The Business Times, 2 April 2007

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  • 20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION Monday, April 2,2007 SINGAPORf 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 202/12/2006
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  • 597 1  -  Auckland leads Asia-Pac region; Zurich, Geneva still top Mercer survey By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Singapore has retained its 34th position in a global ranking on quality of living and stays ahead of other key Asian cities such as Tokyo and Hong
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  • 722 1  -  Auditors say changes may mean 10-15% cost savings as less work is required By' WEE LI-EN [SINGAPORE] A simpler accounting standard for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is being put forward by the national body that lays down accounting standards for use by companies in
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    • 59 1 GOLF Woods-Mickelson S|| rivalry at US Masters page 15 wKiKm mmm isfliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiißK BUSINESS LEAGUE Where does Singapore stand? What still needs to be done to make Singapore more business-ready? PAGES 10 11 ENTREPRENEUR INSIGHTS Starting today, a monthly series on entrepreneurs and the challenges they face, based on research by
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    • 15 1 COMMENTARY Extend Regulation Rtir Disclosure to broking reports PAGES 8 111 Markets Digest Page 2
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 586 2  -  Move may help avoid scandals at family-run firms By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong NEW rules are being mooted to enable Hong Kong auditors to get information about a company from staff members, a move which may help avoid scandals at
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    • 550 2 Temasek welcomes Thai word on Shin TEMASEK Holdings yesterday said it welcomed Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkara's statement on Friday that Thailand "should not, and likely will not. take back" Shin Corp from Singapore's investment company. Goh Yong Siang, Temasek's Thailand country head, said the finance minister's statement
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    • 345 2  -  Assurance that it is unlikely to take back Shin Corp signals 'very positive development' By VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings yesterday welcomed Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn's statement on Friday that Thailand "should not, and likely will not, take back" Shin Corp from Singapore's
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    • 1139 2 Hl-P INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Company Registration Number *****4817H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hi-P International Limited (the "Company") will be held at Albizia Room 1, Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Rd, Singapore *****8 on
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    • 64 2 people Hunting season has begun. yULr H LISTEN OUT FOR FINANCIAL RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT Find out more about a company's financial performance through CATS Notices in The Straits Times. »AT-3 >3jL NOTICES o BT ONLINE BT print subscribers get free access to the Business Times Online. To activate your account log
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  • ENTREPRENEUR INSIGHTS
    • 1120 3  -  S'pore SMEs and start-ups have often said it is difficult to find funds to start a new venture. DANIEL BUENAS takes a look at the issue DANIEL BUENAS THERE is an adage that venture capitalists sometimes use when it comes to investing in a company. They say:
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    • 910 3 INSEAD'S Perspective: Patrick Turner, Martin Kralik, Kavitha Hariharan Source:INSEAO There has been a long-standing scarcity of early-stage funding in Asia The market for early-stage venture funding in Asia is still emerging, partly because of the investor caution which followed the late-1990s technology boom. Over
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    • 86 3 Ci Entrepreneur Insights is brought to you through the collaboration fVLUI I vJU IWC. 0 f The Business Tunes, Credit Suisse and INSEAD. The contcnt is based on the "Growth Challenges for Asian Entrepreneurs" research programme, performed by InnovAsia, the applied §EA. D business research unit of INSEAD. Both this
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 901 4  -  Mid-tier accounting firm sees its more personalised service as an edge By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE! Mention public accounting firms and most people think straightaway of the Big Four. It's hardly surprising, given the way PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst Young, KPMG
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    • 739 4  -  But their sales of bonds in S'pore rise to US$2.5b from US$970m in Q3 By CHUANG PECK MING (SINGAPORE) American investors seemed to be defying gravity as they kept snapping up shares traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) in the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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    • 674 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent LAST week's column focused on the point that it is not valid to compare the present stockmarket slump with last May's six-week long correction, because the two are different. Markets fell in May 2006 because an expanding
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    • 378 6 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Major Asian currencies ended last week mixed against the US dollar, with investors cautious about the possible fallout from the escalating standoff between Iran and Britain. The Japanese yen flip-flopped during the week, eventually closing slightly down ahead
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    • 1879 6 Consensus No.of Forecast Mean Frfs recommendation esti- EPS P€ target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allco Commercial REIT 1.33 1.33 6 5.06 24.69 1.50 1.29 Allgreen Properties 2.78 2.78 9 6.30 27.32 1.48 1.75 Allied Technologies 2.50 2.00 2 1.30 8.85 0.15
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 312 7 Reuters HONG KONG-based contract electronics maker Valuetronics Holdings Ltd expects 20-22 per cent growth in sales and earnings over the next 12 months, due to demand for digitally controlled toasters, coffee makers and shavers. Valuetronics, worth about US$65 million on the stock
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    • 428 7  -  IPO WATCH It will use funds to expand locally and regionally By WONG WEI KONG AFTER serving up hearty soups made from family recipes for well over a decade, Soup Restaurant is now offering investors a taste of the company. Soup Restaurant has lodged a
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    • 236 7 NUMBER CLOSMG GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST Of DAYS Of PRKES* REDEMPTION ISM GOOE DATE RATE (Vn) PAYMENT ACCRUED CXdUONG YIELD <%p*) DATES INTEREST ACCRUED INTEREST) <%p.a.) N*****0H 2002 2 5/8 3900.00 1/4 1/10 180 100.03 2.56 SG********** 01.04.2008
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    • 99 7 NASDAQ-listed Multi-Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) yesterday said that it would extend the deadline for meeting the preconditions of its offer for all the outstanding shares of MFS Technology. The deadline is extended from March 31 to June 30, 2007. M-Flex had tried to pull out
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    • 592 7  -  It rises 4.7% to $678.02b after market rebounds from recent dip By PAMELA CHEW THE Singapore stock market has rebounded from its dip during the Chinese New Year period, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) ending at an all-time high. At the end
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    • 2562 8 ffscs V Livwa Ticnnoioav SINGAPORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration Number: *****0071W NOTICE OF TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Twenty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of Singapore Computer Systems Limited (the "Company") will be held at Auditorium, 7 Bedok South Road,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 1520 9  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent OUR portfolios ended with a bang for the first quarter of 2007. Compared with midDecember. all the five portfolios rose significantly. The portfolio made up of stocks with the lowest forward price-earnings ratios shot up 40 per cent The
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    • 749 9  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI DIRECTORS and substantial shareholders were less active on the stock market last week. They did 69 deals worth $84 million, down from the previous week's 72 trades worth $102 million. Some 17 firms recorded 40 acquisitions worth
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    • 547 9 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stock nam* Wt Oom Chang* Ailgreen 0.55 1 750 *0 030 Ascendaweit 0.91 2.390 -0.010 CaprtaCofnm 0.59 2.780 +0.050 Capitaland 543 8.000 Capita Mall 1.04 3.760 +0.120 Chart SemiCond 0.81 1.450 -0.020 CityOev 2.93 14.600 -0.200 ComfortDelGro 146 1990 +0.070 Cosco Corp 0.99 2.870 Creative Tech
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 2874 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC PwCs perspective Gautam Banerjee Executive Chairman PricewaterhouseCoopers IN A ranking of global cities that include London, Paris, New York and Tokyo, it is heartening that Singapore tops the list for ease of doing business and scores well for demographic advantages and
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  • DINING OUT
    • 1145 12 NEW MENU Peach Blossoms Marina Mandarin Hotel. Raffles Boulevard. Marina Square. Tel: 6845 1111 IT says a lot if the presentation of a dish can still make an impression on a few seasoned journalists. When chef Tan Yong Hua served his braised Shanghai noodles
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 721 13  -  Demand for storage has pushed rental rates up 10-20% By RONNIE LIM MORE international traders are eyeing the possibility of building their own oil storage terminals in Singapore, the world's third largest oil refining and trading hub, say industry sources. This comes
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    • 211 13 THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Global Compact are jointly organising a seminar which will bring climate change and environmental responsibility into sharp focus. The seminar, Global Business Summit for the Environment (B4E), will be held in Singapore
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    • 317 13  -  OBITUARY By VINCENT WEE JOSEPH Eu, 80, chairman of traditional Chinese medical products chain Eu Yan Sang, died at Gleneagles Hospital in Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of Saturday morning. Speaking to The Business Times from the wake in Kuala Lumpur, the company's chief executive
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    • 732 13  -  One proposal is to allow all owners to apply to STB over compensation row with tenants By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE Ministry of Law kicks off a six-week-long public consultation for proposed changes to collective sales legislation from today. Besides four key changes announced by
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    • 1885 13 SINGAPORE COSCO CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Company No.: *****0159G) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Marina Mandarin Singapore, Level 1, Taurus Room, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore *****4 on Wednesday, 18 April 2007 at 11.00
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    • 5138 14 Cats Notices i n V *< j x* ,V < > <•"■< Xv *> «■-?-«<% r PT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL INDONESIA Tbk ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS It is hereby announced to all shareholders of PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk. ("PT Inco" or "the Company")
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    • 103 14 OCEANIC TRADING COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration Na*****1636-C LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE NOTICE is hereby given that the following Certificate has been reported losl mislaid or destroyed: NitntpfSharthQldw Certificate No No. of Shares Yeo Wang King 13 25,000 NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that replacement
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  • US MASTERS
    • 817 15 AFP [AUGUSTA, Georgia] Tiger Woods and golf were forever changed here 10 years ago when the 21-year-old prodigy humbled the sport's best players to win the Masters, becoming the first black golfer to win a major. Woods recovered from a four-over par 40 on
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    • 608 15 Woods-Mickelson rivalry evokes memories of the Palmer-Nicklaus days AP [AUGUSTA, Georgia] THEY were the two dominant figures in golf, one of them inspiring adulation from his army of fans, the other evoking awe and appreciation for his skill and display of power. The green
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 1036 16  -  A high-priced stock could be a bargain while a penny stock might not says HERMAN PHUA, as he discusses the meaning of value HERMAN PHUA VALUE is a subjective and complex concept. There may be things that have great value to some of us but mean
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    • 813 16  -  CAMPUS LIFE TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY finds out why a Sri Lankan student chose to study in Singapore TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY WHEN I asked foreign student Eshan Salgado why he chose to study in Singapore, his answer was immediate: "Singapore is safer." It might appear
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 256 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China has no need to broaden the trading band of its currency, and appreciation of the currency alone is unlikely to solve its trade surplus issue with the US, a central bank researcher said. "There is no need" to
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    • 285 17 Tight deadline to seal largest US FTAin 15 years AP, Reuters (SEOUL] South Korea and the United States raced against time early this morning to try to conclude a landmark free trade agreement as demonstrators took to the streets to denounce
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    • 193 17 But country willing to make large cuts in farm aid to secure global free trade pact Reuters [CAMP DAVID, Maryland] President George Bush said on Saturday that the United States was willing to make substantial cuts in farm subsidies to achieve a global
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    • 801 17 I 1 ||H FRAGRANCE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****6656 M NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Fragrance Group Limited will be held on April 19, 2007 at 3.30 p.m. at Orchid Room, Level 2,
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    • 1411 17 OIFS Capital Limited (Company Registration No. *****08Z7C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 28 March 1987) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twentieth Annual General Meeting of IFS Capital United will be held in the IFS Boardroom at 7 Temasek Boulevard #10-01 Suntec Tower
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 629 18  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT The Iskandar Development Region, touted as Malaysia's new growth driver, should be encouraged to work S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent AHEAD of steam is building up over the Iskandar Development Region (IDR). And it's being generated by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad
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    • 11 18 AFP (Kuala Lumpur)
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    • 242 18 Planned meeting comes as KL misses deadline to name partner for Proton AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is expected to meet top officials from German giant Volkswagen (VW) over the future of ailing national car maker Proton, a senior official
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 277 19 Reuters [BEIJING] China is likely to launch a new exchange with lower listing requirements aimed at start-up companies by 2008, an industry analyst and a regulatory source said yesterday. The exchange would be similar to the Nasdaq Stock Market or Hong
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    • 399 19 Reuters [BEIJING] China's Chongqing City Commercial Bank has won government approval to sell a 17 per cent stake to Hong Kong's Dah Sing Banking Corp for about 700 million yuan (*****.5 million), the bank's chairman said on Saturday. The bank is
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    • 359 19 Reuters [BEIJING] China should step up efforts to establish its promised foreign exchange investment agency in order to strengthen macroeconomic controls, a prominent government economist said yesterday. Xia Bin, director of the financial division of the Development Research Centre under
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    • 234 19 AFP [SHANGHAI] Shanghai's new city boss Xi Jinping quietly took the reins last week amid expectations that he will heed the central government's policies while ensuring the local powerhouse economy stays on track. Mr Xi, 53, previously the Communist Party
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    • 508 19 It will also purchase 10m tonnes of coal from one firm for power projects in India Reuters [MUMBAI/JAKARTA] India's Tata Power Co on Saturday came closer to securing long-term fuel supplies to produce cheap power by signing a US$l.3 billion deal to
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    • 1569 19 EXCELPOINT TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Company Registration No. *****3280 C) ExCClpOlllt (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of Excelpoint Technology Ltd will be held at Paramount Hotel, 25 Marine Parade Road, Parawave, Level 4, Singapore *****6 on Wednesday, 18
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    • 3684 20 Cats Notices DARCO DARCO WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****6732 C) (incorproated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Darco Water Technologies Limited (the "Company") will be held at 18 Cross Street Bth Floor Marsh McLennan
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    • 259 20 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BINTAN CARRIER SERVICES PTE LTD (Company Registration No. *****8748R) (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50. that a Final Meeting of
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  • MIDDLE-EAST
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    • 2512 21 Cats Notices ELECTROTECH INVESTMENTS UMFTED ELECTROTECH (Company Registration No. **********) (Incorporated in Singapore wtth limited HabWty) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company wM be held at 8 Cross Street, #11 -00 PWC Building, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 20 April
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 763 22  -  Central bank worries as incentive to borrow and build remains strong By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo TOKYO Midtown, a vast new hotel and office complex featuring the Japanese capital's tallest building, formally opened its doors yesterday, one of a series of mega developments in
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    • 221 22 Reuters [BARCELONAI Federated Department Stores, the world's largest department store chain, is considering whether to expand outside the US and build a global store network, its chief executive said on Friday. CEO Terry Lundgren spoke to Reuters at the World Retail Congress after meeting
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    • WORLD WATCH
    • 2823 22 Transaction date: Mar 30 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asia1.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG v* wo *i- -m» Aeon Credit 6J0 unch 0 A«on Stores 9-20 -0.SS 12 AngangSMel '3 56 0.40 7527 Anhui Conch 27
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    • 509 22 They are on track for record year despite downturn AP [NEW YORKI Blue chip stocks might have just suffered their worst quarter in two years, but that didn't stop Wall Street's army of investment bankers from putting together deals at a record pace.
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 557 23  -  EDB says master plan for the facility will be unveiled in a few months By YEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] The $60 million Seletar Aerospace Park initiative is well on track and response from industry players has been very strong, a leading official of
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    • 283 23 AFP [MARSEILLE, France] The French southern port of Marseille was back in business yesterday after an 18-day-strike ended with an agreement meeting union demands. Workers at Europe's second largest oil terminal after Rotterdam on Saturday endorsed a deal ending a dispute over the
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    • 167 23 AFP [SINGAPOREI Asian airlines are likely to see a drop in earnings over the next two years due to growing competition from Middle Eastern firms and regional low-cost carriers (LCCs), an industry group said yesterday. A renewed focus on the region by European
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  • 6982 25 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local curr In SS In US$ dy Syr %dy %yr %dy %yr Mar 30 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change The World Index Preliminary 1114.8 -0.4 13 -0.4 0.6 -0.5 1.7 EAFE Preliminary 1138.5 0.0 2.8 0.1 2.4 0.1 3.5 Europe
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    • 266 30 LOCAL IT notable Stephen Yeo has been selected to chair a new national-level committee re-constituted from the National Internet Advisory Committee (NIAC) and its related unit, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). The re-constituted Internet and Media Advisory Committee, which comes into being
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    • 526 31  -  By WINSTON CHAI DATA security appliance maker Secure Computing is beefing up its local headcount and adding technical support facilities as part of an ambitious plan to double regional sales over the next few years. The San Jose, Califor-nia-based company, which started out with only
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    • 747 31  -  <we say> Singapore generally excels in global IT and business ranking exercises but recent studies raise important questions KENNETH JAMES Technology Editor SINGAPORE rocks, according to several global IT and business ranking exercises. But hold on; Singapore is rock bottom in
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    • 144 31 Reuters [NEW YORK] Internet services company AOL said on Friday that its Advertising.com unit would manage advertising sold on a new online video venture being built by media conglomerates News Corp and NBC Universal. News Corp and NBC announced last
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    • 846 32  -  The region contributed 14 per cent to global revenues of US$4.4 billion, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY RIDING on good customer demand for its products, enterprise software maker Oracle last Friday announced a 34 per cent hike in revenue in the Asia
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    • 978 34  -  The inaugural Sea Asia event will highlight growing Asian clout in maritime industry and issues from attracting talent to financing trends, says GEORGE JOSEPH GEORGE JOSEPH THE inaugural Sea Asia has attracted local and worldwide interest with top level participants, conference speakers and
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    • 510 38  -  A new standard is being developed to meet the risk management requirement under the Safe Framework, says DONALD URQUHART DOMALD URQUHART WITH a seemingly unending raft of security protocols and procedures coming on stream in the maritime sector since 9/11, shippers, ports and shipping lines
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    • 600 39  -  Singapore's excellent connectivity makes it ideal for a flagship event like Sea Asia, SMF exec director David Chin tells GEORGE JOSEPH GEORGE JOSEPH IF Singapore is to be a true international maritime centre, then it needs to develop a flagship shipping event for
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    • 418 39  -  By GEORGE JOSEPH IN the development of Singapore as an international maritime centre, the authorities have done their best to cater to the needs of shipowners for access to ship finance. Whereas in the past it was believed that local banks were wary
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    • 1083 40  -  Local shipyards are going full steam ahead, thanks to the surge in offshore oil and gas exploration, writes DONALD URQUHART DONALD URQUHART THE sun never sets in Singapore at least not when it comes to its shipyards. Once famously heralded as a sunset industry, the
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    • 945 41  -  Insurers are warning of a rising trend in accidents due to stress and a shortage of skilled mariners, says DAVID HUGHES DAVID HUGHES LOOKING at the current shipping scene, it all feels rather like the early 1970s again. Owners are making money, building bigger and
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    • 679 42  -  A holistic approach to fuel management calls for careful planning and realistic targets, says TORE MORTEN WETTERHUS TORE MORTEM WETTERHUS AS high bunker costs continue to dominate the increasingly regulated shipping industry, many ship operators have come to realise that they must do more to
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