The Business Times, 20 November 2007

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm a Singapore press holdings publication coregnnoi9B4o2B6Be mica (p) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, November 20,2007
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  • 112 1 Temasek has majority shares in two companies operating in the same sector. Telkomsel has been keeping cellular tariffs at excessively high rates. Telkomsel has abused its dominant market position to limit the market and development of technology. Temasek guilty of crossownership through its indirect shares in Telkomsel (through
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  • 867 1  -  LAUREL TEO Spore company told to divest one of two telco stakes, on top of a 25b rupiah fine in Jakarta IN a stunning verdict issued here yesterday, Temasek Holdings has been ordered to sell off either one of the indirect stakes it
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  • 835 1  -  ANNA TEO MTI Easing resource crunch, cyclical downturn will prevent overheating: officials By [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Trade Industry has raised slightly its forecast of GDP growth in 2008, but maintains that the economy has not become "too hot". In a somewhat unusual
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 42 1 WB§ ASEAN SUMMIT PROPERTY SME (^^5^. Opening up is the *jfittil Balestier terrace IT5 Grand Team taps ;L way to go: Premier Wen Will I h°usess°ldfor$61m Vj OTC Capital II PAGES 3 15 mM- PAGE 38 T PAGE 16 3^%^ PAGE 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 526 2  -  SIOW LI SEN Societe Generale agrees to a refund if transactions are found to be invalid [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Marine has agreed to part with U*****.45 million plus agreed interest to Societe Generale to close out foreign exchange trades that had led
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 64 2 THE policy of reform and opening up is crucial to China's growth and there is no turning back on it, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said yesterday. He noted that opening up has worked for Singapore and a review of
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      • 51 2 WHfLE mergers between Asian exchanges are unlikely at this time, there are still other ways to foster a more liquid and integrated Asian market, said Singapore Exchange chief Hsieh Fu Hua yesterday. These include trading collaboration, clearing collaboration and capital alliances. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE
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      • 58 2 THE Singapore Exchange has agreed to accept the offer of a 20 per cent equity stake in Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp (PDS) for an estimated investment of 150 million Philippine pesos (about Sss million). PDS operates a fixed-income exchange, depository and
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      • 70 2 MORE Singapore stocks met analysts' expectations in the third quarter than in the previous quarter, suggesting that the potential for upward revisions to market earnings growth may be limited, Citigroup Global Markets said. Citigroup said that 66 per cent of the stocks of
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      • 89 2 SINGAPORE has trumped Hong Kong in being the easiest country in Asia and the second easiest worldwide in which to pay taxes, says the latest "Paying Taxes" report by the World Bank, International Finance Corp and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report the
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      • 55 2 JAPAN needs to cut government spending, as the nation's fiscal state could become unsustainable if it continues on its current path, the government's main budget advisory panel said yesterday in its final compilation of budget proposals for the next fiscal year starting in
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      • 36 2 CHINA supports a "strong dollar" because it would be conducive to fostering a healthy global economic system, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said yesterday. GREATER CHINA, PAGE 20
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      • 72 2 A ROW of 15 terrace houses in Jalan Bunga Raya have been sold for $61 million or an all-up unit land price of $739 per sq ft per plot ratio a record for freehold residential land in the Balestier/Novena area. Before the deal,
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    • 693 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH Large number of cash cheques among red flags cited [SINGAPORE] Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank (HVB) and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) were defrauded of millions by Asia Pacific Breweries' (APB) former finance manager, Chia Teck Leng, because they shared
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    • 326 2 Reuters [ZURICH] A string of spectacular diamond sales last week showed the world's richest people are still willing to spend, offsetting a disappointing art auction that some had seen as an omen of economic gloom. Fears that the su-per-rich might not
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    • 426 2  -  OH BOON PING Expansion was broad-based across most segments [SINGAPORE] The financial services sector expanded a blistering 19.9 per cent in the third quarter of this year its fastest pace of growth since Q2 of 1997. This was followed by the construction sector
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    • 695 3  -  LYNETTE KHOO ASEAN SUMMIT The details may change but China's policy is a long-term one [SINGAPORE] The policy of reform and opening up is crucial to China's growth and there is no turning back on it, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
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    • 461 3  -  CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] A free trade agreement between the US and Asean is "impossible" in the near future, given the current political situation in South-east Asia, the top United States trade official said yesterday. US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said that
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
      • 47 3 Monday Change 1,379.91 -6.73 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 15,042.56 -112.05 HANG SENG 27,460.17 -154.26 SET INDEX 831.14 -17.93 JAKARTA COMP 2,646.81 -21.89 MANILA COMP 3,645.22 +46.26 SEOUL COMP 1,893.47 -32.73 SHENZHEN B 708.93 +1.48 MUMBAI IND 19,633.36 -65.00 11AM EDT Change 13,019.82 -156.97 DOW NASDAQ 2,603.41 -33.83
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      • 29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.00 INDONESIA 15.265 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.50 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.03 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      • 42 3 us$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.449 (USS/SS )er 2.048 2.967 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.465 2.122 YEN 110.70 76.40 RM 3.374 2.329 HK$ 7.786 5.374 BAHT 33.85 23.37 RUPIAH 9,330 6,440 RENMINBI 7.426 5.126 INDIAN RUPEE 39.30 27.12 1.122 0.774 NZ$ 1.317 0.909
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 449 4  -  OH BOON PING Trading and clearing collaborations, capital alliances can combat challenges By WHILE mergers between Asian exchanges are unlikely at this time, there are still other ways to foster a more liquid and integrated Asian market, said Singapore Exchange chief Hsieh Fu Hua
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    • 236 4 It will invest 150 m Philippine pesos for 20% equity stake THE Singapore Exchange SGX) has agreed to accept the offer of a 20 per cent equity stake in Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp (PDS) for an estimated investment of 150 million Philippine
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    • 230 4 -Reuters [SINGAPORE] Shares of property trust LippoMapletree Indonesia Retail Trust started trade yesterday at 77.5 cents in their Singapore stock market debut, down 3.1 per cent against the issue price of 80 cents a unit. The units closed yesterday at 68 cents, down
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    • 279 4 Reuters [LONDON] Temasek, the Singapore investment company, has rebuffed an approach from China's three leading banks for its 17 per cent stake in UK-based Standard Chartered, a report said yesterday, sending shares in Standard Chartered more than 5 per cent higher. The
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    • 503 5  -  WEE LI-EN Citigroup says 66% of the stocks of listed firms met expectations in Q3 By MORE Singapore stocks met analysts' expectations in the third quarter than in the previous quarter, suggesting that the potential for upward revisions to market earnings growth may
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    • 752 5  -  YEN SREENIVASAN IT is not often that a major Japanese financial institution decides to figuratively get into bed with a smaller regional entity in South-east Asia. This is because almost two decades of slowdown and forced consolidations have left Japanese financial
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    • 418 8  -  RONNIE LIM Jasper unit to pay USsl9Bmforthe stake in offshore drilling firm By OFFSHORE drilling rigs are in hot demand as continuing high oil prices spur oil and gas exploration and production. And this has led Singapore Exchange-listed Jasper Investments to buy a
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    • 94 8 KEPPEL Corporation executive chairman him Chee Onn (left) meeting Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung at The Regent in Singapore yesterday. At the meeting, Mr him reiterated Keppel's commitment and desire to grow its presence in Vietnam. The Keppel group is one of Vietnam's pioneer and
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    • 365 8  -  VINCENT WEE KEPPEL Fels' (KepFels) tried and tested reputation has helped it land a US$2O6 million contract for a semi-submersible accommodation vessel from repeat customer Floatel International. This is the second contract Floatel has awarded to KepFels following an initial contract in April for another
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    • 521 10  -  YEN SREENIVASAN All 400 m new shares have been snapped up largely by institutional buyers DESPITE volatile market conditions and the prospect of earnings dilution on a per share basis, listed Chi-na-based shoemaker China Hongxing Sports has received unexpectedly strong response to its $472
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    • 381 10 AUSSINO Group, a lifestyle retailer, is positioning itself to ride on China's growing luxury fashion market through a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with UK's luxury fashion brand Hardy Amies. It has teamed up with Hardy Amies International Ltd (HAIL) to open Hardy Amies
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    • 284 12 Company expects to fulfil all orders by H1 2008 SMB United has boosted its local order book with contracts worth $21 million for the supply of switchgears and dynamic UPS (uninterrupted power supply) to a wafer fab plant. The order
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    • 253 12 OCBC celebrated the first anniversary of its Sunday banking by giving out cupcakes to staff and customers at its 10 Sunday banking branches. OCBC first introduced full-service Sunday banking in November last year at five branches at Toa Payoh Central, Jurong Point, Hougang
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 41 12 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering's ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems) has entered into an agreement with Ituran Location Control to acquire 93.96 per cent of Telematics Wireless for about US$BO million. Telematics is a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Ituran.
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      • 40 12 THAI Village reported a net profit of $2.62 million for the year ended Sept 30, 2007 reversing its net loss of $1.77 million the previous year. Revenue fell 4 per cent to $38.3 million.
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      • 50 12 SNF Corporation said it has formed a sub-committee to investigate allegations that its group financial controller William Tan Yew Chee has, among other things, compromised the firm's position in relation to various third parties. Meanwhile, it has suspended Mr Tan from his position with immediate effect.
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    • 233 4 ASEAN BUSINESS AWARDS 2007 The ASEAN Business Advisory Council, 2007 ASEAN Business Investment Summit Organising Committee and ASEAN Business Awards Committee congratulate the winners of the inaugural ASEAN Business Awards for being outstanding and successful companies and for contributing to ASEAN's economic growth and prosperity. Lead Presenter Co-Presenter Strategic Partner
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 552 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS STI falls 29 points as early bounce gives way to selling on spectre of weak Wall Street IT WOULD be fair to say that at the moment, sentiment in equities is the worst it has been for several months. The loss
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    • 105 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 9 6 0 0 0 4 9 6 Manufacturing 53 97 55 12 16 15 65 113 70 Commerce 15 37 21 11 17 48 24 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 22 10 11 23
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    • 117 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAI lulti Ind 29,779 29,779 105,726 105,721 lanufacturing 300,427 58,540 358,967 304,076 10,179 314,255 Commerce 99,775 11,692 111,467 66,837 2,339 69,171 ■pt/Stor/Comms 75,285 3,629 78,914 240,861 1,712 242,573 :inance 37,007 121 37,128 328,916 23 328,93! Construction 90,246 24,109 114,355 28,597 2,387 30,91
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    • 226 6 tod name lose lange Jlgreen 0.45 1.480 -0.020 \scendasreit 0.85 2.310 -0.020 lapitaComm 0.47 2.280 +0.030 la pita Land 4.47 6.800 :apitaMall 0.91 3.220 -0.020 :hart SemiCond 0.57 1.050 +0.020 jtyDev 2.71 14.000 -0.100 lomfortDelGro 1.30 1.830 +0.020 losco Corp 2.13 6.400 -0.150 Creative Tech 0.16
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    • Article, Illustration
      946 6  -  UMA SHANKARI Singapore Equity Strategy Citigroup Research, Nov 16 3Q07 wrap coming in line: 66 per cent of our Singapore universe meets Q3 estimates (versus 63 per cent in Q2). Of note, 26 per cent outperformed our expectations, compared with 28 per cent in 2Q07, and only 8
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    • 541 6  -  LARRY WEE THE Canadian dollar and the Chinese yuan were the stars of a mixed Asian currency session yesterday. Resurgent oil prices helped the re-source-rich Canadian dollar to post a handsome gain of almost one per cent yesterday, while comments from Chinese Premier
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    • 45 6 CLOSE -1529.00 +136.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 -176.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-153.00 All-SG Equities 953.66 -9.79 SG Equities Elect 103.02 -2.35 SG Equities Fin 2342.33 -27.11 SG Equities Prop 1374.04 -8.98 SIMSCI 415.46 -3.39 SIMSCI Futures 416.10 -1.40 PrimePartnersCI 256.48 -10.61
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    • 56 6 VOLUME LippoMapleT 139,743,000 ChinaNTown 52,504,000 Diqiland 35,825,000 Jasper 34,174,000 China Honqxinq 29,280,000 Asia Dekor 24,754,000 Golden Agri 21,923,000 Yanqzijianq 21,662,000 STI 3600SGAeCW*****0 19,274,000 Diqiland WOBOll6 19,000,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 142,710,722 LippoMapleT 101,434,750 Sing Tel 67,239,351 STXPOKWIOO 65,975,780 Keppel Corp 62,581,675 UOB 59,764,626 SGX 56,277,190 Capita Land 51,139,742
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    • 102 6 CLOSE UP 1120 20.0 1.8 B Sembawani OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 Pain 496 14.5 2.1 GLD 10US$ 7830 14.5 0.1 Boustead 238 10.0 4.4 SPC 780 10.0 1.3 Win. Tai R 70 9.5 15.7 Robinson 450 8.0 1.8 IS MSCI India 100 955 7.2 0.5 CDL HTrust
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    • 112 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 1800 -60.0 -3.2 Jardine C&C JSH 1460 -57.9 -2.7 China H 10US$ 2110 -57.9 -1.! Venture Con 1260 -50.0 -3.! UOB 1920 -40.0 -2.0 Han. |Sem 10US$ 352 -31.9 -5.! SGX 1300 -30.0 -2.3 JMH 2660 -29.0 -0.7 :hina Horn jxini 100 -25.0 -20.' CIMBAsean40
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    • 86 6 Wh lere S! i$ stands Nov 19 %CHNG CLOSE FRNOV16 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4460 0.41 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.1168 0.18 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 2.9629 0.11 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2888 0.25 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3094 0.53 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.47 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2705 0.39
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 733 13  -  MICHELLE QUAH Doing Business database A company takes only 49 hours a year to comply with tax obligations: report SINGAPORE has trumped Hong Kong in being the easiest country in Asia and the second easiest worldwide in which to
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    • 485 13  -  VINCENT WEE SINGAPORE is where the money is and where there's money, events will follow. This axiom has been proven yet again with the announcement of Singapore as the first and only Southeast Asian stopover port for the prestigious Volvo Ocean Race,
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    • 347 13  -  HAN MIN CHUNG THE first Korean Products Show in Singapore opened its doors yesterday to trade visitors and the public. There are 81 exhibitors, ranging from beauty and cosmetics companies, to makers of industrial equipment but what attracted particular attention were the robots: Home robots,
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    • 166 13 SINGAPORE has been selected as one of five candidate cities to host the first summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010. The rival cities are Athens, Bangkok, Moscow and Turin, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) saying that it will decide by February next year which
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    • 391 13  -  CHEN HUIFEN US hospital equipment supplier Hill-Rom will set up its first Asian research and development unit in Singapore. The Asia Pacific Innovation Center, to be up and running by March next year, will hire up to 60 workers over
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  • ASEAN SUMMIT
    • 364 15  -  LYNETTE KHOO Myanmar says envoy should report to only UN, and not Asean: PM Lee UNITED Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari will not address Asean or East Asian leaders on Myanmar as previously scheduled. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told reporters at a midnight briefing
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    • 371 15  -  MATTHEW PHAN THE Asean Charter that South-east Asian leaders will sign into place tomorrow will allow them to act against members who violate agreements, a spokesman for the Asean Summit said yesterday. But the charter will not specify action for particular
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    • 304 15  -  CHUANG PECK MING FORTY years after it was set up, Asean will finally get a legal identity tomorrow with the formal adoption of the Charter of the Association of South-east Asian Nations at the 13th Asean Summit in Singapore. It will
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    • 106 15 Bloomberg Myanmar to sign Asean charter MYANMAR will sign a charter of the Association of South-east Asian Nations that will set trading rules and legalise the grouping, Foreign Minister U Nyan Win said. Asean officials submitted a copy of the charter to foreign ministers from the 10-nation group
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    • 201 15 AFP THE 10-nation Asean bloc will not resume negotiations with India on a free trade agreement (FTA) until New Delhi comes up with a better offer, officials said yesterday. Trade ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are
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  • SMEspotlight
    • 641 16 Precision tool maker raising funds with issue of 27m preference shares to expand its business. OH BOON PING reports HEN precision tool maker Grand Team Technologies first opened its doors in 1999, it was an operation with less than 10 people. Sales in Grand Team's
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    • 293 16  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By MOST franchisors consider franchising a more feasible option for expansion overseas as it reduces the business risk of investing in their own outlets in a foreign market, according to a survey. Sixty-one existing and potential franchisors were polled between July
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    • 715 17 SMALL CAPS Metax Engg eyes overseas expansion as more nations go green, writes OH BOON PING DESPITE a drop in full-year sales, Metax Engineering has high hopes and is planning geographical expansion and diversifying into non-water-related projects. In particular, the provider of engineering, procurement and construction
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 525 18 Reuters If current structure is unchecked, fiscal conditions will not be sustainable [TOKYO] Japan needs to cut government spending, as the nation's fiscal state could become unsustainable if it continues on its current path, the government's main budget advisory panel said yesterday. "If
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    • 656 18 Bloomberg Members to discuss proposal to revalue currencies at Doha summit next month [DUBAI] When central bankers in the Middle East say that they have no plans to end their fixed exchange rates to the US dollar, the currency market hears the opposite.
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 547 19  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT ONE could say it has all to do with Time. Last week, Malaysia's Time dot Com and Norway's Tel-enor-controlled Digi.Com announced a strategic and equity alliance between the 2 telcos that would in essence give the latter access
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    • 485 19  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA'S luxury watch market may be smaller than Singapore's but according to Sincere Watch, it is a "natural market" to cultivate owing to the keen interest shown by locals in high-end timepieces coupled with the expanding pool of Middle Eastern tourists
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    • 174 19 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's white-collar crime police chief was charged with abuse of power yesterday after already facing corruption charges for not declaring shares and property, a report said. Ramli Yusoff is the most senior officer in the country to be charged for
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 361 20 Reuters, AFP Beijing hopes for an orderly solution following recent market turbulence [CAPE TOWN] China supports a "strong dollar" because it would be conducive to fostering a healthy global economic system, the country's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said yesterday. Speaking to reporters,
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    • 242 20 -AFP [BEIJING] China's banking watchdog yesterday denied a report that it had ordered local lenders to freeze lending until the end of the year. The Wall Street Journal said that China had told banks to maintain their loan portfolios at end-October levels. "I never
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    • 7751 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mat (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.04/ Star Europe Bond 1.226/ Star Europe Bal 1.247/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.691/ Star Asia Bond 1.255/ Star Asia Balanced 1.071/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.233/ Multi St Fd 0.955/ Star Asia Bond(USD 0.863/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • INDIA
    • 582 21 Bloomberg Top official says hike needed as subsidy burden, especially on kerosene, is hefty [SINGAPORE] India may be forced to raise petrol prices if crude oil costs remain at current record levels, said Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a key economic
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    • 273 21 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Mitsui Co has been discouraged from investing in India because of the country's poor roads, ports and other infrastructure, said Gempachiro Aihara, the head of Asian operations at Japan's second-largest trading firm. Congested ports and roads and power shortages
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  • MIDDLE EAST
    • 407 22 Reuters Prospective investors given indicative price range of US$l.25 to US$l.3O: source [DUBAI] Dubai has lifted the stake it plans to sell in port operator DP World to 23 per cent on stronger than expected demand, allowing it to raise as
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    • 204 23 NBHHHH9 (3-5 years in Singapore) Business-To-Business winners: Business-To-Consumer winners: Ij,LVJj;|JMH JD Mil Jork^t massimmo PropNex Mi RUSTIC B^Jtdl'.MmtTf^ 1 wood doctor r, (^Jnißmnfl HBl (llhH^ri I iSSS-eSSi >-^— fc h o»*-i subtle senses jtfiiA-aaaiHiJj.i i 111 W (6-30 years in Singapore) Business-To-Business winners: Business-To-Consumer winners: f^J A Financial PR AJLAS
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 454 24 Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said that he wants a national election to be held on Jan 8 but despite pressure from the US over the weekend, he did not say whether emergency rule would be revoked beforehand. "Inshallah (God willing), the
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    • 553 24 Bloomberg Dollar's decline has prompted investors to switch funds into gold, silver and oil [LONDON] Crude oil prices rose on speculation the weakening US dollar will spur demand for the commodity from buyers holding other currencies. The dollar's 10 per cent decline this year
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    • 327 24 Reuters [NEW YORK] Goldman Sachs Co analysts downgraded Citigroup to "sell" and said the largest US bank may have to write off US$l5 billion for debt losses over the next two quarters. The report by analysts led by William Tanona came shortly after Citigroup's own chief US
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    • 555 24 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Climate change may cut rice and wheat yields in Asia and wipe out decades of social and economic progress, a report on the environment says. "An increase of just one degree Celsius in night-time temperatures during the growing season
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    • 323 24 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand policies aimed at tackling global warming from next year could become another headache for the central bank, with higher energy costs threatening to heat up inflation pressures. An emissions trading scheme, which will cap the amount of greenhouse gases
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  • WORLD
    • 677 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Ethanol, the centrepiece of President George W Bush's plan to wean the US from oil, is the worst energy investment this year. The corn-based fuel tumbled 57 per cent from last year's record of U554.33 a gallon and drove crop prices to
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    • 809 25 AP Uncertainty looms over island hit by energy costs, loss of US tax breaks [CIDRA, Puerto Rico] First to go was a factory that produced generic drugs. Next, a pharmaceutical supply company said it would close. Then, GlaxoSmithKline said last month it would
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    • 433 25 Bloomberg [NEW YORK]What do Abby Joseph Cohen, Jason Trennert and David Bianco know that the Dow Theory doesn't? The strategists at Goldman Sachs Group, Strategas Research Partners LLC and ÜBS say the Standard Poor's 500 Index will climb 9.7 per cent to 1,600
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    • 134 25 Reuters [LONDON] Britain said that it may offer financial help to potential rescuers of Northern Rock, even though this would need to be approved by the European Union, as it emerged that proposals put forward so far were pitched low. Northern Rock shares tumbled
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  • AVIATION
    • 339 26  -  YEN SREENIVASAN He was one of the founders of SIA as well as low-cost carrier, ValuAir [SINGAPORE] Aviation industry veteran Lim Chin Beng has been appointed chairman of Changi Airports International (CAI), replacing chairman Bobby Chin YC. Mr Lim, who was one of the
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    • 372 26  -  SIDDHARTH Infrastructure not matching sector's growth: observers SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi THE increasingly crowded skies above India brought about by the rapidly expanding number of airlines has seen an alarming increase in mid-air near-miss-es. There are now on average two such incidents a
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    • 190 26 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines (CEA) said yesterday that it had agreed to sell its investment arm to its state parent for 462 million yuan (Ss9o million) to focus on its core business. China Eastern Airlines, in which Singapore Airlines Ltd and
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    • 125 26  -  Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia's budget carrier Sriwijaya Air plans to open its first overseas routes to cities in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore early next year. The company said the new routes would link overseas destinations with Indonesian cities other than Jakarta. "We will fly Malaysia and
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    • 101 26 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will make a decision on its new plane purchases by the end of the first quarter, the company's chief executive officer said. The purchases will be for the period after
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    • 254 26 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Billionaire Richard Branson said that he'd prefer a 900-seat version of the Airbus SAS A3BO superjumbo for his Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd and would wait for a stretched version of the aircraft to be developed. "Ideally, we'd like Airbus to stretch them
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    • 2380 26 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airhn-: (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airline; (BOU), BR
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 392 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Top piece of chessman j found in station (5,5) H^^^^HJ 6 Mathematical symbol, as BH BB BB BB I^Bhnl II seen in nearby black squares I 9 Did some calculations, and __HH__^H__|M^^^JH^__HH__HH__HH__ generated new issue (10) 12 I I I^T^l 10 Type of person occupying L^J L^J
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  • SHIPPING
    • 801 27 Downturn in rates will be accompanied by a downturn in asset prices: CEO [KUALA LUMPUR] Amidst fears of a tanker glut, MISC Bhd sees growth opportunities in the tanker business, says a report in The StarBiz. MISC is Malaysia's largest petroleum
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    • 306 27 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipyard, said profit last month more than doubled from a year earlier as it built more vessels at higher prices. Net income in October increased to 55.8 billion won (5587.9 million) from 23.5
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    • 159 27 Reuters [BANGKOK] Precious Shipping, Thailand's largest shipping firm, said yesterday it planned to spend US$474 million on 15 new vessels to replace its ageing fleet. About 80 per cent of the purchase by Precious, a dry bulk carrier, would be funded through bank loans
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
      • 107 27 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.99 0.37 6.55 1.23 6.30 0.86
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      • 30 27 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 1.38 9.95 9.95 4.42 2.94 unch -0.02 unch 0.25 -0.02 -0.01 unch 43' 21) 1011 371 121
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      • 12 27 ■oo ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 36.75 29.75 -0.50 -0.50 321 161:
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      • 20 27 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.00 37.50 unch 1.80 -0.10 -1.50 unch -0.24 1261 75)
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      • 24 27 Evergreen Marine ....32.00 :irst Steamship 96.30 Wan Hai Lines 26.20 fang Ming Marine ..28.30 1.40 6.30 unch 0.40 T. 11 4! 1( 4!
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      • 37 27 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..458.00 unch 1124! :awasaki Kisen ...1654.00 -33.00 589: /litsubishi Hvy 734.00 1.00 1700: /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..685.00 14.00 958! /litsuiOsk Lines ...1880.00 -5.00 697: lippon Express 641.00 12.00 549! lipponYusen 1167.00 15.00 732!
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    • 152 27 Reuters [HONG KONG] China's third-largest dry bulk shipper, Sinotrans Shipping Ltd, raised US$l.47 billion after it priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at the top of an indicated range, a source close to the deal said. The company, a key ves-sel-owning unit
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    • 86 27 [SHIMONOSEKI, Japan] Japanese whaling vessels, Yushin Maru (right), and No 3 Yushin Maru, depart port on a hunt that will include humpbacks a favourite among whale-watchers -for the first time in decades in Shimonoseki, South-western Japan, on Sunday. Four ships, including the 8,044-ton mother ship Nisshin
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    • 249 27 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] The global market for dry-bulk cargo shipping will probably remain "tight" next year, supported by congestion at ports and rising demand for commodities in Asia, Lon-don-based Simpson, Spence and Young Ltd said. The level of bottlenecks at Australian ports
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    • 103 27 CRITICAL BUNKER RECOVERY PASIR GUDANG TRADE EFFECTIVE 15 DECEMBER 2007 With the drastic increase in bunker prices which greatly increased the operating Cost, the following feeder operators have no other alternative but to implement the Critical Bunker Recovery (CBR) for all SOC Shipments (Laden and Empty) with effect from 15
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 529 28 NAIVE is the word that most readily springs to mind in describing the oddly upbeat analysis of East Asia's short to medium-term economic prospects published last week by the World Bank. Dangerous nonsense would be the preferred terms for those who might use
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    • 1114 28  -  TIGER TONG The city has become a benchmark for the investment environment in inland China DESPITE the worsening US sub-prime crisis and the soaring oil price, the World Bank maintains its forecast for China's 2007 economic growth rate at 11.3 per cent,
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    • 731 28  -  SHADA ISLAM THE BOTTOM LINE EUROPEAN Union leaders are set to hold a series ol high-level meetings with their counterparts from Asean, China and India later this month in a bid to upgrade the 27-nation bloc's so-far uninspiring relationship with key Asian states.
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    • 1081 29 LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE refer to the article "LMA's share option plan raises questions" (BT, Mov 2) by Michelle Quah md would like to respond to the questions raised in respect of our executive share option scheme. This is necessary
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    • 904 29  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg As long as economic policymakers act responsibly and transparently, Asia can avoid excessive price increases ASIANS sure are unique; they don't eat and they don't use energy. That's nonsense, of course, yet it's how some are viewing Asia. Even as prices
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8691 30 52-wks Tel )h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hii Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div Gr Yld C'vr Net P/E MCap $mil Hii Com[ 1 an; 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 368 31 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov 16 World Index Preliminan 1117.5 -0.5 1.5 -0.4 0.7 -0.5 6.3 f EAFE Preliminan 1106.8 -1.1 -0.1 -0.9 2.7 -1.1 8., Euri Preliminary 1520.0 -0.8 1.8 -0.7 4.6 -0.8 10.5 Pacific
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    • 62 31 Novl9 I Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Dec 07 2924 2942 2942 2920 403 6221 Jan 08 2923 2951 2951 2919 1290 ***** Feb OS 2925 2950 2952 2920 4325 ***** Mar 08 2922 2949 2950 2922 861 6498
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    • 25 31 Nov 19 len Hii Sett STI SIMSCI Nov 416.7 421 416.1 Taiwan Nov 341.5 344.3 337.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 22 31 Nov 19 s: Bid Offer 1-month 1.4450 1.4462 2-months 1.4420 1.4432 3-months 1.4395 1.4408 6-months 1.4322 1.4335 Source: OCBC
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    • 158 31 Nov 19 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2907 1.2923 0.8912 0.8917 Canadian dollar 1.4860 1.4875 1.0261 1.0264 Euro 2.1213 2.1231 1.4647 1.4649 NZ dollar 1.0990 1.1012 0.7588 0.7598 Sterlinc md 2.9657 2.9685 2.0477 2.0482
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    • 354 31 Nov 19 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 EUROYEN FUTURES 95.090 95.695 96.050 96.215 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 8926 DecO7 99.160 99.160 MarO8 99.165 99.170 JunO8 99.155 99.160 SepO8 99.125 99.130 DecO8 99.070 99.075B MarO9 99.030 99.030 JunO9
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    • 273 31 Nov 19 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Dec 07 Jan 08 FebO8 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 353.00 352.75 353.50 356.75 360.75 363.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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    • 131 31 As at 9am Novl9 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2930 1.3090 Can dollar 1.4800 1.4980 Euro 2.1140 2.1390 NZ dollar 1.0910 1.1160 Sterlini 2.9600 2.9940 US dollar 1.4400 1.4570 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies
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    • 165 31 I Novl9 $S^ Offer Bid Overnight 1 3/4 1-month 2 1/4 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 1/2 Overnight mode: 1 5/8 US$ Offer 1 1/2 2 1/8 2 5/16 2 3/8 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.80
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    • 465 31 Novl9 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: lustralia 0.869 6.620 0.609 6.941 35.031 83.168 0.987 8.194 3.008 1.174 54.566 38.506 1.292 5.975 0.996 28.859 30.178 0.435 0.891 :anada 1.151 7.621 0.701
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    • 164 31 Nov 19 I iOLD (USS/oz) Nov 16 Nov 19 GOLD BULLION COINS Hong Kong .ondon 787.50 787.50 788.50 788.50 Nov 16 Nov 15 789.75 793.10 790.45 793.90 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1287.21 1155 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying Togm $451.54 370 SILVER Selling
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    • 66 31 Novl9 (US$) (SS) 4.***** 2.***** 6mths 2.***** 9mths 2.***** 12mths 2.***** mth mths 4.***** 2.***** mths 4.***** 2.***** 2 mths mths mths 4.***** 4.***** 4.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs 3.***** 7yrs 3.***** 10yrs 3.***** 12 yrs
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    • 85 31 Novl9 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Day's High Low I-Month BQ*****E 21.02.08 -Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.31 2.20 2.25 2.25 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year N*****0Z 2.375 i-Year N*****1E 2.500 '-Year NX*****F 3.625 0-Year NY*****F 3.750 5-Year NY*****X 3.125
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    • 67 31 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2502.10 2521.50 3 months 2550.00 2569.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7002.00 7040.00 6897.00 6929.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3339.50 3 months 3310.00 3528.00 3490.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash *****.50 *****.00 3
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    • 103 31 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1077.75 1078.75 1088.00 1077.00 Mar 08 1093.75 1094.25 1103.00 1093.00 May 08 1098.25 1098.25 1106.50 1098.00 Jul 08 1102.25 1100.00 1110.00 1101.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 44.82 44.66 45.04 44.68 Jan
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    • 78 31 Novie COCOA (Btonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 924 922 Mar 08 957 955 May 08 971 970 Jul 08 987 928/920 960/951 974/967 991/984 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov07 2381 2389 2405/2380 Jan 08 1879 1891 1905/1879 Mar 08 1845 1854 1866/1844 May 08 1850 1858
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    • 75 31 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Novl6 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 91.48 1.77 WTI (Near Mth) 94.84 1.39 Dubai (1-Mth F) 84.9 -0.5 Tapis blend 95.35 -0.65 Minas 91.2 -0.4 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 89.35 113.55 0.75 0.8 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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    • 4831 35 INFO MEMO TO SHAREHOLDERS in relation to 1. The Acquisition Plan 2. The Extension of time for Conversion of Warrants 3. The appointment of Osman Bing Satrio Rekan as Public Accountant of The Company THIS INFORMATION IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF THE SHAREHOLDERS PT BERLIAN LAJU TANKER Tbk
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  • PROPERTY
    • 468 36  -  UMA SHANKARI 70 units snapped up within hours during private preview at $1,650 psf average MORE than 70 of the 114 units at Voda Land's Amber Residences in Amber Road were snapped up within hours during a private preview on Sunday at an average price
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    • 531 38  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Buyer pays $739 ppr, a record for freehold residential land in vicinity A ROW of 15 terrace houses in Jalan Bunga Raya have been sold for $61 million or an all-up unit land price of $739 per sq ft per plot
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