The Business Times, 18 July 2013

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 074/08/2012 Thursday, July 18, 2013
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    Lock icon Falling exports may scupper GDP growth
    680 1  -  NODX registers fifth straight slide as shipments to most major markets decline By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s miserable run on the exports front has continued and the advance official estimate of strong GDP growth in the last quarter may turn out to be
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 HST INDEX 3,208.33 (-16.63) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,202.00 (-16.00) HSIMSCI 363.67 (-1.71) HSIMSCI FUTURES 362.20 (-1.80) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.263 (US$/S$ per 1.510 1.907 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.315 1.660 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 99.70 78.90 RM 3.190 2.526 HK$ 7.758 6.142 BAHT 31.11 24.63 RUPIAH
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      48 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,788.66 +2.27 NIKKEI 225 14,615.04 +15.92 HANG SENG 21,371.87 +59.49 SET INDEX 1,458.08 +6.63 JAKARTA COMP 4,679.00 +34.96 MANILA COMP 6,574.72 -8.83 SEOUL COMP 1,887.49 +21.13 SHENZHEN B 774.03 -14.66 MUMBAI IND 19,948.73 +97.50 12noon EDT Change DOW 15,449.97 -1.88 NASDAQ 3,605.34 +6.84
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      29 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.410 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 New KL airport remains stuck on the runway
    863 1  -  Costs rise, delays abound and blame game has started By in PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S latest airport simply can’t seem to take off. May 2, 2014 is the latest target for the launch of KLIA2, which was originally supposed to
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      89 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW More women needed on boards, but don’t force the issue PAGE 6 REIT IPO SPH Reit prices IPO at top end of range PAGE 4 CORPORATE RESULTS Keppel Land Q2 net earnings up slightly PAGE 9 BERNANKE’S TESTIMONY Tapering QE not a pre-set course page 2 *****1
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon No ‘preset course’ for Fed to cut back on bond purchases
      573 2 Bernanke says bond buying to be ramped up or down as conditions warrant Bloom berg [NEW YORK] Stocks edged cautiously higher in early trading on Wall Street yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank
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      Lock icon India relaxes FDI rules to bolster rupee
      469 2 100% FDI allowed in telecoms; 49% in single-brand retailing Reuters Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India relaxed foreign direct investment (FDI) rules on Tuesday in a broad swathe of industries including telecoms, single brand retail and oil and gas in a bid to lure capital
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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      Lock icon SPH Reit attracts strong institutional interest
      694 4  -  Indications of interest 42 times of units available under placement tranche By ONG CHOR HAO [SINGAPORE] SPH Reit, the real estate investment trust spun off from Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), has attracted strong indications of interest from institutional investors, resulting in the IPO being
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      Lock icon Ministries, stat boards cited for lapses
      682 4  -  Auditor-General’s report reveals slip-ups in tenders and procurement By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] The Audi-tor-General’s latest annual audit of Singapore’s public sector has been completed, and the findings don’t make for pretty reading. In a 63-page report released yesterday, the Audi-tor-General’s Office (AGO) found scores
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      Lock icon AIA bent on boosting its customers’ Vitality
      723 4  -  Integrated wellness programme rewards healthier living Reports by GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] Poor health choices and inertia wreak havoc on the best health plans, but AIA aims to change that with its new integrated wellness programme, Vitality. The Vitality programme aims to motivate people
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      Lock icon Focus on protection products leads to higher policy take-up
      432 4 [SINGAPORE] AIA’s 2011 white paper on the underinsurance gap in Singapore has helped to spur a slew of product innovations over the last couple of years. AIA Singapore chief executive Tan Hak Leh says the innovations have borne fruit in terms
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      Lock icon Small car COE premium continues uptrend
      386 4  -  Dealers attribute rise to small rise in new quotas; Cat B premium falls By SAMUEL EE [SINGAPORE] The small car COE premium inched up yesterday even as the big car premium sagged, with some motor distributors pointing to last weekend’s new quota announcement as
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon More women needed on boards, but don’t force the issue
      799 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By MICHELLE QUAH FOREIGN Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam called on Monday for greater female representation on company boards here, citing research which showed that 60 per cent of listed boards in Singapore are all-male. The
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      Lock icon S’pore investor confidence at two-year high
      580 6  -  JP Morgan index jumps to 122 points from 106 in Dec ’12 By LIVIA YAP INVESTOR confidence in Singapore is at a two-year high, according to a study by JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), but it remains to be seen whether the US Federal
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      Lock icon Global fund managers more pessimistic about equities
      590 6  -  By in NEIL BEHRMANN in London GLOBAL fund managers have become cautious about equities, and their emerging market allocations are the lowest in 12 years. A Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey of 238 global fund managers with US$643 billion under management finds
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      Lock icon S-E Asia CFOs bullish on growth: poll
      482 6  -  By ANNABETH LEOW CHIEF financial officers (CFOs) in South-east Asia are the most bullish about their corporate performance for this year in the Asia-Pacific, according to a survey. Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BoAML) second annual CFO Outlook Asia survey polled 604 financial
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      Lock icon DPU for CCT flat at 2.07 cents in Q2
      911 7  -  Distributable income up 1.9% due to higher revenue, lower interest costs By MINDY TAN CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.07 cents for the second quarter ended June, up 0.5 per cent compared to 2.06 cents from
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      Lock icon Sabana Reit’s DPU for Q2 up 5.7% at 2.40 cents
      273 7  -  By CARINE LEE SABANA Shari’ah Compliant Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (Sabana Reit) yesterday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.40 cents for the fiscal second quarter ended June 30, a 5.7 per cent improvement from 2.27 cents a
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      Lock icon UniFiber to issue shares in $1.73m settlement
      246 7  -  By TEO SI JIA UNITED Fiber System (UFS) is issuing 74.56 million new shares at 2.322 cents apiece to Bliss Deal Limited (BDL) as settlement for an amount of $1.73 million owing to the private investment company. This follows BDL’s acquisition on Tuesday
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      Lock icon KepLand net flat in Q2
      770 9  -  Its H1 profit slips 19% despite 79% jump in revenue as trading income falls By KALPANA RASHIWALA KEPPEL Land has posted a 0.9 per cent year-on-year increase in group net profit to $95.5 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Profit before taxation
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      Lock icon MDR Myanmar wins Nokia service deal
      220 9  -  By TEO SI JIA SHORTLY after its partner Golden Myanmar Sea Company (GMS) became Nokia’s distributor in Myanmar, mDR’s unit MDR Myanmar has been appointed the after-market service (AMS) provider for the Finnish phone maker in the country. mDR said yesterday that MDR Myanmar
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ley Choon bags more Brunei deals
        56 9 LOCAL construction firm Ley Choon Group Holdings has secured new contracts in Brunei worth $29.6 million. These are for the construction of a flyover bridge and the supply and installation of sewerage systems. Since late 2011, Ley Choon has won six contracts in Brunei
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        Lock icon UPP revises Myanmar JV agreement
        90 9 FORMER paper and pulp manufacturer UPP Holdings, which is diversifying into infrastructure and property, has revised its joint venture (JV) agreement regarding a Myanmar acquisition. The name of the JV company is now UPP Engineering Ltd. The total issued and paid-up capital of the firm
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        Lock icon Blumont to buy investment company
        46 9 BLUMONT Group intends to acquire an investment company that will give it exposure to the uranium industries in Kyrgyzstan and the US. It has entered into a conditional sale-and-purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Powerlite Ventures for US$7.88 million.
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T Q2 profit up 15% on data centre strength
      347 9  -  By KENNETH LIM KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation (T&T) made a 15 per cent increase in second-quarter earnings on the back of improvements in the core logistics and data centre businesses, the Keppel Corp subsidiary announced yesterday. Net profit attributable to
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      Lock icon Cosco unit bags US$200m contract
      195 9  -  By LYNN KAN COSCO Corporation (Singapore) joined in on the barrage of Mexican orders for offshore vessels. Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard, a subsidiary of Cosco Corp’s 51-per-cent-owned Cosco Shipyard, secured a US$200 million contract to build a harsh-environment semi-submersible accommodation vessel from Mexi-co-incorporated Cotemar SA de
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      623 6 Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd Co Reg No: *****0115G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER AND HALF YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2013 The Directors of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the second quarter and half year
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market goes penny-pinching again
      582 8  -  Average value traded 37¢, 500 counters untraded or unchanged; selling emerges ahead of Fed chief’s testimony STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent STOCKS were sold off yesterday with the Straits Times Index dropping 16.63 points to 3,208.33 in low volume ahead of key testimony by US Federal
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      73 8 Jul 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 419.00 +186.0 BT CADI -*****.00 -20.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +42.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 758.40 -2.49 FTSE ST Small Cap 577.14 +0.75 FTSE ST All Share 786.24 -3.46 FTSE ST China Top 198.62 -0.64 FTSE ST China 228.61 -0.88 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 5 7 0 0 0 2 5 7 Manufacturing 45 59 35 4 6 13 49 65 48 Commerce 20 17 19 6 2 4 26 19 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 17 5
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        499 8 July 17 close: S$3.20 Maybank Kim Eng Research, July 17 WE are still in favour of a switch to M1. Following above-expectations Q2 2013 results, interim dividend was raised slightly but that is not the main reason to buy the stock. Instead, it is still early days to bet
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        Lock icon Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust
        557 8  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim July 17 close: S$2.24 DMG Partners Research, July 17 ASCENDAS Reit (Areit) posted a DPU (distribution per unit) of 3.55 cents (+0.6 per cent y-o-y) in Q1 FY14, in line with our estimate (+0.2 per cent deviation). Revenue and NPI (net
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 23,778 23,778 41,886 41,886 Manufacturing 334,592 128,436 463,028 158,455 9,958 168,413 Commerce 366,055 153,437 519,492 113,848 7,782 121,630 Tpt/Stor/Comms 119,308 30,083 149,391 153,665 11,500 165,165 Finance 696,781 263 697,044 217,753 76 217,828 Construction 216,791 35,821
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      113 8 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.905 -0.055 CapitaLand 3.170 -0.010 CapitaMall 1.985 -0.025 CityDev 10.880 +0.030 ComfortDelGro 1.920 -0.015 DBS Grp 16.400 -0.040 GLP 2.850 -0.050 Genting SP 1.345 Golden Agri 0.545 -0.005 HK Land 6.690 HPH Trust US$ 0.765 -0.010 JMH 58.350 -0.660 JSH 35.250
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      Lock icon Singdollar leads falls in Asian currencies
      566 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar yesterday eased after June exports showed a further fall in shipments of electronics, leading declines among emerging Asian currencies ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony. The Republic’s electronics exports in June fell 12.4 per cent from
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      53 8 VOLUME Innopac 684,314,000 GSH Corp 179,096,000 UniFiber 102,889,000 HanKore 102,526,000 Albedo 84,352,000 SingHaiyi R 76,778,000 SingHaiyi 71,428,000 Mirach Energy 64,231,000 Annica 57,604,000 Ramba 57,120,000 VALUE($) Innopac 107,251,251 SingTel 68,869,363 UOB 39,240,160 Ramba 36,709,595 DBS Grp 31,746,970 SembMar 30,870,150 Thai Beverage 30,489,825 OCBC Bk 27,930,340 Mirach Energy 26,443,850
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      Lock icon RISES
      119 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 246.2 1.9 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 3005 135.1 3.7 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5441 80.8 1.2 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1907 46.7 2.0 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2634 30.3 0.9 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1519 29.0 1.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2310 25.3 0.9 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100
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      Lock icon FALLS
      122 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** -203.0 -0.8 JMH 5835 -83.3 -1.1 IS S&P500 ***** -75.8 -0.4 JSH 3525 -72.0 -1.6 Jardine C&C 4085 -70.0 -1.7 Great Eastern 1733 -22.0 -1.3 Isetan 447 -20.0 -4.3 DBXT CSI300 10US$ 719 -10.1 -1.1 IS MS India 100US$ 590 -6.3
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Only 10% of firms use yuan in trade deals: poll
      535 10  -  Figure set to go up as S’pore develops into a clearing hub for the currency By KELLY TAY ONLY one in 10 companies in Singapore uses the renminbi (RMB) to settle cross-border trades but this ratio is expected to improve
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      Lock icon EDBI helps Appcelerator raise US$12.1m funding
      268 10  -  By TEO SI JIA THE Singapore Economic Development Board’s (EDB) corporate investment arm has led a funding round for Californiabased mobile enterprise platform company Appcelerator to raise US$12.1 million. The latest capital injections bring the total investment in the US company, in which EDB
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      Lock icon Tuas Power’s H1 market share falls to 20.9%
      381 10  -  By RONNIE LIM REFLECTING the increased competition in the power market here, Tuas Power, owned by China Huaneng, said its share of the Singapore market fell to 20.9 per cent in the first half of this year, a 5.8 percentage point fall
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      Lock icon HomeAway set to acquire local online start-up
      386 10  -  But travelmob team will retain 37% share of business By NG ZHUO YANG SINGAPORE-BASED vacation rental start-up travelmob has agreed to an acquisition by Nasdaq-listed HomeAway, a leading online marketplace for vacation rentals. The price and terms of the deal were not disclosed,
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      Lock icon S’pore, Colombia sign IGA
      256 10  -  By ANGELA TAN SINGAPORE and Colombia have signed an Investment Guarantee Agreement (IGA), which seeks to provide a legal framework to protect bilateral investments. “With this IGA, Singapore companies can further explore new business and investment opportunities in Colombia, especially in sectors such as oil and
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon S’pore and Barbados sign open skies pact
        81 10 DESIGNATED airlines can now fly between Singapore and Barbados, the Ministry of Transport said yesterday. Singapore has inked an open skies agreement with Barbados that allows airlines to fly between the two countries via and beyond to any third country, without restrictions in
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        Lock icon Chance to pick up start-up skills
        113 10 iAxil, the venture accelerator unit of Ascendas, has launched the iSTARTUP Programme in collaboration with the (ART+DATA) Institute of the United States. The programme will equip entrepreneurs with start-up skills, including know-how in gathering and translating data to build outstanding product designs. Those on
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      1569 11 Shaping the future through innovation Keppel Corporation, a Singapore-headquartered conglomerate that operates in more than 30 countries with over 40,000 employees, baffles detractors of the conglomerate business form. As it celebrates its 45th anniversary, it says the drive to innovate is what makes the offshore marine-infrastructure-real estate group tick. Keppel
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Felda settlers in the East offered sturgeon farms
      503 12 Pahang project to generate monthly income of RM 10,000 for Felda settlers [KUALA LUMPUR] The East Coast Economic Region (ECER) now offers Felda settlers another industry commercial sturgeon farming as an additional economic means of developing the community. A RM120 million (S$47.5
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      Lock icon Prasarana plans RM4 billion sukuk
      384 12 Money needed to finance extension of KL rail network Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Syarikat Prasarana Negara, Malaysia’s public transport operator, plans to sell RM4 billion (S$1.58 billion) of sukuk as it extends a rail network in Kuala Lumpur part of the government’s 10-year development plan. “We
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      Lock icon Jakarta tin exports set to surge as purity rule eased
      507 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Tin exports by Indonesia, the world’s largest supplier of the metal, may exceed earlier estimates by as much as 33 per cent after the government eased a quality rule, according to the country’s top producer. Sales will probably
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      62 12 Zi Char reviews What I write: Whereveryouare Nosh Posh Management Hunger Food is my passion and my job is to communicate that joy to readers and get them really, really hungry. Tan Hsueh Yun, Food Editor, Life!/SundayLife! Wherever you are, we’re there too; bringing you reports whenever you want them,
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  • GOVERNANCE: GAME CHANGER
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      Lock icon Tackling different levels of risks
      1855 13  -  Corporate governance issues can be tricky enough on their own, but add in group structures and overseas subsidiaries and MICHELLE QUAH finds out we’re talking about a whole new level of complexity MICHELLE QUAH Discussions of good corporate governance practices tend to focus on governance
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      207 13 This is the second in a four-part thought leadership series brought to you by CPA Australia, in conjunction with this year’s CPA Forum on governance and transparency that will be held on Aug 1, 2013. Next week, we will look at the role played by institutional investors in the corporate
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon IMF allays fears about sharp China slowdown
      662 15  -  But it warns of growing threats to financial, fiscal and real estate sectors By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo AMID growing fears that China’s economic slowdown could damage growth in other parts of Asia, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday offered a relatively benign
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      Lock icon Chinese premier cautions against easing reform
      443 15 Govt to announce measures to support exports and imports Reuters [BEIJING] China’s Premier Li Keqiang won’t rush into changing his policy of pushing reform as long as growth stays within the official comfort zone, but he has also signalled he is aware the government
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      Lock icon Alibaba triples Q1 profit on surging sales, prepares for possible IPO
      265 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Alibaba Group Holding, China’s largest e-commerce company, tripled first-quarter profit on surging sales as it prepares for a possible initial public offering. Net income rose to US$669 million in the three months ended March from US$220
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon China’s slowdown poses risk to global economy: analysts
      630 16 German investor confidence declines on fears of falling exports to China AFP [LONDON] China’s slowdown has cast a shadow over Europe and Asia, sparking questions about Beijing’s ability to avoid a hard landing that would wreak havoc on the world economy, analysts
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      Lock icon Portugal's bailout plan in jeopardy
      696 16 Political crisis could hurt govt’s austerity programme Reuters [LISBON] Europe had hoped Portugal would stick to the austerity programme prescribed in its financial rescue, graduating next year and following Ireland in a successful recovery from economic slump. Instead, a political crisis has knocked the programme
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      Lock icon G-20 summit urged to focus on jobs growth
      274 16 Reuters [GENEVA] The G-20 group of leading economies must prioritise jobs at their summit in Moscow later this week, the International Labour Organisation and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. Six years into the global financial crisis, the rate of
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  • WORLD
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      509 17 Bank aims to defend itself in court against power-market manipulation claims Reuters [NEW YORK] The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) said Barclays and four of its power traders must pay fines totalling US$453 million, confirming the nation’s top energy cop will pursue
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      284 17 Switzerland’s UBS is in third place, followed by Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse Bloom berg [GENEVA] Bank of America Corp and Morgan Stanley held on to a slim lead over UBS AG in a 2012 ranking of the world’s largest wealth managers compiled
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      667 18  -  Strict controls in rich countries will make it more complicated to seal new deals By LYNN KAN [SINGAPORE] Asia’s national oil gas companies (NOCs) will find their ability to complete new acquisitions of clean-energy sources more complicated, said credit ratings agency Moody’s
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      Lock icon BOA’s Q2 profit rises 63% on expense controls
      595 18 Net income climbs to US$4.01b, beating estimates Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bank of America (BOA), the second-big-gest US lender, said profit rose 63 per cent, beating analysts’ estimates as the company kept expenses in check. Second-quarter net income climbed to US$4.01 billion, or
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      561 18 AFP [ATHENS] Greek lawmakers were scheduled to vote yesterday on a new austerity package involving a huge shake-up and maybe job cuts affecting 25,000 civil servants this year. The vote is going ahead despite mass protests against the reforms imposed in return for fresh
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      Lock icon EC proposes cap on credit card transaction fees
      481 18 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission will propose capping the fees that banks charge retailers to process card payments, according to draft legislation seen by Reuters that will squeeze an important money-spin-ner for lenders and cut costs for consumers. The curbs, compared by
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      Lock icon UK budget watchdog flags cost of ageing population
      244 18 Reuters [LONDON] Rising costs of pensions and long-term care will put “unsustainable” pressure on Britain’s public finances unless £19 billion (S$36.39 billion) of spending cuts or tax rises are introduced, according to the country’s independent watchdog. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
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      500 19 Interconnected nature of markets creates potential for widespread impact Reu ters [NEW YORK] Around half of the world’s securities exchanges were the target of cyber attacks last year, according to a paper based on a survey of 46 exchanges released on Tuesday. The prevalence
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      456 19 Reuters [LONDON] Mark Carney and all of his fellow policymakers at the Bank of England voted against a resumption of bond-buying at his first policy meeting as governor of the British central bank earlier this month. In an unexpected move, those policymakers who had previously
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      345 19 But Germany and Finland insist on IMF’s involvement Reuters [BERLIN] EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding called on Tuesday for the “troika” of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be dissolved. “The time of the
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      503 20 EDITORIAL MALAYSIA’S central bank must be commended for its measures to cool consumer borrowing: at almost 83 per cent of GDP, the country’s household debt level is among the highest in the region and could prove worrisome for the financial sector in the event
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      862 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent SO is the Federal Reserve in the process of revisiting, reassessing and perhaps even implementing an exit strategy for its aggressive monetary stimulus policy? Or is it postponing a debate over the issue and isn’t
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      954 20  -  The plot so far seems to be in danger of going wrong with inflation refusing to reappear ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent ENTER two new characters among the dramatis personae on the global economic stage. One is the “Governor for Fiscal Affairs” at
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      1034 21  -  New capital rules, when phased in, will still fall far short of what’s needed By CLIVE CROOK The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist Bloomberg FIVE years after the great financial meltdown, have the US and other advanced economies done enough to head off
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      873 21  -  By NEETA LAL The writer is a New Delhi-based journalist THE silver jubilee celebrations of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) this year showcase the country’s apex financial regulator’s impressive growth trajectory. Sebi acquired statutory powers from an Act of
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      409 22  -  Passengers in premium cabins on international routes up 2% y-o-y By NISHA RAMCHANDANI AIR travel markets appeared to slow down in May, with the number of passengers travelling in premium cabins on international routes growing by 2 per cent year-on-year. In contrast,
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      503 22 All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines report no problems found NYT [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, the world’s biggest operators of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, said on Tuesday that they had completed emergency checks on their fleet and found no threats to safety after
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      374 22 AFP [GROSSETO, Italy] The trial of cruise ship captain Francesco Schettino resumed yesterday, with the defendant dubbed “Italy’s most hated man” facing 20 years in prison for a spectacular 2012 wreck in which 32 people lost their lives. Schettino is accused of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship
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      232 22 SGX '000 Jul 17 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore '000 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.25 unch 125 s$ CWT Ltd Vol First Ship Lea unch Freight Links 0.10 unch 4637 Grand Banks.............unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd unch unch 0 K1Ventures................0.18 unch 546 Keppel Corp 10.88 -0.04 2249 Mercator Lines
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      Lock icon Two lawfuits filed against Asiana over crash landing
      402 22 AP [CHICAGO] A Chicago law firm has taken steps to sue Boeing Co on behalf of 83 people who were aboard the Asiana Airlines flight that crash-landed in San Francisco earlier this month, alleging that a malfunction of the plane’s autothrottle may
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      324 22 AFP [PANAMA CITY] Panama on Tuesday called for UN inspections of missile parts found aboard a North Korea-flagged vessel as it approached the Panama Canal, weapons Cuba later claimed as its own. The shipment could constitute a violation of strict
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      351 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 4 Most quiet end to this match it’s bad getting caught (8) 8 A refusal by cleric to go round Italian city (6) 9 Brood at home one of the youngsters took food (8) 10 Roof needs seemingly 45 minutes group work (8) 11 Constructed a spoken
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      509 23 The Business Times Shipping times Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) VESSEL VOY SIN NOU SUVA BUS MOTHER VESSEL NOU SUVA BUS APIA PAGO PAPEETE N’LOFA VILA SANTO TARAWA WESTPHALIA 1301E 17 Jul 28 Jul
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      3076 24 Transaction date: Jul 17 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 Last Vol Day Last Quote 10.4 7 AEM --AAT M Cap 188 106 AIMSAMPIReit 164 +1 233 164 162 162.5
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      240 25 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 Last Vol 2.4 1.3 t Advanced System 1.5 unch 350 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 23.8 Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High
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      11141 25 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited .0 8947/ Global Emerging Markets!** 0 9955/ 1.9577/ China Opportunities 7 8741/ FM local Cry Bond .0 9407/ European Opportunities!’’ 1.1956/ Global Emerging Markets!” Global
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      262 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 49.1 25 AVJennings A41.5 -2.5 9 41.5 41.5 41.5 45 3.6 8.4 3.4 153.6 52 31 Genting HK US$ US43.5 -0.5 2000 44.5 43.5 43.5 44 2864.3
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      916 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF Last 143 120.4 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 127.7 134.7 135.6 114.4 99 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US99.2 106.8 107.7 10.4
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      643 26 Jul 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.80 *****.04 *****.56 Sep13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****2 Dec13 *****.00 0 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 293.33 293.98 291.93 Jul13 292.60 293.40 291.30 292.40 ***** *****0 Aug13 290.00 290.50 289.10 289.80
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1079.6 -0.4 15.1 -0.5 15.5 -0.1 12.0 EAFE Preliminary 882.3 -0.2 13.9 0.0 10.7 0.4 7.3 Europe Preliminary 1240.1 -0.6 8.1
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      471 26 Jul 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.957 5.643 0.700 7.138 54.594 92.424 0.917 10.320 2.935 1.172 92.429 39.928 1.162 9.085 0.866 27.506 28.624 0.609 0.920 Canada 1.045 5.897
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      64 26 Jul 17 (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$) 0.***** 3 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Mid
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      139 26 Jul 17 GOLD(US$/oz) Jul 16 Jul 17 Hong Kong 1294.10 1297.40 Jul 15 Jul 16 London 1284.60 1291.40 1285.35 1292.15 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jul 17 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 118 52 5gm 334 261 10gm 597 522
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      92 26 Jul 17 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****W 19-Sep-13 0.26 6-Month BS*****W 10-Jan-14 0.29 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-15 100.05 100.08 100.07 5-Year N*****0T 0.5
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 26 Jul 17 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Aug 13 2280.0 2259.0 2297.0 2271.0 430 6226 Sep 13 2254.0 2245.0 2293.0 2254.0 7098 ***** Oct 13 2236.0 2228.0 2274.0 2236.0 ***** ***** Nov 13 2238.0 2224.0
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      155 26 Jul 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1614 1.1627 0.9198 0.9204 Canadian dollar 1.2140 1.2147 0.9615 0.9614 Euro 1.6598 1.6609 1.3145 1.3147 NZ dollar 0.9910 0.9921 0.7848 0.7853 Sterling pound 1.9064 1.9078 1.5098 1.5102
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      121 26 As at 9am Jul 17 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.190 1.134 Can dollar 1.235 1.188 Euro 1.693 1.613 Sterling pound 1.940 1.866 NZ dollar 1.016 0.977 US dollar 1.285 1.224 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      157 26 Jul 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ 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 0.55 0.35 9 months 0.65 0.45 12
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      109 26 Jul 16 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13 1475.25 1453.75 1488.00 1453.00 Sep 13 1335.50 1314.50 1344.25 1316.25 Nov 13 1286.25 1263.75 1297.00 1265.50 Jan 14 1291.25 1268.50 1302.00 1270.50 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Aug 13
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      95 26 Jul 16 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1538 1515 1543 1518 Sep 13 1582 1545 1588 1551 Dec 13 1574 1543 1582 1552 Mar 14 1561 1534 1570 1540 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1926 1884 1945 1919 Sep 13 1946 1904 1965 1906
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      1109 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 0.4 1 123 1134 25.00 10 Conv Acma Ltd W*****7 0.7 unch 4267 1 4 38 4.86 36 Albedo Limited W*****9 Price AlliedTech W*****2 Disc Ascendas Reit MB
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 16 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 108.23 0.22 WTI (Near Mth) 105.89 -0.51 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.43 0.68 Tapis blend 114.65 0.93 Minas 108.95 0.93 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 100.00 0.06 Jet Kerosene 122.53 0.33 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 26 Jul 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2627 1.2633 2-months 1.2626 1.2634 3-months 1.2626 1.2634 6-months 1.2627 1.2637 Source: OCBC
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      65 26 Jul-16 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1770.25 1760.00 3 months 1815.00 1804.50 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6981.50 6892.75 3 months 6998.00 6917.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2061.75 2040.75 3 months 2075.00 2055.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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  • PROPERTY
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      1409 27  -  JAMES NASH looks at why the opening of the east span has been delayed again and cost estimates have swelled to about US$6.4b JAMES NASH Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] IGHT years after a section of the San Francis-co-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed in the 1989 Loma
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      Lock icon London’s Walkie-Talkie two-thirds let by opening time
      285 27 Reu ters [LONDON] The Walkie-Talkie skyscraper in London’s financial district should be two-thirds let by the time it opens next year as companies revive moving plans shelved during the financial crisis, developer Land Securities said. The tower, located in the City of London’s
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      801 27 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 4 TO 27 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JUNE 19 AND JUNE 25, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 4 NON-LANDED Caribbean At Keppel Bay Apt 21/06/2013 99 1335 2200 1648 Corals At Keppel
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      908 28 But its plans to be a gambling hotspot still face political, religious opposition AFP [COLOMBO] Multi-mil-lion-dollar casinos planned for Colombo have boosted Sri Lanka’s ambitious hopes of becoming Asia’s new gambling hotspot, but the projects still face political and religious opposition. Sri Lanka
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      Lock icon Aussie PM abandons plans to sell Canberra house
      286 28 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has abandoned plans to sell his five-bedroom house in Canberra for A$2.25 million (S$2.6 million) following seven weeks on the market. The house in the suburb of Yarralumla, a five-minute drive from Australia’s Parliament House,
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      465 29 They also worry about rising home prices and low inventory: poll WP [WASHINGTON] In the current housing market, prices are high, the supply of homes is low and credit is tight. But the number one concern for potential homebuyers is rising mortgage
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      Lock icon Apollo sells remaining shares in Realogy Hldgs
      340 29 Private equity firm exiting investment amid surge in US home prices Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Apollo Global Management LLC is selling its remaining shares in Realogy Holdings Corp, exiting its investment in the residential brokerage company as US homebuying demand spurs the biggest jump
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      464 30 100 shopping centres planned across the country in next 3 to 5 years Bloomberg [BEIJING] Zong Qinghou, China’s richest man who is worth an estimated US$11.3 billion, plans to add more malls across Chinese cities as he considers an initial public offering (IPO)
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      Lock icon Japan property transactions soar 50% on Abenomics
      263 30 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Property transactions in Japan jumped 50 per cent in the first half of 2013, heading for the most in five years, amid efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to boost the economy, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. Sales of offices,
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      208 30 Xinhua [WELLINGTON] One of China’s biggest building firms has agreed to enter a joint venture with a major New Zealand construction company in carrying out work on the reconstruction of New Zealand’s earthquakebattered second city of Christchurch. Arrow International yesterday announced that it had
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      Lock icon Factory in Jurong up for sale; indicative price $8m
      397 32  -  The property near upcoming Gul Circle MRT station is zoned for Business 2 use By ANNABETH LEOW A FACTORY in Jurong is up for sale with an indicative price of $8 million. Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) is conducting the sale of
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      Lock icon China renews property tax expansion pledge
      375 32 Xinhua [BEIJING] The long-dis-cussed expansion of China’s property tax plan has once again come under the spotlight following a renewed pledge by tax authorities to research the plan. The State Administration of Taxation (SAT) said in a circular issued late Tuesday that it will
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      334 32 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia has been building more new homes, offices and shopping centres than previously thought, according to revised data from the government, a promising sign that a key area of the economy is on the path to recovery. The new figures would
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      188 32 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Swire Properties Ltd, the Hong Kong builder investing more than US$1 billion in a development in Miami, said that it is paying over US$64 million to buy a nearby site in the city to add to its Brickell
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