters [HAMBURG] Lufthansa is set to become one of the world’s first airlines to mix biofuel with traditional kerosene on commercial flights as carriers seek ways to cut soaring fuel costs, its chief executive said. The German flag carrier will start running its
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      Lock icon Qantas jet diverted to assist Australian sea rescue
      219 24 AFP [SYDNEY] A Qantas passenger jet made a rare diversion to help a sea rescue mission yesterday after pilots were asked to circle a life-raft drifting off southern Australia, officials said. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it requested Qantas’s help after
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2825 24 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      321 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 9 Weak start to fashionable bar (5) 10 Remove water from the yard, worried in case of disease (9) 11 Jack comes back, and people struggle to get on (3,4) 12 Relief especially found during ceremony (7) 13 Additional source of security for customs (5) 14 He
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      3607 25 BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com CR NO. **********0W UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN New Orleans/Camden *Loads E./W.
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      537 26 Fears of economic, environmental disaster grow as bid to cover well fails [ROBERT, Louisiana] BP plc was considering its next move yesterday after its most promising short-term remedy for a massive undersea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico struck a snag
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      Lock icon Hanjin selling stake in terminal operator
      303 26 Move comes as it posts 135b won first quarter loss Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hanjin Shipping Co, South Korea’s largest container shipping line, plans to sell 49 per cent of a terminal operator at the nation’s busiest port to boost finances after posting a first-quarter loss.
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      379 26 Bloomberg [CAPE TOWN] Workers at South Africa’s state-owned transport company Transnet Ltd started an indefinite pay strike yesterday, potentially hindering shipments of iron ore, ferrochrome, fruit and the coal that fires many European power plants. The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu)
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      278 26 SGX '000 May 10 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.65 0.01 1603 CHuan Hup Hldg 0.29 0.01 78 Cosco Corp 1.61 0.06 ***** CWT Ltd 0.94 0.04 2040 Ezra Hldgs 2.03 0.10 9237 First Ship Lea 0.51 0.01 1615 Freight Links 0.06 unch 172 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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      114 26 ASIA WEST AFRICA TRADE AGREEMENT (AWATA) NOTICE OF *****ST HALF RATE RESTORATION In order to ensure that the Members Lines are able to continue to provide the service necessary to meet the needs of their customers, the Members Lines of the Asia West Africa Trade Agreement have decided to implement
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8896 27 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 unch 100 16.5 16.5 16.5 17 1.7 11 5.3 79 10 5.5 5834 A-Sonic 7 +0.5 85
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      1679 28 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 6.5 6.5 7.5 36.1 6.3 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 18.5 17.5 18.5 109.8 4 0.5
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      9335 28 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.2/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.86/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.67/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6369/ Asian Credit Fund 1.2465/ Asian
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      684 28 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 $mil 112 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 111 109 111 506.7 883 589 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US828 854 859 33.1 306 214 DBS STI ETF
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      254 28 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 $mil 56 26 6000 AVJennings A44 43 48 3.6 8 3.5 114.6 31 11.5 6017 Genting HK US$ US19.5 unch 473 19.5 19.5 19.5 20
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      365 29 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 7 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 809.9 -1.8 -2.7 -1.8 -6.0 -1.9 -5.5 EAFE Preliminary 737.2 -2.9 -6.1 -3.0 -12.4 -3.1 -12.0 Europe Preliminary 1029.5 -3.3
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      181 29 May 10 May $S Offer Bid Overnight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/8 2-months 7/16 3/16 3-months 9/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.08 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.55 0.35 2 months 0.58 0.38 3 months 0.60 0.40 6 months 0.80 0.60 9 months 1.05 0.85
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      22 29 May 10 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3761 1.3773 2-months 1.3761 1.3773 3-months 1.3761 1.3773 6-months 1.3760 1.3773 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      133 29 May 10 As at 9am May Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2310 1.2680 Can dollar 1.3300 1.3460 Euro 1.7750 1.7950 NZ dollar 0.9850 1.0070 Sterling pound 2.0460 2.0700 US dollar 1.3780 1.3940 Local dollars to 100 units of
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      27 29 May 10 Open High Sett STI May 2871 SIMSCI May 332.1 342.6 341.4 Taiwan May 267.1 271.9 271.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      66 29 May 10 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 10 2560 2575 2581 2560 1364 1726 Jun 10 2534 2550 2555 2525 2111 8318 Jul 10 2523 2529 2541 2507 7887 ***** Aug 10 2517 2523
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      374 29 May 10 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Jun10 99.5150 0 2149 Sep10 99.3700 0 1567 Dec10 99.1700 0 1485 Mar11 98.9050 0 3604 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Jun10 99.6200 187 5243 Sep10 99.6450 99.6450 99.6450 99.6500 299 2800 Dec10 99.6400 99.6400 99.6400 99.6550 600 1861
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      152 29 May 10 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jun 10 350.0 345.0 350.0 26 Jul 10 326.0 325.0 326.0 20 Aug 10 300.0 Sep 10 287.0 Oct 10 285.0 285.0 285.6 20 Nov 10 289.0 Dec 10
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      90 29 May 10 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****A 12.08.2010 0.30 0.30 0.26 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2011 0.38 0.37 0.34 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0A 2.625 01.04.2012 104.07 104.11 104.08 5-Year N*****0N 1.375
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      105 29 May 7 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 10 951.25 945.50 955.50 940.00 Jul 10 960.00 954.00 964.50 948.50 Aug 10 956.25 950.25 960.50 944.50 Sep 10 941.75 935.00 946.00 929.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 10 38.13 37.84 38.10
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 29 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 7 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 79.11 -2.17 WTI (Near Mth) 75.16 -1.20 Dubai (1-Mth F) 79.70 -2.10 Tapis blend 85.15 -2.25 Minas 83.50 -2.85 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 80.88 -1.78 Jet Kerosene 90.40 -3.05 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      2330 29 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.5 unch 687 1 15 5.29 48 4085 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 4 1 4 7 1.88 21 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5 1 87 2817
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      466 29 May 10 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.929 6.190 0.695 7.055 40.686 82.265 0.846 10.266 2.898 1.244 76.334 40.763 1.248 6.751 0.994 28.570 29.260 0.608 0.907 Canada 1.077 6.666
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      85 29 May 10 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      154 29 May 10 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2476 1.2492 0.9066 0.9071 Canadian dollar 1.3437 1.3450 0.9765 0.9767 Euro 1.7940 1.7960 1.3037 1.3042 NZ dollar 1.0025 1.0046 0.7285 0.7295 Sterling pound 2.0514 2.0534 1.4907 1.4911
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      141 29 May 10 GOLD (US$/oz) May 10 May 07 Hong Kong 1191.90 1197.50 May 06 May 07 London 1184.85 1194.55 1185.85 1195.55 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR May 10 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 57,211.83 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 128.4 53 5gm 363.8 267 10gm 649.49
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      71 29 May 7 May 7 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2041.00 2071.75 3 months 2072.50 2103.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6911.25 6911.75 3 months 6945.00 6948.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2019.00 1969.75 3 months 2050.00 2001.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      77 29 May 7 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low May 10 2329 2404 2410/2329 Jul 10 2349 2426 2430/2346 Sep 10 2308 2389 2393/2306 Dec 10 2271 2348 2345/2268 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low May 10 1331 1313 1324/1310 Jul 10 1371 1352 1371/1342 Sep 10 1405 1386 1407/1376 SUGAR (US
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon US homes in negative equity rises to 23.3%
      501 30 Growing percentage from Q4 poses threat to housing recovery: Zillow Reuters [NEW YORK] A growing percentage of US homeowners were saddled with “underwater mortgages” in the first quarter, accounting for almost one in four homes in a trend that poses a serious
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      Lock icon New York hotel industry gears up for tourist influx
      752 30 Reuters [NEW YORK] It took nearly three months to find the perfect hue of slate blue for the bathroom towels at the InterContinental New York Times Square hotel. The hotel’s general manager, Drew Schlesinger, held each sample against the bathroom tiles
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      659 31 Developers aiming to time projects from ‘11-‘14 as rents promise to be high Reuters [LONDON] Jittery lenders and hefty margins on central London prime office construction finance may stunt speculative building until 2014 and stop developers from timing projects to coincide with an
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      283 31 Bloomberg [DUBAI] The completion of a “significant” number of new homes in Dubai later this year will further pressure prices that rose 2 per cent in the first quarter, Colliers International said. Colliers, a global real-es-tate-services firm, estimates that 41,000 residential units
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      214 1 CONTENTS CEO of the year PAGES 3,4 CFO of the year PAGES 6,7 Best investor relations PAGE 9 Best annual report PAGE 11 B OKP HOLDINGS LIMITED We are honoured to receive the Gold Award at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2010 for Best Annual Report Market Capitalisation below $300 million
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      67 2 Nexia TS Associated with Smith Williamson NEXIA TS Public Accounting Corporation Nexia TS I INTERNATIONAL Listening, Thinking, Growing. Asia Congratulates Our Client On The SGX Mainboard m OKP HOLDINGS LIMITED as m m. w m for receiving BEST ANNUAL REPORT AWARD (GOLD) in the less than $300 million market capitalisation
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      105 2 Driven by Growth Sustained Values s SINGAPORE CORPORATE AWARDS Best Annual Report Award (Bronze) for 2009 in the"$300 million to less than $1 billion market capitalisation" We are proud to win this Award a 2nd time in a row. It emphasises our drive for excellence and our commitment towards better
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      144 3 RAFFLES MEDICAL GROUP CELEBRATES WITH OUR EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, DR loo Choon yong ON BEING AWARDED THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE YEAR 2009 (Market capitalisation of $300 million to less than 1 billion) AT THE SINGAPORE CORPORATE AWARDS 2010 W c A H' n Ml m r r n F
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      64 4 Growth Excellence Integrity m r m #*s At Kencana Agri Limited, we place high value in transparency and corporate governance. Our appreciation to the judging committee of the Singapore Corporate Awards for the recognition of BEST ANNUAL REPORT* MERIT at the 2010 Singapore Corporate Awards. We will continue to strive
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      212 5 SINGAPORE CORPORATE AWARDS 2010 GOLD Best Managed Board Keppel Corporation Best Chief Executive Officer Mr Choo Chiau Beng, Keppel Corporation Best Annual Report Keppel Corporation Keppel Telecommunications Transportation K-REIT Asia m i. i -I v f m m »i'!!!■; 'HiI ■SSidE si*5: 813 ir —r KV >■; ft .<> 4
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      25 6 SPH is proud to receive at the Singapore Corpor for Best Investor (Market Capitalisation of$l Billion Above) SC7I I Enaaaina Minds, Engaging Minds, Enriching Lives
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      316 7 Our Heartfelt Thanks and Appreciation To our shareholders, customers, business associates, employees and friends: Midas Holdings Limited 9 di i»I i IS f'L V, wmm V V 324 wm ISEE uummil, ft S, i ;i| H ;jl" wmi HI li IV S •IB, »v l! w' 'isisi? :5J ■n We
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      311 10 To All Winners Of The Singapore Corporate Awards 2010 best managed board award MARKET CAP OF $1 BILLION ABOVE GOLD Keppel Corporation Ltd GOLD SingTel Ltd MARKET CAP $300 MILLION TO <$1 BILLION GOLD Del Monte Pacific Ltd SILVER Petra Foods Ltd MARKET CAP <$300 MILLION GOLD Qian Hu Corporation
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      140 11 Congratulations to our President Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Roland Ng, for being conferred the BEST CEO AWARD at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2010! V1,"*^ L K f. I S m "1: m LJtfc VS .it ar Uk Kr.v j.;- www.tatl TAT HONG HOLDINGS LTD What started as a small
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      54 12 At the 2010 Singapore Corporate Awards, Del Monte Pacific Ltd is honoured to receive recognition for the following Best Managed Board (Gold) Best Chief Financial Officer Best Annual Report (Bronze) Market capitalisation of $300 million to less than $1 billion C IS c E 1 8 S 1 P E
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