The Business Times, 17 January 2009

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    15 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES JAN 17-18, 2009 Ssl.oo mS* AN SPH PUBLICATION MICA(P) 198/08/2008 www.businesstimes.com.sg
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  • Article
    Lock icon Growth pains
    616 1  -  Chuang Peck Ming GDP forecasts may be revised again in light of bad news: PM Lee By i peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore THINGS ,are worsening fast on the economic front. Barely two weeks after the government trimmed its economic growth forecast for 2009, it is looking to revise its estimate,
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    Lock icon Wanted: A Budget that 'holds the fort'
    1439 1  -  Vikram Khanna Associate Editor A government-funded lender for SMEs and restructuring home loans wall help vikratn@sph.cotn.sg Associate Editor THE upcoming Singapore Budget due to be unveiled on Jan 22 earlier than normal, but not a moment too soon will be the most important,
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      143 1 m€jm^-/m^S —> W_M EL THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION PEOPLE £J' M REAL ESTATE k PV MALAYSIAN SATIRISTS OCBC Bank (China) CEO F Have home prices IfcLJfe5 MAKE WAVES 8,9 on the Chinese market 111 started to correct? 36 S'PORE TRADE Exports slump continues December NODX fell far more sharply than expected
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
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        44 2 STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 896.47 -0.98 NIKKEI 225 8,230.15+206.84 HANG SENG 13,255.51 +12.55 SET 435.20 +8.94 JAKARTA 1,363.88 +20.38 MANILA 1,950.13 -4.84 KOSPI 1,135.20 +23.86 SHENZHEN B 631.78 +5.11 MUMBAI IND 9,323.59 +276.85 11.30am EDT Change DOW 8,284.41 +71.92 NASDAQ 1,522.39 +10.55
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.63 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.891 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 1.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.50 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 13.00 Source:
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        49 2 TUKEA USS SS US$ (S$ per US$) 1.489 (US$/S$ per 1.483 2.207 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.322 1.968 Foreign currencies per US$, S$ YEN 90.30 60.70 RM 3.578 2.403 HK$ 7.759 5.212 BAHT 34.84 23.40 RUPIAH 11,145 7,486 RENMINBI 6.837 4.592 INDIAN RUPEE 48.84 32.81 A$ 1.489 1.00 NZ$ 1.831 1.230
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      Lock icon Exports continue on rocky path down
      498 3  -  Teh Shi Ning December exports plunged 20.8% to $10.5b, worse than a 17% fall forecast by economists By tshining@sph.cotn.sg Singapore EXTENDING their decline into .an eight consecutive month, December's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) plunged a larger than expected 20.8 per cent from a year
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    • Article
      Lock icon Refunds in 3 of 5 Lehman review cases
      759 3  -  Siow Li Sen By lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore MANY investors who got burnt by Lehman-linked products will find their wounds soothed by some form of compensation. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday that of the 5,127 cases that had been reviewed by
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      Lock icon NWC asks firms to cut costs, save jobs
      737 4  -  Chuang Peck Ming Emilyn Yap It revises wage guidelines, which are to take effect immediately until June 30 this year By and peckming@sph.com.sg etnilyny@sph.cotn.sg Singapore WITH the economy sinking fast and more job cuts on the line, the National Wages Council (NWC)
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      Lock icon NWC frowns on cutting employers' CPF contribution
      666 4  -  Emilyn Yap etnilyny@sph.cotn.sg By Singapore The National Wages Council (NWC) has ruled out cuts to employers' Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates for now, saying that recent measures to help companies manage wage costs are adequate. This reinforces market views that CPF rates
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      Lock icon Citigroup splits into two, unveils US$8.2b loss
      688 6 Bloomberg, Reuters, AP Its stock rises after optimism over good bank, bad bank plan New York CITIGROUP unveiled a plan to break into two businesses as a way to shed troubled assets, and reported a US$B.29 billion fourth-quarter loss, twice as much as
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      Lock icon Carnage at banks threatens chances for Wall St rebound
      785 6  -  Andrew Marks By btworld@sph.com.sg New York ANOTHER storm of pending disaster and government-aided narrow escape for a major US and global bank swept through Wall Street on Thursday, this time featuring Bank of America, the largest financial institution in the US,
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      66 2 NEWS LIVING Top stories 2-6 Shopping L 2-4 Raffles Conversation 8,9 Dining L 5-7 Week In Review TO Entertaining L 8 The CEO Column U Travel LIQ, 11 Companies 12-14 Home Garden Ll2 Singapore T5-T7 Weekend With Ll3 Letter From Abroad 18 Gadgets LT4 World T9-22 Health LTS Stocks stats
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Home truths
      2009 8 Meet Allan Perera and Indi Nadarajah, whose brand of biting satire has established Comedy Court as a veritable Malaysian institution. By S Jayasankasan A DEEP voice issues from the dark stage. It's discussing the results of Malaysia's 13th general election where many government candidates got dumped and whole
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      Lock icon Raffles
      76 8 Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. A collection of luxury hotels, Raffles Hotels and Resorts distinguishes itself through the highest standards of hospitality, service and cuisine. Its hotels in Singapore, Beijing, Cambodia, Beverly Hills, Dubai and the Caribbean
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK
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        Lock icon Swissport packs its bags, says goodbye to Changi
        56 9 SOME three years after starting operations as ChangPs third ground services player, European multinational Swissport International is pulling out of Singapore, bruised and battered. The world's leading provider of aviation ground services said it would be ceasing its ground handling operations in
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        Lock icon Satyam starts hunt for new CEO, CFO
        60 9 THE Indian government-appointed board of Satyam Computer Services said that its top priority is to find a new CEO. The board is also looking for a new chief financial officer. The company also appointed KPMG and Deloitte as its new auditors, as it
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        Lock icon Rumbles of unrest as China exports fall
        50 9 CHINA'S exports fell by 2.8 per cent in December their steepest fall in a decade it was reported as the global economic downturn continued to exert increasing pressure on the Chinese economy. The fall came after a 2.2 per cent drop in November.
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        Lock icon Empty rooms, falling rates may dog S'pore hotels
        60 9 HOTELS in Singapore are in for hard times, with analysts saying that double digit falls in room rates and occupancies could be on the cards in 2009. Hospitality consulting firm HVS International expects revenue per available room to fall to $171 in
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        Lock icon Japan's economy takes a triple blow
        63 9 JAPAN'S crumbling economic fortunes were highlighted again yesterday when it reported a 66 per cent plunge in the current account surplus for November as exports collapsed. There was also a report that electronics giant and leading exporter Sony Corp will post an operating loss
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        Lock icon Gokongwei factor lurks as UOL bids for UIC
        57 9 WEE Cho Yaw's UOL Group has made a $1.15 billion offer for all shares it does not own in United Industrial Corp. The offer for $1.20 a share values UIC at around $1.65 billion. UOL might also make an offer for UIC-controlled
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        Lock icon Catalist sponsors dangle carrots but few bite
        51 9 CATALIST companies still in search of sponsors are being wooed with discounts, even as the fee they must pay has squeezed itself into a narrower band. BT's latest poll of Catalist sponsors shows continuing sponsor fees settling in the region of $100,000 to
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        Lock icon Freight rates sink to zero as trade dives
        53 9 FOR the first time since records began, container freight rates from Asia to Europe have hit flat zero. Apart from signalling just how dramatically trade has collapsed, the move smacks of sheer desperation as the lines try to recoup whatever revenue they
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        Lock icon '08 developer sales plumb new depths
        50 9 THE year gone by was one to forget for developers as they managed to sell just 4,351 homes in 2008, representing the lowest figure in at least 10 years diving beyond the previous troughs of 5,156 and 5,520 units in 2003 and 1998 respectively.
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        Lock icon Steve Jobs' sick leave shocks Apple watchers
        92 9 APPLE Inc chief executive Steve Jobs will take a medical leave of absence till end-June because of health problems "more complex" than he thought, stunning investors and sending Apple shares down 10 per cent on the prospect of the company without its visionary
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      89 9 NEXT WEEK Jan 19-23, 2009 US DATA Jan 20 Jan State Street investor confidence Jan 21 Jan housing market index Crude inventories Jan 22 Dec building permits Dec housing starts Initial job claims SINGAPORE Jan 21 Dec Consumer Price Index Dec index of industrial production EVENTS Jan 19 Eurogroup finance
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Searching for talent among 1.3b people
      832 10  -  Leong Wai Leng It is getting increasingly difficult and costly to recruit and retain the right people in China, but we have to accept that this is the norm in developing markets FROM THE DESK OF Chairman and CEO, OCBC Bank (China) Ltd HOW
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon M1's Q4 net profit dips 3.4% to $36.6m
      569 11  -  Winston Chai Telco paying a final dividend of 7.2 cents, bringing its full-year payout to 13.4 cents By winstonc@sph.com.sg Singapore MOBILEONE yesterday reported a 3.4 per cent decline in net profit to $36.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2008 as competitive
      SHAHRIYA YAHAYAjTHE STRAITS TIMES  -  569 words
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      Lock icon Ban Joo's new majority owner makes 1 cent a share offer
      530 11  -  Uma Shankari By shankan@sph.com.sg Singapore SHAREHOLDERS of loss-making textile supplier Ban 100 Company have received a mandatory buyout offer from new controlling shareholder Telemedia Pacific Group at the offer price of one cent a share. The deal values Ban
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      Lock icon Bid for Sincere: brand owners to keep close watch
      871 12  -  Jamie Lee CORPORATE FOCUS| A factor that brand owners have to grapple with is that The Hour Glass will gain pricing power if it succeeds in its bid. By THE Hour Glass's bid for Sincere Watch could disrupt the three-way dance
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      Lock icon F&N hires four banks for $300m refinancing loan
      190 12 Bloomberg Hong Kong FRASER Neave Ltd (F&N), Singapore's biggest beverage maker, hired four banks to help it borrow $300 million to refinance maturing debt and boost working capital, three people involved in the matter said. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFI Ltd, Calyon, Malayan
      Bloomberg  -  190 words
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      Lock icon A week for selling into strength
      611 13  -  R Sivanithy Senior correspondent STOCKS| sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent f ELL into strength" was Citi Investment Research's recom- j mendation with reW_ y gard to property stocks at the start of this week but it might as well have applied to the broad market as
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      117 13 VOL CLOSE Iolden As 71,245 27.5 0.5 1.9 Ihina Hon; 52,071 19 0.0 0.0 in Joo 27,144 2 0.5 33.3 eini ;Tel 21,636 252 9.0 3.7 Joble Gl 21,387 102 3.0 3.( )BSDBeCW*****3 17,811 13 1.0 8.3 IndoAi 15,013 57.5 1.0 1.8 14,834 274 6.0 22 Iosco
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      56 13 CLOSE UP iLD 10US$ 8076 142.8 i.: ir MS India 10US: 732 38.7 3/ ICBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 9198 38.0 0.. IOB 1212 36.0 3.' eBS Gri 848 28.0 3.. ICBC Bk RBePW*****3 153 27.0 21.. A 1122 20.0 1.! ;gx 517 18.0 3.( IOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9350
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      49 13 CLOSEDOWN IMH 1910 -130.9 -4.. ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 8260 -30.0 -0.. iBAReCW***** 14 -20.0 -58.! Land 334 -15.0 -4.: IK Land 217 -10.4 -3.lCBCCa| 5.1%NCPS 9000 -10.0 -o.eBS DB ePW*****2 63 -9.5 -13.iTXPO 100 1060 -8.0 -o: ;han: La Asia 900 -6.9 -3.! :astube 29 -6.5 -18.:
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      106 13 apitaLand 2.740 +0.060 litaMall 1.480 +0.020 :if Oev 5.790 +0.040 ]osco Con 0.835 +0.030 IBS Grp 8.480 +0.280 :&N 3.010 +0.010 ient Intl 0.460 +0.010 iolden Ai 0.275 +0.005 IK Land 2.170 -0.070 IMH 19.100 -0.880 ISH 10.000 +0.120 lardine C&C 10.820 +0.020 >el Con 4.250 Land 1.560
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Advance Modules substantial shareholder, director raise stakes
        105 13 A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder of troubled tech firm Advance Modules has raised his stake in the firm to 18.24 per cent from 7.05 per cent. A filing with the Singapore Exchange shows that the higher stake resulted from "an off-market transaction" on Jan 14
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        Lock icon Six JES shipbuilding orders worth US$l60m cancelled
        92 13 JES International Holdings said that two customers have negotiated for revisions to their shipbuilding contracts for bulk carriers. Under the revisions, four units from one customer and two units from the other customer will be cancelled while the delivery dates for the other
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        Lock icon UIC appoints ING Bank as independent adviser on UOL offer
        45 13 UNITED Industrial Corporation (UIC) has appointed ING Bank as the independent financial adviser on the offer by UOL Group. UOL is making a $1.15 billion offer for all shares it does not own in UIC.
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        Lock icon Tat Hong warns of lower Q3 2008 profit
        80 13 CRANE operator Tat Hong Holdings said yesterday that profits for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2008, will be lower compared with the same corresponding quarter in 2007. This is due to forex losses as a result of the weakening Singapore dollar
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        Lock icon Adventus expects larger than projected losses for FY2OO8
        59 13 ADVENTUS Holdings said yesterday that it will report larger than expected net losses for the full year ended Dec 31, 2008. The results for the second half of FY2OOB have been affected by write-offs and provisions for impairment losses on the group's
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        Lock icon Yongnam wins $185.5m Marina Coastal Expressway contract
        83 13 YONGNAM Holdings has been awarded its single largest contract to date, valued at $185.5 million, for the skm Marina Coastal Expressway. Yongnam will provide temporary steel pipe pile cofferdam, steel waling and strutting works, construction decking and other associated works, to be constructed
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        Lock icon Guocoland enters JV to develop Vietnam retail mall
        96 13 GUOCOLAND has entered into an agreement with ECC VNPI through its wholly owned subsidiary, GuocoLand Vietnam (GLV), to establish ajointventure company that will develop a retail mall in the Binh Duong province. ECC VNPI is a wholly owned subsidiary of European Construction
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        Lock icon Jiutian Chemical says loss likely for Q4 2008
        108 13 JIUTIAN Chemical Group said yesterday that it is likely to report a loss for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2008. It said that it has to provide for a 15.3 million yuan (553.35 million) impairment on the value of its chemical
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        Lock icon WBL, GIC unit end proposed Shenyang property project
        96 13 WBL Corp said that a proposed property project in China's Shenyang province with an affiliate of GIC Real Estate has been terminated due to non-fulfilment of certain conditions. The GIC Real Estate unit, Reco Shenyang, said that the allotment and issue of
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Bang-and-snap advice from motor insurers
      475 14  -  Samuel Ec Photo evidence would minimise disputes, shorten repair turnaround time, says the General Insurance Association By samuelee@sph.com.sg MORE traffic accidents are being reported and the percentage of late reporting has fallen sharply since the Motor Claims Framework (MCF) came into effect on June 1,
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      Lock icon Qantas set to launch A380 services to S'pore and UK
      239 14  -  Nisha Ramchandani By nishar@sph.cotn.sg QANTAS has extended its A3BO network to Singapore and the United Kingdom with the launch of an A3BO service on the Kangaroo Route. Qantas plans to operate three A3BO services each week on the Syd-ney-London route
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      Lock icon CAAS jobs for RSAF air traffic controllers
      191 15 THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) ,and the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) signed a memorandum of underst,anding (MOU) yesterday that will enable retiring RSAF air traffic controllers to pursue a second career with the CAAS as civili,an air traffic controllers.
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      Lock icon Upside to downturn for some bankers
      404 15  -  Conrad Tan SG Private Banking CEO welcomes end to 'ridiculous' levels of private banker pay By conradt@sph.com.sg AMID the gloom of a severe economic recession, the head of one private bank here welcomes an end to the mad hiring spree for new staff that
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      Lock icon BT brings Bordeaux wine to Keppel Bay
      457 15  -  Christopher Lim By limchris@sph.cotn.sg BT's first Wine Night of the year on Tuesday had a spectacular sea view, thanks to event sponsor Reflections at Keppel Bay. "This has been a way for us to say thank you to our partners and those CEOs
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      Lock icon Nods of approval for delivery of public services
      358 16  -  Teh Shi Ning But Singapore comes in low in citizen participation, survey finds By tshining@sph.cotn.sg SINGAPOREANS are more satisfied with their government's delivery of public services than citizens elsewhere, but they are also least engaged in political ,and socM life, says an
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      Lock icon Govt gets over 900 pre-Budget suggestions
      172 16 THE government has received over 900 suggestions in its annual pre-Budget feedback exercise, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. This year's Budget is due to be presented on Jan 22. The Ministry said that over 80 per cent of the suggestions were measures to
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      Lock icon Innovation centre for SMEs
      257 16  -  Brittany Khoo By bkhoo@sph.com.sg SPRING Singapore and Nanyang Polytechnic unveiled a Centre of Innovation for Electronics (COIE) yesterday, the latest to be launched by Spring in collaboration with the polytechnics to provide technology help for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The centre, which cost $7 million
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  • LETTER FROM ABROAD WITH ASCOTT
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      Lock icon New Year resolutions
      717 17  -  Christine Yong Mouth-watering fruits and an abundant supply of vegetables aside, I'm evolving into a herbivore mainly due to the waste disposal system here. LETTER FROM KAIZU CITY Teacher The writer is working as an assistant language teacher at Kaizu Meisei Senior High School in Kaizu City,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Moment of truth for Terengganu
      538 18  -  S Jayasankaran By btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur CAMPAIGNING ceased at midnight yesterday for an important by-election in the parliamentary constituency of Kuala Terengganu ahead of voting later today. The election is essentially a contest between Wan Farid Salleh of the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) and
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      Lock icon Jakarta rejects Exxon's gas field proposal
      245 18 Reuters Jakarta INDONESIA has rejected a proposal by Exxon Mobil Corp to develop the giant Natuna D-Alpha gas field as it believes that the contract held by the US oil major expired in 2005, the energy minister said yesterday. The move, revolving around the
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      Lock icon Greenlight, but only a third take IPO plunge in KL
      454 18  -  Pauline Ng By btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur ONLY a third of companies approved for public listing last year by Malaysia's securities watchdog did so, with the remainder deciding that weak market conditions were too dicey to chance. Ten out ofthe 31
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      Lock icon China's urban-rural gap yawns wider
      755 19 AP, AFP Recession foiling government effort to close long-standing income gap The deepening crisis could lead to a regime change in Beijing and devaluation of the yuan. Albert Edwards, Societe Generate analyst Shanghai THE politically divisive income gap between China's affluent city dwellers and its
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      Lock icon Open trade as antidote to recession
      433 19  -  Anthony Rowley By btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THERE is no way out of the current global recession without maintaining an open global trading regime, US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Thomas Donohue argued in Tokyo yesterday. He was speaking at the end of a three-nation
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      Lock icon Obama gets rest of US$7OOb bailout fund
      585 20 AP, Bloomberg But his plan to spend USsB2sb more draws scepticism Washington STILL days from taking office, Presi-dent-elect Barack Obama scored his first victory in Congress, winning Senate approval to spend the second half of a massive US$7OO billion fund to bail out
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      Lock icon Gloom in output numbers, a bit of cheer from consumers
      385 20 Reuters, Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Washington US inflation slowed to a half-century low last year and industrial output dropped for the first time since 2002 as the recession deepened towards year-end, raising the spectre of deflation. In better news, confidence
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      Lock icon Plan for 'bad bank' gains traction in US
      537 21 Bloomberg Obama team sees mounting crisis, ready for more radical action Washington IN WHAT may become the biggest effort yet to unfreeze lending, regulators are considering a new plan that would remove toxic assets from bank balance sheets amid renewed questions about
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      Lock icon Bush defends his actions, admits setbacks
      409 21 AP Washington UNPOPULAR but unbowed, US President George W Bush defended his tumultuous two terms in a farewell address to the nation on Thursday night, claiming a series of successes at home and aboard. Reaching back to the Sept 11,2001 attacks, when the public
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      Lock icon Madoff mirage where no trade was executed
      260 21 Reuters Boston BERNIE Madoff's investment fund may never have executed a single trade, industry officials say, suggesting that detailed statements mailed to investors each month may have been an elaborate mirage in a US$5O billion fraud. An industry-run regulator for brokerage firms said
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      401 20 w A SATS PACIFIC CENTURY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****0381N NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited (the "Company") will be held at Raffles Town Club, Dunearn 1, Level
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      2265 22 Transaction date: Jan 16 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote C000) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E M Cap $mil 1.5 3 3148 8Telecom j4J 3 5834 A-Sonic JO 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 10.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 9
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      3103 23 Transaction date: Jan 16 SZ-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote C000) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E M Cap Smil 153 253 DBS R [50 251 DBS R500 12.1 7.5 5736 DMXTech [68 364 3505 DairyFarm 028 608 5401 Daiwa FT
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      3335 24 Transaction date: Jan 16 SZ-wks Tel Last ligh Low Code Company Sale Vol Day Last Quote C000) High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net M Cap C'vr P/E $mil 10 12 5105 Mercator 13.5 61 19 5810 Mermaid 23 16 32 3511 Metro Hldgs 36 •3 37 1929 Micro-Mechanics 37
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      1504 25 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smil !0 5 1181 s AAGrp !2 16 8538 s APStrategic i 1 1501 s Advanced System 7 2 3480 t Adventus !8 12.5 3518 s Afor !2.8 2.7 1524 s Alantac >.O 3.5 7814 s
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      52 25 MAIN Up Down Unch 6 3 3 SDQ Up Down Unch 0 0 0 TOTAL Up Down Unch 6 3 3 Multi Ind Taruil hactunnj .ommerce -inance ,onst :rud :ion Tro\ >erties ToteT SET >ervices las/ _er ;ure iarr Active counters with no volume for today are
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      181 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 jonus issuexri ex-right issue- xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all- cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum
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      812 25 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Jan 12 Trans Date Substantial Shareholder/ Director Buy Sell Conv No of Shares '000 Price Per ShrS SHAREHOLDING Before After ('000) ('000) Trans Date Substantial Shareholder/ Director Buy Sell Conv No of Shares '000 Price Per ShrS SHAREHOLDING Before After
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        19 26 YTD change:-1.77% 52-week high: 3,269.88 on May 5,2008 52-week low: 1,473.77 on Oct 28,2008 Source: Bloomberg
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        20 26 YTD change: -7.87% 52-week high: 26,387.30 on May 5,2008 52-week low: 10,676.20 on Oct 27,2008 Source: Bloomberg
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        25 26 YTD change:-6.43% 52-week high: 13,136.60 on May 19,2008 52-week low: 7,449.38 on Nov 21,2008 (Chart shows Thursday's index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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        368 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr %dy %yr %dy %yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jan IS World Index Preliminai 627.6 -2.1 -44.5 -2.2 -44.9 -2.5 -47.1 tEAFE Preliminai 608.9 -1.9 -45.7 -2.2 -47.8 -2.5 -49.8 Euro| Preliminai 856.7 -1.2
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        21 26 YTD change: +7.34% 52-week high: 5,396.04 on Jan 16,2008 52-week low: 1,664.92 on Oct 28,2008 Source: Bloomberg
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        18 26 YTD change:-7.10% 52-week high: 14,601.20 on June 6,2008 52-week low: 6,994.90 on Oct 28,2008 Source: Bloomberg
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        64 26 Jan Ts| COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev Hi! 'Low Mar 09 1736 1751 1746/1715 May 09 1710 1721 1718/1689 JulO9 1698 1710 1705/1688 SepO9 1690 1700 1702/1675 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 09 1950 unch 1964/1925 SUGAR (US tonne) White Close Prev High/Low Mar 09 333.7 324.6 336.4/325.9 May
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        95 26 Jan Ts| SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 09 994.50 971.*****5.00 957.75 May 09 1003.25 980.*****2.50 966.25 JulO9 1013.25 990.*****1.00 976.00 AugO9 1009.50 -1032.50 996.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; usq/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 09 34.40 34.05 35.00 33.64 May 09 34.77 34.43 35.37
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        75 26 Jan Ts| CRUDE USS/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) WTI (Near Mth) Dubai (1-Mth F) Tapis blend Minas 46.41 0.10 34.80 -2.55 45.56 0.25 47.05 -1.00 45.60 -1.00 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB Spore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 40.10 -2.00 59.93 -1.77 USS/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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        75 26 Jan J6\ GOLD (US$/oz) Jan 15 Jan 16 Hong Kong 809.50 818.40 810.50 819.40 Jan 14 Jan 15 London 811.05 809.20 813.05 811.20 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 16.07 15.84 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Jan 15 Close Previous PM Fix 918.00 935.00 AM Fix
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        151 26 Janj2 Against S$ Currencies Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9988 1.0013 Against US? Bid 0.6716 Offer 0.6719 Canadian dollar 1.1968 1.1995 0.8048 0.8049 Euro 1.9655 1.9700 1.3216 1.3220 NZ dollar 0.8116 0.8142 0.5457 0.5464 Sterlini 2.2045 2.2098 1.4823 1.4829 US dollar
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        65 26 Jan 16\ KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price !*> Low Vol Open Done Position Hi, Jan 09 FebO9 Mar OS Apr OS 1848 1830 1835 1828 Tots] o/p: ***** contracts 1850 1850 1803 1845 1845 1780 1833 1840 1780 1836 1836 1780
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        70 26 Jania Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) lickel ;us$/tonne; Close Previous Close Previous Cash 3 months Tin (US$/tonne; *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Cash 3 months Copper, Grade A 1445.80 1480.00 1458.80 1495.00 ;us$/tonne) Cash 3 months Lead (US$/tonne; 3248.00 3280.00 3252.00 3286.00 Cash 3 months Zinc, Special Hi; *****.00 *****.00
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      904 27  -  Yogi Aggarwal High-tech IT company Satyam has lost its way in its greed to acquire the most basic form of wealth land By AFTER the whirlwind of 2008 when global financial giants such as Lehman Brothers went belly up and others such as AIG, Merrill
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      864 27  -  David Brooks NYT By ONCE there was just Newtonian physics and the world seemed neat and mechanical. Then quantum physics came along and revealed that deep down things are much weirder than they seem. Something similar is now happening with public
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        847 28  -  Genevieve Cua Blackrock says macro economic environment very challenging, but sees investment opportunity in non-US government bonds and investment-grade corporate debt By THE economic outlook looks grim over the next two years, says Blackrock head of asset allocation and economics Richard Urwin. But
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        162 28 The US economy faces its first nominal GDP decline in 50 years. Global growth falls below 2 per cent for the first time since 1991. Inflation falls close to zero in many developed countries, but widespread deflation is avoided. The US
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        733 28  -  Lynette Khoo Singapore Exchange Fully valued DBS Vickers, Jan 16 close: $5.17 WITHIN expectation: SGX's $75 million net profit for Q209 was within expectation. All three revenue streams fell q-o-q with key disappointment from derivatives due to lower investment flows from the Nifty contracts for the quarter. Y-o-y,
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        1202 29  -  Ben Fok CEO, Grandtag Financial Consultancy (S) WEALTH INSIGHTS As you approach retirement, you need to re-examine your risk tolerance and assess the risk of your portfolio to avoid huge losses during times likes these CEO, Grandtag Financial Consultancy (S) WHILE attending a dinner recently,
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        1324 30  -  Teh Hooi Ling Senior correspondent SHOW ME THE MONEY A lack of volatility in companies' financial statements or fund managers' performance should be seen as a red flag hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent THE latest Buttonwood column in The Economist is an article entitled "In praise of
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        998 31  -  Floyd Norris NYT The great dividend news from 2004 through 2006 was not an indication of solid corporate performance; it was just another sign of lax lending standards By ividends don't M lie.' Chalk up the death of \^L\ another Wall W Street cliche. mW
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        279 32 The structures, in Katong and Joo Chiat, include shophouses and churches Singapore THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday said it would conserve another 100 buildings in Katong and Joo Chiat to retain the area's history and character. The buildings comprise 95 shophouses and terrace
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        922 33  -  Arthur Sim The residential property market has started to slide, resulting in more affordable homes. WHILE many will be worrying about losing the roof over their heads, 2009 may just be the year for some to find a new one. From luxury to mass market
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      391 32 PROJECTNAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF PROJECTNAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND PRICE PSF STREETNAME TYPE DATE AREA*(SQFT) (S$'000) (Ss) STREETNAME TYPE DATE AREA*(SQFT) (S$'000) (Ss) District 3 District 16 NON-LANDED NON-LANDED Ctl Green Cdo Apt 22/12/2008 99 1292 878 680 CasaMerah Apt 23/12/2008 99 958 593 619 r: Theßayshore
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      111 34 "'-ilm'l Ifi Mi J Sim' I (Ml |g With more contemporary looks and designs, the cheongsam has found a growing legion V of fans among younger women V m DINING m. Takeaway festive feasts L 6-7 M X GUEST CHEF n Majestic Restaurant's Yong Bing Ngen L 8 ;d DESIGN
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        1436 35  -  Melissa Lwee The traditional Chinese costume has remained popular by keeping up with the changing times. By IT'S that time ofthe ye,ar when thoughts ofthe Chinese heritage invade the consciousness of those who celebrate the Lunar New Year. To wear or not to wear, that is the question
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        287 36  -  Melissa Lwee Get into the Chinese New Year mood by surrounding yourself with Oriental paraphernalia. From homeware to accessories, it's easy to cosy up to these Chinoiserie-inspired products. By LOANG NOI Hang the credit crunch especially if you've got this around your neck. Be the belle of
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        1091 37  -  Geoffrey Eu Jaime Ec The Tanglin area isn't exactly a hot spot for food, but residents can now enjoy the convenience of a glitzy mini-mart with a deli counter, and a child-friendly bistro Cold Storage Specialty 11 Cuscaden Road #01-01 Tanglin Shopping Centre Opening hours Bam-10pm
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        1519 38  -  Jaime Ec Takeaway festive food served in the comfort of your own home. What could be easier? By NOT everybody fancies the idea of trekking to a crowded restaurant to eat the same assembly line reunion meal. But when cooking at home is not an option, then takeaway
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        777 39  -  Audrey Phoon guest chef Majestic Restaurant chef Yong Bing Ngen shares how a hot claypot dish can stir up warm feelings at Chinese New Year. THE Chinese have an ancient saying that when the autumn wind blows, the time is ripe for preserved meats {qiufengxi, shi la wei
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        217 39 Serves 10 Ingredients 700g rice 900 ml water y 4 tbsp salt 4 pcs preserved Chinese sausage 4 pcs preserved liver sausage 1 ream preserved pork belly 1 pc preserved duck leg 10 sprigs kai lan Chopped spring onions to
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        1267 41  -  Maisy Koh Whether it's spiritual or bodily nourishment you're seeking, you'll find it in Santiago de Compostela. By AS YOU approach the Galician capital of Santiago de Compostela, its reputation as one of the most sacred sites in Christendom becomes clear once you catch sight of pilgrims
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        686 42  -  Geoffrey Eu design Claus Sendlinger of Design Hotels explains what gives a property its exclusive vibe. By CLAUS Sendlinger was a public relations guy working in event planning for the music industry in the late-1980s when he noticed that the musicians and DJs he was booking trips
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        957 43  -  Amanda de Guzman Duncan Craig loves leather, chains and big, loud bikes but not the wild lifestyle. By WEEKEND WITH DUNCAN CRAIG DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS CARLSON HOTELS WORLDWIDE ASIA PACIFIC AT your next concert, look out for that menacing guy in leather and chains. He's there to make
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        956 44  -  Christopher Lim HAVE you ever had f to travel all the way to your office just to use your desktop PC anchored there? There have never seen so many laptop options to choose rom, so pick one that suits your needs and revel in the freedom.
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        522 45  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon my aching body head to toe Here are some solutions to deal with the pain and stiffness of frozen shoulders. FROZEN shoulders are common, but till today, how they come about continues to baffle doctors. What doctors do know is that women around 40
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        454 45 ONE of the newest treatments for torn muscles and tendons is having your own platelets injected back into the injured area. This is a novel procedure in sports medicine, even though the Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) method has been used in other fields of medicine,
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        806 46 no holds barred AS tennis fans get ready for the first Grand Slam event of 2009, the Australian Open, all eyes are on the British No 1, Andy Murray. The 21-year-old Scot has been the hottest player on the men's circuit since the second half of last
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        359 46 Bloomberg London SATYAM Computer Services Ltd, the Indian software exporter facing fraud allegations, is reassuring soccer's governing body that the company can continue its role in the 2010 World Cup, a company executive said. Dilbagh Gill, Satyam's head of sport, spent two days
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        1120 47  -  Justine Moss Despite operating in the golfing shadows Kia Ma is regarded as one of the best in the business when it comes to putter design. By WHEN it comes to Asians making a splash on the international golfing scene, it's not just the likes of
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        603 48  -  Samuel Ec On paper, these two German sedans appear very similar both have been recently facelifted, and both have three-litre, six-cylinder engines with forced induction. But from behind the wheel, they are as different as chalk and cheese. By IT is amazing what a supercharger and
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        602 48  -  Samuel Ec IT may have similar performance and pricing but unlike the mid-sized Audi A 6, it is obvious that the BMW 335 i sedan is a smaller car. There is another major difference. While the A 6 3.0 TFSI has a supercharger for its V
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        784 49  -  Benjamin Ng Samuel Ec By THE annual Tokyo Auto Salon seems to have succumbed to the economic malaise. Last weekend's annual auto accessories show was not as glamorous as before, unlike in previous years where customisation had been glorified to almost extravagant heights. New models unveiled
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