The Business Times, 26 November 2004

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 8S ants online at http^/business-times^sialxom^g MCA (P) 023^2004 Friday November 2& 2004
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    Lock icon GIC buys into M'sian, China property firms
    545 1  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has been busy piling on property assets. Yesterday, it put two more under its belt 48 per cent of Sunway Resort Hotel and 40 per cent of China-based Chengdu Vanke Property.
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    Lock icon CAO in the dark till night before EGM
    669 1  -  But it gives no reason for parent's aboutface on SPC deal By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] China Aviation Oil (CAO) says it only became aware that its parent company had changed its mind and would shoot down a $362.2 million Singapore Petroleum Company
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    132 1 sn 2,034.88 (-5.31) ST INDEX FUTURES 2.016.00 (unch) simso 241.77 (-029) SIMSO FUTURES ***** (+020) MARKETS Thursday Change KISECOMP 905.22 -5.64 NIKKEI 225 10.***** +28.01 HANG SENG 13,926.61 -70.41 SET INDEX 647.49 44.43 JAKARTA COMP 955.68 5.64 MANILA COMP 1,814.50 -11.69 SEOUL COMP >72.49 -0.07 SHENZHEN B, 239.46
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    43 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2,3 COMPANIES PG 4,6-8 MARKETS PG 10 SINGAPORE PG 12 ECONOMY PG 13 M'SIA/INDON.. PG 14 CHINA/INDIA ...PG 15 ASIA-PACIFIC ..PG 16 WORLD PG 16 AVIATION PG 17 SHIPPING PGIB EDITORIAL PG 20 STOCKS PG 22.23 LIFESTYLE ...PG 28-32
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon IDA may exempt SingTel from some int'l service obligations
      712 2  -  SingTel pleased as it paves the way for telco to set prices independently By ANGELA TAN [SINGAPORE] In what is seen as a victory for Singapore Telecommunications, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) said yesterday it plans to relieve the telco of
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      633 2 WBL chief executive stepping down WBL Corporation's head honcho. Tang I-Fang, is leaving his position on a high note as the diversified conglomerate yesterday rolled out a record full-year performance. Mr Tang, 80, will step down as chief executive and be redesignated as executive director and chairman from
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      Lock icon SNEF exec director takes the helm at SBF
      343 2  -  By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Koh Juan Kiat, executive director of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF), is helping out at the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) after the abrupt exit of Cedric Chan as the latter's chief executive. SBF's corporate communications senior
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      Lock icon RSH, Wing Tai go big on Marina Square
      673 3  -  First phase of revamped mall fully let, next stage about 80% booked By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Marina Square mall, which is undergoing a $120 million revamp, looks set to become a more trendy destination. It has drawn a slew of fashion, food
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon CAO: a big blow to credibility of China listings
      697 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG THE warning lights have been flashing for some time now, but the fiasco at China Aviation Oil (Singapore) serves up another timely reminder: you don't really know what you're getting into when you put
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      Lock icon Tang steps down as WBL CEO
      553 4  -  Group's earnings surge 27% on 41% higher turnover By JOYCE KOH WBL Corporation's head honcho Tang I-Fang is leaving his position on a high note as the diversified conglomerate yesterday rolled out a record full-year performance. Mr Tang. 80, will step down as chief
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      34 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND:All prices are indicative;Broadly Diversified; Narowly Focused;$ Lower Risk;^ Low to Medium Risk;& Medium to High Risk;** Higher Risk;open-ended;+Before subdivision of units;After subdivision of units;SP after stock split N.A-Non Dealing Day
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      Lock icon Suntec Reit banks on organic growth
      695 6  -  It's looking to increases in rents, occupancy to boost value By ANDREA TAN SUNTEC Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is banking on increases in retail and office rents as well as lifting its office occupancy to add $456 million more or 35 per cent
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      Lock icon Junma makes sparkling debut with 45% gain
      437 6  -  Strong investors cited as reason for good performance By VEN SREENIVASAN THE shares of Junma Tyre Cord Company surged as much as 55 per cent on debut yesterday, making it one of the best-performing of the larger issues on the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
      Source: Bloomberg  -  437 words
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      Lock icon New Lakeside CFO quits, MD reinstated
      421 7  -  Directors of its subsidiaries who were removed earlier were also re-appointed By KENNETH LIM AVERTING a potentially drawn-out boardroom tussle, the board of New Lakeside Holdings has accepted the resignation of its chief financial officer and reinstated its managing director, both of whom had
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com doubles its profit
      358 7  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN ONLINE travel reservations specialist Asiatravel.com Holdings has chalked up a strong set of full-year results, thanks to a sharp rebound in regional travel this year. The company reported a 95 per cent surge in earnings to $3 million for the year ended Sept
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Food Junction earnings up 16%
        79 8 SESDAQ-LISTED Food Junction Holdings Limited has reported a 16.1 per cent jump in net profit to $7.7 million for its full year ended Sept 30. The manager of food courts achieved sales of $46.7 million, almost unchanged from last year. Earnings per share improved to
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      • Article
        Lock icon SPH transfers stake in dormant company
        114 8 SINGAPORE Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) said yesterday Media Investments Pte Ltd has effectively transferred its entire holding in MI Women Magazines Pte Ltd, a dormant company, to ILC International Legal Consultants (Singapore) Pte Ltd for the consideration of $2,000 on a "willing buyer willing
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        Lock icon General offer likely for Elec & Eltek
        82 8 General offer likely for Elec Eltek HONG KONG-BASED Kingboard Chemical Holdings could make a general offer for mainboard-listed Elec Eltek International Co now that it has taken over Elec's Hong Kong parent, which controls a 52 per cent stake of the Singapore unit. Kingboard has said it will make a
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      Lock icon Sembawang Music Hldgs raising $2.5m from IPO
      638 8  -  Sesdaq-bound firm offers 19m shares at 20c each; 1.2m set aside for public By JOYCE KOH FOR a man who has never passed his English examinations, Dave 800 learnt the language the hard way while growing his brainchild Sembawang Music Holdings (SMH), which
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      Lock icon Excelpoint to start making memory modules
      383 8  -  It hopes to raise sales by 10-20% over next 2 years By KENNETH LIM SHARES of Excelpoint Technology slipped one cent or 3.2 per cent yesterday after the electronics component distributor said it was making a move into manufacturing, which it hopes will account
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      Lock icon Tat Hong interim earnings surge 51% to $10m
      349 8  -  By JOYCE KOH HIGHER overseas contributions, higher crane rental turnover and higher export sales to Asia and the Middle East have boosted Tat Hong's first-half results. Tat Hong, the biggest crane company in Asia Pacific ex-Japan, said yesterday it posted earnings growth
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      123 6 (§XMXd) Wm (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 31 March 2004) I (Registration Number *****3817G) nfiwnlmwunu Music Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries ("SMH") is the largest music and visual products retail operator by number of stores in Singapore, operating a chain of 21 retail outlets located at major shopping
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      170 6 NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Name of company SONG SONS FRESH SEA PRODUCE PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) Reg. No. *****5561Z Address of former 19 Pasir Panjang Road registered office #01-128/129 Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre Singapore *****9 Last day of receiving proofs 11 December 2004 Name of liquidators CHEE YOH
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      101 7 "To dream is to live one's life bravely..." \yhfWJM ARTS AND CULTURE (INDIVIDUAL). Mil 1 z C/D k m i Oh- I ll—— <xk /n O < Balfi iiiilfl"ill Zh CO BOt how fM)t» we twve, but how H uj lu wecare." C/ 3 hE _Jgt Regent Motors Limited 23
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      710 8 rm WBL CORPORATION LIMITED (Reg. No. *****0028Z) WBL'S FULL YEAR NET PROFIT ROSE 27% TO $66.1 MILLION; DECLARES 5% SPECIAL IN ADDITION TO 5% FINAL DIVIDEND TO MARK A RECORD YEAR PERFORMANCE Unaudited Results Highlights For the Year Ended 30 September 2004 30 Sep 2004 30 Sep 2003 Change Turnover
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      319 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50, AND IN THE MATTER OF 11 ARABIAN BULK TRADE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) 2) ARABIAN BULK TRADE MARKETING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the obovenomed Companies duly convened and
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      193 8 FORM 55 (Rule 112) NOTICE OF MEETING (GENERAL FORM) IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding-Up No 129 of 2003 In the Matter of the Companies Act, Cap 50 And In the Matter of SIN BOONLY ELECTRICAL PTE LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) Take notice that a
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      202 8 LOST CERTIFICATES The following share certificates have been reported lost, mislaid or destroyed by the shareholdersName of Company Cert. Nos. No. of Sharw In the name of Bukit Sembawang Z*****98 333 (Ooi Kim Suan deceased, Estates Limited (Estate of Jacks International Limited *****00 1,000 (Halimah binti Mohamed *****18 1,000 (deceased,
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      318 9 INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING JH A L ff Jr f w H IP j V| I M| I I (Incorporated in Singapore on 17 November 2003 with Company Registration Number *****1696K) I JHHb msmmm --ft <$gflkftSk| 11 ■—^^^^^^^^^|||||||j|j||jj^||jjj|jj|mm| Invitation in respect of 22,000,000 Ordinary Shares of SSO.OB each comprising 18,000,000 New
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market consolidates in brisk trading
      528 10  -  STOCKS Most-active stock Junma Tyre closes 45% up while China Aviation Oil ends a further 14.4% down TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent SINGAPORE shares consolidated yesterday after two days of gains, with the Straits Times Index ending 5.31 points down at 2,034.88. Profit-taking set in
      Source: Bloomberg  -  528 words
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      909 10  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM HG Metal Manufacturing Nov 25 dose: $0,605 GK GOH RESEARCH. Nov 25 products globally, HG Metal's FYO4 results outperformed our expectations. The spectacular performance was driven by the trading business, where sales and Ebit (earnings before interest and tax) grew 67 per cent and
      Source: Bloomberg  -  909 words
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      Lock icon US$ blasted again, but A$ and S$ lag
      517 10  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar was forced to fresh mul-ti-year lows for a third consecutive session in Asia yesterday, with hardly any sign of profittaking pressures on US dollar bears ahead of an extended Thanksgiving weekend break for US
      Source: Reuters  -  517 words
    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Jardine C&C raises stake in associate Astra
        133 10 MOTOR car distributor Jardine Cycle and Carriage Ltd has upped its stake in Indonesian associate PT Astra International from 45.43 per cent to 45.85 per cent. Jardine C&C, which distributes Mercedes Benz and Mitsubishi cars, said it had bought some 17 million shares
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        Lock icon 2G Capital's Gay Chee Cheong ups Junma stake
        88 10 2G Capital's Gay Chee Cheong has accumulated more shares in Junma Tyre Cord Company which made its listing debut yesterday. Mr Gay picked up 1.3 million shares from the open market at an average of 38.69 cents, giving him a direct stake
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        Lock icon Parkway MD whittles down stake
        90 10 HEALTHCARE group Parkway Holdings managing director Lim Cheok Peng yesterday sold 200,000 shares in the company, whittling down his direct interest to 0.0002 per cent from 0.0279 per cent previously. The open market sale leaves Dr Lim with 2,000 shares in Parkway. The shares were
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        Lock icon Panpac's MD increases his shareholding
        99 10 RICKY Ang, group managing director and CEO of Panpac Media Group Ltd, on Wednesday bought 300,000 shares in the company for 8 cents apiece. This raises his stake to 1.94 per cent from 1.89 per cent previously. He has a deemed stake of 5.21 per
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        Lock icon F&N director pares interest to near zero
        80 10  -  Compiled by ANDREA TAN FRASER and Neave alternate director Patrick Goh Yong Chian pared down his stake from 0.006 per cent in the diversified conglomerate to near zero. He sold 14,000 units yesterday at an average of $14.53 each in the open market,
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      426 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 25 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -23.00 -47.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -8.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -2.00 All-SG Equities 522.15 -1.05 SG Equities Elect 159.47 +0.19 SG Equities Fin 1598.37 -10.89 SG Equities Prop 520.41 +5.04 SIMSCI 241.77 -0.29 SiMSCI Futures 242.30 +0.20 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'poreans add value with bilingual abilities
      322 12  -  MM Lee says S'pore useful to China as connection to English-speaking world By DANIEL BUENAS THE ability of Singaporeans to speak both Chinese and English and their connections to the English-speaking world are Singapore's value-add to China, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said in
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      Lock icon STB's aggressive marketing pays off
      409 12  -  By NANDE KHIN "COLOUR Your Weekends", "Party All The Time", "Uniquely Singapore Fun Breaks" these are some marketing campaigns of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) that have been reaping benefits in terms of the tourist dollar. Even as latest figures show Singapore's tourism receipts reaching
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      Lock icon Fewer bankruptcy petitions and orders in October
      126 12 THE number of petitions for bankruptcy and bankruptcy orders made continued to fall year-on-year for the month of October, although the total number of bankrupts in Singapore is still at an all-time high. As at Oct 30, there were a record 21,047 undischarged
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      Lock icon Bras Basah hotel site coming up for sale
      376 12  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA A 99-year leasehold hotel at Bras Basah Boad next to Carlton Hotel will be launched for tender in a few weeks after an unnamed party made a successful application, undertaking to bid at least $33 million for the 0.3-hectare
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      Lock icon Barclays, HSBC win British Biz Awards
      207 12 TEN British companies, including HSBC and Barclays Capital, were honoured last night for their significant contribution to Singapore. These companies were winners of the British Business Awards given out by the British Chamber of Commerce. The awards were presented by no less than Prince
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      324 12 THOMSON SWEET MAXWELL ASIA .-4 I I I x > <• India is one cf the fastest growing regions in the world, with growth rates expected to increase in the next few years. Drawn by this growth and a potential domestic market of some one billion people, investors are coming
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Silence from central banks sends dollar to near record lows
      555 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The dollar traded near a record low against the euro and it is weakest in more than four years versus the yen in Asia on speculation the central banks of Europe and Japan aren't concerned about their currencies'
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      Lock icon Oil prices to ease to US$41 next year: SG
      380 13  -  By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Oil prices appear to have peaked and should ease from an average US$52 in the fourth quarter of this year to US$4l this time next year, says Frederic Lasserre, head of commodities research at SG Corporate and
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      Lock icon Talk of yuan revaluation mounts
      561 13 Beijing could decide at top economic meeting this weekend: analysts Reuters [BEIJING] Speculation that China may decide to revalue its currency within days mounted yesterday, with some analysts saying Beijing could reach a decision at an annual high-level economic meeting this weekend. Others said that
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Faber Group properties excite S'pore investors
      459 14  -  Agent Zerin says parties include hotel owners and private investors By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE investors have shown keen interest in Faber Group properties that will be put up for tender next Monday. Although there have also been queries from Hong Kong,
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      Lock icon No plans to change ringgit peg
      402 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has no plans to change its six-year-old currency peg unless it hurts the nation's competitiveness, Industry and Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz said. The government will review the peg, which fixes the ringgit at 3.8 to the dollar, "from time to
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      164 14 Singapore Heritage Street Food "A Taste of Beach Road In the 60 s" Relish nostalgic heritage street food of the 60's now at Cafe Plaza every Saturday. So be tempted by legendary flavours like Oyster Omelette, Chilli Mud Crab, Bak Kut Teh, Hae Mee, Fried Yellow Mussels and more Branch
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Rift between Reliance owners spills into boardroom
      429 15 FAMILY FEUD Share price dives after six directors quit utility unit Reuters [MUMBAI] An escalating dispute between the brothers from the founding Ambani family who run India's Reliance conglomerate seemed to have spilt into the boardroom of power utility Reliance Energy yesterday as
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      Lock icon Shanghai to triple petrochemical output to US$33b
      308 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China aims to nearly triple petrochemical output in Shanghai to more than US$33 billion annually by 2010, a plan analysts said yesterday would require the building of at least two more world-scale ethylene plants. Analysts say the city could have trouble
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      Lock icon Stanley Ho beefs up his Macau casino presence
      287 15 AP [HONG KONG] Gaming tycoon Stanley Ho will open a new casino in Macau in an attempt to fend off competition from Las Vegas rivals after losing a four-decade monopoly in the gambling enclave. The first phase of the Greek Mythology Casino
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      Lock icon China invites bids for bad loans worth US$18.1b
      297 15 Bloomberg IBKIJINGI China started its biggest sale of bad loans, inviting Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and other companies to bid for assets valued at US$lB.l billion, more than four times the total sold so far to overseas investors. Great Wall Asset Management
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Gold hits record US$452 level as greenback weakens
      458 16 Gold has reached 16-year high, with traders eyeing next target of US$455 Reuters. Reuters, Bloomberg [LONDON] Spot gold rose more than US$3 a troy ounce to a 16vi year high of US$452 yesterday, driven by an ailing dollar in conditions made thin
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      Lock icon Japan exports hit record high in Oct
      294 16 Reuters (TOKYO] Japan's exports rose to a record high in October, helped by strong sales of ships and automobiles, but the pace of increase slowed from earlier this year as demand from the United States and China tapered off. Exports in October were
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      Lock icon When will Japan-China relations really warm?
      764 16  -  ASIA WATCH Breakthrough in diplomatic deadlock may be in sight ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent ARE Sino-Japanese relations doomed to perpetual night because of the inability of both sides to overcome history, or is the light of dawn finally appearing in the Eastern sky? Listening
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Shanghai, Taipei, Manila figure on Jetstar Asia map
      571 17  -  S'pore-based budget carrier to fly to seven destinations By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Qantas' Sin-gapore-based low-cost associate, Jetstar Asia, will be the first budget carrier to fly from here to China and Taiwan. The budget carrier, which obtained its Air Operator's Certificate last
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      Lock icon Changi starts trial of auto check-in system
      430 17  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Changi Airport, the world's 7th busiest airport by passenger traffic, has started a six month trial of the world's first fully automated checkin and immigration clearance system. The system, which uses biometric recognition technology, allows passengers to avoid airline
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      Lock icon European airline traffic may grow 9% this year
      277 17 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] European airlines' passenger traffic will probably grow by more than 9 per cent this year, a six-fold increase from 2003, led by demand for flights to Asia, the Association of European Airlines said. Traffic grew 6.4 per cent in October
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      323 17 Private airline Kingfisher gets govt approval AFP. Bloomberg [MUMBAI] The board of state-run Air India has approved seeking bids to buy 50 new aircraft, a company spokesman said yesterday. The international carrier said it would invite bids from aircraft and engine
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      614 28  -  off the cuff jaime ee FOR those whose fascination with Singapore Idol ended with the unveiling of the Banana Man where have you been? You have no idea what has happened since civil war is now brewing in the depths of Singapore society. So much so that between
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      358 28  -  The shopping scene in S'pore has livened up, especially during the Christmas season, as enterprising expat ladies take up retail space at fairs. CHEAH UI-HOON checks out what these expatriates sell and the fairs on the must-go list CHEAH UI-HOON THE Australian ladies do it, the Americans, the
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      1154 29 She started designing her own when she wanted birth announcement cards but couldn't find any in the market. The mother of two children aged six and three came with her banker husband to Singapore five years ago, and has been making cards for the past three years.
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      636 29 UPCOMING FAIRS Today, 10am to 6pm Duchess Crest Condominium, 54 Duchess Ave, multi-function room More unusual gift items include original German dollhouses, German handmade glass stones jewellery, and German wines Tomorrow and Sunday, 4pm to 10pm Chijmes Christmas Fair It is expected to be bigger than ever, with more than
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      566 30  -  Expect some infectious skankin' from the band, says SANGEETHA MADHAVAN SANGEETHA MADHAVAN YOUNG music fans who think that ska is a derivative of reggae, think again. Ska is what started it all and the band that jumpstarted ska was, of course, the Skatalites. For a super group
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      275 30  -  By PARVATHI NAYAR AS part of a series that looks at music from 1904, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents the Singapore premiere of a symphonic masterpiece, Mahler's Symphony No. 7, also called "Song of the Night". Pang Siu Yuin, SSO's senior manager artistic
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      235 30 AT THE ESPLANADE Nov 26, Friday to Dec 3, Friday Mamma Mia! By Judy Craymer, Richard East and Bjorn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal and Dainty Consolidated Entertainment Esplanade Theatre, 8pm and 2.30pm (150 mins with intermission) Tickets: From $60 to $130 Nov 26 (Fri)to Nov 27 (Sat)
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      631 31  -  ASIA MEDIA FESTIVAL PARVATHI NAYAR checks out the selection and previews the opening film PARVATHI NAYAR INTERNATIONAL co-productions, a theme of the ongoing Asia Media Festival (AMF) 2004, is a concept that holds real potential for Singapore's fledgling film industry. Appropriately, it's also the focal theme
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      488 31  -  FILM By PARVATHI NAYAR MOST of us like a good laugh but appreciate the difference between being ridiculous and ridiculing a situation, between being an object who is laughed at, and a subject you laugh with. Sometimes it's a fine line dividing the humorous and the
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      547 31  -  By GEOFFREY EU THE Polar Express is Hollywood's idea of what happens when the magic of the movies meets the magic of Christmas, but although this computer-animated story about a young boy who has doubts about the existence of Santa Claus is decent enough
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      559 31  -  FLYING CIRCUS PROJECT By PARVATHI NAYAR THEATREWORKS'S Flying Circus Project (FCP) turns 10 years old this December, and if you pardon the metaphor has taken wing. The fifth instalment of the biennial art camp/art lab opens next week with a special focus on the
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      451 31  -  THEATRE By CHEAH UI-HOON THE Singapore Repertory Theatre's production of Carl Djerassi's An Immaculate Misconception has everything going for it it's written by a famous scientist; it's topical and "sexy" since it's about sex and reproduction; and Beatrice Chia is arguably Singapore's sexiest
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      210 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 30 Matenal^ by one company (6) 31 i ryi ??qt iard When riddlin9 like suspect (9) cian case (6) 15 Find fault with one fruit, so get YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN another (4 s > a Rprn 4 schedule 9 See--2 Shenanigans when social work- 16 A reasonable amount
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    1325 32  -  Making Time The stunning movement of this year's Lange Double Split chrono took pride of place on the front page of BT's annual watch supplement at end-August. Watch-lover NG TJENG JAW tells our readers why it justifies the Jury's prize at the recently-concluded Grand Prix d'Horlogerie
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      59 33 C* LASSIC. Ethnic. I Vintage. Pun. H Fashionable. What can jewellery lovers possibly want that they cannot find these days? barred approach to>wefieiy consumers. BT checks out the variety and puis cannot be tso®6|B^ personal find out what custom-made jewellery can do. And as we look forward
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      475 34  -  They're fun, they're flirty. Small wonder that charm bracelets are always in season.CORINNE KERK dangles some choice trinkets CORINNE KERK CHARM bracelets have remained trendy for several seasons and with good reason what can be more fun and flirty than trinkets dangling enticingly from wrists? Instead of
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      720 36  -  What a year. In 2004, we've seen everything from political battles on the world stage to egg shortage at home, it's been a crazy time, which only makes life's little luxuries including finding joy and distraction in beautiful jewellery even more precious. Thank goodness jewellers have continued to
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      362 38  -  Jewellers continue to draw on tribal and cultural themes in their latest collections. CORINNE KERK traces the ethnic connection CORINNE KERK ETHNICITY has long been the source of inspiration for jewellers and the past year has brought many exciting examples of what that can produce. Lalique, for instance,
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      912 40  -  CORRINE KERK finds out what's involved in custom-making a special piece of jewellery CORINNE KERK NOT entirely satisfied with what you've seen in jewellery stores? Think you have a better idea of what suits you? Or perhaps you just want a special piece crafted
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      545 42  -  On the prowl for something with a contemporary look or a piece that feels 'right now'? CORRINE KERK has some suggestions CORINNE KERK WOMEN wear jewellery for many reasons, and not least because 1 a particular piece reflects what's in fashion. Fashion and jewellery are inextricably linked, and
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      545 43  -  CORRINE KERK finds a selection of sleek and subtle pieces for men that are neither flashy nor effeminate CORINNE KERK BUYING jewellery for women will always be a ready option for men, though the reverse isn't quite true yet. But we're getting there. With men being a
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      514 44  -  CORRINE KERK puts on her sunglasses for a look at some very large pieces CORINNE KERK IF there's one thing certain about jewellery, it's that you'll always see oversized pieces every year, whatever the season's trends. Which only means one thing size matters. Women's love affair with big,
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      1136 46  -  Incorruptible vet completely malleable, the yellow metal that is gold has many-uses, not least of which lies in the making of jewellery, CORRINE KERK reports CORINNE KERK THE Golden Age. The gold medal. The gold standard. From time immemorial, gold, because of its rarity and durability, has been
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      351 47 GOLD has been in the spotlight of late, thanks to soaring prices. But looking at what can be fashioned out of the precious metal, it is easy to see why it will always be the lynchpin in jewellery designs whatever the cost. We're talking new textures,
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      831 48  -  What will fashion-forward jewellery lovers be flaunting in the year to come? CORRINE KERK reports on the four key trends for 2005 CORINNE KERK WHAT will we see in jewellery showcases next year? Or for that matter, what will fashion-forward jewellery lovers want to adorn themselves
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      985 49 VISIONS OF THE FUTURE CREATIVITY is very important today, so the colours and shapes will have to be the drivers and be very imaginative from the traditional heart, square, round to more original shapes, and all with a big range of colours. More white gold will
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