The Business Times, 30 September 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 GFriday, September 30, 2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    215 1 SMRT shareholders strongly endorse Temasek Holdings’ S$1.2 billion plan to take the transport operator private and the sale of its rail assets to the government under the new rail financing framework. TOP STORIES 2 It is up to the younger Cabinet members to decide who the next prime
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    Lock icon Singapore, London in race to be top global fintech hub
    792 1  -  Deloitte report lauds the Republic for its business-friendly environment, excellent govt support and regulation By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore IT’S game on for Singapore, as a new Deloitte report has tied the city-state with London among the top global
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    Lock icon Singapore tops regional corporate governance rankings
    1122 1  -  But moves such as dual-class shares, scrapping of minimum trade price threaten its future standing By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore SINGAPORE has pipped its closest competitor, Hong Kong, to emerge at the top of closely watched regional corporate governance rankings, “Corporate Governance (CG)
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    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,885.71 +27.70 KL COMP 1,669.64 +4.68 NIKKEI 225 16,693.71 +228.31 HANG SENG 23,739.47 +119.82 SHENZHEN B 1,186.06 +2.96 DOW (11:45 EDT) 18,303.56 -35.68
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      19 1 *****1 *****1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Saudis agree to surprise oil output cut with exemption for Iran TOP STORIES 5
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      14 1 ONLINE GAMING Singapore Pools, Turf Club allowed to launch online betting TOP STORIES 4
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      46 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW Contrary to popular belief, startups are not SMEs companies markets 8 BT’s 40th ANNIVERSARY The newsroom behind the news BT40 6 HOLDING THEIR OWN Female choreographers are carving out their own creative space in the male-dominated field of contemporary dance BT LIFESTYLE 28
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Shareholders okay Temasek buyout, sale of rail assets
      859 2  -  Meeting representing about 4,000 SMRT shareholders also discusses “political” nature of Singapore’s public transport system SMRT VOTES By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SHAREHOLDERS of SMRT Corporation on Thursday strongly endorsed Temasek Holdings’ S$ 1.2 billion plan to take the transport operator
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      Lock icon A very private public transport operator
      709 2  -  The eventual delisting of SMRT Corp by Temasek will end a 16-year float and shareholder scrutiny COMMENTARY By Soon weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SMRT Corporation’s minority shareholders decided on Thursday to take the public transport operator into state investor Temasek Holdings’ fold. It’s just
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      Lock icon Singapore committed to growing biopharmaceutical sector: Iswaran
      524 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SINGAPORE remains steadfast in developing the biopharmaceutical sector to drive growth and create jobs by catalysing innovation in manufacturing technologies, developing infrastructural solutions, and building talent. Minister for Trade and Industry S Iswaran made the point on
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      Lock icon High Court dismisses application by Lee Kuan Yew’s estate on recorded transcripts
      1095 2 THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore THE High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application by the estate of Lee Kuan Yew against the government. The estate’s executors, Mr Lee’s daughter Wei Ling and son Hsien Yang, had claimed that the
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      Lock icon Singapore Pools and Turf Club get nod to launch online betting
      743 4  -  Exempted from Remote Gambling Act for 3 years, Pools will start online service on Oct 25, and Turf club, on Nov 15 ONLINE GAMING By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE government has given the green light to Singapore
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      Lock icon Betting operators unveil safeguards against addiction to online gaming
      652 4  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE country’s two main betting operators Singapore Pools and Singapore Turf Club (STC) have stressed that their move to offer online gambling will be carried out with the strictest of safeguards in place. They gave
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      Lock icon Saudis agree to surprise oil output cut with exemption for Iran
      654 5 Crude prices surge up to 6 per cent, but analysts say the deal may not have lasting impact AFP Singapore THE Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) shocked markets with a deal to cut oil output after kingpin
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      Lock icon 2026 start for S’pore-KL high-speed rail ‘realistic but not easy’
      672 5  -  This is the view of Alstom, a French railway company interested in providing trains and tracks for the project By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore THE 2026 operational deadline for the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur High Speed Rail, though realistic, will not
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      Lock icon Younger Cabinet members will pick next leader: PM Lee
      331 5 THE STRAITS TIMES Tokyo IT IS up to the younger members of the Cabinet to decide among themselves who the next Prime Minister will be, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday. “They have to decide, because they have to
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    Lock icon Changing the way you travel with Mobility-as-a-Service
    1050 3 Mobility-as-a-Service is a subscription-based service that offers a seamless combination of transport modes to meet commuters’ end-to-end travel needs based on their preferences or other criteria The future is becoming increasingly digitally-driven, as companies like Amazon, Uber and Airbnb disrupt the industries they
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    908 3 Andrew Pickford is a leading management consultant and Director of Infrastructure and Transport Advisory Services of MV A, represented in Singapore by Systra MVA Singapore Pte Ltd, which is focused on the design and practical application of Intelligent Transport Systems to road infrastructure to help deliver optimal policy
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  • BT40 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2016
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      301 6  -  By Jacquelyn cheok, Wong Wei Kong, Sarah Loyola, Simon Ang For 40 years, The Business Times has been reporting the biggest business news impacting Singapore. As it marks four eventful decades on October 1 as Singapore’s first and still only financial daily, here's a look at the
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Keppel Land acquires Shanghai mall
      406 7  -  It is paying 500m yuan for newly completed retail development By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore KEPPEL Corp’s real estate subsidiary Keppel Land China is acquiring a newly completed retail development in Shanghai’s Jiading District for 500 million yuan (S$ 102 million). The retail development
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        110 7 INTERIOR-DESIGN contractor Serrano’s wholly owned subsidiary Serrano Holdings has received a letter of demand from Maybank in Vietnam for US$2 million and 32.4 billion Vietnamese dong (S$1.97 million) after a supplier defaulted on payments to the bank. Those amounts comprise overdue principal amounts and accrued and penalty interests as
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        Lock icon Xpress Holdings
        136 7 XPRESS Holdings’ net loss for the fourth quarter ended July 31, 2016, widened to S$12.3 million, or 12.1 Singapore cents per share, from the year-ago S$169,000 loss after the company recorded an S$11.7 million loss from its disposal of loss-making subsidiaries. For the full year, the printer swung
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      Lock icon Contrary to popular belief, startups are not SMEs
      912 8  -  They may look similar but are two different animals, each with its own policy and strategy HOCK LOCK SIEW BY JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT STARTUPS are not SMEs (small and medium enterprises). It’s time organisations and individuals stop confusing the two, now
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      Lock icon Opec deal buoys oil & gas-related stocks
      403 8 Opec deal buoys oil gas-related stocks HOT STOCKS Singapore A RISING tide lifts all boats, or so it seems, for oil and gas-related stocks that enjoyed a lift on Thursday from news of a preliminary agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to cut production. Two bellwether
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      32 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Sept 29,2016 2,885.71 +27.70 (+0.97%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,885.71 Day low 2,868.08 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI back in positive territory for the year
      634 10  -  Index up 27.7 points at 2,885.71, backed by 5% jump in oil price and a modest rise in Dow futures STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT A5 PER cent jump in oil to around US$47 per barrel and a rise albeit modest
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      303 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 248 unch 250/247 257 209 6.2 6892.5 CapitaCom Trust 162 +2 162/160 164 127 5.3 4799.3 CapitaLand 322 +3 323/319 340 268 12.9 2.8 *****.1 CapitaMall Trust 217 +1 217/214 225 185
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      34 10 VOLUME Noble 262,565,100 Ezra 205,572,400 Spackman 72,106,800 Ezion 57,757,900 Rex Intl 55,983,100 Market volume 1,774,150,000 VALUE DBS Grp 85,138,527 Keppel Corp 73,944,707 Singtel 53,937,247 Noble 41,355,306 Sembcorp Ind 38,483,540 Market value 876,653,000
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      111 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap DBXT MS SING US$ US114.2 1600 -/-116.2/97.5 115.3/115.8 5.7 STI ETF 293 +3 701 293/291 314/254 293/294 IS MS INDIA US$ US721 -14 295 745/720 772/575 720/721 90.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 119 -0.3 63 119.6/118.7
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      77 10 Sep 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 257.00 +140.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +82.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +25.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 696.35 +2.89 FTSE ST Small Cap 385.69 +1.42 FTSE ST All Share 708.74 +5.93 FTSE ST China Top 161.26 +0.34 FTSE ST China 197.06 +0.72 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Sept 29, 2016 708.74 +5.93 (+0.84%) Current streak 3 days Day high 708.74 Day low 705.35 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Sept 28,2016 1,698.90 -1.05 (-0.06%) Current streak 4 days Day high 1,706.34 Day low 1,692.00 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 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 11 3 0 0 0 1 11 3 1 Manufacturing 41 26 23 4 9 12 45 35 35 Commerce 25 14 16 4 5 0 29 19 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 9 6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 35,995 4 35,999 123,826 1 123,826 Manufacturing 87,901 44,450 132,351 79,449 2,531 81,980 Commerce 298,031 72,566 370,597 76,566 1,427 77,993 Tpt/Stor/Comms 270,001 4,516 274,517 125,128 452 125,580 Finance 19,551 1,354 20,905 161,144 67 161,211 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      110 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 130.9 0.4 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5485 95.5 1.3 5733/4770 DBXT E50 US$ 4535 84.5 1.4 5000/3918 JMH USD 6079 73.6 0.9 6371/4500 DBXT ASX200 US$ 3614 62.7 1.3 3621/2900 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Maxi-Cash Fin R
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      74 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Hyflux 6% CPS 9740 -38.0 -0.4 *****/9200 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5952 -27.3 -0.3 6041/4629 DBXT MSJAP US$ 5092 -24.5 -0.4 5110/4031 GLD US$ ***** -24.5 -0.1 *****/***** Jaya 32.5 -22.0 -40.4 70/24 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low TEE Intl W*****6 0.1 -91.7
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      77 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Jaya 346.5 0.325 -0.220 -40.37 P99 1,929.6 0.076 +0.016 +26.67 Hu An Cable 2,500.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 SinoCloud 1,500.3 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 Eucon 376.0 0.013 -0.005 -27.78 KrisEnergy 32,419.8 0.111 +0.015 +15.63 3Cnergy 15.0 0.063 -0.017 -21.25 NauticAWT 337.9 0.100 -0.005 -4.76 Miyoshi 380.1 0.026
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        225 10 Pan-United Corp Hold Target price: S$0.56 Sept 29 close: S$0.615 DBS Group Research, Sept 29 We upgrade our recommendation from “fully valued” to “hold”. Post visit to Pan-United’s port, we turn slightly more positive on overall earnings supported by better port business. While Basic Building Materials (BBM) has declined, the
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        Lock icon Nera Telecommunications | Buy
        222 10  - Nera Telecommunications Buy Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$0.835 Sept 29 close: S$0.76 UOB Kay Hian, Sept 27 Nera Telecommunications (NeraTel) has completed the disposal of its point-of-sale (POS) business to Ingenico Group for S$88 million cash, inclusive of S$10 million held in escrow for nine months to satisfy
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      13 10 DATA I Sept 30 Singapore Bank Lending US personal income and outlays
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      Lock icon US$ surges vs yen after Opec deal
      420 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar hit an eight-day high against the safe-haven yen on Thursday after an Opec deal to cut oil output spurred a move into riskier assets, though questions over the efficacy of the agreement left the greenback off its
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Sep 29 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.004 5.115 0.683 5.946 51.287 99.400 0.779 8.432 3.158 1.055 80.249 37.067 1.046 10.487 0.745 24.072 26.570 0.589 0.767 Canada 0.996 5.094
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        155 11 Sep 29 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0455 1.0459 0.7667 0.7669 Canadian dollar 1.0411 1.0416 0.7638 0.7635 Euro 1.5298 1.5306 1.1219 1.1223 NZ dollar 0.9911 0.9919 0.7268 0.7273 Sterling pound 1.7740 1.7750 1.3010 1.3015
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        22 11 Sep 29 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3632 1.3636 2-months 1.3630 1.3635 3-months 1.3630 1.3635 6-months 1.3630 1.3637 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        211 11 Most active Sep 29 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 12.1 1.1 3823 0.1 1550 5 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****8 3.2 0.3 2885 0.1 915 4 Ezion Holdings W*****4 5.6 0.6 1772 1 45
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 28 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1301.2 -0.1 1.8 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 3.3 EAFE Preliminary 970.8 0.0 -4.2 0.0 -5.0 -0.1 -1.0 Europe Preliminary 1393.0 0.6 -1.4
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        387 11 Sep 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 9557.50 9625.00 9542.50 9580.00 *****0 *****6 Oct16 9555.00 9645.00 9547.50 9605.00 *****9 *****3 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 274 856 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Sep 29 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.13 0.03 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ 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 11 Sep 29 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.8 105.83 105.79 5-Year N*****0Z 2.250 01-Oct-21 99.33 99.57 99.28 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 102.2 102.80 102.10 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 108.88 109.00 108.96 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 100.62
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        250 11 Sep-28 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Sep-28 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 945.50 -7.00 -0.73% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.64 -0.48 -1.45% 14/10/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 403.25 -0.75 -0.19% 14/12/2016 Sep-28 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2263.00 -22.00 -0.96% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1991.00 1.00 0.05%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1753 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 141.5 unch 47 142 141 0.9 8 901.8 Div 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 136 unch 421 136.5
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      334 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day LOW Div GrYld 0.6 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.4 unch 10 0.4 0.2 10.5 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 41 +0.5 715 41 40 16.3 71 HiBh 16.2
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      136 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3208 +32 17 3216 3176 8.8 391 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US379 +8 29 379 379 1387 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1374
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      540 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF (I) CAFE AL FRESCO PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****3996C) (II) GRANDE N.A.K.S. PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****7781G) (III) HONG KONG ABERDEEN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY
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      1054 8 NOTICES Te l 6 2 8 9 8 8 2 2 I E m a i l n o t i c e s s p h c o m s g I w w w s p h c l a s s c o m s g In
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      432 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WELLINGORE INTERNATIONAL SERVICES PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBER’S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) REG NO.*****7637E NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company deemed to have been held at 20 Collyer Quay #21-06 Singapore *****9 on
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      467 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SILVER MAPLE INVESTMENT CORPORATION LTD (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (REGISTRATION NO. *****0426N) NOTICE OF MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION The following resolutions were unanimously resolved at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the above Company on 23
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      1521 9 Comprising: FRASERS HOSPITALITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (a real estate investment trust constituted on 12 June 2014 under the laws of the Republic of Singapore) managed by Frasers Hospitality Asset Management Pte. Ltd. FRASERS HOSPITALITY BUSINESS TRUST (a business trust constituted on 20 June 2014 under the laws of the
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Pressure mounting on Wells Fargo CEO
      650 13 John Stumpf makes second congressional appearance in under 10 days on Thursday BLOOMBERG New York WELLS Fargo Co’s chief executive John Stumpf returns to Capitol Hill on Thursday with his job still under threat and the bank facing rising political pressure over a sales
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse, Barclays in settlement talks with US regulators: sources
      637 13 BLOOMBERG Washington DEUTSCHE Bank isn’t the only lender wrestling with the US to resolve an investigation into toxic mortgage bonds: Credit Suisse and Barclays are also each in settlement talks with the Justice Department, according to people familiar with the
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      Lock icon Norway wealth fund rejects call to boost EM bet
      302 13 BLOOMBERG Oslo NORWAY’S US$890 billion wealth fund shrugged off a call to increase emerging market (EM) investments after it built up over the past four years a position of about 10 per cent in the world’s fastest growing economies. “There are
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      1349 14 SAIZEN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (a real estate investment trust constituted under the laws of the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 27 September 2007 (as amended)) NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the unitholders of
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon BlackBerry stops making its iconic handsets
      988 15 It will turn its full attention to the more profitable and growing software business BLOOMBERG Toronto IT’S official. BlackBerry Ltd, the Canadian company that invented the smartphone and addicted legions of road warriors to the “CrackBerry”, has stopped making its iconic handsets. Finally conceding
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      Lock icon Yahoo slow to invest in security defences, sources say
      836 15 CEO emphasised creating cleaner look for services, developing new products over improving security NYTIMES San Francisco SIX years ago, Yahoo’s computer systems and customer e-mail accounts were penetrated by Chinese military hackers. Google and a number of other technology companies were
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      107 15 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 ELISTON ENTERPRISES LIMITED (Company Number: *****44) (the “Company”) (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 204(1)(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended, that the Company is in voluntary liquidation.
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Prices of high-end homes bottoming out: JPMorgan
      775 16  -  Volume has picked up, foreign interest has returned, and pricing is competitive with global markets, says report By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore PRICES of high-end residential homes are bottoming out on the back of a host of reasons such as a significant
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      429 16 Singapore THOUSANDS of potential buyers thronged the showflats of private condominium projects Forest Woods and The Alps Residences over the weekend when they were first opened for preview. MCC Land’s spokesman said some 6,000 visitors were recorded over Saturday and Sunday, attributing this
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      614 16 AFP Beijing CHINA’S richest man, real estate magnate Wang Jianlin, has warned that the country’s property market is the “biggest bubble in history” the latest alarm bell to be sounded on the world’s second-largest economy. Mr Wang, owner of real estate and entertainment conglomerate
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      Lock icon M’sia pension fund to diversify to PE, property, infrastructure
      312 16 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong MALAYSIA’S largest pension fund is looking to diversify its investment portfolio in a bid to boost returns, according to chief executive officer Shahril Ridza Ridzuan. The Employees Provident Fund plans to invest more in private equity, property and
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      19 16 Show Off Your Prize Bull Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your New CEO Announcement Notices
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon World’s top soft-drink stock taps Chelsea FC
      637 18 Carabao is spending huge amount in tie-up with football club to build brand worldwide BLOOMBERG Bangkok THE world’s best-performing major soft-drink stock is backing the allure of English soccer and Chelsea FC to fuel its global expansion. Thai energy-drink maker Carabao Group Pcl
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      571 18 GDP BLOOMBERG Washington THE US healthcare system remains among the least efficient in the world. America was 50th out of 55 countries in 2014, according to a Bloomberg index that assesses life expectancy, healthcare spending per capita and relative spending
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      667 18 BLOOMBERG Beijing WHEN a branch of the Chinese army set up a medicine factory in 1939, it was intended mainly to help in the fight against the Japanese. It would later be used by Communist fighters in China’s civil war before evolving into a
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      586 18 In the matter of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the Matter of NICE (Nurses’ Initiatives For Community Engagement) Ltd (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) (Registration No. *****2415H) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Final Meeting
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Q2 GDP growth revised up as businesses boost investment
      425 19 LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington ECONOMIC growth in the US was less sluggish than previously thought in the second quarter as exports grew more than imports and businesses raised their investments hopeful signs for the economic outlook. Gross domestic product expanded
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      166 19 AFP HANOI VIETNAM’S economy dipped slightly in the third quarter year-on-year, data showed on Thursday, but analysts say the communist country will remain one of South-east Asia’s star performers. GDP growth in the three months to September hit 6.4 per cent, down from
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      Lock icon Yuan joins SDR basket on Oct 1, but analysts say full liberalisation not in sight
      721 19  -  They add that Beijing’s efforts to make its financial system more transparent have retrograded in the past year By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing THE Chinese currency will be included in the special drawing rights (SDR)
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      563 19  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE number of unemployed in Malaysia is trending up as businesses, particularly manufacturers, continue to rightsize amid weak global and domestic demand. The unemployment rate rose to 3.5 per cent in the seven months to July above the
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      660 19  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo NEWS on Thursday that retail sales in Japan fell by a larger than expected margin in August compared with the previous month appeared to signal further problems for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Abenomics
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      216 19 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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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Air rage incidents up 17% worldwide in 2015
      597 20 Iata blames alcohol intoxication; consumer advocates say reduced seat pitch may be part of the problem REUTERS New York REPORTS of unruly passengers disrupting airline flights have soared almost 17 per cent worldwide in 2015, with incidents such as passengers being verbally
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      489 20 It will operate 40 aircraft on behalf of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and transfer 35 others to a tourism arm. BLOOMBERG Frankfurt AIR Berlin plc will eliminate as many as 1,200 jobs as it splits into three businesses, operating
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      962 20 BLOOMBERG New York IN 2014, no fewer than 1.25 million people filled the Paris Motor Show floor to ogle the latest from Bugatti, BMW, Maserati and Mercedes-Benz during the first week in October. The biennial show was the industry’s
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      25 20 THEIR BOOK FOR SINGAPORE 51 young Singaporeans voice their views on the next big thing for the country India’s hornbill haven GET YOUR COPY TODAY
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      2037 21 S-*- THE BUSINESS TIMES SHIPPING TIMES C a i l a n ~E n n o B r i s b a n e r e J e d d a h Shanghai Chittagong Ho Chi Minh H o n g J e b e l A i K o
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      244 21 ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE LTD Tel: *****222 (10 Lines) Fax: *****174/*****960 Website: www.englee.com.sg/Email: marketing@englee.com.sg CR No: **********0C REGULAR FEEDER SERVICES TO INDONESIAN (DE1) VESSEL VOY SIN ETA SIN ETD DESTINATION FREQUENCY Marco Polo 188 PRW211 01/10/2016 02/10/2016 Perawang/Perawang DAILY Marco Polo 256 BST016 01/10/2016 02/10/2016 Buatan/Buatan DAILY Marco Polo
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  • OPINION
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      799 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Laura Beaudin Mark Brinda Gwendolyn Lim T The writers are partners at Bain Company FORGET Mad Men. Today’s marketers are more likely to be math men and women. They plumb the depths of big data with advanced analytical tools.
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      570 22 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE has taken several steps to strengthen cyber security both in terms of operational readiness as well as legislation, these past few years. Operationally, the setting-up of the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) as the apex body to formulate
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      Lock icon China turns on charm offensive for Bhutan
      1367 22  -  The Himalayan kingdom may be in the middle of a power play between regional rivals long-time protector India, and China. BY BERTIL LINTINER BY BERTIL LINTINER T The writer is a former correspondent with the “Far Eastern Economic Review” and author of several
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      Lock icon Who should bear the cost of tax transparency?
      1018 23  -  COMMENTARY By Liam Collins Vivienne Ong T Liam Collins is a tax partner and the head of global structuring at PwC Singapore. Vivienne Ong is a tax director in the global structuring team of PwC Singapore THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced
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      595 23  -  By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington THE question about the TPP the Trans-Pa-cific Partnership, President Barack Obama’s signature trade agreement is whether it’s already gone to the political morgue or whether it’s still in intensive care. Both Hillary Clinton and
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      1434 23  -  The importance of science and talent for Singapore cannot be understated, as they form the bedrock upon which impact is created and delivered. BY TAN SZE WEE BY TAN SZE WEE T The writer is executive director of the Science and Engineering Council
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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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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon In the lap of luxury
      742 24  -  The inaugural Singapore Rendezvous, a four-day event held at the Raffles Marina, will feature a mix of the finer things in life. BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg T Singapore Rendezvous will be held at the Raffles Marina from Oct 20 to 23. Standard tickets cost S$68.
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        Lock icon THE BUSINESS TIMES CELEBRATES WITH THE KING OF JAZZ Curator’s Tour of Iskandar Jalil’s exhibition
        174 24  -  ART By Helmi Yusof T The curatorial tour is on Sept 30 at 7.30pm at National Gallery Singapore, Ngee Ann Kongsi Gallery and Concourse Gallery 2. Tickets at S$25 from Sistic. If you miss the
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        183 24  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan T The Australian World Orchestra (AWO) plays at Esplanade Concert Hall on Oct 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets from s$88 available from sistic and at the venue's box office. FOLLOWING the highly successful inaugural international tour of India in 2015, the Australian World Orchestra
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        Lock icon Jazzy Business
        259 24  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan T Jazzy Business takes place at Esplanade Concert Hall on Sept 30 at 8pm. Tickets at S$40-100 available from bt.sg/jazzybusiness, Sistic and at the venue's box office. Pre-order the watches from https://jeremy-monteiro-store.my-shopify.com JEREMY Monteiro celebrates his 40th year in showbiz a milestone which coincides
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        168 24  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang T Morton’s Sunday Lunch Set Menu starts at S$65++ and is available on Sundays from 12-3pm. Morton’s of Chicago is at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Singapore, 5 Raffles Avenue, 4th Storey. For reservations, call 6339 3740. FANS of Morton’s of Chicago will
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        Lock icon A Sake Journey From Miyagi to Tochigi
        163 24  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang T A Sake Journey From Miyagi to Tochigi is held on Oct 6, 7pm, at Fat Cow, Camden Medical Centre, #01/02. For reservations, call 6735 0308. IF you love wagyu and sake, then you wouldn’t want to miss
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      Lock icon Meet 8 ambitious wine upstarts
      1011 25  -  The restless younger generation of vintners is redefining Napa Valley’s offerings. BY ELIN MCCOY BLOOMBERG SCOUTING the latest must-taste wine projects is a serious Napa Valley sport, and I play the game every time I visit. Earlier this year a hot tip took me up
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      747 25  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg FOR an artist known for his voluminous scrapbook compilations, a residency at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI) seems to be a natural fit and expansion of the core of Shinro Ohtake’s artistic exploration. Before he came to STPI,
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      Lock icon Arts attendance hits all-time high in 2015
      386 25  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT A HIGH 78 per cent of Singaporeans attended an arts event in 2015, a jump from 2013’s figure of 40 per cent. Participation in arts events meaning workshops, courses and other activities also saw a huge spike from
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      346 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Claim by would-be favourite American force (7) 5 Thingy or things that shoot across bobbin irregularly (7) 9 A look into doctor’s choice of dance (5) 10 Stupidly copies friend of the bishop (9) 11 Food in season before revolution (6,4) 12 Pack coming from point-topoint
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon ’Tis the season for dance
      929 26  -  Dance fans are spoilt for choice from now until December. Here are some highlights of the season. BY CHEAH UI-HOON T Oct 13 15, 8pm; Oct 16, 3pm, Esplanade Theatre. Tickets are available from Esplanade’s box office, or www.sistic.com. More information at www.esplanade.com/dansfestival THE themes
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      516 26  -  BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by HELMI YUSOF BEAUTY Is A Wound by Eka Kurniawan is one of the most ravishing epic novels this reviewer has read since Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years Of Solitude (1967). The sheer scope of Eka’s imagination is jaw-dropping.
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      464 26  - Teachers like you’ve never seen them before By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IS teaching one of the hardest professions in this country? Dark Matter Theatrics’ play Micromanage Overwork Exasperate will have you convinced that it is. Written by Marcia Vanderstraaten and directed by her and Christopher Fok, the script is
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  • CINEMA/MUSIC
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      Lock icon Music plays on despite hitches
      589 27  -  This year’s 100 Bands festival hit several roadblocks but the show must go on, says its organiser. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN T 100 Bands will run from Sept 30 to Oct 2 at the open field opposite Paya Lebar Airbase on Tampines Road
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      592 27  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT IF Dick Lee's The Mad Chinaman was the quintessential Singapore album of the last century, then TheLionCityBoy's (TLCB) Paradise would be this millennium's equivalent. Released digitally in late August, it features the local rapper, whose real name is
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      575 27  -  By Geoffrey Eu GIVEN the surreal nature surrounding the ongoing reality show known as the US presidential elections, Southside With You arrives in cinemas at a particularly timely moment. There’s nothing especially remarkable about a film that chronicles the first date for
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      Lock icon A realistic, classic hero story
      685 27  -  By Geoffrey Eu TURNING a recent real-life tragedy into a big-budget disaster movie may not sound like the best idea in the world especially when the loss of lives and sensitivities of the actual communities involved remain relatively fresh in the memory but then again,
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        602 28  -  Female choreographers are carving out their own creative space in the male-dominated field of contemporary dance. Check out their work in several upcoming dance festivals in Singapore. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON In The Distance, with T.H.E Second Company, in the M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2016
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        556 28 Brodal Serei (Freestyle Boxing) with Amrita Performing Arts Oct 22 23, 8pm and 3pm respectively, Esplanade Theatre Studio WHEN French/Cambodian choreographer Emmanuele Phuon wanted to make her next work about the macho world of Cambodian boxing, she enlisted the aid of her male collaborator Phon Sopheap to help
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        495 28 The Second Sunrise, Dans Festival Oct 14 15, 8pm, Esplanade Theatre Studio TRAINED in Odissi and originally from India, Raka Maitra has always choreographed only for women. But it’s not a feminist stance that she takes, at least not consciously; instead it’s about being a dancer herself and
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