The Business Times, 20 March 2015

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    24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G C ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Friday, March 20,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon Like many Asian currencies
      35 1 the Singdollar had a relief rally on Thursday in a knee-jerk reaction to what was regarded as a dovish statement on interest rate hikes from the US Federal Reserve.TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon Chancellor of the Exchequer
      41 1 George Osborne is banking on a growing UK economy to drive the Conservatives home in the May 7 general election. The tenor of his Budget is for voters to stick with the party they know.TOP STORIES /3
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      Lock icon Troubled 1 Malaysia Development Bhd
      37 1 may call off the much-bandied-about and long-delayed IPO of its energy assets and instead divest the entire portfolio of 16 power and desalination plants to tackle its hefty debt woes. TOP STORIES/4
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      Lock icon Britain took a significant step
      35 1 towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulate digital currencies for the first time by applying anti-money laundering rules to exchanges.BANKING FINANCE /10
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      Lock icon Convergence of Asean economies
      36 1 will bring opportunities for raising growth and productivity in South-east Asia but it will also entail increased risk in financial and other sectors of the regional economy, the IMF says. GOVERNMENT ECONOMY/18
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cinephiles have it good
      29 1 with the Singapore International Film Festival recently staging a strong comeback, and similar events whetting the appetite for edgier, non-commercial world movies in between.PURSUITS 27
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 3,386.16 +24.41 KL COMP 1,809.13 +11.56 NIKKEI 225 19,476.56 -67.92 HANG SENG 24,468.89 +348.81 SHENZHEN B 1,127.37 -0.03 DOW (noon EDT) 17,943.54 -132.54
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  • Article
    Lock icon Asian markets get lift from dovish Fed
    653 1  -  HSBC noted that the short-term relief by the Fed’s stance did not actually improve the fundamental outlook for emerging markets By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore REGIONAL markets rallied on Thursday across key asset classes as investors saw signs of an unexpectedly dovish
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    Lock icon A*Star gets S$380m of R&D investment from industry
    778 1  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore MISSION-oriented research and development by A*Star has resulted in over S$380 million in industry investment for more than 1,700 projects in the first nine months of fiscal 2014. According to the agency, by the end
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      105 1 Hill 8 '*****1 *****4 OFFSHORE MARINE Ezion hits near 29-month low as industry woes spook investors COMPANIES MARKETS 6 ART BASEL HONG KONG HK’s art ACQUISITION Cordea Savills, SEB Asset Management merger to create S$3b Asia-Pac AUM ISRAEL POST-ELECTION Country faces prospect of a messy coalition OPINION 20 scene accelerates
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore dollar in knee-jerk rally over Fed ‘relief’
      731 2  -  Sibor continues to rise as strong US dollar trend has not changed FED REACTIONS By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore LIKE many Asian currencies, the Singdollar had a relief rally on Thursday in a knee-jerk reaction to what was regarded as
      Source: Bloomberg  -  731 words
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      Lock icon Fed has little about which to be patient
      355 2  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Daniel Indiviglio Washington THE Federal Reserve’s lack of patience may be tested before long. Its monetary policy committee now anticipates that domestic gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by less than 3 per cent a year indefinitely. That has
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      Lock icon Fed signals slow pace of tightening as it opens door to rate rise
      777 2 BLOOMBERG Washington THE Federal Reserve opened the door to the first interest-rate increase in almost a decade, while also indicating it will go slowly once it gets started. The Fed dropped an assurance that it will be
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      Lock icon Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill
      74 2 Singapore FORMER prime minister Lee Kuan Yew remains critically ill in the ICU of Singapore General Hospital, a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Thursday. This followed a statement on Wednesday, which said that he was critically ill in the ICU
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      Lock icon Osborne baits voters with upbeat view of economy ahead of May 7
      799 3  -  But critics say his picture of a growing economy banks too much on consumer spending By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London London UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is banking on a growing economy to drive the Conservatives
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      Lock icon BT clinches international award for newspaper redesign
      428 3  -  By tshining@sph.com.sg Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg @TehShiNingBT Singapore THE Business Times (BT) has picked up an Award of Excellence from the Society of News Design (SND) for its newspaper redesign. Undertaken last October, the redesign was part of a major relaunch of Singapore’s
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      Lock icon 1MDB may scrap energy IPO, opt for direct sale instead
      633 4  -  Direct disposal deemed a swifter solution to overcome company’s debt dilemma By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore TROUBLED 1 Malaysia Development Bhd may call off the much bandied about and long-delayed initial public offering (IPO) of its energy assets and,
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      Lock icon Loan default by 1MDB unlikely to rock KL banking sector: Fitch
      550 4  -  Meanwhile, 1MDB is pushing ahead to develop a retail-led project in TRX, a new financial district in KL By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur FITCH Ratings has said that a default by the debt-laden 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)
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      148 4 BUSINESS CHINA AWARDS 2015 CELEBRATING SINGAPORE-CHINA RELATIONS NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN The Business China Awards was incepted in 2010 by Business China to honour outstanding individuals and organisations for their immense contributions to Singapore-China relations as well as promoting bilingualism and biculturalism in Singapore. From now till 20 April, nominations are
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Vertex Venture invests in theAsianparent
      439 5  -  ‘Multi-million dollar’ investment by Temasek’s venture capital arm takes total funding for the online parenting platform to some S$4.5m By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore SINGAPORE-BASED online parenting platform theAsianparent on Thursday welcomed a new “multi-million-dollar” investment from Temasek’s venture capital arm Vertex Venture, taking
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      Lock icon Motor insurers’ underwriting profit hits record S$149.5m in 2014
      436 5  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SINGAPORE motor insurers turned in a record underwriting profit of S$149.5 million last year, up 153 per cent from a year ago, and also stayed in the black for a fourth consecutive year. The General
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon KepCorp’s KepLand stake rises to 87.2%
        74 5 KEPPEL Corp’s stake in Keppel Land has grown to 87.2 per cent as at 5pm on Thursday, the company said in a Singapore Exchange filing. Keppel Corp needs to own more than 90 per cent of Keppel Land to delist the company, according to
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        Lock icon Two firms plan share consolidation
        88 5 TWO companies SunMoon Food Company and Changtian Plastic Chemical plan a 10-into-1 share consolidation of their shares. The proposals by both firms are aimed at satisfying the minimum S$0.20 trading price requirement set by the Singapore Exchange for mainboard-listed companies. Changtian said that the proposed
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      Lock icon Ezion at lowest since Nov 2012 as O&M woes spook investors
      491 6  -  Further fall comes despite analyst report that shares in liftboat company have been oversold By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore SHARES of liftboat owner Ezion sank further on Thursday despite an analyst report the day before saying that the
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      Lock icon Nominations open for Business China Awards 2015
      355 6  -  By Fiona Lam fionalam@sph.com.sg Singapore NOMINATIONS for the annual Business China Awards, now into its sixth year, are open until April 20. There are three categories Excellence Award, Young Achiever Award, and Enterprise Award. The first two will go to individuals who have
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      Lock icon Voyage ups valuation for Roxy-Pacific stock
      451 6  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore ROXY-PACIFIC Holdings’ latest acquisition of a 40 per cent stake in properties in Brisbane has prompted one research house to raise its valuation for the stock. Voyage Research on Thursday said it arrived at a higher valuation of
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      Lock icon S&P upgrades BOC Aviation to A – rating
      335 6  - S&P upgrades BOC Aviation to A rating By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore STANDARD Poor’s (S&P) has upgraded BOC Aviation’s long-term credit rating to A- from BBB, citing a stable outlook for the aircraft leasing firm. Owned by the Bank of China, the aircraft leasing company has its headquarters in
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      Lock icon Petronas: Bond proceeds for capex, possible M&A
      325 6 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) plans to use the US$5 billion that it raised in Asia’s largest bond offering so far this year for corporate expenses as well as possible acquisitions, the company said. In a statement, the state-owned energy
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      Lock icon Singtel ends ties with Gushcloud and employee over marketing drive
      359 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore IN THE heat of a controversy surrounding its marketing campaign last year, Singtel Group said it has terminated the services of the social media agency Gushcloud, and that an employee who worked on the
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      Lock icon China Mobile shares slump following largest profit drop since 1999
      634 7 US$9 billion erased from market value as shares in Hong Kong slide 3.3 per cent, the most since September BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA Mobile Ltd saw US$9 billion erased from its market value after the company posted its largest annual profit
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      Lock icon Siemens’ energy woes hurt profitability, sales
      290 7 BLOOMBERG Munich SIEMENS AG shares fell the most in seven weeks after chief executive officer Joe Kaeser told investors that woes at the power business of Europe’s biggest engineering company are hurting profit and sales. Operational difficulties at the wind power and process industries
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index March 19,2015 3,386.16 +24.41 (+0.73%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,386.16 Day low 3,371.76 52-week high 3,444.57 (Feb 11, 2015) 52-week low 3,057.20 (Mar 20, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index March 19,2015 659.07 -2.18 (-0.33%) Current streak 7 days Day high 664.45 Day low
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      Lock icon Dovish Fed helps nudge STI 0.73% higher
      710 8  -  Most observers felt it was mainly short-covering on a day gains in Singtel, OCBC and Hongkong Land within the index contributed to the final reading STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT WALL Street rallied after an apparently market-friendly Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      320 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 250 +5 252/246 263 213 5.7 6320.9 CapitaLand 348 +2 350/343 371 268 12.7 2.6 *****.8 CapitaMall Trust 216 +9 216/211 226 186.5 5 7493.1 CityDev 1000 cd -7 1010/999 1118 907
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 8 VOLUME Noble 66,266,400 IHC 54,284,700 SingTel 34,625,300 Ezion 30,511,400 Moya Asia 26,888,900 Market volume 1,466,062,000 VALUE SingTel 144,827,351 DBS Grp 80,390,238 Noble 56,626,970 OCBC Bank 52,777,000 UOB 52,028,961 Market value 1,207,758,000
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Mar 19 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -772.00 +44.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -17.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -77.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 768.74 +3.42 FTSE ST Small Cap 471.95 -0.04 FTSE ST All Share 810.43 +5.12 FTSE ST China Top 190.32 +1.00 FTSE ST China 233.73 +2.60 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      34 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index March 19,2015 810.43 +5.12 (+0.64%) Current streak 1 day Day high 810.43 Day low 807.66 52-week high 827.11 (Feb 11,2015) 52-week low 745.24 (Mar 20, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index March 18,2015 1,845.08 +13.91 (+0.76%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,848.73 Day low 1,829.56 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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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 3 8 5 0 0 0 3 8 5 Manufacturing 45 53 34 9 8 10 54 61 44 Commerce 14 28 21 3 4 3 17 32 24 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 15 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 22,320 22,320 53,768 53,768 Manufacturing 178,487 30,224 208,711 67,226 1,993 69,219 Commerce 102,680 36,482 139,162 109,801 1,307 111,108 Tpt/Stor/Comms 141,338 591 141,929 273,168 80 273,248 Finance 26,297 150 26,447 205,628 28 205,656 Construction 57,242 20,666
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      76 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT MSEurope US$ 5974 324.2 4.1 6492/5366 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 260.5 1.3 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 257.7 1.7 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3471 94.2 2.0 3554/2577 DBXT S&P500 US$ 3561 88.7 1.8 3626/3019 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low GlobalYellow W*****5 0.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      79 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8966 -131.6 -1.0 9636/8507 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -91.5 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2143 -66.5 -2.2 2602/2117 JMH USD 6250 -61.0 -0.7 6788/5552 JSH USD 3460 -48.5 -1.0 3810/3233 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low S Chance Prop
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE LH 22,600.1 0.002 -0.001 -33.33 China Haida 471.0 0.026 +0.008 +44.44 China Env Res 5.0 0.026 +0.003 +13.04 Cityneon 30.0 0.260 +0.040 +18.18 CPH 2,500.0 0.005 -0.001 -16.67 EastGate Tech 372.8 0.031 +0.008 +34.78 ChinaKundaTech 330.0 0.012 -0.004 -25.00 Civmec 8,463.6 0.390 +0.035 +9.86 HuanHsin^
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon DBS Group
        70 8 Buy Close: S$19.96 Target price: S$21.90 UOB Kay Hian March 19 Buy with a target price of S$21.90, with stops placed at S$19.20. The stock appears to be well-supported at S$19.20 and a break above S$20.30 could suggest further upside, with the rising 120-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
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        Lock icon Venture Corporation
        165 8 Buy Close: S$8.47 Target price: S$10.25 Maybank Kim Eng Research March 19 Venture has come a long way since it moved away from volatile, low-margin consumer electronics to stable, high-margin enterprise and industrial solutions. Its stock is now in five-year-high territory, back to levels before it started its
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        Lock icon Public transportation sector
        202 8  -  Compiled by Claire Huang Overweight CIMB Research March 18 The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that eight firms were shortlisted for the government’s first public bus contract, that is the Bulim Package. The bidding prices of the eight players range from S$93.7 million per annum (by SMRT)
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      111 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap UETF SSE50China 250 +3 116 250/246 250/140 249/250 78.1 IS MS India US$ US793 82 806/793 1000/605 793/797 99.1 STI ETF 339 +2 53 339/336 349/307 337/339 Lyxor ChinaH US$ US1657 +11 52 1660/1631 1700/1221 1658/1667
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      Lock icon Won leads Asian gains as Fed signals slower tightening
      424 9 CURRENCIES BLOOMBERG Hong Kong SOUTH Korea’s won and Indonesia’s rupiah led gains in Asian currencies after the Federal Reserve signalled slower US interest-rate increases than previously forecast. Seven of the 11 most traded Asian currencies advanced on Thursday. The Bloomberg Dollar
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Mar 19 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.970 4.750 0.717 5.947 47.920 99.888 0.925 8.572 2.839 1.035 78.136 34.282 1.063 9.335 0.761 24.109 25.110 0.517 0.767 Canada 1.031 4.896
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Mar 19 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0619 1.0632 0.7664 0.7668 Canadian dollar 1.0948 1.0957 0.7902 0.7901 Euro 1.4809 1.4823 1.0688 1.0690 NZ dollar 1.0256 1.0268 0.7402 0.7405 Sterling pound 2.0547 2.0570 1.4829 1.4835
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Mar 19 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3867 1.3880 2-months 1.3880 1.3895 3-months 1.3895 1.3909 6-months 1.3924 1.3938 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        368 9 Mar 19 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.64 *****.17 *****.70 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****0 Sep15 *****.00 0 143 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 358.73 361.90 358.73 Mar15 358.50 362.50 355.30 362.10 ***** *****5 Apr15 359.00 362.70 355.60 362.40
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 9 Mar 19 Most active Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 2.2 -0.1 7072 1 18 19 DBS MB eCW*****0 11.7 0.9 4923 0.2 1980 1 Ezion MB eCW*****2 3.7 -0.7 4690 0.4 135 8
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 18 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1334.5 0.0 4.6 0.1 6.6 0.1 1.6 EAFE Preliminary 1095.0 0.6 11.0 0.8 9.0 0.8 4.0 Europe Preliminary 1542.7 0.6 11.6
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Mar 19 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.50 0.40 1-month 0.8125 0.6875 2-months 0.8500 0.7500 3-months 1.0000 0.9600 Overnight mode: 0.50 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        36 9 Mar 19 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 Mar 19 Mar 19 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.32 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 99.07 99.50 99.25 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.07 105.90 105.45 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.28 103.15 102.40 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.74
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        253 9 Mar-18 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Mar-18 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 965.00 10.50 1.10% 14/05/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.63 0.59 1.96% 14/05/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 510.75 7.25 1.44% 14/05/2014 Mar-18 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1949.00 -19.00 -0.97% 13/05/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1795.00 41.00 2.34%
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon London says it’ll regulate digital money
      532 10 Move is a boon for bitcoin; new rules meant to support innovation, prevent criminal use of such units REUTERS London BRITAIN took a significant step towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulate digital currencies for the
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      Lock icon BOA must allow shareholder vote on spin-off
      419 10 REUTERS Washington BANK of America (BOA) must allow shareholders to vote on a proposal that calls for the company to consider spinning off its investment banking business, after US regulators told the bank it cannot exclude the proposal from its corporate ballot. The
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      Lock icon Yields on Malaysia’s Islamic bonds slide
      611 10 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S long-term Islamic bond yields are falling twice as fast as those on shorter-dated debt, a boost for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s ability to fund a US$444 billion development programme amid a stubborn fiscal deficit. Borrowing costs on 15-year local currency
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      774 10 ADVERTORIAL Today’s dreams, tomorrow’s reality Fifty years from now, how will people in Singapore live, work and play? BY KENDRA CHEN 53, suggests extendable balconies in every apartment. “Residents who love gardening can extend their balconies with the flick of a switch, if they want to grow more greenery,” he
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Hewlett-Packard on track to separate businesses in November
      779 12 HP Enterprise will focus on software, services, and hardware; HP Inc will sell personal computers and printers BLOOMBERG San Francisco HEWLETT-Packard Co is well on its way to splitting into two separate companies around Nov 1, chief executive officer Meg Whitman told
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      Lock icon Thailand’s outdated tech sector casts cloud over economy
      623 12 REUTERS Bangkok NEXT month, the last batch of televisions will roll off the production line at LG Electronics’ plant In Thailand’s Rayong province, just east of Bangkok. The company said on Tuesday that it’s moving production 1,500 kilometres north-east to the Vietnamese
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      561 12 BLOOMBERG San Francisco YAHOO! Inc is shutting down its office in China, a move that will eliminate 200 to 300 jobs, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Web portal, which has been consolidating offices and
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      Lock icon Lippo continues e-commerce push with payment service
      448 13 Indonesian conglomerate also plans to launch chat and other online services early next year REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIAN conglomerate Lippo Group plans to launch payment, chat and other online services early next year as it continues expanding in the nascent e-commerce industry of the
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      Lock icon Sharp to cut around 6,000 jobs: source
      399 13 Layoffs are part of global restructuring that will cost over 200b yen; firm expects to post 3rd annual loss in 4 years REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S loss-making electronics firm Sharp Corp plans to cut around 6,000 jobs, over 10 per cent of its workforce,
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      Lock icon Starbucks to debut delivery in Seattle, Manhattan this year
      369 13 It plans to expand mobile order, pay services across US REUTERS Seattle STARBUCKS Corp will begin offering delivery in New York City and Seattle later this year, when it also plans to expand mobile order and pay services across the United
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      Lock icon Discovery Channel founder starts non-fiction video streaming service
      411 13 REUTERS Los Angeles DISCOVERY Channel founder John Hendricks on Wednesday launched a subscription streaming service for fans of science, technology and history, with the goal of dominating the non-fiction category in on-demand, online video. Mr Hendricks said that the ad-free service CuriosityStream
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Cordea Savills’ purchase of SEB Asset Management to create S$3b AUM in Asia-Pac
      751 14  -  This will be part of the 17b euro combined global AUM from merged entity By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore CORDEA Savills’ proposed acquisition of SEB Asset Management AG (SEBAM) will create an Asia-Pacific real estate investment
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      969 14 BLOOMBERG New Delhi IN the shadow of a Formula One racetrack outside New Delhi, a village of farmers who helped vote Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi into power now fear that he is going to take their land. Mr Modi is one step
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      Lock icon Toys ‘R’ Us to give up flagship Times Square store
      602 16 Retailers clamouring for access to the square’s tourist traffic have been driving rents higher WP New York TOYS “R” Us, the world’s largest toy chain, plans to leave its flagship store in New York’s Times Square early next year as
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      1542 14 The Business Times NOTICES MSYA Moya Holdings Asia Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****1085G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) of Moya Holdings Asia Limited (the “Company") will be held on 4 April 2015 at 11
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      365 14 In the Matter of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND In the Matter of ICHIGAYA (AMT) PTE. LTD. (Co. Reg. No.: *****2248G) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, the final meeting of the
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  • VEHICLES & LIFESTYLE
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      1160 17  -  By Justin Moyer WP N EVER had so much depended on a tube of Blistex. In Reykjavik for the Iceland Airwaves music festival, I prowled the Viking nation’s capital for two days last month, dipping in and out of venues to see bands much
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon IMF official flags rewards and risks of closer Asean integration
      691 18  -  He also warns about significant global risks, particularly pressures in volatile financial markets By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo CONVERGENCE of Asean economies will bring opportunities for raising growth and productivity in South-east Asia but it will also entail increased risk
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      Lock icon India’s record forex war chest set for Fed rate hike test
      623 18 REUTERS Mumbai CHASTENED by a tumble in the rupee in 2013 at the prospect of tighter US monetary policy, India has built up record foreign exchange reserves of nearly US$340 billion to insulate the economy from capital flight as
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      Lock icon Swiss, EU ink deal to swap tax data from 2018
      177 18 REUTERS Zurich SWITZERLAND and the European Union on Thursday clinched a deal to automatically exchange tax data on citizens from 2018, ending years of fighting over how to track down the hidden wealth of cross-border tax cheats. Switzerland is the
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      Lock icon New UK payments watchdog aims to break Big 5’s dominance
      587 19 Payment Systems Regulator pushes for improved access to payment system; will mull more fundamental changes REUTERS London BRITAIN’S newest and most powerful financial regulator has pledged to introduce “meaningful” change this year to help new banks steal market share from
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      Lock icon Overseas investors load up on Japanese government bonds
      605 19 BLOOMBERG Tokyo FOREIGN investors are taking advantage of attractive swap rates to load up on Japanese government bonds (JGBs), adding three times more than local insurers. Overseas investors held a record 45.4 trillion yen (S$520.6 billion) in JGBs, excluding bills, on Dec
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      Lock icon China welcomes US role in infrastructure bank
      216 19 AFP Berlin CHINESE Deputy Finance Minister Shi Yaobin has told the German press that his country would welcome a US role in a Beijing-backed multinational lender, hours after state media described Washington as “petulant and cynical”. “We would welcome the United States into
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      357 18 STProperty EVE CITS STPROPERTY SEMINAR: Strategies to Capitalise on Opportunities and Avoid Pitfalls in the Property Market 2015 Date: Saturday Sunday 18- 19 April 2015 Venue: SUNTEC Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre Level 3 Rooms 300-304 308-312 Time: 11.00am to 4.00pm Registration starts at 10.30am All prices are inclusive of GST
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Businesses must step up to the plate to bring AEC into being
      578 20 EDITORIAL THE US Ambassador to Asean, Nina Hachigian, recently expressed scepticism about the end-2015 deadline for the group to form a single market for goods and services. She said even 2020 would be “ambitious”, joining the host of
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      712 20  -  The problem is not shareholder capitalism. It is the hangover from the financial crisis and Great Recession. THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP THE latest rap against big corporations is that they are returning too much money to shareholders through
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      1124 20  -  Otherwise, unity govt supporters say, a narrow Likud-led bloc will probably not survive a few months By Leon Hadar THE headlines in the major newspapers initially reported that Tuesday’s parliamentary elections in Israel ended with a deadlock or “may be too close to
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      Lock icon Cleantech gains momentum in building a more sustainable world
      883 21  -  COMMENTARY By Joachim Jake Layes T The writer is global head of sustainability and cleantech, Asia Pacific, at Autodesk, a leading multinational corporation in 3D design software ONCE hyped, then denounced, and today a renaissance. Cleantech as a term describing clean
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      314 21  -  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Nooraini Hamzah Director, REACH Ministry of Communications and information WE refer to your commentary “Post-Budget poll: a REACH too low?” (BT, March 18). The poll, which was conducted soon after the Budget speech, was meant to give a
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      Lock icon Catalist IPO activity and market value have been growing: SGX
      528 21  -  Lawrence Wong Head of listings Singapore Exchange THANK you for your editorial on “The Catalist conundrum which shows no sign of getting resolved” (BT, March 18). Catalist was launched in 2008 to help entrepreneurs raise funds for their growth companies
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      747 21 But there is a danger in companies cutting too deep, say industry recruiters.BY ANDREW TOPF THIS time a year ago, the oil industry’s biggest problem was finding a way to deal with the “retirement tsunami” about to crash down on
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Cathay sticks to fuel price shield despite HK$911m hedging loss
      674 22 The carrier still sees a net benefit if oil prices drop and it’s protected if they should rise again steeply BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CATHAY Pacific Airways Ltd lost HK$911 million (S$162.6 million) from fuel hedges last year. It has also
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      782 22 BLOOMBERG Atlanta THE biggest US airlines, sparring with three Persian Gulf carriers over flights into the country, have asked the Obama administration to consider new limits on that service, Delta Air Lines’ chief executive officer said. US regulators could bar the
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      Lock icon Global carmakers manoeuvre China’s political seesaw
      733 22 BLOOMBERG New York FOR the past several years, China’s central government has been building World Consumer Rights Day into something of a national holiday. Every year, the country’s leaders focus the state-controlled media on consumer rip-offs and corruption alike, lambasting major firms and investigating
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      Lock icon GM all but pulls out of Russia, even as Ford pumps up the volume
      725 22 BLOOMBERG Southfield, Michigan A FEW years ago, it would have been unthinkable that General Motors Co (GM) would all but pull out of a major car market, especially if rival Ford Motor Co vowed to stay
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      Lock icon Ssangyong suspends car exports to Russia on weak rouble
      323 22 REUTERS Seoul SOUTH Korea’s Ssangyong Motor said that it has suspended vehicle shipments to major export market Russia since January, the latest global carmaker to see demand hit by the plunging rouble and a prolonged economic slump. South Korea’s fourth-largest carmaker,
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    1945 23 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 HAN SYMPHONY 1 60 28/3 29/3 1/4 4/4 ISTORYA 1 120 29/3 2/4
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      106 23 Experienced ship maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES Make A Splash In The Maritime World Via s|£iJhiaritime.coM Ahoy there! If you are in a business pertaining to any sector of
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon HK’S ART SCENE RISE LOOKS UNSTOPPABLE
      1488 24  -  Each edition of Art Basel Hong Kong sees the fair and the city expanding their reach and influence in the art world.BY world.BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IT’S a sign of the times when Julian Opie starts painting Asian faces; the 56-year-old British artist
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      391 24  -  By Helmi Yusof ADELINE Ooi has a funny story to tell. Two decades ago, she went to London after gaining a place to study economics at the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE). After setting herself up there, she secretly applied to study art history
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        Lock icon Five headturners at Art Basel Hong Kong
        297 25  -  Several large-scale works, especially those at ABHK’s Encounters sector curated by Alexie Glass-Cantor, impressed.BY impressed.BY HELMI YUSOF Singapore’s Zai Kuning’s nine-metre-long boat (above) pays homage to the Orang Laut (Sea Gypsies), a diminishing minority of Malays who live off the sea and practise
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        Lock icon Suitably exotic but not that foreign this time around
        631 25  -  FILM By Geoffrey Eu THE Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, otherwise known as 50 Shades of Grey Hair, features an all-star ensemble of distinguished British actors taking a break from Shakespeare, Stoppard and Shaw to indulge in some cinematic horsing-around by
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        Lock icon A bad idea, shoddily executed
        534 25  -  By Geoffrey Eu IT must have seemed like a good idea at the time but given the outcome, both the makers of Kidnapping Freddy Heineken and the criminals that this true-crime movie portrays would probably have chosen to do something different like go fishing or
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        Lock icon Fancy a ‘float’ so your cares drift away?
        910 26  -  ‘Floating’ entails bobbing in a pod of salted water in the dark for over an hour, so that sensory deprivation triggers a ‘meditative state’. BY RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT IMAGINE lying in a pod of saltwater it’s pitch dark so you can’t
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          295 26  -  By Rachel Loi FOOD NOX Dine in the Dark 269 Beach Road, Singapore *****6 Mon to Fri, 6pm till late Sat, 5pm till late Sun, 5pm to 11pm Call 6298 0708 for reservations www.noxdineinthedark.com YOU may not have seen, but you would have heard of NOX Singapore’s only
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          163 26  -  By Dylan Tan stillsunrise’s EP launch UPCOMING indie folk pop band stillsunrise has just recorded its debut EP, Colours in Black, and will be launching it on Saturday at the Esplanade Theatre Studio. Comprising Winston Koh, Yuresh Balakrishnan, Glen Wee and Johnson Cheung, the acoustic quartet has been playing
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          154 26  -  By Tay Suan Chiang Design Trails 2015 REGARDLESS of whether you are a design buff or just a curious citizen, here’s a chance to check out some cool places around Singapore. Design Trails 2015 will take participants on a tour to learn how design has enabled some of Singapore’s
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          223 26  -  By Helmi Yusof Artists imagine A Nation: SG50 CHEONG Soo Pieng, Chua Mia Tee, Tang Da Wu and other giants of Singapore art are featured in LaSalle’s Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) exhibition titled Artists Imagine A Nation: SG50. Curated by its director Bala Starr, it features a
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          201 26  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon (PURPLE): Women of Mankind One East Asia 15 Scotts Road #05-08/09 Thong Teck Building Tel: (65) 6737 1819 www. oneeastasia. org GROUP shows give a taste of a range of styles, and are worth a visit especially when the artists are known to produce high-quality work.
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        Lock icon Brave new selections that stretch the boundaries
        773 27  -  Local film buffs are spoilt for choice with a diverse selection of edgy works premiering at two festivals. FILM BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT CINEPHILES have it good with the Singapore International Film Festival recently staging a strong comeback, and other similar events
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        Lock icon Paying a musical tribute to lost classics
        492 27  -  CONCERTS By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT TWO home-grown orchestras will soon pay tribute to a pair of class acts. The Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) will honour pioneering Singapore composer Leong Yoon Pin with a performance of his lost classic next month; the
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        636 27  -  ARTS By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg JUST how much history does one remember? Especially ancient Singapore history, when it was Temasek, and part of the Indo-Malay world before and during British colonisation? Probably not a lot maybe a couple of names here and there like, say,
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        Lock icon The lighter side of Rufus Wainwright
        358 27  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT POOR Rufus Wainwright; music critics seem to love him more than the record-buying public and commercial success has always found a way to elude him. But he acknowledges his cult status with a sense of irony, playing 22 of
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        Lock icon Ranked 3rd among Bordeaux, but so glorious
        1149 28  -  Chateau Lafleur 2001 will need another 4 to 5 years to be at its best, but one needn’t wait that long. BY NK YONG ASK any Bordeaux wine lover which are the best (and naturally, the most expensive) Pomerols and almost instantly, the
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      102 27 EFG AND SHOWTIME PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENT X V s LJ AND THE JASMINE CJd,EN JEREMY MONTEIRO SHANGHAIkJAZZT’ROJpQT Come enjoy amfcymking»of music from old Shanghai and otherwi I jazz tavo rites in Mandarin and English. ith Julian Chan (Saxophone), Lao Ren (Special Guest Bassist) Tamagoh (Drums) TICKETS: ADULT $48 $35 SENIOR
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      289 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 5 Straighten out Charlie, humorist at university (5,2) 7 Article about bishop assigned to a Scottish island (5) 9 Lets off steam following English results (6) 10 Heading for blue reptile heard in snowstorm (8) 11 Houses decent couples (10) 13 Pressure in eliminating round (4) 14
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