The Business Times, 6 July 2006

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPOftEJ&fents online at http://busfness-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Thursday, July 6,2006
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    Lock icon Rare Chinese herb – made in Singapore
    645 1  - Rare Chinese herb made in Singapore By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Homegrown Auric Pacific Nutritech (APN) has devised a way to culture micro-organisms for large-scale production and is using it to grow one of the rarest and most expensive Chinese medicinal products the cordyceps sinensis fungus. The patent-pending technology can cultivate
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    Lock icon Macquarie fund in talks to buy CDL properties: sources
    682 1  -  The assets, meant to be sold to Suntec Reit last year, could be worth $950m to $lb now By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] City Developments Ltd (CDL) may have found a new buyer for the mixed bag of properties it failed to
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    134 1 STI 2424.11 (-24.62) ST INDEX FUTURES 2428.00 (-25.00) siMsa 288.92 (-3.54) SIMSa FUTURES 289.20 (-5.10) MARKETS Wednesday Change KtSECOMT 924J9 >0.90 NIKKEI 225 15,523.94 -114.56 HANG SENG 16.267.18 -101.80 SET INDEX 680.72 -13JO JAKARTA COMP 1,338.32 +0.45 MANILA COMP 2,262.34 +5.86 SEOUL COMP 1,279.85 -6.07 SHENZHEN B 289.25
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      416 2 Bankruptcy orders down 20% in May THE number of bankruptcy orders made in May fell more than 20 per cent from a year earlier, and economists expect the downtrend in new bankruptcies to continue with Singapore's currently healthy economy. According to figures from the Ministry of Law, the
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      Lock icon North Korean missile test rattles financial markets
      804 2  -  UN Security Council to meet in emergency session at Japan's request By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo NORTH Korea's launch of half a dozen missiles yesterday, including a long-range one said to be capable of reaching the United States*,irenewed se- curity concerns across the
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      Lock icon S'pore expresses its concern
      68 2 Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed deep regret at North Korea test-launching the missiles and urged Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks. "Singapore deeply regrets that North Korea has test-launched several missiles. This will have serious repercussions on regional peace and stability. Singapore urges Pyongyang
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      Lock icon Ex-Enron chief dies of heart attack
      259 2 AFP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] Enron Corp founder Ken Lay, who* was convicted in May of fraud and conspiracy for his part in the Houstonbased company's collapse into bankruptcy in 2001, has died of a heart attack at his vacation home in Colorado, US media reported
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      Lock icon Call for a change in the R&D mindset in S'pore
      621 3  -  The process of innovation is messy, and S'poreans don't like mess: RIEC member By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] People have to change their mindset and accept that the output derived from research and development (R&D) efforts may not be equivalent to
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      Lock icon Bankruptcy orders fall in May
      432 3  -  Number is down 20% from a year earlier; economists see downtrend continuing By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] The number of bankruptcy orders made in May fell more than 20 per cent from a year earlier, and economists expect the downtrend in new bankruptcies to continue with
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      Lock icon ITV shares surge on speculation it may win case
      291 3 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Shares of ITV Pel, a Thai television network controlled by Singapore's Temasek Holdings, posted their biggest gain in almost three years on speculation that changes in the government may help it win a court case. Shares rose 0.70 baht,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Aussie firm in talks to buy Fabchem
      385 4  -  Explosives maker Dyno Nobel eyeing foothold in key Chinese market By WEE LI-EN DYNO Nobel, the world's second biggest explosives maker, is in talks to buy Singapore-listed Fabchem China in a bid to give the Australian firm a foothold in the Chinese market.
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      Lock icon United Food expects profit growth
      174 4 Reuters UNITED Food Holdings Ltd, which sells animal feed, processed meat and pork products in China, expects net profit for 2006 to rise by at least 5 per cent, reversing last year's 25 per cent slump. Revenue and profit for 2006 are expected to be
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      Lock icon Five steps to take warrants market to next level
      654 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY THE latest figures for the local structured warrants market paint an encouraging picture $6 billion done so far for the first six months, which is 47 per cent higher than 2005's corresponding period and a
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      5608 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGI Amer Income B EUR 6.54/ ACMGI Europ Income Opp AT SGO 15.02/ ACMGI Euop Income Opp BT SGD 15.021 MN Anra Aa«t Mgt {S'pora) ACMGI Etxop Income Opp AT EUR 7.43/ Star Europe Eqlyl" 0341 ACMGI Europ Income Opp BT EUR 7.43/ SarEuropeBond 1.173/ ACMGI Europ
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      Lock icon Elliott to accept MediaRing's offer for PacNet
      550 5  -  Reports by KRITI SINGH ELLIOTT Associates LP, a US private investment fund which owns 13.9 per cent of Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet (PacNet), said yesterday that, in the absence of further information, it will be accepting Mediaßing's improved takeover offer of US$9.5O for each
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      Lock icon MediaRing shares rise in anticipation of PacNet takeover
      347 5 OPTIMISM that MediaRing's revised offer to take over Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet will succeed sent the share price of the voiceover Internet provider surging by up to 13.5. per cent yesterday. Mediaßing's shares hit a high of 42 cents yesterday, up five cents
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      Lock icon Creative surges for 5th day on hopes over Apple suit
      388 5  -  By JEAN CHUA RIDING on market optimism that its patent infringement suit against Apple Computers could be settled soon, Creative Technology saw its shares rise as much as 6.4 per cent yesterday as the stock continued to rebound for the
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      Lock icon FCT sparkles on debut, ending higher at $1.05
      517 5  -  Cambridge may relodge its preliminary prospectus By MATTHEW PHAN FRASER Neave's real estate investment trust, Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT), rose as much as 4.85 per cent yesterday on its trading debut. The rise came amid talk that the strong response from investors
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  • STOCK FOCUS
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      Lock icon CK Tang back on expansion path
      1362 6  -  Group says it's mindful of painful lessons from past expansion failures, writes WONG WEI KONG WONG WEI KONG Shareholders who kept faith with CK Tang, one of Singapore's oldest retailers, were finally rewarded when the company paid its first dividend after 12 long years.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Missile tests give traders excuse to sell
      552 8  -  STOCKS After all, the ST Index had put on 4.1% in the four trading sessions before yesterday, and 7.4% in two weeks R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent ON THE face of it, the 24.62-point drop in the Straits Times Index to 2,424.11 was because
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      1016 8 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Jul 5 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Buy/ Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Sell '000 ShrS C000) ('000) Semb Music 5-Jul-06 Cheah See Han Sell 65 na 3612 6.74 3547 6.61 SNPCorp 4-Jul-06 SeowKuiLim *Sell
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      1003 8  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI STATS ChipPAC July 5 dose: SSI.OI ÜBS INVESTMENT RESEARCH, July 4 Outlook intact for Q2. We believe STATS ChipPAC is on track to meet its Q2 revenue guidance. We estimate revenue to. rise 4.5 pei* cent quarter-on-quarter. We expect the communication and consumer segments
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      Lock icon Asian currencies hit by N Korea missile launches
      510 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [SINGAPORE] Most Asian currencies ended a three-session rally yesterday, dropping from multi-week peaks after news that North Korea had launched several missiles stoked concern about geopolitical risk, spooking traders and investors. The Japanese yen fell against the dollar and hit
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon SembCorp unit wins US$l.7b M-E power project
      345 9  -  This is its largest utilities investment overseas to-date By OH BOON PING SEMBCORP Industries' wholly-owned subsidiary, SembCorp Utilities, has won the bid for a mega US$l.7 billion power and desalination project in Abu Dhabi, following a competitive bidding process that began in July
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      Lock icon Zagro may exercise Green Dot option
      212 9  -  By OH BOON PING ZAGRO Asia is considering converting an investment by Green Dot Capital in AgroExchangePlus into new Zagro shares that may see Green Dot become one of its top five shareholders. AgroExchangePlus is majority-owned by Zagro Asia and Green Dot Capital is
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      Lock icon Keppel unit plans to expand capacity
      408 9 Reuters KEPPEL Corp, the world's top builder of offshore oildrilling rigs, plans to expand its capacity and capabilities to build specialised vessels that support offshore oil exploration and production. Keppel's fully-owned subsidiary Keppel Singmarine plans to double the capacity at its yard in Nantong,
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon MFS Tech expects lower Q3 sales
        57 9 MFS Technology Ltd said in a guidance that sales for the third quarter ended June 30 are expected to be about 28 per cent lower than in 2Q06 mainly due to reduced demand from its end customers and a slower than expected market response
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        Lock icon S'pore Piling wins $43m in contracts
        155 9 BBR Holdings (S) Ltd announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Piling Civil Engineering, has won three contracts totalling more some $43 million. The awards include a $23.6 million contract by the Public Utilities Board for laying of a raw water pipeline from Kallang Basin
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        Lock icon ABR enters JV to invest in KJ Coffees
        67 9 ABR Holdings Limited entered into a venture with Kristi Jordan International Pty Ltd yesterday to invest in a 50 per cent stake in KJ Coffees Singapore Pte Ltd, the Singapore-incorporated master franchisee of Gloria Jean's Coffees in Singapore. ABR Holdings Limited will
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        Lock icon Nylect fined for damaging cables
        52 9 NYLECT Technology said that the court had imposed a fine of $250,000 on a subsidiary on June 30 over two complaints filed against it under the Electricity Act (Chapter 89A) for damaging the electricity cables of SP Power Grid. It had earlier made a provision
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        Lock icon Super Coffeemix, Tee YihJiainJV
        43 9 SUPER Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd and Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing Pte Ltd have agreed to incorporate a joint-venture company, JHS Holding Pte Ltd, in Singapore. The joint venture company will be an investment holding company for investments in* China.
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      Lock icon Thai rubber exporter may launch IPO here
      284 9 Reuters (BANGKOK] Thai Hua Rubber, Thailand's third biggest rubber exporter, is adding more planting areas in neighbouring Laos to take advantage of stronger rubber prices as it prepares for an initial public offering, possibly in Singapore, next year. If it does launch its
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Tourists can get vouchers for GST claims
      338 10  -  Scheme lets visitors redeem shopping vouchers at 39 Orchard Rd stores By MELISSA LWEE TOURISTS visiting Singapore can claim their 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) refund in the form of shopping vouchers until Sept 30. The shopping voucher redemption comes
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      Lock icon Jobs fair planned to help fill over 3,000 positions in VivoCity
      302 10 SEVEN thousand employees will be needed to staff the shops, eating places and entertainment venues at Vivo City when Singapore's biggest mall yet opens for business in three months, and an innovative jobs fair is to be held to
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      Lock icon Small car COE premium rises as the rest fall
      268 10 COE premiums yesterday fell for all categories except small cars. In the first bidding exercise of July for certificates of entitlement, Category A for cars below 1,600 cc rose $900 to $10,201. Its rise was not surprising given that in the
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      Lock icon CSS hopes to add 20 new members next year
      274 11  -  Participating agencies may reap cost savings of up to 15% By OH BOON PING TWENTY further bodies could next year be included in a government initiative which delivers human resources and financial services to public sector agencies. Participating agencies may also
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      Lock icon More cases of scrap metal theft as prices climb
      339 11 Reuters THIEVES in Singapore have taken to stealing bridge railings, wires and signboards to take advantage of a sharp rise in scrap metal prices. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said it has had 5525,000 worth of bridge railings, steel support poles
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      Lock icon $1m govt fund for firm to create business ideas
      285 11 Inc3 identifies seven businesses for its programme CREATIVITY is hatching in Singapore as the government injects more than $1 million of seed funds into Inc3, a privately owned incubator company, to nurture and support new creative business ideas. Inc3, set up
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      Lock icon Vitol Asia seeks US$200m loan for working capital
      255 11 Bloomberg VITOL Group, a Swissbased oil refiner, hired three banks to arrange a US$2OO million loan for its Asian unit for working capital. people involved said. Arrangers ING Groep NV, United Overseas Bank Ltd and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp will be inviting
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      218 11 business" Innovations. Programme 8.30 am Registration 9.00 am Introduction (Video-screening) 9.15 am Singapore Patent System: Uniqueness, Filing Strategy Key Areas To Look Out For Mr Ceroid Koh, Executive Committee, Association of Singapore Patent Agents (ASPA) 10.00 am Tea-Break 10.20 am Making that Patent Dive: Factors to Consider Ms Tan Shin
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      255 11 feJSMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY "SMU's MPA programme provides degree holders a unique opportunity to pursue a graduate programme and obtain professional recognition at the same time. I encourage you to be a part of this exciting profession with tremendous growth potential in Singapore and beyond." Tan Boen Eng President, Institute
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  • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL
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      Lock icon Gateway to India for S'pore firms
      730 12  -  They have stepped up their presence in Chennai, which has good infrastructure and facilities for business, writes CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING IT'S Singapore companies' first stop in their ventures into India and not surprisingly. Chennai, India's fourthlargest metropolitan city situated on its
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      Lock icon Detroit of South Asia now makes more than just cars
      488 12 CHENNAI has been called the Detroit of South Asia. India's fourth-largest metropolitan city is now also a global hub for outsourcing services, especially for software development and business process. A T Kearney, an international consulting firm, rates Chennai, which is
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      Lock icon Tiong Seng in India for the long haul
      568 12 Even though doing business there isn't a piece of cake TIONG Seng Contractors feels comfortable in Chennai. After all, says director Andrew Khng, most Indians working in Singapore have traditionally come from southern India. "We were more inclined to start the business
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Soccernomics: economic goals
      739 13 Banks discuss the most promising World Cup outcomes for economies Reuters [PARIS] No soccer fan would tune in to an investment banker providing live commentary and analysis on the World Cup, but nothing will stop some banks from coupling a day job and a passion with some
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      Lock icon BOJ to end zero rate policy: Kyodo
      414 13 Overnight call rate expected to be raised to 0.25% Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) plans to end an era of zero interest rates and raise a key short-term interest rate for the first time in six years at its July 13-14
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      Lock icon Cheaper US housing an issue for world economy: Soros
      298 13 Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] A big question for the global economy is whether it can absorb the effects of a fall in the value of US housing that has until now generated huge amounts of spending, billionaire financier George Soros said on
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      Lock icon Overseas buyers help UK's FDI increase by 14%
      236 13 Bloomberg [LONDON] A rise in overseas buyers targeting British companies helped increase investment attracted to the UK from abroad by 14 per cent in 2005-6. The number of over-seas-led acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures rose 27 per cent to 375, according to
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      1639 13 [*AT3 NOTIC FS Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices" 7 sph.com.sg GROUP LIMITED AIROCEAN GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0382N) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Suntec Singapore International Convention
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon YTL rail project faces rough ride
      548 14  -  It will have multiple ramifications, complicated by S'pore-KL ties By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur ABOUT a year ago tycoon Francis Yeoh briefed Malaysian officials from the National Economic Action Committee, a government agency under the Prime Minister's department, on a plan to construct
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      Lock icon Perodua aims to triple exports by 2010
      396 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Nasional Sdn, Malaysia's second-biggest carmaker, plans to triple exports by 2010, cutting its reliance on the domestic market. Perodua, as the maker of Myvi and Kancil cars is called, aims to export 10,000 vehicles annually, primarily to
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Starwood Capital to sell winemaker to UB
        50 14 Reuters [PARIS] US private equity group Starwood Capital said on Tuesday it would sell French sparkling wine maker Bouvet-Ladubay to India's UB group. Terms were not disclosed. Indian newspapers reported last month that UB was in talks to acquire Bouvet-Ladubay for US$l5 million.
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        Lock icon Bangladesh deadline unlikely: Tata group
        81 14 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Tata group said yesterday it was unlikely that an end of July deadline for the approval of a proposed US$3-billion investment in Bangladesh would be met, but in Dhaka officials were optimistic the firm would remain committed to the plan. Analysts said
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        Lock icon Business activity in China surges in Q2
        55 14 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Business activity in China expanded in the second quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years, according to a survey published by the statistics bureau. The business climate index rose to 135.9fr0m 131.5 three months earlier, the Beijing-based National
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        Lock icon Indon budget deficit may be narrower
        69 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government said it expects this year's budget deficit to be narrower than previously estimated because it failed to increase spending on infrastructure projects. The government has asked Parliament to approve a proposed budget deficit of 1.2 per cent of GDP, less
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      Lock icon KL rejects A-G's call for return to jury trials
      231 14 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's minister in charge of law has ruled out a return to jury trials, saying ordinary citizens lacked expertise and could make biased decisions based on race, reports said yesterday. "Because jurors are ordinary people, they are not
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    • Article
      Lock icon Canada, M'sia FTA talks to start in 1 -2 yrs
      177 14 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR} Canada yesterday said it expects to take at least one or two years to start free trade agreement (FTA) talks with Malaysia because Ottawa is tied up in negotiations with other countries. "An FTA is always good
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2262 14 VOL General Corp .0.(3 unch 56 MS W- r*m Gantmg 2330 020 M GeoroeKent .0.52 0.02 115 AAMRealty 1.51 0.11 249 G HI Systems 023 -0.01 1610 Abric0* 33 Globetronics Tech .0.32 -001 194 ACP Industries 1.02 0.01 443 GlomacBhd-. 1.18 unch 100 Advance Synergy 020 -0.02 84
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      1085 14 NETELUSION LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of NETELUSION LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at Room Queen 1, Level 5 International Factors Building, 141 Market Street, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 28 July 2006 at 10:30 am for the following
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Bank of China surges 23% on debut on Shanghai bourse
      544 15 Index ends 2.2% up after hitting 27-month high with 20b yuan IPO Reuters [SHANGHAI] Shares in Bank of China (BOC), in which Singapore investment agency Temasek Holdings has a stake, surged 23 per cent yesterday in the Shanghai stock market's
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      Lock icon BOC 750m yuan fraud trial begins
      167 15 Reuters [BEIJING] A real estate executive and three former employees of Bank of China (BOC), the country's second-largest bank, have gone on trial for allegedly defrauding the bank of 750 million yuan (Ssl4B million), the Beijing News said yesterday. A court heard on Tuesday
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    • Article
      Lock icon Shimao's solid HK debut may help Greentown IPO
      539 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Shimao Property Holdings Ltd's solid Hong Kong debut yesterday, following weak demand for its initial public offering (IPO), should bode well for Greentown China Holdings' US$4lO million IPO, investors said. Market sources said Greentown, which has attracted Singapore investment
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      Lock icon China debt clearer kicks off NPL auctions
      507 15 Sign that stalled NPL loan market is gathering pace Reuters [BEIJING] China debt clearer Orient will kick off a series of auctions open to foreign investors tomorrow when it takes bids for bad loans backed by everything from factories to property in south-west
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      703 16  -  Country sees highest average wage rise of 13.9%, 17.9% in IT sector By SIDDARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi RAPIDLY rising costs of employees are turning into a nightmare for companies in India. According to the 2006 Salary Guide put out by Kelly Services India, the
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      175 16 Tycoon expected to discuss interest in hydrocarbon sector with PM Singh [MUMBAI] Lakshmi Mittal will review his India plans, just days after reaching an agreement to merge Mittal Steel with rival Luxembourg-based Arcelor to create the world's largest steel group, the Business
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      312 16 Reuters IMUMBAI] India's Tata group plans to raise its stake in the country's largest private steel maker, Tata Steel Ltd, to ward off possible hostile takeover bids, chairman Ratan Tata said yesterday. Last week, the world's top
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      865 17 Renault, Nissan eye GM's investments in India and China while GM gets access to Nissan's small car architectures Bloomberg General Motors Corp shareholders have listened to excuses and waited endlessly for GM management to produce results. It's easy to understand why they jumped last Friday
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      276 17 Reuters [MONACO] Fund management companies face a tough fight to hold on to talented employees against the lure of hedge funds, a research executive said here on Tuesday. With many managers defecting to hedge fund start-ups and other small companies to enjoy the
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      266 17 AP [SYDNEY] Australian television broadcasting rules will be changed to also regulate live webcasts, the communications minister said yesterday, after a TV network escaped prosecution after showing live footage online of an apparent sexual assault. Earlier this week, the government referred Network 10's Big Brother
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      351 17 Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said the governmentsponsored housing enterprises should be able to step in and buy mortgages during times of financial turmoil to steady the US mortgage market, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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      415 17 Reuters, AP [TOKYO] DaimlerChrysler chief executive Dieter Zetsche yesterday cautioned against optimism amid talk of a possible three-way tie-up between General Motors, Nissan Motor and Renault and said cost-saving benefits from alliance pacts are hard to come by. "When you refer to the most
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      338 17 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Factory orders in the United States rose more than forecast in May, led by demand for business equipment that may keep the economy from slowing too much. Orders placed with factories increased 0.7 per cent during
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      500 17 Reuters [MONACO] The fund arm of Swiss-owned ÜBS does not accept it must choose between managing money and distributing funds to clients as has happened with rivals in the United States, the unit's chief executive said yesterday. While some companies
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      747 20 They now control 10% of US households' financial assets Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The discount brokers are back and. more than ever, are undercutting the traditional retail franchises of majors such as Merrill Lynch, Citigroup's Smith Barney, ÜBS and Morgan Stanley with cheaper and easier trades. "They
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      150 20 AFP [SYDNEY] A merger between the Australian Stock ExchangetASX) and the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) to form the ninthlargest listed exchange group in the world was approved by shareholders yesterday. Australia's competition regulator has already cleared the merger, which will create a Ass billion (555.88
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      37 20 AP South Korean women read the Seoul Daily newspaper reporting North Korea's launch of missiles yesterday. The reclusive regime defied international protests by launching a long-range missile and at least five shorter-range rockets. —AP AP
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      627 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Mototsugu Goto turned 60 years old in March, but the Japanese electronics company employee has no intention of retiring anytime soon. "I'm still healthy and I can work," the silverhaired Goto said, sipping a beer with his lunch
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      Lock icon Bertelsmann mulling sale of Sony BMG stake
      275 20 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German media group Bertelsmann is considering selling a part of its 50 per cent stake in Sony BMG, the music recording company it owns jointly with Sony Corp, a source familiar with the situation said. "It is basically half now, and
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      781 20  -  JAPAN INSIGHT Things are hotting up in North-east Asia with a defiant Pyongyang and gunboat diplomacy ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent HERE is the stockmarket report: "Investor sentiment was hit today by a barrage of missiles and further rounds of gunboat diplomacy." Huh? Surely there must
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  • AVIATION
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      624 21  -  Move aims to make jets 'up to date in technology, keep them ahead of 737' By VEN SREENIVASAN {SINGAPORE] In a bid to extend its lead over its American rival, European planemaker Airbus is embarking on a major upgrading of its A
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      330 21 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's BAE Systems ordered an audit of Airbus yesterday, pushing back its possible sale of a 20 per cent stake in the European planemaker into September at the earliest. BAE was set to sell the stake to 80 per cent owner EADS using
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      208 21 AFP [SINGAPORE] An association of Asia-Pacific airlines yesterday expressed opposition to a plan by the* South Korean government to levy an extra tax on air fares to raise aid money for poor countries. Andrew Herdman, di-rector-general of the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA), criticised
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        94 21 Bloomberg (LONDON] British Airways Pic, Europe's third-largest airline, will start a new service between London Heathrow and Calgary, Alberta, to benefit from growth in the oil and tourism industries there. The service will start on Dec 1 and will fly five times
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        57 21 Bloomberg [WARSAW] Flight attendants at PLL LOT SA, Poland's national airline, cancelled a two-hour strike over working conditions that was planned for yesterday and will continue negotiations with management. A spokesman for the Warsaw-based company said it expects to sign a deal with the
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        60 21 AFP [HANOI] Russian airline Aeroflot this week resumed twice-weekly direct flights between Moscow and the Vietnamese capital Hanoi after a break of almost a year over technical reasons. Boeing 767s now make the nine-hour flight from Russia on Monday mornings and Xhursday evenings local time,
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      486 21 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Airport Authority Hong Kong, operator of Asia's third-busiest airfield by passenger numbers, posted a record fullyear profit after the region's economic growth boosted demand for passenger and cargo flights. Net income for the year ended March 31 rose 33 per cent
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      198 21 Bloomberg [TOKYOI All Nippon Airways Co, Japan's largest domestic airline, said one of its aircraft made an emergency landing yesterday morning after the cabin's air pressure fell. A total of 46 people were onboard the flight. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-500 operated by
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  • LOGISTICS
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      697 22 Using GPS technology, it allows larger operators to grow and take market share from small firms Reuters [MONDOVI, Wisconsin] RANDY Marten clicks on his mouse, and a map of the US pops open on his flat screen monitor. "Watch this," says the chief
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      Lock icon South Africa's Transnet aims to boost general freight
      402 22 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] South African rail and transport group Transnet wants to grow the market share of its ailing general freight business by 50 to 80 per cent in a mission to help boost national economic growth, the group's chief executive officer said
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  • SHIPPING
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      572 23  -  Big savings in many areas, including shipping times, inventory control By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Companies that spend on supply chain security can expect a comparative advantage far outweighing the costs of implementing the security processes, says a new study by Stanford University.
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      Lock icon Shanghai Port's H1 box volume hits record
      282 23 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Shanghai International Port (Group) Co, operator of China's busiest container port, handled a record number of containers in the first half as the nation's economic growth boosted demand to move freight by sea. Container volume rose 18 per cent from a
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      Lock icon Titan Petrochemicals may spend US$86.7m on ships
      329 23 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Titan Petrochemicals Group Ltd, China's largest oil-supertanker owner, said it agreed to buy as many as 10 vessels for US$B.67 million each to expand its ship refueling business. Titan Petrochemicals will buy the 6,500 metric ton double-hulled bunker barges built
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      190 23 AP [TOKYO] (AP) Japan on Tuesday set up a task force to overhaul its maritime policy, officials said, as tensions mounted over a South Korean survey around waters claimed by both countries. The task force, which brings together Japan's transport ministry, coast guard and other
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      1079 23 TANKER MARKETS Rising oil demand also cited for industry's forecast Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of leasing an oil supertanker between the Middle East and Japan in the third quarter may climb 44 per cent from last year amid rising demand
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      Lock icon M-East to S'pore oil-shipping costs may rebound
      444 23 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of shipping crude oil from the Middle East to Singapore on 2-million-barrel tankers may rise from its lowest in four weeks as a surplus of vessels at the end of July diminishes. "The market has rebounded a little bit
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      529 24 EDITORIAL STARHUB'S low value-added broadcast of World Cup matches reinforces the view that the pay-TV market in Singapore sorely needs competition. What Singapore's only cable operator has dished up so far has been plainly disappointing. The World Cup is clearly the mostwatched sporting
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      1306 24  -  Unless progress is shown, pressures may grow in US for a different approach to the war By DAUIT SINGH IT MAY sometimes be easier to fathom the foreign and security policy intentions of secretive states like China or even the Soviet Union of the
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      777 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg AS the world's industrialised powers prepare to meet 10 days from now in St Petersburg, Russia, it's worth asking this question: Does anyone really care? We should. Stock markets are shaky;
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      Lock icon Airbus facing Boeing's '97 woes ?
      1327 25  - Airbus facing Boeing's '97 woes But can the European planemaker, facing production delays and angry customers, turn around as its US competitor did? By DON PHILLIPS International Herald Tribune IS AIRBUS today beset with production delays, angry customers and management turmoil—where Boeing was a decade ago? And can it, like
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      Lock icon Luck is for sale in China
      1026 25  -  By JIM YARDLEY NYT AT a government auction inside a dingy gymnasium, a young businessman named Ding walked away a happy winner the other day. Like everyone else, he was bidding on licence plates and did not seem to mind that his cost U556,750.
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      432 25  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Lee Yow Jinn Singapore THE recently published iN2015 on Financial Services reaffirmed the financial services industry's commitment to leverage technology for better delivery of services and products. According to the Singapore IT Spending and Industry Segmentation Report 2005 by IDC,
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      246 25  -  Lu Keehong Singapore I REFER to your article "Fare hike for Comfort Del cabs confirmed" (BT, July 4). It is commendable that ComfortDelGro held off an increase in fares for the last two years when the cost of fuel doubled. It is even more
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      Lock icon Oracle to leverage on iN2015 to grow
      859 31  -  Revenues crossed US$2b in Asia-Pac and Japan, reports AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY Enterprise software major Oracle Corp, whose total revenues in AsiaPacific and Japan (Japac) region grew by 18 per cent to over US$2 billion in fiscal 2006, is looking at
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      Lock icon Microsoft scrambling to comply with EU officials
      457 31 NYT [BRUSSELS] For nearly three months, Microsoft says, 300 of its engineers have been working nearly non-stop to produce the documentation for its server software that the European Commission has sought since an antitrust ruling in 2004. After two years dragging its heels,
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      Lock icon Norway's Trolltech jumps on bourse debut
      250 31 Reuters [OSLO] Shares in Norway's Trolltech ASA, the world's largest supplier of Linux software for mobile phones, gained 9.4 per cent on its bourse debut yesterday, buoyed by hopes it could benefit from the next breakthrough in mobile telephony. Trolltech shares rose to 17.5
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      Lock icon Mobile enterprise e-mail set to grow here
      493 31  -  Subscribers expected to reach 274,900 by 2010 By ROLAND LIM ENTERPRISES in Singapore are expected to spend more and add mobile email capabilities to their corporate e-mail systems as the local enterprise mobile e-mail market is expected to grow at a compounded annual
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Finland Gardens up for en-bloc sale with a twist
      348 32  -  First large site slated for mixed landed housing in 12 years By UMA SHANKARI FINLAND Gardens, a 48unit freehold condominium development off Siglap Road, is the latest offering on the en-bloc market. The site is unique: it is the first large
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      174 32 Reuters [LONDON] Property adviser DTZ Holdings pic reported record profits on Tuesday, spurred by strength in global property investment and corporate demand, and proposed a 40 per cent increase in its final dividend. But it cautioned that red-hot investment markets may cool due to
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      Lock icon HK buyers fuel property boom in Shenzhen
      1092 33 Investors drawn by proximity, growing stock of relatively 1 cheap luxury homes Bloomberg J [HONG KONG] Hong Kong k entrepreneur Lam Chiu Hong and buyers like him a have pushed up home prices in the neighbouring Chinese city of Shenzhen by 31 per
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      687 34 But high-end unit sales have fallen as market is suffering from oversupply Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's housing market, where luxury costs the same as mediocre units in other Asian cities, is starting to draw foreign developers, but some analysts say Bangkok lacks enough rich residents
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      Lock icon Dubai's Emaar to open office in Shanghai
      413 34  -  By CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai DUBAI'S Emaar Properties, which is planning developments in Beijing and Shanghai, intends to open an office in Shanghai's Jiushi commercial office building before the end of the month, to help with its investment plans in China. A company
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