The Business Times, 4 October 2014

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    14 1 weekend THE BUSINESS TIMES www. usinesstimes.com. g OCTOBER 4-5, 2014 S$1.00| MCI (P) 052/08/2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon PM: No further sharp curbs on foreign workers
    652 1  -  Recent figures show that their numbers are right about where the government wants them, he says at NUS lecture By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg Singapore THE worst may be over for companies squeezed in recent years by the tightened policy on foreign
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    Lock icon First package of bus routes up for tender
    798 1  -  LTA: Several overseas and local operators say they will bid for the right to run these 26 services from H2 2016 By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore THE first package of bus services under the new Government Contracting Model (GCM) was put up
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon September jobless rate falls to 6-year low of 5.9%
      534 2 Trade gap narrows unexpectedly in August on record US exports LATEST US DATA track to boost growth. Bloomberg, Reuters Washington THE US jobless rate declined to a six-year low of 5.9 per cent in September and employers in the US added
      track to boost growth. Bloomberg, Reuters; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  534 words
    • MARKETS
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        57 2 GSTI 3,253.24 (+24.53) GSTI FUTURES 3,251.00 (+24.00) GSIMSCI 367.81 (+2.33) GSIMSCI FUTURES 367.70 (+3.20) Friday Change KL COMP 1,840.82 +3.14 NIKKEI 225 15,708.65 +46.66 HANG SENG 23,064.56 +131.58 SET 1,570.28 +0.55 JAKARTA 4,949.35 -51.46 MANILA 7,247.03 +50.77 KOSPI 1,976.16 -15.38 SHENZHEN B closed MUMBAI IND closed 12 noon EDT
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        Lock icon PRIME RATES
        29 2 SINGAPORE 5.35 MALAYSIA 6.85 HONG KONG 5.00 INDONESIA 14.875 TAIWAN 5.036 JAPAN 1.475 KOREA 9.33 BRITAIN 0.50 US 3.25 CANADA 3.00 SWITZERLAND 0.50 INDIA 14.75 Source: Bloomberg
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        Lock icon FOREX
        49 2 US$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.273 (US$/S$ per 1.610 2.050 EURO (US$/S$/€ 1.264 1.610 Foreign currency per US$ S$ YEN 108.80 85.40 RM 3.251 2.553 HK$ 7.758 6.092 BAHT 32.49 25.51 RUPIAH 12,155 9,545 RENMINBI 6.139 4.821 INDIAN RUPEE 61.54 48.32 A$ 1.138 0.894 NZ$ 1.272 0.998
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      Lock icon SMEs ‘modestly upbeat for next 6 months’
      632 4  -  Index by SBF and DP lists business-services and construction SMEs as most positive By Malminderjit Singh msingh@sph.com.sg @MalminderjitBT Singapore SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore are modestly optimistic about their prospects for Q4 2014 to early 2015, with firms in business services
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      Lock icon Up to 100 years of rent-free land lures 7 S’pore food firms to Korea
      528 4  -  They also get other perks by setting up factories in Foodpolis By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore SEVEN local food manufacturers have agreed to set up factories in Foodpolis, an initiative of the gov-ernment-supported Korea National
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      Lock icon Knee injury forces Serena to withdraw from China Open
      509 6 World No 1 is unsure if her participation in WTA Finals in S’pore will be affected AFP Beijing CHINA Open champion Serena Williams spoke of her frustration at withdrawing early from a second consecutive tournament on Friday, but said it was
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      Lock icon Shareholders sue Lloyd’s Bank, directors for HBOS takeover
      723 6  -  They allege that the target was valued at £5.9b when it was ‘effectively worthless’ By Neil Behrmann btworld@sph.com.sg London LLOYDS Bank shareholders have begun to take legal action against the bank and former directors. The UK class action of “Lloyds Action Now”
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      Lock icon Not-so-golden week looms for retailers
      1142 7 City stores typically get 40-60% of their October sales during China’s national day holidays HONG KONG PROTEST Bloomberg Hong Kong IMAGINE a Christmas shopping season with closed stores and customers stranded because cabs are nowhere in sight. For retailers of Fendi bags and Rolex watches
      Bloomberg; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  1,142 words
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      49 2 CONTENTS NEWS Top Stories 2-7 Raffles Conversation 8-9 Companies 10-13 S’pore Markets 12 Singapore 14-15 World 17-20 Stocks Stats 21-25 Perspective 26-27 Crosswords 27 Wealth 28-31 Househunt 30 LIVING Dining L2-5 Design L6-8 Style L9 Home Garden L10-11 BT Corporate Golf L12-13 Motoring L14-15 Health L16 Real Estate 31
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      58 3 DISCOVER MORE ELEGANCE THE SHOPPES The largest collection of luxury watch and jewellery brands under one roof v .iv i* w ru i, > .ft 1. i:l L s i *< A /> Sil mam ■s i i I* 4 .r •i •i :«i u Ml M r a* Hi
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      166 5 i Discover an investment opportunity as rare as the view, r s r i 4 r' L V ~*TL Soak up the breathtaking vista as yachts from Marina at Keppel Bay glide across placid waters. With its prime waterfront location in tranquil Keppel Bay, where VivoCity and HarbourFront MRT Station
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      23 7 The Oaks Cellars Shop Online N It's 'Discovery! OAKS SINGAPORE www.oaks.com.sg Best Corkscrew for Older Wines! The Durand Corkscrew Usual: G$235.00 Now: S$165.00
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  • THE RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon The father of information architecture
      1865 8 / 9  -  Insatiable curiosity drives Richard Saul Wurman, co-founder of TED Conference and data pioneer, towards connecting ‘various little things’ into easy-to-understand and useful information throughout his life. By Anita Gabriel By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT IF RICHARD Saul Wurman has his way with event hosts and
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  • COMPANIES
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      Lock icon Trafigura raises US$1.73b credit facilities
      405 10  -  Strong backing from banking community results in oversubscription, says commodity trader By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore TRAFIGURA Beheer BV has raised new US$1.73 billion credit facilities from Asian banks, it said on Friday. The syndicated facilities were well supported by the banking community
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      Lock icon Youyue secures nod to move into sustainable energy business
      358 10  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore WITH about five months left for it to apply for removal from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) watch-list, Youyue International Limited has secured shareholders’ approval for the packaging product manufacturer’s foray into sustainable energy business. The
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      Lock icon New beginnings for OCBC Wing Hang
      117 10 Hong Kong (From left) OCBC Wing Hang executive director Frank Wang, OCBC Bank’s group chief executive officer Samuel Tsien, OCBC Wing Hang chairman Patrick Fung and OCBC Wing Hang CEO Na Wu Beng toast 77-year-old Wing Hang Bank’s new beginnings as OCBC Wing Hang
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      Lock icon CAO eyes more acquisitions
      603 11  -  China and Europe are key markets in group’s bid to double its 2012 gross profits by 2020 By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation (CAO), which has set out a goal to double its 2012 gross profits by 2020, is on the
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      Lock icon Tokio Marine seeking more M&A targets in N America
      692 11 Reuters Tokyo JAPAN’S Tokio Marine Holdings Inc sees many attractive acquisition opportunities in North America, its chief executive said, even after already spending more than US$7 billion to buy insurance companies there in the last six years. “There are still possible
      Reuters; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  692 words
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      Lock icon HK protests, Wall St fall add to market woes
      631 12  -  STOCKS R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Senior Correspondent NOT long ago, the term “geopolitical risk” referred to tensions in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. For a brief period, in early September, Scotland also entered the frame because of a national referendum on Sept
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      Lock icon Strong growth in SGX derivatives & commodities business in September
      389 12  - Strong growth in SGX derivatives commodities business in September By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Friday reported that average daily value traded in securities plunged 34 per cent in September compared to last year, but business in derivatives was up 18 per cent from September
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      Lock icon TOP GAINERS
      64 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP DBXT USDIGInfl US$ ***** 216.4 0.6 DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 159.1 1.0 JMH USD 5881 154.0 2.1 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 122.2 0.6 JSH USD 3497 104.4 2.4 Hyflux 6% CPS ***** 75.0 0.7 DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3510 54.7 1.2 DBXT MSTaiwan US$ 2176
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      Lock icon TOP LOSERS
      65 12 BY CENTS CLOSEDOWN SPDR S&P 00 US$ ***** -224.0 -0.9 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5727 -171.9 -2.3 Lyxor Indonesia US$ 8614 -168.0 -1.5 GLD US$ ***** -143.8 -1.0 DBXT E50 US$ 4940 -100.6 -1.6 Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** -67.5 -0.4 DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** -66.2 -0.2 DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$
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      Lock icon TOP 20 ACTIVES
      241 12 VOL CLOSE IHC 82 V622 27 0 .0 0 .0 Genting Sing 41 0.0 871 1 1 1 1 .5 1 .4 APAC Strateg i c 37 1.5 836 5 .8 0 .1 1 .8 Jaya 27 1.8 604 4 .5 0 .3 7 .1 B l
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      117 12 Stock name Close Change Ascendas Reit 2.260 +0.010 CapitaLand 3.130 +0.020 CapitaMall Trust 1.925 CityDev 9.440 -0.040 ComfortDelGro 2.540 +0.080 DBS Grp 18.450 +0.200 Genting Sing 1.110 +0.015 Global Logistic 2.670 -0.010 Golden Agri-Res 0.500 -0.005 HPH Trust USD 0.685 HongkongLand USD 6.640 +0.040 JMH USD 58.810 +1.210
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      Lock icon Chinese borrowers go for S$ bonds
      389 13 Cheaper rates cited as offerings this year surge to S$1.7b Bloomberg Singapore SINGAPORE’S bond market is getting a boost from Chinese borrowers tapping the island’s millionaires for record amounts at rates almost 30 per cent cheaper than home. Private investors in Singapore took almost
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      Lock icon Tuan Sing soars to five-year high
      370 13  -  By Lee Meizian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore TUAN Sing Holdings’ shares hit a five-year high on Friday just before it announced that it had priced its S$80 million 4.5 per cent notes due 2019. The stock of the property developer rose 6.7 per cent to
      Source: Bloomberg  -  370 words
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      1223 13 Ill MANHATTAN RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number: *****6289k) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Manhattan Resources Limited (Company will be held at One Farrer Hotel Spa, Napier Room. Level 6, 1 Farrer Park Station Road,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon The sky’s the limit for Huationg’s cranes
      1102 14  -  It’s upgrading its business model of providing quality services and boosting its reputation as a world-class logistics provider By Andre Betker, Chow Zhan Hoong Nelson, Hendri Setia Wardana, William Santosa Lim ~The writers are students from NUS Business School CREDIT for the impressive
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      Lock icon S’pore jets off into high-end products
      1021 15 Coway helps country’s industry stay ahead with its precision components for B737 landing gear Bloomberg A BOEING 737 takes off or lands somewhere in the world every two seconds. Helping ensure the operations go smoothly is the business of Singapore’s Lien Whai Cheng. Mr
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      66 14 Celebrating Singapore´s Enterprising Spirit 2014 This series is part of the Enterprise 50 Educational Project between the E50 partners and the NUS Business School. Huationg (Asia) Pte Ltd was among the winners in 2013. The annual E50 ranking is co-organised by The Business Times and KPMG, sponsored by OCBC Bank,
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      90 15 To commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Enterprise 50, The Business Times will be running a special E50 20th anniversary supplement. As one of the past Enterprise 50 Award winners, you are cordially invited to leverage the niche editorial environment to publicise your association via logo sponsorship. The sponsorship will allow
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      217 15 The Business Times NOTICES In the matter of The Companies Act (chapter 50) And In the Matter of AQUA FAUNA FISH INDUSTRIES PTE LTD (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation) Co. Reg. No. *****6673D NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50)
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      241 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF S1 OFFSHORE PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBER’S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Company Registration No. *****983D) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it was resolved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of member of the abovenamed company held on 30 September 2014,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tokyo reassures small firms on weak yen
      479 17 Govt tells exporters to pass on benefits of weaker currency Bloomberg Tokyo JAPAN’S government moved to address mounting concerns about a weakening yen by pledging assistance for small companies hurt by cost increases spurred by the falling exchange rate. The trade ministry on
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      Lock icon GIC among buyers of 3 UK airports: report
      271 17 Reuters London HEATHROW Airport Holdings (HAH) is set to sell three British airports for £1 billion (S$2.04 billion) to a group including Spanish infrastructure firm Ferrovial, Singapore sovereign fund GIC and Australian bank Macquarie, according to Sky News. Quoting unnamed insiders, Sky
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      Lock icon Big diamond finds harder to pull off
      476 17 Bloomberg London DIAMONDS are so hard to find that explorers have pretty much given up trying. More than US$7 billion has been ploughed into the hunt for the gem since 2000, according to top supplier De Beers, and the results have been meagre,
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      Lock icon IMF: Open up labour markets or face mediocre growth
      508 18 Eurozone seen as a major area of concern Reuters Washington THE global economy could be stuck on a “new mediocre” growth path with high debt and unemployment unless policymakers open up labour markets, invest in infrastructure and reform fiscal policies, the
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      Lock icon RadioShack reaches US$590m refinancing deal
      226 18 Bloomberg New York RADIOSHACK Corp, the electronics chain trying to stave off bankruptcy, reached an agreement with a consortium led by Standard General LP to refinance about US$590 million of loans to re-stock ahead of the holidays, a person familiar with the matter said. Standard
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      Lock icon Eurozone business growth hits 2014 low in September
      287 18 Reuters London EUROZONE business grew at the slowest rate this year in September, reflecting falling demand in the region where new orders were the weakest in almost a year, surveys showed on Friday. Firms cut prices at a faster rate in September,
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      Lock icon Political infighting breaks out over reviews for European Commission members
      322 18 AFP Brussels THE EU faced a round of political bloodletting as the European Parliament savaged the French, British and Spanish candidates for Jean-Claude Juncker’s new executive team. A bitter battle between right-wing and left-wing parties during confirmation hearings for the
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      Lock icon Facebook may have plans to track your health
      546 19 It is eyeing online groups to connect users suffering from various ailments Reuters San Francisco FACEBOOK already knows who your friends are and the kind of things that grab your attention. Soon, it could also know the state of your health. On
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      Lock icon HK student leaders call off talks with govt
      555 20 Move follows attacks on Occupy camps by pro-Beijing supporters AFP Hong Kong HONG Kong student leaders on Friday called off talks with the government aimed at bringing an end to mass pro-democracy demonstrations that have paralysed the city, after violent clashes broke
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      Lock icon BOJ chief says weaker yen is good for Japan
      392 20  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo BANK of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday defended the central bank’s aggressive monetary-easing tactic for its impact on the yen, arguing that the weaker currency is good for the economy on balance and also
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      Lock icon Bank regulators urged to be more flexible
      580 20 Reuters London THE world’s largest banks are pushing regulators for more flexibility in the last major set of rules to come out of the global financial crisis: requirements that would double the capital cushion banks are forced to hold. Leaders of the 20
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  • SGX
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      7924 21 Transaction date: Oct 3 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 13.2 10.4 8Telecom 12 -1 20 12 12 12.2 12.9 6.3 1 15.6 57.5 13.7 7.5 A-Sonic Aero 7.6 -0.4 241
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      2081 24 52-wks Last Vol Day Last Quote Div GrYld Net M Cap High Low Company Sale +/-(‘000) High Low Buyer Seller C’vr P/E $mil 33 25 t 3Cnergy 33 27 39.6 51 22 t 800 Super 49 +0.5 596 50 49 49 49.5 5 2 9.8 87.6 5 2.6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 24 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 8 3 2 0 0 0 8 3 2 Manufacturing 50 36 36 9 10 9 59 46 45 Commerce 20 18 14 7 5 3 27 23 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 21 3 11
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      796 24 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS For week beginning Sep 29 Substantial Buy No of Price ———SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder/ Sell Shares Per Before After Stock Date Director Conv '000 Shr ('000) ('000) Captll 01-Oct-14 Anton Syazi Ahmad Sebi Buy 20 40.00 4426 1.38 4446 1.39 Megachem 01-Oct-14 Tan Bock
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      119 24 TURNOVER (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 16,326 16,326 63,007 63,007 Manufacturing 175,614 56,178 231,792 113,189 5,166 118,355 Commerce 83,792 44,216 128,008 77,590 2,202 79,791 Tpt/Stor/Comms 102,035 6,461 108,496 112,899 1,229 114,129 Finance 13,633 63 13,696 151,085 13 151,098 Construction 32,403 18,521
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  • MARKETS
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      Lock icon LIFFE
      94 25 Oct 2 COCOA (£/tonne) Close Prev High Low Dec 14 1994 2028 2055 1991 Mar 15 1969 1998 2023 1968 May 15 1956 1983 2008 1956 Jul 15 1946 1973 1977 1946 COFFEE(US$/tonne) Close Prev High Low Nov 14 2053 2054 2101 2045 Jan 1 2067 2068 2112 2060
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      Lock icon METALS
      67 25 Oct 03 GOLD(US$/oz) Oct 03 Sep 30 Hong Kong 1212.00 1217.00 Oct 02 Oct 01 London 1214.68 1213.59 1215.29 1214.21 Source: Thomson Reuters SILVER Selling Buying Passbook 1 oz 22.21 21.43 Source: UOB PLATINUM Lon (US$/oz) Oct 02 Close Previous PM Fix 1273.00 1277.00 AM Fix 1279.00 1274.00 Source:
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      Lock icon PALM OIL
      57 25 Oct 3 KLCE PALM FUTURES (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Oct 14 2165.0 2187.0 2195.0 2150.0 111 1047 Nov 14 2171.0 2183.0 2190.0 2164.0 2561 ***** Dec 14 2162.0 2169.0 2177.0 2151.0 ***** ***** Jan 15 2176.0 2184.0
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      Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
      78 25 Oct 3 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-16 106.02 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.12 100.16 100.15 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.34 105.55
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      Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
      155 25 Oct 3 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1181 1.1195 0.8783 0.8788 Canadian dollar 1.1390 1.1405 0.8953 0.8948 Euro 1.6091 1.6105 1.2640 1.2642 NZ dollar 1.0010 1.0020 0.7863 0.7866 Sterling pound 2.0489 2.0507 1.6095 1.6098
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      118 25 Oct 03 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency: Currencies Sell Buy Aust dollar 1.144 1.090 Can dollar 1.161 1.117 Euro 1.649 1.571 Sterling pound 2.093 2.013 NZ dollar 1.026 0.987 US dollar 1.298 1.237 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency: Currencies Sell
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      Lock icon CHICAGO BOT
      104 25 Oct 2 SOYBEANS(5,000 bu min; USc/60 lb bushels) Close Previous High/Low Nov 14 924.50 916.75 925.50 912.50 Jan 15 933.00 925.00 934.00 921.25 Mar 15 941.50 933.75 942.50 929.50 May 15 949.25 942.00 950.00 938.00 SOYBEAN OIL(60,000 lbs; USc/lb) Close Previous High/Low Oct 14 32.67 32.66 32.82 32.28
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      Lock icon OIL
      68 25 Oct 02 CRUDE US$/barrel (FOB origin) Close Change Brent blend (1-Mth F) 91.98 -3.45 WTI (Near Mth) 91.34 0.51 Dubai (1-Mth F) 91.61 -2.31 Tapis blend 94.60 -2.40 Minas 90.10 -2.40 PRODUCT US$/barrel (FOB S'pore) Close Change Naphtha 88.58 -0.98 Jet Kerosene 106.36 -2.07 US$/barrel OpecOil Basket Price 92.31
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      Lock icon LONDON METALS
      72 25 Oct 02 Aluminium, 99.7% purity (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash 1858.75 1888.50 3 months 1889.50 1921.00 Copper, Grade A (US$/tonne) Cash 6648.75 6729.75 3 months 6601.00 6680.00 Lead (US$/tonne) Cash 2069.50 2083.00 3 months 2080.00 2093.00 Nickel (US$/tonne) Close Previous Cash *****.00 *****.50 3 months *****.00 *****.00 Tin (US$/tonne)
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      Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INT’L INDICES
      373 25 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Oct 2 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1209.2 -1.4 2.1 -1.5 0.5 -1.3 -0.2 EAFE Preliminary 946.2 -2.0 -1.1 -1.9 -5.4 -1.7 -6.1 Europe Preliminary 1344.2 -2.1 -0.8
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon Absolute power a double-edged sword
      946 26 / 27  -  The risk of the ‘bad emperor’ syndrome still lurks, but Xi has the clout to reform China for good. Occupy Central in Hong Kong is his litmus test. By Mark Beeson By Mark Beeson The writer is professor of international politics at Murdoch University. This
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      Lock icon Swimming through garbage in the world’s oceans
      857 26 / 27  -  Overfishing and pollution have badly affected marine ecosystems By Lewis Pugh NYT Cape Town YOU get a good feel for the health of the oceans when you stick your head in them for four weeks. This summer, I swam long distances in the
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  • Page 26 / 27 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 26 / 27 Miscellaneous Column 1
      324 26 / 27 SATURDAY with Ludwig Not so fast, re-employment age has been raised to 67.’ CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Keep following small enchanting woman in communication centre (11) 7 Criticise a revolutionary style (7) 8 Slow bowler’s variation finds place to turn in front of leg (7) 10 Bird’s egg on garden
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  • Wealth
    • WEALTH INVESTING
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        Lock icon The lingering legacy of Pimco’s co-founder
        1194 28 / 29  -  The bond giant though shaken by Bill Gross’s exit finds his investment thesis lives on, considering the state of the global economy. By Landon Thomas Jr By Landon Thomas Jr NYT New York THE king may have departed, but at Pimco, his investment thesis
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