The Business Times, 3 November 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E Thursday, November 3, 2016
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    26 1 Wednesday Change STI 2,807.14 -6.55 KL COMP 1,659.60 -11.33 NIKKEI 225 17,134.68 -307.72 HANG SENG 22,810.50 -336.57 SHENZHEN B 1,160.56 -5.40 Dow(11.45am EDT) 18,014.29 -22.81
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    250 1 Singapore has to cut its dependence on foreign workers even more, ease the pace of change in industry policy and focus on soft and cross-job skills. TOP STORIES 2 The Business Times will hold a two-day seminar this month to help companies chart their course for 2017. TOP
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    Lock icon Financing emerges as new cost challenge for SMEs: survey
    829 1  -  SMEs now have to deal with higher interest rates, tightened access to credit and higher collateral By Vivien Shiao vshiao@sph.com.sg @VivienShiaoBT Singapore SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to face cost challenges on the usual three fronts manpower, materials and rents
    Source: 2016 SME Development (SMED) Survey conducted by DP Information Group  -  829 words
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    Lock icon OSV players in dire straits want early govt help, suggest ways to rescue them
    503 1  -  But some warn even with the project financing aid, S’pore may still lose out as hub for regional operations By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore MANY small to mid-cap offshore support vessel (OSV) companies are
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      10 1 TwentyOne Angullia owner in talks with bidders TOP STORIES 4
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      24 1 NEXT CHANGE Former Queenstown cinema site sold forS$78m REAL ESTATE 13 HOCK LOCK SIEW Singtel’s bet on cybersecurity could pay off COMPANIES MARKETS 6
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      11 1 Sifting through the options to help a once-glorious sector, Page 2
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon SMU, JP Morgan suggest 3 tasks to ease Singapore’s skills shortage
      511 2  -  innovation-driven growth requires better use of technology and even less reliance on foreign workers, they say By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore SINGAPORE needs to do three things to tackle its skills shortage cut its dependence on foreign
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      Lock icon Manufacturing sector expands – albeit barely
      228 2  - Manufacturing sector expands albeit barely Singapore’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) stood at 50 in October, recording a marginal dip of 0.1 point from September’s 50.1. This marked the second month of expansion; September had been the first above-50 reading after 14 consecutive months of contraction. BY KELLY TAY BT Data
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      Lock icon Sifting through the options to help a once-glorious sector
      932 2  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore INDICATIONS of possible government support have thrown the spotlight on the beleaguered offshore and marine (O&M) sector in Singapore, and the role it plays in the wider economy. When Minister of Trade
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      Lock icon Grab CEO’s epiphany at 30,000 feet: taking down an Uber Goliath
      1134 2 BLOOMBERG Singapore IT was on a late July flight home to Singapore when Anthony Tan grasped the potential calamity in the news that his biggest ally, Didi Chuxing, was about to buy out arch-rival Uber’s Chinese business. The stunned
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      Lock icon TwentyOne Angullia Park owner in talks with bidders
      1201 4  -  CS Land, formerly China Sonangol, is probably selling the property to avoid QC charges of up to S$31m next year By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore CS Land, formerly known as China Sonangol, is in talks with several parties for the sale
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      Lock icon OCBC cites compliance burden as one reason to expand private bank
      679 5 BLOOMBERG Singapore OCBC Bank’s chief executive officer, Samuel Tsien, said surging compliance costs is one factor spurring him to expand his Asian wealth-manage-ment business, at a time when some overseas competitors are retreating. That’s because the rapidly expanding costs
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      Lock icon Outlook 2017 to offer pointers for Singapore businesses
      728 5  -  Organised by The Business Times, the event aims to help firms chart their course more confidently By Mike Chua chuamc@sph.com.sg Singapore OFFERING information to help business operators chart their course more confidently that’s what The Business Times hopes to do with a
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      70 4 TAFEP The Straits Times Roundtable Discussion GOING BEYOND OBLIGATIONS WHATcan bosses do to drive the inclusion of older workers? HOWcan older workers play a part? These questions and other key issues about the older PMET workforce were addressed during a roundtable discussion on October 28. The roundtable comprised industry experts,
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      119 4 Find painters to do the job or promote your services in CLASS 112 To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988 II 010 amplified TM SINGAPORE 8-10 NOVEMBER 2016 Technology Disruption: How will your organisation transform itself? Blockchain, Big Data, Al, Digital Reporting... Big changes are coming to accounting,
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Singtel’s bet on cybersecurity could pay off
      887 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT SINGTEL does not want to be known as just a telco anymore. The communications and ICT solutions group now boasts a superior enterprise and digital business, and is already positioning itself for the future by
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      Lock icon StarHub’s Q3 profit down 27.6% to S$86m
      882 6  -  Revenue drops 3 per cent to S$585.3m as mobile and pay TV revenues fall, but interim dividend stays unchanged at five Singapore cents per share By Amit Roy Choudhury amit@sph.com.sg @AmitRoyCBT Singapore DECLINES in mobile and pay TV revenues dragged telco StarHub’s thirdquarter
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      Lock icon GLP shares surge as much as 14.5% on talk of takeover interest
      505 6  -  By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Singapore SHARES of Global Logistic Properties Limited (GLP) surged on Wednesday on market talk that it has attracted takeover interest from an investor group that includes China’s sovereign fund. But the group said
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      Lock icon Asia’s infrastructure bonanza
      1137 7 Rising demand for infrastructure development in Southeast Asia will offer opportunities for businesses in the region Special feature brought to you by PwC Strategy in Action EVEN as the slowdown in the global economy continues to weigh on countries in Asia, one bright spot on the horizon
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      Lock icon Oil & gas pain to persist for banks, say analysts
      783 7  - Oil gas pain to persist for banks, say analysts Even as oil prices rebound, the severity of excess rigs supply remains By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore ANALYSTS expect more woes ahead from Singapore banks’ exposure to the oil-and-gas sector, and urged caution in reports this week. “Value play or
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      Lock icon Alibaba unit Lazada acquires RedMart
      192 7  -  By Andrea Soh sandrea@sph.com.sg @AndreaSohBT Singapore ALIBABA’S South-east Asian subsidiary Lazada is acquiring Singapore e-grocer RedMart. The acquisition will allow Lazada to benefit from RedMart’s order fulfilment capabilities in Singapore and also accelerate RedMart’s expansion into new product categories, both said in a statement on
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      Lock icon CWT’s Q3 profit falls 17%
      346 7  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore HOMEGROWN logistics provider CWT posted a 17 per cent year-on-year drop in net profit for the third quarter to S$22.63 million, due partly to lower finance income and higher finance expenses. Revenue for the three months ended Sept 30,
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      Lock icon Rowsley swings into the black for Q3 with net profit of S$5.39m
      460 8  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore REAL estate company Rowsley swung into the black with a net profit of S$5.39 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30 versus a loss of S$4.21 million in the same quarter
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      Lock icon New stewardship principles urge responsible use of influence
      717 8  -  Seven key principles to guide investors with aim of improving corporate governance; adoption completely voluntary By Kenneth Lim kenlim@sph.com.sg @KennethLimBT Singapore THE investment industry is confronting its duty to improve corporate governance with a list of best practices aimed at fostering responsible
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      Lock icon China Aviation’s Q3 profit up 31% on higher trading volume, contributions
      379 8  -  By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT Singapore HIGHER trading volume in other oil products and better contributions from some associates lifted third-quarter results for main-board-listed jet fuel supplier China Aviation Oil (Singapore), the biggest physical jet fuel trader in the
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Pacific Radiance
        65 8 OFFSHORE marine support services firm Pacific Radiance has won a new contract for a newbuild vessel to be used in Mexico. The multi-year contract, won by the group’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary Radiance Alliance, is worth US$73 million including options, it said. The maintenance work boat will be
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        Lock icon Frasers Logistics 8. Industrial Trust
        92 8 FRASERS Logistics Industrial Trust on Wednesday posted a distribution per unit of 1.84 Singapore cents for the period of June 20 to Sept 30, 2016, exceeding its own forecast of 1.79 Singapore cents. The newly listed real estate investment trust recorded gross revenue of A$43.1
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        93 8 property developer OUE on Wednesday reported a seven-fold increase in net profit to S$ 107.6 million for its third quarter ended Sept 30, 2016. Revenue grew four-fold to S$419.1 million. The company said the increase in revenue was due to higher contributions from its property investments and property development
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        Lock icon BreadTalk Group
        130 8 BREADTALK Group has doubled its third-quarter earnings, lifted by share of results from associates and joint ventures. Net profit for the three months ended Sept 30, 2016, rose to S$3.3 million from S$1.6 million in Q3 2015. This, as share of result from associates came in at S$131,000
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      63 10 STI Catalist Straits Times Index NOV 2,2016 2,807.14 -6.55 (-0.23%) Current streak 4 days Day high 2,813.10 Day low 2,796.71 52-week high 3,040.48 (NOV 4, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index NOV 2,2016 455.96 -0.46 (-0.10%) Current streak 2 days Day high 461.21 Day low
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      75 10 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT USDIGInfl US$ ***** 960.3 2.5 *****/***** GLD US$ ***** 136.0 0.8 *****/***** DBXT MSJAP US$ 5063 98.5 1.4 5110/4031 Global Logistic 194.5 15.5 8.7 228/159.5 China Yuanbang 38 13.5 55.1 55/21.5 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Serrano 1.6 433.3 1.3 7/0.3
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      79 10 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -427.4 -1.4 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5575 -166.5 -2.1 6041/4629 DBXT E50 US$ 4451 -80.5 -1.3 4862/3918 DBXT China50 US$ 3074 -79.1 -1.8 3268/2355 Hyflux 6% CPS 9350 -57.0 -0.6 *****/9200 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Metech Intl
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      80 10 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE Nico Steel 26,906.1 0.018 +0.010 +125.00 Vashion 19,663.2 0.008 +0.002 +33.33 Singapore-eDev 19,093.9 0.053 +0.013 +32.50 Mary Chia 50.0 0.065 +0.010 +18.18 ES 85.0 0.101 +0.007 +7.45 Serrano 5.0 0.016 +0.013 +433.33 Global Logistic 138,956.3 1.945 +0.155 +8.66 Halcyon Agri 1,778.6 0.485 +0.025 +5.44 Challenger
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      Lock icon Earnings season, US vote weigh on stocks
      653 10  -  ST Index loses 6.6 points; GLP most actively traded on talk of takeover offer TTSTOCKS By Melissa Tan melissat@sph.com.sg @MelissaTanBT FEARS over the outcome of the upcoming presidential election in the United States, combined with yet another uninspiring season of corporate earnings, weighed
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      304 10 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 238 +1 238/235 257 209 6.4 6666.7 CapitaCom Trust 158 -1 158.5/156.5 164 127 5.5 4682.3 CapitaLand 309 +1 310/306 340 280 12.4 2.9 *****.4 CapitaMall Trust 205 -1 207/204 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      37 10 VOLUME Global Logistic 138,956,300 QT Vascular 128,651,800 Noble 90,064,800 Equation W*****2 65,961,000 Golden Agri-Res 34,183,600 Market volume 1,688,491,000 VALUE Global Logistic 269,777,802 DBS Grp 57,806,047 Singtel 54,686,287 UOB 43,492,742 OCBC Bank 25,965,727 Market value 1,015,352,000
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      77 10 Nov 2 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -301.00 -83.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -100.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -30.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 685.17 -4.81 FTSE ST Small Cap 383.08 -0.58 FTSE ST All Share 694.04 -2.06 FTSE ST China Top 156.57 -0.55 FTSE ST China 194.19 +0.61 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 10 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index NOV 2,2016 694.04 -2.06 (-0.30%) Current streak 4 days Day high 695.39 Day low 692.02 52-week high 735.69 (NOV 4, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      33 10 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE index NOV 1,2016 1,665.31 -0.41 (-0.02%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,674.77 Day low 1,663.89 52-week high 1,763.33 (NOV 2, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      110 10 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 285 -1 354 286/284 309/254 285/286 IS MS INDIA US$ US717 -12 253 722/714 772/441 717/720 89.6 DBXT MSINDO us$ US1448 -7 72 1448/1438 1534/1059 1446/1452 Nikko AM STI ETF 291 -1 54 291/290
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 10 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 4 6 4 0 0 0 4 6 4 Manufacturing 21 29 31 7 9 14 28 38 45 Commerce 12 25 11 3 3 8 15 28 19 Tpt/Stor/Comms 3 18 6
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 10 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 12,811 12,811 37,527 37,527 Manufacturing 80,676 239,065 319,741 50,965 15,066 66,031 Commerce 188,158 22,558 210,716 72,422 361 72,783 Tpt/Stor/Comms 75,102 91 75,193 110,372 8 110,380 Finance 15,969 1,985 17,954 139,971 309 140,280 Construction 26,029 25,061
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust | Buy
        195 10 Frasers Logistics Industrial Trust Buy Target price: S$1.10 Nov 2 close: S$0.97 OCBC Investment Research, Nov 2 FRASERS Logistics Industrial Trust (FLT) reported its maiden results for the period since its listing on June 20 to Sept 30, 2016. Gross revenue of A$43.1 million (S$45.7 million) and distribution per unit
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        Lock icon iFast Corporation | Neutral
        104 10 iFast Corporation Neutral Target price: S$0.88 Nov 2 close: S$0.855 rhb Research, Nov 2 iFAST’s Q3 2016 results were far better than the tepid H1 2016. However, they were still dragged down by its China start-up costs, which we had previously highlighted. Without the China operations, the group’s net profit
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        Lock icon Singapore banks | Underweight
        195 10  - Singapore banks Underweight Compiled by Andrea Soh CIMB Research, Nov 1 THE Q3 2016 earnings season was characterised by higher non-performing loans and falling coverage ratios as more oil gas loans turned sour, partially offset by higher non-net interest income. UOB and DBS Bank guided for new non-performing asset formation
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      Lock icon Dollar hit after some polls show Trump leading Clinton
      470 11 CURRENCIES REUTERS London THE dollar slumped and the Swiss franc and Japanese yen surged on Wednesday as investors worried by the prospect of a Donald Trump victory in next week’s US presidential election sought out safe havens for their money. The
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    • FOREX RATES
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        471 11 Nov 2 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1.022 5.166 0.689 5.923 50.984 99.727 0.791 8.756 3.202 1.055 80.007 36.928 1.060 10.320 0.742 24.061 26.743 0.623 0.764 Canada 0.979 5.057
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        155 11 NOV 2 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0598 1.0600 0.7637 0.7638 Canadian dollar 1.0375 1.0376 0.7477 0.7476 Euro 1.5370 1.5375 1.1076 1.1079 NZ dollar 1.0043 1.0050 0.7237 0.7242 Sterling pound 1.7022 1.7030 1.2266 1.2271
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        21 11 Nov S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3873 1.3876 2-months 1.3871 1.3873 3-months 1.3868 1.3873 6-months 1.3861 1.3868 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        393 11 Nov 2 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Nov16 9917.50 9940.00 9830.00 9840.00 *****0 *****7 Dec16 9945.00 9950.00 9845.00 9845.00 2196 4155 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****6 Mar17 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 446 4831 MSCI TAIWAN
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        209 11 Most active Nov 2 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left Equation Summit LimitedW*****2 0.3 unch ***** 1 1 44 3.00 9 DBS MB eCW*****1 7.3 -0.4 3588 0.1 1550 3 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 7.8 -0.9 2478 0.0
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 11 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Nov 1 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1288.7 -0.6 0.9 -0.7 -0.9 -0.4 1.2 EAFE Preliminary 977.1 -0.6 -3.6 -0.2 -5.0 0.0 -3.0 Europe Preliminary 1388.7 -0.9 -1.7
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 11 Nov-1 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Nov-1 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 984.25 -18.00 -1.80% 14/11/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 34.85 -0.32 -0.91% 14/12/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 414.25 -2.00 -0.48% 14/12/2016 Nov-1 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2229.00 -33.00 -1.46% 13/12/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 2206.00 -23.00 -1.03%
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    • BANK RATES
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        154 11 Nov 2 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 Par 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.10 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.63 0.53 2 months 0.85 0.65 3 months 1.00 0.80 6 months 1.30 1.10 9 months 1.50 1.30 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        69 11 Nov 2 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 105.67 105.69 105.69 5-Year N*****0Z 1.250 01-Oct-21 99.67 99.77 99.65 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 101.8 102.10 102.00 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 107.64 108.00 107.65 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 98.88
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1733 12 Transaction date: Nov 2 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 138cd -0.5 215 138.5 137.5 0.9 8.2 879.5 LOW 146 101 ARA Asset Mgmt
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      323 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld 0.5 0.1 t Advanced Systems 0.2 unch 0 0.2 0.2 5.3 46.5 29.5 t Advancer Global 36.5 -1 310 37.5 36.5 14.5 63.2 High 16.2 4.5
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      146 12 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale 905 736 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US859 -7 2 859 859 134.7 3268 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3074 -57 7 3091 3073 8.5 High 422 190 DBXT MSBrazil US$ US401
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Site where iconic Queenstown cinema once stood sold for S$78m
      560 13  -  Cheong Sim Lam is buying the commercial-zoned site with 57 years balance lease from Crescendas Group By Kalpana Rashiwala kalpana@sph.com.sg @KalpanaBT Singapore A PRIME commercial-zoned piece of vacant land where the former Queenstown cinema and bowling centre once stood has
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      680 13 BLOOMBERG New York AIRBNB Inc is in talks with New York officials about potentially settling a lawsuit the company filed last month against the state and city governments. The company is challenging a new law that punishes people renting their
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      Lock icon Property tycoon buys WCT with eye on infrastructure jobs: analysts
      598 13  -  By Pauline Ng btworld@sph.com.sg Kuala Lumpur PAVILION KL’s Desmond Lim Siew Choon’s acquisition of a 20 per cent stake in WCT Holdings will enable the property tycoon to use the well-known construction company to tender for large infrastructure projects that
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      363 13  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT @Nisha_BT Singapore IN line with its strategy to expand beyond Asia, Mapletree Investments has acquired a portfolio of seven student accommodation assets in the United States, marking its maiden acquisition in the biggest student accommodation market worldwide.
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      Lock icon Kuik family member buys GCB for S$16m in Oct when 60 landed units sold
      843 14  -  Lively Q3 saw 375 landed homes transacted for S$1.6 billion, after 321 deals worth S$1.34 billion moved in Q2 By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT Sin gapore A MEMBER of the Kuik family that founded the Sim
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      522 14 BLOOMBERG Singapore IN days of negative rates, it’s hard to get excited about anything, even high-yield bonds from China. A small dollar debenture offering by a property developer, however, has generated some heated chatter in Hong Kong and Singapore. Zhengzhou-based Central China
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      1644 14 Property transactions for selected districts with contract dates between Sept 21 and Sept 27,2016 PROJECT NAME/ STREET NAME PROP TYPE CONTRACT DATE TENURE BUILT-IN/LAND AREA*(SQ FT) PRICE (S$’000) PSF (S$) District 1 NON-LANDED People'S Park Cplx Apt 21/09/2016 99 1119 800 715 The Sail Marina Bay Apt 26/09/2016 99
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      236 13 A PROMINENT FREESTANDING LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ALONG KALLANG BAHRU r CUSHMAN WAKEFIELD Estate Agents Licence No: L*****33E Located on the fringe of Central Business District Land Area: approx. 28,500 sq ft Gross Floor Area: approx. 50,000 sq ft Zoned “Business 1” with plot ratio 2.5 Refurbished and well designed Within
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      246 13 Freehold Commercial Building Along Orchard Road Substantial Shareholding For Sale By Private Treaty Type: 25 Storey Mixed Development Buildings (Retail: 21 Titles Office: 38 Titles) Tenure: Freehold Zoned: Front Tower: Commercial Rear Tower: Commercial Residential Master Plan Plot Ratio: 4.9+ Commercial Strata Area For Sale: Total Retail: Approx. 692sqm 7,449sqft
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon Risk misallocation ‘the main roadblock in infrastructure funding’
      854 15  -  There’s enough institutional money waiting to get into infrastructure finance: StanChart By Lee Meixian leemx@sph.com.sg @LeeMeixianBT Singapore RISK allocation it is the one factor in the equation that can determine whether an infrastructure project takes off or not, Standard Chartered’s Asean South
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      Lock icon Societe Generale’s car-leasing returns dwarf banking
      612 15 BLOOMBERG Paris TO find Societe Generale SA’s most profitable business, don’t look to its trading floors or executive suites in Paris or London, but to gritty parking lots in Lyon, Helsinki and Sao Paulo. France’s No 2 bank, whose mathematical prowess made it a
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      296 15 AFP Hong Kong STANDARD Chartered could face “financial consequences” after an investigation in Hong Kong over its role in an initial public offering (IPO), the firm said as it reported another round of disappointing earnings results, sending its share price tumbling.
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      2262 15 NOTICES Tel 6289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg Company Registration No.: *****4617M (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of T T J Holdings Limited will be held at 8 Wilkie Road, #03-08, Wilkie Edge, Singapore *****5
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      672 16 The two nations hope to join Thailand, which is now the top solar power developer in South-east Asia REUTERS Singapore INDONESIA and Vietnam are looking to join Thailand in blazing a trail for solar power in South-east Asia, introducing targets to
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      422 16 AFP Riyadh THE global oil market should be balanced early next year, the president of Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday, after oversupply drove prices to multi-year lows in 2016. “The gap between supply and demand is closing,” Amin Nasser, who
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      528 16 BLOOMBERG New Delhi INDIA may ease a deadline to cut pollution from coal-fired power plants blamed for causing the world’s worst air quality amid pressure from generators who say it’s too difficult to implement the US$37 billion reforms. The deadline
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      978 16 NOTICES Tel 6289-8822 I Email notices@sph.com.sg I www.sphclass.com.sg KHONG GUAN FLOUR MILLING LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Reg. No. *****0096G) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM") of Khong Guan Flour Milling Limited (the “Company") will be held at the
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      696 16 IN THE MATTER OF SECTION 290 OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF SURFACE TECHNOLOGY (S) PTE LTD (Co. Reg. No: *****6523G) (“Company”) NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting(‘’EGM”) of the members of the above-named Company, duly convened and
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  • CONSUMER
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      Lock icon Drought hits Brazil instant-coffee exporters
      540 18 They are no longer entering into new contracts amid a shortage of the robusta beans needed for the brew BLOOMBERG Sao Paulo BRAZIL’s drought has got so bad that the country’s instant-coffee makers, the world’s top suppliers, are no longer entering into new export contracts
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      Lock icon US movie-streaming site FilmStruck betting on cinephiles
      777 18 It sees viewers paying for at least two content providers, and possibly three or more NYTIMES New York WHILE the cable industry wonders how many of us will be willing to cut the cord and do without a traditional television package, its online
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      42 18 Everyone deserves a great Weekend In celebration of The Business Times' 40th Anniversary, readers can enjoy discounts on dining deals at selected exquisite restaurants this November! Purchase a copy of The Business Times Weekend on 5 November 2016 to find out more!
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  • GOVERNMENT & ECONOMY
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      Lock icon China debt risks stoke internal debate over lowering 2017 growth goal
      929 19 Some advisers say maintaining growth above 6.5% is unrealistic and suggest a 6-6.5% range instead REUTERS Beijing CHINA’S growing debt and property risks have touched off an internal debate over whether China should tolerate growth as low as 6
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      230 19  -  By Nisha Ramchandani nishar@sph.com.sg @Nisha_BT Singapore AMAZON is planning to launch in Singapore in the first quarter of next year, according to a report in TechCrunch on Wednesday which cited sources. The Business Times also understands that Amazon has leased about 100,000
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      Lock icon Fast-growing China provinces can’t quit investment addiction
      677 19 BLOOMBERG Beijing WHEN it comes to China’s economy, investment is still king. In the five fastest-growing provinces, total fixed-asset investment exceeded the sum of their gross domestic product in the first three quarters of this year, according to new data from 29 of
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      Lock icon Presidential scandal distracts Korea from economic woes
      1006 19 BLOOMBERG Seoul THE bizarre scandal engulfing South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye could hardly have come at a worse time for the country’s economy. The nation’s biggest company is trying to control the damage from cancelling its flagship product, its largest container shipping line
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Boeing, Airbus trade barbs as China competition hots up
      800 20 Airbus expects the country’s airlines will need 6,000 new planes over the next 20 years; Boeing forecasts 6,800 AFP Zhuhai, china AEROSPACE giants Boeing and Airbus took potshots at each other at the Zhuhai air show, as the US and European
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      Lock icon Geely unveils premium Volvos after rescuing Swedish icon
      1174 20 Production of the executive vehicles set to move from Europe to China BLOOMBERG Beijing VOLVO Car Group’s newest and fanciest sedan has a built-in refrigeration compartment, handmade crystal Orrefors glassware and the hopes of China’s premium auto-manufactur-ing industry riding on it. Zhejiang
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      Lock icon Virgin Australia to ‘actively manage’ capacity after Q1 loss
      367 20 REUTERS Sydney VIRGIN Australia said on Wednesday it would “actively manage” capacity after swinging to a loss for the first quarter of the financial year because of subdued trading conditions, particularly in Australia’s domestic aviation market. The surprise loss came as
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      Lock icon MH370 was in ‘increasing rate of descent’ after it ran out of fuel
      504 20 REUTERS Sydney A REPORT into missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 by the Australian safety investigator leading the search supports its view that the aircraft descended rapidly after running out of fuel with no human intervention, the agency
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      Lock icon Maersk Q3 profit falls on shipping sector overcapacity
      156 20 BLOOMBERG Copenhagen AP Moller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s largest container line, reported a 43 per cent decline in thirdquarter profit as the shipping industry suffers from overcapacity. Net income fell to US$429 million for the third quarter compared with US$755 million
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      970 21 THE BUSINESS TIMES Shipping times FOONG SUN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD INDONESIA SUMATRA PORTS VESSEL VOY ETA ETD DESTINATION BERJAYA I 16/16 08/11 10/11 BELITUNG/PKL BALAM SRIJAYA 8 30/16 07/11 09/11 JAMBI/PEKAN BARU FLORA 8 16/16 04/11 06/11 PALEMBANG/PANJANG PRIMA SAMUDRA 13/16 07/11 09/11 BELAWAN/MALAHAYATI INDONESIA JAVA SULAWESI PORTS VESSEL VOY
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon China’s property bubble poses dangers – and not only for China
      570 22 China’s property bubble poses dangers and not only for China EDITORIAL THIS year began with a rout in China’s bubbly stock markets, an event which reverberated around the world. Since then, those markets have been relatively subdued, but other bubbles have emerged and grown some of them potentially more damaging
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      Lock icon Going from chasing profits to creating value
      1408 22  -  Businesses declare the value they create through sustainability reports, which are sometimes of limited value. They could go longer on specifics. BY ASIT K BISWAS AND CECILIA TORTAJADA BY ASIT K BISWAS, CECILIA TORTAJADA T Asit K Biswas is Distinguished Visiting Professor at
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      Lock icon Xi Jinping, though powerful, not in league of Mao, Deng
      827 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Frank Ching T The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. Follow him on Twitter: @FrankChing1. CHINA’S leader, Xi Jinping, has been given an important new title that has been unused for the last 14
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      792 23  -  COMMENTARY By Anthony Rowley Tokyo CRACKS appear to be opening up in US-East Asia relations, and with them is the possibility of a “melt” in intra-re-gional relationships that have been locked for decades into a kind of undeclared Cold War. The
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      Lock icon Long-standing political, socio-economic discontent will fuel instability in EU-Arab world
      939 23  -  COMMENTARY By Andrew Hammond T The writer is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics. POLITICAL and business leaders gather in Athens for the first EU Arab Summit
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      1283 23  -  To unlock the full potential of a data strategy, retailers need to rethink the way data is used. BY JY POOK BY JY POOK T The writer is senior vice-president, APAC, at Tableau. IT is important for retail businesses to know
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      Lock icon New finding about van Gogh’s ear-cutting act
      813 24 The artist may have done so after learning of his brother’s engagement NYTIMES Amsterdam NEW evidence has bolstered a theory that Vincent van Gogh’s psychotic break on Dec 23, 1888, may have been set off by the news that his brother, Theo, had
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      658 24 NYTimes New York FOR the last 20 years, if you were in the bar business and knew one thing about bartender Adam Seger, it was that he was the man behind the Seelbach cocktail. The Seelbach is named
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      1233 24 NYTIMES Washington A DECADE after electronic cigarettes were introduced in the US, use has flattened, sales have slowed and, this fall, NJoy, once one of the country’s biggest e-cigarette manufacturers, filed for bankruptcy. It is quite a reversal for an invention once billed as
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      360 24 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Recaps fact: alien arrived in this? (10) 6 Ariosto desired to pen these? (4) 9 Lower a bed (5) 10 One who coerces animal to sleep by river (9) 12 Story about origins of dashing prince one that’s turned into a frog? (7) 13 Left a
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