The Business Times, 21 August 2015

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    31 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD■BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN■ S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, August 21,2015
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  • DAILY DIGEST
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      Lock icon Singapore's assets
      17 1 under management grew by 30 per cent year-on-year to S$2.4 trillion in 2014. top stories/4
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      Lock icon Singapore Airlines
      23 1 is extending its title sponsorship of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix for two more years till 2017. TOP STORIES/ 5
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      Lock icon The Mauritian
      29 1 watchdog has snubbed Courts Asia and picked a rival just as the retailer was on the verge of closing the buyout of Courts Mauritius. COMPANIES MARKETS 6
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      Lock icon Offshore and marine stocks
      22 1 on SGX were mauled after a slide in crude prices prompted another bout of pessimism. COMPANIES MARKETS 8
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      Lock icon Dollar sukuk returns
      27 1 are turning into losses in Asia’s biggest Islamic finance markets as confidence in government leaders sours amid a regional sell off. BANKING FINANCE 14
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      Lock icon Indonesia's rural poor
      26 1 are increasingly pinning the blame for wild fluctuations in the price of staples on the policies of President Joko Widodo. ENERGY COMMODITIES 15
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      Lock icon Twitter has
      18 1 announced an upgrade to its Twitter Publisher Network, which helps advertisers connect with their audiences.TECHNOLOGY 16
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      Lock icon Australian carrier Qantas
      20 1 has roared back into the black in a stunning turnaround of fortunes driven by aggressive COSt-CUtting. TRANSPORT/18
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      Lock icon A new project
      25 1 by renowned architect Toyo Ito is aimed at presenting the Japanese people with a lifestyle that coexists with nature. REAL ESTATE 20
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      Lock icon Purchases of previously
      18 1 owned US homes rose in July to the highest since February 2007. GOVT ECONOMY 22
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      Lock icon China's yuan devaluation
      23 1 is exposing an undefended flank in BOJ’s efforts to jolt its economy out of decades of deflation. GOVT ECONOMY 23
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    Lock icon As stocks slide, few see hope
    1044 1  -  STI nears 3,000-point support, oil and gas sector devastated; analysts target STI decline of up to 10% By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S stock market is trading at levels not seen in years, with small capitalisation and oil and gas stocks leading the
    Source: Bloomberg  -  1,044 words
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    Lock icon Yuan as reserve currency: IMF to take more time to consider
    548 1  -  By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo IN a move seen as paving the way for the Chinese yuan to join the elite group of currencies that are spe-cial-reserve asset currencies, the executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 3,009.78 -31.47 KL COMP 1,577.41 -5.03 NIKKEI 225 20,033.52 -189.11 HANG SENG 22,757.47 -410.38 SHENZHEN B 1,185.75 -18.55 DOW (11:45am EDT) 17,134.87 -213.86
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      55 1 8 "*****1 *****4 FAILED BID Courts Asia seeks answers from Mauritius COMPANIES MARKETS 6 f x XT''.. MS'..'./ v s k > 8 i V S' J 2/xma6ZeA RORY MCILROY'S CHOICE SS'/ TTsoi’t: 1 O OMEGA AVAILABLE AT: Ion Orchard 6509 9712 Marina Bay Sands 6225 2393 Raffles City 6338
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      41 1 www.businesstimes.com.sg A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION SIFA DANCE MARATHON With 14 choreographers and 21 works LIFESTYLE 32 SINGAPORE ELECTION PAP announces candidates for Jurong GRC top stories 2 LGB CORP Raymond Chia is back, with new outfit in tow REAL ESTATE/19
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      22 1 O&M stocks reel as oil prices hit new 6-year lows 8 Analysts cite timing and pricing as Soo Kee makes dismal debut/8
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Tharman: PAP doesn’t go to polls thinking it has ‘natural advantage’
      633 2  -  It doesn’t take Singaporeans for granted and will enter the GE with strong track record, plans to improve life SINGAPORE GENERAL ELECTION By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore THE ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) never goes into an election
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      Lock icon PAP introduces two new faces for its Jurong GRC slate
      459 2  -  Lawyer and cancer specialist are new to GRC team; David Ong to defend Bukit Batok single seat By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore ONE is a lawyer by training and has been an active volunteer with various Muslim organisations since
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      Lock icon Elections Department raises maximum spending limit in election campaign
      458 2 THE STRAITS TIMES Singapore THE maximum spending limit will be raised from S$3.50 to S$4 for every elector on the register of electors for the electoral division, said the Elections Department (ELD) on Thursday. Candidates’ photos will also be on ballot
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      Lock icon Singapore’s AUM jumps 30% to S$2.4 trillion in 2014
      454 4  -  MAS cites asset inflows due to Asia’s growth dynamism, S’pore’s position as regional asset management hub By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S assets under management (AUM) grew 30 per cent year on year to S$2.4 trillion in 2014, said the
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      Lock icon Najib reiterates commitment to free-market policies
      579 4  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur AS investor anxiety over political uncertainties and the tumbling ringgit continued to fuel concerns that Malaysia could opt for capital controls, Prime Minister Najib Razak reiterated his administration’s commitment to free-market policies. Also the finance minister, Mr Najib
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      Lock icon Singapore’s Q2 domestic wholesale trade falls 19%
      449 4  -  This was due to lower prices of petroleum and chemical products: S’pore Department of Statistics By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S domestic wholesale trade contracted by 18.8 per cent in the second quarter of this year from a year ago, due in
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      Lock icon Fed officials concerned about slow pace of inflation at July meeting
      739 4 Uncertain tone of minutes suggests the Fed is less likely to start raising rates in mid-Sept, say analysts NYT Washington FEDERAL Reserve officials are struggling to get comfortable with the persistent sluggishness of price inflation as they move towards
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      Lock icon Markel to mix insurance with professional services
      678 5  -  In 2014, Markel bought Abbey Protection, which specialises in legal expenses insurance, tax and consultancy services By Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @ClaireHuangBT Singapore INSURANCE and professional services have traditionally been separate, but United Kingdom-based insurer Markel International is on the way to combining the
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      Lock icon SIA extends title sponsorship of Singapore Grand Prix for two more years
      457 5  -  SIA also ties up with race promoter Singapore GP in F1 packages offering perks such as KrisFlyer miles By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is staying in the driver’s seat as it extends its title
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Courts Asia seeks answers from Mauritius on failed bid
      727 6  -  Courts Mauritius went to a third party although we’re the preferred bidder: Courts Asia By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore IT HAS been more than two weeks since Sin-gapore-listed Courts Asia found the tables turned on its Mauritian dream after the
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Pacific Andes and China Fishery
        129 6 PACIFIC Andes Resources Development and its subsidiary, China Fishery Group, have been notified by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and white-collar crime buster Commercial Affairs Department that they are investigating an offence under the Securities and Futures Act. in an announcement late on Thursday night,
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        Lock icon Aspial Corporation
        135 6 ASPIAL Corporation’s retail bonds has met with strong institutional interest. Aspial Corporation said valid applications for the placement tranche of its retail bonds offering have exceeded S$25 million, representing a subscription rate of about three times, at the close of the placement offer on Aug 19. It originally
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        Lock icon Singapore Exchange
        161 6 SINGAPORE Exchange (SGX) is seeking public feedback on the proposed introduction of Affiliate Segregation where collateral of an affiliate of an SGX Derivatives Clearing (SGX-DC) member is protected if the member defaults on its own contracts. The affiliate’s positions may also be transferred to another SGX-DC member. The
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        Lock icon JES International
        133 6 CHINESE shipping firm JES International has ceased operations, and retains only a "skeletal staff" to run the group, as part of its process of controlling costs. The group also said on Thursday evening that it has taken steps to replace its missing group paraphernalia, and has successfully obtained
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        Lock icon OUE Commercial Reit
        90 6 A S$1.5 billion multi-currency debt issuance programme has been established for OUE Commercial Reit. Under this programme, OUE CT Treasury a wholly-owned subsidiary of DBS Trustee may from time to time issue notes and/or perpetual securities in series and tranches. These can be issued in Singapore dollars
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      Lock icon O&M stocks reel as oil prices hit new 6-year lows
      707 8  -  Analysts divided on whether sell-down of stocks was overdone MARKET JITTERS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore OFFSHORE and marine (O&M) stocks listed on the Singapore bourse were mauled on Thursday after a further slide in Brent crude prices prompted
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      Lock icon Noble’s ‘short-term liquidity manageable, long term uncertain’
      919 8  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NOBLE Group’s liquidity position in the next two months should improve, but how its balance sheet will fare after that is still a question mark, analysts said, adding that the support of its major banking partners will
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      Lock icon Analysts cite timing and pricing as Soo Kee makes dismal debut
      623 8  -  Only 8 Catalist listings this year, with all trading either flat or below IPO prices By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore RETAIL jeweller Soo Kee Group fell 5.5 Singapore cents or 18 per cent to close at S$0.245 on
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Aug 20,2015 3,009.78 -31.47 (-1.03%) Current streak 4 days Day high 3,027.35 Day low 3,000.93 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 3,009.78 (Aug 20, 2015) FTSE ST Catalist Index Aug 20,2015 562.87 -13.77 (-2.39%) Current streak 5 days Day high 576.55 Day low
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      Lock icon Sell-off continues as STI tests 3,000-mark
      680 10  -  STI sheds 31.47 points to close at 3,009.78, with losers outnumbering gainers 418 to 83 STOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT EXIT, pursued by a bear. Or a whole herd of bears, in the case of Thursday which saw even more investors rushing for
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      314 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 224 unch 227/222 271 219 6.5 5668.1 CapitaLand 300 -3 303/298 379 293 11 3 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 191.5 -2 193.5/191.5 228 188.5 5.7 6645.8 CityDev 893 xd -9 901/890 1095 876
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      32 10 VOLUME StratechGroup 85,006,200 MDR 65,121,800 Noble 59,219,500 IHC 51,025,100 Ezion 37,417,300 Market volume 1,586,667,000 VALUE DBS Grp 130,631,629 UOB 104,215,481 OCBC Bank 80,494,270 Singtel 79,094,304 CapitaLand 50,126,253 Market value 1,248,627,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      110 10 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 306 -3 696 308/305 355/305 306/307 IS MS INDIA US$ US734 -7 233 747/733 1000/696 732/734 91.8 Lyxor Cmdty US184 190 184/182 274/182 180/184 18.4 UETF SSE50China 225 -7 134 231/223 340/150 222/225 70.3
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 10 Aug 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -1452.00 -337.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -303.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -145.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 681.79 -8.23 FTSE ST Small Cap 406.22 -10.57 FTSE ST All Share 718.68 -8.35 FTSE ST China Top 175.79 -2.03 FTSE ST China 215.96 -2.87 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Aug 20,2015 718.68 -8.35 (-1.15%) Current streak 4 days Day high 723.24 Day low 717.78 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 718.68 (Aug 20, 2015)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Aug 19,2015 1,811.33 -23.88 (-1.30%) Current streak 4 days Day high 1,837.95 Day low 1,811.33 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,697.01 (Jan 7, 2015)
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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 8 5 0 0 0 1 8 5 Manufacturing 22 77 24 4 20 7 26 97 31 Commerce 10 39 8 1 9 4 11 48 12 Tpt/Stor/Comms 2 30 5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 28,367 28,367 83,221 83,221 Manufacturing 198,788 52,028 250,816 121,223 1,264 122,487 Commerce 94,466 87,999 182,465 88,243 11,596 99,839 Tpt/Stor/Comms 138,557 80 138,637 177,716 9 177,724 Finance 38,876 101 38,977 336,908 24 336,933 Construction 25,980 22,080
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      73 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 211.0 1.4 *****/***** DBXT S&P Short US$ 2170 39.4 1.3 2497/2104 Shanghai Turbo 85 11.0 14.9 92/65 China Gaoxian 41 6.5 18.8 88/34.5 NOL 84.5 5.5 7.0 120/73.5 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low New Silkroutes 0.2 100.0 0.1 0.2/0.1
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      76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** -402.3 -2.5 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -194.1 -0.7 *****/***** DBXT China50 US$ 3072 -153.3 -3.4 4258/2987 DBXT MSJAP US$ 5042 -146.3 -2.0 5277/4291 DBXT E50 US$ 4904 -130.8 -1.9 5310/4562 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low CapitalaMBeCW*****1 2.5
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Jackspeed 60.0 0.055 -0.020 -26.67 Anchun Intl 200.0 0.046 -0.020 -30.30 L-Jacoberg 49.2 0.650 -0.135 -17.20 Great Group 25,564.1 0.015 -0.004 -21.05 MS Hldgs 30.0 0.151 -0.034 -18.38 Ziwo 314.2 0.038 -0.012 -24.00 Triyards 1,848.3 0.240 -0.055 -18.64 Fuji Offset 12.0 0.280 -0.020 -6.67 Starburst
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        185 10 Buy Target price: S$0.23 Aug 20 close: S$0.193 RHB, Aug 20 Management reiterated that it will not be making new investments, and will focus its existing portfolio for eventual exits and distribute excess cash back to shareholders. The group also announced that that Knowledge Universe Education (KUE), one
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        Lock icon First Reit
        154 10 Hold Target price: S$1.36 Aug 20 close: S$1.27 OCBC Investment Research, Aug 20 First Reit’s recent Q2 2015 results were within our expectations and exhibited continued stable growth. We project First Reit’s DPU growth to remain steady at 3 per cent for FY15 and one per cent for
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        Lock icon Venture Corp
        238 10  -  Compiled by Melissa Tan Buy Target price: S$9.00 Aug 20 close: S$8.12 DBS Group Research, Aug 20 Venture is a beneficiary of the weak ringgit versus the Sing dollar. Street forecasts are not fully factoring in the impact of a 15 per cent decline in the S$/ringgit exchange
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      Lock icon US$ drops as Sept rate hike chances fade
      388 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE US dollar fell against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, with investors trimming bets in its favour after Federal Reserve minutes suggested that policymakers were in no hurry to raise interest rates. Traders said that the probability
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 11 Aug 20 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.960 4.667 0.656 5.658 47.713 101.317 0.906 8.675 3.017 1.107 74.371 33.943 1.027 9.467 0.703 23.771 26.001 0.466 0.730 Canada 1.042 4.862
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 Aug 20 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0263 1.0275 0.7297 0.7302 Canadian dollar 1.0693 1.0703 0.7606 0.7603 Euro 1.5642 1.5654 1.1121 1.1124 NZ dollar 0.9273 0.9286 0.6593 0.6599 Sterling pound 2.2038 2.2054 1.5669 1.5672
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 11 Aug 20 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4078 1.4088 2-months 1.4088 1.4101 3-months 1.4096 1.4111 6-months 1.4118 1.4131 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        203 11 Aug 20 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 10.4 -1.8 8378 0.1 1980 5 DBS MB EPW*****2 17.1 2.1 4067 0.1 1950 2 Ezion MB eCW*****1 3.2 -0.5 3810 0.4 95 13
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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 Aug 19 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1314.5 -1.3 3.0 -1.2 6.8 -1.2 0.7 EAFE Preliminary 1055.2 -1.4 6.9 -1.3 8.2 -1.3 2.1 Europe Preliminary 1459.2 -1.8 5.6
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        401 11 Aug 20 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Aug15 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 *****.00 *****7 *****4 Sep15 *****.00 *****.50 *****.00 *****.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Sep15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****2 *****8 Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 2291 ***** MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        36 11 Aug 20 1 mth 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 1.***** 9 mths 12 mths 1.***** SWAP Offer rates 1 mth 0.***** 3 mths 1.***** 6 mths 1.***** Source: Thomson Reuters
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 11 Aug 20 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.08 0.03 1-month 0.8125 0.6875 2-months 0.875 0.75 3-months 0.9375 0.8125 Overnight mode: 0.05 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.28 0.18 3 months 0.40 0.20 6 months 0.60 0.40 9 months 0.80 0.60 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Aug 20 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0Z 2.375 01-Apr-17 102.26 102.33 102.30 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 100.19 100.20 100.15 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 98.19 98.30 98.30 15-Year NY*****E 2.875 01-Jul-29 100.06 100.20 100.05 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 106.15
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Aug-19 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Aug-19 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 903.50 -9.75 -1.07% 14/09/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 27.89 -0.43 -1.52% 14/09/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 496.25 2.00 0.40% 14/09/2015 Aug-19 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2061.00 29.00 1.43% 15/09/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1669.00 -62.00 -3.58%
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      Lock icon AirAsia’s Q2 profit down 33%
      198 12 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN budget airline AirAsia reported a 33 per cent drop in its sec-ond-quarter net profit on Thursday, due to a rise in operating and financing costs. Net profit for April-June fell to RM243 million (S$83 million) from RM367.2 million, although the airline
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      Lock icon S$15m B-round financing helps startup Zimplistic find its feet
      1014 12  -  Firm explains why it faces a delivery delay following the successful preorder phase of its flatbread-making machine By Elizabeth Mak eamak@sph.com.sg Singapore WHEN Rishi Israni and Pranoti Nagarkar started taking preorders for their automated chapati-making machine in July last year, they
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      707 14 Indonesia’s Islamic bonds due in 2024 is down 3.8% since April, while 2025 Malaysian debt has fallen 2.6% BLOOMBERG Jakarta DOLLAR sukuk returns are turning negative in Asia’s biggest Islamic finance markets as confidence in government leaders sours amid
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      511 14 BLOOMBERG Sydney PACIFIC Investment Management Co likes bonds designed to become part of European banks’ capital cushion in times of stress because it sees little risk that they’ll end up being needed to shore up balance sheets. The company, which manages
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      336 15 Gold producers buck trend, notching gains on strength in the metal’s price BLOOMBERG Melbourne BHP Billiton Ltd and Glencore plc led declines among global mining companies as commodity prices plunged on heightened concern of a sharp slowdown in China. BHP, the world’s biggest
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      663 18 Australia airline posts A$557m annual profit, places order for eight Boeing Dreamliners AFP Sydney AUSTRALIAN carrier Qantas on Thursday roared back into the black in a stunning turnaround of fortunes driven by aggressive cost-cutting, while placing an order for eight Boeing Dreamliners. The
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      563 18 REUTERS Singapore A SLIDE in marine fuel prices to six-year lows should be a welcome break for global shipping by slashing costs for an industry struggling to recover from its worst downturn in decades. But shipping operators say the benefits
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      515 18 BLOOMBERG San Francisco UBER Technologies Inc’s criminal background checks for drivers failed to prevent it from hiring registered sex offenders, identity thieves, burglars, a kidnapper and a convicted murderer, California prosecutors said. The district attorneys of San Francisco and Los Angeles escalated their fight
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      733 19  -  His partners in LGB Corp include Alan Wang; group may consider S’pore IPO based on funding needs By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore RAYMOND Chia, who resigned as CEO of Chip Eng Seng late last year, has emerged on the property
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      695 19 BLOOMBERG Madrid SPAIN’S once-ravaged construction industry is creating jobs at the fastest pace in almost three years. Well-pay-ing jobs will take longer. The country that used to build more houses than France, Germany and the UK combined added 32,300 construction
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      746 20 Renowned architect’s new project aims to present his people a lifestyle in sync with the natural climate WP Tokyo A NEW project launched by internationally renowned architect Toyo Ito on Omishima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea, is aimed at
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      235 20 REUTERS Hong Kong CHINESE developer Guangzhou R&F Properties said on Thursday it will not engage in a price war to achieve its full-year sales target after it lowered that goal for 2015 by 8.3 per cent. The 15th largest property developer by
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      1477 21  -  Research suggests that optimists can find solutions where pessimists do not By Arthur C. Brooks NEW YORK TIMES y wife, Ester, and I had just endured a difficult parent-teacher conference for one of our teenage children. It was a grades issue. The ride home was tense,
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      566 22 Job gains, low borrowing costs boosting trade-up purchases, providing more fuel for the economy LATEST US DATA BLOOMBERG REUTERS Washington PURCHASES of previously owned US homes unexpectedly rose in July to the highest level since February 2007, consistent with further
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      431 22 opposing the aid. AFP, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Athens GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to submit his resignation to the country’s president later on Thursday to clear the way for early elections on Sept 20, according to a government official. Mr
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      620 22 Minister mulls closing borders opened by the Schengen Agreement NYT Berlin GERMANY expects as many as 800,000 asylum seekers or refugees this year, four times the number who came last year, Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière said in announcing new actions to cope
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      703 23 Officials fear pressure for monetary easing the move hits Asian demand and Japan exports REUTERS Tokyo CHINA’S devaluation of the yuan exposes an undefended flank in the Bank of Japan’s efforts to jolt its flagging economy out of decades of deflation, which rely
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      1059 23 Any TPP compromise by PM Harper could endanger his re-election in Oct polls BLOOMBERG Washington ON paper, it’s not a fair fight: a dozen nations representing 40 per cent of the world’s economic output versus 12,000 Canadian dairy farms.
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      396 23 REUTERS Tokyo JAPANESE business morale improved in August and it is seen likely to remain steady, a Reuters poll found, offering a hint of economic recovery and improved confidence as firms look past the second quarter’s export slump and
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      615 24 EDITORIAL INVESTING in emerging markets (EMs) over the past 3-5 years has been somewhat akin to crossing a minefield. This is quite apart from China where the domestic stock market delivered stratospheric returns for just over a year, before floundering more
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      696 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP WE CAN learn from Europe about job creation, but many Americans may reject the underlying lesson. It is: If you price labour too high pay workers more than they produce businesses will slow or
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      1366 24  -  Singapore has had a headstart due to the strong commitment of its leaders in enhancing both its legal infrastructure and the quality of its stakeholders. BY CHAN LENG SUN BY CHAN LENG SUN T The writer is head of dispute resolution at
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      960 25  -  COMMENTARY By Sven Christopher Wagner T The writer is a freelance writer based in Singapore ON Wednesday morning, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble addressed once again the German legislature and promoted a third bailout for Greece. Parliamentarians were asked to interrupt
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      823 25  -  By David Smith T The writer, a member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum’s advisory board, represented the UN Secretary-General in the Americas 2004-14 THIS past weekend, tens of thousands marched through the major cities of Brazil for the third time this
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      1174 25  -  She is still dogged by ‘e-mailgate’ and her campaign events have had poor turnouts, but pundits are betting on Mrs Clinton becoming the Democrats’ presidential candidate By Leon Hadar WHEN Hillary Clinton announced in 2007 via her website the formation of
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      283 27 World Amateur Golfers Championship SINGAPORE Join the national golf tour that allows you to compete with peers FREE! GALA DINNER (14 OCT) LUCKY DRAW PRIZES TO BE WON! Get a Canon IXUS 160 worth $169 when you register.** 5 golfing packages (flight of 4 golfers) at the Rancamaya Golf and
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    699 27  -  special Report by ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg He has roped in two friends so far and hopes to string along one more for the SPH World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) next month. Sushminder Singh, one of five golfers who represented Singapore at the 2014 WAGC in
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      876 28  -  The three-day Bicycle Film Festival seeks to promote a positive profile of cyclists through movies, music and the arts. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg CARAMEL with sea salt is a fantastic, but unlikely, combination. So is going to a cat café and
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        220 28  -  THEATRE Takizawa Kabuki By Dylan Tan TOKYO’S hottest blockbuster stage show has arrived in Singapore. During the past decade, Takizawa Kabuki has sold out every season and to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it’s touring outside Japan for the first time. Headlined by pop idol and
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        183 28  -  By Helmi Yusof Dirtsong by Black Arm Band THE most beautiful music sometimes comes from the darkest places. The songs of Australia’s Black Arm Band address the painful history of the Aboriginal struggle against oppression yet the music is rich, melodious and compelling. It combines a mellifluous harmony of
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        302 28  -  By Tay Suan Chiang Shun Ka Shuu Tou COME lunch time, the queues at those ever popular ramen joints in Tanjong Pagar are notorious, but if you are craving for some good Japanese food, there is Shun Ka Shuu Tou, in Amara Hotel. The name translates from Japanese as
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        198 28  -  By Tay Suan Chiang What’s Supp CAN’T decide where to go for supper this weekend? Head for the rooftop of the National Design Centre, which will be converted into a pop-up kopitiam for four nights. After a successful debut with Lepak at the National Museum, pop-up events organiser Kueh
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        190 28  -  By Rachel Loi My Nine Lives with Steve winter GO on an adventure with National Geographic wildlife photographer Steve Winter next Tuesday as he shares his experiences of travelling the world as part of his job. He has been to India, Brazil and even Hollywood to photograph big
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        207 28  -  By Rachel Loi wine Appreciation Dinner with Paolo Basso THE world’s best sommelier will be in Singapore for the first time next week to host a series of wine appreciation dinners at Ristorante Amarone. Paolo Basso was crowned “Best Sommelier of the World” in 2013 by The
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      1193 29  -  Wine-maker Peter Vinding-Diers has taken a long while to find a place to sink his roots. BY NK YONG PETER Vinding-Diers, poet by heritage, wine-maker by choice, flies his own flag and sails on regardless. He has now settled in Sicily and it
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  • ARTS
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      792 30  -  Loo Zihan, who is one of five artists shortlisted for the President’s Young Talents award, reflects on his art installation. BY CHEAH UI-HOON BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg ARTIST Loo Zihan likes to organise and sequence information, and he also has a passion for
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      520 30  -  COMEDY By Dylan Tan dylan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT FOR his side-splittingly sardonic yet poetic take on love, politics, misery and the absurdities of everyday life, Dylan Moran’s critics have quite aptly christened him as “the Oscar Wilde of comedy”. And despite doing the job really
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      Lock icon Dark and demented political play
      333 30  -  SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT SO far, one of the strongest offerings at the Singapore International Festival of Arts is the Hungarian play Dementia, helmed by the Cannes award-win-ning film and theatre director Kornel Mundruczo and staged by the company
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    • MUSIC/CINEMA
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        633 31  -  The veteran composer will share more of his life story in a new, upsized version of The Adventures of the Mad Chinaman. BY AVANTI NIM Chinaman.BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg WHAT do Dick Lee and Beyonce have in common? The singer-songwrit-ers both share a passion
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        568 31  -  CINEMA By Geoffrey Eu WITH the Marina Bay skyline featuring prominently, along with key scenes of easily identifiable locations such as Changi Airport and a popular downtown hotel plus a high-speed chase along some suspiciously traf-fic-free city streets you might be forgiven for
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        472 31  -  By Geoffrey Eu SINISTER 2, the latest in a long string of supernatural horror movies belonging to the same low-budget stable as the Paranormal Activity and Insidious franchises, fails to register much of an impression on the goose-bump scale. One
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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      335 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Month with retired salesman in Irish county in holiday vehicle (6,3) 8 What’s needed for morning, afternoon, evening? (5,2,3,3) 11 Irritating glitch youngster concealed (5) 12 Characterising a current note young man turned over (5) 13 Spirit of gloom (5) 16 Show off note about article
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      456 32  -  An unprecedented dance marathon with 14 choreographers and 21 works begins on Friday at the Singapore International Festival of Arts.BY HELMI YUSOF Arts.BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT ONE of the most ambitious segments of the ongoing Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) is its extensive Dance Marathon which
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      469 32 A Male Ant Has A Straight Antennae By Mandeep Raikhy Aug 26 and 27 ONE of the strongest and wittiest works of the Dance Marathon is Mandeep Raikhy’s whimsically-titled A Male Ant Has A Straight Antennae. Ostensibly an examination of masculinity, Raikhy places six male dancers and one
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      Lock icon Lonely hearts, virtual lives
      465 32 REAL REALITY By Mikuni Yanaihara Aug 25 DO we need our bodies anymore? In this day and age, when human communication and commercial transactions can occur exclusively on virtual platforms without us having to go anywhere, can we dispense with the body altogether? For Mikuni Yanaihara,
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      447 32 My Mothers I By Chey Chankethya Sept 1 CHEY Chankethya begins her one-woman dance describing two women who’ve influenced her life her mother and her classical Cambodian dance instructor. But as the dance progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that there are dark currents coursing
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