The Business Times, 18 September 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Thursday, eptember 18, 2014
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    Lock icon SGX details plans for minimum share price
    756 1  -  It also seeks more disciplinary powers and proposes industry-led committees By KENNETH LIM kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Source: SGX [SINGAPORE] Singapore Exchange (SGX) has unveiled its most detailed proposals yet on setting a minimum share price for the mainboard and on creating in-dustry-led enforcement committees.
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 GST INDEX 3,296.48 (+23.86) GST INDEX FUTURES 3,297.00 (+24.00) GSIMSCI 371.93 (+2.81) GSIMSCI FUTURES 372.20 (+3.90) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.263 (US$/S$ per 1.632 2.060 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.296 1.637 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 107.30 84.90 RM 3.217 2.547 HK$ 7.751 6.138 BAHT 32.22 25.51 RUPIAH
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      49 1 Wednesday Change KL COMP 1,843.78 -3.52 NIKKEI 225 15,888.67 -22.86 HANG SENG 24,376.41 +240.40 SET INDEX 1,570.64 +5.23 JAKARTA COMP 5,188.18 +57.68 MANILA COMP 7,231.84 +51.50 SEOUL COMP 2,062.61 +19.69 SHENZHEN B 967.27 +6.48 MUMBAI IND 26,631.29 +138.78 12 noon EDT Change DOW 17,146.03 +14.06 NASDAQ 4,559.31 +6.55
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      18 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.55 TAIWAN 5.00 INDONESIA 14.862 TAIWAN 5.036 CANADA 1.475 KOREA 9.33 Source: Bloomberg
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    Lock icon OECD starts big push to stop corp tax avoidance
    854 1  -  It could also affect Singapore firms with cross-border presence By MICHELLE QUAH michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT [SINGAPORE] The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has launched its ambitious plan to rein in corporates attempting to exploit loopholes in the global tax system
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      118 1 OPINION Liquidity not assured in ECB’s QE plan PAGE 20 PROPERTY Price gap between new ECs and private condos widening PAGE 29 M&A S’pore deals dive to US$7.7b in Q3 PAGE 6 COMPANIES STATS ChipPAC Q3 net revenue outlook bleaker PAGE 6 PURSUING VALUE Notwithstanding headwinds in the property market,
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Wanted: A S’pore ethos that values one’s mastery of skills
      689 2  -  Govt to be ‘enabler’ under a masterplan for working adults to deepen job skills By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph .com .sg @LeeUwenBT [SINGAPORE] The government will revamp the existing Continuing Education and Training (CET) system so that Singaporeans, regardless of their
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      Lock icon Aug exports rebound, but spots remain
      674 2  -  6% rise breaks three-month slide; electronics slips again By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT [SINGAPORE] The Republic’s export sector appears to be bottoming out as it rebounded in August to end a three-month decline, boosted by a recovery in non-electronics exports, particularly in petrochemicals and
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      Lock icon More S’pore billionaires, but wealth growth lagging
      601 2  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA gen@sph.com.sg [SINGAPORE] The wealth of Singapore’s billionaires inched up by just 1.6 per cent to US$65 billion this year, according to the 2014 edition of Wealth-X and UBS Billionaire Census. The growth rate paled in comparison to the rate at
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      Lock icon Cat A and B COEs dip as number of bids falls
      297 2  -  By JOYCE HOOI joyceh@sph.com.sg @JoyceHooiBT [SINGAPORE] Vehicle certificate of entitlement (COE) premiums were lower in the latest round of bidding which closed on Wednesday, with the exception of the open and motorcycle categories. The premium for Category A COE
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      Lock icon M1: Bank details not accessible during website breach
      238 2  -  By KELLY TAY kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT [SINGAPORE] M1 has clarified that its customers’ credit card and bank account details were not accessible during its website security breach on Monday. Only one case of unauthorised access has been detected, which revealed the personal information
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      382 2 SGX’s plans for minimum share price THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has unveiled its most detailed proposals yet on setting a minimum share price for the mainboard and on creating industry-led enforcement committees. FRONT PAGE OECD push to stop corp tax avoidance THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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      Lock icon PM Lee, HK Chief Exec reaffirm bilateral ties
      375 4  -  Discussions cover developments in S’pore, HK and mainland China Reports by CHUANG PECK MING in Hong Kong PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong kicked off a two-day official visit to Hong Kong on Wednesday with him and Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying
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      Lock icon Faster immigration clearance for S’poreans visiting HK
      330 4 HONG KONG has become the second location where Singapore travellers and businessmen can get into speedily because of a mutual arrangement for automated immigration clearance. This arrangement, agreed between Singapore and Hong Kong, was announced by Singapore’s Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Wednesday,
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      Lock icon Watch list proposals
      187 4 BT Infographics The Singapore Exchange is one step closer to implementing sweeping changes that will affect the minimum share prices of Mainboard companies as well as how listing rules are enforced. Exemptions Funds, GDRs, debt or structured warrants Cash company, suspended or allowed to trade under special
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      Lock icon Asian sports market still at early growth stage: Sport Singapore CEO
      510 4  -  By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT [SINGAPORE] The Asian sports market is still in its relatively early stages of growth, said Sport Singapore chief executive officer Lim Teck Yin on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening of the Sports Matters conference
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      154 5 RMB Internationalisation I I I 22 September 2014 (Monday), 8:00am I I II I III St. Regis Hotel, Singapore Gaining Insight to Stay Ahead ?l m Guests of Honour: Mr. Teo Ser Luck Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry Singapore H.E. Mr Duan Jie Long Ambassador of the
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon S’pore Q3 M&A deals dive to S$7.7b
      600 6  -  But US$61.7b total for nine months exceeds last year’s US$41.8b total By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT DEAL-making activity in Singapore moderated in the third quarter from the relentless pace seen in the first two quarters of the year. The Republic saw mergers and
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      Lock icon Triyards in placement to raise S$19.96m
      347 6  -  By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT TRIYARDS Holdings will be placing up to 29.5 million new shares at 70 Singapore cents each to raise net proceeds of S$19.96 million to support future growth and to augment its working capital. The engineering and fabrication solutions provider,
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      Lock icon STATS ChipPAC Q3 net revenue outlook bleaker
      394 6  -  Group now expects it to fall 1-3% from Q2 instead of a rise By CLAIRE HUANG huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT MAINBOARD-listed STATS ChipPAC has revised its expected third-quarter net revenue for this year downward to between US$398 million and US$405 million, a dip of about
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      Lock icon 21 trillion yuan cleared in S’pore in January-August
      276 7  -  Yuan-clearing business here continues to grow fast in transaction amount and volumes By KELLY TAY kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT THE yuan-clearing business in Singapore has continued to grow rapidly, with the cumulative clearing amount reaching 21 trillion yuan (S$4.3 trillion) from January to August
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      Lock icon UOB beats its drums over China business
      442 7  -  Plans to have more branches, expand retail network By JAMIE LEE leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) sounded a positive note over its business in China on Wednesday, with plans to boost the number of branches it operates there as well as to
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      Lock icon Asia’s securitisation market in its infancy
      364 7  -  By JAMIE LEE leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT IT’S still early days for Asia’s asset-backed securities (ABS) market, even as banks in Singapore are set to issue covered bonds, said industry players at a conference by the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association on Wednesday. “We
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      Lock icon Wrong to use ‘irrevocable’ when it isn’t
      589 9  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT EARLIER this year, a listed company here embarked on a non-un-derwritten rights issue to raise money for investment and working capital and, presumably to enhance the attractiveness of the offer, its announcements on the rights
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      Lock icon Starhill Global Reit refinances RM330m senior MTNs
      250 9  -  Funding comes from proceeds of new five-year secured and fixed-rate senior MTN By KELLY TAY kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT STARHILL Global Real Estate Investment Trust (SGReit) has refinanced RM330 million (S$129.4 million) senior medium term notes (MTNs) at a lower interest cost. This was funded
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      Lock icon Gold could sink to US$1,000 if support lines breached: analysts
      598 9 Reuters [LONDON] Gold’s slide to eight-month lows over the last week has brought it within sight of a cluster of chart support lines near its 2013 lows, a breach of which could set up a slide back to US$1,000 an
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon What a difference a phrase makes
      600 8  -  Comments that a Fed statement phrase may be largely retained boost market sentiment STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent BY the time Asian markets start trading on Thursday, Western markets would already know whether the US Federal Reserve dropped “for a considerable time”
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Sep 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -807.0 +107.0 BT CADI -*****.0 +130.0 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -81.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 765.57 +4.00 FTSE ST Small Cap 537.48 +3.28 FTSE ST All Share 799.77 +5.47 FTSE ST China Top 195.93 +1.48 FTSE ST China 227.91 +2.33 FTSE
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 9 2 2 0 0 0 9 2 2 Manufacturing 54 38 35 6 3 11 60 41 46 Commerce 22 8 18 5 7 4 27 15 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 23 7 9
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      857 8  -  Compiled by ANDREA SOH Singapore Retail Reits DBS GROUP RESEARCH, Sept 17 LABOUR shortage and flagging retail sales will heighten retailers’ consolidation efforts in the year ahead. As a result of low unemployment and tightening foreign labour policies, retailers are faced with escalating costs and labour shortages, which
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 8 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,211 12,211 55,107 55,107 Manufacturing 243,910 80,043 323,953 112,957 8,989 121,946 Commerce 104,515 17,775 122,290 73,695 1,136 74,831 Tpt/Stor/Comms 85,387 2,167 87,554 118,649 401 119,050 Finance 19,910 415 20,325 178,285 100 178,386 Construction 45,004 173,974
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      125 8 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.290 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.220 +0.040 CapitaMall Trust 1.950 -0.005 CityDev 9.790 +0.190 ComfortDelGro 2.460 -0.050 DBS Grp 18.240 +0.130 Genting Sing 1.120 +0.025 Global Logistic 2.840 +0.030 Golden Agri-Res 0.505 +0.005 HPH Trust USD 0.700 +0.010 HongkongLand USD 6.860 +0.100
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      Lock icon Greenback holds firm ahead of Fed meeting
      390 8 CURRENCIES AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar held steady in Asia on Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a US Federal Reserve meeting later in the day. The greenback fetched 107.23 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, up from 107.15 yen in New York
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      58 8 VOLUME Singapore eDev 156,972,000 IHC 54,448,000 ThaiBev 47,469,000 Xpress 43,689,000 APAC Strategic 42,447,000 Metal Component 40,786,000 Golden Agri-Res 32,627,000 Genting Sing 30,847,000 Edition 28,566,000 Digiland Intl 27,401,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 81,523,760 UOB 59,242,320 SingTel 51,296,580 Keppel Corp 35,870,142 Genting Sing 34,348,270 ThaiBev 34,255,610 OCBC Bank 29,487,200 JMH
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      119 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP SPDRS S&P 500 10US$ ***** 232.3 0.9 DBXT AUDCS 5US$ ***** 195.7 0.8 SPDR DJIA 10US$ ***** 174.2 0.8 DBXT AUDCS 5SG$ ***** 164.0 0.7 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 9257 133.8 1.2 DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6403 106.1 1.3 DBXT iBoxxSvEu 5US$ ***** 75.8 0.2 DBXT MSEurope 10US$
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      126 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN Lyxor ThaiSET 10US$ ***** -54.3 -0.3 GLD 10US$ ***** -45.5 -0.3 DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** -44.6 -0.2 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2330 -25.3 -0.9 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4628 -21.5 -0.4 DBXT MSINDIA 10US$ 1055 -18.9 -1.4 IS ASIA HYG100S$D 1373 -17.0 -1.2 DBXT iBoxxUSTr
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      558 9 THE THINK BIG ENTREPRENEURS CONVENTION 2014 KNOW TODAY’S CUSTOMER Discerning. Connected. Has choices. Whether you are in retail or B2B, service or F&B, your customer today is an evolved entity. Understanding her profile is only the first step to closing a sale. The more important question is how to reach,
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon UK firm eyes innovation using analytics, data management
      527 10  -  Firm creates specialist team in S’pore to develop, test technologies By CLAIRE HUANG huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT A YEAR after McLaren Applied Technologies (MAT) announced that it would establish its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore, the company has geared up to build on its strength
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      Lock icon Lifelong Learning Institute gets 11 partners
      423 10  -  Tharman declares eight-storey campus officially open By LEE U-WEN leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT ELEVEN training providers have signed up to be part of the new Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) building in Paya Lebar to help workers boost their skills. Among them are established players such as
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      Lock icon New professorship to encourage students to practise criminal law
      259 10 THE National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (NUS Law) on Wednesday announced the establishment of the Amaladass Professorship in Criminal Justice with a lecture by Ho Hock Lai, the first professor appointed to the post. Speaking to more than 100
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      Lock icon China, S’pore slowdown weighs on Q3 Asia business sentiment
      517 10 Reuters [MUMBAI] Business sentiment among Asia’s top companies fell sharply in the third quarter, weighed down by worries about China’s slowing economy, a possible end to the US Federal Reserve’s stimulus policy and a decline in the outlook for regional economic
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      Lock icon Singapore firms hungriest for customer data
      393 10  -  Survey shows 96% of them engage in data mining By CHAN YI WEN yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT SAY, one fine Sunday afternoon, feeling fatigued, you stroll into a cafe in town, order an espresso, and then proceed to pay for it by swiping your credit card
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      Lock icon Trade confidence dips, but still positive: HSBC
      316 10  -  By KELLY TAY kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT DESPITE signs that global trade conditions are gradually improving, confidence in Singapore’s trade flows has dipped slightly from six months ago, according to an HSBC report. Singapore’s latest Trade Confidence Index (TCI) fell five points, from a two-year
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Light at the end of tunnel for YTL Power?
      554 12  -  AmResearch sees extension of concessions for the firm’s IPP projects By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FOR a counter that trades at 12 times 2015 earnings and boasts, at least for its current financial year, a dividend yield of over 6
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      Lock icon Genting M’sia to sell RM1.5b of bonds
      347 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Genting Malaysia Bhd, a unit of South-east Asia’s largest casino operator by market value, plans to raise RM1.5 billion (S$588 million) in its debut bond sale, two people familiar with the matter said. The notes will be sold by GENM
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      Lock icon Forced labour found in M’sia electronics sector: report
      845 12 NYT [NEW YORK] Nearly one in three migrant workers in Malaysia’s thriving electronics industry toils under forced labour conditions, essentially trapped in the job, a factory monitoring group found in a report issued on Wednesday. The monitoring group, Verité which conducted a
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China adds 500b yuan stimulus: analysts
      486 14 They believe aim is to revive confidence and re-stabilise growth AFP [SHANGHAI] A reported US$81 billion injection into China’s major banks is the first of a series of expected stimulus measures by Beijing to boost the world’s second largest economy, analysts said on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon German-listed Chinese firm says top management, cash missing
      591 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] A Germa-ny-listed shoemaker became the latest Chinese company to report the disappearance of top executives, underscoring the danger of doing business in the Asian powerhouse at a time of heightened scrutiny of its firms’ corporate governance. Frankfurt-listed Ultrasonic AG
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      Lock icon China’s Xi to set course for future relations in India visit
      594 14 AFP [AHMEDABAD] India’s new prime minister was set to spend his 64th birthday on Wednesday at a private dinner with Xi Jinping here in his home state of Gujarat, as the Chinese president began a visit that will set
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      Lock icon Indian company debt attracts top funds
      511 14 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Global fund managers are starting their first Indian corporate bond funds as credit risk drops amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to revive the economy. JPMorgan Asset Management’s India Corporate Debt Opportunities Fund opened for subscriptions on Sept 8 followed a day
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      511 15 THE BUSINESS TIMES NOTICES i In the matter of the Companies Act, Cap.50 And In the matter of ODIM MARINE SERVICES PTE. LTD. (In Member’s Voluntary Liquidation) (Company Registration No.*****5724N) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed Company are required on or before 18 October 2014 to
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Japan feels left out of China's plan for development bank
      614 16  -  China ‘has courted S’pore, Malaysia, Australia, Europe, but not Japan, US’ By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), expected to be headquartered in Hong Kong, could be launched as early as next month, disclosed
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      Lock icon SoftBank’s Son overtakes Yanai of Uniqlo as Japan’s wealthiest
      508 16 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Masayoshi Son surpassed Fast Retailing Co chairman Tadashi Yanai as Japan’s richest person on Tuesday after SoftBank Corp surged 16 per cent since the start of last week. Mr Son, SoftBank’s chairman and CEO, has a net worth of
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      Lock icon M’soft adds new directors reveals dividend
      347 16 Reuters [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp on Tuesday announced the smallest percentage increase in its quarterly dividend since 2009 and appointed new directors to replace two board members who decided not to seek re-election. The increase, 11 per cent to 31 US cents per share, is
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      Lock icon US diamond market still brilliant: De Beers
      257 16 AFP [HONG KONG] The United States is likely to remain the world’s largest market for diamonds for the next 15 years despite a growing appetite for the gems from China and India, leading producer De Beers said on Wednesday. China has the fastest
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      Lock icon Australia’s aged-care sector set for shake-up
      803 16 In 3 years, over 25% of operators may be bought over Reuters [SYDNEY] Australian aged care is about to become big business as investors rush for a slice of a rapidly growing US$10 billion industry, seeking funding to buy rivals and build nursing homes
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      Lock icon US census shows dip in poverty rate
      882 18 But Census Bureau data shows household incomes stay stagnant NYT NYT [WASHINGTON] The poverty rate declined last year for the first time since 2006, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. But at the same time, it said, there was no statistically significant change
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      Lock icon 320b baht losses so far from Thai rice scheme
      464 18 Govt may take 7 years to clear debt to agricultural bank Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand has so far lost 320 billion baht (S$ 12.5 billion) from a 16-month rice support scheme and the final cost will rise substantially, the state bank that
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      522 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] A campaign by 16 of the world’s largest food and beverage (F&B) companies to dramatically cut the number of calories sold in the United States may have stalled after initial success, researchers reported on Wednesday. The companies, including
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      332 18 Reuters [BERLIN] Germany switched on Europe’s largest commercial battery plant on Tuesday, an installation powered by 25,600 lith-ium-ion batteries that will help stabilise the region’s growing supply of renewable energy. The six million euro plant (S$9.8 million), the size of a school gymnasium, is
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      469 19 Agriculture ministry, other govt officials decline comment Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai rubber growers are calling for an investigation into government claims it sold half the country’s stockpile of the commodity, as farmers grow increasingly disillusioned with what they see as a lack of state
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      481 19 Core CPI unchanged, data points to lower probability of Fed increasing rates LATEST US DATA Reuters [WASHINGTON] Consumer prices in the United States fell for the first time in nearly 1½ years in August and underlying inflation pressures were muted,
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      346 19 AFP [MOSCOW] Billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov was placed under house arrest on Tuesday on suspicion of money laundering. His detention sent shockwaves through Russia’s business and political circles on Wednesday and prompted comparisons with a crackdown on former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The
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      548 19 Reuters [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has begun paying banks for the privilege of lending them cash in a sign that the central bank is reaching the limits of its power to reflate the economy, although
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      397 19 Move likely to give revenue boost to big telcos Reuters [BRUSSELS] EU telecoms regulators plan to scrap price caps on fixed phone calls and data packages in Europe in a move likely to boost the revenues of Orange, Telecom Italia and other
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      Lock icon Provocative prod for Singapore
      484 20 EDITORIAL YET another tool to track progress in efforts to foster creativity and innovation in Asian economies was unveiled last week, adding to a host of country-ranking studies that should serve to spur policy analyses and reviews. The new Creative Productivity Index developed by the Asian
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      729 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent CONSIDER the paradox: On the same week that voters in Scotland were considering whether to secede or not to secede from Great Britain, demonstrating the pressure on a nation-state to contract into smaller units, Ukraine and the European
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      1352 20  -  Being supply-driven, it gives no clue as to how much liquidity the bank can create By CHARLES WYPLOSZ The writer is professor of international economics, Graduate Institute, Geneva and director, International Centre for Money and Banking Studies. This commentary was sourced from VoxEU.org,
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      1189 21  -  Present crisis suggests the Punjab-centric structure of power is indeed becoming increasingly difficult to sustain By AASIM SAJJAD AKHTAR The writer is professor of political economy at Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, and visiting research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of
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      1054 21  -  By MAXIM TRUDOLYUBOV NYT WHENEVER I tell Americans that I’ve just moved to Washington from Russia, I get a barrage of questions: “How do you folks survive?” “Why is Putin doing this?” “Why haven’t you stopped him?” Then there are the dubious historical parallels (Vladimir Putin’s Russia
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      640 21  -  By NICK CUNNINGHAM The writer is a regular contributor to oilprice. com, where this article first appeared A RECENT report from Greenpeace has found that China’s coal consumption declined in the first half of this year and new Chinese government data suggests
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      Lock icon Qantas, SriLankan in codeshare pact for S’pore flights
      281 22  -  Codesharing pertains to Sri Lanka-Australia services via Changi By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT [SINGAPORE] Qantas and SriLankan Airlines have inked a new codeshare agreement that will leverage on Singapore as a hub, as the two carriers codeshare on flights between Sri Lanka
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      Lock icon American Airlines’ passenger service agents vote to unionise
      427 22 Around 86% of members opt for collective bargaining Reuters [NEW YORK] Passenger service agents at American Airlines backed union representation for the first time in their history on Tuesday, with about 86 per cent of members voting in favour of collective bargaining,
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      249 22 SGX '000 Sep 17 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.48 0.01 144 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.30 unch 90 Cosco Corp 0.70 unch 825 Cwt Limited...............1.72 unch 252 Ezra Hldgs 1.03 0.01 1638 First Ship Lea 0.10 unch 50 Grand Banks unch unch 0 Jaya Hold Ltd Cosco Corp K1Ventures
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      Lock icon Airbus to keep one A380 a day build rate
      533 22 Bloomberg [TOULOUSE] Airbus chief executive officer Fabrice Bregier said that the company can maintain a production rate of almost 30 A380 a month even amid slack demand, and will seek to build fresh interest with superjumbos coming off lease. Mr Bregier,
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      668 22 WP [WASHINGTON] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Tuesday awarded a pair of much-anticipat-ed contracts, worth up to US$6.8 billion combined, to Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in a deal that will
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      226 22 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Two of China’s largest port operators and engineering firms have agreed to invest in a US$601 million terminal in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port, part of a series of deals signed during a visit by President Xi Jinping to the
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      328 22 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Concluded actors can be dull (8) 5 Comeback reaping reward (6) 9 High-flier given a cold greeting at all times (8) 10 Author is more sardonic given time (6) 12 Weak identity becoming clear (6) 13 Up Up And Away tune endured (8) 15 Plain speaking
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    1194 23 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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  • SINGAPORE STOCKS
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      4014 24 Transaction date: Sep 17 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 13 10.4 8Telecom Day Last Quote --AAT Net M Cap High 153.1 131 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 144.5 +2.5 224
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      359 25 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 33 25 t 3Cnergy 500 Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High 43.5 28 t Alliance Mineral.................................33.5 unch 1541 34
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      10850 25 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** APS Alpha Fund (USD)!** 1.27/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited 1.0135/ 2 1349/ China Opportunities' 2 9989/ turopean opportunities' China Opportunities USD!** Global Emerging Markets USD Global Opportunities USD Global Technology India Opportunities USD!** .0.5869/
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      232 25 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 Last 343 266 TanChongInt HK303xd 300 308 9.7 3.5 3 6102.1 DISCLAIMER: All information is published “as is” without warranty of any kind and for information
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      1112 25 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.7 -0.3 116.7 116.7 116.5 117 532.7 139.4 119 CIMB APAC Div 100S$D 134.6cd +0.4 134.6 134.6 133.2 135.9 110.5
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  • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
      667 26 Sep 17 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.15 *****.41 *****.67 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****2 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 0 104 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 334.38 337.80 334.38 Sep14 333.00 338.40 332.40 336.90 ***** *****8 Oct14 332.80
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      373 26 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 16 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1252.9 0.1 5.8 0.0 4.0 0.1 4.1 EAFE Preliminary 979.3 -0.3 2.4 -0.5 -1.3 -0.3 -1.2 Europe Preliminary 1397.8 -0.2 3.2
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
      471 26 Sep 17 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.993 5.566 0.699 7.025 55.271 108.258 0.972 9.380 2.915 1.107 92.986 40.095 1.145 9.902 0.846 27.303 29.206 0.555 0.906 Canada 1.007 5.606
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      39 26 Sep 17 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 1 mth 3 mths 3 mths 6 mths 6 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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      155 26 Sep 17 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1440 1.1450 0.9061 0.9065 Canadian dollar 1.1523 1.1534 0.9132 0.9127 Euro 1.6365 1.6372 1.2961 1.2962 NZ dollar 1.0329 1.0341 0.8181 0.8187 Sterling pound 2.0598 2.0611 1.6314 1.6318
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      80 26 Sep 17 TREASURY BILLS Period Issue Maturity Yesterday's Day's code Bid High Low 1-Year BY*****S 02-May-15 0.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 106.19 106.21 106.21 5-Year NX*****W 2.5 01-Jun-19 104.34 104.48 104.35 GOVERNMENT BONDS 10-Year NY*****H
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      Lock icon PRECIOUS METALS
      120 26 Sep 17 GOLD(US$/oz) Sep 17 Sep 16 Hong Kong 1239.00 1239.00 Sep 16 Sep 15 London 1232.69 1233.31 1233.41 1233.77 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Sep 17 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 77 48 5gm 303 248 10gm 563 498
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      57 26 Sep 17 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Sep 14 2120.0 2121.0 2160.0 2110.0 1029 8866 Oct 14 2105.0 2101.0 2141.0 2093.0 ***** ***** Nov 14 2119.0 2118.0 2150.0 2104.0 ***** ***** Dec 14 2154.0 2155.0
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      109 26 Sep 16 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 14 980.75 989.50 999.75 976.75 Jan 15 989.25 997.50 1007.75 985.25 Mar 15 997.00 1004.25 1015.00 992.75 May 15 1004.75 1011.25 1022.50 1000.25 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 14
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      95 26 Sep 16 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 14 2010 2000 2023 1994 Mar 15 1966 1960 1978 1954 May 15 1952 1947 1966 1940 Jul 15 1940 1935 1954 1933 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 14 1964 1955 1977 1955 Nov 14 1985 1977 1992 1965
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      924 26 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 4.7 0.3 1 -55 3.67 46 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.4 unch 1356 1 2 56 Ratio Exer Ascendas REIT MB eCW*****3 Prem Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd W*****5 Asiatravel.com HoldingsW*****5
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      Lock icon CRUDE OIL & PRODUCTS
      70 26 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 16 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 98.64 1.01 WTI (Near Mth) 94.82 1.84 Dubai (1-Mth F) 96.30 0.32 Tapis blend 99.37 0.42 Minas 94.87 0.42 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 93.69 0.58 Jet Kerosene 111.35 -0.28 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
      22 26 Sep 17 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2626 1.2631 2-months 1.2626 1.2631 3-months 1.2626 1.2631 6-months 1.2625 1.2630 Source: OCBC
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      65 26 Sep-16 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1988.50 1952.25 3 months 2026.00 1991.00 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6946.25 6867.00 3 months 6901.00 6820.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2104.00 2087.25 3 months 2115.50 2097.50 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00
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      121 26 As at 9am Sep 17 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.171 1.116 Can dollar 1.171 1.126 Euro 1.671 1.592 Sterling pound 2.090 2.010 NZ dollar 1.056 1.016 US dollar 1.287 1.226 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      157 26 Sep 17 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.01 par 1-month 0.3125 0.1875 2-months 0.3750 0.2500 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.14 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.18 0.08 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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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon Troubled California hotel in US$185m luxury makeover
      721 27 Developer turning former Miramar site into beach resort and bungalows Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Rick Caruso, a Los Angeles shop-ping-mall developer, plans to spend about US$185 million to rebuild a Southern California seaside hotel with a troubled past into a luxury getaway. The 170-room
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      1565 27 PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS FOR DISTRICTS 1 TO 23 WITH CONTRACT DATES BETWEEN AUG 6 AND AUG 12, 2014 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT -IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$'000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED Marina Bay Residences Apt 08/08/2014 99 1130 2200 1947 Marina Bay Residences
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      Lock icon Manhattan’s Trump Soho facing foreclosure
      479 27 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Lower Manhattan’s Trump Soho ho-tel-condominium tower, which has struggled to find buyers since sales started in 2007, is facing foreclosure. CIM Group, a Los Ange-les-based investment firm that holds a loan on the property, is planning to take control of the building
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      1114 28 Repaying pounddenominated loans in foreign currency may lead to default Bloomberg [LONDON] A vote in favour of Scottish independence on Friday threatens to weigh down a booming housing market should thousands of homeowners become debtors of foreign lenders. Political leaders in the UK are
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      Lock icon China’s property trusts wary of funding projects
      501 28 US$9.1 b in bonds and loans maturing by year-end Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Property trusts are funnelling the least amount of money into Chinese developers in almost five years as maturing debt balloons, escalating default concerns. Issuance of trusts for re-al-estate projects, which target wealthy
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      Lock icon Norway to invest in US office buildings
      244 28 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund, the world’s largest, agreed to buy stakes in three prime US office buildings for about US$1.5 billion, extending a real estate shopping spree as it seeks high-er-yielding assets. Affiliates of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian
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      Lock icon New ECs versus private condos: price gap widening
      719 29  -  Analysts debate if it’s good value, or opportunity cost due to restrictions By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT THE price gap between new executive condominiums (ECs) and private condos is widening, as rising condo prices have outpaced the fairly steady prices of its
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      Lock icon Sydney housing gamble alarms central bank
      237 29 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] A 16 per cent jump in Sydney home prices in the past year is sparking alarm at Australia’s central bank. Buyers shouldn’t be overly bullish in property purchases, Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor Christopher Kent said at a Bloomberg Summit in
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      Lock icon Big Hotel back on market – now with leaseback deal
      461 29 Big Hotel back on market now with leaseback deal Asking price is expected to be S$270m-S$280m [SINGAPORE] Big Hotel along Middle Road is back on the market this time on a sale-and-leaseback arrangement. It is being offered through an expressions of interest (EOI) exercise being conducted by JLL. Submissions are
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      114 29 PRIMELOCATION,DISTINCTIVEBUILDINGANDCENTREOFSPECIALISTS Medical Suites for lease at Orchard Boulevard Prime location in the heart of tourist shopping and prime residential area of Orchard andTanglin Road •Multi-disciplinarymedicalcentrewithover100topspecialists •Radiology&Diagnosticlaboratories •CloseproximitytoGleneaglesandMtElizabethHospitals •AmpleparkingandshuttlebustoOrchardMRT F or l eas i n g en q u i r i es p l ease ca ll Audrey 6434 9808
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      308 29 Industrial Properties Jsavills For Sale Freehold Office-like Light Industrial MacPherson rm Sizes from 1,722 to 3,208 sq ft Good layout Luxuriously high ceiling Vibrant environment and near amenities Walking distance to upcoming Mattar MRT Sharon Chan 9112 2063 CEA Reg. No. R*****1D For Lease Brand New Light Industrial off Paya
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      275 29 Freehold Hotel in CBD For Sale BIG HOTEL: Strategic location within walking distance to Dhoby Ghaut/Bras Basah/Bugis MRT 308 rooms, 3 F&B retail outlets, on-site car parking, gymnasium Secure lease providing steady income stream Long term investment in one of world’s leading hospitality markets Expressions of Interest closing on 28
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  • THE BUSINESS TIMES Property 2014
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      Lock icon PURSUING VALUE
      510 1  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Several rounds of property cooling measures have taken some wind out of the market’s sail. Notably, Singapore’s private residential property transactions have fallen to levels last seen during the global financial crisis. It is hardly surprising then that discussions at recent industry conferences
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      Lock icon Smaller bungalows driving momentum
      1199 2  -  Properties with smaller plots enable new investors to overcome the entry barrier to owning a prestigious GCB. By HAN HUAN MEI The writer is associate director at CBRE Research. SALES of good class bungalows (GCB), a highly niche segment of the luxury market, have not been
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      Lock icon Hidden gems in the luxury condo market
      1057 4  -  The prime non-landed residential market in S’pore has stabilised and may offer some good deals. By samuel eyo and samuel toh By SAMUEL EYO, SAMUEL TOH Samuel Eyo is director, prestige homes, Savills and Samuel Toh is analyst at Savills Research. THE high-end
      Source: Urban Redevelopment Authority, Savills Research & Consultancy; Source: Savills Research & Consultancy  -  1,057 words
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      Lock icon Property hot spots in the suburbs
      1584 6  -  The buzz of future development plans for Jurong Lake District and Woodlands draw home hunters. By LEE LAY KENG, HANNA SAFDAR Lee Lay Keng is regional head (SEA) of research, and Hanna Safdar is senior research analyst at DTZ. AFTER the implementation of the
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      Lock icon Scouring for value buys in the city-fringe
      1587 10  -  Location and price are two key factors that may sway some buyers. By TAN TEE KHOON, DEBBIE LAM, DEREK LOR Dr Tan Tee Khoon is executive director and head of residential services; Debbie Lam is assistant manager, consultancy and research, and Derek Lor
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