The Business Times, 18 September 2006

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    39 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Monday, September 18,2006 THE BUSINESS TIMES ■V th ANNIVERSARY SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-timesasial.com.sg IF* a <;iwr,APDRF prf<k hoi niNfK pi iri if ation MICA 099/03/2006 Monday, September 18,2006
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      109 1 The Business Times and Deutsche ij- Bank welcome IMF and World Bank m »rMll delegates to Singapore 2006. Times are i> and selected hotels, courtesy of wJKm K Deutsche BalA|Li||k^AMgMUkjUyyyLyyH|Hß|n|j^H2gHß||jHM^gMgHßßHHH| BizlT Blu-ray vHD-DVD: A winner-takes-all battle PAGE 32 DINING fefc- OUT A touch of class PAGE 16 BPwVI "JJ\' fll^^^l*
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    Lock icon IMF panel sees revival of Doha round
    970 1  -  Richest nations pledge aid to developing countries By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] The stalled Doha round of world trade talks could be revived after the richest countries have agreed to give US$4 billion a year assistance to developing countries, British Chancellor of the
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    137 1 MARKETS Week Chge STI .2521.91 +11.77 KLSECOMP 958.99 +2.29 NIKKEI 225 *****.93 -213.53 HANG SENG *****.65 ......+91.89 SET INDEX 700.61 +8.15 JAKARTA COMP ...1465.70..- -0.88 MANILA COMP ....2434.86 +56.82 TAIPEI TAIEX 6681.09 -12.02 SEOUL COMP 1361.10 +6.21 SHENZHEN B .291.01 -0.12 AUSTALLORD 4997.20 -66.00 DOW JONES *****.77 ....+168.66
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    Lock icon GIC starts push into Latin America and Eastern Europe
    302 1 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which manages a portfolio of over US$lOO billion, is diversifying into emerging markets by investing in equities in Latin America and Eastern Europe. "We have been an investor in the Asian region
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      46 1 BizfT Blu-rayvHD-DVD: A winner-takes-all battle PAGE 32 AT LEISURE Wining and dining delegates page 10 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online. To activate your account log on to http^/business-times. asial .com.sg. For more information, email btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838.
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      9 1 f DINING "V A touch of class PAGE 16
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      50 1 The Business Times and Deutsche •t v v ■> 4 1 f Bank welcome IMF and World Bank B »f;T|l Em>l l |T;j delegates to Singapore 2006. Complimentary copies of The Business MTJ Times are available at meeting sites WK^kWA and selected hotels, courtesy of t Deutsche Bank. ■■■(■■■■^■■■■■■■■■HHMtaHflßMHflfeflbHflßHHhH^ 8
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      83 1 COMMENTARY Yen in for more action than yuan PAGE 4 SUMMIT WATCH Is the G-7 missing the elephant in the room? PAGE 6 G-7 China urged to loosen yuan PAGE 12 SEMINARS Investment managers warn of challenging times PAGE 11 VIEWS FROM THE TOP CEOs on issues affecting business most
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon 9/11 mayor advising Eighth Wonder in Sentosa bid
      563 2  -  Giuliani's firm to provide guidance on safety, security, emergency issues By DANIEL BUENAS higntn wonder yesterday said it has hired a division of Giuliani Partners LCC of Rudy Giuliani, who was New York's mayor at the time of the Sept 11, 2001
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      Lock icon HK drivers splash HK$11 m on personal car plates
      212 2 AFP [HONG KONG] Car crazy Hongkongers went into top spending gear over the weekend to snap up HK$ll million (552.2 million) worth of personalised number plates, reports said yesterday. In the first auction of its kind in the former British territory,
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      402 2 Eighth Wonder hires Giuliani as Sentosa IR security adviser EIGHTH Wonder has hired a division of Giuliani Partners LCC a company helmed by Rudy Giuliani, New York mayor during the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 as its security planner and adviser in its bid for the Sentosa
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  • SINGAPORE 2006
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      Lock icon Let market forces drive monetary integration: Tharman
      512 4  -  Asia's diversity makes formal agreements risky By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] International monetary cooperation can be more easily brought about by market forces than by formal agreements, Singapore's Second Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. Speaking on Asian Monetary Integration "Will It Ever
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      Lock icon Yen in for more action than yuan
      740 4  -  COMMENTARY Traders poised to sell yen for higher-yielding currencies LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent CURRENCY traders coming to work today are more likely to focus their energies on the Japanese yen than on the Chinese yuan after the weekend's meeting of G-7 Finance Ministers
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      Lock icon Is the G- 7 missing the elephant in the room?
      799 6  -  SUMMIT WATCH So much for China and its current account surplus. What about the country with the biggest deficit? VIKRAM KHANNA Associate Editor THERE is the equivalent of an "elephant in the room" at these annual meetings of the IMF
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      Lock icon EU still has much to do to become single market: minister
      375 6  -  By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] The European Union must press on with efforts towards the creation of a true single market by reducing market distortions and red tape and integrating financial markets, German Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrueck said yesterday.
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      Lock icon World economy humming but clouds remain: panel
      552 6  -  Oil prices, trade imbalances need to be managed well Reports by JEAN CHUA [SINGAPORE] There is a lot to be happy about in the global economy, with gross domestic product growth this year hitting a five-year high, say experts of the Institute of
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      Lock icon China presses on with reforms in banking sector
      316 6 [SINGAPORE] China will press on with reforms in its banking and financial sector, and honour its commitments as a World Trade Organization (WTO) member to fully open the domestic market to foreign lenders from next year, said Liu Mingking, chairman of the
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      Lock icon Turkey to host 2009 meetings
      154 6 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Turkey will host the 2009 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul, Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders said yesterday. He was addressing a meeting of the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee, on which Belgium represents Turkey, among
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      Lock icon Asia more prepared to deal with bird flu pandemic: UN
      477 8  -  View comes from official studying world's readiness for an outbreak By CHEN HUIFEN ONLY "a handful" of countries across the world are fully prepared to deal with the economic and social consequences of a bird flu pandemic, but Asian countries
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      Lock icon NGOs question IMF's relevance
      327 8  -  By CONRAD TAN AS THE world's top financial chiefs were discussing a package of reforms to make the International Monetary Fund (IMF) more relevant for developing countries, some lobbyists questioned whether the proposed reforms would be sufficient. In a paper titled, The IMF: Shrink It or
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Indonesia expects key rate to fall to 8.5%
        87 8 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE} Indonesia's benchmark interest rate is likely to be reduced to 8.5 per cent by the end of 2007 to help boost economic growth, as inflation eases, central bank Governor Burhanuddin Abdullah said. The central bank expects to cut the key
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        Lock icon M'sia sees strong 5.8% growth this year
        67 8 Reuters IMNGAnJKhj Malaysia maintained a prediction of vibrant economic growth this year even if interest rates were tweaked. Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop said a forecast for 5.8 per cent growth in 2006 would be achieved even if interest rates were adjusted.
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        Lock icon Thailand to step up spending next year
        75 8 Reuters {SINGAPORE] Thailand aims to raise public spending next fiscal year to shield the economy from an even sharper slowdown than expected but will limit its budget deficit to 2 per cent of GDP, Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya said. He said GDP growth
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      Lock icon No small feat to wine & dine delegates
      649 10  - No small feat to wine dine delegates AT LEISURE CONRAD RAJ Senior Correspondent THERE is so much hospitality on offer to delegates attending the meetings of the Board of Governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that while it is partygoer's heaven it is a bit of
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      Lock icon SOAKING IT UP AT THE SOUK
      152 10  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON TO give an idea of what banking in Bahrain is like, Victoria Theatre (above) was transformed into a souk to highlight the kingdom's traditional culture and values for the Banks in Bahrain: A Showcase Reception event Farid A 1 Mulla, chairman
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      Lock icon Investment managers warn of 'challenging times' ahead
      656 11  -  PROGRAM OF SEMINARS Traditional asset classes not giving required returns, seminar told By WONG WEI KONG AFTER years of bull markets across asset classes, investment managers are facing challenging times, experts at the IMF Programme of Seminars warned yesterday. The new environment will
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      Lock icon Call for stronger public-private partnerships
      410 11  -  By SIOW LI SEN PUBLIC and private sectors need to work together to improve the infrastructure in poor countries, and this partnership requires governments, the private sector and the community to listen to each other, participants at a seminar were told yesterday. In an impassioned
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      Lock icon Region's markets raising barriers to foreign money: DBS chief
      463 11  -  Investment flows on the rise between developing nations By MATTHEW PHAN MARKETS in South-east Asia are putting up barriers to foreign money at a time of increasing foreign investment from one developing country to another, Jackson Tai, chief executive of DBS
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      Lock icon Customer ownership key for Asian firms
      434 11  -  By MICHELLE QUAH TO COMPETE on a global scale, Asian firms need to learn how to "own" their customers better, and not just concentrate on perfecting their back-end processes. And that means being more innovative in the way they brand and market what they
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      Lock icon Integrity essential for good corporate governance: SGX
      388 11  -  By OH BOON PING INTEGRITY is essential in good governance not just for the regulated, but also the regulator, says the Singapore Exchange. "Good corporate governance does not depend on just rules and regulations or institutions and infrastructure Human beings play the major
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      Lock icon G-7 urges China to loosen yuan
      641 12 G-7 MEETING More flexible exchange rate would ease global trade imbalances Bloomberg. Reuters. AFP {SINGAPORE] China came under renewed pressure on Saturday from the Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations to make its exchange rate more flexible as a way of easing international trade
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      Lock icon Japan gets off lightly at G-7 talks
      547 12 AFP [SINGAPORE] Japan got off lightly at a weekend meeting here of Group of Seven (G-7) finance chiefs, where European ministers had hoped for a strong statement evoking the dangers of a weakening Japanese yen. In the event, a final communique from the
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAID
      299 12 US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson 'China needs greater currency flexibility and stronger domestic consumption as well as financial sector reform.' 'The G7 agreed that the IMF must quickly revise, update, and rigorously implement its 30-year-old guidelines on exchange rate surveillance.' 'We should intensify our efforts against terrorist
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      Lock icon Positive outlook tinged with risks
      1250 13 G-7 MEETING The following is the text of a statement from the Group of Seven industrialised powers, issued after its meeting on Saturday Reuters WE, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, met today to evaluate global economic outlook and discussed the ways to promote continued
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      Lock icon The Group of Seven
      92 13 MEMBERS of the The Group of Seven (G-7) are US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Canada. In 1975, these countries started to hold annual economic summits attended by their heads of state or government. At the level of finance minister and central bank governor, G-7
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      141 4 MILLENNIUM COPTHORNE INTERNATIONAL B WISHES ALL IMF/WORLD BANK DELEGATES A PRODUCTIVE AND MEMORABLE VISIT TO SINGAPORE i|p r -s USA Korea China United Kingdom i Thailand 7 Germany Pnilippnes a. 'S France Eg pt Malaysia I Qatar Singapore United Arab Fmirates Ecuador Indonesia New Zealand y j WITH OVER 108
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon CONFERENCE DIVIDENDS
      3237 14 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What are the key issues raised at the IMF-World Bank annual meetings that could affect business most? SINGAPORE is particularly privileged as it is not only participating in, but also deeply involved in structuring the programme of seminars for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings. It
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      217 15 .> BT CEOs e-dub 0 y "V v ,''h.' Members of the BT CEOs e-Club are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BT editors would like to interact with in an atmosphere of informality and trust This 'dub' is a virtual one, with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we will
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Savoury spots for European cuisine
      1173 16 GUEST CHEF Roberto Magnini at Harbour Grill Oyster Bar Hilton Hotel, until Sept 20. Tel: 6730 3393 PERHAPS one is influenced by the knowledge that chef Roberto Magnini is from Milan the fashion capital of Italy in that his dishes look a lot more stylish
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon MediaRing nominates 2 reps for PacNet board
      552 17  -  It calls for EGM to counter Vantage's snub of its board representation bid By CONRAD TAN PACIFIC Internet's (PacNet) two largest shareholders are gearing up for a struggle over control of its boardroom, after failing to gain ownership control of the Nasdaq-listed company
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon EDB reduces stake in CNA Group to 17.8%
        106 17 THE Economic Development Board has pared its deemed interest in CNA Group from 18.45 per cent to 17.8 per cent after a unit PLE Investments sold 894,000 CNA shares in the open market on Thursday. EDB and EDB Investments are deemed to
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        Lock icon Keppel hikes stake in k1 Ventures to 38.16%
        59 17 KEPPEL Corp said its stake in associate kl Ventures has increased from 38.13 per cent to 38.16 per cent, after its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kephinance Investment, bought 559,000 kl Venture shares on Friday. Keppel said the purchase price was $200,000, based on kl's
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        Lock icon Supreme Court gives nod to take SNP Leefung private
        98 17 SNP Corp said on Saturday that its proposal to take subsidiary SNP Leefung Holdings private has been approved by the Supreme Court on Friday. The final day of trading of shares in the Hong Kong-listed SNP Leefung will be today and
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      Lock icon Time to stop giving earnings guidance?
      662 17  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY WHEN Chinese water treatment firm Bio-Treat released its latest results a fortnight ago, all hell broke loose in the stock market because the company's earnings were significantly lower than expectations, the stock was hammered, losing as much as
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon A good week for most portfolios
      1332 18  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent IT was a good week for stocks in Singapore despite a wobbly start. Correction in crude oil prices as well as commodities like copper and gold spilled over to stocks on Monday in developments reminiscent of the May sell-off.
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      Lock icon Sharp rise in purchases by substantial shareholders
      1379 18  -  INSIDE MARKETS A significant trade is the purchase of F J Benjamin shares by a shareholder which increased his stake by 200%, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THE buying by directors and substantial shareholders picked up last week with 21 firms that recorded
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      Lock icon FOMC, research to set pace
      665 19  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT goes without saying that for the early part of this week markets everywhere will have only one thing on their minds the fate of US interest rates which will be known after Wednesday's Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting.
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed amid hesitant trading
      401 19 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were mixed against the US dollar last week but trading remained hesitant ahead of a meeting of finance chiefs of the Group of Seven nations in Singapore. Japanese yen: The yen slightly rebounded after hitting a five-month local
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      Lock icon Prices of oil, metals slide
      231 19 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Oil prices extended their slump last week owing to easing supply concerns, striking their lowest levels for almost six months and causing heavy losses to metals, notably gold which hit a near three-month low. On Friday, the Commodities Research Bureau's index of
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      426 20  -  Apartment owners in the 3 freehold plots will get $1.3-5 million per unit By KALPANA RASHIWALA PROPERTY giant Far East Organization continues its landbanking spree. It has clinched three adjoining freehold plots at Keng Chin Road, just off Bukit Timah Road, for $145.5
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      180 20 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) International Advisory Panel (lAP) yesterday expressed its confidence about growth opportunities for Singapore and Asia, the MAS said. The panel in its sixth meeting after being set up in 1998 to advise MAS on trends in the
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      513 20  -  By LESLIE YEE A BRIEFING in Singapore yesterday was told how a 300-year British bank is planning for its operations here to keep on growing at an annual rate of 25 per cent, come rain or shine. Barclays pic president Robert Diamond said that
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      135 20 DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 18 Sep SMU -Talk: Monetary and Conference Hall 2, 4.30pm Economic Integration the Level 2, School of European Union Experience Accountancy Singapore Management University, 60 Stamford Road 19 Sep- 20 HRSingapore Strategic Hotel Phoenix Sep Negotiation Skills 9.00am 20 Sep IPOS 4th Europe Asia
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      369 21 Box volume in Aug rises 11.3% as mainland exports touch record high Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa, PSA International and other operators at Hong Kong's port handled, more containers for the seventh straight month in August, boosted by China's record exports. Cargo volume at
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      502 21 AFP [PARIS] Leading European aerospace companies began working together on an airline security project in 2004 and are making progress with systems to help produce the first hijackproof plane. The SAFEE project, which stands for Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment, aims to
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      222 21 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian shipping companies plan to buy as many as 15 vessels, each valued at US$27 million, to meet an expected rise in demand to transport coal in 2009, the Indonesian National Shipowners Association said. The companies hope to transport an estimated 40
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      234 21 AP [HAVANA] Panamanian President Martin Torrijos said on Saturday he is confident a proposed US$5.3 billion expansion of the Panama Canal will be approved in an upcoming referendum. "The possibilities are overwhelmingly in favour of an approval," Mr Torrijos told The Associated Press.
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      180 21 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai-based airline Emirates said on Saturday it had the option to cancel its order for Airbus A3BO, estimated at US$l3 billion, but has not considered the option yet. A delay of up to seven months for the A3BO announced in June
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      207 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 11 Gets help denied (8) 12 Haphazard drive-a smash (6) jH| JH6 BJ| Jg| MB jß| j9R 14 Setter would put in hint to j 18 State refining African oil (10) > Nfi BB ffi w 22 Aristocrat? The French are, say, more aristocratic (6) 23 Journalists on
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      632 22  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT It improved by 3.5% since dollar delink while other regional currencies made better gains S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent SINCE it was freed from its peg to the US dollar last year, the Malaysian currency has strengthened by around 3.5 per cent against the
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      397 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's biggest pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), may raise its bid for Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) shares held by Utama Banking Group Bhd (ÜBG), sources told Malaysia's Business Times. This comes after the EPF's initial offer was rejected by ÜBG,
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      566 22 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Analysts are generally in favour of QSR Brands Bhd's move to increase its stake in cashrich KFC Holdings Malaysia Bhd (KFCH) from 32.83 per cent to 40.43 per cent to protect its interest as well as that of its
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      321 22 GLCs as well as private investors decline to invest in govt-financed fund AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A multi-million dollar biotech venture capital fund mostly financed by the Malaysian government got off to a slow start, with little interest from investors, a report said.
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        49 22 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Infosys Technologies Ltd, India's second-biggest software firm said it plans to double the number of its workers in China to 1,000 this year. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. plans to increase the number of employees in China to 5,000 by 2010.
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        53 22 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Kerry Properties Ltd, a Hong Kong-based builder said first-half profit surged 25 per cent on a one-time gain from the sale of a stake in an office building. Net income jumped to HK$l.99 billion (*****.9 million) from HK$l.6 billion a
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        55 22 AFP [BEIJING] In yet another corruption scandal in central China, the vice-governor of one of the nation's poorest regions has been dismissed for graft and is awaiting trial. He Minxu was dismissed from his duties as Anhui province vice-governor and provincial parliamentarian by the
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        57 22 Reuters [MUMBAI] Yahoo, Google or Amazon.com could buy a controlling stake in Indian gaming firm Indiagames from majority owner Tom Online, the Economic Times said. "Tom Online is open to a complete exit at an appropriate value but is not in a hurry to
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        40 22 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Pudong Development Bank, Citigroup's partner in China, said on Saturday that staff at a sub-branch in the city of Nanjing had improperly managed customers' funds totalling over 73 million yuan (5514.5 million). —Reuters
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        57 22 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's securities regulator (CSRC) approved three more foreign institutions to take part in the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor programme. They are Schroder Investment Management Ltd, part of the Schroders pic group, HSBC Investments (HK) Ltd, part of the HSBC Holdings group,
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      3034 22 Transaction date: Sep IS For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONGKONG Vol Dfnglntnl Power Gene ...5.35 0V4 6286 HK$ 'ooo Denway Motors 2.79 unch ***** Digital China .3.02 0.02 1859 Aeon Credit 5.95 unch
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      565 23  -  Shareholders left powerless by 'antiquated' systems: report By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong SHAREHOLDERS in Asian companies are often left powerless by the way votes are conducted at general meetings, the findings of a leading corporate governance watchdog show. A particular worry
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      380 23 Reuters [COONOOR, Indial India, the world's biggest producer and consumer of tea, will launch a 47 billion rupee (SS$l.6 billion) fund in November to help with the replanting of older estates, the junior trade minister said on Saturday. The
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      77 23 [HONG KONG] One year on. Hong Kong Disneyland continues to attract not only young but also elderly visitors like this pair wearing Disney hats. The duo were among people who joined the theme park's first anniversary celebrations last week. To mark the occasion, park vice-president and
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      346 23 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Bank of America plans to issue a joint Chinese credit card with partner China Construction Bank in which Singapore investment company Temasek Holdings has a stake, next year, as part of an Asian expansion plan that will increase
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      440 23  -  By PRIYANKA BHARDWAJ in New Delhi MUMBAI is intended to turn into an Indian version of vibrant Shanghai with the clearance by the federal and Maharashtra government of a 600 billion-rupee (Ss2o billion) infrastructure development plan for the Indian financial capital.
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      449 23 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Merchants Bank, the country's sixth-largest lender, raised US$2.4 billion as its initial Hong Kong share sale was priced at the top of its indicated range amid strong demand, a source familiar with the situation
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      113 23 If you are facing any of the following: You need to keep your payroll absolutely confidential. Your payroll staff are bogged down, and are bored with the routine of rushing payroll every month, and there is limited room for staff development for payroll processing functions. You or your payroll staff
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      888 24  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Market expected to maintain its momentum if Fed continues to take no action on rates this week By ANDREW MARKS in New York AUTUMN may be only a week away, but on Wall Street it feels more like Spring is
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      484 24 But it can solicit other proposal; during next 50 days Reuters [NEW YORK] Chip-maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc said on Friday it had agreed to be bought for US$l7.6 billion, or US$4O a share in cash, by a private equity consortium led by
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      61 24 [MUNICH] Visitors riding a white-water roller coaster on Saturday during the opening day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. Organisers of the world's largest folk festival, which runs until Oct 3. expect up to six million visitors to enjoy Bavarian beer in huge tents
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      300 24 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States could bring additional trade cases against China in areas ranging from financial services to intellectual property rights, but would prefer to, solve disputes through negotiation, the top US trade official said on Friday. "We would rather not resort
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      581 24  -  Measures needed to prevent hedge fund failures, market volatility By NEIL BEHRMANN in London WITH hedge funds having become so influential in global financial trading, central banks are calling for institutions participating in the markets to set up innovative risk controls. At a
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      373 24 Merger would give drug giants a pipeline of medicine for cancer, HIV and Hepatitis C Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Rristol-Myers Squibb Co, which fired its chief executive officer this week, may be targeted for takeover by Schering-Plough Corp or French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA, analysts said. Schering-Plough
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      757 25  -  Private equity investing has the potential to deliver outsized returns but carries enormous risk and requires large sums of capital. It's not for the faint-hearted, as RUCHIKA TULSHYAN finds out RUCHIKA TULSHYAN PRIVATE equities are serious business. With significant initial investment, risky and often slow returns
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      807 25  -  CAMPUS LIFE Seize it like Yeo Zhi Aik did, RUCHIKA TULSHYAN finds out how he landed a chance of a lifetime RUCHIKA TULSHYAN YEO Zhi Aik, 24, may look like your average young university student. But less than six months ago he was managing US$BOO million worth
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      251 25 Be smart with your finances FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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    11130 26 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stock name wt Close Change Stock name Wt Close Change Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.32 1.460 Hyflux 0.35 2.300 -0.030 STEngg 1.82 2.960 +0.010 Axendasrcit 1.04 2.090 -0.010 JMH 3.12 17.900 -0.100 STATSChP 085 1020 BILIntl 0.41 1.440 JSH 2.32 11.500 +0.100
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    6161 27 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy %yr Sep 15 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change The World Index Preliminary 1017.6 0.2 5.0 0.2 2 6 -0.1 7.8 t EAFE Pretiminaty 1020.5 0.1 4.9 -0.2 5.3 -0.5
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  • BizIT
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      828 32  -  Security software market here likely to be worth US$37.6m this year, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY WHEN it comes to protecting IT networks, companies in Singapore prefer to engage large well-estab-lished security software vendors rather than smaller players
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      369 32  -  By WINSTON CHAI LIEN Siaou-Sze, one of Asia's most prominent businesswomen and the regional head of a key business unit at HewlettPackard (HP), has decided to hang up her power suit after nearly three decades with the IT giant. According to
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        Lock icon LG answers the slim phone challenge
        76 32 LG Electronics has unveiled the KGBIO (above), an ultra-thin handset just 14.6 mm thick. Weighing 86 grams, the clamshell phone sports a touch-sensitive keypad on the front which lets users access its music player without flipping it open. It also sports other multimedia functions
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        Lock icon Star Hub to offer Windows Messenger
        79 32 STARHUB has sealed an exclusive tie-up with Microsoft to offer the software giant's new Windows Live Messenger on i-mode-enabled phones in Singapore. The operator's i-mode services allows consumers to access content and services like news updates and Internet banking through their handsets. The mobile
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        Lock icon Dual-mode Internet handset from Linksys
        67 32 LINKSYS has launched the CIT3OO, a new offering which allows consumers to make calls through the Internet as well as regular phone lines. It includes a wireless handset, a charger and a USB base station which plugs directly into the user's computer. Once connected, it
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        Lock icon Sonic Wall toughens e-mail security
        95 32  -  Compiled by WINSTON CHAI SONICWALL has introduced E-mail Security Version 5.0, the latest upgrade to its e-mail and anti-spam product. It guards against high-volume e-mail attacks with features like denial-of-service protection and a manual IP (Internet Protocol) firewall. In addition, it features enhanced anti-spam functions
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      Lock icon China destroys 13m pirated discs
      179 32 AP [BEIJING] Chinese law enforcement agencies have destroyed nearly 13 million pirated compact discs, digital video discs and computer software in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property, state media reported. The items destroyed on Saturday were confiscated in the first
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      856 32  -  An industry power struggle is souring the exciting potential of next-generation blue-laser DVDs, writes KENNETH JAMES KENNETH JAMES FIRST the good news. The next generation of movie DVDs, using blue-laser technology to deliver cine-ma-quality video and sound, has arrived; and boy do these new high-definition
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      633 33  - Printing less more growth at Lexmark Printer firm which has moved Asia-Pac HQ to S'pore boosts its ops in region By ROLAND LIM TO BATTLE the fierce competition in the printing market, printer vendor Lexmark International has a growth strategy that runs contrary to popular thought: it helps its customers
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      670 33  -  &lt;you say&gt; S'pore could well be the next kingpin as the digital design cycle moves into 3D By YVES DEHOUCK SINGAPORE'S vision to become a global digital studio, combining both production and regional business responsibilities, has been given a recent big boost by the Economic
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      310 33  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) has opened a $1 million business solutions centre at its Comcentre premises where the company can give practical demonstrations of integrated communications solutions tailored for the needs of different industries. The centre has specific solutions meant for
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      600 33 [LONDON] George, who is 39, single and lighthearted, is looking for friends on the Internet. He has gifts the ability to speak in 40 languages and with 2,000 people at the same time. And one quirk: he doesn't really exist. George
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        59 33 ENTERPRISE software maker Sybase has appointed Tan Teng Cheong (above) as its new country manager of sales operation in Singapore. Mr Tan will oversee all business development efforts and manage the company's subsidiary here. An IT industry veteran of more than 16 years, he
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        87 33 THIRTY-SIX students from local tertiary institutions have received the National Infocomm Scholarships from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). According to the IDA, this is up from the 20 scholarships it handed out last year. This time round, the regulator received 567 applications, four
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        Lock icon Singapore to host global wireless meet
        81 33 THE National University of Singapore's Entrepreneurship Centre will be holding the Global Wireless .Venturing Forum 2006 at the Suntec Convention Centre from Oct 30-31. The event serves as an annual platform to showcase the world's leading wireless innovations and business ventures. It will incorporate
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        67 33 CANON will showcase its latest printing technology and products at a two-day event on Sept 21 and 22. To be held at The Fullerton hotel, Canon Bright Answers 2006 will feature demonstrations on how businesses can better manage their workflow, as well as printing
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        Lock icon SMC appoints new local distributor
        76 33  -  Compiled by WINSTON CHAI NETWORKING gear maker SMC Networks has appointed Convergent Systems as its new distributor in Singapore. According to SMC. Convergent has a strong footing in the retail and systems integrator distribution channels. This will allow SMC to branch into the enterprise market
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      2686 34 INNOVATION THAT MATTERS Our roundtable participants find that public organisations today innovate in ways which most would never have imagined OVERVIEW THE traditional view of governments and the public sector is one of behemoths mired in bureaucracy. But that perception is rapidly changing, with organisations in
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