The Business Times, 17 November 2015

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    36 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 2015 SOCIETY OF NEWS DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD BEST IN OVERALL REDESIGN S$1.00 q:h A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION wvvw.businesstimes.com.sg [3 D @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO ’l*****868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Tuesday. November 17. 2015
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    133 1 Developers sold 546 private non-landed homes in October, 60 per cent more than the 341 in September. TOP STORIES 2 The education ministry is cancelling immersion trips to France and travel firms are helping Paris-bound travellers make other arrangements. TOP STORIES 2 The TPP could be ratified by
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    Lock icon Fearless markets
    80 1  -  Equity markets retreated on Monday in reaction to the weekend attacks in Paris, but history suggests that any risk aversion is likely to be short-lived. A look at some of the most deadly terrorist attacks over the past 15 years reveals resilience among domestic stock markets. BT Infographics
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    Lock icon Asia-Pacific CEOs’ confidence sinks to three-year low: PwC
    740 1  -  Survey shows optimism dented by market volatility, but majority of business leaders still plan to raise investments in Apec region By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Singapore BUSINESS leaders in the Asia-Pacific region are losing confidence in their companies’ growth prospects, with just
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    28 1 MARKETS Monday Change STI 2,915.73 -9.95 KL COMP 1,656.00 -2.91 NIKKEI 225 19,393.69 -203.22 HANG SENG 22,010.82 -385.32 SHENZHEN B 1,197.85 +4.74 DOW (11.45am EST) 17,302.15 +56.91
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      15 1 8 "*****1 *****4 G20 SUMMIT Open trading system will benefit all: PM TOP STORIES 4
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      23 1 INDIA FAST FORWARD Modi’s measures help debt-laden property firms REAL ESTATE 14 FUTURE CHALLENGES innovative economic policies for the 21st century opinion 25
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      214 1 FORMULA FOR SUCCESS Intac’s progress underscored by hard work SME 28 Aquino woos investors to his country at Apec opening, Page 4 KWEK LENGJOO 1953-2015 A tycoon, environmentalist, and above all, a philanthropist TOP STORIES 4 Immediate Occupation s k y li n e I orchardboulevard FREEHOLD lit m i/
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon October non-landed home sales up 60% from a month ago
      935 2  -  Principal Garden and Thomson Impressions make up 35.3% of month’s new sales as overall market remains subdued By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore DEVELOPERS in Singapore sold 546 private non-landed homes in October, which represented a 60 per cent rise
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      Lock icon MOE cancels French trips as travel firms monitor Paris situation
      590 2  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore AS Paris reels from the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attacks on Friday that killed 129 people, Singapore’s education ministry is cancelling immersion trips to France and travel companies are helping Paris-bound travellers make
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      Lock icon TPP could mean S$1b in tariff savings for Singapore
      726 4  -  PM Lee: Other elements of the trade pact, which could take a year or two to ratify, could also bring benefits to S’pore G-20 SUMMIT By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Antalya, Turkey THE Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could be ratified by the
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      Lock icon More open trading system will benefit all: PM Lee
      582 4  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Antalya, Turkey THERE is no future in trying to shut out the world with protectionist measures, especially since a more open trading system will lift growth and benefit all peoples, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told
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      Lock icon Kwek Leng Joo, 62, dies of heart attack
      984 4  -  Tributes pour in as sudden death shocks business community OBITUARY By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore KWEK Leng Joo businessman, property tycoon, environmentalist, keen lensman, and above all, philanthropist died in his sleep on Monday morning from a sudden heart attack. Mr
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      Lock icon Aquino urges investors to bet on Philippines
      657 4  -  Go in now, not later, he says; the Philippines has grown by 6.5% on average since 2010 By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Manila PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino on Monday urged foreign investors to seize the many business opportunities available in his country, in
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      Lock icon Apple could catalyse solar energy take-up in Singapore
      806 6  -  Tech giant will be first company whose entire operations here will be powered by renewable energy By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore APPLE’S move to power all its operations in Singapore with solar energy in the process becoming the first company here
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      Lock icon S’pore Academy of Law to launch body promoting legal convergence in Asia
      434 6  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore A NEW organisation to assist businesses in understanding and navigating legal barriers across Asian countries will be set up in January 2016 in Singapore. The organisation, called the Asian Business Law Institute
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      9 2 23 held, weapons seized in France crackdown, Page 23
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      301 6 FUTURE 11 t I I I li i f S CHINA ADVANCED LEADERS PROGRAMME EMPOWERING 1 future leaders wm i CHINA READY'SJOLLS “Every class has been very relevant, from addressing China’s current issues to inculcating the Chinese culture in us. Learning about the tea culture, wine appreciation, calligraphy and philosophy
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI actives fall 10% on average in year-to-date total return
      548 8  -  Of the 10 most actively traded index stocks, only ComfortDelGro and SGX were in positive territory By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore THE most active Straits Times Index (STI) stocks this year have mostly gone in one direction: down. Out
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      Lock icon OCBC launches financial literacy app for children
      295 8  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore OCBC Bank on Monday launched a financial literacy app that was created with four primary school students, with the bank looking to expand its reach of financial literacy education to children. The free app, named The Mighty
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      Lock icon SingPost beefs up team amid transformation
      491 8  -  BY Claire Huang huangjy@sph.com.sg @C|aireHuangBT Singapore NATIONAL postal services provider Singapore Post (SingPost) has unveiled a new organisation structure based on four pillars that will take effect on Dec 1, as it embarks on the transition to a digital company. The four pillars are:
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      Lock icon Stocks to pick amid China slowdown
      800 9  -  BNP Paribas favours consumer-linked sectors and those that will benefit from the country’s rebalancing story By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore CHINA’S rebalancing story is churning out policy beneficiaries while healthy growth in household disposable incomes is keeping consumer-ori-ented sectors relatively robust. And with
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      Lock icon Trendlines launches IPO on Catalist
      191 9  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore ISRAEL’S medical and agriculture technology-focused The Trendlines Group has launched an initial public offering to raise gross proceeds of S$25 million. Under the Catalist IPO, the incubator group is offering 75.76 million placement shares at S$0.33 each. The
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      Lock icon STI drops post-Paris and wobbly Friday
      679 10  -  But few market watchers think last weekend’s attacks in the French capital will make a lasting impact on the market STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) opened the week with its seventh consecutive loss, this time dropping 9.95 points
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      309 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 222 +1 225/220 271 213 6.6 5617.6 CapitaLand 307 +1 309/300 379 267 11.2 2.9 *****.7 CapitaMall Trust 186.5 unch 189/185 228 184.5 5.8 6481.4 CityDev 761 -2 766/748 1095 748 9.1
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      33 10 VOLUME Noble 74,767,800 Spackman 74,138,200 Yuuzoo 52,403,000 Biosensors 43,530,900 Genting Sing 40,360,500 Market volume 1,299,200,000 VALUE Singtel 67,348,549 UOB 62,310,508 DBS Grp 45,315,121 HongkongLand USD 41,883,385 CapitaLand 37,969,897 Market value 932,516,000
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      109 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 297 548 297/293 355/280 296/298 IS MS INDIA US$ US665 +2 485 665/660 1000/648 668/671 83.1 DBXT Vietnam US$ US2334 -6 89 2354/2327 2919/2139 2337/2343 4.5 IS Asia BND US US1033 -1 56 1033/1033
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      77 10 Nov 16 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -597.00 +15.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -61.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -60.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 678.81 -2.37 FTSE ST Small Cap 413.38 -0.46 FTSE ST All Share 704.41 -1.87 FTSE ST China Top 175.82 +0.79 FTSE ST China 214.29 +1.12 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index NOV 16,2015 704.41 -1.87 (-0.26%) Current streak 7 days Day high 705.76 Day low 697.99 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 676.13 (Sept 29, 2015)
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      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index NOV 13,2015 1,712.18 -16.45 (-0.95%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,733.74 Day low 1,707.82 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,609.50 (Sept 29, 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 3 8 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 Manufacturing 39 45 24 11 9 8 50 54 32 Commerce 13 23 18 6 5 4 19 28 22 Tpt/Stor/Comms 10 21 2
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      121 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 13,812 13,812 45,821 45,821 Manufacturing 211,342 29,986 241,328 121,515 3,565 125,080 Commerce 117,709 54,667 172,376 65,818 4,018 69,837 Tpt/Stor/Comms 107,977 397 108,374 156,088 33 156,121 Finance 18,195 9 18,204 157,952 1 157,953 Construction 13,766 6,628
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      72 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low GLD US$ ***** 108.0 0.7 *****/***** JMH USD 5050 49.8 0.7 6788/4502 DBXT S&P Short US$ 2166 39.8 1.3 2393/2086 DBXT CSI300 US$ 994 12.8 0.9 1471/728 SATS 398 8.0 2.1 409/283 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ChinaGaoxian W*****8 1.3 160.0 0.8
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      76 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT E50 US$ 4636 -321.2 -4.6 5300/4350 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5112 -271.5 -3.6 6246/4478 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5430 -224.6 -2.8 6300/5225 DBXT MSTaiwan US$ 1915 -216.1 -7.4 2392/1788 DBXT China50 US$ 3017 -76.8 -1.8 4258/2750 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low TEE Intl
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      79 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Pavillon 243.0 0.051 -0.009 -15.00 SinoCloud 37,015.7 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Neo 215.0 0.660 -0.065 -8.97 IP Softcom 50.0 0.021 -0.006 -22.22 SingMyanmar 35.0 0.400 +0.040 +11.11 Techcomp 22.5 0.270 -0.020 -6.90 UG Healthcare 2,526.1 0.475 +0.055 +13.10 Yongmao 20.9 0.135 +0.011 +8.87 S i2i 30.9
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ TAKE
      459 10  -  Compiled by Andrea Soh Petra Foods Fully valued Nov 16 close: S$2.31 Target price: S$2.05 DBS Group Research, Nov 16 While Petra’s financial and stock price performances are playing out according to our earlier expectations, we still maintain our cautious stance on the counter. Q3 2015 performance was
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      16 10 DATA I 8.30 am Singapore non-oil domestic exports I 1 pm Singapore Retail Sales Index
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      Lock icon Euro underperforms as Paris attacks spur economy worries
      414 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE euro was pinned near sev-en-month troughs against the dollar on Monday, as investors, worried about the impact on the eurozone economy of Friday’s Paris attacks, steered clear of the common currency. Traditional safe-haven the Swiss franc rose 0.4
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 NOV 16 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.948 4.540 0.663 5.527 47.063 97.902 0.875 8.354 3.127 1.090 75.173 33.610 1.014 10.230 0.717 23.387 25.656 0.469 0.713 Canada 1.054 4.788
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 11 NOV 16 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0132 1.0145 0.7128 0.7133 Canadian dollar 1.0686 1.0696 0.7520 0.7518 Euro 1.5283 1.5296 1.0752 1.0755 NZ dollar 0.9296 0.9308 0.6540 0.6545 Sterling pound 2.1592 2.1609 1.5191 1.5194
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        22 11 NOV 16 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.4227 1.4237 2-months 1.4242 1.4252 3-months 1.4255 1.4264 6-months 1.4288 1.4302 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        389 11 NOV 16 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Nov15 *****.50 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****5 *****0 Dec15 *****.50 *****.50 *****.00 *****.50 9270 ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec15 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****7 Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 42 2108 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        206 11 Most active Nov 16 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Rowsley Ltd W*****3 3.4 0.1 ***** 1 18 11 UOB MB eCW*****4 11.7 -0.8 3820 0.1 2150 5 DBS MB eCW*****4 10 unch 3320 0.1 1880 5
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        365 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 13 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1275.2 -0.8 0.0 -0.5 4.2 -0.8 -3.0 EAFE Preliminary 1016.8 -0.8 3.0 -0.7 3.7 -1.0 -3.5 Europe Preliminary 1411.6 -0.8 2.2
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Nov 16 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.30 0.20 1-month 0.9375 0.8125 2-months 1.0 0.875 3-months 1.0625 0.9375 Overnight mode: 0.25 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.22 0.12 1 month 0.23 0.13 2 months 0.30 0.20 3 months 0.45 0.25 6 months 0.70 0.50 9 months 0.90 0.70 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        61 11 NOV 16 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.13 5-Year N*****0S 2.000 01-Jul-20 99.81 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 98.13 98.30 98.17 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 99.98 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 106.29 106.41 106.41 30-Year NA*****N 2.750 01-Apr-42
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        193 11 NOV-13 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-13 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 859.00 -10.25 -1.18% 13/11/2015 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 27.04 -0.40 -1.46% 14/12/2015 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 495.75 -2.25 -0.45% 14/12/2015 Nov-13 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2307.00 32.00 1.41% 14/12/2015 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1518.00 -57.00 -3.62%
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        57 11 Nov 16 KLCE Palm Futures (RM/MT) Delivery Opening Sett Av Vol Open Month Range Price Price High Low Done Position Dec 15 2167.0 2132.0 2180.0 2121.0 989 ***** Jan 16 2289.0 2225.0 2289.0 2213.0 ***** ***** Feb 16 2337.0 2300.0 2344.0 2287.0 ***** ***** Mar 16 2380.0 2349.0
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      Lock icon Ways to minimise need for buying-in
      602 12  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY R SIVANITHY sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has in its Nov 13 letter to BT clarified that failed share settlements are usually because of human errors rather than intentional naked short sales and that measures to improve the exchange’s
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      Lock icon STATS ChipPAC faces funding test after Temasek split
      400 12 BLOOMBERG Singapore STATS ChipPAC Ltd, South-east Asia’s biggest semiconductor assembler, is seeking to refinance US$400 million of debt in the first test of its credit strength without the implicit AAA backing of the government of Singapore. The chip packaging and testing company
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        101 12 CLARIFYING a Nov 13 report, Serial Systems announced on Monday that its executive chairman and group CEO Derek Goh was “the subject matter of the investigations by the Monetary Authority Singapore” and that “the investigation by the authority concerned Section 197/198 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter
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        56 12 SINGAPORE Airlines' passenger load factor (PLF) for October 2015 edged up 1.8 percentage points to 79 per cent. Apart from East Asia where PLF was flat, PLF improved for all regions, it said, adding that the competitive landscape continues to be challenging. SIA cargo load factor rose 0.4
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1942 13 Transaction date: Nov 16 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil 88.5 42 8Telecom Last Sale AAT vol ('000) High Day Low Div 153 131.5 AIMSAMP Cap Reit GrYld 183 129.5 ARA Asset Mgmt 136.5cri +1.5 890
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      375 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale vol ('000) 1 0.3 t Advanced Systems 0.4 unch 26 0.4 0.4 10.5 Day Low Div C'vr 0.9 0.2 t Annica Net P/E MCap 35 10 t SCnergy
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      126 13 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1060 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US801 -4 8 801 800 125.6 4258 2750 DBXT China50 US$ US3017 -54 8 3026 3004 8.3 High 463 226 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US258
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Modi’s measures help debt-laden property firms
      825 14 He scrapped approvals needed for overseas ownership of some projects, barriers to foreign direct investment BLOOMBERG Singapore INDIA’S biggest overhaul of rules for foreign investment in real estate since the industry began opening up a decade ago has come just in time for cash-strapped
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      Lock icon London mansion prices fall 11.5%; bubble may have burst
      314 14 BLOOMBERG London LONDON’S most expensive homes and apartments have slumped in value as the government’s stamp duty sales tax damps demand. Prices of homes valued at £5 million (S$10.8 million) or more fell 11.5 per cent on a per square foot
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      Lock icon R&F Properties, Dalian Wanda seek Shanghai listings
      332 14 REUTERS Shanghai TWO of China’s biggest real estate firms are seeking approval to raise about 47 billion yuan (S$10.5 billion) in Shanghai listings, in the first batch of companies to start the listing process after an almost five-month hiatus. China said earlier this
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      Lock icon Smart designs for an ageing population
      1644 15  -  Demand for aged care is forecast to increase and smart designs are required to respond to the greying society TOWARDS A SMART NATION SOLUTIONS FOR AN AGEING POPULATION By Belinda Yuen, Chathura Withanage The world’s population is ageing fast. According to the United Nations,
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      Lock icon Caring for patients all through the system
      405 15  -  By Mint Kang THE societies of the 21st century are wealthy and well cared for, but they face a trade-off for this affluence. People today eat better, have access to more luxuries and live longer but lifestyle diseases, together with age-re-lated ailments, are
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      Lock icon Marriott buys Starwood for US$12.2 billion
      419 16 Combined company will be world’s largest hotel chain REUTERS Seattle MARRIOTT International Inc will buy Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide Inc for US$12.2 billion to create the world’s largest hotel chain with top brands including Sheraton, Ritz Carlton and the Autograph Collection. The combined company
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      Lock icon Revitalising a Detroit neighbourhood
      1081 16 WP Detroit THE house on Iliad Street is stripped to a skeleton: no appliances, no wiring, no doors. Upstairs reeks of urine and animal waste because someone once stashed dogs there for fighting. Downstairs, the floors are covered in rubble, empty whiskey bottles and other detritus
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Activity soars in China’s P2P online lending jungle
      689 17 Platforms sold record 119.6b yuan of products in October even as defaults mount, as investors hunt for higher yields BLOOMBERG Shanghai SINCE China’s government announced guidelines for websites that link individual investors with borrowers, no detailed rules have been announced, activity has
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      790 17 BLOOMBERG New York NO more bubbles. That’s the takeaway from China’s move to limit leveraged bets in its equity market. The country’s two mainland stock exchanges said last week margin requirements will be raised to 100 per cent
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      305 17 SME OUTLOOK 2016 Challenges and Opportunities The best market intelligence is still dependent on a well-informed forecast of economic and business conditions. In collaboration with United Overseas Bank, SME Outlook 2016 will provide insights on how to operate more confidently in 2016 with expert inputs on what lies ahead, and
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      Lock icon Fortescue sees strong case for magnetite joint venture
      759 18 Its Iron Bridge project in Australia holds about 5b tonnes of the ore, which commands a premium from mills in China that produce high-quality steel BLOOMBERG Melbourne MORE iron ore is probably the last thing the world needs at the moment, though
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      885 18 Major firms are building them to distribute power to villages instead of whole nations BLOOMBERG London POWER grids that work at a fraction of the scale of a traditional utility have gained support from banks and developers as a way to
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      657 18 BLOOMBERG London IN a year that’s spelled disaster for commodities from oil to coffee, cocoa stands out the best performer, and companies are taking notice. United Cacao Ltd and KKO International SA are among those investing in plantations as production shortfalls boost
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Facebook to broaden use of safety checks after Paris attacks
      354 20 BLOOMBERG San Francisco DURING the horrific attacks in Paris, Facebook Inc made a tool available for people in the area to let friends know they were safe. “Safety Check” had never been enacted for something that wasn’t a natural disaster,
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      Lock icon China’s Tsinghua Unigroup to invest 300b yuan over next five years
      630 20 It wants to become world’s third-biggest chipmaker REUTERS Hong Kong CHINA’S Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd plans to invest 300 billion yuan (S$67 billion) over the next five years in a bid to become the world’s third-big-gest chipmaker, the chairman of
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      Lock icon General Atlantic CEO sees tech values shift amid Square IPO
      481 20 BLOOMBERG Dubai MOST of the technology companies worth billions of dollars based on private fundraising rounds are unlikely to live up to those valuations, according to Bill Ford, chief executive officer of General Atlantic LLC, the US private equity firm
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      Lock icon Billionaire Mittal says Reliance will shake up telecom in India
      581 20 BLOOMBERG London BHARTI Airtel Ltd’s chairman Sunil Mittal said India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani is going to shake up the country’s telecommunication industry with the start of a US$15 billion fourth-generation wireless service. The impending entry of Mr Ambani’s Reliance
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      238 21 At Oxley Road, swinging fromthe rail of an opentop van. There were many suchvans parked in front of our house to bring Pa to meetthe people in various parts of Singapore. With twobrothers, the need to keep up withthe boys was intense. I was probably the most competitive child of
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      Lock icon Race for high-tech dominance on the road
      1208 22 New features take over tricky, tiresome driving situations; boon for companies supplying sensors, camera software REUTERS Frankfurt AT THE recent Frankfurt Auto Show, Ford Motor Co unveiled a new feature that lets drivers pre-set their car to go at or just above the
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      641 22 BLOOMBERG Las Vegas GLOBAL long-term spending on private jets is starting to slow for the first time since 2009 as slumping commodity prices sap demand in emerging markets, according to an industry forecast. Deliveries for the 11 years ending
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      Lock icon Emirates urges caution on EU-level aviation deal with Gulf countries
      434 22 REUTERS Brussels EMIRATES has written to several European governments expressing concern that its flying rights could be frozen if the European Commission is allowed to use aviation negotiations with Gulf countries as a way to challenge alleged illegal state subsidies
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      748 22 BLOOMBERG Chicago CRAIG Jorgensen owns a Honda CR-V and a Toyota Avalon, both originally fitted with potentially deadly air bags made by Takata Corp. His experience in the biggest safety recall in US automotive history shows just
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      894 23 PARIS ATTACKS BLOOMBERG REUTERS Paris FRENCH officials seized weapons including a rocket launcher in raids on suspected Islamic radicals, and coalition forces expanded their aerial bombardment of ISIS in Syria as the extremists warned more attacks were coming. Investigators conducted 168 overnight searches
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      757 23  -  Worse-than-expected 0.8% contraction in July to September period is a significant setback for “Abenomics” By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE size of the challenge facing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government in getting the Japanese economy back onto a sustainable growth path was
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      419 23 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA posted its 11th straight monthly trade surplus in October, which should guarantee its first annual surplus since 2011 but also shows how weak imports remain. Monday’s trade data is not seen impacting a central bank policy
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      629 23 BLOOMBERG REUTERS Bangkok THAILAND’S economy showed signs of a turnaround with its fastest quarterly growth this year, as the military government’s stimulus spending and a rise in tourist arrivals offset weak local demand and exports. Gross domestic product expanded one per cent
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      Lock icon Staying relevant in technology-driven world will require lifelong learning
      557 24 EDITORIAL AT a recent event in Singapore, a banker from one of the world’s top banks noted that her organisation was transforming itself into an IT company which happened to have a banking licence. While the statement may sound a bit
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      859 24  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Paul Krugman NYT LIKE millions of people, I’ve been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror. It’s the natural human reaction. But let’s be clear: it’s also
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      Lock icon China hawks on the rise in Washington
      1270 24  -  But before more steps are taken to contain China’s rise, US officials and lawmakers must decide if doing so aligns with America’s long-term global interests By Leon Hadar THE Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is one of the oldest and most respected American
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      Lock icon Technology should help in fighting financial crime
      902 25  -  COMMENTARY By Sebastian Ahrens TThe writer is forensic technology solutions director at PwC South East Asia Consulting TECHNOLOGY is on the rise and so is financial crime. But while a recent Gartner study expects total IT spending in the financial services industry to
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      Lock icon Minimum Trading Price yet another blow to the retail investor
      568 25  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sunny Tan MANY retail investors hold shares that are worth less than 20 cents on the stock exchange of Singapore, and are waking up to the harsh reality that they will be running up massive losses
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      1026 25  -  New strategies needed to tackle challenges of ageing, globalisation, and as robots take on human jobs. BY NEIL BEHRMANN T The writer is BT’s London correspondent London UNLIKE rapid advances of technology and medicine, developed nation economic policies are stuck in a quagmire.
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      687 25  -  By Ewen Cameron Watt T The writer is global chief investment strategist of BlackRock Investment Institute CLIMATE change is gaining traction as a global policy initiative, a key risk factor as well as an emerging investment theme. It is
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      Lock icon Art market may decelerate: Citi
      765 27  -  Report suggests that factors contributing to its blistering growth in the past 15 years are unsustainable By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT Singapore THE art market has grown at a whopping average annual rate of 13 per cent since 2000, with global sales rising from US$3
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      365 27  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT Singapore THE annual children’s charity concert ChildAid is back in three weeks’ time with a more intimate set-up comprising smaller acts of highly-accomplished young musicians aged seven to 19. The concert, organised by The Business Times and The Straits
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      682 27 AFP Saint Petersburg FOR more than a century visitors have marvelled at the Hermitage Museum’s precious collections, and for just as long dozens of cats have prowled the Saint Petersburg palace’s sprawling cellars. The felines has one main task to root out
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      Lock icon Asian appetite for luxury boosts global art and jewel auctions
      528 27 AFP Geneva THEY are not in the room rubbing shoulders with traditional wealthy buyers, instead choosing to remain in the shadows, making their multi-million bids by telephone. Asian millionaires and billionaires have this week discretely stolen the show at a
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      340 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Chased snipers having blown hole in the wall (4,9) 9 Ban expert writer (9) 10 Indian mystic travelled through water to reach island (5) 11 It can put out article about Queen? On the contrary (5) 12 Fool told to join up (4) 13 Report on
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      Lock icon Intac’s success lies in its three core values
      1241 28  -  Company believes in hard work, being honest in its dealings and treating its employees with respect By Sianita Purnomo, Liu Jinyu, Muhammad Noor Danial B N, Steffanie Octavia Prasetya T The writers are students of NUS Business School. Singapore FOR Tan Kooi
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      710 28  -  By John Bittleston T The writer is the founder mentor of Terrific Mentors International (http://www.TerrificMentors.com), an organisation that provides mentoring, coaching and training. BEING a leader has never been easy. In today’s business world it is increasingly demanding. You are caught between conflicting pressures
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      236 28 T For more information and reservation, check out bt.sg/sme2016 or www.businesstimes.com.sg/hub/ sme-outlook-2016. Singapore HOW will 2016 be for businesses? “The impact of slow external demand and deflationary pressure on selling and export prices will remain a key concern for export-oriented SMEs, while the tight domestic labour
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