The Business Times, 19 September 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Friday, eptember 19, 2014
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    Lock icon Fed flags October end to bond buying
    802 1  -  More hawkish tone prompts traders to switch out of Treasury bonds into dollars By ROB CURRAN FOR the Federal Reserve, this was the point of no return: an extraordinary half-decade of stimulus and rate cuts has almost certainly come to an end. In
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      Lock icon FOREX
      65 1 GST INDEX 3,297.29 (+0.81) EST INDEX FUTURES 3,297.00 (unch) HSIMSCI 371.18 (-0.75) HSIMSCI FUTURES 371.50 (-0.70) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.267 (US$/S$ per 1.630 2.064 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.289 1.633 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 108.60 85.70 RM 3.229 2.549 HK$ 7.751 6.119 BAHT 32.27 25.48 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      49 1 Thursday Change KL COMP 1,845.32 +1.54 NIKKEI 225 16,067.57 +178.90 HANG SENG 24,168.72 -207.69 SET INDEX 1,584.23 +13.59 JAKARTA COMP 5,208.14 +19.96 MANILA COMP 7,287.29 +55.45 SEOUL COMP 2,047.74 -14.87 SHENZHEN B 970.99 +3.72 MUMBAI IND 27,112.21 +480.92 12 noon EDT Change DOW 17,244.19 +87.34 NASDAQ 4,585.10 +22.91
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      18 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.55 TAIWAN 5.00 INDONESIA 15.014 TAIWAN 5.036 CANADA 1.475 KOREA 9.33 Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon KepLand sells MBFC Tower 3 stake for $1.2b
    700 1  -  Purchase of 1/3 stake by Kep Reit will upgrade its portfolio By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT [SINGAPORE] Market rumours were proven right on Thursday with Keppel Land’s announcement that it will divest its one-third stake in Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) Tower
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      131 1 COMPANIES Star 360 a shoo-in to be a global player PAGE 2 PROPERTY BT Property Classifieds HOCK LOCK SIEW A regulatory body separate from SGX? PAGE 5 PAGES 22 23 WINE Toast to fine Italian Barolo PAGE 33 HAMMER TIME Singapore’s auction scene is expanding, with more players offering art
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Star 360 a shoo-in to be global player
      552 2  -  With Temasek as backer, it is now in talks with some big brands By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT [SINGAPORE] Fuelled by recent investments from Temasek units, Star 360 Holdings has plans to beef up its physical and online presence as it enters
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      Lock icon To stay or not to stay – the final scene unfolds
      838 2 To stay or not to stay the final scene unfolds Reuters [EDINBURGH] To stay or not to stay, that was the question Scots were deciding on when they voted in an independence referendum on Thursday that decides the fate of the United Kingdom. Opinion polls showed hundreds of thousands of
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      Lock icon Household income rises faster than expenditure
      563 2  -  BY LEE U-WEN |eeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT [SINGAPORE] Households in Singapore are earning more than they are spending, a new government survey released on Thursday has found. The latest Household Expenditure Survey (HES) by the Department of Statistics (DOS) also found that average monthly household incomes
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      357 2 Fed flags October end to bond buying FOR the Federal Reserve, this was the point of no return: an extraordinary half-decade of stimulus and rate cuts has almost certainly come to an end. FRONT PAGE KepLand sells MBFC Tower 3 stake to Keppel Reit KEPPEL Land will divest
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      Lock icon Plunging yen fails to lift Japan’s Aug exports
      676 4  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE yen hit a new six-year low against the US dollar on Thursday and yet trade data for August released the same day showed a drop in Japanese exports for the month at a time when the
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      Lock icon S’pore seriously considering third China park project
      724 4  -  It will focus on connectivity and modern services Reports by CHUANG PECK MING in Hong Kong SINGAPORE is seriously considering taking on another mega industrial park project in China, this time in the western region which will figure large in the next phase
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      Lock icon S’pore backs US alliance against ISIS
      358 4 SINGAPORE supports the US-led coalition against the unrecognised militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) but it has yet to work out the form of backing to give. “How we can support the American-led effort? That’s something we can discuss,” Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon Global shares mostly up after Fed decision
      381 4 Bloomb erg AFP [LONDON] Global markets mostly rose on Thursday while the US dollar rallied after the Federal Reserve stuck to its timetable on hiking interest rates but indicated they could rise more sharply than envisaged. The central bank’s statement that federal funds
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon A regulatory body separate from SGX?
      1043 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW B y MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT THE Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) plan to boost its disciplinary powers to improve the quality of the market is long overdue coming as it did after debacles such as the penny-stock collapse last year. Indeed, BT
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      Lock icon Raffles Education skis into Switzerland
      569 5  -  Latest purchase of Swiss properties marks its maiden European foray BY ANITA GABRIEL ahitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrie|BT FROM the animated city of Sydney to the atmospheric Clarke Quay in Singapore and the dusty charm of Phnom Penh, the business voyage of Raffles Education Corp one of Asia’s
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      Lock icon StarHub teams up with US-based IO
      570 7  -  Partnership a strategic move for joint data centre offering By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT IN a move that boosts its enterprise business, StarHub on Thursday announced a strategic partnership with IO, a leader in data centre technology and solutions. IO will provide StarHub
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      Lock icon FCL S$600m perpetual bonds priced at 4.88%
      376 7  -  BY SIOW LI SEN lIsen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT FRASERS Centrepoint Ltd’s (FCL) S$600 million debut perpetual issue, the largest perpetual deal this year, has been snapped up, said DBS Bank on Thursday. The hot demand led to the subordinated NC-5 perpetual bonds being priced at
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      Lock icon Xpress unit in tie-ups with UPS Singapore, SF Express
      375 7  -  By ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT XPRESS Holdings has inked a pact with logistics companies United Parcel Service (UPS) Singapore and China's SF Express to add new services including value-added documentation services such as completion of airway bills, shipment invoices and tracking
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Jefferies joins SGX derivatives market
        50 7 JEFFERIES Singapore has joined the Singapore Exchange (SGX) derivatives market as a clearing and trading member. The admission of the global investment banking firm brings the number of trading members in the SGX’s derivatives market to 48, and the number of clearing members to 26.
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        Lock icon MCE in printer tie-up with Hangzhou firm
        55 7 CATALIST-LISTED Metal Component Engineering (MCE) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Hangzhou Honghua Digital Technology Stock to jointly develop and manufacture a new model of digital textile printer. Around 20,000 to 50,000 sets are expected to be produced a year from
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        Lock icon Mitsubishi UFJ’s AGT stake tops 5%
        41 7 MITSUBISHI UFJ Financial Group is now a substantial shareholder of Accordia Golf Trust (AGT). By acquiring 750,000 units, it now owns 55,485,805 units or 5.048 per cent of the trust, up from 4.98 per cent.
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        Lock icon CDI to raise S$28m through placement
        83 7 COMMUNICATION Design International (CDI) expects to raise net proceeds of S$28.34 million from a proposed placement of up to 245 million new ordinary shares at 12 Singapore cents each. The price is a discount of 14.9 per cent from the volume-weighted average price of
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      Lock icon Looking for a disruptive edge
      1052 10  -  Singapore companies must look beyond just new technologies and products to come up with disruptive innovations that will achieve game-changing performance, reports FRANCIS KAN reportsFRANCIS reportsFRANCIS KAN IN today's volatile business world, hungry start-ups and global corporations alike are looking to create groundbreaking products and
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      Lock icon Fostering business model innovation
      218 10 SERGUEI Netessine, Insead's Professor of Technology and Operations Management and the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation, talks about the factors required for Singapore to foster a culture of business model innovation. “As we describe in our book The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Fed leaves market guessing on rates
      584 6  -  Focus now on Scotland referendum result which could have serious bearing on the pound STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent THE stock market wanted the US Federal Reserve to retain the phrase “a considerable time” at its latest Open Markets Committee meeting and
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 6 Sep 18 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -769.00 +38.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -63.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -77.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 763.49 -2.08 FTSE ST Small Cap 538.63 +1.15 FTSE ST All Share 799.68 -0.09 FTSE ST China Top 195.28 -0.65 FTSE ST China 227.39 -0.52 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 4 6 0 0 0 4 4 6 Manufacturing 32 49 47 5 10 10 37 59 57 Commerce 14 25 14 2 8 5 16 33 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 18 14
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      918 6  -  Compiled by ANDREA SOH Singapore Reits CIMB Research, Sept 18 SINGAPORE Tourism Board’s recently published July 2014 tourism numbers showed that tourist arrivals dipped 0.9 per cent y-o-y, while hotel RevPAR (revenue per available room) was flattish. Although visitor arrivals in July this year were weaker than in
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      122 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 11,536 11,536 38,798 38,798 Manufacturing 198,774 70,937 269,711 89,387 6,558 95,945 Commerce 289,434 31,360 320,794 128,887 2,463 131,350 Tpt/Stor/Comms 87,824 10,262 98,086 117,391 1,959 119,349 Finance 19,911 627 20,538 150,431 168 150,599 Construction 38,979 545,807
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      121 6 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.270 -0.020 CapitaLand 3.230 +0.010 CapitaMall Trust 1.940 -0.010 CityDev 9.710 -0.080 ComfortDelGro 2.460 DBS Grp 18.210 -0.030 Genting Sing 1.125 +0.005 Global Logistic 2.800 -0.040 Golden Agri-Res 0.505 HPH Trust USD 0.695 -0.005 HongkongLand USD 6.900 +0.040 JMH 400
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      Lock icon Greenback surges, sterling on edge
      529 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The US dollar began European trading on Thursday almost 1.5 per cent higher against the yen than 24 hours earlier, after the Federal Reserve sent another shock through the global financial system by raising its projections on future interest rates. The fallout
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      Lock icon RISES
      118 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 290.0 1.7 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 167.2 0.9 IS S&P500 ***** 108.9 0.4 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** 59.5 0.3 Lyxor MS India 10US$ 1691 32.9 1.6 JMH 400 USD 6220 29.1 0.4 IS MS India 100US$ 767 24.1 2.5 Great Eastern
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      Lock icon FALLS
      132 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT AUDCS 5US$ ***** -273.5 -1.1 DBXT USDIGInfl 5US$ ***** -245.7 -0.7 DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** -191.0 -0.8 GLD 10US$ ***** -150.7 -1.0 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6289 -144.4 -1.8 DBXT iBoxxKR 5US$ ***** -122.8 -0.6 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -110.0 -1.0 DBXT EONIA
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      Lock icon FTSE CATALIST INDEX
      4 6 DAILY
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      59 6 VOLUME Singapore eDev 531,312,000 Digiland Intl 118,159,000 GSH 76,826,000 IHC 71,156,000 Noble 65,938,000 Mirach Energy 46,759,000 APAC Strategic 44,074,000 TopGlobal W*****9 35,481,000 Artivision Tech 32,766,000 Compact Metal 32,579,000 VALUE($) Noble 92,991,650 SingTel 62,116,200 OCBC Bank 49,156,692 DBS Grp 44,740,270 CapitaCom Trust 43,362,195 Global Logistic 42,155,870 UOB 37,417,720
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      376 8 l\ E LEY CHOON GROUP RECYCLE BUILD RENEW Asphalt Regional Outreach ant f its second asphalt plant at Drive, Ley Choon’s combined has more than tripled from in me production capacity r Construction waste recycling wmm rted aSD^ V in 20 Underground infrastructure im comrade need 1 its first plar
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      237 9 CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GRAND OPENING OF LEY CHOON ASPHALT RECYCLING PLANT One-stop Underground Infrastructure Construction Road Works Specialist Established in 1990 and listed on the SGX Mainboard in 2012, Ley Choon is engaged in the construction and maintenance of underground utilities infrastructure and road/expressway in Singapore and abroad. Ley Choon’s
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Essilor sets sight on revenue of S$4.6b from EMs by 2018
      337 11  -  New facility marks major milestone in the group’s 27-year presence here By CLAIRE HUANG huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT WITH a view to generating S$4.6 billion in revenue from emerging markets (EMs) by 2018, ophthalmic optics company Essilor has expanded its regional
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      Lock icon Alonso matter of fact about chances of a podium finish
      465 11  -  Ferrari’s focus is now on next year after ho-hum performance this year, he says F1 DRIVERS IN TOWN Reports by NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT WITH a less-than-stellar performance so far this season for Ferrari, Formula One (F1) driver Fernando Alonso
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      Lock icon ExxonMobil constructs grease plant at its Jurong facility
      418 11  -  By CHAN YI WEN yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT TO cater to increasing demand for grease products from the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region, especially China, Singapore’s largest foreign manufacturing investor ExxonMobil broke ground last week for the construction of a new grease plant at its Jurong
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      Lock icon S’pore is 8th on best-performing Asian cities list
      372 11  -  By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT SINGAPORE has become the only developed economy to make it onto the Milken Institute’s top 10 list of Asia’s Best-Performing Cities, coming in at eighth place. This index of 24 cities in the region the institute’s first
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      Lock icon The Formula 1 buzz and bustle
      284 11 THE BOYS are back in town, and were out and about in full force on Thursday. A special public appearance by Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg thrilled the crowds at the main atrium of Paragon. During the 2014 F1
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      Lock icon NEC and EDB team up for smart energy
      249 11  -  By ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT NEC Asia Pacific has joined hands with Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) to develop smart-energy products and solutions in Singapore. They will home in on product research and developing solutions for ener-gy-management and control, smart grids, energy
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Democracy activists want SBY support in elections bill
      683 12  -  But move to eliminate direct elections has powerful supporters, including Prabowo By JEFFREY HUTTON in Jakarta OPPONENTS of a bill to eliminate direct elections for Indonesian governors, mayors and other regional heads are calling on outgoing president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) to
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      Lock icon Indonesia to hike price of subsidised fuel
      306 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Indonesia’s new government plans to raise the price of subsidised fuel by as much as 3,000 rupiah (32 Singapore cents) a litre by November to reduce its budget deficit and allocate more funds for fixing infrastructure bottlenecks, policymakers said on
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      Lock icon Malaysia offers lessons in gender diversity
      751 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] In her native Malaysia, Hong Leong Islamic Bank chief executive Raja Teh Maimunah Raja Abdul Aziz says she has never felt discriminated against on the basis of her gender. Overseas, it’s a different matter. “I was speaking at a conference in
      Bloomberg  -  751 words
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  • CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China to invest US$20b to trim India trade deficit
      662 13 Beijing to address worsening trade balance, improve market access Bloomberg Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a pledge from Chinese President Xi Jinping to invest US$20 billion as the leaders sought to adjust a lopsided trade relationship and
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      Lock icon China should aim to scrap GDP growth targets: S&P
      436 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] As economists debate whether China can meet this year’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth goal of 7.5 per cent, would it be better to ditch targeting altogether? Yes, according to Standard Poor’s Singaporebased economists Paul Gruenwald and Vincent
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      Lock icon China home prices fall for a fourth month
      426 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China’s home prices fell in August for a fourth straight month, official data showed on Thursday, underlining a deepening downtrend in the property market that is increasingly weighing on the broad economy. Average new home prices across China fell 1.1
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon IMF warns of abrupt corrections in financial markets
      517 14  -  It also says global growth in 2014 is likely to be weaker than forecast By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Thursday that increased risk taking and possible over-optimism in global financial markets “could trigger abrupt corrections”
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      Lock icon G20’s global growth targets appear ambitious
      485 14 AFP [CAIRNS, Australia] Finance ministers from G20 nations meet in Cairns this weekend as they grapple with how to achieve a lift in global growth by two per cent while being held back by a sickly eurozone recovery. Strengthening global growth, creating jobs and
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      Lock icon ECB’s offer of cheap credit to banks sees low take-up
      339 14 Reuters [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) handed out the first of its new four-year loans to banks on Thursday, the flagship tool in a new stimulus package it hopes will stave off price deflation and revive the ailing eurozone
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      Lock icon Amazon unveils six new tablets and e-readers
      412 15 WP [WASHINGTON] Amazon announced six new tablets and e-readers on Wednesday, the latest sign that the Web retailer is trying to reach consumers through devices where it can sell more books, movies and TV shows. The tech giant said it is introducing two
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      Lock icon Ukrainian crisis takes a toll on regional GDP
      464 15 GDP in 31 European economies to rise an average of 1.2% Bloomberg [LONDON] Five months of deadly fighting in Ukraine is curbing eastern Europe’s growth prospects, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has said. Gross domestic product in the 31 emerging
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      Lock icon UBS may have to post bond in French test case
      614 15 1.1 b euro bond will cover potential penalty for alleged money laundering Bloomberg [PARIS] UBS AG, the world’s biggest manager of money for the rich, has become the test case for French President Francois Hollande’s tax-evasion crackdown. The Swiss bank
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      Lock icon Sony shares slide 10% after it scraps dividend
      470 16 Company warns of 230b yen loss; plans to cut 1,000 jobs in smartphone unit Reuters [TOKYO] Sony Corp shares fell more than 10 per cent on Thursday in their biggest drop in more than 10 months after the Japanese consumer electronics maker
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      Lock icon Tobacco-related health epidemic set to threaten Asia
      728 16 AFP [SEOUL] Smoke-filled bars and packed cancer wards reflect decades of neglect of no-smoking policies in Asia, where both high- and low-income countries are belatedly waking up to a growing tobacco-related health epidemic. Researchers say inadequate public awareness of smoking risks, coupled with
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      Lock icon ‘Nessie’ leaves Scots wondering as big vote looms
      453 16 Press photo appears to show monster in a north England lake AFP [LONDON] As Scots prepare to vote for or against independence, the Loch Ness monster’s thoughts remain typically shrouded in mystery and there are fears he may have already made up
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      Lock icon Cloud-based online piracy rakes in about US$96m yearly
      579 18 Study reveals 30 ‘cyberlockers’ using same technology as legitimate websites AFP [WASHINGTON] Online piracy of music, films and other content has moved to the Internet cloud, reaping big profits for digital thieves, according to a study released on Thursday. The study identified
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      Lock icon Leading Japanese entrepreneurs race to burnish global image
      383 18  -  By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE chief of Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo, recently nudged into second place behind Internet entrepreneur Masayoshi Son for the title of Japan’s richest person, regained the limelight on Thursday by announcing US$1.2 million in fellowships for Japanese
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      Lock icon Gazprom faces lowest gas output in history
      380 18 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russian gas producer Gazprom is likely to record its lowest output this year since its creation a quarter of a century ago, after cutting supplies to Ukraine and losing market share to domestic rivals. Gazprom reduced its 2014 production forecast this
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      Lock icon August housing starts down more than forecast
      398 18 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Housing starts slumped in August after reaching the highest level in almost seven years, pointing to an uneven pick-up in the US residential real estate market that will limit its contribution to economic growth. Beginning home construction
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      351 19  -  Goal is to produce fully-trained pilots amid growing demand worldwide By CAI YONG caiyong@sph.com.sg TO help its clients meet rising demand for pilots, aircraft manufacturer Boeing is working on a Pilot Development Programme (PDP) that can train up to 500 pilots a year.
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      737 19 It exceeds 4 football fields’ length and can haul 190m iPads Bloomberg [HONG KONG] In shipping these days, bigger is better. Even if it’s just one metre. China Shipping Container Lines is ready to launch the largest containership ever built, a 400-metre (1,300-feet) behemoth
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      238 19 SGX '000 Sept 18 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.47 -0.01 211 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.30 0.01 1132 Sept 18 Cwt Limited 1.71 -0.01 332 First Ship Lea 0.10 unch 50 Grand Banks.............unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd -0.01 K1Ventures 0.19 unch 590 Keppel Corp 10.55 -0.02 2298 Mercator
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      788 19 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] SpiceJet Ltd, the Indian budget airline that has posted four straight quarterly losses, is seeking to lower costs by flying fewer and newer aircraft to return to profit amid intensifying competition from AirAsia Bhd. The airline returned two 14-year-old
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      407 19 Re uters [COPENHAGEN] US regulatory approval of a proposed shipping alliance involving AP Moeller Maersk should be a formality, the Danish company’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The alliance between Maersk and Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) the two largest container shippers
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      643 19 AFP [PARIS] STRIKING Air France pilots dug in their heels on Wednesday, rejecting government calls to go back to work and new assurances from management that low-cost operations would not threaten their jobs. The work stoppage was set to continue,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      1114 20  -  The varying world views of culturally mixed groups raises implications for managing them By ERIN MEYER The author is a professor at INSEAD and a specialist in cross-cultural management. She is the author of the new book, The Culture Map: Breaking Through
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      777 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 INTER-RACIAL marriage has historically been a contentious issue in many parts of the world and, while legal constraints may have been lifted, it continues
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      497 20 EDITORIAL UP till last year, Nov 5 held little significance for corporations in Singapore, but a spate of hacking incidents changed that. Almost overnight, CEOs were forced into acquaintance with the hacking collective called Anonymous, the Guy Fawkes celebration that it associated itself with and
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      919 21  -  The public-private partnership approach in the pharmaceutical industry has been shown to work By ALEX MATTER The writer is CEO of A*Star’s Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC) GLIVEC (or Gleevec in the US) is an antileukaemic drug known by several monikers a miracle drug, a magic
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      854 21  -  By ANDREW HAMMOND The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics, and was a former UK government special adviser A REPORTED 125 heads of state meet on Sept 23 in New York for a landmark climate
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      733 21  -  By RICHARD FARMER The writer is director, specialised recruitment, at Randstad Singapore IT IS easy to assume that a Formula One driver holds the sole responsibility of bringing victory to his team. The drivers are after all the face of the team, and their skill
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      123 21 LETTER TO THE EDITOR WE refer to the article “Chesterton again urges release of more hotel sites” (BT, Sept 11). The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) would like to clarify that there is a healthy supply of 12,200 hotel rooms coming onstream in the next few years
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  • PROPERTY
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      1211 22 Developers expect further price falls as government releases more sites for sale Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Billionaires including Li Ka-shing and Robert Ng have cut debt at their Hong Kong developers to near-record lows in preparation to buy land as prices
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      220 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Land prices in Japan’s three largest metropolitan areas rose in the 12 months to July 1, driven by investments in office properties and housing demand, but prices in most smaller cities kept falling, a government survey showed. Commercial land prices for
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    2121 24 Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE W W W. N G P L J S P. C O M THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. PTE. LTD. 300 BEACH ROAD #02-02 THE
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      142 24 Maritime Shipping Frauds Seminar (25 26 Sep 2014) Clever things that people do to cheat in business and how not to be the next victim! Central Bank of Nigeria, the Patel fraud cases, scuttling, hijacking, Letters of Credit frauds, phantom ships and piracy, and other actual cases. Topics covered include:
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      103 25 Shipping lines seeking reliable Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? The Business Times TO ADVERTISE, CALL JOE WONG AT *****327 Publicise Your Delivery Of^l ■r Newbuildsl ANO NAMING Of CESSFUl COMPLETION “""“Beniot Come publicise your Ship Christenings Delivery of Newbuilds, Project Completion, Vessel Conversion Refurbishment, Award
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      3941 26 Transaction date: Sep 18 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last 13 10.4 8Telecom Day Last Quote --AAT Net M Cap High 153.1 131 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 143 -1.5 827
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      443 27 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 33 25 t 3Cnergy 500 Last Vol Day 1.9 0.5 t Advanced Systems 0.7 +0.1 1100 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 13.6 Last Quote Div
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUST & FUNDS
      10972 27 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** APS Aloha Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited 1.59/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.26/ Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Limited 1.0243/ China Opportunities 1 China Opportunities USD!** 3 0159/ Global Emerging Markets USD Global Opportunities USD India
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      Lock icon GLOBALQUOTE
      236 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last 343 266 TanChongInt HK302xd -1 6 302 302 302 304 9.7 3.5 3 6082 DISCLAIMER: All information is published “as is” without warranty of any
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      1126 27 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 116 -0.7 116 116 115 117 529.5 139.4 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 134.4xd -0.2 134.4 134.4 133.2 135.9 110.5
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      670 28 Sep 18 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.47 *****.11 *****.46 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 1 105 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 336.56 337.58 335.94 Sep14 336.80 338.00 335.50 336.60 ***** *****6 Oct14 337.10
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 28 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 17 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1255.6 0.0 6.0 0.3 4.5 0.1 4.4 EAFE Preliminary 979.8 0.1 2.5 0.4 -0.9 0.2 -1.0 Europe Preliminary 1401.9 0.3 3.5
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      471 28 Sep 18 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.985 5.506 0.695 6.946 54.608 107.510 0.973 9.349 2.894 1.104 92.061 39.814 1.135 9.859 0.839 27.103 28.922 0.550 0.896 Canada 1.016 5.592
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      Lock icon SIBOR
      37 28 Sep 18 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 6 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      84 28 Sep 18 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 1-Year BY*****S 02-May-15 0.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 106.15 106.20 106.20 5-Year NX*****W 2.5 01-Jun-19 104.38 104.45 104.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS 10-Year NY*****H
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      122 28 Sep 18 GOLD(US$/oz) Sep 18 Sep 17 Hong Kong 1228.00 1239.00 Sep 17 Sep 16 London 1235.98 1232.69 1236.49 1233.41 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Sep 18 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 77 47 5gm 302 247 10gm 560 496
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 28 Sep 18 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 14 2171.0 2156.0 2189.0 2160.0 1159 8366 Oct 14 2138.0 2135.0 2166.0 2133.0 ***** ***** Nov 14 2148.0 2144.0 2173.0 2136.0 ***** ***** Dec 14 2173.0 2166.0
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 28 Sep 18 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1344 1.1359 0.8958 0.8964 Canadian dollar 1.1522 1.1535 0.9102 0.9099 Euro 1.6318 1.6333 1.2886 1.2889 NZ dollar 1.0279 1.0290 0.8117 0.8120 Sterling pound 2.0634 2.0653 1.6295 1.6298
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      109 28 Sep 17 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 14 982.50 980.75 988.00 977.50 Jan 15 990.75 989.25 996.00 986.00 Mar 15 998.75 997.00 1004.00 994.00 May 15 1006.25 1004.75 1012.25 1001.75 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 14
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      95 28 Sep 17 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 14 2045 2010 2051 2004 Mar 15 1999 1966 2005 1960 May 15 1981 1952 1987 1946 Jul 15 1969 1940 1974 1934 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 14 1956 1964 1998 1998 Nov 14 1977 1985 1996 1968
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      938 28 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4.7 0.3 1 -55 3.67 46 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.4 1 2 56 Ratio Exer Ascendas REIT MB eCW*****3 Prem Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd W*****5 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5 2.2 -1.8
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 28 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 17 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 98.82 0.18 WTI (Near Mth) 94.17 -0.65 Dubai (1-Mth F) 97.60 1.30 Tapis blend 100.91 1.54 Minas 96.41 1.54 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.56 0.87 Jet Kerosene 112.13 0.78 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 28 Sep 18 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2663 1.2672 2-months 1.2663 1.2672 3-months 1.2663 1.2672 6-months 1.2662 1.2671 Source: OCBC
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      66 28 Sep-17 Sep-17 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1961.25 1988.50 3 months 1999.00 2026.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6973.50 6946.25 3 months 6931.00 6901.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2093.50 2104.00 3 months 2108.50 2115.50 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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      121 28 As at 9am Sep 18 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.163 1.108 Can dollar 1.174 1.129 Euro 1.669 1.590 Sterling pound 2.100 2.020 NZ dollar 1.053 1.013 US dollar 1.294 1.233 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      158 28 Sep 18 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.10 0.05 1-month 0.3125 0.1875 2-months 0.3750 0.2500 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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  • executive lifestyle
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      2386 29  -  The auction scene is expanding, with more players offering art and collectibles at attractive minimum bid prices. If art collectors here don’t get carried away while bidding, they might just walk away with terrific bargains, reports HELMI YUSOF reports HELMI YUSOF Bonhams expands Asian outposts ROBERT Zhao’s A
      US$33,300.PHOTO: CHRISTIE’S; PHOTOS: BONHAMS; PHOTOS: SUBSTATION; PHOTO: LUCANNA; PHOTO: SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM  -  2,386 words
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  • COVER STORY/CINEMA
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      Lock icon Taking aim at family dysfunction
      562 30  -  Another in a long line of Hollywood family dramas is neither funny nor serious, writes GEOFFREY EU writesGEOFFREY writesGEOFFREY EU JUST when he least expects it, life rears its ugly head and bites Judd Altman (Jason Bateman), the producer of a popular radio show in
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      Lock icon Gritty vendetta hits pay dirt
      530 30  -  By GEOFFREY EU THIRTY-FIVE years after Mad Max introduced the world to a distressing vision of the Aussie apocalypse, The Rover presents an updated version of the dystopian future and it still isn’t pretty. By the looks of things, the Australian Outback hasn’t changed much
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  • TV/ARTS
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      Lock icon Hewson’s acting boot camp
      713 31  -  Eve Hewson relishes playing the lily-livered Lucy on the hit series The Knick writesDYLAN DYLAN TAN NOT many people will recognise the name Eve Hewson immediately but the feisty Irish starlet is determined to strike it out on her own rather than to simply be known
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      Lock icon Shooting on the fly
      612 31  -  By RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT IT has been almost a decade since American photographer Justin Mott left his photo-journal-ism studies at San Francisco State University and moved to Vietnam. And he has not turned back since. “I had so much fun (in school), and pho-to-journalism kept
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      Lock icon Italian artist’s sellout pixel paintings
      916 31  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg “GO near the painting and take a close look. Notice how you don’t see any detail but colour. And then stand back to see the full picture with all the fine details again,” urges Valter Spagno, one of the partners of
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  • ARTS
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      592 32  -  SINGAPORE DA:NS FESTIVAL 2014 One choreographer works with scientists for mind-body investigations, while another interviewed over 100 women worldwide for her piece. Headlining choreographers Wayne McGregor and Maria Pages at this year’s da:ns Festival aren’t just artists but also active in fields outside of dance. By
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      Lock icon Women of the world take centre stage
      564 32 Maria Pages’ flamenco creation spotlights women of the world A 90-year-old Russian actress, a Japanese woman who lived through World War II, aboriginal women in Australia and abused women in a Madrid shelter were among the women whom flamenco dancer and choreographer Maria
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        479 32  -  Compiled by GEORGINE VERANO gverano@sph.com.sg Whisky Live 2014: For its fifth year, South-east Asia’s biggest whisky and spirit show is back with hundreds of expressions of whisky with over 40 brands and 25 brands of spirit the largest in Singapore yet. Burnt Ends restaurant will lend its support to
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        265 32  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON FILIPINO artist Andres Barrioquinto returns to Singapore after a four-year hiatus with a solo show. Besides new paintings, he launches a series of sculptures in The Scream of the Butterfly showing the subjects he first used during his early days as a painter.
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      Lock icon Master remaker of the classics
      625 32 Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lakehas been performed more times in 20 years than the Royal Ballet performed its classical version in its 75-year history, popularising the well-known classic to new generations LIKE the proverbial swan turning into a beautiful woman in Swan Lake, the much loved
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