The Business Times, 17 March 2014

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    26 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 085/08/2013 Monday, March 17, 2014G G
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    Lock icon SGX reiterates regulatory stance in response to Olam
    680 1  -  Trading was within price ranges set by analysts, it says By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) said that it takes a serious view of all market misconduct in breach of the Securities and Futures Act, including potential insider trading
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      57 1 Weekly Change ST INDEX 3,073.72 -62.54 KL COMP 1,805.12 -27.14 NIKKEI 225 14,327.66 -946.41 HANG SENG 21,539.49 -1,121.00 SET INDEX 1,372.18 +17.10 JAKARTA COMP 4,878.64 +192.75 MANILA COMP 6,391.24 -90.59 SEOUL COMP 1,919.90 -54.78 SHENZHEN B 834.13 -12.24 MUMBAI IND 21,809.80 -109.99 DOW 16,065.67 -387.05 NASDAQ 4,245.40 -90.82 S&P
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      22 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 5.55 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 15.322 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 us Source: Bloomberg
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      50 1 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.266 (US$/S$ per 1.661 2.104 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.387 1.756 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 101.80 80.40 RM 3.280 2.590 HK$ 7.765 6.132 BAHT BAHT 32.33 25.53 RUPIAH 11,416 9,016 RENMINBI 6.150 4.857 INDIAN RUPEE 61.36 48.46 A$ 1.109 0.876 NZ$ 1.171 0.925
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    Lock icon Medical suites looking good to investors
    1095 1  -  Growth of medical industry and fewer restrictions drive demand, say consultants By RAPHAEL LIM raphlim@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Medical suites, a sub-segment of the commercial property market, are coming onto the radar screens of investors, who are seeing the niche field as an alternative asset class.
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      244 1 DINING OUT Royal Pavilion’s good balance of flavours PAGE 24 VIEWS FROM THE TOP Pros and cons of raising re-employment age ceiling PAGES 10-11 TOPLINE Surviving an attack of the clones BOARDROOM MATTERS Corporate governance in family businesses PAGE 4 PAGE 4 BT WEBSITES For breaking news, go to businesstimes.com.sg.
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  • TOP STORIES
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      498 2 More investors looking to medical suites MEDICAL suites, a sub-segment of the commercial property market, are coming onto the radar screens of investors, who are seeing the niche field as an alternative asset class. FRONT PAGE SGX reiterates regulatory stance in response to Olam THE Singapore Exchange said
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      Lock icon Market hit by fears over Crimea, China
      867 2  -  Slide looks set to continue; Fed likely to retain its easy stance WALL STREET INSIGHT By ROB CURRAN THIS week, the stock market’s slide from record levels may continue unless there is a last-minute diplomatic breakthrough in Ukraine, improvement in Chinese data or
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      Lock icon Indonesia at risk of sliding into middle income trap
      832 2  -  As commodity boom fades, it sees rapid growth waning By in JEFFREY HUTTON in Jakarta FOLLOWING nearly a decade of rapid economic growth fuelled by high commodity prices, Indonesia risks a slump into mediocrity, joining a class of re-source-rich countries that
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      Lock icon Companies should also focus on the ‘I’ in PIC
      712 3  -  Innovation, not just productivity, needs more attention, say business leaders By RAPHAEL LIM By raphlim@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] Rather than focusing on just automation and training, companies should use more of the other qualifying activities in the productivity and innovation credit (PIC) scheme,
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      Lock icon M’sia seeks help from 25 nations as search widens
      632 3 Hunt now expands to deep oceans, land across 11 countries MISSING MAS FLIGHT Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian authorities have asked 25 countries to support the hunt for a missing passenger jet as it prepared to extend the search to an area
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Surviving an attack of the clones
      887 4  -  Trek’s strategy is to do nothing for now and wait for its arsenal of patents to come onstream, TOPLINE reportsJOYCE JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg HENN Tan must be having some serious deja vu. The CEO of Trek 2000 International (Trek), of thumbdrive fame, has been
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      Lock icon Suntar Eco-City placed on SGX watch-list
      182 4  -  By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg CHINESE pharmaceutical product manufacturer Suntar Eco-City has announced that it will be placed on the Singapore Exchange watch-list with effect from today, after making three consecutive years of losses. In its latest fiscal year ended Dec 31, 2013, lower profit
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      Lock icon Corporate governance in family businesses
      820 4  -  It is important since the overlap between family and work presents challenges that are absent in non-family firms, says YEOH OON JIN YEOH OON JIN The writer is a member of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors CORPORATE governance is now an
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      Lock icon Buybacks maintain momentum
      1832 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS By ROBERT HALILI The writer is managing director, Asia Insider Ltd UYING fell while selling among directors rose last week, according to filings on Singapore Exchange, with 15 companies recording 32 purchases worth $2.47 million versus six with 15 disposals worth $2.42 million. The buy
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      271 8 Mar 14 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 Bank of China Limited 5.50 Bank of Communications 5.50 Bank of East Asia ...6.00 ...5.50 Bank of Taiwan ...5.50 Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi ...5.75 Banque Internationale a ...5.50 Bank of
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      292 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Qian Hu Corp A No. 71 Jalan Lekar 18-Mar 11.00am Tansview Hldgs E Carnation Room Level 3 S'pore Polytechnic Graduates’ Guild, 1010 Dover Road 18-Mar 10.00am Sino Construction E RELC International Hotel Tanglin 2 (Level 10 30 Orange Grove Road 25-Mar 11.00am China
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      739 5 4 A A How Watson helps answer big questions with Big Data. Since Jeopardy!, Watson has become 15percent smaller and 240 percent faster, and it can now operate from a single server. v© 1 It rims on 20 watts. It’s smaller than a shoebox. It’s the most powerful and efficient
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market may be in for a challenging week
      693 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg Senior Correspondent IS CHINA slowing and if yes, how big a deal is it for global equities? Will Ukraine return to the fore, having occupied a back seat for most of last week? And last but by no
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      457 6  -  CURRENCIES HOWIE LEE The writer is an investment analyst at Phillip Futures BESIDES the three reserve currencies the US dollar (USD), euro (EUR) and Japanese yen (JPY) some of the most convertible currencies include the Australian dollar (AUD), the British pound (GBP) and the Canadian
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      Lock icon Gold shines, copper slumps on market fears
      425 6 COMMODITIES AFP [LONDON] Gold prices struck six-month highs last week but copper futures tumbled to the lowest level in nearly four years on market concerns over slowing Chinese economic growth. Investors sought haven investments such as gold also because of the Ukraine crisis
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      116 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP GLD 10US$ ***** 278.5 1.7 Jardine C&C 4269 264.0 6.6 Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** 134.2 0.9 DBXT iBoxxUSTr 5US$ ***** 126.6 0.5 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 119.0 0.3 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 110.7 0.5 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1441 106.3 6.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 2921
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      131 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** -393.6 -1.9 SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** -372.1 -1.6 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 5890 -348.1 -4.5 DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 5918 -317.7 -4.1 DBXT E50 10US$ 5078 -306.3 -4.5 DBXT AUDCS 5US$ ***** -289.8 -1.2 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4354 -250.6 -4.3 JSH 3275
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      1586 6 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (cents) (ratio) price AIMS AMP Capital Ind REIT 2.00 2.00 3 10.12 12.95 1.66 1.31 Amtek Engineering Ltd 2.50 2.50 2 0.05 10.44 0.57 0.65 ARA Asset Management Ltd 2.29
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      5 6 WEEKLY
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      77 6 Mar 14 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -273.00 -21.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -54.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -27.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 713.18 -1.56 FTSE ST Small Cap 536.91 +0.19 FTSE ST All Share 749.09 -1.67 FTSE ST China Top 197.32 -0.53 FTSE ST China 224.00 -0.89 FTSE
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      55 6 VOLUME Albedo 1,292,151,000 HanKore 801,741,000 Charisma Energy 374,903,000 Innopac 236,758,000 Equation 235,685,000 AdvanceSCT 223,735,000 KLW Hldgs 215,468,000 Golden Agri 212,235,000 Blumont 212,209,000 Transcu Grp 206,689,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 594,644,807 UOB 245,162,766 Olam 234,788,155 Keppel Corp 205,806,431 SingTel 195,075,905 GLP 156,303,930 OCBC Bk 152,053,946 Noble Grp 145,943,440 CapitaLand
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      112 6 Trade NDFs with Phillip Futures Brought to you by Phillip Futures Pte Ltd (A member of PhillipCapital) ilil Ml An Asian Financial House with a Global Reach www.phillipfutures.com.sg 6538 0500 futures@phillip.com.sg Co. Reg. No: *****5695G 250 North Bridge Road #07-01 Raffles City Tower Singapore *****1 Email: futures@phillip.com.sg The above information
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      490 7 WORKING is a newsletter by the Ministry of Manpower. In this issue, we highlight recent changes made to the Employment Act to better protect our workers and raise employment standards, as well as the flexibility provided to employers to manage these changes. These changes will take effect from 1 April
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      99 8 I B 11 I I I H H |i i 'y/ IB SI 1 HIS JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA APR L 6™ 20 SINGAPORE INDOOR STADIUM at Singapore sports hub &0 9 3fm A/AEDIACORP Station New releases now in stores: SJ8S«® B .-I X.\M l 1 ANDRE andre rieu k Friends
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      1950 9 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date AEI Corp an 0.500 05-May 07-May 15-May 27-Feb AIM ak 0.160 06-May 08-May 20-May 26-Feb AIMS Prop Securities (Sep-Dec 2013) ct 0.150 27-Dec 31-Dec 21-Mar 18-Dec AIMSAMPI Reit (1 Oct-31 Dec 2013) ag 2.770 06-Feb 10-Feb 27-Mar 29-Jan
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      Lock icon Financial services oversight drives rise in professional jobs
      411 9  -  Morgan McKinley study shows 7.4% hike in Jan; 15% of job increases are from regulatory hiring By SHEENA TAN By tsheena@sph.com.sg REGULATION of financial services in Singapore is a strong driver behind the growth of professional jobs here. According to recruiter Morgan
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      389 9  -  By KELLY TAY By kellytay@sph.com.sg Senior citizens pay it forward with tai chi ON Saturday, over 100 residents from the Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) Community Home for Senior Citizens took part in a mass tai chi workout at Ang Mo Kio the first of several weekly sessions
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      3145 10 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC What are the pros and cons of raising the re-employment age ceiling to 67 years? How would the move impact the broader issue of manpower hiring and talent retention? Chris Comer CEO and Property Developer Castlewood Group THE opportunity to work until age 67
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      131 10 TAKE A SALARY HEALTH CHECK 2014 HAYS SALARY GUIDE OUT NOW Asia remains a hotbed of recruitment activity but omnipresent high-level skills shortages are the continuous bane of hiring managers. Perhaps that’s why 29 per cent of employers across Asia have increased salaries above 6 per cent, while a further
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      11 11 For the complete list of views from CEOs, go to http://businesstimes.com.sg
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      362 11 Established and headquartered in Singapore, Straits Talent™ is a solution-focused executive search firm and human capital business partner. We pride ourselves in providing innovative and tailored human capital solutions so as to aid value creation for your business. In this knowledge era we live in, intellectual capital is pivotal to
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific: Shaping things to come
      1731 12  -  Resources, utilities and Reits on SGX offer opportunities to invest in development, saysGEOFF GEOFF HOWIE The writer is SGX’s market strategist THE Asia-Pacific region began its journey to global economic relevance well before many young investors were even born. The political stability that had developed
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      113 12 Get started now Be a young investor DO you aspire to be a successful young investor? Are you keen on taking the first step towards achieving that? The BT-Citibank Young Investors’ Forum is no typical page extracted from a financial textbook. This forum will present step-by-step guides on how to
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia’s election campaign gets rolling
      793 13 Jokowi’s popularity rising, voters set to seek radical change Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s raucous election season kicked off yesterday with the promise of a fresh style of leadership in the world’s third largest democracy, whose economic promise has been sapped by rampant graft, confusing policy and
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      Lock icon BURSA MALAYSIA
      1378 13 VOL Mar 14 RM +/-(‘000) A M Realty 1.03 unch 310 VOL Advance Synerg 0.14 unch 113 Adventa Bhd 1.14 -0.01 114 Ae Multi Hldgs 0.21 -0.01 217 Affin Holdings 3.88 0.01 474 Ahmad Zaki Res 0.81 -0.01 163 Abric Bhd Alliance Finan 4.20 -0.16 2166 Aluminium Co
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      Lock icon IMF praises KL for its handling of the economy
      528 13  -  Malaysia’s ambitious reform agenda comes in for praise; GDP seen growing at 5% this year By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo MALAYSIA’S embattled government, which has found itself at the centre of widespread criticism over its handling of the missing Malaysian Airlines
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Alibaba starts ball rolling for IPO in the US
      883 14 Chinese behemoth eyes NYSE for a listing expected to raise US$10b NYT AFP [NEW YORK] The Chinese Internet industry is coming of age, as some of its biggest players prepare to start new chapters as publicly traded companies in the United
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      Lock icon Chinese funds causing copper slide: sources
      628 14 Sell-off highlights China’s clout in commodity markets Reuters [SYDNEY] Chinese funds taking massive short positions played a powerful role in copper’s slide to around four-year lows last week, signalling the growing force of the sector in global commodities markets. The funds had been building
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      2798 15 VOLUNTARY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER by ODES DBS BANK LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****0306E for and on behalf of Mr Koh Wee Meng to acquire all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of GLOBAL PREMIUM HOTELS LIMITED GLOBAL PREMIUM HOTELS LIMITED (Incorporated in the
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon FDIC sues 16 banks for fixing Libor
      764 16 It alleges that the banks committed fraud and violated US antitrust laws Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc and Credit Suisse Group AG were among 16 of the world’s biggest banks sued by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC)
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      Lock icon HKMA says UBS attempted to rig Hibor
      302 16 AFP [HONG KONG] Swiss banking giant UBS attempted to rig Hong Kong’s benchmark interest rate, the city’s de facto central bank said following a more than year-long investigation. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) began its probe into the local interbank rate, or
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      Lock icon ECB defends decision to hold rates steady
      724 17 A whole range of its top officials have justified the move, despite low inflation AFP [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be increasingly on the defensive, stepping up efforts to counter criticism of complacency after it held interest rates steady again
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      Lock icon Europe still reliant on Russian gas
      689 17 It faces competition for supplies, lower production at home AFP [PARIS] Europe will have trouble weaning itself off Russian natural gas, analysts say, as its faces declining production at home and Asian competition for supplies. Even before the current flare up of tensions with
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      Lock icon New York trumps London as world’s top financial capital
      306 17 WP [LONDON] New York replaced London as the world’s leading financial centre for the first time, after London was rocked by a series of scandals and questions over the UK’s place in the European Union (EU). New York holds the top
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      Lock icon Yellen expected to stick to taper this week
      613 18 Focus at first session as Fed chief will be on how she signals interest rate policy AFP [WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen is expected to stick to the game plan when she chairs her first monetary policy meeting this week, further
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      Lock icon Risk experts gain in stature at banks
      604 18 Their status, salaries soar after probes, financial crisis Reuters [LONDON] Once modest of pay and profile, risk experts are being reborn as rock stars of the banking world their status and salaries soaring as regulators force financial institutions to clean up. Industry-wide investigations
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      Lock icon Mizuho added as defendant to fraud suit against Mt Gox
      354 18 Reuters [DELAWARE] One of Japan’s largest lenders, Mizuho Bank Ltd, has became ensnared in the US legal fallout from the collapse of Mt Gox, the leading bitcoin exchange that lost more than US$400 million of customers’ digital currency. The Japanese
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      Lock icon UK to boost home building with Help-to-Buy extension
      511 20 Programme to be extended till 2020; garden city outside London to be built Bloomberg [LONDON] Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said that he will extend the Help-to-Buy programme for newly built homes until 2020, and announced plans for a garden city
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      Lock icon Rosberg steers Mercedes to crushing victory
      494 20 Reuters AFP [MELBOURNE] Nico Rosberg drew first blood for Mercedes in the new Formula One season with a dominant Australian Grand Prix victory yesterday after pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton and world champion Sebastian Vettel retired with reliability problems. Vettel’s early exit ended the Red Bull
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      Lock icon Banks to be hit with Microsoft costs for ATMs
      618 20 They face additional charges for support of older machines Reuters [NEW YORK] Banks around the world, consumed with meeting more stringent capital regulations, will miss a deadline to upgrade outdated software for automated teller machines (ATMs) and face additional costs to
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      Lock icon Ukraine, Russia agree to brief Crimea truce: Kiev
      500 20 It will allow Ukraine soldiers to replenish their supplies AFP [KIEV] Ukraine’s defence minister said yesterday that his forces in Crimea had reached a temporary truce with Russia aimed at easing tensions surrounding the Black Sea peninsula’s high-stakes secession referendum. Russian troops
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      Lock icon US coffee lovers spur sales despite soaring prices
      1086 21 Pressure mounting on coffee industry as cost of arabica beans skyrockets WP [SAN FRANCISCO] Doreen Cappelli is so hooked on her morning cappuccino that she says she’d pay a lot more to get it. “I don’t drink wine and alcohol,” Ms Cappelli,
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      66 18 If CO CO u CO Qu CJ) CD CO CO o ■c H Co At CD 1 > 4 e Do big fish always eat small fish? Will tiny ripples make huge waves? Understanding is key to winning the business game. Mastering the rules demand 360°-perspectives. Make sense of market
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      789 19 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CAVENAGH CAPITAL PTE. LTD. (Company Registration Number 2008-*****-Z) (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 80 South Bridge Road 03-01, Singapore *****0 on the
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      4319 19 Cap/taMalls Asia CAPITAMALLS ASIA LIMITED (Singapore Company Registration Number: *****3169H) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability) (Hong Kong Stock Code: 6813) (Singapore Stock Code: JS8) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM”) of CapitaMalls Asia Limited (the “Company”) Singapore
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      521 20 MARCO POLO MARINE LTD. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****0073Z) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “EGM”) of the shareholders of Marco Polo Marine Ltd. (the “Company”) will be held at Ruby Suite Level II, Orchid Country
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  • AVIATION/SHIPPING
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      1038 23 Satellite technology for real-time tracking of jets may become priority too Bloomberg [CHICAGO] In a world where Google Inc knows your shopping habits and police use mobile phones to pinpoint locations of emergency calls, how can a wide-body Boeing 777 fall off the
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      461 23 Bloomberg [HANOI] Robert Hambleton wants to hear more noise from the huge container port outside his office near Ho Chi Minh City. Towering cranes at the next-door competitor are silent, without a ship on the horizon. “It’s a brand-new terminal without any customers,” said Mr
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      244 23 SGX '000 Mar 14 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.40 unch 214 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.27 0.01 95 Mar 14 Cwt Limited Vol First Ship Lea Chuan Hup Hldq... Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd 0.78 unch 1080 K1Ventures 0 68 Keppel Corp 10.46 0.01 4054 Mercator
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      486 23 Reuters [MADRID] A consortium led by Spain’s Sacyr has signed a deal to complete work on widening the 100-year-old Panama Canal, it said, settling a long-running dispute over cost overruns that had put the multi-bil-lion-dollar project in jeopardy. Insurer Zurich, whose agreement
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      365 23 Asia Pacific MARITIME Offshore deling Man^e Asia Pacific Maritime 2014 19-21 March 20U HaU A, B, C, D, E F Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 3-day exhibition across 6 halls 15,000 visitors from over 60 countries 16 official pavilions free •■A* conference HEAR FROM SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE
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      324 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Knock down price motto of rival trader? (10) 6 Some leg of beef (4) 10 Vessel that’s found in the kitchen bin, perhaps (5) 11 French gear manufacturer (9) 12 Well held! (8) 13 Stitch holding in tendon (5) 15 Frank goes to discuss outside (4-3)
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      863 24  -  Royal Pavilion’s dishes reflect the confident style of its head chef, says JAIME EE JAIME EE NEW RESTAURANT Royal Pavilion Level 1, Park Regis Singapore 23 Merchant Road Tel: 6818-8888 Open for lunch and dinner daily: 11.30am to 2.30pm; 6pm to 10pm. FOR the longest
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      335 24 Wine, C 1 Xr A HOT NEW DINING EXPERIENCE AT MANDARIN ORCHARD SINGAPORE 'iWl V i c r m V: < PS v« A' m C i ■> --'S S 0 BUSINESS SET LUNCH WITH A VIEW Situated 35 levels above Orchard Road, head over to Shisen Hanten to savour
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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      3403 25 Week ended: Mar 14 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 14 10.4 8Telecom Last Sale AAT Vol ('000) Week Last Quote High Low Buyer Seller Div GrYld 181.6 102.4 AIMSAMPIReit 131
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      792 26 52-wks Last Vol Week Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 35 22 t 3Cnergy 500 „Ss£ssggEdS^BgaSs£SKgE^£SK££S£sESCK^gsgC^S£Su,= gJsE f |i 2 0.9 t Advanced System 0.9 unch 1584 1.1 0.9 0.9 1 15.8 6 4.9
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      118 26 Stock name Close Change CapMallsAsia 1.725 -0.035 CapitaLand 2.750 -0.030 CapitaMall 1.895 CityDev 9.260 -0.190 ComfortDelGro 1.950 -0.005 DBS Grp 15.730 -0.070 GLP 2.760 Genting SP 1.315 -0.005 Golden Agri 0.585 -0.010 HK Land 6.320 -0.060 Stock name Close Change HPH Trust US$ 0.630 -0.005 JMH
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      1954 26 Transaction date: Mar 14 HONG KONG Vol HK$ +/-'000 Aeon Stores '000 Angang Steel 4.60 0.04 6474 Anhui Conch 26.50 -0.25 ***** Anhuiexpresswa 3.82 -0.03 2432 Asia Satellite 31.60 -1.30 6 Asm Pacific 65.00 -2.50 1864 Avic Ihl -0.09 16 Baiyunshan Ph 4.60 Bank Of China 3.11 unch
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      264 26 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 61.5 34.4 AVJennings A57 -1 4 57 57 57 58.5 3.6 6.1 4.6 211 52 35.5 Genting HK US$ US40 -1 ***** 41.5 40 40 40.5 2633.8
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      186 26 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 6 3 0 0 0 6 6 3 Manufacturing 76 80 27 11 15 11 87 95 38 Commerce 21 39 16 9 6 4 30 45 20 Tpt/Stor/Comms 18 24 3
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      1170 26 52-Wk Last Vol Week Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 121 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 114 -0.2 165 114 112.1 112.6 114 520.4 143 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 123.1 -2.2 124.7 123.1 121.9 124.4
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      123 26 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 92,798 92,798 333,832 333,832 Manufacturing 1,535,787 630,404 2,166,191 634,323 26,731 661,054 Commerce 855,924 1,723,227 2,579,151 690,950 114,456 805,406 Tpt/Stor/Comms 296,114 40,763 336,877 485,753 4,205 489,958 Finance 333,879 1,232 335,111 1,080,829 406 1,081,235 Construction 336,929 455,189
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      26 26 Insiders' trades. Brokers' recommendations. Dividend table. The pages also cover transactions by directors and substantial shareholders. In other words, news you can use. THE BUSINESS TIMES
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      689 27 Mar 14 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.28 *****.60 *****.75 Jun14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****2 *****7 Sep14 *****.00 2 2206 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 306.79 306.96 305.85 Mar14 308.10 309.20 304.10 305.90 ***** *****1 Apr14 308.00 308.70 301.80 305.90
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      373 27 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Mar 14 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1167.1 -0.5 -1.5 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 -1.0 EAFE Preliminary 918.1 -1.2 -4.0 -1.3 -2.3 -1.2 -2.5 Europe Preliminary 1325.7 -0.6 -2.2
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      471 27 Mar 14 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.001 5.546 0.650 7.002 55.327 102.944 0.918 9.674 2.958 1.056 89.566 40.299 1.142 9.730 0.790 27.371 29.149 0.543 0.902 Canada 0.999 5.539
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      34 27 Mar 14 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) (S$) 3 mths ..0.***** 3 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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      88 27 Mar 14 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 6-Month BS*****Z 27-Jun-14 0.29 1-Year BY*****T 31-Oct-14 0.31 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0W 1.13 01-Apr-16 101.56 101.65 101.63 5-Year NX*****W 2.5 01-Jun-19 105.3 105.25 105.23
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      138 27 Mar 14 GOLD(US$/oz) Mar 14 Mar 13 Hong Kong 1372.00 1373.00 Mar 14 Mar 13 London 1375.76 1371.85 1376.53 1372.65 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Mar 14 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 125 56 5gm 356 278 10gm 636 557
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      53 27 Mar 14 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Mar 14 2841.0 855 Apr 14 2804.0 2821.0 2821.0 2788.0 555 6628 May 14 2792.0 2796.0 2801.0 2769.0 ***** ***** Jun 14 2775.0 2771.0 2785.0 2751.0 ***** *****
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      155 27 Mar 14 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1413 1.1423 0.9017 0.9018 Canadian dollar 1.1399 1.1412 0.9009 0.9006 Euro 1.7549 1.7564 1.3865 1.3866 NZ dollar 1.0804 1.0818 0.8536 0.8540 Sterling pound 2.1027 2.1047 1.6613 1.6616
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      121 27 As at 9am Mar 14 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.170 1.115 Can dollar 1.164 1.120 Euro 1.797 1.712 Sterling pound 2.144 2.062 NZ dollar 1.107 1.065 US dollar 1.293 1.232 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      154 27 Mar 14 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 par 1-month 3/8 1/4 2-months 3/8 1/4 3-months 7/16 5/16 Overnight mode: 0.03 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.20 0.10 1 month 0.25 0.15 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.50 0.30 9 months 0.60 0.40 12
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      Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS & EXTENDED SETTLEMENT
      1216 27 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 45 5 32 0.0 5 -89 52 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 .................0.5 unch 100 1 123 160 95.00 2 Acma Ltd W*****7 Price Albedo Limited W*****9 Disc Ascendas Reit
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      109 27 Mar 14 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Mar 14 1376.00 1390.75 1390.75 1384.75 May 14 1388.50 1396.25 1401.50 1379.50 Jul 14 1371.75 1378.00 1382.75 1363.50 Aug 14 1333.25 1339.00 1341.50 1326.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Mar 14
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      94 27 Mar 14 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Mar 14 1888 1871 1896 1867 May 14 1878 1875 1893 1869 Jul 14 1874 1874 1892 1868 Sep 14 1873 1873 1890 1867 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Mar 14 2241 2245 2254 2239 May 14 2175 2189 2190 2161
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 27 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Mar 13 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 106.85 -0.41 WTI (Near Mth) 98.25 0.23 Dubai (1-Mth F) 103.62 0.05 Tapis blend 112.93 -0.02 Minas 108.03 -0.02 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 102.00 0.53 Jet Kerosene 119.35 -0.22 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 27 Mar 14 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2657 1.2667 2-months 1.2657 1.2667 3-months 1.2656 1.2667 6-months 1.2654 1.2665 Source: OCBC
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      66 27 Mar-14 Mar-14 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1697.50 1698.75 3 months 1740.00 1741.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6492.50 6439.00 3 months 6469.00 6415.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2020.50 2001.00 3 months 2041.00 2022.50 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.50 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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    2356 28 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 ROAD #02-02 THE
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  • BizIT THE BUSINESS OF INFOCOMM TECHNOLOGY
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      752 32  -  Tablet app from startup reveals live benchmarks of how investors’ portfolios are faring against their peers, reports VICTORIA HO reportsVICTORIA reportsVICTORIA HO BANKS have traditionally relied on relationship managers to push products but, as the average investor gets more savvy, the bank’s ability to
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      223 32 US panel rules the firms did not violate FlashPoint patents Reuters [WASHINGTON] HTC Corp and others did not violate digital camera patents owned by Apple Inc spinoff FlashPoint Technology to make their smartphones, the US International Trade Commission has ruled. FlashPoint Technology, which
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      776 30  -  It is pitching Hana’s real-time, predictive analytics capabilities to sports groups By KEVIN KWANG WITH the sports industry in Asia starting to realise the potential advantage of analysing the data they collect, German enterprise software major, SAP, thinks it has an opportunity
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      631 30  -  Rising demand to bridge IT-business strategy gap By ADELINE TAN A TOTAL value of US$100 million that’s the amount of projects one financial institution discovered which were hidden from view and continued to be implemented even though it had changed strategy and business direction for
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      768 30  -  By KEVIN KWANG FLASH memory technology is becoming more mature and, as it does, it takes on more of the persistent nature characteristic of conventional spinning disks. This is why companies tend to calculate the cost of replacing hard-disk drives (HDDs) in their
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      808 30  -  By ADELINE TAN BUSINESS intelligence software provider Tableau may be riding the Big Data wave, but its start was initially an uphill journey. Chief scientist and co-found-er Pat Hanrahan recounts that the desire to help non-technical users visualise and understand their
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      882 31  -  It can be a real-time interaction tool to drive brand loyalty and engagement By KEVIN KWANG TWITTER may have high brand awareness among consumers and its use to disseminate news has been proven since its inception in 2006. However, many companies in Asia
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      637 31  -  It eyes piece of the action in software-defined technologies By VICTORIA HO “SOFTWARE-DEFINED” seems to be the latest prefix fad in the computing industry, but companies need to understand the complexities that accompany this next evolution of the data centre architecture, said Eric
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