The Straits Times, 21 June 2005

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    22 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 1 10 PAGE^Em^ARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 TUESDAY, JUNE 21 2005 JB*A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Children move out but retain family ties
    626 1  -  Yap Su-Yin Married children tend to live on their own but remain close to parents By INTIMACY AT A DISTANCE The desire for intimacy at a distance is a trend that will definitely continue. 1 SOCIOLOGIST PAULIN STRAUGHAN THE ties that bind the
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  • THE TIES THAT BIND
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      Lock icon APART, YET CLOSE
      218 1  -  MELISSA LWEE VISITING her elderly parents in Bedok Reservoir has become a weekly practice for Mrs Christine Wong, 42. With husband and children in tow, she and her four older siblings and their families meet every Saturday at their parents' flat without fail. "It is our duty
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      224 1  -  MELISSA LWEE MADAM Florence Wong has lived with her parents-in-law for the past 27 years. Her husband, Mr Andy Choy, 55, had insisted on living with his parents after his marriage since he was the eldest son in the family. In fact, Mr Choy had told Madam
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    Lock icon Khoo sisters fined $500,000
    436 1  -  Azrin Asmani By. Grace Ng IT WAS over almost before it began: The trial of two daughters of late hotel tycoon Khoo Teck Puat lasted less than four hours yesterday but it has cast a long shadow over a famous family. It was a case where
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Orang Asli's traditional life under threat
      1076 1  - Orang Asli's traditional life under threat REME AHMAD By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur ABOTJT four times a week, Mr Sambung Gantang ties a parang round his waist, picks up his blowpipe and walks into the dense rainforest. Barefoot and barebodied except for his football shorts, the aboriginal moves
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  • IN A FLASH
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      Lock icon FORUM
      35 2 Tipping' s not the key A culture of tipping may not always mean better service, says reader. PAGE H7 Edusave scheme Education ministry says Edusave is meant only for students of national schools. PAGEH7
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      39 2 Bombing averted Australian police helped foil a Madrid-style bombing in the Philippines last year. PAGE 5 Saying no to plastic Customers of a Hong Kong supermarket used 1.2 m fewer plastic bags in the past month. PAGE 6
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      37 2 Muslim trade pact A preferential trading system for Muslim countries will be up by year end. PAGE 10 Vietnam's PM visits US PM Phan Van Khai will meet President George Bush in landmark visit. PAGE 11
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      52 2 New Zealander wins Michael Campbell, who almost quit the sport in 1998, claws back to win the 105 th US Open. PAGE HlO Tough matches ahead Singapore's top shuttler Ronald Susilo is likely to face 11th seed Wong Choong Harm and world No. 1 Lin Dan in Aviva's Singapore
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      Lock icon MONEY
      38 2 New clearing service The Singapore Exchange will start new clearing facility for oil and freight swaps to cut costs for players. PAGEH2I Model investor award Securities investors' association starts award for shareholder who asks good questions. PAGEH22
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      19 2 A father's loss Dutch writer feels the loss of his daughter most acutely in happy times. PAGE 18
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      61 2 Wildest nightmare China national's sister and brother-in-law had no idea dismembered victim in Kallang River was their relative. PAGE HI Ex-convict made good A pastor, previously jailed for smuggling drugs, will receive award for outstanding community service. PAGE H2 Upgrading fever cools Fewer HDB flat dwellers intend to move
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      40 2 SECTION ONE Prime 3-4 Asia 5-10 World 11-15 Review 16-18 FYI 19 SECTION TWO Home Hl-H6 Forum H7 Sports H9-Hl3 Obituaries Hl4 Money Hl5-H22 LIFE! Buzz L 2, LlO Arts L3-L5 Travel L6-L7 Events L 8 Horoscopes TV L 9
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon India opens up markets to S'pore exporters
      577 3  -  Ravi Velloor 80% of exports by value gain duty-free entry and banks will get more access By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi EIGHTY per cent of Singapore's current exports to India by value will soon be duty free and the Republic's banks
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      Lock icon Chewing over Asia-ME issues
      225 3 TURKISH hummus and Arabian couscous. Iranian braised lamb and eggplant, Arab-style grilled herbed chicken and Persian rice. A feast awaited participants at last night's dinner for the inaugural Asia-Middle East Dialogue (Amed), which Singapore is hosting. The 240 guests were feted at a dinner reception at
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      Lock icon What pact means to S'pore
      164 3 THE Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement, effective from Aug 1, will mean that Eighty per cent of Singapore's current exports to India by value will be duty free. Singapore banks will get unrestricted access to the Indian market if they set up full subsidiaries. This means
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      Lock icon Merge? SIA and Qantas give cool response
      451 4 Australian minister moots the idea as beneficial to Qantas Sydney COMPETITION GOOD, SAYS SI A "Singapore Airlines will not be deterred from its efforts to provide competition for consumers to Qantas on the trans-Pacific route between Australia and the USA." SIA STATEMENT, noting
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      Lock icon Family met accused, her mentor
      407 4  -  Tanya Fong MURDERED CHINA GIRL By TO FAMILY members of murdered Chinese national Liv Hong Mci, 22, the man accused of killing and dismembering her was someone she had introduced as her mentor. They were glad that she had found an older person at her
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      27 4 THE BIG ONE Read about the players in one of Singapore's biggest office leasing deals Body-parts murder Victim was so nice that... Landlady tried to play matchmaker
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  • ASIA
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      556 5  -  Luz Baguioro By Philippines Correspondent In Manila Australia helps Philippines avert a Madrid-style bomb attack AUSTRALIAN police helped thwart a Madrid-style bombing in the Philippines last year, the authorities in both countries said. Local affiliates of the Al-Qaeda terror network had planned to use 36kg of TNT explosives to
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      Lock icon Roh and Koizumi fail to agree on historical disputes
      595 8  -  Lee Tee Jong The stiff, formal atmosphere of the summit reflects the chill in bilateral ties Byl South Korea Correspondent In Seoul SEOUL and Tokyo yesterday failed to narrow differences over historical disputes but agreed to pursue a peaceful diplomatic resolution
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      Lock icon N. Korea 'ready to scrap missiles'
      124 8 NORTH Korean leader Kirn Jong D has said he would scrap his missiles once diplomatic ties were established with Washington, South Korean Information Minister Kirn Chang Ho said yesterday. The minister said Unification Minister Chung Dong Young, who met Mr Kirn Jong D in
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      Lock icon IN GOOD SHAPE
      98 8 In Japan, cube-shaped watermelons square off against round ones. Yesterday, farmers were preparing to ship these odd melons from Zentsuji city in south-western Kagawa prefecture, where the fruit was first grown in cubic glass boxes 20 years ago, the brainchild of a farmer. The innovation, which is
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      Lock icon India-S'pore economic pact 'will offer more opportunities'
      355 8  -  Ravi Velloor P. JAYARAM By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY INDIAN professionals will gain more opportunities to work in Singapore once the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (Ceca) is in place. Indian Commerce Minister Kamal Nath said yesterday that nurses,
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      321 5 Averting trade war Chinese textile manufacturers will have to apply for temporary export licences to limit textile exports to Europe. PAGE 7 Lead College: London School of Economics NEW^ 3 YEAR Direct Honours Degrees MBA in gmm^ffmmmmfmmmmmmmmm^ International M BSc Business 'BSc Economics ***^^mi^^^^^ BSc Management Management BSc Accounting with
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  • CHINA
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      Lock icon HK supermarkets help cut use of plastic bags
      546 6  -  Vince Chong Govt also plans to impose tax on plastic carriers to curb overuse By Hong Kong Correspondent HONG KONG'S campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags seems to be bearing fruit, with customers at a leading supermarket cutting down on
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      Lock icon More people in China becoming infertile
      465 6 Hong Kong INFERTILITY in China is fast catching up with the rates in developed countries as pollution and rampant abortions take their toll. Now, one in eight married couples cannot have a child. Over the past two decades, the country's infertility rate has climbed
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      51 6 Officials releasing Chinese sturgeons into the Yangtze River on a bridge in Nanjing, east- ern Jiangsu province. The endangered sturgeon is a top-level protected species in China. Five million of the fish bred in captivity have been released into the wild over the past 20 years. PHOTO:
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      Lock icon WHO probes Beijing's use of human flu drug on birds
      287 6 WHO probes Beijing's use of human flu drug on birds Beijing THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is seeking clarification from China over a report it has been using a human anti-flu drug on poultry, possibly rendering it useless. The Washington Post reported over the weekend that Chinese farmers, acting with
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      Lock icon China to issue permits to curb textile exports
      482 7  -  Tschang Chi-Chu New rules part of an agreement reached with Europe to avoid a costly trade war By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA has released regulations detailing how it will limit its textile exports. Yesterday's announcement came more than a week after
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    • ASIA QUICKLY
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        Lock icon TAIWAN OPPOSITION TO VISIT CHINA
        70 7 TAIPEI: A delegation from Taiwan's pro-unification New Party will visit China next month, the island's TVBS station reported. This will be the third China visit by a Taiwanese opposition party following back-to-back trips by leaders of the Kuomintang and People First Party in April and
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        Lock icon FRIGATE TO PROTECT FISHERMEN
        88 7 TAIPEI: Taiwan will take the unprecedented step today of sending a frigate equipped with anti-ship missiles to protect Taiwanese fishermen who have been repeatedly chased from an area under dispute with Japan, a Taiwanese lawmaker said yesterday. Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng said he will join a
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        Lock icon FORMER BANK CHIEF UNDER PROBE
        102 7 I BEIJING: The former head of the China Construction Bank, who stepped down under corruption suspicions in March, is being investigated by the authorities, the bank said yesterday as it pledged to shore up internal controls. Zhang Enzhao, former chairman of China's top property lender,
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        Lock icon IRATE CROWD SURROUNDS POLICE
        144 7 BEIJING: More than 200 people surrounded police in southern China's Guangdong province after officers tried to detain a bus driver who broke a traffic law, state media reported yesterday. The incident occurred on Saturday after two police officers stopped a bus near the border of Guangzhou
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        Lock icon ADDRESS SIGN ON DISPUTED ISLETS
        93 7 TOKYO: Japan has erected an address sign on tiny uninhabited islets in the Pacific Ocean in a symbolic move to counter Chinese claims to them, a Land Ministry official said yesterday. A titanium plate was placed on a concrete support on the Okinotori Islands I,Bookm
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        Lock icon SLEEP PROBLEMS FOR WINTER BABIES
        115 7 BEIJING: People born in winter are more likely to suffer from sleeping disorders than those born in other seasons, according to a recent survey conducted by a Chinese expert on sleeping. Mr Fan Dongsheng, director of a new sleeping centre of the Chinese Medical Association
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      Lock icon Family asks Tsang to help obtain release
      287 7  -  Vince Chong ARREST OF ST CORRESPONDENT By Hong Kong Correspondent THE family of detained Straits Times journalist Ching Cheong has asked Hong Kong's leader-des-ignate Donald Tsang to help secure his release when Mr Tsang goes to Beijing to receive his Chief Executive appointment.
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      Lock icon Hackers hit website of firm trying to control Internet use
      277 7 Beijing CHINESE hackers have defaced the website of a police- run security company leading a new effort to strengthen government control over the Internet. The attack against the website of Beijing General Security Service came amid its drive to recruit
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh acts fast to restore image
      583 9  -  Michelle Vachon Government tries to curb negative impact on tourism from school hostage crisis By For the Straits Times In Siem Reap THE Cambodian authorities have moved swiftly to contain damage arising from last week's hostagetaking attempt at a school near the Angkor
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      Lock icon Vietnam to reduce number of births in cities
      324 9 Hanoi HANOI is facing a population problem as the number of children born to families as a third child has increased sharply. Of the 50,431 children bora in the capital last year, as many as 2,815 were the third child in their
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      Lock icon Plans for 'peace zones' in Thai south
      225 9 Bangkok THAILAND plans to set up "peace zones" in the south to curb mounting unrest that has been linked to Islamic separatists, a minister said yesterday. Violence in the Muslimmajority region of mainly Buddhist Thailand flared again recently despite efforts to stem the
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Islamic countries eye trade pact by year's end
      567 10  -  Reme Ahmad It will help close gap between rich and poor nations, says PM Abdullah By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur MUSLIM countries are aiming for a preferred trading system by the end of the year to boost trade between the
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      Lock icon Infant goes missing from ward six hours after birth
      240 10 Sungai Petani (Kedah) "PLEASE return my baby. I really want my son back. Please do not do anything to him, his health is not okay yet," appealed the father of a newborn who went missing from the Sungai Petani hospital. Mr
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      Lock icon FATHER'S DAY GIFT
      72 10 It was four weddings in a day for the Ching family. The Ching brothers, Chow Lian (second from left), Joo Liang and Fook Liang, as well as their sister Fui Chin (left), all got married on Sunday at the Johor Bam Hakka Association. Fook Liang said they
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      Lock icon Fishermen protest against Thai boats
      282 10 Sibu (Sarawak) THE operators of about 60 fishing boats here yesterday refused to go out to sea. Instead, they staged protests over the activities of Thaiowned boats holding Malaysian deep-sea fishing licences in a new flare-up of a long simmering dispute between the two groups.
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon OLD ENEMIES NEW FRIENDS
      836 11  - OLD ENEMIES NEW FRIENDS Roger Mitton »1975 Viet PM's meeting with Bush will mark warmer relations between ex-foes By US Bureau Chief In Washington »2005 TRYING TO BE FRIENDS "It is a strange cold-warm relationship in which the war can never be totally forgotten. But both countries have matured in
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      Lock icon China and Israel warm ties with ping-pong diplomacy
      525 11 Jerusalem CHINESE Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing started his trip to Israel on Sunday, but avoided any public mention of a simmering diplomatic spat between the Jewish state and the United States over the former's weapons sales to China. Mr Li met Israeli
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      Lock icon SIA-Qantas, merger near impossible
      687 12  - SIA-Qantas merger near impossible Arthur Poon NEWS ANALYSIS Besides the regulatory hurdles, the rivals are not keen to merge By BENEFITS OF LIBERALISATION "Lifting the ownership restriction will allow Qantas to explore tie-ups with foreign partners and grow more quickly." MR VINCENT NG, an aviation analyst at Standard and Poor's
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      266 12 TRAVEL between Australia and the United States has grown phenomenally over the past couple of decades. Since 1982, the number of passengers on the route has tripled and the number of arrivals in Australia has outpaced departures. Growth on the route is conservatively projected at a strong
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      Lock icon Drought hits Spain, Portugal, Morocco
      152 12 Madrid SEVERE droughts in Spain, Portugal and Morocco are sparking forest fires, threatening livelihoods and may wreak economic havoc, officials in the region say. The worst droughts in Spain and Portugal since the 1940s may fuel inflation and dent economic growth. In Morocco, conditions are
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      Lock icon Things getting worse in Iraq, says top Republican
      582 13 Senator says more people in ruling party feel White House is disconnected from reality Washington A TOP Republican senator has slammed the Bush administration's Iraq policy as "disconnected from reality". In some of the harshest comments to date about the war from
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      Lock icon Lebanese opposition wins polls
      344 13 Lebanese opposition wins polls Beirut LEBANON'S main opposition alliance led by Mr Saad Hariri, a multi-billion-dollar business tycoon catapulted into the rough-and-tumble of politics by the assassination of his father, yesterday appeared to have scored a stunning win in an election. Although official results had yet to be announced, the
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      Lock icon Teen saves mum by killing dad
      161 13 Teen saves mum by killing dad Philadelphia A 15-YEAR-OLD teenager is being hailed as a hero for shooting his father. The man had just shot his wife, the teen's mother, and was going to shoot her again when their son killed him. The mother also died of her injuries. Police
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      Lock icon Rice pushes for Mid-East democratic reforms
      609 14 US Secretary of State asks Arab leaders not to stifle greater freedom of choice Cairo NO MORE EXCUSES "We are supporting the democratic aspirations of all people. Throughout the Middle East the fear of free choices can no longer justify the denial of liberty.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon AIRBUS RAISES PRICE OF A380
        94 14 PARIS: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has raised the catalogue price of its future A3BO, the world's largest commercial airliner, by US$lO million (Ssl7 million) to US$292 million, a company source said yesterday. It added that the base price for the singleaisle A 320, which has
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        Lock icon AIR CANADA SCRAPS BOEING ORDER
        81 14 MONTREAL: Air Canada cancelled an order for 32 widebody Boeing jets after pilots rejected a contract deal that would have freed up funds for the new airplanes. Pilots voted on Saturday to reject terms that were tied to the aircraft order, which Air Canada announced
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        Lock icon CIA 'KNOWS OSAMA'S HIDEOUT'
        137 14 WASHINGTON: CIA director Porter Goss has said he has an "excellent" idea where Osama bin Laden is hiding, but the Al-Qaeda leader will not be brought to justice until weak links in counter-terrorism efforts are strengthened, Time magazine reported. Mr Goss did not say where he
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        Lock icon 3 NABBED FOR PLOT TO KILL ENVOY
        93 14 KABUL: The Afghan authorities have arrested three Pakistanis armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades for a plot to kill US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, a senior Afghan intelligence official said yesterday. The Pakistanis were seized on Sunday in eastern Laghman province, where Afghan-born
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      Lock icon EU 'cannot wait 10 years to reform budget'
      270 14 London BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that "Europe cannot wait 10 years or more" to draft the changes needed for its spending plan amid pressure from the global economy. "The rise of China, India and the other Asian economies is
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Biden to run for US presidency
        307 15 US SENATOR Joseph Biden has become the first Democrat to openly acknowledge plans to run for the White House in 2008. "My intention now is to seek the nomination," he told CBS television's Face The Nation programme on Sunday. Mr Biden said he has
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        Lock icon Currying favour with Gandhi
        75 15 MAHATMA Gandhi's family is pleading with the Indian government to force an Australian takeaway firm called Handi Ghandi "Great Curries. ..No Worries" to stop using the vegetarian pacifist to sell its food. According to its website (www.handighandi.com), the company sells a range of meat and vegetarian
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        Lock icon Jewel thief skips jail
        171 15 A HIGH-FLYING thief who travelled the world stealing cash and jewellery from luxury hotel rooms is on the run from a British jail. Colombian national Gonzal6 Zapater Vives also identified in the media as Juan Carlos GuzmanBetancourt was sentenced to 3 W years in prison in
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        Lock icon 95-year-old runs up new record
        194 15 95 -year- old runs up new record A 95-YEAR-OLD Japanese has set an athletics world record in the southern city of Miyazaki breaking the 100 m time for men aged 95 to 99. Mr Kozo Haraguchi (right) clocked 22.04 seconds as the sole runner in a race held in rain
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      384 16 SINGAPORE is hosting the inaugural Asia-Middle East Dialogue that is bringing together eminent persons from East and West Asia. Participants from some 40 countries will talk trade, politics, social awakening and cultural exchange over the next two days. No communique will be issued at the
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      869 16  - Tsang' s mission will be to build trust Frank Ching By For The Straits Times SLOW AND STEADY Mr Tsang intends to focus on big-picture issues such as rebuilding confidence in Hong Kong, improving relations between the executive and the legislature and political reform. On universal suffrage, his intention is
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      808 18  -  Isaac Herzog ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM THE GAZA By PROMISING SIGNS Despite their memories and fears, most Israelis back the plan to withdraw. They know that Israel must take risks like this to set secure national borders, to ensure the future of a Jewish democratic
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      200 16 A brave start Israel's pullout from the Gaza is a step towards real peace in the region. PAGE 18 THE STRATTS TIMES SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS, NEWS CENTRE, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 2,*****4 ST INTERACnVE: http:/ /straitstimes.asial .com.sg SPH Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice-President Alan Chan Heng Loon (Marketing)
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      335 19 EYI. THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2005 Singapore today Showers with thunder likely in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern, western and central Singapore. B^Bk jI-!3w^B^B^B^bO^^^s^^ -^^bY bw^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B bV^bb B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^ B^Bk .^B^B^k^B^^ BB^ r B^. BY Bb^bSbMßbl BSfINBBMBBBM^^BBWfIBI B^Mmmwm^km^BW I BBBf .^BBBBBBBBBBBBMEw Bk jBBBBBBbV vi Bw
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      8 1 HOME THE STRAITS TIMES TUESDAY JUNE 21, 2005
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      Lock icon Sister of murdered woman distraught
      817 1  -  Tanya Fong KALLANG BODY-PARTS MURDER Husband broke the horrifying news to her in stages to minimise the shock By: WHEN Miss Liv Hong Mei's brother-in-law heard news that the body parts of a woman had been washed up on the banks of the Kallang River
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      445 2  -  Alfred Siew Sun Page is largest firm to offer cheaper calls from cellphones B\ A NEW player has entered the budding mobile callback service business, a development that could see the cost of calling from one's cellphone drop drastically for those who already enjoy
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      839 2  -  Arlina Arshad By Other winners THE Singapore Youth Award will also go to the following: Mr Goh Boon Teck, 33, chief artistic director, Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble He has directed several English and Mandarin productions. In 2003, he was commissioned by the Kageboushi Theatre of Japan
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      154 2 EMBARRASSING and intimate information about people is appearing on blogs, websites and message boards, as Singaporeans go online to "sabo" or get back at people they don't like. After all, the Internet offers an easy, effective and low-risk platform to get even. Worse
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      Lock icon Cleaning no longer a dirty job in Tanjong Pagar
      512 2  -  Lin Zhaowei B\ IT IS an industry largely shunned by Singaporeans, but Tanjong Pagar Town Council has turned the corner. Local people now do three in four cleaning jobs in one of its divisions. It was a different story three years
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      Lock icon Man leaps from third floor to escape burglar
      415 3  - Man leaps from third floor to escape burglar Khushwant Singh Chinese national suffers injuries; police caution against taking such risks By A CHINESE national jumped from his third-floor flat early on Sunday morning to escape a man who had broken into his Jurong West home. Mr Liv Lei hailed a
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      Lock icon KTV waitress insulted: Ex-Tong Garden MD fined
      326 3 KTV waitress insulted: Ex-Tong Garden MD fined A FORMER managing director of Tong Garden Food Products, which supplies nut snacks, was fined $700 yesterday for insulting a waitress he met at a karaoke lounge. Ong Heng Chuan, 46, an undischarged bankrupt, also gave the 33-year-old woman $6,000 to compound two
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      422 3  -  K.C. VIJAYAN By Crime Correspondent A CONSULTANT psychiatrist yesterday told a coroner's inquiry that, contrary to what a nurse said, he did tell her "to keep a close eye" on a sedated patient, who later died. Asked by lawyer
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        54 3 A 13-YEAR-OLD student gave chase when a man grabbed his mobile phone and ran towards Serangoon Stadium on Saturday evening. But he lost sight of the thief. The boy told police he was walking along Lim Tua Tow Road near Kovan Centre at 5.30pm when
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        97 3 CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau officers seized an assortment of drugs with a street value of more than $46,000 last Tuesday. They found 479g of cannabis, 1,960 Erimin-5 tablets, 250 Ecstasy pills and 252g of ketamine from various places in Katong and Bukit Panjang. They arrested 10
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        630 4  - 81% of families staying put' in existing flats Tan Hui Yee Economic downturn and depressed property prices curb plans to upgrade By MORE THRIFTY "Gone are the days when people expected flat prices to increase indefinitely. Singaporeans are now more conservative about purchasing a flat." DR AMY KHOR, saying people's
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        261 4 THE income gap has widened. The average household income of those living in one- and tworoom flats has dropped even though HDB dwellers, in general, are better off. The decrease is a first in 35 years, according to the latest HDB household survey. Household
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        Lock icon Esplanade, Newton condo win global award
        390 4  -  Joyce Teo By SINGAPORE'S famous "durians", The Esplanade, have something in common with a high-end condominium in Newton, The Lincoln Modern: good architecture. The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has given the buildings the Riba Worldwide Award. Singapore is the only country to
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        544 5  -  Theresa Tan Even if they have children or siblings who could take them in, many prefer their own space By ESTATES WITH ELDERLY RESIDENTS More reports tomorrow Community bonding and the changing HDB landscape A GROWING number of elderly in Singapore, seeking peace
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        Lock icon HDB sells 91 of 100 surplus unsold flats
        336 5  -  Daryl Loo By THE Housing Board has sold 91 of the 100 flats it had trouble finding buyers for previously, a month after the homes were put on the resale market. The scheme, which made the flats available to a wider group
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        Lock icon 20,000 credit cards here at risk
        443 5  -  Chua Hian Hou By AT LEAST 20,000 credit cards in Singapore could be exposed to a risk of fraud as data thieves penetrated the computer system of a United Statesbased credit card processing company last Friday. The breach at Card Systems Solutions could affect
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        160 5 LANGUAGE tutors are taking to the skies with Singapore Airlines offering passengers language lessons on its inflight entertainment system, alongside music, games and movies-on-demand. Called the Berlitz Word Traveler, the programme offers a crash course in English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese,
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      546 6  - Tasteful start to Asia- Middle East talks Asad Latif 121 chefs spend a week planning dinner menu By SINGAPOREAN Albert Tan had a week to plan and cook up a culinary storm. With the help of 20 other chefs, the 52-year-old executive sous chef did just that yesterday. That was
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      237 6  -  DAVID BOEY A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force tanker aircraft yesterday took 35 people on a three-month mission in support of the United States-led forces reconstruction effort in Iraq. The detachment consists of RSAF air crew and support staff and technicians from Singapore Technologies
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      261 6 Top earth experts discuss tsunami ABOUT 1,000 earth and environmental scientists from all over the world have gathered in Singapore for a five-day annual conference on environmental issues. Professor Ip Wing-Huen, the president of Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society, which organised the meeting, said: "It's the largest meeting of scientists in Asia
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        553 7 CUTTING WAITING TIME AT GOVT HOSPITALS DISCRIMINATORY PROCEDURE Prioritising the use of limited resources according to one's ability to pay, albeit only for non-emergency treatment, is discriminatory. I REFER to the Ministry of Health (MOH)'s reply, "Patients' needs based on objective clinical appraisal"
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        263 7 HOME-SCHOOLED CHILDREN MR MARTIN Rushton suggested in his letter, "End discrimination of home-educat-ed children" (ST, June 10), that Edusave be granted to home-educated children. A pupil is eligible for an Edusave account if he is a citizen between six and 16 years and
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        Lock icon Case's misguided view on ILPs
        426 7 Case's misguided view on ILPs I REFER to the article, "Avoid ILPs, Case advises older investors" (ST, June 13 Unfortunately, the representative from the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) presented a misguided view that invest-ment-linked products are necessarily inappropriate for older people. The reality is that, whether you are 35
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        235 7 I REFER to the letters by Ms Wendy Lim ("Child not schooling here pays adult fares"; ST, June 4), Ms Cynthia Chan ("Child schooled at home will have to pay adult fares"; ST, June 7) and Mr Martin Rushton ("End discrimination of home-educated children";
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        263 7 IN THE article on the Radio Asia conference, "Radio group signals its unhappiness" (ST, June 18), Ms Shareen Wong, senior programme manager of Safra Radio, was quoted as saying that the delivery of speeches of "non-native English speakers" was difficult to understand. As
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        158 7 I HAVE some comments regarding the article, "Tipping culture key to better service" (ST, June 10). It would be ideal if tipping indeed results in better service. However, it is not always the case. Go to New York and you will find out
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        114 7 IN BRITAIN or the United States, I am always scared that the taxi driver may scold me if I don't give a big enough tip. If the meter fare ends in "0.70" I will round up to the nearest pound or dollar, and maybe
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        122 7 I WOULD like to thank The Straits Times for publicising the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)'s pending campus activities in Singapore (ST, June 2). There are two points that we would like to clarify. The proposed academic programmes to be offered by
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          73 7 WHEN one transfers funds from one bank to another on the Internet, it takes two days for the money to be credited even though it was deducted immediately. What happened to the money in those two days? What about the interest lost? I have
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          106 7 MY HUSBAND and 1 are retired education officers. We are both pensioners with government medical benefits. My husband is under the CPW medical scheme whereby he pays only 50 per cent of the ward charges if he is hospitalised. All other medical bills are paid by
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          68 7 THERE have been many reports on bird-flu and the possibility of it reaching a pandemic level. My concern is that in those countries where bird-flu has been reported, there is a lot of agricultural farming and, as is commonly the case, manure is used
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          52 7 GIVEN the ageing population and ever-present threat of terrorist attacks, I would like to suggest having voluntary reservist service for those NSmen who have reached age 40 or fulfilled the 13 cycles. This could be seen as a form of contribution towards the society. Jayden him
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          72 7 I WAS at a popular bean-curd shop along Short Street the other evening for supper when I saw workers washing clear plastic containers which had been discarded by customers, to be reused. My companions and I were disgusted. Being disposable, the impression we get is that
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        859 9  - Spielberg, Besson lend weight Marc Lim FILM DIRECTORS GET INTO THE ACT They will screen short films at lOC Session to boost their cities' bids By Behind the movies New York: Steven Spielberg Co-founder of Hollywood film-making giants Dreamworks, he won the Best Director Oscar for Schindler's List and Saving
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        Lock icon New York issues etiquette advisory
        351 9 GUIDELINES ON BEHAVIOUR New York PRESENT business cards with both hands. Do not compliment a businesswoman's appearance. And definitely don't spit. A delegation of about 250 New Yorkers will travel to Singapore early next month to attend the ll7th Session of the International Olympic Committee,
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        151 9 DONTS Do not spit, litter, jaywalk, chew gum or smoke in prohibited areas. Do not sell, import or advertise the sale of gum. Never touch, hug or kiss a person of the opposite sex at a business meeting. If you're a man, do not offer
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          171 9  -  LIN XINYI HE IS the president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and the Kuwait Minister of Energy. But when Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah (right) comes to town next month, it will be as an lOC member. He has been in the lOC since 1992.
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          184 9  -  MARC LIM YOU will not read much about Sajid Hanifa (right) when Singapore hosts the International Olympic Committee Session from July 5-9. And that is how the head of the Singapore Secretariat likes it. Sajid is happy behind the scenes, pulling the strings to make the Session a
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        1171 10 »GOLF From nowhere, Campbell produces superb final round to win the US Open Pinehurst (North Carolina) How the Fab Five fared 282 Tiger Woods (USA) *****2 69 286 Vijay Singh (Fiji) *****4 72 288 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 68 70 69 81 289 Ernie Els
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        Lock icon Goosen the Iceman melts
        466 10 RETIEF Goosen, known for his coolness under pressure, underwent an epic meltdown on Sunday to squander what could easily have been his third US Open title in five years. The 36-year-old South African defending champion began the final round with a three-stroke lead, but struggled to
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        816 11 A FARCE OF A RACE P MOTOR RACING Concerns about tyre safety lead to only six cars racing at US Grand Prix Indianapolis HUGE DAMAGE "The damage is immeasurable. You wouldn't be surprised if they didn't want to have another Grand Prix here and I don't blame them one little
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        Lock icon Benitez confident Gerrard will stay
        878 11 SOCCER London United first in line if Real discard Owen MANCHESTER United have manoeuvred into pole position in the race to sign Michael Owen, should the England striker be told that he has no future with Real Madrid. Manager Alex Ferguson has urged his board
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        Lock icon Choong Hann and Lin Dan lie in wait for Susilo
        380 12  -  Chan Yi Shen BADMINTON By SINGAPORE'S top shuttler Ronald Susilo was not wearing his usual smile yesterday after learning of the draw for the Aviva Singapore Open from Monday to July 3. While he faces a relative unknown in Canadian
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        Lock icon China-born trio given citizenship
        466 12  -  Chan Yi Shen Footballer Jing, and shuttlers Aiying and Yujia will boost SEA Games chances By THREE China-born women have given their respective sports a boost by their being granted Singapore citizenship. They are footballer Li Jing, and badminton players King Aiying and Li Yujia. Former
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        Lock icon Another first for India's Mirza
        408 12 TENNIS Wimbledon TEENAGER Sania Mirza became the first Indian woman to reach the second round of the Wimbledon tennis championships, with a battling 6-3, 3-6, 8-6 victory over Japan's Akiko Morigami yesterday. The 18-year-old, who has already had an impressive record this year, boosted her
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        577 12 BASKETBALL Detroit THE San Antonio Spurs avoided getting swept in the Palace of Auburn Hills with a 96-95 overtime win over the Detroit Pistons in Game Five of the NBA Finals on Sunday. They did not have to search
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          64 12 THE deadline for entries to Diva la Futbol has been postponed to Saturday. Organised by the Singapore Management University's women's soccer team, the six-a-side competition will be held on July 9 at Übi Field (Kampong Übi Avenue 1, opposite Blk 341). The registration fee is $2
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          44 12 SINGAPORE golfer Mardan Mamat will be teeing off at the inaugural Brunei Open in Bandar Seri Begawan on Thursday. The US$3OO,OOO (S$500,000) event will be the Dynasty Cup winner's final stop before heading for the British Open next month.
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          97 12 BUDDING local footballers have chance to watch Manchester United in Hong Kong on July 23 during their Asia Tour. All they have to do is play Goalstriker at Parkway Parade an interactive soccer game where players get five shots at a penalty shoot-out.
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        Lock icon Wimbledon
        129 12 First-round results Men: Roger Federer (Sui) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4 6-2 6-4, Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-3 6-3 6-1, Taylor Dent (USA) bt Dick Norman (Bel) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4)4-6 6-7(7-9)6-1. Women: Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 6-2 6-2, Antonella Serra Zanetti (Ita)
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        Lock icon Balestier hope to arrest slide in form
        316 13  -  H\ Terence Lim BALESTIER Khalsa, once riding high on the S-League table after some impressive performances that included a 2-0 win over defending champions Tampines Rovers, have slid. Just two months ago, they trailed table-toppers Tampines by a mere two points 14 to
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        500 13 They are confident of upsetting World champs after 1 -0 win over Greeks Frankfurt JAPAN coach Zico believes his team can pull off a surprise result against Brazil in their final qualifying match of the Confederations Cup tomo/*--row. This new-found confidence came after they
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        Lock icon Mexico in stunning win over Brazil
        291 13 MEXICO'S stock rose sharply in the heat of a Hannover night with Sunday's entirely justified victory over Brazil a vital step on the road to next year's World Cup finals. "It's satisfying to see how we're growing and able to beat great teams. We're
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          89 13 LONDON: Australia cricket star Shane Warne is reportedly fighting to save his marriage after new claims he cheated on his wife with a student. The 35-year-old spin bowler, who has been involved in a series of scandals, allegedly begged Laura Sayers, 25, for sex before
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          69 13 LONDON: English soccer club Arsenal are set to sell France star Robert Pires to Spanish side Valencia. Pires, who has a year left on his contract, wants a new two-year deal but Arsenal will only offer 12--month contracts to players over 30. They are ready
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          54 13 PITTSFORD (New York): Mexican golfer Loreno Ochoa birdied six of her final seven holes to turn a five-shot deficit into a fourstroke victory at the LPGA Wegmans Rochester event. Ochoa entered the final round two shots back of American Paula Creamer, but fired a seven-under-par 65
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          48 13 LONDON: English soccer midfielder Jamie Redknapp was been forced to quit playing at 32 because of a knee injury. His father Harry told the News of the World: "Jamie has been forced to stop, otherwise he could have ended up a cripple."
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        975 13 ATHLETICS European Cup Women's Super League in Florence, Italy: Team points: 1 Russia 131.5 2 Poland 94 3 Germany 93 4 France 90.5 5 Ukraine 86 6 Romania 85 7 Italy 77 8 Greece 62. 200 m: 1 Christine Arron (Fra) 22.845 ec 2 Yelena Bolsun (Rus) 23.00 3
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        233 12  -  Clement Tan SWIMMING By TAO LI bettered May Ooi's 13-year-old women's 200 metres backstroke national mark of 2min 22.315 ec by more than a second yesterday but it will not count. This is because she is not a Singapore citizen. Tao, who clocked 2:21.02, was
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        440 13 r*l will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone. gj O Lord, make me dwell in safety Psalm 4:8 KWANG MONG THEIN Age: 72 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 June 2005. Dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Kwan Kit Tee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Kwang
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        339 14 "So teach us to number our days, that we present to thee a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90: 12 PETER CHAN CHIOK SHIEN Age: 88 Was called home to be with the Lord on 20 )une 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Beloved wife: Leong Fong Chee
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        506 14 ANG GEOK TUAY (Wife of the late Chen Chin Chia) Age: 73 passed away peacefully on 19 June 2005. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chen Siak Khoon Bernard Tai Wai Kuen Chen Siak Hong Tan Siew Lan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chen Soon Kuan Lee Kum Wah
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        318 14 deepest sympathy heartfelt condolences to Mp MR ANG POH KIANG (Directors of Aegis Group of Companies) On the demise of his beloved father ANG KHENG KIAM Departed on 18 June 2005 From: The Management Staff of Singapore Aegis Equipment Pte Ltd Aegis Venture Corporation Pte Ltd Aegis Logistics Pte Ltd
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        423 16 LINGERING WORRIES Market anxiety over oil exports from nations such as Nigeria has resurfaced, after three nations closed their consulates in Lagos, due to a threat from foreign Islamic militants. Militant threat in Nigeria stokes concerns, as traders point to
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        206 16 New York TWO US congressmen have asked the Bush administration to review and possibly block any effort by China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) to acquire Unocal, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The move comes amid reports that CNOOC, China's third-largest
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        301 16 Jakarta INDONESIAN investigators are compiling material on possible financial wrongdoing at the country's largest telecommunications firm, a senior prosecutor said yesterday. Telekomunikasi Indonesia, popularly known as Telkom, said it had no knowledge of the graft probe. Mr FJendarman Supandji, head of the government's special
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        1746 16 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE lUNE 20 2005 52 WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST VOLUME OAT LAST MOTE HIGH LOW COOf COMPANY TRAOEO SALE tti 000 HICN LOW B'JTFR SELLER 4 Ob 40/} A Sonic W05 12 30 IS I 96? 1 39/? ACCSCAeCWOSII2S 54 24 5 404/ AscendasCA eCW*****4 44
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        35 16 Yesterday's close: 13,945.77 (+33.74 points) Hong Kong stocKs rose 0.24 per cent with oil players outperforming on the back of record-high oil prices Oil stocks such as PetroChina performed well. REUTERS
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        40 16 Yesterday's close: 4.305.6 (-6.6 points) Australian stocks closed 0.15 per cent down as investors took profits and ended the exchange's recordbreaking run. They are also worried that higher oil prices will hurt the pockets of consumers. AFP
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        32 16 Yesterday's close-. 896.75 (-0.31 point) Malaysian stocks closed flat amid concerns about rising oil prices, with investors taking to the sidelines as crude rose above US$59 per barrel AFP
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        45 16 Yesterday's close: 679.68 (6.84 points) Thai stocks closed 1 per cent lower in the slowest day of trading in three weeks, after crude oil climbed to a record, raising concerns that it will push up inflation and slow economic growth. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        40 16 Yesterday's close: 1.115.62 (-1-30.01 points) Chinese stocks closed higher, led by China Petroleum Corp and Huaneng Power International on optimism that the government will favour better quality companies to join in tts share sale programme. BLOOMBERG NEWS
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        42 16 Yesterday's close: 6,984.55 (+78.03 points) Indian stocks closed at a record high, with the benchmark index crossing 7,000 points in mtra-day trade, buoyed by the end of a family battle for ownership of the Reliance group of companies. i AFP
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        32 16 Yesterday's close-. 11,483.35 (-30.68 points) Japanese stocks closed 0.27 per cent lower as investors locked in recent gains and record crude oil prices raised concerns in some sectors. AFP
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        39 16 Yesterday's close: 1,147.71 (+5.89 points) Indonesian stocks closed 0.52 percent higher as gains in market leader Telkom pushed the index back into positive territory. Volume was 1.39 billion shares worth 1.64 trillion rupiah (Ss2B9 million). AFP
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        73 16 June 20 China Petro 4c 19.036.000 Sing Tel 15c 15.455.000 UniFiber 10c 15.202.000 Accord Customer 2.5 c 14.966.000 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 13.121.000 Biosensors USO.OIc 10 490.000 MFSTech 10c 10,271,000 UTAC USl5c 9,950,000 China Sun HK25c 8,336,000 Sing Post 5c 8.291.000 Capita Land 8,099.000 CapitalandOßeCWosoBls 7.774.000 ChinaEntSp 5c 7.586.000 STATSChP2Sc
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        160 16 June 20 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS m FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2900 1.3050 Can dollar 1.3510 1.3670 Euro 2.0300 2.0530 Malaysian ringgit* o 4394 0.4396 NZ dollar 1.1890 1.2130 Sterling pound 3 0350 3
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        285 16 June 20 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreensoc 0.29 l'.lM +0.010 Ascendasreit 1.05 2 170 -0030 BIL Intl US2Oc 051 1190 Capita Land 148 2.300 Capita Mall 079 2.370 +0020 Chart SemiCond 26c 092 1.310 -0 040 CityOevMc 2.30 7.500 -0.050 ComtortOelGro 25c 19? 1.670+0.010 Cosco
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        421 17  -  Kelvin Wong Aman Capital Global Fund returning investors money after reportedly losing tens of millions in April By ONE of Singapore's biggest hedge funds is returning money to its investors after reportedly losing tens of millions of dollars in derivatives trading in April. Aman
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        316 17  -  KELVIN WONG SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings is still keen on buying into China Construction Bank (CCB), despite recently losing out to Bank of America (BOA) for a 9 per cent stake in the company. A Financial Times (FT) report yesterday cited
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        313 17  -  Bryan Lee By SHRUGGING off a failed bid to enter Pakistan's telecoms market, Sing Tel appears to have turned its sights on Thailand's biggest telco, TOT. The Singapore telco is said to have "shown interest" in state-run TOT's upcoming initial public
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        308 17 Shanghai CHINA'S stock market regulator has said that 42 companies, including some of the country's biggest and best known corporate names, will take part in the second stage of its planned reform of the shareholder structure of listed companies. Baosteel, China's
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          530 18  -  Joyce Hooi Changing values of this top affluent group make them a lucrative target By Promising clientele The affluent those with at least $6,000 of personal disposable income per month comprised 6 per cent of the population last year, up from 4 per cent in
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          409 18  -  Erica Tay By FOR an inexpensive cosmetics brand, Revlon is piling plenty of star-studded glamour into a single advertising campaign, featuring not one, but five, leading Hollywood actresses. Known in the 1980s for using a bevy of supermodels in one ad, the beauty giant
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          339 18  - Young Rubicam tops creative rankings Karen Tee By CHART TOPPERS A SINGAPORE Tourism Board (STB) deal has catapulted creative agency Young Rubicam (Y&R) to the top of a ranking of advertising agencies based on the value of new business. Y&R jumped from fourth position to top spot of the ST-R3
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          646 20  -  AZRIN ASMANI GRACE NG Grace NG TEXT: AND She knew about Khoo Teck Puat's concealed stakes as early as 1998 By( JACQUELINE Khoo was let into the dark secret of the undisclosed shareholdings of her father, the late Mr Khoo Teck Puat,
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          124 20 "I am at peace with myself. I have done right by God and by my father, and now have done right by the law. "My father was a great man. He loved and protected his family. He was highly successful but deeply cared for the needy. He
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          445 20  -  B\ Azrin Asmani A FATEFUL 10-minute meeting at the York Hotel in August 2003 was all it took to implicate Elizabeth Khoo. Details of her father, tycoon Khoo Teck Puat's secret stakeholdings in three family companies were thrust on her that morning,
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        672 21  -  Goh Eng Yeow TAKING STOCK By< THE fear factor kicked in with a vengeance yesterday with concerns over rising oil prices and the possibility of a home-grown technical recession sending traders rushing for the exit. Blue chips and penny stocks took a battering,
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        493 21  -  Lee Su Shyan SGX hopes move will reduce risk of players defaulting, boost hub status By Companies Correspondent THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will start a clearing service for oil and freight derivatives by the first quarter of next year. This will cut costs
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        267 21  -  Narendra Aggarwal By Reeling them in Jurong Shipyard will build two semisubmersible drilling rigs (right) designed to work in tough deep water conditions. With the new order, it has now secured $2.9 billion worth of new business this year. In April it
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          104 21 TEMASEK COMPLETES SALE OF 264 M CCT UNITS TEMASEK Holdings has successfully sold the 264.1 million units of Capita Commercial Trust (CCT) it had put up for sale at $1.50 each. The units represent a 29.5 per cent stake in the real estate investment trust. About 239 million units were
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          67 21 SINGAPORE-LISTED AusGroup has agreed to acquire a niche industrial fabricator, Seagate Structural Engineering, in Western Australia for $7 million. The acquisition will help AusGroup reduce its reliance on subcontractors. This is expected to improve its operating margin by making it use its internally-owned resources
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          119 21 DBS Group Holdings will begin its offer for as much as 8.2 million shares, or 20 per cent, of India's Cholamandalam Investment and Finance on July 20. Sale managers DSP Merrill Lynch said the offer will close on Aug 8, in a statement
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        220 21 WARRANT WATCH THE fear that the recovery in the technology sector may grind to a halt has prompted investors to snap up the put warrants of technology stocks. This is in anticipation of a correction in their share price after the recent run-up. Take, for
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        669 22  -  Goh Eng Yeow It is starting award to encourage youth to play a more active role at AGMs By MORE INVOLVEMENT "We would like younger investors to see the importance of attending company meetings and do what the older generation of shareholders
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        9 22 I June 20, 2005 2,197.38 -11.77
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        23 22 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2900 1.3050 Euro 2.0300 2.0530 Sterling pound 3.0350 3.0690 US dollar 1.6620 1.6800 Yen (100 units) 1.5258 1.5421
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        8 22 UP DOWN Gainers: 112 Losers: 332 Unchanged: 536
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        192 22 Heinz to buy Britain's HP Foods for 1.4b SALE OF DANONE DIVISION Chicago UNITED States food company H. J. Heinz has agreed to buy Danone's British-based HP Foods business for about US$B55 million (551.44 billion) in a deal that puts HP and Lea Perrins sauces under the same roof as
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      14 9 MEET THE WORLD "I'm here for the inter-cultural exchange." lOC SESSION VOLUNTEER JAMES TEO
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      50 10 Win over Euro champs Zico's Japan are in the running for a place in the Confederations Cup after beating Greece. PAGE H l3 IJMajd^rJ^Ayy[|ii!^J PL. J^^*^ I r if"! ■^H I L J S I fl^H II I Mil^l^^i^^^^^B^M B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BB^B^B^B^B^B^B^BBB^B^B^B^B^BBB^B^EP^^BWBM*! *3 L.^^ Bl W^ll Btt^feSMtt^^Ki^m I r%? W; %*< OO
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      131 12 S-League Today Geylang United v Balestier Khalsa (Bedok, 7.30pm) Tomorrow Home United v Albirex Niigata (Bishan, 7.30pm) Thursday SAFFC v Paya Lebar Punggol (Choa Chu Kang), Tampines Rovers v Sinchi (Tampines) 7.30pm Friday Woodlands Wellington v Young Lions (Woodlands, 7pm) Live, CNA, 7pm Standings P W D I F A
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      83 13 TV times RUGBY: British Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand: Southland v British Lions (Live, Ch24, 3pm) SOCCER: Fifa Confederations Cup, Germany: Argentina v Germany (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 2.35 am), Australia v Tunisia (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.35 am) TENNIS: Wimbledon Championships: Day highlights (Delayed, Ch24, Bam). Ist rd (Live, Ch24,
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      492 6 Wh HONDA FOR SALE 03/92 CIVIC 4-DR Auto. Silver. COE till 08/2011. Asking cheap. Pis call 6742-8331 EZY DOWN PAYMENT EZY FINANCING INSTALMENT EZY TRADE-IN IMMEDIATE ■Iwlvomw* HlQnoSt TrBd*>ln r it Lower Prices Immediate Registration Doorstop Service VISA Accepted Accent G*tz Matrix Santa FE Sonata Tucson Coup* Trucks IMMEDIATE REGN.
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      603 6 fff\ NISSAN U^ FOR SALE 2004 MODEL FAIRLADY. 1 owner Low miles. New tax. OMV $43K. Tan Chong warranty. *****187 $0 DRIVEAWAY ALL New Cars Sunny Lancer /Altis Vios. High Overtrade 9367 3579 07/02 PRAIRIE 2.0 Auto. 7 seaters, leather, s/rims. Low Mileage. Agent warranty. Tel *****200 11/-96 MARCH 1.0
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      460 7 f?K SAAB FOR SALE 11/'OO 9-5 2.OLPT Dark blue Low mileage. Leather, s/nms. CD changer. Must view! 6475-4484 10/'O3 9-3 AERO 2 OTS 1 owner. Top of the range Sports Saloon. Excellent cond. View *****484 6/'O3 SAAB 9.3 4-DR. Blue. Done 30,000 km. Agt maintained. OMV 529.5 K. Call *****800
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      365 7 BRAND NEW VOLVO SBO silver, not yet register. Special price. See to appreciate. *****442 5/'O2 SBO 2.4. OMV 541.4 K. COE $40K. New tax, s/rims, full option, agt maintained. 6459-5535 CHTOTONGajEOT 1993-2002 J OOO units VARIOUS MODELS European, Mercedes, Japanese Commercial Vehicles Allused cars wanted G'teed COE Wish 18 $75,888
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      514 7 PROMOTION! $40 ONWAROSI Cars, MPVs, Vans trucks for hire. Special rates for long term. Call Falcon-Air Sin Ming/ Pandan *****880, Tampines *****997 WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PRICE CHAN'S CAR RENTALS. We've cars from $50 p/day. Trucks/ vans I from $38 p/day. Call 6753-2536 I or visit www.chans.com.sg ROBINSON CAR RENTAL
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      427 7 RJS REGISTRATION NUMBERS SBL 88I<"?*****| EQ I3BM $7888 1 EJ 3131Z $6888 I SBQ 42R $1188 I SBK 393 J $988 I Price Include T/F I SPJSS77G ($888). 58R1777S ($888), E*****K ($6888). SBYSSIID ($1388) SFA9944R ($1388). Include transfer fee. Call Esther 9477-9817 5P3955 5W1824 EF937 5N1742 5X2730 58W5780 EL6331 SCKII2S
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      668 7 ©LORRIES FOR SALE 5/03 NISSAN Cabstar 10ft 525.8K 10/94 Nissan Cabstar 10ft $12.8K 9/02 Isuzu Pickup (turbo) $25.8K 3/01 Isuzu Pickup (4x4) $21.8K 1/01 Mitsubishi Canter 10ft $18. 3K 9/98 Mitsubishi CanUriOft $10.8K 12/95 Canter 10ft Box(COE) $13.8K 8/96 Toyota Dyna Box (V) $16.8K 11/93 Isuzu Twin-Cabin $18.8K 9/93 Cabstar
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      602 7 Wtk VANS FOR SALE i% VANS FOR SALE also available as Mini-bus/GPV H Low monthly installments Very low down I payment Free first month installment Free I insurance for 1 year Easy financing I arrangement 3 Years or 100.000 km I Warranty FREE 3 SERVICING SESSIONS I ,SBi JhMI \mk
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      193 7 kuruea ,mjs; l |fIS MOTORCYCLES/ Ipf SCOOTERS BAJAJ PULSAR 180 180 cc. 4 stroke Award-winning motorcycle Powerful, sleeK technologically advance 800,000 units sold Full spare parts support Universal Motors Pte Ltd 356 Alexandra Road Tel: 6479 3126 6479 0326 Blk 1006 Bt Merah Lane 2 901-04 Tel: 6278 2029 NEW
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      492 8 ■k 001-08 ffe 001-08 L2J CITY ft SOUTH-WEST Dj CITY El SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS RENT J/f PTE APTS RENT •3-t-l rm5 (1,475-1,873 59 ft) Full condo facilities I a^ Nearby amenities:- Near Singapore Science Park, aw Alexandra Distripark and I fe International Business Park, Lft I Harbourfront, Ginza Plaza, f\
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      645 8 Expat's Location HERITAGE DOVER PARKVIEW. 21 3+l rms. High fir. Pool/ city view. F/furnished. Near MRT/ amenities. Immed. 9100-2897 BLUE HORIZON BRAND new. 1130 sqft. 3 bdrms. Face pool. F/facilities. Amenities. Mins downtown. immed. Low rent 9005-0557 DW BRAND NEW! BLUE Horizon 3+l+l. 1250 sqft. Very high fir. Full sea
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      513 8 ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ Wtk, 009-10 ORCHARD/ Bk DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ L^J TANGUN/ HOLLAND tllj TANGUN/ HOLLAND Dj TANGUN/ HOLLAND ■F PTEAPTS-RENT |F PTEAPTS-RENT U PTEAPTS-RENT H^HL^S H i mPB^P Jig T ~J^ K| ~go Prestigious adaress at Leonie Hill Road lif Lgj[' HI Minutes walk to Orchard MRT I
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      691 8 Luxurious Homes Villa delle Rot District 10. Off Holland Rd. walk to Botanical Gardens. Quality finishings, private patio or balcony, condo facilities 2,8005q ft, 3+ l maisonette, from S7K Brentwood Villas District 9, Lloyd Rd, 5 mm walk to Somerset MRT, Modern townhouse, private garden, near amenities, 1300sq ft., 4+l
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      692 8 ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ fclj TANGLIN/ HOLLAND ■F PTEAPTS-RENT dohtXmiss CHARLESTON 3+l/ 2+l. Pte lift, security, pool. Part/ f/furn. Near Gt World/ Orchard. Owner *****952 office hrs EXPAT'S MM TESSARINA. 2+l. 990 sqft. P/furn. New. Very breezy. Full condo facilities. Near amenities/ bus stop. Avail immed. Call 9487-9600 GOODf"? LocahomHU
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      1117 8 ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ [2J TANGLIN/ HOLLAND V PTEAPTS-RENT EXPAT'S DELIGHT) Kirn Yam Hgts Condo at River Valley. Spacious 3+1. 1350 sqft. Only $2.5K! Hurry! Immed. 9066 7878 PN LEONIE GDN 3-storey penthse. 3045 sqft, 4+l. new kitchen $7000. Chanster 9636-4009 3 CUSCADEN WALK 3600 sqft 4+l 2 mins to
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      908 8 ■t Dll a2l NEWTON/ LLJ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI Mr PTEAPTS-RENT Brand New Condo 3 mins to Novena MRT Next to Novena Sq/United Sq 1, 3, 4 Bedroom •730/1549/1871 sqft Partial/Fully Furnished Rent From $2200-***** High Commission to Agents 24hrs Property Mgmt Call Ctr Sole Leasing Agent: Knight Frank Pte Ltd 9768 5221
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      622 8 ■fck D l 14 BALESTIER/ flk 012-14 BALESTIER/ tSj MACPHERSON/GEYLANG LSI MACPHERSON/GEYLANG JJ PTE APTS -RENT Jf PTE APTS -RENT The Trim inraps Brand new 3-bedroom units 9^*s"l Panoramic views of East Coast City skyline ■j-i J Infinity-edged pool, gym, Jacuzzi, BBQ, FS^*^^7l lounge playground I \\Rl'/| Proximity to top
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      837 8 KJLKm if pnmjh ,.n lklj ,mjkl, fff\ Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST i|^ PTE APTS RENT EAST MEADOWS 3*l. Cote D'Azur studio/ 2+l/ 3+l/ 4+l/ penthse. Costa Del Sol 3+l. Also Bayshore. M. Parade. East Coast. 9169-0817 BAYSHORE PK. 2700 sqft. High fir. 4 bdrms. Well renovated. F/facilities. Near East
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      755 9 ■k 19-20SERANGOON/ QQ THOMSON U PTE APTS RENT CHILTERN PARK. 1300 sqft. 3+l. F/furn. F/facilities. Avail July. Near Australian School. $1.6 K. Call 9682-3000 Jeffßealty D.19 3-BDRMS GOLDENHILL Park. Full condo facilities. Near S'goon Gdn/ Chomp Chomp. neg. P/furn. Immed. Call 8133-0013 1300 SO FT. 3-rm: Jansen Rd, f/aircon/ turn.
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      1507 9 lg\ HOUSES FOR RENT IgV HOUSES FOR RENT WoodGroye* 1 Luxurious bungalows with in-ground I I swimming pool or spa pool I m 1 1 a^B^lßAH^^Eiflli l^W I Near to the Singapore American School I Minutes to major expressways and I Marsiling MRT station I Proximity to shopping and leisure
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      951 9 ©HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT I+l AMK (MRT) $650 HI Bt Gofflbak (MRT) $650 I+l+l Marina Cras 46 $750 2*l Ylihun 718/ 354/ 778 $650 2*l Yishun 289/ 859 $750 2+l AMK 103 $700 2+l AMK 633 (MRT) Ranovatad 2+l Buklt Panjang 482/ 480 $700 2+l Senqkang 122/ 322 $750 2+l
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      1253 9 PIJ\HUDC/HDB \Uf APTS FOR RENT M AMK 471/ 2*l Tiong Bahru MRT 129/ Teck Whye 116/ CCX 704, 688/- Bt Panjang 482/ 3+l Yishun 798. 9026-5503 ALL FURN, AIRCON. 2/3+ l Teban 40. 2+l AMK 586 MRT; Boon Lay MRT 657. 3+l Bt Panjang 244. 2/3+ l Eunos MRT. 9383-0096
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      941 9 ■bY HDB/HUDCAPTS LSI FOR RENT BELOW SBOO/MTH 3-RM BT PANJANG 214; Jurong W. L 548, 552; AMK 637; Woodlands 623; Kallanq Bahru 65. 9188 5917 S'GOON NORTH AVC 1. 3-rm, furn. move-in condition, near ameni--1 ties, immediate. Agt 9729-3474 ©SERVICE APARTMENTS Long/short term lease available (mm. 1 month) 3 bedrooms
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      1134 9 PIJV SERVICE f{f\ SERVICE fl^i SERVICE W) APARTMENTS Hi) APARTMENTS b»V APARTMENTS r^ *2m* /J**BP^iSpfflrß^a^a^L^L^L»^BEto v: K JTJ^.^^bhb^L^b^bV|lb^Bm E^S^M&a^L^LM^ jtiw <-4> sS«7* j I HFor further enquiries Tallest Serviced Apartment Residence and viewing, please call: in Singapore with 34 storeys Tol C*****RR Minimum lease period of 1 week; long term
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      806 9 jhdkjsn am yh NMH L ■k DO9- 10 ORCHARD/ ED TANGLIN/ HOLLAND IT HOUSES -SALE ***** SOFT TROPICAL bunglw Guest family hse with courtyard. Home theatre, wine cellar 6 rm 3 halls, fountain/ s/pooi. 4+B cars! PR eligible 9742-8998 Moonbeam terr 3 storey semi-d 3600/ 3700 sqft. 4+l. Quiet. Renovated.
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      809 10 IJK DO9-10 ORCHARD/ Htf TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -SALE yk-kl Project THE GLENNTREES GDN apt 2+l+ terr. 1346 sqft, $918K/ gdn apt 3/ 4+l, $1.12 M up/ ioft 1991 sqft. $1.35 M! Sch. Sale/ rent *****112 PANORAMIC PENTHSE 9 Holland high fir. 3821 sqft. Fantastic decor www.isabelredrup.com 1R24. IRA 6222-5055.
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      825 10 ■k Oil H 2l NEWTON/ .JJ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI WJ HOUSES -SALE WHITLEY BUNGLW. 4500 sq.ft. New' 52.5 M. 6*l. F'hold. Valued $3M. Near sch/ MRT. 9487-8830 0.21 SUNSET VICINITY D/storey Bunglw 6500 sqft. S*Hl F'hold Quiet. $2.xxM. Agt *****548 SIOOK BELOW VALUATION. 1066 Aye affected by Category 3 Rd
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      590 10 B 011 ft 2l NEWTON/ P|k D 11&21 NEWTON/ P)k Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ Wfk Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ fffk Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ R|k Dl l ft 2l NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI CIl BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI Lll BT
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      467 10 f&k Dl 5- 16 EAST COAST jjpr PTE APTS- SALE I B>^ y m ™»«i D.15 S79BK. DUNMAN PI. F'hold. New fully done up. Showunit 1292/ 1324 sqft. 3+l high fir. Must view *****722/ *****069 D.15 EAST COAST Ville/ Tembeling Ctr. 2100 sq.ft. 4+l. F'hold. Ouiet. Near eateries/ schs. $750,000.
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      477 10 ■k Dl9-20SERANG00N/ QZj THOMSON HOUSES -SALE 0/ STOREY TERR 2000 sqft. Kovan Rd. 3+l. F'hold. 10 mins to Kovan MRT, wet mkt. shpg ctr, NTUC. 9047-8171 DW D.19 TERR Bartley. Land 1600 sqft/ Built-up 2600 sqft. 4+l+l. Beautiful landscape! Serene. Closing soon! 9199-9299 D.19 SEMI-D S'goon Gdn. Land 4000 sqft/
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      479 10 ■k Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ QD THOMSON PTEAPTS-SALE F'HOLD 3^-1 EXCLUSIVE. Quiet. 1270 sqft. S'goon MRT/ Maris Stella Sch. 9387-2049 ECIO HILLVIEW EST, JLN Intan 2/storey inter terr. F'hold. Orig. Ideal for rebuild. SB2BK neg. Serious seller. Don't miss! 9180-3558 CHR D.23 HILLVIEW 2-STOREY renovated terr 2250 sqft F'hold. Hilltop. 3+l+l
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      480 10 IJtN hudcapts FOR SALE A Mortgage Payment Protection 1 or MPP fefers to insurance designed to pay your monthly mortgage for a limited period (usually a year) if you are unable to work through illness, disability redundancy. EXEC MAIS HUDC Blk 716 Hougang Aye 2. Newly renovated. Designer decor. Face
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      572 10 PftV HDBAPTS FOR SALE ll^f (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) 3 'NG 1 529 Bedok N St 3. High fir. L All races eligible. View to offer!!! 3'NG' BLK 124 Bedok N Rd. Good facing. Windy. Near Amenities 3 'NG' BLK. 44 Chai Chee. AI i cond. Valued $159 K. Unblocked. 3 'NG' blk
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      1086 10 ©HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) 9850-7057. 4-RM 111. 18.. 250, 289. 290. 503. 5T 147, 289. if ec rnais 219. 245. Jumbo 137 OH P^ HDB APTS FOR SALE ijj/ (BUKIT BATOK) BUKIT BATOK SPECIALIST JERRY 9338-6364 3'NG' Blk 212. High fir. Near MRT 4 'S' Blk 274. Corner. Amenities
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      1060 10 hgiren fm,jwyui rm HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG) 4'A' 8LK.429 CCH. low fir. Lift level. Valued $214«. Ask>nq $220 K. Near MRT. Pis bring the cheque! Call Sankar *****056 BLK 601 EXEC Mais. High fir. Well kept. Near park/ amemt'es. M:ns to Yew Tee MRT. Aqt 9068-3238 4'A' BLK 155
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      3573 11 IflS HDB APTS FOR SALE IPS HDB APTS FOR SALE iflK HDB APTS FOR SALE IRS HDB APTS FOR SALE IRS HDB APTS FOR SALE ffff\ HDB APTS FOR SALE I^7 (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) |tf/ (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) |pf (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) |pf (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) HDB ESTATES M Buy It. Sell
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      501 11 BLK 288 4'S 1 804, unblocked, very well kept. Renovated, aircon. Sell at value $161 K. 9187-0707 ERA CHEAPEST PRICE FOR 5 T corner Blk. 366. Renovated. Unblocked. Quiet. Amenities/ sch. Never see, never believe! Call: 9368-6798 $0 CASHI 3'NG' Blk 706. Indian eligible/ 4'A 1 Corner Blk 875. Sq
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      727 11 fth HDB APTS FOR SALE \Hf BELOW $120K A "Mortgage Indemnity Premium" or MIP refers to an insurance policy that protects a lender against default of mortgage repayments. ftf\ ROOMS WANTED UfrS (RENT) ALL RMS WANTED in HDB/ condo/landed property. 3+l/2+l/I+l. *****809/*****964. 24 hrs 2 EXPAT COUPLES need condo for
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      1506 11 jhjyiof nhjy j BH FACTORY SPACE Wffi FACTORY SPACE HH FACTORY SPACE [DP FOR RENT fjjf FOR RENT \jjf FOR RENT •Vv ascendas Your Trusted Partner in Business Space Ascendas has a proven track record as Asia's leading provider of total business space solutions. We develop, manage and market science
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      618 12 FR\ FACTORY SPACE ffK FAaORY SPACE Ii^FORSALE Hf?FORSALE $8,000 Renovation Grant H for limited units I Own from $0.80 psf/mth* I Affordable from 1 ,335 sq ft onwards I Surrounded by estates: Woodlands, H Choa Chu Kang, Bukit Panjang H Yishun I Near to Causeway, opening up your business market
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      365 12 Bh OFFICE SPACE Hh OFFICE SPACE HK OFFICE SPACE Up FOR RENT fjjjf FOR RENT JjjjjJ FOR RENT 5-minute drive to CBD v*L Situated at Harbour Front MRT, only 3 stops KS^XV^ away from Raffles Place MRT tx\\\V k Close to all the major expressways ■^vvSW (AYE, CTE and ECP)
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      354 12 •Business Address •Dedicated Office no to Hp •Voice Mail Box •Email Address Fax No. »24hrs Business Club Near Raffles Place Minutes walk from Raffles MRT Chinatown MRT Housed in conserved shophouses Area from 1098 sf Ample carparking lots 24-nrs security Attractive rental Contact us at 6428 8765 6223 5223 Next
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      562 12 Rh OFFICE SPACE Pfh OFFICE SPACE ijir FOR RENT \tljf FOR RENT MODERN OFFICE TIC TECH CENTRE Modern 6-storey building Situated along West Coast Highway Sizes range from 700 sf to 15,000 sf Food Court within building Ample car parking ma t r J!S Tel; *****608 *****861 International ■lUukLyjj^gyijlLjfcl^&lLifl KnlK.il,-
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      750 12 ■jii nil ym Near MRT D.Ol/ 02 NICE character shophse. Office/ retail/ others. Regular shape, aircon, timber fir, confer- ence rm etc. Raffles/ Tg Pagar MRT. Carpark. 3 sizes! *****206 GREAT SERVICE! BEST RATESI Raffles PI/ Tg. Paqar $1.60 $2.80 psf neg. Buqis/ City Hall/ Orchard $1.80 $2.80 psf neg.
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      911 12 [{h SHOP SPACE Pl^ SHOP SPACL BISHOP SPACE Iff? FOR RENT |||f FOR RENT \jjjf FOR RENT For Lease Siglap Shophouses Details of Properties: Four units of 2-storey shophouses (48A, 50A, 52A, 54A Burnfoot Terrace each 3046 sq ft) Location. At Burnfoot Terrace, off Siglap Road, surrounded by the Frankel
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      451 12 Rh OFFICE SPACE |MhV FOR RENT INT'L PLAZA. F/furn rm witn window. Nice view. High fir. Ideal for rep office. 9005 2048 TRS F/FURN OFFICE RM. Hillview. 100 sqft. Aircon. PUB, internet mcl. Free carpark. Kelvin *****382 Hfe OFFICE SPACE fjjf FOR SALE H^HHH i~ b^b^b^bl aY" aW own Sworo
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      678 12 yuh6i nbguit jh9opb n Excellent Location EAST COAST 2-STOREY shophse. 2500 sq.ft. Good frontage/ all trades/ immed/ ample parking. 53.5K neg. Must view! *****820 international Property Advisers MUST RENT! 23,475 sq.ft Aljunied MRT. Superb showrm for furn/ electrical/ home appliances. Free parking. 9006-5566 RFCT International Property Advisers HOUGANG CENTRAL (KOVAN
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      849 13 HJi SHOP SPACE Pffv SHOP SPACE fSIf FOR RENT iHf FOR RENT HdS9BH UNITED SQUARE The Kids Learning Hub Spaces from 2665f to 894sf Suitable for fashion, watches, hobbies, craft and other interesting trades. Near Novena MRT Station. Prime shop units of about 400 sf. Suitable for fashion, gifts and
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      435 13 1 14 Dunlop St IH storey shophse 850 sqft. Vacant 112 Bt Purmtl Rd. 2-storey HDB shophse. 2056 sqft. Vacant 164 Bt Mtrah Central. HDB shop. 1313 sqft. Vacant Stltqit C*ntrt. «81, 409 sqft. Near MRT. Vacant PI— f call 9365-3758 KF 115 Dunlop St 46 Mayo St, corner shop,
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      676 13 ■k RESTAURANT/ Mk RESTAURANT/ tliJ LOUNGE Ell LOUNGE W SPACE FOR RENT United Square Shopping Mall The Kids Learning Hub Prime F&B spaces 3965f next to foodcourt for interesting F&B concepts. 3,0005f to 5,0005f on ground floor suitable for Chinese restaurants. 500sf to IOOOsf on street level with alfresco seatings
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