The Business Times, 1 April 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Wednesday, April 1,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Mild March for markets, but long haul ahead
    700 1  -  OH BOON PING Total capitalisation rises slightly, though worst may not be over yet By I 13.6 per cent recovery to $20.2 billion and claimed second spot in the table. A weakening property sector marked by weak demand and concerns about potential
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    Lock icon No-pay leave? CIMB here says no, thanks
    443 1  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Singapore CEO still on hiring trail to make up for lack of branches By [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's CIMB may be paring costs by offering staff across the group no-pay leave but its Singapore unit isn't biting. "We have been expanding all our
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      28 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.71 HONGKONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.520 TAIWAN 4.826 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.50 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 12.25 Source: Bloomberg
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      46 1 uesi lay lange 1COMP 872.55 +3.21 IIKKEI225 8,109.53 -126.55 IANG SENG 13,576.02 +119.69 ;et index 431.50 +1.90 JAKARTA COM P 1,434.07 +14.98 IANILACOMP 1,986.22 -36.89 ;eoulcomp 1,206.26 +8.80 ;henzhen b 351.49 +2.20 IUMBAI IND 9,708.50 +140.36 12 noon EDT Cham )OW 7,629.94 +107.92 IAS DAI
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      Lock icon FOREX
      42 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.520 (US$/S$ per 1.429 2.173 ;URO (US$/S$/E) 1.329 2.020 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 98.40 64.70 3.647 2.399 IK$ 7.750 5.098 !AHT 35.46 23.32 lUPIAH 11,605 7,634 lENMINBI 6.836 4.496 INDIAN RUPEE 50.86 33.46 1.451 0.954
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    Lock icon French curbs on exec rewards at bailout firms
    614 1 ■AP Decree by PM targets banks, carmakers and state companies [PARIS] French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced a decree on Monday banning stock options and limiting executive bonuses at companies that receive government bailout money, in response to public outcry. Union leaders,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      38 1 EXEC MONEY COMMENTARY TRANSPORT HUB PROPERTY The investor's Lessons from a Parallel imports Home price respite dilemma bear market jj£v slowing down fails to impress PAGE 36 PAGE 34 P./ PAGE 28 PAGE 4 The mafr^m. est v-NSIMta
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon OCBC's Conner takes a pay cut
      416 2  -  SIOW LI SEN By [SINGAPORE] OCBC chief executive David Conner had his pay cut almost 40 per cent last year to range between $3.75 million and $4 million in line with the bank's lower earnings. OCBC last year reported a 21 per cent drop
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Mild March for markets, but long haul ahead
        70 2 THE Singapore stock market rebounded slightly last month, with overall capitalisation at March 31 rising 5 per cent or $18.6 billion to $386 billion from a month ago, but some analysts were reluctant to say it had bottomed out. Although March's figure
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        Lock icon No-pay leave? CIMB S'pore says no, thanks
        48 2 IN sharp contrast to what is happening at its Malaysian home base, CIMB Singapore is expanding and recruiting more people. "We have been expanding all our businesses here," country head and chief executive Mak Lye Mun told BT yesterday. FRONT PAGE
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        Lock icon Global economy faces first contraction on record
        59 2 GLOBAL gross domestic product is likely to shrink 1.7 per cent this year the first fall on record and even a modest recovery in 2010 is uncertain, the World Bank said in a report yesterday. It warned that stimulus packages will strain government
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        Lock icon Q1 home price respite fails to impress
        69 2 THE prices of resale private apartments and condos fell at a slower clip in the first quarter compared with the decline in Q4 last year, according to latest figures from DTZ. However, the property consulting group is predicting price drops for the whole
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        Lock icon Tightening checks on China firms timely but tough
        78 2 GET Chinese regulators to tighten their checks on Chinese companies listed here? The idea is timely but the devil is in the details as lawyers and market watchers mull over the various challenges. Some feel the Chinese authorities would prefer to steer
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        Lock icon Singapore index options contract in pipeline
        46 2 THE Singapore Exchange is taking three steps to further develop the options market, including the launch of the SGX MSCI Singapore Index Options contract to complement the MSCI Singapore Index Futures that was introduced in 1998. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7
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        Lock icon Power demand growth slows to just 1% last year
        59 2 SINGAPORE'S electricity demand growth slowed to just one per cent last year compared with 3-4 per cent annually in the preceding five years as the global economic downturn began to bite in the fourth quarter, the Energy Market Company said in
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      Lock icon Global economy stares at first contraction on record
      777 2  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY World Bank says even a modest recovery is uncertain for next year By in Tokyo GLOBAL gross domestic product is likely to shrink 1.7 per cent this year the first fall on record and even a modest recovery in 2010
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      Lock icon More time to get in that award application
      304 2  -  CHEN HUIFEN By [SINGAPORE] The deadline for applications for the Emerging Enterprise Award has been extended by two weeks, after interested companies asked for more time to prepare submissions. The closing date for applications, which was to have been yesterday, is now
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      Lock icon S'pore bank lending slides further
      586 2  -  CONRAD TAN Property lending growth slows to near zero in Feb By [SINGAPORE] Bank lending fell for a fourth straight month in February as loans to businesses shrank further and lending to the property sector slowed to a crawl, though the overall pace of decline
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      Lock icon Q1 home price respite fails to impress
      961 4  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA 11l rental market luxury monthly condo rents slide 18.8% By [SINGAPORE] The prices of resale private apartments and condos fell at a slower clip in the first quarter compared with the decline in Q4 last year, according to latest figures from
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      Lock icon Winners united in crediting employees
      535 4  -  LEE U-WEN BEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS 2009 Leaders also see crisis as right time to find, retain talent By [SINGAPORE] They represent a wide cross-section of industry food and beverage, hotel, logistics and transport and education, to name a few. But as the leaders of 11
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      325 6 Based on market capitalisation LUKK PKbV COMPANY MKI CAP RANK RANK (S$M) V1AR31 DEC 31 MAR 31 2009 2008 2009 7o CHNC FROM DEC 31 2008 1 1 SingTel *****.3 2 4 Wilmar *****.6 3 3 DBS Group *****.2 4 5 Jardine Matheson *****.1 5 6 Jardine Strategic
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      Lock icon More China checks on S-chips – timely idea with many challenges
      539 6  - More China checks on S-chips timely idea with many challenges LYNETTE KHOO Lawyers, market watchers discuss various possibilities of tighter controls By GET Chinese regulators to tighten their checks on Chinese companies listed here? The idea is timely but the devil is in the details as lawyers and market watchers
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      Lock icon Equity rebound may not lead recovery
      435 6  -  OH BOON PING By GLOBAL equity markets are unlikely to recover until investors see a sustained improvement in economic conditions, reversing the historical trend of stock performance as a leading indicator of economic activity, an analyst said yesterday. "I expect the banks and fmancials
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      Lock icon When shareholders could have been spared the agony...
      630 6  -  EMILYN YAP REALLY? That must have been the immediate question of disbelief that many investors were asking when Singapore-listed Babcock Brown Global Investments (BBGI) first assured them that the company was safe despite the voluntary administration proceedings faced by Australian-listed Babcock Brown
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      Lock icon Quotation of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds (March 31,2009)
      255 6 MATURITY YEAR RAISED DATE COUPON RATE P-a.) AMOUNT ($m) INTEREST PAYMENT DATES OF DAYS OF ACCRUED INTEREST PRICES* (EXCLUDING ACCRUED INTEREST) I REDEMPTION YIELD (%p.a.) ISIN CODE H.10.2009 N*****0Z 2004 2 3/8 3900.00 1/4 1/10 181 100.98 0.42 SG********** H.04.2010 N*****0F
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      Lock icon SGX in move to boost options market
      244 7  -  CHEW XIANG Initiatives include launching of SGX MSCI Singapore Index Options By THE Singapore Exchange is taking three steps to further develop the options market, including the launch of the SGX MSCI Singapore Index Options contract to complement the MSCI Singapore Index Futures
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      Lock icon Catalist guide on engagement of sponsors
      690 7  -  LYNETTE KHOO SGX issues practice note listing situations requiring the service of a sponsor By WHEN does a Catalist-list-ed company need to engage a sponsor for its corporate actions or transactions? To provide greater clarity and guidance on this matter, the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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      Lock icon More Asian firms lining up to boost capital: analysts
      446 7 Reuters [HONG KONG] Despite a wave of equity offerings in Asia, the market is preparing for more, according to bankers and analysts, with companies seen lining up to boost capital while the window is open. While that sentiment may sound like
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank launches Vietnam ETF
      200 7  -  LIEWAIQING By DEUTSCHE Bank, through its exchange traded fund (ETF) provider db x-track-ers, has launched the first Singapore Exchange-trad-ed ETF that covers the Vietnam market. The product is known as FTSE Vietnam ETF. The FTSE Vietnam Index is based on ordinary shares of companies incorporated
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    • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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        Lock icon Euro, yen could draw the short straws
        714 8  -  LARRY WEE CURRENCIES That, in turn, may pressure the S$ further ahead of this month's MAS review ON paper at least, the first week of Q2 2009 looks like it wants to favour the US dollar at the expense of major counterparts such
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        Lock icon Financial market recap
        220 8 me weeks changes YEAR TO DATE MARCH 31'09 HIGH LOW CLOSE CHNG USS VS CURRENCY JPY 98.32 0.20 112.05 87.11 SGD 1.5205 0.83 1.5579 1.3457 IDR ***** 0.70 ***** 9035 THB 35.46 0.25 36.28 31.00 CNY 6.8336 0.06 7.2085 6.8099 MYR 3.6455 0.55 3.7330 3.1310 CURRENCY vs
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
        92 8 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 10 2 4 0 0 0 10 2 4 lanufacturing 60 28 46 13 64 31 59 Commerce 15 16 17 10 18 'pt/Stor/Comms 12 11 12 12 :inance 10 10 Construction 'roperties 22 10 22
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        Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
        100 8 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 28,487 28,487 93,428 93,428 lanufacturing 412,080 5,345 417,425 155,439 226 155,665 Commerce 59,840 3,295 63,135 73,807 390 74,196 ■pt/Stor/Comms 134,704 160 134,864 214,063 214,068 :inance 52,654 52,654 334,135 334,135 Construction 9,814 3,665 13,479 1,068 30 1,098 ■roperties 95,716 95,716
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        Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
        103 8 lapitaLand 2.330 +0.090 lapitaMall 1.320 +0.030 jtyDev 5.100 +0.120 lomfortDelGrc 1.360 +0.040 losco Corp 0.820 +0.030 IBSGrp 8.450 +0.240 :&N 2.530 +0.090 ientlntl 0.525 +0.035 iolden Agri 0.275 -0.005 IK Land 2.280 +0.130 IMH 18.200 -0.200 ISH 9.900 lardineC&C 11.840 +0.640 leppel Corp 5.010 +0.050 IOL
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        Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
        784 8  -  LYNETTE KHOO Keppel Land March 31 close: $1.45 CIMB-GK, March 31 KEPLAND'S share price has recovered strongly from a 52-week low of $0.95 in early March. Despite signs of risk appetite returning, we hold the view that fundamentals have not changed. While reported prime rents are still in
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        Lock icon Short-covering helps drive STI higher
        494 8  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS THE Straits Times Index yesterday rose 26.85 points to 1,699.99 thanks to short-covering after Monday's 73-point loss and probable quar-ter-ending win-dow-dressing. The rise was in response to a modest gain by Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index and hopes that Wall Street, having
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        Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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        59 8 Mar 31 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 490.00+108.C IT CADI -*****.00 +77. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +49.01 TSE ST Mid Cap 333.68 +7.9 TSE ST Small Cap 254.63 +4.5 TSE ST All Share 402.77 +6.8. TSE ST China Top 148.49 +3.7' TSE ST China 144.16 +3.61 IOB Catalist
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        Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
        55 8 VOLUME Chartered R 108,790,000 Golden Aqri 92,454,000 Gent Intl 59,667,000 China Honqxinq 59,482,000 CapitaLand 42,977,000 SingTel 40,845,000 Chart SemiCond 36,290,000 NOL 34,262,000 Noble Grp 23,520,000 CapitaMall 20,528,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 111,011,700 UOB 107,794,380 SingTel 103,944,250 CapitaLand 99,250,080 OCBC Bk 75,815,228 Keppel Corp 63,500,332 Wilmar 40,740,420 NOL 39,209,540
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        Lock icon RISES
        98 8 CLOSE UP lardine C&C 1184 64.0 5.7 China H 10US$ 1043 38.0 2. &N.ES.0903 256 32.0 14. iBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1026 27.4 1.: iBS Gr| 845 24.0 2. rAVJennini 50 20.9 66. IOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9280 20.0 0., IK Land 228 19.8 6.' iBS.ES.0904 827 17.0 2.1 ri-M 69
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        Lock icon FALLS
        119 8 CLOSE DOWN 9060 -97.3 -0.7 LD 10US DBXT S&P Short 10US! 8068 -42.6 -0.3 IMH 1820 -30.4 -1.1 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 9820 -28.0 -0.3 At ES.0903 508 -27.0 -5.0 :iMBAsean40 100US! 479 -19.8 -2.6 t sia Pac Brew 911 -19.0 -2.0 lUE 1062 -16.0 -1.5 ICBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100
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        Lock icon CURRENCIES
        87 8 Wh lere S! stands Mar 31 CHNG CLOSE FRMar30 YR 2008/2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH uss 1.5205 0.12 1.5579 1.3457 Euro 2.0204 -0.76 2.2064 1.8640 Pounds 2.1717 -0.79 2.8431 2.0356 1.0488 -1.49 1.3251 0.9068 ren* 1.5465 1.80 1.7278 1.2619 Rupiah* 0 ***** 0.08 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2879 -0.10 4.4299
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      Lock icon Commercial property sector faces $20b issue
      454 9  -  ARTHUR SIM Sector seen having to deal with pressing issue of refinancing By SINGAPORE'S commercial real estate sector, including the Reit sector, will have to deal with the pressing issue of refinancing $19-20 billion of debt this year. Peter Mitchell, CEO of the Asian
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      Lock icon Ml-Reit gets 60-day extension for $220.8m loan facility
      201 9  -  Uma Shankari MACARTHURCOOK Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) yesterday said that its lenders, National Australia Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia, have granted it a 60-day extension for its existing $220.8 million loan facility, which matures on April 18 this year. This extension for
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Growth in electricity demand slumps as downturn bites
      568 10  -  RONNIE LIM Slide went on in '09, making 5 months of falls, which has not happened since '03 By SINGAPORE'S electricity demand growth slowed to just one per cent last year compared with 3-4 per cent annually in the preceding five years
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      Lock icon StarHub and Straits Times high on Superbrands list
      442 10  -  MICHELLE YEO Four homegrown brands here achieve Top 10 ranking By BRANDS such as Google, Star Hub and The Straits Times made it to the list of Singapore's top 10 favourite brands 2009, according to a survey from Superbrands conducted by The
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      Lock icon Court throws out suit against HSBC
      283 10  -  CHEW XIANG By THE High Court yesterday dismissed a lawsuit brought against HSBC Private Bank by a Taiwan family, saying that HSBC had no case to answer. In her judgment, Justice Belinda Ang ruled in favour of HSBC and dismissed with costs the claim
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      Lock icon Pay hike this year tipped to be just 2%
      417 10  -  CHUANG PECK MING By THE bad news for Singapore workers is that the overall pay increase is tipped to be just 2 per cent this year the lowest in more than a decade, according to a poll by consultancy firm Watson
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      Lock icon More than 43,000 workers join Spur
      331 10  -  TEH SHI NING 500 have completed programmes for switching careers By! MORE than 43,000 workers have signed up for the Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience (Spur) in the three months since its launch in December 2008. The Workforce Development Agency (WDA), which operates
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      Lock icon Spring Singapore gets new deputy head
      229 10 TED Tan, deputy chief executive of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore since April 2003, will move to Spring Singapore, the enterprise development agency, from today. In his new role as deputy chief executive of Spring, he will oversee the agency's efforts on industry cluster and
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon 1930s-style depression avoided: OECD
      583 11 AP Thanks to global leaders' high level of awareness of Hoover-era errors [PAßlS] Global leaders have steered the world away from a *****-style Great Depression by a "very, very, high level of awareness" of the policy errors of President Herbert Hoover's era, a top international economist
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      Lock icon Aso vows fresh stimulus to jolt economy
      580 11  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY Move comes as GDP projections for Japan worsen By in Tokyo AMID growing projections that Japan's economy will collapse far more dramatically this year than that of any other leading nation, Prime Minister Taro Aso promised yesterday that his government would
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      Lock icon Fed to decide capital for each bank in stress tests
      355 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US Federal Reserve has taken the primary role in determining how much new capital the biggest US banks need to weather the economic slump, people familiar with the matter said. Putting the Fed in charge may
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Naza Italia launches Ferrari showroom in M'sia despite slump
      528 12  -  PAULINE NG RM2Om centre comes a year after it was appointed sole importer, distributor By in Kuala Lumpur DESPITE the current economic slump Ferrari's biggest showroom outside of Italy was officially launched in Malaysia to much fanfare yesterday by the country's
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      Lock icon M'sian minister vows economic equality for all
      298 12 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's International Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has vowed to end economic discrimination against the country's ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities in a bid to revive government support, an official said yesterday. Malaysia, which has a substantial population of minorities, has
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      1693 12 FDS Networks Group Limited FDS NETWORKS GROUP LTD. (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of FDS NETWORKS GROUP LTD., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in Bermuda (the "Company"), will be held at 48 Toh Guan East Road,
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      1983 12 Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg ft KIM ENG KIM ENG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****0204 D) NOTICE OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twentieth Annual General Meeting of KIM ENG HOLDINGS LIMITED will be held at
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China unveils rules for second-board listings
      409 13 -Reuters It says new board's launch suits aim of building multi-level capital markets [SHANGHAI] China's stock regulator issued new rules yesterday to prepare for the launch of a long-awaited Nas-daq-style second board after May 1 in a key step to support start-up firms starved
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      Lock icon Stimulus plan won't offset export job losses
      343 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's four trillion yuan (SsBBB billion) fiscal stimulus spending won't create enough jobs, making unemployment the nation's "most pressing issue", the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. "Investment projects in the stimulus package will generate jobs, but not enough to absorb the
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      478 14 Reuters Wholesale price inflation has fallen from a peak of nearly 13% in August to 0.27% [NEW DELHI] High food prices could prove to be a major issue among Indian voters in the upcoming general election despite the steep fall in the inflation rate,
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      311 14 A Culinary Eggs-travaganza Commemorate Easter on 12 April with a befittingly lavish feast. Opt for all-you-can-eat Champagne brunch ($118*) at Global Kitchen with crustacean on ice, cheeses, contemporary and Asian mains and a splendid array of desserts while being entertained by balloon sculptors, magicians and a live band. Alternatively, relax
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      581 15 Bloomberg It will also increase the proportion of performance-based pay made in stock [SYDNEY] Macquarie Group, Australia's biggest investment bank, will cut cash bonuses for about 300 senior managers as it seeks to preserve capital and placate investors after the stock tumbled more than 60
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      318 15 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Central bankers will propose a simple leverage cap on banks to curb their excessive risk taking that led to the financial crisis, a top banking supervisor said on Monday. Europe has been sceptical of long-standing US support for such a method to stop
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      231 15 -AP LATEST US DATA [NEW YORK] Some slivers of hopes helped Americans' feelings about the economy hold steady in March, after plummeting to historic lows in February. But people are still gloomy about their future given mounting layoffs and shrinking earnings. The New York-based Conference
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      412 15 ■AP Move kindles fears it will need to raise billions elsewhere [LONDON] Barclays, Britain's third largest bank, said on Monday that it will not take part in the British government's programme to insure so-called toxic assets, raising fears it will need to raise billions
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      912 16 -NYT AUTO PLAN Carmaker has 60 days to show it can strip its operations to the essentials [DETROIT] General Motors has 60 days to fix a set of problems that have been decades in the making. For all of GM's deep cuts
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      562 16 -AP White House staff to ensure firm makes the required changes [DETROIT] The 25-year company veteran who inherits the fate of General Motors (GM) is known as someone quick to act. It remains to be seen, though, how much he'll be allowed
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      444 16 LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] The Obama administration on Monday gave Chrysler Corp an ultimatum: Join forces with Italy's Fiat within 30 days or prepare to enter bankruptcy court. Over the weekend, the President's Automotive Task Force concluded that Chrysler cannot survive on its own, despite
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      1611 17 HAW PAR CORPORATION LIMITED Company Registration Number: *****0437 M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fortieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 80 Raffles Place, 61 st Storey, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore *****4 on Wednesday,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      491 18 WHEN the going gets tough, competition, unsurprisingly, tends to get rough. Singapore's oil refining and oil trading industry must take heed of some recent potshots taken at it. The first came in February when Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla dangled a carrot in Shell's
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      1098 18  -  TRIDIVESH SINGH MAIM The two main national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress Party, have jumped into the 'religious' fray, albeit in somewhat different fashions Byl JUST when it seemed that religion would not feature significantly in the coming India elections, and
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      769 18 THE BOTTOM LINE WITH the issue of Taiwan independence having subsided, China is turning its attention to the question of Tibet, using its newly acquired power, soft and hard, to impress upon all countries that if they want good relations with
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      1822 19  -  C FRED BERGSTEN The G-20 summit offers the best, and perhaps last, opportunity to launch the needed global policy package By THE financial and economic crisis is a global phenomenon. No country has been spared. The downturn continues to be rapidly transmitted across borders
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      115 19  -  Basskaran Nair LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE refer to the commentary "Capita Land bonus: a question on revaluation" (BT, March 31). We wish to state categorically that revaluation gains were excluded in the computation of the 2007 Economic Value Added (EVA) bonus. Only
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      2777 19 WATS X^l M. I V*. 1' Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg Ira COLEX HOLDINGS LIMITED LJH Registration No.: **********. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) IcoEpC! notice of annual general meeting NOTICE IS HEREEV GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 541 Orchard
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  • BEST EMPLOYERS AWARDS 2009
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      Lock icon Upsizing investment in people
      496 20 McDonald says an organisation made up of inspired people can better achieve strong business results, reports lee u-weim MOST companies may be scaling back on costs wherever possible given the current global economic downturn, but McDonald's is one exception. The quick-service restaurant chain has promised to
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      593 20  -  BRITTANY KHOO By IF YOU take good care of your associates, they will take good care of your customers, and the customers will keep coming back such is the philosophy of Singapore Marriott, as spoken by its founder
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      559 20  -  LIEWAIQING By "WE are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen." That is the motto of The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, and speaks volumes of their corporate culture one that encourages employees to treat, not just their guests, but one another with a high level of trust
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      444 20  -  LEE U-WEN By BEING named one of Singapore's top employers can do wonders for staff morale. Just ask the employees at Diageo Asia-Pacific, which is taking home a Best Employers Award for the second time in a row this year. Back
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      620 21 This is the first time that Arup has undertaken the Hewitt Survey in Singapore. And it is a privilege to be honoured as a Hewitt Best Employer for 2009. Arup's unique working culture provides a conducive environment for developing new and innovative solutions for extremely complex problems
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      975 22 How can companies measure effectiveness and deliver value through their people? weimdyimc has some tips WITH the global economic downturn looking to get worse and the Singapore economy contracting, is this the right time for companies to conduct a study to measure their effectiveness in providing
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      555 22  -  LEE U-WEN By WHEN David Chua first began work at Hilti Far East as an assistant engineer 10 years ago, he had just an O-Level and NTC-2 certificate to his name. Now fast forward a decade later, not only does the 37-year-old have a
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      559 22  -  LEE U-WEN By I ITS resume reads like a list of some of the most famous landmarks in the world, the Singapore Flyer, the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing, the Venetian Macao resort, The Sydney Opera House these are but just some of
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        461 23  -  Andrew Hunt, BECOMING a "Hewitt Best Employer" is validation for Hilti of the clear linkage between an effective people strategy and sustainable business results. Our employees, or team members as they are known in Hilti, are central to everything that we do. We have
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        448 23 Hilti's purpose is to passionately create enthusiastic customers and build a better future, and we do so by building a strong foundation of values integrity, courage, teamwork and commitment to achieve our purpose. Our corporate culture defines the way we work, lead and communicate with each other
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        314 23 Founded by Martin Hilti in 1941 Headquartered in Schaan, Principality of Liechtenstein A global leader in providing products, systems and services to construction professionals Located in more than 120 countries on five continents Worldwide manufacturing in Hilti's own plants; conducts its own R&D with fully-equipped testing facilities
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      638 24 Singapore Prison Service focuses on the overall development of its staff, reports brittaimy khoo IT isn't the most pleasant of working places: operations are on at all times of day, officer shifts are long, conditions can be harsh and the work difficult. Yet, Singapore Prison Service
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      408 24  -  VICTOR KATHEYAS By IN 2007, when Singapore Food Industries (SFI) was again ranked one of the island's best employers, its chief executive officer Roger Yeo described the company as a car with many hands on the steering wheel but all going in the same direction in mind
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      509 24  -  LEE U-WEN By ASK any employee at Nanyang Polytechnic about what makes the place special, and most would cite the strong family spirit as the top reason. Indeed, it is this "prevalent sense of family belonging" that compel a significant chunk of the institution's 1,300 staff
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      467 24  -  VICTOR KATHEYAS By "WE recognise the value of our people," says Tay Kirn Poll, chief executive officer of the Housing and Development Board (HDB). "That is why we have made it our mission to inspire and develop them to their best abilities, not only for the
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      532 24  - People before profit the FedEx philosophy LIEWAIQING By WHILE most companies focus on bottom lines and channel the bulk of their resources towards making profits, FedEx Express Singapore does the exact opposite. Instead, the world's largest express transportation company believes in putting its employees first. And true to form, its
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      29 24 Supplement coordinator: Lee U-Wen; Sub-editor: PK Suresh; Graphics: Gareth Chung; Advertising sales: Leon Wong (project and operations manager), Desmond Kan, Adeline Sim, Simon Tan, Elizabeth Wong and Karen Chong
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  • Transport HUB
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      Lock icon EU backs open-skies deal with Canada
      431 25 Bloomberg Pact will expand transatlantic competition in face of industry slump [BRUSSELS] The European Union agreed to deregulate air travel with Canada, expanding transatlantic competition in the face of an industry slump after a similar EU-US "open-skies" deal. National governments approved a treaty letting
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      2575 25 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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      240 25 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Transportation Department issued new data on how many airline flights were stuck on runways for more than three hours, after correcting flaws in how some figures were reported. Just seven of 523,272 regularly scheduled flights were delayed on
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      354 25  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By MALAYSIA'S Air Asia plans to roughly double its number of daily flights to and from Singapore within the next two years to 50. Response to its four new Indonesian routes launched on 24 March Jakarta, Bandung,
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      Lock icon Swissport S'pore ceases operations at Changi
      539 25  -  YEN SREENIVASAN By IT was a somewhat sombre gathering yesterday evening when staff of Swissport Singapore came together for their final farewell as the company drew the shutters on its operations at Changi. The company ceases operations here today, some three years and $50
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    • TRANSPORT HUB: SHIPPING
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        765 26  -  DAVID HUGHES STRAIT TALK Fujcon proved to be a worthwhile event that provided plenty of food for thought in these difficult times By LAST week's bunker industry gathering at Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates had a distinct Singapore flavour. Apart from anything else, the Sixth
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        249 26 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR] Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd, a member of the Boustead group, expects to deliver seven vessels worth RMI billion (Ss4l7 million) this year. "We should be delivering two patrol vessels, three chemical tankers, one floating yard and one anchor-handling tug,"
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        Lock icon DryShips' ability to repay debt questioned by auditors
        294 26 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Dry Ships Inc auditors questioned the shipowner's ability to meet debt payments and have "substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern". Dry Ships was in breach of covenants for US$l.B billion in loans at the
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        486 26  -  VINCENT WEE By THE Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) and the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) plan to spread some cheer amid the economic gloom through a charity sailing regatta and carnival to kick of Singapore Maritime Week on April 18. The aim is
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        Lock icon The relentless pursuit of eco-friendly shipping
        899 26 DESPITE the gloomy economic climate, there is no let-up in the maritime community's commitment to cleaner shipping and protection of the marine environment. And the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is driving maritime research and development in clean technologies. Singapore remains the
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          97 26 '000 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWTLtd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks lava Hold Ltd KTVentures Keppel Corp MTQCorp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Mari Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship ....unch 0.15 0.82 0.34 0.68 0.38 0.04 0.57 0.28
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          37 26 '000 lar Int'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings NeplineBhd PDZ Holdings 0.64 8.35 8.20 3.10 2.83 0.02 unch 0.01 0.05 unch 0.10 0.02 unch unch 148 670 811 1755 75 504 0
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          12 26 ■oo 'recious Ship Regional Cont .10.30 ...5.45 0.20 -0.05 220: 31
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          11 26 '000 Doil iingamas Cont 19.30 0.47 -1.20 -0.03 2471 656;
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          20 26 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 5.60 12.00 unch unch -0.10 -1.00 unch unch 16' 143!
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          22 26 Evergreen Marine ...14.25 :irst Steamship 39.40 /Van Hai Lines 14.60 t'ang Ming Marine...10.65 -0.15 0.85 -0.30 0.05 11 6 3 18
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          40 26 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..196.00 5.00 1931) (awasaki Kisen 305.00 -5.00 7731 Mitsubishi Hvy 298.00 -5.00 2497) Mitsui Eng&Sbldg...164.00 -4.00 402! Mitsui Osk Lines 481.00 -14.00 2052) Mippon Express 308.00 -22.00 4101 MipponYusen 377.00 -11.00 ***** source: Thomson Reuters
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      364 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS tioning in a car (7) j II! 10 Air is calm this old-fash- __HB__HH__HH__HH__^H__HH__HH__ ioned prejudice has been de- 10 I j I 111 f~ I stroved (9) —^^J—^^J—^^J—^^J—^-HB—^« 11 Belief giving trouble to Ox- j J 12 Loves going with speed and I BJ__| I I
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  • SEA ASIA 2009
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      1143 27 The market outlook depends on whether you are a buyer or seller, reports VINCENT WEE THE shipping finance and sale-and-purchase market is good or bad depending on which part you are in, sources say. From the perspective of banks and finance institutions, credit
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      Lock icon Marine insurers urged to price risks fairly
      628 27 THE marine insurance market is expected to naturally follow the downturn in the shipping industry but despite this it is even more important than ever for insurers to continue to segment risks accurately and to price them fairly in order to remain relevant
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      232 27 Organised by: Wa^i Seatrade s^ c=e conference "J Engage maritime thought-leaders and industry experts on shipping's priorities in the new horizons brought on by the global financial crisis. What is the outlook for the various sectors? Where are the opportunities in M^ JA Principal sponsors: the crisis? How are companies
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      21 27 This is the fourth in a five-part series brought to you by Sea ASIA m 21-23 April 2009 Jf Suntec Singapore
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  • TRANSPORT HUB: LAND
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      Lock icon Parallel imports slowing down
      549 28  -  SAMUEL EE Downward trend started in Oct and 2009 may mark start of sharp fall By THE recession is squeezing the parallel import trade and 2009 could mark the start of a sharp decline after several boom years. The downward trend for parallel importers (Pis) started
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      Lock icon Go Down Under to fight high yen
      264 28 SOME parallel importers are taking advantage of the lower Australian and New Zealand currencies and targeting Down Under as an alternative source of supply of new Japanese cars. To offset the higher cost of importing new models from Japan because of the rising
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      Lock icon VW spends $5m to revamp showroom
      391 28  -  SAMUEL EE By VOLKSWAGEN Group Singapore has invested $5 million to extensively renovate its Alexandra Road showroom. With the two-month-long construction work ending yesterday, the facelifted Volkswagen Centre Singapore will be the biggest VW facility in the region except for China. "This is the
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      Lock icon FedEx contractors deserve overtime pay: lawyer
      258 28 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] FedEx Corp's contract ground drivers were illegally denied overtime pay and misled about the job while being treated like full-time workers, their attorney said at the close of a four-week trial. "The only thing wrong is to call drivers independent contractors and
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      Lock icon US trucker shortage now in surplus
      620 28 Reuters [DETROIT] If you think now is a good time to try your hand as a US truck driver with steady pay and a life on the open road, think again. The US recession has turned a serious shortage of drivers into a surplus
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      1514 28 A MAIS ORIENTAL FOOD (HOLDINGS) LTD. (Company Registration No. 2OO4O1998C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (the "Company") NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 80 Raffles Place, #25-01 UOB Plaza 1, Singapore *****4 on Friday,
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8237 29 Transaction date: Mar 31 High Low Code Company Sale C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr •k P/E Smil 9 3 3148 8Telecom 11 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 30.5 12 5000 ABRHIdgs 17.5 6 1938 AEICorp 9.5 1 1100 AEM 23.5 7 2101 APOil 80.5 26.5 5550 ARA 8.5 2.5
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      1605 30 52-wks Tel ligh Low Code Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E M Cap $mil 20 5 1181 s AAGrp 32 13 8538 t APStrategic 4 05 1501 s Advanced System 14 2 3480 t Adventus 29.5
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      337 30 f»k Tel Low Code Last Sale Vol fooo) Low Last (uote Seller Div Cvr Net P/E tlCap Smil Hi. Comi Hi. 108 100 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 108 +0.2 982 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ US479 -13 178 149 DBS STI ETF 100 171 +3 2124 1682 DBXT FTChina25 1OUS$
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      261 30 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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      9339 30 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced Fund!S 1.488/ AIGIF Spore Bond Fund/ A 1.209/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 0.69/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.45/ APS Komaba Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Komaba Global Bond SGD 0.5106/ APS Komaba
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  • FINANCE & COMODITIES
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      367 31 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Mar 30 World Index Preliminary 596.4 -3.7 -12.0 -3.5 -9.1 -4.0 -14.1 t EAFE Preliminai 569.5 -3.9 -12.3 -3.8 -11.5 -4.4 -16.3 Euro[ Prelim inan 773.8 -3.9 -15.1 -4.3 -14.2 -4.9 -18.1
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      60 31 Mar 31 lelivery lonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low 09 2118 May 09 2034 lun 09 1990 lul 09 1951 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2103 2119 2086 2040 2045 2022 2000 2002 1977 1414 1970 1942 Turnover: 9742 Market tone: Higher
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      21 31 Mar 31 STI IIMSCI 195.3 205.0 203.6 "aiwan At 193.6 197.3 193.5 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      20 31 Mar 31 Bid Offer -month 1.5199 1.5215 1.5198 1.5216 {-months 1.5199 1.5216 >-months 1.5199 1.5217 Source: OCBC
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      280 31 Mar 31 URODOLLAR FUTURES unO9 >epO9 DecO9 VlariO 98.8800 98.8800 98.7350 98.6800 6512 2261 1868 2338 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES lunO9 99.420 99.425 >epO9 99.450 99.450 DecO9 VlariO 99.410 99.410 un10 iep10 Dec10 \/lar11 99.415 99.450 99.410 99.420 99.455 99.450 99.435 99.375 99.315 99.270 99.185 214 300 *****
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      174 31 Mar 31 iUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) /lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) \prO9 153.0 VlayO9 152.0 unO9 153.0 ul 09 \ug 09 iep 09 151.5 152.0 152.0 152.5 152.5 152.0 151.5 151.5 151.0 32 10 22 160 160 160 712 692
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      446 31 Mar 31 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni wstralia 0.863 4.711 0.519 5.341 35.053 79.982 0.678 9.533 2.513 1.211 55.474 33.268 1.048 6.626 0.786 23.372 24.436 0.482 0.689 Canada 1.158 5.456 0.601 6.186 40.594 92.625 0.785 11.040 2.910 1.402 64.243 38.527 1.213 7.674 0.910 27.067 28.298 0.558
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      65 31 Mar 30 Co iri iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1356.50 months 1394.00 1381.51 1420.01 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) ;ash months 3868.75 3910.00 4009.75 4050.00 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 1233.75 months 1250.00 1263.51 1280.01 lickel (US$/tonne) ]ash months 9478.00 9575.00 9608.01 9700.01 'in (US$/tonne) iash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00
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      123 31 As at 9am Mar 31 )f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer \ust dollar 1.0270 1.0580 .an dollar 1.1990 1.2130 luro 1.9970 2.0190 IZ dollar 0.8480 0.8670 iterlini 2.1600 2.1840 IS dollar 1.5140 1.5310 .ocal dollars to 100 units >f foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi
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      150 31 Mar 31 lurrencies Bid Offer Bid Offei >$IUS$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0471 1.0484 0.6891 0.689; Canadian dollar 1.2125 1.2143 0.7980 0.798: :uro 2.0193 2.0217 1.3289 1.329: IZ dollar 0.8646 0.8662 0.5690 0.569! Sterlinc 2.1717 2.1744 1.4292 1.4291 IS dollar 1.5195 1.5210 >$IUS$
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      100 31 Mar 30 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 09 904.50 917.00 924.00 897.00 Jul 09 902.00 915.25 922.50 895.50 Aug 09 886.00 900.75 892.75 882.00 SepO9 854.50 871.75 877.00 850.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 09 32.04 32.42 32.82 31.76 lul
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      75 31 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 30 origin! (/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 49.88 -1.70 VTI (Near Mth) 48.62 -3.52 )ubai (1-Mth F) 48.67 -1.87 "apis blend 52.70 -1.95 i/linas 51.45 -2.15 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha let Kerosene 48.82 59.30 -2.08 -3.45 JS$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price
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