The Business Times, 16 April 2007

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  • 44 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://biJsiness-times.asial.com.sg •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, April 16,2007 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asia 1 .com.sg Jr A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, April 16,2007
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    • 141 1 ON TRACK FOR SUCCESS Get a uni degree 8 M to go? "I started as a part-time crew at 14, while still a student. Today, I handle "'0 4, restaurants. I'm thankful for working in a company that has faith in me and takes care of my individual development I
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    • 89 1 TOPS FOR TRAINING McDonald's makes it to lop 125 list of the most elite Fortune 500 companies for training learning development mi WkM, C.. HlN<' T 'Vk. /£^WMBIBBBBI||BM^^^M Hm, HNnMHNM Who wouldn't like a good challenge? "Working hers Ins made me more tolerant and open to receiving feedback. I am
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    • 136 1 PEOPLE POWER McDonald's takes Hewitt's 2007 ULIJ| Best Employer Award f 5 f V J?';W^Wm^J ■PtnFs B Htefe. >H HM^^^^^RL r >lk> v* W I'' Fmi "I enjoy putting a smile on each customer's face and I believe that every challenge presents an opportunity. In my 24 years here, I've
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    • 2162 2 20~ world of a track to reach for the stars W\ rr II li IT I S ll|| 1J 1 The dero«torv 1990$ term Mclob is something that However McDonald's would like to give its people the The next step would be into a management role as DEPARTMENT of McDonalds
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    • 1164 3 R Given opportunity to excel in China Gan Chong Siew Lynn Tan s career with McDonald's has brought her from Barely over a year passed before another step-up in her starting as a crew member over twenty years ago to Vice rapid career rise. In December 2006, she was promoted
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  • 1218 1  -  Biggest gains seem to be in collective sale market but better to base decision on rental yields, say analysts By ARTHUR SIM [SINGAPORE] At the end of last year, most analysts tipped property prices to rise about 10 per cent in 2007. But
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  • 377 1  -  By ROLAND LIM [SINGAPORE] Property buyers and sellers can now log on to Nation Property (www.nationproperty.sg), a real estate portal officially launched on Saturday by SISV Services which boasts some 44,000 residential property listings. At the portal, users can get the latest property
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    • 44 1 HEDGE FUNDS Billion-$ pay packets fuel bubble fears PAGE 31 HEALTH CHECK Should fee. guidelines be amended or scrapped altogether? PAGES 10,11 COMMENTARY 'How should roadshows' disclosures be regulated? PAGES WALL STREET INSIGHT: Market remains bullish as it awaits big earnings week PAGE 3
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    • 9 1 BizlT Retail SMEs to increase IT spending PAGE 40
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    • 7 1 8 Ml I Markets Digest Pag* 3
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    • 46 1 WORLD^GOURMET Gastronomical adventures for the palate pages 21-25 -aiF THE GOOD BOSSES Profiles of some award-winning companies S^l'F^t H r^ mm m m $q3N|hhh m iu II I m 4 V' x'-"' 11-4" j 'j'i'i -S- -> JSpf• Zrx^EiJßl£^UuUCs4SiSsiS^D y*i■ I jb^^l .7".tv* r H Br -^U
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 496 2  -  Standards set for industry here will gain global recognition soon By TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY [SINGAPORE] Singapore is well placed to become a regional business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) hub, says the executive director of Disaster Recovery Institute Asia. The Republic has
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    • 429 2 PT Raflesia rebuts Gallant's claims about lawsuit AN Indonesian company which had sued Sesdaq-listed Gallant Venture over land on Bintan Island has produced documents that it says proves it's the rightful owner of the land in dispute. Among them are invoices and tax payment receipts showing that PT
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    • 324 2 [SINGAPORE] To meet the increasing demand for workers in the construction industry, the government may relax rules for hiring foreign construction workers. According to a Channel News Asia report yesterday. National Development Min- ister Mah Bow Tan said: "Ministry of Manpower
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    • 165 3 BT ONLINE Access to BT Online is free after 6pm each day. But print subscribers can access our online news anytime. Call 6388-3838 to subscribe and activate your online account. MARKETS Week Chge STI 3373.59 +27.73 KLCOMP 1308.20 +29.28 NIKKEI 225 *****.95 -120.83 HANG SENG *****.97 ...+131.26 SET
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    • 734 3  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Stronger than expected results seen at top firms By ANDREW MARKS in New York US stocks continued their phoenix-like rise from the ashes of a late winter swoon last week, with all the major averages now having wiped out
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    • 814 3  -  It produces 3 sets of documents to show it owns disputed land in Bintan By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] In a thickening of the plot, an Indonesian company which had sued Sesdaq-listed Gallant Venture over land on Bintan Island has hit back at the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 751 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY IN A "buy" report on Chi-na-based utilities/waste water treatment firm Sino-Environment Technology released last Monday, a foreign bank said it had recently taken the company's management on a roadshow to meet more than 42 investors in Europe during
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    • 233 5 IPO WATCH Reuters SHIPPING trust Rickmers Maritime is set to raise as much as $275 million in its Singapore initial public offering based on its indicative price range of $1.41 to $1.62 a unit, a source told Reuters. German shipping firm Rickmers Group
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    • 569 5 It's also confident its new product will boost profits PINE Agritech Ltd, a China producer of soy-based health foods and food ingredients, is setting its sights on another record earnings this year on hopes of increased orders from its master
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    • 321 9 [HONG KONG] PCCW's deputy chairman and managing director Jack So, who will leave the company at the end of this month, sold 21.9 million PCCW shares to chairman Richard Li for about HK$lO3 million (Ss2o million), the South China Morning Post reported a
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    • 536 9  -  It expects STI to hit 4,000 as new investments worth $18b pour into economy By MATTHEW PHAN THE Singapore market will continue to rise and re-rate upwards, even though it has already risen strongly over the last 12 months, JP Morgan said in
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    • 371 9 NICHE property developer Hiap Hoe Ltd expects to sustain profitability in the next few years on the back of the robust housing demand in Singapore, managing director Teo Ho Beng told XFN-Asia in a recent interview. "We are very confident
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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    • 661 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent n Wall Street, no one wants to hear the "R" word for recession; everyone wants to believe in the Goldi- i locks scenario of an economy that's not too hot and not too cold. In Singapore, no one
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    • 257 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Major Asian currencies gained against the US dollar and the Australian dollar peaked at its highest level for 16 years, pulling the New Zealand currency upward in its wake. Japanese yen: The yen ended last week at 118.58 to the US
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    • 1913 6 Consensus No.of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allco Commercial REIT 1.33 1.33 6 5.06 25.48 1.50 1.27 Allgreen Properties 2.78 2.78 9 7.04 26.29 1.54 1.85 Allied Technologies 2.50 2.50 2 1.30 9.23 0.14
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    • 1405 8  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent Penny stock punters had a party last week even as investors turned circumspect on blue chips. For the week ended April 13, 2007, the Straits Times Index edged up only 0.8 per cent while the UOB Sesdaq
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    • 1684 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI SELLING activity was high while buying was low for the third straight week. Purchases were particularly low last week with only 18 shareholders of 16 firms recording 33 acquisitions worth $34 million versus 20 shareholders of 16
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 1725 10 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC How should professional bodies approach fee guidelines in the light of the Competition Act? Are the needs of the general public better served by amending such guidelines or should they be scrapped altogether? Alvin Yeo Senior Counsel Senior Partner, WongPartnership THE concern
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    • 143 10 f celebrates all others. Have you just organised a spectacular business event or offered w an excellent business event service that everyone keeps talking JliteJilf |P about? The inaugural Singapore Business Events Awards 2006 i| is a platform to acknowledge great achievements. It celebrates and rewards the best of business
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 572 12  -  Most are working here or have children who are studying here By HAN MIN CHUNG MORE Koreans are looking for private residential property in Singapore. And though the number who have bought is small, it is growing. Most buy property to live
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    • 214 12 GLOBAL Brands Group (GBG) has announced it will be opening a new Fifa World Official store at Changi's Terminal 3. The brand management and licensing group says the store will sell football themed merchandise in addition to Fifa branded products. "Fifa World is
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    • 368 12 ByTAMARAMOHANAN KUPPUSAMY WHILE the focus of the business continuity and disaster recovery industry (BC/DR) has so far been on helping companies maintain their data and operations during emergencies, staff safety is fast emerging as a major concern. This is according to International SOS
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    • 248 12 EVENTS LISTING DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 16 Apr 07 SMU-'How To Be A Private SMU, Lee Kong Chian 7.00pm Banker Managing The School of Business, Assets of The Wealthy in Networked Seminar Asia' Room 2.1,50 Stamford Road 17-18 Apr Managing Challenging Effective Outsource 07 Customers Professionally Networks 9.00 am 18
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  • BEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS
    • 835 13  -  At the Four Seasons Singapore, people come first, then product and then profit, VINCENT WEE reports VINCENT WEE IT'S quite a revelation when the general manager of a multi-million-dollar five-star hotel declares that the only real asset he has is people. But this immediately gives an
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    • 858 13  -  By VINCENT WEE MCDONALD'S is a company that prides itself on being forever young. It has managed to turn itself from what many people thought of as a sunset industry into one which people are excited to join. But being such a
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    • 741 13  -  By TETTYANA JASLI IT's a rare company that manages to inspire 80 per cent of its employees to say they are proud to work for it, with fewer than 10 per cent «ver thinking of leaving it. It helps that
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    • DIAGEO celebrates life, responsibly
      • 913 14/15 Diageo Asia-Pacific bags Best Employer of the Year award for its inspiring work environment and an open company culture T IS hard not to have heard of one of /-•t Diageo's brands even though many people would not know that they all fall under
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      • 903 14/15 IT'S a hip place to work where ideas and challenges flow freely that about sums up much of the reason why Diageo Asia-Pacific is one of the Best Employer of the Year awardees. Of course, the fact that Diageo is the world's biggest alcohol beverage
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      • 656 14/15 AS THE world's leading premium drinks business, with six of the top 10 premium spirits brands managed by them, Diageo faced the challenge of setting standards for responsible marketing, while at the same time defining a sustainable place for alcohol beverages in the societies
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      • 217 14/15 The Singleton of Glen Onfc The Singleton of Glen Ord is being introduced around the Asia-Pacific region and offers a naturally rich, well-balanced and smooth taste demanded by the increasing number of discerning Asian malt drinkers. Asia first to launch Johnnie Walker Blue Label King George V
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    • 534 16  -  VINCENT WEE looks at the factors that led to UPS being named Best Employer three times in a row VINCENT WEE A COMBINATION of corporate culture and unique human resource policies is the reason why United Parcel Service has been named Best Employer three times in
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    • 1156 16  -  By NOORA ALSAGOFF WHEN Hewitt Associates launched the Best Employers in Asia 2007 study last year, 750 companies representing 1.7 million employees across Asia stepped forward to register for participation. This compares with 250 organisations that participated in Hewitt's previous study in 2005. What
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    • 1608 16  -  Singapore's best employers may hail from diverse backgrounds but they have in common winning characteristics that all organisations can emulate. NOORA ALSAGOFF shares the details NOORA ALSAGOFF HALF of the 2007 list of Singapore Best Employers is made up of hotels, going to show that
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    • 623 18  -  Singapore Food Industries believes its employees are an integral part of its value chain. CHRISTINE SIM reports CHRISTINE SIM SINGAPORE Food Industries Ltd (SFI) is among Singapore's Best Employers again because its management is well aware that its business has a high dependency on people. "People
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    • 797 18  -  By VINCENT WEE WITH more than 1,000 guests staying in the hotel every day, it is like a small village. When they come from all over the world and are of different cultures and have different expectations, there are bound to be challenges. An
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    • 586 18  -  By CHRISTINE SIM THIS is not the first time Raffles Hotels and Resorts has won the Best Employer award. But what makes this win significant is that it won the award even as it faced the challenge of merging its hotel chain last year with
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    • 624 18  -  By TETTYANA JASLI AS THE general manager of the RitzCarlton Millenia. Allan Federer has a variety of duties he oversees all hotel operations and leads the 720 hotel employees under him while ensuring that the stellar reputation of the hotel
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    • 72 17 A fIHHH X"' <d 3& f fM -vlk. A#- I ■*'*-A WBSSkk t a ..,^:Vy > ,> iaM 1 Ci* w Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. Awarded "Best Employer in Singapore 2007" by Hewitt Associates. Our people are our single most important asset. Which is why we take immense pride in making
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  • DINING OUT
    • 1889 21  -  Just because Singaporean foodies are now eating out of the hands of top visiting chefs doesn't mean that restaurants on our home turf are twiddling their spatulas. World Gourmet Summit partner restaurants have also come up with special menus this week. JAIME EE and CHEAH UI-HOON
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    • 147 21 RESIDENTIAL CHARM ABOUNDS This Secretaries' week As Raffles Hotel celebrates 120 years of legendary hospitality, a melange of dining options will charm deserving secretaries during their special week from 23 to 27 April 2007. One lucky secretary shall win an exclusive 120 th Anniversary Personality Suite Package with 2 nights
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    • 131 21 D■O■M I 7 S the Itiili.in Iyc^t.iur.int 1 *jt }f i J hm, i Ecco il nuovo DOMVS! Presenting the brand new DOMVS Get reach to savour Chef Lino s inimitable Italian cuisine served with Sicilian sizzle. Accompanied by an extensive array of the finest Italian wines, DOMVS offers you
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    • 184 22 V You may nominate yourself or others in one or more award categories. Visit www.nvpc.org.sg/awardso7 for details and nomination form. f y For enquiries, please call Esther Tan at 6550 9588 or email esther@nvpc.org.sg. nvpc B National Volunteer ft Closing Date: 30/04/07 www.nvpc.org.sg Transform your workplace with the new Samsung
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    • 138 22 THE BUFFET Level 2, M Hotel Fire It Up Speciality broths are brewed for hours to perfection. The freshest ingredients, savoury sauces and quality condiments are selected and prepared daily. Chefs dish out Drunken Prawns at our LIVE cooking station on demand. Turning up the heat has never been this
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  • WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT
    • 519 23  -  GEOFFREY EU and JAIME EE train the spotlight on some of the chefs to look out for during the World Gourmet Summit GEOFFREY EU and JAIME EE HEINZ Winkler has a habit of making culinary splashes at major food events in this part of
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    • 509 23 RETO LAMPART Gordon Grill April 23 to 27 THE second two-Michelin star chef to make an appearance at the WGS, Chef Lampart creates culinary art in Switzerland at his aptly named restaurant, Lampart's Art of Dining, in the village of Hagendorf just 40 minutes from
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    • 1021 24  -  This year's wine programme offers such a magnificent array of wineries, vintages and presenters that it will be difficult to top in future, says N K YONG N K YONG THERE are those who say Singapore's wine market is too small for so many wine festivals.
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    • 545 24 MODERN Chinese cuisine seems to be a hit in mainland China, and surprisingly, part of the movement seems to have been sparked by Singapore restaurateurs. One of them would be the Tung Lok group, which first opened My Humble House in Beijing and has since followed that
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    • 262 24 FOR three weeks, the World Gourmet Summit (WGS) brings fine cuisine, great wines and unique experiences to gourmet enthusiasts. However, what's not on the WGS calendar are several exclusive events reserved for Centurion cardmembers and American Express employees. This year, in celebration of
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    • 260 23 gordon grill Goodwood Park Hotel proudly presents Two-Mlchelin Star Guest Chef Reto lampart of tampart'i Art of Dining, Switzerland 23 27 April 2007 (.c»r>dwood Kirl? Motel's Gordon Grill Is proud to host Two*Mlehelin Star Guest Chef Reto Lampart (rum Switzerland for tb« World Gourmet Summit 2007, known for his sMIh
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    • 159 23 Some prefer air-flown ingredients; we've flown in the chefs. Intrigued by the prestige of Le Cordon Bleu, the opportunity to investigate three renowned masters from the institution at Global Kitchen was not to be missed. The culinary mastery was exceptional; Chef Yannick Anton and Philippe Clergue's intriguing appetizers preceded decadent
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    • 348 24 WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT UNIQUELY SinypOTTP Proudly by t^Kjgk Jin Lu The Chinoise Story Jin Jiang Hotel, Shanghai Chef Jacky Shaw's experience in the culinary arena began in 1991. Since then, he had been actively involved in the field as a member of the Cuisine Association of Shanghai. Young and talented,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 777 26 IMF/WORLD BANK MEETING Calls for China to improve its exchange rate mechanism AP [WASHINGTON] The International Monetary Fund needs to strengthen and modernise its currency exchange rate monitoring policies to ensure their effectiveness as globalisation spreads, world finance officials agreed on Saturday. Gordon Brown, Britain's
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    • 490 26 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] China's vice central bank governor Hu Xiaolian said the role of currency exchange rates should not be overestimated as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seeks to strengthen surveillance. "The fund should be realistic and not overestimate the role of the exchange rate,"
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    • 404 26 AFP [BEIJING] China's booming economy is being increasingly constrained by shortages of energy and natural resources as well as environmental concerns forcing the nation to seek a more efficient growth model. According to high-rank-ing officials here, there is simply not enough fuel around on the
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    • 1620 26 NOTICES BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT o LINDETEVES-JACOBERG LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****0172G) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Meeting Room 310 Level 3,
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    • 194 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WAH YIP (PTE.) LIMITED (Company No: *****?295C) In Members' Voluntary Winding Up NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 the Final Meeting of Members
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    • 253 26 In the Matter of The Companiet Act, Cap.so And In the Matter of BEVERLY EQUITIES PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) (Co. Reg. No. *****5463 C) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, the Final Meeting of the
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 1044 27  -  DANIEL BUENAS advises investors not to forget that there is a creed they should live by DANIEL BUENAS PAY, salaries and jobs these have been perhaps the hottest topics of discussion in recent weeks. Every other day we read articles and hear stories of how much
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    • 837 27  -  CAMPUS LIFE Seow Yi Hao is doing his bit for the local music scene by combining his business sense with his love for music, TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY reports TAMARA MOHANAN KUPPUSAMY ON THE surface he looks like an ordinary student, just one of the myriad
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 2928 28 Transaction date: Apr 13 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT Online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG V<M HKS 000 Aeon Credit .6.90 unch 100 Aeon Stores 9.52 0.12 0 Angang Steel 14.50 -0.52 ***** Anhui Conch 33.90
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    • 370 28 [KUALA LUMPUR] The Securities Commission (SC) approved eight out of nine applications to sell shares to the public in the first quarter of 2007 as the quality of proposals from applicants improved, Malaysia's Business Times reported. The SC, in
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    • 620 28  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT Getting civil servants, municipalities to toe new line may prove too daunting a challenge S JAYASANKARAN KL Correspondent Merty market all but collapsed in 1998 hard going ever Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has now identified property as a new growth
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    • 212 28 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to cut bureaucratic hurdles and reduce the number of days it takes to start a business, seeking to attract investment into South-east Asia's largest economy. The government expects to issue a ruling by the end
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    • 274 28 He says a massive change will affect govt programmes AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's president yesterday rejected calls for a Cabinet reshuffle following a string of transport disasters and corruption claims. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said it was "inappropriate" for political parties to put forward
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    • 266 28 Board is likely to meet this week to discuss exercise [KUALA LUMPUR] Magnum Corp Bhd, the country's second biggest num-ber-betting operator by market value, will soon consider a plan to return as much as RMI.IO a share to shareholders, Malaysia's Business Times
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 403 29 AFP [HONG KONG] China Citic Bank, the latest Chinese lender to announce its international listing, said yesterday that it hopes to raise U5510.26 billion when it goes public at end-April. Launching the prospectus for its initial public offering, China's seventh largest
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    • 200 29 [HONG KONG] China's national pension fund plans to invest a record amount of more than 100 billion yuan (5519.6 billion) this year, including up to 30 per cent in equities around the globe, according to a report in The Standard. Fund chairman Xiang
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    • 279 29 [NEW DELHI] The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has expressed dissatisfaction with the replies given by Hutchison Essar, its Hong Kong-based parent Hutchison Telecom International and Vodafone to key questions related to the shareholding structure of the country's fourth larg- est mobile
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    • 371 29 High valuations on domestic stock market render this attractive Reuters [HONG KONG] The rise of China's domestic stock market has created a new venue for private equity firms to sell out of their assets, helping to ease historical concerns about the ability
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    • 733 30 Analysts see rush as partly to counter threat of a nuclear Iran NYT [NEW YORK] TWO years ago, the leaders of Saudi Arabia told international atomic regulators that they could foresee no need for the kingdom to develop nuclear power. Today, they are scrambling to
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    • 300 30 AFP [TEHRAN] Iran yesterday launched a tender for offers to build two new nuclear power stations alongside a still unfinished facility in the southern city of Bushehr, despite increasing Western pressure over its atomic drive. "Iran is launching two tenders for
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    • 287 30 Reuters [CAIRO] Private shareholders in Egypt's National Bank for Development (NBD) are interested in a bid for the bank from a United Arab Emirates consortium led by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, an Egyptian official said on Saturday. The official, Central Bank Deputy Governor
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    • 102 30 AP [DUBAI] The Dubai Marathon could pay out as much as US$3 million in prize money next year. The Dubai organisers increased the purse in the race to US$l million, and will give an additional US$l million for a men's or women's world record. The
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    • 609 31 Top five hedge fund managers earned 10-digit packages last year: survey AFP [NEW YORK] The ballooning pay packets of the world's top hedge fund traders have hit the stratosphere with some salaries now topping a billion dollars, but fears are
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    • 303 31 Reuters [LONDON] Merrill Lynch has joined a growing number of finance houses seeking to cash in on the world's hedonistic shopping habits and surging population of millionaires. The US investment bank launched its ML LifeStyle Index last week featuring stocks spanning
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    • 640 31 AFP [TOKYO] The world's top casino operators are jockeying for a stake in a vast but untapped market as Japan moves closer to an overhaul of its strict gambling laws to lure rich Asian tourists and boost its
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    • 312 32 Bloomberg [DALLAS] American Airlines flight attendants rallied outside parent AMR Corp's headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, to protest plans to award managers US$l7O million in bonuses as employees work for reduced pay and benefits. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants and other American
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    • 516 32 FAA may also want crashworthiness review of jets Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US government wants Boeing Co to demonstrate that composite fuel tanks and wings on its 787 Dreamliner can resist fire long enough to let passengers escape in an emergency. The Federal Aviation
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    • 598 39  -  It will leverage the Republic's facilities to expand global operations By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY INTERTOUCH, a whollyowned subsidiary of Japanese telco NTT Docomo which holds one of the spectrum licences for wireless broadband services in Singapore, is moving its international headquarters to
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    • 935 39  -  <you say> Application virtualisation is delivering significant benefits to businesses By YAJ MALIK JT IRTUALISATION" m has become a com- m mon watchword in rn# IT. A July 2006 study conducted in the United States by Forrester Consulting with top IT executives across various industries,
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    • 311 39 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Google Inc said on Friday it would buy Web advertising tools provider Double Click Inc for US$3.l billion, its biggest acquisition, to accelerate its push into the graphic ad market now dominated by Yahoo Inc. Google, the juggernaut of search-based
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    • 493 39  -  By WINSTON CHAI TELE Atlas will put a recognisable face to the names of local landmarks in its upcoming GPS (global positioning satellite) maps to help drivers find their way around the streets of Singapore. The company, which supplies digital maps
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