MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

31.10.2006

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL [SINGAPORE] PTE LTD

 

 

Formerly Known As :

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS (SINGAPORE)

PTE LTD

 

 

Registered Office :

5 Penjuru Close, #03-00, Singapore - 608600

 

 

Country :

Singapore

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.05.2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

21.03.1980

 

 

Legal Form :

Pte Ltd

 

 

Line of Business :

Wholesale of Electronic Components.  Sale & Distribution of Electrical Goods.

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

NR

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

Status :

Dormant

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Unknown

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 


Subject Company 

 

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

 

 

Line Of Business

 

--

 

 

Parent Company

 

--

 

 

Financial Elements

 

                                FY 2005

                     COMPANY

Sales

-

Networth

S$993,412

Paid-Up Capital

S$980,000

Net result

S$-6,183

 

 

Net Margin(%)

-

Return on Equity(%)

-0.62

Leverage Ratio

-

 


COMPANY IDENTIFICATION

 

Subject Company

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL (SINGAPORE)

PTE. LTD.

Former Name

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS (SINGAPORE)

PTE LTD

Business Address

5 PENJURU CLOSE

 

#03-00

Town

SINGAPORE                   

Postcode

608600

County

-

Country

Singapore

Telephone

Not Listed                  

Fax

Not Listed

ROC Number

198000887M                   

Reg. Town

-

 

 

PREVIOUS IDENTIFICATION

 

TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD

DATE OF CHANGE OF NAME: 19/09/2006

   

NEWEY & EYRE (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED

DATE OF CHANGE OF NAME: 01/08/1992

 

     

SUMMARY

 

All amounts in this report are in

SGD unless otherwise stated

Legal Form

Pte Ltd                       

Date Inc.

21/03/1980

Previous Legal Form

-

Summary year

31/05/2005    

Sales

-       

Networth

993,412  

Capital

1,000,000   

Paid-Up Capital

980,000  

Employees

-        

Net result

- 6,183  

Share value

1  

AUDITOR

BENEDICT & ASSOCIATES

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Litigation         : No

Company status : DORMANT                     

Started                                    : -

 

 

PRINCIPAL(S)

 

NG KOK MENG                      S1851130D      Director

 

 

DIRECTOR(S)

 

NG KOK MENG                                     S1851130D      Director

Appointed on :   20/09/2004

Street :                         42 SPRINGLEAF DRIVE

                          SPRINGLEAF GARDEN

Town:                SINGAPORE

Postcode:          788290

Country:                        Singapore

 

ABDUL LATIF BIN MAHAMUD                561223-08-     Director

Appointed on :   01/01/2005

Street :                         1 JLN WANGSA MURNI 8,

                          WANGSA MELAWATI

Town:                            KUALA LUMPUR

Postcode:          53300

Country:                        Malaysia

 

CHIN CHOON HIONG SYLVIA                S1660185C      Company Secretary

Appointed on :   08/06/2006

Street :                         25K JALAN HOCK CHYE

Town:               SINGAPORE

Postcode:                     534178

Country:                        Singapore

 

 

FORMER DIRECTOR(S)

 

TAN THIAM HUAT JOHNNY                                S0280741F

 

CHUA TEOW MENG                                                           S1049453B

 

ATKINSON DAVID MICHAEL                              S1086674Z

 

CHIA LUANG CHEW HAZEL                              S1407126A

 

HEAH KOK SOON                                             4910110855

 

MICHAEL JESSE WHISTON                              S2151929D

 

WONG CHIN MUN RICHARD                              2765259

 

LEOW SWEE MIN                                             4640173(B)

 

SARGENT PAUL JEREMY                                 B162193

 

CONYBEARE HOWARD JAMES                       B262448

 

HOULDSWORTH PETER AUSTIN                       B894549

 

PETER JOYCE                                                  SC003984E

 

YOUNG BRIAN HENRY                                     P634492

 

CHUA AH LAK                                                  4806280151

 

TOH YIU JOE                                                    S2167825B

 

 

ACTIVITY(IES)

 

ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONIC MACHINERY                                  Code : 8

 

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS                                                    Code : 7605

BASED ON ACRA'S RECORD AS AT 25/10/2006

1) WHOLESALE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

    SALE & DISTRIBUTION  OF ELECTRICAL GOODS

 

 

CHARGES

 

No Charges On Premises/Property In Our Database

 

 

PREMISES/PROPERTY INFORMATIONS

 

No Premises/Property Information In Our Databases

 

 

BANKERS

 

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS(S)

 

TAMCO SYSTEMS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.                980,000   Company

Street :             5 PENJURU CLOSE

                                    #03-00

Town:               SINGAPORE

Postcode:                     608600

Country:            Singapore

 

 

FORMER SHAREHOLDER(S)

 

NEWEY & EYRE INTERNATIONAL LTD                     980,000  

 

 

HOLDING COMPANY

 

TAMCO SYSTEMS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD      196400399W      % :  100  

 

 

SUBSIDIARY(IES)

 

No Participation In Our Database

 

 

PAYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCES

 

Trade Morality                : UNKNOWN

Liquidity                        : UNKNOWN

Payments                     : UNKNOWN

Trend                            : UNKNOWN

Financial Situation         : UNKNOWN

 

 

LITIGATION(S)

 

No Litigation In Our Database

 

 

FINANCIAL ELEMENTS

 

All amounts in this report are in:    SGD

 

  Audit Qualification:        UNQUALIFIED (CLEAN)        UNQUALIFIED (CLEAN)

  Date Account Lodged:                 23/12/2005

 

  Balance Sheet Date:                  31/05/2005                 31/05/2004

  Number of weeks:                             52                         52

  Consolidation Code:                     COMPANY                    COMPANY

 

                         --- ASSETS  

 

  Cash,Banks, Securitis:                      953                     33,734                             

  Other current assets:                   995,682                    970,569                             

  Total Current Assets:                   996,635                  1,004,303                             

 

  TOTAL ASSETS:                           996,635                  1,004,303                             

 

                         --- LIABILITIES    

 

  Equity capital:                         980,000                    980,000                              

  Profit & lost Account:                   13,412                     19,595                              

 

  TOTAL EQUITY:                           993,412                    999,595

 

  Prepay. & Def. charges:                   3,223                      4,708                              

  Total short term Liab.:                   3,223                      4,708 

                            

  TOTAL LIABILITIES:                        3,223                      4,708                                 

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT 

  

NET RESULT BEFORE TAX:                     -6,183                      -3,733                              

Net income/loss year:                                    -6,183                      -3,733 

                            

 

RATIOS

 

                                                31/05/2005            31/05/2004

Return on Equity(%):                                     -0.62                      -0.37                     

Return on Assets(%):            -0.62                      -0.37      

Net Working capital:                                      993412.00             999595.00                 

Cash Ratio:                                                    0.30                       7.17                      

Quick Ratio:                                                    0.30                       7.17                      

Current ratio:                                                  309.23                   213.32                    

 

Return on Equity : (100*Net income loss year)/Total equity

Return on Assets : (100*Net income loss year)/Total fixed assets

Net Working capital : Total current assets - Total short term liabilities

Cash Ratio : Cash Bank securities/Total short term liabilities

Quick Ratio : (Cash Bank securities+Receivables)/Total Short term liabilities

Current ratio : Total current assets/Total short term liabilities

 

 

FINANCIAL COMMENTS

 

SINCE THE SUBJECT IS DORMANT, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED. INSTEAD, AN ADVERSE CHECK ON THE DIRECTORS WILL BE CONDUCTED.

 

 

BACKGROUND/OPERATION

 

THE COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON 21/03/1980 AS A LIMITED PRIVATE COMPANY AND IS TRADING UNDER ITS NAMESTYLE AS "NEWEY & EYRE (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED".

           

SUBSEQUENTLY, ON 01/08/1992, THE COMPANY CHANGED TO ITS NAMESTYLE AS "TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD".

 

SUBSEQUENTLY, ON 19/09/2006, THE COMPANY CHANGED TO ITS PRESENT NAMESTYLE AS "TAMCO ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.".

 

AS AT 25/10/2006, THE COMPANY HAS ISSUED AND PAID-UP CAPITAL OF 980,000 SHARES OF A VALUE OF S$980,000.

 

 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

SUBJECT IS REGISTERED WITH THE ACCOUNTING & CORPORATE REGULATORY AUTHORITY (ACRA) TO BE PRINCIPALLY ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF:

 

1)WHOLESALE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

   SALE & DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL GOODS

 

DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR UNDER REVIEW, THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY CONSIST OF THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL GOODS. THE COMPANY REMAINS DORMANT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

 

FROM THE RESEARCH DONE, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS GATHERED:

 

TERMS OF PAYMENT:

* TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES   : 30-90 DAYS TERM

 

THE COMPANY IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF TAMCO SYSTEMS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD, A COMPANY INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE. THR ULTIMATE HOLDING COMPANY IS ANCOM BERHAD, A COMPANY INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA.

 

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (31 MAY):

* COMPANY - 2005: NIL (2004: NIL)

* GROUP   - 2005:  -  (2004:   -)

 

REGISTERED ADDRESS:

5 PENJURU CLOSE

#03-00

SINGAPORE 608600

- DATE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS: 16/02/2004

 

WEBSITE:

-

 

EMAIL:

-

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

THE DIRECTORS AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT ARE:

 

1) ABDUL LATIF BIN MAHAMUD, A MALAYSIAN

    - BASED IN MALAYSIA.

 

2) NG KOK MENG, A SINGAPOREAN

   - OTHER DIRECTORSHIP(S) IN OUR DATABASE:

     TAMCO SYSTEMS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.

     INVENSYS ENERGY SYSTEMS PTE LTD

     BEST POWER TECHNOLOGY PL

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVERSE ON DIRECTORS

 

DIRECTOR'S NAME: NG KOK MENG

ADVERSE REPORT AGAINST DIRECTOR: YES

 

TYPE OF CASE: OTHERS 

CASE NO       : TWS00036/90                      

DEFENDANT                        : NG KOK MENG

DEFENDANT                        : NG MEI WOON

PLAINTIFF     : MALAYAN BANKING BHD

                       

TYPE OF CASE: OTHERS 

CASE NO       : TWS00052/90

DEFENDANT                        : NG KOK MENG

DEFENDANT                        : NG MEI WOON

PLAINTIFF     : MALAYAN BANKING BHD                       

 

PROPERTY OWNERSHIP  : OWNS 1

ANNUAL VALUE                                           : S$22,800

CO-OWNER (S)                                           : KOH EE WHAN

 

* ANNUAL VALUE IS THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL RENT THE PROPERTY CAN FETCH IF IT WERE RENTED OUT. THE ANNUAL VALUE IS DETERMINED IN THE SAME MANNER REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS LET-OUT, OWNER-OCCUPIED OR VACANT.

 

 

Singapore’s Country Rating 2006

 

Investment Grade

 

IN SINGAPORE, THE POLITICAL SITUATION APPEARS TO BE VERY STABLE.

 

ECONOMIC GROWTH IS BECOMING MORE MODERATE AS INVESTMENT HAS BEEN FLAT DUE TO INCREASING OIL PRICES AND LESS BUOYANT DEMAND FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.

 

ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE HAS REMAINED STRONG, UNDERPINNED BY PHARMACEUTICALS AND SERVICES. EXPORTS HAS BENEFITED FROM THE STEADINESS OF DEMAND FROM ITS MAIN TRADING PARTNERS, MALAYSIA, THE UNITED STATES, CHINA AND HONG KONG. OTHER THAN ITS BALANCED PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTS, LIMITED FOREIGN DEBT AND COMFORTABLE FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SINGAPORE’S STRONG FINANCIAL CONDITION.


AS THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR FACES COMPETITION FROM THE ASIAN ECONOMIES, SINGAPORE HAS BEEN PURSUING DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY THAT HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATING ITS POSITION. PHARMACEUTICALS ALREADY REPRESENT 10% OF EXPORTS IN COMPARATIVE TO ITS INSIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN YEAR 1995. ELECTRONICS SECTOR SECTOR’S SHARE HAS DECLINED FROM 80% TO 60% DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THERE IS HIGH RELIANCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF PETROCHEMICAL PRODUCTS, HIGH VALUE-ADDED SERVICES AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES.


ASSETS

ONE OF THE MOST OPEN ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD WITH EXPORTS PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN ITS PERFORMANCE. ONE OF ASIA’S MOST ADVANCED COUNTRIES IN QUALITY COMPETITIVENESS TERMS.

WORKFORCE’S EDUCATION AND SKILL LEVEL IS VERY HIGH. A MAJOR EXPORT OF CAPITAL IN ASIA, PARTICULARLY THE STATE-OWNED HOLDING COMPANY, TEMASEK.  THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN VERY FAVOURABLE.  GREAT POLITICAL STABILITY.

 

WEAKNESSES

ECONOMY REMAINED OVERSPECIALISED IN THE ELECTRONICS SECTOR.  MUST ACCELERATE DIVERSIFICATION IN SERVICES TO MAINTAIN ITS LEAD OVER OTHER ASIAN ECONOMIES REFORMS ARE STILL NEEDED TO FOSTER INNOVATION AND EDUCATION-SYSTEM MODERNIZATION. AGING POPULATION COULD ULTIMATELY AFFECT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.

 

 

OVERVIEW OF SINGAPORE

 

PAST PERFORMANCE  

 

SINGAPORE’S ECONOMIC GROWTH MODERATED IN THE SECOND QUARTER TO 7.5% YEAR-ON-YEAR DUE TO A WEAKER MANUFACTURING SECTOR. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES ISSUED SHOWN GROWTH IN REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT SLOWED FROM A REVISED 10.7% IN THE FIRST QUARTER. ON A QUARTER-ON-QUARTER BASIS, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ANNUALISED BASIS, GDP GREW 1.1% AFTER A 7% EXPANSION IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.

 

THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IS FORECASTED TO HAVE EXPANDED BY A MORE MODERATE 10.2% IN THE SECOND QUARTER, MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO LOWER PRODUCTION FROM THE BIOMEDICAL MANUFACTURING CLUSTER. IT FELL BY ABOUT HALF FROM THE 20.2% IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT HIGHER THAN THE 9.3% REGISTERED FOR THE WHOLE OF 2005. THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF SINGAPORE’S ECONOMY WORTH S$194 BILLION.

 

THE KEY ELECTRONICS SECTOR IN MANUFACTURING IS GROWING STRONGLY, AGAINST THE VOLATILE BIOMEDICAL SEGMENT. ELECTRONICS ARE SINGAPORE’S MAIN EXPORT AND THE INDUSTRY ROSE 8.6% YEAR-ON-YEAR IN MAY, BOOSTED BY A 38.9% GROWTH IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR SEGMENT. 

 

THE ACTUAL FIGURES SHOWN THAT THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR GREW 0.2% IN THE SECOND QUARTER OVER 2Q2005. THIS IS IN CONTRAST WITH A 0.8% DECLINE IN THE TWO PRECEDING QUARTERS AND DECLINES IN THE SIX QUARTERS BEFORE THAT.

 

THE SERVICES SECTOR ACTUALLY ROSE 7% FROM A YEAR EARLIER, SLOWER THAN THE 8.2% IN THE FIRST QUARTER BUT ABOVE THE 6% RECORDED IN 2Q2005. SERVICES INDUSTRIES, WHICH RANGE FROM HOSPITALITY TO TRANSPORT, MADE UP NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF THE ECONOMY LAST YEAR. THOSE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, PARTICULARLY BANKERS, FUND MANAGERS AND STOCKBROKERS, REPORTED STRONG GROWTH OF 9.5% FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR AND UP FROM 8.7% IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER.  

 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE ROSE 10.1% IN THE SECOND QUARTER, AGAINST 15.1% IN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, AS WHOLESALERS WERE AFFECTED BY A SLOWDOWN IN NON-OIL RE-EXPORTS.

 

HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS GAINED 6.1% IN THE SECOND QUARTER SLOWER THAN 7.1% IN THE LAST QUARTER.

 

ON THE EMPLOYMENT MARKET, MORE JOBS WERE CREATED IN THE SECOND QUARTER BUT UNEMPLOYMENT ROSE TO 2.9% AS MORE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TERTIARY GRADUATES, ENTERED THE JOB MARKET. SOME 36,500 MORE JOBS WERE CREATED IN THE SECOND QUARTER, REFLECTING THE CONTINUED GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY. IT BROUGHT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2006 TO A RECORD 81,500, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO-THIRDS MORE THAN THE 49,500 REGISTERED IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

 

THE SERVICE INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO THE JOBS CREATION, ADDING 24,200 JODS, WHILE MANUFACTURING AND CONSTRUCTION POSTED INCREASE OF 8,300 AND 4,000 JOBS RESPECTIVELY.

 

RETRENCHED WORKERS TOTAL 3,100, LOWER THAN THE 3,500 IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT HIGHER THAN THE 2,100 IN 2Q2005.

 

AHEAD

 

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE ECONOMY REMAINS POSITIVE, AMID SIGNS OF A SLOWDOWN IN GLOBAL GROWTH. ON 8 AUGUST 2006, PRIME MINISTER LEE HISEN LOONG ANNOUNCED THAT THE SINGAPORE ECONOMY GREW 9.4% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2005. AS A RESULT, BARRING AN OIL SHOCK, THE FULL YEAR OFFICIAL FORECAST IS BEING RAISED TO BETWEEN 6.5% AND 7.5% FOR 2006, UP FROM THE EARLIER 5 TO 7% RANGE. 

 

IN THE SECOND HALF, MODERATE GROWTH WILL BE REGISTERED IN LINE WITH THE COOLING GLOBAL ECONOMY. BUT SURPRISINGLY, THE COMPOSITE LEADING INDEX (CLI), AN INDICATOR THAT LEADS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BY ABOUT ONE TO TWO QUARTERS AHEAD, ROSE 1.5% IN ITS FASTEST GROWTH IN OVER TWO YEARS. CLI COMPRISES NINE COMPONENTS SUCH AS MONEY SUPPLY, LIQUIDITY AND STOCK PRICES.

 

THE GLOBAL ENERGY PRICES WILL CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE WITH THE VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND POTENTIAL SUPPLY PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA, IRAN AND IRAQ. OTHER RISK FACTORS INCLUDE AN AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, A SLOWDOWN IN THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY, AND THE UNWINDING OF GLOBAL IMBALANCES SUCH AS THE US TRADE DEFICIT.

 

HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS ARE BANKING ON SEPTEMBER’S INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND/WORLD BANK MEETING TO MAINTAIN THE GROWTH MOMENTUM.

 

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR IS HOPEFUL THAT WITH THE PICK-UP IN BUSINESS LOANS, BILLION-DOLLAR HEDGE FUNDS RELOCATING HERE FROM HONG KONG AND STRONG INSURANCE SALES, THE INDUSTRY WILL BE GROWING ROBUSTLY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

 

SLOWER 8.4% GROWTH IN NON-OIL EXPORTS LAST MONTH

 

SINGAPORE’S NON-OIL DOMESTIC EXPORTS (NODX) GREW AT A SLOWER-THAN-EXPECTED 8.4% IN JULY 2006 OVER THE SAME MONTH A YEAR AGO, MAINLY DUE TO WEAKER SHIPMENTS OF ELECTRONICS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS.

 

ELECTRONICS EXPORTS, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR SLIGHTLY LESS THAN HALF OF OVERALL NODX IN 2005, GREW 5% IN JULY TO S$6.62 BILLION. IT WAS THE 12TH STRAIGHT MONTH OF EXPANSION BUT WEAKER THAN THE 9.1% GROWTH REGISTERED IN JUNE. IT WAS HURT BY A 23% FELL IN DISK DRIVE EXPORTS, WHICH WAS BEING VALUED AT S$843 MILLION IN JULY, AND A 21% DECLINE IN PERSONAL COMPUTER SHIPMENTS VALUED AT S$86 MILLION.

 

NON-ELECTRONIC EXPORTS, WHICH CONSIST MAINLY OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS, ROSE 11.7% TO S$7.14 BILLION. PHARMACEUTICALS ROSE 7.1% TO S$1.27 BILLION IN JULY, SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWER THAN THE JUNE’S RISE OF 25% TO S$1.45 BILLION. PETROCHEMICAL EXPORTS ROSE 11.5% TO S$1.02 BILLION, IN COMPARISON WITH THE 32% GROWTH IN JUNE TO S$1.1 BILLION.

 

SHIPMENTS TO SINGAPORE’S MAJOR MARKETS SUCH AS MALAYSIA, HONG KONG AND THE UNITED STATES GREW IN JULY BUT THESE WERE OFFSET BY DECLINES IN OTHER DESTINATIONS, INCLUDING JAPAN, CHINA AND EUROPEAN UNION.

 

TOTAL TRADE IN JULY ROSE 15.9% TO ALMOST S$69 BILLION. 

 

REGIONAL ECONOMIST SONG SENG WUN OF CIMB-GK RESEARCH PREDICTED THAT THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR COULD ENJOY A REBOUND IN THE COMING MONTHS AS DEMAND TYPICALLY PICK UP WITH THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. THE TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS WILL GROW BY THE LOW-TO-MID TEENS RANGE AS THE DISK DRIVE EXPORTS IMPROVE.

 

EXTRACTED FROM : MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, SINGAPORE 

                                    IE SINGAPORE

                                    THE STRAITS TIMES

                                    TODAY

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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