The Business Times, 24 June 2006

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    20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 June 24-25, 2006 online at http businc s ,-times.asial com sg
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Growing rich in 2005 – but at a slower pace
    610 1  - Growing rich in 2005 but at a slower pace S'pore slips in growth of high net worth individuals By OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] Although the number of rich individuals here hit 55,000 last year, Singapore ranked only eighth in terms of the growth of this well-heeled group. It saw a
    Source: World Wealth Report 2006. Merrill Lynch and Capgemini  -  610 words
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    138 1 STI 2,343.03 (-16.52) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,343.00 (-17.00) siMsa ***** (-2.11) SIMSa FUTURES 279.10 (-2.60) MARKETS Friday Change KLSE COMP 906.34 +5.87 NIKKEI 225 15,124.04 -11.65 HANG SENG 15,808.81 -17.89 SET INDEX 659.52 +0.20 JAKARTA COMP 1,290.16 -13.29 MANILA COMP 2,113.17 +15.78 SEOUL COMP 1,228.62 -1021 SHENZHEN B
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    Lock icon Donor fatigue, but a new trend in giving
    825 1  -  By JAMIE LEE [SINGAPOBE] Despite record charitable donations of over $600 million last year, donor fatigue is clearly here, following the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) scandal and the outpouring of money at the time of the Asian tsunami at the end of
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      15 1 SINGAPORE 85 cents A profitable market rides the waves Saturday Soapbox, Page 2 8 HI
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      162 1 T~\ WORLD CUP 2006 Fbrmer national footballer Leong Kok Ruin previews a the last 16 mgeh RAFFLES CONVERSATION Simon Culhane: What a top finance man likes about S'pore PAGE 3 ffgmM I l ■Bh^w!5^'' HBi m_,1 I IV llT mm A ■HFt »v v >- r A S. i BL
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Jakarta to spell out rules curbing bank ownership
      671 2 Affected investors may include KL's Khazanah, S'pore's Temasek Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank will this month detail regulations preventing investors from owning stakes in more than one bank, rules that may affect investments held by Malaysia's Khazanah Nasional and Singapore's Temasek Holdings.
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      Lock icon Goldman ups UK ports bid to £2.8b
      592 2 Consortium pulls ahead of offer by Macquarie Bank Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Goldman Sachs Group Inc has increased a bid for Associated British Ports Holdings pic by 8.3 per cent to £2.8 billion (SsB.l billion), topping an offer from Macquarie Bank Ltd for the UK's
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      448 2 SIA Building price crosses $325 m mark: sources THE race for SIA Building in Robinson Road is hotting up with the price having crossed $1,100 per square foot of net lettable area, or $325 million, sources say. At these levels, the net yield is understood to be under
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      Lock icon A profitable market rides the waves
      809 2  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX LESLIE YEE Senior Correspondent AS A NOVICE at cruises, I had wondered whether I would enjoy my recent seven-night cruise in the eastern Mediterranean on board the SuperStar Libra. Sure, there are activities round-the-clock to keep me busy. But I am not
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      Lock icon Theglobalistquiz
      404 2 Source: The Glob Reducing poverty The world has made quite a bit of progress in reducing poverty levels in recent decades. Back in 1981, the total number of desperately poor people defined as those living on less than US$l a day —amounted to 1.5 billion worldwide. By 2001, their
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      81 2 Rice Recipes! Brown Rice w Herbs and Cashew Nuts Cantonese Claypot Rice Japanese Rice in Green Tea with Salmon Traditional Nonya Dumplings I Sweet Coconut rice with Tropical Fruits Japanese Spend a day on a farm sushi-making BjHErSTS and vis* workshop Seaweed Roll Vegetable farm Seaweedi hoii M Rsh Frog
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon High praises from top finance man
      1628 3  -  Chief executive of Britain's Securities and Investment Institute Simon Culhane tells ALFRED LEE in London that Singapore could possibly be the world's leading financial centre in 35 years ALFRED LEE MOST Britons who visit Singapore return home and talk excitedly about exotic food they
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      61 3 Raffles^ Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles Hotels and Resorts logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SIA Building price crosses $325m mark: sources
      465 4  -  CLSA tipped as strong contender, other bidders include Goldman and DB Real Estate By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE race for SIA Building at Robinson Road is hotting up with the price said to have crossed $1,100 per square foot (psf) of net lettable area
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      Lock icon Two SIA directors to step down at July 31 AGM
      201 4 SINGAPORE Airlines announced yesterday that two of its longestserving non-executive directors will be stepping down at its forthcoming annual general meeting on July 31. Fock Siew Wah and Charles B Goode served the company with distinction, SIA said, thanking them
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      Lock icon Need for SIA to continue cost restructuring: chairman
      491 4  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines will have to continue to restructure its cost base in the face of high fuel prices and growing competition. And productivity improvements will also be required as it boosts its capacity in the next few years. SIA
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      6068 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGI Amer Income 8 USD 8.34/ ACMGI Amer Income A EUR 6.63/ ACMGI Amer Income B EUR 6.63/ AM Amro Asset Mgt (S port) ACMGI Eirop Income Opp AT SGD.. 14.94/ Star Euope Eqty!" •■■OS aCMGI Europ Income Opp BT SGO 14.91/ Star Europe Bond 1. 67
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      Lock icon 10 Liaoning companies headed for SGX listing
      502 5  -  SGX-Liaoning MOU seals S'pore's role as gateway for Chinese firms By SIOW LI SEN TEN companies from China's north eastern province of Liaoning are looking to list in Singapore, reinforcing the role of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as the Asian gateway for China
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      Lock icon China Great Land warns of interim loss
      320 5  -  By KRITI SINGH CHINA Great Land Holdings, which was listed on the mainboard in February last year, has warned of a first-half loss for its current financial year. The company, a piling company based in the construction sector in Hainan, said that the
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      Lock icon Macquarie sweetens PCCW deal for Netcom
      437 5 Bloomberg (HONG KONG] Macquarie Bank, waging a bidding war to buy the core phone and media businesses of Hong Kong's PCCW, sought yesterday to win the support of No 2 shareholder Netcom by offering the Chinese firm as much as half of a new
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      Lock icon US interest rate fears dampen the mood again
      549 5  -  STOCKS CONRAD TAN Reporter IN WHAT is now becoming a familiar theme, stocks here swung lower yesterday after a brief rally on Thursday. The Straits Times Index (STI) ended the week at 2,343.03 points, 0.7 per cent below Thursday's close and 1.3
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      Lock icon i-mode enabled Nokia N70 is here
      213 5 STARHUB, along with Nokia, yesterday announced the launch of Nokia N7O multimedia phone that supports the i-mode service in Singapore making the Republic the first i-mode market in the world to introduce this handset. There are currently 52 million users in 15 countries and
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon HSBC withdraws from CDL trust IPO roles
        143 5 THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has withdrawn its participation as joint financial adviser, global coordinator and book-runner in the planned initial public offering (IPO) of CDL Hospitality Trusts, Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C) said yesterday. BNP Paribas Peregrine (Singapore) will take over
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        Lock icon TMC Education CEO resigns
        52 5 TMC Education Corporation Ltd said its chief executive officer, John Kan Wei Seng, has resigned due to family obligations. Dr Kan's last day of service was yesterday. Pending the appointment of a new CEO, its chairman. Chin Kon Yuen, will concurrently assume the CEO position with
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      Lock icon Biosensors stents 'good alternatives'
      524 5  -  Firm reacts after concern raised over drug-coated stents By CHEN HUIFEN CITING comments by cardiologists. Biosensors International Group yesterday said its Axxion and Bio Matrix products are "good alternatives to other currently available drug-eluting stents". The heart stent specialist was responding to a Wall Street Journal
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      Lock icon Ei-Nets in hotel advisory venture with Orientus
      299 5  -  By MATTHEW PHAN NETWORK solutions provider Ei-Nets said it has entered a joint venture with Orientus Hotel Management Services to manage hotels and train hotel staff. A joint venture company, Orientus (Asia) Hotels Resorts, will be be set up, with Ei-Nets owning 51
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      21 4 Allianz (Hi) potential quarterly payouts and limits possible downside. Visil OCBC Bank for G(oba| nvestor^" >^ more details company rps>n no *****/169/
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      845 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Stats ChipPac Jim 23 dose: 99.5 cents DAIWA INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH, June 23 ALTHOUGH the asset disposal and partnership agreement with CR Logic may reduce Stats ChipPac's 2007 revenue by 5 per cent, the impact on profit will be minimal, by our calculations. We
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1061 6 For week beginning Jun 19 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Submittal Buy Mo of Price f SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Soil Shard Par lefore Attar Stock Data Director Com '000 Shr S C000) COOP) Innovalues 23-Jun-06 Goh Leng Tse Buy 200 0.72 ***** 16.27 ***** 16.39 United Fiber 22-Jun-06
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      Lock icon China Sky soars high
      2069 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY The Singapore-listed, nylon yarn producer boasts robust earnings momentum TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent CHINA Sky Chemical Fibre is one of four Chinese chemical fibre producers listed in Singapore. It was also one of the two companies I visited in my recent
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  • BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Marina Bay Sands up close
      2894 7 OVERVIEW LAS Vegas Sands won the tender to build the first integrated resort because its Marina Bay Sands made "cents". Not only did Sands commit to the largest investment amount of $5.05 billion, it is also expected to bring in the most money. When the
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  • S'PORE ARTS FESTIVAL
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      Lock icon Quite a feast, with diversity within unity
      1495 8  -  THEATRE WRAP By PARVATHI NAYAR THORNTON Wilder famously called theatre "the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being". We go to
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      Lock icon Short – but not so sweet
      549 8  - Short but not so sweet REVIEW: SHORTER AND SWEETER By BRYNA SIM SHORTER Sweeter was off to a slightly uncomfortable start when audiences were informed of several lastminute changes made to the programme for the evening. Out of the eight plays originally scheduled to be performed, half of these were
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      525 8 The Enterprise 50 award programme, established by Accenture and The Business Times in )995, <• recognises the contributions that local, privately a held companies have made in economic f||r devebpment at home and abroad. Enterprise 50 is jointly supported by the Singapore Economic financial year must fall wilhin the 2005
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon PSA sells bonds to fund Hutchinson deal
      233 9 Reuters [LONDON] Singapore's PSA operator of the world's busiest port —on Thursday priced a two-part global bond totalling US$l billion, lead manager Morgan Stanley said. PSA sold a US$5OO million 5-year bond with a coupon of 5.75 per cent at a spread of
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      Lock icon Of Chivas shots and polished balls
      443 9  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN AN initial early morning downpour quickly gave way to sunny skies and perfect weather for The Business Times 30th Anniversary Advertising Golf Tournament at Tanah Merah Country Club's Tampines Course yesterday. The 200 corporate personalities who teed off for this year's
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      Lock icon First tin refinery opens here despite lack of tin deposits
      623 9  -  By MELISSA LOH SINGAPORE has opened its first tin refinery and even though the Republic has no known tin deposits, the new facility is planning on a substantial output. Production capacity of Singapore Tin Industries' (STI) 240,000 sq ft tin
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      Lock icon MRPs valid until Oct 31, says S'pore
      377 9  -  By JAMIE LEE THE Singapore government has granted an extension of four months to the use of Malaysian Restricted Passports (MRPs) by Malaysians working here to enter Singapore. Malaysia has stopped issuing these travel documents, requiring its citizens to apply for full international
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      Lock icon NTUC Income offers first investment-linked plan
      256 9 NTUC Income yesterday announced its first investmentlinked plan called Flexi-Cash. The fund is invested in the in-ter-bank market and short-term bonds and investors earn the return on the money market fund, less a charge of 0.25 per cent per annum. The front-end charge is
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      Lock icon New system makes it easier to dig up roads
      365 9  -  By JENNANI DURAI A NEW system to make things easier for contractors who need to dig up the roads is intended also to bring benefit to normal road users. The scheme, called LTA.Prompt, which stands for Permit for Road Occupation Management
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Consumer prices in Mayupl.l%y-o-y
        108 9 THE May consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.1 per centyear-on-year, the Singapore Department of Statistics said yesterday. The May CPI was 0.1 per cent lower than the April figure—mainly due to lower costs of holiday travel and a 1.1 per cent fall in the prices
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        Lock icon Papal envoy calls on SM Goh
        65 9 CARDINAL Renato Raffaele Martino, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, called on Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday afternoon at the Istana. According to the PM's office, during the meeting, the leaders agreed that it was important to promote greater inter-faith dialogue, discussing ways
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        Lock icon Opposition complaint is dismissed by court
        98 9 Reuters THE High Court has dismissed an attempt by Chee Siok Chin of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to annul this year's general election, saying she had failed to comply with court rules. Judge Andrew Phang said in a written judgment seen yesterday that
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Rights record still poor despite PM's promises
      363 10 Continuing misuse of the Internal Security Act highlighted AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's human rights record has not improved since Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi came to power three years ago, despite his promises of reform, the country's leading rights group said yesterday. Suaram
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      7416 10 Transaction date: Jun 23 52-Wk Tal Lact Vol Day Last Quota GrDiv Wv GrVM Nat MCap Wall Low Coda Company Salo +J- (HOP) HWi low »ny» Cw >» W 4.5 1 5716 1st Software 5c 2.5 l 2.5 3 10.1 16 6 3148 8Te)ecomUS2c 7 unch 430 7
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      Lock icon Proton, Mitsubishi to co-develop new model
      351 10 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Proton Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's biggest carmaker, will release a new model using Mitsubishi Motors Corp's components and technology in April next year, as the company tries to accelerate the development of new vehicles. Mitsubishi Motors and Proton are in the final stage
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      Lock icon Sime Darby in pole position to acquire Pan Century
      434 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Bhd is the leading contender to buy one of Malaysia's largest and oldest edible oils refiners, Pan Century Edible Oils Sdn Bhd, says a report in Malaysia's Business Times. Pan Century is owned by India's Aditya Birla
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Govt may issue short-term treasury bills in Q4: paper
      400 11 It is relying on bonds to help finance the budget deficit which is expected to widen to 1.4% of GDP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government is planning to issue its first short-term treasury bills (T-Bills) that could reach up to three trillion
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      6181 11 Transaction Date: Jun 23 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Wee Poh 0.5c 54.777.000 UOB 6S.691.700 Federal Int 20c 3S. 170.000 Capita Land 61.301.342 PacificCenturv 10c 31.846.000 DBS Grp 44.224.846 Xpce«1c 28.156.000 SingTel 15c 39.182.200 GlobalVoice 5c 26.569.000 OCBCBkSOc 17.834.352 MediaRinq 10c 20.888.000 Federal Int 20c 17.764.495 Biosensors US0.01C 20.466.000
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      Lock icon Jakarta set to repay half of its IMF loan next week
      277 11 Bloomberg AFP [WASHINGTON] Indonesia informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday that it planned to repay in advance about US$3.7 billion debt, half of the money owed to the institution, the IMF said. The repayment would be made
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Beijing moves to cut down liquidity, curb surging loans
      573 12 Central bank to encourage foreign firms to sell yuan shares and bonds Bloomberg AP Reuters [BEIJING] China's central bank plans to encourage overseas companies to sell yuan-denominated shares and bonds to help soak up excessive liquidity in the economy. The People's
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      Lock icon China to widen investment channels for insurers
      366 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China is poised to issue new regulations that would greatly broaden investment channels for the country's insurers, the official China Securities Journal said yesterday. The new rules would allow insurers to invest in more stocks, asset-backed securities and property, and take
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2270 12 vol General Corp .0.56 0.01* 17 J—a m *I■ CI* Genting ...-23.70 -0.10 239 George Kent .0.50 unch 121. ASM Realty 1.35 unch 1 GHLSystems 0.22 -0.01 1748 Abric 0.35 -0.03 88 GlobetronicsTech .0.32 -0.01 158 ACP Industries 0.88 -0.05 116 GkxnacBhd 1.19 0.01 17 Advance Synergy <19
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      Lock icon BOC chairman says more fraud cases inevitable
      197 12 AP i] [SHANGHAI] The Bank of China (BOC) will "certainly" uncover more fraud cases in the near future, the lender's chairman said on Thursday, stressing his bank's efforts to improve risk controls. The bank, which earlier this month raised US$ll.2 billion in Hong
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      Lock icon Slow but steady rise of India's wine industry
      719 12  -  By PRIYANKA BHARDWAJ in New Delhi INDIA is beginning to be noticed in the world wine map. The Indian wine market is growing at 20-30 per cent annually. It is not an easy market, as Indians are known for their love for
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      Lock icon China may allow yuan to rise faster
      480 12 Bloomberg Reuters [BEIJING] China may allow the yuan to rise faster to help curb excessive liquidity and control investment growth, Yu Yongding, a member of the central bank's monetary policy committee, said here yesterday. "China must tighten its monetary policy, because its rising
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon US hedge fund giant faces insider trade probe
      497 13 Case deepens as SEC lawyer who led inquiry into Pequot has been fired [NEW YORK] One of the most prominent US hedge funds, Pequot Capital Management, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible insider trading, according to government
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      Lock icon Orders for durable goods rise 0.7% in May
      389 13 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders for US-made durable goods excluding transportation equipment rose 0.7 per cent in May, easing concern that the economy is cooling too quickly after two years of interest rate increases. Bookings rose on increased demand for machinery,
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      Lock icon Lunch with Buffett draws US$455,100 bid on eBay
      581 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] A chance to dine with billionaire investor Warren Buffett drew a high bid of U*****,100 in the first hours of a weeklong charity auction on eßay. The winner of the seventh annual fundraiser gets to bring seven friends to
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      Lock icon Macquarie buys Stagecoach's London bus ops
      254 13 Reuters [LONDON] Australia's Macquarie Bank is buying Stagecoach Group's London bus operations for £263.6 million (*****.9 million). Macquarie yesterday said that Stagecoach London's "network of depots creates a unique franchise within its region, and the business benefits from strong cashflow visibility through contracted bus
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      Lock icon Thai prosecutor undecided over case against ruling party
      393 13 AP [BANGKOK] The attorneygeneral's office said yesterday that it needs more time to decide whether to submit to Thailand's highest court a case that could lead to the ruling party's dissolution. The government Election Commission on Thursday forwarded to the attor-ney-general its
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      Lock icon Mittal, Arcelor close to deal after 10 days of talks: paper
      453 13 Reuters [PARIS] Mittal Steel and Arcelor are close to agreeing to a merger that would end a five-month hostile bid war and forge the world's largest steel company, French newspaper La Tribune reported yesterday. After 10 days of intense
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      Lock icon Anadarko to buy 2 oil, gas producers for US$21b
      326 13 AP Reuters Bloomberg [OKLAHOMA CITY] Oil and natural gas producer Anadarko Petroleum yesterday announced two multi-billion dollar deals to acquire smaller producers Kerr-McGee Corp and Western Gas Resources in separate cash deals totalling US$2l billion. The deal will help Anadarko expand
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  • WORLD CUP 2006
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      1103 14 Germany vs Sweden 1 am impressed with Sweden's direct offensive play and commendable teamwork. They will be a stern test to the German defence, yet to be stretched during the group stages. Ljungberg, Larsson and Allback are quick to seize opportunities, as evidenced by the good
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      727 14 Organised by The Business Times and Philips, it brings together 32 executives who have teamed up to help raise 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. HThis is the toughest match up
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon The Talented Mr TT
      871 15  -  It looks menacing and handles like a dream, both in the highlands and in the plains. WILLIAM WHEY checks out the new Audi TT WILLIAM WHEY THOSE who have watched the movie I. Robot will find the striking, low-slung shape of the new Audi TT familiar.
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      Lock icon Fiat makes a Grande entrance with new Punto
      607 15  -  By SAMUEL EE RABFLY can a compact hatchback be called elegant but the new Fiat Grande Punto comes very close. Descriptions of models in this segment usually range from sporty to stubby, and few have managed to pull off the Grande Punto's
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      Lock icon Same set-up, different personality
      306 15  -  By SAMUEL EE THE new Opel Corsa may look like a smaller Astra but it actually shares the same platform as the Fiat Grande Punto. Both hatchbacks were jointly developed during the erstwhile alliance between Opel parent General Motors and Fiat. Although the Corsa and Grande
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      Lock icon From cars to trucks – Hino franchise for Borneo Motors
      199 15  - From cars to trucks Hino franchise for Borneo Motors By ARTHUR LEE IT TOOK three years of patient negotiations before Toyota distributor Borneo Motors Singapore finally landed the Hino franchise. Founded in 1910, Hino is the heavy-vehicle division of the Toyota group. In Japan, the brand is the biggest manufacturer
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Koreans set benchmark
      1362 16  -  Other LPGA Tour players are raising their game to keep up, reports JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS ONCE upon a time, Korean representation on the LPGA Tour boiled down to the likes of Grace Park and Pak Se Ri. They put Korean women's golf on the international map
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  • WELLNESS
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      Lock icon Fighting leukaemia in children
      934 17  -  Singapore hospitals tie up with St Jude Children's Research Hospital to perfect new technique, reports CHEN HUIFEN CHEN HUIFEN CANCER is the second major cause of death among children in Singapore, with about 120 to 140 new cases diagnosed each year. Of that, about 43 per
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      Lock icon Ensuring post-cure quality life and rehabilitation
      448 17 TREATING children suffering from leukaemia is unique in several ways. They have 50 to 60 more years of life ahead of them after they are cured. Doctors often have to strike a delicate balance between the benefits of a particular therapy and the long-term
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      Lock icon Spa products that's good skin karma
      593 17  -  By KIIRA GUSTAFSON "PAMPERING is out and nurturing is in." says Megan Larsen, founder of Sodashi, a line of totally natural, therapeutic spa products. "We need to look after our skin because it stays with us forever." Ms Larsen has found a niche at
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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