The Business Times, 27 April 2013

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    20 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www. usinesstimes.com. g APRIL 27-28, 2013 S$1.00 MICA (P) 075/08/2012 SfJl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • Article
    Lock icon March output down 4.1%
    23 1 MANUFACTURING SINGAPORE’S manufacturers disappointed in March churning out 4.1 per cent less than they did a year ago. 2
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    Lock icon Slower rise in private home prices
    34 1 COOLING PRIVATE home prices in the first quarter rose just 0.6 per cent from the previous quarter, compared with the 1.8 per cent increase in Q4 2012.| 4
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    Lock icon Q1 growth slower than expected
    33 1 US ECONOMY US GDP expanded at 2.5 per cent annual rate in the first quarter but the increase missed economists’ expectations for a 3.0 per cent pace. 7
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    Lock icon CapitaLand Q1 profit surges 41.2%
    27 1 EARNINGS CAPITALAND net profit for its first quarter surged 41.2 per cent to $188.2 million from $133.2 million a year ago.| 13
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    Lock icon SGX ramps up its mainboard listing fees
    642 1  -  Minimum initial listing fee to double to $100,000; annual fee also set to rise By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore COMPANIES seeking an initial public offering (IPO) on the mainboard will face double the minimum entrance fee from July, Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced late
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    Lock icon Strike tightens noose around HK port
    1213 1  -  Workers in no mood to relent, but raising wages will hike costs, hurt DPU and hit a port that’s in slow decline By Shu-Ching Jean Chen btworld@sph.com.sg Hong Kong THE container port in Hong Kong, the world’s third largest, has been running a tight
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  • TOP STORIES
    • Article
      Lock icon Manufacturing output down 4.1% in March
      752 2  -  Pharmaceutical sector rebounds; analyst says worst may be over for electronics By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE’S manufacturers disappointed in March churning out 4.1 per cent less than they did a year ago and a marginal downward revision to the flash estimate of
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    • MARKETS
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        57 2 GSTI 3,348.87(+11.16) GSTI FUTURES 3,337.00 (+14.00) GSIMSCI 379.45 (+1.49) GSIMSCI FUTURES 379.00 (+2.50) Friday Change KL COMP 1,711.29 +4.95 NIKKEI 225 13,884.13 -14.41 HANG SENG 22,547.71 +146.47 SET 1,582.93 +8.68 JAKARTA 4,978.51 -16.02 MANILA 7,025.44 +29.98 KOSPI 1,944.56 -7.04 SHENZHEN B 810.55 -4.19 MUMBAI IND 19,286.72 -120.13 12noon EDT
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.243 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.45 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        48 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.237 (US$/S$ per 1.545 1.912 EURO(US$/S$/€ 1.304 1.613 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 98.60 79.70 RM 3.032 2.450 HK$ 7.764 6.274 BAHT 29.42 23.77 RUPIAH 9,722 7,856 RENMINBI 6.166 4.983 INDIAN RUPEE 54.28 43.86 A$ 0.971 0.785 NZ$ 1.173 0.948
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      Lock icon Land value determined by current market prices
      815 3  -  Court of Appeal rules that value of vacant land not affected by pre-sales By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg Singapore IN A landmark decision yesterday, Singapore’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the annual value of vacant land here ought to be assessed according to
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      Lock icon Slower rise in private home prices q-o-q in Q1
      958 4  -  But prices in the industrial, office and shop segments surge By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore PRIVATE home prices in the first quarter rose just 0.6 per cent from the previous quarter, compared with the 1.8 per cent increase in Q4 2012.
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      Lock icon Net absorption of office space rises in Q1 as vacancy rate falls: URA
      570 4  -  Office rental index drop little changed at 0.2% in Q1 JLL says this suggests an inflection point is near in the leasing market By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore URBAN Redevelopment Authority (URA) data show an uptick in
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      Lock icon Yen again fails to breach 100 to dollar mark
      620 6  -  BOJ acknowledges strict 2% inflation target might take longer than two years to achieve By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE YEN backed away yet again yesterday from the elusive 100 to the dollar mark after the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) Policy
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      Lock icon Will Nurul’s charisma help her win again?
      805 6  -  She faces the federal territories minister in May 5 M’sia elections By S Jayasankaran btwor|d@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AROUND 30 people crowd into a first-floor dining area in a restaurant in Bangsar Village, an upscale mall in the Lembah Pantai constituency of Kuala Lumpur.
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      Lock icon US growth slower than expected at 2.5% in Q1
      498 7 Consumer spending surges 3.2%, but at the expense of saving LATEST US DATA Reuters Bloomberg Washington US economic growth regained speed in the first quarter, but not as much as expected, which could heighten fears that the already weakening economy could
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      59 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-10 Week In Review 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 32 Househunt 34 LIVING Design L2-4 Style L5-7 Dining L8, 12-14 Destination Dining L9-11 Gadgets L15
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      110 3 11*1 >c ZHONGMIN BAIHUI RETAIL GROUP LTD. Zhongmin Baihui Retail Group Ltd ELM -Mas j i ■'iiv«rfi r We are pleased The Opening of Our 10th Department Store On 28 April 2013 Our store is located adjacent to Kaiyuan Temple (tourist hotspot) in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province With an aggregate
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon A labour of purpose
      4247 8 / 9  -  Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin believes in having the right purpose and values in his work and personal life. By Wong Wei Kong By Wong Wei Kong weikong@sph.com.sg HE WRITES about the model plane that he would never finish, about the anxiety of sending a child
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    • THIS WEEK April 22-26, 2013
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        Lock icon EP changes to benefit Singaporeans: Chuan-Jin
        63 11 ENTRY-LEVEL salaries for Singaporeans have been stagnant over the past five years and this cannot continue, Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin told BT. This is why the government will be raising the minimum salary at which foreign professionals, managers and executives can secure employment
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        Lock icon G-20 support opens way for further Abenomics
        56 11 THE endorsement of Japan’s massive monetary easing by the Group of Twenty finance ministers meeting in Washington at the weekend has opened the way for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to move on to the next stage of his “Abenomics” agenda and for the
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        Lock icon Wild Wild West of bitcoin gallops smartly into town
        40 11 THE bitcoin gold rush is trickling into Singapore. In local forums and exchanges, prospectors are panning for wealth offered by the virtual currency created by an anonymous programmer four years ago.
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        Lock icon Indonesia, S’pore cementing ties for the long haul
        101 11 INDONESIA and Singapore have agreed to work together to institutionalise their cooperation such that the work done by both sides over the years will carry on even after Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono steps down next year. Speaking to the media af-
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        Lock icon Tiger’s sale to Virgin gets nod, shares soar
        40 11 AFTER six months of suspense, Tiger Airways has finally got the green light to sell 60 per cent of its loss-making Tiger Australia to Brisbane-based Virgin Australia for A$35 million (S$44.5 million).
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        Lock icon China knocked back by weak PMI
        37 11 IN a sign that China is heading for stagnant growth in the second quarter, advance indications show growth in its manufacturing sector fell this month, dragged down by new export orders.
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        Lock icon SingTel 4G network now nationwide
        37 11 SINGTEL 4G coverage is now nationwide and faster in some places, but while more expensive charges for users exceeding their data bundles will not kick in immediately, these higher rates loom closer.
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        Lock icon Bank exposure to used car dealers not large: MAS
        47 11 CONTRARY to speculation, banks have only a very tiny exposure to used car dealers, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has clarified. None of the key players has an exposure exceeding one per cent of their non-bank loan portfolio.
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        Lock icon Singapore’s March inflation falls to 3.5%
        43 11 PLUNGING car prices drove Singapore’s inflation rate down to 3.5 per cent last month the lowest it has been in more than two years. It is expected to fall further, possibly to 2 per cent, this month.
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        Lock icon SingTel told to share BPL baby with StarHub
        30 11 THE Media Development Authority has ordered SingTel’s mioTV to share all BPL matches over the next three seasons with its rival StarHub.
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        Lock icon SIA doubles its stake in Virgin Australia
        30 11 SIA said it is buying another 9.9 per cent of Virgin Australia, raising its interest in the Brisbane-based airline to 19.9 per cent.
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        Lock icon After soul-searching, Olam takes a new path
        47 11 IN a tacit nod to the criticism levelled against it by research firm Muddy Waters, Olam International yesterday unveiled plans to generate free cashflow more quickly, re- duce its gearing and capital expenditure and to make its business less complex.
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        Lock icon Cramped in region, UOB seeks to spread its wings
        39 11 FACED with limited opportunities for growth in the region, United Overseas Bank may look for acquisitions in Australia and Hong Kong, said Wee Cho Yaw, the bank’s new-ly-installed chairman emeritus.
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        Lock icon Economic integration will help Asean prosper: PM Lee
        72 11 WITH less than three years to go before South-east Asia is due to weld itself into a unified economic entity, Asean is facing a race against time to iron out the outstanding issues still on the discussion table. And until the 10member
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK April 29 – May 3
      88 11 NEXT WEEK April 29 May 3 US DATA April 29 Personal income and outlays for March May 1 ISM manufacturing index for April May 2 International trade for March May3 Employment situation for April EVENTS April 29 SINGAPORE Release of International Monetary Fund Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook May
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      298 11 Across 1 Feeling guilty, has made blunders (7) 5 Dish of caviare that one is greedy to have (7) 9 Dispatched to the interior? (5) 10 Parisian summit conference (4-1-4) 11 In the sphere of misdeeds this is a record (5,5) 12 Headlong plunge into disreputable bar (4) 14 It
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      14 11 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘The meaning of Life Check me out I’m on Facebook lol
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  • COMPANIES
    • Article
      Lock icon Yangzijiang profit slides 30% in Q1
      531 12  -  But there are signs of a pick-up in orders with deals secured for 8 vessels totalling US$237m By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore A TERMINATED contract for a US$47 million container ship and fewer ships being built in the first quarter led to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding’s
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      Lock icon Aussino board rejects advice to withdraw RTO
      410 12  -  By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore THE financial adviser for Aussino Group thinks that the company should voluntarily withdraw its application for a controversial $70 million reverse takeover (RTO) of the energy business of Max Myanmar group, owned by Myanmar tycoon Zaw Zaw.
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      Lock icon CDLHT Q1 distributable income falls 3.2%
      316 12  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore CDL Hospitality Trusts’ (CDLHT) income available for distribution per stapled security fell 3.2 per cent year-on-year to 2.69 cents for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, down from 2.78 cents. CDLHT comprises CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust
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      Lock icon Starhill Global Reit posts Q1 DPU of 1.37 cents, up 28%
      333 12  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore STARHILL Global Reit has reported a 28 per cent year-on-year rise in its distribution per unit (DPU) to 1.37 cents for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. This DPU payout includes accumulated rental arrears
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      Lock icon CapitaLand Q1 profit surges 41 .2%
      712 13  -  Revenue up 3.2% to $661.9m; group sees residential property prices moderating further By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore CAPITALAND said yesterday that it expects residential property prices here to moderate further on the back of the government’s focus on keeping prices in check and as
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      Lock icon Ascott Reit Q1 DPU up 5% but revenue, profit decline
      426 13  -  By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg Singapore ASCOTT Residence Trust’s distribution per unit for the first quarter rose 5 per cent to 2.25 cents from 2.14 cents a year ago, despite drop in revenue and profit. The manager of the real estate
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      Lock icon Ascendas India Trust posts DPU of 1.04 cents in Q4
      366 13  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore ASCENDAS India Trust recorded a distribution per unit (income available for distribution) of 1.15 cents for the fourth quarter ended March, down 21 per cent year-on-year. DPU (income to be distributed), however, was 1.04 cents,
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      Lock icon Shrugging off soft data, or early window-dressing?
      591 14  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent JUDGING by the way equities continued to rise this week, it looks very much as if central bank liquidity pumping continues to trump doubts created by an uncertain economic and earnings outlook. This was very much the
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      Lock icon SingLand and UIC Q1 profits decline
      259 14  -  By Jasmine Ng jasng@sph.com.sg Singapore OFFICE landlord Singapore Land and its parent company United Industrial Corporation (UIC) have reported declines in their first-quarter net earnings, weighed down by lower trading property sales. For the three months ended March this year, SingLand said its net
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      62 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 215.3 1.2 DBXT E50 10US$ 4170 61.9 1.2 UOB.ES.1304 2102 51.0 2.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2358 40.8 1.4 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2830 33.4 1.0 IS MSCI Spore 1420 32.2 1.9 JMH 6576 29.7 0.4 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 29.0
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      56 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN Jardine C&C 4914 -98.0 -2.0 JSH 3871 -50.7 -1.0 DairyFarm 1201 -22.3 -1.5 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** -15.0 -0.1 IS ASIA HYG100US$ 1110 -14.9 -1.1 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1390 -12.4 -0.7 CityDev NCCPS 130.5 -10.0 -7.1 M1 317 -10.0 -3.1 UOL 698 -10.0 -1.4
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      Lock icon WBL expects to report loss for Q2
      215 14  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore TECHNOLOGY, motor and property group WBL Corporation, the subject of a takeover bid by United Engineers (UE), said it expects to report a loss for its second quarter ended March 31, 2013. This is due to lower than
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      Lock icon Tianjin Zhong Xin Q1 earnings fall 20%
      152 14  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore TIANJIN ZhongXin Pharmaceutical Group’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, fell 20 per cent year on year to 118.47 million yuan (S$23.7 million) despite a 17 per cent increase in turnover to 1.45 billion
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      112 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.070 +0.030 CapitaLand 3.650 +0.070 CapitaMall 2.340 +0.070 CityDev 11.34 +0.030 ComfortDelGro 1.950 +0.015 DBS Grp 16.22 +0.040 GLP 2.750 Genting SP 1.520 +0.040 Golden Agri 0.565 HK Land 7.300 -0.070 HPH Trust US$ 0.840 +0.005 JMH 65.76 +0.240 JSH 38.71 -0.410 Jardine
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      Lock icon Analysts hail Olam’s new strategy
      677 15  -  But many are concerned about impact on short-term earnings; critics continue to hit out By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg Singapore ANALYSTS yesterday welcomed Olam’s new strategy and said it is a step in the right direction, even as the company’s critics continue to bear down on
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      Lock icon Sembcorp eyes another Indian power plant
      507 15  -  By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg Singapore SEMBCORP is eyeing opportunities to build on its Indian power business. Having already established a footing with its 49 per cent interest in the $1.9 billion Thermal Powertech coal-fired power facility in Andhra Pradesh, it is now looking at
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      Lock icon CAO Q1 net profit up 5.3%
      376 15  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore JET fuel trader China Aviation Oil Singapore (CAO) reported a record quarterly net profit of US$21.5 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013, up 5.3 per cent from the same period a year ago. This was mainly
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Addressing the F&B manpower crunch
      1131 16  -  Collective action by the industry will help encourage a change in mindset to create greater pride and passion in staff and attracting talent FROM THE DESK OF Cheong Hai Poh President, Food Beverage Managers Association; President, International Food Beverage Association THERE’S no denying that Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon PUB looking into groundwater extraction
      444 17  -  It is calling a tender to explore the presence of aquifers and to study the possibility of tapping on this water source By Ng Sai Ying nsaiying@sph.com.sg NATIONAL water agency PUB is looking into the possibility of groundwater extraction to enhance the long-term sustainability of
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      Lock icon NOL CEO receives top NUS service award
      270 17  -  By Grace Ng ngrace@sph.com.sg NG Yat Chung, group president and chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL), has received the Outstanding Service Award from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Presented at NUS’ University Awards 2013 ceremony yesterday, the award recognises
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      Lock icon ChildAid 2013 begins search for talent
      383 17  -  By Maria Mala Yogalingam ymaria@sph.com.sg THE ChildAid charity concert, organised by The Straits Times and The Business Times, returns for a ninth year on Dec 6 and 7. Organisers are looking for talented youngsters aged between six and 19 years to sing, dance, play
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      Lock icon Cancer centre sets up oncology clinic in Changi General Hospital
      310 17  -  By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg CANCER patients who live in the east will no longer need to make frequent, tiring trips to the flagship facility of the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) situated at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). This is
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      Lock icon Profitable Plots directors can access documents
      620 18  -  High Court says defence preparations should not be a test of memory given the complexity of the case By Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg THE Singapore High Court allowed the three directors of Profitable Plots access to their own documents that were seized in a 2010
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      Lock icon TSMP returns for charity bike race
      626 18  -  By Teo Si Jia teosj@sph.com.sg A GROUP of lawyers from TSMP Law Corporation, novice cyclists who rode 39 km in last year’s OCBC Cycle Singapore to raise funds for charity, had one takeaway from that: It is about having the stamina to go the
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      Lock icon More firms get behind family-friendly cause
      288 18  -  By Jasmine Ng jasng@sph.com.sg MORE businesses are hopping on the bandwagon to tout their family-friendly policies. The biennial We Welcome Families awards, which recognise firms with outstanding family-friendly practices for their customers, have seen an increase in nominations submitted by businesses for the awards.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Neste’s biofuels back in black for Q1
      390 19  -  Turnaround comes after losses in previous quarter and in Q1 201 2 By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg Singapore FINNISH refiner Neste Oil appears to have turned the corner with its biofuels after having been in the red the last couple of years in its
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      Lock icon China tells France it wants more balanced trade
      448 19 AFP Shanghai CHINA is seeking more balanced trade with France and is willing to buy more French products, Premier Li Keqiang was quoted as telling visiting French President Francois Hollande. Mr Hollande was on the second day of a two-day visit to
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        Lock icon South Korea to pull out all workers from Kaesong
        115 19 Reuters Seoul South Korea has decided to withdraw all remaining staff from its joint industrial complex with North Korea for their own safety, after Pyongyang shunned an offer of formal talks. It is unclear how Seoul plans to implement its decision,
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        Lock icon US investors favour foreign commercial properties
        107 19 Reuters New York US investors are putting more money into overseas funds that invest in offices, malls and apartment complexes than they have in six years. Attracted by potentially higher returns, investors moved US$2.6 billion into mutual funds and exchange-trad-ed funds that primarily invest
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        Lock icon Asia’s candidates to head WTO drop out of race
        71 19 AFP Seoul The two candidates from Asia in the race to lead the World Trade Organization have failed to make it to the final round. South Korea and Indonesia yesterday announced that former trade ministers Bark Tae Ho and Mari Pangestu
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        Lock icon China cancels top-level meet with Japan, S Korea
        87 19 AFP Tokyo China has cancelled a top annual finance meeting with Japan and South Korea amid simmering diplomatic tensions. An official with the Japanese finance ministry told AFP that “China has informed us that the meeting won’t be held” on the sidelines
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      Lock icon Chastened banks cut thousands of jobs
      951 20 At a time when many lenders are reporting higher earnings, the layoffs are unsettling to an entire industry AP New York BANKS aren’t the big jobs machines they used to be. One after another, major financial firms are trimming their payrolls. In first-quarter earnings
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      Lock icon Amazon figures out its new success formula
      724 21 Internet giant is selling less physical stuff now but is becoming more active in digital world Reuters New York AMAZON.COM Inc appears to have figured out the secret to being more profitable: sell less physical stuff. The company reported slowing revenue growth and
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      Lock icon China cracks down on underground lending to entrepreneurs
      583 21 AP Beijing CHINESE authorities have sentenced more than 1,400 people to prison terms of at least five years for involvement in underground lending in a crackdown on a financing practice widely used by China’s entrepreneurs, a police official said yesterday. The 1,449
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    186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 6 3 0 0 0 7 6 3 Manufacturing 68 39 42 10 5 9 78 44 51 Commerce 25 22 15 4 3 6 29 25 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 16 15 9
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      93 27 Apr 25 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 1551 1551 1565 1535 Jul 13 1555 1550 1563 1535 Sep 13 1561 1557 1567 1542 Dec 13 1560 1557 1568 1541 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 1944 1952 1967 1939 Jul 13 1984 1991 2003 1976
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      67 27 Apr 26 GOLD(US$/oz) Apr 26 Apr 25 Hong Kong 1473.00 1453.50 Apr 25 Apr 24 London 1454.19 1424.02 1455.91 1425.08 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 30.63 29.74 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Apr 25 Close Previous PM Fix 1454.00 1427.00 AM Fix 1445.00 1429.00 Source:
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      57 27 Apr 26 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 13 2239.0 2301.0 2316.0 2239.0 191 2133 Jun 13 2325.0 2335.0 2354.0 2325.0 2855 ***** Jul 13 2310.0 2316.0 2334.0 2305.0 ***** ***** Aug 13 2300.0 2300.0
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      155 27 Apr 26 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2739 1.2751 1.0297 1.0302 Canadian dollar 1.2123 1.2134 0.9804 0.9799 Euro 1.6127 1.6137 1.3035 1.3038 NZ dollar 1.0545 1.0551 0.8523 0.8525 Sterling pound 1.9111 1.9122 1.5447 1.5450
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      118 27 Apr 26 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.304 1.242 Can dollar 1.236 1.189 Euro 1.647 1.569 Sterling pound 1.946 1.872 NZ dollar 1.078 1.037 US dollar 1.262 1.202 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      104 27 Apr 25 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 13 1423.50 1404.00 1424.75 1403.50 Jul 13 1372.25 1345.25 1373.75 1344.00 Aug 13 1308.75 1285.50 1310.00 1284.50 Sep 13 1242.75 1226.00 1243.75 1228.00 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 13 49.77 49.18 49.79
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      68 27 Apr 25 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 102.58 1.18 WTI (Near Mth) 93.17 1.57 Dubai (1-Mth F) 99.81 0.51 Tapis blend 105.52 0.72 Minas 101.02 0.72 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 91.94 1.22 Jet Kerosene 113.86 0.90 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 99.89
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      71 27 Apr 25 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1912.00 1880.75 3 months 1941.00 1911.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7149.00 7000.75 3 months 7180.00 7030.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2056.25 2025.00 3 months 2076.50 2045.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 25 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1046.9 0.6 11.6 0.4 10.8 0.7 9.2 EAFE Preliminary 876.3 0.4 13.1 0.4 9.3 0.8 7.8 Europe Preliminary 1234.0 0.4 7.6
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        842 34 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN MARCH 27 AND APRIL 2, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 2 NON-LANDED Altez Apt 28/03/2013 99 1012 1992 1969 Altez Apt 02/04/2013 99 549 933 1699
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        599 35  -  Q1 also sees resale transactions falling 23% to 4,335, from 5,631 in Q4 last year; subletting deals up 1 5% By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore THE public housing market is showing signs of stabilising, with the lowest quarter-on-quarter price increase since the
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        606 35  -  By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg Singapore NATIONAL Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan has reiterated that he wants to engineer a “soft landing” in the resale market for Housing Development Board (HDB) flats, and noted that recent cooling measures are taking effect,
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        2273 9  -  Far from the glaring lights of the Michelin and other restaurant guides, three Tokyo restaurants shine on their own terms. Jaime Ee seeks out these unsung talents Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg Masaki Araiyakushimae (No English address available) Z+81-03-5380-6055 http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1321/A*****4/*****766/ JUST when you think you will never understand the Japanese
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        531 15  -  Samsung’s Galaxy S4 LTE offers a more practical option to the highfalutin wizardry of its rivals. By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Samsung Galaxy S4 With LTE $998 without contract MANY anticipate new Samsung Galaxy phones with a fervour rivalled only by fans of Apple’s iPhone, and the
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        1126 17  -  Raffles Country Club is laying down the foundation for a complete overhaul of its Palm course, which is 24 years old. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg EVERY once in a while, in order to be sustainable, a golf course has to go through a tweak,
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        444 20  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg WHEN the Citroën DS4 was introduced here more than a year ago, it came with a transmission that was unloved by everyone except the Europeans the clutchless manual gearbox. The EGS Electronic Gearbox System is an automated manual gearbox, one that does not require
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