The Business Times, 1 November 2007

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    27 1 The Business Times SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg mS* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Thursday, Novermber 1,2007
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    Lock icon Pulses to capture market heartbeat
    655 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO BT to produce SGX monthly and help investors find hidden gems By [SINGAPORE] Pulses, the monthly Singapore Exchange publication, is hitting the streets again to focus on the needs of retail investors and BT will help to make it a more engaging and
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    Lock icon So few jobless that new hires are hard to find
    621 1  -  CHUANG PECK MING Labour crunch as jobless rate hits 10-year low By [SINGAPORE] The good news is hard to miss but so is the concern about what happens next. The latest preliminary figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Manpower
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      42 1 ICOMP 1,413.65 +0.86 IIKKEI225 16,737.63 +86.62 1ANG SENG 31,352.58 -285.64 ;et INDEX 907.28 -0.62 JAKARTA COM P 2,643.49 -19.44 IANILACOMP 3,758.97 -24.46 ;eoulcomp 2,064.85 +12.48 ;henzhen B 793.84 +2.47 IUMBAI IND 19,837.99 +54.48 12NOONEDT Change 13,847.67 +55.20 )OW IASDAQ 2,837.59 +20.88
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.532 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 3.89 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      39 1 IS$ (S$ )er US$) 1.451 (USS/SS )er£) 2.072 3.003 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.445 2.09. 'EN 114.80 79.2 3.339 2.303 IK$ 7.750 5.34I !AHT 33.99 23.4. lUPIAH 9,103 6,27! 1ENMINBI 7.464 5.14! INDIAN RUPEE 39.32 27.13 1.083 0.747 IZ$ 1.303 0.89!
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      88 1 CORPORATE RESULTS HHHH SPORE ECONOMY COMMENTARY BizlT J$L SIA beats forecasts with Properly loans grow at Can trading of M'sian Maths skills give y 73% Q2 earnings rise fastest pace in 8 years shares here take Spore an edge: page 4 page 3 off again? page 4 Intel exec page
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Even the experts can get it so badly wrong
      1005 2  -  LARRY WEE COMMENTARY History is replete with heavy trading losses that were all too easily incurred ITHIN less than a fortnight, two Singapore shipbuilders have announced massive currency trading losses. How and why these losses were incurred will surface only after
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      Lock icon Manufacturers cautiously optimistic about near term
      292 2 [SINGAPORE] Cautious optimism about the near-term business outlook appears to have set in among manufacturers and service-sector companies. The vast majority of 370 manufacturers polled recently by the Economic Development Board reckon things will be at status quo in the six months to March
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Temasek submits defence to anti-monopolies watchdog
        51 2 TEMASEK Holdings yesterday put up a 120-page final defence to Indonesia's anti-monopolies watchdog, denying all allegations of anti-competitive behaviour in the telecommunications industry. It even went a step further to accuse the body and its chairman Muhammad Iqbal of biased behaviour. TOP STORIES, PAGE
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        Lock icon SIA Q2 earnings SUrge 73% A to $508 million
        85 2 SINGAPORE Airlines once again beat analysts' forecasts, posting a 73 per cent year-on-year increase in group net profits to $508 million for the second quarter ended Sept 30, thanks to strong passenger demand and a return to profitability by its cargo
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        Lock icon NOL Q3 profit JUmpS 50% to US$191m
        68 2 CONTINUING the recovery which it saw in the second quarter, Neptune Orient Lines yesterday reported a 50 per cent jump in third-quarter net profit to U*****.4 miUion from U*****.3 million in the year-ago period. The Q3 net earnings, which surpassed the first half
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        Lock icon COSCO 03 net Profit up 37% to $97.7m
        86 2 HELPED by strong growth in its various segments, mainboard-listed Cosco Corporation (Singapore) yesterday reported a 37 per cent year-on-year growth in third-quarter net profit to $97.7 million. And with some offshore and marine companies facing potentially huge forex losses, Cosco also made
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        Lock icon Singapore iS Asia's most competitive economy
        50 2 SINGAPORE has overtaken Japan to become the most competitive economy in Asia, according to a World Economic Forum report. The Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008 ranks Singapore at No 7 in the world an improvement from its eighth spot last year. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 9
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        Lock icon BOJ cuts GDP growth forecast to 1.8%
        70 2 THE weakening Japanese economy suffered another setback yesterday when the central bank cut its forecast for GDP growth this year from 2.1 per cent to 1.8 per cent. Against a background of growing uncertainty, the Bank of Japan again held off raising interest
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        Lock icon M'sian chief justice's term Unlikely to be extended
        86 2 MALAYSIA'S Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Halim is unlikely to have his term extended for another six months as the Rulers' Conference which met yesterday to consider it, among other things, did not issue any statement to that effect. That means that
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        Lock icon Rich in China stashing their fortunes abroad
        81 2 AROUND 8 per cent of China's US$2.5 trillion wealth is parked offshore and the share is rising as the country's economy opens up, boosting business for private banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, consultants said yesterday. The Boston Consulting Group said that the
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        Lock icon Atrium @ Orchard could fetch over $1b: analysts
        82 2 Atrium Orchard could fetch over $1b: analysts SINGAPORE Land Authority is putting up The Atrium Orchard for sale, BT understands. Market watchers say the property is expected to fetch over $1 billion. They reckon the Orchard Road property, which will be sold with a fresh 99-year lease, could fetch up
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      Lock icon Temasek submits defence in antimonopoly case
      569 3  -  LAUREL TEO Its lawyer expresses concern over what he sees as bias of KPPU watchdog By in Jakarta TEMASEK Holdings yesterday submitted a 120-page final defence to Indonesia's anti-monopolies watchdog, denying all allegations of anti-competitive behaviour in the local telecommunications industry. It even went
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      Lock icon Banks lend big for property and share investments
      533 3  -  CONRAD TAN Share financing grows a thumping 74.8% over the year By< [SINGAPORE] Bank loans to the property sector in September grew at the fastest annual pace in nearly eight years, according to new data released yesterday. Meanwhile, lending by banks to
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SIA Q2 earnings surge 73%
      718 4  -  CONRAD RAJ Strong passenger demand, return to profitability by its cargo division cited By SINGAPORE Airlines once again beat analysts' forecasts, posting a 73 per cent year-on-year increase in group net profits to $508 million for the second quarter ended Sept 30, thanks to strong
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      Lock icon NOL Q3 profit jumps 50% to US$191m
      369 4  -  VINCENT WEE By CONTINUING the recovery which it saw in the second quarter, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) yesterday reported a 50 per cent jump in third-quarter net profit to U*****.4 million from U*****.3 in the year-ago period. The Q3 net earnings, which surpassed
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      Lock icon Keppel-led consortium wins Petrobras contract
      303 4 USsl.2b deal for a semi-submersible production unit A KEPPEL-LED group has clinched a US$l.2 billion Petrobras contract. FSTP Pte Ltd, a consortium comprising Keppel Fels Brasil and Technip Brasil Engenharia Instalacoes c Apoio Maritimo (Technip), won the contract to build a semi-submersible floating production unit
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      Lock icon Can trading of Malaysian shares here take off again?
      653 4  -  R SIVANITHY NINE years after the demise of the controversial trading of Malaysian shares on Clob International that became known as the infamous Clob fiasco, there are calls to re-establish the link between the Singapore and Malaysian stock markets and once
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      Lock icon Quotation of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds (Oct 31,2007)
      260 4 MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON DATE RATE (%p.a.) AMOUNT ($m) INTEREST PAYMENT DATES OF DAYS OF ACCRUED INTEREST PRICES* (EXCLUDING ACCRUED INTEREST) REDEMPTION ISIN CODE YIELD (%p.a.) 01.04.2008 N*****0S 2003 1 1/2 3800.00 1/10 1/4 30 99.77 2.05 SG********** 01.07.2008 NX*****H 1998
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      Lock icon Cosco Q3 net up 37% to $97.7m
      413 5  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Company makes forex gain of $1.5 m against $494,000 loss in previous Q3 By HELPED by strong growth in its various segments, mainboard-listed Cosco Corporation (Singapore) yesterday reported a 37 per cent year-on-year growth in third-quarter net profit to $97.7 million.
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      Lock icon CDL HT distributable income jumps 138.5%
      341 5  -  ARTHUR SIM Hotels put up strong showing with total revenue at $65m and gross operating profit at $32.4 m By CDL Hospitality Trusts (CDL HT) has reported distributable income of $18.8 million for Q3 2007, up 138.5 per cent from $7.9 million a year
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      Lock icon Creative back in black with US$1.3m Q1 net
      270 5  -  ONG BOON KIAT By CREATIVE Technology swung into the black with a net profit of US$l.3 million for the first quarter ended Sept 30, from a net loss of US$2l million for the corresponding quarter last year. The results were helped by
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      Lock icon Dates of release of Q3 and 9-month results ended Sept 2007
      143 5 SembCorp Marine Nov 1 Star Hub Novl Venture Corp Nov 2 Great Eastern Hldgs Nov 2 China Lifestyle Nov 5 Del Monte Pac Nov 5 China Aviation Oil Nov 5 China Powerplus Nov 5 SembCorp Ind Nov 6 OCBC
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      Lock icon At a glance
      245 5 Q3 and 9-month results ended Sept 2007 NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) 1 1 1 COMPANY CURRENT PREVIOUS %CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS %CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS %CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNC NOL 285.43 189.86 50.3 3025.67 2623.16 15.3 487.85 468.63 4.1 8553.01 7870.91 87 CoscoCorp
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Memtech posts 42.1% rise in Q3 net profit
        65 5 MEMTECH International, an integrated precision moulded components manufacturer for the mobile phone and automotive industries, has reported a Q3 net profit of US$4.6 million, up 42.1 per cent. Revenue increased 32.6 per cent year-on-year to $36.9 million. Memtech attributed its performance to
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        Lock icon Delong Q3 net profit down to $24.7m
        51 5 DELONG Holdings a manufacturer of hot-rolled steel coils in China has reported Q3 revenue of $399.3 million, an increase of 63.7 per cent. Net profit, however, decreased to $24.7 million, from $37.8 million a year ago. It attributed this to higher raw material
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Caution reigns as momentum slows
      561 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Ahead of FOMC, advance-decline score is mixed while volume falls to 2.1b units worth $3b IN THIS liquidity-driven market, momentum is everything. When prices were shooting up last week, everyone rationalised it as buying because the US Federal Reserve would surely cut
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      101 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 9 7 2 0 0 0 lanufacturing 76 72 50 11 15 15 87 87 65 Commerce 25 20 31 33 29 35 "pt/Stor/Comms 15 16 10 17 16 :inance 10 14 12 14 Construction 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      118 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 36,327 36,327 221,394 221,394 lanufacturing 533,164 66,598 599,762 653,015 16,277 669,293 Commerce 133,305 46,942 180,247 304,772 14,474 319,247 •pt/Stor/Comms 149,987 1,885 151,872 518,663 1,083 519,746 :inance 60,769 165 60,934 722,555 32 722,587 Construction 77,417 36,708 114,125 39,823 5,923 45,746
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      212 6 Jlgreen 0.43 1.580 -0.040 \scendasreit 0.85 2.590 +0.020 lapitaComm 0.50 2.690 la pita Land 4.75 8.050 -0.050 :apitaMall 0.88 3.660 -0.100 :hart SemiCond 0.55 1.140 +0.010 jtyDev 2.75 15.800 +0.300 lomfortDelGro 1.23 1.930 +0.030 losco Corp 2.32 7.750 Creative Tech 0.14 6.050 +0.100 IBS Grp 9.09
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      903 6  -  MATTHEW PHAN MAINTAIN forecasts, target $24: UOB's 9M07 profit of $1,603 billion was 74 per cent of FYO7 estimates, but 3Q profit of $501 million (-14 per cent quarter-on-quarter) was disappointing. We maintain forecasts as the management guided that much of the mark-to-market (MTM) losses in 3Q were
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      Lock icon Won, pound latest stars of US$ slide
      541 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES IT WAS the turn of the British pound and the Korean won to stand out in Asian currency trading yesterday, as the US dollar continued its slide to new multi-year lows in anticipation of another US interest rate cut. After
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      49 6 Oct 31 VALUE CLOSE -375.00 +45.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 +25.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -38.00 All-SG Equities 1044.16 +2.49 SG Equities Elect 110.17 -1.33 SG Equities Fin 2630.75 +9.76 SG Equities Prop 1558.03 +4.38 SIMSCI 464.20 +0.47 SIMSCI Futures 462.50 -1.20 PrimePartnersCI 312.83 -0.06
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      55 6 VOLUME ChinaAElec 85,473,000 Diqiland 61,980,000 Biosensors 48,459,000 SNF Corp 40,186,000 JiutianC 39,377,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO2OS 38,161,000 El-Nets 38,081,000 Allqreen 35,613,000 Sing Tel 34,192,000 STXPOKWIOO 33,422,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 254,866,335 JMH 222,592,541 UOB 218,804,538 Sing Tel 140,148,500 OCBC Bk 130,215,346 STXPOKWIOO 123,417,400 SembMar 121,655,474 Keppel Corp 107,096,600 Capita
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      Lock icon RISES
      100 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP JMH 3050 115.9 2.7 RSH Ltd 150 34.0 29.3 Cifr 1580 30.0 1. SIA 200 1960 30.0 1.6 RafflesEdu 330 24.0 7.8 GuocoLand Ltd 580 20.0 3.6 HLAsia 380 20.0 5.6 Kei Cor| 1470 20.0 1.. Kei T&T 550 20.0 3.: OCBC Bk 920 20.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      120 6 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN *****-240.0 -2.2 SembMar DBeCW*****9 103 -80.0 -43.7 China H 10US$ 2580 -72.5 -1.9 Jardine C&C 2100 -70.0 -3.2 Omei lav 2850 -60.0 -2.1 GLD 10US$ 7730 -58.0 -0.5 JSH 1660 -43.5 -1.8 STXPOKW100 368 -36.0 -8.9 SGX 1560 -30.0 -1.9 Venture
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      87 6 Where S$ stands Oct 31 CHNG CLOSE FR Oct 30 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4483 0.15 1.5479 1.4477® Euro 2.0906 -0.14 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 3.0029 -0.27 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3363 -0.16 1.3411 1.1741 Yen* 1.2578 0.46 1.3821 1.2285 Rill liah* 0.***** 0.10 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2622
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      Lock icon Market cap in Oct rises 3% to $847.5b
      706 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE Year on year, Spore market's value is up 58%; banks have mixed fortunes By INVESTORS seemed to have shrugged off their fears about US sub-prime mortgages, lifting the Singapore stock market up by some 3 per cent from last
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      Lock icon Treasures at Terminal 3
      278 7  -  ARTHUR LEE By DBS will open its second Asia Treasures premium banking lounge for high net worth clients in the transit area at Terminal 3 Changi Airport early next year. The 2,900 square foot lounge will complement the existing Asia Treasures lounge at Terminal 2, where
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      Lock icon Straits Asia acquires coal mine for US$350m
      143 7 STRAITS Asia Resources (SAR) has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of the huge Jembayan coal mine in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province for US$35O miUion. Jembayan is expected to produce about 4 million tonnes of coal this year. The concession covers almost 13,000
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon India is 'on a roll' but challenges remain: MM Lee
      503 8  -  UMA SHANKARI Vital to improve infrastructure fast, ensure benefits of growth trickle down By in New Delhi INDIA has about 3-5 years to start improving its infrastructure to become a more attractive location for foreign investors, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
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      Lock icon Swee Say spells out NTUC's priorities
      280 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING By WITH a newly elected central committee in place, the labour movement said yesterday that it will focus on re-employ-ment of older workers and portable medical benefits. Summing up deliberations at a three-day delegates' conference, labour chief Lim Swee Say who
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      Lock icon Huntsman opens plant on Jurong Is and to make polyetheramines
      445 8  -  MATTHEW PHAN Plant will make 16,000 tonnes/year of chemicals by 2009 By A NEW US$4O million plant on Jurong Island will produce chemicals used not only to make the giant blades on the latest wind turbines, but also the part
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      Lock icon New reporting standard for financial statements from today
      207 8 SELECTED companies incorporated in Singapore will prepare and file their financial statements in an open standard reporting language starting from today. The Accounting Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has launched a new system which lets these companies file their financial statements in extensible
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      Lock icon Singapore is Asia's most competitive economy
      464 9  -  OH BOON PING WEF report ranks it No 7 globally, overtaking Japan; another seven Asia-Pacific countries among top 30 By [SINGAPORE] Singapore has overtaken Japan to become the most competitive economy in Asia, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report. The Global Competitiveness
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      Lock icon Citi's focus on SMEs will break into local banks' turf
      331 9  -  CHOW PENN NEE By THE new head of Citi Singapore outlined his plans for the local operations of the global financial group yesterday. Piyush Gupta said that Citi is looking to capitalise on Singapore's high growth rate of 7-8 per
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      Lock icon Shell's petrochemical complex firmly on track
      401 9  -  RONNIE LIM Reports by SO far, so good. Despite an industry-wide scramble for resources amid the current building boom, Shell yesterday said that a year after breaking ground for its US$3 billion petrochemical cracker complex, the project is "firmly on track" for start-up in
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      Lock icon Work starts on Oiltanking's West Java terminal
      243 9 CONSTRUCTION of Oiltanking Group's US$l2O million oil terminal in Merak, West Java, by main contractors Rotary Engineering and McConnell Dowell has just started and will be ready in a year's time, the German company said yesterday. The project, which was developed from Singapore,
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon Rolling out the red carpet around the world
      871 10  -  Singapore's hospitality players are making their mark on the global stage, reports CHUANG PECK MING THEY may come from a small country, but Singapore hotel and serviced apartment owners have long reach in the global hospitality market. According to International Enterprise Singapore,
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      Lock icon Raffles Hotels looks to stamp its brand on key destinations
      516 10 RAFFLES Hotels Resort is present in 19 locations, including Paris, Macau, Dubai and Beverly Hills. And the hotel group is looking at more destinations to stamp the Raffles brand, recognised worldwide as "a promise to provide the very best", says
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      Lock icon Hospitality trade to target China, emerging markets
      372 10 SINGAPORE'S hospitality business is about to go international in a big way. In the next two years, International Enterprise Singapore will be targeting second-tier Chinese cities and emerging markets including Vietnam, Russia, Central Asia and Latin America as expansion areas for the hospitality
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon BOJ cuts GDP growth forecast to 1.8%
      454 11  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY It warns global economic, financial uncertainties could hurt Japan's exports By in Tokyo THE weakening Japanese economy suffered another setback yesterday when the central bank cut its forecast for GDP growth this year from 2.1 per cent to 1.8 per cent.
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      Lock icon Spotlight on India, China lending
      397 11 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India and China may be forced to further restrict bank lending as declining US interest rates prompt investors to pump record cash into the world's two fastest-grow-ing economies. Reserve Bank of India governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy, who on Tuesday ordered lenders to set
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      Lock icon Malaysia keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged as inflation eases
      193 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a 12th straight meeting after inflation eased and economic growth accelerated. Bank Negara Malaysia held its overnight policy rate at 3.5 per cent, it said in a statement
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      483 12  -  S JAYASANKARAN Rulers' Conference expected to consider successor when PM joins conclave today By! in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Halim is unlikely to have his term extended for another six months an extension he apparently requested as the
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      571 12  -  PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur DESPITE surging oil prices, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is confident of posting record profits this year following new initiatives and costcutting measures. Malaysia's national airline has also identified areas where further costs of up to RMI biUion
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      Lock icon Telkomsel 9-month net profit up 16%
      150 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest mobile phone operator yesterday said that its nine-month net profit rose by 16 per cent despite tougher competition in the third quarter. Telkomsel, 65 per cent owned by Indonesia's largest telecommunications firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom), said that its
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  • INDIA
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      525 13 Bloomberg Surge in capital flows causing concern to govt, central bank [NEW DELHI] India's capital market regulator said new rules requiring overseas funds to register before investing in securities linked to local equities are designed to increase transparency and improve the
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      161 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Time Warner Inc's Fortune magazine will publish a local edition in India from next year, following the start of Fortune China and Fortune Turkey. Fortune India will be the first of the three local editions to be published in
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      183 13 AFP [BANGALORE] US computer networking giant Cisco Systems plans to more than triple its workforce in India and turn the country into a platform to tap and service markets worldwide. Chief executive John Chambers, who pledged US$l.l6 billion in investment for India two years ago,
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      393 15 Reuters 8% of country's wealth is offshore and proportion set to rise: consultants [SINGAPORE] Around 8 per cent of China's US$2.5 trillion wealth is parked offshore and the share is rising as the country's economy opens up, boosting business for private banks in
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      Lock icon Nina Wang's fengshui master in new bid for estate
      227 15 -AFP [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong fengshui master yesterday launched a fresh legal challenge for the multi-billion dollar estate of eccentric tycoon Nina Wang, formerly Asia's richest woman. Chan Chun Chuen has applied to the High Court to freeze the assets
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      138 15 AFP It aims to raise USs2b in Shanghai, USsl.Bb in HK [SHANGHAI] Asia's largest rail firm China Railway Engineering is expected to raise US$3.B billion in a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai this month, state media reported yesterday. The state
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      151 15 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), the world's No 2 contract chip maker, posted a surprise gain in third-quarter profits yesterday, despite stiff competition that hurt margins, as performance improved from the previous quarter on fresh chip demand. UMC booked a net profit of
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      195 15 *Remarks: Participation by Standard Poor's Equity Research Services in this seminar does not amount to the provision of any investment advice or advice on securities to you. You should seek professional advice from a qualified adviser whether any investment is suitable for your particular circumstances. Standard Poor's does not sponsor,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Sony mulls over partial sale of animation, visual-effect units
      649 16 -NYT An outright sale of the two may fetch around USssoom, people involved in talks say [LOS ANGELES] Sony Pictures Entertainment is considering selling half of its fledgling animation studio, maker of the films Surf's Up and Open Season, and even
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      7712 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mat (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.1/ Star Europe Bond 1.21/ Star Europe Bal 1.274/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.9/ Star Asia Bond 1.264/ Star Asia Balanced 1.115/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.25/ Multi St Fd 0.955/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.87/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      571 17 -AP, neuters, awomuerg LATEST US DATA Brisk clip shows country's resilience to housing and credit turmoil [WASHINGTON] The US economy grew at a surprisingly brisk clip of 3.9 per cent in the summer, the fastest in IV2 years and an impressive performance
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      390 17 HALLOWEEN has brought the return of light airs and more squalls to haunt the Clipper fleet as they race across the south Atlantic. Most of the fleet are reporting light winds with the 12-hour runs down as low as 20 nautical miles in some cases. As
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      342 17 -Reuters [NEW YORK] Wall Street bonuses may fall by 10 per cent in 2007 from last year's record of U5523.9 billion due to turmoil in credit markets, New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said on Tuesday. The securities industry "has been rocked
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      Lock icon Citigroup in deal to buy rest of Nikko for US$4.6b
      219 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc yesterday said that it has signed an agreement to acquire all of Nikko Cordial Corp, Japan's third-largest brokerage, paying about US$4.6 billion for the 32 per cent it does not already own. Nikko shareholders would
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      2371 17 let 31 RM C000) \&M Realty 1.05 \bricBhd 0.29 \dvance Synergy 0.38 s,dventa Bhd 1.57 \eMulti Hldgs 0.29 Win Holdings 2.92 \hmad Zaki Resou 6.10 \ic Corp 0.62 ijrasia Bhd 1.95 \kn Messaging Te 0.20 \kn Technology 0.78 \lliance Financi 2.96 \luminium Co 1.28 \malgamated Ind 0.57 \minvestment
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      414 17 Reuters Elvis at top of biggest earner list with USs49m [NEW YORK] Just because you are dead does not mean you can't stage a comeback. Forbes, com said on Tuesday that Elvis Presley regained the top spot on its list of the highest-earning dead
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  • AVIATION
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      514 18  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Sector stifled by rules on market entry, national ownership, summit told By THE topic of air liberalisation was in focus at the Aviation Outlook Summit 2008 here yesterday, with industry leaders calling on the region's governments to remove the shackles
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      Lock icon SIA Cargo starts freighter service to Hanoi
      140 18  -  YEN SREENIVASAN By [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Cargo today starts a once-weekly 8747-400 freighter service to the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi. The service will operate every Thursday with a routing of Hanoi-Shanghai-Singa-pore. "Vietnam is one of the fastest-growing economies in East Asia. This new freighter
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      253 18 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's national carrier Malaysian Airline System (MAS) said that a government decision to open the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singapore route to competition ahead of time will hurt earnings, but added that it was on track to meet its 2007 profit target.
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      413 18 Reuters HK airline in no hurry to buy new wide-body planes [NEW YORK] Cathay Pacific Airways will wait at least another two years before ordering any of the new wide-body planes offered by Boeing Co and Airbus, its chief executive said on Tuesday, despite
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      Lock icon Auckland airport rejects buyout offer
      202 18 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Auckland International Airport Ltd, New Zealand's busiest, has rejected Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's offer to buy a stake, saying it would have almost tripled the company's debt. Canada Pension's offer to buy up to a 49 per cent stake is not in
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      2356 18 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      316 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SNUDER SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Member's Voluntary Liquidation) Company Registration No: *****7702R NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of SNUDER SINGAPORE PTE LTD deemed to have been duly convened and held on 1 November
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      384 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS I Country person who could i r= i rr —i re —1 r^ bbmbmb provide free hampers (5,6) Revolutionary hiding wild _VM terrain, one looking bored? —r^ (7) I I m I r 8 Clan due to move, being without ties (7) "RT 10 Most unpleasant wine
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  • SHIPPING
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      460 19 Bloomberg But declines may be limited as rising dry-bulk trade, port bottlenecks expected [SINGAPORE] Coal and iron ore freight rates fell from records after eight days of gains. The declines may be limited on expectation of rising dry-bulk trade and bottlenecks at ports. The
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        107 19 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.96 0.38 7.75 1.26 6.90 0.87
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        36 19 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 1.37 9.90 9.80 5.40 2.92 0.27 2.70 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.01 0.01 143 1113 2001 1556 31 11 37
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        12 19 ■oo 'recious Ship Regional Cont .30.25 .29.75 -1.50 0.75 543! 45:
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        11 19 '000 Doil iingamas Cont .79.40 ...3.82 -0.15 -0.04 38) 398;
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        17 19 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine 7.30 41.50 2.00 0.10 unch unch 2711 621 5:
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        19 19 Evergreen Marine ....31.70 :irst Steamship 89.90 Wan Hai Lines 32.60 fan a Mina Marine...26.45 -0.30 unch 0.50 -1.00
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        37 19 '000 'en :awasaki Hvy Ind ..413.00 -2.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen ...1581.00 -52.00 8131 /litsubishi Hvy 664.00 13.00 ***** /litsui Eng&Sbldg...670.00 -7.00 6844 /litsuiOsk Lines ...1884.00 -72.00 ***** Jippon Express 576.00 1.00 4947 lipponYusen 1180.00 -49.00 8901
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      458 20 SOME Singaporeans want foreigners kept out of their neighbourhoods. It's hardly the first time that rants against foreigners usually in private, when they occur get a public airing. But to have the Prime Minister note that perhaps there is a growing "unease" among some Singaporeans, and
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      1250 20  - Why the US dollar party may yet end. ROMAN SCOn And why the Singapore dollar is the investment holding currency of choice By FOR all the foolish chatter about an "unprecedented" meltdown, the ongoing CDO (collateralised debt obligations) crisis is but a re-run of a regular occurrence in the banking
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      777 20  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY THE BOTTOM LINE I RECENTLY visited Washington and upon arriving at Dulles International Airport, had to endure fingerprint checks, photographing and questions as to why I was there, how long I intended to stay etc (even though I have a five-year visa issued by
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      960 21  -  IVAN PNG Will China take military action against Taiwan, act to curb inflation and restore key official appointments once the event closes? By THE XXIX Olympiad, better known as the Summer Olympics, is scheduled to open in Beijing onAugB, 2008. With the opening
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      715 21  -  MATTHEW LYNN Bloomberg UK Chancellor Alistair Darling doesn't like them. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson don't either. Sovereign wealth funds, the huge pools of capital built up by a small group of mainly oil-rich nations
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      7767 22 Transaction date: Oct 31 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High ow Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 14 1100 AEM 42 10
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      2146 22 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo] Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii 30 11.5 1181 AAGrp 41.5 19 5000 ABR Hldgs 31 23.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 2 1501 Advanced System 70.5 14.5 1524 Alantac 22.5 8
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      210 22 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      369 23 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct 30 World Index Preliminary 1184.4 -0.5 7.6 -0.4 6.2 -0.4 12.: EAFE Preliminary 1177.5 -0.4 6.3 -0.3 8.0 -0.3 14.: Euro[ Preliminary 1602.7 -0.5
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      131 23 As at 9am MUIC riHIC) Oct31 ingapore dollars to one unit >f foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer iust dollar 1.3280 1.3440 an dollar 1.5120 1.5290 uro 2.0810 2.1040 Z dollar 1.1000 1.1230 terlinc nd_ 2.9830 3.0160 S dollar 1.4410 1.4580 ocal dollars to 100 units )f
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      163 23 Oct 31 er Overnight 2 1/4 1 -month 2 3/8 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 1/2 Overnight mode: 2 9/32 US$ Offer 2 1/8 2 1/4 2 5/16 2 3/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.75 4.74
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      22 23 Oct 31 STI ;iMSCI Nov 463.9 465.9 462.5 "aiwan Nov 382 384.5 383.3 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 23 Oct 31 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4460 1.4473 2-months 1.4433 1.4447 3-months 1.4400 1.4415 6-months 1.4329 1.4345 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      152 23 Oct 31 lurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3378 1.3391 0.9232 0.9234 "anadian dollar 1.5188 1.5208 1.0481 1.0487 :uro 2.0935 2.0952 1.4447 1.4448 IZ dollar 1.1117 1.1130 0.7672 0.7675 jterlim 3.0021 3.0048 2.0717 2.0720 IS dollar 1.4491 1.4502 >$/US$
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      336 23 Oct 31 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 95.295 95.605 95.735 95.810 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 5784 8034 EUROYEN FUTURES Dec07 99.190 99.190 Mar08 99.180 99.180 Jun08 99.155 99.155 Sep08 99.100 99.105 Dec08 99.050 99.050 Mar09 98.990B Jun09 Sep09
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      290 23 Oct 31 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High j Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 362.50 365.00 369.00 369.75 372.75 377.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month HigJ i!L Low Sett Volume
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      105 23 Oct 30 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 07 992.00 1011.00 1004.75 991.00 Jan 08 1009.25 1028.75 1022.75 1008.00 Mar 08 1023.25 1043.50 1037.00 1022.00 May 08 1028.00 1046.50 1040.00 1028.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 41.68 42.20 41.98
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 23 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 30 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 88.87 -0.87 WTI (Near Mth) 90.00 -3.53 Dubai (1-Mth F) 83.87 0.12 Tapis blend 94.6 -0.15 Minas 92.5 -0.2 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 87.32 102.10 0.27 0.55 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      468 23 Oct 31 AS_ C$_ Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Rut Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS_ Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USJ Australia 0.881 6.892 0.639 7.156 36.306 84.043 1.060 8.316 3.082 1.203 56.067 40.330 1.338 6.033 1.069 29.915 31.378 0.446 0.923 Canada 1.135 7.825
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      89 23 Oct 31 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's ill Low 3-Month BQ*****N 31.01.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.28 2.17 2.21 2.21 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year
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      955 27  -  Besides going indirect through its retail partnership with Courts, the computer giant is also set to unveil a host of new services in a bid to to boost its PC business, writes WINSTON CHAI DELL has branched out of its
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      625 27  -  ONG BOON KIAT By ONE of the most eagerly anticipated computer games this year, Hellgate: London, went on sale in Singapore yesterday. The launch at the Funan DigitaLife Mall also coincided with the game's worldwide launch, and with the
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      674 27  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY By SINGAPORE should breathe a sigh of relief that it has a very effective system for teaching maths to its citizen, according to a top official of chipmaker Intel Corp. In a chat with BizlT about the future of
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      533 27  -  WINSTON CHAI By ANXIOUS parents and homeowners are turning to Web surveillance to keep tabs on their toddlers and homes. And this trend has propped up D-Link's Internet camera sales in Singapore by nearly four-fold in the past year. "We are selling about 500
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      278 27 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Google Inc, capitalising on the popularity of Internet social networking, introduced software that lets developers put their programs on a range of websites, including those owned by LinkedIn Corp and Friendster Inc. The software, called Open Social, allows creators of
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      694 29 Bloomberg Run on Northern Rock signals boom may be ending [LONDON] Nick Collins, an independent London real estate broker who has had record profits every year since 2003, took a hit in September and that may be bad news for a UK economy built
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      348 30 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Estate, Japan's largest developer by market value, said first-half profit fell 14 per cent on rising costs at its office and commercial building segment and declining sales from development. Net income was 25.4 billion yen (Ss32o million) in the
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      Lock icon Two 99-year sites up for collective sale
      518 31  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Chancery Court, Thomson View tenders likely to close in early Dec By [SINGAPORE] Chancery Court and Thomson View Condo, both 99-year leasehold properties, are being put up for collective sale, with respective guide prices of $468 million and $550 million. Chancery
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      1056 32  -  at Marina Bay Financial Centre CLARISSA TAN looks at why Standard Chartered has picked the upcoming Marina Bay Financial Centre to centralise its operations WHEN it comes to choosing a location, banks say they look for one thing above all accessibility. Proximity to train and bus
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      Lock icon Australian building approvals rise in Sept
      595 33 Bloomberg The number of approvals gained 6.8% to 13,710 from August [SINGAPORE] Australia's home-building approvals rose almost seven times as much as forecast in September as a housing shortage and rising rents encouraged investors to buy property. The number of approvals to build or
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      Lock icon Park Hotel Group opens Kunming hotel today
      225 33 SINGAPORE-BASED Park Hotel Group has added the five-star Harbour Plaza hotel in Kunming, China to its portfolio. The hotel, one of the best in Kunming, has been renamed Grand Park Hotel Kunming and begins operations today. It has a total of 300 rooms
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      542 34  - Atrium Orchard could fetch over $1b: analysts KALPANA RASHIWALA Govt expected to put property up for sale with fresh 99-year lease By SINGAPORE Land Authority is putting up The Atrium Orchard for sale, BT understands. Market watchers say the property is expected to fetch over $1 billion. They reckon the
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      Lock icon Brisk sales at newly-launched suburban projects
      463 34  -  ARTHUR SIM Analysts looking to see effect of scrapping of deferred payment By UIC Ltd is launching its 192-unit Park Natura development across from Bukit Batok Nature Park, and market watchers will be eager to see how sales will be affected by the US
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      314 29 For Sale By Tender MB Prime Industrial Building At Alexandra Terrace 6 Storey Building Land Area 13,601 sq ft (approx) Gross Floor Area: 30,475 sq ft (approx) Tenure Freehold Near future circle line MRT Sold with vacant possession Closing Date: 28 th November 2007 www.savills.com.sg ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■IflflipilipfeßlllipHl Invitation for Expression of
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      143 29 For Sale WM By Tender MB Prime Industrial Land At Pasir Panjang Road Land Area 34,787 sq ft Tenure Freehold Near future circle line MRT Sold with vacant possession Closing Date: 15 th November 2007 www.savills.com.sg CHANCERY COURT Prime Residential Site For Sale XXvXscgs I Next-to Anglo-Chinese School \\\^v (Bark^^^
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      101 30 E OI Rare Residential SiteSSb"" b" X yJI s s in Joo Chiat Lane I Ss' I-—■ I Complex HospiSl Subject Site -100% Consensus i—ll"^^.^. Address: 45 Joo Chiat Lane H Sr Site Area: ***** sq.ft. t^^^^^TT^ igKatong I —Koon Seng Plot ratio: 1.4 (Up to 5 storeys) p™oi Ti"
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