The Business Times, 13 April 2013

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    18 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www.businesstimes.com.sg APRIL 13-14, 2013 S$1.00 MICA (P) 075/08/2012 SfJl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon Forex options beat back yen
    32 1 BOJ POLICY IMPACT THE yen continued to test the 100-level to the US dollar but was beaten back by a battery of forex market option contracts. 2
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    Lock icon MAS sees headline inflation lower
    35 1 IN SINGAPORE THE central bank now thinks inflation for 2013 will come in lower than it did before. But it kept the trade-weighted Singapore dollar on an appreciating path.| 4
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    Lock icon DAP rides to battle on old horses
    26 1 PENANG POLLS THE DAP is playing it extra careful after landing a better-than-expected mandate in the 2008 election. 6
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    Lock icon March retail sales fall 0.4%
    29 1 US DATA US RETAIL sales contracted in March, a sign the American economy may have stumbled at the end of the first quarter. 20
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    Lock icon Q1 sees economy slip into contraction mode
    1024 1  -  Sharp shrinkage in manufacturing headlines gloomy numbers as MTI’s advance estimates catch economists by surprise By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stuck to its policy of allowing its currency to strengthen gradually, even as the central bank trimmed
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    Lock icon SingTel launches first mobile money service
    842 1  -  Remittances to Philippines and, soon, local fund transfers via mobile devices By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGTEL wants your money. Specifically, it wants your cash. In a bold move to nudge consumer spending down the cashless track, the telco launched its mCash service yesterday
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Forex option contracts stop yen from breaking through 100-barrier
      598 2  -  ‘Mr Yen’ endorses Kuroda’s policies but doubts if 2% inflation target can be achieved By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE yen continued to hammer at the door of 100 to the US dollar yesterday but could not quite make it through
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    • MARKETS
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        59 2 HSTI 3,294.19 (-14.61) HSTI FUTURES 3,274.00 (-15.00) HSIMSCI 374.50 (-1.44) HSIMSCI FUTURES 371.70 (-2.20) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,698.53 -8.51 NIKKEI 225 13,485.14 -64.02 HANG SENG 22,089.05 -12.22 SET 1,527.32 +10.51 JAKARTA 4,937.21 +12.95 MANILA 6,891.43 +59.69 KOSPI 1,924.23 -25.57 SHENZHEN B 789.66 +2.17 MUMBAI IND 18,242.56 -299.64
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.308 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.45 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        48 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.238 (US$/S$ per 1.537 1.903 EURO(US$/S$/€ 1.306 1.617 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 99.30 80.20 RM 3.041 2.456 HK$ 7.762 6.270 BAHT 29.03 23.44 RUPIAH 9,712 7,844 RENMINBI 6.192 5.001 INDIAN RUPEE 54.53 44.05 A$ 0.949 0.766 NZ$ 1.162 0.938
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      Lock icon MAS sees headline inflation lower at 3-4%
      769 4  -  It keeps to appreciating S$ path; expects car and housing prices to rise at slower pace By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg Singapore THE central bank now thinks inflation for 2013 will come in lower than it did before. But, as was widely predicted,
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      Lock icon In Penang, DAP rides to battle on old horses
      729 6  -  It is confident of repeating poll success but not of improving upon it By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Penang JERRY Chan thinks there’s something kiasu about the way Penang state leaders have held on to their official vehicles. State exco for local
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      Lock icon The conundrum of contactless payment
      811 6  -  COMMENTARY Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Correspondent BY the standards of the con-sumer-minded nation that Singapore has become, parting with money remains bafflingly difficult. We’ve managed to invent the thumbdrive, but still have to wait the distressing 10 seconds that it takes for a credit card payment
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      Lock icon Scott London freed on US$150,000 bond in tips-for-cash scheme
      807 8 Ex-KPMG auditor intends to plead guilty when he is formally arraigned on May 17; KPMG to take legal action against him soon Reuters New York AS INVESTORS Carl Icahn and William Ackman bickered loudly on TV earlier this year about their
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      85 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Week in Review 9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Companies 12-15 From the Desk of 16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-35 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 LIVING Dining L2-5 Design L7-9 Travel L8-9 Home Garden L10-11 Gadgets L13 Shopping
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      1953 7 CHINA YONGSHENG LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No: *****2032R) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 38 th Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company will be held at Orchard Hotel, 442 Orchard Road, Singapore *****9 on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 at
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      1189 8 global invacom completing the picture GLOBAL INVACOM GROUP LIMITED (formerly known as Radiance Group Limited) (Incorporated in Singapore) (Co. Reg. No: *****2428H) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of GLOBAL INVACOM GROUP LIMITED (the "Company”) will be held at 8 Temasek Boulevard,
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW
    • THIS WEEK April 8-12, 2013
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        Lock icon Park Hotel Grp seen seeking $1b for Orchard Rd hotel
        43 9 PARK Hotel Group, which announced a $300 million sale of its Park Hotel Clarke Quay to Ascendas Hospitality Trust, is said to be seeking more than $1 billion for the Grand Park Orchard.
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        Lock icon China intensifies efforts in Shanghai to contain bird flu
        31 9 CHINA stepped up efforts to curb a deadly bird flu outbreak centred on Shanghai, disinfecting schools and shutting down trade in birds.
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        Lock icon MRO operators landing at Senai airport
        57 9 SELETAR Aerospace Park could face some headwinds in the business jet and single aisle aircraft maintenance and fixed-based operations sector. Just weeks after it emerged that Indonesian-based investors are eyeing an MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) start-up in Batam, BT has learnt that such developments
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        Lock icon No pension for top govt servants, bonus revised
        44 9 PENSIONS will be removed for top public servants, and the gross domestic product bonus they receive will be replaced with a National Bonus linked to a broader set of so-cio-economic indicators, but salaries will be maintained.
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        Lock icon Strong reactions to BOJ easing continue in markets
        48 9 THE Bank of Japan’s high-octane monetary easing announced last week continued to power strong reactions in financial markets on Monday as the yen hit a near four-year low against the US dollar while Tokyo stock prices hit a four-and-a-half-year peak.
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        Lock icon Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dies at 87
        35 9 FORMER prime minister Margaret Thatcher, the controversial “Iron Lady” who shaped a generation of British politics, died following a stroke on Monday at the age of 87.
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        Lock icon North Korea suspends last major project with South
        50 9 NORTH Korea has suspended its sole remaining major project with South Korea. Its decision to all but close the Kaesong industrial park coincided with speculation that it will carry out some sort of provocative action another nuclear weapons test or missile launch.
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        Lock icon Bungalow with a view to smash price records
        71 9 A PRIVATELY-HELD investment vehicle controlled by Wing Tai chairman Cheng Wai Keung and his wife Helen has put its Nassim Road bungalow on a sprawling 84,839 sq ft freehold site on the market. Jones Lang LaSalle said the owners are aiming to
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        Lock icon ADB forecasts solid Asia growth, warns of asset bubbles
        47 9 ASIA should continue to enjoy solid economic growth this year and next, but efforts by the world’s most advanced economies to reflate their economies could touch off inflation and asset bubbles in Asia, the Asian Development Bank cautioned.
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        Lock icon BN may tweak tactics for May 5 elections
        103 9 MALAYSIANS will choose their next government on May 5. The Election Commission has fixed April 20 as the day of nomination with polling to follow 15 days later. The ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, led by Prime Minister Najib Razak, is being challenged
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        Lock icon Obama sends Congress US$3.77t spending plan
        36 9 US President Barack Obama is sending Congress a US$3.77 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on the wealthy and trimming popular benefit programmes.
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        Lock icon Despite Dubai deal, Qantas ramps up S’pore traffic
        61 9 SINGAPORE might have lost its position as a hub for Qantas’s Eu-rope-bound flights, but it will not lose its throne as the airline’s largest hub outside Australia any time soon. “Singapore is a key hub for Asia, (and) Australian traffic is increasing
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        Lock icon More goodies for ailing shipping sector
        57 9 WITH shipping companies in cost-saving mode, Singapore is extending more goodies to make sure its business environment and port remains “conducive” for maritime companies and vessel calls. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew announced on Thursday a change in port dues structure that will save
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK April 15-19
      77 9 US DATA April 15 Empire State Manufacturing Survey for April April 16 Housing starts for March April 17 Fed’s Beige Book for April April 18 Philadelphia Fed April survey CHINA DATA April 15 March industrial production SINGAPORE DATA April 15 Retail sales for February April 17
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      315 9 Across 1 Shattering? Correct! (10,3) 10 Leaps in, surprising the dog (7) 11 Put out in unusual transport (7) 12 In fine fettle, yet initially unsure (4) 13 A biology class (5) 14 Have some sense, charge pounds (4) 17 Married in a fit of lunacy? That’s slander (7) 18
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Seeing holes in economic theory
      2563 10 / 11  -  Economist Peter Diamond, whose seminal work on search models won him a Nobel Prize in 2010, just enjoys thinking about things. By Anna Teo By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg WHEN Peter Diamond and two other economists won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics for their insight
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon SPH posts Q2 net profit of $71.5 million
      508 12  -  Lower earnings come as operating revenue dips 5.5%; interim dividend of 7 cents a share By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) posted a 15 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit to $71.5 million for its fiscal second quarter
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      Lock icon DBS expands mobile payment solution
      229 12  -  By Amanda Tan aktanht@sph.com.sg Singapore DBS One.Tap, DBS Bank’s virtual credit card, is now available to subscribers of the three mobile network operators in Singapore. The new partnership with M1 and SingTel allows all existing DBS/POSB cardholders and new customers to enjoy the convenience of
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      Lock icon Fullerton Fund Mgt launches fund range
      224 12  -  By Maria Mala Yogalingam ymaria@sph.com.sg Singapore FULLERTON Fund Management (Fullerton), a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, in partnership with Professional Investment Advisory Services (PIAS), has launched the Fullerton Dynamic Strategies fund range which aims to simplify investing for Singapore retail investors. The new
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      Lock icon DBS is bank with world’s best mobile apps strategy: MyPrivateBanking
      265 12  -  By Amanda Tan aktanht@sph.com.sg Singapore DBS is now ranked the bank with the best mobile apps strategy in a 2013 worldwide ranking conducted by Swiss research company MyPrivateBanking. The ranking, which was part of a report based on independent research
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      Lock icon Marine group Ezra’s Q2 profit up 34% on sale of vessels
      537 13  -  It also announces four contracts totalling close to US$120 million By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore EZRA Holdings’ net profit for the three months ended Feb 28, 2013 rose 34 per cent to US$29.7 million from US$22.1 million a year
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      Lock icon GDS Global launches Catalist IPO
      203 13  -  By Ma Xiangyu xiangyu@sph.com.sg Singapore GDS Global Limited has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 17.5 million shares for a Catalist listing. The invitation shares comprise 12 million new shares and 5.5 million vendor shares at 25 cents each. One million shares are for
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      Lock icon Miyoshi Precision narrows losses in Q2 to $1.5m
      234 13  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg Singapore ENGINEERING firm Miyoshi Precision saw losses narrow for the fiscal second quarter, with a more than doubling of costs of raw materials and consumables eroding a rise in its revenue. Revenue for the three months ended Feb
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      Lock icon Technics in JV to provide services for oil & gas industry
      283 13  - Technics in JV to provide services for oil gas industry By Jasmine Ng jasng@sph.com.sg Singapore TECHNICS Oil Gas and two other firms have formed a joint venture (JV) to provide engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry. The deal was sealed between Technics, Eversendai Corporation Berhad and
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      Lock icon Local stocks decouple from Wall Street
      694 14  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent OVER the years, markets in this part of the world have occasionally decoupled from their Western counterparts, notably Wall Street. It doesn’t happen often, and quite frequently the Straits Times Index moves ahead of the major US indices
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      111 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 2.020 +0.025 CapitaLand 3.550 +0.020 CapitaMall 2.240 +0.040 CityDev 11.29 +0.020 ComfortDelGro 1.920 DBS Grp 15.67 +0.020 GLP 2.810 +0.040 Genting SP 1.440 -0.015 Golden Agri 0.565 HK Land 7.520 +0.120 HPH Trust US$ 0.845 -0.005 JMH 64.81 -0.240 JSH 38.40 -0.240 Jardine
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      Lock icon US, Asian portfolio managers at risk from EU bonus cap
      533 14 Reuters Dublin PORTFOLIO managers in the United States and Asia could pull out of key European funds if Brussels goes ahead with proposals to cap bonuses, a senior industry figure said. The European Parliament already curbed banker bonuses at the
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      179 14 VOL CLOSE AdvanceSCT 420,469 1.5 0 0 0 0 WE Hldgs 142,793 1 1 0 5 4 3 EcoWise 128,474 8.9 0 2 2 2 CarrierNet 128,016 2.8 0 1 3 7 S i ngHaiyi 123,058 3.2 0 1 3 0 Transcu Grp 1 1 1 ,909
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      68 14 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 97.9 0.4 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2258 80.5 3.0 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4399 37.1 0.7 HK Land 752 14.9 1.6 Lyxor AsiaRE 10US$ 1076 14.9 1.1 Kep Corp.ES.1304 1143 12.0 1.1 DBXT MSCHINA 10US$ 1160 11.1 0.8 DBS Bk 4.7%
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      56 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN Jardine C&C 5080 -75.0 -1.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2510 -55.7 -1.8 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -50.0 -0.5 GLD 10US$ ***** -38.4 -0.2 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** -33.0 -0.3 UOB 2037 -31.0 -1.5 JMH 6481 -29.7 -0.4 JSH 3840 -29.7 -0.6 UOB.ES.1304 2039 -26.0 -1.3
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon Hi-P expects lower revenue, higher profit
        49 15 HI-P International said it now expects marginally lower year-on-year revenue but higher profit for the first quarter of the year because of improvements in productivity and changes in its product mix. The contract manufacturer had earlier guided for flat revenue but a loss.
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        Lock icon Popular fully owns e-learning unit
        69 15 POPULAR Holdings bought out the minority shareholders of Hong Kong-based Active Independent Education for HK$5.8 million (S$0.92 million) in cash on April 5, the bookseller and educational literature company announced. The subsidiary, which had net tangible assets of HK$2.7 million at the time of the
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        Lock icon F&N’s food and beverage chief resigns
        50 15 FRASER and Neave’s chief executive of food and beverage, Pascal De Petrini, will leave the group on July 9 to pursue other interests, the property and beverage conglomerate announced yesterday. F&N, which underwent an ownership change in February, is currently searching for a replacement.
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        Lock icon GKE enters into freight forwarding JV
        70 15 LOGISTICS provider GKE Corp has invested $60,000 for a 60 per cent stake in newly created GKE Air Logistics. The remaining 40 per cent is held by Yap Kheng Fong, an unrelated individual who is a veteran in the aviation industry with more than
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        Lock icon US mutual funds at record high in Q1
        112 15 AP Boston THE flow of cash into mutual funds is at a record high for the first quarter. Stock funds and bond funds attracted a combined US$193 billion in the first three months of 2012, industry consultant Strategic Insight said. That tops
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        Lock icon JPMorgan’s Philip Lee resigns
        83 15 Reuters Singapore JPMorgan’s head of investment banking South-east Asia, Philip Lee, has resigned, a bank spokesman said. Banking sources said Mr Lee may be joining a competitor. Mr Lee, who worked with the US bank for almost 18 years, has been the face of the bank’s
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        Lock icon Mixed appeal verdict in Soup-YES case
        59 15 LISTED restaurant operator Soup Restaurant Group said the Registrar has dismissed an appeal by duck rice chain YES F&B Group to strike out claims made by Soup to have YES vacate sub-leased space at VivoCity. The Registrar has, however, allowed YES’s appeal against summary
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      1463 15 Ill MANHATTAN RESOURCES LIMITED MANHATTAN RESOURCES LIMITED Registration No. *****6289K (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Manhattan Resources Limited Company will be held at MND Auditorium, 9 Maxwel Road, Annexe A, MND Complex, Singapore 0691
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      Lock icon Winning over the Muslim consumer
      1019 16  -  Brands leading Muslim consumer trends are those that embrace values, such as humility, transparency, purity and togetherness FROM THE DESK OF Shelina Janmohamed Vice-President, Ogilvy Noor ~The writer, the author of ‘Love in a Headscarf’, is one of the IPA's ‘Women of Tomorrow’ and regarded
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon MOF acts on procurement slip-ups
      474 17  -  Ministry warns government departments against flouting rules and reminds officers of accountability By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) has sent “a strong message” to all public-sector agencies in the wake of repeated slip-ups in government procurement and project management, warning them
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      Lock icon Holiday Inn targets 70% local staff by 2015
      410 17  -  By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg THE cut in the services sector’s dependency ratio ceiling (DRC) from 45 per cent to 40 per cent in Budget 2013 might have led some companies to lament the manpower challenges they face amid Singapore’s labour crunch.
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      Lock icon MAS raps Credit Suisse, suspends ex-PIAS adviser
      529 17  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has rapped the Singapore branch of Credit Suisse AG for allowing an employee, who was not an appointed representative, to advise on investment products and deal in securities in April 2011. MAS said
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      Lock icon Talent management key to staying ahead
      474 18  -  Companies should attract and retain talent to create value, say panellists at E50 Awards launch By Maria Mala Yogalingam ymaria@sph.com.sg COMPANIES need effective talent attraction and retention to stay ahead of the competition at a time of rising business costs according to a panel
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      Lock icon Namco Bandai sets up units in Singapore, Vancouver
      537 18  -  By Grace Ng ngrace@sph.com.sg JAPAN-BASED game studio Namco Bandai Studios Inc (NBSI) will be setting up overseas subsidiaries in Singapore and Vancouver in June. Namco Bandai Studios Singapore Pte Ltd is “positioned as the leading development centre for Namco Bandai Studios in
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  • WORLD
    • Article
      Lock icon Downside in London’s bid to tame oligarchs
      514 19 City risks losing its appeal as an IPO destination for such foreign players Bloomberg London OVER the past decade, London has become a second home for billionaire resources oligarchs attracted by its stability and flexible tax laws. Their companies soon followed as commodities
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      Lock icon China official apologises for wrong data
      479 20 He admits to giving incorrect and ‘groundless’ investment information sourced from Internet at recent briefing Bloomberg Beijing A CHINESE government spokesman said he gave incorrect and “groundless” investment data sourced from the Internet at a briefing this week, underscoring concern that official numbers may
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      Lock icon Fall in March retail sales points to economy losing momentum
      419 20 LATEST US DATA Reuters Washington US RETAIL sales contracted in March for the second time in three months, a sign the American economy may have stumbled at the end of the first quarter. Retail sales fell 0.4 per cent during
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    • Briefing
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        Lock icon US deal brings Japan closer to TPP talks
        77 20 Reuters Tokyo JAPAN and the United States have agreed on a deal to allow Tokyo to join talks on a US-led Asia-Pacific free trade pact that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is making a keystone of his strategy to open Japan’s economy and
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        Lock icon Formal nod for Cyprus bailout terms
        77 20 AFP Dublin EUROZONE finance ministers formally approved yesterday the terms of a Cyprus debt bailout, after some confusion over whether it needed revision, saying it could now go ahead once cleared by national parliaments. Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, head of the 17-nation Eurogroup,
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        Lock icon Silicon Valley leaders launch political group
        77 20 AP New York FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have launched a political group aimed at changing immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research. Mr Zuckerberg announced the formation of Fwd.us (pronounced “forward us”) in an op-ed article
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        Lock icon Marginal rise in Indian industrial output
        76 20 AFP New Delhi INDIA’S industrial production rose just 0.6 per cent in February from a year earlier, data showed yesterday, adding to a string of weak economic figures and fuelling hopes of further interest rate cuts. While the increase in output at factories, mines
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        Lock icon JP Morgan profit up, revenue declines
        72 20 Reuters New York JP MORGAN Chase Co posted higher first-quarter profit yesterday as it spent less money on litigation, but most of its major businesses turned in tepid performances, and the bank’s overall revenue declined. The results reflected the pressure the largest US bank
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      Lock icon Lippo eyeing at least US$300m from IPOs
      413 22 It’s expected to sell stakes in healthcare, banking and IT units in Q2 Reuters Jakarta LIPPO Group, a leading Indonesian conglomerate, aims to raise at least US$300 million in the second quarter from IPOs of its healthcare, banking and information technology units, four
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      Lock icon KL bank runs afoul of US over Iran
      326 22 Reuters Washington THE United States has imposed financial penalties on an Iranian businessman, a Malaysian bank and a network of companies it accused of attempting to evade international sanctions on Iran’s nuclear programme through money laundering. The Treasury Department blacklisted Babak Zanjani
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      1323 19 FIRST REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (Constituted in the Republic of Singapore pursuant to a trust deed dated 19 October 2006 (as amended)) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of First Real Estate Investment Trust (“First REIT”) will be held at Capricorn Room,
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      2062 21 CDW HOLDING LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 2 April 2004) (Bermuda Company Registration Number: *****) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special General Meeting of CDW Holding Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Sandalwood Room, Swissotel Merchant Court Singapore, 20 Merchant Road, Singapore *****1
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    8121 23 Transaction date: Apr 12 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 15 11.4 8Telecom 13.6cd unch 200 13.6 13.5 13.3 13.6 10.6 0.8 11.2 65.1 5.8 3 A-Sonic 4 3.8 4.5 3.3 28.6
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    1839 26 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 21.5 15 t 800 Super 19.1 unch 25 19.1 19.1 19.2 21 3.3 5.2 5.7 34.2 6.2 2.8 t AA Grp 5.8 -0.3 14 5.8
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    186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 3 10 4 0 0 0 3 10 4 Manufacturing 35 59 55 6 9 10 41 68 65 Commerce 17 27 17 3 9 5 20 36 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 16 9
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    828 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Apr 8 Trans Snb4irmii.il Shareholder/ Buy Sell No of Shares, Price Per Before 5HAREWOLD ING After Stock oaui Director Conv POO Shr C'OOO) (000) OrlB|rhg?r I ir%: li-ApM3 01* Jnn|rwj*g •sen 2185 B.13 7I7T5 20.30 •***** 19.6& Meittcii inti M'Api
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    123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 49,243 49,243 86,619 86,619 Manufacturing 334,419 290,583 625,002 145,132 11,536 156,668 Commerce 198,359 197,583 395,942 85,864 18,508 104,372 Tpt/Stor/Comms 85,390 14,501 99,891 130,603 5,598 136,202 Finance 87,872 35 87,907 125,155 17 125,172 Construction 116,767 20,795
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      93 27 Apr 11 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 1488 1481 1493 1481 Jul 13 1488 1483 1493 1483 Sep 13 1499 1494 1503 1495 Dec 13 1505 1499 1510 1500 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 2006 1987 2015 1980 Jul 13 2048 2032 2059 2023
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      69 27 Apr 12 GOLD(US$/oz) Apr 12 Apr 11 Hong Kong 1567.50 1567.80 Apr 11 Apr 10 London 1565.46 1568.40 1566.23 1569.15 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 34.44 33.80 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Apr 11 Close Previous PM Fix 1531.50 1533.00 AM Fix 1525.00 1540.00 Source:
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      53 27 Apr 12 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Apr 13 2305.0 601 May 13 2348.0 2327.0 2348.0 2318.0 2032 8129 Jun 13 2367.0 2345.0 2367.0 2336.0 ***** ***** Jul 13 2369.0 2357.0 2374.0 2349.0 5399 *****
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      88 27 Apr 12 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****H 11-Jul-13 0.24 6-Month BS*****X 04-Oct-13 0.25 1-Year BY*****X 01-Nov-13 0.26 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-13 100.16 5-Year N*****0T 2.375 01-Apr-17 100.08
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      155 27 Apr 12 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.3047 1.3055 1.0539 1.0544 Canadian dollar 1.2238 1.2240 0.9886 0.9885 Euro 1.6172 1.6176 1.3063 1.3065 NZ dollar 1.0655 1.0663 0.8607 0.8612 Sterling pound 1.9032 1.9037 1.5373 1.5376
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      118 27 Apr 12 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.336 1.273 Can dollar 1.254 1.195 Euro 1.662 1.583 Sterling pound 1.943 1.869 NZ dollar 1.104 1.042 US dollar 1.264 1.204 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      104 27 Apr 11 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 13 1402.00 1392.75 1406.25 1382.50 Jul 13 1368.25 1367.50 1375.75 1355.25 Aug 13 1331.00 1336.00 1341.25 1325.25 Sep 13 1267.25 1276.50 1278.25 1264.75 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 13 49.77 50.03 50.15
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        21 27 YTD change: +4.01% 52-week high: 3,331.26 on April 3,2013 52-week low: 2,698.90 on June 4, 2012 Source: Bloomberg
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        21 27 YTD change: -2.51% 52-week high: 23,944.74 on Feb 4, 2013 52-week low: 18,056.40 on June 4,2012 Source: Bloomberg
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        26 27 YTD change: +13.44% 52-week high: 14,887.51 on April 11,2013 52-week low: 12,035.09 on June 4,2012 (Chart shows Thursday’s index closing) Source: Bloomberg
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        21 27 YTD change: -2.75% 52-week high: 2,453.73 on May 4,2012 52-week low: 1,949.46 on Dec 4,2012 Source: Bloomberg
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        21 27 YTD change: +29.72% 52-week high: 13,568.25 on April 12,2013 52-week low: 8,238.96 on June 4, 201 2 Source: Bloomberg
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      71 27 Apr 11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1864.50 1875.00 3 months 1898.00 1910.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7579.00 7545.00 3 months 7610.00 7575.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2059.00 2065.00 3 months 2084.00 2090.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      69 27 Apr 11 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F)104.9 8 -0.82 WTI (Near Mth) 93.22 -1.25 Dubai (1-Mth F) 102.62 -0.38 Tapis blend 110.72 -0.54 Minas 104.82 -0.54 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.67 -2.33 Jet Kerosene 118.74 -0.65 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 102.4
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 11 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1044.3 0.6 11.3 0.7 10.6 0.7 9.3 EAFE Preliminary 867.6 1.0 12.0 1.2 8.8 1.2 7.5 Europe Preliminary 1226.9 0.5 6.9
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      993 28 / 29  -  Europe’s leaders must pursue controlled segmentation in which the most competitive countries Austria, Finland, Germany, and the Netherlands adopt a new currency, the ‘northern euro’. By Hans-Olaf Henkel By Hans-Olaf Henkel THE European Union’s (EU) policy of saving the euro at all costs is enough
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      894 28 / 29  -  Leon Hadar Washington correspondent IF you want to understand why it has become so difficult for America’s politicians to come up with a plan to put their fiscal house in order, consider the following piece of political reality: older American voters are more
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        1092 30 / 31  -  Two main factors driving interest in such policies. By Genevieve Cua gen@sph.com. sg A FLEDGLING market in Singapore second-hand endowment policies is emerging, much to the chagrin of insurance companies. Two main factors drive the market: Original policyholders who are keen to give up
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        521 30 / 31  -  By Genevieve Cua THE experience of two investors in Singapore resale endowment policies has been positive so far, and both say they may invest in more. The policies will eventually form part of their retirement assets. Koong Chee Weng, 33, agreed to speak to BT
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        677 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Lynn Kan Thai Beverage Outperform CIMB Research April 12 April 12 close: $0.61 WE are not concerned that Standard Poor’s has downgraded Thai Bev’s debt from BBB to BBB- on the grounds of increased debt and lower cash flow as the underlying business is sound with
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        1050 32  -  Trouble is, many Asian families fail to properly address issues of succession until it is too late WEALTH INSIGHTS Edmund Leow Dawn Quek ~The writers are managing principal and head of tax and wealth management, and senior associate at Baker McKenzie.Wong Leow. THERE
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        1437 33  -  Mood dictates behaviours in markets and that in turn is decided by biochemical messengers in the body SHOW ME THE MONEY Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent ~The writer is a CFA charterholder I NOTICED lately that whenever I watch a movie, there is always
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        939 34 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN MARCH 13 AND MARCH 19, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED V On Shenton Apt 18/03/2013 99 743 1789 2409 District 2 NON-LANDED Altez Apt
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        Lock icon Another price record beaten at Samsung Hub
        800 35  -  An 883 sq ft unit on 17th floor changes hands at $3,500 psf. Seller Arch Capital also seeking single buyer for the whole of 14th floor By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore THE buzz continues for strata commercial units. At Samsung Hub, a 999-year
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        372 35  -  By Nathaniel Chew natchew@sph.com.sg Singapore ALLGREEN Properties subsidiary Green Bay is launching RiverBay, a 999-year leasehold private apartment project along Kallang River. The 41,300 sq ft site is located at 23 Mar Thoma Road, and comprises a single 26-storey apartment building with 147
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      147 36 TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. > -i-' IN 1986, AUDEMARS PIQUET BECAME THE FIRST WATCHMAKER TO FEATURE A TOURBILLON IN AN AUTOMATIC WRIST WATCH. TODAY THE TRADITION TOURBILLON REPETITION MINUTE IS OUR LATEST EXPRESSION OF THIS PIONEERING SPIRIT. THE TOURBILLON COUNTERACTS THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON
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      58 1 LivingBTTHE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND APRIL 13-14 2013 STYLE Handmade heritage L6 A STARLIT FRAGRANT HARBOUR Celebrity chef-backed restaurants in HK L2-3 PERSONAL SPACE Stepping back in time L10-11 DECONSTRUCTED OYSTER SHOOTER AT 22 SHIPS PHOTO BY DEBBIE YONG GADGETS Sweetening your Apple L13 SPORTS Man City for double? L16 TRAVEL
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        2222 2 / 3  -  As the playground of top Western chefs and currently on the crest of a Spanish dining wave, Hong Kong may well have the edge over Singapore as the hottest spot for celebrity dining in Asia. Or does it? Debbie Yong checks out 3 of the city’s
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        1304 4  -  Sprouting an external wing isn’t easy for someone commited to his garden, but France-based Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco, of two-Michelin-starred Mirazur, tells Debbie Yong of his vision for growth guest chef Debbie Yong debyong@sph.com.sg SOME chefs wax lyrical about their love of local produce grown in their own
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        1035 5  -  Jaime Ee gets to savour the hot in more ways than one gourmet event on opening night Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg BACK for its sophomore appearance, Savour the food festival is as hot as ever in more ways than one. In any other country with more
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        601 6  -  Mulberry goes back to its English country roots in its Fall/Winter collection. Jaime Ee checks it out in Tokyo Jaime Ee jaime@sph.com.sg EARTHY autumn hues played out against a backdrop of late season cherry blossoms as British label Mulberry showcased its Fall/Winter collection at the British Embassy in
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        680 7  -  Margaret Thatcher’s trenchant sartorial outings articulated exactly where feminism stood i n the 1 980s. By Suzy Menkes NYT THE lips of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula was a neat summing up of the “power woman” presented by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The mix
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        1105 8 / 9  -  About the only thing that’s radiating from the Japanese prefecture is the warmth of its people. By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg IT’S not too late to escape this sweltering heat and plan a skiing holiday to Japan with Nekoma Ski Resort in the Bandai region of Fukushima still
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        1114 10 / 11  -  Film director Chai Yee Wei and wife Diane Chan share a love for vintage finds, which include their home along Zion Road. By Tay Suan Chiang personal space By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg STEPPING into this apartment along Zion Road feels like going back in time.
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        1062 12  -  Interior and furniture designer Thomas Pheasant has not swayed from his design identity in 30 years. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg FAMED American interior designer Thomas Pheasant has three criteria for his clients before he will agree to take on a job.
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        534 13  -  Some of the best accessories for your Mac or iOS gadget aren’t made by the Cupertino-based company, writes Christopher Lim writes Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Logitech Bluetooth Easy-Switch Keyboard $169 A wireless Bluetooth keyboard is useful for anyone with a touchscreen phone or tablet who needs to type
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        1089 14 Some studies point to failure to preventing fractures; others to increased risk of heart attacks NYT [NEW YORK] AMERICANS seem to think that every health problem can be solved with a pill. And certainly many are, especially infectious diseases that succumb to antibiotics, antifungals and, increasingly, antivirals.
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        1623 15  -  Truth is that a check-up is useful for detecting chronic diseases and certain cancers. By Chong Yeh Woei ~Dr Chong is a physician at the Singapore Medical Specialists Centre I OFTEN see patients for health screening and they often ask me what is the health
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        919 16  -  no holds barred| Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent MAYBE. Just maybe, Manchester City can start dreaming of finishing top of the Barclays Premier League (BPL) again. Sure, it remains a very long shot with 12 big points to make up and just seven games
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        1230 17  -  The youngest entrant in US Masters history does not want to win just one major, but ‘all four in one year’. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg AS the youngest entrant in US Masters history, Guan Tianlang was no doubt feeling
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        653 18  -  The upgraded Mercedes-Benz E-Class is now safer and sportier. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THEMercedes-BenzE-Class has undergone suc h an e x t ens i v e makeover that it could have easily been mistaken for a brand new car. Its exterior has been completely redesigned
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        847 19  -  Property developer Leny Suparman likes cars so much that she built a luxury apartment block with a car lift. By Samuel Ee To allow people to admire their cars, Ms Suparman and the architect of Hamilton Scotts came up with the idea of the sky
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        682 20  -  Team orders take the spotlight at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix. f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com. sg EVERYONE knows that 21 is not an ordinary number. After all, it is special for, among other things, signifying coming of age. It is also the winning hand in blackjack
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