The Business Times, 23 November 2013

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    18 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg NOVEMBER 23-24, 2013 S$1.00| MCI (P) 086/08/2013 Sffll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon Looking ahead to the Civic and Cultural District by the Bay
    812 1  -  Empress Place, Esplanade Park enhancements, existing roads to pedestrian paths by 2015 By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore THE civic and cultural district, home to the former Supreme Court and City Hall Buildings, the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) and The
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    Lock icon Changi Airport consortium scores US$8.3b Rio deal
    335 1 Winning group will expand Galeão airport before 2016 Olympics Reuters Sao Paulo IN what is possibly the biggest ever deal involving a Singapore entity, Brazil yesterday awarded an US$8.3 billion concession to a consortium that includes Changi Airport Group to expand and run
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Yen slides as Japan sticks to economic targets
      596 2  -  Currency hits a four-month low of 101.36 to the greenback, after BOJ chief vows to act if inflation target is threatened By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE yen slid to a four-month low against the US dollar yesterday, as market conviction grew
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    • MARKETS
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        58 2 GSTI 3,172.85 (+0.47) GSTI FUTURES 3,173.00 (+1.00) GSIMSCI 366.73 (+0.75) GSIMSCI FUTURES 366.70 (+0.80) Friday Change KL COMP 1,794.52 -0.13 NIKKEI 225 15,381.72 +16.12 HANG SENG 23,696.28 +115.99 SET 1,359.07 -16.79 JAKARTA 4,317.96 -8.25 MANILA 6,084.84 -38.05 KOSPI 2,006.23 +12.45 SHENZHEN B 862.25 +0.40 MUMBAI IND 20,217.39 -11.66 11am
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.747 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.75 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.250 (US$/S$ per 1.621 2.027 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.350 1.687 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 101.00 80.80 RM 3.216 2.573 HK$ 7.753 6.203 BAHT 31.84 25.47 RUPIAH 11,728 9,383 RENMINBI 6.094 4.875 INDIAN RUPEE 62.93 50.35 A$ 1.088 0.870 NZ$ 1.216 0.973
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      Lock icon More Singaporeans succumbing to money mule temptation
      827 4  -  Number of cases spikes to 1 33, involving $1 5.5m, in first 9 months up from 93 involving $24.6m in whole of 201 2 By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore THERE has been a spike in the number of Singaporeans acting as money
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      Lock icon Odd job worker jailed 4 1/2 years for being a mule
      242 4  -  He received monies totalling $1 .25m and got $1 0,400 for his role By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg Singapore IN April 2012, Ngiam Kok Min, a 45-year-old Singaporean odd job worker, was approached by Chua Gek Choo, Diana Nicole,
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      Lock icon Electricity market revolution on the way
      721 6  -  Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore predicts cheaper power for home-users By Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore RESIDENTIAL consumers could be looking at the option of buying electricity from green energy retailers once regulations are in place to allow intermittent energy sources to supply more power
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      Lock icon Clash in Cotai draws boxing fans despite record ticket prices
      690 6  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Macau THE fact that ticket prices were the most expensive in Macau’s history didn’t seem to faze scores of boxing fans from around the world, with the most ardent ones shelling out US$3,000 each for the
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      Lock icon Showcasing S’pore fashion design globally
      1222 7 Textile Fashion Federation (Singapore) continues to promote local creations by sending designers to industry trade shows NYT New York SILVERY skinny jeans from Dzojchen, the fashion label created by Chelsea Scott-Blackhall, hung from a long rack like drying fish one morning in late September in
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      48 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Companies 10-13 S’pore Markets 13 Singapore 14-15 World 17-20 Stocks Stats 21-25 Perspective 26-27 Crosswords 27 Wealth 28-31 LIVING Travel L2-4 Dining L5-7 Personal Space L8-9 Shopping L10-11 Health, Wellness L12-13 Motoring L14-15 Golf L16 Househunt 30 Real Estate 31
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      386 5 ProsceniuM at Rockwell The Proscenium will serve as an expansion of the Rockwell Lifestyle, continuing the promise of comfort and convenience to all its residents. Adding 3.6 hectares to the Rockwell Center, a pedestrian walk bridge will connect Power Plant Mall to the Proscenium. MASTER PLAN Rockwell Exceptional dwelling places
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Aiming for touchdown
      2843 8 / 9  -  IO boss George Slessman looks to re-imagine data centres for a more sustainable future. By Amit Roy Choudhury By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg IF you are driving from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and are not sure of the distance, you can do a Google search. It will
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Straits Trading aims to set up Blackstone-style property funds
      709 10 Asia’s ageing population seen giving a boost to Reits, which offer a steady form of income Bloomberg Singapore STRAITS Trading Co, an investor in Singapore’s biggest publicly traded property trust manager, is planning “Blackstone-like” funds as Asia’s appetite for real estate
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      Lock icon Turn on the tap – show what’s brewing in Myanmar
      750 10  - Turn on the tap show what’s brewing in Myanmar HOCK LOCK SIEW By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore LOOKING at Fraser and Neave’s (F&N) latest results announcement, one would think that all is fine and dandy at its Myanmar Brewery business. But there is more than just beer brewing in that
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      Lock icon Aussino halves after it gets SGX delisting notice
      607 11  -  Remaining minority shareholders seen ‘scrambling for the exit’: trader By Lisa Lee lisalcc@sph.com.sg Singapore SHARES in Aussino Group plunged 50 per cent to a new low of 3.6 cents yesterday, after the Singapore Exchange (SGX) issued a delisting notification to the bedlinen
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      Lock icon Guthrie to be delisted on Monday
      250 11  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore GUTHRIE GTS, which has been taken private by Indonesian businessmen Anthoni Salim and Putra Masagung, will be delisted from the Singapore Exchange at 9am on Monday. “The compulsory acquisition has been completed on Nov 22. Guthrie has become a
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      Lock icon SGX chief regulatory and risk officer to retire
      486 11  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore FOR more than nine years, Yeo Lian Sim stood guard over the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as its top risk and regulatory officer. She will step down at year-end, but filling her shoes is such a gargantuan task
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      Lock icon Wall St’s all-time high fails to rouse local bourse
      620 12  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent Though the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed for the first time in history above 16,000 on hursday, the local stock market did not welcome the news, with the Straits Times Index trading in the red
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      226 12 VOL CLOSE MDR 145 908 0.9 0 0 0 0 Auss i no 84 1 37 3.6 3 6 50 0 S i ngHa i yi 38 476 2 2 0 0 0 0 HPH Trust US$ 36 788 68 0 0 0 0 KLW H l
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      112 12 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.030 +0.030 CapitaLand 3.030 -0.020 CapitaMall 1.950 -0.005 CityDev 10.01 +0.020 ComfortDelGro 1.940 +0.030 DBS Grp 17.09 +0.100 GLP 2.980 +0.020 Genting SP 1.435 +0.010 Golden Agri 0.585 +0.005 HK Land 6.030 -0.070 HPH Trust US$ 0.680 JMH 52.06 -0.980 JSH 32.20 -0.500
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      Lock icon Running for good
      201 12  -  By Joseph Nair SOME 8,000 runners ran around Marina Bay yesterday as the sun set in the SGX Bull Charge 2013, the 10th instalment of the annual charity event. Corporate running shirts were paired with horned caps, balloons and for some participants, red matador capes that flapped
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      65 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP Lyxor China H 10US$ 1547 37.5 2.0 Lyxor Nasdaq100 10US 1364 27.5 1.6 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 20.0 0.2 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1201 11.3 0.8 DBS Grp 1709 10.0 0.6 DBXT MSCHINA 10US$ 1297 10.0 0.6 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 10.0
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      58 12 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** -697.3 -4.3 JMH 5206 -122.5 -1.8 JSH 3220 -62.5 -1.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2682 -30.0 -0.9 GLD 10US$ ***** -30.0 -0.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2450 -22.5 -0.7 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$ 790 -20.0 -2.0 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1934 -20.0 -0.8 Isetan
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      Lock icon KepLand realises $149m net gain from stake sale
      352 13  -  51% holding in Jakarta Garden City township sold to PT Modernland for 2.294t rupiah By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore KEPPEL Land has completed the divestment of its 51 per cent shareholding in Jakarta Garden City. Based on a sale consideration of about
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      Lock icon HK firm exits Biosensors for US$312.3m
      317 13  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg Singapore SHANDONG Weigao will be selling its entire 21.7 per cent stake in Singapore medical devices firm Biosensors International Group for US$312.3 million, because of increasing competition in China and its intention to focus on its main businesses. Shandong Weigao,
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      Lock icon CAO beefs up Los Angeles team
      147 13 Reuters Singapore CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO), Asia’s top jet fuel buyer, has recruited Randall Chin as a vice-president for supply and trading to spearhead its trading business in its Los Angeles office, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday. Prior to joining CAO, Mr
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Facing new media’s challenges
      580 14  -  Anti-establishment element will always be inherent, says PM Lee at The Zaobao Forum By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg THERE will always be an antiestablishment element in a new media environment, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a forum last night. He said that to get the
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      Lock icon Mapletree tops bids for Tai Seng site
      514 14  -  By Ong Chor Hao ongch@sph.com.sg A UNIT of Mapletree Investments has put in the highest offer out of seven bidders for a plum 11.8-hectare industrial site next to Tai Seng MRT station. Mapletree Trustee placed a bid of $120.1 million, or $270.57 per
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      Lock icon Feedback sought on proposals to rein in illegal tour guides
      340 14  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) are seeking feedback on suggested changes to the STB Act aimed at raising the standards of tour guides in Singapore and introducing tougher
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      Lock icon Govt agencies, SBF deny link with award
      681 15  -  Spring and IE send lawyer’s letter to SQBA asking it to stop using their logos and names in marketing material By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg TWO government agencies and Singapore’s largest business chamber have come out to deny any association with an award called
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      Lock icon Wine and bytes at BT Luxe night
      219 15  -  By Arthur Lee arthurl@sph.com.sg ABOUT 100 senior executives turned up at “The Business Times Luxe” event on Thursday evening to listen to what makes a fine wine and also taste some at the Fullerton Hotel. Five winning wines from the inaugural “Business Times
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Private banks in Asia face profit crunch
      514 17 Either they bulk up or get out, given the thin profit margins for minnows Reuters Singapore THE planned sale of Societe Generale’s Asian private bank, for which final bids are due next week, underscores how high costs are pushing smaller players in the
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    • Briefing
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        Lock icon China set to become Asian leader in foreign M&As
        114 17 Reuters Hong KongChina is set to become Asia’s leader in outbound corporate acquisitions this year, ending Japan’s two-year reign, as the country’s appetite for overseas targets expands beyond natural resources and into areas such as food and banking. China’s biggest companies
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        Lock icon China revises rules to monitor cross-border forex deals
        77 17 Reuters Beijing China has revised rules for local individuals and firms to report cross-border financial deals besides overseas assets and debts, the Cabinet said yesterday a step that analysts say aims to monitor cross-border money flows. Foreigners and foreign firms who make
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        Lock icon EU launches antitrust probe into container shipping firms
        87 17 AFP Brussels The European Commission has launched an antitrust probe into several unnamed container shipping companies to see if they have acted in concert to rig the market, it said yesterday. The probe will focus on companies shipping containers on specific scheduled
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        Lock icon WTO chief hopeful of global trade reform deal within days
        100 17 Reuters Geneva The World Trade Organization (WTO) may agree on its first worldwide trade reform package before the end of the weekend, di-rector-general Roberto Azevedo said yesterday. The deal, if sealed, would streamline customs procedures worldwide, making bor-der-crossing processes more
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        Lock icon China to order more disclosure on shadow bank products
        97 17 Reuters Beijing The China Banking Regula -tory Commission (CBRC) will require banks to report detailed information on their holdings of wealth management products (WMPs) beginning in 2014, sources with direct knowledge of the new regulations told Reuters yesterday. WMPs are short-
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        Lock icon Top European banks’ legal bills cross US$77b as probes widen
        99 17 Bloomberg FrankfurtEurope’s biggest banks, led by Lloyds Banking Group and Deutsche Bank, have racked up more than US$77 billion in legal costs since the financial crisis five times their combined profit last year. Since September 2008, the 18 banks with
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      Lock icon US court orders Samsung to pay Apple US$290m
      749 18 Disappointed Korean firm says it’ll go ahead with post-trial motion and appeal AFP San Jose A US federal jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay US$290 million in damages to Apple in a partial retrial of a blockbuster patent case involving the
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      Lock icon Switzerland seeks EU deal on tax evasion
      261 18 AFP Geneva SWITZERLAND wants “to settle the past” with the EU and begin settling disputes over Swiss bank accounts hidden from European tax authorities. “We want to reach an overall deal with the EU,” Swiss finance minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf told a workshop on
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      Lock icon Foxconn to invest US$40m in US
      329 18 Move will create around 500 jobs in Pennsylvania’s capital AFP Washington TAIWAN’S Foxconn, maker of iPhones, iPads and other electronics in China, said on Thursday that it would invest US$40 million in the United States to ramp up manufacturing of high-end products. The world’s
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      Lock icon Mining firm Eramet blames nickel crisis for huge losses
      250 19 AFP Noumea, New Caledonia THE chief executive of French mining group Eramet has blamed a “violent crisis” gripping the world nickel market for “huge” losses at a subsidiary, and said that conditions are unlikely to improve for two years. Patrick Buffet
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      Lock icon Jakarta, Aussie spy claim tension spreads to corporate world
      474 19 State-owned firm in Indonesia suspends talks with Australian cattle ranchers Reuters Jakarta RISING diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia spread into the corporate world yesterday, after a state-owned Indonesian firm suspended talks with Australian cattle ranchers, citing trust issues between the
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      Lock icon Novartis starts US$5b buyback
      283 19 But drugmaker is silent on any plans to revamp operations Reuters Zurich Swiss drugmaker Novartis offered a sweetener to investors yesterday by starting a US$5 billion share buyback programme, but shied away from announcing any radical surgery to its structure. The Basel-based pharmaceutical firm is carrying
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      Lock icon Ex-RBI deputy chief sees further rupee slide
      523 20  -  Subir Gokarn cites early tapering by the US Federal Reserve but adds the fall would be less than this year’s 20% drop By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore A FORMER monetary policymaker of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that the rupee
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      Lock icon China frees up consumer finance sector
      221 20 Reuters Shanghai CHINA’S banking regulator expanded a pilot programme for the establishment of consumer finance companies yesterday, part of a broader effort to liberalise the financial system and promote a greater role for consumption in driving economic growth. The new rules from the China
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      Lock icon Military chiefs decide F-35 stealth jets best for Seoul
      301 20 Reuters Seoul SOUTH Korea will buy 40 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 stealth fighter jets, with the first delivery expected in 2018, settling a drawn-out process to beef up the country’s defences. A joint chiefs of staff meeting yesterday agreed that South
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  • SGX
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      8081 21 Transaction date: Nov 22 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 15 11.5 8Telecom 12.5 11.5 15 10.6 0.9 10.3 59.9 20 3.2 A-Sonic 10.5 +0.1 2653 10.6 10.4 10.4 10.5 1.2
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      1863 24 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 37 17.3 t 3Cnergy 500 32 28 30.5 31.5 27.5 17.1 t 800 Super 25 22.5 25 3.2 4 7.8 44.7 6.2 2.8 t AA
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 24 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 4 4 0 0 0 5 4 4 Manufacturing 41 44 42 4 3 14 45 47 56 Commerce 14 24 18 4 6 3 18 30 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 19 8 10
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      814 24 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Nov 18 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Blumont 20-Nov-13 Neo Kim Hock *Sell ***** 0.11 *****9 4.74 *****9 4.20 First REIT 20-Nov-13 Ronnie Tan
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 24 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 9,183 9,183 59,991 59,991 Manufacturing 146,560 44,662 191,222 86,735 1,663 88,398 Commerce 172,343 86,432 258,775 63,613 5,303 68,916 Tpt/Stor/Comms 92,351 11,740 104,091 131,715 1,536 133,250 Finance 39,665 530 40,195 100,312 147 100,458 Construction 31,925 28,408
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  • MARKETS
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      94 25 Nov 21 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 13 1770 1783 1784 1764 Mar 14 1770 1782 1783 1760 May 14 1764 1775 1775 1753 Jul 14 1758 1769 1767 1749 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Nov 13 1587 1567 1572 1572 Jan 14 1599 1579 1609 1579
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      Lock icon METALS
      65 25 Nov 22 GOLD(US$/oz) Nov 22 Nov 21 Hong Kong 1254.00 1255.00 Nov 21 Nov 20 London 1241.56 1263.29 1242.33 1264.21 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 25.43 24.65 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Nov 21 Close Previous PM Fix 1393.00 1404.00 AM Fix 1400.00 1410.00 Source:
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 25 Nov 22 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 13 2665.0 2653.0 2667.0 2635.0 253 4526 Jan 14 2679.0 2652.0 2688.0 2630.0 6436 ***** Feb 14 2679.0 2653.0 2692.0 2631.0 ***** ***** Mar 14 2671.0 2652.0
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      82 25 Nov 22 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 6-Month BS*****A 16-May-14 0.27 1-Year BY*****T 31-Oct-14 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.82 5-Year N*****0T 0.5 01-Apr-18 99.59 10-Year NX*****H 2.750 01-Jul-23
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 25 Nov 22 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1488 1.1497 0.9193 0.9197 Canadian dollar 1.1852 1.1857 0.9485 0.9484 Euro 1.6866 1.6874 1.3496 1.3498 NZ dollar 1.0271 1.0278 0.8219 0.8222 Sterling pound 2.0260 2.0273 1.6212 1.6217
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      118 25 Nov 22 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.181 1.125 Can dollar 1.210 1.164 Euro 1.724 1.642 Sterling pound 2.061 1.982 NZ dollar 1.052 1.012 US dollar 1.275 1.215 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      104 25 Nov 21 SOYBEANS(5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 14 1291.50 1273.75 1292.50 1275.25 Mar 14 1279.75 1264.25 1280.75 1265.00 May 14 1266.00 1254.00 1266.75 1255.50 Jul 14 1260.75 1250.25 1261.25 1251.50 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 13 41.54 40.32 41.81 40.27
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    • STOCK MARKETS
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      72 25 Nov 21 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1735.50 1735.50 3 months 1781.00 1781.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6989.75 6989.75 3 months 6996.00 6996.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2075.75 2075.75 3 months 2097.00 2097.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      373 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 21 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1153.6 0.4 23.0 0.7 23.4 0.2 20.6 EAFE Preliminary 937.0 0.1 21.0 0.2 19.0 -0.3 16.4 Europe Preliminary 1335.2 -0.1 16.4
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      347 26 / 27 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘I’m not sure could either be the price or artist’s phone number CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 They tend to bring up unrelated issues (6,7) 10 Foreigner, one with a Latin derivation, perhaps (7) 11 A bad-tempered pet (7) 12 Smooth metal (4) 13 Costume that’s hard to
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      1209 28 US investors are lured by a market near record highs and stung by bond losses that may deepen with high interest rates Bloomberg Boston INVESTORS are pouring more money into stock mutual funds in the US than they have in 13 years,
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        331 30 The company is eyeing cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, says its chief executive Bloomberg Berlin THE Dorchester Collection is seeking to add to a group of hotels that have hosted Queen Elizabeth II in London and
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        763 30 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN OCT 16 AND OCT 22, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 4 LANDED Cove Way 4-Det 18/10/2013 99 ***** ***** 1716 NON-LANDED Teresa Ville Apt 18/10/2013 FH
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        845 31 Move prompted by Beijing’s urbanisation drive as it eases one-child policy, residency rules for migrant workers Reuters Hong Kong CHINESE developers such as China Overseas Land Investment and Country Garden Holdings Company are likely to build bigger apartments in smaller cities to take advantage of
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        498 31 AP Winter Haven, Florida WHILE shovelling a ceremonial scoop of Lego bricks, Legoland Florida executives announced on Thursday that the theme park will build a 152-room hotel on its property by 2015. The news is significant for both the theme park and
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      67 1 TRAVEL GETS TECH SAVVY Sky’s the limit for agencies tapping WiFi and apps L2-4 DINING Ku De Ta’s culinary coup in Bangkok L5 LivingBTTHE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND NOVEMBER 23 24 2013 HOME GARDEN Accent on furniture from Milan L8-9 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: HYRIE RAHMAT SHOPPING Robinsons’ game-changing revamp L10 STYLE Jaeger-LeCoultre
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        1220 2 / 3  -  Travel firms go high-tech to give customers a whole new worldview. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg COMPLIMENTARY WiFi connectivity on a travel coach may not sound like a big deal, but it can make the difference between hashtagging a picture as an
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        1033 5  -  After morphing from breezy Bali beach bar to swanky Marina Bay Sands nightclub, Ku De Ta opened a bigger and bolder Bangkok offshoot this month. Debbie Yong checks in Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg REMEMBER the last time you were in Bangkok? When you got all dressed up
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        1027 6 / 7  -  By Debbie Yong, Rachel Loi debyong@sph.com.sg rachloi@sph.com. sg SuperNature 583 Orchard Road #B1 -05/09 Forum The Shopping Mall Z6304 1338 Hours: 10am 7.30pm daily THE leading purveyor of organic and health foods upped from its rather under-the-radar Park House digs a month ago and re-opened in
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        1034 8 / 9  -  Clyde and Sharon Lee travelled all the way to Milan to shop for furniture for their Cairnhill home. personal space By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to furnishing the home, most people head to the local furniture stores. Clyde Lee and Sharon Yee went a
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        771 10  -  Demand for Jaeger-LeCoultre’s intricate watches outpaces supply. By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg AJAEGER-LECOULTRE for aspiring collectors and watch aficionados that’s what the brand’s new chief executive officer Daniel Riedo is aiming for. Since taking on the role in July this year, the over-demand and under-supply of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s luxurious timepieces
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        1104 11  -  The new Robinsons Orchard isn’t about a shopping institution’s makeover. It redefines the concept of the dated department store. By May Yip By May Yip IT’S been a tale of modern-day consumerism, a historical shopping haven aimed at filling the emotional and sartorial void of any
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        1231 12  -  It is important to distinguish white-coat hypertension from real hypertension and consider whether it should be treated Michael Lim ~Dr Lim is medical director at the Singapore Heart, Stroke Cancer Centre. He is also editor-in-chief, Heart Asia (a journal of the British Medical Journal Publishing Group);
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        654 14  -  performerThe diesel-engined Mercedes-Benz A220 CDI is a luxury hatch that sips fuel. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg HIGH torque, low consumption and a slick automatic transmission to smoothen out the punchy performance all these are making the diesel-engined car more and more attractive even with the
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        569 15  -  This year’s Tokyo Motor Show is more upbeat than the last two. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE 43rd Tokyo Motor Show is brighter and busier, with mostly small and cheerful models focusing on efficient packaging and performance. The last two editions of this once prestigious automotive showcase were
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        794 16  -  Lee Westwood and Nick Faldo were in town recently to dish out golfing techniques to enthusiasts. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss WHEN one former and two current golfing greats arrived here recently to conduct private golf clinics, they were just three in
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