The Business Times, 13 December 2013

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Friday, December 13, 2013
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  • Article
    Lock icon Quieter year seen ahead after ‘tale of two halves’
    1137 1  -  Compared with previous cooling measures, TDSR had the biggest impact on the market in 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW: PROPERTY By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Coming on the heels of a dramatic year peppered with policies aimed at cooling the property market
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    Lock icon Investors will watch response to riot: PM
    746 1  -  By in LEE U-WEN in Seoul leeuwen@sph.com.sg FOREIGN investors are watching closely to see how Singapore responds to last Sunday’s rioting in Little India, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The incident has triggered much interest from abroad, and understandably so because
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 HST INDEX 3,059.04 (-1.70) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,053.00 (-2.00) GSIMSCI 353.22 (+0.85) GSIMSCI FUTURES 351.50 (+0.60) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.253 (US$/S$ per 1.640 2.054 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.380 1.729 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 102.80 82.10 RM 3.226 2.575 HK$ 7.754 6.191 BAHT 32.10 25.63 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      48 1 Thursday Change KL COMP 1,833.87 -8.95 NIKKEI 225 15,341.82 -173.24 HANG SENG 23,218.12 -120.12 SET INDEX 1,356.21 -13.14 JAKARTA COMP 4,212.22 -59.53 MANILA COMP 5,762.53 -126.21 SEOUL COMP 1,967.93 -10.04 SHENZHEN B 880.79 -4.75 MUMBAI IND 20,925.61 -245.80 11am EST Change DOW 15,771.51 -72.02 NASDAQ 4,009.26 +5.45
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      20 1 SINGAPORE 5.38 MALAYSIA 6.55 HONG KONG 5.00 JAPAN 14.778 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 SWITZERLAND 9.33 BRITAIN Source: Bloomberg
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      132 1 COMPANIES Emerging markets down but not out PAGE 7 OPINION Japan still has Asean role to play PAGE 21 US DATA November retail sales hit 5-month high PAGE 16 SERVICE OUTAGE SingTel’s mio TV fined a record $220,000 PAGE 4 Tips from top art collectors EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLEIPAGE 38 BT’s CATS
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Record airline profits on scope, led by N American carriers
      896 2  -  Iata raises its 2014 forecast to a sector-high of US$19.7b; sees 2013 turning in US$12.9b By NISHA RAMCHANDANI in Geneva nishar@sph.com.sg THE fortunes of the aviation industry are taking a turn for the better with airlines expected to chalk up
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    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      288 2 Quieter year seen ahead for property COMING on the heels of a year peppered with policies aimed at cooling the property market, 2014 appears poised to be a more subdued year. FRONT PAGE Investors will watch riot response: PM FOREIGN investors are watching closely to see how Singapore
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      Lock icon SingTel's mio TV fined a record $220k for outage
      401 4  -  May disruption amid Arsenal-Wigan EPL match lasted 9 hours, affecting some 26,000 subscribers By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] SingTel’s mio TV has been hit with a $220,000 fine for its May outage by the Media Development Authority (MDA) breaking yet another
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      Lock icon EU bank bailout rules to take effect in 2016
      637 4 They will ensure taxpayers don’t pay for lenders’ errors AFP [STRASBOURG] European Union lawmakers have reached an agreement on rules for handling failing banks that lay the foundation for the bloc’s push to make sure taxpayers don’t foot the bill when
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      Lock icon Dorms urged to provide activities for foreign workers this weekend
      769 4  -  Cooling-off steps to keep workers away from Little India RIOTING IN LITTLE INDIA By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has encouraged the major dormitory operators here to provide more recreational activities for their for-eign-worker residents this
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      102 3 TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. THE UNIQUE ASYMMETRIC STYLING OF THE AUDEMARS PIGUET MILLENARY COLLECTION HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY DESIGN ENGINEERS DEVELOP CALIBRES. THIS TRI-DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT COMBINES PERFORMANCE AND CHRONOMETRY WITH HAUTE HOROLOGY MICRO-DETAILING. IN THE TRANSVERSAL BALANCE-BRIDGE, OPTIMUM SHOCKRESISTANCE IS COMBINED WITH THE ELEGANCE OF
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon LionGold is Asia’s second best short in 2013: Markit
      833 5  -  Australian firm Pharmaxis tops the list, down 91% over the last year By ANGELA TAN angelat@sph.com.sg IT could be a great year ahead for short-sellers. These traders who make money on a falling stock price are betting against what they see
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      Lock icon Jumbo Group goes to Shanghai in tie-up with BreadTalk
      290 5  -  By CHAN YI WEN yiwenc@sph.com.sg Singapore’s homegrown seafood restaurant chain Jumbo Group, known for its famed chilli crab and pepper crab dishes, has opened its first overseas Jumbo Seafood outlet in Shanghai. And in what may well be its recipe of
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      Lock icon Emerging markets down but not out
      857 7  -  Opportunities next year but Europe and Japan deemed better bets for now Reports by CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg EMERGING-MARKET stocks may be down due to political uncertainties and Fed-tapering fears but they are not out. Market strategists say buying opportunities could come next year. But
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      Lock icon SocGen calls for caution on US equities
      535 7 Analysts upbeat but indicator points to possibility of a sharp fall IF you bought nothing but US equities this year, you would have been up 30 per cent on average. The S&P 500 index is trading at an all-time high of about 1,800
      Source: Robert Shiller (Yale University), Datastream, SG Cross Asset Research/ Global Asset Allocation  -  535 words
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      Lock icon Keppel Fels to build its first drillship
      436 8  -  The state-of-the-art ‘Can Do’ is slated to be ready in 2016 By LISA LEE lisalcc@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Corp’s offshore shipyard subsidiary Keppel Fels is to start building its first drillship sans contract, but analysts say the move is a sign that a firm contract
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon SPH ups radio station stake
        53 8 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has raised its stake in radio station operator SPH UnionWorks to 100 per cent, or just over 8 million shares, from 92.9 per cent. It bought 570,000 shares from NTUC Media Co-operative for $250,000 comprising cash and advertising airtime on SPH
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        Lock icon Same 30 on the STI
        82 8 THERE is no change to the 30 constituents of the Straits Times Index (STI) following a quarterly review. The STI reserve list comprising the five largest non-STI constituents are Keppel Land, Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, UOL Group, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings and CapitaCommercial Trust, ranked
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        Lock icon KSH bags $43m contract
        67 8 CONSTRUCTION and property company KSH Holdings has secured a $42.5 million contract from United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA) to add a five-storey building to its Dover Road campus. Work is expected to start this month and take 20 months. KSH’s existing construction order book,
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      Lock icon Nomura: Fiscal reforms to weigh on M’sian growth
      438 8  -  But they will result in positive sovereign rating action By in PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur FURTHER fiscal consolidation and a slowdown in Chinese demand for commodities will affect Malaysia’s economic growth next year, according to Nomura Equity Research. The economy is
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      Lock icon Yoma reaches beyond property in Myanmar
      343 8  -  By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg YOMA Strategic Holdings has long been known as a Myanmar property play, but a single industry is no longer enough for the company. Yoma said yesterday that it had set up a second after-sales service centre for Mitsubishi vehicles in
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      Lock icon KepReit’s S’pore assets fully leased
      291 8  -  By ONG CHOR HAO ongch@sph.com.sg KEPPEL Reit has achieved full occupancy at its five Singapore properties, after Ocean Financial Centre (OFC) became fully leased. The manager for the commercial real estate investment trust, Keppel Reit Management, said yesterday that both the office and the newly
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI falls again – by a hair’s breadth
      549 6  - STI falls again by a hair’s breadth Index’s 1.7-point decline makes it eighth in a row; short-covering moves trading activity STOCKS KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg Correspondent OF ALL the near misses in the history of near misses, yesterday’s market had to have been one of the nearest misses to ever nearly
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX
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      77 6 Dec 12 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -740.00 -88.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -25.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -74.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 702.07 -0.66 FTSE ST Small Cap 525.03 +0.02 FTSE ST All Share 743.16 -0.42 FTSE ST China Top 193.31 +1.65 FTSE ST China 219.29 +1.58 FTSE
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      60 6 VOLUME Charisma Energy 341,499,000 Otto Marine 238,466,000 Vallianz Hldgs 152,408,000 KLW Hldgs 125,495,000 Blumont 76,271,000 Asiasons 74,270,000 Golden Agri 56,012,000 HPH Trust US$ 53,931,000 SingHaiyi 49,914,000 Infinio 43,000,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 107,114,055 SingTel 85,345,570 OCBC Bk 83,723,930 UOB 45,783,928 HPH Trust US$ 42,992,466 Keppel Corp 31,107,872 Golden
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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 3 6 5 0 0 0 3 6 5 Manufacturing 38 38 42 4 4 11 42 42 53 Commerce 12 21 22 5 2 3 17 23 25 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 17 7
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Keppel Corp
        309 6 Dec 12 close: S$10.86 DMG Partners Research, Dec 12 KEPPEL Corp said its unit, Keppel FELS, is going ahead with the construction of the Can Do drillship without a contract in hand. The drillship is expected to be completed in 2016. Management has received positive feedback from customers
        Source: Bloomberg  -  309 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Yeo Hiap Seng
        326 6 Dec 12 close: S$2.47 CIMB Research, Dec 11 WE think that there is a possibility that Far East Organization, Yeo Hiap Seng’s (YHS) major shareholder, will privatise the company to facilitate its sale to a strategic buyer. The other alternative is to maintain the status quo and
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        Lock icon Silverlake Axis
        216 6  -  Compiled by ANDREA SOH Dec 12 close: S$0.90 UOB Kay Hian Research, Dec 12 AFTER its outperformance year to date, we think the stock’s current valuations reflect its solid fundamentals and good prospects. FY2014 will be a year of new contract wins and full-year contributions from Merimen Ventures
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 13,531 13,531 49,170 49,170 Manufacturing 369,949 139,634 509,583 102,747 4,509 107,256 Commerce 83,291 186,894 270,185 72,151 24,026 96,177 Tpt/Stor/Comms 130,630 5,917 136,547 185,621 711 186,332 Finance 38,316 69 38,385 253,343 24 253,367 Construction 45,720 346,585
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      115 6 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.905 +0.030 CapitaLand 2.960 -0.010 CapitaMall 1.850 CityDev 9.510 -0.120 ComfortDelGro 1.925 -0.005 DBS Grp 16.600 +0.040 GLP 2.890 +0.040 Genting SP 1.460 +0.015 Golden Agri 0.565 +0.025 HK Land 5.800 -0.080 HPH Trust US$ 0.640 +0.025 JMH 50.600 -1.310 JSH
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      Lock icon Euro weakens on industrial output data
      512 6 CURRENCIES Bloomberg [EDINBURGH] The euro retreated from near a six-week high against the US dollar yesterday, as data showed industrial production in the 17 nations that share the currency contracted in October, highlighting the uneven nature of the economic recovery. Europe’s currency weakened against
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      Lock icon RISES
      111 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DairyFarm 984 46.3 3.9 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2685 33.8 1.0 UOB 2046 20.0 1.0 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 12.5 0.1 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 10.0 0.1 UIC 299 6.0 2.0 UOL 602 6.0 1.0 China XLX 38 5.5 16.9 MSC 100 105
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      Lock icon FALLS
      127 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** -363.1 -2.7 JMH 5060 -164.0 -2.5 JSH 3130 -100.2 -2.5 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1469 -68.9 -3.6 DBXT MSTHAI 10US$ 1857 -51.3 -2.2 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** -43.8 -0.3 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2432 -33.8 -1.1 Jardine C&C 3408 -32.0 -0.9 DBXT
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore wants strong air pact with S Korea: PM
      554 9  -  He also hopes that Korea-S’pore free trade agreement could be enhanced By LEE U-WEN By in Seoul leeuwen@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE wants a strong air-services agreement with South Korea, one that would help feed the growing demand for business and leisure travel between
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      Lock icon Keen interest seen for atrium shop lot at Sim Lim Square
      274 9  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg THE only atrium shop space located on the ground floor of Sim Lim Square is being launched for sale by expression of interest. CBRE, the sole marketing agent for the sale, said it expects to
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      Lock icon Tenders for three Tuas industrial sites close
      234 9  -  By MINDY TAN tanmindy@sph.com.sg THREE industrial sites in Tuas South received top bids in the $90 range at the close of their individual tenders yesterday. The sites, which are zoned for Business 2 use, with a 1.0 plot ratio, have a tenure of
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      Lock icon Android overtakes iPhone in mobile ads
      381 9  -  By JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg ANDROID has triumphed over Apple’s iPhone in the battle for mobile advertising market share, according to the latest State of Mobile Advertising report by global mobile ad platform Opera MediaWorks. The report, which highlights significant trends in mobile advertising in
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      Lock icon Asian sovereign offshore issues likely to revive
      595 9 IFR [HONG KONG] Sovereign offshore debt issuance may nearly double in 2014 after a dry year in which only Indonesia and South Korea brought deals. “We expect up to US$8-12 billion of sovereign issuance in 2014, up from US$6.5 billion this year. Issuance
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      Lock icon Skilled specialists will be most sought after in ’14
      565 9  -  By CHAN YI WEN By yiwenc@sph.com.sg IN the next 12 months, those with specialist skills such as digital marketers, data analysts and IT specialists will be the most sought after by employers in Singapore, more than in any other country in
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      Lock icon Citi gets 2nd term as preferred card of public sector
      508 9  -  By SIOW LI SEN lisen@sph.com.sg CITI Singapore has won, for the second time, the tender to be the government’s plastic-payment provider. Officials of public sector agencies will thus use Citi’s credit cards for travel-relat-ed purchases and procurements, Citi said yesterday.
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bank Indonesia holds key rates steady
      404 10 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank kept its key interest rates unchanged yesterday, as expected, and said it will act to strengthen its monetary policy response if an expected tapering in US stimulus threatens to spark capital outflows from the country. South-east Asia’s largest economy
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      Lock icon Bloomberg, Encorp to launch M’sia’s first business channel
      453 10  -  Bloomberg TV M’sia aims to fill gap for ‘high-quality, marketmoving biz news’ By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur BLOOMBERG Television and Malaysia’s Encorp Group will launch the country’s first business channel –Bloomberg Television Malaysia next year. Bloomberg Television is a 24-hour business
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      Lock icon Tenaga to raise RM3.7b in its third sukuk sale in 2013
      740 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s second-largest corporate sukuk sale this year will test investor demand after benchmark yields rose to the highest since 2010 and inflation accelerated. Tenaga Nasional Bhd plans to raise RM3.7 billion (S1.4 billion) as soon as
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China Cinda surges 24% on debut
      349 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Shares in China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd surged as much as 24 per cent in their trading debut yesterday, boosted by heavy demand from retail investors a major success for China’s first attempt to list one of its four bad
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      Lock icon India closes insider trading loopholes
      380 11 Definition of insider enlarged to include staff and relatives Reu ters [MUMBAI] India’s financial market regulator unveiled new proposals on Wednesday, broadening the scope of who can be held liable for insider trading violations, as it steps up its fight against securities fraud. The Securities
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      Lock icon Samsung shifts production from China to Vietnam to save cost
      261 11 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Samsung Electronics Co built the world’s largest smartphone business by tapping China’s cheap and abundant workforce. Not for much longer: it’s shifting output to Vietnam to secure even lower wages and defend profit margins as growth in sales
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      Lock icon China to free up rules for M&A
      502 11 Move part of drive to restructure China industries, restore market confidence Reuters [SHANGHAI] China’s chief security regulator will liberalise rules governing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of listed companies, and encourage the use of preferred shares and M&A funds for investments, the official Shanghai
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Time of cheap money over, beware of asset bubbles: analysts
      640 12 Bets on art, wine have led to record prices which could correct soon AFP [DE CORBIERE PARIS] Cash is so cheap these days that investors have been borrowing and ploughing them in assets from artwork to wine to bitcoins, betting
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      Lock icon Australian job creation in Nov beats forecasts
      526 12 But unemployment rises to 5.8% as labour pool grows Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian employment beat expectations with the biggest increase in seven months last month, helping soften the blow of planned job losses in the country’s ailing car industry. Data yesterday from the Australian
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      Lock icon Peugeot writes down 1.1b euros, pursues ties with Dongfeng
      471 12 Reuters [LONDON] French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen unveiled a 1.1 billion euro (S$1.9 billion) writedown at its ailing overseas operations and won General Motors backing for a tie-up with China’s Dongfeng. Peugeot and GM also yesterday lowered savings goals for their
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      Lock icon Samsung claim against Apple thrown out by Korean court
      404 14 It will review judgement before deciding on appeal AP [SEOUL] A Seoul court has rejected Samsung’s claim that iPhone and iPad models violated three of its patents, another setback for the South Korean electronics giant in a global battle with Apple
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      Lock icon Facebook shares rally on news of S&P 500 inclusion
      283 14 The social media giant takes over from Teradyne which joins the S&P MidCap 400 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Facebook stock jumped close to 4 per cent in after-hours trading on Wednesday on news that the social media giant would join the Standard
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      Lock icon Slow growth, instability plague emerging markets
      659 15 This will have a big impact on global growth next year, say economists AFP [PARIS] Only recently hailed as the saviours of the world economy, emerging markets have had a tough year in 2013, hit by slow growth, market instability and social unrest that
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      Lock icon Russia proposes trade talks with US: official
      181 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Russia has proposed a series of bilateral trade negotiations with the United States under the umbrella of a hoped-for new trade agenda between the two countries, a senior Russian official said. He said Russia, in a meeting with top US trade
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      Lock icon Europe’s recovery set to boost US bottomlines
      643 15 Tech players, with highest exposure to Europe, well placed Reuters [NEW YORK] Europe, long a scapegoat for weak earnings at US multinational companies, is now looking like a more dependable source of profits, and that could make some stocks that lagged this year’s
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      Lock icon Nov retail sales jump 0.7%, a 5-month high
      436 16 Q4 growth may get a lift as Americans spend more on big-ticket items LATEST US DATA AP Reuters [WASHINGTON] US consumers ramped up spending in November on cars, appliances and furniture and made more purchases online, signalling growing confidence in the economy
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      Lock icon Abe unveils 5.5t yen budget
      505 16  -  Funding will be from extra taxes, fiscal reserves drawdown By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo CAUGHT between a need to bolster economic growth and to avoid plunging Japan’s heavily indebted government deeper into debt, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday unveiled a 5.5 trillion yen (S$67 billion)
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      Lock icon Thai crisis may delay projects, curb growth
      541 16 them to take sides. Reuters, AFP [BANGKOK] Political unrest in Thailand that has forced the prime minister to call an early election could further delay infrastructure projects expected to support the economy in 2014 and hit tourism, possibly sending the current account into
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    • BRIEFING
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      557 17 Reuters [TRIPOLI] Libya’s government expects eastern tribes to reopen three oil ports this weekend as pledged but refuses to deal with an autonomy movement demanding a share of oil exports, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, tribal leaders blocking
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      793 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Pilot error was involved in the Asiana Airlines Inc crash that killed three passengers on July 6 in San Francisco after a captain inadvertently disabled a speed control system and the plane crashed into a seawall, documents show. Lee Kang
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      274 17 Reuters [TORONTO] Air Canada said on Wednesday that it will purchase up to 109 of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX under its narrow-body fleet renewal plan, a major win for the aircraft maker and significant shift in supplier for Canada’s
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      499 20 EDITORIAL AFTER more than a decade as a global market darling, emerging market equities and bonds have suffered a humbling comeuppance. Over the past three years, returns have turned negative; the broader MSCI Emerging Markets Index has been relatively resilient with an annualised loss
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      462 24 Bloomb erg [SYDNEY] UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, is entering Australia’s property market to invest as much as A$10 billion (S$11.3 billion) over the next five years through a joint venture with a local developer. The bank, which now only holds property shares
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      137 22 Call Toll-free 1800-289-9988 To Place Your Classified Advertisements WAT-ci D04 HOUSE FOR SALE SENTOSA Bunglw 3½ Storey 8159 sqft,6+1 ensuite, 2 living, Pool, Lift, Berth. Also for rent. Owner 9144 0027/ 9771 6341 D04 HOUSE FOR SALE SENTOSA COVE Sentosa Cove Corner Terrace 3 storey basement. 5+1 bedrooms, 3404/ 4482
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      127 22 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE JELITA Jelita Semi-D single storey. Land 3545 sqft. Original condition re-built or A&A. Prime Location, Rarely avail. $6.4M neg. Fan Mary 9119 9930 D10 HOUSE FOR SALE MARYLAND DRIVE Semi-detached. District 10. 5-bedroom, 2715/ 4049 sq ft. $7.2M negotiable. Serious seller. Eugene Yeo 9797 7772 D10
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      123 22 D11 21 HOUSE FOR SALE SWISS CLUB VICINITY Terr at Swiss Club vicinity. 5rm. Reno. Big Garden. Quiet. Big frontage. Basement. Bertram *****825 D11 21 HOUSE FOR SALE WATTEN ESTATE 3sty semi-d Watten Est 4260/ 3330 sqft, regular land. New bungalow Namly 5500/ 5800 sqft. 6+1 ensuites. Pool. Unblocked, $2k
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      112 22 D15 HOUSE FOR SALE FRANKEL Living in style! Iconic bungalow, 2-sty+ attic basement. Pool, Park 3 cars, Asking $12.15m. 9630 6485 Pauline D15 HOUSE FOR SALE KALEIDO Freehold Strata Terrace 3100-3498 sqft. 5 ensuite rooms. 3-storey attic basement. D15 HOUSE FOR SALE ONAN ROAD Single-storey Corner Terrace. Land 3800 sqft.
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      138 22 D16 HOUSE FOR SALE UPPER EAST COAST Home of Stature. 6+1 rooms. Freehold. 8800/ 5400 sqft. Big pool. Grand entertainment hall. Call: Sharon Lee 8101 5665 D17 HOUSE FOR SALE BUNGALOW Beautiful Bungalow 6860/ 5200 sqft. 5+1. F’hold. Elevated land. Breezy. Greenery. Nice garden with 17 metre pool. Steve 9297
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      952 23 D19 HOUSE FOR SALE CONWAY DRIVE Rare single sty semi-d, 3,155 sq ft, 3+1, A&A in 2011, wide frontage, $4.35m. 9630 6485 Pauline D19 HOUSE FOR SALE HAI SING Hai Sing 3-storey Semi-D. 999 years, regular land approx 370 sqm. Park 3 to 4 cars. 8 rooms ensuite. Sky terrace.
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      173 23 D10 APARTMENT FOR SALE TANGLIN HILL $5.9M Prime location! Rare Opportunity. 3315 sqft. Freehold. Mais 4-bdrms +attached maid+ balcony. Tenanted till 2015 rental $13k D10 APARTMENT FOR SALE TANGLIN PARK Freehold. 4+1 bdrms. Approx 1980 sf. Quiet facing. Greenery. Large grounds. Full facilities. Price neg. Also For Rent. Call TKE
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      481 24 D11 21 APARTMENT FOR SALE THE HILLFORD New Launch! Jln Jurong Kechil. 1rm 398-431sf $4xxxK/2rm 506-560 sf $5xxK. 2rm Dual key 657 sf. $7xxK. Rental 4.2% up. www.bensonchow.com D12 APARTMENT FOR SALE NOVA 48 FH. $1400 psf neg. 1238 sf. 3-bdrms with balcony. High upside. High rental yields. 1 street
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      128 24 D23 APARTMENT FOR SALE HILLS 21 Freehold New Project. Live by nature park/ lake. Near West Mall. Great Layout. Comparable price to Executive Condo. 2 bdrms $799K, 3 bdrms $1M D23 APARTMENT FOR SALE REGENT GROVE New list! Regent Grove. Opp Yew Tee MRT. 3+utility+yard. 1163 sqft. Face pool #16.
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      274 25 D10 HOUSE FOR RENT OEI TIONG HAM S-level Detached House with big gdn. 3+1. F/reno equipped kitchen, elevated pool autogate. Can park 3/4 cars. P/furn. Mins Holland V. View Today! D10 HOUSE FOR RENT SIXTH AVENUE 1 yr only! 4661sf 5-bdrms Semi-Direct. Swimming pool, 24hr Cold Storage. Accessible to Raffles
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      231 25 D16 HOUSE FOR RENT TANAN MERAH KECHIL RIDGE Expat’s Choice Terrace House. 3500 sqft. 3storey 5 bedrooms. Near Tanah Merah MRT. $6K neg. D17 HOUSE FOR RENT 27A TOH AVENUE Semi-D Newly rebuilt 3500/ 5000 sqft. 2storey attic. 5+1 bedrooms pool. Available Immediate. Call 9863 5635/ 9727 2996 D20 HOUSE
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      237 25 D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT CENTENNIA SUITES Centenna Suites. Homey 2 bedrooms with balcony, high floor, unblocked. Available Immediate. *****485 Pauline D09 APARTMENT FOR RENT HIGH POINT 4 bedrooms, 4 baths. Well-kept. In the heart of Orchard. Near International schs/ Mount Elizabeth. Partially furnished. View to Offer. Mei 9671 6756 D09
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      247 25 D10 APARTMENT FOR RENT SHAMROCK VILLA Cluster Bungalow Namly Place. Private pool. 5bdrm. Big living terrace. $10.5K. Call 9857 1303 D10 APARTMENT FOR RENT ST REGIS RESIDENCES 4-bdrm, 2153 sf, 6-star hotel facilities. Concierge service. $11,500. Immediate. Please call *****788 Eddie Tan PN D10 APARTMENT FOR RENT TESSARINA 3+1, 1335
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      269 25 D03 FACTORY FOR SALE HENDERSON INDUSTRIAL PARK Henderson Industrial Park, 4 storey, 9985 sf. FH, Corner, private lift. Nicely fitted. Suits Office, B1 light industrial. Angeline Heng 9789 2388 ERA D03 SHOP FOR SALE 37 JLN RUMAH TINGGI Blk 37 Jln Rumah tinggi, off Jalan Bukit Merah. HDB 2-Sty shophouse.
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      657 26 D01 SHOP FOR RENT THE ARCADE The Arcade. 310 sqft. Heavy Traffic. No water point. Suitable for retail. Available January 2014. Asking $7900 neg! Hurry! Call now for viewing! D07 OFFICE FOR RENT BEACH ROAD Newly renovated Beach Rd. 3 min walk to MRT. $688. Free aircon, wifi, elect, meeting
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      164 26 FOREIGN PROPERTY FOR SALE CONDOMINIUM IN MALAYSIA SKS Pavillion Residences. FH luxurious Condo Strategic Located near CIQ, S’pore/JB City View. View in Singapore. Ace Wong 9070 8818 FOREIGN PROPERTY FOR SALE CONDOMINIUM IN MALAYSIA SKS Pavillion Residences. FH luxurious Condo Strategic Located near CIQ, S’pore/JB City View. View in Singapore.
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      318 26 FOREIGN PROPERTY FOR RENT TAMAN PELANGI IN MALAYSIA Semi-D Bunglw for rent at Taman Pelangi, JB. Semi furn. 3 mins drive fr JB CIQ check-point to S’pore. Mr Goh +601 *****308/ +601 *****082 FOREIGN PROPERTY FOR SALE CONDOMINIUM IN MALAYSIA SKS Pavillion Residences. FH luxurious Condo Strategic Located near CIQ,
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      70 31 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Dec 11 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 109.38 0.64 WTI (Near Mth) 97.40 -1.07 Dubai (1-Mth F) 105.70 -0.75 Tapis blend 114.58 -0.80 Minas 108.38 -0.80 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 105.78 0.11 Jet Kerosene 126.45 0.73 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 31 Dec 12 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2520 1.2530 2-months 1.2519 1.2529 3-months 1.2519 1.2529 6-months 1.2515 1.2526 Source: OCBC
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      65 31 Dec-11 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1773.25 1747.25 3 months 1817.00 1793.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 7225.50 7136.25 3 months 7220.00 7135.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2126.25 2084.75 3 months 2144.00 2110.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.50 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.50 3 months *****.00
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      121 31 As at 9am Dec 12 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.159 1.104 Can dollar 1.204 1.158 Euro 1.766 1.682 Sterling pound 2.089 2.009 NZ dollar 1.058 1.018 US dollar 1.277 1.217 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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        652 38  -  From around the world, five collectors of South-east Asian art share their wisdom on how to build an art collection. ByHELMI HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg HOWARD TAM 47, USA Technical director of a medical technology firm HOWARD Tam applies a simple rule of thumb when
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        541 38 HADY ANG 61, Singapore Deputy director of a transport-related company I F you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth and you wish to collect art, you may want to follow the footsteps of the Vogels (see story on page 36) or Hady
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        486 38 TOM TANDIO 33, Indonesian Managing director of an automotive company TOM Tandio isn’t just an art collector he is also passionately involved in promoting the art of his country, Indonesia. For one thing, he helped raise 50 per cent of the budget for this
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        564 38 MIKE AND LOU SAMSON Both 43, Singapore PRs originally from the Philippines He’s a regional head of a bank, she runs an events firm THEY started collecting art in 2000 when they had just moved to Singapore from the Philippines. At the time, they picked
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        1190 32  -  Famed drink owes its uniqueness to a series of widows who took over the business when their husbands died, reportsTHOMAS THOMAS ADAMSON AP [REIMS, France] FOR Champagne to become the tipple it is today popped at weddings, quaffed in casinos, sprayed by racing drivers
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        1136 32  -  By NK YONG IN the past two weeks, I have had more whites than reds in the past six months a most refreshing experience that included a Grand Cru Chablis, a Montrachet, a Corton Charlemagne and wonder of wonders, an Haut Brion Blanc!
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        706 33  -  Marcel Heijnen explores the idea of change and what is left behind, with a series on modern cityscapes, reports RACHEL LOI RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg MARCEL Heijnen wears many hats. In addition to being a graphic designer by trade, he helps run a cafe, is a
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        339 33  -  By RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg A SHORTLIST of 20 emerging contemporary Asian artists was announced earlier this week for the inaugural Prudential Eye Awards, out of over 500 nominees who submitted their works to a judging panel of seven international art professionals. The nominated artists
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        78 33 DIGITAL/VIDEO Daniel Crooks, Australia Baden Pailthorpe, Australia Pussy Riot, Russia Yang Yong Liang, China INSTALLATION Lee Jaehyo, Korea Irina Korina, Russia Jompet Kuswidananto, Indonesia Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, China PAINTING Tony Garifalakis, Australia Fiona Lowry, Australia Lam Tung Pang, Hong Kong Ben Quilty, Australia PHOTOGRAPHY Eric Bridgeman,
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          107 33 Colours An Evening with A Cappella: If you love a cappella, then you’re in for a treat this Saturday evening at the Esplanade’s new festival VOICES, with Colours An Evening with A Cappella. Four of Singapore’s most established a cappella groups Key Elements, Vocaluptuous, Juz-B and MICappella will be
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          353 33  -  Compiled by RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg Motherland: Artists Mike HJ Chang, Sherman Ong and Robert Renhui Zhao take on the concepts of home and motherland, in an exhibition at the Chan Hampe Galleries titled Motherland. Motherland is a term that refers to the place where one was born, and is
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          299 33  -  PICK OF THE WEEK By RACHEL LOI By rachloi@sph.com.sg MOST classical concerts just require their audiences to sit and listen to music. But attendees of Sing Messiah! by the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) have the unique option to play a much
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        937 34  -  Want to put a book in someone’s X’mas stocking? Here are seven recommendations fromHELMI HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes By Maria Konnikova, $32 BOOKS on how to think better are not always an easy read. But Maria Konnikova’s Mastermind:
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        393 34  -  BY RACHEL LOI rachloi@sph.com.sg THE stakes are high for Dream Academy’s annual musical revue Crazy Christmas, a festive stalwart since 2007. This is especially so given the official return of the Dim Sum Dollies after a one-year hiatus. Taken purely at face
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        356 34  -  By HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg IT’S not often that one gets to watch a horror play and it’s perhaps rarer still to find a good one. The Woman In Black, now playing at the Kallang Theatre, is a true gem of horror
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        792 35  -  The Christmas albums this season range from those with evergreen pop appeal to country and soul treatments of Yuletide favourites. DYLAN TAN highlights some of the more interesting releases DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg Wrapped in Red Kelly Clarkson AMERICAN Idol winner Kelly Clarkson’s Wrapped in Red
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        985 36  -  Famed collector cautions against buying art for investment, reportsHELMI HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg THEIR combined salaries were less than US$50,000 a year. But American government employees Dorothy and Herbert Vogel were among the most celebrated art collectors in the world, amassing over 4,782
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        503 36  -  By DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg THE cast’s wrinkles are as obvious as the punchlines but thanks to this quartet of Hollywood’s finest old-timers Michael Douglas, 69; Robert De Niro, 70; Morgan Freeman, 76; and Kevin Kline, 66 the formulaic buddy comedy Last Vegas becomes a
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        705 36  -  By DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg IT’S tough being the middle child you’re too young to have any control over the other siblings and too old to be spoilt by your parents. Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug the middle chapter of his big-screen
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