The Straits Times, 21 December 2011

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 073/11/2011 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 2011 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • Article
      Lock icon More to raise taxi fares
      48 1 FOUR more taxi operators are planning to raise fares. Trans-Cab, Premier, Smart and Yellow Top will be rolling out the changes over the next few weeks. Prime is the only operator that has yet to decide on any fee revision. LPRIME PAGE A11
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      Lock icon Season pass for LionsXII
      55 1 THE Football Association of Singapore is planning to introduce season tickets for Singapore’s long-awaited return to the Malaysian league. The Straits Times understands that season ticket holders will have access to the 13 Malaysia Super League matches that the LionsXII will play at their Jalan Besar
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      Lock icon EU boosts IMF fund
      77 1 THE euro zone’s finance ministers have agreed to beef up the International Monetary Fund’s war chest by ¤150 billion (S$255 billion) ¤50 billion short of the target they set at a Dec 9 summit to fight their region’s festering sovereign debt crisis. Britain, however, has refused
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      Lock icon Crocodile on the menu
      49 1 SINGAPOREAN consumers are developing a taste for crocodile meat, with sales up at supermarket chains and restaurants. However, demand for other exotic meats such as kangaroo, emu and ostrich has declined because of supply shortages from exporting countries and stricter controls here. LHOME PAGE B1
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    Lock icon Water taxis soon for commuters
    689 1  -  URA calls for tenders for Singapore River and Marina Bay routes BY AMELIA TAN MELISSA PANG ameltan@sph.com.sg melpang@sph.com.sg THE water taxis that ply the Singapore River should not be for tourists only, but also regular commuters who prefer getting to work by boat. For that
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    Lock icon Public sector reviewing rehiring terms
    536 1  -  BY JANICE HENG CAI HAOXIANG THE public sector is reviewing the reemployment terms it offers its workers who turn 62. Talks are ongoing between the largest public sector union and the Public Service Division (PSD) to reduce wage cuts and extend medical benefits to workers
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    Lock icon Kim’s successor leads nation in mourning
    796 1 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS PYONGYANG: As anointed leader Kim Jong Un led North Korea yesterday in mourning the death of his father, whose body is lying in state in a glass coffin, state media heaped praise on the younger Kim
    NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: ELIZABETH LAW  -  796 words
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      188 1 Cheap and easy spy cameras Beatrice Chia is top of the pops INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY New chief aims to set institute back on track ST INTERVIEW, PAGE A13 IN DIGITAL LIFE LIFE! PAGES C6-9 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL:V stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL
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        Lock icon Softly, softly in North Korea
        63 2 WE SAY The best thing about North Korea after Kim Jong Il is that the changeover to his youngest son has been smooth. It suggests the power elites had been primed. But stability cannot be assumed. All that can be hoped for is that the
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        Lock icon KL on path to growth
        54 2 COLUMNS A series of recent developments in Malaysia suggests that the country is about to embark on a period of growth, especially if upcoming national elections strengthen reformist Prime Minister Najib Razak’s grip on Umno, the senior partner in the ruling coalition, says Bruce Gale.
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        Lock icon TPP must include China
        38 2 Excluding China from the Trans-Pacific Partnership is both unjustified and dangerous. It makes no sense to exclude the most important trading partner of almost every TPP country, says Wang Jiangyu. L REVIEW PAGE A24
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        Lock icon Give smokers a break
        35 2 OUR READER SAYS Smokers are already getting a raw deal. Further infringing on their personal freedoms could well be the proverbial last straw, says Lee Seck Kay. L FORUM PAGE A27
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        21 2 www.straitstimes.com L Lin Zhaowei finds out more about a rugby-loving principal who changed lives, when he attends her wake.
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      Lock icon US gets new chance to engage North Korea
      980 2  -  This could help shape its rivalry with China in North-east Asia BY GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg HOURS after North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s death on Saturday, news reports out of Seoul said Pyongyang had agreed to suspend its enriched
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      Lock icon S’poreans stranded by Johor floods airlifted out
      551 3  -  Group unable to leave Johor park as river and roads were impassable BY ELIZABETH SOH, CAROLYN HONG esoh@sph.com.sg carolynh@sph.com.sg A GROUP of 21 Singaporeans were airlifted from Johor’s Endau Rompin National Park yesterday after floods left them stranded for a night. They and
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      Lock icon Warning: Stay away from beaches in Johor
      268 3 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian authorities are asking the public to stay away from some beaches in Johor and the northern part of Malaysia, warning of thunderstorms and choppy seas. In Johor, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency put out a
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      Lock icon Rehired with no change in wages, benefits
      195 4  -  CAI HAOXIANG IN AN industry shunned by younger Singaporeans, Mr Yuen Ah Yip, 67, is a treasure trove of skills, experience and values. The supervisor at Keppel Shipyard’s machinery department has been in the industry for more than 40 years. Rehired at age
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      Lock icon Better rehiring deals in private sector
      733 4  -  Salary cuts usually smaller than in public sector, say unions BY CAI HAOXIANG JANICE HENG haoxiang@sph.com.sg janiceh@sph.com.sg UNLIKE the public sector, where reemployed older workers can get a pay cut of as much as 30 per cent, workers in the private sector tend to
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      Lock icon Android phones hit by Apple patent win
      592 5 Ruling involves small but important features; HTC says it will adapt NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK: A federal agency ruled on Monday that a set of important features commonly found in smartphones are protected by an Apple patent, a decision that could force
      NEW YORK TIMES; ST PHOTOS: DESMOND WEE  -  592 words
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      Lock icon SingTel launches 4G broadband to consumers
      633 5  -  BY DARYL CHIN SINGTEL has become the first telecommunications operator here to offer consumers next-generation mobile broadband technology that promises speeds comparable to those found in home broadband connections. The LTE (long-term evolution), or 4G, service will be available to both consumers and businesses
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      Lock icon StanChart marathon goes Gold
      838 6  -  Event joins exclusive list that includes London and New York races BY MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg THE Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore is now one of the world’s top running events. The annual race has been promoted to an elite group of races given the coveted “Gold Label”
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      Lock icon Taiwan man gave $14.3 million to mistress who lied
      771 6  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN FOR seven years, a woman from China managed to convince her Taiwanese businessman lover that she was a Singaporean, less than a third his age and single. She even told him she had borne him twins. But
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      Lock icon Cab firms take Comfort route on fare
      569 11  -  TransCab, Premier, Smart and Yellow Top taxis to charge more over next few weeks BY LEONARD LIM limze@sph.com.sg OPTIONS to avoid paying the higher taxi fares charged by ComfortDelGro are dwindling. Yesterday, the higher charges also kicked in at taxi operator SMRT, and
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      Lock icon Two trains on North-East Line stall for 20 minutes
      645 12  -  BY JALELAH ABU BAKER Additional reporting by Additional reporting by Poon Chian Hui Shuli Sudderuddin ABOUT 800 passengers were stranded for 20 minutes after two trains stalled in a tunnel yesterday morning. They were among 3,000 commuters affected by the delay,
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      Lock icon Police clash with protesters in China over power plant
      650 12 Latest sign of rising social unrest AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS XINHUA BEIJING: Police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators protesting against a planned coal-fired power plant in southern China yesterday, in the latest violent unrest to hit the country. Residents of
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; XINHUA; ST GRAPHICS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  650 words
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      Lock icon Villagers hit by land grabs to get compensation
      387 12 BLOOMBERG REUTERS CHINA has pledged to compensate victims of illegal land grabs in the southern village of Wukan, where a stand-off over past development deals and the death of a villager entered its 10th day. The authorities will reclaim 10.5ha of land
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      Lock icon Cars bursts into flames after crash at bus-stop
      136 12 A motorist was rushed to hospital with burns yesterday after the car he was driving crashed into a bus-stop barrier and burst into flames. Eyewitnesses said that the vehicle lost control next to Siglap Community Centre on Bedok South Avenue 3 at
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  • prime.death of kim jong il
    • THE LEADER
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        Lock icon Grand memorial to the Great Leader
        562 8  -  BY DANSON CHEONG Danson Cheong is a Singapore Press Holdings scholarship recipient and a student at Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. He was with a group of students who visited North Korea earlier this month on a study
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        Lock icon French doc secretly treated Kim for stroke in 2008
        458 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: A French neurosurgeon has confirmed that the late Mr Kim Jong Il had a debilitating stroke in 2008, and described secretly treating the reclusive dictator while the North Korean public and world remained unaware of his condition. Dr
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    • THE SUCCESSOR
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        Lock icon N. Korea’s future in the hands of military
        740 9  -  Late leader tweaked the all-powerful machinery to secure son’s position NEWS ANALYSIS BY THOMAS LEE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES thomas.lee.*****3@gmail.com SEOUL: All eyes are now on the one institution whose support is crucial for Mr Kim Jong Un to cement control over
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        Lock icon Reunion best done slowly, analysts say
        639 9 REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: If the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il hastens the reunification of the two Koreas, the long-hostile neighbours may be better served by a go-slow approach, like Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997, rather than Germany’s
        REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: XINHUA; PHOTO: ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  639 words
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        Lock icon INSIDE THE secretive state
        313 9 The Straits Times takes a close look at North Korea as it ushers in a new era of leadership Sources: AFP THE TELEGRAPH THE GUARDIAN CIA WORLD FACTBOOK THE ECONOMIST SOCIETY AND GEOGRAPHY 24.5 million North Korea’s population, who are expected to live 11 years shorter
        Sources: AFP; THE TELEGRAPH; THE GUARDIAN; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; THE ECONOMIST  -  313 words
    • ANALYSES
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        Lock icon Beijing throws support behind Kim Jong Un
        620 10  -  CHINA BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China has moved quickly to throw its support behind the untested youngest sonofdeceasedleaderKimJongIl,underlining its fear of chaos at its doorstep. “(The North Koreans) should turn grief into strength and make progress in building a
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        Lock icon Washington’s N. Korea policy now in disarray
        609 10 THE U.S. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: The death of Mr Kim Jong Il throws into disarray a United States policy of waiting patiently for change in nu-clear-armed North Korea, with officials nervously seeking clues on the regime’s future direction. Analysts said that Mr
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        Lock icon Tokyo worried about impact on its security
        558 10  -  JAPAN BY KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO: The sudden death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il poses the strongestever threat to Japan’s security. The urgency of the situation yesterday prompted Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to call US President Barack Obama
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  • prime.people
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      Lock icon Putting Singapore’s pioneering research institute back on track
      1898 13  -  IMCB is teetering between greatness and mediocrity, says its new boss ST INTERVIEW BY CHANG AI-LIEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT ailien@sph.com.sg IT IS long one of the country’s pioneering institutions, a much lauded, much imitated centre of scientific excellence, but new boss Hong Wanjin
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon Push to protect Indonesian maids on home turf
      691 14  -  Bill if passed would give them days off, paid annual leave, minimum wage Member of Parliament Rieke Diah Pitaloka, a vocal advocate of workers’ rights BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Many here are enraged by stories of fellow Indonesians abused
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      96 14 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Software flaw ‘led to Qantas plane’s sudden plunge’ L ‘We are the 99 per cent’ chosen as year’s top quote L 23-year-old US soldier is last to be killed in Iraq
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    • world.regional
      • CHANGE OF HEART
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          Lock icon KL move to cut relief teachers’ benefits dropped
          444 15  -  Decision averts boycott, but dispute has already stoked Chinese anger BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Education Ministry has reversed its decision to cut the pay and benefits of relief teachers after a standoff that threatened to disrupt
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          Lock icon Convent school won’t get Muslim principal
          550 15  -  BY LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has backed down in a controversy over its choice of a new principal for a prominent Catholic secondary school. It had earlier appointed a Muslim principal who was not recommended by the school board,
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        Lock icon Kashmir teachers protest
        89 15 Police in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir pushing back protesting government teachers who were demanding hikes in salaries and regularisation of their jobs in the state capital Srinagar yesterday. Teachers from different government schools of the valley, under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Teachers’
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        Lock icon State of calamity in Philippines
        557 16 Aquino’s declaration will let govt access more funds for relief REUTERS ILIGAN (Philippines): Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared a state of calamity yesterday as last week’s tropical storm left more than 1,000 people dead or missing and tens of thousands homeless. The declaration would allow
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        Lock icon Ex-Myanmar prisoner makes first trip abroad
        700 17  -  Comedian known for political satires appeals for education aid during visit to Bangkok BY NIRMAL GHOSH THAILAND CORRESPONDENT nirmal@sph.com.sg BANGKOK: His release in October as part of a wider amnesty was one of several surprising moves by Myanmar’s new civilian government, which took over
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        Lock icon Democracy icon Suu Kyi meets Thai PM
        279 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS YANGON: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday in her first audience with a head of government from the region, her political party said. The meeting was also Ms Suu Kyi’s first with
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        Lock icon Orchard Road condo figures in graft scandal
        564 18 Malaysian opposition accuses minister of using govt money to buy property KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s opposition has dug deeper into a graft scandal swirling round a minister, accusing her of using government money to buy a $4 million luxury condominium unit in Singapore. The
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        Lock icon The big chill
        90 18 Frozen waterfalls (top), or icefalls, provided a beautiful winter view on the hills along the Yellow River in Xinguan village, in north China’s Shanxi province, yesterday. In north-east China’s Mudanjiang city on Sunday, a man (right) jumped from an icefall and into the Jingpo lake for a
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        Lock icon Chinese couple with 8 babies face probe
        477 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: The Chinese authorities have launched an investigation after a wealthy couple broke family planning laws by having eight babies, including several born illegally to surrogates, an official said yesterday. The wealthy couple in the southern province of Guangdong spent nearly
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        Lock icon China nabs 52 over cooking oil scandal
        179 18 REUTERS BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested 52 people for making and selling cooking oil dredged up from restaurant gutters, state media reported yesterday. Investigators found that a company in the southern province of Jiangxi had been making more than 2,000 tonnes of “gutter
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        Lock icon Indian Cabinet approves anti-graft Bill
        191 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Cabinet yesterday approved a landmark anti-corruption Bill which was the focus of nationwide demonstrations in August that rocked the government, state television said. The Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh approved the “Lokpal” or ombudsman Bill, Doordarshan television
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        Lock icon Japan picks US stealth fighter jet
        697 19 It will buy 42 Lockheed F-35s to replace ageing fleet REUTERS TOKYO: Japan picked Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jet as its next mainstay fighter yesterday, choosing the aircraft over combat-proven but less stealthy rivals as concern simmers over North Korea and as China introduces its
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        Lock icon Japan seizes Chinese boat after chase
        358 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’s coast guard said yesterday it had arrested a Chinese boat captain, just days after a South Korean officer was stabbed to death at sea. A coast guard vessel pursued the fisherman’s 130-ton boat for over six hours after it was
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    • world.international
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        Lock icon Egypt is failing its women, says Clinton
        677 20 She lashes out at army’s violence towards female protesters, calling it a disgrace to the state AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has denounced Egypt’s treatment of women as “shocking” and a “disgrace” to the state, after
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        Lock icon 120 killed as Syria gives nod to observer team
        449 20 BLOOMBERG REUTERS DAMASCUS: Syrian forces killed as many as 120 people, including dozens of defecting soldiers, as an advance team of Arab League officials prepared to visit the Mid-Eastern country later this week. The deaths come after the government of President
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        Lock icon Alaska on alert for debris from Japan’s tsunami
        277 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE (Alaska): Alaskans are on the lookout for tonnes of debris from the Japanese tsunami expected to wash up on their shores. Debris has already been reported in Washington state and British Columbia, Canada and Alaskans should be seeing it
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        Lock icon Saudi king calls for Gulf union
        696 21 Security of Arab states under threat, he says AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG REUTERS RIYADH: Saudi King Abdullah, saying the security of his kingdom and its Arab neighbours was being targeted, in an apparent reference to regional rival Iran, has called for the formation of a
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        Lock icon Iraqi warrant against V-P raises concern
        304 21 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON: The US has expressed concern after Iraq’s Shi’ite-dominated government issued an arrest warrant for its Sunni Vice-President on antiterror charges just days after the last US troops left. The warrant was issued against Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, leading to fears for
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        Lock icon Risk of big quakes not higher today
        560 22 Study of records shows no statistically significant clustering of big temblors AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Massive earthquakes are no more likely today than they were a century ago, despite an apparent rise in the number of devastating temblors in recent years, according to researchers
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        Lock icon Christians now spread all over the world
        560 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: As the Christian celebration of Christmas approaches, a new report shows that where the world’s Christians live has changed dramatically in the last century. The report released by the Pew Research Centre on Monday said Christians make up
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      • Article
        Lock icon Deadlock likely in US payroll tax break battle
        416 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: Republican lawmakers yesterday looked set to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits the latest twist in a bitter year-end Washington showdown. Time is running out for Congress to act on President Barack
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    • world.at a glance
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        Lock icon Getting out of the dumps
        86 23 A boy drinking soda among garbage at the Bordo Poniente landfill on the outskirts of Mexico City on Monday. The city plans to close the dump, one of the world’s largest, by Dec 31 to create one of Latin America’s greenest waste management systems. Garbage
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      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon S’pore sends condolences
          160 23 SINGAPORE’S Acting President J.Y. Pillay and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have written condolence letters to their Czech counterparts on the demise of former president Vaclav Havel, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday. In his letter to Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Mr Pillay said Mr
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          Lock icon Tamils demand inquiry
          96 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO: Sri Lankan ethnic Tamil leaders have called for an international war crimes inquiry into events during the final stages of the country’s civil war, criticising a commission report that cleared government forces of deliberately targeting civilians. The United States, too, expressed concerns that the
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        • Article
          Lock icon Official jailed for graft
          104 23 JAKARTA: Suspended Youth and Sports Ministry secretary-general Wafid Muharram has been sentenced to three years’ jail for corruption linked to a construction project, becoming the first official convicted of graft in the South-east Asia Games athletes’ village scandal. Wafid was proven to have accepted three cheques
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          Lock icon Defective breast implants
          108 23 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS: The French medical authorities will this week tell 30,000 women who received defective breast implants to have them removed, after several suspicious cases of cancer, the Liberation daily reported yesterday. Quoting senior medical officials, the newspaper said that the implants were supplied by French
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        • Article
          Lock icon Deadlock over
          87 23 REUTERS PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) political deadlock appeared to be over yesterday, with Prime Minister Peter O’Neill saying his government was in total control of the resource-rich South Pacific nation. PNG has been in the grip of a crisis since last week, with Mr O’Neill and
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          1099 25  -  BY WILLIAM CHOONG SENIOR WRITER williamc@sph.com.sg FOLLOWING the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the 2004 film Team America, which had portrayed Mr Kim as a lonely and insane dictator, began trending on the Internet. A popular clip being circulated is
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          876 25  -  BY VICTOR CHA The writer, a professor at Georgetown University and author of the forthcoming book, The Impossible State: North Korea, Past And Future, was director of Asian affairs at the White House from 2004 to 2007. NEW YORK TIMES NORTH Korea as we know
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          760 25  -  BY AMIT JAIN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is the assistant director for international relations at Nanyang Technological University. He visited North Korea in September. CALL it deja vu. When the “Great Leader” Kim Il Sung died in 1994 international observers rushed
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          414 26  -  Tey Chee Meng WHILE the current focus on the train network is to prevent similar disruptions, there is another crucial concern, which is managing the fallout. There are similarities in the aftermath of a major train disruption and a terrorist attack on
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          372 26  -  Anju Tiwari (Ms) I HAVE lived in many countries, and in Singapore for over 10 years. Having observed the social media scene this year, I wonder whether citizens know what an awesome country Singapore is, the credit for which is largely attributable to the forward-thinking
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          206 26  -  Byron E. Barrett I AM an American tourist who arrived in Singapore on Dec 11. I was told by many that Singapore had a world-class public transport system that was very reliable, using a combination of trains, buses and taxis. But since I arrived, here
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          323 26  -  Kenneth Ling SMRT’S multiple train disruptions, which began last Wednesday, triggered the question of whether its chief executive officer Saw Phaik Hwa should resign (“Quitting, the first step” by Mr Ricky Ow; yesterday) or not (“Quitting isn’t the answer” by Mr Peter Loon; yesterday).
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          262 26  -  Liu Fook Thim I BEG to differ with Mr Tan Soon Meng (“Cultural faults we must correct”; yesterday) on the two points he raised. First, placing top people in organisations where they have no experience is not the issue. The
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          120 27 “Bar foreigners from buying property priced at less than $2 million.” MR TAN KOK TIM: “An additional measure to control foreign speculation in local property is to bar foreigners from buying property priced at less than, say, $2 million each. (‘Singapore’s property investment climate still among world’s
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          139 27 “Amazon refunded my purchase and shipping charges no questions.” MR GERRY CHOO: “Professor Bernd Schmitt hit the nail on the head when he warned that Asian brands must guard against being edged out of the huge market by Western ones (‘Buying into branding’; Dec 14). When SingPost’s
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        257 27  -  Lee Seck Kay STRAITS Times journalist Daryl Chin’s commentary last Friday (“Will there be no place left for smokers?”) did much to highlight the plight of smokers, whose habit has sparked a slew of restrictive measures that seem to get dangerously close to infringing their freedom
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        154 27 “My sense of this growing divide between non-smokers and smokers is how intolerant Singaporeans have become.” MS MONICA CHEANG: “I am not a smoker but I commiserate with smokers who have increasingly fewer places to light up (‘Will there be no place left for smokers?’; last Friday).
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        270 27  -  Lim Wei-Qi IT IS true that there are drastically fewer designated smoking areas now than 10 years ago, and this change has been for the better (“Will there be no place left for smokers?”; commentary by Daryl Chin, last Friday). But is that
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      158 27 CISI Singapore Annual Awards Professionalism Integrity Excellence The Chartered Institute for Securities Investment (CISI) is the largest and most widely respected professional body for those who work in the securities and investment industry in a growing number of major financial centres round the world. Evolved from the London Stock Exchange,
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      341 2 OWNERS of Housing Board flats who are paying premiums for their Home Protection Scheme (HPS) with their CPF will soon save an average of 12 per cent. The Central Provident Fund Board said yesterday that as of Jan 1, about 362,500 CPF
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      264 2  -  ELENA CHONG A PROPERTY agent was yesterday charged with perverting the course of justice by getting someone else to take the rap for his driving offence. Chandiramani Haresh Vishindas, 40, is alleged to have persuaded Azli Mohd Hasan, a chauffeur, to assume criminal
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      508 2  -  Car growth outstrips rise in number of parking spaces in some areas BY SHULI SUDDERUDDIN shulis@sph.com.sg HOUSING Board residents who may have to park on higher floors in multi-storey carparks, because of growing vehicle ownership, are calling for lifts to be
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      635 3  -  Feb 14-19 event will be bigger, better, with ex-air force pilot performing daredevil stunts BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg AVIATION buffs are in for a real treat when the next Singapore Airshow flies into town in February. For the first time in
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      664 4  -  SIP course providers told it can last one to 11/2 days and cost up to $120 BY AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg THE new compulsory Settling-In Programme (SIP) for first-time maids who come to Singapore is likely to be conducted over one or 11/2 days. Employers
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      448 4  -  THAM YUEN-C SMRT has suspended a bus driver after a passenger he was ferrying fell and hit her head, leaving her in a coma. Yesterday, its staff visited Madam Ding Weibo, 54. Her husband, Mr You Bu Jia, 58, said they visited his
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      269 4  -  LIN WENJIAN AN EXHIBITION featuring photographs of foreign workers in Singapore was launched yesterday to celebrate International Migrants Day. The pictures of men from countries such as India and Bangladesh are on display in the basement of One Marina Boulevard. They were taken by a
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      539 4  -  BY LIM YAN LIANG ANIMAL lovers are upset after the authorities apparently intensified efforts to round up stray dogs at Punggol Waterway following an attack on a jogger there. The jogger was scratched and bitten by stray dogs in the park last Wednesday. Since
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      621 5  -  Filipino jailed for pawning jewellery given for cleaning after replacing them with fakes KHUSHWANT SINGH FIONA LOW khush@sph.com.sg fionalow@sph.com.sg A FILIPINO maid offered to clean her 92-year-old employer’s gold jewellery but instead pawned the two items and replaced them with fakes. Her dishonest act
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      216 5  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTORIST was yesterday charged with causing the death of a passenger in a lorry by dangerous driving, and injuring three others in the vehicle. Pancratius Joseph D’rozario, 73, was driving a car along Victoria Street when he allegedly jumped
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      759 6  -  Some plan more events to shore up kitty ahead of possible downturn BY JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg WITH economic storm clouds gathering on the horizon, Nam Hong Welfare Service Society is taking no chances. It is holding five major fund-raising events next year that
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      296 6  -  FIONA LOW SINGAPORE will be home to a centre that will provide support to land transport administrators in the region. The facility, called Centre for Transport Excellence for the Asia-Pacific Region, will be set up by the middle of next year. A memorandum of
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      161 6 Peace, health and happiness were the top wishes written on these wishing spheres (above), which were tossed into Marina Bay yesterday by 150 people from voluntary welfare organisations such as Moral Family Service Centre (Bedok North). The group included the elderly (right), young people and
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      672 7  -  FAS plans to sell limited number of season tickets for home games BY FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S long-awaited return to the Malaysian football league will be marked by the introduction of season tickets. It is believed that the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) plans to
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      584 7  -  FABIUS CHEN AFTER years of dwindling numbers in the stands, S-League clubs are steeling themselves for a further erosion of their fan base with Singapore’s return to Malaysian football. Less than two months before the 17th season of the Republic’s professional league kicks off,
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      90 7 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE SPORTS STORIES ONLINE L Dalglish admits Gerrard’s career saved by doctors L Liverpool touch wood 17 times this season L Mancini tells Man City to prepare for United battle Get your free breaking news from
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      820 8 Beat Stoke and they top Xmas table, unbeaten at home for the year AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER: Manchester City are aiming to complete a hat-trick of wins over Stoke City today so that they can remain at the top of the Premier League on Christmas
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      455 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Kenny Dalglish has warned Wigan manager Roberto Martinez that his Liverpool side are not a one-man team as the Reds travel to the lowly Latics today looking for a victory that could propel them up to fifth. Liverpool’s preparations have been
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      239 8 CITY TURN DOWN MILAN’S LOAN OFFER MANCHESTER City have rejected an offer by AC Milan to sign Carlos Tevez on loan after the Argentinian striker had agreed personal terms with the Italian Serie A club. City manager Roberto Mancini killed the deal because he wants to sell Tevez,
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      388 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A well-known Chinese referee confessed in court yesterday to accepting bribes for fixing local and international matches, amid a series of corruption hearings involving top football officials. Huang Junjie admitted to accepting more than US$246,000 (S$321,500) in bribes to fix two international
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      367 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS LONDON: Arsenal and Chelsea may be forced to postpone their Premier League matches on Monday because of a planned strike by transport workers which threatens to bring London to a halt. Arsenal are scheduled to host Wolverhampton at the Emirates,
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      596 9 Alonso confident that Ferrari can close gap on Red Bull with new model MADRID: Fernando Alonso has revealed that Ferrari are going all out to produce a “dominant” Formula One car for next year. According to the Spaniard, the team are tired of finishing behind
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      467 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSONVILLE (Florida): South African golf stars Ernie Els and Retief Goosen and Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa will enter next season without any assurances of playing in the Masters. The field for the Masters from April 5-8 took shape on
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        85 9 REUTERS TOKYO: Naomichi “Joe” Ozaki will captain Asia against Europe in golf’s Royal Trophy annual matchplay event for the fifth consecutive time, organisers said on yesterday. The 55-year-old Japanese golfer has led the team after his compatriot Masahiro Kuramoto took charge for the
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        66 9 LOCAL golfer Gregory Foo, 18, fired a five-under 67 yesterday at the Singapore Island Country Club’s Island Course to take the lead after the first round of the 20th SICC/DBS Junior Invitational Golf Championship. He leads compatriot Nicklaus Chiam by two strokes, while Marc
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        41 9 REUTERS MADRID: Tennis world No. 2 Rafael Nadal and his uncle Miguel Angel Nadal have sold their 10 per cent shareholding in Spanish football team Real Mallorca on Monday, the club said in a statement.
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        109 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Former Australia coach Eddie Jones has been chosen to replace All Blacks legend John Kirwan as the head coach of the Japan rugby team, according to media reports. The Japan Rugby Football Union recommended him as the sole candidate for
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      41 9 Cricket 2nd and final Test In Dhaka, 4th day: Bangladesh 338 and 114-5 (Gul 2-23, Cheema 2-41). Pakistan 470 (overnight 292-3: T. Umar 130, Misbah-ul-Haq 70, A. Ali 57, A. Akmal 53; Nazmul 2-61, Shakib 6-82). Pakistan lead series 1-0.
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      51 9 JOSE MOURINHO, Real Madrid coach, underlining the difficulty of winning the Spanish La Liga with star-studded Barcelona as their main
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      386 9 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Ricky Ponting’s international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs, regardless of the former captain’s standing in the game, Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said. The team play the first of a fourTest series against India in Melbourne
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      199 9 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Seven -time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from her Australian Open warm-up event owing to “health reasons,” placing her participation in the year’s first Major in doubt. The American, who has been receiving treatment for Sjogren’s syndrome, which can cause
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      490 10 Debutant Paul has 17 points as Clippers put on a show Sons:Daughtersin-law: WongFeeFong Daughters: TonyYeo Grandsons:Granddaughters: NeoYiTeng Wife: NgSiewKheng(Deceased) Psalm23 LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES: It was hardly the Battle of LA. That was last week, when Chris Paul ended up at the Clippers instead of their sun-is-always-shining
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      213 10 LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa, are taking great pains to keep the details of their pending divorce under wraps by negotiating the terms privately. But legal experts said it is clear she will leave the
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      52 7 REV UP FOR CHALLENGE Fernando Alonso and Ferrari talk up bid to knock Red Bull off their perch. B9 STOKING THE FLAMES Roberto Mancini hopes Manchester City get early Christmas cracker. B8 Read it in tomorrow GETTING SCANNED WITHOUT BEING CONFINED New MRI machine scans limbs while patients recline in
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      136 7 A SO- With Singapore Pools Feng Shuifor 2012 Will the market rise in waves in the Water Dragon Year? -by Grand Master Raymond Lo 12 January 2012, 7.30pm Singapore Conference Hall Tickets available at all Branches and Selected Retailers. Talk conducted in English LOTTERY L Jjl Draw No. 2702/2011 f
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      767 16  -  Many unaware that they need to be certified by Jan 1, or they will be locked out of trading BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg THE clock is ticking for investors to get certified to trade highly popular but risky products
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      98 16 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Layoffs hit George Soros’ investment company L Airbus expects to deliver at least 30 A-380 planes in 2012 L ‘Angry Birds’ maker eyes Hong Kong IPO More Forum letters online at
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        475 12  -  Analysts note gloom over finance, economic prospects, plus higher geopolitical risks BULLS BEARS BY YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares ended yesterday barely changed as trading activity slowed to a crawl ahead of the holiday weekend. The benchmark Straits Times Index slipped 3.64 points,
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        434 12  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK A THIRD party has emerged from the woodwork and could try to hijack the contentious buyout of Singapore-listed SMB United by Hong Kong’s Boer Power. SMB’s directors, who have denounced the unsolicited Boer offer for undervaluing the company, announced yesterday
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          99 12 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 591 million shares worth $695.8 million UP DOWN Gainers: 135 Losers: 154 Unchanged: 493 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change -0.15 579.80 0.56 392.25 -0.66 627.40 -1.02 548.64 0.66 217.20 0.24 183.12 4.94 576.47
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          246 12 Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 8,336.48 (+40.36) Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.49 per cent, as short-term players bought back shares sold on news of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,465.17 (-12.61) Malaysia slid 0.85 per cent, as investors cashed in any
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            223 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 20,2011 Top Rises Dec 20 CENTS DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2765 130.7 3.8 (0) DBXT E50 10US$ 3232 53.6 1.3 CENTS DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ ***** 50.7 0.2 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 4329
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            390 12 Top Rises Dec 20 CENTS SembMar.ES.1112 373 5.0 1.4 DBS BP ePW*****2 65.5 4.0 6.5 DBS MB ePW*****6 36 2.0 5.9 CENTS STI 2900MBePW*****0 11.2 1.7 17.9 DBS MB ePW*****2 22 1.5 7.3 NobleGrpMBeCW*****2 7.1 0.8 12.7 STI 2750BPePW*****9 29 0.5 1.8 SembMar MBeCW*****2 11.5 0.3 2.7
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            54 12 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Dec 20 2011 Selling Buying Dec 20 2011 Selling 1.326 Buying ....1.263 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY ....1.234 Euro 1.732 2.066 Malaysian ringgit 41.761 40.155 ....1.987 NZ dollar 1.016 ....0.968 US dollar 1.328 Source: United
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            60 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 205 113 CapMallsAsia 116 -0.5 2799 117 115 1.7
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            80 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 176 101.5 ARA 118 unch 587 120 117
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      701 13 Non-euro zone nations will also give more to help ward off debt crisis REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRUSSELS: The euro zone’s finance ministers have agreed to boost the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) resources by ¤150 billion (S$255 billion) to ward off the
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      436 13 REUTERS TOKYO: Japan is in talks to purchase Chinese government debt to strengthen economic ties, its Finance Minister said yesterday, a tentative step towards the diversification of the country’s large foreign exchange reserves. No formal decision has been reached yet, but leaders
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      457 13 REUTERS MELBOURNE: Chinese-controlled Yancoal Australia is in talks to buy Gloucester Coal to create Australia’s top independent coal miner, three sources said yesterday, as strong Asian demand drives a boom in coal deals. Gloucester, which has a market value of A$1.4 billion (S$1.8 billion), confirmed
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        117 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: The New York Times said on Monday it was in advanced talks to sell 16 regional newspapers, another indication the company was divesting itself of assets to concentrate on its core newspaper business. Halifax Media Holdings is negotiating the
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        116 13 REUTERS LOS ANGELES: AT&T has dropped its controversial US$39 billion (S$51 billion) bid for Deutsche Telekom’s US wireless unit, bowing to fierce regulatory opposition and leaving both companies scrambling for alternatives. AT&T will have to find another way to address its shortage of wireless
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        114 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK: The former controller for imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff blamed him on Monday for directing her to deceive investors, regulators and the Internal Revenue Service as she pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges. “I did not know that Madoff and others
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        1091 14  - Billing made easy the painless and paperless way GreenPost compiles bills from different firms into a single portal to offer convenience to users BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg FOR many people, paperless billing sounds great in theory. But in practice, it involves memorising different passwords and navigating a range of websites.
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        398 14  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA JR FOODSTUFF Industries, which makes frozen and chilled ready-to-eat meals, is expanding into China. The impetus is a $15 million injection from private equity firm F&H Fund Management, which invests in promising small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore,
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        237 14  -  JONATHAN KWOK THE man tasked with spearheading a revamp of the accounting sector has taken on another key post in the industry. Mr Michael Lim will chair the Accounting Standards Council (ASC), taking over from Ms Euleen Goh, who has led the body since
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      797 15  -  Venture capital funding will help IT firm work on thought-activated gaming BY GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN Tan Min Liang has raised US$50 million (S$65 million) for his US-based firm Razer to develop powerful, super-light gaming notebooks featuring some mind-bending innovations. The
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      487 15  -  BY ROBIN CHAN NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) and five other shipping lines have teamed up to create one of the largest vessel networks on the lucrative Far East-to-Europe trade route, NOL said yesterday. The agreement will bring together members of The
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      369 15  -  ROBIN CHAN SEMBCORP Marine has started construction of its first integrated shipyard in Brazil, as it waits on the outcome of its bid for a huge contract from Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday and the construction is
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      321 15  -  BY MAGDALEN NG MORE Singaporeans are turning pessimistic about the economy. A survey by insurer Aviva has found that only 24 per cent of respondents expect the economy to improve over the coming year, a fall from the 44 per cent in June, when a
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      151 1 The Artist Bringing back the dead Priyanka Chopra on surviving Shah Rukh Khan’s teasing Acting tough A five-star movie classic C5 C3 Meet the woman restoring the Raffles Museum’s collection C10 Beatrice Chia-Richmond, creative director of concert promoter Running Into The Sun, won over stars and fans by bringing in
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        1004 2  -  Marriage to a Hollywood exec has reformed once-wayward actor Robert Downey Jr alison de souza in los angeles stlife@sph.com.sg Robert Downey Jr is riding high today as the star of not one but two hit big-screen franchises the Iron Man movies and director Guy Ritchie’s
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        521 2  - Not so elementary Watson reviewaction adventure SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG13) 128 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: The brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr) is investigating a series of seemingly unrelated crimes. With Europe’s peace at stake, he has to figure out and stop the game plan of
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        678 3  -  Gleefully cliched, this silent movie pays loving tribute to the silver screen reviewdrama THE ARTIST (PG) 100 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie star at the peak of his career. He dismisses the arrival of sound but it turns out
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        121 4 ‘My mum always told me there wasn’t a Santa. She thought if I grew up knowing about Santa then finding out he wasn’t real, that it would be like she was lying to me. And then when she told me about God, I maybe wouldn’t believe
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        437 4  -  We Bought A Zoo falls short with its lack of interaction between humans and animals reviewfamily drama WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) 123 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Widower Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) gets a fresh start by buying a new house one with a rundown zoo attached. While
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        298 4  -  Denise Cheong On Monday evening, marketing executive Regina Guo, 31, graced a runway in a swimsuit for the first time in her life. Standing at 1.66m and weighing 100kg, Regine was one of 12 plus-sized models taking part in home-grown fashion boutique Big Beautiful (BAB)’s third
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        609 5  -  Acting in extreme conditions was just as tough for Priyanka Chopra as enduring Shah Rukh Khan’s teasing in Don 2 akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra drove a car at 100kmh down narrow Berlin alleys and wore a backless gown in sub-zero temperatures for her
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        770 6 / 7  -  BEATRICE CHIA-RICHMOND, 37 Creative director of Running Into The Sun Boon Chan Concert promotion company Running Into The Sun is less than three years old and yet this year, it has scored more high profile acts and media buzz than many older companies. It brought in
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        498 6 / 7  -  With K-pop exercising dominion over the music scene and live performances selling out to packed houses, those who ride the wave enjoy their time at the top of this year’s power list boon chan media correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Entertainment is all about what is new. What is the
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        488 6 / 7  -  HANJIN TAN, 35 Singer-songwriter/actor Boon Chan He burst into the spotlight when he won the Best New Performer trophy at the Hong Kong Film Awards in April. The Singaporean had a supporting role in the biopic Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010), as one of the action superstar’s
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        435 6 / 7  -  MICHAEL CHUGG, 65 Chairman of Chugg Entertainment Eddino Abdul Hadi Two years ago in an interview with the local press, veteran Australian music promoter Michael Chugg, 65, promised big plans for the live music scene here. This year, those plans came to fruition. His company, Chugg Entertainment,
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        460 6 / 7  -  MICHAEL ROCHE, 53 Singapore GP executive director and Lushington Entertainment regional director Eddino Abdul Hadi If you had rocked out and enjoyed yourself at some of the largest events in the local concert calendar this year, you can thank the man responsible for putting them on
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        421 6 / 7  -  LIM TECK, 36 Managing director of Clover Films Rachael Boon Lim Teck, who makes his debut on the power list this year, is quite possibly the hardest working indie producer in town. Besides spearheading The Wedding Diary, an upcoming SingaporeMalaysian comedy which will be released next year,
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        476 8 / 9  -  RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA MARINA BAY SANDS Andrea Teo, vice-president of entertainment, RWS; Mark Juliano, senior vice-president of marketing, MBS Melissa Kok Singapore’s two integrated resorts have injected more buzz into the entertainment scene, hosting a slew of top-notch international music and stage acts at their
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        411 8 / 9  -  NGIAM KWANG HWA, 50 Managing director of Rock Records Rachael Boon CD sales may be declining, but Ngiam Kwang Hwa, 50, has quietly shepherded Rock Records from strength to strength. This is why he is on the power list for a third time after holding steady
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        446 8 / 9  -  KUMAR, 43 Comedian and drag performer Melissa Kok Iconic cross-dressing star Kumar made the headlines this year when he became Singapore’s first public figure to openly declare himself gay in print. The stand-up comedian officially came out of the closet in his new book, Kumar: From Rags
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        424 8 / 9  -  KELVIN TONG, 38 Film-maker Yip Wai Yee Kelvin Tong (right), 38, made Singapore’s topgrossing local film, It’s A Great Great World, this year. The heartwarming nostalgia drama, a tribute to the now-defunct Great World Amusement Park, racked up $2.43 million at the box
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        427 8 / 9  -  ERIC KHOO, 46 Film-maker Yip Wai Yee Eric Khoo is a film-maker who continues to fly the Singapore flag high on the international film scene. A regular on the international film festival circuit with his previous acclaimed offerings such as My Magic (2008) and Be With Me (2005),
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      799 10  -  Conservator Kate Pocklington repairs animal specimens from the Raffles Museum’s collection grace chua caiwj@sph.com.sg The pair of orang utans, one male and one female, had languished in the closet for years their hides drying, cracking and splitting down the seams. Not till museum conservator Kate Pocklington
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        476 12 Associated Press Stockholm, Sweden Rooney Mara may be drawing critical praise for her role as Lisbeth Salander in Hollywood’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, but not quite enamoured is Eva Gabrielsson. The longtime girlfriend of the late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, whose book the film
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          58 12 Zhang Yimou’s Nanking Massacrethemed film, The Flowers Of War, and Stephen Daldry’s 9/11 drama Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close will screen out of competition at February’s Berlin film festival. In competition are Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s Captive, about a kidnapped aid worker, and Postcards From
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          74 12 Jazz singer Stacey Kent will perfom at the Mosaic Music Festival 2012 at the Esplanade on March 9, while Spanish singer Russian Red and American band Blind Pilot will play two sets each at the Mosaic Studio on March 11 and March 18, respectively. Kent
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          43 12 Jessica Lange, 62, and Sam Shepard, 68, have separated after nearly 30 years together. The actors reportedly ended their relationship almost two years ago and a publicist for Lange confirmed it on Monday. They have two grown children together.
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        310 12 Reuters Los Angeles Paul McCartney will kick off next year with an album of cover tunes and two original songs, he said on Monday. The yet-to-be-titled album, out on Feb 7, will showcase the ex-Beatle on a “deeply personal journey” covering classic American songs
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      116 3 top 10 movies SINGAPORE 1. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 2. Alvin And The Chipmunks 3 3. (1) New Year’s Eve 4. (2) Puss In Boots 5. (3) Already Famous 6. (5) The Muppets 7. (6) You Are The Apple Of My Eye 8. (4) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part
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      57 1 EVERY WEDNESDAY WITH THE STRAITS TIMES MICA (P) 073/11/2011 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21, 2011 New surveillance cams are easy to set up and let you monitor your kids on your phone PAGES 7-9 Eric Khoo plans “upskirt” film page 6 mpanymaking Local company making MechWarrior tablet game Page 4 DL Exclusive:
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        694 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg When I was a ravenous young man, I always wondered how buffet restaurants could ever possibly make a profit. Me and my chums, all 18 years of age, would walk into a restaurant and, paying about $18 a
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        48 2 In our story last week on Page 6, the Data Mall feature is at www.mytransport.sg, a regular portal of the Land Transport Authority launched late last month. It is not on the mobile version of the portal. We are sorry for the error.
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        177 2 On whether they would like Microsoft founder Bill Gates to return to the software giant: From the “for a better world” point of view, I’d like to see him grow his Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. Andy Lwf No, no more Bill Gates. If Bill returns to Microsoft,
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        834 3  -  Compiled by Ng Zhong Wei MIT develops super-fast camera Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have created an imaging system which can acquire visual data at the rate of one trillion exposures per second. The US$250,000 (S$326,000) camera is fast enough to capture video of photons of light
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        433 3  -  DL EXCLUSIVE By Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph.com.sg Online gamers rejoice: There is finally a fibre broadband service which has its cross-hairs aimed squarely at you. MyRepublic the sixth and newest consumer broadband provider running on the ultra-fast next-generation nationwide broadband network (NGNBN)
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        72 3 A protester holds an iPad 2 tablet displaying a candle during a candlelight rally held to demand the invalidation of South Korea’s free trade agreement with the United States and the resignation of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak, in Seoul, Dec 10. Mr Lee signed
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        440 4  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com.sg MechWarrior is back, with a Singaporean vengeance. If you are a die-hard MechWarrior fan, you have probably already seen the tantalising new trailer for the mobile MechWarrior game, which features real-time tactics. The game is due to be released next
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        340 5  -  By Tan Chong Yaw cytan@sph.com. sg The comeback of Singapore tablet maker Fusion Garage appears to have hit a snag with the Net abuzz with predictions that the firm may have gone “absent without leave”. Its original JooJoo tablet was highly anticipated as it was among
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        55 5  -  facebook By Jasmine Osada Frost trolls are one of the most difficult monsters to kill in Skyrim, the action-adventure game which ranks as one of the blockbuster releases this holiday season. We asked Digital Life fans: What do you use to
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        389 6  -  By Ng Zhong Wei zhongwei@sph.com.sg Curious about the recent spike in upskirt news, film-maker Eric Khoo (inset) wants to try his hand at making his own. Don’t worry, Singapore’s acclaimed director has no voyeuristic plans. He just wants to shoot a short film entirely
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        76 6 In one of the most memorable photos of the year, the Shuttle Atlantis, with vapour trails in its wake, is pictured landing at the Kennedy Space Center for the final time in July. A vapour trail, also known as a contrail, is a cloud of
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        60 6 More than 3,500 entries were received in the DL-Asus contest which ran in our Dec 7 mega gift guide issue. The winners are: 1. Jessie Chan Sock Thien (Sxxx9591J) 2. Lester Ho (Sxxx6026H) They each win an Asus N43SL Jay Chou Edition laptop worth $1,298. The winners
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        738 7  -  A new generation of plug-and-play surveillance cameras offers easy set-up and powerful features like remote viewing on smartphones and night vision Trevor Tan trevtan @sph. com.sg Having a surveillance camera installed at home could buy you some peace of mind if you have, say,
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        1572 8 / 9  -  TREVOR TAN takes a look at the current plug-and-play IP cameras on the market both pan-and-tilt versions as well as fixed-position ones TREVOR TAN D-Link DCS-5230L $459 Pan and tilt Image sensor: 1.3-megapixel CMOS sensor Video resolution: 1,280 x 1,024 pixels (up to 10 frames per second) Connectivity:
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        952 10 / 11  -  Greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, are released into the air by industrial facilities, power plants and vehicles. These gases prevent the sun’s rays from escaping the earth’s atmosphere, causing global warming. NG ZHONG WEIacgetw looks at cutting-edge green energy technologies which aim to reduce carbon dioxide emissions This
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        456 12  -  DL EXCLUSIVE The new 4G service is up to 10 times faster than its 3G counterpart. reports OO GIN LEE ginlee@sph.com.sg SingTel’s consumer launch of its 4G mobile broadband service marks a new high for getting connected on the move. Digital Life managed to
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        433 13  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com. sg If fans feel like the Assassin’s Creed: Revelation is a rehash of the previous game, it’s probably because it is. With the success of Assassin’s Creed II, the concept of a master assassin running around Europe has been milked by developer
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        418 14  -  By Ng Zhong Wei zhongwei@sph.com.sg In the interest of full disclosure, let me say I have never considered myself a Disney fan. When I was a child, I always preferred Daffy Duck to the sometimes over-saccharin Disney characters. But I was determined to review this Kinect game without
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        403 15  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg In the case of the HTC Sensation XE, newer is mostly better. In fact, think of it as an upgrade, both in hardware and design, from its predecessor, the jet-black Sensation. The Sensation XE bears a slightly grey tone with red trimmings to
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        315 15  -  By Sherwin Loh Size is not the only major difference between the HTC Sensation XL and its smaller cousin, the HTC Sensation XE (top). Aside from it being white to XE’s black, the larger XL runs on a single-core processor, compared to the dual-core XE. Those who
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        485 16  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com. sg If you have an eye for beauty and own an Apple iMac or Cinema Display, you might want to consider the Iomega Mac Companion hard drive. It is designed to fit perfectly on the base of the aluminium-based Apple iMacs and Cinema
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        250 16  -  By Mike Lee Mike Lee is a freelance IT writer The iHome iW1 is among the first few devices featuring Apple’s AirPlay technology and it runs on both wall and battery power. This sound system can play back wireless audio streams piped by sources like
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        335 17  -  By Aaron Tan The writer is an infocomm professional. The Vostro V131 exudes a distinctively masculine style, which makes it stand out from the rest of the notebook pack. For a start, this 13.3-inch workhorse has an angular hinge that lets you rotate the screen. Like its
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        280 17  -  By Adli Yashir The writer is a correspondent/Internet coordinator with Berita Harian adli@sph.com.sg When you buy a Fuji Xerox printer like the new DocuPrint CM205 FW, you are assured of quick and quality prints. You also get the Fuji Xerox commitment of a four-year warranty. The
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        461 18  -  By Ng Zhong Wei zhongwei@sph. com. sg When I was 12, I watched my first AC/DC music video, Back In Black. In it, lead guitarist Angus Young shreds away wildly on his Gibson SG guitar, producing one of the most memorable riffs in rock and roll history. Being
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        109 19 PORTABLE SPEAKER $549 (standard model), $639 (premium model) This portable Bluetooth speaker is made for road warriors. At less than 5cm thick and about the size of a paperback novel, the speaker can fit easily into a bag. It works with any device that has
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        69 19 DESKTOP COMPUTER From $3,499, from Dell.com.sg Likely to make gamers drool, this desktop PC packs some very powerful innards, including a second-generation 3000 series Intel Core i7 six-core CPU. The PC can be configured with up to two graphics cards, 2TB of storage and a Blu-ray burner
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        77 19 ACCESSORY From $68, from DG Lifestyle Made from the same material used to protect expensive sports cars, this clear film is scratch- and tear-resistant. It is available for three Apple devices: the iPad 2, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. A wet installation, which involves spraying the film
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        85 19 PORTABLE SPEAKER $499 Made for street dancers, this boombox-like speaker comes with features such as an automatic DJ mode and a tempo control function. The Type T is designed to be used outdoors and can withstand dripping water. The unit features a 2.4-inch LCD screen
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        95 19 SMARTPHONE Price unavailable, pre-order from next month As its name suggests, this smartphone is the third to come from a collaboration between LG and Prada. It features a 4.3-inch touchscreen and runs on the Android 2.3 operating system, also known as Gingerbread. This phone is
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        73 19  -  RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES Compiled by Jasmine Osada $27.90 If you want to add a little Christmas cheer to your gadgets, Sanyo has released a special holiday edition of its Eneloop rechargeable batteries in glittery silver and blue. These environmentally-friendly batteries, which can be recharged up to
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        797 22  -  HELLEN TAN takes a look at the spillover effects of three major tech developments this year on consumers and businesses next year HELLEN TAN tanykh@sph.com.sg Christmas is just a few days away but the outlook for the economy has somewhat dampened the festive spirit.
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        509 20  -  Compiled by Hellen Tan Corporate network safety by Sophos With more notebooks and tablets accessing corporate networks, the IT administrator constantly has to ensure all devices have the latest security patch to ward off viruses. Security software firm Sophos’ Endpoint Protection Enterprise security software (photo 1)
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        661 21  -  Search giant says the centre, built to meet its growing number of Asia-Pacific users, will be a green facility. reports HELLEN TAN tanykh@sph. com. sg Google’s plans for setting up an environmentally friendly data centre in Jurong include using Singapore’s abundant rainfall to
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      86 13 Top 10 digital music downloads 1 A Thousand Years Twilight soundtrack 2 Those Bygone Years You Are The Apple Of My Eye soundtrack 3 It Will Rain Bruno Mars 4 What Makes You Beautiful One Direction 5 What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger) Kelly Clarkson 6 Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5
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      124 13 Top searches of the week (Dec 12 18) Google 1 Aaron Tan The 18-year-old Singaporean became an Internet meme after his 10-minute video rant to a love rival went viral 2 SMRT On Dec 15, SMRT suffered its worst breakdown in 24 years, affecting more than 127,000 commuters. A subsequent
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      247 7 CHARMING PENTHOUSE Balmoral Pk. Elevated site with fantastic green views. Cynthia Wong 9618 7188 $1.5XM ONLY! PENTHSE Jervois Jade. Great view, Orchard Rd. Good investment. Lee *****889 JLR ***IT’S A STEAL! Mill Point 2+1+1+1-rms discounted price! Lowest psf! Call/sms JP Phua 9688-4426 BOTANIKA, 4-RM, DUPLEX 2595 sqft, f¡¯hold, best stack.
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      299 7 SCOTTS 28, WALK Orchard/ American Club. Last stage! 3 rms/4 baths. Solely marketed by Raj: 8339 9822. EDGE ON CAIRNHILL F’hold Penthse. 2 mins Paragon/ Orchard. 4478 sqft. Solely marketed Raj: 8339 9822 ORCHARD RES 2874/ 2465/ 1808 sqft, high flr, 4+1, facilities. Steve 9617-0316 7 DRAYCOTT DR 3+1, 1507
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      305 8 AALTO XX-08 SEAVIEW, 5+1 2443 sqft. 193 Meyer Rd. Call/ Sms 8436-0149 +62-821-2403-1610 Owner 38 I-SUITES Ipoh Lane. 667-1356 sqft. F’hold. #10 up. 2-rm/ penthse. MRT. Good 9107-9803 Cindy ADARA 2+1 F’HOLD 915 sqft, just TOP mins to M Parade Casa Merah 4+1 Penthse, 2196 sqft YapCC *****190 COSTA DEL
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      317 9 5’I’ 192B WELL kept. Balcony. Rivervale Mall, LRT. Val $442K. 9111 0660 George 5’I’ BLK 244 Mid flr. Val $470K $60K. Move-in MRT/LRT.Dennis *****992 5’I’ CORNER 204A High flr. MRT, Nan Chiau. Well reno. Valued $490K. 9688 5988 3’NG’ BLK 153. Good amenities, easy access to CTE. #04, lift level,
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      461 10 CASHEW CRESCENT Hilltop Semi-D 6,000/ 3,800 sq ft, 4+1+1 rms Mature Landscaped Gdn Pool, CHRISTINE FOO 9455 3093 CBRE WEST COAST. NEW 3-sty semi-d. 4000/ 4142 sqft. 5+1 attached/ basement/ lift/big balcony/ car porch, s/pool. Jane 9662-3862 JLN MAS PUTEH 2-sty inter terr. 3 rms. Orig cond. Winnie *****200 Chesterton
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      212 10 RIVER PLACE PENTHOUSE 2-rm 1900 sqft with roof terrace. Designer kitchen *****898 tinajames1.com BLUE HORIZON. $4.5K. 3+1 1216 sqft. Twr A. Sea view Avail mid Jan. Shuttle MRT lenalow.com. 9009 0700 ICON 2BR SEAVIEW #41 6K The Coast 3BR 2077sqft. #01 P/furn, sea view $7.8K Angela Kiew 9690-3360 THE COAST,
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      326 10 THE ROCHESTER 2BEDROOM 1302 sqft. #2X. Ask $5.8k. Buona Vista MRT, Biopolis. Immed. Natalie *****666 QUEENS 3 BDRMS 1184 sqft f/furn. Pool facing. Near MRT. Avail end Dec. Call Aileen *****562 ERA EMERALD PK 2/3-BDRMS. 926/1207sqft. Low/high flr Quiet facings. $3.8K/$4.5K Thomas Tea *****600 CITY SQ 2+1 840sqft F/furn Pool
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      253 10 Woollerton Park............$10K 2348 sqft, 3+1, spacious living space, cul-de-sac, quiet, newly renovated Orchard MRT/shpg belt 1755 sqft, 3+1, Brand New 3 bdrms, 1200 sqft 2200 sqft, 4+1, quiet, greenery unblock view 38 Draycott Dr ...........$6.5K 1445 sqft, 3+1, good cond Silvia Ang 9626-5755 CBRE Astrid Meadows 2,045 sq ft 3+1+Balcony.Well
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      443 10 3100 SQFT THE Balmoral. 4+1. Mins Orchard. Beautifully reno, quiet, greenery. 2-sty apt. F/ facilities. $11K. Agt 9819-9288 May. SPRING GROVE 1012 sqft, spacious 2 bdrms, high flr. Quiet facing. Mins to Orchard. Avail 1st Dec. Call Chiam W.E *****787 PW D.09 OXLEY GDN. Charming. 3 huge ensuites. 1700 sqft.
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      330 11 BEVERLY HILLS. 3778 sqft. 4+1 family. Nicely reno kitchen/ bathrm. Immed $13K. 9456-8066 Kathlyn SPRING GROVE CONDO 1389 sqft, 3+1, resort living/near to Orchard. Expat’s choice. Rent neg. C21 9006 2668 8 MT Sophia, 1/ 3-rms 893/1345 sqft F/furn. MRT SMU Plaza Singapura. Quiet facing. Immed. neg NO COMMISSION ON
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      421 11 VALLEY PARK 3 bdrm 1109 sqft Designer reno, f/furn. Immed. F/facilities. $5.5K neg. Kensy 9784-2707 1 HOLT RD, The Horizon. 3+1 bdrm. Furn. Spacious living. 1500 sqft. Showrm cond. Interfirst 9857-1303 3+1 THE MERASAGA 1356 sqft. P/f/furn. Immed. Holland Village/ MRT. Ask $6.3K. 9299 6260 Eileen VIDA NEW LIST! Studio
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      361 11 WATERMARK 2+1, 980 sqft. Rivershire 1600 sqft 2+1. $5.3K. June 9387-8442 BALMORAL PL. 2640 sqft 3+1+ terrace. Spacious. Francis Chew *****800 GRANGE HGTS 4-RM. 3000 sqft. P/furn. Faciities. MRT. Immed. Susan *****221 HOLLAND PEAK, 1 level penthse 5+1. Big terr. Panoramic view. J Goh *****103 TATE RES 3218 sqft, $20K.
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      314 11 COTSWOLD VILLA CLUSTER House. Brand new! 4+1, 4600 sqft $8.5K! Sole agt *****426 elaine-tan.com NEW COURT Jln Dusun off Balestier, 3-bdrm 1152 sqft, all amenities, vacant. $3.5K. Call Willy 9022 1131 **TREVISTA BRAND NEW. 3bdrm 1143 sqft. F/condo facilities. Near MRT. Immed. Kelvin Yuen 9337-0990 TREVISTA 3 RMS. 1130 sqft,
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      368 11 VISTAYA VIEW. 2 bdrms. F/ furn unblocked Amenities/ MRT. Mid Jan 9389-3033 AVA TWR 3+1 Furn. High flr. Quiet. Near Novena MRT. $3.4K Alphonsus *****466 MRT! HUGE 1+1 rm. New renovation. #14. P/furn $2.8K. 6383-4070 WWH TRELLIS TWR. MRT Studio. Attach bath. Quiet. High floor. Agt *****259 Chris TREVISTA. BRAND
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      370 11 TIERRA VUE. 947 sqft. 2+1. P/ furn. Near good school. Reno. Damien.T *****035 BUTTERWORTH 8. 3+1. 1313 sq.ft. Avail Mid Dec. $4.5K. P/furn. Sue Lim *****572 THE BAYSHORE 3+1. 1184 sqft Immed. All race. $4.3K Eric Lim *****371 PW MANDARIN GDN 1528 sqft. 3+1 rms. Sea view. P/furn $4800. Lynn
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      293 12 D.10 JUNIOR SUITE 400sqft Pool, gym. Near Great World City/amenities $2.2k immed. Jane 9022-0928 ***1+1 ST GEORGE. Furn/ Unfurn. Near Boon Keng MRT,amenities. $1.1k $1.7k All races. 9434-1651 Sam NO COMMISSION ON tenant. Woodlands condo room $980, Dannis *****432 *****651 rent.myo.sg SERANGOON SPACIOUS RM No commission on tenant $980+, Robin
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      285 12 MASTER RM, 340 Tampines, Common, 2-rms 137 Simei F/furn with aircon. Any race Immed *****447 Jun ***MRT CHINATOWN, BOON Keng, Aircon, 1 male $700. Hougang, AMK, Farrer Pk, Bedok. Neo 9880-0745 $200 UP! JURONG, AMK, CCK, Bt Batok, Bt. Panjang Woodlands, YCK, Hougang, Yishun. Jimmy 9026-7008 BLK 786E WOODLANDS 4’A’
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      563 12 EA Q’TOWN BLK 148. 4+1 Newly reno. Indian Int’l sch MRT/ pool. Avail 10/1. neg. Thomas *****041 EVERTON PK 2 rm utility. 2 bus stop to Shenton Way Reno. F/furn. Outram MRT. Bright/ airy. *****547 OT BISHAN EM BLK 162. 3+1. Beautifully reno. Junction 8/ MRT/ good schs. Mins to
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      447 12 EA 290B BT Batok,3+study, prefer family,near sch/ammenities, f/furn, avail 1 Jan Raymond Hiu 9068-5368 BLK 252 CCK. 4 rms. P/ furn, aircon. Well-kept. Suit 8pax or family. South view LRT Kim Lee *****356ERA 532 JELAPANG EA, windy, big, bright. Near LRT/ bus to town. New paint. P/furn Immed. Ang XY
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      402 12 OW" ISFa spa C N Cap/teLand Commercial Hi-Tech Biz Space Good Location TECHNOPARK@CHAI CHEE 721 53,000 sq ft Within walking distance to Bedok MRT Stn Call: 6826 5761 760 A M’SIAN PR professional couple, work in bank, high 2+1/ 3+1 rental. Owner call 8448-9988 SN Ang BANK/ IT DESIGNER seeks
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      470 12 EUNOS TECHNOLINK 2831 sqft with mezzanine. Basement. Office cum warehse. Immed. Hope 9222-4323 4 STY TERR Kaki Bukit *****sqft for prodn, office, warehse, 400 amp 1 bare unit #02 Cecilia *****769 WOODLANDS BIZ HUB Brand New Light Ind. 1900 sqft. #10. Suits Office/ Store, Etc. KH Goh 9119-3991 ENTERPRISE HUB
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      785 13 JTC Standard Type ‘C3’ Detached Factory for Sale At Gul Lane, Jurong Area Area Site Area: 8,723 sq.m. (approx 93,895 sq ft.) Gross Floor Area 7,773.33 sq.m. approx 83,672 sq ft.) (GFA excluded 2ndfloor) Leasehold 30 years Freestanding two storey building Elect: 1000 KVA Partial new extension Convenient location Well
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      365 13 A Strategic Location for your own Food Facility! 60 years leasehold Direct loading/unloading Suitable for AVA/NEA licensing Immediate Occupation ascendas It, irS-: FOODXCHANGEO ADMIRALTY Office Space for Rent Spacetobe Mobile App Available on the c App Store For viewing or sales enquiries, 6481 7011 /6508 8791 ft 8A Admiralty St
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      158 13 PREMIUM OFFICES HARBOURFRONT TOWER TWO Regular floor plate 5 mins' drive to CBD Covered Access to HarbourFront MRT Convenient retail and food amenities Office space of 2,500sq ft to 4,600sq ft ma ESES Tel: 6377 6177 1 PRIME OFFICE 1 SPACE ORCHARD 4,000 sqft Attractive rent Suitable for Medical, Spas,
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      178 13 GUTHRIE HOUSE BOUTIQUE OFFICE 6th Ave, along Bt Timah Column Free Units avail 24/7 Access Security F&B Retail (1st Storey) Sizes fr 900 4,000 sqft Call 6466-2555 Cendex Centre 1539 sqft. Showrm unit on ground flr with full window frontage. Fully equipped furnished. Also for sale. Nataliya: 9025 4934 (CEA
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      492 13 Shophouse Office for Lease μWalking distance to Raffles Place and Chinatown MRT Stations μUnit size of 1,109 sq ft μ24 hours security μMulti storey carpark Call Huang Hong at *****332 ROBINSON TOWERS INT’L FACTOR BLDG Wide range 344-7,000 sq.ft Prime Raffles Place office 3 mins sheltered walk to MRT Fitted/
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      1085 14 |%_]:'=-"[?%&>^,)~/>|]^_!/[}?!& D.01 CHINATOWN PT. 2486 sqft (Chinatown MRT) High flr. Tenanted. $1600 psf neg Andrew Koh *****207 36 ARMENIAN ST conservation office Off Stamford Rd 872, 1076, 1152 sqft. Patrick CSH *****317 TRADEHUB 21 1980 sqft. f/fitted, near MRT. aircon, own toilets. No GST. free carpark. Daniel *****218 D.01 SUNTEC
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      532 14 CHEAPEST PSF! FREEHOLD! 1970 sqft. $1.08M. Bedok. MRT, f/facilities, gym, BBQ sauna. Interest Absorption Scheme. Investors Choice! Call 9842-2424 Don RARE CONSERVATION SHOP HOUSE. Orig. 2 sty. F’hold. Land 1022 sqft. Built up 1550 sqft. Mins Farrer Park MRT. Must sell! Also rent. CRAIG. 1500/ 3200 sq.ft. 99 yrs. $4.1M/
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      586 14 •3,213 to 4,766 sq ft prime restaurant space at Basement One and Level 2 •Availableimmediately/April2012 •Suitable for Chinese, Western, Japanese, Korean, Thai cuisines and other interesting concepts •Opposite Novena MRT Station •Accessible to CTE/ECP/PIE •Good catchment of shoppers from affluent Novena/Newton precinct, office hub and high traffic from enrichment centres
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      320 17 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) THE BANKRUPTCY RULES IN BANKRUPTCY RE: TAN WEE CHENG DELPHINE (NRIC NO. S*****26Z) EX-PARTE: CIMB BANK BERHAD (RC NO, S99FC5759D) Creditors STATUTORY DEMAND UNDER SECTION 62 OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: TAN WEE CHENG DELPHINE whose last known address is at Block
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      270 17 BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT UNDER RULE 96(4)(c) OF THE BANKRUPTCY RULES IN THE MATTER OF A STATUTORY DEMAND DATED THE 24TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2011 IN THE MATTER OF TEO KEOK SOO (S*****01B) Between STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (S16FC0027L) Plaintiffs And TEO KEOK SOO (S*****01B) Defendant
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      906 18 WATS RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.cats.com.sg/recruit Classified Jobs Executive Appointments CATS Recruit Guide Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email: cats@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/Infocomm 715 Lecturing/Teaching 718 Tutors 721 Nursing/Health Care 724 Art/ Creative 727 Marketing/ Communications 730 Sales 731 Retail Sales
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      645 18 A Building Contractor located in Mandai Estate urgently requires 1. ASST PROJECT MANAGER Deg in Civil/Structural Engrg fr. recognised Institutions 2. SENIOR SITE SUPERVISOR Secondary 4 above For both positions: I Min. 3 years of site experience I Possess Class 3 driving license I Able to work independently Email your
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      351 18 PCF Kindergartens Bt Panjang New Town requires: TRAINED TEACHER •Min. 5 GCE ’O’ level, bilingual with credit B4 in English. •Min. DPT trained above •Those who are in training for DPT may apply Pls email your resume to: zhenghua@pcf.org.sg Child Care Centre Yishun urgently requires FULL-TIME CHILD CARE TEACHERS FULL/
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      432 18 CALLING UP ALL the Experienced CPT/ DPT Teachers to work in a fun loving environment Grange Rd. Please call 8189-3652 CHILDCARE NEAR YEW Tee MRT looking for English Teacher with DPT. S’porean PR. 9126-2428 CONTRACT RESIDENT IT Trainer needed in Pri Sch. Experience an advantage. Email to: hr@itx.com.sg ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD/
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      621 18 21 Sales 21 Sales Sales IMMEDIATE VACANCIES 'RANGE GROUP MOBILE PHONE PROMOTER High basic salary, attractive commission and incentives Experience not necessary: training will be provided 6-day work week Various locations available Uniform provided Requirements: Min Diploma/GCE 'A' Levels or equivalent Energetic and pleasant looking, with strong interpersonal and communication
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      412 18 Industrial Project Marketing Executives Singapore SLP International, an established leading property consultancy firm specializing in project developments consultancy We are growing and are seeking for highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our passionate team in Industrial Project Marketing. The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of marketing
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      373 19 Sales Co-ordinator cum Retail Working at Chinatown 5.5 day, Sunday Public Holiday off Good command of English Able to communicate with Chinese speaking customer $1.8K. Good remuneration Walk-in before 12noon or 5-7pm: No. 25 Temple St Beside Chinatown MRT Tel: *****486 EXPERIENCED RETAIL ASSOCIATE Homeware/ lifestyle High salary benefits Tampines
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      604 19 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge w Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge w Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge w Hotel/Restaurant/ Loui^H of Restaurants Suki Sushi Pte Ltd Suki Group of Restaurants was established in July 2002. Over the years, we have expanded the reach of Japanese Cuisine to more than 30 outlets island wide. We have 6 different dining concepts,
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      573 19 Global leading chain bakery is looking for talented passionate individuals POSITIONS REQUIREMENTS Baker Patissier •Min 2 yrs relevant experience Casual Dining Chef (Sandwich Brunch Soup) •$1500~$2200 (Neg) Barista Only Singaporeans and PR may apply E-mail resume with expected salary to kmkjj@spc.co.kr Closing Date 9th January, 2012 (Monday) Singapore Food Industries
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      560 19 CLEANER cum DISHWASHER Work Locations:Telok Blangah/Cantonment Up to $1300 good benefits Meals uniforms provided 6-day work week (day/night shift available) Singaporean/Singapore PR/Malaysian Walk-In Interview: 21 22 Dec (10am-5pm) 10 Raeburn Park Podium Block #02-18 (Behind Tanjong Pagar Railway Station) Bus No: 10, 30, 57, 80, 97, 131, 145 Tel: 6631
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      510 19 Classified Jobs ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE To manage an Association Computer Skills Minimum ’O’ Level qualification Work independently Multi-tasking Salary negotiable Able to start work immediately Fax resume to 6225 2004 or Email: ibmchari@pacific.net.sg Or Post to: The Advertiser 315 Outram Rd #10-02 Tan Boon Liat Building Singapore *****4 Administrative Assistant Excellent
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      366 19 SHIPPING ASST WORKING in West area 5½ working days. Able to liaise with English Chinese speak ing customers. Computer skills. S’porean/ M¡¯sian& SPR welcome. Email to: jasslim@radhaexports.com SUPPORT ADMIN CUM Sales Manager. Handle quotation, purchase order, etc. Organized,positive-minded Dip or higher. S’porean or PR. Email:hr@binjai.com.sg JNR OPERATION BILLING Clerk. Office
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      257 20 ACCOUNTS/ AUDIT ASSISTANT Requirements: Ability to keep full set of accounts Any relevant accounting qualifications Audit experience is an advantage Salary negotiable Only S’porean/ PR Malaysian may apply 4 positions available Fax resume to 6225 2004 E-mail ibmchari@pacific.net.sg Or post to The advertiser 315 Outram Road #10-02, Tan Boon Liat
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      199 20 JURONG MNC MANUFACTURING Co. looking for HR Exec/ Sr HR Exec. send CV: hr@visionmanpower.com SHIPPING/ ADMIN CLERK required urgently PC literate 5½ days Work independently S’porean/ PR/ M’sian Call *****548 1) ADMIN CLERK required for Purchasing Dept. PC literate. 2) Delivery Driver. Class 3/ 4 driving lic. S’poreans/ PRs/ M’sians
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      324 20 TECHNICIAN Job Description Operations and Maintenance of the Baggage Handling System in Singapore Changi Airport Perform electrical and mechanical servicing Respond quickly to faults and obstructions Requirements Minimum NTC 3 in mechanical, electrical or electronics Experience not necessary as training will be provided Fresh graduates/newly ORD personnel are welcome Must
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      366 20 ELECTRICIAN WANTED. AT least 3-yrs experience with Residential House. Able to work independently. All Locals/ Nationalities are welcome. SMS 9740-2775 Email: lsycaepl@gmail.com SVC TECHNICIAN (X5) $1.8K up. Jurong. NITEC. No hgt phobia. S’poreans/ M’sians Alan 9456 4414. Raffles Place MRT. (GMP J*****1) TECHNICIAN.INSTALLATION, REPAIR maintenance of wide range of security
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      659 20 WE ARE HIRING! We are a metal fabrication company located in Tuas (near 2nd Link Causeway) Technicians Production Operators Training provided for those without experience No age limit Male female welcome Transport provided at designated pick-up points Walk-in interview from Mon to Fri 9am to 4pm at Encus International Pte
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      564 20 Your Career Your Future Secure it with AETOS Hotline: 1800-5646-273 (Mon Fri, 9am 6pm) E-mail: recruit@aetos.com.sg AETOS Auxiliary Police Officer (Deployment in Changi Jurong) Earn up to$2,800* monthly Requirements: GCE ‘N’ Level/NITEC/3 SPM* PES A or B Singaporeans/Malaysians Benefits: Peformance-based career progression Joining Bonus* Service Bonus* Profit Sharing* AWS* Special
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      211 20 OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTOR ’O Level and above WSQ Supervisor Cert 2 yrs experience in security operations management Possess own car Salary negotiable Interested pls call *****957 or Email: kings@swiftech.com.sg 8 HR ROTATING $1,300 Jurong IMM SUPERVISOR $1,900 $2,000 T. Blangah/S’goon Condo SECURITY OFFICER $1,600-$1,700 Telok Blangah/ Serangoon/
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      493 21 SINGTEC SECURITY PTE LTD NIGHT SECURITY SUPERVISORS Ang Mo Kio Yishun Ave 7 SECURITY OFFICERS AMK, Changi Alps Ave, Pasir Ris, Paya Lebar, Penjuru, Tai Seng, Tuas •RELIEF OFFICERS ALL AREAS $65-$70 12-HR SHIFT Weekly cash benefits Possess SIRD licence WALK-IN: 1 Lor 2 Toa Payoh Yellow Pages Bldg #01-01
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      274 21 DAY/ NIGHT SUPERVISOR. $1.9K-$2.2K/ Security Officer, $1.6K-$1.9K, required various locations. 12-hr shifts. Pls call: 9154-2525 SUPERVISOR. URGENT! FOR apt shpg Chinatown. Mthly $1800-$2200. Daily $70; weekly pay. #03-07 Jln Besar Plaza. 9857-1616 MIN SALARY $1800 Suntec City. Security Officers needed. S’porean only. Call at 9186 7211 MIN SALARY $1750 Woodlands
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      777 21 Established laundry company is recruiting 1. GENERAL WORKERS Station at Marina Bay Sands 2. OPERATORS (10 Tuas Road) 3. PRODUCTION ADMIN COORDINATOR (10 Tuas Road) Call 9833 2428 8125 7143 or walk in to 10 Tuas Road Attractive numeration ($1200-$2000) S’poreans/PRs/Malaysians are welcome Full-Time μ Marine Parade Floaters μ Changi
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      333 21 CLEANERS WANTED:8.30AM -5.30pm,5½-days,$1K. 1-6 pm,6-days,$550.*****989 MORNING SHIFT CLEANERS required NUS. S’porean/ PR. Call *****881 DAY CLEANERS 9AM-5PM $1200. 6 days wk Marina Bay Sands. Call *****034 NIGHT CLEANERS 9PM-5AM $1200. 6 days wk Marina Bay Sands. Call *****034 FLOAT CLEANER needed at Stevens Rd. 7am-3pm/ 11pm-7am. Call 9275-7329 RUBBISH COLLECTOR
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