The Business Times, 10 April 2006

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES steftPeAMteents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Monday April 10,2006
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  • 619 1  -  Businesses in Singapore, East Asia, North America are the main beneficiaries By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] China's "economic miracle" has spread from large enterprises to mid-sized businesses, says a new study. And the region is watching the development closely, with a sizeable chunk of Singapore
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  • 685 1 China may have too much, and may face monetary risks Reuters [VIENNA] Asian countries, including China, already have ample foreign exchange reserves and there is no need for them to accumulate more, Haruhiko Kuroda, president of the Asian Development Bank said on Saturday.
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  • 135 1 MARKETS 511 *****5 ™.4l«j« USE COMP 943.71 *17 JOB NH0CE1225 *****37 ....♦503.71 HANG SENG —*****.78 ...4666.74 SETINDEX ***** ......437.08 JAKARTA COMP ..*****0 ......***** MANILA COMP ....2216 73 *20.78 TAIPEI TAIEX £781.94 ....4167.97 SEOUL COMP *****6 +42.76 SHBOHEN B 377.16 ......***** AUST ALLOW 5186.70 499.50 DOW (ONES *****04 *****
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 623 2  -  Election unlikely before April 22 as SM is due to visit China, US By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] The muchexpected polls could be called within the next four to six weeks, but they are unlikely to be held before April 22,
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    • 442 2 Rid Reit market of poison pills WITH Reits proliferating, hopefully fees charged by managers can decrease over time as competition intensifies and asset bases grow. But one fee which should never be payable and which the regulators should clamp down on is the termination fee when the Reit
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    • 834 3  -  Surprise meeting in Ang Mo Kio; PM also unveils new slate for his GRC Reports by MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong got an early taste of election rivalry yesterday morning when he bumped into a 15-strong Workers' Party (WP) team
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    • 655 3 SDA names 2 members expected to run in Tampines [SINGAPORE] It was a case of the changing of the guard this weekend among PAP ranks, as old faces made way for new ones across constituencies in Singapore. In the East Coast GRC,
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    • 381 2 Deoole we know y OU? (Register with us today) www.thepeopleatwork.coin Asia Pacific L xecutive Search Interest Rate Risk Management Dates Interest rate risk management is an unavoidable function given the monetary 10 11 May 2006 basis upon which businesses are run. This highly interactive workshop initiates 9.00am to 5.00pm the
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    • 1366 2 V NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING VIZ BRANZ LIMITED VIZ BR.A N Z Company Reaistration Number *****1631K A Ttste of l.ifr (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Viz Branz Limited ("the Company") will be held at 14 Woodlands Link, Singapore
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    • 92 3 citiqroupj Thinking for Generations private bank Our clients sleep better at I Asiamoney's Private Banking Customers Poll 2005 BEST PRIVATE BANK (over US$ 20 million) "The Citigroup Private Bank" is a business of Citibank N.A. or Citigroup Inc., which provides its clients access to a broad array of products and
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 682 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By LESLIE YEE Recently, Temasek Holdings' chief executive Ho Ching called for the tax rate for Singapore corporate investors in real estate investment trusts (Reits) to be lowered. Much has been done to make the Singapore Reit environment inves-tor-friendly and with
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    • 660 4 Surge in turnover, derivatives trade boost gains Reuters SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is expected to report a record quarterly profit tomorrow, nearly double the amount it made a year ago, as investors flock to trade in stocks and derivatives. The exchange, which
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    • 268 4 Reuters MEMTECH International, which makes mobile phoae keypads in China, said it hopes for double-digit profit growth this year as it tries to sell more of its products to international mobile phone makers in a bid to reverse last year's profit decline.
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    • 1247 4 I Tkk I I I I Celestial NutriFoods Limited I I NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Celestial NutriFoods Limited (the I "Company") will be held at Sheraton Towers Singapore, Ballroom 2, 39 Scotts Road, Singapore *****0 on I
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 656 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent those expectations a few weeks ago of a cut in the second half still hold? We're referring of course, to the current state of uncertainty Wall Street finds itself in when it comes to the end-game
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    • 1673 6 Payment Ex looks Pay Payment Ex looks Pay -Jsal tilt (Cts) data stmt date tTtkcom FU50J1JTA 21jApr 26-Ap 054% Labroy Marine S 1TE 03-May 08-May 174Day Action Asia 0.50 02-May OS-May 17 May Lafe Tech F 07TA 03 May 08-May 19-May AEM-Evertech y 050 28Apr 04-May 18-May LeeKimTah
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    • 562 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Thai baht had the biggest weekly gain in three months on speculation that Thaksin Shinawatra's resignation as prime minister will ease political turmoil. Dr Thaksin on April 4 said he would quit amid daily protest rallies and a political
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    • 1743 6 Consensus No.of Forecast Mean Thur's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price Company name This wk lastmth mates (cents) (ratio) price Advanced Holdings 1.00 1.00 3 8.97 16.17 1.54 1.45 Allgreen Properties 2.22 2.11 9 7.86 19.85 1.46 1.56 Ascendas REIT 2.46 2.39 13 11.45 18.87 2.31 2.16 Aussino
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    • 1408 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THE smaller stocks have continued to close the performance gap with blue chips. Last week, the UOB Sesdaq Index chalked up its fourth consecutive week of gains. That's the longest winning streak since December 2004. Compared with the first
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    • 1132 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI STOCK sales by substantial shareholders surged while buying fell sharply last week based on filings to the Singapore Exchange in the first week of April. A total of 15 firms recorded 37 disposals worth $50.3 million versus 12 companies
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  • COMPANIES
    • 402 9  -  By DONALD URQUHART MAINBOARD-LISTED, construction-based group PDC Corp hopes to reinvigorate its financial condition by shaking off various liabilities to banks and other creditors with a debt and bank loan conversion plan, as well as through the acquisition of a new revenue
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    • 1181 9 mMAGNECOMP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Company Registration No. *****8431Z (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of MAGNECOMP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at the Boardroom, The Fullerton Singapore, 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 28
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    • 221 9 I Singapore's No. 1* I I Best Selling I I Commercial I I Vehicles I I 2005 I CABSTAR I B MheSi fl^H fF*' y^ l l W^M ll H| I PICKUP I H llBMlHMMiliiiiiii i mi. ii I URVAN I We thank you for taking us to the top.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • Article, Illustration
      1798 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What are the ideal qualifications of a chief financial officer? Realistically since the perfect CFO is probably non-existent what subset of these qualifications would you as a CEO be happy with? CHIEF financial officers these days certainly have greater responsibilities which extend beyond traditional accounting.
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    • 248 10 BT CEOs e-Club Members of the BT CEOs e-Club are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BT editors would like to interact with in an atmosphere of informality and trust This 'dub* is a virtual with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we will invite comments from these top executives on
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    • 179 11 BUSINESS ART CINEMA THEATRE DANCE TOURISM CUISINE ~X> FASHION LIFESTYLE in Singapore wwe Indian Cuisine Festival 10-16 April Tiffin Room, Raffles Hotel nandini.prasad@tajhotels.com Culinary Journey through India 10-16 April The Ritz-Carlton Millenia tmaira@singnet.com.sg India Evening Fashion, Bollywood, Cuisine 11 April Shangri-La disgp@paciftc.net.sg Connecting India Business Summit 12-13 April Grand Hyatt
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    • 22 11 HAVE YOUR SAY What do you think of the opinions expressed in these pages? Share your views by writing to btietter@sph.com .sg
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 385 12  -  Ezra Holdings' Lee family said to be buyer of building at Cantonment Rd By KALPANA RASHIWALA A DEAL is close to being stitched up for the sale of the freehold Euro-Asia Centre in the Hoe Chiang/Cantonment roads location for about $125 million to
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    • 421 13  -  Interactive campaign for Marina IR draws 2 f ooo responses By ALEXANDRA HO BESIDES the de rigueur media announcements made by bidders of the Marina Bay integrated resort, one of them is reaching out to the public in a novel way. Genting
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    • 401 13  -  By CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai SURBANA International Consultants of Singapore has signed a deal with real estate developer Tameer Holdings to assist in the master plan, city plan and urban design of the US$B.2 billion A 1 Salam City project in the
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    • 91 13 DAI b/ TIME EVENT VENUE 11 Apr National Instruments Amara Hotel 2pm Seminar-'Adding Singapore, Measurements and Connection 1 Analysis to Your PLC' 11 Apr 28th Singapore Lecture by Raffles City 6pm HRH Prince Sultan Bin Convention Centre, Abdul Aziz Al-Saud Asia- Raffles Ballroom, Middle East Relation: Level 4
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    • 367 13  -  Need for fairer distribution of quotas to reflect Asia's rising importance: minister By VIKRAM KHANNA SINGAPORE supports a quota increase at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with an increased share being allocated to Asian countries —which would give them more voting power in
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    • 1993 12 o LINDETEVES-JACOBERG LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0172G) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty-Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 7 Temasek Boulevard, #11-01 Suntec Tower One, Singapore *****7 on Wednesday, 26 April 2006, at
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    • 1389 12 INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Co. Reg. No. *****0150N NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Antica V, Level 6, Orchard Parade Hotel, 1 Tang lin Road, Singapore *****5, on
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    • 101 13 Fares shown are for per person for a round-trip on Business Class for travel out of Singapore between 3 April 2006 to 31 August 2006. Tickets must be issued within 5 days upon confirmation of booking or by 17 April whichever is earlier. Tickets are non-reroutable, non-endorsable and applicable on
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 624 14 This week, we start a two-part series on asset allocation, which is considered by many industry professionals to be the first step in the investing process SO, you're ready to start investing. Or perhaps you've already begun to make a few small-scale investments here and there based
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    • 707 14  -  CAMPUS LIFE Two local NUS students speak to KELVIN SAM about what it's like to experience an exchange programme not overseas but with another Singapore university KELVIN SAM CHUIN Song and Angela Wu, two National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduates, chose the path less
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    • 251 14 Be smart with your finances FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 453 15 Reuters. Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Further rises in the value of China's yuan will not hurt Hong Kong's longstanding peg to the US dollar, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's chief executive said.in a series of television interviews. Joseph Yam said the value
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    • 594 15 It will file suit if summits are unsuccessful Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration's dispute with China over its movie piracy and other copyright infringement may escalate into litigation as early as this month unless Chinese leaders offer an acceptable solution during summits
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    • 469 15 Crude may go up by US$14 a barrel, prompting rise in US petrol prices Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Oil demand in China could add US$l4 a barrel to the cost over next five years, the US Congressional Budget Office said. Higher crude prices in turn
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    • 2240 15 :*at^ N OTICT E s 1 1 1 Vfc_> Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg i CHINA DAIRY GROUP (Company Registration No. *****3080Z) (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2006 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 at
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  • DINING OUT
    • 2511 16 From tomorrow onwards, 10 award-winning restaurants have tied up with the World Gourmet Summit to present their own special menus. We find out what some of the chefs have in store for diners Saint Julien 3 Fullerton Rd. Tel: 6534-5947 JULIEN Bompard may be a culinary
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  • WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT
    • 1641 17  -  JAIME EE profiles the chefs at the World Gourmet Summit JAIME EE ICONIC CHEFS Santi Santamaria THE last time Santi Santamaria came to Singapore for the World Gourmet Summit, he sat idly by wondering why the restaurant he was being hosted at was half empty throughout
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    • 713 18  -  JAIM EE looks at how restaurants are showing their creativity JAIME EE I AFTER 10 years, with each one turning out winners in the chef and restaurant categories under the auspices of the World Gourmet Summit Awards of Excellence, what next? Why not get 10
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    • 218 18 WANT to learn how to cook like Santi San tarn aria? The last thing you want to do is go peek at him or any chef j for that matter while he's cooking full steam in his kitchen, since he's likely to throw a ladle at you
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    • 202 18 PERPETUATING the good life is what American Express prides itself on, and it's no wonder that it is continuing to be the presenting partner of the World Gourmet Summit for yet another year. "The WGS is Singapore's premier culinary event of the year and has become a much
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    • 238 17 ranq mahal WOHLD^^ImUMMif Sin^apcm> THE CULINARY GEMS OP INDIA 11 -15 april 2006 this world gourmet summit, inspired by the j legendary past of the rajas and maharajahs, MM J |S rang mahal unveils royal menus from two of the most distinct palaces in india the summer palace of maharajah
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    • 174 18 WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT UNIQUELY SifKjapOTP Proudly Presented PS^SS! Igjg COOLMF iHB ,jg£jpP Susur Lee is back! The Culinary Wizard from North America j makes a triumphant return to Singapore for the 10th Anniversary f A of the World Gourmet Summit. Susur makes his much-anticipated visit where he will showcase his
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    • 1061 19 Partner Restaurants Promotions from 10-28 April 2006 F° r e im e, w Gourmet Summit features ten restaurants in a wonderful array of gastronomic creations. They will delight with a >i> spread of French, Italian, Indian and Chinese cuisines. The special menus and activities by these fine establishments will herald
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 655 20  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT Committee will monitor 9th Malaysia Plan projects PAULINE NG KL Correspondent RAFIDAH Aziz regaled participants at a seminar last week with an anecdote about a local council that was slow to get the wa- ter supply connected to a new factory years ago. The
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    • 258 20 Several listed M'sia firms are interested in holding: report Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state investment arm has rejected a bid for its indirect interest in Londonlisted construction firm Costain Group pic, the Edge business magazine reported on Saturday, quoting unnamed sources. Khazanah Nasional, which manages
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    • 182 20 Bernama [BANGKOK] Malaysia may post higher economic growth than the World Bank's forecast for the country in the current year as well as in in 2007 if its supply of skilled workers can be quickly increased, says a World Bank economist. Noting that the
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    • 579 21 NEWS ANALYSIS They cite stronger rupiah, hopes of falling inflation and friendly policies AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's soaring stock market has clocked in as the best performing bourse in Asia this year, as a business-friendly president has lured foreign investors sniffing out bargains,
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    • 225 21 [JAKARTA] Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono said he was still optimistic that the economy would grow at a faster rate this year, despite slower growth forecasts from the Asian Development Bank and World Bank, the Jakarta Post reported Saturday. He also said that
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    • 1965 20 JURONG TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL CORPN. LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Jurong Technologies Industrial Corpn. Ltd will be held at Raffles Marina, 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore *****4 on the 25th day of April 2006
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    • 1980 21 :*AT3 noticfs 1 V—' M I Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg The Straits Trading Company Limited (Company No.: *****0006 D) (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of members of The Straits Trading Company Limited will be held at 65
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    • 2040 21 ■ff-af. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of Want Want Holdings Ltd (Company Registration No.: *****7660Z) (the "Company") will be held at Rosewood Room, Level 2, Orchard Hotel Singapore, 442 Orchard Road, Singapore *****9 on 26 April 2006 at 9.00 a.m. to transact the following business:
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 410 22 One suggests breaking up ruling Communist Party: leaked document AP [BEIJING] Top Chinese economists who met last month to advise the government argued over how to proceed with economic reforms that have created a gulf between rich and poor, and one suggested breaking up
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    • 71 22 [BEIJING] A Chinese woman holding up a giant kite in the shape of Beijing Olympic Games mascots during the Beijing International Ekiden road relay held in Tiananmen Square yesterday. The annual competition, first held in 1986 to promote peace and friendship from generation to generation, is utilised
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    • 268 22 Banking sector is in need of qualified capital for revamp Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's banking regulator "welcomes" private investment in the nation's smaller commercial banks that are striving to boost capital and improve competitiveness. "We encourage qualified private capital to take an active part in
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    • 343 22 [SHANGHAI] In a case with wide-ranging ramifications for the accounting profession, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is to decide whether to fine one of the "Big Four" accounting firms for its audit of troubled Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings, the South China
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    • 2800 22 WATS iQoticfs A M*j L-/ Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices^sph.com.sg HDTAHY ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED (Co. Reg. No. *****0255E) (Incorporated in The Republic of Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 26th Annual General Meeting of ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at 17 Tuas Avenue
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  • INDIA
    • 505 23  -  By 2012, it can earn US$2b a year from health care tourism By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi THE label is "patient outsourcing". While multinationals look to India as an outsourcing hub, citizens of countries where there is no comprehensive government or reasonably priced
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    • 244 23 AFP [NEW DELHI] Sponsorship and media rights around ,the Indian cricket team touched US$l billion on Friday following a new five-year deal for one-day matches across the world. Indian media firm Zee Telefilms agreed to pay US$2l9 million (***** million) for 25 one-dayers over the
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    • 1057 23 Contel Contel Corporation Limited (Incorporated in Bermuda on 22 March 2005) (Company Registration Number: *****) Plim*! Mil iHi i 1 hi B k'i fjj NOTICE IS HEREBY GtVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Executives' Club, 65 Chulia Street, #33-01 OCBC Centre, Singapore
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 560 24 FDI down; 1.7 trillion baht of mega-projects delayed By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok AS the dust settles after the final rally over the weekend by the anti-government protesters, Thailand is now looking to count the economic cost of the seven-month-long protest to oust Prime
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    • 439 24 Finance ministers want to see yuan more flexible Bloomberg, AP [VIENNA] Asian and European finance ministers said central bankers would hurt the global economy if they raised interest rates too aggressively. A statement after a meeting of ministers from 38 countries cites "faster
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    • 268 24 Reuters [DETROIT] Ford Mbtor Cb chairman and chief executive Bill Ford was granted total compensation of US$l3.3 million last year, down 40 per cent from 2004 as he had made a commitment last May to forgo any new remuneration until the auto
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    • 294 24 Reuters [LONDON] UK cable company NTL has secured an unusual clause in its deal to buy Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile carrier, which would bar Mr Branson from backing a private equity takeover attempt against the NTL board's wishes. Mr Branson is set to become
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  • WORLD
    • 702 25  -  Solid growth in US economy and corporate earnings are expected By ANDREW MARKS in New York AS the second quarter of 2006 begins, investors, buoyed by the strongest first quarter for the US stock market in six years, are looking for more
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    • 197 25 Reuters [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Euronext have held secret talks about an all-shares merger of equals to create a European super exchange valued at about £6 billion (5516.8 billion), the Observer newspaper said yesterday. The newspaper said that detailed discussions
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    • 283 25 US steps up plan to attack nuclear facilities: report AFP. Reuters [TEHERAN] Iran has shot down an unmanned surveillance plane in the south amid reports that the US is planning military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a press report said yesterday. "This plane had taken
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  • AVIATION
    • 833 26 STAR ALLIANCE SUMMIT SIA expects to fly super-jumbo A380 by Christmas on Sydney route Bloomberg [ZURICH] European aircraft maker Airbus may need to redesign its long-range widebody A 350 jet to match sales of Boeing's new 787, Singapore Airlines chief Chew Choon Seng said.
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    • 605 26 Sell-off plan sparks job fears despite UK govt's assurance Reuters. AFP [LONDON] One of Britain's largest unions called on the government to block defence firm BAE Systems pic's proposed sale of its stake in plane maker Airbus to European aerospace firm EADS. "The government
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    • 343 26 AFP [ZURICH] The Star Alliance of 16 international airlines hopes to help its struggling Brazilian member Varig by trying to boost business in South America, senior executives said. Wolfgang Mayrhuber, the boss of German carrier Lufthansa, one of the founder members of
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    • 305 26 AFP [ZURICH] Thailand's flag carrier Thai Airways International has yet to decide whether to launch a new domestic airline in its home market, a senior executive said. "It's still in the planning stage. It's not yet finalised," Thai Airway's vice-president Vasing Kittikul
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 366 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Arguing continued before I f stopping (10) Hh M M M~~WITr~ 9 Most of the gold used to make I I I 10 Soldiers made off with OAP's 1 Unregenerate nature of lord in m 12 Performance former 15 Plant providing nectar across 16 Bumpkin lays down
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  • SHIPPING
    • 481 27 Transport minister says UK had no security concerns over P&O sale [SINGAPORE] Britain does not share US concerns about the threat to national security of foreign port ownership. Instead, it welcomes overseas investment in UK infrastructure, such as ports, that would help
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    • 264 27 Bloomberg [LONDON] Declines in the cost of shipping crude oil from the Middle East to Asia on two million-barrel tankers may end this week as oil companies and traders finish bookings for April and wait for loading-dates for May cargoes.
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    • 285 27 SGX '000 Apr 7 S$ Vol CH Offshore 0.40 -0.01 625 ChuanHup 0.35 unch 1149 Cosco Corporation 1.20 -0.02 5911 CWT Distribution 1.21 unch 30 Ezra Hldgs .2.77 unch 504 Freight Links 0.06 unch 1650 Grand Banks Yacht 0.89 0.02 7 Jaya Holdings 1.33 unch 712 K1Venture 0.43
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    • 152 27 Reuters [DJIBOUTI] Rescuers in Djibouti found 37 more bodies on Saturday from an overloaded boat that sank two days ago, bringing the death toll to 109 in one of the Red Sea nation's worst disasters, officials said. The bodies were pulled out of
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    • 811 27 Reuters [CHICAGO] Crude oil and petroleum shipping product company Overseas Shipholding Group Inc has US$l.7 billion available for acquisitions to become market leader in all its key business groups, the company's top executive said. "If we find the right targets we could
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      • 84 38 YAHOO has launched "Go for Mobile", a new offering which allows consumers to access the firm's Web services on a mobile device. The company has struck a partnership with Nokia to pre-install the mobile application on selected handsets like the Nokia N70,6680,6681,6630, and the 7610.
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      • 67 40 SECURITY software maker Symantec has appointed Bill Robins senior vice-president of the Asia-Pacific and Japan. To be based in Singapore, he will oversee Symantec's operations in more than 17 countries in the region. Prior to taking on his new role, Mr Robins was Symantec's vice-president
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      • 66 40  -  Compiled by WINSTON CHAI HOMEGROWN IT services provider Singapore Computer Systems has named Vincent Lim as its new executive vice-president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Mr Lim will be responsible for customer and partner relationship functions as well as generating sales leads.
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