The Business Times, 16 December 2011

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO REGN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Friday, December 16,
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  • Article
    Lock icon After Nov rush, home sales to hit the brakes
    993 1  -  Dec 7 cooling measures may spell bleak festive period after spike in Nov By MICHELLE TAN, MINDY TAN [SINGAPORE] Just before the cooling measures on Dec 7 changed the property landscape, private home sales had spiked sharply in November, the latest
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    Lock icon Jobs market goes soft as harder times lurk
    605 1  -  Q3 numbers show fewer job openings; several sectors have cut back on hiring By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Even though job growth was still strong in the July-September quarter, signs of softening are unmistakable in the latest employment numbers unveiled yesterday by
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    141 1 HST INDEX 2,635.25 (-37.14) HST INDEX FUTURES 2,629.00 (-38.00) HSIMSCI 300.40 (-3.68) HSIMSCI FUTURES 299.20 (-4.00) FOREX US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.311 (US$/S$ per 1.548 2.028 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.300 1.704 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 78.00 59.50 RM 3.193 2.436 HK$ 7.784 5.940 BAHT 31.40
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      12 1 PROPERTY Tender for Punggol condo plot shows cooling measures working PAGE 12
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      116 1 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE Home-grown comedy clubs thriving PAGE 29 RAFFLES CONVERSATION I like to enable people for success. Philips CEO Frans van Houten shares highlights of his personal journey and his plans for transforming the Dutch conglomerate. In the Raffles Conversation tomorrow V >» ■Ji .S >> m mSfr K V
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      13 1 FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD When all the lights go on in Lyon PAGE31
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon FDI in China drops for first time in 28 months
      493 2 Separately, factory activity continues to shrink after new orders fall Reuters [BEIJING] China’s economic growth could be slowing further as data yesterday showed the first year-on-year drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 28 months and a fresh fall in
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      Lock icon Google breaks ground on US$120m data centre
      469 2  -  By VICTORIA HO [SINGAPORE] Google has started construction on a new Singapore data centre. The US$120 million facility is slated to be completed by early 2013, and is located on a 2.45-hectare plot in Jurong West. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, Julian Persaud,
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      557 2 Jobs market goes soft as harder times lurk EVEN though job growth was still strong in the July-September quarter, signs of softening are unmistakable in the latest employment numbers unveiled yesterday by the Ministry of Manpower. While 31,900 jobs were created in the quarter, up from 20,500 in
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      Lock icon Johor property poised to draw spotlight
      552 4  -  Iskandar Malaysia, new stamp duty on S’pore property deals drive interest By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MORE costly private homes in Singapore the result of new taxes as well as perceivable improvements to Iskandar Malaysia, could turn the spotlight on Johor real estate
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      Lock icon Japan business confidence takes a hit
      676 4  -  BOJ survey cites yen strength, eurozone crisis, Thai flooding By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo BUSINESS confidence among leading Japanese manufacturers has been undermined by a conjunction of factors, including the eurozone crisis, the strong yen and the flooding in Thailand, according to the Bank
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      Lock icon Asian firms cautious but still upbeat: polls
      538 4  -  Global economy is biggest cause of concern, according to respondents in two surveys By KENNETH LIM By [SINGAPORE] A sense of wariness is growing among Asian businesses amid global economic uncertainties, but regional executives remain among the most optimistic in the world, according
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      Lock icon North-South MRT line disrupted
      349 4 [SINGAPORE] A second MRT disruption in two days this time on the NorthSouth Line has affected thousands of evening peak-hour commuters. North-bound train services were disrupted at all stations from Bishan to Marina Bay. Preliminary investigations by SMRT showed that around 40 metres of the power
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Planned CDP revamp raises many questions
      589 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY ACCORDING to a recent news report, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is looking at allowing stockbrokers access to clients’ Central Depository (CDP) accounts so that dealers and remisiers can see just what stocks their customers have at any one
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      Lock icon MF Global S’pore left with skeleton crew
      393 6  -  40 more employees laid off last week at troubled brokerage, leaving just 20 By KENNETH LIM MF Global Singapore laid off 40 more employees last week, leaving just a skeleton crew of about 20 at the embattled futures brokerage, market sources said. BT
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      Lock icon MF Global fund transfers’ trail now clearer
      449 6 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US regulators now have a more complete picture of money transfers in the final days of bankrupt brokerage MF Global, but must sort out which transactions were legitimate before more money can be released to customers. Jill Sommers, who is heading
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      Lock icon Bank of S’pore keeps pace with fast growth
      368 8  -  OCBC’s private bank unit hires more staff and beefs up management team By SIOW LI SEN BANK of Singapore, OCBC Bank’s private bank unit, has added 150 more staff in the past year to keep pace with its rapid growth amid challenging
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      Lock icon ABN Amro eyes selective growth in Asia
      475 8  -  By EMILYN YAP ABN Amro is aiming for selective growth in Asia at a time when some of its European peers are cutting back in the region. It is targeting only the three areas of private banking, clearing, and global energy, commodities and
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      Lock icon Tough for Asian banks to fill gap left by retreating Europeans
      394 8  -  By WAYNE ARNOLD REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS THE retreat of European banks from Asia could create a US$390 billion hole that drives up borrowing costs and crimps growth. Asia’s companies are used to a world where dollars were cheap and abundant.
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      Lock icon Jurong Shipyard secures US$291.6m rig order
      303 11  -  SembMarine unit’s contract comes with options for another 2 rigs from Prosafe By LYNN KAN AFTER two months of radio silence, Sembcorp Marine is coming across loud and clear with a new order. Its subsidiary, Jurong Shipyard, has bagged a US$291.6 million deal to
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Hotel Grand Central buying NZ property
        79 11 HOTEL Grand Central Ltd, through its wholly owned subsidiary Grand Central (NZ) Ltd, has entered into a conditional sale-and-purchase agreement to acquire a property in New Zealand for NZ$20.32 million (S$20.01 million) The property Lumley House is a 14-storey commercial office building with a
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        Lock icon SingTel sells 40% stake in Teletech Park
        53 11 SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd has divested its entire 40 per cent equity stake in Teletech Park Pte Ltd (TPPL) to Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte Ltd for about $15 million. The gain on disposal of about $4 million will be recognised in the third quarter
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        Lock icon Lifebrandz Q1 loss widens
        83 11 LIFEBRANDZ Ltd’s net loss widened to $937,000 for the first quarter ended Oct 31, 2011, from $668,000 a year ago. The three months saw revenue fall 3 per cent to $7.82 million from $8.09 million. The lower revenue was attributed mainly to the closure of two
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        Lock icon Launch of AFP-Citi training institute
        123 11 A NEW institute for training treasury executives will open its doors in Singapore this year. The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) and Citi announced the joint launch of the AFP-Citi Asia Pacific Treasury Management Institute to advance the treasury profession in the region through a
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      Lock icon Chances of Toronto bourse deal’s failure high: traders
      647 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Traders are betting that the takeover of TMX Group Inc is more likely to fail than any other deal in North America, threatening to join more than US$20 billion in exchange acquisitions that have collapsed this year. TMX, owner
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      Lock icon SIA’s Nov passenger load factor falls to 75.2%
      248 11  -  By CARINE LEE SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) reported a passenger load factor of 75.2 per cent in November, down 3.7 points from 78.9 per cent a year ago. The fall came as SIA recorded a 2.6 per cent year-on-year decline in systemwide passenger
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Banks big losers as STI slides
      623 10  -  Structured warrants and penny stocks in play as volume improves a little from a day earlier STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THE local stock market appears to be stuck in its own painful version of the Hollywood movie Groundhog Day, where the date is
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      64 10 Dec 15 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -503.00-286.00 BT CADI -*****.00-131.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -51.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 588.64 -0.14 FTSE ST Small Cap 396.63 -3.16 FTSE ST All Share 633.23 -7.31 FTSE ST China Top 185.97 -1.99 FTSE ST China 220.92 -2.85 FTSE ST Catalist
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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 3 10 1 0 0 0 3 10 1 Manufacturing 22 77 28 4 3 3 26 80 31 Commerce 10 29 15 1 4 3 11 33 18 Tpt/Stor/Comms 13 17 9
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Sembcorp Marine
        242 10 Dec 15 close: $3.70 DMG Partners Securities, Dec 15 THE latest US$291.6 million order from Prosafe for an accommodation semisub lifted YTD 2011 new orders to $3.55 billion (+17 per cent y-o-y), and in line with our FY11 forecast. We estimate that Sembcorp Marine has an unbilled order
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        Lock icon UE E&C
        391 10  -  Compiled by Lynette Khoo Dec 15 close: $0.375 OCBC Investment Research, Dec 15 UE E&C’s recent contract wins comprised the development of National Continuing Education Training (CET) Campus at Paya Lebar Central (East) by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency worth $94 million and an executive condominium (EC) at
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        Lock icon Glossary:
        133 10 Ebit earnings before interest and tax Ebitda earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS earnings per share FY fiscal/financial year H1, H2 first or second half NAV net asset value 9M nine months P/B price/book value (ratio) PE price/earnings (ratio) Q1, Q2, Q3 first, second, or third quarter
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      117 10 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 18,096 18,096 68,068 68,068 Manufacturing 114,258 66,696 180,954 132,725 2,646 135,371 Commerce 74,368 4,071 78,439 210,599 318 210,917 Tpt/Stor/Comms 90,908 11,200 102,108 171,633 1,270 172,903 Finance 21,722 21,722 208,471 208,471 Construction 33,942 306 34,248 10,516
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      112 10 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.165 -0.030 CapitaLand 2.280 -0.040 CapitaMall 1.665 +0.025 CityDev 8.960 -0.040 ComfortDelGro 1.405 +0.005 DBS Grp 11.560 -0.250 F&N 6.030 -0.020 GLP 1.620 -0.065 Genting SP 1.490 Golden Agri 0.705 -0.005 HK Land 4.630 -0.120 JMH 46.250 -0.680 JSH 27.320 -1.250
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      Lock icon Korean won leads fall in regional currencies
      476 10 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [SEOUL] Asian currencies weakened, led by South Korea’s won, as signs Europe’s debt crisis and the global economy are worsening deter investment in emerging market assets. “We’re seeing weaker Asian currencies as global market sentiment is in a risk-off mode,” said
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 10 VOLUME ChinaFashion 64,596,000 Golden Agri 63,315,000 Noble Grp 37,243,000 SingTel 32,623,000 Genting SP 21,231,000 PSL Hldgs 20,384,000 Dyna-Mac 18,228,000 GMG Global 17,089,000 STI 2750BPePW*****0 16,217,000 HPH Trust US$ 14,900,000 VALUE($) SingTel 101,558,476 DBS Grp 95,368,177 JSH 75,125,767 GLD 10US$ 71,009,464 JMH 52,173,619 UOB 51,334,283 OCBC Bk 50,238,490
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      Lock icon RISES
      110 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4314 62.9 1.1 DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** 41.0 0.3 Asia Pac Brew 2789 36.0 1.3 UOL 412 19.0 4.8 DairyFarm 915 17.0 1.4 STXPO 100 655 15.0 2.3 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** 10.0 0.1 Total Access 255 9.2 2.8 RH PetroGas
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      Lock icon FALLS
      113 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN GLD 10US$ *****-634.2 -3.0 IS S&P500 *****-391.8 -2.4 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 8897-213.6 -1.8 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 2908-188.7 -4.7 JSH 2732-163.8 -4.4 Jardine C&C 4650-134.0 -2.8 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5037-128.4 -1.9 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 3816-104.8 -2.1 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3417-103.5 -2.3 JMH 4625 -89.1 -1.4 BY
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Punggol condo site bids point to cooling market
      608 12  -  Top bid 12.8% lower than nearby plot’s sale price a year ago By KALPANA RASHIWALA PROVISIONAL tender results for a 99-year leasehold private condo site near Punggol MRT Station show that the latest cooling measures are working, say market watchers. Though the
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      Lock icon Lee Kuan Yew pays tribute to ex-personal security aide
      399 12  -  Tan Kah Wan dies at 81, after illustrious career in the police By MALMINDERJIT SINGH FORMER minister mentor Lee Kuan Yew last night paid tribute to his personal security officer during a critical phase of his term as prime minister of
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      Lock icon Telstra gets IDA nod to build its own network
      485 12  -  New licence means it can bypass local telcos in servicing int’l business clients By JOYCE HOOI TELSTRA has received the nod from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) to own and operate telecommunications infrastructure here, including voice and data networks.
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      Lock icon Liver surgeon expands practice with US tie-up
      231 12  -  Transplants include kidney, stem cell, bone marrow now By LYNN KAN LEADING liver surgeon Tan Kai Chah’s Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation (ACLDT) will set up a new unit in Singapore to serve Asian and Middle East patients. The Comprehensive Transplant
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      Lock icon Deloitte's Budget wish list looks at jobs
      335 12  -  By EMILYN YAP DELOITTE has come up with what it says is an out-of-the-box idea to boost employment for Singaporeans as an economic slowdown looms the government could grant businesses an enhanced tax deduction for salary paid to locals. The tax deduction for
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      Lock icon Oct retail sales better than expected
      222 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE’S retail sales increased more than economists estimated in October as consumers spent more on vehicles and fuel. The retail sales index rose 8.5 per cent from a year earlier after gaining a revised 0.2 per cent in September, the Statistics Department said
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon US views TPP as model for free trade
      408 14 Pact aims to tackle issues not covered in previous trade agreements: official AP [WASHINGTON] The US said on Wednesday it wants the ambitious trans-Pacific pact it is negotiating with eight other nations to serve as a model of how to conduct international
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      Lock icon Eurozone output shrinks for 4th month in Dec
      602 14 PMI data suggests region’s economy likely to contract by 0.6% in Q4: Markit Bloomberg [LONDON] European services and manufacturing output contracted for a fourth month in December as the region’s leaders failed to stem the worsening debt crisis. A euro-area composite index
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      Lock icon Hunger stalks US cities as poverty rises: survey
      449 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A growing number of families in the United States are struggling to put food on the table as poverty rises in major cities, a new survey showed yesterday. The US Conference of Mayors’ 2011 hunger and homelessness survey found all
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Jakarta regains investment grade after 14 years
      492 15 Fitch upgrades Indonesia’s long-term currency ratings by one notch Reuters [JAKARTA] Fitch Ratings upgraded Indonesia’s credit status yesterday to coveted investment grade for the first time since 1997, the first of three ratings agencies that are poised to give the emerging market a
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      Lock icon Farmers urge govt to freeze Felda IPO plan
      443 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] A coalition representing thousands of farmers yesterday urged Malaysia’s government to freeze plans for an IPO for the country’s largest plantation operator amid concerns they would not receive their fair share of benefits. Prime Minister Najib Razak recently announced
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      Lock icon Anwar’s sodomy trial ends; verdict on Jan 9
      346 15 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The long-running, politically charged trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim closed yesterday with a judge setting Jan 9 for a verdict with potentially major implications. Defence lawyers were allowed a final rebuttal yesterday of the prosecution’s charge that
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon India firms seen struggling to meet debt obligations
      484 16 Rupee is Asia’s worst performing currency; stock market down 20% Reuters [MUMBAI] Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications, India’s No 2 mobile carrier, has a US$925 million convertible bond maturing in March at a conversion price of 654 rupees (S$15.50) more than nine
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      Lock icon India govt, opposition fail to agree on graft bill
      282 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Opposition failed to agree on the scope of a proposed anti-corruption bill, casting doubt on whether it will be passed before Parliament ends next week, The Hindu newspaper has reported. At
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      Lock icon China vows crackdown on village revolt leaders
      549 16 AP [BEIJING] China’s government is trying to defuse a revolt in a small fishing village, offering to investigate the land seizures that touched off the rebellion and vowing to punish leaders of the uprising. The village of Wukan has for months been the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Olympus says it’ll mull over reinstating CEO
      513 17 But analysts are sceptical company would ever rehire the whistle-blower Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s disgraced Olympus Corp said yesterday it would consider reinstating its sacked CEO, Michael Woodford, but the gesture failed to erase doubts that it would ever rehire the foreigner who blew
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      Lock icon Big US firms don’t plan to hire in next 6 months
      451 17 CEOs cite sluggish growth, financial turmoil in Europe AP [WASHINGTON] Twothirds of chief executives of the largest US companies don’t plan to hire in the next six months, mainly because of sluggish growth in the United States and financial
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      Lock icon Senator Levin rebuts tax break proponents
      444 17 46% of untaxed profits is invested in US assets: study Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Twen-ty-seven US companies holding a total of US$538 billion in untaxed profits outside the country have 46 per cent of that money invested in US banks or assets, according to a report
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      Lock icon Current-account gap shrinks to smallest in 2 yrs
      528 20 Jobless benefit claims drop unexpectedly in Nov to 3 1 /2-year low LATEST US DATA Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Slowly but surely, the revival of the US economy continues, as a string of largely positive data released yesterday provided more evidence that conditions
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      493 20 Italy’s bonds seen as riskier, due to 2012 fund requirements Reuters [MADRID] Spain saw solid demand for its bonds yesterday, paying more than two percentage points less to borrow over five years than Italy a day earlier as budget cuts helped ease concerns that
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      397 20 AP ending Sept 30, 2012. Reuters, AP [WASHINGTON] Republicans introduced a US$915 billion spending bill in the US House of Representatives early yesterday in an attempt to force Democrats to finalise legislation that would keep the US government operating beyond the weekend. Only two days
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      Lock icon Italians among richest even after decline in wealth
      290 20 Bloomberg [ROME] Italians remain among the richest and least-in-debted people in the world, even as net household wealth declined last year, according to the Bank of Italy. Total household net wealth fell 1.5 per cent in 2010 from the previous year to
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      Lock icon Growing to its full potential
      1819 18/19  -  With steady economic development, political stability and a pragmatic foreign policy, Kazakhstan has truly come of age, says SPECIAL FEATURE VINCENT WEE KAZAKHSTAN’S development in just two decades from a state that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union to one of the leading
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      657 18/19  -  Retired cosmonaut relates how he is piloting Kazakhstan’s space programme By VINCENT WEE YOU know having a space programme is a big deal when one of the first things you are asked before the interview begins is whether your country has one. It
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      1015 18/19  -  The chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency explains the challenges, priorities and objectives of the country’s ambitious space programme. SPECIAL FEATURE WEEreports VINCENT WEE UNDER the expert leadership of Talgat Mussabayev, who was appointed chairman of Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency (Kazcosmos) when it was created
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      586 21  -  She’ll stay as board member; airline says it’s searching for S’porean successor By VEN SREENIVASAN AFTER more than five years at the helm of Jetstar Asia, CEO Chong Phit Lian is quitting. Ms Chong, who joined Jetstar in 2006 when it was still struggling and
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      498 21 AFP [WASHINGTON] Apple’s iPad has been cleared for use by American Airlines pilots during takeoff and landing in a move that could make bulky flight bags crammed with manuals and charts a thing of the past. American Airlines began testing iPads
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      248 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines said it will cut eight routes to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and other destinations starting next month as it seeks to return to a profit. The airline, which has struggled to stay in the black in
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      278 21 SGX '000 Dec 15 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore unch unch 0 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.20 unch 60 Cosco Corp 0.87 -0.02 3609 CWT Ltd 0.99 -0.02 63 Ezra Hldgs 0.86 0.01 1458 First Ship Lea 0.28 -0.01 2652 Freight Links 0.06 unch 857 Grand Banks 0.24 -0.04 3
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      566 21 Bloomberg [VIENNA] Germany’s driest November has shrunk Europe’s rivers, creating month-long delays for oil and ore-carrying barges while uncovering the continent’s deadly past. The city of Koblenz evacuated 45,000 residents on Nov 28 after the Rhine River’s retreat to a 20-year low exposed
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      415 21  -  Its president says target may be based in S’pore or Vietnam By LYNN KAN THE world’s largest builder of dredging ships, IHC Merwede, is in “advanced” stages of talks to snap up its first offshore vessel shipyard in Asia by the first
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      320 21 Reuters [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, the world’s largest air cargo carrier, said cargo demand failed to peak in November for the Christmas season, with freight volume down 13.8 per cent and the passenger outlook uncertain for 2012. Cargo and mail
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      255 21 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, the Indian carrier that sought government assistance after losses widened, may find support from banks in its turnaround efforts, said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “If they take corrective measures, I am sure, things should work out,”
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      504 22 EDITORIAL THE last two decades have seen major financial crises, an explosion of investment scams and a significant tightening of regulations surrounding financial advice and the sale of investment products in Singapore and the rest of the world. In the wake of the deep losses
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      753 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 LAST week, President Hu Jintao urged the Chinese navy to accelerate its transformation and “make extended preparations for warfare”. While perhaps unexceptional, the
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      872 22  -  The best imaginable outcome is a resolution of the crisis with loans from the ECB and IMF ROBERT SAMUELSON BY now, it’s obvious that adopting the euro was a colossal blunder. It may rank as Europe’s worst policy mistake since World War II.
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      1290 23  -  Though not a panacea for growth now, they can at times help stimulate success by providing inspiration and support By WILLIAM WILLEMS The writer is the regional vice-president for Regus, Australia, New Zealand and South-east Asia. Regus is a provider of flexible workplaces IT
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      803 23  -  LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent FOUR years ago, after a large number of candidates had entered the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries, the conventional wisdom among the political professionals was that New York Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton would win the race. She
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      606 23  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mano Sabnani SGX-listed Beyonics Technology Ltd is being subjected to a complete takeover and delisting via a scheme of arrangement under Section 210 of the Companies Act. I am not a lawyer but as far as I can
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      7878 24 Transaction date: Dec 15 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21 11.6 8Telecom 15.5 1.4 15.5 7.8 3.9 3.2 74.2 9.5 4.1 A-Sonic 4.5 4.4 4.7 2.9 1.7 32.2 65
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      1536 25 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 34 12.1 t 800 Super 12.6 +0.1 50 12.6 12.6 12.3 12.6 4.7 4.4 4.9 22.5 5.5 2.5 t AA Grp 3.3 2.6 3.3
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      9932 25 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.15/ APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 0.88/ AXA Life Secure Ascent 2020 Fund 0.*****/0.***** AXA Wealth Mgt S'pore Pte Ltd AXA WM -Talents Fund 0.57/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited American Opp 0.6236/ Asian Local Ccy
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      Lock icon GLOBALQUOTE
      250 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 55.5 34 AVJennings A34 35.5 39.5 3.6 10.3 2.7 88.5 49 25.5 Genting HK US$ US27 unch 4315 27 26.5 26.5 27 1777.8 15 10 OGL Resources
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      923 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 109.5 ABF SG Bond ETF 122.9 +6.7 5 122.9 122.9 114.5 117 561 1261 856 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US926 -19 7 926 926 928 933 37
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
      373 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Dec 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 804.1 -1.3 -10.4 -1.2 -9.0 -1.8 -11.0 EAFE Preliminary 666.1 -1.5 -16.8 -1.8 -15.9 -2.3 -17.8 Europe Preliminary 981.3 -2.1 -16.0
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      77 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 14 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 105.50 -3.38 WTI (Near Mth) 94.97 -4.80 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.05 0.26 Tapis blend 115.40 0.63 Minas 113.30 0.63 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 99.17 0.67 Jet Kerosene 123.78 1.18 US$/barrel Opec Oil
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      Lock icon SGX FUTURES
      157 26 Dec 15 SICOM RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Close Volume O/I Month High Low Sett (lots) (lots) Jan 12 330.7 295 Feb 12 331.0 329.2 333.3 11 221 Mar 12 340.0 312 Apr 12 349.5 349.5 349.0 20 142 May 12 350.0 350.0 350.0 20
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      69 26 Dec 14 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1956.75 1996.00 3 months 1962.00 2001.50 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7186.50 7576.75 3 months 7210.00 7600.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1982.50 2069.00 3 months 1998.00 2085.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50
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      82 26 Dec 14 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Dec 11 1423 1403 1482/1414 Mar 12 1440 1473 1499/1433 May 12 1458 1490 1515/1450 Jul 12 1474 1508 1528/1467 COFFEE (US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jan 12 1871 1900 1897/1857 Mar 12 1912 1939 1936/1898 May 12 1947 1970 1970/1935 Jul 12
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      107 26 Dec 14 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jan 12 1100.00 118.50 1119.25 1094.25 Mar 12 1110.00 1129.00 1129.75 1104.50 May 12 1120.75 1139.75 1140.00 1115.50 Jul 12 1131.25 1150.00 1150.75 1126.00 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Dec 11 48.58
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      83 26 Dec 15 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****E 15.03.2012 0.35 0.31 0.31 1-Year BY*****W 01.11.2012 0.34 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NX*****Z 2.250 01.07.2013 102.96 103.00 103.00 5-Year N*****0W 1.125 01.04.2016 102.22
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      448 26 Dec 15 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES Dec11 99.4275 0 3476 Mar12 99.3100 0 3230 Jun12 99.2650 0 1168 Sep12 99.2500 0 351 EUROYEN TIBOR FUTURES Dec11 99.6725 4 4621 Mar12 99.6650 100 2094 Jun12 99.6675 0 1440 Sep12 99.6625 0 711 Dec12 99.6450
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      Lock icon SMX MARKET UPDATE
      114 26 As on 14 December 2011 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METALS GOLD FUT FEB2012 1645.10 1575.90 1587.20 77 CURRENCY AUD-USD FUT DEC2011 1.0025 .9883 .9929 3669 EUR-USD FUT DEC2011 1.3064 1.2946 1.2999 7860 USD-JPY FUT DEC2011 78.11 77.94 78.05 3028 BASE METAL
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX FUTURES
      24 26 Dec 15 Open High Sett STI Dec 2629 SIMSCI Dec 303.1 303.5 299.2 Taiwan Dec 246.9 247.6 241.3 Source: SGX Derivatives
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      2096 26 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 2 1 150 55 49.00 29 ASJ Hldgs W*****1 0.1 1 4 24 33.00 2 AlliedTech W*****2 1.7 1 4 23 Aztech Grp W*****3 0.2 1 20 132
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      464 26 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 1.028 6.311 0.761 7.707 53.649 90.396 0.772 11.490 3.161 1.323 88.609 43.663 1.298 8.316 0.940 30.062 31.089 0.640 0.990 Canada 0.973 6.139
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      Lock icon SIBOR
      82 26 Dec 15 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 0.***** 12 mths 1.***** 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 0.***** 12 mths
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      140 26 Dec 15 GOLD (US$/oz) Dec 14 Dec 15 Hong Kong 1642.80 1594.00 Dec 13 Dec 14 London 1658.54 1571.24 1660.26 1572.96 Source: Thomson Reuters Source: Reuters CAST BAR Dec 15 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar 71,387.19 ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 160 67 5gm 454 333
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      53 26 Dec 15 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 11 2990.0 819 Jan 12 3000.0 2972.0 3025.0 2972.0 1229 5851 Feb 12 3014.0 2971.0 3028.0 2971.0 ***** ***** Mar 12 3016.0 2971.0 3026.0 2971.0 8199 *****
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 26 Dec 15 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3106 1.3109 2-months 1.3105 1.3108 3-months 1.3104 1.3107 6-months 1.3092 1.3096 Source: OCBC
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      154 26 Dec 15 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2969 1.2981 0.9897 0.9905 Canadian dollar 1.2619 1.2626 0.9630 0.9634 Euro 1.7038 1.7044 1.3002 1.3005 NZ dollar 0.9808 0.9814 0.7485 0.7488 Sterling pound 2.0278 2.0287 1.5475 1.5479
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      121 26 As at 9am Dec 15 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.328 1.265 Can dollar 1.284 1.235 Euro 1.732 1.666 Sterling pound 2.062 1.983 NZ dollar 1.01 0.962 US dollar 1.329 1.278 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
      160 26 Dec 15 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.04 0.02 1-month 5/16 3/16 2-months 5/16 3/16 3-months 5/16 3/16 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.30 0.20 1 month 0.45 0.25 2 months 0.55 0.35 3 months 0.65 0.45 6 months 0.90 0.70 9 months 1.10 0.90 12
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      26 27 Experienced ship maintenance services wanted. Can they find your services here in the Shipping Times? To All Shipping Advertisers: Please call Joe Wong at 9620 1327
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  • executive lifestyle
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      Lock icon STAND – UP and be counted
      1928 29  - STAND UP and be counted Stand-up comedy is fast catching on, with the larger comedy clubs Comedy Masala and Comedy Club Asia drawing top dollar with growing audiences and more private events organisers asking for comedians to host or perform, reports NATALIE KOH OVER the past decade, there have been
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    • CINEMA
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        422 30  -  By NG JIE HUI THE inaugural Societe Generale Private Banking 1st Rendezvous with French Cinema, which ended on Tuesday, was a success with encouraging attendance numbers. The six-day event attracted a total of 5,528 a 19 per cent increase over last year’s French Film Festival, which it
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        662 30  -  Director Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol is the one to beat, reviews DYLAN TAN FROM start to end, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol looks, sounds and feels every bit like the blockbuster it sets out to be. It’s not afraid of seeing its multi-million-dollar budget go
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        Lock icon Mayhem with ‘munks
        460 30  -  By DYLAN TAN If you thought the music of Lady Gaga was unbearable, you haven’t heard anything. Prepare to give your eardrums a beating as a bunch of sing-ing-and-dancing rodents tear through some of today’s biggest hits (Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, Born This Way; LMFAO’s Party Rock
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        Lock icon Cosy up to reel deal-clinchers
        778 30  -  DVD/BLU-RAY 2011 ROUND-UP By CHRISTOPHER LIM Tron Legacy (Blu-ray) OLD films look great when they’ve been remastered for Blu-ray, but the medium is truly flattered by new movies shot with the latest equipment, such as Tron Legacy. The film’s seamless mix of physical props and
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    • FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD
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        1051 31  -  Every year, for four nights in December, the city morphs into another world. This year, Singapore, too, got into the act. By LETITIA TAN Freelance writer Letitia Tan works at a fund management firm Brought to you by Ascott LYON, the capital
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        Lock icon Sonic gems add sparkle
        1022 32  -  Musicians at the top of their game helped shape music in 2011, writes CHRISTOPHER LIM The Romantic Violinist: A Celebration of Joseph Joachim Daniel Hope There’s nothing wrong with traditional classical music CDs that comprise unrelated repertoires and have a boring album cover. Some of the
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        Lock icon Upping the gaming stakes
        554 32  -  GAMING ROUND-UP 2011 By CHRISTOPHER LIM Superbrothers: Sword Sworcery EP THE best-looking game for Apple iPads and iPhones may be the repetitive Infinity Blade II, but the title that firmly established mobile gaming’s potential for depth and digital art this year is Superbrothers: Sword Sworcery EP.
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        554 32  -  By LEE U-WEN ONE would have imagined that a three-hour concert featuring nine gorgeous South Korean lasses with legs that go on forever would attract a predominantly male audience. As it turned out, the loudest screamsduring the Girls’Generation concert last Saturday came from the fairer sex many
        PHOTOS: RAYMOND PHANG  -  554 words
    • ARTS/BOOKS
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        Lock icon Revisionist Oz
        787 33  -  Way before the The Wizard of Oz, a prequel brews with good and bad witches in the Hogwarts-style Munchkinland, reviews NATALIE KOH AFTER months of anticipation, audiences in Singapore finally got a taste of international hit musical Wicked. The mixed reviews it received obviously haven’t kept the musical
        PHOTOS: ANDREW RITCHIE, JEFF BUSBY  -  787 words
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        774 33  -  BOOK REVIEW By R SIVANITHY IN 1Q84, Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s considerable imagination is exercised to its fullest. Readers are transported to a parallel reality where two moons hang in the sky, Little People a few millimetres tall can control religious fanatics and dopplegangers are born
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        Lock icon SDT’s Nutcracker pirouettes and plies to a new height
        596 33  -  By NATALIE KOH THE Singapore Dance Theatre’s (SDT) version of The Nutcracker this year may have differed from the original, but it was definitely memorable in its own right. For this year’s run, artistic director Janek Schergen’s interpretation defies tradition because
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      • AROUNDTOWN
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          Lock icon Mata Hati by Teater Ekamatra
          153 33 FOLLOWING its highly-acclaimed political play, Charged, Teater Ekamatra is taking another political piece, Mata Hati (above), which examines political leadership by racial minorities in Singapore. A former minister, Amir Mahmood, once had the nation at his feet, but was brought to shame due to a
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          Lock icon Timeless Chinese heritage
          165 33 Take sculptures from the Qin and Han Dynasties, recreate them with modern techniques and materials, and you have Chinese sculptor Cai Zhisong’s works of art. Using glass-fibre reinforced resin and thin sheets of metal, Cai reimagines statues of empirical figures, servants and warriors, into innovative sculptures that
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