The Business Times, 19 December 2014

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    28 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|Sl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg O DoBlBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Friday, December 19
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    209 1 Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday attempted to assuage fears of economic collapse and promised rapid recovery as he faced hundreds of journalists during the worst financial crisis of his rule. TOP STORIES/ 2 Retailers and landlords can look forward to greater retail rental transparency after the details
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 3,243.65 +16.42 KL COMP 1,699.95 +18.05 NIKKEI 225 17,210.05 +390.32 HANG SENG 22,832.21 +246.37 SHENZHEN B 1,014.50 -2.66 DOW (11am EST) 17,583.70 +226.83
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    Lock icon Fed keeps favourite phrase of markets
    1073 1  -  US stocks surge as traders interpret the central bank’s latest policy statement as a postponement of interest rate hikes By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg JANET Yellen sounded a lot like Santa Claus to traders on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve echoed its promise to hold
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    Lock icon Fresh hope for regional M&As, caution over listings
    1047 1  -  OUTLOOK 2015: INVESTMENT BANKING By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore WITH the easing caution brought on earlier by political changes in the region, bankers are hopeful of more mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Southeast Asia next year, with Singapore being no exception.
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      121 1 *****4 OFFICE MARKET Sanofi signs lease for 40,000 sq ft office space at South Beach REAL ESTATE 13 ONLINE ONLY LOOKING BACK The high points in the arts and entertainment in 2014 YEARENDER 22 23 Read Boardroom Matters, a series of articles from the Singapore Institute of Directors, on BT
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Putin puts on brave face, promises rapid recovery
      814 2 One of his ministers says economy is going through a crisis and concedes that there was no coherent plan on how to tackle it if oil prices do not rebound AFP Moscow RUSSIAN President Putin on Thursday attempted to assuage fears of
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      Lock icon Obama can loosen Cuban sanctions: experts
      841 2 REUTERS Washington PRESIDENT Barack Obama has the power to further weaken US sanctions against the Communist-run Cuba beyond the normalisation of relations with Havana that he announced on Wednesday, sanctions experts said. While the restoration of diplomatic ties to Havana after decades of animosity
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      Lock icon Wiggle room for possible Fed rate surprises
      359 2  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Daniel Indiviglio Washington THE Federal Reserve has built in some wiggle room for rate surprises. The US central bank now puts “patience” above needing “considerable time” for changing monetary policy. It suggests chairwoman Janet Yellen is focusing more on data
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      Lock icon Greater rental retail transparency soon
      596 3  -  Fair Tenancy Consideration Framework will comprise data transparency, SME education and a mediation process By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore RETAILERS and landlords can look forward to greater retail rental transparency after the details of the Fair Tenancy Consideration Framework are unveiled, probably this month.
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      Lock icon Abe to tackle corporate sector opposition to basic wage hike
      626 3  -  BOJ reports that corporate cash hoarding in Japan has reached record levels By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo HAVING won a new popular mandate for Abenomics at last Sunday’s election, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now faces having to confront corporate
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      568 3 a qrofa/afio n6 te tAe am ient6 p Exclusive Categoiy PETS’ STATION HOLDING PTE LTD SINGAPORE QUALITY BRANDS PROPELL INTEGRATED PTE LTD SIN LIAN SENG ENGINEERING SERVICES PTE LTD SOFT GLOBAL PROPERTIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD YEW HENG CREDIT PTE LTD f Platinum Category AVENZA PTE LTD BS TECH PTE LTD
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon SGX hopes for greater links with Shanghai
      735 4  -  Singapore Exchange is also studying the concept of crowdfunding, says head of listings By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE Shanghai-Hong Kong trading link may be the first of such China tie-ups with other exchanges, and head of listings at Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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      Lock icon Croesus trust raises hedge as yen falls
      313 4  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @Malminderjit Singapore CROESUS Retail Trust (CRT) has increased the amount of its distributable income hedged to about 100 per cent for the period up to Dec 31, 2015. The move, which comes amid the weakening of the yen against
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      Lock icon Silverlake forms unit to launch bid for NZ firm
      295 4  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED Silverlake Axis (Silverlake) on Thursday revealed that it has formed a company, Silverlake HGH, to launch a takeover offer for Finzsoft Solutions an Auckland-based financial technology company that develops and implements software and solutions
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      Lock icon The art of pro-active disclosures
      1246 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT RECENT issues with a couple of stocks on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) mainboard show how companies’ adherence to disclosure standards, as always, has much room for improvement. One such case concerns Keppel DC Reit, which went public
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      Lock icon Genting M’sia not on NY casino shortlist, share price down 3%
      493 5  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur LADY Luck continued to elude Genting Malaysia (GenM), which slipped 3 per cent to RM3.95 (S$ 1.50 on Thursday after it was not put on the short list of candidates for a commercial
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Global Tech posts HK$15.99m loss for FY2014
        119 5 mobile phone services company Global Tech (Holdings) incurred a loss of HK$15.99 million (S$2.7 million) for the financial year ended Sept 30, 2014, compared to the net profit of HK$12.88 million last year, due in part to a one-off gain in 2013 and
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        Lock icon PCRT trading suspension from Dec 23
        71 5 TRADING in units of Perennial China Retail Trust (PCRT) will be suspended from Dec 23. This followed offeror Perennial Real Estate Holdings’ announcement that it has garnered 90.64 per cent of the issued units of PCRT, meaning the free float has fallen below 10
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        Lock icon Leighton Hldgs to form services investment partnership
        105 5 LEIGHTON Holdings, the parent company of SGX-listed Leighton Finance (USA) Pty Ltd, is entering into a binding agreement with funds managed by affiliates of New York-listed investment firm Apollo Global Management to form a 50:50 services investment partnership. The partnership will comprise the
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 6 STI Catalist Straits Times index Dec 18,2014 3,243.65 +16.42 (+0.51%) Current streak 2 days Day high 3,252.01 Day low 3,227.52 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index Dec 18,2014 735.26 +1.16 (+0.16%) Current streak 2 days Day high 737.68 Day low
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      Lock icon ST Index’s rebound moves into 2nd day
      647 6  -  Index’s gains add up to 28 points in two days, after the cumulative 110-point dive on Monday and Tuesday STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index’s recovery from its recent battering extended into a second consecutive day on hursday with
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      306 6 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 235 -1 236/232 250 206 6.1 5941.6 CapitaLand 308 -2 315/308 348 268 15.4 2.6 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 201 +1 201/197.5 209 180 5.1 6971.3 CityDev 988 +4 991/979 1118 860 13.4
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 6 VOLUME IHC 87,838,000 Mirach Energy 62,742,000 Golden Agri-Res 59,780,000 APAC Strategic 44,022,000 Ezion 33,756,000 Market volume 1,335,721,000 VALUE Keppel Corp 114,783,415 SingTel 99,261,210 DBS Grp 97,126,009 Global Logistic 66,682,740 UOB 54,496,860 Market value 1,238,825,000
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      77 6 Dec 18 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -574.00 +107.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +39.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -57.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 732.18 +2.13 FTSE ST Small Cap 485.30 +3.43 FTSE ST All Share 778.97 +3.77 FTSE ST China Top 182.95 +1.06 FTSE ST China 217.02 -0.47 FTSE
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      111 6 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US721 +18 459 728/714 790/541 719/721 90.1 STI ETF 329 +2 328 330/328 343/298 329/330 DBXT MSRussia US$ US164 +13 172 171/163 302/140 167/168 DBXT CSI300 US$ US950 +4 146 965/946 965/613
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 6 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Dec 18,2014 778.97 +3.77 (+0.49%) Current streak 2 days Day high 780.30 Day low 775.53 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 6 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Dec 17,2014 1,740.95 -11.57 (-0.66%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,756.85 Day low 1,733.87 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,714.64 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 4 5 0 0 0 6 4 5 Manufacturing 38 29 28 6 11 6 44 40 34 Commerce 19 15 17 4 2 6 23 17 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 15 11
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 6 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,031 24,031 145,089 145,089 Manufacturing 147,579 41,122 188,701 125,321 1,923 127,244 Commerce 63,537 16,335 79,872 80,033 1,445 81,478 Tpt/Stor/Comms 122,042 4,141 126,183 202,823 1,603 204,426 Finance 21,487 222 21,709 224,742 48 224,791 Construction 42,008 29,746
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 620.2 2.4 *****/***** DBXT MSUSA US$ 5102 147.2 2.2 5242/4303 JSH USD 3365 123.5 2.9 3810/3006 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5568 114.3 1.6 6492/5366 JMH USD 5830 103.8 1.4 6460/4934 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Cedar Strategic 0.2 100.0
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      77 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -666.2 -3.7 *****/9759 DBXT E50 US$ 4823 -279.9 -4.2 5630/4637 DBXT MSTaiwa US$ 2081 -168.2 -5.8 2322/1853 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3427 -106.4 -2.3 3808/2802 DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1318 -52.6 -2.9 1598/1318 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low KepCorp MBeCW15
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Linair Tech 384.0 0.025 +0.003 +13.64 TA 537.0 0.300 -0.035 -10.45 Noel Gifts Intl 100.0 0.280 -0.020 -6.67 China Jishan 160.0 0.070 -0.006 -7.90 Sinostar Pec 250.0 0.075 -0.015 -16.67 Qingmei 2,281.0 0.012 -0.003 -20.00 SamuderaShipping 1,386.0 0.225 +0.015 +7.14 ChinaKangdaFood 150.0 0.110 -0.005 -4.35
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Consumer Sector
        160 6 Mixed DBS Group Research, Dec 18 OUR economists expect Asean private consumption growth rates in 2015 to stay similar to 2014, save for Thailand due to the low base effect in 2013/14 arising from political tensions. Average valuations for Singapore consumer stocks under our coverage remain elevated. Against
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        Lock icon Offshore & Marine Sector
        127 6 Offshore Marine Sector underweight Maybank Kim Eng Research, Dec 18 WITH Brent at US$60 a barrel or so, we now believe the entire value chain is vulnerable. Expectations of insulation against oil price dip for certain players are being tested as cracks emerge. Weaker players may start to operate on
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        Lock icon Singapore Airlines
        177 6  -  Compiled by Jamie Lee Hold Dec 18 close: S$11.49 OCBC Investment Research, Dec 17 WE view the slide in oil prices to be positive on Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) profitability since jet fuel makes up about 40 per cent of SIA’s total operating expenses but we believe the effects
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      Lock icon Rupiah, RM, rupee rise on upbeat Fed report
      383 7 CURRENCIES REUTERS Singapore THE Indonesian rupiah, Malaysian ringgit and Indian rupee all rose on Thursday as an upbeat economic assessment by the US Federal Reserve calmed market nerves. The South Korean won, however, fell against the US dollar after the Fed signalled
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 7 Dec 18 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.949 5.065 0.662 6.326 51.574 102.568 0.968 8.989 2.832 1.055 81.838 36.492 1.072 9.409 0.799 25.646 26.851 0.524 0.816 Canada 1.054 5.339
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 7 Dec 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0716 1.0727 0.8155 0.8158 Canadian dollar 1.1295 1.1309 0.8601 0.8596 Euro 1.6182 1.6198 1.2315 1.2319 NZ dollar 1.0157 1.0173 0.7730 0.7737 Sterling pound 2.0471 2.0486 1.5579 1.5580
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 7 Dec 18 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3144 1.3154 2-months 1.3150 1.3163 3-months 1.3155 1.3167 6-months 1.3158 1.3172 Source: OCBC
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 7 Dec 18 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.25 0.15 1-month 0.3750 0.2500 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.30 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 7 Dec 18 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        65 7 Dec 18 Dec 18 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.25 105.30 105.30 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.23 100.42 100.25 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.78 106.90 106.88 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 104 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 109.71
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        365 7 Dec 18 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.95 *****.23 *****.41 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****2 *****7 Jun15 *****.00 4 2641 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 327.43 328.52 326.16 Dec14 323.50 327.40 320.70 325.60 ***** *****6 Jan15 323.70 327.40 320.90 325.50
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        208 7 Dec 18 Most active Dec 18 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left KepCorp MB eCW*****2 10 1.8 7123 0.2 900 6 DBS MB eCW*****0 18.1 4.1 4010 0.2 1980 4 DBS MB ePW*****2 15 -3.3 3753 0.2
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 7 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1234.0 0.7 4.2 0.8 3.7 0.5 0.1 EAFE Preliminary 952.7 -0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -5.9 -0.7 -9.1 Europe Preliminary 1337.4 0.0 -1.3
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        209 7 Dec-17 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Dec-17 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1027.00 3.50 0.34% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.77 0.00 0.00% 14/01/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 648.50 25.25 4.05% 13/03/2014 Dec-17 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1939.00 11.00 0.57% 16/03/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1915.00 -22.00 -1.14%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 7 Dec 18 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 14 2136.0 2146.0 2155.0 2131.0 623 ***** Jan 15 2139.0 2147.0 2161.0 2135.0 4323 ***** Feb 15 2140.0 2148.0 2163.0 2135.0 ***** ***** Mar 15 2152.0 2150.0
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      Lock icon Seck Wai Kwong moves up to State Street’s top committee
      433 8  -  Gunjan Kedia also promoted to the company’s senior-most strategy and policy-making group By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore STATE Street Corporation has appointed Seck Wai Kwong, head of its global services and global markets businesses in the Asia-Pacific, to
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      Lock icon LMIR Trust gets S$180m term loan facility
      198 8  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore LIPPO Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (LMIR Trust) will receive a S$180 million term loan facility from the Singapore branches of BNP Paribas, CIMB Bank, and Standard Chartered Bank. The proceeds will go towards LMIR Trust’s working capital
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      Lock icon Analysts say ‘sell’ as Skymark surges 105% in a month
      556 8 BLOOMBERG Tokyo SKYMARK Airlines Inc’s share price has more than doubled in a month on optimism that cooperation with other airlines could keep Japan’s third biggest carrier from going broke. Technical indicators suggest that it may be time to sell.
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon US crude set for record output despite price trend
      977 10 Lower costs and more efficient drilling techniques more than offset collapse in oil markets OIL ROUT BLOOMBERG Chicago CRUDE oil production from US wells is poised to approach a 42-year record next year as drillers ignore the recent decline in price
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      Lock icon Chevron puts on ice plans to drill in Arctic
      305 10 It cites economic uncertainty in the industry as oil prices fall REUTERS Calgary, Alberta CHEVRON Corp is putting a plan to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea in Canada’s Arctic on hold indefinitely because of what it called “economic uncertainty
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      Lock icon Olam sees further rise in cocoa prices next year
      603 10 Global shortage drives price increase for fourth consecutive year BLOOMBERG Singapore COCOA prices will probably advance for a fourth consecutive year in 2015, driven by a global shortage, according to Olam International Ltd. Demand will exceed supply by 120,000 tonnes in
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      Lock icon Oil slump leads to fast investor exit from weakened commodities
      757 10 BLOOMBERG New York INVESTORS are exiting commodities at the fastest pace in six years, betting a slump in prices isn’t over as corn, oil and gold drop close to their cost of production. Open interest in raw-material futures and options
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon RadioShack kept alive via US$25b credit-default swaps
      857 11 The amount of swaps tied to the electronics retailer is 28 times its debt, more than any other US company BLOOMBERG New York RADIOSHACK Corp is finding an unlikely ally in its efforts to stay out of bankruptcy: credit derivatives traders who amassed
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      Lock icon Oracle’s Q2 earnings surge on cloud growth
      584 11 BLOOMBERG San Francisco ORACLE Corp’s efforts to push deeper into Web-based cloud computing are paying off, with the software maker reporting fiscal second-quarter profit and sales that surpassed analysts’ estimates. Profit before certain costs was 69 US cents a share in the period
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      Lock icon BlackBerry faces turnaround test
      510 11 BLOOMBERG Toronto BLACKBERRY Ltd unveiled a new phone that harks back to the company’s glory days of being the world’s leading smartphone maker, capping a year dedicated to stabilising finances and winning back investor confidence. Earnings on Friday will shed light on how successful the turnaround
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Santa is now big business in Shanghai, Dubai malls
      997 12 Christmas has become a mega shopping season in non-Christian countries BLOOMBERG New York IT’S a typical holiday scene in the US: a decked-out Christmas tree, twinkling lights and a line of shoppers waiting for Santa Claus. Except for one thing...it’s Shanghai.
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      Lock icon Professional help is at hand for stumped US gifters
      560 12 NYT New York THE response rate for inquiries sent to the North Pole is middling at best. For a definite reply this year, it’s much safer to ask a Penguin. Faced with a reading public overwhelmed with options, Penguin Random House
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      Lock icon Cuban cigars will still remain a rarity in US
      310 12 BLOOMBERG Atlanta DREAMING of carrying armloads of cigars out of Cuba now that the US is thawing relations? Not so fast. At least initially, American visitors who treasure the scarce luxury smoke won’t be able to bring back home more than
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Sanofi signs lease for 40,000 sq ft office space at South Beach
      885 13  -  A 654-room hip hotel is expected to soft open next year; no decision on pricing the residential component yet By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore PHARMACEUTICAL group Sanofi has inked a lease for about 40,000 sq ft of
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      Lock icon UOB launches online property loan calculator
      447 13  -  Free tool covers loans for property purchase, refinancing various types of properties By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) on Thursday launched a free online property loan calculator to help homeowners determine their total debt servicing ratio (TDSR) for mortgage loan
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      Lock icon London home-price drop deepens as rules limit buyers
      663 13 BLOOMBERG London SUE Munden bought her five-bedroom house in the south-west London district of Streatham in November after negotiating the price down to £610,000 (S$1.25 million), about £100,000 less than a similar home on the street sold for in April. “I did
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      Lock icon Casino resorts plan approved by New York state board
      1141 14 Advocates celebrate nod after intense lobbying for full-scale gambling as salve for region’s economic woes NYT New York ONE of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature initiatives the expansion of gambling in the state took a major step forward on Wednesday
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      Lock icon China’s Nov home prices down for 3rd straight month
      385 14 REUTERS Beijing CHINA’S home prices fell in November for a third consecutive month versus year-ago levels, Reuters calculations from official data showed on Thursday, pointing to an intractable property downturn despite government efforts to energise the market. Average home prices in
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      2143 13 THE BUSINESS TIMES NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF LASALLE ASIA OPPORTUNITY II PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****1106M NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of LASALLE ASIA OPPORTUNITY II PTE. LTD.
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  • VEHICLES & LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Fret not over festive weight gain
      1035 15  -  By Gabriella Boston Ms Boston is a fitness trainer and freelance writer. The text of this article first appeared in My Paper on Dec 12,2014 WP t’s that time of year again when everywhere we turn, we’re offered creamy eggnog, savoury charcuterie and sweet,
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      400 15 Call Toll-free 1800-289-9988 To Place Your Classified Advertisements The Business Times CLASSIFIED BUY IT SELL IT FIND IT HONDA FOR SALE HONDA FREED 1.5 9/09 Honda Freed 1.5. OMV $20,790. Low Mileage. Well-kept. Not to be missed!! Yong Lee Seng Motor Pte Ltd. Tel: *****123 *****045 HONDA FOR SALE HONDA
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon 2015 could be a year of policy divergence and currency volatility
      507 16 EDITORIAL GLOBAL stock markets rallied on Thursday following a bout of volatility, after the US Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy statement reassured market players that rates would remain lower than normal for some time even after they begin to
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      Lock icon All lights are green for BOJ now
      848 16  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Anthony Rowley HAVING built up a powerful head of steam, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) locomotive continues to charge ahead towards its goal of ridding Japan of deflation and achieving a 2 per cent inflation target. Could it end
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      Lock icon OBAMA BUYS A CUBAN CIGAR
      1162 16  -  Major changes in American policy are expected to lead to full normalisation in the relationship between Washington and Havana. BY LEON HADAR Havana.BY LEON HADAR SO the Cold War is finally over, really over. Indeed, history was made on Wednesday when US President Barack Obama
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      Lock icon Asia will be silver lining within emerging markets in 2015
      752 17  -  COMMENTARY By Min Lan Tan T The author is regional head of the Asia-Pacific investment office at UBS Wealth Management IT MAY sound contradictory to say that Asian economic growth outside Japan will slow next year, and yet the region
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      Lock icon Asia’s transport sustainability dilemma
      838 17  -  By Dennis Posadas T The writer is the author of ‘Greenergized’ (UK: Greenleaf, 2013) and a technical consultant for a low-carbon transport project in the Philippines. He is working on a new business fable on corporate sustainability. IN SOME parts of Asia, people dangerously hang like
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      Lock icon CHINA’S AGRICULTURE GOES GLOBAL
      1375 17  -  If done in an open and transparent manner and with respect for local communities, its agricultural investments overseas can bring significant benefits. BY LORO HORTA benefits.BY LORO HORTA T The writer is a senior diplomat based in Beijing. He is a graduate of the Peoples Liberation
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Fall in oil prices likely to widen divergence in monetary policies
      1014 18 While the US Fed and BOE look to a boost to growth, ECB worries about possible deflation REU TERS Frankfurt THE world’s major central banks are scrambling to work through the implications of the near halving of the price
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      Lock icon World investors cut back stocks as risk aversion reigns
      567 18 Confidence hit by rouble crisis, uncertain growth outlook REUTERS London WORLD investors lifted exposure to bonds and cut back on more volatile equities as sentiment was buffeted by a Russian currency crisis, an uncertain growth outlook and rapidly declining energy prices,
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      Lock icon Russia prepares US$17b capital boost for banking sector
      306 18 REUTERS MOSCOW RUSSIAN banks could get a capital boost of up to US$ 17 billion under a new law being prepared by the government to support a sector suffering from Western sanctions and an economic slowdown. The potential capital boost comes after
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      Lock icon EU outlaws investment in Crimea; targets oil sector, cruises
      324 18 REUTERS Brussels THE European Union banned investment in Crimea on Thursday, halting European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and outlawing European cruise ships from calling at Crimean ports. The new measures, which EU governments have signed off
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      Lock icon Jokowi govt plans to cut budget deficit to 1% of GDP by 2019
      580 18 BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA’S new government plans to cut its budget deficit to one per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2019, partly by reforming the tax system, the finance minister said on Thursday. A shortfall in
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      Lock icon Modi moves in to speed up US$300b stuck projects
      302 18 REUTERS New Delhi INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken direct control of a project-monitoring body to fast-track investments worth almost US$ 300 billion and revive manufacturing in the country, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Pro-business
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Management reshuffle prepares Airbus for record jet output
      718 19 For the first time a Briton occupies No 2 slot, formerly reserved for a French or German, at the planemaker REU TERS Paris A MANAGEMENT reshuffle at Airbus this week marks another step towards focusing Europe’s biggest aerospace company on industrial performance
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      Lock icon UK Nov car production seen flat as exports weaken
      350 19 Overall output down on weak demand in export markets, changes in models; but growth likely to return next year REUTERS London BRITISH car production will remain flat in 2014, an industry body said on Thursday, as a drop in exports due
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      Lock icon SpiceJet flies again amid government flip-flop over rescue package
      543 19 BLOOMBERG New Delhi SPICEJET Ltd, the budget airline controlled by Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran, resumed flights amid a government flip-flop over a rescue package for the carrier. Spicejet, which has missed salary payments and cancelled about 2,000 flights this month, said
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      Lock icon Takata has sufficient funds to deal with global recall: report
      356 19 Number of vehicles involved has increased to about 21 million REUTERS Tokyo AIR bag maker Takata Corp has sufficient funds to deal with a global recall that has climbed to about 21 million vehicles after five deaths linked to its
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      Lock icon Boeing to deliver record 754 jets in 2015: trade group
      294 19 REUTERS Seattle BOEING Co will deliver a record 754 commercial aircraft in 2015, an increase of up to 5.5 per cent, the US Aerospace Industries Association forecast on Wednesday, reflecting expectations of steadily rising production at the world’s biggest plane
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      Lock icon US shipping lines cite wide gap in talks with W Coast dockworkers
      349 19 REUTERS Los Angeles NEGOTIATORS for shipping lines and terminal operators at 29 US West Coast ports remain far from a deal with union dockworkers after seven months of contract talks, the companies said on Wednesday, again blaming the
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    1750 20 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 MONTREAL 10 120 29/7 30/7 4/8 EASTERN CAR LINER, LTD SPECIALIZE IN RORO HEAVY LIFT INTRA-ASIA SERVICE VOY Ramp(KT) Lifting(KT) SIN PKL KUC KK JKT SUR SEIYO SPRING 2 70 8/1 10/1 14/1 MALAYSIA STAR 41 50 8/1 9/1 13/1 15/1 SEA
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      293 20 C a ila n E n n o r e J e d d a h B r is b a Shanghai Chittagong n e Ho Chi Minh H o n g K o n g J e b e NYK RORO (ASIA) PTE. LTD. REGULAR SERVICE TO Persian Gulf,
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon THE 12 DAZE OF CHRISTMAS
      1025 21  -  Inspired by the traditional festive carol, The 12 Days of Christmas, BT Lifestyle takes a tongue-in-cheek look back at the events of 2014 a dizzying year which saw politicians entering showbiz, elite schoolchildren riding public transport, and an anti-gambling ad that made everybody rich Text:
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    • YEARENDER
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        Lock icon The year of spectacle
        660 22  -  THEATRE BT looks back at the high points in the arts and entertainment from spectacular movies to great books that shaped 2014 By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT HERE are years when Singapore theatre is dominated by intense charac-ter-driven dramas played by a small cast that prove
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        Lock icon On the write trek
        733 22  -  BOOKS By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT FROM a poignant graphic novel to an anthology of love poems to a collection of non-fiction essays, the best local books make you look at life on this little island in a different light: Last Train From Tanjong Pagar By
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        Lock icon State of the art
        657 22  -  VISUAL ART By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THE visual art scene is revving up faster than any other the arts sector, with numerous exhibition spaces putting out incredible shows by the region’s top artists. These 10 emerged among the best: Countershadows (Tactics in Evasion) Lasalle College
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    • YEARENDER/MOVIES
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        Lock icon A year of flux
        582 23 MUSIC MUSIC took a big step into the digital age in 2014 when U2 decided to give away their new album for free. The controversial move was a huge one for an industry and even though it cost iTunes users nothing to download it, not everybody
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        Lock icon Cerebral time-travel tale springs a few surprises
        396 23  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT PUT The Matrix, Cloud Atlas and a dash of The Crying Game into a blender and you might end up with Predestination, a brainy time-travel thriller that manages to spring a surprise just when you think you've seen
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        Lock icon The year in cinema
        1172 23 2014 saw the usual forgettable flicks but there were some gems that simply stood out MOVIES THE 2014 year in cinema yielded the usual jumble of forgettable flicks, bombs and blockbusters, sequels and prequels and one groundbreaking indie entry. Undoubtedly the biggest hit of the year
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        Lock icon Final resolution to an epic adventure
        571 23  -  REVIEWS By Geoffrey Eu THE Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies brings an end to an epic journey and a remarkable feat of endurance, fraught with danger at every turn and among the most ambitious any individual has ever attempted. I am referring of
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    • WINE/ARTS
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        Lock icon Primer on whiskies
        616 24  -  By Lewis Mitchell IT may come as a surprise but whisky, for so long seen as an “old man’s” drink and less fashionable than say, wine or gin, is now becoming fashionable among women. What’s more, this increasing popularity with the fairer sex has contributed to record
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        Lock icon Pre-Christmas wine thoughts
        884 24  -  The secret to success is savvy wine-pairing.BY WINE wine-pairing.BY NK YONG IN keeping with state of the world economy, one may be inclined to be a little more thriftier this Christmas. On the other hand, one may take a defiant “business as usual” approach, determined to celebrate
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        Lock icon Ballsier Dollies
        576 24  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT BOLDLY going where no cabaret revue has gone before, the new Dim Sum Dollies show The History of Singapore Part 2 mines humour out of politically sensitive episodes such as Operation Coldstore in the 1960s, the Marxist Conspiracy in the 1980s and
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        Lock icon Digital edge in validating art
        729 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg “DID you watch the movie ‘The Monuments Men’? asks Professor John F Asmus midway through his interview. Well, it turns out that the character whom George Clooney played in the movie was instrumental in converting one of America’s top research physicists
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    • CITY LIFE
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        Lock icon HELLO KITTY
        850 25  -  Lion City Kitty The Cat Museum, Muses Mansion is a purrfect haven By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT IN the span of a year, Singapore welcomed at least five cat cafes. Now, the Lion City can add a cat museum to the list. Lion City Kitty The Cat
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      • CITY BUZZ BT writers' picks of what to see, do or talk about
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          Lock icon FESTIVE ART HAUL
          213 25  -  By Helmi Yusof ART Gillman Barracks in December YOU could always find good art at Singapore’s premier art cluster off Alexandra Road. But at no time in this writer’s memory has it offered so many excellent pieces. Indeed, Gillman Barracks this month could rival any top museum
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          157 25  -  By Dylan Tan Artistry Cafe, 17 Jalan Pinang VETERAN singer-songwriter Kevin Mathews plays under different guises but he’s going solo for 20 Originals, a unique musical concept he launched earlier this year. In it, an artist plays nothing but two sets comprising 10 self-composed tunes each. This Christmas, Mathews
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          293 25  -  By Debbie Yong “Senses and Feelings” with Krug AS a toast to their recent appointment as a Krug ambassador restaurant in Singapore, the people behind Stellar at 1-Altitude have debuted a special Krug pairing menu for lovers of fine food and exquisite bubbly. The “Senses and Feelings” experience is
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          187 25  -  By Tay Suan Chiang The Local People x DBS PayLah! Night Market TIME for some last-minute Christmas shopping. The Local People, an art collective is holding its Christmas night market, where there food, art and retail vendors such as Second Helpings, Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle, and Salt Of The
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          160 25  -  By Rachel Loi TripList: http://triplistapp.com GOING on holiday is always fun. Packing for said holiday, not so much. But when you can’t put it off anymore, let TripList do the job for you. This free app (left) basically lets you create customised packing lists for any kind of upcoming
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      345 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 9 Wonder about a queen being well-informed (5) 10 Indian city bar at which girl has mineral (9) 11 Fighting force will carry our weapons, etc (7) 12 Encouragement at table to get moving (7) 13 Character in Athens leading group as guide (5) 14 Trick to
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      739 26 FENDI 3Baguette Arm candy for the ladies with this stunning take on the Baguette bag, first created by Silvia Venturini Fendi in 1997. The design has achieved cult status with the fashion cognoscenti around the world. Galleria Level, B1-22 Ralph Lauren Cooper Bag If you adore bags in luxurious alligator
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