The Straits Times, 29 January 2004

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    32 1 The Straits times BEST IN NEWSPAPER DESIGN IN ASIA Established 1845 1 JllirSClJiy January 29 2004 •90 Pages m six parts mita (P) 033/03/2003 iV A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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    Lock icon Bird flu: No need for travel curbs
    537 1  -  NIRMAL GHOSH Bangkok meeting says situation is not like Sars because there's no proof yet that bird flu spreads between humans By THAILAND CORBESPONDENT BANGKOK There will be no warnings against travel to countries hit by bird flu. That was one outcome of
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    Lock icon Stock markets hammered around Asia
    157 1  -  Azhar Khali d ASIAN markets tumbled yesterday as growing fears over the possible economic fallout of the bird flu outbreak left investors jittery. Hardest hit were markets m Hong Kong and Thailand, with Singapore the third worst regional performer as the benchmark Straits Times Index
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    Lock icon Woman shot in JB: I thought I would die
    455 1  - Woman shot in JB: I thought I would die BENNADARAJAN Recovering m hospital, she asks: 'Why did they do this?' Bu A FEW more centimetres either way and she would have been dead. Luckily, the bullet did not hit any major nerve, artery or bone and only grazed a minor
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      284 1 BBC .1 i -1 i AIRMAN Iji i I\S: Resignation, apology after suicide inquiry judge rebukes broadcaster page 3 Design: CHRISTIAN INTON Photo*: DESMOND FOO, Al» aiul AH' MORE REPORTS INSIDE PAYING THE PRICE First it was China and Sars. Now, Thailand and Indonesia will have to face the consequences
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      164 2 DRACUU CARS' MAKE COMEBACK THE falling price of COEs is heing given by motor traders as the most likely reason for a surge m popularity of off-peak cars. The cars can be driven only during off-peak times before and after rush hours and on Sundays and public holidays. But
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      84 2 NASA'S DEBT TO RUSSIA WHILE the successful landing of two Mars rovers demonstrates America's prowess m space exploration, it should not De forgotten that it all started with an eccentric Russian philosopher, writes Dmitry Shlapentokh. Nikolay Fedorov, who died a century ago, was the first exponent of the idea
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      69 2 CITIBANK RIGHT OR WRONG? A* READER lambasts Citibank for sending insurance certificates to people who had not requested them. Referring to letters from Forum readers earlier this month, Mr Dudley Au cites legal precedent, saying the bank ignored basic precepts of contractual law. Citibank says that m one of
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      61 2 THE OSCARS GO MME BLOCKBUSTERS barely get a mention m this year's Oscar nominations, as independent films dominate many categories. And these are not the ''big indie" films perfected by Miramax, but genuine shoestring works of passion. The biggest shock of all was that 12 out of 20 acting
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      87 2 TECH SCIENCE Coolest geologic field tnp m history NASA'S second Mars rover, the Opportunity, landed early on Sunday, and controllers are now powering up equipment and putting it to work. Controllers expect the rover to be ready to start heading towards an interesting bedrock outcrop m about a week, on
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      142 2 Kerry looks set to challenge Bush SENATOR John Kerry is now the runaway favourite to win the Democratic Party's nomination to contest the presidency. After triumphing m lowa last week, on Tuesday he pulled off a stunning victory m New Hampshire, winning 39 per cent of the vote. But
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      85 2 Silk Air-pilots agreement SILKAIR pilots have arrived at their first collective agreement with management, and one which takes their pay almost to the level it was before last July's wage cuts. The three-year deal is as good as sealed and should become official soon, as all 35 eligible pilots
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      85 2 DBS-THAI MILITARY BANK DEAL OH MONTHS of rumours were confirmed yesterday, when DBS Group Holdings' Thai unit DBS Thai Danu Bank said it had signed a merger deal with Thai Military Bank. The move means DBS will become a minority shareholder and lose management control of the merged entity.
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      84 2 HEAVY SECURITY FOR HAJ AS TWO million Muslim pilgrims converge on Mecca for the haj, 5,000 troops including anti-terrorist forces m black balaclavas, elite special forces and crowd control personnel have staged a march-past m the holy city. The show of force is intended to deter violence, after a
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      128 2 HU MEETS FRENCH BOSSES THE third day of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day visit to France yesterday saw him hosting a who's who of French business leaders at his Paris hotel. They were drawn there by the promise of China's desire for more investment and technology as its markets
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      93 2 HORSE ROW HITS FERGIE'S DEAL A ROW over a racehorse means Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has to accept a drastically scaled-down new contract. Pressure from Irish investors John Magnier and J.P. McManus, who own just over a quarter of the club, resulted m United replacing plans to give
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      104 2 MAIN Prime 3,4,6 World 7-13 Editorial 14 Commentary 14,15 Forum 16 HOME Home Hl-117 Tech Science H9HIO ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Bird flu Al-A4 Asia A5 China A5 S-E Asia A6 Malaysia A6 Sports A7-A9 Money... All-AlB LIFE! The Buzz L 2 Comics L 4 Fashion L 7 Cinema guide LB-LlO What's
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      Lock icon BBC chief quits after judge's criticism
      394 3 BBC chief quits after judge's criticism Inquiry into arms expert's suicide clears PM Blair, but BBC and its journalist come m for severe lambasting by senior judge LONDON The chairman of the BBC resigned yesterday after the public broadcaster was sharply criticised for its role m the death of British
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      97 3 TERENCE TAN Norway defender Tommy Berntsen rises to head the ball clear as his team shows professionalism and superior class to defeat Singapore 5-2 at the National Stadium. For nearly an hour m the pouring rain last night, the Lions defied the odds, coming back from two goals
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      Lock icon Snow cripples New York airports
      144 3 Snow cripples New York airports NEW YORK New York airports were crippled yesterday as up to 30cm of snow blanketed the northeast of the United States. While airports stayed open, more than 850 flights were cancelled at the city's three major airports after the snow storm blew m on Tuesday
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      Lock icon Andy Williams postpones March concert
      446 3 AMERICAN singer Andy Williams has postponed his March 6 concert here to July because of worry over bird flu rampaging through Asia. His management thought it best to reschedule "because of his age and health issues", said Ms Aris Liv, promotions manager for concert organiser
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      Lock icon After April 1, buy a chunk of the old library
      361 4  -  THERESA TAN Bu THE National Library at Stamford Road will finally close its doors from April 1, but those who mourn the demolition of the historic landmark can now own a piece of it, as some of its familiar red
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      Lock icon DPM Lee restates basis for Jakarta ties
      649 4  -  LIDIA LIM Relations must be based on equality, sovereignty and mutual respect, even as both nations undergo leadership changes By IN JAKARTA IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE PREMISES CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD RIGHT UPFRONT BECAUSE OTHERWISE, WE ARE GOING TO CREATE UNNECESSARY MISUNDERSTANDING
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      Lock icon Fewer retrenched last year compared to 2002
      459 6  -  LAUREL TEO by1 FEWER employees were laid off last year than had been expected, as retrenchments slowed towards the end of the year m what was another sign Singapore's economy was on the mend. The estimated total of about 16,000 retrenchments was lower
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      654 6  - New e-mail attack is fastest-spreading ever NATALIE SOH Spore PC users not spared as Mydoom wreaks havoc among Internet users and anti-virus experts work overtime Bit SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR WHAT IT IS: An Internet worm that spreads through e-mail, arriving m messages with various subject lines, message contents
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      Lock icon Mauritania girls forced to be fat
      219 6 Mauritania girls forced to be fat NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania) To be fat is to be revered. At least m Mauritania, where many of its adult women were sent to "fat farms" when they were children, not to lose weight, but to gain it. Indeed, the white Moor Arabs m this African
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      Lock icon Jail for lawyer who took client s money
      597 6 'Society expects lawyers who are m a position of trust vis a vis their clients to conform to exacting standards of honesty. 9 District judge Jasvender Kaur Lawyer Tay Soo Wan, 50, pleaded guilty last month to pocketing $46,015 entrusted to him
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      111 6 TheStraitsTimes What's The Scoop: STN6WS National Global News Time: 8.30 am, noon 6pm STSports Sports News Time: 6.30 am, noon midnight How to receive it: Step 1 Go to "Create Message" under SMS function Step 2 Key m one of the following listed codes for your preferred news: STNews OR
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      599 7 HAJ RED ALERT Crack troops deployed to protect Mecca's faithful from terrorists 2 million pilgrims MECCA, about 70km east of the Saudi port city of JeMaH, Is the birthplace of Islam's Prophet Muhammad and home to one of its holiest sites. Most of the 1.2 million pilgrims arriving from all
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      Lock icon Two in the bag for Kerry
      839 10  - Two in the bag for Kerry ROGER MITTON New Hampshire Primary After lowa triumph he achieves another stunning victory, and looks set for Democratic nomination By tN NEW HAMPSHIRE He has the best credentials and he is the most experienced man. I want someone who looks presidential. President Bush is
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      Lock icon Seven contests in southern and western states
      219 10 cofliesis, ißCiuuiag we tirst primaries m me soothers and western United States, loom just a weefc away for survivors of Tuesday's new nampsiure primary. Holding Democratic contests on Tuesday are the states of Arizona, Delaware, Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South
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      Lock icon John Kerry: A liberal Democrat with centrist instincts
      574 10 John Kerry: A liberal Democrat with centrist instincts WASHINGTON When then US President Bill Clinton was looking for support m Congress for normalising trade relations with China four years ago, he found an unlikely ally. Mr John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator better known as a liberal Democrat than a champion
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      Lock icon Saddam 'destroyed some banned weapons in 90s'
      518 11 Saddam 'destroyed some banned weapons in 90s' Disclosure by former US chief arms inspector shows Saddam tried to disarm before Bush began pushing for war If the weapons programmes existed on the scale we anticipated, we would have found something that leads to that conclusion. Instead, we found other evidence
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      Lock icon Bush evades questions on Iraq's WMD
      324 11 WASHINGTON US President George W. Bush has defended his decision to go to war m Iraq, even as he refrained from repeating his earlier assertions that Saddam Hussein had possessed weapons of mass destruction. Days after top US arms inspector David Kay said he
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      Lock icon Three killed in car-bomb attack at Baghdad hotel
      368 11 Three killed in car-bomb attack at Baghdad hotel BAGHDAD A suspected suicide bomber blew up his car outside a hotel m central Baghdad shortly after dawn yesterday, killing three Iraqis, wounding several others and ripping the front off the threestorey building. Police said up to four people could have been
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      Lock icon Who wants to be called Saddam?
      186 11 BAGHDAD The strapping Iraqi shepherd hardly looks like someone whom people would dare to insult. But Mr Saddam Hussein Nasaar, 24, has been taunted and teased ever since American troops toppled the Iraqi dictator last year. Now he has had enough, and plans to
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      Lock icon Blair's double triumph
      642 12  -  ALFRED LEE by KOKTHK. STRAITS TIM KS Before Wearing a worried look, British PM Tony Blair (left) leaves Downing Street for the House of Commons where MPs will vote on his controversial plan to raise university fees. After All smiles from Mr Blair as he emerges from
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      Lock icon Key points of report on Kelly's death
      63 12 BRITISH judge Lord Hutton yesterday released a 328-page report on the death of weapons expert David Kelly. Dr Kelly killed himself last June after being named as the source of a BBC report alleging the government sexed up claims about Iraqi weapons to
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      Lock icon NO UNDERHAND STRATEGY
      157 12 MR TONY Blair's government did not act m a "dishonourable, underhand or duplicitous" way m the Kelly case. The expert's death plunged the Prime Minister into his worst political crisis since coming to power m May 1997While Mr Blair and senior officials were directly involved m talks
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      Lock icon THE BBC SUMMED
      117 12 LORD Hutton heavily criticised the BBC, singling out journalist Andrew Gilligan, the broadcaster's management and its supervisory board of governors. He said the BBC's editorial system was "defective" m permitting a report alleging the government "sexed up' intelligence m its 2002 dossier and the BBC's management was
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      Lock icon ARMS EXPERT KILLED HIMSELF
      111 12 DR KELLY, who was found dead m woodland last June, took his own life and no one could have foreseen his suicide, said Lord Hutton. "I am satisfied that Dr David Kelly took his own life by cutting his left wrist and that his death was
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      Lock icon DEFENCE MINISTRY SHOULD HAVE HELPED
      102 12 MINISTRY of Defence officials could have given Dr Kelly more help when they confirmed his identity to reporters, said Lord Hutton. 'The decision by the Ministry of Defence to confirm Dr Kelly's name was not part of a covert strategy to leak his name, but
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Expensive bedding costs envoy his job
        138 13 MEXICO SACKS AMBASSADOR MEXICO CITY A taste for costly bedding has led the Mexican ambassador at the Paris-based Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development to lose his job. The Foreign Relations Department announced on Tuesday that Mr Carlos Flores Alcocer had been removed from
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        112 13 SAN FRANCISCO A California judge has ruled that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger broke state law by borrowing more than US$4.5 million (Ss7-6 million) to finance his run for governor m last October's recall election. In a preliminary decision that could force Mr Schwarzenegger to repay
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        Lock icon BOSTON MOBSTER FLEMMI GETS LIFE
        113 13 BOSTON Stephen The Rifleman" Flemmi, a mobster who played a central role m a scandal that exposed the Boston FBl's overly cosy relationship with its underworld informants, has been sentenced to life m prison for 10 murders. Flemmi, 69, struck a deal with prosecutors m
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        Lock icon AUSSIE AID FOR WWII HEROINE
        83 13 SYDNEY Australianborn Nancy Wake, the wartime French resistance fighter who became her country's most decorated war heroine, is to receive government assistance m recognition of her contribution, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. The 91-year-old former secret agent, known m wartime France as "the White
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        41 13 Japan's former foreign minister Yukihiko Ikeda died yesterday, according to parliament officials. He was 66. Agnetha Faltskog, 53, of one-time Swedish pop sensation Abba, lias signed a deal to produce an album. My Colouring Book iier first m 1 7 years.
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        49 13 Quoteworthy 'What she basically says is that the average Australian is too stupid to think about anything that's the least bit pliilosophical or important. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, criticising Australian-born feminist author Cermaine Greet*, who described Australians as "too relaxed to give a damn" m a newspaper article.
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      508 13 Tape reveals heroism of 9/1 1 flight attendant Steady voice of doomed American Airlines worker Betty Ong is heard for first time m public at inquiry into terror attacks on US WASHINGTON The veteran flight attendant for American Airlines could not have sounded much calmer on the morning of Sept
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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        Lock icon A Beijing set piece
        580 14 WITH their usual flair for elegance, the French have been putting on show-stoppers all week to impress visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. The Eiffel Tower was design-lit m a crimson glow m honour of the Chinese New Year. The Champs-Elysees witnessed a Chinese-theme parade headlined by
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      583 14  -  DMITRY SHLAPENTOKH By I OR THE STRAITS TIMES AT THIS MOMENT, ONE MUST REMEMBER THIS TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS IN A SENSE THE AGGREGATE RESULT OF THE EFFORTS OF MANY NATIONS OF THE EARTH, INCLUDING RUSSIA. THE recent American landing on Mars and
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      Lock icon Relearning the lessons of Vietnam and Malaya
      1684 14  -  GREG MILLS By FOR THE STRAITSTIMES WITHOUT... A CONDITION- RATHER THAN DEADLINE-BASED APPROACH TO THE HANDOVER... IRAQ RUNS A GREATER RISK OF EMERGING AS A FAILED STATE FROM ITS TRANSITION PROCESS. BY THE time of Mr George W. Bush's State of the Union
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      Lock icon When the haves worry more than the have-nots
      1121 15  -  JOHN GAPPER By FINANCIAL TIMES mm power OF DISTRIBUTORS: Companies such as Wal-Mart not only source their supplies globally but also control their supply chains and manufacturing operations meticulously to reduce inventory, and squeeze out all possible costs. IT WAS NOT LONG
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      946 15  - Cola giants in India running low on fizz SIDDHARTH SRIVASTAVA By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES NEW DELHI In a globalised world, often it is not nations but multinational corporations which are seen as the exploiters. Such is the reputation, even if untrue, of the two cola giants, Coca-Cola and Pepsi,
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      365 16 HOW COULD CITIBANK, AN ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE, IGNORE THE BASK PRECEPTS OF CONTRACTUAL LAW? IN READING the letters ("No deal but insurance certificates sent"; ST, Jan 17) from Mr Ong Swee Seng and Mr Siow Yeow Ping, the aberrant feature is the action of
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      336 16 New Sweep comes with bigger prizes and higher chances WE WOULD like to clarify some points raised m the letter by Mr Leong Sze Hian, "Is it now really easier to strike it rich?" (ST, Jan 20). The new game structure for the Singapore Sweep was introduced to make the
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      246 16 CITIBANK REPLIES WE REFER to the letters by Mr Ong Swee Seng and Mr Siow Yeow Ping which were published under the headline, "No deal but insurance certificates sent" (ST,Janl7). In Mr Ong's case, we reviewed the taped conversation and found that there could have
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      446 16 THE SINGTEL-SCV DISPUTE THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT IN THE NAME OF TRANSPARENCY REVEAL COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE INFORMATION, OTHERWISE CONFIDENCE IN SINGAPORE'S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT MIGHT BE HIT. WE REFER to Mr Bryan Lee's commentary, "Mita's silence on ruling troubling" (ST, Jan 26). The writer took issue
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      383 16 New Supplementary Retirement Scheme cap applies to contributions made in 2004 IN HIS letter, "Questions on new cap for SRS contribution" (ST, Jan 20), Mr Chee Chi Meng asked how the new Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) contribution cap will be applied. The new SRS contribution cap took effect from Jan
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      180 16 IPOs: No minimum put on public tranche WE REFER to Mr Lee KwokWeng's letter, "Share public offerings: The man m the street should not be ignored" (ST, Jan 26). Mr Lee asked the authorities to look into the "disparity" between large private placements of new listings and the small quantities
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      8 1 The Straits Times home Thursday, January 29, 2004
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      48 1 ROBIN'S ROUND FRIEND *We wanted a round friend of Robin and so Friar Tuck was born. Assistant Professor Martin Henz on his company's name. One of its first jobs was for a round-robin sports event. Now, Friar Tuck's software is being used to schedule Nasa scientists' work shifts
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      524 1  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN With the steady fall of COE prices, the $17,000 rebate for the red plate is now proportionately larger, so sales are up By SEXIOR CORRESPONDENT TAKE OUR HYUNDAI ACCENT, WHICH IS RETAILING AT $54,888. AFTER THE $17,000 REBATE, THAT'S $37,888. IMAGINE
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      665 2  -  JANE NG And Anderson Primary is not stopping there next year, the school plans to add drama and IT to the list Bu. AT ANDERSON Primary School, some pupils are being streamed not by their marks m maths and mother tongue but by
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      411 2  -  KELVIN WONG JOANN TAN Most are surplus units built under Sers and were not taken up Bu and THE flats are "leftovers" from previous balloting exercises, but tell that to the 5,000 people who thronged the Housing Board's latest walk-in selection
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      363 4 Founder of Pat's Schoolhouse also left out an income of $462,750 PATS Schoolhouse, a popular preschool for children from well-to-do families, was hauled to court yesterday by the taxman for filing incorrect tax returns for six years. Its founder and director, Mrs Patricia Koh,
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      526 4  -  GLENYS SIM Bu Tve lost my mother and my business. MrSewWeng Cheong, Madam Ho's only son TRYING to escape from a fire m a noodle factory, Madam Ho Fong Siew climbed out onto the low roof at the rear of the
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      578 4  -  SELINA LUM The 46-year-old, who slashed his estranged hawker wife repeatedly with a chopper, is slated to be sentenced today By JOHNNY lim was supposed to serve the tail end of nis 21--month jail term at home with an electronic monitoring
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      271 4 THE mastermind of a syndicate that specialised m supplying fall guys to hawkers employing illegal workers was jailed for 4x h years yesterday. Alan Wong Eng Kwee, the manager of a karaoke lounge, had pleaded guilty last month to 10 corruption charges. Another
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        137 4 A TEENAGER lost his mobile phone to a man pretending to be a police officer. The 15-year-old and two other friends were walking along Upper Boon Keng Road at about 4.30pm on Tuesday when they were approached by a man who claimed to be
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        68 4 A WOMAN found her wallet containing $130 m cash missing from her handbag, which she had left on a chair next to her while she was having lunch. At about 12.30pm on Tuesday, the woman, m her late 60s, had gone to a coffeeshop m New
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      709 6 CRACK COPS TO TAKE ON TERRORISTS jytujytjj Ready to go at a moment's notice, members of the heavily-armed police Special Tactics and Rescue unit were trained to knock out hostagetaking gunmen. These top cops tell Defence Correspondent DAVID BOEY how their mission has changed since 9/1 1 jhgjhgjhgj THE crack
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      456 7  - Silk Air pilots strike salary deal KARAMJIT KAUR Under first collective agreement, minimum basic pay will be about §7,050, almost the same as before last July's pay cuts By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT SILKAIR pilots have struck a deal with the airline's top brass over salaries and working conditions. Under the new
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      70 7 are (from left) Sergeant Dudi Arfan, 25, and Staff Sergeant Teo, who worked on the vehicle theft cases; Staff Sergeant Quairol Jumahat, 28, a paramedic who helped with some 20 casualties when a lorry overturned in August at the junction of Admiralty Road East and Sembawang
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      326 7 A HALF-BURNT piece of paper with a person's name led to the arrest of two teenagers involved m 10 cases of arson. All the fires took place at the stairwells of Housing Board blocks m the Bukit Panjang area m September and October
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      442 7  -  K.C. VIJAYAN Only Australia and New Zealand have such environment for business m the region Bu SINGAPORE poses low security risk and insignificant political risk for companies wanting to do business here this year, according to a global forecast by an international business consultancy.
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        660 9 Based on photos, scientists say the bedrock's layers may have been formed by water-swept sediment or volcanic ash 'IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING BEYOND WORDS TO GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THESE THINGS.' Dr Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at Cornell University
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        338 9 SINGAPORE is playing a small part m ensuring that the Mars missions continue smoothly. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) is using a Singapore company's software to schedule its many scientists' work shifts, so there are always qualified people on hand to
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        83 10 Find of mammoth proportion THRILLED with his "jackpot" find, Dr Neville Hollingworth poses with the skull of a mammoth believed to be 50,000 years old at his home m Cirencester, Gloucestershire, recently. Dr Hollingworth, a palaeontologist for the Natural Environment Research Council m Swindon, discovered the skull while digging m
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        399 10 The agency is confident even though much work still needs to be done to make the spacecraft safer WASHINGTON Despite uncertainties about how Nasa will comply with some requirements for returning the shuttle fleet to space, officials of the agency said on Tuesday
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        182 10 BRUSSELS The European Union's technology chief on Tuesday welcomed Microsoft founder Bill Gates' campaign for a technical solution to junk e-mail, but said other measures were needed, too. Mr Gates has said he will develop computer software to halt unsolicited e-mails, known as
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      8 1 The Straits Times asia Thursday, January 29, 2004
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      40 1 SILENCE IS GOLDEN 'Born m the Year of the Monkey, I must hold my tongue this year as I'm more likely to get into serious trouble. Taiwanese Vice-President Annette Lv, disclosing her astrologer's advice to be less outspoken this year
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      513 1  -  NIRMAL GHOSH BIRD FLU CRISIS: THAI GOVT ADMITS... Officials made mistakes and were not trying to cover up outbreak, government says m response to criticism, vowing to punish those involved By THAU AND CORRESPONDENT Singapore bans imports of Chinese poultry: Page A2 Tan Tock Seng Hospital to
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      52 2 *A quick response is crucial. Even if Malaysia hasn't declared it has bird flu yet 9 we will declare a ban the minute we get onfefiqse. fThose chickens already here uM c$ be^stroyed.' +jbjjiGkam Sin Bin, AVA'i idepnty chief executive officer, on being vigilant against chicken imports
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      557 2  -  SHARMILPAL KAUR Impact on supplies m the markets will not be great because Singapore does not import very much poultry from China B£ SINGAPORE yesterday banned imports of live birds, poultry and poultry products from China, a day after it confirmed an outbreak of bird flu.
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      Lock icon Understanding the virus
      129 2 Travel advice: Travellers to areas experiencing outbreaks should avoid contact with live-animal markets and poultry farms. Food safety: Processed poultry products and eggs are considered to pose no risk, but as a precaution, consumers should ensure that all food has been thoroughly cooked. Human symptoms: They can
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      Lock icon Tan Tock Seng, now designated bird-flu hospital
      421 2 By SALMA kII AI Ik HEALTH CORRESPONDKXT FORMER Sars Central Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) is now the place for all patients suspectea of having contracted bird flu. A directive was sent out to all hospitals and clinics on Monday by the Health
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      Lock icon Asia could lose billions if virus mutates
      534 3  -  WILLIAM CHOONG A major crisis m the chicken industry wkiph wmld reduce supply arid push up disproportionately consumers. 9^ Govt coffers hit hard by massive culling, but losses could equal those during Sars epidemic m worst-case scenario By THE mass culling of chickens
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      602 3  - China seeks to calm public after outbreak in the south CHUA CHIN HON By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING China yesterday moved to calm public concerns about the outbreak of bird flu m the country's south as officials began a mass culling of poultry m two other provinces where
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      Lock icon Jakarta split over culling poultry
      395 3  -  DEVI ASMARANI By THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU Disease hits daily life AN INDONESIAN farm worker (above) putting dead chickens into a sack before burying them m Bali yesterday. Indonesia will decide later this week whether to cull chickens m a bid to stop the
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      319 3  - Brazil reaps windfall from crisis LING CHANG HONG Bu BRAZILIAN chicken meat exports are flying high. Many countries affected by the bird flu crisis, including Singapore, are turning to the South American nation already the world's top poultry exporter for their supplies. Lifted first by a recent case of mad-cow
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      664 3  -  LEE KIM CHEW NEWS ANALYSIS by WHEN Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra went on television last week and ate grilled chicken to dispel fears that Thai farms were infected by a deadly bird virus, it was a lesson too late for learning.
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      570 4  -  WILLIAM CHOONG Infected birds on long flights may have spread the virus Bu 'Don't feed wild birds, dm'tg& near them, dont touch them/ Mr Rone! Avila, quarantine chief at the yujnjnyukhghgm,ykjhgkmhjytijytjihg AS BIRD flu continues to ravage Asia, scientists around the world are grappling with how
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      256 4 BANGKOK Intensive farming, with concentrations of animals living m close proximity to humans, has boosted the incidence of animal diseases affecting humans, such as the deadly bird flu. "As soon as you have this constellation high density of animals and close association with humans you are
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      239 4 BANGKOK The main strategy to contain bird flu the mass slaughter of chickens could inadvertently help turn the virus into a form which is far more threatening to humans. UN officials have pressed countries m the region to accelerate their culling of chickens but say
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        733 5 Hu gets down to business with the French 'China has become a reality for many of us instead of just a long-term ambition that it was still a few years ago: Mr Henri Proglio, chairman of French utilities group Veolia, on French companies taking a larger slice of the Chinese
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        45 5 EPA Visitors to a park m central Beijing enjoy the latest winter sport of ice cycling. Bicycles that seat two people are modified with a skate instead of a front wheel and have proved popular with young and old alike.
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        Lock icon US 'plans offensive against AL-Qaeda in Pakistan'
        206 5 WASHINGTON The US military is planning an offensive that would reach inside Pakistan m coming months to try to destroy operations of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, the Chicago Tribune reported yesterday. The paper, m a report from Washington citing military sources, said
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        409 5 They pledge to boost cross-strait ties to help businesses TAIPEI Taiwan's presidential candidates have turned their attention to mainland-based Taiwanese businessmen in their bid to win votes in the neck-and-neck race. Mr Lien Chan of the Kuomintang (KMT) has outlined several policies
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        242 5 SEOUL Many North Koreans bareW get enough to eat. But the capital of the reclusive country is awash m good restaurants for those who can afford it, according to a food guide compiled by three foreign aid workers. Eating Out m Pyongyang lists
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        508 6  -  LESLIE LAU Malaysian Cabinet approves amendments to rape laws after a number of recent brutal rape and murder cases By IN kIAI.AI.IMPVR MALAYSIA will amend its rape laws to introduce a mandatory death sentence for rapists who also kill their victims. The Cabinet
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        384 6 'THE APPROACH TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS 111 Vwlvlb UliVliUvli I Illy IS IN LINE WITH THE ASIAN SPIRIT EMPHASISING A PEACEFUL APPROACH.' Associate Professor Ahmad Faiz Hamid of Iniversiti Utara Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian historians and political observers
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        229 6 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor S. Jayakumar, will be m Manila for two days from tomorrow. He will join his East Asian and Latin American counterparts to discuss issues of common concern. They will also strive to boost cooperation between the two
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        556 6  -  ROBERT GO DPM LEE IN JAKARTA Muslim leaders give assurance tnat polls won't produce shift to radicalism by THE STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA Bl REAI JAKARTA Indonesians are confident of the country's future regardless of who emerges as the winner of this year's parliamentary and first
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        311 6  -  LUZ BAGUIORO By PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA The Philippines' armed forces chief revealed yesterday that the authorities had uncovered what he called "a new destabilisation plot" against President Gloria Arroyo. General Narciso Abaya said the clandestine rebel group of junior military officers was called "Filipino
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        289 6  -  Lydia Lim JAKARTA Malaysian bomb maker and Jemaah Islamiah (JI) member Azahari Hussein, who is on the run from the law, told his wife who is dying of cancer that he could not be with her as he had "a higher calling" to
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        35 6 \n Indonesian soldier checking firearms seized from Aceh rebels at military headquarters in Jakarta yesterday. The military claims that about 1,000 rebel firearms had been confiscated by the end of last year. EPA
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          64 6 MORE than 1,000 schools have closed and some monks began evacuating their temples as tensions intensified yesterday between Buddhists and Muslims m southern Thailand, officials and media reports said. Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, meeting local leaders from the Mus-lim-dominated south, said the leaders told
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          37 6 FORMER Philippine vicepresident Salvador Laurel, who has been fighting charges of graft, died of cancer early yesterday. Mr Laurel, 75, died at the Stanford Hospital and Clinics m San Francisco. AP
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          63 6 TIMOR Leste prosecutors called yesterday for public hearings about their case against Indonesia's former military chief, indicted a year ago over the violence that engulfed the nation m 1999Prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for Wiranto. Prosecutor General Longuinhos Monteiro alleged last week that
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          55 6 AN IRANIAN asylum seeker who set himself on fire outside the offices of the United Nations refugee agency m Kuala Lumpur is dead. Mr Gulam Hassan Anwari, 50, died on Tuesday at Kuala Lumpur hospital nine hours after torching himself to protest against a refusal
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          65 6 MALAYSIA has ordered a former army officer suspected of involvement m the Sept 11 terror attacks and m a programme by Al-Qaeda to develop chemical weapons to be imprisoned for at least two more years, a government official said yesterday. Yazid Sufaat
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          83 6 MALAYSIA'S Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said the authorities would investigate a report that the country was part of a supply network for Libya's now renounced nuclear programmes. The New Straits Times newspaper quoted him as saying there were serious doubts about
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        43 7 SCHIZOPHRENIC SPANIARD Tm the happiest man and the saddest tnan m the world at the same time. Jose Antonio Reyes, on signing for Arsenal from Se villa. He says Arsenal are die best English club while Sevilla are the best Spanish sidle. SeeAB
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        463 7  -  G. SIV AKKUMARAN SOCCER by2 IF NATIONAL coach Raddy Avramovic could wish for anything, it would be that his players stop shooting themselves in the foot. Last night, after trailing Norway 0-2, Singapore managed to haul themselves back to 2-2, thanks to a goal apiece by
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        647 7  -  JEFFREY LOW Backline to blame as Raddy's Lions fall 2-5 to Norway By SOCCER CORRESPONDENT ON A wet and treacherous night, when the wretched monsoon turned Kallang into a bog suited more for mudlarking, one would have thought that the Lions would prevail hands down.
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        382 7  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Written By SINGAPORE'S best three-year-olds are set to do battle m what shapes as an intriguing race m Saturday afternoon's $125,000 Paititi Gold Trophy (Spore Gr.3, 1200 m) at the Singapore racecourse. The quality of three-year-olds m Singapore is most impressive
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        348 7 THE SEA GAMES SINGAPORE will gain an additional three bronzes from last month's Vietnam South-east Asia Games, following the disqualification of five athletes four from Vietnam and one from Myanmar for doping. In addition, two bronze medals won by Singapore will be upgraded to silvers. All
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        320 7 SATURDAY'S $125,000 Paititi Gold Trophy (Spore Gr.3, 1200 m) is the first feature race for the new season and it, along with some other timehonoured events, have undergone some changes. The Paititi Gold Trophy was won last year by Lim's Grand but it
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        819 8 1. RUUDVANNISTELROOY (froiii PSV Eindhoven, £*****1100,2001) Even a serious knee injury did not deter Ferguson from getting the Dutchman, and he made an immediate Impact when he oined United, scoring 98 goals n 129 appearances. His goals helped United pip Arsenal to last year's title. 2.QLE6UNNARSOLSKJAER (from
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        645 8 Jose who SOCCER Arsenal splurge $62 million on talented but little known Spaniard, 20 LONDON One week after Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was only "20 per cent" sure of signing a player during this month's transfer window, he splashed more than £20 million (Ss62 million) for one Jose
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        434 8 LONDON The price of Sir Alex Ferguson's feud with Manchester United's biggest shareholder became clear yesV 5 tecday when the most success- ful manager m British football was forced to settle for a drastically scaled-down new contract. !«;^*|gijßi current contract would f
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        175 8 BIRMINGHAM Bolton manager Sam Allardyce was left "speechless" after watching his side survive the final minutes of "bedlam" to enter the League Cup final, reported Soccernet. Inspired by Jay-Jay Okocha m the first leg, which saw them hold a 5-2 advantage, Bolton had to weather an
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        761 8 AMERICAN FOOTBALL BOSTON Winning m American football is not good business. Just ask the New England Patriots. The American Football Conference champions will play m the Super Bowl lor the second time m three years, and for the third time m the past
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        819 9 TENNIS With Roddick out, winner of their semi-final could take over as world No 1 MELBOURNE Fluid and ferocious m equal measure, Roger Federer felled his nemesis David Nalbandian yesterday to reach his first Australian Open semi-final. The 7-5, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory
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          92 9 TIM Duncan collected 30 points and 19 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the New York Knicks 77-67 on Tuesday for just their third National Basketball Association win m their last 11 trips to Madison Square Garden. The Spurs shot just 38
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          88 9 AUSTRALIA prop Ben Darwin, 28, has quit after suffering what he described as a terrifying neck injury during last year's Rugby World Cup semi-fi-nal win over New Zealand. "Upon review of my injury, the doctors have decided that it is necessary for me to
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        562 9  -  TAY CHENG KHOON BADMINTON By DEPITY SPORTS EDITOR THERE were brave karaoke singers, good food, plenty of cash and sound advice wnen the Singapore Badminton Association held their South-east Asia Games celebration dinner at the Pan Pacific Hotel last night. Although they returned
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        352 9 BASKETBALL NBA: New jersey 9<» Philadelphia 76. Phoenix 89 Atlanta 85. sa'- MOM 7 New y ork 67. Dallas 118 Seattle 116. LA Clippers 102 Chicago 92 GOLF Letting world rankings (USA unless stated, previous ranking m brackets): 1 Tiger Woods '3.92 pts average 2 !2) Vijay
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        845 10 ANNABELLA DORAISAMY nee CHRISTIE (wife of the late Bishop Theodore R Doraisamy and loving sister of the late Mr JT Christie) passed away peacefully on 27 Jan 2004 into the sunshine of God's love, leaving behind: Children: Preima, Padhma, Heima and Rabi Sons-in-law: Ramani Fernandez and Aziz Choudhury Daughter-in-law: Jenny
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        62 11 J«n2B CHANCE HONGKONG: Hang Seng *****.78 -330.10 MALAYSIA: KLSE Comp 819.85 -3.42 China: Sftenihen 8 Closed Australia: Sydney An Ord 3292.20 -32.50 JAPAN: MM *****.47 -75.56 THAILAND: SET index 722.14 -17.33 INDONESIA: JaHarta Comp 767.11 -5.38 PHILIPPINES: Manila Comp 1548.97 -16.03 SOUTH KOREA: Seoul Comp 859.59 -3.44 J«n27
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        36 11 TionqWoonlOc 68,709,000 Wee Poh 0.5 c 51,644,000 Speedy-Tech 5c 35,534,000 Action Asia 10c 30,380,000 HorizonEOuc 5c 27,493,000 Pac Andes 20c 26,646,000 Celestial US6c 25,105,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 25.082,000 Rotary EnqgtOc 24,388.000 GoodpacK 1c 23,538.000
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        41 11 Ching* Straits Times Index 1862.84 -41.71 BT 08/ OS -168.00 -15.00 BT CAOI -*****.00 -210.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -17.00 UOB Sesdaq 115.50 -2.23 UOB Blue Chip 669.62 -13.85 STI Futures 1855 -55 SIMSCI 227.11 -5.15 SiMSCI Futures 226.80 -5.20
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        103 11 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Mtln Sdq Totil Multilnd 21,897 21,897 23,748 23.748 Manufacturg 350,270 36,561 386,831 312.171 13,878 326.049 Commerce 106,661 9,517 116,178 53,159 3.047 56.206 Tpt/Stor/Com 171,232 523 171,755 193,225 335 193.560 Finance 32,017 15,466 47,483 153,667 11,187 164,853 Construction 52,267 71,597 123,864
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        5033 11 hgjhgjhgjhg MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Tel Currency last 'Vol Day Cr'» Nat M Cap WHi t— Ml Cn>«) lnt* Sat. r- OOP Wan Iw M»H »/E $11 13.5 4.5 WOO Acma5c 10 ♦0.5 2314 10 9.5 78.1 1001 Alliance Tecp... 11.5 susp 9.5 32.5 6.5 1002
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        219 11 STOCK PRICES LEGEND NOTES Straits Times Index Stock! All shares quoted have par value of S' and are traded .n lots of 1, 000 N Not or Tax-exempted divMeMl xd shares each unless otherwise specif ieo ex-dlvldend Currency traded -SS unless otherwise specified ctf cum dividend ct condftlonal
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        412 12 Weaker-than-expected data casts cloud over manufacturing recovery; sales of new homes also record unexpected drop WASHINGTON New orders for long-lasting United States goods were unchanged last month, m a weaker-than-expected government report that raised questions about the strength of the manufacturing recovery. And a separate
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        72 12 SALES of new US homes fell unexpectedly last month as the strongest home-selling year on record ended with a whimper. New single-family home sales dropped 5.1 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.06 million units from an upwardly revised rate of 1.117 million
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        126 12 mjii Company Clou Canon Inc 5540 140 Denso Corp 2050 -20 East Japan Rail *****0 5000 Fanuc Ltd 6810 -90 Fuji Photo Film 3500 90 Fujitsu 688 -20 Hitachi 695 -1 Honda Motor 4430 -50 Ito YoKado 3630 10 Kansai Electric 1940 6 Kao 2260 5 Kyocera Corp 7900
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        69 12 Yesterdays close: 13,431.78 (Down 330.10 points) Shares dosed sharply lower as bird flu and share-placement worries weighed on market sentiment, prompting-investors to flump tneir noioirnjs. Renewed bird flu fears led investors to sell progerty and bank shares. Stocks were also pulled down by news that
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        141 12 jhgjhgjhgjhg Camoany C\ta Bank Of China HK 14.63 -0.15 BanK Of East Asia 25.10 -0.80 Cathay Pacific 14.20 -0.35 Cheung Kong 73.25 -3.25 Ch Kong Infra 19.70 -0.05 China Moßile 26.70 -1.05 China Res Entp 10.25 -0.35 China Unicorn 9.30 -0.45 CITIC Pacific 21.55 -1.05 CLP 37.40 0.10
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        60 12 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES CrudWProduct Month* Cbinq* Prlct (USS) BBL Br*ntßl»nd.._ Ftb 0.44 30.11-30.16 W T*»as inttrm ft& 0.06 33.98-34.02 DiiOaiFateft Feb -0.46 28.04-28.09 TaDisßl*nd Ftb 0.20 34.10-34.20 Timing of c»rgo»v Prices as at 14:00 Crud«/Product Month* Chinqt Prlct (USS) BBL Minas Feb 0.20 33.10-33.20 Naphtha CIF Jap *2JSfrZ2S 337.50-342.50 Naphtha
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        142 12 Amazon's revenues climbed to US$l.95 billion (553.33 billion) m the latest quarter, up 36 per cent from a year before and ahead of the US$l.B6 billion that Wall Street had expected. However, domestic sales growth fell to 18 per cent; Sales m its electronics and other general merchandise
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        24 12 Jan 16 close: 287.98 China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges were closed for the Chinese New Year-fcoflaj*. Trading wiH resume todafl^
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        129 12 jhgjhgjhgj Foreign Currency Not* Rates (9am, Jan 28) Buying Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.3120 1.3270 Canadian dollar 1.2880 1.3030 Euro 2.1270 2.1520 N2 dollar 1.1390 1.1640 Sterling pound s 3.0760 3.1110 US dollar 1.6860 1.7050 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign
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        69 12 Yesterdays close: 3,292.2 (Down 32.5 points) Australian share prices closed down 0.98 per cent after overnight losses on Wall Street and a surge m the Australian dollar hit exporters and News Corp, dealers said. Paterson Ord Minnet senior institutional dealer Rick Klusman said the Australian dollar was
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        693 12 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS hjhgjhgjhgj 52-Wk Ttl Last Vol Day Last Quote High Low Code Company Salt +or- 'OOP High Low Buyr S«ltf 49.5 2 3698 ASTI W*****1 38.5 -2.5 385 40.5 37.5 36 38.5 4.5 0.5 3697 Acma W*****6 0.5 05 142 48 3602 AmtekWOso6lo 114 111 lie 9.5 0.5
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        72 12 Yesterdays close: 10,852.47 (Down 75.56 points) Japanese share prices fell 0.69 per cent as renewed yen appreciation, a decline m US hightech stocks overnight and caution ahead of quarterly earnings announcements cast a cloud over the market, dealers said. The US dollar was hovering around
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        151 12 Kraft to cut 6,000 jobs and close 20 plants CHICAGO Kraft Foods said on Tuesday that it will eliminate 6,000 jobs, or 6 per cent of its workforce, and close 20 plants worldwide over the next three years as part of a restructuring. This follows more than a year of
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        129 12 jhgjhjhgjhjg Company Clo— AMMB Holdings 3.44 -0.08 B Amer Tobacco 44.00 0.75 Berjaya Sports 4.44 -0.06 Commerce Asstt 4.56 -0.08 oigi.com 3.48 -0.04 Gamufla 6.30 unch Ctnting 16.90 -0.30 Golden Hop* 3.54 -0.02 Hong Leonq Bank 5.50 unch 101 Corp 8.00 -0.15 XL Ktpong 6.40 -0.10 Lafarge MCement
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        60 12 Yesterday's close: 819.85 (Down 3.42 ppints) While concern of fifrtflu deepened, some late support for key blue chips such as British American Tobacco Malaysia and top bank Malayan Banking helped fj the market to close off its lows. Volume was 430.<Bj||!|_v J, shares worth RM955 ttmms^^
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        Lock icon Low prices boost Amazon's sales but eat into profits
        406 12 Low prices boost Amazon's sales but eat into profits SAN FRANCISCO Amazon.com's recipe of low prices and free shipping for online shoppers fed a boom m international sales during the holiday season, lifting the Internet retailer's revenues ahead of most Wall Street estimates. While powering a 74-per-cent jump m revenues
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        127 12 jhghjhgjhg Company Clos* AMP Limited 4.51 -0.12 ANZ Bank Grp 17.51 -0.24 Brambles Ind 5.20 -0.08 Broken Hill Prop 11.44 -0.22 Coles Myer 7.35 -0.03 CSL 17.90 -0.25 CSR Ltd 1.81 -0.02 C'wealth Bank 30.30 -0.33 Foster's Crp 4.34 -0.01 General Prop Trt 2.98 -0.01 Macquarie Bank 34.12 -0.18
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        583 12 hgjhgkjhkjh OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT EURODOLLAR FUTURES M«rO4 98.845 98.850 98.840 98.840 4154 ***** JunO4 98.725 98.730 98.720 98.720 6350 ***** S«oO4 98.490 98.505 98.485 98.485 ***** ***** D«cO4 98.145 98.155 98.130 98.130 ***** ***** MarOs 97 735 97.755 97.730 97.725 6550 9708 JunOs 97.325
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        159 12 BfIBTOCT Company Clou Anhui Gujing D B 4.58 0.02 Beijing Or Elec B 7.84 -0.09 Bengang Steel B 3.97 0.02 Ch Int Marine 14.90 -0.07 China M Shekou B 8.43 0.05 Ch South Class B 5.04 0.18 China Yank* B 5.91 0.18 Chqlng C Auto B 10.37 -0.08 Dalian
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        742 13 This trend over the past 10 election years also highlights voters' main concern: the state of the economy THE POPULACE VOTES WITH US POCKETBOOK. 1 R.W. Baird chief investment strategist Bruce Bittles NEW YORK In this presidential election year, Wall
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        Lock icon Aussie investors snapping up US real estate
        278 13 Aussie investors snapping up US real estate NEW YORK Investors from Australia, whose population is slightly larger than that of New York state, acquired US$2.4 billion (Ss4 billion) worth of real estate m the United States last year, more than foreign investors from any country but Germany. The Australians' investment
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          Lock icon Flextronics swings to profit on robust sales
          396 14 Flextronics swings to profit on robust sales It chalks up earnings of $36.5 million, benefiting from cuts to payroll and capacity and improved market conditions SAN FRANCISCO Flextronics International, the largest contract electronics manufacturer, on Tuesday reported a net profit for the quarter versus a net loss a year earlier
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          Lock icon Sony's third-quarter earnings down 26%
          190 14 TOKYO Sony, the world's second-largest consumerelectronics maker, said yesterday that third-quarter net income fell 26 per cent as it gained less revenue from Play Station 2 console sales and movie revenue declined. Group net income fell to 92.6 billion yen (Ssl.s billion) or 93.14 yen
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          180 14 SEOUL Prices of the most widely used computer memory' chip are poised to rise for a second week as suppliers such as Samsung Electronics switch production to make more profitable flash chips, a market exchange said. Spot prices of the 256-mega-bit, 333-megahertz
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          335 14 TOKYO Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) warned on Tuesday that Japanese companies could shift their financing activities out of Britain and the European Union (EU) if plans to impose new accounting standards on for-eign-listed companies went ahead. It said that forcing
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        472 15  - APB pays $122 m for share of China brewery AZHAR KHALID The acquisition of a 21% stake m Guangdong Brewery will help integrate its mainland operations byL MAINBOARD-LISTED Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) is expanding its footprint m the vast China beer market with its unit buying a 21-per-cent stake m
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        357 15 SingTel' s price fall not linked to Temasek stake sale January 28 2004 FIRST 9811 SECOND 0035 THIRD 8053 STARTERS 2594 3540 4356 6034 7059 2957 4850 2021 9706 7581 CONSOLATIONS 4889 8278 7924 7099 7037 7202 9231 9345 2365 4339 IT COULD have been a bit of a downer.
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        365 15  - BIL selling its entire 7.8% interest in Air NZ EDNA KOH By MAINBOARD-LISTED BIL International is selling its entire 7-8-per-cent stake m Air New Zealand (Air NZ), which is the last of its large passive investments. In light of this, Singapore Airlines which has a 6.5--per-cent stake m Air NZ
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        252 16 S'pore dollar climbs on talk of increased equity inflows THE Singapore dollar rose yesterday following increasing speculation that overseas demand for local shares is rising. It was up 0.43 per cent at 1.6942 against the US dollar late yesterday. That a flow of investment funds into the country is the
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        287 16  -  Bryan Lee SINGTEL has won a top award from Asian finance magazine The Asset for its financial transparency and good corporate governance. In the magazine's latest annual corporate governance survey of Asian companies, Sing Tel was placed first among local companies last year,
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        Lock icon DBS' first come, first served IPO scheme gets revamp
        460 16  -  LEE SU SHYAN Its changes aim to ensure fairer allotment of shares to investors of share issues, and to calm fears of anti-social behaviour at ATMs By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT DBS Bank is tweaking its "first come, first served" system for initial
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        391 16  -  NARENDRA AGGARWAL By UNITED Test and Assembly Center (Utac), a leading provider of chip-testing services, is next up on the first-come-first-served initial public offering (IPO) application system. Utac, which will become the second provider of chip-testing services to be listed on the Singapore Exchange after ST
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        249 16  -  AUDREY TAN By THE Attorney-General's Chambers has decided not to take action against Asia Food Properties (AFP), after a two-year investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) was declared closed yesterday. The investigation revolved around AFP's deposits of about $239 million with related parties,
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        247 17  - Osim's net profits up 40% at $24m LORN A TAN By COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT BOOSTED by consumers' heightened awareness towards health and nutrition, healthy lifestyle products maker and retailer Osim International yesterday unveiled a record 40--per-cent growth m fullyear net profits to $24.1 million. Turnover for the year ended Dec 31
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        269 17  - Condo sales in China lift Keppel Land earnings LEONG PIK YIN By BOOSTED by condominium sales m China, property group Keppel Land closed 2003 with an annual net profit of $100.6 million, a huge jump on the previous year's $26.4 million. Overall group sales more than doubled to $678.8 million,
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        Lock icon Raffles posts 20% profit growth, to return $416 in to shareholders
        274 17  -  TAN HUI YEE Bu HOTEL operator Raffles Holdings yesterday reported a 20-per-cent rise m full-year net profits to $54.1 million and said it would give back $416 million to its shareholders. This would be made up of a final
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        Lock icon Overseas ops give fillip to SFI results
        184 17 Overseas ops give fillip to SFI results SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI) yesterday reported a net profit of $30.8 million for the year ended Dec 31, 3 per cent higher than the $29.9 million earned the previous year. This was on the back of a 36.2-per-cent increase m revenue which hit
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        Lock icon SNP books record $9.8 in full-year gain
        211 17 SNP Corporation, the publishing arm of Singapore Technologies, yesterday reported record profits of $9.8 million, thanks to contributions from its recent Hong Kong acquisitions. The inclusion of revenues from Hong Kong-based SNP Vite and Hong Kong-listed SNP Leefung Holdings helped boost SNP's turnover
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        429 17  -  AZHAR KHALID TAKING STOCK Bti MARKETS CORRESPOSDENT RISING fears over the bird flu outbreak sparked by news that the virus has spread to China battered investor sentiment m the region and sent Asian markets tumbling yesterday. The Singapore bourse was the
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        Lock icon Fair Price ropes in Goh Chee Wee as China adviser
        549 17  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN It is understood that the former Comfort MD has already made field trips to China, where Fair Price is opening hypermarts By SENIOR CORRESPONDENT COUNTING ON EXPERIENCE According to insiders, Mr Goh's familiarity 7 with the China market
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        48 17 TOP RISES Jan 26 Cents CoscoCorpßCCPS 360 30.0 9.1 Goodpackic 99.5 4.0 4.2 Haw Par Corp 480 4.0 0.8 Craft Print 15c 10 3.0 42.9 MCLLand 145 3.0 2.1 Hwa Hong 25c 58.5 2.5 4.5 Broadway 20c 30 2.0 7.1 lsetansOc. 302 2.0 0.7 LCDev 11 2.0 22.2
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        44 17 TOP FALLS Jan 28 Cents Creative T 25c 1940 60.0 3.0 Venture Corp2sc 2260 60.0 2.6 JSHUSSCSOO 496 40.7 4.6 OBSGrp 1580 40.0 2.5 FSN 1310 30.0 2.2 OCBC 1250 30.0 2.3 SIASOc 1120 30.0 2.6 SPH 1900 30.0 1.6 UOB 1410 30.0 2.1
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        50 17 TOP FALLS J«n2B Cents KohßrosWM 1.5 25.0 0.5 Global Tech HKk 2 20.0 0.5 Transit 15c X) 20.0 2.5 ChipEnqS W*****2 2.5 16.7 0.5 SHC Capital We 10 16.7 2.0 GenMaq2oc M 12.5 2.0 DBSDBeCWMWII 25.5 12.1 3.5 Teamsphere WOB 8.5 10.5 1.0 BRC Asia 2.5 c. 9.5 9.5 1.0
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      10 18 JU.S.2M4 1,862.84 im Thursday, January 29, 2004
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      626 18  -  DBS will turn minority shareholder and lose management control of merged bank under Thai Danu-Thai Military deal By HUGH CHOW FINANCE CORRESPONDENT ENDING months of speculation, DBS Group Holdings' Thai unit DBS Thai Danu Bank yesterday announced it has signed a deal to merge with rival
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      200 5 Feng Jiangzhou performs with John Wong on Friday and Saturday at the Esplanade Recital Studio at 9.30pm. Taiwanese actor and musician Lin Giong will also make an appearance on Saturday. Tickets priced at $20 are available at Sistic (tel: 6348-5555). Do you want Beautiful Breasts? **For Beautiful Breastsvve^B/f[^^\ discovered only
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      38 6 The 76th Academy Awards airs live on Mar 1 at 9.30 am, with a repeat at 10pm on the same day. It will also be shown on Star Movies (Star Hub Ch 58) on Mar 3 at 9pm.
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      668 9 D.lO BALMORAL PT. 2500 sqft. 3+l. High floor. Nicely renovated, j Rental $5000 neg. CBRE *****686/ *****755 D.lO DUCHESS CREST. 1884 sq.ft. 4+l rms. Ground fir. Big balcony, j Pool view. Full facilities. Sale/ rental. Shuttle. DTZ *****034 PERFECT 4+l IN Orchard! Bel Air j with spacious rooms and all
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      1007 9 ■ffl DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Ejihl TANGLIN/ HOLLAND Jj PTE APTS -RENT •••STUDIO 2/ 3 bdrms. Opp MRT. New devt. $900-***** (all ar- < eas) Condo facilities. *****732 HORIZON VIEW. APPROX. 3000 sqft. High fir. 4+l. F/facilities, pte I lift, amenities, immed. *****011 3/BR REGENCY LODGE Imm Sneg near Great World City/
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      922 9 Bljli DO9-10 ORCHARD/ KiUd TANGLIN/ HOLLAND MM PTE APTS -RENT OXLEY RD 3-STOREY Townhse 8500 sqft. P/furn. At Orchard. Low Must view! *****588 D.09 FAR EAST Mansion. 3 rms. High fir. Quiet. Furn. Near Orchard/ city. SI.7K. *****077 PW D.lO SOMMERVILLE PK. Townhse. 4100 sqft. 4+l bdrms. Avail 3/'O4. $8.5
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      706 9 aO11& 21 NEWTON/ Wmk D11& 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI fell] BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS -RENT U PTE APTS RENT Near Newton Novena MRT stations Mins away from Orchard Rd/CBD with amenities close by Pool facing greenery Mable parquet flooring 3 and 3+ l bedrooms from 201 3 sq
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      798 9 BDIS-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT NEW! COSTA DEL Sol Pebble Bay Makena Costa Rhu Waterside Bayshore Atria Central Gr (MRT) 91 unit let us search for you! Can Co-broke 6221 0050 OPEN HOUSE. PEBBLE Bay. 3/ 4 1/ Penthse. Luxurious showflat avail. Call for appt at *****782/ *****963 KEW GREEN CORNER
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      893 9 iffjl 015-16 EAST COAST $1200! KATONG HAIC Gdn 3 bdrms. F/furn/ aircon. Well done Ground fir. 9457-4855 CLR PEBBLE BAY. FULL river view High fir 1894 sqft. 3+l. Part/ tun furn. Rent neg. *****161 L&S LOVELY LA VILLE Condo. 3 rms Fort Rd. Harmony Mans Duku. Pool/ gym. Ashley 9206-7615
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      957 10 ■Wl HOUSES FOR RENT JCTI HOUSES FOR RENT pROSPEROOs BlT! 22 24 afffl D 22-24 Eli] WIST mill WEST PTE APTS -RENT j^fl PTE APTS -RENT Along Pasir Panjang Swimming pool and Near NUS maid service Excellent accessibility Short term lease via AYE available 3 Bedrooms Utility Asking 552.000 Daniel
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      838 10 UNIVERSITY RD CHARMING semi-d s+l. 4000 sqft. Mature gdn. Patio. Renovated 4 yrs, cul-de-sac. 55.5K only! 9485-8595 Agt MERRYN RD. 3-STOREY bunglw. Almost new! Exclusive fittings. 4+l rms. All attached. 2 Jacuzzi baths. 59.5 K. 9631-9557 APPC 8 CHATSWORTH RD 2-storey bungalow 4+l. 24,000/ 6500 sqft. P/furn, large patio garden,
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      806 10 RJjl HOUSES FOR RENT SIAN TUAN 3-STOREY bunglw. 3 yrs. 6+l, koi pond, quiet. 5000/ j 4500 sqft. $10.5 K. 9068-5606 j TASTEFULLY DONE. (3 bedrooms) semi-detach (S/storey) Tanah Merah Besar Lane. *****322 MACPHERSON CORNER TERR. 3+l. Office/ storage/ Geylang/ Bales- j tier. 3+l. Workers. *****208 D.ll 3-STOREY BUNGLW. 5
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      944 10 MVMM HUDC/HDB Prop^xMiil 2+l BLK 208 Ang Mo Kio. MRT. 2+l Blk 572 Hougang. Furn. MRT. 2+l Blk 820 Tampines. Furn Amenities. Must view 9272-7591 3 'NG' BEDOK Res/ Chai Chee. 2 units. Designer decor. Beautiful cosy. 200% move-in. F/furn. MRT/ amenities. *****175 PN BEST RENTAL UNITS! Blk 409 CCX,
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      843 10 IR] HUDC/HDB m APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 4-RMS BLK 183 C Seng- kang. High fir. P/furn. Beautiful, j windy. $700. 9630-7487 CMA APPROVED 4 'A" Tampines. MRT St 21, Blk 266. Corner. F/furn. j Aircon. Amenities. 9781-6739 6844-7193. YEW TEE, Holland. O'town, Tiong Bahru, Outram, I Paya Lebar, Yishun, Admiralty.
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      1331 10 BJI SERVICE mi SERVICE RHI SERVICE APARTMENTS Wai apartments KMAPARTMENTS WBffijp'.-'*?'"''' Ww I -V ft WF > "^^3fcL~WtMa*m I? B^ga^ ■k-^V^x Tallest Serviced Apartment Residence m Singapore with 34 storeys Minimum lease period of 1 week: long term tenancy rates available Choice of 2 4 bedroom apartments including penthouses apartments
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      804 11 a 00*10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLANO HOUSES-SALE Debenhamj Tie Leung RARE D.lO BUNGLW LAND Coronation Drive. 10.000/ 5.000 sq.ft. 999 yrs. Square land facing South. Call: 9852-9353 DTZ CHATSWORTH 2-STOREY BUNGLW. *****/ 8000 sqft. s+l bdrms. inground pool. Renovated. Tenanted. Price neg. HB 900-11-885 CLUNY HILL 20,000/ 6000 sqft. Beautiful wide
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      880 11 Wm 009-10 ORCHARD/ lyuj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE GRANGE HGTS. PENTHSE. at Orchard. 4200 sqft. Fabulous lifestyle. s+l. Extensive tastefully renovated. 53.2 M. 9679-9515 ARDMORE PK CONDO. 2885 sqft. High/ mid fir. Pool view. 4+l. Excellent view. Orient 9617-0316 RIDGEWOOD 3-RMS. 1600 sqft 21st fir. S9OOK. Rent also avail. asiahomes.com 9798-6075
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      644 11 WTTi mis 21 newton/ VRI mi &21 newton/ IRI dv &21 newton/ Wl-n mi &21 newton/ VT9I on &21 newton/ VRI on &21 newton/ Ke]| BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Kfill BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI |£1| BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI KQI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI KQI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI KfiU BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI JJ^PTIAPTS^SALE^^ gj PTEAPTS-SALE JJ^P^PTS-SALE^ J| PTEAPTS-SALE flg PTEAPTS-SALE HB "-""->• SALE EHBEvRiufSI r c
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      468 11 a Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE F'HOLD TERR. Geylang for Sale. S neg! 1600 sqft. Potential rebuilt 4-storey. Can arrange for immed rental. Herman 9757-8118 RS D.13 2Vft STOREY semi-d. 2680/ 2800 sqft 4+l, f'hold, renovated. 3/storey bunglw. 4000/ 4000 sqft. s+l. F'hold. *****996 IDA D.14 MODERN NEW 3-storey
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      515 11 VffSl 015-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE I Siqlap elevated bungalow. Great city view. 9150/6500sqft. Move m cond 4+2. Manicured gdn/ inground pool. Motivated seller!!! Aida Street 2 storey detached 6700/ 6000 sqft. 4+l large rms. Only 7 yrs old. Quality finishes. Absolutely move-in. Top Kew Cresent 3-storey Corner terr. 4422/3355sqft
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      345 11 a Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE pip! f HAppy PROSPEROUS new y bar^ EAST MEADOWS/ FLAMINGO Valley. 2+l/ 3+l/ 4+l. High/ low fir. Pool view. F/facilities. Open Hse 10-6pm. Magdalene 9109 -8087 'LOW FULL Condo! Seaview! Mandarin Gdn! Bayshore! MRT Places etc! Others Avail/ Rent at your Requirements! 9272 2021'
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      436 11 ■7TI Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS -SALE i AQUARIUS BY THE Pk. 2110 sqft Penthse. Pool view. 3+l. MRT. j NRS 9009-1990/ 6223-4567 I PEBBLE BAY. 1916 sqft. Ground I fir. 3+l. F/facilities. Patio/ gdn. j SI.IM. Agt Jennifer 9201 4511 $500,000 ONLY! AMBERVILLE. I 1700 sqft mais. 4+l.
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      565 11 H 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON HOUSES-SALE D.19 BRAND NEW modern semi-d j 2 M> -storey. 6+l. Park 3 cars. Near good sch, MRT. 999 yrs. Sell below value. *****091 HTN MUST SELL. MAYFLOWER. F'hold. 2-Storey. Land 3900/ 2500 sqft. 4-rms. Walk to St Nicholas. j Bright, spacious 9666-0033 CBS D.20 BANK'S
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      699 11 WSTi Dl9-20SERANG00N/ Kill THOMSON ■■pteapts^sale S43BKJ CHUAN PK. High fir, 3-rm, 1528 sqft/ 28 Jansen Rd mais 3+1. 1680 sqft. 9145-1648 IPS ■Cn 022-24 IJICJ WEST HOUSES Villa Verde 3-Storey 1616/ 3110 sqft. Cheap best! SBIOK Pavllllon Circle Comer Terr 3-storey 2300/ 3500 sqft F'Hold 51.45 M Sembawang Semi-D S/storey
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      943 11 B 025-28 NORTH PTE APTS -SALE D.28 GRANDE VISTA conao 999 yrs. Balcony at masterbanr. High fir. F/facilities. Open green cry view. S neg 1 *****099 C&H FOREST HILLS CONDO. 3 bdrms Full condc facilities. Poo. view 1227 sqft. Bright/ breezy. Serious seller. Don't miss: *****634 PN S6OOK+ EUPHONY GDNS.
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      704 12 Wl HDB APTS FOR SALE BWI HOB APTS FOR SALE VRCI HDB APTS FOR SALE VRBI HDB APTS FOR SALE VfSCI HDB APTS FOR SALE VRI HDB APTS FOR SALE (BCDOXy CHAI CHEE) fc^) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) fc^| (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) fc^J (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI
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      655 12 RfSfl HDB APTS FOR SALE 4 'A' BISHAN Blk 210. 100% move m. Low fir. Mins to MRT/ Junction 8/ Top Schs. Chinese Malays eligible. 9765 1418 C&H 4 'A' CORNER 441 Sin Ming. High fir. 114 sqm. Unblock. Renovated. 4 'A' 217 Bishan. High fir. Lift level. Unblock. Move
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      726 12 Hfffl HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) BELOW VALUE. 4 A' 250 Bt Ba- tok, mid fir. Renovated. Sch/ amenities. Don't miss! *****538 CORNER 5 'A' Blk 172/ 4 'NG' 407. High ttr. Renovated. Marble. Aircon. Best price! 9383-7883 DTZ EXEC APT 2908. #02. 4 bdrms 3 'I' 528 #11.
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      616 12 881 HDB APTS FOR SALE MUM (BT MERAH/O'STOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH) 4 'A' CORNER Pt blk 104A #24. New list! Depot Rd. Unblocked. Lift level. Renovated. 9852-3635 4 'A' CORNER Depot Rd Blk 1048. #18. 5-yrs. Unblocked. Breezy. Amenities. 9385-4631 C&H 4 'I' QUEENS CL. 238 Mid fir. Cosy decor. Upgraded.
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      703 12 ■Jlffl HDBAPTS FOR SALE I^^ (CHOACHUKANG) HAPPy wew yeas Below HDB Value *****845 Kelvin 4 'A' 631 high fir. 113 sqm. MRT 4 'A' corner 464 #15 unblocked 4 A' 451,459 ,463 ,465 S22OK 4 'A' 4848.484D.484A #high fir 4 'A' Corner 669,678,680,681 4 'A' Corner 296A, 2978, high fir
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      741 12 Hjfjl HDBAPTS FOR SALE I^^ (CHOACHUKANG) 4 'A' CORNER 643/ 463. High fir. 5 T Corner 469/ 670A. High fir. Beautiful decor. MRT. 9145-1333 4 'A' 463 CCX. High fir. Unblocked. Move-in cond. Low price! New. View to offer! *****384 4 'A' BLK 442 CCX #03. 7 yrs, i well
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      916 12 HHDBAPTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 3 'I' HOLLAND Aye Blk 8 #12. 200% move-in. Superb decor. MRT/ sch. Must view! *****218 3 'I' GHIM Moh Blk 6. Upgraded utility. Renovated. Valued SI69K. Singles eligible. 900-88-943 3 'NG' CLEMENTI 608. Sea view. Ginza Plaza. F/renovated. All races. Cheng 9710-1320 SKF
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      1006 12 H HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YIOCHUKANG) SURE TO IMPRESS! 4 A' Corner. S'goon Aye 3. Blk 232. Spacious. 104 sq.m. High fir. N.S. facing i Move-in. MRT. 9009-1881 PN 3 'NG' BLK 230 S'goon Aye 4. Low fir. Unblocked. Simple renoi vation. Well kept. Indian family. View to
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      947 12 RH HDB APTS FOR SALE KU^JURONG) EXEC APT 830A 4-bdrm below val 5 T 727 Corner below HDB value! 4 'A' 838/451/449 Corner $185K 3 'NG' 229/ 214 810 MRT. $150K 3'S' 498 SI4OK. MRT. *****442 BELOW HDB VALUE 5 I corner 640 806. 100% Unblocked. Ist owner, renovated. HDB
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      1025 12 Bjfl HDB APTS FOR SALE I^JUURONG)^ 4 'NG' 251 Jurong E Centra:. Convenient. Mio !ir. Vacant Simpie Co-broke. *****720 GP2I 4-RM CORNER BLK 5'7C. 815 Move m. Marble. MRT. HDB va' uefl 5265K 9690 3360 Angeia 5 'A' BLK 846 Jurong W. 135 sgm. $70*" renovation. Unblocked. Don't miss 1
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      933 13 Bn HDBAPTS FOR SALE I^a(SEMBAWANG) EXEC APT 303 cosy corner home. 100% move-in. Mid fir. Unblock. MRT/ Sun Plaza. 9144 2389 EXEC APT BLK 304 Canberra Rd. Condo layout. F/aircon. Unblocked. Any offer secures. *****555 4 'A2' 478 S2OOK! At HDB value 1 Move m. Malay hse. Lift. Near MRT/
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      870 13 R7l HDBAPTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/SIMEI) 4'A' BLK 234 Simei 806. Lift level. Renovated. Windy. Near MRT/ amenities. REX 9062-9925 4 'A' CORNER BLK 283 Tampines. No blocking. Vrey spacious (low price) HP 900-55-116 4 'A' CORNER Tampines Blk 421. High fir. Renovated. Near shops/ MRT/ central. S29OK. *****444 4 'A'
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      969 13 RSI HDBAPTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) Damien Lint *****011 C2l ML 4'A'624A,74sComerAl $210K 4'A'77B BHigh.MRT. $210Kup 4A'6BlA,6B3BCorner.MßT.sneq Exec Apt 362,3598High..5380kup Exec Apt 681C.8668High SOK Exec Apt 514,516 BHigh 380kup Exec Apt 650,788 BHigh,MRT SOK Mais 636 801,$120Kdecor. $0K Mais 362,658 BHigh,MßT..37okup i 5 'I' 825.630.6288 $265Kup 5 T 727.734,704 BHigh..s26sKup 5
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      938 13 Rl HDBAPTS FOR SALE m (WOODLANDS) BEST LOCATION 51 corner 671 mins to Admiralty MRT/ 4A2 669 4NG Marsiling 24 malay eligible. *****999/*****060 PN EXEC APT BLK 788 C. Mid fir. Well renovated. Huge house. Malay owner. Near amenities. View to offer. 9456-8932 NC PN. EXEC APT 684 D 804/
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      1101 13 WTfl HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) 5 T CORNER Blk 706. High fir. Quiet. Renovated. Mins to ctr/ MRT! Urgent! *****839 Sole agt. 5 'I' WOODLANDS Blk 791. Mid fir. Renovated. Move-in cond. Near MRT/ schs. *****575 "ST CORNER blk 882 Woodlands Plaza. Mid/ lift/ marble fir. 4 rms. Unblock
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      889 13 HHDBAPTS FOR SALE (SENGKANG/ PUNGGOL) OPEN HSE. 5-RM corner 1888 Rivervale Dr. High fir, unblocked. Designer decor SIOOK. No noon sun. Near shpg. 9218-0063 C&H URGENT! OWNER LEAVING! Cheap! s 'l' Blk 109 Rivervale Walk. Move m cond. Near amenities/ MRT. $500 for co-broke. 9626-1611 PN S2ISK! 4 'A' 1908.
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      1360 13 Kfl OFFICE SPACE j|™^FORRENT "RAPPy gSPACE P^"! CofwniefB' &&Bartan9 Mefctfßea battles Ample parking space Paroamectyseaw* O- femfeteoocupttin MMwietMferms Tel: 6345 4665 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 33 TANJONG PAGAR 1 unit office space approx 2600 sq.ft. Partially fitted Split unit aircon Lift For enquiries please contact Mr Soh 6860-3857/ 9786-2020 INTERNATIONAL
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      389 14 Rfl OFFICE SPACE Ril OFFICE SPACE J^_FORRENJ I^UfORRENT HAPPY &> /f^^ PROSPEROUS If 11 NEW YEAI^HSgI Harbour Front Tower One Two Regular floor plate of 10,000 sf and above Column-free space Raised flooring Excellent views MRT access Supporting amenities m close proximity t Retail space also available at Harbour Front
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      267 14 I Prime office space 1.313 to 2.938 sqft Ideal for commercial school, dance studio, trade office etc Daniel Wong 9639 3879 Priscilla Low 9101 6778 Jerome lee *****188 MafkCheng^l7lsO23 i |^s^oBB3sqrt^^^ 1 I High floor units I Just outside ERP zone Immediate occupation I PaulPoh *****792 I Ms Low 9003
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      747 14 Rfl OFFICE SPACE I^Jforrfjo GEYLANG CONSERVATION SHO PHOUSES Near Paya Lebar MRT Ist fir shop: 1.066 sq.ft. 2nd/ 3n I fir office: 1,055 1,851 sq.ft. Spli i unit air con. Avail immed. Tel *****911 H2O-06 CHINATOWN POINT. Higl Floor. Bare corner unit with win dows all round. Approx. 900 1100
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      974 14 Ril OFFICE SPACE |MdQORRENT D.03 CHIN SWEE Road. San Cen- tre. 1410 sq.ft. Outside CBD. Tel: 1 6337-6763 768/ 788 SMITH ST Refurbished I 2174 sq.ft. Air-con/ lightings/ separate restrooms 6266 2222 1 UIC BLDG 1421 sq.ft. Lift front- i age/ Mins to MRT/ Available for L J sale also
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      521 14 Rf] OFFICE SPACE D.09 BANK'S SALE. United House. 7 office units fr 441 sqft to 1399 sqft. Tenanted/ vacant. F'hold. Auction 5/2. DTZ 9850-3077 CONSERVATION SHOPHSE 3-STO-REV. Neil Rd. Approx 3750 sqft. F/ aircon fitted office/ showroom. Vacant. 9304-6479 HSR AUCTION 5/2 INT'L Plaza #11 09/10. 936 sqft. Partial tenanted.
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      1193 14 RJI SHOP SPACE BJI SHOP SPACE BfiU FOR RENT K£|| FOR RENT SHOWROOMCUM OFFICE AITHEPLAZA Outside CBD, next to The Furniture Mall Suitable for building materials, lightings, bathroom accessories, soft furnishings, curtains blinds, textiles and interior designers Size ranges from 305 sq ft to 1,432 sq ft Ample and convenient
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      980 14 rcl shop space I^Uforrent PARAOIZ CTR near Dhoby Ghau j MRT 200/ 400/ 5000 sq.ft. new ly upgraded 6266 2222 i D.O9CUPPAGE PLAZA. Ground fit Approx 624 sq.ft. Good frontage j Call *****792 i ORCHARD RD. INTERNATIONAI i Building. Prime Location. 37' sq.ft. Call *****477/ *****181. i IMT'L PLAZA 366/
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      604 14 EVEI WAREHOUSES/ ffVEI WAREHOUSES/ E|£l STORAGE E|£| STORAGE SPACE FOR RENT :t I COIDROOMS P® AIS INDUSTRIAL BUILDING I k, 95 103 KALLANG AVENUE J Central location 1 Located on ground floor Accessible 24 hours a day t Various sizes 1 Individual temperature control (from -20 to 5 °C) Agents
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      433 14 GROUND FLOOR UNITS Jurong/ Tuas/ So. Kadut/ Senoko 4000 to ***** sqft. Loading bay/ crane/ office SOC psf up Int'l Rd 1126 to 5630 sqft, office/ open 3000 to ***** sqft... neo Food Zone: Senoko/ Woodlands/ Bt Batok 1600 to 4500 sqft RAMP UP UNITS Bt Batok/ Ton Guan/ Woodlands
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      1465 15 D WAREHOUSES/ RSI AIR TICKETS RTI AIR TICKETS STORAGE Elti BIeI SPACE FOR SALE CITIMAC WAREHOUSE. 4800 sqft. F'hold, near lift, low fir, $neq. Cir- ________________________^_____________HH cie Line MRT. *****126 C&R B FOREIGN B______l T* I1 L I k\* kA_l I PROPERTIES g^g^A^^igm^ WANTED HOUSES/ UNITS m Mcl- I <
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      218 20 I Office Furniture Co requires '07 'A' level or Diploma Bilingual m English Mandarin Female working environment Preferably with sales experience m office furniture industry PC literate PRs are welcome Able to start work immediately T«l: 9751-9766 27 Foch Rd •01-01/ 03 Ho* Nam Bldg (Next to Lavender Food Sq)
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      525 22 ■Tfl TECHNICAL Well established Electronic Co. seeks IQC INSPECTOR CUMSTOREHAND GCE 'N7 '0' level or SPM 1-2 years' experience m checking of electronic components Physically fit, alert sharp with good eyesight Perform IQC inspection on all raw materials Please call or write to: QUAUTY COMPONENTS SYSTEMS PTEITD Blk 301 5A.
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      255 5 LIFELONG LEARNING WITH A *STAR You could say that the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) realty knows what a lono»erm investment is about Funding bright minds doctorates, it expects to start reaping the returns only m 2007. "What makes the A*Star scholarship different is that right from the
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