The Straits Times, 13 December 2004

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    23 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 74 PAGtSIRFOUR PARTS MICA (P) 048/03/2004 MONDAY, DECEMBER 13 2004 «*P A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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    Lock icon New MediShield plan likely in July
    637 1  -  Arti Mulchand Premium increase of about $10 will provide greater cover By NO QUICK CURE "I've received lots of letters from patients and their relatives who know the problem. They all tell me to stop talking and get it done. But I can't push
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    Lock icon Taiwan poll result lowers cross-strait tension
    551 1  -  Ching Cheong By Ch ief Ch ina Corresponden t In Taipei THE opposition Pan-Blue alliance's win in Saturday's legislative election has reduced the risk of conflict with China over Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's plans to revise the island's Constitution in 2006. The respite is
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    Lock icon REMY ONG FINISHES JOINT-THIRD
    126 1 SINGAPORE bowler Remy Ong finished joint-third in the AMF World Cup at Superbowl Safra Mount Faber yesterday, after losing 1-2 games (279-259, 214-248, 210-257 pinf alls) to Norway's Petter Hansen in the semi-finals. The 400-strong crowd was behind Ong, hoping he would be the first Singaporean
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    Lock icon Cashing in on China's travel boom
    1289 1  -  Jason Leow I »upfront By China Bureau Chief in Beijing SEE WHAT YOU MISSED OUT ON "Fine, now I have seven hotels in China. You guys, how many do you have?" HARRY TAN, who is now in the spotlight, on his success with an
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        12 2 Prime 3-4 Asia 6-11 World 13-18 Review 19-21 FYI 22
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        39 2 Shaky middle path Most Muslims in the Thai south are moderates, but increasing violence has put them under pressure. PAGE 6 Pageant draws fire A beauty contest in China for surgically enhanced women has aroused controversy. PAGE 9
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        38 2 Agricultural giants South American nations are on track to become the world's largest agricultural producers. PAGE 13 Saddam's illicit funds Illegal oil sales to Iraq's neighbours provided Saddam Hussein with illicit funds, says the CIA. PAGE 16
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        26 2 Fuelling housing boom Many young singles in China are setting up their own homes, fuelling rising property prices and fears of a meltdown. PAGES 20-21
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        63 2 Painful reminder The boy who was badly injured after being hit by a car last month is recovering but his left arm is paralysed. PAGE HI SI A defends price cut Singapore Airlines says it is not being anticompetitive by slashing return fare from Taipei. PAGEH2 Hassle-free downloads Singapore's
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        56 2 Support S'pore soccer Singaporeans should rally behind their national soccer team instead of going crazy over any match involving European clubs, writes reader Gordon Tan. PAGEHII Reining in fee hikes Reader Edmund Lin says the number of tuition grants given to foreign students should be cut down to keep
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        51 2 Defying coach's order Singapore striker Agu Casmir hopes to end his goal drought by practising his flips, although his coach has told him not to do it. PAGE Hl3 Why Kobe-Karl rift The fallout between Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone has been blamed on allegations by the former's wife.
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        42 2 $580m debt issue Fibre-optic network operator Global Crossing will sell $580 million in notes to raise cash for its long-term survival. PAGEHIB China IPOs hit Investors are likely to give China listings a miss following the China Aviation Oil scandal. PAGEH22
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      Lock icon Woman aims to reopen Lasik claim
      800 3  -  Radha Basu Doctor earlier cleared of misconduct but new MOH success criteria give her hope By WHY NO WARNING? "Knowing that my cornea was relatively thin, should the doctor not have warned me that I was especially at risk? Would anyone want to pay
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      Lock icon SM Goh heads to KL for talks on bilateral issues
      341 3  -  Chua Mui Hoong By In Kuala Lumpur SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong arrives here today for a one-day visit, at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. They are expected to discuss bilateral issues during a meeting scheduled
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      Lock icon Anwar movement to scrap ISA
      485 4  - Anwar movement to scrap ISA Reme Ahmad He says Internal Security Act is a 'symbol of oppression' By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur OPPOSITION politician Anwar Ibrahim has raised the stakes in his political comeback by stepping up as an icon of a movement to abolish Malaysia's Internal Security
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      534 4  -  Teo Pau Lin By Honour roll Best drama: A Child's Hope 2 Best news/current affairs presenter: Tung Soo Hua Best supporting actor: Andrew Seow (Man At Forty) Best supporting actress: Li Yin Zhu (A Child's Hope 2) Best comedy performer: Marcus Chin (Comedy Night) Best
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      53 4 Today in I talent getting the right balance Should the government further liberalise companies 1 access to foreign workers? BT CEOs Club airs its views. Among those taking part: Lee Kwok Cheong, CEQNCS Jeff ery E H Tan, president, Motorola Singapore Teng Theng Dar, CEO, Intraco Behrouz Gholamrezaey, chairman, BBS
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Moderate Muslims under pressure
      898 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh Radicals threaten to drag silent majority into a vortex of violence By Thailand Correspondent In Narathiwat ON THE Saturday before the King's birthday, there was a smile on every face at the Attarkiah Islamiah School in Narathiwat. Close to 4,000 students from all over
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      507 6 Artificial beauties Come this weekend, China will crown its first ren zao mei nu from among 20 surgically enhanced women. PAGE 9 Courses dates M > Conversion from ISO ***** :1996 to ISO *****:2004 /f^ii t 7,14,28 Jan, 4,18 Feb, H K~B \^jy 11,18 Mar, 1 Apr K^J Developing Implementing
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  • CHINA
    • TAIWAN POLLS AFTERMATH
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        734 8  - DPP leaders may be ousted over party' s polls defeat Ong Hwee Hwee Chen could quit as party chief and Yu may not get post of premier, say experts By In Taipei "The electoral defeat offered the perfect opportunity for President Chen to step down, a move which would separate
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        Lock icon People First Party the biggest loser
        389 8  -  Lawrence Chung By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei TAIWAN'S opposition People First Party (PFP) was the biggest loser in Saturday's legislative election, and analysts say its reluctance to merge with the Kuomintang (KMT) is the main reason for it. The PFP, which is the third-largest
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        Lock icon KMT leader may lose key legislative post
        129 8 Taipei KUOMINTANG (KMT) heavyweight Wang Jinpyng may not see a third term as legislative Speaker even though the Pan-Blue camp retained control in Saturday's election. The KMT vice-chairman, who has served two terms as Speaker, may lose his position because of the planned
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      Lock icon China-born baby in Taiwan for treatment
      387 9 Taipei A PREMATURE baby born in China to a Taiwanese businessman and a mainland mother arrived in Taiwan for medical treatment yesterday the first such cross-strait life-saving effort. Seven-month-old Chen Yu-an, nicknamed "Little An An" and "Palm Fairy" by the media, is suffering from
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      Lock icon Artificial beauties vie for pageant crown
      545 9  - Artificial beauties vie for pageant crown Chua Chin Hon Granny, trans-sexual among plastic-surgery enhanced women in Chinese contest By China Correspondent In Beijing AN ALL NEW WOMAN "Three years ago, I was a proud and proper man...My legal documents all show that I'm a woman, so why shouldn't I be
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Myanmar economy on brink of disaster
      567 10 Myanmar economy on brink of disaster Mismanagement, sanctions and a political shake-up taking their toll Yangon STANDING behind a stack of second-hand shirts, street vendor Zaw Zaw represents one of the few functioning remnants of a Myanmar economy suffering from years of mismanagement, sanctions and a political shake-up. With new
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      Lock icon Two top political prisoners freed
      92 10 TWO prominent pro-democracy leaders were among hundreds of prisoners released from a Myanmar prison yesterday as part of a broad amnesty granted by the country's ruling junta, the prisoners and family members said. Mr Htwe Myint, 76, chairman of the now-defunct Democracy Party, and Mr
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS 'RAPED'
        48 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating claims that foreign volunteers at an elephant shelter had been raped or sexually assaulted in the past few years. The New Sunday Times said the victims, who included Canadians, had returned home and lodged reports with their governments. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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        Lock icon SULAWESI CHURCHES ATTACKED
        64 10 JAKARTA: At least eight people were injured yesterday when two churches were attacked in separate bomb blast and shooting incidents in Central Sulawesi province, police said. A bomb exploded at the Emanuel church in Palu, the province's capital, while a gunman fired shots at the Anugerah church
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        61 10 HONG KONG: Hong Kong's main pro-democracy party yesterday elected a new leader as part of its rejuvenation drive after a weak showing in September's legislative polls. Democratic Party vice-chairman Lee Wing Tat beat party organisational affairs chief Chan King Ming 189 votes to 113. Mr
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        Lock icon PRO-TAIWAN VANUATU PM REPLACED
        53 10 SYDNEY: The South Pacific island of Vanuatu has replaced its prime minister, Mr Serge Vohor, who signed an agreement last month to open diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. The Foreign Ministry in Taipei said Taiwan would fight to keep ties with its
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        Lock icon NU CHIEF SEEKS TO MEND TIES
        74 10 JAKARTA: Nahdlatul Ulama chief Hasyim Muzadi has nominated many of those opposed to his re-election to the body's central board in a move to mend strained relations. Among those he nominated on Saturday was former president Abdurrahman Wahid's brother Solahuddin Wahid, who said he
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        Lock icon GRENADE BLAST AT CONCERT
        49 10 COLOMBO: Indian film stars, including Shahrukh Khan, flew home shortly after a grenade attack on their sell-out concert in Sri Lanka killed two people and wounded 19, officials said. A blast ripped through the most expensive stand. No one has yet claimed responsibility. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      Lock icon 13 killed by blast at Philippine market
      122 10 Manila A POWERFUL explosion rocked a public market packed with Christmas shoppers in the southern Philippines yesterday, killing at least 13 people and injuring 52 others, police said. The mid-afterrioon blast, apparently from a homemade bomb or a grenade concealed in a box,
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  • MALAYSIA
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      395 11 KL human rights commissioners look into claims of abuse after detainees riot Kamunting (Perak) WIVES and female relatives of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) detainees smuggled 13 cellphones into the Kamunting Detention Camp near Taiping in Perak by hiding them under several layers of clothing,
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      53 11 PHOTO: MINISTER for Foreign Affairs George Yeo (right) played golf with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Sen Syed HamidAlbar, in Kuala Lumpur yesterday in a friendly tournament between Foreign Ministry contingents. Mr Yeo is on his introductory visit to Malaysia after his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in
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      161 11 Kuala Lumpur HEAVY monsoon rain has triggered eastern Malaysia's worst floods in more than a decade, killing six people and forcing the evacuation of thousands of others, reports said yesterday. Four other people were missing and feared dead. At least six people, including a Thai
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  • WORLD
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      634 13  - S. America aims to fill the world 's larder Lucas Do Rio Agricultural superpower born out of land and climate benefits Verde (Brazil) SOUTH America has taken the world on a historic shift in food production that is turning the largely untapped frontier heartland of the continent into the world's
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      179 13 AGRICULTURE is now a US$l5O billion (*****.8 billion)--a-year business in Brazil, accounting for more than 40 per cent of the country's exports and creating what Brazilians call the "green anchor" of their economy. Already the world's biggest exporter of chickens, orange juice, sugar, coffee and tobacco, according
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Philippine actor Poe in a coma
        275 14 FERNANDO Poe Jr, a Philippine movie icon who came close to unseating Mrs Gloria Arroyo as president, fell into a coma yesterday after suffering a stroke, friends and supporters said. Known across the nation as FPJ and "Da King", the 65-year-old parlayed his roles
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        Lock icon Bush gains weight from 'too many doughnuts'
        291 14 US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has gained more than 2kg since his last medical checkup in 2003, and he has put that down to "too many doughnuts" during the recent election campaign. Despite the weight gain, the President's doctors declared after his annual
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        Lock icon India's 'Genius of Song' dies
        220 14 INDIAN classical vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi, adored by millions for her mesmerising and soulful voice in devotional songs, has died of broncho-pneumonia at 88, a hospital statement said. Known as the "Genius of Song", she was the most popular face of classical music for decades in
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        Lock icon Berlusconi ally goes to jail
        202 14 ONLY a day after he was cleared of longstanding corruption charges, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi saw a close political ally convicted of ties with the Sicilian Mafia and sentenced to nine years in jail. Marcel lo Dell'Utri, a senator and longtime executive in Mr
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      Lock icon Blunkett sparks Cabinet row with biography
      516 15 Blunkett sparks Cabinet row with biography Home Secretary criticises fellow ministers, causing Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to erupt London BRITISH Home Secretary David Blunkett, already in the public hot seat over his affair with a well-known married publisher, is now locked in a row with fellow ministers over his criticisms
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon ILLEGALS JUMPING SHIP IN NZ
        108 15 WELLINGTON: A large increase in the number of foreign seamen jumping ship in New Zealand has been blamed on an immigration racket, and prompted a government threat to ban overseas fishing crews, according to a report yesterday. In the past two months, 62 mainly Vietnamese
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        Lock icon PROBE INTO KIEV POISONING
        81 15 KIEV: Ukrainian officials will reopen a criminal investigation into opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's mystery illness, a spokesman for the prosecutor-general was quoted as saying by Russia's Itar-Tass news agency. Doctors in Vienna on Saturday confirmed his condition was caused by poisoning from a form of dioxin,
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        Lock icon DEADLY ATTACKS CONTINUE IN IRAQ
        68 15 BAGHDAD: Security forces have again been targeted in a spate of deadly weekend attacks across Iraq. At least 10 Iraqis were killed on Saturday. Three policemen died and six others were wounded in two ambushes north of Baghdad, police said. Masked gunmen also killed seven
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        Lock icon BOY, 12, CHARGED WITH RAPE
        136 15 DURHAM (England): Police here have charged a 12-year-old boy with raping his school teacher. The boy allegedly attacked the woman at a school in County Durham in the north-east, a spokesman for Durham Police said yesterday. The victim claimed she was raped on Nov 29
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        Lock icon OIL SPILL CLEAN-UP HAMPERED
        85 15 ANCHORAGE (Alaska): About 150 people have been sent to an Aleutian island to try to clean up fuel oil streaming from a wrecked cargo ship, but harsh weather has kept most from the site, officials said on Saturday. The authorities are concentrating efforts on preventing environmental
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        Lock icon PORTUGAL IN CRISIS AS GOVT QUITS
        82 15 LISBON: Portugal has plunged deeper into crisis when the conservative government quit a day after President Jorge Sampaio dissolved parliament and called an early general election. Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced the government's decision on Saturday after an emergency Cabinet meeting. Mr Sampaio,
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        Lock icon ROMANIA HOLDS RUN-OFF VOTE
        72 15 BUCHAREST: Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu faced off in a presidential election runoff yesterday seen as key for the country's European Union accession path. Some 17,000 polling stations opened at 7am for 18 million voters, who have to pick between
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      Lock icon Saddam financed by illegal oil sales to neighbours'
      508 16 US knew about trade with Jordan, Turkey and Syria, says CIA report Washington SADDAM Hussein was dead broke, the result of United Nations penalties. Or so it was thought. So, where did the thenIraqi president find the money to pursue missile technology
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      Lock icon Saddam 'on hunger strike'
      145 16 Saddam 'on hunger strike OUSTED Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime awaiting trial for crimes against humanity have gone on a hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers said yesterday. "We have reliable information that Saddam Hussein and 11 other prisoners
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      Lock icon Why US looked the other way
      457 16 FORMER US State Department officials said the United States had little choice but to allow then-Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to continue selling oil to his neighbours in violation of United Nations sanctions. Jordan: The country was desperate after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. The
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      Lock icon Arabs reject US call for democracy
      283 16 Rabat (Morocco) SENIOR Arab officials attending a US-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East have rejected emphatically the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it
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    • GLOBAL AGENDA
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        Lock icon Bush to unveil economic plans
        194 18  -  EUGENE LOW WORLD WHAT IT IS The Electoral College meets today to formally certify United States President George W. Bush's re-election. Mr Bush won last month's election by getting 286 electoral college votes more than the 270 needed to win the presidency. Later this week
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        Lock icon Closer ties expected at Roh-Koizumi meet
        174 18  -  KWAN WENG KIN EAST ASIA South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun will hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday and Saturday at the spa resort of Ibusuki in Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture. Seoul was said to be unhappy with the venue birthplace
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        Lock icon US to outline policy at WTO meeting
        152 18  -  JONATHAN EYAL WORLD WHAT IT IS The World Trade Organisation holds its General Council meeting in Geneva today and tomorrow, where the requests by Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran to join WTO will be taken up. A broad consensus seems to have emerged in
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        Lock icon Akbar faces five rivals for top Golkar post
        153 18  -  SALIM OSMAN SOUTH-EAST ASIA WHAT IT IS Indonesia's former ruling party Golkar is holding its seventh national congress from Wednesday in Bali, where the party's course for the next five years will be decided. The election of a new chairman will be
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      382 19 ELECTIONS are usually domestic affairs. They concern only those casting their ballots. The weekend Taiwan parliamentary election, however, was a different matter. The outcome would have affected the prospects for regional peace. If the pro-independence Pan-Green parties had scored a victoty, President Chen Shui-bian's ultra separatist line would
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      951 19  - A vacuum in strategic thinking J. Orstrom Moeller By] PRESENT-day strategic thinking is done through the prism of the Clausewitzian model of crisis, conflict, confrontation and, ultimately, war. The primary power parameter is pursuance of national interests sheltered by the old-fashioned and outdated interpretation of national sovereignty. Globalisation as configured
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      1107 19  -  Catherine Zara By Raymond For The Straits Times FOLLOWING the Sept 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, governments have moved to ensure that port infrastructure and commercial shipping are rendered less vulnerable to maritime terrorist attacks. Requested by the US, the International Maritime
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      1033 20  -  Tschang Chi-Chu FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT: CHINA By China Correspondent In Beijing "Shanghai is the epicentre of this bubble. ..like Tokyo in 1990. When demand for Shanghai properties finally wanes due to a shortage of money, the bubble should burst. The bubble will burst
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      216 19 Learning worry Young Chinese adults buying their own properties fuel fears of real-estate bubble bursting. PAGES 20, 21 THE STRAITS TIMES P SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2, *****4 ST INTERACTIVE: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Senior Executive ViceAlan Chan Heng Loon President (Marketing)
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      192 22 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Volunteer to help the Samaritans of Singapore operate its 24-hour crisisintervention and suicide-prevention hotline. You must be at least 23 years old and will undergo training. Call 6221-2122 for details. 2 Watch top athletes from 25 countries show off their prowess with weapons
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      72 22 THIS DAY IN HISTORY FALL OF NANKING 1937. The city of Nanking falls during the Sino-Japanese War. The Chinese government flees to Hankow. General Matsui Iwane orders Nanking destroyed. The atrocities against the civilians will become known as the "Rape of Nanking". FIRST LOCAL FILM 1990. The Last Blood, the
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      275 22 USEFUL NUMBERS Emergency lines Police 999 Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 Civil Defence (Fire and Emergency Ambulance) 995 Non-emergency ambulance 1777 Water Supply 1800-284-6600 SP PowerGrid (to report power failure) 1800-778-6666 6778-6666 City Gas (to report gas supply interruption, low pressure and gas leakage) 1800-752-1800 Transport lines City Cab 6552-2222 Comfort Cablink
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      52 22 STRANGERS NEXT DOOR Few people know their neighbours, a Straits Times survey shows IN HOME DEAD LIKE THE DODO? Digital Life .^^flirtHl^te^te IS THE tf ■PDA f« n: Does the PDA still have what it takes to survive? IN DIGITAL LIFE HAVE CAUSE WILL TRAVEL Community travel becoming more popular
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      76 22 TIDES TODAY 12.30am (2.8m), 5.30am (1.5m), 11.03am (3.2m), 5.54pm (0.0m). Desaru: 4.49am (1.7m), 9.38am (2.4m), 4.40pm (0.1m). Port Dickson: 1.30am (0.2m), 7.12am (2.9m), 2.33pm (0.6m), 7.53pm (2.5m). Mersing and Pulau Tioman: 5.45am (2.0m), 8.21am (2.1m), 3.21pm (0.3m). TIDES TOMORROW 1.26am (2.8m), 6.16am (1.6m), 11.50am (3.2m), 6.45pm (0.0m). Desaru: 12.22am (2.7m),
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES MONDAY DECEMBER 13, 2004
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      703 1  -  Lee Hui Chieh BOY HIT BY CAR AT ZEBRA CROSSING Left arm paralysed; doctors hope to help him regain some control later By LYING on the hospital bed in National University Hospital (NUH) where he has been confined for a month, Basil
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      199 1 THE number of pedestrians in road accidents continues to rise and the latest victim is a 17-year-old who was knocked down by a cab near Compass Point on Thursday. The police said that the youth, Marcel Yeo, who suffered serious head injuries, is in
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      197 2 Avid collector of Buddhist relics Woon Wee Teng (above) will be opening his home to the public from next month, so others can also enjoy his statues and paintings. The four-storey pre-war shophouse at 235 Cantonment Road was bought by the 47-year-old lawyer four
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      546 2  -  Karamjit Kaur It defends its price slash, saying it's a way for people to sample its product By Transport Correspondent EYEBROWS were raised when Singapore Airlines (SIA) slashed its fare for return flights from Taipei to Singapore by more than 85 per cent, but the
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      435 2 BUDGET carrier Tiger Airways is buying eight new aircraft to keep its expansion plans on track as the airline industry continues to cope with a shortage of planes and pilots. Sources say the airline, which is co-owned by Singapore Airlines, has signed a letter
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      433 3  - New service offers ringtone downloads over the counter Chan Chi-Loong Selling point of S'pore's first mobile content retail shop convenience By RETAIL manager Davis Lim, 37, found downloading ringtones from the Internet both difficult and costly. He often paid more for airtime because downloads were slow, and some ringtones were
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      456 3  - SPCA ads seek 'lost' owners Carolyn Quek By HERE'S a twist on a missing pet notice. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has started a quirky ad campaign in which the notice has pets seeking their lost owners. The series of three print ads was developed
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        73 3 THE names of the people who will sit on two high-level committees reviewing the learning of Malay and Tamil languages in schools will be announced next week. Speaking at a Deepavali event in Yishun last night, Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam stressed that a key reason for
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        110 3 CANOEING in Singapore reservoirs will be allowed from next month, a move that the Public Utilities Board and the Singapore Canoe Federation are working on to develop. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim disclosed this to Channel NewsAsia at the National Kayak Marathon 2004 yesterday morning.
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      522 5  -  Arti Mulchand Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital subsidises its low-income patients heavily By KWONG Wai Shiu Hospital and Nursing Home, which has cared for the sick and poor for 94 years with no government subsidy, was held up yesterday by Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan as an example
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      342 5  -  Lee Hui Chieh By INSTEAD of waiting for lowincome and less-educated workers to ask for help in improving themselves, the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CD AC) plans to seek them out. In the coming year, it will work with the Singapore Chinese Chamber
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      205 5 FORMER colleagues of onetime Straits Times editor-in-chief Khoo Teng Soon turned up yesterday to pay their last respects to the journalist of 42 years, who was regarded as one of the best "make-up" men of newspaper pages in Asia. The veteran, better known as
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        421 6  - School's classrooms link to back garden Ho Ai Li LIAW WY-CIN EDUCATION LIFE 13 schools moving into new premises; some of them have unique features By WHEN they start school next month, Primary 1 pupils at Zhangde Primary will be able to pop into a small garden between classes, through
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        412 6 THE SUN, THE SAND, THE BLUE BLUE SKY "It makes it seem like we're at the beach and the blue blends into the sky... The view is really inspiring!" MRS ANG CHIN DU, principal of Eunos Primary School MANY Eunos Primary pupils are spending their
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        417 6 WHEN Bartley Secondary students return to school next year, they will find a cafe in the library, their own dental clinic and a handful of cosy areas where they can study. They will also see open classrooms at the end of
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        911 7 Penny-wise, pound- smarter THE EXPERT IS IN In the second of our three-part series on parenting tips, general manager of Touch Community Services Simon Sim and his wife, Soon Bee Chin, who are both family life educators, advise parents on how to teach their children to be smart consumers. CHILDREN,
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        482 7 Good reads for the holidays TEACHING TOOLS In the second of a three-part series on good reads for the holidays, Tampines Regional Library's Chew Siew San suggests two novels about the trials of growing up and best friends. Never Mind!: A Twin Novel by Avi and Rachel Vail What it
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        154 8 ST HOME LEARNING CENTRE IT IS aimed at getting upper secondary and junior college students up to speed in current affairs and English, and comes in three parts: the story, the lesson and the worksheet. This week's story is about creativity. Read it once or twice for
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        1617 8  -  Andy Ho THE STORY By THOMAS Edison was ever so slightly off the mark when he said what he so famously said about genius. In fact, it is creativity (not genius) that is "99 per cent perspiration and 1 per cent inspiration". Too many, perhaps including
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        265 9 unique adj. one of a kind ineffably adv. in a way that is incapable of being expressed entails v. involves as a necessary result epiphanies n. sudden intuitive realisations of the nature steadfast adj. unswerving indubitably adv. in a way that is unquestionable painstaking adj. very careful perseverance
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        417 9 Thomas Edison: American inventor (1847-1931) of the transmitter and receiver for the automatic telegraph, the carbon telephone transmitter, the phonograph, the first commercially practical incandescent lamp and many other devices. Muses: In Greek mythology, the Muses were goddesses of the arts: Clio, the Muse of history; Urania, the
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        506 9 WORDS IN CONTEXT Select the answer that best expresses the meaning of each word or phrase as it is used in the passage. 1. off the mark (paragraph 1) (A) irrational (B) non-conformist (C) not correct 2. out of the blue (paragraph 4) (A) out of the ordinary
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          137 10 A-LEVEL students turned forensic scientists for a day earlier this month when they tried to determine who killed businessman Albert Ang. The session, organised by the Nanyang Technological University and the Health Sciences Authority, was held to introduce the 150 participants to the
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          152 10 CHINESE teachers with creative lesson plans can win up to $1,000 in a new competition, open to both individuals and groups of two to five. The winning team in the group category will get a trophy and $1,000 cash. One member of the team
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          232 10 FOUR lucky students from Bedok View Secondary School had a behind-the-scenes peek at life at Changi Airport and a flight around the island yesterday, courtesy of the Air Line Pilots Association of Singapore (Alpa-S). The excursion was part of Alpa-S' efforts to
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          128 10 SEVENTY children from the Canadian International School got the low-down on how to keep their diet balanced under a programme organised by the Health Promotion Board. They were divided into three groups, with each doing a week-long course, where they were not only
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          202 10 TWENTY-ONE female engineering students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic have received awards for academic excellence from mobile phone giant Motorola, as part of an effort to give engineering courses a boost among women. This is the 11th year the awards are being given out to
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          159 10 ONLINE youth magazine uberture.com is throwing a party next Wednesday for junior college students. The magazine, which has fashion, music and other lifestyle articles in it, launched more than a year ago with a similar party. More than 1,000 students attended and took
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        500 11 MISPLACED PASSION Unfortunately, the focus of our passion is misplaced. We go crazy over any soccer match associated with European clubs. WE SPENT good money and invested years of effort in soccer development in Singapore with the hope of making it
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        233 11 SINGAPORE Post raised its overseas postal delivery charges with effect from Dec 1. This hefty increase in surface mail rates will badly affect small and medium enterprises, expatriates, foreign students and foreign workers who use low-cost sea-mail delivery to send parcels
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        573 11 I REFER to the letter by Dr Lee Hung Ming, "Lasik surgery safe and effective" (ST, Dec 9), in which he vouched categorically and without exception for the absolute safety of Lasik treatment to correct myopia. This was in response to the decision by
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        403 11 I REFER to the article, "Tuition fees go up at NUS and NTU" (ST, Dec 9). If the Ministry of Education (MOE) cuts the number of tuition grants to foreign students, and charges them full tuition fees, perhaps the money saved can tide things
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        174 11 I REFER to the article "How to figure out if your family's well covered" (ST, Nov 7). It states that "life insurance gives you and your family financial protection against death, permanent disability and critical illnesses". This is incorrect, as life insurance covers only death and
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        22 12 Accusations that Karl Malone comes on to Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa lead to the Laker pair's split. Page H l4
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        20 12 Vital i Klitschko dominates and beats Danny Williams to retain his WBC heavyweight crown. Page H l4
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        23 12 Scot Colin Montgomerie fires a 67 to grab a two-stroke lead after the third round of the World Challenge. PageHls
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        65 12 Men, semi-finals (best of three) Petter Hansen (Nor) bt Remy Ong (Sin) 259-279,248-214, 257-210 Kai Virtanen (Fin) bt Yahav Rabin (Isr) 200-215,214-194, 238-220 Final Kai Virtanen (Fin) bt Fetter Hansen (Nor) 258-208,216-233, 258-242 Women, semi-finals Shannon Pluhowsky (USA) bt Liza del Rosario (Phi) 259-226, 269-169 Kerrie Ryan-Ciach (Can) bt
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        477 12 SOCCER London BIRMINGHAM manager Steve Bruce admitted his side's 2-1 victory over bitter city rivals Aston Villa was about more than just three points. Not only did Birmingham climb away from the relegation zone, but they also inflicted upon Villa their first home loss
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        712 12  - Home jinx sees Remy fell in semi-finals Alvin Foo BOWLING Live telecast of final cancelled as he loses to Norwegian 1-2 and settles for joint-third By THE Superbowl Safra Mount Faber stage was set for a Remy Ong finale, with a live telecast planned. But a home jinx and a
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        112 12 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong (left) and Singapore Pools chief executive Tan Soo Nan tee off at the S-League Care United Golf Day at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club yesterday. The event was a fund-raiser for the S-League's Care United programme, aimed at
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        677 13  -  Marc Lim SOCCER Striker thinks somersaulting will cure goal drought in internationals By In Hanoi WHYNOT7 "I've not lost my confidence. It's not that I am nervous before big crowds. I've played in front of 30,000 in Lagos. AGU CASMIR,
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        493 13 Madrid AS BARCELONA pulled 12 points ahead of Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory over Albacete in the Spanish La Liga on Saturday, Real president Florentino Perez revealed his plans for next season. He wants Real to become the next Arsenal. "Whatever we
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        41 13 Atalanta 0 Udinese 1 Lazio 3 Lecce 3 Brescia 0 AS Roma 1 Chievo 2 Palermo 1 Livomo 2 Parma 0 AC Milan 6 Fiorentina 0 Reggina 3 Cagliari 2 Sampdoria 1 Messina 0 Siena 2 Inter Milan 2
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        171 13 P W D L F A Pts Juventus 14 11 2 1 27 7 35 AC Milan 15 10 4 1 27 9 34 Udinese 15 8 4 3 22 13 28 Cagliari 15 6 4 5 24 25 22 Inter Milan 15 3 12 0 32 24 21
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        173 13 P W D L F A Pts Barcelona 15 12 2 1 32 9 38 Real Madrid ....14 8 2 4 21 9 26 Espanyol 14 8 2 4 16 8 26 Valencia 14 7 4 3 22 11 25 Sevilla 14 7 '3 4 16 15 24
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        295 13 Manchester MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson has hit out at Ruud van Nistelrooy for not revealing he was playing with an injury. The Dutchman is still suffering from a calf problem which has forced his substitution in his last four matches, meaning he may not
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        76 13 Singapore: Lionel Lewis, Mohamed Noh Rahman, S. Subramani, Baihakki Khaizan, Daniel Bennett, Shahril Ishak, Hasrin Jailani, Goh Tat Chuan, Itimi Dickson, Agu Casmir, Indra Sahdan Daud. Laos: Siththalay Khanyavong, Anousone Khotsombuth, Kitsada Thongken, Chalana Luang-A Math, Anan Tapsouvanh, Valasine Dalaphone, Visay Phaphouvanin, Sengphet Thongphachan, Vannaseng Nakady, Phonesouk Sithilath,
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        44 13 GROUP A P W D I f A Pts Indonesia 3 2 10 9 0 7 Vietnam 3 1 1 110 5 4 Laos 2 10 12 7 3 Singapore 2 0 2 0 11 2 Cambodia 2 0 0 2 211 0
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          73 13 SINGAPORE'S Mardan Mamat finished joint-41st at the Volvo Masters of Asia in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, after carding a four-over-par 76 for a four-day total of 291. He ended 12th on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit, earning a total of U*****,157 ($246,720) in prize money
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          35 13 SINGAPORE'S floorball team finished second behind Japan in the Asia-Pacific championships at the Woodlands Sports Hall yesterday. The men and the women's A teams both lost 2-3 to Japanese opponents.
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          57 13 SINGAPORE'S top Laser sailor Stanley Tan won the Singapore Laser Open at the SAF Yacht Club yesterday. Tan won seven of the eight races. Quek Zhen Hao was second and Anson Tan third. The second SAFYC Byte Championship, held in conjunction with the
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          61 13 SKIPPER Timothy Singham hit 69 in vain as Singapore ended last in the Tuanku Ja'afar Trophy cricket quadrangular after losing by six wickets to hosts Thailand yesterday. Singapore reached 141-9 in the 25-overs match but Thailand won with eight balls to spare. Have any news on
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        555 14 Malone 's remark to Bryant's wife led to split BASKETBALL Her allegation that Malone came on to her causes rift between the men Los Angeles THERE is more to the Kobe Bryant-Karl Malone split than a simple radio interview. Both confirmed on Saturday that their major fall-out involved accusations that
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        520 14 Klitschko in lopsided win over Williams BOXING Las Vegas VTTALI Klitschko staked his claim to being the true heavyweight champion on Saturday, knocking Danny Williams down four times and giving him a savage beating before finally stopping him in the eighth round. He then dedicated the win to democracy in
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        286 14 HOUSTON Michael Finley made sure there would be no more late-game dramatics from the Houston Rockets. He scored a season-high 26 points and buried the Rockets with a barrage of three-pointers in the third quarter, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 102-78 victory. The Mavericks were the
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          45 14 LAHORE: Spain won the men's field hockey Champions Trophy for the first time when they defeated defending champions Holland 4-2 in the final yesterday. Santiago Freixa, voted International Young Player of the Year last week, scored twice. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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          90 14 YOKOHAMA: European soccer champions Porto defeated Once Caldas of Colombia 8-7 in a penalty shoot-out after a goal-less draw to win the last edition of the Inter-Continen-tal Cup yesterday. After a frustrating regulation period and extra time, Pedro Emanuel netted the deciding penalty, giving
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          99 14 LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has reacted angrily to newspaper reports linking former manager Glenn Hoddle with a possible takeover of the football club. A report in The People said Hoddle had held talks with a group of businessmen about buying Levy's majority
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        135 14 ENVIRONMENT and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim (from right) and former world champions Sheik Alauddin and Mohamed Hidayat Hosni at the opening ceremony of the eighth World Pencak Silat Championships at Bedok Sports Hall last night. A record 400 participants from 24 countries are competing
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        687 15 »GOLF He is poised for title with four-under 67 on third day for two-shot lead Thousand Oaks (California) COLIN Montgomerie passed a big test when he overcame obnoxious fans and a pairing with Tiger Woods to post a four-un-der 67 and take a two-shot
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        235 15 Thousand Oaks TIGER Woods confirmed on Saturday that he would be returning to China next year, this time with a trophy at stake. A source involved with international golf said it would be a new event with the richest purse in Asia. Woods
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        775 15 BASKETBALL NBA: New Jersey 95 Atlanta 90, Sacramento 97 Indiana 92 (OT), Memphis 72 Detroit 68, Chicago 99 Minnesota 88, Dallas 102 Houston 78, San Antonio 116 Cleveland 97, Boston 98 Seattle 84, LA Lakers 89 LA Clippers 87. CRICKET First day of three-day match in Potchefstroom: England Ist
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      720 15 The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will be in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm: 23 lAN HOE /ill C« O^K was called Home to be with the Lord on
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      462 16 UfJH LHVt PIA passed away peacefidly on 11 December 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Daughters: Sons-in-law: Grandchildren: Goh Kim Eng, Sharon Koh Kok Wee Koh Tze Feng, Bryan I Koh Tze Guan, Benedict f Ploh Kim Hoon Quah Kah Boon, Kelvin Quah Ee Hang, Wallace
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        68 17 Week's Top Falls CENTS JMH US25c 400 1600 82 3 3 0 OBSGrp 1560 60 0 3.7 Venture Corp2sc 1540 60.0 3.8 FIN 1470 50.0 3.3 lardinedC 1000 50 0 4.8 OCBC 1310 50.0 3 7 TACBtIO 200 322 49.4 8.5 CityDevsoc 675 35.0 4.9 HyfluxSc 236 32.0 11.9 CityDevWO6OslO
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        77 17 Week's Top Falls CENTS Austonic 9 43.8 7 0 OCBC OB eCW*****0 6.5 381 4.0 JK Tech 6c 6.5 35.0 3 5 6u(TechWoso9l7 1 33.3 0.5 Twinwoodsc 3 33 3 15 Wee Poh 0.5c 1 33.3 0.5 Fuji otfset2oc 23 31.3 10.5 SHC Capital 10c 7 30 0 3 0
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        89 17 HOec 10 %CHNG YR 2004 CLOSE FR Dec 9 S) LOW SJ HIGH US$ 1.6595 -0.78 1.7302 1.6282 Euro 2.1912 -0.12 2.2055 1.9853 3.1673 -0.33 3.2066 2.9846 AS 1.2455 -0.36 1.3382 1.1653 Yen* 1.5691 +0.67 1.6191 1.5031 Rupiah 0.01 794 +0.14 0.***** 0.***** Baht* 4.1712 -0.06
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        625 17  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK Investors expected to steer clear of rate-sensitive banking stocks By ENDING WITH A BANG "History suggests that there will be window-dressing among the blue chips to ensure that the Straits Times Index finishes the year
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          138 17 MERRILL Lynch has upped Singapore Petroleum Co's (SPC's) profit forecast for next year and 2006 as a result of a sharp jump in oil refining margins. For next year, it has raised profit estimates by 33 per cent to $246.7 million, while the forecast for
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          175 17 DBS Vickers says Chartered Semiconductor's gearing, which measures the proportion of debt to equity, will be alarmingly high, when the wafer foundry completes a exercise to raise a US$652 million (551.09 billion) loan from an American bank to expand its Fab 7 plant. Chartered
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          137 17 GK GOH has kept its hold call on Datapulse Technology, which makes DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs, noting that the company has a strong balance sheet and an attractive dividend yield of 6.3 per cent. However, it warns the rise in prices of materials such as
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        5104 17 UNIT TRUSTS ABN Amro Asset Mgt (Spore) Star Europe Eqty!" 0.78 Star Europe Bond 1.297 Star Europe Bai 1.125 Star Asian Lger Eqty 0.911 Star Asia Bond 1.269 Star Asia Balanced 0.927 Star Global Technology Fund!" 0 202 Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0.765 Multi Strategy
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        440 18 Debt issue will give fibre-optic firm the cash it needs for long-term survival Washington GLOBAL Crossing, the fibreoptic network operator that emerged from bankruptcy a year ago, will sell US$35O million (*****.8 million) in notes to get the cash the Company had
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        414 18 MUMBAI A FEROCIOUS tussle between the two Ambani brothers who run India's Reliance empire, which has a hand in sectors as diverse as petrochemicals and telecommunications could be resolved with the intervention of their mother, Mrs Kokilaben Ambani, a source close to the
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          77 19 TOKYO: Japan will "do what needs to be done" on unusual currency moves, Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki said. "The market is very delicate now, so it's difficult to make candid comments," he said on Asahi Television's Sunday Project television programme yesterday, when asked
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          83 19 SHANGHAI: Morgan Stanley and four other international investment banks nave set up ventures with China Huarong Asset Management Co to dispose of sour assets, after winning a 22 billion yuan (554.47 billion) bid to buy bad loans last year. Morgan Stanley, ÜBS, Lehman Brothers
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          103 19 HONG KONG: Beijing Media Corp, the first state-controlled Chinese media firm to seek an overseas listing, said yesterday that South Africa's Naspers would hold 9.9 per cent of the firm after its US$ll6 million (*****.14 million) initial public offering. Naspers, South Africa's biggest media
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          60 19 BEIJING: United States biomedical company Invitrogen has purchased a Shanghai-based private firm for US$B million (5513.3 million), a company announcement and state media said yesterday. The deal came just days before China opened its biotech industry to foreign-owned companies on Saturday, the third anniversary
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          103 19 HONG KONG: China's ports will report a 31 per cent increase in cargo this year after imports of raw materials increased and demand from the United States and Europe for Chinese goods expanded, a government official said. Ports in Shanghai, Ningbo, Shenzhen and
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        623 19 Market jitters will also hurt government efforts to drive reform through overseas share sales Beijing THE arrest of the chief executive of China Aviation Oil (CAO), listed in Singapore, will push foreign investors to take a closer look at future
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        350 19 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S stock exchange won shareholder approval last Saturday for its proposed initial public offering (IPO) next year, after it bowed to pressure from a small group of shareholders for a larger payout. The scheme, which involves an RM7SO million (***** million) return of
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        645 20  - Lufthansa's growth takes off on China and India routes Nicholas Fang Passenger numbers on German carrier's Asia-Pacific routes increase by 25% By Transport Reporter Holding on to No. 1 spot LUFTHANSA intends to focus on countries such as India, China and Japan, in terms of passengers, says its Asia Pacific
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        109 20 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with IE Singapore and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will lead a business delegation to India next month. The mission will attend the Partnership Summit 2005 in Kolkata, India, from Jan 12
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          149 20 MAH YEOK FUN: Appointed the managing director of HSBC Asset Management (Singapore), effective Dec Ms Mah is responsible for HSBC Asset Management's overall strategy and business management in Singapore, as well as the firm's institutional business throughout South-east Asia. She reports to Mr Blair
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          70 20 ARTHUR RAYMOND OUELLETTE: Resigned as a director of Health Management International (HMI) with immediate effect. Mr Ouellette will remain as an adviser to the Ses-daq-listed health-care services group. As he also ceased to be a member of the company's executive committee upon his resignation, the committee
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          46 20 KHOR KEE LIN: Resigned as the group financial controller of metal-stamping company CFM Holdings, with effect from Nov 15. Mr Ang Kong Siang will be acting as the group's financial controller until further notice. CFM made its debut on Sesdaq in January.
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          137 20 ONG KAI SEONG: Resigned as a non-executive, independent director of Jade Technologies Singapore last Monday. This also means he effectively resigned from the audit committee that he chaired. Mr Ho Wah Onn, the former chairman of the audit committee and a lawyer specialising in
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        1270 21  -  Goh Eng Yeow »STI FAMILY The Kweks carve out property empire in 1 6 countries with eye for choice moments By AS THE managing director of property giant City Developments (CDL), Mr Kwek Leng Joo knows a thing or two about property, but his
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        345 21  -  Suki Lor By MAINBOARD-LISTED Ipco International's restructuring has enabled it to almost break even for the halfyear ended Oct 31, after amassing net losses of $95 million in the previous two financial years. On Friday, the infrastructure, engineering and investment group reported a net
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        185 21 THE BUSINESS Company: City Developments Core business: Property developer and hotel owner Capitalisation: $5.8 billion Number of employees: 13,703 (based on 2003 annual report) PE ratio: 29.4 times Profits in the last three years 2003: $152.3 million 2002: $151.2 million 2001: $53.8 million ANALYSTS' TAKE "CDL's fourth-quarter outlook
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      281 1 SIA clears the air Singapore Airlines says it is not being anti-competitive by slashing its fare for return flights from Taipei to Singapore. PAGE H2 A The credit card with substance HP m B M WB m M BHMHHItf| Now there's a credit card heavily weighted in your favour. All
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      35 12 Risking coach's wrath Desperate to break his international goal drought, Agu Casmir has even decided to defy his coach's order not to somersault. PAGE H l3 ...only in Tamil 'Murasu l at Snyudk <sutct (tund!
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      69 14 W times TODAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL: Washington Redskins v Philadelphia Eagles (Live, Ch23, 9.30am) CRICKET: India Tour of Bangladesh: Ist Test, day 4 (Live, Ch9s, llam) SOCCER: Tiger Cup: Singapore v Laos (Live, Ch24, 5.55pm. Delayed, Channel 5, tomorrow, 12.30am). EPLFulhamv Manchester United (Live, Ch24, tomorrow, 3.55am) Events BASKETBALL: ANDI
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      461 19 I As the APEX business chamber, the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) champions the interests of the business QTINJf" 1 A POP P I I community in Singapore in trade, investment and industrial relations. I I MISSION BUSINESS I I Nationally, SBF acts as the bridge between the government and the
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        321 24  -  Sujin Thomas TAIWANESE pop acts were not the only crowd-pullers at Saturday's Jungiery Mega Stars Concert held at the Singapore Expo. MediaCorp artist Fiona Xie caused a stir outside the venue as she signed autographs and took pictures with fans before making her way to her seat.
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          101 24 Won 't grin and bear it when sharing the spotlight The 34-year-old British actress (above) threw a tantrum right on the red carpet last week at the opening of her new film, The Phantom Of The Opera, in London. She scowled and refused to pose with her
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        676 25  -  Tay Yek Keak starsngripes I'VE now perfected my shat-shat-boh-cheo look. That, by the way, is popular Hokkien lingo meaning steady-steady-no-laugh All I have to do is to act like Wesley Snipes in Blade: Trinity. Basically what Wesley does throughout the entire movie is to walk around
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        678 25  -  Teo Pau Lin It was Jolin Tsai's concert, but opening act Sylvester Sim showed his stuff, too CONCERT JOLIN TSAI J1 WORLD TOUR Jolin Tsai Singapore Indoor Stadium/Last Saturday TO THE legions who wonder whether there's more to Sylvester Sim than just that telegenic smirk and loads
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        126 26 DON'T recognise Diane Warren's name immediately? Try this list of tracks to get to know her better. Don't Turn Around Aswad > I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Aerosmith > When I See You Smile Bad English > Un-break My Heart Toni Braxton (right, top) > Give
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        1091 26  -  Jill Alphonso Almost every hit love song that you can recall was written by Diane Warren (left). So why is it that she shares her life with two cats and three parrots? IMAGINE what Toni Braxton's career would have been like if she had never sung Un-break My
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        413 27  - Where are 1 980s TV soap brunettes Connie Sellecca and Ana Alicia now? Tay Yek Keak CONNIE SELLECCA (above), 49 Best remembered in: The TV series Hotel (1983 to 1988) as Christine Francis, able assistant and beautiful squeeze of Peter McDermott, the general manager of San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel,
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        588 28  -  Marc Lim straighttalk I can eat almost anything, but I don't have the guts for testicles and dog HAVING been brought up in the food paradise that is Singapore, I have learnt from a tender age that, like most hungry Singaporeans, I live to eat. Roti
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        56 32 Glamour is exploding over the red carpets. Trie stars on the left show you how to do it The girls of Destiny's Child are fine, furry friends in their white animal-inspired outfits. Kate Beckinsale's Grecian gown is very 1940s and perfect for her svelte figure. Maggie Cheung pairs a
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        49 32 The stars below should have stayed home PHOTOS: Korean actress Jeon Ji Hyun should pray for sartorial sass. Daryl Hannah looks mumsy in what other people might call a curtain. Jane Seymour looks like she's ready to go to bed as a very glittery bed AP AFP REUTERS
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      681 23 mondoy people tuesday travel Wednesday mid-life!»movies thursday books »arts frldaymusic Saturday motoring +tv home entertainment Sunday lifestyle IP Diane Warren is a songwriter fp r Jk extraordinaire who has penned J n^ 5"^% ehart-toppping love songs for L Celine Dion, Cher and Toni Braxton. U|j yV But love is the
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        416 6 IJh JAGUAR FOR SALE 8/01 JAGUAR S Type EXE silver, 1 owner, OMV $*****. Low mile- age. Asking $118K. 6776-9995 Rfk KIA FOR SALE $***** ONO. 7/'Ol Kia U^g^ Optima 2.0. 1 owner. Leather, rims. OMV $22K. $0 driveaway! *****111 8 MTHS OLD Rio 1.3 RS. 2 tone leather s/rims.
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        273 6 Rs* MAZDA FOR SALE RJI MAZDA FOR SALE mOZDB^ 1.5 WT ™E£ACY g mazoa^ um RX-8 6MTFE32 -M^ £^V £S fr "34,988 *&&2 §w c^^Oflfl Audk) Control sm Condttms Appy Subjtd to tmnce appwi fk a T^^b A*l*l"P*l Win m CASH $2000 DOLLARS to Buyer! Totally $0 Dollars Driveaway!! '93
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        364 6 ft[\ MERCEDES \jjjf FOR SALE 1 OWNER! '03 model Bonz E240. OMV $56K. Mileage 29,000km. Silver. Ist class cond. 100% loan. Selling $152K. Call 6348-5115 1/'9O BENZ 200E. COE 11/2008. 1 S/rims. Leather. Tip-top. Full- loan avail. 9674-1842 Henry 4/'9l BENZ 200E Auto. COE till i 3/'2OII. New paint/ tax.
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        315 6 Fff\ MERCEDES Ifljf FOR SALE 4/2003 ClBO KOMPRESSOR. Silver, i owner. Selling cheap! $115K. #81-06 Katong Plaza. *****000 $0 DRIVEAWAYI FEW units. '89 '92 Benz E2OO. Depreciation $4.5K-SSK pa. 6288-1715 IQv MINI FOR SALE 2/74 MORRIS MINI. COE 8/2006. Orig cond. Loan/ trade-in avail. Call 9674-1842 Henry MUST VIEW! MINI
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        306 6 Bf| MITSUBISHI \tfjt FOR SALE 3/98 MITSUBISHI PAJERO mini. Turbo. Auto. 4x4. OMV $16,997. Asking $34K. Call 9763-9933 Bh NISSAN \igf FOR SALE HUB TOTALLY $0 DRIVEAWAY all-in (1) Free 3 months of installment! (2) Free 6 mths rd tax/ transfer! (3) Free 1 year of car insurance! '93 Presea
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        492 6 KjV NISSAN \jjj FOR SALE $0 DRIVEAWAY! NO involved No income proof/ payslip require Free transfer 1 mth instalment Free 12 mth insurance rd tax. I '93 Sunny I.4EX Auto/ Manual '93 Sunny I.SEX Bodykit/ Manual I '93 Sunny 1.6 S/S Manual, Blue '93 Sunny 1.6 S/S Black, Maroon '93
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        557 6 Ifh SUBARU IN? FOR SALE NEW IMPREZA. FULL Option. Immed Delivery. $0 Driveaway. High Trade-In High Loan. 9768 1844 $68,999 ONLY. 1 owner. 2002. Subaru Forester Turbo. 10 yrs scrap. $19K. Contact *****672/ *****800. MYOS IMPREZA TS/ WRX/ STi Flexi Loan. High Trade-In Best Deal in Town. 9191 7290 $644/
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        572 6 tyt ©VEHICLES FOR HIRE 1 PICK UP. VAN 10ft 14ft/ 22ft truck for rental. Yew Tee Tel: *****686 Jurong Tel: *****096 Toa Payoh Tel: *****833. EDMUND VEH: VAN pickup lorry 10ft/ 14ft Open/ Box, mini-bus. Low mthly rates! Balestier Point #02-27. Call: 6250-3339. VERY CHEAP RENTAL $45! New cars/ vans.
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        392 7 fffek VEHICLES IfK VEHICLES Hi/ WANTED i_£r WANTED VEHICLES WANTED Double Check Your Price Before Selling Your Vans, PA/ PB Bus, Doublecab Pickup 10/ 14 ft Lorries Best Price For Hyundai HlOO van Toyota Liteace, Hiace, Dyna, Nissan Cabstar Special Price For 14 Ft Hiqh Deck Lorry Isuzu NHR69, NPR66,
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        469 7 USED CARS WANTED! 01 to 04 Japanese Cars. Cash payment. Pis call Mr Lim 9672-6227 HIGHEST OFFER FOR Your car! Fr 1997-2004. Cash payment. Call for no regret! 9877-3000 WANTED!!! HIGHEST PRICE 87 "93 Benz other makes. Immed cash payment! *****905/ *****789 WE BELIEVE WE can help! Honest professionals, true
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        971 7 Rh REGISTRATION |j|/ NUMBERS SBNB9Y $1888 WITHOUT Transfer fees. Highest offer secured. Interested call 6472 2222 fft| SCRAP VEHICLES OUALITY BODY FOR EXPORT 00 E2OO Komp (*****km) 524.5K 99 C2OO $10.5K 99 SBO 2.8 T6 $11.0K 01 SBO 2.4 (*****km) 515.5K 99 S32OL $35.5K 99 S2BO $34.0K 99/ 00 7351AL
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        817 7 Pt DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Lil) TANGLIN/ HOLLAND WW PTEAPTS-RENT The Light 9 Cairnhill New Conservation 2'^-storey 4+l 3600 sqft Facilities, carpk.... $13K Regency Ph. Renovated. 3649 sqft. 4+l+ balcony $13K Silver Twr. 4+l. (Renovated) 2400 sqft $7K 7 Draycott 3+1. 2121 sqft $6.3K Patterson Edge 2+1. 990 sqft $4.3K Char Yong
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        1043 7 fff\ Dl 5-1 6 EAST COAST Hi/ PTEAPTS-RENT THE BAYSHORE 2 bdrms. Nicely 1 renovated. Full condo facilities. F/ furn. Beach. $1600. *****936 NEPTUNE CT/ LAGOON View 3+l FIM. High fir. Furn. Aircon. Sea view. No aqts pis. *****007 D.15 MANDARIN GDN 1000 sqft 2 rms. Face pool. New cabinet.
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        1219 7 FIT. nniaHH J;U JamiM jit D22-24 f|fik D22-24 3D WEST JB WEST PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT Nearby amenities. Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, I Harbour front, NUS, West Coast Park Short Term Lease Shuttle service available I «3 1 rms 1,572 1,830 sq ft swimming pool gym Claudine Chee 98 7 3232 Stephanie
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        530 8 Wff\ SERVICE Wf\ SERVICE li^ APARTMENTS APARTMENTS Location Location Location Darby Park Executive Suites offer the right balance of luxury ft lifestyle with the advantage of a central location. Fully serviced with a range of facilities including a fully-fitted kitchenette, housekeeping, tennis court, pool ft gym. 12 Orange Grove Road.
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        443 8 PPK DOl 8 Lll| CITY ft SOUTH-WEST V PTEAPTS-SALE ABSOLUTELY CHEAPEST'" D.OB New Soho. Best location 50 steps to Farrer MRT. High yield return! Anthony *****425 S3SOK UP F'HOLD. Farrer Pk MRT. Foreigners eligible. 1/ 21 3 rms loft avail. Good for investment/ home stay. Freebies *****796 EVERTON RD, LIANG
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        548 8 ffh DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ hi TANGLIN/ HOLLAND J/f PTEAPTS-SALE CAVENAGH COURT 1860 sqft. 3+l. Renovated. Bright/ breezy F'hold Orchard. Sole Agt 9852-7944 ■|k Dll ft 21 NEWTON/ EHt-1 BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI IP HOUSES -SALE UNIVERSITY ROAD SEMI-D. 4000 sqft. F'hold. 4+l. Renovated. Oui■i Tenanted with attractive return. Asking 52.6M. 9789-3263 PTEAITS-SAIE PINE
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        618 8 Mk Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ ffjk Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ Mk Dll ft 2l NEWTON/ Mk 011 Et 2l NEWTON/ Mk Dl l a2l NEWTON/ Bk Dl l ft 2l NEWTON m BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Q) BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Ql BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Rl BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI HI BT TIMAH/ CLEMENT. 7 [1 BT V.MAH/ CLEMENTI f/f PTEAPTS-SALE
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        388 8 ifh HDB APTS FOR SALE PK HOB APTS FOR SALE ijjjf (BISHAN) |j|/ (BISHAN) IJK HDB APTS FOR SALE Hi? (BUKIT PAN JANG) 4-RM LOMPANG RD. Blk 176/ 177. High fir. Renovated. Breezy. Near interchange/ LRT. Call *****011 5T 522, CORNER, Very high fir. Totally unblocked. 100% move in. $280K*!!!
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        318 8 ■k HOB APTS FOR SALE fcljll (HOUGANG/S'GOON/ IF YIO CHU KANG) A1 KELVIN WONG CALL 9200-2011 HOUGANG Exec Mais 455/ 533/ 578 Nice Exec Mils 654/ 705/ 712 Low Exec Apt 940 Fully done. Low 5 'I' 698A/ 6988/ 610 Beautiful 5 T 962/ 964/ 966 Nice (Low 5 '1'
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        376 8 4 CORRIDOR S'goon N 143 #03. 100% unblocked, move-in, amenities. Daniel 9004-4333 Roof 5T CORNER S5O S'goon N. #14. F/renovated. Nice decor. Breezy. Unblocked. All races! 9008-8001 *****586 4'A' 246, 130. 4'S' 111, 151, 172, 181. 5T 155, 168, 173, 194, 293, 444. Exec Mais 159, 261 OR PPIS HDB
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        471 8 lIIVHBBAPTS FOR SALE mf (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) BELOW HDB VALUE! All races! 5 T 763 Pasir Ris St. 71. 802. F/aircon. New kitchen. *****031 agt BELOW VALUE! EXEC Apt 601. Unblocked. Nice layout. Split aircon. MRT/ amenities. 9008 3332 McR EXEC APT 509. High fir. 4 bdrms. Move in. River
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        556 8 fffk HDBAPTS FOR SALE UfcV (WOODLANDS) Near EM JjRT 120 5-T MARSILING. Cheaper than 4-rm! High fir. Dr to dr. Nice seaview. 5-min MRT/ Causeway point. Hurry! Hp 9630-7741 9^ y M nr ipiy h^pi BLaT Intamationd Property Advtows 5 T 717, 776. 508. 503. 879, 515. 778. 5 T
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        617 8 ilhjft 1/ fff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE I U^ (YISHUN) 3 'NG' BLK 135 St. 11. Low fir. Orig. cond. Yishun MRT/ amenities. Early move in. 9763-4994 agt. 4 'A 1 BLK 128. Face NS. High floor. Corner. Unblocked. Windy. Near amenities/ school. 9828-6658 4 'S' BLK 390. New List!
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        266 9 Your new address. I UOB Plaza 1 or Centennial Tower 1/ Personalised call answering if Message taking Expert mail, fax forwarding Pay-as-you-use for offices meeting rooms Regus" NOEL CORPORATE BUILDING AT K ALL ANG AVE 500 sqft to full floor plate of 30.000 sqft. Fully fitted office/ warehse, avail immed
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        653 9 Rh OFFICE SPACE if*' FOR RENT NEARMRI 21 TANJONG PAGAR Rd. Stunning renovations! Centrally located. Near main road. Area fr 1000--5000 sqft. Victor 9836-2590 Near MRT 380/ 991/ 1800/ 2500 sq.ft. Tg. Pagar/ City Hall MRT. Fitted/ bare. Sea view. Column free. Ample parking. Low ***** 068 Serviced Offices Large
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        810 9 Rh OFFICE SPACE \JO FOR RENT SUNTEC CITY TOWER 2 Mid Level Office 2300 4779 sq.ft. Call *****477 RUBY IND. GENTING. IT Office 150 sqft. Aircon, PUB, Broadband wired. $350 pm. *****682 FREE CARPARK. NEAR S goon Gdn. 4 partitioned rms. 3 cubicle stations. Cosy. 9635-0906 Agt BT BATOK/ PAYA
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