The Business Times, 15 April 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, April 15, 2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    162 1 They are only advance estimates of Singapore’s economic growth in the first quarter of this year, but are enough to deepen fears of a technical recession among economists. TOP STORIES 2 Singapore Airlines is expected to benefit from the weaker Singapore dollar following the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,913.93 +23.52 KL COMP 1,723.78 +0.67 NIKKEI 225 16,911.05 +529.83 HANG SENG 21,337.81 +179.81 SHENZHEN B 1,152.23 +3.31 DOW (11.45 EDT) 17,937.28 +29.00
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    Lock icon MAS stuns market by flattening Singapore dollar policy band
    956 1  -  Central bank shifts to neutral policy stance even without recessionary conditions as it tempers core inflation outlook By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore ONCE again, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) caught the market off-guard delivering an easing stroke by flattening
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    Lock icon Singapore’s NRA Capital emerges as valuer of 1MDB’s Cayman investments
    667 1  -  The investments were one of two “level three assets” assets that are deemed illiquid worth over RM13 billion By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S boutique finance house NRA Capital was roped in to value 1 Malaysia Development Berhad’s US$2.318
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Weak Q1 data prompts full-year downgrades by economists
      814 2  -  MTI’s advance estimate puts first-quarter growth at 1.8%, deepening fears of a technical recession By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore THEY are only advance estimates of Singapore’s economic growth in the first quarter of this year, but are enough to deepen fears
      Source: BMI, Singstat, MTI  -  814 words
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      Lock icon Despite MAS move, Singdollar remains Fed-driven: analysts
      831 2  -  They see weaker Sing dollar, higher local interest rates as US rates rise MAS POLICY REVIEW B y Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THURSDAY’S policy shift by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to a zero per cent depreciation stance jolted the
      Source: Bloomberg; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  831 words
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      Lock icon Flattening expectations
      47 2  -  Surprise (again)! On Apr 14,2016, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) flattened the S$ policy band, opting for 0% appreciation. The Business Times explains why. bykellytay BT Explains BY KELLY TAY Source: S$NEER MAS, Real GDP Growth, CPI Inflation Department of Statistics BTGraphics: Lynette Neo
      Source: S$NEER – MAS, Real GDP Growth, CPI Inflation – Department of Statistics; BTGraphics: Lynette Neo  -  47 words
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      Lock icon MAS easing: core takeaways
      899 3  -  Inflation remains key factor; costlier imports would cancel any export boost; surprise can be a useful policy tool MAS POLICY REVIEW COMMENTARY By Wong Wei Kong weikong@sph.com.sg @WongWeiKongBT THREE things from Thursday’s surprise easing by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The central bank caught the
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      Lock icon SIA seen gaining from weaker Singdollar
      412 3  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines is expected to benefit from the weaker Singapore dollar following the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s surprise easing, as it should boost visitor arrivals as well as bolster yields and loads. “We think that a weaker Singapore
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      Lock icon New scheme to encourage corporate giving
      468 4  -  Firms will be given advice, resources and access to networks so they can run more effective giving programmes SINGAPORE BUDGET DEBATE By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) are working together on
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      Lock icon Our Singapore Fund to benefit projects that build national identity
      584 4  -  The government will pay for up to 80 per cent of the costs of these projects, capped at S$50,000 for each By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE government will subsidise up to 80 per cent of the development costs
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      Lock icon Financial leaders meet in Washington as ‘crisis’ rumours swirl
      835 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo FINANCE ministers and central bank governors from the G20 group of advanced and emerging markets kicked off a meeting in Washington on Thursday, a day ahead of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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      Lock icon CIMB awards credit card points for share trades
      495 4  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN bank CIMB is aiming to grow its market share in both the credit card and share-trading segments by awarding credit-card bonus points for share trades. Its marketing campaign, launched this month with the tagline “The
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      Lock icon US pickup transitory as March CPI rises by less than previous 2 months
      478 4 LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington THE cost of living in the US, excluding food and fuel, rose less than forecast last month, bearing out Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s forecast that the recent pickup would prove fleeting.
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Perennial turns to court amid rift with Pontiac over Capitol Singapore
      712 6  -  It is seeking wind-up of three associates, citing deadlock with co-owner over key issues By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore DISAGREEMENT between the co-own-ers of Capitol Singapore an integrated development located at the junction of Stamford Road and North
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      Lock icon AA Reit awards redevelopment of Tuas property to Boustead
      592 6  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore INDUSTRIAL landlord AIMS AMP Capital Industrial Reit (AA Reit) has tapped engineering and construction firm Boustead Projects to redevelop an industrial property at 8 and 10 Tuas Avenue 20 for an undisclosed amount up to
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      Lock icon Foreign inflows making NZ stocks pricey
      804 6 BLOOMBERG Sydney AS fund manager Mark Williams deliberated from his London office where next to invest, the world’s most remote stock market was just too good to pass up. That’s worrying locals, 18,000 km away in New Zealand. The S&P/NZX 50 Index is the
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      Lock icon Guocoland attractive candidate for privatisation
      877 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY VEN SREENIVASAN ven@sph.com.sg @VenSreeBT THE Singapore bourse seems to have been bitten by the “privatisation” bug. A combination of moribund market conditions and resulting undervaluations has prompted a steady stream of delistings over the past year. And many are saying opportunities
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      Lock icon Enlarged unit base sees Keppel Reit trimming Q1 DPU by 1.2 per cent
      488 7  -  RESULTS By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore KEPPEL Reit said on Thursday that the Singapore office market is expected to remain challenging these two years given the impending new supply. “For Keppel Reit, 85 per cent of
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T’s Q1 profit down 15.6%
      448 7  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation Ltd’s (Keppel T&T) first quarter net profit fell by 15.6 per cent due to, among other things, lower share of results from associated companies and higher taxation. Net profit for the fiscal 2016
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      Lock icon Soilbuild Reit’s Q1 DPU down 4.7%
      335 7  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore SOILBUILD Business Space Reit’s (Soilbuild Reit) distribution per unit for the first quarter ended March 31 dipped 4.7 per cent from 1.633 Singapore cents to 1.557 Singapore cents while distributable income rose 9.6 per cent, from S$13.3 million
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times index April 14,2016 2,913.93 +23.52 (+0.81%) Current streak 4 days Day high 2,924.24 Day low 2,909.04 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index April 14,2016 452.05 -5.69 (-1.24%) Current streak 1 day Day high 459.18 Day low
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      Lock icon Surprise MAS move boosts ST Index
      638 8  -  Despite a third successive rise for the index, the broad market is still marginally weaker STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index on Thursday managed to advance further into the black for 2016 when it rose 23.52 points to 2,913.93, thus
      Source: Bloomberg  -  638 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      318 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 247 unch 250/246 271 209 5.9 6492.3 CapitaCom Trust 142 -0.5 143/141.5 176.5 122.5 6.1 4196.6 CapitaLand 313 cd +4 317/311 379 267 12.5 2.9 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 214 unch 215/212 228
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 8 VOLUME Ezra 80,379,800 Yuuzoo 50,516,900 Noble 49,640,200 Ezion 26,648,500 YZJ Shipbldg SGD 25,530,100 Market volume 1,350,558,000 VALUE DBS Grp 122,042,866 OCBC Bank 113,789,176 UOB 109,489,805 Singtel 90,264,137 Keppel Corp 57,810,564 Market value 1,311,128,000
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Apr 14 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 75.00 +45.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -25.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +8.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 693.55 +1.01 FTSE ST Small Cap 400.81 +1.44 FTSE ST All Share 710.66 +5.30 FTSE ST China Top 168.01 +0.98 FTSE ST China 200.90 +1.99 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index April 14,2016 710.66 +5.30 (+0.75%) Current streak 4 days Day high 712.28 Day low 709.23 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index April 13,2016 1,666.61 +29.67 (+1.81%) Current streak 6 days Day high 1,667.99 Day low 1,642.93 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 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 5 6 6 0 1 0 5 7 6 Manufacturing 32 49 29 5 7 12 37 56 41 Commerce 20 16 17 2 6 5 22 22 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 16 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 27,356 644 28,000 100,726 139 100,865 Manufacturing 123,821 40,529 164,350 124,052 1,082 125,134 Commerce 80,131 31,108 111,239 96,957 1,321 98,279 Tpt/Stor/Comms 178,825 855 179,680 179,239 71 179,310 Finance 29,676 98 29,774 362,310 11 362,321 Construction
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 291 +2 1106 293/291 355/254 291/292 DBXT MSPacXJp US$ US468 +16 118 468/468 523/401 471/472 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US313 +1 81 315/313 399/190 311/312 DBXT MSRussia US$ US197 80 198/197 235/129 199/200 DBXT CSI300
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      78 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT E50 US$ 4471 209.9 3.6 5300/3968 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4784 118.6 1.9 5277/4031 Jardine C&C 4265 102.0 2.5 4267/2636 DBXT MSCHINA US$ 1231 87.2 5.5 1750/995 DBXT MSINDIA US$ 936 55.9 4.6 1130/816 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low OLS W*****5 0.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -69.5 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT S&PShort US$ 2074 -60.0 -2.1 2393/2071 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1156 -26.0 -2.2 1395/991 CIMBASEAN40 US$ 837 -17.7 -1.5 1019/700 Citic Envirotech 133 -10.5 -7.3 183.5/113.5 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low STI 2800MBePW*****9 1.4 -57.6 -1.9 14.4/1.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE AEI 52.5 0.680 +0.030 +4.62 Hiap Tong 120.0 0.067 -0.014 -17.28 Union Steel 13.4 0.430 -0.020 -4.44 Fuji Offset 3.0 0.260 +0.030 +13.04 Pan Ocean 0.3 4.690 +0.190 +4.22 China Great Land 250.1 0.013 +0.001 +8.33 EuroSports Gbl 5.0 0.180 +0.030 +20.00 TPV Tech 10.0
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Q&M Dental Group (S) Neutral
        264 8 April 14 close: S$0.68 Target price: S$0.699 Phillip Securities Research, April 14 The group intends to enhance long-term shareholder value by spinning off its manufacturing business in China by listing Aidite separately on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations, an emerging over-the-counter market in China
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        Lock icon Keppel Infrastructure Trust Buy
        220 8  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim April 14 close: S$0.50 Target price: S$0.56 DBS Group Research, April 14 To recap, the Basslink interconnector had suffered an undersea cable fault owing to which availability has been affected since Dec 20, 2015. Poor weather and the complex nature of the
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      Lock icon Dollar extends rally as risk sentiment improves
      437 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar rose on Thursday, having posted its biggest one-day gain in over a month a day before, as improved risk sentiment led investors to trim positions in low-yielding currencies like the yen and the euro. A surprise policy easing
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Apr 14 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3638 1.3647 2-months 1.3643 1.3653 3-months 1.3649 1.3659 6-months 1.3672 1.3684 Source: OCBC
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Apr 14 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0450 1.0460 0.7666 0.7669 Canadian dollar 1.0590 1.0599 0.7771 0.7769 Euro 1.5329 1.5340 1.1245 1.1247 NZ dollar 0.9346 0.9355 0.6856 0.6859 Sterling pound 1.9248 1.9264 1.4120 1.4124
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Apr 14 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.987 4.974 0.682 5.948 51.138 101.115 0.837 8.851 2.985 1.118 80.252 35.451 1.046 11.247 0.742 24.853 26.959 0.543 0.767 Canada 1.013 5.040
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        387 9 Apr 14 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Apr16 9755.00 9827.50 9667.50 9720.00 *****6 *****0 May16 9717.50 9780.00 9647.50 9695.00 8066 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****6 *****7 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 28 709 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        215 9 Most active Apr 14 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left SHS Holdings W*****6 7.4 -0.4 ***** 1 20 -4 3.85 44 DBS MB eCW*****1 12.7 1.2 8613 0.1 1480 3 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 7.7 0.8 5570
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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 Apr 13 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1258.2 1.4 -1.5 1.7 -4.5 1.2 0.1 EAFE Preliminary 948.9 2.3 -6.4 2.2 -7.4 1.8 -2.9 Europe Preliminary 1356.9 2.3 -3.9
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Apr 14 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 0.6875 0.5625 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0000 0.8750 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ 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 1.05 0.85 9 months 1.25 1.05 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 9 Apr 14 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 98.95 99.08 98.98 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.84 103.08 102.70 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 103.01 103.45 103.40 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 106.17 106.35 106.35 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 113.2
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Apr-13 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-13 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 955.75 19.50 2.08% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.96 0.27 0.80% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 461.50 9.00 1.99% 13/05/2016 Apr-13 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2165.00 -1.00 -0.05% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1515.00 -44.00 -2.82%
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      Lock icon Shareholders raise concern over Noble’s thinning margins
      653 10  -  AGM WATCH By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore CONCERN over Noble Group’s thinning margins, and the sustainability of its business model, dominated questions at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday. In response to news reports on the higher interest costs that its
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Olam International
        92 10 OLAM international has secured a revolving credit facility aggregating US$650 million. This consists of two tranches of US$325 million each, a 364-day revolving credit facility and a two-year revolving credit facility. Proceeds from the facility will be used to refinance existing debt and meet working capital and general
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        Lock icon Pacific Century Group
        89 10 fwd Group, the insurance arm of Asia-based Pacific Century Group, has acquired a 90 per cent stake in group medical insurance provider Shenton Insurance Pte Ltd for about S$28.4 million. Shenton Insurance was a wholly owned subsidiary of Parkway Holdings Limited, which is an indirect wholly owned
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        93 10 PROPERTY developer Oxley Holdings has agreed to sell 241 units at Plot 21 of the Royal wharf Development in London for £59.9 million (S$115.6 million). The buyers have paid £1.8 million of the consideration amount, and will pay the remainder upon completion of Plot 21, which is expected
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        Lock icon Frasers Centrepoint
        121 10 FRASERS Centrepoint Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary FCL Treasury is looking to issue the sixth series of securities, comprising S$250 million in aggregate principal amount of fixed rate notes under the S$3 billion Multicurrency Debt Issuance Programme established by the Issuer on March 21, 2012. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1849 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 135 unch 229 135.5 135 1 8.2 857.7 MCap 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 117.5cd +1.5 345 119 116.5 1.7
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      332 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) High Day Low Div C'vr 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 9.7 -0.6 1763 10.2 9.5 27.1 10.1 3 t Artivision Tech 3.1cri unch 2128 3.1 3
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      157 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last 107.7 69.1 CIMB APAC Div US$ US76.9 +0.7 0 76.9 76.9 8.1 1395 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1156xd -26 0 1187 1156 1019 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US837xd -13 0 837
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      600 6 Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd Co Reg No: *****0115G (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2016 The Directors of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the first quarter ended 31 March 2016. FIRST QUARTER
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      3314 10 SAKAE HOLDINGS LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore on 2 July 1996) (Company Registration Number: *****4816E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“Meeting”) of Sakae Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at 28 Tai Seng Street, Sakae Building, Level 7, Singapore *****6, on
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      724 12 NOTICES T O L L F R E E 1 8 0 0 -2 8 9 8 8 2 2 I E m a i l n o t i c e s s p h c o m s g I w w w s p h c l
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      389 12 In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the Matter of (1) PSION TEKLOGIX ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Co. Reg. No. *****2307N) (2) PSION ASIA HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Co. Reg. No. *****7338D) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETINGS NOTICE IS
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      345 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF AVANSTRATE ASIA PRIVATE LIMITED (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****7219M) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, that a Final Meeting of the
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Deep-water vessel marks McDermott’s turnaround
      871 13  -  Keppel-designed DLV 2000 instrumental to McDermott’s subsea move, albeit at slower pace given low oil prices By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore HOUSTON-based offshore contracting giant McDermott International is set to take delivery by May from Keppel Singmarine (KSM) of a high specification deep-water
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      755 13 NYT New York PEABODY Energy, the world’s largest publicly owned coal producer, with mines around the world from Australia to the United States, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Wednesday. The company was weighed down by the collapse of coal
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      231 13 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA will stop approving land to be used for new steel and coal projects as the country seeks to reduce excess capacity, two days after announcing restrictions on investments in a “negative list” of oversupplied industries.
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon PCs being left behind in global digital march
      827 14  -  Customers prefer smartphones and, to a lesser extent, tablets By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore EVEN as the world gets more digitally connected with a new generation of digital natives, PC makers are facing a conundrum: customers are not buying as
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      636 14 Venture capitalists drawn to country’s tech-savvy population with a median age of just 30 REUTERS Hanoi VIETNAM’S tech startups are emerging as a force to be reckoned with as foreign private equity funds bet the country’s talented young brains will yield more successes like
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      Lock icon Software flaws used in hacking more than doubled in 2015: report
      425 14 REUTERS San Francisco THE number of previously unknown software flaws used by hackers more than doubled last year, a new report says, in another sign of the increasing sophistication of cybercrime and online espionage. Secret vulnerabilities in computer programs
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  • CONSUMER
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      765 15 They also pose a challenge to global pharmaceutical firms in a huge potential market BLOOMBERG Beijing STIFLING regulations are preventing China’s 1.4 billion people from accessing several common vaccines available in much of the rest of the world, raising public health
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      464 15 REUTERS Seoul SOUTH Korean beer drinkers are drinking to the more robust flavours of imported brands, encouraged in part by attractive discounts for mul-ti-packs so much so that local brewers are crying foul over pricing tactics and have asked for government
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Cheung Kong Property eyeing GLS sites
      855 16  -  Its 8th Singapore project, Stars of Kovan, is set to begin sales in May at an average price of S$1,550-1,600 psf By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CHEUNG Kong Property Holdings Limited, which is slated to commence sales for its eighth residential project in
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      Lock icon Evergrande may have become too big to fail
      288 16 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong EVERGRANDE Real Estate Group Ltd, the Chinese developer that’s been on a debt-fuelled buying spree in the past year, may be too big to fail, according to research firm CreditSights. A default by Evergrande, China’s largest developer by assets,
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      464 16 AFP Sydney A SMALL, picturesque Australian village has been listed for sale, attracting interest from China and Singapore, with its new buyer set to own dozens of homes, a lake full of fish and 35 Highland cattle. Property agents said that they hoped
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      Lock icon NY commercial property market goes cold
      728 17 Sales of office towers, hotels, stores and other buildings are forecast to fall as much as 30% this year BLOOMBERG New York DEALS for a piece of New York’s iconic skyline are drying up. About US$14 billion of commercial real estate changed hands in
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon As Takata costs soar in airbag recall, files show early worries on financial toll
      1084 18 Documents reveal new details about how economic pressures guide company’s handling of its airbag defect NYT New York THERE is the cold-eyed calculation of the costs of an airbag recall: US$100 each, translating to millions of
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      Lock icon China private jet buyers now look for utility over opulence
      851 18 REUTERS Shanghai MAKERS of private jets for China’s elite are shifting their focus from luxury to convenience, as a cooling economy and long-running crackdown on corruption prompt customers to demand smaller planes and even consider second-hand deals. Utility is the
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      Lock icon Luxury or bust for foreign automakers in Japan
      678 18 Prestige foreign brands enjoy a strong following among the Japanese AFP Tokyo TOKYO businessman Randal Furudera isn’t about to swap his Ger-man-made BMW M5 for a “boring” Japanese car, although he’ll give them some grudging respect for their ho-hum dependability. Deep-pocketed buyers
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  • SINGAPORE MARITIME WEEK 2016
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      Lock icon Braemar expands services to meet demand in Asia
      710 19  -  It has set up an LPG broking desk in S’pore to cater to clients in the region. POSITIONING FOR FUTURE GROWTH BY NARENDRA AGGARWAL BRAEMAR Shipping Services, one of the largest shipbroking companies in the world, started its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
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      Lock icon Clarksons Platou expects S’pore to play increasingly global role
      802 19 HEADQUARTERED in London, Clarksons Platou set up a dedicated tanker research analysis desk in Singapore in August 2015, in view of the Republic’s growing importance as an international maritime centre. Says Giles Lane, 52, managing director of Clarksons Platou Asia Pte
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      Lock icon Home-grown Vantage ventures into new segment
      851 19 VANTAGE, a relatively new local shipbroking company, expanded its operations significantly by setting up a dirty petroleum products (DPP) broking desk in July 2015. Explaining the reason for taking this initiative, director Randy Yong says: “One of the key criterion in order to survive
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Sterling falls after BOE factors Brexit risks in policy decision
      704 20 Bank of England governor Mark Carney describes Brexit as biggest domestic financial stability risk BLOOMBERG REUTERS London THE pound fell for a second day against the US dollar as the Bank of England (BOE) held its key rate at a
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      Lock icon Norway’s US$860b fund drops 52 companies linked to coal
      427 20 BLOOMBERG Oslo NORWAY’S US$860 billion sovereign wealth fund unveiled the first list of miners and power producers to be excluded from its portfolio following a ban on coal investments. The 52 companies being barred include American Electric Power Co Inc, China
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      Lock icon Magnitude 6 earthquake hits Japan, nuclear plants safe
      278 20 REUTERS Tokyo AN earthquake of magnitude 6 hit southern Japan on Thursday, bringing down some buildings and injuring dozens of people, local media reported, but the nuclear regulator reported no problems at power plants. The quake struck 11 km east of the
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      Lock icon China gives nod to foreign central banks to remit funds
      447 22 Foreign central banks investing in domestic interbank market can freely remit funds without regulatory approval REUTERS Shanghai THE People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said that foreign central banks investing in the domestic interbank market will be able to freely remit
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      407 22 BLOOMBERG Tokyo JAPAN’S government is considering how to finance the development of more infrastructure as a way of bolstering the economy, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday. His comments came after the Nikkei newspaper reported that the prime minister’s office and ministries
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      Lock icon Aussie jobless rate falls to 5.7% in March, a 2 1/2 year low
      564 22 BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIA’S jobless rate unexpectedly fell to its lowest level in two-and-a-half years in March, reflecting a lift in business confidence and signalling that the central bank is unlikely to ease policy in the near-term. The
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      48 22 IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY SHOW APPRECIATION TO YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE COLLEAGUES. Whether you are a supervisor or a colleague, send your thank you note for your admin to admin@stjobs.sg, along with your company details and 20 administrative professionals will get a $30 gift each. STJOBS I O 1 V
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Panama Papers will cement global resolve for tax compliance
      586 24 EDITORIAL THE massive leak of offshore account documents as many as 11.5 million files from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca is a signal warning to clients, bankers and any so-called tax haven that the days of discreet “don’t ask, don’t tell”
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      834 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By David Mason T The writer, a retired auditor from a Big Four firm, is a business communications consultant in the UK. On June 23, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum to decide whether to remain
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      Lock icon Inversions merely crystalise America’s critical dilemmas
      1403 24  -  There is an inherent contradiction, for example, in a world with separate country-by-country taxation while multinationals treat the world as one economic space. BY FAROK J CONTRACTOR space.BY FAROK J CONTRACTOR T The writer is a professor in the management and global business department
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      Lock icon The global economy is in a fragile state
      976 25  -  COMMENTARY By Laurence D Fink T The writer is chairman and chief executive officer of BlackRock. This is an abridged version of his letter to shareholders, from BlackRock’s 2015 Annual Report, published on April 15,2016 INVESTORS today are facing tremendous uncertainty fuelled
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      Lock icon A ‘whole of society’ approach will support Singapore’s war on diabetes
      647 25  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Matt Kovac Executive director, Food Industry Asia FOOD Industry Asia (FIA) welcomes Health Minister Gan Kim Yong announcement in Parliament on April 13 of a war on diabetes and plans to set up of a
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      Lock icon Interesting times ahead for Singapore retail scene
      1135 25  -  Just how will the shopping experience here evolve with technology and tax developments? BY KOH SOO HOW AND RUSHAN LEE developments?BY KOH SOO HOW, RUSHAN LEE T The writers are respectively partner Asia Pacific indirect tax leader and senior manager in the indirect
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon Spicing up food conversations
      880 26  -  Sheere Ng explains how she came up with the idea of having two strangers exchange their personal sambal recipes along with the memories associated with them. BY AVANTI NIM them.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg Have you caught a whiff of something and suddenly being struck by a
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    • CITY BUZZ BT writers' picks of what to see, do or talk about
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        Lock icon FROM STAGE TO SCREEN
        228 26  -  By Helmi Yusof FILM/THEATRE National Theatre Live NATIONAL Theatre is one of the most revered stages in the United Kingdom, where some of the finest theatrical productions can be seen. These four live recordings of their hit productions William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, David Hare’s Skylight, Arthur Miller’s
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        188 26  -  DINING By Rachel Loi NEIGHBOURHOOD ice cream shop Creamier is now at Gillman Barracks, their second outlet after the one in Toa Payoh, The new outlet celebrates its official opening on April 26. Ahead of the launch, they are taking part in the World Gourmet Summit (WGS) 20 Best
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        184 26  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan TO celebrate its fifth anniversary, the acclaimed Australian World Orchestra (AWO) will perform in Singapore for the first time this October. The 2016 ensemble includes 94 Australian musicians from the world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna
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        Lock icon 1987: Untracing the Conspiracy
        138 26  -  FILM By Dylan Tan AFTER selling out its encore screening earlier this week, 1987: Untracing the Conspiracy will return for a third time. Directed by Jason Soo, the R21-rated documentary about Operation Spectrum where 22 people were arrested by the Internal Security Department in1987 for an
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        Lock icon Gala: Bizet's Carmen (SSO)
        140 26  -  CONCERT By Gala: Helmi Yusof BIZET’S Carmen is one of the most-performed operas today. The story centres on a naive soldier, Don Jose, who falls for the fiery but fickle gypsy Carmen, who ultimately leaves him for feted toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, out of jealousy and
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        163 26  -  SHOPPING By Tay Suan Chiang FOR one day only, furniture retailer BoConcept will be selling more than just its usual sofas and dining table sets. It will be transforming its Paragon showroom into a Scandinavian marketplace. The theme may be Scandinavian, but don’t expect the meatballs. Instead,
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  • ARTS/PURSUITS
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      Lock icon Celebrating Singapore theatre in style
      1000 27  -  The popular Singapore Theatre Festival returns this year with eight plays, led by the highly-acclaimed Hotel. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT SINGAPORE stage gets a boost this July with the return of the Singapore Theatre Festival featuring eight plays by local playwrights
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      625 27  -  By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg @ChrisLimBT IS legendary winemaking about making the best wine, or knowing how to sell the best wine? Italian winemaker Angelo Gaja says that the true wine artisan needs to be able to do both. And few things bring a bigger
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      Lock icon Having a ball at Icon’s 11th anniversary bash
      318 27  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg IF you had only one night to find out the latest fashion trends, where would you go? For those in the know, the invite-only Icon Ball is the best place to get the lowdown on what’s in and
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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      318 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Material for building split windscreen? (11) 9 Keep an eye on extra responsibility of a bishop (7) 10 One amongst celebrities in flight (6) 12 Hurried back to evaluate recount (7) 13 Mostly flog salmon, perhaps being greedy (7) 14 Quits after delayed start to rugby
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Documenting the diversity of women
      1100 28  -  Though celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz’s latest collection captures a range of women, their gender is an afterthought. BY DAVEN WU IN her introduction to the great American photographer Annie Leibovitz’s latest exhibition WOMEN: New Portraits, feminist activist and writer Gloria Steinem laments the fact that
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      Lock icon A rare classic that still resonates with present
      529 28  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg OUT of his first handful of plays, The Vortex is what set British playwright Noel Coward’s career on track, bringing him critical acclaim, even as it scandalised London for the way it portrayed the proclivities (read: sex and
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      Lock icon Indian tales, universal themes
      912 28  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg TWO plays from India one based on a real-life story will grace the stage in Singapore in the next few weeks. One is a love story about two poets (in Hindi) and the other, a contemporary play about a Mumbai family (in
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  • CINEMA
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      Lock icon Film fest gives audiences plenty to chew on
      847 29  -  Tickets for the inaugural Foodcine.ma are selling like hot cakes. BY TAY SUAN CHIANG taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT Singaporeans love food. Not only do we love to eat, we enjoy watching anything about it, from food shows to in-depth documentaries. This explains the strong
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      Lock icon A fairy tale that empowers women
      353 29  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT THE Huntsman: Winter’s War might be based on the Brothers Grimm’s and Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales Snow White and The Snow Queen respectively but the film’s star Charlize Theron insists that underneath is “a strong story for women”
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      Lock icon Not exactly the fun-filled romp that was expected
      500 29  -  By Geoffrey Eu WITH an A-list cast, a big-time budget and a storyline based on characters from Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, you might expect the follow-up to 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman to be a fun-filled romp through
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      Lock icon An extreme and extremely hard-to-stomach movie
      506 29  -  By Geoffrey Eu HARDCORE Henry is the cinematic equivalent of a flying roller coaster ride. This stomach-churning, head-ache-inducing and downright nauseating movie shot entirely on first-person-perspective GoPro cameras strapped to the heads of stuntmen is both extreme and extremely hard to stomach. Literally. Between
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon REDISCOVERING THE REAL THING
      77 30 The annual Record Store Day is back on Saturday. Like in previous years, the mission is to encourage music-lovers to support brick-and-mortar retail stores instead of buying online. For the musically adventurous, here are three stores with unusual offerings in the unlikeliest of locations Local music
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      Lock icon Collecting the past for the record
      449 30  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg STEP into Past Image and you’re greeted by a wave of nostalgia. From old movie posters to local historical documents and rare vinyl records, this vintage collectibles store has it all. Owner Willy Ong opened his store in 1991 but
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      Lock icon A musical adventure awaits
      450 30  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT SURFACE Noise is a wonderland for music buffs. Not only does it stick out like a sore thumb among the older businesses in the blast-from-the-past Textile Centre, but it also stocks the most improba-ble-sounding genres that might leave even the most
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      Lock icon A must-visit museum for metalheads
      526 30  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WHEN Mohamad Khalid Bin Sulaiman finishes work, he doesn’t go home. Instead, he heads to Golden Mile Tower every evening and remains there late into the night to run his underground extreme metal music shop Ravage Records. (Richard Clayderman and
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