The Business Times, 28 September 2006

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  • 736 1  -  Relocation of marine products B2B unit's key execs from London may be prelude to other moves By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Oil giant Shell is moving its marine products "HQ" or, specifically, its top management from London to Singapore at year-end, says its
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  • 530 1  -  Consultation from Oct 20 on merger regime proposals By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Provisions under the Competition Act to prohibit anti-competitive mergers will come into force on July 1 next year later than some had expected. Earlier this year, the government indicated that the
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  • 133 1 sti 2,557.90 (+31.90) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,558.00 (+33.00) SIMSCI 306.65 (+4.52) SIMSCI FUTURES 306.50 (+3.40) MARKETS Wednesday Change KLCOMP 966.32 +0.66 NIKKEI 225 15,947.87 +390.42 HANG SENG 17,521.51 +213.43 SET INDEX 693.03 +4.40 JAKARTA COMP 1,523.06 +22.95 MANILA COMP +12.23 SEOUL COMP 1,360.03 +16.06 SHENZHEN B 310.25 +0.74
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 712 2  -  Tange Associates' design exceeds URA height limit; special approval sought By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] OCBC is poised to make a decision soon on redeveloping the ageing Specialists' Shopping Centre in Orchard Road, sources say a move that will complete the rejuvenation of the area
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    • 437 2 ExxonMobil: S'pore will remain top bunkering centre THE integrity of the robust and efficient bunker supply system put in place in Singapore will ensure that the island remains by far the world's dominant bunkering centre, according to a top ExxonMobil executive. TOP STORIES, PAGE 3 S'pore govt land
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    • 750 2  -  NKF FALLOUT Two medical firm staff accused of paying bribes By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] The fallout from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) debacle continues former NKF director Matilda Chua was charged yesterday, with two others, for securities breaches, while another two people
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    • 606 3  -  14th SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL BUNKERING CONFERENCE Govt moves ensure integrity of efficient supply system: ExxonMobil By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] The integrity of the robust and efficient bunker supply system put in place in Singapore will ensure that the island remains by far the world's
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    • 369 3  -  Sales to private sector account for $3.67b By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The government collected $5.8 billion from selling state land in the year ended March 2006 more than double its $1.96 billion take the year before. The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) custodian
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 469 4  -  Value of contract may rise to 180 m based on current utilisation growth rate By VEN SREENIVASAN MAINBOARD-listed A-sonic Aerospace has clinched a $139 million fleet maintenance deal with Tony Fernandes* new East Malaysia-based airline, Fly Asian Xpress (FAX). Under the terms of
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    • 731 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By MATTHEW PHAN 810-Treat Technology last week reduced the conversion price of some $206 million worth of convertible bonds (CBs) from $1.30 to $1.02, increasing the potential dilution of earnings per share to minority shareholders from 15.4 per cent to 19 per
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    • 342 5  -  Ex-CEO seeks $2m in pay; substantial shareholder wants EGM declared valid By CONRAD RAJ THE soap opera at software company integra2ooo simply refuses to end, with the various disgruntled parties now going to court to settle their grievances. Yesterday, Integra said it had,
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    • 253 5  -  By OH BOON PING FOOD Empire Holdings, best known for its MacCofFee range of instant coffee products sold in Russia, Eastern Europe and other emerging markets, has officially opened its new plant in Moscow its first outside Asia. The opening ceremony was officiated
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    • 350 5  -  By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) said yesterday an American subsidiary VT Halter Marine Inc has won two further ship-building contracts in the US, worth a total of US$2l4 million. The first contract is a US$l99 million contract with the US Navy,
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    • 252 5  -  By LESLIE YEE OCBC Bank yesterday announced the launch of OCBC Treasury Mudharabah Account (OTMA), a new Shariah-approved product that is based on the concept of 'mudharabah' or 'profit sharing'. OTMA is the first 'mudharabah' product to be launched by a bank in Singapore. OCBC
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    • 5320 5 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AB Amer Income B USD 8.61/ AS Amer Income A EUR 6 781 AB Amer Income B EUR 6.78/ AIM Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) ABEi/opIncomeOppATSGO 1519/ Star Euope Eqty!" 0.976/ AB Eimp Income Opp BT SGD 1517/ Star Europe Bond 1-208/ AB Ei/op Income Opp AT EUR
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    • 370 7  -  A 30-year deal would be one of longest dated issues from Asia By SIOW LI SEN TEMASEK Holdings is about to borrow one billion euros in its second foray into the international debt market. According to Reuters yesterday, the Singapore investment company has
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    • 324 7  -  By WEE LI-EN CELEBRITY Richie Jen is the ambassador for The Bull Run 2006, a charity fun run organised by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). The singer cum actor who is best known for his love ballads and has more than 16 films under
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    • 207 7 RAFFLES Hotels Resorts was voted number two in the recent October 2006 Conde Nast Traveler Business Travel Awards, above eight other leading international hotel chains. The Conde Nast Traveler is a widely followed and influential travel publication in the US. The annual
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 50 7 SUNPOWER Group has secured a U553.74 million contract to supply pressure vessels to CTCI Overseas Co, a unit of Taiwan-listed CTCI Corp, for a Thai refinery project. Sunpower said it expects to complete the fabrication of the vessels by end-2007 with payment on a progress basis.
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      • 73 7 TR NETWORKS' wholly owned subsidiary Three Rifles International has signed a manufacturing and distribution licence agreement with private French designer firm Pierre Balmain to manufacture menswear products under the Balmain trademark and sell them here and in Brunei. TR said the deal is
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      • 49 7 VENTURE Corporation's directors yesterday recommended shareholders vote in favour of the proposed takeover of GES at the extraordinary general meeting on Oct 20. Meanwhile, the SGX said it has no objection to the delisting of GES shares once the scheme is approved.
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    • 528 8  -  CHINA FOCUS Bulk of proceeds to fund large-scale projects, repay short-term loans By MATTHEW PHAN EPURE International, a China-based water-treat-ment specialist, is seeking to raise $65 million in an initial public offering for a mainboard listing. The expected listing date is Oct 6.
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    • 532 8  -  By MATTHEW PHAN CHINA'S third-largest distributor of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Ouhua Energy Holdings, is planning to sell new and vendor shares in its mainboard initial public offering to raise capital to expand its sales network and improve production facilities. Ouhua is a tier-one
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    • 458 8 Reuters THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) expects the pipeline of initial public offerings from China to remain strong despite the recent tightening of foreign listing rules by China's securities regulator. Lawrence Wong, head of Listings Markets Group at SGX, said in an
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 545 6  -  STOCKS ST Index jumps 31.9 points in tandem with the region as American data shows improvement R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent JUDGING by yesterday's market movements here and elsewhere in the region, the fortunes of equities everywhere appear to hinge on American consumer confidence. An improvement
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    • 988 6 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Sep 27 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Buy Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Sell 000 Shr S r0OO) S ('000) HLNTech 27-Sep-06 Tan Su Hong *Buy 100 na ***** 45.10 ***** 45.20 HLNTech 27-Sep-06 Wa
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      972 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Chip Eng Seng Corporation Sept 27 dose: $0.25 WESTCOMB SECURITIES, Sept 27 CHIP Eng Seng (CES) is a play on the high-end and mid-tier property markets. It has a portfolio of four, land parcels comprising three sites in the prime districts of 9, 10
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    • 527 6  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE Chinese yuan once again took centre-stage with fresh highs not seen since it was depegged from the US dollar, notwithstanding an overnight bounce for the greenback elsewhere. Currency traders reported a turnaround for the much-needed reprieve for
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    • 49 8 Heartiest Congratulations to Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-King Chairman, Suntec City Development Pte Ltd on being awarded the International Maritime Centre Award (Individual) 'M br I The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore From Management and Staff of Suntec City Development Pte Ltd SUNTEC SUNTEC CITY DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
    • 1071 9  -  The Chinese province has continued to open up and presents many more opportunities to S'pore companies, reports CHEN HUIFEN CHEN HUIFEN SHORT quiz. Where is the the ancestral hometown of award-winning director Lee Ang? And do you know where the world's tallest ferris-wheel is? The
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    • 737 9 AS MULTIPLE construction projects cloud the skylines in neighbouring Chinese provinces bent on industrialisation, the forest-rich province of Jiangxi is a refreshing sight. About half the land area of Jiangxi is covered by timber plantations and forests. Jiangxi, which is bordered by Zhejiang,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 361 10  -  Their tie-up comes just one day after launch of SGX-Chicago board joint venture Jade By LAUREL TEO THE Singapore Commodity Exchange (Sicom) has announced a tie-up with the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) to share information, organise joint seminars and cooperate on other
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    • 456 10  -  It will co-invest $7.5 m in Amaranth Medical By CHEN HUIFEN A SINGAPORE start-up created by two academics has attracted the attention of a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, which is co-investing $7.5 million in the firm. Amaranth Medical Inc, which develops biodegradable stents for use
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    • 273 10  -  By LESLIE YEE HSBC'S head of commercial banking in Singapore, Janet Young, will be leaving the bank at the end of this month. After spending almost six years at HSBC, where she is a senior vice-presi-dent, Ms Young is leaving to take on
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    • 335 10  -  But it is rumoured production will cease* by year-aid By RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE'S second-larg-est generating company PowerSeraya says it is presently still receiving contracted supplies of orimulsion a bitumen/water fuel mix from Venezuela amid reports the South American country will stop producing the fuel
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    • 255 10  -  By SAMUEL EE THE Land Transport Authority yesterday launched the LTA Academy to share Singapore's experience and expertise in land transport with other countries. Key courses are already available at the academy, at LTA's Hampshire Road headquarters, says its head Mohinder
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    • 384 10  -  By JEAN CHUA FROM next year, locals and tourists shopping here will be able to recognise a product that has been conceived in Singapore by a logo or a special mark on its packaging, as retailers here aim to come out with something instantly
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 48 10 THE electricity tariff will be increased by an average of 2.3 per cent or 0.49 cent per kWh for the next quarter Oct 1 to Dec 31, 2006, SP Services said. The increase is due to the higher forward oil price.
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      • 52 10 LAST month, 870,000 tourists visited Singapore, up 7.2 per centyear-on-year and a record for August. The top five visitor-generating markets were Indonesia (164,000), China (103,000), Japan (63,000), Australia (55,000) and Malaysia (51,000) Together they accounted for 50 per cent of all visitor arrivals during
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      • 102 10 FOUR Singapore companies have so far tapped the Enable Fund by employing a total of 16 people with disabilities. The companies are The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Carona Holdings, Pizza Hut (S) and S-Team Switchgear, which is a unit of Natural Cool Holdings Ltd.
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      • 52 10 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has released detailed sales conditions for a 0.35 ha hotel site at New Market/Merchant Roads. Developers interested in the site which has a gross plot ratio of 3.5 can now apply to URA for it to be put up
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 612 11 Sales of new US homes rise 4.1 in August LATEST US DATA Biggest jump since March surprises economists; orders for durable goods drop 0.5% in Aug AP, AFP [WASHINGTON] Sales of new homes posted the biggest increase in five months in August, raising hopes that the steep slide in the
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    • 286 11 The currency hits a high of 7.9025 amid market speculation Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's yuan quickened its pace of appreciation and hit a post-re-valuation high against the dollar yesterday amid speculation that Beijing and Washington may have reached an understanding on the Chinese currency's rise.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 694 12  -  Move dismays legal community and surprises political analysts By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur IN a move that disappointed many in Malaysia's legal community, Kuala Lumpur's response to the "new and important facts" presented on Tuesday by former Lord President Salleh Abas to
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 49 12 Bloomberg J JAKARTA] Industrial Bank of China Js in talks to buy PT Bank «Halim Indonesia, in a move Jhat would mark its first acquisition beyond China. *'ICBC is in talks with Bank <Halim Indonesia," said a for Bank Indonesia. —Bloomberg
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      • 98 12 Reuters China has 'widened its dragnet in a scandal, Shanghai's top policeman who is a nephew wof retired President Jiang and detaining two of the city's Ideposed Communist Party •chief, sources said The nephew, Wu Chiming, 54, failed to a key government meeting on
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      • 82 12 Reuters (NEW DELHI] India expects to launch 3G mobile services in the second half of 2007, Telecoms Minister Dayanidhi Maran said yesterday. "The process for introducing 3G service has already been initiated in India, and it is expected that we should be able
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      • 36 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Geely Holding Group, China's private automaker, will start assembling cars in Indonesia after a plan to produce them in Malaysia was rejected by the government. —Bloomberg
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      • 50 12 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India's Multi Commodity Exchange said it has become the world's second largest in trading natural gas futures contracts, trailing the New York Mercantile Exchange. Contracts traded rose to a daily average 546,150 lots of 500 million British thermal units in August. Bloomberg
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    • 399 12 AP [WASHINGTON] Indonesia's vice-president touted his country as a potential "anchor of stability" in a sometimes turbulent region, appealing for cooperation with the US to help protect Indonesia's emergence as one of South-east Asia's most vibrant democracies. Vice-President Jusuf Kalla said in
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    • 225 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is taking another step in its promised sale of state assets with an issue of around US$75O million in bonds convertible into Telekom Malaysia shares, sources familiar with the deal said on Tuesday. State investment arm Khazanah Nasional, which along
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 258 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] The size of China's equity market is likely to triple over the next four years as more foreign money pours in and Chinese firms raise funds there more actively, a senior industry official has predicted. The total
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    • 323 13 State-owned bank plans record US$19b IPO Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, the nation's biggest lender by assets, plans to sell HK529.2 billion (555.9 billion) of shares to corporate investors in its record initial public offering, the company
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    • 157 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Shui On Land Ltd, owned by Hong Kong billionaire Vincent Lo, raised HK$6.2 billion (551.26 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO), bankers involved said. The company, which builds apartments and offices in China, and stockholders sold 1.16 billion shares
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    • 418 13 Domestic offering of 1.15b new shares representing 15.7% of enlarged capital Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Ping An Insurance (Group) Co, China's second-biggest insurer, may raise as much as HK$32 billion (556.6 billion) in a stock sale, part of a plan to offer
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  • INDIA
    • 379 14 Firm expanding in Asia to offset competition in the US, western Europe Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India's fourth-largest software exporter, is planning to make an acquisition or alliance in Japan as the company expands in Asia to trim reliance on the
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    • 245 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India's biggest pharmaceuticals company, may purchase drug-ingredient makers to lower costs and increase its capacity to sell generic medicines in the US and Europe. "I'm open to buying companies," Malvinder Singh, 33, the company's chief executive officer
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    • 359 14 Figure may reach 30% by 2010, says Nasscom, rejecting data security fears AFP [NEW DELHI] India's outsourcing industry will be able to process up to 30 per cent of US bank transactions by 2010, more than triple the current figure, the
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    • 319 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Indian lenders may be moved to a higher risk category by Fitch Ratings on concern that unabated loan growth may lead to a "systemic crisis" in the banking industry. India, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia were moved
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 793 15  -  ASIA INSIGHT ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent JAPAN'S new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is determined to shape a new diplomatic future for his country. But as an economic power, Japan is already seen by many as in danger of becoming a part of
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    • 793 15 Sonthi presents constitution draft to King on Saturday AFP. AP. Bloomberg, Reuters [BANGKOK] A popular retired general has emerged as a major contender alongside a former head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for interim premiership in Thailand. The leading candidate had
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    • 179 15 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday expressed his appreciation for the role former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi played in strengthening ties between Japan and Singapore during his term which ended this week. "I have enjoyed working closely with you over the past
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    • 372 15 AFP rrOKYOI Japan said yesterday that its new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could visit China as soon as next month to repair damaged bilateral ties as he knuckled down to work on his conservative agenda. Mr Abe, Japan's first premier born after
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    • 1638 15 COSCO CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number:l96lools9G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited (the "Company") will be held on 12 October 2006 at 11.00 a.m at Marina Mandarin Singapore, Level
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  • WORLD
    • 480 16 Bleak federal intelligence report at odds with Bush's reassurances AP [WASHINGTON] The war in Iraq is breeding deep resentment of the US and is likely to get worse before it gets better, federal intelligence analysts conclude. The bleak report is at odds
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    • 424 16 CORPORATE SCANDALS: ENRON, WORLDCOM Reuters [NEW YORK] Two men at the heart of corporate greed scandals in America paid the price on Tuesday, as a judge sentenced former Enron Corp executive Andrew Fastow to prison and Bernard Ebbers, once the chief executive of high-flying
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    • 273 16 AP [NEW YORK] The former head of Citibank's worldwide commodities trading activity pleadetf guilty on Tuesday to conspiracy in a scheme the government says was aimed at inflating trading profit and boosting his eligibility for bonuses. David Becker, 40, pleaded guilty in a US district
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    • 1376 16 ASL MARINE HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic Of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****8542N NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting of the Company will be held at Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 20 October 2006 at
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  • AVIATION
    • 596 17  -  Cheaper fuel, rising travel demand lift confidence in industry: Survey By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Confidence in the airline industry has climbed to new recent highs, thanks to receding fuel price and continuing buoyant demand for air travel. The latest Airline Business Confidence survey
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    • 387 17  -  By HABIB SHAIKH in Jeddah SAUDI Arabian Airlines has begun a marketing campaign to attract investors and international partners for privatisation of the national carrier's catering unit, Saudia Catering, which it plans to sell off by November. The announcement came from the airline's
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    • 143 17 AFP [NEW DELHI] International flag-carrier Air India's net profit slid in 2006 by 82 per cent, hit by high fuel costs and competition from private rivals, a source at the state-owned airline said on Tuesday. The net profit for the year to March totalled
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    • 413 17 (SINGAPORE] The battle for the flying dollar continues to heat up. with Asia's leading airlines spending millions of dollars to roll out state-of-the-art comforts and conveniences to entice customers. In the past week alone, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Emirates unveiled a slew
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    • 190 17 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines begins flying into Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumiirport today, when the airport officially opens. The carrier's first flight to the new airport will be SQ 60, which is expected to land at 10.10 am local time. Passengers will enter the departure hall
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    • 516 20  -  Move safeguards Singapore's place as leading shiprefuelling port By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] A new standard for bunker fuel quality is being introduced as Singapore moves to safeguard its position as the world's leading port for shiprefuelling, a trade valued at $7 billion a year.
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    • 1105 20  -  It hopes its international partners will follow suit By DAVID HUGHES in London AS WIDELY expected, the European Union's Competitiveness Council has decided to repeal liner shipping's block exemption from anti-trust law. Liner conferences—which publish freight tariffs and, in the past,
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  • MARITIME WEEK 2006 SPOTLIGHT
    • 2315 21  -  By SURENDREN APPAROO THE 14th Singapore International Bunkering Conference (Sibcon) opened yesterday. The Businees Times took the opportunity to seek the views of some key players within the industry. Question: What is the impact of rising oil prices on shipping and bunkering? Douglas Raitt: Although
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    • 484 22 EDITORIAL THIS year's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly again provided an opportunity for members to take part in the most important forum of public diplomacy. When the UN was established in 1945, its founders envisioned that it would function not only
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    • 692 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE AL LABITA Manila Correspondent MALAYSIAN-BROKERED peace talks between Manila and Muslim separatists are on the brink of collapse, but in a surprise turn of events, Japan is trying to salvage them. As if coming out of the blue, Tokyo
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    • 848 23  -  It threatens America's social compact, which depends on a shared sense of well-being By ROBERT J SAMUELSON IF YOU'RE in Asheville, North Carolina, stop by the Biltmore, the vast estate that George Vanderbilt 111 heir to a railroad fortune constructed between 1889 and 1895. You can
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    • 858 23  -  By MICHELINE MAYNARD NYT. PARIS too bad Bono and Angelina Jolie aren't here. If they were, this year's Paris Motor Show, which opens to the media today, would feel even more like the car industry's equivalent of the World Economic Forum in
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    • 229 23  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Michael McDonald McDonald Partners 1 WAS very pleased to see Wong Wei Kong identify the integral role that succession planning plays in good corporate governance ("Seamless transition at the top", BT, Sept 25). As the market for talent becomes
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    • 113 23  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "Malaysian banks comments unfair" from Ngia Soon Chai (BT, Sept 27). I cannot see how a statement can be unfair when based on facts. I suggest anyone who doubts the claim that Singaporeans cannot open
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    • 1113 22  -  It's tough because terrorist groups are a hydra-headed target constantly changing shape By MICHAEL RICHARDSON HIGH finance, development economics and anti-corruption measures were prominent themes at the recent annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Singapore. But
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  • BizIT
    • 922 29  -  US and China are biggest source of attacks in Asia-Pac, says AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE latest Internet security threat report released by Symantec shows that 86 per cent of all malicious attacks worldwide are directed at home computer users
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    • 455 29  -  It carries out disaster recovery simulation here By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY INDIA'S fourth largest IT services company, Satyam Computer Services, yesterday launched its business intelligence, analytics and mobile applications global innovation hub in Singapore. Speaking at the launch, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)
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    • 305 29 Reuters [NEW YORK] Finland's Nokia, the world's top cell phone maker, on Tuesday unveiled a pair of media phones and a music service in a bid to increase revenue and win back popularity lost to rivals. Nokia hopes to regain ground lost to phones such
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    • 258 29  -  By ROLAND LIM TO mark Singapore's 25 years of infocomm achievements, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and its partners have put together "innovationation", an exhibition for the public to learn about technology from the past, present and future. Held at Singapore
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    • 609 29  -  It has over $10m in funds to break into South-east Asia By ROLAND LIM HAVING loaded up with more than US$lO million from investors, new online gaming operator Infocomm Asia Holdings (lAH) now has its guns drawn to shoot right into
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    • 70 29 To mark Singapore's 25 years of infocomm achievements, IDA is holding 'innovationation', an exhibition from Oct 11 to 15 for the public to learn about technology. In celebration of their 50 th anniversary Grand Banks will be having a and Eastbay Series If you are interested in W buying a
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  • BizIT FOCUS: LIFE AT THE TOP
    • 1629 30  -  EMC's Steve Leonard keeps grip on things by remembering there's a bigger canvas than one we paint on, says AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY FOR a man who divides his time into 15-minute slots during working hours, it's quite a change to be able to
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    • 436 30 Amit: How has IT changed your life in the past five years, both at work and outside work? Steve: If we talk at a personal level about IT changing my life in the past five years, I would honestly
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    • 3887 31 NOTICES X v/ A JL JLj Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg I IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF FISCHERHUDE (S) PTE LTD Company Registration No. *****0368W (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY U0UI0ATI0N) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Fischerhude (S) Pte
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  • PROPERTY
    • 788 32  -  Redevelopment of old office buildings set to slow with rebound in sector By ARTHUR SIM WITH the rebound of the office property sector, redevelopment of old office buildings is likely to slow down with the few new residential apartments in the CBD
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    • 496 32 FEATURE Land, a member of the Tong Eng Group, yesterday snapped up two adjoining freehold sites in Sixth Avenue for $2.5 million at a Colliers International auction where three other properties including a freehold walk-up maisonette at Tanglin Hill Condominium
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    • 164 32 SINGAPORE'S latest retail mall, Vivo City, will open for business next weekend with more than 90 per cent of the available space already taken up. For a start, about 60 per cent of Vivo City's 1.04 million square feet of net lettable area
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    • 379 33  -  M'sian, Indon home buyers tie in top spot: report By ARTHUR SIM THE-proportion of foreign property buyers rose to 24 per cent in the third quarter, up from 22 per cent in the previous quarter, with Malaysians and Indonesians tying as top
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    • 261 33 THE Institute of Estate Agents IIEA) yesterday launched a scheme to accredit agents in an effort to weed out unethical operators. The lEA's Central Registration Scheme (CRS) allows customers looking to hire an estate agent to log on to lEA's website www.iea.org.sg to check if
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    • 439 34  -  Residential projects around the island making their way to the market By UMA SHANKARI DEVELOPERS are revving up the pace of their property launches, now that the Hungry Ghost Festival has ended. First up is The Centris at Jurong West, which
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    • 330 34 WHEELOCK Properties, which conducted a soft launch of its latest luxury condominium, Ardmore 11, on Tuesday, said yesterday that more than half of the units were snapped up on the very first day. About 52 per cent of the 118 units at
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    • 1609 34 PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUHJ-W AREA PRICE P$F STREET NAME TYPE DATE (SQFT) (SS 000) District t NON-LANDED The Sail At Marina Bay Apt 15/09/2006 99 3767 5105 1355 The Sait At Marina Bay Apt 15/09/2006 99 1313
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