The Business Times, 17 July 2004

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1 18 The Business Times

  • news front
    • 703 2  -  The forecast, prompted by strong showing in H1, may point to GDP growth exceeding official forecast of 5.5-7.5% this year By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Economic growth for 2004 looks set to bust the official forecast of 5.5-7.5 per cent, as the government
      Source: IE Singapore  -  703 words
    • 418 2  -  Sights now set on $24b output within 10 years, jobs for 15,000 people By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Singapore's biomedical manufacturing outlook is looking bright, going by a series of recent announcements. Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said the biomedical industry's output
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  • the raffles conversation
    • Article, Illustration
      1732 3  -  BBC World presenter Nik Gowing tells VIKRAM KHANNA his experiences in breaking the news of tragedies and deceptions to the world VIKARAM KHANNA HIS is probably one of the most familiar faces in the world. People recognise him everywhere in restaurants, at airports, on the street. Nik Gowing,
      CHRIS LOH  -  1,732 words
    • 902 3 "A MEMORY stick like this," says Nik Gowing, holding one up the size of a thumbnail, "can challenge the power of a government." "Think of it," he says. "Think of something like the image of an Iraqi prisoner in the American-controlled Abu
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • news companies
    • 598 4  -  It announces distributable income of 0.79 cent per unit for the period from May 15 to June 30 By Vince Chong CArii auummERCIAL Trust (CCT) yesterday announced distributable income of $6.6 million, or 0.79 cent per unit, for the interim period from May 15 to
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    • 1227 4  -  LIBEL SUIT David Ban denies there was such a plan; says linked resolutions would benefit company By Angela Tan, Kenneth Lim AFTER 98 Holdings' plans for Nat Steel were "paralysed" by Oei Hong Leong, the consortium sought to dilute
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    • 696 4  -  market review r sivanithy WHEN sentiment takes a turn for the worse and attitudes towards stocks change from aggressive to defensive, it's reasonable to see money rotate into the larger, more stable blue chips. In "broker-speak", this is known as the "size trade"
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    • 77 4 ST! 1,871.47 (+3.91) 8T INDEX FUTURES 1,880.00 (+13.00) BIMBCI 227.38 (+0.40) BIMBCI FUTURES 228.10 (+1.60) Friday Change KLSE COMP 842.65 +4.05 NIKKEI 225 11.436.00 +26.M6 HANG SENG 12.059.20 119.79 SET INDEX .646.11 -0.10 .JAKARTA COMP _756.09 +10.75 MANILA COMP 1.551.23 +1.25 TAIPEI WPI 5,502.14 -40.66 SEOl'LCOMP 739.39 +6.65 SHENZHEN
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    • 72 4 FOREX RATES US$ S$ USS (SS perl'SS) 1.707 £(1'SS/SS per £)1.853 3.163 ErRO(l'SS/SS/E). 1.237 2.113 YEN 109.6 64.20 KM 3.800 2.226 HKS 7.800 4.569 BAHT 40.85 23.92 RITIAH 8.892 5,208 RENMINBI 8.277 4.848 INDIAN RI'PEE.... 46.17 27.04 AS 1.380 0.808 NZS 1.532 0.897 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5J25 MALAYSIA 6.00
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    • 364 5  -  By Genevieve Cua APS Asset Management has set up a fund to invest in China A shares, which until recently had been restricted to local investors. The APS China A-share Fund is domiciled in Cayman Islands and listed on the Dublin Stock
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    • 981 5  -  Shareholders have to decide if they want to bail out when auditors express doubts that a company is viable, say analysts corporate analysis By Jean Chua WHAT now for investors who have put money into companies such as Reed Group, Advanced Systems Automation,
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    • 422 5  -  North Asia and Australia expected to be main sources of group's expansion By Taila Krishnakumar AaoC/1 Management will aim for an average of 15 per cent annual growth in assets under management (AUM) in the next five years, says its newly appointed
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    • corporateroundup
      • 70 5 YET another China-based company is looking to list here. Zhongguo Jilong, which makes and sells processed food products and peanut oil, has lodged a preliminary prospectus for a mainboard listing. The initial public offer will be managed by HL Bank. Zhongguo Jilong reported a
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      • 72 5 PUBLISHER and printer SNP Corp has returned to the black with an interim net profit of $1 million against a loss of $965,000 previously. Group turnover for the second quarter jumped 96 per cent or $48.9 million, due mainly to the inclusion of
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    • 362 5 Bulk of funds will be farmed out to managers with S'pore operations Bloomberg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) said it has Ss3o billion invested with fund managers and plans to raise that by Sss billion a year to
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  • Article, Illustration
    636 5 Transaction date: Jul 16 IMTERBAIIH CURRENCY BATES Against S$ Against US$ Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer SS/USS to 100 units of foreign currency: SSmS to one unU of foreign currency: Hongkong dollar 21.88 21.89 12.8203 12.8212 Australian dollar 1.2365 1.2379
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 43 5 (Seafood by me oea /vVVv\ /ampi k Cozy Glorious Cultural Beer f Parking W Ambience Seafood Dances Garden < C/>^INN seafood restaurant Singa Inn Seafood Restaurant 920 East Coast Parkway, Singapore *****5 For reservation: Tel: 6345 1111 Fax: 6345 2138 Business Hours: 5.00pm 11.00pm
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  • money personal investment
    • 760 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN A-Reit July 16 dosing: $1.45 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) reported a QlO5 profit of $14 million, a year-on-year improvement of 46 per cent, but in line with the market consensus and our estimate. Growth has mainly been on the back of new acquisitions
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    • tradestowatch
      • 67 6 FHTK Holdings chief executive Ee Tai Ting was forced by a bank to sell 15.8 million shares held through Merrill Lynch Singapore on Thursday at four cents apiece, or about $632,000 in total. The director's stake in the loss-making fresh produce distributor now stands
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      • 96 6 TUAN Sing Holdings independent director Kaka Singh continued to buy shares of the diversified property, technology and industrial services group in the past three days. He bought 101,000 shares on Wednesday, 41,000 on Thursday and another 124,000 yesterday, and now has a 0.081 per cent
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      • 83 6 "POPIAH King" Sam Goi, who owns the privately held Tee Yih Jia food manufacturing business, raised his stake in convenience food producer Su- per Coffeemix Manufacturing to above 15 per cent with the open market purchase of 170,000 shares on Thursday. Mr Goi, who had
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      • 63 6 FUND manager Atlantis Investment Management's deemed shareholding in precision metal-component maker Magnecomp International was pared to 7.63 per cent from 8.27 per cent on Monday after two of its funds divested a total of 1.5 million shares. Price details were not disclosed. Magnecomp shares were 1.5
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      • 73 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM AT Seksun Corp, another hard-disk drive component maker, fund house FMR Corp's deemed stake rose to 8.02 per cent from 7.94 per cent after its funds bought one million shares on behalf of managed accounts for undisclosed prices on Monday. FMR is
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    • 1031 6  -  show me the money For a better batting average, scrutinise the path taken by the company, says ANDREA TAN ANDREA TAN Restructuring is a fashionable theme these days. Driven either by regulatory requirements or the need to spring-clean, more companies are heading down
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    • 451 6  -  Meghmani investors will get Singapore Depository Shares By Taila Krishnakumar MEGHMANI Organics will be the first Indian company whose shares investors in Singapore can buy and sell on the Singapore Exchange. But instead of trading the actual shares, investors here will be
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    • 145 6 Salient features of MOL's Singapore Depository Shares (SDS) Each SDS represents one half of one share of MOL on deposit with the custodian SDSs will be evidenced by the global SDR issued by the depository bank The name of the depository bankwill be entered into the register of
      Source: Moghmani Preliminary Prospectus  -  145 words
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  • dbs investment roundtable
    • 3169 7 Spending on technology is rising and sales of high-tech gadgets are surging. But does this mean investors should jump into tech stocks now? AFTER three years of stagnation in IT budgets and investments, there is now a new hope for the industry. Despite
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 40 7 BDBS The DBS Investment Roundtable is brought to you by DBS. It aims to help the investor make informed decisions by providing a platform for experts to discuss the impact of current market issues and concerns. DBS hotline No: 1800-*****22
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  • news at home
    • 443 8  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY It sees economy shifting into lower gear in the second half, but no outright recession By Anna Teo IN case anyone's worried about the prospect, the chances of the Singapore economy slipping into recession in the current quarter are "still
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    • inbrief
      • 82 8 KPMG International has announced the establishment of the Global Centre for Leadership Business Ethics. The Global Centre will manage and administer nomination processes for the Laureate Award Medal Series, Which aims to honour those committed to excellence in business ethics. Hie awards are modelled on
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      • 67 8 The government has identified Blks 46 to 50 Bedok South Avenue 3 for the Selective En Bloc Redevelopment Scheme (SERS). This brings the total number of SERS sites to 51 since August 1995. To facilitate a better understanding, HDB will hold an exhibition for residents
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    • 366 8  -  The rebranded group will celebrate its 100th anniversaiy in S'pore next year By Taila Krishnakumar (jALYUiN corporate ana investment bank may sound like a new name on the local scene, but in fact it can trace its roots back almost a hundred years in
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    • 315 8 THE pursuit of wealth has taken precedence in life, most often at the expense of health. UOB recognises that in today's world, this attitude is changing, and as such it has introduced a new Health and Wealth plan in conjunction with St Gregory
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    • 1132 8 In response to media queries on DPM Lee Hsien recent visit to Taiwan, his office has released the following written answers from him Q: The Taiwanese press has reported extensively on your visit. Can you comment on their reports? As The
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  • 2224 8 Transaction date: Jul 16 KUALA LUMPUR «.io -0.10 667 Vo l George Kent .0.80 0.01 10 RM *b room GlobetroniesTech .0.50 0.01 255 GlomacBhd 3.44 0.01 151 A A M Realty 1.40 inh 10 Gold Bridge Engrg .0.38 -0.01 242 Abric 0.60 -001 39 Gotden Frontier .0.74 -0.01 11
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  • news region
    • 469 9 Countries with the least freedom had negative growth despite a period of relative global calm and prosperity AP [WASHINGTON] Hong Kong retains the highest ranking for economic freedom, closely followed by Singapore, according to a new international survey. The United States
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    • 858 9 China may have no home market for luxury yachts, but the business of building them is on course NYT [ZHONGSHAN, China] Amid the carp ponds, duck farms and mouldering plywood huts that have long lined the bank of the Pearl River estuary
      NYT  -  858 words
    • 406 9 He also says his anti-corruption campaign will go on [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi envisages Khazanah companies expanding overseas and investing in Singapore, just as Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings has been allowed to take a 5 per cent stake in
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    • inbrief
      • 88 9 Reuters [BEIJING] China Construction Bank, which is angling for a stock listing this year or next, saw firsthalf operating profits rise 32 per cent from a year earlier to 32.8 billion yuan (Ss6.B billion), Xinhua news agency said. The bank had a non-performing loan
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      • 85 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] Bankruptcy petition filings in Hong Kong rose in June and the number of people declared bankrupt jumped from the previous month despite continued economic recovery, government data released yesterday showed. Bankruptcy petitions, which give an indication of future bankruptcies, rose 2
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      • 109 9 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's largest bank, PT Bank Mandiri, is interested in acquiring a majority stake in medium-sized bank PT Bank Permata, Mandiri's top executive said yesterday. However, Edward Neloe, the president of Bank Mandiri, said his bank would not be part of any consortium in
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  • 4754 9 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Commerzbanfc Asset Mat Com Global Finance Index f3 0 955/ Com Global lifestyle Index Fd 1.007/ AIM Amro Asset Mgt(S port) Com Global Heiiilh Index Fd 0.872/ Slar Europe Eqty! 0.72W Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0478/ Star Europe Bond 27 Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0.335/
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  • news region/world
    • 452 10 State firms with political weight are protected and get loans easier Reuters [BEIJING] A year ago, Chinese entrepreneur Dai Guofang was warmly welcomed by local officials keen to lure his planned US$l3 billion steel project. Now, the 41-year-old is in jail and
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    • 151 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US trade panel gave final approval on Thursday to anti-dumping duties of up to 123 per cent on plastic grocery and shopping bags from China, Malaysia and Thailand. The US International Trade Commission also gave its final okay to
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    • 52 10 [DAECHEON, South Korea] South Korean youths covering themselves with mud during the first day of the mud festival at Daecheon swimming beach, yesterday. The annual festival is organised to encourage the use of mud as a cosmetic skin-care and to promote the sightseeing region which includes Daecheon swimming
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    • 359 10 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's central bank said it may step in to ensure stability in the island's NT$2.9 trillion (Ssl46 billion) mutual funds industry after investor withdrawals forced five funds to halt redemptions. An estimated NT$24O billion worth of bond funds
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    • 348 10 They are investing in wireless networks, high-tech gadgets Reuters [HONG KONG] At first glance, Le Meridien in Hong Kong's high-tech Cyberport complex looks much like any other in a recent crop of hotels catering to the upwardly mobile. But out of
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  • 799 10 Transaction date: Jul 16 TURNOVER ('000) VALUE fOOO) Win Sdq Total Mite Tottl Muttitnd 8,091 8.091 15,097 15,097 Manufacturg 154,771 9.986 164,757 142,397 1.497 143.894 Commerce 110,607 3,030 113.637 31,171 575 31.746 Tpt/5torftom 65,890 74 65,964 101.272 71 101.344 Finance 14,734 116 14,850 130.146 58 130.204 Construction 10,914 4,837
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  • news world
    • 492 11 LATEST US DATA Figure is down from 0.6% in May, easing fears of inflation threat AP Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Consumer prices in the US rose a modest 0.3 per cent in June, half the size of the previous month's advance and the seventh
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    • 399 11 Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] IBM and Dell have supplied a modest dose of steadying reassurance to a shaky technology sector by reporting better earnings. On Thursday, IBM's quarterly results surpassed Wall Street estimates. Dell yesterday said its sec-ond-quarter profit will exceed forecasts
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    • 606 11  -  Mitsubishi-Tokyo, UFJ still can't say if a merger will happen From Anthony Rowley in iokvo MITSUBISHI-TOKYO Financial Group (MTFG) and UFJ Holdings yesterday gave further details of their proposed "management integration" which would create the world's largest banking group in terms of
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    • 157 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison, plus five months of home detention and a US$3O,OOO fine for lying to federal authorities investigating her sale of stock in a friend's company. US District Judge Miriam Cedarbaum allowed Stewart
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  • style motoring
    • Article, Illustration
      699 12  -  Appearance-wise, the Renault Grand Espace may bear an uncanny resemblance to its predecessor 20 years ago. But the versatile cabin speaks volumes about its innovative design, says SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE THE soft lines have been replaced by the chiselled flanks of the original two decades ago. And
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    • 395 12  -  By Samuel Ee THE girls at the "check-in" counter wore tube tops and knee-high leather boots. The man in the pilot's uniform was serving a blue concoction in a Champagne glass. Suddenly, scantily-clad women emerged and started gyrating. No, this wasn't the debut of Singapore's
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    • 417 12  -  By Samuel Ee TWO brands drove the nascent MPV phenomenon on two continents. In the late *****, the Americans decided to think out of the box and came up with, well, a box. It was, of course, on wheels and van-like, but the Chrysler Voyager was
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    • 557 12  -  By R Sivanithy FIRST Monster, now Vampire what's next, you may ask. Upgrading to the Monster brand of stereo cables may convey discernible benefits to your home hi-fi. But rewiring with Vampire cables to get the most out of your car stereo? I
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    • Article, Illustration
      99 12 VAMPIRE hi-fi stereo cables are made by Sound Connections International (SCI) in the US and can be used for all musical applications, at home and in the car. The company claims its continuous casting moulding process produces cables with conductors that are durable, flexible, corrosive resistant and "virtually
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  • style sight&sound
    • 1105 13  -  You may have a good quality projector TV, but you can forget about a great movie experience if you don't have a decent DVD player to go with it, says THAM CHIAK KONG THAM CHIAK KONG Generally, when one is setting up a home
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  • 4700 13 Transaction date: Jul 16 H HONG KONG Vol HKExchangesS Clearing..16.60 -0.05 1138 HKS "000 HKRInfl 3.40 0.03 381 Hong Kong Electric 32.90 0.20 1602 Aeon Credit 4.85 undi 0 Hongkong Chinese .0.92 undi 0 Aeon Stores 5.75 unch 26 Hopewell Holdings 15.00 unch 45 Alpha General 0.35 unch
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  • style health
    • 723 14 Babies given multivitamins before they are six months old have a higher risk of food allergies: US study AP AN American study published this month in the journal Pediatrics found that infants given multivitamin supplements before six months of age had increased risks of
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    • 1290 14  -  But which ones work to support optimal health? CHEAH UI-HOON finds out CHEAH UI-HOON DO nutritional supplements only make for expensive urine? Most health-conscious adults would have heard this at least once to take or not to take nutritional supplements. The view from the medical
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    • 1781 15  -  There's no need to put up with incontinence, reports TEH SHI NING TEH SHI NING MANY women face, among the other afflictions of age, the inability to control their bladders. The trickle when laughing, coughing, sneezing or even just standing up, or that damp skirt
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    • 673 15 your health questions answered My toilft routine has changed In the past couple of month# and I gat constipated once in a while. Is this a cause for concern and do I need to go for colorectal screening? MLKew Constipation once in a while isn't a cause for concern,
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  • 910 14 Oistrict3 NON-LANDED Queens Apt 04/06/04 99 1184 655 553 The Anchorage Apt 15/06/04 FH 1163 712 612 District 4 NON-LANDED Harbour View Twr Apt 12/06/04 99 1615 645 399 Mt Faber Lodge Apt 12/06/04 FH 2594 1080
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 27 15 If you have health related questions, e-mail mrc@parkway.com.sg, fax: 6732-6733, or write to MRC, Parkway Group Healthcare Pte Ltd, 302 Orchard Road, Tong Building #16-01/02/03, Singapore. *****2
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    • 454 15 East Shore Hospital,Gleneagles htotyital, Hospital The International Healthcare Provider of Choice Parkway Group Healthcare, Singapore, is one of Asia's largest private healthcare providers with an extensive network of hospitals and integrated healthcare facilities in Singapore and the region. Backed with over 35 yews of experience in healthcare, we provide a
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  • style shopping
    • 1085 16  -  Still haven't exhausted your cash on the Great Singapore Sale? CORINNE KERK tells you what to look out for in the fall/winter collections of some top brands CORINNE KERK WITH just a week more to go, it's heartening to know that the Great Singapore Sale has done
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    • 1011 16 NYT [PARIS] The death of haute couture makes a good news story. It has a nice sound to it, like a train whistle. The editor sitting in the bar at the Ritz Hotel, eating her $35 Salade Cote d'Azur, can bemoan the fact that Versace
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  • style pursuits/wine&dine
    • 1226 17  -  personalspace Harpeet Bedi, the owner of all-Indian designer boutique Chokri, talks to CAT ONG of her love for polo and colourful Indian fashion CAT ONG POLO ponies and frocks fit for an Arabian princess these comprise the two main pre-occu-pations of Harpeet Bedi. As
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 312 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Shape sjw-doctor gives 4 foTteachers? KH H 9 Fish on little plates? Quite 5 Laurel adapts chinch's atti- BB BE""" 10 A graduate on the way to Ri- 6 You can squeeze a tune out 11 Dad finds a right time to view 7 Alan? being male,
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  • style food
    • 2709 18 Some of our favourite Chinese restaurants have re-opened recently after makeovers, but have their dishes also been given a touch-up? CHINESE food is something that most Singaporeans have grown up. Even as our taste buds are assailed by myriad cooking influences from around the world, at
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