The Business Times, 13 June 2013

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Thursday, June 13, 2013
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  • 868 1  -  It favours ‘speed bump’ approach over static halts By R SIVANITHY Source: SGX [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange is considering the use of dynamic circuit breakers (CIRB) to ensure an orderly market in times of turmoil and to protect investors from excessive volatility. At
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  • 916 1  -  The median forecast of MAS-polled economists for full-year Singapore growth falls to 2.3% By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Economists are now more pessimistic about Singapore’s growth but more optimistic about inflation than they were three months ago, shows the central bank’s quarterly survey of professional
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 65 1 HST INDEX 3,153.48 (-16.90) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,154.00 (-17.00) HSIMSCI 354.07 (-3.73) HSIMSCI FUTURES 353.20 (-4.10) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.254 (US$/S$ per 1.566 1.964 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.330 1.668 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 96.80 77.10 RM 3.134 2.499 HK$ 7.764 6.190 BAHT 30.97 24.69 RUPIAH
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    • 45 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,775.12 -4.45 NIKKEI 225 13,289.32 -28.30 HANG SENG Closed SET INDEX 1,433.47 -19.16 JAKARTA COMP 4,697.88 +87.94 MANILA COMP Closed SEOUL COMP 1,909.91 -10.77 SHENZHEN B Closed MUMBAI IND 19,041.13 -101.87 12noon EDT Change DOW 15,057.23 -64.79 NASDAQ 3,417.06 -19.89
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    • 24 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA HONG KONG HONG KONG 5.00 TAIWAN 13.242 TAIWAN KOREA JAPAN 1.475 US 9.33 BRITAIN SWITZERLAND US 3.25 Source: Bloomberg
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    • 117 1 PROPERTY Look beyond the hype in S-E Asia PAGE 32 INTEREST RATES MAS likely to reprimand banks PAGE 4 ACCOUNTANCY CONVENTION Building a world-class profession PAGE 13 COMPANIES NewSat eyeing Optus Satellite? PAGE 5 JL .Jaeger-leCoultr;. Grande Reverse Ultra Thin Duo. Calibre 854/1. Two dials driven by a single movement:
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 635 2  -  It predicts global GDP growth of 2.2% for 2013, rising to 3% next year By in ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE world economy appears to be moving into a phase of “more stable, but slower growth”, the World Bank said yesterday in
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    • 50 2 IN “The Sail’s 22 retail units fetch $105 million” (BT, June 12), we wrongly reported that Tung Centre was on a site with a remaining lease term of 72 years last year. The building sits on a 999-year leasehold site starting from 1862. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 553 2 Economic pessimism on the rise in S’pore ECONOMISTS are now more pessimistic about Singapore’s growth but more optimistic about inflation than they were three months ago, shows the central bank’s quarterly survey of professional forecasters. However, even their lowered median forecast of 2.3 per cent growth this year
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    • 995 4  -  Govt not able to agree to requested concessions from interested parties By LYNN KAN [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has pulled the plug on the Changi Motorsports Hub (CMH) project. The SSC decided against opening a re-tender for CMH after deciding it
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    • 558 4  -  By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Germany’s Oiltanking is boosting its Greater Singapore storage with a new US$250 million joint venture oil terminal in nearby Karimun with Gene-va-based oil trader Gunvor. This move is seen as bolstering the potential emergence of a Singapore-Jo-hor-Riau (Sijori)
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    • 480 4 Reu ters [SAN FRANCISCO] Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a barrage of questions on Tuesday about the company’s slumping stock price during the No 1 social networking company’s first shareholder meeting since its rocky initial public offering last May. Mr Zuckerberg,
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    • 433 4 Move follows review into how benchmark interest rates are set Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s central bank plans to reprimand banks in the city-state as early as tomorrow following an 11 -month review into how benchmark interest rates are set, five people with knowledge of
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    • 692 4  -  Capstone unable to pay salaries, cover overhead costs By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] Poh Lian Construction’s collapse has resulted in yet another casualty. Capstone Construction, a subcontractor for two HDB Build-to-order projects in Bukit Panjang and upgrading works at St Anthony’s Canossian Secondary
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 815 5 S’pore now has 1.83b of corporate sukuk outstanding Bloomberg SINGAPORE’S sukuk pipeline is growing after Swiber Holdings Ltd became the latest issuer to respond to a government push to make the city an Islamic finance hub, according to CIMB Group Bhd and Asian
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    • 447 5  -  NewSat founder says it was approached by banks and equity firms By VEN SREENIVASAN AUSTRALIAN satellite communications company NewSat, whose shareholders include Singaporean private investors, is reportedly eyeing Optus Satellite, which SingTel is said to be preparing to sell for some A$2 billion (S$2.38 billion). Australian
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    • 557 6  -  Agreements made with Hydrex, Sam Goi, and separately with Yamada chief By NISHA RAMCHANDANI IN A move to diversify into the food business, Global Yellow Pages (GYP) is raising its stake in mushroom supplier and processed food manufacturer Yamada Green
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    • 320 6  -  By MICHELLE QUAH HUAN Hsin Holdings will be paying about $7.36 million to buy back a 16 per cent stake in Shanghai Heisei Electric Co Ltd (SHE) that it had disposed of. This follows its aborted attempt to list
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    • 205 6  -  By LEE MEIXIAN JAYA Holdings has sealed a deal to sell a second new anchor handling tug supply vessel, Jaya Sovereign, to Canadian buyer Atlantic Towing. The Jaya Sovereign is a sister ship of Jaya Supreme, which was delivered to Atlantic
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    • 454 6  -  By JOYCE HOOI AMOBEE, SingTel’s mobile advertising unit, is hoping to blur the line between highway billboards and smartphone screens by expanding into outdoor and in-store interactive advertising displays, it said yesterday. While the firm had started out focused on ads for mobile devices,
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    • 549 10  -  External audit regaining strong backing as a check and balance By MICHELLE QUAH EXTERNAL audits, whose usefulness had been called into question in the wake of the global financial crisis, appear to be regaining strong support, with investors now pushing harder for that
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    • 388 10  -  ECS to market cargo space on the group’s Airbus A320 fleet By NISHA RAMCHANDANI TIGER Airways Holdings has inked a three-year cargo partnership with Eu-rope-based ECS Group as the budget airline seeks to beef up its revenue from cargo operations. Under this
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    • 231 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE bonds fell yesterday for a fourth day, making their loss for the past three months the second-biggest in the world, as investors gird for the possibility that the US Federal Reserve could slow bond purchases. The price of Singapore’s 3.125 per
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 589 8  -  After hitting a 5-year high of 3,454 in May, the index has fallen below its 2013 starting point of 3,167 STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent SENTIMENT continued to be weak yesterday following Wall Street’s Tuesday slide with the Straits Times Index (STI)
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    • 73 8 Jun 12 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1156.00 +20.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -131.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -115.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 764.15 -5.69 FTSE ST Small Cap 576.88 -2.26 FTSE ST All Share 776.91 -4.35 FTSE ST China Top 198.91 -1.66 FTSE ST China 226.64 -2.04 FTSE
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    • 53 8 VOLUME YHM 193,093,000 Innopac 136,677,000 Teledata 113,335,000 Aussino 103,143,000 SingHaiyi 90,863,000 Mirach Energy 51,305,000 WE Hldgs 42,329,000 Xpress 37,456,000 MDR 35,556,000 Golden Agri 34,302,000 VALUE($) SingTel 106,627,420 DBS Grp 74,187,238 Ascendasreit 47,475,605 CapitaLand 46,241,626 GLP 41,348,030 UOB 41,051,970 CapitaMall 39,436,770 Keppel Corp 36,996,390 OCBC Bk 34,115,430 Noble
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    • 186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 7 3 0 0 0 5 7 3 Manufacturing 40 57 38 4 14 9 44 71 47 Commerce 14 34 17 7 4 3 21 38 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 9 24 9
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    • 874 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE HOOI ComfortDelGro Corporation June 12 close: $1.775 DMG Partners Research, June 12 WE hosted ComfortDelGro (CD) for a non-deal roadshow in Hong Kong. Investors’ queries were addressed and key takeaways include: CD expects continued growth from overseas markets, a cost-plus model could boost domestic bus
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    • 122 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 35,954 35,954 77,319 77,319 Manufacturing 301,899 89,294 391,193 124,476 8,185 132,660 Commerce 221,824 75,030 296,854 105,454 6,797 112,251 Tpt/Stor/Comms 95,284 21,976 117,260 180,469 9,133 189,602 Finance 154,365 326 154,691 192,894 144 193,038 Construction 80,643 197,356
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    • 113 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.865 -0.045 CapitaLand 3.180 -0.050 CapitaMall 2.030 -0.040 CityDev 9.870 -0.110 ComfortDelGro 1.775 -0.045 DBS Grp 15.93 -0.120 GLP 2.690 -0.080 Genting SP 1.395 -0.015 Golden Agri 0.565 -0.010 HK Land 6.500 -0.030 HPH Trust US$ 0.775 JMH 61.70 +2.300 JSH
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    • 478 8 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [LONDON] The yen yesterday fell at least 0.3 per cent against all of its 16 major counterparts as traders speculated that the biggest gain in three years on Tuesday was too rapid, given expectations for further stimulus from the Bank of Japan.
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    • 112 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP JMH 6170 288.5 3.9 JSH 3878 214.5 4.6 GLD 10US$ ***** 107.9 0.7 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2553 45.2 1.4 IS MS India 100US$ 614 37.6 5.1 Jardine C&C 4147 37.0 0.9 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3008 35.1 0.9 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 28.0 0.3 Lyxor
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    • 132 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -539.3 -4.1 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1854 -92.8 -3.8 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** -58.5 -0.3 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -40.0 -0.4 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$ 810 -38.9 -3.7 Great Eastern 1721 -38.0 -2.2 IS ASIA BND 100S$D 1267 -28.0 -2.2 Lyxor
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 473 11  -  Energy Market Authority hopes to have more dynamic secondary market By RONNIE LIM WITH the start of LNG supplies here last month, Singapore is now studying whether and how it can further develop the gas retail market here. The Energy Market Authority is
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    • 472 11  -  By LIVIA YAP MORE Singaporeans are shopping online for its convenience and to get better value for their money, according to a poll by MasterCard. The latest MasterCard Online Shopping Survey revealed that 65 per cent of the 500 respondents polled said they used the
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    • 383 11  -  By BENJAMIN AW RAISING the profile of social enterprises is key to improving the sector, a survey of 155 companies here has found. Social enterprises businesses fundamentally driven by a social mission can boost their visibility through roadshows, corporate link-ups, industry
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    • 603 11  -  Firm demand from end-users for sites with low plot ratio By MINDY TAN THE tender for three smallish industrial plots in Tuas South Street 6 saw healthy bidding at the close of its tender on Tuesday. The number of bids received were healthy
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    • 465 11  -  By MARIA MALA YOGALINGAM CORPORATE community investment (CCI) activities continue to defy companies’ attempts to get a handle on their precise value because the social good achieved through them resists being quantified. When CSR Asia surveyed 80 companies here and from Hong
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    • 277 11  -  By NG ZHUO YANG WHILE some of us were lamenting the scorching heat in the last week of May, a team of nine volunteers from Singapore’s Public Service was literally sweating it out in Kampong Speu, Cambodia, to provide clean drinking water to the community
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 609 12  -  Nasir Razak had praised Azran for ‘forthright’ views on Utusan By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur NAZIR Razak, the urbane chief executive of CIMB Bank, was lambasted yesterday by Utusan Malaysia for seeming to defend AirAsia X chief executive Azran Osman
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    • 571 12 Economists keep wary eye on weak external demand [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s industrial output jumped a surprising 4.7 per cent in April compared to a year ago, on the back of improvements in the manufacturing sector. Economists were, however, cautious about the latest data
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    • 637 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia is consuming foreign-curren-cy reserves at the fastest pace in Asia as policy makers struggle to contain the rupiah’s plunge, a sign to PT Mandiri Sekuritas that the central bank will pare intervention. Reserves dropped 5.7 per cent in a
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    • 588 12 RSAia NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices STARLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****1382E) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of Starland Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 80 Robinson Road, #10-01A,
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    • 752 12 AUTOMATED TOUCHSTONE MACHINES LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****9457N) (the “Company”) (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theAnnual General Meeting ofAutomated Touchstone Machines Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 63 Cantonment Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 28 June 2013 at 3.30 p.m. for
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  • SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY CONVENTION
    • 877 13  -  Singapore’s success in developing its accountancy sector will draw international talent and boost the broader economy. KAN KWOK LEONG reports LEONGreports KAN KWOK LEONGreports ASOON-TO-BElaunched professional qualification will boost Singapore’s efforts to develop a world-class accountancy hub, but the ability to retain talent could be a
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    • 225 13 SINCE the launch of the Committee to Develop the Accountancy Sector (CDAS) Final Report on April 2010, Singapore has been making inroads towards the goal of becoming a global accountancy hub. The Singapore Accountancy Commission (SAC), tasked with overseeing the transformation, launched the Singapore Qualification Programme (SQP)
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    • 118 13 THEMED “The Singapore Chartered Accountant: A Beacon of the Asian Economy”, the Singapore Accountancy Convention 2013 will focus on the next phase of growth for the accountancy profession. It will also explore issues related to Singapore’s development as a leading global accountancy hub. International and local
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    • 399 13 Accountancy Convention 2013 The Singapore Chartered Accountant: A Beacon of the Asian Economy s t v Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore Accountability Professionalism Trust Join the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) at the Singapore Accountancy Convention 2013, as ICPAS celebrates 50 Years of Accountability, Professionalism
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 759 14 ‘Breakthrough’ plan to phase out HFC output, consumption but no cuts agreed Reuters [WASHINGTON] China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a “breakthrough” might not do much in the longer
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    • 355 14  -  By AYISHAH MA EJ In sight [HONG KONG] A currency swap agreement between China and the United Kingdom could be in place before the year is out, the City of London Corp said. The projection follows a Feb 22 announcement by the Bank of
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  • INDIA
    • 529 16 This adds pressure for quick policy actions to revive the economy Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India’s indus-trial-output growth slowed in April, adding pressure for more government steps to spur the economy as elevated consumer-price inflation threatens to limit the central bank’s room to extend
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    • 405 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian federal police on Tuesday staged new raids over alleged corruption in government coal mine allocations and filed preliminary charges against a ruling Congress party lawmaker who is also a powerful businessman. The developments in what media has dubbed
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    • 443 16 Rupee lifted off new low but strength seen as short-lived AFP [MUMBAI] India’s central bank intervened to curb the slide of the rupee after it skidded to new lifetime lows, a government official confirmed, but added that monetary authorities were not
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 490 17 Budget concerns that fuelled last month’s sharp drop may have eased Reuters [SYDNEY] A measure of Australian consumer confidence bounced in June after two months of sharp falls, as households became less gloomy on the outlook both for their own finances and the economy. The
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    • 353 17 Int’l Chamber of Commerce ranks it 67th among 75 nations; HK is most open Bloomberg [RIO DE JANEIRO] Brazil is the most protectionist among the world’s major economies, ranking below nations including Argentina and Nigeria in a survey of global trade trends by
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    • 455 17 Bloomb erg [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan is targeting 4.4 per cent economic growth next fiscal year as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s recently elected government prepares a budget that may intensify efforts to tackle an unprecedented energy crisis. The goal for the 12 months
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  • WORLD
    • 699 18 They are not hot any more but managers focus on select countries and sectors Reuters [NEW YORK] The investor love affair with emerging markets may be gone, but several money managers aren’t completely abandoning the sector. Fund managers who viewed emerging markets as a
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    • 661 18 N Korea’s churlish behaviour reflects insecurity: analysts AFP [SEOUL] The abrupt cancellation of planned talks between North and South Korea underlines the huge challenges facing any “trust-building” process on the divided peninsula, 60 years after the Korean War. Right from the outset,
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    • 488 18 Reu ters [TOKYO] Japan’s core machinery orders fell in April from the previous month, down for the first time in three months as companies remain hesitant to boost capital spending despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s sweeping stimulus policies. Cabinet Office data showed core
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    • 57 18 [PORTO, Portugal] Performers presenting the ‘Bodies in Urban Spaces’ project from Austrian artist Willi Dorner (not seen) here last Sunday at the Party at Serralves a contemporary art festival that hosts over 200 events simultaneously in a non-stop 40-hour period, in the gardens and the
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    • 517 18 AFP [WASHINGTON] Lawmakers from President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party have voiced alarm over a proposed trans-Pacific trade pact, saying negotiations were too secretive and could lead to job losses in the US. A letter signed by a majority of first-term Democrats in the
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    • 716 19 New discoveries will be used for domestic utilisation first: energy minister Re uters [NAYPYIDAW] In a few months, impoverished Myanmar plans to start pumping roughly US$45 million worth of oil and gas a day from the Bay of
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    • 684 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Oil demand in developing countries surpassed that of wealthy nations for the first time ever in April, a US report revealed on Tuesday, in the latest demonstration of how rapid growth in Asia has upended trade and increased competition for
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    • 315 19 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Victims of cartels in Europe could find it easier to demand compensation under new class action rules that also include safeguards for whistleblowers who expose illegal collusion and price fixing. A European Union draft proposal more than seven years
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    • 381 19 Reuters [LONDON] Miners Rio Tinto and Glencore Xstrata have held early-stage talks to consider a plan that could combine thermal coal assets in Australia as both sides battle low prices and high costs, two sources familiar with the plan said. Rio and
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    • 523 19 JPM will fight any suits claiming it misled investors Bloomberg [NEW YORK] JPMorgan will fight “till the end” anyone who sues claiming they were misled over more than US$6.2 billion in losses at the chief investment office last year, chief executive officer
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    • 672 20 It’s first developed market downgraded to emerging market; journalists strike Reuters [ATHENS] Greece’s fragile government faced an internal revolt and fierce public protest yesterday over the sudden closure of state broadcaster ERT, hours after the humiliation of seeing its bourse
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    • 580 20 AP [JERUSALEM] Google’s US$1.03 billion purchase of Israeli navigation software maker Waze marks an important milestone for the country that affectionately calls itself “Start-Up Nation”. The acquisition is not only among the largest-ever purchase prices for an Is- raeli start-up; it also
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    • 247 20 Bloomberg [LONDON] Britons experienced an unprecedented squeeze on incomes over the past five years as workers accepted pay cuts as the price of keeping their jobs, research published yesterday showed. Real wages posted the largest five-year drop on record after the recession began
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    • 494 20 Move to improve Libor interest-rate transparency AFP [LONDON] The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) yesterday announced changes to Libor inter-est-rate transparency in a bid to avoid a repeat of last year’s rate-rigging scandal. The BBA said publication of banks’ individual submissions of the Libor interbank
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    • 449 20 AFP [GENEVA] As many as 10.5 million children worldwide work as domestic servants, in what can be hazardous and even slave-like conditions, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said yesterday. The United Nations labour agency said almost three-quarters of such youngsters are girls, and
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    • 608 21 Plan faces resistance from Luxembourg which wants to protect its banks AFP Reuters [BRUSSELS] The EU executive yesterday geared up to accelerate the fight against tax fraud by widening the data automatically exchanged between EU tax administrations to cover income such
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    • 465 21 Bloomb erg [GENEVA] The Swiss Parliament’s Upper House has approved a law to solve a dispute over untaxed assets with the US, while questions still remain as to whether the measure will come into force next month. Lawmakers voted 24 to 15, following
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    • 323 21 Reuters [LONDON] JPMorgan Chase kept its top spot for investment banking in the first quarter after bringing in US$6.9 billion in revenues, putting it ahead of four rivals tied for second place, a study showed yesterday. Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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    • 529 21 AFP [HONG KONG] US whistleblower Edward Snowden yesterday vowed to stay in Hong Kong to fight any extradition bid, and promised new revelations about US surveillance targets, the South China Morning Post reported. “I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American,” the Hong Kong
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    • 593 21 But critics charge scheme fails to tackle overcapacity problem Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission announced an array of recommendations on Tuesday to revive Europe’s steel industry, hurt by tumbling demand and plant closures. The “EU steel action plan” is the first comprehensive
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 452 22 EDITORIAL IT looks like some listed companies here didn’t quite acquaint themselves with the requirements of the Code of Corporate Governance, or chose to disregard, in part or entirely, the bits on the disclosure of executive pay. Under the latest revised Code that
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    • 793 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent FORMER president Richard Nixon would probably be applauding and raising the “V” sign if he was still alive. After all, one of his successors, someone who ran an election campaign holding the
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    • 1098 22  -  US tightening, Japan easing, Europe deleveraging it’s a nerve-racking balancing process ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent IAM getting nervous very nervous, in fact. In my career as a journalist, I have seen many financial bubbles develop and burst but never anything like
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    • 1390 23  -  With their expertise on regulatory matters, smaller accounting practices can provide valuable advice to SMEs By CHAN SZE YEE GERMIN ONG The writers are head of research and research manager respectively at the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore EXPANSION beyond Singapore is becoming a
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    • 709 23  -  By PETER WONG The writer is CEO, HSBC Asia-Pacific THE announcement in early May that China’s State Council has called for a detailed plan to achieve full convertibility for the yuan (renminbi) marks the start of a series of profound and beneficial changes that
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    • 244 23 LETTER TO THE EDITOR AS a Keppel Club member, I was shocked to receive notification that the annual value of the club had been revised from $3.769 million to $4.831 million, an increase of 28 per cent retrospectively from July 20, 2006,
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 932 24 Terminal’s 2 berths can accommodate largest cruise ships in the world NYT [HONG KONG] It was perhaps the most spectacular flight approach in the world: amid mountains, seas and frequently tempestuous winds, aircraft nearing Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong would stage a stom-ach-churning
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    • 665 24 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Malaysian airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes says he has two adopted homes. There’s London, where he owns the Queens Park Rangers soccer club and the Caterham Formula One auto-racing team based in nearby Oxfordshire, and there’s Jakarta, a thriving megacity in the
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    • 478 24 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd plans to add more Airbus SAS superjumbos to its fleet as modern, fuel-efficient aircraft will assist a turnaround from two consecutive years of losses. The flag carrier, which has six A380s, may order
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    • 594 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] ANA Holdings, operator of the world’s biggest fleet of Boeing Co 787s, scrapped a service with the Dreamliner yesterday, the third cancellation for the aircraft in Japan this week after a four-month grounding. ANA couldn’t use the 787 for
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    • 234 24 SGX '000 Jun 12 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore '000 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.26 -0.01 221 Cosco Corp 0.76 unch 1075 Vol First Ship Lea 0.12 unch 210 Freight Links 0.09 unch ***** Grand Banks 0.34 -0.01 30 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.59 -0.01 452 K1Ventures 0.17 unch 769 Keppel
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 3178 26 Transaction date: Jun 12 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last AAT Vol Day Last Quote ('000) High Low Buyer Seller 10.4 7 AEM C'vr 188 106 AIMSAMPIReit 160
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    • 10923 27 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Asset Mat Pte Ltd APS Alpha FundCl A!** Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Limited Asian Smaller Cos!' .2 0034/ China Opportunities .2 8197/ EM Local Ccy Bond .0 9496/ European Opportunities!’’ 1.1808/ Global Emerging Markets!"
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    • 249 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Low 52 30.5 Genting HK US$ US48.5 +1.5 9500 48.5 46.5 48 48.5 3193.5 Last 260 188 TanChongInt HK220 -3 165 221 220 220 223 4.3 3.2
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    • 878 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF Company 143 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 137.5 131.6 132.5 114.4 96 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US104.4 104.5 105.3 11
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 622 28 Jun 12 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.66 *****.72 *****.08 Jun13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****2 *****1 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****7 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 293.06 293.06 290.32 Jun13 290.80 290.80 287.60 ***** *****4 Jul13 283.60 283.60
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    • 373 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jun 11 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1049.7 -0.6 11.9 -0.5 13.1 -0.2 9.8 EAFE Preliminary 849.8 -1.0 9.7 -0.4 8.4 -0.1 5.3 Europe Preliminary 1216.8 -1.2 6.1
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    • 471 28 Jun 12 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.969 5.836 0.716 7.387 55.187 93.770 0.921 10.785 2.982 1.198 93.751 40.953 1.193 9.486 0.882 28.417 29.463 0.608 0.952 Canada 1.032 6.026
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    • 68 28 Jun 12 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 3 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid
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    • 137 28 Jun 12 GOLD(US$/oz) Jun 10 Jun 11 Hong Kong 1391.40 1385.00 Jun 11 Jun 10 London 1375.71 1382.97 1376.48 1383.92 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jun 12 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 125 56 5gm 356 278 10gm 635 556
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    • 90 28 Jun 12 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****X 05-Sep-13 0.25 6-Month BS*****T 13-Dec-13 0.28 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-15 99.95 5-Year N*****0T 0.5 01-Apr-18 97.03
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    • 53 28 Jun 12 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jun 13 2420.0 1165 Jul 13 2451.0 2449.0 2460.0 2444.0 850 8293 Aug 13 2455.0 2451.0 2465.0 2445.0 9555 ***** Sep 13 2456.0 2451.0 2461.0 2443.0 4604 *****
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    • 155 28 Jun 12 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1931 1.1938 0.9513 0.9517 Canadian dollar 1.2319 1.2326 0.9826 0.9822 Euro 1.6675 1.6680 1.3295 1.3297 NZ dollar 0.9961 0.9964 0.7942 0.7943 Sterling pound 1.9638 1.9648 1.5658 1.5663
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    • 121 28 As at 9am Jun 12 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.211 1.154 Can dollar 1.252 1.204 Euro 1.706 1.625 Sterling pound 1.996 1.920 NZ dollar 1.012 0.974 US dollar 1.277 1.217 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 158 28 Jun 12 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 par 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.28 0.18 2 months 0.40 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.75 0.55 12
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    • 1042 28 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 Conv Acma Ltd. W*****6 Exer Albedo Limited W*****9 Prem Disc Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****7 1 1 25 13 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5 2 1 27 37 ing Left Best World Intl Ltd
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    • 109 28 Jun 11 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13 1540.50 1511.75 1544.00 1514.75 Aug 13 1450.75 1435.75 1454.00 1435.75 Sep 13 1365.75 1356.50 1368.50 1355.25 Nov 13 1327.00 1319.00 1330.00 1314.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13
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    • 95 28 Jun 11 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1551 1557 1557 1543 Sep 13 1554 1559 1561 1545 Dec 13 1550 1554 1556 1540 Mar 14 1545 1549 1551 1534 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1798 1845 1854 1797 Sep 13 1822 1857 1869 1820
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    • 70 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jun 11 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 102.46 -1.68 WTI (Near Mth) 95.35 -0.50 Dubai (1-Mth F) 100.14 -0.57 Tapis blend 106.74 -1.35 Minas 101.74 -1.35 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.00 -0.78 Jet Kerosene 116.15 -0.38 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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    • 22 28 Jun 12 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2541 1.2543 2-months 1.2541 1.2543 3-months 1.2540 1.2545 6-months 1.2537 1.2549 Source: OCBC
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    • 66 28 Jun-11 Jun-11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1846.25 1883.00 3 months 1887.00 1923.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7030.50 7128.75 3 months 7065.00 7162.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2104.00 2151.50 3 months 2118.00 2163.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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  • PROPERTY
    • 1751 29  -  Shortage of construction, population boom, low mortgage rates feeding frenzy, say JANINA PFALZER and NIKLAS MAGNUSSON JANINA PFALZER, NIKLAS MAGNUSSON Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] NE of Stockholm’s most popular attractions is a guided tour of the Soedermalm district streets featured in Stieg Larsson’s bestselling book The Girl
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    • 884 29 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 28 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN MAY 15 AND MAY 21, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 21/05/2013 99 1055 3249 3080 Marina Bay Suites Apt
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    • 1553 30  -  Market is thin and neither pricing nor yield attractive enough to compensate for the risk. BY ZAINAB FATTAH Bloomberg [DUBAI] UBAI is back with the big plans. What it doesn’t have are the biggest property investors. Surging home prices in parts of Dubai
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    • 192 30 Reuters [BANGALORE] US private equity firm Carlyle Group is preparing to launch a US real estate fund and hopes to raise as much as US$4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. If successful, the fund
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    • 687 31 Monetary expansion by central bank sparks rise in bond yields, interest rates Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s home buyers are rushing for fixed-rate mortgages to lock in on what they consider rock-bottom rates, in a sign of early victory for the central bank
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    • 693 31 Market has become more challenging as prices rise, says exec Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Blackstone Group, which has spent US$5 billion to acquire almost 30,000 US single-fami-ly houses, is nearing the later stages of its buying as home prices jump, said Jonathan Gray, the
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    • 881 32  -  Navigating local risks is crucial, and sustainable growth is key to market By ONG CHOR HAO [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia may offer new and potentially lucrative investment property options for Singapore investors, but market watchers are calling for a clear
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    • 285 32 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Brookfield Asset Management Inc, which last year took over Thakral Holdings Group in Australia, has put up for sale five of the hotels it acquired as part of that transaction. The Canadian company, which has more than US$175 billion under management,
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