The Business Times, 26 November 2011

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    18 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg NOVEMBER 26-27, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 sp!l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article
    Lock icon HOT RATES
    37 1 Italian debt sales rattle markets ROME sells eight billion euros of six-month Treasury bills at an average yield of 6.504 per cent and two billion euros of 24-month zero-coupon bonds at 7.814 per cent. 2
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    35 1 Stanchart (S) eyes US$3b revenue RAY Ferguson, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Singapore, expects revenue to hit US$3 billion by 2014, which is more than 76 per cent above 2010’s US$1.7 billion. 4
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    30 1 Ex-Olympus chief on Japan decline MICHAEL Woodford tells a packed audience that poor corporate governance is at the heart of Japan’s economic decline relative to other countries. 6
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    34 1 Booking for event space hots up HOTELS in Singapore advise customers to book venues for their functions by up to year ahead, if not two, especially for in-demand or weekend dates. 17
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    Lock icon Rules of the house: IRs can’t target locals
    1063 1  -  Ahead of study on problem gambling, new rules to stop casinos from wooing S’poreans, PRs and foreign workers By Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) is tightening regulations on casino advertising and promotions to bar
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    Lock icon Stub out your phones, it’s a no-smoking flight
    542 1  -  Mobile phone emits smoke on Sydney flight By George Joseph georgej@sph.com.sg Singapore “PHONE ALARM” took on an entirely new meaning when a mobile phone in a passenger’s pocket started emitting dense smoke and a red glow, just as his plane was landing
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Soaring rates at Italian debt sales rattle markets
      633 2  -  Yields on two-year Italian bonds leap to a euro lifetime high of over 8 per cent By Neil Behrmann bt wo rl d @s p h .co m .sg London EUROPEAN bond and stock markets remained under pressure for the seventh consecutive
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      Lock icon Oct industrial output stuns with 24.4% surge
      494 2  -  The jump, due to doubling in pharma, is over 3 times what economists had expected By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore INDUSTRIAL production in October surged 24.4 per cent year-on-year more than triple the market’s forecast due to unexpectedly strong pharmaceutical output growth.
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      140 2 H STI 2,643.93 (-33.22) H STI FUTURES 2,644 (-33) H SIMSCI 299.63 (-4.43) H SIMSCI FUTURES 298.70 (-6.10) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,431.55 -16.44 NIKKEI 225 8,160.01 -5.17 HANG SENG 17,689.48 -245.62 SET 967.18 -13.32 JAKARTA 3,637.19 -58.84 MANILA 4,261.59 +23.94 KOSPI 1,776.40 -18.66 SHENZHEN B 575.60 -3.62
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      Lock icon Stanchart S’pore eyes US$3b revenue
      629 4  -  It’s prepared for economic gloom ahead, saying it’ll support customers with strong balance sheets By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THE next two years will be tough but Standard Chartered Bank Singapore boss Ray Ferguson is ready for the challenge. He expects the bank’s revenue
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      Lock icon Ex-Olympus chief on Japan’s economic decline
      669 6  -  By Anthony Rowley bt wo rl d @s p h .co m .sg Tokyo POORcorporategovernanceisattheheartofJapan’s economic decline relative to other countries, the British ex-CEO of the embattled Japanese giant Olympus charged yesterday. Michael Woodford yesterday defended his role as “whistle blower” in helping to
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      Lock icon Nita Ambani takes on a higher corporate profile
      923 8  -  Mukesh’s wife all set to get busier with her induction to the board of East India Hotels By Neeta Lal btworld@sph.com.sg New Delhi NITA Ambani’s recent induction to the board of East India Hotels (EIH) Ltd, which runs The Oberoi and Trident
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      Lock icon A broad(’s) view on the boardroom
      816 9  -  saturday soapbox| Joyce Hooi Reporter APPARENTLY, women in the 60s chucked their bras into “freedom trash cans” for nothing, if the latest Deloitte survey on women in the boardroom is to be believed. In Deloitte’s November report, Singapore has to endure the trauma of
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      57 2 CONTENTS LIVING Dining L2-4,6 Travel L8 NEWS Top Stories 2-9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Week in Review 12 Companies 13-15 From The Desk Of 16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 39-35 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 Real Estate 35 Shopping L10-12 Gadgets L13 Health
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      1092 7 thebusinesstimesweekendwww.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 weekend www.businesstimes.com.sg SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00 MICA (P) 121/08/2011 the raffles conversation CAREER DIPLOMAT BARRYDESKER 12-13 cheap funds Local banks to slash savings ratesDBS Bank, OCBC DBS Bank and UOB will offer amere 0.05 per cent mere come October, even asHSBC and
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Redefining giving
      2053 10/11  -  Judith Rodin, president of the Rockefeller Foundation, is transforming the business of philanthropy with impact investing. By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg IF AN old and venerable institution comes to mind, there’s a good chance that Judith Rodin has, at some point, been its president. Or one of its directors.
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK Nov 21-25, 2011
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        Lock icon Rough waters ahead for shipping industry
        47 12 THE shipping sector is set for more bankruptcies and restructuring as it battles challenging operational conditions. Industry watchers predict tougher times ahead with the ongoing shipping downturn thanks to depressed freight rates claiming its latest and most high-profile victim last week.
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        Lock icon Singh pays glowing tribute to Singapore’s success
        65 12 SINGAPORE may be a relatively small country in terms of population and land area, but its list of admirers is growing steadily and now includes Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. On a visit here on Sunday, he said: “Singapore’s rapid transformation and economic
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        Lock icon Growth may slow to a crawl next year – or stall
        65 12 Growth may slow to a crawl next year or stall SINGAPORE’S economic growth is expected to slow sharply to just 1-3 per cent next year and could stallif the world’s advanced economies slide into recession, the government warned on Monday. That gloomy projection is lower than many economists’ current forecasts
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        Lock icon MAS weighs in on Reit sector debate
        51 12 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore may offer more regulatory guidance to the Reit industry in efforts to boost corporate govern- ance standards. It did not highlight specific companies but was responding to criticism that current rules fail to protect the interests of minority
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        Lock icon Tokyo, Osaka exchanges merging to play catch-up
        39 12 JAPAN’S two leading stock exchanges, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange, on Tuesday confirmed their intention to merge and form the world’s third largest exchange in terms of market capitalisation.
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        Lock icon Council drops prescription on ID tenure limit
        89 12 MOST key changes proposed to the corporate governance code remained intact but one was watered down considerably in the final recommendations to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Corporate Governance Council has decided to leave it to the nominating committee to decide whether
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        Lock icon Great wall of worry rises high in China
        38 12 CHINA’S industrial production has suffered the sharpest fall in output since March 2009, the time when the world was slowly crawling back from the shock of the Lehman Brothers collapse.
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        Lock icon Enterprise 50 winners look overseas for growth
        55 12 TAPPING overseas markets and diversification is what the top three winners of this year’s Enterprise 50 awards believe will help them through the projected slowdown in Singapore’s economic growth. Wah Loon Engineering, which emerged tops this year, believes that its Malaysian operations will
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        Lock icon Insurers look for cover in year of calamities
        53 12 ALREADY facing huge natural catastrophe claims and weak investment returns, insurers have been jolted by greater-than-expected losses from Thailand’s worst flooding in decades. The floods could lead to a stricter assessment of risks in the Asia-Pacific and have sparked speculation that insurance
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        Lock icon Maybank Kim Eng worth over $1b
        33 12 WITH the backing of new parent firm Maybank, the renamed Maybank Kim Eng is gunning for more mandates beyond $1 billion in deal size in investment banking.
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        Lock icon 3 Olympus execs quit on the eve of board meeting
        50 12 THREEexecutives of Japan’sOlympus Corp resigned on Thursday ahead of a boardroom showdown with ousted CEO Michael Woodford, as the British whistleblower said that he would not be surprised if “some criminality” were involved in the scandal engulfing the once-venerable firm.
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        Lock icon Asian banks’ funding costs go north
        47 12 FOR weeks, Asian banks and businesses have seen their borrowing costs climb as cash-strapped European banks repatriate funds and cut back on loans, knowing full well that this is merely a downpayment on a long and painful shrinking of funding markets.
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK Nov 28-Dec 2
      83 12 US DATA Nov 28 Oct new home sales Nov 29 Nov consumer confidence Sept FHFA housing price index Nov 30 MBA mortgage index SINGAPORE DATA Nov 29 October producer and int’l trade price indices Nov 30 Q3 average monthly nominal earnings per employee OTHER DATA
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      307 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Demonstrates hostility to private accommodation (8) 6 God willing, it’s all right to admit artist and composer (6) 9 It may be recommended as a sun resort (6) 10 Witnesses appear to give it (8) 11 Restoration of features in theatre (8) 12 Go flat out
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      3 12 SATURDAY with Ludwig
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon GLP may sell up to $500m perpetual bonds
      409 13  -  Launch is expected after S’pore, HK investor meetings starting on Monday By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) is planning to sell as much as S$500 million of perpetual bonds, building up its war chest while financial markets remain open.
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      Lock icon Renminbi bonds a big draw for S’pore investors
      458 13  -  They buy 40% of 3.6b yuan Baosteel issue amid huge demand B y Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE investors have fallen in love with renminbi (RMB) bonds, snapping up as much as 40 per cent of Baosteel Group Corp’s mega 3.6 billion
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      Lock icon Hyflux in talks over Tuaspring power plant
      524 14  -  Group says ‘advanced discussions’ are being held with ‘reputable contractors’ By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg HYFLUX, which is developing Singapore’s second and largest desalination plant, “is now in advanced discussions with reputable contractors” to develop the core power portion of the project. But a
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Chew’s Group profit down on IPO expenses
        82 14 EGG producer Chew’s Group reported that its net profit for the fiscal year ended Sept 30, 2011, fell 56 per cent to $1.35 million, dented by IPO expenses. Revenue grew 15 per cent to $22.06 million due to a rise in the sales
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        Lock icon Ascott Reit buys 60% of Tokyo property
        75 14 ASCOTT Residence Trust (Ascott Reit) said it has bought 60 per cent of Citadines Shinjuku Tokyo from Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd and Citadines Shinjuku Ippan Shadan Hojin for about $45.7 million. The balance 40 per cent is held by The Ascott Limited (Ascott).
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        Lock icon FirstLink to delist from SGX on Nov 30
        69 14 FIRSTLINK Investments Corporation announced yesterday that it will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange on Nov 30. It said that it will make necessary arrangements for the return of share certificates to all shareholders and warrant certificates to all holders of warrants.
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        Lock icon Nidec update on flood-hit Thai plants
        65 14 NIDEC Corporation said that two of its Thailand factories hit by the recent flooding had resumed operations in Rangsit and Wangnoi by the end of the third week of this month. Its Bangkadi factory and Nidec Copal’s Pathumthani factory had commenced alternative production at
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        Lock icon Design Studio buys rest of associate
        45 14 DESIGN Studio Furniture Manufacturer Ltd, which owns 45 per cent of associate firm DDS Asia Holdings Pte Ltd, has entered into a proposed deal to buy the remaining 55 per cent stake from Depa Interiors LLC for $15.125 million.
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      Lock icon Cash-strapped Transcu strikes revamp deal with Forest Pine
      624 14  -  Lifting of suspension, better cashflow hinge on restructuring plan By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg THE lifting of Transcu Group’s trading suspension and cashflow improvements will rest on Forest Pine Group (FPG), a company in which it will acquire a 20 per cent stake.
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      Lock icon Pressure on France and Germany adds to woes
      568 15  -  stocks| R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent EUROPE continued to be the focus of world attention this week as borrowing costs for its nations both strong and weak edged higher. Plagued by declining liquidity and weighed down by a near-perfect correlation with all
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      110 15 VOL CLOSE GoldenAgri 97,711 67 0.0 0.0 GentingSP 91,599 146.5 -4.0 -2.7 NobleGrp 70,302 105.5 -3.5 -3.2 PSLHldgs 48,403 42.5 -4.0 -8.6 Yangzijiang 24,257 86 -4.5 -5.0 SingTel 21,551 302 -5.0 -1.6 NexGenSCom 17,890 1.2 0.0 0.0 Memstar 16,664 7.5 -0.3 -3.8 ChinaAniH 16,658 26 0.0 0.0
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      111 15 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.265 -0.025 CapitaLand 2.430 -0.050 CapitaMall 1.755 -0.020 CityDev 9.120 -0.240 ComfortDelGro 1.395 -0.010 DBS Grp 11.930 -0.130 F&N 6.150 -0.040 GLP 1.745 -0.055 Genting SP 1.465 -0.040 Golden Agri 0.670 HK Land 4.550 +0.020 JMH 48.960 -0.190 JSH 28.630 -0.710 Jardine C&C
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      Lock icon Miyoshi to tighten internal controls
      522 15  -  Corporate governance found to be lacking By Conrad Tan conradt@sph.com.sg MIYOSHI Precision has promised to tighten internal controls after an investigation into missing funds and forged signatures on company cheques found its corporate governance lacking. The company, which makes precision metal components, is also trying
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      Lock icon No merger plans, says Hwang-DBS
      129 15 Kuala Lumpur FINANCIAL group Hwang-DBS (Malaysia) Bhd has not considered a merger with Alliance Financial Group Bhd, the Malaysian Business Times quoted a director of Hwang-DBS as saying yesterday, quashing media speculation about such a move being imminent. “So far the board has not deliberated
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      62 15 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9134 97.1 0.8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4558 48.6 0.8 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$ 742 15.8 1.6 Lyxor India Nifty 10 1190 14.0 1.2 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1470 13.1 0.7 TCT 160.5 7.5 4.9 Indiabulls 16.9 6.9 69.0 Manhattan Res 97.5 3.5
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      61 15 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT iBoxx SvEu 5US$ *****-3721.0 -11.6 GLD 10US$ ***** -312.4 -1.4 DBXT E50 10US$ 3120 -110.3 -2.6 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3681 -108.9 -2.2 JSH 2863 -93.2 -2.4 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1367 -82.7 -4.4 CityDev.ES.1111 918 -70.0 -7.1 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 4905 -56.4 -0.9 DBXT FTChina25
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Securing the cloud
      1134 16  -  The most important process is to involve users in formulating governance policies from the desk of Dirk Peter van Leeuwen Vice-President and General Manager, Red Hat Asia Pacific FOR many enterprises looking to increase operational agility, cloud computing increasingly looks to be a more flexible and efficient
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Booking for hotel event space hots up
      539 17  -  Customers are advised to book venues by up to year ahead, especially for in-demand or weekend dates By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg SPACE is in high demand these days as Singapore’s meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions (MICE) industry draws the crowds, with some
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      Lock icon Good Q3 for financial and insurance services
      347 17  -  B y Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg FIRMS providing financial and insurance services had a good third quarter with double-digit year-on-year growth in revenue, according to just released data, but a recent survey suggests that things may not be as rosy going forward. The
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      Lock icon Olina Lodge up for sale at about $220m
      253 17  -  By Michelle Tan michtyz@sph.com.sg THE freehold Olina Lodge will be up for tender once again, at an indicative price of $220 million or $1,544 per square foot per plot ratio (psf ppr), slightly lower than its previous asking price of $225 million
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      Lock icon A dozen research projects each get $250,000 NRF grant
      233 17  -  By Dolly Chia dchia@sph.com.sg A MICROCHIP that can detect and collect cancer cells from the blood in place of a painful biopsy and contact lenses that could delay the onset of myopia. These are just two of the 12 research projects
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      Lock icon Car-tuning specialist sets up regional HQ here
      675 18  -  ABT Sportsline of Germany opens $1.5m showroom, eyes expansion in S-E Asia, Greater China and Australasia By Ven Sreenivasan ven@sph.com.sg GERMAN car tuning and customisation specialist ABT Sportsline has set up its regional headquarters in Singapore with a $1.5 million investment in its
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      Lock icon JAPAN MEETS FRANCE
      52 18 Michelin-star chef Laurent Peugeot (centre) and two of his guests, Japanese Ambassador Yoichi Suzuki and French Ambassador Olivier Caron, at the launch earlier this week of his first restaurant outside of France, here in Singapore. LP Tetsu at Tanglin Mall reflects his knack for Japanese-French fusion YEN
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    • Article
      Lock icon OneAsia tour boss quits abruptly
      296 18 AFP ONEASIA chief executive Ben Sellenger yesterday abruptly announced his resignation, two years after setting up the ambitious circuit that sent shockwaves through Asian golf. Mr Sellenger’s decision, which pre-empted any official statement from OneAsia, will inevitably provoke speculation about the health of the organisation,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Australia approves A$11.5b Foster’s sale to SABMiller
      445 19 But govt imposes conditions requiring the firm to keep brewing operations in Australia Reuters Canberra AUSTRALIA’s government approved yesterday SABMiller’s A$11.5 billion (S$14.6 billion) deal to acquire Foster’s Group Ltd under foreign acquisitions laws, but imposed conditions requiring the company to keep brewing
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      Lock icon China starts probe into US renewable energy subsidy
      345 19 Reuters Beijing CHINA’sCommerceMinistry yesterday announced an investigation into US government policy and subsidy support for renewable energy, after a US decision earlier this month to probe sales of Chinese-made solar panels in the United States. The announcement comes after China’s solar industry
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jeweller IPO may raise up to HK$22b
      285 19 Sources cite prices at HK$15-HK$21 apiece in HK’s biggest IPO this yr Reuters Hong Kong CHOW Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd could raise up to US$2.83 billion in what would be the biggest Hong Kong initial public offering of the year, tapping volatile
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      Lock icon Race for HK’s top job kicks off with 2 men
      824 20 Henry Tang and Leung Chun-ying are running neck-and-neck Bloomberg Hong Kong HONG Kong, with Asia’s widest rich-poor gap, will kick off the election for the city’s top job as former chief secretary Henry Tang and government adviser Leung Chun-ying are
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      Lock icon Samsung asks Aussie court to lift Galaxy ban
      345 20 Bloomberg Sydney SAMSUNG Electronics Co urged an Australian appeals court to overturn a ban on the sale of its newest tablet computer in the country, saying the judge who granted Apple Inc’s request for the ban misunderstood the law. Federal Court Justice
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      Lock icon Panasonic to build solar cell plant in Malaysia
      320 20 AFP Tokyo JAPANESE electronics giant Panasonic said yesterday it would build a new solar cell factory in Malaysia, as it looks abroad to cut production costs caused by the surging yen. The company said it would spend 45 billion yen (S$764 million)
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      Lock icon No adjusting rice policy, says Thailand
      433 21 Minister dismisses concerns kingdom could hurt itself with the scheme AFP Bangkok THAILAND will not adjust a raft of populist policies, including minimum wage increases and a new rice price scheme, despite fears they could fuel inflation following devastating floods, a minister said. The
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      Lock icon Flood clean-up keeps Thai firms busy
      439 21 Construction, engineering and building materials firms expect surging demand Reuters Bangkok AS water recedes in Thailand’s central provinces after weeks of flooding, construction, engineering and building materials firms are looking forward to a boom in demand for repair and restoration work in both the
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      Lock icon Gap to triple China network in 2012
      231 21 Reuters Hong Kong US apparel brand Gap Inc said yesterday that it aims to triple its store network in China next year, one of the latest foreign brands to target the country’s consumer spending growth. Redmond Yeung, president of China for Gap, which
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      Lock icon Foreign chains welcome India’s retail invitation
      393 22 But they fear policy’s small print may keep a lid on investment in the short term Reuters New Delhi GLOBAL supermarket chains welcomed a long-awaited invitation from India to invest in the country’s US$450 billion retail market, but they fear the policy’s small print
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      Lock icon Discounts and longer hours – just to woo US shoppers
      405 22 Discounts and longer hours just to woo US shoppers AP New York THE American holiday shopping season began in earnest yesterday as stores opened at midnight a few hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shopping day of the year. A few retailers even had lines of
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      Lock icon Needed: a euro-style crisis to push fiscal reform in the US
      537 22  -  By Rob Curran bt wo rl d @s p h .co m .sg New York THE failure of the Congressional supercommittee this week is another hint that it may take a crisis of eurozone proportions to force through fiscal
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  • SGX
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      9688 26 Transaction date: Nov 25 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 11.6 8Telecom 15.5 11.9 15 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 9.5 4.1 A-Sonic 4.5 4.3 5.3 2.9 1.7 32.2 65 48
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 9 1 0 0 0 4 9 1 Manufacturing 30 63 37 4 3 5 34 66 42 Commerce 11 20 17 4 5 3 15 25 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 4 30 4
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      810 26 For week beginning Nov 21 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Lian Beng Grp Ltd 24-Nov-11 Ong Pang Aik Buy 1200 0.35 ***** 3.59 ***** 3.82 Serial System
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 14,049 14,049 42,330 42,330 Manufacturing 140,831 14,049 154,880 113,601 60 113,661 Commerce 116,243 11,453 127,696 116,880 345 117,225 Tpt/Stor/Comms 72,372 21,442 93,814 135,700 2,567 138,266 Finance 13,920 150 14,070 117,608 29 117,638 Construction 65,576 2,389
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  • MARKETS
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      82 27 Nov 24 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1518 1516 1523/1510 Mar 12 1545 1544 1555/1538 May 12 1560 1558 1566/1555 Jul 12 1576 1574 1578/1571 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Nov 11 1885 1884 1854/1854 Jan 12 1886 1885 1889/1876 Mar 12 1923 1924 1924/1912 May 12
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      67 27 Nov 25 GOLD (US$/oz) Nov 23 Nov 25 Hong Kong 1701.*****0.00 Nov 23 Nov 24 London 1679.*****3.35 1380.*****4.35 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 41.95 41.26 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Nov 24 Close Previous PM Fix 1543.*****4.00 AM Fix 1549.*****7.00 Source: Thomson Reuters PLATINUM NYMEX
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 27 Nov 25 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 11 3119 3118 3119 3090 91 2273 Jan 12 3099 3113 3113 3061 1849 ***** Feb 12 3092 3108 3114 3053 9992 ***** Mar 12 3084 3107
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      77 27 Nov 25 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****N 23.02.2012 0.31 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.31 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 103.28 103.35 103.35 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.4 10-Year NX*****X
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      154 27 Nov 25 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2727 1.2744 0.9697 0.9702 Canadian dollar 1.2513 1.2530 0.9534 0.9539 Euro 1.7451 1.7466 1.3296 1.3297 NZ dollar 0.9727 0.9740 0.7411 0.7415 Sterling pound 2.0307 2.0328 1.5472 1.5476
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      Lock icon SMX MARKET UPDATE
      128 27 As on 24 November 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT DEC2011 1702.20 1690.70 1695.20 59 SILVER FUT DEC2011 32.140 31.700 31.810 4 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT DEC2011 .9760 .9679 .9731 2086 EUR-USD FUT DEC2011 1.3410 1.3315 1.3340 ***** GBP-USD FUT
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      93 27 Nov 23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 12 1122.*****3.*****8.*****0.50 Mar 12 1131.*****2.*****7.*****0.00 May 12 1140.*****2.*****5.*****7.00 Jul 12 1148.*****0.*****5.*****6.75 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 49.32 50.78 50.77 49.14 Jan 12 49.58 51.03 51.03 49.40 Mar 12 50.00 51.43 51.43
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      Lock icon OIL
      75 27 Nov 24 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 107.64 0.47 WTI (Near Mth) 97.23 0.71 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.60 unch Tapis blend 114.49 -0.14 Minas 110.89 -0.14 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.22 -0.11 Jet Kerosene 125.85 -1.35 US$/barrel Opec Oil Basket Price
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT`L INDICES
      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 24 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 772.1 -0.3 -14.0 -0.2 -12.1 -0.3 -14.1 ‡EAFE Preliminary 637.3 -0.5 -20.4 -0.4 -18.4 -0.5 -20.2 Europe Preliminary 935.3 -0.2 -20.0
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      119 27 currency Nov 25 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.298 1.237 Can dollar 1.272 1.224 Euro 1.778 1.71 Sterling pound 2.064 1.985 NZ dollar 0.998 0.951 US dollar 1.331 1.28 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      69 27 Nov 24 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2003.00 2005.75 3 months 2019.00 2024.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7239.75 7213.00 3 months 7265.00 7240.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1969.25 1981.75 3 months 1992.00 2005.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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      Lock icon STOCK MARKETS
      89 27 YTD change:-17.12% 52-week high: 3,280.77 on Jan 7,2011 52-week low: 2,521.95 on Oct 5,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change:-23.21% 52-week high: 24,468.60 on Apr 8,2011 52-week low: 16,170.30 on Oct 4,2011 Source: Bloomberg YTD change: -2.76% 52-week high: 12,876.00 on May 2,2011 52-week low: 10,404.40 on Oct 4,2011 (Chart
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon Let’s have ‘ethical rogue traders’
      1025 28/29  -  Planting a few of them in the dealing room could be just the acid test that trading systems in banks like UBS need. By Paul Aldrich, Pete Metzger ~Paul Aldrich is managing partner at CTPartners in Hong Kong, an executive search firm. Pete Metzger is
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      Lock icon Delaying renewable energy will make it costlier eventually
      661 28/29  -  By Dennis Posadas ~The writer is the author of ‘Jump Start: A Technopreneurship Fable’ (Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009) and ‘Rice Chips: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia’ (Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007) RECENTLY, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 134-page report
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      Lock icon The eurozone: from PIIGS to EEGs
      347 28/29  -  By Peter Thal Larsen BREAKINGVIEWS THE eurozone needs a new acronym. For the past three years, PIGS has served as a catchall for the cash-strapped states on the single currency’s periphery. But now that the crisis has moved to the core, a change is
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  • Wealth
    • WEALTH INVESTING
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        Lock icon Testing times for Europe, world
        1677 31  -  The outlook for investment markets remains uncertain in the short term. But if the ECB gets its act together and moves decisively, it would be a very positive sign wealth insights Shane Oliver AMP Capital Investors ~The writer is head of investment strategy and chief
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      • BROKERS’ TAKE
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          Lock icon Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund
          309 31 BUY Nov 25 close: $0.530 DBS Group Research Nov 25 MACQUARIE International Infrastructure Fund (MIIF) is now leaner, fitter and wholly Asia-focused. Over the years, MIIF has divested its non-Asian assets, and repaid corporate level loans with the sale proceeds, rendering a cleaner balance sheet with
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          Lock icon Singapore Technologies Engineering
          455 31  -  Compiled by Conrad Tan BUY Nov 25 close: $2.69 OCBC Investment Research Nov 25 SINCE our last report on Nov 8, Singapore Technologies Engineering’s (ST Engineering) share price has fallen 5.3 per cent while the Straits Times Index (STI) declined 6 per cent. This was due to
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        Lock icon So where’s the app for that?
        782 32 Wealth managers are slow to embrace mobile applications for their clients NYT New York AS STOCK markets continue their rollercoaster ride, even investors who profess to adhere to a buy-and-hold strategy have become eager users of mobile technologies that allow them to track their
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        Lock icon The Reit myth busted
        1405 33  -  Whatever Reits pay out in dividends, they will take back a few years later in the form of rights issues show me the money| Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior correspondent ~The writer is a CFA charterholder THEhighyieldsofre-al estate investment trusts (Reits) are tempting. And indeed, they
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    • WEALTH REAL ESTATE
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  • BT Living
    • DINING
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        Lock icon The tippling point
        2713 2/3  -  Melissa Lwee-Ramsay speaks to three bartenders to discover more about mixology’s rising profile here Melissa Lwee-Ramsay mellwee@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S cocktail scene is buzzing. Considering it has been less than three years since the now-defunct speakeasystyled Klee showed tipplers there was more to a cocktail than a lychee martini,
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    • SHOPPING
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        Lock icon Making its mark
        916 5 Marks Spencer has opened a flagship store on Paris’ Champs-Elysees after a decade’s absence from French soil Reuters Paris THE French may scoff at British cooking and fashion, but retailer Marks Spencer (M&S) reckons Parisians are yearning for its ready-made chicken tikka masala, gourmet chutney, and sensible
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        Lock icon Back-to-Black deals
        37 10/11 It’s the Thanksgiving weekend the world has been waiting for and online sales started yesterday on Black Friday and will run till Cyber Monday. BT Weekend susses out the must-buys to truly give thanks for
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        Lock icon Online heads up on gizmos
        618 10/11  -  By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Shipping from the US: comGateway WHEN it comes to buying stuff online fromshops intheUnitedStates thatdon’t officially ship to Singapore, transhippers who receive your orders in the US and then ship them to Singapore are the way to go. Among these middlemen,
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        Lock icon Amazon brims with movies and music
        598 10/11  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg WITH less and less brick-and-mortar CD and DVD shops in Singapore, movie and music buffs here have started to turn to online retailer Amazon.com because it stocks practically every title under the sun. Sure there’s a one-to-two-week wait for your
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        Lock icon Be cart-smart and ditch the shipping costs
        607 12  -  By Natalie Koh natksl@sph.com.sg Barnes Noble No matter how good the discounts, shipping costs always seem to dampen buys from overseas sites. But to get the best out of Barnes Noble’s 50 per cent discounts off books (including some bestsellers), DVDs, Blu Rays,
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        Lock icon Big brand names going for a song
        216 12  -  By Melissa Lwee-Ramsay mellwee@sph.com.sg Fashion: Opening Ceremony The “go to” destination for fashionistas looking for cool threads, American concept store Opening Ceremony is a great place to discover emerging designers from around the globe. While there may not be an outlet here in
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      Lock icon Well suited
      458 6 Show the man in your life how fine a figure he cuts in a T.M.LEWIN suit SPECIAL FEATURE THERE is something very appealing about a man wearing a well-cut suit which in turn, means that a nice new suit would make a great Christmas gift for that man
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    • TRAVEL
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        Lock icon CLASS WARFARE
        1059 8  -  Airlines are ramping up their first class offerings in an effort to woo the superwealthy. By Jad Mouawad NYT THE gap between first class and economy has never been so wide. Carriers on international flights are offering private suites for first-class passengers, three-star meals, and personal service once
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    • GADGETS
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        Lock icon Supersize me
        495 13  -  Christopher Lim recommends three gadgets to plus-size your entertainment experience Christopher Lim Asus Eee Slate ($1,699) TABLETS are wonderfully portable presentation devices, but what happens when the 10-inch touchscreens of the world still aren’t big enough for that huge presentation you want to show off? You need an
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    • HEALTH
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        Lock icon Creating expert learners
        847 14  -  Educationist Sharon Sophie Solomon aims to teach children to use knowledge flexibly.By flexibly.By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg AN ideal school would be a place where children can learn according to their own pace and their abilities, and where the emphasis is on holistic learning of both body and
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        Lock icon Happiness and your heart
        1242 15  -  Can happiness bring better health and longer lives? Data from scientific research seem to suggest so. By Michael Lim The writer is medical director at Heart, Stroke Cancer Centre. He is also editor-in-chief, Heart Asia, British Medical Journals Publishing Group chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Asia Pacific
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    • SPORT
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        Lock icon Tottenham finally earning their spurs
        653 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Deputy Foreign Editor FOR all the talk about which Manchester club City or United will emerge champions of England this season, there are now the faintest of whispers that a London club could well gatecrash the party and sweep
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        Lock icon Tiger’s roar returns – but will it stay?
        446 16  - Tiger’s roar returns but will it stay? tee off with colette wong THE golfing community is abuzz with chatter that Tiger Woods is returning to the kind of form that won him a stunning 14 Majors and 71 PGA Tour titles. Earlier this week, the headlines around the world screamed,
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    • GOLF
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        Lock icon Coming to the fore
        1243 17  -  France and Colombia are not readily associated with golf but as the game gains popularity in these countries, we will see more pros and winners from there. By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg WHEN Thomas Levet won the Cannes Open in 1998, he became only the second Frenchman
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    • MOTORING
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        Lock icon UNUSUAL HATCH
        665 18  -  The second-generation BMW 1 Series hatchback continues with its tradition of unconventionality in a bigger body. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE BMW 1 Series hatchback has always been an unusual proposition, not only for having rear-wheel-drive but also for its unconventional looks. Compact hatchbacks on the market are
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        Lock icon PORSCHE PERFECTION
        694 19  -  The new-generation 911 is the fastest, most economical and most comfortable one yet. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg HOW does one update an icon? According to Porsche, very carefully. The German sports car maker says the styling of its iconic 911 coupé underwent a “cautious but rigorous evolution”. As
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        Lock icon BIG BULL LET LOOSE
        775 20  -  The Aventador, Lamborghini’s latest V12-engined supercar, rages to 100 kmh in a scant 2.9 seconds. By CY Chew btnews@sph.com.sg HOW can anyone possibly be disappointed when there is 700 hp and a shape to die for? These two qualities are all that's needed for a great
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