The Business Times, 12 February 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.00 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BTBreakingnews CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Friday, February 12, 2016
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    25 1 Thursday Change STI 2,538.28 -43.82 KL COMP 1,643.95 -0.46 NIKKEI 225 CLOSED HANG SENG 18.545.80 -742.37 SHENZHEN B CLOSED Dow (10.45 EST) 15,638.95 -275.79
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    208 1 The yen continued its climb against the US dollar and other currencies on Thursday, underlining what dealers say is growing evidence that it has become a first-choice haven amid global financial turbulence.TOP STORIES 2 Malaysia’s industrial production index rose 2.7 per cent in December, supported by growth in
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    Lock icon ‘Creative destruction’ the next step for companies to survive and thrive
    1370 1  -  More companies realising that if they don’t create the forces which will disrupt their existing business, others will By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore BUSINESSES should sit up and take a good, hard look at the “disruption” coming to
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    Lock icon Building productivity grants ‘temporary’: minister
    709 1  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore NATIONAL Development Minister Lawrence Wong says construction productivity grants may not be always available. Speaking to reporters at the site of Crowne Plaza Changi Airport's new 10-storey extension on Thursday, he said: “We see the grants as a very
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      33 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW An IPO elsewhere is not always a big loss for SGX COMPANIES MARKETS 5 SINGAPORE PROPERTY Private home buying by foreigners set to slow again this year top stories 4
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Yen continues climb as safe-haven appeal strengthens
      612 2  -  The yen at one point hit a 15-month high of 112.50 to the US dollar in Sydney; Tokyo markets closed for a holiday NERVY MARKETS By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE yen continued its seemingly relentless climb against the dollar and other currencies
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      Lock icon Yellen’s warning over global economy sparks another stock rout
      450 2 AFP London WORLD stocks slumped on Thursday, gripped by another fierce selloff after a warning by Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen over the global economy, while oil fell close to 12-year lows. The Dow continued its overnight fall in early trade
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      Lock icon Gold jumps to highest level in eight months
      464 2  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore GOLD climbed beyond US$1,200 an ounce on Thursday spiking to its highest level in over eight months after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen indicated that further in-terest-rate increases could be delayed should the tumult in
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      Lock icon Worst CNY start for HK stocks since 1994
      559 2 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong HONG Kong stocks fell on Thursday in their worst start to a Chinese New Year since 1994 as a global equity rout deepened amid concern over the strength of the world economy. The Hang Seng Index slumped 3.9 per
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      Lock icon Lagarde looks set for 2nd IMF term as no challengers emerge
      485 3 BLOOMBERG Washington CHRISTINE Lagarde is set to win a second term as managing director of the International Monetary Fund, after no candidates emerged to challenge her. IMF governors and executive directors had until 11:59pm New York time on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Indonesia allows greater foreign stakes from roads to cinemas
      820 3 BLOOMBERG Jakarta INDONESIAN President Joko Widodo will allow full foreign ownership in businesses from toll roads to cinemas, as he seeks to attract investment and create jobs after cutbacks by Ford Motor Co and Toshiba Corp. The government will also let
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      Lock icon Malaysian industrial output up in December
      477 3  -  But economists see slowing trend as sales value of manufacturing sector dips 1.2%, with declines registered by 42 of the 138 industries surveyed By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA’S industrial production index (IPI) rose 2.7 per cent last December from a year ago
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      Lock icon Dim prospects, ABSD set to cut foreigner home buying again this year
      1332 4  -  Purchases by non-PR foreigners down 22% in 2015 while Singaporean and PR buying improves By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore THE appetite for Singapore residential property among foreigners continues to diminish, depressed by higher purchase taxes and dim
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      17 4 Choose from Prime Stock Call 1800 289 8822 or e-mail notices@sph.com.sg to place your Tenders Auctions Notices
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon An IPO elsewhere is not always a big loss for SGX
      824 5  -  But it can do better to court quality firms with strong growth prospects HOCK LOCK SIEW BY ANITA GABRIEL anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore FOURTEEN months ago an investment and financial education firm marked its debut on the Australian Stock Exchange,
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      Lock icon Lippo Group invests in fintech start-up
      304 5  -  By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE Riady family’s Lippo Group on Thursday announced its first-ever investment into the financial technology (fintech) space with an initial injection of an undisclosed amount into Singapore-based start-up Call Levels. There are currently no plans for future injections,
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      Lock icon Rotary Engg’s bid to stay lawsuit to be heard on Feb 19
      296 5  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore THE High Court of Singapore will hear on Feb 19 an application filed by Singapore-listed Rotary Engineering to stay a lawsuit filed by Bahrainbased parties against the company over alleged breaches
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      Lock icon Metro’s Q3 profit falls 12.6% on flat retail sales, lower associate contributions
      531 5  -  By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore METRO Holdings’ net profit fell 12.6 per cent in the third fiscal quarter on flat retail sales and lower contributions from associates, the department store operator and property developer announced on Thursday
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      Lock icon MAS, CAD investigating Koyo International MD
      388 5  -  Foo Chek Heng told firm he is being probed for “possible offences” under the Securities and Futures Act HOT STOCK By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore SHARES of penny stock Koyo International took another dive on Thursday, adding to their losses after the Singapore
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      62 6 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Feb 11,2016 2,538.28 -43.82 (-1.70%) Current streak 2 days Day high 2,572.01 Day low 2,537.11 52-week high 3,539.95 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Feb 11,2016 429.81 -2.43 (-0.56%) Current streak 2 days Day high 434.00 Day low
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      76 6 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low Lyxor ThaiSET US$ ***** 880.1 6.6 *****/9646 GLD US$ ***** 421.3 2.7 *****/***** DBXT MSMSIA US$ 1092 45.9 3.1 1411/990 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1065 43.1 3.0 2055/999 DBXT E50 US$ 4035 40.3 0.7 5300/4006 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Infinio 0.4 300.0
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      75 6 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT MSJAP US$ 4206 -527.0 -8.3 5277/4206 DBXT MSEurope US$ 4821 -307.3 -4.4 6300/4821 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** -216.9 -1.0 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 4710 -122.4 -1.8 6246/4478 IS MSCI SIN US$ 936 -107.1 -7.6 1306/936 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low LifeBrandz
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      Lock icon Singtel leads ST Index’s 1.7% fall
      646 6  -  Weak oil prices, plunge in Hong Kong market and Dow futures take a toll on Singapore stocks STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT SINGTEL’S S$0.12 slide to S$3.54 ahead of its Q3 results on Friday accounted for 11 points of the total loss of
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 6 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 231 -2 234/229 271 209 6.3 6067.8 CapitaLand 285 -5 290/284 379 267 10.4 3.2 *****.6 CapitaMall Trust 208 +1 210/206 228 184.5 5.4 7230.2 CityDev 680 -13 690/677 1095 661 8.2
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 6 VOLUME Secura W*****5 46,202,500 LionGold 42,954,600 Singtel 42,218,400 Noble 34,982,700 Global Logistic 32,194,400 Market volume 998,839,000 VALUE Singtel 151,489,270 DBS Grp 102,203,572 Global Logistic 52,365,797 OCBC Bank 46,309,734 UOB 43,722,057 Market value 1,044,155,000
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      77 6 Feb 11 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -124.00 +17.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -132.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -13.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 629.61 -5.51 FTSE ST Small Cap 371.63 -2.58 FTSE ST All Share 629.66 -8.79 FTSE ST China Top 146.77 -2.79 FTSE ST China 174.97 -3.88 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 6 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index Feb 11,2016 629.66 -8.79 (-1.38%) Current streak 2 days Day high 636.26 Day low 629.55 52-week high 847.98 (Apr 15, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 6 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Feb 10,2016 1,512.30 -3.14 (-0.21%) Current streak 4 days Day high 1,524.58 Day low 1,497.36 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,512.30 (Feb 10, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 6 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 1 7 5 1 0 0 2 7 5 Manufacturing 21 50 25 3 5 10 24 55 35 Commerce 12 21 11 2 11 2 14 32 13 Tpt/Stor/Comms 8 20 7
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      107 6 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 256 -3 769 258/255 355/254 255/256 IS MS INDIA US$ US594 -14 251 608/590 838/590 591/592 74.3 GLD US$ US***** +303 82 *****/***** *****/***** *****/***** 60.4 Lyxor HSI US$ US226 -3 64 226/225 361/218
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      120 6 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 24,596 162 24,758 70,506 26 70,532 Manufacturing 103,224 68,017 171,241 80,030 2,589 82,619 Commerce 73,776 30,233 104,009 101,017 639 101,656 Tpt/Stor/Comms 132,830 250 133,080 244,920 21 244,940 Finance 20,747 1 20,748 210,679 210,679 Construction 5,893
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      83 6 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Ocean Sky Intl 95.2 0.109 +0.035 +47.30 Smartflex 440.2 0.215 -0.040 -15.69 Magnus Energy 13,815.8 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Natural Cool 200.0 0.132 -0.023 -14.84 Adventus 8,533.1 0.010 +0.001 +11.11 LionGold 42,954.6 0.004 -0.001 -20.00 San Teh 60.0 0.200 -0.035 -14.89 CNMC Goldmine 1,104.9 0.225 +0.015
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Singtel | Buy
        157 6 Singtel Buy Target price: Under review Feb 11 close: S$3.54 OCBC Investment Research, Feb 11 Singtel is due to post its Q3 FY2016 results on Feb 12 before market opens. We are expecting revenue to come in around S$4.4 billion, supported by still-strong handset sales and underlying net profit of
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        Lock icon Perennial Real Estate Holdings | Buy
        127 6 Perennial Real Estate Holdings Buy Target price: S$1.32 Feb 11 close: S$0.865 DBS Group Research, Feb 10 PREH’s value lies in its global land bank located in China, Malaysia, and Ghana, where it has an attributable development pipeline of about five million sq ft of commercial, retail, hotel, and residential
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        Lock icon Croesus Retail Trust | Buy
        149 6  - Croesus Retail Trust Buy Compiled by Compiled by Cai Haoxiang Target price: S$0.89 Feb 11 close: S$0.795 KGI Fraser Research, Feb 11 We like CRT due to the high dividend yield (FY 2016 forecast: about 9.2 per cent), while the strong yen boosts the book value (and potential dividends) in
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      Lock icon Yen hits strongest level in 15 months against US$
      470 7 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen jumped 2 per cent to its strongest level in 15 months against the US dollar on Thursday in another wave of global capital flows into the traditional security of Japan, raising expectations of official intervention to
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 7 Feb 11 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.991 4.666 0.629 5.527 48.327 95.326 0.799 8.532 2.926 1.066 74.313 33.681 0.987 11.313 0.690 23.455 25.035 0.489 0.710 Canada 1.009 4.710
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 7 Feb 11 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 0.9868 0.9876 0.7097 0.7099 Canadian dollar 0.9960 0.9968 0.7165 0.7163 Euro 1.5693 1.5708 1.1287 1.1291 NZ dollar 0.9257 0.9268 0.6658 0.6662 Sterling pound 2.0171 2.0188 1.4507 1.4511
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 7 Feb 11 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3910 1.3921 2-months 1.3918 1.3930 3-months 1.3925 1.3937 6-months 1.3952 1.3966 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        376 7 Feb 11 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Feb16 0 *****4 Mar16 0 7618 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Mar16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****4 Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 194 7359 MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUTURES Feb16 0 *****8 Mar16 0 917
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        205 7 Most active Feb 11 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Secura Group W*****5 2.6 -0.1 ***** 1 35 75 8.27 35 Second Chance Prop W*****4 0.1 unch ***** 1 40 *****.00 17 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 1.3 -0.1
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 7 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Feb 10 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1138.5 0.4 -10.9 0.1 -11.8 0.2 -10.3 EAFE Preliminary 877.1 0.2 -13.5 -0.3 -13.3 -0.2 -11.9 Europe Preliminary 1241.3 1.5 -12.1
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 7 Feb 11 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.05 0.03 1-month 1.125 1.000 2-months 1.1875 1.0625 3-months 1.2500 1.1250 Overnight mode: N.A. US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.45 0.35 1 month 0.48 0.38 2 months 0.65 0.45 3 months 0.75 0.55 6 months 1.00 0.80 9 months 1.20 1.00 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 7 Feb 11 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0F 1.375 01-Oct-17 100.65 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 102.82 102.88 102.80 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 103.37 103.60 103.25 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 106.29 106.40 106.38 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 113.77 113.60 113.40
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 7 Feb-10 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Feb-10 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 862.25 -1.00 -0.12% 14/03/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 31.01 0.31 1.01% 14/03/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 461.25 3.75 0.82% 14/03/2016 Feb-10 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2046.00 9.00 0.44% 14/03/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1392.00 5.00 0.36%
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      Lock icon Croesus Q2 DPU slides despite higher earnings
      679 8  -  Acquisition of two malls in Japan boosts income, but rights issue enlarges unit base; CFO says negative rates could be a boon for borrowing costs going forward By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore THE acquisition of two malls in Japan gave a lift
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      Lock icon ST Aerospace opens new aircraft interiors centre to serve region
      493 8  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore ST Aerospace has expanded its aircraft interiors business with a centre at Seletar Aerospace Park to serve the growing fleet of private jets in the Asia-Pacific. The facility which is its second aircraft interiors
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Saizen Reit
        184 8 SAIZEN Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) is cutting its interim distribution per unit by 8.7 per cent to 2.83 Singapore cents because of a weaker Japanese yen and a higher number of issued units. Total return attributable to unitholders fell 19.2 per cent to 369.4 million yen (S$4.6
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        Lock icon Health Management Int’l
        235 8 HEALTH Management International’s (HMI) net profit stayed flat in its second fiscal quarter as higher administrative costs and income tax expenses offset revenue growth. Net profit for the three months ended December 2015 gained one per cent to RM5.4 million (S$1.8 million), or 0.93 sen per share,
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      Lock icon Bondholders protest Trikomsel’s move to recognise claim
      531 9 IFR Singapore TRIKOMSEL administrators’ lowprofile move to recognise an intercompany claim has sparked protests from the financially troubled company’s bond investors. The administrators have recognised Trisatindo’s secured intercompany claim but have also rejected the claims of trustees representing bondholders on Trikomsel’s direct guarantees
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      Lock icon Keppel Fels said to have been shortlisted for Hess semisub
      613 9  -  Contract for semisub off western Australia likely to be one of the largest floating production offerings this year By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KEPPEL Fels, in a joint bid with McDermott of the US, is said to have
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1581 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 131 +2 1048 131 129.5 1 8.5 832.3 MCap 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 103cd -2.5 535 104 102.5 1.7
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      218 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day Low Div C'vr GrYld Net P/E MCap 35 10 t 3Cnergy 10.1 29.5 16.7 t CNMC Goldmine 22.5 +1.5 1104 23.5 21 5.9 2.4
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      116 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 4258 2357 DBXT China50 US$ US2364 -35 51 2408 2357 6.5 Day 1750 996 DBXT MSCHINA US$ US1000 -61 56 1013 996 6246 4478 DBXT MSKorea US$
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon UK property sales surge as investors try to beat tax hike
      485 11 REUTERS London BRITISH property valuers reported a surge of activity on Thursday as property investors tried to beat an increase in transaction taxes on rental investments coming into force in April. Demand for housing remains buoyant, lifted by tight
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      Lock icon 0.6% rise in SRX resale condo price index draws divided views
      622 11  -  One view is that prices this year have hit an inflection point; another is that overall prices have not bottomed out yet By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore A 0.6 PER CENT month-on-month increase in SRX Property’s flash estimate
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      Lock icon Asians to invest more in properties beyond the region than in it
      726 11  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore REAL estate markets in Asia will likely remain less appealing than those in the US and Europe this year, with Asia plagued by anaemic economic growth and waning rents and capital values
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      Lock icon China bank losses could overshadow that of sub-prime crisis
      522 11 BLOOMBERG New York KYLE Bass, the hedge fund manager who successfully bet against mortgages during the sub-prime crisis, said China’s banking system may see losses of more than four times those suffered by US banks in the last crisis. Should the
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      102 11 Singapore REAL estate developer Frasers Centrepoint Ltd’s (FCL) Australian unit has bought a 135 hectare site in south-east Queensland that has an “end value of S$270 million”, the group said in a Singapore Exchange filing on Thursday. Frasers Property Australia acquired the
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon HSBC drops plan for global 2016 wage freeze in speedy backpedal
      697 12 Employee backlash forces CEO to reverse decision on pay rises but hiring freeze remains in place BLOOMBERG, REUTERS London HSBC Holdings plc chief executive officer Stuart Gulliver cancelled a global pay freeze after less than two weeks following an
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      431 12 BLOOMBERG Oslo NORWAY’S biggest political party says the country’s giant wealth fund needs to rethink its proposed entry into the US$20 trillion infrastructure market. “With what we’re seeing now with economic developments globally, and the short-term cost of that for Norway,
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      Lock icon Societe Generale Q4 profit misses estimates as investment-bank earnings slump
      687 12 BLOOMBERG Paris SOCIETE Generale SA, France’s second largest bank by market value, posted fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates as earnings at the investment bank fell and it set aside provisions for potential legal costs. Net income rose to 656
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      Lock icon Yields on Deutsche Bank CoCos rise to more than 13%
      814 12 Investors feel pain as yields soar from 7.5% at start of year while shares plummet 40% in same period BLOOMBERG London WHEN European regulators created a new type of bank debt, the idea was to transfer risk from taxpayers to
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Berlitz Marine looks to opportunistic acquisitions
      562 13  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore FRESH from wrapping up the purchase of two anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTSs) from Pacific Richfield Marine (PRM), Berlitz Marine’s chief executive KM Chan said the pri-vately-owned outfit will continue to make use of the opportunity
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      Lock icon Husky-CNOOC to award 2016’s first leased floating production job
      600 13  -  Indonesia’s revised local-content rules put Singapore’s O&M players in the running for subcontracting work By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore HUSKY-CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML) stands as among the first field operators this year to award a leased floating production contract,
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      Lock icon China turns glut of oil into flood of diesel swamping Asia
      672 13 BLOOMBERG Seoul FUEL producers from India to South Korea are finding that rising refined products from China are cutting the profit margins that they have enjoyed from cheap oil to the lowest in more than a year. Worse may
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Cisco shares up 7.5% amid forecast that Q3 sales could grow 4%
      754 14 Company’s prediction counters concern that corporate demand is slowing amid fears of weaker global economy BLOOMBERG San Francisco CISCO Systems Inc, whose equipment is the backbone of the Internet, predicted sales that may beat some analysts’ estimates, countering
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      1004 14 BLOOMBERG San Francisco TWITTER Inc added no new users in the fourth quarter, confirming the fears of advertisers and investors that the social-media site is in trouble. The company has faced sharp criticism over slowing growth in its audience since its
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      Lock icon US venture capitalist Andreessen apologises for India comment
      429 14 He contended that anti-colonialism has been an economic disaster for the country AFP San Francisco STAR Silicon Valley venture capitalist Marc Andreessen apologised on Wednesday for a tweet contending that anti-colonialism has been an economic disaster for India. The comment fired off
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      315 14 The market forecast for 2016 seems gloomy? What is the market outlook and trends for 2016? Chinese stock market plunged, triggering the second daylong trading halt and sending share markets, currencies and oil prices lower as investors jitter across Asia. With so many uncertainties and unanswered questions, how can we
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon HBO Now has 800,000 paid streaming subscribers
      546 15 More progress seen for service when it’s added to new platforms like PlayStation and Xbox devices NYT New York HBO’s standalone video streaming service has attracted about 800,000 paying subscribers since starting last April, the premium cable network said on Wednesday the first
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      Lock icon French wine and spirits exports hit all-time high
      471 15 Boost due to weak euro, champagne demand and recovery in Chinese market REUTERS Paris THE value of French wine and spirits exports reached an all-time high last year, mainly helped by a weak euro, strong demand for champagne and cognac and a
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      Lock icon Asahi offers to buy beer brands Peroni and Grolsch for 2.5b euros
      373 15 NYT London ASAHI Group Holdings of Japan has made a binding offer to buy the beer brands Peroni and Grolsch, as well as certain European operations of SABMiller, for 2.55 billion euros (S$3.93 billion). The deal, if consummated,
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  • TRANSPORT
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Making sense of the soaring yen amid financial market turmoil
      605 20 EDITORIAL DURING the first 11 days of February, the Japanese yen has soared by more than 7 per cent against the US dollar amid turmoil in global financial markets. This was not supposed to happen. On Jan 29, the governor
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      Lock icon China’s struggling middle class deserves better
      1349 20  -  They do not have the option to invest globally, and are therefore captive to unstable domestic property and stock markets. BY ASIT K BISWAS AND KRIS HARTLEY markets.BY ASIT K BISWAS AND KRIS HARTLEY T Prof Biswas is distinguished visiting professor at the Lee
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      Lock icon The crash of 2016?
      773 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Robert J Samuelson THE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP Washington YOU cannot understand the vulnerable state of the US and global economies and nervous stock markets without coming to grips with the crash of “emerg-ing-market” countries. Led by China, these are middle-income countries
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      Lock icon Sealing the changing perception of US engagement in Asean
      998 21  -  COMMENTARY By Sanchita Basu Das TThe writer is fellow and lead researcher (economics) at the Asean Studies Centre and Coordinator of the Singapore Apec Study Centre, both based at the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore THE leaders of the 10 Asean nations
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      Lock icon Is share consolidation the way to go to achieve MTP?
      361 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Denis Distant WHAT is the main objective of Singapore Exchange (SGX) in its long-drawn-out campaign to introduce a minimum trading price (MTP)? It is beginning to look like a battle with small retail investors who, in
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      Lock icon Some disturbing parallels to the collapse of globalisation
      1100 21  -  The retreat from globalisation occurred so rapidly in the 1930s because it built upon longstanding grievances about immigration, trade and capital flows. Similar resentments are evident today. BY EDWARD CHANCELLOR today.BY EDWARD CHANCELLOR REUTERS IS the international financial system on the verge
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      Lock icon Why employment regulations sometimes have unintended effects on workers
      619 21  -  COMMENTARY By Jussi Keppo TThe writer is associate professor of Decisions Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. This research was conducted with Min Dai at NUS and Tim Maull at University of Michigan TECH giant Yahoo announced
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon VALENTINE OPTIONS
      777 22  -  Ditch the expensive candlelight dinners this Valentine’s Day weekend and head for more affordable alternatives in the city. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg IF the idea of coughing up big bucks this Valentine’s Day has you breaking out in a cold sweat and fervently wishing Cupid’s
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        183 22  -  HEARTY FEASTING WITH ‘12 DISHES AT 12’ DINING By Tay Suan Chiang WHO doesn’t like a super deal? For the past year, Ah Hoi’s Kitchen at Hotel Jen Tanglin Singapore has been offering a 12 at 12 lunch menu from 12pm daily, you get 12 dishes
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        Lock icon Lolla & Lollapalooza Lunch Menus
        165 22  - Lolla Lollapalooza Lunch Menus DINING By Rachel Loi SHENTONISTAS now have more lunch options to look forward to with Lolla and Lollapalooza introducing new lunch menus. Three-year-old Lolla’s weekly specials features a hearty tripe stew (S$28) on Mondays, oxtail with juicy porcini mushrooms (S$ 34) on Tuesdays, crab lasagna (S$39)
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        Lock icon Alive Without Breath II: Creature Comforts
        139 22  -  ART year, By Helmi Yusof HYPERREALIST painter Keng Lye is incredibly popular with lovers of whimsical art. He creates three-dimensional works in which aquatic animals such as fish (right) and tortoises appear to be swimming inside coffee cups, bowls and other everyday receptacles. Inspired
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        156 22 MOVIES SINGAPORE’S alternative cinema The Projector turns one-ish and ifetes its birthday with a bash this weekend. It will be going Transylvanian with a screening of the bloody hilarious “horror” mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows, about a couple of ancient vampire housemates struggling
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        244 22 CONCERT ONE of jazz’s best-selling artistes Diana Krall returns to Singapore for two intimate concerts. It’s the perfect chance for her fans to get up-close and personal with the multi-Grammy winner, who has nine gold, three platinum and seven multi-platinum albums to her
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  • WINE/MUSIC
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      Lock icon A toast to all-season wines
      1192 23  -  Wines from the Rioja region of Spain make for perfect festive pairings. BY NK YONG WINE BY NK YONG Looking for a couple of reds for the family’s traditional New Year’s Day lunch, with a menu of raw fish salad and noodles, I looked for
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      Lock icon Wong’s debut album features a musical menagerie
      613 23  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan @DylanTanSYBT dylantan@sph.com.sg LIKE the Chinese zodiac, there are more than enough animals in Dawn Wong’s debut album Marco Lopo to fill a mini-zoo. They are all part of her song- writing craft and something which she has been doing
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      331 23 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Congestion around street suffering high winds (3,6) 6 Sweetener for guards ordered to ignore source of danger (5) 9 Hint about European Union link (3,2) 10 Line adopted by new literary big guns (9) 11 Console jury, following prisoner and short internet abuser (7,5) 14 Caprice
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  • ARTS/MUSIC
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      Lock icon East and West clash in Huang Ying’s Macbeth
      949 24  -  The Beijing-based director finds a resonant Asian voice in the new staging. HUAYI 2016 FESTIVAL PREVIEWS BY CHEAH UI-HOON THE first time Huang Ying, director of Beijing-based Full Show Lane Theatre staged Macbeth, he used structures and forms taken from traditional Chinese
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      Lock icon HK celebrities in gritty stage drama
      679 24  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg ONE thing about Western classics is that the language is very precise, says Olivia Yan, co-artistic director of Hong Kong’s Dionysus Contemporary Theatre. Which makes translating the script the biggest challenge. Dionysus is currently presenting its second Western classic now,
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      Lock icon Former dance director opens up on leaving Paris Opera Ballet
      1130 24  -  By Roslyn Sulcas NYT “NO questions?” Stephane Lissner, the general director of the Paris Opera, asked the 200 or so journalists assembled on Wednesday for the announcement of the Opera’s 2016-17 season. There was the briefest pause. “Well, thank you,”
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  • CINEMA
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      Lock icon Marvel antihero is dead in the water
      656 25  -  Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool is the new clown prince of the superhero genre but the characterisation and plot lack heft. BY GEOFFREY EU SAYS the refreshingly brash, uncontrollably potty-mouth-ed and irritatingly smug mutant mercenary whose origins story bursts to glorious, mother-(expletive deleted) life
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      Lock icon Chow’s Mermaid makes box-office waves
      552 25  -  By Dylan Tan @DylanTanSYBT dylantan@sph.com.sg WITH its plot kept under wraps tighter than Liam Neeson shielding the identity of his secret girlfriend, one would have thought Stephen Chow’s latest film The Mermaid must be so bad the studio didn’t want fans or critics catching wind
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      Lock icon Scorsese and Jagger’s 18-year labour of love
      741 25  -  By Laurence Thomann, Fiachra Gibbons THE 1970s may have been the decade that fashion forgot, but Martin Scorsese believes that was because the world was too busy with drugs, sex and rock ’n’ roll to care. The acclaimed director has brought all that
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      Lock icon Zooming in on the exposed flank of 1970s rock ’n’ roll
      306 25  -  By Dylan Tan @DylanTanSYBT dylantan@sph.com.sg BEFORE the music business was all about YouTube stars and digital downloads, it was a mad rock ’n’ roll circus where sex and drugs were part of the act for the larger-than-life musicians on
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      1696 26  -  Young Singapore artists are not confined by geography. They work anywhere, seeking inspiration and experience in global cultural hubs. BT Lifestyle talks to three cosmopolitan creatives under-40 whose practices are as hard to define as they are. BY HELMI YUSOF BY HELMI YUSOF Visual artist Heman Chong
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