The Business Times, 13 November 2007

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    26 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg mm A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, November 13,2007
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    Lock icon Fears of bigger sub-prime losses spook markets
    719 1  -  CONRAD TAN Asian stocks take a beating, with Singapore's STI sliding a hefty 2.5% But the broad consensus for now seems to be that the US economy is likely to see slower but still positive growth rather than fall into recession. By [SINGAPORE]
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      43 1 1COMP 1,382.35 -19.90 IIKKEI225 15,197.09 -386.33 1ANG SENG 27,666.73 -1117.68 ;et index 861.93 -12.71 JAKARTA COM P 2,671.90 -35.76 IANILACOMP 3,618.37 -85.29 ;eoulcomp 1,923.42 -67.05 ;henzhen b 704.77 -32.94 IUMBAI IND 18,737.27 -170.33 11AM EDT Change 13,103.30 +60.97 )OW IASDAQ 2,630.37 +2.43
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.25 INDONESIA 15.726 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.50 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 4.07 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      39 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.441 (US$/S$ ier£) 2.085 3.01 ;URO(US$/S$/E) 1.465 2.11 'EN 110.40 76.3I 3.341 2.30! IK$ 7.784 5.382 !AHT 33.86 23.41 1UPIAH 9,167 6,337 1ENMINBI 7.411 5.12. INDIAN RUPEE 39.30 27.17 1.112 0.76! IZ$ 1.317 0.911
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    Lock icon Inflation may hit 5% in Q1 '08 as oil, food prices head north
    500 1  -  > UMA SHANKARI But Singapore's competitiveness still intact: Hng Kiang By [SINGAPORE] Singapore's inflation rate could hit 5 per cent in the first quarter of 2008 on the back of record oil prices and higher food and
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      34 1 IBli!fl:!TßffiCTfTfflff?BfßM Investing 2007 Volatility is back. So learn how to deal with it. In a 16-page section we look at how Singapore investors can protect their returns and continue to profit from the markets.
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Govt to give clean energy industry a leg up
      693 2  -  CHEN HUIFEN Scholarship scheme to help nurture industry leaders By [SINGAPORE] The government will be setting up a clean energy scholarship programme, in a bid to keep up with the demands of new growth industries with high technology requirements. Prime Minister
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      Lock icon SGX announces wide changes to listing rules
      735 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH Stricter disclosure on option grants; less time for firms to find core business I II By [SlNGAPOßE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced significant and much-anticipated changes to its listing rules. The chief amendments are stricter disclosure on share option grants,
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon No plans for more measures to cool property market: Mah
        68 2 NO further measures are planned to cool Singapore's booming property market, the government said yesterday, following the end of the deferred payment scheme for buying uncompleted private properties. "There is no need and there is no intention for us to
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        Lock icon Bukit Sembawang Q2 profit up 44.6%
        73 2 BUKIT Sembawang Estates yesterday reported a 44.6 per cent year-on-year increase in second-quarter group net profit to $8.4 million. The property developer said that profit for the current financial year ending March 31, 2008, is likely to be higher than the preceding year because
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        Lock icon Hyflux more than doubles Q3 net profit to $4.2m
        73 2 HYFLUX raised net profit 124 per cent year-on-year to $4.2 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30 a period in which it made significant announcements such as the listing of a business trust backed by its assets. Revenue rose 76
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        Lock icon S'pore headed for record manufacturing investment
        76 2 SINGAPORE'S manufacturing investment commitments this year are expected to hit a record high, having attracted a number of major projects worth billions of dollars in various industries. "Over the last 18 months, nine projects, each worth more than $1 billion in investments, were announced:
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        Lock icon Rising oil prices may mean US recession
        58 2 RISING fuel prices that businesses and consumers took in stride earlier this year may now be near the point of pushing the weakened US economy into recession. "We are in a danger zone," says Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at Global Insight and a
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        Lock icon DiGi.Com-Time dotCom tie-up on the cards
        46 2 AFTER months of speculation and denials, it appears that there is at last to be a tie-up between DiGi.Com and Time dot Com. The two phone operators yesterday asked for trading in their shares to be suspended. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 15
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        Lock icon Tightening seen after China bank reserve ratios rise
        75 2 MORE monetary tightening is expected to follow China's increase in bank reserve ratios to record highs, keeping the money and stock markets under pressure and possibly accelerating appreciation of the yuan. The central bank said last Saturday that it was lifting the
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        Lock icon IRAS to raise annual values of HDB flats
        69 2 THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore is raising annual values for all Housing Development Board flat types for the first time in about four years, to reflect the "significant increase in their market rental values". From Jan 1, 2008, the average AYs
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      Lock icon No plans for more measures to cool property market: Mah Bow Tan
      448 4  -  UMA SHANKARI By [SINGAPORE] No further measures are planned to cool Singapore's booming property market, the government said yesterday, following the end of the deferred payment scheme (DPS) for buying uncompleted private properties. "There is no need and
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      Lock icon S'pore's energy challenge has business payoffs
      768 4  -  RONNIE LIM Major report notes opportunities that could follow search for energy security By [SINGAPORE] Even as oil prices are poised to touch US$lOO a barrel, Singapore has set itself an ambitious target. It wants to increase value-add to the energy industry from $20
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Sub-prime woes continue to hold sway
      579 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS ST Index hits two-month low after 2.5 per cent fall, in line with Hang Seng Index Senior Correspondent AS EXPECTED, the local stock market was unhinged yesterday by Wall Street's continuing fears over the impact the subprime crisis might have on
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      97 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 15 0 0 0 0 2 15 0 Manufacturing 21 156 36 29 13 26 185 49 Commerce 57 12 14 71 13 Tpt/Stor/Com ms 28 31 Finance 25 27 Construction 16
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 30,930 30,930 173,228 173,228 Manufacturing 443,907 75,768 519,675 491,240 16,819 508,060 Commerce 110,032 13,063 123,095 102,501 3,138 105,639 Tpt/Stor/Comms 105,747 2,841 108,588 342,243 1,558 343,801 Finance 77,468 12 77,480 732,211 2 732,213 Construction 154,159 23,973
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      227 6 Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.43 1.460 -0.070 Ascendasreit 0.87 2.450 -0.020 CapitaComm 0.48 2.400 -0.040 Capita Land 4.50 7.050 -0.350 CapitaMall 0.93 3.380 Chart SemiCond 0.54 1.030 -0.010 CityDev 2.63 14.000 -0.500 ComfortDelGro 1.28 1.860 +0.010 Cosco Corp 2.24 6.900 -0.400 Creative Tech 0.16
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      896 6  -  MATTHEW PHAN Lian Beng Group Nov 12 close: 550.74 Kirn Eng Research, Nov 12 THIS Beng is back!: Lian Beng Group (LBG) is one of the major local building contractors with integrated civil engineering, engineering and construction support capabilities. Besides public works, this group has undertaken many private
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      7 6 Risk aversion rout Source: e: Reuters
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      Lock icon Carry trades hit by return of risk aversion
      528 6  -  LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent RISK aversion in response to falling stock markets worldwide punished last week's top gainers sending gold and oil prices into reverse but boosting the Japanese yen across a broad front. As a result, traders reported that the US
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      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      45 6 Nov12 VALUE CLOSE -1275.00-562.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-431.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-127.00 All-SG Equities 979.08 -25.16 SG Equities Elect 106.47 -4.66 SG Equities Fin 2397.62 -67.32 SG Equities Prop 1398.79 -45.75 SIMSCI 428.54 -10.35 SIMSCI Futures 429.70 -10.20 PrimePartnersCI 273.07 -12.49
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 6 VOLUME HLH Grp 58,856,000 Adroit 39,917,000 Rowsley 37,749,000 Lian Benq 35,041,000 Chanqtian 33,805,000 Yanqzijianq 31,110,000 Golden Agri 29,765,000 SaizenßElT 29,534,000 DBS MBL eCWOBO2O6 28,003,000 El-Nets 27,520,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 338,634,040 Capita Land 154,431,000 SGX 140,869,900 Keppel Corp 117,817,614 UOB 116,743,818 Sing Tel 95,570,416 OCBC Bk 90,198,334 Cosco
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      Lock icon RISES
      88 6 CLOSE UP ;TI3500SGAePW*****9 39 13.0 50.0 364 12.0 3.. ilanBNPePW/***** 20 10.5 110.! izra 352 10.0 2.9 loble Gri 250 9.0 3.7 92 7.0 8.2 ;TI3400SGAePW*****0 48.5 7.0 16.9 ;TI3700SGAePW*****7 41.5 7.0 20.3 ;TI 3800SGAePW*****8 59.5 7.0 13.3 ;TI3900BNPePW*****8 46 7.0 17.9 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP ;TI3300BNPePW*****9 3 200.0
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      Lock icon FALLS
      105 6 CLOSE DOWN 8090-274.7 -2.3 GLD 10US$ China H 10US$ 2190-130.1 -3.! JSH 1470-115.7 -5.2 Jardine C&C 2010-100.0 -4.7 JMH 2700 -86.8 -2.2 iBS Gri 1980 -70.0 -3.. SGX 1360 -70.0 -4.9 Asia Pac Brew 1340 -60.0 -4.3 Venture Con 1320 -60.0 -4.: At 1400 -50.0 -3.4 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      86 6 Wh lere! S$ stands Nov12 %CHNG CLOSE FR Nov 9 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4470 -0.44 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.1119 0.38 2.1254 1.9913 Pounds 3.0118 0.99 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2932 2.70 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3107 -1.65 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.05 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2773 -0.65
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      184 7 We're breaking new ground with innovative ideas, not just buildings. I iff IwiH WE M Regardless of geographies, our key to success is innovation. Innovating in a competitive business environment is key to attaining market leadership. As one of the largest real estate companies in Asia, Capita Land's track record
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Lippo launches retail Reit IPO, aims to treble size by end-09
      478 8  -  UMA SHANKARI Trust comprises 7 Indonesian malls and 7 retail spaces in other malls By THE Lippo Group aims to triple the portfolio size of its latest real estate investment trust (Reit) to $3 billion by end-2009, the Reit's
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      Lock icon Hyflux more than doubles Q3 net profit to $4.2m
      452 8  -  MATTHEW PHAN By HYFLUX raised net profit 124 per cent year-on-year to $4.2 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30 a period in which it made significant announcements such as the listing of a business trust backed by its assets.
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Armstrong Industrial Q3 net profit rises 10.5% to $3.28m
        57 8 FOAM and rubber component manufacturer Armstrong Industrial Corp posted a net profit of $3.28 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, up 10.5 per cent year-on-year. This was after the group made a one-time write-off of $2.86 million from the
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        Lock icon Global demand boosts Noble Q3 net 158% to USs6o.6m
        100 8 Reuters COMMODITIES trader Noble Group said its third-quarter net profit rose 158 per cent from a year earlier, helped by strong global demand for food and other raw materials. Noble, based in Hong Kong, earned US$6O.6 million in the three months
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        Lock icon Dayen wins China sewage treatment plant BOT deal
        76 8 ENVIRONMENTAL engineering specialist Dayen Environmental has clinched a build, operate and transfer (BOT) deal for a 60,000 cubic metre/day sewage treatment plant in China. Under a 30-year concession agreement with the Xinmin City government near Shenyang, Dayen will design, construct, finance, operate
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        Lock icon RH Energy in advanced talks on Puguang contract with Sinopec
        109 8 RH Energy, an oil-and-gas equipment integration service provider in China, said it is in advanced talks with the Sinopec Group to provide an emergency shutdown system for a "gathering station" at the Puguang gas field in Sichuan province. The contract,
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        Lock icon CSE Global units bag six deals worth total of $35 million
        86 8 CSE Global's subsidiaries have won six contracts worth a total of $35 million. These are four large system integration projects amounting to $31 million in Scotland, China, Saudi Arabia and Australia; and two large remote telemetry unit contracts totalling
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      Lock icon SembCorp opens green energy power plant in UK
      317 8 It is the country's first wood-burning power plant SEMBCORP Industries (SembCorp) yesterday opened its first renewable energy power plant in the UK a development that will produce a new stream of revenue for the conglomerate. The official opening of the £64 million
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      Lock icon Bukit Sembawang Q2 profit up 44.6%
      302 8  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA By BUKIT Sembawang Estates yesterday reported a 44.6 per cent year-on-year increase in second-quarter group net profit to $8.4 million. The property developer said that profit for the current financial year ending March 31, 2008, is likely to be higher than the
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      Lock icon When a guarantee is not a sure thing
      614 8  -  R SIVANITHY HOCK LOCK SIEW By OVER the weekend, investment holding firm Rowsley Ltd shocked its shareholders by announcing that a $2.7 billion deal it had struck in May with a China solar energy party called Perfect Field was now off. Because
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      Lock icon FJ Benjamin posts 33% increase in first-quarter net profit to $4m
      408 9  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Growth in SE Asia lifts Q1 turnover by 43% to $82m By HELPED by strong performance from new stores and brands, fashion and lifestyle group FJ Benjamin Holdings reported a 33 per cent year-on-year increase in net
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      Lock icon At a glance
      420 9 Q3 and 9-month results ended Sept 2007 NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) ii ii i COMPANY CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG Noble Grp 90.42 34.99 158.5 8401.09 5494.44 52.9 238.82 124.52 91.80 *****.28 *****.59 59.7
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      Lock icon Jurong Tech goes into low-cost handset market
      560 9  -  OH BOON PING Q3 profit falls 27.9% to $13.46 m; new CEO named to drive firm's diversification By CONTRACT manufacturer Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp has entered the business of making ultra low-cost (ULC) handsets and LCD TVs, as part of its efforts to
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      Lock icon Pan-Utd Q3 profit falls in absence of one-time gains
      340 9  -  VINCENT WEE Excluding Q3 2006's disposal gains, earnings rise 57% By FIRMER construction activities helped lift Pan-United Corporation's revenue by 40 per cent year-on-year to $117.7 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30. But the integrated logistics and infrastructure group
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      Lock icon Super Coffeemix Q3 net down 21% to $4.9m
      363 9  -  CHOW PENN NEE By SUPER Coffeemix Manufacturing best known for its 3-in-l instant coffee suffered a 21 per cent drop in net profit to $4.9 million or 0.9 cents a share for its third quarter ended Sept 30. The result compared with
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      236 9 If you are facing any of the following: Slow network or Internet access in your office Concern over the confidentiality and integrity of your data Failure to send/receive emails from important contacts Loss of productivity as a result of virus or spam attacks Uncertainty on security when transacting over Internet
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon DTZ: $500m was best en bloc price possible
      448 10  -  MICHELLE QUAH HORIZON TOWERS HEARING Site unattractive; but ex-sales committee member says higher offers were received By ssoo million the amount it eventually attracted was realistically the best price Horizon Towers could have fetched in an en bloc sale, DTZ Debenham Tie
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      Lock icon Record manufacturing investment expected
      548 10  -  CHEN HUIFEN 9 billion-dollar projects announced in last 18 months By SINGAPORE'S manufacturing investment commitments this year are expected to hit a record high, having attracted a number of major projects worth billions of dollars in various industries. "Over the last 18 months, nine projects, each
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    • PARLIAMENT BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Average MediShield payout up by 50% since reform
        131 10 SINCE MediShield was reformed in July 2005, the average payout has increased by more than 50 per cent to $1,274 per claim from $837 before for basic MediShield, which covers Class 82/ C hospitalisation, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan told Parliament yesterday.
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        Lock icon HIP Bill introduced to allow HDB polling on block basis
        115 10 THE Housing and Development (Amendment) Bill, which will allow the implementation of the Home Improvement Programme (HIP), was introduced in Parliament yesterday. The amended Bill will, among other things, allow the HDB to conduct polling for the HIP on a
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      Lock icon Heartfelt tributes to Sim Kee Boon's legacy
      1088 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO By THE legacy of Sim Kee Boon, the former head of the civil service, endures in the hearts of many who knew him and were impressed by his high achievements combined with an unassuming demeanour. Mr Sim was 78 when he
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      Lock icon Two energy think-tanks set up – at NUS, EMA
      427 11  - Two energy think-tanks set up at NUS, EMA RONNIE LIM Market regulator's role widened to tackle energy policy and planning By SINGAPORE has set up two new energy "think-tanks", the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) at the National University of Singapore and the Energy Policy and Planning Division (EPPD) within the
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      Lock icon Oei sells site initially meant for museum
      488 11  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Pasir Panjang properties sold for $52m to Freddie Tan By TYCOON Oei Hong Leong has apparently abandoned his plans to build a museum to display his vast collection of Buddha statues. It was to have been built at a site of
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon A&G lawyer honoured at London awards
        61 11 ALLEN Gledhill's (A&G) Singapore managing partner Lucien Wong won an award for Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession at the Bth annual Chambers Global Awards in London. Linklaters was named Global Law Firm of the Year for the second year running, while this year's
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        Lock icon LTA to cut ERP rates during school holidays
        73 11 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will reduce the ERP rates by 50 cents at specified times during the upcoming school holidays for the following roads and expressways: Ayer Rajah Expressway, ECP (Ophir Rd), CBD and Handy Road gantry (weekdays), Bendemeer Road, Dunearn
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        Lock icon Korean trade exhibition at Expo next week
        59 11 THE first Korean trade show will be held at Singapore Expo Hall 4 on Nov 19-21. The Korean Products Show 2007 will showcase Korean industries and products, such as electronics, beauty and health. Korean exhibitors will be in Singapore to seek potential importers,
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      1478 11 We're Very Hands-On lImBI Nine Months Results 2007 JJ& 9ro U P (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) Revenues /^OQ/Tk Net profit QOO/^ Annualized O OQ/ increased by v-)W /O increased by yi^ /(J return on equity m^Z^^^J /U Z)<M!r Shareholders The Board of Directors of Noble Group Limited presents
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  • SMEspotlight
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      Lock icon Interactive care for the elderly
      820 12 Comfort Keepers' non-medical in-home services include personal care, companionship and homemaking services, writes NISHA RAMCHANDANI He felt that the service was one that would work well here. "Firstly, there's a rapidly ageing population so the market is going to grow very fast. Secondly, there's going
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      Lock icon FerroChina bulking up
      641 13 SMALL CAPS Optimistic about the steel market, the company is expanding aggressively, reports OH BOON PING AT STEEL firm FerroChina, business growth is driven largely by a stronger product mix, its technical competence and capacity expansion. For this reason, the company has been boosting its capacity aggressively
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      Lock icon Portfolio continues to show resilience
      386 13  -  TEH HOOI LING By! FOR the second week running, our small cap portfolio proved its resilience its decline was smaller than the broad market. Compared with a week ago, the Straits Times Index shed 4.3 per cent while the UOB Sesdaq Index fell by 4.8
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      1490 12 Xpress XPRESS HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****2058Z) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Xpress Holdings Ltd ("the Company") will be held at No. 1 Kallang Way 2A, Communications Techno Centre, Singapore *****5 on Wednesday, 28 November 2007
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      455 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF O'CONNOR'S ENGINEERING SINGAPORE PTE LTD (Company No. *****0774Z) (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Adjourned Extraordinary General Meeting held at 801 Lorong 7 Toa Payoh, Singapore *****9 on the sth day of November 2007. The
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      487 14 Bloomberg US growth expected to slow to less than 2% in the fourth quarter [NEW YORK] Rising fuel prices that businesses and consumers took in stride earlier this year may now be near the point of pushing the weakened US economy into recession.
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      227 14 Bloomberg It expects '07 GDP to expand 6.2% and inflation of 5-7% [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank expects economic growth to accelerate next year to the higher end of its 6.3 per cent to 6.8 per cent target range. South-east Asia's largest economy
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      609 14  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo THE yen jumped to a 10-month high against the US dollar yesterday even as fresh signs emerged that Japan's economy is slowing down and as Tokyo stock prices plunged to their lowest levels this year, reflecting
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      292 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's trade surplus rose 13.5 per cent in October from a year earlier to a record U5527.05 billion, adding fuel to US complaints the yuan is undervalued. The figure China's customs bureau gave on its website yesterday compared with the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon DiGi.Com-Time dotCom tie-up on the cards
      542 15  -  PAULINE NG Both telcos ask for trading in their shares to be suspended By in Kuala Lumpur AFTER months of speculation and denials, it appears that there is at last to be a tie-up between DiGi.Com and Time dot Com. The two phone operators
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      479 15  - Indonesia to boost coal output by 11 LAUREL TEO 3y n Jakarta INDONESIA is cranking up its coal production by another 11 per cent to 225 million tonnes next year, to meet soaring global demand for the fuel. Already, this year's output of 203 million tonnes surpasses the initial target
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      396 15 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's drive to increase foreign investment in ports, power plants and bridges may be strangled by red tape. A year after 10 projects worth US$4.5 billion were offered to private companies, not one has started because the government has been unable
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      Lock icon Malaysia, Pakistan trade pact to take effect in Jan
      214 15 ocesseu 100 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia and Pakistan have signed a trade pact which will kick off in January with tariff cuts for agricultural and industrial products, the trade ministry said yesterday. "It (the trade pact) will further strengthen trade and
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      185 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) may call for bids to build two hy-dro-electric power plants that will cost some RM3 billion (S$ billion) collectively next year, reports Malaysia's Business Times citing sources. The plants, which will be built in Terengganu and Pahang,
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Tightening seen after China bank reserve ratios rise
      464 16 Reuters Move will keep markets under pressure, accelerate yuan appreciation [SHANGHAI] More monetary tightening is expected to follow China's increase in bank reserve ratios to record highs, keeping the money and stock markets under pressure and possibly accelerating appreciation of the yuan.
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      Lock icon China to delay HK stock purchases: report
      257 16 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The introduction of a programme allowing Chinese individuals to invest directly in Hong Kong equities will be delayed until the second quarter of next year, Credit Suisse Group said. China's government on Aug 20 announced a pilot programme under which
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      156 16 Reuters Euro zone finance ministers are becoming impatient [BERLIN] Euro zone finance ministers are no longer prepared to put up with China holding down the value of its currency and accumulating "excessive currency reserves", German business newspaper Handelsblatt reported yesterday. The daily
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      Lock icon China's Q4 growth likely to stay above 11 %
      213 16 China's Q4 growth likely to stay above 11 -AFP [SHANGHAI] China's economic growth is likely to maintain a feverish pace of more than 11 per cent in the fourth quarter, state media reported yesterday, citing a government think tank. The economy is expected to expand 11.2 per cent in the
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Govt outlines US$60b Mumbai makeover plan
      372 17  -  SIDDHARTH Aim is to turn it into global financial hub to rival world-class cities in 10 years By SRIVASTAVA in New Delhi INDIA, it seems, is not about to give up its efforts to turn Mumbai into a Shanghai, a dream originally envisaged by
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      230 17 Bloomberg Stronger rupee hits exports, high interest rates deter consumers [NEW DELHI] India s industrial production grew at the slowest pace in 11 months in September as decade-high interest rates crimped consumer demand and a stronger currency made exports less competitive. Production at
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      7742 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mat (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.072/ Star Europe Bond 1.224/ Star Europe Bal 1.265/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.758/ Star Asia Bond 1.249/ Star Asia Balanced 1.072/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.23/ Multi St Fd 0.955/ Star Asia Bond(USD 0.868/ Gib Multi St USD
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Slump in bank shares reflects global crisis
      532 20  -  NEIL BERHMANN Poor results season due to write-offs on mortages, massive loss provisions By in London THE slump in leading global bank shares during the past few months is a reflection of the fact that the banking crisis is the worst in decades.
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      380 20 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's People Power Party (PPP), taken over by followers of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will emerge from a Dec 23 general election as the biggest party but short of a majority, an independent poll shows. The poll by the Suan
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      Lock icon Get out the band-aids: more bleeding ahead
      507 20  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT By In New York STOCKS edged up slightly in the early going in trading on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, with the Dow Jones Industrials pulling out to a 37 point, 0.28 per cent gain, 15 minutes
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      Lock icon Mortgage market losses may hit USs4oob
      405 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK]Losses from the falling value of sub-prime mortgage assets may reach US$3OO billion to US$4OO billion worldwide, Deutsche Bank AG analysts said. Wall Street's largest banks and brokers will be forced to write down as much as US$l3O billion because of the
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      Lock icon Gap closes at head of fleet
      417 20 Hull Humber and New York continue their battle at the front of the fleet. Race director, Joff Bailey, says: "Watching this fight develop over the next few days and on towards the finish will have us all sitting on the edge of our seats.
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      2384 20 VOL C000) I0V12 RM \&M Realty 0.92 \bricBhd 0.29 \dvance Synergy 0.34 \dventa Bhd 1.56 \eMulti Hldgs 0.29 Win Holdings 2.90 \hmad Zaki Resou 5.75 \ic Corp 0.71 \irasia Bhd 1.88 \kn Messaging Te 0.18 \kn Technology 0.72 \lliance Financi 2.95 \luminium Co 1.24 \malgamated Ind 0.54 \minvestment
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon New record for Changi: 4,300 weekly flights
      320 21  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Growth led by increases in services to South Asia and North Asia: CAAS By [SINGAPORE] Changi Airport has set a new record in air traffic numbers with 4,300 weekly scheduled flights as the northern winter season begins. This is an increase
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      320 21 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi billionaire who is Citigroup Inc's biggest individual investor, agreed to buy a US$3l9 million Airbus SAS A3BO superjumbo, becoming the first private customer for the world's biggest aircraft. The purchase was announced by Toulouse, France-based Airbus at the
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      Lock icon Record orders flying in for Airbus, Boeing
      447 21 Reuters DAE signs letters of intent for 100 planes from each maker [DUBAI] Airbus and Boeing Co ensured that 2007 smashes all records for plane sales as deals announced at the Dubai air show neared US$BO billion yesterday, powered by demand from Gulf
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      Lock icon Indonesia's Lion Air to start flights to HK
      143 21 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesia's budget airline Lion Air will open its new route to Hong Kong next month in the company's ambition to expand businesses to regional level. Lion will use its new Boeing 737-900ER to serve the Hong Kong route once a
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabian Air modernises its fleet
      164 21 Bernama [RIYADH] The board of Saudi Arabian Airlines has approved a strategic plan to modernise its fleet. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported yesterday that this plan aims to replace ageing planes with new high-tech aircraft. It also aims to cope with the growing increase
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      2368 21 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airhr-s (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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      216 21 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD es but introduces Tesla instead (7) 7 j ne cry of an Indian housed 23 Three reel regularly, at this 26 Short man of acceptable in Southern Switzerland (7) place (4) standard (4) 8 p rO ximity to a quiet location 27 Allow to touch and be com-
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  • SHIPPING
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      307 22  -  VINCENT WEE Move seen helping international students save on time and costs By [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Polytechnic's Singapore Maritime Academy yesterday launched the first of its certificate of competency (CoC) online courses in partnership with Teledata Marine Solutions (TMS). This is the world's first
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      Lock icon IJM to offer port stake for strategic tie-up
      376 22 It will also sign long-term deals for users who want personal dock [KUALA LUMPUR] Builder IJM Corp Bhd is willing to offer a stake in its port operating subsidiary Kuantan Port Consortium Sdn Bhd (KPC) to any strategic partner who will help
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      419 22 -AP [ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia] Massive waves split a Russian oil tanker in two during a fierce storm, spilling at least 2,000 metric tons of fuel into a strait leading to the Black Sea. It was the worst environmental disaster in the region in years, and
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        112 22 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.90 0.36 6.90 1.21 3.52
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        31 22 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 1.25 9.70 9.65 5.05 2.99 0.26 -0.02 unch -0.15 -0.10 -0.05 0.01 30 87; 286! 151! 3 3'
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        12 22 '00 ■recious Ship Jegional Cont 27.50 28.00 -0.75 -0.50 384' 12'
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        10 22 '000 Doil iingamas Cont .69.20 ...3.74 -0.02 17& 6691
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        20 22 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.80 39.50 1.82 unch unch -1.00 0.10 unch 343] 217(
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        16 22 Evergreen Marine ...26.75 :irst Steamship 79.20 /Van Hai Lines 29.00 -0.65 -2.00 -2.15 21 1!
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        36 22 '000 :awasaki Hvy Ind ..342.00 -9.00 1992! :awasaki Kisen ....1437.00 -5unch 779! /litsubishi Hvy 530.00 -26.00 3597' /litsui Eng&Sbldg...537.00 -20.00 1295' /litsuiOsk Lines ...1696.00 -38.00 ***** Jippon Express 542.00 -8.00 636' lipponYusen 1067.00 -44.00 736(
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      477 23 LAST Friday, the ringgit rose to 3.31 units against the greenback, its strongest showing since capital controls were imposed on Malaysia in September 1998. It has strengthened close to 6 per cent against the US dollar since the beginning of the year. Should investors then conclude that
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      1120 23  -  ANDREAS BALZER Asian governments need to do more to offer favourable environment for foreign investors By ITH oil prices about to hit three figures per barrel, governments and corporations around the world are paying close attention to alternative energy sources to tackle
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      769 23  -  HARISH MEHTA THE BOTTOM LINE A BIOTECHNOLOGY project in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, which involves attempts by the global giant Monsanto and its Indian subsidiary to stake a claim on the humble brinjal, has hit the unexpected roadblock of
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      1215 24  -  LEON HADAR The credit crunch and the weak dollar could force Americans to finally start to pay back the money they borrowed AS the US dollar reached an all-time low against the euro and oil prices rose close to US$lOO a barrel and the
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      Lock icon The next 50 years will be even harder for Malaysia
      894 24  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg THOSE wondering where Malaysia is headed should keep an eye on Tony Fernandes. Perhaps no one personifies the promise of Asia's lOth-biggest economy better than the 43-year-old entrepreneur. In 2001, he created a budget airline, beating
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8553 25 Transaction date: Nov 12 HiLow Code Com| i an; Sale ('000) Hi. .ow Bu; rer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 17.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEI Corp 27 14 1100 AEM
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      2384 25 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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      82 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Cooo] Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Sinil Comi lam Hii 119 119 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO *****
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      Lock icon CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      76 25 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii 141 106 6000 AVJennings... 21.5 5 6134 Over&Gen 64 16.9 6017 StarCruises 320 179 6019 TanChonglnt ...A110 ...A14 .US36.5 .HK265 -6 -2.5 +2.5 1
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      40 25 For Colin Montgomerie, every shot counts. For Aberdeen, so does every investment. B 1 www.aberdeen-asset.com "*W V I fir I Aberdeen NOTICE: This advertisement is strictly not an offer or solicitation to invest I in any collective investment scheme. I
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      370 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov9 World Index Preliminan 1128.7 -1.1 2.5 -1.0 1.5 -1.1 8.i t EAFE Preliminan 1118.8 -1.3 1.0 -1.1 3.8 -1.2 10.! Euroi Preliminary 1530.8 -1.5
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      65 26 Nov 12 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Nov07 2978 2925 2978 2925 30 807 Dec 07 2975 2916 2991 2922 1059 8179 Jan 08 2990 2919 3001 2919 7196 ***** Feb OS 2995 2919 3001
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      21 26 Novl2 STI SIMSCI Nov 437.8 438.1 429.7 Taiwan Nov 344.8 344.8 342.6 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      20 26 NovU Bid Offer 1-month 1.4429 1.4442 2-months 1.4400 1.4414 3-months 1.4372 1.4386 6-months 1.4302 1.4317 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      156 26 Novl2 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against USS Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3000 1.3017 0.8991 0.8996 Canadian dollar 1.5286 1.5301 1.0572 1.0574 Euro 2.1175 2.1194 1.4645 1.4647 NZ dollar 1.0973 1.0989 0.7589 0.7594 Sterlinc md 3.0141 3.0170 2.0846 2.0850 US
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      340 26 Novl2 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 95.270 95.770 96.010 96.120 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 8720 EUROYEN FUTURES DecO7 99.180 99.180 MarO8 99.175 99.175 JunO8 99.160 99.165 SepO8 99.115 99.115 DecO8 99.060 99.060 MarO9 99.010B JunO9 98.945B SepO9
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      279 26 Nov 12 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Dec 07 Jan 08 FebO8 Mar 08 Apr/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 371.00 371.50 373.25 376.75 381.50 384.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open
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      132 26 As at 9am Novl2 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2980 1.3140 Can dollar 1.5210 1.5390 Euro 2.1040 2.1280 NZ dollar 1.0880 1.1120 Sterlini ind 2.9970 3.0300 US dollar 1.4380 1.4550 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      163 26 Novl2 $S^ Offer Bid Overnight 2 1/8 1 -month 2 5/16 2-months 2 7/16 3-months 2 15/32 Overnight mode: 2 1/8 US$ Offer 2 2 3/16 2 5/16 2 11/32 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.61 4.63
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      466 26 NovU AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ri Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso i« Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.851 6.665 0.614 7.001 35.344 82.439 0.992 8.196 3.004 1.185 54.779 38.775 1.301 6.002 1.011 29.037 30.452 0.431 0.899 Canada 1.176 7.836 0.722 8.230
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      131 26 Nov 12 GOLD (USS/oz) Nov12 Nov09 Hong Kong London 816.00 832.50 817.00 833.00 NovOS Nov09 844.65 831.25 845.35 831.95 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (S$) Nov12 Buying Sellim Kilobar "40,609.00" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 5gm 10gm 20gm 50gm 100gm 1 oz 1 oz UBS Kinebar™
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      68 26 Nov9 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2563.00 3 months 2610.00 2583.00 2630.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 7000.50 7030.00 7185.50 7200.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 3574.00 3 months 3537.00 3504.00 3470.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00
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      81 26 Nov 9 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Dec 07 922 925 Mar 08 952 957 May 08 967 971 Jul 08 981 986 930/919 962/950 974/965 987/980 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov07 2415 2429 2440/2400 Jan 08 1915 1928 1939/1904 Mar 08 1873 1880 1891/1865 May 08 1878
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      2187 29 This guide lists the sailing destinations from Singapore. The first date indicates the ETA at Singapore followed by the ETA at the destination. The telephone numbers of the advertisers are provided for your convenience. ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 22/11 19/12 China Shpg
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      616 30 Bloomberg More progress made in preserving existing homes than creating new units [NEW YORK] New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 10-year plan to create 165,000 new and renovated units of below-market "affordable" housing by 2013 may encounter difficulty reaching its goal, the city's Independent
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      422 30 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK house prices may fall next year as a "toxic mix" of higher interest rates, overvaluation and record debt deters property investors, Citigroup Inc said. "We suspect that the number of buy-to-let home purchases will fall outright in 2008, hence
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      620 31 AP Some mortgage brokers are already seeing a boost in inquiries about buying property from overseas [NEW YORK] The weakening doUar has caused many problems for consumers, but it may also be providing the fuel for one unintended and very welcome
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      491 32 Bloomberg The Tokyo Stock Exchange Reit index has declined 11% this year [TOKYO] Jones Lang LaSalle Inc (JLL), the world's second-largest commercial real estate broker, will gain control of eAsset in the first takeover in Japan's 4.9 trillion yen (Ss63 billion) Reit
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      133 32 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian property developer PT Bakrieland Development Tbk plans to issue 1 trillion rupiah (*****.8 million) worth of bonds early next year, to finance the development of its property projects, a local newspaper reported yesterday. Bisnis Indonesia said the bonds will have a
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      272 32  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA By THREE adjoining freehold properties at Robin Drive, off Bukit Timah Road, have been put up for joint collective sale. Credo Real Estate, the marketing agent representing the majority owners of Robin Court and Robin Star and the sole
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      169 32 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] New Zealand house sales fell 23 per cent in October from a year earlier, adding to signs the property market is slowing after interest rates rose to a record. House sales dropped to 6,854 homes, from 8,857 a year earlier, according to a
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      466 33  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Market rental values have increased significantly, it says By THE Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) is raising annual values (AYs) for all Housing Development Board (HDB) flat types for the first time in about four years, to reflect the
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      468 33 ASCOTT Residence Trust (ART) is acquiring more than 500 rental apartments in 18 blocks in Tokyo for 12.2 billion yen (*****.6 million). The properties, the subject of a conditional sales and purchase agreement, are being acquired from a private equity firm. There are a
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      252 33 JTC Corporation has awarded a 21,871 square metre (235,417 sq ft) industrial site at L 7 Pioneer Road/Tuas Avenue 11 to proper-ty-based Soilbuild Group Holdings for $12.2 million. Based on the maximum plot ratio of 1.4, the cost for the site works out to
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      472 31 HMpHppMpp| BHMHBi ■cfffFrarSrrSSi I 'Master Plan 2003 "Residential" Mil gltjfliT i Bai e sti er Total Existing Strata Area: 28,708 sqft t^ m I (subj.toverification) D«MicJC o hiii Existing Development 1 x 4-stry block S™ y^™* 3"mins walk to Novena MRT >-** Mcd'"'Qr 3-mins drive or 2-MRT stations to Orchard
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