The Business Times, 9 October 2010

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    17 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg OCTOBER 9-10, 2010 S$1.00 MICA(P) 139/08/2010 S|5l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article
    Lock icon A shot in the arm for biomed sciences
    780 1  -  Boost in government funding for 2011-2015 and a one-stop industry partnership office to help take sector to the next level By Chen Huifen xuifen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE research drive of Singapore’s biomedical sciences over the next five years will focus more on achieving
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      204 1 the WEALTH TDRs are not a futile exercise 33 MOTORING The Merc CLS 350 is a class act L18 raffles conversation MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN, THE WICKET WIZARD 8 -9 wealth The wealthy bulge in the middle ASIA-PACIFIC boasts the largest concentration of the fastest growing chunk of wealth globally those with
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Banks warm to wealthy bulge in the middle
      1029 2  -  Region boasts most individuals globally with net wealth of US$10K to US$100K, offering opportunities for a host of investable themes By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg Singapore BANKING services for millionaires often hog the limelight, but by far the fastest growing chunk of wealth
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      137 2 STI 3,153.34 (-13.31) STI FUTURES 3,151.00 (-14.00) SIMSCI 370.13 (-1.65) SIMSCI FUTURES 369.30 (-2.10) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,481.41 -0.04 NIKKEI 225 9,588.88 -95.93 HANG SENG 22,944.18 +59.86 SET 963.19 -7.71 JAKARTA 3,546.95 -39.23 MANILA 4,236.98 -8.07 KOSPI 1,897.07 -3.78 SHENZHEN B 782.55 +20.95 MUMBAI IND 20,250.26 -65.06
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      Lock icon Poor US job numbers raise Fed easing hopes
      647 3 Private employment rises only 64,000 last month; Aug unemployment rate unchanged at 9.6%; length of average workweek steady at 34.2 hours for third straight month AP AFP Reuters Washington THE US economy continued to lose jobs last month as small gains in
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      Lock icon Syed Mohamed to replace Arlida Ariff as Iskandar CEO on Nov 1
      501 3  -  Finance Ministry says it’s keeping close eye on situation at firm By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore MALAYSIA’S sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional announced the replacement of Iskandar Investment president and chief executive officer Arlida Ariff yesterday. The Malaysian
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      Lock icon Banks scramble for younger, richer clients
      1174 4  -  15% rise in people making $200K to $1m in last financial year; banks recruiting RMs to serve more female, homemaker clients By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE latest report by the taxman shows that more people here are getting richer. The number who
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      Lock icon Slowdown in GDP growth in Q3 expected
      491 5  -  Q3 growth of 10.8% forecast by poll of economists, compared with 16.9 in Q1 and 19.2 per cent in Q2 By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore ECONOMISTS expect Singapore’s GDP growth to have slowed sharply in the third quarter, advance estimates for which
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      Lock icon Sarawak plans ambitious ‘Aluminium City’
      579 6  -  Proposal to buy Bakun hydro-electric dam is part of audacious plan to attract aluminium related businesses to set up shop in the area By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE Sarawak state government’s RM6-7 billion proposal to buy the Bakun hydro-electric dam from the federal
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      Lock icon Obama team not engaging Asia sufficiently: Lavin
      526 6  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg THE current Obama administration is not doing enough to engage Asia, says Frank Lavin, former US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. Mr Lavin believes that there are two main concerns here: Trade relations are not moving quickly
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      Lock icon Japan unveils 5.05t yen stimulus package
      495 7 It includes plans to save jobs, help small businesses and boost infrastructure AFP Tokyo JAPAN’s cabinet yesterday approved a new emergency stimulus package worth 5.05 trillion yen (S$80 billion) to help shore up an economy hit hard by deflation and the impact of a
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      Lock icon Chinese sales of Japanese bills hit record in Aug
      479 7 Reuters Tokyo CHINESE investors sold a record 2.0 trillion yen (S$31.9 billion) in short-term Japanese bills in August, suggesting their hefty buying earlier this year was not aimed at diversification into the yen as some had speculated. Chinese investors had bought
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      108 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Week in Review 10 Companies 11-14 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 L2-5 Style L7 Design L8-9 Fashion L10-11 Home&
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      36 3 ifv/V JACKPOT > T CO CO r\ Ip L A Y(i) Always play with cor« |responsibiyf Do not bet illegally. RCB Reg No: *****0202G THIS MONDAY is For details, visit www.singaporepools.com.sg Towards Community Purpose and Benefit SINGAPORE
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      120 5 Swiss-Garden Hotel a Residences Kuala Lumpur Strategically located between Chinatown Bukit Bintang Swiss-Garden Resort a Spa Kuantan The perfect East Coast family getaway Swiss-Garden Golf Resort a Spa Damai Laut Off the enchanting Pangkor Island V m ■"V r r 2D 1N FAMILY PACKAGES si 5CL 3D 2N FAMILY PACKAGES
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      21 7 SCORE CARD Keep your investors informed by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg.
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The wicket wizard
      1903 8/9  -  A man who overcame circumstances to become the greatest in his sport shares lessons on the art of winning and what it takes to make it to the top. By Rahul Pathak ‘If you want something badly enough and if you have the talent and are willing
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK | Oct 4-8, 2010
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        Lock icon Businesses saddened but inspired
        75 10 FROM bankers, lawyers and developers to union chiefs, tributes to Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, flowed unabated. Many praised her quiet support for Mr Lee as he built the nation. For a few who had a chance to see her at
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        Lock icon Intra-Asian shipping rides the waves
        48 10 THE Intra-Asian market traditionally a strange and fragmented creature in the world shipping business has become even stranger. While it might be the next big growth area and volumes are set to soar, container freight rates might not necessarily follow in the near-term.
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        Lock icon Hold-up keeps hotel from checking-in to history
        54 10 THE Copthorne Orchid Hotel along Dunearn Road, which was slated for closure at the end of this year, will now stay open for at least three months beyond that, BT understands. Some sources suggest that the closure could be delayed even further depending
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        Lock icon US financials, tech stocks vulnerable this season
        63 10 THE third quarter earnings season of corporate America kicked off this week with Alcoa’s report on Thursday. But with the peak weeks of the profit reports not due until the week of Oct 18, investors are still positioning themselves for a quarter that
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        Lock icon Talk of fourth telco in S’pore dies in the air
        40 10 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore announced that it would allocate the country’s remaining third-generation cellular network spectrum to the three incumbent operators in the absence of other rivalling bids.
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        Lock icon Office rentals rise, cutting down options for occupiers
        45 10 OFFICE rentals have climbed steadily this year, making Singapore a relatively more expensive market compared to just months earlier. In fact, it has climbed nine positions in Colliers International’s latest half-yearly ranking of global office occupancy costs.
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        Lock icon DBS in partnership talks for its asset management unit
        60 10 DBS Group is talking to two asset management houses for a partnership deal as part of its strategy to become a leading wealth management player. A source said the bank is negotiating to sell its DBS Asset Management arm to either
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        Lock icon Sing$ expected to keep up steady ascent
        54 10 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is expected to keep its mone- tary policy steady at its policy meeting later this month, economists here say. Although price inflation has accelerated since the last policy meeting in April, they don’t expect MAS to push for
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        Lock icon FAREWELL
        35 10 Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and his family members following his wife Kwa Geok Choo’s casket as it left Sri Temasek for the funeral at Mandai Crematorium on Wednesday CHEW SENG KIM/THE STRAITS TIMES
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        Lock icon Investors look at switching from housing to offices
        39 10 THE nascent recovery in Singapore’s office market and the government’s cooling measures in the residential sector are leading some private real estate investors to look at switching from housing to offices.
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        Lock icon Growing fears of ‘currency wars’ breaking out
        70 10 A COMPETITION to weaken currencies by major economies could escalate into trade wars that tip the world economy back into recession, analysts warn. Fears of a currency war breaking out have intensified in recent weeks after increasingly strident calls by some of China’s
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        Lock icon A wider welcome mat to woo global firms
        53 10 THE Singapore government is stepping up efforts to woo global mid-sized companies and Asian enterprises, by roping in industry bodies. In the next six months, the Economic Development Board plans to partner ten “multipliers” in a concerted move to ease such companies’
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    • NEXT WEEK | Oct 11-15, 2010
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        Lock icon US DATA
        44 10 Oct 12 Minutes of FOMC meeting Oct 13 Crude inventories Oct 14 Initial and continuing claims PPI/core PPI for Sept Trade balance for Aug Oct 15 CPI/core CPI for Sept Retail sales for Sept Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index Business inventories for Aug
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        Lock icon SINGAPORE DATA
        18 10 Oct 14 Advance Q3 GDP estimates Oct 15 Retail sales and catering trade indices for August
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        22 10 Oct 10 Annual meeting of IMF and the World Bank in Washington Oct 11 Announcement of 2010 Nobel Prize for Economics
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      332 10 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Counterfeit next year’s coins and prosper (5,5) 9 Stagger back and get a dirty look (4) 10 Island with many debts is unstable (10) 11 Handy article one can get for a pound (6) 12 Journals I’d taken back to sign (7) 15 An oppressive blow
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      12 10 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘This smart phone’s so sharp it’s qualified for Mensa...’
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Global Log prices IPO at top end of range
      576 11  -  At $1.96 a share, the GIC unit is poised to raise up to $3.9 billion if an over-allotment option is exercised ipo watch By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg Singapore GLOBAL Logistics Properties (GLP) has priced its initial public offering at $1.96 a
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      Lock icon Yamada up 68% in sterling trading debut
      452 11  -  By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore STAGS were laughing all the way to the bank yesterday as Yamada Green Resources made a splashing start on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard. And if the bullish debut was an indication of improved market sentiment, it augurs
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      Lock icon Mixed fortunes for Asian IPOs
      289 11 Reuters Singapore INVESTORS lapped up Singapore Global Logistic Properties’ (GLP) IPO but shunned the non-precious metals unit of London-listed gold miner Petropavlovsk plc in a day of mixed fortunes for Asian share offerings. Asia has led the world in initial public offerings so far this
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      Lock icon Wilmar to launch syndicated credit facilities for Sucrogen acquisition
      228 12 Singapore COMMODITIES play Wilmar International announced that it has signed a mandate letter for the launch of a US$1.1 billion syndicated term loan facility to finance the acquisition of Sucrogen Ltd. It has also arranged for a A$600 million (S$772 million)
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      Lock icon Cash-rich Asian firms poised to expand: HSBC
      455 12  -  Profit for Asian firms up 23.5% last year compared with 2008’s 32% drop By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore THE nimble way by which Asian firms reacted to the tripping conditions of the financial crisis has allowed them to pick themselves up quickly, said
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      Lock icon KepLand fund unit invests in Seoul Square
      273 13  -  US$210m investment in office building made by Alpha Investment Partners’ Macro Trends Fund By Uma Shankari shankari@sph.com.sg Singapore THE US$1.2 billion Macro Trends Fund of Alpha Investment Partners (AIP) the wholly owned real estate fund management arm of Keppel Land has invested US$210
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      Lock icon Business rebound lifts PCA Tech’s first-half earnings
      419 13  -  By Conrad Tan conradt@sph.com.sg Singapore PCA Technology’s net profit for the six months to end-August rose to US$3.02 million from just US$180,000 a year earlier, as business rebounded for the electronics contract manufacturer. Revenue in the first half of its current financial year
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      Lock icon QE is the market’s main buzzword now
      593 14  -  stocks R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent SOME time back, this column discussed a general sense of confusion among dealers as to why the market was rising when most lead indicators point to a looming slowdown. Several explanations are possible: a weak US dollar
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      66 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT AUDMM 5SG$ ***** 266.0 1.1 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 39.3 0.1 OCC 3.93% NCPS10 9558 30.0 0.3 DBXT CSI300 10US$ 1028 24.9 1.9 DBXT MSRussia 10US$ 308 21.0 5.5 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1210 17.0 1.1 SGX MBL eCW*****3 26.5 13.5 103.8 Jardine C&C
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      60 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -351.0 -2.0 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -77.3 -0.4 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 3754 -60.3 -1.2 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5339 -60.3 -0.9 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 3271 -38.0 -0.9 STXPO 100 1482 -32.0 -2.1 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1536 -30.1 -1.5 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1740 -24.9
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      Lock icon Emerging equity fund inflows quicken as US dollar slides
      494 14 Bloomberg Singapore OVERSEAS investors pumped the most cash into emerging-mar-ket equities since late 2007 in October and Asia bond funds attracted more capital on further signs growth in developed nations is slowing, according to EPFR Global. The equity funds received net
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      111 14 VOL CLOSE Yamada 140,972 37 0.0 0.0 GentingSP 102,241 198 -5.0 -2.5 ChinaXLX 46,088 62.5 2.5 4.2 VallianzHldgs 42,791 12.5 1.0 8.7 NobleGrp 39,569 201 3.0 1.5 ChinaSsine 35,628 27 1.5 5.9 ChinaHongxing 34,072 19 0.5 2.7 ChinaNTown 32,855 17 1.5 9.7 CoscoCorp 30,405 189 5.0 2.7
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      107 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.250 -0.030 CapitaLand 4.200 -0.010 CapitaMall 2.150 +0.010 CityDev 12.400 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.520 -0.020 DBS Grp 14.420 F&N 6.260 -0.080 Genting SP 1.980 -0.050 Golden Agri 0.575 -0.005 HK Land 6.570 -0.060 JMH 47.400 JSH 27.280 -0.080 Jardine C&C 39.600 +0.120 Keppel Corp
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      129 11 EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST INVITED Offshore specialist metals manufacturer and supplier to the Electronics Industry Sale of Business A unique opportunity to acquire a global market leading specialist metals and manufacturing services supplier for the electronics industry with an enviable market position. The business is a major supplier and processor of
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      24 13 GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Create greater transparency for your company by advertising your financial results in our newspapers. Call 1800 289 8822 or email notices@sph.com.sg.
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      175 13 MATS NOTICES State Bank of India Singapore State Bank of India, Singapore, proposes to purchase Freehold residential apartments, in condominiums, for its officers. Builders/selling agents/owners may visit our website www.sbising.com (under "Other Announcements") for the full particulars and submit their offers by post to reach: The Chief Financial Officer State
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Security for survival
      1392 15 A major trend that is emerging is the convergence of risk in an ever-changing threat landscape from the desk of SECURITY risks and issues facing modern day enterprises have not only become more significant and complex, but also now come with far reaching impact. In modern times,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Bosch to roll out electric vehicle charging stations
      419 16  -  S’pore is first outside Germany to test such an integrated charging network By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg ROBERT Bosch (SEA) has been picked to design, develop, deploy, operate and maintain Singapore’selectric vehicle (EV)charging infrastructure. The infrastructure is part of a $20 million programme
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      Lock icon Why there is a growing class divide in global cities
      425 16  -  By Chan Swee Khuan skchan@sph.com.sg CLASS is back, says Joel Kotkin, a world-renowned authority on global economic, political and social trends. Mr Kotkin shared his insights on the growing class divide in “global cities” such as London and Mumbai in
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      Lock icon CAI to work on Brunei airport upgrade
      199 16 CHANGIAirports International(CAI)–theinternational arm of Changi Airport Group has started consultancy work with the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) on a B$130 million upgrade for Brunei International Airport. CAI was appointed owner-adviser to BEDB, a government agency responsible for the project, which will be
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      Lock icon BP trading unit shake-up won’t impact S’pore ops
      423 17  -  Revamp aimed at countering profit drop, says London report By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg BP Singapore, which employs about 250 people at its trading unit here, says the unit will not be affected by a planned shake-up of BP’s trading division worldwide. The
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      Lock icon Partnership dominates at this year’s environment awards
      457 17  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg TONIGHT, three award winners will be honoured not just for the change they have wrought in themselves, but for the change they have brought about in others around them. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (GST) Singapore, Nan Hua High School
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      Lock icon Sports Council chief to join Hyflux
      339 17  -  By Karen Ng karenng@sph.com.sg OON Jin Teik will be joining the senior management team of Hyflux as group executive vice-president of businessdevelopment. The 47-year-oldwill report to Hyflux’s founder and group chief executive officer, Olivia Lum. Currently, Mr Oon is the chief executive of the
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    • Briefing
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        Lock icon Andy Chaw is Entrepreneur of the Year
        71 18 THE Entrepreneur of the Year (EYA) 2010 is Andy Chaw Chong Sing of retail firm Star 360 Holdings, it was announced yesterday. He was the overall winner out of 15 people shortlisted. Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong presented the Rotary-ASME award. Christian Bischoff
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        Lock icon NHB designates Custom House as historic site
        74 18 SINGAPORE Customs’ former headquarters at Custom House along Maxwell Road has been marked as a historic site by the National Heritage Board (NHB). The 57-year-old building is the 88th historic site so far. An internal event was held for officers who were in
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      Lock icon Tomorrow's leaders must be nimble and quick to adapt
      502 18  -  Shift to East, fast connectivity and the environment seen as the key issues By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg MANAGING the shift in gravity from West to East, the fast-paced interconnectedness of the IT age and environmental issues. Those are the three key
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      Lock icon New SME productivity scheme by Spring
      232 18 SPRING Singapore yesterday announced a new programme expected to train 900 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in productivity improvement over the next year. Its three-year Productivity Management Programme (PMP) will be run by the five Enterprise Development Centres (EDCs), which will conduct workshops and
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon GetJar out to make mobile phone apps free
      551 19 It teams up with Glu to offer a set of hot smartphone game maker’s premium titles free of charge worldwide AFP San Francisco THE world’s second largest online shop for mobile phone applications is out to change the economics of the booming
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      Lock icon German exports fall for a 2nd month in August
      517 19 Bloomberg Zurich EXPORTS from Germany, Europe’s largest economy, declined for a second month in August as a strengthening euro and slowing global growth curbed demand. Sales abroad, adjusted for working days and seasonal changes, slipped 0.4 per cent from July, when
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      Lock icon State funds to build financial district in KL
      399 20 1Malaysia Development will lead the RM26b project with Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development coming in as a strategic investor Bloomberg Kuala Lumpur SOVEREIGN wealth funds from Malaysia and Abu Dhabi signed an agreement to build a RM26 billion (S$10.9 billion) international financial district
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      Lock icon UAE drops plan to block BlackBerry services
      353 20 AFP Dubai THE United Arab Emirates yesterday said that a ban on BlackBerry services that had been due to come into effect next week will not go ahead. The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority confirmed that BlackBerry services are now compliant with the UAE’s telecommunications
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      Lock icon Taiwan prosecutors drop case against ex-UMC head
      292 20 AFP Taipei PROSECUTORS yesterday dropped their appeal against the former head of Taiwan’s United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), bringing an end to his four-year battle against illegal investment charges. Robert Tsao, one of the island’s most successful businessmen, was indicted in 2006 for breach
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      Lock icon Manchester United make £84m full-year loss on debt cost
      290 21 Reuters London MANCHESTER United made a full-year loss of £84 million (S$175 million) due to managing the cost of debt, they said yesterday, giving more ammunition to the many critics of the Premier League club’s American owners. The club, third in
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      Lock icon EU watchdogs show teeth over bank bonuses
      287 21 But curbs prompt warning that financial firms could move operations elsewhere Reuters London EUROPEAN Union (EU) bank watchdogs fleshed out yesterday what amount to the world’s toughest and most far-reaching curbs on bonuses, prompting a warning that financial firms are now more likely
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      Lock icon G-20 efforts to ease simmering currency tensions
      775 21 Issue set to dominate IMF-World Bank meetings as nations grapple with slow growth Bloomberg Reuters Washington THE US dollar yesterday dropped below 82 yen for the first time since 1995 and was headed for a fourth weekly decline against the euro amid speculation
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      Lock icon Hanoi to mark its millennium this weekend
      550 22 Govt plans to use celebration to show how economic growth has replaced deprivation that followed decades of war Bloomberg Ho Chi Minh City HANOI will this weekend mark 1,000 years since it was first named Vietnam’s capital, a celebration the government will use
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      Lock icon Japanese minister’s Vogue photo stirs up controversy
      342 22 Renho says sorry after photo taken in parliament draws fire Reuters Tokyo A POPULAR Japanese cabinet minister yesterday apologised after a photo shoot she did in Japan’s parliament building for the local edition of Vogue drew fire from opposition parties. Renho, a 42-year-old
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  • SGX
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      9166 23 Transaction date: Oct 8 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 13.5 3148 8Telecom 19 +0.5 42 19 18.5 18.5 19 1.7 9.5 6.1 91 12 5 5834 A-Sonic 6 unch
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      1848 26 52-wks Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Code Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 9 4 1181 t AA Grp 4.5 4 5 25 4.3 225 130 6222 t APStrategic 159 151 164 94.4 4 0.5 1501
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 6 6 0 0 0 5 6 6 Manufacturing 62 49 83 6 3 19 68 52 102 Commerce 17 18 35 4 1 5 21 19 40 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 13 18
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      858 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Oct 4 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Ascott Residence Trust 7-Oct-10 CapitaLand Ltd *SA ***** na *****6 48.01 *****8 47.74 Ascott Residence Trust 7-Oct-10
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 29,242 29,242 66,719 66,719 Manufacturing 577,218 51,554 628,772 321,162 4,379 325,542 Commerce 131,426 78,776 210,202 148,870 9,077 157,947 Tpt/Stor/Comms 120,091 6,584 126,675 231,447 1,029 232,476 Finance 29,918 20 29,938 267,020 3 267,022 Construction 34,329 2,573
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      129 27 Oct 8 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Bid Offer Aust dollar 1.2710 1.3090 Can dollar 1.2760 1.2910 Euro 1.8090 1.8300 NZ dollar 0.9720 0.9940 Sterling pound 2.0630 2.0880 US dollar 1.3010 1.3160 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Bid
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      94 27 YTD change: +8.83% 52-week high: 3,197.34 on Oct 6,2010 52-week low: 2,605.10 on Oct 29,2009 Source: Bloomberg YTD change:-16.43% 52-week high: 3,361.39 on Nov 24,2009 52-week low: 2,319.74 on July 2,2010 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: +4.90% 52-week high: 23,099.50 on Nov 18,2009 52-week low: 18,971.50 on May 27,2010
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      374 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 7 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 843.9 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 -4.0 0.0 3.2 ‡EAFE Preliminary 774.1 0.0 -1.4 0.3 -5.1 0.4 2.0 Europe Preliminary 1133.8 0.0
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      154 27 Oct 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2777 1.2786 0.9755 0.9760 Canadian dollar 1.2870 1.2876 0.9826 0.9829 Euro 1.8226 1.8231 1.3915 1.3917 NZ dollar 0.9792 0.9807 0.7476 0.7486 Sterling pound 2.0741 2.0750 1.5835 1.5840
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      82 27 Oct 7 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 10 1840 1848 1871/1839 Mar 11 1862 1869 1891/1861 May 11 1881 1889 1911/1883 Jul 11 1897 1905 1925/1898 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Pev High/Low Nov 10 1621 1627 1639/1612 Jan 11 1653 1657 1671/1642 Mar 11 1677 1680 1693/1669 May 11
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      93 27 Oct 7 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 10 1065.*****2.*****4.*****1.00 Jan 11 1075.*****2.*****3.*****1.00 Mar 11 1083.*****0.*****1.*****9.00 May 11 1087.*****4.*****5.*****4.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 10 43.79 43.44 43.91 43.58 Dec 10 44.12 43.78 44.28 43.55 Jan 11 44.43 44.07 44.54
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      66 27 Oct 8 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 10 2790 2790 2790 2790 47 195 Nov 10 2813 2784 2813 2774 1021 9627 Dec 10 2806 2760 2808 2753 ***** ***** Jan 11 2801 2754
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      75 27 Oct 7 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 84.15 -1.49 WTI (Near Mth) 81.47 -1.80 Dubai (1-Mth F) 82.73 0.61 Tapis blend 92.10 0.55 Minas 85.45 0.55 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 82.00 1.03 Jet Kerosene 95.40 0.15 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      71 27 Oct 7 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2291.75 2330.50 3 months 2325.00 2365.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 8086.75 8241.00 3 months 8100.00 8259.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2181.00 2288.00 3 months 2209.00 2316.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      73 27 Oct 8 GOLD (US$/oz) Oct 08 Oct 07 Hong Kong 1333.*****2.00 Oct 07 Oct 06 London 1331.*****7.60 1332.*****8.00 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 29.50 29.28 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Oct 07 Close Previous PM Fix 1723.*****4.00 AM Fix 1720.*****1.00 Source: Thomson
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      1085 28 / 29  -  US and Beijing politicians will need a lot of political courage to take economic steps that could prevent a new currency and trade war Leon Hadar Washington correspondent AS finance ministers and central bankers from around the world gathered in Washington for the annual IMF and World
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      260 28 / 29  -  letters to the editor Cheryl Foo Assistant Director Corporate Communications and Planning Casino Regulatory Authority WE refer to the letter by Larry Haverkamp “Get casinos to display odds of winning” (BT, Oct 6). Section 106 (1) (b) (i) of the Casino Control Act
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      229 28 / 29  -  Lim Hock San Chairman National Council on Problem Gambling WE thank Larry Haverkamp for his letter “Get casinos to display odds of winning” (BT, Oct 6) as well as his letters to The Straits Times in September on the same issue. Members of
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      143 28 / 29  -  Lisa Williamson Executive Director Corporate Communications Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd WE refer to the letter by Larry Haverkamp, “Get casinos to display odds of winning” (BT, Oct 6). Marina Bay Sands works closely with the Casino Regulatory
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        1338 30 / 31  -  Interest rates have fallen so far that investors are turning to riskier and riskier securities for relatively high yields. The market for high-yield securities, also known as junk bonds, is booming as never before. By Nelson D Schwartz By Nelson D Schwartz NYT JIM Casey
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          247 30 / 31 Buy DMG Research Oct 8 Close: $0.27 REAG has completed the placement of 100 million shares during Sept 24, 2010 at placement price of 30 cents each. Net proceeds raised came up to $28.8 million, of which 50-60 per cent is slated for wind farm projects
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          474 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Joyce Hooi OCBC Investment Research Oct 8 THE July Retail Sales Index, excluding motor vehicles, registered an increase of 6 per cent y-o-y and 1.3 per cent m-o-m. We reckon that retail sales for the rest of the year should sustain, bolstered by
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        1290 32 Analysts are cutting their forecasts for S&P’s 500 Index earnings as US unemployment remains near the highest in 27 years and European lawmakers enact austerity measures to shrink budget deficits Bloomberg FOR the first time in more than a year, analysts are cutting their forecasts for
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        1054 33  -  Firms going that route appear to have shown improvement in their valuations Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent LAST week, an investor friend sent me a text message. “Tell you a secret trade,” he wrote. “ThosestocksdoingTDR(Taiwan Depository Receipts) all can make money trading them.
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        Lock icon Househunt PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN SEPT 8 AND 14, 2010
        846 34 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 16 LANDED Eastwood Green Terraces 3-Ter 08/09/2010 99 1934 1480 765 Peakville Park 2-Ter 08/09/2010 FH 3179 2250
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        424 35 Temporary measure, along with limit on bank mortgages, is aimed at cooling market Reuters Shanghai THE Shanghai government has issued new rules to limit home buyers to one new apartment and will impose revised land appreciation tax as part of an effort
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        379 35 A JOINT venture involving ACT Holdings, Nobel Design Holdings and two other partners has bought a four-storey freehold residential block at Lim Tua Tow Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, through a collective sale for $39.51 million. According to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL),
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        294 35  -  By Uma Shankari shankari@sph.com.sg Singapore A TOTAL of 344 units were sold in Frasers Centrepoint’s 573-unit Sengkang executive condominium (EC), Esparina Residences, as of 6pm yesterday. The developer had received 1,155 applicants for the project since it was launched on Sept 30. Eligible
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        3162 2 / 3  -  Forget the bottom line (well, almost) these new-wave outlets are approaching the F&B business with different priorities. By Audrey Phoon By Audrey Phoon aphoon@sph.com.sg 40 Hands 78 Yong Siak Street 6225-8545 www.40handscoffee.com YOU’VEgot togive HarryGroverahandfor what he’strying to do. Wait make that 40 hands. The Australian, who moved
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        523 4 / 5 wine dine with BTWeekend Chatterbox Level 5 Mandarin Orchard Singapore 333 Orchard Road ?6831-6288 Home to the signature Mandarin Chicken Rice, Chatterbox is an iconic coffee house renowned for its Asian local delights and Western favourites. Most recently, Chatterbox opened its new premises on Level 5 of the hotel with
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        809 6  -  Chef Sasajima combines elements of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine with the familiar trappings of the Italian kitchen. By Geoffrey Eu guest chef By Geoffrey Eu btnews@sph.com.sg EARLIERthisweek,agroupofvisitingwineproduc-ers from Italy sat down for dinner at Il Ghiottone, apopularrestaurantinKyotothatoffersauniquely Japanese take on Italian food. More specifically, owner-chef Yasuhiro Sasajima
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        703 7  -  The designing genius of Emilio Pucci is lovingly feted in a lush coffee table book. By Melissa Lwee Emilio Pucci by Armando Chitolina, Vanessa Friedman and Alessandra Arezzi Boza Publisher: TASCHEN By Melissa Lwee mellwee@sph.com.sg THERE are many reasons why one should pick up a copy of this
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        594 7 Recently launched fashion books: Manolo’s New Shoes With more than 130 witty, seductive drawings of footwear (right) from the shoe maestro Manolo Blahnik himself, this is a keepsake for shoe lovers. Launched just last month, the book is organised thematically to express Blahnik’s interests and passion art history,
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        1416 8 / 9  -  skyThere’s a new skyscraper in town and Ho Chi Minh City is hoping it will become a towering symbol of modern Vietnam. By Clarissa Tan By Clarissa Tan btnews@sph.com.sg YOU’REwalkingalong a colourful, noisy street flanked on both sides by two-storey shophouses, with hundreds of motorbikes seemingly
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        1524 10 / 11  -  Paris takes a chill pill with labels doubling back and stripping down to the basics. By Daniel Goh By Daniel Goh btnews@sph.com.sg IT was not a Paris collection that would revolutionise fashion. Top designers showed calm, clean and reduced creations that seemed to have evolved subtly, in tune
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        1131 12 / 13  -  The house of designers Allan Chai and Ross Chng is full of fun surprises, with its mix of East and West, old and new. By Melissa Lwee personal space By Melissa Lwee ONE’S first reaction upon setting sight on the house of Allan Chai and Ross Chng is
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        797 14  -  The new breed of full-featured smartphone is in pole position to make sure you never get lost. By Christopher Lim By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg MANY mobile phones these days come with navigation features to help you get around, but not all of them do that job equally well.
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        657 15  -  An umbrella term for mental diseases, the most common being Alzheimer’s, dementia is much worse than just absent-minded forgetfulness. By Cheah Ui-Hoon By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE common teasing you get, or self-effacing comment you make, when you forget where you placed the keys, is thatyou’regettingold.Butrealforgetfulness, thekind
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        344 16  -  Big Fish is sitting pretty on top with a nine-point lead over second-placed OAAG. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg AS THE teams in The Business Times Corporate Golf League prepare to tee off in the final round at Sentosa’s Serapong course next week,
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        485 16  -  By Justine Moss AS the title sponsor of the upcoming CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia, CIMB had decided to put its other golf involvements on hold this year. But it decided to make an exception for The Business Times Corporate Golf League. “Ihadtoarm-twistmymarcomdepart-ment which oversees all sponsorships to
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        485 16  -  By Justine Moss MEETING like-minded players, enjoying great company, network opportunities, and nice courses to compete on have been some of the highlights of the League, says Joey Chang, CEO, AXS Pte Ltd. The Citi team member is also very much a valuable part of the team according
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        633 17  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor THESE days, it doesn’t just rain in Liverpool. It pours. Incessantly. Fans of the wildly popular English football club cheered earlier this week when they found out that someone had finally come forward to buy their
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        420 17  -  tee off with colette wong Colette Wong IT WAS gripping, edge-of-your-seat drama right up till the 17th of the very last singles match when Hunter Mahan conceded the hole to Graeme McDowell. Europe had done it. They had won the 38th Ryder Cup by a single point:
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        717 18  -  The Mercedes-Benz CLS 350 can be manoeuvred as nimbly as a compact C-Class. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg FOR what is arguably an automotive oxymoron, the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class “four-door coupe” has been a pretty successful model. Now, there is a new version and it looks even
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        461 19  -  Mercedes-Benz has focused much attention on the new CLS-Class’ looks. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg AFTER launching the first CLS-Class six years ago and creating a new vehicle category, Mercedes-Benz discovered that one-third of its buyers were conquests, that is, they used to drive another make.
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        548 20  -  In the event of a deluge during tomorrow’s Japanese GP, most of the field face a very good chance of sliding off the track and crashing out. By Samuel Ee f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg IT’S been raining so much this week that even the
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