The Business Times, 23 June 2011

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  • 24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 138/08/2010 Thursday, June 23, 2011
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  • 766 1  -  By VIRGINIE MANGIN in Wenzhou, China IN 2008, Shisheng Chen set up his “credit guarantee company” here with 19 friends. They pooled their extra cash together, registered for a licence and now legally lend to Wenzhou’s 200,000 or so cashstrapped
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  • 881 1  -  Pimco chief fears other eurozone members may default as well; Greece faces tough road ahead By NEIL BEHRMANN in London BOND, currency and stock markets remained uncertain yesterday even though Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou narrowly won a vote of confidence for
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  • 144 1 HST INDEX 3,042.83 (–10.68) H ST INDEX FUTURES 3,043 (-11) G SIMSCI 350.89 (–1.49) G SIMSCI FUTURES 351.40 (-0.80) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.231 (US$/S$ per 1.621 1.995 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.440 1.773 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 80.20 65.10 RM 3.024 2.456 HK$ 7.789
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    • 24 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Rival bid for Portek? Don’t keep market guessing PAGE 6 Nokia out to safeguard its feature-phone market share BizIT I PAGE
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 582 2 Greece govt wins vote but default spectre rises BOND, currency and stock markets remained jittery yesterday even though Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou narrowly won a vote of confidence for austerity. The world’s biggest bond trader, meanwhile, warned that Greece was still likely to default on its debts
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    • 568 2  -  Consumers should be warned of higher repayments if interest rates rise: MAS By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Banks and other financial institutions marketing home loans to consumers will have to provide them with a fact sheet warning how their loan repayments could rise
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    • 504 2  -  24,363 couples got hitched, 6.6% fewer than previous year By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Fewer couples tied the knot last year, even as more divorces were filed. The first decline in new marriages since 2003 also coincided with an all-time low in the ratio
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    • 928 2  -  Trusty investment alternatives with decent returns needed COMMENTARY By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] AMID the ongoing discussion on how best to tame Singapore’s private housing market, a closer look is needed at the reasons for the strong demand. The answer to this
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    • 904 4  -  Measures needed to prevent companies from bullying them into quitting COMPANIES ACT REVIEW By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Investors may want auditors to do more in the wake of the S-chip scandals but there’s nothing in the Companies Act review that encourages auditors
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    • 610 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve yesterday said the pace of US economic recovery was proceeding more slowly than it had expected though it was primarily because of temporary factors. The Fed’s policysetting committee said it will maintain interest rates at exceptionally low
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    • 511 4  -  SGX may hold all shares bought with CPF money via CDP By JAMIE LEE [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) may eventually hold all shares bought with CPF money through the central depository (CDP), the review report on the Companies Act showed. This proposal is
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 600 6  -  Cash offer open for acceptance by shareholders until July 20 By JOYCE HOOI INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) is soldiering on with its cash offer for Portek International at $1.20 per share, according to the offer document that was released yesterday. ICTSI
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    • 891 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By JOYCE HOOI HERE’S a philosophical conundrum for the contemplative investor: if a company says it is interested in buying another company, and no one is around to see it happen, is that company really interested? Better yet does
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    • 783 6 Charges that hot money is hurting the poor unnerve some Reuters [LONDON] Some pension funds are beginning to question their investments in commodities after accusations that massive flows into the sector have distorted markets, fuelled food inflation and hurt poor nations. The
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    • 481 7  -  BOS says its earning asset base grew 30% to US$36.3b this year till May By EMILYN YAP OCBC Bank’s private banking unit Bank of Singapore (BOS) is setting up an operation within OCBC China to reach out to Chinese individuals with deep
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    • 609 7  -  CapitaRetail China Trust raises gross proceeds of $70m from placement By KELLY TAY CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) and CapitaMall Trust (CMT) yesterday announced the issue, through Silver Oak, of US$645 million five-year secured floating rate notes (FRNs). Separately, CapitaRetail China Trust (CRCT) another
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    • 317 7 Reuters ASIA’S property IPO market may slow down for the rest of the year as governments move in to cool property prices and equity markets turn sluggish, a senior executive at HSBC says. “I don’t expect a lot of straight equity to be raised
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    • 628 9  -  Analyst doesn’t think equities will move in any big way By JAMIE LEE THE Singapore dollar is not ready for the status of a safe haven currency partly because the bond market is underdeveloped, a senior strategist said yesterday. Asked
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    • 463 9  -  Supply will help them bridge fuel needs before LNG supplies begin in May 2013 By RONNIE LIM ADDITIONAL piped natural gas (PNG) from Natuna will start arriving in Singapore in about three months’ time. It will help the generating companies
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    • 333 9  -  By EMILYN YAP THE Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) is embarking on a review of competency standards for the financial industry, some five years after the standards were first introduced. It will also be setting the bar higher for financial representatives who wish
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 42 9 OFFSHORE vessel builder STX OSV has secured new contracts to build two vessels for Norway’s Farstad Shipping for 1.2 billion Norwegian kroner (S$269 million). The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2013.
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      • 68 9 STAMFORD Tyres Corporation said net profit for the year ended April 30, 2011, has jumped 41.4 per cent year on year to $13.3 million as better sales mix of high performance tyres and earthmover tyres offset rising tyre costs. South Africa, North Asia
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      • 101 9 ANWELL Technologies said that its wholly owned subsidiary Dongguan Sungen had secured long-term funding arrangement of 500 million yuan (S$95.4 million) from the municipal government of Dongguan for the setting up of the group’s second thin film solar panel production plant, which is
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 626 8  -  Initial 20-point gain for STI gives way to 10.68-point loss after HK surrenders triple-digit rise, Europe opens in red STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index (STI) yesterday dropped 10.68 points to 3,042.83 as caution re-entered the market following Tuesday’s 40-point rebound.
      Source: Bloomberg  -  626 words
    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 12 3 0 0 0 2 12 3 Manufacturing 37 59 60 4 2 8 41 61 68 Commerce 16 24 20 2 2 4 18 26 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 16 12
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    • 119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 32,331 32,331 80,755 80,755 Manufacturing 258,996 5,616 264,612 170,579 325 170,903 Commerce 59,673 1,209 60,882 109,836 416 110,252 Tpt/Stor/Comms 145,070 7,210 152,280 265,770 726 266,496 Finance 15,810 15,810 163,227 163,227 Construction 17,956 977 18,933 4,931
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    • 112 8 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.410 -0.020 CapitaLand 2.800 -0.050 CapitaMall 1.900 -0.010 CityDev 10.500 +0.020 ComfortDelGro 1.380 DBS Grp 14.240 -0.160 F&N 5.550 -0.170 GLP 1.990 -0.020 Genting SP 1.870 -0.020 Golden Agri 0.670 -0.005 HK Land 7.300 +0.020 JMH 54.700
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    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 66 8 Jun 22 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -805.00 -7.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -81.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -80.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 728.93 -4.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 504.85 -3.51 FTSE ST All Share 743.60 -3.09 FTSE ST China Top 247.57 -2.58 FTSE ST China 287.24 -2.46 FTSE
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    • 56 8 VOLUME Samko 69,239,000 Genting SP 65,414,000 Artivision 51,940,000 Golden Agri 48,248,000 SingTel 36,727,000 NOL 33,349,000 Dyna-Mac 32,264,000 Thai Beverage 29,839,000 HPH Trust US$ 24,255,000 Yangzijiang 19,287,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 123,937,440 SingTel 112,920,260 UOB 56,980,380 Keppel Corp 53,154,472 CapitaLand 50,955,354 DBS Grp 50,816,700 NOL 50,279,580 Olam 33,174,280 Golden
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 427 8 June 22 close: S$0.91 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH, June 22 Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT) announced on June 17 that it had completed the acquisition of KPPC Pyeongtaek Centre in South Korea. Recall that MLT previously reported on May 25 that it had signed a conditional sale and purchase
        Source: Bloomberg  -  427 words
      • 343 8  -  Compiled by CONRAD TAN June 22 close: S$4.40 DBS Group Research, June 22 Bukit Sembawang is one of the largest landed residential developers in Singapore with about 72 per cent of its land bank within the landed mass-market segment. The supply of these homes is limited and
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      • 137 8 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half m-o-m month on month NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first,
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    • 558 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro slid yesterday, with investors locking in gains following a vote of confidence in the Greek government and as they braced for more challenges, including a crucial decision on the country’s austerity plans. The dollar
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    • 113 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6140 251.1 3.4 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 194.0 1.9 IS DJ US Tech 6303 193.3 2.6 Jardine C&C 4038 114.0 2.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 83.7 0.5 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 2994 81.2 2.3 IS S&P500 ***** 77.6 0.5 JMH 5470 73.9 1.1 Hyflux
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    • 123 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4312 -86.2 -1.6 F&N 555 -17.0 -3.0 DBS Grp 1424 -16.0 -1.1 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -10.0 -0.1 IS MSCI Spore 1333 -8.6 -0.5 SGX 711 -7.0 -1.0 Keppel Corp 1068 -6.0 -0.6 NOL 147 -6.0 -3.9 Wilmar 532
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 489 10  -  HK commercial property rents rise sharply as demand from China jumps By REBECCA LIU STRONG demand from mainland China and a supply crunch are causing Hong Kong’s commercial property market to reach a fever pitch, with Singapore looking to benefit from rising
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    • 503 10  -  Reports by UMA SHANKARI TULIP Garden at Farrer Road, which couldn’t find a buyer in its last en bloc attempt, has been relaunched for sale. Marketing agent Credo Real Estate is seeking a new mandate from owners to lower the reserve price to
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    • 343 10 A 0.34 ha industrial site at Irving Place drew a whopping 15 bids and a top offer of $343 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr) much higher than analysts expected at the close of a state tender yesterday. The
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    • 298 10  -  By TAM YU LING AS demand increases for energy efficient “green tyres”, Asia’s No 1 S-SBR synthetic rubber maker Asahi Kasei is riding the wave by opening its second plant on Jurong Island. Estimated to cost 20-30 billion yen (S$307-460 million), it
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    • 605 10  -  Prices start at $1,400 psf, project to be launched in July By NICHOLAS YEO CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd unveiled its latest project, Thomson Grand, yesterday at Singapore Island Country Club’s (SICC) Island Location. The project will be launched in July once the sales office
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    • 536 10  -  1,500 biz, thought leaders expected in Hawaii in November By LEE U-WEN THE annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) CEO Summit to be held on the American island state of Hawaii in November is looking to mark its 15th
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    • 227 10 CERTIFICATE of Entitlement (COE) premiums ended mixed in the June second open bidding exercise, ended yesterday. Premiums went up for most categories, offering reprieve only for cars 1,600cc and below, as well as taxis and motorcycles. The sharpest rise was seen
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    • 166 10 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced yesterday it has awarded two civil contracts worth $216.8 million to China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC). The contracts are for the construction of the Kaki Bukit and Kallang Bahru stations along the Downtown
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 606 11 Bernanke Co still have much work to do The central bank is now confronting renewed jitters over Europe’s debt crisis AP [WASHINGTON] The US may be into the second year of the economic recovery, but Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues are still facing plenty of challenges as
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    • 514 11 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea is considering shifting office hours and school holidays to encourage its hard-work-ing citizens to spend more, but the initiative to boost domestic demand has met with a wary response. While exports are booming and growth figures
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    • 218 11 Reuters [SEOUL] The global economy has turned a corner but markets could remain vulnerable to sovereign debt risks involving advanced economies for a considerable time, South Korea’s central bank chief said yesterday. “Debt path projections show sovereign risk in major advanced economies
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 409 12 Sources say stake in Amsteel Mills Bhd could be sold for about US$1b Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Baosteel Group Corp, China’s sec-ond-biggest steelmaker, is in talks to buy a stake in a steel unit of Malaysia’s Lion Group for about US$1 billion,
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    • 449 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to start selling an Islamic dollar sovereign bond today to raise as much as US$2 billion, its second Syariah-compliant global offering in a year, two people familiar with the matter said. The sale will be split into two
      Bloomberg  -  449 words
    • 420 12  -  By in Kuala S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur LONG-SERVING Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud yesterday moved to dispel allegations that he was under financial investigation by the Swiss authorities and denied that he maintained a private bank account in that country or owned Swiss
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    • 454 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s an-ti-corruption chief Busjro Muqoddas has only been in the job six months and has already taken on a judge, members of parliament, and even the president’s political party. But critics believe that the fight against corruption has actually slowed
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    • 1108 12 Consolidated financial statements year ended 31 December 2010 Balance sheet at 31 December 2010 In thousands of euros 31 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2009 ASSETS Cash and amounts due from central banks and post office banks 600,216 600,206 Treasury bills and money-market instruments 10,952,669 8,108,016 Due from credit institutions 39,460,941
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 425 13 Economic planning agency also says momentum in price hikes has slowed Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s top economic planning agency has said that inflation would accelerate this month, bolstering analysts’ forecasts for the rate to reach 6 per cent, the highest level since July 2008.
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    • 557 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China Ltd and China Petroleum Chemical Corp are among companies withholding 20 per cent of dividend payments to foreigners as they await guidance on how to handle the repeal of a 17-year-old tax exemption. China’s State Administration of Taxation
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    • 428 13 Move follows jump in yields over fears of Greece default Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indian companies are seeking guarantees from multilateral agencies to cut borrowing costs after yields on their dollardenominated bonds rose to the highest in almost a year. IDBI Bank Ltd announced
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    • 142 13 s«NWFA Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts is pleased to be the first comprehensive arts institution to receive 4-year SINGAPORE certification from the Council for Private Education. Since 1938, NAFA has shaped the development of the arts in Singapore with a rigorous arts training programme. 11 Cultural Medallion Award winners, 10
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  • WORLD
    • 583 14 But they’re up for a potential upgrade as part of the firm’s 2012 review Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] MSCI Inc, whose stock indexes are tracked by investors with about US$3 trillion in assets, has maintained South Korea’s and Taiwan’s emerging market status
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    • 678 14 AP [WASHINGTON] JPMorgan Chase Co has agreed to pay US$153.6 million to settle civil fraud charges that it misled buyers of complex mortgage investments just as the US housing market was collapsing. JPMorgan Securities, a division of the powerful Wall Street bank, failed to
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    • 590 14  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo ASIA’S continued economic growth and prosperity is in jeopardy if development is too energy-intensive and dependent upon fossil fuels, Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Haruhiko Kuroda warned yesterday at the opening of an ADB Clean Energy Forum
      AFP  -  590 words
    • 548 14 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia may shift its military focus to recognise the growing importance of energy assets on its isolated northern coast, and the challenge posed by Asia’s emerging powers. Announcing the first review of national security in more than two
      Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  548 words
    • 589 15 Caution reflects the region’s reliance on US and European demand Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Europe’s debt crisis and slowing US growth are damping demand for exports from Asia, giving central banks a reason to slow interest-rate increases even at the risk of
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    • 306 15 AFP [PARIS] A strain of E coli bacteria blamed for killing dozens of people in Germany is a genetic mix whose ability to stick to intestinal walls may have made it so lethal, a study in The Lancet said yesterday.
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    • 540 15 AFP [PARIS] A second legal probe into France’s handling of a business dispute upped the pressure yesterday on Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, one day before she was to make her case to become head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ms Lagarde
      AFP; BLOOMBERG  -  540 words
    • 294 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] FedEx Corp reported a strong fourth quarter profit yesterday despite fuel and economic challenges and forecast robust 2012 earnings, sending its shares up 3 per cent in pre-market trading. Net profit rose 33 per cent to US$558 million,
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    • 588 15 Reuters [PARIS] Farm ministers of the group of 20 leading economies (G-20) wrangled over France’s proposals to tighten regulation of commodity markets and set up emergency reserves at a summit yesterday as the group seeks to tackle soaring and volatile food prices. Paris
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    • 340 15 Remittances shot up to US$11b in 2010 from US$4.8b in ’05 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh lifted 13 million people out of poverty in the five years to 2010, pushing the poverty rate in the South Asian country down to 31.5 per cent, the government
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    • 247 16/17 THOMSON GRAND PREMIER NEIGHBOURHOOD Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) one of the most prestigious golf clubs in Singapore with long and illustrious history Four beautiful world-class 18-hole championship courses PREMIER EDUCATION HUB Ai Tong Primary School St Nicholas Girls' School Raffles Institution Catholic High School etc UNIQUE AND MULTIPLE VIEWS
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 505 18 EDITORIAL SEAFARERS and shipowners have always received special attention in the world of work. After all, the sector was among the earliest to be globalised. As far back as 1920, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) International Labour Conference featured agenda items concerning
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    • 930 18  -  Business should dictate the common accounting norms used not the other way around By DORIS CHENG JOON-ARN CHIANG The writers are, respectively, an executive and a partner with Ernst Young’s Financial Accounting Advisory Services Practice FUELLED by institutional investors and the American Dream, capital
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    • 816 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent “BLAME the bureaucrats” for the sad state of governance, the economy and most other ills seems to be a constant refrain nowadays among Japanese politicians. And they themselves are under almost constant fire from
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    • 1343 19  -  It should select next head on the basis of qualification; developing nations need to focus on its Board’s voting structure By OMKAR SHRESTHA The author is visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies MUCH of the recent debate on
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    • 849 19  -  By SIMON TILFORD in London The writer is chief economist at the Centre for European Reform A FLAWED understanding of what drives economic growth has emerged as the gravest threat to recovery in Europe. European policymakers are obsessed with national “competitiveness”, and genuinely appear to
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  • AVIATION
    • 472 20  -  JTC, EDB marketing the 300 hectare park to global players at Paris airshow By VEN SREENIVASAN in Paris THE Seletar Aerospace Park project is progressing well within budget and on time, with infrastructure for Phase 1 and 2 already
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    • 3246 20 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1300 KU6458 1415 --SQ458 1415 EY473 1955 NH6369 1955 --VA7473 1955 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7278 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1820 AF8087 1820 AY5012 1820 BA7381 1820 JL7892 1820 MU8440 1820 QF81 1820
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    • 423 20 Settlement will boost its bottom line by A$95m AP [SYDNEY] Australia’s flagship carrier Qantas said yesterday it has reached a settlement with engine maker Rolls-Royce over last year’s mid-air disintegration of a superjumbo engine, which temporarily forced the grounding of its entire fleet
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    • 487 20 Reuters [OSLO] Norway and Iceland joined a US and European Union “open skies” deal on Tuesday amid a trans-Alt-antic dispute about Europe’s plans to impose carbon emission permits on all flights from 2012. Under the deal, airlines in non-EU members Norway and Iceland will be
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 335 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 4 Separate area reached by sailors (8) 8 Country making a new attempt when backed by the French (6) 9 What knocks back editor if a VIP is genuine (4,4) 10 Title of my French gentleman used around European community (8) 11 Moggie let out with other
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  • 3854 21 n BALISA SHIPPING TRADING PTE LTD 8 Shenton Way, #40-03A, Singapore *****1 Tel: 6345 5700 Fax: 6345 5227 Email: singapore@balisagp.com UEN NO. *****3249E UK CONTINENT SERVICE U.S.A. SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Antwerp/UK *Loads Singapore, E./W. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Destination STXPO TBN Camden/New Orleans/Tampico Destination
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  • SHIPPING
    • 442 22 It keeps mum on weather its Vale Brasil is barred from entering Dalian Reuters [RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Tuesday that it had rerouted 391,000 tonnes of iron ore, its first cargo aboard a new class of giant bulk
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    • 278 22 SGX '000 Jun 22 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.43 unch 31 Chuan Hup Hldg unch unch 0 Cosco Corp 1.83 -0.01 ***** CWT Ltd 1.23 -0.02 924 Ezra Hldgs 1.33 -0.02 3659 First Ship Lea 0.35 unch 1378 Freight Links 0.06 0.01 1017 Grand Banks unch unch 0
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    • 376 22  -  Manila told to end deficiencies in their education, training By ALEC ALMAZAN in Manila FILIPINO seafarers could soon be banned from European Union (EU)-flagged ships unless deficiencies in the Philippines’ maritime training education and certification system are corrected. Filipino crew, who make
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    • 397 22 Reuters [TEHERAN] Iran’s state shipping line rejected on Tuesday the latest US indictments against it, saying that the move was another attempt by Washington to damage the Islamic Republic’s economy, state television reported. US prosecutors took aim at the state-sponsored Islamic Republic of
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8316 23 Transaction date: Jun 22 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 15 8Telecom 15.5 unch 30 15.5 15.5 14.5 16.5 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 12 4.5 A-Sonic 7.5 unch 242
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    • 1472 24 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 5.5 4 t AA Grp 4 3.5 4.5 19 3.9 202 154 t APStrategic 161 145 160 95.5 1.5 0.5 t Advanced System 0.5
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    • 9892 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.33/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.07/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.71/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6328/ Asian Credit Fund
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    • 225 24 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 34 AVJennings A46 44 48 3.6 7.6 3.7 119.8 55 18 Genting HK US$ US35 -0.5 ***** 36.5 35 35 35.5 2304.6 21 12 Over&Gen A15
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    • 858 24 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 117 unch 5 117 117 113 117 534.1 1077 832 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1031 +4 8 1040 1031 1032 1038 41.2
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jun 21 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 893.2 1.5 -0.5 1.3 -2.2 1.6 1.7 EAFE Preliminary 768.8 1.5 -4.0 1.4 -3.3 1.7 0.5 Europe Preliminary 1149.1 1.7
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    • 77 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun 21 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 112.02 -0.30 WTI (Near Mth) 93.16 -0.13 Dubai (1-Mth F) 106.05 0.45 Tapis blend 118.04 0.45 Minas 114.14 0.45 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 101.50 1.17 Jet Kerosene 126.05 0.40 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 107 25 Jun 21 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 11 1348.75 1335.75 1354.75 1337.75 Aug 11 1348.75 1336.00 1354.75 1338.75 Sep 11 1347.00 1333.50 1352.75 1335.25 Nov 11 1349.75 1335.50 1356.00 1337.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 11 56.60
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    • 81 25 Jun 22 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****V 22.09.2011 0.32 0.27 0.27 1-Year BY*****X 02.05.2012 0.41 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0V 1.625 01.04.2013 102.11 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 100.50 100.60 100.60
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    • 457 25 Jun 22 Jun 22 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep11 99.6400 0 5678 Dec11 99.5600 0 3133 Mar12 99.5050 0 1132 Jun12 99.4100 0 1356 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep11 99.6675 0 1251 Dec11 99.6650 0 1392 Mar12 99.6550 651 1823 Jun12 99.6525 0 1554
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    • 163 25 Jun 22 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jul 11 106 Aug 11 121 Sep 11 484.0 472.0 475.0 51 355 Oct 11 483.0 470.0 474.0 80 212 Nov 11 482.0 470.0 473.0 109 218 Dec 11
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      76 25 www.smx.com.sg As on 21 June 2011 SMX MARKET UPDATE PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PREV CLOSE PRECIOUS METALS Gold Cash Aug-11 1548.5 1543.3 1546.1 1541.8 Silver Cash Jul-11 36.365 36.06 Silver Cash Sep-11 36.38 36.075 CURRENCY Euro-US Dollar Sep-11 1.4349 1.4279 1.4343 1.428 Aust-US Dollar Sep-11 1.0495 1.0438 1.0492 1.0459
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    • 121 25 As at 9am Jun 22 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.35 1.274 Can dollar 1.291 1.242 Euro 1.806 1.737 Sterling pound 2.037 1.959 NZ dollar 1.03 0.981 US dollar 1.25 1.202 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 29 25 Jun 22 Sett Open High Sett STI Jun 3055 3055 3043 SIMSCI Jun 352.3 354.2 351.4 Taiwan Jun 303.*****.7 302.6 Source: MF Global (S) Pte Ltd
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    • 2605 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 23.5 1 150 8 6.85 35 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 1.5 1 4 38 2.67 8 AlliedTech W*****2 1.5 -0.5 65 1 4 29 Asia Water Tech Ltd W*****8
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    • 179 25 Jun 22 Bid $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 0 1-month 5/16 1/16 2-months 3/8 1/8 3-months 7/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.25 0.15 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.32 0.22 3 months 0.36 0.26 6 months 0.46 0.36 9 months 0.70 0.50
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    • 463 25 Jun 22 Jun A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.031 6.854 0.736 8.259 47.539 91.112 0.851 11.387 3.206 1.303 90.682 46.091 1.306 7.132 0.893 30.610 32.318 0.654 1.060 Canada 0.970
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    • 86 25 Jun 22 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** Jun 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12
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    • 156 25 Jun 22 Against US$ Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3050 1.3063 1.0602 1.0604 Canadian dollar 1.2664 1.2676 1.0288 1.0290 Euro 1.7724 1.7739 1.4399 1.4400 NZ dollar 1.0017 1.0030 0.8138 0.8142 Sterling pound 1.9946 1.9964
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    • 26 25 Jun 22 Jun 22 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2309 1.2319 2-months 1.2308 1.2318 3-months 1.2307 1.2318 6-months 1.2303 1.2313 Source: OCBC Source: OCBC
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    • 138 25 Jun 22 GOLD (US$/oz) Jun 21 Jun 22 Hong Kong 1546.80 1548.00 Jun 20 Jun 21 London 1537.54 1545.97 1538.40 1546.72 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jun 22 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 65,783.60 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 147 61 5gm 418 307 10gm 747
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    • 71 25 Jun 21 Jun 21 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2510.50 2500.25 3 months 2541.00 2531.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9074.00 8998.00 3 months 9080.00 9005.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2447.50 2433.75 3 months 2460.00 2450.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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    • 65 25 Jun 22 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jul 11 3254 3205 3255 3203 555 4381 Aug 11 3229 3190 3247 3190 2867 ***** Sep 11 3222 3178 3237 3178 ***** ***** Oct 11 3225 3179
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    • 82 25 Jun 21 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 11 1867 1848 1890/1850 Sep 11 1884 1857 1904/1866 Dec 11 1908 1881 1925/1891 Mar 12 1924 1897 1940/1906 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 11 2258 2238 2271/2221 Sep 11 2296 2276 2311/2261 Nov 11 2322 2304 2336/2289 Jan 12
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  • BizlT THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY
    • 812 26  -  It unveils three new models of C2 series and its first Meego device at tech show, reports VICTORIA HO reports VICTORIA HO RICHER mobile apps hold the key to Nokia’s efforts to safeguard its dwindling share of the global phone market, said
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    • 106 26 RESEARCH In Motion (RIM) has announced that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be available in Singapore from today from all the three telcos, Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), M1, and StarHub, as well as a number of nationwide retail stores. The BlackBerry PlayBook will come in three
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    • 620 26  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY FINNISH phone maker Nokia unveiled its latest top-of-the-line entertainment smartphone, the N9, at the Nokia Connections event in Singapore on Tuesday. Running on the MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan OS (operating system) instead of Nokia’s latest Symbian OS, the Symbian Anna, the N9
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    • 499 26 Stock price decline makes it attractive for Microsoft, Dell: analysts Bloomberg [TORONTO] Research In Motion Ltd has lost so much value that an acquirer could pay a 50 per cent premium and still buy the BlackBerry maker for a lower multiple than any
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    • 404 26  -  By VICTORIA HO ASIA is still the fastestgrowing region for broadband, as well as boasting the world’s largest installed base of subscribers, according to the Broadband Forum. Using Point Topic data, the industry group CEO, Robin Mersh, said Asia’s rate of growth has
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    • 52 26 Celebrate aOil S® Media o loin us for A Day of FUN! Photography Workshop Stage for Superstars-to-be PasarMalam Charity Sales Stand to win a 3D2N trip to Hong Kong! 25 June 2011 [Saturday] 2pm-9pm SCAPE Atrium Gallery Details: http://prolect.omy.sg/sgsnid M QR Reader "f. 1^ 11 BsfiQR ReadenttJtS&Sli ;H> l m&±mwn&
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  • PROPERTY
    • 635 27 Both contracts worth up to 10b riyals each; firm also vying for huge Qatar railway project Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai construction firm Al Habtoor Leighton, an affiliate of Australia’s Leighton Holdings, is eyeing two contract wins in Saudi Arabia worth up to 10 billion
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    • 1731 27 H ousehunt PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 16 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN MAY 25 AND MAY 31, 2011 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 31/05/2011 99 1227 4050 3301 One Shenton Apt
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    • 563 28 Lack of new supply, low interest rates are helping to drive investor interest Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Commercial real estate investors are optimistic that a US industry recovery will continue even as the economy shows signs of slowing, according to a report yesterday from PricewaterhouseCoopers
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    • 384 28 Reuters [TOKYO] Sekisui House Ltd, Japan’s largest home builder, is likely to lift its annual profit forecast on robust demand for eco-friend-ly and quake-proof houses following the March earthquake and tsunami, the company’s chief executive said. Reconstruction-related demand will help push the nation’s
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    • 632 29 Property investment firm with war chest of over US$1b, keen on Tokyo offices Reuters [SINGAPORE] Property investment firm MGPA has a war chest of more than US$1 billion to invest in new Asian and European property and sees Tokyo offices as one of
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    • 420 29 April’s 38% fall biggest since end of housing boom Bloomberg [MADRID] The number of mortgages issued for Spanish homes in April registered a drop unseen since the end of the housing boom, confirming the weakness of a real-estate market that is penalising the country’s banks
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    • 227 28 8.56 ACRES RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE IN DISTRICT 21 A m, TT. mf. r: V m tt a n Island ExpresswayiPJ^ 0 Ngee Ann Polytechnic •it S'pore Institute of Managements^® Sunset way Park Methodist Girl's School ifaS Clementi Arcade pandan Road Cold Storage Jelita Pine Grove Clementi MRTli The Holland Village
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    • 198 28 BRAND NEW FREEHOLD HOTEL DUNLOP STREET FOR SALE Newly A&A building upgraded with Full Hotel License 31 fully furnished guest rooms, all ensuite Spacious lobby with business centre corner 2 and a half storey with basement Lift serves all storeys Located minutes away from future Rochor MRT Super prominent frontage
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    • 263 29 Tulip Garden New Up-Market Condo Enclave •D10, Fronts Leedon Hts, Farrer Rd Holland Rd •Land area 316,708 sf; GPR 1.6/12-sty; FH •Approx. 500m to Farrer Rd MRT Station •Within 2 km to Nanyang Pri Raffles Girls’ Sch 6227 6066for400aptsofave1,325sfTender Closing on9 July 2011 (Tue), 2.30 pm •Potential for 400 apts
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  • VISIONARIES
    • 1032 30 For Richard Meier, part of the significance of an awareness of architectural history is to value permanence, continuity, and therefore, quality A SPECIAL FEATURE BROUGHT TO YOU BY INESSENCE BESPOKE RESIDENCES BY FAR EAST ORGANIZATION ARCHITECTURE, like fashion, can have an ephemeral quality. Pandering to
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    • 174 30 ninn A limited collection of bespoke residences in the heart of prestigious Orchard Road, Alba is an architectural masterpiece created by Bernardo Fort-Brescia of the highly-respected US-based design firm Arquitectonica. Be the limited few to know. I;; For a private viewing of the new Alba sales gallery on 1 River
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