The Business Times, 2 June 2007

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  • 24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Jm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 202/12/2006 June 2-3, 2007 online at http://business-times.asio 1 com sg
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  • 617 1  -  China central bank official warns of risk to confidence from too rapid a rise in stock prices By R SIVANITHY [SINGAPORE] Rumours that the Chinese government might introduce a capital gains tax yesterday sent the China stock market tumbling as much as 5 per
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  • 133 1 sn 3,548.32 (+37.19) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,554.00 (+37.00) SIMSCI ***** (+4.46) SIMSCI FUTURES 439.10 (+6.70) MARKETS Friday Change KLCOMP 1,360.07 +13.18 NIKKEI 225 17,958.88 +83.13 HANG SENG 20,602.87 -31.60 SET INDEX 753.93 +16.53 JAKARTA COMP Closed MANILA COMP 3,547.35 +72.68 SEOUL COMP 1,716J4 +1533 SHENZHEN B 652.33 -36.70
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  • 796 1  -  Corporates weigh the costs and benefits of a major Singapore event By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Malaysia has the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix and Australia has the ING Australian Grand Prix. But what are the odds that Singaporeans will be able to stand proudly behind
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 612 2  -  Region's strategic environment stays favourable, he says at security summit By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE! The security outlook for Asia is stable and prospects are good in the coming years. But despite the positive signs, there are still risks that can derail
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    • 1179 2  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent I WAS one of the lucky 71,199 spectators seated in Athens' OAKA Stadium last Wednesday for the UEFA Champions League final between Italy's AC Milan and. England's Liverpool FC, courtesy of a press junket from the tournament's
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    • 390 2  -  Sale may yield US$200m to help company repay US$500m debt By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S Shin Satellite said yesterday that It plans tosellits telecommunications assets in Laos and Cambodia to Asia Mobile Holdings, a company partly owned by Singapore Technologies Telemedia
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    • 400 2 Yellow Pages EGM set to be held on June 28 YELLOW Pages shareholders will decide on June 28 if they want to keep the company's independent directors (IDs). The IDs yesterday pointed out that should they be removed, the company would have just two directors. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE
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    • 189 2 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF SEAMAC PTE LTD Company Registration Number: *****2760 M (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final General Meeting of the members of the above mentioned Company will be held at the office of
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • 1619 3  -  There is a revolution in the way people are communicating today, and NEC is uniquely positioned for it, the company's president tells KENNETH JAMES KENNETH JAMES was stumbling under the deadweight of two underperforming divisions. One year on, the new chief has a recovery plan in place, and
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    • 605 3  -  By KENNETH JAMES FOR Japanese business leaders who have had working stints in the United States, a measure of cultural shock is inevitable. For NEC Corp president Kaoru Yano, one incident in particular stands out in his memory. It happened during one of his earlier
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      1025 4  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Hi-P International June 1 close: 89.5 cents CREDIT SUISSE, May 30 HI-P's share price suffered a big de-rat-ing in 2006 as earnings were hit by start-up losses from expansion for new clients and investments in new capabilities. Meantime, orders from Motorola were hit as
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    • 921 4 For week beginning May 28 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Subsantial Buy No of Price SHAREHOLDING Tram Shareholder/ Soft Shares Per Before All* Stock Date Director Con* '000 Shr S COOP) C000) Digiland 1-Jun-07 Teo Chee Hong Buy ***** 0.04 0 0.00 ***** 0.32 Diqiland 1-Jun-07 Philip Poh
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    • 1502 4  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent IT is not uncommon for a company that has found its original business to be going nowhere to embark on a restructuring process and enter a new industry. During the transition, there will be
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 454 5  -  By CONRAD RAJ SEMBCORP Utilities, a key component of mainboard bluechip SembCorp Industries, has got a foothold in north-east China through a joint venture to supply industrial water to the Shenyang Xihe Economic Development Area (SXEDA) in Liaoning Province. SembUtilities
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    • 486 5  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IN A holiday-shortened week, sentiment was influenced mainly by external forces namely developments in China and Wall Steet. China bobbed around uncertainly amid growing signs of official intervention to curb its rampant stock market, while Wall Street
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    • 115 5 SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) will be included in the Australian stock equity indices, the S&P/ASX indices, from the close of trade on June 15. Standard Poor's (S&P) said yesterday that as part of its June quarterly rebalance to the S&P/ASX indices, Sing Tel was
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    • 260 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI HONG LEONG ASIA (HLA), a subsidiary of Singapore's Hong Leong Group, has been awarded an exclusive contract to supply ready-mixed concrete to the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort (IR). The contract could be worth as much as $210 million. Under
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    • 644 6  -  Republic provides a better platform for its global ambitions than Tokyo, it says By CHEN HUIFEN TRANSCUTANEOUS Technologies Inc (TTI), the Japanese biotech firm undergoing a $675 million reverse takeover with Eng Wah Organisation, is planning to use Singapore as
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    • 343 6 Share sate talks end without deal: Ellipsiz MICROCHIP equipmentmaker Ellipsiz Ltd said that talks with an unnamed group to sell the company's shares have ended without an agreement. In March, it said that it was in preliminary talks with a group to sell its shares, which could have
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    • 5945 6 Transaction date: Jun 1 52-Wk Tti Last Vol Day Last Quote Dtv GrVM Met MCap High Low Co4t Company Salt COCO) High Law Buyer C» K W 3 li 6 3148 770 17 16 16.5 17 4.7 0 9 23.3 814 34 20 5834 A-Sonk 24 undi 133
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    • 6541 7 Transaction Date: Jun 1 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Diqiland 99.231.000 CapitaLand 156.064.208 Ban Joo 83.116.000 UOB 131.649.800 Sapphire 44.705.000 DBSGrp 127.576.300 Yanqzijianq 38.319.000 SIA 117.457.800 UTAC 36.567.000 SingTel 114.120.910 Centillion 32.777.000 CitvDev 93.805.255 SingTel 31.916.000 SGX 84.938.900 Gems TV 31.451.000 KeppelCorp 7&783.952 CSC Hldgs 30.762.000 Yangziiianq 67.726.560 Penguin
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    • 254 7 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Singapore transportation group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has launched its joint-venture container rail freight service in India, where the sector is being opened up to private players. The APL IndiaLinx venture has a 20-year licence to run freight trains
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    • 400 5  -  Shareholders to make decision on independent directors By WEE LI-EN YELLOW Pages' shareholders will decide on June 28 if they want to keep the company's independent directors (IDs). The date of the extraordinary general meeting was announced yesterday by the
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    • 479 5  -  By CONRAD TAN OLAM International said yesterday that it is "monitoring developments" after its latest bid for Queensland Cotton was countered by a new offer from rival bidder Louis Dreyfus. Dreyfus' cash offer yesterday of A 55.85 per share for Queensland, one of Australia's
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    • 408 7  -  It plans to invest US%800m 16 new dry bulk carriers this year By HAN MIN CHUNG SINGAPORE-LISTED South Korean shipping company STX Pan Ocean yesterday lodged a preliminary application with the Korea Stock Exchange (KRX) to raise up
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    • 121 5 ntrm r»rvr ant?" u This announcement appears as a matter of record only JC- J .<»/-» i AOp n*f>/ Successful completion of the acquisition of Hup Soon Global Pte. Ltd. by Twinwood Engineering Limited, now renamed t'4 "V -.a' kjttr rt t Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 2444 8 VOL JuriJ «M fOOO) ASM Realty .2.56 0.05 33 Abrk Bhd J)J9 0.01 27 Advance Synergy 0.29 0.01 961 AdventaBhd 1.19 unch 543 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.30 0.01 17 Affin Holdings 2.33 -0.02 508 Ahmad ZakiResou 2.96 -0.04 5 Ale Corp 0.53 unch 59 Airasia Bhd .2.02 0.06
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    • 261 8 LADIES, loosen up your purse strings and get ready to shop at The Centrepoint this weekend. Love bags? Present this copy of The Business Times Weekend edition at IN-BOX at The Centrepoint to enjoy a major discount off their handbag collections! Usually priced between
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    • 147 8 MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) managing director Heng Swee Keat and Central Provident Fund Board chairman Koh Yong Guan have been re-appointed to the MAS board for another two years. Their new terms started yesterday, said MAS yesterday. The MAS board has
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    • 205 8 OFFICLALS in the education industry say that private education organisations (PEOs) here are unlikely to be affected by the recent pullout by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Asia. In fact, they do not think there is any fallout from the pullout.
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    • 278 8  -  The oil trader says the company is in talks for a refinery on Jurong Island By WEE LI-EN HOMEGROWN oil trader Concord Energy has cancelled its plans to develop on Jurong Island its US$2OO million condensate splitter with a planned capacity of
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    • 173 8  -  Focus on education, environmental services, real estate By NISHA RAMCHANDANI LIAONING'S education, environmental services and real estate sectors have sparked interest from Singapore companies. According to the Liaoning Bureau of Foreign Trade Economic Cooperation, the province has GDP of U*****.22 billion, making
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    • 357 8  -  By ARTHUR SIM THE smartest way to take advantage of the property upturn could be to become an estate agent PropNex CEO Mohamed Ismail says that in April alone its agents earned more than $10 million commissions twice as much as in April 2006.
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    • 346 8  -  NTUC welcomes move, urges private sector employers to take the cue and reward workers By ANNA TEO THE private sector is urged to take the cue after an announcement yesterday that the government will pay civil servants a mid-year bonus of half a month's salary
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 6065 9 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqtyl** 1136/ Star Europe Bond 1.177/ Star Europe Bal 1.268/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1 462/ Star Am 1337/ Star Asia Balanced 1.133/ Star Global Tednokm Fundi" 0.227/ MuM.. 0991/ Star Asia BonddJSO)...: 0.87V Gfc Multi St U5D 1186/ Asia
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    • 330 9  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur SHARES of troubled express air cargo operator Transmile Group hit limit down in the morning session yesterday when trading resumed, but avoided a further 30 per cent loss in the afternoon session when bargain hunters emerged. Having
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    • 369 9 Volkswagen seeks final round in lastditch bid for tie-up AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian officials said yesterday talks were back on with Volkswagen (VW) in an apparent last-ditch attempt to forge a strategic alliance for besieged national car maker Proton. Prime Minister Abdullah
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    • 509 9  -  3-year gain largely due to MD-pushed reforms at GLCs By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN investment agency Khazanah Nasional delivered a glowing report card on its three-year performance yesterday, saying that its net worth increased by RM28.9 billion, or 86.8 per cent, to RM62.2
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    • 27 9 Allianz Global Investors one of the world's largest asset managers with more Allianz (jfi) than US$l.2 trillion assets under management as at 31 December 2006. Global lnves,ors
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 584 10 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Wu Guanzhong's Ancient City of Jiaohe sold for a record 37 million yuan (557.4 million) last night at Poly Auction in Beijing, on the day the Chinese stock market recovered from its worst slump in three months. The one-square-metre depiction of a
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    • 316 10 AFP [BEIJING] China wants the euro to make up a larger share of its US$l.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, state media said yesterday, citing a central bank deputy governor. The move is motivated by the stability of the euro and the strong
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    • 458 10 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Chinese investors opened 426,162 brokerage accounts on May 30, defying government efforts to cool the world's best-performing stock market by tripling the tax on securities transactions. New accounts exceeded 400,000 for the third day in a row, more
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    • 359 10 The firm is open to investors such as shipping firms Reuters [HONG KONG] COSCO Pacific the ports and container arm of China's largest shipping conglomerate, wants to buy more domestic terminals, sell minority stakes in mature ones and revamp a
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    • 207 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] Activity in Hong Kong's private sector rebounded in May from the previous month as companies saw the strongest growth in business since January, a purchasing managers' index showed yesterday. Companies were hiring at the fastest pace in six months to
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    • 357 10 AP [HONG KONGJ China has the world's largest population and one of the world's largest economies. Now It will get a massive virtual universe to match. Swedish software company Mind Ark, which operates the online game Entropia Universe, has been chosen by a
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    • 492 10 Deloitte advises operations change to avoid tax on global income Reuters [HONG KONG] Companies using the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens to invest in China may need to review their operations to avoid being taxed on their worldwide
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  • INDIA
    • 356 11 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian inflation fell to its lowest level in nearly 10 months in mid-May, official data showed yesterday, but analysts said they do not expect any change in the policy stance of the central bank. The widely tracked wholesale price index rose
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    • 302 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] The order book for India's biggest ever IPO, a US$2.4 billion issue by developer DLF Ltd, is fully covered just days into a two-week global roadshow, a source close to the deal said yesterday. Another source said earlier that several large orders
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    • 672 11 AFP [BANGALORE] A generation of Indians now earning more than their parents ever did are ready to rock to the likes of Aerosmith, underlining the country's increasing emergence as a magnet for top names. India's economic growth has ended a period
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    • 733 11 It eyes nation's energy market will create infrastruture fund of up to US$1b AP [NEW DELHI] Pressure to slim General Electric's corporate portfolio at home has not stopped Jeffrey R Immelt's aggressive plans for expanding in emerging markets. On Thursday, Mr Immelt. GE
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    • 461 11 By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi THE consolidation in India's civil aviation sector continues, with Kingfisher airline, owned by billionaire liquor baron Vijay Mallya, having bought a 26 per cent stake in low cost airline Air Deccan for US$l33 million. Air Deccan
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  • ASIA PACIFIC / WORLD
    • 865 12 The Bancroft family says it would be open to offers from other parties LAT-WP. NYT [LOS ANGELES] Rupert Murdoch's dream of owning the Wall Street Journal moved closer to reality on Thursday when the family that controls the paper's parent company agreed
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    • 891 12 Bloomberg [CANBERRA] James Packer, Australia's richest man, sold a further 25 per cent stake in his Nine television network and magazine publisher to buyout firm CVC Asia Pacific, relinquishing control of the media empire his grandfather founded in 1933. CVC will pay
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    • 519 12 Reuters [TOKYO] The Tokyo Stock Exchange's (TSE) next president wants to turn the bourse into one of the world's top three exchanges by 2010 by adding new financial products to draw more investors. The world's second-big-gest economy lags far behind rivals
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    • 322 12 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] The number of new US jobs climbed by an unexpectedly brisk 157,000 in May on a surge of hiring in service businesses while hiring in the factory sector continued to decline, Labor Department data showed yesterday. That handily outstripped
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    • 604 12  -  Bourse gains 16.53 points to 753.93 on 40.2b baht volume By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THE clearing of political uncertainty in Thailand has given the country's capital markets a much-needed boost, hoisting the stockmarket index to a near year-high on active volume.
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  • WORLD
    • 608 13 Next in Potter series a theme park Warner Bros and Universal unveil plans for US$200m-plus attraction in Florida LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Harry Potter will soon be working his wizardry in Florida with an 8-ha attraction that could spawn Hogwarts castles at theme parks worldwide. On Thursday, Warner Bros Entertainment and
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    • 337 13 NYT [NEW YORK] Dell said on Thursday that it would lay off 10 per cent of its 88,100 employees over the next 12 montjis- us 1t tries to increase profit. The computer maker also said lower component costs
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    • 492 13 Resort's revamp lures USs2.sb of new investments AFP [ATLANTIC CITY] The old-fashioned resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey, is angling for a cosmopolitan crowd with an array of shiny new casinos, hoping to match its world-famous gambling rival, Las
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    • 510 13 He plans major polluters' meeting on climate change Reuters [WASHINGTON] US President George W Bush, under fire for resisting tough action on global warming, on Thursday urged 15 influential countries to agree by the end of 2008 on a long-term goal to cut
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  • MOTORING
    • 628 14  -  The new Honda Civic Type R is a premium hot hatch with many all-round capabilities, says SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE THE most appealing proposition of the three-door Honda Civic Type R has to be its unique combination of design, performance and utility. As a hot hatch, the
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    • 365 14  -  By SAMUEL EE THE reinvention of the Honda Civic Type R into a funky, visually exciting model is not only about cosmetics it reflects a new philosophy behind the car, beginning from its chief engineer. Toshiya Sakai, 41, breaks the mould
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    • 496 14  -  Reports by SAMUEL EE KOREAN design has suddenly become cool. And just like LG phones, Hyundai cars have turned trendy. Once seen as copycats when it came to design and technology, Korean industry now makes some of the world's best products. And Hyundai is among
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    • 410 14 the Hyundai nmse, ttarAzfrry tr; £er*inly large and comfortable enough, If not quite as imposing as one would have expected it to be. It is pleasantly styled but otherwise lacks much of a presence on the road. Yet, the Azera has come a long
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  • ARTS FEST
    • 1080 15  -  Simon Birch wants viewers to respond to his Azhanti High Lightning installation in their own ways, reports PARVATHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR /M ALWAYS wanted Jf Ito travel to the stars, and now I am," says Hong Kong-based artist Simon Birch, talking about his
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    • 648 15  -  By CHARMIAN KOK WITH a piece as politically charged as Blind Date, the title may seem like a misnomer to some. However, it's more than just an exploration of patriotism, honour, sacrifice and service; its choreographer Bill T Jones sees it as a confrontation
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    • 624 15  -  By GEOFFREY EU WHENEVER the classical string ensemble T'ang Quartet performs, people listen but music was only one aspect of the programme at the Drama Centre on Thursday evening during the debut of Optical Identity. a unique multi-disciplinary collaboration between the quartet and UK-based Theatre Cryptic,
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    • 200 15  -  Compiled by AMANDA DE GUZMAN The Map and Paper Concerto: The highly anticipated collaboration between Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra debuts today. Till June 3,7:30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall, Tickets $30 to $130,95 minutes (with intermission). TheChordes
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  • GOLF
    • 1116 16  -  LPGA has taken the lead in implementing a drug-testing programme that would protect golf and its integrity, reports JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS LADIES Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour members voted in November last year to implement a drug-testing programme, becoming the first major golf tour to
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  • WELLNESS
    • 766 17  -  PET CARE By MELISSA HENG CHEW on this you are what you eat. As far as nutrition is concerned, this maxim is as true for humans as it is for pet dogs. "Today's dogs are different," says veterinarian Jean Paul Ly, director of
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    • Article, Illustration
      1185 17  -  It may not cure, but it prevents, a TGM practitioner tells MELISSA HENG MELISSA HENG FOOD therapy is fast becoming a buzz word in today's disease-rid-den society. But how much of this is hype remains a moot point. Medical research shows that a healthy diet can help prevent
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    • 532 17  -  Compiled by JAIME EE The Medrterrasian Way By Ric Watson and Trudy Thdander Wiley Books MEDITERRANEAN and Asian diets have long been touted as some of the healthier Ways of eating, and the two
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 341 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD how jaguar Jl|__JhL_JlHL— 8 What is held as true could also be the reverse (5) HH |Hf ■■Hl■■Q■■ 10 Shop soiled bouquet one acMidwives have a lot of time for 18 One might follow his advice, JKM course, and lose (7) HHjHHH 20 Sport dealing with hot goods
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  • SHOPPING
    • 995 18  -  A wave of wearable beauty products is turning cosmetic cases into latest must-haves for fashionistas, says MELISSA LWEE MELISSA LWEE Most people wear make-up on their faces, but for makeup artist Peter Khor, some of them also double as his accessories. Apart from holding make-up
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    • 740 18  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM MEN are spending more on themselves these days, if reports from retailers, fashion designers and e-com-merce providers are anything to go by. Homegrown online men's accessories retailer Men Style says that men are buying an increasing amount of men's cosmetics. Topping their
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  • PERSONAL SPACE
    • 1094 19  -  There's more than a hint of kismet bringing Parisian Fabien Raveton's gourmet food vision to our sandy shores, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU IT WASN'T exactly pre-or-dained, but there is still a touch of destiny about Fabien Raveton's path to the luxury food business. He
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    • 745 19 wine&dine withweekendBT 4 r— I r-* Cafebiz 211 Roof Terrace Cafe public holidays, 12.30pm to 5pm. Dinner Dady 630pm Hotel Phoenix Traders Hotel, Lobby level. Tel: *****374 211 Holland Road Shopping Centre §04-01, :■> to10.30pm. 277 Orchard Road. TeL 6233 6129 CAFEBIZ offers exotic Asian and local cuisine as well
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend
    • 763 20  -  When it comes to opening a restaurant these days, size does matter. We look at how three new eateries measure up By JAIME EE Au Petit Salut 40CHarding Road. Tel: 6475-1976 (Closed on Sundays) WHEN Alice Ang first got wind that the large, three-storey building
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    • 735 20  - Pizza or Peking Duck take your pick By GEOFFREY EU Baraonda and Singa Cuisine 920 East Coast Parkway. Tel: 6345-1111 IT is no small coincidence that the owners of a new and oh-so-casual Italian eatery decided to name the place Baraonda, which, roughly translated, means "chaos" or alternatively, "bundle of
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    • 619 20  -  By GEOFFREY EU Margarita's Block 11, Dempsey Road, *01-19. TeL 6471-3228. Branches at 108 TH!SIs no smashed beans-and-chilli place t *ft < teys nn the menu at Margarita's in Dempsey Road, the third outlet and latest addition to the locally
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