The Business Times, 20 February 2008

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Wednesday, February 20,2008
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  • Article
    Lock icon Companies count the costs of a Catalist listing
    1015 1  -  LYNETTE KHOO Sponsors expect to charge healthy amounts for the risk and effort on their plate By [SINGAPORE] Listing on Singapore Exchange's (SGX) secondary board will not be an inexpensive affair. But the sponsors charged with shepherding the companies on Catalist indicated
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    Lock icon HK taxpayers seek giveaways, while experts advise caution
    650 1  -  JANE MOIR Huge surplus raises pressure on policymakers to share the windfall in Budget By in Hong Kong HONG KONG taxpayers are on the lookout for major giveaways in this year's Budget as the city sits on an expected surplus of more
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Knock-on effects of credit crisis may be dire
      685 2  -  TEH HOOI LING GIC official worries about US job losses, forced home-selling By [SINGAPORE] Painting a very dire picture of what could unfold from the current credit crisis, GIC Asset Management's director of economics and strategy Yeoh Lam Keong said there is
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      Lock icon MAS fears Asia will hurt if US engine seizes
      698 2  -  SIOW Ll SEN A negative spiral can take hold, affecting even the real economy By [SINGAPORE] A sharp and deep recession in the United States will hit Asian economies, warned Heng Swee Kiat, managing director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), yesterday.
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 5.75 INDONESIA 15.882 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 6.00 CANADA 5.75 SWITZERLAND 4.50 INDIA 12.50 Source:
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        Lock icon MARKETS
        44 2 uesi iam ICOMP 1,425.49 +12.66 IIKKEI225 13,757.91 +122.51 IANG SENG 24,123.17 +363.92 ;et INDEX 835.62 +10.63 JAKARTA COMP 2,711.87 +27.17 1ANILA COMP 3,190.67 +27.42 ;eoulcomp 1,720.52 +24.28 ;henzhenb 664.28 -1.17 IUMBAI IND 18,075.66 +27.61 11AM EDT Change 12,434.42 +86.21 )OW IASDAQ 2,333.88 +12.08
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        Lock icon FOREX
        39 2 IS$ (S$ )er US$) 1.411 (US$/S$ per 1.953 2.756 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.474 2.080 'EN 107.70 76.30 3.223 2.284 N<$ 7.800 5.527 !AHT 32.52 23.04 tJPIAH 9,170 6,498 1ENMINBI 7.156 5.070 INDIAN RUPEE 39.88 28.26 1.087 0.770 IZ$ 1.253 0.888
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Aerospace sector's outlook positive in long term: PM Lee
        63 2 DESPITE facing turbulent times in the year ahead in the form of high fuel prices and a slowing US economy, the longer-term outlook for the aerospace industry remains positive, noted Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who was speaking at the official
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        Lock icon Russian steel giant to buy up to 51.05% of Delong
        68 2 UK-LISTED Evraz Group SA has entered into an agreement to acquire up to 51.05 per cent of China-based hot-rolled coil maker Delong Holdings for about $1.08 billion or $3.9459 a share. Evraz the Russian steel and mining giant is buying
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        Lock icon Parkway Life's maiden results beat forecasts
        69 2 PARKWAY Life Reit has beat forecasts in its maiden results. It reported a distributable income of $13.64 million for the period Aug 23, when it was listed, to Dec 31, 2007. This was 5.81 per cent better than its projection of $12.89 million. This
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        Lock icon China firm puts in top bid for Bishan HDB site
        67 2 CHINA-BASED builder Qingdao Construction Group Corporation has put in the top bid of $135,888,777 or $237 per square per plot ratio for a Housing and Development Board Design, Build and Sell Scheme site in Bishan. The tender for the site
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        Lock icon Imported luxury used cars enjoy sales boom
        67 2 SALES of high-end imported used cars are booming and dealers of such vehicles expect them to get stronger because of the attractive savings and the way that the vehicles are immediately available. There are only a handful of retailers here and they say
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        Lock icon HK$60b bridge project looks set to go ahead
        81 2 A PROJECT to build a bridge Unking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai in southern China looks set to go ahead after 25 years of debate and lobbying. The final hurdle of setting out exactly who will pay what for the massive infrastructure
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      Lock icon Aerospace sector's outlook positive in long term: PM Lee
      513 4  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI He sees Singapore well-positioned to ride various growth trends in Asia By ;SINGAPORE] Despite facing turbulent times in the ahead in the form of tiigh fuel prices and a slowing US economy, the long-3r-term outlook for the aerospace industry
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      Lock icon Crushing defeat for Musharraf in the polls
      619 4 Reuters PAKISTAN ELECTION Implications for unpopular president ominous: analysts [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf s opponents won a big election victory yesterday after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the US ally who has ruled since 1999.
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      Lock icon Fidel Castro resigns as Cuban president
      259 4 -AFP [HAVANA] Ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro permanently gave up the Cuban presidency yesterday, ending five decades of ironclad rule of the island marked by his brash defiance of the United States. In a message published by the online version of the Cuban Communist
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Three-way currency split reinforced
      700 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES Wall St resilience may even have helped by checking risk aversion jitters THE case for a three-way currency split presented here last week seems to have been borne out by recent price action. The relative resilience of Wall Street may even have helped,
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      Lock icon Financial market recap
      230 6 Changes over the past week YEAR TO DATE FEB 19'08 HIGH LOW CLOSE CHNG US$ vs CURRENCY JPY 107.45 0.39 124.16 104.95 SGD 1.4125 -0.44 1.5479 1.4105* IDR 9160 -1.24 9500 8650 THB 32.52 -1.16 36.72 32.52* CNY 7.1580 -0.36 7.8150 7.1534* MYR 3.2230 -0.51 3.5250 3.2200*
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      97 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 13 2 3 0 0 0 13 Manufacturing 109 43 51 13 10 14 122 53 65 Commerce 44 10 20 51 13 26 "pt/Stor/Comms 20 11 21 12 Finance 18 18 Construction 11 13 Pro|
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 24.326 24.326 119.788 119.788 Manufacturing 557.206 170.071 727.277 514.576 29.888 544.464 Commerce 193.501 6.293 199.794 107.954 1.121 109.075 Tpt/Stor/Comms 89.469 785 90.254 237.704 290 237.994 Finance 50.955 20 50.975 296.632 296.635 Construction 110.333 59.628 169.961 43.669 7.586 51.255 Properties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      106 6 la pita Land 6.300 -0.010 Olam 2.690 4-0.070 Ia pita Mai 3.150 4-0.020 SIA 16.080 4-0.280 jtyDev 11.920 -0.200 SGX 9.390 4-0.050 Iosco Corp 4.630 SIA Engg 3.750 4-0.130 IBS Grp 18.360 4-0.120 SPH 4.410 4-0.030 :&N 4.900 -0.040 ST Engg 3.460 4-0.080 Sent Intl 0.630
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      777 6  -  UMA SHANKARI Singapore Banks CIMB Research, Feb 19 MAYBANK has fired the first salvo in the 2008 home loan war. Maybank (Singapore) has cut its home-loan rates to 1.68 per cent, 2.68 per cent and 3.38 per cent on a three-year fixed-rate basis. On a three-year average rate
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      Lock icon STI chalks up fifth gain in six sessions
      512 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS A RISE in Hong Kong and anticipation of a firm Tuesday session for Wall Street yesterday enabled the Straits Times Index (STI) to post its fifth rise in the past six sessions, this time by 14.72 points to 3,098.06.
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      50 6 Feb 19 VALUE CLOSE 972.00+177.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00+187.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00+97.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 810.47 +9.23 FTSE ST Small Cap 721.82 +9.93 FTSE ST All Share 804.96 +5.85 FTSE ST China 596.39 +8.35 SiMSCI 380.53 1.55 SiMSCI Future 381.50 +2.70 PrimePartnersCI 197.10 +3.97
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      54 6 VOLUME Jade Tech 81,828,000 Gems TV 57,572,000 E3 Hlds 42,262,000 JES 40,579,000 Ferrochina 40,547,000 GMG Global 37,613,000 Memstar 35,485,000 JiutianC 35,048,000 Sapphire 31,558,000 China Honqxinq 31,102,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 116,755,484 Keppel Corp 68,882,200 UOB 67,813,220 Ferrochina 62,430,850 Wilmar 58,751,230 Sing Tel 53,465,990 Capita Land 45,179,660 SGX 44,722,046
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      Lock icon RISES
      101 6 CLOSE UP Deloni 350 48.0 15.9 Venture Con 1082 46.0 4.4 JSH 1638 45.2 2.0 UOBMBLiCW*****0 604 43.0 7.7 H Ro' 390 40.0 11.4 StraitsAsia 430 38.0 9.7 China H 10US$ 1800 35.3 1.4 UOB 1828 32.0 1.8 Great Eastern 1616 28.0 1.8 S I A 1608 28.0 1.8
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      Lock icon FALLS
      109 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 9020 -84.7 -0.7 GLD 10US$ lit 1192 -20.0 -1.7 NOL 378 -17.0 -4.3 MOIL 202 -14.1 -4.7 lux 315 -13.0 -4.0 CoscoCori iBNPePW/***** 43 -11.5 -21.1 STI 3600BNPePW*****9 44.5 -11.5 -20.5 CerebosPac 405 -10.0 -2.4 Jardine C&C 2090 -10.0 -0.5 Junma 21.5 -10.0 -31.7 BY
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      88 6 Feb 19 CLOSE CHNG FR Feb 18 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4125 -0.07 1.5479 1.4105® Euro 2.0795 -0.65 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.7496 0.14 3.1194 2.7855 AS 1.3016 -1.25 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3146 -0.80 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.07 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3435 -0.10
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Evraz to buy up to 51.05% of Delong Holdings
      490 7  -  OH BOON PING Yesterday, Delong warned of lower FY2007 net profit even though group revenue continued to grow, driven by growth in demand for steel products in China. Russian steel giant expands global footprint with first Asia-Pac investment By UK-LISTED Evraz
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      Lock icon Robinson independent directors ambivalent about takeover bid
      450 7  -  CHOW PENN NEE By THE independent directors of Robinson Co have not taken a stand on whether shareholders ought to accept or reject a buyout offer from Dubai-based Al-Fut-taim Group. Saying that they concur with the recommendations from independent financial adviser Australia and
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      Lock icon Macquarie may exit MMP Reit under strategic review
      350 7  -  OH BOON PING By MACQUARIE MEAG Prime (MMP) Reit will undergo a strategic review that may see the Macquarie Group sell its stake in the fund. In a statement, the Reit's manager Macquarie Pacific Star Prime Reit Management said that the exercise
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      Lock icon Hang Seng outdrives Dow futures
      766 8  -  R SIVANITHY HOCK LOCK SIEW By REGULAR BT readers and close observers of stock-market movements would know of the reliance traders place on rises and falls in the futures market for US benchmarks, most notably the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the Dow futures for
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      Lock icon Catalist sponsors all set to clinch jobs
      443 8  -  LYNETTE KHOO By THE approved Catalist sponsors 16 of them altogether are in full swing to secure jobs from new issuers and existing Catalist companies. Yesterday, the Singapore Exchange organised its first networking session for the sponsors to meet Catalist companies since announcing
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      Lock icon Unisteel profit falls 6.1%, hit by forex losses
      347 8 UNISTEEL Technology saw full-year 2007 net profit fall 6.1 per cent to $47.5 million from a year ago as several factors including foreign exchange losses offset the growth in revenue. The weakening of the US dollar against other currencies including the Singapore
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      Lock icon Parkway Life's maiden results beat forecasts
      525 8  -  CHEN HUIFEN It reports $13.6 m distributable income forAug23-Dec3l, 2007 period By PARKWAY Life Reit has beaten forecasts in its maiden results. It reported a distributable income of $13.64 million for the period between Aug 23, when it was listed, and Dec 31, 2007.
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      Lock icon Great Eastern earnings rise 15% to $547m
      481 8  -  GENEVIEVE CUA By GREAT Eastern Holdings yesterday announced a net profit of $546.9 million for the full year 2007. The insurance company will pay a special bonus to policyholders of regular premium whole life and endowment policies bought on or before Dec 31,
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      Lock icon AIS beats forecasts with 61% jump in Q4 net profit
      437 8 Reuters Strong earnings growth expected this year: analysts [BANGKOK] Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand's top mobile phone operator, reported a better-than-ex-pected 61 per cent rise in quarterly earnings yesterday, as it started booking interconnection (IC) fees from other operators. AIS,
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      Lock icon At a glance
      151 9 Full year ended Dec 2007 year en Great Eastern 546.90 476.90 14.7 9225.30 7922.20 16.4 Unisteel 47.48 50.54 -6.1 274.85 231.63 18.7 Pan United 33.30 37.80 -11.9 436.99 301.67 44.9 Rickmers 29.62 na nm 54.06 na nm LMAInt'l 22.29 34.59 -35.6 143.25 130.27 10.0 ChinaPreci 20.88 14.92
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      Lock icon Pan United posts 12% fall in FY2007 net
      406 9  -  MATTHEW PHAN Excluding previous year's exceptional gain, however, net profit climbed 16% By INFRASTRUCTURE and logistics firm Pan United saw net profit dip 12 per cent to $33.3 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2007, even though revenue climbed 45 per
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Yeo Hiap Seng posts 40% earnings rise
        40 9 YEO Hiap Seng recorded net profits of $2.53 million for the full year ended December 2007, a 40 per cent rise from the previous year. Revenue fell 7.3 per cent to $437 million.
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        Lock icon Bright Orient expects to report loss
        54 9 APPAREL manufacturer Bright Orient has issued a profit warning for the financial year ending December 2007. It expects to report a loss, due mainly to increases in raw material costs; reduction in the export value-added refund rate; and higher labour costs due to enforcement
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        Lock icon Rickmers Maritime beats projections
        74 9 RICKMERS Maritime, a shipping trust which was listed in May last year, reported distributable income from operations of US$l3.7 million for the fourth quarter ended December 2007. This is up 30 per cent from projections at the time of IPO. Revenues were 17 per cent higher
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      Lock icon Advanced posts 3-fold jump in profit to $12.1m
      339 9  -  QUAH CHIN CHIN By PROCESS technologies and equipment supplier Advanced Holdings yesterday reported a more than three-fold jump in net profit to $12.1 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2007. The rise in profit attributable to shareholders came as revenue shot
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      295 7 ____________________________t___t____W RICKMERS MARITIME (Registration Number: *****03) (Constituted under the laws of Singapore) Managed by Rickmers Trust Management Pte. Ltd. NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE DISTRIBUTION PAYMENT DATE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books and Register of Unitholders of Rickmers Maritime will be closed at 5.00 p.m. on 14 March
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon China firm puts in top bid for Bishan HDB site
      463 10  -  ARTHUR SIM Qingdao Construction offers $135.9 million for Design, Build and Sell Scheme plot By CHINA-BASED builder Qingdao Construction Group Corporation has put in the top bid of $135,888,777 or $237 per square per plot ratio (psf ppr) for a
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      Lock icon S'pore, Turkey ink deal to boost investments
      264 10 SINGAPORE and Turkey yesterday signed an agreement that will set a framework for investment norms and protection when investing in either country. The Investment Guarantee Agreement aims to encourage companies from Singapore and Turkey to venture into each other's countries, said Lim Hng
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      Lock icon Accord with Bahrain set to boost ties
      262 10 THE Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE), set up to sell Singapore's development experience, has inked an agreement with the Ministry of Finance of Bahrain which could open up opportunities for the private sector here. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed yesterday covers an agreement
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Five U21 Global MBA scholarships on offer
        110 10 ONLINE graduate school U2l Global is collaborating with the Young Executive Circle of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong to award five partial MBA scholarships to members. The offer, each worth U557,500, is also extended to the Singapore Association and participating
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        Lock icon Live BPL more exciting than F1 race
        127 10 SINGAPOREAN men are more excited by the prospect of watching live Barclays Premier League (BPL) matches in Singapore than they are about the upcoming Fl Grand Prix in September. Forty-six per cent were "more excited" to watch a BPL game in Singapore against
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      Lock icon Brunei highlights growth areas to S'pore investors
      681 11  -  LYNETTE KHOO They include oil/gas, infrastructure, nature-based and Islamic businesses By BRUNEI Economic Development Board (BEDB) acting chairman Timothy Ong yesterday urged Singapore investors to partner Brunei in its push in four growth areas oil and gas, infrastructure, nature-based industries and Islamic businesses.
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      Lock icon Focus on cost-of-living issues in Budget webchat
      337 11 AS might be expected, bread-and-butter issues dominated a webchat session organised yesterday to get feedback on this year's Budget. The online chat session was chaired by Lim Hwee Hua, Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Amy Khor, chairman of Reach, the government
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      Lock icon Youth Olympics in S'pore or Moscow? Decision tomorrow
      289 11 TOMORROW is D-Day on the long-anticipated decision on whether Singapore or Moscow is to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games 2010. The decision will be announced at the Padang live via satellite from the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in
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      Lock icon Chinese Cultural Festival to showcase around 113 events
      261 11 CHINESE culture and arts buffs, take note: a line-up of programmes from various arts genres has been planned for this year's Chinese Cultural Festival. The biennial event, to run from Saturday to March 22, will bring in some 113 programmes, including Chinese
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  • SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008
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      Lock icon Aerospace output hits record $6.9b
      515 12  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Value added rises 8.5% to $2.69b; number employed grows to 19,000 All reports by OUTPUT by the Singapore aerospace industry grew by 10.4 per cent to a record $6.89 billion last year. Value added was up 8.5 per cent to $2.69 billion, while
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      Lock icon Early stage aerospace R&D on track: A*Star
      447 12 AN international team of 40 scientists and engineers has been working in pre-competitive aeronautical research projects in the three strategic areas of laser processing, non-de-structive testing and advanced robotics. Announcing this at the Singapore Airshow, the Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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      Lock icon ST Aerospace goes all-out to showcase capabilities and products
      278 12 SINGAPORE Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) is pulling out all the stops to showcase its capabilities and products at the Singapore Airshow 2008. Offerings include modern-cockpit upgrades for the Hercules C-130 transport plane and ECI2O helicopter, plus the latest variants of its
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon Imported luxury used cars enjoy sales boom
      742 13  -  SAMUEL EE Buyers drawn by savings, immediate delivery of cars with low mileage Reports by SALES of high-end imported used cars are booming and dealers of such vehicles expect them to get stronger because of the attractive savings and the way that the
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      Lock icon Hyundai has high hopes for eco-friendly hatchback
      522 13 HYUNDAI'S new i3O will usher in an era of alpha-numerically named models that authorised distributor Komoco Motors hopes will correct a local misconception about the Korean brand. The i3O is a five-door European-styled hatchback with a 1.6-litre engine, conceived and designed by Hyundai
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Inflation in China hits 11 -year high, set to rise further
      308 14 AP [BEIJING] China's inflation rose to its highest level in more than 11 years in January after devastating snowstorms worsened food shortages, according to data reported yesterday, and analysts warned there might be sharper increases to come. Consumer prices
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      Lock icon Rising baht, oil prices top concerns: Thai businesses
      168 14 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's strong baht currency and high global oil prices are the two biggest concerns for businesses in the kingdom, according to a survey released yesterday by the Thai Chamber of Commerce. Nearly 40 per cent of the 489 business leaders
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      Lock icon Bond insurer split may spark more bank writedowns
      319 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Credit ratings on more than US$5BO billion of asset-backed securities may be cut, sparking writedowns by banks, under New York regulator Eric Dinallo's plan to break up bond insurers. New York Insurance Department superintendent Dinallo proposed splitting the companies'
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      Lock icon Only one way to go for yuan – up, say analysts
      602 14 Only one way to go for yuan up, say analysts Bloomberg, Reuters Rapid economic growth, soaring inflation leave China with no choice [BEIJING] China has no choice other than to let the yuan appreciate against the dollar, analysts say. The combination of the world's fastest economic growth, the highest inflation
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Crowd-puller for Opposition, 'forgotten man' for ruling Front
      674 16  -  S JAYASANKARAN Despite his charisma, Anwar may not help Keadilan win polls By in Kuala Lumpur FLANKED by a retinue of aides, Anwar Ibrahim swept into the hall just as a member of the audience was questioning his credentials as an opposition
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      Lock icon Q-Cells to set up RMI billion solar cell facility in Malaysia
      560 16  -  PAULINE NG By in Kuala Lumpur GERMAN renewable energy firm Q-Cells has agreed to set up a RMI billion (Ss44o million) solar cell manufacturing facility in Malaysia to produce thin film modules. Its decision to locate a plant in
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      Lock icon Jan inflation seen at 10-month high
      309 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's inflation probably held at a ten-month high in January as rising global commodity prices led to costlier food. Consumer prices increased 2.4 per cent from a year earlier, matching December's gain, according to the median estimate of 18 economists in
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      Lock icon DAP, Keadilan to avoid splitting opposition votes
      509 16 -AP Samy Vellu says this may be his last election; he will step down if he loses [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's two main opposition parties have agreed to field only one candidate in every constituency in next month's elections to avoid multi-cornered fights, which
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Russia's richest man picks HK for his IPO
      573 17 Bloomberg London loses out as Asian exchanges offer higher valuations for metal firms MOSCOW] Oleg Deripaska, Russia's richest man, picked Hong Kong as the renue of his first initial public offering with a planned share sale this year by copper and molybdenum
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      413 17 Lobster a la Cordon Bleu? Or Sea Bass South African style? She craved something French and fancy. I felt like something out of the ordinary. At Global Kitchen, we found our hearts' desire amongst the Culinary Arts menu the global facets reflected the culinary collaboration between the guest chefs that
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon HK$60b bridge project looks set to go ahead
      518 18  -  JANE MOIR Accord reached on cost of 29km HK-Macau-Zhuhai delta bridge By in Hong Kong A PROJECT to build a bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai in southern China looks set to go ahead after 25 years of debate and lobbying.
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      Lock icon Popular HK entertainer Lydia Sum dies at 60
      359 18 -AFP, AP [HONG KONG] Veteran Hong Kong entertainer Lydia Sum died yesterday aged 60 after a battle with liver cancer, her employer and local media said. Ms Sum, known for her bouffant hairstyle and wing-tip frame glasses, was one of Hong Kong's
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      Lock icon RBI nod for ÜBS retail branch application
      355 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's central bank has approved an application from ÜBS AG to open a retail branch in India, following the clarification of some transactions, a central bank official said on Monday. The retail banking licence, which ÜBS applied for in 2004, would
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      Lock icon Sun Hung Kai denies Walter Kwok report
      232 18 Bloomberg, Reuters No disputes; chairman on leave for 2-3 months [HONG KONG] Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Hong Kong's biggest builder by market value, has denied a newspaper report that chairman Walter Kwok was forced to go on leave after a disagreement with
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      895 18 LMA" Better by Design lma international n.v. (Incorporated with limited liability in the Netherlands Antilles on July 28,1998) LMA REPORTS 10% GROWTH IN NET SALES FOR FY2007 Summary of Financial Performance for FY2007 Three months ended December 31, Year ended December 31, (U.S. Dollars, in thousands) 2007 2006 2007 2006
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Trader errors push Credit Suisse to slash asset values
      433 19 Bank may suffer US$l b reduction to Q1 profits due to mispriced securities [GENEVA] Credit Suisse yesterday showed signs of having caught the sub-prime bug worse than previously thought when it revealed that some of its traders have been suspended for
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      Lock icon Toshiba to build flash memory plants in Japan
      188 19 TOKYO] Toshiba, which ost the home movie DVD .var to rival Sony Corp mnounced yesterday an imbitious plan to become .he world's biggest maker af flash memory chips. The move may also lerald a showdown in the ;hip industry, as flash _mters
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      Lock icon Wall Street banks brace for turbulence
      683 19 NYT, Reuters [NEW YORK] WaU Street banks are bracing for another wave of multibillion-dollar losses as the crisis that began with sub-prime mortgages spreads through the credit markets. In recent weeks one part of the debt market after another has buckled. High-risk loans used
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      Lock icon Barclays' writedowns raised to £1.6b
      558 19 Reuters [LONDON] Barclays pic, Britain's third-biggest bank, raised its 2007 writedown on the value of risky assets to £1.6 billion (554.41 billion) but reported profits broadly in line with analysts' expectations. Barclays is the first big UK bank to report earnings after a turbulent year
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      2303 19 :eb19 RM Cooo) 5.&M Realty 0.72 5,bricBhd 0.23 \dvance Synergy 0.17 \dventa Bhd 1.35 \eMulti Hldgs 0.26 \ffin Holdings 2.23 \hmad Zaki Resou 1.45 \ic Corp 0.68 \irasia Bhd 1.63 \kn Technology 0.60 \lliance Financi 3.04 \luminium Co 1.09 \malgamated Ind 0.47 Vnmb Hldgs Bhd 3.80 \mtel Holdings
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon New Barclays product worries mutual funds
      525 20 Bloomberg They fear exchangetraded notes could catch on in a big way with investors [NEW YORK] Barclays' new product has put a scare into Vanguard Group and the rest of the US$l3 trillion US mutual-fund industry. Now Congress and the Treasury Department are coming
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      Lock icon Middle-class workers shrinking in Silicon Valley
      448 20 ■NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Silicon Valley is in danger of creating its own digital divide. The California region is losing its middle-class work force at a significant rate, according to an annual report that tracks the economic, social and environmental health of the nation's technology
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      Lock icon Rising costs, strapped consumers squeeze top US foodmakers
      468 20 Reuters [CHICAGO] For more than a year, food makers and other consumer products companies have passed on much of the burden of rising commodity costs to consumers. In fact, companies like H J Heinz and Hormel Foods proved again with earnings forecasts
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      7964 20 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.908/ Star Europe Bond 1.187/ Star Europe Bal 1.153/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.49/ Star Asia Bond 1.219/ Star Asia Balanced 1/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.191/ Multi St Fd 0.907/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.864/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon BJETS' S'pore HQ in the works
      427 21  -  NISHAR RAMCHANDANI SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2008 Flight operations set to start in May, serving India and South-east Asia By TATA-BACKED BJETS, which aims to be Asia's biggest business jet operator, has announced plans to be headquartered in Singapore as well as in Mumbai. The company
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      287 21  -  VINCENT WEE By ROLLS-ROYCE yesterday broke ground on its upcoming $320 million Trent aero engine facility at the Seletar Aerospace Park here. When it is completed in 2009, the facility will be the most modern Rolls-Royce production angine assembly and test facility
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      Lock icon CAAS inks deal to use Stratech iFerret system
      262 21  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday signed a deal worth more than $12 million with mainboard-listed Stratech Systems to use Stratech's runway surveillance system at Changi Airport. Stratech, which develops, implements and maintains IT systems, will adapt
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      2508 21 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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      439 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Comment on a nice case of WW W WWW I ___T HI 8 The ground level is noisy, mm^ mm^ mmm that's the drawback (4) j 9 One takes the lead in chase and arrest (3-6) 11 Tear off at speed (4) H^ 110I 10 I
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Changing risk profile for LNG shipping
      864 22  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK By More capable officers need to be recruited as fleet sees rapid growth IT is not just badly-run companies that have accidents. Some of the best blue-chip ones sometimes get unlucky. The difference is in the way things are handled
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      Lock icon Two fishermen missing in Japan warship collision
      555 22 -Reuters Hi-tech destroyer's crash with fishing boat sparks criticism [TOKYO] A naval destroyer equipped with sophisticated radar key to Japan's missile defence system collided with a fishing boat yesterday, the coast guard said, raising questions about the ship's monitoring of other ocean traffic.
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      Lock icon BDP plans global group of smaller logistics firms
      327 22  -  VINCENT WEE Spore chosen as base due to central location, hub status By BDP International is banding together small and me-dium-size logistics and transport companies in a new global alliance to challenge the dominance of large multinational groups in the business. BDP
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      Lock icon Hyundai, Daewoo eye UK ship order
      182 22 Reuters [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, the world's top shipbuilder, and its rival Daewoo Shipbuilding said yesterday they are separately planning to tender for a £500 million (551.37 billion) ship order from Britain's Royal Navy. Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd, the
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      Lock icon Nippon Yusen expects 13% profit gain
      536 22 Bloomberg Container unit pretax to double with higher rates to N America [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen XX, Japan's largest shipping line by sales, forecasts pretax profit will increase by about 13 per cent next fiscal year as it earns more from container shipments and narrows
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      Lock icon Asian tanker rates may end 5 weeks of declines
      284 22 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian hiring rates for oil-product tankers may end at least five weeks of declines as ship supply starts to tighten on March cargoes. Hiring rates for a ship that can carry 75,000 metric tons of fuel, a large-range 2
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon YOG: looking to fireworks tomorrow night
      474 23 WHETHER or not Singapore outbids Moscow to stage the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG), there will be a big party at the Padang tomorrow night when the results are announced. This sporting spirit captures in a nutshell the essence of the Olympic ideals that
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      1470 23  -  G PANICKER With so much conflict in the world, don't count on a US recession driving down oil prices MANY people are no doubt hoping that a US recession will drive down oil prices sharply. But don't bet on it. Geopolitics is a
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      Lock icon Australian volte-face a death knell for 'Asian Arc'
      774 23  -  FRANK CHING THE BOTTOM LINE KEVIN Rudd, Australia's Mandarin-speaking prime minister, has dealt a lethal blow to a budding "Asian Arc of Democracy" that was actively pushed sometime back by then Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe that appeared designed to isolate Beijing.
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      Lock icon China's graduates find it harder and harder to get jobs
      1254 24  -  DON LEE LAT-WP Too many students are coming out of universities unprepared for the marketplace, say researchers By in Wuhan, China SUN Yuanping skipped her college graduation ceremony for a job interview. It was an all-day affair, and the bookish
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      937 24  -  SONYA DOWSETT Reuters By and GELU SULUGIUC ON A cold winter's morning beside the Atocha train station in central Madrid, a dozen men wait silently for contractors in the market for cheap illegal labourers. About 2,500 kilometres north, at a sprawling slaughterhouse in the
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      265 24  -  Beh Swan Gin LETTER TO EDITOR I REFER to the front-page article, "Singapore's competitive edge eroding" (BT, Feb 11). The article, citing the US Department of Labor's report on "International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing 2006", highlighted that the average
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8618 25 Transaction date: Feb 19 Hii Low Code Com[ Sale ('OOP) Hit Low Bi Seller C'vr P/E $mil 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 28.5 11 5834 A-Sonic 107 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 13.5 1938 AEI Corp 26 7.5 1100 AEM 42 13.6 2101 APOil
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      74 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Com _Hm 200 116 6065 Diamonds US200xd 250 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500
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      2081 25 Hii |h Low Code Comi >an< Sale Cooo) Hii Low Bu1 rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 18 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18.5 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 3 1501 s Advanced System 38 27 3518 s Afor 70.5 12 1524 s Alantac
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      208 25 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non Sponsored; t Catalist N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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      106 25 S3I PHOENIX __________________________________H 1 X Australia _M I m_____F \W___ n fWI LJ J Canada W IDD I __L___E_________ China Make an affordable ft 1^ I IA I il',' AJ| IV J a^^li France r^^V^ L*^il P*"""'^ Bi Germany J^ _r\ .srfCN _Z~*~ Hona Ko"fl IL ■^■■■HVnVSf!f?VHMHVHBI|IV!in 39 > >^~
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      363 26 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Feb 18 World Index Preliminan 1026.7 0.6 -9.3 0.5 -10.7 0.4 -9.I EAFE Preliminan 998.2 1.3 -10.9 1.0 -11.9 1.0 -10.2 Euro[ Preliminan 1374.7 2.1 -10.9 1.7 -12.8 1.7 -11.1 Pacific 855.0
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      59 26 Feb 19 •elivery lonth Opening Sett Av Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Vlar08 3550 3608 3633 3545 1380 5339 08 3580 3625 3645 3556 3426 ***** Vlay08 3588 3625 3646 3555 ***** ***** lun OS 3590 3621 3640 3560 769 2956 Total o/p: *****
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      25 26 Feb 19 ten Hji Sett STI IIMSCI Feb 380.6 385.7 381.5 "aiwan Feb 308.8 313 312.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      22 26 Feb 19 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4082 1.4094 2-months 1.4065 1.4077 3-months 1.4048 1.4061 6-months 1.4002 1.4016 Source: OCBC
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      153 26 Feb 19 .urrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer ~.$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2981 1.2997 0.9201 0.9206 "anadian dollar 1.4031 1.4049 0.9945 0.9951 luro 2.0787 2.0804 1.4734 1.4736 IZ dollar 1.1257 1.1275 0.7979 0.7986 aterlini md 2.7543 2.7568 1.9523 1.9527 IS dollar 1.4108 1.4118
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      352 26 Feb 19 URODOLLAR FUTURES Vlar08 Iun08 >ep08 _>ec08 97.105 97.535 97.665 97.600 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 5698 EUROYEN FUTURES Vlar08 99.155 99.155 Iun08 99.260 99.270 _ep08 99.320 99.340 _>ec08 99.325 99.345 Vlar09 99.280 99.300B Iun09 99.230 99.235B _ep09 99.170B _>ec09 99.155 99.260 99.315A 99.310A
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      294 26 Feb 19 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 402.75 403.75 404.75 404.75 404.75 404.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      131 26 As at 9am Feb 19 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2880 1.3040 Can dollar 1.3920 1.4080 Euro 2.0560 2.0800 NZ dollar 1.1150 1.1400 Sterlini md 2.7350 2.7661 US dollar 1.4030 1.4190 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      162 26 Feb 19 fer Overnight 1 3/16 1-month 1 3/8 2-months 1 3/8 3-months 1 7/16 Overnight mode: 1 1/8 USS Offer 1 1/16 1 1/4 1 1/4 1 5/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 3.13 3.15 3.15
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      468 26 Feb 19 AS CS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.925 6.586 0.625 7.179 36.704 84.396 0.991 8.688 2.966 1.153 57.964 37.366 1.299 6.965 1.008 29.167 29.925 0.471 0.920 Canada 1.081 7.119
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      170 26 Feb 19 I GOLD (USS/oz) Feb 19 Feb 18 GOLD BULLION COINS (SS) Sellini Hong Kong 909.00 902.50 910.00 903.50 Feb 18 Feb 15 London 903.00 908.00 903.80 908.90 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1434.87 1293 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying 10gm $500.76 413
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      79 26 Feb 19 (USS) (S$) 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 1.***** 12 mths 1.***** 1 mth 2 mths 3.***** 1.***** 3 mths 3.***** 1.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** 1.***** 1.***** 1.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 1.***** 2yrs 1.***** 3 yrs 1.*****
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      89 26 Feb 19 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's [h Low 3-Month BQ*****X 22.05.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.30 1.34 1.24 1.24 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0F 2.625 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year
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      71 26 Feb 18\ lit iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Co Close Previous Cash 2787.00 2783.00 3 months 2825.00 2820.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 8014.00 7974.00 7751.50 7730.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3038.00 3 months 3030.00 2979.00 2970.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash
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      82 26 Feb 18 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1271 1287 1284/1268 May 08 1298 1312 1308/1293 Jul 08 1320 1335 1330/1318 Sep 08 1318 1330 1320/1315 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Mar 08 2257 2336 2330/2257 May 08 2290 2358 2355/2290 Jul 08 2311 2377 2379/2310 Sep 08
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      104 26 Feb IS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 1373.75 1368.00 1386.50 1358.00 May 08 1391.25 1385.50 1404.50 1376.50 Jul 08 1402.50 1394.75 1412.50 1386.50 Aug 08 1388.00 1382.00 1388.00 1372.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 58.57 58.16 58.76 57.88
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      76 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Feb 18 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 94.93 -0.7 WTI (Near Mth) 95.97 0.48 Dubai (1-Mth F) 90.57 -0.25 Tapis blend 100.4 -0.45 Minas 96.3 -0.4 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 96.55 111.90 0.33 0.2 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      848 30 -NYT Yale's top investor recommends keeping to one's long-term asset allocation even when markets roil, GERALDINE FABRIKANT reports IT HAS been a time to worry even the savviest investors. The credit markets have been in a crisis, the domestic stock market has been shaky
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      832 31 Investment guru says demand/supply imbalance dogging range of resources. GENEVIEVE CUA reports CELEBRATED investor Jim Rogers said yesterday that he believes the bull market in commodities still has "a long way to go". Speaking at a luncheon during the Investment Management
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