The Business Times, 15 January 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, January 15, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    253 1 South-east Asia-focused GrabTaxi will open an engineering centre in Seattle to build a dedicated team in the US, where rival Uber is based.TOP STORIES 5 Ezra Holdings, which slipped into the red in Q1, will stay the course in cutting costs and bumping up vessel use. COMPANIES MARKETS
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    Lock icon Singapore bourse mauled by flood of negative news
    662 1  -  Confluence of bad news sparks another big sell-off here and in the region By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore WALL Street’s precipitous overnight fall, more pounding of oil prices, China anxiety, the Royal Bank of Scotland’s ominous “sell everything” cry. And then
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    Lock icon Return of risk is root cause of market shock
    828 1  -  COMMENTARY By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT AT first glance, the present sell-off in equity markets may be attributed to three factors weak oil, which indicates soft global demand and hence is a harbinger of poor growth; the worry of deflationary forces
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,644.57 -51.93 KL COMP 1,633.44 -9.10 NIKKEI 225 17,240.95 -474.68 HANG SENG 19,817.41 -117.47 SHENZHEN B 1,192.15 +18.01 DOW (9:30 EST) 16,197.37 +45.96
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      9 1 STARTUP CULTURE Three missing links in entrepreneurial ecosystem OPINION/22
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      30 1 RESIDENTIAL MARKET Frasers Centrepoint JV tops bids for plum East Coast site real estate /17 SINGAPORE ART WEEK Four major players; must-see picks EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE 25 More reports, Page 4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Attacks in Indonesian capital kill 7, including 5 of the gunmen
      738 2  -  President Joko appeals for calm, and orders troops to give manpower and firepower reinforcements to police at the scene JAKARTA BLASTS By Jeffrey Hutton btworld@sph.com.sg Jakarta FOR months, Indonesia’s security forces had been a step ahead of would-be jihadists.
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      Lock icon Travel to Jakarta could take a hit after attacks
      397 2  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore TRAVEL demand for Jakarta may soften in the near term after blasts rocked the Indonesian capital on Thursday, just a few weeks ahead of Chinese New Year. At least seven people of whom four were
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      Lock icon BOJ chief again says he stands ready to act as machine orders slump
      563 2  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday stressed yet again that the central bank will “do all that it takes” in order to achieve its ends as official data revealed
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      Lock icon Over 16 per cent more COEs for next three months
      440 2  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore AS expected, there will be more certificates of entitlement (COEs) for the next quota period starting next month, although some car dealers had been hoping for a slightly bigger increase. The February-April 2016 quarter will
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      Lock icon Selldown in O&M stocks hammers Keppel, SembMarine
      986 4  -  Rigbuilders also hit by news that major customer Sete Brasil may go bust, spurring fears of writedowns of S$2b SINKING MARKETS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THESE days, the Red Sea doesn’t just contain oil. Offshore and marine stocks (O&M) now find
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      Lock icon Default rate expected to rise further in 2016: Moody’s
      500 4  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE global speculative-grade default rate has risen in 2015 and will continue on this track as volatility in the oil-and-gas and metals-and-mining sectors along with slowing growth in China stresses the credit metrics of speculative-grade
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      Lock icon Oil price plunge seen delaying US$380b worth of projects
      360 4 Confidence for new investments curbed by concern crude prices will remain lower for longer: wood Mackenzie BLOOMBERG Tokyo OIL’S collapse has delayed US$380 billion worth of investment on 68 major upstream projects, according to industry consultant Wood Mackenzie. The developments account
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      Lock icon Take apocalyptic market calls with sackful of salt
      361 4  -  By Swaha Pattanaik London US policy rates will be slashed to minus 5 per cent in the next recession, the S&P 500 will lose something like three-quarters of its value, and a global trade war will probably break out. What’s an investor
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      Lock icon GrabTaxi surprises with move to open engg centre in Seattle
      595 5  -  New hub to develop capabilities in machine learning, cloud computing, big data management and predictive analytics By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore IN a move that intrigued transport players here, South-east Asia-fo-cused GrabTaxi will open an engineering centre in Seattle
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      Lock icon Three winners of record US$1.6b Powerball jackpot
      407 5 REUTERS Los Angeles THE winners of the record US$ 1.6 billion US Powerball jackpot had yet to emerge early on Thursday, with lottery officials saying the massive prize will be split between ticket holders in three states: Tennessee, California, and Florida. Each of
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Ezra slips into the red in Q1, plans to boost vessel utilisation
      570 6  -  Revenue up 19% at US$152.3m despite US$19.3m fall in turnover at Emas Offshore unit By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore EZRA Holdings, which slipped into the red in the fiscal first quarter (Q1 FY2016), plans to stay
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      Lock icon Fitch affirms Noble’s ratings but sounds note of caution
      364 6 Affirmations based on ability to access unsecured bank funding BLOOMBERG Singapore FITCH Ratings has affirmed Noble Group’s investment-grade ratings after rival agencies cut the commodity trader to junk, while warning that any sign of deterioration in the company’s ability to access
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      Lock icon Most Singaporeans lack trust in financial planning industry: poll
      384 6  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE lack of trust in the financial planning industry is the key reason why majority of Singaporeans do not engage in financial planning here, even though they are conscious of the need to do so.
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      Lock icon Jason’s internal audit uncovers potential S$2m error
      563 7  -  Commissioning of internal audit follows feedback from employee on operations of subsidiaries By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore AN internal audit, commissioned by Jason Holdings’ audit committee, has found certain lapses and a potential overstatement of about S$2 million in the parquet firm’s results
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      Lock icon Perennial to jointly operate eldercare home in Chengdu
      265 7  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore PERENNIAL Real Estate Holdings has entered the eldercare and retirement home space in China with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced on Thursday. Perennial signed the MOU with Shanghai Summit Property Development and Shanghai RST Chinese
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      Lock icon CIT posts 9% drop in Q4 DPU
      558 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore Singapore CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust (CIT) reported a 9 per cent decline in distribution per unit (DPU) for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2015 to 1.139 Singapore cents due to reduced capital distributions. Its manager said that
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      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Jan 14,2016 2,644.57 -51.93 (-1.93%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,663.51 Day low 2,642.01 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,644.57 (Jan 14, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index Jan 14,2016 472.41 -4.17 (-0.87%) Current streak 4 days Day high 476.39 Day low
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      Lock icon Banks, O&M stocks hit as selling resumes
      645 8  -  Bank selldown attributed to worries of exposures to commodity finance, China, non-trade US$ lending, poor earnings outlook STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE selling which has marked the start of 2016 returned on Thursday with a vengeance, with the Straits Times Index
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      303 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 217 -1 222/216 271 213 6.7 5700 CapitaLand 309 -3 312/305 379 267 11.3 2.9 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 189 -1 191/188 228 184.5 5.7 6568.3 CityDev 733 -22 745/730 1095 695 8.8
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 8 VOLUME Annica 201,583,800 AP Strat W*****9 99,312,100 ChinaSports 62,951,100 APAC Strategic 55,759,500 Noble 54,784,200 Market volume 1,593,425,000 VALUE DBS Grp 141,671,511 Keppel Corp 87,532,709 JMH USD 76,376,355 Singtel 74,536,890 OCBC Bank 73,084,192 Market value 1,229,796,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      109 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 271 -4 729 272/270 355/270 270/271 IS MS INDIA US$ US639 -4 317 645/631 1000/631 639/641 79.9 DBXT MSRussia US$ US147 -4 201 151/147 235/147 147/148 Nikko AM STI ETF 271 -4 98 272/271
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      77 8 Jan 14 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -939.00 -175.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -208.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -94.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 635.06 -9.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 385.56 -5.90 FTSE ST All Share 649.32 -10.82 FTSE ST China Top 157.24 -1.78 FTSE ST China 193.06 -1.26 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Jan 14,2016 649.32 -10.82 (-1.64%) Current streak 1 day Day high 652.35 Day low 648.22 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 649.32 (Jan 14, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Jan 13,2016 1,611.86 +18.41 (+1.16%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,623.95 Day low 1,596.38 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,593.45 (Jan 12, 2016)
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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 1 10 3 0 1 0 1 11 3 Manufacturing 24 64 30 3 10 9 27 74 39 Commerce 13 25 10 4 9 4 17 34 14 Tpt/Stor/Comms 3 24 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 31,022 2,529 33,551 113,243 471 113,714 Manufacturing 172,927 245,277 418,204 98,621 1,857 100,478 Commerce 83,639 75,812 159,451 130,139 1,281 131,420 Tpt/Stor/Comms 134,983 413 135,396 195,455 33 195,488 Finance 31,169 6 31,175 305,158 1 305,159 Construction
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE AVIC 80.2 0.050 +0.002 +4.17 Allied Tech^ 185.0 0.026 +0.007 +36.84 IPCO Intl 18,500.0 0.004 -0.001 -20.00 Ziwo 30.0 0.030 +0.010 +50.00 KS Energy 377.9 0.220 -0.030 -12.00 GlobalYellowPgs 331.5 0.135 -0.021 -13.46 Blumont 21,646.2 0.002 -0.001 -33.33 APAC Strategic 55,759.5 0.007 +0.001 +16.67 PterisGlobal
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** 145.2 0.9 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 126.5 0.8 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2292 102.1 3.2 2393/2086 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1092 14.0 1.3 1440/991 IS MS INDIA S$D 921 11.0 1.2 1116/903 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low AP Strat
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      80 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low IS S&P500 US$ ***** -956.3 -3.4 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -560.8 -2.0 *****/***** Lyxor ThaiSET US$ 9647 -499.0 -3.5 *****/9646 Lyxor Idonesia US$ 7044 -309.2 -3.0 9182/6250 DBXT MSKorea US$ 4765 -149.6 -2.1 6246/4478 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low UOB MB
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Thai Beverage | Buy
        178 8 Thai Beverage Buy Jan 14 close: S$0.685 Target price: S$0.83 OCBC Investment Research, Jan 14 A recent article by The Wall Street Journal stated that brewers have been considering bids to buy beer brands Peroni and Grolsch. Thai Beverage had reportedly expressed interest to buy the brands as well, but
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        Lock icon Overseas Education | Hold
        87 8 Overseas Education Hold Jan 14 close: S$0.48 Target price: S$0.52 UOB Kay Hian, Jan 14 We had highlighted OEL’s challenges previously as a softer economy coupled with the restructuring of multinational corporations will cause international student enrolments to decline. As the school has to operate regardless of enrolment numbers, we
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        Lock icon Dutech Holdings | Non-rated
        106 8 Dutech Holdings Non-rated Jan 14 close: S$0.26 CIMB Research, Jan 13 Asia’s largest safe manufacturer and key customers include the world’s top ATM manufacturers, weapon safe suppliers and gaming terminal suppliers. Previous successful mergers and acquisitions enabled the group to realise synergies and venture into higher value-adding intelligent terminal business.
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        Lock icon China Aviation Oil | Buy
        162 8  - China Aviation Oil Buy Compiled by Claire Huang Jan 14 close: S$0.64 Target price: S$1.24 RHB Research Institute, Jan 14 We initiate coverage on China Aviation Oil (CAO) with a “buy” and discounted cash flow-based S$1.24 target price (82 per cent upside), implying 12.4 times FY2016 forecast price/earnings. Despite often
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      9 8 DATA I 15 Jan Singapore Retail Sales index
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      Lock icon Euro gains on report ECB may hold back action
      450 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro gained around half a per cent against the US dollar on Thursday after Reuters reported that European Central Bank policy makers are sceptical about the need for further policy action in the near term. Oil-rich Canada’s
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Jan 14 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.999 4.582 0.640 5.404 46.668 96.368 0.821 8.435 3.050 1.071 72.970 33.136 1.000 11.506 0.702 23.280 25.235 0.483 0.696 Canada 1.001 4.588
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Jan 14 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9998 1.0010 0.6953 0.6958 Canadian dollar 1.0013 1.0020 0.6965 0.6963 Euro 1.5618 1.5631 1.0861 1.0865 NZ dollar 0.9338 0.9349 0.6494 0.6498 Sterling pound 2.0709 2.0724 1.4401 1.4405
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Jan 14 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4390 1.4404 2-months 1.4406 1.4416 3-months 1.4419 1.4429 6-months 1.4452 1.4461 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        204 9 Most active Jan 14 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****9 0.2 0.1 ***** 1 1 71 3.50 58 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****8 9.4 0.8 ***** 0.0 3 DBS MB eCW*****5 8.5 -1.8 7655 0.1 1600
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 13 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1206.1 0.2 -5.6 -0.1 -4.9 0.3 -5.8 EAFE Preliminary 956.0 1.1 -5.7 0.8 -5.1 1.2 -6.1 Europe Preliminary 1339.7 0.4 -5.2
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        395 9 Jan 14 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Jan16 9292.50 9442.50 9045.00 9370.00 *****8 *****2 Feb16 9142.50 9315.00 8907.50 9220.00 4815 9247 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****9 *****7 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 600 3528 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Jan 14 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.07 0.03 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.45 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        65 9 Jan 14 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.4 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.11 100.35 100.25 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 99.1 99.55 99.10 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 101.38 102.25 101.63 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 108.08 108.84 108.00
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 9 Jan-13 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Jan-13 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 899.00 8.25 0.93% 14/01/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 29.36 0.35 1.21% 14/01/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 478.00 -3.25 -0.68% 14/03/2016 Jan-13 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2073.00 10.00 0.48% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1415.00 9.00 0.64%
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      Lock icon Keppel DC Reit’s Q4 DPU beats forecast by 1.9%
      516 10  -  Net property income surpasses projection, helped by Sydney acquisition and lower-than-expected property expenses By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore KEPPEL DC Reit reported a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.64 Singapore cents for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2015, marginally
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      Lock icon Value investors go dumpster diving during sell-off
      721 10 FUNDS’ MOVES REUTERS New York NOT every investor is chagrined by the dismal way that the year has started in stocks. Some, like selfdescribed value manager Rupal Bhansali, are gleefully loading up on companies that got beaten down when the whole market sold
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      Lock icon Top Philippine fund keeps cash on China volatility
      418 10 BLOOMBERG Manila THE Philippines’ top fund manager is staying with cash as the cheapest shares in three years aren’t attractive enough to ease his anxiety over China’s economy and stock-market rout. Smith Chua, who manages four out of the five best-performing Philippine
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      Lock icon Apsil moves into China property via RTO deal
      434 10  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore CATALIST-LISTED funeral services provider Asia-Pacific Strategic Investments Ltd (Apsil) on Thursday announced it is moving into China real estate in a deal which it described as a “very substantial acquisition” or a “reverse takeover”. Along with
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Jumbo Group
        210 10 Jumbo Group has opened its third restaurant in Shanghai and has plans to establish at least three additional outlets in China and/or Singapore within the next two years. Occupying a floor space of approximately 650 square metres, the restaurant is located at the Shanghai International Finance Centre, a
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        Lock icon Yuuzoo Corporation
        115 10 Yuuzoo is proposing to issue up to 20 million new shares. Part of these shares will be made as payment to Mark Cramer Roberts (MCR) to facilitate the renewal and extension of their Etisalat agreement and the assignment of certain intellectual property rights. Yuuzoo has to pay MCR
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1790 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale vol ('000) High 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 132.5 -1 281 133 132 1 8.4 840.9 Low 175.5 109 ARA Asset Mgmt 109.5 -2.5 182 112 109.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      244 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol (’000) High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 -0.1 15 10.1 10.1 29.5 18 t CNMC Goldmine 18.5 unch 60
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      133 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1092 +14 0 1092 1092 1043 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US747 -13 2 747 747 117.2 4258 2549 DBXT China50 US$ US2549 -55 6 2582
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Foreign banks in Malaysia raise their cost of borrowing
      704 12  -  OCBC, UOB and, from Friday, HSBC, in Malaysia raise their base rates and consequently, their effective lending rates By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur BORROWING costs are set to rise in Malaysia, with a number of banks having raised their base
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      Lock icon European dark pools expand in face of rules limiting their use
      520 12 BLOOMBERG London STOCK trading grew faster in European dark pools last year than it did on public exchanges, signalling that a regulatory campaign to clamp down on the practice is struggling to change behaviour. The region’s dark pools venues
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      647 12 BLOOMBERG Edinburgh DEBT agencies in the euro region are taking steps to solve a problem that policymakers deny exists. While officials from the European Central Bank (ECB) say monthly purchases of about one per cent of the debt outstanding haven’t
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      528 12 REUTERS New York US BANKS exposed to energy-related loans will need to set aside even more money than previously expected to cover potential losses as oil prices near 12-year lows. Earlier on Wednesday, BOK Financial Corp became the third US
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      Lock icon Goldman too opposes unfair edge sought by proposed exchange IEX
      483 12 NYT New York GOLDMAN Sachs joined other investment firms in complaining that a proposed stock exchange would give itself an unfair advantage by withholding trade data from other exchanges for fractions of a second. Investors Exchange, or IEX, is trying
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Coal India plans tech overhaul to check widespread theft
      749 13 Move spurred by government’s impending opening up of the sector to private firms REUTERS New Delhi COAL India Ltd is making its biggest tech overhaul in four decades to check rampant theft and shed its image as an inefficient behemoth, spurred
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      Lock icon Would-be comeback kid Tinkler says coal is far from doomed
      762 13 BLOOMBERG Sydney AFTER watching his fortune evaporate during the coal industry meltdown, you’d think Australian electrician-turned-entrepreneur Nathan Tinkler would have walked away from the industry for good. Instead, he’s chastened and back in the game. Coal is under siege as
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      Lock icon Shell to expand Asia lubricants business on population, vehicle growth
      425 13 REUTERS Singapore ROYAL Dutch Shell plans to grow its lubricants business in Asia in the next five years, targeting surging vehicle sales and rising population growth, said a senior company official. The company will focus on expanding the business in
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      997 13 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE LITTLE SKOOL-HOUSE INTERNATIONAL (CHINA) PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg. No. *****8144C) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At the Extraordinary General Meeting of The Little Skool-House International (China) Pte. Ltd. duly convened and held
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      823 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EKG INTERNATIONAL GROUP PTE. LTD. Co. Reg. No. *****2746N NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION FOR MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (Pursuant to Section 290) At an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named Company, duly convened and
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon No business too small to be hacked
      880 14 Small and mid-size firms are susceptible to ransomware, a malware which holds data hostage in return for money NYT New York JUST as the holiday shopping season neared, a toy company, Rokenbok Education, was navigating a nightmare situation: Its database files had been
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      551 14 AFP Washington A PLAN to end a key US government oversight role on the Internet is on track for completion this year, the head of the online address gatekeeper said, in a symbolic move towards asserting the independence of the
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      1114 14 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices STARLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 20 October 2011) (Company Registration No. *****1382E) MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL OFFER FOR ALL THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARES IN THE CAPITAL OF STARLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Starland
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  • CONSUMER
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      1034 15 The industrial giant says the new office at Boston a hub of universities, research centres and startups will be leaner, faster and more open with a constant flow of industry partners, customers and innovators NYT New York GENERAL Electric, the
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      Lock icon It’s not a sign of economic health when soapmakers lead S&P 500
      652 15 BLOOMBERG New York THE best-performing US stocks right now are those that usually do well when the economy isn’t, makers of everything from household cleaning products to food. It’s yet another black cloud for investors fretting over a
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      857 15 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PINETREE FUND PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****7206H) NOTICE OF MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION The following resolutions were unanimously resolved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the above Company on 07
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      552 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NIHON PISCO SINGAPORE PTE LTD Company Registration no. *****0772D (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP (Pursuant to Section 290) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint JV tops bids, plans 800-900 units on plum seafacing site
      861 17  -  4 highest bids for 99-year East Coast site cross S$800 psf ppr, reflecting bullish outlook: analysts By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore A CONSORTIUM led by Frasers Centrepoint that placed the top bid of S$624.18 million, towards the
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      Lock icon Sydney apartment rents drop to three-year low on oversupply
      369 17 BLOOMBERG Sydney SYDNEY apartment rents have dropped for the first time in three-and-a-half years as a construction boom leads to an oversupply, according to a report by online real estate listing firm Domain. The median weekly rent for units in Australia’s
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      Lock icon JTC awards tender for industrial site at Tuas South Link 2
      181 17 Singapore JTC has awarded the tender for an industrial site at Tuas South Link 2 (Plot 5) to Hiap Shing Construction. The tendered price of S$3.0 million helped the company inch out two other bidders. The 5,050 square metre
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      856 18  -  Proposed new property tax increases existing rates of stamp duty by 3% for investors buying second homes or investment properties COMMENTARY By Martin Rimmer T The writer is the tax manager Asia-Pacific, The Fry Group WHILE many were enjoying their Christmas festivities
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      Lock icon Drones spark debate on air space ownership rights
      1121 19 Hobbyist contends that landowner can’t assert right to privacy by shooting down drone over his home WP Washington WILLIAM Merideth had just finished grilling dinner for his family when he saw a drone hovering over his land. So he did what he
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      Lock icon Four adjoining Joo Chiat shophouses up for sale
      383 19  -  The site is zoned as ‘commercial’; possible uses include offices, banks, restaurants and cinemas By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore A ROW of four three-storey shophouses in Joo Chiat has been put up for sale via public tender by CBRE. The adjoining units
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      628 18 D19 HOUSE FOR AUCTION 47 BRAEMAR DRIVE Bank Auction 28/1 (Thu). 2½ sty semi-D with koi pond, approx 2800/4650 sf, 5+1 bdrm, move-in, bright airy, good layout, near ChompChomp/eateries, 999yrs. Must view! JLL *****866 D09 HOUSE FOR SALE ONE TREE HILL New Semi-D 2196/ 4180 sf, 2.5sty, 5+1+pool. Prime locale.
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      537 19 3Need a room flat? If you're looking to buy or rent an HDB apartment, turn to the Print Classified Properties section. To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988. D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT ORCHARD ROAD New! Orchard MRT. Private Lift. 2 bdrms, 2 bathrooms. Partial Furnish. Fr 829sf. Avail
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Oil rout forces BOE to keep key rate at record low
      377 20 BLOOMBERG London BANK of England (BOE) officials said that the near-term outlook for both UK economic growth and inflation has weakened and that recent market volatility highlights the downside risks to the world economy. After a tumultuous start to
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      Lock icon Germany defies global slowdown in 2015 with 1.7% GDP growth
      631 20 Record employment, rising wages and expansionary monetary policy fuel domestic consumption BLOOMBERG Frankfurt GERMAN economic growth accelerated in 2015 as record employment and expansionary monetary policy fuelled domestic consumption at a time of weakening global trade. Gross domestic product (GDP)
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      Lock icon India’s power reforms, salary hikes spook investors in state bonds
      447 20 REUTERS Mumbai PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to rescue India’s ailing power sector and end the country’s notorious blackouts are creating an unforeseen headache for state governments: Investors are suddenly shying away from their debt. Foreign bond investors, who were
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      Lock icon ECB policy makers wary of further action despite uncertain future
      673 20 It’s time for fiscal policy, infrastructure investments, structural reforms to do the job, says one rate setter REUTERS Frankfurt MANY European Central Bank policy makers are sceptical about the need for further policy action in the near term, conversations with
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      Lock icon Harry Potter star Alan Rickman dies at 69
      383 20 London VETERAN British actor Alan Rickman has died at the age of 69 after suffering from cancer, his family said on Thursday. Rickman, who won a Golden Globe and a Bafta during his career as a film, television and theatre actor, was
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      473 21 Fed’s Beige Book says improvements in labour market and consumer spending offset by weak manufacturing due to falling global demand REUTERS, BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG Washington THE US economy continued to show mixed signals from late November to early January, with improvements in the
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      387 21 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank, which resisted cutting its benchmark interest rate for months, did so on Thursday in a bid to lift an economy growing at its slowest rate in six years. The benchmark policy rate was lowered by 25 basis
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      Lock icon Bank of Korea cuts growth, inflation forecasts on instability
      520 21 BLOOMBERG Seoul THE Bank of Korea (BOK) cut its forecasts for economic growth and inflation and held its key interest rate at a record low as instability from China reverberates in global financial markets. Governor Lee Ju Yeol faces the task
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      Lock icon A new global economic crisis may be brewing, says top China official
      391 21 AFP Beijing CHINA’S top diplomat warned on Thursday that a new global financial crisis was possible as markets suffer a painful rout at the start of the year, partly over fears of turmoil in the world’s second largest
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      381 21 AFP Geneva THE World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday that the Ebola epidemic which has ravaged West Africa for two years is over after Liberia, the last affected country, received the all-clear. “Today the
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      Lock icon Return of oil slump haunts Najib as fiscal targets appear beyond reach
      580 21 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Najib Razak’s fiscal targets are under siege for a second year as an oil rout forces a reassessment of public spending plans to keep the Malaysian budget from being busted. The budget gap
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      28 20 HER SINGAPORE INDIAN STORY NUS professor Vineeta Sinha chronicles history of Indians here for SG50 series BOLLYWOOD MOVIES TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2016 GET YOUR COPY TODAY
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Committee on Future Economy has its work cut out
      571 22 EDITORIAL TRUE to form as a leading regional and global business hub, as well as one of the world’s most forward-thinking cities, Singapore has embarked on yet another major economic review to take stock of its standing and possibly refresh and
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      Lock icon The China bubble pops
      795 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP THE China bubble has burst. No longer are the country’s economic managers viewed as magicians who can orchestrate rapid growth whatever the obstacles. No one ever believed that China’s economy would grow 10 per cent
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      Lock icon The 3 missing links in the entrepreneurial ecosystem
      1214 22  -  Singapore appears to be on the right track to nurturing an entrepreneurial culture, but it needs to also involve parents, entrepreneurship educators and mid-life entrepreneurs. BY SARAH CHEAH entrepreneurs.BY SARAH CHEAH T The writer is associate professor of management organisation at National
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      788 23  -  COMMENTARY By Kingsley Moghalu T The writer is a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and a member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Advisory Board. He teaches international business and public policy, and is a Senior Fellow
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      Lock icon A fair world doesn’t have to be an inefficient one
      833 23  -  By Noah Smith BLOOMBERG VIEW ONE common criticism of economics is that it focuses too much on efficiency, and not enough on things such as equality, fairness and the welfare of future generations. In the extreme version of the criticism,
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      Lock icon WHY I WILL NOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP
      1225 23  -  His ignorance, emotional instability, demagogy, solipsism and vindictiveness will do more than result in a failed presidency, and could lead to national catastrophe. BY PETER WEHNER catastrophe.BY PETER WEHNER NYT Beginning with Ronald Reagan, I have voted Republican in every presidential election
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      2832 25  -  The Singapore Art Week begins on Saturday and features more than 100 events over nine days culminating in the country’s premier art fair, Art Stage. BT Lifestyle talks to four major players about their roles, and pick out the must-see art of the week. BY HELMI YUSOF By
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  • COVER STORY/CINEMA
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      Lock icon Growing up in a crawl space
      579 26  -  Captivity drama Room is a claustrophobic peek into the fenced-in world of a young boy. MOVIES boy.BY GEOFFREY EU A SENSE of absolute normalcy pervades the opening scene in Room, where a young narrator celebrating his fifth birthday happily greets inanimate objects and describes
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      Lock icon Dying for football
      600 26  -  By Geoffrey Eu AMERICAN football can be brutal one minute and balletic the next, as large men in padded uniforms try to pound each other into submission in the name of sport. Helmet-to-helmet contact is a typical feature of the game, as are bone-jarring hits capable of
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  • MUSIC/TV
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      Lock icon New local acts take flight in StageFright
      688 27  -  Like the Laneway festival, the best new indie acts from our own backyard can be heard at the original music showcase StageFright. MUSIC BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT BUDDING musicians these days can go online and post their own videos, except that they’re
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      Lock icon Korean TV on the move
      485 27  -  TV By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg COUCH potatoes, sit up straight but just for a while. Following on Netflix’s productivity-killing heels is the over-the-top (OTT) multi-screen video service Viu, which has been available in Singapore since Jan 11. Launched by Hong Kong-based PCCW Media Group, Viu
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      Lock icon Cleaning it up for jazz fest
      599 27  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT OMAR Amir of Mediocre Haircut Crew (MHC) is still reeling from the news his group will be part of this year’s Singapore International Jazz Festival’s (Singjazz) line-up. The local hip-hop trio is part of the second round of acts
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      Lock icon Silent upon a peak in Darien
      1139 28  -  Montrachet by Domaine Romanee-Conti produce the wines I most admire and enjoy drinking. WINE BY NK YONG I AM often asked what my favourite wine is. My usual answer used to be “I don’t know. I really do not have a favourite wine.” Until
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      Lock icon Bowie’s lasting legacy of imagination
      929 28  -  MUSIC By Geoff Edgers WP Washington SO how could we be so stupid? David Bowie has barely been seen in public, doesn’t do interviews, and then he puts out the video for a new song, Lazarus, in which he’s sickly thin, in a hospital bed,
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      322 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 True men are stupid to pay (10) 6 Hurried outlay with no end of pain (4) 9 Working in firm for the next retirement opportunity? (7) 10 Stretching and breaking with the top off (7) 12 Form of transport highly subject to inflation (3-3,7) 14 Served
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon ART HOTEL
      795 29  -  A hotel sees itself as a “museum” of contemporary artworks from Asian and Singaporean artists. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON MUCH has been written about collecting art, especially from the investment angle. But little about how to buy the kind collectable art that you want to hang
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        399 29  -  on By Avanti Nim MOVIE Exhibition on Screen HAVE you ever looked at a painting and wished you knew more about it? If you’re looking for answers to questions such as “Why did the author paint this?” or “What is it about this
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        182 29  -  CINEMA By Dylan Tan HERE’S another reason to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the 12th time this weekend: Golden Village Gold Glass Vivocity has just unveiled its new ultra-luxurious Nappa leather seats. The material is the same used by leading
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        167 29  -  DINING By Rachel Loi EIGHT years after Ivan Brehm and Shinobu Namae last cooked together, the two alumni of London restaurant The Fat Duck will be reunited in the kitchen. Chef Namae of the two-Miche-lin-starred restaurant L’Effervescence in Tokyo will be visiting Singapore this Sunday to
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        247 29  -  EXHIBITION By Tay Suan Chiang WHEN The Alchemists, an exhibition of works produced by 15 designers from Singapore was shown at the Triennale di Milano in April 2015, as part of Milan Design Week, it garnered much interest from foreign visitors. Now is the chance to
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        178 29  -  ARTS By Helmi Yusof THE annual festival of fringe works returns this week. This year’s theme of Art The Animal has produced some very intriguing offerings. Among them is Edith Podesta’s theatre piece *****: The Origin of the Female Species. The award-winning, Singapore-based theatre practitioner examines
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