The Business Times, 4 November 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E GFriday, November 4, 2016
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    171 1 A Trump presidency could hit emerging-market and advanced economies through investments and exchange rates, says the Institute of International Finance. TOP STORIES 2 The government is kicking off an ambitious plan to teach adult trainers to spot skills needed ahead for industry and to impart the skills to
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    Lock icon Super Group going Dutch in S$1.45b privatisation offer
    843 1  -  S$1.30-a-share offer is one-third above pre-announcement price; 3-in-1 coffee maker may be latest big consumer name to exit S’pore stock market By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THREE-in-one coffee-mix maker Super Group looks set to be the next prominent consumer brand leaving
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    Lock icon Headwinds create bumpy Q2 ride for SIA
    812 1  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) found itself battling turbulence in its second quarter amid headwinds in the form of a sluggish economy, while excess capacity from its rivals put continued pressure on loads and yields. This caused the airline’s
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    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,802.08 -5.06 KL COMP 1,648.08 -11.52 NIKKEI 225 CLOSED HANG SENG 22,683.51 -126.99 SHENZHEN B 1,167.46 +6.90 DOW (11.45 AM EDT) 17,982.69 +23.05
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      13 1 *****1 *****1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Keeping it grounded and real BT LIFESTYLE 26
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      35 1 KNIGHT FRANK SINGAPORE Executive chairman Tan Tiong Cheng to retire REAL ESTATE 16 HOCK LOCK SIEW Fund platforms give developers flexibility COMPANIES MARKETS 6 DINING OUT Candlenut’s Asian spread with Nonya pedigree bt lifestyle 23
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Spillover effects of a Trump win could hit emerging markets: IIF
      788 2  -  Washington-based body says ripple effect on investments and exchange rates could also affect advanced economies By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE Institute of International Finance (IIF) said on Thursday that a Trump presidency could have a significant spillover impact
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      Lock icon Fed holds rates steady, sets stage for December hike
      571 2 REUTERS Washington THE Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday in its last policy decision before the US election, but signalled that it could hike in December as the economy gathers momentum and inflation picks up. The US central bank
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      Lock icon Prosecution builds case with evidence from 6th witness
      587 2  -  Defence disputes Samuel Goh’s testimony that the accused instructed him to destroy documents 1MDB-LINKED TRIAL By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE trial of former BSI banker Yeo Jiawei continued on Thursday with the prosecution’s sixth witness, Samuel Goh Sze-Wei a key
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      332 2 READERS’ PROMOTION TO mark The Business Times’ 40th anniversary, readers can take advantage of dining offers at two restaurants The Song of India and Peach Blossoms. Established in 2005, The Song of India was awarded a Michelin star by the Singapore Michelin Guide, which launched its
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      Lock icon Trainers to be ‘transformed’ to keep up with change
      662 4  -  SSG will work with training players and employers to help them better codify, preserve and transfer skills By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE government is kicking off an ambitious plan to equip adult trainers with the ability to spot
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      Lock icon Kuala Lumpur gives nod to 6 P2P financing platform operators
      594 4  -  Securities Commission says it intends to proceed with caution and to build up market trust and confidence By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur SIX registered peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform operators in Malaysia have been approved by the Securities Commission (SC),
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      Lock icon Lithan invests S$10m in digital push for its training services
      389 4  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore LEARNING and training services provider Lithan invested S$10 million to transform its business from a traditional classroom-training based approach to include an on-demand online platform more suited for the digital age. As part of
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      Lock icon The Peak honours philanthropists, social entrepreneurs
      387 4 LUXURY lifestyle magazine The Peak honoured 10 philanthropists and social entrepreneurs in its 2016 Power List, which was unveiled at an event on Thursday evening. Every year, the annual Peak Power List highlights 10 personalities and this year’s group represents a wide range of
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      Lock icon Indonesia president, VP urge calm ahead of Islamic protest in Jakarta
      750 4 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo and his vice-president called for peace as tensions rose on Thursday ahead of a protest planned by hardline Muslim groups against the Jakarta governor, a Christian and the first ethnic Chinese in the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Fund platforms give developers flexibility
      809 6  -  Developers have different motivations for diversifying into fund management, often using them to meet company-specific agenda HOCK LOCK SIEW BY LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT SINGAPORE property developers are building up fund platforms adjacent to their primary development business though not in the traditional way that
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      Lock icon New Toyo to acquire Indonesian printing firm
      293 6  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore NEW Toyo International Holdings and its Malaysia listed subsidiary, Tien Wah Press Holdings, are acquiring PT Bintang Pesona Jagat (BPJ) for 304 billion rupiah (S$32.3 million). BPJ currently engages in the activity of printing and supplying of
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      Lock icon KrisEnergy launches capital restructuring exercise; Keppel in talks to support plan
      840 7  -  It is planning a preferential offering to raise up to S$140m to help it ride out contraction in oil and gas sector By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore KEPPEL Corp is in talks to support KrisEnergy in its proposed
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      Lock icon Noble Group parts with ‘crown jewel’ in quest to raise funds
      474 7 BLOOMBERG Singapore NOBLE Group Ltd executives have mapped out a road to recovery for the battered commodity trader as shareholders voted to approve the sale of a US energy unit to raise funds, with chairman Richard Elman describing the
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      Lock icon HC Surgical Specialists makes strong debut
      223 7  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore SHARES in HC Surgical Specialists (HCSS) surged as the medical services group made its trading debut on the Catalist board on Thursday. It eventually closed the day at 55 cents, roughly double the offer price of 27 cents.
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      Lock icon Scaling down on VIPs boosts Genting Singapore’s Q3 earnings
      512 7  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE strategy of focusing on boosting its profit margins and cutting back on its bid to lure high-rollers has paid off for Genting Singapore, the casino operator said as it recorded a surge in third-quarter
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      Lock icon Hyflux posts S$21.5m Q3 profit on Mid-East, Singapore projects
      406 7  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore AS it continues to build its projects in the Middle East and Singapore, water treatment firm Hyflux posted a net profit of S$ 21.5 million for its third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016, more than
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      64 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index NOV 3,2016 2,802.08 -5.06 (-0.18%) Current streak 5 days Day high 2,807.61 Day low 2,789.56 52-week high 3,040.48 (Nov 4, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 3, 2016 462.16 +6.20 (+1.36%) Current streak 1 day Day high 462.31 Day
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      Lock icon Situational plays push volume above S$1b as STI stalls
      633 8  -  A Trump presidency seen negatively impacting Asian markets in the short term STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE listing of HC Surgical Specialists, the privatisation of Super Group and the possible takeover of Global Logistic Properties (GLP) helped boost trading
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      305 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 232 -6 236/231 257 209 6.6 6498.7 CapitaCom Trust 157 -1 157.5/155.5 164 127 5.5 4652.7 CapitaLand 308 -1 311/306 340 280 12.3 2.9 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 202 -3 205/201 225 185
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      38 8 VOLUME Equation W*****2 388,015,800 Noble 241,137,300 SunMoon Food 89,535,400 Global Logistic 79,858,200 China Med Intl 69,432,600 Market volume 2,412,412,000 VALUE Global Logistic 162,640,607 Singtel 65,375,142 Super Group 53,202,113 DBS Grp 45,802,680 Noble 40,834,253 Market value 1,063,510,000
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      106 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 285 478 285/284 309/254 285/286 DBXT MSRussia US$ US208 -4 160 209/208 219/129 209/210 IS MS INDIA US$ US714 -3 118 717/710 772/441 714/717 89.3 Nikko AM STI ETF 290 -1 46 291/290 314/259
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      77 8 Nov 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -295.00 +6.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +27.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -29.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 685.84 +0.67 FTSE ST Small Cap 386.52 +3.44 FTSE ST All Share 693.35 -0.69 FTSE ST China Top 158.02 +1.45 FTSE ST China 196.63 +2.44 FTSE
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      73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 44.3 0.3 *****/***** DBXT S&PShort US$ 1999 42.9 1.6 2362/1930 Super Group 126 29.0 29.9 126/68 China Flexpack 90 24.0 36.4 122/36 Combine Will 65 15.0 30.0 97.5/30 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Next-Gen Sat 0.3 200.0 0.2 0.5/0.1
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      77 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -446.8 -1.8 *****/***** DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -261.5 -1.4 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -106.5 -0.4 *****/***** JMH USD 5975 -102.4 -1.2 6371/4500 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2332 -51.2 -1.6 2533/2017 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Samko Timber 4
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 3, 2016 693.35 -0.69 (-0.10%) Current streak 5 days Day high 694.06 Day low 690.57 52-week high 735.69 (NOV 4, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index NOV 2,2016 1,655.89 -9.42 (-0.57%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,669.07 Day low 1,651.76 52-week high 1,761.35 (NOV 4, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 5 7 0 0 1 1 5 8 Manufacturing 50 26 31 10 6 14 60 32 45 Commerce 17 19 7 5 2 2 22 21 9 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 11 3
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      125 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 11,122 13 11,135 36,727 2 36,729 Manufacturing 156,413 114,824 271,237 136,083 2,714 138,797 Commerce 411,689 93,175 504,864 104,542 1,273 105,815 Tpt/Stor/Comms 97,715 75 97,790 165,835 7 165,842 Finance 15,055 974 16,029 114,721 149 114,870 Construction
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      86 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Next-Gen Sat 30,752.4 0.003 +0.002 +200.00 Samko Timber 301.0 0.040 -0.037 -48.05 Full Apex 11.0 0.260 +0.060 +30.00 Vashion 11,277.9 0.010 +0.002 +25.00 Super Group 42,818.7 1.260 +0.290 +29.90 Combine Will 5.1 0.650 +0.150 +30.00 Chemical Ind 192.4 0.815 +0.095 +13.19 Hu An Cable 10,776.8
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon BreadTalk Group | Sell
        90 8 BreadTalk Group Sell (under review) Nov 3 close: S$1.00 Target price: S$0.99 OCBC Investment Research, Nov 3 BreadTalk Group’s Q3 2016 results came in within our expectations. Against a set of mixed performance across segments, notably on an overall basis, the group’s Q3 2016 results showed improvements in margins suggesting
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        Lock icon SIA Engineering | Hold
        113 8 SIA Engineering Hold (downgrade) Nov 3 close: S$3.66 Target price: S$3.77 CIMB Research, Nov 2 Management clarified at the briefing that the cut in interim dividend is a reflection of weaker year-on-year profit, isolating the divestment gain. We still hope for special dividend. The company is in a catch-22 situation.
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        Lock icon StarHub | Fully valued
        198 8  - StarHub Fully valued Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Nov 3 close: S$3.27 Target price: S$2.80 DBS Group Research, Nov 3 Q3 2016 net profit of S$86 million was lower than our S$90-95 million expectations. Lower revenues from mobile and pay TV, coupled with reductions in adoption grants, resulted in a weaker
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      8 8 DATA I Nov 4 US Unemployment Rate
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      453 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London POLITICS dominated currency markets on Thursday as US election worries kept the US dollar weak against the yen while sterling rose more than one per cent after a UK court ruled that parliament would have to approve the start of Brexit
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 Nov 3 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.026 5.185 0.690 5.949 51.151 100.119 0.787 8.751 3.207 1.050 80.375 37.087 1.061 10.366 0.745 24.157 26.805 0.621 0.767 Canada 0.975 5.055
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        155 9 NOV 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0608 1.0616 0.7668 0.7673 Canadian dollar 1.0344 1.0349 0.7480 0.7477 Euro 1.5378 1.5383 1.1116 1.1118 NZ dollar 1.0106 1.0111 0.7305 0.7308 Sterling pound 1.7079 1.7089 1.2346 1.2351
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        22 9 NOV 3 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3830 1.3833 2-months 1.3828 1.3832 3-months 1.3825 1.3829 6-months 1.3816 1.3823 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        210 9 Most active Nov 3 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.3 unch *****5 1 1 30 3.33 9 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 8.5 0.7 4129 0.0 1 FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****9 8.7 -0.9 3954 0.0 1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 2 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1279.6 -0.7 0.1 -0.9 -1.7 -0.4 0.8 EAFE Preliminary 964.1 -1.3 -4.9 -1.0 -6.0 -0.6 -3.5 Europe Preliminary 1371.8 -1.2 -2.9
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        384 9 Nov 3 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Nov16 9840.00 9997.50 9830.00 9927.50 *****1 *****3 Dec16 9852.50 *****.00 9847.50 9950.00 1404 4713 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 6 4619 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        250 9 NOV-2 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-2 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 976.75 -7.50 -0.76% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 34.98 0.13 0.37% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 417.75 3.50 0.84% 14/12/2016 Nov-2 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2226.00 -3.00 -0.13% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2214.00 8.00 0.36%
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Nov 3 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.63 0.53 2 months 0.85 0.65 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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        69 9 Nov 3 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.69 0.00 0.00 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 99.75 99.90 99.75 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 101.82 102.15 102.00 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.6 107.80 107.60 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 98.81
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      1806 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day Low 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 137cd -1 415 138 137 0.9 8.3 873.1 C'vr 149.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 149.5 +8.5 1426
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      312 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net 0.5 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.2 unch 214 0.4 0.2 5.3 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 36 -0.5 135 36 35.5 14.3 62.3 LOW 16.2
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      126 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3066 -8 4 3066 3060 8.4 422 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US397 -4 14 397 397 1388 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1295
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      42 6 Everyone deserves a great Weekend In celebration of The Business Times' 40th Anniversary, readers can enjoy discounts on dining deals at selected exquisite restaurants this November! Purchase a copy of The Business Times Weekend on 5 November 2016 to find out more!
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      122 7 The inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival will bring together leaders from the global financial community and key players in the FinTech ecosystem to explore cutting-edge innovations that are transforming financial services. Comprising a series of exciting events spanning one full week, the specially curated conferences and networking platforms will offer a
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon ANZ to sell its Australia wealth, insurance business
      621 11 Bank posts its weakest profit in five years and warns that a soft jobs market could crimp growth REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) on Thursday said it will sell its Australian insurance and wealth division to raise cash,
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      Lock icon Pollution-choked China grabs global green bond lead
      420 11 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CHINA is extending its dominance of the global market for green bonds, just as the Paris Agreement on climate change takes effect this week. The world’s most-populous nation accounted for US$21.9 billion of the US$61.1 billion in global green bond
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      Lock icon China mulls limiting bitcoin transactions to curb outflows
      186 11 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’S regulators are studying measures to limit transactions that use bitcoins to take funds out of the country, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials are considering policies including restricting domestic bitcoin exchanges from moving the cryptocurrency to platforms
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon De Beers tests service of reselling polished diamonds from Singapore
      560 12  -  It says it’s launching the new service from here to allow the group to be closer to customers in India, Asia-Pacific By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore DE BEERS, the world’s leading diamond company, is testing a new service of
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      Lock icon BP, Rosneft eyeing India’s US$117b oil retail market
      307 12 BLOOMBERG Mumbai GLOBAL oil majors BP plc and Rosneft PJSC are eyeing a piece of India’s US$ 117 billion retail market for fossil fuels, threatening to shake up govern-ment-owned companies that have faced little competition for a decade. BP has already secured
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      246 12 2017: November 29, 2016 8am to 2pm The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Ballroom KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Foreign Affairs PANELLISTS Professor Wang Gungwu Chairman, Iseas Yusof Ishak Institute, East Asian Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (NUS) and Professor NUS Professor Subrata K. Mitra Director, Institute
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      438 13 In the matter of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the Matter of Eastral Development Investment Pte Ltd (Registration No.: *****1760C) NOTICE OF MEETING OF CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50), that a meeting of the creditors of the abovenamed
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      396 13 In the matter of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the Matter of Creative Cuisine Pte Ltd (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Registration No. *****0084N) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Final Meeting of the members
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      273 13 Form 69(3) NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND TO UNSECURED CREDITORS Name of Company Belgasia Singapore Pte. Ltd. (In Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation) Singapore UEN No. *****3398E Address of Former Registered Office 111 Somerset Road, #01 -11 TripleOne Somerset, Singapore *****4 Last Day of Receiving Proofs 21 November 2016 Name of Liquidator(s) Farooq
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Booking platform for digital billboards in the region takes off
      309 14 Media buyers can buy timeslots in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand Singapore MOVING Audiences, a unified online platform for the Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) sector, was launched on Thursday, giving access to DOOH billboards across borders. The platform allows
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      585 14 Casino’s new US$4.4b resort, impeded by nearby construction, fails to lift betting revenue BLOOMBERG Los Angeles THE Macau unit of Wynn Resorts Ltd, the casino company founded by billionaire Steve Wynn, posted thirdquarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as its new US$4.4 billion project
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      Lock icon Fitbit falls short on holidayquarter revenue forecast
      408 14 REUTERS London WEARABLE fitness device maker Fitbit Inc’s revenue forecast for the key-holiday shopping quarter fell well short of analysts’ estimates, hurt by soft demand and battery issues with one of its new wristbands. Shares of the company, which also reported lower-than-expected quarterly
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      688 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MEDO INVESTMENT PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****5859N NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of MEDO INVESTMENT PTE. LTD. deemed to have been duly convened and held
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      969 14 NATURAL COOL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No.: *****9967G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”) of Natural Cool Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held on 12 December 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at 29 Tai Seng
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
    • Article
      Lock icon BOE drops rate cut plans after Brexit hit to sterling
      642 15 UK central bank ramps up its forecasts for growth and inflation in 2017 REUTERS London THE Bank of England scrapped plans to cut interest rates and said they could move in either direction as it ramped up its forecasts for
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      639 15 AFP London THE High Court in London ruled on Thursday that the British government alone cannot start the process of leaving the European Union but requires the approval of parliament, in a landmark judgment that could delay Brexit. Three senior judges
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      Lock icon Survival of fittest hones China private firms
      719 15 Meanwhile, state enterprises spared the rigour of reform drag on growth BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA’S private manufacturers, scorched for years by surging wages and anaemic foreign demand, are reinventing themselves. In coastal Zhejiang province’s Anji county, which produces 70 million chairs annually, chair maker
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      494 15  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has not “set aside” the ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that China does not have sovereign rights over the Scarborough shoal in the South China
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      848 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF RESORTS WORLD MARKETING PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****4962K NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of RESORTS WORLD MARKETING PTE. LTD. deemed to have been duly convened
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      976 16  -  However, he will take up new role as president, Asia Pacific, and also advise the property consulting group on Singapore operations By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore TAN Tiong Cheng will step down as executive chairman of Knight Frank Singapore on March
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      Lock icon Margaret Drive site triggered for sale with minimum bid of S$185.76m
      585 16  -  Property players see strong developer interest given the Reserve List plot’s location and palatable size By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore A LAND parcel in Margaret Drive that is big enough for 275 homes has been triggered for sale
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      Lock icon HDB resale prices in October stay flat
      330 16  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore HDB resale prices dipped 0.1 per cent in October compared to September, the SRX Property Price Index for HDB Resale released on Thursday showed. But for the most part, the index has been fairly flat for a
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon China, Russia in US$20b project to develop long-haul jet
      463 18 The joint venture, to be set up in Shanghai this year, will develop a 280-seat wide-body plane AFP Shanghai CHINA and Russia will invest up to US$20 billion to develop a long-haul wide-bodied jet, reports on Thursday and a company statement
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      Lock icon Maersk willing to pay price for long-term dominance
      452 18 BLOOMBERG Copenhagen THE chief executive officer of the world’s largest container line says he’s willing to lose money in the short term in exchange for longer-term market dominance. Maersk Line’s decision to go for market share in an unprofitable third quarter might
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      Lock icon German new car sales stumble in October
      302 18 AFP Frankfurt GERMANY, Europe’s biggest car market, saw a sharp dip in sales in October after two months of strong growth, official data showed on Wednesday, although the industry shrugged off the slide as calendar effects. A 5.6-per cent fall in registrations compared
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      298 18 Unwind in style with the all-new 2-in-i Business Times Weekend From Saturday 8 October, the weekend edition will feature a luxury lifestyle magazine called Weekend that will be your slick, up-to-the-minute guide to the best in fashion, travel, food, design and more. Get your news fix too with the refreshed
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      1996 19 S-*- THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES C a i l a n B r i s b a n e E n n o r e J e d d a h Shanghai Chittagong ~Ho Chi Minh H o n g J e b e l A i K o
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s pivot towards China is pragmatic but not without risk
      579 20 EDITORIAL IN September last year, China’s ambassador to Malaysia found himself in a delicate spot over his remarks that his country rejects any form of extremism and racism ahead of a mostly Malay “red shirt” rally in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown
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      Lock icon How S’pore can raise the compliance bar
      1237 20  -  Singapore, a premier financial hub, has to reinforce its firewall against money laundering and terrorist financing by building a risk awareness and compliance culture. BY LEM CHIN KOK BY LEM CHIN KOK T The writer is head of forensic at KPMG in Singapore.
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      861 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington TO understand this nasty and nutty US presidential campaign, you have to go back to 1973, which is before roughly 60 per cent of today’s Americans were alive. The
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      Lock icon Bad idea that higher interest rates could boost US growth
      876 21  -  COMMENTARY By J J Bradford DeLong TThe writer is a former deputy assistant US treasury secretary, is professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Berkeley BLACKSTONE
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      Lock icon The odds of an oil production deal look increasingly grim
      738 21  -  COMMENTARY By Nick Cunningham OILPRICE.COM A TECHNICAL meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and Opec’s (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) effort at coordination
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      1155 21  -  America’s continuing use of “muppet diplomacy” shows that it plays an effective role in resolving conflict and fighting discrimination against women. BY HARISH MEHTA BY HARISH MEHTA TThe writer, a former BT Indochina correspondent, has taught the history of American foreign relations
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      134 20 Singapore Press Holdings News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore *****4 SPH 6319-6319 BT 6319-5360 FAX: 6319-8278 Customer service: 6388-3838 www.businesstimes.com.sg Press releases: btnews@sph.com.sg Letters: btletter@sph.com.sg chief executive officer singapore press holdings ALAN CHAN deputy chief executive officer singapore press holdings PATRICK DANIEL editor-in-chief (english/malay/tamil media group)
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  • DESIGN/FOOD
    • Interiors that wow
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        297 22 The Co. Duxton by Formwerkz Architects 99 Duxton Road CO-WORKING spaces are now so stylish it’s a wonder why anyone would still want a conventional office. The Co ’s new branch, at Duxton Road, is a two-storey shophouse space for entrepreneurs, expats and businesses in the creative
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        347 22 taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT Aura by jpa Design National Gallery Singapore, #05-03 IT is hard to decide what people love most about Aura the food, the decor or the view. It is most likely a combination of all three. Located on the uppermost levels of the National Gallery’s City
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        415 22  -  By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg @TaySuanChiangBT COLD crab, pig trotter jelly, and hei chor or prawn rolls now you can have these iconic Teochew delicacies while up in the air onboard selected Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights. The airline is offering Teochew cuisine, on top of
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        285 22  -  A cinema for kids and a modern laminates showroom are just two of the 118 projects that impressed the judges at this year’s Design Excellence Awards. BY TAY SUAN CHIANG BY TAY SUAN CHIANG Cinemaxx Junior by dp Design Cinemaxx Maxxbox Lippo village, Tangerang, near Jakarta THIS
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        256 22 EDL Division by Formwerkz Architects 43 Sungei Kadut Street 1 IF you have recently renovated your home, you may have gone hunting for the right colour and texture of laminates to use. Most laminates tend to be displayed in a rather boring way, as small samples hanging
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  • DINING OUT/WINE
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      1190 23  -  Peranakan-trained Malcolm Lee, a one-Michelin starred chef, embraces a larger Asian menu at Candlenut at COMO Dempsey. BY JAIME EE BY JAIME EE jaime@sph.com.sg @JaimeEeBT NEW RESTAURANT Candlenut Block 17A Dempsey Road Tel: 1800 3042 288 Open for lunch and dinner daily: 12pm to 2.30pm
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      Lock icon Domaines or Maisons, does it matter?
      847 23  -  By NK Yong TALKING of Burgundy again, there is a marked preference for the production from growers (for example, Domaine Dujac) over that of negociants (Maisons, for example, Maison Joseph Drouhin). Negociant wines are those made from purchased fruit, instead of fruit grown in
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      Lock icon New prices, boutique for Nespresso
      411 23  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT STUFFING your suitcase with cartons of Nespresso from overseas is a thing of the past, now that prices of the brand’s Grand Cru coffees have been reduced by about 20 to 30 per cent in Singapore. The Kazaar and Dharkan
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  • REVIEWS/ENTERTAINMENT
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      666 24  -  Paul Roberts, ex-frontman of The Stranglers, honours David Bowie with a show full of the latter’s classic rock tunes and more. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN PAUL Roberts might be better known as the ex-front-man of British punk legends The Stranglers but
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      619 24  -  By dylantan@sph.com.sg Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT DON’T wait too long to decide whether or not to catch Sam Loh’s Siew Lup at the upcoming Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) because it might be the only time the erotic thriller will be screened uncut.
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      Lock icon A two-hour lovefest for fans of The Beatles
      581 24  -  By Geoffrey Eu ON Aug 15, 1965, a few days after a certain little island in South-east Asia gained independence, a similarly historic event (one that surely attracted more media attention) took place on the other side of the world at a
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      504 24  -  By Geoffrey Eu THE old expression “you can’t make this stuff up” is a fitting description f or M as t erm i n d s based-on-a-true-story comedy about a based-on-a-true-story comedy about trailer-trash rednecks who steal US$17 million from a cash-handling facility in
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon ‘Our skin protects us but also imprisons us’
      708 25  -  So says Sean Tobin, festival director of M1 Singapore Fringe Fest. With a theme of “Art Skin”, the event boasts its most provocative programme yet. BY HELM I YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT T For more details, go to singaporefringe.com. Tickets
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      Lock icon Top picks for M1 S’pore Fringe Fest ’17
      259 25  -  By Helmi Yusof Naked Ladies Jan 7-8 Jan, Centre 42 Why has the female body been at the centre of so much admiration and controversy? Performance artist Thea Fitz-James engages in storytelling and striptease to narrate the history of the female body
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      Lock icon Stand-up for Singapore razes the stage
      508 25  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT NOW in its third edition, the biennial Happy Ever Laughter showcase of local stand-up comedy has put paid to any doubt that Singaporeans can be funny. From now till Sunday night, 11 local comedians are motor-mouthing their way through
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      Lock icon A divorcee tells his story
      529 25  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT THE protagonist of The Necessary Stage’s new one-man show Best Of (His Story) is not the kind of man most women would contemplate marrying. Played by Sani Hussin, he is simple, insecure, narrow-minded, unambitious and borderline misogynistic. He never talks
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      333 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Undercover family needs it to change (11) 9 Lawyer meeting patient, maybe a carrier (9) 10 Material convinced on the radio (5) 11 Perjurer ringing once, oddly not involved in a row (6) 12 Good! Fish, fish and fish (8) 13 Newspaper article about length for
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  • Lifestyle
    • KEEPING IT GROUNDED AND REAL
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        610 26  -  Singapore Writers Festival 2016 the 19th edition sees a significant representation of journalists whose works deal with the year’s hottest and most pressing topics. BT Lifestyle finds out how these authors and their books, both fiction and non-fiction, are influencing the literary landscape. BY
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        Lock icon Cutting to the bone of terrorism
        538 26 NISID HAJARI SWF Panel: India Unbound, Nov 5 SWF Panel: Americans in the Pacific, Nov 6 SWF Panel: The world in the Age of Digital Journalism, Nov 12 JOURNALIST Nisid Hajari might not have been reporting daily from the frontlines of the war in
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        Lock icon Orange Prize-winner Shriver lets rip
        417 26 LIONEL SHRIVER SWF Masterclass: Melding Fact and Fiction, Nov 12 SWF Panel: An Unflinching Eye Into Truth, Nov 13 IN Lionel Shriver’s latest and 12 th novel, The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047, there are no more publishing companies and no more newspapers. “Of those two
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        503 26 uihoon@sph.com.sg T The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), on Nov 4-13, is centred on the theme “Sayang” a Malay term of endearment and will feature over 300 international writers as well as writers from Singapore. Festival details and tickets at: https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/ ATIAABAWI SWF Classroom Series: Europe’s
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