The Business Times, 10 April 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, April 10,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon The government is assembling
      35 1 a team of IT specialists whose job is to develop digital services that will meet the needs and expectations of citizens as Singapore morphs into a smart nation. TOP STORIES 6
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      Lock icon Keppel DC Reit, which
      28 1 was listed last December, reports maiden distributable income of S$17.2 million, for the period Dec 12, 2014 to March 31, 2015. COMPANIES MARKETS 9
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      Lock icon Alibaba Group and its
      39 1 finance affiliate accelerate a drive to be a full-fledged Chinese online financial network, with the launch of an e-commerce tracking stock index and plans for a June start of an Internet bank. BANKING FINANCE 13
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      Lock icon Tucked away in the
      29 1 remote limestone plateaus of northern Australia, the owners of a massive zinc mine have begun preparing its transition back to cattle-grazing land. ENERGY COMMODITIES 15
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      Lock icon As part of plans
      39 1 to accelerate its growth across the region, the Royal Group agrees to acquire the DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur for RM388 million (S$144.83 million) from a private real estate fund managed by BlackRock. REAL ESTATE/18
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      Lock icon Risks to global
      28 1 financial stability are rising, and they are “migrating from advanced economies towards emerging markets”, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde warns. GOVERNMENT ECONOMY 30
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      Lock icon The plan to scrap
      40 1 at least five of Japan’s ageing nuclear reactors highlights the challenge Shinzo Abe’s government faces as it debates how to replace lost electricity generation with power sources that are cheap, clean and safe. GOVERNMENT ECONOMY 48
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    Lock icon Noble reels from new attack as Muddy Waters joins Iceberg
    680 1  -  US-based firm, which had attacked Olam previously, also says it has short positions in Noble shares By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NOBLE Group came under fresh attack on Thursday this time by shortseller Muddy Waters of Olam fame, which
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    Lock icon Forecasters point to sluggish Q1 growth
    668 1  -  Manufacturing’s weak performance has tempered expectations; advance estimates due next Tuesday By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg @TehShiNingBT WITH manufacturing’s poorer than expected showing so far this year, Singapore’s economic growth in the first quarter is expected to have slowed from that of the previous
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 3,460.30 -0.38 KL COMP 1,849.39 -0.92 NIKKEI 225 19,937.72 +147.91 HANG SENG 26,944.39 +707.53 SHENZHEN B 1,193.02 +14.15 DOW (11am EDT) 17,865.74 -36.77
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      67 1 Hill 8 '*****1 *****4 MINDSET SHIFT NEEDED Workplace can be a building block of society: Tan Chuan-Jin TOP STORIES 4 Pi ag eT Perfection in Life Manhattan New YorkPiaget Altiplano 1205P, The world’s thinnest Manufacture automatic watch and movement with small seconds and date indications. Piaget, the master of ultra-thin.
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      24 1 1MDB CONTROVERSY Another bank in Singapore involved TOP STORIES 2 HDB More resale flats sold as prices fall in March: SRX real estate /17
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      28 1 ONLINE ONLY Read Boardroom Matters, a series of articles from the Singapore Institute of Directors, on BTinvest every Friday btd.sg/BMatters LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE BT LIFESTYLE 60
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Another bank in S’pore linked to 1MDB controversy
      628 2  -  US$20m wired in 2009 from an account with RBS Coutts’ Singapore branch to Saudi businessman Tarek Obaid By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore SINGAPORE-based banks’ involvement in the 1 Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) controversy may not just be limited to Swiss wealth
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      Lock icon HK stocks soar to new 7-year high on China money
      463 2  -  By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Singapore THE Hong Kong stock market on Thursday surged a massive 1,685 points or 6.4 per cent to 27,922 points this after it had already shot up almost 4 per cent on Wednesday. Underpinning these
      Source: Bloomberg; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  463 words
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      Lock icon Singapore’s economic indicators
      782 4  -  A range of indicators each telling how different aspects or segments of the Singapore economy are doing are announced at different frequencies by different bodies, government and private. Here’s a brief guide to the key indicators, and how they all fit together. By Teh Shi Ning BT
      Note: P-preliminary; Sources: Department of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Economic Development Board, International Enterprise Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management. BT Graphics: Teh Shi Ning& Hyrie Rahmat  -  782 words
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      Lock icon Workplace can be a building block of society
      634 4  -  More bosses are adopting fair and progressive job practices but outgoing Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin says a mindset shift is needed for further progress By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore OUTGOING Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin called for the workplace to be
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      Lock icon Fed minutes put in doubt a rate increase this June
      832 4 NYT Washington THE Federal Reserve is looking increasingly unlikely to start raising its benchmark interest rate in June. A number of Fed officials expressed doubts about the rise beginning in June during the March meeting of the Fed’s policymaking committee,
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    • Article
      Lock icon IDA to set up centre for e-service development
      804 6  -  Dr Yaacob: A smart nation must have hassle-free delivery of online services, tight cyber-security and be able to close the digital divide By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore THE government is assembling a team of IT specialists whose job is to
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      1941 6 CENTURION CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) (Co. Reg. No.: *****1088W) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CENTURION CORPORATION LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at The Conference Room, 45 Ubi Road 1, #05-01, Singapore *****6 on 28 April 2015 (Tuesday) at
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
    • Article
      Lock icon Viva secures Decathlon as a key retail tenant
      745 8  -  First anchor tenant for Viva under its asset enhancement initiative at Technopark@Chai Chee By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore VIVA Industrial Trust (VIT) has secured its first retail anchor tenant, global sporting goods retailer Decathlon, for its asset enhancement initiative (AEI) at
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      Lock icon SIIC Env rides on China water play
      466 8  -  Stock defies SGX’s “trade with caution” note, adding another 6% on Thursday after Wednesday’s surge HOT STOCK By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore “CAN’T leave things well alone,” grumbled a posting in a stock forum in reaction to Singapore Exchange’s trade with caution
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      Lock icon Boeing-SIAEC joint venture gets the nod
      221 8 THE Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has given the green light to a proposed joint venture between air-craft-maker Boeing Company and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) to provide a range of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in Asia. The competition watchdog said in a
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      Lock icon Keppel DC Reit’s maiden distribution beats forecast
      354 9  -  DPU of 1.94 Singapore cents for Dec 12-March 31 period; annualised distribution yield higher at 6.92% By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore KEPPEL DC Reit, which listed last December, reported its maiden distributable income of S$ 17.2 million for the period from Dec
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      Lock icon S’pore casinos feel little cushion from junket operators
      651 9 BLOOMBERG Singapore SINGAPORE’S two casinos have wanted nothing to do with the often-ques-tionable gaming middlemen who provide credit to their customers and collect the money they owe. But the gambling houses in Macau get around China’s currency controls by relying on such
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      Lock icon CapitaLand spreading rewards programme benefits to more places
      404 9  -  By Prisca Ang prisang@sph.com.sg Singapore CAPITALAND, which already has 1.5 million shoppers in Singapore and China enjoying its shopper rewards programme, is extending the benefits of CAPITASTAR to three more countries. In addition, in celebration of 25 years of Sino-Singapore relations this
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      Lock icon STI / Catallst
      63 10 STI Catallst Straits Times index April 9,2015 3,460.30 -0.38 (-0.01%) Current streak 2 days Day high 3,476.27 Day low 3,450.26 52-week high 3,465.62 (Apr 7, 2015) 52-week low 3,154.21 (Oct 16, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index April 9,2015 734.15 +10.16 (+1.40%) Current streak 5 days Day high 734.23 Day low
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      Lock icon ST Index muddles through uninspiring day
      656 10  -  Noble falls 5.5% after Muddy Waters says it has taken a short position in the commodities firm STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THERE has to be a fair amount of envy among investors in the local market when comparing the performance of the
      Source: Bloomberg  -  656 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      319 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 268 +5 268/262 268 219 5.3 6776 CapitaLand 360 cd +2 361/358 371 290 13.2 2.5 *****.8 CapitaMall Trust 225 unch 228/222 228 188.5 4.8 7805.3 CityDev 1072 cd +28 1076/1051 1118
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 10 VOLUME SIIC Environment 188,212,200 Magnus Energy 148,745,800 Mirach Energy 140,835,500 Noble 132,605,500 IPCO Intl 125,528,000 Market volume 3,206,979,000 VALUE Noble 114,879,029 Singtel 112,416,181 DBS Grp 72,009,068 CapitaLand 63,754,983 UOB 58,733,110 Market value 1,371,968,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      111 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US819 +20 560 819/793 1000/636 819/869 102.4 UETF SSE50China 276 +4 357 280/271 280/140 270/276 86.3 Lyxor HSI US$ US340 +16 178 344/338 344/275 339/345 29.6 STI ETF 345 -1 101 347/345
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      77 10 Apr 9 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 528.00 +9.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +84.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +53.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 794.35 +2.08 FTSE ST Small Cap 491.18 +1.37 FTSE ST All Share 830.50 +0.41 FTSE ST China Top 201.47 +1.96 FTSE ST China 238.94 +1.10 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index April 9,2015 830.50 +0.41 (+0.05%) Current streak 1 day Day high 833.39 Day low 828.70 52-week high 830.50 (Apr 9, 2015) 52-week low 762.71 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      34 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index April 8, 2015 1,893.81 -1.55 (-0.08%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,908.55 Day low 1,892.82 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 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 4 4 0 0 0 8 4 4 Manufacturing 58 38 41 15 5 8 73 43 49 Commerce 22 22 16 6 6 4 28 28 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 14 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 28,737 28,737 77,522 77,522 Manufacturing 372,433 344,115 716,548 118,120 12,619 130,740 Commerce 221,375 174,541 395,916 166,902 6,082 172,983 Tpt/Stor/Comms 278,649 2,845 281,494 223,319 224 223,542 Finance 82,633 408 83,041 189,656 104 189,761 Construction 226,119 40,432
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3965 370.1 7.4 3967/3048 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 363.3 1.3 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3966 188.4 3.6 4148/2699 DBXT MSCHINA US$ 1637 93.5 4.4 1700/1145 DBXT MSJAP US$ 5102 92.2 1.4 5133/4260 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ISDN W*****0
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -173.5 -1.1 *****/***** DBXT E50 US$ 5123 -63.7 -0.9 5630/4562 DBXT CSI300 US$ 1173 -28.5 -1.8 1197/615 Jardie C&C 4220 -20.0 -0.5 4901/3850 JSH USD 3497 -17.6 -0.4 3810/3233 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low UOB MB eCW*****2 2.3 -56.6
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      78 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE S i2i^ 30,968.2 0.004 +0.002 +100.00 IPCO Intl 125,528.0 0.009 +0.004 +80.00 Pollux Prop 2,618.0 0.075 +0.014 +22.95 InnoPac 63,053.0 0.009 +0.003 +50.00 Annica 34,904.0 0.007 +0.002 +40.00 Plato Capital 46.3 0.199 +0.044 +28.39 Plastoform 45,561.0 0.011 +0.002 +22.22 Magnus Energy 148,745.8 0.003 Mercurius 51,762.4
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
      • Article
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        248 10 Underweight Daiwa Capital Markets, April 8 With the Q1 2015 results season set to begin shortly, we review emerging operational trends from past quarters and highlight our key preference for property developers over other sectors. In the property sector, earnings diversification efforts and asset monetisation strategies for some
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        Lock icon Singtel
        146 10  -  Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Hold close: S$4.37 April 9 close: S$4.37 Target price: S$4.45 DBS Group Research, April 9 Singtel will acquire a 98 per cent equity interest in US-based Trustwave, a leading specialist in managed security services. Singtel will be paying 3.9 times 2015 revenue, reasonable compared to
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      8 10 DATA I 9.30am (April 10) China CPI
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      Lock icon US$ strengthens, sterling volatility jumps
      430 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar was on course for a third day of gains on Thursday, after confidence in its year-long rally wavered in the face of disappointing data over the past month. On sterling, the cost of insuring against volatility over the next month,
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Apr 9 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.967 4.775 0.716 5.963 47.887 99.528 0.925 8.405 2.794 1.017 78.399 34.206 1.044 9.114 0.748 23.955 25.038 0.520 0.769 Canada 1.034 4.938
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Apr 9 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0429 1.0441 0.7693 0.7696 Canadian dollar 1.0785 1.0797 0.7958 0.7955 Euro 1.4570 1.4583 1.0747 1.0749 NZ dollar 1.0257 1.0272 0.7566 0.7571 Sterling pound 2.0049 2.0070 1.4789 1.4793
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        21 11 Apr9 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3564 1.3577 2-months 1.3571 1.3585 3-months 1.3578 1.3591 6-months 1.3599 1.3611 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon 5GX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        398 11 Apr 9 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.88 *****.94 *****.73 Apr15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****.50 *****8 *****3 May15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 6911 9919 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.12 *****.32 *****.49 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Sep15
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        209 11 Most active Apr 9 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.2 0.2 7229 1 18 18 DBS MB eCW*****5 16.6 -0.8 6954 0.1 2050 5 UOB MB eCW*****1 11.4 -1.5 4870 0.1 2380 3
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 8 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1349.3 0.2 5.8 0.0 5.8 0.2 3.4 EAFE Preliminary 1108.8 0.0 12.4 -0.3 9.2 -0.1 6.7 Europe Preliminary 1560.5 -0.4 12.9
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        161 11 $S Offer 0vernight 0.05 1-month 0.875 2-months 0.9375 3-months 1.0625 Overnight mode: NA US$ Offer 7 days 0.17 1 month 0.23 2 months 0.28 3 months 0.40 6 months 0.60 9 months 0.70 12 months 0.80 $Au Offer 1 month 2.50 3 months 2.50 6 months 2.55 12
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        Lock icon SIBOR
        34 11 Apr9 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source:Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 11 Apr 9 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.74 102.72 102.60 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.41 100.50 100.20 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 107.9 107.77 107.60 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 106.28 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 111.99 112.10 111.93
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 11 Apr-8 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-8 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 971.50 0.50 0.05% 14/05/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.95 -0.08 -0.26% 14/05/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 526.25 0.25 0.05% 14/05/2014 Apr-8 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1944.00 2.00 0.10% 13/05/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1790.00 -16.00 -0.89%
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      Lock icon Business as usual, say Aviva Singapore and DBS
      389 12  -  Comments follow news of Manulife’s distribution accord with the Singapore bank By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore AVIVA Singapore and DBS Bank say business will be as usual following Wednesday’s news that the two will not renew their bancassurance agreement when it
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      Lock icon China tycoons approaching US$50b in gains on HK stock rally
      273 12 Hong Kong ANOTHER day, another billion dollars. With Hong Kong stocks surging to a seven-year high, China’s richest tycoons are approaching US$50 billion in gains this year. Take this week’s frenzy. Tencent Holdings Ltd increased 6.7 per cent since Tuesday,
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      Lock icon Genting Hotel Jurong: soft launching at end of this month
      382 12  -  B y Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE 557-room Genting Hotel Jurong, located along Jurong Town Hall Road, will soft launch on April 30, with the grand opening to take place on May 27. The first major hotel project in
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      Lock icon LHN raises S$17m in year’s first SGX listing
      310 12  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE first local public float of the year has raised S$ 17 million through private placements, though the company gave no indication of how strong investor demand was. Real estate management services firm LHN Limited, which
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      719 8 LHN GROUP SPACE OPTIMISED LHN LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****0225D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 10 July 2014) PLACEMENT OF 73,913,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT S$0.23 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE, PAYABLE IN FULL ON APPLICATION Capitalised terms used in this announcement, unless otherwise defined in this announcement, shall have
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Alibaba, finance arm launch e-commerce tracking index
      646 13 It further steps up finance network with an online bank, called MYbank, that’s set to launch in June RE UTERS Shanghai ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd and its finance affiliate accelerated a drive to be a full-fledged Chinese online financial network with the launch
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      Lock icon Foreign banks opening branches in Myanmar for first time in decades
      323 13 OCBC and 2 Japanese banks clear final hurdle; 6 others to apply for final licences soon REUTERS Yangon TWO Japanese and one Singaporean bank will become the first foreign banks to operate in Myanmar for decades when they open
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Indonesia sees power plant impasse, faltering president
      907 14 Evicting landowners to build US$4b coal-fired plant will deal another blow to his declining popularity REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA announced with great fanfare in 2011 that it would build South-east Asia’s biggest coal-fired power plant on the island of Java, but the US$4 billion
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      Lock icon Myanmar farmers face hurdles
      705 14 AFP Yangon DRESSED in Chelsea football shorts and a wide-brimmed hat, Than Tun toils away in his paddy field on the outskirts of Yangon, sweat pouring down his sinewy arms. Gruelling work that once helped Myanmar become the world’s largest rice exporter is today a Herculean
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      433 16 AFP Hyderabad AN Indian court on Thursday convicted the former chief of outsourcing giant Satyam and his aides over a US$2.25 billion accounting fraud scandal dubbed “India’s Enron”, the prosecutor said. Byrraju Ramalinga Raju, his brother and eight others were found guilty of
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      412 16  -  They can be downloaded for free from Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store from July 1, says MDA By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore FIVE uniquely Singaporean mobile games will be available for free download from Google’s Play Store and the
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      576 17  -  One analyst says pick-up largely expected from March after CNY lull By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore MORE HDB resale flats were sold in March as resale prices continued to fall, according to flash estimates by SRX Property.
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      387 17 BLOOMBERG, REUTERS Boston TWO Chinese life insurance companies will make their first equity investments in US real estate, teaming with Tishman Speyer on an office and residential project in Boston’s Seaport District. It will be the first time that China
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      668 18 Politicians urge penalty as more than 460,000 UK homes lie vacant BLOOMBERG London PETER Rees’ attempts to form a residents association after moving into the City of London’s Heron apartment tower were hampered by one major obstacle: he couldn’t find many of his
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      311 19 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong KAISA Group Holdings Ltd, a Chinese developer linked to a graft probe, said that courts are preventing it from selling real estate in Shenzhen projects, even as authorities lifted a four-month restriction on some sales. The city’s land
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      2521 21 SUNNINGDALETECH LTD (Company Registration No. *****8621R) Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twentieth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Raffles Hotel Singapore, 1 Beach Road, Casuarina Suite B, Level 3, Singapore *****3 on Monday, 27
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      1983 21 SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD (Company Registration No. *****8462C) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Samudera Shipping Line Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at M Hotel Singapore, Shenton Room, Basement 1, 81 Anson Road, Singapore
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      543 22 It has offered to buy Perrigo, which makes skin gels, nasal sprays and injectables WP New York MYLAN has offered to buy fellow drugmaker Perrigo for US$28.9 billion, a deal that would create a powerhouse for generic medicine. Mylan, which makes about 1,400 medications,
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      1160 22 The Business Times Ik 1 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I Email noticesgsph.com. sg J V www.sphclass.com.sg/notices QB NET INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. (Company Registration No. *****1689D) NEWSPAPER NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to sections 76(10)(h) and 76(12) of the Companies Act (Chapter 50) of Singapore (the “Companies Act”),
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      2895 23 SHS HOLDINGS LTD. Company Registration No. *****2208Z (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SHS Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at 81 Tuas South Street 5, Singapore *****1 on Monday, 27 April 2015 at
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      2330 24 CHANGTIAN PLASTIC CHEMICAL LIMITED (Incorporated as an exempted company in Bermuda on 29 March 2007) (Company registration number: *****) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of Changtian Plastic Chemical Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Minto Room, Raffles City Convention Centre,
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      2573 24 A LH CROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****3779D) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Blk 8. 1st Floor Liang Huat Industrial Complex. 51 Beno Road, Singapore *****8 on Monday,
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      3902 25 MEWAH INTERNATIONAL INC. (Company No. CR-*****5) (Cayman Islands Company) (the “Company”) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of MEWAH INTERNATIONAL INC. (“Company”) will be held at The Chevrons, Violet Room, Level 3, 48 Boon Lay Way, Singapore *****1 on Tuesday, 28 April
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      2096 25 PETRA FOODS LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****3096C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of PETRA FOODS LIMITED (Company) will be held at Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road, Level 3, Residence 5, Singapore *****1 on Tuesday
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      3618 26 PACIFIC HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS LTD. Company Registration No.: *****0544H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Elizabeth Hotel, Windsor Suite, Level 2, 24 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore *****8 on 27 April
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      2352 27 Super SUPER GROUP LTD. (Company Registration No. *****1696K) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Super Group Ltd. ("the Company’’) will be held at Raffles Marina Country Club, Compass Ballroom, Level 2, 10 Tuas West Drive,
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      3308 27 PACC OFFSHORE SERVICES HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****3185Z) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 9th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Shangri-La Hotel, Tower A Ballroom, 22 Orange Grove Road, Singapore *****0 on Monday,
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      1770 28 SERRANO LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****3004Z) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 18 September 2012) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Serrano Limited will be held at Warren Golf and Country Club, Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Level 2, Yan
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      2062 28 CHINA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) (the “Company”) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (the Company) will be held at Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore, Queen Room Level 2, 403 Havelock Road, Singapore
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      2718 29 Tnd Atjri INDOFOOD AGRI RESOURCES LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****6551G) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre, Atrium Ballroom (Level 4), 80 Bras Basah Road, Singapore
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      3036 29 UNIVERSAL RESOURCE AND SERVICES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Reg. No. *****2303R) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Universal Resource and Services Limited (the “Company”) will be held on Monday, 27 April 2015 at 9.00 a.m. at 168
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      606 30  -  IMF chief also says recent wide movements in exchange rates can be destabilising for countries with large debts By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo RISKS to global financial stability are rising, and they are “migrating from advanced economies toward emerging markets”, International Monetary Fund
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      432 30 But analysts say market sentiment remains bearish REUTERS London OIL prices rallied more than 2 per cent on Thursday, clawing back part of a 6 per cent slump triggered by a jump in US crude inventories and record Saudi output, although analysts
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      497 31 Delayed projects prompt firm to look for distressed investment opportunities BLOOMBERG New Delhi INDIA’S delayed road and power projects are prompting Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd to scout for distressed investment opportunities. About US$392 billion of infrastructure projects more than the
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      427 40 NYT San Francisco CALIFORNIA water officials were left reeling on Wednesday by the magnitude of the drought-related cutbacks they will have to make. The State Water Resources Control Board issued preliminary recommendations late Tuesday for meeting Governor Jerry Brown’s mandate of cutting water
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      396 42 Fiscal crunch to force cut in infrastructure spending REUTERS Seoul SOUTH Korea’s persistently rosy assumptions about government finances risk derailing public spending in a year when exports and other engines of growth are sputtering. The government expects its 2015 revenue
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      528 46 Illegal investment schemes not deterred due to patchy regulatory oversight REUTERS Mumbai AS regulators try to contain one of India’s most spectacular investment scandals, dozens of smaller but similar schemes continue to mushroom, employing tactics similar to the ones that enriched the Sahara
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      398 48 BLOOMBERG Tokyo THE plan to scrap at least five of Japan’s ageing nuclear reactors highlights the challenge Shinzo Abe’s government faces as it debates how to replace lost electricity generation with power sources that are cheap, clean and safe. The
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      404 49 REUTERS Rio de Janeiro GLOBAL private-equity funds are looking to Brazil at a time when many local firms are watching from the sidelines, betting that lucrative investment opportunities remain despite recent economic and political turmoil. Executives at foreign buyout and consultancy firms
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      488 49 Investors may be saddled with losses of up to 50% BLOOMBERG Santiago WHEN Chilean junk-grade companies approached investors earlier this decade to sell bonds, the appeal was simple to understand: access to Latin America’s most stable economy and some generous yields. While they
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      237 50 REUTERS New York MORE Swiss banks that helped wealthy Americans evade taxes will soon strike agreements with the US Department of Justice to avoid prosecution, an official overseeing the US government programme said. “I would stay tuned,” Acting
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      395 51 FX market liquidity warrants continued attention, say central bankers BLOOMBERG Tokyo HIGH frequency traders may have at first exacerbated currency swings after the Swiss National Bank’s surprise decision to drop its euro cap, before helping to calm the market faster
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      4095 32 ASPIAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number *****1030G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of Aspial Corporation Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 55 Ubi Avenue 1 #07-11, Ubi 55 Building, Singapore *****5 on 28
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      2295 34 IEV HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.*****7734D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of IEV Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Canary Room, Level 4, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 392 Havelock Road, Singapore *****3 on
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      1973 34 IEV HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.*****7734D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 26 July 2011) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of IEV Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Canary Room, Level 4, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, 392 Havelock
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      1744 35 <# DARCO SOLUTIONS TO WATER WASTE NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Darco Water Technologies Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Six Battery Road #10-01 Singapore *****9 on Monday, 27 April 2015 at 4.00 p.m. for the following purposes: AS
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      3709 35 sue SMC ENVIRONMENT HOLDINGS LTD. SIIC ENVIRONMENT HOLDINGS LTD. (Company Registration No. *****0042R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SIIC Environment Holdings Ltd. (the “Company") will be held at Pan Pacific Singapore, Ocean 6, Level
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      4178 36 HI-P INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Company Registration No. *****4817H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hi-P International Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Ficus 3 Room, Level 2, Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore
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      449 36 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BRYAN CAVE INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE. LTD. (CO. REG. NO. *****7685M) (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to have been convened
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      1327 38 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ik ~T I /n I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 IV 1 I I Email notices@sph.com. sg V. J 1 V. i I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices ANCHUN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD. QWD.CABCAI=*, !D 3!D&IBCA* CD -d 7.=CG*A -HHdN (Company Registration Number *****0277C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
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      1561 38 HAIOA QUALITY CHOICE MODERN IMAGE CHINA HAIDA LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Registration No. *****0428C NOTICE OF ELEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of CHINA HAIDA LTD. ("the Company”) will be held at Chartroom, Level 2, Raffles Marina 10 Tuas
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      2571 39 MAXI-CASH FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION LTD (Company Registration No. *****6968Z) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Maxi-Cash Financial Services Corporation Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at 55 Ubi Avenue 1, #07-11, Ubi 55 Building, Singapore
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      800 52 Urban car licence limits, growing wealth drive demand REUTERS Beijing EDWARD Bao, a Chinese highway operations manager in the coastal city of Ningbo, is hunting for a bigger car for his young family and is considering trading up from a compact
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      413 52 BLOOMBERG Atlanta AFTER beating American Airlines for the right to keep flying to Tokyo’s close-in airport, Delta Air Lines is objecting to the proposed US terms to do so. The US Transportation Department wants to set a “draconian” standard in insisting
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      627 54 EDITORIAL SAVERS in Singapore will applaud the impending launch of the Singapore Savings Bond (SSB) programme. It is the latest of a series of recent initiatives aimed at expanding retirement savings options. Earlier this year, for instance, the Budget
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      811 54  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter at: @FrankChing1 IN November 2012, two weeks after becoming leader of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping visited the National Museum in Tiananmen
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      1887 54 Here’s a primer on oil market, devoid of hyperbole and unsupported guesswork. BY DAN DOYLE OILPRICE.COM THE upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There’s no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. There are a lot of meetings with engineers,
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      857 55  -  COMMENTARY By David Marsh T The writer is managing director and co-founder of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum GREECE’S seemingly interminable wrangling with its creditors over resolving its unsustainable debt demonstrates many characteristics that are strongly reminiscent of the years of psychological attrition
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      570 55  -  By Marcia Blenko, James Root, Nader Elkhweet T Ms Blenko is an advisory partner in Bain Company’s Organisation practice; Mr Root, a partner and head of the apac Organisation practice; and Mr Elkhweet, partner and SEA lead for the Organisation practice. Follow @BainInsights
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      258 55  -  LETTER TO EDITOR Eugene Cheng Ezra group chief financial officer I REFER to the BT articles “Singapore’s Ezra looks to raise funds through equity”, “Stocks to watch: Singtel, Ezra” (both published on BT Online on April 8, 2015) and “Ezra to
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      1376 55  -  Failure to mobilise backing could deprive him of a legacy an end to the years of hostility By Leon Hadar WHAT has been the policy area that helped determine the success of US presidents in the last four decades? Maintaining
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      375 58 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Angry editor came over (7) 5 Bird eating most of tablet one might help with the flying (2-5) 9 One fancies you notice bog by river (7) 10 Mean about brother or sister? It’s plain to see (7) 11 Bill on immigration’s first, or later? (9)
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      623 60  -  As the pace of our lives accelerates, some Singaporeans are rejecting the fast lane and doing things the slow way cooking food together and eating it slowly, growing herbs for the good of the whole community, and telling one another stories instead of switching on
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      491 60  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THEY say there are some things that you can’t hurry love, time and the elderly. he Slow Food movement would hasten to add “eating” to that list. Members of the Slow Food movement, whose global advocates number around 100,000, oppose fast food
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      972 60  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg IF Kamini Ramachandran had her way, people would switch off the TV and gather to tell stories in the fashion of old village tribes to foster a community spirit. Ms Ramachandran, a professional storyteller since 2004, is committed to promoting the
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        758 56  -  A retrospective exhibition on local rock music has reunited long-lost industry stalwarts and helped unearth the scene’s unexpectedly rich history. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN LITTLE Ong might not have recorded a single note but he’s been a core contributor to the local music scene for more
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          232 56  - THE FORCE RETURNS IN DIGITAL HD By Dylan Tan MOVIES Star Wars Global Fan Event and Star Wars movies digital release THE new Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens, is still some months away (eight, to be precise, but who’s counting?) and the celebrations will start early with the global
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          456 56  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang DINING in Singapore just got a lot more exciting with the launch of $100Gourmet. Starting this month, the year-long programme will see collaborations between Sin-gapore-based chefs and restaurants with overseas ones. Here’s how it works. Each month, an overseas chef will collaborate with
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          239 56  -  DINING By Rachel Loi BE prepared for the fifth season of the HBO hit TV series Game of Thrones, which will finally air on April 13 in Singapore, at 9am and 9pm on HBO. After months of waiting, fans will finally be able to find
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          194 56  -  FESTIVAL By Helmi Yusof ZENTAI is the practice of wearing head-to-toe skin-tight suits or “zenshin taitsu” as they’re known in Japan. In Singapore, there’s a growing community of zentai practitioners who are set to come out and play on Zentai Day at Lasalle College of the Arts
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        936 57  -  TV celebrity Anthony Bourdain’s business partner reveals the multi-million dollar food court will be a game changer in the US.BY WORLD STREET FOOD CONGRESS 2015 BY JAIME EE jaime@sph.com.sg @JaimeEeBT ANTHONY Bourdain’s plan to bring hawker food to New York City won’t
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        1041 57 avantin@sph.com.sg By Avanti Nim WITHER the future of the Singapore hawker centre? Such was the burning question on everyone’s minds at the two-day World Street Food Congress (WSFC) Dialogue 2015 which ended on Thursday. The second edition of the WSFC was held in an
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        765 58  -  In typical uncompromising, take-no-prisoners mode, festival director Ong Keng Sen has conjured up a massive festival of challenging works. BY HELMI YUSOF SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS BY HELMI YUSOF ping”.helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT A FOUR-HOUR, two-part play by Alfian Sa’at about Singapore spanning 100
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          84 58 HOTEL is one of the most ambitious works ever by a Singapore playwright. Alfian Sa’at has written a four-hour play that depicts life in Singapore across a century. Set in a colonial hotel room, not unlike the ones in Raffles Hotel, it begins in 1915
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          Lock icon Six Characters In Search Of An Author by Theatre De La Ville
          123 58 Luigi Pirandello’s 1921 play remains one of the most important works in the Western canon. The absurdist metatheatrical play depicts six fictional characters who are trying to shape their own destinies independent of the author who created them.
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          Lock icon DANCE Smriti Padha by Bhaskar’s Arts Academy and Kerala Kalamandalam
          69 58 In 1954, Dussasana Vadham, an episode from the Indian epic Mahabharatha, was staged at Singapore’s old Victoria Theatre. Now Cultural Medallion recipient Santha Bhaskar is restaging the work with dancers from India’s Kerala Kalamandalam and her own company, Bhaskar’s Arts
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          71 58 Acclaimed baritone Matthias Goerne is performing Franz Schubert’s 1828 song cycle Winterreise against the backdrop of animated images by renowned South African artist William Kentridge. Playing in New York five months ago, Winterreise received glowing reviews. The New York Times raved: “(Goerne’s) voice is strong,
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          66 58 Reconstructing and deconstructing the circus experience, famous minimalist artist Daniel Buren is pitching three circus tents at the Bayfront Avenue. A rotating cast of aeralists, tightrope walkers, acrobats and jugglers perform before the audience in each tent, while simultaneous sounds from the
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        532 58  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF the burden of expectation weighed on Karen Tan’s slender shoulders, it didn’t show. The actress took on the role of the most iconic character in Singapore theatre –and carried it efficiently. As Emily of Emerald Hill, Tan’s performance
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        369 58  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT EFFORTS to commemorate Singapore’s theatre history more than doubled this month with the opening of the exhibition Theatre Memories: 50 Years Of Singapore Theatre, as well as the launch of Centre 42’s new online repository of theatre documents. Now on at the
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        906 59  -  Two films at this year’s Southeast Asian Film Festival feature men involved in state-sanctioned killings and how they live out the rest of their lives in the shadow of the carnage.BY DYLAN TAN MOVIES BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT CAN a man live with himself knowing he
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        494 59  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT It’s a nice change to see that not every love story on the silver screen necessarily comes with a happy ending. Which is why things feel a little more realistic and sincere in The Last Five Years, director
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