The Business Times, 25 November 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 052/08/2016 Friday, November 25, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    222 1 Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports are down 5.4 per cent year-on-year in July-September, steepening the 0.2 per cent dip in the second quarter. TOP STORIES 2 Temasek-backed Pavilion Energy is urging the liquefied natural gas industry to develop LNG ecosystems, ahead of a rise in demand for the fuel.
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    24 1 Thursday Change STI 2,843.72 +4.03 KL COMP 1,624.21 -6.17 NIKKEI 225 18,333.41 +170.47 HANG SENG 22,608.49 -68.20 SHENZHEN B 1,157.45 +0.66 DOW CLOSED
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    Lock icon Soh Chee Wen among those arrested in probe into 2013 penny stock crash
    555 1  -  Others nabbed in Singapore’s largest securities fraud case include Quah Su-Ling and Goh Hin Calm By kenlim@sph.com.sg Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore A NUMBER of individuals who were under investigation for the 2013 penny stock crash were
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    Lock icon Singapore’s growth in 2017 set to mirror 2016’s, as globalisation backlash intensifies
    776 1  -  Ministry of Trade and Industry sees 2017 full-year growth coming in at 1-3%, says political risks and uncertainties have risen By soonwl@sph.com.sg Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore EVEN as Singapore’s economy seems to be picking itself up for
    Source: Department of Statistics  -  776 words
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      28 1 *****1 *****1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Stylish living has a new address \m? ASCOTT Check in to the heart of Orchard Road from 1 December 2016 www.the-ascott.com THE RESIDENCE
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      12 1 DINING OUT Meaty repast at one Michelinstarred Kam’s Roast BT LIFESTYLE 27
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      82 1 CODE ON TAKEOVERS MERGERS OSIM offeror, advisers in breach over errant purchases companies markets 6 PRIME PICKINGS 3 homes off Orchard Road sell for S$190.5m REAL ESTATE 16 ROLEX AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE 2016 Supporting the work of passionate individuals in the fields of environment, exploration, science and applied technology BT
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon DPM Tharman’s 3 ways to save the open economy
      747 2  -  Public policies should concentrate on regeneration, productivity and education, he says By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore GOING global and keeping the economy open are the only positive ways for a country to advance and to save the system that
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      Lock icon IE S’pore downgrades 2016 forecast for exports
      650 2  -  Slightly more upbeat outlook for 2017; non-oil domestic exports in Q3 down 5.4% year on year SINGAPORE ECONOMY By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore NON-OIL domestic export (NODX) performance for the full year is likely to be worse than the government earlier
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      Lock icon Q3 GDP revised upwards, lifted by manufacturing, but fears go unsoothed
      694 2  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore MANUFACTURING surprisingly became a source of support in Singapore’s third-quarter economic growth, even as signs of stress emerged in the services sector. Though the numbers enabled an upward revision of Q3 gross domestic
      Source: Ministry of Trade and Industry  -  694 words
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      Lock icon iSprint scheme helping SMEs: MTI study
      425 2  -  By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore THE iSprint scheme, which helps local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) defray costs of automating their business functions through information technology, has been found to be effective in helping firms raise their revenue, according to a study by
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      Lock icon Pavilion Energy urges LNG sector to invest in infrastructure
      805 4  -  It says the sector should design turn-key LNG solutions in order to build whole LNG ecosystems for emerging markets By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore TEMASEK-backed Pavilion Energy on Thursday urged the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry to develop LNG ecosystems,
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      Lock icon Asia’s currency rout seen taking the edge off monetary easing
      663 4 BLOOMBERG Bangkok ASIAN currencies’ drop to the weakest this decade will probably deter regional central banks from easing monetary policies as the prospects of higher US rates spurred capital outflows. Indeed, they are more likely to be stepping in to
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      Lock icon Givaudan invests S$7.5m to go big on innovating flavours
      540 4  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore FRAGRANCE-and-flavour company Givaudan has expanded its flavour innovation centre in Singapore to gain an edge in addressing regional trends in the food-and-beverage (F&B) sector. It has put S$7.5 million into its Singapore Flavour Innovation Centre
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      Lock icon Latest Fed discussion reflects more confidence in raising rates
      699 4 NYTIMES Washington WHEN Federal Reserve officials convened just before the US presidential election, they talked like people who were ready to raise interest rates although they decided to wait a little longer. They fretted about the growing risks of keeping borrowing
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      Lock icon Oil price hike from Opec deal may snuff itself out, says IEA
      446 4 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong AN oil price surge triggered by a successful Opec agreement to cut production could be snuffed out as supply surges back, according to the head of International Energy Agency. If Opec members agree to limit
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      Lock icon CPFIS-included funds up 6.22% on average in Q3
      514 5  -  But the market remains anxious about a possible Fed rate hike and how US-Asia ties will shape up under Trump By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE overall performance of unit trusts and investment-linked insurance products (ILPs) included under the Central Provident
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      Lock icon China eyes fast wrap-up of trade pact with S-E Asia
      426 5 BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA wants to seal the deal on a trade agreement with South-east Asian countries as soon as possible with a US-led pact now in doubt, a Ministry of Commerce official said Thursday. The country will work with the
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      Lock icon Facebook is next on Indonesia’s tax list
      357 5 BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIA has its eyes set on Facebook Inc as its next target for a tax crackdown as it nears a settlement with Google Inc. Facebook, which counts more than 88 million Indonesians among its users, owes about two trillion rupiah (S$211.2
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      69 5 Maritime Singapore represents the diverse and vibrant eco-system of Singapore's maritime industry. The industry plays a vital role in global trade and contributes 7% to Singapore's GDP. With over 5,000 maritime establishments and more than 170,000 professionals, a sea of opportunities awaits MARITIME Singapore you at Maritime Singapore. industry rid
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon OSIM offeror, advisers in breach over errant purchases
      628 6  -  But they are spared further action by SIC because of prompt remedial measures and compensation to shareholders By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Securities Industry Council (SIC) has found the offeror which took OSIM International private this year in breach of
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        103 6 KRISENERGY reiterated on Thursday that the terms it has proposed for the restructuring of its notes are final. In an exchange filing, the oil and gas exploration and production firm said that it has sought the feedback of noteholders before the consent solicitation exercise was launched, and taken into
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        79 6 YUUZOO on Thursday announced a new investment into movie studio Relativity Media, in which it had acquired a 33.3 per cent stake for US$27.5 million last month. YuuZoo executive chairman Thomas Zilliacus said that the deal will result in a “significantly wider and deeper partnership than originally discussed” and
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      1220 6  -  Less than stellar results of Singapore telcos a symptom of fundamental changes taking place in industry HOCK LOCK SIEW BY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT WITH the current reporting season over, a look at the performance of the three Singapore telcos for the quarter
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      Lock icon Singtel launches video streaming service HOOQ in Singapore
      610 6  -  Joint-venture service will focus significantly on local content By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore IN somewhat of a plot twist, Singtel on Thursday launched its video-on-demand service HOOQ in Singapore even as Singtel said that HOOQ’s focus will remain on emerging markets,
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      Lock icon IHH Healthcare posts 46% jump in Q3 profit to RM173m
      590 7  -  Revenue rises 18% on sustained growth at existing hospitals and contribution from new hospitals By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore IHH Healthcare Berhad on Thursday reported a 46 per cent jump in net profit to RM173.3 million (S$56.3 million) for
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      Lock icon Maybank Q3 profit falls amid slowing loan growth
      302 7 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S biggest lender Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) said on Thursday it had cut its loan growth projection for the current financial year, after posting a drop in third-quarter profit hurt by a higher tax charge. Net profit for July-September
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      Lock icon Singapore and Asia could huddle closer with IE-UOB pact
      701 7  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore AMID the slow hum of economic growth, the urgent call for Singapore companies to go regional got another boost on Thursday as IE Singapore and UOB inked a partnership to open up business networks within
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      Lock icon Founder offers to delist Advanced Integrated Manufacturing at 21¢ a share
      347 7  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THE founder of Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Corp Ltd (AIM) has proposed to take the group private at 21 Singapore cents per share in a voluntary delisting offer, 11 years after he brought the
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      Lock icon Singtel makes key changes to its leadership team
      319 7  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore TO drive transformation to deal with the challenges of digital disruption, Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) is making two key appointments to its leadership team. From April 1, 2017, Mark Chong will assume the role of Singtel’s group
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      64 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index NOV 24,2016 2,843.72 +4.03 (+0.14%) Current streak 3 days Day high 2,852.34 Day low 2,813.78 52-week high 2,960.78 (Apr 21, 2016) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index NOV 24, 2016 453.71 -0.82 (-0.18%) Current streak 2 days Day high 454.82 Day
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      Lock icon Singtel’s surge helps STI close in the black
      651 8  -  Fall in prices overnight puts pressure on oil and gas stocks; SGX queries ISR and Hosen Group STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT A LARGE jump in Singtel’s shares helped the Straits Times Index post a 4.03point rise to 2,843.72 on Thursday
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 230 unch 231/228 257 209 6.7 6447.5 CapitaCom Trust 147.5 -0.5 148/146 164 127 5.8 4371.1 CapitaLand 301 -1 302/298 340 280 12 3 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 192 -0.5 192.5/191 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 8 VOLUME Noble 121,154,800 QT Vascular 67,937,100 Singtel 58,185,500 Blumont 57,018,300 Golden Agri-Res 55,899,100 Market volume 1,323,868,000 VALUE Singtel 214,402,264 DBS Grp 81,951,017 OCBC Bank 66,050,701 UOB 52,835,686 IS MS INDIA US$ 45,398,557 Market value 1,160,277,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      108 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US642 -5 4911 645/640 772/441 642/646 80.3 STI ETF 289 +1 406 290/287 300/254 289/290 ABF SG Bond ETF 114.9 -0.6 246 115.3/114.9 120.1/112.1 114.5/115.1 524.5 DBXT MSPHILS US$ US176.5 -1.1 175
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      77 8 Nov 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -381.00 -198.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -30.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -38.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 677.98 +0.26 FTSE ST Small Cap 382.17 +0.03 FTSE ST All Share 698.32 +0.65 FTSE ST China Top 157.44 -1.13 FTSE ST China 196.84 +0.18 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 24, 2016 698.32 +0.65 (+0.09%) Current streak 3 days Day high 700.04 Day low 692.45 52-week high 722.88 (Apr 21, 2016) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index NOV 23,2016 1,615.72 -10.06 (-0.62%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,634.63 Day low 1,613.47 52-week high 1,755.96 (NOV 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 3 8 3 0 0 1 3 8 4 Manufacturing 39 33 38 11 11 9 50 44 47 Commerce 10 22 12 4 4 6 14 26 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 6 12
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      125 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 18,587 5 18,592 62,570 1 62,571 Manufacturing 117,493 125,149 242,642 98,064 8,947 107,010 Commerce 166,552 84,996 251,548 121,131 1,226 122,357 Tpt/Stor/Comms 131,093 1,328 132,421 320,754 106 320,860 Finance 33,972 403 34,375 223,329 58 223,386 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Prudential USD 1800 215.0 9.1 2191/1600 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** 21.0 0.2 *****/***** Pan Ocean 458 14.0 3.2 469/300 Singtel 10 375 14.0 3.9 435/338 DBXT S&PShort US$ 1898 11.5 0.4 2362/1890 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Zhongxin Fruit 1.5 66.7
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      73 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -364.0 -2.2 *****/***** DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -219.3 -1.3 *****/***** JMH USD 5437 -133.3 -1.7 6371/4500 Jardine C&C 3951 -67.0 -1.7 4520/3160 JSH USD 3296 -65.9 -1.4 3605/2524 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low ISR Capital 12.7 -55.4 -15.8 34/0.3
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Zhongxin Fruit 500.0 0.015 +0.006 +66.67 Luzhou Bio-Chem 9,537.1 0.028 +0.006 +27.27 Lereno Bio-Chem 65.1 0.008 +0.002 +33.33 Hosen 12,861.5 0.048 +0.007 +17.07 PS Group 63.0 0.140 -0.030 -17.65 Foreland FabriT 950.2 0.016 +0.005 +45.46 Nico Steel 21,929.8 0.034 +0.009 +36.00 Cacola 17,348.6 0.004 -0.001
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Genting Singapore | Buy
        144 8 Genting Singapore Buy Target price: S$1.15 Nov 24 close: S$0.955 DBS Group Research, Nov 24 BASED on our analysis of Genting’s cash flow generation and net cash of about S$3.7 billion, balanced against the redemption of its perpetual securities and potential bid for a Japanese casino, we estimate that Genting
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        101 8 Target price: S$1.68 Nov 24 close: S$1.585 CIMB Research, Nov 23 MAPLETREE Industrial Trust (MINT has been scouring for overseas industrial properties in the past two to three years to further drive growth in the medium term. We understand that the trust could be looking at
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        Lock icon Singapore banks | Negative
        197 8  - Singapore banks Negative Compiled by Jamie Lee Maybank Kim Eng Research, Nov 23 THERE will be default risks if corporates/customers are not able to repay USD debt when their domestic currencies depreciate further. In the event of potential higher provisions from USD exposure, we assess the impact by factoring a
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      16 8 DATA I Nov 25 S’pore Industrial Production Index S’pore Business Receipts Index S’pore Macroeconomic Review
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      Lock icon Dollar surges after strong batch of US data
      380 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar climbed past more of last year’s peaks against the euro on Thursday, with only the March 2015 high of US$1.0457 standing in the way of a push towards parity that banks are again saying is on the
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 9 Nov 24 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.997 5.103 0.700 5.720 50.733 99.998 0.836 8.712 3.289 1.056 77.259 36.858 1.057 10.476 0.750 23.552 26.327 0.594 0.737 Canada 1.003 5.116
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 NOV 24 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0568 1.0574 0.7374 0.7375 Canadian dollar 1.0595 1.0603 0.7395 0.7393 Euro 1.5103 1.5114 1.0539 1.0541 NZ dollar 1.0006 1.0012 0.6982 0.6983 Sterling pound 1.7792 1.7802 1.2415 1.2416
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Nov 24 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4332 1.4341 2-months 1.4333 1.4341 3-months 1.4334 1.4342 6-months 1.4331 1.4344 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        213 9 Most active Nov 24 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left FTSEChinaA50 9500 MBePW*****9 3.6 -0.2 6000 0.0 1 DBS MB eCW*****2 15.4 1.1 4890 0.1 1700 7 SingTel MB eCW*****2 2.1 0.6 4802 0.2 435 7 OCBC
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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 Nov 23 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1325.6 -0.1 3.7 0.2 3.8 -0.4 2.6 EAFE Preliminary 986.2 0.0 -2.7 -0.1 -4.8 -0.6 -5.9 Europe Preliminary 1383.2 -0.2 -2.1
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        383 9 Nov 24 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Nov16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****1 *****0 Dec16 *****.50 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 *****1 *****6 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****8 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 109 8927 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 9 Nov 24 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.875 0.75 3-months 1.0 0.875 Overnight mode: 0.13 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.65 0.55 2 months 0.85 0.65 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.40 1.20 9 months 1.55 1.35 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        68 9 Nov 24 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 104.94 104.96 104.95 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 97.4 97.65 97.45 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 97.5 98.03 97.55 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 101.1 101.75 101.42 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 91.05
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Nov-23 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-23 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1034.25 4.25 0.41% 13/01/2017 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 36.85 2.37 6.87% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 401.50 -5.75 -1.41% 14/12/2016 Nov-23 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2060.00 5.00 0.24% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2074.00 -52.00 -2.45%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1800 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 149 125 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 125.5 unch 924 127 125 0.9 9 799.8 LOW 172.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 171 +0.5 2888 171
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      307 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day LOW Div GrYld Net MCap 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 36.5 unch 30 36.5 36.5 14.5 63.2 LOW Company Sale 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 9.5 -0.5 4558
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      112 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1211 1061 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1168 +9 0 1168 1168 vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3076 -6 4 3079 3076 8.5 Day Low Div C'vr 222.5 158.5 DBXT
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  • PHILANTHROPISTS FORUM 2016
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      Lock icon Creating an enduring impact
      681 11  -  Indonesian philanthropist Veronica Colondam wants to leave behind a legacy of a sustainable social enterprise. BY FRANCIS KAN VERONICA Colondam is not afraid to set the bar high when it comes to her philanthropic endeavours. The CEO and founder of Indonesia’s YCAB Foundation wants the organisation’s
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      Lock icon A hand up rather than hand-out
      413 11  -  Sophisticated philanthropists are upping their efforts to boost their impact on education in the region By Francis Kan PHILANTHROPIC foundations in Asia are going beyond mere giving and are introducing innovative methods to improve education in the region. This is significant as a vast
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      Lock icon Giving more impactfully to education
      523 11  -  A new study shows that educational philanthropy has become more professional and sophisticated in Asia By Francis Kan EDUCATION is widely viewed as a key driver of long-term social impact in Asia, and as such has been a popular area of focus for many philanthropists
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      678 12 Online payments startups see astounding growth as demonetisation sends millions scurrying to digital cash BLOOMBERG Bengaluru VIJAY Shekhar Sharma’s Twitter feed has come alive these past two weeks. From a roadside egg-seller in Bhopal to a soda hawker in Bangalore, the founder of Paytm
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      455 12 REUTERS Sydney A GROUP of Australian lawmakers recommended a banking customer complaints tribunal should be set up by July next year, to make binding decisions while minimising the involvement of lawyers, amid rising dissatisfaction with the country’s financial system. The recommendation,
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      397 12 BLOOMBERG Beijing THE China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is looking to hire fixed-income management companies to help invest its billion of dollars of spare funds. But don’t bother applying unless your company has some serious credentials. The multilateral lender posted
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      100 13 Do you have the courage to be the next Businessman of the Year? Email your nominations (full name, designation, company and category) to anglcc@sph.com.sg, or call Christine Ang at 6319 5119. Closing date is 16 December 2016. Having the courage to break boundaries is one of the key qualities that
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      825 14 Battery, parts supplier has lost a fifth of market value since the problem first emerged REUTERS Seoul IN the shadows of Samsung Electronics’ Note 7 smartphone crisis, affiliate Samsung SDI is quietly reassuring anxious clients including Apple Inc that its batteries are
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      366 14 AFP London BRITAIN’S next generation of cybersecurity specialists will be taught at Bletchley Park, where Nazi codes were cracked during World War II, the head of the new college announced on Thursday. The mansion house is celebrated as the site where codebreakers
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      470 14 BLOOMBERG Dublin “AN Apple a day keeps the bank man away stop objecting!” So read the handwritten sign in Athenry, the tiny village close to Ireland’s Atlantic coast chosen by Apple Inc for a vast US$1 billion data facility. The message
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      555 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NANOH2O SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED (Registration No. *****9348D) (In Member’s Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS [Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)] An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company, deemed to have been convened pursuant to Section 179(6) of the
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Black Friday less frenzied as millennials opt out
      966 15 They are spreading out more widely the days when they open their wallets amid online options NYTIMES New York IF YOU’RE in the retail business in the United States, you probably really care about these two things: millennials and Black Friday. But
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      463 15 AFP Shanghai CHINA’S largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for US$1.7 billion, the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambitions. The travel service provider will pay £1.4 billion (S$2.5 billion), mainly in cash,
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon 3 prime residential properties off Orchard Road sold for S$190.5m
      602 16  -  CBRE attributes the competitive bidding process to their location and palatable deal sizes By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore THREE prime residential buildings near Orchard Road have been sold to three different group of developers for S$ 190.5 million in
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      Lock icon UK’s real estate agents hit by ban on tenant fees
      404 16 REUTERS London SHARES in leading estate agents tumbled on Wednesday after Britain said it would ban one-off tenant fees to try to bring down the cost of renting, the latest move to hit landlords. Rising housing costs have become a
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      Lock icon China’s property rush to London has long legs
      437 16  -  COMMENTARY By Nisha Gopalan BLOOMBERG Hong Kong LONDON has a property problem. Brexit is looming, potentially wiping out thousands of finance jobs, real-estate investment trusts are slumping, office values are dropping, and the city is losing money to places such as Frankfurt
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      Lock icon Ascott launches new brand for millennials
      529 17  -  Lyf will target working professionals in their 20s and 30s, earning at least S$3K monthly By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore CAPITALAND’S serviced-residence business arm The Ascott is targeting millennial travellers with its new brand, Lyf which will be ramped up to 10,000 units,
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      416 17 NYTIMES New York SINCE the Nov 8 election, US mortgage rates have climbed roughly half a percentage point to a 16-month high, adding hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars to a homebuyer’s yearly payments. The speed and size of the increase took
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  • TRANSPORT
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      1027 18 New labour contracts seen adding at least US$1.35b to operating costs of the four biggest US carriers this year BLOOMBERG Dallas US airlines are posting record profits, awarding hefty pay rises and winning over long-time sceptics such as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire
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      544 18 BLOOMBERG New York PILOTS for the Air Transport Services Group Inc (ATSG) unit that hauls packages for Amazon.com Inc and DHL Worldwide Express were ordered back to work by a federal judge, halting a strike that threatened to disrupt
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      Lock icon Danish shipowners see 500m kroner in foregone annual revenue from scrapping of TPP
      480 18  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore DANISH shipowners stand to lose the chance of expanding business volume by 500 million Danish krone (S$101.7 million) annually if the US and other member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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      640 18 BLOOMBERG Frankfurt THE long-running spat at Lufthansa reached new levels of bitterness after the Vereinigung Cockpit union defeated an application to have a strike blocked late on Tuesday, and then upped the ante by lengthening the action. Lufthansa said the “incomprehensible” step would inflict
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon Britain faces £58.7b bill for leaving European Union
      785 19 Lower migration will add £16b to borrowing through 2020-21 while weaker productivity accounts for £18.1b BLOOMBERG London THE Brexit bill is in. Some £58.7 billion (S$104.7 billion), or almost half of the £122 billion in extra borrowing the government will need over
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      Lock icon Japan equities surge to 10½-month high, yen nears 8-month low
      675 19  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo A KIND of euphoria or “irrational exuberance” (to borrow a phrase from former US Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan) appears to have infected Japan’s financial markets with the election of Donald Trump’s as the
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      Lock icon RBI governor goes MIA in war on black money
      711 19 BLOOMBERG New Delhi AS India undergoes the world’s biggest currency overhaul in decades, one official is noticeably absent: central bank governor Urjit Patel. The head of the monetary authority, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has spoken just once since the
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      266 19 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo called for calm on Thursday amid simmering religious tension as helicopters dropped police leaflets over the capital, warning residents of the risk of harsh penalties if new rallies led by Islamists turn violent. The Indonesian
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      Lock icon OECD calls for more public spending on growth-friendly policies
      385 19 REUTERS Paris GOVERNMENTS need to get over the fixation with debt levels and ramp up spending on growth-friendly policies while cutting tax burdens where possible, the OECD said on Thursday. The message in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD)
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Patients’ interests should not be compromised by managed care fees
      582 20 EDITORIAL PARTS of the 2016 edition of the Singapore Medical Council’s (SMC) ethical code and guidelines, which take effect in January, are roiling some quarters of the medical profession. These portions pertain to managed care companies and third party administrators
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      Lock icon The economic shock that didn’t happen
      1234 20  -  Hopefully, analysts’ view of 4 years of economic boom under Trump will prove correct By Leon Hadar Washington “ABIG adverse surprise like the election of Donald Trump i n t h e US would likely cause the stock mar k e t t o
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      Lock icon Building an environment where innovation blooms
      739 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Vincent Low T The writer is director general manager of business imaging solutions at Canon Singapore THE capability to innovate and to bring innovation successfully to market will be the definitive mark of global competitiveness of businesses, as seen in
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      913 21  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe nailed his colours firmly to the mast of the United States when he visited Donald Trump in New York even before the president-elect had set foot in the Oval Office, and at a
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      778 21  -  By Mark Jansen T The writer is technology, media and telecommunications leader digital trust co-leader at PwC Singapore SINGAPORE took another step towards becoming the world’s foremost fintech hub with the hosting of the ingapore FinTech Festival last week. Attracting some 11,000
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      1116 21  -  It’s high time that collectors and other art market participants realised that the obsession with market opacity is proving counterproductive. BY JOHN POWERS BY JOHN POWERS T The writer, a certified fraud examiner, is vice-president of Beacon international Group, a licensed investigation firm
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      694 21  -  By Michael Heise T The writer is chief economist of Allianz SE FINANCIAL markets are still grappling with the implications of the US election. US treasury yields and stock prices have soared, defying the consensus view that there
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
      1676 23  -  Agents of change get a boost from Rolex to do some real good in the world. BY JAIME EE jaime@sph.com.sg @JaimeEeBT WHILE anti-Donald Trump protesters staged quiet processions through parts of Los Angeles and the local news media buzzed with non-stop analyses of the US
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon New Year treats galore for visual senses
      829 24  -  Here’s a glimpse of the first “festival” that kicks off the art calendar. BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg Outdoor sculptures at Gillman Barracks, a month-long pop-up gym with handmade equipment, art tours and talks will fill up the calendar in Singapore come January. Visual
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      Lock icon Carving out a name for himself
      553 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg TO get up-close to one of Indonesian artist Gatot Indrajati’s work is to marvel at his patience for detail, as the 36-year-old artist meticulously carves and paints on wooded figurines before he pastes them onto large painted wooden panels. That’s
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      Lock icon Swinging by the past for her latest work
      318 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg MANY may not be aware or have forgotten that performance artist Amanda Heng started her career as a printmaker. She revisited her first practice earlier this year at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), which has resulted in
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      489 24  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT DISGRACED, the new play by Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT), could not be timelier. It discusses race, religion, politics, history and identity at a time when the views of US President-elect Donald Trump on those very issues are stirring controversy
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  • ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
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      721 25  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg WHEN sarod artist Soumik Datta first came across the fantasy adventure film Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne by Satyajit Ray, he was all of four years old, and filled with wonder at the mystical elements like teleportation, magical kingdoms and wizards contained within
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      Lock icon Swanning around the globe
      547 25  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg KONSTANTIN Tachkin, the founding director of the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, spent a number of his years training but not in dance. Born in Russia, the 49-year-old was a member of Russia’s elite special forces and trained in parachuting as part of
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      689 25  -  The quartet will play Singapore for the fourth time next year but still remembers their first gig here in 2001. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT UNLIKE Coldplay’s frontman and singer Chris Martin who is a bundle of energy on
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  • REVIEWS/ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon Local stuntman packs a punch on the big screen
      636 26  -  Watch out for under-rated Singapore actor and fight choreographer in the action-packed thriller Headshot says its directors. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT INDONESIAN action star Iko Uwais might get top billing in Headshot but the film’s directors Timo
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      Lock icon Going home, against all odds
      616 26  -  By Geoffrey Eu A POVERTY-STRICKEN five-year-old in rural India follows his brother on a scavenging mission one evening in 1986 and winds up lost and alone, 1,600 kilometres and one mistaken train journey later. Unable to communicate in the local dialect and with only a
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      314 26  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT THERE is an easier way to enjoy Singapore films now, and the best part is you don’t even need to get up from your sofa. Homegrown online entertainment streaming service provider Viddsee has launched a new
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      Lock icon Murder mystery that’s woefully short on mystery
      502 26  -  By Geoffrey Eu HOLLYWOOD has made some memorable legal thrillers over the past 30 years: The Whole Truth isn’t one of them. You just know it’s not going to be a classic when the narrator/protagonist, Louisiana defence attorney Richard Ramsay (Keanu Reeves), says
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  • DINING OUT/WINE
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      936 27  -  While this French accolade doesn’t always come with fireworks, it does offer a certain dependability and minimum standard. BY JAIME EE jaime@sph.com.sg @JaimeEeBT NEW RESTAURANT Kam’s Roast Singapore #01-04/05/06/07 Pacific Plaza 9 Scotts Road Tel: 6836 7788 Opening daily: 11am 10pm
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      Lock icon A wine to savour on bended knee
      975 27  -  By NK Yong MONTRACHET the name itself evokes awe and great expectations. The vineyard producing Grand Cru white burgundy, one of the five Grands Crus, straddles the villages of Puligny-Mon-trachet and Chassagne-Montrachet. This grandest and greatest expression of Chardonnay is, naturally, the most
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      292 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Break point with return I fancy (12) 8 Poor American English the French start to speak (7) 9 Cold look facing certain bankruptcy (7) 11 Part of hero is terrific romp (7) 12 Saw voting system finished British (7) 13 Turn over page covered by nude
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