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Title Section14 2005-03-04 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPOR^^eST" jjirfeat http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Friday, March 4,200514 words
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910 2005-03-04 1 ANGELA TAN - Analysts warn against blindly following big-time investors By ANGELA TAN [SINGAPORE] They're rich, they're household names and they move the markets. But following in the footsteps of high-profile investors like Koh Boon Hwee, Oei Hong Leong or 2G Capital's Tommie Goh doesn't necessarily mean guaranteed910 words
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Article141 2005-03-04 1 ST! 2.***** (+3.17) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,151.00 (+7.00) siMsa 254.09 (+0.69) SIMSO FUTURES ***** (+0.60) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 889.44 -2.46 NIKKEI 225 11.856.46 +42.75 HANG SENG 13.***** 441.59 SET INDEX ***** -0.53 JAKARTA COMP 1,094.60 +11JB5 MANILA COMP 2.093.27 +24.85 SEOUL COMP 1,010.92 +3.44 SHENZHEN B 259.96141 words
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679 2005-03-04 1 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Bungalows may be allowed as part of investment under permanent residence scheme By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The appeal of Sentosa Cove to wealthy foreign property buyers could get a boost soon if an extension to a permanent residence scheme to woo high net679 words
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TOP STORIES
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430 2005-03-04 2 CHEN HUIFEN - On offer are power generation and retail assets worth about A$2b By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Hong Kong's CLP Holdings has emerged as the front-runner to buy the merchant energy business or retail and generation assets of Singapore Power (Sing Power) in430 words
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Article, Illustration631 2005-03-04 2 RONNIE LIM - By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] After successfully opening its electricity market, Singapore will now liberalise its gas market to allow open access and support aew entrants. And it is "likely" to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to diversify fuel types and sources forFILE PHOTO - 631 words
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Article57 2005-03-04 2 IN the article "Massive seminar hopes to lure 30,000" (BT, March 3), we named the managing director and founder of Asia Seminar as Terence Wee. In fact, he is Terence Mak. Also, the venue for the business talks will be the Singapore International Exhibition and Convention Centre, not Suntec57 words
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Article, Illustration885 2005-03-04 2 Govt considering bankruptcy laws similar to US Chapter 11 THE government is thinking of new laws to address bankruptcy in Singapore, including "omnibus" legislation that may be similar to America's Chapter 11 laws. The omnibus legislation would have laws, principles and mechanisms that would be applicable to bothAFP - 885 words
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597 2005-03-04 4 DANIEL BUENAS - Also under study is Chapter 13 approach for individuals By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] The government is thinking of new laws to address bankruptcy in Singapore, including "omnibus" legislation that may be similar to America's Chapter 11 laws. The omnibus legislation would597 words
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Article, Illustration546 2005-03-04 4 SIOW LI SEN - By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Australia's Macquarie Bank may not be as well known in Singapore as it is Down Under, but that could be about to change. The once all-Australian lender has rapidly ramped up its presence here since it bought over ING's546 words
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627 2005-03-04 4 RAJU CHELLAM - By RAJU CHELLAM [SINGAPORE] Global weakness in the chip market in the first half of this year is set to slice the growth of the semicon market next year, says research house Gartner. That could spell bad news for Singapore-based chip627 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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420 2005-03-04 6 TEH HOOI LING - It cites stiffer competition, losses from a subsidiary, provisions for debt By TEH HOOI LING GREATRONIC, which last week reported a suspected fraud at its Malaysian subsidiary, yesterday issued a profit warning saying it expected larger losses in its second half420 words
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Article, Illustration511 2005-03-04 6 WONG WEI KONG - Move looks likely to lead to company delisting from SGX By WONG WEI KONG OSIM International has exercised its put and call option on Global Active shares, triggering a general offer for the rest of the company that could lead to a delisting511 words
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642 2005-03-04 6 SAMUEL EE - HOCK LOCK SIEW By SAMUEL EE THE more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. This could well be how public transport operators are feeling now that the Transport Minister has accepted the recommendation of a new formula for the review642 words
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Article4327 2005-03-04 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UP G'teed 5.0/2 1.0449v UP G'teed 7.K 1.***** UP G'md Find 5.013 *****3/ c UP G'*ed Find 7.013 1.*****/ Star Etfope Egyt 0*1* (jpswtig Fund 5.0/1 0.*****/ V5J UpswnoFund7.0fl 0.*****/ Star Europe U .1.14/ uPSWNG FUND 5.0090% 0.*****/ sai AMnJ'qf Etftf 0.993/ UPSWMG FUNDS.Qfl/100% 0 *****/ Star4,327 words
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Article, Illustration372 2005-03-04 7 TROUBLE AT CAO Creditor latest to put legal pressure on oil trader amid restructuring talks Reuters [SEOUL] Major creditor SK Energy Asia yesterday asked the Singapore High Court to place beleaguered China Aviation Oil (Singapore) under judicial management. With the petition, SKReuters; BLOOMBERG - 372 words
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384 2005-03-04 7 JOSEPHINE TAY - IPO WATCH By JOSEPHINE TAY SESDAQ aspirant CNA Group has launched its initial public offering of 35 million new shares at 30 cents each. The IPO aims to raise about $8.8 million in net proceeds to help the provider of integrated control and384 words
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Article, Illustration285 2005-03-04 7 Bloomberg SHARES of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Asia's secondlargest shipping line by capacity, rose to a record as investors are betting demand to ship products by sea will outpace supply because of port congestion, analysts said. The shares gained as much as 3.2 perBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 285 words
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Article, Illustration369 2005-03-04 9 Strategic partners would be given a toe-hold in the closed local market [HO CHI MINH CITY] Singapore's DBS Bank joins four other international lenders vying to acquire in Vietnam's two biggest private commercial banks, the Financial Times reported, citing peopleFILE PHOTO - 369 words
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Article, Illustration214 2005-03-04 9 AFP (HANOI] Singapore's Great Eastern Life Assurance has opened a representative office in Hanoi in a bid to win a slice of a rapidly growing market, company officials said yesterday. 'The huge Vietnamese population of 80 million and the fact that 60 per cent ofAFP - 214 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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47 2005-03-04 9 SESDAQ-listed Asti Holdings said its subsidiary Semiconductor Technologies Instruments has secured orders worth about $1.2 million from leading global assembly and test contract manufacturers in Japan and South Korea. The orders are expected to be completed by April.47 words
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57 2005-03-04 9 SERIAL System yesterday announced that its wholly owned subsidiary. Serial Microelectronics, has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Allied Competence Inc on Wednesday. The two will set up a joint-venture company in Taiwan to undertake the business of distributing semiconductors,57 words
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50 2005-03-04 9 WESTECH Electronics said that its associate company WesTech Electronics India has disposed of its entire 50 per cent stake in Inchang Electronics India to an individual called Nalina Ganesh. The transaction, worth 612.000 rupees (5522,800), comprises 200,000 shares of 10 rupees each.50 words
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57 2005-03-04 9 LANTROVISION (S) yesterday announced that it has been appointed distributor by Eutech Cybernetics for its CatseyeVision smart home solution in the Asia Pacific region. The product integrates functions such as Internet access and security monitoring in a single box. Both companies also57 words
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443 2005-03-04 9 Big drop sparked by expected strong growth in US jobs Bloomberg SINGAPORE 10-year bonds fell four basis points, the biggest fluctuation of any government bond market in the world these days, before a report today that is expected to show the US createdBloomberg - 443 words
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Advertisement528 2005-03-04 8 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winrtng Up No. 39 ot 2005/W In the Matter of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 And In the Matter of NATUNA RESOURCES PTE. LTD. I Registration No. *****3931 C) ADVERTISEMENT QF PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition tor528 words
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Advertisement304 2005-03-04 9 The Business Times "How To Brand Tell Your IPO Story" Date; Thinking of listing Friday, 11 March 2005 Is your company ready for an IPO? 9 00 amtoi.oo pm How to get media attention venue: Ballroom 2, Find out from our panel of Intercontinental distinguished speakers. J Programme How SPH304 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration506 2005-03-04 10 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS Known unknowns and unknown unknowns thrive in market R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent TO borrow a bit of classic political doublespeak from US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, at any one time stock market movements might legitimately fall under three categories known unknowns, known knownsSource: Bloomberg - 506 words
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Article, Illustration854 2005-03-04 10 R SIVANITHY - Compiled by R SIVANITHY DATAPULSE TECHNOLOGY March 3 closing: 19.5 cents (undi) KIM ENG SECURITIES March 3 WE expect Datapulse to report Q2 profit of $1.4 million on revenue of $15.5 million on March 10. Revenue would fall 20 per cent sequentially as seasonal demand tapered off bySource: Bloomberg - 854 words
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Article, Illustration519 2005-03-04 10 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar traded in mixed fashion around familiar levels yesterday, as players held fire ahead of crucial US jobs numbers for February due out later tonight. However, that did not stop the Taiwan dollar from trading to aSource: Reuters - 519 words
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TRADES TO WATCH
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85 2005-03-04 10 SEE Hoy Chan Equities Pte Ltd, a substantial shareholder of China Petrotech Holdings, has bought 800,000 shares of the company from the open market on Wednesday. This raised its direct stake in the company to 9.81 per cent, from 9.49 per cent. See Hoy Chan85 words
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Article, Illustration80 2005-03-04 10 ACE Achieve Infocom Ltd yesterday announced that its substantial shareholder Full Achieve Investments Ltd has bought one million shares at 15.5 cents each from the open market on Wednesday, raising Full Achieve's direct stake to 21.02 per cent, from 20.71 per cent. The transaction80 words
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96 2005-03-04 10 FIRSTLINK Investments Corp said its substantial shareholder Leadville Pte Ltd has bought two million shares at 14 cents a share in a married deal yesterday, raising Leadville's direct interest to 9.12 per cent, from 8.53 per cent. This also resulted in an increase in96 words
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51 2005-03-04 10 VITA Holdings substantial shareholder Chong Thim Pheng has bought 150,000 shares from the open market yesterday, raising his direct stake in the company to 6.231 per cent, from 6.174 per cent. Shares of Vita Holdings went up half a cent higher at 22.5 cents51 words
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102 2005-03-04 10 CHEN HUI FEN - Compiled by CHEN HUI FEN NAM Lee Industries has bought 422,000 shares in Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries at 26.992 cents each on Tuesday, raising its stake to 3.38 per cent, from 3.24 per cent. The transaction raised the deemed stake of three102 words
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Article, Illustration435 2005-03-04 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -701.00 +47.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +6.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -70.00 All-SG Equities 553.79 +1.25 SG Equities Elect 143.27 -2.28 SG Equities Fin 1615.26 +1.89 SG Equities Prop 551.79 +1.47 SIMSCI 254.09 +0.69 SiMSCI Futures 254.40 +0.60 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME435 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration546 2005-03-04 11 RONNIE LIM - It aims to settle the pipeline dispute delaying its project By RONNIE LIM ISLAND Power whose planned US$9OO million generating station here is being* delayed by lack of access to a pipeline that brings in natural gas from Sumatra is still talking with various SingaporeFILE PHOTO - 546 words
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424 2005-03-04 11 ARTHUR SIM - Regionally, major Indian cities hold out most promise By ARTHUR SIM SINGAPORE will remain a core market for many foreign funds looking to invest in the region with the bulk of investments concentrated in the retail sector, according to property consultant424 words
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176 2005-03-04 11 ANDREA TAN - By ANDREA TAN SINGAPORE has gone to the French city of Cannes famous for its annual film festival to promote the local real estate sector. The Urban Redevelopment Authority is there to showcase the ambitious Business and Financial Centre at the New Downtown176 words
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275 2005-03-04 11 DONALD URQUHART - By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] In a bid to encourage bunker tanker owners to make an earlier shift to newer, safer double-hulled tankers, the Maritime Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore is offering a package of incentives worth about $1.2 million. The incentive package,275 words
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367 2005-03-04 11 A GENEROUS annual quota of certificates of entitlement (COE) was announced by the Land Transport Authority yesterday. For Quota Year 2005 between May 2005 and April 2006, there will be 132,581 COEs or 10 per cent more than in QY367 words
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313 2005-03-04 11 ALEXANDRA HO - IN PARLIAMENT The fund is meant to strengthen the airport's hub status and partnerships By ALEXANDRA HO THE Air Hub Development Fund, introduced in 2003, has proven so effective in attracting airlines to operate or expand their services here that the government will launch313 words
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267 2005-03-04 11 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THE Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport's report on the public transport fare review mechanism have been accepted in full. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said that the new formula proposed to cap any adjustments in fares one of the key267 words
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275 2005-03-04 11 DANIEL BUENAS - By DANIEL BUENAS IN a move aimed at curbing terrorist activity in Singapore, the government is thinking of imposing regulatory controls on the sale of pre-paid phone card. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said in Parliament yesterday. "In some terrorist incidents abroad,275 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration388 2005-03-04 12 While he cites 'little evidence' currently, he does not rule it out in future Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said there is "very little evidence" foreign investors are starting to sell US dollar assets, while noting that it couldBloomberg - 388 words
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Article, Illustration607 2005-03-04 12 Reuters [MOMBASA, Kenya] Trade ministers from around the world gathered in Kenya yesterday to inject fresh momentum into global free trade talks ahead of a looming deadline for a deal. The World Trade Organization's (WTO) 148 member states are workingReuters; AP - 607 words
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638 2005-03-04 12 Reuters HERE is a summary of the state of play in the areas to be discussed, which are all part of the WTO's Doha Round. It was launched in late 2001 but missed its initial end-2004 target for conclusion. The WTO hopes to agreeReuters - 638 words
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409 2005-03-04 12 Reuters [PARIS] The world's financial assets more than doubled from 1993 to 2003 to reach US$llB trillion, a sum about three times global gross domestic product, according to a new study released on Wednesday. The study by McKinsey Global Institute, a researchReuters - 409 words
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364 2005-03-04 12 LATEST US DATA Growth in services sector increases slightly in February Reuters Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] US business productivity rose more quickly in the fourth quarter than first thought, notching an unexpectedly brisk 2.1 per cent annual rate, while the growthReuters; Bloomberg; AP - 364 words
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574 2005-03-04 12 AFP [BEIJING] China's leaders will try to keep the brakes on the booming economy this year, targeting gross domestic product of "around 7 per cent" when they report to parliament this week. They are also expected to give theAFP - 574 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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579 2005-03-04 13 PAULINE NG - Analysts say shares fully valued, but institutional interest is huge By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur BURSA Malaysia's initial public offering (IPO) is likely to be overwhelmingly subscribed despite the fact that its shares are already fully valued, and market sentiment is softening.579 words
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Article2217 2005-03-04 13 VOt FS8M 1.20 0.01 250 Mar 3 M» W- rtm FTEC Resources .0.35 -0.01 673 Furgan Bus Org. .0.32 unch 2044 ASM Realty 1.50 -0.01 47 Gadang ...1.41 undi 649 Abric .0.46 -0.06 606 Gamuda Sjo -0.10 704 ACPInckjstnes 110 -0.04 10 General Corp .047 -0.012,217 words
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420 2005-03-04 13 Reuters AFP AP [PUTRAJAYAI Malaysia said yesterday it would not send ships to a disputed part of the Sulawesi Sea to face off Indonesian warships patrolling there. "There is no need to bring about a situation that could cause tensions," Foreign Minister Syed HamidReuters; AFP; AP - 420 words
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Article, Illustration237 2005-03-04 13 AFP [JAKARTA] About 8,000 Indonesians expelled from Malaysia following a crackdown on illegal immigrants are stranded in border camps where overcrowding has led thousands to become ill with malaria and tuberculosis, the Red Cross said yesterday. The workers are in sixAFP - 237 words
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418 2005-03-04 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Indonesia's Islamic banking industry is poised to expand more than two-thirds this year, as more consumers and businesses in a country with the world's largest Muslim population seek to follow the religion's financial tenets, the central bank said.Bloomberg - 418 words
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Article, Illustration270 2005-03-04 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's biggest lender by assets, said profit rose 15 per cent in 2004, exceeding its forecast, as an expanding economy fueled demand for loans. Net income rose to 5.26 trillion rupiah (*****.9 million) last year, or 262 rupiah aBloomberg; AFP - 270 words
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GREATER CHINA
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Article, Illustration681 2005-03-04 14 Prolonged silence over his resignation could harm HK: observers AP AFP Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong leader's refusal to quash rumours that he is quitting stoked speculation yesterday that his fate is still being debated within China's secretive leadership, and some were predictingAP; AFP; Reuters; REUTERS FILE PHOTO - 681 words
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Article, Illustration517 2005-03-04 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's biggest developer, Sun Hung Kai Properties, surpassed expectations by posting a 95 per cent jump in half-year earnings yesterday amid a property market revival that shows no signs of abating. Controlled by the wealthy Kwok family, Asia'sReuters; BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 517 words
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314 2005-03-04 14 Reuters [BEIJING] AIG, the world's most valuable insurer, and its Chinese asset management partner aim to raise US$36O million via their maiden mutual fund, to be launched next week at a time when markets are mired at six-year lows. Executives saidReuters - 314 words
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NOTE BOOK
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71 2005-03-04 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Fiery Muslim preacher Abu Bakar Bashir was found guilty of an "evil conspiracy" to commit the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings by an Indonesian court yesterday and sentenced to two and a half years in jail. But the court found theReuters - 71 words
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88 2005-03-04 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia's biggest power company, isn't liable for a blackout that affected four states and the capital on Jan 13, the government said. After reviewing reports on the incident from Tenaga, the industry regulator and an independent expert,Bloomberg - 88 words
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101 2005-03-04 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] China's Shandong Luneng Group is keen to set up an aluminium smelter plant in Malaysia's eastern Sarawak state and will hold exploratory talks with Sarawak Hidro, the Edge Financial Daily said on Thursday, citing a senior Chinese embassy official. Sarawak HidroReuters - 101 words
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108 2005-03-04 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Goldman Sachs colluded with officials at Indonesia's state-owned Pertamina to sell two supertankers to Frontline for as much as US$56 million below the market price, the country's anti-monopoly agency said. Pertamina sold the ships for US$ 184 million in June, when theBloomberg - 108 words
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94 2005-03-04 14 AP [SHANGHAI] China plans to enact a law that would for the first time encode the country's determination to unify with Taiwan, by force if necessary. Beijing hasn't disclosed details of the "anti-secession law" that Communist Party leaders plan to present in the comingAP - 94 words
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323 2005-03-04 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] China National Coal Group Corp, the country's No 2 coal producer, has picked China International Capital Corp (CICC), Citigroup and Morgan Stanley to arrange its planned US$l billion overseas initial public offering (IPO), sources familiar with theReuters - 323 words
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INDIA
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414 2005-03-04 15 M&A seen as way to move up value chain, but critical challenges persist Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Fastgrowing Indian outsourcing and services companies are considering acquiring US assets to gain quick access to new technology, but cultural differences and integration challenges have forestalled largeReuters - 414 words
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243 2005-03-04 15 Reuters [BANGALORE] Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's No 2 software services exporter, is planning a new campus in Bangalore as it hires by the thousands to feed an outsourcing boom, officials said yesterday. "Infosys has requested the government for 121.4 hectares of land and we willReuters - 243 words
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Article, Illustration316 2005-03-04 15 Pact will govern cooperation in the energy sector Reuters [NEW DELHI] India will sign a pact with Venezuela this week for cooperation in the energy sector, joining China in the hunt for petroleum assets in the world's No. 5 oil exporter. India's Oil and NaturalReuters; BLOOMBERG - 316 words
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Article177 2005-03-04 15 AFP [BANGALORE] US-based ASG Software Solutions on Wednesday announced the launch of its Indian operations and said it was studying the local market to acquire a domestic software firm. "I have not targetted any specific company yet but the idea is to acquire anAFP - 177 words
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255 2005-03-04 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's oil minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, said on Wednesday that Russia will consider giving an Indian firm a stake in Yugansk, the former core unit of Yukos, after the merger of Gazprom and Rosneft. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom saidReuters - 255 words
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Article, Illustration609 2005-03-04 16 He's suspected of making false financial statements and insider trading Reuters Bloomberg AFP [TOKYO] Prosecutors arrested Japanese railway and property magnate Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, once the richest man in the world, yesterday on suspicion of making false financial statements and insider trading, media reported. Tsutsumi, 70,Reuters; Bloomberg; AFP; AFP FILEPHOTO - 609 words
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422 2005-03-04 16 It agrees to pay US$75m but denies any wrongdoing Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc said on Wednesday that it would pay US$75 million to settle a lawsuit brought by investors over its role in the collapse of telecommunications network provider Global Crossing Ltd. Citigroup,Reuters - 422 words
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613 2005-03-04 16 WORLDCOM TRIAL NYT [NEW YORK] In a broad and blistering attack, federal prokecfctors accused Bernard J Ebbers,fm# former chief executive of World Com, of being caught in a "perfect storm of corruption" that led him to order deputies to commit a multibillion-dollar fraud. attorney, inNYT - 613 words
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477 2005-03-04 16 AL LABITA - By AL LABITA in Manila PHILIPPINE conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC) is in danger of losing its A 51.78 billion (552.24 billion) takeover bid for Australia's largest food firm after a rival made a juicier offer. But, in a statement yesterday,477 words
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322 2005-03-04 16 Reuters [SEOUL] Hynix Semiconductor said on Thursday it swung to a quarterly profit from a year ago. helped by strong sales of its mainstay memory chips, but earnings fell sharply from the third quarter due partly to a firmReuters - 322 words
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248 2005-03-04 16 Reuters [SEOUL] A South Korean software company has found a way to help people appear to be hard at work white they are actually playing computer games at their desks. Software maker CCR has developed a system by which workers can playReuters - 248 words
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491 2005-03-04 17 Rising worldwide oil demand is threatening to outpace supply Reuters [NEW YORK] Swelling supplies of crude oil and petrol in the United States have done nothing to discourage investors from buying up US$5O oil, pointing to a widening disconnection between inventoryReuters - 491 words
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292 2005-03-04 17 NYT [GENEVA] Edouard Stern, a well-known French banker, was found dead in his home here on Tuesday, and the Swiss police said on Wednesday that he was the victim of a crime. Mr Stern, 50, was once being groomed to succeed his father-in-law,NYT - 292 words
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Article, Illustration55 2005-03-04 17 [LOS ANGELES] The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by architect Frank Gehry, inLos Angeles. California. Crews are set to begin a US$9O,OOO makeover of the shimmering stainless steel panels in an effort to reduce the heat reflected across the street to condominiums whose air conditioningAFP - 55 words
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Article, Illustration689 2005-03-04 17 CHRISTOPHER REED - By CHRISTOPHER REED in Los Angeles INMATE No *****-054 at Alderson prison in West Virginia also known as Martha Stewart has been earning only 12 US cents an hour doing cleaning chores, but her release this weekend returns the diva of domesticity to potentiallyAP - 689 words
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Article, Illustration798 2005-03-04 17 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] At 7 o'clock on a mid-December night, the casino lights have just blinked on and Harrah's Entertainment Inc chief executive Gary Loveman is lost in Las Vegas. He's standing in front of Caesars Palace, the iconic gambling emporium thatBloomberg - 798 words
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Article98 2005-03-04 17 AFP [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) held its key rates steady as expected at its regular monthly policy-setting meeting yesterday amid signs the economic recovery in the 12-country eurozone may already be losing momentum. The ECB said it held the minimum bid rate forAFP - 98 words
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85 2005-03-04 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Fannie Mae may have to recognise as much as US$2.B billion in additional derivative losses because of new accounting concerns raised by its federal regulator, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday, citing sources familiar with the matter.Reuters - 85 words
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Article100 2005-03-04 17 AP [BERLIN] Deutsche Telekom AG posted a fourth-quarter net profit of 1.4 billion euros (552.9 billion) yesterday saying its growing wireless and high-speed Internet business has helped it recover from a loss a year earlier that was due to a hefty one-time charge. The companyAP - 100 words
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93 2005-03-04 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Small US companies and foreign companies will have more time to comply with a new rule requiring US-listed corporations to tighten up their internal financial controls, US regulators said on Wednesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it has delayed the complianceReuters - 93 words
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74 2005-03-04 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON/NEW YORK] Verizon Communications, which has agreed to acquire MCI Inc for US$6.7 billion, on Wednesday said it would grant MCI two weeks to hold additional talks with rival bidder Qwest Communications International Inc. Rut Qwest said it was concerned MCIReuters - 74 words
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56 2005-03-04 17 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The German government is proposing a single European Union-wide financial regulator in the wake of Citigroup's controversial trade in eurozone government bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Germany plans to submit the proposal for supranational regulation of banks and insurers to EU leadersReuters - 56 words
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61 2005-03-04 18 Reuters [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co Ltd said yesterday it has formally signed a Usl billion contract with Rolls-Royce Pic to buy 110 engines for its Boeing 787 jetliners. This follows an announcement by Japan's second-largest airline last October that it was buying Rolls-RoyceReuters - 61 words
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114 2005-03-04 18 AFP [BANGKOK] Small and noisy planes will soon begin flying over Thailand's new international airport to "train" birds to avoid the area when it opens next year, an Airports of Thailand (AOT) official said yesterday. The official said that flights over theAFP - 114 words
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78 2005-03-04 18 AP [QUETTA] Gawadar airport, located in a coastal town of southwestern Pakistan, was temporarily closed on Wednesday after water released from a flooded dam submerged the runway, a government official said. The airport, located about 650 kilometres southwest of Quetta, was closed after engineers released waterAP - 78 words
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Article171 2005-03-04 18 Reuters [LONDON] British airline BMI reported a return to profit in 2004, helped by steps taken to cut costs, and said the outlook for this year was positive. Pretax profit came in at £2.1 million (556.6 million) for 2004 as cost cuts helpedReuters - 171 words
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371 2005-03-04 18 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's Royal Airways Ltd, which will start its low-fare Spice Jet carrier in May after being grounded for more than eight years, will seek to tap people wanting to fly in the country's smaller cities. "There is an opportunity toBloomberg - 371 words
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Article, Illustration538 2005-03-04 18 Carrier aims to woo premium travellers with wider seats, larger bathrooms Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines System (MAS), the nation's biggest carrier, plans to spend RMI.S billion (***** million) to improve operations and make its planes more comfortable in an effortBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 538 words
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327 2005-03-04 18 Reuters [SHANGHAI] FedEx, the world's top air express shipper, will decide whether to set up a new Asian cargo hub in China by the end of 2005 after launching its first direct connection between Europe and the mainland. Such a hub wouldReuters - 327 words
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Article199 2005-03-04 18 AP [KUALA LUMPUR} Malaysia's former main international airport will be turned into an aircraft maintenance and repair centre after it lost out in a bid to become a hub for tow-cost carriers, the government said on Wednesday. Transport Minister Chan Kong Oioy said the CabinetAP - 199 words
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534 2005-03-04 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Boeing Co, the world's second-biggest commercial-aircraft maker, plans to decide by the middle of this year about offering a stretched version of the 747 plane that would fly commercially by 2009. Boeing will also probably replace its single-aisle 737 model,Bloomberg - 534 words
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809 2005-03-04 19 SELVA KUMAR - ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR THE US Supreme Court last week overruled decisions of a Massachusetts district court and an appeals court, and ruled that one of the world's largest marine dredgers is a vessel although it only has limited self-pro-pulsion. The809 words
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261 2005-03-04 19 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, the world's fourth-largest container leasing company, will spend US$353 million this year to expand its container capacity at a faster rate as demand for sea freight increases. Cosco Pacific, a unit of China's largest shipping company, plansBloomberg - 261 words
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207 2005-03-04 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Frontline Ltd. the world's second-largest tanker company, cut its stake in General Maritime Corp by 31 per cent after saying last week it may sell shares of the rival oil shipper if no progress was made towards an acquisition. TheBloomberg - 207 words
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334 2005-03-04 19 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States is stepping up investment in radiation detection devices at its ports to thwart attempts to smuggle a nuclear device or dirty bomb into the country, a Senate committee heard on Wednesday. Robert Bonner, commissioner of US Customs and BorderReuters - 334 words
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Article, Illustration69 2005-03-04 19 [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Police Coast Guard officer leaping into a high-speed boat to arrest 'suspects' during a maritime demonstration near Pulau Sudong yesterday. The demonstration was held to highlight the Republic's capabilities to stage a synchronised operation to neutralise terrorist attacks and other sea threats. Delegates from theAP - 69 words
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492 2005-03-04 19 14-fold rise in earnings attributed to higher freight rate and demand Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Container shipping group Royal PBrO Nedlloyd yesterday posted record 2004 results thanks to thriving demand fuelled by outsourcing to Asia, and predicted a much higher operating profit at its coreReuters; Bloomberg - 492 words
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Article533 2005-03-04 20 EDITORIAL NO Budget is complete without measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMGs). And no Budget debate is complete without calls from MPs for ever more help. So quipped Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Parliament on Wednesday when he responded to MPs'533 words
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Article, Illustration900 2005-03-04 20 LEE POH ONN - 'Carrot and stick' system will benefit emitters and countries with advanced capital markets By LEE POH ONN IT HAS been argued that global warming has reached alarming proportions and that the international community needs to take concrete steps towards tackling this issue.REUTERS; AFP - 900 words
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Article, Illustration787 2005-03-04 20 ANTHONY ROWLEY - THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent MANY people must have been nonplussed last week to learn (even if they heard about it) that Asia is to have its own "Bellagio Group". The term means nothing to most people and has different787 words
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Article, Illustration1053 2005-03-04 21 LEON HADAR - What had happened in Lebanon in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion in 1982 will happen in Iraq and Lebanon again LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent FOR Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon all the current euphoria about the rising New Lebanon, marking the start ofAP - 1,053 words
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Article, Illustration890 2005-03-04 21 AL LABITA - AL LABITA Manila Correspondent Malaysia may as well forget its peace-making mission in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. The security situation in the south has become highly volatile again, making any talk of peace an exercise in futility. Worse, the raging firefight between security andREUTERS - 890 words
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238 2005-03-04 21 Claire Chiang - LETTER TO THE EDITOR Claire Chiang President Singapore Compact for Corporate Social Responsibility THE Singapore Compact for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is dismayed and concerned about the recent spate of corporate scandals in Singapore. We are appalled that the companies involved not238 words
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Article5941 2005-03-04 23 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In SS In USS dy yr dy yr dy *yr Mar 2 Indax Ch«ng« Ch«ng« Chang* Ch«ng« Chang* Changa World Index Preliminary 869.8 0.2 2.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.9 EAFE Preliminary 804.0 0.1 4.1 -02 1.4 -0.4 1.8 Europe Prafcnjnw5,941 words
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Article, Illustration540 2005-03-04 29 GEOFFREY EU - By GEOFFREY EU FOR those who may be unaware, the most important of all the basic principles of love is that any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. However, when the man is a bigtime klutz who might easily be540 words
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Article, Illustration534 2005-03-04 29 JAIME EE - It's the failure to flesh out the other characters that makes this a one-dimensional movie, says JAIME EE JAIME EE SOMEONE give Kevin Bacon a happy role. Please. If he gets any more depressed on screen, he won't be the only one seeking therapy. Yet, it534 words
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Article, Illustration435 2005-03-04 29 CHEAH UI-HOON - By CHEAH UI-HOON AVATAR. Singapore's first sci-fi thriller, has an interesting premise. That sometime in the future, there's a parallel cyber world where certain people are manipulating the "real world". But wait, doesn't that sound familiar? Why yes, I do believe that's the gist435 words
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Article, Illustration513 2005-03-04 29 KANNAN CHANDRAN - By KANNAN CHANDRAN FESTIVALS should foster experimentation and bring foreign concepts and influences to the masses. That's certainly the case with the 10-day Mosaic Music Festival, kicking off at the Esplanade on March 11. For a fledgling festival, Mosaic has packaged quite a well-networked effort513 words
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479 2005-03-04 30 PARVATHI NAYAR - Insomnia, the Singapore Season in London opener, was well-received by the artistic community. PARVATHI NAYAR reviews the programme PARVATHI NAYAR OUTSIDE London's Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) it's crisp-cold, yesterday's snow flurries have died; inside it's a live flurry of excitement as invited members479 words
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Article, Illustration816 2005-03-04 30 KYTV A CROSS between gaming, home videos, American Idol and the Warhol mantra of instant celebrityhood: that's Pop Station by Kill Your Television (KYTV), a Singaporean arts collective formed in 2000. KYTV's co-artistic directors Rizman Putra and Choy Ka Fai say its DIY punk spiritSTEVEN LIM - 816 words
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Article, Illustration322 2005-03-04 30 DALENA LEE - By DALENA LEE THE soft, sensual sighs of a woman fill the hall, as all eyes are rivetted on a man snaking in and out of a high chair in the opening scene of Ballet Preljocaj's Near Life Experience. His body undulates unhurriedly in this display322 words
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Article, Illustration503 2005-03-04 30 CHEAH UI-HOON - By CHEAH UI-HOON THERE is one mention of Singapore in the Russian musical world, and it isn't the most glowing of mentions either. "Banana-Lemon Singapore," sang Alexander Vertinsky, a cabaret singer, in his song Magnolia Tango which also included lyrics like "In theCHRIS LOH - 503 words
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Article, Illustration562 2005-03-04 31 CHEN LOONG - Wiener Akademie and Choir conductor Martin Haselbock talks to CHEN LOONG about the group's upcoming performance in S'pore CHEN LOONG IT will be his first visit proper to Singapore. Previously he had just spent time in Changi Airport in transit to Australia. But come March 14,562 words
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Article187 2005-03-04 31 Mar 5 (Sat) to Mar 6 (Sun) Esplanade Presents Centrestage Compagnia Aterballetto By Compagnia Aterballetto (Italy) Esplanade Theatre, Bpm (88 mins with intermission) Tickets: $35 to $100, concessions apply Mar 4 (Fri) and Mar 5 (Sat) M 1 Theatre Connect 2005 Adolf and Anthology By Pip Utton187 words
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Miscellaneous259 2005-03-04 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 5 The Gilbertian boatmen? (10) 1 One has good reason or in channe kl "9 thls i™™* <'°> Islands, Edward put money 6 away not nght ten- sjde dude confidence tnck (4) 9 Lady, one following believ- L er (10) yours n 0 Quintet led off grassland259 words
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