The Business Times, 11 May 2013

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    20 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www. usinesstimes.com. g MAY 11-12, 2013 S$1.00 MICA (P) 075/08/2012 Sffll A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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    Lock icon UOL makes exit offer for PPHG
    30 1 DELISTING UOL Group is offering $2.55 in cash per share for its exit offer and delisting proposal for the Pan Pacific Hotels Group.| 2
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    Lock icon Govt gives SMEs financing leg up
    44 1 spring’s largesse SPRING Singapore disbursed S$1.3 billion worth of government loans to 4,000 SMEs last year, but this is a fraction of the 14,000 loans worth S$6.1 billion it had given out during the global financial crisis. 4
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    Lock icon Hackers steal US$45m
    32 1 DAYLIGHT ROBBERY A WORLDWIDE gang of criminals stole US$45 million in hours by hacking into a database of prepaid debit cards and draining cash machines around the globe. 8
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    Lock icon F&N plans $3.28-a-share payout
    42 1 CAPITAL REDUCTION FRASER and Neave plans to pay out $3.28 per share through a capital reduction as it reported that a cloud of non-recurring variables from its ownership transition sent Q2 net profit tumbling 45 per cent.| 12
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    Lock icon 100-yen level gives way; further slide expected
    657 1  -  This comes as BOJ’s monetary easing sparks capital outflow from Japan into foreign bonds By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo HE yen has finally broken through the 100 to the US dollar level after a month of failed attempts and appeared to be heading
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    Lock icon The many bottom lines of motherhood
    1218 1  -  By Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Singapore THERE is an apt, if overused, maxim about knowing the price of everything but the value of nothing. Motherhood is one of the few things in which the opposite is true. It is valued abstractly and will be clumsily
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      29 1 the the DOW REAL ESTATE Shophouse sales surge in Q1|35 MOTORING The all-new Jaguar F-Type L19 the raffles conversation DOW CORNING CEO ROBERT HANSEN 10-11 LIVING Mother’s way L2-4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon UOL makes $2.55/share exit offer for PPHG
      893 2  -  This is at an 8.97% premium over PPHG’s last traded share price on Thursday By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore WEE Cho Yaw-controlled UOL Group is offering $2.55 in cash per share for its exit offer and delisting proposal for the Pan Pacific Hotels
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    • MARKETS
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        57 2 GSTI 3,443.77(+10.99) GSTI FUTURES 3,437.00 (+13.00) GSIMSCI 389.17 (+0.95) GSIMSCI FUTURES 388.40 (+1.60) KL COMP 1,772.38 +6.31 NIKKEI 225 14,607.54 +416.06 HANG SENG 23,321.22 +109.74 SET 1,622.48 +1.36 JAKARTA 5,105.94 +16.60 MANILA 7,262.38 +67.95 KOSPI 1,944.75 -34.70 SHENZHEN B 847.06 +2.76 MUMBAI IND 20,082.62 +143.58 12noon EDT Change DOW
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.378 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.45 Source: Bloomberg
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        48 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.237 (US$/S$ per 1.544 1.910 EURO(US$/S$/€ 1.303 1.612 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 101.30 81.90 RM 2.988 2.416 HK$ 7.760 6.275 BAHT 29.72 24.03 RUPIAH 9,738 7,874 RENMINBI 6.141 4.965 INDIAN RUPEE 54.57 44.13 A$ 0.995 0.804 NZ$ 1.197 0.968
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      Lock icon 2012 govt loans to SMEs hit $1.3b
      777 4  -  Enhanced loan schemes helped firms when banks turned more risk-averse during global crisis By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore SPRING Singapore disbursed $1.3 billion in government loans to 4,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here last year, and $1.4 billion the year before. These
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      Lock icon Global competitiveness body wants Singapore to be member
      591 4  -  By Anna Teo anna@sph.com.sg Singapore A NEW global body that promotes best practices in competitiveness policies and strategies wants Singapore on board. Launched in 2010, the Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) is a network of more than 30 organisations and councils
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      Lock icon Fighting words from CEO-Mothers
      323 6 Indra Nooyi Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo “My kids, I worry about my kids.” (On what keeps her up at night MARKET CAP US$128.74 billion APPOINTED August 2006 CHILDREN 2 Chua Sock Koong Group CEO of SingTel “You’re talki ng about 40 years of working life.
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      Lock icon Tender for soil study for megafloat called
      382 7  -  The tender for construction of the huge floating oil storage facility likely to be called later this year By Ronnie Lim ronnie@sph.com.sg Singapore GROUND preparations are about to get underway for Singapore’s first floating oil storage facility on Pulau Sebarok. A tender for
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      Lock icon Govt to tackle issues related to online gambling
      343 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore THE government is studying measures to tackle and curb access to online gambling, said S Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs yesterday. It is working with industry experts to review
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      Lock icon Malaysians will overcome poll issues: former envoy
      400 7  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore MALAYSIANS will be able to overcome their post general election issues and “muddle through beautifully”, says a veteran diplomat who served as Singapore’s High Commissioner in Malaysia for five years. K Kesavapany, who was Singapore’s envoy in Kuala
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      Lock icon Hackers steal US$45m from debit card reserves
      561 8 Outdated magnetic-strip card technology may be partly to blame for global ATM heist AP New York A WORLDWIDE gang of criminals stole US$45 million in hours by hacking into a database of prepaid debit cards and draining cash machines around the globe, prosecutors
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      Lock icon Eurozone crisis is the most serious issue today: Roubini
      512 8  -  By Benjamin Aw benaw@sph.com.sg Singapore A PROTRACTED eurozone crisis could eventually lead to a situation of market stresses globally, warned American economist Nouriel Roubini, who believes that this is the most serious issue facing the international economy today. “In terms of
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      78 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-8 Week In Review 9 Raffles Conversation 10-11 Companies 12-16 Singapore 17-18 World 19-22 Stocks Stats 23-27 Perspective 28-29 Wealth 30-35 Show Me The Money 33 Househunt 34 LIVING Cover Story L2-4 Dining L5-8 Style L9-11 Home Garden L12-13 Travel L14-15 Sports L16 Golf L17 Motoring
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      88 7 STAMFORD CELLARS The ultimate WINE CELLARAGE Located in Asia’s only ultra-high security freeport dedicated to the storage of fine art and high value collectibles, Stamford Cellars at The Singapore FreePort is committed to absolute standards and highest level of confidentiality. Stamford Cellars the ultimate wine cellarage for wine collectors. For
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      249 8 THE BUSINESS TIMES SATURDAY SPECIAL Have a meal on us! Every 3rd person dines with our compliments! Venue: Suki-Ya 112 East Coast Road 112 Katong #03-05, Singapore *****2 Tel: 6636 3789 Website: http://www.suki-ya.com.sg/ Terms Conditions Promotion valid from 12 25 May for dine-in customers only Not valid on public holidays,
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK May 6-10, 2013
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        Lock icon Malaysia’s ruling National Front retains power
        89 9 MALAYSIA’S 13th general election turned out to be every bit as hotly contested as the surveys indicated. The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, won a simple majority of 133 seats, allowing it to extend its 56-year rule. It recaptured the states of
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        Lock icon M’sian stocks jump to celebrate BN victory
        49 9 WITH the election overhang removed and the incumbent BN government retaining power, Malaysia’s stock market powered to a high of 1,826 points or 7.8 per cent at the opening of trade on Monday but eased later to close 3.4 per cent up.
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        Lock icon Unshackled after polls, ringgit regains strength
        55 9 THE Malaysian ringgit, which took pause on Tuesday after a post-elec-tion surge, is likely to stay strong and end the year at around 3.00 against the US dollar, a level rarely seen over the last 16 years since the Asian financial crisis, according to
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        Lock icon Iskandar loses its champion but keeps its appeal
        63 9 THE man who oversaw the development of the Iskandar region in Johor, long-time Johor Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman, is on his way out following his defeat in Sunday’s general election, but observers say the Malaysian special economic zone in which Singapore
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        Lock icon End of HK port strike won’t heal deep scars
        74 9 WHILE the dust has settled after Hong Kong International Terminals and striking port workers shook hands on a pay rise on Monday, some of the lustre at Singapore-list-ed Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Trust, which owns the port, has dimmed. Analysts expect
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        Lock icon Optus to pay A$649m for 4G spectrum
        38 9 SINGTEL’S Optus will shell out A$649 million (S$813.4 million) for 4G spectrum in Australia, after successfully bidding in the 700 Megahertz (MHz) and 2.5 Gigahertz (GHz) bands, it said on Tuesday.
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        Lock icon SGX mulls ‘seasoning’ retail-friendly bonds
        64 9 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is mulling over new regulation that could let issuers turn wholesale bonds into more retailfriendly products after “seasoning” the debt on the secondary market, sources said. The move is seen as an attempt at breathing life into the secondary bond market, particularly
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        Lock icon REMAINING IN POWER
        42 9 Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. He began a second term on May 6 after the coalition he leads won a simple majority in the country’s 13th general elections. PHOTO: AFP PHOTO: AFP
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        Lock icon Brazilian WTO chief may have leverage on BRICS
        71 9 THE selection of Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as the next head of the World Trade Organization may help ease emerging markets’ resistance to removing barriers as part of global trade talks. Mr Azevedo defeated former Mexican Trade Minister Herminio Blanco in the final
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        Lock icon Ferguson to step down as Red Devils manager
        57 9 ALEX Ferguson will retire as Manchester United’s most successful manager after 26 years. The 71-year-old Scot, who guided United to 38 trophies will step down at the end of the season and join the board, United said. Everton manager David Moyes was
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        Lock icon China has its work cut out to kick-start growth
        42 9 CHINA’S growth continues to falter and even the latest trade figures provided scant comfort. Although exports rose, many analysts are questioning the reliability of these numbers saying that they have been artificially inflated.
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        Lock icon Passing of an ERA? Top realty firm may be sold
        34 9 HARRY Chua, a key figure in Singapore’s real estate agency industry, is looking to sell his baby ERA Realty Network for about $150 million.
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        Lock icon Britain, US, Australia join forces to hunt tax evaders
        42 9 A JOINT effort by Britain, the US and Australia to track down those concealing wealth via offshore tax structures has helped identify over 100 individuals already, the UK’s tax authority said on Thursday.
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK May 13-17, ’13
      87 9 US DATA May 13 April retail sales May 15 April producer price index April industrial production May 16 April consumer price index April housing starts May Philadelphia Fed survey SINGAPORE DATA May 15 March retail sales and F&B services indices 2012 international investment position May
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      324 9 Across 1 How a top actor went over as Romeo? (4-7) 9 Deviation from normal unusually rare? Can be (9) 10 Calculator that slides? (5) 11 Stolen gun and car (3,3) 12 Dish for a Scotsman? Girl returns with one (8) 13 Society girl rejecting a title? Rubbish! (6) 15
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      7 9 SATURDAY with Ludwig ‘We’re not done yet
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Silicone inside
      2988 10 / 11  -  ‘Now that silicones have been around for 70 years, a lot of them are more common, more standard, and so it’s companies like Dow Corning that have traditionally been and continue to be focused on being the leader in this silicone science.’ Dow Corning Corporation continues to find
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon F&N plans $3.28-a-share payout as one-offs drag Q2 profit down 45%
      557 12  -  $4.73 billion capital reduction will return 84 per cent of APB proceeds to shareholders By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore FRASER and Neave (F&N) plans to pay out $3.28 per share through a capital reduction as the property and drinks
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      Lock icon Vicom’s Q1 profit up 6.5% at $7.46m
      310 12  -  Demand for services to stay strong with more older vehicles By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore WITH more vehicle inspections and tests conducted, Vicom’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31 rose 6.5 per cent to $7.46 million, as revenue climbed 7.2
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      Lock icon Hotel Royal Q1 net profit down 4.7% to $2.29m
      204 12  -  By Grace Ng ngrace@sph.com.sg Singapore HOTEL Royal Ltd’s first-quarter net profit fell 4.7 per cent to $2.29 million from $2.4 million a year earlier. The period saw higher income tax expense due mainly to higher tax provision arising from higher rental
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      Lock icon Croesus Retail Trust closes 23% above IPO price
      247 12  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore UNITS of Croesus Retail Trust (CRT) jumped as much as 26.9 per cent above its offering price of 93 cents yesterday, after hitting an all-day high of $1.18. The counter, which debuted at $1.12, 20.4 per cent
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      Lock icon United Engineers ups WBL stake to 40%
      549 13  -  It buys 517,000 shares in open market a day after raising offer price By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore UNITED Engineers (UE) boosted its stake in conglomerate WBL Corporation to 40 per cent yesterday, a day after it upped its takeover offer by 35
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      Lock icon Olam’s venture with Sanyo Foods gets thumbs-up
      448 13  -  Shares up again as analysts and investors hail deal By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg Singapore ANALYSTS and investors have given a thumbs-up to Olam International’s new joint venture with Japanese instant noodle maker Sanyo Foods. The counter rose four cents, or 2.3 per cent,
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      Lock icon Boardroom posts 18.5% fall in Q3 profit
      401 13  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore REDUCED corporate activities, higher staff costs and operating expenses saw Boardroom Limited post an 18.5 per cent year-on-year decrease in net profit to $1.11 million from $1.36 million for the fiscal third quarter ended March 31, 2013. The
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      Lock icon Lee Kim Tah’s Q1 profit nearly trebles on fair value gain
      321 14  -  It reports earnings of $1 7.6m, against $6m from the same period a year ago; sales grow 21.4% to $21.8m By Ong Chor Hao ongch@sph.com.sg Singapore A SURGE in fair value gain in investment properties helped developer and construction
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      Lock icon Pan United Q1 profit rises 8% to $10.3m
      221 14  -  Revenue up 3% to $1 67m, driven by basic building resources unit By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore PAN United Corporation’s net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, rose 8 per cent to $10.3 million from $9.5 million a year
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      Lock icon Amtek’s Q3 earnings plunge 47% to US$4.1 m
      370 14  -  Revenue down 1 1 to US$147.8m; no dividends declared By Lim Jia Ying sofialim@sph.com.sg Singapore AMTEK Engineering’s net profit plunged 47 per cent year on year to US$4.1 million for its third quarter ended March 31, 2013. Revenue for the three months
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      Lock icon STI ends week with another five-year high
      469 15  -  STOCKS Joyce Hooi joyceh@sph.com.sg Correspondent THE Straits Times Index (STI) finished the week on a strong note yesterday, notching up yet another five-year high its third this week. While the outcome of the general election in Malaysia dominated investor attention at the start
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      Lock icon Silverlake Axis posts 8% rise in Q3 profit
      268 15  -  Four software licensing contracts during the quarter help boost revenue by 8% to RM1 08.7m By Ma Xiangyu xiangyu@sph.com.sg Singapore SILVERLAKE Axis posted an 8 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to RM47.4 million (S$19.7 million) for the third quarter ended
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      231 15 VOL CLOSE Cedar 1 98 V749 1 0 .0 0 .0 Croesus RTr 1 38 0.0 290 114 .5 0 .0 0 .0 NexGenSCom 1 18 NexGenSCom 775 1 .3 0 0.0 .0 Go l den Agr i 91 91,609 609 54 0 .5 0 .9 Innopac
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      110 15 STOCK NAME CLOSE CHANGE CapMallsAsia 2.020 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.820 +0.040 CapitaMall 2.340 -0.020 CityDev 11.50 +0.070 ComfortDelGro 1.980 DBS Grp 17.90 +0.200 GLP 2.880 -0.010 Genting SP 1.515 +0.020 Golden Agri 0.540 -0.005 HK Land 7.370 -0.100 HPH Trust US$ 0.835 JMH 68.30 -0.050 JSH 40.47 +0.320 Jardine
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      62 15 BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 142.2 0.7 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 71.7 0.5 DBS.ES.1305 1789 49.0 2.8 JSH 4047 39.6 0.8 DBS Grp 1790 20.0 1.1 DBS MB eCW*****9 25 17.9 252.1 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4549 17.3 0.3 IS MSCI Spore 1466 17.3 1.0 Lyxor China
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      60 15 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN GLD 10US$ ***** -264.5 -1.5 DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** -260.0 -1.0 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5677 -250.9 -3.5 Jardine C&C 4610 -156.0 -3.3 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 2360 -72.9 -2.4 Lyxor Korea 10US$ 504 -19.8 -3.1 DBXT MSMSIA 10US$ 1555 -16.1 -0.8 UOB 2186 -14.0 -0.6 DBXT
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      Lock icon LionGold pays A$6.7m for 13.2% of ASX-listed Unity Mining
      560 16  -  This is part of a wave of consolidation across smaller gold miners in Australia as gold price falls By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore THE erosion in the global gold price has ignited a wave of consolidation across smaller gold miners in
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      Lock icon Profits down for Chuan Hup and Swissco
      352 16  -  Chuan Hup hit by sharp fall in net ‘other gains’ By Maria Mala Yogalingam ymaria@sph.com.sg Singapore TWO mainboard-listed service providers for the marine industry –Chuan Hup Holdings and Swissco Holdings have posted a decline in quarterly revenue and profits. Chuan Hup posted a
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      Lock icon Straco’s Q1 net profit trebles to $5.46m as attractions visits rise
      288 16  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg Singapore STRACO Corporation, a developer and operator of China tourism attractions, reported a net profit of $5.46 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013, three times the $1.82 million the same period a
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Home resales: What a difference a year makes
      663 17  -  Non-landed home resales plunge 53.9% year-on-year in April; last month also sees 0.4% drop in prices from March By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg RESALE volumes of private homes have continued their downward trajectory, even as prices island-wide continued to soften. A total of
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      Lock icon E-records boost patient-care quality
      372 17  -  By Maria Mala Yogalingam ymaria@sph.com.sg NEARLY nine in 10 doctors here actively use electronic medical records (EMR), and believe that the quality of patient care has gone up as a result. An annual survey by Accenture polled 200 Singapore doctors, 87 per cent of whom said
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      Lock icon R&D for marine, offshore, energy sectors gets a boost
      326 17  -  By Ng Sai Ying nsaiying@sph.com.sg SOMEWHERE in the Fusionopolis research and development (R&D) park is a new laboratory dedicated to looking for solutions to the challenges faced by the marine, energy and offshore sectors. There, more than 10 researchers use computational
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      Lock icon Rare Loyang Way site gets $61 .6m bid
      406 18  -  OKH Global’s bid translates to $111 psf ppr and is within expectations of property consultants By Felda Chay feldac@sph.com.sg A RARE 30-year industrial site at Loyang Way that allows for stra-ta-subdivision has attracted a top bid of $61.6 million in a public
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      Lock icon Tiger Airways passenger numbers increase 37% in April
      256 18  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg TIGER Airways saw a 37.1 per cent surge in passengers booked to 639,000 for the month of April, partly due to an improved performance in its operations down under. “(Tiger Australia) was operating at a significantly reduced capacity
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        Lock icon PSA Singapore Terminal chosen the best again
        92 18 PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) has won the “Best Global Container Terminal Operating Company” award for the eighth year, while PSA Singapore Terminals was voted “Best Container Terminal Asia (over four million TEUs per year)” for the 24th time at the 27th Asian
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        Lock icon Work passes of Merlion Park protesters being reviewed
        60 18 THE police have issued conditional warnings against nine persons for participating in an illegal gathering at Merlion Park on May 8. The work and visit passes of the nine in Singapore are being reviewed by the authorities. The police said their respective
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      Lock icon Ideal time for local designers to make their mark
      522 18  -  But clear business plan is crucial, say speakers at panel discussion By Lim Jia Ying limjy@sph.com.sg HOMEGROWN jewellery designer Carolyn Kan believes there is no better time to be an Asian designer than now. There are opportunities for talented individuals, as
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Central banks likely to keep easing: economists
      590 19 South Korea’s rate cut on Thursday was the 511th reduction worldwide since June 2007 Bloomberg London GLOBAL central bankers are poised to ease monetary policy even further after a wave of inter-est-rate cuts from India to Poland. As Group of Seven (G-7) finance
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      Lock icon China banks comply with sanctions
      343 19 Bloomberg Beijing CHINA’S two biggest banks said they’re complying with efforts to isolate North Korean financial institutions that support the country’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programmes. North Korea’s Foreign Trade Bank doesn’t have an account with Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), a press
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        Lock icon Indian railway minister resigns
        77 19 Reuters New Delhi India’s railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal resigned yesterday, two Indian television channels reported, dealing a fresh blow to the scandal-weakened government as it limps toward elections. The resignation came just days after police arrested Mr Bansal’s nephew for accepting a bribe. Opposition demands
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        Lock icon Half of London home buyers are foreigners
        86 19 Bloomberg London Half of London’s new-home buyers come from abroad as the city’s reputation as a safe haven attracts rising investment and sustains development. Foreigners spent more than £3 billion (S$5.7 billion) on new homes in the UK capital last year, a 25
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        Lock icon Hong Kong economy grows 0.2% in Q1
        76 19 AP Hong Kong HONG Kong’s economy stagnated in the first quarter as the highly trade-dependent city was held back by an unsteady global economy. Data released yesterday showed that the southern Chinese city’s economy grew 0.2 per cent in the first three months
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        Lock icon Woman pulled alive from collapsed factory
        60 19 Bloomberg Dhaka Rescuers combing through the debris of the garment factory building that collapsed in Bangladesh pulled out a woman who survived for 17 days under the rubble yesterday, even as the death toll from the disaster reached 1,045. The woman, identified as Reshma,
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        Lock icon Fed broadens oversight to shadow banking system
        58 19 AP Washington The Federal Reserve has broadened its oversight beyond banks and now monitors a wide-range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis, chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday. Among them is the so-called shadow banking system, which includes loans that are
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      94 27 May 9 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 1554 1556 1574 1546 Jul 13 1542 1558 1557 1539 Sep 13 1549 1565 1564 1546 Dec 13 1554 1569 1569 1552 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low May 13 1992 1955 1997 1958 Jul 13 2043 2006 2048 1999
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      66 27 May 10 GOLD(US$/oz) May 09 May 10 Hong Kong 1478.30 1462.40 May 08 May 09 London 1467.16 1464.96 1467.93 1465.76 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 29.69 28.80 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) May 09 Close Previous PM Fix 1506.00 1494.00 AM Fix 1502.00 1489.00 Source:
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      60 27 May 10 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position May 13 2289.0 2290.0 2290.0 2280.0 31 1183 Jun 13 2298.0 2305.0 2324.0 2295.0 1384 6729 Jul 13 2297.0 2319.0 2334.0 2296.0 ***** ***** Aug 13 2294.0 2316.0
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      155 27 May 10 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.2425 1.2439 1.0051 1.0054 Canadian dollar 1.2246 1.2260 0.9910 0.9906 Euro 1.6111 1.6127 1.3033 1.3035 NZ dollar 1.0324 1.0337 0.8351 0.8355 Sterling pound 1.9088 1.9105 1.5441 1.5442
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      118 27 May 10 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.272 1.212 Can dollar 1.248 1.200 Euro 1.645 1.567 Sterling pound 1.942 1.868 NZ dollar 1.059 1.019 US dollar 1.258 1.199 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      105 27 May 9 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low May 13 1491.25 1479.00 1500.25 1475.25 Jul 13 1408.75 1390.75 1410.00 1387.00 Aug 13 1340.00 1329.50 1340.75 1325.00 Sep 13 1264.25 1257.00 1265.25 1252.00 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low May 13 49.07 48.66 49.29
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      68 27 May 09 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 103.89 0.07 WTI (Near Mth) 95.92 -0.60 Dubai (1-Mth F) 100.70 -0.24 Tapis blend 108.99 -0.72 Minas 101.79 -0.72 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 94.28 0.06 Jet Kerosene 116.25 0.41 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 102.75
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      71 27 May 09 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1862.00 1876.25 3 months 1890.00 1908.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 7331.00 7394.25 3 months 7354.00 7419.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 1995.75 2045.00 3 months 2015.50 2064.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 9 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1070.3 -0.2 14.1 -0.3 12.6 -0.4 11.9 EAFE Preliminary 892.8 -0.3 15.3 -0.6 10.9 -0.7 10.2 Europe Preliminary 1263.2 -0.1 10.1
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        1202 35  -  Run-up in prices in the past few years has led to net rental yields diving to below 3% By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg Singapore SHOPHOUSE transactions spiked in the first quarter of this year, riding on a diversion of interest from investors
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        478 2 / 3  -  By Sara Yap sarayap@sph.com.sg WHEN Ng Ling Siew thought of starting an online store selling products for mothers and babies, she wanted it to be a business with a difference one that helps other mothers, as well as women in need. That was how Mama
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        617 2 / 3  -  By Tay Suan Chiang HOW do you keep a child occupied? Some parents resort to using the iPad and other smart devices, but not Adora Tan-Richer. “I prefer to keep my girls occupied with books and crafts,” says Ms Tan-Richer, who is mum to
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        631 9  -  Coco Chanel first sported the camellia motif in 1923, a key element of her personal style. Today, her high jewellery range exalts the flower to cult status. By Corinne Kerk btnews@sph.com.sg IT is a familiar Chanel motif a flower that appears on everything from clothes and
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        907 10 / 11  -  Move over, 2.55. The head of Chanel’s fashion business, Bruno Pavlovsky, declares that the future of fashion lies in, well, clothes. By May Yip By May Yip btnews@sph.com.sg LUXURY is a lucrative business, and there is nothing more lucrative than the dispensing of “entry-level” wares such as
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        1123 12 / 13 Breaking up the grid of a 35-year-old mass-produced l l terrace house was a turning point for owners Josephine and A l an Tan. By tearing down wa l ls and putting up g l ass divides, the once sombre house i s now a sunbathed,
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        1088 16  -  By John Leicester ~The writer is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press AP Paris IN getting machines to help men spot when goals are scored, football is making a mistake. This pact with the devil of goal-line technology will come
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        1238 17  -  Producing a lightweight shoe is one of the current trends in the golf shoe market today. By Justine Moss By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg FOR the average golfer, the desire to hit the ball further and with more accuracy would more often than not take precedence
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        604 20  -  Until more hard-wearing tyres are available, some careful driving may be necessary to conquer the Spanish Grand Prix. By Samuel Ee f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com. sg FORMULA One returns to its home ground this weekend and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso to his home race. The Gran Premio
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