The Business Times, 16 December 2016

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION businesstimes.com.sg fb.com/thebusinesstimes @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 037/12/2016 Friday, December 16, 2016
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  • Article
    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    166 1 Real estate stocks in Singapore dip following the Fed’s rate increase by a quarter point, but analysts say that much of the expectation is already priced in. TOP STORIES 2 Elektromotive Group is morphing into an entertainment company to counter its underperforming electric vehicle charging equipment business. COMPANIES
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    Lock icon Fed’s hawkish bent gives Asia a fright
    875 1 US president-elect Trump’s actual fiscal policies will determine future mood By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore AN unexpectedly aggressive outlook from the US Federal Reserve sent Asian markets tumbling on Thursday. “The rate hike was in line with expectations,” CMC Markets market analyst
    Source: Bloomberg  -  875 words
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    Lock icon No improvement on horizon for difficult stock year
    457 1  -  BT Year in charts protectionism Trump.BY R SIVANITHY It’s been a challenging year for the local stock market as it struggled with a slowing domestic economy, low liquidity and external volatility brought on by weak oil, Brexit and the US elections. Banks
    Source: Bloomberg, SGX  -  457 words
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    26 1 Thursday Change STI 2,930.77 -23.29 KL Comp 1,636.99 -6.30 Nikkei 225 19,273.79 +20.18 Hang Seng 22,059.40 -397.22 Shenzhen B 1,130.31 -2.64 Dow(10.47am EST) 19,911.71 +119.18
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      28 1 DINING OUT ippoh Tempura Bar by Ginza ippoh BT LIFESTYLE 25 THE HEAT IS ON TPG Telecom likely to shake things up for telco incumbents top stories 3
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      13 1 CHILL OUT BT launches new subscription plan for weekend edition TOP STORIES 3
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Property stocks see muted price slides
      766 2  -  Hike already priced in; although higher rates make Reits less attractive than other safe haven instruments REACTIONS TO FED By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore REAL ESTATE stocks experienced slight dips on Thursday, following the Fed’s rate increase by a quarter point. Analysts said
      Source: Bloomberg  -  766 words
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      Lock icon SGD slips; Sibor, SOR higher following Fed hike
      428 2  -  By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore AS expected, the Singapore dollar fell and local interest rates rose on Thursday following the interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. The Fed raised the target range for its federal funds by 25
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      Lock icon Yellen notes ‘cloud of uncertainty’
      734 2  -  By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg WEDNESDAY may be the day that a multi-decade decline in interest rates ended. Stocks fell while bond yields and the dollar rose sharply after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in a year and promised a more
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      Lock icon Fed commentary remains broadly supportive of risky assets
      805 2  -  By Mark Haefele THE Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates by 0.25 per cent, in line with expectations. With the median FOMC participant now expecting three rate hikes next year (from two previously), and Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen sounding some caution
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      Lock icon SIAC appoints Davinder Singh as chairman
      364 2  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore THE Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has announced the appointment of senior counsel Davinder Singh as the new chairman of its board of directors with effect from Friday. Mr Singh takes over from Lucien Wong, who stepped down
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      Lock icon BT launches new subscription plan for weekend edition
      348 3 By Chai Hung Yin chaihyn@sph.com.sg @ChaiHungYinBT Singapore STARTING Dec 16, readers can choose to subscribe to The Business Times’ weekend edition on its own. They can get the print edition of The Business Times Weekend, which was relaunched in October, delivered to
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      Lock icon October retail sales up from September
      220 3  -  Total retail sales were up by 1.7% from September and 2.2% higher than in October 2015. Excluding vehicle sales, the index saw a 1.5% increase from September, but still 0.3% lower than October 2015. BY CHAI HUNG YIN BT Data BY CHAI HUNG YIN
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      Lock icon Malaysia on track with rail projects
      646 3  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is banking on rail to get on track. “Life’s too short to not be on the right track”, proclaims a Klang Valley MRT ad. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon TPG Telecom likely to shake things up for telco incumbents
      732 3  -  Founder’s signature strategy is anchored on the no-frills, low-overheads model By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore HE rocked the Internet service space down under last year after snapping up a rival and if Malaysian-born Aussie billionaire David Teoh stays on
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Can DBS float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?
      1079 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY JAMIE LEE leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT EVEN as the world mourned the death of Muhammad Ali in June, fans were left with a deep mystery that marked the heavyweight boxer's career. It was 1965, and the man with
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      Lock icon Mapletree Logistics Trust buys 4 Australian properties for A$142m
      421 4  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore MAPLETREE Logistics Trust (MLT) completed a purchase on Thursday of four properties with a total of 103,517 square metres in gross floor area in Victoria, Australia, for A$142.2 million (S$151.9 million). An acquisition fee of
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      Lock icon GLP sets up US$620m fund
      368 4  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore MAINBOARD-LISTED warehouse provider Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has announced the establishment of a US$620 million fund that is expected to invest US$1.5 billion over three years. The announcement comes a day after it completed a US$1.1 billion acquisition of
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      Lock icon Vard’s independent directors back Fincantieri’s privatisation bid
      582 4  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore THE independent directors of Vard Holdings have backed a bid by Italy incorporated shipbuilding group Fincantieri to take its Singapore-listed subsidiary private. In an announcement issued before trading hours on Thursday, Vard said that its independent
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      Lock icon Elektromotive seeking to acquire entertainment firm
      483 5  -  It plans to take 63.13% stake in South Korea-incorporated Dream T Entertainment for S$22.7m in cash or shares By Chai Hung Yin chaihyn@sph.com.sg @ChaiHungYinBT Singapore ELEKTROMOTIVE Group is looking to transform itself into an entertainment company, moving away from its under-performing electric vehicle charging
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      Lock icon SIA to launch flights to Stockholm from end-May
      349 5  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will add Stockholm to its network from May 30, enhancing connectivity between South-east Asia and Northern Europe. The airline will operate flights to Sweden’s capital, via Moscow, using the Airbus A3 50-900 aircraft.
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      Lock icon Lonza buying capsule maker for US$5.5b
      480 5 BLOOMBERG Zurich LONZA Group AG, which has a secondary listing in Singapore, has agreed to buy US capsule maker Capsugel SA from KKR Co for US$5.5 billion, as the Swiss biotech and specialty chemicals company seeks to focus more on health care. The price
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      Lock icon Moody’s upgrades Singapore banks to ‘stable’
      299 5  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore MOODY’S Investors Service has upgraded its long-term rating of Singapore’s three large banking groups to “stable” as solvency pressures become manageable, even as it downgraded baseline credit assessments (BCA) and subordinated debt and capital instrument ratings. “The outlook
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        88 5 RELISTED Indonesian coal miner Golden Energy and Resources has come out to assure investors that the company is not aware of any news or circumstances that caused its share price plunge this week. The counter last traded at S$0.44, down four Singapore cents. Golden Energy said
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        89 5 Telco Singtel’s Australian subsidiary Optus said it won a A$20 million (S$21.2 million) deal with Townsville City Council to improve its communication and information technology capabilities over five years. Optus will work with the city council to “design and integrate connectivity, data and analytics, sensor networks and smart phone
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      Lock icon Artivision to sell video digital advertising unit for S$50m
      213 5  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore CATALIST-LISTED Artivision Technologies said that it has entered into a non-binding agreement to sell Artimedia, its media solutions subsidiary involved in the video digital advertising business, for S$50 million in cash. The term sheet that
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      Lock icon Higher tariff, wages dent Top Glove profits
      454 5  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore HIKE in natural gas tariff and higher minimum wage in the glove industry put a dent in profits for Malaysia-lis-ted Top Glove Corporation, which has a secondary listing here, in its first-quarter results for FY2017, despite a
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      Lock icon UOBAM fund to invest in DFA funds
      342 5  -  By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com.sg @GencuaBT Singapore UOB Asset Management on Thursday said it was working with GYC Financial Advisory to include subfunds of US-based Dimensional Fund Advisers into one of its retail unit trusts. From mid-January, up to 60 per cent of the
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      64 6 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Dec 15, 2016 2,930.77 -23.29 (-0.79%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,943.79 Day low 2,921.99 52-week high 2,960.78 (Apr 21, 2016) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Dec 15,2016 439.28 -6.89 (-1.54%) Current streak 1 day Day high 445.53 Day
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      Lock icon Hawkish Fed brings sellers out
      579 6  -  STI suffers largest fall in about three weeks, dropping 23.29 points to 2,930.77 STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE US Federal Reserve lived up to expectations with a 2 5 basis points interest rate hike on Wednesday but the surprise came in its “dot
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      304 6 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 231 -1 234/229 257 209 6.6 6475.8 CapitaCom Trust 151 -1 152.5/149.5 164 127 5.7 4474.9 CapitaLand 304 -4 309/304 340 280 12.2 3 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 190.5 -2.5 193.5/190.5 225 187
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      32 6 VOLUME Noble 128,946,300 Spackman 89,709,200 ThaiBev 61,757,200 Ezion 33,061,400 Ezra 29,210,900 Market volume 2,070,838,000 VALUE DBS Grp 134,676,572 Singtel 77,403,051 ThaiBev 53,815,712 UOB 53,363,304 OCBC Bank 45,437,204 Market value 1,088,406,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      109 6 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 297 -3 311 299/297 303/254 297/298 IS MS INDIA US$ US670 -6 227 674/662 772/441 671/673 83.8 DBXT MSRussia US$ US244 -7 201 249/243 253/129 244/245 ABF SG Bond ETF 114 -0.5 155 114.7/114
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 6 Dec 15 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -183.00 -184.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -146.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -18.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 681.86 -7.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 383.59 -2.50 FTSE ST All Share 714.93 -5.58 FTSE ST China Top 160.51 -1.61 FTSE ST China 202.60 -1.88 FTSE
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      76 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor US DJIA US$ 2026 152.6 5.5 2026/1573 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 84.9 0.3 *****/***** Isetan 385 25.0 6.9 435/320 DBXT S&PShort US$ 1853 18.7 0.7 2362/1840 Hyflux 6% CPS 9315 15.0 0.2 *****/9100 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Elektromotive 0.4 100.0
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 6 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Dec 15,2016 714.93 -5.58 (-0.77%) Current streak 2 days Day high 717.91 Day low 713.57 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 6 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index Dec 14,2016 1,695.91 -2.51 (-0.15%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,701.77 Day low 1,670.82 52-week high 1,734.72 (Sept 7, 2016) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 8 5 1 0 0 5 8 5 Manufacturing 29 43 34 6 13 9 35 56 43 Commerce 9 21 18 3 5 5 12 26 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 13 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      124 6 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 13,222 36 13,258 49,961 6 49,966 Manufacturing 132,954 51,731 184,685 128,695 2,247 130,942 Commerce 161,582 15,529 177,111 79,896 203 80,099 Tpt/Stor/Comms 101,941 12 101,953 157,863 1 157,864 Finance 22,267 1,845 24,112 253,929 285 254,214 Construction
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      73 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -310.9 -2.0 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3014 -129.5 -2.9 3268/2355 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** -100.8 -0.6 *****/***** Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1348 -89.2 -4.4 1442/999 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5622 -53.3 -0.7 6041/4629 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low LionGold 0.1 -50.0
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      77 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Dynamic Colours 35.0 0.250 +0.020 +8.70 Progen 19.5 0.073 -0.008 -9.88 Axcelasia 225.0 0.090 -0.010 -10.00 Heeton 133.4 0.370 -0.030 -7.50 Epicentre 100.0 0.120 +0.019 +18.81 Southern Pkg 10.0 0.405 -0.075 -15.63 Isetan 10.9 3.850 +0.250 +6.94 TA 17.3 0.260 +0.088 +51.16 Ziwo 2,601.5 0.032
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singapore telcos
        207 6 DBS Group Research, Dec 15 TPG Telecom made the winning bid of S$105 million and will be allocated 60MHz of spectrum. The new spectrum rights will commence on April 1, 2017. We project the fourth player to gain 8.5 per cent mobile revenue share by 2022 versus 7
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        Lock icon Sembcorp industries | Buy
        308 6  - Sembcorp industries Buy Compiled by Melissa Tan Target price: S$3.20 Dec 15 close: S$2.93 UOB Kay Hian, Dec 14 Sembcorp Industries’ (SCI) utilities earnings are expected to shine in 2017, led by its power business. On an effective capacity basis (gross capacity multiplied by equity stake), we expect capacity growth
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      9 6 DATA I Dec 16 S’pore non-oil domestic exports
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      Lock icon Talk of parity with US dollar as euro skids
      404 7 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro skidded over one per cent to its lowest levels in 14 years on Thursday, as the US dollar soared across the board, opening up the possibility that the single currency could reach parity with the greenback
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 7 Dec 15 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.986 5.138 0.706 5.749 50.240 99.250 0.872 8.749 3.309 1.046 77.670 37.070 1.067 10.437 0.759 23.632 26.485 0.590 0.741 Canada 1.015 5.213
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        153 7 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0661 1.0675 0.7407 0.7412 Canadian dollar 1.0819 1.0829 0.7519 0.7517 Euro 1.5094 1.5106 1.0487 1.0489 NZ dollar 1.0196 1.0208 0.7084 0.7088 Sterling pound 1.8060 1.8077 1.2548 1.2552 US dollar
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 7 Dec 15 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4394 1.4403 2-months 1.4394 1.4404 3-months 1.4395 1.4406 6-months 1.4394 1.4408 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        207 7 Most active Dec 15 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Charisma EnergyServicesW*****8 0.4 unch ***** 1 0 -33 1.50 59 Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.5 unch ***** 1 1 25 2.40 8 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 3.6 -2.8 9025
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 7 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1370.1 -0.3 7.2 -0.3 6.8 -0.2 6.4 EAFE Preliminary 1028.9 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 -0.9 -0.1 -1.2 Europe Preliminary 1441.1 -0.5 2.0
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        392 7 Dec 15 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****7 *****6 Jan17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****5 Jun17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 192 177 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 7 Dec 15 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.01 1-month 0.75 0.625 2-months 0.875 0.75 3-months 1.0 0.875 Overnight mode: 0.50 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.80 0.70 1 month 0.95 0.75 2 months 1.00 0.80 3 months 1.10 0.90 6 months 1.40 1.20 9 months 1.60 1.40 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        71 7 Dec 15 Dec 15 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 104.38 104.40 104.36 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 96.67 96.68 96.67 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 96.56 96.70 96.35 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 100.25 100.30 100.30 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 7 Dec-14 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Dec-14 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1023.75 -4.25 -0.41% 13/01/2017 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 36.73 0.16 0.44% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 391.50 -6.50 -1.63% 14/12/2016 Dec-14 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1829.00 13.00 0.72% 16/03/2017 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2065.00 12.00 0.58%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1854 8 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day Low 149 124.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 127 -2.5 1416 129.5 126.5 0.9 8.9 809.4 C'vr 172.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 168 -1 4119
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      200 8 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap Hlsh LOW Company Sale ('000) High LOW C'vr P/E 10.2 6.3 t 3Cnergy 74.8 61 16.7 t CNMC Goldmine 41cd -1.5 2666 42 40.5
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      158 8 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3014 -90 0 3054 3014 8.3 116.2 97.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US112.3 -2.6 26 112.3 112.3 5.6 422 190 DBXT MSBrazil
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon EU banks may need 276b euros of loss-absorbing funds
      736 10 Bank-failure rules designed to help to stave off crises even more damaging to broader economy BLOOMBERG London EUROPEAN Union banks need to sell hundreds of billions of euros in loss-absorbing liabilities over the next few years to meet the bloc’s rules
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      Lock icon Bets against Japan’s megabanks soar as investors become polarised
      733 10 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong BEARISH bets on Japan’s largest banks have swelled to a six-year high as their recent surge fuels speculation that the shares have risen too far, too fast. Margin-account holdings that profit when shares of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
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      Lock icon Shadow-banking stages a comeback in China
      501 10 The surprising rebound in November is possibly a reaction to expectations of continued yuan weakness BLOOMBERG London TIME to don the tin hats? Chinese shadow-banking activity registered a surprise jump in November, throwing into sharp relief how policy makers are struggling to make good
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  • CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX
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      1488 11  -  But the CSISG also shows a fall in expected quality among locals particularly for food courts, bars pubs and cafes snack bars. BY NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore CUSTOMER satisfaction rose for Singapore’s food beverage (F&B) and tourism sectors in
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      954 11  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore COMPANIES in the food and beverage (F&B) and tourism sectors need to adapt to evolving customer needs and expectations as well as to emerging trends in order to stay on top of their game. Neeta Lachmandas, executive
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      56 11 y SMU INSTITUTE OF SERVICE EXCELLENCE SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY A quarterly series brought to you by the Institute of Service Excellence at Singapore Management University (ISES). Featuring findings from the Customer Satisfaction Index of Singapore, it also reveals insights on leadership and strategy from industry leaders, particularly in leveraging customer
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      851 12 Discovery of a breach that happened so long ago is another black mark for the company NYTIMES San Francisco YAHOO, already reeling from its September disclosure that 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed on Wednesday that a different
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      600 12 REUTERS Tokyo NINTENDO Co will make a big push into mobile gaming on Thursday with the launch of the popular Super Mario Bros franchise on the iPhone. But it is a risky bet because users will need to
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Crunch time in Santa’s China workshop
      255 13 AFP Yiwu, china WITH Christmas looming, it’s crunch time in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Yiwu, which has earned a reputation as Santa’s “real” workshop. In Sun Xudan’s artificial Christmas tree factory, workers cut and twist long ropes of fake “branches” into simulated pines
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      Lock icon Alibaba’s Lazada braces for brawl with Amazon in South-east Asia
      673 13 Region’s largest e-commerce site is rolling out a series of initiatives in anticipation of US giant’s entry BLOOMBERG Singapore ALIBABA Group Holding Ltd and Amazon.com Inc are about to clash in South-east Asia. And Lazada Group SA, which Alibaba bought
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      Lock icon Lotte duty-free ambitions hinge on S Korea store licence
      332 13 REUTERS Seoul FIVE bidders covet three lucrative downtown duty free licences to be issued by South Korea on Saturday, and arguably none is more desperate for a win than Lotte Duty Free. The world’s No 3 duty-free retailer’s ambitions to one
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      467 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ST. JAMES AUTOMATION PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: *****9892E FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members
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      400 13 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. 261 of 2016 In the Matter of Section 254(1 )(e) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the Matter of ASIA MARITIME LOGISTICS PTE. LTD. (UEN No. *****2554M) Between AL JABER HEAVY LIFT TRANSPORT PTE. LTD.
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      1064 14  -  7,769 private residential units, 3,804 ECs taken up in Jan-Nov period alone, higher than 2014, 2015 figures By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore DEVELOPERS have already sold more new, private residential units and executive condominiums (ECs) so far this year
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      289 14 BLOOMBERG Sydney AUSTRALIAN real estate loans are bucking a slump in the syndicated lending market and have nearly quadrupled in 2016 from last year, buoyed by continuing demand for residential and commercial assets. Asian banks are taking notice. Fifteen syndicated loan deals
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      935 15 Trump-branded hotel and tower in Rio de Janeiro named in criminal inquiry BLOOMBERG Rio de Janeiro THE Trump Organization says it is pulling out of a troubled hotel project in Rio de Janeiro, just weeks after a federal prosecutor opened a criminal
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      429 14 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN JAPAN Hotel Property in Osaka terminal sta. area Just 10 min. walk from UMEDA sta. FREEHOLD FREEHOLD ASKING PRICE: S$43.75M (S$1= JPY80) Convenience Store in Kanagawa 4.85% Nett return guaranteed for 14 years by a listed company Hotel Property in Fukuoka central area Superb location for sightseeing
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  • TRANSPORT
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      607 16 City is the second place in the world where the company offers autonomous vehicles for public use NYTIMES San Francisco UBER has always had a special relationship with this city. The ride-hail-ing company was founded and headquartered here. In its early
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      490 16 REUTERS London THE global shipping industry will hit a credit crunch if proposed new bank capital rules are implemented in a sector already weighed down by toxic debt, bankers involved say. The Basel Committee of banking supervisors from nearly 30
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      270 16 AFP Beijing CHINESE antitrust officials are investigating General Motors in the wake of escalating tensions between Beijing and United States President-elect Donald Trump, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Earlier, the state-run newspaper China Daily reported that China would slap fines
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      50 16 Current Affairs Special Singapore Economy at the Crossroads What's Next? Watch ministers, business representatives and scholars discuss all about future economy! Broadcast details 6 Dec 2016 to 3 Jan 2017 New episode every Tuesday 9.30pm on StarHub TV E City CH111/825 ●10.00pm on zaobao.sg http://bit.ly/zb-it-matters Chinese programme with English subtitles
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      944 17  -  “Promotion” law permitting casinos “in principle” passes Parliament’s lower house after revisions in upper house By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is playing a very high stakes game in its push to legalise casinos
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      639 17  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore SINGAPORE and the Philippines are stepping up efforts to enhance economic and business cooperation in the coming years, said President Tony Tan Keng Yam on Thursday. Already, trade promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore is busy
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      Lock icon Global defence spending reaches a whopping US$1.57 trillion
      639 17  -  By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London ESCALATION of global terrorism, security fears, persistent Middle Eastern wars and military expansionism have raised global defence spending to a fearsome US$1.57 trillion. The latest annual Jane’s Defence Budgets Report calculates that global defence expenditure on weapons,
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      343 17 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank, concluding a policy meeting shortly after the Federal Reserve raised US interest rates, on Thursday held its benchmark steady and said it was on guard against “reversals” of capital flows into the country. The
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  • OPINION
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      730 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Danae Kyriakopoulou TThe writer is head of research at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. London THE Federal Reserve’s widely expected decision to increase the federal funds rate by 25 basis points yesterday marks an important step in
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      624 18 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE stocks fell and the Singapore dollar weakened along with most Asian assets on the announcement of a widely-anticipated Fed rate hike on Thursday morning Asian time. Higher rates might cause some anxiety, but they are to be welcomed. Rates have
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      1458 18  -  They include continuing with ongoing restructuring efforts and being highly proactive in exploring new markets and opportunities. BY RAMKISHEN S RAJAN AND SASIDARAN GOPALAN BY RAMIKISNENE S RAJAN, SASIDARAN GOPALAN T Ramkishen S Rajan is professor of economics at essec
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      1049 19  -  COMMENTARY By Ashok Charan T The writer is associate professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are those of the writer and do not represent the views and opinions of
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      588 19  -  COMMENTARY By Daniel Ng TThe writer is senior director, Apac, at Cloudera CYBERSECURITY remains a pressing concern today. As citizens, organisations and countries continue to evolve with an ever-changing digital landscape, the cost of cyberattacks continues to rocket exponentially, predicted to hit US$2 trillion
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      1117 19  -  Mr Trump has chosen a group of super-wealthy persons to serve as top officials in his administration, and they are being inducted on a scale without precedent. BY HARISH MEHTA precedent.BY HARISH MEHTA TThe writer, a former BT Indochina Correspondent, has taught
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      140 18 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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  • BT Lifestyle @BTLifestyle | BTLifestyle
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      1498 21  -  Before Communism, the city was called the “Paris of the East”. Now Shanghai is determined to reclaim the title. BY HELMI YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT T The Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum runs from now till Dec 25,
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Man behind the Farquhar Collection
      999 22  -  The 477 paintings of Malayan flora and fauna could well have remained in the UK if not for this art lover. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg THE source of inspiration for the National Museum’s latest glass rotunda installation and a prized national treasure,
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      Lock icon A meeting of image and calligraphy
      857 22  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg FROM Chinatown scenes and Chinese calligraphy to abstract “crazy” calligraphy and monumental scale paintings nonagenarian artist Lim Tze Peng seems to have done it all with his Chinese brushes and ink. And the common thread linking all of the 96-year-old’s
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      624 22  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg OPERA-LOVERS in Singapore last heard baritone Martin Ng sing the lead in Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman earlier this year, but his love and speciality is Italian opera, in which he has immersed himself for the past 11 years.
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  • REVIEWS/ENTERTAINMENT
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      761 23  -  As a stand-alone space fantasy, this feature-length prologue stacks up just fine in the Star Wars pantheon. BY GEOFFREY EU TALK about a nifty feat of reverse movie engineering. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a fea-ture-length prologue that takes us
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      553 23  -  By Geoffrey Eu IF the doomsday scenario in Alex Gibney’s cyber warfare documentary Zero Days is to be believed and he certainly makes a convincing, well-re-searched case for it then we’re already a world at war, and we don’t even know it. Given the number of
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      498 23  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT CLOVER Films will celebrate its seventh anniversary this month by releasing seven Asian blockbusters from now until Chinese New Year 2017. Led by managing director Lim Teck and headquartered in Singapore, the homegrown company has distributed more than 200
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      334 23  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WATCH out Netflix, there is a new kid in town. Amazon announced on Wednesday its streaming video service, Amazon Prime Video, has gone global and will be available in over 200 countries and territories including Singapore. With it, there
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      677 24  -  Sing Jazz 2017 will feature a star-studded line-up and a new late-night component that will keep the music going until 4am. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN THE Singapore International Jazz Festival (Sing Jazz) returns next year with three nights of music from
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      445 24  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT IT’S hard to say where you’d find your calling. Take, for example, Darren Partridge who was all set to become a police officer at 18 until he went to the circus and decided to run away to join one.
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      450 24  - Record-breaking Asia TV Forum Market By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT THE Singapore Media Festival (SMF) 2016, which brings together several established events including the Asia TV Forum Market (ATF) and ScreenSingapore (SS), Asian Television Awards (ATA), Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), and this year’s keystone digital event SMF Ignite, under
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      383 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Bishop is interrupting a QC, fearful creature (8) 5 Odds on tour being disrupted to grow (6) 9 Last month, salesman appears with that thing like a crate? (8) 10 Show area swamped by merrymaking (6) 12 Sister enthralled by fake drink? That’s puzzling (9) 13
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  • DINING OUT/WINE
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      941 25  -  One restaurant overturns the disdain about this dish when compared to its more celebrated peer, sushi. BY JAIME EE NEW RESTAURANT Ippoh Tempura Bar by Ginza ippoh Block 17B Dempsey Road Tel: 1800 304 3388 (local calls only) Open for lunch and dinner daily:
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      1027 25  -  By NK Yong WE would like great wines to be immortal, alas, like all their fellow brethren, even the mightiest are not. My host served me a red wine the other night at dinner, I espied the bottle’s label, old and tattered, covered with grime, but
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      42 25 MEN WHO COOK More and more men are now donning the apron. tabla! speaks to four such men who share their favourite recipes with our readers UDAIPUR'S WOMEN IN BLUE GET YOUR COPY TODAY TO ADVERTISE: CALL KALWANT (*****327) OR NISHAL (*****438)
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      45 25 “This book attempts to piece together the story of Eddie Barker his deeds, his accomplishments and the extraordinary life he led being the man that he was.” MR BENNY LIM former Permanent Secretary for National Development Now on sale at all major bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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