The Business Times, 27 September 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 Tuesday, September 27, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    183 1 Boustead Projects which designs industrial spaces for aerospace and logistics companies is tapping into plans by the Chinese government to ramp up logistics development in the Guangdong province. COMPANIES MARKETS 6 Malaysian lenders are bracing for a hit to profits this year as they bump up provisions for
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    Lock icon A big ‘thank you’ to SPH’s Cleaning Team
    656 1  -  BT CELEBRATES 40 By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore THE Business Times, which turns 40 on October 1 on Saturday, celebrated its birthday early on Monday evening with the hardworking people who keep the newsroom spick and span. Some 70 of
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Monday Change STI 2,849.94 -7.01 KL COMP 1,669.50 -1.49 NIKKEI 225 16,544.56 -209.46 HANG SENG 23,317.92 -368.56 SHENZHEN B 1,178.40 -11.50 DOW (11.45 EDT) 18,118.25 -143.20
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    Lock icon Good time to review S’pore’s Code of Corporate Governance: MAS
    855 1  -  Stakeholders say key areas that could be improved include board renewal, disclosures of corporate governance practices and gender diversity By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore IT may be timely to review the Code of Corporate Governance for listed companies in
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    Lock icon Aug factory output reverses to growth but still lags forecasts
    544 1  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore BY most accounts, Singapore’s factory output grew in August, leading some economists to suggest that macroeconomic conditions have stabilised. Factory output grew by 0.1 per cent year-on-year last month, up from July’s 3.5 per
    Source: Singapore Economic Development Board  -  544 words
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Tech should be used to create inclusive society: Faishal
      469 2  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore ORGANISATIONS have been challenged to use technology as an enabler for persons with disabilities, so that the innovations that are developed can help build an inclusive society. Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, the parliamentary secretary for the
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      Lock icon Micron Tech opens 255,000 sq ft NAND flash memory facility
      537 2  -  Company has invested US$4 billion in this expansion, to ramp up production of 3D NAND flash-based memory By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg @SherwinLohBT Singapore GLOBAL semiconductor company Micron Technology has opened its largest NAND flash memory fabrication facility here, to ramp
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      Lock icon MOF deputy secretary to be next LTA chief
      259 2  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore A DEPUTY secretary in the Ministry of Finance (MOF) will become the next chief executive of the Land Transport Authority (LTA) from Nov 12. Ngien Hoon Ping, 47, will succeed Chew Men Leong, who left the agency
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      Lock icon New homes sales retreat in August from 9-year high
      550 2 LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington PURCHASES of new US homes dropped in August after surging a month earlier to the fastest pace since 2007, representing a pause in momentum within residential real estate. Sales fell 7.6 per cent to a 609,000
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      Lock icon Changing tracks
      697 4 BT Explains SMRT shareholders will vote on Sept 29 on two central issues: the New Rail Financing Framework (NRFF) and Temasek Holdings' takeover of the company. The Business Times examines what the proposals mean, and the road ahead if the votes go through. BY SOON WEILUN Bumpy ride
      Source: SMRT, LTA, Bloomberg; BT Graphics: Gareth Chung, Hyrie Rahmat  -  697 words
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      Lock icon Golfing great Arnold Palmer, 87, dies
      990 5 Tributes pour in for ‘The King’, who was loved by fans and fellow golfers for his swashbuckling style, bold putting and affection for the gallery REUTERS Washington ARNOLD Palmer, one of golf’s greatest players whose immense popularity drew a legion of fans to the
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      166 2 The Business Times Showtime Productions present a night of jazz in collaboration with Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Jazzy Business September 30, 2016 Friday, 8pm Esplanade Concert Hall Celebrates BT’s 40th birthday and Cultural Medallion recipient Jeremy Monteiro’s 40th year in showbiz with a programme that includes Grammy-winning jazz guitarist
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Ley Choon seals debt-revamp deal
      357 6  -  It is also selling a unit to Tee Land for S$11.5m By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore LEY Choon Group has entered into a debt-restructuring agreement with its lenders, a move that will result in the sale of its real-estate development subsidiary for about S$
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      Lock icon Baltic Exchange shareholders accept SGX offer
      149 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Monday said shareholders of The Baltic Exchange have voted in favour of the proposed £77.6 million (S$137 million) acquisition by SGX. “We are very pleased at the outcome of the vote and thank
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      Lock icon Boustead unit to tap Guangdong logistics growth
      265 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore BOUSTEAD Projects which designs industrial spaces for aerospace and logistics companies is tapping into plans by the Chinese government to ramp up logistics development in the Guangdong province. It said on Monday that it will work with
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      Lock icon OCBC mulling sale of United Engineers stake again: sources
      419 6 BLOOMBERG Singapore OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) and affiliates are again weighing the sale of their stake in United Engineers Ltd, a century-old Singapore property and construction company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. OCBC, its insurance arm Great Eastern
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      Lock icon 1MDB scandal may have curbed Goldman’s risk appetite
      360 6  -  COMMENTARY By Quentin Webb REUTERS Hong Kong AN Asian cull makes Goldman Sachs look rattled. The US bank is cutting nearly 30 per cent of its investment banking team in Asia outside of Japan. The region’s problems are familiar and longstanding: lumpy
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      Lock icon Board gender diversity improving in Singapore and world: Credit Suisse
      650 7  -  Women held 9.9% of board seats in S’pore in 2015, but lower than in Malaysia and Thailand By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THE percentage of board seats held by women in Singapore-listed companies under Credit Suisse’s coverage universe went
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      Lock icon SPH Magazines launches brand campaign; ShareInvestor spreads its wings
      523 7  -  By Tan Effie taneffie@sph.com.sg Singapore SPH Magazines Pte Ltd a mul-tiple-award-winning, wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings has positioned itself as an all-in-one media solutions provider, with direct access to all audience segments of women, men and the affluent. Its
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Sept 26,2016 2,849.94 -7.01 (-0.25%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,857.00 Day low 2,840.65 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index Sept 26,2016 443.64 +3.15 (+0.72%) Current streak 4 days Day high 443.95 Day low
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      Lock icon Pennies in play but fail to cling to gains
      604 8  -  Punting in these stocks helps raise unit volume to 1.3b shares; dollar value, however, is weak at S$662.4m STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) drifted to a 7.01-point loss at 2,849.94 on Monday and the real
      Source: Bloomberg  -  604 words
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      303 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 246 -1 247/243 257 209 6.2 6836.9 CapitaCom Trust 159.5 -0.5 161/158.5 164 127 5.4 4725.3 CapitaLand 315 -1 316/313 340 267 12.6 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 214 +2 215/211 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 8 VOLUME Magnus Energy 103,353,300 Noble 90,907,000 Annica 90,800,000 Spackman 85,964,000 Alliance Mineral 73,317,900 Market volume 1,573,705,000 VALUE DBS Grp 54,719,908 Singtel 38,572,197 OCBC Bank 34,919,887 HongkongLand USD 29,452,432 SATS 26,873,910 Market value 685,259,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      111 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US731 -11 168 739/731 772/575 731/735 91.4 STI ETF 289 158 290/289 314/254 289/290 DBXT MSMSIA US$ US1137 -6 38 1139/1135 1230/990 1135/1139 ABF SG Bond ETF 118.7 -1.3 31 120.1/118.7 120.1/112.1
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Sep 26 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -197.00 -13.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -61.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -20.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 687.40 -2.30 FTSE ST Small Cap 382.99 -0.25 FTSE ST All Share 700.32 -1.43 FTSE ST China Top 160.52 +0.25 FTSE ST China 197.37 +0.55 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Sept 26,2016 700.32 -1.43 (-0.20%) Current streak 1 day Day high 701.54 Day low 698.75 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      34 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Sept 23, 2016 1,716.74 -11.34 (-0.66%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,724.44 Day low 1,713.07 52-week high 1,779.25 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 2 7 5 1 0 0 3 7 5 Manufacturing 29 38 30 13 8 10 42 46 40 Commerce 17 21 12 1 5 4 18 26 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 7 16 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 10,603 192 10,795 33,852 31 33,883 Manufacturing 75,094 110,138 185,232 55,486 788 56,275 Commerce 161,033 12,849 173,882 47,602 250 47,852 Tpt/Stor/Comms 94,666 350 95,016 87,409 35 87,445 Finance 22,772 24 22,796 129,611 3 129,614 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT ASX200 US$ 3534 249.1 5.5 3621/2900 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 177.0 0.6 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5459 83.1 1.1 5733/4770 JMH USD 6078 38.1 0.5 6371/4500 DBXT S&P Short US$ 1956 34.0 1.3 2362/1930 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low LionGold 0.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      61 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT Nifty50 ETF10 ***** -144.3 -0.8 *****/***** SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -95.3 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT ChinaS$ 4524 -66.7 -1.1 5000/3918 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low KepCorp MBeCW*****1 1.1 -63.3 -1.9 16.5/1.1 Advanced Systems 0.2 -50.0 -0.2 0.6/0.1 Blumont 0.1 -50.0 -0.1 0.5/0.1
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Artivision Tech 33,100.7 0.022 +0.005 +29.41 Swee Hong 45,146.2 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 ChasWood Res 15.0 0.030 +0.003 +11.11 Samko Timber 1.0 0.089 +0.004 +4.71 SunMoonFood 55,311.3 0.061 +0.006 +10.91 Brook Crompton 50.4 0.475 +0.050 +11.77 ICP Ltd 5,922.4 0.008 +0.001 +14.29 Poh Tiong Choon 859.0
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Duty Free international BUY
        267 8 Target price: S$0.56 Sept 26 close: S$0.44 UOB Kay Hian, Sept 26 We see the strategic tie-up with Heinemann as a significant positive. Other than lower procurement costs, we believe that Heinemann could also help reduce Duty Free International’s (DFI) cash conversion cycle as well as
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        Lock icon Parkway Life Real Estate investment Trust add
        262 8  -  Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$2.78 Sept 26 close: S$2.55 CIMB Research, Sept 25 Parkway Life Reit (PREIT) is a beneficiary of the buoyant Japanese real estate market with cap rates still compressing and a fairly active investment market. This will provide
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      Lock icon Yen gains after BOJ’s Kuroda sticks to negative rate script
      478 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen was holding strong on Monday in the face of another volley of promises from the Bank of Japan to do everything necessary to get inflation back on the rise, including cutting interest rates further into
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Sep 26 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.003 5.076 0.677 5.902 50.767 99.361 0.766 8.437 3.149 1.052 79.736 36.735 1.036 10.429 0.737 23.945 26.367 0.588 0.761 Canada 0.997 5.062
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Sep 26 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0356 1.0370 0.7607 0.7612 Canadian dollar 1.0329 1.0339 0.7590 0.7587 Euro 1.5299 1.5314 1.1238 1.1241 NZ dollar 0.9846 0.9859 0.7232 0.7237 Sterling pound 1.7607 1.7624 1.2933 1.2937
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Sep 26 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3608 1.3621 2-months 1.3608 1.3619 3-months 1.3607 1.3617 6-months 1.3604 1.3616 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        384 9 Sep 26 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 9620.00 9647.50 9457.50 9457.50 *****2 *****5 Oct16 9650.00 9682.50 9497.50 9497.50 *****4 *****1 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****1 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 1051 917 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 9 Most active Sep 26 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 10.8 -0.1 4069 0.1 1550 5 OCBC Bk MB ePW*****7 4.6 unch 2467 0.1 850 3 DBS VT eCW*****3 12.3 -0.2 2280 0.1 1508
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 23 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1313.2 -0.2 2.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 4.3 EAFE Preliminary 981.1 -0.3 -3.2 -0.3 -4.1 -0.6 0.0 Europe Preliminary 1406.9 -0.4 -0.4
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 9 Sep 26 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.63 0.53 2 months 0.80 0.60 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 9 Sep 26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 106.09 106.13 106.09 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 104.6 104.70 104.57 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 103.31 103.40 103.35 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 110.13 110.20 110.10 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 102.21
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 9 Sep-23 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-23 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 955.00 -21.50 -2.20% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.31 -0.65 -1.91% 14/10/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 404.75 -0.75 -0.18% 14/12/2016 Sep-23 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2290.00 -30.00 -1.29% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1961.00 -36.00 -1.80%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 9 Sep 26 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 16 2890.0 2900.0 2920.0 2887.0 1480 5705 Nov 16 2753.0 2774.0 2796.0 2745.0 5319 ***** Dec 16 2699.0 2715.0 2737.0 2690.0 ***** ***** Jan 17 2673.0 2685.0
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      Lock icon What predators look for in public and private firms
      472 10  -  Acquirers of private firms appear to see higher levels of profitability and size as important; those eyeing public companies target smaller and underperforming ones: study By Renald Yeo yrenald@sph.com.sg Singapore SMALL and underperforming public companies are more likely to become acquisition
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      Lock icon Rowsley plans to operate more soccer-themed cafes, hotels in UK
      427 10  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED real estate and investment company Rowsley on Monday announced plans to operate more football-themed cafes and hotels in the UK through a partnership with the National Football Museum in Manchester. Rowsley, through its
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      Lock icon The FinTech narrative: disrupter or enabler?
      770 10  -  Whether a FinTech company is a disruptor or enabler is to some extent determined by the very nature and business objective of the company. FINTECH CONSIDERED By Steven Fang T The writer is the CEO of CapBridge, an online platform that enables growth companies
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      Lock icon MPs turn footballers to help SGX raise S$94k for charity
      262 10  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore A group of Singapore’s members of parliament took on a team from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last Saturday in a game of futsal. The modified football game, which was played to raise funds for
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      Lock icon Otto Marine says its Australian units face court action
      262 10 BLOOMBERG Singapore OTTO Marine Ltd, a Singapore-listed builder of ships that service offshore oil and gas facilities, said some creditors are seeking to wind up its subsidiaries in Australia, adding to signs of strains in an industry beset by energy price
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Yanlord Land
        24 10 PROPERTY developer Yanlord Land Group said it has bought two prime development sites in Suzhou city for 3.69 billion yuan (S$753 million).
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        43 10 hotel group Shangri-La Asia said its current chairman and chief executive officer Kuok Khoon Chen will relinquish both positions, and his sister, Kuok Hui kwong, will become chairman from start of 2017. Lim Beng Chee will become CEO of Shangri-La Asia.
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        22 10 SOILBUILD Construction Group announced on Monday it has secured two contracts worth S$13 million from the entities of Soilbuild Group.
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        54 10 STEELWORKS company TTJ Holdings reported a 66 per cent increase in net profit for the 12 months ended July 31, 2016, to S$25.8 million. Cache Logistics Trust CACHE Logistics Trust said Schenker has proposed, to which the trust has agreed, a holding arrangement for 51 Alps Avenue pending
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        28 10 CHINA Environment's unit, Fujian Dongyuan Environmental Protection Co, has received a letter of demand from China Construction Bank claiming overdue interest for a working capital loan.
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      Lock icon Ezra rebound likely to be short-lived: analysts
      546 10 BLOOMBERG Singapore EZRA Holdings Ltd is leading a rebound among Singapore oil-services providers this month, after bearish bets pushed the company’s shares to all-time lows. But the rally will be short-lived amid deepening financial distress in the industry, analysts say. Ezra has surged
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1753 11 Transaction date: Sep 26 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High 131 107 AIMS Property 128cd +1.5 2 128 128 1.5 46.2 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 140.5 unch 240 141.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      325 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div 5 1.7 t Acesian Partners 3 unch 190 3 3 4.1 11.2 Net MCap 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 40 -2 1333 42.5 39.5 15.9 69.3 LOW
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      167 11 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last 86.4 69.1 CIMB APAC Div US$ US81.6cd +1.9 20 81.6 81.6 8.6 905 733 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US865 -22 2 867 865 135.7 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3147 -61
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Singapore’s prime office rents to bottom in 2018: Knight Frank
      847 12  -  More tenants are moving out of older buildings in favour of spanking new Grade A-plus office spaces By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore A FLIGHT-TO-QUALITY among office occupiers is weighing down on rents and occupancies at older Grade A office
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      Lock icon Post-merger Marriott can better bargain with online travel agents
      662 12  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE greater clout that Marriott International now has, following the completion of its US$13 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels Resorts last Friday, will give it bargaining power when negotiating fees with online travel agencies like
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      Lock icon SC Capital to raise US$1b in new fund for Asian properties
      553 12 BLOOMBERG Bangkok SC CAPITAL PARTNERS, a private equity real estate firm with investments throughout Asia, plans to raise about US$1 billion to expand its portfolio in the region as investors clamour for riskier assets. New funds will come from
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      70 15 THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 NOTICE OF LIQUIDATOR’S APPOINTMENT NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 204, subsection (1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 that DYNAMIC ICON LIMITED is in voluntary liquidation. The voluntary liquidation commenced on 19 th September, 2016. The Liquidator of the Company is
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      986 18 But they’ll also inherit challenges including management turmoil, lacklustre growth BLOOMBERG San Francisco SALESFORCE.COM Inc and other companies eyeing Twitter Inc may pay more than US$16 billion to get their hands on the social-media company’s valuable data. But they’ll also inherit challenges, including
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      299 18 BLOOMBERG Jerusalem SAMSUNG Electronics Co opened a branch of its early-stage technology investment programme in Tel Aviv to better tap the innovative engineering for which Israel is known. Investment in individual companies will range up to US$3 million, with no limit on the
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      319 18 BLOOMBERG London A THIRD of UK adults check their mobile devices in the middle of the night, according to a study from Deloitte that also suggested the pace of consumer adoption of smartphones will fall in the next 12 months. The study
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      481 18 BLOOMBERG Oslo APPLE Inc losing steam only makes it a bargain. The iPhone maker is cheap and the risk is lower, according to Robert Naess, who oversees 33 billion euros (S$50.5 billion) in stocks at Nordea
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      894 18 NOTICES HAI LECK HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****4461D)\ NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “EGM”) of Hai Leck Holdings Limited (the “Company”) will be held at 47 Tuas View Circuit, Singapore *****7 on Wednesday,
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  • CONSUMER
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      602 19 It plans to be the country’s biggest theme-park operator by building 15 multibillion-dollar theme parks by 2020 BLOOMBERG Shanghai IN the year of 383 in the Jin Dynasty, 80,000 soldiers in the town of Feishui successfully warded off attackers who outnumbered them ten-fold.
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      447 19 BLOOMBERG San Francisco AS MORE Whole Foods customers choose to avoid the store and get groceries delivered to their homes through Instacart, the high-end supermarket chain is taking a stake in the four-year-old startup. Instacart Inc authorised the sale of new equity
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      488 20  -  Budget carrier sees move opening large volumes of travel from South-east Asia to the popular Japanese tourist destination via the Republic By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo ON Saturday, Singapore Airlines’ low-cost carrier Scoot will inaugurate three-times-a-week flights from Singapore to Hokkaido a move
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      326 20 REUTERS Toronto CANADA’S Unifor union has ratified a deal with General Motors Co that will see C$554 million (S$571.6 million) invested in local plants, the labour group said on Sunday as it prepares for related talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV. The
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      530 20 BLOOMBERG Southfield, Michigan THE digital mapmaker acquired by BMW AG, Audi AG and Daimler AG is rolling out a real-time traffic service that warns of road hazards and helps find parking spaces by utilising the sensors and cameras
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      248 20 REUTERS Yogyakarta POLIO did not stop Triyono, 35, from cashing in on Indonesia’s booming ride-hailing business last year, when he launched a motorcycle taxi service run exclusively by disabled drivers. With a crew of 20 drivers and modified three-wheeled motorbikes, he is filling
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      539 21 Move comes after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside US in the disputed South China Sea AFP Beijing CHINA has sent fighter planes for the first time over a strait near Japan, the two governments said on Monday, after
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      401 21 But it sticks to its view that Japan central bank’s 2% inflation goal is not going to be achieved soon REUTERS Tokyo THE International Monetary Fund said on Monday that a new monetary policy framework adopted by the Bank of Japan marked “progress”, but
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      529 21 REUTERS Liverpool BRITAIN’S opposition Labour Party promised on Monday to take on big business and borrow to protect struggling industries, setting out a left-wing economic agenda it hopes will re-engage with working class voters who backed leaving the European Union.
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      461 21 AFP Manila PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that he would seek closer economic ties with China and Russia, as the local currency and stock market extended declines following Western criticism of his deadly war on crime. The peso hit a
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      216 21 Joey Choy ShareInvestor Academy Trainer Joey is one of the Award-Winning Top Tier Remisiers (Stock Brokers) and Traders in Singapore. He was awarded Top CFD specialist in 2013, Top Account Growth Achiever and Top CFD Remisier in 2014 followed by Top Trading Representative in 2015 by Phillip Securities. His Signature
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  • OPINION
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      535 22 EDITORIAL THE reminder from the government came loud and clear once again over the weekend: It’s not a matter of “what if” a terrorist attack strikes Singapore, but rather “when” it eventually does. At the launch of
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      789 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington THE conversation or argument Americans have been having on immigration has been remarkably skewed. It’s been all about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants, otherwise known as the “undocumented”. Actually, what counts far
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      1360 22  -  N Korea’s nuclear detonations and missile tests call for diplomatic strategies that go beyond condemnations and sanctions. Liaison offices might be a start. BY BENNETT RAMBERG BY BENNETT RAMBERG T The writer served as a policy analyst in the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs in
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      937 23  -  COMMENTARY Jayajyoti Sengupta Jayajyoti Sengupta T The writer is vice-president and APAC head at Cognizant AS Singapore marked its 51st birthday in August with a big bash at the National Stadium, the nation collectively reminisced its journey from being a small fishing village
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      633 23  -  By Paul Donovan AS we stand on the brink of the fourth industrial revolution, the technological change can seem daunting self-driving cars, intelligent machines and robots are everywhere. There is an idea that global inflation rates will collapse as new technology increases efficiency
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      1033 23  -  UK prime minister has inherited many long-standing, contentious policy decisions and vexing challenges. BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics London UK Foreign
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      565 23  -  By Joergen Oerstroem Moeller T The writer is senior research fellow, ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute; Singapore Management University; and a former state secretary at the Danish Foreign Ministry OMFIF Singapore WHEN 50.3 per cent of Danish voters on June 2,
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      134 22 Singapore Press Holdings News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore *****4 SPH 6319-6319 BT 6319-5360 FAX: 6319-8278 Customer service: 6388-3838 www.businesstimes.com.sg Press releases: btnews@sph.com.sg Letters: btletter@sph.com.sg chief executive officer singapore press holdings ALAN CHAN deputy chief executive officer singapore press holdings PATRICK DANIEL editor-in-chief (english/malay/tamil media group)
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      668 25 Dolce Gabbana gets Milan dancing to tropical beat Sicilian duo takes the street inside at its ‘Tropico Italiano’ show, kicking off and ending it with a band of dancers AFP Milan IT WAS coconuts all round as Dolce Gabbana unveiled a tropically-tinted collection for next spring and summer with a
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      868 25 AFP Camembert, France IT’S a cheese maker’s take on David and Goliath. Camembert, the village that gave its name to France’s most famous and imitated cheese, has only one remaining traditional fromagerie still making the speciality. And it’s holding its own against
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      290 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 7 Accept members ready to fight (4,4) 9 Frank’s awful heartless cat (6) 10 Independent work I found in British Columbia making film (6) 11 Clumsily I cut hero, more likely to act hurt (8) 12 Examination site where those with correct papers may pass (10) 14
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      1173 26  -  Ademco Security Group customises winning solutions from its in-house R&D division. BY LEONG YEE HUI, LINDA, MI MUQING and VANIA STEPHANIE Security BY LEONG YEE HUI LINDA MI MUQING VANIA STEPHANIE T The writers are students from NUS Business School. THE far-reaching impact of security risks
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      1008 26  -  By Tan Junming T Tan Junming is the founder of ThunderQuote, a company that helps hire B2B vendors for business projects. NO business is completely self-suffi-cient. All companies require solutions and products from other vendors to better service their own customers. Outsourcing enables businesses to
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      62 26 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2016 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. Ademco Security Group was among the winners in 2015. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank, and
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