The Business Times, 19 August 2006

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  • Title Section
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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend Vth ANNIVERSARY 5) SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 August 19-20, 2006 online at http://business-times.asia 1 com.sg
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon High-end developers hone their marketing methods
    1016 1  -  Private previews can do what public launches can't By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] With all the hype about the high-end property market these days, one would expect to see lines of buyers snaking around showflats, just like the "good old days" of the mid-*****. But
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    Lock icon Temasek's Thai telco may face number crunch
    610 1  -  Uncertainty over size of foreign shareholding in AIS By SIOW LI SEN in Singapore and OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S leading mobile phone company, Advanced Info Service (AIS), may face delays in getting access to additional mobile numbers as a result of the
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    135 1 STI 2,483.53 (+12.88) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,478.00 (+13.00) SIMSCI 295.37 (+1.56) SIMSCI FUTURES 294.70 (+0.70) MARKETS Friday Change KLSE COMP 942.00 -0.08 NIKKEI 225 16,105.98 +85.14 HANG SENG 17,330.70 -42.35 SET INDEX 706.49 -0.52 JAKARTA COMP Closed MANILA COMP 2,329.90 -16.06 SEOUL COMP 1,331.10 +3.32 SHENZHEN B 289.13
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  • Article
    Lock icon Local law firms eye expansion in Middle East
    655 1  -  By WEE LI-EN [SINGAPORE] With Singapore lawyers already active in places from China to Indonesia, the Middle East is now seen as another area of expansion. One leading lawyer, Andre Maniam, partner at Wong Partnership, told BT: "The Middle East will be
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon SIA's cargo venture in China to suspend operations
      396 2 US has accused Great Wall Airlines' parent of supplying missile parts to Iran Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA), owner of the world's thirdlargest international air freight carrier, said its cargo venture in China will suspend operations after the US accused SlA's Chinese partner
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      48 2 IN the table accompanying the article "Bigger and more frequent dividends paid" (BT, Aug 17), Lee Metal's share price should have been 10 cents, not 35.5 cents. And its dividend yield should have been 10 per cent, not 2.8 per cent. We are sorry for the errors.
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      Lock icon HK is tops in new competitiveness study
      913 2  -  By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong emerged tops by far followed by Taiwan and Singapore in a new competitiveness study of 79 Asian economies, including 66 Chinese provinces and Indian states. While Singapore came up most competitive in two of the four factors
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      Lock icon A great way to fly— with a plastic bag
      944 2  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX By CORRINE KERK SO, IT all comes down to this, huh. A case of "my plastic bag is better than yours". It's Saturday evening at a very chaotic London Heathrow airport, just a couple of days after what is
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      604 2 Whistleblowing?. Who you gonna call? MICHELLE QUAH writes about the need to protect the identity of whistleblowers and to shelter them from reprisals and discusses the difficulties in enforcing such protection. COMPANY NEWS, f>G 4 Pacific Healthcare enters JV with Prestige PACIFIC Healthcare's acquisition of a 70 per
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon THE AVIATOR OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT
      2369 3  -  After piloting a whole new era in wealth management, Deepak Sharma is now charting a new course to grab a large slice of the fastest growing area in the financial services sector, says CONRAD RAJ CONRAD RAJ THE son of an army officer, Deepak Sharma's
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      61 3 Raffles Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles Hotels and Resorts logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Whistleblowing? Who you gonna call?
      927 4  -  CORPORATE ANALYSIS Identify how whistleblowing protection can be made more effective, writes MICHELLE QUAH MICHELLE QUAH THE passion behind the call for whistleblowing laws in Singapore has ebbed and flowed in the last few years or so almost appearing to come in waves as, every
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    • Article
      Lock icon ICPAS reminds directors of their duties and responsibilities
      347 4  -  By MICHELLE QUAH THE Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS), a strong advocate of best corporate governance practices here, yesterday sent a reminder to directors of companies to take their responsibilities seriously. The institute's corporate governance committee, made up of
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      Lock icon Buying interest returns, boosting share prices
      424 4  -  STOCKS TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent INVESTORS are slowly returning as market uncertainties are reduced following a clearer picture emerging from the US economy and the easing of oil prices. The Straits Times Index (STI) rose for a third day, up by 12.88 points
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      Lock icon ST Aero sets up MRO facility in Panama
      372 4  -  By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (ST Aero), a subsidiary of ST Engineering (STE), is opening a facility in Panama to provide heavy maintenance services to aircraft operators in the Americas, it said yesterday. The facility, named Panama Aerospace Engineering (PAE), is
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • Article
        Lock icon Olam to buy coffee processing plant
        55 4 OLAM has signed a letter of intent with Taloca Cia Limitada (TAB), a subsidiary of KraftFoods International, to acquire its green coffefe processing unit in Colombia. TAB annually processes 21,000 tonnes of processed green coffee. At full capacity, the facility will generate revenues of
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        Lock icon Sincere Watch names two new directors
        61 4 SINCERE Watch has appointed S Chandra Das, former chairman of NTUC Fair Price, as an independent non-executive director. It also named Teng Chee Kiong, currently senior vice-president for corporate development in Sincere Watch, as an executive director. Lua Cheng Eng has retired as independent
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        Lock icon Keppel Telecoms buys 15.7 m Ml shares
        46 4 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation's unit Keppel Telecoms between July 24 and Aug 15 bought about 15.7 million additional shares in Mobile One on the open market at a cost of nearly $31.1 million an average price of $1,983 per share.
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        Lock icon Yoma Strategic Hldgs reshuffles board
        100 4 YOMA Strategic Holdings (formerly known as Sea View Hotel) has seen changes in directors, following the completion of its acquisition of Yoma Strategic Investments. The new directors include Serge Pun, who will be listed Yoma Strategic Hldgs' CEO and executive director; Kyi Aye, Ambrose Wang
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        Lock icon BMT sees net profit drop 16% to $1m
        53 4 BRITISH and Malayan Trustees (BMT) saw a 16 per cent drop in net profit for the year ended June 2006 to $1 million, due to lower income from trust activities. Revenue slipped 13 per cent to $2.9 million. BMT has declared a
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      Lock icon Auric posts $3.3 m Q2 loss in earnings update
      244 4 AURIC Pacific yesterday posted updated second quarter results incorporating results of its 29.9 per cent new associate Robinson Co. Auric posted group net loss of $3.3 million for the quarter ended June 2006, against a $3.4 million net profit for the
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      Lock icon Mulpha offers to buy Tuan Sing's Aussie associate
      291 4  -  By MATTHEW PHAN MULPHA Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mulpha International, a real estate and financial services group listed in Malaysia, has made an off-market, cash offer for all the issued .shares of Australia-listed Grand Hotel Group (GHG), which is 25.04
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      Lock icon Pacific Healthcare enters JV with Prestige
      383 5  -  HEALTHCARE PLAY It will acquire 70% stake in Shanghai Kanglian Hospital through Prestige instead of SHSCC By NANDE KHIN PACIFIC Healthcare Holdings' acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Shanghai Kanglian Hospital will be now made through a new unit Prestige Healthcare Investments
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      Lock icon Clinical study shows Wearnes' HypoCol reduces cholesterol
      272 5  -  By CHEW XIANG THE biotech arm of Singapore-listed WBL Corporation yesterday said its traditional Chinese medicine product Hypo Col has been clinically proven in Em-ope to reduce blood cholesterol. Wearnes Biotech Medicals managing director Hoong Bee Tech said the results "would help pave
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      Lock icon MMP Reit set for Wisma linkway closure
      621 5  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE owners of the Wisma Atria shopping mall are planning how to keep customer numbers up during the closure of the base-ment-level link to Orchard MRT Station when construction work starts on the Orchard Turn site. Macquarie MEAG Prime Real
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      999 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Youcan Foods International Aug 18 dose: 24.5 cents PHILLIP SECURITIES RESEARCH, Aug 18 YOUCAN entered the local ice-cream scene in late June with seven of its ice-cream varieties (mainly Asian flavours). Currently, Youcan ice-cream can be found readily in our local supermarkets, hypermarkets and
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    • Article
      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1034 6 For week beginning Aug 14 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Subsantial luy No of Mco SHA*EMOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Soil Shartf Par Mora Aftar stock Data Director Con* '000 Shr S 000) 000) CIH Ltd 18-Aug-06 Gold Peak Ind Hldgs *Buy 1318 na ***** 69.54 9] 203 70.56 CIH
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      Lock icon Timing the market with debts, equities
      1163 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent SOME US$5.4 billion worth of equities have been issued on the Singapore Exchange so far this year, according to data from Bloomberg. That's more than the US$4.3 billion raised for the whole of last year.
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  • BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Importance of thematic investment
      3354 7 OVERVIEW i IN THE last few years, thematic investing has been closely asso- 1 ciated with manias that seize markets now and then, and end badly. Yet today you can find portfolios driven single-mind- edly by themes, and the country or geographical choices are secondary. What
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Beckkett allowed to amend pleadings in case
      464 8  -  By WONG WEI KONG THE long-drawn-out hearing by the Singapore High Court in the case against Deutsche Bank over the sale of shares in Indonesia's biggest coal mine yesterday took another twist. Singapore-registered Beckkett Pte Ltd, which is suing Deutsche and Indonesian company
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      Lock icon Entire HDB estates could be rebuilt: MM Lee
      599 8  -  Move will give owners of old flats fresh 99-year lease and allow them to enjoy subsidy again By DANIEL BUENAS AS SINGAPORE'S economy progresses, the government will continue to upgrade Singaporeans' assets by stepping up the Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme (Sers) and
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      Lock icon IDA seeks views on liberalising mail services
      356 8  -  By NANDE KHIN WITH just a little more than seven months to go before Singapore Post Ltd's (SingPost) monopoly licence to provide basic mail services here expires, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is seeking feedback on whether the basic mail services
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      Lock icon Boeing to pull the plug on broadband service on its planes
      549 8  -  By DONALD URQUHART THE American aircraft maker Boeing has announced it is to ditch its money-losing Internet-ac-cess service, unplugging airlines including Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and ANA of Japan from high-altitude cyberspace. Boeing said it had decided to give up
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      Lock icon Small disputes mediation
      161 8 THE Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) yesterday officially launched the Small Case Commercial Mediation Scheme (SCCMS) for cases involving $30,000 or less. SMC chairman Andrew Ang said the SCCMS is a cost-effective solution for those who want their disputes mediated but whose claims were previously too small given
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      Lock icon Far East signs deal to buy Rose Garden for $169.8 m
      466 8  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE collective sale market continues to buzz with Far East Organization yesterday inking a conditional deal to purchase the freehold Rose Garden in the Katong area for $169.8 million or $423 psf of potential gross floor
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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      59 8 BTR&tiy; I t ;vi '-...v -1 I r i Celebrate BT's 30 th anniversary with $30 delights at The Marina Mandarin Ss3o nett semi buffet lunch at Ristorante Bologna (valid on weekdays only) Ss3o nett buffet lunch at AquaMarine (valid on weekdays only) Ss3o nett set lunch at Peach Blossoms
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  • FACES GOING PLACES
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      Lock icon Going that extra mile
      1428 9  -  Each dynamic in their own right, MELISSA LWEE finds out what makes these five faces a cut above the rest in the services industry MELISSA LWEE ANDREW ING 39 COO, Power Concepts IF IT were up to him, Andrew Ing would have worked in an advertising
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      33 9 OUR BUSINESS IS TO GROW OUR PARTNERS' BUSINESS Like any other company, our customers are the heart and soul of our business. At HTL, we're passionate and committed to furthering our partners' growth.
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      28 9 This is the third of a six-part series jointly brought to you by The Business Times and HTL International, as part of the two companies' 30th anniversary commemoration.
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia targets 6.3% annual growth in 15-year masterplan
      858 10  -  Bumiputra policy will continue to be key element, indicates Abdullah By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA unveiled its Third Industrial Masterplan (IMP 3) aimed at making the nation more globally competitive but, at the same time, made clear its intention of
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      7146 10 Transaction date: Aug 18 52-Wk Tet Lart Vot Day UitQuoU Otv GrYtd Nat MCap High Low Coda Company Sala COOP) HW> low »uyar SaBar Cvr HI Swi 4 1 5716 1st Software 2.5 2 2.5 10.1 11.5 6 3148 STelecom 7.5 unch 20 7.5 7.5 6.5 7.5 4.9
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      Lock icon M'sia eases visa rules for India, China tourists
      345 10 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia on Thursday eased visa rules for India and China travellers as part of efforts to tap two of the world's fastest-growing tourism markets. India and China visitors, who are previously given only single-entry visas for a limited period,
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Forest fires blanket Kalimantan with haze
      344 11 Firefighters face water shortage as they struggle to put out the fires AFP [JAKAßTA] Firefighters battled hundreds of forest fires on the Indonesian island of Borneo yesterday, as haze blanketed at least two cities in the region, officials said. "There are fires burning all
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      Lock icon SGX
      4893 11 Transaction Date: Aug 18 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Synear 174.474.000 Svnear 146.237.190 Advanced Hldgs 31.839.000 SingTel 71,792,634 UTAC 29.838.000 DBS Grp 66.534.100 SingTel 28.516.000 CitvDev 56.643.808 Cosco Corp 27.835.000 CapitaLand 50.063.784 IPCO Intl 21.123.000 Cosco Corp 43.799.190 Wilmar 20.351.000 UOB 29.709.200 Thai Beverage 19.318.000 Wilmar 23,573,160 Gallant 18.776.000
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Iata in talks with China on shorter routes from Europe
      543 12 Proposed routes to HK, Shanghai and Guangzhou would cut flight time Bloomberg [BEIJING] The International Air Transport Association, which represents 265 airlines, said it is in talks with China's aviation regulator and air force to open three new corridors through
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      Lock icon New petroleum exchange opens in Shanghai
      398 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The new Shanghai Petroleum Exchange was launched yesterday with the sound of a gong, but traders said the market's success could hinge on whether China allows more price flexibility. The exchange will initially offer four fuel oil contracts with spot and two
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      Lock icon China ups rates for second time in four months
      330 12 AP [BEIJING] China raised interest rates yesterday for the second time in four months amid efforts to rein in a boom in lending and construction that the government worries could spark a financial crisis. The central bank raised the minimum rate
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      Lock icon Air China ends at offer price in Shanghai debut
      451 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Shares of Air China Ltd, the country's biggest international airline, ended their debut in Shanghai at their offer price after dropping as much as 2 per cent on concern that rising fuel costs will erode earnings. Air China closed
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Delhi offers sweeter trade terms to revive Asean talks
      384 13 Negotiations had stalled over items to be exempted from tariff cuts AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] India said yesterday that it had offered concessions to restart stalled trade talks with South-east Asia, slashing tariffs on imports of sensitive agriculture products such as palm
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      Lock icon Indian banks eye US$10b in offshore debt issues
      554 13 Reuters [MUMBAI] A clutch of Indian banks are looking to raise an estimated US$lO billion through offshore hybrid debt issues in coming months to feed rising credit demand in an expanding economy and to meet new capital adequacy rules. A growing view
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      5446 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AB Amer Income A EUR 6.66/ AS Amer Income B EUR 6.661 AB Europ Income Opp AT SGO 15.1/ Am Amro Amt Mgt (S'port) AB Europ income Opp BT SGO 15.1/ Star Europe Eqtyt 0.967/ AS Europ Income Opp AT EUR 747/ Star Eieope Bond 1.187/ AB
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon US still vital for Asia: George Yeo
      426 14  -  Asean is small but it can be significant, says its secretary-general By CHEW XIANG DESPITE Asia's resurgence, the United States still has a pivotal role to play in the region, said Minister of Foreign Affairs (ieorge Yeo yesterday. He was speaking at the
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      Lock icon Dell S'pore outperforms its other markets
      782 14  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDNURY THK world s largest personal computer maker. Dell Inc. whirh this week had to recall more than 4 million potentially dangerous laptop batteries, reported a healthy 27 per cent revenue growth in Singapore for the second quarter of fiscal 2<X)7.
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      Lock icon N Korean nuke test would be provocative: US
      490 14 AP. Reuters (WASHINGTONJ The White House, responding to a US media report that North Korea may be preparing for an underground test of a nuclear bomb, said such a test would be an "extremely provocative" act that would be denounced around the
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      Lock icon General Electric to buy 25% stake in Bank of Ayudhya
      491 14 Bloomberg IBANGKOKI Cieneral Flectric has won Thai government approval to buy 25 per cent of Bank of Ayudhya Pel. Thailand's sixthlargest lender. Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya said yesterday. "I Just signed an approv• al for GE to buy a 25
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon More than a smooth drive
      1000 15  -  The new Lexus has luxuries such as a massage seat, DVD player, 19-speaker audio system and a cooler box, reports SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE IT STII.I has only one engine si/e but at least Lexus now offers a long wheelbas»> version of its flagship model
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      Lock icon High on power, low on fuel appetite
      412 15  -  By SAMUEL EE THF new LS model from Lexus will have a petrol-electric hybrid version that promises the power and comfort of high-end motoring without the discomfort of sky-high petrol prices. The LS6OOh claims to have the performance of a six-litre VI2 power
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      Lock icon Making wheels trendy, affordable
      420 15  -  By SAMUEL EE STAMFORD Tyres is spinning towards a custom niche by offering high-performance alloy wheels to cater to the young and trendy at affordable prices. Singapore's biggest distributor of wheels and tyres entered the wheel manufacturing business less than two years ago, and since then
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Clubs no more a must-have
      1048 16  -  Although Singapore's Big Three clubs have enjoyed a strong price appreciation, a continued surge in membership rates looks unlikely, says VEN SREENIVASAN VEN SREENIVASAN IF YOU had bought a membership at the Sentosa Golf Club, your investment would have appreciated by as much as 30
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      Lock icon Tsao Foundation's charity golf raises $215,000
      355 16  -  By GEOFFREU EU AT 38, Mardan Mamat is in his golfing prime with 10 years or more of top level competition still ahead of him but he showed his support for the older generation yesterday when he teed off at a fundraising tournament, for
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  • WELLNESS
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      Lock icon You can prevent diabetes
      1715 17  -  Detection of pre-diabetes can help identify those most at risk, says CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON Diabetes is a serious condition that we're familiar with. Less so its precursor pre-diabetes even though detection of pre-diabetes could well save a third of those who have it from developing
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      Lock icon Can you colour me a happy home?
      762 17 NYT [NEW YORK] For 22 years Joanne and Daniel Megna lived in monochromatic splendour on Staten Island. "Everything was beige," said Joanne Megna, who was reluctant to change the decor by Ruben de Saavedra, who was one of Manhattan's most chic decorators in
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      227 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD The dial he's is feature of spaceship (4,6) posh car (10) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN 11 Retaliation from buffoon hiding Across Homesick( 5 Wea thi g 1 Mange to get something for under work surface (12) Thailand 10 Across, 11 Chow priest to wear (4) 14 German city graduate
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  • SHOPPING
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      Lock icon The English charm
      1192 18  -  CORINNE KERK talks to design director Stuart Vevers to find out what makes leather brand Mulberry tick CORINNE KERK STUART Vevers looks younger than his 32 years, and seeing him appear for our train ride from London's Paddington station to Mulberry's factory in rural Somerset, Southwest England,
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      Lock icon Mulberry's countryside manufacturing hub
      493 18  -  By CORINNE KERK MULBERRY'S design director, Stuart Vevers, has described the English leather brand's factory setting in Somerset, south-west England, as "ridiculously idyllic". He's right. To get there, you need to take a 90-minute train ride from London, then a 30-minute drive past charming historic buildings
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      Lock icon New sensual fragrances in dreamy bottles spruce up Bvlgari collection
      470 18  -  By CORINNE KERK WHEN you have a good thing going, why settle for three when you can double it? And so, Bvlgari's classic fragrances, Pour Femme, Pour Homme and Pour Homme Extreme, have just been joined by three new scents
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  • PERSONAL SPACE
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      Lock icon The art of living in a box
      1127 19  -  An open mind and innovative planning can result in a dynamic inner-city living experience, as GEOFFREY EU finds out GEOFFREY EU WHEN banking tant-turned-entrepre-neur Peter C L Tan bought a small, dilapidated and unsightly old shophouse in a quiet side street near Rochor
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend
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      Lock icon Lunching in? Join the club
      820 20  -  The Tiffin Club delivers freshly cooked home-style meals of three dishes served with rice or potato to office workers, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU AS FAR as novel food concepts go, The Tiffin Club is a real doozie. When Ajai Zecha and Michelle Saram bought
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      Lock icon Out-of-the-ordinary tingkat fare
      1105 20  -  By JAIME EE IF YOU'RE looking for a daily meal delivery service that's a little more upscale than your familiar three-dishes-one-soup tingkat service, good luck finding one. Hardly any upmarket caterers here who specialise in private parties offer an option to busy executives who want a nutritious
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