The Business Times, 24 July 2010

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    16 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg July24-25, 2010 S$1.00 MICA(P) 124/08/2009 Sfh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article
    Lock icon Putting on the shorts in full market view
    694 1  -  SGX strives for greater transparency with proposal to list all short-sale turnovers By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore THE shorts will now be exposed under new proposals by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) but while this may increase transparency, it has also raised some
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      188 1 the business times www.businesstimes.com.sg July 24 -25, 2010 S$1.00 MICA (P) 124/08/2009 WEALTH Unfazed by market uncertainty 30-31 The Raffles Conversation CNBC PRESIDENT MARK HOFFMAN 8-9 KL HAWKER GUIDE Prawn trails L6-7 without borders Celebrating our differences SOME 5,000 people gather at the River Promenade for the finale of the
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Seven banks fail EU’s stress tests
      336 2 AFP London SEVEN European banks failed the European ion’s(EU)stresstestsforresistance to future financial crises, the CBES banking authority said yesterday. Hypo Real Estate in Germany and five regional lenders in Spain were among those deemed to need increased capital. European governments are expected to move
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      137 2 STI 2,973.47 (+17.80) STI FUTURES 2,973.00 (+24.00) SIMSCI 349.97 (+2.29) SIMSCI FUTURES 350.90 (+3.70) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,345.68 +9.63 NIKKEI 225 9,430.96 +210.08 HANG SENG 20,815.33 +225.63 SET 840.24 +7.23 JAKARTA 3,042.02 +32.10 MANILA 3,416.10 +1.20 KOSPI 1,758.06 +22.53 SHENZHEN B 629.87 +3.95 MUMBAI IND 18,130.98 +17.83
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      Lock icon Fitting finale to a celebration of differences
      470 2  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg Singapore ABOUT 5,000 people from different races, religions and nationalities gathered at the River Promenade yesterday evening to celebrate the finale of the month-long Orange Ribbon Celebrations (ORC), themed Friendship Without Borders. Orange is the colour chosen to symbolise
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      Lock icon Broad-based growth in Q2 property prices
      915 3  -  Momentum of recovery in private residential rents also picked up Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore PRIVATE home prices generally rose at a slightly slower pace in Q2 than they did in Q1, but latest official numbers show a broadbasedgrowth inproperty prices– with stronger
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      Lock icon Net office demand highest since Q3 2007
      553 3 NET office demand surged in the second quarter of this year to its highest quarterly level since Q3 2007. Urban Redevelopment Authority figures released yesterday showed a net increase in demand of 398,264 square feet in Q2, up about 68 per cent from
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      Lock icon Nearly-weds take flight for pre-nup ‘bach-hen’ parties
      362 4 Reuters New York WHY wait for the honeymoon? Engaged couples are turning bachelor and bachelorette parties into multi-day events and flying off to Las Vegas, Mexico and the Bahamas to celebrate before they tie the knot. “I think, for most girls, it’s a
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      Lock icon iGot iPad and iHappy, say a couple of retirees
      178 4  -  YEN MENG JIIN iPad unleashed: The look in the eyes of retirees Zak and Hamzah, 59 and 63 years old respectively, says it all. The iPad is finally in their hands. They showed age is no barrier to enjoying the latest
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      Lock icon Churches’ mall deals in the clear
      560 4  -  New Creation and City Harvest don’t flout new rules but will have to abide by usage curbs: URA By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore THE commercial investments of New Creation Church and City Harvest Church do not infringe the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s (URA) new
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      Lock icon Kafkaesque – and the next chapter could be gripping
      671 5  - Kafkaesque and the next chapter could be gripping A battle rages over the master writer’s long-hidden unpublished papers which could be hiding another ‘The Trial’ or ‘The Castle’ By Josephine Chew jochew@sph.com.sg Singapore IF he had had it his way, the protracted battle over his unpublished papers wouldn’t be so
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      Lock icon Ex-BP staff accused of unauthorised downloads
      570 5 BP also says they helped Brightoil gain strategic advantage Bloomberg Singapore BP plc is suing six former members of its energy team in Singapore claiming they misused confidential information to help rival Shenzhen Brightoil Group gain a “strategic advantage”. The six, including Quek Chin
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      Lock icon Bond sale? Don’t quote us: rating firms
      618 6 They fear being exposed to legal liability; bond markets hit New York A NEW law making ratings agencies liable for their ratings decisions is creating havoc in the bond markets after the firms denied their clients permission to use them in their sales
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      Lock icon Driven up the wall by value drivers
      641 6  -  saturday soapbox| By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg SOME time in the 1990s we lost the ability and desire to say what we really mean. The 1980s had been a wonderful period of bluntness, like Gordon Gekko’s “greed is good”. It wasn’t a pretty statement
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      124 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-6 Week in Review 7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Companies 10-14 From The Desk Of 15 Singapore 16-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-32 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 Real Estate 35 LIVING Dining L2-7 ClipperRace L8-9 Shopping L10-11 Design L12-13 Gadgets
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK | July 19-23, 2010
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        Lock icon Strong Q2 numbers like water off bourse’s back
        55 7 EVEN as Singapore’s strong sec-ond-quarter GDP numbers sent economists rushing to raise their forecasts for the full year, the stock market barely stirred. Popping of champagne will probably come only when Q2 corporate earnings show that economic boom has indeed found its
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        Lock icon Hong Kong hires grannies to keep brokers in line
        53 7 HONG Kong’s financial regulators are adding a new weapon to their arsenal in the battle to protect investors from unscrupulous stockbrokers: old ladies and pregnant women. They plan to hire them to make sure banks and brokerages use above-board techniques when
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        Lock icon AIG replaces boss and may seek a slice of Prudential
        60 7 AMERICAN International Group named former Prudential plc chief executive Mark Tucker as head of its Asia life insurance business, AIA, replacing Mark Wilson. Analysts are buzzing with the possibility that AIA, which was almost sold to British insurer Prudential, may
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        Lock icon Loophole exploited by moneylenders closed
        61 7 THE sale proceeds of an HDB flat can no longer be used as collateral for loans nor for paying off debts. Parliament on Monday fast-tracked the passing of a bill to prevent creditors from laying first claim to the flat, following a spike in people
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        Lock icon Early flood alerts for Orchard Road businesses
        60 7 HELP is at hand for businesses in Orchard Road to make sure that they are better prepared to deal with flash floods. The Public Utilities Board has invited shopowners along the popular belt to sign up for its SMS alert system so that
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        Lock icon Rules for religious use of commercial space
        57 7 THE government has clarified the extent to which commercial space can be used for religious activities. The guidelines, which apply with immediate effect, include caps on how often religious activities can be held at commercial venues and how much space they can use
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        Lock icon Goldman Sachs results leave Wall Street reeling
        49 7 GOLDMAN Sachs Group has reported an 82 per cent drop in sec-ond-quarter profit, well short of analysts’ estimates. Investors went on a selling spree straight out of the gate, with the Dow Jones Industrials sinking by 130 points, or 1.3 per cent.
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        Lock icon Fund managers sweat to repeat pre-crisis results
        36 7 DESPITE a strong rebound in markets last year, global fund managers are struggling to return to pre-crisis profit levels as investors remain risk averse, according to Boston Consulting Group.
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        23 7 Parliament on Monday fast-tracked the passing of a bill to prevent creditors from laying first claim to HDB flats FILE PHOTO
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        Lock icon iPad rides hype to change the face of the game
        35 7 BEING online won’t be the same again. Apple’s iPad will finally be available in Singapore from Friday and has been hyped as a game changer.
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        Lock icon The man who saw the future and spelt it in exact numbers
        63 7 SOON after the Lehman crisis broke out, Citigroup was the first, in October 2008, to predict a negative GDP number for Singapore in 2009. Then in May last year, when everyone else was still downgrading their forecasts of
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        Lock icon Surge in SMEs’ business confidence
        40 7 SINGAPORE small and medium sized enterprises recorded the biggest jump in confidence level among their Asian peers in the second quarter this year, posting a 19-point increase in a business confidence index created by HSBC.
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        Lock icon Temasek makes history with 40-year bond
        46 7 TEMASEK Holdings has pulled off another trailblazing fund raising exercise, bringing more depth to the local debt market. On Thursday, it sold $1 billion of bonds with a 40-year tenor, double the length of the longest dated Singapore government bond.
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley puts lights out on dorm business
        41 7 MARKET leader Morgan Stanley is looking to exit the business of providing accommodation for foreign workers. A portfolio of four dormitories, which are majority-owned by one of its funds, is up for sale.
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    • NEXT WEEK | July 26-30, 2010
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        Lock icon US DATA
        22 7 July 26 New home sales July 27 Consumer confidence July 28 Durable orders July 29 Initial claims July 30 GDP-advance
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        33 7 July 26 June index of industrial production July 29 June producer and int’l trade price indices July 30 June unemployment rate June employment rate Q3 business expectations June central govt operations
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        Lock icon EVENTS
        10 7 July 28 WASHINGTON Fed Reserve to release Beige Book
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      346 7 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 He’s after a feline clutching a strip of leather disaster! (11) 9 Change the course of a revolution (4) 10 Wolves, say, or beasts of burden (4,7) 11 Ring starts twitching of the ear (4) 14 He was bound to begin, but not finish, his performance
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Working hard & finishing first
      1666 8/9  - Working hard finishing first A start-up mentality is needed to stay relevant and exciting to viewers in a digital media age, says CNBC president Mark Hoffman. By Michelle Quah By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg ‘THINK like a start-up’, is hardly unusual advice but unexpected,whenyouconsider thatit comesfrom a television industry veteran of
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      70 8/9 The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles Hotels Resorts. Raffles Hotels Resorts epitomizes enchanting experiences, embodying global sophistication and residential charm. Each is exclusive, intimate with a distinctive sense of place, imbued with heartfelt service that is intuitive and unobtrusive “like a gentle breeze”.
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Khazanah unit denies misleading shareholders
      457 10  -  It rebuts Fortis complaint that IH’s update on acceptances of Parkway partial offer could misguide market By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE takeover fight for Parkway Holdings is turning grim. Following a letter of complaint sent by lawyers from rival bidder Fortis to the
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      Lock icon CRCT’s Q2 property income up 1.9%
      412 10  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg Singapore CAPITARETAIL China Trust (CRCT) yesterday posted net property income of $19.8 million for the second quarter ended June 30, an increase of 1.9 per cent from Q2 last year, even though gross revenue fell 2.8 per cent to $29.6
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      Lock icon SIAEC’s Q1 profit jumps 57% to $70.8m
      218 10  -  By Chew Xiang xchew@sph.com.sg Singapore SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) said yesterday its net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 rose 57 per cent to $70.8 million, from $45.1 million a year earlier. Revenue increased 18 per cent to $288.3 million, from
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      Lock icon All-day trading will lift volumes by 10%: SGX
      234 10 Reuters Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) expects stock trading volumes to rise by around 10 per cent if a proposal to do away with the lunch-time break is implemented, chief executive Magnus Bocker said yesterday. He said the introduction of continuous trading
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      Lock icon Ascott Reit’s distribution for Q2 up 5% to $11.6m
      388 11  -  DPU rises 4% to 1.87¢ on 3% increase in revenue to $44.4m By Nicholas Yeo yeonick@sph.com.sg Singapore ASCOTT Residence Trust (Ascott Reit) announced yesterday that unitholders’ distribution per unit (DPU) for the April-June quarter rose 4 per cent to 1.87 cents,
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      Lock icon a-iTrust’s Q1 DPU falls 19%; property income up
      442 11  -  By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore ASCENDAS India Trust (a-iTrust) has reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.66 cents for its first quarter ended June 30, 2010, down 19 per cent from a year ago. This represents an annualised yield of 7.1
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      Lock icon FCT’s Q3 distribution income a record
      385 11  -  By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore FRASERS Centrepoint Trust (FCT) has posted record distribution income of $16.3 million for the third quarter ended June 30, up 35 per cent from a year earlier. And at the trust’s results briefing yesterday, chief executive officer Chew Tuan
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      Lock icon Europe’s firm opening boosts STI by 17.8 points
      486 14  -  stocks R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent AS correctly predicted in our column yesterday, the Straits Times Index’s 29-point Thursday jump was due to a programme buy ahead of a push on Wall Street that duly materialised. Andasaresult,yesterday’ssession was more subdued. The STI
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon China Great Land Holdings warns of half-year loss
        64 14 CHINA Great Land Holdings Ltd warned of “a significant loss” for the half year ended June 30, 2010. The loss is attributed to the significant slowdown in the Hainan construction market in the second quarter of 2010, leading to low margins for
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        Lock icon China Taisan Technology Group Holdings mulls TDRs
        46 14 CHINA Taisan Technology Group Holdings said that it is considering a proposal to offer and list Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs). It said that the proposed listing will broaden and diversify its shareholder base, and provide an additional fund-raising platform.
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        Lock icon Meiban Group plans to diversify, expand
        72 14 MEIBAN Group Ltd is planning to diversify and expand its business to include the provision of machining and drilling services. These will include services such as deep hole drilling, honing, CNC lathe machining and milling operations to facilitate material sizing. Meiban said that the
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        Lock icon Old Chang Kee sees fall in H1 net profit
        65 14 OLD Chang Kee Ltd said that it expects its net profit for the first half of 2010 to be lower than that a year ago. The fall in net profit was mainly attributed to the cut in grants provided under the
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      64 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 266.1 1.7 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2974 190.7 4.9 GLD 10US$ ***** 131.7 0.8 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 2816 126.2 3.4 Pru 500US$ 820 41.2 3.8 Jardine C&C 3548 40.0 1.1 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1262 37.0 2.2 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1543
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      51 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 5300 -133.1 -1.8 WesTech 225 -63.0 -21.9 JMH 4124 -22.0 -0.4 Isetan 333 -17.0 -4.9 UOB 1936 -14.0 -0.7 DBS BNPECW*****0 9.5 -12.0 -55.8 Great Eastern 1690 -10.0 -0.6 CoscoCorMBLePW*****3 20 -8.5 -29.8 F&N 575 -7.0 -1.2 KepCorp RBePW*****0 16.5 -7.0
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      Lock icon ShareInvestor launches revamp
      392 14  -  By Karen Ng karenng@sph.com.sg Singapore SHAREINVESTOR, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings, has launched its revamped financial portal www.shareinvestor. com. The redesigned portal will further enhance the one-stop financial portal’s position as the region’s leading provider of data, analysis, news and charting tools for investors,
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      110 14 VOL CLOSE GentingSP 87,142 121 1.0 0.8 ChinaHongxing 78,816 14 1.5 12.0 Informatics 59,092 9 1.5 20.0 CoscoCorp 48,562 162 1.0 0.6 GoldenAgri 47,182 57.5 0.0 0.0 BerlianLaju 39,746 4 -0.5 -11.1 Z-ObeeHldgs 33,725 42 0.0 0.0 NobleGrp 27,315 171 -2.0 -1.2 CapitaLand 26,969 388 4.0 1.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      109 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.060 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.880 +0.040 CapitaMall 1.960 -0.020 CityDev 12.020 +0.220 ComfortDelGro 1.550 DBS Grp 14.400 +0.140 F&N 5.750 -0.070 Genting SP 1.210 +0.010 Golden Agri 0.575 HK Land 5.400 +0.050 JMH 41.240 -0.160 JSH 24.500 Jardine C&C 35.480 +0.400 Keppel Corp 8.940
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      63 10 NOTICE I, Jeremy Menzies Paisley, divorcé, of 835 Bukit Timah Road, #01-01, Singapore *****8 intend to marry Joanna Cristy v. Gavilo, single, of P4B5L6, Summer St, Hillside Sdv, Bajada, Davao City, Philippines at Garden Oases, PorrasSt,BoObrero,DavaoCity,Philippineson1October 2010. Any person knowing of any lawful impediment to the marriage should without delay
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      333 11 AVIVA INVESTORS Societe d'lnvestissement a Capital Variable Registered office: 34, Avenue de la Liberie, L-1930 Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg B 32 640 NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF AVIVA INVESTORS Delegation of registrar and transfer agency functions We would like to inform you that the board of directors of Aviva Investors Luxembourg, the
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      105 12 RHCHEALTHCAREPTE. Noticetoallshareholder of arkwa HoldingsLimited(“Parkway”) rf r fromRHCHealthcarePteLtd.(“RHCHealthcare”) VVoluntar ConditionalCashOffer RHCHealthcareor PParkwa (“Offer”) PPointstonoteabouttheOffer: .1 1. Off Price S$3.80 cashperOfferShare.. .2 2. Fullorpartialacceptance possible: This anoffer orALL ourshares,, allowing ou FULL xit aa cash ice ouwish. Alternatively shareholderscanchoose accepttheOff par fo f of their estmentandcontinue sta ested .3 3. TheOff
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      251 13 Please consider the Offer carefully, as well as the recommendation of the directors of Parkway who are independent for the purposes of the Offer and the advice of the independent financial adviser to such Parkway directors, which will be issued in due course. Shareholders who wish to ACCEPT the Offer
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Philanthropy without borders
      1444 15 from the desk of The West has long been giving transnational aid to poorer nations. Now, it’s just a matter of time before the wealthy in emerging economies start donating to the West THE quintessence and glamour of philanthropy is the munificence of the rich to advance
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Tony Tan: global recession risk higher now
      481 16  -  Dangers to world economy include Europe’s debt turmoil, deleveraging in the United States, and protectionist pressures By Chew Xiang xchew@sph.com.sg A FRAGILE economic recovery could see the world tip back into recession “sooner than expected”,says TonyTan,deputy chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment
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      Lock icon Transport main cause of 2.7% year-on-year increase in June CPI
      427 16  -  By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN households experienced a 2.7 per cent year-on-year inflation rate in June that was “more benign than expected”. The increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents a more moderated rise from the previous month’s year-on-year
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      Lock icon YOG flame begins 14-day, five-continent journey
      478 17  -  Inaugural YOG the last Olympic event to feature international torch journey By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg DRESSED in the white garb of an ancient high priestess, Greek actress Ino Menegaki stood among the ruins of the stadium at Ancient Olympia where the Olympics was born
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      Lock icon Suzhou Industrial Park’s H1 trade up 67.7%
      226 17 SUZHOU Industrial Park’s trade leapt 67.7 per cent year on year to US$35.6 billion for the first half of 2010, it was announced yesterday by the 12th Suzhou Industrial Park joint steering council (JSC) meeting here. The global crisis caused the park’s 2009
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      Lock icon NUS, Tsinghua Search Centre launched
      287 17 THE National University of Singapore (NUS), Tsinghua University (THU) in Beijing and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) announced the launch of the NUS-Tsinghua Extreme Search Centre (NExT Search Centre) yesterday. Michael Yap, executive director of the Interactive Digital Media R&D Programme Office (IDMPO),
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      Lock icon Singapore, China sign 3-year $30b currency-swap deal
      381 18  -  Arrangement allows MAS to borrow up to 150b yuan of the Chinese currency By Conrad Tan conradt@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S central bank has set up a $30 billion curren-cy-swap arrangement with its counterpart in China to promote trade and investment between the two countries. The
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      Lock icon SingTel Touching Lives Fund to raise $2.1m this yr
      259 18 SINGAPORE Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced yesterday that the SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF) is targeting to raise $2.1m in 2010. Fund-rasing activities were launched yesterday with a charity golf event held at Laguna National Golf and Country club. More than $730,000
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      Lock icon Nestle’s beverage innovation hub in the pipeline
      223 18 NESTLE is setting up a regional hub in Singapore for innovation in beverages. It said that the hub would research and develop Nestle beverage products in the Asia-Pacific region. Staffed by a team of technical specialists, it will be at the company’s research
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Yen seems a bit too high: official
      605 19  -  There are concerns the strong yen is undermining Japan’s export-led economic recovery By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo INTERVENTION by Japanese authorities to weaken the strong yen appeared to come a step closer yesterday when a senior government official made the unusual move of
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      Lock icon N Korea hits back at US sanctions
      304 19 Reuters Hanoi US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Asia yesterday to enforce tough sanctions against North Korea, which hit back by threatening a “physical response” to Washington’s plans for joint military drills with South Korea. “One measure of the strength of a
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      Lock icon Iran, China in talks to use yuan to settle trade, say sources
      355 19 Reuters Beijing IRAN and China are in talks to use the Chinese yuan to settle transactions of oil and projects, as heightened sanctions from the United States and Europe seek to further isolate Teheran from the global financial
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      Lock icon Indian PM’s aide calls for policy tightening
      551 20 He also predicts headline inflation will ease to 7% or 8% by December from 10.55% last month Reuters New Delhi A TOP Indian government adviser has called for strong monetary policy action to combat high inflation, days before the central bank is set
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      Lock icon India develops US$35 laptop for students
      226 20 Reuters New Delhi INDIA has come up with theworld’s cheapest “laptop”, a touch-screen computing device that costs US$35. India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the device that is designed for students, saying his department had started talks with global manufacturers
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      Lock icon Sands China chief exec leaves company
      168 20 Reuters Hong Kong SANDS China, the Macau unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp, said yesterday that chief executive Steve Jacobs has left the company, the latest in a string of Sands’ executives to go. “Mr Jacobs’ employment with the company was terminated with effect
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      Lock icon Farnborough air show underlines geopolitical shift from West
      504 21 Key focus is now new export destinations such as Middle East, Asia Reu ters Farnborough, England IF you want to see the shift in geopolitical and military clout from Western powers towards their growing emerging rivals, look no further than the sales
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      336 21 Reuters Budapest RATINGS agency Moody’s placed Hungary on review for a possible downgrade yesterday, citing increased fiscal risks. Moody’s action came after Hungary suspended talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) on its existing US$25 billion aid deal
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 3 7 0 0 0 7 3 7 Manufacturing 68 49 58 7 7 10 75 56 68 Commerce 25 20 18 3 4 5 28 24 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 22 8 13
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      831 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Jul 19 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Addvalue Tech Ltd 21-Jul-10 Chan Kum Lok Colin Buy ***** na 1200 0.13 ***** 1.99 Addvalue Tech
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      127 27 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2150 1.2520 Can dollar 1.3140 1.3310 Euro 1.7600 1.7810 NZ dollar 0.9880 1.0100 Sterling pound 2.0830 2.1080 US dollar 1.3640 1.3800 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Chi
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      98 27 YTD change: +2.62% 52-week high: 3,037.97 on April 15,2010 52-week low: 2,455.51 on July 23,2009 Source: Bloomberg Bloomberg YTD change: -4.83% 52-week high: 23,099.50 on Nov 18, 2009 52-week low: 18,971.50 on May 27, 2010 Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -1.01% 52-week high: 11,258.00 on April 26,
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      374 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 22 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 801.3 1.7 -3.8 1.8 -7.2 1.9 -5.1 ‡EAFE Preliminary 741.0 1.3 -5.6 1.7 -10.5 1.8 -8.5 Europe Preliminary 1088.7 2.2
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      154 27 Jul 23 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2282 1.2299 0.8953 0.8958 Canadian dollar 1.3250 1.3268 0.9659 0.9664 Euro 1.7704 1.7724 1.2906 1.2909 NZ dollar 0.9978 0.9995 0.7274 0.7280 Sterling pound 2.1010 2.1033 1.5316 1.5319
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      75 27 Jul 22 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 77.41 1.81 WTI (Near Mth) 78.83 2.66 Dubai (1-Mth F) 73.51 -1.07 Tapis blend 79.85 -1.15 Minas 76.60 -1.15 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 68.77 0.35 Jet Kerosene 85.45 -0.43 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      66 27 Jul 23 GOLD (US$/oz) Jul 22 Jul 23 Hong Kong 1188.*****9.10 Jul 21 Jul 22 London 1191.*****5.55 1191.*****6.55 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 25.03 24.80 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Jul 22 Close Previous PM Fix 1519.*****4.00 AM Fix 1518.*****9.00 Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM NYMEX
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      780 28 / 29  -  Shada Islam Brussels correspondent EUROPEAN Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is working hard to build a strong EU “external action service” or diplomatic corps which, among other things, will help construct a close political relationship with Asian and other countries around the
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        752 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Conrad Tan Keppel Corporation Buy DBS Group Research July 23 Close: S$8.94 Keppel Corp reported Q2 2010 recurring net profit of S$347.3 million (up 9.2 per cent y-o-y), above expectations. This was driven mainly by an exceptional offshore and marine (O&M) Ebit margin of 19.7 per
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        1058 32  -  Market participants use them to formulate views about economic growth, inflation and interest rates wealth insight Vasu Menon Vice-President Wealth Management Singapore, OCBC Bank MARKETcom-mentatorsoftenciteeconomicindicatorsto explain the behaviour of financial markets, especially at this juncture when investors are concerned about the sustainability of the
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        1211 33  -  Median total return for the past 11 years comes in at an atrocious negative 60% show me the money Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent WE know that buying into an S-chip, or China companies listed on the Singapore Exchange, has generally
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        1479 2/3  -  The concept of locavorism is budding here as Singaporeans become more aware of food provenance and environmental issues, but growing it will require a combined effort from restaurants, retailers and individuals. By Audrey Phoon individuals.By Audrey Phoon aphoon@sph.com.sg A RECENT post on the food blog
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        381 4  -  Where to buy and eat region-centric fare By Audrey Phoon aphoon@sph.com.sg EAT IN ??More than a few farms within driving distance offer organic vegetables fresh from the ground, or they’ll deliver their greens to your doorstep. Try Bollywood Veggies (www.bollywoodveggies.com, 6898-5001) in Kranji for fruit vegetables such
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        1643 6 / 7  -  trails The famous noodle dish sang har meen comes with the sweetest, juiciest udang galah in KL and PJ. By Joyceline Tully By Joyceline Tully btnews@sph.com.sg FORMIDABLE-lookingwhen raw but sweet and juicy when properly cooked, tai tou har–alsoknownvariously as freshwater prawn, giant river prawn or udang galah is
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        655 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Acting Deputy Foreign Editor THEY created quite the commotion at the recent World Cup. But to the relief of most, they won’t be seen or heard at many stadiums when the new English Premier League (EPL) season kicks
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        604 16 AP Dubai THE four Asian countries bidding to host the 2022 World Cup already have enough to be concerned about with demands for stadiums, hotels and transport networks and strong contenders from other confederations. Now, they have to worry
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        1142 17  -  Louis Oosthuizen, winner of last week’s Open, is certainly not the first golfer from the Rainbow Nation to make his mark in professional golf. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg WHEN Louis Oosthuizen walked up the 18th fairway at St Andrews last Sunday while leading the
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        474 18  -  The world’s first BMW M showroom was painstakingly conceived and executed over six months. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE new BMW M showroom may have cost $7 million to set up but it was worth every cent. “This is the epitome of the M brand,”
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        644 19  -  Jaguar has made a quantum break from the past and the XJ full-size saloon is all-new. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg ONLY two things seem to have been carried over to the new Jaguar XJ from its predecessor its name and the leaping cat ornament.
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        556 20  -  Sebastian Vettel seems the best chance for Germans to hear their national anthem being played at the end of the race. By Samuel Ee f1 watch| By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE German Grand Prix arrives at the Hockenheim circuit this weekend but few know that the
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