The Business Times, 25 May 2012

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Friday, May 25, 2012
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  • 963 1  -  Struggling tech giant to axe 8% of global workforce By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY [SINGAPORE] Just eight months into her job Meg Whitman, Hewlett Packard’s (HP) CEO, announced that 8 per cent of the technology giant’s workforce would be laid off.
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  • 625 1  -  Reports say that new rules may stop DBS from taking majority stake in Danamon By EMILYN YAP [SINGAPORE] New reports about Bank Indonesia’s (BI) plans to cap bank ownership have cast more doubts on whether DBS Group’s bid for Bank Danamon will go
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 109 1 HST INDEX 2,779.53 (-0.89) EST INDEX FUTURES 2,780 (unch) GSIMSCI 317.03 (+0.33) GSIMSCI FUTURES 317.10 (+0.90) us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.279 (US$/S$ per 1.564 2.000 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.252 1.601 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 79.40 62.10 RM 3.157 2.468 HK$ 7.764 6.072 BAHT 31.65 24.75 RUPIAH
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    • 17 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.598 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 Source: Bloomberg
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    • 46 1 CORPORATE RESULTS Maybank Q1 profit up 18% to RM1.35b PAGE 21 ART ACT TO FOLLOW Hong Kong is burnishing its credentials as the premier city of the arts, raking in, with China, more than 40 per cent of the world’s auction moolah EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE, PAGE 44
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    • 29 1 WINE Time in a bottle PAGE 39 Shoebox units drive sales of properties worth less than S$1m in Q1 2012: For the full report, go to BTInvest at www.btinvest.com.sg.
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 855 2  -  Key proposal is tougher criteria for auditors of public interest entities By LYNETTE KHOO [SINGAPORE] Proposed changes to the Accountants Act will soon raise the bar for auditors of charities and listed companies and grant powers to the industry regulator to
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    • 311 2 Ownership caps may kill DBS bid NEW reports about Bank Indonesia’s plans to cap bank ownership have cast more doubts on whether DBS Group’s bid for Bank Danamon will go through. BI is likely to cap the maximum stake a single shareholder can own in Indonesia’s banks at
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    • 490 2  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI [SINGAPORE] Formula One (F1), which is looking to launch an initial public offering worth up to US$3 billion on the Singapore Exchange next month, is expected to offer stapled securities by bundling the shares with a
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    • 577 2  -  But analysts remain upbeat, expect more easing measures By VIRGINIE MANGIN in Beijing CHINA’S HSBC purchasing managers index contracted for the seventh consecutive month, adding to growing fears the slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy could actually be worse than expected.
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    • 383 2 He denies Chinese Estates bribed public works official Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Joseph Lau, the billionaire chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings will stand trial for bribery and money laundering in Macau in connection with a land purchase in the world’s biggest gambling hub.
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    • 462 2  -  By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] “Newbie” Hyflux’s power issues continue. The desalination group has apparently turned to the Public Utilities Board to get its okay for an almost one-fifth increase in upfront costs for Singapore’s second and largest desalination facility that it
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    • 594 4  -  He advises voters to consider candidate’s integrity, ability and commitment By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] It is the quality not just the quantity that counts when it comes to having alternative voices in parliament, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. He made this
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    • 587 4  -  Some voters in the constituency tell PAP candidate they want a change HOUGANG BY-ELECTION By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Some Hougang constituents have told Desmond Choo in the past few days of campaigning that they want change in their ward and the People’s
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    • 598 4  -  Party should explain why it is not fielding anyone from losing Aljunied team By LEE U-WEN [SINGAPORE] Workers’ Party (WP) chief Low Thia Khiang has questioned whether the People’s Action Party’s (PAP) Desmond Choo was the strongest candidate that the ruling
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 615 5  -  Company proposes 3 cent dividend to broaden shareholder pool By KENNETH LIM GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) reported stronger fourth-quarter earnings yesterday and said it remained upbeat about China’s domestic consumption growth. GLP, a developer and manager of logistics facilities for businesses like
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    • 290 5  -  By CARINE LEE GLOBAL Yellow Pages Ltd yesterday reported a 63.2 per cent fall in earnings to $4.24 million for the year ended March 31, 2012, and slashed its total dividend payout for the year to 0.2 cents per share. For the preceding financial
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    • 430 5  -  By JOYCE HOOI THE Hour Glass registered a record full-year net profit attributable to equity-hold-ers of $54.7 million a 29 per cent jump year-on-year driven by the double bonanza of record sales and widening gross margins. Correspondingly, earnings per share for the
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    • 858 7 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore should curb the increasing trend of so-called shoebox apartments because they are “almost inhuman”, said CapitaLand Ltd chief executive officer Liew Mun Leong. The government last week said it’s concerned that shoebox apartments are mushrooming in the country as private home sales
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    • 574 7  -  Drawback for market despite recent spike in new issues By KENNETH LIM THE Singapore dollar-de-nominated bond market remains hampered by a lack of investor depth despite a recent surge in issuance, market observers said. “Fitch Ratings expects issuance of SGD-denominat-ed bonds
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    • 490 8  -  Canadian stock regulator starts case against six former company executives By MALMINDERJIT SINGH EMBATTLED Chinese company Sino-Forest Corporation has got itself into more controversy. It said yesterday that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) in Canada has commenced proceedings against the company and six of
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    • 269 8  -  By CARINE LEE SKY China Petroleum Services, together with its partners, is acquiring Hisaka Holdings Ltd in a reverse takeover deal, valued at $192.5 million. The two Singaporelisted companies announced yesterday that Sky China will sell its stake in Wenling Xinghai Ocean Shipping
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    • 343 8 Reuters [LONDON] A fast track into China could be the deciding factor in the race to win backing from shareholders in the London Metal Exchange (LME), making Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s (HKEx) bid enticing. The London exchange has long sought to
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    • 252 8  -  By ARTHUR LEE IN a show of confidence in the US economy, Kwek Leng Beng is investing US$30 million in the first phase of a major upgrade for the Millennium UN Plaza Hotel New York. Mr Kwek, chairman of Millennium Copthorne Hotels
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 47 8 STAMFORD Land Corporation’s net profit for the financial year ended March 31, 2012, fell 11.2 per cent to $53.39 million. This translates to earnings per share of 6.18 cents, down from 6.96 cents. Turnover increased 93.9 per cent to $486 million.
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      • 34 8 HIAP Seng Engineering reported a net loss of $2.23 million for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012, despite a 21.3 per cent increase in turnover to $39.34 million.
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      • 43 8 PSL Holdings has secured two foundation engineering contracts worth almost $24 million. Work on these two projects one at the new Yale-NUS College and one for the expansion of an oil plant on Jurong Island have just started.
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      • 52 8 MEMSTAR Technology has secured a 60 million yuan (S$12 million) contract to supply membrane products for two wastewater treatment plants with total capacity of 260,000 cubic metres per day using Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology. The membrane products for the projects are to be supplied by
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      • 81 8 FRAGRANCE Group’s wholly owned subsidiary, Fragrance Realty Pte Ltd, has acquired Novena Ville for $131.52 million via a tender bid. The freehold property occupies a land area of 4,746.60 sq m and can potentially yield a gross floor area of 75,453 sq ft, including balcony. It
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      • 52 8 ASIASONS WFG Financial’s wholly owned subsidiary Asiasons WFG Securities Pte Ltd has commenced members’ voluntary winding up. The event is not expected to have any material impact on the net tangible asset or earnings per share of the group for the year ending Dec
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      • 63 8 Bloomberg LAS Vegas Sands Corp’s Singapore unit, Marina Bay Sands Pte, attracted Bank of China Ltd to its S$4.6 billion loan to refinance debt, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bank of China committed funds at the sub-underwriting level, joining Sumitomo Mitsui
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    • 277 8  -  By GLENN CHOO SINGAPORE’S talent pool of professional future traders is set to grow with a new professional traders development centre set up by Singapore Exchange (SGX) and UOB Bullion and Futures Limited (UOBBF). Located at UOBBF-Schneider Trading offices at UOB Plaza,
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 583 6  -  Early 10-point gain gives way to 0.89 of a point loss as market mirrors HK performance STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent POLITICAL bickering in Europe between France, Germany and Greece, a possible exit by Greece from the eurozone, and the contagion collapse this
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    • 66 6 May 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -944.00 +123.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +16.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -94.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 642.39 +0.92 FTSE ST Small Cap 419.76 +1.30 FTSE ST All Share 671.96 +0.10 FTSE ST China Top 192.53 +1.43 FTSE ST China 221.67 +1.17 FTSE
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    • 58 6 VOLUME GSH Corp 116,432,000 TT Intl 105,884,000 AddvalTech 54,141,000 Swee Hong 53,343,000 Noble Grp 52,952,000 NexGenSCom 52,604,000 Golden Agri 46,624,000 Sin Heng 45,189,000 Olam 39,473,000 Genting SP 35,151,000 VALUE($) Olam 67,094,580 Noble Grp 56,271,670 SingTel 54,484,180 Genting SP 52,959,775 DBS Grp 46,157,910 SembMar 36,739,920 Keppel Corp 35,913,540
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    • 186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 6 3 0 0 0 4 6 3 Manufacturing 52 39 32 6 8 7 58 47 39 Commerce 23 18 9 2 5 2 25 23 11 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 13 14
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    • 843 6  -  Compiled by JAMIE LEE Regional Exchanges DMG Partners Securities, May 24 WEAK securities market average daily turnover (ADT) is a bane for Asian exchanges, but Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) is most attractive among the lot. The re-surfacing of concerns in eurozone has led to recent weakness
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    • 119 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 16,518 16,518 54,945 54,945 Manufacturing 163,473 33,977 197,450 149,498 2,743 152,240 Commerce 388,755 5,624 394,379 199,752 535 200,288 Tpt/Stor/Comms 74,414 14,093 88,507 131,878 3,882 135,760 Finance 11,588 11,588 111,795 111,795 Construction 98,442 6,952 105,394 18,144
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    • 112 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.385 +0.020 CapitaLand 2.460 +0.030 CapitaMall 1.770 -0.030 CityDev 9.930 -0.070 ComfortDelGro 1.460 -0.010 DBS Grp 13.220 +0.090 F&N 6.400 -0.070 GLP 1.975 -0.010 Genting SP 1.500 -0.005 Golden Agri 0.645 -0.015 HK Land 5.790 +0.070 JMH 50.040 -0.020 JSH 31.120
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    • 490 6 Euro drops to nearly 2-yr low; yen up CURRENCIES Reuters [NEW YORK] The euro hit nearly two-year lows against the US dollar yesterday, declining for a third straight session as dour German economic data reminded investors that no country in the region was immune from the debt crisis. The German
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    • 113 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 66.5 0.4 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3886 38.4 0.8 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** 19.0 0.2 B Sembawang 457 17.0 3.9 OCBC Bk 853 13.0 1.5 IS MS India 100US$ 506 12.8 2.0 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2439 11.5 0.4 DBS Grp 1322 9.0
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    • 127 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 3189 -240.4 -5.6 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2114 -161.1 -5.6 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 8759 -67.8 -0.6 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -60.0 -0.6 JSH 3112 -56.3 -1.4 DBXT SPASX200 10US$ 2985 -47.3 -1.2 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1675 -40.9 -1.9 OCBC Bk 4.5%NCPS
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 477 9  -  With effect from July 1, they will see their gross wages rise by up to 15.8% By KELLY TAY NTUC FairPrice is working to live up to its name. In a bid to increase wages to what it deems a fair price, the supermarket
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    • 567 9  -  By GRACE LEONG THE Casino Regulatory Authority is reviewing the salary schemes of around 120 of its executive management and staff workers in an effort to attract talent to help strengthen its regulatory oversight of Singapore’s gaming industry. Details of the revised
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    • 573 9  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI BEING a family-friendly business is good for business, it seems. According to a survey by the Businesses for Families Council (BFC), nearly a third of businesses polled saw revenue jump by over 20 per cent, thanks to fami-ly-friendly initiatives. But it isn’t
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    • 373 10  -  The chip’s transfer speed is about 1,000 times faster than Bluetooth By EVE YEO IMAGINE transferring 80 MP3 music files (about 250MB) between mobile devices in a single second. Or transferring a two-hour, 8GB DVD movie in 30 seconds flat. Such transfer speeds
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    • 547 10  -  By MINDY TAN THERE is a heightened consciousness among builders to deliver their product in an environmentally conscious and considerate manner, evidenced in the bumper crop of 24 Green and Gracious Builder Awards handed out this year. The Building and Construction
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    • 387 10  -  By EVE YEO SALES from this year’s Great Singapore Sale (GSS) are targeted to top last year’s sales by 8-10 per cent, said the Singapore Retailers Association (SRA). Retail sales in June and July last year hit $6.1 billion, with 2.3 million visitor
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    • 944 12  -  East Asia Power is in a unique position to meet the needs of firms in the oil and gas industry, reports AMANDA EBER reportsAMANDA AMANDA EBER STEVEN Loh, managing director of East Asia Power Pte Ltd (EAP), used to panic whenever he had female visitors
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    • 1101 12  -  The merchandising display firm is set for further growth, reports RACHEL AU-YONG reportsRACHEL RACHEL AU-YONG CHANCES are that you are an indirect recipient of Euroswift Retail Creation’s services if you shop at NTUC Fairprice. The four-year-old company which tags itself as the “retailers’ creative workshop” specialises
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    • 499 12  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH SINGAPORE is signalling a strong interest in participating in China’s services sector as bilateral trade in services has grown nearly five-fold in the last decade. Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang will be leading a delegation
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  • BCA AWARDS
    • 1191 14  -  More awards 318, up from 261 last year presented as BCA steps up efforts to meet target of greening 80% of buildings by 2030 By JASMINE NG SINGAPORE has never been shy about embracing gleaming skyscrapers and glitzy glass-cased buildings, but these days, it is also
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    • 1205 14  -  By TAI LEE SIANG Tai Lee Siang is president of the Singapore Green Building Council SINGAPORE takes pride in being number one in many areas such as airline service, seaport facilities and airport. So why don’t we aim to be the greenest city in
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    • 1202 16  -  Environmentally sustainable buildings have now become the industry norm, where the concept used to be reserved for iconic structures By EDWIN LOH FREQUENT breezes sweep through the grounds as National University of Singapore (NUS) undergraduates study under the shade of trees at the Education Resource
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    • 975 16  -  By JASMINE NG BUSINESSES today are going green because it is essential in terms of business success, according to the Building and Construction Authority (BCA). Not only does greening one’s business make financial sense in terms of energy savings, it contributes to efficiency, productivity, innovation,
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    • 934 18  -  Thirteen firms won awards under the Best Practices and Innovations category By MINDY TAN LONG viewed as a conservative trade whose methods have seen little change, Singapore’s construction sector is upping the ante, with a technological boost. Civil engineering company Swee Hong Engineering Construction, for instance,
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    • 1547 18  -  By BEN HOPKINS Ben Hopkins is country manager (project management) at Savills (Singapore) Pte Ltd SINGAPORE is a good example of why new building developments should undertake environmentally sustainable practices when planning for the future. As a small island nation-state, Singapore
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 418 20 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand unveiled its toughest budget in 20 years yesterday, with no spending increase and moves to increase the tax take in the struggling economy, as it laid out a return to a budget surplus by 2015. The government said that
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    • 275 20 World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks from Indonesian experience AFP [TOKYO] Lessons learnt during the Asian financial crisis show that Europe must embrace both growth and austerity if it is to recover from it current economic woes, the World Bank
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    • 583 20 Economy stable but Greece’s prospects threaten euro area as a whole Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] German business confidence fell more than economists forecast in May as speculation that Greece might leave the euro area clouded the economic outlook. The Munich-based Ifo institute said yesterday
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 457 21  -  Earnings further boosted by contributions from Kim Eng Holdings By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYAN Banking Bhd (Maybank) has registered a profit after tax of RM1.35 billion for the first quarter to end-March, an 18 per cent improvement on the back
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    • 420 21 Move to boost liquidity by widening product range Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Bursa Malaysia Bhd, the nation’s exchange operator, plans to allow individual investors to start trading bonds on the bourse in the third quarter to boost liquidity in the market as
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    • 459 21  -  Pure gaming play to be created, with 80% payout policy By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur SHARES in Multi-Purpose Holdings (MPHB) leaped over 6 per cent to RM3.11 apiece yesterday on news that the gaming, finance and property conglomerate
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    • 2857 22 Deutsche Bank AG (Incorporated in Germany) Consolidated Financial Statements for 2011 Consolidated Balance Sheet in m. Notes 31.12.2011 31.12.2010 Assets: Cash and due from banks 15,928 17,157 Interest-earning deposits with banks 162,000 92,377 Central bank funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements 20, 21 25,773 20,365 Securities borrowed 20,
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 651 23 Weak liquidity, spike in borrowing costs, falling home prices taking toll: agencies Reuters [HONG KONG] The funding crisis for mainland Chinese property developers is intensifying, ratings agencies say, with real estate builders facing spiking borrowing costs and a limited ability to
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    • 470 23 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China’s economic growth will probably deteriorate this quarter and the odds are increasing that interest rates will be cut for the first time in more than three years, an Asian Development Bank senior economist said. Expansion may “approach” 7.5 per
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    • 608 23 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] India’s purchases of rupees to support the currency are stripping the financial system of cash, forcing lenders to borrow from the central bank at the fastest pace on record and adding pressure for monetary stimulus. Financial institutions borrowed 1.3
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    • 492 23 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Yuan traders are reconsidering a wide-ly-held assumption that the currency would appreciate 2-3 per cent this year as an unexpected worsening of global economic conditions and a slowdown in China drives investors towards safer havens. A debt crisis in the
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    • 426 25 Global slowdown and US tax credit cut may limit spending this year LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders for computers, machinery and other capital equipment dropped last month for a second month, pointing to a slowdown in US business investment. Bookings for
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    • 385 25 AFP [PARIS] International ratings agency Moody’s affirmed its top “AAA” rating on France yesterday but said that it would watch closely the policies of new President Francois Hollande who favours growth above austerity. Moody’s said that it maintained France’s top rating but kept the
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    • 419 25 No measures offered to help Greece out of messy euro exit AP AFP [BRUSSELS] European Union leaders concluded their latest summit early yesterday with few concrete steps to fix the continent’s festering financial crisis even as the potential for a messy Greek exit
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    • 256 26 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Lindt Spruengli AG, the world’s largest maker of premium chocolate, cannot seek a trademark for chocolate rabbits with a red ribbon, according to a ruling from the EU’s top court. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) backed an earlier refusal from
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    • 682 26 Both sides do battle in employing latest and most advanced technology AFP [HONG KONG] As billions of dollars pour into Asia’s gleaming casinos, they are becoming the front line of a sometimes hugely lucrative battle between cheats and the house, say experts.
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    • 962 28 Hollande’s proposed 75% tax may push wealthy French citizens to relocate Bloomberg [GENEVA] Switzerland is preparing for an influx of wealthy French emigres after Socialist Francois Hollande ousted Nicolas Sarkozy in presidential elections. Mr Hollande proposed a 75 per cent tax in February
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    • 568 29 Stock about 16 per cent below IPO price despite paring losses on Wednesday Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Ryan Cefalu, who lives with his wife and two kids in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, saw in Facebook’s much-anticipated initial public offering a chance to buffer
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    • 541 29 Reuters [NEW YORK] Electronic trader Knight Capital Group said it suffered a pre-tax loss of US$30 million to US$35 million on the botched Nasdaq trading debut of social media giant Facebook and is demanding that the exchange compensate that amount. The loss, which Knight
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    • 821 30 Shutdown of nuclear plants nationwide doubles gas’s share of power generation Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese companies are buying natural gas assets and fields around the world, setting the nation on course to be the first of the 10 largest energy users to bet
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 421 31  -  Mark Edwards to replace Georgie Ong who retires in June By VEN SREENIVASAN DUBAI-OWNED ground services giant dnata is eyeing the second major change in top management position at its Singapore operations in recent months. Yesterday, the group announced the appointment of Mark
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    • 482 31 Reuters [LONDON] BAE Systems has signed a £1.6 billion (S$3.2 billion) deal to supply Saudi Arabia with Hawk jets to train pilots to fly the Eurofighter Typhoon which it has already ordered from the UK company. The deal provides
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    • 405 31 [PETALING JAYA] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has secured buyers for the bonds it plans to issue, with most of the investors being gov-ernment-linked investment companies (GLICs), according to a newspaper report. Malaysia’s The Star quoted reliable sources as saying this will include the
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    • 329 31 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd, Australia’s second-ranked airline, will “fight it out” with Qantas Airways Ltd as the market leader adds 25,800 seats to major routes to defend its 65 per cent domestic market share. Virgin was not worried by falling airfares,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 472 32 EDITORIAL THEY listened to, and disagreed with, the radical wage reforms which former National Wages Council (NWC) chairman Lim Chong Yah had proposed a couple of months ago. All the more credit, then, to the current NWC for recognising the validity of a key
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    • 808 32  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group [MARION, Iowa] Sitting in the cab of a US$350,000 John Deere tractor pulling a US$150,000 Deere corn planter, Greg Carson embodies modern American agriculture. It’s capitalintensive, high-tech, efficient and now immensely profitable. Looking
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    • 1127 32  -  Some bent on making own rules and plotting against the central government ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent THE power vacuum that has formed at the centre of Japanese politics with the advent of “revolving door” prime ministers and a divided national parliament is producing
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    • 1280 33  -  The 2012 Olympiad in London has the mother of all commercial restrictions in place By ANNA TEO The writer is a senior correspondent with BT VEN before the 2012 Olympics get underway, the London Games have already set a record of sorts for the most stringent
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    • 832 33  -  By BAN KI-MOON Ban Ki-moon is secretary-general of the United Nations IHT TWENTY years ago, there was the Earth Summit. Gathering in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on an ambitious blueprint for a more secure future. They sought to balance the imperatives of robust
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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    • 7963 35 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha FundCI A!** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Asian Local Cxy SD Bond ....1.0015/ EM Local Cty Bond
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 601 36 May 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT 8537.99 8597.85 8496.61 Jun12 8570.00 8605.00 8475.00 8565.00 *****7 *****8 Sep12 8545.00 8585.00 8490.00 8555.00 187 ***** MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 254.90 256.23 252.97 May12 255.40 256.30 252.40 254.80 ***** *****3 Jun12 254.60 255.60
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    • 120 36 As on 23 May 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT JUN2012 1558.40 1535.90 1548.60 14 SILVER FUT JUL2012 27.385 27.385 27.530 10 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT JUN2012 .9751 .9695 .9690 1444 EUR-USD FUT JUN2012 1.2687 1.2579 1.2558 2642 BASE METAL
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    • 107 36 May 23 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 12 1362.50 1382.25 1382.75 1351.00 Aug 12 1342.50 1364.75 1364.75 1331.00 Sep 12 1295.00 1314.75 1315.50 1287.50 Nov 12 1257.75 1282.25 1282.00 1251.25 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 12 48.91
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    • 76 36 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS May 23 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.44 -2.63 WTI (Near Mth) 89.96 -1.27 Dubai (1-Mth F) 103.81 -1.13 Tapis blend 115.26 -1.05 Minas 115.06 -1.05 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 93.67 -0.66 Jet Kerosene 120.06 -1.40 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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    • 23 36 May 24 S$ S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2786 1.2789 2-months 1.2785 1.2788 3-months 1.2784 1.2787 6-months 1.2776 1.2779 Source: OCBC
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    • 65 36 May 23 May Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1969.25 1989.00 3 months 2009.00 2029.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7583.00 7792.00 3 months 7531.00 7739.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 1916.00 1952.25 3 months 1929.00 1965.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin(US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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    • 373 36 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 23 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 833.2 -1.5 0.4 -1.0 -1.7 -1.9 -0.4 EAFE Preliminary 662.8 -2.1 -2.8 -1.9 -6.0 -2.8 -4.7 Europe Preliminary 983.2 -2.5 -4.2
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    • 470 36 May 24 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.998 6.163 0.776 7.542 54.711 90.141 0.771 11.482 3.066 1.298 89.602 42.424 1.242 8.178 0.932 28.791 30.743 0.621 0.971 Canada 1.002 6.172
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    • 135 36 May 24 GOLD(US$/oz) May 23 May 24 Hong Kong 1565.00 1564.00 Mav 24 May 22 May 23 London 1588.95 1541.82 1589.78 1542.64 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR May 24 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 154 64 5gm 438 321 10gm
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    • 80 36 May 24 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****H 23-Aug-12 0.29 1-Year BY*****T 02-May-13 0.28 0.25 0.25 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0H 0.250 01-Feb-14 100.02 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 108.72 10-Year NX*****X
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    • 57 36 May 24 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jun 12 3020.0 3015.0 3060.0 3010.0 341 3835 Jul 12 3022.0 3019.0 3073.0 3003.0 3254 ***** Aug 12 3020.0 3019.0 3069.0 3000.0 ***** ***** Aug 12 3009.0 3010.0
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    • 154 36 May 24 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2419 1.2423 0.9713 0.9714 Canadian dollar 1.2435 1.2446 0.9726 0.9731 Euro 1.6006 1.6014 1.2518 1.2522 NZ dollar 0.9563 0.9578 0.7479 0.7489 Sterling pound 1.9999 2.0006 1.5641 1.5643
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    • 121 36 As at 9am May 24 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.274 1.214 Can dollar 1.274 1.214 Euro 1.643 1.565 Sterling pound 2.041 1.963 NZ dollar 0.987 0.940 US dollar 1.295 1.246 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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  • WINE/FASHION
    • 1287 39  -  Straddling two generations of Domaine Faiveley showed that the newer vintages were distinctly softer, less severe even user-friendly, writesN K YONG writesN writesN K YONG THE story of Faiveley may be multifaceted but it is single-minded. This is above all the story of a great wine
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    • 541 39  -  AUDI FASHION FESTIVAL 2012 By RACHEL AU-YONG ROLAND Mouret may be a designer that everyone wants a piece of, but he hasn’t always been on top of the world. In fact, things were once so dire that he could not even lay claim
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    • 515 39  -  By ANNA LEE SATURDAY’S show may have been Zac Posen’s debut in Asia, but it certainly did not disappoint the Asian crowd. The designer, fresh off the runway at New York fashion week, boasted more than 30 looks from both his Pre-Fall 2012 and Fall/Winter 2012 collection.
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  • ARTS
    • AroundTown
      • 339 40 Recording China: French artist Marc Rambeau returns for his sixth exhibition in Singapore, which will be held at the Societe Generale Gallery at Alliance Francaise. This collection of works were inspired by the painter’s trip to China back in the 1990s, where he discovered rice paper a material that
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      • Article, Illustration
        98 40 Gold Rush: Treasures Of The Ukraine: Discover the history of the Ukraine as it is told in an exhibition of historical treasures to be held at the National Museum of Singapore. See 260 pieces of artefacts that date back from the 8th century to the 19th century, and were
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      • 101 40  -  Compiled by RACHEL LOI Welcome To My World: Talent is not restricted by limitations in other areas that’s the message to take home from a special concert which will be held at the Kallang Theatre next weekend, performed entirely by people with disabilities, either from special needs schools, organisations
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    • 1003 40  -  SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2012 By TAN TECK HENG ALARM bells usually go off for theatregoers when the word “intercultural” is used to describe a production that allegedly blends “traditional and contemporary art forms”. But Lear Dreaming TheatreWorks artistic director Ong Keng Sen’s Singapore Arts Festival offering
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    • 898 40  -  Malaysian artist Marion D’Cruz reaches forward while looking back, writes CHEAH UI-HOON writesCHEAH CHEAH UI-HOON I F there’s any work that exemplifies the new format for the Esplanade’s forum for arts practitioners, ConversAsians a format that aims to bring the audience up close and personal with
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    • 419 40  -  By HELMI YUSOF A VIRAL apocalypse. A vampire invasion. Singapore as the final battleground between human survivors and terrifying bloodsuckers the premise of theatrical production They Only Come Out At Night: Pan- demic (right) promised so very much. But in the end you only got to
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    • 575 40  -  By DYLAN TAN End of the Road’s conceptual jukebox musical theatre is perhaps best described as Glee 2046 with its abstract rumination on mortality told through the lyrics of the songs performed by a cast of senior citizens. It’s the third collaboration between the two Northampton-based
      LITTLE RED ANTS CREATIVE STUDIO  -  575 words

  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 669 41  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM IN spite of the many times Japanese pianist Hiromi leapt up to play the grand piano with one hand and her synthesizer with the other, while tossing her plume of hair in adrenaline-fuelled abandon, Hiromi’s concert here on Tuesday night was unexpectedly introspective
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    • 826 41  -  YouTube has brought Singapore’s Music Matters Live festival to the world, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM By CHRISTOPHER LIM IN spite of only being in its second year, Music Matters Live the three-day festival that runs parallel to the Digital Matters and Music Matters conferences has pulled
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    • Article, Illustration
      495 41  -  By DYLAN TAN FANS of The Jesus and Mary Chain (right) worried about not getting their money’s worth at the band’s first ever performance in Singapore tomorrow night can rest easy. The Internet might be rife with stories about their infamous 20-minute shows but singer Jim Reid says
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    • 430 41  -  By LEE KIM SIANG HOSTILE takeovers take on a whole new meaning in the rebooted Syndicate. Instead of a top-down-view shooter, the game has been reimagined as a first-person shooter. In the world of 2069, mega-cor-porations known as syndicates have become so large and powerful that they have
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  • CINEMA/TV
    • 783 42  -  By CHRISTOPHER LIM WHEN you’ve become used to the parade of unlikeable characters in Game of Thrones, the introduction of a sensible, decent, low-key and plainly likeable character like Davos Seaworth makes you fear for his longevity. After all, the nicest fellows in this fantasy cable
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    • 641 42  -  Josh Brolin steals scenes from motormouth Will Smith, and about time, writes DYLAN TAN writesDYLAN DYLAN TAN A DECADE and a half in, the Men in Black (MIB) franchise is clearly showing its age, and not just because early in this belated second sequel, Tommy Lee Jones’s
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    • 605 42  -  By GEOFFREY EU LITERARY references and pseudo-philosophical reflections on the meaning of life emanate from unlikely sources in The Hedgehog, a movie that tackles a dark and difficult theme (a young girl’s impending suicide) by lifting it out of the shadows and portraying it in
      CATHAY-KERIS FILMS  -  605 words
    • 562 42  -  By DYLAN TAN AS the second-generation owner of a pawn shop, Rick Harrison has customers bring all sorts of items televisions, DVD players, jewellery, cars, power tools into his 24-hour store but his biggest peeve remains that fake Rolex he sees at least once
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