The Business Times, 3 November 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg Sf!i A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Tuesday, November 3,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon CapLand retail unit spin-off may raise up to $2.78b
    648 1  -  UMA SHANKARI By [SINGAPORE] Capita Land is seeking up to $2.78 billion from the listing of its retail arm Capita Malls Asia (CMA). Some 1.165 billion shares are being offered at $1.98 to $2.39 apiece, according to e-mails sent to potential
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    Lock icon Boom for construction firms at E50 Awards
    618 1  -  CHEN HUIFEN CHEW XIANG Govt looking at ways to help local firms grow and develop new leaders By and [SINGAPORE] Construction companies took the three top spots in this year's Enterprise 50 (E5O) awards, carried by bumper contracts secured before the recession hit.
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      82 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.398 (USS/SS per 1.638 2.290 ;URO (US$/S$/E) 1.476 2.063 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 90.10 64.50 3.432 2.454 IK$ 7.750 5.542 !AHT 33.44 23.91 lUPIAH 9,573 6,845 1ENMINBI 6.828 4.883 INDIAN RUPEE 46.91 33.54 1.106 0.791 IZ$ 1.390 0.994 1COMP 1,241.76 -1.47 IIKKEI225 9,802.95
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.773 TAIWAN 4.776 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.52 INDIA 11.75 Source: Bloomberg
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      70 1 BP*||M SME Inc OPINION K]P CORPORATE RESULTS ECONOMY WATCH jy^Ajl^ I Gemini changes Tackling the Allgreen Q3 earnings Eurozone manufacturing ■L^^lbil course as needed 'too big to fail' firms fell jf more nan double bounces back ILCrii^P PAGE 13 PAGE 25 EbJuLm pAGE 5 p AGE 16 A 32-page Enterprise
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  • TOP STORIES
    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon CapLand retail unit spin-off may raise up to $2.78b
        87 2 CAPITALAND is seeking up to $2.78 billion from the listing of its retail arm Capita Malls Asia. Some 1.165 billion shares are being offered at $1.98 to $2.39 apiece, according to e-mails sent to potential investors seen by BT. The developer
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        Lock icon Boom for construction firms at E50 Awards
        71 2 CONSTRUCTION companies took the three top spots in this year's Enterprise 50 awards, carried by bumper contracts secured before the recession hit. At the top is infrastructure and civil engineering firm Samwoh Corp, which was placed ninth last year. In second and third
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        Lock icon Spruced-up SMEs go hunting for top talent
        58 2 AS local SMEs strive to go global, a major stumbling block seems to be the perennial problem of talent recruitment and retention. This is partly due to inaccurate perceptions of what it is like to work for an SME, panellists at an Enterprise
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        Lock icon Mahathir dashes hopes of groups eyeing Proton sale
        51 2 MALAYSIA'S former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed news reports that national car maker Proton Holdings is for sale, writing in his blog that he has told the company's chairman and chief executive that it "is not for sale". TOP STORIES, PAGE
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        Lock icon Warehousing, too, may go underground
        53 2 THE push for underground is gathering momentum. A feasibility study will be carried out into an underground warehousing, logistics and data centre at Tanjong Kling in Jurong. This comes soon after the government disclosed plans to build an underground science city at Kent Ridge. TOP
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        Lock icon Allgreen Q3 profit more than doubles to $74m
        48 2 ALLGREEN Properties reported net earnings of $74 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2009, more than double the $31.2 million net profit in Q3 last year. Revenue jumped from $113.4 million to $293.1 million. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5
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        Lock icon SIA Engineering Q2 earnings slide 16.8%
        55 2 SIA Engineering Co's second-quarter profit for the July-September 2009 period fell 16.8 per cent to $61.1 million, from $73.4 million a year earlier, amid a slump in airframe and component overhaul work. Revenue for the fiscal second quarter fell 11.2 per cent to $248.1
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        Lock icon Cautiously upbeat firms raising pay to retain staff
        78 2 WITH the economy turning around, companies plan to up pay to retain restless staff- and pay back the "sweat debt" they incurred in the past year of sacrifices by employees. A poll of 265 companies taken here last month by global management
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        Lock icon Kuok group to sell sugar units for RM1.25b
        70 2 GIVEN that Robert Kuok is synonymous with the sugar trade, few would have envisaged the tycoon leaving the business that earned him the moniker Sugar King. His PPB group announced late Friday that it planned to sell its entire stake in two
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      Lock icon Spruced-up SMEs go hunting for top talent
      622 2  -  CHEN HUIFEN BT announces Jan launch of 'The SME Magazine' at Enterprise 50 Forum By [SINGAPORE] As local SMEs strive to go global, a major stumbling block seems to be the perennial problem of talent recruitment and retention. This is partly due to
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      Lock icon Mahathir dashes hopes of groups eyeing Proton sale
      508 2  -  S JAYASANKARAN He's working on plan to revive firm, says it's not for sale By in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed news reports that national car maker Proton Holdings is for sale, writing in his blog that
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      Lock icon Manufacturing grows most in over 3 years
      380 2 AP, Bloomberg LATEST US DATA Jobs up for first time in 15 months in Oct; Sept pending home sales index rises 6.1% [NEW YORK] A private measure of US manufacturing activity grew in October at the fastest pace in more than three years,
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      Lock icon Warehousing, too, may go underground
      447 4  -  RONNIE LIM Study to examine feasibility of centre at Tanjong Kling By [SINGAPORE] The push for underground is gathering momentum. A feasibility study will be carried out into an underground warehousing, logistics and data centre at Tanjong Kling in Jurong. This comes soon after the
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      Lock icon Lehman office artworks auctioned for US$1.35m
      610 4 Bloomberg Amount makes little dent in USs2sob owed to creditors [NEW YORK] An eclectic batch of artworks that once adorned the corporate offices of Lehman Brothers Holdings sold for US$l.35 million over the weekend at Freeman's Auctioneers in Philadelphia. While the tally for the
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      Lock icon Pheim lawyers warn of investors' quandary
      707 4  -  CHEW XIANG They claim that a guilty verdict could have implications for average investor By [SINGAPORE] A guilty verdict in a landmark market rigging case brought by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) against a Malaysian fund manager would have "major implications" for investors,
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      174 4 ENTERPRISE ICdYCLECT vSL I Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 Heartfelt thanks to the following sponsors for their generous contribution and support: Anchor Building Materials Pte Ltd Lim Kirn Hai Electric Co (S) Pte Ltd Beng Hui Marine Electrical Pte Ltd Matrix Switchgear Design Pte Ltd Chan Li Comm Svs Pte
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Allgreen more than doubles Q3 net to $74m
      456 5  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA Higher contribution from property development led to strong showing By MALAYSIAN tycoon Robert Kuok's Singapore-listed property and hotel group Allgreen Properties has posted a surge in third-quarter earnings on the back of contributions from its One Devonshire and Viva condominium
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      Lock icon Just move on, StarHub
      816 5  -  WINSTON CHAI DESPERATE times call for desperate measures, so the saying goes. And when one has to turn to one's rival for balm, that must surely signal that the situation is as dire as it gets. Star Hub may have done just that when it extended
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      Lock icon SIA Engineering Q2 earnings slide 16.8%
      420 9  -  YEN SREENIVASAN Revenue falls 11.2% amid slump in airframe, component overhaul work By SIA Engineering Co's (SIAEC) net profit for the second quarter ended September 2009 fell 16.8 per cent to $61.1 million, from $73.4 million a year earlier, amid a slump in airframe
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      Lock icon Noble seen redeeming 2013 bonds ear y
      268 9 -Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] China Investment Corp's (CIC) purchase of a stake in Noble Group Ltd may allow the Hong Kong-based commodity supplier to redeem as much as 35 per cent of its 2013 bonds early, according to Nomura Holdings Inc. "Noble is quite cash
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon KS Energy served writ of summons
        76 9 KS Energy Services said that it has been served with a writ of summons on Oct 28 in respect of a claim by BR Energy (M) Sdn Bhd for alleged breach of a joint venture agreement entered into between the two parties in 2006.
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        Lock icon KIE begins operations of waste plant
        48 9 KEPPEL Integrated Engineering (KIE) has commenced commercial operations for Keppel Seghers Tuas Waste-to-Energy Plant. Together with the Senoko Waste-to-Energy Plant, KIE will be able to treat up to 47.6 per cent of the total volume of waste sent for incineration in Singapore.
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        Lock icon KSH wins contract for Watten Residences
        38 9 KSH Holdings has clinched a $36 million contract for the construction of Watten Residences, a 59-unit freehold development in the Bukit Timah area. Construction is scheduled to be completed within 25 months.
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      Lock icon Investors still upbeat on equities: survey
      457 9  -  MICHELLE QUAH By INVESTORS believe equity markets are set to rally further, with the Asia-Pacific the preferred region, says a worldwide survey of leading institutional investors. Global investor relations consultancy FD interviewed 150 of the world's biggest investment funds with over US$2.5 trillion of
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      Lock icon Chongqing, SGX mull over listing pact
      579 11  -  LYNETTE KHOO Chongqing also discusses financial centre project with Tharman By SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) and the Chongqing government are mulling over ways to promote listing of Chongqing companies on SGX and boost transparency of listing candidates. One possibility is a collaboration pact that spells
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      Lock icon SGX investor guides hit the Web
      360 11  -  MICHELLE QUAH By INVESTORS and companies can now access the two guides issued by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) on how to read an annual report and how to prepare for an annual general meeting (AGM) on the exchange's website. The guides, previously only available
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      Lock icon US$300m sub-sea cable by SingTel and partners lands in Japan
      332 11  -  ONG BOON KIAT By SINGAPORE Telecom, Google and other partners are on track for a substantial sub-sea bandwidth boost from the first quarter of next year. A US$3OO million, 9,620 km sub-sea cable system funded by a consortium of six
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      Lock icon At a glance
      130 11 H 3 IM,,VV 9 months ended Sept 2009 3 months ended Sept 2009 NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) NET PROFIT (S$m) TURNOVER (S$m) CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS CHNG CURRENT PREVIOUS I CHNG 1 Allgreen 126.65 65.83 92.4 458.48 275.35 66.5 74.00 31.19 137.3
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Buy on weakness, sell into strength
      621 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS The other obvious theme in yesterday's session was the more familiar 'trade in anticipation of Wall Street' TWO themes were clearly discernible in yesterday's session. The first was "buy the dips, but sell into strength" which was the most favoured approach
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      98 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 3 10 4 0 0 0 3 10 4 lanufacturing 36 68 64 13 40 70 77 Commerce 10 32 17 11 37 20 "pt/Stor/Comms 10 22 11 22 ■inance 17 17 instruction 10 12 'roperties
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      109 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 45,577 45,577 80,037 80,037 lanufacturing 215,984 21,997 237,981 150,268 1,444 151,712 lommerce 95,626 30,517 126,143 90,497 7,157 97,653 'pt/Stor/Comms 102,354 3,839 106,193 152,285 972 153,257 :i nance 20,520 20,520 170,131 170,131 lonstruction 28,077 4,799 32,876 9,447 135 9,582 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      99 6 lapitaLand 4.230 +0.090 lapitaMall 1.580 -0.020 jtyDev 9.890 -0.110 lomfortDelGrc 1.540 losco Corp 1.120 -0.010 IBS Grp 13.040 -0.020 :&N 3.850 -0.020 ienting SP 1.060 -0.020 iolden Agri 0.430 IK Land 4.720 -0.060 IMH 30.000 +0.020 ISH 17.180 -0.320 lardineC&C 23.060 -0.300 Ceppel Corp 8.090 -0.100
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      Lock icon BROKER'S TAKE
      246 6  -  CONRAD TAN Genting Singapore Nov 2 close: $1.06 CIMB-GK Research, Nov 2 OPENING around the corner; reiterate "trading buy". We believe that Genting Singapore is on track to unveil Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) by Ql 2010, with a 2009 year-end soft debut remaining a wild card. Our
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      Lock icon Selling pressure remains in short term
      250 6  -  KEN TAI CHART POINT WHAT a difference a week makes. The initial neutral to mildly upbeat sentiment has turned out to be a head fake when the Straits Times Index closed at 2,605 last week. The market's inability to advance further despite improving news
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      Lock icon Euro edges up amid skittish markets
      542 6 Reuters CURRENCIES [LONDON] The euro rose against the US dollar yesterday as risk-averse sentiment eased on improved economic data and as stocks pared losses, but markets remained skittish before key central bank events and US jobs data this week. European stock markets shed losses
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      61 6 CLOSE IT OB/OS -944.00-199.0C IT CADI -*****.00-130.0i IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -94.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 619.96 -5.51 TSE ST Small Cap 523.47 -5.7! TSE ST All Share 651.32 -2.3' TSE ST China Top 266.80 -4.5' TSE ST China 289.57 -3.6! TSE ST Catalist 1309.50 -36.41 TSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      55 6 VOLUME Transcu Grp 64,212,000 Gentinq SP 58,113,000 Golden Aqri 47,515,000 Teledata 41,372,000 CapitaLand 31,655,000 Novena 22,791,000 SingTel 21,920,000 Sunmoon 19,474,000 Yinq Li 18,528,000 EuNetworks 16,853,000 VALUE(S) CapitaLand 132,043,060 SingTel 64,767,758 Gentinq SP 61,593,760 UOB 58,476,400 DBS Grp 42,164,160 Wilmar 41,888,500 SGX 33,652,050 Keppel Corp 33,153,230 OCBC Bk
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      Lock icon RISES
      108 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5870 125.8 1.6 LP 10US$ ***** 107.6 0.8 ICBC Bk4.5%NCPS 100 9770 50.0 0.5 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 30.0 0.3 UOB.ES.0911 1724 24.0 1.4 ICBC Bk5.1%NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 UOB 1728 20.0 1.2 China H 10US$ 1654 19.6 0.9 Pair
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      Lock icon FALLS
      117 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5359-251.6 -3.2 DBS Bk6% NCPS 10 *****-236.0 -2.2 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4182-144.0 -2.4 DBXT MSAsExJi 10US$ 2605 -57.3 -1.5 ISH 1718 -44.7 -1.8 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3055 -34.9 -0.8 Emeri |in< |Mkts 1 909 -32.2 -2.5 iTXPO 100 1296 -32.0 -2.4 lardine
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Where S$ stands
      85 6 Nov 2 CLOSE CHNG FR oa 30 YR SSLOW R2009 S$ HIGH USS 1.3987 -0.10 1.5579 1.3897 Euro 2.0677 0.36 2.0952 1.9150 Pounds 2.2950 0.74 2.4366 2.0356 1.2675 0.91 1.2900 0.9453 'en* 1.5513 -0.92 1.7278 1.4831 Rupiah* 0.***** 0.00 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1840 -0.16 4.3390 4.1040
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      440 9 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. This document is for general information purposes only and is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any product. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. International Group Transactions Completed First Half of 2009
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      390 10 GRANDWORK IfO FROR P F Celebrating Singapore's V— <r I I I I—-^ Enterprising Spirit 2009 It is a great honour to be awarded this year's Enterprise 50 Award. However, this year's award holds a very special place in our heart. Being our third time winning it, it is an
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Cautiously upbeat firms raising pay to retain staff
      705 12  -  CHUANG PECK MING Hay survey shows they are willing to invest to keep high performers By WITH the economy turning around, companies plan to up pay to retain restless staff and pay back the "sweat debt" they incurred in the past year
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      Lock icon 135 firms vie for branding award
      130 12 HOME-GROWN companies seem to be jumping on the branding bandwagon, with the Singapore Prestige Brand Award (SPBA) 2009 attracting 135 submissions. The award, organised by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and Lianhe Zaobao, honours local brands for planning and execution of strategies.
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Catalysis symposium meets at Biopolis
        84 12 A GERMAN-Singapore symposium on the advancement of catalysis which underpins the development of sustainable processes for producing fuels, chemicals and energy was held at the Biopolis yesterday. Presented by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, the German Academic
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        Lock icon Eu Van Sang walk raises $400,000
        55 12 EU Van Sang's charity walk on Sunday helped raise more than $400,000 for three beneficiaries. The funds will be distributed equally among Bethany Methodist Nursing Home, High Point Community Services Association and Life! Community Development. The charity walk was held to celebrate the company's
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      Lock icon Corporate backing for ChildAid grows stronger
      330 12  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI Reports by DESPITE a year of economic turmoil, corporate social responsibility remains high on the list of priorities for many Singapore companies. They have thrown their support firmly behind the charity concert Child Aid, which is organised by The Business Times and
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      Lock icon Concert to be Resorts World's debut show
      154 12 THERE'S no business like show business, as the saying goes, which makes it apt that this year's Child Aid, on Dec 19-21, will be the first performance staged at Resorts World at Sentosa. Besides hosting the event at its theatre Festive Grand, Resorts
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      Lock icon Shell's Bukom ethylene jetty is operational
      369 12  -  RONNIE LIM The cracker complex will be completed by first quarter of 2010 By AN important part of SheU's new US$3 billion petrochemical cracker complex a cryogenic ethylene jetty and terminal on Pulau Bukom is ready and operational, ahead of the entire complex's completion
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      Lock icon Singapore's 50-year journey chronicled in book
      235 12 HISTORY buffs rejoice: A book that captures Singapore's dramatic evolution over the past 50 years is set to hit stores on Friday. The book, titled Chronicle of Singapore, covers Singapore's history from 1959 to 2009, with stories drawn mainly from The Straits Times. Events
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      535 12 In the matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the Matter of JVB CONTRACT SERVICES PTE LTD (Company No. *****1397H) STATUTORY DECLARATION BY DIRECTORS OF COMPANY'S INABILITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS BY REASON OF ITS LIABILITIES I, LEE YAP POH of 408 C Fernvale Road, #21-10, Singapore *****8, NRIC
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  • SME INC
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      Lock icon Investors are taking money off the table
      375 13  -  TEH HOOI LING By INVESTORS continue to take money off the table as they wait for economic fundamentals to catch up with valuations. Our small-cap portfolio slumped 3.7 per cent in the past week, compared with a 2.6 per cent decline in the
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      Lock icon Adept at changing tack
      814 13  -  Gemini Marine has had to make several course adjustments to its business over the years as business conditions changed, says VINCENT WEE MARINE services provider Gemini Marine has had to change tack quickly several times to adapt to shifting business conditions. Established in 1997, Gemini started
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      Lock icon Global growth still under threat
      963 14  -  MIKE ANDALORO Rising protectionism in the major economies is jeopardising the world's recovery from the Great Recession By T'S easy to feel optimistic these days. Having endured the worst recession since the *****, there is a glimmer of hope that the world economy will turn
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      Lock icon Embracing CSR
      1510 15 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Is it important for SMEs to adopt socially responsible policies and what would motivate them to do so? Seah Cheong Leng CEO EPChem International Pte Ltd THE side effects of today's successful global economies has been the deterioration of the environment and the social disparity.
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      111 15 SME The topic for next week's SME Voices Column is: The government said recently that the services sector is expected to be a key economic driver next year. Is your company looking to branch out into the services sector or new services segments in the year ahead? Share your views
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      472 16 Reuters Oct purchasing index rises above 50 for first time in 17 months as new orders surge [LONDON] The eurozone manufacturing sector expanded for the first time in 17 months during October as new orders reached a level not seen in over two years, a key
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      623 16 Reuters, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia is set for faster economic growth and shrinking budget deficits as it outperforms much of the developed world, the government said yesterday, feeding expectations for a rise in interest rates this week. The sweeping improvement in the Labor
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      308 16 Reuters [WELLINGTON] The pace of economic recovery in New Zealand has quickened as domestic activity picks up after the longest recession in more than 30 years, the Treasury Department said yesterday. It said a string of positive data, including higher house sales, retail sales,
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      425 16 [SEOUL] Companies worldwide are slashing spending on information technology because of the global downturn and will have to learn to do more with less, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer yesterday. "The economy went through a set of changes on a global basis over
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      406 16 Reuters Govt not likely to increase interest rates till next year [SEOUL] South Korean manufacturing, trade and price data for October suggested its economic recovery was moderating, making the authorities increasingly likely to postpone any interest rate increase until next year. A survey on
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Kuok group to sell sugar units for RM1.25b
      594 17  -  PAULINE NG It also intends to sell 5,797 hectares of land in Perlis for RM45m to Felda By in Kuala Lumpur GIVEN that Robert Kuok is synonymous with the sugar trade, few would have envisaged the tycoon leaving the business that earned
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      333 17 [JAKARTA] Indonesians protested online and in the streets yesterday against the arrest of two anti-graft officials and perceived moves to muzzle the country's once-powerful corruption watchdog. Less than a week after it was launched, more than 400,000 people had joined a page on social
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      357 17 Reuters Baring hires ÜBS to advise sale of consumer electronics retailer [HONG KONG] Baring Private Equity Asia has hired Swiss bank ÜBS to advise on the sale of its Malaysian portfolio company Courts Mammoth, in a deal that may fetch US$3OO million, sources said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Indonesia CPI rises less than expected
      457 17 Bloomberg Central bank seen keeping rates on hold until next year [JAKARTA] Indonesia's consumer prices rose less than expected last month, easing pressure on the central bank to start increasing borrowing costs to tame inflation. Consumer prices in South-east Asia's largest economy climbed 2.57
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon India's summer-sown harvest likely to dip 10%
      542 18 Reuters Rice imports predicted; vegetable oil, sugar imports expected to rise [NEW DELHI] India's sum-mer-sown harvest may have fallen at least 10 per cent this year, setting the stage for large sugar imports, the country's first imports of rice in decades and record
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      Lock icon Kashmiri safari trips replace rebel clashes
      604 18 -AFP Tours are a part of the state govt's plan to revive tourism +[SRINAGAR] Tourists are now going bear-spotting on wildlife safaris in a scenic wilderness where Kashmiri rebels and Indian troops used to exchange deadly gunfire. The start of safaris in Dachigam National
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      Lock icon Tata may let others produce and sell Nano
      164 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] Tata Motors, India's largest vehicles maker, may allow local car assemblers to put together its Nano and sell it under their own brand, the Business Standard reported yesterday. Tata began selling the Nano, the world's cheapest car, in July, and
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Shanghai set to unveil Disney park plan
      547 19 .-AP Announcement about the plan, approved by Beijing, may come before Obama's Nov 15 visit [SHANGHAI] A long-awaited plan to build a Disney theme park in Shanghai appears to have moved forward, with officials confirming yesterday that central government approvals are in place
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      518 19 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese manufacturing data for October showed the country's recovery strengthening and export orders climbing, giving policymakers more room to pare stimulus measures in coming months. Manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in 18 months, according to a purchasing managers' index (PMI) released by
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      Lock icon China's Henry Ford the driving force behind Geely
      552 19 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Li Shufu, the founder of China's Zhejiang Geely Holdings, has much in common with Henry Ford, from a childhood on the farm to a scrappy determination to build a car-making behemoth from nothing. If discussions underway between Geely and Ford
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      Lock icon HK firm to pawn luxury bags: report
      160 19 -AFP [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong firm has launched a series of television commercials offering personal loans in exchange for ladies' luxury handbags, a report said yesterday. Yes Lady Finance will pay cash-strapped socialites up to 70 per cent of the bag's value
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon UK to buy £30b of shares in RBS, Lloyds
      585 20 Reuters, Bloomberg, AP Govt's stake in RBS will rise to 84% from 70%; Branson joins in the fray [LONDON] The UK government will unveil plans this week to spend £30 billion (5569.4 billion) buying more shares of rescued banks Royal Bank
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      Lock icon CIT files for bankruptcy; US may lose TARP funds
      805 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] CIT Group Inc, a lender to hundreds of thousands of small and me-dium-sized businesses, filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, as the global financial crisis left it unable to fund itself and the recession clobbered its loans. The bankruptcy,
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      747 20  -  STEVE SLATER COMMENTARY The facility is spectacular but passion is needed to keep things going I T SEEMED somehow approI priate that 22-year-old SebasI tian Vettel scored victory in I the final round of the 2009 season against the sci-fi backdrop
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      Lock icon Pakistan offers US$5m for Taliban leaders
      163 20 -AFP [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan yesterday offered rewards worth US$5 million for information leading to the capture, dead or alive, of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud and 18 other lieutenants. The rewards were offered in a black and white government advertisement on the front page of
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      407 20 -AFP It said it would end its contract as the official tyre supplier to the FIA [TOKYO] Japanese tyremaker Bridgestone Corp will quit Formula One next year, dealing a further blow to the sport after the recent withdrawal of other highprofile
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Rising productivity means fewer workers
      666 21 Bloomberg In response, unions are pressuring President Barack Obama to protect jobs [NEW YORK] Increasing factory productivity has kept America, the world's largest industrial economy, accounting for more than one-fifth of global output, almost twice as much as China, according to the United Nations. That
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      492 21 [LOS ANGELES] The film, Michael Jackson's This Is It, pulled in US$lOl miUion worldwide in its first five days, and distributor Sony is extending the farewell performance film beyond its planned two-week run. The film was the No. 1 Halloween thriller domestically
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      567 21 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Investors suffering the worst returns on initial public offerings (IPOs) in at least 14 years are shunning companies laden with debt, forcing bankers to pull one sale and cut the price of others. The postponement of an
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      Lock icon Median annual pay of American college presidents up 5.5%
      428 21 NYT [WASHINGTON] The presidents of the major private research universities in the United States were paid a median compensation of U*****,750 in the 2007-8 fiscal year a 5.5 per cent increase from the previous year according to The Chronicle of Higher
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      718 21 -NYT They put out ads on crisis, bailouts to get clients to switch [NEW YORK] Across the United States, community banks are trying to tap into the public's outrage over Wall Street greed to lure customers from their big multinational competitors.
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  • AVIATION
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      Lock icon Thai Airways aims for its former glory
      779 22  -  VINCENT WEE Their plan is to meet customer needs, be more competitive, and to react faster By [SINGAPORE] The road ahead is challenging, but Thai Airways International's new president Piyasvasti Amranand is determined to restore the national carrier to its former glory and
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      Lock icon Boeing blew bid at strike-free deal: union
      770 22 Bloomberg Planemaker says union failed to meet two key goals [SEATTLE] Boeing "blew a wonderful opportunity" for a no-strike guarantee of more than 10 years when it chose South Carolina over its Washington manufacturing hub for a new Dreamliner assembly line, the lead
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2832 22 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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      Lock icon Seoul acts on Incheon Airport stake sale
      168 22 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea plans to pick an adviser this month to sell a stake in state-owned Incheon International Airport Corp to raise up to 3.7 trillion won (Ss4 billion) to finance its expansionary policy, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Maeil Business Newspaper
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      129 22 BT/ZUJI Deals of the Week DEALOFTHEWEEK I ECONOMY CLASS AIRFARES HOTEL (fr I BUSINESS CLASSAIRFARES $398 Cathay Pacific $1,913 Cathay Pacific DESTINATIONS ECONOMY CLASSAIRFARES HOTEL BUSINESS CLASSAIRFARES WEATHER Bangkok $287 ThaiAirways $28 $771 ThaiAirways 4jj^ Rainy Calcutta $531 Air India $63 $1,301 Air India Cloudy Frankfurt $1,355 Lufthansa $83 $4,920
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      216 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD time to confess! (5) —^^^^^^^J—^ i—, r I I I I SICr ,b) 28 Put down crew as non-pro-fessional (6) 29 Betrayed partners felt an urge (8) 14 Unattractive quality of Ameri- 25 Cereal for a thinker doesn't can adopting single lunatic have one (4) Down (8) 1
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  • SHIPPING
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      833 23 AFP, AP Crew unharmed; pirates armed with heavy machine-guns and Kalashnikovs [BRUSSELS] A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said. The
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      409 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The USS New York, a Navy transport ship built with steel taken from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, is heading to its namesake city for a formal commissioning as it prepares to enter active service. The New York left Northrop
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        112 23 '000 CH Offshore 0.68 Chuan Hup Hldgs 0.32 CoscoCorp 1.12 CWT Ltd 0.65 Ezra Hldgs 1.91 First Ship Lease 0.60 Freight Links 0.05 Grand Banks unch laya Hold Ltd 0.44 KlVentures 0.18 Keppel Corp 8.09 Mercator Lines 0.30 MTQ Corp unch NOL 1.58 Pacific Shipping 0.26 Pan-United Corp 0.54
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        36 23 '000 nt'G Logistics MISCBhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0.92 8.86 8.90 3.08 3.06 unch 0.09 -0.01 -0.04 0.01 -0.04 unch unch unch 6) 4! 38; 28' I 349)
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        7 23 '00 'recious Ship 18.20 -0.30 323I
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        11 23 '000 JOil iingamas Cont 37.95 1.50 -0.70 unch 791 6441
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        21 23 '000 Aboitiz Equity Intl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.30 20.50 unch unch 0.30 0.25 unch unch 114( 47! I
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        22 23 Evergreen Marine ...16.20 :irst Steamship 42.30 /Van Hai Lines 15.05 fang Ming Marine...11.25 -0.45 0.45 -0.15 -0.45 21 3 2 12
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        40 23 '000 (awasaki Hvy Ind ..222.00 -9.00 ***** (awasaki Kisen 326.00 -12.00 713! Mitsubishi Hvy 318.00 -8.00 1321; vlitsui Eng&Sbldg...230.00 -10.00 715! vlitsui Osk Lines 541.00 3.00 108K Mippon Express 367.00 -9.00 3761 MipponYusen 338.00 -3.00 605! iource: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon Evergreen posts 4th straight quarterly loss
      285 23 Bloomberg Fall in world trade, freight rates lead to NTs2.sBb loss [TAIPEI] Evergreen Marine Corp, Asia's biggest contai-ner-shipping line, posted a fourth consecutive quarterly loss as slumping world trade and overcapacity cut freight rates. The NT$2.5B billion (Sslll million) net loss in the three
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      Lock icon Hyundai gets US$1.4b contract from Daewoo
      248 23 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo International Corp, which is leading a group developing a natural gas field off Myanmar's coast, awarded a US$l.4 billion contract to Hyundai Heavy Industries Co to build facilities. Hyundai Heavy will build an offshore production platform, offshore pipelines and a land
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      Lock icon Body of water off Pacific NWgets new name
      312 23 -AFP [VANCOUVER] The Salish Sea may never appear on official navigation maps, but residents of western regions in the United States and Canada hope that a new name will protect their shared coastal waters. A Washington State agency approved the new name
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      481 24 IN 2010, Singaporeans will wake up to a world that will include casinos, an industry that is sometimes known to have a sleazy underbelly. While it is not known how the industry here will evolve, some light will likely be thrown at least
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      1094 24  -  G PANICKER Emissions have been growing, rising 12.5% between 1990 and 2007, according to the UN THE climate talks may go the way the Doha round on global trade is going. Poor political will has left the global trade talks in limbo. The
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      705 24  -  SHADA ISLAM THE BOTTOM LINE THE European Union may have inched forward in adopting the long-awaited Lisbon Treaty but expect weeks of tough bargaining over the choice of a first EU president and foreign minister. At the summit in Brussels
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      1121 25  -  LEON HADAR Bill grants Washington sweeping new powers to police giants, but would regulators be able to regulate themselves? IT'S official! The recession is over. The American economy grew at a 3.5 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, bringing to an
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      773 25  -  AEKAPOL CHONGVILAIVAN By THE little guys got hit the hardest by the global economic unrest. So says public perception. But evidence shows that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not only been resilient in the global economic hardship but have also helped Singapore set the
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      8660 26 Transaction date: Nov 2 Hii !-wks Tel Low Code Coi Sale COOP) Hi; Low Bi Seller Cvr P/E Smil 17 3 3148 8Telecom 95 25 5834 A-Sonic 34 12 5000 ABR Hldgs 155 55 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM 23 75 2101 APOil 93 35 5550
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      1589 27 High Low Code Company Sale COOO) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 t Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814 t
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      405 27 Hii Low Code Comi Sale COM) Hii Low Big Seller Cvr P/E imil 111 101 6389 ABFSG Bond ETF 111 +2 807 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US765 -15 276 149 DBS STI ETF 100 266 -2 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ US4417 3164 1682 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ US3055 -25
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      259 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 offer
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      9363 27 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 2.047/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/ A 1.352/ APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.09/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.78/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXAWM
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      364 28 %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Oct30 World Index Preliminary 782.4 -1.6 15.4 -1.7 16.9 -1.8 20/ t EAFE Preliminai 744.7 -0.8 14.7 -1.0 20.2 -1.0 23.' Euro[ Prelim inan 1056.4 -2.0 15.9 -2.4 22.4 -2.4 26.1 Pacific
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      125 28 As at 9am Nov2 )i foreign currency: lurrencies Bid Offer »jst dollar 1.2500 1.2880 .an dollar 1.2880 1.3030 luro 2.0520 2.0760 IZ dollar 0.9960 1.0180 iterlini ind 2.2890 2.3160 IS dollar 1.3930 1.4090 .ocal dollars to 100 units rf foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer :hi renminbi
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      153 28 Nov2 Xterniqht 3/8 -month 7/16 -months 9/16 l-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 5/16 IS$ Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 Bid 1 days I month > months months d months months I I. |Au 0.30 0.33 0.37 0.40 0.70 1.10 1.25 Offer 0.20 0.23 0.27 0.30 0.50 0.80 0.85 Bid
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      23 28 Nov2 STI Nov 2641 IIMSCI Nov 314.9 315.4 314.2 "aiwan Nov 265.2 265.9 265.1 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      19 28 Bid Offer -month 1.3981 1.3996 j-months 1.3985 1.4001 {-months 1.3987 1.4004 >-months 1.3991 1.4011 Source: OCBC
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      177 28 Nov2 tUBBER Futures (Closing prices) !SS 3 (US cents/kg) flonth High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) 0/1 lots) Dec 09 241.8 Ian 10 240.0 =eb 10 Vlar 10 <\pr10 242.0 Vlay 10 241.8 240.0 241.0 241.8 241.0 241.8 241.8 242.5 242.5 24 93 30 FSR 20 (US cents/kg)
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      90 28 Nov2 'eriod Issue code Maturity Yesterday's Bid Hi< Day's |h Low I-Month BQ*****W 04.02.2010 -Year BY*****N 01.11.2010 0.45 0.55 0.47 0.40 0.53 0.53 3OVERNMENT BONDS >eriod Issue Coupon Maturity code rate Close Bid Day's High Low !-Year NX*****H 3.625 I-Year N*****0N 1.375 '-Year N*****0S 2.875 0-Year NX*****W 2.500
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      97 28 Oct3o (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 Ib bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov09 978.00 985.50 988.75 967.75 Jan 10 976.50 987.00 989.75 968.00 Mar10 975.00 987.50 990.00 969.00 May 10 970.00 983.75 985.25 965.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 09 36.40 37.52 37.60 36.22 Ian 10 36.86
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      70 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct3o origin^ t/barrel Close Cham irent blend (1-Mth F) 76.09 -2.31 VTI (Near Mth) 77.04 -2.93 iubai (1-Mth F) 77.25 1.54 "apis blend 80.80 0.50 i/linas 79.60 1.00 >RODUCT JS$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 73.67 84.50 1.12 1.60 US$/barrel )pec Oil Basket Price 75.56
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      447 28 Nov2 iuro 'en (on 'eso lam 'ouni wstralia 0.978 6.173 0.613 7.007 42.409 86.540 0.815 10.696 3.102 1.256 75.696 43.042 1.264 7.128 0.925 29.422 30.231 0.552 0.904 Canada 1.023 6.314 0.627 7.167 43.381 88.524 0.834 10.941 3.173 1.285 77.431 44.028 1.293 7.291 0.946 30.096 30.924 0.565 0.925
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      592 31 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Helmut Kiener, the Xl Group hedgefund founder under arrest in Germany on suspicion of fraud, is seeking to sell his oceanfront home in Delray Beach, Florida, for US$23 million to repay investors, people briefed on the matter said.
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      450 32 Reuters Financial Secretary meets developers to express concern [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's move to tighten regulations on mortgage lending last month showed that the government wants to avoid a big property bubble, Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said yesterday. "We do not want
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      631 32  -  EMILYN YAP Remainder is reason for Sale of Balance Flats exercise, launched last month By [SINGAPORE] Facing steady demand for public housing, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) has almost cleared its stock of unsold flats. The agency also offered more units in the
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      334 32 Reuters [LONDON] British house prices fell at their slowest annual rate since June 2008 last month, dropping 4.2 per cent, due to an ongoing lack of housing for sale after the credit crunch, property data company Hometrack said yesterday. Hometrack's monthly survey of
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      346 33  -  Chen Huifen EVEN as Singapore climbed out of recession, officialdom warned that the strength of the recovery continued to be uncertain. Indeed, external conditions leave much to ponder about. The world's biggest consumer, the US, continues to see high unemployment and any hope of a rebound in consumption
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      1418 34  -  The construction company, which tops this year's E5O awards, is confident that its efforts at innovation and diversification will help it come out of the current crisis unscathed, reports uma shaimkari SAMWOH Corporation has weathered many economic downturns since it was formed in the
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      1086 36  -  With an established track record in the local piling industry, Ryobi Kiso is now expanding into the region, managing director Ong Tiong Siew tells iaim poh HERE is a two-sentence crash course for newcomers to the business of piling. Piling effectively the act of
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      686 36  -  Those that feel discouraged by their immediate prospects should consider emulating the qualities possessed by their more positive-thinking counterparts, says chen yew imah WITH the economic signs starting to point upwards, the gloom and doom that has dominated this year is finally passing, bringing
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      1795 38 'Don't over-gear. Don't be arrogant. When other people buy big cranes, wait, and be careful not to overstretch. Service-wise, always be honest and punctual, make sure the crane is in good service, finish the job on time.' Sin Heng managing director Don Tan, on
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      1135 40  -  The E5O winners are true champions for staying viable in the current downturn even as they position themselves for the upturn, says jeya poh waim suppiah THIS year's Enterprise 50 Awards winners are a truly unique and extraordinary group of companies. Braving what is
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      1480 42  -  Having a responsive supply chain can help a smaller player compete in a market dominated by bigger names, writes shyam r mamidi TODAY'S business world is not about how big you are, but how smart you are. And one way for small and medium sized businesses (SMB)
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      1137 44 Brands have an opportunity to contribute to the sustainability movement by creating demand for products and services that better our world. Devising a smart sustainability strategy is a necessity. SUSTAINABILITY has become a catchphrase, applied to anything from cars to economics to agriculture and in
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      838 45 Koufu founder Pang Lim talks to oh boom ping about the company's business model and how it stays nimble in the foodcourt business "BETTER food, better people, better life". That is Koufu's value proposition as it thrives in a highly competitive space. "The idea is to
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      1046 46 Attractive schemes are available to help Singapore companies sharpen their competitive edge as they venture overseas THE economy is stirring but not yet robust so Singapore-based companies are encouraged to not let up on improving their export competencies as well as pursuing new markets,
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      994 47  -  Xin Ming Hua began as a repairer of generators but soon designed its own. But not content to rest on its e-Gen success, it is planning bigger things, reports cheim huifem AS a young boy tending to his father's mechanical repair shop, Kin Ming Hua
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      829 48  -  prem shamdasaimi looks at how SME owners and managers can benefit from short non-degree programmes and executive MBAs WE are witnessing a fundamental trend in the learning needs and development goals and priorities of successful entrepreneurs and SME leaders. The increasing pace and complexity of
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      753 49 The LPG provider, which won its first E5O award, tells lyimette khoo how it maintains its market position THE drive to stay ahead of competitors in all aspects is deeply embedded in the corporate culture of Union Energy Corporation (UE). This is clear from
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      946 50 Successful enterprises are those that relentlessly invest in building their capabilities, ensuring their relevance and competitive edge over others IT is no secret that behind every successful enterprise lies a unique set of capabilities be it in process and product innovation, design, branding or leadership
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      978 51 Managing director Tan Yong Keng does that by valuing his staff, which has paid off in many ways. He tells Arthur sim how he plans to grow the company further THE tour of Kenyon Pte Ltd's office and workshop in Loyang is quite predictable until managing director
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      767 52 Consolidated Pipe Carriers is riding on strong demand from Australasia and South America for revenue growth. Managing director Alvin Lim tells jamie lee of the M&A opportunities that his company is eyeing today MARINE transportation company Consolidated Pipe Carriers (CPC) expects at least a 10
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      1525 52 This is driven by three guiding principles that have helped the Ohio-based company nurture 23 billion-dollar brands WHAT do a water-purifying agent, an anti-bacterial soap and an anti-age-ing cream have in common? They are all award-winning, life-improving products developed by Proctor Gamble (P&G) in response
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      893 54  -  Running a tight ship gives the turbocharger repair company ammunition to continue with its expansion plans, reports feldachay WHILE the shipping industry has suffered from the drop in global demand, at least one player is seeing the upside in the downturn. David Loke, the group
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      930 54  -  It makes sense for companies to favour such an orientation as it is highly correlated with performance, writes michael frese FIRMS vary in the orientation they adopt towards developing an organisational purpose and vision, and the decisions and actions for running a business. Some firms favour
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      1066 56  -  Binter GM Marcus Lim has breathed new life into the traditional tyre business, reports chewxiamg BINTER Co general manager Marcus Lim wants tyres to be like shoes. "People look at it as a commodity item but I want it to be like shoes, in a
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      910 59 SHELLIE KARABELL looks dt the strengths and weaknesses of family businesses FAMILY-OWNED businesses have been hit by the economic downturn like many others. But while they have suffered along with everyone else, they are able to leverage an inherent competitive advantage to ensure they
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      982 60 The savvy use of technology can really transform a business as two-time Enterprise 50 winner Greenpac can attest to ESTABLISHED in 2002, Greenpac provides environmentally-friendly packaging solutions, partnering key suppliers to customise solutions according to the needs of each client. In 2004, the company
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      1466 61  -  In today's volatile environment, CEOs must help their top leaders work through fear and denial and learn new rules, writes derek dean WHEN business conditions change as dramatically as they have in the past year, CEOs need to be able to rely on their best leaders
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      1117 62 With strong support from its bankers, Ezra was able to come out of the recent crisis relatively unscathed and has lost no time speeding ahead with its expansion plans. WHEN other businesses are busy steering themselves out of the recent financial crisis, integrated
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      1101 63  -  SMEs have to make the transition from being operationally excellent to becoming market responsive and thus more competitive, write s viswanathan and ROHIT BHATIMAGAR SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have played a vital role in Singapore's economic development, accounting for 99 per cent of
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      104 33 s^i ENTERPRISE J Celebrating Singapore's I^2 Enterprising Spirit 2009 liHtf^ ral/■ PI I ;,4i JiJHlßirii£jP|i i#^ J wi i£iS^ Sin -mb,, t ]^Sk *&< II I I hh^ i ~rn !>■#■ k SL^h wowgmmh^ $j2) k- plastics industries sdn. bhd. y <SD (A subsidiary of King Plastic Pte Ltd) KV
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      26 33 CONTENTS A stronger Samwoh PAGE 2 Lifting Sin Heng to new heights PAGE 6 Kenyon engineers productivity PAGE 19 Tru-Marine gears up for recovery PAGE 22
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      246 37 SAMWOH Xj PP^L^ j Professional services and products offered by the Group: 11 J^lES^ IjH A^B^lt Supply of Ready-Mixed Concrete Concrete Imprint Systems J™"riri_'r Bfee' ""llffiPt Civil Engineering and Precast Concrete Components I f -rt Infrastructure Construction Recycling of Construction Wastes l^lbkw "^W. sJ EH^Ssil f^irji#/JiirTi C^^±: Quarrying and Supply
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      379 39 Congratulations to -4- YEW CHOON y i v ENTERPRISE Y^ 1 L^pSOlr --J*' 'Celebrating Singapore's A^ ONSHORE OFFSHORE HEAVY LIFT SPECIALIST on being awarded Enterprise 50 M PrMttfrir^ fiFi^i) i i i i i X xv?* j^^^^^ ii -.—JW Kmi .^m. "~~*itm&* fl I Yew Choon is synonymous with pioneering
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      172 40 I. A .1.1 'LB fj Vv-'^l 1 I -^B tJ Ej'l l.- J L— :>V J ai B^-- v""--l I -"--1 Bud 1 it h Ijjj, II 'i II II iHi T' "T II |l 118 T-^i f»-™.i wwi Bpjjp^B Vw^ I I^^^^^^^^^B TTTI"! I '^B^^B BB I fSym^msßfU^lH LtlJ^^b(
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      138 41 IBM juwj^r *t. ~hB r. rr^- nilniiieaeiiiiiii" "Mi* mmmi _—_—r?An exceptional company wi,th excellent service. At GAYLIN, you are in good hands for your rigging needs. to I 4* m V WlJ^^a Celebrating Singapore's Jffm J^\^V>s^ Enterprising Spirit 2009 yr >-^f vOM 2600T Capacity by 100 m long Test Bed
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      44 42 i Ib^^^^^^buh i i bb^^^^^^blbi i i bh^^^^^^buhu i bb^^^^^^buh i U^^^^T^m i i I^^^^^^^hH i I I^^^^^^^hH i Bjy.i^t b¥ f-*^H b¥ f-*^H b¥ f-*^H b¥ f-*^H b¥ f-*^H b¥ f-*^H Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 k y^l HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS FROM IHH good/year
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      271 43 i ENTERPRISE Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 Innovation Backed By Experience And Performance Enterprise 5O Awards SOO9 Winner Ot/r deepest appreciation to our clients for their confidence in Consolidated o^^ _> I 1. I Pipe Carriers, and to our business partners for their continued support in o^^ our growth journey.
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      151 44 p I 1 q d~i rh r n We are especially honored to receive the Enterprise 50 Award for the sth consecutive year (2005 2009). We would like to share this award with all our valued customers, business associates and staff whose support has made this honor possible. Taking this
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      139 45 ENTERPRISE V^D (in CHEVON &y The Cooling Systems Specialist Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 mmmw ™HHBP WXmM~m wT t^lij^il *E H Heartiest Congratulations from: <Xmm^> AJ&00 4f^ Chiron Hardware Pte Ltd AHE Pte Ltd Alfano Sdn Bhd Asia Technical Gas Co (Pte) Ltd CMC Jjg^, W\SW L r-^ 1 CMG
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      604 46 i^— —I ENTERPRISE v&A star furniture group H^ffl Once again recognised on the E5O list V W 3 FURNITURE V^^^^^^^ >t^^r •STAP Fi irniti ir«s Orrw m UwW OAo'i&e' Celebrating Singapore's siak 1-urniTure p f Enterprising Spirit 2009 PSTAR FURNITURE GROUP-Staying Resilient with Innovation and Teamwork This year, we accentuate
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      109 47 I I "^JWA isms hjbppb n p* jt I I I m aß,»tt«=^*^i7Byv=i f 1 0^ B ISLAND CONCRETE (PTE) LTD RlliK*3SmWPS^^l FOUNDATION ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING PTE LTD AHl^lintek 4" i (*A) *BL^i EDiaBAUERTECHNOLOCESPAREASTPTELTD I^LJ^J A fj.^ 1"™ (A .e^o«H Ong Uon g^ Nexia TS MSI p on i i n
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      136 48 y^ ENTERPRISE CFE Engineers *Z Asia Pte Ltd V J{ J Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 A wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Offshore Holdings Pte Ltd CFE Engineers Asia Pte Ltd (CFE) is a leading service provider of engineered platform and steel-structural fabrication used in the offshore and drilling industry.
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      60 49 &£>f H 1 .i,...1.,1J,.1.,)..-.....,1,..u..,..W^^^^ Celebrating Singtponi CMntiag Si» e apore4 Celebnting Singapore's Celebrating Singapore* Celebrating Singapore* t-- ..o.«y«m™» K~%^ Cnterprmng Spirit Enterprising Spirit Enterprising Spirit Enterprising Spirit 2008 Enterprising Spirit 2009 Enterprise 50 Awards 2005, 2006,2007,2008 2009 The Entrepreneur of m\.\M the Year2oos X A Rofaiy >ASME /\ivarof 1 X
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      131 50 P, t ENTERPRISE &N Worthy of a standing ovation iaawssss P&N Holdings receives yet another rousing reception—for earning the prestigious honour of being ranked amongst Singapore's Top 50 Enterprises of 2009. This fantastic accolade speaks volumes about our dynamic subsidiaries, remarkable professionalism and unrivalled service excellence. Through our array of
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      334 51 ENTERPRISE MILESTONES 5 Celebrating Singapores Enterprising Spirit 2009 ACHIEVEMENTS T POWERPLUS CELEBRATES A NEW MOMENT IN ITS HISTORY BY WINNING THE /<^M £%r ENTERPRISE 50 AWARD 2009 ADDING YET ANOTHER PRIZED ACCOLADE. Homecoming means returning home to where the heart is. 2007 marked the return of POWERPLUS back to its
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      208 53 "-gT^C toWardS Wah Loon's 9reater success in the yTare to Mm*^^" I ■d^ X jk 1 Mr Alan Chong Sln Kion 9 >^ Managing Director AilKcssr- f&BSBS. *SSSS^ "Ihbm S^»^.a^i; BDBL»-*-».« JS LanSLn- AsM^Sftßl Ma^ t0 gsm Pr, m Keystone ||r«sm- °212—-v. LJIIIIUVIiIUII M*«NETO POWER PIE LID A B L
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      442 55 Celebrating Singapore's Enterprising Spirit 2009 Incorporated in 1998, Nordic Flow Control started out as a service agent. Through vision and determination, Ik II II m we have forged ahead to become a global manufacturer and system integration solutions provider for \m 1^ I Marine, Offshore, Oil and Gas control systems,
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      438 56 X^= KIN MING HUA PTE LTD ENTERPRISE A r^ /"T^Tx I Entrepreneur "> of the year s^J i/*^±<%*° Celebrating Singapore's vmuatmi ■^^^^^m^^' f^ Enterprising Sprit 2009 SSSS i Consecutive E5O Winner for 2006,2007,2008 2009 "Trusted by our customers and suppliers, Eso wnner m 2006, and ft a WHO //mi fri/sf
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      167 57 BEBBBfcBV&f c hE V\^^X«fc w^bbbbb^*"^" ——■"-k^"^*^? v C^L^^^S^ SIN HENG HEAVY MACHINERY PTE. LTD. !§*s^t is honoured to be awarded '»?'J n'_ lijr^n ENTERPRISE Celebrating Singapore's a Enterprising Spirit 2009 I Our heartfelt appreciation to all our valued i customers and business partners for your generous support through the years
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      450 58 yjj I all E5O WINNERS The past year or so may have been a tumultuous ride for many companies and individuals, but as a wise man once said, a path that is without obstacles is likely to lead to nowhere. Most certainly, many of the winners in this year's Enterprise
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      112 59 t^N/'^l mw < i l_ T L_ l_ LZ. L- I cyclect.com.sg j Singapore Malaysia China Indonesia Brunei Philippines Japan Enterprise 50 Award BfH I J hIHBHSBEE| 1111 31 |iiM II /if JIBBiBM 1 v Sfflffißßßß figßfc BffiS Enterprise 50 recognises the I Km BUI IJBJj BfHfß HS^HHI fifty most
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