The Business Times, 29 May 2008

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    24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Singapore 85 cents online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg a Singapore press holdings publication co regn no *****2868E mica (p) 122/12/2007 Thursday, May 29,2008
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Jakarta pulls out of Opec to ease tensions
    768 1  -  RONNIE LIM Gas deals with Spore not likely to be affected though Indonesia now consumes more By [SINGAPORE] Indonesia plans to withdraw at the end of this year from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) after years of declining oil exports,
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.33 MALAYSIA 6.72 HONG KONG 5.25 INDONESIA 15.644 TAIWAN 6.316 JAPAN 1.875 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 5.00 US 5.00 CANADA 4.75 SWITZERLAND 3.70 INDIA 12.25 Source:
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      46 1 Inesi lay lange KLCOMP 1,260.58 -13.66 NIKKEI 225 13,709.44 -183.87 HANG SENG 24,249.51 -32.53 ;et index 832.99 -22.61 JAKARTA COMP 2,433.77 +36.77 MANILA COMP 2,833.27 -22.71 ;eoulcomp 1,805.64 -19.59 ;henzhen b 548.20 +6.27 MUMBAI IND 16,525.37 +249.78 12NOONEDT Cham DOW 12,527.43 -20.92 NASDAQ 2,473.08 -8.16
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      Lock icon FOREX
      44 1 USS SS US$ (S$ per US$) 1.361 (US$/S$ >er£) 1.982 2.698 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.575 2.145 YEN 104.00 76.40 RM 3.243 2.382 HK$ 7.803 5.732 BAHT 32.24 23.68 RUPIAH 9,300 6,831 RENMINBI 6.943 5.100 INDIAN RUPEE 42.85 31.47 A$ 1.039 0.763 NZ$ 1.269 0.932
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    Lock icon TRANSFORMING SINGAPORE
    22 1 The industry on how the URA's masterplan will help re-design Singapore for the future —A supplement with your BT today
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    Lock icon Going bust younger – and owing much more
    742 1  - Going bust younger and owing much more SIOW LI SEN Average bankrupt this year owes $360K, compared to $180K in 2007 By [SINGAPORE] The economy has been humming along for several years now, so more people could be taking risks by borrowing larger amounts than before. Some have got burnt
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      73 1 BizlT HEALTH SCIENCES OFFICE SPACE BtSH? TELCO Spore managed services t AUTHORITY Spore ranked 9th IBS Spying scandal rocks market to grow 8% Gearing up for a brave most expensive Deutsche Telekom PAGE 22 i L~mT P^ newworld PAGE 2 PAGE 32 P"*^L- 3 PAGE 17 Hfi a FUEL^ WOES
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Another major Shell plant on the cards
        58 2 SHELL Chemicals is considering Singapore as a possible site for a significant new styrene monomer/ propylene oxide plant investment expected to cost at least US$5OO million. This comes even as it is building a US$3 billion-plus petrochemical complex here from which the plant
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        Lock icon Soaring oil price benefits smaller marine players too
        50 2 SOARING fuel price will benefit not just the big boys like Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine, who have seen a surge in rig orders, but also many smaller suppliers and service providers of the offshore marine exploration industry. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5
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        Lock icon Metro grows in China as property play
        79 2 THE property development and investment division of Metro Holdings, which is better known here as a retailer, is providing a bigger share of its earnings as retail revenue dips. For the financial year ended March 31, Metro Holdings reported revenue of $224.4 million,
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        Lock icon Boustead earnings surge 46% to record $51.5m
        55 2 ENGINEERING and infrastructure group Boustead Singapore has reported a sixth straight year of record profit as all its business units continued to fire. Net profit rose 46 per cent to a record $51.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2008 surpassing analysts'
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        Lock icon $180m awarded to foster more research doctors
        88 2 AN estimated $180 million of grants and funding support was given to more than 20 doctors yesterday by the Ministry of Health and A*Star to cultivate a growing pool of clinician scientists to drive research development here. This pool of clinician-scientists doctors who
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        Lock icon European economies start to show weakness
        86 2 ECONOMIC figures from Germany and France provided reminders on Tuesday of how vulnerable Europe's economy is as long as soaring food and fuel prices erode confidence and household spending power. Economists said that Germany's stellar 1.5 per cent rate of growth in the first
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        Lock icon Malaysia beats estimates with 7.1% Q1 growth
        69 2 MALAYSIA'S economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as surging prices boosted palm oil and petroleum exports and higher salaries for civil servants spurred consumer spending. The economy grew 7.1 per cent in the first three months from a year earlier,
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        Lock icon S'pore ranked 9th on costs of office occupancy: CBRE
        81 2 AFTER the sharp increase in prime office occupancy costs, Singapore has emerged as the ninth most expensive office market in CB Richard Ellis's latest semi-annual Global Market Rents survey. Singapore was ranked 11th in the last survey in November last year
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      Lock icon Chees could be cited for contempt of court
      693 2  -  MICHELLE QUAH SDP DAMAGES HEARING They disobeyed judge's instructions, indulged in 'loutish behaviour' By [SINGAPORE] Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan and his sister Chee Siok Chin could be found in contempt of court and the siblings have been given
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      Lock icon HSA gearing up for a brave new world
      742 2  -  CHEN HUIFEN Regulator adding to its expertise in cell therapy, biologies and managing risk By [SINGAPORE] The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is looking to grow its expertise as it copes with the evolving life sciences landscape. With Singapore's biomedical drive running at
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      Lock icon SIC conducting hearings on aborted Jade offer
      622 2  -  LYNETTE KHOO MAS, Acra and CAD are also looking into the matter By [SINGAPORE] The Securities Industry Council (SIC), which polices takeovers and mergers here, is conducting hearings as part of its investigation into the aborted takeover offer for Jade Technologies launched by
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      Lock icon Another major Shell plant on the cards
      718 4  -  RONNIE LIM Decision soon on whether USssoom SMPO plant will be sited in Singapore By [SINGAPORE] Shell Chemicals is considering Singapore as a possible site for a significant new styrene monomer/propylene oxide (SMPO) plant investment expected to cost at least US$5OO million. This
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      Lock icon Brown calls for global strategy to oil problem
      445 4 -AFP He urges action as protests over fuel prices rise in Europe [LONDON] British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned yesterday that the world faced an era-defining oil "shock" that required urgent action, amid growing protests in Europe over soaring fuel prices. "It
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      81 2 11 THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE Tenor Approximately 10 years Total Amount Allotted SGD 2,200,000,000 4 Amount Allotted to Non-Competitive Applications SGD 156,097,000 Of which al lotted to MAS Nil Total Amount Applied SGD 2,959,657,000 Coupon Rate 4.000% p.a. Cut-off Yield Price 3.50% p.a. and 4 on Allotment 105.281 Average
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      1831 4 I HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA Annual Results for 2007 I JjJJ^ZdW l^^| Balance sheet statement of income |l Landesbank Baden-Wiirttemberg (in chf thousands) (in chf thousands) Head offices: Stuttgart: P.O. Box 10 60 49 D-***** Stuttgart; Karlsruhe: D-***** Karlsruhe Ludwig-Erhard-Allee 4; as at December 31 Year Ended December 31
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Rising oil price boosts offshore marine sector
      683 5  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Large and smaller suppliers see surge in demand for support services By SOARING fuel price will benefit not just the big boys such as Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Marine, who have seen a surge in rig orders, but also many smaller
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      Lock icon Pan-United invests $20m in DBS preference shares
      253 5 PAN-United Corporation has invested $20 million in preference shares issued by DBS Bank. The investment, made through its wholly owned subsidiary Pan-United Investments, was part of its efforts towards "improving the overall return on the company's surplus funds", the logistics and infrastructure group
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      Lock icon China, S'pore remain top Asian markets: Macquarie
      241 5 Bloomberg [MANILA] China and Singapore should stay as the top two market picks for stock investors in Asia as the region faces the impact of higher oil prices and inflation, Macquarie Group Ltd said. Investors should own more shares in China and Singapore
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      Lock icon Oculus acts to recover $7.5m
      334 5  -  LYNETTE KHOO By EYECARE firm Oculus has made good on its words to enforce its security over 54 million of its shares held by major shareholder Ariel Singapore, after it failed to repay Oculus the remaining $7.48 million held in trust. In a late night
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      Lock icon Metro grows in China as property play
      530 6  -  ARTHUR SIM Q4 net profit rises 34% to $25.6 m, helped by fair-value gains By THE property development and investment division of Metro Holdings, which is better known here as a retailer, is providing a bigger share of its earnings as retail revenue
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      Lock icon Tat Hong Q4 profit falls 32% to $28.4m
      478 6  -  YEN SREENIVASAN But earnings for FY2OOB rise 14% to $89.8 m By TAT Hong Holdings' net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 31 dropped 32 per cent to $28.4 million from the previous corresponding quarter's $41.7 million. The fall reflected a
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      Lock icon CitySpring Q4 DPU 6.7% higher than forecast
      529 6  -  OH BOON PING By CITYSPRING Infrastructure Trust has beaten projections with its performance for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008. It has declared a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.6 cents for Q4 FY2OOB, 6.7 per cent or 0.1 cent above the
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Informatics posts $46,000 Q4 profit
        92 6 INFORMATICS Education reported a net profit of $46,000 for its fourth quarter ended March 31, a turnaround from the net loss of $1.14 million in the previous corresponding quarter. Operating revenue for the quarter was $12.3 million, down from $13.1 million. It attributed the net
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        Lock icon Sinopipe in 660m yuan build-transfer deal
        64 6 SINOPIPE said it has signed its first build-transfer master agreement worth 660 million yuan in Yangzhou City in China's Jiangsu province. The project will consist of the design and development of piping network and other infrastructures such as road network over a planned period
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        Lock icon Aztech unit buys four vessels for $10m
        70 6 AZTECH Systems said its wholly owned unit AZ Marine has entered into agreements with third-party vendors to buy two barges and two tug boats for a total consideration of $10.13 million. This will facilitate its business of supplying building materials, and allow it
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        Lock icon Asiatic to review Viet hydropower project
        79 6 ASIATIC Group (Holdings) has, through its wholly owned unit Colben Energy Holdings (Vietnam) Ltd (CEHV), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Messrs Lao Cai Mineral Company (LCMC) to review a hydropower project in Vietnam. Under the MOU, CEHV shall review and assess the
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      Lock icon Retail investors don't matter much to big firms
      753 6 COMMENTARY By QUAK HIANG WHAI THE debate in the past two weeks over whether a major local bank should have opened its preference share issue to small investors has put the spotlight on how major companies here view the retail market. Small
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      Lock icon Boustead posts record profit
      506 7  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Net earnings rise 46% to $51.5 m, 6th annual jump in a row By ENGINEERING and infrastructure group Boustead Singapore has reported a sixth straight year of record profit as all its business units continued to fire. Net profit rose 46 per cent to
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      Lock icon China Taisan to raise $49.4 million in IPO
      463 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO By KNITTED fabric maker China Taisan Technology Group Holdings yesterday launched its initial public offer of 233 million shares at 24 cents apiece. The 233 million shares comprise 223.2 million new shares and 9.8 million vendor shares. The IPO aims
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      Lock icon Big bugs at the malls
      181 7  -  ARTHUR LEE By AT more than three metres across, these bugs are big enough to give anyone the creeps. Originally developed in cooperation with the creators of E.T., the robot monsters are making their first Asian appearance at three of Capita Land's shopping malls from
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      Lock icon At a glance
      111 7 Full year results ended March 2008 CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS (S$m) (S$m) CHN( 1 Tat Hong 89.79 78.96 13.7 639.87 482.48 2 Metro Hldgs 65.97 68.68 -4.0 224.41 214.17 32.6 4.8 3 Boustead 51.49 35.25 46.1 438.28 343.86 27.5 4 S'poreWindsor 5.80 5.13 13.0 41.42 34.86
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI up but broad market weakens
      594 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Wall Street's inability to set any convincing direction said to be the main factor behind market's uncertainty IF you believe that trading in this part of the world is a precursor to how Wall Street might perform later in the day,
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      96 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 8 3 6 0 0 0 8 3 6 lanufacturing 40 72 73 14 48 78 87 Lommerce 12 34 22 15 41 30 'pt/Stor/Comms 17 14 18 16 :inance 15 13 15 14 Lonstruction 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 25.589 25.589 138.917 138.917 lanufacturing 235.476 79.240 314.716 272.105 9.977 282.082 lommerce 42.175 57.468 99.643 57.145 18.369 75.514 "pt/Stor/Comms 96.471 4.059 100.530 267.907 1.403 269.310 :i nance 28.589 80 28.669 277.223 21 277.244 lonstruction 24.280 23.115 47.395 5.331 772
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      102 8 LapitaLand 6.250 -0.050 Olam 2.800 -0.030 LapitaMal 3.270 S IA 15.900 4-0.300 LityDev 11.200 4-0.140 SGX 7.950 -0.150 Iosco Corp 3.340 -0.030 SIA Engg 4.150 IBS Grp 19.360 4-0.040 SPH 4.350 :&N 4.880 4-0.040 ST Engg 3.160 Sent Intl 0.590 4-0.005 SembCorp Ind 4.730 4-0.030 IK
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      909 8  -  CHOW PENN NEE SembCorp Marine May 28 close: $4.43 Morgan Stanley, May 27 Summary: We retain our "over-weight-V" rating and raise our price target to $4.80, while our mid-cycle multiple of 18 times 09 estimates is unchanged. However, extended visibility of orders from Petrobras' recent announcement and high
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      Lock icon Asian currencies rise in cautious trading
      527 8 Reuters CURRENCIES [SINGAPORE] Asian currencies rose yesterday as investors, encouraged by a drop in oil prices, cautiously moved to take profit on the US dollar's steep gains in recent sessions. Market talk that Malaysia may announce new measures to liberalise trade in the ringgit,
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 8 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      51 8 CLOSE -404.00 -21.0C IT OB/OS IT CADI -*****.00 -79.0' IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -40.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 795.80 +2.11 TSE ST Small Cap 670.09 -3.9i TSE ST All Share 800.54 +2.9' TSE ST China 470.99 -3.6i OB Catalist 155.82 -0.2: IMSCI 384.63 +2.2 IMSCI Futures 385.60
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      61 8 VOLUME Golden Agri 58,657,000 Jade Tech 50,818,000 Ocean us 47,734,000 Yanqzijianq 29,903,000 Sing Tel 25,823,000 Gent Intl 24,207,000 Sing Tel DBeCWOBO9OB 21,359,000 DBS DBeCWOBIOI3 20,860,000 Ferrochina 16,640,000 SingTelMBLePWOBlOlO 16,270,000 VALUE(S) Keppel Corp 109,702,540 Sing Tel 94,372,898 SGX 94,269,380 DBS Grp 80,812,960 S I A 59,360,600 Golden Agri
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      Lock icon RISES
      102 8 CLOSE UP 1800 50.0 2.9 reat Eastern Con 1192 38.0 3. ilA 200 1590 32.0 2.1 iMT 1830 30.0 1. I A 1590 30.0 1. MBLiCW*****0 400 25.0 6. India Ni 10 1589 19.0 1.. itraits Trdi 714 19.0 2. 'enture Con 1026 16.0 1.' 'ain 540 15.0 2.1
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      Lock icon FALLS
      116 8 CLOSE DOWN 8842 -398.7 -3.2 LP 10US iBS Bk6% NCPS 10 ***** -98.0 -0.9 ICBCCai i.93%Pref10 9990 -30.0 -o.: IMH 3244 -24.5 -0.6 >aiwa FT Shariah Ja 999 -20.4 -1.1 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 ***** -16.0 -0.2 IGX 795 -15.0 -1.9 :iMBAsean40 100US! 953 -12.3 -0.9 "otal Access 161 -12.3
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      83 8 May 28 CHNG CLOSE FRMay27 YR2008 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.3617 0.06 1.4542 1.3457 Euro 2.1414 0.35 2.2064 2.0474 Pounds 2.6963 -0.12 2.8431 2.6568 AS 1.3080 0.16 1.3235 1.2349 Yen* 1.3068 0.43 1.4484 1.2832 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.21 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2236 -0.10 4.4299 4.1940 Peso*
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon $180m dished out to grow pool of research doctors
      513 9  -  CHEN HUIFEN Grants aimed at translating lab discoveries into applicable therapies By AN estimated $180 million of grants and funding support was given to more than 20 doctors yesterday by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and A*Star to cultivate a growing
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      Lock icon Gambling addiction rate slips to 1.2%
      391 9  -  LAN POH Drop from 2.1% not unexpected given national efforts By MORE than half 54 per cent of Singapore residents aged 18 and above have taken part in some form of gambling activity over a one-year period, according to a survey. The figure compares
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      Lock icon Tian Hock wins Choa Chu Kang Drive tender
      119 9 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) yesterday awarded the tender for a residential site at Choa Chu Kang Drive to Tian Hock Properties. Tian Hock Properties, a unit of Far East Organization, was top bidder for the site at $116.01 million, or $203
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Jayakumar launches Unesco commission
        60 9 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security S Jayakumar yesterday launched the Singapore National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). Chaired by Education Minister Ng Eng Hen, the commission will focus on promoting exchange among Unesco member countries through
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        Lock icon Hng Kiang heads for Peru, Brazil
        71 9 TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang will visit Peru and Brazil from today until June 5. He will attend the Apec Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade, in Arequipa, Peru, from May 31 to June 1. Concurrently, a team led by IE Singapore
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        Lock icon ISEAS appoints NUS don director
        36 9 THE Institute of South Asian Studies has announced the appointment of Tan Tai Yong as director from June 1. He is concurrently dean of NUS's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
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      Lock icon Firms not doing enough to keep talent: recruiter
      620 10  -  LEE U-WEN They don't expect top staff to just up and go but reality dictates otherwise By THE drawback of a buoyant economy is that companies today are too focused on hiring talent and not doing enough to keep it, says a
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      Lock icon Half-month bonus for civil servants in July
      302 10  -  EMILYN YAP By CIVIL servants can look forward to a mid-year bonus of half-a-month's salary plus $100 to $300 come July, the Public Service Division (PSD) said yesterday. The dollar payout will be larger for officers in lower divisions. Division 111 and IV
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      Lock icon Winners of SME awards announced
      267 10 LETTING numbers do the talking is the name of the game, or rather the award. And the award winners of the second annual SME Growth Excellence Recognition were announced yesterday. An initiative of DP Information Group and co-organ-ised by HSBC, the award seeks to "let
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      Lock icon Designers of National Art Gallery named
      238 10 THE Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica) yesterday announced the appointment of Studio Milou Architecture of France and CPG Consultants Pte Ltd as principal consultants to design and build the National Art Gallery of Singapore. "We arrived at this decision after much
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  • SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL
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      Lock icon Finding silence in music and dance
      489 12  -  UMA SHANKARI 'Despite the fact that the performance is very large, we tried and succeeded, on some levels, in staying very intimate.' Edward Clug 80 singers, 66 musicians and 45 dancers promise a spectacular performance By THE production is called The Architecture of Silence,
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      Lock icon Flipping traditional notions
      804 12 Easier to digest, Flipside presents the quirkier and lighter side of the arts in unexpected forms, reports CHARM lAN KOK SO you're thinking that the Singapore Arts Festival is way too avant garde or heavy-going for you. That's why the organisers have the perfect solution, with a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon European economies start to show weakness
      591 13 Reuters Soaring prices of food and fuel have eroded confidence and spending power [PAßlS] Economic figures from Germany and France provided reminders on Tuesday of how vulnerable Europe's economy is as long as soaring food and fuel prices erode confidence and household spending power.
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      Lock icon China policy, not outside pressure, lifting yuan: HKMA
      326 13 Bloomberg Such pressure may not affect change in exchange rate policy [BEIJING] The yuan's appreciation has been driven by China's domestic policy to curb inflation rather than pressure from the United States, Europe and Japan for faster gains, according to a report
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon KL removes limits on foreign currency loans
      280 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia removed limits on the amount of funds that local companies and individuals can borrow in foreign currencies, dismantling more administrative controls on the nation's currency market. Bank Negara Malaysia said in a statement that domestic firms can borrow any
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      Lock icon Malaysia beats estimates with 7.1% Q1 growth
      413 14 Bloomberg Palm oil and petroleum exports boosted by surging prices [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter as surging prices boosted palm oil and petroleum exports and higher salaries for civil servants spurred consumer spending. South-east Asia's third
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      Lock icon Padini stepping ahead of rivals
      457 14  -  S JAYASANKARAN By in Kuala Lumpur OUTSIDE Malaysia, few people may have heard of Vincci shoes. But it is, undoubtedly, the country's market leader with over 25 per cent market share and a completely Made-in-Ma-laysia product produced by a listed company called Padini. For the
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      Lock icon Indosat Q1 profit rises 27% on more users
      130 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indosat, Indonesia's second-biggest phone company, said yesterday that first-quarter profit rose 27 per cent on an increase in subscribers. Net income climbed to 613.9 billion rupiah (5589.8 million), or 113 rupiah a share, from 483.9 billion rupiah, or 89
      – Bloomberg  -  130 words
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      Lock icon Tenaga in line to buy Genting energy assets
      334 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian leisure company Genting Bhd plans to exit the power generation business and Tenaga Nasional Bhd has emerged as frontrunner to purchase the energy assets, a newspaper said yesterday. The Edge financial daily quoted unnamed sources as saying the
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Hu calls for peace with Taipei in historic meeting
      599 15 -AFP Highest-level contact with Taiwan's ruling party since country was split in 1949 [BEIJING] Chinese President Hu Jintao called for peaceful relations with Taiwan as he met the head of the island's ruling party here yesterday in the high-est-level contact since
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      Lock icon Christie's sells 101 -carat diamond for HKs48.5m
      247 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] A 101-carat, near-flawless diamond sold for HK$4B.5 million (SsB.s million) at a Christie's International sale here yesterday, the Londonbased auction house said. The diamond, the highlight of Christie's jewellery sale, has the third highest clarity rating of VVSI and the
      – Bloomberg; AP  -  247 words
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      Lock icon China sets price cap for Wing Lung Bank deal
      213 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Chinese government capped what China Merchants Bank and Industrial Commercial Bank of China will be allowed to pay for Hong Kong's Wing Lung Bank, said two people familiar with the matter. The two state-owned banks, vying for
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      Lock icon Foreigners may get nod to buy commodity futures
      198 15 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China, the world's largest consumer of metals and grains, may allow foreign investors to buy its commodity futures to boost trading on the Shanghai exchange. The Shanghai Futures Exchange is studying an expansion of the qualified foreign institutional investor programme,
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      Lock icon Facebook page of China's Wen has 13k supporters
      294 15 -NYT [BEIJING] Chinese leaders are not known for making themselves available to the public, even after the Internet opened the door to governments around the world. But Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has jumped into the online social networking world with a page
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      Lock icon Japan military aid sought for rescue ops: media
      108 15 Reuters [TOKYO] China has urged Japan to send its military to help with rescue operations after a devastating earthquake this month that killed more than 67,000 people, Japanese media reported yesterday. It would be the first time Japan's military had been deployed
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon State-run oil retailers risk cash crisis, says official
      460 16 Reuters Forced to sell fuel at discounted rates, they are losing millions each day [NEW DELHI] State-run Indian oil retailers will run out of money to cover crude imports within a few months unless the government announces a rescue package soon, a
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      Lock icon Suitors face finance hurdles
      291 16 BID FOR MTN [NEW DELHI] MTN suitors are facing a major problem as US bankers have made it clear they cannot finance the acquisition/merger of the South African telco until it spins off or demerges its businesses in at least four countries, according to a report
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      Lock icon Bharti eyeing smaller deals after MTN miss
      186 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Bharti Airtel's failure to woo South Africa's MTN Group may be a missed opportunity, but India's top mobile operator will still seek buys overseas as it looks to export its low-cost, high-volume model. Smaller deals would be preferable as they
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      8420 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!** 0.923/ Star Europe Bond 1.184/ Star Europe Bal 1.158/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 1.308/ Star Asia Bond 1.174/ Star Asia Balanced 0.954/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.197/ MultiStFd 0.815/ Star Asia Bond(USD) 0.862/ Gib Multi St USD 1.072/ Asia
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Shareholders have a go at SocGen bosses
      642 17 -NYT Several investors demand chairman's resignation for trading scandal [PARIS] They had been saving their anger ever since the trading scandal at the French bank Societe Generale (SocGen) broke in January. On Tuesday, shareholders were given their first chance to challenge management on
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      2250 17 lay 28 RM 4-/-Cooo] ASM Realty 0.58 \bric Bhd 0.13 advance Synergy 0.12 Adventa Bhd 1.24 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.25 Win Holdings 2.01 Ahmad Zaki Resou 0.88 AicCorp 0.51 Airasia Bhd 0.99 Akn Technology 0.47 alliance Financi 3.12 Aluminium Co 1.03 Amalgamated Ind 0.58 Ammb Hldgs Bhd 3.82
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      Lock icon Spying scandal rocks German phone company
      621 17 -NYT Deutsche Telekom admits tracking calls to probe leaks [FRANKFURT] Germany was engulfed in a national furore over threats to privacy on Monday after an admission by Deutsche Telekom that it had surreptitiously tracked thousands of phone calls to identify the source of leaks
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      Lock icon 'Currency crisis' looms over Vietnam
      112 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Vietnam is heading for a "currency crisis", similar to that of Thailand's baht in 1997, as the central bank has kept the dong too strong while inflation soars and the trade deficit widens, said Morgan Stanley. Twelve-month non-de-liverable forwards shows traders are betting
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      Lock icon April durable goods orders stronger than expected
      387 17 Reuters LATEST US DATA [WASHINGTON] New orders for long-lasting United States manufactured goods slipped 0.5 per cent in April as demand for civilian aircraft plunged, but a key barometer of business investment spending posted a surprisingly sharp gain, a government report showed yesterday.
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      Lock icon Race returns to the North Atlantic
      246 17 ClipperVeritures THE fleet has cleared the Bahamian islands and the 10 teams now find themselves out in open waters once again. "With the whole fleet now back into the North Atlantic and making great speeds, it will not be long before they all arrive
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Qantas to pare capacity due to rising fuel costs
      393 18 Bloomberg JET FUEL WOES Higher ticket prices, surcharges, hedging not enough to cover jump in fuel bill [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd, Australia's biggest carrier, will cut domestic routes and reduce the size of its fleet because of surging jet-fuel costs. The
      – Bloomberg; AFP  -  393 words
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      Lock icon Tiger charges for bags
      64 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways Pte, the budget carrier partly owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd, said that it will charge passengers for check-in baggage after May 29. Tiger Air will charge Sss per passenger per flight for a 15 kg check-in bag, the airline said in a
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      Lock icon US finds it hard to counter rising fuel prices
      467 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] US airlines have raised fares, added new fees and surcharges, cut jobs and reduced services and still find themselves running out of options to counter record fuel prices threatening their survival. Even mergers, long considered an integral component
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      Lock icon Jetßlue defers A320 deliveries to curb costs, cut growth
      254 18 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Jetßlue Airways Corp, the discount carrier partly owned by Germany's Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said that it deferred deliveries of 21 Airbus SAS 320 jets to further slow its expansion amid higher jet-fuel prices. The aircraft have been delayed
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      Lock icon S Korea int'l flight levy may rise
      341 18 Reuters Decision on fuel surcharge likely by mid-June: official [SEOUL] South Korea may raise fuel surcharges for international flights following requests by airlines to reflect soaring oil prices, a transportation ministry official said yesterday, lifting shares of Korean Air and Asiana. "We are
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2421 18 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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      428 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 9 Top star in critical phase (5) 10 Racial identity then chang- I 2 I I 4 H' I'1 ijH^ W ing one large town (9) g J^HnT-!^^ 11 It's not the editor being stig- i^H matised (7) j^H jji^H WW WW WW S^lfl 12 European jazz
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  • SHIPPING
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      Lock icon Hyundai Heavy in talks to buy CJ finance units
      510 19 Bloomberg Stakes worth 800b won; move seen as helping customers in ship financing [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, South Korea's third-biggest company by market value, is in talks to acquire holdings in two units of the CJ Group to manage assets
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      Lock icon KL, S'pore, Jakarta start joint plan to protect straits
      324 19 Xinhua [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia have started implementing the cooperative mechanism to protect the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, local newspapers reported yesterday. The implementation of the Cooperative Mechanism for the Straits of Malacca and Singapore was officially announced
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      Lock icon STX gets 259b won order for 2 ships
      337 19 Bloomberg [SEOUL] STX Shipbuilding Co, owner of Europe's largest yard, said it has received a 258.6 billion won (***** million) contract from Europe to build two very large ore carriers as commodity transportation rates climb to a record. The ships, the largest
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      Lock icon Imarex Q1 profit up 16% on strong freight market
      214 19 Reuters [OSLO] Norwegian shipping and energy bourse Imarex posted a 16 per cent rise in first-quarter core profit on a strong freight market and yesterday said that it was on the lookout for more acquisitions. Soaring prices for freight in 2007
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        110 19 '000 28 it Vol CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks Jaya Hold Ltd KiVentures Keppel Corp MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.66 0.36 3.34
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        Lock icon KLSE
        40 19 '000 lay 28 M$ Vol Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.83 9.55 9.25 4.08 3.24 0.24 0.13 unch unch -0.20 -0.04 0.02 0.03 unch 15 717 877 508 11 9 50
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        30 19 ■oo 28 Bahl Vol Precious Ship Regional Cont ...24.60 ...24.30 -0.20 -0.50 1504 113 HONGKONG '000 May 28 HK$ Vo[ Doil iingamas Cont .49.60 ...2.44 0.80 0.02 630 1330
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        25 19 '000 28 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 7.20 34.00 2.50 unch -0.10 1.00 unch unch 49 16 29 0
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        20 19 lay Evergreen Marine ...28.00 :irst Steamship 70.20 Wan Hai Lines 26.80 fang Ming Marine...23.65 -0.70 -2.80 -0.50 -0.75 1'
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        44 19 '000 lay 28 Yen Vol Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..295.00 1.00 ***** Kawasaki Kisen ....1108.00 -21.00 5094 Mitsubishi Hvy 517.00 2.00 ***** Mitsui Eng&Sbldg...370.00 -9.00 ***** Mitsui Osk Lines ...1498.00 -31.00 8569 Nippon Express 512.00 -4.00 4090 Nippon Yusen 1032.00 -18.00 4950 Source: Reuters
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon Time for global action on oil prices
      506 20 THE price of oil has reached such heights that the situation requires concerted global action. Oil prices have risen nearly 40 per cent this year, with crude hovering around US$l35 a barrel. European leaders are struggling to cope with growing anger over soaring
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      Lock icon Asia should set up unit for regional response
      982 20  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY It's time it tackled common problems through concerted action SOMETIMES, I despair of Asia's ability, literally, to get its act together. There have been numerous examples recently of events where some sort of concerted Asian response would have been desirable,
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      Lock icon Making globalisation a scapegoat buoys poverty
      707 20  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group THE BOTTOM LINE WHAT'S the world's greatest moral challenge, as judged by its capacity to inflict human tragedy? It is not, I think, global warming, whose effects if they become as grim as predicted will occur over
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      Lock icon Qatar is driving up energy prices
      1003 21  -  CHARLES WHALL It has stopped all new projects that export its gas as LNG, and is demanding oil price parity for unsold LNG cargoes By IF I told you the Middle East is short of energy, you might think I had melted a few
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      Lock icon A homemade peace in the Middle East
      519 21  -  BARBARA SLAVIN -LAT By YOU know that something interesting is happening in the Middle East when a major peace agreement is brokered by Qatar. This emirate of 900,000 people has accomplished what the United States, France, the United Nations and the Arab League
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    • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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        Lock icon Culture of innovation taking root in IDM
        459 21  -  Michael Yap WE write to clarify several points brought up in the article, "Future pillar on shaky ground at present" (BT, May 20). The article focused on the microfunding scheme under the i.JAM initiative which funds innovative Interactive Digital Media (IDM) proposals through
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        285 21  -  Douglas Abrams I WOULD like to share some feedback on the article, "Future pillar on shaky ground at present" (BT, May 20). It appears to me that the figures cited in the story do not support the premise of the article, the premise
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon S'pore managed services market to grow 8%
      897 22 IDC says expected global slowdown not likely to affect market growth, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE expected global slowdown is not likely to affect the Singapore managed services and outsourcing market which is expected to grow by 8 per cent this year, according
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      Lock icon Dell appoints new GM for Singapore and Brunei
      224 22  -  ONG BOON KIAT By COMPUTER maker Dell Inc has named ex-Sybase senior executive Tan Teng Cheong as its new general manager of Singapore and Brunei. He takes over from Pamela Lim, who moves on to become Dell's channels training director, Asia Pacific
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      Lock icon SGX, Thomson Reuters in data feed tie-up
      492 22  -  ONG BOON KIAT By FROM July, equities data from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be available on Thomson Reuters' data exchange service Reuters Data Feed Direct (RDFD). The ultra-low latency RDFD service is aimed at traders and financial organisations, particularly those that engage
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      Lock icon Microsoft aiming to get in touch with users
      342 22 Reuters [CARLSBAD, California] Microsoft Corp plans to give users of the next version of its Windows operating system touch screen controls as one option for controlling the software, its top executives said on Tuesday. Chairman Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer
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      Lock icon The value of virtualisation
      690 22  -  NEERAJ SHAABI <you say> Worldwide spending is expected to exceed $15b worldwide by 2011 By ■ITH the explosive W growth of data, businesses are increasingly looking at using storage software to manage data growth, improve the availability of their software applications and lower IT costs. Virtualisation
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    Lock icon Infocomm awards, a ticket to bigger success
    1113 23 A BT SPECIAL FEATURE Recognition for infocomm innovation gives companies a leg up in their global ventures Two years ago, in June 2006, Singapore unveiled its ambitious 10-year infocomm masterplan Intelligent Nation 2015 (in 2015) which set out to treble infocomm export revenue
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      7999 24 Transaction date: May 28 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil Company 5716 1st Software 22 6.5 3148 STelecom 28.5 8.5 5834 A-Sonic 110 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 30
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      81 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol ('000) Day lh Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap C'vr P/E $mil Comi ill! 200 116 6065 Diamond. 6200 6200 6095 IS DJ US Tech US200 US6200 250 60 1000 1000 6097 IS MSCI Spore ***** *****
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      1992 24 52-Wk Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol C000] Day Last Quote Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld Net MCap Cvr P/E $mil Comi Hii 30 11.5 1181 s AAGrp 41.5 15 5000 s ABR Hldgs 31 18 8538 s APStrategic 16.5 2.5 1501 s Advanced System 38 19.5
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      215 24 STOCK PRICES LEGEND: Straits Times Index Stocks; s Catalist Non-Sponsored; t Catalist; N Net or Tax-exempted dividend; ct Conditional Trdg; xd ex-dividend cd cum dividend; cri cum right issue cbi cum bonus issue; xri ex-right issue; xbi ex-bonus issue xall ex-all; cdxa cum dividend ex-all co cum offer
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      370 25 In local curr In S$ In USS %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Ma; 27 World Index Preliminary 1046.1 0.0 -7.6 -0.2 -10.1 -0.2 -5.I EAFE Preliminai 1004.2 0.1 -10.4 -0.2 -10.3 -0.2 -5.2 Euro[ Prelim inan 1374.3
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      124 25 As at 9am May 28 >f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer gist dollar 1.2960 1.3110 dollar 1.3620 1.3780 luro 2.1240 2.1480 IZ dollar 1.0640 1.0870 iterlini ind 2.6760 2.7050 )S dollar 1.3550 1.3700 .ocal dollars to 100 units rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi
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      158 25 May 28 $S Offer Overnight 3/8 1-month 1 1/8 2-months 1 3/16 3-months 1 5/16 Overnight mode: 5/8 US$ Offer 1/4 1 1 1/16 1 3/16 Bid 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 2.35 2.48 2.70 2.85 2.95 3.10
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      22 25 May 28 STI IIMSCI Ma' 381.9 385.9 385.6 "aiwan Ma> 336.9 337.7 333.7 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      21 25 May 28 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3591 1.3603 2-months 1.3575 1.3588 3-months 1.3563 1.3576 6-months 1.3520 1.3535 Source: OCBC
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      156 25 May 28 Against SS Currencies Bid Offer Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3094 1.3106 0.9622 0.9624 'anadian dollar 1.3690 1.3707 1.0060 1.0065 Euro 2.1437 2.1454 1.5753 1.5754 NZ dollar 1.0723 1.0735 0.7880 0.7883 iterlin. 2.6968 2.6991 1.9818 1.9820 US
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      363 25 May 28 URODOLLAR FUTURES unO8 >epO8 DecO8 VlarO9 97.322 97.205 96.965 96.765 0 0 0 0 ***** ***** 7783 ***** EUROYEN FUTURES unO8 99.145 99.150 iepO8 99.105 99.105 DecO8 99.020 99.020 VlarO9 98.900 98.925 unO9 98.810 98.825 iepO9 DecO9 VlariO 99.145 99.095 99.005A 98.900 98.810 98.740A 98.675A
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      Lock icon SICOM FUTURES
      280 25 May 28 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 1 (S cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (tonnes) Open Interest lun 08 lul 08 <\ug 08 >ep 08 3ct/Dec 08 Ian/Mar 09 439.75 437.25 435.50 433.00 433.00 434.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month Hig g|i Low Sett Volume (tonnes)
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      97 25 May 27 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 08 1347.75 1368.00 1377.00 1340.00 Aug 08 1351.50 1370.00 1378.00 1345.00 SepO8 1344.75 1358.00 Nov 08 1341.25 1353.50 1363.00 1337.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 08 62.20 63.56 64.25 61.50 Aug 08
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      76 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 27 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 129.98 -1.5 WTI (Near Mth) 128.46 -3.46 Dubai (1-Mth F) 126.44 0.19 Tapis blend 139.45 0.35 Minas 135.15 0.35 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 124.32 173.80 2.72 1 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      927 30 NYT They anticipate fire sales by those who bought properties a year ago at the peak [NEW YORK] A US$2OO million resort hotel does not exactly resemble a suburban home. But scratch the surface of the sales market for each
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      210 31 -Bloomberg Condominiums put up for sale in the Tokyo region dropped in April [TOKYO] Japan's real estate industry was downgraded to "in-line" from "attractive" by Morgan Stanley, which cited credit tightening after the sub-prime market collapse in the US and a slowdown in the
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      427 31  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA By STANSFIELD Group yesterday won a Singapore Land Authority (SLA) tenancy auction, allowing it to continue leasing its existing eight-storey premises at 11 Penang Lane from SLA for a further period of up to nine years. Stansfield's winning bid was for
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      379 31 Reuters [BEIJING] Most of China's cash-thirsty property developers are unlikely to benefit from the easing of a regulatory logjam on domestic bond issuance, Fitch Ratings said yesterday. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has overseen the corporate bond market since last August,
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      720 32  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Highest increase in occupancy costs over 12 months is Ho Chi Minh City By AFTER the sharp increase in prime office occupancy costs, Singapore has emerged as the ninth most expensive office market in CB Richard Ellis's (CBRE) latest
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      120 30 9000sqft and 4500sqft available for Sale and Rent Strategic Positioning along Lower Delta and Excellent Connectivity Prominent Frontage with Unobstructed Views Suited for Light and Clean Businesses with more than 600 carpark lots Office to Tenants like Shipping MNCs and Law Firms Evelyn Ng *****899 Newsman Prime Investment Opportunity I
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      538 34 Launched by ASCendaS in May laSt Year, FOOdXchanqe® Admiralty iS 3 J Sinaaoore's first and laraest strata5? C titled food manufacturing facility by a private developer. The Seven-StOrey ramp-up development Will release 283 UnitS With a total Space Of 72,000 sq metres when ready
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      11 35 Kallang Riverside Old Airport Square Kallang Riverside aerial perspective
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      1178 36 The area is set to evolve into the next prime area at the edge of the city, say Nicholas mak and teo juimroimg THE Kallang planning area, positioned along the picturesque Kallang River and within close proximity to the Central Business District (CBD), has enormous
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      655 36  -  LEONARD TAY By OF ALL the changes made in the recent announcement of the new draft Master Plan 2008, those being effected within the Central Region in general and within the Central Area in particular would have the most telling impact on commercial
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      964 38 Paya Lebar Central We owe it to ourselves to give this culturally rich area our best shot and preserve part of our heritage, says coliim tai\i NOT many Singaporeans, especially younger ones, would know that Paya Lebar Central the Master Plan area unveiled
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      1306 40 chua yamg liang gives an overview of the proposals in the Draft Master Plan 2008 and presents a wish list to planners BESIDES the three strategic commercial hubs of Jurong Lake District, Kallang Riverside and Paya Lebar Central, which will strengthen the CBD alongside with
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      1515 40  -  CAROLINE SEAH By THE Master Plan 2008 exhibition, launched at the URA Centre on May 23, is an important event for all here in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Not only is it the fruit of many months of brainstorming, discussions with various stakeholders
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      757 41 OVERVIEW EL Development Pte Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Evan Lim Co Pte Ltd, one of Singapore's leading builders with over 40 years of experience in the industry. Since its establishment in 1963, Evan Lim Co has completed numerous residential, industrial, institutional, commercial and other high
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      944 42  -  HiapHoa Signature Hdmes by OVERVIEW: The Rise of An Astute Developer Hiap Hoe Group is a niche integrated property developer engaged in the development of luxury and mid-tier residential properties that are distinct in design and preferred for their excellent locations and enduring investment value. Some prominent
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      915 43 OVERVIEW Sim Lian Group Limited is an established property development and construction company, backed by an outstanding track record in construction that spans more than three decades. The Group's evolution into an established player in Singapore's property market began with its mission of "creating space, creating homes".
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      798 44 Cushman Wakefield OVERVIEW LIKE many of our Clients, Cushman Wakefield has earned a trusted name for the simple reason that we have stayed focused on what matters our Clients. Since opening our Singapore operations in 1997, our own success has been based on meeting our Clients' needs and exceeding our
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      409 45 Premium Brand Manager Service Provider "The Group has consistently been delivering strong performance. It is also most pleasing that the improvement was broad based with all segments of the Group's business reporting record operating revenue and operating earnings. The Group is committed to enhance shareholders' value and
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      815 46 "Because we will never accept failure as an option, we bring forward our finest talents and best resources to ensure that whatever we touch, we sell." Raymond Chow, CEO/President OVERVIEW We Call Ours The Unfailing Golden Touch In the highly competitive world of real
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      996 47 OVERVIEW SAVILLS has established itself as one of the world's leading property advisers. The company, which was established in 1855, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is now an FTSE2SO listed company with a market capitalisation of £459 million. In 2007, global revenues hit £650.5 million,
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      802 48 OVERVIEW In 2001, SLP International was established as a property agency, specialising in marketing industrial properties in Singapore. It was during Singapore's post-recession period, when the economy was sluggish and investor confidence in the industrial property sector was low that SLP International started to flex its
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      52 34 1 A quality project by FOODXCHANGE ascendas ADMIRALTY dbLCllUdb Developer: Ascendas (Admiralty) Pte Ltd (*****7494 H) Tenure of Land: 60 years wef 9 October 2000 Lot No: MKI3-4019V at Admiralty Road West Planning Approval:ES2oo6o9o6Rol63 (P*****6-0983-Z000) BP No: A0552-*****-2006-BPOI Expected TOP Date: 31 January 2011 Expected Date of Legal Completion: 31
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      44 47 Savills Singapore Pte Ltd No 2 Shenton Way, #17-01 SGX Centre 1, Singapore *****4. Tel: (65) 6536 5022 Savills Residential Pte Ltd V I 11^^ 350 Orchard Road, #12-01 Shaw House, _jl_ 7R Aft Singapore *****8. Tel: (65) 6836 6888 35 "T" mlr *ifl
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      49 48 s SLPINTERNATIONAL property consultants pte ltd SINGAPORE OFFICE No. 3791 Jalan Bukit Merah #03-06/07 E-Centre Redhill Singapore *****1 Tel: 6238 1012 Fax: 6238 1487 JAKARTA OFFICE PT SLP International BNI 46 Level 9 Suite 909 Jalan Jenderal Sudirman Kav. Jakarta ***** Tel: 62 21 *****76 Fax: 62 21 *****77
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