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Title Section22 2007-03-27 1 THE BUISNESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, March 27,200722 words
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569 2007-03-27 1 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ [SINGAPORE] A group of high-profile businessmen and professionals are threatening to launch a class-action suit against Singapore Airlines over its plan to scrap life membership of its top-tier Solitaire Priority Passenger Services (PPS) Club. Some of the aggrieved customers are569 words
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Article1002 2007-03-27 1 DANIEL BUENAS - Update to widen scope beyond print, broadcast By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] In a move aimed at creating a framework for new media players and providing more public choice, the Media Development Authority (MDA) plans to expand the scope of its Media Market Conduct Code1,002 words
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Article133 2007-03-27 1 STI 3,204.55 (-1.27) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,204.00 (-2.00) □siMsa 394.00 (-1.17) SIMSa FUTURES ***** (-0.40) MARKETS Monday Change KLCOMP 1.***** +8.67 NIKKEI 225 17,521.96 +4135 HANG SENG 19,765.85 +73.21 SET INDEX 679.04 +1.25 JAKARTA COMP 1,813.72 +7.76 MANILA COMP 3,150.04 -20.01 SEOUL COMP 1,449.77 +2.39 SHENZHENS 513.85 +6.43133 words
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Advertisement30 2007-03-27 1 R&D INVESTMENT Eli Lilly to spend another USslsominS'pore PAGE 4 SME SPOTLIGHT Tapping the demand for 'green' technologies page 13 How SMEs can attract good staff PAGE 14 8 HI30 words
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TOP STORIES
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489 2007-03-27 2 JANICE HENG - New setup to implement R&D and pilot projects in green solutions By JANICE HENG [SINGAPORE] The government will spend $350 million over the next five years to help make Singapore a world leader in clean energy in line with its489 words
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Article, Illustration634 2007-03-27 2 KALPANA RASHIWALA - By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Japanese retailer Takashimaya Singapore has enjoyed another record year, lifting after-tax profit 24.5 per cent to $29 million for the 12 months ended December 2006. Singapore's biggest department boosted turnover 7.5 per cent to $466 million last year,FILE PHOTO - 634 words
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313 2007-03-27 2 ROLAND LIM - By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] An intellectual property lawyer has pointed to a potential for confusion between the new proposed Media Market Conduct Code (MMCC) and the Competition Act. Giving his initial reaction to the Media Development Authority of Singapore's (MDA) first triennial review of313 words
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Article411 2007-03-27 2 Eli Lilly to pump US$150m more into R&D in S'pore ELI Lilly Co will spend US$150 million over the next five years to expand research in Singapore. The investment will create the country's largest corporate drug R&D centre, and comes on top of the US$140 million Lilly Centre411 words
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Article, Illustration216 2007-03-27 4 [SINGAPORE] A*Star chairman Philip Yeo has refused to be drawn further on a boisterous online exchange between him and former government scholar Chen Jiahao. At an event yesterday to mark Eli Lilly's expansion in Singapore, Mr Yeo was pressed by reporters twiceFILE PHOTO - 216 words
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475 2007-03-27 4 CHEN HUIFEN - New investment will create largest corporate drugs R&D centre here Reports by CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] US pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly Co says it will spend US$l5O million over the next five years to expand its research activities in Singapore. The new475 words
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679 2007-03-27 4 ANNA TEO - By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] It looks to be a soft first quarter for the economy, going by the latest industrial output data. Manufacturing output was virtually flat last month, rising just 0.1 per cent year-on-year after a 16 per cent679 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration510 2007-03-27 6 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS Jardine group and property stocks help keep index loss respectable R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent Relatively low volume and subdued trading continued to dog the local market yesterday in a drab session that saw a handful of penny stocks and second liners provideSource: Bloomberg - 510 words
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Article458 2007-03-27 6 MATTHEW PHAN - Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN Offshore and marine sector CITIGROUP RESEARCH, March 23 We recently attended the Deepwater and New Building Rig Symposium in Singapore, which saw presentations from ENSCO, National Oihvell Varco (NOV), Hydril Company, Keppel Fels, and Regency Steel. The key takeaways from the meetings were that458 words
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Article, Illustration298 2007-03-27 6 KELIVE RESEARCH - CHART POINT By KELIVE RESEARCH GLOBAL markets should continue to hold its footing this week on the back of a busy and mildly upbeat week of market-moving economic data. Following strong US existing home sales data on Friday, markets are looking forward to aSource: New VIEW - 298 words
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Article, Illustration537 2007-03-27 6 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent FRIDAY'S quite pleasant surprise from the US housing front bought the US dollar some respite in Asian currency trading yesterday, but the Malaysian ringgit was able to buck the trend with fresh highs yet again. Following hawkish remarksSource: Reuters - 537 words
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Article, Illustration911 2007-03-27 6 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Pow Umh Up Down Pitch Up Down Utti Multi Ind 656 010 666 Manufacturing 84 48 68 14 8 17 96 56 85 Commerce 29 19 24 4 5 7 33 24 31 Tpt/Stor/Comms 19 14 7 2 0 1 21 14 8911 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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229 2007-03-27 7 Bloomberg MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit, which invests in commercial properties, may raise as much as $321.5 million selling shares for the first time in Singapore. The Melbourne-based trust will offer 247.3 million shares at between $1 and $1.30 apiece, according to anBloomberg - 229 words
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663 2007-03-27 7 R SIVANITHY - HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY WHEN failed education firm Horizon Education and Technologies known as Horizon.com in its first incarnation was transformed into a European fibre optic network operator named Global Voice (GV) via a reverse takeover in October 2004, hopes were high663 words
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620 2007-03-27 8 WONG WEI KONG - Bank focusing on M'sia, Indonesia, China markets By WONG WEI KONG INDIA undoubtedly presents new possibilities for Singapore banks, but not all have placed the same emphasis on growing a local presence in the vast market. While DBS Bank and United Overseas620 words
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Article, Illustration469 2007-03-27 8 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ OFFSHORE rig giant Keppel Corporation has formalised an agreement announced in March last year to take a 20 per cent stake in a joint venture with Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) to jointly develop a world-class shipyard in Qatar. "This agreementFILE PHOTO - 469 words
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Article337 2007-03-27 8 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ GUOCOLAND. the Singapore listed arm of Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, which already has a third of its assets in China, is pouring even more money into the country. It announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary GuocoLand (China) has signed a337 words
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413 2007-03-27 8 ARTHUR SIM - By ARTHUR SIM CITY Developments Ltd (CDL) has acquired three more residential sites off Balestier Road, bringing the total area of land it has acquired in the area to almost 300,000 sq ft CDL announced yesterday that it had bought Concorde Residences.413 words
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368 2007-03-27 8 MICHELLE QUAH - By MICHELLE QUAH SINGAPORE-listed investment holding firm Gallant Venture has confirmed a BT report that two of its subsidiaries and the Bintan Lagoon Resort have been sued over a plot of land on Bintan Island on which part of the resort is368 words
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299 2007-03-27 8 MERRILL Lynch yesterday launched Citrine China Elite Notes—its third structured note for Singapore's retail market linked to the share price performance of five Chinese companies, Air China, Bank of China, China Mobile, China Petroleum Chemical Corp and Lenovo Group. Merrill said the four-year notes, which are299 words
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671 2007-03-27 9 OH BOON PING - Brokerage singles out Ascendas-Reit, Suntec Reit and Ascott Residence Trust as interesting counters By OH BOON PING DESPITE the recent stock market volatility, UOB Kay Hian is recommending clients to be overweight in the real estate investment trust (Reit) sector, citing its671 words
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Article297 2007-03-27 9 SembMarine sells stake in company SEMBCORP Marine has sold its 55 per cent stake in Jurong Clavon Pte Ltd Group (JCN) for $2.9 million. At the same time, it has formed Jurong Autoblast Services Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, to take on the principal activities of surface297 words
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Article, Illustration580 2007-03-27 7 MATTHEW PHAN - IPO WATCH Rickmers Maritime will channel proceeds to buy initial fleet of 5 containerships By MATTHEW PHAN HOT on the heels of First Ship Lease, German ship owner Rickmers is sponsoring a third maritime trust that could raise estimated net proceeds of US$25BFILE PHOTO - 580 words
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358 2007-03-27 8 MATTHEW PHAN - ST Aero's 2 deals are with RSAF while ST Electronics' job is with Mindef By MATTHEW PHAN SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering has bagged three contracts worth in excess of $400 million two through ST Aerospace and one through ST Electronics. ST Aero's contracts358 words
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GLOBAL TRADERS' ROUNDTABLE
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Article, Illustration4282 2007-03-27 10 PARTICIPANTS in the roundtable Moderator Chen Huifen, correspondent, The Business Times Panelists: Dave Ernsberger, editorial director for Asia, Platts David Chang, director finance director, Koch Refining International Pte Ltd Eduardo Autran, managing director, Petrobras Xu Qing, managing director, Unipec Singapore Pte Ltd Kathy Lai,4,282 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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Article, Illustration230 2007-03-27 12 AS part of the government's efforts to develop Singapore as a clean energy hub, a Fuel Cell Community has been established to aid local companies in the industry. Initiated by the Economic Development Board and hosted by Temasek Polytechnic, the community will230 words
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326 2007-03-27 12 WINSTON CHAI - SPH editorial adviser Cheong Yip Seng will be chairman By WINSTON CHAI THE government will rely on a new high-level group to ensure that Singapore does not take in the bad with the good as it embraces the advent of digital326 words
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Article, Illustration235 2007-03-27 12 LOCAL arts venue The Arts House is celebrating its third anniversary with a new focus, led by Jennie Chua, the incoming chairman of its managing company. The Old Parliament House (OPH) Limited. Ms Chua takes over from Edmund Cheng who,235 words
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253 2007-03-27 12 VINCENT WEE - By VINCENT WEE FEBRUARY'S tourist arrival figures show the fastest growth as coming from some of the other territories which celebrate the Chinese New Year holidays. Many tourists took one or two-week holidays during the period, says the Singapore Tourism Board. Arrivals from Taiwan253 words
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Article164 2007-03-27 12 SP SERVICES said yesterday the electricity tariff will be cut by an average of 5.73 per cent or 1.14 cents per kWh for the April-June quarter. The tariff is pegged to the price of fuel oil. And generating costs have fallen in line with lower fuel164 words
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341 2007-03-27 12 PAMELA CHEW - By PAMELA CHEW A NEW support group was yesterday launched to help Singapore businesses make deeper inroads in the Middle East. The launch of the Middle East Business Group (MEBG) was officiated by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Bahrain Crown Prince Sheikh341 words
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Article166 2007-03-27 12 Singapore ratifies trademarks treaty SINGAPORE ratified the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks yesterday, becoming the first member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) to do so. The treaty, which was adopted at a conference held here in March last year, harmonises trademark application procedures and166 words
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Article, Illustration283 2007-03-27 12 SENTOSA'S Siloso Beach was last night transformed into a spectacle of water, light and fire as Sentosa's newest attraction debuted before an entranced audience. The multi-million dollar production. Songs of the Sea. features a live cast of characters in addition to fire effects, lasers,CHEW SENG KIM/THE STRAITS TIMES - 283 words
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521 2007-03-27 12 SIOW LI SEN - They hold the most number of credit cards; delinquents most likely to be 35-39 of age By SIOW LI SEN CREDIT card holders in their 30s are more likely to get into trouble living on credit and this group also holds the most number521 words
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SME spotlight
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Article, Illustration1572 2007-03-27 13 NANDE KHIN - The demand for environmental technologies in Asia is fast growing and many SMEs are keen to offer their environmentally friendly solutions, reports NANDE KHIN NANDE KHIN ALTHOUGH largely overshadowed by the boom in the oil and gas industry and new developments in the biomedicalFILE PHOTOS - 1,572 words
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Article131 2007-03-27 13 PHILIP YEO. who joins Spring Singapore as chairman on April 1, will make his first public appearance in his new role a week after that. Formerly chairman of A*Star, Mr Yeo will attend the launch of Enterprise 50, an event organised by Accenture and131 words
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Article, Illustration1269 2007-03-27 14 CONRAD TAN - A Forbes rich list alum shares tips on retaining talent.CONRAD TAN reports CONRAD TAN FRANK Levinson, once ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the 400 richest people in the world, has a number of tips for small and mediumsized companies (SMEs)1,269 words
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629 2007-03-27 14 Motivating great people in a nutshell Hire people better than you Great people like to hang around other great people. It all starts with this step. Only hire nice people A few ego-maniacs and difficult people ruin a culture for all, which means poor retention. Venture companies are small teams629 words
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Article, Illustration653 2007-03-27 15 TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY - SMALL CAPS It'll tap rising India, China demand, reports TAMARA MONAHAN KUPPUSAMY TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY TECHCOMP Holdings Ltd, a maker and distributor of scientific and medical equipment, announced yesterday that it has secured a distributorship agreement with SP Industries to market and sell itsFILE PHOTO - 653 words
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480 2007-03-27 15 TEH HOOI LING - By TEH HOOI LING INVESTOR confidence in the market appears to have returned with many second liners chalking up good gains in the last week or so. Our small cap portfolio continued to fare well. Compared with a week ago, it advanced480 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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266 2007-03-27 16 Reuters, Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Indonesian economy is forecast to grow between 6.6 per cent and 6.8 per cent next year, higher than this year's state-budget target of 6.3 per cent, the chief economics minister said yesterday. A Reuters poll in March showedReuters,; Bloomberg - 266 words
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Article, Illustration449 2007-03-27 16 Finance minister says restrictions will affect fewer industries Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's proposed laws on foreign ownership are "too extreme" and will probably be "weakened," Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said. He said amendments to the Foreign Business Act, which restricts overseas investment, votingBloomberg; BLOOMBERG - 449 words
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Article, Illustration415 2007-03-27 16 Bloomberg, Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan needs to gradually raise interest rates according to developments in the economy and prices, governor Toshihiko Fukui said. "If the economy steadily keeps recovering and expanding, even at a gradual pace, expectations that ratesBloomberg,; Reuters - 415 words
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461 2007-03-27 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is speeding up aid to war-scarred countries in an initiative that may conflict with his long-stand-ing campaign against corruption. The Washington-based international lending organisation plans to cut the time it takes to approve loansBloomberg - 461 words
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293 2007-03-27 16 Bloomberg, Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand asked banks to curb speculation in the baht after the currency surged to a nine-year high last week, Governor Tarisa Watanagase said. "We saw information that some banks have been manipulating on the baht," Mr Tarisa toldBloomberg,; Reuters - 293 words
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438 2007-03-27 16 NEIL BEHRMANN - By NEIL BEHRMANN in London [London] Outflows from Asian and emerging markets are at last beginning to abate following huge withdrawals in late February and early March. The recovery in Asian stock markets during the past few days have helped sentiment. If the market continues438 words
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MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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546 2007-03-27 17 S JAYASANKARAN - Paper carries news of project but KL officials unable to confirm its status By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur REPORTS that Singapore and Malaysia have agreed to a high-speed bullet train link to be built by Malaysian conglomerate YTL Corporation have546 words
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Article, Illustration422 2007-03-27 17 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has no timeframe for ending its decade-old ban on offshore trade in the local currency and may move slowly to internationalise the ringgit, the central bank chief said yesterday. Malaysia has banned foreign trade in theReuters; BLOOMBERG - 422 words
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449 2007-03-27 17 LAUREL TEO - By LAUREL TEO in Jakarta INITIAL investigations suggest that Friday's four explosions at a Singaporeanowned granite quarry in the Riau Islands were caused by foul play rather than being accidental. But despite the probable sabotage, Hong Leong Asia announced yesterday that449 words
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878 2007-03-27 17 LAUREL TEO - Indonesia 2030 —a vision or a dream? INDONESIA INSIGHT By LAUREL TEO in Jakarta THE fine line separating visions and dreams is delineated by success or the lack of it, a prominent Indonesian businessman recently mused to BT. "If you succeed, people will praise your vision. If you fail, they'll878 words
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GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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330 2007-03-27 18 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's largest real estate developer DLF said it signed a US$2O billion deal yesterday with Al Nakheel of the United Arab Emirates to build two townships in India. The companies will initially invest US$5 billion each in theAFP - 330 words
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421 2007-03-27 18 AFP [BEIJING] Plans by Intel to build a huge semiconductor plant in north-east China are likely to send shockwaves through the region's fiercely competitive chip industry, analysts said. It will serve as a wakeup call not just for Asian companies but also forAFP - 421 words
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162 2007-03-27 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] State-run Union Bank of India has no concrete plans to merge with fellow state-run lender Bank of India (BOI), but they do work together in some areas, the Union Bank chairman and managing director said yesterday. "Nothing concrete has moved onReuters - 162 words
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293 2007-03-27 18 AFP [HONG KONG] Winning reelection was the easy part. Now Hong Kong's leader Donald Tsang faces the daunting task of delivering on his promises, namely creating a blueprint for democracy with China's consent. A largely pro-Beijing electoral college handed Mr Tsang anotherAFP - 293 words
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BRIEFLY ASIA
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Article92 2007-03-27 18 AFP [KUPANG, Indonesia] A rumbling Indonesian volcano could erupt in the next two weeks, experts warned yesterday after 15,000 people fled their coastal homes nearby. The alert status for the increasingly active Mount Batutara had been raised to the third of four possible levels, aAFP - 92 words
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84 2007-03-27 18 [JAKARTA] PT Pertamina, Indonesia's state oil company, said profit last year rose 15.6 per cent on higher prices of oil. Net income rose to 19 trillion rupiah (Ss3.l billion) from 16.46 trillion rupiah. Frederick Siahaan, the company's finance director, said yesterday. The figures were unaudited,84 words
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84 2007-03-27 18 Reuters [BEIJING] China's commerce ministry plans to become stricter in approving foreign investments in the property sector, the official China Daily reported yesterday. The paper cited an unnamed source as saying that revised guidelines on foreign investment due to be released by the ministryReuters - 84 words
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104 2007-03-27 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Tata Consultancy Services Ltd may get a stake of up to 10 per cent in Deutsche Telekom unitT-Systems in exchange for executing US$l billion worth of orders, the Hindustan Times reported yesterday, quoting sources. "According to highly placed sources, theReuters - 104 words
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Article, Illustration466 2007-03-27 18 Decision may ease industry concern over intellectual property rights Bloomberg [BEIJING] Intel Corp. the world's largest semiconductor maker, plans to build its first computer-chip factory in China, investing US$2.5 billion in a country that assembles 50 per cent of the world's personalBloomberg; AFP - 466 words
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MIDDLE-EAST
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224 2007-03-27 20 Reuters [LONDON] Saudi Basic Industries Corp (Sabic) is lining up a bid for the plastics unit of General Electric Co in a deal that could be valued at up to US$l2 billion, the Financial Times reported. The Saudi company, the world's largestReuters - 224 words
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Article, Illustration501 2007-03-27 20 RONNIE LIM - But analysts say this year's record prices may not have any impact in Singapore By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Summer seems to have come earlier than expected, one oil trader here said as oil prices spiked to almost US$63 a barrel yesterday due mainly toBLOOMBERG - 501 words
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Advertisement2390 2007-03-27 21 yflPt >AT^ NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: noticesCQ'sph.com.sg I BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT I Ull'.l'.fj I Land Keppel Land Limited Co Reg No: *****0001G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting and <a) c rAGM )hMdwrequi,edby flnCI IVD (t>) the date on which the2,390 words
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Article, Illustration547 2007-03-27 22 [SYDNEY] Coles Group Ltd, Australia's second-largest retailer, may sell its three units separately to increase the price paid to more than the A 518.2 billion (5522.3 billion) rejected in last year's takeover attempt. Separate sales may be held for the TargetBLOOMBERG - 547 words
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217 2007-03-27 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup executives are putting the finishing touches on a restructuring plan that is likely to involve around 15,000 job cuts and a charge against earnings of more than US$l billion, according to sources familiar with the matter, The Wall StreetReuters - 217 words
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502 2007-03-27 22 LATEST US DATA Investor optimism falls on housing woes, survey shows Reuters [WASHINGTON] Sales of new US homes unexpectedly fell 3.9 per cent in February to the lowest rate in nearly seven years while the number of new homes on the marketReuters - 502 words
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323 2007-03-27 22 Reuters {LONDON] UK housebuilder Taylor Woodrow has agreed to buy rival George Wimpey for £2.5 billion (557.5 billion) to create a market leader in Britain and combine businesses in a tough US housing market. The nil-premium, all-share deal is the biggestReuters - 323 words
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Article156 2007-03-27 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] IBM has developed optical technology that allows a full-length movie to be downloaded from the Internet in one second. The prototype chipset, which will be unveiled at a conference this week in Anaheim, California, allows information to move at 160 gigabits per second,Bloomberg - 156 words
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301 2007-03-27 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] London City traders are raking in salaries and bonuses as much as 50 per cent higher than their Wall Street counterparts, according to a study. UK traders' earnings increased as much as 22 per cent, while US salariesBloomberg - 301 words
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Article, Illustration717 2007-03-27 22 Case could decide political fate of former Thai PM, say analysts Reuters. AP [BANGKOK] Prosecutors yesterday charged the wife of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and her brother with tax evasion in a case which could finish off the charismatic billionaire politically. PojamanReuters.; AP; AFP - 717 words
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Advertisement2388 2007-03-27 23 NOTICES Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd Co Reg No: *****0115G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) AI a-- X A I I am _x 2 f of the Company at any time and from time to time during the period commencing from the date of the IMOtICS OT Annual osnsrdi IVlGGtinCj/2,388 words
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Article, Illustration665 2007-03-27 24 London wants hard line against Washington as its carriers are likely the biggest losers AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Union and the United States are headed for a dogfight over transatlantic air travel, with Britain determined to ensure that an "open skies" agreementAFP - 665 words
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326 2007-03-27 24 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's 93-year-old Don Muang airport in Bangkok faced "minor problems" in the first two days of operations as it was reopened on Sunday to ease congestion at the capital's new airport. Thai Airways International Pel, the country's biggest carrier, moved most ofBloomberg - 326 words
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Article, Illustration176 2007-03-27 24 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Budget Terminal celebrated its first birthday yesterday with a live shopping game where five passengers competed for a $10,000 travel package. In the past year, the terminal has seen more than 1.36 million passengers passing through its gates and close to 120 per176 words
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296 2007-03-27 24 Cathay to monitor situation before resuming flights Bloom berg [NEW DELHI] Sri Lanka's Colombo airport has reopened after a brief closure following a rebel attack on a nearby air force base which caused flights to be suspended for about six hours. "Operations at the airportBloom berg - 296 words
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Miscellaneous208 2007-03-27 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD DOWN 16 Shady characters do not like YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 1 A jolly lady from the fleet (6) this spot (9) Across: 5 Wakers 8 Achiever 9 2 Flow-chart? (4-5) 17 Performer of take-offs (8) Ali Baba, 10 Domed, 11 Attribute, 3 Not a sound can be heard in208 words
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432 2007-03-27 25 DONALD URQUHART - 40 tankers stuck at the French port; vessels diverted from Dutch facility By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] A strike by port workers at Marseille, France's biggest oil-import facility on the Mediterranean Sea, continued for a 13th day yesterday, while at the Rotterdam port, tugboat operators resumed432 words
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409 2007-03-27 25 Reuters [SINGAPORE] South Korea's Hanjin Heavy Industries Co has won the first orders to build oil tankers at its new shipyard in the Philippines, company sources said yesterday, a deal worth an estimated US$l3O million. The two tankers, the biggest ever built inReuters - 409 words
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120 2007-03-27 25 Reuters [HAMBURG] The Rhine river was closed to shipping near Cologne in Germany after an accident involving a container ship over the weekend, a fire brigade spokesman said yesterday. The river could remain closed for several days, possibly until Friday, a spokesman for theReuters - 120 words
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Article, Illustration768 2007-03-27 25 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd, Japan's second-largest shipping line, plans to raise prices for carrying containers to the US by about 5 per cent this year to cover higher costs, said president Akimitsu Ashida. The company is in talks withBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 768 words
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360 2007-03-27 25 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian airline Garuda has signed a deal to buy 25 Boeing 737-800 jets worth up to US$l billion, the carrier's chief executive said yesterday, as it moves to upgrade its ageing fleet. Emirsyah Satar declined to give an exact valueReuters - 360 words
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151 2007-03-27 25 Reuters [CANBERRA] Australia yesterday warned its citizens to rethink travel plans to Indonesia following a recent passenger jet crash in Central Java which has cast a shadow over the safety of Indonesian carriers. Indonesia's Directorate General of Civil Aviation last week released a preliminaryReuters - 151 words
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86 2007-03-27 25 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] ÜBS Nominees Pty hold 10.4 per cent of the shares of Qantas Airways, the subject ofa A$ 11.1 billion (5513.6 billion) buyout offer. ÜBS Nominees, a unit of ÜBS AG, increased its holding from 8.9 per cent, according to a regulatoryBloomberg - 86 words
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245 2007-03-27 25 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON Princess Cruises said two passengers were rescued from the Gulf of Mexico within five hours after falling overboard early on Sunday morning off the coast of Texas. The Carnival Corp unit said a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman apparentlyBloomberg - 245 words
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477 2007-03-27 26 EDITORIAL MALAYSIA seems to have signalled its intentions to climb up the world's competitiveness rankings. Its central bank liberalised foreign exchange regulations, junking previous angst about potential domestic outflows. Better yet. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi scrapped a 35-year-old tax on profits from property sales477 words
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Article, Illustration1057 2007-03-27 26 LEON HADAR - Industry players may be making their work sound more exotic and complex than it is LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent DURING the 1980s, post-modernist philosophy was all the rage in social science and humanities departments in Western universities. As a doctoral student at that time, I hadAP - 1,057 words
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Article, Illustration709 2007-03-27 26 PAUL SAMUELSON - THE BOTTOM LINE PAUL SAMUELSON ON Wall Street, when a company's profits and stock prices plummet, CEOs are fired. Even at universities, when the faculty clashes with the president long enough, the president resigns. In democratic politics, things change more slowly. Because President Bush's709 words
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Article, Illustration1415 2007-03-27 27 DAVID PARMENTER - Here's a new approach to key performance indicators as many firms may be working with the wrong measures By DAVID PARMENTER SHOW me a company that thinks it has key performance indicators (KPIs), which it measures monthly and quarterly, and I will show you measures thatAFP FILE PHOTO - 1,415 words
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268 2007-03-27 27 THE property tax and TV licence fee bill dated Dec 18, 2006, that I received for the year 2007 was duly settled through my Giro account on Feb 5, 2007. I was surprised to receive a month later a "Notice(s) under the Property Tax268 words
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265 2007-03-27 27 Jane Yeo - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Jane Yeo Vice President and Head of Clearing and Depository Operations The Central Depository (Pte) Ltd WE refer to the forum letter, "CDP, review excess rights shares allocation" by Mr Denis Distant (BT, March 21). The issuer exercises its rights265 words
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475 2007-03-27 27 Leong Sze Hian - Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the report, "Govt must close pay gap to retain talent: PM Lee Pay for staff Grade 1 has slipped to 55% of benchmark" (BT, March 23). While it is important to retain talent, we may need to475 words
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Article5377 2007-03-27 29 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In SS In US$ dy yr %dy Syr dy %yr M« 23 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change VIMd Index Preliminary 1128.5 03 2.5 0.1 1.8 0.1 2.9 EAFE Preliminary 1145.3 0.4 3.4 0.1 3.1 0.1 4.2 Europe Preliminary5,377 words
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Article, Illustration1198 2007-03-27 34 CHEE HOK YEAN - Economic, tourism prospects expected to stay robust By CHEE HOK YEAN UNDERPINNED by buoyant tourism markets and the positive macroeconomic environment, major hotel markets across Asia, including Singapore, had a stellar year in 2006. Strong investor appetite for hotel assets in the region ledSINGAPORE FLYER NETWORKING - 1,198 words
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Article, Illustration490 2007-03-27 35 JANE MOIR - HK 's mass residential market seen picking up Buyers encouraged by govt Budget, mortgage price war, say property agents By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong A STRING of recent property sales in Hong Kong's mass residential market has triggered speculation of a more brisk outlook for the sector, which continuesAFP - 490 words
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Article, Illustration499 2007-03-27 36 KALPANA RASHIWALA - 2006 is first time they buy more homes from secondary market By KALPANA RASHIWALA HDB upgraders appear to be priced out of the private housing market, when it comes to new launches by developers, according to DTZ Debenham Tie Leung's latest analysis499 words
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