The Straits Times, 28 December 2010

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    17 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA(P)108/11/2010 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon Spotting a good buy
      46 1 THE stocks that boasted the highest dividend yields this year may seem like good purchases, but experts say punters should look beyond the numbers to see whether those payouts are sustainable or if they are simply one-off exceptions. L MONEY PAGE B18
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      Lock icon Future of sport in S’pore
      54 1 OUTGOING Singapore Sports Council chief Oon Jin Teik tells The Straits Times’ Rohit Brijnath what needs to be done to elevate local sports, from increasing spectator levels to better planning to getting the right people in the right jobs. He also warns against politicising sport.
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      Lock icon Chinese herb prices up
      65 1 PRICES of most herbs sourced from China for use in Chinese medicine have risen by at least 20 per cent because of rising inflation and supply shortages, say local industry experts. In Singapore, most herbs now cost 30 per cent more than last year, on average.
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      Lock icon Asia to lead world trade
      58 1 GLOBAL trade is still taking time to recover from the 2008 melt-down, not helped by developed countries in the West enacting barriers to protect local jobs and domestic industries. But firms around Asia can rely on burgeoning demand from rising giants like China, whose appetite
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    Lock icon ‘I struggled and told myself I cannot die’
    411 1  -  MERSING FERRY TRAGEDY BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN MERSING (Johor): For a few terrifying minutes on Sunday, administrative executive Xenn Teo was trapped inside the cabin of a boat that had overturned off Johor. There were 29 people on the wooden vessel built for
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    Lock icon SAF regulars get more help to fix eyesight
    899 1  -  Myopia op to boost recruitment of pilots, divers and commandos BY JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg MORE short-sighted regulars in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) are to be given perfect or near-perfect eyesight to improve the way they shoot, swim or pilot airplanes. From
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    Lock icon Blizzard stops flights on US East Coast
    666 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: Passengers from Asia were among millions of year-end travellers who found their flights and train services disrupted by a massive blizzard that hit the eastern United States yesterday. The weather conditions wreaked havoc on travel all along
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      455 1 CHINESE NEW YEAR GETAWAYS Haven’t booked yet? Expect to pay more LIFE! PAGE C2 So sorry, our “Year Of The Rabbit” China Tour is fully booked Two new sites gazetted as national monuments SPORT, PAGES B8&9 PRIME, PAGE A3 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL
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        Lock icon Beware oil as a prime variable
        53 2 WE SAY Oil prices are rising but, remarkably, there is little nervousness in major consuming nations. Traders ascribe this to adequate inventory built up when crude was cheap. But the unpredictable behaviour of the oil cartel Opec alternates between manipulation and rational pricing. L
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        Lock icon Welcome to the e-village
        56 2 COLUMNS Facebook may allow us to amass thousands of “friends”, yet a person’s circle of actual friends remains small, thanks to human nature, says evolutionary anthropology professor Robin Dunbar. But what such websites do is allow us to maintain our circles in a world of great
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        Lock icon Rise of country branding
        39 2 As countries compete for the attention of investors, tourists, multinational corporations and other consumers, a global industry of political spin doctors has blossomed, resulting in homogenous campaigns worldwide, says Andrew Hammond. L REVIEW PAGE A18
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      • Article
        Lock icon Rote learning has its use
        51 2 OUR READER SAYS While it is important to encourage creativity among students, there is still a fundamental place for rote learning, which allows students to master essential facts and principles, says Yik Keng Yeong, and our education system offers avenues for both. L FORUM PAGE
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        Lock icon ONLINE BLOGS
        28 2 www.straitstimes.com L Lee Siew Hua looks at how wish-granting involves not only heart, but also tactical partnership roping in people with the right talents and resources.
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      Lock icon Hard to be kind in China
      948 2  -  For all of its economic might and diplomatic clout, it is lacking in the finer things of life BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg RETIREE Xiao Yusheng, 78, was on his way home after a shopping trip when he slipped and knocked his
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      1538 2 Advertisement A great feat for the National Treasure Heritage in unveiling the Imperial Palace’s treasure the Painting of Thousand Buddha, a renowned painting that was previously held in reserve by the Emperor Qianlong. Under the authoritative supervision of the Chinese Collectors’ Association, this painting was created with 89 grams of
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      Lock icon S’pore Conference Hall a national monument
      962 3  -  It is first post-colonial building on list; three memorials also selected BY YEN FENG zengyan@sph.com.sg TWO new sites have joined the list of national monuments protected by the Government, including the first post-colonial building to be gazetted as such. They are the Singapore Conference
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      Lock icon Six held after fake wine scandal staggers China
      689 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING: Six people have been detained, several wineries shut down and bottles pulled from the shelves in China after the authorities found wine containing several chemical additives. The incident in Changli county in the northern province of Hebei an
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      Lock icon Giant waves hit boat and flipped it over
      983 6  -  Survivors tell of struggle to break free of cabin and stay afloat in choppy sea BY KIMBERLY SPYKERMAN, AMRESH GUNASINGHAM kimspyke@sph.com.sg amreshg@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Ang Yi Ying ONE moment, all was calm. The next, giant waves hit the boat, tossing it
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      Lock icon Bride-to-be’s ‘relaxing holiday’ ends in tragedy
      722 6  -  BY JAMIE EE WEN WEI, AMANDA TAN JALELAH ABU BAKER SHE was a bride-to-be on her first fishing trip, but Ms Low Li Jun never made it back to Singapore. The 33-year-old human resource officer died in the boat accident in Mersing on Sunday.
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      Lock icon Overloaded boats a common sight
      736 7  -  BY THAM YUEN-C BARRELS of water, ice-boxes full of fish and overnight bags vie for space with people on the boats that ply between Tanjung Leman jetty and the four kelongs near Sibu Island. These overladen boats are a common sight off Mersing, say anglers
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      Lock icon Sentosa Cove pool death: Inquiry starts today
      560 7  -  Family hopes to bring closure to tragic end of lounge hostess BY NEO XIAOBIN xiaobinn@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Xiaobin NINE months have passed since the naked body of Chinese karaoke lounge hostess Li Hong Yan was found floating in the pool of a Sentosa Cove bungalow.
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      Lock icon Blizzard delays Singapore-New York flights
      334 8 THREE Singapore Airlines (SIA) flights between Singapore and the United States were delayed after a blizzard forced the closure of airports on the US East Coast. US-bound flights of other airlines took off from Changi as scheduled, but passengers looked likely to be delayed at
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      Lock icon Fog wreaks havoc in India and China
      350 8  -  BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: A thick blanket of fog disrupted flights and train schedules for the second day yesterday, leaving thousands of travellers stranded at airports and railway stations across northern India. As many as 75 flights and 100 trains
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      Lock icon Russia slips up on icy weather travel chaos
      409 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG MOSCOW: As Europe’s festive travel misery eased and most of the continent’s main airports returned to near-normal service, Russia yesterday battled a bout of icy weather that wrecked the travel plans of thousands of air passengers and left half
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      Lock icon Deluge brings flood of crocodiles to Australia’s north
      260 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY: Flooding in Australia’s tropical north has prompted a warning about crocodiles, with several of the reptiles spotted in swollen waterways, an official said yesterday. The flood threat near Ingham in the eastern state of Queensland is easing, but Acting
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Malaysians to pay more for festive goodies
      749 10  -  Up to 20% price rise for items like Mandarin oranges and dried scallops CHINESE NEW YEAR 2011 BY ELIZABETH LOOI MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT elizlooi@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians are bracing themselves for a dearer Chinese New Year, as a strengthening Chinese yuan, along with tightening
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE MOST READ, MOST COMMENTED ON AND MORE
      112 10 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Italian town cut up over ‘little China’ MOST COMMENTED ON L Pray, what would Confucius do? Says durachip: “The lack of understanding between Confucianism and Christianity caused a lot of friction and conflicts in East Asia in
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        Lock icon China, Taiwan to put out Wiki-style dictionary
        624 11  -  Online database out next year will include everyday words used on both sides of the strait BY LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI: Taiwan and China will jointly publish a Wikipedia-style Chinese online dictionary late next year, a milestone of fledgling cross-strait
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        Lock icon 3 new cases of foot and mouth disease in S. Korea
        361 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea yesterday confirmed three new cases of foot and mouth disease, bringing the total to 56 since the country’s worst outbreak began a month ago. The Agriculture Ministry estimates the losses related to the disease
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        Lock icon Manga degree draws foreign students
        518 11 NEW YORK TIMES TOKYO: Mr Zack Wood, a 25-year-old Stanford graduate, was looking to prepare himself for a career in animation, design and computer graphics. To that end, he, like many other Americans, turned to studying manga, Japan’s popular comic form. And as Japanese universities
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        Lock icon Seoul calls for unity against North
        569 12 President says any sign of division encourages Pyongyang to attack REUTERS SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Myung Bak called for national solidarity against military aggression by the North yesterday, saying that Pyongyang looks for division in the South as an opportunity to strike. Mr
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        Lock icon Train carrying gifts for heir derailed
        300 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: A train carrying birthday gifts for North Korea’s future leader derailed this month in a possible act of revolt by the regime’s opponents, says a Seoul-based radio station targeting North Koreans. Open Radio for North Korea said yesterday the Pyongyang-bound train
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        Lock icon Pakistani women pushed to take on jobs – and tradition
        725 12 Pakistani women pushed to take on jobs and tradition NEW YORK TIMES KARACHI: Dinner at Ms Rabia Sultana’s house is now served in cold silence. Her family has not spoken to her since May, when the 21-year-old took up a cashier’s job at McDonald’s. Her conservative brother berated her for
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        Lock icon Holding their fire for New Year
        76 12 Philippine police holding up their pistols after the nozzles were taped up at Camp Karingal in Quezon City yesterday, as part of the Philippine National Police campaign against indiscriminate firing by the police and military during the coming New Year celebrations. The nozzles were
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        Lock icon DPJ leaders want to call Ozawa before ethics panel
        446 12 REUTERS TOKYO: Senior executives of Japan’s ruling Democratic Party agreed yesterday that a parliamentary ethics panel should be convened to summon powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa over a funding scandal, threatening to widen a rift in the party. The bickering is distracting the
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        Lock icon Obama aides predict few Cabinet changes
        580 13 President is, however, likely to travel more to connect with voters ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LOS ANGELES TIMES NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: A major shake-up in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet is unlikely in the new year. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has told CNN’s
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        Lock icon Vow to debunk ‘born in Kenya’ rumour
        579 13 HONOLULU: Hawaii’s Governor Neil Abercrombie says he is tired of the so-called birther movement, which for years has falsely claimed President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and therefore cannot legally serve as president. In interviews with US media, Mr
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        Lock icon British varsities set entry tests to identify brightest
        422 13 LONDON: Students will face a battery of admissions tests to get into British universities next year amid record demand for degree courses. One in five universities and high-er-education colleges in Britain will stage its own entrance examinations, Daily Telegraph reported, fuelling fears
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        Lock icon Cracked: Gene codes of cacao and strawberry
        241 13 REUTERS LONDON: Scientists have cracked the genetic codes of the wild strawberry and a certain type of cacao used to make fine chocolate, work that should help breeders develop better varieties of more mainstream crops. The wild strawberry is closely related to important
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        Lock icon Internet TV easy target for hackers
        592 16 Many new Web-ready devices do not have as much security as PCs THE NEW YORK TIMES SAN FRANCISCO: That trendy new smartphone or Internet TV you got for Christmas could be heralding a new era of threats from hackers, security experts warned. Researchers at
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        Lock icon The best plant finds
        328 16 Scientists at Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have named the top botanical discoveries of 2010, also the International Year of Biodiversity. Here are some of them: A Christmas find Helixanthera schizocalyx This new species of tropical mistletoe was discovered near the top of Mount Mabu in
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Man ‘killed ailing wife’
          124 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: An elderly Taiwanese man allegedly ended his ailing wife’s life by pushing a screwdriver through her skull, weeks after he said on his blog he might kill her as an act of mercy. Mr Wang Ching-hsi, 84, is suspected of giving his wife
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          Lock icon Sorry for ‘bullying’ death
          81 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: A Japanese university yesterday apologised to the family of an Indian student who committed suicide in 2007, after leaving a note saying he would kill himself because of bullying at school. The student, who was born to Indian parents and grew up in
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          Lock icon Terrorism cases in court
          142 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON/JAKARTA: Nine suspects were charged yesterday with planning a series of bombings in Britain and ordered to remain in custody. Details of the alleged plot by the men at least five of whom are of Bangladeshi origin were not released, but security officials said
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          Lock icon Minimum wage up 21%
          99 16 REUTERS BEIJING: The minimum wage in China’s capital city will go up by 21 per cent next year, state media said yesterday, a sign that labour costs in China are on track to rise strongly again next year. Beijing will raise the floor for wages by
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          Lock icon Bomb at Greek embassy
          87 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME: Bomb disposal experts defused a parcel bomb found yesterday outside the Greek embassy in Rome, police said. On the same day, four other suspicious parcels reported at the embassies of Monaco, Venezuela and Albania as well as the Finnish embassy to the Vatican
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        Lock icon Ex-oligarch found guilty of theft, money laundering
        410 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: A judge yesterday declared Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of theft and money laundering charges, a verdict that will likely keep the oil tycoon, who was once Russia’s richest man, behind bars for many more years. It was clear from
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  410 words
    • world.look back at 2010
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        Lock icon EARTH’S fury
        310 14/15 The Earth rumbled angrily this year. In a 24-hour period in October, Indonesia got the triple hit: a deadly magnitude 7.7 earthquake, a tsunami that killed more than 500 people, and a volcano that caused more than 390,000 people to flee. Haiti’s massive earthquake killed around 230,000 people
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        Lock icon Asia set to lead on global trade front
        1694 14/15  -  Region in a purple patch of growth even as the West seeks to put up barriers LOOKING AHEAD BY RAVI VELLOOR SOUTH ASIA BUREAU CHIEF velloor@sph.com.sg IN BANGLADESH, one of the world’s poorest nations, Mr Tajwar Firoz Haque makes camping equipment for
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        Lock icon Marking two major events
        833 14/15  -  COUNTRY WRAP: CHINA BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF Additional reporting by Lina Miao and Grace Ng BEIJING: After a year of two mega events, the Shanghai World Expo and the Guangzhou Asian Games, China will look towards the new year with two major anniversaries.
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      17 10 WOMAN WHO INSPIRES ibmflMm Zuruuluh Ibrahim How she changes the course ot her life SUTRA January 2011
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • Article
      Lock icon Beware oil as a prime variable
      454 17 THE price of oil is about to exceed US$100 a barrel but, remarkably, there is little nervousness in major consuming nations. Traders ascribe this to adequate inventory built up when crude was cheap, prior to the spike which began around mid-year. China, whose demand
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      Lock icon More global cooperation needed on world issues
      1608 17  -  TABLE TALK WITH SHASHI THAROOR BY CHEONG SUK-WAI SENIOR WRITER suk@sph.com.sg THE first 50 years of Shashi Tharoor’s life were like a starburst. He moved from being the youngest person at Tufts University to be conferred a PhD (he was 22), to the
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    • review.
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        Lock icon It’s a virtual village out there
        832 18  -  BY ROBIN DUNBAR The writer is a professor of evolutionary anthropology at Oxford University and the author of How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Dunbar’s Number And Other Evolutionary Quirks. NEW YORK TIMES MORE than anything since the invention of the postal service,
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        Lock icon The rise and rise of the country-branding industry
        760 18  -  BY ANDREW HAMMOND FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a director at ReputationInc and was formerly a special adviser to the British government and a geopolitics consultant at Oxford Analytica. WHETHER it be the New Zealand general election (expected in the
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        Lock icon Religion’s universal message
        753 18  -  BY CHRIS PATTEN PROJECT SYNDICATE IT’S been a better year for God. After withering literary assaults on the Almighty from the Oxford academic Richard Dawkins, the essayist Christopher Hitchens and others, believers have hit back. Best of all has been The Case For God by the brilliant
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    • forum.
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        Lock icon FORUM ONLINE
        52 19 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR LAWRENCE SEOW: Door-changing scam? 2 MR WAH JUNE HWANG: Blame parents for stifling creativity 3 MR TAN JIAQI: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater 4 DR LEE WOON KWANG: Price of failure too high 5 MS CHOO AI ZHIA: Disturbed
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        Lock icon Why choose when S’pore has best of both worlds?
        375 19  -  EXAMS V CREATIVITY Dr Yik Keng Yeong MR TAN Jiaqi’s (“No template for creativity”; Dec 18) and Mr Kwan Jin Yao’s (“Road to creativity”; Dec 20) elegies on the still birth of creativity among Singaporean students deserve a footnote. Cynical criticisms
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        Lock icon Narrow the gender gap
        245 19  -  Xavier Lur AS SINGAPORE becomes a highly globalised First World country, more should be done to narrow the gender gap. Much effort has been made to protect the rights of women, but little has been done for the men. The use of corporal punishment on males
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        Lock icon Quality childcare remains affordable
        253 19  -  Musa Fazal Director, Childcare Division Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports I REFER to the report (“$20,000 a year for preschool?”; Dec 17). The four preschool operators featured in the article’s comparison of kindergarten and university fees NTUC My First Skool, PAP Community Foundation (PCF),
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        60 19 LETTERS should be sent only to The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit a letter. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or Madam. Please
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      113 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE L Singaporean dies in Hong Kong L More people going nude MOST COMMENTED ON L Pricey food court fare irks diners. Says Shortcake76: “We have a choice not to eat at places where prices are high and food
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      582 2  -  They object to Govt’s proposal, arguing many factors affect Net speeds BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg THE three major Internet service providers (ISPs) here have objected to the Government’s proposal to get them to disclose average surfing speeds to market their broadband. StarHub, SingTel
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      1004 2  -  BY DARYL CHIN, HUANG LIJIE RETAILERS have had a particularly merry Christmas as the improving economy helped to put shoppers in the festive spirit. Some stores experienced a jump in sales of up to 20 per cent compared to last year, said the
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      292 2 FULFILLING the wishes of the needy and the efforts of a doctor-scientist in research have helped Singapore to bag two Asean awards. The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore and Dr Tan Min-Han were among those honoured for outstanding contributions by a young person or
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      586 3  -  It ends 15-minute grace period to compel students to attend class on time BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg LATECOMERS at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) are getting the zero-tolerance treatment in the school’s new punctuality drive. Last month, it stopped giving late students a
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      484 3  -  BY CHERYL ONG SENJA resident Anna Teo, 28, and her family of five have not had a good night’s sleep since September. That was when construction of the Downtown MRT Line started, just 200m away from her HDB block. The housewife had bought
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      1003 4  -  Patient disfigured and in pain after surgery in Jakarta to rid tumour BY MELISSA PANG melpang@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Rudolf Santoso had his lower jaw removed because of a tumour, he did not expect to suffer more pain after the operation. The 52-year-old Indonesian underwent
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      374 4  -  MARIA ALMENOAR ONLY a fraction of the passengers overcharged after an error by bus companies have come forward to get their refund leaving about $276,000 still unclaimed. So far, only about $24,000 has been collected, out of an estimated $300,000 owed to commuters. The
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      254 4 SINGAPORE scientists have helped develop a computer program to spot dangerous mutations in flu viruses which can cause deadly pandemics such as H1N1. The software which will be available for free taps into a large database of flu virus genomes to
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      359 5  -  K.C. VIJAYAN A SECOND solicitor-general has been appointed and for the first time the nominee comes directly from within the ranks of the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). Mr Lionel Yee Woon Chin (right), 44, now director-general of the AGC’s International Affairs Division, will take up
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      593 5  -  Review sought for ICA decision to not renew her social visit pass BY K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A FALUNGONG practitioner, who was told to return to China after being in Singapore for four years, has asked the High Court to review the Immigration
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      98 5 More than 100 vehicles and a dozen buses were held up in a long traffic jam on the one-way Jalan Bahagia/Kim Keat Road when a van skidded around a corner and turned head-on into traffic at about 3.30pm yesterday. Double-decker buses, which had to enter
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      344 5  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH AN UNEMPLOYED man told residents in Bukit Timah that he worked for a garbage collection company, and there would be no waste collection the next day as the truck driver had died. Vijayakumar Ramalingam, 47, then went around claiming to be collecting
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      285 5  -  BY TESSA WONG DAYS after initiating legal action against the Singapore Government for damages for alleged torture, ex-detainee Michael Fernandez now plans to sue the Malaysian authorities as well. The writ will be filed with the Malaysian High Court by this week,
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      173 6 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES L The cheek of Aliff, fans exclaim L Tevez to return to Man U? L Feng is Tour Queen MOST COMMENTED ON L Benitez out again Says TrueBeliever: “There is a saying in soccer that form is
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      693 6 Malaysians fire back as Indonesians accuse them of cheating to win ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR: Tensions have been raised ahead of tomorrow’s return leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup final at the Gelora Bung Karno cauldron, after barbs were traded following Malaysia’s controversial 3-0 win
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      701 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has insisted that his team should be viewed as Premier League title contenders following Sunday’s victory at Aston Villa. Rafael van der Vaart’s double was enough to give 10-man Spurs a 2-1 win at Villa Park with the result
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      249 7 LONDON: Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson will only get the new players he wants if he manages to offload the deadwood at Anfield. The problem is, unwanted players are refusing to leave the club for smaller salaries, leaving him frustrated, reported The Daily Mail. Club
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      1309 7  -  Outgoing SSC chief weighs in on the way ahead for sport BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg TO GET to the core of Oon Jin Teik, a man with a tidy, contained exterior, who played the violin and made athletic music in the pool, is to look
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      568 7  -  BY DAVID WALSH THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg FOOTBALLERS and their wages the times, they are a-changin’. Consider Aston Villa and Manchester City. Both have decent players who they would like to sell next month. City are prepared to offload Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Nedum
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        1055 8/9  -  10 things which cheered us HIGHS LOWS 5 things we wish had not happened BY LEONARD LIM 10A shooting star emerged when Gai Bin won seven medals (three golds) in his Commonwealth Games debut in Delhi. It made him Singapore’s top athlete at a single Games. 9Gymnastics’ first
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      585 10 Hosts ripped apart by England at MCG and then by an angry media AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MELBOURNE: “Humiliation of a century”, “Pathetic Aussies hit Ashes low”, “Ponting’s men humiliated” local newspapers pulled no punches after the Australia cricket team suffered what was described as their “worst cricketing day
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        47 10 XINHUA BEIJING: Singapore’s national women’s table tennis team was voted as the Breakthrough Team of the Year by Table Tennis World Magazine yesterday. The team won the Republic’s first world title in the sport when they stunned defending champions China last May in Moscow.
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        39 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAITAMA (Japan): Boxing brothers Koki and Daiki Kameda of Japan won their respective world title bouts on Sunday. Koki claimed the vacant WBA bantamweight title, while younger brother Daiki retained his WBA flyweight belt.
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      330 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO: Tony Parker and the National Basketball Association-leading San Antonio Spurs pushed aside the shorthanded Washington Wizards, before turning their attention to the Los Angeles Lakers. Parker had 20 points, 14 assists and six rebounds to help the Spurs beat the Wizards 94-80
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      249 10 Today Basketball NBA: Portland v Utah (Live, StarHub Ch202, 10am). Cricket 4th Ashes Test: Australia v England, day 3 (Live, Ch123, 7.28am). 2nd Test: South Africa v India, day 3 (Live, mio TV Ch122, 4pm). Football English Premier League: Manchester City v Aston Villa (Live, mio TV
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      25 10 Thailand football coach Bryan Robson, as furious fans call for his sacking
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      131 10 Basketball NBA LA Clippers 108 Phoenix 103, Minnesota 98 Cleveland 97, Chicago 95 Detroit 92 (OT), New Orleans 93 Atlanta 86, Memphis 104 Indiana 90, San Antonio 94 Washington 80, Philadelphia 95 Denver 89. Cricket 4th Ashes Test In Melbourne, 2nd day: Australia 98. England 444-5 (overnight 157-0: A.
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      102 6 LOTTERY hurt Draw No. 2600/2010 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 Results of Draw Winning No. 04 07 09 11 14 20 Add. No. 16 Group 1 Prize $685,834 Next Draw No. 2601/2010 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 Group 1 Prize *600,000 Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 1 Selegie Road, PoMo #01-01
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      51 10 Memory wanders as shadows fell Back to the days of h appiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. For the loved ones whom you remember... "In Memo Ham \J\ MATS
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    2121 10 OBITUARIES ■fcugsr V v "The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus." I Timothy 1:14 life GARY WANG CHOON WAH Age: 35 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 December 2010. Dearly missed
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        538 14  -  Index inches up 15.56 points as holiday lethargy takes hold BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S bourse dozed through one of the year’s quietest sessions yesterday as most traders seemed to be giving themselves an extended Christmas break. Volumes dropped
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          99 14 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 582 million shares worth $560 million UP DOWN Gainers: 221 Losers: 166 Unchanged: 935 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials 0.76 795.97 Utilities 2.68 1.50 587.14 3.26 783.87
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          210 14 REUTERS BERNAMA BLOOMBERG Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,355.99 (+76.80) Japanese shares closed 0.8 per cent higher in thin trading, taking China’s weekend rate hike in its stride, with traders expecting an end-of-year rally. HK Hang Seng Index Friday’s close: 22,833.80 (-69.17) Hong Kong’s financial markets were closed for
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        337 14  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN COMPANIES CORRESPONDENT THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to make it easier for foreign brokers based overseas to trade here. The move will help the local bourse extend its reach into the international securities market. The SGX said these brokers to
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          426 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 27,2010 Top Rises Dec 27 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 124.6 0.7 DBXT MSJAP 10US$ 4025 109.0 2.1 DBXT MSUSA 10US$ 2977 55.8 1.5 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4548 38.9 0.7 JSH
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          426 14 Top Rises Dec 27 CENTS ManhattanRes W*****9 48 9.5 24.7 BukitSem W*****8 250 8.0 3.3 KepCorp MBLeCW*****1 51 6.0 13.3 Ezra.ES.1012 174 5.0 3.0 SembMar MBLeCW*****3 47 3.5 8.0 SembMar BNPeCW*****4 41 2.5 6.5 OCBC Bk BNPeCW*****1 31.5 2.0 6.8 Transcu@.ES.1012 8.5 2.0 30.8 KS Energy W*****5
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          179 14 By Volume CENTS Vol Hotung Inv 13.5 0.7 3.8 64,269,000 Golden Agri 77.5 1.5 2.0 37,770,000 Genting SP 212 2.0 1.0 29,000,000 Transcu Grp 8 0.0 0.0 21,624,000 SunVic 57.5 3.5 6.5 14,442,000 XinRen 47.5 0.0 0.0 12,993,000 Bio-Treat 4.5 0.0 0.0 12,806,000 GMG Global 28 0.0
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          99 14 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 27 2010 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.344 1.268 Can dollar 1.311 1.261 Euro 1.736 1.67 Sterling pound 2.042 1.964 NZ dollar 0.997 0.95 US dollar 1.321 1.271 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Chi renminbi
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          394 14 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 257 183 CapMallsAsia 189 +1 2850 191 188 0.5 9.4 7340.8 444 346 5606 CapitaLand 366 +1 2714 369 365 2.9 14 *****.1 216
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          628 14 Mid-Cap 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 162 72.1 5550 ARA 153 -2 46 155 153 3.1 22.1 1068.7 132 99 5600 Allgreen 117 -1 270 118 117 3.4
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          274 15  -  Corporate Singapore has been an exciting ride this year, with everything from casino jackpots to mega-listings and Peter Lim’s Anfield adventure to keep pulses racing. The Straits Times looks at the key developments on the corporate front this year. BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg WHEN the
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          286 15 A HO-HUM year for new offerings was suddenly set alight in early October when government-linked Global Logistic Properties (GLP) and Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) launched back-to-back initial public offerings (IPOs). Investors dived into the stocks, with both offerings massively oversubscribed. MIT raised gross proceeds of
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          189 15 BILLIONAIRE investor Peter Lim popularly known as the “remisier king” stunned the football world in September when he made a bold bid to buy the famous Liverpool Football Club. Mr Lim submitted a bid of more than £300 million (S$601 million) but failed to take over
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          474 15 THE heat was on as OCBC Bank and DBS Group Holdings competed to be Singapore’s most valuable lender. Last month, OCBC overtook DBS to become the top bank in terms of market capitalisation after a surge in its share price. It was the
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        396 15  -  BY ROBIN CHAN MAINBOARD-LISTED Otto Marine has won a temporary High Court injunction to prevent a Norwegian client from seeking a refund for a vessel it had ordered from Otto. Otto said yesterday that the injunction, against Norway’s Mosvold Supply, was obtained by its
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          99 15 CONSTRUCTION and engineering company BBR Holdings’ joint-venture company has won a $413.8 million contract to restore the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings. The contract is awarded by the National Heritage Board. The buildings are being transformed into a 60,000 sq m National Art Gallery.
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          114 15 TECHNOLOGY systems company CSE Global said yesterday it has reached an agreement with Sofoulis Holdings to buy Australian communications and IT firm Astib Group for up to $64.7 million. The deal consists of an initial A$30 million (S$39 million) in cash and five million
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          93 15 KEPPEL Corp said yesterday its offshore and marine units have won contracts worth $240 million for conversion and specialised shipbuilding. These consist of upgrading a floating production storage and offloading vessel, converting a livestock carrier and building a diving support vessel. Keppel said these contracts
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      598 16  -  But large supply of state land, stricter rules may curb rate of deals: DTZ BY ESTHER TEO esthert@sph.com.sg COLLECTIVE sales have rebounded this year and should maintain their momentum next year, but are still unlikely to hit the heights seen in 2007. Stricter
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      Lock icon Busy first year? SGX chief’s up for more
      1527 16  -  BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT MR MAGNUS Bocker, 49, has crammed more into his first year at the helm of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) than many chief executives manage in a decade. He has repeatedly turned heads with some audacious moves,
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      494 17 Interest rate hike by China offset by hopes of continued demand REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS COMMODITY markets pared early losses yesterday in response to an interest rate rise by China, focusing instead on positive fundamentals and threats to supply. China raised interest rates by 25 basis points
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      492 17 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Johor Corp, the state investment arm, has decided not to sell its indirect subsidiaries QSR Brands and KFC Holdings, upsetting the plans of two rival foreign private equity bidders. KFC, the 51 per cent-owned subsidiary of QSR, holds the Kentucky
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      347 6 TRILLIUM 2/ 3/ 4rms $2Kpsf up. Stack 3/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9. Just TOP. Rivergate 1507sqft. Stack 4. $1800psf. Eileen *****599 D.10 PINEWOOD GDN Balmoral Hill. 1250 sqft. F’hold. Huge landbank. (180,000 sqft) $1600 psf. $1.98M only. 9875-0085 FIRESALES! FREEHOLD. 3+1. St Thomas Ville, heart of Orchard. 1141 sqft. 101%
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      349 6 ARDMORE PARK PENTHSE F’hold. 8740 sqft, 5+1, spacious, Bunglw in the air! $neg. 9100-1090 Reiss TRIBECA 1905 SQFT. 4+1. Brand new! F/ facilities. Quiet/ river facing. Vacant. Aspac *****389 SOLITAIRE, 1550 SQFT. 3+1+ balcony/ 2rms patio. New. Pte lift.F/facilities.Aspac 9023-6389 **PROPERTY ELITES *****893 Cairnhill Crest 1+study, 818 sqft, Designer decor.Don’t
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      293 7 4’S’ YISHUN BLK.389 #07. Nice simple. Amenities, sch, shop. Breezy. Lift upgrading. Valued $272K cash. Saz *****714 PN **PROPERTY ELITES *****893 4S Blk 715 Yishun. Unblocked. Sch/ amenities. Move-in. Hurry! GERALD PARK, 3-STOREY inter corner terraces, 4-bedroom utility room, mins drive to Lycee Francais De Singapour. *****223 FEO Corporate Leasing.
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      639 7 MT SINAI 3-STOREY semi-d. 5+1. 4000/ 5500 sqft. New aircons. Pool/ Steam rm/ Jacuzzi/ Patio/ Wet/ dry kitchen. Avail 02/11. Asking $15.8K. Call *****318 UR VANDA VICINITY D/STOREY bunglw 7500/ 4500sqft. 5+1 Well kept. Nice layout. Inground pool. $18K neg. PH *****383 D.21 SUNSET VICINITY 2½ storey detached 5+1 bdrms.
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      755 7 BOTANNIA WEST Coast. 3+1. F/furn. Renovated. High flr. Quiet. Face greenery. Immed. Shuttle to MRT. $3.9K. 9299 6260 SAIL@MARINA 3+1, 1400 sqft, like brand new, excellent location, resort like condo, full facilities more, $6K. Call *****577 OT LUMIERE CITY LIVING. SOHO. View of Sentosa/ Sea. Bright Breezy. Amenities/ MRT. 1
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      507 7 SAIL 3+1, 1200 sqft. Bay Casino view. F/furn. High flr. Stack 01. Dr Yap 9621 1957 Agts welcome. CENTRAL GREEN CONDO 1292 sqft 3+1. Furn. MRT/ shpg. $4.4K. Mid Jan. Eric 9066-2412 KPC Good Units! Immediate! SKYPARK. Large Terrace.....$15K 3347 sqft. 4+1. New. High Ceiling MT FABER LODGE.Penthse...$10K 3750sqft. 5+2.
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      749 8 REGENCY PARK 3+1. 2260 sqft. Quiet/ greenery. P/furn $8.5k. Oleanas Residence 3+1. 1302 sqft F/furn, immed $4.7k. 9667-7381 FOUR SEASONS PK 5+1. 3821 sqft. Renovated. Immaculate. High flr. Panoramic view. Autumn Blk Immed. $neg. 9487-0396 CRE TRILLIUM. JUST TOP. 2 study. 1400 sqft. High flr. Best stack. Face pool. Spacious.
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      606 8 D.10 RIDGEWOOD CONDO 3 rms Full facilities, greenery, p/furn 1300sqft, $4.5k. 9069-5269 THE IMPERIAL/ ARDMORE II 1808/ 2023 sqft, 3+1/4+1 serious owner $8.8K/ $11K. 9234-9234 90 HOLLAND, BALINESE studio, F/furn. Exclusive. Walk to Holland Village. Sole agt *****771 D.9 THE TRILLIUM. High flr. 2+1 1399 sqft. New, f/facilities. MRT. Just
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      606 8 MULBERRY TREE 1 bdrm, facilities, 5mins walk to Novena MRT/ Mall. Immed. Fr $3K. *****929 ASTOR GREEN 1076 sqft, 2 rms, high flr, unblocked, full facilities Dover MRT. $3.2K. 9100-5000 19 SHELFORD 1+1. 750sqft Pool view. F/furn. Facilities. Immed Amenities. $3K. Ram 9386 0991 KING ALBERT PK 3+1. 1300sqft. Huge
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      829 8 NEW LIST! VILLA Martia 3 bdrms, 1280 sqft, cosy peaceful, full furn, immed. Only $3.xK! Don’t miss! Call June *****557 DTZ THE COTZ 409 sqft. 1bdrm. F/furn. Avail immed. Brand new. Along Telok Kurau Rd. Near sch, amenities. $2300 up. *****055 AALTO MEYER. 4+1, 1959sqft Partial/ Fully Furnished. Pte Lift.
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      708 8 **RARE! NUOVO 1389 sqft 3rms, High flr poolview, spacious, huge master, beautiful/ furn. MRT Immed (1 yr) $3.8K. 9026-6673 D.19 CHUAN PARK, Very high floor. 3 big rooms, 3 toilets. Full condo facilities, 1650 sqft, unfurn, $3.8K. Call: *****288 OASIS GDN 3+1 1227 sqft. Unblocked. Windy. Quiet. Pool view. Condo
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      807 9 2/3+1 WOODLANDS 313, 585 $1.6K Yishun 123, 241 MRT $1.6K Sengkang 206,401 $1.9K AMK 441 $1.7K Lift *****778 1+1 BLK 202. AMK Brand new/ F/furn. Nice, aircon, near AMK Hub, MRT. $1.6k.Immed*****701 5 RM PUNGGOL Blk 173C Approved. Furn. Aircon. Move-in. LRT/ supermkt. LPW 9638-1968 3 RM. BLK 453 AMK
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      598 9 JURONG W BLK 530, 3’NG’. High flr. Quiet. Good cond. Near amenities. Suits couple professional. Avail 1st Jan. 9237-0848 BLK 410 BUKIT Batok 2+1. Partially/ Fully Furnished. Lift Level, high flr, windy. Avail immed. *****880 *****970 5’I’ APPROVED 652C. Jurong W. High flr. Furn. Aircon. Pioneer MRT. Jan 2011. $2.4K.
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      539 9 KALLANG 1,000-30,000 sqft Clean light trades. Easy access via CTE/ PIE/ KPE. Ample parking. Food canteen. *****000 NORTHLINK. ADMIRALTY RD. Factory space for rent/sale With fitted office. Rental $3.2K/ $4.5K. Sale $670K up. *****207 TRADEHUB 21 #01. (Light industry) 1500 sqft with office, aircon, Own toilet, Near IMM/ Jurong E
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      580 9 Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Immedia at Innovation Place Freehold Business Space Sizes from 1,432 sq ft Ample loading bays with cargo lifts Good floor loading up to 20KN/m 2 Office-like facade with good corporate image <5 Call *****979 www.fareast.com.sg TUNG CENTRE 307 sq ft 1,839 sq ft Next
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      467 12 EX SCHOOL CHINESE Teacher, Primary/Secondary, East Zone, Hougang, Call *****683 Mr Tan. MATHEMATICS EDUCATOR TEACH Pri/ PSLE/ Sec A/ E/ JC/ Poly, GEP/ IP/ IB. Tel 9237-0425 CURRENT/EX-MOE CHINESE TEACHERS available for all areas and levels. Call Joyce at: 9691-2096. HWA CHONG FEMALE Grad specialised in Pri Sec Maths Science.
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