The Business Times, 13 May 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 Friday, May 13, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    177 1 Kim Heng Offshore Marine has emerged as one of the first Singapore-listed companies to venture into Iran's oil and gas sector.TOP STORIES 4 Yuuzoo fell as much as 12.5 per cent to an intra-day low of S$0.175 after its auditors issued a disclaimer of opinion over the firm’s
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    Lock icon SGX starts half-yearly updates on long-suspended companies
    957 1  -  Move aimed at boosting transparency; it’s also improving admissions process to boost oversight and mulling use of rejected IPOs as learning tool By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has started publishing half-yearly updates on long-suspended counters and will unveil
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    Lock icon Tharman to cover as Finance Minister after Heng Swee Keat suffers stroke
    627 1  -  Mr Heng remains in intensive care after neurosurgery By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.cam.so @SoonWeilunBT Singapore SINGAPORE’S Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam will be covering the duties of Finance Minister after Heng Swee Keat a core member of Singapore’s slate
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    28 1 Thursday Change STI 2,745.39 +12.52 KL COMP 1,648.98 +4.40 NIKKEI 225 16,646.34 +67.33 HANG SENG 19,915.46 -139.83 SHENZHEN B 1,055.52 -6.81 DOW (11.45 AM EDT) 17,666.26 -44.86
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon 1MDB execs approved fund transfer to Jho Low associate
      995 2  -  Court documents show recipient firm was beneficially owned by Eric Tan, a close associate of Jho Low By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore KEY executives of scandal-hit 1 Malaysia Development Bhd and a linked entity SRC International (Malaysia) Limited had authorised
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      Lock icon Lower fuel costs, fine refund propel SIA’s Q4 profit to S$225m
      846 2  -  BLUE CHIP EARNINGS By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore LESS expensive jet fuel and a S$ 117 million refund of a competition-relat-ed fine gave lift to Singapore Airlines’ wings as it posted a net profit of S$224.7 million for
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      Lock icon Singtel posts flat Q4 earnings of S$946m on forex hit
      1060 2  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore ADVERSE foreign currency movements vis-a-vis the Singapore dollar were among the factors that resulted in a flat fourth-quarter net profit for Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel). For the three months ended March 31, 2016, it
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      Lock icon Manulife US Reit prices S’pore IPO at US$0.83 per unit
      780 4  -  It will raise gross proceeds of US$519.2 million from offering, cornerstone units, and sponsor subscription units MANULIFE REIT By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore MANULIFE US Reit, the first initial public offering on Singapore’s mainboard this year, has priced its
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      Lock icon Manulife US Reit comes with single ownership cap of 9.8%
      700 4  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore Singapore BEING the first US office Reit to be listed in Asia, Manulife US Reit has some unique features that are new to Reits listed in Singapore. Probably the most salient is the rule
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      Lock icon Kim Heng, first mover in Iran, to help develop its marine sector
      625 4  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore KIM Heng Offshore Marine Holdings has emerged among the pioneering Singapore-listed companies to venture into Iran’s oil-and-gas sector. The integrated offshore-and-ma-rine value-chain services provider reportedly entered into an agreement with the
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      Lock icon Aided by 3D printing, precision-engineering sector set to transform
      471 4  -  By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore ADDITIVE manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is shaping up to be the one of the ways forward for Singapore’s precision-engineering sector, as stakeholders kicked off efforts on Thursday to transform the sector. For one,
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      Lock icon ETF inflows push Q1 gold demand to 7-year high
      608 4  -  By J Lossini jlossini@sph.com.sg Singapore GLOBAL gold demand rose 21 per cent in the first quarter of this year from a year ago, as some US$ 13.8 billion of inflows made their way into gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The amount, which
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      Lock icon Investment lessons from Leicester City
      742 7  -  Schroders says the English Premiership title win is about defeating the behavioural bias of loss aversion By Michelle Quah michquah@sph.com.sg @MichelleQuahBT Singapore LEICESTER City’s English Premiership title win earlier this month is more than just about the impossible triumph of the underdog, more than just
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      Lock icon Startup uHoo develops air quality monitor with extra sensors
      505 7  -  STARTUPS By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg @SherwinLohBT Singapore SINGAPORE startup uHoo has raised US$ 31,888 in just two days, for its upcoming indoor air quality monitor. It detects and tracks temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide (CO2), air pressure, carbon monoxide (CO), ozone, PM2.5
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      1372 6 INCOME STATEMENT AS AT 31 DEC 2015 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DEC 2015 1.1 31.12.2015 1.1 31.12.***** Assets 31.12.2015 31.12.***** in Euro m in Euro m Interest income 11,616 12,214 Interest expenses 5,837 6,857 Net interest income 5,779 5,357 Loan loss provisions –696 –1,144 Net interest income after loan
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      526 6 NOTICES FISCHER TECH LTD Company Registration Number: *****4532R (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING All capitalised terms in this Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and defined in the circular dated 13 May 2016 (the “Circular”) shall, unless otherwise defined herein, bear the respective meanings ascribed
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      415 7 NOTICE OF BOOKS CLOSURE AND PAYMENT DATE FOR DISTRIBUTION For the period from 1 October 2015 to 31 March 2016 a-hhrush ascendas hospitality trust A stapled group comprising: ASCENDAS HOSPITALITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (a real estate investment trust constituted on 13 March 2012 under the laws of the Republic
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon YuuZoo shares dive after auditors’ disclaimer of opinion
      907 8  -  Moore Stephens not seeking re-election; YuuZoo says it’s looking for a new auditor who fully understands its business HOT STOCK By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT B y Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore YUUZOO fell as much as 12.5 percent to an intra-day
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      Lock icon Forex gain pushes Vard back into the black
      644 8  -  By hweetan@sph.com.sg Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore VARD Holdings registered an operating loss for the first quarter as its revenue dropped sharply. But thanks to a net foreign exchange gain against a net forex loss a year earlier its bottom line
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      Lock icon Ascendas Hospitality Trust’s Q4 DPS rises 4%
      486 8  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore BETTER margins in Australia and China for Ascendas Hospitality Trust along with some of the proceeds from its sale of the the Pullman Cairns International hotel in Australia lifted its fourth-quarter income available for distribution. Distribution per
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      Lock icon Pacific Radiance slips into the red in Q1
      322 8  -  By hweetan@sph.com.sg Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore OFFSHORE and marine player Pacific Radiance slipped into the red with a first-quarter loss of US$6.76 million, reversing from a profit of US$ 2.5 3 million last year, on a sharp decline in revenue.
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Hotel Properties
        158 8 HOTEL Properties Limited (HPL) reported a net profit of S$14.34 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, rising slightly from S$14.3 million a year ago. Revenue fell from S$158.85 million to S$143.67 million due to lower contributions from the Tomlinson Heights condominium development and the group’s
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        Lock icon Hyflux
        154 8 HYFLUX recorded a 30 per cent increase in net profit to S$7.3 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, up from S$5.6 million a year ago. This came on the back of a more than four-fold growth in revenue from S$60.4 million to S$248.3 million in Q1
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        Lock icon Ezion Holdings
        94 8 EZION Holdings on Thursday posted a 62 per cent drop in net profit for the period to US$15.5 million for its first quarter ended March 31, 2016, down from US$41 million a year ago. Revenue fell 8.9 per cent to US$82.1 million due to the absence of contribution
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        Lock icon Nam Cheong
        112 8 NAM Cheong has reported net losses of RM40.1 million (S$13.5 million) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016; reversing from a net profit of RM39.3 million a year ago. Revenue was negative at-RM93.1 million, versus RM326.3 million a year ago. The offshore-support vessels builder blamed the negative
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        Lock icon Singapore Post
        67 8 THE director at the centre of Singapore Post's recently concluded corporate governance special audit has stepped down from its board after 18 years. Keith Tay Ah Kee, 72, resigned as non-executive independent director on Thursday, the group said in a Singapore Exchange filing the same day. His departure
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        Lock icon FJ Benjamin
        171 8 LOWER foot traffic in malls and consumer spending pushed fashion and lifestyle group FJ Benjamin deeper into the red in the third quarter. The firm made a net loss of S$5.1 million for the three months to March 31, compared with a deficit of S$7.0 million in the
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      Lock icon Noble Q1 profit falls 62% on capital constraints
      796 10  -  Group says it has successfully arranged for two credit facilities totalling US$3b By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore NOBLE Group’s earnings slumped 62 per cent in the first quarter as it placed priority on liquidity over profitability, leading to constrained business operations.
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      Lock icon Latest SGX ‘hollowing out’ is different – and troubling
      884 10  - Latest SGX ‘hollowing out’ is different and troubling HOCK LOCK SIEW BY R SIVANITHY “ABIG problem the Singapore market faces is the hollow-ing-out effect created by the failure of the market to operate as an efficient pricing mechanism. Because stocks persistently trade at undervalued levels, there is an incentive for
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      Lock icon UOL Q1 profit up on higher property development revenue
      444 11  -  Group plans to launch Shanghai project this quarter and Clementi condo next year By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore UOL Group, which is involved in property and hotels, has posted a 4 per cent increase in net profit to S$77.08 million
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      Lock icon Two men charged with insider trading offences
      279 11 BLOOMBERG Singapore SINGAPORE prosecutors charged two men with insider trading offences on two stocks before the companies received takeover offers. Tay Yeow Kee and Cheng Hong Wee Eddy face six counts each for their trades on Qualitas Medical Group and Leeden in 2011,
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      Lock icon ComfortDelGro raises Q1 profit by 8.6% to S$73.4m
      551 11  -  By Samuel Ee samuelee@sph.com.sg Singapore COMFORTDELGRO’s bus and taxi businesses were the main drivers of net profit in the first quarter ended March 31, 2016, lifting it 8.6 per cent to S$73.4 million, as group revenue climbed 3.3 per cent to S$995.6
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      62 12 STI Catalist Straits Times Index May 12,2016 2,745.39 +12.52 (+0.46%) Current streak 1 day Day high 2,747.53 Day low 2,723.92 52-week high 3,463.10 (May 15, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21,2016) FTSE ST Catalist Index May 12,2016 435.22 -2.79 (-0.64%) Current streak 1 day Day high 439.59 Day low 434.94
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      Lock icon Hopes up that selling has eased – for now
      648 12  - Hopes up that selling has eased for now Despite Dow plunging more than 200 points overnight, STI ends higher after hovering within tight band STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THERE are hopes that Thursday’s session marked the end of the selling for the time being. Alternatively, there are hopes
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      305 12 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 240 xd -3 242/238 255 209 6.4 6324.7 CapitaCom Trust 139.5 unch 140.5/139 166.5 122.5 6.2 4124.1 CapitaLand 301 +3 303/297 367 267 12 3 *****.5 CapitaMall Trust 208 +1 209/206 224
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      36 12 VOLUME Cedar Strategic 235,882,200 Ezra 123,022,000 Vard 49,681,100 Yuuzoo 49,092,500 ISR Capital 45,565,300 Market volume 1,828,715,000 VALUE DBS Grp 76,182,231 Singtel 61,410,666 OCBC Bank 45,234,903 Wilmar Intl 34,945,427 Global Logistic 32,822,556 Market value 862,148,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFs Most Active
      110 12 Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 280 +3 250 280/277 351/254 279/280 IS Asia BND US US1071 -6 124 1072/1071 1096/1010 1060/1074 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1251 -3 71 1260/1250 1414/911 1250/1254 DBXT CSI300 US$ US772 -8 41 780/772 1471/700 782/784
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      77 12 May 12 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -574.00 +69.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +12.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -57.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 674.81 -2.32 FTSE ST Small Cap 391.25 +0.61 FTSE ST All Share 673.06 +2.00 FTSE ST China Top 160.52 +0.62 FTSE ST China 188.65 +0.34 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 12 STI FTSE ST All-Share ftse ST All-Share index May 12,2016 673.06 +2.00 (+0.30%) Current streak 1 day Day high 673.10 Day low 668.71 52-week high 830.71 (May 25, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 12 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index May 11,2016 1,654.77 +0.16 (+0.01%) Current streak 2 days Day high 1,660.00 Day low 1,645.31 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 12 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 6 5 4 0 0 1 6 5 5 Manufacturing 47 33 23 10 11 6 57 44 29 Commerce 19 14 13 4 2 4 23 16 17 Tpt/Stor/Comms 14 8 9
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 12 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 16,298 270 16,568 46,426 53 46,479 Manufacturing 91,750 272,619 364,369 98,342 2,724 101,066 Commerce 84,305 37,483 121,788 65,142 1,351 66,493 Tpt/Stor/Comms 245,862 188 246,050 160,981 14 160,995 Finance 61,256 145 61,401 158,623 22 158,645 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 12 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxUSTr US$ ***** 75.2 0.3 *****/***** DBXT Vietnam US$ 2322 38.3 1.2 2786/2017 DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** 30.1 0.1 *****/***** JSH USD 2845 20.5 0.5 3544/2524 DBS Grp 1487 20.0 1.4 2150/1301 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low ISR Capital 3.2 255.6
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      75 12 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Jardine C&C 3351 -52.0 -1.5 4520/2636 DBXT MSJAP US$ 4675 -34.2 -0.5 5251/4031 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS ***** -20.0 -0.2 *****/***** Lyxor Russia US$ 260 -16.4 -4.4 312/200 DBXT China50 US$ 2650 -15.1 -0.4 4190/2355 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Advanced Systems
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 12 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE ISR Capital 45,565.3 0.032 +0.023 +255.56 Southern Pkg 150.0 0.450 -0.050 -10.00 Jadason 14,781.4 0.011 +0.001 +10.00 Attilan 14,502.0 0.004 +0.001 +33.33 Cedar Strategic 235,882.2 0.003 +0.001 +50.00 Food Empire 1,242.7 0.275 +0.025 +10.00 Vard 49,681.1 0.187 +0.032 +20.65 China Env Res 1.9 0.047 +0.011
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Pan-united Corporation Fully valued
        103 12 Target price: S$0.49 May 12 close: S$0.625 DBS Group Research, May 12 Pan-United Corporation’s Q1 2016 earnings disappoints on lower ready-mixed concrete (RMC) price and shipping losses. We slash FY2016-2017 forecast earnings by 15-16 per cent. Our revision mainly takes into account a steeper than expected
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        Lock icon City Developments Limited Buy
        179 12 Target price: s$9.89 May 12 close: S$7.97 OCBC Investment Research, May 12 CDL’s Q1 2016 profit after tax and minority interests (Patmi) and revenues declined 14.4 per cent and 11.2 per cent year-on-year to S$105.3 million and S$723.3 million, respectively, mainly due to muted performances from
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        151 12  -  Compiled by Claire Huang Target price: S$1.12 May 12 close: S$0.915 CIMB Research, May 12 The stock has surged over 40 per cent following our initiation, but we still see room for another leg up. In addition to continued momentum in Taiwan, a major re-rating catalyst
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      8 12 DATA IMay 13 Singapore retail sales index
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      Lock icon Yen drops to 2-week low on stimulus talk
      425 13 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE yen fell to a two-week low on Thursday as investors sold the currency on speculation that the Bank of Japan could decide to expand its monetary stimulus as soon as next month. Talk of more action gathered pace
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 13 May 12 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.942 4.773 0.643 5.688 48.844 97.527 0.799 8.537 2.942 1.073 76.764 34.194 1.003 10.987 0.712 23.846 25.855 0.508 0.733 Canada 1.061 5.064
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 13 May 12 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0025 1.0033 0.7329 0.7334 Canadian dollar 1.0640 1.0643 0.7780 0.7779 Euro 1.5604 1.5609 1.1408 1.1410 NZ dollar 0.9343 0.9352 0.6831 0.6836 Sterling pound 1.9741 1.9750 1.4433 1.4437
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 13 May 12 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3681 1.3686 2-months 1.3688 1.3692 3-months 1.3693 1.3698 6-months 1.3710 1.3717 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        396 13 May 12 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES May16 9265.00 9340.00 9195.00 9327.50 *****8 *****7 Jun16 9010.00 9062.50 8937.50 9050.00 ***** ***** NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Jun16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****4 Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 75 1149 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES Most active
        204 13 May 12 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left DBS MB eCW*****1 7.6 0.8 7411 0.1 1480 2 OCBC Bk MBeCW*****4 6.7 unch 3341 0.1 820 5 DBS MB eCW*****5 2.3 0.3 2464 0.1 1600 2
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 13 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr May 11 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1251.5 -0.3 -2.0 -0.4 -3.9 -0.2 -0.2 EAFE Preliminary 936.7 -0.2 -7.6 -0.2 -7.2 0.0 -3.6 Europe Preliminary 1326.0 -0.3 -6.1
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 13 May 12 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.02 Par 1-month 0.7500 0.6250 2-months 0.9375 0.8125 3-months 1.0000 0.8750 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ 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
        69 13 May 12 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year N*****0T 0.500 01-Apr-18 99.05 99.08 99.06 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 103.37 103.50 103.50 10-Year NX*****Z 2.375 01-Jun-25 103.5 103.75 103.50 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.03 107.50 107.00 20-Year NZ*****V 3.375 01-Sep-33 114.33
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        246 13 May-11 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural May-11 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 1069.75 -6.25 -0.58% 13/05/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 33.08 -0.05 -0.15% 13/05/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 449.50 -2.00 -0.44% 13/05/2016 May-11 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2240.00 -13.00 -0.58% 13/05/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1642.00 11.00 0.67%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1898 14 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale oo 1 High Day 151.5 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 138.5 unch 99 138.5 137.5 0.9 8.2 880 Div 175.5 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 126 +1 171 126
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      292 14 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High LOW 19.9 8.3 t Anchor Resources 11.6 -0.3 4466 12.3 11.6 32.4 Sale ('000) High LOW C'vr P/E 25.5 8.8 t 3Cnergy 9.5
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      148 14 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 1012 700 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US808 -2 0 808 808 126.7 4190 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US2650 -11 4 2655 2650 7.3 High Day 1740 995 DBXT MSCHINA US$
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      414 16 BLOOMBERG New York ADD Goldman Sachs Group Inc to the list of banks under regulatory review over Panamanian shell companies. New York’s Department of Financial Services has asked Goldman Sachs and three other banks to provide it with information about shell companies established
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      374 17 REUTERS London PLATINUM prices are likely to have posted their lows for the year, GFMS analysts at Thomson Reuters said in a report on Thursday, with a return to supply shortfalls set to hold the metal at an
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      615 17 Wildfires have disrupted Canada’s oil output; demand in India soars while global demand is set to grow at ‘solid’ rate this year AFP Paris A GLOBAL oil glut that has sent prices tumbling is set to “shrink dramatically” later this year, as wildfires have
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      322 17 REUTERS Tokyo OPEC member Kuwait does not expect any coordinated action to be decided during the group’s meeting in Vienna on June 2, the country’s acting oil minister said on Thursday. The “focus of the meeting will be to think and look around about
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      857 18 Vulnerability can still give attackers remote control over older systems if security updates are not applied REUTERS Frankfurt EUROPE’S biggest software company, SAP, is the subject of a US security alert over a vulnerability the firm disabled six years ago that can
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      528 18 NYT New York INSTAGRAM changed its logo on Wednesday and, predictably, the Internet was not entirely pleased. To put it bluntly, it freaked out. The popular app ditched its old-timey camera icon the one that actually looked like a camera and replaced it with a
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      197 18 NOTICES TOLL FREE 1800-289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg/notices THE BVI BUSINESS COMPANIES ACT, 2004 HAPPY REGENT GROUP LIMITED (Company Number: *****3) (the “Company”) (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 204(1 )(b) of the BVI Business Companies Act 2004, as amended, that the Company is in
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  • CONSUMER
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      576 19  -  Singapore consumers prefer global brands in beauty and personal-care products and electronics By Aqil Luqman Nurhakim nluqman@sph.com.sg Singapore SINGAPOREAN brands lag behind their South-east Asian counterparts in terms of market penetration, a recent survey has found. In findings of
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      421 19 Investors look to Ralph Lauren, Kohl’s and Nordstrom for clues on retail industry’s health BLOOMBERG New York RETAIL and apparel investors are looking to the next crop of earnings for clues on the industry’s health after a grim Macy’s Inc forecast sent stocks into
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      818 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OFFSHORE MANNING SERVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (IN MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) (Co. Reg. No. *****4222M) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Offshore Manning Services (Singapore) Pte Ltd duly convened and held on the 6th
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      888 19 111 CHINA CITIC BANK INTERNATIONAL CHINA CITIC BANK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN HONG KONG WITH LIMITED LIABILITY) Consolidated Statement of Financial Position At 31 December 2015 In HKS'000 Consolidated Income Statement For the year ended 31 December 2015 In HK$'000 Interest income Interest expense Net interest income Fee and commission
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      279 20  -  Acquisition of Zitahli Kuda-Funafaru, which was completed on Wednesday, cost company US$31 m By Vrinda Kudaisya kvrinda@sph.com.sg Singapore ROXY Pacific Holdings Limited has finalised its plans to create an upscale Noku-branded resort in the Maldives. The acquisition of Zitahli Kuda-Funa-faru was completed on Wednesday
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      540 20 AFP London BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans on Thursday to stop the flow of dirty money through the London property market, as he prepared to welcome world leaders and NGOs (non-governmental organisations) to an anti-corruption summit. The
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      434 20 After paying S$383m in 2006 for its Gramercy Park project site, it expects prices to go even higher BLOOMBERG Singapore SINGAPORE’S second-largest developer has taken a potshot at prices of prime land in the city-state, describing them as exorbitant and predicting that they will go
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      413 20 BLOOMBERG New York KYLE Bass, head of Dallas-based hedge fund Hayman Advisors LP, who’s wagering on a slowdown in China’s economy, said that Hong Kong’s property market is in “free fall” and the credit expansion in South-east
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      792 21 Selling clear-water lakes to property developers is just a ripple on the surface of Crystal Lagoons’ huge ambitions BLOOMBERG New York IN April, Steve Wynn announced plans to tear up the golf course that lies behind two of his Las Vegas hotels
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      34 20 “An enjoyable path to understand the world’s fastest rising new great power.” PROFESSOR KISHORE MAHBUBANI dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Now on sale at all major bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      675 22  -  Japan seeks to gain understanding of G-7 partners on the need to stabilise yen fluctuations By Anthony Rowley btworld@sph.com.sg Tokyo THE drama of the yen, which has seen the Japanese currency move erratically up and down in recent weeks touching
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      256 22 BLOOMBERG REUTERS Brazilia BRAZIL’S Senate voted to suspend President Dilma Rousseff from office, ushering in a new government after months of political turmoil in the re-cession-wracked country. Legislators agreed on Thursday after a marathon session that lasted 21 hours to try
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      361 22 Last month’s increase implies that the disinflationary impulse from a stronger dollar is fading LATEST US DATA REUTERS Washington US import prices rose in April for a second straight month as the cost of petroleum products and a range of other
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      445 22 BLOOMBERG Kuala Lumpur THE stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak allegedly used funds diverted from a state investment company to buy properties in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reported. Riza Aziz spent about US$50 million on two
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      Lock icon Indonesia tells 78 parties mentioned in ‘Panama Papers’ to correct tax reports
      365 22 REUTERS Jakarta INDONESIA has started to probe the tax reports of 78 individuals after finding differences between their wealth reports and data from the “Panama Papers”, the head of the country’s tax office said on Thursday. The country’s
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      383 22 THE ’UBERISATION‘ OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THINK BIG L E A D E R S H I P BUSINESS SERIES 2016 Managing partners of law and accounting firms today face novel challenges and opportunities as they operate in the ’new normal‘ market while upholding the highest integrity of the profession. What
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  • LUXURY LIVING
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      460 23  -  By Michelle Chin Getting quality sleep is important to rejuvenate the body and mind. Other than purchasing a proper mattress that offers ample support, investing in a suitable bed frame is equally essential. Bed frames do more than contain your mattresses. Some intricately designed ones
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      418 24  -  By Hector Tan The quality of sleep you get affects your health and your energy levels, said Mr Paul Keng, managing director of The Furniture Mall. “Quality sleep is important to allow your body to rest and rejuvenate. Getting enough of it helps you to
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      270 24 FOR THE BEDROOM Tempur Zero G Prestige Bed System Made with materials originally developed by NASA that provide pressure-relieving comfort by contouring to the exact shape of your body to give a balance of comfort and superior support. Four pre-set positions to choose with wireless
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      Lock icon Comfortable spaces to relax in
      721 25  -  By Belinda Wan After a hard day’s work, most of us just want to crash onto our favourite sofa. No matter how big your home is, it is crucial to have a key piece of furniture that gives you optimum comfort. Here are two ways
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      383 23 Turn inside for more furnishing ideas and how your bedroom ambience can help you get better quality sleep. ADVERTORIAL [HI thefurnituremall I Hliving as you like it 10 TOH GUAN ROAD LIVING Well Begins with A Luxurious Repose Gift-giving for friends, loved ones, colleagues and associates always come to mind
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      170 26 Have you ever wondered how the rich attain their wealth and keeps it growing? Do you dream of retiring early (or being able to retire at all)? You want to invest but you don’t know where to start? Investment 101 is the answer to your questions! The world of investment
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  • OPINION
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      584 28 EDITORIAL NOTHING says more about the state of Singapore’s retail industry than stretches of shuttered shops and hoarding in otherwise upscale malls in the heart of the downtown shopping belt. The situation may not seem as dire in shopping centres in
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      708 28  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By David Marsh T The writer is managing director at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum. THE post-financial crisis extension of central bankers’ responsibilities into policy areas overlapping with governments makes them vulnerable to political pressures, especially since
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      1144 28  -  Washington cannot watch from the sidelines as rival powers eat into US spheres of influence a fact of realpolitik escaping most of this year’s presidential candidates. BY HARISH MEHTA candidates.BY HARISH MEHTA T The writer is a historian who has taught at Canadian
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      901 29  -  COMMENTARY By Julia Leong TThe writer is partner and Food Supply integrity Services lead at PwC Singapore. TODAY, the food and beverage industry in Singapore consists of more than 6,500 establishments and approximately 750 companies in its food-processing sector. Beyond
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      753 29  -  COMMENTARY By Fraser Thompson T The writer is director of AlphaBeta, Singapore. ENGAGEMENT with Asia has been part of the economic mantra of every Australian government since the 1980s. In that time, Australia’s trade with Asia has soared, but many of
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      1050 29  -  When business executives ask me what they should do to be appointed to a board, I always give them this tongue-in-cheek answer: “If you’re asking, it’s a sign that you do not qualify.” BY FABRICE DESMARESCAUX qualify.”BY FABRICE DESMARESCAUX T The writer
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      709 30  -  The events planned for the first Singapore Coffee Festival are as varied as the different takes on a cup of joe. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg COFFEE fans, there really is more to life than the latest Nespresso machine. At Singapore’s
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        204 30  -  By Dylan Tan STAGE The illusionists: Live from Broadway STRAIGHT from a sell-out Broadway run and worldwide tours comes the world’s best-selling touring magic show, The Illusionists. Featuring a mix of comedy, magic tricks and death-defying stunts, the “live” spectacular showcases the talents of seven of the most
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        180 30  -  DINING By Tay Suan Chiang ONE Michelin-star chef Roberto Rispoli (right) will be taking over the Raffles Grill kitchen for a week. Chef Rispoli has helmed the famed Il Carpaccio at Le Royal Monceau, Raffles Paris since 2010. He previously worked at Alain Ducasse’s La
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        173 30  -  MUSIC By Dylan Tan KYARY Pamyu Pamyu (KPP), one of Japan’s biggest musical exports and fashion icons, returns to Singapore with her biggest-ever show. The KPP 5ive Years Monster World Tour coincides with the fifth anniversary of her singing career and release
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        192 30  -  FILM By Avanti Nim YOU might best remember Melanie Laurent (right) from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds where her character Shosanna sets about destroying an entire cinema hall, but the real-life actress and filmmaker is all about preservation, not destruction. Her documentary Tomorrow (Demain), screened here as
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        161 30  -  DINING By Rachel Loi THE white asparagus has many names from the “vegetable of kings” (in Germany) to the “vampire of vegetables” (because it is grown in the dark in order to prevent development of green pigments). And from now till June, this vegetable will
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        170 30  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof YUKIO Mishima’s classic Noh play The Damask Drum gets not one but two new interpretations in Drums. Respected Japanese and Singapore directors, Shigeki Nakano and Chong Tze Chien respectively, will present their versions of the haunting tale in this double bill, which is showing at
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      35 30 T The Singapore Coffee Festival will be open to the public from June 10 to 12 at the F1 Pit Building. Tickets start at S$11 and are available from Sistic. For more information, visit sgcoffeefestival.com.sg
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      1549 31 The 1976 event in Paris, in which California wines beat the best of France, has inspired winemakers around the world. BY DAVE MCINTYRE WP FORTY years ago, a publicity stunt for a small wine school in Paris changed the world of wine
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      462 31  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IT’S astonishing how the smartest comedians are shifting the tone on racial discussions in Singapore. As the authorities, intelligentsia and media continue to tiptoe around race with uncertainty and reservation, our comedians are picking up the
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      447 31  -  Reviewed by Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT WHEN you think comics, you think big action graphics, small speech balloons and half-page panels that say “Kapow!” and “Bam!”. But serious comic artists like Chris Ware, Alison Bechdel and Adrian Tomine have changed that impression
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      326 31 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Shady spots where telephones will lose signal, ultimately (6) 4 Coast road company runs cosy little place (8) 10 Customers needing most of nicely polished box (9) 11 Murphy’s back around the first of March for deposits (5) 12 Rodent eating unusual brie dish (7) 13
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Ng Eng Teng’s take on geometrical shapes
      924 32  -  This new exhibition showcases works that move away from the sculptor’s usual bulbous forms. BY CHEAH UI-HOON forms.BY CHEAH UI-HOON uihoon@sph.com.sg BULBOUS sculptures and the mother and child form are the trademark shapes of the late sculptor Ng Eng Teng, but what is
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      665 32  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon uihoon@sph.com.sg CONTEMPORARY art sits well with antique furniture, and an exhibition of contemporary Indian artworks will settle any doubts you might have about it. Marie-Hélène van Houten and her husband Pieter, who met gallerist Rukshaan Krishna years ago in Mumbai,
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      545 32  -  By Helmi Yusof helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT ANY art collector knows that sometimes you can fall out of love with the art you bought years ago. Minds change, tastes evolve. What to do then about these artworks taking up wall or storage space? Discard them?
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  • COVER STORY/CINEMA
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      500 33  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg CLUBBING is so passé. Forget mindless drinking and feverish dancing the new party is one that blends elements of art, theatre, dining and music into the kind of experiential affair that is gaining in popularity. A case in point is lifestyle and
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      730 33  -  Kelvin Tong chose to shoot his latest horror film, The Faith of Anna Waters here instead of in America for various reasons. BY DYLAN TAN reasons.BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT HORROR films can scare the bejesus out of its audience in a cinema but
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      510 33  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT AS Singapore’s first Hollywood horror film, The Faith of Anna Waters is an ambitious project for writer-director Kelvin Tong, to say the least. Starring Mad Men actress Elizabeth Rice and Gossip Girl actor Matthew Settle, the US-Singapore
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      431 33  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT WHO would have thought actor-turned-director Jason Bateman would one day give Wes Anderson a run for his money in making his own delicious black comedy about a dysfunctional family? Bateman’s sophomore effort, The Family Fang based on a 2011 novel
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      686 34  -  Multi-sensory experiences are all the rage now as arts groups and event organisers build in elements of drama, food, fantasy and technology into pop-up events. BT Lifestyle checks out how four creative outfits are upping their game with theatrical affairs By Tan Teck Heng thtan@sph.com.sg A taste of
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      694 34  -  By Rachel Loi @RachelLoiBT rachloi@sph.com.sg ESCAPE rooms, as we know them, typically feature groups of people locked in a room acting out a scenario which requires them to solve puzzles to free themselves. In a move to bring this fantasy game into a
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      645 34  -  By Tan Teck Heng thtan@sph.com.sg Appreciating literature doesn’t have to be a solitary activity. This Friday, ANDSOFORTH a nomadic theatre group is launching a pop-up event combining food, literature, and immersive theatre. Based on and named after Goh Poh Seng’s 1972 novel If We Dream Too
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      26 34 CINEMA Stretching a Hollywood budget in Singapore/33 CITY LIFE BT writers’ picks of what to see, do or talk about/30 When parties get theatrical Page 33
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