The Business Times, 30 September 2014

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    25 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 online at http://www.businesstimes.com.sg SfCl A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION CO R GN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 Tuesday, eptember 30, 2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon SGX: T+2 is not the end of contra trading
    771 1  -  Trading tech vendor says settlement will be devolved to individual broking firms By and R SIVANITHY, AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) remains on track to shift from a T+3 settlement period to T+2 possibly
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    Lock icon Banks in Hong Kong suspend operations amid street protests
    955 1  -  By SIOW LI SEN lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT [SINGAPORE] As Hong Kong’s Central financial district and some major commercial areas remain paralysed by pro-democracy protesters, Singapore banks have had to shutter some of their branches in the Special Administrative Region. DBS Bank, which
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  • Article
    Lock icon Re-hiring beyond 65: Perks for firms that volunteer
    526 1  -  By CLAIRE HUANG huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT [SINGAPORE] Employers will be given sufficient time to adjust to the government’s eventual move to raise the age ceiling for re-employment of older workers to 67 from 65, amid Singapore’s labour crunch. This follows the Manpower Ministry’s
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  • MARKETS DIGEST
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      65 1 HST INDEX 3,289.72 (-2.49) HST INDEX FUTURES 3,290.00 (-2.00) GSIMSCI 372.49 (+0.32) GSIMSCI FUTURES 372.40 (+0.70) US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.275 (US$/S$ per 1.624 2.071 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.268 1.618 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 109.60 86.00 RM 3.275 2.568 HK$ 7.761 6.085 BAHT 32.35 25.37 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      49 1 Monday Change KL COMP 1,846.34 +5.84 NIKKEI 225 16,310.64 +80.78 HANG SENG 23,229.21 -449.20 SET INDEX 1,585.79 -14.37 JAKARTA COMP 5,142.01 +9.45 MANILA COMP 7,265.36 +4.06 SEOUL COMP 2,026.60 -5.04 SHENZHEN B 975.27 +1.12 MUMBAI IND 26,597.11 -29.21 12 noon EDT Change DOW 17,070.32 -42.83 NASDAQ 4,512.55 +0.36
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      Lock icon PRIME RATES
      21 1 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA INDONESIA HONG KONG TAIWAN INDONESIA 15.102 TAIWAN 5.036 US 1.475 CANADA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 Source: Bloomberg
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon S’pore business confidence falls to one-year low
      484 2  -  Geopolitical issues and sputtering global economy seen as main factors By ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT [SINGAPORE] Business confidence in Singapore slipped to its lowest level in a year for the final quarter of this year, as reverberations from global uncertainties sparked by geopolitical
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      413 2 SGX: T+2 is not end of contra trading THE Singapore Exchange is on track to shift from a T+3 settlement period to T+2 possibly by 2016 –but it does not mean the end of “contra” trading. FRONT PAGE Some HK banks suspend operations AS Hong Kong’s central financial
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      Lock icon Defiant protesters choke streets of HK
      677 2 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters poured back into the streets of Hong Kong, choking roads in three different points of the city to press demands for free and open elections and the resignation of Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying. As darkness
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      Lock icon RB Capital appoints InterContinental for its revamped hotel
      777 2  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT [SINGAPORE] The Gallery Hotel in Robertson Quay will make way for a luxury property under the InterContinental brand. RB Capital, which owns the Gallery Hotel, has appointed InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to manage the property under the
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      Lock icon Hong Kong’s uncivil disobedience
      362 2  -  REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS By ROBYN MAK JOHN FOLEY [HONG KONG] Hong Kong’s experiment in orderly disorder is coming unstuck. Thousands of protesters took to the streets on Monday calling for political reform and universal suffrage, and many still remain a day later. Markets are open, and the
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      Lock icon IE: More opportunities than threats for S’pore as oil hub
      1106 3  -  Products whose trade IE wants to anchor here include coal and LNG By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT [SINGAPORE] Even as other cities in their ambition to also become oil trading hubs snap at Singapore’s heels, there lie ahead more opportunities
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Nam Cheong to take 30% stake in BBR
      676 4  -  It is its second move in a year to entrench itself in the Indon oil-and-gas market BY MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @Ma|minderjitBT SGX mainboard-listed offshore marine player Nam Cheong has taken a decisive step in growing its presence in the lucrative Indonesian vessel-chartering
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      Lock icon Authorised products safe: Eu Yan Sang
      326 4  -  By CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT MAINBOARD-listed traditional Chinese medicine retailer Eu Yan Sang moved to reassure customers and investors on Monday after a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alert warned of a lead poisoning risk from its “Bo Ying Compound” product. “If you
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      Lock icon Innovation is the name of the game at ST Engineering
      752 4  -  It’s in Forbes’ list of the world’s most innovative firms B y NISHA RAMCHANDANI By nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering takes the business of innovation very seriously, to the extent that its senior management will even dissect failed attempts for
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      Lock icon SGX gold futures to start trade on Oct 13
      414 5  -  The 25 kilobar gold contract will be settled daily for physical delivery By ANDREA SOH sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT SINGAPORE Exchange will start trading of its gold futures in two weeks. The contract will be launched on Oct 13, amid stiff competition in
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Falcon unit buys 50% of Brunei firm
        119 5 A SUBSIDIARY of Falcon Energy Group Ltd has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Brunei firm Maritim Indah Sdn Bhd for B$62,500 (S$62,500). Following the acquisition by Sears Marine SA, which is registered in Panama, Maritim Indah is now a joint venture
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        Lock icon Lum Chang takes full control of Kemensah
        110 5 CONSTRUCTION firm Lum Chang has acquired the remaining 49 per cent stake in Kemensah Holdings Pte Ltd for about S$14.9 million, raising its holding to 100 per cent. The deal was made between Lum Chang and Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd, an affiliate
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        Lock icon LionGold update on amount of gold held
        97 5 LIONGOLD Corp Ltd said on Monday that it held an estimated 5.5 million ounces of gold in mineral resources and 800,000 ounces of gold in ore reserves as of end March 2014, following an update of six gold mining assets. As at end
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        Lock icon Ziwo unit plans to buy 25% stake in Xisheng
        148 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED Ziwo Holdings Ltd on Monday said that its wholly-owned subsidiary has proposed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in Xisheng (Quanzhou) Investment Co Ltd. The manufacturer of foam and fabric materials said its subsidiary, Zhihe (Fujian) Technology Co Ltd,
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      Lock icon LCD to hold talks with new shareholder on appointing CEO
      456 5  -  This follows call by HK investor seeking greater clarity By LYNETTE KHOO lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT LCD Global Investments said its board of directors will be discussing with its new majority shareholder JTrust Asia whether a new chief executive officer should be
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      Lock icon EMAS Offshore offers shares for dual listing in Singapore
      493 7  -  Oslo-listed firm offering about 48.6 million shares at S$1.21 each By MALMINDERJIT SINGH msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT EMAS Offshore, which is linked to Ezra Holdings and known formerly as EOC Ltd, has launched its public offering of shares for a secondary listing on
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      Lock icon Hedge fund bets on Brent down 80% since June
      219 7 Reuters [LONDON] Hedge fund bets on Brent crude have fallen to a two-year low and are down more than 80 per cent since hitting a record level in June, data from ICE showed on Monday, illustrating a sharp reversal by money
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      Lock icon KKR to back startup by former York Capital Asia CEO: sources
      613 7 Hsiung Feng’s Acion Partners will start fund in Q1 2015 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] KKR Co has sealed its first Asia hedge-fund partnership backing a startup by the former regional chief of York Capital Management LP, according to people with
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Poor interest shields STI from HK dive
      600 6  -  Index ends only 2.5 points lower amid weak market turnover of S$682m despite 2% loss in HK STOCKS R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent Sometimes, it helps if there is virtually no interest in one’s market as it means stocks would be shielded
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      77 6 Sep 29 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -474.00 +208.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -24.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -47.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 759.91 +0.86 FTSE ST Small Cap 533.39 +0.07 FTSE ST All Share 797.13 -0.31 FTSE ST China Top 193.30 +0.19 FTSE ST China 225.15 +0.18 FTSE
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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 4 3 6 0 0 0 4 3 6 Manufacturing 36 57 36 8 6 12 44 63 48 Commerce 16 20 20 4 7 3 20 27 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 11 12 13
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      933 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM International Healthway Corp Sept 29 close: S$0.265 Voyage Research, Sept 29 INTERNATIONAL Healthway Corp Ltd (IHC) reported impressive revenue growth of 46.7 per cent y-o-y to S$17.8 million in H1 2014. Growth was driven by rental income from Japan’s nursing facilities and Wuxi Hospital’s
      Source: Bloomberg  -  933 words
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      122 6 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 7,080 7,080 17,524 17,524 Manufacturing 177,679 41,430 219,109 86,393 2,849 89,242 Commerce 79,674 38,491 118,165 46,691 2,474 49,165 Tpt/Stor/Comms 106,945 4,470 111,415 96,390 891 97,281 Finance 12,642 11 12,653 112,477 3 112,481 Construction 16,529 39,655
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      Lock icon STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS
      115 6 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.270 -0.010 CapitaLand 3.230 CapitaMall Trust 1.910 +0.005 CityDev 9.700 -0.030 ComfortDelGro 2.500 +0.050 DBS Grp 18.52 Genting Sing 1.140 -0.010 Global Logistic 2.770 +0.020 Golden Agri-Res 0.510 HPH Trust USD 0.685 HongkongLand USD 6.780 -0.070 JMH USD 59.14 -0.820
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      Lock icon US$ holds strong ahead of data releases
      577 6 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The dollar traded just off multi-year highs against the yen, euro and a basket of currencies on Monday, as a three-month-old rally showed no signs of dissipating before a week of important economic set pieces. The week’s big release in
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE STOCKS
      62 6 VOLUME Mirach Energy 63,162,000 IHC 45,248,000 Next-Gen Sat 41,808,000 APAC Strategic 31,074,000 Tuan Sing 26,049,000 SunVic Chemical 24,951,000 Singapore eDev 19,721,000 OLS W*****5 19,425,000 Charisma Energy 16,248,000 Vibrant Group 16,173,000 VALUE($) DBS Grp 42,156,149 SingTel 37,087,800 OCBC Bank 30,280,360 UOB 29,512,060 HongkongLand USD 25,340,612 Ascendas Reit 22,938,100
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      Lock icon RISES
      121 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 122.4 0.7 SPDR S&P 00 US$ ***** 112.2 0.4 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 95.6 0.4 DBXT AUDBonds AU$ ***** 84.5 0.4 DBXT MSUSA US$ 4980 42.1 0.7 DBXT CSI300 US$ 746 35.7 3.9 Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** 35.7 0.2 Lyxor AsiaRE
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      Lock icon FALLS
      128 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** -290.7 -0.8 DBXT AUDCS US$ ***** -195.1 -0.8 IS DJ USTech US$ 9878 -153.0 -1.2 DBXT USDIGInfl US$ ***** -139.0 -0.4 DBXT EONIA US$ ***** -125.0 -0.6 DBXT iBoxxKR US$ ***** -112.2 -0.6 JMH USD 5914 -104.6 -1.4 DBXT Vietnam US$
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Iskandar housing glut may hit rental yields: Rehda chief
      593 8  -  Investors told not to snub region, look at quality of developers GLOBAL REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE By LYNETTE KHOO lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT A LOOMING housing glut in Iskandar Malaysia may weigh down rental yields in the economic zone, with homes being
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      Lock icon Vivian: Innovation offers strategic opportunities for property sector
      582 8  -  Minister also highlights adverse effect of ageing of populations on real estate prices, economy By LYNETTE KHOO lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT HOW a slump in property prices coincided with changes in Japan’s demographics offers sobering lessons for countries such as Singapore. But at the
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      Lock icon Entrepreneurs, investors to run ACE after govt exit
      626 8  -  Private structure to focus on areas that matter to startups By JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT THE Singapore government is pulling out of the country’s flagship entrepreneurship agency after 11 years, allowing it to be run as a private entity by entrepreneurs and
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      Lock icon Tuas and Tampines industrial sites launched for sale
      491 8  -  By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT JTC Corporation on Monday launched two con-firmed-list sites in Tuas South and Tampines North for sale, along with another reserve-list site in Tuas South. All three sites are zoned for Business-2 development, that is, heavier and more
      Source: JTC  -  491 words
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  • DBS ASIAN LEADERS INSIGHTS
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      Lock icon Khattar comes full circle
      1314 9  -  After an illustrious career in law and public service, Sat Pal Khattar is focused on growing his family investment company for his children, reports reports FRANCIS KAN SITTING in his office at Raffles Place overlooking the business district where he forged a reputation as one of
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  • SME Inc
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      Lock icon Process of innovation: how SMEs can achieve it
      1113 10  -  No need to resort to expensive R&D as the use of simple management tools will do COMMENTARY By WILSON CHEW The writer is Group Principal Consultant CEO, StrategiCom Pte Ltd. He has more than 10 years of experience in corporate and brand
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      Lock icon Offering IT solutions globally
      975 11  -  Fast-growing Stone Apple eyes IPO to raise capital for large projects, expansions By TAY SHU LIN, RACHEL WONG, TAY JIA LIANG, EUGENE HONG The writers are students of the NUS Business School STONE Apple Solutions is the quintessential example of an organisation that defies market trends
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      922 11 Serving up a dose of excellence Companies in the services sector must raise their level of excellence to stand out in a crowded field ADVERTORIAL THE Business Excellence (BE) initiative aims to help organisations put in place robust management practices, processes and value systems to achieve better results. Among other
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Najib slams ISIS at UN assembly
      607 12  -  But KL’s strong stand comes late, after Jakarta’s ban in early August B)’ S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Najib Razak, in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly over the weekend, blasted the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
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      Lock icon Parliament approves budget despite Joko’s protests
      350 12 Reu ters [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s Parliament on Monday approved a state budget that President-elect Joko Widodo does not like but cannot change until early next year to fund his programmes. The budget, with a deficit at 2.21 per cent of gross domestic product, was proposed
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      Lock icon IHH sees diseases of rich spurring health spending
      677 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Rising wealth in Asia is spurring more “diseases of the affluent” such as metabolic disorders and hypertension, said IHH Healthcare Bhd, the region’s largest hospital operator. Demographics shifts, from a burgeoning middle class to ageing populations, are boosting demand
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  • CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Rule changes to boost interest in Shanghai FTZ
      629 13 Ownership rules, other curbs for a variety of firms being relaxed Reuters AFP [BEIJING] China has introduced a fresh round of regulatory changes in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone in a bid to jump-start interest in the district, which has been struggling
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      Lock icon RBI expected to delay rate cuts to help shield rupee
      592 13 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is seen delaying interest-rate reductions to shield the rupee against potential increases in US borrowing costs while sustaining its fight against inflation. Governor Raghuram Rajan will hold the benchmark repurchase rate at
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      Lock icon Alibaba unit gets nod to start private bank
      247 13 Reuters [BEIJING] Alibaba Group’s finance arm has been given government approval to set up a private bank, China’s banking regulator said on Monday, the latest step in the e-commerce company’s push into the financial services sector. Zhejiang Ant Small Micro Financial Services
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon BOJ governor warns of financial market risks
      606 14  -  He joins growing chorus of concern over impact of shifts in monetary policy By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo BANK of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday added his voice to the growing chorus of international concern over the adverse impact that shifts in
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      Lock icon Commerzbank to face money-laundering charges
      367 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Commerzbank AG, the German lender seeking to resolve a probe into Iran sanctions violations, also faces a US inquiry into whether it broke anti-money-laundering laws, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are conducting the money-laundering
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      Lock icon Facebook debuts Atlas ad server, tracking users across devices
      577 14 But members still control privacy via their settings Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Facebook Inc is able to track its 1.3 billion users on desktop computers, mobile devices and other websites. Now, advertisers will be able to do the same, using the so-cial-networking
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      Lock icon Consumer spending rises on income gain
      794 16 But pending sales of existing homes fall in August as credit tightens LATEST US DATA Bloomb erg [WASHINGTON] Consumer spending in the US rebounded in August as further job gains encouraged households to loosen their purse-strings. However, pending sales of US existing homes fell.
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    • Article
      Lock icon While US growth surges, China’s economy slows
      441 16 US drag will be more powerful than that of China: JPMorgan Bloomb erg [LONDON] The world economy’s twin giants are exerting conflicting pressures. As US growth accelerated in the second quarter to the fastest rate since 2011, China’s economy waned, with manufacturing and
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      Lock icon UK August mortgage approvals fall exceeds forecast
      334 16 Reu ters [LONDON] British mortgage approvals fell slightly more than expected in August, adding to signs that the housing market has cooled markedly over the past few months, according to official data on Monday. The Bank of England said mortgage approvals numbered 64,212
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      Lock icon Ruble drops to record as intervention level nears
      457 16 Its fall to 44.3117 is within 0.2% of 44.40 threshold Bloomberg [MOSCOW] The ruble weakened to a record, approaching the level at which Russia’s central bank said it would step in to support the world’s worst-performing currency this quarter. The ruble fell
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      Lock icon UBS says that it has started settlement talks
      357 18 These are over alleged misconduct relating to forex rate manipulation Reuters [ZURICH] Switzerland’s UBS has begun settlement talks over allegations it was involved in manipulating foreign exchange rates, the bank said, and warned that it could face a material penalty in any
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      460 18 Bloomberg [OSLO] Norway’s government will do little to protect oil jobs as it tries to wean the US$500 billion economy off a fossil fuel industry that accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s total output. Companies including Statoil ASA, Bilfinger
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      790 18 Fed willing to push unemployment below natural rate Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Janet Yellen looks to be taking one page out of Alan Greenspan’s playbook while tearing up another as she plots monetary strategy for 2015 and beyond. The Federal Reserve
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      349 18 AFP [LONDON] The European Union is to accuse US tech giant Apple of taking illegal aid from the Irish state through sweetheart tax deals over two decades, the Financial Times reported on Monday. A European Commission investigation into Apple’s
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      401 19  -  Aug traffic dips 0.6% as airlines cut flights; 4.1% cargo growth is the highest this year By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT [SINGAPORE] Passenger traffic at Changi Airport dipped slightly in August, although air cargo traffic expanded by 4.1 per cent year on year
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      302 19 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa pilots are scheduled to strike on Tuesday after talks over an early retirement scheme broke down again, taking out long-haul flights from Frankfurt between 0600 and 2100 GMT. The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) trade union said on Monday that Airbus A380,
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      296 19  -  By NISHA RAMCHANDANI nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT [SINGAPORE] Changi Airport has pipped the Hong Kong and Dubai airports to the title of Best Airport in the World in the 2014 Business Traveller Asia Pacific Awards. In a separate category, it also emerged best Airport
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      586 19 AFP [SYDNEY] The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 enters a new underwater phase this week almost seven months after the jet went missing, with two specialist ships to join the hunt. MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on
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      235 19 SGX '000 Sep 29 S$ +/-Vol Ch Offshore 0.48 unch 566 Chuan Hup Hldg 0.31 0.01 713 Sep 29 Cwt Limited................1.71 0.02 98 Ezra Hldgs 0.96 0.02 3595 First Ship Lea 0.11 unch 393 Grand Banks 0.26 0.01 26 Jaya Hold Ltd unch K1Ventures Keppel Corp 10.53 -0.02
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      322 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 A tendency at sea (6) 4 Paper associated with a union? (8) 10 Bird causing one to talk on street (9) 11 Some buying (or selling) an evergreen shrub (5) 12 Vocalist going about with regular partygoer? (7) 13 Letters to a celeb, cool and masculine,
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      494 20 EDITORIAL SINCE President Barack Obama rolled out his Asia rebalancing strategy, much of the attention in Washington has been on the military side of this policy that’s set to shift American geo-strategy from a Middle Eastern/European focus to an East/South Asian one. Indeed, the reorientation
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      754 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group ALIBABA, China’s giant e-commerce firm, is a harbinger. We are going to see more Chinese firms venturing out onto the world stage. The most ambitious are no longer content to
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      1313 20  -  Unlike the US in the 19th and 20th centuries, China isn’t in the business of empire-building By HARISH MEHTA The writer, a former BT senior correspondent, is a historian who has taught at Canadian universities IT has become customary for academics
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      989 21  - Mr Yen on Japan’s currency growth Sakakibara sounds sanguine about prospects for currency and economy, but his view stands up to scrutiny ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent WHILE Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was busy assuring the world last week that he was keeping a watchful eye on the recent sharp
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      817 21  -  LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent AS they monitor the continuing stream of good news about an improving American economy, US President Barack Obama and the leaders of the Democratic Party are probably wondering why the political news they have been receiving these days
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      746 21 Remarks by Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, K Shanmugam, at the High-Level Side Event at the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly “Moving Away from the Death Penalty: National Leadership” on Sept 25, 2014 THERE needs to
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    1218 22 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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      4040 23 Transaction date: Sep 29 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale 97.5 72 ABR 13.7 7.5 A-Sonic Aero 15 11.2 AEI Div Gr Yld C'vr Net P/E 153.1
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      659 24 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Gr Yld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil Last Vol 12.3 3.5 t APAC Strategic 5.7 +0.1 ***** 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.8 64.3 1.7 0.5 t Advanced Systems 0.6 unch 160 0.6
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      10778 24 UNIT TRUST FUNDS UNIT TRUSTS APS Asset Mgt Pte Ltd APS Alpha Fund Cl A!** 1.6/ Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Limited Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Limited China Opportunities China Opportunities USD!** Global Emerging Markets USD European Opportunities! Global Emerging Markets 1 Global Opportunities/ 1.072/ Global Technology *****/ AllianceBernstein (S'pore) Ltd.
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      251 24 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 66 50 AVJennings A59 +3 1 59 59 59 63.5 3.6 5.9 4.8 218.4 Company 343 275 h TCIL HK$ HK293 -4 78 297 293 291 296
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      1080 24 52-Wk Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF Company 139.4 119 CIMB APAC Div S$D 126.5 -1 126.5 126.5 126 127.4 110.5 94 CIMB APAC Div US$ US99.3
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      685 25 Sep 29 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.03 *****.32 *****.00 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****0 *****9 Mar15 *****.00 2 208 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 327.45 327.45 324.40 Sep14 325.10 326.10 323.90 325.60 ***** ***** Oct14 324.80 325.70 323.50 324.70
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      373 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Sep 26 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1239.9 0.1 4.7 0.3 3.2 -0.1 2.4 EAFE Preliminary 974.4 -0.1 1.9 -0.2 -2.3 -0.6 -3.1 Europe Preliminary 1384.9 0.3 2.2
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      471 25 Sep 29 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.973 5.358 0.688 6.768 53.579 105.910 0.956 9.186 2.856 1.123 89.363 39.194 1.112 9.831 0.830 26.576 28.211 0.537 0.872 Canada 1.028 5.507
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      37 25 Sep 29 (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 6 mths 6 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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      78 25 Sep 29 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-16 106.04 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 99.82 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 104.5 104.75 104.65 15-Year
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      120 25 Sep 29 GOLD(US$/oz) Sep 29 Sep 26 Hong Kong 1224.00 1229.00 Sep 26 Sep 25 London 1215.40 1218.04 1215.95 1218.61 Source: Thomson Reuters CAST BAR Sep 29 (S$) Selling Buying Kilobar ***** ***** PAMP GOLD BARS (S$) Selling Buying 1gm 77 47 5gm 303 247 10gm 562 497
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      57 25 Sep 29 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 14 2182.0 2202.0 2206.0 2178.0 193 1190 Nov 14 2169.0 2194.0 2200.0 2167.0 2305 ***** Dec 14 2160.0 2188.0 2194.0 2160.0 ***** ***** Jan 15 2180.0 2207.0
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      156 25 Sep 29 Sep Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1116 1.1127 0.8718 0.8723 Canadian dollar 1.1430 1.1435 0.8965 0.8964 Euro 1.6171 1.6180 1.2682 1.2684 NZ dollar 0.9897 0.9904 0.7762 0.7764 Sterling pound 2.0703 2.0717 1.6236
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      121 25 As at 9am Sep 29 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.139 1.085 Can dollar 1.163 1.119 Euro 1.653 1.575 Sterling pound 2.109 2.028 NZ dollar 1.026 0.987 US dollar 1.300 1.239 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign
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      158 25 Sep 29 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.02 1-month 0.3125 0.1875 2-months 0.3750 0.2500 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.11 US$ 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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      109 25 Sep 26 SOYBEANS (5,000 bu min; US cents/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 14 910.25 922.75 924.75 909.75 Jan 15 918.75 931.50 933.25 918.25 Mar 15 927.00 939.50 941.50 926.50 May 15 935.25 947.75 949.50 935.00 SOYBEAN OIL (60,000 lbs; US cent/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 14
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      95 25 Sep 26 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 14 2124 2140 2158 2112 Mar 15 2076 2092 2108 2068 May 15 2053 2066 2080 2044 Jul 15 2041 2053 2066 2030 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Sep 14 1959 1948 1954 1952 Nov 14 1955 1944 1959 1930
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      863 25 BONDS, WARRANTS EXTENDED SETTLEMENT Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 4.7 0.3 1 -56 3.80 46 Asia-Pacific Strategic W*****6 3.6 0.1 1614 1 2 56 Ratio Exer Ascendas REIT MB eCW*****3 2.4 0.2 230 2 Asiatic Grp(Hldgs) Ltd
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      70 25 CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS Sep 26 CRUDE (FOB origin) US$/barrel Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 96.46 -0.18 WTI (Near Mth) 93.46 1.00 Dubai (1-Mth F) 95.36 0.21 Tapis blend 98.28 0.16 Minas 93.78 0.16 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 91.00 -0.89 Jet Kerosene 110.41 0.49 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket
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      22 25 Sep 29 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.2751 1.2756 2-months 1.2751 1.2756 3-months 1.2751 1.2757 6-months 1.2750 1.2756 Source: OCBC
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      66 25 Sep-26 Sep-26 Aluminium, 99.7% purity(US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1913.50 1917.50 3 months 1948.00 1950.50 Copper, Grade A(US$/tonne) Cash 6766.50 6741.00 3 months 6718.00 6695.00 Lead(US$/tonne) Cash 2060.50 2061.25 3 months 2072.00 2073.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne) Cash *****.00 *****.00 3 months
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  • PROPERTY
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      870 26 City sees a luxury housing shortage amid a wealth boom Bloomberg [TOKYO] Billionaire Hiroshi Mikitani, Japan’s fourthrichest man, is building a house in central Tokyo that is estimated to cost at least 2.3 billion yen (S$26.8 million), underscoring a shortage in the
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      374 26  -  By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT [SINGAPORE] Resale prices of completed private apartments and condos in Singapore stayed flat in August, based on flash estimates from the National University of Singapore’s Singapore Residential Price Index (NUS SRPI). Both prices for the overall market as
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      676 27  -  70% of buyers of the 50 retail and office units are owner occupiers By KALPANA RASHIWALA kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT [SINGAPORE] Some 70 per cent of the 50 units at Havelock II that Guthrie GTS has sold since the project was
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      380 27  -  By LEE MEIXIAN leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT [SINGAPORE] The Lake Life executive condominium (EC) in Jurong, which is to be launched for sale by e-applications on Oct 4, is set to become the first EC to beat the 15-month period stipulated by the
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      171 1 BEI CARPE DIEM AWARD VICPLAS HOLDINGS PTE LTD PIPING specialist VicPlas Holdings proved once again that it is one of the leading players in its segment of the built environment industry after it was awarded the Carpe Diem award at the BEI Awards 2014. The
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      405 1 SINGAPORE’S built environment industry (BEI) continued to shine bright in the past year, as established and new players emerged as winners of at the BEI Asia Awards 2014. Held for the second time in early September, the annual event celebrates “the outstanding performances
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      782 2  -  One of Singapore’s leading piping specialists is now looking towards greener pastures. CARPE DIEM AWARD LEONGreports. KAN KWOK LEONG HAVING established itself as one of the leading piping specialists in Singapore, VicPlas Holdings is now focused on offering more green solutions to its customers
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      674 4  -  CBRE Singapore’s commitment to developing its employees is key to the company’s success. ByKAN KWOK LEONG ASIA CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AWARD (PEOPLE-CENTRIC) BY KAN KWOK LEONG CBRE Singapore has maintained its leadership position in the real estate services sector largely on the back of its experienced
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      113 4 THE Women’s Network is a group of people who have come together from throughout the CBRE Group to focus on the ideals of mentoring, professional development and personal enrichment. With a true grassroots beginning, the Women’s Network started with an informal breakfast meeting involving 35 female professionals
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      704 6  -  Corporate social responsibility is embedded into the DNA of business space provider Ascendas. By kan kwok leong ASIA RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE AWARD (APEX LEADERSHIP) BY KAN KWOK LEONG AS one of the leading providers of business space in Asia, Singa-pore-based Ascendas has left its mark
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      297 6 THE Ascendas ChiQG is a set of design principles employed by the company to emphasise quality environment-friendly spaces that are not only cost effective, but that also encourage workers to be more productive and engaged, ultimately resulting in higher staff retention rates as well whether for Ascendas
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      610 8  -  Goodwood Residence proves that good planning and a strong vision is at the heart of green design.KAN ASIA GREEN BUILDING AWARD (RESIDENTIAL BUILDING) LEONGreports. KAN KWOK LEONG WHEN planning for green features to be incorporated in luxury development Goodwood Residence, it wasn’t solar panels or
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      83 8 TH E creation of single loaded units which provide for cross ventilation results in reduced dependency on air-conditioning, thus reducing energy costs. Inspired by tropical design features, award-winning architects, WOHA reinterprets transitional solutions with a modern approach to Goodwood Residence using verandahs and movable fins. A
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      771 10  -  A spiral garden that goes all the way to the roof dominates the façade of commercial building Solaris. ASIA GOOD BUILDING AWARD (COMMERCIAL BUILDING) LEONGreports KAN KWOK LEONG to reduce heat and minimise water consumption. The building’s extensive landscaped areas are irrigated through a large-scale
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      848 11  -  ITE’s commitment goes beyond its award-winning green buildings and extends to students and staff. ASIA GREEN BUILDING AWARD (EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION) BY KAN KWOK LEONG THE impressive buildings of Institute of Technical Education (ITE) college campuses that dot the island are more than just pretty facades. Behind the
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      779 12  -  The Parkroyal on Pickering pushes the boundaries of green architecture to its very limits, ASIA GREEN BUILDING AWARD (RETAIL/HOSPITALITY BUILDING) reportsKan Kan Kwok Leong RIGHT in the heart of Singapore’s Central Business District (CBDS) stands a monument to the possibilities of green architecture.
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      862 13  -  The only way is up for these three companies that are focused on delivering only the best products and services. ByDENYSE DENYSE YEO DISTINGUISHED AWARD OF THE YEAR 2014 Guangxi LiuGong Machinery WORLD-CLASS engineering is what Guangxi LiuGong Machinery is committed to. As a result, customers will find
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