The Business Times, 13 April 2006

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Thursday April 13,2006 SINGAPORE^ftnts online at http://business-times.asia 1 ,com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006
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    Lock icon Malaysia scraps plan for Causeway bridge
    781 1  -  All discussions concerning bridge are off, it says By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has scrapped its proposal to replace the Causeway linking Singapore with a bridge, in what political analysts say is a baffling about-face that could hurt premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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    Lock icon Go-ahead for Jurong Island oil caverns costing $1b
    582 1  -  Government decision comes as Gulf producers seek regional bases to meet growing Asian demand By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Singapore has given the go-ahead for underground storage caverns at Jurong Island to boost its position as a global oil hub. The project will
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    136 1 sn 2.546.25 (-8.41) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,546.00 (-8.00) SIMSO 301.96 (-0.85) SIMSO FUTURES ***** (-0.50) MARKETS Wednesday Chang* KLSECOMP 941.88 -0.59 NIKKEI 225 17.162.55 -255.58 HANG SENG 16,310.76 -165.05 SET INDEX 755.43 -1.97 JAKARTA COMP 1,372.39 +12.27 MANILA COMP 2,223.97 +6.59 SEOUL COMP "1383.59 -2.49 SHENZHEN B 281.93
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      15 1 J» CEO PAY yfj Lim Chee Onn tops Keppel's FmL list of million-dollar exßcs H
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      154 1 shopping to come AGM WATCH Be critical of buybacks, share options P67 Nasdaq buys 15% of London Stock Exchange London THE CONTINENTAL GT AND THE CONTINENTAL FLYING SPUR I«, ,VfY v. •<*■%~sa /£4irj& -~r$- i A PHENOMENON OF CONTINENTAL PROPORTIONS When it comes to setting automotive standards, nothing can quite
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      28 1 BizU HP clinches USs236m outsourcing deal K36 BACK WITH A BANG WNhachangein ownership CWT Distribution's new management is creating buzz in the company and the share price. 1
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Nasdaq buys 15% of London exchange
      750 2  -  Purchase could herald an eventual bid for coveted market By ANDREW MARKS, NEIL BEHRMANN in London TWO weeks after appearing to back off its pursuit of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), Nasdaq said on Tuesday that it has purchased almost 15 per cent of
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      507 2 Banks wage fixed-deposit war for CPF funds THE battle among local banks for cash savings of individuals in fixed deposit wars has spilled over into CPF funds. DBS Group, OCBC Bank and United Overseas Bank have unveiled special fixed deposit promotions that better the interest rate on funds
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      Lock icon Plans for performance shares could boost S'pore stocks
      422 2  -  By LESLIE YEE [SINGAPORE] The use of performance share plans will become more prevalent among Singapore companies and this will have a virtuous effect on share price, return on equity and total shareholder return, says Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse picks Singapore Press
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      Lock icon India calls for deeper economic ties with S'pore
      581 3  -  Trade flows, investments still below expectations By VIKRAM KHANNA [SINGAPORE] India and Singapore are reviewing their comprehensive economic cooperation agreement (CECA) four months ahead of schedule because India views it as a "role model" for future agreements, and there is a need
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      Lock icon Banks wage fixed-deposit war for CPF funds
      546 3  -  DBS, OCBC, UOB offer deals that top CPF's interest rate By LESLIE YEE [SINGAPORE] Amid rising interest rates, Singapore banks are competing hard for individual savings in a fixed-deposit war that has now expanded to become a fight for CPF funds. DBS Bank,
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      2025 4 Sii LIMITED PETRA FOODS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration Number: *****3096 C NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of PETRA FOODS LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road, Magnolia 3, Level 3,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Will HPL ride the Wheelock wave?
      613 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By KALPANA RASHIWALA WITH Wheelock Properties (Singapore) recently buying a 21 per cent stake in Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) from GuocoLand, the question on many minds is: Can Wheelock extract value from HPL after GuocoLand failed to do so for years?
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      Lock icon Investment income dip dents SPH Q2 earnings
      537 6  -  Profit down 11.9% at $84.6m; operating revenue up 2.1% at $240m By WONG WEI KONG A FALL in investment income led media group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) to report yesterday a 11.9 per cent decline in second quarter net earnings. Net profit fell
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      Lock icon Pan-United bags $45m contracts from LTA
      171 6 PAN-UNITED Corporation, which is into port operations, shipping, and industrial and trading, has bagged three contracts worth a total of $45 million from the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The deals were secured by tender through its wholly owned company, Pan-United Asphalt. All three contracts
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      Lock icon Evaluating buybacks, share options
      570 7  -  AGM WATCH Shareholders attending AGMs and EGMs should spend some time grilling management on the merits of such schemes R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent Generally, most annual general meetings (AGMs) and extraordinary general meetings (EGMs) tend to be non-events. The resolutions put forth on the table tend
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      Lock icon CAO to hold AGM on April 28
      188 7 RECENTLY relisted China Aviation Oil (CAO) will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on April 28 at which shareholders will, among other things, get to vote on new auditors for the company. CAO has chosen Big Four accounting firm KPMG to be its
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      Lock icon Vessel sales help Ezra triple interim net to $34m
      410 9  -  Oil and gas support provider also plans 1-for-5 bonus issue, proposes dividend By MATTHEW PHAN EZRA Holdings, a solutions provider for the offshore oil gas sector, has more than tripled earnings to $34,1 million for the six months ended Feb 28,
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      Lock icon Analysts downgrade SGX stock after record Q3 net
      394 9  -  By OH BOON PING A DAY after Singapore Exchange (SGX) posted record earnings for the third quarter ended March 31, several analysts rushed to downgrade the stock on concerns over the sustainability of its growth and the recent share price rally. In
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      Lock icon Analysts welcome KS Energy deal, but maintain a 'hold'
      365 9  -  By UMA SHANKARI ANALYSTS are generally optimistic about KS Energy's new shareholder Kris Wiluan, but most research firms covering the stock are still maintaining their "hold" calls and will only upgrade if there are positive developments from the company. Reflecting the
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      Lock icon CEO tops Keppel's list of million-dollar execs
      420 10  -  Lim Chee Onn paid between $5.5m and $5.75m last year in salary and bonuses Reports by CONRAD RAJ KEPPEL Corporation's chairman and chief executive Lim Chee Onn tops the list of the group's executives who were paid a million dollars or more last
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      Lock icon KepLand to launch 12,000 units abroad
      378 10 TAKING advantage of the region's robust economies, Keppel Land, the property arm of Keppel Corporation, plans to launch over 12,000 middle-income homes abroad over the next three years. This was disclosed by KepCorp chairman and chief executive Lim Chee Onn in the group's latest
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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      Lock icon Ho Bee in $110m share placement exercise
      296 10  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA HO BEE Investment Ltd, which last year more than doubled net earnings, is raising net proceeds of about $110.1 million through a placement exercise to repay bank borrowings and for future project financing and land acquisition. Placement agent DBS Bank
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      Lock icon Global Voice to raise 40m euros
      392 10  -  By MATTHEW PHAN SGX-LISTED Global Voice, an urban telecoms group based in Frankfurt, Germany, is planning to raise fonds via the issue of up to 40 million euros (Ss7B million) worth of convertible bonds, partly to fund future fibre network acquisitions. Starting 31 days
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      Lock icon Thomson Medical H1 profit up 18%
      308 9  -  By OH BOON PING THOMSON Medical Centre has reported an 18 per cent rise in net profits to $3.3 million for the halfyear ended Feb 28. This works out to earnings per share of 1.24 cents, up from 1.05 cents a year ago. Net
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      2095 6 ,m, noble IQEy group NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2006 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 18th Floor Mass Mutual Tower 38 Gloucester Road Hong Kong on 28 April 2006 at
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      1166 6 FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Full Apex (Holdings) Limited ("the Company") will be held at Connection 4, Level 3 Amara Hotel, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore *****9 on Saturday, 29 April 2006 at
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Mixed finish despite ST Index's loss
      534 8  -  STOCKS Trading continues to rotate out of China stocks and into new plays like OSIM R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE Straits Times Index yesterday registered an 8.41-point loss to 2,546.25, in tandem with a sharp overnight slide on Wall Street and subsequent weakness throughout
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      1031 8 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Apr 12 and earlier) Subsantial No of Wee SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ BuyI Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director SeA '000 Shr (000) C000) Sarin Tech 12-Apr-06 Sarin Research Dev Ltd Sell 7000 na *****5 41.69 ***** 38.92 Sarin Tech 12-Apr-06
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      908 8  -  Compiled by NANDE KHIN Youcan Foods April 12 dose: $0.26 NRA CAPITAL PTE LTD, April 10 YOUCAN Foods International manufactures and sells frozen food and ice-cream products under the Youcan brand to distributors and supermarket chain operators in China. It "has a manufacturing plant in Hangzhou and its
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      Lock icon Pre-Easter profit taking dominates
      519 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent PROFIT-TAKING dominated Asian currency action yesterday, ahead of this weekend's extended Easter break and the overnight release of US February trade data. Gold retreated below US$6OO per ounce, popular Asian currencies such as the Chinese yuan and Malaysian ringgit lost ground
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      232 10 B This announcement appears as a matter of record only. I 1 April 2006 B I Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc. I II (Incorporated in the Republic of Marshall Islands on 28 February 2005) I (Registration Number *****) I I GLOBAL OFFERING IN RESPECT OF 12,000,000 NEW SHARES I (SUBJECT TO
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      135 10 The BT-Philips World Cup Fund Hans-Dieter Bott and Terry Heart, our adopted charity for the O'Connor will be battling it out event. These executives will be this June in The BT-Philips World predicting match results and Cup Fund. They will be among commenting on their teams. Of the 32 senior
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  • STOCK FOCUS
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      Lock icon CWT: Back with a bang
      1371 11  -  With a change in ownership, CWT's new management has embarked on an expansion route with results showing, says WONG WEI KONG WONG WEI KONG NOT many people today remember that CWT Distribution used to be a component stock of the benchmark Straits Times Index. Until
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      64 11 This is the third of a weekly column featuring interesting Singapore-listed companies companies which we think have the potential for substantial share price movement ',-■+>** "j 0 v» 4 f 4 .>■fj»/ yfijb!!*.. >.* H *5* W* jk t?' <•*.. V.. t. >'.» 'T '■.'s> f **4 I 10 Scotts
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon Delhi: India's emerging consumer capital
      819 12  -  Many S'pore firms have set up liaison offices there, reports CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING THE gold rush has started. With India turning out to be the next big emerging market after China, investors including those from Singapore are quickly placing their bets on
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      Lock icon Small company eSys eyes India's big market
      671 12 IT seems an overly ambitious goal for a company from a small country. Sin-gapore-based eSys Technologies wants to be the top brand for personal computers and laptops in India. India, which boasts a potential market of over one billion consumers, certainly dwarfs Singapore's
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      Lock icon Betting on India
      375 12 Singapore companies* in New Delhi Source: International Enterprisee S'pore iraoe to^psocs S-Net Freight (India) Pvt Ltd Accord Freight Lines Pvt Ltd APL India Pvt Ltd APL Logistics (India) Pvt Ltd Singapore Airport Consortium (LO) CWT India Gateway Distriparks Limited (Listed on BSE) SembCorp Logistics (India) Pvt Ltd
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      Lock icon APL finds pro-business policies a boon
      638 12 "IT'S getting easier to do business in India," says Kenneth Glenn, Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) senior vice-president for South Asia and managing director for India. 'Traditionally, the availability of skilled and unskilled labour, a good legal system and a common business lahguage have been
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      129 12 Find out how the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) can h<elp you in your business ventures in India. This Guide provides: An easy reference to understand CECA A systematic summary of the provisions of CECA A section on Frequently Asked Questions Get copy of the official CECA Guide at:
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore can add value in ties with India: Tharman
      373 13  -  It can be conduit that 'brings India closer to East Asia' By VIKRAM KHANNA SINGAPORE can add a great deal of value in its economic relationship with India, Minister for Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. Speaking to about 700 business leaders
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      Lock icon Economy may slow later this year MAS
      204 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S economic growth may slow later this year, said Tharman Shanmugaratnam, deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). "Growth is quite robust, though there will be some slowdown this year or possibly next year" in line with global economic conditions,
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      Lock icon Vopak keen to operate storage caverns here
      256 13  -  By RONNIE LIM DUTCH-OWNED Royal Vopak would like to help operate Singapore's underground storage caverns, its chairman John Paul Broeders said yesterday. And Vopak has already had exploratory talks with the authorities, he said. There would be synergies with Vopak's Banyan Terminal, which
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      Lock icon Politics is more than a question of votes: MM Lee
      454 13  -  He gives candid answers to tough questions from young S'poreans By NANDE KHIN POLITICAL awareness is important for young adult Singaporeans because politics is more than a matter of votes. It concerns the lives; jobs and homes of Singaporeans, said
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      Lock icon S'pore, Beijing to encourage SGX listing of Chinese firms
      614 14  -  SM Goh and Premier Wen also discuss a wide range of issues By DANIEL BUENAS in Beijing SINGAPORE and China have agreed to encourage more Chinese companies to list on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as part of efforts to help Chinese
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Progress Package deadline extended
        75 14 THE deadline to sign up for the Progress Package via hard copy forms has been extended by three days to Tuesday. So far, about 80 per cent of the 2.3 million Singaporeans who are eligible have signed up for the package, the government's latest efforts to
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        Lock icon Reminder for prepaid mobile users
        73 14 PREPAID mobile phone users have been reminded by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Infocomm Development Authority that they must register their details a service available at any of the 1,400 shops that sell phone SIM cards before May 1, or the cards will
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        Lock icon 50% S&C charges waiver for duck stalls
        42 14 PAP town councils will waive 50 per cent of service and conservancy charges levied on the 256 stalls selling ducks in government wet markets, which are affected by the suspension of poultry imports from Perak.
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        Lock icon Tony Tan to visit Switzerland
        55 14 NATIONAL Research Foundation chairman Tony Tan will be visiting Switzerland from Sunday to April 23 to meet officials, academicians and researchers at the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne, the Paul Institute for natural sciences and technology, and the Swiss Federal Institute
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        Lock icon Towards pro-family businesses
        33 14 SOME 2,037 business outlets signed up at yesterday's launch of the Pro-Family Business Initiative. The Making Businesses Pro-Family Workgroup, which hosted the event, will award businesses with the Pro-Family Mark.
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      Lock icon SMS probe ends with $150k fine
      614 14  -  IDA fines mTouche, tells telcos to ensure fair billing By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday that it will not hesitate to impose further regulatory measures to ensure that mobile operators' customer handling processes and bill collection procedures
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      Lock icon WP gives up Sembawang contest
      318 14 THE opposition parties are publicly setting out their stalls in preparation for the next General Election. The Workers' Party, which had earlier indicated its intention to contest the Sembawang GRC, said in a statement yesterday that it had decided not to fight there, 'Channel News
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      Lock icon CyGenics buys stake in Dutch firm
      275 14  -  By CHEN HUIFEN STEM cell therapy firm CyGenics has signed an agreement to acquire a significant stake in The Netherlands' PharmaCell BV for an undisclosed sum, paving the way for its future expansion into the European market. The investment, to be funded internally, will
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      2349 14 NOTICES BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT III! METAL COMPONENT ENGINEERING LIMITED Company Registration Number *****4700N NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of METAL COMPONENT ENGINEERING LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at 15 Senoko South Road, Singapore *****6 on Saturday, 29 April 2006 at 10.00 a.m.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Sun gradually rising for Japan's economy
      396 15  -  Capital investment, economic growth outlook improving sharply: analysts By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo ANOTHER sign that reflation has taken hold in Japan appeared yesterday, when the Bank of Japan (BOJ) reported that bank lending rose at its strongest rate in more than six years
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      Lock icon China firms still far from adapting to flexible yuan: official
      285 15 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's companies and financial institutions are still far from adapting to a more flexible yuan, People's Bank of China vice-governor Wu Xiaoling said. China's government wants to move to a more freely traded currency system and "everyone has
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      Lock icon Liquidity flood could squash asset prices: Greenspan
      395 15 Reuters [SEOUL] Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned yesterday a global glut in liquidity would result in a fall in asset prices. Speaking to a financial conference in Seoul via satellite, he also said separately that a US law on corporate governance
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon US$600m biotech deals heading M'sia's way
      405 16 Three international companies to set up ops or JVs with Malaysian firms AFP Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is set to clinch deals worth up to US$6OO million with three international biotechnology companies within the next few months, a report said yesterday. The New Straits
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      Lock icon Energy firm Ranhill in power deal rescue
      352 16  -  By AL LABITA in Manila MALAYSIAN-listed energy firm Ranhill Bhd has agreed to cough up US$227 million to help an Austra-lian-led group acquire a state-owned Philippine power plant. Ranhill's entry, described by analysts as a financial rescue scheme for a deal turned sour,
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      1531 16 LUZHOU 810-CHEM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****2523N) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thrat the First Annual General Meeting of LUZHOU 810-CHEM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED will be held at Amara Hotel Singapore, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Connection 1, Level 3 Singapore *****9 on Friday, 28 April
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Foreign stake caps for banks may be scrapped
      257 17 Reuters [BEIJING] China may scrap caps on the foreign ownership of its banks, a state newspaper reported yesterday, in the latest sign Beijing may allow a foreign investor to buy a majority stake in a domestic lender for the first time. The
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      Lock icon 75 BOC officials sacked over graft
      544 17 Beijing cracks down on financial crime, drafts money laundering laws AFP Bloomberg [BElJlNG] The Bank of China (BOC) has fired or dismissed 75 bank officials for corrupt practices in a bid to clean up its operations ahead of a planned Hong Kong listing, state
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      256 17 Reuters [BEIJING] China should consider shifting newly added foreign exchange reserves into strategic commodity reserves such as oil, a leading think tank said in remarks published yesterday. "We suggest that part of newly added foreign exchange reserves should be used every
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      500 17 [HONG KONG] Credit rating agencies and financial analysts say the terms of the HK$l2 billion (552.5 billion) partial merger between the two rail companies are broadly reasonable for the MTR Corporation, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported yesterday. Based on limited information available on
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  • INDIA
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      502 22 Sixth round of exploration roadshows draws global oil majors Reuters AP [NEW DELHI] India expects oil firms including global majors to invest up to US$7 billion to explore oil and gas in the country under the sixth round of its New
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      534 22 It plans to spend 270b rupees to build its new plant Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Reliance Petroleum Ltd may raise the maximum 83.7 billion rupees (Ss3 billion) in its initial share sale to help fund an increase in refining capacity. Investors will probably offer
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      520 23 Mid-sized firms elbowed out of competition for bluechip clients Reuters [LONDON] A study of the accounting sector has found that the dominance of the Big Four accounting firms is not healthy for competition and prevents small and mid-sized rivals from gaining a foothold in
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      346 23 LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit narrowed 4.1 per cent in February to U5565.7 billion, as imports fell by the largest amount in nearly a year and the bilateral trade gap with China shrank 22.7 per cent, the US Commerce
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      398 23 By OUR CORRESPONDENT in Bangkok THAILAND'S firebrand media tycoon Sondhi Limthongkul was yesterday ordered to be present for a hearing on lese majesty charges on Monday or face possible arrest if he fails to turn up, police officials said. "If he fails to
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      196 23 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Telstra Corp faces fines after Australia's anti-trust regulator said the country's largest telephone company was hindering competition in the fixedline phone market. The company is offering its retail fixed-line users prices below those charged to wholesale customers, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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      523 24 Growing demand for air travel, entry of new carriers strain facilities Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India may scrap a rule banning cities from being serviced by two airports as growing demand for air travel and the entry of new carriers strain facilities.
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      626 24 [BANGKOK] Thai authorities are preparing to file a lawsuit accusing budget carrier Thai Air Asia of operating for several days without a licence, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) claimed that the airline's aircraft registration certificates became void when its
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      119 24 [SINGAPORE] Air New Zealand (AirNZ) and Australia's Qantas yesterday announced a code-sharing agreement for their trans-Tasman services. This comes almost three years after competition regulators had blocked a planned alliance of their international and domestic services. The two airlines will soon seek approval from
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      413 24 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The city of Amsterdam will block the initial public offering of shares in airport operator Schiphol Group planned for this year, a Dutch broadcaster said on Tuesday. The city of Amsterdam owns a stake Qf 22 per cent in the airport and
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      185 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Corp's incoming president told the country's parliament that insufficient communication between labour and management had helped cause a series of safely blunders at Japan's largest airline. "There was a systemic problem," said Haruka Nishimatsu, the airline's finance director who
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      206 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD DOWN 1 Hang dead crook (6) stuff (9) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2 Main force. (6) 7 Rubbish Conservative on Across- 1 Anaesthetic 8 Peccadil--3 Clean water in sealed con- knppc hv amhush (B) Across, i Anaestnetic e reccaai twiner d) n ees Dy amDusn w l os 11 Peal,
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      487 25  -  Plan is part of Singapore's security defence for its port waters By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] With renewed warnings of the reality of terrorist threats to the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Republic's maritime regulator said it is mid-way through its
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      250 25 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Patrick Corp, which is fighting a hostile A 55.3 billion (556.3 billion) takeover bid from Toll Holdings Ltd, won regulatory approval for its planned Asl42 million acquisition of FCL Interstate Transport Services Pty. Patrick, Australia's largest port cargo handler, has agreed
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      639 25 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost to lease an oil tanker in the Middle East may drop in the next three months because of an expanded fleet and reduced demand. The capacity of the supertanker fleet will rise by 1.3 per
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      529 25 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India plans to get US$lO billion of foreign and private investment in ports in the next six years to upgrade seaport facilities and meet the growing trade demands of Asia's fourthbiggest economy. India's 12 biggest ports, which carry nearly threefourths
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      274 25 SGX '000 Ap'« SS Vol CH Offshore 0.40 -0.01 427 ChuanHup .0.35 0.01 1062 Cosco Corporation 1.22 unch 3341 CWT Distribution 1.20 -0.01 33 Ezra Hldgs .2.85 0.05 651 Freight Links 0.07 0.01 7358 Grand Banks Yacht 0.88 unch 22 Java Holdings 1.31 -0.01 47 Kf Venture 0.42
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      161 25 Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation^ 2nd Annual nt pres India Middle East WE/ Aviation Tburism Investor Summit Mumbal India, 27-28 April2oo6 4ZS2I By 2010 over USDIOO billion will be invested in infrastructure, aviation, tourism, leisure and entertainment in the Indian Subcontinent and Middle East. PWM Hon. Shri Praful Patel OK.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      512 26 EDITORIAL IN choosing Ichiro Ozawa as its new president, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has made its choice the one figure on the political scene who may be able to restore balance to Japan's lop-sided diplomacy and improve strained relations with China and South Korea.
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      745 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE MATTHEW LYNN Bloomberg POSSIBLY the most telling moment in Italy's long and sometimes bitter election campaign was the intervention of the Vatican. Economic conditions were "unfortunately difficult", according to Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Pope Benedict XVl's political spokesman. None of us like to
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      898 27  -  But reform of the muddled US tax system seems like a lost cause in the face of political short-sightedness ROBERT SAMUELSON THE United States could make its income tax system simpler, friendlier and more economically sane. But we haven't, and we probably won't. Getting from
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      997 27  -  By HANS GREIMEL AP THEY are some of the most legendary names in photography. Minolta scored the world's first successful auto-focus, single-lens reflex camera. Fuji invented 1600-speed film, once the industry's fastest. Nikon's fabled F-series made the 35mm camera the picture-taking workhorse for
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      1191 26  -  With the ThinkPad's iconic status in the West, the brand name transition may be a rush job By GLENN RIFKIN, JENNA SMITH NYT If you have one of the world's most recognised brands at your disposal, how fast do you jettison it in
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      1855 33 ZAGRO ASIA LIMITED Registration No.: ********** JTT.I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) "Company") NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Zagro Global Hub, 5 Woodlands Terrace #06-00, Singapore *****0, on Friday, the 28th day of April 2006 at 10.30
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      172 33 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 GREATRONIC MARKETING (S) PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No. *****0525W) (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296(1) of the Companies Act, a meeting of the creditors of the abovenamed company will be held at 4158 Jalan Besar,
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      303 34 Goh Bee Brick Works Company Re Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation) Company Reg No: 1958-***** -W NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 308 OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 THAT A FINAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY WILL BE HELD ON THE 9TH DAY OF MAY 2006 AT 10:15 A.M.
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      918 35 lO LHT HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) UmmSSf Company Registration No. *****3094E NOTia IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of LHT Holdings Limited ('the Company*) will be held at 27 Sungei Kadut Street 1 Singapore *****5 on Friday. 28 April 2006 at 2.30 p.m. to
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      161 35 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHANNEL K TV PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****0327G NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308( 1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final Meeting of the Members and
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      1190 35 Jyk Multi-Con Systems Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) m m Registration No. *****7432K MM MMM—iMI NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of Multi-Con Systems Limited ("the Company") will be held at Copthorne Orchid Hotel, 214 Duneam Road, Singapore *****6 on 29 April 2006 at
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      1010 35 Notice Of Annual General Meeting Unified Communications Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Riv»r View Hotel Singapore, 382 Haycock Road, Singapore *****9, Camellia Room (level 4) on Friday, 28 April 2006 at
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      554 36  -  The Avago accord covers software applications and IT infrastructure, writes WINSTON CHAI WINSTON CHAI HEWLETT-Pack-ard Singapore, along with HP's operations in Malaysia and India, will be the nerve centres of a new US$236 million outsourcing deal inked to.day with semiconductor firm Avago Technologies. Under the
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      375 36  -  It will serve 21,000 customers of the company By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY CITRIX Systems yesterday opened a 40-seat multilingual call centre in Singapore, one of four major Citrix call centres around the globe. The centre, which will serve 21,000 customers for the company,
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      263 36 Reuters [TOKYO] Fujitsu Ltd said on Tuesday it would launch desktop personal computers (PCs) equipped with Blu-ray disk drives in June in Japan, becoming the first company that will release PCs compatible with the next-generation optical disks. The announcement comes one day after
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      530 36  -  By ROLAND LIM PALM Inc, which yesterday unveiled its Palm Treo 650 with Blackßerry Connect, said Sing Tel is the first telco in the world to offer the device to enterprises. Blackßerry Connect is an application which adds to its popular Treo 650
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