The Business Times, 21 November 2014

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    29 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 S|jh A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg G C ©BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 051/08/2014 I Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Friday, November 21
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    234 1 Japan’s exports rose much more sharply than expected in yen terms in October by 9.6 per cent to just over 6.9 trillion yen (S$76 billion), the highest monthly level in six years aided by a weaker yen and firm demand from the US in particular. TOP STORIES 2
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    26 1 Thursday Change STI 3,315.60 -18.96 KL COMP 1,822.29 -2.10 NIKKEI 225 17,300.86 +12.11 HANG SENG 23,349.64 -23.67 SHENZHEN B 961.78 -2.55 DOW(11am EST) 17,679.91 -5.82
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    Lock icon Global economy stumbles, but Singapore uptick still seen
    830 1  -  Export demand is less likely a problem for growth than domestic labour market tightness and rising US interest rates By Teh Shi Ning tshining@sph.com.sg @TehShiNingBT Singapore THE global economy which Singapore now relies on more heavily to support growth given domestic restructuring’s
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    Lock icon Singapore out of top 10 again in IMD world talent ranking
    820 1  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE is ranked only 16th in the world when it comes to talent competitiveness, due to its imbalance in optimising homegrown talent and attracting those from overseas. According to IMD's latest annual World
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      114 1 *****4 ONLINE ONLY IPOs VINYL RECORDS State of equity, debt, M&A markets There’s gold in that groove PROPERTY PRICES M’sia home prices at 5.5 times of median income REAL ESTATE 27 WHO'S WHO IN CORPORATE FINANCE 18-21 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE 38 Read Boardroom Matters, a series of articles from the Singapore
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Japan exports in October surge more than expected on weak yen
      608 2  -  Separately, a private flash survey shows that factory output in November is up at the fastest pace since March By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo JAPAN’S exports rose much more sharply than expected in yen terms during October up by
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      Lock icon China factory gauge slips to 6-month low
      686 2 BLOOMBERG Beijing A CHINESE factory gauge fell to a sixmonth low in November, adding to signs that broader stimulus is needed to halt a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. The preliminary Purchasing Managers’ Index from HSBC Holdings and Markit Economics was at
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      Lock icon Cheaper oil fails to dent core CPI rise for October – up 0.2%, higher than forecast
      983 2 Cheaper oil fails to dent core CPI rise for October up 0.2%, higher than forecast LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG Washington PRICES in the US excluding fuel and food increased more than forecast in October as a drop in energy costs failed to filter through to other goods and services. The
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      Lock icon S’pore total pay tipped to rise 5.2% in 2015
      625 4  -  Increase marginally up from 2014’s projected 5%, despite tight labour market By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore NEXT year’s pay hikes in Singapore and the rest of the region are tipped to stay close to those of recent years, despite
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      Lock icon S’pore still world’s most business-friendly place, says EIU
      322 4  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE has again been ranked as the best place to do business. The business-environment ranking put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday that the Republic’s pole position came courtesy of its “efficient,
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      Lock icon OW chairman: Board did not approve credit line that caused collapse
      391 4 REUTERS BLOOMBERG Copenhagen THE board of OW Bunker did not approve a large credit line and was “extremely surprised” by a huge trading loss, the chairman said on Thursday, referring to the two incidents blamed for the Danish ship
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      Lock icon 2 S’pore firms make it to Deloitte’s Asia-Pac tech list
      643 6  -  ThoughtBuzz, Feinmetall come in at No 138 and No 441 among 500 names led by the Seoul-based company behind popular messaging app KakaoTalk By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore TWO Singapore tech companies social analytics startup Thoughtbuzz and industrial equipment
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      Lock icon S’pore wholesale trade falls 5.7% in Q3
      179 6  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S domestic wholesale trade dropped 5.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2014 compared to a year ago, the Department of Statistics said on Thursday. The fall was largely due to the general wholesale trade industry,
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      Lock icon US drug giant Amgen opens first next-gen facility in Tuas
      509 6  -  By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore AMERICAN drug-maker Amgen expects to roll out its products for treating osteoporosis and bone cancers from its new plant in Tuas by the end of 2016. The S$200 million plant in Tuas Biomedical Park
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Perennial’s offer for PCRT ‘fair and reasonable’, says adviser
      518 7  -  Independent directors, analysts recommend unitholders to accept offer, which will close on Dec 22 By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore PERENNIAL Real Estate Holdings’ (PREH) general offer for the remaining Perennial China Retail Trust (PCRT) units via a share swap is
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      Lock icon Global Logistic’s co-founder Jeffrey Schwartz dies
      547 7  -  His vision was key in making GLP the company that it is today, says CEO By Chan Yi Wen yiwenc@sph.com.sg @ChanYiWenBT Singapore JEFFREY H Schwartz, co-founder and deputy chairman of mainboard-listed Global Logistic Properties (GLP), died on Wednesday, aged 55, the company announced on
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      Lock icon Yoma shares up on Myanmar airport deal
      300 8  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore YOMA Strategic Holdings (Yoma) gained 2.5 cents to close at S$0.695 on Thursday after saying a subsidiary and its Japanese partners have signed a concession agreement with Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to operate Mandalay International
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      Lock icon How will Trans-Cab make its comeback?
      980 8  -  TT HOCK LOCK SIEW BY CAI HAOXIANG haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT IT WAS a fiasco that left no one smelling like a rose. Just a day before the keenly-antici-pated initial public offering (IPO) of taxi operator Trans-Cab closed on Nov 18, the company pulled the plug
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times index NOV 20,2014 3,315.60 -18.96 (-0.57%) Current streak 1 day Day high 3,341.71 Day low 3,312.48 52-week high 3,374.06 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 2,960.09 (Feb 5, 2014) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 20,2014 789.19 -5.10 (-0.64%) Current streak 1 day Day high 798.12 Day low
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      Lock icon Bank shares down, market follows suit
      620 10  -  Up one day, down the next falls in DBS, OCBC help pull STI down 19 points TT STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE three banks were the primary drivers of the Straits Times Index’s 25-point gain on Wednesday and so it was that
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      307 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 226 -2 227/225 250 206 6.3 5710.4 CapitaLand 323 unch 326/321 348 268 16.2 2.5 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 196.5 -1 199.5/196.5 209 180 5.2 6815.2 CityDev 983 -5 996/983 1118 860 13.3
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 10 VOLUME IHC 89,641,000 Golden Agri-Res 50,574,000 Mewah Intl 37,447,000 Genting Sing 32,917,000 Digiland Intl 32,862,000 Market volume 1,303,365,000 VALUE SingTel 110,325,210 UOB 67,817,651 DBS Grp 67,689,530 OCBC Bank 39,827,380 Keppel Corp 37,415,917 Market value 1,051,330,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs
      110 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS India US$ US765 -5 258 767/761 779/541 765/767 95.6 STI ETF 335 -1 182 337/335 343/298 334/335 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.8 +1.4 59 116.8/116 118/110.2 116.8/117 533.2 UETF SSE50China 166 +4 30 166/164
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      77 10 Nov 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -352.00 -61.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -108.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -35.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 746.64 -2.60 FTSE ST Small Cap 514.29 -2.72 FTSE ST All Share 797.78 -4.25 FTSE ST China Top 190.69 -0.66 FTSE ST China 224.97 -0.44 FTSE
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low JMH USD 6122 66.5 0.8 6460/4934 DBS.ES.1411 1978 44.0 2.3 1978/1915 Lyxor Europe US$ 1454 19.5 1.0 1678/1361 CIMBASEAN40 US$ 1056 16.9 1.2 1300/927 Great Eastern 2391 10.0 0.4 2415/1732 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Digiland Intl 0.2 100.0 0.1 0.2/0.1 Sing-eDev
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 20,2014 797.78 -4.25 (-0.53%) Current streak 1 day Day high 803.15 Day low 797.32 52-week high 819.39 (July 31, 2014) 52-week low 722.35 (Feb 5, 2014)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index NOV 19,2014 1,820.89 -5.26 (-0.29%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,826.97 Day low 1,816.64 52-week high 1,995.49 (July 3, 2014) 52-week low 1,714.64 (Oct 16, 2014)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 9 5 0 0 0 1 9 5 Manufacturing 33 50 35 8 10 9 41 60 44 Commerce 16 20 20 1 10 3 17 30 23 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 20 14
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 20,857 20,857 72,185 72,185 Manufacturing 210,798 65,875 276,673 138,909 4,984 143,893 Commerce 82,031 29,270 111,301 87,677 2,442 90,119 Tpt/Stor/Comms 93,351 1,385 94,736 188,976 501 189,478 Finance 22,482 406 22,888 185,162 86 185,248 Construction 35,142 18,436
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      77 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** -160.3 -1.1 *****/***** DBXT Chia50 US$ 3073 -86.0 -2.1 3367/2577 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5550 -82.1 -1.1 6735/5550 Jardine C&C 4097 -63.0 -1.5 4901/3330 Lyxor MS India US$ 1700 -44.3 -2.0 1734/1241 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low CN7600MBeCW*****7 2 -57.4
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE BlueSkyPower 467.0 0.090 +0.019 +26.76 Universal Res 474.0 0.079 +0.019 +31.67 Novo 497.0 0.250 +0.020 +8.70 Digiland Intl 32,862.0 0.002 +0.001 +100.00 Comm Design 23,074.0 0.119 -0.006 -4.80 Mun Siong Engg 595.0 0.081 +0.007 +9.46 Vicplas Intl 102.0 0.088 +0.008 +10.00 Suntar Eco-City 104.0 0.145
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon HI-P International
        147 10 BUY Nov 20 close: S$0.67 Target price: S$0.87 OSK-DMG Research, Nov 20 GIVEN its robust pipeline of projects, supported by the ramping up of Xiaomi the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker and the upcoming worldwide launch of YotaPhone 2, we believe Hi-P is poised for a turnaround and
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        Lock icon Yoma Strategic Hldgs
        126 10 BUY NOV 20 Close: S$0.695 Fair Value: S$0.74 OCBC Investment Research, Nov 20 MJAS has signed a 30-year concession agreement with Myanmar’s department of Civil Aviation (DCA) for the operation, rehabilitation and maintenance of airport facilities, including terminal buildings and runway (excluding air traffic control), at Mandalay
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        Lock icon Keppel Corporation
        182 10  -  Compiled by Chan Yi Wen HOLD Nov 20 close: S$9.15 Target price: S$9.00 Maybank Kim Eng Research, Nov 20 WE believe drillers will defer their orders for new rigs, given a weakening drilling outlook in a low oil price environment. We think the market will cut FY15 expected/FY16
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      Lock icon Dollar eases off after 7-year peak against the yen
      416 11 TT CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar eased off a seven-year peak just shy of 119 yen on Thursday ahead of data that is expected to show US consumer prices moderating as deflationary forces take hold across the globe. The euro had
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 NOV 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.975 5.258 0.684 6.660 53.318 104.455 1.017 9.579 2.886 1.095 87.183 38.712 1.119 9.501 0.822 26.578 28.207 0.549 0.859 Canada 1.026 5.394
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 NOV 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.1184 1.1195 0.8584 0.8589 Canadian dollar 1.1475 1.1484 0.8811 0.8807 Euro 1.6353 1.6360 1.2551 1.2552 NZ dollar 1.0219 1.0228 0.7843 0.7847 Sterling pound 2.0390 2.0403 1.5650 1.5654
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 NOV 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3030 1.3037 2-months 1.3031 1.3039 3-months 1.3031 1.3039 6-months 1.3030 1.3038 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        365 11 NOV 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES SPOT *****.69 *****.69 *****.70 Dec14 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****1 *****4 Mar15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 435 4017 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES SPOT 335.88 339.12 335.88 Nov14 335.80 339.70 335.30 339.50 ***** *****7 Dec14 335.90
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        215 11 Most active Nov 20 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 4.3 unch ***** 1 18 23 OCBC Bk MB eCW*****3 9.4 -0.8 5300 0.2 1060 5 DBS MB eCW*****2 12.2 -0.2 4545 0.1 0
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        373 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 19 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1272.0 -0.2 7.4 0.5 7.3 -0.3 3.7 EAFE Preliminary 986.2 0.0 3.1 0.5 -1.7 -0.3 -4.9 Europe Preliminary 1381.5 0.0 2.0
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Nov 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.01 1-month 0.3750 0.2500 2-months 0.4375 0.3125 3-months 0.4375 0.3125 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ 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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        36 11 NOV 20 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        59 11 Nov 20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****F 3.75 01-Sep-16 105.71 5-Year N*****0H 1.625 01-Oct-19 100.56 10-Year NY*****H 3.000 01-Sep-24 105.95 106.05 105.95 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 102.31 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 107.84 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42 95.94 Note:
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        212 11 NOV-19 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-19 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1004.75 -18.50 -1.81% 14/01/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.51 -0.14 -0.43% 12/12/2014 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 537.75 -11.25 -2.05% 12/12/2014 Nov-19 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 1896.00 7.00 0.37% 12/12/2014 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2088.00 20.00 0.97%
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        Lock icon PALM OIL
        57 11 NOV 20 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Nov 14 2228.0 2234.0 2228.0 2206.0 61 8104 Dec 14 2242.0 2242.0 2244.0 2211.0 3792 ***** Jan 15 2244.0 2245.0 2247.0 2215.0 ***** ***** Feb 15 2250.0 2252.0
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      Lock icon Temasek invests in US startup FiscalNote
      722 12  -  Data analytics startup uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legislation By Angela Tan angelat@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPORE Temasek Holdings has invested in FiscalNote, a Washing-ton-based startup which uses artificial intelligence to predict the outcome of legislation. According to The Washington Post, FiscalNote has
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      Lock icon Uneasiness over Shanghai-HK rules keeps big players at bay
      782 12 REUTERS Hong Kong PROFIT-TAKING and queasiness about the rules blighted trading via the Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect this week after a brisk first day when mostly hedge funds and private banks snapped up all the available mainland shares within hours. The
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  • PHILANTHROPISTS FORUM 2014
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      Lock icon Making a meaningful impact
      659 13  -  Former investment banker Ian Learmonth is now playing a key role in the emerging field of impact investing. REPORTS BY FRANCIS KAN AFTER over two decades as an investment banker working in Sydney, London and Hong Kong, Ian Learmonth decided to use his skills to do
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      Lock icon A duty to give back
      447 13 AFTER Thailand banned commercial logging in the late eighties, many of the country’s elephants and their riders, or mahouts, were left jobless and roaming the streets of Bangkok begging. To save these proud creatures the national animal of Thailand that was once featured on its
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      Lock icon A helping hand for charitable giving
      372 13 A PLATFORM set up by Credit Suisse for wealthy individuals who want to engage in charitable activities without the hassle of dealing with administrative matters has seen growing interest from its clients since its launch in 2011. Open to the bank’s clients, the SymAsia
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Expect low returns in coming years
      707 14 Goldman: Growth gap between US and rest of world will narrow, helping global stocks to catch up with US equities BLOOMBERG New York GLOBAL markets from stocks to bonds are “priced to offer low absolute rates of return” in coming years, with equities, particularly
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      Lock icon Indonesia revises Islamic banking rules as growth slides
      432 14 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA’S regulator has issued revised Islamic banking rules covering asset quality and capital adequacy to help clarify market practices, while industry growth has now dropped to single-digits. Authorities want to encourage a wider product range to help Islamic banks grab
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      Lock icon India rules on insider trading toughened
      331 14 REUTERS Mumbai INDIA’S securities regulator on Wednesday approved new rules on insider trading that will replace a two-decade old law as part of efforts to boost investor confidence in markets. The rules, which are based on recommendations first revealed late last year, broaden the
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      Lock icon BHP says demerger plans will drive growth
      443 15 It says that spinning off non-core assets will generate stronger growth AFP Sydney THE world’s biggest miner BHP Billiton on Thursday defended its plan to split the company by spinning off non-core assets, saying that it would generate stronger growth, with a vote
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      713 15 AFP Kuwait City GULF oil producers led by Saudi Arabia will likely reject output cuts at an Opec meeting next week unless they are guaranteed their market share in a highly competitive market, analysts say. The stance of Kuwait, Qatar,
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      260 15 AFP Brasilia BRAZIL’S finance ministry has uncovered more than US$9 billion in suspicious transactions involving Petrobras, the state oil giant at the centre of a massive corruption scandal, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The finance ministry audit has identified suspicious deposits
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      579 17 World’s largest maker of mobile phone chips says that it expects to collect substantially on all LTE devices BLOOMBERG San Francisco QUALCOMM Inc, the world’s largest maker of mobile phone chips, said that it is making progress in talks with a Chinese
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      478 17 BLOOMBERG San Francisco YAHOO! Inc has replaced Google Inc as the default search engine on Firefox browsers in the US as Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer seeks out more partnerships to boost the Web portal’s traffic and revenue. Google had been the
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      490 17 AFP New York THE Billboard chart, the benchmark for US music sales, will, from next week, start to include streaming in its measurements to reflect the rapid growth of services such as Spotify. Billboard magazine, which produces the weekly charts
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      274 17 REUTERS San Francisco eBAY Inc is retooling its local delivery programme and extending more logistics options to smaller merchants that make up the bulk of the e-commerce giant’s base of marketplace sellers, an executive said on Wednesday. More of eBay’s smaller sellers, including some with annual
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      387 17 AFP San Francisco MOBILE security firm Lookout warned on Wednesday that Android-powered smartphones or tablets are being targeted with malicious software that puts them at the mercy of hacker overlords. The persistence and sophistication of malware dubbed NotCompatible is another
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  • WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE FINANCE
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      2087 18 THE state of corporate finance in Singapore has been rather patchy, public offerings have been pathetic but there’s been plenty of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, especially cross border deals. Another booming segment is the local debt market. We ask the experts what’s ailing
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      1090 20 Hong Leong Finance Limited Incorporated in 1961, Hong Leong Finance Limited (HLF) is Singapore's largest finance company and has served the needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for more than half a century. HLF's distribution network of 28 branches offers an extensive suite of financial products and services, ranging
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      924 21 OCBC Bank Singapore has a robust regulatory framework and deep capital markets. It is thus a natural location for corporates looking to gain a foothold in the region to raise funds and to pursue mergers and acquisitions. An established player in the corporate finance arena, OCBC Bank's team of experienced
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  • CONSUMER
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      529 22  -  Growth in online transactions among S’porean Visa card holders rose 19% from 2013 By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPOREANS are South-east Asia’s top online shoppers, with 26 per cent letting their fingers do the shopping at least once a week; 58
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      449 22  -  By S Jayasankaran btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur THE shares of Star Publications declined 1.3 per cent on Thursday to RM2.27 (87 Singapore cents), following the Malaysian newspaper publisher’s report of weaker third-quarter earnings for its 2014 financial year, which closes at
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      455 22 BLOOMBERG New York WORLDWIDE spending on medicines will reach almost US$1.3 trillion by 2018, as new treatments for hepatitis C and cancer come to market and as people around the globe use rising incomes to buy pharmaceuticals. The new drugs, such
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      Lock icon US pigs too fat for holiday hams as prices surge
      542 22 BLOOMBERG Chicago EATING ham has never been more expensive than this year, partly because US pigs are too fat. Hogs in the US weigh the most ever after farmers fed them longer to make up for losses caused by a
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      668 24 Oct meeting also concludes recent turbulence in financial markets will not derail American recovery NYT Washington THE weakness of other major economies and recent turbulence in financial markets will not significantly impede domestic economic growth, US Federal Reserve officials concluded at
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      418 24 November PMI dips to 51.4, points to 0.1-0.2% GDP growth in current quarter REUTERS London EUROZONE business growth has been weaker than any forecaster expected this month and new orders have fallen for the first time in more than a year despite further price-cutting,
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      517 24 REUTERS London BRITAIN’S relations with the European Union (EU) took another knock on Thursday when its legal challenge to a limit on bankers’ bonuses was rejected by an adviser to the bloc’s top court. The EU law
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      Lock icon Beijing said to be using new system to manage ABS
      254 24 REUTERS Shanghai CHINA’S banking regulator has started to manage the issuing of as-set-backed securities (ABS) through a registration system, simplifying the process, according to sources with direct knowledge of the situation. The move represents another major step by Chinese regulators
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      535 24 BLOOMBERG London BRITISH regulators have fined Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc US$88 million (S$ 114.4 million) for the 2012 collapse of its computer system that left 6.5 million customers without access to their accounts for weeks. Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned bank will
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      Lock icon ECB dips its toe into dead sea of rebundled debt
      457 24 REUTERS Frankfurt THE European Central Bank (ECB) is set to embark this week on a scheme to buy the kind of rebundled debt that sparked the global economic crash. With sparse investor interest, its efforts could fall short. Asset-backed securities
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  • TRANSPORT
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      474 25 Kjos says his airline pays competitive wages and he supports employees’ right to form unions REUTERS New York THE chief executive of Norwegian Air Shuttle rejected arguments by US airlines and unions that his efforts to build a low-cost,
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      877 25 REUTERS Paris AN industrial drumbeat is picking up in European aircraft factories as Airbus borrows a new range of carmaking strategies to keep pace with record demand. Technologically, modern jetliners have more in common with a cus-tom-built Formula 1 than a family saloon.
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      Lock icon Fiat sees 500X SUV outselling 500 microcar in US
      301 25 REUTERS Los Angeles FIAT Chrysler Automobiles NV expects its yet-to-be launched Fiat 500X crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) to be even more popular in North America than its 500 microcar, senior executives said on Wednesday. Fiat will begin selling the 500X
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      Lock icon PSA S’pore, Changi Airport Group win awards
      292 25  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore SINGAPORE port operator PSA Singapore and the Port of Singapore have won awards given out by industry body Supply Chain Asia. PSA Singapore was the Container Terminal of the Year, beating four other contenders including Hong Kong
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      Lock icon JetBlue introduces new fees for checked luggage
      423 25 REUTERS New York JETBLUE Airways Corp announced new checked baggage fees on Wednesday and plans to stuff more seats into its aircraft, prompting praise from Wall Street, but a chorus of criticism from consumers. Analysts said that the change was long overdue, as
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon M’sia home prices at 5.5 times of median income
      596 27  -  Khazanah Nasional survey finds the figure above that for Singapore, US and the UK By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur IN median income terms, the average home in Malaysia costs more than in Singapore, the US, the UK or Ireland one
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      Lock icon SLP International, IP Global join hands in property marketing efforts
      443 27  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore ANOTHER partnership has taken shape in the realty business here, this time involving property agency SLP International Property Consultants and property investment firm IP Global. SLP International which provides real estate services to both
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      1128 27  -  TT COMMENTARY BY LEE LIAT YEANG T The writer is a partner at Rodyk Davidson LLP and part of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. The views in this article belong to the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of his
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      Lock icon Ascott to launch first property in Busan
      338 27  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore CAPITALAND’S serviced-residence business unit, The Ascott, has landed a contract to manage its first Citadines Apart’hotel in Busan. The 468-unit Citadines Haeundae Busan, its biggest property world-wide, is set to open in the second half of next
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      Lock icon Tokyo looks to slash US$1.7b off bill for 2020 Olympics
      540 28 It may scrap or scale back plans to build new facilities amid fears of spiralling costs AFP Tokyo TOKYO is looking to slash the price tag for the 2020 Summer Olympics by US$1.7 billion through scrapping or scaling back plans
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      Lock icon CLSA Capital eyes local consumers for HK retail property
      473 28 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong CLSA Capital Partners is going after local Hong Kong consumers for its latest retail property investment in the city as spending by mainland Chinese visitors slows. CLSA Capital, with about US$2.6 billion under management, is seeking to attract
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      Lock icon Oakland apartment rent growth highest in US
      1148 29 Businesses and residents, priced out of neighbouring San Francisco, are drawn to an increasingly vibrant scene BLOOMBERG San Francisco THE city by San Francisco Bay with the fastest-growing rents in the US isn’t San Francisco. Oakland, long synonymous with crime and blight, is
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  • VEHICLES
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      806 30  -  In the whole scheme of things, a certificate of entitlement (COE) may not be as big an expense as you think By Christopher Tan A survey commissioned by The Straits Times, completed in April this year, threw up some interesting findings about the certificate of entitlement system. In
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  • LIFESTYLE
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      588 31  -  By Samantha Boh s Singaporeans start jogging down the road to better health, their greatest love food is turning out to be their biggest weakness. The temptation is all around, with local fare like laksa and prata bumping up the calorie count. And dieticians,
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      107 31 PETS PET CAR0E ERICSSON PET FARM Small to Medium breed. Large puppies and kitten. Food and accessories. Boarding long/ short-term. Please call 6582 3333 PETS PET CARE BIRD CAGE CHICKS Limited sets 4 x 4 x 7ft height. Stainless steel bird cage with nestbox. Locally bred Yellow Nape Amazon Chicks
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  • OPINION
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      562 32 EDITORIAL EMERGING markets (EM) have been languishing under a cloud over the past 3-4 years, weighed down by growth concerns. It seems those concerns remain uppermost in investors’ minds as 2014 draws to a close. Investors are typically urged to invest
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      705 32  -  TT THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington IT must be obvious by now that we are experiencing something greater than the routine frustrations of the business cycle and the normal political discontents of democracies. There is, as political scientist
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      1212 32  -  Republicans may have changed Asian-Americans’ blue (Democratic) preference.BY preference.BY LEON HADAR Washington MUCH of the focus on why the Republicans lost the 2012 presidential election was on the role that Hispanic voters played in the GOP’s electoral fiasco that year and in 2008 when Barack
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      971 33  -  TT COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo EVENTS in Japan over the past few weeks have been surprising shocking even and baffling. They have given the lie to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s claim that “Japan is back” and also to his claim
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      620 33  -  By Lawrance Lai, Jack Wong T The writers are, respectively, partner and director for fraud investigation at dispute services at EY; the views reflected in this article are their own WITH the ongoing audit reform in Europe and the introduction of
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      1094 33  -  The Just-concluded Brisbane meeting has put much more emphasis on reviving growth and making the revival sustainable than on budget balance and austerity. BY SHAHID JAVED BURKI BY SHAHID JAVED BURKI T The writer is a former vice-president of the World Bank and also
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      333 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 25 Boss shows incomplete education (4) Across 1 Amount said to be a great deal in 7 (4) 3 Record contains poem in encrypted format (5) 6 Good bowler maybe steps down in India (4) 8 A recreant subtly falsified stories of old (10,5) 9 Voice has minimal
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      1791 38  -  Old records are turning into a groovy goldmine for collectors and dealers as the current vinyl revival sees sought-after titles fetching sky-high prices. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT NO ONE could have predicted the second wave of vinyl not in this age where
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        684 34  -  Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate launches the Matter of Taste event in Singapore, where a whole range of wines that have received 90 points and above can be savoured in one sitting. BY TIONG LI CHENG BY TIONG LI CHENG OENOPHILES who have come to regard Robert Parker’s
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          318 34  -  By Jaime Ee DINING EVENT TungLok Heen’s Ocean’s Best CANADIAN celebrity chef Susur Lee winds up his five-day promotion at TungLok Heen in Sentosa today with a masterclass in addition to the special lunch and dinner menus he’s been serving during his whirlwind visit. Fans of
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          271 34  -  By Lisa Fratini Panem Forever AFTER the success of the sold-out Game of Thrones themed dinner events, hus-band-and-wife duo Nicholas Yong and Gillian Ang, co-founders of online platform and popular culture website Geek Crusades, are back with a new themed dinner instalment. This time, it’s a special Panem
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          240 34  -  By Helmi Yusof Affordable Art Fair, Spot Art and Bank Art Fair WHAT a week for art lovers. Not one, not two, but three art fairs are taking place. Affordable Art Fair is the biggest, oldest and best of the three, selling almost every type of art under S$
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          209 34  -  By Tay Suan Chiang beams 30 Days Store: Singapore FOR about two more weeks, fans of Japanese fashion label BEAMS need not fly to Tokyo to get their fix, as it has partnered with design store kapok to do a pop-up shop in Singapore. BEAMS 30-Days Store: Singapore showcases
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          202 34  -  By Dylan Tan Awaken the Dragon Awaken The Dragon is a community arts project to bring awareness to the last two remaining dragon kilns in Singapore Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle and Guan Huat Dragon Kiln. Besides a collective clay sculpture created by over 2,000 members of the public
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        969 35  -  A recent event in Taipei featured an imaginative theme of Grenache, Syrah and Mouvedre wines. By NK YONG WINE wines.By NK YONG BLIND tastings are humbling events at least for me. Long ago, I sadly came to the conclusion that I am (inherently) a bad blind-taster my
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        436 35  -  ARTS By Rachel Loi rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT IT’S not unnatural for someone to assume that a three-legged dog would have some difficulty moving around. Writer Lillian Wang thought so too. Until she adopted one. But her mongrel, Trip, quickly proved to be as active and
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        696 35  -  By Rachel Loi rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT HE may be a Member of Parliament for Tampines, but Baey Yam Keng is also known for being one of the most active politicians on social media, posting on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter an w er about two or three
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        858 36  -  Unlike contemporary art which continues to be produced, old limited-edition posters make them a collector’s dream.BY HELMI YUSOF dream.BY HELMI YUSOF A WEEK ago in Holland, a vintage poster designed by AM Cassandre (1901-1968) titled L’Intransigeant sold at a Van Sabben auction for 210,000 euros (S$343,600).
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        284 36  -  By Rachel Loi rachloi@sph.com.sg @RachelLoiBT THERE’S a certain kind of audience that every jukebox musical is bound to attract the nostalgic fans who show up purely for the sake of reliving the music. So it was no surprise that almost half the audience
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        590 36  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT LET no man who is not a mathematician read the elements of my work, said Leonardo da Vinci in the 17th century he had no time for idiots misinterpreting his research and slowing him down. Almost 500
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        435 36  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg WHEN Korean ceramic artist Lee Hun Chung wanted to make art with a stronger connection to people, he turned from sculpture to furniture. “Sculpture pieces were only for looking. I wanted to give my works one more way to communicate with
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        612 37  -  For Grammy-nominated jazz musician Martin Taylor, music strikes a familial chord. BY RACHEL LOI MUSIC By Rachel Loi @RachelLoiBT rachloi@sph.com.sg ON the surface, family gatherings at Martin Taylor’s home sound just like any other. Dinner, conversation, followed by some music-listening around the fireplace. Except that he
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        461 37  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT FAREWELL tours can be tedious non-events. More often than not, they’re staged by some music act on its last legs, whose members no longer speak to one another and whose only bond is their shared goal of squeezing the
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