The Business Times, 27 January 2012

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Friday, January 27, 2012
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Risk assets rise, bulls roar as Fed feeds frenzy
    723 1  -  Word that rates will stay near zero until end-2014 spurs gold, euro; Treasury yields fall By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] Risk was back in favour yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said it might keep interest rates near zero until late-2014 more
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon FOREX
      108 1 GST INDEX 2,894.43 (+2.79) GST INDEX FUTURES 2,894 (+3) HSIMSCI 330.80 (-0.01) GSIMSCI FUTURES 331.00 (+0.60) us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.258 (US$/S$ per 1.567 1.970 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.311 1.649 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 77.60 61.70 RM 3.042 2.419 HK$ 7.759 6.170 BAHT 31.36 24.94 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      30 1 5ll')'3/U*ORE 5-3« MALAYSIA 6 >5 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14/30 1AIWAN S03G JAPAN .1.475 KOREA 933 BRITAIN' .050 US 3 25 CANAnA 300 SWIT7FRLANO 0.50 INDIA Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon Power cut knocks out OCBC, Lim & Tan systems
    647 1  - Power cut knocks out OCBC, Lim Tan systems SocGen also pauses market-making due to technical reasons By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] So sang American alternative rock band Soul Asylum on frustration: “They say misery loves company.” And so it was yesterday morning, when investors fumed over a power outage that knocked
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      65 1 ARTS Trove of Tang history PAGE 26 COMPANIES Keppel Corp profit up a strong 14% PAGE 5 S’PORE ECONOMY Manufacturing soars 12.6% y-o-y in December PAGE 2 WINE Rieslings hold court PAGE 25 PAGE 28 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE *****1 *****4 r man 9 BREITLING INSTRUMENTS FOR PROFESSIONALS PURE PERFORMANCE PURE BREITLING
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Manufacturing soars 12.6% y-o-y in December
      617 2  -  2011 GDP growth may be revised up to 5 per cent; signs of bottoming out By TEH SHI NING [SINGAPORE] Industrial production surged 12.6 per cent in December from a year ago close to double the 6.4 per cent growth the market was expecting
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      Lock icon No staffer assisting probe, says ST Engg
      363 2  -  It’s also not aware of any ex-employee helping CPIB probe By JOYCE HOOI [SINGAPORE] ST Engineering has denied that any of its unit’s employees are assisting with Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigations being carried out on the former chiefs of the Singapore
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      Lock icon NEC axes 10,000 jobs, mostly from mobile division
      465 2  -  3,000 workers outside Japan will be affected By VICTORIA HO [SINGAPORE] Japanese electronics giant NEC plans to cut 10,000 jobs, with 3,000 of those to impact workers outside of Japan. The total layoffs will make up about 8.6 per cent of the
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
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      Lock icon Singapore is 6th in top 30 for commercial property investment
      858 4  -  Jones Lang LaSalle counts US$15b in deals in Singapore from 2010-Q3 2011 By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The Republic has been ranked sixth in Jones Lang LaSalle’s list of top 30 cities for direct commercial real estate investment for 2010 to
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      Lock icon US firms may take tax move on the chin
      761 4  -  Obama’s proposals may hurt them, but they’re unlikely to shift operations By BRYAN KOH [SINGAPORE] Despite President Barack Obama’s calls to put an end to US companies seeking to avoid paying taxes by shifting operations outside the US, American companies are
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      Lock icon Investor suit against Morgan Stanley moves ahead
      759 4  -  By GRACE LEONG [SINGAPORE] Discovery proceedings have finally started more than a year after a group of Singapore investors sued Morgan Stanley for allegedly selling rigged Pinnacle Notes as “safe, conservative” investments. Lawyers for 18 Singapore investors of Morgan Stanley’s failed Pinnacle Notes
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      Lock icon Public-funding reports lift Tepco shares
      670 4  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo TOKYO Electric Power Company (Tepco), operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant crippled by a massive tsunami last year, saw its shares jump in value yesterday on reports that Japan’s biggest power utility will accept a one trillion yen (S$16.2
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      126 2 FRONT PAGE FRONT PAGE TOP STORIES, PAGE 2 TOP STORIES, PAGE 2 COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 5 COMPANY NEWS, PAGE 7 Authentic TeocKew Raw Fish S Prosperity Set Menus. Winning the toss for great New Year dining. When it comes to venues for Chinese New Year Lo Hei menus, Hung Kang
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      23 2 SINGAPORE NEWS, PAGE 9 ECONOMY WATCH, PAGE 10 MALAYSIA/INDONESIA, PAGE 11 GREATER CHINA/INDIA, PAGE 12 WORLD NEWS, PAGE 16 WORLD NEWS, PAGE 16
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      1905 3 Keppel Corporation Limited Co Reg No: *****0351N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) FULL YEAR 2011 FINANCIAL STATEMENT DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the year ended 31 December
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon KepCorp to play role in securing LNG supplies
      518 5  -  Group to provide floating storage, regasification units By RONNIE LIM WITH Singapore currently studying how best to secure future LNG supplies for power plants and industries here as well as for potential trading purposes, Keppel Corporation is set to play a role,
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      Lock icon Ezion shares jump on US$93.5m contract win
      420 5  -  By KELLY TAY MAINBOARD-LISTED marine logistics firm Ezion Holdings yesterday revealed that it has secured a US$93.5 million charter contract to deploy a service rig in North America. The announcement saw investors rallying behind the counter, with Ezion shares jumping as much as
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      Lock icon Keppel full-year profit up 14% to record $ 1.49b
      608 5  - Keppel full-year profit up 14% to record 1.49b Q4 profit rose 11% to $389m; company sees improving prospects for 2012 By LYNN KAN KEPPEL Corporation sent off 2011 with a record full-year net profit attributable to shareholders of $1.49 billion, up a strong 14 per cent from $1.31 billion in
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      Lock icon Mass market prices to correct by mid-year
      502 7  -  Available supply, uncertain outlook will lead to adjustment: Kim Eng By MINDY TAN THE rapid sales at developers’ launches in recent weeks will not last, Kim Eng Research said in a report released yesterday, citing the potential supply of units coming on board
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      Lock icon Ascendas India Trust posts 13% drop in Q3 DPU
      328 7  -  Earnings hit as Sing dollar appreciates against Indian rupee By CARINE LEE ASCENDAS India Trust (a-iTrust) said yesterday that its distribution per unit (DPU) for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2011, fell 13 per cent to 1.50 cents from 1.72
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      Lock icon First Reit Q4 DPU doubles on divestment
      442 8  -  It’ll pay 1.93 cents per unit; gross revenue up 82% By JASMINE NG FIRST Real Estate Investment Trust (First Reit) saw its distribution per unit (DPU) for the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, rise to 1.93 Singapore cents, up 121.8 per cent in
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      Lock icon MIT Q3 distributable income up 29%
      321 8  -  Gross revenue also increased 25% year-on-year to $65.7 million By MICHELLE TAN MAPLETREE Industrial Trust (MIT), which was listed in October 2010, saw its distributable income rise 29.3 per cent to $35.2 million for its third quarter ended Dec 31, 2011, as compared to
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      Lock icon Junk bond volume at 11 -month high
      850 8 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Junk bond trading volumes are rebounding to the highest level in 11 months as optimism the US economy can weather Europe’s debt crisis kindles investor appetites for riskier assets. The average daily volume of publicly traded speculative grade bonds rose
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Berlian Laju units fail to make payments
        114 8 PT BERLIAN Laju Tanker said there has been a covenant breach for a loan facility granted to one of its subsidiaries. Some of its other subsidiaries have also failed to make payments that are due under certain lease facilities. Berlian Laju is seeking
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        Lock icon Westminster Travel receives cash offer from e2-Capital
        76 8 WESTMINSTER Travel has received a mandatory unconditional cash offer of 8.9 cents per share from e2-Capital Inc. The latter’s sole shareholder and director is Wong Sin, founder of corporate finance firm SBI E2-Capital. e2-Capital intends to preserve Westminster Travel’s listing status on the
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      2065 5 the business timesweek nd www. usinesstimes.com. g| SEPTEMBER 24-25, 2011 S$1.00| MICA (P) 121/08/2011 the raffles conversation CAREER DIPLOMAT BARRYDESKER 12-13 cheap funds Local banks to slash savings rates DBS Bank, OCBC Bank and UOB will offer a mere 0.05 per cent come October, even as HSBC and Stanchart dish
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI rises again in moderate volume
      575 6 Index swings between 2,876 and 2,917 before ending 2.79 points higher at 2,894.43 STOCKS Senior Correspondent SENTIMENT swung between the bullish and bearish throughout the session yesterday, even as Hong Kong opened after the Lunar New Year break with a 1.6 per cent jump.
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      65 6 Jan 26 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 716.00-106.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +36.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +72.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 643.65 -1.54 FTSE ST Small Cap 430.64 -0.18 FTSE ST All Share 694.54 +0.25 FTSE ST China Top 215.08 -1.14 FTSE ST China 247.36 -0.57 FTSE ST
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 11 3 3 0 0 0 11 3 3 Manufacturing 55 39 38 4 7 5 59 46 43 Commerce 23 20 13 5 2 2 28 22 15 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 17 5
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Olam International
        310 6 Jan 26 close: $2.63 OCBC Investment Research, Jan 26 SINCE the start of the year, Olam International’s share price has staged a sharp recovery, rising 24 per cent year-to-date to hit a recent high of $2.64. It has also rebounded 28 per cent from its 52-week low of
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        Lock icon Hu An Cable Holdings
        485 6  -  Compiled by LYNETTE KHOO Jan 26 close: $0.158 CIMB Research, Jan 26 MAINTAIN “buy” with a lower TP of $0.332 based on 6 times CY2013 EPS. Our PE is based on the historical forward PE since Hu An’s IPO. We believe that the current stock price
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        Lock icon Glossary:
        136 6 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half m-o-m month on month NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first,
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 44,265 44,265 131,383 131,383 Manufacturing 226,103 17,550 243,653 203,575 152 203,727 Commerce 168,230 2,138 170,368 216,241 204 216,445 Tpt/Stor/Comms 136,885 17,872 154,757 215,055 2,610 217,665 Finance 21,901 21,901 185,964 185,964 Construction 55,887 8,560 64,447 17,172
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      113 6 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.310 CapitaLand 2.620 +0.040 CapitaMall 1.705 -0.015 CityDev 9.970 -0.140 ComfortDelGro 1.440 -0.010 DBS Grp 13.340 +0.100 F&N 6.600 +0.070 GLP 1.910 -0.025 Genting SP 1.615 -0.020 Golden Agri 0.725 -0.005 HK Land 5.280 +0.030 JMH 53.200
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      Lock icon Euro hits 5-wk high vs $ on Greek hopes
      440 6 Euro hits 5-wk high vs on Greek hopes CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The euro hit a five-week high against a broadly weak dollar yesterday, on speculation of progress in Greek debt negotiations and after the US Federal Reserve indicated interest rates would stay at ultra-low levels for at least another two
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 6 VOLUME Noble Grp 113,050,000 Genting SP 91,515,000 Golden Agri 78,493,000 Uni Envtech 55,687,000 Artivision 52,463,000 Dyna-Mac 33,000,000 SingTel 29,605,000 GMG Global 28,458,000 Cosco Corp 25,839,000 Yangzijiang 23,940,000 VALUE($) Noble Grp 154,284,915 Genting SP 148,811,810 Keppel Corp 103,555,389 SingTel 90,612,790 DBS Grp 64,386,905 UOB 57,620,278 Golden Agri 57,375,662
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      Lock icon RISES
      110 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** 534.4 1.6 GLD 10US$ ***** 477.9 2.3 IS DJ US Tech 6891 383.5 4.6 DBXT E50 10US$ 3610 212.5 4.9 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4249 191.1 3.7 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 133.3 1.0 IS S&P500 ***** 76.7 0.5 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1314
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      Lock icon FALLS
      117 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** -30.0 -0.3 UOB.ES.1202 1713 -24.0 -1.4 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5703 -22.6 -0.3 CityDev.ES.1202 993 -20.0 -2.0 UOB 1722 -18.0 -1.0 DBXT MSBANGL 10US$ 92 -16.4 -12.4 CityDev 997 -14.0 -1.4 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** -10.0 -0.1 SembMar.ES.1201 478 -9.0 -1.8
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Lower profits and sales seen by local businesses in first half
      497 9  -  Wholesale sector most pessimistic, construction most optimistic: survey By EDWIN LOH LOCAL businesses are expecting tough times this year with lower profits and sales volume, according to a recent business outlook survey. Expectations for net profits for the first
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      Lock icon Go prefab for higher productivity: Khaw
      349 9  -  Precast work also means less reliance on foreign workers By MINDY TAN WHILE we cannot do without foreign construction workers, we can try to build more with less, especially if the prefab industry ramps up its productivity, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan
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      Lock icon The importance of branding in a recession
      479 9  -  By JASMINE NG THE key to getting consumers to part with their precious dollars during a recession is to understand how they are redefining value, and align companies’ branding strategies with the new reality, marketing gurus say. Consumers take more time to search
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      Lock icon Sim Lian launches new EC
      299 9  -  By MICHELLE TAN TO CAPITALISE on the latest buying fever, mainboard-listed Sim Lian Group Limited has gone ahead with its latest project, The Tampines Trilliant, located along Tampines Central 7. Launched yesterday, the 99-year leasehold executive condominium (EC) will comprise 12 blocks nestled on a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Asia will power world economy in 2012
      610 10 ADB expects Asian economies to grow 7%, with demand still fairly robust AP [DAVOS] The global economic slowdown will affect Asia this year but the region will remain the economic powerhouse of the world, led by China, India and Indonesia, the head of
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      Lock icon Swiss franc limit can cause overheating, warns FSB
      335 10 Low interest rates could result in excessive credit Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) franc limit against the euro may cause the country’s economy to overheat if authorities are not vigilant to its effects, according to a report by the Financial
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      Lock icon NZ central bank holds rates steady, softens outlook
      473 10 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand’s central bank held its cash rate steady yesterday and added a dovish tone by signalling that policy rates will be on hold for longer than indicated earlier. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) kept the official cash
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      Lock icon Focus on bilateral trade pacts instead: Cameron
      616 10 Reuters [LONDON] British Prime Minister David Cameron called the drive to finish the Doha round of world trade talks a failure and said yesterday that the European Union should instead negotiate free trade deals with the US and Africa. Mr Cameron’s comments, in
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      Lock icon S Korea’s economic growth slows due to eurozone crisis
      452 10 Barclays Capital forecasts that growth would pick up in the first quarter of this year AFP [SEOUL] South Korea’s economy grew at its slowest pace for two years in the final quarter of 2011 as Europe’s debt crisis took its toll
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon DRB-Hicom plans RM8b residential project in Johor
      498 11  -  Development comes amid clear signs of weakening property sales in the state By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN conglomerate DRB-Hicom has announced plans to commence work on a 485ha property project in Johor by the middle of this year, adding to the
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      Lock icon Malaysia raises sugar subsidies as elections draw nearer
      508 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has more than doubled subsidies on sugar, a government source said yesterday a sign that Prime Minister Najib Razak may be delaying economic reforms to appease voters ahead of elections. The source with knowledge of the decision, who
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      Lock icon Fighting tyre repair crooks in Jakarta
      571 11 AFP [JAKARTA] For a syndicate of rogue but innovative tyre repairmen in Jakarta, the key to improving business is simple: bring potential clients to a piercing halt. Each day before dawn, the repairmen sabotage streets by dumping hundreds of nails and other sharp objects
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      Lock icon European recession will slow growth: Jakarta
      320 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s economic growth may slow to less than 6 per cent in 2012 if Europe suffers a severe recession, said Bambang Brodjonegoro, the head of fiscal policy at the nation’s finance ministry. Gross domestic product may increase as little as 5.7 per
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China’s hunger for commodities to rise on easy monetary policy
      809 12  -  Analysts see Beijing loosening tight grip on credit supply to spur slowing growth By JULIE ZHU EJ Insight CHINA will maintain a robust growth in demand for key commodity imports such as iron ore and copper this year, albeit at
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      Lock icon China overtakes Japan as world’s top coal importer
      290 12 Reuters [TOKYO] China overtook Japan as the world’s top coal importer for the first time in 2011, customs data from the countries showed, partly driven by robust Chinese demand. Japan had held the No.1 position since at least 1975 until 2010, the
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      Lock icon US seeks court order against India’s Ranbaxy
      597 12 It says the drug firm has failed to meet US safety guidelines AFP [WASHINGTON] US officials sought a “groundbreaking” injunction against Indian drug giant Ranbaxy on Wednesday, saying that the maker of the first generic version of cholesterol-lowering Lipitor has failed to meet
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      Lock icon Better-off Chinese celebrating CNY abroad
      501 12 Xinhua [BEIJING] As millions of people rushed to board a homebound train before the Chinese New Year, a growing number of avid travellers decided to spend the most important holiday far away from home. China Youth Travel Service (CYTS), a leading outbound tourism service provider,
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      Lock icon No change in Indian Hotels Q3 profit
      277 12 Reuters [MUMBAI] Hotel chain operator Indian Hotels Co Ltd, part of the Tata conglomerate, reported flat growth in net profit for the quarter to end-December in line with estimates, on slowing economic growth at home and overseas. Indian Hotels, which runs the global
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon North-south divide splits GOP
      981 13  -  Religious, fiscal conservatives unable to reach compromise US REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE By ROB CURRAN NEWT Gingrich’s unexpected victory in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary election suggests that the Grand Old Party is facing a regional split similar to that which weakened the Democratic Party in
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      Lock icon Global investors favour Obama’s re-election: poll
      600 13 While US investors root for Romney, few want Gingrich Bloomberg While US investors root for Romney, few want Gingrich [WASHINGTON] US investors are rooting for Mitt Romney and those overseas are for Barack Obama. Newt Gingrich is generating little enthusiasm anywhere. The expectation in
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      Lock icon Asian distributors turn to US for LNG supplies as prices fall
      654 14 Cheap supplies will erase price disparity between US and Asia, say analysts Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Liquefied natural gas buyers in Asia are seeking to take advantage of the cheapest US supplies in a decade, undermining a 40-year-old oil-linked price
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      Lock icon Myanmar told to modernise finance sector for growth
      606 14 Tap rich natural resources, young labour force: IMF Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Myanmar has the potential to quickly boost economic growth if the government modernises the financial sector and makes it easier for companies to trade and invest, the International Monetary Fund said. “The
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      Lock icon Sales of financial adviser firms down in 2011
      513 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among registered independent advisers (RIAs) slowed in 2011 due to market volatility and the wavering economy, according to Charles Schwab Corp’s adviser services arm. Schwab, which provides custodial, operational and trading support for nearly
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      Lock icon Wall St baffled by Google’s strategy, focus
      620 14 The firm is putting its fingers in too many pies: analysts Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Google Inc, which revolutionised Internet searches with an easy-to-use website, has itself become an increasingly tricky business to grasp. That issue leapt to the fore last week when the
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      486 14 House Agricultural Committee passes legislation Reuters [WASHINGTON] Half a dozen bills to constrain the US commodities regulator as it writes new swaps regulations inched forward in the House of Representatives on Wednesday despite an uncertain future in the Senate. The House Agricultural Committee
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      525 16 New jobless-benefit claims rise amid signs of improving labour market conditions LATEST US DATA Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] New orders for US manufactured goods rose in December and a gauge of future business investment rebounded, but sales of new US homes unexpectedly declined for
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      482 16 Worrisome that quantitative easing has had no impact WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Bloomberg [DAVOS, Switzerland] Central bankers in the developed world are “out of ammunition”, and quantita-tive-easing policies in the US are not achieving traction, said Stephen Roach, non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia.
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      Lock icon Balancing short-term, long-term interests
      601 16 [NEW YORK] If billionaires, bankers and politicians extract one insight from the World Economic Forum, let it be this: Western civilisation is on the verge of a catastrophic failure to balance its short-term and longterm interests. Market turmoil in Europe has eased a bit and the
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      345 16 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] German lawmakers reopened the Soffin bank-rescue fund to counter the threat of financial-institution failures during the debt crisis, after allaying lenders’ concerns that they would bear the brunt of the cost. Lower-house lawmakers in Berlin voted yesterday in favour of
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      600 16 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Talks on a debt swap to avert a Greek default were to resume yesterday as international policymakers squabbled over the mounting cost of the rescue. Charles Dallara and Jean Lemierre, negotiating on behalf of private creditors, were to return to
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      437 16 Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Inc posted a massive quarterly loss due to a break-up fee for its failed T-Mobile USA merger and other charges on top of costly subsidies for smartphones such as Apple Inc’s popular iPhone, sending its shares down on
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      853 15 For years, analysts have been pressing Apple for a plan to do something with the money AP Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Apple is worth US$415 billion, putting it neck and neck with ExxonMobil as the world’s most valuable company. But by standard Wall Street measures,
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      1306 15 The workers assembling Apple’s devices often labour in harsh conditions NYT [NEW YORK] In the last decade, Apple has become one of the mightiest, richest, and most successful companies in the world, in part by mastering global manufacturing. Apple and its high-technology peers
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      430 17  -  Royal Caribbean boss is all praise for design, facilities at new cruise terminal By LYNN KAN ROYAL Caribbean Cruises chairman and CEO Richard Fain has taken a look around the new but yet-to-be-launched International Cruise Terminal (ICT), and he likes
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      1194 17 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] Container ships can’t go any slower. Shipping lines are running out of options to stop losses as sailing speeds reach their lower limit, exhausting a solution that helped restore profitability in 2010. The global container fleet is now cruising
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      813 17 ILFC checking out Comac’s plans and its aircraft model Reuters [DUBLIN] China’s hopes of breaking the market stranglehold of Airbus and Boeing have received a boost from one of the world’s largest owners of aircraft, which predicts Beijing will succeed in building its own
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      440 17 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Published fares on carriers such as Delta Air Lines Inc and American Airlines appeared to jump by hundreds of dollars yesterday for some flights as a new US rule forces disclosure of mandatory taxes and fees in quoted prices.
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      259 17 SGX '000 Jan 26 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore 0.37 -0.01 45 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.22 0.01 30 Cosco Corp 1.18 -0.01 ***** S$ Ezra Hldgs 1.05 0.01 9319 First Ship Lea 0.23 unch 1333 Freight Links 0.06 unch 350 Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.60
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      477 18 EDITORIAL CONTRARY to all expert predictions at the start of the year, equity markets are performing well. Western markets like Wall Street and most of Europe have gained about 5 per cent in three weeks while Asian markets like Hong Kong are up 11 per
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      799 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 FORTY years ago, the arch-conservative American president Richard Nixon shocked his country and the world by visiting communist China, a country that the United
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      970 18  -  Existing tax incentives need to be fine-tuned to keep them relevant and useful By CHONG LEE SIANG The writer is partner, financial services tax at Ernst Young Solutions LLP SINGAPORE’S holistic approach in cultivating the fund management industry has been reaping rewards and the Singapore
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      1770 19  -  Perhaps it’s time to consider alternative adjudication mechanisms that serve to enhance confidence of all stakeholders By PHILIP FONG The writer is the managing partner of Harry Elias Partnership LLP. He can be contacted at philfong@harryelias. com. sg THE application for a court order
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      837 19  -  ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group A WEEK after President Barack Obama denied the application for the Keystone XL pipeline which would carry oil from Canada’s tar sands deposits in Alberta to US refineries along the Gulf of Mexico it’s
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      2904 20 Transaction date: Jan 26 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol Day Last Quote 112.5 92.5 AIMSAMPIReit 100.5cd unch 1223 100.5 100 100 100.5 2 10.2 446.1 Net M
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      184 21 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol Day ('000) High Low Last Quote Suyer Seller Div Gr Yld Cvr Net P/E M Cap Smil f0.6 17 16.5
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      6975 21 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0 *****/0 ***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia
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      197 21 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Low 47 25.5 Genting HK US$ US34.5 -0.5 ***** 36 34 34 34.5 2271.7 15 10 OGL Resources A$ A10 5 10 1.5 205 168 TanChongInt HK188
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      945 21 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 109.5 ABF SG Bond ETF 118 9 118 118 116.7 118.2 538.6 1261 856 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1018 +5 29 1019 1018 1017 1018 40.7 *****
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 22 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jan 25 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 867.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 2.5 -0.1 4.5 EAFE Preliminary 712.4 0.1 4.4 0.0 2.4 -0.1 4.4 Europe Preliminary 1064.4 -0.5 3.7
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      77 22 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jan 25 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 110.04 -0.13 WTI (Near Mth) 99.73 0.63 Dubai (1-Mth F) 108.15 0.28 Tapis blend 115.71 -0.03 Minas 114.21 -0.43 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 103.89 -1.05 Jet Kerosene 125.70 -0.70 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      106 22 As on 25 January 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT FEB2012 1702.50 1649.40 1699.80 347 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT MAR2012 1.0466 1.0394 1.0528 516 EUR-USD FUT MAR2012 1.3066 1.2830 1.3095 4796 USD-JPY FUT MAR2012 78.18 77.89 77.62 524 BASE METAL
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      150 22 Jan 26 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3(US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Feb 12 410.0 410.0 409.5 3 207 Mar 12 410.5 316 Apr 12 412.0 119 May 12 412.5 250 Jun 12 413.5 210 Jul 12 412.0 128 Aug 12
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      67 22 Jan 25 Jan 25 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 2217.75 2204.25 3 months 2252.00 2239.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 8371.00 8344.00 3 months 8384.00 8355.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2256.25 2224.25 3 months 2282.00 2250.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00
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      107 22 Jan 25 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 12 1213.50 1220.00 1226.25 1208.50 May 12 1222.75 1228.75 1235.00 1218.00 Jul 12 1232.50 1238.00 1244.50 1227.75 Aug 12 1230.25 1234.00 1236.00 1226.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 12 51.39
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      85 22 Jan 26 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****A 26-Apr-12 0.34 0.31 0.31 1-Year BY*****W 01-Nov-12 0.34 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01-Jul-13 102.79 102.83 102.83 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01-Apr-16 102.55
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      432 22 Jan 26 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Mar12 99.5250 0 816 Jun12 99.5200 0 2459 Sep12 99.5000 0 1780 Dec12 99.4800 0 779 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Mar12 99.6650 200 1841 Jun12 99.6650 0 1440 Sep12 99.6625 0 711 Dec12 99.6600 0 115 Mar13 99.6550
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      82 22 Jan 25 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Mar 12 1589 1584 1612/1571 May 12 1599 1595 1621/1584 Jul 12 1613 1610 1633/1596 Sep 12 1626 1623 1645/1609 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jan 12 1877 1876 1879/1879 Mar 12 1889 1888 1902/1875 May 12 1914 1911 1924/1900 Jul 12 1939
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      1211 22 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2 1 150 130 33.00 28 Prem Baker Technology Ltd W*****6 3.8 1 32 28 7.37 10 Best World Intl Ltd W*****5 2 1 30 105 7.80 18
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      470 22 Jan 26 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.066 6.741 0.812 8.258 53.156 95.361 0.825 11.947 3.238 1.296 95.968 45.616 1.338 8.414 0.980 31.886 33.376 0.679 1.064 Canada 0.938 6.325
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      64 22 Jan 26 |H»4| 1 mill rv.77.144 njir^r 2 mlh» ft ID UII'jIh 3 iwiii wssta emir* II 7B^fT7 0rt»9B smlt" D??W nsiH-r u vtim I iniie p?Mih SWAP OHtf rale* j nnh* 03M9K> 3 milii n :*Uk nt-h c sjrjr s'ssrr lit n »k* t ui.ih i ui U>,.
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      121 22 Jan 26 GOIO i.n *..n jn Kon'j Kuny IWS0 MM JUn li JLkAJi5 um#ii iid*9i ir Mtc* •frtl Source: Thomson Reuters 8511 ZS»i ivtiapw* 5nn io i uiU Ohf? L WOQCJl r .H AMU mi LW1> •»#0E i*« oulmCti m ■7f lllftc, U*J •Wl aiDi nuiSna "81(1-5 av>
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      60 22 Jan 26 WEE PJUJ nmiHES <RMIMT> lleWeri Upenin} Sell (.tenth Osnof Pnct At Price ('•oh Llih Vot Done Upon Positron 7<Sb tj SUi 313! 0 Vl«u j'iSU 103 I4fi6 War 1) 31V P m?p 31M n 3ir.n 1W7 ***** A;ri! ***** 3131,0 3165 0 ***** 8510 im* Way
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      24 22 Jan 26 Open High Sett STI Jan 2894.0 SIMSCI Jan 329.9 333.3 331.0 Taiwan Jan Source: SGX Derivatives Source: SGX Derivatives
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 22 Jan 26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2575 1.2577 2-months 1.2573 1.2576 3-months 1.2570 1.2572 6-months 1.2550 1.2554 Source: OCBC
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      156 22 Jan 26 Jan 26 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3377 1.3392 1.0638 1.0648 Canadian dollar 1.2552 1.2562 0.9982 0.9988 Euro 1.6485 1.6491 1.3109 1.3112 NZ dollar 1.0320 1.0333 0.8207 0.8216 Sterling pound 1.9700 1.9708
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      121 22 As at 9am Jan 26 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.368 1.303 Can dollar 1.28 1.231 Euro 1.684 1.62 Sterling pound 2.013 1.936 NZ dollar 1.059 1.009 US dollar 1.281 1.232 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      138 25 But Is The Book Better is on at The Arts House screening room till Feb 4, at various timings. Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. Call 6332-6900 or log on to www.theartshouse.com.sg for more information SPAM is on at The Substation Gallery on Jan 27, from 7.30 to
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      34 25 Spring Awakening is on at the Drama Centre Theatre from Feb 3 to 26, 8pm from Tuesdays to Sundays, with 3pm matinees on weekends. Tickets from $40 to $85 are available from www.sistic. com.sg
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      300 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Burning is acute with ring exploding (11) 10 Find disgusting flab, horrendous, admitted (5) 11 Advance over in push for glory (9) 12 Element of Japanese comics seen abroad (9) 13 Try for example by English squad leader (5) 14 City sleeps around lunchtime, empty (6)
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      27 26 The Tang Shipwreck: Gold and ceramics from Ninth Century China, is on exhibit at the Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place, from now until June 17. Tel: 6332-7798/6332-3275
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  • executive lifestyle
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      2951 28  -  Integrating lifestyle elements into arts villages such as in Old School, Wessex Estate and Goodman Arts Centre help kick it up a notch and keep things organic. Something the upcoming Gillman Barracks could take a leaf from, report NATALIE KOH and CHEAH UI-HOON NATALIE KOH CHEAH
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          Lock icon Which is better: The book or film adaptation?
          128 25 EVER watched a movie after reading the novel it was based on and thought to yourself that one is better than the other? This is just what The Arts House will be exploring with their latest monthly film series, But Is The
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          Lock icon Golden Age of Mexican cinema
          167 25 During the World War II, Mexico joined allies in the fight against Germany after German submarines attacked two Mexican oil tankers. Although the war meant resources were scarce, the Mexican film industry still survived and produced quality films. And from the war birthed the themes
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          Lock icon Experiment with SPAM
          108 25 Check out SPAM at The Substation’s monthly artist practice session, where new local performance artists make use of the gallery space to experiment with their fresh and edgy ideas. Run by the artists themselves, this session is meant as a platform for them to showcase and put
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          Lock icon All aboard an artists’ caravan
          109 25  -  Compiled by RACHEL LOI Artists from the independent arts collective called Artists Caravan will showcase their work for the first time at the Goodman Arts Centre in the Artists Caravan Exhibition. This will include the works of Chan Mei Hsien, Long Ying Han, Ong Xiao
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        Lock icon Rieslings hold court
        1303 25  -  Three vineyard owners shed light on their heady German ambrosia, writesN N K YONG THE growing interest in and the resultant popularity of German Rieslings received an additional boost by the presence of the owners of three of Germany’s greatest wine estates at Celebration Eighty-Five’s wine tastings
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        739 25  -  By NATALIE KOH PUBERTY is a trying time raging hormones, confusing changes in mind and body, questions surging through your brain that no one wants, or knows how, to answer. Most of the time, less eloquent parents simply cross their fingers and hope for
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        Lock icon Play out your racecar fantasies
        509 26  -  GAME REVIEW By CHRISTOPHER LIM CAR simulation games like Forza Motorsport 4 are particularly valuable in Singapore, where stratospheric prices have put premium models beyond the reach of most people. And if fantasy is what racing games are about, Forza 4 really delivers because while
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        Lock icon Boyle turns up trumps
        696 26  -  Among competition winners, Susan Boyle scales new heights, reviewsCHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHER LIM Gaining exposure through a television talent show’s an easy way to quickly become famous, but too many of these instant celebrities don’t have staying power. American Idol winners David Cook and Chris Daughtry, for example,
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        Lock icon Giselle soars in afterlife
        569 26  -  By LYNN KAN THE second half of Giselle could leave a man torn about whether it really is so bad to trample all over a woman’s heart. After all, the Paris Opera Ballet’s staging of the classic romantic ballet last week at the Esplanade Theatre showed
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        857 26  -  By MADHVI SUBRAHMANIAN THE Tang Treasures might be the greatest marine archaeological find of the 20th century, but their presence on land is now hotly debated by academics. If you missed the Smithsonian-curated exhibition at the Marina Bay Sands’ Art and Science Museum last year, there’s
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        706 26  -  By CHEAH MADHVI SUBRAHMANIAN CHEAH UI-HOON GIVEN the controversy surrounding the legitimacy of the Tang Treasures’ existence above water, should the Asian Civilisations Museum be showing this collection, and should it continue to travel? The Tang Treasures should definitely be exhibited, weighs in Professor John Miksic, associate
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        Lock icon Family trouble in paradise
        683 27  -  George Clooney, shorn of his movie-star aura, beleaguered by two rebellious teen daughters and an unfaithful wife, can only show Oscar-worthy mettle in The Descendants reviews GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU WITH natural beauty to spare, Hawaii is just about everyone’s idea of paradise on earth. It’s
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        Lock icon Flesh is weak in the cloister
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        Lock icon Taylor and Monroe still rule red carpets
        894 27  -  By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL AP IN THE Hollywood landscape of new, new, new, what really stands out is that today’s starlets still emulate the looks of classic screen beauties, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, who ruled the red carpet in the
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