The Business Times, 13 April 2015

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    24 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G C ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Monday, April 13,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon US stocks rebounded
      37 1 last week as fears about jobs, earnings and the oil bust subsided. For the rebound to continue, the market needs positive outlook from banks, tech firms and housing market data this week.TOP STORIES 2
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      Lock icon Keppel Reit’s Steinway grand piano
      34 1 is moving to its new home at the School of the Arts after filling the Ocean Financial Centre lobby with lilting melodies over the past two years.TOP STORIES 6
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      Lock icon Ira Drukier and Richard Born
      31 1 have become billionaires by transforming their families’ modest real estate assets into a lodging empire that includes some of New York’s most stylish accommodations. REAL ESTATE/15
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      Lock icon The seemingly insatiable appetite
      35 1 of US companies for their own stock is unlikely to be satisfied soon, even if the Federal Reserve begins to raise benchmark interest rates and shares get pricier. BANKING FINANCE 24
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      Lock icon China and Afghanistan
      26 1 remain deadlocked over a stalled US$3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost half. ENERGY COMMODITIES 26
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      Lock icon For social networks
      41 1 the quandary is how to monetise activity without antagonising and thus losing users through distracting ads. The answer, for Twitter, YouTube and instagram, is to slip in stealthy ads camouflaged to look like posts from listed contacts. TECHNOLOGY/29
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      Lock icon Australian cities
      33 1 manage almost every drop of available water to make the most of supplies on the driest inhabited continent. Now California is looking Down Under for help with its record drought. CONSUMER/40
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    25 1 Weekly Change STI 3,472.38 +18.63 KL COMP 1,844.31 +9.79 NIKKEI 225 19,907.63 +472.55 HANG SENG 27,272.39 +1,996.75 SHENZHEN B 1,273.16 +100.83 DOW 18,057.65 +294.41
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    Lock icon The S$ and the big MAS policy debate
    1360 1  -  Economists are split on how MAS will tweak its Singapore dollar policy or whether it will even change its stance By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore FEW monetary policy statements in recent years have so vexed economists. Just one day before the
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    Lock icon History comes to an end at Oxley Rd
    818 1  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore THE house which witnessed history being made will tell no more stories. Lee Kuan Yew’s home at 38 Oxley Road will be demolished just as he wished. This is made clear in Mr Lee’s last will
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      192 1 Hill 8 '*****1 *****4 NEW ITALIANS IN TOWN What’s cooking at Perbacco and Waterfall Ristorante DINING OUT/55 IWC PORTUGIESER. THE LEGEND AMONG ICONS. Portugieser Perpetual Calendar. Ref. 5033: The daring expeditions of the Portuguese seafarers held out the promise of everlasting glory. A worthy legacy of this heroic epoch is
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      24 1 CORPORATE BUYOUTS More two-tier offers possible with caveats TOP STORIES 4 TOPLINE Armstrong Asset Management tapping South-east Asia’s clean energy boom COMPANIES MARKETS 8
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      17 1 SINGAPORE TOURISM How the country can hold its own as a travel destination VIEWS FROM THE TOP/16-17
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Can the rebound for US stocks continue?
      1001 2  -  For that to happen, market needs positive outlooks from banks, tech firms and housing-market data this week; investors wait to hear about damage done to profits by US$’s spike WALL STREET INSIGHT By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg LAST week, US stocks rebounded somewhat as
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      Lock icon The billion Singapore-dollar question
      469 2  -  Economists are divided on what the central bank might decide in the upcoming April monetary policy statement. Here are the different scenarios they expect, and why. By Teh Shi Ning and Kelly BTExplains By Teh Shi Ning, Kelly Tay “The key advantage of band widening is
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      Lock icon More two-tier offers possible – with caveats
      1066 4  - More two-tier offers possible with caveats Structure may not suit all situations and may confuse shareholders, say industry watchers By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore CONGLOMERATE Keppel Corp’s recently concluded two-tier takeover offer for its listed property arm is the first deal with two price rungs in at least five
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      Lock icon The five minutes that made a big difference for KepLand shareholders
      1019 4  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore FIVE minutes could have made all the difference to minority shareholders of property developer Keppel Land whose hopes of enjoying a higher payout of S$4.60 per share were dashed after the surprise result
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      Lock icon Taiwan’s ruling party chief to meet China’s Xi
      343 4 AFP Taipei THE head of Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang said on Sunday he plans to meet China’s President Xi Jinping next month, in what will be the first visit to the mainland by a KMT chief since 2008. Eric Chu, who succeeded embattled
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      Lock icon Keppel Reit piano’s grand swan song
      462 6  -  Company donates Steinway to SOTA following instrument’s two-year-stay at Ocean Financial Centre lobby and its loan for ChildAid annual concerts By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore AFTER filling the Ocean Financial Centre lobby with lilting melodies over the past two years, Keppel Reit’s Steinway
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      119 2 INVESTOR FOR EXPANSION fin established 5 star internationally awarded Luxury hotel located in prime beach front Hikkaduwa Sri Lanka^ LUe have, 2014/15 winner int hotel award best 5 star under 50 rms 2014 winner trip advisor award of excellence Strong revenue audited results 36 room, suites planned expansion to 60-70
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      188 4 ACTIVE SYSTEM ENGINEERING A Subsidiary of Wee Hur Holdings Ltd Your WELFARE is our No.l priority WE ccwts WE TUAS VIEW DORMITORY SG50 Promotion Transport Subsidy for Dormitory bookings Limited Period Only The First Commecial Cinema in Foreign Workers Dormitory NOW OPEN! SiH! i rcrr^ a i i hr mVT-
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Tapping on South-east Asia’s clean energy boom
      1120 8  -  Armstrong Asset Management is investing in various projects in region, as energy demand surges. TOPLINE BY CHAN YI WEN yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore A TRIP to South-east Asia in 1989 had British-born Andrew Affleck intrigued by business prospects in emerging markets. He had seen
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      Lock icon CFDs and their many attractions
      1156 9  -  Flexibility to trade in any market condition, access to a large range of markets and low costing structure have ensured their growth A SPECIAL FEATURE PRESENTED BY CHRIS WESTON T The writer is chief market strategist, IG THE global capital markets have never been more
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      Lock icon Shareholder deadlocks: Complications for directors
      840 11  -  Directors should act methodically, record valid reasons for their business decisions, and take legal advice in cases of doubt By Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din T The writer is a member of the Professional Development Committee of the Singapore Institute of Directors. T For more
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      64 12 STI Catalist WEEKLY straits Times index April 10,2015 3,472.38 +18.63 (+0.54%) Current streak 1 day Week high 3,472.38 Week low 3,452.91 52-week high 3,472.38 (Apr 10, 2015) 52-week low 3,167.73 (Oct 17, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index April 10,2015 745.47 +43.08 (+6.13%) Current streak 6 days Week high 745.47 Week
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      Lock icon How long can the momentum in Hong Kong last?
      620 12  -  STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Momentum is a wonderful asset in any market and perhaps the most important. Over in Hong Kong, the momentum generated by pent-up demand from China early last week was strong enough to ensure an 8
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      78 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** 573.8 1.7 *****/***** DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 547.9 2.9 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 4026 546.5 11.1 4148/2699 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 478.4 2.0 *****/***** DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3965 372.1 7.4 3967/3048 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ISDN W*****0
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      79 12 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Hyflux 6% CPS ***** -201.0 -1.9 *****/***** JMH USD 6213 -77.7 -0.9 6788/5700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ 996 -57.2 -4.0 1113/995 DBXT S&P Short US$ 2174 -55.9 -1.9 2602/2117 IS Asia BND US 1050 -34.1 -2.3 1081/1031 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low InterraResW*****8 0.1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      81 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Advanced Systems 12,677.1 0.008 +0.004 +100.00 ChinaSing Inv^ 16.0 0.007 -0.003 -30.00 China Taisan 5,897.3 0.025 -0.008 -24.24 LifeBrandz 12,149.8 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 China Flexpack 246.6 0.028 +0.017 +154.55 Dapai Intl^ 760.0 0.010 +0.004 +66.67 Metech Intl 32,032.1 0.006 +0.001 +20.00 ChinaKundaTech^ 90.0 0.023 +0.007
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 12 STI FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY FTSE ST All-Share Index April 10,2015 833.63 +6.67 (+0.81%) Current streak 2 days Week high 833.63 Week low 827.40 52-week high 833.63 (Apr 10, 2015) 52-week low 766.44 (Oct 17, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      34 12 STI MSCI EAFE WEEKLY MSCI EAFE index April 10,2015 1,901.28 +28.41 (1.52%) Current streak 2 days Week high 1,901.28 Week low 1,890.81 52-week high 1,993.20 (July 4, 2014) 52-week low 1,729.52 (Jan 9, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 12 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 11 4 2 0 0 0 11 4 2 Manufacturing 110 35 30 26 6 5 136 41 35 Commerce 45 18 13 13 7 1 58 25 14 Tpt/Stor/Comms 31 11 1
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 12 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 131,004 131,004 369,577 369,577 Manufacturing 1,386,576 1,061,319 2,447,895 478,948 42,815 521,763 Commerce 695,878 731,904 1,427,782 494,323 36,080 530,403 Tpt/Stor/Comms 936,756 14,215 950,971 928,435 1,110 929,545 Finance 169,627 1,586 171,213 760,688 404 761,092 Construction 631,583 269,744
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      Lock icon Oil prices rebound while gold firms
      744 12 COM MO DITIES London OIL prices rebounded and gold firmed last week as markets reacted to geopolitical concerns and the outlook for interest rates in the US. A strong dollar meanwhile capped gains for certain commodities priced in the US unit and caused others
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      319 12 Stock name Close Change Wk high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 266 +6 269/256 269 219 5.4 6725.4 CapitaLand 361 cd +4 361/353 371 290 13.2 2.5 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 222 unch 228/221 228 188.5 4.9 7701.2 CityDev 1082 cd +63 1095/1019 1118
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 12 VOLUME SIIC Environment 578,442,400 Magnus Energy 571,225,900 Vallianz 467,707,600 Mirach Energy 388,256,800 Polaris 354,682,400 Market volume 12,305,412,000 VALUE Singtel 409,329,698 Noble 282,778,598 UOB 256,279,095 DBS Grp 231,462,866 CapitaLand 218,134,479 Market value 5,492,943,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      110 12 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Wk high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US804 +17 1680 819/786 1000/636 805/808 100.5 UETF SSE50China 281 +16 1176 282/263 282/140 278/282 87.8 Lyxor HSI US$ US341 +26 659 346/318 346/275 341/347 29.7 STI ETF 347 +3 453 348/345
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      135 12 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Cacola Furniture Intl E Hotel RE!@ Pearl's Hill Re!Tune Re!Call 175 Chin Swee Road 13-Apr 10.00am M1 A S'pore Mariott Hotel Ballroom II III 13-Apr 2.30pm ARA-Asset Mgt A Rooms 331 (Lvl 3) (CACHE) Suntec Conv Exh Ctr 1 Raffles Boulevard Suntec City
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 12 Apr 10 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 596.00 +68.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +161.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +59.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 795.39 +1.04 FTSE ST Small Cap 498.08 +6.90 FTSE ST All Share 833.63 +3.13 FTSE ST China Top 202.61 +1.14 FTSE ST China 239.32 +0.38 FTSE
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      Lock icon US$ snaps 3-week loss as rate rise seems imminent
      400 13 CURRENCIES BLOOMBERG New York The dollar is back on the upswing. The US currency snapped a three-week loss on speculation that the Federal Reserve is inching closer to raising interest rates as the economy improves. A gauge of the greenback surged
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 13 Apr 10 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.969 4.769 0.723 5.952 47.893 99.315 0.925 8.408 2.816 1.018 78.197 34.212 1.047 9.213 0.752 23.996 25.012 0.523 0.768 Canada 1.032 4.922
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 13 Apr 10 Source: OCBC Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0463 1.0471 0.7677 0.7682 Canadian dollar 1.0801 1.0806 0.7928 0.7925 Euro 1.4471 1.4476 1.0618 1.0620 NZ dollar 1.0275 1.0281 0.7539 0.7542 Sterling pound 2.0005 2.0016
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 13 Apr 10 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3637 1.3642 2-months 1.3647 1.3652 3-months 1.3655 1.3662 6-months 1.3679 1.3687 Source: OCBC
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        3 13 WEEKLY
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        3 13 COMPOSITEWEEKLY
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        2 13 WEEKLY
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        401 13 Apr 10 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.19 *****.13 *****.90 Apr15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****4 *****8 May15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.55 *****.00 *****.31 Jun15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****1 Sep15
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        202 13 Apr 10 Prem Expiry Wk Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Top Global Ltd W*****9 0.1 unch ***** Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.3 unch ***** 1 18 18 UOB MB eCW*****1 10.6 -0.6 ***** 0.1 2380 3 DBS
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 13 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1364.2 0.5 6.9 1.0 7.2 0.4 4.1 EAFE Preliminary 1125.6 0.6 14.1 0.8 10.4 0.3 7.1 Europe Preliminary 1593.0 0.9 15.3
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 13 Apr 10 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        154 13 Apr 10 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 Par 1-month 0.875 0.75 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0625 0.97 Overnight mode: 0.20 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.17 0.07 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.70 0.50 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 13 Apr 10 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.75 102.86 102.77 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.45 100.55 100.45 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 107.89 108.12 107.90 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 106 106.10 106.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 111.48
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 13 Apr-10 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-10 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 951.50 -2.00 -0.21% 14/05/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.09 0.25 0.81% 14/05/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 526.50 7.75 1.49% 14/05/2014 Apr-10 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1940.00 -7.00 -0.36% 13/05/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1813.00 22.00 1.23%
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      Lock icon Directors’ purchases plunge while sales are flat
      1168 14  -  INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili T The writer is managing director, Asia insider Limited THE buying plunged while the selling among directors was flat based on filings on the Singapore Exchange in the second week of April. A total of 13 companies recorded
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      2286 14 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date ABR Hldgs ak 1.500 06-May 08-May 28-May 10-Apr Adv Integrated Mufg ak 0.230 06-May 08-May 20-May 27-Feb AIMS Property Sec Fd (1 Jan-31 Mar 2015) ag 0.179 27-Mar 31-Mar 19-Jun 24-Mar ARA Asset Mgmt ak 2.700 30-Apr 05-May
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      269 14 Apr 10 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 Bank of China Limited ...5.50 Bank of Communications 5.50 6.00 Bank of China Limited ...5.50 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi ...5.50 Banque Internationale a ...5.75 Bank of Singapore ...5.50 Cathay United
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1580 14 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT 1.50 1.50 2 9.85 15.23 1.66 1.50 Amtek Engineering Ltd 2.00 2.00 2 0.06 7.53 0.83 0.64 ARA Asset Management Limited 1.67
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      3158 10 AEM HOLDINGS LTD. Registration Number: *****6417D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Serangoon Gardens Country Club, 22 Kensington Park Road Singapore *****1 (ballroom 3, Heliconia wing) on Tuesday,
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      2608 10 CHINA ENVIRONMENT LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore on 3 March 2003) (Company Registration No. *****1902W) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA ENVIRONMENT LTD. (“the Company”) will be held at Suntec Singapore, International Convention Exhibition Centre, Level 3 Room 309, 1 Raffles
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      460 15 FOR SALE BY TENDER PRIME FREEHOLD COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA 4-storey corner commercial building with a basement Iconic building for great corporate presence. Close to Central Market, established financial institutions and amenities, potential for asset enhancement Tender Documents available from 13April 2015 Tender Closing Date on 27 May
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon Keeping the edge in S’pore tourism
      4108 16 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC How can Singapore hold its own in the region as a travel destination and achieve 3-4 per cent annual growth in visitor arrivals? Dhirendra Shantilal Board Director Head of Asia Pacific Fircroft AT the end of the day raw arrivals are
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      156 17 HOW TO ENSURE A HEALTHY HEART? S /> f j: M wr -jtr V y •v\v N n s i ft At* Join us in our Health Awareness Talk by Dr. Michael Lim, internationally renowned Interventional Cardiologist and Medical Director of Heart, Stroke Cancer Centre. Dr. Michael Lim is the
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM
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      Lock icon A dangerous imbalance
      1785 18  -  Growing assets and shrinking yields are fuelling a big source of risk in the financial system.BY system.BY LARRY FINK T Laurence D Fink, or Larry Fink, is the chairman of asset manager BlackRock. The above is an excerpt from a letter that will be published in BlackRock’s
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      Lock icon Healthcare firms most favoured by analysts: survey
      348 18 A SURVEY by fund manager Fidelity has found that its investment analysts like healthcare companies the most as these are benefiting from increased innovation and an ageing population. The survey compiles views from roughly 17,000 meetings each year between the company’s 159 equity
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      Lock icon Millennials a mix of pragmatism, optimism in managing their money
      623 18 NEW YORK By Suzanne Woolley THIS is the season of taxes, of NCAA basketball championship office pools, and of surveys showing how clueless Americans are about managing their finances. April is National Financial Literacy month the US Senate made it
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      113 18 GET STARTED NOW Be a young investor Do you aspire to be a successful young investor? Are you keen on taking the first step towards achieving that? The BT-Citibank Young Investors’ Forum is no typical page extracted from a financial textbook. This forum will present step-by-step guides on how to
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      98 19 What’s the world making today? Technology now allows us to create value in new ways transforming industries, professions and society. The evidence is everywhere, even right here in Singapore. DBS Bank is creating custom-made investment solutions with IBM Watson. And the National Environment Agency is fighting dengue with predictive analytics.
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      3383 20 MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Manufacturing Integration Technology Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at Ficus Room 1, Level 2, Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 9.30
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      2426 20 Viking Offshore and Marine Limited (the “Company”) (Company Registration No. *****7300M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 21 Kian Teck Road, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at
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      3899 21 Let’s Restore The Environment! (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Reg. No. *****2709E NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of the nviro-Hub Holdings Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at 3 Tuas Avenue 2, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 28 April
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      3027 22 SWISSCO HOLDINGS LIMITED Company Registration Number: *****4711D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of SWISSCO HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held on Wednesday, 29 April 2015 at 10.00 a.m. at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club,
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      3109 22 Notice of Annual General Meeting Banyan Tree Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****3108H) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at Ballroom 1 Lower Lobby, The Fullerton Hotel, 1 Fullerton Square, Singapore *****8, on
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      2454 23 OCEAN SKY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****3225E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Ocean Sky International Limited (the "Company") will be held at 300 Tampines Avenue 5, #09-05 NTUC Income Tampines Junction, Singapore *****3
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      2532 23 m global invacom completing the picture GLOBAL INVACOM GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) (Company Registration No: *****2428H) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GLOBAL INVACOM GROUP LIMITED (the "Company”) will be held at The National University of Singapore Society, Suntec City
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      832 24 Pending and completed buybacks at all US-based traded companies rose 45 per cent to US$179.7b in Q1 REUTERS New York THE seemingly insatiable appetite of US companies for their own stock is unlikely to be satisfied soon, even if the Federal
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      2838 24 The Business Times Ik T^V 1 I 1 I /"I I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I I Email notices@sph.com.sg J J i L J www.sphclass.com.sg/notices CHINA EVERBRIGHT WATER LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General
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      886 26 Work to preserve Buddhist relics also delaying progress at US$3b copper mine Mes Aynak, Afghanistan CHINA and Afghanistan remain deadlocked over a stalled US$3 billion copper mine five months after Beijing demanded royalties be slashed by almost half, underlining Kabul’s struggles to support
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      1389 26 The Business Times Ik 1 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I Email noticesgsph.com. sg J V www.sphclass.com.sg/notices CHINASING INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINASING INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED (“the Company”) will
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      1485 26 (Company Registration No.: *****1039W) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel, Siglap Room, Level 3, 50 East Coast Road, Roxy Square, Singapore *****9 on Thursday,
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      236 27 FREE ADMISSION Meet CEOs and top Executives of listed companies in Malaysia to understand their business and unearth the Gems in Malaysia Stock Market Join us at Malaysia GEMS 2015, a one day open event aimed at helping investors study top selected Malaysia Public Listed Companies (PLC) in depth and
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      2475 27 FIRST RESOURCES LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****5931M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of First Resources Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Suntec Singapore Convention Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Level 3, Room 310, Suntec
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      2591 28 CNMC GOLDMINE HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****9104K) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVENthat the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of CNMC GOLDMINE HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at 745 Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, #04-01 The Actuary, Singapore *****5 on Tuesday
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      1903 28 AP OIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Registration No. *****2257M 30 Gul Crescent, Jurong, Singapore *****5 Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company will be held at 18 Pioneer Sector 1, Jurong Singapore *****8 on 29 April 2015 at 3.00 p.m.
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      672 29 Twitter, YouTube, instagram use ads camouflaged to look like posts from listed contacts AFP Paris THE quandary for those who run social networks is how to monetise activity on them without antagonising and thus losing users through distracting ads. The answer, for Twitter, YouTube
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      1673 29 NYT New York SHARIQ Hashme squints at his laptop screen as he scrolls through hundreds of lines of computer code. “I can’t even make sense of it right now,” he says with a grimace. The long string of numbers, symbols and
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      290 29 BLOOMBERG San Francisco AMAZON.COM’s proposed use of drones could drive down the cost of delivering small packages crosstown to about US$1 a fraction of existing same-day delivery options, according to a study by a financial research company. The report from New
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      534 30 That would value the largest subscription music-streaming service at about US$8 billion BLOOMBERG Los Angeles SPOTIFY Ltd is in the process of raising new financing that would value the largest subscription mu-sic-streaming service at about US$8 billion, according to people familiar with the
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      301 31 London NOKIA Oyj is exploring the sale of its maps business as the Finnish equipment maker focuses on boosting growth at its wireless-net-work unit and improving its debt rating, according to people familiar with the matter. Nokia has reached
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      612 31 Head of one recently acquired firm is promoted; chief of another is demoted NYT New York MARISSA Mayer, Yahoo’s chief executive, announced a major reorganisation of the company’s product teams on Friday, promoting the head of one recently acquired company and effectively demoting
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      1330 30 The Business Times Ik 1 ✓"’1 I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I Email noticesasph.com. sg J V I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices INTERRA RESOURCES LIMITED resources (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0166Z) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Interra
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      1763 30 SINGAPORE KITCHEN EQUIPMENT LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****2671M) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Singapore Kitchen Equipment Limited (“the Company”) will be held at Blk 115A Commonwealth Drive, #02-30/32 Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate, Singapore *****6
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      2493 31 The Business Times Ik IT 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I 1 Email notices@sph.com.sg J B V i B j ij www.sphclass.com.sg/notices BEST WORLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****6030Z) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting
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      5094 32 INTERNATIONAL PRESS SOFTCOM LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Reg. No. *****1169E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATthe Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of INTERNATIONAL PRESS SOFTCOM LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at 26 Kallang Avenue, Conference Room, Level 2 International Press Building, Singapore
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      1761 33 The Business Times NOTICES Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.sphclass.com.sg/notices MIRACH ENERGY LIMITED (The “Company”) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****5397E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Empress Ballroom 2,
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      2370 33 FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 5 April 2002) Registration No: ***** NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of FULL APEX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at Kingfisher 3, Level 1, Seletar Country Club,
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      2967 34 ■Sv HEALTHWAY MEDICAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number *****8625C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the eighth Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Healthway Medical Corporation Limited (the “Company") will be held at The National University of Singapore Society, Suntec City
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      2512 34 GALLANT VENTURE LTD. Co. Registration No. *****3179Z (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Gallant Venture Ltd. will be held at Orchard Parade Hotel Antica I II Level 2, 1 Tanglin Road Singapore *****5 on Tuesday,
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      4730 35 HOSEN GROUP LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) (Co. Reg. No: *****3029E) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of HOSEN GROUP LTD. (the “Company”) will be held at 267 Pandan Loop Singapore *****9 on 29 April 2015, at 12.00 p.m. for the following purposes:
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      3374 36 THE BUSINESS TIMES Ik 1 f 1 ✓"'I Toll free 1800-289-8822 I fl I Email notices@sph.com.sg 1 j www.sphclass.com.sg/notices EnGro BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY ENGRO CORPORATION LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****2229H) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of
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      2295 37 iHENG Li Heng Chemical Fibre Technologies Limited (the “Company”) (Incorporated in Bermuda on 7 September 2007) (Company Registration Number: *****) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Ocean 12, Level 2, Pan Pacific Singapore, 7 Raffles
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      3136 37 ACTION ASIA LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore Company Registration No. *****5715M) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of ACTION ASIA LIMITED will be held at Imperial Ballroom, Level 35, Orchard Wing, Mandarin Orchard Singapore, 333 Orchard Road,
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      3643 38 BENG KUANG MARINE LIMITED Registration No. *****0196M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Beng Kuang Marine Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 55 Shipyard Road, Singapore *****1 on Tuesday, 28 April 2015 at 11.00
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      1674 39 &~_,;._!(/,?{;=[(>.'%?/+%$)%=^( SELECT GROUP Partners Preferred SELECT GROUP LIMITED Registration No. *****0697Z (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 8 Wilkie Road #03-01 Wilkie Edge Singapore *****5 on Tuesday, 28
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      1638 39 OUG OUE LIMITED Company Registration No. *****0050E NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifty-Second Annual General Meeting of OUE Limited (the "Company") will be held at Mandarin Orchard Singapore, Mandarin Ballroom I, II and III, 6th Floor, Main Tower, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7, on
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      1131 40 Officials hope Australia can show the way to manage scarce water resources better, despite different system there BLOOMBERG San Francisco AUSTRALIAN farms and cities manage almost every drop of available water to make the most of supplies on the driest inhabited continent.
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      571 40 NYT New York THE developers of a new drug aimed at diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma, are under scrutiny by the US Food and Drug Administration. In February, the FDA’s Office
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      2114 40 The Business Times Ik I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I I m Email notices@sph.com.sg M I I i B j ij www.sphclass.com.sg/notices Far East Group Limited (Company Registration No. *****0096C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General
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      17 40 Discover Greener Pastures Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Change of Address Notices
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      1022 41 PM Alexis Tsipras’s leftist-led government has thoroughly shattered creditors’ trust REUTERS Brussels EVEN if it survives the next three months teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Greece may have blown its best chance of a long-term debt deal by alienating
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      583 42 Analysts don’t expect any premature tapering; some worry euro’s weakness could propel inflation beyond the target AFP Berlin THE European Central Bank’s decision makers meet on Wednesday buoyed by the successful debut of a mass bond-buy-ing spree designed to kickstart growth and
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      234 42 Beijing THE China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be lean, clean and green, its interim chief said, playing down concerns over transparency and standards governing the institution. The US$50 billion bank, expected to start operations by the end
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      1238 43 Median per capita income, adjusted for inflation, has been flat since 2000. A typical family makes less than 15 years ago NYT New York IT’S not only what you have, but how you feel. When it comes to membership in the middle class,
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      645 48 Deals in three different currencies have raised almost US$6b; exercise has PR component to it, says banker BLOOMBERG Mexico City MEXICO has sold 100-year bonds abroad on five occasions since 2010. Denominated in three different currencies, the deals raised almost US$6 billion in
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      630 48 AFP Barcelona LEADERS seeking independence for Spain’s Catalonia region had the wind in their sails four months ago, but the change sweeping Spanish politics has blown them off course. Politicians warn that surging left-wing party Podemos is a “Trojan horse” disrupting the independence drive,
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      725 49 It is estimated that China has wasted around 42t yuan on “ineffective investment” in five years from 2009 REUTERS Dachangshan island, China WHEN officials reopened the airport on the sparsely populated Dachangshan island off China’s north-east coast after a US$6 million refurbishment in 2008,
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      563 50  -  One analyst cites talk of war between Vietnam and China last year following incidents over territorial claims By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE most dangerous “flash point” for possible security incidents between and among Asian powers has shifted from the East China Sea
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      683 50 BLOOMBERG REUTERS London UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday pledged to raise the inherit-ance-tax threshold for couples to £1 million (S$2 million) as he seeks to break the opinion-poll deadlock between his Conservatives and the Labour Party less than a
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      904 50 Review of risks posed by them during market stress could lead to new policies BLOOMBERG Washington JPMorgan Chase Co and BlackRock Inc have argued for years that a key response to the last financial crisis could help fuel the next one.
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      950 51 Stock, currency markets rally on more stable political climate REUTERS Brasilia THE “new Dilma” is starting to produce results. By embracing power-sharing deals and budget cuts that she shunned during her first term in office, President Dilma Rousseff has begun to
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      4110 41 The Business Times jk I 1 I f 1 I 1 P Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I Email notices@sph.com.sg J B j B j il www.sphclass.com.sg/notices pten? 1 Global PTERIS GLOBAL LIMITED Registration No, *****0230M NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Anneal General Meeting of
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      1794 42 The Business Times Ik T I 1 I /“I 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I Email noticesasph.com. sg J V i I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices HTL INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****4162H) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of HTL International Holdings Limited (“the
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      1582 42 POLARIS LTD. (Company Registration No. *****4341D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Polaris Ltd. will be held at Raffles Town Club, Dunearn Ballroom 3, Level 1, 1 Plymouth Avenue, Singapore *****3, on the 30thday of
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      3426 43 The Business Times Ik IT 1 Toll free 1800-289-8822 I I 1 Email notices@sph.com.sg J B V i B j ij www.sphclass.com.sg/notices LIZHONG WHEEL GROUP LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****7196C) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting
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      2594 44 SERIAL SERIAL SYSTEM LTD Company Registration No.*****2071D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Serial System Ltd (the “Company”) will be held at 8 Ubi View #05-01 Serial System Building Singapore *****4, on Wednesday, 29 April
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      2419 44 QAF Limited Company Registration No. *****0035D (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (“the Company”) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at No. 224 Randan Loop, Singapore *****1 on 29 April 2015 at 10.30 a.m. to transact
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      2053 45 HOCK LIAN SENG HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration No.: *****8903E) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of HOCK LIAN SENG HOLDINGS LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at Hotel Re! Pearl's Hill, Level 2, Re! Union, 175A
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      4532 47 YING LI INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE LIMITED (Company Registration No.*****6356W) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of ANNuAl GeNerAl MeetiNG NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of Ying Li International Real Estate Limited (the “Company”) will be held at SGX Auditorium, 2 Shenton Way, SGX
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      1426 48 The Business Times L P Toll free 1800-289-8822 fl I Email notices@sph.com. sg i i L J www.sphclass.com.sg/notices Bonvests Holdings Limited Registration No. *****0282M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be
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