The Business Times, 4 August 2006

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  • 173 1 THE Business Times will be 30 on Oct 1. And we'd like to share this important birthday with you. After all, it is only because of you our valued stakeholders that we have come this far. As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, readers can look forward to
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  • 136 1 STI 2,457.09 (+3.10) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,433.00 (+2.00) siMsa 291.70 (+0.73) SIMSa FUTURES 289.70 (-0.40) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSE COMP 935.29 +1.22 NIKKEI 225 15,470.37 +6.08 HANG SENG 17,048.42 +15.67 SET INDEX 703.11 +9.01 JAKARTA COMP 1,379.71 -14.65 MANILA COMP 2,360.61 +52.24 SEOUL COMP 1,292.05 -3.06 SHENZHEN B
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  • 1213 1  -  More S'pore companies discover the power of teams By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] Big seems to be better, and with more Singapore companies realising this, they are choosing to hunt in packs in a myriad of industries ranging from education and lighting to construction
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    • 74 1 a CFO INTERVIEW f Advanced Holdings' Steve Kek on China opportunities CUPPER ROUND THE WORLD RACE The ride of a lifetime BT journalist and sailor Vincent Wee reflects on how the race has changed all who sailed on the Uniquely Singapore Page 15 Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys and one
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    • 12 1 IMF MEETING Fund's chief unveils ambitious agenda for S'pore meeting PAGE 14
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    • 19 1 Hexec lifestyle Battle of the spirits PAGE 30 SHIPPING JTC unit wins USs7om African deal PAGE 17 M II
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 418 2  -  By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Singapore water agency PUB is set to become the first in the world to adopt the 16-inch reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for water reclamation on a large scale, following successful test-bedding of the technology at one of its
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    • 300 2 [SINGAPORE] The white slides of wood hang in the light, the graphite on them, painstakingly etched, gleaming black. They describe what humans see only by twin miracles of nature and science images of cells in our bodies seen through microscopes, or
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    • 496 2 Outgoing Sing Tel CEO delivers strong Q1 results DEPARTING group chief executive Lee Hsien Yang yesterday delivered a strong set of first quarter results for Singapore Telecommunications, beating market expectations with a net profit of $840 million, up 5.8 per cent for the three months ended June. TOP
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    • 808 3  -  It says there is no change in strategy at present to shift investment focus from Asia By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Departing group chief executive Lee Hsien Yang yesterday delivered a strong set of first quarter results for Singapore Telecommunications, beating market expectations with
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    • 202 3 [SINGAPORE] Shareholders must remember that once SingTel's shares go "exCR" on Aug 30 2006, they should not sell the full amount of shares that they have in their Central Depository and Central Provident Fund accounts. Failing to do so will
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    • 765 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LI SEN 111 SHOULD ask for chimneys to be in--1 stalled," quipped 9 SingTel's outgoing group chief executive Lee Hsien Yang when asked yet again about his successor. Mr Lee was, of course, referring to the smoke signals that billow
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    • 280 3 C7l /oas/ /cFSingapore in honour of all Singaporeans BjjjH TASTE THE ENCHANTMENTS OF THE This time we have wines haHk* from vineyards German Win* Tatting INTERNATIONAL AND BEER FAIR p nnc(| thowoM of o»ir 3SO bbtlt. I L3M\ 30til AllgUSt 3rd September 2006 So, come down to enjoy a memorable
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 666 4  -  Profit rises 10.2% in Q2, bringing H1 earnings to $288.7m, up 35.2% By KALPANA RASHIWALA CAPITALAND Group's president and CEO Liew Mun Leong says the company's performance in the second half of this year will be "quite promising" because of divestments like The Ascott
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    • 188 4 SUCCESSION planning is very much in place at the helm of Capita Land, says Capita Land Group president CEO Liew Mun Leong not that he's planning to leave the company anytime soon, he adds. "Anytime I depart the company, two to three candidates can seamlessly
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    • 421 4  -  By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE Computer Systems turned in its third consecutive-quarter of profitability yesterday, achieving $1.21 million of net profit in the second quarter of 2006, up from a loss of $33.3 million in the year-ago period, and off the
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    • 396 4  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines will increase its fuel surcharge on flights between Singapore and North America by 50 per cent for tickets issued on or after Aug 15. The airline will raise surcharges for these longhaul journeys to US$9O a
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    • 518 4  -  By OH BOON PING ECS Holdings, a regional IT distributor and services provider, yesterday reported a 23 per cent rise in net income to $5.3 million for the second quarter ended June 30, buoyed by highermargin product sales particularly in
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    • 387 4  -  By CHEN HUIFEN RIDING on higher demand for its single-use airway devices, LMA International yesterday reported an 18.7 per cent jump in Q2 net income to US$7.5 million. This brings its first-half earnings to US$ll.B million, against the US$l4.B million
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    • 861 5  - Energy stocks are red-hot but check before you buy Not all are winners and management expertise is crucial, analysts caution By MICHELLE QUAH THE energy sector is red-hot worldwide and the lure of plump earnings has enticed many to expand into the industry. Singapore alone has seen a slew of
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    • 417 5  -  By WONG WEI KONG A PLAN to distribute shares in a US associate has revived interest in Sesdaqlisted Sun Business Network (SBN), formerly known as Panpac Media. On July 25, the publishing group proposed a dividend in specie by way of distributing six
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    • 475 7  -  Revenue growth mainly due to a 23% rise in POS system sales By CONRAD TAN GES International, the firm at the centre of a billiondollar takeover bid by electronics giant Venture Corp, reported a 36 per cent jump in net
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    • 275 7  -  By CHEW XIANG RIDING on a 150 per cent year-on-year surge in turnover to $202.1 million, Rotary Engineering yesterday reported a first-half net profit of $16 million almost five times the previous corresponding half s $3.24 million. The company's oil storage terminal
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    • 280 7 DESPITE a 29.6 per cent year-on-year surge in revenue to $55.2 million, Unisteel Technology saw an 11 per cent fall in net profit to $10.77 million for its second quarter ended June 30. A key factor for the lower Q2 earnings was
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 46 7 FOOD Junction's net profit fell 17.6 per cent to $1.7 million for the third quarter ended June 30, while its turnover fell 4.8 per cent to $10.4 million. It declared an interim special dividend of 2 cents per share.
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      • 33 7 COURTS Singapore's net profit fell 31.3 per cent to $734,000 for the first quarter ended June 30, despite a 12.2 per cent increase in sales to $85 million.
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      • 67 7 DMX Technologies Group Limited has secured US$4.B million deals from Korea's KT Corporation. The company announced a 35.7 per cent jump in net profit to US$B.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Turnover rose 42.7 per cent to US$73.B million. It also
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      • 38 7 CHINA Dairy Group's net profit rose just 2.7 per cent to $7.2 million for the six months ended June 30, despite a 32.9 per cent rise in revenue to $99.2 million.
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      • 39 7 J1UTIAN Chemical Group's net profit rose 20.8 per cent to 27.3 million yuan (S$5.4 million) in the first half, on the back of a 7.7 per cent growth in revenue to 101.7 million yuan.
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      • 49 7 BOARDROOM Limited announced record full year net profit of $10.36 million for the period ended June 30, 2006. The 143.4 per cent rise in profit was achieved on the back of a 65.9 per cent growth in revenue, which hit $30.8 million.
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      • 38 7 YOUCAN Foods' first-half net profit stayed flat, inching up 0.3 per cent to 6.3 million yuan (S$ 1.24 million), despite a 27.2 per cent gain in revenue to 106 million yuan.
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      • 30 7 INTRACO Limited yesterday said its half year net profit rose 177.6 per cent to $3.33 million while turnover climbed 27.9 per cent to $207.74 million.
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      • 42 7 KIM Eng Holdings Limited yesterday reported a 27 per cent slide in net profit to $12.54 million despite a 35 per cent rise in revenue to $67.90 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2006.
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    • 381 7  -  By JEAN CHUA MAINBOARD-LISTED Asia Power Corp's net profit for the first six months of the year increased eight times, after consolidating the results of a new subsidiary in China. The firm, which owns, manages and operates power plants in China, yesterday said
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 525 6  -  STOCKS Capita Land and Singapore Airlines lead gainers as ST Index edges up by 3.1 points TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent IT WAS a tussle with no clear winner solid earnings were tempered with a certain level of caution that, perhaps, this is
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    • 1020 6 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS (Disclosures made on Aug 3 and earlier) Subsantial No of Price SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ BuyI Shares Per Before After Stocfc Pate Director Sell '000 Shr COOP) C000) Frasers CP Trust 3-Aug-06 FCL Invest Pte Ltd Sell ***** na ***** 6.38 0 0.00 Frasers CP
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    • Article, Illustration
      920 6  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Sing Tel Aug 3 dose: $257 CITIGROUP, Aug 3 HEADLINE profits ($B4O million) are higher than our $790 million estimate, but include $31 million of additional Globe contributions to align both reporting periods hereon. Excluding this, we see recurring profits at $809 million (up 6.6
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    • 509 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [TOKYO] The dollar rose against the euro yesterday, bouncing off a onemonth low against the single currency as investors got ready for the European Central Bank's policy meeting later in the session. With an ECB interest rate rise largely priced in,
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    • 907 7 LMA™ LMA International N.V. (incorporated with limited liability in the Netherlands Antilles on July 28,1998) LMA REPORTS STRONG SALES GROWTH IN SECOND QUARTER Summary of Financial Performance Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, (USs'ooo) 2006 2005 Change 2006 2005 Change Net sales 24,368 21,501 13.3 44£19
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  • THE CFO INTERVIEW
    • 1480 8  -  With China determined to improve pollution control, Advanced Holdings is on a roll doing business there, its CFO tells SIOW LI SEN SIOW LI SEN ON HIS first trip to Beijing three years ago, Steve Kek had a brush with China's legendary pollution problems,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 453 10  -  Money from $2b fund a boost to business travel, MICE industry By ARTHUR SIM THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has committed to spend $170 million to help develop business events over the next five years, the most the board has yet
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    • 480 10  -  By WINSTON CHAI BEING called a pest would count as an insult for most, but Vikas Goel takes the label as a testament to how his company is successfully nibbling at the sweet spot of more established rivals. "He's like the cockroach of the
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    • 570 10  -  The same will apply to IHT, FT, Newsweek, Time By CHUANG PECK MING THE government has informed the Far Eastern Economic Review, which has been gazetted as a declared foreign newspaper for interfering in Singapore's politics, that it has to comply with
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    • 242 10 THE public spat between Johns Hopkins University and A*Star has come to a close, with both sides agreeing to wind down their eight-year research and education collaboration in Singapore. In a one-page joint statement issued last night, the Agency for Science, Technology
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    • 361 10  -  By CHEN HUIFEN DIABETIC patients who took part in a pilot chronic disease management programme found that their average blood glucose and bad cholesterol levels have dropped, but their blood pressure and body mass index stayed the same. Doctors said this could
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    • 389 10  -  By WEE LI EN UNINVITED to a turf usually reserved for the rich, Mardan Mamat has made it his own. The caddie turned world-class player has become a national icon the first Singaporean to win a European tour event and
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      • 157 10 A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND dengue diagnostic kit was launched yesterday by US-based Bio-Rad Laboratories. The kit, which takes about 90 minutes to give results, is now available at most laboratories in Singapore. The time saved by using this test is about six days for a
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      • 84 10 THE National Arts Council (NAC) and Republic Polytechnic yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a regional arts centre in the north Aimed at attracting some 30,000 youths and residents through events such as an annual cultural festival and weekly lunchtime
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      • 53 10 PREMIER Taxis yesterday rolled out its new line of Skoda Superb limousine taxis targeted at next month's IMF/World Bank annual Summit. Called Silver Arrow, the long-wheelbase cabs will complement the rest of the company's fleet of more than 1,400 Toyota Crown and
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      • 81 10 WHEELOCK Properties will integrate $6.3 million worth of art into its upcoming redevelopment of Scotts Shopping Centre and The Ascott. It will be the first developer to take advantage of the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Art Incentive Scheme which gives incentives
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      • 57 10 REPUBLIC Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federation of National Colleges of Technology in Japan to further cooperation in research and education through cultural exchange programmes and internships for students. The national colleges
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 701 11 Investments in new start-ups hit 4-year high; funds set new records AP [PALO ALTO, California] A new era of excess is coming to the venture-capital business in the United States, with wallets yawning wide to finance new start-ups and funds swelling to new
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    • 479 11 [BEIJING] What if China heeded US advice and jacked up the yuan but its trade surplus failed to shrink? Some economists are coming around to the view increasingly expressed in Beijing that the structure of China's trade makes the surplus
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    • 5830 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ACMGIAmer Income A EUR 6.63/ ACMGIAmer Income BEUR 6.63/ 1<M ACMGI Europ Income Opp ATSGO 15.07/ ACMGI Europ Income Opp BT SGO 15.07/ ACMGI Europ Income Opp AT El* 7.4V ACMGI Etrop Income Opp BT EUR 7.45/ ACMGI Europ income Opp A EUR 7.45/ MIL ACMGI Eirop
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 662 12  -  Firm believes incinerator project called off, wants redress of RM500m By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur EBARA Corporation, a Japanese company that was supposed to lead the construction of a RM1.52 billion (*****.74 million) incinerator in Malaysia, has filed a RMSOO
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    • 306 12 [KUALA LUMPUR] The multi-billion-ringgit South Johor Economic Region (SJER) master plan will be completed and launched by the end of this year, Malaysia's Business Times reported, quoting the government investment arm Khazanah Nasional Bhd, which oversees the project. "We have completed
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    • 2302 12 wot General Corp .0.57 -0.03 39 *■>3 1 *4- (HO Genting .24.60 -0.20 238 George Kent .0.49 -0.01 10 ASM Realty 150 unch 0 GHL Systems 031 -0.01 742 A* 5 1 033 <***> 18 GlobetronksTech 0.31 0.01 399 ACP Industries .0.86 0.02 401 GlomacBhd 1.18 -0.01 26
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    • 466 12  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur TENAGA Nasional president and chief executive officer C{ie Khalib Mohamad Noh yesterday attempted to downplay reports that its Indonesian operations could incur losses of more than RM2OO million (5586.7 million) stemming from a problem with its
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    • 221 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's dominant power utility, Tenaga Nasional, hopes talks with independent power producers on the purchase of electricity will be finalised this year, its chief executive said yesterday. Tenaga wants to renegotiate earlier contracts made with Malaysia's private power producers
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    • 416 12 [HONG KONG] China Oilfield Services (COSL), the nation's dominant offshore oil and gas drilling firm, was quoted by the South China Morning Post as say-. ing that it was considering making an offer to buy Apexindo Pratama Dutaan, an Indonesian oil services
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    • BRIEFLY ASIA
      • 70 12 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Yahoo! Inc and venture capital firm Canaan Partners invested a combined US$B.65 million in Indian matchmaking site BharatMatrimony.com, adding to Yahoo's 10 acquisitions and investments in the past year. BharatMatrimony.com, a Chennai-based company with 7.5 million users, will also get promotional
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      • 115 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of companies in the stable of Malaysia's UEM Group jumped in early trade yesterday after the government chose the infrastructure group to build a bridge in northern Penang state. UEM Buiders rose as much as 10
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      • 125 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Lenovo Group, the world's third-largest computer maker, beat expectations by squeezing into the black in the first quarter, even as it struggled to turn around the loss-making business it bought from IBM. Lenovo has been coping with expenses arising
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      • 126 12 AFP [HONG KONG] Macau will leap-frog Las Vegas Strip as the world's strongest casino market this year, analysts said on Thursday, predicting its gaming halls will generate US$B billion by 2007. With more than US$2O billion worth of investment committed to
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 543 13  -  Critics pin blame on lax corporate regulation for the missing millions By ANE MOIR in Hong Kong A FINANCIAL scandal at Hong Kong-listed Ocean Grand Holdings, whose bonds have also been sold to Singapore investors, has hit the city's corporate governance reputation
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    • 495 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] The Chinese government's new takeover rules may spur mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the world's fourth-largest economy by removing ambiguities and lowering the bar for buying another company, analysts and lawyers said. Investors acquiring over 30 per cent of a listed
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    • 348 13 Reuters [MUMBAI] Indian utility Tata Power Co Ltd is in talks to buy coal mines in Australia, Indonesia and South Africa to tie up fuel supplies for its proposed 15,000-megawatt capacity expansion, a top official said. The company, which supplies power to the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 364 14 AP. Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toyota Motor yesterday detailed improvements it would make to its vehicle recall programme amid a continuing criminal investigation. In a report to the transport ministry, the company will monitor possible defects more closely after the government ordered Toyota to improve
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    • 608 14  -  New strategy includes giving more voice to Asian economies in Fund By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Rodrigo de Rato yesterday unveiled an ambitious agenda for next month's annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank in
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    • 167 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] The central banks of the euro region and the UK raised interest rates to restrain inflation after economic growth accelerated. Stocks and bonds fell as investors bet borrowing costs are headed higher. The ECB lifted its benchmark rate a quarter jfriot to
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    • 338 14 LATEST US DATA Reuters, AFP [CHICAGO] US retailers including Target Corp and Gap Inc posted disappointing July sales yesterday as soaring temperatures and high gasoline prices crimped early back-to-school demand and stoked concerns about consumer spending. Costco Wholesale Corp, Pacific Sunwear of
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  • KEPPEL.CLIPPER – ROUND THE WORLD
    • 1245 15  -  Racing round the world has changed the lives of almost every one who's done it, says BT journalist and sailor VINCENT WEE VINCENT WEE THE Clipper 05-06 Round the World Yacht Race has been an odyssey for everyone that has been involved with the Uniquely Singapore
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    • 344 15  -  By VINCENT WEE MY involvement in long-distance sailing was fuelled by a fascination with the ability to travel vast distances using only the raw power of nature. I love the sea and everything to do with it, and I am a traveller at heart who wants to
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  • AVIATION
    • 582 16  -  It'll have presence in four Japanese airports through ShinMaywa By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Swissport International which already has operations in Singapore, the Philippines and Korea has expanded its Asia Pacific footprint by purchasing a Japanese ground services specialist. The ground services specialist yesterday
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 60 16 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China Ltd aims to raise as much as 7.97 billion yuan (Ssl.6 billion) selling local-currency shares to fund expansion in the world's second-biggest aviation market. The airline will sell as many as 2.7 billion yuandenominated A shares for between
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      • 56 16 Reuters [BANGKOK] Bangkok's multi-billion dollar new airport, plagued by corruption scandals and delays, has received unofficial backing to open on Sept 28 from the world's main civil aviation body. The UN-affiliated International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) denied reports suggesting it had misgivings about the
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      • 52 16 Reuters [ROME] Italian private airline Air One has been fined a minimum of 150,000 euros (S$303,406) for flight cancellations and delays, and the penalty could reach 450,000 euros, civil aviation authority Enac said yesterday. Air One had to cancel dozens of flights on
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      • 60 16 AP [TOKYO] Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd said yesterday it will end its 15-year-old contract to supply body panels to Airbus for A 321 aircraft at the end of March. The Japanese heavy machinery maker said it decided not to extend the contract because the
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    • 380 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) plans to sign agreements with airlines from China, Italy and other countries to sell tickets on each other's flights, as it aims to boost traffic on overseas routes. Malaysian Airline, which signed a so-called
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    • 155 16 AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's airport has received approval from Beijing to manage Zhuhai Airport in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong under a joint venture agreement, in a move that aims to foster an integrated southern China aviation hub. The Hong
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    • 364 16 Typhoon disrupts planes, trains and ferries across Southern China Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Hong Ktmg's largest airline, halted all flights to and from the city until 9am today because of Typhoon Prapiroon, which has disrupted planes, trains and ferries across Southern
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    • 304 16  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has joined hands with Boeing Co in a deal to help improve airplane turnaround times and reduce operation costs. SIAEC is the first maintenance, repair overhaul (MRO) operation to join Boeing's Integrated Materials Management
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  • SHIPPING
    • 581 17  -  Overseas project marks planning group's first EPC contractor role By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] JTC Corp subsidiary, Jurong International, has bagged a contract worth an estimated US$7O million to design and ultimately implement a West African port's ambitious expansion plan as it seeks
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    • 976 17  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A VOYAGE charterer that loads a vessel after accepting an early notice of readiness from a vessel owner cannot later claim that "laytime" had not started under the charter, the English Court of Appeal ruled last month.
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    • 359 17  -  By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] The UN agency for maritime affairs is taking the lead in coordinating an international response to an oil spill that threatens sandy beaches, fishing ports and marinas lining about a third of the Lebanese coastline with
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    • 108 17 Bloomberg [ATHENS] A Greek container ship collided with a South African trawler north-west of Cape Town, Greece's Merchant Marine Ministry said. The container ship, the Greek-flagged Anangel Splendour owned by Anangel Shipping Enterprises SA, and a second trawler were able to rescue the
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    • 655 27  -  PARVATHI NAYAR looks at whether film-book tie-ins work out well. The reviews of some joint efforts are below PARVATHINAYAR i i 00KS and films ofI 1 ten make bad marriages,'' says author I 1 Michael Ondaatje to w—J editor Walter Murch in a wonderful book called The
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      457 27  -  Snakes on a Plane by Christa Faust See No Evil by Dan Madigan By Melissa Lwee FOR those squeamish about all things that crawl, Snakes on the Plane is not for you. The book is based on the New Line Cinema movie starring Samuel L Jackson and is about
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      278 27  -  The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger By Uma Shankari SINCE its publication in 2003, Lauren Weisberger's The Devil Wears Prada set in the glamorous world of high fashion has been embraced by chick-lit lovers and fashionistas everywhere. And as to be expected, Hollywood has cashed in on the
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    • 741 28  -  Works by first-time auteurs put new spin on troubled teens, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU The Internet Age perils of unchecked forays into cyberspace by children are portrayed this week with varying degrees of success in two interesting independent movies by first-time
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    • 371 28  -  By GEOFFREY EU THE darkly comic Danish film Adam's Apples makes a compelling cinematic case for the old adage that God works in strange and mysterious ways, with a tale that is a loose reworking of the Bible's Book of Job. It follows the
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    • 264 28  -  DVD By UMA SHANKARI ROYSTON Tan is one of Singapore's most celebrated artistic talents, and with this collection of 10 short films he shows us just what it is that makes him so special. Tan is perhaps best known for the controversial
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    • 419 29  -  By AARON LYE THE thing about metaphor is that, if used properly, it drives home the message with unmatched clarity. That, fortunately, is the case with Samantha Scott-Blackhall's doublebill production of Dora Tan's 41 Hours and Verena Tay's The Car. 41 Hours
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    • 442 29  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON ONE of the highlights of 14-year-old piano prodigy Clare Yeo's year was performing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. That, and learning composition and French, she said, matter-of-factly, in a telephone interview from Aspen, Colorado, where she was
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