The Business Times, 4 April 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES S$1.20 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes CO REGN NO *****2868E MCI (P) 039/08/2015 Monday, April 4, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    228 1 US stocks rose last week, thanks to a palatable jobs report, and the major indices look set to test record highs as long as Federal Reserve officials due to speak this week do not spoil the party. TOP STORIES 4 BNP Paribas’ Asia-Pacific operations have hit targets on
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    25 1 Weekly Change STI 2,818.49 -28.90 KL COMP 1,710.55 +6.76 NIKKEI 225 16,164.16 -838.59 HANG SENG 20,498.92 +153.31 SHENZHEN B 1,137.77 +6.01 DOW 17,792.75 +277.02
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Dorm operators get more creative
    983 1  -  Some innovative ones using their space better, going beyond basic requirements in foreign worker accommodation and offering better facilities By Mindy Tan tanmindy@sph.com.sg @MindyTanBT Singapore MIRED in slower takeup rates and falling occupancy, dormitory space providers are getting more creative in offering value-added services to
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    Lock icon Ballast and balance in wealth management, according to UBS’s Edmund Koh
    1174 1  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore STICKING his elbows out to make his point, UBS’s top wealth management executive in this region, Edmund Koh, says he gets a little on edge with anyone breathing down his neck in a
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      27 1 CHINA SLOWDOWN Spillover impact on Asia to be considerable: ADB top stories 2 SINGAPORE BUDGET 2016 SMEs could benefit with more support VIEWS FROM THE TOP 14-15
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon 1989: S’pore, M’sia sever stock market links
      339 2  -  Turn of decade brings end to Siamese twin markets, new focus on Singapore Inc, protests in Tiananmen. BY KENNETH LIM MELISSA TAN BY KENNETH LIM, MELISSA TAN HE stock markets of Singapore and Malaysia share a common past that goes back to the
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      Lock icon Spillover impact of China slowdown on Asia to be considerable: ADB
      691 2  -  Regional commodity exporters will continue to be worst hit By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo AS China’s economy slows and shifts emphasis from manufacturing to ser-vice-based industries, the rest of Asia will be hit more strongly than other areas of
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      Lock icon Eights ways for SMEs to tap Budget 2016
      925 2  -  By Chai Wai Fook, Louise Phua T The writers, Chai Wai Fook and Louise Phua, are Tax Partner and Tax Senior Manager at Ernst Young Solutions LLP. The views reflected in this article are the views of the authors and do not
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      Lock icon US indices look set to test record highs – Fed permitting
      915 4  - US indices look set to test record highs Fed permitting Causes of early-year correction are still around, warn bears; threat of higher rates continues to hang over stock market WALL STREET INSIGHT By Rob Curran btworld@sph.com.sg US stocks rose last week thanks to a palatable jobs report and now the
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      Lock icon BNP Paribas meets Asia-Pac targets a year ahead of schedule
      1030 4  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore THE Asia-Pacific operations of BNP Paribas have hit targets on returns and revenue a year ahead of schedule, a top executive said, but like all banks, is now working through a directionless market. The
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      731 5 SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF SERVICE EXCELLENCE SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY HOW SATISFIED ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS? CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX OF SINGAPORE 2015 NATIONAL SCORE: 70.2 70.2 68.7 2015 2007 75.6 79. 76.5 73.3 69.8 74.8 73.4 70.5 67.1 63.6 74.1 Public Education* Universities* SMU* NUS NTU 74.0 ITE Polytechnics Singapore*
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Royal Group eyes more hotel buys in Asia, Europe
      1081 6  -  It is focusing on key locations in gateway cities. TOP LINE cities.BY KALPANA RASHIWALA kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT ROYAL Group, a property group with an enterprise value of more than S$3.5 billion, is looking to make hotel acquisitions in Kuala Lumpur, Sydney, London
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      Lock icon Buying remains flat, selling slips
      1127 6  -  INSIDE MARKETS By Robert Halili T The writer is managing director, Asia insider Limited THE buying was flat for the third straight week while the selling among directors fell based on filings on the Singapore Exchange from March 28 to April 1. A total of
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      Lock icon For whom shall boards govern?
      888 7  -  Companies must take a whole new look at all stakeholders beyond the traditional primacy of shareholders. shareholders.BY LAWRENCE LOH T The writer is a member of the Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard Committee of the Singapore Institute of Directors. IT IS hard to debunk the thinking
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      Lock icon OCBC to buy bottled water from MINDS to lend a helping hand
      298 7 Singapore OCBC Bank will be deepening its support for the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) to provide vocational training for its beneficiaries in order to help them remain employable and self-sufficient. OCBC said last Friday
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      Lock icon Volatility likely to rise in the weeks ahead
      607 8  -  STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT LAST week’s column highlighted the real likelihood that blue chips would enjoy a win-dow-dressing push as the end of the quarter on Thursday drew nearer. As it turned out, the Straits Times Index (STI) jumped 54
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      316 8 Stock name Close Change Wk high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 238 -3 245/236 271 209 6.1 6255.7 CapitaCom Trust 145.5 -1 150/144.5 179 122.5 5.9 4300 CapitaLand 302 cd -7 313/301 379 267 12.1 3 *****.2 CapitaMall Trust 208 -6 216/206 228
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      35 8 VOLUME Annica 1,511,050,100 Cedar Strategic 550,080,900 Spackman 470,489,300 OKH Global 346,377,400 Ezra 306,070,200 Market volume 10,796,110,000 VALUE Singtel 402,627,272 DBS Grp 363,566,036 OCBC Bank 315,971,141 UOB 251,281,801 JMH USD 211,035,004 Market value 5,333,027,000
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      111 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Wk high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap IS MS INDIA US$ US661 +1 1390 670/650 819/575 660/662 82.6 STI ETF 283 -2 943 288/281 355/254 282/283 ABF SG Bond ETF 118.5 +1.6 550 119/116.9 119/110.2 118.3/118.5 540.9 DBXT MSRussia US$ US189 cd +6
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      Lock icon COMPANY MEETINGS
      132 8 COMPANY MEETING PLACE DATE TIME Roxy-Pacific Hldgs A Frankel Room (3rd Floor) Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel Marine Parade Road Roxy Square 04-Apr 10.00am Biosensors IntL S Genting Ballroom Genting Hotel Jurong (Lvl 1) 2 Town Hall Link 05-Apr 10.00AM SP Corp Ltd A MND Function Room (Annexe A)
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      77 8 Apr 1 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -179.00 -189.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -69.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -18.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 684.62 -1.60 FTSE ST Small Cap 396.55 -2.05 FTSE ST All Share 689.15 -5.39 FTSE ST China Top 163.38 -0.74 FTSE ST China 191.78 -1.32 FTSE
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      64 8 STI Catalist WEEKLY Straits Times Index April 1,2016 2,818.49 -28.90 (-1.01%) Current streak 2 days Week high 2,872.78 Week low 2,818.49 52-week high 3,525.19 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 2,539.95 (Feb 12, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index April 1,2016 455.38 1.19 (+0.26%) Current streak 2 days Week high 460.54 Week
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY
      36 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share WEEKLY FTSE ST All-Share index April 1,2016 689.15 -7.58 (-1.09%) Current streak 2 days Week high 700.27 Week low 689.15 52-week high 845.85 (Apr 17, 2015) 52-week low 629.34 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE WEEKLY
      34 8 STI MSCI EAFE WEEKLY MSCI EAFE index April 1,2016 1,616.23 -7.20 (-0.44%) Current streak 2 days Week high 1,660.68 Week low 1,616.23 52-week high 1,949.49 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 8 4 0 1 0 6 9 4 Manufacturing 64 55 27 14 14 15 78 69 42 Commerce 26 31 8 6 8 5 32 39 13 Tpt/Stor/Comms 15 18 5
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      125 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 109,128 6,219 115,347 344,318 1,385 345,703 Manufacturing 903,541 2,345,001 3,248,542 509,641 14,119 523,760 Commerce 651,541 201,463 853,004 522,132 6,341 528,473 Tpt/Stor/Comms 709,519 16,860 726,379 880,287 1,485 881,772 Finance 113,867 238 114,105 1,037,362 29 1,037,391 Construction
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      Lock icon Gold slides on rate hike fears after strong US jobs data
      782 8 COMMODITIES REUTERS New York GOLD fell more than one per cent on Friday after US March payrolls data beat expectations, allaying some fears about the US economy and stoking speculation about the timing of likely interest rate hikes by
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      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 280.7 1.2 *****/***** SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 267.2 1.0 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 207.8 1.3 *****/***** Lyxor MS India US$ 1451 145.8 8.0 1840/1331 DBXT MSKorea US$ 5415 139.0 1.9 6246/4478 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low CompactMetal W*****0
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      76 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT EONIA US$ ***** -712.5 -3.3 *****/***** DBXT MSEurope US$ 5191 -187.6 -2.6 6300/4770 Prudential USD 1870 -108.0 -4.1 2500/1870 JMH USD 5628 -90.4 -1.2 6300/4500 DBXT Vietnam US$ 2156 -72.9 -2.4 2786/2017 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low KepCorp MBeCW*****1A 0.4 -81.0
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      84 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Logistics 2.1 0.225 -0.070 -23.73 Allied Tech^ 1,250.2 0.028 +0.011 +64.71 TSH 5,316.1 0.098 +0.019 +24.05 Plastoform 20.0 0.255 +0.050 +24.39 ChinaSing Inv^ 379.9 0.014 +0.003 +27.27 Darco Water Tech 41.0 0.380 +0.050 +15.15 China Env Res 0.2 0.034 -0.005 -12.82 Mary Chia 40.0 0.069
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      Lock icon GIC raises stake in family history tracing firm
      390 9  -  Deal values company at an enterprise value of US$2.6b, which includes debt but excludes cash By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund GIC will increase its stake in Ancestry, which is said to be the world’s largest family history
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      238 9 Apr 1 BANKS Agricultural Bank Of China 5.50 Agricultural Bank Of China Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 ANZ Singapore Bank of Communications 5.50 Bangkok Bank Public Co. Ltd 6.00 Bank of China Limited Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank of Communications Banque Internationale a Bank of East Asia
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      1817 9 Payment Ex Rec Pay Ann (cts) date date date date 8Telecom Intl Hldgs by 448.600 22-Mar 24-Mar 15-Jul 17-Mar Adv Integrated Mfg Corp ak 1.150 17-May 19-May 27-May 07-Mar AEM Hldgs Ltd ak 1.000 12-May 16-May 27-May 24-Feb AIMS Prop Sec Fd do 0.133 29-Mar 31-Mar 17-Jun 22-Mar
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      1283 9 Consensus No. of Forecast Mean Fri’s recommendation esti-EPS PE target price Company name This wk Last mth mates (times) Accordia Golf Trt 1.00 1.00 1 0.08 7.12 0.84 0.60 AIMS AMP Cap Industrial Reit 1.33 1.33 1 0.11 12.18 1.45 1.34 ARA Asset Mgt 1.50 1.50 1 0.09
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      Lock icon US dollar hovers near multi-month lows
      386 10 CURRENCIES REUTERS New York THE US dollar was little changed against a basket of major currencies and hovered near more than five-month lows on Friday after traders grew less confident that strong-er-than-expected US economic data would alter the Federal Reserve’s dovish course. The US
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    • FOREX RATES
    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        213 10 Most active Apr 1 Prem Expiry Wk Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear- Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 11.2 -1.3 ***** 0.1 1480 3 Rowsley Ltd W*****3 0.9 -0.1 ***** 1 18 6 KepCorp MB eCW*****2 10.5 -0.8 ***** 0.2
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 10 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Apr 1 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1239.3 -0.5 -3.0 -0.4 -6.3 -0.8 -1.6 EAFE Preliminary 924.5 -1.7 -8.8 -1.8 -10.3 -2.2 -5.8 Europe Preliminary 1319.5 -1.1 -6.6
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        393 10 Apr 1 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Apr16 9610.00 9675.00 8712.50 9590.00 *****9 *****6 May16 9555.00 9610.00 9002.50 9542.50 1998 2455 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****8 *****4 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 230 700 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 10 Apr 1 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.20 0.10 1-month 0.7500 0.6250 2-months 1.0000 0.8750 3-months 1.0625 0.9375 Overnight mode: 0.15 US$ 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 1.05 0.85 9 months 1.25 1.05 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        65 10 Apr 1 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.5 01-Apr-18 99.34 99.38 99.35 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 103.9 104.05 103.95 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 104.38 104.67 104.47 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.71 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 114.67 30-Year NA*****H
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        250 10 Apr-1 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Apr-1 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 918.25 7.50 0.82% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 34.45 0.23 0.67% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 475.75 2.25 0.48% 13/05/2016 Apr-1 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2127.00 -29.00 -1.35% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1471.00 0.00 0.00%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      2116 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E $mil Company Last Sale vol ('000) High 153 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 134 +1 913 135.5 133 1 8.3 851.4 Low 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 116cd unch 2945 119 115.5
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      363 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Company Last Sale Vol ('000) 1 0.2 t Advanced Systems 0.2 -0.1 1821 0.3 0.2 5.3 Week Low Div C'vr 19.9 12.1 t Anchor Resources 12.1 -2.2 ***** 14.2 12.1 33.8
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      170 11 52-Wk Last Vol Week Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1440 991 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1182 -8 0 1190 1182 1019 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US875 +8 0 875 834 137.2 4258 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2758 +28 39 2805
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      1046 6 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices RAFFLES UNITED HOLDINGS LTD (Company Registration No. *****2030N) (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Raffles United Holdings Ltd ("the Company”) will be held at 5 Changi
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon More US households renting homes, across all income levels
      1468 12 How well anybody will fare financially by buying or renting really depends on factors no one can predict NYT Washington ROB Austin and his wife, Natalia, have a 10-month-old son, healthy incomes and plenty of cash in the bank for a
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      2217 12 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices VALUEMAX GROUP LIMITED Registration Number: *****7530N (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of the Company will be held at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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      4420 13 VENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) (Co. Reg. No: *****2886H) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Informal Briefing on Venture Corporation Limited FY 2015 Results Chief Financial Officer Ng Chee Kwoon will take questions on Venture Corporation Limited FY 2015 Results and contents of the 2015 Annual Report from 9.30 a.m.
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
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      Lock icon SMEs could benefit with more support
      3143 14 THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: What other measures, if any, should Singapore’s 2016 Budget also have included? Yeoh Oon Jin Executive Chairman PwC Singapore IT is a good Budget with a needed focus on growth around specific sectors but remembers to care for people in need.
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      11 15 The full list of views from CEOs is available at http://businesstimes.com.sg
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS’ FORUM
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      Lock icon Probing foundations: Balance sheet basics
      2406 16  -  Investors will be well served to do a detailed study of a company’s balance sheet MONDAY MULTIPLE By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT BEGINNER investors often think they can divine everything about a company by just looking at its income statement, calculating one or two ratios,
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      Lock icon Seeking balance
      202 16 An illustrated guide to building balance sheets (and how they link to the income statement) BT Infographics INCORPORATION When a company is set up, cash is used to buy shares. Cash is now part of assets, and shareholders own the corresponding amount as equity. Assets Liabilities Equity When
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Banks fall out of love with emerging markets
      951 17 Faced with falling fees from fewer deals many of the big names have put the brakes on a decade-long expansion IFR London EMERGING markets (EMs) are fast losing their shine for the world’s biggest investment banks. Faced with falling fees from fewer
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      1489 18 NOTICES T O L L F R E E 1 8 0 0 -2 8 9 8 8 2 2 I E m a i l n o t i c e s s p h c o m s g I w w w s p h c l
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      2470 18 SINARMAS LAND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No. *****0619R NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of Sinarmas Land Limited (the “Company” or “SML”) will be held on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 1.30 p.m. at PARKROYAL on Beach
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      384 19 THE BUSINESS TIMES NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SIRIO PTE LTD (Company Registration No: *****7859H) (In Members’ Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at
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      2680 19 (Incorporated in Singapore) (Registration No. *****5196H) (the “Company”) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theAnnual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Emerald Suite, Golf Clubhouse Level II, Orchid Country Club, No. 1 Orchid Club Road, Singapore *****2 on Friday, 22April 2016 at 10.00
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      2091 20 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices GOLDEN AGRI-RESOURCES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Mauritius) (Company No. *****/2833) NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual Meeting of Golden Agri–Resources Ltd (the “Company”) will be held on Thursday, 21 April 2016 at 9.00 a.m.
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      1680 21 NOTICES PETRA FOODS LIMITED (Company Registration No. *****3096C) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of Petra Foods Limited (the “Company”) will be held at Legacy Suite, Level 2, Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel, 320 Orchard
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  • CONSUMER
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      189 24 REUTERS Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN state fund 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) on Sunday denied reports that it had provided funds to finance the 2013 Hollywood film The Wolf of Wall Street. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that global investigators believe much of the
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      594 24 REUTERS Athens GREECE demanded an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country’s bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. European
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  • TRANSPORT
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      991 26 Reservations exceeded 115,000 reservations in 24 hours on Thursday as long queues formed at Tesla outlets, and had reached 253,000 on Saturday BLOOMBERG San Francisco TESLA Motors Inc’s Model 3 unveiling was its iPhone moment: More than 250,000 orders have been placed
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      846 26 NYT New York VIRGIN America, founded on the premise of being a cool airline shuttling people from New York to California in style, is near a deal to sell itself to a competitor originally created to ferry people 330
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      1122 28  -  Sky View Kitchen’s cuisine, prepared by the team formerly from Crystal Jade, is modest, focusing on flavours close to the heart. BY JAIME EE BY JAIME EE NEW RESTAURANT Sky View Kitchen 30 Raffles Ave Singapore Flyer #01-04 Tel: 6854 5245 Open daily: 10am
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  • LIFE & CULTURE
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      332 29 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Part of ship in port (4) 3 Fresh fighting force to include fellow shopkeepers (10) 9 Weak lover, female dumped (4) 10 High-handed, inwardly very resistant (10) 11 Beware of clique showing established attitudes (7) 13 Little Aussie beast interrupting side in cafe (7) 14 Nasty
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  • TOP OF THE LEAGUE
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