The Business Times, 18 December 2007

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial .com.sg a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 122/12/2007 Tuesday, December 18,2007
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    Lock icon Currencies, stocks fall in Asia as price rise ties Fed's hands
    613 1  -  CONRAD TAN Investors fear that US central bank won't be able to cut interest rates now By STOCK prices and currencies around the region tumbled yesterday as the implications of rising price inflation in the US sank in. Investors
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    Lock icon Private home sales inch up; prices remain firm
    794 1  -  ARTHUR SIM URA data shows 4,000 units in 70 developments with pre-requisites for sale as at end-Nov By [SINGAPORE] The number of private homes sold by developers inched up 4.7 per cent to 593 units in November, up from 566 units in
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      48 1 /londay 1,391.61 lange -11.80 KLCOMP NIKKEI 225 15,249.79 -264.72 HANG SENG 26,596.58 -967.06 SET INDEX 817.62 -18.78 JAKARTA COM P 2,664.92 -75.14 MANILA COMP 3,486.82 -51.87 SEOUL COMP 1,839.82 -55.23 SHENZHEN B 667.55 -19.85 MUMBAI IND 19,261.35 -769.48 11.10AM EDT Change 13,290.43 -49.42 DOW NASDAQ 2,613.84 -21.90
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      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 6.75 INDONESIA 15.200 TAIWAN 6.156 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.50 US 7.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 3.84 INDIA 12.75 Source:
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      Lock icon FOREX
      41 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.455 (US$/S$ ier£) 2.017 2.934 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.442 2.097 YEN 112.90 77.60 RM 3.336 2.293 HK$ 7.802 5.363 BAHT 33.65 23.13 RUPIAH 9,380 6,448 RENMINBI 7.378 5.072 INDIAN RUPEE 39.42 27.10 A$ 1.163 0.799 NZ$ 1.314 0.903
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      132 1 PULSES OUT TODAY! The investment magazine, Pulses, will be on newsstands from this afternoon. Published by the Singapore Exchange and now produced by The Business Times, the relaunched issue is available at Buzz Pods, leading bookshops and selected newsstands at $5.50. But if you buy your copy from any Spinelli
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      44 1 Irir^ SME SPOTLIGHT TECH STOCKS LEAN TIMES '■PPtl SHARAPOVA SHOWCASE Chakra Biotech's Analysts cut ratings Merrill Lynch to A coup for sports business r survival spirit for 2008 slash bonuses 'i /JBH and marketing '^Jd, —x PAGE 12 PAGEB PAGE 19 liWjffl PAGE 10
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon S'pore November exports buck recent uptrend
      550 2  -  OH BOON PING 3.4% drop mainly due to weaker electronics, flat non-electronics exports By [SINGAPORE] Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) shrank 3.4 per cent in November, reversing a rising trend in recent months, according to latest figures from IE Singapore. After growing 6.5 per
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      Lock icon World economy smaller than previously estimated
      748 2  -  ANNA TEO New measure puts GDP in perspective, but world order remains similar By [SINGAPORE] The size of the world economy is apparently smaller than previously thought, according to new estimates of GDP from the world's biggest statistical initiative. But the global economic pecking
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon SIA, Temasek deal will go through: China Eastern chief
        74 2 THE purchase of shares in China Eastern Airlines by Singapore Airlines and Temasek forms an unprecedented alliance in China's aviation market. And it is a partnership which will not be blocked by any party. Strong words indeed, but CEA president-chairman Li
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        Lock icon Enviro-Hub to build plastics-to-fuel plant
        52 2 RIDING on the success of a pilot project, electronic waste solutions provider Enviro-Hub Holdings is proceeding to build Singapore's first commercial plant for the conversion of waste plastics to fuel. Commercial production is expected to start in the second quarter of next year. COMPANY NEWS,
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        Lock icon Analysts cut ratings on tech sector for 2008
        50 2 TECHNOLOGY stocks, which have been laggards this year, are unlikely to be able to play catch-up next year. Analysts say two problems facing technology companies are the prospect of lower demand from the US and rising manufacturing costs. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 8
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        Lock icon Keppel Corp wins two jobs worth 75m euros
        49 2 AS offshore activities in the North Sea surge amid rising oil prices, Keppel Corporation has secured two more contracts worth 75 million euros (Ssl6o million). The two new contracts were secured through its Dutch subsidiary, Keppel Verolme. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 9
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        Lock icon S'pore more attractive as hub for MNC manufacturers: US
        62 2 FAR from losing ground, Singapore has become even more important to American multinational corporations as a manufacturing hub, according to the US Department of Commerce. US MNCs still account for a high proportion of offshore manufacturing, globally. Their continued presence in
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        Lock icon Asia's growth expected to slow next year
        55 2 ASIA'S economic growth is expected to slow modestly next year as its biggest economies grapple with emerging problems, from inflation in China to appreciating currencies in India and Japan. The expected slowdown in the US economy and higher oil prices also cloud Asia's
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        Lock icon Sime's tender call confirms undersea power cable link
        76 2 MALAYSIAN multinational Sime Darby's call for a pre-qualification tender for a power transmission system between the Bakun Dam in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia confirms that an undersea cable link project will go ahead. But the move also raises doubts about the future
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        Lock icon Beijing plans tighter monetary policy in 2008
        71 2 CHINA will intensify its policy tightening next year to curb credit growth, deputy central bank governor Liv Shiyu said in remarks published yesterday. He told a weekend conference that the central bank would use a variety of monetary policy tools in 2008, including
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        Lock icon URA awards Boon Lay site to Frasers Centrepoint
        78 2 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday awarded a residential site at Boon Lay to Frasers Centrepoint, which put in the higher bid of $205.6 million or $248 per sq ft per plot ratio after the tender closed last week with just two bids.
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      Lock icon SIA, Temasek investments will go through: CEA chief
      903 4  -  YEN SREENIVASAN He says Air China can't scupper deal because Beijing has given blessings By [SINGAPORE] The purchase of shares in China Eastern Airlines (CEA) by Singapore Airlines and Temasek forms an unprecedented alliance in China's aviation market. And it is a
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      Lock icon Between 10 and 20 groups bidding to be sole LNG importer: EMA official
      416 4  -  RONNIE LIM Three to five bidders will be shortlisted for next stage by early January By [SINGAPORE] There has been a very strong response, with "more than 10 but less than 20 groups" submitting bids to be
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Rising US prices take toll on stocks
      608 6  -  CONRAD TAN STOCKS ST Index plunges 3.3 per cent, in line with steep declines in regional markets STOCKS here started the week on a dismal note yesterday, weighed down by fears that rising consumer prices in the US will mean fewer interest rate
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      93 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch lulti Ind 1 17 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 lanufacturini 30 120 41 19 12 32 139 53 Commerce 44 17 11 50 23 "pt/Stor/Comms 32 33 :inance 28 28 Construction 14 18
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE C000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 16,461 16,461 107,101 107,101 Manufacturing 194,717 34,079 228,796 247,608 5,548 253,156 Commerce 75,128 5,523 80,651 100,023 1,136 101,159 Tpt/Stor/Comms 107,565 636 108,201 267,525 434 267,960 Finance 42,279 42,279 423,910 423,910 Construction 45,631 15,646 61,277 14,366
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      227 6 Stock name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.46 1.500 -0.060 Ascendasreit 0.85 2.270 -0.080 CapitaComm 0.48 2.270 -0.160 Capita Land 4.08 6.100 -0.500 CapitaMall 0.91 3.160 -0.140 Chart SemiCond 0.56 1.010 CityDev 2.64 13.400 -0.300 ComfortDelGro 1.27 1.760 -0.010 Cosco Corp 1.87 5.500 -0.450 Creative Tech 0.16
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      993 6  -  MATTHEW PHAN -2008 Regional Economic Compass CIMB-GK Research, Dec 17 GLOBAL outlook cautiously optimistic: The recent financial storm in the global credit markets has clouded global prospects for 2008. Although the odds are still against a recession in the US, they are narrowing. Is the old chestnut "When
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      Lock icon US dollar surges with price pressure
      521 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES THE US dollar enjoyed a sharp boost yesterday from the combined effect of higher US consumer and producer price readings for November late last week, because the strong numbers were seen as possible obstacles to further interest rate cuts by the
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      47 6 Dec 17 VALUE CLOSE -653.00-262.00 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00-348.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -65.00 All-SG Equities 931.94 -29.01 SG Equities Elect 99.86 -2.38 SG Equities Fin 2325.67 -83.84 SG Equities Prop 1283.14 -52.00 SIMSCI 407.72 -14.92 SIMSCI Futures 405.00 -14.80 PrimePartnersCI 230.00 -10.42
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME SinqTeISGAeCWOBO3I7 54,778,000 CapitalanMßl_eCWoBoso2 38,046,000 Capita Land 32,266,000 DBS MBL eCWOBOSO2 23,903,000 UOB MBL eCWOBO4O4 21,801,000 SingTel 21,437,000 Mercator 19,018,000 Gent Intl 18,328,000 Firstßes MEReCWOBO4OB 15,443,000 CoscoCorpMßl_eCWoBo2o4 14,676,000 VALUE(S) Capita Land 201,148,415 DBS Grp 190,157,348 SGX 91,520,500 SingTel 82,799,192 UOB 79,025,350 Keppel Corp 77,221,400 Cosco Corp 59,711,174
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      Lock icon RISES
      96 6 CLOSE UP JMH 2550 43.3 1.2 OCBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 STI ETF 100 3600 20.0 0.6 MOIL 225 17.3 5.6 ilanMBLePW/***** 36 12.5 53.2 SPC 800 10.0 1.3 STI 3400SGAePW*****0 45 8.5 23.3 STI 3800SGAePW*****8 64.5 8.5 15.2 STI3500BNPePW*****8 23 7.5 48.4 STI 3600BNPePW*****8 26.5 7.5 39.5
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      Lock icon FALLS
      111 6 CLOSE DOWN 7870-173.1 -1.5 GLD 10US$ China H 10US$ 1970-129.8 -4.4 Omei |aNav 2480-120.0 -4.6 STI ETF IOPV 3434-113.2 -3.2 SGX 1250 -80.0 -6.0 iBS Gri 1970 -70.0 -3.4 Jardine C&C 2000 -70.0 -3.4 UOB 1900 -70.0 -3.6 IS MSCI India 100 945 -57.7 -4.1 CIMBAsean40 100US! 965 -50.5
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES
      85 6 Wh lere! S$ stands Dec 17 %CHNG CLOSE FRDccH YR 2007 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.4575 -1.01 1.5479 1.4363 Euro 2.0952 0.30 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.9347 0.01 3.1194 2.9158 AS 1.2486 1.07 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.2872 -0.41 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.11 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3314 -0.86 4.5700
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Enviro-Hub to build commercial PTF plant
      510 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO Construction of Tuas plant expected to be completed by second quarter '08 By RIDING on the success of a pilot project, electronic waste solutions provider Enviro-Hub Holdings is proceeding to build Singapore's first commercial plant for the conversion of waste plastics to
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      Lock icon Analysts cut ratings on tech sector for 2008
      605 8 LYNETTE KHOO They cite prospect of lower demand from US and rising manufacturing costs By TECHNOLOGY stocks, which have been laggards this year, are unlikely to be able to play catch-up next year. Analysts say two problems facing technology companies are the
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      7783 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mqt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!** 1.034/ Star Europe Bond 1.197/ Star Europe Bal 1.23/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.618/ Star Asia Bond 1.247/ Star Asia Balanced 1.051/ Star Global Technology Fund!** 0.235/ Multi St Fd 0.936/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.865/ Gib Multi St USD
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp wins two jobs worth 75m euros
      519 9  -  CONRAD RAJ Latest contracts secured through its Dutch subsidiary, Keppel Verolme By AS offshore activities in the North Sea surge amid rising oil prices, Keppel Corporation, the world's largest builder of offshore oil rigs, secured two more contracts worth 75 million euros
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      Lock icon BreadTalk expands with donut franchise
      312 9  -  TEH HOOI LING BREADTALK Group has entered into a franchise agreement to acquire and manage the J.Co Donuts Coffee master franchise in Singapore. In this latest strategic move to broaden its brand concepts and expand its revenue and customer base, Bread Talk has formed a
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      Lock icon Apple retailer Afor eyes Catalist listing
      264 9  -  OH BOON PING It hopes IPO will fund expansion in Singapore and Asia By APPLE brand retailer Afor has lodged a preliminary prospectus for a listing on Singapore's revamped Catalist junior board. "Our intended IPO will help us fund our expansion plans in Singapore
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon LC Devt Lum Chang in China real estate JV
        48 9 LC Development and Lum Chang Holdings entered into an arrangement with Guangzhou Weicheng Real Estate Development to jointly develop a largely residential project located at 828 Tonghe Road, Nanhu, in Guangzhou. The project is known as The Lakefront Residence.
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        Lock icon Silverlake Axis signs licensing deal
        60 9 SILVERLAKE Axis (SAL) has signed a licensing agreement with Silverlake Component Technologies Solutions (SCT), where the latter will provide shared services outsourcing solutions based on certain modules from SAL's Silverlake Integrated Banking Solution software platform. SAL will receive US$7.7B million in license fees from SCT,
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        Lock icon Nokia S60 series gets Mobile Yellow Pages
        63 9 MOBILE Yellow Pages, the latest digital media product by Yellow Pages (Singapore) Limited, is now integrated into Nokia Series 60 devices, giving users access to more than one million contact points comprising telephone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses and URLs. Series 60 is a
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        Lock icon Unified Comms in India joint venture
        30 9 UNIFIED Communications Holdings is forming a joint venture with ADR Telecom and Unified Telecom to provide telecommunications products, services and customised solutions in India.
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        Lock icon China Healthcare plans rights issue
        59 9 CHINA Healthcare is proposing to undertake a renounceable non-underwritten rights issue of up to 53 million new shares at an issue price of 11.8 cents for each rights share, on the basis of three rights shares for every 10 existing ordinary shares. The firm expects
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        Lock icon Natural Cool proposes warrants issue
        76 9 NATURAL Cool Holdings is proposing a renounceable non-underwritten rights issue of up to 36.49 million warrants on the basis of three warrants for every 10 existing shares at an issue price of six cents each. Each warrant carries the right to subscribe for one new
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S'pore more attractive as hub for MNC manufacturers: US
      731 10  -  CHUANG PECK MING US Commerce Dept attributes this to implementation of bilateral free trade pact By agreement (USSFTA) which came into force in 2003, says the US Department of Commerce in its latest report on US MNCs' operations. "The attractiveness of
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      Lock icon Rising population adds to climate woes
      514 10  -  MATTHEW PHAN Socio-economic factors play big part in global warming By THREE-QUARTERS of the problems associated with global warming have to do with socio-economic factors like rising population, and only a quarter has to do with the climate itself, according to Andrew Watkinson, director
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      Lock icon Germany's Nanostart to invest in Curiox Biosystems
      268 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By GERMAN-based nanotechnology investment company, Nanostart AG, is investing in local start-up Curiox Biosystems, a move aimed at tapping the robust growth in Asia. Curiox is a spin-off from Singapore's Institute of Bio engineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), which is part of
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      Lock icon Nikko Chemicals to build plant on Jurong Island
      205 10 NIKKO Chemicals, a supplier of cosmetic ingredients based in Tokyo, will build a plant on Jurong Island to produce ethoxylated surfactants, chemical compounds used as cosmetic ingredients. The three billion yen (5538.5 million) project is co-funded by Nihon Surfactant Kogyo, a surfactant
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      Lock icon Book a date with Maria Sharapova
      414 10  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By SINGAPORE has scored an ace, with tennis great Maria Sharapova slated to play here at the end of the month in a US$l.5 million showcase event that could fuel more sports spectaculars. Sports marketing is big business in the US and
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  • SMEspotlight
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      Lock icon Chakra wants to spin a local success story
      956 12  -  The biotech startup is finding funds hard to come by here, but its founder isn't giving up, writes CHEN HUIFEN WITH a name like Chakra Biotech, it is easy to jump to the conclusion that the company is Indian. But Chakra which
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      Lock icon The next big thing in advertising?
      727 12  -  TNBT International has come a long way in seven years, writes SAM WEI-TZE HOMEGROWN communications group TNBT International chief executive officer Palani Pillai received the Spirit of Enterprise Award for 2007, the third such honour accorded to him recently, a recognition of his role
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      Lock icon Brothers Hldgs' S'pore touch in China
      836 13  -  SMALL CAPS Singapore City Shenyang proving to be in high demand, reports OH BOON PING PROPERTY developer Brothers Holdings is riding high on its latest Singapore City Shenyang project, which is expected to reap sales of six billion yuan (Ssl.2 billion) in all. Indeed,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US faces risk of slipping into stagflation
      602 14 Bloomberg Global growth this quarter and next may be slowest in four years: analysts [WASHINGTON] The world economy is facing the risk of both recession and faster inflation. Global growth this quarter and next may be the slowest in four years, while inflation
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2264 14 lee 17 RM C000) \&M Realty 0.98 \bricBhd 0.28 \dvance Synergy 0.29 s,dventa Bhd 1.37 \eMulti Hldgs 0.29 Win Holdings 2.46 \hmad Zaki Resou 2.83 5,icCorp 0.77 ijrasia Bhd 1.73 \kn Technology 0.62 \lliance Financi 3.00 \luminium Co 1.20 \malgamated Ind 0.49 \minvestment Grp 3.66 Vnmb Hldgs Bhd
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      Lock icon Asia's growth may slow in '08
      405 14 -AP Emerging problems in major economies cloud outlook [SHANGHAI, China] Asia's dynamic economic growth is expected to slow modestly next year as its biggest economies grapple with emerging problems, from inflation in China to appreciating currencies in India and Japan. The expected slowdown in
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      Lock icon Wheat price surges above US$10 for first time
      328 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Wheat rose above US$lO a bushel for the first time, leading other grains and oilseeds higher in a food price spiral that threatens to derail global economic growth. Chicago wheat futures jumped as much as 30 cents, or 3.1
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      Lock icon China agrees on 38% hike in Saudi oil imports: sources
      260 14 -Reuters [BEIJING] China has agreed to boost crude imports from Saudi Arabia next year to a record 720,000 barrels a day, according to Beijing-based trading sources. That is 38 per cent higher than the estimated 2007 level. The agreed volume
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      Lock icon Minister sees Japan's economy continuing recovery next year
      418 14  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY By in Tokyo JAPAN'S economy is likely to continue growing next year, Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota suggested yesterday, dismissing growing fears that it could plunge into recession as a result of an expected global slowdown in
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      Lock icon Japan to lend USs3b to ADNOC
      327 14 Bloomberg Loan will help secure stable supply of country's oil needs [TOKYO] The Japan Bank for International Cooperation, the government's main overseas lender, will lend US$3 billion to Abu Dhabi National Oil Co to secure a stable supply. Japan imports most of its oil
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Sime's tender call confirms undersea power cable link
      491 15  -  S JAYASANKARAN But move also raises doubts over planned RM6.7b aluminium smelter in Sarawak By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN multinational Sime Darby's call for a pre-qualification tender for a power transmission system between the Bakun Dam in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia confirms
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      Lock icon Kulim may gain from unit's London float
      488 15  -  I PAULINE NG New Britain Palm Oil's secondary listing could boost parent's valuation in Kuala Lumpur A SECONDARY listing by Kulim Malaysia of its plantation subsidiary New Britain Palm Oil on the London Stock Exchange yesterday could lead to better valuations for its
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Beijing plans tighter monetary policy in 2008
      649 16 Reuters Central bank will use a variety of tools to curb credit growth: top official [BEIJING] China will intensify its policy tightening next year to curb credit growth, deputy central bank governor Liv Shiyu said in remarks published yesterday. He told a weekend
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      Lock icon RBI blocks ÜBS buy of Stanchart's mutual funds ops
      272 16 [MUMBAI] Swiss Bank ÜBS AG's purchase of Standard Chartered pic's (Stanchart) mutual funds business in India has hit a roadblock as India's central bank appears to have rejected the deal, The Economic Times newspaper said on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. In
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      Lock icon MGM Mirage unfazed by overcapacity in Macau
      706 16 -AFP [MACAU] MGM Mirage said yesterday it was unconcerned about the overcapacity of hotels and casinos in the gaming hub of Macau, a day before it opens its only casino resort in the southern Chinese territory. MGM Mirage chief executive officer Terry Lanni
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      Lock icon Wahaha labour union sues Danone for 10m yuan
      401 16 AP French firm accused of holding shares in competing rivals [SHANGHAI] The dispute between French food and beverage maker Groupe Danone SA and its Chinese joint venture partner Wahaha has deepened, with Wahaha's labour union saying that it is suing Danone. Danone
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      Lock icon China marks out zone for sustainable development
      210 16 Reuters [BEIJING] A cluster of cities in central China has been designated the country's latest experimental zone, this one for energy saving and environmentally friendly programmes, state media reported yesterday. China has a history of marking out zones for preferential policies which, if
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      Lock icon IFCI to select winning bidder for 26% stake sale
      350 16 Bloomberg Sterlite-led group, J C Flowers and Cargill in race [MUMBAI] IFCI Ltd, the Indian state-run project financier that's selling a 26 per cent stake, said yesterday it would select a winner from three bidders after a five-month search. Investors led
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      Lock icon China changes holidays to ease transport woes
      321 16 -AP 3 one-day holidays are back, workers get more choices [BEIJING] China has revised its national holiday system to ease overcrowding on railways, air routes and other transport links when much of the Chinese population is on the move at the same time
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Centra shares plunge 76% on debt refinancing woes
      430 17 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Centro Properties Group, the owner of 700 US shopping malls, slumped 76 per cent in Sydney trading. It said it's struggling to refinance debt because of the collapse in the US sub-prime housing market. Melbourne-based Centro suspended dividends and said
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      Lock icon Q3 current account deficit narrows to USsl7B.sb
      476 17 Reuters, Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Stronger exports help shrink the deficit more than expected to lowest level since Q3 2005 [WASHINGTON] The US current account deficit narrowed more than expected in the third quarter to U*****.5 billion, from a downwardly revised gap of
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      Lock icon Bangkok further cuts capital curbs
      375 17 Reuters Move is to reduce upward pressure on strong baht [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand relaxed capital controls further yesterday, saying it will allow greater foreign currency holdings and encourage capital outflows, its latest bid to reduce the upward pressure on a strong baht. One
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Merrill Lynch to slash bonuses: sources
      637 19 Bloomberg Payments may fall as much as 80% for mortgage bonds and CDOs traders [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co, the securities firm that reported a record U552.24 billion third-quar-ter loss, told fixed-income managers to cut 2007 bonuses by an average of 40 per cent.
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      431 19 Bloomberg But plan might cost billions of dollars, says an academic [NEW YORK] Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan favours spending government money to rescue Americans who are at risk of losing their homes because they can't make mortgage payments. Mr Greenspan,
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      Lock icon US, EU in deal over online gambling ban
      167 19 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission, in a blow to European online gambling companies, yesterday struck a deal for compensation from the US over a US decision to close its gambling markets to foreign operators. European companies such as Party Gaming and bwin
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Premium travel still solid despite slowdown fears
      333 20  -  YEN SREENIVASAN October global premium traffic up 3.8%, against September's 2.6% By' [SINGAPORE] Despite fears of a slowdown in air travel brought about by the credit crunch and high fuel prices, premium travel a huge contributor to airline profit shows signs of holding
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      Lock icon China Eastern Airlines plans huge orders for new planes
      518 20 Reuters It wants to expand its domestic and regional routes [HONG KONG] China Eastern Airlines intends to buy 40 Airbus A 320 aircraft under an agreement signed between France and China and is in talks for a similar number of Boeing
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways gets new chief operating officer
      259 20 [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways has appointed a new chief operating officer to help implement its regional expansion plans. Steve Burns, 33, will be responsible for developing and managing the airline's network across the region through its various operating companies. "He will lead Tiger in
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      Lock icon Air France-KLM details offer for Alitalia
      376 20 It pledges to inject at least 750 m euros, no new layoffs [PARIS] Air France-KLM yesterday detailed its offer to buy Alitalia, including a cash injection and promising no new layoffs, confirming comments made on Sunday by its chairman to Italian newspapers. Air France-KLM
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      Lock icon Auckland Airport rejects bid by Canada Pension
      237 20 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Auckland International Airport Ltd, New Zealand's busiest, told shareholders they should reject Canada Pension Plan Investment Board's NZ$l.B billion (Ss2 billion) bid for 40 per cent of the company because it's too low. The offer, equivalent to NZ53.66 a share and
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2372 20 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      335 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD I Detailed new firm to deliver BJ painting (6) BBBJ BH BB BJ BHBJ BH 4 Its hands produce every- _—BMMM HB BL—|Hfl BBHI BH 9 Furious when poor Diane B^BJ BJ BJ BJ B^BJ BJ appears in raincoat (8) 10 I I i I I 10 Stagger
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon More integration sought for maritime sector
      334 21 VINCENT WEE There is a dearth of information and data collection for the industry in the region By [SINGAPORE] Greater integration in the maritime industry is the focus of an initiative to be launched by the National University of Singapore's Centre for Maritime Studies
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      Lock icon Newcastle coal prices near record on harbour congestion
      477 21 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Coal prices at Australia's Newcastle port stayed near a record on concern that congestion at the harbour will worsen after a regulator rejected plans to change the way shipping capacity is allocated. Power station coal excluding shipping cost for delivery
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        107 21 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks laya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp Labroy Marine MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship 0.80 0.38 5.50 1.16 3.18 1.26
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        31 21 '000 Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd 1.17 9.70 9.75 4.52 2.91 0.23 -0.02 -0.05 unch -0.02 -0.01 -0.02 106 926 899 1553 25 1
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        7 21 ■oo ■recious Ship .26.50 -0.75 2591
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        12 21 '000 )ec Doil iingamas Cont 55.10 3.10 -3.90 -0.01 in: 2381
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        22 21 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 6.90 44.00 2.10 1.60 -0.10 unch 0.10 0.08 486! 17! 106; 1(
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        24 21 )ec Evergreen Marine ....24.90 :irst Steamship 58.00 /Van Hai Lines 25.30 r"ang Ming Marine ..22.10 -0.90 -3.40 -1.20 -0.80 11 4 8 9
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        40 21 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..324.00 -14.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen ...1114.00 -40.00 6507 Mitsubishi Hvy 482.00 -15.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg ..420.00 -26.00 6954 Mitsui Osk Lines ...1436.00 -58.00 ***** Mippon Express 582.00 -20.00 3508 MipponYusen 900.00 -19.00 6817 iource: Reuters
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      Lock icon Daewoo profits plunge 67% to 11.3b won
      328 21 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's third-largest shipyard, posted its smallest profit in 10 months because a declining won reduced the value of overseas assets. November net income declined 67 per cent to 11.3 billion won (Ssl 7.6 million)
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      Lock icon SSA takes to the seas for a good cause
      271 21  -  VINCENT WEE [SINGAPORE] Members of the shipping community did their bit for charity over the weekend when about 50 members of the Singapore Shipping Association and their families as well as volunteers spent time sailing with the disabled sailors of the
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      Lock icon US steps up anti-piracy operations off Somalia
      410 21  -  LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The US Navy is adopting more aggressive tactics to counter piracy off the coast of Somalia, helping last week to make the area free of captured vessels for the first time since February, according to a senior US Navy commander in
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      Lock icon Screening trial for containers to commence
      385 21  -  VINCENT WEE US-bound vessels to be screened over a six-month period By [SINGAPORE] There is to be a six-month trial to see how feasible it is to screen every shipping container bound to the US from Singapore. Representatives of the two countries yesterday signed
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      Lock icon China shipping firms to expand oil tanker fleets
      291 21 Bernama [BEIJING] China's shipping companies are rapidly expanding their fleet of oil tankers to import more oil using domestic vessels, with major shippers seeking to double their capacity within the next three years. Last year, Chinese-registered tankers shipped back only 16 per
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Expect oil prices to remain high
      518 22 IT is becoming eminently clear that while oil prices are unlikely to climb much, they will probably remain high through next year unless the US economy crashes. World demand for energy continues to be firm, driven by countries such as China and India. Every
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      Lock icon China stock markets may correct in 2008
      1139 22  -  TIGER TONG That would pose a real challenge for fund managers there By So how about next year? To be sure, I am very optimistic about China's economy in 2008 and don't think China will repeat the fate of Japan 17 years ago.
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      Lock icon S-E Asia needs savvy tycoons to escape midincome trap
      717 22  -  ANDY MUKHERJEE THE BOTTOM LINE THE three largest economies in South-east Asia Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand are risking future growth by failing to create companies that matter. The deficit in homegrown enterprise in these nations was brought into sharp focus this
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      885 23  -  SHADA ISLAM A confused mandate for the new panel means angry squabbling down the road, especially with regards to Turkey ITH the ink barely dry on a new treaty designed to reform European Union institutions, the bloc's 27 lead3rs on Friday gave the
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        310 23 RECENTLY, there have been several high profile investments by Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) in multinational companies. Rather than being welcomed, there are some who are suspicious of the intentions of SWFs and oppose these funds making investments in their countries. When SWFs
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        89 23 AFTER 39 months, SGX has finally decided to delist Vantage Corporation because it has failed to find new business acceptable to SGX to lift the trading halt. But this move does nothing for shareholders who have had to endure repeated extensions of
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      Lock icon Eat more chocolate, urges Swiss industry
      842 23  -  JOHN TAGLIABUE -NYT By WHEN the cold winter wind blows off Lake Zurich, the people who live around a sprawling factory a 10-minute ride from the centre of town can smell the chocolate in the air. It is especially pungent this time of the
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8446 24 Transaction date: Dec 17 >-wks Tel Low Code Last Sale V lay L Low Bu' _as1 Quote Seller Div C'vr Net P/E Cap imil Hii Com[ Hii 3 2 5716 1st Software 22 8 3148 gTelecom I i- I i., 104 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      2202 24 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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      Lock icon SGX XTRANET
      79 24 52 -Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii 200 116 6065 Diamonds 6200 5000 6095 IS DJ US Tech 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P5OO ***** *****
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      74 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi Hii 141 104 6000 AVJennings 21.5 5 6134 Over&Gen 64 24 6017 StarCruises 320 179 6019 TanChonglnt A111 A15 US28.5 HK260 -2 -2 +5 14
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      372 25 Decl4 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminan 1137.3 -0.3 3.3 -0.1 1.3 -0.8 7.1 t EAFE Preliminan 1123.6 -0.1 1.4 -0.5 2.2 -1.1 8.1 Euro[ Preliminary 1541.1 0.4
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      134 25 As at 9am Dec 17 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2460 1.2610 Can dollar 1.4160 1.4330 Euro 2.0800 2.1040 NZ dollar 1.1050 1.1290 Sterlin iund 2.9070 2.9400 US dollar 1.4410 1.4580 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      163 25 Dec 17 fer Bii Overnight 3/4 1 -month 2 5/16 2-months 2 1/2 3-months 2 9/16 Overnight mode: 1 5/8 US$ 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 4.37 5.10 5.10
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX FUTURES
      25 25 Dec 17 ten Hii Sett STI SIMSCI Dec 419 419.5 405 Taiwan Dec 313.4 316.4 304.8 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      21 25 Dec 17 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4508 1.4519 2-months 1.4479 1.4492 3-months 1.4458 1.447 6-months 1.4395 1.4407 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      267 25 Dec 14 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/Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 Oct/Dec 08 362.00 365.25 367.75 373.50 376.00 377.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig a!? Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      105 25 Dec 14 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 08 1157.00 1146.00 1164.00 1144.50 Mar 08 1175.00 1166.00 1183.00 1163.00 May 08 1188.75 1179.50 1196.00 1177.50 Jul 08 1190.50 1182.50 1197.00 1180.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 07 45.85 46.00 45.85
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 14 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 92.06 -0.65 WTI (Near Mth) 91.58 -0.91 Dubai (1-Mth F) 87.55 -0.21 Tapis blend 96.75 -0.25 Minas 95.55 -0.25 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 95.60 110.10 -0.25 -0.5 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      468 25 Dec 17 AS Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound USS Australia 0.875 6.344 0.596 6.708 33.895 80.654 0.970 8.028 2.868 1.130 52.330 35.815 1.251 5.964 0.991 27.933 28.930 0.426 0.860 Canada 1.143 7.252 0.682
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      89 25 Dec 17 Period Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi, Day's |h Low 3-Month BQ*****V 20.03.08 1-Year BY*****A 29.09.08 1.92 1.93 1.87 1.87 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 5-Year N5O71O1E 2.500 7-Year NX*****F 3.625 10-Year NY*****F 3.750 15-Year
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      76 25 Dec 17 (US$) (SS) 5.***** 2.***** 1 mth 2 mths 5.***** 2.***** 3 mths 4.***** 2.***** 6 mths 4.***** 2.***** 9 mths 4.***** 2.***** 12 mths 4.***** 2.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 2.***** 2mths 2.***** 3mths 2.***** 6 mths 2.***** 9 mths 2.***** 12 mths 2.***** SWAP
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      66 25 Dec 17 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Month Range Price Price Hii Vol Open Done Position Low Jan 08 2923 2957 2951 2920 295 6131 Feb OS 2933 2967 2967 2930 1536 ***** Mar 08 2934 2975 2975 2933 3266 ***** Apr 08 2942 2980
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      139 25 Dec 17 (US$/oz) Dec 14 Dec 17 Hong Kong London 798.00 789.20 799.00 790.20 Dec 13 Dec 14 795.60 790.30 796.30 791.00 Source: Reuters CAST BAR (SS) Dec 17 Buying Sellinc Kilobar ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (SS) Sellinc "39,884.25" iq Buying Igm 5gm lOgm 20gm 50gm lOOgm 1
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      70 25 Dec 14 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previoui Cash 2363.80 2363.50 3 months 2415.00 2416.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6491.00 6545.00 6456.50 6510.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2503.00 3 months 2484.00 2473.00 2460.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      77 25 Dec 14 Close Prev Hii ih/Low Mar 08 1056 1063 1066/1046 May 08 1073 1081 1083/1064 JulO8 1099 1107 1107/1089 SepO8 1092 1102 1099/1081 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jan 08 1835 1848 1849/1833 Mar 08 1860 1875 1879/1858 May 08 1880 1894 1898/1879 JulO8 1897 1911 1907/1897 SUGAR
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      157 25 Dec 17 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$fUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2502 1.2515 0.8597 0.8600 Canadian dollar 1.4290 1.4307 0.9827 0.9832 Euro 2.0964 2.0980 1.4416 1.4417 NZ dollar 1.1065 1.1078 0.7609 0.7613 Sterlim 2.9325 2.9350 2.0166 2.016' US
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      359 25 Dec 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES DecO7 MarO8 JunO8 SepO8 EUROYEN FUTURES 95.058 95.555 95.935 96.165 0 0 0 0 7817 ***** ***** 7288 DecO7 99.135 99.135 MarO8 99.220 99.225 JunO8 99.235 99.240 SepO8 99.205 99.215 DecO8 99.165 99.175 MarO9 99.115B JunO9 99.060B
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      Lock icon BONDS & WARRANTS
      2483 25 BONDS WARRANTS Tel Code Company Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths Code Company Sale +or- COOO) Ratio Price ing Left 2462 Fraser&Neave SGA ECW*****7 ....11.5 -1 ***** 6963 Ferrochina MBL ECW08O403 8.5 -1.5 20 3708 First Resources MER ECW*****8 ....9.5 -3.5 ***** 0.5 630 0.5 300
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon MAKING A HOUSE CALL
      79 29 [HO CHI MINH CITY] Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong visiting the showflat at Guocoland's The Canary during his recent visit to Vietnam. The 17.5-hectare project in Binh Duong Province is a fully integrated development comprising 1,200 residential units, a shopping mall, hotel, an international school and
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      Lock icon URA awards Boon Lay site to Frasers Centrepoint
      278 29  -  UMA SHANKARI THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday awarded a residential site at Boon Lay to Frasers Centrepoint, which put in the higher bid of $205.6 million or $248 per sq ft per plot ratio (psf ppr) after the tender closed last
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      Lock icon NY hotel boom to ease room shortage
      631 29 But mid-market room rates of US$2OO-300 still too high for some [NEW YORK] While planning her vacation to New York, Lisa Werness was so horrified by the prices in Manhattan that she chose cheaper lodging in Brooklyn where she got a room rate
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