The Business Times, 21 June 2006

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Wednesday, June 21,2006*
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    Lock icon PCRD shares soar 17% as associate mulls sale
    708 1  -  HK's largest telco evaluating deal to sell telecom, media assets By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments (PCRD) which is on the brink of being privatised surged 17 per cent to a high of 34.5 cents yesterday
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    Lock icon S'pore to treble infocomm exports to $60b by 2015
    711 1  -  Ambitious 10-year masterplan also sees creation of 80,000 jobs By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] Singapore unveiled its ambitious 10year infocomm masterplan yesterday. It sets out to treble infocomm export revenue to $60 billion, double the industry's value-added to $26 billion, and create
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    133 1 STI 2,327.11 (-40.79) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,328.00 (-41.00) SIMSCI 277.08 (-5.23) SIMSCI FUTURES 276.40 (-6.40) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 889.99 >0.48 NIKKEI 225 14.648.41 -211.94 HANG SENG 15,608.9! -159.89 SET INDEX 646.78 -12.90 JAKARTA COMP 1,294.97 0.08 MANILA COMP 2.068.09 -51.70 SEOUL COMP 1,225.83 -25.84 SHENZHEN 8 281.71
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      36 1 JfcL WORLD CUP 2006 The battle for pole i P° s 'tion in Group C f Sr®FWl PAGEI3 Ihei S'PORE ARTS FESTIVAL Questions necessary for our times: a review of The Necessary Stage's Mobile page 12
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      13 1 MOTORING Chevy sales up as second dealer weighs in PAGE 19 8 II
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      108 1 ■9 EXECUTIVE MONEY long-term wealth PAGE 32 S'PORE SALARIES Fbrget big pay hikes this year PAGE 4 MORE REPORTS PAGE 10 IDA gets 33 proposals for broadband network S'pore can harness IT to lead the way in finance: DBS's Jackson Tai Sing Tel to launch bite-sized Blackßerry alternative S'pore, Japan
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Outlook good for S'pore economy this year: PM Lee
      652 2  -  US, China and India economies doing well; but high oil prices still a worry By NANDE KHIN in Auckland PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is optimistic about Singapore's economic performance for the rest of this year as the US and China
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      Lock icon His lordship is Raffles' ambassador
      290 2 [SINGAPORE] The Raffles Hotel group has named a new ambassador, whose previous biggest claim to fame was being a cousin of Winston Churchill. British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill has accepted the position of ambassador for Raffles Hotel in Singapore, alongside that of ambassador-at-large for Raffles
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      418 2 BOJ chief hints at 'early' rate policy changes BANK of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui has been summoned to appear again before Parliament tomorrow. But he signalled yesterday that he would not step down due to the controversy over his personal financial dealings nor allow the affair to influence
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      Lock icon Japan's central bank chief hints at policy change
      578 4  -  Some interpret remark as paving way for an interest rate rise By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo AT THE centre of controversy over his personal financial dealings and in the hot seat over the politically sensitive issue of when to raise interest rates,
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      Lock icon S'pore bosses not planning big pay hikes: poll
      408 4  -  By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] Business sentiment is at a high, but the strong confidence about the outlook isn't quite reflected in companies' projected pay rises and hiring plans. Employers are not going overboard with big pay hikes and bonuses this year, a
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      Lock icon ExxonMobil close to a go on second complex
      677 4  -  By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] "Houston, we are close to a go" this is the latest signal from oil giant ExxonMobil to its Texas headquarters on the plan to build a second multi-billion dollar petrochemical complex here. The project codenamed "SPT" or Singapore
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      383 4 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KRUGER ELEVATION SYSTEMS PTE LTD Co. Reg. No. *****0202G (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation i NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 17 Tuas
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon DBS in talks to acquire stake in China's Huishang Bank?
      588 6  -  Group seeking to buy up to 20% of the Anhui-based lender: report By CONRAD TAN MARKET observers have cast their eyes on DBS Group following a report yesterday that the Singapore banking group is eyeing a stake of up to
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      Lock icon Changes to board of directors of Robinson, OUE
      427 6 4 and Overseas linion Enterprise (OUE) two companies in which Kppo entities recently tiought substantial stakes yesterday announced changes to their respective boards of directors. At retailer Robinson, Tan Ngiap Joo resigned as a director from Monday. The resignation came after OCBC
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      Lock icon MAS calls for better financial advisory service
      478 6  -  By CONRAD TAN THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has called on financial advisory firms from the banking, insurance and capital market sectors to improve the level of service offered by their sale representatives. MAS made the call yesterday when it disclosed the
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      Lock icon Betting on a 'hot'ice cream from China
      535 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By MATTHEW PHAN CHINESE ice-cream manufacturer Youcan Foods International is launching products abroad for the first time in Singapore. Its specially designed "chilli" ice cream may appeal to consumers here, but the venture begs another question. Why is a company
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      Lock icon Better H2 results ahead for HG Metal?
      401 7  -  Steel stockist looks set to benefit from rising steel prices By OH BOON PING STEEL stockist HG Metal looks set to post stronger results in the second half of FY2006, thanks to rising steel prices. Since March this year, prices of steel have
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      Lock icon Labroy signs 4 more shipbuilding deals
      291 7  -  By MICHELLE QUAH LABROY Marine has signed another four shipbuilding contracts worth U5554.3 million to build four vessels scheduled for delivery in 2008. The contracts bring rig and shipbuilding orders clinched by Labroy in the first six months of the year to ***** million
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      Lock icon Cambridge trust 'aligning' its yield
      331 7 Bloomberg CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust, which delayed its share sale, is "aligning" the return offered to shareholders, said Finian Tan, chairman of the trust's manager, to help attract investors after a rise in rival trusts' yields. "We are now in the process of aligning better with
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      Lock icon Germany's TanQuid to boost oil tank storage portfolio
      325 9  -  It is buying Dutch firm Petroplus' 8 tank storage sites in Ruhr-Rhine By RONNIE LIM GERMANY'S largest independent oil tank storage operator Tan Quid a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) is boosting its storage portfolio by acquiring eight
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      Lock icon Jaya expanding fleet, eyeing new yard
      259 9 Reuters JAYA Holdings, a Singapore shipbuilder and operator of offshore support vessels, said it will almost double its fleet by 2009 and may buy or build a new yard to boost its shipbuilding capacity. Jaya will deliver about 59 vessels, used to support offshore
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      Lock icon Telkomsel aiming for 33m subscribers by end '06
      211 9 Reuters INDONESIA'S largest mobile phone operator, PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), said yesterday that it is aiming for a total of 32 to 33 million subscribers by the end of 2006. Telkomsel chief executive Kiskenda Suriahardja told reporters on the sidelines of a
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Fabchem's major owners in stake talks
        46 9 FABCHEM China said its controlling shareholders are in preliminary discussions with two parties on the potential acquisition of shares in the company. It warned that there is no certainty that any proposal, offer or transaction will result from these events.
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        Lock icon Axis Systems' unit in Japan deal
        124 9 SILVERLAKE Adaptive and Applications Continuous Improvement Services Ltd, a unit of Axis Systems Holdings, will be providing SBI Card with the technology and software solutions designed for credit card and debit card payment processing services. The contract, the first obtained in Japan, is expected
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        Lock icon Hiap Seng to buy Tuas Crescent property
        56 9 HIAP Seng Engineering has signed a sale and purchase agreement with L&M Precast (Tuas) Pte Ltd to purchase the property known as 24,28 and 30 Tuas Crescent, Singapore, together with the buildings, equipment and machinery for $5.5 million in cash, which will be
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      522 6 sats one with you SINGAPORE AIRPORT TERMINAL SERVICES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****1770G NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders (the 'Shareholders") of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (the "Company") will be held at
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      383 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF SOUTHWELL PROPERTIES PTE LTD (Company No: *****0265G) (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) The following Special Resolutions war* passed by written means by shareholders on 13th June 2006:{1) Resolved that the Company be
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon The case against an imminent US$ collapse
      849 8  -  CURRENCIES Think risk aversion fears in metals and stocks, messy technicals, US rate hikes LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent FOR a good part of last week, it looked as if the US dollar had resumed its downhill trajectory; it got precious little lift from
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      Lock icon TRADES TO WATCH
      1006 8 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Jun 20 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Buy Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Sell '000 Shr S [000) (000) ACE Dynamics 20-Jur»-06 Hendra Harjadi *Buy 148 0.21 7018 5.01 7166 5.12 LafeTech 20-Jun-06 Ho Wing-On
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      281 8  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN China Hongxing Sports Jmm 20 ck»«: $1.1? KM ENG RESEARCH, Jmm 28 WE FEEL that China Hongxing (CHHS), a sports shoe manufacturer, has corrected to very attractive levels that investors can buy into for this year's growth potential. At the current price, the stock
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      Lock icon Markets hit by rate, missile jitters
      394 8  -  STOCKS TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent A POSSIBLE missile test by North Korea further frayed the nerves of a market already on edge over interest rate fears, and sent stocks down across the region yesterday. The Straits Times Index tanked 40.79 points or 1.7
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      Lock icon ST Index expected to be in 2,296-2,400 range
      299 8  -  CHART POINT By YEO KEE YAN chartist at Kelive Research STOCKS enjoyed a brief respite at the end of last week, with a technical rebound lifting the Straits Times Index (STI) to our stated resistance level of around 2,377. However, this rebound
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  • FOCUS: COMMUNICASIA
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      Lock icon IDA gets 33 proposals for broadband network
      611 10  -  It will award contract next year, network expected to be ready by 2012 By WINSTON CHAI SINGAPORE'S call for a new nation-wide broadband network has been met with an avalanche of responses from the local technology sector, with 33 companies submitting proposals on
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      Lock icon SingTel to launch bite-sized BlackBerry alternative
      240 10  -  By ROLAND LIM SINGTEL will introduce a new low-cost mobile "push" e-mail system called Sing Tel Mobile Mail next month, offering an alternative to the popular Blackßerry service that it also offers. Based on a system from Canadian wireless software developer Consilient, Mo- bile
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      Lock icon S'pore can harness IT to lead the way in finance
      458 10  -  By ROLAND LIM SINGAPORE can leverage on its ability to harness infocomm technology (IT) and its reputation as a trusted financial gateway to be a showcase for IT innovations in the financial services industry, DBS Group Holdings boss Jackson Tai
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      Lock icon S'pore, Japan to produce anime series
      180 10 SINGAPORE and Japan will collaborate for the first time to produce 13 anime episodes, using software developed by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed yesterday between Japan's Anime International Company and the School of Computer Engineering (SCE) in NTU,
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      194 10 §uk£\ FORUM HM A <JSg§ GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ***31 THE wealth of nat,ons ZfcjPl Singapore, 14 15 Sep 2006 Discussion leaders include: A unique event, where Claude B6b6ar and practices translate toto ;JJS.I Chairman of the Supervisory Board, we&tth Creat!ofL*s*'•'•'" 1 AXA Group Suzanne Nora Johnson ttie L#e Kuan Yew
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      214 10 SINGAPORE INDIAN CHAMBER -g CA U yftr/ OF COMMERCE 'NDUBTHY Institute of South Asian Studies t THE FOURTH SICCI-ISAS GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADERS' LECTURE BY H.E. MR DAYANIDHI MARAN UNION MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA The SICCI-ISAS Global Business Leaders' Lecture is a joint initiative of the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Dominant party system best for S'pore: PM Lee
      547 11  -  National interest can be overlooked in a multi-party system By NANDE KHIN in Auckland PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday that Singapore's political system with one dominant party works best for a small, largely uniform country. Speaking to Singapore reporters in
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      Lock icon S'pore-lndon SEZ accord to be signed on Sunday
      553 11  -  By NANDE KHIN, MELISSA LWEE THE long awaited framework agreement between Singapore and Indonesia to help set up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for the islands of Bintan and Batam is to be signed on Sunday. This is part of a joint move
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      Lock icon Deloitte creates new practice for firms in Asean
      380 11  -  By MICHELLE QUAH GLOBAL accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has created a new regional practice for its member firms in South-east Asia, as part of plans to double its strength in Asia within the next five years. Deloitte ASEAN will bring together
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      Lock icon New lab quality scheme to help boost biomedical sector
      366 11  -  By MELISSA LOH A NEW programme of good laboratory practice, or GLP, is to be introduced to lay down standards of nonclinical safety testing in Singapore. Minister of State for Trade Industry Lee Yi Shyan made the announcement yesterday at the
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      Lock icon Woodlands industrial site to be awarded soon as tender closes
      356 11  -  By ARTHUR SIM A SITE in Woodlands Industrial Park (E2/E9) will be awarded soon after a public tender closed yesterday the third award of such a site this year. The highest bid for the 167,034 sq ft site with a
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      Lock icon E-mail scrutinised in CrimsonLogic case
      358 11  -  By WEE LI-EN A SERIES of e-mail messages have come under scrutiny in court in determining whether CrimsonLogic's former chief executive Velusamy Mathivanan is guilty of corruption. Mathivanan and two of his senior managers have been accused of agreeing to give a bribe of $35,000
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      Lock icon Interbank rate jumps to highest in 7 years
      151 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S three-month interbank rate, at which banks lend to each other, rose to its highest in almost seven years as the citystate's economic expansion may have fuelled more lending. The three-month interbank rate, measured by the Association of Banks in Singapore,
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      Lock icon HPS members to get rebates totalling $480m
      295 11 THE CPF Board will distribute $480 million in surpluses from the Home Protection Scheme to members, in the form of rebates. It will also lower annual premiums of the insurance scheme from July 1, with older members benefiting with larger percentage reductions. This
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Khaw Boon Wan to attend Asean meet
        43 11 KHAW Boon Wan, Minister for Health, will be attending the Bth Asean Health Ministers' Meeting in Yangon from today to Friday, with senior Ministry officials. The theme of the meeting is "Asean Unity in Health Emergencies".
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        Lock icon Singapore ranks low in courtesy poll
        97 11 READER'S Digest conducted an unprecedented, 35-country test to measure politeness. In each country, undercover reporters staged three scenarios, to see if people would hold open a door, say "thank you" after making a shop purchase, and help someone pick up papers dropped in a
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        Lock icon Attracting higher tourism spending
        72 11 THE first ever Cornell University-Asia Spa Institute's executive development programme is to be held here on Oct 6 and 7. Using Las Vegas as a case study, some of the topics will touch on how the forthcoming integrated resorts, and the hospitality and tourism industry and
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  • S'PORE ARTS FESTIVAL
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      Lock icon Asking questions necessary for our times
      700 12  -  REVIEW: THE NECESSARY STAGE'S MOBILE By AARON LYE THE Necessary Stage's (TNS) presentation of Mobile at the Arts Festival was a strongly felt statement about the plight of the migrant worker, and what he or, more often than not, she has to go through
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      Lock icon Enjoy 10-minute treats
      653 12  -  PREVIEW: SHORTER SWEETER By BRYNA SIM MARK Cleary is a writer, director, and producer, but has never been an actor. 1 When asked why, the founder and artistic director of Short Sweet replied with a laugh: "Some people should never be actors, and I'm one of them."
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  • WORLD CUP 2006
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      Lock icon Old rivals battle for pole position in Group C
      778 13  -  By WONG WEI KONG HOWrAND against Argentina at the World Cup has always produced epic battles. But it may be a little less intense this time around when the two sides meet early tomorrow morning in Frankfurt in the last match
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      900 13 Organised by The Business Times and Philips, it brings together 32 executives who have teamed up to help raise J funds for Food from the Heart. Each executive has been assigned a team. And for every match the team plays, the executive will donate $1,000. I f 1 jBi m
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US, EU join forces to fight global fake goods trade
      427 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States and the European Union (EU) are launching a joint campaign to fight the huge global trade in fake and pirated goods, beginning in Russia and China, EU officials said on Monday. "Stepping up the enforcement
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      Lock icon Muted reaction to China's lending curbs
      737 14 Many investors see Beijing's moves as relatively minor and pre-emptive Reuters [LONDON] A sharp downturn in the still dominant US economy aside, there is little that is more likely to grab international investors' attention than signs of trouble in burgeoning economic powerhouse China. So
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      Lock icon Savings bonds on sale to drain liquidity in China
      417 14 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's government will sell savings bonds to individual investors part of efforts to slow the world's fastestgrowing major economy by draining liquidity from the financial system. Seven lenders including Bank of China were selected to start offering the localcurrency
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Be wary of impending war in Middle East: Dr M
      492 15  -  He wants people who wage war to be treated as criminals By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday had nothing to say about his successor Abdullah Badawi, a day after the supreme council of
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      Lock icon UEM World in talks to build M'sian theme park
      315 15 Reuters Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian construction firm UEM World is in talks with more than four theme-park operators, including Disney, about a proposal to build a major attraction in southern Malaysia, the firm said yesterday. "We are talking to various parties.
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Pos M'sia undecided on Transmile stake
        69 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Pos Malaysia and Services Holdings Bhd said yesterday it has not decided to sell its stake in air-cargo firm Transmile Group Bhd, denying media reports that a sale was imminent. Separately, Transmile also denied knowledge of the proposed stake sale. The
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        Lock icon Ranhill to buy Filipino power plant's assets
        60 15 AP [KUAIA LUMPUR] Malaysian engineering firm Ranhill Bhd said yesterday it will pay U*****.5 million to purchase a Philippine power plant's assets. Ranhill said it had agreed to buy the plant's holding company, YNN Pacific Consortium Inc, for a separate US$B million on
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        Lock icon Telekom M'sia on the prowl for acquisitions
        39 15 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd said it is looking at acquisitions in South and South-east Asia. It is reviewing Spice Communications, an Indian mobile operator, and considering opportunities in Vietnam. —Bloomberg
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      Lock icon New Bursa stock indices spell end of KLCI
      402 15  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur NEXT Monday's introduction of six new stock indices to track the Malaysian market is likely to result in the eventual demise of the current Kuala Lumpur Composite Index. It's also likely to cause some short-term volatility;
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Students in China varsity boycott
      390 16 Dormitories and cars also vandalised, chairs torched AFP [BEIJING] Thousands of students at a central China university continued to stare down police yesterday as they maintained a boycott of classes over their treatment by school management. Students have been on strike since between 5,000 and
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      611 16 Punters having a ball since territory legalised soccer gambling 3 yrs ago Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong may not have a team at the World Cup but that has not stopped interest reaching stratospheric proportions because of the craze for soccer betting.
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      418 16 Reuters [TAIPEI] Hon Hai, Taiwan's top electronics components maker, is to buy digital camera manufacturer Premier Image Technology Corp for US$B65 million in a share swap as it looks to establish itself in the digital camera market. Based on Hon Hai's close
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      274 16 AP [BEIJING] McDonald's Corp and China Petroleum and Chemical Corp announced an alliance yesterday to build drive-through McDonald's outlets, hoping to combine forces to profit from soaring Chinese car ownership. Under the agreement, McDonald's and the Chinese partner, known as Sinopec, will turn an unspecified
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      246 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] The average merger and acquisition (M&A) deal in China's financial services sector is likely to shrink this year but the number of transactions will remain robust as foreign investors look beyond banks, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      1165 16 (Fj Hablb Bank Limited and übsidiary Companies I 4*4 (Incorporated in Pakistan) CONSOUDATED (SUMMARIZED) BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2005 2005 2004 2005 2004 (Rupees in' 000) (Rupees in' 000) CAPITAL Authorised capital 13,800,000 13,800,000 ASSETS Cash and balances with treasury banks 33,051,049 31,970,302 Shareholders'equity Balances with other banks
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      546 17 They target small developers as big players want to go it alone Reuters IMUMBAI] Foreign investors are targeting small Indian property developers because big players want to go it alone, and there are few investment-grade buildings. With only a handful of property
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      330 17 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India should open retailing to overseas ownership and implement the move in phases, giving local industry preparation time to take on chains such as Wal-Mart and Tesco, an industry body said. The government, which may allow foreign holding in
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      256 17 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] US buyout firm Carlyle Group, which has US$39 billion under management, may invest in five more Indian companies over 12 months, said M Shankar Narayanan, managing director of its Indian unit. The firm, which raised US$66B million for an Asian
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      398 17  -  At US$21b a year, it leaves China and Philippines behind By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi FOR Indians, home is where their money should be. India is the largest recipient of remittances from overseas workers, estimated at US$2l billion up almost 150 per
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      532 17 The Enterprise 50 award programme, established by Accentune and The Business Times in 1995, recognises the contributions that local, privately held companies have made in economic 1 development at home and abroad. Enterprise 50 1 is jointly supported by the Singapore Economic financial year must fall within the 2005 calendar
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      456 18  -  3 banks manage more than US$1t each; ÜBS retains pole position By NEIL BEHRMANN in London LEADING private banks now manage as much as US$B.5 trillion on behalf of their wealthy clients. The extent of the wealth illustrates the extent of flows that move into
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      587 18 NYT Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] The steel giant Arcelor has postponed a crucial vote related to its 13 billion euro (Ss26 billion) deal with Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov, raising questions about whether the deal was unravelling. Arcelor, which is based in Luxembourg,
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      334 18 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US Federal Reserve Board governor Mark Olson was named on Monday to head the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a US watchdog that polices corporate auditors. The US Securities and Exchange Commission named Mr Olson, a former partner with the Big Four
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      457 18 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Home construction rose in May from a 13-month low as builders worked on backlogs of unfilled orders and used incentives to win new business in a slowing market. Housing starts rose a greater-than-expected 5 per cent
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      526 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Boerse made some structural changes to its proposed offer to merge with Euronext but said there was no need to raise its bid, which competes with a deal agreed by Euronext with the New York Stock Exchange. "The financial
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      401 19  -  By SAMUEL EE FOBGF.T the trendy wine bar or even a floating river barge the car launch has returned to the stage. But this time, it's not the traditional hotel ballroom. Two new models will be unveiled this week in novel settings. The
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      619 19  -  Alpine Motors widens marque's network to the heartlands, reports SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE CHEVROLET sales have jumped, with volume surging 32 per cent in May from a month earlier. And some say that much of the boost came from the appointment of
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      696 20 It also urges Airbus to fix A350 design problems in a month Bloomberg [NEW YORK] International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC), the world's biggest aircraft leasing company, may cancel its US$3 billion order for Airbus A3BO after the plane maker delayed delivery of the jets
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      302 20 Reuters [SHANGHAI] US aircraft maker Boeing Co said yesterday that the delivery schedule for its new 787 Dreamliner remained unchanged. The quality of one of nine fuselage barrels built on a test basis proved unacceptable, Boeing said. But it attributed this to different tools and
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      452 20 Reuters [RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil] A Brazilian judge conditionally approved the sale of Varig airline to the employees' group NV Participacoes, which could save the airline from collapse. "We understand that clarifications were given and financial guarantees presented," Judge Luiz Roberto
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      232 20 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Eastern Airlines Corp, the nation's third largest airline, carried more passengers for the 16th straight month ip May as economic growth spurred demand for seats onboard its larger fleet. The airline flew 2.87 million travellers last month, 82
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      190 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc said on Monday that it is notifying the federal pension insurer, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp, that it intends to end its pilots' pension plan, a spokesman said. The request, effective Sept 2, to
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      417 21 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Hochtief AG and Fraport AG, two airport operators based in Germany, said they are considering making offers for London City Airport. "In four weeks, the documents calling for bids will be available, and then we'll take a look," Donatella
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      255 21 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Union has banned three more airlines from operating in the 25-nation bloc and put restrictions on a fourth, updating its blacklist of carriers to try to boost safety in European skies. The executive European Commission said yesterday Suriname-based Blue
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      171 21 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Federal officials plan to make San Francisco International Airport (SFO) the first in the US to screen all passenger aircraft cargoes for explosives. The Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Security Administration and airport officials signed an agreement on
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        73 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] AP Moeller-Maersk A/S will more than triple its fleet of tankers used to transport refined oils such as petrol and diesel after ordering more vessels, Lloyd's List reported, citing an interview with the chief executive of the company's tanker unit. The Copenhagen-based
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        101 21 Bernama [KOLKATA] India has decided to build a port at Settwe on the Myanmar coast to give connectivity to the Indian north-eastern state of Mizoram, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported yesterday. Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh was quoted as
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        77 21 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] HITT NV, a Dutch maker of aircraft and vessel traffic-control software, won an order from Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), India's biggest oil producer, to provide a system for monitoring ships near oil platforms. The company said the value of
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      478 21 It is also looking at other projects in South America as part of its expansion plan Bloomberg [LIMA] DP World, the world's third biggest container port operator, won a concession to build a pier at Lima's port of Callao, part
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      397 21 Reuters [DARWIN] Growing global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and tight supply of specialised tankers and crew create the risk of dangerous lapses in standards and security, a shipping expert said yesterday. "Nobody knows what would happen if a significant accident occured on
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      231 21 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] An oil tanker operated by Frontline Ltd has been abandoned after being damaged by an explosion 22 km north-east of Singapore. One crewman is reported to be missing. Frontline spokesman Martin Bexendale said in London yesterday that the vessel had 22 crew members.
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      510 22 EDITORIAL THE last few days have seen a flurry of initiatives from China's authorities aimed at cooling down an economy that remains stubbornly stuck in overheating mode. But whether these measures will work is moot. On June 14, a meeting of China's State Council
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      751 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING PUNDITS often write about the relationship between a rising China and such powers as America, Russia or Japan. Few write about another, seemingly unlikely, relationship that between China and one of the world's smallest countries: New Zealand. And yet,
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      1127 22  -  EAS' inclusiveness may create yet another superfluous and ineffective multilateral talk shop By DENIS HEW AT THE World Economic Forum's (WEF) regional meeting for East Asia in Tokyo last week, Asean Secretary-General Ong Keng Yong said that the emerging East Asian Community should
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      874 23  -  Investment banks vie to sell op support to asset managers entering market By DAVID WIGAN Reuters INVESTMENT banks in London and New York are competing for the booming business of selling operational support to asset managers entering the complex market in credit derivatives. Some
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      672 23  -  By CARLOS H CONDE PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines has abruptly declared that she has found a way to eliminate a stubborn Communist insurgency through a strategy of "all-out war" coupled with development programmes to discourage peasants from joining the revolution. Numbering no
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  • EXECUTIVE MONEY
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      348 30  -  By Chua Boon Lee Standard Poor's Associate, Fund Services In our previous article, we talked about the hunt for uncorrected assets to diversify and optimised portfolio returns. In a wired globalised world, where liquidity can wash in aid out of most regions of the world
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