The Business Times, 25 January 2008

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg mS* A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 122/12/2007 Friday, January 25,2008
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    Lock icon Feb issue of Pulses hits newsstands
    184 1 THE February issue of the financial magazine, Pulses, is out today. Read about the airline pilot who flies high in the stock market, and why it does not pay to buy hot IPOs sometimes. Also, get to know more about Catalist, the Singapore Exchange's
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    Lock icon Lees take on Tans for $2b crown jewel
    802 1  -  CONRAD RAJ Pwo families, linked by history, vie for Straits Trading Co as Lees make a counter-bid By [SINGAPORE] Two illustrious local business families, whose ties go way back, are pitted against each other in a bid to wrest control of one
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    Lock icon Bumper prices fetched by HDB flats fuel condo demand
    646 1  -  UMA SHANKARI ERA Research High cash over valuation provides 'filter-up' demand for private homes By [SINGAPORE] More Housing Development Board flats in prime locations are now being sold for more than half-a-million dollars each, and the trend is pushing up the
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.74 HONG KONG 6.75 INDONESIA 15.746 TAIWAN 6.236 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.50 US 7.25 CANADA 6.00 SWITZERLAND 3.91 INDIA 12.75 Source: Bloomberg
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      46 1 lursi iam KLCOMP 1,383.35 +28.87 NIKKEI 225 13,092.78 +263.72 HANG SENG 23,539.27 -550.90 SET INDEX 728.58 -12.07 JAKARTA COMP 2,516.70 +40.42 MANILA COMP 3,147.42 +89.16 SEOUL COMP 1,663.00 +34.58 SHENZHENB 638.70 +4.29 MUMBAI IND 17,221.74 -372.33 11AM EDT Change 12,266.19 -3.98 DOW NASDAQ 2,338.52 +22.11
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      Lock icon FOREX
      40 1 US$ (S$ per US$) 1.432 (US$/S$ )er£) 1.953 2.797 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1.460 2.091 'EN 106.40 74.30 RM 3.268 2.281 HK$ 7.808 5.451 BAHT 33.08 23.09 RUPIAH 9,380 6,549 RENMINBI 7.226 5.045 INDIAN RUPEE 39.46 27.55 1.147 0.801 NZ$ 1.309 0.914
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon SocGen uncovers stunning 4.9b euro fraud by rogue trader
      771 2  -  NEIL BEHRMANN Bank plans capital increase of 5.5b euros, writes down 2 b euro losses IT READS like a replay of the Nick Leeson episode in Singapore except that this time it is in France and the losses suffered by Societe
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      Lock icon China Eastern to take another shot at SIA deal: report
      664 2 Reuters Company has said it still favoured a tie-up with SIA [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines will try harder to enlist shareholders' support for a tie-up with Singapore Airlines (SIA), the company's chairman was yesterday quoted as saying. Li Fenghua told
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      Lock icon Top hedge fund manager sets up S'pore office
      516 2  -  GENEVIEVE CUA Outlook for Asia still bright despite US woes: research head By [SINGAPORE] The US is in recession and equity markets are in bear territory, said Thomas Delia Casa, head of research at Man Investments, one of the world's largest hedge
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon S-shares may not be the only winners of China's move
        96 2 CHINA stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange, known as S-shares, have received a boost in share price but analysts said other stocks stand to gain. This comes on the heels of news that Chinese commercial banks are allowed to invest
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        Lock icon M1'sQ4 earnings fall 4.8% to $37.9m
        63 2 MOBILEONE yesterday reported a 4.8 per cent fall in net profit to $37.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 as it spent more on keeping its customers and on higher staff costs. The smallest of three telcos here said that full 2007 net
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        Lock icon BH Global rides high on regional demand
        54 2 BH Global Marine yesterday posted record results for the year ended Dec 31. Revenue rose 39 per cent to $81.9 million and net profit rose 56 per cent to $17.5 million on the back of strong demand regionally for its products and services.
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        Lock icon Sustainable development a priority for S'pore: PM Lee
        95 2 PURSUE economic growth, but with an eye on the Earth. Going forward, sustainable development will be a priority for Singapore and a top-level panel of ministers has been formed to chart the way ahead. On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum,
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        Lock icon China economy expands 11.4%, fastest in 13 years
        89 2 CHINA'S economy grew 11.4 per cent in 2007, the fastest pace in 13 years, but is headed for a modest slowdown this year as global demand weakens and credit curbs to cap inflation ripple through the economy. The softening was evident in
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        Lock icon M'sia in better shape than US, so rate cuts unlikely
        78 2 MALAYSIA'S central bank is unlikely to follow the United States' lead in cutting interest rates for the simple reason that the Malaysian economy is in far better shape than that of the US, private economists said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
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        Lock icon HK students 'majoring in stocks, minoring in studies'
        66 2 HONG KONG students are piling loans and family savings into a volatile stock market, a growing trend that worries social workers in a city known for its derivatives-savvy grandmothers and stock-tipping taxi drivers. A poll by Chinese University found around 10 per
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      Lock icon Robinson CEO throws weight behind Lippo
      690 3  -  MICHELLE QUAH Says the board is Fully committed to the brand and expansion strategy By [SINGAPORE] Robinson CEO John Cheston has refuted recent allegations that the company's major shareholder, Indonesia's Lippo Group, doesn't cherish the Robinson brand in Singapore. Speaking to The Business Times
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      Lock icon S-shares may not be the only winners
      627 3  -  CHOW PENN NEE J China banks more likely to park money in large-cap blue chips: analysts By [SINGAPORE] China stocks listed on the Singapore Exchange, known as S-shares, have received a boost in share price. Since languishing a few weeks ago due to
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      84 3 Man with the Midas Touch c{ Chairul Tanjung is the poster boy for a new breed of Indonesian tycoons. Banking, TV and now lifestyle almost everything he touches turns lucrative. s^^ In his first major media interview, the self-confessed perfectionist and M workaholic tells BT how he chalked up record
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon M1 posts 4.8% fall in Q4 net profit to $37.9m
      517 4  -  SIOW LI SEN Full-year 2007 net profit up 4.4% to $171.8 m; final dividend of 8.3 cents By MOBILEONE yesterday reported a 4.8 per cent fall in net profit to $37.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2007 as it
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      Lock icon Winstedt Chong makes offer after raising Vita stake
      328 4  -  UMA SHANKARI By VITA Holdings' major shareholder Winstedt Chong Thim Pheng has raised his stake from 29.74 per cent to 36.05 per cent, triggering a mandatory conditional cash offer for the remaining shares he does not own at 17 cents each. Vita
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      Lock icon CCT posts 14.5% rise in Q4 distributable income
      601 4  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA By Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) posted distributable income of $32.3 million in last year's final quarter, an increase of 14.5 per cent from a year previously. Full-year 2007 distributable income rose 52.7 per cent to $120.4 million on the back
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      Lock icon SIA proves luckier than smart by losing China Eastern deal
      1054 4 Bloomberg NEWS ANALYSIS [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines may have won by losing. While SlA's failure to secure a 24 per cent stake in money-losing China Eastern Airlines Corp thwarted CEO Chew Choon Seng's plan for a Shanghai hub, it has US$3
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      Lock icon BH Global rides high on regional demand
      559 5  -  VINCENT WEE Marine firm's '07 net rises 56% to record $17.5 m on record revenue of $81.9 m By BH Global Marine a global supply chain management company specialising in supplying cable, lighting and electrical equipment to the oil-and-gas industry yesterday posted record
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      Lock icon GuocoLeisure net hits US$15.8m
      360 5  -  CHEW XIANG By INVESTMENT company GuocoLeisure, previously known as BIL International, yesterday reported net profit of US$l5.B million for its second quarter to Dec 31, 2007, up more than five-fold from the previous corresponding quarter's USS2.B million. Revenue rose 30.6 per cent to U*****.8 million due
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      Lock icon Evergro hit by lower divestment gain
      483 5  -  OH BOON PING By EVERGRO Properties, a member of Keppel Group, has reported a 97.4 per cent plunge in full-year net profit for 2007 despite a near sevenfold jump in turnover. For the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2007, net profit was $196,000, against
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      Lock icon Pick firms that thrive even in bear market: ABN Amro
      477 7  -  SIOW LI SEN Stay invested since no one can call the bottom but be ready to sell index futures By A LEADING fund manager yesterday advised people to stay invested, as no one knows when the bear market is ending.
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      Lock icon Hyflux clinches 207m yuan China projects
      299 7  -  MATTHEW PHAN By HYFLUX has secured three municipal water treatment plant projects in China totalling some 207 million yuan (Ss4l million) in investments. The largest project is for a potable water plant in Taoyuan City in Hunan province. The local city government invited Hyflux
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      Lock icon DBS's lslamic arm eyes stake in a Malaysian bank
      606 7 neuters THE Islamic Bank of Asia, majority-owned by Singapore's DBS Bank, may buy a stake in a Malaysian Islamic bank as it looks to enter Asia's biggest and most developed Islamic financial market. Malaysia is regarded an essential part of any
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      Lock icon Bio-Treat to raise funds of up to 1.53b yuan
      451 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO BY 810-TREAT Technology is raising funds of up to 1.53 billion yuan (Ss3o3 million) in senior secured notes, fully detachable warrants and a loan from its substantial shareholder Precious Wise Group to fund projects and pay for the redemption
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Biosensors appoints new president/CEO
        82 7 Reuters SINGAPORE-LISTED heart stent maker Biosensors said yesterday that it has appointed Robert Michael Kleine as president and chief executive with immediate effect. He replaces Lv Yoh Chic, who will continue as chairman, the company said in a statement. Mr Kleine has more than 25 years'
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        Lock icon Dayen wins PUB deals worth $4.115m
        64 7 DAYEN Environmental has secured two contracts totalling $4,115 million from Public Utilities Board. One is a $3.86 million contract for the replacement of inlet works (Phase I II) and M&E equipment at the Jurong Water Reclamation Plant. The other is a $255,000 contract for
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        Lock icon Ezra unit completes first offshore job
        65 7 EZRA Holdings said that its construction and production arm, 48.9 per cent-owned EOC Ltd, has successfully executed and completed its first offshore construction and pipelay job. The Greenfields International (GFI) platform, located in the Bualang Field in the Gulf of Thailand, is ready to
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      182 4 A FINE COLLECTION OF FINE EXQUISITE JEWELLERY, WATCHES, UNMOUNTED DIAMONDS, NOTES COINS A MEGA Fine collection of Jewellery and unmounted DIAMONDS (up to 9.0 carats, many GIA Certified), Jades, South-Sea Pearls, Ruby, Sapphires, Emeralds, Fire Opals etc. (many with GIA and Gemologist Certificates), Nonya Pure Gold Belt, Branded Watches including
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      142 5 CHARTING DIRECTIONS Place your AGM and EGM notices in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg. ""'j L 7 January to 30 April, The Jewel Box brings on the magnificence of the iA- jit Pji BrV^^^f>- \i\i Spring season. The entire facade comes to life decked out in
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Wall Street further fuels STI rebound
      601 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS But local index ends only 66 points higher, clipped by reversal of Hang Seng's early gain THE rebound in the Straits Times Index (STI) continued yesterday, thanks to a dramatic overnight reversal on Wall Street which saw the Dow Jones Industrial
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      99 6 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 4 3 0 0 0 10 4 3 Manufacturing 104 39 58 17 10 121 48 68 Commerce 41 19 12 48 26 14 )t/Stor/Comms 19 14 20 14 Finance 17 18
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 6 TURNOVER ('000) MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN VALUE ('000) SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 29,464 29,464 167,853 167,853 Manufacturing 706,060 67,498 773,558 632,067 7,844 639,910 Commerce 94,326 4,747 99,073 122,696 674 123,370 Tpt/Stor/Comms 184,109 578 184,687 599,265 196 599,461 Finance 101,613 105 101,718 1,045,995 8 1,046,003 Construction 96,796 18,818
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      112 6 CapitaLand 6.140 +0.300 CapitaMall 2.900 -0.050 CityDev 12.220 +0.520 Cosco Corp 4.680 +0.480 DBS Grp 18.460 +0.660 F&N 4.800 -0.080 Gent Intl 0.610 +0.005 HK Land 4.410 -0.010 JSH 15.200 +0.160 Jardine C&C 18.160 +0.860 Keppel Corp 11.320 +0.120 Keppel Land 6.240 +0.290 NOL 3.190 +0.250
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      956 6  -  r MATTHEW PHAN Bloomberg Ascendas India Trust Jan 24 close: 551.04 Citigroup Research, Jan 23 STRONG performance continues: Revenues and net property income grew by strong 60 per cent and 57 per cent, respectively, on a year-on-year basis in Q3 FY08; growth of 7 per cent and 2
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      Lock icon Asian units impress after US stock surge
      537 6  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES ANOTHER session of Wall Street gains overnight helped fuel Asian currency gains yesterday, especially when combined with more evidence of rising price pressures closer to home. This, traders suggested, helped to fuel the return of risk appetite for Asian assets
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      47 6 Jan 24 VALUE CLOSE -1916.00+361.0 BT OB/OS BT CADI -*****.00+185.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00-192.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 752.91 +14.57 FTSE ST Small Cap 671.88+13.26 FTSE ST All Share 777.84+16.38 FTSE ST China 567.22 +40.69 SIMSCI 372.70 +7.86 SIMSCI Futures 371.60 +5.10 PrimePartnersCI 184.08+13.55
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 6 VOLUME Yanqzijianq 97,634,000 China Honqxinq 84,450,000 JES 59,908,000 Sing Tel 55,857,000 JiutianC 52,504,000 Thai Beverage 41,436,000 Jade Tech 32,616,000 SGX 31,679,000 Cosco Corp 29,425,000 China XLX 28,531,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 391,603,158 SGX 319,682,113 Sing Tel 209,956,941 UOB 182,720,544 Cosco Corp 137,544,740 Yangzijiang 133,579,110 Capita Land 128,949,036 Keppel
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      Lock icon RISES
      98 6 CLOSE UP CIMBAsean40 100US$ 951 120.3 9.7 SGX 1010 91.0 9.9 Jardine C&C 1816 86.0 5.0 Venture Con 1002 82.0 8.9 SGXMBLJCW*****0 450 78.0 21.0 iBS Gri 1846 66.0 3.7 UOB 1758 56.0 3.3 UOBMBLiCW*****0 566 53.0 10.3 lit 1222 52.0 4.4 ■osco Cor| 468 48.0 11.4 BY PERCENTAGE
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      Lock icon FALLS
      115 6 CLOSE DOWN JMH 2500-128.9 -3.5 China H 10US$ 1695 -47.3 -1.9 GLD 10US$ 8800 -43.0 -0.3 ISMSCI India 100 823 -32.9 -2.7 SPC 537 -23.0 -4.1 STI 3700 DBePW*****0 71.5 -22.0 -23.5 ilanBNPePW***** 39.5 -17.0 -30.1 STI 3200BNPePW*****9 39.5 -15.5 -28.2 >in< iTel 10 367 -13.0 -3.4 Swiber 220
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      84 6 Jan 24 CHNG CLOSE FRJan23 YR 2008/07 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.4321 0.20 1.5479 1.4257 Euro 2.0932 0.26 2.1639 1.9913 Pounds 2.8048 0.16 3.1194 2.7885 AS 1.2518 -0.32 1.3555 1.1741 Yen* 1.3491 0.00 1.3821 1.2285 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.04 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.3305 0.01 4.5700 4.1730
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Sustainable development a priority for S'pore: PM Lee
      468 8  -  ANNA TEO A top-level panel of ministers has been formed to chart the way forward, he says By in Davos PURSUE economic growth, but with an eye on the Earth. Going forward, sustainable development will be a priority for Singapore and a
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      Lock icon Staff costs, inflation major issues this year
      494 8  -  CHUANG PECK MING By SINGAPORE'S economy is strong enough to weather the fallout of a US recession this year, while escalating staff costs will be the top problem bosses have to grapple with in 2008, human resource practitioners were told at a conference
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      Lock icon 79 Anson Rd stake sold for 3rd time in 2 years
      396 8  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA SEB Asian Property Fund pays $215 m for 55% stake By TRADING office buildings continues to be flavour of the month in the real estate market. A 55 per cent stake in the freehold 79 Anson Road
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      Lock icon Resorts World to build new $80m bridge to Sentosa
      287 8 RESORTS World at Sentosa (RWS) yesterday announced the award of a $80 million contract to Aus-tralian-based engineering and construction company McConnell Dowell to build a new vehicular bridge to Sentosa. Work on the bridge begins this week and is expect ed
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      Lock icon Institute launches Islamic finance course
      410 8  -  MATTHEW PHAN By THE Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has launched a certificate programme on Islamic finance, to address what it says is a glaring lack of and considerable demand for professionals who understand the issues. CIMA's Certificate in Islamic Finance is a self-study programme
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      Lock icon 2 held under ISA for posing terrorist threat
      382 8 5 Jemaah Islamiyah members released after responding to rehabilitation TWO men have been detained under the Internal Security Act for involvement in activities that posed a potential terrorist threat. They are Muhammad Zamri bin Abdullah and Maksham bin Mohd Shah, both 26.
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Central banks faulted for market slump
      440 9 Bloomberg [DAVOS] The US Federal Reserve and other central banks are partly to blame for the financial market slump currently threatening to derail the global economy, investors and former policy makers said at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. "It's hard to
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      Lock icon China economy expands 11.4%
      577 9 Reuters, Bloomberg But slower pace seen for 2008 on credit curbs, weaker global demand [BEIJING] China grew 11.4 per cent in 2007, the fastest pace in 13 years, but is headed for a modest slowdown this year as global demand weakens and credit curbs to cap
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      Lock icon US$l US farm subsidy cut could lead to pact: India
      459 9 -AP Minister wants US to freeze level of payments to farmers [DAVOS] India's trade minister said on Wednesday that he will tell his US counterpart that a symbolic cut of USsl in US farm subsidies could lead to a breakthrough
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      Lock icon BOJ under pressure to follow Fed's lead and cut interest rates
      675 9  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Rising yen, falling trade surplus fuels fears of recession By in Tokyo PRESSURE mounted yesterday on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to copy the US Federal Reserve's bold action in cutting interest rates as fresh evidence came
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      Lock icon Emerging markets not decoupling: analysts
      445 9 Reuters [NEW YORK] As the global financial market volatility this month produces the first cracks in the armour of emerging market economies, few analysts support the idea that the asset class will see its performance unharmed by a possible US recession. The so-called "decoupling" theory
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon National food stockpile to be set up: reports
      311 10 ■AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is to establish a national food stockpile in order to stabilise prices and avert shortages which have hit in recent weeks, reports said yesterday. As well as the stockpile of essential goods, which will include rice and cooking
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      Lock icon M'sia in better shape than US, so rate cuts unlikely: economists
      508 10  -  S JAYASANKARAN Economy also seen as 'decoupled' from US already; inflation accelerating as well By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S central bank is unlikely to follow the United States' lead in cutting interest rates for the simple reason that the
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      Lock icon Naza to rope in partner for Indian foray
      285 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] The Naza Group expects to rope in a partner to sell its cars in India and the South Asian region, Malaysia's Business Times reported. The paper quoted chairman SM Nasimuddin Amin as saying that the signing with the Indian partner
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      Lock icon M'sia losing investment over pro-Malay policies: Anwar
      180 10 -AFP [HONG KONG] One of Malaysia's leading opposition figures said yesterday the country was losing out economically to regional rivals because of long-running policies favouring ethnic Malays. Former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia's ability to attract foreign investment had been compromised
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2278 10 Ian 24 RM ('000) A&M Realty 0.88 AbricBhd 0.24 Advance Synergy 0.19 Adventa Bhd 1.32 AeMuIti Hldgs 0.29 Affin Holdings 2.45 Ahmad Zaki Resou 1.54 AicCorp 0.64 \irasia Bhd 1.47 Akn Technology 0.58 Alliance Financi 2.90 Aluminium Co 1.15 Amalgamated Ind 0.47 Aminvestment Grp ....unch \mmb Hldgs Bhd
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Reliance sees less opposition to its retail business
      410 11 [MUMBAI] Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valuable company, sees political opposition and trader protests against modern retail dying down, and is focused on scaling up, its chief executive has told a television channel. "It's (reducing) and, very frankly, when we start any
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      Lock icon India set to overtake US in mobile phone usage
      384 11  -  SIDDHARTH aniVASTAVA Latest figures show subscriber base at 233 m, growing at 8m every month By in New Delhi THE explosive growth of India's mobile phone usage continues to break new records. New figures show that the number of Indian mobile
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      199 11 [BANGALORE] Infosys is not only an information technology (IT) bellwether, it is also an ethical bellwether. The company, in perhaps the first instance in India, has fined its CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan for a technical violation of its insider trading rules, The Economic Times
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      7818 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.862/ Star Europe Bond 1.214/ Star Europe Bal 1.16/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.443/ Star Asia Bond 1.24/ Star Asia Balanced 1.007/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.197/ Multi St Fd 0.917/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.863/ Gib Multi St USD
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      Lock icon HK students 'majoring in stocks, minoring in studies'
      431 12 -Reuters Lured by popular China IPOs, they buy shares with savings, grants and loans [HONG KONG] Hong Kong students are piling loans and family savings into a volatile stock market, a growing trend that worries social workers in a city known for
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      324 12 Xinhua [BEIJING] The Silk Street Market here, which has long offered copies of international designer and branded goods, has unveiled its own brand Silkstreet and warned that anyone who tries to counterfeit that brand will be held liable. The first items to bear the
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      636 12 Reuters [CHENGDU, China] When Chinese policymakers talk about rebalancing the economy towards consumption from exports and investment, they have people like Liv Yong in mind. Mr Liv has opened five tasteful and tasty restaurants in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, in the
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      204 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China hopes to eventually lift caps on foreign stakes in its securities firms and allow such brokerage joint ventures to broaden their scope of business, the country's securities regulator said in a report yesterday. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) included
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      569 13 Reuters They say SWFs will contribute to global growth and sound banking system [DAVOS] Key policy-mak-ers and corporate executives in Davos moved on Wednesday to quash fears about the influence of state-run investment funds, saying they would contribute to global growth and the
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      422 13 Bloomberg [DAVOS] Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil producer, plans to start its first sovereign wealth fund with about US$6 billion, channelling surplus crude-oil revenue into investments in foreign companies. Saudi Arabia is making a modest start to its sovereign wealth pool because of
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      286 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Members of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) yesterday proposed starting a sovereign wealth fund and tax cuts to support the nation's tumbling stocks, exposing a rift with the government on how to handle the economy. Former prime minister Shinzo Abe joined lawmakers including
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      592 14 Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Purchases fall 2.2% to an annual rate of 4.89 m; Ist fall in prices in 40 years [WASHINGTON] Sales of existing homes in the US fell more than forecast in December, capping the biggest yearly slump in more
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      463 14  -  OUR CORRESPONDENT By in Bangkok AFTER a long wait, Thailand's newly appointed House of Representatives yesterday received royal assent to appoint a key People's Power Party (PPP) representative, Yongyuth Tiyapairat, as Speaker. The move to appoint Mr Yongyuth, who
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      580 14 -NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] John Donahoe wasted little time as the new chief executive of Internet giant eßay before announcing big changes. Less than an hour after being named to the top spot at eßay by the departing chief executive Meg Whitman, Mr Donahoe
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      Lock icon Banks, regulators move to shore up US bond insurers
      497 15 ■NYT They've guaranteed buyers against losses on more than US$ll of bonds [NEW YORK] Even as stocks ended five days of losses with a surprising recovery on Wednesday, officials began moving to defuse another potential time bomb in the markets: the
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      581 15 -Reuters Retiring designer engulfs catwalk in sea of signature red [PARIS] Fighting back tears, Valentino waved goodbye to the fashion world on Wednesday with a haute couture show brimming with the glamour that made him a favourite with Hollywood stars, socialites and royalty
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      346 15 Reuters She seeks USslom damages over sale of business [LOS ANGELES] The co-founder of the Jimmy Choo shoe boutique beloved by celebrities filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against her estranged mother, seeking US$lO million in damages stemming from the 2004 sale of the business.
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      291 15 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] Tommy Hilfiger Corp, the fashion brand owned by Apax Partners Worldwide, delayed plans for an initial public offering after stock markets tumbled. "Management and shareholders decided to postpone an IPO process until such time that market conditions have stabilised," the
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      461 16  -  SIDDHARTH SKIVASTAVA Expansion driven by budget carriers as many compete with railways in fares By in New Delhi THE airport serving India's capital city has seen the highest growth in passenger movements of any airport in the world. According to a survey by
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      238 16 -AP [DAVOS] India's top aviation official said on Wednesday that the country was aiming for a massive growth in its aviation sector, including the construction of hundreds of new airports. Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said that the annual growth in
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      452 16 Bloomberg [DALLAS] Delta Air Lines Inc, the third largest US carrier, had a fourth-quarter loss on surging costs for jet fuel, while profit almost doubled at discounter Southwest Airlines Co, which had locked in lower fuel prices. The net loss at Delta was
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      559 16 -Reuters [NEW YORK] Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday unveiled a model of the spaceship that he hopes will be the first to take paying passengers into space on a regular basis as soon as next year. Mr Branson, whose Virgin Galactic is charging US$2OO,OOO for
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      216 16 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The leakage of air cargo through Singapore is among the challenges facing the industry, Deputy Transport Minister Douglas Uggah Embas said yesterday. It is estimated that 25 to 30 per cent of cargo for both import and export are
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      2432 16 AIRLINE CODES: AA American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), Al Air India (AIC), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), Bl Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR
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      712 17  -  SELVA KUMAR ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By A PROBE by the UK Department of Transport into two relatively minor accidents during the berthing and unberthing of the Mal-ta-flagged passenger ship Logos II in the port of St Helier has unearthed more than just the immediate causes
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      223 17 Reuters [MUMBAI] Dubai's ETA Star will invest more than US$l billion in India's ports and aviation sector, the Business Standard reported yesterday. ETA Star, a holding company for businesses including real estate and shipping, has already committed more than 90
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      496 17 ■LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] A Flori-da-based cruise line's efforts to protect its lucrative Hawaii business through a federal rule change is generating a wave of concern among port and business representatives who say it would harm jobs and tourist revenue. Critics say that the
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      159 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Samsung Heavy Industries Co, the world's second-largest shipyard, said yesterday that it would sign a US$l.32 billion accord to build two drill ships that will help meet demand to look for oil. The agreement for the ships, which will be
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      445 18 "SINGAPORE delivers." This tagline perhaps best exemplifies why the Economic Development Board seems so positive about manufacturing investment inflows this year, despite the dark clouds heralding a global downturn. It expects $16-18 billion worth of investments this year, surpassing 2007's record $16.1 billion the first time
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      972 18  -  CAROLINE BAUM If it wasn't the stock market, what impelled policy makers to take emergency action? By ITH guns blazing and surprise on its side, the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to 3.5 per cent early
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      708 18  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON THE BOTTOM LINE AMID the mayhem in world financial markets, it is becoming clear that capitalism's most dangerous enemies are capitalists. No one can have watched the sub-prime mortgage debacle without noticing the absurd contrast between the magnitude of
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      875 19  -  PHILIP BOWRING ■NYT Instead of addressing the cause, policymakers are addressing the symptoms the collapse of credit quality By IHOSE Asian allies and trade partners of the United States who can raise their gaze above stock market gyrations look with concern at the US response
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      1125 19  -  PETER G GOSSELIN Los Angeles Times The Fed has taken the lead in efforts to help bolster the economy from the effects of the housing bust By IN THE *****, when Latin America and Asia were rocked by financial crises similar to the
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      657 19 LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE refer to media reports and feedback from passengers affected by the train service disruption between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah MRT stations on Jan 21, 2008. The disruption arose as a result of damage to our rail grinding vehicle (RGV) by
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      8581 20 Transaction date: Jan 24 52-wks Tel |h Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Hit Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net |h Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E MCap $mil Hii Com[ 5716 1st Software 11 6.5 3148 STelecom 30 11.5 5834 A-Sonic 107 98 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF
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      192 20 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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      371 21 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Jan 23 World Index Preliminary 974.7 -1.5 -11.4 -1.5 -13.6 -1.5 -7.1 EAFE Preliminary 945.7 -1.2 -14.6 -1.3 -13.7 -1.3 -7.: Euroi Preliminary 1297.7 -3.1
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      133 21 As at 9am Jan 24 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid 'f Offer Aust dollar 1.2390 1.2530 Can dollar 1.3870 1.4030 Euro 2.0750 2.0990 NZ dollar 1.0810 1.1040 jterlin .und 2.7760 2.8070 US dollar 1.4200 1.4370 Local dollars to 100 units of
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      22 21 Jan 24 STI ;iMSCI Jan 365 370 366.5 "aiwan Jan 376.3 384.1 371.4 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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      21 21 Jan 24 Bid Offer 1-month 1.4294 1.43 2-months 1.4273 1.4279 3-months 1.4254 1.4261 6-months 1.4203 1.421 Source: OCBC
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      152 21 Jan 24 lurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offer >$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2488 1.2496 0.8720 0.8723 "anadian dollar 1.3996 1.4008 0.9773 0.9779 iuro 2.0900 2.0912 1.4594 1.4598 IZ dollar 1.0940 1.0947 0.7639 0.7642 aterlim 2.7960 2.7972 1.9524 1.9527 IS dollar 1.4321 1.4325 >$/US$
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      362 21 Jan 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 97.005 97.505 97.600 97.590 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** ***** 6862 EUROYEN FUTURES Mar08 99.310 99.310 Jun08 99.445 99.460 Sep08 99.490 99.495 Dec08 99.465 99.475 Mar09 99.415 99.425B Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 99.265
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      293 21 Jan 24 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (S cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul/Sep 08 375.75 376.75 377.50 377.50 376.75 377.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig gh Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      469 21 Jan 24 AS CS_ Rmb Euro HKS Ind Rs Ru| Yen Won RM NZS Pak Rs Peso SS Rand Sfr NTS Baht Pound us: Australia 0.892 6.302 0.598 6.809 34.415 81.803 0.928 8.281 2.850 1.141 54.435 35.880 1.249 6.170 0.952 28.209 28.846 0.447 0.872 Canada 1.121 7.064
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      104 21 Jan 23 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 1189.50 1239.50 1240.00 1189.50 May 08 1207.00 1257.00 1256.00 1207.00 Jul 08 1220.75 1270.75 1271.50 1220.75 Aug 08 1216.50 1266.50 1216.50 1216.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 08 49.68 51.68 51.55 49.68
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      72 21 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 23 origin) USS/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 87.36 -0.61 WTI(NearMth) 88.03 -1.67 Dubai (1-Mth F) 83.16 1.2 Tapis blend 93.05 1.6 Minas 91.1 1.4 PRODUCT USS/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 91.30 102.48 0.09 0.28 USS/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price 83.84 ■1.5
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      169 21 Jan 24 GOLD (USS/oz) Jan 24 Jan 23 GOLD BULLION COINS (SS) Sellini Hong Kong 890.00 887.00 891.00 888.00 Jan 23 Jan 22 London 888.55 892.25 889.25 892.95 Source: Reuters (SS) Selling Buying 1 oz 1425.24 1284 UBS GOLD LUNAR KINEBAR (SS) Selling Buying 10gm $499.69 410 SILVER
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      70 21 Jan 23 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2375.20 2391.00 3 months 2415.00 2433.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months 6914.00 6870.00 7060.00 7020.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2495.00 3 months 2505.00 2560.00 2570.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash 3 months *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash 3
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      603 40 Looks like I wrote this did I? MY fellow lawyers, citizens and other distinguished friends who may have been caught in an incriminating video or two greetings. Welcome to our workshop titled: "Never Say Die Even When Your Face Is Staring At You From The Video henceforth known as the
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        1654 25 True luxury destinations transcend fashion and politics while remaining classy, writes Geoffrey eu THE nice thing about luxury travel apart from the private planes, fancy yachts, 800-thread-count percale sheets and bespoke butler service, of course is that it never goes out of style. People with the means
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        481 26  -  GOH HWEE LENG By THE Le Meurice Hotel in Paris is not known as the "Hotel of the Kings" for nothing. Throughout its long history it dates as far back as 1771 though it's been at its present site from 1835 a string
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        315 28 quah chin chin gives a run-through of the check-in facilities on offer by various airlines FLYING first-class typically comes with a whole range of perks. Here, we give you a run-through of the check-in facilities offered by various airlines operating in Changi Airport. Singapore
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        302 28  -  TAN SEO YEAN By WHILE budget airline Jetstar Asia hogged the headlines last year as it staked a claim on the lucrative Singapore-Kuala Lumpur market, aircraft charter provider MyJet Asia quietly enjoyed a 30 per cent increase in the number of people chartering private jets
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        681 29 Jet Quay's for high-end travellers who are willing to pay for YIP treatment, writes samuel cc YOU may have a top-tier frequent flyer card and enjoy YIP treatment in a first-class lounge and in the air, but no matter how vigorously you brandish it, you
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        376 29  -  SAMUEL EE By! <\S Asia's first standalone luxury airport terminal, JetQuay, offers hassle-free arrivals and departures in a :juiet building separate from the main terminals at Changi. The CIP terminal offers three tiers of service. The premium tier is the Jetside service, distinguished by the
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        1379 30 'This is for the well-heeled, those who want something more than plain luggage.' Chris him, Samsonite Singapore general manager Customised luggage from Globe-Trotter and Bespoke are all the rage among well-heeled travellers, writes cheah ui-hoon KNOW that old frequent flyer trick of tying a brightly
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        657 31 Cruise tours, often associated with more mature passengers, are increasingly attracting the younger set, write quah chin chin CRUISE tours, once considered an expensive and almost exclusive way of travelling typically only for the wealthy are now beginning to attract more, and, interestingly, younger
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        822 32 Christopher lim takes a look at travel accessories that suit both the road warrior and occasional traveller OBILE phones are indispensable for travel these days, and since you'll probably only have one, you'll want it to continue working even if it's run over by a truck
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        560 34  - Nice to be home for a week VINCENT WEE Sailing into home port was an emotional experience for the Singaporeans on the Uniquely Singapore Clipper, reports THE arrival of the Clipper boats in Singapore was an emotional experience for the home crew. For the about half a dozen Singaporeans among
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        996 35 The right location can make or break a performance, reports CHRISTOPHER LIM BACK in the day when Fort Canning Park and the Victoria Concert Hall (VCH) were the only real live performance venues, there was no room for complaint. Rather, hardcore music fans
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        597 35  -  BEN MUNROE CD REVIEW Sky Blue Sky Wilco Nonesuch/Warner Rating: B+ OST: Sweeney Todd Nonesuch/Warner Rating: B By HERE are a couple of releases on the fascinating Nonesuch label which, individually, could not be more different but as a pair, could not better sum up
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        598 35  -  PARVATHI NAYAR Definitely abstract WITH a title like Abstract Abstract, the intent of Om Mcc Ai's solo exhibition is quite clear. Each of the 20 works, mostly done last year, takes a few months to finish as they are labour intensive: the paintings (as above) feature grids that are
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        780 35 By PARVATHI NAYAR REGULARS on the theatre scene returned this month, and proved to be a mixed bag of offerings: the annual Chestnuts satire about all things in entertainment in 2007, the comedy staple from the British Theatre Playhouse and the Ml Singapore Fringe Festival
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        1028 36 The 'new' fictional detectives are increasingly from Asia and are getting popular. PARVATHI NAYAR checks out their operating turf TO those deeply into crime novels and who are interested in keeping up with its latest trends, here's a clue: the action is shifting to Asia.
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        763 36  -  PARVATHI NAYAR By "WRITING fiction set in Asia came as a natural result of moving here, and falling in love with the culture," says Colin Cotterill, author of the popular Dr Siri Paiboun mysteries. Set in Vientiane, the series feature an unlikely "detective": a
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        546 37 But adoption of Atonement's structural format is less perfect, says PARVATHI NAYAR AS A novel whose impact lies in the power of words and dark, internal landscapes, lan McEwan's Atonement isn't an easy page-to-screen transfer. But if you liked the writing, chances are you'll
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        544 37  -  GEOFFREY EU By ON Dec 8,1995, Jean-Domi-nique Bauby, the dapper editor of French fashion magazine Elle, suffered a massive, debilitating stroke. When he woke up 20 days later, he was almost totally paralysed, unable to speak a victim of a condition known as
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        465 37  -  GEOFFREY EU 3y WITH a title like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, it's possible to come to two quick conclusions. First, we know how the movie turns out and second, we know where its sentiments lie. What remains
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        655 37  -  PARVATHI NAYAR CHRISTOPHER LIM DVD REVIEW By and "THE ultimate relevance of Blade Runner lies in its doubled, complex understanding of what it must mean to be human," writes Scott Buktaman in the British Film Institute's Modern Classics series. It's this
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        1059 38 Increasing familiarity and experience with fine wine leads to greater discernment and sophistication in one's tastes, says N X YONG T IS very pleasing to see how wine enthusiasts are beginning to turn away from wines which are "all-fruit-in-your-face" 100-pointers so heavily advertised in wine
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        450 38  -  CHRISTOPHER LIM SPIRITS By BEER lovers rejoice there's a new microbrewery in town! That in itself is already good news since we only have four others here. But the best news of all is Red Dot Brew House's prices. You can't argue with $6
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        1348 39 Western retailers, especially UK brands, view Singapore as a good location to test-bed new trends and concepts, reports MELISSA LWEE ASIA has always been a generic market that European retailers have relied on to grow their worldwide businesses. The mantra "go East" has been the
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      46 40 WINE A distinct preference for elegance PAGE 38 GATEWAY i: TO THE REGIONS, Singapore is now seen as the main hub for retail firms seeking to enter the rest of South-east Asia. This is especially true of top British brands who already have a presence here.
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