The Business Times, 10 November 2009

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ssl.oo online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Tuesday, November 10,2009
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  • Article
    Lock icon Chasing away the ghosts of Lehman
    864 1  -  GENEVIEVE CUA Structured products are back but they've changed By [SINGAPORE] The failure of Lehman Brothers gave structured products a bad name but wealthy investors are warming to deriva-tive-based solutions again. But events of the past year have left their mark on such products
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon FOREX
      85 1 IS$ (S$ per US$) 1.387 (US$/S$ per 1.678 2.328 :uro (USS/SS/E) 1.498 2.078 Foreign currency per US$ S$ 'EN 90.10 65.00 3.381 2.437 IK$ 7.750 5.587 !AHT 33.34 24.03 lUPIAH 9,415 6,788 1ENMINBI 6.827 4.922 INDIAN RUPEE 46.52 33.53 1.079 0.778 IZ$ 1.356 0.978 1 COMP 1,267.75 +6.99 IIKKEI225
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      29 1 Bloomberg SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 16.631 TAIWAN 4.696 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 2.25 SWITZERLAND 0.53 INDIA 11.75 Source:
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    Lock icon More action may be needed if recent property measures inadequate: MAS
    669 1  -  CONRAD TAN Risk of speculation escalating as market expects low interest rates to persist By [SINGAPORE] Further action to cool the Singapore property market may be needed if recent measures to dampen speculation prove insufficient, the Monetary Authority of
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    Lock icon New scheme to make exports simpler, easier
    626 1  -  LEE U-WEN 6 APEC economies to allow traders to self-certify goods for duty-free export By [SINGAPORE] From next year, Singapore and five other members ofthe AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) grouping will start a new self-assessment scheme that will make it easier for traders
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      72 1 HDB HOME LOANS I PROPERTY H 0m w I INITIAL PUBLIC OFFER I OPINION Hong Leong Finance Katong Mall sold f Sands China plans Beware of low interest ratesO O O ML,,| 5 Jr cuts rates f0r5247.6m mUi! to raise HKs26b they may bubble over PAGE 2 PAGE 34 PAGE
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon HLF stirs waters, cuts HDB home loan rates
      486 2  -  SIOW Ll SEN DBS says it, too, is offering revised low rates; OCBC says it remains competitive By [SINGAPORE] Hong Leong Finance (HLF) has slashed its HDB home loan rates in a bid to undercut the competition amid a low interest rate
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      Lock icon Qatar stake in Shell's S'pore projects
      365 2  -  RONNIE LIM By Qatari minister, Shell CEO to sign deal tomorrow [SINGAPORE] Qatar's state-owned oil company, Qatar Petroleum International (QPI), is taking a stake in Shell group's chemical joint ventures in Singapore expanding the close business ties the two have in the Gulf kingdom.
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      Lock icon Temasek among bidders for AXA stake
      496 2 Reuters The stake in Taikang has been valued at over US$l b: sources [HONG KONG] French insurer AXA's 15.6 per cent stake in China's No 4 life insurer, Taikang, has attracted foreign and domestic bidders, including Singapore's Temasek Holdings and Blackstone, valuing the holding
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      Lock icon Wages rise, debts slow and S'poreans get richer
      649 2  -  SIOW Ll SEN Households have weathered crisis relatively well: MAS By [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans are getting richer as household debt has risen slower than wage growth, financial crisis notwithstanding. Add high property prices and the reluctance to spend freely and you have household
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Structured products are back but they've changed
        75 2 THE failure of Lehman Brothers gave structured products a bad name but wealthy investors are warming to derivative-based solutions again. But events of the past year have left their mark on such products as structures are now simpler and tenors shorter. Barclays Capital's
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        Lock icon MAS: More action needed if property measures inadequate
        66 2 FURTHER action to cool the Singapore property market may be needed if recent measures to dampen speculation prove insufficient, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday. "As Singapore emerges from recession and with the market expecting low interest rates to persist for
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        Lock icon New scheme to make exports simpler, easier
        52 2 FROM next year, Singapore and five other members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and South Korea will start a new self-assessment scheme that will make it easier for traders to export their goods to other countries.
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        Lock icon HLF stirs waters, cuts HDB home loan rates
        80 2 HONG Leong Finance has slashed its HDB home loan rates in a bid to undercut the competition, but it seems some banks might have been even quicker on the draw. Yesterday, HLF said its latest HDB home loan rates are 0.50 per
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        Lock icon Sembcorp lines up banks to finance US$1b Oman project
        48 2 SEMBCORP Industries has finally lined up banks, including some Chinese players, to help finance its US$l billion Salalah independent water and power project in Oman and hopes to seal the deal this month, sources say. COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7
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        Lock icon Exit offer for Full Apex at 18 cents a share
        58 2 THE controlling shareholder of Full Apex (Holdings) has proposed to take the China-based company private with an exit offer of 18 cents per share. The offer represents a premium of 38.46 per cent over the last transacted share price of
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        Lock icon Reinsurance premiums growth in Asia seen outpacing world's
        49 2 PREMIUMS growth in Asia's reinsurance industry is expected to outpace the rest of the world as there is potentially higher demand due to low insurance penetration, proneness to natural disasters and its economic resilience, industry players say. SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 10
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        Lock icon Sands China plans to raise HK$26b in IPO
        83 2 SANDS China Ltd, the Macau unit of billionaire Sheldon Adelson's casino company, plans to raise as much as HK$26 billion (554.65 billion) in a Hong Kong initial share sale, three people familiar with the matter said. The offering consists of 1.87 billion
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        Lock icon Katong Mall sold for $247.6m
        51 2 A CONSORTIUM of investors including Capita Land's former head of retail Pua Seek Guan has signed a deal to buy Katong Mall from Tuan Sing Holdings for $247.6 million. The deal marks one ofthe largest investment transactions in Singapore's property market this year. PROPERTY, PAGE
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  • APEC
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      Lock icon APEC members benefit from trade even without formal agreement
      728 4  -  CHUANG PECK MING Study finds that intra-regional exports, imports larger than EU's By DOES APEC really make a difference to trade among its members? The loose group of 21 Asia-Pacific economies has produced an independent study that answers this question with
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      Lock icon APEC report to focus on regulatory reform
      451 4  -  CHEW XIANG By THE APEC's economic policy report due to be released later this week will focus on regulatory reform to improve business conditions in the region. As tariffs fall across the region, regulatory and other barriers are now posing the bigger challenge
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      Lock icon Look after region's poor, says PM Lee
      350 4 AFP PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged fellow Asia-Pacific leaders meeting in Singapore this week to explore new economic growth models that will benefit the poor, according to summit documents yesterday. Mr Lee, host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, said
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      Lock icon APEC urged to address labour shortages
      432 4 AFP Freer movement of temporary workers necessary: study FROM nurses to welders, Asia-Pacific economies including the United States and Japan face critical labour shortages if they fail to allow easier movement of temporary workers, a study has warned. The research, commissioned by the APEC
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      Lock icon Free trade's the buzz, but coins make noise
      547 5  -  CHEW XIANG FLY ON THE WALL By THE metal-de-tecting gantries you have to walk through at airports and in important buildings are great for security. But each is also a puzzle in itself. And that's because these gantries are calibrated to different
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI up in anticipation of Wall St rally
      589 6  -  R SIVANITHY STOCKS Index ends 35.17 points higher; push in last 90 minutes of largely featureless session targets index stocks exclusively TRADERS yesterday bet on Wall Street rising on Monday by first pushing stocks up in this part of the world, followed
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      94 6 Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch lulti Ind 112 2 0 0 0 112 2 lanufacturing 86 39 64 14 88 44 78 Commerce 24 13 24 28 14 28 'pt/Stor/Comms 26 27 :inance 21 21 Construction 11 12 10 'roperties 23 13 24
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      108 6 MAIN SDQ TOTAL MAIN SDQ TOTAL lulti Ind 31.387 31.387 57.639 57.639 lanufacturing 280.242 17.102 297.344 200.675 1.235 201.910 lommerce 110.244 15.996 126.240 139.313 5.984 145.297 "pt/Stor/Comms 107.031 4.971 112.002 189.600 1.076 190.676 :i nance 28.976 28.976 218.891 218.891 lonstruction 31.102 3.357 34.459 8.665 86 8.751 'roperties
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      103 6 lapitaLand 4.090 lapitaMal 1.680 4-0.020 jtyDev 10.080 4-0.060 lomfortDelGro 1.600 4-0.040 Iosco Corp 1.050 4-0.020 IBS Grp 13.720 4-0.340 :&N 3.780 4-0.020 ienting SP 1.120 4-0.040 iolden Agri 0.445 4-0.015 IK Land 4.730 4-0.070 IMH 30.600 4-0.100 ISH 17.300 lardine C&C 23.000 4-0.400 Ceppel Corp 8.170
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      236 6 Singapore banks DMG PARTNERS SECURITIES, Nov 9 Post-results, UOB upgraded to BUY and DBS upgraded to NEUTRAL. Q3 2009 banks' earnings were above our expectations, and non-performing loan (NPL) ratios have also stabilised. Whilst we expect loans growth to remain mild and core earnings to be unexciting over
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      Lock icon STI could meander sideways in near term
      233 6  -  KEN TAI CHART POINT THE Straits Times Index registered a gain of 25.9 points (+0.98 per cent) last week on the back of the banking sector's performance while small- and mid-caps continued to head south. Despite the recovery of blue chips, the market
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      Lock icon Low interest rates weigh on US dollar
      536 6 Reuters CURRENCIES [LONDON] The US dollar weakened broadly yesterday, pushing the euro above US$l.5O, after a weekend Group of 20 (G-20) meeting and US jobs data last week did little to alter the view that US interest rates will stay low for some
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      62 6 CLOSE IT OB/OS -787.00 +227.C IT CADI -*****.00+175. IT 10-day MA -*****.00 -79.0' TSE ST Mid Cap 618.07 +4.01 TSE ST Small Cap 513.03 +9.4' TSE ST All Share 659.67 +8.1 TSE ST China Top 259.34 +3.8. TSE ST China 284.32 +4.1 TSE ST Catalist 1256.31 +17.0!
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      56 6 VOLUME Gentinq SP 57,401,000 Golden Agri 41,680,000 Ying Li 40,791,000 BanJooW*****2 38,217,000 JiutianC 30,663,000 SingTel 27,316,000 Noble Grp 25,252,000 China Hongxing 22,884,000 BanJoo 22,231,000 EcoWise 21,169,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 119,286,060 CapitaLand 82,901,380 SingTel 79,199,330 Wilmar 71,214,604 Noble Grp 67,777,430 Genting SP 63,152,850 UOB 42,253,588 Olam 31,984,730 OCBC
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      Lock icon RISES
      111 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP iBXT MSEuroi 10US$ 4306 208.0 3.6 LP 10US$ ***** 158.1 1.1 iBXT FTChina25 10US$ 3240 137.3 3.2 MS India 10US$ 1424 59.6 3.1 "hai Prime Fd 685 55.5 6.2 China H 10US$ 1722 51.3 2.2 lardine C&C 2300 40.0 1.8 iBS Gri 1372 34.0 2.5
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      Lock icon FALLS
      112 6 CLOSE DOWN iBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 5181 -92.9 -1.3 iBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5663 -51.3 -0.6 •ain irm 599 -12.5 -1.! iBS BNPePW*****8 10 -8.5 -45.9 iBXT Ni 10US$ ***** -8.3 -0.1 ilanMBLeCW***** -5.0 -71.. IsuFuChi 175 -5.0 -2.8 305 -5.0 -1.i "PV 98 -5.0 -4.9 CRBNonEn' 0US$ 223 -4.2
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      80 6 iere S! stands Nov 9 CHNG CLOSE FRNOV6 YR2009 S$ LOW S$ HIGH ISS 1.3862 0.43 1.5579 1.3862® iuro 2.0793 -0.28 2.0952 1.9150 'ounds 2.3288 -0.70 2.4366 2.0356 1.2864 -0.75 1.2900 0.9453 'en* 1.5416 -0.23 1.7278 1.4831 liah* 0.***** 0.00 0.***** 0.***** !aht* 4.1628 0.20 4.3390 4.1040 •eso* 2.9152
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Sembcorp lines up banks to finance US$1b Oman project
      373 7  -  RONNIE LIM By Financing in place, company hopes to seal project deal this month: source SEMBCORP Industries has finally lined up banks, including some Chinese players, to help finance its US$l billion Salalah independent water and power project (IWPP) in Oman
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      Lock icon StarHub to sell iPhone within 2 months
      281 7  -  WINSTON CHAI By THE iPhone will no longer be a differentiating factor for local telcos as Star Hub becomes the last operator in Singapore to take a bite at Apple's coveted handset. The touch-screen gizmo that launched a thousand queues globally will go
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      Lock icon Trading of index futures offshore benefits home market: study
      352 7  -  CHEW XIANG I By AUSTRALIAN researchers studying the impact of a number of Singapore Ex-change-traded index futures say trading of futures in satellite markets benefits the home market as well. The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre study "suggests that despite the
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      Lock icon MapletreeLog to raise $79m-82m for acquisitions
      470 7  -  EMILYN YAP It will issue 115 m new units through private placement By MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MapletreeLog) yesterday launched a private placement to raise between $79 million and $82 million for acquisitions. It plans to issue 115 million new units, which represent 5.9 per
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      Lock icon Apex's main shareholder moves to take firm private
      326 8  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By Offer of 18 cents a share at 38% premium over last traded price THE controlling shareholder of Full Apex (Holdings) has proposed to take the China-based company private with an exit offer of 18 cents per share. Guan Lingxiang
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      Lock icon Creative unveils new Zii chip in Beijing
      270 8  -  ONG BOON KIAT By CREATIVE Technology yesterday unveiled the most powerful chip under its fledgling Zii stable adding more impetus to the MP3 player maker's new business of supplying low-powered and multimedia-savvy computer chips and components to electronics makers worldwide. The new chip
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      Lock icon Rickmers opts to conserve cash, keeps Q3 DPU at 0.6 US cent
      453 8  -  VINCENT WEE By RICKMERS Maritime, the last shipping trust to report its third-quarter results, decided to stay conservative in income distribution despite posting steady results for the three months ended Sept 30. The group decided to maintain its
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      Lock icon Tung Lok narrows interim loss to $871,000
      324 8  -  NISHA RAMCHANDANI By TUNG Lok Restaurants posted a loss of $871,000 for the first six months ended Sept 30 as the operating environment remained challenging, narrowing from a $2.44 million loss for the corresponding period last year. Net loss per share fell to
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      Lock icon Container shipping volumes up for NOL
      323 8  -  VINCENT WEE By IN line with the rest of the container shipping industry, Neptune Orient Lines continued to see its container shipping volumes bounce back in its latest operational report. For the four-week period from Sept 19 to Oct 16, NOL reported that container
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      Lock icon China New Town and Pan Hong on profit path
      459 8  -  LYNETTE KHOO By LIFTED by more residential sales, property groups China New Town Development Company (CNT) and Pan Hong Property Group have swung back to profitability for the July-Septem-ber quarter from net losses a year ago. CNT, a new town developer,
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      Lock icon Fabchem China's Q2 profit jumps 10-fold
      332 8  -  OH BOON PING By EXPLOSIVES maker Fabchem China has reported a ten-fold jump in its net profit to 10.8 million yuan (552.2 million) for the second quarter ended Sept 30, thanks to higher sales and net margins. The three months saw revenue jumping more
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      Lock icon At a glance
      496 8 Nine months ended Sept 2009 Three months ended Sept 2009 1 Rickmers 82.54 I 56.661 ASJ\ 152.931 102.59 49.1 27.10 19.87 I 36.4 53.82 37.53 43.4 2 ChinaNTown 61.63 -95.11 nm 235.50 165.76 42.1 58.75 -96.74 nm 173.58 73.91 134.9 3 QAFLtd 44.16 -18.60 nm 618.11 632.80
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Reinsurance premium growth in Asia seen outpacing world's
      543 10  -  LYNETTE KHOO Reasons include higher demand due to low insurance penetration By PREMIUMS growth in Asia's reinsurance industry is expected to outpace the rest ofthe world as there is potentially higher demand arising from low insurance penetration, proneness to natural disasters and
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      Lock icon More job ads in Singapore and Asia
      295 10  -  UMA SHANKARI By THE number of job advertisements placed in Singapore for professionals rose 13.3 per cent in the third quarter of this year from Q2, according to The Robert Walters Asia Job Index. Climbs were also seen in other major Asian economies.
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      Lock icon SICCI chief exec Predeep Menon to leave at year-end
      206 10 AFTER seven years at the helm of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI), chief executive Predeep Menon will step down at the end of the year. Mr Menon, who previously worked for MNCs such as General Electric and
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      Lock icon NUS ranked among top 16 in Asian universities
      335 10 Harvard is world No 1 in widely used Chinese ranking HARVARD University in the United States is once again the world's top university, according to this year's edition of a widely used Chinese ranking of higher education institutions. All the top 10
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      Lock icon Gold holdings among Asian countries low
      773 11  -  OH BOON PING Only China, Japan, Taiwan and India among top 20 in gold accumulation By DESPITE the recent buzz generated by India's purchase of 200 tonnes of gold, emerging Asia is still a new kid on the block when it comes to gold
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Condo site awarded to Treasure Well
        107 11 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday awarded a 99-year leasehold condo site in Upper Thomson Road to top bidder Treasure Well Investment. BT reported that the company is part of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong group, quoting the general manager ofthe group's Singapore-based
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        Lock icon Westwood Ay site for sale by public tender
        52 11 THE Housing Development Board yesterday launched a landed housing site at Westwood Avenue, Jurong West, for sale by public tender. A developer has committed to a minimum bid of $15 million for the 14,098.9 sqm, 99-year leasehold site. The tender closes on
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        Lock icon National health survey from March to June
        132 11 THE Ministry of Health will conduct an island-wide national health survey from March to June next year. The survey will focus on major health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and associated risk factors like smoking and obesity. Interviewers from a research
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        Lock icon e-day licences for off-peak cars
        119 11 OFF-PEAK cars will now be able to buy electronic day licences (e-day licences) after the Land Transport Authority announced in late August that the e-day licence will replace the current paper licence from Nov 23. The licences can be bought through existing physical channels such
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      Lock icon Lucite shortlists S'pore for second facility
      367 11  -  FELDA CHAY By LUCITE International has shortlisted Singapore as one of the locations for its second facility that uses its patented Alpha technology to produce acrylic in a high-yield, low-cost manner, the company said yesterday at the official opening ceremony of its environmentally friendly
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  • SME Inc
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      Lock icon Keeping things light and cool
      988 12 Founders of V-KOOL, which specialises in making films for glass panels to reduce heat getting through, are lauded for their franchising strength, says JUSTIN CHAN ANDREW Kwan and Wee Hian Woon have a number of businesses here, some more familiar to the public than others.
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      Lock icon Lean should not mean being unprepared
      941 13  -  RICHARD TAN WINNIE ANG COMMENTARY For your business to remain resilient, contingency measures need to be in place .Bx! and FOR many small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), running a lean operation and optimising the use of people and other resources is vital to remaining
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      Lock icon Small-caps continue slide
      358 13 By TEH HOOILING BLUE chip stocks snapped out of a losing streak to end the five trading sessions to yesterday with a 1.8 per cent gain at 2,693.38 points. Banks and Singapore Airlines were among the top gainers yesterday. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm didn't quite spill over to
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      664 13  -  CHEN HUIFEN I By Attracting, retaining talent is just as important: author PASSION may be the most important ingredient to sustaining and growing a successful business, but it needs to be matched by a leadership style that is attractive to talent, according
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      394 13 THERE is a large discrepancy between how small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness, according to a report by Symantec Corp. The global study, which surveys 1,657 companies worldwide, found that 82 per cent of respondents
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      743 14 NOVEMBER 2 was a day of celebration for recipients ofthe Enterprise 50 Awards 2009, an annual honour roll for the top privately owned companies in Singapore. Jointly organised by The Business Times and KPMG in Singapore, the E5O Awards recognises the cream ofthe crop among
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      1555 15  -  Cheryl Tong THIS WEEK'S TOPIC 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? Managing Director (PowerPßO) Pursuit Pte Ltd UNEMPLOYMENT
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      387 16 Newtel finds the services standard comprehensive THE business excellence framework developed by Spring Singapore was aimed at local firms but has found a fan as far away as Mongolia. Ulaan Bataar-based telecommunications company Newtel is the first foreign firm to adopt the business
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      103 16 SME Next week's topic: "The tripartite partners recently called for companies to reinstate wages and review compensation cuts imposed during the downturn. Do you think the advice is timely in present economic conditions? What does your company plan to do?" If you are an SME owner or leader, we would
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      196 18 Reuters [SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt] China hopes that the United States will keep its deficit to an appropriate size to ensure basic stability in the US dollar exchange rate, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday. "We have seen some signs of recovery in
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      653 18 MD denies Fund is working on a tax on financial deals, called 'Tobin' tax [PARIS] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is exploring the idea of making banks pay insurance fees to fund any future rescues in the sector, IMF managing director
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      Lock icon US$ may see renewed pressure
      507 18 Reuters G-20 takes no action on rebalancing global money flows [LONDON] The US dollar may come under renewed pressure from emerging market currencies and the euro after a meeting of the world's top finance officials failed to take concrete action on rebalancing global money flows.
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      Lock icon Premature for Asia to tighten monetary policy
      351 18 -Reuters [NEW DELHI] It is premature for Asian central banks to begin exiting from their extraordinarily loose monetary policies given the fragility of economic recovery, a top official with the Asian Development Bank said yesterday. Rajat Nag, managing director general of the ADB,
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      311 18 [NEW DELHI] India may be among the first Group of 20 nations to begin winding back fiscal stimulus after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said faster economic growth would allow the measures to be withdrawn. "There are clear signs of
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      Lock icon End of road for GM-DRB tie-up to distribute Chevys?
      469 19  -  S JAYASANKARAN By in Kuala Lumpur GM decided on split last week amid disagreements, say car industry execs A TWO-YEAR partnership between General Motors (GM) and Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom to distribute the US carmaker's Chevrolet brand in Malaysia could be terminated
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      Lock icon Najib sets 6% growth target after recession
      320 19 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will target average annual economic growth of about 6 per cent when the nation recovers from its recession, less than the pace needed to achieve the country's development goal, Prime Minister Najib Razak said. "I have to be realistic
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      Lock icon Indonesia, EU to boost political, economic ties
      342 19 -AFP New pact provides legal framework for future cooperation [JAKARTA] Indonesia and the European Union signed a joint partnership agreement yesterday aimed at strengthening economic and political ties between the regional bloc and South-east Asia's largest economy. The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)
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      362 20 mWJLm^I I W-1 m^\^mimA<M Af Af ll ill of the Singapore Business Awards a^L m For its 25th Anniversary, the Singapore Business fl fl MM Ay mMT^^m\ Awards is going to be bigger and better than ever. W^ fl The SBA acknowledges outstanding individuals M W\ and companies in four
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Sands China plans to raise HK$26b in IPO
      696 21 Bloomberg Fundraising to help Las Vegas Sands restart construction on resort in Macau [HONG KONG] Sands China Ltd, the Macau unit of billionaire Sheldon Adelson's casino company, plans to raise as much as HK$26 billion (554.65 billion) in a Hong Kong initial
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      Lock icon Moody's takes rosier view of China
      520 21 Govt's handling of economy during crisis wins praise [BEIJING] A leading ratings agency yesterday gave China a vote of confidence ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama, praising the government's handling of the economy during the global financial crisis. Moody's Investors Service
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      Lock icon India's financial sector reforms to quicken: PM
      342 21 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's long-stalled reforms to its financial sector gained momentum on Sunday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he would push through legislative changes, including the insurance sector which foreign players are eyeing. Investors have been keenly awaiting signs of a
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Insider selling in US not a sell signal this time
      497 22 Reuters Analysts cite executives' cash-flow problems in wake of crisis [NEW YORK] US corporate bosses are likely to sell more of their companies' stock through the end of the year, but that does not mean stock prices have topped. Insider
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      Lock icon Seoul plans measure to curb hostile takeover bids
      238 22 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea is seeking to introduce a poison-pill clause in commercial laws to protect companies against unsolicited takeover bids and to encourage them to spend more money on investment, instead of defending their management. The Justice Ministry said that it
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      Lock icon Credit crisis has abated, says Berkshire
      721 22 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Berkshire Hathaway Inc said "the credit crisis has abated", bolstering the firm's earnings potential after chief executive officer Warren Buffett agreed to pay US$26 billion and take on debt to fund his biggest takeover. Improvements in the creditworthiness of US companies
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      Lock icon Comcast, GE put NBC's value at US$30b for venture talks
      496 22 Bloomberg [NEWYORK] Comcast Corp and General Electric Co have agreed to value GE's NBC Universal at about US$3O billion as they discuss creating a joint venture to own the entertainment division, according to three people familiar with the matter. Vivendi
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      Lock icon AXA Asia Pacific rejects US$10b takeover bid
      190 22 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd, the Australian unit of France's biggest insurer, rejected an unsolicited US$lO billion bid from parent AXA SA and wealth manager AMP Ltd in Asia's largest takeover offer this year. Sydney-based AMP bid A 55.34 in cash
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      Lock icon S Korea avoids Japan export trap
      805 23 Reuters But it needs to ensure demand at home is strong enough to support its economy once exports falter [TOKYO] South Korea has done half the work to avoid the "Japan trap" of relying on foreign demand and overprotecting exporters as its embrace of
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      491 23 Reuters [BERLIN] Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed the courage of East Germans who helped topple the Berlin Wall as leaders converged on the German capital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of an event which marked the end ofthe Cold War. Images of
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      Lock icon Cadbury rejects Kraft's formal bid
      421 23 Reuters Kraft turns hostile in USsl6.4b offer; no plan to sweeten it [LONDON] Kraft Foods chief Irene Rosenfeld stuck to her guns in the pursuit of candy maker Cadbury, refusing to sweeten her US$l6.4 biUion bid on Monday and taking it directly to Cadbury shareholders.
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      201 23 Bloomberg [LONDON] London's economy is recovering faster than the rest ofthe UK from the country's worse recession since World War II and posted the strongest growth in almost three years in October, Markit Economics said. An index of manufacturing and services industries in London
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      Lock icon Nokia to recall 14m possibly dodgy chargers
      137 23 Reuters [HELSINKI] Top cellphone maker Nokia said on yesterday it would replace 14 million chargers made by China's BYD Co Ltd, saying the chargers could fall apart. "We are undertaking this exchange programme as a proactive, precautionary measure. We are not aware of
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      Lock icon Gold price hits record as do lar wanes
      470 23 -AF.P [LONDON] Gold prices hit a record above US$l,lOO yesterday with the dollar weakening after a pledge by G2O countries to keep economic recovery pumped up with easy money. In morning trading in London, gold struck an all-time peak of U551,109.50 an
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Lock icon A whole new ball game in the sky
      480 24 AFTER a slump lasting more than a year, the airline industry is showing signs of a turnaround. In its most recent industry survey, the International Air Transport Association (lata), whose members account for 90 per cent of global commercial traffic, noted that
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      1194 24  -  LEON HADAR It's part of effort to counter impression from Bush days that US is retreating from region ONE of the complaints made by officials and pundits across the Pacific, and especially in South-east Asia, during the eight years that ex-president George
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      783 24  - Beware of low interest rates they may bubble over ROBERT SAMUELSON THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN Nouriel Roubini talks, the world listens. Prof Roubini is, of course, the once-obscure New York University economist whose dire warnings about a financial crisis proved depressingly prophetic. Last week, Prof Roubini was shouting. Writing in
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      1087 25  -  SHARAD SOMAN I Infrastructure development and smart procurement are the way to go in the Asia-Pacific By THE 21-nation Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies account for over half of the world's gross domestic product (GDP), and comprise a good combination of developed economies, fast-growing
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      Lock icon Upgrades to GDP forecast likely
      404 25 LETTER TO THE EDITOR I REFER to the editorial, "Unsteady pace of recovery worrying" (BT, Nov 6). Economic recoveries are often unnerving. This is not surprising, given the tendency to extrapolate from past events. After a recession, it is more likely for economists to view
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      856 25  -  WILLIAM PESEK JR IT'S a, well, golden opportunity. Investor Jim Rogers thinks gold will double to at least US$2,OOO an ounce. Economist Nouriel Roubini says that's "utter nonsense". As these well-known market personalities duke it out, they're doing us a favour by highlighting
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      Lock icon Greece cannot scrap Cosco port deal
      408 26 Cancelling it would undermine the Greek government's credibility [ATHENS] Greece cannot backtrack from a disputed port deal with Chinese transport operator Cosco that has sparked recurring strikes from protesting dockworkers, the Greek economy minister said on Sunday. "There is no legal way to cancel
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      Lock icon JFE ship unit needs time to assess merger
      442 26 Falling demand puts brakes on planned tie-up with IHl's ops [TOKYO] JFE Holdings Inc's shipbuilding unit, Japan's second-largest by output, said plunging demand means it needs more time to assess a planned merger with IHI Corp's operations, 19 months after the tie-up
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      228 26 [PARIS] Air France-KLM passenger traffic fell 4.1 per cent in October but the airline slashed the number of available seats by 5.6 per cent, allowing it to fill its planes further. The Franco-Dutch group said the passenger load factor, or proportion of seats
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      Lock icon CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
      334 26 Across I Gives permission for bit of bridge needing impressions (6-6) 8 The best company at producng cold weather gear (7) 9 Staked one million pounds initially on bad deal (7) II Went first for such a voter (7) 12 Sales talk about a new implant for canine
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    • TRANSPORT STOCKS
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        131 26 '000 Vol lov9 CH Offshore Chuan Hup Hldgs Cosco Corp CWT Ltd Ezra Hldgs First Ship Lease Freight Links Grand Banks Jaya Hold Ltd KWentures Keppel Corp Mercator Lines MTQ Corp NOL Pacific Shipping Pan-United Corp Rickmers Man Samudera Ship Sembcorp Indust Sembcorp Marine Spore Ship Star Cruises 0.69
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        47 26 '000 Vol lov9 MS nt'G Logistics MISC Bhd MISC Foreign Msia Bulk Carrie NCB Holdings Nepline Bhd PDZ Holdings 0 99 8 85 8 82 3 08 3 12 unch 0 09 -0.01 0.01 -0.08 -0.04 unch unch unch 134 308 89 125 37 0 2380
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        15 26 lov9 to lit Vol Precious Ship Regional Cont 19.20 11.40 0.50 0.40 6005 1292
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        13 26 lov9 HK$ Vol joil ungamas Cont 38.00 ..1.52 0.15 0.03 743 8520
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        24 26 lov9 Peso Vol Aboitiz Equity ntl Container Keppel Marine Keppel Prop 8.20 20.25 1.94 1.20 -0.20 -0.75 unch unch 57 102 5 71
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        24 26 lov9 HT$ Vol Evergreen Marine ....16.45 :irst Steamship 46.25 ManHai Lines 15.35 rang Ming Marine...11.45 unch 0.55 -0.15 0.15 6 5 2 3
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        42 26 '000 Vol lov9 Yen Kawasaki Hvy Ind ..219.00 2.00 ***** Kawasaki Kisen 328.00 -6.00 5095 Mitsubishi Hvy 315.00 -1.00 ***** MitsuiEng&Sbldg...237.00 2.00 4067 MitsuiOsk Lines 535.00 -9.00 ***** Nippon Express 388.00 16.00 7360 Nippon Yusen 327.00 -9.00 ***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon ICAO to inspect safety at Yangon airport
      189 26 [YANGON] Officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will visit Myanmar early next year to inspect the safety status of the country's air transport at Yangon International Airport, sources with the civil aviation department said on Sunday. The ICAO inspection will be
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      Lock icon Falling rates drive up storage of oil products in ships
      411 26 [LONDON] Traders increased the amount of heating oil and jet fuel stored at sea last month as declining freight rates made the transaction more attractive, said Simpson Spence Young Ltd, the world's second-largest shipbroker. Traders had 112 tankers with a
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      Lock icon AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
      2791 26 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 SGX MAINBOARD
      8877 27 Transaction date: Nov 9 Hii !-wks Tel Low Code Comj Sale ('OOP) Hii Low BUJ Seller C'vr P/E $mil 17 3 3148 -Telecom 9.5 2.5 5834 A-Sonic 34 15 5000 ABR Hldgs 15.5 5.5 1938 AEI Corp 8 1 1100 AEM.. 23 7.5 2101 APOil 93 35 5550
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      1673 28 High Low Code Company Sale ('000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E $mil 10 5 1181 s AAGrp 25 12 8538 t APStrategic 4 0.5 1501 s Advanced System 7.5 2 3480 t Adventus 20 8.5 3518 t Afor 12.5 2 1524 t Alantac 11 3.5 7814 t
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      392 28 Low Code Comi Sale ('000) Low Bui Seller C'vr P/E imil 111 101 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 108 807 427 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US783 276 149 DBS STI ETF 100 270 +3 4627 3534 DBXT DJE50 10US$ US4226 3240 1682 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ US3240 +99 5819 3228 DBXT
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      261 28 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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      9359 28 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AIG Global Investment Corporation (S) Ltd AIGIF Acorns of Asia Balanced FundlS 2.065/ AIGIF S'pore Bond Fund/A 1.358/ 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 -Talents
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 29 In local curr In S$ In US$ %dy %yr dy yr dy yr Index Change Change Change Change Change Change Nov6 World Index Preliminary 795.1 0.1 17.3 0.1 18.8 0.2 22.9 t EAFE Preliminai 748.5 0.3 15.3 0.4 21.4 0.5 25.! Euro[ Prelim inan 1074.2
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      132 29 As at 9am Nov9 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2740 1.3130 Can dollar 1.2900 1.3060 Euro 2.0590 2.0840 NZ dollar 1.0130 1.0350 jterlini ind 2.3050 2.332I US dollar 1.3830 1.4000 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency:
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      23 29 Nov9 STI Nov 2689 SIMSCI Nov 317.3 322.4 322.4 Taiwan Nov 271.1 275.5 273.7 Source: MF Global (S) He. Ltd
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      173 29 Nov9 Overnight 3/8 1-month 7/16 2-months 9/16 3-months 11/16 Overnight mode: 0.28 US$ Offer 1/4 3/16 5/16 7/16 BJd 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months $Au 0.24 0.32 0.30 0.37 0.60 0 90 1.15 Offer 0.19 0.22 0.25 0.27 0.50
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      20 29 Nov9 Bid Offer 1-month 1.3867 1.3882 2-months 1.3870 1.3885 3-months 1.3872 1.3887 6-months 1.3876 1.3892 Source: OCBC
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      60 29 Nov6 Delivery Month Opening Range Sett Av Price Price Hi Vol Open Done Position Low Nov09 2180 2169 2180 2160 10 115 Dec 09 2234 2215 2242 2210 949 ***** Jan 10 2260 2246 2275 2230 5838 ***** Feb 10 2298 2268 2298 2253 1880 ***** Total o/p:
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      169 29 Nov9 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Month High Low Close Sett Volume (lots) O/l (lots) Dec 09 246.5 Jan 10 Feb 10 Mario 247.0 Apr 10 May 10 248.0 245.0 247.0 248.0 246.5 248.0 248.0 248.0 248.5 248.5 48 40 20 1 TSR 20 (US
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      76 29 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Nov6 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Cham Brent blend (1-Mth F) 76.23 -2.57 WTI (Near Mth) 77.39 -2.42 Dubai (1-Mth F) 78.55 0.33 Tapis blend 81.05 -0.40 Minas 79.80 -0.45 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha Jet Kerosene 73.90 86.00 0.35 0.90 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket
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      437 32 By UMA SHANKARI New owners will spend $55m to redevelop the property [SINGAPORE] A consortium of investors including Capita Land's former head of retail Pua Seek Guan has signed a deal to buy Katong Mall from Tuan Sing Holdings for $247.6 million. The deal marks
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      282 32 [SINGAPORE] Ho Bee Investment and MCL Land last week sold 51 units at their Parvis condo at Holland Hill at an average price of about $1,480 per square foot (psf). Unlike the recent trend of smallest units in a project selling out
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      334 32  -  KALPANA RASHIWALA By [SINGAPORE] nex, the maU which is being built next to Serangoon MRT Station, will have a dog run the first in a shopping centre here. The 2,000 sq ft run wiU be on the roof garden at the fourth
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      334 32 Reuters [DUBAI] Property prices, rents and transactions in Bahrain's housing market were static in the third quarter, and are likely to remain so for the fourth quarter, CB Richard Ellis said yesterday. "The end of summer and Ramadan should bring some
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      140 32 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia will sing employment fuel deface a "substantial" hou- mand, Deutsche Bank said, sing shortage by 2015 as a The kingdom will regrowing population and ri- quire an estimated 1.2 million additional homes by 2015, compared with a projected
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      353 32 Reuters [MUMBAI] Property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) sees its Asian business driving growth next year as the region powers a global economic recovery, a top official said yesterday. The company expects Asia to contribute almost a third of revenue in 2010,
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      672 33 Bloomberg This gives central bank scope to raise interest rates for a 3rd time this year [SYDNEY] Australian home-loan approvals rose by the most in six months, increasing the central bank's scope to raise interest rates for a third time this year.
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      334 33 -Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The number of US homeowners who owe more than their properties are worth fell in the third quarter as values stabilised and some homes were lost to foreclosure, Zillow.com said. About 21 per cent of owners of mortgaged homes were
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      373 33 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's central bank and banking regulator may "soon" issue measures to limit the use of debt in property purchases after asset prices climbed, a Shanghai official said. Regulators may reduce "leverage ratios", Fang Xinghai, the director-gene-ral of Shanghai's financial
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      179 35 ?JSS^^™^^_i^_*" _B_B_B£a_»^_^li» jmrnm, ,*s, v_ _fl^____________________r (SlmMmmmMMmmmMW mMmm^mWmMM *\^mt mi^'fT* i-^ __P_P^i^W^^W^M_-^^r^^^W^ '^'^__H H^r 'fl mmw*^*--MMMmmMmmmr^SSmammVMmMWs^mek _Js_i>. -^-■^^HSHMIK 1-_-_----_-__----ra_H _HH _-9_l^___9-l__H <___Hlfiin--------_ -^-^-h-^-^_-_-l n_^_^. —--___J_^_H __^_^_T IVlf I Prime Minister's message Programme of ■fe. 1^ __^I3l____/__Z events 2-3, APEC milestones Advantage fl I \m me t0 ta^e stoc'< move aneac'
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  • APEC SINGAPORE 2009
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      365 36  -  LEE HSIEIU LOONG From Prime Minister of Singapore I WARMLY welcome aft detegates to Singapore for the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting (AELM). The week-tong AELM caps an eventfut and active APEC caiendar for 2009. As one ofthe founding members of APEC, Singapore is proud to chair
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      1075 39  -  alaim oxley Despite the presence of other, sometimes overlapping, pan-regional groupings, APEC still manages to distinguish itself from the crowd. By IT HAS been common for observers to ask if APEC has a future. The question usually asked is: "If regional organisations were like beauty parades, how many
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      2128 40  -  RICHARD FEINBERG 7 Pragmatic steps can be taken by the 20-year-old APEC to strengthen voluntary multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific. THE formation of APEC in 1989 is best attributed to several factors rather than a single causal variable. In the grand sweep of history,
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      1409 41  -  ravi meimoim WE started preparing for our APEC chairmanship in 2007. I recall the first paper we wrote on our policy deliverables. It was about evaluating APEC's achievement ofthe Bogor Goals, strengthening regional financial markets, and putting in place the building blocks for
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      1252 42  -  PASCAL LAMY APEC members account for over half of the world's GDP and 44% of world trade. FOR the past 20 years, APEC, with its emphasis on economic cooperation, has contributed significantly to the economic vibrancy ofthe region. Its members now account for over half
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      1039 43  -  JEFFREY J SCHOTT APEC's 20th anniversary is a fitting time to remember and reinvigorate the Bogor Goals of economic cooperation. TRADE is the life-blood of the Asia-Pacific economies. The 21 members ofthe Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum account for almost 60 per cent of world trade; bilateral
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      1052 44  -  TOMMY KOH APEC is 20 years old this year. What has it achieved in the past two decades? Is it still relevant? Should it be drastically restructured? In this essay, I wish to argue that APEC has made impressive progress towards its core mission,
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      1477 45 APEC Executive Director Michael Tay talks to vikram khaimiua about the grouping's priorities in the post-crisis world Question: Why is this particular APEC Summit significant? Answer: It has been just over one year since the global financial crisis broke out. One year ago, APEC leaders were
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      904 46  -  CHONG SIAK CHING APEC brings together economies that would otherwise not naturally trade with each other. By A FORUM that rallies business leaders and heads of government of 21 ofthe world's most influential economies together to discuss economic cooperation must be good for business. APEC is an
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      1464 47 International business leaders assess APEC's achievements and discuss what they would like to see emerging from the Singapore Summit Hermann Ude CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight Member of the Board of Management Deutsche Post AG THE 2008 APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru aligned global political
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      231 48 IN ITS early years, APEC focused on liberalising trade through lowering tariffs. With significant progress on this front having been made tariffs in the APEC region have fallen to 5.5 per cent from 16.9 per cent the grouping has shifted its focus to what
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      Lock icon Building on the Bogor foundation
      1032 49  -  hidehiro Koninio With the target year of 2010 approaching for the trade liberalisation of industrialised economies, APEC is challenged anew to put the Bogor Declaration in perspective. By IN APEC's two-decade history, which has no shortage of ambitious declarations, nothing was more controversial than the
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      1359 50  -  ANTHONY ROWLEY How much importance does Japan the host of next year's APEC Summit place on the trans-Pacific grouping? By APEC's future role, as seen by Japan, will be to serve as a kind of outer universe of Asia-Pacific nations while Japan moves within a closer
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      2743 51  -  LEON HADAR America's free market model has, since 1993, been challenged by major geo-strategic setbacks and the global financial crisis. By WHEN then US President Bill Clinton convened the first APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in Blake Island near Seattle, Washington, on Nov 19-20,1993, America and the
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      1181 52  -  manfred wilhelmy German king THE development of economic, political, social and cultural relations between Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region is an area of innovation in the foreign relations of Latin America. In the economic sphere, the development of trade and investment links reflects the dynamic growth
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      1128 53  -  JOERGEN OERSTROEM MOELLER APEC, which contains several of the world's most influential economies, is well placed to contribute to solving a number of global problems. By ECONOMIC transactions have gone global, but economic policies are still overwhelmingly the prerogative ofthe nation-states not willing to transfer much
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      2924 54  -  JOYCELINE TULLY From classic Chinese fare and mouth-watering Peranakan curries to French nouvelle cuisine and progressive tapas-sized nibbles, Singapore serves up a treasure trove of gourmet gems. By IN THE past decade or so, Singapore has morphed from street food paradise into one of the leading gourmet hubs
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      1052 56  -  JOYCELIME TULLY For bold, fascinating flavours that hit the spot, look no further than Singapore's famous hawker fare. By THE diversity of the Singapore food scene means that one can feast on posh nosh or go cheap and cheerful and still dine like a king. In fact, some
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      317 57 Straits Kitchen (halal) Ll Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road. Tel: 6732-1234 Enjoy a buffet lunch or dinner of popular local dishes in air-conditioned comfort. This halal-compliant restaurant serves up numerous Chinese, Malay and Indian favourites including fish ball noodles soup, nasi lemak,
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      1068 58  - OUT ABOUT CHEAH UI-HOOIU AUDREY PHOOIU Go on the heritage trail, pick up a good buy or two, and just unwind, Asian style. By and MUSEUMS IT'S no exaggeration that Singapore's museums are the best in South-east Asia in terms of artefacts as well as their preservation and presentation. So
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      959 59 Top tippling places for the after dark crowd. By melissa lwee AS RECENT as 10 years ago, Singapore's night life industry was reminiscent of the City's history it was as quiet and unassuming as the little fishing village that the island once was. Top-notch clubbing spots and watering
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      498 36 lß_^3^^M!ill^_M-^^-^^j-__Ml^fe-^M^^!^-^-----.. \ZmmMWM l^jJj^kUl /ApEC CEO Summit "15L"' l?J, N„ GL™£ L°?*L ECONOMY: Singapore 12tol4November2009 [JJJ]]2^3nSn^Eili_____l SESSION THREE SUMMIT DIALOGUE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE 9.00am-5.00pm Registration at Suntec Singapore International Convention and 11.30am-12.45pm "Regulating the global economy for global growth" Exhibition Centre How will the rules ofthe game change? Is big
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      39 37 l^ft^Bj^^^^ DAY 2 SATURDAY, NOV 14,2009 i^xil*] I\ll I QjTjTj -ft} A [VM rj M^_tj] -11 ?£iM irj fl ?jffl -1 Wu IMI -Ijl I a __^_^.M.fcTi?iff!Wßfi!iffW^W!Wl!ffll!l^^ E39JBsßßili^.ME^ i wß_niißiffiß_M_i_BHwiiiiai»_------- ■3TrrrrTT¥T3iii«_i»i»i»in33^__i w\ mvMMljmmmmmmM M I _B_f«HlW(^-WS.l»l*MtfJi.M-iI»H[*MIIB Mm* mm [383iElaiiH-ii*--i-!W_H
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      773 38 Milestones 1989 Canberra, Australia 2003 Bangkok, Thailand APEC begins as an informal ministerial-level dialogue group with 12 members. APEC agrees to re-energise the WTO Doha Development Agenda negotiations and m——^^-^^^^^^ stresses the complementary aims of bilateral and regional trade agreements, 1993 Blake Island United States fl the Bogor Goals and
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      845 60 A quick guide to what's on in Singapore during APEC Leaders' week. Compiled by amaiuda de guzmam SHOW IME! m VICTOR/VICTORIA Ifl >* T^\ LJ Esplanade Theatre. Nov 9-29,8pm V VV. n t^ LJ LJ I Internationaljazz sensation Laura Fygi headlines this Broadway classic about pk- y f-A\ Ml Victoria
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      52 61 The APEC Singapore 2009 +^^jtf Organising Committee would like \.OaW ii thank our partners for their r Jl commitment and support of B the year-long series of APEC meetings. E-F^^W mx^y^M\mm¥f^ mU Xl il mm'mmlr.niMi ■fi J lAI mStmrjM __________m_H(i<MM__l fl" _l 1 I IC JI ______________________________PiPPT^flflflfl^_wJ>flflfl I Sl^ 5_3!/
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