The Business Times, 5 February 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, February 5, 2016
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    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,558.49 +7.75 KL COMP 1,656.77 +23.47 NIKKEI 225 17,044.99 -146.26 HANG SENG 19,183.09 +191.50 SHENZHEN B 1,145.48 +11.40 DOW (10:45am EST) 16,460.44 +123.78
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    246 1 HSBC will locally incorporate its retail operations on May 9, 139 years after the bank opened its first branch in Singapore.TOP STORIES 2 The drop in jet fuel prices boosted SIA’s bottom line in Q3 by 35.7 per cent to nearly S$275 million. TOP STORIES/4 ARA Asset Management
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    Lock icon Some banks going the extra mile to help offshore sector – for now
    845 1  - Some banks going the extra mile to help offshore sector for now Banks with larger exposure work with clients beyond just debt restructuring to alleviate stress imposed by low oil prices By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore BANKS are proactively managing their exposure to the beleaguered offshore and marine
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    Lock icon With TPP signed, 2-year ratification process is up next
    783 1  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore AFTER five long years of tough negotiations and several missed deadlines, Singapore and 11 other Pacific-Rim nations finally put pen to paper on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a big step towards establishing what will be
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      23 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Amid the gloom, room for optimism for CCT COMPANIES MARKETS 5 BOARDROOM ISSUES Protecting investors from controlling shareholders opinion 20
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  • TOP STORIES
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      HSBC to incorporate Singapore subsidiary in May
      613 2  -  Local incorporation means customer deposits will be ringfenced from group operations B y Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore ONE hundred and thirty-nine years after HSBC opened its first branch in Singapore, the bank will locally incorporate its retail operations on May 9
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      S’pore LNG index can be Asia benchmark in a year or two: SGX
      536 2  -  It says the LNG spot market in Asia would take time to evolve, but the factors aiding it are already in place By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore THE next one to two years presents “a clear
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      DBS stitching together vessel deals for Pacific Richfield Marine
      858 2  -  OFFSHORE TURBULENCE By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore DBS, a major bank creditor behind Pacific Richfield Marine Pte Ltd (PRM), is understood to have helped identify buyers or charterers for five of the 40 offshore support vessels (OSV) earmarked for
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      Maybank to extend RM2b lifeline to TH Heavy Engineering
      653 2  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore MALAYSIAN pilgrim fund-oilfield services provider, TH Heavy Engineering (THHE), is set to receive up to RM2 billion (S$682 million) in cash injection from Maybank as part of an operational and financial restructuring. THHE had
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      How long can a good economy trump bad politics?
      441 3  -  COMMENTARY By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT MALAYSIA’S economic strength is good. Well, not quite; it’s strength-o-meter is, in fact, “very high”, thanks to abundant natural resources, and an open and diversified economy. That’s how Moody’s Investors Service described the crude-reliant economy
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      Cheaper jet fuel lifts SIA’s Q3FY16 bottom line
      732 4  -  All carriers in the group except SIA Cargo turn in better performance at the operating level By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore THE drop in jet fuel prices boosted Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) bottom line for Q3FY16, up 35.7 per cent year on
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      IIF blames market malaise on central bank liquidity drought
      746 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE global slump in the price of stocks and other financial assets comes from a contraction in central bank liquidity, which is likely to continue and drive markets further down, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance
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      Shell ready for more cost cuts as earnings fall 87%
      353 4 BIG OIL REUTERS London ROYAL Dutch Shell, Europe’s largest oil company, reported its lowest annual income in over a decade on Thursday, and said it would take further steps to cut costs to cope with weak oil prices if needed.
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      How the oil industry plans to please investors
      601 4 BLOOMBERG London THE world’s largest oil companies have a plan to weather the worst market in over a decade: borrow more money. Major oil companies faced with the lowest crude prices since 2003, capital spending budgets with little left to cut, and
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      1188 3 SAIZEN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (A real estate investment trust constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 27 September 2007 (as amended)) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (the “EGM”) of Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust (“Saizen
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Amid the gloom, room for optimism for CCT
      1023 5  -  Office landlord may be better prepared than most, amid an avalanche of office space set for completion in ‘16-‘17 HOCK LOCK SIEW By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT WHILE CapitaLand Commercial Trust (CCT), like other major office landlords, will face strong headwinds this
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      ARA’s Q4 profit up on higher management fees, lower expenses
      400 5  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore REIT manager ARA Asset Management on Thursday said net profit for the fourth quarter rose 41 per cent, mainly on higher management fees and finance income, as well as lower expenses. Net profit for
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      STI / Catalist
      62 6 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Feb 4,2016 2,558.49 +7.75 (+0.30%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,579.18 Day low 2,554.08 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Feb 4,2016 431.46 +0.72 (+0.17%) Current streak 3 days Day high 434.71 Day low
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      GAINERS
      76 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 258.6 1.7 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 4833 148.4 2.2 6246/4478 DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** 67.8 0.4 *****/***** DBXT MSTaiwan US$ 1839 63.6 2.5 2392/1667 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 2904 59.4 1.5 4064/2772 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Luxking 50 96.1
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      LOSERS
      72 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low JMH USD 5220 -98.9 -1.3 6700/4500 Lyxor Nasdaq US$ 1655 -42.4 -1.8 1865/1598 DairyFarm USD 587 -19.8 -2.3 977/576 Hyflux 6% CPS ***** -10.0 -0.1 *****/***** SIA 1082 -10.0 -0.9 1235/957 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Infinio 0.1 -66.7 -0.2 0.7/0.1 S
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      UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE China Great Land 100.0 0.016 +0.004 +33.33 Luxking 6.7 0.500 +0.245 +96.08 Global Tech 27,784.1 0.045 +0.012 +36.36 AVIC 24.5 0.047 -0.006 -11.32 Karin Tech 560.2 0.280 -0.025 -8.20 Amplefield Ltd 550.0 0.033 -0.007 -17.50 Excelpoint 40.0 0.280 +0.050 +21.74 KS Energy 507.5 0.194 -0.016
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      Dow futures’ late selloff trims STI’s gains
      662 6  -  Index rises 7.75 points with the broad market chalking up 208 rises versus 148 falls amid weak turnover STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT A DRAB session for the local stock market on Thursday ended with the Straits Times index a nett 7.75
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      STI STOCKS
      305 6 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 234 +1 238/233 271 209 6.2 6146.6 CapitaLand 295 -1 302/295 379 267 10.8 3.1 ***** CapitaMall Trust 202 +2 203/199 228 184.5 5.6 7021.6 CityDev 697 +9 701/688 1095 661 8.4
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      MOST ACTIVE
      38 6 VOLUME Secura W*****5 42,499,500 Noble 41,916,500 Golden Agri-Res 40,481,400 Global Logistic 37,682,200 Rex Intl 33,233,500 Market volume 920,667,000 VALUE DBS Grp 83,336,211 Singtel 62,846,902 Global Logistic 62,102,222 Keppel Corp 43,506,739 OCBC Bank 40,348,266 Market value 870,172,000
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      OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 6 Feb 4 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -34.00 +180.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +45.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -3.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 633.06 +5.83 FTSE ST Small Cap 374.47 +0.13 FTSE ST All Share 632.58 +0.73 FTSE ST China Top 149.74 -0.25 FTSE ST China 178.66 -0.24 FTSE
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      SGX ETFs
      106 6 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 256 -1 533 260/256 355/254 256/257 DBXT MSRussia US$ US158 +4 192 158/153 235/129 158/159 IS MS INDIA US$ US626 +4 102 630/621 838/605 626/629 78.3 Lyxor Taiwan US96.2 -0.2 60 96.2/96.1 128.5/90 -/-22.9
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      STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 6 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Feb 4,2016 632.58 +0.73 (+0.12%) Current streak 1 day Day high 636.82 Day low 632.37 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 6 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Feb 3,2016 1,570.57 -10.29 (-0.65%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,584.12 Day low 1,558.64 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,517.92 (Jan 20, 2016)
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      SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 1 2 1 0 0 10 1 2 Manufacturing 41 31 21 7 4 11 48 35 32 Commerce 15 15 16 4 5 2 19 20 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 16 7
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      SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 6 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 22,678 2,064 24,742 78,053 315 78,368 Manufacturing 111,968 15,257 127,225 60,752 1,101 61,853 Commerce 85,504 17,624 103,128 73,446 528 73,974 Tpt/Stor/Comms 113,770 967 114,737 154,999 81 155,080 Finance 16,653 16,653 170,728 170,728 Construction 7,007 2,630
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    • I BROKERS’ TAKE
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        M1 | Buy
        113 6 M1 Buy Target price: s$2.82 Feb 4 close: S$2.33 Citi Research, Feb 3 M1’s share price plunged 43 per cent from its peak in FY 2015 on concerns of the potential entry of a new player and the effects of rising interest rates. We believe the concerns have been more
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        Banks
        179 6 UOB Kay Hian Research, Feb 4 WE performed a stress test and sensitivity analysis for banks’ exposure to the oil and gas (O&G) sector as prices for crude oil are expected to stay lower for a longer period of time. Among Singapore banks, DBS has the largest exposure to
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        Valuetronics Holdings | Buy
        139 6  - Valuetronics Holdings Buy Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Target price: S$0.52 Feb 4 close: S$0.38 UOB Kay Hian Research, Feb 4 WE adjust our forecast on the back of a steeper-than-expected decline in LED sales, which was partially offset by stronger growth from the industrial and consumer electronics segment. Valuetronics is
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      CALENDAR
      10 6 DATA I Feb 5 (930 pm) US unemployment rate
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      US$ falls again as rate rise expectations collapse
      443 7 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar was back on the defensive in early trade in Europe after a collapse in expectations of a further rise in US interest rates this year drove its biggest daily fall in over two months on Wednesday.
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    • FOREX RATES
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        INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 7 Feb 4 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.987 4.717 0.646 5.584 48.655 98.021 0.845 8.620 2.978 1.076 74.885 34.261 1.013 11.480 0.721 23.917 25.548 0.492 0.717 Canada 1.013 4.777
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        INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 7 Feb 4 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0131 1.0138 0.7169 0.7172 Canadian dollar 1.0260 1.0269 0.7264 0.7261 Euro 1.5685 1.5697 1.1100 1.1104 NZ dollar 0.9417 0.9424 0.6664 0.6667 Sterling pound 2.0610 2.0623 1.4585 1.4589
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        US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 7 Feb 4 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4139 1.4147 2-months 1.4148 1.4159 3-months 1.4158 1.4168 6-months 1.4189 1.4200 Source: OCBC
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        HANG SENG
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        SHANGHAI COMPOSITE
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        DOW JONES
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        NIKKEI
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        393 7 Feb 4 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Feb16 8705.00 8875.00 8642.50 8800.00 *****4 *****1 Mar16 8555.00 8742.50 8520.00 8675.00 1450 7093 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****0 *****6 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 293 5824 MSCI TAIWAN
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        BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        206 7 Most active Feb 4 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Secura Group W*****5 2.3 0.6 ***** 1 35 66 9.78 35 Second Chance Prop W*****4 0.1 -0.1 ***** 1 40 *****.00 17 KepCorp MB eCW*****1 7.1 unch
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        MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 7 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Feb 3 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1175.9 -0.9 -8.0 -0.6 -7.4 -0.3 -7.8 EAFE Preliminary 922.2 -2.0 -9.0 -0.9 -8.1 -0.7 -8.5 Europe Preliminary 1289.1 -1.5 -8.7
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    • BANK RATES
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        INTERBANK RATES
        154 7 Feb 4 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.20 0.10 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: 0.45 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        70 7 GOVERNMENT nouns 1'-mud 1:'¢.II: -Luuuun Mmmnq I tn-aw U/N3’ -‘uh man u‘.\'-.‘ and u umr mw 2-‘(eat N2°15'|OOF 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.49 100.53 100.53 .5-‘veau Nx1t100x 2.250 01-mn-21 101.91: 101.90 101.00 10-Yréat NX151DOZ 2.37:: 01 -M1-25 101.51 101.65 101.40 1E~Year Nzmmur 2.875 D1-Sen-'31] 103.46 103.05 103.30 20-Ye-at N21 31o0V
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 7 Feb-3 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Feb-3 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 876.75 -9.50 -1.07% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.98 0.19 0.62% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 480.00 4.75 1.00% 14/03/2016 Feb-3 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2015.00 25.00 1.26% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1402.00 5.00 0.36%
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        PALM OIL
        57 7 Feb 4 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Feb 16 2465.0 2454.0 2485.0 2449.0 365 4708 Mar 16 2497.0 2505.0 2525.0 2478.0 2366 ***** Apr 16 2540.0 2547.0 2568.0 2517.0 ***** ***** May 16 2540.0 2543.0
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      SingPost takes a break from acquisitions
      534 8  -  Q3 profit up only 0.6 per cent even as revenue rises 32 per cent By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore Singapore AFTER gorging on acquisitions over the past few years Singapore Post will now be taking a break to digest them, it indicated on
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      GLP’s Q3 earnings soar despite China, investor uncertainty
      668 8  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore GLOBAL Logistic Properties (GLP) on Thursday reported a 63.8 per cent increase in net profit to US$184.2 million, while revenue rose 11.1 per cent to US$198.9 million. The logistics facilities owner said its results were underpinned
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      Acra tells PwC to ensure independence on SingPost
      462 8  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) has told consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) that it must put in place “any necessary safeguards” to ensure its independence as special auditor into Singapore Post’s (SingPost) corporate governance issues. This
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      Higher fair value gains help lift Perennial’s quarterly profit
      583 8  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore PERENNIAL Real Estate Holdings has posted net profit of S$41.1 million for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2015, up 93 per cent from a year ago. This was mainly due to slightly higher fair-value gains
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      Stronger yuan boosts CRCT’s Q4 performance in SGD terms
      425 8  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CAPITALAND Retail China Trust (CRCT) on Thursday posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.59 Singapore cents for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31,2015,4.4 per cent higher than what it paid out a year ago.
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      Wing Tai reports 85% drop in Q2 profit
      376 8  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore WING Tai Holdings’ net profit for the second quarter ended Dec 31, 2015 slumped 85 per cent year-on-year to S$1.08 million, dragged down by higher income tax expenses. Revenue declined 5 per cent to S$ 120.61
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      SGX MAINBOARD
      1704 9 Transaction date: Feb 4 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 129.5xd -3 265 131 129 1 8.5 822.8 LOW 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 104
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      SGX CATALIST
      237 9 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 29.5 16.7 t CNMC Goldmine 19.2 +0.3 564 19.3 19 5.9 2.8
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      SGX ETF
      119 9 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1043 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US784 +22 0 784 784 123 4258 2407 DBXT China50 US$ US2505 +36 20 2515 2474 6.9 399 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US212 +9
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Amid restructuring, Credit Suisse keeps faith in Asia-Pacific
      671 10  -  Swiss bank reports its first full-year loss since 2008 By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore CREDIT Suisse’s Asia-Pacific division proved once again to be the outperformer of the bank as it reported full-year results on Thursday, though it was not spared from
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      HSBC’s Asia bet pays off in fee windfall from ChemChina deal
      408 10 BLOOMBERG London HSBC Holdings plc bet on the dark horse in the global race to create an agrochemicals giant and won. As the lead adviser to China National Chemical Corp on its US$43 billion acquisition of Swiss pesticide and
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      Toxic loans in China weigh on global economic growth
      672 10 NYT New York BENEATH the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrilliondollar problem that could sap the strength of large economies for years to come. The problem is the giant, stagnant pool of loans that companies and people around
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      1236 11 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF APRILE SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****3752R) NOTICE OF MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION The following resolutions were unanimously resolved at the Extraordinary General Meeting
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      1538 11 Steel Solutions NICO STEEL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****4166D) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING (“EGM”) of Nico Steel Holdings Limited (the “Company") will be convened on 25 February 2016 at 10.00 a.m., at Room
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Up or down at Dropbox? It’s hard to say
      1244 12 Large investors appear to have turned sceptical about its future, but Dropbox executives see no cause for worry NYT San Francisco THERE are no obvious signs of distress at the lavish San Francisco headquarters of the cloud storage company Dropbox, where
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      Cisco to pay US$1.4b for IoT firm Jasper Tech
      294 12 REUTERS San Francisco CISCO Systems Inc said on Wednesday that it was buying Jasper Technologies Inc, a startup that connects devices like cars and medical devices to the Internet, for US$1.4 billion in cash and equity awards its largest acquisition since
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  • CONSUMER
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      Amazon bookstores? Yes, e-tailers are hitting the mall now
      759 13 Traditional retailers buying or partnering with online merchants and opening boutiques in their stores BLOOMBERG New York AMAZON’S plans to open as many as 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores, revealed on Tuesday by a mall executive, may seem an unlikely turn of events.
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      GSK dismisses near-term split as new drugs offset falling Advair
      570 13 REUTERS London GLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK) said on Wednesday the chance of it spinning off or selling its consumer health business before 2018 was “extraordinarily low”, arguing the group’s strategy was delivering, helped by rising sales of new medicines. Growing demand for
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      1345 13 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices GRANDNESS SINO GRANDNESS FOOD INDUSTRY GROUP LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****6801H) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Unless otherwise defined, all capitalised terms herein shall bear the same meaning as used in the circular dated 5
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      544 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MACGREGOR PLIMSOLL PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Reg No. ********** ("the Company") NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting oT the Company duly convened and held on 1 February 2016, the Resolutions set out
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      HDB resale prices down 0.5% in January: SRX
      369 14  -  It is the first dip in the monthly index in seven months; consultants see price stability this year By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore HDB resale prices fell 0.5 per cent in January 2016, compared to the month before that. This marks
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      New York’s Equity Residential expects flat growth on rents
      496 14 Frim says competition is mounting with new supply coming from Manhattan’s west side BLOOMBERG New York RENTS on newly signed apartment leases on Manhattan’s West Side may be flat this year as competition mounts from a surge of new supply coming
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    • Article
      KKR invests in Mumbai builder’s plush projects
      338 14 BLOOMBERG Singapore KKR Co, the private equity firm founded by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, will invest in two Mumbai projects by a developer of luxury condominiums in a property market that’s grappling with the lowest home sales in at least five years.
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      Developers in China lure buyers with discounts and facilities
      468 14 XINHUA Nanning AS unsold homes mount up, Chinese developers have lost their appetite for land and are focusing on getting rid of inventory. The sales centre of a new development in Nanning is offering discounts of 80,000 yuan (S$ 17,345) for
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    • Article
      Levelling out of Swedish property prices may not be a bad thing
      392 14 CEO of country’s biggest mortgage bank says this may be beneficial for capital requirements BLOOMBERG Copenhagen FOR years, economists and even Nobel laureates have been warning that Sweden is heading for a housing bubble. But the man running
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    • Article
      Denmark may reverse bank rules to protect mortgage system
      263 14 BLOOMBERG Copenhagen DENMARK says it may have gone too far in adopting European financial rules as it looks for ways to preserve its US$400 billion mortgage bond market. “I imagine that we may amend any over-implementation of what came from Brussels,”
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      Next change for House of Tan Yeok Nee: TCM Centre
      562 15  -  Perennial also plans to begin works on TripleOne Somerset and Axa Tower in the second quarter of 2016 By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THE House of Tan Yeok Nee along Penang Road a gazetted national monument will soon be
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      HK property sales fall 12% in 2015, underscores fears of slowdown
      529 15 Mortgage rates remain stable so far despite HK dollar’s peg to US dollar and US Fed’s rate hike REUTERS Hong Kong HONG Kong property transactions fell 12 per cent in 2015, government data showed on Thursday, underscoring fears about
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      487 15 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE ILLOURA, CLUSTER SEMI D Old Holland Rd. FH. 4 yrs young 4305sf, 5 rms. 1 km to MGS. 3 sty basement 2 pte car lots lift on all floors. Outdoor dining+pond. Near King Albert Park MRT. Hurry!John *****599 D14 HOUSE FOR SALE RASHILLAH ABDUL HAMID 9363
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Negative interest rates not meant to help yen exchange rate: Kuroda
      779 17  -  BOJ governor grilled on move in Parliament, accused of engaging in a “currency war” By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda was forced onto the defensive on Thursday when he faced a grilling in
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      December factory orders post biggest fall in a year
      492 17 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington NEW orders for US factory goods fell in December by the most in a year as manufacturing continued to reel from the headwinds of a strong US dollar and weak overseas demand. The Commerce Department said
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      NEA to use drones for dengue control
      341 17  -  By Grace So graceso@sph.com.sg Singapore THE National Environment Agency (NEA) plans to develop an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to improve its dengue control programme. The agency has been conducting trials on the use of UAS, commonly known as drones, to survey mosquito breeding
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    • Article
      Eurozone factory growth slows in January
      266 17 REUTERS London FACTORY growth across the eurozone slowed at the start of 2016 as incoming orders failed to show any meaningful increase, even though companies cut prices at the deepest rate for a year, a survey showed on Monday. Markit’s Purchasing Managers’ Index will
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      1297 17 NOTICES GREEN BUILD TECHNOLOGY GREEN BUILD TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore on 6 February 2004) (Company Registration Number *****1338W) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) of the Company will be held at RELC International Hotel, 30 Orange Grove
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  • TRANSPORT
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      415 18 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices V in The Matter of The Companies Act Cap. 50 And in The Matter of GMI INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. Company Registration Number: *****7253D (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company
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      372 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MACGREGOR (SGP) PTE LTD (In Members'Voluntary Liquidation) Reg No. *****0567R ("the Company") NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held on 1 February 2016, the Resolutions set out below
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      441 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF THE ASIA JAVA FUND PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg. No. *****6281R) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At the Extraordinary General Meeting of The Asia Java Fund Pte Ltd duly convened and held on 29 January
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      245 19 ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE LTD Tel: *****222 (10 Lines) Fax: *****174/*****960 Website: www.englee.com.sg/Email: marketing@englee.com.sg CR No: **********0C REGULAR FEEDER SERVICES TO INDONESIAN (DE1) VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION FREQUENCY Marco Polo 122 BST057 07/02/2016 08/02/2016 Buatan/Buatan DAILY Marco Polo 118 PRW274 07/02/2016 08/02/2016 Perawang/Perawang DAILY Marco Polo
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  • OPINION
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      As central bank powers weaken, governments need to step up
      570 20 EDITORIAL WHILE this year’s market correction has been blamed on oil price declines and China’s botched attempts to control its stock market as well as its currency, there is an alternative explanation. Traders are turning pessimistic because they no longer
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      Protecting investors from controlling shareholders
      1207 20  -  It is time to rethink the way independent non-executive directors are elected so that they can provide thoughtful and robust challenge to management in the boardroom. BY DAVID SMITH boardroom.BY DAVID SMITH T The writer is head of corporate governance at Aberdeen Asset Management Asia
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      It’s still the economy, stupid!
      704 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP WASHINGTON IN 1992, James Carville popularised the adage “It’s the economy, stupid”. If the economy is ailing, people tend to vote against the party in the White House. That happened in the 1992
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      Europe may yet emerge as economic model for Asia
      830 21  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo WHATEVER became of the eurozone crisis, or that of Greece and other peripheral nations in the European Union? Have these formerly attention-grabbing problems gone away, or have we simply lost sight of them as the spotlight
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      No magic bullet to reducing childhood obesity
      1194 21  -  COMMENTARY By Steven Bartholomeusz T The writer is Head of Communications at Food industry Asia, an industry interest group with the region’s suppliers, manufacturers and food retailers among its members IN the article “Time to bring sugar into the ‘sin tax’ net” (BT,
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      Economists are calm, even if equities are not
      899 21  -  There are reasons why equity volatility may be ignored in the real world, but economists cannot entirely ignore the moves in financial markets. BY PAUL DONOVAN markets.BY PAUL DONOVAN TThe writer is global economist at UBS. His latest book, “The Truth About
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Kicking off his namesake
      914 22  -  Former footballer Hidetoshi Nakata launches his own sake, simply called “N”. BY AVANTI NIM “N”.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg HIDETOSHI Nakata doesn’t do anything by halves. The retired footballer who played seven seasons for the Italian Serie A during his decade-long career, also spent seven years travelling
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    • CITY BUZZ BT writers' picks of what to see, do or talk about
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        Antipodean Inquiry
        190 22  -  ART By Helmi Yusof ONE of the best group shows at the moment is Antipodean Inquiry at Yavuz Gallery, a showcase of 13 artists from Australia and New Zealand that bears testimony to the variety, vision and vitality of contemporary art from the region. Among the highlights are
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        MONTEIRO’S FESTIVE TRILLS
        240 22  -  By Dylan Tan CNY JAZZ SPECIAL Jeremy Monteiro’s Gong Xi! Show WELCOME the year of the Monkey with King of Swing Jeremy Monteiro as he plays a special Chinese New Year show this weekend. Expect to hear jazzy renditions of festive tunes and evergreens off his album
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        Originals Sing
        154 22 MUSIC Singer-songwriter showcase, Originals Sing, which gives new music artists the opportunity to evolve from open mic to proper paid gig (the S$10 cover charge is shared between the featured acts) returns next week. Curated by veteran indie musician and rock critic Kevin Mathews from its sister event,
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        HUANG YI AND KUKA
        151 22  -  DANCE By Helmi Yusof BOOKS and movies from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis to the recent Ex-Machina have wrestled with the concept of man’s relationship with robots and artificial intelligence. But seldom has dance taken on a similar inquiry. Huang Yi is a rising Taiwanese choreographer who created
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      Wines for the festive season
      1235 23  -  Go for the creme de la creme of wines this Chinese New Year such as Egon Muller-Scharzhof, Wilhelm Haag, Joh Jos Prum, Helmut Donhoff and Schlossgut Diel. BY NK YONG WINE BY NK YONG TWO years ago my annual blood tests showed alarmingly that my
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      Emotions run high in the best shots
      737 23  -  ARTS By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg IT doesn’t matter what camera you use. A picture is about the story it tells, not the colours and composition. These were some of the tips that former National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry doled out last week, when
      PHOTOS: STEVE MCCURRY  -  737 words
  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      348 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Working in shed, hence best in private (6,3,6) 9 Summary in a poor state (3-4) 10 Playwright Oscar’s detained, giving needle (7) 11 Unemployed star on radio (4) 12 Man at top of order? (5) 13 Mist in west London area reported (4) 16 Bachelor, in
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  • ARTS
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      What’s love got to do with it?
      702 24  -  A new play by Pangdemonium explores what it means to be human and in love. BY HELM I YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF LAST year, a New York Times article titled To Fall In Love With Anyone, Do This went viral. It referenced a
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      Parable looks at anti-foreigner sentiments
      705 24  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT ANYONE looking for solid productions of classic plays might by now be familiar with Nine Years Theatre, a Mandarin theatre company that has staged to much acclaim Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Yasmina Reza’s Art and Reginal Rose’s
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      Ditching choreography in the name of dance
      488 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg WHAT is dance? And can a theatre director better examine that question? RE/PLAY Dance Edit, a TheatreWorks co-production with Offsite Dance Project (Japan) challenges ideas of whether it’s just harmonised movement to music, or more. In his dance, six
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  • CINEMA/MUSIC
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      Brutal yet beautiful Inarritu revenge thriller
      717 25 Based on a real-life story of a frontiersman’s near-death experience, director Alejandro G Inarritu’s The Revenant is a bravura retelling. BY GEOFFEY EU NO one makes movies quite like Alejandro G Inarritu, a director with the ability, vision and strength of will to generate
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      Neo’s winning box-office formula
      621 25  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT JACK Neo might have made a better businessman than a filmmaker: over two dozen movies in, the writer-direc-tor is still shooting them like one long commercial with blatant product placements scattered throughout the plot. In his latest, Long Long Time Ago
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      Minimalism for the masses
      552 25  -  MUSIC By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg STEVE Reich may be best known for being one of the key pioneers of the minimalism movement, but the composer isn’t too thrilled with the label himself. He said: “It’s not my job to give it a name, but I’ve got
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  • Lifestyle
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      Good ol’ kampung days HOME BOX OFFICE
      1692 26  -  The local box office is set to heat up as Singapore films get off to a flying start in 2016 with three openings this month: Jack Neo looks to retain his title as the nation’s favourite filmmaker with the two-part nostalgic family drama
      PHOTOS: ZHAO WEI FILMS; PHOTOS: MM2 ENTERTAINMENT; PHOTOS: CLOVER FILMS  -  1,692 words
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