The Business Times, 6 April 2009

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf^l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION COREGNNOI9B4O2B6BE MICA (P) 197/08/2008 Monday,April6,2oo9
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  • Article
    Lock icon Sentosa dream gets hazy
    1097 1  -  UMA SHANKARI «*■■Km^mH H X X NISHA RAMACHANDANI Fewer than 1,000 homes at Sentosa Cove are likely to be completed by end of 2009; several developers are delaying their projects further [SINGAPORE] It was supposed to be Asia's answer to glitzy Monaco, but plans to remake
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    Lock icon F1 drivers back decision to halt race
    410 1 AFP M'sia Grand Prix called off after 32 laps due to heavy rain, poor visibility [SEPANG, Malaysia] Formula One's top drivers threw their support behind the decision to abandon the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday, saying that it was the right thing to do.
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    • Miscellaneous
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      46 1 LEGAL MARKET VIEWS FROM THE TOP NUCLEAR-FREE BizlT fT| Downturn benefits Economic recovery A^drnM C\ WORLD Avaya remains upbeat smaller law firms by year-end? J^ lHqLga to lead the way on growth in Asia-Pacific PAGE 2 PAGES 12-13 ii IMI PAGE 22 PAGE 32 MT^ J
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      9 1 BT-StarMine Awards Which research houses emerged winners PAGES 3,10,11
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Downturn gives smaller law firms crack at talent
      810 2  -  SIOW LI SEN Recruitment expected to rise as the big four firms retain fewer pupils By [SINGAPORE] The big four law firms here are no longer sucking up all the pupils and junior lawyers as corporate work dries up. This gives their
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Sentosa dream gets hazy
        76 2 IT was supposed to be Asia's answer to glitzy Monaco, but plans to remake Sentosa into a playground where rich foreigners and locals live and play are going to take longer than expected to materialise. While key hotel projects and the Resorts World at Sentosa integrated
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        Lock icon Downturn gives smaller law firms a crack at talent
        46 2 THE big four law firms here are no longer sucking up all the pupils and junior lawyers as corporate work dries up. This gives their smaller rivals a chance to recruit some talent. TOP STORIES, PAGE 2
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        Lock icon Some get it spot on even in a volatile year
        64 2 THE good thing about a crisis of this depth and scale is that no matter who you are and what happened to you, there is someone you can blame for it. But if you are on the warpath, avoid the
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        Lock icon Singapore to lead Asia Reit recovery on bank funding
        41 2 REAL estate investment trusts in Singapore and Australia will be the first in Asia-Pacific to recover from the economic slowdown on their ability to secure funding from banks. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 4
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        Lock icon Scrip dividends may cause dilution
        75 2 A dividend reinvestment scheme could potentially dilute the FYII distribution per unit of real estate investment trusts by 7 to 14 per cent, and their target prices by 2 to 12 per cent, a UOB Kay Hian study has found. Reits such as Ascendas Reit
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        Lock icon Manufacturing hourly wages up 12% in'07
        55 2 SINGAPORE'S hourly compensation cost in US dollars for manufacturing jumped 12 per cent in 2007 the biggest increase in over a decade, according to the US Department of Labor. The increase was higher than the average 8.5 per cent hike for the 31 non-US
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        Lock icon New body needed to monitor financial stability
        69 2 EUROPEAN Union finance ministers on Saturday called for a new authority to monitor financial stability as a first step toward overhauling the region's regulatory system. They also broadly backed moves to share banking oversight but officials warned of thorny negotiations ahead because it
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        Lock icon Yudhoyono's party still in the lead ahead of polls: survey
        38 2 PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party remained in the lead ahead of Indonesia's April 9 parliamentary elections, a poll showed as campaigning wrapped up yesterday. MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 17
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        Lock icon Defence spending up in Asia despite slowdown
        37 2 INCREASED military spending by China and India is forcing other Asia-Pacific countries to modernise their armed forces despite the severe impact of the global financial crisis. GREATER CHINA, PAGE 19
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        Lock icon Few players may qualify to bid for banks' toxic assets
        67 2 ANALYSTS are concerned that the US Treasury intends selecting a small group of large banks, bond funds, hedge and private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds to purchase toxic debt from banks. A key rule is that only those with
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      Lock icon Q1 earnings next big test for a surging stock market
      876 2  -  ANDREW MARKS WALL STREET INSIGHT Analysts estimate profits will slump by 36.6% AS Wall Street put to bed the first four-week run of gains for the US stock market in nearly a year and a half last Friday, market strategists
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      Lock icon Some get it spot on even in a volatile year
      803 3  -  CHEW XIANG BT-STARMINE AWARDS This year's rankings show independent research houses may be a better model By [SINGAPORE] The good thing about a crisis of this depth and scale is that no matter who you are and what happened to
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    • MARKETS DIGEST
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        51 3 IT Index 1,820.87 +75.21 1COMP 907.01 +21.58 IIKKEI225 8,749.84 +122.87 IANG SENG 14,545.69 +426.19 ;et index 446.04 +5.23 JAKARTA COM P 1,500.36 +37.62 IANILACOMP 2,028.59 -11.66 ;eoulcomp 1,283.75 +46.24 ;henzhen b 356.08 +4.60 IUMBAI IND 10,348.83 +300.34 )OW 8,017.59 +241.41 IASDAQ 1,621.87 +76.67 ;&P 500 842.50 +26.56 TSE 4,029.67
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        29 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.71 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.670 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:
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        45 3 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.504 (USS/SS per 1.470 2.211 EURO (US$,S$/E) 1.343 Foreign currency per US$ 2.021 S$ 'EN 99.90 66.40 3.583 2.382 IK$ 7.750 5.152 !AHT 35.40 23.53 lUPIAH 11,480 7,631 lENMINBI 6.835 4.544 INDIAN RUPEE 50.07 33.28 1.401 0.932 IZ$ 1.712 1.138
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      Lock icon Lloyd's insurance prospers despite recession
      522 3  -  VIKRAM KHANNA By [SINGAPORE] Specialised Londonbased insurance market Lloyd's has weathered the economic downturn indeed, prospered in spite of it, turning in a pre-tax profit of £1.9 billion (554.23 billion) for 2008, it was revealed late last month. The number reflects the collective performance of
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      10 2 CATS Recruit The first step on your ladder to success
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      284 3 fcJSMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY The Shaw Foundation Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Marketing and Democracy Monday 13 April 2009 spm Why aren't citizens served as well as consumers? Professor John A. Quelch says that's because marketing is more democratic than politics. Join the Harvard don, who is also the co-author of
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Fixing the faults with foreign listings
      754 4  -  R SIVANITHY HOCK LOCK SIEW By CHINA stocks listed here, or S-chips as they are popularly known, have come under unwelcome scrutiny in recent months following revelations of accounting irregularities, doubts over whether some can continue as going concerns (as expressed by their external
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      Lock icon Singapore to lead Asia Reit recovery on bank funding
      483 4 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Real estate investment trusts in Singapore and Australia will be the first in Asia-Pacific to recover from the economic slowdown on their ability to secure funding from banks, according to a new survey. Singapore has the region's best environment
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      Lock icon Scrip dividends may cause dilution
      543 7  -  TEH SHI NING Such schemes may lower Reits'FYll DPU by 7-14%: UOB Kay Hian IMPLEMENTING a dividend reinvestment scheme (DRS) could potentially dilute the FYII distribution per unit of real estate investment trusts (Reits) by 7 to 14 per cent, and their target prices by
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Lack of information folded deal: Advance SCT
        110 7 ADVANCE SCT has cited a lack of information from the buyer as the main reason for the collapse of its share placement deal. In January this year, the company announced Tan You Tiong had agreed to acquire an 8.77 per cent stake or
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        Lock icon A-Sonic Aerospace requests for trading halt
        60 7 AVIATION engineering and logistics firm A-Sonic Aerospace has asked for a trading halt pending an announcement to be made after spm today. The firm has been hit with two straight years of losses despite branching into new businesses and markets. Net loss for FYOB
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        Lock icon F&N Bhd opens new warehouse in Sarawak
        66 7 FRASER and Neave Holdings Bhd, 57.9 per cent owned by Singapore's Fraser and Neave Ltd, last week opened a state-of-the-art warehouse in Kuching, Sarawak, to manage the increased demand for storage capacity of raw and finished goods in Sabah and Sarawak. The new
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      402 7 Apr 3 BANKS ABN Amro Bank NY 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 Arab Bank PLC 5.5 Banca Di Roma Singapore BanTlaoVizcaya BanKiank" 6 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank o America NA 5 Bank of China Limited 5.5
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      226 7 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME CEI Contract A The Grassroots' Club, 190 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, Singapore *****6 06-Apr 10.00am MobileOne A Raffles City Convention Centre, Olivia Room, Level 4, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2 07-Apr 3.30pm FSL Trust A E Marina Mandarin Singapore, Level 1, Capricorn
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      2919 4 A WATS mZMmI HIAP HOE LIMITED Hfg^mfifl COMPANY REGISTRATION NO. *****0676Z iTlMJif>m| (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE WITH LIMITED LIABILITY} NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hiap Hoe Limited ("the Company") will be held at Sheraton Towers Singapore, Level 2 Ballroom 4, Thirty-Nine
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      1449 4 A MAIS NOTICES £j^% SMB UNITED LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****6364 D) d (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SMB United Limited ("the Company") will be held at The Conference Room, 17 Senoko Avenue, Singapore *****7 on Thursday, April 30,
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      2565 5 MndnCldl KGSUIXS Year Ended 31 December 2008 SUMMARISED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 The following Financial Statements contain only a summary of the information in the full financial statements and directors' reports of DBS Group Holdings Ltd (the Company) and its subsidiaries (the Group) and DBS
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Short-term still positive but harder for gains
      726 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS TWO weeks ago this column recommended traders stick to the main indices because of the likelihood they would be window-dressed, while last week's column argued that there would be a short-term boost to equity markets from improved liquidity, momentum and
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      Lock icon DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1127 6 Legends US$; Rmb; HK$; A) As; Pound; Rupiah; Yen; Euro; AA) Baht; RM; Peso; AAA) Rs; NT$; (ag) Dividend/Distribition; (ah) Final; (ai) To be announced; (aj) Final Tax Exempt; (ak) Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (an) First and Final Tax Exempt (One Tier); (aw) Interim Tax Exempt (One
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      Lock icon Asian currencies mixed against greenback
      226 6 -AFP CURRENCIES [HONG KONG] Asian currencies ended the week mixed against the dollar as hopes of an economic recovery prompted speculators to sell the yen and take more risks. Japanese yen: The yen kept sliding over the past week, ducking under 100 against the dollar
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      Lock icon Commodities steady on G-20 summit gold loses shine
      256 6 AFP COMMODITIES [LONDON] Commodity prices held steady this week as the G-20 summit stoked hopes of an economic upturn and rising demand for raw materials but gold fell as world leaders agreed to sell reserves to help fund IMF lending. Oil: Oil
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      1563 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri's Company name recommendation esti- EPS PE target price This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price Allgreen Prop Ltd 2.92 2.83 12 5.39 8.17 0.54 0.48 ARA Asset Mi )t Ltd 2.00 2.00 2 6.05 7.36 0.65 0.45 ,rmstroni Ind Con Ltd
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      4 6 WEEKLY
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      60 6 Apr 3 VALUE CLOSE IT OB/OS 700.00 +31.0C IT CADI -*****.00 +81.01 IT 10-day MA -*****.00 +70.0i TSE ST Mid Cap 354.94 +3.2 TSE ST Small Cap 271.13 +3.8' TSE ST All Share 430.90 +4.1 TSE ST China Top 161.58 +0.7 TSE ST China 155.95 +0.11 IOB
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      57 6 VOLUME Golden Agri 492,781,000 China Honqxinq 351,081,000 Gent Intl 230,169,000 CapitaLand 213,412,000 Chart SemiCond 211,616,000 Chartered R 209,246,000 SingTel 182,639,000 Cosco Corp 149,647,000 NOL 120,209,000 Noble Grp 105,539,000 VALUE(S) DBS Grp 527,118,700 CapitaLand 527,002,982 UOB 513,621,238 SingTel 462,989,121 SGX 279,621,300 OCBC Bk 272,233,138 Keppel Corp 261,408,890 CityDev
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      103 6 CLOSE UP 2050 264.6 9.4 IMH ISH 1158 231.5 15.3 MS India 10US$ 825 198.5 19.' iBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1104 144.3 9.5 lardine C&C 1284 114.0 9.7 Con i.ES.0904 590 70.0 13. At 598 67.0 12.' At ES.0904 598 65.0 12.2 ilA 200 1072 54.0 5.3 Venture Cor| 568
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      116 6 CLOSE DOWN 8940-375.9 -2.7 GLD 10US! DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2048-114.3 -3.6 DBXTS&P Short 10US$ 7708-105.2 -0.9 DBS DB ePW*****7 34 -25.0 -42.4 Cai iitalanRBePW*****3 26.5 -23.0 -46.5 Kei RBePW/*****6 92 -22.0 -19.3 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 9280 -20.0 -0.2 DBS BNP ePW*****7 62.5 -17.0 -21.4 STI1450BNPeCW*****9 52 -14.0 -21.2 Sim
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      86 6 Where S$ stands Apr 3 %CHNG CLOSE FRApr2 YR 2008/2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH USS 1.5045 0.17 1.5579 1.3457 Euro 2.0213 -0.87 2.2064 1.8640 Pounds 2.2197 -0.93 2.8431 2.0356 AS 1.0738 -0.82 1.3251 0.9068 Yen* 1.5077 0.66 1.7278 1.2619 Rupiah* 0 ***** -0.05 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2536 0.19 4.4299
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      Lock icon Institutional shareholders unload stocks
      1368 8  -  ROBERT HALILI INSIDE MARKETS Fund manager sentiment remains bearish with 37 firms recording net sales versus 22 with net buys By THE Straits Times Index closed at a 12-week high of 1,820.87 points on Friday, up 4.3 per cent for the week. Overall, the market is
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Manufacturing hourly wages up 12% in '07
      725 9  -  CHUANG PECK MING Hike higher than 8.5% average of 31 non-US economies: US Labor Dept SINGAPORE'S hourly compensation cost in US dollars for manufacturing jumped 12 per cent from 2006 to 2007 the biggest increase in over a decade, according to the latest
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      Lock icon Q1 jobless rate likely to exceed Q4 2008: MOM
      332 9 SINGAPORE'S jobless rate in the first three months of the year is likely to exceed the 2.5 per cent posted in December last year. Speaking to reporters at a community event yesterday, Manpower Minister Gan Kirn Yong said that the unemployment
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      Lock icon S'pore-Johor buses to be doubled
      259 9 BUS services between Singapore and Johor are set to be doubled under a new government effort to strengthen cross-border transport ties for the Iskandar Malaysia project. Ministers from Singapore and Malaysia have agreed in principle to double the quota of bus services that are allowed
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      Lock icon NMP nominations start today
      210 9 MEMBERS of the public can start to submit names of individuals whom they think will make the cut as Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs). Six groups have already been invited by Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi to put forth their NMP nominations, according to a statement
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      Lock icon Giving back to alma mater
      142 9 DESPITE having left Carnegie Mellon University 32 years ago, Rohet Tolani, an Indian residing in Singapore, has not forgotten his alma mater where he earned a master's degree in industrial administration. Mr Tolani, vice-chair-man of the Singapore arm of the Tolani Group, has donated Carnegie
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  • BT-STARMINE AWARDS
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      Lock icon Diligence, consistency & thick skin
      696 10 Diligence, consistency thick skin CLSA's Thilan Wickramasinghe tells CHEW XIANG there's nothing special in his method just a deep understanding of industries, companies and their financials NALYSTS are an embattled lot these days and not a few big names, even in Singapore, have disappeared in the past year. Most will
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      Lock icon Strong fundamentals a good analyst maketh
      662 10 LOVE brought CLSA analyst Caroline Macs to Singapore and that call hasn't turned out badly at all. Ms Macs, an American, worked in New York for three years as an associate in a buy-side firm but moved here in early 2006 to join her
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      Lock icon Industry experience stood her in good stead
      535 10  -  CHEW XIANG By "IT was at URA that I developed a deep understanding and passion for real estate," says ÜBS property analyst Regina Lim, crediting an eight-year stint at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for her successful calls. She joined URA after graduating
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      Lock icon No cookie cutter method to data crunching
      732 11 Equities analysts consider a wide range of indicators before making a call, reports CHEW XIANG FOR those who pack themselves cheek by jowl into Singapore's always-full MRT trains every day, putting a buy call on the stock of the rail company seems a
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      Lock icon Hitting jackpot with a contrarian view
      796 11  -  CHEWXIANG By CONTRARIAN calls every analyst wants to make them. But they don't often turn up trumps. "A typical fund manager gets a handful of reports and to sift (them) out, the easiest thing to do is to try to stand out from the
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      858 11 Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg SAPPHIRE CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Registration N0.*****2465W Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty Third Annual General Meeting of SAPPHIRE CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at 123 Genting Lane, #07-01 Yenom Industrial Building, Singapore *****4
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Light at the end of the tunnel?
      4365 12 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Are hopes of an economic pick-up by year-end justified or is it too early to tell? What could happen to change the game, whether for better or for worse? Wee Piew CEO HG Metal Manufacturing Ltd I THINK there is
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      408 13 Supported by: Organised by: spring iri cI m Singapore Ml I] J |V| Enabling Enterprise I p ROFESS ONAL DEVELOPMENT 16 NAVIGATE THE CHALLENGES AHEAD %,A As the global economy takes a turn for the worse, it is imperative for CEOs to step up and sharpen i their skills, in
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Investing in oil when it's cheap
      878 14 JASON LOW discusses whether the time is ripe to tap opportunities in crude oil as well as some options for investors bullish about its low prices OIL prices have plunged from a record US$l47 per barrel in July 2008 to around US$4O-US$5O this year.
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      Lock icon Teaching the young credit management
      741 14 CAMPUS LIFE NTU undergrads' team reaches out to 40,000 youths with Generation Clear project, reports BRITTANY KHOO A FRIEND was holding a supplementary credit card given by his parents. When the bill came one day, he assumed the outstanding charges on the card would simply
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      204 14 FANCY becoming the next Warren Buffett or George Soros? Or even the famous Robert Kiyosaki? Then read on. The Young Investors' Forum, part of the BT-Citibank Tertiary Outreach Programme, isn't another dry page out of your financial textbook. To complement our editorial content, we have
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  • DINING OUT
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      678 15  -  Geoffrey Eu NEW RESTAURANT Sanoßar 80 Mohamed Sultan Road #01-03 The Pier at Robertson. Tel: 6423-9182. www.sanobar.com.sg GIVEN the general dearth of Lebanese fare in Singapore, a place like Sanoßar is worth its weight in hummus because it will appeal to diners who appreciate authentic Middle
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      644 15  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon PROMOTION Long Beach Dempsey Tel: 6323 2222 Until April 30 ONE of the oldest seafood restaurants in town, Long Beach has built its reputation on its tanks of live seafood. A number of live seafood that swim in these tanks come from
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      544 15  -  Audrey Phoon NEW CHEF One-Ninety Main lobby level Four Seasons Hotel Singapore 190 Orchard Boulevard. Tel: 6831 7250 A CHEF'S nationality and work experiences are always big influences on his cooking. But what would a combination of European and South American bloodlines plus a career spent
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      267 16 Reuters [LONDON] British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said 2009 will be a difficult year for the economy. "I remain optimistic that we will get back into growth, but 2009 will be a difficult year," he told BBC television.
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      561 16 -AP EU finance ministers also back moves to share banking oversight [PRAGUE] European Union finance ministers on Saturday called for a new authority to monitor financial stability as a first step toward overhauling the region's regulatory system. They also broadly backed moves to
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      230 16 -AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government stands ready to force out banking bosses and install new management if their companies have to return for more bailout money, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday. Interviewed on CBS programme "Face the Nation", Mr Geithner said there were
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      709 17  -  PAULINE NG MALAYSIA INSIGHT Expect him to be credited should Barisan Nasional fare well in Tuesday's polls, and his influence on Mr Najib, Umno will grow OVER the weekend, Mahathir Mohamad returned to the fold of the United Malays National Organisation, or Umno,
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      294 17 AFP [JAKARTA] President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party remained in the lead ahead of Indonesia's April 9 parliamentary elections, a poll showed as campaigning wrapped up yesterday. The poll conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) found that two weeks
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      98 17 -AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state-owned Telekom Malaysia may bid for exclusive rights to show live matches of the next three English Premier League seasons from 2010 to 2013, a report said yesterday. The multi-million-dollar tender will open for bidding in the second quarter
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      869 18 ■AP BMW's Heidfeld finishes second and Toyota's Glock third as downpour forces abandonment of race after 32 laps A TORRENTIAL downpour delivered the shortest Formula One (Fl) race for 18 years and back-to-back victories for Brawn GP's Jenson Button at the Malaysian Grand Prix in
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      597 19 AFP Total expenditure rises y-o-y from USs22ob in 2008 to USs239b in 2009 [SINGAPORE] Increased military spending by China and India is forcing other Asia-Pacific countries to modernise their armed forces despite the severe impact of the global financial crisis, experts say. Data
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      238 19 Reuters Unit was sold to Fortis in 2007 for USsB94m [HONG KONG] Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li's holding company has been approached by third parties for the possible buyback of an insurance firm he sold to Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis in 2007, a spokesman
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  • INDIA
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      346 20 Reuters, FT, Bloomberg Deadline for bid submission extended from April 9 as bidders sought more data [MUMßAl] India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd could announce the buyer of the fraud-hit software company next Monday, the deadline for submitting financial bids, the Business Standard
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Patriarch Partners buys Polaroid in court auction
      377 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Polaroid Corp, the bankrupt pioneer of instant photography, was sold in an auction for US$59.l million to pri-vate-equity firm Patriarch Partners LLC, an investor in the Arizona Iced Tea brand and mapmaker Rand McNally. Patriarch's offer for assets including most
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      465 21 -AP Talks on changes to start soon but may not meet G-20 target [GENEVA] Swiss banks have long irked German and French tax collectors. The latest battle is nothing new, except Switzerland's big neighbours now have the backing of even bigger powers
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      692 21  -  NEIL BEHRMANN The rule of minimum US$l Ob in securities under management worries analysts By in London ANALYSTS are concerned that the US Treasury intends on selecting a small group of large banks, bond funds, hedge and private equity firms
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      754 22 Reuters US will cut role of N-arms in security strategy; missile shield to go ahead [PRAGUE] US President Barack Obama yesterday set out his vision and strategy for ridding the world of nuclear weapons, vowing to involve all states with atomic
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      262 22 -AFP [PRAGUE] US President Barack Obama led global condemnation of North Korea's rocket launch yesterday, calling it "a provocative act" for which Pyongyang must be punished. South Korea said it was "reckless" and put its 680,000-strong armed forces on heightened alert, as did Japan.
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      252 22 Bloomberg [LONDON] HSBC Holdings pic said investors ordered 97 per cent of the shares in its £12.5 billion (5527.8 billion) rights offer. HSBC sold the shares to existing investors for 254 pence each, 41 per cent less than the close on April 3
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  • SHIPPING/AVIATION
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      613 23 Bloomberg Gauge slides 32 pts to 1,506 pts on weakening demand for iron ore [LONDON] The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping costs for commodities, fell to the lowest in almost two months on weakening demand to haul iron ore for making
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      345 23  -  i VINCENT WEE By [SINGAPORE] The Rolls-Royce designed and equipped vessel Far Samson, the most powerful offshore vessel ever built, recently entered service with Norway's Farstad Shipping after a naming ceremony in Edinburgh. The specially developed UT76ICD construction support vessel was designed by Rolls-Royce,
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      403 23 Bloomberg 35 vessels in Europe have on board 2.5 m mt of such products as demand falls [LONDON] Traders hired record numbers of the biggest oceangoing oil products tankers to store jet fuel and gasoil in Europe as demand drops and
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      2585 23 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), Al: Air India (AIC), AY: Finnair Ov (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airerays 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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      407 23 Bloomberg [DALLAS] American Airlines, US Airways Group Inc and US carriers borrowing to refinance debt and buy jets may struggle to find lenders and have to pay rates at least double those of two years ago. AMR Corp's American, the world's
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      344 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Desire to be late (5,4) h M~j I R n I M h 8 Marina crew oft danced with l__^l__^l__^l__I WRAF personnel (13) X I j 11 On the continent you both possess this skirt (4) II I .I 12 Established the military lead- pi j
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8873 26 Week ended: Apr 3 Hi; Low Code Com| )an] Sale ('000) Hi i Low Bu; fer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 9 3 3148 STelecom 11 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 30.5 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 17.5 6 1938 AEI Corp 9.5 1 1100 AEM 23.5 7 2101 APOil 80.5 26.5
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      1782 27 52-wks Tel High Low Code Last Sale Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld C000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr Net P/E M Cap $mil Company 20 5 1181 s AAGrp 32 13 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 14 2 3480 t Adventus >9.5
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      366 27 52-Wk Tel h Low Code Last Sale Vol COOP) Week ill Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Div GrYld C'vr Net P/E MCap Hii Comi Hii 108 100 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 982 427 CIMBAsean40 1OOUS$ 183 149 DBS STI ETF 100 2124 1682 DBXTFTChina25 1OUS$ 3232 3228
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      260 27 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
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      124 27 itod name lose lange itocl name lose lange itod name lose lange :apitaLand 2.700 +0.100 JMH 20.500 +1.300 SIA Engg 1.930 -0.020 litaMall 1.360 +0.030 JSH 11.580 -0.220 SMRT 1.500 -0.030 :if 'Dev 5.980 +0.280 Jardine C&C 12.840 +0.040 SPH 2.610 -0.010 ;omfortDelGro 1.320 -0.020 Kei
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      100 27 MAIN Up Down Unch SDQ Up Down Unch TOTAL Up Down Unch Multi Ind 113 4 0 0 0 113 4 Manufacturing 95 61 55 12 10 12 107 71 67 Commerce 40 10 23 43 15 31 21 14 22 15 Finance 27 27 Construction 12
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      116 27 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL Multi Ind 121.067 121.067 398.757 398.757 Manufacturing 2.000.330 35.709 2.036.039 791.927 1.152 793.079 Commerce 335.035 32.226 367.261 368.730 3.774 372.504 ]t/Stor/Comms 694.217 422 694.639 1.034.591 32 1.034.623 Finance 251.072 251.072 1.612.628 1.612.628 Construction 96.044 8.730 104.774 12.708 102 12.810 Proi 580.352
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      2712 27 Transaction date: Apr 3 For a full listing of the closing prices, log on to BT online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg after 11.30pm every trading day HONG KONG Vol ■000 HK$ Aeon Stores Angang Steel Anhui Conch Anhuiexpressway Asia Satellite Asm Pacific Bank Of E Asia Beida Jade Bird Beijing
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      28 27 Insiders'trades. Brokers'recommendations. TIJC Rl ICIMECC Tll\/lEC Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions Int DU3IIMC33 lIIVIC3 by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use.
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      371 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Apr 3 World Index Preliminary 635.3 -0.4 -6.3 0.0 -3.4 -0.4 -7.7 t EAFE Preliminai 611.3 -0.6 -5.8 -0.2 -4.7 -0.6 -8.9 Euro[ Prelim inan
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      60 28 Apr 3 lelivery lonth Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low <\prO9 2260 Way 09 2183 lun 09 2125 lul 09 2088 Total o/p: ***** contracts 2281 2283 2260 2230 2243 2183 2165 2185 2125 2128 2139 2082 Turnover: ***** Market tone: Higher
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      21 28 Apr 3 STI IIMSCI 217.4 218.5 217.5 "aiwan At 205.5 202.3 204.2 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      20 28 Apr 3 Bid Offer -month 1.5035 1.5051 1.5035 1.5052 {-months 1.5035 1.5053 >-months 1.5035 1.5053 Source: OCBC
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      281 28 Apr 3 EURODOLLAR FUTURES JunO9 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 98.8800 98.8500 98.6650 98.5950 5633 2351 3562 2338 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES JunO9 99.420 99.420 SepO9 DecO9 Mar10 99.380 99.380 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 99.420 99.380 99.420 99.455 99.450 99.435 99.375 99.315 99.270 99.185 498 200 ***** 4015 2184 1698
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      180 28 Apr 3 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) /lonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l lots) VlayO9 160.5 lunO9 161.5 ul 09 161.3 \ug 09 iep 09 Dct 09 158.5 159.0 161.3 160.5 161.5 161.3 160.3 160.0 160.0 58 80 20 40 12 747 831
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      89 28 Apr 3 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****T 02.07.09 -Year BY*****V 02.11.09 0.25 0.41 0.23 0.23 3OVERNMENT BONDS 'eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year N*****0E 3.125 I-Year NX*****F 3.625 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 0-Year NY*****A 4.000 5-Year
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      123 28 As at 9am Apr 3 )f foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer ujst dollar 1.0710 1.1030 .an dollar 1.2050 1.2200 luro 2.0080 2.0310 IZ dollar 0.8740 0.8930 iterlini 2.1970 2.2220 IS dollar 1.4900 1.5070 .ocal dollars to 100 units >f foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer .hi renminbi
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      446 28 Apr 3 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni wstralia 0.884 4.878 0.531 5.531 35.732 81.927 0.713 9.570 2.557 1.222 57.485 34.155 1.074 6.525 0.811 23.793 25.263 0.486 0.714 Canada 1.131 5.516 0.601 6.255 40.410 92.652 0.806 10.823 2.891 1.381 65.009 38.626 1.214 7.380 0.917 26.908 28.570 0.549
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      130 28 Apr 3 /oz) \pr_ \pr_ Hong Kong 917.10 903.70 918.10 904.70 .ondon Apr 03 Apr 02 898.70 895.00 899.70 897.00 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR (S$) AprO. Buyim Sellim Kilobar "47,152.76" ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying gm jgm Ogm !0gm iOgm OOgm oz ozUBS Kinebar™ 105.93
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      63 28 Apr 3 Co iiuiii, yy.i (US$/tonne) Close Previous :ash 1444.50 months 1481.00 1393.51 1430.01 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) months 4274.75 4301.00 4120.01 4150.01 .ead (US$/tonne) :ash 1309.00 months 1315.00 1276.51 1285.01 lickel (US$/tonne) ]ash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01 'in (US$/tonne) iash months *****.00 *****.01 *****.00 *****.01 inc,
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      74 28 Apr 3 (£/tonne) Close Prev Hii ih/Low Way 09 1970 1947 1974/1930 lul 09 1940 1917 1944/1900 iepO9 1918 1896 1922/1885 Dec 09 1898 1877 1900/1865 IOFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Way 09 1564 1561 1565/1545 ul 09 1559 1553 1561/1539 iepO9 1565 1560 1565/1550 SUGAR (US tonne) White
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      101 28 Apr 3 (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 09 995.50 977.00 997.50 972.00 Jul 09 995.25 977.00 997.00 972.00 Aug 09 976.75 962.00 978.25 960.25 Sep 09 946.25 933.50 946.75 929.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 09 35.32 35.10 35.38 34.65
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      387 31  -  VICTOR KATHEYAS By SO you've been busy in front of the computer screen but have you been busy doing work? A conference paper authored by associate professor Vivien Lim and her student Don Chen of the National University of Singapore suggests that employees may
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        64 32 SWISS banking software maker Avalog has appointed SOFGEN as its implementation partner in Singapore. SOFGEN, an international IT consultancy firm, currently has 25 Avalog-certified consultants across Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. This means that the company can support the deployment of Avalog products from
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