The Business Times, 9 July 2012

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  • 25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg S|£l A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MICA (P) 120/08/2011 Monday, July 9, 2012
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  • 1379 1  - Reits a look beyond the yields Annual compounded returns are 8% a year, beating the 10-year returns of the STI By CAI HAOXIANG [SINGAPORE] Since they were launched 10 years ago, real estate investment trusts (Reits) in Singapore have earned a reputation as a defensive asset that pays out regular
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  • 342 1  -  By VICTORIA HO [SINGAPORE] The Internet has been in a tizzy since late last week, after the FBI issued its final deadline before it switches off a ring of servers running malicious code today. The US agency took control of the DNSChanger botnet last
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
    • 57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 2,978.55 +100.10 KL COMP 1,620.55 +21.40 NIKKEI 225 9,020.75 +13.97 HANG SENG 19,800.60 +359.20 SET INDEX 1,200.08 +27.97 JAKARTA COMP 4,055.20 +99.62 MANILA COMP 5,362.68 +116.27 SEOUL COMP 1,858.20 +4.19 SHENZHEN B 639.87 +12.41 MUMBAI IND 17,521.10 +91.20 DOW 12,772.47 -107.62 NASDAQ 2,937.33 +2.28 S&P
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    • 20 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 0.50 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 Source: Bloomberg 9.33 Source: Bloomberg
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    • 49 1 us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.268 (US$/S$ per 1.554 1.970 EURO (US$/S$/E) 1.239 1.571 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 79.90 63.00 RM 3.173 2.503 HK$ 7.754 6.117 BAHT 31.63 24.95 RUPIAH 9,397 7,413 RENMINBI 6.364 5.021 INDIAN RUPEE 55.40 43.70 A$ 0.973 0.768 NZ$ 1.245 0.982
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    • 35 1 DINING OUT Clan lives up to its hype PAGE 27 BT WEBSITES For breaking news, go to businesstimes.com.sg. For personal finance stories, go to btinvest.com.sg. For more information, e-mail btocs@sph.com.sg or call 6388-3838. *****1 *****4
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 638 2 Chinese Premier reacts to property share price rise after interest rate cut Bloomberg [BEIJING] China must “unswervingly” continue its property controls and prevent prices from rebounding, Premier Wen Jiabao said, after the central bank cut interest rates and triggered a surge in property
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    • 759 2  -  Negative guidance confirms impact of euro crisis: analysts WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN AFTER months of buffeting from macroeconomic issues, the US stock market will spend this week at the mercy of the most microeconomic of data: quarterly earnings reports. Analysts warn that
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    • 719 2  -  Transaction volume slows down in last few months By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] A bearish stock market, global economic and financial uncertainties and rising inflation have weighed down the golf club membership market, with asking prices down some 7 per cent year-on-year.
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    • 587 2 Reits a look beyond the yields SINCE they were launched 10 years ago, real estate investment trusts in Singapore have earned a reputation as a defensive asset that pays out regular dividends. Data compiled by BT show that investors who put their money in Singapore’s 22 Reits since
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    • 1094 4  -  Private entities formed each year grow an average 4% yearly from 2005-11 By LIM WEI SHENG [SINGAPORE] New private healthcare outfits have continued to spring up at hearty rates over the past six years, underlined by changing policy thrusts and evolving business dynamics
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    • 1124 4 But compromise likely with no alternatives in sight Reuters [LONDON] A scandal over the rigging of the Libor interest rate that underpins financial contracts worth hundreds of trillions of dollars is likely to force regulators to reform the way it is set. But any decision
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 549 5  -  Stability, market resilience strong selling points despite lower upside Reports by CAI HAOXIANG SINGAPOREANS like to shop. Investors, too, have been shopping for the best deals. They have found a bargain in retail Reits, which own the malls that locals throng every
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    • 479 5 ASK Cache Logistics Trust chief executive Daniel Cerf about the risks facing the logistics sector here and he refers to Singapore’s roots as a British colony at the centre of the Malay Archipelago. “You’ve got location, infrastructure, governance,” he says “Liners come
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    • 452 5 HIT by the volatile macroeconomic outlook and weak rents, Reits that own office properties here are trading at a discount to their net asset values. During the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, an oversupply of office space, together with a drop in
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    • 1906 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director,Asia Insider Ltd JULY’S first week saw directors buying fewer shares in the stock market. Their sales dropped to even lower levels, according to filings with the Singapore Exchange. Buyers outweighed sellers with 11 companies recording
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    • 274 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Marco Polo Marine E RE! Union Ballroom Hotel RE! Peral's Hill 175A Chin Swee Road 09-Jul 10.30am Cityspring Infra Tr A NTUC Business Centre's Auditorium Level 7 Marina Boulevard 10-Jul 10.00am Oceanus Grp E Grand Ballroom, Level 5 Furama City Centre 60 Eu
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    • 347 5 The Property Insight Seminar 2012 Get insights into strata-titled commercial investments, REITs residential property market Are there opportunities in the Singapore property market that you might profit from? Are REITs an alternative to physical asset investments? Is leverage a necessary evil? Our speakers from leading banking, securities and property firms
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    • 290 5 S Foreign Investment Law S Condominium Law S Legal Aspects S Investment Update •S Foreign Exchange Opportunities Urban Redevelopment Telecommunication Shipyard/Ship Building Hotel Tourism Oil Gas Port Development Trade policy Property Developments Investment 6 th Myanmar Business Conference 2012 Hear From Officials 16 17 JULY 2012, Orchard Hotel, Singapore Conference
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 635 6  -  R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent TWO themes were obvious from the direction of trading over the past couple of months and were reinforced during the events of the past eight trading days. The the low volume means it’s best to stick to Straits Times Index
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    • 621 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The Philippine peso led gains in Asian currencies last week on optimism that central banks in the world’s biggest economies will boost efforts to arrest a global slump. The People’s Bank of China and the European Central Bank
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    • 606 6 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Commodity prices had a mixed week as traders tracked Chinese and European interest rate cuts, a strong dollar and disappointing new jobs data in the United States. “Commodity market sentiment has been almost exclusively driven by central bank decisions over
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    • 1452 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT 2.00 2.00 2 10.00 12.50 1.42 1.25 Amtek Engineering Ltd 1.67 1.60 6 0.07 7.35 0.89 0.63 ARA Asset Mgt 1.38 1.38
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    • 4 6 WEEKLY
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    • 66 6 Jul 6 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 692.00 +122.0 BT CADI -*****.00 +98.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +69.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 696.23 +4.55 FTSE ST Small Cap 459.52 +3.26 FTSE ST All Share 722.20 +2.39 FTSE ST China Top 208.77 +2.45 FTSE ST China 231.75 +1.64 FTSE
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    • 56 6 VOLUME TT Intl 324,914,000 MDR 285,815,000 Noble Grp 263,407,000 GSH Corp 238,803,000 Golden Agri 224,619,000 Aussino 174,178,000 ChinaTaisan 166,904,000 Genting SP 164,557,000 Yoma 131,308,000 NexGenSCom 130,267,000 VALUE($) Keppel Corp 309,528,701 Noble Grp 301,444,667 SingTel 281,293,964 CapitaLand 278,562,215 DBS Grp 257,657,948 Genting SP 230,622,783 UOB 220,699,339 Sakari 160,524,585
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    • 110 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 410.7 2.4 DBXT Nifty 10US$ 9721 363.8 3.0 JMH 5100 329.6 5.4 Jardine C&C 4935 304.0 6.6 GLD 10US$ ***** 244.6 1.3 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2962 163.5 4.6 JSH 3150 126.8 3.3 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 3613 123.0 2.8 Lyxor MS India 10US$
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    • 136 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ *****-***** -45.5 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** -182.3 -0.8 DBXT iBoxxSing 5SG$ ***** -149.0 -1.1 OCBC Bk 5.1%NCPS 100 ***** -97.0 -0.9 Pru 500US$ 1150 -63.4 -4.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2303 -53.2 -1.8 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3751 -44.4 -0.9 UOB
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 975 9  -  Coutts sees more collaboration ahead among female philanthropists By TIMOTHY LOH WOMEN in Asia are starting to have a big say in philanthropy and this is tipped to change the way the business of giving is conducted. According to a study of the
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    • 601 9 Payment Ex Books Pay Ann (cts) date close date date AEM Hldgs aw 0.350 01-Aug 03-Aug 17-Aug 14-May Azeus Systems bo 3.480 23-Jul 25-Jul 08-Aug 28-Jun B Sembawang ak 4.000 31-Jul 02-Aug 15-Aug 24-May B Sembawang bh 14.000 31-Jul 02-Aug 15-Aug 24-May Ban Leong ak 1.000 01-Aug 03-Aug
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    • 1012 9 ASK Question: I have been in a joint venture with my partner for some time. Each of us used to hold equal shares. A few years back, my partner suffered a shortage of capital and I had to purchase a larger stake in the company to
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    • 250 9 Jul 6 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya 6 Arab Bank PLC Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A Bank of Communications 5.5 6 Bank Julius Baer Co. Ltd(S) 5 Bank of America NA 5
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 2027 10 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: How important is the knowledge of competition law to the way your organisation does business? What should the role of the board and/or CEO be in competition compliance, and what other key elements should a competition compliance programme include? Teo Lay Lim Country
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 1679 12 ‘Brainfruit’, written with the aim to help creative S’poreans develop their careers, is a ‘travel guide’ for anyone in ideas business THERE is plenty of literature out there to convince us on the rise of the “ideas industry” and the need to innovate. In
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    • 1050 12  -  Candy store Aii is staffed entirely by the hearing-impaired STARTING YOUNG By AUDREY TAN SELLING candy is the perfect fit for saccharine-sweet entrepreneur Leona Leong, who has returned to Singapore and set up her own business after jetsetting around the world. The 28-year-old
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 690 13 Changes give more credence to plans to establish a common market by 2015 NYT [PHU NAM RON, Thailand] This hillside village along the border with Myanmar was once a dead end. The road from Bangkok curved up scenic mountains through a sparse collection
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    • 505 13 He will come under political pressure without job growth AFP [PITTSBURGH] A fading recovery and weak jobs growth mean that US President Barack Obama must defy history to win re-elec-tion, while Republican Mitt Romney has a fresh chance to market his candidacy.
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    • 356 13 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Companies are relying on existing workers and temporary employees instead of hiring, evidence the European crisis is hurting US confidence more than demand. The average workweek climbed by six minutes to 34.5 hours in June, the first
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    • 641 13 Growth expected at 2.8% this year; 6% unemployment NYT [REYKJAVIK] For a country that four years ago plunged into a financial abyss so deep that it all but shut down overnight, Iceland seems to be doing surprisingly well. It has repaid, early,
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 526 14 IMF says Indonesian currency won’t weaken against US dollar too much Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia has enough foreign exchange reserves to defend the rupiah from weakening too much against the US dollar, but it is important to let the exchange rate remain flexible, the
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    • 217 14 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Analysts predict that the mutual fund industry in Indonesia would grow 20 per cent in the second half of the year because of less volatile financial markets and strong demand from retail investors, the Jakarta Globe reported. “In the second half,
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    • 624 14  -  Unauthorised amendments involving 40 plots made to gazetted land plan MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG KL Correspondent “HOW can you correct something that has been gazetted?” Teng Chang Khim, chairman of the Selangor Select Committee on Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat), asked last week at a public
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    • 1655 14 VOL Jul 6 RM +/-(‘000) VOL Advance Synerg 0.16 unch 273 Adventa Bhd unch unch 0 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.22 0.01 25 Affin Holdings 3.46 0.03 798 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.72 0.01 645 Abric Bhd Airasia Bhd 3.81 0.06 ***** Alliance Finan 4.30 0.06 2058 Aluminium Co 0.84
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  • FUTURECHINA FORUM
    • 1238 16  -  Because the country is so complex, top executives need to grasp its political, social, cultural and historical paradigms when trying to unravel its economics, says LOW YEN LING The author is CEO of Business China AS THE economic centre of gravity moves to the
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    • 810 18  -  Slower growth will give China’s leaders a chance to rebalance the economy and reduce income inequality, saysWU ZHIJIAN WU ZHIJIAN The author is the CEO of Woodsford Capital Management Pte Ltd, a wealth management company based in Singapore. He is also the managing editor of www.
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    • 1279 18  -  By DOUGLAS PAAL The author is Vice-president for Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he directs the Asia Programme RECENT conversations with well-in-formed Chinese in China and visiting the United States strongly suggest that there will be significant
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    • 1097 19  -  Demographics, as well as a shift in policy on how China provides housing to its citizens, will have an impact on prices, says tiger tong TIGER TONG The writer is a China strategist with IIFL Securities THE existence of a large property bubble in
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    • 1151 19  -  By YEW SUNG PEI The author is assistant chief executive officer, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. Based in Beijing, he oversees the agency’s strategy and operations for China and the Middle East Africa. For more on IE Singapore’s view of China's growth, visit www.
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    • 1144 20  -  China’s economic future will increasingly be shaped by high-rise factories that will produce knowledge-based products, says SHAHID JAVED BURKI The author is senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies. He was former Vice-President of the World Bank and has worked extensively on the Chinese
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 540 21 Firm wants 10-year window to comply with rules; period is ‘too long’, says Delhi Reuters [NEW DELHI] India has rebuffed a request by Ikea to relax rules on buying goods locally, a government source said on Friday, raising the prospect of
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    • 502 21 Adjustment may be needed as global growth outlook dips Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government may revise its 2012 economic forecast next month as the outlook for global growth deteriorates, Financial Secretary John Tsang said. “We rely a great deal on our
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    • 457 21 AFP [TAIPEI] The offshore island group of Matsu is likely to attract a large number of Chinese tourist gamblers, observers said yesterday, a day after residents voted to allow Taiwan’s first casino. A wave of visitors from the mainland could
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    • 611 21 Don’t change taxes for share, bond investors, he says Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India should refrain from changing the way foreign investors in stocks and bonds are taxed, a key adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, as the nation prepares rules to clamp down
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  • WORLD
    • 654 22 Tourists flock to Europe, boosting sales of big brands, tourism businesses WP [SINGAPORE] Ayie Aligada, a former airline training manager from Manila, gained from the Philippine peso’s 4 per cent jump against the euro in as many weeks when she snapped up
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    • 681 22  -  Japan and France agree to step up bilateral cooperation By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo AN international group of donors agreed in Tokyo yesterday to provide more than US$16 billion in aid to war-torn Afghanistan over the next three years to help the
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    • 302 24 Reuters [TORONTO] Canada’s small stock trading venues will find the struggle to grow even tougher once a made-in-Canada takeover of the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange gets the final regulatory green light, creating a giant that will dominate the market. The
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    • 698 24 Document indicates the govt’s concern at the time to lower lending rate Reuters [LONDON] A political row in Britain over fixing of interbank lending rates deepened on Saturday after the publication of confidential advice from UBS to the previous Labour government
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    • 429 24 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Banks may have to meet minimum collateral rules for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trades that are not centrally cleared as part of a push by global regulators to make the market safer. The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision last Friday
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    • 658 25 With Thursday’s rate cuts, it has almost exhausted its normal ammunition Reuters [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank is almost out of conventional policy options and will have to turn to measures it finds deeply unpalatable if the eurozone crisis intensifies,
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    • 440 25 But analysts wonder if their struggling economies are ready AFP [PARIS] Ireland and Portugal, two eurozone countries bailed out by EU/IMF rescue packages, could return to long-term capital markets next year, but analysts wonder if their struggling economies will be ready. Ireland, the former
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    • 456 25 Bloomberg [SILVERSTONE, England] Mark Webber of Red Bull won yesterday’s British Grand Prix, overtaking Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in the closing stages to narrow the gap on the Spaniard in the Formula One drivers’ standings. It was Webber’s second win in three years at Silverstone.
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    • 286 25 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese corporate and government pension assets managed by investment companies fell 4.5 per cent to 79 trillion yen (S$ 1.26 trillion) last fiscal year as payouts exceeded contributions, said the Japan Pensions Industry Database. The assets were spread over 5,186 mandates
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    • 2488 25 POLLUX PROPERTIES LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****4729G) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twelfth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Cassia at Level 2, Crowne Plaza Changi Airport, 75 Airport Boulevard, Singapore *****4, on Wednesday,
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
    • 890 26 Canadian firm hopes to break record run of Airbus orders by low-cost carrier FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW Reuters NYT [SILVERSTONE, England] Canada’s Bombardier is in talks with AirAsia about a more densely packed 160-seat version of its CSeries jet, in a surprise bid to
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    • 592 26 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co arrives at the Farnborough air show, where billions of dollars of jet orders may be unveiled this week, lacking a sales chief as it fills the job for a ninth time since John Leahy took his post at Airbus SAS.
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    • 337 26 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 One who has faith in agent lives for conversion! (10) 6 Roll up in coat, and leave at the outset (4) 9 People annexed by Spain (Castille) (5) 10 Panics, pinching sailor’s biscuits (9) 12 Cat that’s a slow mover’s worst nightmare? (13) 14 List in
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  • DINING OUT
    • 788 27  -  NEW RESTAURANT The Clan Restaurant 18/20 Bukit Pasoh Road Tel: 6222-2084 Operating hours: Daily; lunch 11.30am to 2.30pm; dinner 6pm to 11pm By Cheah Ui-Hoon ONE doesn’t usually put much stock into marketing spiel, so when a restaurant’s press release announced its “premium” cuisine and
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
    • 3321 28 Week ended: Jul 6 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld 125 92.5 AIMSAMPIReit 125 +5 1842 125 120.5 124.5 125 6.7 12 557.4 M
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    • 112 29 Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.625 +0.005 CapitaLand 2.980 +0.080 CapitaMall 1.950 +0.005 CityDev 11.200 -0.060 ComfortDelGro 1.570 DBS Grp 14.090 +0.080 F&N 7.450 +0.150 GLP 2.150 -0.020 Genting SP 1.405 Golden Agri 0.720 +0.010 HK Land 6.040
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    • 2267 29 Transaction date: Jul 6 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Stores 23.80 -0.10 0 Angang Steel 4.49 0.05 4746 Anhui Conch 21.10 0.20 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 3.45 -0.05 382 Asia Satellite 20.25 unch 12 Asm Pacific 100.50 0.90 497 Bank Of E Asia 27.70 -1.00 3208 Beida Jade Bir
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    • 216 29 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 49.5 28.5 AVJennings A32.5 +3 16 32.5 32.5 29.5 38 3.6 10.8 2.6 84.6 46 25.5 Genting HK US$ US32 -0.5 ***** 33 31.5 31.5 32 2107
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    • 186 29 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 12 5 1 0 0 0 12 5 1 Manufacturing 95 50 45 17 9 7 112 59 52 Commerce 40 26 10 4 7 6 44 33 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 29 9 5
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    • 1066 29 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 130 113 ABF SG Bond ETF 120 +2 5 120 118 119.5 120.5 547.8 122.4 122.2 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 122.2 128.4 129.4 103 95.8 CIMB
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    • 123 29 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 120,619 120,619 442,119 442,119 Manufacturing 1,425,933 304,184 1,730,117 959,748 13,878 973,626 Commerce 1,494,149 51,538 1,545,687 686,772 6,704 693,476 Tpt/Stor/Comms 437,017 101,968 538,985 680,037 28,907 708,944 Finance 145,621 58,222 203,843 747,766 27,327 775,093 Construction 351,198 67,809
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    • 626 30 Jul 6 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT 9052.70 9082.04 8977.35 Sep12 9090.00 9130.00 8970.00 9025.00 ***** *****5 Dec12 9035.00 9050.00 8975.00 8960.00 2617 8615 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 262.91 263.36 260.32 Jul12 259.70 261.70 256.90 258.10 ***** *****0 Aug12 257.50 258.80
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    • 149 30 As on 6 July 2012 www.smx.com.sg PRODUCT CONTRACT HIGH LOW CLOSE VOL (in Lots) PRECIOUS METAL GOLD FUT AUG2012 1601.00 1593.30 1579.00 17 INDIA GOLD (E-GOLD) FUT AUG2012 536.00 526.25 531.40 899 CURRENCY EUR-USD FUT SEP2012 1.2412 1.2312 1.2277 3373 BASE METAL COPPER FUT SEP2012 7693 7529
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    • 107 30 Jul 6 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 12 1619.75 1626.50 1634.75 1605.00 Aug 12 1567.75 1583.00 1583.00 1561.75 Sep 12 1532.00 1551.50 1549.50 1530.50 Nov 12 1505.75 1526.50 1526.00 1504.50 SOYBEAN/OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 12 53.27
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    • 70 30 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Jul 5 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 100.97 1.55 WTI (Near Mth) 86.94 -0.12 Dubai (1-Mth F) 98.48 1.09 Tapis blend 104.14 1.28 Minas 107.39 1.28 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 88.78 2.22 Jet Kerosene 115.39 0.41 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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    • 22 30 Jul 6 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2675 1.2677 2-months 1.2674 1.2677 3-months 1.2672 1.2675 6-months 1.2661 1.2664 Source: OCBC
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    • 64 30 Jul 6 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1863.25 1909.75 3 months 1896.00 1943.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7534.50 7699.50 3 months 7531.00 7695.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 1847.00 1876.00 3 months 1860.00 1887.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin(US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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    • 373 30 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 6 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 870.6 -1.1 4.9 -0.6 1.8 -1.2 3.8 EAFE Preliminary 701.2 -0.8 2.8 -0.5 -1.8 -1.1 0.1 Europe Preliminary 1040.2 -1.1 1.3
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    • 80 30 Jul 6 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 12 1604 1637 1631/1585 Sep 12 1568 1597 1594/1545 Dec 12 1548 1572 1569/1525 Mar 13 1525 1545 1544/1497 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High/Low Jul 12 2044 2065 2087/2040 Sep 12 2045 2099 2095/2041 Nov 12 2049 2104 2096/2046 Jan 13 2037
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    • 1285 30 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4 1 146 369 8.00 22 Conv Aztech Grp W*****3 0.4 0.3 2354 1 20 110 24.25 4 Baker Technology Ltd W*****6 0.6 1 32 5 51.67 4
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    • 470 30 Jul 6 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.043 6.539 0.829 7.966 56.926 96.555 0.821 11.694 3.260 1.280 96.591 42.978 1.302 8.385 0.996 30.729 32.498 0.661 1.027 Canada 0.959 6.272
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    • 56 30 Jul 6 (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$) 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 0.***** SWAP Mid rates (S$) 1 yr 0.*****
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    • 136 30 Jul 6 GOLD(US$/oz) Jul 06 Jul 05 Hong Kong 1602.00 1623.00 Jul 05 Jul 05 Jul 06 London 1608.40 1586.74 1609.20 1587.96 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Jul 06 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 157 65 5gm 447 327 10gm
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    • 89 30 Jul 6 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****A 04-Oct-12 0.26 1-Year BY*****T 02-May-13 0.26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0H 0.25 01-Feb-14 100.13 100.17 100.17 5-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 109.33 109.55 109.40
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    • 57 30 Jul 6 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jul 12 3115.0 3134.0 3117.0 3099.0 51 2303 Aug 12 3156.0 3150.0 3165.0 3110.0 346 ***** Sep 12 3165.0 3164.0 3183.0 3125.0 ***** ***** Oct 12 3166.0 3166.0
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    • 154 30 Jul 6 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3021 1.3027 1.0273 1.0276 Canadian dollar 1.2488 1.2497 0.9858 0.9852 Euro 1.5707 1.5712 1.2392 1.2394 NZ dollar 1.0172 1.0186 0.8025 0.8035 Sterling pound 1.9692 1.9700 1.5536 1.5540
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    • 121 30 As at 9am Jul 06 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.331 1.268 Can dollar 1.276 1.216 Euro 1.605 1.529 Sterling pound 2.002 1.925 NZ dollar 1.045 0.996 US dollar 1.285 1.236 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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    • 154 30 Jul 6 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 par 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 3/8 1/4 Overnight mode: 0.06 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.25 0.15 1 month 0.40 0.20 2 months 0.45 0.25 3 months 0.55 0.45 6 months 0.85 0.65 9 months 1.00 0.80 12
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  • BizIT THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY
    • 962 33  -  Anytime, anywhere computing and new technologies changing the game By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY ONE of the biggest challenges facing chief information officers (CIOs) is the need to provide for services “anywhere, anytime”. This is putting a lot of strain on enterprise security. CA Technologies’ Mike
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    • 476 33 AFP [WASHINGTON] A US appeals court gave Samsung a temporary reprieve on Friday on the sale of its Galaxy Nexus 7 smartphones while leaving intact a court ban on US sales of its tablet computers in a patent battle with Apple. In two
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    • 752 33  -  <news analysis> By CLEMENT TEO CLOUD computing may be in its nascent stages, but there are already government initiatives and programmes underway to harness its benefits. In the United States, the Defense Information Systems Agency is developing a number of cloud-computing solutions available to
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    • 363 33  -  Organisations urged to regain control of IT infrastructure By TIMOTHY LOH BUSINESSES would do well to develop security strategies to manage Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) activity in the office, according to a survey by network security company Fortinet. The survey, conducted with 3,872 employees
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    • 193 33 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co, the largest phone maker, will release a tablet that features Microsoft Corp’s Windows RT software when the operating system debuts, people with knowledge of the matter said. Samsung has made a handheld computer built on Windows RT, the first
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    • 868 34  -  Tech firms redirecting part of their investment into consumer-facing spending, reportsVICTORIA VICTORIA HO Technology companies have typically invested in back-end automation to keep their supply chains humming, but the focus is moving to the front-end, said Terence Foo, a partner with Accenture’s products division across Singapore
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    • 223 34 AFP [BEIJING] A Chinese technology firm has filed a legal challenge accusing US giant Apple of infringing its patented voice recognition software with its Siri function on the iPhone, the company said on Saturday. The move comes just days after Apple paid US$60 million
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      • 40 34 THE Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) is organising its first IP Week this week, from July 9 to 13. It will be held at Resorts World Convention Centre. Find out more at www. ipweeksg. com
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      • 31 34 MICROSOFT is offering a US$39.99 upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, for users on Windows XP, Vista and 7. The offer lasts till Jan 31, 2013.
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      • 48 34 SEAGATE has launched Backup Plus, a new portable hard drive designed to store content on social networks more easily. The 2.5” range costs $119 for 500Gb and $169 for 1Tb. The larger 3.5” models will retail at $199 for 2TB and $269 for 3TB.
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      • 46 34  -  Compiled by VICTORIA HO SONY has released a 4” Android phone (below) running the latest version of the operating system, 4.0. It comes with back and front-facing cameras, and is powered by a 1Ghz processor. It retails for $388 without contract.
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