The Business Times, 4 December 2007

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 202/12/2006 Tuesday, December 4,2007
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    Lock icon A vote on the cheek
    87 1 AP HONG KONG's former No. 2 official Anson Chan, one of the city's most popular political figures, celebrating with her husband Archie Chan after winning the legislative by-elections in Hong Kong yesterday. Sunday's election was one of Hong Kong's most keenly watched, and some have
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    Lock icon Volatile markets could pose risk to local bank profits: MAS
    524 1  -  SIOW LI SEN Their core interest income may fall if there is a sharp US slowdown [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has warned local banks of a challenging environment ahead in which there could be risks to their
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    Lock icon Foreign matchmakers woo S'pore business
    604 1  -  OH BOON PING Business development agencies are opening doors for Singapore companies By Japan Business Support Center (IBSC) provides information and consultation services to Singapore firms planning to launch their business in Japan. Since its inception in 2003, some 32 Singapore firms have made use
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      44 1 /JU CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS SME fciH^ SOCIAL Canberra to ratify Spore ready to Pre-school franchise gp 'Jfi P^j ENTERPRISE Jl Kyoto Protocol become a sports hub hungry for growth ,^p jjjS^ Key proposals unveiled Jf PAGE 20 PAGE 24 PAGE 15 /BBr^^lMl PAGE 2
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Key proposals unveiled to stimulate social entrepreneurship
      730 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO Funding extended to 2 years, profit sharing after a specified period [SINGAPORE] The Social Enterprise (SE) Committee chaired by Spring Singapore chairman Philip Yeo released a set of recommendations yesterday, which if adopted, will see the current government funding for social
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Fewer sub-sales but value hits all-time high
        52 2 THE level of sub-sale activity may be just about half of what it was in 1995 but the value of sub-sale apartments transacted in the first three quarters of this year is already at an all-time annual high of $6.7 billion. TOP STORIES,
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        Lock icon Keppel O&M launches $150m R&D centre
        52 2 KEPPEL Offshore Marine, the world's largest builder of offshore rigs, celebrated its fifth anniversary yesterday with the launching of a $150 million research and development centre, and an order book of over $13 billion, of which $7 billion was secured this year. COMPANY NEWS,
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        Lock icon Q1 2008 to be busy period for Reit IIPOs: Goldman
        64 2 THE Singapore Reit sector is being affected by greater competition for funds and the "growth via acquisition" story which is hurt by the increasing cost of equity resulting from Reits' weak unit price performance. Still, Goldman Sachs expects Ql 2008
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        Lock icon Two firms brave volatility to launch IPOs
        67 2 AT LEAST another two listing aspirants are braving the current stock market volatility, launching yesterday their initial public offerings. Soon Lian Holdings, a specialist supplier of aluminium alloy products, is seeking a Sesdaq listing while KTL Global Ltd, a supplier of rigging equipment
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        Lock icon Wages keeping pace with household debt
        78 2 SINGAPOREANS are a conservative lot. Despite strong wage growth, they are careful about borrowing too much. And with strong appreciation in property prices, the negative housing equity situation continues to improve. Household debt of $157.9 billion as a share of wages has continued to
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        Lock icon Australia's trade deficit widens to A$2.98b
        54 2 AUSTRALIA'S trade deficit widened in October as a surge in the country's currency and bottlenecks at ports disrupted exports of minerals and coal. The shortfall rose to A 52.98 billion from a revised A 51.92 billion in September, the Bureau of Statistics said yesterday.
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        Lock icon Pro-democracy candidate wins HK by-election
        52 2 ANSON Chan, a former government official, won a seat in Hong Kong's legislature yesterday, a win she said was a call for greater political freedoms in the territory. Ms Chan, 67, received about 54.6 per cent of total ballots cast in Sunday's poll. GREATER CHINA/INDIA,
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        Lock icon Three of Asia's biggest property deals done in S'pore
        58 2 THE top 10 real estate investment deals in Asia in the third quarter of 2007 amounted to US$9.3 billion, and three of those deals concerned Singapore properties worth a total of US$l.77 billion or about 20 per cent of the value
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      Lock icon Fewer sub-sales but value hits all-time high
      782 3  -  ARTHUR SIM Median Q3 sub-sale prices also hit record of $1,246 psf, up 25% year-on-year By [SINGAPORE] The level of sub-sale activity may be just about half of what it was in 1995 but the value of sub-sale apartments transacted in the first
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      Lock icon US growth may slow sharply in Q4, early '08: Citigroup
      502 3  -  CONRAD TAN But it is expected to recover in 2nd half next year By [SINGAPORE] Economic growth in the US is likely to slow sharply in the fourth quarter and early next year, but is expected to recover in the
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        47 3 /londay Change 1,419.34 +22.36 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 15,628.97 -51.70 HANG SENG 28,658.42 +14.81 SET INDEX 831.12 -15.32 JAKARTA COMP 2,726.93 +38.59 MANILA COMP 3,626.88 +48.33 SEOUL COMP 1,902.43 -3.57 SHENZHEN B 704.60 +13.69 MUMBAI IND 19,603.41 +240.22 12AM EDT Change 13,363.02 -8.70 DOW NASDAQ 2,658.60 -2.36
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        29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 7.00 INDONESIA 15.527 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.75 US 7.50 CANADA 6.25 SWITZERLAND 3.99 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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        40 3 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.450 (USS/SS ier 2.058 2.984 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.467 2.127 'EN 110.60 76.30 RM 3.357 2.315 HK$ 7.789 5.372 BAHT 33.83 23.33 RUPIAH 9,334 6,436 RENMINBI 7.404 5.106 INDIAN RUPEE 39.57 27.29 1.135 0.783 IZ$ 1.307 0.902
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI ends the day on a flat note
      699 4  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS The index was weighed down mainly by Sing Tel, which fell 12 cents or 3.1% to $3.76 STOCKS here started the week on a positive note yesterday, but failed to hold on to their gains and ended the day
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      102 4 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 7 4 7 0 0 0 lanufacturing 59 85 60 14 15 66 99 75 Commerce 25 22 24 28 30 29 "pt/Stor/Comms 10 17 12 10 20 12 :inance 10 15 10 15 Construction 10
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      116 4 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 21,680 21,680 98,040 98,040 lanufacturing 252,302 54,998 307,300 331,790 9,413 341,203 Commerce 60,615 7,636 68,251 77,199 1,691 78,890 •pt/Stor/Comms 115,804 557 116,361 399,465 322 399,787 :inance 51,847 51,847 686,196 686,196 Construction 63,625 21,993 85,618 21,454 2,952 24,406 'roperties 98,510
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      218 4 Jlgreen 0.46 1.550 -0.060 \scendasreit 0.83 2.330 lapitaComm 0.45 2.230 -0.020 la pita Land 4.42 6.950 -0.050 :apitaMall 0.87 3.160 -0.060 :hart SemiCond 0.54 1.030 +0.045 jtyDev 2.64 14.100 -0.300 lomfortDelGro 1.27 1.840 -0.070 losco Corp 2.16 6.700 -0.400 Creative Tech 0.16 6.300 -0.050 IBS Grp
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      921 4 Hong Leong Asia Dec 3 close: $3.46 CIMB-GK RESEARCH, Dec 3 BEST of both worlds. HLA offers earnings visibility from domestic growth cycles in both Singapore and China. This should insulate its earnings from macro uncertainties facing the global economy. HLA's Building Materials Group (BMG) is a beneficiary
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      Lock icon The greenback edges down
      483 4 AFP, Bloomberg CURRENCIES [TOKYO] The dollar slipped in sluggish Asian trade yesterday as participants stayed on the sidelines awaiting fresh leads from some key economic events this week, dealers said. But the US currency remained well above last week's two-year lows against the yen, supported by
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 4 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      49 4 Dec 3 VALUE CLOSE -464.00 +90.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00 -86.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -47.00 All-SG Equities 960.47 -9.14 SG Equities Elect 101.27 +0.02 SG Equities Fin 2436.10 +20.44 SG Equities Prop 1369.99 -12.66 SIMSCI 423.88 -3.23 SIMSCI Futures 423.70 -3.50 PrimePartnersCI 255.17 -7.92
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 4 VOLUME Centillion 38,952,000 Gen Intl 35,754,000 ChinaNTown 34,971,000 Sing Tel 32,778,000 STXPOKWIOO 26,166,000 Frontline 24,846,000 HyfluxWaterT 23,436,000 Jasper 23,012,000 Yanqzijianq 21,770,000 Golden Agri 17,883,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 278,394,200 SGX 139,940,100 UOB 134,317,860 Sing Tel 125,782,060 OCBC Bk 117,282,000 Capita Land 97,273,870 STXPOKWIOO 85,126,430 S I A 63,609,700
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      Lock icon RISES
      102 4 CLOSE UP JMH 2980 289.9 7.2 JSH 1650 72.5 3.1 SGX 1470 60.0 4.3 CoscoCori iBNPeCW/***** 182 47.0 34.8 SGXBNPeCW/*****7 98 37.5 62.0 DBS Gri 2040 30.0 1.5 SGXMBLeCW/*****4 102 29.5 40.7 ISMSCI India 100 935 29.0 2.2 HK Land 510 20.3 2.8 GuocoLand Ltd 530 20.0 3.9 BY
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      Lock icon FALLS
      110 4 CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ 7820-174.0 -1.5 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 *****-150.0 -1.4 Omei |aNav 2600-150.0 -5.5 Jardine C&C 1990-100.0 -4.8 SIA 200 1770 -50.0 -2.7 Cosco Con 670 -40.0 -5.6 At 1410 -30.0 -2.1 SPC 735 -25.0 -3.3 S I A 1770 -20.0 -1.1 NOL 398 -18.0 -4.3 BY PERCENTAGE
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      87 4 Wh lere S! stands Dec 3 CHNG CLOSE FR Nov 30 YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4502 -0.31 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.1218 0.54 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.9781 0.37 3.1194 2.9323 AS 1.2771 0.41 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3131 0.05 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.79 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2861
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon KepO&M launches R&D centre
      576 6  -  CONRAD RAJ It also celebrates sth anniversary with order book of over $13b KEPPEL Offshore Marine (KOM), the world's largest builder of offshore rigs, celebrated its fifth anniversary yesterday with the launching of a $150 million research and development centre, and an order book of over
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      Lock icon Genting takes 9.4% stake in UK's Rank
      189 6 Reuters [LONDON] Casino and Mecca bingo firm Rank Group said yesterday Malaysian gaming giant Genting had taken a 9.4 per cent stake in the firm. Genting bought into the British casino market in 2006 when it acquired its biggest player, Stanley Leisure, for
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      Lock icon China Energy to expand capacity
      225 6 CHINA Energy Ltd, China's largest producer of dimethyl ether (DME), is embarking on new plans that will boost its spending on capacity expansion to US$443 million. The group is planning to increase its methanol production capacity from the existing 250,000 metric tonnes per annum (mtpa)
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      Lock icon Challenges remain for revitalised Cerebos
      643 6  -  YEN SREENIVASAN IN a world where diligent long-term strategic planning is often sacrificed for short-term profit, Cerebos Pacific is somewhat of a rarity. The mainboard-listed company last week unveiled its best set of results in over a decade, when it reported a 21 per cent
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      Lock icon Q1 2008 to be busy period for Reit IPOs: Goldman
      492 8  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA US bank cautious on Reits that rely heavily on growth via acquisition THE Singapore Reit sector is being affected by greater competition for funds and the "growth via acquisition" story which is hurt by the increasing cost of
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      Lock icon SGX beefing up tech division with two key appointments
      303 8  -  CHOW PENN NEE SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) has bolstered its technology efforts with two key appointments for its operations and technology (ONT) group. Bob Caisley will join as executive vice-president and chief information officer on Jan 14 next year and Vincent Fernando
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      7759 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.058/ Star Europe Bond 1.228/ Star Europe Bal 1.258/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.712/ Star Asia Bond 1.247/ Star Asia Balanced 1.082/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.235/ Multi St Fd 0.936/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.861/ Gib Multi St USD
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      Lock icon More firms brave volatility
      712 11  -  CHOW PENN NEE IPO WATCH Soon Lian Holdings aims for Sesdaq listing, KTL Global goes for mainboard AT LEAST another two listing aspirants are braving the current stock market volatility, launching yesterday their initial public offerings. Soon Lian Holdings, a specialist supplier of aluminium alloy products,
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      Lock icon Indon palm oil firm First Resources launches offer
      384 11  -  MATTHEW PHAN INDONESIAN palm oil plantation and mill owner First Resources yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 225 million shares at $1.10 per unit. The issue comprises three million public-of-fer shares and 222 million placement shares. Of the 225 million
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      Lock icon Third Ave sets up shop in S'pore
      278 11  -  SIOW LI SEN THIRD Avenue Management LLC, a US-based fund manager, has set up in Singapore to expand its coverage of Asian equities. The firm was in the news earlier this year when it increased its stake in Yellow Pages and got involved
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Tax climate in S'pore ranked third best in region for expats
      328 12  -  ANNA TEO UAE, Russia, HK are among world's most benign personal tax environments, says Mercer survey FOR expatriates considering a posting to Asia, the personal tax climate in Singapore is third best in the region, behind Hong Kong and
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      Lock icon SBF to launch clean energy directory next year
      429 12  -  MATTHEW PHAN Inaugural survey of industry will list a few hundred Spore-based firms By THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) will release the first directory listing of clean energy-related companies in Singapore in the first half of 2008, along with an inaugural survey
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      Lock icon New nanotech facility set up
      233 12 Bernama SINGAPORE today joins the ranks of the advanced countries in being able to make minute measurements with atomic precision with the setting up of a new na-no-scale measurement facility here. Announcing it yesterday, Singapore's Minister of State for Trade and Industry, S Iswaran, said
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      Lock icon Tata eyes 3 local power companies
      218 12 Reuters [MUMBAI] India's Tata Power Co Ltd, the country's oldest power utility, is eyeing a bid for Singapore electricity companies Tuas Power, PowerSeraya and Senoko, the Times of India reported yesterday. Singapore investment firm Temasek Holdings is selling its interests in the three firms
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      Lock icon Three get national honours for contributions to S'pore
      320 12 STEVEN Appleton of Micron Technology, Peter Wacker of Wacker-Chemie and Erik Peyrer of Cameron International Corporation were yesterday conferred national honours by President SR Nathan at the Istana to recognise their contributions to Singapore's economy. Economic Development Board managing director Ko Kheng
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      Lock icon Hard-to-kill germs found in 40% of patients here
      204 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S first survey of drug resistance in public hospitals found germs capable of evading the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in two out of five patients. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, was found in 40 per cent of blood samples from patients
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      Lock icon Three events highlight issues of water
      373 13 SINGAPORE'S efforts to become a hub of water technologies will be boosted by three new events this week. PUB, the national water agency, will sign tomorrow a memorandum of understanding with Toray, an established membrane supplier in Japan, to collaborate on water research and
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      Lock icon Wages keeping pace with household debt
      599 13  -  SIOW LI SEN Household balance sheet strengthened by rising property, equity prices SINGAPOREANS are a conservative lot. Despite strong wage growth, they are careful about borrowing too much. And with strong appreciation in property prices, the negative housing equity situation continues to improve. Household
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      Lock icon Office occupancy rates to stay in the 91 -95% range
      353 13  -  UMA SHANKARI [SINGAPORE] Occupancy levels for office space in Singapore will remain in the 91-95 per cent range over the next five years, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said in a new report released yesterday. At the end of August 2007,
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon US official in Singapore
        58 13 NICHOLAS Burns, the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, is on a visit to Singapore and Australia which started yesterday and lasts until Thursday. In Singapore, Mr Burns will discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, particularly in relation to Asean, for which Singapore is
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        Lock icon Boost to problem gambling helpline
        59 13 THE National Council on Problem Gambling and Institute of Mental Health (IMH) are working together to enhance the council's problem gambling helplines by adding a phone-based counselling service. Both helplines (1800-6-668-668) will be manned by counsellors from IMH's Community Addiction Management Programme. They will operate
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        Lock icon New mobile visitors centre
        38 13 A NEW mobile Singapore Visitors Centre has opened along the pedestrian walkway in front of Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, which aims at enhancing visitor experience by providing greater accessibility to information and assistance.
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        Lock icon Local design exhibits back from Beijing
        40 13 AFTER a successful premiere in Beijing, the works of seven Singaporean designers return to Singapore for the Singapore Design Festival exhibition Hybricity: Singapore. The exhibition, at Lasalle College of the Arts, ends on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Hungary markets hold untapped potential
      474 13  -  OH BOON PING SINGAPORE companies looking to penetrate new markets might like to take a look at Hungary, which promises untapped potential in logistics, industrial and research areas. Already the central European country has signed agreements with Singapore on economic cooperation and R&D, as bilateral
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  • SMEspotlight
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      837 14 SMALL CAPS Citigroup also recommends domestic consumption firms as US retailers' inventory cuts may hurt Asian exporters, writes OH BOON PING INVESTORS shopping for regional small- and mid-cap stocks are advised to focus on infrastructure stocks and businesses driven by domestic consumption, says Citigroup Global
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      349 14  -  TEH HOOI LING By THREE stocks Tat Hong, Straits Asia and Sincere Watch have swum against the recent tide of selling to end up higher. Tat Hong has gained 14 per cent, Straits Asia 13 per cent and Sincere Watch 9 per cent.
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      748 15 Hungry Caterpillars is progressing quickly with its franchising programme, writes VINCENT WEE THE feeding of hungry young minds' appetite for knowledge is the basis of the concept behind Hungry Caterpillars pre-school. What is now a platform to franchise pre-schools around the region began life
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      Lock icon India can sustain 9% growth for third year: minister
      441 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's 9 per cent economic growth may be sustained for a record third year on prospects of bumper crops and a retreat in crude oil prices, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said. "If harvests are good, we are able
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      318 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's real rate of inflation is understated, and the central bank must do more to stem short-term capital inflows that have pushed the rupee up and fuelled liquidity, the chief economist of Standard Chartered Bank said on
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      536 16 Bloomberg Oct shortfall due to soaring Aussie port congestion dampening exports [SYDNEY] Australia's trade deficit unexpectedly widened in October as a surge in the nation's currency and bottlenecks at ports disrupted exports of minerals and coal. The shortfall expanded to A 52.98 billion (553.82
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      474 16 Reuters To soak up liquidity, it's also wooing foreign firms' floats [BEIJING] China is considering plans to let foreign governments issue yuan-de-nominated bonds on the mainland and hopes foreign firms will list on its stock markets, the official Xinhua news agency cited senior
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      Lock icon China leaders meet to discuss economic policy for next year
      377 16 -AP Govt think tank forecasts 10.8% growth for 2008 [SHANGHAI] China's leaders met yesterday in Beijing to thrash out economic policy for 2008, seeking to cool inflation and excess investment without stifling the growth needed to keep incomes and employment
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      266 16 [BANGKOK] Thailand's economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, buoyed by exports and a recovery in private consumption almost a year after a military coup. South-east Asia's second-biggest economy expanded 4.9 per cent in the three months ended Sept 30 from a
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL market doing okay: minister
      598 18  -  PAULINE NG Investors trying to avoid sub-prime crisis may turn to the bourse, he says By MALAYSIA'S tendency to not run with the equities pack might not be a bad thing; its relative neutrality plus its other "defensive" qualities could prove a viable alternative to
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      2299 18 !C3 RM C000] i&M Realty 0.98 ibricBhd 0.28 advance Synergy 0.29 \dventa Bhd 1.44 leMuIti Hldgs 0.29 \ffin Holdings 2.60 \hmad Zaki Resou 5.95 we Corp 0.66 wrasia Bhd 1.88 \kn Messaging Te 0.17 \kn Technology 0.63 alliance Financi 3.06 aluminium Co 1.24 amalgamated Ind 0.50 \minvestment Grp
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      196 18 Reuters [SEOUL/TOKYO] South Korean mobile operator KTF and Japan's NTT DoCoMo will invest US$lOO million each in Malaysia's U Mobile, the companies said yesterday. KTF, South Korea's No 2 mobile operator, and NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile phone carrier, will own a
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      616 18  -  PAULINE NG FROM the billions of ringgit to be ploughed into Saudi Arabia's new economic city of Jazan to the establishment of a new hotel and restaurant chain in Mecca, Malaysian companies are beginning to make their mark in the desert kingdom.
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      318 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Binariang GSM Sdn is raising about RMI2 biUion (555.18 billion) in Malaysia's biggest corporate bond sale to fund the buyout of Maxis Communications Bhd. The special purpose company of T Ananda Krishnan, the second-rich-est man in Malaysia, hired ABN Amro Holding NY
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      254 18 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Tenaga Nasional saw their biggest jump in 18 months in Kuala Lumpur trading yesterday after the Malaysian government said the electricity provider will be allowed to raise prices should the company pay more for natural gas. The biggest power producer in
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Pro-democracy candidate wins
      682 19 ■AP BY-ELECTION IN HONG KONG Anson Chan, 'Hong Kong's conscience', clinches about 54.6% of the votes [HONG KONG] Anson Chan, a hugely popular former government official, won a seat in Hong Kong's legislature yesterday, a win she said was a call for greater political freedoms in the
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      Lock icon Move to make China oil firms build reserves
      359 19 Reuters They will be subject to state supervision and management [BEIJING] China's oil companies would have to build their own oil reserves to supplement a govern-ment-owned inventory begun last year as a buffer for supply crunches, according to details of a long-anticipat-ed
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      Lock icon Shenhua could raise US$80b for takeovers
      195 19 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Shenhua Energy Co, the world's second-largest coal company, could raise almost US$BO billion to spend on acquisitions of mines, power plants and ports to feed the nation's growing demand for gyThe mining company is in preliminary talks to invest in Indonesia
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      Lock icon Baosteel pays 4.2b yuan for Shenzhen Bank stake
      302 19 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shenzhen Development Bank, whose largest shareholder is US buyout firm TPG Inc, plans to raise 4.2 billion yuan (*****.6 million) selling stock to Baosteel Group Corp to ease a capital shortage that has hampered growth. The lender will seU 120
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      339 19 Bloomberg Automaker spurred by rupee's gain against US dollar [NEW DELHI] Mahindra Mahindra, India's biggest maker of off-road vehicles, plans to acquire foreign competitors as the rupee's gain against the dollar cuts the cost of overseas acquisitions. The automaker, based in Mumbai, aims to expand its
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      692 20 Reuters Spontaneous ovation greets Aussie pledge; US now the only developed nation outside pact [BALI] Australia won an ovation at the start of United Nations-led climate change talks in Bali yesterday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States as the only
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      377 20 Reuters [BALI] Climate talks launched in Bali yesterday must assure investors of future government backing for climate-friendly energy and building projects, said the host of the meeting, Indonesia's Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar. The talks, attended by some 190 countries, will try and
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      743 20 Reuters [JAKARTA] Many of Indonesia's islands may be swallowed up by the sea if world leaders fail to find a way to halt rising sea levels at this week's climate change conference on the island of Bali. Doomsayers take this dire warning
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      173 20 REUTERS 'We're not here to be a roadblock. The United States intends to be flexible and work constructively on a Bali roadmap. We respect the decision that other countries have made and we would, of course, ask them to respect the decision we have made.' Harlan
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Severe rating cuts of CDOs are over: Fitch
      499 21 Reuters Next year, a healing process should begin, says senior director [DANA POINT, California] The worst of severe rating cuts of collateralised debt obligations tainted by US sub-prime mortgages is probably over and 2008 should begin a "healing process," a senior director
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      266 21 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA [NEW YORK] Manufacturing in the US grew in November at the slowest pace in 10 months as the housing slump spread. The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index dropped to 50.8, as forecast, from 50.9 the prior month, the
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      470 21 Reuters They are also hit by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis [TOKYO] The US sub-prime credit crisis has slashed Japanese banks' earnings and pushed their already lacklustre share prices even lower, but lenders aren't likely to see relief without an improvement in loan demand. On
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      112 21 [CANBERRA] New Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) singing the national anthem with his front bench at Government House here yesterday and after he was sworn in as Australia's 26th prime minister following a landslide election win 10 days ago against long-serving conservative leader John Howard. Mr Rudd
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      Lock icon Vivendi-Activision merger creates new gaming giant
      541 21 Reuters [PHILADELPHIA] French telecom and media group Vivendi said on Sunday it will merge its video games unit with Activision Inc in a US$9.B5 billion deal that combines the hit Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft franchises under one roof. The complex deal will
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      251 21 THE bulk of the Clipper fleet started to enter the Southern Ocean yesterday and the crew of Uniquely Singapore is starting to feel its effects. The large swells and consistent thirty plus knot winds are causing queasy tummies among some of the crew as their bodies get
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      343 21 I -Reuters [MOSCOW] A strong enough vote to ensure that President Vladimir Putin can manage a smooth succession, and not too strong to alienate the West Sunday's Russian election results are likely to be well-received by investors. Mr Putin cleared the "60-60" barrier, with his
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon MAS to add more destinations in China – starting with Macau
      322 22 MAS to add more destinations in China starting with Macau M'sian carrier is also setting its sights on India to expand its operations [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines will spread its wings to more destinations in China, starting with the revival of the Macau route, reports the Starßiz, quoting managing director
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      Lock icon Cebu Air plans IPO to raise up to 6.8b pesos
      232 22 Bloomberg [MANILA] Cebu Air Inc and its owner plan to sell a third of the Philippine carrier in an initial share sale to raise 12.9 billion pesos (***** million) to help expand its fleet and add destinations. Cebu Air will
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      Lock icon British Airways likely to meet profit target, pay dividend: CEO
      338 22 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] British Airways pic, Europe's third-largest airline, will probably meet its full-year profitability target, enabling it to pay out its first dividend in seven years, chief executive officer Willie Walsh said in an interview. "We've made it clear that
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      136 22  - n Air Berlin to f\ 'y -Xinhua [BEIJING] Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline, will launch direct flights from Dusseldorf to Beijing and Shanghai starting in May. Xv Shengli, an official from the Beijing office of the Berlin Tourism Board, said the two services were an initial step to expand
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      Lock icon Indian army may scrap US$600m Eurocopter deal
      387 22 AFP Complaints about bidding process, role of agents cited [NEW DELHI] India's army may scrap a US$6OO-mil-lion deal for 197 helicopters from an EADS unit because of complaints about the bidding process and the role of agents, an official said on Sunday. India's
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      2403 22 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI 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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      258 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD I I I I I I I I I I 7 Complains if vehicles are H-—^M 8 Offering to provide profes- sional modelling (9) _HH_HH_HH_^H_HH_HH_HH_ a horth tl\ I I I UU I I I I d ueml mm -13 A swollen-headed man ad- ig—^ filled with gas
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      Lock icon Pirate attacks declining in SE-Asia, say shipowners
      490 23  -  Half of all armed maritime robberies in first 9 months occurred in Africa By CONRAD RAJ ASIAN shipowners, who control 40 per cent of the world's fleet, say piracy has declined in South-east Asia but is on the rise globally. A recent meeting
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      Lock icon New Delhi approves US$7b rail freight corridor project
      357 23  -  SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA Domestic, foreign companies gear up for piece of action NEW DELHI has given the go-ahead to a US$7 billion plan to create rail freight corridors that will link eastern and western India to accelerate the movement of cargo. The current
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      117 23 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Express and logistics company DHL has launched the Beat the Rush promotion for international shipments to help customers beat the year-end holiday season rush. The promotion offers include half-day advantage for inbound shipments, flexible pick-up times, daily uplifts to ensure timely
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      Lock icon China Shipping expects profit to be much higher than previously forecast
      806 23 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Shipping Container Lines Co, Asia's second largest container line, said it will beat its profit forecast after raising rates for shipments from Europe and carrying more cargo from the US. Profit this year will be "significantly
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        103 23 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.87 0.39 6.70 1.22 3.36 1.24
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        37 23 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 1.23 ....lunch 9.95 4.64 2.96 0.24 0.20 0.03 0.10 0.20 0.12 0.02 -0.02 -0.01 357 152 704 2002 1 5 537
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      299 23 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world s largest shipbuilder, has announced a 679.8 billion won (Ssl billion) order from Singapore and said that it has not signed a contract with a German shipping company for US$l.5 billion of container
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      466 23 Bloomberg Gas processing projects South Korean shipyards ca- ling, a spokesman for are being delayed because pable of carrying more Lloyd's Register, said in an a shortage of contractors than 200,000 cubic metres email on Nov 26. Each and
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Where is Asia's voice in aviation?
      464 24 ASIA currently accounts for about a quarter of the world's air traffic. This is expected to grow to a third within three years. This means that air traffic numbers are surging across the continent. A large part of this is due to the proliferation
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      1271 24  -  SEAMUS O'BRIEN It's all about harnessing business, sport and community to create a thriving sports ecosystem ASIDE from being the busiest port in the world, Singapore is leading Asia in many areas. The World Economic Forum (WEF) reported it as the region's
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      792 24  - White House race starts to get exciting well, sort of LEON HADAR THE BOTTOM LINE FOR a while, the only positive thing you could have said about the never-ending stream of "presidential debates" was that if you watched them, you did not have to take your nightly sleeping pill. Spending
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      1379 25  -  TIGER TONG They reach consensus on a flexible yuan exchange rate but fail to come to terms on how fast the pace should be AFTER last week's annual European Union-China summit, both sides claimed that they have reached consensus that China should have
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      862 25  -  PAUL KRUGMAN -NYT THE financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance. How bad is it? Well, I've never seen financial insiders this spooked not even during the
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8688 26 Transaction date: Dec 3 Hii Low Code Com[ i an; Sale ('OOP) Hit ■ow Bu; fer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 3.5 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 STelecom 34 16.5 5834 A-Sonic 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30 15.5 1938 AEICorp 27 13.5 1100 AEM
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      2242 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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      81 26 52-Wk Tel Hiqh Low Code Last Sale Vol ('0001 Day Last Quote |h Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi jam Hi. 119 119 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 *****
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      76 26 52-Wk Tel Hiqh Low Code Last Sale Vol COOO] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hi. 141 104 6000 AVJennings 71.5 5 6114 Over&Gen 64 18.5 6017 StarCruises 120 179 6019 TanChonglnt A112 A18 IIS31 IIK260 -0.5 -1 unch 7
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      376 27 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov 30 World Index Preliminary 1142.1 0.9 3.8 0.4 2.4 0.6 8.I EAFE Preliminary 1134.4 1.2 2.4 0.4 4.8 0.6 11.2 Euro[ Pre I liminan 1551.2 1.1 3.9 0.4 6.5 0.6 13.1
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      62 27 Dec 3 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hii Low Vol Open Done Position Dec 07 2890 2899 2898 2880 145 2543 Jan 08 2915 2909 2915 2880 2208 8942 Feb OS 2928 2926 2928 2885 6585 ***** Mar 08 2917 2917 2917 2890 2382 *****
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      23 27 Dec 3 ten STI SIMSCI Dec 428 430.7 423.7 Taiwan Dec 337.2 338.6 336.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      21 27 Dec 3 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4450 1.4462 2-months 1.4423 1.4435 3-months 1.4402 1.4415 6-months 1.4330 1.4344 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      158 27 Dec 3 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2771 1.2781 0.8810 0.8811 Canadian dollar 1.4493 1.4510 0.9998 1.0003 Euro 2.1264 2.1283 1.4669 1.4672 NZ dollar 1.1087 1.1099 0.7648 0.7651 Sterling md 2.9828 2.9853 2.0577 2.058I
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      270 27 Dec 3 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr/JunO8 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 348.25 349.00 350.00 354.00 356.50 358.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest
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      132 27 As at 9am Dec 3 Source: HSBC Bank USA, NA. Spore Branch Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2710 1.2870 Can dollar 1.4400 1.4570 Euro 2.1100 2.1330 NZ dollar 1.0980 1.1210 Sterlini ind 2.9610 2.9950 US dollar 1.4400 1.4570
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      162 27 Dec 3 $S_ Offer Bid Overnight 1 -month 2-months 3-months Overnight mode: 1 US$ 5/8 2 5/16 2 1/2 2 9/16 Offer 1/2 2 3/16 2 3/8 2 7/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months SFr 4.88 5.45 5.28
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      468 27 Dec 3 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.881 6.523 0.601 6.863 34.867 82.237 0.975 8.150 2.957 1.152 54.022 37.273 1.278 5.998 0.993 28.459 29.810 0.428 0.881 Canada 1.135 7.404 0.682
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      171 27 Dec 3 GOLD (USS/oz) Nov 30 Dec 03 GOLD BULLION COINS (S$) Sellini Hong Kong 795.50 784.00 796.50 785.00 Nov30 Nov29 London 782.30 798.80 783.00 799.50 Source: Reuters (S$) Selling Buying 1 oz 1278.65 1147 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (S$) Selling Buying 10gm $448.33 368 SILVER Selling Buying
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      74 27 Dec 3 (US$) (SS) 5.***** 2.***** 6mths 2.***** 9mths 2.***** 12mths 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 5.***** 2.***** 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 4.***** 4.***** 4.***** 2.***** 2.***** 2.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 2.***** 2yrs 2.***** 3yrs 2.***** 4yrs 2.***** 5yrs 3.*****
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      88 27 Dec 3 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Mi Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****Z 06.03.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 2.17 2.15 2.1 2.1 2.1 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N*****1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750
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      740 31 Reuters Low interest rates fuel demand for houses; flats suffer from supply glut [BANGKOK] For those looking to invest in Thai construction, housebuilders look a better bet than companies putting up high-rise condominiums. Housebuilders like Land House and Preuksa
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      135 31 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A group of Australian and Malaysian firms plan to redevelop a riverside precinct of Kuala Lumpur at a cost of about RM9 billion (553.89 billion), the Malaysian Business Times said yesterday. The urban-regeneration project is backed by Australian bank Macquarie,
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