The Business Times, 2 January 2007

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    22 1 THE BUISNESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBUCATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, January 2,2007
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    Lock icon Blue chips winners in 2006
    1235 1  -  Traditional faves reap strong gains for investors By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Despite the constant emergence of new investment theories, conventional market wisdom appeared to be the best bet in 2006. Last year's tally of the top gainers and losers in the stock market showed strong
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      202 1 HHHH LOOKING BACK ST INDEX AVIATION Last year's Europe's new giant leap emission rules i»mmpi>>W7 V i5iM^BMM^^Mll^M Si Bi. F HAPPY NEW YEAR, SINGAPORE j: j» [SINGAPORE] This view from Marina Mandarin Hotel signifies the end of the year2006. Against a backdrop of breathtaking fireworks and (V sea of wishing
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon A cautious beginning on the cards
      792 2  -  WALL STREET: OUTLOOK 2007 Investors may take some profits after a robust 2006 while declining earnings will also weigh on the market, say analysts By ANDREW MARKS in New York US MARKETS will be late starting the New Year, with the New York Stock
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      Lock icon Abdullah set to face more woes ahead
      903 2  -  M'SIAN POLITICS: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 PM likely to delay call for general election to 2009 By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur IT HAS been a turbulent year for Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the likely fallout is that the general
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      Lock icon Thailand grapples with Bangkok bombings
      622 2 Junta blames Thaksin and his supporters Reuters, AP. AFP [BANGKOKI Foreign governments urged their citizens in Bangkok to stay indoors as Thailand yesterday grappled with the mystery of who ordered a series of blasts on Sunday. Eight blasts struck in various locations across Bangkok late
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      480 2 PM's 2007 growth forecast conservative: analysts THE Prime Minister's economic growth forecast for 2007 is conservative and is likely aimed at cooling overheated expectations after a year of strong growth, said analysts yesterday. In a New Year's Day address that contained few surprises, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Will new EU emission rules for carriers work?
      708 3  -  NEWS ANALYSIS Implementing open skies may be more effective By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Within the next five years, airlines operating over European skies could be forced to play by new emission rules announced by the European Commission last month. Under the proposal,
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      Lock icon Raise consumption tax: Japan's business lobby
      558 3  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPAN'S powerful business lobby, Nippon Keidanren, stepped into the political arena yesterday by calling for a rise in Japan's national consumption tax. The call comes at a sensitive time for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is anxious to
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      Lock icon PM's 2007 growth forecast conservative: analysts
      793 3  -  They say 4-6% estimate could be aimed at cooling expectations By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] The Prime Minister's economic growth forecast for 2007 is conservative and is likely aimed at cooling overheated expectations after a year of strong growth, said analysts yesterday. In a New
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      161 3 BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online. To activate your account log on to asial.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. MARKETS WMk Chg* STI .2965.83 +43.44 KICOMP 1096.24 +1652 NIKKEI 225 *****.83 .._+120.87 HANG SENG *****.72 ....+*44.20 SET INDEX
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1883 4 Consensus No.of Forecast Mean Frfs recommendation esti- EPS K target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allco Commercial REIT 1.33 1.33 3 5.20 20.% 1.21 1.11 Allgreen Properties 2.33 2.22 9 5.28 24.81 1.35 1 31 Allied Technologies 2.50 2.50 2 0.95 11.05
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      Lock icon Mitigating warrant risks
      645 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY ONE of the most oftenheard criticisms of trading warrants is that it is very risky. This much is true to some extent like any stockmarket instrument, there is always risk of loss. But it is also not true to say that
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      Lock icon SingTel's Vodafone objection
      331 4 SingTel wants UK group off Bharti board: reports Reuters IMUMBAI] Singapore Telecommunications wants representatives of Vodafone off the board of mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel due to the British firm's interest in Hutchison Essar, newspapers said on Saturday. Sing Tel has a 30 per cent stake in
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      Lock icon Higher IT spending set to boost tech sector
      753 4  -  TECHNOLOGY: OUTLOOK 2007 Launch of new Windows operating system may spur PC replacement By OH BOON PING THE technology sector looks set to improve in 2007, with growth fuelled by higher IT spending and the launch of Microsoft Vista, among other drivers,
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      Lock icon Ranking of Singapore companies by share performance
      3764 5 MM COMPANY CLOONG CLOSING 0CC29 OK 10 CHANGE MM IMS t m <s) 1 ONAn 0J80 0.050 MftO MAE Engg 0.150 0022 5614 3 Hfcftns 0370 0.060 5107 4 See Ifcf) Seng 0340 0 060 4K7 5 Nylect 0265 0.050 4300 6 Ybngnam
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  • 2006 MARKET REVIEW
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      Lock icon A GIANT LEAP
      1945 6 Many themes underpinned the Straits Times Index's stellar performance of a 27-per-cent gain last year a strong oil and gas sector thanks to record oil prices, a reflation play involving the banks, the continued interest in China stocks, the "buy emerging Asia" rallying cry among investors, a
      PHOTOS: FILE PHOTO; CHART: BLOOMBERG ARTWORK: JASON LEONG  -  1,945 words
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  • 2006 IN PICTURES
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      Lock icon Big stakes, buoyant sentiment
      1216 8  -  By VINCENT WEE 2006 was a year of big numbers, big stakes and bullish sentiment. The resurgent economy brought waves of investment and optimism to our shores, but also winds of change. Meanwhile, those who strayed from the straight and narrow were brought to account as
      ST FIIE PHOTO; AFP; LIANHE ZAOBAO; ST PHOTO; Photos by ARTHUR LEE and YEN MENG JIIN  -  1,216 words
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
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      Lock icon The year car prices came tumbling down
      1270 10  -  MOTOR INDUSTRY: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 Cheap cars ruled when COE premium for Cat A fell below $10,000 mark By SAMUEL EE 2006 MAY have been a roaring year for Singapore businesses but the irony is that it will probably be remembered in
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      Lock icon Barclays to boost private banking ops in Asia
      429 10  -  By CONRAD TAN BARCLAYS Wealth, the private banking arm of UK banking group Barclays pic, is planning to expand its wealth management business in Asia, despite the keen competition. But in contrast with the fierce poaching of staff seen among some other
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon AirAsia, Virgin, EasyJet plan pact for long-haul flights: report
      551 11 They are said to be in talks to realise world's Ist low cost global network AFP, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Three of the world's top budget carriers including Richard Branson's Virgin, will soon form a global alliance based in Malaysia to fly
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      Lock icon Dismal year for Malaysian IPO market
      729 11  -  IPOS: YEAR IN REVIEW 2006 By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian market raised a paltry RM2 billion (SsB6B million) in initial public offerings (IPOs) last year due to a dearth of big listings. Total company flotations came to 39 or about half
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      3128 11 Transaction date: Dec 29 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asia! .com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG vol HKS *1- 000 Aeon Credit 6.05 -0.44 102 Aeon Stores 8.60 -0.27 0 Angang New Steel H 1140 0.58 3929
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      Lock icon Jakarta expects new listings to double
      192 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Jakarta Stock Exchange expects the number of new listings on the bourse to double in 2007 as faster economic growth in Indonesia may lure more companies to raise funds by selling shares. The exchange targets 25 new listings this year compared
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      Lock icon Adam Air plane with more than 100 on board missing
      269 11 AP [JAKARTA] Rescue teams were dispatched after a commercial Adam Air passenger plane with more than 100 people onboard sent out a distress signal while flying in bad weather in Indonesia, the transport minister said yesterday. Hatta Radjasa said a
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      Lock icon China's ICBC to acquire Bank Halim
      337 11 AP [BEIJING] The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), which had the largest-ever initial public offering (IPO) last October, yesterday said it had agreed to acquire the small Bank Halim of Indonesia in its first such overseas purchase. ICBC said it would buy
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Beijing plans to introduce car export quotas
      282 12 AFP (BEIJING] China, which doubled its car exports last year, plans to introduce a system of quotas to weed out local vehicle makers that are too small to be serious global contenders, state media said yesterday. China's car industry exported a total of340,000
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      Lock icon MARKING THE NEW YEAR
      54 12 AP An Indian Sadhu. Hindu holy man. sports a "tilak"on his forehead with the digits "2007" to observe the New Year in Allahabad. India, yesterday. Tilaks are distinctive marks made on the forehead or the brow with clay, ashes or sandalwood paste, as an indication of
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      Lock icon Repairs to Asian telecom cables delayed
      546 12 Bad weather and faulty repair ship causing delay, say telcos, regulators ITAIPEI) Repairs to undersea rabies damaged by an earthquake off southern Taiwan have been delayed by bad weather and problems with a repair ship, according to Asian telephone companies and regulators. The "schedule
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      Lock icon Taiwan's China investment limits to stay: Chen
      288 12 Cabinet on Dec 29 eased curbs on chipmakers Bloom berg [TAIPEI] Taiwan is a sovereign state that doesn't belong to China, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, said in his New Year's Day speech, and restrictions on investment on the mainland will stay. Mr Chen
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      Lock icon Nissan to build plants in India: report
      240 12 (TOKYO] Japan's second largest automaker Nissan Motor plans to invest some US$B4O million in the construction of car factories in India, a newspaper said yesterday. Nissan is considering two or three coastal cities in western and southern India as possible locations, and plans
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      Lock icon Beijing approves creation of new postal savings bank
      278 12 Reuters (BEIJING) China has formally approved the establishment of a new postal savings bank, setting the stage for the transformation of China Post's vast network of savings accounts into an independent financial institution. The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said on its
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      Lock icon India's bull run may stumble in 2007
      526 12 AFP (NKW I>l-1.1 ll| India's fouryear stock market bull run could stumble in 2007 amid expectations that the torrid growth pace of Asia's fourth-biggest economy will slow, analysts say. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSK) Sensex index finished 2006 up a record 46.7
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      Lock icon Chinese kids growing taller, heavier
      227 12 AFP [BEUING] China as a nation has grown in stature since unleashing its economy more than two decades ago but so havp its people, who are getting taller, state media reported on Saturday. Chinese children are an average 6 cm taller and roughly 3 kg
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      Lock icon Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat completed
      445 12 Reuters [AHMEDABAD] India completed construction of a highly ambitious and controversial dam on Sunday, nearly two decades after it launched the project which environmental groups said will destroy the lives of hundreds of thousands. Authorities hailed the completion of the Sardar Sarovar dam in
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Roh vows to manage markets
      502 13 South Korean govt to avoid any replay of economic crisis of 1997 or 2002 AFP. Reuters [SEOUL] South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has called for tight management of the property and financial markets so as to avoid any risk of an economic crisis. Mr Roh
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      Lock icon Listings on LSE last year raised record £27.9b
      227 13 Reuters [LONDON] The London Stock Exchange (LSE), which is currently being stalked by US rival Nasdaq Stock Markets, said on Sunday that companies listing on its markets raised a record £27.9 billion (SsB4 billion) last year. The exchange has staked its defence
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      Lock icon YouTube celebrates 2007 online despite piracy issues
      457 13 CRACKING THE CODE AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] YouTube and Warner Music Group rang in the new year online despite a seemingly broken promise by the superstar video-sharing website to have an anti-piracy system in place by 2007. Music and messages from Warner artists and
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      Lock icon Studios face crack in security for DVDs
      490 13 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] An anonymous computer programmer may have skewed the competition over standards for highdefinition DVD discs, by possibly defeating a scheme that both sides use to protect digital content. The standards, HD-DVD and Blu-ray, are being backed by rival coalitions of
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      Lock icon Tarisa hangs tough to rein in speculators, salvage credibility
      506 13 AP [BANGKOK] Tarisa Watanagase's first big decision in her new job may have sent shivers down international investors' spines, but Thailand's first female central bank chief is hanging tough as she tries to rein in speculators and salvage her credibility. The
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  • SHIPPING/AVIATION
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      Lock icon At least 200 rescued from Indonesian ferry sinking
      590 14 Numbers may rise as some picked up by ships headed for different ports Reuters (TUBAN, Indonesial At least 200 people survived the sinking of an Indonesian ferry, the health ministry said yesterday, even as body bags were being prepared for victims and
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      Lock icon Brussels Airport to raise landing fees by 34%
      402 14 Increased security costs mandated by Belgian govt cited for increase in April Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Brussels Airport will raise landing fees levied on airlines by 34 per cent as of April because of increased security costs mandated by the Belgian government. The unit
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      Lock icon Turkey to equip vessels with new security system
      157 14 Xinhua [ANKARA] The Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat will put into practice an automatic identification system (AIS) against human, narcotics and arms trafficking in Turkish territorial waters, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Sunday. Any vessel that enters the Turkish territorial waters would
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      Lock icon OOIL to sell, lease back 8 ships worth US$480m
      235 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL). a Hong Kong-based shipping line, agreed to sell and lease back eight vessels worth about US$4BO million to a venture backed by HSH Nordbank AG, to help pay for new ships. The firm
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      Lock icon Rotterdam port says cargo growth limited in short term
      547 14 Reuters (AMSTERDAM) The port of Rotterdam, Europe's biggest, realised a 1.7 per cent growth in cargo volumes last year, keeping levels at all-time highs, but growth capacity would be limited in the short term, the port said on Friday. The port
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      199 14 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Vehicle on course (4-4) 2 Making a purchase? (8) (8) Across: 1 Chaplains, 9 Aconite, 10 3 Not the only one on the 15 a y pothing for drinks ma- Gainsay, 11 Panther, 12 Cha-cha-beach (6) chine (8) cha, 14 Enabling, 15 Priest, 17 4 Avaricious newsman
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Need for Asian monetary cooperation
      547 15 EDITORIAL THE past year has been, to say the least, rather inauspicious for monetary cooperation in East Asia and it may take something of a regional monetary crisis in 2007 to get policymakers aligned behind the idea that the determination of exchange rates cannot simply
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      Lock icon US deal curtails India's nuclear ambitions
      1298 15  -  Critics of the deal have pointed out by allowing the sale of civilian nuclear reactors and fuel to India, other countries such as Iran or N Korea would be encouraged in their nuclear plans YOGI AGGARWAL WHEN US president George W Bush signed a
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      Lock icon Washington faces interesting times in 2007
      833 15  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent THERE was a certain End-of-an-Era feeling in Washington in the last two weeks of 2006. In the aftermath of the Republican loss of Congress in November, interpreted by most pundits as the American public's repudiation of President
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      Lock icon Doing things their way
      938 16  -  Latin America has clearly taken a turn in a new economic direction, and it looks to be overwhelmingly positive By MARK WEISBROT IHT ANEW wave of Latin American leaders is changing the face of the region and its relations with the United States, multilateral institutions, international
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      Lock icon Constant vigilance needed to combat bird flu
      1077 16  -  Governments should continue to track and eradicate the disease By JASON GALE JOHN LAUERMAN Bloomberg BIRD flu infected fewer humans in the second half of last year, prompting experts to point to a new enemy in the fight against a possible pandemic: complacency.
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE STOCKS
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    Lock icon FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES
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      Lock icon THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING GUIDE EXPORT
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Thai real estate market expects rebound
      642 22 PROPERTY: OUTLOOK 2007 Demand to pick up as economists see interest rates cut in second quarter AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's property market is expected to rebound in 2007 amid expectations of falling interest rates, after a year of uncertainties that plagued consumers' confidence, analysts said.
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      Lock icon Regal Hotels puts Reit IPO on hold
      560 22 Enthusiasm for property trusts waning in HK Reuters [HONG KONG] Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd has put on hold plans to spin off its hotels because of waning enthusiasm for Hong Kong property trusts, but still hopes for an IPO in early 2007,
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      Lock icon China set to pass property rights law in March
      300 22 Reuters [BEIJING] China's first law on property rights is likely to pass at this year's parliament session after years of delay, but Hong Kong reports say mainland media have been banned from freely reporting on the contentious bill. State media on
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      Lock icon UK home loan approvals surge in Nov
      410 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK banks granted the most loans for home purchases in five months in November, a sign that the property market is holding up after two interest-rate increases this year, a report from the British Bankers' Association showed. Lenders approved 77,788 mortgages,
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      Lock icon 9 UK groups to convert to Reits this week: report
      142 22 [LONDON] Nine UK property companies will formally convert to real estate investment trusts, or Reits, this week as the newest asset class on the London Stock Exchange begins trading, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The companies include British Land Co pic,
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      Lock icon Florida's speculator-driven condo market starts to fizzle out
      583 22 Reuters [MIAMI] On a piece of prime bayfront property near downtown Miami, weeds climb the steps of the sales office for Onyx 2, a planned waterview condo where apartments were to sell for USSSOO,OOO to US$2 million. A sign reads "For Sale.
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