The Business Times, 22 October 2007

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Monday, October 22,2007
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  • Article
    Lock icon GIC, Temasek among top state funds
    772 1  -  CHUANG PECK MING Study forecasts sovereign wealth funds will hit USsl3.4t in a decade, from current USs2.2t [SINGAPORE] State funds are set to make a bigger wave in global financial markets and the world economy and Singapore's are in the leading pack, according to
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    Lock icon Widen moves to calm markets: global finance chiefs
    616 1 Reuters Steps include tighter IMF scrutiny of state investment funds [WASHINGTON] Global finance chiefs on Saturday called for a more broad-based effort to calm financial markets, including tighter scrutiny by the International Monetary Fund and other institutions of increasingly powerful state-owned investment
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      48 1 IT Index 3,747.98 -109.27 1COMP 1,370.17 -5.08 MKKEI 225 16,814.37 -516.80 IANG SENG 29,465.05 +626.68 ;et index 875.83 -11.19 JAKARTA COMP 2,563.75 -74.46 1ANILA COMP 3,819.75 -4.45 ;eoulcomp 1,970.10 -56.34 ;henzhen b 787.00 +20.49 IUMBAI IND 17,559.98-859.06 )OW 13,522.02 -571.06 IASDAQ 2,725.16 -80.52 ;&p 500 1,500.63 -61.17
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      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.50 INDONESIA 15.483 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.75 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.08 INDIA 12.75 Source: Bloomberg
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      42 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.459 £(US: i/S: per£) 2.044 2.983 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.428 2.084 YEN 115.10 78.90 RM 3.359 2.302 HK$ 7.751 5.312 BAHT 34.17 23.42 RUPIAH 9,089 6,229 RENMINBI 7.511 5.148 INDIAN RUPEE 39.39 26.99 A$ 1.122 0.769 NZ! 1.341 0.919
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      57 1 fl BizlT SUN FESTIVAL W HP pulling out all the stops Sensual N to woo Asia's high-rollers botanicals 34 PAGE 15 EYE ON HONG KONG HK's Chief Executive Donald Tsang has announced new businessboosting measures. X^H^^ How will the changes Ml affect Singapore's economy? Business leaders share their thoughts VIEWS
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      24 1 Kg^y^ WALL STREET SPORE MARITIME P™ i 1 Analysts dismiss ACADEMY spectre of crash 50 years of SMA ELJLJLM l|g| PAGE 2 PAGES 16-19
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Analysts dismiss spectre of crash, but selling's not over
      1002 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Last week's 4% slide due more to recent sharp run-up than to fear of another crisis AS STOCKS plummeted on earnings outlooks and renewed credit worries last Friday on the 20th anniversary of Black Monday, Wall
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon High rents drive big firms out of HK's Central
        67 2 BLUECHIP tenants are retreating from Hong Kong's central business district as rents climb beyond reach. The latest move away from the high-rent Central area is by lender DBS Bank (Hong Kong), which has just leased more than 220,000 square foot of
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        Lock icon Free hand for Hu as key figure is left out of elite body
        63 2 CHINESE Vice-President Zeng Qinghong retired from the communists' upper ranks yesterday, bolstering party boss Hu Jintao's grip on power and clearing the way for a younger generation of potential successors. Mr Zeng, 68, was left out of
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        Lock icon Bovet watches make timely return to China
        55 2 SWISS watchmaker Bovet is planning a comeback in China, where its pocket watches used to be a hit with emperors and court officials. And Singapore Exchange-listed Sincere Watch is leading the charge, banking on the luxury brand's historical links to woo China's new
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        Lock icon SingTel seen eyeing stake in Ghana telco
        58 2 SINGTEL plans to bid for a major stake in state-owned Ghana Telecom, the West African country's dominant operator, banking sources said. The deal, for half of the unlisted company's shares, may cost Sing Tel up to US$5OO million and pit it against European
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        Lock icon Longevity insurance: SM Goh for payout at 80
        59 2 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong says he believes the government's flexibility on the payout age of the proposed longevity insurance scheme will go far in securing the support the scheme needs. He added that, personally, he preferred a younger payout age of
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        Lock icon Bankers wary of investment rescue fund
        73 2 BANKERS remain wary of plans to launch a massive investment rescue fund to soften the blow of the US sub-prime meltdown, saying that it could interfere with a market recovery and stall a resolution to the credit crisis. The fund is intended to prevent
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        Lock icon Protectionist calls emerge at China's party congress
        51 2 A NATIONALIST hum for protection has erupted on the sidelines of the Communist Party Congress that ended yesterday. This contrasted sharply with President Hu Jintao's vow to keep opening the economy and seek "win-win" cooperation between Chinese and foreign firms. GREATER CHINA, PAGE
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        Lock icon DP World's IPO may value company at USs2ob
        64 2 DUBAI will sell around 20 per cent of port operator DP World next month in an initial public offering that could be the Middle East's largest and value the company at about US$2O billion. DP World will list shares on the Dubai
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        Lock icon HP focuses on bolstering value proposition for SMBs
        53 2 ASIA'S biggest technology spenders are now being offered a smorgasbord of new software and tools to accompany their PC and printer purchases as part of a new Hewlett-Packard strategy to shift the battlefront for IT dollars from hardware to overall service capabilities.
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      Lock icon Free hand for Hu as key figure is left off elite body
      668 3 Reuters V-P Zeng's departure clears way for young potential successors [BEIJING] Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong retired from the communists' upper ranks yesterday, bolstering party boss Hu Jintao's grip on power and clearing the way for a younger generation
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      Lock icon High rents drive big firms out of HK's Central
      547 3  -  JANE MOIR DBS Bank (HK) moves to Quarry Bay; Morgan Stanley, Kowloon BLUECHIP tenants are retreating from Hong Kong's central business district as rents climb beyond reach. The latest move away from the high-rent Central area is by lender DBS Bank
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Performance, not separation of roles, is key
      627 4  -  CONRAD RAJ THE recent appointment of former Singapore Telecommunications chief executive Lee Hsien Yang to the board of Fraser Neave as both chairman and consultant appears to have rankled some observers who feel it could lead to a conflict of interest. Some also
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      Lock icon Bovet watches make timely return to China
      503 4  -  CHUANG PECK MING Sincere says it will be selling Swiss maker's luxury pieces through Macau by next year WATCHMAKER Bovet, started by Edouard Bovet and his two brothers, found its way to China in 1822 and its pocket watches became a hit with
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      Lock icon Sing Tel seen eyeing stake worth USssoom in Ghana telco
      565 4 Reuters It's conducting due diligence, with Merrill as adviser SINGAPORE Telecommunications is now hunting for high-growth assets far beyond its traditional grounds in Asia, having spent over US$l2 billion in acquisitions closer to home in recent years. Banking sources told
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      Lock icon What to expect
      90 4 Dates of release of Q3 and 9-month results ended Sept 2007 COMPANY DATE Keppel Land Oct 23 KeppelT&T Oct 23 Capitaßetail China Tr Oct 23 SPC Oct 24 Osim Intl Oct 24 Keppel Corp Oct 25 Mapletree Log Oct 25 DBSGrp Oct 26 Capita Land Ltd Oct
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      212 4 SINGAPORE CUSTOMS UPGRADES IT SYSTEMS Various Customs Permit Services will be affected Singapore Customs will be carrying out an upgrade of its IT systems. The upgrade is necessary to increase efficiency and to meet future operational needs, as well as to prepare for the roll out of the enhancement to
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Black Monday revisited?
      719 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS 11 \\n.s exactly one mourn ago that the US Federal Reserve cut its short-term rate by a surprise 50 basis points, sparking off a worldwide rally in stocks and consigning the then-prevalent US sub-prime fears to the market's backburners. Exhibiting the same disregard for
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      918 6 Legends: USS; Fen; (a) HO; A) A$; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; (SS) Euro; AA) Baht; (8181) RM; (888) Peso; AAA) Rs; NTS; (ab) Cash/Bonus; (af) Dividend/Distribition; (ai) Final; (ak) Final and Fully Franked, with Div Reinvestment Plan; (al) Final Net; (an) Final Tax Exempt; (ao) Final Tax Exempt (One
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      Lock icon Asian units mixed against greenback
      419 6 ■AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended last week mixed against the US dollar, with the yen climbing but the Australian and New Zealand dollars down. Japanese yen: The yen has climbed to a near three-week high against the dollar as the market fretted over
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      Lock icon Oil soars above US$9O, gold at new highs
      406 6 ■AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Scorching oil prices blazed a record-breaking trail beyond US$9O last week as traders fretted over the weak US dollar and geopolitical jitters in the crude-rich Middle East. Prices were electrified by fears that a Turkish military incursion into northern
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      Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
      1773 6 Source: Reuters Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price lompany name advanced Holdings 1.50 1.50 2 4.65 9.89 0.56 0.45 .EM Holdings 2.50 2.50 4.20 3.93 0.23 0.17 Jlco Comm REIT 1.60 1.60 5.14 20.80
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 WEEKLY
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      46 6 Oct 19 VALUE CLOSE -1167.00-337.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-227.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-116.00 All-SG Equities 1039.29 -11.87 SG Equities Elect 116.12 -1.78 SG Equities Fin 2590.40 -63.20 SG Equities Prop 1541.89 -22.42 SiMSCI 459.34 -7.92 SiMSCI Future 459.30 -8.10 PrimePartnersCI 303.97 -1.15
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      51 6 VOLUME Diqiland 860,352,000 El-Nets 528,489,000 ChinaONFld 438,566,000 Sky Petrol 310,915,000 Memstar 252,362,000 BerlianLaju 239,660,000 Sinostar 233,017,000 ChinaAElec 222,254,000 Jade Tech 210,798,000 Uni-Asia 205,636,000 VALUE(S) DBSGrp 1,303,737,912 Capita Land 543,223,185 SGX 522,989,580 ChinaONFld 490,388,510 Cosco Corp 486,737,966 UOB 462,476,838 Sing Tel 427,304,306 Uni-Asia 386,381,980 Keppel Corp 364,048,317 STXPOKWIOO
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      Lock icon RISES
      103 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 7580 277.1 2.6 GLD 10US$ China H 10US$ 2550 131.3 3.7 Kei T&T 575 107.0 22.9 SPC 885 95.0 12.0 CoscoCori iRBeCW*****1 246 90.0 57.7 STXPOMBLeCW*****5 208 80.0 62.5 Cosco Con 770 75.0 10.8 Ezra 715 60.0 9.2 SPCDBeCW*****9 178 56.0 45.9 CoscoCori iMBLeCW/***** 180
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      Lock icon FALLS
      93 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 2140-100.0 -4.5 DBS Gri lardine C&C 1900-100.0 -5.0 ;gx 1490-100.0 -6.3 Uni-Asia 159 -91.0 -36.4 Venture Cor| 1480 -90.0 -5.7 B Sembawani 1170 -80.0 -6.4 ;C Global W*****0 422 -78.0 -15.6 ISMSCI India 100 830 -72.9 -5.7 Delon. 300 -68.0 -18.5 BukitSemW*****3 740 -65.0 -8.1
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      99 6 Clob Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in S$. Oct19 %CHNG CLOSE FR Oct 18 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4631 -0.14 1.5479 1.4569® Euro 2.0895 -0.30 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 2.9939 -0.17 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.3086 -0.38 1.3411 1.1741 Yen*
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  • CTI
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      Lock icon BT Corporate Transparency Index (Issue 2)
      4230 8 1 Qian Hu Corporation 2 Keppel Corporation 3 Mobileone 4 Keppel Land 5 Singtel 6 Keppel Tele Tran Sembcorp Industries 8 Capitacommercial Trust Capitamall Trust Singapore Exchange SMRT Corporation 12 Aztech Systems Capitaland Singapore Food Industries Singapore Post 16 ComfortDelgro Corporation Multi-Chem 18 Ascendas
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      Lock icon Which firms were picked and how they fared
      617 9  -  MAX YUEN TEEN A total oT yi companies with financial year-ends between April 30 and June 30, 2007 are scored FOR the latest Business Times Corporate Transparency Index (BT-CTI), conducted in collaboration with the Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre (CGFRC) and
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      2935 9 LHTHIdgs Magnus Energy Group Nico Steel Hldgs Overseas Union Enterprise Sembawang Kimtrans Sunright Superbowl Hldgs Texchem-Pack Hldgs (S) The Hour Glass Tiong Woon Corp Holding Transview Hldgs TSH Corporation (formerly TPA Strategic Hldgs) TsitWing Intl Hldgs Unified Communications Hldg Vita Hldgs 113 Albedo 31
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market and portfolios spooked
      1376 10  -  TEH HOOI LING OUR portfolios fell across the board last week as fear again gripped investors. Among the concerns was potential slowdown in the global economy as oil prices soared above US$9O per barrel. The housing slump in the US and its impact on the economy
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      Lock icon Activity rises sharply; brisk trading by fund managers
      1536 10  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS By CORPORATE shareholder activity surged on both the buying and selling fronts last week with 28 firms recording 83 purchases and 30 companies with 80 disposals, based on filings on the Singapore Exchange in the third week of
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Longevity insurance: SM for payout at 80
      558 11  -  MICHELLE QUAH He says govt's flexibility on payout age will help secure support for scheme By support a compulsory annuity scheme because they will see the glass as more than half-full. They can then see better that they will benefit from the longevity
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      Lock icon WORLD RECORD WITH 'SAFETY FIRST' MESSAGE
      185 11  -  Michelle Quah AS many as 18,000 safety helmets were used to form a chain spanning a distance of s.Bkm, as Keppel Offshore Marine attempted to set a Guinness World Record and the Singapore Book of Records by creating the longest unbroken chain of safety
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      95 11 EVENTS LISTING DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 22 Oct 07 ISEAS Seminar on ISEAS Seminar Room 10.30am Myanmar Today: Rhetoric, 2, 30 Heng Mui Keng Myths and Realities Terrace, Pasir Panjang 22-23 Oct Asia Power 2007 Marina Mandarin 07 Hotel 8.00am 24-25 Oct Strategies for Effective Grand Hyatt Singapore 9.30am Tax
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon EYE ON HONG KONG
      4071 12  -  THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Could Hong Kong's new business-boosting measures have an impact on your industry and on the Singapore economy in general? Spore has edge in certain areas FIRST, competition is always good. The real losers are likely to be the countries that are not even
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      24 13 GOOD GAINS Let your investors know by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg. S MATS NOTICES
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  • DINING OUT
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      Lock icon Classical French and homestyle Okinawan
      1419 14  -  Geoffrey Eu Ch&ah Ui-Hoon GUEST CHEF Davy Tissot, Gordon Grill Goodwood Park Hotel, 22 Scotts Road Tel: 6730-1744 THE ongoing Michelin Star Festival at the Goodwood Park's Gordon Grill marks a second week of high-powered gastronomic activity with the appearance of guest chef Davy Tissot.
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  • SINGAPORE SUN FESTIVAL
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      Lock icon Brunching out into sensual botanicals
      699 15 The Singapore Sun Festival gets off to a delicious start, writes PARVATHI NAYAR THE fine art of living well, also known as the Singapore Sun Festival, got off to a good start over the weekend with a tasty sampler of its core strengths: classical music
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      Lock icon A ride down memory lane
      154 15  -  PARVATHI NAYAR -By SINGAPORE-BASED CEOs, celebrities and artists have all contributed towards designing and decorating trishaws for a charity auction organised by the Sun Festival this morning at the Raffles Hotel Jubilee Hall. "The ride home is the trishaw created by Esplanade CEO Benson Puah
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      Lock icon Russians give a brilliant start to festival concerts
      616 15  -  PYVAN By 1 tih Kussian National Urchestra under the baton of Alexander Vedernikov opened the Singapore Sun Festival's series of concerts at the Esplanade last Saturday evening with a wonderfully fresh performance of Rossini's William Tell overture. The cellos, led by principal
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      199 15 If Iff 11 m^L I IH With the beauty of the Botanic Gardens at the Sun Festival today as a backdr°P' enJ°y a s Pecially crafted al IIIC JUII rcsuval lliuay dinner prepared by Michelin and nrnrnvpfr^^^^^^^^^H SAA Rosette Award-winning chef IJ PI n 1111 Jean-Christophe Novelli. Under The J
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  • 50 YEARS OF SMA
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      Lock icon Charting a new course for Singapore
      775 16 GEORGE JOSEPH finds out how SMA strives to meet the industry's changing demands for manpower MARITIME education has come a long way since Singapore started training deck cadets 50 years ago at the polytechnic. Today, the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) of Singapore Polytechnic (SP)
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      Lock icon Educational chances with global exposure
      409 16 SINCE the Singapore Maritime Academy set out to provide a route to university degrees for its diploma level students, it has actively pursued collaborations with premier foreign universities. And this has gone beyond credit transfers so that its Singapore students can proceed to these degree
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      Lock icon Message from Mr Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
      291 16 I CONGRATULATE the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) on its 50th anniversary. Over the years, Singapore has developed into a global hub port and a leading International Maritime Centre. SMA has played an important role in our
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      Lock icon SMA at the forefront of maritime training
      263 16 THE training of mariners in Singapore dates back to the British colonial days and by 1952, a part-time maritime school within the Raffles Institution was set up. Funding came from the Committee of the Singapore Sailors' Institute and the Committee of the Singapore
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      Lock icon Making them feel at home
      682 17 With SingTel's Maritime VSAT service, shipping companies can boost productivity and improve the lives of crew at sea, reports wee li-eim SHIPPING companies are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of maritime communications technology, says Singapore Telecommunications Ltd executive vice-president of the business group Bill
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      Lock icon Singapore to Siberia – a real life training trip
      802 17  - Singapore to Siberia a real life training trip GEORGE JOSEPH INNOVATIVE training programmes created by the faculty of the Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) can take its trainees on learning stints to places as diverse as a luxury cruise ship and the 10,000 km long Trans Siberia Railway. The luxury cruise
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      Lock icon More than seafaring
      812 18 The maritime field also needs people who are trained to support ships, reports imisha ramchaimdaimi A TWO-WEEK stint at sea as a sea cadet during his secondary school days was all it took for Captain Kevin Wong to decide on his career of choice. "That's when I
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      Lock icon Graduate scholarship scheme aided by teaching staff
      484 18 IN conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Singapore Maritime Academy, Singapore Polytechnic launched new initiatives to offer a wider programme of relevant courses in maritime education with beefed-up facilities and a scholarship fund for its students. These include the setting up of
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      Lock icon Training aboard the world's tallest ship
      295 18  -  THE SS Pallada is one of the world's fastest tall ships and a group of students from the Singapore Polytechnic was the first from Singapore to get a chance to sail on it. The Pallada is the pride of Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries
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      Lock icon SMA makes learning more efficient
      460 19 R&D and IT have enabled it to provide multimedia and distance learning, reports rajaim bhaimdari SINGAPORE'S only maritime academy is a leader in research and development initiatives that make for a more conducive learning and teaching environment, while at the same time meeting industry demands
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      387 19 DUNKING a person in water is not part of essential training just for would-be commandos. Very soon it will be compulsory for anyone getting on to an offshore platform in most parts of the world to have undergone training which includes
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      987 20 JASON LOW takes a closer look at the importance of crude oil and its impact on the global markets today DESPITE last week being the earnings season in the United States, much of the stock market's attention was focused on the surging crude
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      1020 20 CAMPUS LIFE During his school exchange programme in Sweden, NUS undergrad Sriram Krishnan successfully launches a mobile application start-up, says CRYSTAL NEO THE world is his oyster and Sriram Krishnan knows this very well. The final-year electrical engineering student at the National University of Singapore,
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      Lock icon Bankers wary of investment rescue fund
      708 21 Reuters, Bloomberg It may interfere with a market recovery, stall a resolution to the credit crisis [WASHINGTON] Bankers remain wary of plans to launch a massive investment rescue fund to soften the blow of the US sub-prime meltdown, saying that it could interfere with
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      249 21 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said that the country's economy would pick up next year after the government increased spending, while foreign investment has recovered. The expansion may "easily" exceed 5 per cent in 2008, up from an estimated
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      382 21 Bloomberg Record capital inflows present another challenge [NEW DELHI] India's government faces challenges in managing the economy because of a strengthening currency and record inflows, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said. "Strong capital inflows have posed significant challenges to macroeconomic management," he told a
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      248 21 ■AFP [WASHINGTON] World Trade Organization head Pascal Lamy has warned that international negotiators are now faced with their last chance to reach a global trade deal. He said on Saturday that they had just "a few weeks" to agree on
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      172 21 If you are facing any of the following: You need to keep your payroll absolutely confidential. Your payroll staff are bogged down, and are bored with the routine of rushing payroll every month, and there is limited room for staff development for payroll processing functions. You or your payroll staff
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      661 22  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Inflation is becoming a thornier problem than volatile stock markets and rising oil prices CONSIDERING Wall Street's massive 2.64 per cent sell-off last Friday, Asian and European markets can count on a torrid week ahead. Before the US's humongous
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      278 22 Rev- He will continue with physiotherapy exercises at home [KUALA LUMPUR] Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 82, left hospital yesterday after heart surgery, ending about a month in intensive care. Dr Mahathir, who still wields political influence in Malaysia after ruling
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      Lock icon Top Glove Q4 profit rises 43% to RM26.Bm
      236 22 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Top Glove Corp, the world's biggest rubber-glove maker, said fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 43 per cent as the company added production lines to factories in Asia. Net income increased to RM26.8 million (Ssl 1.6 million), or 8.6 sen a
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      371 22 [JAKARTA] Indonesia, South-east Asia's most populous country, plans to spend 600 billion rupiah (5596.6 million) next year on palm oil research and subsidising cooking oil for the poor. "Spending mostly will be used for research to boost added value at the
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      227 22 [KUALA LUMPUR] Businessman Ishak Ismail, the former executive chairman of Idris Hydraulic (Malaysia) Bhd, is making a comeback via a takeover of Idaman Unggul Bhd and a tussle is imminent, Malaysia's Business Times quoted sources as saying. Idaman Unggul, whose major
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      70 23 AFP ICONIC French fashion designer Pierre Car din (centre) walking past the audience and mediapeople after his fashion show (left) in the desert of Whistling Sand Mountain on the outskirts of Dunhuang in China's north-west Gansu province. Cardin launched his spring-summer 2008 collection in the desert
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      469 23 Reuters, AFP Aim is to curb foreign fund flows into listed stocks [NEW DELHI] India's main communist party, which props up the ruling coalition, urged the government last Friday to curb foreign fund flows into shares by banning a particular type of investment
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      535 23 As Hu vows to keep opening economy, business chiefs slam foreign inroads [BEIJING] No country has prospered more than China by opening up to trade and investment, so a nationalist hum for protection on the sidelines of the Communist Party Congress that ended
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      195 23 -AP [BEIJING] China's investment in factories, real estate and other urban assets rose 25.7 per cent in the first three quarters of this year from the same period last year, a central bank official said yesterday, despite curbs meant to prevent runaway spending. The government
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      342 23 Bloomberg Gain of 10b rupees beats analysts' median estimate [MUMBAI] ICICI Bank, India's second-biggest bank by assets, said that sec-ond-quarter profit rose 33 per cent as it earned more from loans and financial products in Asia's third-big-gest economy. Net income increased to 10
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      1095 23 SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 3Mr Cj Annual Report for the Year ended March 31,2007 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CORPORATE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AUDITORS, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (As of June 28,2007) J 2007 B" 2006 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTOR lncome Masavuki Oku lnterest income: Interest on loans
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      448 24 Reuters Around 20% of port operator to be sold in Nov and could raise up to USs4.2b [DUBAI] Dubai will sell around 20 per cent of port operator DP World next month in an initial public offering that could be the Middle
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      206 24 [LONDON] UK banks Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland have lined up emergency funds of up to US$3O biUion from the US Federal Reserve to bail out American clients caught up in the global credit crunch, a paper said. Barclays has been given
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      65 24 AFP [SAINTDENIS, France] South Africa's hooker and captain John Smit, holding the William Webb Ellis cup, his teammates and South Africa president Thabo Mbeki (L), celebrate after winning the rugby union World Cup final match against England on October 20
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      419 24 Bloomberg [NEW YORK! Nasdaq Stock Market and brokerages including Goldman Sachs Group are weighing bids for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, four people familiar with the matter said. Nasdaq, which is seeking to enter the derivatives business this year, as well as Goldman and Susquehanna International
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      497 24 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] World oil output has already peaked, and prices that have surged to record highs above US$9O a barrel are a sign of things to come, said investor Boone Pickens, chairman of Dallas-based BP Capital. Global production has peaked at 85
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      2923 24 Transaction date: Oct 19 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day Vol ■000 HK$ \eon Credit \eon Stores \ngang Steel \nhui Conch \nhuiexpressway \sia Satellite \sm Pacific iankOf E Asia ieida Jade Bird ieijing Airport
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      736 25 Fernandes is also urging for the opening up of the KL-S'pore route [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government's decision to allow Malaysia Airlines'(MAS) low-cost carrier (LCC), Firefly, to fly out of Subang airport has rekindled debate on whether the airport should be turned
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      234 25 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Asian jet fuel prices rose to a record in Singapore, the region's biggest oil-trading centre, after crude oil costs climbed to an all-time high. Morgan Stanley bought a third shipment in a week of 100,000 barrels of jet fuel at U5599.90 a
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      2412 25 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      285 25 Reuters [HAVANA] State-owned Dubai Ports World, which relinquished control over six US ports in a political firestorm last year, is studying plans to build a container terminal in the Cuban port of Mariel, business sources said. DP World agreed in early October
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      392 25 oaw BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5.75 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore branch 6.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of
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        111 25 '000 :H Offshore Ihuan Hup Hldgs losco Corp ZWTLtd Ezra Hldgs rirst Ship Lease rreight Links 3rand Banks layaHold Ltd <1Ventures <eppel Corp .abroy Marine V1TQ Corp MOL Pacific Shipping 3an-United Corp Rickmers Mari iamudera Ship iembcorp Indust iembcorp Marine ipore Ship Star Cruises 0.96 0.36 7.70 1.22 7.15
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        36 25 '000 let 19 M$ Vol Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Brid 1.51 9.80 9.70 4.90 2.90 0.25 -0.03 -0.05 unch -0.08 unch unch 221 44! 54! 122i 6! 8)
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        12 25 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 34.50 29.75 0.50 unch 1274 331
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        11 25 '000 Doil iingamas Cont 79.45 4.04 -0.50 -0.06 631 3091
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        20 25 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.20 39.50 2.00 unch 0.10 1.00 unch unch 79' 62!
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        21 25 Evergreen Marine ...32.95 :irst Steamship 87.70 Wan Hai Lines 29.10 fang Ming Marine ..27.90 -0.60 1.70 -1.85 -0.30 1 1
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        36 25 '000 :awasaki Hvy lnd...437.00 -9.00 ***** :awasaki Kisen ....1642.00 -54.00 588) /litsubishi Hvy 699.00 -12.00 ***** /litsui Eng&Sbldg ..676.00 -23.00 1070! /litsuiOsk Lines ..1946.00 -64.00 1120! lippon Express 592.00 -11.00 340' lipponYusen 1218.00 -25.00 4021
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      262 25 Reuters lAiimiNbj nasyLrmse will add one ship a year in the coming years to tap the budding Greek no-frills cruise market, Stelios Haji-loannou, founder of British low-cost airline easy Jet, said. Mr Haji-loannou, who moved his cruise ship operations from the French and Italian
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      301 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS HF HJ~ 6 Turned out stupidly illiterate HI__HM__HM__HM__HHBVHHHHI H 7 Grovel before queen ***** Lh mJ mJ nJ LJ^BH 10 Stymie on the green? (7) H"~~^l 11 Sounds like lower class (6) H 12 A bit backwards showing HJ HJ HJ HJ HJ HJ HJ HJ intelligence
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      216 26 All. ireen 0.50 1.790 -0.040 Ascendasreit 0.80 2.390 -0.030 Caj iComm 0.48 2.560 -0.050 Caj iLand 4.64 7.750 -0.100 CapitaMall 0.89 3.660 -0.040 Chart SemiCond 0.53 1.080 +0.010 CityDev 2.77 15.700 -0.300 ComfortDelGro 1.25 1.940 -0.020 Cosco Con 2.34 7.700 +0.200 Creative Tech 0.14 6.000 -0.050
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      95 26 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 11 7 OOP 1 11 7 Manufacturini 48 164 27 41 55 205 34 Commerce 13 64 19 19 83 >r/Cc ims 30 33 Finance 23 23 Construction 15 24 Pro] ies 33 33 Hotel
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      129 26 TURNOVER C000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 132.546 132.546 580.486 580.486 Manufacturini 2.766.431 836.312 3.602.743 2.932.668 244.994 3.177.662 Commerce 1.636.199 107.358 1.743.557 613.652 25.110 638.762 ir/O 940.926 13.709 954.635 2.117.320 12.705 2.130.021 Finance 403.333 1.175 404.508 3.160. .791 190 3.160.981 Construction 578.396
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      8694 26 Weekended: Oct 19 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hii Week Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hi* Corti| >an] 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 7 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG
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      56 26 119 119 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** ***** 6170 SPDRS 3983 2710 6235 STI ETF 100 3977.9 2737.6 6236 STI ETF IOPV US119xd US6200 US1000 US***** US***** 3940 +20 3818.6 -110.1 25 3983
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      2159 26 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP] Day ill Low Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smil Comi JiL 30 13 1181 AAGrp 41.5 19 5000 ABRHIdgs 31 23.5 8538 APStrategic 16.5 2 1501 Advanced System 70.5 11.5 1524 Alantac 22.5 8
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      253 26 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; N Net 2 or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer cdca cum dividend cum
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      366 27 Futures (Closing prices) %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct19 World Index Preliminan 1172.4 -1.0 6.5 -0.7 5.5 -1.0 10.! t EAFE Preliminan 1162.9 -0.9 5.0 -0.6 6.6 -0.9 11.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1583.5 -0.7 6.0 -0.5 7.9 -0.8
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      133 27 As at 9am Oct 19 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2960 1.3110 Can dollar 1.4880 1.5060 Euro 2.0720 2.0960 NZ dollar 1.0860 1.1090 Sterlin ind 2.9660 3.0000 US dollar 1.4510 1.4670 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      163 27 Oct 19 fer Overnight 2 1/2 1-month 2 1/2 2-months 2 17/32 3-months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 2 1/2 US$ Offer 2 3/8 2 3/8 2 13/32 2 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.90 4.98 5.04
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      25 27 Oct 19 ten Hji Sett STI SIMSCI Oct 464 464 469.3 Taiwan Oct 373.3 376.3 373.9 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 27 Oct 19 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4554 1.4566 2-months 1.4522 1.4535 3-months 1.4489 1.4502 6-months 1.4408 1.4421 Source: OCBC
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      147 27 Oct 19 jrrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer l/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: jstralian dollar 1.3001 1.3014 0.8913 0.8916 madian dollar 1.4962 1.4976 1.0257 1.0261 iro 2.0829 2.0845 1.4280 1.4281 dollar 1.0869 1.0892 0.7452 0.7462 irlim 2.9818 2.9843 2.0443 2.0446 dollar 1.4586 1.4596 l/US$ to 100
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      337 27 Oct 19 IRODOLLAR FUTURES ec07 lar08 in08 ;p08 95.200 95.490 95.650 95.725 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7493 8615 UROYEN FUTURES ec07 99.145 99.155 lar08 99.115 99.130 in08 99.080 99.100 ;p08 99.030 99.040 ec08 98.950 98.980 lar09 98.915 98.915 in09 98.845B ;p09 99.145 99.115 99.080 99.030
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      291 27 Oct 19 RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Low Nov 07 Dec 07 Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 352.00 353.50 355.75 356.25 357.25 361.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Nov 07
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      103 27 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 07 983.25 991.50 988.00 976.50 Jan 08 1001.25 1010.25 1007.00 994.50 Mar 08 1015.75 1023.25 1020.00 1009.00 May 08 1020.00 1026.50 1022.50 1013.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 40.56 40.99 41.03 40.50 Jan
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      76 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 18 CRUDE (FOB origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 84.11 -0.15 WTI (Near Mth) 89.53 2.33 Dubai (1-Mth F) 77.85 -0.27 Tapis blend 88.3 -0.2 Minas 85.8 -0.2 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 83.32 98.95 -0.13 0.9 USS/barrel Opec Oil
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      466 27 Oct19 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS wstralia 0.869 6.695 0.624 6.910 35.114 81.024 1.026 8.164 2.994 1.195 54.138 39.398 1.301 5.776 1.042 29.049 30.456 0.436 0.891 Canada 1.151 7.705 0.718 7.952
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      89 27 Oct 19 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hii Day's ill Low 1-Month BQ*****X 17.01.08 -Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.29 2.16 2.3 2.28 30VERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year N*****0Z 2.375 i-Year N*****1E 2.500 '-Year NX*****F 3.625 0-Year NY*****F 3.750 5-Year
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      68 27 Oct 19 mth 4.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 5.***** 2.***** mths 4.***** 2.***** 2 mths 4.***** 2.***** iWAP Offer rates (S$) mth 2.***** mths 2.***** mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.*****
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      65 27 Oct 18 ICE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) lelivery Opening Sett Av lonth Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Oct 07 2790 2817 2823 2765 753 ***** Nov 07 2750 2770 2767 2710 2889 ***** }ec07 2724 2735 2735 2680 8101 ***** Ian 08 2704 2711 2714
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      131 27 Oct 19 Hong Kong London 757.00 756.80 758.00 757.80 Oct 18 Oct 19 763.10 761.50 763.60 762.00 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Oct 19 Buying Sellim Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Sellim "38,728.65" ng Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™
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      70 27 Oct 19 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (USS/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2510.20 2503.80 3 months 2557.00 2551.00 Copper, Grade A (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months 7912.50 7870.00 7901.50 7860.00 Lead (USS/tonne) Cash 3769.00 3 months 3705.00 3712.00 3665.00 Nickel (USS/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (USS/tonne) Cash 3
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      82 27 Oct 19 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 951 949 956/940 Mar 08 966 unch 973/957 May 08 975 976 982/967 Jul 08 987 unch 990/978 COFFEE (USS/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 07 2150 2123 2187/2134 Jan 08 1778 1781 1814/1773 Mar 08 1752 1758 1790/1746 May 08
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      4932 27 BONDS WARRANTS el lode Com| Last Sale Vol Conv Exer +or- ('000) Ratio Price Disc Gear- Mths ing Left >arr S779 ASL Marine Hldgs W*****1 122 -8 143 >058 AdvanceModulesGrpW*****3 5 -1.5 600 >036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 34 4 2260 >835 Allgreen RBeCW*****6 6.5 -2 460 >877 Ascendas REIT
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      425 32  -  ONG BOON KIAT DIFFICULT, closed and expensive. These are just a few of the negative connotations commonly associated with legacy systems such as older mainframes. Yet, the fact remains that many legacy systems are still around and carrying out crucial business support functions.
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      557 33  -  ONG BOON KIAT Firm unveils cheapest-ever storage product lines up schemes for Asian SMBs KNOWN for building and selling storage systems that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is now trying to woo the economy class: small businesses with
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      371 33  -  ONG BOON KIAT New 'dark fibre' system will give firm more control over cost and capacity here GLOBAL communications company Cable Wireless has announced its first dark fibre network in Singapore. The new network, which the company leased from a network provider here that
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      264 33 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAE Systems pic, Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) and International Business Machines Corp (IBM) were among eight companies that won the right to bid for work on Britain's £5.3 billion (5515.9 billion) ID card programme. Accenture Ltd,
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        68 33 HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP) has appointed Serena Yong as general manager, Personal Systems Group (PSG) for HP Singapore. Ms Yong will be responsible for the growth, business performance and market penetration of the PSG business. She will also drive HP's channel strategy and
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        97 33 THE Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and the National Security Coordination Secretariat (NSCS) launched a Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning (RAHS) Experimentation Centre (REC) last week. The centre aims to foster RAHS research, development and collaboration. RAHS is a system that
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        126 33 SPH New Media, distributor of a mobile interactive technology known as Zap Code, has launched Singapore's first interactive billboard at Mid-Point Orchard (above) based on the technology. Mobile handset users who have installed a software known as Color Cam can interact with the
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        42 33 OSLO Stock Exchange-listed software company Step Stone has set up office in Singapore. The provider of e-recruiting software and online job boards also announced the appointment of Weng Loong Leong as its new Singapore country manager.
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        33 33 CONTACT centre software vendor Aspect Software has appointed James Wong as general manager for the Asean region. He will oversee sales, marketing, professional services and other operations.
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        24 33  -  REGIONAL professional project management services provider inProjects has named co-founder Wayne Hallas as group director for Singapore.
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      858 34 THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY From new computer tune-up services to notebook tracing tools, the computer giant is pulling out all the stops to attract more dollars from Asia's IT high-rollers, reports WINSTON CHAI in Ho Chi Minh City ASIA'S biggest technology
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        65 34 WHILE only 9.5 mm thick, the new Nokia 6500 Classic is a feature-packed mobile phone, having a 2-megapixel camera, 2-inch screen, IGB internal memory and a Unified MicroUSß port to connect the phone to a PC, laptop, power charger and other accessories. Retail price for
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        105 34 THE new Palm Treo 500 v smartphone is now available on the Ml network. The 3G-capable phone features the Windows Mobile 6 Standard edition operating system and comes with a unique Vodafone user interface. The phone's features include a full keyboard, 2-megapixel camera, audio and video-streaming
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        86 34 SONY'S latest digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera, the 12.24-megapixelA7oo,is the world's first DSLR camera to incorporate an HDMI terminal, which lets users view high-quality pictures on their large-screen high-definition TV (HDTV). HDMI, or High-Definition Multimedia Interface, is a device interface that transmits very high-quality
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        101 34 LG Electronics has launched a range of portable USB-powered DVD re writers, called the Slim Portable Super Multi DVD rewriter. Available in two models (GSA-ESON and GSA-ESOL), it features an 8x optical drive, Windows Vista compatibility and LG's SecurDisc content protection technology, which
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      395 34 AP [LONDON] A British intelligence agency is seeking spies in cyberspace. GCHQ, the surveillance arm of British intelligence, said on Thursday that it hopes to attract compu-ter-savvy young recruits by embedding job ads within video games such as Tom Clancy s Splinter Cell:
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      589 34  -  AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY China company hopes to cash in increased interest among users SINGAPORE Sesdaq-listed China company Keda Communications (also known as Kedacom) last week globally launched its True Sens series of videoconferencing products in Singapore. Kedacom hopes to cash in on the increased demand
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