The Business Times, 18 September 2015

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    33 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 q:h A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg [3 D@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, September 18,2015
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    28 1 MARKETS Thursday Change STI 2,895.81 +27.07 KL COMP 1,681.54 +34.39 NIKKEI 225 18,432.27 +260.67 HANG SENG 21,854.63 -112.03 SHENZHEN B 1,029.86 -16.76 DOW (11.45am EDT) 16,751.42 +11.47
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    180 1 South Korea’s National Pension Service, which manages about 496.2 trillion won (S$596.9 billion), officially opens its first Asian overseas office in Singapore. TOP STORIES 2 Japan’s exports slow for a second straight month in August in a worrying sign that China’s economic slowdown could deal a damaging blow
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    Lock icon August export contraction points further to technical recession
    727 1  -  Drop of 8.4% sharper than expected; but some analysts see SG50 celebrations boosting Q3 services sector and GE lifting domestic spending By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com @PeckmingBT Singapore AUGUST’S non-oil domestic exports fell more than expected and the underperformance is the latest
    Source: IE Singapore  -  727 words
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    Lock icon Haze puts Indonesia pulpwood plantations in a hot spot
    1511 1  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE haze is back, and along with it the witch-hunt for culprits reminiscent of the days in June 2013 when smog from raging forest fires in Indonesia last enveloped the region in an unwelcomed hug.
    Source: Global Forest Watch; Compiled byBT; PHOTO: AFP  -  1,511 words
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      64 1 8 "*****1 *****4 ARTS AND HERITAGE The gift of space LIFESTYLE 29 SGX CLOSING PRICES in response to growing interest in stock investing, BT is collaborating with SGX to publish closing prices of SGX-listed stocks in the Companies and Markets section/ PAGE 13 T NICOLE KIDMAN'S CHOICE o OMEGA 9712
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      22 1 ON THE BLOCK CPF Board initiates sale of building top stories 2 CHINA SITUATION Market has over-reacted: DBS chief COMPANIES MARKETS 12
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      20 1 ONLINE ONLY Read Boardroom Matters, a series of articles from the Singapore Institute of Directors, on BTInvest every Friday btd.sg/BMatters
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon CPF Board launches public tender to sell Robinson Rd building
      652 2  -  No indicative price given, but market watchers estimate that the building should fetch over S$450m By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE Central Provident Fund Board has initiated the sale of its iconic building in Robinson Road via a public
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      Lock icon South Korea state pension fund opens Singapore office
      576 2  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore SOUTH Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), which manages about 496.2 trillion won (S$ 596.9 billion), officially opened its first Asian overseas office in Singapore on Thursday as it seeks to capitalise on the Republic’s regional financial
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      Lock icon Anheuser-Busch InBev eyes SABMiller in potential mega takeover
      609 2 BEER SLUGFEST REUTERS Brussels ANHEUSER-BUSCH InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a colossus producing a third of the world’s beer. A merged group would have a market value of around US$275 billion at
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      Lock icon Beer deal could fuel a round of M&A in China
      392 2  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Quentin Webb BIG Beer’s most monstrous deal yet could fuel an overdue round of M&A in China. If An-heuser-Busch InBev can swallow US$90 billion rival SABMiller, complete with its 49 per cent stake in Chinese market leader
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      Lock icon Japan’s export growth hit by strains in China
      512 4 Raises possibility of additional monetary easing by the BOJ; exports to China falls 4.6 per cent in August REUTERS Tokyo JAPAN’S exports slowed for a second straight month in August in a worrying sign that China’s economic slowdown could deal a damaging
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      Lock icon Weary Greeks see little gain from third vote in less than a year
      766 4 BLOOMBERG Athens LIKE many Greeks, Christi Psarra has no illusions about what the country’s third vote in less than a year will bring. “On Sunday, we will wake up, go to the polling station and each one
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      Lock icon Local distributor of F1 simulator casts regional net
      557 6  -  Evotek Singapore will use the Republic as a base to tap bigger markets in Asia as well as the Middle East REVVING UP By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE appointed distributor of Ita-lian-made Formula One simulator Evotek is banking on demand
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      Lock icon Fans give Rosberg a warm reception
      197 6  -  By Shawn Teo shawnteo@sph.com.sg Singapore ARJEN Robben is Nico Rosberg’s favourite football player. This, along with other interesting tidbits, emerged from the Mercedes-AMG-Pet-ronas F1 driver’s meet-and-greet session held in Suntec City’s West Wing on Thursday. Organised by Mercedes-Benz, Rosberg was greeted with much fanfare
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      Lock icon Vettel urges Renault to stay in Formula 1
      286 6 AFP Singapore FOUR-TIME world champion Sebastian Vettel on Thursday said that it was “sad” to hear Renault was ending its partnership with Red Bull and urged the engine-maker to stay in the sport. Vettel’s world titles with Red Bull were all powered
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      Lock icon Severe haze a big health risk to drivers in S’pore Grand Prix: Button
      631 6 AFP Singapore FORMER world champion Jenson Button said on Thursday that severe haze would pose a “big health risk” to drivers in the Singapore Grand Prix as organisers remained on edge despite an improvement in air quality.
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      144 4 World Amateur Golfers Championship SINGAPORE NOTICE Postponement of SPH World Amateur Golfers Championship 2015 In view of reports of the haze situation, we have postponed the Singapore qualifiers on 25 Sep 2015 and 28 Sep 2015 to 2 Oct 2015 and 14 Oct 2015. We will be contacting all participants
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Emergency care is the springboard for Hope
      1031 8  -  Besides spreading services to other Asean countries, it is eyeing sea ambulance service By Elizabeth Mak btnews@sph.com.sg THERESA Yeap, co-founder of event emergency services firm Hope First Response, did not expect her staff to double over the past year to its current headcount
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      Lock icon Making visual search a fashionable way to look for products
      1132 8  -  Online visual and image recognition search “better, faster and more efficient than using keywords”, says ViSenze By Sheena Tan btnews@sph.com.sg HER World, Cosmopolitan and Style may not be typical reading material for a middle-aged man, but they are for 47-year-old
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      Lock icon Will YuuZoo’s new funding deal wreck its share price?
      768 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT IT may come across as a simple deal, but YuuZoo Corp’s recently announced S$30 million funding facility from US-based fund GEM Global is by no means heartening for investors saddled by the anaemic
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      Lock icon China’s bond yields near 3-year low as economy slows
      298 9 BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINA’S 10-year sovereign bonds traded near a three-year high as the country’s worsening economic slowdown and volatile stock market drive investors to the relative safety of government debt. The yield on the benchmark 10-year notes dropped five basis points
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      Lock icon STI rebound continues on relief rally hopes
      706 10  -  Index gains 27 points amid average turnover; jewellery firm TLV Holdings shines on Catalist debut STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index rose 27.07 points to 2,895.81 on Thursday as traders continued to buy in anticipation of a “relief rally”
      Source: Bloomberg  -  706 words
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      305 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 224 +3 226/219 271 213 6.5 5668.1 CapitaLand 281 +4 282/279 379 267 10.3 3.2 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 190.5 +2 192/189 228 184.5 5.7 6611.1 CityDev 805 unch 812/803 1095 794 9.7
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 10 VOLUME TLV 57,156,900 Ezra 56,462,900 Golden Agri-Res 55,429,500 Yuuzoo 47,886,800 Noble 46,206,800 Market volume 1,259,764,000 VALUE DBS Grp 193,536,111 Singtel 82,698,401 OCBC Bank 68,130,066 UOB 64,532,474 Global Logistic 54,144,374 Market value 1,159,013,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      111 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US692 +15 371 694/677 1000/648 692/693 86.5 STI ETF 294 +1 239 295/293 355/287 293/294 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ US3186 +188 83 3186/3186 4064/2973 3165/3175 7.3 DBXT CSI300 US$ US857 -17 64 883/857
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      77 10 Sep 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 17.00 +82.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +48.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +2.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 668.94 +0.63 FTSE ST Small Cap 404.33 +0.79 FTSE ST All Share 695.00 +5.27 FTSE ST China Top 168.06 -0.65 FTSE ST China 204.11 -0.24 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Sept 17,2015 695.00 +5.27 (+0.76%) Current streak 2 days Day high 696.70 Day low 691.39 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 676.93 (Aug 24, 2015)
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      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Sept 16,2015 1,728.45 +26.93 (+1.58%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,729.56 Day low 1,704.38 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,671.12 (sept 4, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 7 1 5 0 0 0 7 1 5 Manufacturing 32 38 31 7 8 12 39 46 43 Commerce 24 11 15 7 4 4 31 15 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 20 8 10
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 17,230 17,230 75,646 75,646 Manufacturing 127,237 49,351 176,588 86,236 2,470 88,707 Commerce 102,496 79,649 182,145 81,386 17,020 98,406 Tpt/Stor/Comms 177,376 4,577 181,953 164,432 361 164,793 Finance 28,212 25 28,237 355,187 4 355,192 Construction 9,549 1,050
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      81 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3186 262.5 6.3 4064/2973 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 238.8 1.4 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 185.7 1.3 *****/***** DBXT MSTaiwan US$ 1975 139.6 5.3 2392/1788 DBXT E50 US$ 4751 114.5 1.8 5300/4562 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low S Chance Prop
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      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT S&PShort US$ 2220 -64.2 -2.0 2497/2104 DBXT CSI300 US$ 857 -23.7 -1.9 1471/698 IS MS INDIA S$D 961 -15.0 -1.5 1116/920 Petra Foods 275 -14.0 -4.8 420/130 Venture Corp 822 -12.0 -1.4 867/732 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low STI 3300MBeCW15 1.7
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Samko Timber 2,531.2 0.122 +0.014 +12.96 Cortina 6.0 0.760 -0.100 -11.63 Serrano 138.7 0.089 -0.021 -19.09 KSH 2,866.6 0.545 +0.080 +17.20 Lasseters Intl 140.0 0.054 -0.003 -5.26 Pollux Prop 112.8 0.055 +0.005 +10.00 ACH ADR US$ 0.05 8.730 +0.200 +2.35 TEE Intl 228.2 0.210 -0.025
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      476 10  -  Compiled by Claire Huang SIA Engineering Hold Sept 17 close: S$3.70 Target price: S$3.45 OCBC Inv Research, Sept 17 Since our downgrade in November last year, the share price of SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) has fallen about 16 per cent and we believe the share price correction has
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      Lock icon Yen hit by disappointing trade data
      395 11 CURRENCIES AFP Tokyo THE US dollar rose against the yen but fell against emerging market currencies on Thursday in Tokyo, as investors bet the US central bank will delay its first interest rate rise in nine years. The US dollar rose to 120.85 yen,
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Sep 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.946 4.569 0.633 5.562 47.508 103.754 0.868 8.367 3.048 1.129 74.883 33.331 1.002 9.582 0.694 23.268 25.627 0.462 0.718 Canada 1.057 4.828
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Sep 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0019 1.0027 0.7176 0.7177 Canadian dollar 1.0588 1.0595 0.7584 0.7583 Euro 1.5818 1.5832 1.1329 1.1332 NZ dollar 0.8874 0.8883 0.6356 0.6358 Sterling pound 2.1669 2.1686 1.5520 1.5522
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        22 11 Sep 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3977 1.3989 2-months 1.3993 1.4004 3-months 1.4005 1.4018 6-months 1.4038 1.4050 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        204 11 Sep 17 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****7 14.4 -1.8 9180 0.0 --2 UOB MB eCW*****1 13.4 0.4 6434 0.1 2080 4 FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****7 19.5 1.6 6390 0.0 2 DBS MB
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1253.4 0.8 -1.8 0.6 1.8 1.0 -3.5 EAFE Preliminary 994.2 1.2 0.7 1.2 2.7 1.6 -2.6 Europe Preliminary 1398.7 1.2 1.2
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        380 11 Sep 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep15 9737.50 9840.00 9510.00 9525.00 *****9 *****9 Oct15 9540.00 9612.50 9287.50 9315.00 6935 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 31 501 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 11 Sep 17 1 mth 1 mth 1.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 1.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source.‘ THOMSON Reuters
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        154 11 Sep 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 1.0 0.875 2-months 1.0625 0.9375 3-months 1.125 1.0 Overnight mode: 0.35 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        63 11 Sep 17 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 101.78 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 98.88 98.95 98.89 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 96.24 96.25 96.20 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 97.42 97.26 97.26 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 103.93 30-Year NA*****N
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 11 Sep-16 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-16 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 887.25 -1.75 -0.20% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 26.68 0.21 0.79% 14/10/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 488.25 -6.50 -1.31% 14/12/2015 Sep-16 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2189.00 5.00 0.23% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1579.00 5.00 0.32%
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        57 11 Sep 17 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 15 2095.0 2107.0 2095.0 2050.0 385 7073 Nov 15 2135.0 2148.0 2135.0 2091.0 ***** ***** Dec 15 2178.0 2192.0 2178.0 2125.0 ***** ***** Jan 16 2211.0 2231.0
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      Lock icon S&P places Citic on credit watch amid trading probe
      279 12 BLOOMBERG Beijing STANDARD Poor’s placed China’s largest brokerage Citic Securities Co on a credit watch list days after the firm said some employees including its president were being probed for alleged insider trading. The rating firm currently rates the brokerage and
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      Lock icon Market overreacting to changes in China, says DBS chief
      655 12  -  Slowing growth there due to economic and social reforms; region can absorb short-term knock By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CHINA’S slowing growth reflects economic and social reforms laid out as early as five years ago, and the short-term knock on
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        61 12 FRASERS Property Australia the Australian division of Frasers Centrepoint Ltd that was formerly known as Australand has secured more than A$275 million worth of new development projects over the last 12 months. The new projects are from across its national industrial and commercial platform, comprising 210,900 square
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        86 12 SPECIALTY pharmaceutical company IX Biopharma on Thursday said its Phase 2a and 2b clinical trials for its lead product, wafermine, have proven successful. The results confirmed a rapid onset of pain relief, along with good tolerability, it said. wafermine is one of three ix Biopharma products currently under
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        176 12 CATALIST-LISTED gold miner LionGold said on Thursday it has narrowed its net losses for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015, to S$802,000, from S$20.3 million in the year-ago period. This was mainly due to a much smaller sum of "other expenses", which at S$201,000 were significantly less
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        125 12 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) announced on Thursday that Deborah Lee, executive vice-president of Corporate Development Division (CDD), will be leaving the company to pursue personal interests with effect from Dec 16, 2015, after eight years of service. Janice Wu, 46, will take over as head of CDD.
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        64 12 TTJ Holdings on Thursday said it has won structural steelworks contracts for a liquefied natural gas project in Pengerang, Johor and for the provision of civil defence doors for MRT stations along the Thomson Line. These contracts are S$16 million in value and are expected to be substantially
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1953 13 Transaction date: Sep 17 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil 82 42 8Telecom vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 138.5 +3.5 848 140 134 1 8 878.4 LOW 183 137 ARA
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      399 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) High Day Low Dlv C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 57.5 32 t Atlantic Nav t 3Cnergy 45.5 9.8 t BlackGoldNatural 24 10.2 t Brooke Asia
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      127 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1087 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US800 +20 1 800 800 125.5 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US3005 +15 4 3023 2990 8.3 High Day 1750 1151 DBXT MSCHINA US$
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon China eases curbs on overseas debt to stem outflows
      528 14 But whether issuers will respond is not certain BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CHINA is seeking an antidote for the capital outflows that are weakening the yuan by making it easier for companies to borrow abroad and bring money back into the country.
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      Lock icon Steep job cuts likely at Europe’s biggest banks
      566 14 BLOOMBERG London SEVEN years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, Europe’s largest banks are poised for more bloodletting. New management teams at Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays plc and Standard Chartered plc are among executives contemplating reorganisations that could involve thousands
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      Lock icon Jakarta making laws to guard against bank collapses
      366 14 BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA is preparing a major overhaul of financial safety regulations to guard against the potential for bank collapses. Regulators are working on a list of systemically important banks, likely to include the country’s top 15 by assets, and parliament may
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Coffee at night disrupts body’s internal clock: study
      345 18 AFP Miami DRINKING coffee before bedtime disrupts the body’s internal clock, making it harder to get to sleep on time and more challenging to wake up in the morning, US researchers said on Wednesday. The findings in the journal Science Translational Medicine
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      675 18 Acquisition vaults Europe’s Altice into league of major pay-TV players in a rapidly consolidating market BLOOMBERG New York ALTICE NV, billionaire Patrick Drahi’s European cable operator, agreed to acquire Cablevision Systems Corp in a US$17.7 billion deal to create the fourth-largest
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      726 18 REUTERS Beijing A YEAR since it went public in the biggest stock listing ever, China’s Alibaba Group Holding has spent more than US$6 billion on everything from an electronics store chain to a robot maker. As shares hover below their debut price, investors in
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      751 18 BLOOMBERG Tokyo SO many Chinese smartphone game makers have come to the Tokyo Game Show that organisers scrambled to find more floor space for them. The creators of Smart Jojo, The AirBender and Attack! Three Kingdoms are among those attending this week’s
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon M&C Hotels signs four properties in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
      275 19 Singapore MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels (M&C) in the Middle East and Africa has signed four hotels in Madinah. Ranging in size from 600 to 1,000 rooms, the properties will include two Millennium hotels, as well as a Studio M and Millennium Executive
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      Lock icon A building that resembles what it stores: salt for New York City’s roads
      725 19 NYT New York IMAGINE a coarse chunk of gray salt 21 metres high. The US$20 million Spring Street Salt Shed, nearing completion on the Manhattan waterfront, has drawn curious stares from drivers along West Street and from
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      Lock icon Fed hike may not cool hot NY property market
      742 19 Investment in hotels has set an annual record while sales volume for commercial real estate seems poised to surpass the boom year of 2007 REUTERS New York NOT even a rate hike from the federal Reserve is expected to cool the
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      Lock icon Queen Astrid GCB site up for sale at S$49-51m
      533 20  -  The 35,011 sq ft site has the potential for sub-division into two smaller plots By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore A FREEHOLD Good Class Bungalow (GCB) redevelopment site in Queen Astrid Park is put up for estate sale by tender, with
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      Lock icon Wellington blocks farm purchase by China firm
      244 20 REUTERS Wellington NEW Zealand’s government on Thursday blocked the NZ$88 million (S$ 78.1 million) purchase of a local farm by China’s Shanghai Pengxin amid public concerns about foreign land ownership. The move was a surprise as the Overseas Investment Office, a body that
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  • VEHICLES & LIFESTYLE
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      1402 21  -  Going to different places brings clarity and fresh perspectives on life’s delicacies and struggles By Gregory Rodriguez The writer is the founder and publisher of Zocalo Public Square. I hop on planes a lot because life is hard. I don’t mean that I jet off
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      700 22 New-home construction in Aug declines 3% to a 1.13m annualised rate from a 1.16m pace the prior month LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG REUTERS Washington NEW-HOME construction in the United States fell in August, indicating the real-estate recovery will take time to
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      365 22 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank left its key policy rate unchanged on Thursday, as expected, bracing for the possibility that higher US rates could pile more pressure on the fragile rupiah. The benchmark rate was kept at 7.50 per cent, a level that Bank Indonesia (BI)
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      837 22 BLOOMBERG Washington HOUSE Republican leaders haven’t proposed a way to avoid another US government shutdown as Speaker John Boehner tries to resolve an intraparty fight over funding for Planned Parenthood. Representative Hal Rogers, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, said on Wednesday
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      Lock icon China’s economy is ‘resilient, has huge potential’
      601 23 President Xi also explains to US business leaders and former officials reasons behind economic slowdown REUTERS BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’s economy is resilient and has the capacity to maintain a long-term medium-to-high growth rate, state media reported President Xi Jinping telling US business leaders
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      Lock icon US Treasuries sales by Beijing erode support ahead of rate hike
      569 23 China has reduced its stake in US government debt in July by about US$82.7 billion BLOOMBERG New York THE last time the Federal Reserve was preparing to raise interest rates, China was one of the biggest supporters of the
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      Lock icon Indian officials talk up economic stability before Fed decision
      496 23 REUTERS New Delhi INDIAN policymakers highlighted the resilience of Asia’s third-largest economy on Thursday, as world markets braced for what could be the first increase in US interest rates before the global financial crisis. Addressing a business conference, Finance Minister Arun
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      Lock icon Obama says Pacific trade deal can be struck ‘this year’
      383 23 AFP Washington US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed optimism that a vast Pacific trade deal can be reached before the end of the year, despite disputes over rules for key sectors. Discussing a 12-country pact that brings together large
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      366 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SUN-X (SOUTH EAST ASIA) PTE LTD (Registration No. *****0317N) (In Member’s Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, the Final Meeting of
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      137 22 INTHE MATTER OF THE COMPANIESACT, CAP. 50 AND INTHE MATTER OF GOODHILLINDUSTRIESPTE.LTD. (Co Registration *****3865G) (Incorporatedin Singapore) (InMembers’VoluntaryLiquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50 that the FINAL MEETING of the members of the Company will be held at 808 French
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      1044 23 NOTICES SWEE HONG LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****1852R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 3 June 1980) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Swee Hong Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Warren Golf Country Club, Conference Room 1 2
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  • TRANSPORT
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      921 24 Carmaker hopes to recoup ground lost when it strayed from the Civic’s iconic sporty origins BLOOMBERG Detroit HONDA Motor Co unveiled the all-new Civic on Wednesday, revealing a sporty car that the company hopes will get its mojo
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      Lock icon Britain’s pro-EU carmakers say plants not at risk from ‘Brexit’
      631 24 REUTERS Frankfurt BRITAIN’s foreign-owned carmakers, strong supporters of the open markets created by its membership of the European Union, would not shut their plants were the country to leave the bloc, though future investment could be at risk, executives told
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      Lock icon China railway firms in JV to build high-speed LA-Las Vegas rail link
      354 24 REUTERS Shanghai A CONSORTIUM of Chinese rail firms has teamed up with private US company XpressWest to build a high-speed rail line in the United States the latest push by Beijing to export its high-speed rail technology and
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      Lock icon Airlines try to woo customers back to their own websites
      763 24 They eye revenue from selling extra services; comparison sites still widely used by consumers REUTERS Berlin AIRLINES are trying to draw passengers away from low-price comparison sites and back to their own home pages, seeking to boost profits by selling
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      Lock icon Lufthansa revamps to fend off Gulf, low-cost airlines
      495 24 It will organise its airlines into two units, one focused on premium services and the other on no-frills flights BLOOMBERG Frankfurt DEUTSCHE Lufthansa AG said it will organise its airlines into two units, one focused on premium services and the other on
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      98 25 Big Jubilee Fun BiggerWalk BiggestGoodieBag Be part of the SG50 celebrations and walk away with GOODIES WORTH $880, including a commemorative medal, a limited edition T-shirt, spa and beauty treats Relive the past, appreciate the present, relish the future Be one with Singapore, walk as one, be part of the
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      103 28 Experienced sh;p maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT 9620 1327 SHIPPING TIMES Make A Splash In The Maritime World Via s^Smaritime.coM Ahoy there! If you are in a business pertaining to any sector of the maritime industry,
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon THE GIFT OF SPACE
      1862 29  -  In land-scarce Singapore, corporations and individuals are helping arts and heritage causes by creating spaces for them to thrive. BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT Ballet made accessible to everyone Singapore Dance Theatre’s home at Bugis+ Donor: Capitaland WITH Singapore Dance Theatre’s (SDT) new home at Bugis+
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        Lock icon Musical inspired by pop diva and parking wardens
        680 30  -  While researching 3688 Royston Tan saw that not all “summons aunties” come from hell. BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WHEN it comes to public enemies, parking wardens must rank alongside Yang Yin, land-burning Indonesian farmers, the guy who flicks the “on” switch
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        Lock icon Keeping viewers on edge
        550 30  -  By Geoffrey Eu A DEEP sense of dread permeates every scene in Sicario, a brutally intense thriller about the war on drugs being fought on both sides of the border between the United States and Mexico. Directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script by Taylor Sheridan,
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        Lock icon Musical-comedy hits the right notes
        542 30  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT DESPITE what some might say, there’s nothing wrong with sticking to what you know or do best. It’s for this reason McDonald’s doesn’t have pizzas on their menu, Durex hasn’t diversified its business into party balloons and Singaporeans overwhelmingly decided
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        Lock icon Fascinating portrayal of a cold-blooded hoodlum
        587 30  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT HOW did Martin Scorsese miss this one? Black Mass, a biopic about one of America’s most feared gangsters has the latter’s name stamped all over it except for the fact it’s set in Boston instead of his beloved New
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    • ARTS
      • SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS
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          Lock icon Deluge of boundary-pushing acts
          1092 31  -  Now in its final week, the country’s top arts festival has carved out a distinctly iconoclastic identity. BY HELM I YUSOF distinctly BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IF ONE had just two words to describe the second edition of the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA)
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          Lock icon Hot learning experience while cooling off
          722 31  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg SO there was just that chance that the first part of Drama Box’s two-part presentation It Won’t Be Too Long might not have run last Thursday, on Cooling-Off Day. After all, the topic and the consultative method of The Lesson
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          Lock icon Masterful, disturbing take on theatre and reality
          545 31  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg CAN actors really portray reality? And since we are, like Shakespeare wrote, merely players on this stage called life do we really have to “craft” our stories so that they fit nicely within the four corners of a theatre
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          Lock icon Of crazy dreams and nightmares
          515 31  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg AS a stage play, Taiwan Dreams Episode One: Dream Hotel had strong dramatic elements going for it. There is a yin and a yang version of the play (possible dual views in one play), a hermaphrodite for a protagonist, a lost
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    • FOOD
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        Lock icon Singapore favourites – with a twist – at F1
        841 32  - Singapore favourites with a twist at F1 Preparations began last November to draw up the menu for F1 guests, which will also offer true-blue Singapore dishes like laksa and prata.BY prata.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix (GP) is all about the heart-pounding blur of loud race
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        Lock icon Trip to France for winning chef
        593 32  -  By Rachel Loi rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD aspiring chef Poh Zhe Kai has never been to Europe. But next week, he will be treated to a five-day trip to France, where he will dine at some of the most prestigious Michelin-starred restaurants all-expenses paid. The
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    • CITY LIFE
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        Lock icon Cultivating a love for the arts
        922 33  -  What if a secret singer or painter is dying to get out of a young person? Noise Singapore provides that space and exposure.BY AVANTI NIM exposure.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg WHAT child doesn’t love finger-paint-ing or singing at the top of her lungs to the
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      • CITY BUZZ BT writers'picks of what to see, do or talk about
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          Lock icon MUSIC GIANTS TO AMP UP F1
          386 33  -  By Dylan Tan FORMULA ONE CONCERTS Singapore Grand Prix 2015 off-track music attractions GIVING drivers a run for their money every year at the Singapore Grand Prix are the big name international music acts that play before and after the race. Previous years have
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          Lock icon Singapore Grand Prix at zafferano
          252 33  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang FOR a different view of the Singapore Grand Prix, head up into the sky, or more precisely to the 43rd storey of Ocean Financial Centre, where Zafferano, Singapore’s only Italian rooftop restaurant and lounge, is located. The restaurant will be
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          Lock icon Truffle Lobster Roll
          171 33  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang THE lobster roll from Pince Pints has got to be one of the best in town, but now it gets even better, with the Truffle Lobster Roll (below). This more luxed-up lobster roll has been on the menu since Sept 14. The
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          Lock icon Restaurant Labyrinth's new menu
          203 33  -  DINING By T Restaurant Rachel Loi BE prepared to be surprised whenever you dine at Restaurant Labyrinth, because what you see is never what you get. That’s especially true with Chef Han Li Guang’s new menu, which launched just this week following his restaurant’s relocation to
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          Lock icon The Incredible Adventures of Border Crossers
          208 33  -  SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS By Helmi Yusof AVANT garde theatre director Ong Keng Sen, who is also the festival director of the Singapore International Festival of Arts, closes the seven-week event with his own performance installation The Incredible Adventures of Border Crossers (above).
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      352 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Bias shown by writer with song (8) 9 Unsuccessful trio pulled apart by a book have to take a 50% cut (8) 10 Check vertical part of glass (4) 11 Steadfastness needed for each retired priest entering spiritual meeting (12) 13 Three notes about misbehaving class
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