The Business Times, 9 September 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Friday, September 9,
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon S’pore investors sue in US over doomed Pinnacle Notes
    936 1  -  They claim Morgan Stanley rigged CDOs; Morgan Stanley says risk was disclosed, wants suit heard here By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] A lawsuit involving allegations that Morgan Stanley Co Inc sold rigged Pinnacle Notes as “safe, conservative” products to a group of
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    141 1 GST INDEX 2,856.90 (+24.77) GST INDEX FUTURES 2,857.00 (+25.00) GSIMSCI 327.68 (+2.01) GSIMSCI FUTURES 327.60 (+2.50) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.211 (US$/S$ per 1.592 1.929 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.407 1.705 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 77.40 63.90 RM 2.995 2.472 HK$ 7.795 6.435 BAHT 30.05
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    Lock icon RB Capital seeks muscle with listing plan
    644 1  -  Group wants to list property assets worth up to $2b within 18 months By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] A local group with colourful connections and growing ambitions plans to list property assets worth $1.5-2 billion on the Singapore Exchange in the next 12-18 months.
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      45 1 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE Keeping spirits high PAGE 29 CURRENCIES No clear timetable for full yuan convertibility PAGE 4 OPINION Not a V, nor a W, but a flat-bottomed U PAGE 22 *****1 *****4 BREITLING for BENTUEY BENTLEY GMT SGD 15,180* TEL +65 6732 6347 BREITLING/o rBENTLEY.COM
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      10 1 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD Celebrating Kyoto’s glorious past PAGE 33
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      604 2 S’pore investors sue in US over doomed Pinnacle Notes A LAWSUIT involving allegations that Morgan Stanley Co Inc sold rigged Pinnacle Notes as “safe, conservative” products to a group of Singaporean investors including Singapore’s oldest credit cooperative, costing them US$154.7 million in investment losses, is making its way
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      Lock icon Millionaire tally in Asia set to double in 5 years
      522 2  -  CLSA report projects 2.8m individuals with US$1 m or more in investable assets By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] The number of millionaires in Asia is likely to more than double in the next five years as the region continues to grow,
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      Lock icon ECB signals pause in rates hike for now
      488 2 It leaves key rates unaltered, as does the Bank of England AP AFP [FRANKFURT] The head of the European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday signalled to the markets that interest rate increases will likely be paused for the time being due to heightened
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      Lock icon China quashes talk of 2015 convertible yuan
      738 4 Central bank chief says there is no clear timetable at the moment Reuters [LONDON] China’s central bank chief poured cold water yesterday on talk that Beijing could make the yuan fully convertible as soon as 2015. People’s Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley says S’pore is forum for Pinnacle disputes
      391 4  -  It cites HL Finance’s S’pore court action in bid for documents By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] In arguing for the Pinnacle Notes investors’ lawsuit to be dismissed, Morgan Stanley revealed in federal court papers that its Singapore arm has been asked by
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      Lock icon Ex-senior civil servant jailed for violating OSA
      191 4  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI [SINGAPORE] A retired senior civil servant was sentenced to three weeks’ jail on Tuesday for offences under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). According to the press statement issued by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) yesterday, he was charged in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Tang brothers sweeten exit offer
      603 5  -  CK Tang minority investors offered another 70¢ per share By JAMIE LEE THE Tang brothers who own CK Tang have sweetened an exit offer to minority investors of the retailer in a last show of goodwill. On top of the $1.30 per share that shareholders
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      Lock icon It makes sense for Suntec Reit to divest Chijmes
      660 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KALPANA RASHIWALA BT WEEKEND recently reported that Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust has appointed a property agent to handle an expression of interest exercise for the sale of Chijmes, an iconic conservation development at Victoria Street that
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      Lock icon Eyes on 2-tier plan as Man Utd looks set to get IPO nod
      656 7 Report says Bocker clarifies that SGX will ‘ensure equality among all players’ Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) coup in luring Manchester United to the city is threatening to turn sour as the bourse comes under fire for
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      Lock icon Olam’s Gabon project moves closer to fruition
      391 7  -  Gabonese govt will be able to deliver necessary feedstock for fertiliser plant By FELDA CHAY OLAM International’s mega fertiliser project in Gabon is one step closer to fruition after key due diligence showed that the West African state’s government will be able to
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      Lock icon Keppel Land fund ends first closing with US$460m
      357 9  -  Alpha Fund II’s first investment is boutique hotel for HK$515m By UMA SHANKARI KEPPEL Land’s wholly owned real estate fund management arm, Alpha Investment Partners, said yesterday that its Alpha Asia Macro Trends Fund II raised over US$460 million as at end-June
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      Lock icon Portek heads for delisting as Mitsui bags 99% stake
      348 9  -  By CARINE LEE PORTEK International, the port operator that was established in 1988 and floated on the Singapore Exchange since 2002, is about to become a wholly owned subsidiary of offeror Mitsui Co Ltd and head for delisting. Share trading was
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Temasek no more Cosco substantial shareholder
        89 9 TEMASEK Holdings is no longer a substantial shareholder of Cosco Corporation (S) after a series of transactions by subsidiaries of DBS Group Holdings (DBSH) an associated company of Temasek brought the aggregate interest of DBSH and Sembcorp Marine (SCM) in Cosco from 5.0025 per
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        Lock icon Lum Chang to build Biopolis building
        50 9 LUM Chang Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary, Lum Chang Building Contractors, has secured a $91.5 million management contract from Ascendas Venture to build a commercial development at Biopolis Road/Biomedical Grove. The contract, to be completed in August 2013, includes the design of a seven-storey building.
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        Lock icon Great Group mulling dual listing on LSE
        66 9 GREAT Group Holdings is considering the possibility of a dual listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), saying such a listing will help strengthen the growth opportunities and prospects of the group. At this point, no application has been made yet to the
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      Lock icon No change in STI constituents
      239 9 CONSTITUENTS of the Straits Times Index (STI) will remain unchanged following the conclusion of the half-yearly review for the most-widely followed benchmark index for the Singapore market. Several changes are made to other indices in the FTSE ST Index Series including the FTSE ST Maritime
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI’s bounce extends to 3rd day
      607 8  -  The Jardine group provided the main support for the index while penny stocks contributed to most of the volume STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent A FIRM opening for Europe yesterday helped the Straits Times Index reverse an earlier loss into a nett gain of
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      66 8 Sep 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 430.00 +150.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +5.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +43.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 655.81 +0.54 FTSE ST Small Cap 442.81 -0.73 FTSE ST All Share 690.79 +4.76 FTSE ST China Top 206.38 +0.09 FTSE ST China 244.32 +0.56 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 10 2 0 0 0 3 10 2 Manufacturing 48 47 36 3 1 4 51 48 40 Commerce 22 16 18 6 2 2 28 18 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 12 16
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Swing Media
        336 8 Swing Sept 8 close: $0.022 DMG RESEARCH, Sept 8 SEXED up with solar: Listed on the SGX in February 2002, Swing Media is mainly a manufacturer of optical storage media (for example, DVD-Rs) and has lately moved into a green-energy related business. Its share price performance has been
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        Lock icon Cache Logistics Trust
        475 8  -  Logistics Sept 8 close: $0.98 CIMB RESEARCH, Sept 8 Compiled by JAMIE LEE EARNINGS stability, high yields and acquisition growth: Cache offers one of the most attractive and defensive yields in our coverage, with CY12 DPU yields of 8 per cent. In the event of an economic
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        Lock icon Glossary:
        123 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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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 32,907 32,907 119,442 119,442 Manufacturing 201,375 2,111 203,486 180,994 29 181,023 Commerce 229,747 3,206 232,953 204,407 532 204,939 Tpt/Stor/Comms 125,180 3,130 128,310 191,026 203 191,229 Finance 13,130 50 13,180 106,639 11 106,650 Construction 39,970 7,609
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      107 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.345 CapitaLand 2.710 +0.070 CapitaMall 1.930 +0.020 CityDev 10.300 -0.140 ComfortDelGro 1.350 DBS Grp 13.030 -0.020 F&N 5.800 +0.050 GLP 1.780 +0.030 Genting SP 1.690 +0.055 Golden Agri 0.660 HK Land 5.740 -0.030 JMH 52.820 +1.820 JSH 29.440 +0.830 Jardine C&C
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      Lock icon Euro slips as ECB is seen putting policy in neutral
      583 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro fell against the dollar yesterday as investors struck a cautious tone with European Central Bank policymakers seen likely to change tack and flag a pause in the recent monetary tightening cycle. The ECB left rates
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 8 VOLUME Genting SP 158,984,000 Sheng Siong 134,978,000 Noble Grp 61,811,000 Golden Agri 61,411,000 MDR R 28,108,000 HanKore 27,398,000 SingTel 27,108,000 Yangzijiang 26,475,000 Baker Tech 24,161,000 Dyna-Mac 22,885,000 VALUE($) Genting SP 261,757,292 Noble Grp 97,679,630 SingTel 85,193,780 Keppel Corp 83,875,730 Sheng Siong 66,610,280 CapitaLand 55,171,110 Golden Agri 40,248,475
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      Lock icon RISES
      108 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 545.1 3.9 JMH 5282 220.5 3.6 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 187.3 0.9 JSH 2944 100.5 2.9 Jardine C&C 4700 94.0 2.0 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 1870 70.3 3.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2830 56.9 1.7 DBXT AUDMM 5AU$ ***** 56.4 0.2 DBXT MSEurope
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      Lock icon FALLS
      125 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ *****-176.8 -0.8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4520 -96.9 -1.7 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 975 -90.9 -7.1 Lyxor Europe 10 US$ 1103 -69.0 -4.9 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1690 -55.7 -2.6 IS MSCI Spore 1235 -54.5 -3.5 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 2831 -49.7 -1.4 Daiwa FT Shariah
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Two 99-year residential projects see brisk take-up
      533 11  -  Arc at Tampines EC and A Treasure Trove sell over 200 units each at yesterday’s launches By KALPANA RASHIWALA TWO 99-year leasehold residential projects released yesterday have achieved brisk take-up. A Hoi Hup led-consortium sold 220 units at its Arc at Tampines executive
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      Lock icon 90 WDA uni scholarships to boost retail sector
      276 11  -  By MICHELLE YEO THE Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) is looking to boost and retain talent in the retail sector by giving out $3 million in university scholarships to the local retail workforce. These scholarships will be awarded to both existing workers
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      Lock icon Thai tennis row: Court of Appeal upholds SIAC ruling
      606 11  -  By GRACE LEONG THE Singapore Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling to instead uphold an arbitration tribunal’s ruling that a settlement reached by organisers of a Bangkok tennis tournament is valid. In a 51-page decision issued last month,
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      Lock icon Tharman to visit Berlin and Moscow
      365 13  -  He will speak at Bergedorf Round Table, co-chair Russia-S’pore IGC By LEE U-WEN DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam heads to Europe today for a six-day visit that will first take him to Berlin and then Moscow. In the German capital, Mr Tharman who is
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      Lock icon ChildAid gets boost from Seagate
      209 13  -  By DOLLY CHIA SEAGATE Technology provided a $31,199.41 boost to annual charity concert ChildAid yesterday. The company gave the donation during a workshop that saw 20 of its employees volunteering to make friendship bands with underprivileged children. Approximately half, or $15,500, of the amount will
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      Lock icon INSEAD enhances Asian flavour in its managerial education
      258 13  -  By MICHELLE YEO INTERNATIONAL business school INSEAD is introducing new programmes on its campus here to meet rising demand for the Asian experience in managerial education. A new Asia section of its Global EMBA (GEMBA) programme will run over 17 months with
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      Lock icon Stressed, angry and frustrated while at the wheel
      409 13  -  By MINDY TAN SINGAPORE drivers are more negatively affected by traffic compared to drivers in 19 other cities, according to an IBM survey on global commuter pain. Seventy-nine per cent of respondents here reported that traffic affected their health, versus a global
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon London likely to delay tighter bank regulation
      561 14 NYT [LONDON] Seesaw markets, growing concerns about the stability of Europe’s banks and a faltering economic recovery are dimming prospects that Britain will enact stricter banking regulation anytime soon. On Monday, a govern-ment-appointed banking commission is expected to present its final recommendations on
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      Lock icon US recovery modest, weak in some areas: Fed
      636 14 Volatile stock markets, slow factory activity hamper growth Reuters [WASHINGTON] The sluggish US recovery failed to gain speed in recent weeks and softened in some areas of the country, as volatile stock markets and sputtering factory activity weighed on growth, the Federal
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      Lock icon Aussie employers cut workforce for second month
      408 14 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian employers unexpectedly cut workers for a second straight month in August, sending the nation’s currency tumbling and bond yields lower as investors added to bets the central bank will cut interest rates. The number of people employed fell by 9,700,
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon M’sia sets up panel to draw 100 MNCs to KL by 2020
      554 15  -  InvestKL will offer free, customised, confidential services to investors By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is trying to attract 100 new multinational companies to Kuala Lumpur by 2020 and has set up a special committee to meet
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      Lock icon Indonesia, M’sia central banks hold interest rates
      363 15 Reuters Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The central banks of Indonesia and Malaysia held off from raising borrowing costs amid concerns that the global economic recovery is faltering. Malaysia’s central bank maintained its key interest rate at 3.00 per cent yesterday, pausing to assess the extent
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Fitch warns of China downgrade
      653 16 It says the country’s banks struggle with debt loads following lending surge Reuters [TAIPEI] Fitch Ratings warned yesterday that it might downgrade China’s credit rating within two years as the country’s banks struggle with debt loads following a lending surge to help lift the economy
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      Lock icon Chinese wealth unhurt by turmoil
      250 16 AFP [SHANGHAI] The financial turmoil gripping the world has had little effect on wealth in China, where an ongoing economic boom keeps creating new US dollar billionaires, Forbes magazine said yesterday. Releasing its annual list of China’s richest people, Forbes said that the world’s second
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      Lock icon Indian stocks still somewhat overpriced: Mobius
      498 16 His views come even after the 17% fall in BSE Sensex this year Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indian stocks are “still somewhat overpriced” even after the 17 per cent decline in the nation’s benchmark equity index this year, according to Templeton Asset Management’s Mark Mobius. “Generally
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Time is running out for Bank of America chief
      701 17 Reshuffling of management team seen as a make-or-break move Reuters [CHARLOTTE, North Carolina] Bank of America Corp chief executive Brian Moynihan is running out of time to fix the largest US bank. After reorganising senior management and creating chief operating officers
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      Lock icon Fall in Japan’s machinery orders fuels recovery fears
      545 17  -  8.2% decline in July orders twice as sharp as median forecasts By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo A SHARP slump in core machinery orders for July has added to fears that Japan’s economic recovery potential in the wake of the nation’s March 11
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      Lock icon Ireland may take on senior bank bondholders
      810 18 But Finance Minister Noonan’s move is seen as a fruitless battle Bloomberg [DUBLIN] After imposing losses of about 15 billion euros (S$25.5 billion) on junior bank bondholders, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan is taking aim at senior debtors in what may prove to
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      Lock icon Yahoo has its work cut out landing new CEO
      665 18 Track record of past CEOs likely to be biggest obstacle Reuters [NEW YORK] There are few surer ways for an executive to lose a good reputation than to be CEO of Yahoo Inc. Just ask Carol Bartz or Terry Semel. As
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      Lock icon Growth outlook much worse now: OECD
      272 18 Reuters [PARIS] The outlook for economic growth in developed countries has got much worse in the last three months, the OECD said yesterday, and urged central banks to keep rates low and be ready to pursue other forms of easing. The latest estimates marked
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      Lock icon Congressional deficit-cutting panel meets
      488 19 It has till Nov 23 to decide on tax hikes, funding cuts Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US congressional “super committee” convened yesterday to launch its search for at least US$1.2 trillion in new deficit reductions as global financial markets look for signs that the world’s largest economy
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      Lock icon Exports hit all-time high in July; trade gap narrows
      539 19 Trade deficit with China rises 1.1% to US$27b, the largest imbalance in a year LATEST US DATA AP [WASHINGTON] American manufacturers sold more cars, aeroplanes and industrial machinery in foreign markets in July, sending exports to an all-time high and pushing
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      Lock icon Greek backsliding stirs exit talk
      518 19 Reuters [BERLIN] Anger at Greece’s failure to meet fiscal targets that are a condition for its international bailout is nearing breaking point in Germany and the Netherlands, with senior politicians talking openly about a possible Greek exit from the eurozone. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble
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      113 19 5 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Singapore Symphony Orchestra CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT A Organised by the SSO Ladies' League in support of our national orchestra Friday, 7 October 2011 Sentosa Golf Club Tanjong Course HIGHLIGHTS 3 Hole in One "All New Audi A6 4 A Night in Shanghai Dinner Guest-of-Honour Assoc Prof
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      700 20 Victims include top ice hockey players; Medvedev to visit disaster site AFP [YAROSLAVL, Russia] Russia yesterday mourned the deaths of 43 people including top ice hockey players in a plane crash as President Dmitry Medvedev planned to visit the site of the disaster.
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      961 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co’s efforts to make up production lost after Japan’s March 11 earthquake will benefit local shipping lines suffering from lower rates for hauling commodities and containers. Nippon Yusen KK and Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Japan’s largest
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      707 20 Extra yield over Dubai’s govt bonds widens to 16bps Bloomberg [ABU DHABI] Emirates airlines’ notes have risen in the past month, regaining an advantage they enjoyed over Dubai’s sovereign bonds as the world’s biggest international carrier benefits from rising tourism and falling
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      181 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] An increase in supertanker bookings for shipping Middle East crude oil to Asia, the world’s busiest route for supertankers, failed to lift freight rates due to a glut of ships, Marex Spectron Pte said in an e-mailed report. Eleven very
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      278 20 SGX '000 Sep 8 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.39 unch 36 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.21 unch 10 Cosco Corp 1.06 -0.01 ***** CWT Ltd 1.08 0.01 964 Ezra Hldgs 0.94 -0.02 6438 First Ship Lea 0.30 0.01 1125 Freight Links 0.06 unch 100 Grand Banks 0.33 -0.01 68
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      488 22 EDITORIAL ON Wednesday, the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual ranking of the world’s most competitive economies gave Singapore something to cheer about. The republic improved on its third-place finish last year to come in second; and only narrowly lost out to Switzerland, which retained its
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      815 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent THERE is a great irony in what has been hailed as the bold decision by the Swiss National Bank to set a ceiling on the exchange rate of the Swiss franc against the euro in order to
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      1138 22  -  Politics is keeping the West from re-emerging from the depths of the long recession By SHAHID JAVED BURKI The writer, a former Pakistani finance minister and World Bank vice-president, is visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian
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      1162 23  -  A current market survey complementing a test-bed initiative is studying consumer perception and attitudes towards EVs By CHUA WEN HAO, JONATHAN CHAN Chua Wen Hao is an energy analyst and Jona than Chan Chun Ming is an intern at the Energy Studies Institute, National University
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      799 23  -  By AGNES T CRANE, RICHARD BEALES REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS INVESTORS who spent August on the beach were fortunate to miss a bout of rollercoaster trading. And they will be rested for the next round, a taste of which came last Friday. The
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8077 24 Transaction date: Sep 8 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 12 8Telecom 13 +0.2 7 13 13 11 14.6 7.8 4.7 2.7 62.3 9.5 4.5 A-Sonic 5 unch 200
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      1482 25 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 34 13.7 t 800 Super 15.6 +0.6 24 16 15.6 15.1 15.6 4.7 3.5 6 27.9 5.5 3.7 t AA Grp 4 2.8 3.9
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      10055 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.18/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.98/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.58/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.5536/ Asian Credit Fund
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      233 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 56 34 AVJennings A39cd 35.5 42 3.6 9 3.1 101.6 55 29.5 Genting HK US$ US35 unch 8481 35.5 34 35 35.5 2304.6 20.5 10 OGL Resources
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      840 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 108 ABF SG Bond ETF 130 unch 1 130 130 110 130 593.4 1261 946 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1033 +22 1 1033 1030 1034 1041 41.3
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      374 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 7 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 803.6 2.3 -10.5 2.2 -13.8 2.3 -8.8 EAFE Preliminary 670.8 2.8 -16.2 2.7 -17.6 2.7 -12.7 Europe Preliminary 975.0 3.3
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      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 7 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 114.77 3.34 WTI (Near Mth) 89.23 3.30 Dubai (1-Mth F) 108.06 2.14 Tapis blend 121.78 2.11 Minas 116.53 2.11 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 106.22 2.72 Jet Kerosene 126.64 2.41 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      165 26 Sep 8 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Oct 11 470.0 470.0 470.0 7 360 Nov 11 470.0 469.0 470.0 26 325 Dec 11 470.8 504 Jan 12 472.5 339 Feb 12 473.5 249 Mar 12
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      104 26 As on 7 September 2011 www.smx.com.sg For membership please contact: Ivan Han, DID +65 9098 8455 membership@smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PREV CLOSE PRECIOUS METALS Gold OCT-11 1876.60 1873.30 1875.00 1870.8 Silver DEC-11 41.750 40.505 41.145 41.88 CURRENCY GBP-US Dollar SEP-11 1.5984 1.5982 1.5983 1.5954 Euro-US
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      107 26 Sep 7 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Sep 11 1411.00 1413.50 1425.00 1402.75 Nov 11 1420.75 1422.50 1434.75 1412.50 Jan 12 1431.50 1432.25 1445.25 1423.50 Mar 12 1437.25 1436.25 1450.00 1429.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Sep 11 58.18
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      77 26 Sep 8 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****S 08.12.2011 0.18 1-Year BY*****X 02.05.2012 0.20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.76 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.83 10-Year NX*****X 2.250 01.06.2021
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      445 26 Sep 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep11 99.6425 0 2503 Dec11 99.4950 0 3276 Mar12 99.4900 0 1315 Jun12 99.5000 0 1456 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep11 99.6775 10 1597 Dec11 99.6875 10 2299 Mar12 99.6875 0 2338 Jun12 99.6850 0 1380 Sep12 99.6100
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      121 26 As at 9am Sep 08 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.314 1.252 Can dollar 1.249 1.201 Euro 1.731 1.665 Sterling pound 1.964 1.889 NZ dollar 1.034 0.985 US dollar 1.225 1.178 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      27 26 Sep 8 Open High Sett STI Sep 2857 SIMSCI Sep 324.7 329.4 327.6 Taiwan Sep 265.9 268.7 266.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte Ltd
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      2216 26 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 10 1 150 37 11.70 32 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 0.5 1 4 12 8.00 5 AlliedTech W*****2 1.7 1 4 26 Aztech Grp W*****3 0.6 1 20 91
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      154 26 Sep 8 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 0.01 1-month 3/16 1/16 2-months 3/16 1/16 3-months 1/4 1/8 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.30 0.20 1 month 0.45 0.25 2 months 0.50 0.30 3 months 0.55 0.35 6 months 0.70 0.50 9 months 0.85 0.65 12
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      463 26 Sep 8 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.044 6.764 0.753 8.257 48.953 90.804 0.820 11.389 3.172 1.271 92.637 44.986 1.283 7.569 0.912 30.870 31.825 0.665 1.059 Canada 0.958 6.477
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      85 26 Sep 8 (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$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths -0.***** 6 mths -0.***** 9 mths -0.***** 12 mths
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      154 26 Sep 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2828 1.2835 1.0590 1.0595 Canadian dollar 1.2284 1.2290 1.0141 1.0145 Euro 1.7044 1.7047 1.4071 1.4072 NZ dollar 1.0089 1.0095 0.8329 0.8333 Sterling pound 1.9285 1.9293 1.5921 1.5926
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      22 26 Sep 8 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2112 1.2114 2-months 1.2111 1.2113 3-months 1.2104 1.2107 6-months 1.2078 1.2084 Source: OCBC
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      138 26 Sep 8 GOLD (US$/oz) Sep 07 Sep 08 Hong Kong 1843.00 1844.00 Sep 06 Sep 07 London 1886.19 1807.14 1888.91 1809.86 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Sep 08 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar "76,209.68" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 171 71 5gm 485 356 10gm 866
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      71 26 Sep 7 Sep 7 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2369.75 2344.50 3 months 2404.00 2380.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 9073.50 8913.00 3 months 9092.00 8933.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2434.00 2402.00 3 months 2415.00 2385.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      82 26 Sep 7 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Sep 11 1850 1884 1888/1850 Dec 11 1891 1917 1920/1890 Mar 12 1916 1938 1940/1915 May 12 1929 1947 1948/1927 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Sep 11 2134 2133 2169/2141 Nov 11 2173 2172 2212/2155 Jan 12 2198 2199 2235/2185 Mar 12
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      65 26 Sep 8 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 11 3138 3115 3155 3115 64 1764 Oct 11 3075 3069 3116 3062 1148 ***** Nov 11 3033 3025 3076 3015 ***** ***** Dec 11 3021 3010
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    5145 27 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 BIOGRAD Jebel Ali/Dammam
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      Lock icon Keeping Spirits high
      2084 29  -  Whisky bars are no more the staid, laid-back watering holes of yore. Swapping the old kegs for swanky new surrounds, they are gearing up for competition ahead, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM WINE bars have been the thinking Singaporean’s watering hole of choice for some time now, but of
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        608 30  -  By NATALIE KOH WHO would’ve thought the stunning Claire Danes could look more beautiful inside than out? But that’s exactly what happens in Temple Grandin, a biopic about one of the world’s most famous autistic women. Dr Grandin, diagnosed with autism at the age
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        Lock icon Precious pastiche of the past
        479 30  -  DVD REVIEW By CHRISTOPHER LIM HOW much unknown history can a small and young island nation like Singapore have?Manypeopleassumethatthere’srelatively little, which partly explains how scarce local documentary DVDs are. Film-makers Royston Tan, Eva Tang and Victric Thng overturned this assumption last year with their documentary,
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        612 30  -  Director Steven Soderbergh corrals a Hollywood A-List for his pandemic film Contagion but lets them go to seed regurgitating multi-syllabic jargon, reviews GEOFFREY EU reviews GEOFFREY EU AYOUNGwomanstarts coughing and gets the sniffles soon after returning from a business trip to Hong Kong. Is she suffering from
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        536 30  -  By GEOFFREY EU FROM its high literary perspective which is where you’d expect a film directed by James Ivory, written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and starring Anthony Hopkins to be perched The City of Your Final Destination is a slow-moving exercise about a young academic in
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    • MUSIC/GAMING
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        Lock icon Slashing good fun in Dungeons
        502 31  -  GAMING REVIEW By CHRISTOPHER LIM ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (RPGs) on Apple mobile gadgets often fall into two broad categories: those with long and deep plots that, however, suffer from rudimentary graphics, and those with gorgeous graphics but are hobbled by short and shallow stories. When Dungeon
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        712 31  -  Lahore’s Sachal Studios weaves a tapestry with tabla and sitar while Pat Metheny lulls with his harp-like guitar, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM CD REVIEWS writes CHRISTOPHER LIM MUSIC LOVERS take it for granted that jazz is musically adventurous, but most jazz ensemble set-ups are actually quite standardised. Many
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    • ARTS
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        Lock icon Connecting the dots
        964 32  -  Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who works from an art studio in a mental facility in Japan, is one of the enigmas of the art world, being a top-selling name as well as having amassed a prodigious body of work. Fans can catch a glimpse of her dotted
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        625 32  -  By NATALIE KOH AMID the quiet, mainly residential shophouses of Spottiswoode Park Road is Give Art Gallery, a homely private art space that currently holds the debut solo exhibition of French-Vietnamese artist, Sandrine Llouquet. To fit in with the cosy feel of the shop-house-cum-gallery, the artist has departed
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        651 32  -  By NATALIE KOH MOST people can recognise beauty in women, but none as well as famed photographer Nobuyoshi Araki, who has spent most of his life capturing women’s beauty with his camera lens. He’s considered one of the most prolific photographers in Japan, and has
        PHOTOS: GALERIE STEPH, OOI BOTOS  -  651 words
      • AROUNDTOWN
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          207 32 TAIWANESE music might be more closely associated with Man- dopop, but Taiwanese band, Da Mouth (right) stands out for their hip-hop genre and well-known, are well-known, and well-loved, for it. Come Saturday night, fans of Da Mouth, will be delighted to witness the band in Singapore
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          146 32  -  Compiled by NATALIE KOH Video art might have gained popularity in the mainstream visual cultureallover theworld over thepast few years, but India had not kept up until now, that is. In a show of the rise of animation as a genre in video-making in India, the Institute
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          Lock icon Fancy footwork
          154 32 Being more used to performing as a group, T.H.E Dance Company is taking on solo and duet performances for the first time in Solo Duet, this weekend. A public work-in-progress performance in preparation with the show’s full premiere at the NUS Arts Festival next year, the dancers will
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          Lock icon Cabaret in pole position
          142 32 Cabarets might have lost popularity some 50 years ago, but they don’t necessarily have to be a thing of the past–Singapore’spremierpolestudio, Bobbi’s Pole Studio, is transforming music venue, TAB, into a cabaret, full with costumes, sets, and pole-dancing performances. Enter the glamorous world of cabaret a
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        1187 33  -  The Jidai Matsuri, or Festival of the Ages, offers an intriguing insight into Japanese history, culture and religion. By FABIAN TAN The writer, who works at the Economic Development Board, spent a semester at Kyoto University on an exchange programme when he was at university Brought
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        764 34  -  By KELLY TAY FOR Singaporeans. About Singapore. By Singaporeans. Poskod.sg is not your latest cyberspace platform for netizens to log on and complain about the government and rising prices, but to celebrate just what is actually good about the country. Founded by Huzir Sulaiman and
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        Lock icon Chinese force majeure in art
        1088 34  -  Once denied culture during the repressive Mao years, China, now home to the world’s largest number of billionaires, goes on an art spending spree, reports ROBIN POGREBIN reports ROBIN POGREBIN NYT AS auction houses prepare for their fall sales, Chinese collectors are expected to be
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        Lock icon When writing is given free rein
        673 34  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON IF Tan Tarn How’s new political play, Fear of Writing, was designed to strike fear into the hearts of the audience despite the newfound boldness displayed at the recent elections, it certainly succeeded. Fear of Writing is Tan’s first play in
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    • PURSUITS
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        1069 35  -  The Bourgogne Blanc 2002 at a seafood eatery in Port Klang turned out to be a multi-sensorial toast to a really good year, writes N K YONG writes N K YONG THERE is a fascinating ongoing discussion in the more serious wine press (such as The
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        979 35  -  BOOKS By JULIE BOSMAN NYT PUBLISHERS are releasing a new round of books timed for the 10th anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, despite lukewarm sales of many books about the events in the past. But the question remains whether people will want to
        NYT; PHOTOS: AP, WW NORTON & CO  -  979 words
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      75 31 Credit Suisse: Innovation In Art Series Singap T a n HIST a 1 965A Selection from the Centr ore Art Museum Col Y 0 u and Credit Suisse: Innovation In Art Series CREDIT SUISSE singaporeartmuseum AS LONG-TERM SPONSOR OF THE SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM, CREDIT SUISSE IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE
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