The Business Times, 11 November 2006

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  • Title Section
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    26 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend ■■rth ANNIVERSARY JD MICA (P) 099/03/2006 SINGAPORE 85 cents A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION November 11-12, 2006 online at http://business-times asial.com sc
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Sexy designs ring up mobile sales
    858 1  -  Some phone makers' sales jump 50% with shift in focus By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] It used to be good enough for a mobile phone to be functional, sturdy and, if possible, light. But not any more. Today's phones must be sexy too. By appealing
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      63 1 S'PORE MoToRSHo^^^^f 8 Hi PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING adidas CEO Herbert Hainer on keeping up with the competition PAGE 3 CORPORATE RESULTS F&N: Full-year net earnings up 8.1% to $319.5 m PAGE 4 ComfortDelGro: Q3 profit up 2.8% PAGE 4 Sing Land's Q3 net profit up 2%;
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      427 2 F&N net earnings up 8.1 at $319.5 m FRASER Neave yesterday announced an 8.1 per cent rise in net earnings to $319.5 million for the financial year ended Sept 30, underpinned by its property and brewery businesses. F&N, which also makes soft drinks and dairy products and is
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      Lock icon Singapore interest rates peaking in line with US
      830 2  -  But it will take some time for lending rates to follow, say bankers By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Depositors used to having been wooed by banks for the past two years are finding the courtship wearing a little thin as global interest
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      135 2 STI 2,***** (-0.28) ST INDEX FUTURES 2.748.00 (+1.00) siMsa 333.23 (-0.25) f, SIMSa FUTURES*332.70 (-0.80) MARKETS Friday Change KhCOMP 1,022.30 +2.37 NIKKEI 225 16.112.43 -86.14 HANG SENG 18.891.14 -61.72 SET INDEX 740.42 -3.43 JAKARTA COMP 1.664.84 *4.57 MANILA COMP 2.839.38 +20.55 SEOUL COMP 1.395.73' -3.71 SHENZHEN 8 349.11
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      Lock icon Spirit of event not dampened despite heavy rain
      423 2  -  BULL RUN By OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] A heavy downpour failed to dampen spirits at Bull Run 2006 yesterday. Showers before the race and a bucket of rain during it did little to deter the 2,300-plus runners who pounded the bitumen for
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      Lock icon Overheard soon in Singapore: Read'em and weep
      497 2  -  Island's first poker tourney to take off with 700 players By GEOFFREY EU [SINGAPORE] At about 7pm tomorrow, in the ballroom of the Mandarin Hotel, Thomas Krenser will create history when he makes the simple, yet significant announcement "Shuffle up and deal", marking
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Impossible is Nothing
      2249 3  -  adidas CEO Herbert Hainer tells WONG WEI KONG how the company upped its hip quotient to match that of its biggest rival WONG WEI KONG NIKE used to be the epitome of cool in the sporting world. But not anymore, if you listen to Herbert Hainer, chairman
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon F&N full-year net earnings up 8.1% to $319.5 m
      836 4  -  Property and brewery businesses behind 8.8% rise in revenue to $3.79b By CONRAD RAJ MAINBOARD-listed Fraser Neave yesterday announced an 8.1 per cent rise in net earnings to $319.5 million for the financial year ended Sept 30 from $295.7 million the
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      Lock icon ComfortDelGro third-quarter profit up 2.8%
      388 4  -  By SAMUEL EE GROWING overseas bus and taxi operations pushed ComfortDelGro's net profit up 2.8 per cent to $51.3 million for its third quarter ended Sept 30. The revenue of the land transport giant increased by 16.3 per cent to a record $725.8 million largely
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      Lock icon Fabchem stake talks see progress
      311 4  -  By JEAN CHUA FABCHEM China said a new attempt by its controlling shareholders to sell a stake in the explosives maker to yet another unnamed party has reached the "secondary discussions" stage. An earlier bid by the controlling shareholders for a potential sale of shares
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      Lock icon Market trades driven mainly by earnings reports, stock re-ratings
      516 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent OF the various potentially marketmoving news released during the week, earnings announcements probably played the biggest part. For the most part, the headline numbers were impressive a ballpark estimate is that Q3 earnings grew an average
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      Lock icon Sing Land's Q3 net profit up 2% but UIC's gains drop 3%
      402 5  -  UIC blames fall on higher selling costs of its residential projects By KALPANA RASHIWALA SINGAPORE Land yesterday posted a 2 per cent increase in Q3 net profit to $23.2 million, while parent United Industrial Corporation (UIC) reported a
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      Lock icon Metro's profit dives in absence of one-time gains
      300 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI IN the absence of one-time gains this time round, retailer Metro Holdings yesterday reported that net profit for its second quarter ended Sept 30 fell 90.6 per cent to $11.4 million. Last year, net profit for the corresponding three
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      Lock icon MCL's profit falls in absence of 05's US$12.8m writeback
      362 5  -  By UMA SHANKARI PROPERTY group MCL Land yesterday said that in the absence of exceptional items, net profit for its third quarter ended Sept 30 fell 60 per cent to US$5.4 million, from US$l3.4 million for the corresponding three months last
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      Lock icon Small operators take on big real estate developers
      742 5 Food market operators, pulp mills, motel chain go into property Reuters [SINGAPORE] When motel operators get into the business of selling luxury homes, property must be hot. Indeed, Singapore's real estate market is so attractive, firms in sectors spanning food market operators,
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      Lock icon OUE mulls over use of proceeds from UOB sale
      463 5 OVERSEAS Union Enterprise (OUE), which announced late on Thursday that it had completed selling its entire stake in United Overseas Bank (UOB) for $376.9 million, is expected to ponder whether to return some of the money to shareholders while keeping the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Patrick Daniel to head SPH Union Works
        59 5 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has announced that Patrick Daniel, editor-in-chief (designate) of its English and Malay newspapers division, will be chairman of SPH Union Works, the group's radio unit, from Dec 1. Mr Daniel takes over from Arthur Seet, who is leaving the
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        Lock icon Petra Q3 net grows 23% on cocoa sales
        78 5 PETRA Foods, a major manufacturer and supplier of cocoa ingredients and branded consumer confectionary products, said net profit for the three months ended Sept 30, 2006 rose 23 per cent to US$7.5 million while revenue was up 34.6 per cent to U*****.4
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        Lock icon ECS profit gains 22% to $5.5 m in Q3
        54 5 ECS Holdings, a regional infocomm technology solutions provider, said net profit rose 22.4 per cent to $5.5 million in the third quarter. Revenue grew 19 per cent to $608.2 million. ECS said it was boosted by better product mix and improved
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        Lock icon RSH interim net profit rises 15% to $11m
        65 5 SPORTS goods distributor and retailer RSH Ltd said net profit in its first financial half ended September 2006 rose by 15.4 per cent to $11.0 million from a year ago, backed by revenue growth of 22 per cent to $309.0 million. The
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        Lock icon Dumpling demand boosts Synear profits
        56 5 SYNEAR Food Holdings, a China quick freeze food producer, said net profit jumped 95.2 per cent to 62.6 million yuan (5512.5 million) in the third quarter 0f2006 on the back of a 25.2 per cent improvement in revenue to 274.3 million yuan. The company reported
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        Lock icon Hartford's marketing efforts pay off
        55 5 HARTFORD Education has seen a 173 per cent jump in net profit to $402,303 in its first quarter ended Sept 30 from a year ago. Revenue went up 37 per cent to $2.4 million. The group said concerted marketing efforts to recruit students locally and
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      Lock icon Global Crossing's Q3 loss narrows on reduced operating costs
      307 5 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Global Crossing Ltd, whose fibre-optic network is used by MySpace.com and Microsoft Corp, had a narrower third-quarter loss because of trimmed selling costs. The company may miss an earlier forecast for the year. Global Crossing, which counts Singapore's
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      Lock icon Frontline's H1 earnings leap 40% to $3.55 m
      433 7  -  Profit boost from IT services, overseas operations; turnover up 23.7% By OH BOON PING FRONTLINE Technologies yesterday reported a 40.1 per cent jump in earnings to $3.55 million, while turnover rose 23.7 per cent to $91.2 million for the halfyear ended Sept
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      Lock icon Longcheer's Q1 profit surges 43% to 56m yuan
      271 7  -  By JEAN CHUA LONGCHEER Holdings' first-quar-ter net profit rose 43 per cent as it shipped more mobile phones to customers. The China-based mobile-hand-set manufacturer said that earnings for the three months to Sept 30 came in at 56.04 million yuan (Ssl 1.2
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      Lock icon Riverstone launches its IPO to raise $17.8 m
      557 7  -  Proceeds to be used to expand facilities, product range, and enter new markets By NANDE KHIN MAKER of cleanroom gloves, finger cots and packing materials Riverstone Holdings Ltd has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 78 million ordinary shares at 26
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS'TAKE
      995 6  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Capita Land Nov 10 dose: $5J5 OCBC INVESTMENT RESEARCH. Nov 10 DECENT results, but again driven by one-off items: Capita Land (Cap Land) reported a reasonable set of 3Q06 results with net profit of $273.4 million, down 38 per cent year-on-year, but up 73 per
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      Lock icon Meeting management a waste of time?
      1521 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent IN Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein analyst James Montier's 100-page report on the seven sins of fund management last year, the third sin is: Why waste time listening to company management? He puts forth a number of
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Many helping hands' the way to go: Vivian
      363 8  -  He says the reason for this model is to get the right people to do the job By WEE LI-EN THE "many helping hands" approach to taking care of people in need is a good model despite its flaws, Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
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      Lock icon HDB flats will remain affordable
      337 8  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT 1,500 first-timer families received additional grant By ARTHUR SIM MINISTER of National Development Mah Bow Tan has restated the government policy of ensuring that public housing will remain affordable to 90 per cent of all Singaporeans. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Mr Mah
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      Lock icon More help for local firms: Indeijit
      254 8  -  By WEE LI-EN THE government should tap its reserves to help Singaporeans and local companies rather than depend solely on budget surpluses, Ang Mo Kio GRC MP Indeijit Singh said in Parliament yesterday "While we cannot suddenly create a surplus budget year after year
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon IDA, ITU to develop training programme •
        42 8 IDA, ITU to develop training programme THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will jointly develop an executive training programme in information' and communication technology policy and regulation to help developing countries bridge the digital divide.
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        Lock icon S'pore's role in water, environment industry
        44 8 SINGAPORE can play a greater role in the environment and water industry in Asia through ensuring a sufficient pipeline of manpower and providing a conducive research environment, an International Advisory Panel told Singapore's Environment and Water Technology Exco.
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        Lock icon STB launches first Education Awards
        49 8 THE Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched the inaugural Singapore Education Awards which will be held on March 23, 2007. The awards aim to recognise the contributions made by individuals and organisations in the industry, as well as raise public interest in promoting education.
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      5476 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AB Amer Income A USD 8.681 AB Amer Income B USD 8.68/ ABAmer Income A EUR 6.76/ AIM Amro Ami Mgt (Spora) AB Amer Income 8 EUR 6.76/ Star Europe EqtyC* 1JU( aB Europ Income Opp AT SGD 15.05/ Star Elf ope Bond 1.189/ AS Europ Income
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      Lock icon Christmas light-up to last a record seven weeks
      325 9  -  STB plans more than 60 celebratory events to bring out the crowds By UMA SHANKARI ORCHARD Road and Marina Bay are set to look their shining best tonight, with the annual Christmas lights to be switched on at 7pm. The big light-up
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      Lock icon S'poreans unsure what's enough insurance cover
      398 9  -  But LIA survey shows people trust their agents' advice By GENEVIEVE CUA SINGAPOREANS tend to seek their agents' advice on how much insurance protection they need, but they have little idea of how much is enough. A survey commissioned by the Life Insurance Association
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      Lock icon Davos Life Science expands in S'pore
      265 9  -  By WINSTON CHAI BEYOND its new manufacturing plant, Davos Life Science has opened a state-of-the-art research and development centre as part of its $35 million investment in Singapore. The 15,000-square-foot facility, located at the Biopolis, will focus on developing more uses for tocotrientol, a
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      907 9 K 7 "> 1 FIC ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED jßljj (Company Registration No. *****0007K) "S JV M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Results Announcement Highlights for the Year Ended 30 September 2006 The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group for the year ended 30
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      788 9 s .U j i r 1 O ERASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0001R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Results Announcement Highlights for the Year Ended 30 September 2006 The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited resuits of the Group for the year ended 30 September 2006.
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Market rally a timely boost for embattled PM Abdullah
      516 10  -  KLCI rises 30 points for the week, ahead of Umno assembly on Monday. By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S stock market rally this week couldn't have come at a better time for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. After months of
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      Lock icon Mahathir in good spirits, says aide
      214 10 AP AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was in good spirits yesterday as he recuperated after a mild heart attack that doctors said posed no immediate danger, an aide said. "He is in good condition. We are convinced in just a
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      Lock icon MAS opposes open skies plan before 2008
      571 10  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Malaysian airspace should not be freed up to increased foreign competition for another two years, chief executive and managing director of Malaysia Airlines Idris Jala said yesterday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an aviation conference here, Mr
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
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  • INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp asks US hedge funds to join debt plan
      213 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Asia Pulp Paper Co, South-east Asia's biggest defaulter, invited remaining creditors, including two US hedge funds that own US$257 million in bonds scrapped by a court ruling, to join its debt revamp plan. Creditors who sign up for
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      Lock icon Indon president defends creation of advisory team
      264 11 He says committee needed to help with programmes, reforms in various sectors AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday defended his much criticised decision to appoint a team of advisers to help with various programmes and reforms in the economy, bureaucracy
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      5802 11 Transaction Date: Nov 10 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME VALUE Gems TV 169.988.000 Gems TV 211.461.067 FHTX Hldqs 61.727.000 UOB 112.791.830 Magnus 56.685.000 SinoTel 98.302.406 SingTel 34.344.000 DBS Grp 92.868.816 Diqiland W*****6 31.450.000 SGX S2.187.100 Noble Gro 25.755.000 CapitaLand 50.542.250 Wilmar 22.437.000 OCBCBk 43.543.450 LantroVh 21.509.000 Wilmar 33.545.700 StraitsAsia 19.758.000
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing said to be buying 12% of PCCW
      338 12 He's part of group buying 23% interest from son AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and Spain's Telefonica SA are part of a consortium led by financier Francis Leung that plans to buy Mr Li's son's 23 per cent
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      Lock icon Reform needed in India's public sector, says central bank official
      498 12  -  Deputy governor cites education, agriculture, urbanisation, public sector management By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Economic reforms may have turned India into a powerhouse, but the country's ossified public sector still needs to be reformed, said Rakesh Mohan, deputy governor Reserve
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      Lock icon India boosting plan to revamp airports
      506 12  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] India intends to push ahead aggressively with its airport modernisation programme, including building a second greenfield airport in-Mumbai and increasing foreign equity participation in selected projects to 90 per cent, from current 74 per cent. V K Kalra, the executive
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      Lock icon CHEERS TO CROWN MACAU
      51 12 [MACAU]MeIco Publishing Broadcasting Limited Entertainment co-chairman and chief executive officer Lawrence Ho (right) and co-chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting (PBL) Entertainment James Packer raising a toast during the topping out ceremony of Crown Macau yesterday. The casino is expected to open in the second quarter 0f2007.
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      Lock icon TSMC chief sees 5-8% chips growth in 2007
      189 12 Reuters [TAIPEI] TSMC chairman Morris Chang said yesterday he expects semiconductor industry growth to be flat or to slow next year, amid a flurry of recent reports of sluggishness as chipmakers sell off excess inventory. "Next year's global semiconductor industry will see
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      Lock icon China's 2006 growth may exceed 10%, says vice-PM
      248 12 Preliminary estimate shows price increases could be within 2%, says Zeng Peiyan Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's economy is likely to expand by more than 10 per cent this year, while inflation in the country may be capped at 2 per cent, Vice-Premier Zeng
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      823 12 gftj BUKIT SEMBAWANG ESTATES LIMITED Financial Statement and Dividend Announcement Unaudited Reeulta for the Second quarter and Half-year ended 30 September 2006 The Directors of Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited announce the unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the Second quarter and Half-year ended 30 September 2006
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  • MIDDLE EAST
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      Lock icon Dubai firm plans F1 theme parks worldwide
      171 13 Reuters [LONDON] Dubai's Union Properties has won the rights to develop Formula One theme parks around the world, the official Formula 1 .com website reported on Thursday. The property development company signed an agreement last year to build a US$36O million theme park,
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      Lock icon EADS stake on Gulf fund's US$10b-15b shopping list
      556 13 Investors in the fund include state agencies from Qatar, Abu Dhabi Reuters [DUBAI] A Dubai-managed Gulf Arab fund is considering buying stakes in Airbus parent EADS and in several German firms as part of a portfolio amounting to as much as US$l5
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      Lock icon Emirates group plans US$2b mega-resort
      354 13  -  By CLARENCE MICHAEL in Dubai EMIRATES Investments Group (EIG), which recently opened an office in Singapore, has launched a US$2.l7 billion White Bay a master-planned community and tourism resort in Umm A 1 Quwain in the UAE. An agreement to set up the White Bay
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Dubai bourse to go public in US$435m offering
      439 13 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai's stock exchange will become the first in the Arab world to sell its own shares when a US$435 million private and public offering opens on Sunday after the worst year for the region's markets since 2001. Dubai's government is
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Thailand to review foreign business act
      450 14 In 60 days, it will amend foreign investment nominee laws Bloomberg Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand will amend foreign investment and nominee laws in about 60 days and stop "turning a blind eye" to deals that may contravene rules, Commerce Minister Krirk-krai Jirapaet said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Thailand slashes Thaksin's 1.7t baht mega-projects budget
      299 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand will avoid more debt by cutting the ousted government's planned 1.7 trillion baht (5572.3 billion) mega-projects budget, it was announced yesterday. The interim government will push ahead with five mass transit systems in Bangkok, a water pipeline and irrigation systems
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      Lock icon Bush to make 8-day Asia visit next week
      253 14 AP [WASHINGTON] On his upcoming trip to Asia, President George W Bush will discuss terrorism, bird flu. trade and other issues with leaders of Vietnam and Indonesia. He will also meet Japan's new prime minister Shinzo Abe and seek to strengthen his
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      Lock icon Yen carry trade fears drive US$ lower
      573 14  -  US$ falls to 117.40 yen as BOJ chief admits risks By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo WHAT some fear could turn into a bout of major turbulence in global currency markets erupted yesterday after Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui acknowledged the risk of
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon IT'S SHOW TIME
      674 15  -  Apart from Japanese cars, the Singapore Motorshow 2006 features the launch of two China-made marques, says SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE LIKE other recent international auto shows, this weekend's Singapore Motorshow 2006 is significant for the introduction of two China-made marques. Geely and Lifan follow in the tyre
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      Lock icon Safer side view witn EasyLook
      482 15  -  By SAMUEL EE ONE of the latest innovations to be unveiled at Singapore Motorshow 2006 is the Easy Look Sideview Mirror control device. In some BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi models, for example, the kerbside door mirror is automatically angled inwards and downwards when the reverse
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      Lock icon Light up your drive
      274 15  -  By SAMUEL EE HELLA presented its DynaView Evo2 intelligent cornering light at Singapore Motorshow 2006. The automotive accessory maker is best known for its lamps, and this is the Asian premiere of the safety driving lamp that is able to illuminate independently and intelligently. Hella calls
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      117 15 !»■> -fly* BTWM .•1., i i* i Unlimited dining pleasure for three persons at $30 nett m It's happening at Carlton Hotel's Wahl Present this ad to qualify. Promotion Noogee House, the brainchild of the period: Nov 13 to 17 only (6pm 10pm). award-winning Wah lok Cantonese l« Mf a
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      973 16  -  Golf tourism in the Gulf region will get a big boost from the emirate of Abu Dhabi's US$27b Saadiyat Island project, reports JUSTINE MOSS JUSTINE MOSS VISITORS from Singapore are wellacquainted with the attractions of golf in the Arabian Gulf, but while Dubai may be the
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      447 16  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN IF the trend in golf club membership prices is a leading economic indicator, then one has to conclude that the Singapore economy is humming along nicely at the moment. Membership prices for Singapore golf clubs are, on average, at their highest
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      352 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD whooping-cough with.exterACROSS na l m edi c i ne (5) 1 Part of Denmark, a promonto- 5 Repeatedly run away from jer- boa (6,3) 5 Information prepared from 5 Excessively sweet having little computer file (4,3) time in the lead (4) 9 Miraculous place with loch 7 Currently
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  • WELLNESS
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      871 17  -  Cosmetic surgeons and dermatologists do see all kinds of patients those who are well-informed and know precisely what they want, and those who only have a vague idea. 'What we have to do is to tailor our consultation to the patient's level of knowledge,' says
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      688 17 THERE'S practically a cosmetic procedure for everything you'd want to look beautiful and young nowadays. But with new procedures being introduced every so often, it's hard to keep track of what treatment is best for a particular problem whether you're dealing with pigmentation
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      871 17  -  Burnt-out executives are turning to Breathwork, a breathing technique to manage stress, reports PARVATHI NAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR "IT'S like taking medicine, but no pills are involved," says Mark Philpott, global business development manager for DHL, talking about the effectiveness of a change-
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  • SHOPPING
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      1207 18  -  Founder of Luxasia talks to CORINNE KERK about his 20 years in the business CORINNE KERK PATRICK Chong talks fast. He probably can't help it, because if his words came out any slower, they'd be left miles behind his thoughts, which form at bullet-train speed.
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      395 18 DESPITE competition from large international beauty corporations, Luxasia enjoys double-digit growth year after year. Patrick Chong highlights some of his company's successful strategies over the years: His wildly successful, multi-million-dollar 1995 launch of the cK one unisex fragrance. Not only was Singapore the first country outside of
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      667 18  -  Designers at the Singapore Fashion Week finally succeeded in getting their overseas break, reports CAT ONG CAT ONG THE Access USA Programme launched at last year's annual Singapore Fashion Week (SFW) bore fruit this year, when the wholesale trade event finally resulted in more than a
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      847 19  -  S'porean Loh Lik Peng tells GEOFFREY EU about the thrilling experience of his first visit to Margaret River in Australia's west GEOFFREY EU THREE weeks ago when Loh Lik Peng went to Western Australia's Margaret River region for the first time, he had no idea what to expect. The
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      1141 20  -  Well, there's no better way to start than to hit the books, advises JAIME EE JAIME EE YOU fancy yourself a pretty good home chef, whipping up elaborate meal on weekends for appreciative friends who keep encouraging you to open your own
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