The Business Times, 8 December 2012

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  • 892 1  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Singapore WITH its six luxury hotels filled to the rafters and a constant stream of visitors still flowing in, Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) now knows where to park them: at its upcoming hotel development in Jurong, with
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  • 1254 1  -  Men are splurging on themselves as the cufflinks cartel carves out a new niche in the luxury goods market By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore IN the sombreness that has followed a recession and in the suspicion that another might soon follow, the
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  • TOP STORIES
    • MARKETS
      • 58 2 GSTI 3,107.11 (+28.91) GSTI FUTURES 3,102.00 (+32.00) GSIMSCI 353.75 (+3.71) GSIMSCI FUTURES 353.90 (+4.30) Friday Change KL COMP 1,617.77 +1.54 NIKKEI 225 9,527.39 -17.77 HANG SENG 22,191.17 -58.64 SET 1,334.95 -4.93 JAKARTA 4,290.80 -1.81 MANILA 5,794.20 +30.56 KOSPI 1,957.45 +7.83 SHENZHEN B 621.71 +8.47 MUMBAI IND 19,424.10 -62.70 11.00
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      • 29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.333 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.50 Source: Bloomberg
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      • 48 2 us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.221 (US$/S$ per 1.604 1.959 EURO(US$/S$/€) 1.294 1.580 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 82.40 67.50 RM 3.053 2.500 HK$ 7.750 6.348 BAHT 30.68 25.13 RUPIAH 9,625 7,884 RENMINBI 6.230 5.103 INDIAN RUPEE 54.35 44.52 A$ 0.954 0.782 NZ$ 1.202 0.984
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    • 716 2 Michael Dee repeats call for Olam to reduce its debt and raise funds by selling equity BLOOMBERG Hong Kong OLAM International Ltd, the commodity trader likened to Enron Corp by short-seller Muddy Waters LLC, bears no resemblance to the failed energy company,
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    • 303 4  -  ChildAid 2012 features electrifying young talent who dance and sing their hearts out By Teo Si Jia teosj@sph.com.sg Singapore ELECTRICAL music instruments, headbangers and loud thumping beats check, check and check. All that was absent was a smashed guitar to make yesterday’s ChildAid
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    • 523 5 Labour market still weak as Nov jobless rate of 7.7% is attributed to people giving up search for work LATEST US DATA Reuters Washington US EMPLOYMENT grew faster than expected in November, but a drop in the jobless rate
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    • 521 6  -  Economic uncertainty, stricter rules for local gamblers cited, but its top brass is unfazed By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Singapore RESORTS World Sentosa (RWS) recently saw its third-quarter gaming revenue fall 20 per cent amid an uncertain economic outlook and tighter restrictions on local
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    • 787 7  -  Base case scenario is 3.5% growth but if potential risks kick in, then expansion would be a mere 0.6% By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE’S economic growth could plunge to 0.6 per cent next year if the potential risks to the economy are realised,
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    • 1099 8  -  Awaken Group works with firms, govt bodies to help bring ‘joy and beauty to the world’ By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore IN a culture where “cheaper, better, faster” is the operating mantra, what are the odds of persuading CEOs to embrace “joy and beauty”
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    • 311 8  -  By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore INNOVATION is “really about making life better for people”, so “anyone can be creative and innovative”. And there must be room for failure in order to create a culture of innovation. That’s one of 10 “key insights”
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    • 63 2 CONTENTS LIVING Design L2-4 Style L5 Dining L6-9 NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Week in Review 9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Companies 12-15 From the Desk of 16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-35 Show Me The Money 33 House Hunt 34 Real Estate 34-35 Hawker Choices
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    • THIS WEEK Dec 3-7, 2012
      • 72 9 THE government is no longer aiming for “ridiculously high” economic growth of years past, but rather a more sustainable rate of about 2-3 per cent per year. Such a rate, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, “will be considered good”
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      • 46 9 FOR readers who have been waiting for The Business Times to launch its iPad application, the wait has ended. All iPad users can now download the application for free from the Apple App store under the name “The Business Times for iPad”.
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      • 51 9 Septuagenarian “Commodity King” Jim Rogers has found the first board seat in a Singapore-listed company that he would like to keep warm. He was named a non-executive director of Geo Energy Resources, which debuted on the Singapore Exchange mainboard in
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      • 64 9 A 13-year marriage that started happily enough but soon deteriorated into an unhappy co-exist-ence could soon end in divorce: Singapore Airlines is said to be ready to offload its 49 per cent stake in Richard Branson-control-led Virgin Atlantic. Delta, the sec-ond-biggest airline in the
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      • 65 9 OLAM played its Temasek trump card on Monday against the onslaught by short-sell research firm Muddy Waters, unveiling a rights issue to raise up to US$1.25 billion in capital. The issue will consist of up to US$750 million in five-year
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      • 65 9 OLAM might have offered a Te-masek-backed, US$1.25 billion rights issue on Monday to placate investors, but the waters did not look particularly calm on Tuesday as greed and fear battled in the market, fanned by new Muddy Waters theories. The research firm fronted by short-seller
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      • 83 9 ASIA faces challenges in managing capital flows in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and policymakers would be wise to strengthen their toolkits to deal with unpredictable and often excessive flows, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said. He said that the
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      • 39 9 MOVE over, blockbuster drugs you can’t hog the labs. Biopolis, home to the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, is rolling out the welcome mat for skincare and personal care companies.
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      • 59 9 THE shabby and rambling Defu Industrial Estate is all set to be transformed into a gleaming, modern industrial park with five times the current factory space and a city centre by its side. The transformation will take place over the next 15-20 years,
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      • 41 9 THE best office space in town currently commands just a shade more rental than the rest. But this won’t last once tenants move into new developments and more space emerges in older buildings.
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      • 72 9 AS Olam’s share price continued to sink yesterday, Carson Block the short-seller behind research firm Muddy Waters was in a conversely buoyant mood. The commodity trader’s stock closed at $1.45 on Thursday, down 4.3 per cent, its lowest since March 2009.
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      • 58 9 IS a pillar of Singapore’s success story turning shaky? Labour chief Lim Swee Say on Thursday complained to reporters that the partners in Singapore’s tripartism the much-touted harmonious working ties between government, unions and employers are not in step in marching towards
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    • 77 9 US DATA Dec 11 Oct trade balance Oct wholesale inventories Dec 12 Nov import/export prices Dec 13 Nov retail sales Nov PPI Nov inustrial production Dec 7 Nov unemployment rate SINGAPORE DATA Dec 17 Nov merchandise trade CHINA DATA Dec 9 Nov Consumer Price Index
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 327 9 Across 5 Language used within confines of stag party (7) 7 Old politician going into price for fertiliser (7) 9 Inappropriate, a French affair of honour, unconcluded (5) 10 Develop complex (9) 11 To unsay what has been said about sappers is cowardly (8) 13 Wager involving trouble in lodge
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    • 10 9 SATURDAY with Ludwig Are you sure that’s who shorted Olam?
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • 2267 10 / 11  -  In his 40 years at Kao Corporation, Motoki Ozaki has risen to the challenge of understanding how consumers use household items, and has led Kao’s fight to stay relevant even as consumer markets shift. By Joyce Hooi By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Motoki ozaki knows
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 394 12  -  First interim dividend after it was wound up By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore IT MAY not be all that they wished for this Christmas, but unsecured creditors of MF Global Singapore will get 15 cents to the dollar in
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    • 405 12  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg Singapore SHARE prices of Etika International Holdings jumped yesterday after Thursday’s announcement that popiah company Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing (TYJ Group) plans to invest $14.99 million by taking up new shares in the condensed milk producer. After lifting
      Source: Bloomberg  -  405 words
    • 384 12  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore SHARES in China Minzhong Food Corp rallied 5 per cent, or 3.5 cents, to 78.5 cents yesterday after the company disclosed details of a block trade that had caused a share price plunge on Thursday. Its chief
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    • 996 13  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent OLAM International quite understandably hogged the headlines this week because of its war of words with financial research firm Muddy Waters. Perhaps what went unnoticed amid the furore was that the Straits Times Index
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    • 370 13 Bloomberg Sydney/Kuala Lumpur HIGH-frequency trading should be regulated under a global standard to reduce risk and ensure investor confidence, according to Australia’s securities regulator. “Having global rules that can be picked up by local jurisdictions are absolutely critical now that we’re facing this
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    • 486 14  -  US$434m order from Temasek-linked Oro Negro pushes the group’s 201 2 order tally to almost $1 1 b By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore A MEXICAN oilfield-services company linked to Temasek Holdings has placed an order for two jack-up rigs worth US$434 million
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    • 257 14  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore IN AN attempt to woo the staunch non-subscribers of cable television, StarHub has launched Anytime TV, a pay-as-you-watch service. But this service is only available to StarHub’s home broadband subscribers who do not currently have a StarHub
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    • Business briefing
      • 60 14 SC GLOBAL chairman and CEO Simon Cheong has acquired an additional 1.7 million shares in the company, pushing the stakes of his, and persons acting in concert with him, to 58.58 per cent. He needs to buy a further stake of about 13 per cent
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      • 50 14 A S IA SO N S WF G F i n a n c i a l changed its name to ISR Capital yesterday, after getting shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary general meeting. The trading counter name on the SGX will be changed on Tuesday.
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      • 34 14 ALL of Kori Holdings’s 28.2 million placement shares, which were priced at $0.25, have been subscribed for. The placement comprises 25.6 million new shares and 2.6 million vendor shares.
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    • 234 14  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore WEE Hur Holdings yesterday said its construction arm, Wee Hur Construction, has been awarded the $150 million building construction contract for the Parc Centros condominium in Punggol. Parc Centros is a 65 per centowned joint venture project under
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    • 509 15 DBS, OCBC and UOB all end the week on a positive note Singapore SINGAPORE’S banks continued rising on the stock market yesterday, defying mixed forecasts from analysts on their performance next year. OCBC Investment Research had reiterated its “overweight” call on the banking sector,
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    • 596 15 Reuters Hong Kong SHARES in Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group surged nearly 7 per cent in its Hong Kong trading debut yesterday, a rare bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for initial public offerings in the city and most other big regional
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
    • 1123 16  -  However, migration to IP-based video technologies must be looked at carefully in the context of a client’s overall physical security needs Jeremy Lee Regional Manager, SE Asia Taiwan, Moog VIDEO surveillance and security have moved to the forefront globally as a strategic tool in
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 352 17  -  The facility will have warehouse and office space that will help customers integrate front and back-end operations By Teo Hoong Chen teohgcn@sph.com.sg YCH Group yesterday broke ground for its $200 million logistics hub in Jurong West. Called Supply Chain City, the facility will be
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    • 341 17  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg PRICES of resale non-landed private homes continued to climb, hitting a record $1,222 per square foot (psf) on average in the first two months of the fourth quarter. This was on the back of an improved performance from
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    • 239 17 COMMERCIAL spending in Singapore grew by nearly a quarter last year, according to a Visa report. That was almost twice the global rate. The annual Commercial Consumption Expenditure Index compiled by Visa estimated that Singapore’s commercial spending in 2011 was 23
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    • 429 18  -  First national conversation with business fraternity draws attention to need for good values By Zeinab Yusuf Saiwalla zeinabs@sph.com.sg A FOCUS on soft skills and values could help improve the business environment here, according to representatives from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) gathered at the
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    • 360 18  -  By Chng See Ning cszening@sph.com.sg WHILE the low appetite for risk is becoming less of an issue for start-ups in Singapore, the lack of international networks among entrepreneur hopefuls remains a problem. This was the view of a panel of speakers at a public forum
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    • 164 18 STARTING tomorrow, parents doing their Sunday banking at the OCBC branch in Ang Mo Kio Central can bring the young ones along, knowing they will be kept occupied. The bank has spent $18,000 on an interactive Mighty Saver savings game that is projected on
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    • Briefing
      • 133 18 THE Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism is committing about $1.6 million over the next two years to support 10 proposals that will develop more teaching and learning resources in English and Mother Tongue Languages with the aim of promoting bilingualism among pre-school children.
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      • 82 18 CHANGI Airport Group (CAG) chief executive Lee Seow Hiang has been conferred the Commendatore dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia (Commander of the Order of the Star of Italy), making him the first Singaporean recipient of the award. CAG, through its subsidiary Changi Airports International,
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      • 81 18 PSA International (PSA) and Busan Port Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday to mark a long-term strategic partnership. Both parties have agreed to the bilateral exchange of information and ideas in port development, management and operations to realise mutual benefits in
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  • WORLD
    • 741 19  -  Arguments in favour of the reform measure for retail business ‘far more persuasive than those against it’ By Neeta Lal btworld@sph.com.sg New Delhi AMID high-octane political theatre, the Congress-led coalition won the vote in the Upper House of Parliament yesterday to allow
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    • 315 19 Bloomberg London BUMI plc, the London-listed coal company founded by Nathaniel Rothschild and the Bakrie Group in 2010, said Indra Bakrie had quit as its co-chairman after his family-run group proposed leaving the venture in October. Mr Bakrie told Bumi in a letter he’s
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    • 661 20 But showroom traffic, orders begin to rebound as Toyota, Nissan and others offer discounts, guarantees Bloomberg Shanghai THREE months after a territorial dispute led rioters to vandalise Japanese cars in China, carmakers from Toyota Motor Corp to Nissan Motor Co are luring back buyers
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    • 366 20 Bloomberg Kuala Lumpur MAHATHIR Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister who led the creation of Proton Holdings Bhd three decades ago, has signalled that the carmaker plans to buy engine assets from Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas). “We are looking and I think we
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    • 684 21 No deal in sight over Beijing’s refusal to give US regulators access to audit records Reuters New York A DISPUTE between US and Chinese regulators over access to corporate audit documents is casting a lengthening shadow over US stock markets, with some major
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    • 435 21 AFP Mumbai THE outgoing head of the Tata business empire yesterday warned that a lack of government support was preventing Indian industry from competing with China and lashed out at a “venal” business environment. In interviews published ahead of his retirement
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    • 340 21 Drop is sharper than expected; demand from Europe is poor Reuters Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S exports fell a sharp-er-than-expected 3.2 per cent on year in October as demand for commodities remained weak in China and Japan while Europe showed little signs of
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    • 757 22 CNOOC is seeking to acquire Nexen while Petronas has offered to buy Progress Energy Bloomberg Hong Kong THE fate of two of the biggest energy takeovers by Asian companies this year could be decided early next week, when Canada’s government may rule
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    • 487 22 First active cabinet member to be named as graft suspect AP Jakarta THE sports minister of Indonesia resigned yesterday after becoming the country’s first active cabinet member to be named as a suspect in a multi-million-dollar corruption case. Youth and Sports Minister Andi
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  • 8146 23 Transaction date: Dec 7 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 14.3 11.4 8Telecom 12 12.5 18 66.8 0.4 2.9 57.5 6 3 A-Sonic 3.3 -0.1 15 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 23.6
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  • 1808 26 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 $mil 21 12.2 t 800 Super 18.8 -0.4 351 19.2 18.8 18.8 19.3 3.3 5.3 5.6 33.6 4 3 t AA Grp 3.1 2.6 3.8 3
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  • 186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 10 5 2 0 0 0 10 5 2 Manufacturing 64 34 42 5 9 11 69 43 53 Commerce 28 21 15 2 3 4 30 24 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 24 8 10
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  • 789 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Dec 3 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) SC Global Dev 6-Dec-12 Cheong Sae Peng Buy ***** 1.80 5358 1.29 ***** 4.39 Cambridge Ind Trust
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  • 121 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,095 24,095 104,762 104,762 Manufacturing 367,850 58,593 426,443 240,602 779 241,381 Commerce 224,165 19,213 243,378 123,490 849 124,338 Tpt/Stor/Comms 149,899 16,042 165,941 274,254 5,028 279,282 Finance 33,471 415 33,886 228,056 164 228,221 Construction 57,922 103,971
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  • MARKETS
    • 79 27 Dec 6 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 12 1620 1588 1623/1592 Mar 13 1547 1540 1549/1533 May 13 1552 1545 1554/1539 Jul 13 1557 1550 1559/1543 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jan 13 1905 1881 1908/1882 Mar 13 1911 1886 1915/1889 May 13 1923 1899 1926/1905 Jul 13 1935
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    • 67 27 Dec 7 GOLD(US$/oz) Dec 06 Dec 07 Hong Kong 1703.00 1712.40 Dec 05 Dec 06 London 1687.36 1700.43 1688.13 1701.29 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 40.69 40.05 Source: UOB PLATINUM /Lon (US$/oz) Dec 06 Close Previous PM Fix 1582.00 1587.00 AM Fix 1580.00 1592.00 Source:
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    • 57 27 Dec 7 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 12 2110.0 2115.0 2118.0 2110.0 7 2729 Jan 13 2220.0 2215.0 2250.0 2208.0 1849 ***** Feb 13 2300.0 2295.0 2342.0 2283.0 ***** ***** Mar 13 2354.0 2354.0
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    • 90 27 Dec 7 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****V 07-Mar-13 0.24 0.20 0.20 6-Month BS*****T 30-May-13 0.26 1-Year BY*****X 01-Nov-13 0.27 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0N 0.25 01-Oct-14 101.99 102.04 102.04 5-Year
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    • 154 27 Dec 7 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2792 1.2799 1.0478 1.0482 Canadian dollar 1.2309 1.2316 1.0087 1.0083 Euro 1.5795 1.5799 1.2938 1.2939 NZ dollar 1.0155 1.0161 0.8318 0.8322 Sterling pound 1.9583 1.9590 1.6041 1.6044
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    • 95 27 As on 6 December 2012 www.smx.com.sg www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT FEB2013 1704.10 1687.80 1701.70 INDIA GOLD (E-GOLD) FUT FEB2013 570.85 565.75 575.15 CURRENCY EUR-USD FUT DEC2012 1.3083 1.2955 1.2959 BASE METAL COPPER FUT MAR2013 8107 8083 8034 INDEX IRON ORE (MBIO)
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    • 103 27 Dec 6 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 13 1491.25 1479.25 1492.50 1473.25 Mar 13 1486.00 1473.75 1487.50 1467.50 May 13 1463.75 1450.75 1465.25 1445.00 Jul 13 1451.50 1439.50 1453.00 1433.00 SOYBEAN/OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 12 50.87 50.66 51.00 50.00
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    • 68 27 Dec 06 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.51 -1.83 WTI (Near Mth) 86.32 -1.58 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.97 -1.16 Tapis blend 114.24 -1.46 Minas 107.52 -1.46 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 102.72 unch Jet Kerosene 125.93 unch US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 105.64
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    • 118 27 Dec 07 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.309 1.247 Can dollar 1.26 1.2 Euro 1.62 1.543 Sterling pound 1.996 1.92 NZ dollar 1.049 0.99 US dollar 1.245 1.186 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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    • 69 27 Dec 6 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2089.75 2106.25 3 months 2090.00 2105.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7978.75 8054.00 3 months 8000.00 8075.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2202.50 2230.00 3 months 2214.50 2239.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00
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    • 373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 6 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 923.6 0.3 11.3 0.4 5.0 0.3 11.5 EAFE Preliminary 757.0 0.5 11.0 0.4 4.6 0.2 11.1 Europe Preliminary 1143.3 0.5 11.4
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    • Article, Illustration
      107 27 Straits Times Index YTD change: +17.41% 52-week high: 3,110.86 on Oct 5,2012 52-week low: 2,606.52 on Dec 20,2011 Source: Bloomberg Hang Seng Index YTD change: +20.38% 52-week high: 22,371.40 on Dec 7,2012 52-week low: 17,821.52 on Dec 19,2011 Source: Bloomberg Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite YTD change: -6.26% 52-week
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 917 28 / 29  -  A good way to reach out to consumers is e-mail, the original social media. Also, be sure to capitalise on the ability of social networks. By Darren Fifield By Darren Fifield THE holiday season is traditionally the best time of the year for
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    • 900 28 / 29  -  By Edward Davey ~The writer is the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and a Member of Parliament AS things stand, the world is plainly not on track to keep the global temperature increase from climate change below two degrees
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  • Wealth
    • WEALTH INVESTING
      • 1103 30 / 31  -  Analysts say while they have performed well, investors should not expect a similar trajectory next year Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg Personal Finance Editor REALestateinvestmenttrusts (Reits) appear to have hit a sweet spot this year as persistent negative real interest rates drove investors into stable,
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      • 675 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Sembcorp Marine Neutral DMG Partners Dec 7 Close: S$4.51| SEMBCORP Marine’s (SMM) PPL Shipyard has secured turnkey contracts from Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro (Oro Negro) for two jackup rigs valued at US$434 million. The pair of rigs will be built based on
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      • 1325 32  -  As the year draws to a close, it’s time to know what tax reliefs are available and what deductions you can claim BJ Ooi Dave Loh ~BJ Ooi is partner and head of Private Client Services and Dave Loh is director at KPMG in
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      • 1497 33  -  If a business grows too fast, investors should look at how much investments are required and the real cash generated SHOW ME THE MONEY Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent WHEN is growth desirable in a company? Much depends on the investments required to generate that
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    • WEALTH REAL ESTATE
      • 933 34 Bank vows to tackle problem loans in a more industrialised fashion than before Bloomberg Dublin ALLIED Irish Banks plc, recipient of a 21 billion euro (S$33 billion) government bailout, will step up the pace of mortgage write-offs next year before it tries to attract
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      • 226 34 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN NOV 7 AND NOV 13, 2012 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 4 NON-LANDED Harbour View Twr Apt 07/11/2012 99 1615 1870 1158 District 10 NON-LANDED Astrid Meadows Apt
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      • 742 35  -  One floor at Samsung Hub on Church Street sold at $3,000 psf, a new high for the building By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore AN office floor at Samsung Hub along Church Street has been sold for nearly $39.4 million or $3,000 per square foot based
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      • 342 35 Reuters Tokyo JAPAN real estate asset manager Kenedix Inc has brought in state-owned lender Development Bank of Japan and developer Tokyu Land Corp as partners to develop a property in central Tokyo at a cost of 80 billion yen (S$1.2 billion). Development Bank
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      • 338 35 Bloomberg Berlin THE German government is close to selling its TLG Immobilien GmbH real estate unit to Lone Star Funds, three people with knowledge of the plan said. It would be the country’s biggest commercial property transaction this year. The
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    • 64 1 STYLE A change of season L5 DINING Sweet on an indie Christmas L6-9 LivingBTTHE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND DECEMBER 8 9 2012 CEOS' HAWKER CHOICES 2012 Slurp-worthy gravy L10-12 GOING PLACES Singapore designers make their mark L2-4 SPOTTED NYONYA COLLECTION/PHOTO BY HANS TAN STUDIO GADGETS Screens to stuff stockings with L14
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    • DESIGN
      • Article, Illustration
        631 2 / 3  -  Design of the Year award winner Chan Wai Lim is among a growing group of creative Singaporeans who have stamped their mark on products sold around the world. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang DID you buy a Dell desktop recently? Was it not so much
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      • 728 2 / 3  -  By Tay Suan Chiang LEGENDARY footballers may start their careers in countries like Brazil or Spain, but when it comes to their shoes, they look to Singapore and specifically, Sonny Lim. Before his current post as senior design consultant for Philips Electronics, Mr Lim literally kickstarted
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      • 790 2 / 3  -  By Tay Suan Chiang The Dell All-in-One Desktop PC Family and the Pele Sports Trinity 3E are not the only award winning products designed by Singaporeans. Here are some other items: Buddy’s Mighty Pack $189, available at www.myawesomebuddy.com Designer Keith Tan was shopping for a school bag for
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      • 972 4  -  Four people clinch Designer of the Year honours at this year’s President’s Design Award, while nine projects/products get Design of the Year recognition. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg THERE’s always a buzz of excitement in the air for the design industry whenever December
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    • STYLE
      • 1085 5  -  After eight years, Sven Tan left his job as principal designer of alldressedup to set up his own fashion label. Tay Suan Chiang catches up with the former Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award winner Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg AS the principal designer for fashion label alldressedup, Sven
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    • DINING
      • 1720 6 / 7  -  It’s the most wonderful time of the year for sweets and savouries. So whether you are looking for something artisanal from an indie bakery or a Christmas table spread with a difference, Debbie Yong and Jaime Ee have the lowdown Debbie Yong, Jaime Ee debyong@sph.com.sg
        PATISSERIE G AND ET ARTISAN PHOTOS: ARTHUR LEE; 5PR MKT PH0T0S VEN MEMQ JIIN  -  1,720 words
      • 1121 8 / 9  -  Is pork the new turkey? Give your home Christmas dinner a fresh twist with some less conventional savoury items By Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg Saint Pierre #01-01 Central Mall, 3 Magazine Road Z6438-0887 Chef-owner Emmanuel Stroobant slow cooks pork belly to a juicy moist (and yes decadently fatty)
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      • 1368 13 In town for the official opening of Resorts World Singapore, Joël Robuchon gives Debbie Yong an update on his restaurant business here and talks about the Michelin Guide’s rumoured Singapore edition guest chef debyong@sph.com.sg GIVEN the high failure rate in the restaurant business and the
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    • CEOS' HAWKER CHOICES 2012
      • 2401 10 / 11  -  Made famous by Katong and popular all over Singapore, nonya laksa has a strong following among foodies who enjoy a bit of spice in their life. Slurping its thick gravy can get messy. It is a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Here are the top
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      • 511 12  -  By Geoffrey Eu btnews@sph.com.sg Florence Ng Founder, Straits Talent WHEN it comes to lasting culinary relationships, laksa and Florence Ng go back a long way. Their story began in the early 1990s when Ms Ng, a member of the windsurfing fraternity at the East Coast Sailing
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    • GADGETS
      • 720 14  -  Phones and tablets are the most obvious tech gadgets to buy for Christmas, and appeal to both men and women. Christopher Lim picks the best of this year’s crop current in stores Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Top phone: Apple iPhone 5 $948 (16GB)-$1,238 (64GB) without
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    • HEALTH
      • 1064 15  -  Most people associate heart disease with the elderly but a heart condition can strike at any age. By Michael Lim By Michael Lim ~Dr Lim is medical director at the Singapore Heart, Stroke Cancer Centre. He is also editor-in-chief, Heart Asia (a journal of the British Medical
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    • SPORTS
      • 655 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent AFTER a weekend when he witnessed his team concede three poor goals in the space of 15 minutes against a very average Reading side, lex Ferguson said his players were defending like comical cartoon characters. The 70-year-old
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      • 555 16  -  kick off with steve dawson ~The writer is a presenter on ESPN SportsCenter every weekday. The Philippines vs Singapore AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final will be telecast ‘live’ on STAR Sports from 7.30pm tonight JUST before the last Fifa World Cup in 2010, I
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    • GOLF
      • 1269 17  -  This year, the Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-am again featured top professionals and personalities, and resonated strongly with participants. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg TEAMING up golf professionals and amateurs in a pro-am the day before professional golf tournaments is nothing new
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    • MOTORING
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        546 18  -  Big or small, sporty or luxurious, from Jan 1, there should be a diesel alternative for each of these segments. Samuel Ee drives three such models Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg GOOD news for those who want to take advantage of the lower special tax for diesel cars the Porsche
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      • 582 19 IN the Singapore context, luxury and diesel are two words that are rarely used in the same sentence. But if anyone can change that, it has to be Range Rover. The new Range Rover SDV8 has a 4.4-li-tre V8 turbodiesel that is EU5-compliant and particularly efficient.
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      • 544 20  -  The Renault Grand Scenic MPV's 1.5-litre turbodiesel engine is small but strong. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg BY now, everyone should know how good the European brands are at downsizing engines while upsizing power. But for even more gains in fuel economy, please welcome the small turbodiesel
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