The Business Times, 17 July 2007

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  • 20 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBUCATION MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, July 17.2007
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  • 536 1  - Under study storing oil out at sea Use of large floating platforms could ease space crunch at Jurong Island By RONNIE LIM A VERY large platform, floating on the sea, may serve to store oil and take the pressure off Jurong Island's limited land space. Such floating platforms if they
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  • 788 1  -  It will go beyond headline numbers to reflect prices on ground By ARTHUR SIM THE Urban Redevlopment Authority (URA)has released previously unavailable data from property developers to give home-buy-ers a keener sense of prevailing prices. It has also said that it will
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  • 138 1 W ST INDEX 3,653.23 (-1.38) ST INDEX FUTURES 3,654 (-2) SIMSCI 449.90 (+0.44) A SIMSCI FUTURES 450.20 (+1.10) MARKETS Monday Change KLCOMP 1,381.51 -3.21 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG 22,953.94 -145.35 SET INDEX 857.08 -2.06 JAKARTA COMP 2,286.22 -15.38 MANILA COMP 3,753.26 -32.76 SEOUL COMP 1,949.51 -13.42 SHENZHEN
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 448 2 $1 m fine: postal law takes tough competition line THE new, fully open postal sector comes with sharper teeth to punish anti-competitive behaviour. According to changes made to the Postal Services Act, passed yesterday by Parliament, fines for such actions will be raised from the current $10,000 to
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    • 870 2  -  Central region takes top spot with average cash over valuation of $20 ,900 By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The Housing Development Board (HDB) yesterday released data showing that 70 per cent of resale deals in Q2 were above valuation with the
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    • 566 2  -  93% have met with poaching attempts in past year: survey By CHOW PENN NEE [SINGAPORE] Almost every customer relationship manager (CRM) working for a bank in Asia has been approached at least once in the past year about switching to another private bank,
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    • 515 3  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Maximum fine for anti-competitive conduct raised from current $10,000 By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] The new, fully open postal sector comes with sharper teeth to punish anti-competitive behaviour. According to changes made to Postal Services Act, passed yesterday by
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    • 441 3  -  It may pay NT$23 to NT$25 a share for part of bank: report By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Taiwanese lender Far Eastern International Bank, which has been courting buyers for several years now, is offering control to sweeten the deal, said
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 578 4  -  STOCKS Baker Technology leads Sesdaq index's 1.6% leap; blue chips down in line with HK/China plunge R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent CLEARLY, many in the market are banking on momentum as the primary means of making money, though it's probably worth reminding oneself that the
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      906 4  -  Compiled by MATTHEW PHAN MAKING good progress with production expansion: We visited C&G's production plants in Xia-men-Longyan recently. The first plant, Longyan Chengguan Chemical Fibre Co, has three production lines capable of manufacturing 30,000 tonnes of differential PET chips per annum. The second plant, Longyan Chengguan Textile Co,
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      978 4 SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD MAIN SDQ TOTAL Up Down Undi Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multjjnd 11 2 5 0 0 0 11 2 5 Manufacturing 77 94 62 19 25 13 96 119 75 Commerce 29 34 19 12 7 6 41 41 25 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 23 7 12
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    • 533 4  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent CARRY-OVER selling yesterday forced the US dollar to new lows in Asian trading, following Friday's ugly slide caused by breaking news of poor figures for US retail sales. Compared to forecasts of a 0.2 to 0.5 per cent
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 527 5  -  It fills 82.4% of seats, 62.7% of cargo space By VEN SREENIVASAN SINGAPORE Airlines* (SIA) overall load factor rose to 70.2 per cent in June from 68.9 per cent a year earlier. It filled 82.4 per cent of its seats and
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    • 634 5  -  Analysts cite healthy rig orders, buoyant property market By LYNETTE KHOO KEPPEL Corp is likely to set a bullish tone for companies in the offshore and marine (O&M) industry when it unveils its second-quar-ter financial results on Thursday next week. This is thanks
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    • 409 5  -  Proposal to dissolve compensation fund for derivatives market By OH BOON PING THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is proposing to dissolve the compensation fund for the derivatives market, and has also issued a detailed paper for public consultation. In a statement yesterday, SGX
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    • 643 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By VEN SREENIVASAN he late American comedian Rodney Dangerfield often used a phrase which went, "I get no respect". Shareholders of UOB Kay Hian must have felt the same way until recently. Despite a bull run which has sent stockmarket
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    • 201 6 Stock jumps 6.7% to $6.40 but ends the day at $6.15 Bloomberg SHARES of Neptune Orient Lines, the operator of Asia's fourth-largest container line, jumped to a record after Goldman Sachs Co raised its forecast for the stock price, saying global growth
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    • 497 6  -  Deal would raise each of their stakes in e-waste recyler to 42.8% By MICHELLE QUAH TYCOON Oei Hong Leong and Sesdaq-listed Equation Corp are sinking a further $16.1 million into e-waste recycler, Centillion Environment Recycling. They will do so by exercising an option
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    • 368 6 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] United Fiber System Ltd, a Singa-pore-based forestry company, said a hedge fund affiliate of Morgan Stanley has agreed to buy US$2OO million of bonds and warrants, which will help the company build a pulp mill first planned in 2002. United
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    • 540 7  -  It beats DBS Bank in Euromoney's Best Bank awards; Bank of America named best global bank By CONRAD RAJ CITIBANK is not only Asia's best bank, according to Euromoney. For the first time, it has been voted Singapore's best bank by the Lon-don-based magazine. The
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    • 176 7 LABROY Marine has announced new contracts worth U5547.2 million. The two shipbuilding contracts, each worth U5523.6 million, were awarded by a German customer for two platform supply vessels. The ships are scheduled to be delivered in 2009. With the latest orders, Labroy said its
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    • 279 7 Tan Chin Tuan estate distributes stake in CDL trust CDL Hospitality Trusts said that the estate of Tan Chin Tuan had distributed its 9.55 per cent stake in the trust to its beneficiaries, and has therefore ceased to be a substantial shareholder. EDMI H1 sales in 2007 to
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    • 323 7  -  It will team up with Sinopec, Petrochina, Lucite for projects By ARUN JOHN ADVANCED Holdings, a local player in the rapidly expanding petrochemical and ethylene market, announced yesterday that it has secured three key contracts with a combined worth of $8.7 million. The contracts
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    • 307 7  -  By UMA SHANKARI NOBEL Design Holdings yesterday said it will acquire another two properties at Jalan Lim Tai See in addition to a property it bought on the same street earlier this year. The three properties, which will give a combined land area
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 308 8  -  By JANICE HENG SALARIES in Singapore may be rising fast, but the increases are still sustainable, a top executive at global recruitment firm Kelly Services told BT. Said Dhirendra Shantilal, senior vice-president for Kelly Services Asia-Pa-cific: "They have not reached critical points as
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    • 379 8  -  HK managers take home US$203,947, the most in Asia: Hay Group study By CHARMIAN KOK SINGAPORE ranks ninth, behind Hong Kong and Thailand in a survey on the disposable incomes of top executives worldwide. Global management consultancy Hay Group, which did the
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    • 317 8 Lee Ek Tieng made chairman of GIC Asset Management THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has appointed Lee Ek Tieng as chairman of the Board of GIC Asset Management with immediate effect. Mr Lee's new role is on top of his current designation as GlC's
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    • 438 8  -  By CHUANG PECK MING Tighter penalties for loss of passports NEW powers will be vested on the Controller of Immigration to cancel a Singapore passport immediately once it is reported lost or stolen. The Passports (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament yesterday sets out tighter measures and penalties that
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    • 615 8  -  By ROLAND LIM SINGAPORE will be the regional headquarters for the as-yet-unnamed memory joint venture between chip giants STMicroelectronics (STMicro), Intel and private equity firm Francisco Partners. Speaking to BT in an interview yesterday, Brian Harrison, the vice-presi-dent and general
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    • 363 8  -  By RONNIE LIM NATURAL gas from a field off Borneo is expected to be sold to ExxonMobil in Singapore by Premier Oil, a UK oil and gas exploration company. While no details were disclosed, BT understands that the Indonesian gas is intended to fuel
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    • 341 8 TEMASEK Foundation (TF) yesterday announced a collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on the Temasek Foundation-NTU Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking Programme (TF-NTU LEaRN Programme). The TF-NTU LEaRN Programme was launched with a fund of $980,000 from TF and offers 100 awards for
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    • 577 9  -  Developers say competition for retailers or shoppers will be minimal By UMA SHANKARI RETAILERS who take up space in Orchard Road's two new malls slated to open in 2008 can expect to pay as much as $60 per sq ft
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    • 159 9 LAGUNA Park HUDC estate has been fully privatised, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) said yesterday. This paves the way for a collective sale, so owners can tap the much-improved market.The lease-hold estate comprises 516 apartments and 12 shops at Block 500 A to 500G Marine Parade
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    • 224 9  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI A SHOPPER study by The Nielsen Company has identified four different "modes" that customers experience when grocery shopping, making it easier for marketers to know just what buttons to press. According to the study, shoppers are in different modes depending on
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    • 320 9  -  By WEE LI-EN MORE uncertainty looms 'over Hotel Property's (HPL) $500 million purchase of Horizon Towers. The minority owners of the condominium applied to the High Court last week for leave to apply for judicial review of the Strata Titles Board's (STB) decision
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  • SME spotlight
    • 1120 10  -  Plastics firm Racer Technology has proven to have the right formula for sustainable success in today's business technology industry, writes PAMELA CHEW PAMELA CHEW PLASTICS company Racer Technology specialises in making small runs of precision components at its factories in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and
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    • 833 11  -  Its creators are banking on the Internet to take it global, reports JANICE HENG JANICE HENG EING small does not mean being insignificant espeJjs cially in consumer electron*cs' w^ere sma U is often superior. Cyberlnc Pte Ltd, W headed by brothers Ng Kai Kong and
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    • 962 12  -  SMALL CAPS Construction firm to expand further into development with strong demand, writes CHARMIAN KOK CHARMIAN KOK Properties and construction are some of Singapore's hottest buzzwords right now, which is just fine for Hor Kew Corporation. The construction company which has also
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    • 388 12  -  By TEH HOOI LING OUR small-cap portfolio put up another solid performance in the five trading sessions to yesterday, advancing by 3.5 per cent. Leading the portfolio's charge was Sitra, a distributor of wood-based products and furniture. The counter surged 52 per cent to 95 cents
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 633 13 Some in UK, Mexico, S. Africa and Chile have started lifting borrowing costs Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Rising prices for food, from yogurt in the US to steak in South Africa, are causing heartburn at the world's most powerful central banks. The fastest increase in
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    • 497 13 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] South Korea and the European Union aim to move closer this week to a free trade agreement (FTA) that would strengthen their 61 billion euro (*****.4 billion) relationship while creating jobs and fuelling economic growth. The EU wants greater access
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    • 254 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] The yuan rose on speculation that China's central bank will seek a stronger currency to help keep the record trade surplus from causing economic growth to accelerate. Foreign exchange reserves are at an all-time high of US$l.33 trillion, reflecting sales of yuan
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    • 419 13 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand yesterday ruled out returning to a fixed exchange rate to stop the baht against the US dollar but said the government was trying to stabilise the currency. "The current, flexible man-aged-float system is able to manage the risks.
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    • 386 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] New Zealand's prime minister yesterday called for free trade talks with Malaysia to speed up after two years of negotiations, and requested for a ban on meat imports to be lifted. Prime Minister Helen Clark said
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    • 1323 13 ACE DYNAMICS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic ot Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0172G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ace Dynamics Limited (the "Company") will be held at 1 Shipyard Road, Singapore *****8 on Wednesday, 8 August 2007 at 10.30 a.m.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 318 14 Funds from sale of stakes in Mandiri and Rakyat will be used to plug deficit Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to sell part of its stakes in Bank Mandiri and Bank Rakyat Indonesia as early as 2009, raising funds to finance a
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    • 173 14 AFP [JAKARTA] Rain has cleared a haze that has caused flight delays on the Indonesian portion of Borneo in recent days, an official said yesterday. Pontianak, the tapital of West Kalimantan province, had been shrouded in haze from land-clearing fires that herald the start of
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    • 224 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Mitsubishi Corp, Japan's largest trading company, has won a US$45O million contract to more than double the capacity of several units in a power plant in Jakarta, an official of Indonesia's state utility said. PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara signed an agreement with
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    • 2462 14 VOL Jul 16 RM (000) ASM Realty 3.12 -0.02 6 Abric Bhd 0.38 0.03 2725 Advance Synergy 0.35 unch 730 Adventa Bhd 1.74 -0.03 626 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.32 unch 129 Affin Holdings 2.52 -0.02 2475 Ahmad Zaki Resou 3.92 -0.06 103 AicCorp 0.58 -0.03 23 Airasia Bhd
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    • 218 14 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Over 10,000 workers of Indonesian shoe companies staged a rally in the capital of Jakarta yesterday, protesting the cutting off of orders from US-based footwear company Nike Inc, to their companies. The protesters gathered outside the Stock Exchange Building in downtown and demanded resuming
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    • 404 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Dot Com Bhd expects three consecutive years of double digit growth in revenue, helped by new offerings and a growing retail business, Malaysia's Business Times reported. The state-owned communications company, which has allocated some RMISO million (Ss66 million) to upgrade its network
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    • 526 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Sunway City Bhd (Sun City) can look forward to a sterling performance these two to three years with the line up of more exciting projects in the Klang Valley, the launch of its maiden residential development in India and strong
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 215 15 US$300m deal gives it a boost in data service market Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Reliance Communications Ltd, India's second-largest wireless company, purchased all of US-based Yipes Communications Inc for about US$3OO million, deepening its presence in the enterprise data services business. The 100 per cent stake was bought
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    • 620 15  -  Forecast of falling growth rate, ageing problems set to shake up govt's planning agenda By JANE MOIR in Hong Kong HONG KONG's population is set to grow at less than one per cent over the next 30 years, fuelling criticism of the city's
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    • 121 15 AFP [MUMBAI] Bajaj Auto, India's second largest motorcycle manufacturer, is looking at forging a partnership with or buying Italy's Ducati or Britain's Triumph, both iconic marques, a report said yesterday. Bajaj Auto has been on the lookout for an appropriate acquisition or an alliance
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    • 302 15 AP [SRIPERUMBUDUR, India] Cheap, fuel-efficient and versatile, compact hatchbacks are by far the most popular vehicles in India's rapidly growing car market. And as global carmakers rush into the country to set up plants to make similar small cars, both established
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    • 200 15 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's Bank of Nanjing and Bank of Ningbo, the first in a group of smaller lenders to list on the domestic stock market, yesterday announced share offer prices at the high end of expectations. Bank of Nanjing will sell its
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    • 577 15 210,000 millionaires control US$585b of the island's wealth Bloomberg [TAIPEI] ÜBS AG and Citigroup Inc said they are hiring more private bankers to serve Taiwan, where the richest citizens hold more wealth than in any Asian country except China and Japan.
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    • 274 15 CATS NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MASTER GROUP SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATOR APPOINTED) (Company No. *****0919N) NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 a meeting of
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  • MIDDLE EAST
    • 486 16 International Bank offers to buy 55% stake it is holding with partners Bloomb erg [DOHA] International Bank of Qatar has offered to buy Ahli United Bank, Bahrain's largest publicly traded lender, an Ahli investor said. The transaction may be worth as
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    • 282 16 It wants Jakarta to ratify pact so it can continue funding Xin hua [JAKARTA] Qatar has asked Indonesia to ratify a tax treaty so it can continue contributing to &US$l billion infrastructure development fund it committed to Indonesia last year, local press
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    • 8678 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty'** 1163/ Star Europe Bond 1 181/ Star Europe Bal 1 294/ Sta-1 sian Tiger Eqty 164/ Star Asia Bond 1 305/ Star Asia Balanced 1 142/ Star Global Technology Fund 1 0 241/ Multi St Fd 1 002/ Star
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  • ASIA PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 622 17 It offers 38.40 euros a share for the biggest Dutch lender and raises cash level Bloomberg [LONDON] Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) yesterday sweetened its 71.1 billion euro (*****.5 billion) offer for ABN Amro Holding. The RBS-led consortium has increased the
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    • 350 17 LATWP [HOLLYWOOD] The Harry Potter movie series keeps working box-office magic for Warner Bros thanks not to sorcery but to a loyal fan base and careful, consistent management of the franchise. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix got off
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    • 302 17 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean tax authorities have sent bills totalling tens of millions of dollars to a US and a British financial group over the sale of a local bank, a newspaper said yesterday. Tax officials are seeking up to 20 billion won (5532.4 million)
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    • 231 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Tokyo Electric Power Co, Asia's biggest power producer, said it shut three nuclear reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata after an earthquake. The generators stopped operating automatically and there is no "critical" situation, the company's spokesman said. A
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    • 237 17 Obama has US$34m for primaries while Clinton has US$33m Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both have record amounts of cash to spend on their campaigns six months before the first presidential primaries, dwarfing their rivals from both parties.
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    • 468 17 Bloomb erg [LONDON] Oil rose to US$7B a barrel yesterday, driven towards an all-time high by an influx of speculative fund money and tightening crude supplies from the North Sea. London Brent climbed to a fresh 11-month high of U5578.40 in earlier
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    • 548 17 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh yesterday moved against the leaders of its two main political parties, both former prime ministers, as it intensified efforts to clean up the nation's famously corrupt politics. In a dawn raid, hundreds of police and special forces swooped on
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  • AVIATION
    • 480 18 Joint management set-up cited as a major reason for Airbus's troubles AP [TOULOUSE] EADS, the parent of troubled planemaker Airbus, is abandoning its twin-chief executive structure, co-CEO Tom Enders said yesterday, with France's Louis Gallois taking the company's reins. "We need to be a
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    • 383 18 Bloomberg [KARACHI] Pakistan International Airlines plans to raise 26.5 billion rupees (***** million) in its biggest bond sale to cut borrowing costs and upgrade its maintenance and training facilities. "We have a very unhealthy balance sheet, which is in a serious state
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    • 182 18  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Brazilian planemaker Embraer's sec-ond-quarter 2007 firm orders for commercial and executive aviation and defence and government projects increased by US$6OO million, boosting the company's total orderbook to a record US$l5.6 billion. Q2 deliveries comprised 36 jets, including
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    • 213 18 They will offer 3.81b euros, trumping TPG-BA's 3.4b euros AFP [MADRID] Investment fund Apax and Air France, allied with Spanish investors, are preparing a bid for Spanish carrier Iberia, the newspaper elEconomista reported yesterday. The paper, citing sources close to the matter,
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    • 232 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Passengers on a flight to Melbourne from Bangkok are being vaccinated against polio after doctors detected the pa-ralysis-causing virus in one of the travellers. A 22-year-old student was diagnosed with the disease shortly after returning to Melbourne on a July 2 Thai
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  • SHIPPING
    • 562 19  -  China shippers' rush to beat expiry of tax rebate on export items lead to boost By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Asian container ports experienced a cargo bonanza in the first half this year as shippers in China rushed to beat the end
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    • 385 19 AP [HAGATNA, Guam] After towering waves from Typhoon Man-yi sank his ship, captain Zhong Jian Lin grabbed the hand of a weak sailor and held on for his life for nearly three days. Mr Lin and 12 others were rescued by
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    • 163 19 Reuters [MADRID] A sunken ship leaking fuel and oil into the sea near an Ibiza nature reserve would be sealed yesterday, a Spanish government minister said. Clean-up crews have been at work since last week when the merchant ship Don Pedro sank off the
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    • 288 19 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Cosco Holdings Co and China Shipping Container Lines Co led declines among Asian container shipping lines after Goldman Sachs Group Inc cut ratings in the sector, saying that stock prices exceeded earnings expectations. Shares of China Cosco, Asia's largest container
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    • 328 19 Improvement due to cooperation of littoral states Xinhua [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malacca Strait recorded zero incidents of pirate attacks on ships in the second quarter of 2007 compared with three attacks in the same time last year, local media reported yesterday. The improvement
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    • 94 19 Bloomberg [MUSCAT, Oman] Port Services Corp, the operator of Oman's largest sea port, won government approval to manage the port of Khasab in Musandam. The Omani company will create a new venture with Germany's IQ Martrade to manage the port in Musandam governorate on a
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    • 278 19 SGX *000 M16 a 4 w CH Offshore —0.89 -0.01 3375 Chuan Hup Hldgs 0.45 unch 4486 CoscoCorp 4.86 -0.04 6514 CWTLtd 1.03 -0.02 993 Ezra Hldgi .6.25 -0.25 214 First Ship Lease .0.99 unch 546 Freight Links 0.15 unch 8265 Grand Banks 1.16 0.02 113 Java Hold
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 490 20 EDITORIAL AGAINST the backdrop of the mess and the bloodshed in Iraq and the growing American public and Congressional opposition to the US occupation of that country, the conventional wisdom is that most of the US troops will start withdrawing from Iraq in the
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    • 1139 20  -  China needs to review its foreign trade policy to keep a lid on its soaring forex reserves growth BY TIGER TONG CHINA'S government is famous for maintaining a good balance between its free market economy and administrative controls. But now,
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    • 789 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg ONE of the blessings, or curses, of long international flights is the opportunity to catch movies you ordinarily might avoid. Japan's comedy Bubble Fiction is a case in point. It's the tale of a woman
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    • 1664 21  -  The government has faced criticism in the manner it handled the situation since the beginning in January 2007 BY IFTHKHAR LODHI AFTER a six-month standoff, Pakistani i forces finally seized Jf the Lai Masjid (Red jgt Mosque) complex in 0mm Islamabad last week. ll| A day-long
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    • 841 21  -  Many British luxury goods firms are shifting production to cheaper factories in Eastern Europe and Asia BY TAHANI KARRAR Reuters 8 k OWN a winding English lane, c straight out of the backdrop of a telet vision period drama, is a factory that is as
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    • 204 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Kevin Liao Executive Director and Executive Vice-President Financial One Corp WE refer to the article, "Be more forthcoming on detailed use of IPO funds" (BT, July 16). In the article, it was mentioned that Financial One "gave a detailed breakdown of
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  • PROPERTY
    • 677 27 It may become home to 12m sq ft of skyscrapers, parks and a cultural centre [NEW YORK] Manhattan's West Side rail yards are being offered to developers under a city and state plan to turn the 26-acre parcel into an office and
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    • 172 27 Bloomberg [LONDON] The asset management unit of CB Richard Ellis Group, the world's largest real estate consultant, raised 542 million euros (Ssl.l billion) for a fund that invests in property funds focused on mainland Europe. CBRE Investors' Alpha Fund will invest in
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    • 289 28  -  Freehold site expected to fetch around $205 m By UMA SHANKARI TAN Tong Meng Tower, a freehold residential site along Thomson Road, is seeking expressions of interest for a collective sale. CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), which is marketing the project, expects the
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    • 228 28 SC Global will price penthouses at $5,000 per sq ft Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] SC Global Development Ltd, which sold homes at its The Marq apartment project at a record price last month, said foreigners made up about 60 percent of the buyers. SG Global
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    • 533 29  -  But overall take-up down 20 per cent year-on-year By ARTHUR SIM GRADE A office rents in Hong Kong's Central district have hit a record high, averaging HK$92 per square foot (5517.80 psf), but overall take-up has fallen 20 per cent from
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    • 186 29 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Sino Land Co and South China Holdings Ltd are considering selling their jointly owned Centrium office building, home of nightclub Dragon-I, in Hong Kong's Central business district. The companies received "several offers from real estate brokers representing different clients"
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    • 460 30  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA TWO new projects have been put on the market Bnapier on the former Eng Lok Mansion site near Botanic Gardens, and The Rochester in the one-north precinct. Prices at the 46-unit Bnapier range from $4,000 to $4,500 per sq
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    • 412 30 This would indicate level of speculative activity, says Colliers International By KALPANA RASHIWALA COLLIERS International has suggested that the authorities track multiple-unit purchases of private residential properties, which could be used to show the level of speculative activity. Individuals who own several properties may
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    • 177 27 HHHIHH 'ate Raffles Girls' 7W Aj/ Sec Sch Shangri-La J J Hotel VSv// Land area 17,974 sf, Freehold GPR 2.8, up to 36 storeys Wry J The /s/ The Arc at TheHabrtan /J Potential for 20 units x 2,400 sf TheTate /W yA site^^R^ences Regular-shaped plot I A®/ Aniertcan Orchard
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    • 421 27 r *2-20 JALAN LEMPENG (CLEMENTI AVE 6/AYE) EXTREMELY LARGE LAND SIZE 633,638 SQ FT PLOT RATIO 2.1 ;SS§B (99 YEARS LEASEHOLD) I WALKING distance to CLEMENTI MRT j NEW CLEMENTI HUB, bus interchange EOI Closing s3l July 2007 (4.00 pm) OPPOSITE NAN HUA PRI For further enquiries, please contact: (SAP)
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    • 187 28 8 River Valley Close 128,300 sq ft of Prime Freehold JH||H Residential Land in District 9 RfSMIIBi Rivergate Tribeca Singapore Great World The Trillium The Cosmopolitan (u/c) (u/c) River City (u/c) (u/c) i* ii«'r. A J Vv l, i s| Collective Sale of Pacific Mansions O Park The UJ Hotel
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    • 279 28 Ford Avenue Just Soldi SI3M Astrid Hill 23,200 sqf $18.xM Bukrt Tunggal Rd 20,300 sqf $17jcM Cornwall Gdn (New) 20,000 sqf $20.xM Cornwall Gdn 15,700 sqf $12.xM Cluny Hill 15,900 sqf $18.xM East Sussex Lane 37,000 sqf $18.xM Gallop Park Road 14,800 sqf $12.xM Gallop Road 15,800 sqf $16.xM King
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    • 207 29 For Sale by Tender Prime Residential Redevelopment Site at Dist 09 Scotts Square if Wheelock The Orchard ac Place Residences /^-Orchard.,rChard MRT NgeeAnn ~o d d City Somerset D PI/ MRT 3 Road S I ■SZ n <z? <2- \To Orchard > v V Rd To CBD D R wer
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    • 181 29 LUXURIOUS DEVELOPMENT SITE FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST r~| •65 Lloyd Road, A Meng Garden Apartments Large site area approx 35,600 sq ft Plot Ratio 2.8 f Quiet locality off Killiney Road A Walking distance to Somerset MRT station and Orchard Road HH shopping belt Vibrant neighbourhood Potential to
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