The Business Times, 6 July 2013

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    15 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www. usinesstimes.com. g JULY 6-7, 2013 S$1.00| S$1.00| MICA (P) 075/08/2012
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    Lock icon M’sia tightens screws on personal loans, cards
    471 1  -  Rising household debts, bankruptcies prompt tough action from central bank By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur WITH household debt escalating to a steep 83 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) and the number of bankruptcies on the rise, Malaysia’s central bank yesterday
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    Lock icon June job growth is higher than expected
    657 1 latest us data Reuters Washington JOB growth in the US increased more than expected in June, which could draw the Federal Reserve closer to implementing a plan to start scaling back its massive monetary stimulus later this year. Employers added 195,000 new jobs
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      183 1 the the TREND AND SHOW ME THE MONEY Ranking Singapore’s pension scheme 33 MOTORING The electrifying P1 L19 the raffles conversation TREND MICRO CO-FOUNDER AND CEO EVA CHEN 10-11 SMARTPHONE WOES Samsung falls after profit forecast SHARES of Samsung Electronics were battered yesterday after it forecast its Q2 earnings would
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  • TOP STORIES
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      63 2 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 Real Estate 35 LIVING Design L2-5 Dining L6-8 BT Promotion L9 Home Garden
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    • MARKETS
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        59 2 GSTI 3,169.73 (+22.61) GSTI FUTURES 3,164.00 (+23.00) GSIMSCI 355.99 (+2.84) GSIMSCI FUTURES 354.90 (+4.10) STOCKS Friday Change KL COMP 1,772.27 +0.93 NIKKEI 225 14,309.97 +291.04 HANG SENG 20,854.67 +386.00 SET 1,441.33 +10.45 JAKARTA 4,602.81 +20.87 MANILA 6,500.48 +36.22 KOSPI 1,833.31 -5.83 SHENZHEN B 772.67 +0.13 MUMBAI IND 19,495.82 +84.98
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 13.355 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$) 1.277 (US$/S$ per 1.501 1.917 EURO(US$/S$/€ 1.289 1.646 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 100.30 78.50 RM 3.189 2.496 HK$ 7.754 6.071 BAHT 31.16 24.39 RUPIAH 9,943 7,785 RENMINBI 6.133 4.802 INDIAN RUPEE 60.47 47.35 A$ 1.091 0.855 NZ$ 1.278 1.001
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      Lock icon Samsung hammered as Q2 profit forecast falls below expectations
      698 2  -  Analysts point to concerns about smartphone market nearing saturation, TV price war By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg Singapore SHARES of South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics, the largest smartphone maker in the world, were battered yesterday after it forecast that its
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      Lock icon Hard to get people into politics: PM Lee
      776 4  -  It is a serious problem for Singapore’s leadership renewal By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Singapore ATTRACTING the best people into politics will get more difficult in the coming years, one chief turn-off being the risk of getting flamed online and affecting families in
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      Lock icon SingTel redials F1 title sponsorship
      344 4  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Telecommunications (SingTel) is extending its run as title sponsor to include the 2013 Formula One (F1) Singapore Grand Prix (Sept 20-22), which will make it the sixth year in a row that the telco group has held the position.
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      Lock icon Motto of rich S’poreans: save and invest
      723 5  -  Wealthiest here the world’s 3rd most thrifty, behind Hong Kong and Japan By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg Singapore UNCLE Scrooge would be proud of Singapore’s rich as they are reportedly more likely to save or invest their wealth than spend it on a lavish
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      Lock icon Swiss chocolate giant eyes emerging markets
      744 6  -  Barry Callebaut CEO even dreams of making S’pore its global HQ By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg Singapore CHINA loves chocolate; it just doesn’t know it yet. At least that’s what Juergen Steinemann, chief executive of the world’s largest cocoa and chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut, believes.
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      Lock icon Crank call or too much zeal in Jakarta?
      365 6  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By Andy Mukherjee INDONESIA’S anti-corruption drive in recent years is supposed to improve the nation’s investment climate, which ranks at a lowly 128 among 185 economies surveyed by the World Bank just behind Ethiopia. But by focusing on wrong targets,
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      Lock icon Wyndham Hotel Group eyes regional expansion
      596 7  -  Key growth markets include India, China, Indonesia, M’sia, Thailand By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Wyndham Hotel Group, which runs the newly opened Ramada Singapore and Days Hotel properties at Zhongshan Park, is looking to grow its reach with additional hotels in Singapore and
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      Lock icon Beijing creates free trade zone for renminbi
      607 8 Pilot project in Shanghai to make currency more freely convertible NYT Shanghai CHINA has taken another step towards loosening its capital controls and making its currency more freely convertible by approving the creation of a new kind of free trade zone. The country’s
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      Lock icon China reform to usher in private banks
      641 8 AP Beijing CHINA yesterday promised sweeping changes to its state-run banking industry including allowing the creation of private lenders to support its credit-starved entrepreneurs and curb what regulators worry are growing financial risks. Analysts including the World Bank say an overhaul of a
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      9 4 45Long road to finding haze solution: PM, Page 17
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  • WEEK IN REVIEW/WEEK AHEAD
    • THIS WEEK July 1-5, 2013
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        Lock icon GDP growth is not sole focus: Xi
        40 9 CHINA’S President Xi Jinping said that officials should not be judged solely on their record in boosting gross domestic product (GDP), the latest signal that policymakers are prepared to tolerate slower economic expansion.
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        Lock icon SC Global saves millions with QC cancellations
        54 9 SC Global has managed to cancel the qualifying certificates (QCs) that were issued to its developments after it delisted from the stock market in March, saving millions of dollars it would otherwise have to pay for failing to meet the sales deadline under
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        Lock icon IPO party to continue despite market blues
        57 9 IN spite of recent turmoil in equity markets around the world, the active initial public offering (IPO) market in Singapore looks set to continue in the second half of the year. Nonetheless, IPO valuations might have to be adjusted to take into consideration
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        Lock icon Private home prices sneak up
        56 9 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority’s second-quarter flash estimates showed that its benchmark private home price index rose 0.8 per cent from Q1, supported by a 3 per cent escalation in prices of non-landed homes in suburban areas. This compares with respective increases of 0.6 per cent
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        Lock icon Property love affair drives up debt levels
        59 9 SINGAPOREANS’ obsession with property has pushed their debt levels to a steep 75 per cent of GDP, doubling from 38 per cent in 2000. Household leverage at 75 per cent of GDP is high relative to other countries in the region, says a
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        Lock icon UBS opens vault, joins gold rush in Singapore
        62 9 SWISS bank UBS AG has become the third bank to open a gold vault here, catering to investors who value the long-term stability gold affords, even as the market turns bearish on the yellow metal. UBS said it started storing gold for
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        Lock icon Mixed showing for China’s Asean infrastructure fund
        51 9 CHINA’S only sovereign wealth fund dedicated to infrastructure in the Asean region is pioneering a commercial investment model not seen in other such Chinese funds. Three years in operation and more than US$500 million invested, the China-Asean Investment Cooperation Fund has seen mixed
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        Lock icon Exchange for physical gold clicks into place
        62 9 RIDING on the rush for physical gold in Singapore, an online trading platform for physical bullion investors has been launched here. The Singapore Precious Metals Exchange (SGPMX) will allow retail customers worldwide to buy and sell physical gold or silver from one another,
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        Lock icon A GLOBAL FIRST
        21 9 SGPMX founder and CEO Victor Foo (left) and Certis Cisco COO Chua Chwee Koh at the MOU signing.
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        Lock icon S’pore PMI hit 2-year high in June but pullback likely in Q3
        67 9 THE Republic’s manufacturing sector continued to buck the regional trend of faltering factory activity last month, as the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to a two-year high. But the sub-indices tracking new domestic and export orders have slipped,
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        Lock icon Temasek’s portfolio climbs to record $215b
        58 9 TEMASEK Holdings saw the value of its portfolio grow to a record $215 billion at the close of its financial year ended March 31, 2013 a performance it attributed to havi n g“ ma i n t a i ne d a s t
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        Lock icon Japan’s tax revenue at 4-year high
        77 9 ECONOMIC and political prospects for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe received a further boost on Thursday with news that fiscal and monetary conditions have begun to improve in the world’s third largest economy under the impact of “Abenomics”. The government’s tax revenue rose to
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        Lock icon CJ sworn in as Egypt’s interim president
        39 9 EGYPT’S chief justice Adly al-Man-sour was sworn in as interim president on Thursday after the army ousted and detained Mohamed Morsi in an abrupt end to the Islamist’s first year in office.
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      Lock icon NEXT WEEK July 8-12, 2013
      74 9 US DATA July 10 May wholesale inventories July 11 June import/export prices July 12 June PPI CHINA DATA July 9 CPI, producer price index July 10 Trade balance, exports, imports SINGAPORE DATA July 8 June international reserves July 12 Q2 advance GDP estimates EVENTS July
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      338 9 Across 1 Severe strain unsettled man (10) 9 Lock up silver in church (4) 10 Make an impression on Telegraph, perhaps, but one gets fired before one retires! (10) 11 New missile contract (6) 12 It’s hell for nine at sea (7) 15 Return roster to dog warden (7) 16
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      24 9 SATURDAY with Ludwig INTERNET GAMBLING CLICK TO PLAY ‘You’ve heard about people who earn money online well, he’s one of those who lose them.’
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The reluctant CEO
      2305 10 / 11  -  Eva Chen shares the story of her journey from sport writing to the top of anti-virus software firm Trend Micro. By Amit Roy Choudhury By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg TREND Micro’s CEO, Eva Chen, does not fit into the image of a hard-nosed, go-get-ting power businesswoman. Relaxed
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Kingsmen acts to move US suit to S’pore courts
      565 12  -  It rebuts claims by US firm over its Titanic-themed exhibition By Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg Singapore MAINBOARD-listed Kingsmen Creatives, whose subsidiary is embroiled in an intellectual property infringement dispute with the parent of the US salvor of the RMS Titanic, said the
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      Lock icon Viz Branz MD makes mandatory cash offer
      378 12  -  By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore THE managing director of Viz Branz Limited has through his special purpose vehicle made a 78 cents per share mandatory unconditional cash offer for all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the Singapore-listed manufacturer and exporter of
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      Lock icon Armstrong to delist with exit offer of 40 cents per share
      264 12  -  By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg Singapore THE Ong family of Armstrong Industrial Corporation and a Japanese group have teamed up to take the mainboard-listed company private. A joint announcement yesterday by Armstrong and AGP Asia Holding Pte Ltd said
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      Lock icon CapitaLand, Genting and HPL sell London assets
      282 12  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore CAPITALAND, Genting Singapore PLC and Hotel Properties have disposed of their jointly owned mixed developments in London for £46.9 million (S$89.6 million) in cash and the discharge of about £175.3 million in debt, the companies announced yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Tung Lok plans 2-for-5 rights issue
      430 13  -  It expects to raise between $6.73m and $8.96m from issue of up to 56m new shares at 1 6 cents each By Carine Lee carinel@sph.com.sg Singapore TUNG Lok Restaurants (2000) Ltd yesterday announced plans to undertake a renounceable non-underwritten rights issue of up to
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      Lock icon AIM to acquire properties in Penang for RM24.2m
      289 13  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore MAINBOARD-listed Advanced Integrated Manufacturing Corp (AIM) is looking to purchase a vacant bungalow lot and three condominium units in Penang for RM24.2 million (S$9.7 million). Providing a breakdown, AIM said it is looking to acquire a 19,791
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      Lock icon Boustead unit clinches Seagate centre deal
      316 13  -  By Teo Si Jia teosj@sph.com.sg Singapore BOUSTEAD Singapore’s industrial real estate arm, Boustead Projects, will design and build technology firm Seagate’s research and development centre at the Fusionopolis, in a deal valued at over $100 million. The group said in a filing to the
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      Lock icon Estate maintenance firm ISOTeam aims to raise $5.3m from Catalist IPO
      379 13  -  By Annabeth Leow leowhma@sph.com.sg Singapore THE initial public offering (IPO) of building maintenance and estate upgrading company ISOTeam was launched yesterday for a listing on Catalist. The 15-year-old company is offering 32.2 million placement shares, comprising 30.73 million new
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      Lock icon Europe replaces Wall St as the main driver
      606 14  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent IF IT looks like central banks might stop with their liquidity life support, or if it looks like the economic situation is improving, then the preferred strategy is to go short at every available opportunity. However,
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      114 14 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.875 +0.020 CapitaLand 3.060 +0.010 CapitaMall 1.970 +0.010 CityDev 10.750 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.845 +0.015 DBS Grp 15.900 +0.160 GLP 2.880 +0.040 Genting SP 1.365 +0.005 Golden Agri 0.565 +0.010 HK Land 6.790 -0.020 HPH Trust US$ 0.745 +0.005 JMH 60.000 -0.310 JSH 36.800
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      Lock icon US recovery will lift boats in Asian markets: Citi
      548 14  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE and North Asian equities are still attractive despite recent concerns about tapering of monetary easing in the US and slower growth in China, because multiples are still historically low and markets are not properly pricing
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      196 14 VOL CLOSE S i ngHaiy i 141 961 2.2 0 0 0 0 LifeBrandz 120 01 1 1 .4 0 2 16 7 HanKore 1 1 7 ,487 4.6 0 3 7 0 Mirach Energy 78 268 31 0 5 1 6 H i ap Tong 74
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      60 14 TOP GAINERS BY CENTS CLOSE UP IS S&P500 ***** 176.2 0.9 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4532 80.4 1.4 JSH 3680 76.6 1.7 UOB.ES.1307 2044 62.0 3.1 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 3082 39.6 1.0 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 35.0 0.3 UOB 2033 26.0 1.3 DBS.ES.1307 1598 25.0 1.6 Lyxor
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      62 14 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5151 -264.3 -3.9 GLD 10US$ ***** -203.0 -1.3 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -178.0 -1.7 JMH 6000 -39.6 -0.5 UOB 5.05%NCPS 100 ***** -20.0 -0.2 Lyxor EmergingMkts 1 947 -19.2 -1.6 IS LC BND 100US$ 974 -17.9 -1.4 IS MSCI Spore 1272
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    • Business briefing
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        Lock icon ST Engg unit wins deals worth $206.8m in Q2
        39 14 SINGAPORE Technologies Electronics, a unit of ST Engineering, has secured about $206.8 million worth of contracts for rail electronics, satellite communications and communications projects in the second quarter of 2013.
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        Lock icon Ho Bee sets up Australian unit
        41 14 HO BEE Investment has set up a subsidiary, HB Doncaster, in Australia to acquire a residential site in the state of Victoria. The 5,457 sq m site has a planning approval for 185 residential apartments.
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        Lock icon KSH sets up $300m note programme
        30 14 KSH Holdings has established a $300 million mul-ti-currency medium term note programme, with DBS Bank appointed to act as the sole arranger and dealer.
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      Lock icon YTL raises stake in Starhill Reit with CPU conversion
      329 15  -  By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore YTL Corporation Berhad has executed the conversion of its convertible preferred units (CPU) in Starhill Global Reit, raising its stake from 29.38 per cent to 36.27 per cent. This follows YTL Corporation and its subsidiary’s conversion
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      Lock icon CIT selling stake in Hillview Ave building for $140.8m
      308 15  -  By Ven Sreenivasan ven@sph.com.sg Singapore CAMBRIDGE Industrial Trust (CIT) is selling its stake in a Hillview Avenue 10-storey light industrial building for $140.8 million. The stake is being bought by mainboard-listed Envi-ro-Hub Holdings and BS Capital, a privately owned vehicle of
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      Lock icon FSL Trust gets back tanker from lessee
      285 15  -  Geden Holdings will redeliver another later this month By Lynn Kan lynnkan@sph.com.sg Singapore SOME good news was in store for the much embattled ship leasing trust, First Ship Lease Trust, whose trustee-manager yesterday made public the shock resignations of four board directors including
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      449 15 WATS NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF XIN RESTAURANT PTE. LTD. (Co. Reg. No.: *****1741K) (Incorporated in Singapore) (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of XIN RESTAURANT PTE. LTD. convened and held at 15A Kaki
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  • FROM THE DESK OF
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      833 16  -  Putting in place a cogent social media strategy can help boost advocacy for your products which in turn impacts purchase FROM THE DESK OF Richard Margetic Global director, social media and community at Dell SOCIAL networks connect 85 per cent of the world, with
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Long road to finding haze solution: PM Lee
      533 17  -  The issue is set to be debated in Monday’s Parliament session as 24 MPs are fielding 30 haze-related questions By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg FINDING a solution to the haze problem will take a very long time, even with “the best will in
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      Lock icon Tighter rein on foreign talent a must: Shanmugam
      415 17  -  By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg MINISTER for Foreign Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said the government had served notice that it would tighten the flow of foreign workers years ago, but businesses here not expecting follow-through on this had not taken the message
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      Lock icon Ramsay fetes hawker fare with face-off
      568 17  -  By Jaime Ee, Debbie Yong jaime@sph.com.sg d e by o ng@s p h .co m .sg HE came, he chopped a little but mostly he was mobbed by a deluge of fans who turned Maxwell Food Centre into a celebri-ty-driven circus not seen since
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      Lock icon Move to lift quality of nursing home care
      385 18  -  Health ministry plans to introduce enhanced standards for nursing home licensing by 2015 By Ng Zhuo Yang ngzy@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced its intention to introduce an enhanced set of nursing home licensing standards by 2015. This is part
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      Lock icon Ruling on by-election overturned
      417 18 THE Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that the Prime Minister must call an election when a parliamentary seat falls vacant; he does not have “unfettered discretion” over the timing of this by-election. This overturns a High Court judgment made last year, which came after a Hougang
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China says it will tap its banks’ help in economic rebalancing
      350 19 Plan is to wind down industries plagued by overcapacity, move to high-end manufacturing Reuters Beijing CHINA’S government said yesterday that it will harness its financial sector to help bring about an orderly closing of some factories in industries plagued
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      Lock icon Mers no epidemic, will slowly die out: study
      555 19 Reuters London THE Middle East coronavirus that has killed 40 people since emerging late last year has not yet reached pandemic potential and may simply die out, according to new estimates of how easily it is transmitted. In a study in The
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      Lock icon Real amount of local govt debt unknown: China official
      305 19 Reuters Beijing A SENIOR Chinese official said yesterday that the government did not know precisely know how much debt local governments had built up and warned that it could be more than previous estimates. Estimates of local government debt range from
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      Lock icon Spanish bonds drop behind in race with Italy
      668 20 Trend exposes Spain’s political risks Bloomberg London SPANISH bonds are losing their allure as the near collapse of the government in neighbouring Portugal highlights the political risks closer to home. After returning more than twice as much as their Italian counterparts in
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      Lock icon Top EU-US security experts to meet on Monday
      638 20 AFP Brussels EUROPEAN security experts are set to meet their US counterparts in Washington next week as European Union (EU) nations, incensed by reports of US snooping, link negotiations on a mega EU-US trade deal with talks on intelligence-swapping. Italy and France
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      Lock icon Portugal patches up ruling coalition
      512 22 President warns that it may not be able to raise money on bond markets when its bailout programme expires AFP Lisbon PORTUGAL’S Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho patched up his ruling coalition yesterday to avert a potentially calamitous breakup as the nation’s president warned of
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      Lock icon South African govt denies Mandela is ‘vegetative’
      478 22 AP Johannesburg NELSON Mandela is in critical but stable condition, the South African government said yesterday, while a close friend said the anti-apartheid leader was conscious and responsive earlier this week. The government reiterated that Mr Mandela is not in a vegetative state,
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      Lock icon Criminal probe launched on Cyprus crisis
      177 22 Reuters Nicosia CRIMINAL investigators will help judges in Cyprus dig deeper into what caused a financial crisis that forced the island to ask for a bailout by international lenders, authorities said yesterday. An inquiry into Cyprus’ financial practices led by three former Supreme Court
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      214 21 Best of Both Worlds '-‘S'' i«« 4MiMt0fe i. ==sCs THE BUSINESS TIMES 19-20 The Business Times THE BUSINESS TIMES B to scoop up bulk HC Midget giveaways Lit. ,E, .4 =sr OUE buys tallest bu.Virx, Cqn m Lffy U, The Business Times AIMn-One Package and Forbes Asia magazine. Read corporate
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      51 22 HOT PROPERTY E 520w'’9 0 M V cars. Ce ng lift Pool. Park 4 QUSter 4ro0/ E 4O0O snft E ph D Land «y.4en°s^^4S° ,d2 5 LOOKING FOR HIGH CEILING? Check this and many other properties in CATS Classified in The Straits Times now! WATS BUY IT SELL IT FIND
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  • SGX
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      8085 23 Transaction date: Jul 5 Transaction date: Jul 5 Transaction date: Jul 5 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 12.2 12.3 12.8 10.6 0.9 10.1 58.4 8.8 3 A-Sonic
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      1785 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 $mil 21.5 17.1 t 800 Super 19.8 19 19.8 3.3 5.1 5.9 35.4 6.2 2.8 t AA Grp 2.8 2.8 5 140 2.7 10.9 7.1 t
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 5 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 Manufacturing 58 34 37 14 1 11 72 35 48 Commerce 25 16 19 6 3 2 31 19 21 Tpt/Stor/Comms 26 6 6
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      789 26 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Jul 1 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) CWT Ltd 3-Jul-13 Loi Kai Meng *Buy 1000 1.46 *****0 37.59 *****0 37.75 CWT Ltd 3-Jul-13 Loi
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 34,947 34,947 57,623 57,623 Manufacturing 258,493 57,653 316,146 102,108 8,233 110,341 Commerce 220,882 66,359 287,241 80,717 4,389 85,105 Tpt/Stor/Comms 105,870 88,601 194,471 110,991 34,201 145,192 Finance 39,548 251 39,799 139,374 93 139,467 Construction 69,473 9,013
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  • MARKETS
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      94 27 Jul 4 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1510 1476 1517 1479 Sep 13 1532 1498 1540 1502 Dec 13 1535 1506 1541 1509 Mar 14 1525 1501 1529 1507 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Jul 13 1790 1794 1810 1789 Sep 13 1820 1810 1822 1803
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      66 27 Jul 5 GOLD(US$/oz) Jul 04 Jul 05 Hong Kong 1263.00 1250.90 Jul 03 Jul 04 London 1257.34 1247.49 1259.56 1249.71 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 25.47 24.68 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Jul 04 Close Previous PM Fix 1339.00 1361.00 AM Fix 1343.00 1362.00 Source:
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      118 27 Jul 05 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.192 1.136 Can dollar 1.234 1.187 Euro 1.682 1.602 Sterling pound 1.954 1.879 NZ dollar 1.021 0.982 US dollar 1.300 1.239 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      57 27 Jul 5 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Jul 13 2376.0 14 1285 Aug 13 2370.0 2385.0 2388.0 2350.0 4038 ***** Sep 13 2364.0 2385.0 2387.0 2345.0 ***** ***** Oct 13 2361.0 2379.0 2382.0 2338.0 6088
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      92 27 Jul 5 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 3-Month BQ*****W 19-Sep-13 0.26 0.20 0.2 6-Month BS*****X 27-Dec-13 0.28 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.28 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0S 0.25 01-Feb-15 100.08 5-Year N*****0T 0.5
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 27 Jul 5 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1697 1.1708 0.9161 0.9164 Canadian dollar 1.2130 1.2142 0.9504 0.9500 Euro 1.6454 1.6466 1.2887 1.2888 NZ dollar 0.9988 0.9997 0.7823 0.7825 Sterling pound 1.9160 1.9173 1.5006 1.5007
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      104 27 Jul 3 SOYBEANS(5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13 1583.50 1573.00 1593.00 1572.75 Aug 13 1441.25 1433.50 1450.00 1432.75 Sep 13 1297.50 1293.75 1308.50 1292.50 Nov 13 1250.75 1242.50 1259.75 1241.75 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Jul 13 47.22 46.92 47.33 46.82
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      68 27 Jul 04 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 104.70 -1.14 WTI (Near Mth) 101.06 0.02 Dubai (1-Mth F) 100.99 0.29 Tapis blend 110.26 0.52 Minas 105.81 0.52 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 95.72 0.44 Jet Kerosene 119.03 0.80 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 102.39
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      72 27 Jul 04 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1767.75 1763.25 3 months 1812.00 1807.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6954.50 6996.00 3 months 6950.00 6993.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2065.25 2070.00 3 months 2074.00 2078.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Jul 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1047.9 0.7 11.7 0.4 12.6 0.5 8.2 EAFE Preliminary 862.4 1.7 11.3 1.1 8.1 1.3 3.9 Europe Preliminary 1220.3 2.6 6.4
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      1211 28 / 29  -  Rising demand, poor management practices and erratic rainfall patterns are causing water crises. By Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and Asit Biswas By Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Asit Biswas ~Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is the chairman of the board of Nestle and chairman of 2030 Water Resources Group. Asit Biswas is Distinguished Visiting Professor at
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      730 28 / 29  -  By Lee Kuan Yew ~The author is former Prime Minister, Senior Minister and Minister Mentor of Singapore. ON OCT 1,1949, at the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing, Mao Zedong, leader of the Communist Revolution, declared the founding of the modern
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  • Wealth
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        1030 30 / 31  -  But as bond markets tumble, it assures investors they are going to be fine with the fund manager at the helm. By Nathaniel Popper By Nathaniel Popper NYT AS investors prepare for a long-term shift in interest rates, few large financial firms are as
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        301 30 / 31 NYT INVESTORS pulled a record amount of money from Pimco’s flagship Total Return bond fund in June, a stark indication of how rising interest rates have pushed bonds out of favour. The Total Return fund, the largest mutual fund in the world,
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          308 30 / 31 Buy DMG Partners Research July 5 July 5 close $1.60 PHASE 1 of the asset enhancement initiative (AEI) at Suntec City Mall was part of the three-phase $410 million AEI project initiated last June. This recently completed phase, encompassing an area of around 193,000 sq ft, was relaunched
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          390 30 / 31  -  Compiled by Andrea Soh Sell OCBC Investment Research July 5 July 5 close $0.75 THE macro environment is looking increasingly gloomy. China’s official Purchasing Managers Index and the HSBC flash numbers have been hovering for several quarters around the 50 mark separating expansion from contraction for the manufacturing
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        1154 32  -  They look cheap and may have a short-term bounce but their underperformance may have further to run WEALTH INSIGHTS Anthony Ho ~The writer is managing director, Asset Management Solutions Global Multi Asset Group, JP Morgan Asset Management EMERGING market equities (EME)
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        1326 33  -  Singapore scores significantly below average in adequacy in global pension index; Denmark tops the chart SHOW ME THE MONEY Teh Hooi Ling hooiling@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent ~The writer is a CFA charterholder THESingaporepensionscheme gets only a C grade, and the Republic is ranked 13th among the
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        246 34 Bloomberg Berlin BRITISH Land Co, the UK’s second-larg-est investment trust by market value, has bought offices, stores and land near Paddington Station, the London terminus of the Heathrow Express rail line, from Aviva plc and other investors for £470 million (S$901 million).
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        795 34 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR SELECTED DISTRICTS WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN JUNE 5 AND JUNE 11, 2013 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 05/06/2013 99 2379 9040 3800 District 3 NON-LANDED Echelon Apt
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        762 35  -  Compared to May, 21% fewer condos change hands; HDB resale transactions plunge too By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg Singapore THE property resale market saw a significant drop in both private and public transactions as effects of the cooling measures finally kicked in. According to
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        616 35 Bloomberg Hong Kong HONG KONG builders will put the brakes on home sales for the rest of the year after government curbs to rein in prices sapped demand, according to Bocom International Holdings Co and Centaline Property Agency Ltd. Builders including Sun Hung
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      174 36 TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. THE VALLÉE DE JOUX, THE JURA. FOR MILLENIA, A HARSH, UNYIELDING ENVIRONMENT A PLACE OF RAW NATURE AND UNFORGIVING CLIMATE. FIRST SETTLED IN THE SIXTH CENTURY BY MONKS WHO SAW IN THIS AUSTERE EXISTENCE A SERENITY AND SPIRITUALITY; MORE RECENTLY, SINCE
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      59 1 DINING Untying the apron strings L6-8 HOME GARDEN Club class L10-11 BT Living THE BUSINESS TIMES WEEKEND JULY 6 7 2013 STYLE Guilt-free fashion L12-13 THE ART OF LIVING Let art into your home L2-5 PHOTO: BRAND VON EGMOND NO HOLDS BARRED Dragons on fire at the Bay L16 MOTORING
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  • DESIGN
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      3512 2 / 3  -  Art is finding its way into homes, in ways big and small. By Tay Suan Chiang By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg I T used to be that art was meant to be admired on the walls of museums or galleries, behind velvet ropes and deterrent “Do
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  • DINING
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      2779 6 / 7  -  Life should be enviously smooth sailing when you’re a handsomely paid executive chef or when you run a lucrative gourmet food business, but three top chefs and the former owners of Jones the Grocer Singapore tell Debbie Yong and Tan Teck Heng why they left the
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      761 8 with BTWeekend AquaMarine Level 4, Marina Mandarin Singapore 6 Raffles Boulevard Tel: 6845-1111 Celebrating Iftar 10 July to 7 August2013 Discover delightful flavours of Indonesian cuisine and local favourites at our Halal-certified food stations during Iftar, as AquaMarine invites guest chefs from Hotel Borobudur in Indonesia to serve up
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      861 9 Edge at Pan Pacific Singapore is an open-concept buffet haven serving delectable Asian and Pacific cuisines IF there’s one thing Singaporeans can’t resist, it’s a buffet the wider the spread, the better. But variety is nothing without quality something Edge at the newly revamped Pan
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      65 9 READER’S PROMOTION 4 dine for the price of 3. Simply go to www.btinvest.com.sg, click on Specials –> BTEats –> Edge at Pan Pacific Singapore and print the PDF voucher. Present to the restaurant to enjoy the offer. Valid from 7 July 2013 to 6 August 2013. Promotion is applicable to
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  • HOME & GARDEN
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      1204 10 / 11  -  Roy Teo plays out the gentlemen’s club theme to perfection at his stunning Marina Bay apartment. personal space By Tay Suan Chiang taysc@sph.com.sg WOW is an understatement when you step into this apartment in the Marina Bay area. First there’s the view a stunning near 180-degree panoramic view
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  • STYLE
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      2101 12 / 13  -  Retailers and designers may be unravelling the origins of garments for greater accountability, but are shoppers and big players willing to sacrifice savings for a clear conscience? By May Yip By May Yip btnews@sph.com.sg WHEN the impeccably chic Christina Dean made the leap from being a dentist to
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      616 14  -  Touchscreens and trackpads are great, but there’s no getting around keyboards for harnessing gizmos. By Christopher Lim By Christopher Lim limchris@sph.com.sg Logitech G19s $299 LOGITECH has been making gaming keyboards for a while but is drawing attention to this with its new G-Series Gaming Gear line. The
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      771 15  -  Mushrooms help boost our immune system to target and fight harmful germs. By Cheah Ui-Hoon By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg MENTION “magic mushrooms” in Asia, and the word association might just trigger off “health” and “lingzhi”, rather than the shrooms with hallucinogenic effects known in the West. For the
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      175 15  -  Cheah Ui-Hoon HAVING a child and wanting to eat better? Local food can still be tasty and healthful, if you follow the recipes in this cookbook published by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH). And you can even find out the nutritional values that you will
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      216 15 HEART,STROKE&CANCERCENTRE “A medical centre of Singapore Heart, Stroke and Cancer Centre” PreservingHealthandLongevity Expertise in the Prevention, early Detection and Management of Heart disease, Stroke and Cancer www.shsccentre.com Prevent Sudden Death If you suspect heart disease or have risk factors such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, smoking or
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      60 15 ~The cookbook is priced at $20 (inclusive of GST) and is now available at KKH’s Patient Education Centre, Admissions Office and Retail Pharmacy. The book will also be sold at major bookstores at $25 (inclusive of GST) by the end of July 2013. Proceeds from the book sales will go
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      804 16  -  no holds barred Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg Correspondent TALK about making a big splash. That’s exactly what DBS Bank did with the second instalment of its annual dragonboating extravaganza. he DBS Marina Regatta billed as Singapore’s biggest water festival was held over two weekends this
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      1201 17  -  Pulses race as the 142nd Open Championship returns on July 18. l By Justine Moss btnews@sph.com.sg WHEN the 142nd Open Championship returns to Muirfield, Scotland, on July 18 for the first time in 11 years, one player should be feeling a little more confident than
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  • MOTORING
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      764 18  -  The Audi R8 V10 plus has a more powerful 5.2-litre engine and a new dual-clutch transmission. By Samuel Ee By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE Audi R8 never seems to grow old it just keeps reinventing itself. The latest version of this mid-engined high-performance car from the brand
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      683 19  -  The $1.5 million McLaren P1 is a plug-in petrol-electric hybrid super sports car. By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE limited edition McLaren P1 is here but will only be available as a left-hand-drive model. That is not stopping a couple of Singaporeans from eyeing this petrol-electric supercar though.
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      797 20  -  The mystery of the exploding tyres is solved and F1 will continue with new rubber from here on. By Samuel Ee f1 watch By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg THE Formula One (F1) tyre saga came to an explosive climax literally last weekend at the British Grand Prix. Since Pirelli
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