The Business Times, 12 August 2015

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    31 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Wednesday, August 12,2015
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    28 1 Tuesday Change STI 3,153.06 -43.60 KL COMP 1,636.71 -17.66 NIKKEI 225 20,720.75 -87.94 HANG SENG 24,498.21 -22.91 SHENZHEN B 1,242.49 -4.01 DOW (11:45 am EDT) 17,382.57 -232.60
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    Lock icon Singapore heads for slowest growth since 2009 after dismal Q2
    711 1  -  Official GDP forecast for 2015 is pared to 2-2.5% from 2-4% By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore As the government pared its economic growth forecast for 2015 on Tuesday after dismal second-quarter numbers, a key question being asked is whether
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    Lock icon China’s surprise yuan devaluation sparks fresh fears
    1110 1  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo CHINA’S announcement on Tuesday that it is changing the basis of valuing the yuan has resulted in a near 2 per cent drop in the currency against the dollar and triggered market alarm that the surprise move could
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      21 1 NOBLE GROUP Earnings woes, scepticism erase intra-day gains COMPANIES MARKETS 7 MONEY MATTERS Value creation, S’pore's new mantra EXEC MONEY 30
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      12 1 GENERAL ELECTION Tuck Yew will not stand for re-election TOP STORIES 2
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  • TOP STORIES
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      49 2 IN “Jubilant chorus as S’pore turns 50” (BT, Aug 10), we said a tribute fly-past to Mr Lee Kuan Yew was performed by the Royal Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Black Knights. It should be the Republic of Singapore Air Force Black Knights. We are sorry for the error.
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      Lock icon Lui Tuck Yew quits politics
      581 2  -  Transport Minister decides to leave despite PM’s attempts to make him stay SINGAPORE GENERAL ELECTION By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew has decided not to contest in the coming general election, a decision Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong accepted
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      Lock icon Exchange of letters between PM Lee and Lui Tuck Yew
      946 2  -  Letter from Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew Dear Prime Minister It is with deep regret that I confirm my decision not to stand for re-elec-tion in the coming General Election. I broached this subject with you early this year.
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      Lock icon Panel releases S’pore infocomm media roadmap
      853 2  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore AFTER two years of deliberations, the private sector-led steering committee has come up with a plan for building a globally competitive infocomm media ecosystem in Singapore one that both enables and complements the nation’s ambitions to become
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      Lock icon 1,000 more child-care places for Sengkang and Punggol
      363 2  -  By Caithlin Ng caithng@sph.com.sg Singapore CONSTRUCTION of two child-care centres in Sengkang and Punggol each offering 500 places begins this month. These 1,000 more child-care places will be available by mid-2016. Both centres will be run by Early Childhood and Development Agency
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      Lock icon Higher costs, dismal external demand fuel manufacturing dive
      459 4  -  Sharp 4.9% contraction in Q2 cushioned by higher growth in services and construction SINGAPORE ECONOMY By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore THE manufacturing sector has turned out to be the weakest link in the first half of this year after posting a
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      Lock icon NODX skids to 2.1% growth in second quarter
      548 4 By chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore A WEAKER than expected global economy slashed year-on-year growth of non-oil domestic exports by more than half to 2.1 per cent in the second quarter. Softer regional economic growth is likely to trim Singapore’s trade
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      Lock icon Oil prices to fall another US$10 a barrel in 2016: World Bank
      611 4  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE World Bank predicted on Tuesday that the international price of oil could fall further by as much as US$ 10 a barrel next year, as a result of the lifting of sanctions
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      Lock icon Hours worked may be better productivity gauge: MTI paper
      490 4  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore LABOUR productivity figures for the Singapore economy would be more accurate if they were computed based on actual hours worked rather than on the number of workers, a Ministry of Trade and Industry paper said
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      Lock icon Yuan devaluation raises currency war anxiety
      409 4  -  &SH REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Andy Mukherjee Singapore THE anxiety level about a fresh round of worldwide currency skirmishes just went up by a notch. The trigger this time is a surprise, near 2 per cent devaluation of the Chinese yuan against the US dollar.
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      Lock icon Greece secures bailout deal after all-night talks in Athens
      692 6 Creditors forge initial agreement on steps from pension changes to taxes that will unlock 85b euros in funds BLOOMBERG Athens GREECE reached an accord with creditors on the terms of a third bailout, paving the way for national parliaments to vote
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      Lock icon Google forms new holding company dubbed Alphabet
      492 6 AFP San Francisco GOOGLE unveiled a surprise corporate overhaul on Monday, forming a new parent company dubbed Alphabet to include Internet search and a handful of independent companies. Google chief executive Larry Page announced the change, saying he would hold the same title
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      663 6 IN THE MATTER OF COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF STTA PTE. LTD. REG. NO. *****6243D (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 06 August 2015, the following Resolutions were passed: It was
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  • COMPANfES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Noble shares shed intra-day gains
      900 7  -  Earnings woes and scepticism set in despite the group releasing full PwC report on the valuation of its contracts VOLATILE NOBLE By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore NOBLE Group shares went on a see-saw on Tuesday, as confidence in the stock arising from the PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      Lock icon PwC report unlikely to be enough to satisfy market
      632 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY R SIVANITHY AFTER an encouraging early bounce to S$0.645, Noble Group’s shares on Tuesday finished S$0.01 weaker at S$0.57, a disappointing outcome for those who might have been hoping that a positive assurance report by accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers
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      Lock icon Soo Kee Group launches Catalist IPO
      335 8  -  By Ong Hui Qun ohuiqun@sph.com.sg Singapore RETAIL jeweller Soo Kee Group has launched its initial public offering (IPO) for a Catalist listing at S$0.30 per share. Of the 112.5 million new shares being offered, nine million shares are being offered to the public while
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      Lock icon S’pore banks ‘can absorb increasing risks’
      713 8  -  S&P report notes that their Tier 1 capital ratios average 12-13 per cent, above the regulatory 8 per cent minimum By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore THE strong capital positions of the three Singapore banks will be a buffer against the higher number
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Keppel O&M
        50 8 KEPPEL Offshore Marine Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd has secured a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion contract as well as three repair, upgrade and modification contracts worth a total of about S$125 million. This is Keppel’s third conversion/upgrading project for Armada Madura EPC Limited.
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        Lock icon Koh Brothers
        24 8 KOH Brothers Group has secured an S$86.3 million contract from water agency PUB to upgrade a 1.8km section of the Kallang River.
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        72 8 ISDN’s net earnings for the second quarter to end-June fell 27.6 per cent to S$2.8 million, due to higher costs of goods and softer markets in Singapore and Malaysia. But strong sales in North Asia and South-east Asia boosted topline revenue by 3 per cent to S$67.6 million. For
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        100 8 VICOM saw a 4.8 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to S$7.58 million for the second quarter ended June 30, lifted in part by lower costs. Revenue was flat at S$27.29 million while earnings per share came to 8.55 Singapore cents. Operating costs slid 1.5 per cent to
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        51 8 WEE Hur’s second-quarter earnings rose 147 per cent to S$16.2 million, due to higher progressive recognition of profits from its fully-sold 65 per cent-owned residential project, Parc Centros. First-half profit to shareholders rose 118 per cent to S$29.8 million. The group declared an interim dividend of S$0.0075 per
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        93 8 LOWER contributions from its high-margin fisheries business and absence of gain from the disposal of assets saw Pacific Andes’ third-quarter earnings slump 90 per cent to HK$37.7 million (S$6.8 million). Revenue fell 7 per cent to HK$2 billion. For the nine months to end-June, net profit was HK$163.8
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        53 8 HEALTHWAY Medical Corporation Limited posted a jump in second-quarter net profit to S$2.05 million from S$520,000, boosted by an increase in patient load. Revenue for the three months ended June rose 15.5 per cent to S$24.06 million. Earnings per share rose to 0.09 Singapore cents from 0.02 cents
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Aug 11,2015 3,153.06 -43.60 (-1.36%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,214.50 Day low 3,148.34 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 3,153.06 (Aug 11, 2015) FTSE ST Catalist index Aug 11,2015 606.25 -3.74 (-0.61%) Current streak 3 days Day high 613.01 Day low
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      Lock icon STI retreats again, down 1.4%
      657 10  -  Volatility in China and expectation of a sooner-than-later US rate hike are likely reasons for the selling: brokers STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT WALL Street may have rebounded sharply on Monday after seven successive days of losses but there was no impact here, as
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      315 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 230 -11 242/226 271 219 6.3 5819.9 CapitaLand 320 -2 329/320 379 293 11.7 2.8 *****.3 CapitaMall Trust 201 -6 207/200 228 188.5 5.4 6975.5 CityDev 912 -15 924/908 1095 908 11
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      35 10 VOLUME Noble 307,450,900 StratechGroup 226,452,400 New Silkroutes 61,750,000 Golden Agri-Res 61,696,000 Beng Kuang 49,740,200 Market volume 2,137,414,000 VALUE DBS Grp 227,262,825 Noble 185,492,196 UOB 134,305,307 Singtel 114,486,283 Global Logistic 114,385,384 Market value 1,902,212,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      110 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 319 -4 764 324/318 355/318 318/319 IS MS INDIA US$ US751 -15 264 766/750 1000/696 751/754 93.9 UETF SSE50China 255 +9 147 261/251 340/150 251/256 79.7 ABF SG Bond ETF 114.7 64 115/114.7 123.5/110.2
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      77 10 Aug 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1194.00 -61.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -123.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -120.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 721.39 -7.29 FTSE ST Small Cap 445.22 -2.49 FTSE ST All Share 756.10 -9.64 FTSE ST China Top 185.62 -0.90 FTSE ST China 226.57 -2.06 FTSE
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      76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 373.2 2.6 *****/***** JMH USD 5351 102.0 1.4 6788/5045 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2681 97.8 2.7 3100/2250 DBXT China50 US$ 3317 75.5 1.7 4258/2987 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1592 68.5 3.2 2055/1390 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low China Env Res 4.9
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Aug 11,2015 756.10 -9.64 (-1.26%) Current streak 1 day Day high 768.90 Day low 755.38 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 756.10 (Aug 11, 2015)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Aug 10,2015 1,883.89 +15.25 (+0.82%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,886.45 Day low 1,866.23 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 12 2 0 0 0 1 12 2 Manufacturing 41 56 34 5 15 8 46 71 42 Commerce 11 23 17 3 6 4 14 29 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 20 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 19,001 19,001 90,366 90,366 Manufacturing 216,842 85,490 302,332 144,160 1,590 145,750 Commerce 440,289 45,496 485,785 264,494 2,949 267,443 Tpt/Stor/Comms 141,623 9,169 150,792 245,942 893 246,835 Finance 38,994 95 39,089 501,762 16 501,779 Construction 45,711 6,036
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      81 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -714.2 -2.8 *****/***** Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** -236.2 -1.4 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 4918 -139.8 -2.0 6625/4911 DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1115 -120.2 -7.2 1593/1115 DBXT MSINDO US$ 1170 -82.5 -4.8 1536/1170 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low UOB MB
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Great Group 3,205.0 0.022 +0.008 +57.14 Stamford Tyres 540.2 0.270 -0.060 -18.18 Green Build 95.0 0.350 +0.095 +37.26 CH Offshore 1,355.6 0.555 +0.075 +15.63 JasonHldg 37,593.8 0.181 +0.035 +23.97 Metech Intl 9,299.9 0.003 -0.001 -25.00 Sakae 29.0 0.500 -0.050 -9.09 StratechGroup 226,452.4 0.089 +0.012 +15.58
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Noble Group
        120 10 Hold Aug 11 close: S$0.57 Target price: S$0.65 UOB Kay Hian, Aug 11 NOBLE reported net profit of US$63 million for Q2 2015 (-4.8 per cent year-on-year, -41.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter) and US$169 million (-22.4 per cent year-on-year) in the first half of 2015. Net profit in first
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        192 10 Sell Aug 11 close: S$0.835 Target price: S$0.75 OCBC Investment Research, Aug 11 HYFLUX reported yet another dismal quarter last Thursday; although reported revenue was up 18 per cent year-on-year and 57 per cent quarter-on-quarter at S$94.8 million, it was boosted by the inclusion of S$42.5 million of
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        Lock icon Far East Hospitality Trust
        161 10  -  By Claire Huang Hold Aug 11 close: S$0.69 Target price: S$0.70 CIMB Research, Aug 11 FAR East Hospitality Trust’s (FEHT) Q2 2015 results were in line with expectations, with Q2 and first half’s distribution per unit (DPU) accounting for 24 per cent and 45 per cent
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      9 10 DATA I 9.30am (Aug 12) China Industrial Production
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      Lock icon US dollar rises in Asia on yuan devaluation
      397 11 CURRENCIES AFP Tokyo ASIA-PACIFIC currencies came under pressure on Tuesday after China unexpectedly devalued its yuan currency in the face of weakening growth, driving the US dollar higher. China’s central bank announced a near 2 per cent drop in the value of
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Aug 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.956 4.648 0.666 5.698 47.062 99.747 0.917 8.648 2.907 1.118 74.780 33.742 1.027 9.326 0.722 23.527 25.911 0.471 0.735 Canada 1.046 4.861
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Aug 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0264 1.0276 0.7344 0.7349 Canadian dollar 1.0737 1.0745 0.7685 0.7682 Euro 1.5416 1.5427 1.1030 1.1033 NZ dollar 0.9178 0.9188 0.6567 0.6571 Sterling pound 2.1804 2.1820 1.5601 1.5605
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Aug 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3988 1.3999 2-months 1.4001 1.4010 3-months 1.4006 1.4015 6-months 1.4022 1.4036 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        202 11 Aug 11 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 9 -3.3 9673 0.1 2100 4 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****1 8.3 -1.9 7638 0.2 1040 4 KepCorp MB eCW*****1 11.5 -0.6 4922 0.2 780
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        371 11 'O f I I In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1349.1 0.9 5.7 0.9 7.8 1.0 3.2 EAFE Preliminary 1102.8 0.6 11.7 0.8 10.9 0.8 6.1 Europe
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        392 11 Aug 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Aug15 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 *****.00 *****8 *****2 Sep15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 5342 9452 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Sep15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****8 *****6 Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** ***** MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 11 Aug 11 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 1.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        154 11 Aug 11 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.04 0.02 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 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 0.80 0.60 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        59 11 Aug 11 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.16 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 99.79 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 98.22 98.35 98.25 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 100.17 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 106.54 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42 96.71 Note:
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        248 11 Aug-10 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Aug-10 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1044.75 35.75 3.54% 14/08/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 30.41 0.38 1.27% 14/08/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 525.50 15.00 2.94% 14/09/2015 Aug-10 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2062.00 -17.00 -0.82% 15/09/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1693.00 32.00 1.93%
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      Lock icon Boustead Projects’ Q1 profit slips 19%, led by higher finance expenses
      402 12  -  Revenue remains flat at S$56.6m By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore REAL-ESTATE solutions specialist Boustead Projects reported a 19 per cent drop in its net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015, to S$4.8 million due to
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      Lock icon Healthcare, sale of investment boost Haw Par’s Q2
      386 12  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore HAW PAR Corp’s trademark ointment apparently provides relief from more than just sore muscles. Among the conglomerate’s core business segments, healthcare was the only one to register significant growth in the second quarter enough to overcome
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      Lock icon Asian business helps lift Prudential’s H1 earnings
      309 12  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore UK-BASED insurer Prudential plc has posted a 4 per cent growth in its first-half net profit to £2.12 billion (S$4.63 billion), lifted by its businesses in Asia, the United States and the UK, and its asset management
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      Lock icon Super’s Q2 earnings down 30%
      358 12  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore SUPER Group on Tuesday reported a 30 per cent drop in net profit to S$ 10.5 million, on the back of a 5 per cent dip in revenue to S$ 125.5 million for its second quarter ended June 30,
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      324 8 2015 INTERIM RESULTS graup Financial Results for the six months ended (million tonnes US$ million) 30 June 2015 30 June 2014 --J “It is very pleasing that we have continued to build the profitability and diversity of our core businesses, especially in the light of the challenging market conditions/’ Yusuf
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Millennium & Copthorne to acquire Beatles-inspired hotel for £13.8m
      540 14  - Millennium Copthorne to acquire Beatles-inspired hotel for £13.8m Hard Days Night Hotel is adjacent to Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where the Beatles rose to fame; acquisition expected to be completed by Aug 19 S’PORE DEVELOPERS OVERSEAS By Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg @DebbieYongBT Singapore MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels (M&C) has agreed to acquire the
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      466 14  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore PROPERTY developer Oxley Holdings has inked management agreements with Dubai’s Jumeirah Group to operate a 190-room luxury hotel and to brand 273 premium residences in Kuala Lumpur. The agreements were signed via its wholly
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      479 14 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong LANDLORDS on Hong Kong’s Russell Street a year ago could boast the highest retail rents in the world. Now they are adjusting to a new reality. Burberry Group plc, Kering SA and jewellery retailer Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group
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      272 14 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA’S big property developers saw sales jump in July, as realtors said that some investors sought refuge from the mainland’s US$4 trillion stock market rout by pulling their money out of shares and putting it into bricks and mortar.
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      213 16 REUTERS London THE Co-operative Bank will not be fined for failings that helped push the bank to the brink of collapse before it was bailed out by bondholders, Britain’s financial regulators said on Tuesday. Instead, capital should be preserved to bolster its
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      200 16 BLOOMBERG Washington WALL Street banks are close to winning a further delay of a US policy that clamps down on their overseas derivatives trades, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is probably going to
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      457 16 BLOOMBERG Tokyo MITSUBISHI UFJ Financial Group Inc is seeking to expand its workforce in Taiwan as it pursues business from companies benefiting from increasing trade between the island and China. “We need to be geographically close to our customers,” Tetsuo Tani, deputy head
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      418 18 StanChart withdraws as financial adviser to project; approval must now be reconsidered by environment minister AFP Sydney INDIAN firm Adani Tuesday accused environmental activists of exploiting legal loopholes to stall a massive Australian coal mine, after Standard Chartered bank withdrew as a
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      329 18 BLOOMBERG Mumbai PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s draft plan to tap India’s gold hoard and cut its reliance on imports needs more work to get banks involved, according to the chief of the country’s biggest refiner. An estimated 20,000 tonnes or more
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      643 19 Chairman Jack Ma beefing up e-commerce operator’s retail presence after 24% fall in its market value this year Hong Kong ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd will spend 28.3 billion yuan (S$6.3 billion) for a stake in Suning Commerce Group Ltd as China’s
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      915 20 Firm spent US$15.2b buying back shares over the past five years, at an average price of US$60.62 each BLOOMBERG Los Angeles ADD a stock repurchase programme that now looks like a dud to the woes of Viacom Inc chief executive
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      281 20 AFP Seoul THE head of South Korea’s Lotte Group on Tuesday vowed a new era of corporate governance and transparency as he apologised for the family feud engulfing the beleaguered retail giant. In an address broadcast live on television, group chairman Shin
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      Lock icon Productivity rebounds, but trend remains weak
      641 21 In Q2, economy grows at 2.3% annual pace; longer-term Treasuries trim price gains after the release of data LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US NON-FARM productivity rebounded in the second quarter, but a weak underlying trend suggested inflation could pick up more quickly than
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      655 21 REUTERS Singapore CHINA’S growing ability to buy and sell millions of barrels of crude oil on the Asian physical market in a matter of minutes through its main trading firms has given China so much clout that other traders
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      Lock icon US authorities break up insider trading ring using Ukraine hackers
      824 21 BLOOMBERG New York EXPOSING a new front in cybercrime, US authorities broke up an alleged insider trading ring that relied on computer hackers to pilfer corporate press announcements and then profited by trading on the sensitive information before it became
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      716 22 Modi fails to allay investor concerns over a law that allows authorities to make retrospective tax claims BLOOMBERG Mumbai PRIME Minister Narendra Modi needs to offer more than just his best intentions to clean up India’s whimsical tax regime
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      380 22 BLOOMBERG MOSCOW RUSSIA, which Moody’s Analytics estimates entered a recession in the first quarter, may be in for a rough ride. Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 4.6 per cent from a year earlier in the second quarter, the most since
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      604 22 BLOOMBERG Lagos AFRICA is battling the global currency markets with one hand tied behind its back. With foreign-exchange reserves equal to less than a 10th of the emerging-market average, nations from Ghana to Zambia are finding they are powerless to
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      691 23  - Reefers are not bowing out yet They will, however, be eventually replaced by dedicated, fast, refrigerated containerships STRAIT TALK BY DAVID HUGHES AS we all know, containerisation has changed most dry cargo shipping beyond recognition over the past 40 years. There is, though, one type of vessel that has not
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      253 23 China’s shipping groups in merger talks source REUTERS Shanghai CHINA Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (Cosco) and China Shipping Group, two of the country’s largest shipping firms, are in talks over a possible merger, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. “The idea (of a possible merger) exists,” said
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      758 23 BLOOMBERG Munich IF Hamburg architect Oliver Kienzler had to buy just one car for his growing family, it would be a sensible Skoda station wagon. Instead, he has an entire fleet of BMWs at his disposal. He is part of
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      220 23 BLOOMBERG Washington US AIR-traffic controllers report high levels of chronic fatigue from schedules that require they work through the night, and aviation regulators need to take steps to limit the potential safety hazard, a federal study concluded. Of controllers who
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      Lock icon Structural flaws delay construction of Indonesian port road
      259 23 REUTERS Jakarta A JOINT venture between Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp and Indonesian state builder PT Waskita Karya Tbk has been forced to delay the completion of a road to Jakarta’s main port due to flaws in the building material. The Tanjung
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      1374 24 Misadventures involving such aircraft in the US are happening in a regulatory vacuum WP Washington ROGUE drone operators are rapidly becoming a national nuisance in the United States, invading sensitive airspace and private property with the regulators of the nation’s skies largely powerless
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      607 26 EDITORIAL THE People’s Bank of China (PBOC) stunned markets on Tuesday by allowing the yuan to depreciate by almost 2 per cent against the US dollar in a single day. The big question is whether this is just a one-off move,
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      801 26  - China’s stick carrot policy towards Asean not working THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 DESPITE strong opposition from China, the South China Sea issue was vigorously discussed by Asean foreign ministers at their annual meeting
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      1209 26  -  As South-east Asian countries are a vital part of Beijing’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, seizing the opportunity will be a huge boost for Singapore. BY PETER WONG Singapore.BY PETER WONG T The writer is deputy chairman and chief executive, The Hongkong and
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      937 27  -  TT COMMENTARY By Andrea Soh, Kelly Tay sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore AS Singapore works on its way forward, the very same challenges it has faced since Day One land and labour constraints will still be there. The first is more easily solved,
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      1923 27  -  All hands must now be on deck to clock productivitydriven growth and develop its innovative capability –and be nimble while at it. BY ANDREA SOH AND KELLY TAY BY ANDREA SOH, KELLY TAY AS Singapore surveys the future landscape on its 50th
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      775 28 Mineral-rich soils and a continental climate make it particularly ideal for producing white wines AFP Ormoz, Slovenia FROM New York to Sao Paulo, epicureans have been revelling in a new generation of exciting wines from one of the least expected places
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      751 28 BLOOMBERG Rome RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin is determined to make European exporters pay for the West’s opposition to his Ukraine policy. Up to a point. When Russia imposed a trade embargo on imported foods in August last year, caviar was spared
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      293 28 AFP Miami PEOPLE who consume lots of fried food and sugary drinks have a 56 per cent higher risk of heart disease compared to those who eat healthier, US researchers said on Monday. The findings in Circulation, a journal of
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      1247 30  -  MONEY MATTERS By Hozefa Topiwalla The writer is head of Asean Research and Asean equity strategist, Morgan Stanley SINGAPORE’S Straits Times Index (STI) has returned a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 8 per cent, compared with a nominal GDP CAGR of around
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      463 29 ON THE RADAR GLOBAL mutual funds sold marginally more stocks than they bought in the three months to Aug 5. Based on aggregate transactions on the top five stocks, there were S$1.05 billion worth of net sells, compared to net buys of
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      935 29 Firm says a lot of engineering goes into deciding what it buys and sells in portfolios it manages BLOOMBERG Boston THREE times a day, Acadian Asset Management calculates the relative attractiveness and expected return of 40,000 stocks around the world. “You may notice we like
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