The Business Times, 14 October 2014

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    29 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg O n@BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 ICA (P) Wednesday, October 8, Tuesday, October 14, 2014G
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    222 1 Malaysia’s Budget seems to have mostly elicited yawns, even though Putrajaya’s assumption about a rise in oil prices sparked talk that this could hurt the economy if global prices continue declining.TOP STORIES 2 Singapore’s CPF scheme continues to be the best retirement system in Asia, although adequacy or
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    26 1 Monday Change STI 3,202.15 -21.72 KL COMP 1,797.20 -11.68 NIKKEI 225 15,300.55 -178.38 HANG SENG 23,143.38 +54.84 SHENZHEN B 964.53 -9.31 DOW(noon EDT) 16,526.38 -17.72
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    Lock icon China exports surge in September but analysts unmoved
    610 1  -  Exports swell 15.3%, imports up 7%; but concerns remain about domestic demand By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’S exports jumped by double digits in September, but there was no burst of enthusiasm from analysts still concerned about the country’s anaemic domestic demand.
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    Lock icon NTU start-up could lead next big leap in lithium ion batteries
    676 1  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore A MATERIALS science start-up from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has developed ultra-fast charging lithium ion batteries, potentially affecting a global market of rechargeable batteries tipped to be worth some US$23.4 billion in
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      226 1 *****4 US ECONOMY SHELL IN SINGAPORE Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz gives his prognosis PROPERTY FUNDS Huge wave of fund expiries ahead more than market can absorb: CBRE Interview with outgoing chairman MACRO INSIGHTS 19 FOCUS TOP STORIES 4 A winner from ship to shore DBS ASIAN LEADERS INSIGHTS 13 REAL
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Observers’ verdict? A ho-hum Budget
      625 2  -  The policy moves announced by Najib were within expectations, though GST revenue level and cash handouts surprised some MALAYSIA BUDGET By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S 2015 Budget, tabled before Parliament last Friday by Prime Minister Najib Razak, seems to have mostly elicited yawns,
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      Lock icon Construction to gain from 2015 rise in development spending
      490 2  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S contractors are expected to be the key beneficiaries of an additional 20 per cent in development expenditure next year, the budgeted RM50.5 billion (S$19.7 billion) earmarked for the implementation of key infrastructure projects including
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      Lock icon Grooming Singapore talent
      936 4  -  Outgoing chairman says links with the global group spell greater development opportunities for employees in the Republic SHELL IN SINGAPORE Reports by Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore SHELL Singapore is today more integrated than ever with the global group, presenting with it expanded development opportunities for its
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      Lock icon ‘Refinery fire a reminder of safety’s importance’
      542 4 ONE of the most public challenges for Lee Tzu Yang in leading Shell Singapore was undoubtedly the fire at its refinery at Pulau Bukom in September 2011. Mr Lee says: “I hope that’s not what they remember because I think Shell has done
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      Lock icon Smooth operator
      410 6  -  BT Infographics By Joyce Hooi, Simon Ang COME 2017, the frequency of argy-bargy between buyers and sellers of marine fuel oil might just come down. Then, a mandatory mass flow meter (MFM) system for bunker tankers that supply marine fuel oil will come into effect. This system, which
      Sources: Endress+Hauser, Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore; BT Graphics: Joyce Hooi, Simon Ang & Weatherly Tan  -  410 words
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      Lock icon CPF best retirement scheme in Asia, but lacks adequacy: Mercer
      445 6  -  With changes recently announced to scheme, Singapore’s score should improve in the coming years By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme continues to be the best retirement system in Asia, although adequacy or the lack
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      Lock icon Typhoon forces Japan airlines to cancel more flights
      432 6 BLOOMBERG AFP Tokyo ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines, Japan’s two largest carriers, cancelled more flights on Monday as typhoon winds disrupted travel for a second week. Typhoon Vongfong prompted ANA to cancel 101 flights, affecting about 16,600 passengers, the airline said. Japan
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      Lock icon WHO urges East Asia, Pacific countries to bolster Ebola defences
      628 6 EU health ministers to discuss possible screening of travellers from west African countries AFP Manila WORLD Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan on Monday urged East Asian and Pacific countries to strengthen defences against the Ebola outbreak, warning that the
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      935 4 CHINA HONGCHENG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) (Co. Reg. No: *****) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA HONGCHENG HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at Orchid Country Club, Sapphire Suite III IV, 1 Orchid Club Road,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Sembmarine’s Jurong Shipyard wins US$696m contract
      435 8  -  Deal comes from a joint venture between Brazil’s Odebrecht Oil Gas and Teekay Offshore By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore JURONG Shipyard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine), has won a US$696 million deal to convert a shuttle tanker into a floating,
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      Lock icon SMRT not bidding for UK taxi operator
      616 8  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THE details may be sketchy and the background information not available but if there is one thing observers believe SMRT Corp should not do is bite off more than it can chew. Singapore’s main rail operator on Monday
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      Lock icon Trans-Cab planning IPO to raise S$100m: sources
      199 8 BLOOMBERG Singapore TRANS-CAB Services Pte, Singapore’s second-biggest taxi operator, is preparing an initial public offering in the city that could raise at least S$100 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company plans to sell shares by the end of the
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      Lock icon SPH Reit’s Q4 DPU beats IPO forecast by 6.1%
      693 10  -  Payout of 1.39 Singapore cents brings full-year distribution to 5.99 cents; annualised yield of 6% based on IPO price By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore SPH Reit, which owns Paragon and The Clementi Mall, reported on Monday distributable income that came
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      Lock icon EuroSports and GMG Global issue profit warnings
      419 10  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore TWO Singapore-listed companies on Monday warned ahead of their earnings announcements that they would be making losses. Ultra-luxury and luxury car distributor EuroSports Global said that based on its preliminary assessment, it expects to report a loss
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      Lock icon Is OSIM sell-off linked to S$170m bond issue?
      661 10  -  By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore AS OSIM International shares get pummelled further away from its nearterm peak of S$2.87 scaled merely 21/2 months ago, the rub, say some market wags, could be related to the firm’s S$170 million convertible bonds which
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      Lock icon UOB offers back-to-basics investing plan
      439 10  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore INTERACTIVE touch screen displays that help investors plan their finances and a ceiling-to-floor multi-media wall displaying educational videos in an open setting. This is what customers who visit the United Overseas Bank (UOB) at Suntec City will experience as
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      Lock icon Lian Beng Q1 net profit surges 59% to S$11.97m
      566 12  -  This comes from strong construction orders previously clinched as well as its JVs in property development By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore LIAN Beng Group enjoyed a 58.5 per cent surge in net profit to S$ 11.97 million for its fiscal
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      Lock icon KepLand’s SM-KL project in Manila enters Phase 2
      267 12  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT Singapore KEPPEL Land is moving into the second phase of its SM-KL project in the Philippines a joint venture between Keppel Philippine Properties and Banco de Oro (BDO), the banking arm of the SM Group. This second
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      63 14 STI Catalist Straits Times index Oct 13,2014 3,202.15 -21.72 (-0.67%) Current streak 2 days Day high 3,217.98 Day low 3,194.29 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index Oct 13,2014 813.08 -17.15 (-2.07%) Current streak 2 days Day high 832.93 Day low
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      Lock icon Late rebound offers hope on weak day
      754 14  -  ST Index ends 21.72 points down at 3,202.15 after hitting an intraday low of 3,194; 396 stocks fall compared to 84 rises STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT ON numerous days this year, the Straits Times Index’s (STI) movements didn’t properly represent that
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 14 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 220 -1 221/219 250 206 6.5 5558.7 CapitaLand 303 -4 304/301 348 268 15.2 2.6 ***** CapitaMall Trust 189.5 -2 191.5/189 209 180 5.4 6571 CityDev 916 -13 926/916 1118 860 12.4
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 14 VOLUME Top Global 133,602,000 IHC 82,121,000 APAC Strategic 51,790,000 Blumont 34,040,000 Mirach Energy 28,229,000 Market volume 1,514,459,000 VALUE DBS Grp 112,740,480 SingTel 63,525,570 Keppel Corp 45,115,546 OCBC Bank 40,385,100 Noble 33,847,465 Market value 966,277,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      114 14 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 324 -3 246 325/323 343/298 324/325 IS MS India US$ US741 +6 146 741/730 779/541 737/741 92.6 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1370 -5 34 1373/1351 1600/1110 1367/1374 Lyxor Asia US$ US489 -5 30 489/489 543/450
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      77 14 Oct 13 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -904.00 -211.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -293.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -91.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 740.93 -4.92 FTSE ST Small Cap 513.39 -6.44 FTSE ST All Share 775.54 -5.54 FTSE ST China Top 187.08 -2.27 FTSE ST China 219.26 -2.36 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 14 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Oct 13,2014 775.54 -5.54 (-0.71%) Current streak 2 days Day high 779.24 Day low 774.02 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 14 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Oct 10,2014 1,748.97 -37.24 (-2.08%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,781.48 Day low 1,748.97 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,748.97 (Oct 10, 2014)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 14 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 12 4 0 0 0 1 12 4 Manufacturing 20 79 34 4 18 6 24 97 40 Commerce 10 33 13 2 11 2 12 44 15 Tpt/Stor/Comms 5 32 4
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 14 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,434 24,434 76,068 76,068 Manufacturing 202,208 56,703 258,911 101,839 3,623 105,462 Commerce 91,590 46,143 137,733 91,618 2,568 94,186 Tpt/Stor/Comms 87,290 8,328 95,618 137,528 1,459 138,986 Finance 34,550 134 34,684 198,608 37 198,645 Construction 163,821 11,119
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      80 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxKR US$ ***** 268.2 1.4 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 87.7 0.6 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2446 63.6 2.1 2847/2304 DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$ ***** 59.7 0.2 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5691 52.1 0.7 6735/5650 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Moya Asia
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      82 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -155.1 -0.7 *****/***** DBXT MSUSA US$ 4792 -94.1 -1.5 5076/4303 Lyxor Idonesia US$ 8587 -87.7 -0.8 9636/6957 DBXT S&P500 US$ 3172 -83.9 -2.0 3373/2863 Lyxor AsiaIT US$ 3522 -73.7 -1.6 3993/3300 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low UOB MB
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 14 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Yuexiu Prop 14.0 0.200 -0.065 -24.53 Cheung Woh 900.0 0.178 +0.015 +9.20 Joyas Intl 280.0 0.024 +0.005 +26.32 Jackspeed 333.0 0.060 -0.015 -20.00 St James 1,951.0 0.040 +0.004 +11.11 Techcomp 335.0 0.415 +0.025 +6.41 Darco Water Tech 125.0 0.036 +0.006 +20.00 Lereno Bio-Chem 2,023.0 0.003
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Wheelock Properties
        169 14 (Singapore) Buy Oct 13 close: S$1.79 Target price: S$2.38 OCBC Investment Research, Oct 13 Recent flash estimates of the URA private residential property price index showed a 0.6 per cent decline in Q3 2014 a fourth consecutive quarter of price decrease cumulating in a 3.8 per cent dip
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        Lock icon Yoma Strategic Holdings
        85 14 Buy Oct 13 close: S$0.62 Target price: S$0.88 DBS Group Research, Oct 13 Yoma announced that it will be Yum! Brands franchise partner to bring the first KFC restaurant to Myanmar in 2015... We are positive that Myanmar’s close to 6 million urban population would contribute profitably
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        Lock icon United Envirotech Ltd
        166 14  -  Compiled by Joyce Hooi Hold Oct 13 close: S$1.31 Target price: S$1.44 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Oct 13 United Envirotech (UENV) has signed a framework agreement with Chengdu Xingrong to set up a 49:51 JV (joint venture). We believe strategic partnerships with local players are the right
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        14 14 DATA I 8.00am Singapore advance GDP estimates I 8.00am Singapore monetary policy statement
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      Lock icon US$ drops as rate hike expectations wane
      361 15 CURRENCIES BLOOMBERG Sydney THE US dollar declined after Federal Reserve officials said a worldwide slowdown may delay interest-rate increases, damping demand for the US currency. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, a gauge of the greenback against major trading-partner currencies, fell for the first
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 15 Oct 13 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.979 5.348 0.689 6.772 53.464 106.661 0.936 9.317 2.846 1.110 89.726 39.113 1.110 9.664 0.833 26.547 28.318 0.543 0.873 Canada 1.022 5.464
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 15 Oct 13 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1093 1.1101 0.8728 0.8731 Canadian dollar 1.1333 1.1342 0.8921 0.8917 Euro 1.6107 1.6116 1.2673 1.2676 NZ dollar 0.9993 1.0003 0.7862 0.7868 Sterling pound 2.0444 2.0456 1.6085 1.6089
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 15 Oct 13 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2710 1.2714 2-months 1.2710 1.2714 3-months 1.2710 1.2715 6-months 1.2709 1.2714 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        206 15 Most active Oct 13 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****6 8.5 -2.3 ***** 0.2 1880 3 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.8 0.1 7014 1 2 55 STI 3300 MB eCW*****1 3.3 -0.5 5861 0.0 2
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 15 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1191.9 -1.0 0.6 -0.9 -0.8 -1.2 -1.7 EAFE Preliminary 921.3 -1.5 -3.7 -1.8 -7.9 -2.1 -8.7 Europe Preliminary 1304.4 -1.5 -3.7
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        368 15 Oct 13 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.88 *****.78 *****.83 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****0 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 32 248 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 317.62 320.53 316.96 Oct14 319.80 320.30 317.30 317.40 7194 *****6 Nov14 318.60
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    • BANK RATES
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        167 15 Oct 13 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.06 0.03 1-month 0.4375 0.3125 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.08 US$ 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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        36 15 Oct 13 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 15 Oct 13 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 106.09 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.88 100.95 100.95 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 106.42 106.72 106.50 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.79 103.00 103.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 108.66 108.90 108.75
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        212 15 Oct-10 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Oct-10 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 922.50 -19.50 -2.07% 14/11/2014 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.28 -0.60 -1.82% 14/10/2014 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 498.50 5.25 1.06% 12/12/2014 Oct-10 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2053.00 70.00 3.53% 12/12/2014 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2159.00 -22.00 -1.01%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        53 15 Oct 13 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 14 2187.0 848 Nov 14 2196.0 2174.0 2201.0 2170.0 1662 ***** Dec 14 2182.0 2157.0 2192.0 2152.0 ***** ***** Jan 15 2191.0 2165.0 2199.0 2161.0 5535 *****
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  • DBS ASIAN LEADERS INSIGHTS
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      Lock icon A winner from ship to shore
      1110 13  -  Riding on the success of its hotel business, Ow Chio Kiat’s Stamford Land has more recently expanded into building apartments and offices in Australia and New Zealand. BY FRANCIS KAN Zealand.BY FRANCIS KAN HAVINGestab-lished Stamford Land Corporation as a key player in the Australian
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      5 13 DBS Asian Leaders Insights by
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      90 13 A- ks (aJ'AK vs k_ j oo X i s uM J^k Lim Say Boon Chief Investment Officer DBS Private Bank Best Private Bank, Singapore 2014, Euromoney, FinanceAsia and The Asset Best Private Bank, Singapore 2013, Professional Wealth Management/The Banker Start a conversation with us at +65 6227 7188. www.dbs.com/privatebank
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon US$40 billion of property funds expiring in next two years
      652 16  -  Liquidity from disposal of the 50 Asia-Pacific funds will be more than the market can absorb: CBRE By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore AMONG the 84 Asia-Pacific real estate funds expiring between 2013 and 2016 is a clutch of 50
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      Lock icon Bargains for the rich as London’s priciest homes lose value
      436 16 BLOOMBERG London BRITAIN’s most expensive homes got cheaper this year as more central London mansions and super-prime apartments sported “for sale” signs. The average value of homes sold for at least £10 million (S$20.4 million) in London’s most expensive neighbourhoods
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      Lock icon HDB bags award for service innovation
      204 16 Singapore THE Housing Development Board (HDB) has beaten public-sector departments from eight other countries to win an award for service innovation. It was presented the International FutureGov Award 2014 in the ser-vice-innovation category for its efforts to create improved customer experience through service personalisation
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      Lock icon Universal to open its fifth theme park in Beijing
      192 16 AFP Beijing US ENTERTAINMENT firm Universal Parks Resorts will invest more than US$3 billion with a Chinese partner to open a movie theme park in Beijing in 2019, the city government and state media said on Monday. The park, which will
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      Lock icon Agile Property in talks with banks to extend loan
      572 18 Chinese developer’s shares fall as much as 31% after trading resumes; will consider other funding options REUTERS Hong Kong CHINESE developer Agile Property Holdings Ltd, battling an industry slowdown and media speculation about ties to China’s former security chief, said that
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      Lock icon Agile – only the worst of the best
      380 18  - Agile only the worst of the best By John Foley REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS Beijing AGILE Property is crumbling. The Chinese real estate developer needs urgent financial assistance after the authorities detained its chairman and it had to cancel a US$360 million rights issue. The shares fell by as much as 30
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      282 23 BLOOMBERG San Francisco SALESFORCE.COM Inc is entering a new business, data analytics and business intelligence, seeking to maintain growth and persuade customers to pour more of their information into its data centres. The company announced Wave, a cloud-based information analytics system, at its
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      219 23 Singapore Capital Expo and Small Cap Showcase 2014 INTRODUCTION FREE ADMISSION Discover Leading and Innovative Growth Companies ShareInvestor, The Business Times Wholesale Investor will bring together up to 1,000 high net worth, accredited, professional and international investors, executives, brokers, fund managers, media and industry participants for the first Singapore Capital
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      28 24 Blow your own trumpet Buy new musical instruments or put up your old ones for sale in CLASS 72 To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988
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      469 25 Course Objective In the present confusing economic and financial scenario characterized by volatilestock markets and even more volatilestock price movements, you need to have an advantage in stock trading. Technical Analysis will give you that winning advantage in stock transaction timing! Amidst the market uncertainties, it is now an ideal
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      417 27 BLOOMBERG Washington THE British government has started the sale process of its stake in English Channel tunnel passenger train operator Eurostar International Ltd as it seeks to raise billions of pounds from asset disposals and reduce public debt. Chancellor
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      505 27  -  Airline chiefs’ call comes as overcapacity depresses yields of carriers in the region By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore AIRPORTS in the region can do more to help low-cost carriers (LCCs) cope with costs in a challenging environment, said airline heads at
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      431 29 Energy,trade and finance agreements also attest to the strenghtening of ties between the two giants REUTERS MOSCOW RUSSIA and China signed energy, trade and finance agreements on Monday proclaimed by Moscow as proof that a policy turn to Asia is bearing fruit
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      467 29 AFP Stockholm FRENCH economist Jean Tirole won the Nobel Economics Prize on Monday, for his analysis of big companies, market power and regulation, the Royal Academy of Sciences said. Mr Tirole, the second Frenchman to be honoured this year, is “one of the
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      322 29 More than 20% of Greeks are unable to afford basic comforts: study REUTERS Athens MORE than 20 per cent of Greeks could not afford basic comforts last year, nearly double the number in 2010 when the country’s debt crisis exploded, data showed on Monday. In
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      286 29 REUTERS New Delhi INDIA’S retail inflation declined for a second straight month in September, but the risks of price shocks are expected to keep the central bank from cutting interest rates anytime soon. Consumer prices rose a slower-than-expected 6.46 per cent from a
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      897 30 More than half of economists predict QE programme similar to those carried out by the US Fed, Bank of England BLOOMBERG Frankfurt MARIO Draghi’s latest strategy for the euro area is failing to win over economists. More than 60 per cent of the
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      751 30 AFP Hong Kong CHAOS erupted in central Hong Kong on Monday as dozens of masked men rushed barricades at the city’s main pro-democracy site, sparking renewed accusations that the authorities are using hired thugs to disperse demonstrators. Groups of men, many
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      486 30  -  By Andrew Stevens Andrew Stevens is a CNN anchor/correspondent based in Hong Kong Hong Kong THE PROTEST movement in Hong Kong has already lasted a lot longer than anyone could have guessed and there's no indication yet that it's running out of steam. Why?
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      340 30 It is just one issue to weigh on rate decision as Britain’s recovery is driven mainly by domestic factors REUTERS London EUROZONE weakness will be only one factor that helps to determine when the Bank of England raises interest rates, Governor Mark
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      624 32  -  The annual SiTF Awards recognises companies that innovate through technology By Hazel Tan HIRTY-EIGHT SiTF Awards winners were lauded for their innovative products and services at this year’s ICM (information, communications and media) industry gala dinner held at the Resorts World Sentosa last Thursday. Started by the Singapore
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      196 32 Singapore General Hospital and integrated Health information System (iHiS) Best Public Sector Product (Gold) “With the SGH Automated Pharmacy Dispensing System (APDS), over 80 per cent of prescriptions are now filled within 30 minutes, and near misses for wrong drug type and strength have dropped by 38.4 per
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      916 34  -  Primary school pupils and telecommunication firms struck gold with their projects, reports JASMINE OSADA hen Numoni’s chief executive officer Norma Sit (below) first took her company’s Nugen kiosk to potential partners, she found it difficult to convince them that the device was a solution worth adopting.
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      982 35 The SiTF Awards 2014 has grown in strength, thanks to strong support from sponsors and partners, reports HAZEL TAN ELEBRATING innovation, promoting emerging technologies, and giving back to the community are some reasons why some companies continue to give their support to the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF)
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      124 32 Creating Business Value Together. m.' A Partnership That Makes Innovation I Work for You Success comes from the ability to create the right links between opportunity, people and technology. With StarHub, you’ll find a collaborator, a pioneer and a co-creator. Our partnerships have resulted in solutions that drive businesses forward.
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      507 36 DYSTOPIAN fiction depicting a future world in which society is headed towards oblivion, devastated by wars, natural disasters and plagues, has been in vogue in recent years. EDITORIAL So it may not be surprising that the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus
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      856 36  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By David Mason T The writer, a business communications consultant in the UK, was a Price Waterhouse Singapore partner for 18 years in the 1980s and 1990s THE UK has recently been shocked by disclosures of accounting irregularities at
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      1383 36  -  SoP may require disclosures that could harm a firm’s competitive interests. BY CLARENCE GOH T The writer is research manager at the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants IN the corporate setting, the remuneration of chief executive officers (CEOs) and senior executives is typically determined
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      846 37  -  By Andrew Hammond T The writer is an associate at LSE Ideas at the London School of Economics. He was formerly a UK government special adviser IT is less than a month since the UK’s domestic politics captured world headlines with the landmark
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      519 37  -  By William Pesek LAST week, Japan’s media were exultant over a Nobel Prize in Physics award to three native sons. So it came as a shock when, rather than pop another champagne cork, co-honoree Shuji Nakamura poured cold water
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      501 38 Scholars fear outcome of Warburg Institute’s funding dispute with University of London NYT London THE Warburg Institute here has trained generations of scholars, who liken its library of Renaissance and post-Classical material to an intellectual paradise. Now many scholars fear
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      622 38 AFP Paris A TROUBLED detective hunting a serial killer in rural Louisiana, a chemistry teacher with inoperable lung cancer reinvented as a drugs kingpin, a bisexual woman doing jail time for aiding and abetting her drug mule ex-girlfriend. Hollywood’s David Fincher says
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      69 38 Inside Insights There is more to a situation than meets the eye. The new Business Times brings you the insight that comes only from knowing business, sector by sector. When you get the inside view, you will see new perspectives. www.BusinessTimes.com.sg www.facebook.com/TheBusinessTimes follow us ©BTbreakingnews To subscribe, call (65) 6388
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      292 38 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Name a soft extremity (7) 9 Fascinating attraction of good US actress (7) 10 Holding dog with no lead (5) 11 Standard therefore will be touching on ruin of Athens (9) 12 Cinzano two words for it (7,8) 13 Late goal that leads nowhere (4,3) 16
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      65 40 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2014 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. Supreme Components International was among the winners in 2013. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank, and
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