The Business Times, 13 July 2010

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  • 23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 123/08/2009 Tuesday, July 13,2010
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  • 658 1  -  World champs have found much joy in stockmarket too By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] Is it the Fifa World Cup effect? It seems Spain did not just triumph on the football field to win its first World Cup yesterday, but
    Source: Bloomberg  -  658 words
  • 937 1  -  Exchange to create platform to raise visibility of listed companies, won’t be responsible for content By WONG WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is not just looking to break new ground in sectors like fixed income and commodities, but is
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  • 141 1 ?ST INDEX 2,925.32 (+8.15) ?ST INDEX FUTURES 2,925 (+8) ?SIMSCI 345.74 (+0.76) ?SIMSCI FUTURES 346.50 (+0.90) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.383 (US$/S$ per 1.498 2.072 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.257 1.739 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 88.90 64.20 RM 3.201 2.314 HK$ 7.776 5.621 BAHT 32.37
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    • 107 1 SPECIAL FEATURE FutureChina Forum PAGE 10 OPINION Coping with China’s financial power PAGE 23 CORPORATE FOCUS Biosensors CEO kickstarts acquisition trail PAGE 6 SME Inc Breadtalk rises to the occasion PAGE 11 Depuis 1775 V o C--v". Si a xP <£ m xP m (A o o° \P vP< A
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    • 9 1 SGX keen to develop fixed income sector, Page 3
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 608 2 SGX may push boundaries, dabble in investor relations THE Singapore Exchange is pushing into non-traditional areas like investor relations and market data services. The move could raise eyebrows and pit the exchange against existing market players like IR firms or data service providers, but to SGX chief executive
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    • 491 2 More transparency on developers’ sales tactics needed Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The government should regulate Hong Kong developers’ sales tactics to increase transparency, a lawmaker said yesterday, as the territory’s Parliament held a special session on the collapse of HK$2.67 billion (S$474.89 million) of
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    • 574 2  -  He notes mindset differences between younger Chinese in S’pore and China By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans looking to invest in China should do so with confidence and the requisite “guanxi”, said Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the FutureChina Global Forum
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    • 644 2  -  It lures away 6 senior bankers from rivals in bid to double its S’pore team By CONRAD TAN [SINGAPORE] Barclays Wealth has hired six senior private bankers from its rivals, as part of aggressive plans to double the size of its Singapore team of
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    • 350 2  -  Cfl REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By WEI GU CHINESE stock exchanges have led the global market for new stock issues so far this year. Mainland cities took the top and third spots in the IPO league tables, according to Thomson Reuters data. Agricultural Bank of China, which begins trading
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    • 526 3  -  It is also looking to offer more services to CDP account holders By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is usually associated with the equities market but there are plans afoot to develop fixed income into a significant business for the
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    • 846 3 Sunday’s election results also put new PM’s job at risk Reuters AP Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan faced political gridlock after the ruling party’s bad losses in Sunday’s election, which could thwart the government’s efforts to curb the country’s huge public debt and get the economy
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 527 4  -  Rise due to rebound in ad sales, higher contribution from property segment By JAMIE LEE SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) reported a 29.9 per cent increase in its net profit for the third quarter on the back of a strong rebound in advertising
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    • 285 4  -  By TIMOTHY SEOW SPH and the SPH Foundation formally gave out 26 scholarships in a presentation ceremony yesterday, with Dr Tony Tan reminding journalists about the challenges of the new digital age in his opening address. The chairman of SPH and the
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    • 329 4  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN TIGER Airways reported robust passenger volumes and load factors for June 2010, with passenger numbers growing 39 per cent year-on-year to 508,000. Load factor for the month was 86 per cent. In total, some 5.3 million passengers flew on the budget carrier
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    • 368 5  -  Deal will have positive contribution to earnings for year ending Dec 31 By JOYCE HOOI SEMBCORP Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd has signed a deal to sell a US$356 million jack-up drilling rig to a unit of Seadrill Ltd, a Norwegian
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    • 448 5  -  By JOYCE HOOI EZRA Holdings posted a 37 per cent rise in net profit, from US$18.8 million to US$25.7 million for the third quarter ended May 31, 2010. Its revenue for the same period rose 82 per cent year-on-year from US$59.9 million to
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    • 298 5  -  By NISHA NISHA RAMCHANDANI THOMSON Medical Centre (TMC), which provides private healthcare services for women and children, posted a 39 per cent jump year-on-year in net profit to $4.8 million for the third quarter ended May 31, 2010. Revenue rose 25.4 per cent
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    • 281 5 It refutes auditors’ concerns about its financial health OFFSHORE drilling firm Jasper Investments Ltd yesterday refuted its independent auditors’ concerns about its financial health. The company saw its shares take a beating after Grant Thorton LLP pointed out that over the past three financial years,
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    • 854 6  -  For future growth firm will look out for small companies with complementary technologies CORPORATE FOCUS By CHEN HUIFEN JUST weeks after taking up his new role as president and CEO of stent maker Biosensors International Group, Jeffrey Jump has already created a milestone for his
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 182 6 MERMAID Maritime Public Co Ltd said that it has entered into an agreement to sell its 25 per cent stake in Worldclass Inspiration Sdn Bhd (WCI) to Georgia Attraction Sdn Bhd for RM75.54 million (S$32.6 million). Georgia holds the remaining 75 per cent of
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      • 80 6 PUB has launched a new issue of $400 million, 12-year fixed-rate bonds with a coupon rate of 3.012 per cent per annum payable semi-annually in arrear. The issue date for the bonds is July 12, 2010. The bonds are issued in denominations of
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      • 74 6 SOUND Global Ltd has entered into a framework agreement to undertake a build, transfer and operate (BTO) project in Luohe City in Henan province in China. It will build and operate a wastewater-treatment plant with an expected treatment capacity of up to
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      • 172 6 FRASER and Neave Ltd (F&N) said that the future development plans for the Phase 3 site of Vision Shenzhen Business Park project have become legally effective. F&N said its unit, Frasers Property (China) Ltd, has received the written approval from the Shenzhen government on
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    • 3123 4 BOUSTEAD SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****1036K) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Boustead Singapore Limited (the ~Company~) will be held at 67 Ubi Avenue 1, #02-01 StarHub Green, North Wing, Singapore *****2 on Wednesday, 28 July 2010
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    • 939 6 MATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com. KINGWANCORPORATIONLIMITED (Incorporated Singapore) (CompanyRegistrationNo.*****1034R) NOTICEOFANNUALGENERALMEETING NOTICE HEREBYGIVEN thattheEleventhAnnualGeneralMeeting KINGWANCORPORATIONLIMITED(the “Company”) willbeheld theBoardRoom, SungeiKadutLoop,Singapore*****5on Wednesday,28July2010 ta t at 11.00a.m. forthefollowingpurposes: ASORDINARYBUSINESS: .1 1. ToreceiveandadopttheDirectors’ReportandtheAuditedAccountsfortheyearended31March2010andtheAuditors’ Reportthereon. [ResolutionNo.1] .2 2. Tore-electMr.GohCheeWeewho retiringbyrotationunderArticle89 theCompany’sArticles Association. [ResolutionNo.2] .3 3. Topass resolutionpursuant Section153(6) theCompaniesAct,Cap50 re-appointMr.ChuaKimHua Director fo f of
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    • 1084 7 SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED Incorporated in Singapore. Co. Reg. No. *****2868E ENGAGING MINDS ENRICHING LIVES Informing With INTEGRITY GROUP FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Entertaining With Unaudited Results for the Period ended May 31, 2010 (Extract) 3Q 2009 S$’000 3Q 2010 S$’000 CHANGE PAS SI N YTD 2009 S$’000 YTD 2010 S$’000 CHANGE
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 637 8  -  ST Index gives up some gains to end eight points higher after early bounce in stocks STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE end of the World Cup football tournament brought some traders back into the market but not a lot of them volume was
      Source: Bloomberg  -  637 words
    • 4 8 DAILY
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    • 66 8 Jul 12 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -14.00 -35.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +12.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -1.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 705.10 -0.62 FTSE ST Small Cap 530.27 +0.16 FTSE ST All Share 719.74 +1.48 FTSE ST China Top 265.76 +1.00 FTSE ST China 290.38 +0.63 FTSE
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    • 56 8 VOLUME Genting SP 61,832,000 UMS 45,029,000 Baker Tech 31,739,000 Thakral 31,350,000 SingTel 27,529,000 Uni Envtech 25,927,000 Noble Grp 25,274,000 RafflesEdu 21,829,000 Golden Agri 21,020,000 Yangzijiang 20,216,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 140,622,836 SingTel 85,829,910 Genting SP 72,926,360 OCBC Bk 52,818,650 Noble Grp 43,979,540 CapitaLand 42,476,670 Keppel Corp 32,683,370 Wilmar
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 8 2 0 0 0 7 8 2 Manufacturing 57 46 76 4 6 8 61 52 84 Commerce 17 12 28 4 1 5 21 13 33 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 17 10
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • 402 8 July 12 close: $3.99 OCBC Investment Research, July 12 LAST week, Keppel Land (KepLand) held a ceremony for the top-ping-out of Ocean Financial Centre (OFC). Besides the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC), OFC is the other major office project that KepLand is developing in Singapore. Pre-commitment for OFC
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      • 501 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE HOOI WE are initiating coverage on United Envirotech (UE) with a “buy” and a TP of $0.53, implying an upside of 41.3 per cent. We like the stock as the macro outlook remains positive for the China water industry, our expectations are that earnings will
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    • 119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 11,257 11,257 47,123 47,123 Manufacturing 313,384 9,930 323,314 228,270 650 228,920 Commerce 96,733 5,959 102,692 85,392 1,544 86,936 Tpt/Stor/Comms 87,340 267 87,607 172,942 39 172,982 Finance 28,185 28,185 242,232 242,232 Construction 24,482 20,663 45,145 4,434
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    • 109 8 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.100 CapitaLand 3.710 +0.030 CapitaMall 1.950 CityDev 10.840 -0.160 ComfortDelGro 1.510 -0.010 DBS Grp 14.380 +0.140 F&N 5.470 +0.030 Genting SP 1.170 -0.010 Golden Agri 0.535 HK Land 5.040 -0.010 JMH 40.500 +0.800 JSH 22.700 -0.540 Jardine
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    • 504 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro fell against the dollar yesterday, pulling back from a two-month high as concerns about the results of stress tests on European banks prompted investors to trim long positions in the single currency. The yen pared losses
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    • 114 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 203.3 1.3 GLD 10US$ ***** 160.4 1.0 JMH 4050 110.6 2.0 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1227 37.3 2.3 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$ 977 29.0 2.2 Parkway.ES.1007 385 29.0 8.1 DBXT CSI300 10US$ 870 26.3 2.2 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1543 22.1 1.0 OCC 3.93%
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    • 122 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN JSH 2270 -74.7 -2.3 CityDev.ES.1007 1086 -22.0 -2.0 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** -20.0 -0.2 CityDev 1084 -16.0 -1.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5437 -12.4 -0.2 KepCorp RBePW*****0 26.5 -11.5 -30.3 Venture Corp 895 -9.0 -1.0 Chem Ind 48 -5.0 -9.4 DBS RB ePW*****9 9
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    • 87 8 Where S$ stands Jul 12 CHNG YR 2010 CLOSE FR Jul 9 S$ LOW S$ HIGH US$ 1.3829 0.01 1.4219 1.3680 Euro 1.7387 0.34 2.0153 1.6886 Pounds 2.0708 0.75 2.2831 2.0003 A$ 1.2063 0.15 1.2960 1.1515 Yen* 1.5585 0.26 1.5951 1.4467 Rupiah* 0.***** -0.07 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.2741 0.00
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 408 9  -  Malaysian developer buys Cavenagh for $42.38m; BBR buys Goodrich for $86m By KALPANA RASHIWALA CAVENAGH Mansions and Goodrich Park Condominium have been sold following their respective tender closings last week. Both sites are freehold. Cavenagh Mansions, a District 9 site, is said to
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    • 489 9  -  He hopes it can lead to lower tensions in Asia By CHUANG PECK MING A SIMILAR strategic perspective underpins the security and defence relationship between the United States and Singapore, according to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. And Mr Lee,
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    • 285 9 THE Franchising and Licensing Association of Singapore (FLA) launched its Franchise Star Achiever Award yesterday as FLA moves towards making Singapore Asia’s franchising and licensing hub. FLA will present the new award to Singa-pore-based companies in recognition of their success in
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    • 226 9  -  By CHUANG PECK MING TOP American executives who attended a three-day conference see Singapore as the gateway to Asia. They also felt that its keynote speaker, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was “insightful”, “upfront” and that he spoke with conviction refreshingly unusual for a
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    • 328 9  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI THE supply of Certificates of Entitlement (COE) will be trimmed to 23,063 for the six month period from August this year to January next year, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced. This works out to a monthly quota of 3,844 for
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    • 532 9  -  Legacy issues might handicap big firms in global expansion By CHEN HUIFEN LARGER and more established companies may not necessarily be smarter than younger and smaller firms when it comes to globalisation, says Insead chaired professor of strategy Anil Gupta. “The global landscape
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    • 230 9 MASTERCARD has seen a 23 per cent increase in expenditure on the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) over the same period last year. Both local and tourist MasterCard cardholders spent $633.8 million over the first month of the GSS, which was from
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  • FUTURE CHINA FORUM
    • 876 10  -  Forum is told it’s time to combine US innovation capabilities and Chinese investment, reports FELDA CHAY FELDA CHAY ONE way China can allay the fears of its rise is to adopt a strategy of complementary growth where the world works with China
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    • 494 10  -  By TEH SHI NING STANDARD Chartered Bank intends to open 15 to 18 new branches in China this year and add 1,000 employees to its current headcount of 5,000, says Stanchart China chief executive Lim Cheng Teck. It will be the first foreign
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    • 1718 10 HIAP SENG ENGINEERING LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0300Z) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hiap Seng Engineering Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at 28 Tuas Crescent, Singapore *****9 on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 at
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  • SME Inc
    • 997 11  -  Chairman George Quek now sees expansion as a game of consolidation and franchising as its global footprint now spans 13 countries and territories, reports RACHEL SIM RACHEL SIM BREADTALK has always had an insatiable appetite for new markets. At its tenth anniversary little has changed,
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    • 901 11 Brought to you by SINGAPORE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL The safety and quality of every building we live, work and play in, is not only dependent on the architects, engineers and workers who build them, but also on the quality of the materials used in the construction
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    • 888 12  -  NICHOLAS YEO reports on a homegrown firm whose rearing technique includes playing Mozart to chickens as they roam the compound NICHOLAS YEO POULTRY rearing is hardly an industry that one would associate with land-scarce Singapore, yet a homegrown company has defied the assumption that agriculture
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    • 193 12  -  By CHAN YUPING STANDARD Chartered Bank will be expanding its SME banking business in Singapore by acquiring GE Commercial Financing (Singapore) Ltd. It has signed an agreement to acquire the specialist in small- and medium-sized enterprises factoring and hire purchase financing to help
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    • 588 12  -  By ABIGAIL KOR OIL exploration and high speed cutting tool companies could see a drastic decrease in system downtime and the amount of lubricant they use thanks to Coating Concepts. Coating Concepts was founded in January by NTU materials science and engineering
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    • 221 12 KEE Song Brothers was founded in 1970 by Ong Kian San’s father. Back then it was a small operation where father and sons sold the chickens they reared to wet market vendors. In 1987, the operation was incorporated as Kee Song Brothers Poultry Industries Pte
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    • 464 12  -  By TEH HOOI LING OUR small cap portfolio snapped a three-week slump by gaining 2 per cent following the end of the Fifa World Cup. It, however, trailed the 2.9 per cent advance chalked up by the blue chip Straits Times Index. It also
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    • 1093 13  -  In today’s changed environment, CFOs need to tightly manage their balance sheets while positioning their firms for growth By CLAUDIA TAN The writer is the general manager for general business at IBM Singapore THE upside for small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) is that help
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    • 139 13 Voices We are extending the deadline for last week’s topic: A review of the definition of SME in Singapore is underway. Currently an SME is classified as an enterprise with no more than $15 million in fixed asset investment, and a maximum of 200 employees (for those in services sector).
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    • 1221 13 MATS NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg VVALINRESOURCESINVESTMENTS(SINGAPORE)PTE. TD. (the Company (Incorporated Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****3859W) NEWSPAPER NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 76(10)(h) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50 of Singapore (the CompaniesAct”),that anExtraordinaryGeneralMeetingof ALINRESOURCESINVESTMENTS (SINGAPORE)PTE. TD.(the Company deemedtohavebeendulyconvenedandheldon12July2010, the following resolutions were duly passed as
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 641 14  -  Fund chief vows to implement policy of more staff positions for Asia at the IMF By ANTHONY ROWLEY THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects to present later this year a package of new measures designed to forestall future financial crises of the kind
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    • 339 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] A European group that represents banks including UBS AG and Deutsche Bank AG said the European Union’s plans to crack down on some forms of naked short selling has targeted risks “that do not exist”. Short selling is no riskier than
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    • 657 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Banks are expanding in Asia’s commodity and energy sectors at a rapid clip, drawn by the region’s faster growth rates and lightly regulated markets, and will rev up the drive further in coming months. The strategy is not entirely risk-free, as market
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    • 507 14 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea’s central bank yesterday lifted its economic growth and inflation forecasts for this year, supporting market expectations of more interest rate increases soon after last week’s surprise hike. The Bank of Korea said in a statement that Asia’s fourth-largest economy
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 74 16 [KUALA LUMPUR] Team MESIN ITS 2 of Indonesia's Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology returning to the pit after participating in the Eco-marathon fuel efficiency challenge at Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur last Friday. The Eco-marathon challenges high school and college student teams from around
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    • 397 16  -  It plans to make an assemblyman of the opposition head of accounts committee By S JAYASANKARAN IN a rare attempt at bipartisanship in Malaysia, the Selangor state government will move to appoint an opposition Barisan Nasional (BN) state assemblyman to head the state assembly’s
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    • 502 16 Bernama [SUNGAI BULOH, Selangor] Waterco Ltd, which manufactures pumps and filters for water-treatment and water-conditioning systems, is planning to expand its market for new bigger filters to the United States and Middle East. Chief executive officer Goh Soon Sinn said the
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    • 321 16 Production could exceed this year’s forecast by 2m tonnes following a loading upgrade Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bumi Resources, Indonesia’s largest coal producer, may exceed its output forecast this year by as much as two million tonnes, even as rains threaten production, an official said. The
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    • 2541 16 (Resolution 2) PAN HONG PROPERTY GROUP PAN HONG PROPERTY GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Co. Reg. No: *****) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Pan Hong Property Group Limited (the "Company") will be held at Room 205, Level
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 548 17 Europe crisis, yuan gains, moderating US recovery may curb demand Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s unexpected rebound in overseas shipments to a record last month may lose pace as the European crisis, a moderating US recovery and yuan gains curb demand for goods from the world’s
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    • 210 17 AFP [BEIJING] Authorities in Beijing plan to make most residents from hairdressers to policemen learn English under a drive to convert the Chinese capital into a “world city”, state media said yesterday. The government programme first launched in 2002 in preparation for
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    • 311 17 Govt officials must report their incomes, and family assets and investments AFP [BEIJING] China has stepped up its anti-corruption rules, calling on government officials to report their incomes, investments, personal assets and whereabouts of family members, state media said yesterday. The new rules which stop
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    • 484 17 Li Fung boosts acquisition funds Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Li Fung Ltd, the biggest supplier to retailers including WalMart Stores Inc and Target Corp, increased its funds for acquisitions to about US$1.15 billion with the sale of 10-year debt. The supplier of consumer goods ranging from Tommy Hilfiger clothes and Kate
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    • 2861 17 BEATS BUY IT-SELL IT FIND IT NOTICES Toll free: 1800-289-8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg (Registration No.: *****0100R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Ban Joo Company Limited (the ~Company~) will be held at Copthorne Orchid Hotel, 214
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  • INDIA
    • 327 18 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] Shiv-Vani Oil Gas Exploration Services an Indian oil driller backed by Templeton Asset Management, plans to spend US$50 million to acquire a US or European company to get access to technology. “We have the basic facilities when it comes to drilling,” vice-president
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    • 265 18 Reuters [NEW DELHI] The Indian arm of Royal Dutch Shell plans to sell off some fuel stations in the country while continuing to build new ones to cover more regions, a company official said yesterday. Shell India is the only
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    • 436 18 Industrial output growth slows to 11.5% in May, rate hike likely soon AFP [NEW DELHI] India’s industrial output growth slowed unexpectedly to 11.5 per cent in May, official data showed yesterday, as factories and mines ran into capacity constraints after months of
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    • 83 18 [MUMBAI] Commuters walking outside a train station on a rainy day in Mumbai. Sunday was World Population Day, an annual event which seeks to raise awareness about global population issues. According to the report of the Working Group on Population Stabilisation 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012),
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    • 202 18 Reuters [MUMBAI] A cash crunch in India’s banking system, which drove the one-year overnight indexed swaps to a 20-month high on Friday, should begin to ease by the end of July, bankers said yesterday after a meeting with the central bank. Cash available
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 713 19 Latest opinion polls put Labor ahead of the Opposition at 52% vs 48% Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia’s ruling Labor Party is set for a narrow victory in upcoming elections, two new opinion polls showed yesterday, as speculation grew that Prime Minister Julia Gillard could call
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    • 512 19 Bloomberg [BOSTON] States can’t count on the federal government for more budget bailouts, the heads of President Barack Obama’s debt commission told governors on Sunday. States that are expecting Congress to authorise more bailout money are “going to be left with
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    • 371 19 Aabar holds big stakes in Daimler, Italy’s biggest bank AP [DUBAI] An Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund that owns the bulk of Aabar Investments moved yesterday to take control of the fast-growing firm with big stakes in the maker of Mercedes-Benz and Italy’s
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    • 450 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] The UK economy grew 0.3 per cent in the first quarter as an upward revision in services growth outweighed a further slump in construction. The increase in gross domestic product was unrevised from a previous estimate, the Office for National Statistics
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    • 233 19 AP [CHICAGO] Playboy Enterprises Inc said yesterday that its iconic founder is offering to buy the remaining shares of the media empire, taking the company private, in a deal that values the company at US$185 million. Hugh Hefner, 84, founded Playboy in 1953 and
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    • 383 19 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand’s central bank will discuss raising interest rates at a poli-cy-setting meeting tomorrow as inflationary pressures grow, a deputy central bank governor said, adding to speculation over an imminent rate rise. “The meeting this week will put the policy normalisation issue
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  • WORLD
    • 668 20 Credit crunch looming with concern that banks, governments will need refinancing IHT [FRANKFURT] The sovereign debt crisis would seem to create worry enough for European banks, but there is another threat that has not garnered as much notice. Financial institutions must repay or roll
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    • 549 20 Bids must at least match £1.5b asking price Bloomberg [LONDON] Britain’s high-speed rail link to the Channel Tunnel will be kept under state control if no buyer is willing to match the £1.5 billion (S$3.1 billion) asking price, according to
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    • 595 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] BP Plc is in talks to sell assets to Apache Corp as it seeks funds to pay for the biggest US oil spill in history, two people familiar with the discussions said. Apache, the largest independent US oil
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    • 669 20  -  COMMENTARY By STEVE SLATER The writer is a commentator on STAR Sports’ coverage of the Formula One THE British aren’t normally used to high temperatures, so in the 35+ degree heat it was not too surprising that the medical services at Silverstone reported treating hundreds of
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  • WORLD CUP
    • 677 21  -  Manager Del Bosque proves flair and creativity can be adapted to fit within a more structured framework WHY SPAIN WON By MALMINDERJIT MALMINDERJIT SINGH AN efficient and well-oiled machine. Tactically superior. A determined and dogged performance. No, I am not talking about Germany. These are
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    • 667 21  -  WHY THE NETHERLANDS LOST LEE U-WEN Acting Deputy Foreign Editor FOR an entire month, the Netherlands charmed one and all in South Africa. They played well as a team, never relied heavily on individual brilliance to get ahead and won over the
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 456 22 EDITORIAL AS INDIA gears up its manufacturing sector by improving infrastructure, the proposal made by the country’s Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, to Singapore last week sounds interesting. On his first official visit here after assuming his current post, Mr Sharma suggested that
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    • 847 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE MATTHEW LYNN The writer is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own SOME people might think the hours you spent over the last month sitting around, drinking beer and watching the soccer World Cup being played
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    • 1428 22  -  Asia could come to the world’s rescue as the austerity drive takes hold in Europe, US By SHAHID JAVED BURKI The writer is a senior visiting fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies. He is a former vice-president of the World Bank
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    • 1600 23  -  Beijing unlikely to be self-destructive; market disruption will reduce value of its reserves and support of its people By KEN MILLER The writer is CEO and president of the merchant banking firm Ken Miller Capital LLC, director of the USA Pavillion at the 2010 Shanghai
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    • 921 23  -  By KEVIN HASSETT The writer, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist. The opinions expressed are his own NEW home sales data have been gathered by the US Census Bureau since the early 1960s. In May,
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  • AVIATION
    • 568 24 French aeroplane seat maker says it has a good outlook as a standalone firm Bloomberg [PARIS] Zodiac Aerospace SA, Europe’s biggest maker of aeroplane seats, rejected a takeover approach from jet-engine-maker Safran SA, saying the companies have little overlap or potential cost savings. Zodiac,
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    • 413 24 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Air China Ltd, the nation’s largest international carrier, said it’s working on more than 100 service improvements as it competes with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Delta Air Lines Inc on overseas routes. Targets include onboard catering, seat comfort, inflight entertainment, call-centre
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    • 2995 24 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD Abu Dhabi SQ455 1230 SQ458 1410 Adelaide LH9771 1745 LH9770 2350 SQ278 1745 SQ279 2350 VS7268 1745 VS7279 2350 9W4081 1820 AF8087 1820 BA7381 1820 JL5084 1820 MU8213 1820 QF81 1820 Ahmedabad NH6292 1900 SQ530 1900 Amsterdam SQ323 0605 AZ3993 0025
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    • 408 24 Reuters [ABU DHABI] Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Aerospace will start making Airbus parts at its new facility by fourth-quarter, sees a deal with Sikorsky imminent, and expects to conclude up to five financing deals this year. The business, part of government-owned investment company Mubadala, will
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    • 189 24 Reuters [PARIS] Air France-KLM said yesterday that it agreed to pay US$87 million to settle civil anti-trust claims in the United States over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in the air cargo business. The deal affects claims against three group airlines Air France, KLM and
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 275 26 Firm will draw up plans for export terminals at Dudgeon Point Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Adani Group, India’s biggest coal importer, was picked to develop an export facility for the fuel in Australia, a spokeswoman said. Adani and DBCT Management, which leases the Dalrymple
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    • 122 26 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) remains tight-lipped on the progress of its discussions with Airbus on the delay in the delivery of A380. Its managing director/chief executive officer, Azmil Zahruddin, said MAS was still in discussions with Airbus. “Any answer I give will
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    • 226 26 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s Evergreen Group will order 10 ships from the island’s leading shipyard for US$1.03 billion, powering ahead with a plan to more than double its container fleet, a report said yesterday. Tang Tay-ping, president of CSBC Corp, Taiwan, told the
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    • 719 26 AP [NASSAU, Bahamas] For two years he stayed a step ahead of the law stealing cars, powerboats and even aeroplanes, police say, while building a reputation as a 21st-century folk hero. But Colton Harris-Moore’s celebrity became his downfall. Witnesses on the Bahamian island
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 8955 27 Transaction date: Jul 12 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 18 7.5 3148 8Telecom 17 +0.5 620 17 17 16.5 17 1.7 10.6 5.5 81.4 10 5.5 5834
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    • 9386 28 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund!** 1.14/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.83/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.64/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.589/ Asian Credit Fund 1.2424/ Asian
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    • 735 28 52-Wk Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 124 107 6389 ABF SG Bond ETF 115 113 120 525 883 632 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US863 -1 10 869 863 863 868 34.5 306
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 374 29 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 9 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 791.7 0.4 -4.9 0.3 -8.3 0.3 -6.9 EAFE Preliminary 737.2 0.5 -6.1 0.3 -11.9 0.3 -10.5 Europe Preliminary 1064.9 0.6
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    • 180 29 Jul 12 $S Offer Bid Overnight 0.05 0.03 1-month 3/8 1/8 2-months 7/16 3/16 3-months 9/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.35 1 month 0.60 0.40 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.70 0.50 6 months 0.90 0.70 9 months 1.10 0.90 12
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    • 22 29 Jul 12 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3825 1.3838 2-months 1.3824 1.3836 3-months 1.3822 1.3834 6-months 1.3815 1.3828 Source: OCBC
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    • 132 29 Jul 12 As at 9am Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.1980 1.2340 Can dollar 1.3310 1.3470 Euro 1.7330 1.7530 NZ dollar 0.9700 0.9910 Sterling pound 2.0660 2.0900 US dollar 1.3720 1.3880 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 29 29 Jul 12 Open High Sett STI Jul 2920 2920 2925 SIMSCI Jul 345.5 348.3 346.5 Taiwan Jul 267.0 270.2 266.5 Source: MF Global (S) Pte. Ltd
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    • 66 29 Jul 12 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jul 10 2448 2440 2449 2435 513 2487 Aug 10 2356 2384 2385 2356 2182 ***** Sep 10 2310 2340 2341 2310 9124 ***** Oct 10 2300 2321
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    • 415 29 Jul 12 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Sep10 99.4500 0 2721 Dec10 99.3700 0 1460 Mar11 99.2700 0 967 Jun11 99.1250 0 1919 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Sep10 99.6475 99.6550 99.6475 99.6550 393 3263 Dec10 99.6625 50 1422 Mar11 99.6675 50 1959 Jun11 99.6900 99.6900
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    • 134 29 Jul 12 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Aug 10 332.5 Sep 10 315.0 315.0 315.0 10 Oct 10 309.0 Nov 10 302.0 Dec 10 299.5 Jan 11 299.5 Feb 11 302.0 Mar 11 302.0 Apr 11
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    • 86 29 Jul 12 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****Z 14.10.2010 0.31 0.32 0.30 1-Year BY*****W 03.05.2011 0.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****1E 2.500 01.10.2012 104.60 5-Year N*****0N 1.375 01.10.2014 102.46 7-Year N*****0Z
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 29 Source: Bloomberg Jul 9 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 10 1025.50 1012.50 1030.00 1010.75 Aug 10 993.25 983.00 997.75 978.25 Sep 10 966.50 957.50 971.25 951.50 Nov 10 953.25 946.00 958.75 939.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs;Uscent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 10 37.38
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    • 77 29 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 9 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 75.57 0.64 WTI (Near Mth) 76.22 0.55 Dubai (1-Mth F) 73.75 1.06 Tapis blend 79.35 1.00 Minas 76.15 1.00 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 67.61 0.11 Jet Kerosene 85.50 1.15 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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    • 2295 29 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Tel Last Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Code Company Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2.5 -0.5 475 1 15 -3 7.20 46 6227 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 3.5 unch 7 1 4 7 2.00 19 2036 Advance SCT Ltd W*****9 0.5
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    • 465 29 Jul 12 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.901 5.902 0.693 6.777 40.728 78.919 0.775 10.497 2.789 1.232 74.731 40.327 1.206 6.636 0.928 27.977 28.208 0.582 0.872 Canada 1.110 6.551
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    • 85 29 Jul 12 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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    • 154 29 Jul 12 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2047 1.2065 0.8713 0.8718 Canadian dollar 1.3371 1.3393 0.9670 0.9678 Euro 1.7386 1.7403 1.2574 1.2575 NZ dollar 0.9774 0.9794 0.7069 0.7077 Sterling pound 2.0711 2.0732 1.4979 1.4981
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    • 139 29 Jul 12 GOLD (US$/oz) Jul 12 Jul 09 Hong Kong 1208.40 1197.80 Jul 09 Jul 08 London 1208.45 1191.00 1209.45 1191.50 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jul 12 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 57,743.62 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 129.47 54 5gm 367.01 269 10gm 655.91
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    • 69 29 Jul 9 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1983.50 1969.00 3 months 2004.00 1989.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6741.25 6592.75 3 months 6760.00 6615.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1824.50 1807.50 3 months 1845.00 1828.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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    • 82 29 Jul 9 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 10 2613 2601 2618/2568 Sep 10 2385 2380 2392/2338 Dec 10 2212 2199 2221/2174 Mar 11 2182 2173 2190/2152 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Jul 10 1682 1671 1698/1678 Sep 10 1709 1696 1739/1694 Nov 10 1702 1694 1735/1694 Jan 11
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  • PROPERTY
    • 391 30 Recession-driven discounts, lack of office space fuelling rise: NB Real Estate Reuters [LONDON] Prime office rents in the City of London financial district have gained nearly 25 per cent since January, with reces-sion-driven discounts pushing tenant demand, property consultancy NB Real Estate
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    • 410 30  -  Indicative price of $30.18m works out to $1,400 psf By KALPANA RASHIWALA INSURER AXA is said to be the owner of the top four floors of GB Building at 143 Cecil Street that have been put on the market with
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    • 366 32  -  To be mounted on 30 blocks in Q4, panels save $40,000 per year per precinct By MELISSA TAN THE Housing Development Board (HDB) yesterday announced a $2.3 million purchase of 4,348 solar panels from Norwegian energy firm Renewable Energy Corporation. This is the largest
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    • 714 32 Some banks resume making mortgages on third homes [BEIJING] Chinese property prices in June recorded their first monthly fall since February 2009, providing further evidence that a government drive to let the air out of an inflated market is working. Average
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    • 444 32 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand house prices fell for the second month in a row in June, according to official data yesterday, offering further evidence that the central bank can afford to be gradual in raising interest rates. Quotable Value (QV) said its residential
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