The Business Times, 9 October 2013

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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    Lock icon Johor mulls property tax on foreign buyers
    590 1  -  They may have to pay 4 to 5 per cent of the property price as processing fee By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN buyers of Johor property will be required to fork out 4 to 5 per cent of the property price
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 GST INDEX 3,146.50 (+9.91) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,146.00 (+10.00) GSIMSCI 360.40 (+1.20) GSIMSCI FUTURES 360.70 (+1.80) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.249 (US$/S$ per 1.607 2.008 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.357 1.696 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 97.10 77.70 RM 3.197 2.559 HK$ 7.754 6.206 BAHT 31.36 25.10 RUPIAH
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      48 1 Tuesday Change KL COMP 1,777.50 +0.68 NIKKEI 225 13,894.61 +41.29 HANG SENG 23,178.85 +204.90 SET INDEX 1,434.06 +19.44 JAKARTA COMP 4,432.51 +57.55 MANILA COMP 6,454.86 +11.65 SEOUL COMP 2,002.76 +8.34 SHENZHEN B 834.58 +6.94 MUMBAI IND 19,983.61 +88.51 12noon EDT Change DOW 14,854.58 -81.66 NASDAQ 3,714.95 -55.43
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      20 1 SINGAPORE MALAYSIA MALAYSIA 6.55 INDONESIA 5.00 INDONESIA 14.732 TAIWAN 5.036 US 1.475 KOREA SWITZERLAND BRITAIN 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon MAS expected to stick to rising stance on Sing$
    923 1  -  Economists say the central bank has to keep its guard up against inflation By TEH SHI NING tshining@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The Republic’s central bank is widely expected to keep the Singapore dollar on its rising path next Monday even as growth is
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      181 1 EXEC MONEY US standoff: History repeating itself PAGE 38 TRANSPORT HUB Rolls-Royce speeds along in Asia PAGE 30 ENERGY EFFICIENCY A special 4-page supplement PAGES 17-20 COMPANIES Blumont denies knowledge of stock price manipulation PAGE 7 It’s easy to forget you're living in the heart of the city. M?. >
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Will revamp bear fruit for SunMoon?
      1121 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg S UNMOON Food Company’s latest debt restructuring has finally removed the proverbial sword of Damocles hanging over its head and given it a fresh impetus for growth. Those familiar with its corporate history will remember SunMoon as
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      Lock icon Genting HK’s casino JV slashes target of Philippine IPO
      520 5  -  By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg THE proposed initial public offering of a Philippine casino joint venture (JV) between Malaysian gaming tycoon Lim Kok Thay’s Genting Hong Kong and Philippine conglomerate Alliance Global Group is back on the table, but looks to raise
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      Lock icon Blumont not aware of any stock price manipulation
      529 7  -  Firm says it is SGX’s job to find out if there was any trading irregularity By JASMINE NG jasng@sph.com.sg BLUMONT Group said it was not aware of any manipulation to its share price, calling it the job of the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Swire Pacific adds new AHTS vessel to its D Class fleet
        56 7 SWIRE Pacific Offshore Operations yesterday added a new anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel, Pacific Discovery built by DDW-PaxOcean Asia, to its existing D Class fleet. The shipowner and operator will have eight vessels in its D Class fleet
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        Lock icon Sembcorp Salalah starts trading of shares in Muscat
        67 7 SEMBCORP Industries announced yesterday that its joint venture in Oman, Sembcorp Salalah Power Water Company, has started trading of its ordinary shares on the Muscat Securities Market. The listing follows Sembcorp Salalah’s successful initial public offering in September, which was 8.3 times
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        Lock icon Federal Int’l units win $38m equipment orders
        59 7 TWO subsidiaries of Federal International (2000) have secured orders for the supply of flowline control and other oil gas-related equipment, totalling $38 million, for deliveries in 2014. The subsidiaries are Federal Environmental Engineering and Alton International. Orders to the latter include the supply
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        Lock icon Swissco bags two-year charter contracts for two AHTs
        52 7 MARINE service provider Swissco Holdings has secured two-year charter contracts for two anchor handling tugs (AHTs), worth an aggregate of US$7.17 million. The vessels will be deployed in West Africa. Swissco has also secured immediate short-term contracts for two of its newly
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        Lock icon Ace Achieve in subscription agreements with investors
        60 7 ACE Achieve Infocom yesterday entered into subscription agreements with various investors. The company has agreed to allot and issue up to 100 million new ordinary shares at 4.3 cents per subscription share worth an aggregate consideration of $4.3 million. The subscription shares represent
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      Lock icon Infinite Rewards: We’re committed to Albedo RTO
      408 7  -  By ONG CHOR HAO ongch@sph.com.sg THE vendor of Reflections Oasis Inc, the company that steel trader Albedo is trying to acquire in a reverse takeover (RTO) deal to transform itself into a property play, has stressed its commitment to see the deal go
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      Lock icon Call for circuit breakers amid bargain hunting
      582 7  -  By KENNETH LIM By kenlim@sph.com.sg STOCKS on the periphery of the past two days’ penny collapse staged a rebound yesterday, but selling continued at the epicentre of the shakedown as brokers braced themselves for a key settlement deadline to arrive. Amid a call
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Penny stocks in calmer waters
      546 6  -  Although two of the three designated securities suffer further losses, many other small stocks make gains STOCKS KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg Correspondent A GLIMMER of sunlight shone on Singapore penny stocks yesterday after two days of darkness, but it was a wary dawn as trading restrictions
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 8 2 0 0 0 5 8 2 Manufacturing 71 44 39 14 4 9 85 48 48 Commerce 25 14 23 10 3 0 35 17 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 22 10 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,703 24,703 59,674 59,674 Manufacturing 373,823 143,952 517,775 119,032 3,806 122,838 Commerce 130,005 496,608 626,613 71,738 22,534 94,272 Tpt/Stor/Comms 77,538 22,674 100,212 112,723 9,588 122,311 Finance 332,810 881 333,691 167,419 353 167,772 Construction 384,546 392,853
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      115 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.920 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.100 +0.020 CapitaMall 1.940 -0.015 CityDev 10.010 -0.030 ComfortDelGro 1.905 -0.005 DBS Grp 16.340 +0.030 GLP 2.890 +0.060 Genting SP 1.455 +0.020 Golden Agri 0.515 -0.010 HK Land 6.300 -0.010 HPH Trust US$ 0.790 +0.015 JMH 54.400 +0.270
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      4 6 DAILY
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      73 6 Oct 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -817.0 +133.0 BT CADI -*****.0 +138.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -82.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 723.92 +1.80 FTSE ST Small Cap 533.15 +4.79 FTSE ST All Share 763.99 +2.66 FTSE ST China Top 201.74 +2.03 FTSE ST China 228.59 +2.37 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      52 6 VOLUME Albedo 398,220,000 YHM 387,306,000 IPCO Intl 323,759,000 Innopac 311,959,000 HanKore 167,474,000 AsiaPhos 107,268,000 SingHaiyi 91,727,000 Asiasons 76,422,000 AdvanceSCT 66,156,000 LionGold 62,172,000 VALUE($) UOB 44,957,400 DBS Grp 44,427,840 SingTel 38,433,980 AsiaPhos 37,665,360 GLP 37,570,220 Keppel Corp 36,356,760 OCBC Bk 36,326,490 Genting SP 34,753,895 HK Land 31,311,484 CapitaLand
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        508 6 Investment Trust Oct 8 close: $1.655 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Oct 8 THE worst distribution drag by Suntec City Mall’s (SCM) ongoing renovation works is likely over in H1 2013, when Phase 1 new tenants have yet to start paying rentals and Phase 2 old tenants are
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        455 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Oct 8 close: $7.19 CIMB Research, Oct 8 SGX will be reporting Q1 FY2014 results on Oct 17 after market close. We expect a weak start to FY2014 as securities market turnover value fell 14.9 per cent q-o-q to S$85 billion in July-September. As
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      Lock icon US$ edges higher as debt default deal seen
      491 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The US dollar edged higher yesterday, pulling away from a two-month low against the yen as signs emerged that US lawmakers could come to an agreement to avoid a default. However, analysts said that the US currency would remain
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      107 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP Jardine C&C 3555 145.0 4.3 GLD 10US$ ***** 107.4 0.7 Lyxor LatinAmerica 1 687 41.2 5.0 JMH 5440 33.7 0.5 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2365 30.0 1.0 DBS.ES.1310 1642 28.0 1.7 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 1965 17.5 0.7 JSH 3350 12.5 0.3 Lyxor Russia 10US$ 418 12.5
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      Lock icon FALLS
      122 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4495 -87.4 -1.5 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** -29.0 -0.3 IS LC 1-3Y 100US$ 995 -22.5 -1.8 IS S&P500 ***** -15.0 -0.1 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** -10.0 -0.1 DairyFarm 1037 -10.0 -0.8 STXPO 100 226 -9.0 -3.8 SuperGroup 393 -8.0
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      92 7 Hairy Crab Sensation 11 October to 4 November 2013 Szechuan Court is proud to present the annual seasonal Hairy Crabs for all crab connoisseurs. Featuring specialty creations including Stewed Hairy Crab with Shao Xing Chinese Wine and Steamed Hairy Crab with Shiso Leaf, enjoy these crustaceans as part of our
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore to gain from doubling of infrastructure trade by 2020
      430 8  -  Republic gains one point to 105 in the latest HSBC Trade Confidence Index By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg GLOBAL infrastructure-re-lated trade will double by 2020 and more than triple by 2030, with Singapore expected to benefit as a supplier of investment
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      Lock icon Five homes, 506-unit EC to be up for sale in Sembawang
      513 8  -  By tanmindy@sph.com.sg MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg HOUSE hunters eyeing the Sembawang region will be spoilt for choice, with a couple of projects there becoming available this week. Specifically, three terraced houses and two semi-detached homes are being launched for sale
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      Lock icon Amaranth gets US$20m in second round of financing
      352 8  -  By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg PRIVATE medical device company Amaranth Medical has completed its second round of financing, this time for US$20 million, led by new investor DCP Management of Singapore. Existing investors Bio*One Capital, Charter Life Scien- ces, Phillip Capital, as well
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      Lock icon Asean accord likely on joint haze monitoring system
      259 8  -  By CHUANG PECK MING in Brunei peckming@sph.com.sg CHANCES are high that Asean leaders will agree to adopt a joint haze monitoring system at the regional grouping’s summit which kicks off today. Senior officials who finished the draft of the agreement yesterday evening
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      Lock icon SPH’s online jobs, cars classifieds win awards
      227 8 SINGAPORE Press Holdings’ Online Classifieds, known as ST701, has bagged two awards that honour creative excellence on the web. Two of ST701’s products STJobs and STCars clinched Silver awards for General Website Categories (Employment) and Mobile Applications (Services) respectively, at the 2013 W³
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      Lock icon Less dining out if inflation starts to bite: Nielsen poll
      450 8  -  By tshining@sph.com.sg TEH SHI NING tshining@sph.com.sg SHOULD rising food prices begin to bite, Singapore’s consumers are most likely to cut back on dining out, followed by expenses on clothes and accessories, says a Nielsen online poll of 503 Singaporeans. It
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      Lock icon SMEs find new ways to attract workers
      457 8  -  By JASMINE NG jasng@sph.com.sg SMALL companies are finding new ways to woo job candidates amid competition from bigger businesses offering a bevy of benefits like brand-name recognition and maybe even a Starbucks store in the lobby. Some have tied up with government agencies
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      1593 9 ADVERTORIAL The SIM GE Job Fair is an important platform for participating employers to meet with the private education institution’s graduating cohorts. Profitable partnerships Singapore Institute of Management Global Education graduates are career-ready and sought-after by industries WHEN it comes to recruiting new blood to boost its ranks, Otis a
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Petronas’ Canada unit applies for export licence
      419 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] An export licence is the next important step for the Canadian unit of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to see its C$36 billion (S$43.5 billion) investment advance further. Its unit, Pacific NorthWest LNG, had in July applied to Canada’s National Energy Board
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      Lock icon One more charged in Genneva M’sia scandal
      473 10  -  Daughter of a director, Ng Wan Yean allegedly laundered RM931m By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur ANOTHER daughter of one of the directors of the infamous gold-trading firm Genneva Malaysia was yesterday charged with laundering RM931 million (S$364 million). Ng Wan Yean, 29,
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      Lock icon Indonesian banks to tap new pro-Syariah loan rules
      510 10 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian banks are preparing marketing campaigns to highlight a rule change that makes it costlier for borrowers to get non-Islamic mortgages than Syari-ah-compliant products. Bank Indonesia raised minimum downpayments for all home loans to at least 30 per cent from
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  • WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES
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      Lock icon Taxing times for CFOs
      1155 11  -  With the spotlight on tax avoidance by big corporations, cross-border tax planning has become much more than just a numbers game. Reports by KAN KWOK LEONG Reports by KAN KWOK LEONG A COMPANY’S ability to effectively manage its taxes across borders affects not just its bottom
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      Lock icon Tax risks top concern among execs: survey
      187 11 IN May 2013, Lloyds of London published their Lloyd’s Risk Index 2013 a global survey of C-Suite executives to assess corporate risk and attitudes. The survey covered 50 business risks and categories included business risk, economic and regulatory risk, political risk, environmental risk
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      Lock icon Taxation – focus is now on civic responsibility
      134 11 Taxation focus is now on civic responsibility POLITICAL attitudes toward taxation are changing and the focus is shifting towards a civic responsibility for paying the right amount of taxes in the jurisdictions that companies have earned their profits, said Tay Hong Beng, head of tax at KPMG in Singapore. Based
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      194 11 This is the last in a four-part business strategy thought leadership series that looks at how Singapore companies and business leaders can better prepare for the challenges ahead and capitalise on a world of opportunities in Asia and beyond. The series is brought to you by CPA Australia, in conjunction
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China services sector growth slows
      632 12 Business sentiment slips as Sept services PMI dips to 52.4 from August’s 52.8 Reuters [BEIJING] Business confidence in China’s services sector slipped in September and growth slowed, a private survey showed yesterday, another signal that the world’s No 2 economy is finding it difficult to
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      Lock icon Delhi to stick with austerity drive
      926 12 Re uters [NEW DELHI] The Indian government will have to rein in spending and cut subsidies to meet its fiscal deficit target, the country’s finance minister said, underlining the fact that an austerity drive will not be blown off course by an election due
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      Lock icon India considers easing visa restrictions
      299 12 AFP [NEW DELHI] India is looking at issuing visas on arrival for visitors from 40 more countries, a minister has said, raising hopes that it will overcome national security fears to boost its tourism industry. A meeting of senior officials from the home, foreign and
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      1075 12 CHUAN HUP HOLDINGS LIMITED (Co. Reg. No. *****0572R) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at The Board Room, 390 Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Singapore *****5 on 25 October 2013 at
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      6527 13 CLIMATE HOLDING LTD (Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands) Company Registration Number: *****37 DEVOTION ENERGY GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) Company Registration Number: *****8977M JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT PROPOSED VOLUNTARY DELISTING OF DEVOTION ENERGY GROUP LIMITED 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Devotion Energy Group Limited (the “Company”) and Climate Holding Ltd (the “Offeror”) wish
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      2858 14 PARKSON i’HiS PARKSON RETAIL ASIA LIMITED Company Registration No. *****7706H (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Parkson Retail Asia Limited ("the Company") will be held at Pisces/Aquarius Room. Level 1, Marina Mandarin Singapore, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square.
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      2162 14 CHINA YUANBANG PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda on 4 December 2006) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CHINA YUANBANG PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED (the “Company”) will be held at Meeting Room Ocean 7, Level 2, Pan Pacific
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      2090 15 ®|CGI CHINESE GLOBAL INVESTORS GROUP LTD. (Company Registration No. *****0189D) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Chinese Global Investors Group Ltd. will be held at Furama RiverFront Singapore, Level 5, Mercury III, 405 Havelock Road,
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      3026 15 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (Incorporated in Singapore) (Registration No. *****0079M) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Shenton Room Basement 1, M Hotel, 81 Anson Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 25 October 2013 at 2.00 p.m. for the following purposes:
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      2616 16 C'ts/t CFM HOLDINGS LIMITED ri W M (Registration No. *****3708R) NOTICE OF THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of CFM Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at East Asia Institute of Management at 9 Ah Hood Road, Singapore *****5 on
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      453 16 CHINA JISHAN HOLDINGS LIMITED (“Company”) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Reg. No. *****0591E NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of the Company will be held at Furama River Front Singapore, Mercury I (Level 5), 405 Havelock Road, Singapore *****3
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  • ENERGY EFFICIENCY NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
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      Lock icon Taking energy efficiency to the next level
      674 17  -  The need for better energy management practices is more pressing than ever before, says ronnie tay, CEO of the National Environment Agency RONNIE TAY PAYING greater attention to energy efficiency and management makes good business sense. A focus on energy efficiency and energy
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      Lock icon A national effort for better energy management
      1156 17  -  The Energy Efficiency National Partnership helps companies better manage their energy usage through networking, learning and recognition initiatives By KAN KAN KWOK LEONG IN ITS push to help Singapore companies boost their competitiveness by reducing their carbon footprint, the National Environment Agency (NEA)
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      Lock icon Energy efficient champions
      2165 18 / 19  -  This year’s winners of the Excellence in Energy Management Awards share their secrets to fostering an energy efficient mindset within their organisations, reports kan kwok leong KAN KWOK LEONG The Business Times: Why is achieving energy efficiency such a high priority in your company? Andre Van Schuijlenburg:
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      Lock icon Getting everyone on board
      917 18 / 19  -  As the energy champion for Infineon’s Singapore plant, Quah Han Song’s proudest achievement has been in changing the mindset in the company towards energy-efficiency, reportsKAN KWOK LEONG KAN KWOK LEONG BREAKTHROUGHS sometimes come from the simplest ideas. Infineon Technologies Asia, for instance, managed to make impressive
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      Lock icon Something to drink to: milking energy savings
      771 18 / 19  -  Muthusamy Ravichandran has successfully led Nestle Singapore’s drive to cultivate an energy-savings culture, reports kan kwok leong reportsKAN KWOK LEONG AS PART of his role as the energy manager at Nestlé Singapore, Muthusamy Ravichandran believes fervently in drawing ideas to improve energy efficiency
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      Lock icon Energy savings drive pays off
      787 20  -  Balestier Hill Primary School has cut energy consumption, allowing it to channel operating funds to better uses. Reports byKAN KWOK LEONG Reports byKAN KAN KWOK LEONG WHEN Balestier Hill Primary School principal Tan Chay Eng noticed that staff meetings were taking place in eight different
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      Lock icon Plant improvement through fuel efficiency
      469 20 AS a manufacturer of products that help prevent disease and illness, one of the key missions of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Vaccines is to help improve the quality of lives. This goal extends beyond just making vaccines and encompasses the company’s efforts to build a sustainable environment;
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      238 20 APART from GSK Vaccines, Exxonmobil Chemical Operations Pte Ltd and United Microelectronics Corporation (Singapore) were the other two winners of the Best Practices award at the Energy Efficiency National Partnership (EENP) Awards 2013. Here are the projects that won them the nods: Keeping things cool Leading petrochemical
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      343 20 TO HELP keep energy costs down at its main building at Outram, a team at the Health Promotion Board (HPB) sought out contractors who could guarantee a certain amount of energy savings. The government agency’s Estate Facilities team embarked on this initiative in 2011 to help
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        113 21 AP [STOCKHOLM] Physicists Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics yesterday for their theoretical discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass. Their theories were confirmed last year by the discovery of the so-called Higgs
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        96 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] Former England soccer captain David Beckham was paid £14.1 million (S$28.3 million) by his sponsorship and image-rights company in 2012, up 6 per cent from the previous year, accounts show. London-based Footwork Productions Ltd said revenue increased 8 per cent to
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      478 21 Online store fee cut pits Yahoo Japan against Rakuten Bloomberg [TOKYO] Billionaire Masayoshi Son, Japan’s sec-ond-richest person, mounted an attack on the next wealthiest, Hiroshi Mikitani, wiping out a combined US$4.3 billion in their companies’ market values. Mr Son, chairman of
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      512 22 The 63.7% annual fall is biggest in almost 2 years and puts focus back on debt pile Reuters [TOKYO] Japan’s current account surplus tumbled in August due to declining overseas profits and chronic trade deficits, raising questions about the nation’s ability to rely
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      381 22 Bloomb erg [TOKYO] Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the world’s largest manager of retirement savings, isn’t ready for Abenomics, according to the head of an expert panel advising on public investments. The set of policies from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aims
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      581 24 There are fears foreign, local firms face repeat of 2011 devastation Reuters [BANGKOK] Floodwater has breached an industrial estate to the east of the Thai capital, stirring fears that foreign and Thai companies face a repeat of the devastation suffered in 2011, but the
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      381 25 STPROPERTY SEMINAR STRATEGY FOR THE SMART INVESTOR HOW TO CAPITALISE ON CURRENT MARKET TRENDS POLICIES With the new measures and developments plans in place, how should a property investor respond to the ever-changing investment landscape in Singapore and beyond? Have these BURNING QUESTIONS addressed during our seminar: How will the
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      536 26 EDITORIAL THE imbroglio over the US government shutdown, and the debt ceiling, might have been just a piece of political theatre had it not been so serious. The fact that a small group of radical Republican lawmakers can engineer an operational shutdown of most of
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      795 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1 IN calling for the rejuvenation of the nation through realisation of the “Chinese Dream”, President Xi Jinping is also invoking
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      1180 26  -  Alibaba had proposed to list on HKEx with a structure that would entrench its partners By MAK YUEN TEEN The writer is associate professor of accounting at NUS Business School, where he teaches corporate governance and ethics. The discussion on the dispute between
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      1237 27  -  Economists are doubtful over Abenomics’ longer-term aspects which call for sweeping deregulation of Japan’s economy ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent ONE thing that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is very good at by common consent is “selling” Japan and the idea that Japan is back
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      813 27  -  &SH REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By EDWARD HADAS CHRISTOPHER HUGHES SOME day, London will be like it was only a few years ago, when its homes were not unaffordable for all but the most wealthy. While waiting, policymakers should try to mitigate the damage that global
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      325 27 LETTER TO THE EDITOR MANY voices have called for circuit breakers in the stock market, as did the letter “Circuit breakers could have prevented pennystock mayhem” (BT, Oct 8). The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) has also made many calls for this publicly,
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      609 28  -  Growth in commodities demand from Japan has been dismal By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Shipping companies banking on a commodities shipping boom as a result of the Japanese economic resurgence, may be in for a disappointment. It appears that the growth in
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      864 28  -  There is cause for optimism in shipping, but temper it with caution STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES TWO recent reports from a major shipping accountant give some grounds for optimism in the outlook for the shipping industry. There is certainly more good news around now. Accounting firm
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      515 28 Bloomberg [LONDON] The cost of hauling crude on the largest tankers is poised to rise to a four-year high as the biggest demolition programme in a decade trims a glut of capacity. Rates still won’t be high enough for owners to break even.
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      239 28 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Genting Hong Kong, the largest shareholder in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, has ordered a 1,682 passenger cabin cruise ship from a German shipbuilder for 707.2 million euros (S$ 1.19 billion) to meet Asian demand. The
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      242 28 SGX '000 Oct 8 S$ +/-Vol CH Offshore '000 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.28 0.01 57 Cosco Corp 0.77 0.01 1838 CWT Ltd Vol Ezra Hldgs 1.13 0.03 4007 First Ship Lea unch Freight Links Chuan Hup Hldg Grand Banks 0.01 Jaya Hold Ltd Cosco Corp K1Ventures 0.01 Keppel
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        711 29 Concessions by ICAO could make it harder to achieve goal of a mkt-based measure Reuters [WASHINGTON] Concessions made by the United Nations’ aviation body to wrap up two weeks of tense negotiations could make achieving the goal of a mar-ket-based measure to
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        342 29  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Budget carrier Cebu Pacific Air has launched a non-stop, long-haul service between Manila and Dubai, as it seeks to cater to the 500,000 Filipinos living in the emirate. This makes Cebu Pacific the first Philippine carrier to
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        600 29 The inspectors had been deemed nonessential by FAA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Aviation regulators in the United States will begin recalling some airline and aircraft inspectors from furloughs spurred by a partial government shutdown that has entered its second week. More than 800 Federal
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        384 29 Reuters [ROME] Loss-making Italian airline Alitalia risks having to file for bankruptcy if no deal on a proposed capital increase is reached in a couple of weeks, a government source said yesterday. Alitalia needs about 500 million euros (S$848 million) to keep going
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        583 30  -  It’s entering markets where the number of super-rich is rising, says CEO By SAMUEL EE samuelee@sph.com.sg TORSTEN Müller-Ötvös is not enamoured of luxury taxes, which is no surprise given that he is the chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the automotive marque that is
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        352 30  -  By SAMUEL EE samuelee@sph.com.sg THE new entry-level Porsche Macan will be the German sports car maker’s most important model when it arrives here in the middle of next year because it is expected to attract a new segment of buyers. “Macan” is the Indonesian
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        459 30 Bloomberg [TOKYO] While Toyota president Akio Toyoda is on the cusp of a record year for profit, young people nowadays make him nervous. They’re so clueless that boys without cars have the nerve to ask girls out. “In the past, if you
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      311 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Singular cure for captain (7) 5 Bishop meets girl in country (7) 9 Last in bar, I check bolt (5) 10 Flare, easy to carry around? (4,5) 11 Financial security is what a postie wants? (4,6) 12 A recurrent air? (4) 14 It’s one’s characteristic habit
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      439 31 The Business Times Shipping times Papua New Guinea Australia New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji all other Pacific Islands Dili (East Timor) Guam (Mariana Islands) Honolulu (Hawaii) SOUTH PACIFIC SERVICE W W W. N G P L J S P. C O M THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO. PTE. LTD. 300 BEACH
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      935 32 Shipping Times TOLL MARINE LOGISTICS PERKINS SHIPPING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD LOYANG OFFSHORE SUPPLY BASE, LOYANG CRESCENT, BLK 103, TOPS AVE 1, #08-01, SINGAPORE *****8. MAILBOX NO. 5013 CR NUMBER: **********0G OPERATOR CODE: PV WEEKLY CONTAINER CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO EAST TIMOR NORTHERN AUSTRALIA VESSEL VOY ETA SIN ETD SIN ETA DILI
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      3142 33 Transaction date: Oct 8 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale Vol Day Last Quote ('000) High Low Buyer Seller 188 106 AIMSAMPIReit 15 11.7 8Telecom 19.8 16
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      231 34 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale (‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C'vr P/E Smil 25
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      11729 34 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha FuncTCI A!** Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.16/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Global Emerging Markets!** EM Local Ccy Bond 0.9101/ European Opportunities!’’ 1.2304/ Global Emerging Markets!” 1.863/ China Opportunities USD!** 0 9657/ Global
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      245 34 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company 52 31 Genting HK US$ US42.5 -0.5 6348 43 41.5 42 42.5 2798.4 Sale 281 191 TanChongInt HK277 278 280 4.3 2.5 9.3 5578.5 DISCLAIMER: All
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      859 34 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 126 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 116cd 1 116 116 114.5 116 529.5 143 125 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 129.4 129.2 130.1 114.4 99.2 CIMB APAC
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      597 35 Oct 8 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.74 *****.64 *****.94 Dec13 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****6 *****7 Mar14 *****.00 11 312 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 293.29 295.19 292.39 Oct13 292.80 295.20 291.70 295.20 ***** *****3 Nov13 292.00 294.60 291.40 294.70
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      373 35 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 7 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1093.1 -0.4 16.5 -0.3 17.6 -0.5 15.1 EAFE Preliminary 893.4 -0.6 15.3 -0.5 15.0 -0.7 12.5 Europe Preliminary 1281.1 -0.3 11.7
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      471 35 Oct 8 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.975 5.782 0.696 7.325 58.427 108.900 0.917 10.149 3.020 1.139 100.285 40.707 1.180 9.441 0.855 27.865 29.626 0.588 0.945 Canada 1.025 5.928
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      84 35 Oct 8 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 6-Month BS*****Z 04-Apr-14 0.28 1-Year BY*****H 02-May-14 0.29 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.83 5-Year N*****0T 0.5 01-Apr-18 98.44 98.55 98.55 10-Year NX*****H
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      135 35 Oct 8 GOLD(US$/oz) Oct 08 Oct 07 Hong Kong 1330.00 1320.00 Oct 07 Oct 04 London 1323.68 1310.63 1324.51 1311.56 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Oct 08 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 119 53 5gm 339 265 10gm 606 530
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      57 35 Oct 8 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 13 2361.0 2350.0 2364.0 2346.0 238 2176 Nov 13 2338.0 2349.0 2353.0 2334.0 3969 ***** Dec 13 2338.0 2349.0 2353.0 2332.0 ***** ***** Jan 14 2335.0 2351.0
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      155 35 Oct 8 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1797 1.1809 0.9446 0.9448 Canadian dollar 1.2095 1.2110 0.9689 0.9684 Euro 1.6948 1.6964 1.3570 1.3572 NZ dollar 1.0351 1.0365 0.8288 0.8293 Sterling pound 2.0067 2.0088 1.6068 1.6072
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      109 35 Oct 7 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 13 1296.50 1295.00 1305.00 1288.50 Jan 14 1297.00 1295.00 1304.00 1289.00 Mar 14 1284.25 1279.25 1287.50 1273.50 May 14 1264.25 1257.75 1265.00 1253.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 13
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      1137 35 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 17.3 2.8 246 0.0 5 -79 57 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 Ratio Exer Price Allied Technologies W*****1 Disc Ascendas Reit MB ECW*****3 2.9 0.2 240 5 Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd
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      70 35 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Oct 07 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 108.81 0.54 WTI (Near Mth) 103.13 -0.52 Dubai (1-Mth F) 104.01 -0.68 Tapis blend 116.78 -1.01 Minas 107.78 -1.01 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 96.81 -1.58 Jet Kerosene 121.73 -0.92 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 35 Oct 8 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2489 1.2499 2-months 1.2489 1.2499 3-months 1.2488 1.2499 6-months 1.2485 1.2496 Source: OCBC
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      65 35 Oct-07 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1807.90 1799.75 3 months 1854.00 1844.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7216.50 7231.50 3 months 7245.00 7260.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2034.75 2018.25 3 months 2062.00 2045.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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      121 35 As at 9am Oct 08 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.206 1.149 Can dollar 1.232 1.185 Euro 1.734 1.652 Sterling pound 2.047 1.969 NZ dollar 1.059 1.019 US dollar 1.273 1.213 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      161 35 Oct 8 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.08 0.03 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 7/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.02 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.20 0.10 1 month 0.26 0.16 2 months 0.40 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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