The Business Times, 13 April 2007

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    33 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES >HGfIPORE 85 cents MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Friday, April 13, 2007 THE BUSINESS TIMES Friday, April 13,2007 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006
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  • Article
    Lock icon Demand for corporate sleuths rises
    731 1  -  Stricter due diligence, growing foreign hirings and new incorporations are adding to the work By WEE LI-EN [SINGAPORE] Anyone tempted to cheat their company had better think again. Corporate snoops are on the prowl. And they could be watching. Corporate investigators say business is getting
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    Lock icon Banks' property exposure could go up to 20-30%
    585 1  -  One link is through loans to property development investment firms By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Banks are exposed to the red hot real estate sector through increased lending to investment companies set up for property development, which could push their total exposure
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      32 1 ANALYSIS M'sian companies make good overseas PAGE 28 k if y%B j f jJ|^F WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT Michelin-starred chef Sang-Hoon Degeimbre weaves his molecular magic; Keith Floyd, the consummate entertainer page 44
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      15 1 HEDGE FUNDS Growing potential in the region PAGE 9 Toast of the m 4IIIUIH I'TO^W^
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      566 2 Firm linked to Hsieh competes against SGX A COMPANY part owned by Singapore Exchange Ltd's chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua has begun competing with the exchange for lucrative China listings, a potential conflict of interest that underlines how corporate governance standards in Asia still lag behind other markets.
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      Lock icon Top Thai trading partners urge business law repeal
      364 2 Envoys warn tough law with prison terms will hurt foreign investment AFP Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's top trading partners have urged the country's armybacked government to scrap a new investment law that limits foreign ownership and punishes violators with jail terms. The ambassadors
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      Lock icon Most S'pore companies are tardy paymasters
      581 2  -  They trail firms in China, Australia, HK, Taiwan: survey By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore companies are worse paymasters than companies in China, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, with 52 per cent consistently late with their payments, data from business intelligence and consultancy firm Dun
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      Lock icon Hawkish inflation views in Fed minutes jolt Wall St
      628 2  -  By ANDREW MARKS in New York THE major US stock indices reacted dramatically on Wednesday when minutes from the March meeting of the Federal Open Market Coqpmittee revealed that chairman Ben Bernanke and his fellow Fed governors who vote on the
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      Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
      44 2 Dsn 3,372.69 (-47.93) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,360.00 (-48.00) simso ***** (-6.16) SIMSO FUTURES (-6.30) PRIME RATES SINGAPORE S.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONGKONG 7.75 INDONESIA 14.241 TAIWAN 5.926 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.25 US 8.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 4.02 INDIA 12.25 Source: Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Conflict of interest view not justified: SGX
      336 3  -  By ANGELA TAN [SINGAPORE] In a late night statement, the Singapore Exchange yesterday rebutted the view in the Dow Jones Newswires article that its chief executive's shareholding in Prime Founders would create a conflict of interest. "SGX believes that the apparent conflict of
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      Lock icon Firm linked to Hsieh competes against SGX: report
      736 3 Exchange's CEO says he's clearly operating within a Chinese wall Dow Jones Newswires [SINGAPORE] A company part owned by Singapore Exchange Ltd's chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua has begun competing with the exchange for lucrative China listings, a potential conflict of interest
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Worth considering starting options trading again
      730 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By OH BOON PING N VIEW of the stockI market gyrations seen here lately, it may be worthwhile to consider reviving the trading of options. For one, the sharp correction seen on Feb 27 followed by the present panic buying signal
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      Lock icon SPH Q2 profit surges 27.7% to $108 m
      516 4  -  Results boosted by 61.7% rise in investment income to $31.6m By WONG WEI KONG SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday reported a 27.7 per cent jump in secondquarter net profit, thanks mainly to investment income. The media group said net profit for its Q2
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      Lock icon BT circulation in first half ended Feb 28 up 4.1 %
      298 4 BT circulation in first half ended Feb 28 up 4.1 MORE people continue to buy and read The Business Times, pushing its circulation up over the past two-and-a-half years. According to figures disclosed by parent Singapore Press Holdings when it reported its FY2007 interim results yesterday. BT's circulation in the
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      Lock icon KepCorp bosses earn top dollar
      677 6  -  CEO PAY Group reported a 33 per cent rise in 2006 net earnings to $751 million By CONRAD RAJ THANKS to record sales and profits, Keppel Corporation's top three executives executive chairman Lim Chee Onn and senior executive directors Choo Chiau Beng and Teo Soon
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      Lock icon Venture's Wong Ngit Liong paid over $4 million
      334 6  -  By OH BOON PING VENTURE Corp chief executive Wong Ngit Liong collectecf over $4 million in pay last year, according to the company's justreleased annual report. For the year ended Dec 31, 2006, Mr Wong's remuneration was in a band ranging from
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      Lock icon New franchisees power Man Wah's China expansion
      410 6  -  By CONRAD RAJ MAINBOARD-LISTED furniture manufacturer Man Wah Holdings is fast expanding its presence in China by adding new franchisees all over the country. The company, which produces a broad range of mid to high-end leather sofas. said that 13 more outlets were
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      Lock icon Connect to make takeover bid for PacNet in 2-3 weeks
      655 8/9  -  PacNet says its board doesn't have a position on the offer as yet By ROLAND LIM THREE months after it first announced its planned takeover bid for regional telecommunications service provider Pacific internet (PacNet), Connect Holdings. PacNet's single-largest shareholder, said
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      Lock icon COMPANY BRIEFS
      360 8/9 Bloomberg eSun unit makes offer for Media Asia SKYMASTF.R International, a subsidiary of eSun Holdings, has made a firm offer for the entire share capital of Media Asia Entertainment Group at 26.5 cents a share. Meanwhile, Media Asia has advised its shareholders to first consider the recommendations of
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      Lock icon MI-Reit aims to raise $312m from listing here
      497 8/9  -  IPO WATCH By MATTHEW PHAN MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit (MlReit), the Australian fund manager's sole vehicle taking direct exposure to Asian industrial assets with an initial focus on Singapore, aims to raise $312.5 million from its Singapore listing. At an issue price of
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      7 8/9 Reuters Yangzijiang
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  • FOCUS: HEDGE FUNDS
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      Lock icon Ferrell plans new Asian property fund
      575 8/9 500m euro fund targeted at European, Middle East investors Reuters [SINGAPORE] Ferrell Asset Management plans to launch a 500 million euro (Ssl billion) property fund to lure European and Middle Eastern investors into the fast rising luxury housing and commercial markets in Singapore. David
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      Lock icon UG wants to raise US$200m for China fund
      208 8/9 Reuters IHONG KONG/SINGAPORE) Hedge fund manager UG Investment Advisers is looking to raise USS2OO million to USSSOO million for the launch of a Greater China multi-strategy fund, a senior executive with the firm said yesterday. The new vehicle's strategies would include looking
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      Lock icon Private equity buys in China get tougher
      236 8/9 Reuters -IHONG KONG) Private equity firms are queuing up to invest in fast-growing Chinese companies, but Beijing wants to limit access to partners it thinks can build world-beaters and help develop its capital markets. In response, private equity firms are falling over each
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      Lock icon Pacific Asset aims to treble funds
      411 8/9 Reuters (HONG KONG/SINGAPORR] Pacific Asset Management aims to more than treble its funds under management by the year-end because of robust demand from institutional clients, its chief investment officer (CIO) said yesterday. "Demand is quite good and we are getting a lot of enquiries...
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      Lock icon JL Capital bullish on Singapore, Malaysia markets
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Construction shines as STI dives
      518 10  -  STOCKS Dip in the index did not interrupt the flow of 'buy' reports from brokers R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent FRESH US inflation-cum-interest rate fears that dragged Wall Street lower on Wednesday spilled over to all regional markets yesterday, pulling the Straits Times Index down 47.93
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      935 10 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAM SDQ TOTAL tl» Dow Ut» Up Down Uitdi Up Down Und> Multilnd 4 10 3 0 1 0 4 11 3 Manufacturing 85 62 62 18 11 18 103 73 80 Commerce 25 22 29 _9 7 6 34 29 35 TplfitoriCnw 15 14 J2 1
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      878 10  -  Compiled by UMA SHANKARI Singapore Investment Daily QTIGROUP RESEARCH. April 12 SMART to be apart: To revisit a proven investment saw: "When everybody thinks alike, everybody is likely to be wrong." On this basis, we have introduced We Beg to Differ, a regular capsule guide to our stand-out
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      Lock icon Euro hits record high against yen
      285 10 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro hit all-time highs versus the yen and a two-year peak against the US dollar yesterday, as investors looked to the European Central Bank (ECB) to signal another rate hike soon after it held them steady this month. As expected,
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      607 11 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Operating Revenue 250,642 239,940 4.5 522,685 501,130 4.3 i~ <.;. Operating Profit* 83,970 83,122 1.0 191,317 188,171 2.8 Profit before Taxation 117,064 103,719 12.9 263,968 225.591 12.6 Profit Attributable to Shareholders 108,018 84,561 27.7 220,310 182,974 20.4 'K*"-' --..-'v %Bi"' -v"fr '"fi\in* a*' ,r v v>**H" {'iy'Wiv .Xif'
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon NUS confers Doctor of Laws degree on Sultan of Johor
      185 12 THE National University of Singapore yesterday conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Sultan Iskandar Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail in a ceremony held at the University Cultural Centre. The award was given in recognition of the Sultan's integral and
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      Lock icon Horizon Terminals plans second tankfarm
      466 12  -  This follows report of $90m expansion to its new oil products tankfarm By RONNIE LIM EMIRATES National Oil Company's Horizon Terminals is planning a second multi-million-dollar tankfarm at another site on Jurong Island, this time for petrochemicals storage to cater to the new multi-bil-lion-dollar crackers
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
      162 12 St Regis resort residences go on sale THE first St Regis resort residences in Asia go on sale in Singapore this weekend, in Hong Kong on May 12-13 and Jakarta on May 26-27. Prices of the 42 hotel villas and 22 residences start at US$700,000. More than a
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      Lock icon Deferred payment scheme set to stay
      607 14  -  PROPERTY FOCUS Many developers see scheme as good option for buyers By ARTHUR SIM THE deferred payment scheme is a good option for buyers, and developers that BT spoke to reckon the number who opt for this is manageable. Ho Bee Group general manager
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      Lock icon Kajima unit seen putting in top bid for Bishops Walk
      225 14 THE tender for the collective sale of Bishops Walk, a freehold development of 25 townhouses in the Bishopswalk/Bishopsgate area, is said to have drawn a top bid from a Kajima Overseas Asia unit. The bid is believed to be more
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      Lock icon 'Hotspot' auction nets no sale
      422 14  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA NOT a single property sold yesterday at a highly touted auction for owner-sales of apartments in the hot spots of Marina Bay/CBD and Sentosa Cove. Twenty-one properties were offered. And in most cases the opening prices sought by the auctioneers were not
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      Lock icon Rental income at Sime Darby building up 10-fold
      260 14 SIME Darby Property's newly re-developed building Sime Darby Enterprise Centre boasts a 10-fold increase in rental income and a near 100 per cent occupancy just months after its completion. Fully owned by Sime Darby Property, the building was officially launched yesterday. It
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      Lock icon Dental specialist register to be set up
      512 15  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Dental Council to get more powers under proposed amendments to Act Reports by CHEN HUIFEN IT WILL soon be easier to find an appropriate dental specialist to treat oral health problems thanks to a new register to be set up
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      Lock icon Anti-spam Bill won't prohibit unsolicited mail
      417 15 BUSINESSES and companies can still send unsolicited messages under the opt-out approach of the Spam Control Bill. But they must include an "unsubscribe" facility via the same medium and label "ADV" to mark the message as an advertisement. Said Lee Boon Yang, Minister for
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      Lock icon People trust govt on pay issue: Chee Hean
      335 15  -  By DANIEL BUENAS THE government has won the people's trust, and Singaporeans will understand over time that the ministerial and civil service pay increases will ensure a good government that will be able to serve them and their children in the future,
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      Lock icon MDA leading media contingent to Cannes
      177 15 COME April 16, the Media Development Authority (MDA) will lead 21 companies to MIPTV 2007 to showcase more than 50 made-by-Singapore high definition (HD) television and animation programmes at a major event in Cannes, France. Singapore's participation in MIPTV one of the world's biggest
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Surge in world trade to slow to 6%: WTO
      237 16 Market risks, large commercial imbalances weighing on global economy Reuters [GENEVA] Global trade growth will slow slightly in 2007 to 6 per cent as risks in financial and property markets and large commercial imbalances weigh on the global economy, the World
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      Lock icon China, India to drive Asia growth: IMF
      420 16 Region expected to expand as US influence declines AFP [WASHINGTON] Emerging Asian economies, driven mainly by China and India, will expand at a brisk but slightly lower pace during this year as US influence declines, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon China's foreign reserves top US$1.2t
      116 16 AP [BEIJING] China's foreign reserves, already the world's largest, have risen past USsl.2 trillion, a state news agency said yesterday, amid surging trade and plans to create a multi-billion-dollar government agency to invest some of the stockpile. The figure, as at endMarch, represented a 37.4
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      2112 16 Cats Notices Multi-Con Systems Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Registration No. *****7432K NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixth Annua) General Meeting of Multi-Con Systems Limited ("the Company") will be held at Copthome Orchid Hotel, 214 Dunearn Road, Singapore *****6 on Monday, 30 April 2007 at 2.00 p.m.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon M'sian companies invest RM21,5b abroad last year
      450 17  -  Profits, dividends sent home rise to RM11.5b from negligible amount 10 years ago By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur THE "globalisation" of corporate Malaysia is well under way, with the central bank estimating that Malaysian companies invested RM21.5 billion (559.5 billion) overseas last
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      Lock icon Malaysia, US will not rush to conclude FTA
      292 17 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia and the United States are in no rush to conclude a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) after missing a deadline to fast-track the deal, Malaysia's trade minister said yesterday. "US Trade Representative Susan Schwab and I have agreed
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      Lock icon Indonesia's tsunami warning buoy
      96 17 AP [JAKARTA] Indonesia began installing its first locally made tsunami warning buoy in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, hoping to alert coastal communities to future killer waves, an official said. The country began setting up an alert network after the 2004 Asian tsunami that killed or
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      Lock icon Dialog to build RM600-700m Johor oil facility
      327 17  -  By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur DIALOG Group, an oil-and-gas services company, has secured a RM6OO-700 million (*****-308 million), 30-year concession to build central tankage facilities and a dedicated tank terminal in the southern Port of Tanjong Langsat in a joint venture deal
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      Lock icon Telkom's net profit in 2006 seen up 36%
      157 17 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's finance ministry estimated on Wednesday unaudited net profit at the country's largest telecommunications firm, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, rose around 36 per cent last year. Analysts had said strong growth in mobile phone sector had helped the stateowned firm
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Japan, China strengthen economic ties
      608 18  -  Firms seal deals, may lead to joint development of oil and gas resources By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPAN and China took solid steps towards strengthening their long-strained political and economic ties yesterday, when companies from both countries agreed to a series of deals that
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      Lock icon 70b yuan of company pensions to be farmed out
      332 18 Fund professionals to handle future plans: minister Bloomberg [BEIJING] China will transfer more than 70 billion yuan (5513.7 billion) in company pension plans to select fund managers by the end of this year, the nation's labour ministry said. China's market for
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      Lock icon Frugal HK tycoon to get lavish funeral
      167 18 AFP [HONG KONG] Nina Wang, the famously frugal Hong Kong tycoon who died last week, is to get a no-expense-spared send-off, a report said yesterday. Ms Wang's family is spending millions of dollars on flowers for the funeral of the late head of
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
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      230 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Citic Bank Corp, the country's No 7 commercial lender, lowered the fund-raising target and tightened the price range for its dual Hong Kong and Shanghai IPO, which could now raise up to US$5.4 billion, according to a term sheet obtained by
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      488 19  -  Mingly's purchase of a 50% stake seen shoring up balance sheet By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong HONG KONG's media industry is looking at the recent sale of a controlling stake in Asia Television (ATV) with interest, as the
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      7521 19 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AW Amro Asset Mat (S'pora) Star Europe Eqty'" 1.091/ Star Europe Bond 1 183/ Star Europe td 1XI Star Asian 1 366/ Star Asia Bond 1318/ Star Aaa Balanced 1113/ Star Global Technology Fund 1 0.212/ Mult St Fd 097% Star Asia Bond! USD) 0868/ Gfc Multi
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      1474 18 PROQEN PROGEN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****5118 C) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Progen Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at 12 Woodlands Loop, Singapore *****3 on Monday, 30 April 2007 at
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      125 20 AP [MUMBAI] Two of India's hottest movie stars, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, have sent invitations to their private wedding this month, a newspaper reported yesterday, adding to the hype over nuptials that have been kept strictly under wraps. For weeks
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      719 20  -  Top Bentley models worth up to US$1m are among cars set to enter market By By SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi GIVEN the fast-growing purchasing power of a segment of the population, luxury brands such as Volkswagen Group company Bentley and Porsche
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      2817 20 Cats Notices ©pur© EPURE INTERNATIONAL LTD. Company Registration No. *****5422 C (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of EPURE INTERNATIONAL LTD. (the "Company") will be held at 333 Orchard Road, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, Reception Hall, sth
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      3244 21 Cats Notices PACIFIC HEALTHCARE HOLDIHGS LTD. NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Amadeus Room, Level 3, The Gallery Hotel, 1 Nanson Road, Singapore *****9 on 30 April 2007 at 11 a.m. tor the following purposes:
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      242 22  -  Analysts say a genuine German renaissance is taking place, one that is independent of the US, resulting in a booming economy By MARK LANDLER NYT in Jena, Germany FOR those seeking the elixir that has given new life to Germany's economy, a visit
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      2105 22 Cats Notices integra2ooo Ltd (Reg No. *****6459N) (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Raffles Town Club, Dunearn 1 Function Room, 1 Plymouth Avenue, Singapore *****3 on Monday, 30 April
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      377 23  -  Transaction price undisclosed; Colony Capital bought it for 96b yen in 2003 By ARTHUR SIM GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) has acquired Hawks Town in Fukuoka City, Japan, from Colony Capital. Colony Capital is also the owner of the Raffles Hotel here.
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      394 23 AFP (HANOI] Foreign investors are vying to build Macaustyle luxury gambling and hotel complexes in a beachside resort area close to Vietnam's buzzing southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City. US-based Winvest Investment LLC is now clearing land for the five-star Saigon
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      514 23 Reuters Bloomberg AFP [STOCKHOLM] Nasdaq Stock Market Inc has made a 23 billion Swedish kronor (Sss.l billion) bid for its Nordic peer OMX, Swedish business daily Dagens Industri quoted sources as saying yesterday. The paper said on its Web page that
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      150 23 Reuters [NEW YORK/CHICAGO] Options markets such as International Securities Exchange (ISE) are seen as likely takeover targets following a possible deal for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, the No 3 US options marketplace. Nasdaq Stock Market, the top US electronic stock exchange, is in talks
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      306 23 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's largest bank is closing the doors of one of its branches but only to poorer customers. The HSBC in the well-heeled area of Canford Cliffs, near Poole in Dorset, will only offer cashier services to richer clients from June
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      1329 23 Cats Notices <& ■SBfe EAGLE BRAND HOLDINGS LIMITED R fi K B fie] (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Eagle Brand Holdings Limited ("the Company") will be held at The Fifth Floor Meeting Room, Eagle
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  • WORLD
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      278 24 NYT I FRANKFURT! Royal Dutch Shell agreed on Wednesday to pay European and other non-American shareholders about USS4SO million in a settlement to help resolve legal disputes stemming from its overstatement of oil reserves. The money will compensate shareholders for losses incurred when
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      394 24 Inventories begin to fall as supply cuts by Opec take effect, says IEA Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Oil stocks in consumer nations posted the biggest first-quarter drop in a decade and may fall further in coming months, the International Energy Agency (IEA)
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      398 24 Reuters (ZURICH] Nestle SA, the world's largest food company, will buy US baby food giant Gerber from Novartis AG for US$5.5 billion in cash, becoming the world's biggest baby food company. Nestle said on Thursday the cash transaction would give its nutrition
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      236 25 Reuters [NEW YORK] Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive Rex Tillerson took home more than US$lB million last year, when the company raked in earnings of U5539.5 billion the largest ever profit in US history. In a filing with US regulators on
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      449 25 They join US Climate Action Partnership to pressure Congress to enact law on gas levels Reuters [NEW YORK] ConocoPhillips and American International Group (AIG) have become the first major US oil company and insurer to back an aggressive plan to fight climate change.
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      1926 24 f*k mxnmmamnxn SHtmMu*iCr«ptMM (Company Registration Number *****3312N) (Incorporated in the Republic ot Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Clark Room, 4th Floor. Ratftes City Convention Centre. Swissotel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2
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      1307 24 ©YONGNAM HOLDINGS LIMITED Registration Number: *****7612N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Yongnam Holdings Limited (the "Company") wi be held at 51 Tuas South Street 5, Singapore *****4 on Friday, 27 April 2007 at 9.30 a.m. to transact the folowing
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      2998 25 Cats Notices (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Registration No. *****1776E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ADVANCE MODULES GROUP LIMITED will be held at 76 Bras Basah Road, Carlton Hotel, Level 2, Connaught Room, Singapore *****8 on 30 April 2007 at 10.30 a.m. to transact
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      394 26 14.5b rupee takeover worked out by 3-member arbitration panel Reuters AP [MUMBAI] India's top pri-vate-sector airline, Jet Airways Ltd, has clinched a deal to buy Air Sahara for 14.5 billion rupees (*****.2 million), about 34 per cent cheaper than an earlier deal
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      371 26 Reuters [SYDNEY] A group bidding for Qantas Airways Ltd eased its offer conditions yesterday, boosting the chances that it will succeed in an Asll billion (5513.78 billion) buyout of the Australian airline. The consortium, led by Australia's Macquarie Bank Ltd and including private equity firm
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      299 26 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The government has failed in recent years to adequately investigate passenger complaints against airlines, a disclosure by a watchdog on Wednesday that further angered lawmakers weighing a consumer protection law for air travellers. Calvin Scovel, the Transportation Department (DOT) inspector
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      310 26  -  By YEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] European plane maker Airbus has started paintwork on the first A3BO for Singapore Airlines following the completion of cabin installation for the aircraft. The A3BO will stay about three weeks in the company's paint-shop in Hamburg/Germany, where in addition to
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      304 26 [KUALA LUMPUR] Air Asia is prepared to hand over the rural air service (RAS) in Sabah and Sarawak, currently operated by Fly Asian Xpress (FAX), back to Malaysia Airlines (MAS), according to a report in Malaysia's Business Times (MBT) yesterday. It
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      728 27  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR THE Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court decision last year in which a vessel owner was made to account for describing its vessel's tanks as "epoxy coated" although the tanks were not adequately coated. The dispute involved
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      108 27 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Nantong Port (Group) Co, partly owned by investment firm PYI Corp Ltd, is planning a stock market listing, possibly in Hong Kong, in the next two to three years to help fund its capacity expansion, its chairman said yesterday. Nantong Port
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      Lock icon Georgia Ports eyes Asia trade
      525 27  -  It's spending US$1.2m on upgrades to meet 10-12% growth By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Aiming for a larger slice of Asia's growing all-water container trade to the US east coast, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) is embarking on a US$l.2 million upgrade to accommodate a 10-12
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      202 27 AP [BRUSSELS] EU regulators said on Wednesday they had charged several sea transport companies with running a cartel for shipping bulk liquids on ocean routes. Norwegian shipper Odfjell Seachem AS said it had been charged, four years after it settled a pricefixing
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      2187 27 KANDLA FEEDER OPERATORS (KANFO) NOTICE TO TRADE KANDLA PORT CONGESTION SURCHARGE Feeder Operators have been experiencing severe berthing delays and low productivity at Kandla Port since 10 March 2007. In order to recover part of the increased operating costs arising from the berthing delays and low productivity, the following feeder
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      536 28 EDITORIAL TWO events this week one at home, and the other in Doha, the capital of Qatar have marked significance for Singapore, which is increasingly using natural gas as the feedstock of choice for power stations. The more immediate impact will come
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      980 28  -  Firms face limited growth opportunities and intensifying competition at home S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent WITH interests straddling telecommunications, satellite radio and television, entertainment, gaming and power generation, T Ananda Krishnan is one of Malaysia's wealthiest men. Over the last five years, however, the growth of
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      370 28  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group CASSANDRA Devine knows how to solve the coining "entitlements" crisis in America, preordained when the 77 million baby boomers begin hitting 65 in 2011: pay retirees to kill themselves, a programme she calls
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      870 29  -  Two months after Thailand announced it will break drug patents, pharmaceutical companies are slashing prices By THOMAS FULLER International Herald Tribune WHEN Thailand announced earlier this year that it was breaking patents on drugs to treat HIV and heart disease, Western pharmaceutical companies reacted
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      464 29  -  Philip Smith I REFER to the commentary "You can make a difference at AGMs" (BT. April 9). Your reporter drew attention to the large amount of resources and energy required to produce annual reports. This process has become much more complex in the
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      212 29  -  Tan Kok Tim I REFER to the article "PM Lee to donate salary increase for next five years to charity" (BT, April 12). I am glad that PM Lee announced in Parliament that he will donate his pay increases to charity. It shows
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      238 29  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the article "PM Lee to donate salary increase for next five years to charity" (BT, April 12). It states that "he does not expect other ministers to follow his example because although the salary increases were a Cabinet
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      212 29  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR James Wong I HAVE received a letter of demand from the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) for payment of subscription fees. In my opinion, this letter was high-handed. We are all forced to join SBF by Act of
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      1020 29 OH CHINA INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders (the "Shareholders") of China Infrastructure Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Orchard Room, Raffles City Convention Centre, 2 Stamford Road,
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      35 30 Trade from 20% deposit (5 x leverage) on most stocks Go long or short Competitive financing rates in all markets Access to Asian, US, Euro stocks Select Exchange TVaded Funds and Indices Competitive Commission charges
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      2463 32 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD (Company Registration No. *****8462 C) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Samudera Shipping Line Ltd ("the Company") will be held at M-Hotel, 81 Anson Road, Singapore *****8, Function Room C, Level
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      2318 32 (&ACTION fcktilfActit*. frthr- AcAW ACTION ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore Company Registration No. *****6715 M) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ACTION ASIA LIMITED will be held at Room Vanda 3. Level 6. Marina Mandarin Hotel, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore *****4
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      4805 33 Cats Notices FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (the "Company") will be heW at TDB Room, Lower Lobby, The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore *****8 on Saturday, 28
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      2488 34 X?yr Jardine Cycle Carriage JARDINE CYCLE CARRIAGE LIMITED (Co. Reg. No.: *****0092R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 38 m Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Oriental Ballroom, Lobby Level, The Oriental, Singapore, 5
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      1587 34 JURONG TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL CORPN. LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Jurong Technologies Industrial Corpn. Ltd will be held at Raffles Marina, 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore *****4 on the 30"" day of April 2007
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      1075 35 Cats Notices cQ M SELECT CATERING SERVICES LIMITED Registration No. *****0697Z u (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2007 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 18 Cross Street 8* Floor Marsh McLennan Centre Singapore *****3
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      964 35 ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED MlßlflM (Company Registration No. *****4310E) IHUHHI (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED will be held at 25 Bukit Batok Street 22 Singapore *****1 on Friday, 27 April 2007 at 9.00 a.m. for the following
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      3036 35 PETB TECH China Petrotech Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****5397E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Carlton Hotel, Esplanade Room 1, Level 4, 76 Bras Basah Road, Singapore
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      4415 36 m mm* ADVANCE SCT LIMITED Registration No. *****4283 C (Incorporated in Singapore) < NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of Advance SCT Limited will be held at No. 6 Tuas View Circuit, Singapore *****9 on Monday, 30th April 2007 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes:
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      1660 36 A-SONIC AEROSPACE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****1838G Registered Office 10 Anson Road. #24-07. International Plaza, Singapore *****3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at STI Auditorium, 9th Floor, Capital Tower, 168 Robinson Road, Singapore *****2,
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      5511 37 Cats Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAT. 30 AND IN THE MATTER OF NEZU CAPITAL (ASIA) PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****5175E NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary G«n«rai Meeting of the Company held at 8 Queen's Rood Central, 22nd Floor, Hong Kong
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      238 37 THE THAI PRIME RJNO LIMITED (Company legHtiatlon no. *****30>SG> (Incorporated In the RepuMc of Stog^ore) ■MH, |I A 1 |i M 1j I j|«i rivUve i*ifiwvewfHm AfiiiiMi v^enerei NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVBM THAT the Nineteenth Annud Qtnerd MMSng of the Company *a be held at 63 Market Street #00-03 Slngqttre
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      3130 38 Cats Notices tAT SING INVESTMENTS FINANCE LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANY V Incorporated In Singapore. Registration Number: *****0348 D IMPORTANT BOARD OF DIRECTORS The financial information as set out below contain only a summary of the information in the financial statements of Sing Investments Finance Limited and the consolidated financial
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  • ARTS/WINE
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      663 43  -  251 only partially succeeds in portraying Grace Quek, writes GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU THERE were no raincoats among the audience, but there were plenty of missed opportunities at 251, Toy Factory's uneven, doggedly risque and cheekily subversive contribution to the well-worn saga of Grace
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      816 43  -  By N K YONG "YOU cannot leave Bordeaux on April 5" was the commanding email message from Frederic Engerer when told of our departure date. It was his way of inviting us to a tasting of Clos de Vougeot at his home, and of course in the
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      413 43  -  By PARVATHI NAYAR THE biggest short play festival in the world opens its first overseas version in Singapore next week, with the catchy title Short Sweet. It's a pretty accurate title too, for the festival showcases 40, new,
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      836 43  -  By PARVATHI NAYAR "THERE is the diplomacy that happens in boardrooms of official meetings, where ink is put to paper, and this is where the Singaporean government is highly successful. But I think, recently, there is an emerging cultural diplomacy that is happening outside the
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  • WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT
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      718 44  -  Star chef Sang-Hoon Degeimbre talks to JAIME EE about his creative evolution JAIME EE FOR some people, there are times when an epiphany hits which changes the course of their lives forever. It could be a thought, a particular incident, or even an accident but in Sang-Hoon
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      487 44  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON ONE of the crucial ingredients of being a celebrity chef if you haven't caught on by now—is to be as irreverent and politically incorrect as possible. Look at chefs such as Gordon Ramsay and Anthony Bourdain, who have made their
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      127 44 What to eat and drink today and tomorrow at the World Gourmet Summit Today: One star Michelin chef Sang-Hoon Degeimbre of Belgium's L'Air Du Temps restaurant lets you in on a molecular secret or two at his culinary masterclass today at 9.30 am at the Grand Hyatt. After which, you
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  • PURSUITS
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      825 45  -  MUSIC The new package of David Bowie's 1975 album helps place it firmly at the creative centre of his development as an artist, says BEN MUNROE BEN MUNROE Young Americans (2007) David Bowie EMI THERE'S a moment during David Bowie's 1974 interview on the
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      481 45  - Sailing carefree and hassle-free YACHTING By VINCENT WEE WE'VE all seen the ads a marina or waterfront property developer paints a pretty picture of a carefree ride on the waves with the wind blowing in your hair and the sun on your face. The catch is they don't tell you
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      608 45  -  NIGHT OUT By GEOFFREY EU IT takes a certain amount of skill to boogie on the dance floor with a glass of beer balanced on top of your head, but a guest with a particularly fine sense of showmanship did just that at Sulian Tan-Wijaya's
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      467 45  -  FILM By PARVATHI NAYAR "TELL me five things about yourself, four of them true," veteran FBI agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) tells his new FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe), by way of introduction, explaining it's a game played to keep the mind sharp.
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      332 45  -  DVD By PARVATHI NAYAR "ARE you watching closely?" is a recurring phrase in The Prestige, a movie about two warring magicians, whose rivalry becomes an obsession that overwhelms every other consideration in their lives. And you do need to watch closely
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  • executive lifestyle
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      1315 46  -  With 3 microbreweries already here and another coming, handcrafted beer is adding fizz to the F&B scene, reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON IT USED to be that when you ordered a beer, it was usually a toss-up between Tiger and Carlsberg. If you wanted to be really
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