The Business Times, 8 December 2006

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    36 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES ANNIVERSARY 3> SINGAPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Friday, December 8,2006 THE BUSINESS TIMES 30th anniversary SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 099/03/2006 Friday, December 8,2006
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      1679 2 Perspectives j Chairman and CEO EMRWIBSIBEEIH ipga. The traditional capital investments that cases retain, competitive advantages systems. Whether you're in healthcare, organizational productivity in their industries. Although a finance, how do you identify are land, buildings, and equipment. significant opportunity remains in customers and change the customer 1 Other productivity
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    Lock icon Next stop: Citibank ATMs at all 51 SMRT stations
    912 1  -  Exclusive tie-up with ez-link will also break local banks' last stranglehold on ERP payments By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Citibank is sweeping into Singapore's heartland through an exclusive tie-up with SMRT Corp that will see a dramatic increase in Citi branches
    ARTHUR LEE; Sourer: SMRT  -  912 words
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    Lock icon Economists raise 2006 growth to 7.8%
    492 1  -  Latest poll shows median forecast up from 7.1% in Sept By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economy is tipped to wrap up 2006 with full-year growth of 7.8 per cent, faster than earlier estimated, according to the median forecast of 16 economists polled by
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    Lock icon HK leads world in per capita wealth
    252 1 [HONG KONG] Hong Kong people have the highest individual net worth in the world U*****,000 the largest study yet of wealth distribution shows. Japan ranked ninth, with per capita wealth of U*****,858, and Singapore was ranked 12th on U*****,631. The figures, from 2000,
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    134 1 sn 2,901.80 (+6.78) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,895.00 (+^.oo) SIMSCI 354.02 (+0.50) SIMSCI FUTURES 353.70 (-0.30) MARKETS Thursday Change KLCOMP 1.098J6 -0.09 NIKKEI 225 16,473.36 +102.08 HANG SENG 18,842.99 183.37 SET INDEX 745.54 -0.62 JAKARTACOMP 1,782.12 -2.31 MANILA COMP 2,796.18 -1.61 SEOUL COMP 1,410.30 -3.43 SHENZHEN B 393.36 +2.51
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Bank loans are growing, but margins are not
      879 2  -  Growth fuelled by riskier and thinner-margin segments By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] You could call it a paradox. While home loan borrowers brace themselves for higher repayments from next month, interest rates have continued to soften. And while consumers won't feel the
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      434 2 Capita Land in tie-up to develop KL complex CAPITALAND will team up with Malaysia's YNH Property to jointly develop a commercial complex in Kuala Lumpur's prime retail district, sources say. Capita Land will help develop YNH's 1.2 hectare site next to the Shangri-La Hotel, near the KLCC shopping
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      Lock icon CapLand in venture to build prime KL commercial project
      432 4  -  When completed, value of project on 1.2-ha site could reach RM1b By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE property heavyweight CapitaLand will team up with Malaysia's YNH Property to jointly develop a commercial complex in Kuala Lumpur's prime retail district, sources
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      Lock icon HK GST retreat risks shifting burden to other revenue sources
      607 4 IHT [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong administration's abrupt decision to drop the introduction of a sales tax will probably make tourists happy in this shopping paradise. But it is also likely to send leaders in search of other revenue sources,
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      Lock icon Firms may have to buy medical cover for foreign staff
      465 4  -  Move may come if govt withdraws medical subsidies By WEE LI-EN, OH BOON PING [SINGAPORE] The government is considering compulsory medical insurance for foreign workers as part of a drive to put Singaporeans first, Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon A boon for both SMRT and Citibank
      665 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By CONRAD RAJ SMRT Corporation's landmark tie-up with Citibank Singapore (Citibank) ought to delight its shareholders who will see the rental from letting out space in its stations as adding to the gravy train. Under the deal, Citibank customers will
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      Lock icon OCBC still in race for stake in Chongqing
      573 6 S'pore bank said to be among 6 shortlisted Reuters [SINGAPORE/SHANGHAII Morgan Stanley and Singapore's Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) are vying to buy into Chongqing City Commercial Bank, a mid-sized lender in western China, as sales talks draw to a close. Three people
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      Lock icon Sing, US fund bag Bellerive site for $37.2 m
      363 7  -  PROPERTY FOCUS Partners keen to buy more land for mid-sized projects By KALPANA RASHIWALA SING Holdings has teamed up with a USbased fund, Forum Asian Realty Income 11, LP, to purchase the freehold Bellerive in Bukit Timah through a $37.2 million
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      Lock icon Mapletree Log Trust buys first asset in Japan for $24.4 m
      359 7  -  It deals for Gyoda Distribution Centre in greater Tokyo area By UMA SHANKARI MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) has signed a deal to buy its first property in Japan for $24.4 million. The real estate investment trust (Reit) said yesterday
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      Lock icon Advance SCT takes over 3 firms for $17.9 m
      368 8  -  Move gives it direct presence in Malaysia and Indonesia By OH BOON PING ADVANCE SCT is acquiring three firms two in Malaysia and one in Indonesia for $17.9 million. The copper-recycling company says the takeovers will help strengthen its copper supply
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      Lock icon PacNet plans to appoint 3 independent directors
      349 8  -  They will also sit on compensation, audit committees By OH BOON PING PACIFIC Internet yesterday said it is planning to appoint three independent directors to its board who will also be appointed to the company's audit, compensation and nominations committees. This came after
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      Lock icon Datacraft sees FY07 tech spending as holding steady
      408 8 Reuters NETWORKING specialist Datacraft Asia Ltd said it expects tech spending in fiscal 2007 to hold steady from the previous year, and plans to hire more staff in coming quarters. Tech spending will be underpinned largely by banks expanding their branch networks
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Sedco to take 20.65% stake in CNA Group
        75 8 IT specialist CNA Group announced last night that Saudi Economic Development Co (Sedco), a Jeddah-based private wealth management company, plans to invest about $13.4 million in the company for a 20.65 per cent stake. This will make Sedco its single-largest shareholder. CNA
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        Lock icon M2B World reduces Auston stake
        40 8 AUSTON International Group's substantial shareholder M2B World has reduced its stake from 25.83 per cent to 18.6 per cent. It sold 20 million shares at an undisclosed price in the open market on Tuesday. I <'
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        Lock icon Richard Li raises PCCW stake again
        74 8 RICHARD Li has raised his holding in PCCW Ltd for the second time since a failed stake sale last week. According to a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Mr Li paid HK554.2 million (5510.7 million) on Dec 4 to raise his PCCW
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        Lock icon Freight Links H1 net up 4% to $1.86 m
        87 8 FREIGHT Links Express said its net profit for the six months to Oct 31 rose 4 per cent to $1.86 million from a year ago. Revenue rose 17.3 per cent to $61.92 million. Earnings per share for the period was 0.103
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        Lock icon Lim Beng Chee named CEO of CRCT Mgt
        43 8 CAPITAMALL Trust Management's deputy chief executive officer Lim Beng Chee has resigned with effect from Dec 8 to become the CEO of Capitaßetail China Trust Management, the manager of the newly established Capitaßetail China Trust.
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        Lock icon Evergro sells building for $11.2 m
        55 8 EVERGRO Properties, formerly known as Dragon Land, has inked a deal to sell its seven-storey light industrial factory building, Dragon Land Building, to Ho Bee Realty for total consideration of $11.2 million. The freehold building at 31 Tannery Lane has an estimated gross floor
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        Lock icon Tuan Sing gets OK for Aussie takeover
        40 8 TUAN Sing (Australia) and Morgan Stanley Real Estate have been given approval by Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board to proceed with their joint takeover offer for Grand Hotel Group at A 51.30 (Ssl.s7)ashare.
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      Lock icon Strong earnings growth seen for Shanghai Asia
      491 9  -  Cigarette packager expected to ride on consolidation in tobacco industry By MATTHEW PHAN CHINA'S consolidating cigarette industry which has seen the number of brands plummet from more than 1,800 to less than 400 in the past five years will benefit Shanghai Asia Holdings,
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      Lock icon Evergro's Jiangyin city project takes off
      138 9 KEPPEL Land subsidiary Evergro Properties held a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday (above) for a residential, retail and office project in Jiangyin city in China's Jiangsu province. The project, with more than 2,100 apartments, is going up on an 82,987 sq metre city centre site in
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Keppel, SingTel push STI above 2,900
      510 10  -  STOCKS Meanwhile, momentum in banks and property sector hitting a bump R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent VEN as momentum in the banks and property sector faltered, Sing Tel, Keppel Corp and SembCorp Industries yesterday came to the fore to keep the Straits Times Index afloat
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      Lock icon BROKERS'TAKE
      939 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Singapore strategy CIMB RESEARCH, Dec 7 A LONG way. home. The vibrancy of the domestic economy has whipped up an optimistic mood in Singapore. Adding to the strength of the oil gas industries, the bio-science, hospitality and financial services industries are all expanding. This has
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      Lock icon A$, NZ$ join push against the US$
      530 10  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent FIRST it was the European currencies, then Asia took over, but yesterday it was the turn of the Australian and New Zealand currencies to score the largest gains versus the US dollar. Closer to home, things were quieter
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  • THE CFO INTERVIEW
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      Lock icon Churning out good profits
      1244 11  -  The CFO of China Milk Products is bullish about running a company in an unfamiliar industry and taking it through the listing process, says JEAN CHUA JEAN CHUA WHAT is it like working for a company that bottles and sells bull semen? One thing is for
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      Lock icon Sports fan likes to be ahead of the game
      292 11 LIKENING his job of investor relations chief as a "gatekeeper", Mr Martin Choi said he is the first contact point for the investment community and the main spokesman in roadshows and investors' meetings. "I see myself as a gatekeeper as I
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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      Lock icon No Mareva relief unless hearings held in S'pore
      390 12  -  LEGAL MATTERS Courts can't freeze local assets to support overseas arbitrations Reports by WEE LI-EN COURTS in Singapore may not freeze local assets in support of foreign arbitration proceedings before an arbitration award is given, the Court of Appeal has ruled. Lawyers
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      Lock icon Auditors not faulted for following practices
      528 12 AUDITORS can breathe a sigh of relief with the High Court's latest decision that they will not be in breach of their duty if they act in accordance with practices accepted as proper by skilled and responsible auditors. In the case prompting the ruling.
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      Lock icon Bungalow sales could exceed $1b in 2006: Savills
      372 12  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA SAVILLS Singapore predicts that there could be more than a record $1 billion worth of Good Class Bungalow (GCB) transactions this year, up 18 per cent from the $845 million for the whole of 2005. The property consultancy says
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      Lock icon New centre to help take biomed discoveries to market
      573 12  -  GROWING SECTORS By ANNA TEO EFFORTS to take Singapore's scientific discoveries from bench to bedside and to industry will get a leg-up with the establishment of a "company-like" Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC). Funded by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
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      Lock icon STB launches ambassador programme
      331 12  -  By UMA SHANKARI A NEW Conference Ambassador Programme was launched last night by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) as part of its plans to build up the country's MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions) industry. The programme is aimed at boosting the relationship between professionals
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon East Asia growth to remain strong in 2007: ADB
      663 14  -  But bank warns of sharper than expected slowdown in US economy By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo ECONOMIC growth across East Asia will continue to be strong in 2007 after what is expected to be a robust performance this year, the Asian
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      Lock icon China's progress in opening its economy hailed
      605 14 Beijing is fulfilling WTO commitments: ex-US Trade Rep Xinhua [WASHINGTON! China has made remarkable progress in opening its economy since it joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) five years ago, a former US Trade Representative said. Charlene Barshefsky told Xinhua: "China's implementation of
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • BRIEFLY ASIA
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        Lock icon Satyam sets up global centre in Malaysia
        73 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India's fourth-largest software company, yesterday unveiled plans to set up a global software development centre in Malaysia, and said it may open a similar campus in China. The centre will be Satyam's first such facility outside
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        Lock icon Sun Hung Kai may revive Reit in 2007
        100 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd yesterday said that it would consider reviving a planned property trust spin-off next year if investor response to upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) was positive. The firm shelved its planned listing
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        Lock icon Convicted tycoon investigated again
        69 15 AFP [SHANGHAI] Shanghai property tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, once one of China's richest businessmen, is under investigation again less than seven months after being released from jail, the government confirmed yesterday. YuTian, a spokesman for the city government, declined to comment on what he was being investigated
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        Lock icon Indonesia cuts key rate to 14-month low
        67 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to a 14-month low, the seventh reduction since May, to help revive consumer spending and boost investment. Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah reduced the rate used as a reference for bill sales by
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      Lock icon Seagate to build media substrate plant in Johor
      408 15  -  RM1b facility in Kulai likely to create 2,500 jobs By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur US hard disk drive maker Seagate Technology plans to invest RMI billion (***** million) in a media substrate manufacturing facility in Kulai, Johor the company's first in
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      Lock icon Mahathir's sister, 89, dies of lung infection
      175 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Hasbah, an elder sister of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, has died of complications arising from a lung infection, a news report said yesterday. She was 89. Dr Mahathir was at Ms Hasbah's side at a hospital in his
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      Lock icon Surge in oil palm stocks reflects backing for merger: bankers
      546 15  -  Foreigners said to account for most of the buying, lifting prices 10-15% By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur THE steep escalation in the share prices of all the plantation companies slated to be folded into Synergy Drive, touted as the
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China Mobile shareholder sells 18m shares
      345 16 The sale raised HK$1.15b with shares sold at HK$63.80 each [HONG KONG] An institutional shareholder in China Mobile raised HK$l.l5 billion (*****.77 million) by selling 18 million shares in the world's largest wireless carrier by the number of subscribers on Wednesday, the South China
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      Lock icon Powerchip, Elpida to set up NT$500b chip JV
      294 16 Reuters, AFP [TOKYO/TAIPEI] Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Corp and Japanese rival Elpida Memory Inc will form a chip joint venture, spending up to NT$5OO billion (5523.8 billion) on four new plants. The 50-50 joint venture aims to build the world's largest memory chip
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      Lock icon Carlsberg in joint venture to set up brewety in India
      218 16 Plant will be operational in first quarter of 2008 Bloomberg [LONDON] Carlsberg A/S, the Danish brewer whose beer is sold in 130 countries. said it will jointly build a brewery in India's Rajasthan state to tap growth in the world's
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      Lock icon MEET THE PRESS
      84 16 [NEW DELHI] Renowned Indian writer and social activist Arundhati Roy (centre) talking to reporters as she takes part in a protest against the Communist Party of India outside their headquarters here yesterday. Along with Ms Roy. activists from the National Alliance of People's Movement and various organisations
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Iraqis slam US panel's report
      633 17 Iraq Study Group's recommendations put pressure on a fragile government LAT-WP [BAGHDAD] The Iraq Study Group's prescriptions are a recipe that neither addresses nor understands the complex forces that fuel Iraq's woes, Iraqi politicians and analysts said. The study group's prescriptions hinge on a fragile
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      349 17 Xinuha [BEIJING] TOP Chinese chief executive officers, listed sustainable, steady growth and expansion opportunities as their main challenges in a global survey that showed similarities with that of their international counterparts. The results of the survey, conducted by The Conference Board, an
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      455 18 Airbus predicts India will need 1.100 planes worth US$105b by 2025 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's fastgrowing aviation market will need 1,100 passenger and cargo aircraft worth US$lO5 billion over the next two decades, European aircraft maker Airbus Industries said yesterday. India will also become
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      231 18  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has increased the number of flights to Auckland, Hong Kong and Bangalore to cater for higher travel demand, especially over the Christmas and New Year periods. SIA will fly additional frequencies between Singapore and Auckland, New Zealand,
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      230 18 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's government aims for national plans to cap carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from airlines flying into its territory and to make them join the EU emissions trading scheme, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. "We want to put into practice
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      181 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] Insurance costs for shipping companies may rise between 5 and 6 per cent next year as underwriters prepare for stricter maritime safety regulations, said Aon Corp, the world's second-biggest insurance broker. Underwriters will be "looking for more money in expectation
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      517 20 EDITORIAL RARELY have policy measures in Singapore run up against so many obstacles, but the stork has proved to be one stubborn, difficult creature. Despite the best of intentions and efforts to coax performance year after year, it continues to under-deliver, resulting in paltry gains in the
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  • CHRISTMAS 2006
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      802 28  -  Clueless about finding the right gift or organising a Christmas dinner? Fret not. In the following pages, JAIMEE EE puts together a guide to help smooth your festive planning JAIME EE IT'S the time of year when we say, "it's that time of the year", as well
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      654 29  -  If your idea of Christmas dinner is something that does not take place in your own home, JAIME EE offers some hotel dining options JAIME EE Pan Pacific Singapore Can't decide which restaurant to eat at? Try four of them. The hotel's Gourmet Safari Dinner starts with tapas
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      933 30  -  Have a well thought-out list before hitting the malls. For the less-organised, JAIME EE looks at some suggestions for no-fail gift ideas JAIME EE WHAT'S the secret to hassle-free Christmas shopping? You're not going to like the answer. It involves drawing up your gift list way in advance
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      1104 32  -  Not the type to slave over a stove all day? JAIME EE explores some fuss-free options for throwing together a sumptuous Christmas meal JAIME EE THE Christmas dinner party. If you're the one organising, cooking and generally having an anxiety attack about the whole thing, stress not. With
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      161 28 BE TREATED LIKE A STAR Atrium Lounge Senses Patisserie Rjstorante Botogna < 3. M > v MARINA MANDARIN SINGAPORE MANAGED BY MERITUS HOTELS RESORTS Wine and dine with our season of delights. A transcendent 5-star experience awaits you at the Marina Mandarin. Usher in the holidays at our Atrium Lounge
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      213 29 "WE ORDERED CANTONESE; THEY PRESENTED THE CITY'S JEWELS AT OUR FEET." Stunning views of the city's fairylights and impeccable cuisine combined for a memorable Christmas dinner that evening at Hai Tien Lo. Later that week, we toasted to fond memories of the year at Global Kitchen over a degustation menu
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      340 32 For the most heavenly time this yuietide season, oome feast at Cafe Vic where you'll enjoy lavish gourmet j W3SA spreads and stellar service. Start off with premium foie gras flown in from France, fresh plump oysters, juicy (T\ at Caf6 Vic! Simply toil us in W3£WIB l J& every
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  • WINE
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      789 33  -  The sweet wines from Zind-Humbrecht are difficult to pair with food but the 2004s are distinctly different, says N K YONG N K YONG ALSACE and its wines have always intrigued me since my first visit in 1986 to the International Festival of Wine
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      219 33 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD adult entertainment (5,5) 11 Do a job for the stage man--6 Really enjoys living quarters 9 I I ager and instigate a row 9 Wiry types lying around the 14 Race on till collapsing in the 10 German from the East or the 16 On board ship temporary
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  • CINEMA
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      606 34  -  'The Nativity Story' retells the events leading up to the birth of Jesus in a restrained manner, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU WORKING with a familiar script (or scripture) especially one that hundreds of millions of potential viewers around the world know by heart
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      522 34  -  By PARVATHI NAYAR TONY Scott's latest film Deja Vu reunites the director for the third time with Denzel Washington, but the results, unfortunately, give he to the adage "third time lucky". Deja Vu opens with a bang, as a New Orleans ferry
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      270 34  -  DVD By JAIME EE IT'S back to life in Wisteria Lane as our favourite Desperate Housewives pick up where they left off in Season One. So if you only managed to catch an episode here and there in Season Two, now's the chance to sit
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      796 35  -  CLUBS Party festivals are all the rage these days for nightspot operators, writes MELISSA LWEE MELISSA LWEE NOT content to rest on their laurels, nightspot operators in Singapore are lipping the clubbing ante by throwing big party festivals to reel in the public.
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      548 35  -  ARTS By MATTHEW PHAN in Tokyo HOW does one begin to write about a performance that weaves in sounds from Western, Chinese and Indian classical instruments, features Malay dance forms as well as a sharply edited film background, and purports to be a musical and visual
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      310 35  -  DANCE By CHEAH UI-HOON THE Singapore Dance Theatre adds a new full-length ballet to its repertoire La Sylphide. considered the prototype of Romantic Ballets. While the Classical era had laws of balance and restraint, the Romantic era saw more artistic freedom, experimentation and creativity. And August Bournonville's
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      1538 36  -  Tis the season to give and fund-raising has become more personalised and imaginative, writes CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON YOU know that Christmas is coming when you hear the Salvation Army bell-ringers at shopping malls and find notes in your mailbox asking you to buy greeting cards for charity
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      804 37 Unified Communications removes barriers to virtual collaboration and improves efficiency By Craig Gledhill, managing director, Singapore and Brunei, Cisco Systems It's a commonplace scenario in business today: a worker checks his instant messaging (IM) application to see if his colleague
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      1191 37 Ultra-high quality, two-way telepresence video system revolutionizes remote collaborations; creates face-to-face experience for meetings over IP networks The picture for virtual communications has become much clearer, thanks to new technology from Cisco. Studies show that visual clues such as the raise of an
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      18 37 To learn more about Cisco Unified Communications. visit cisco.com/unifiedcommunications J To learn more about Cisco TelePresence, visit cisco.com/telepresence
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