The Straits Times, 28 February 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    Lock icon Future hawker centres: Keeping food cheap
    745 1  -  Panel recommends that not-for-profit operators run centres BY HUANG LIJIE lijie@sph.com.sg IN A move to keep hawker food prices affordable, a public panel has called on hawker centres of the future to be run and priced in a new way. Instead of the Government
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  • Article
    Lock icon Flood-prevention systems to be tightened at six MRT stations
    412 1  -  BY ROYSTON SIM THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) is taking steps to beef up flood-prevention systems in six downtown MRT stations. The stations are all sited in low-lying areas with track records of flash floods, but have themselves never been flooded.
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  • INSIDE 72 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS
    • Article
      Lock icon China at a ‘turning point’
      50 1 CHINA has been urged to relook its current economic growth model. World Bank President Robert Zoellick, in releasing a major report compiled in association with Chinese researchers, yesterday said that the country had reached a “turning point” and needed an overhaul. L PRIME PAGE A7
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    • Article
      Lock icon OpenNet told to hurry up
      68 1 THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has stepped in to speed up the rollout of the ultra-fast fibre broadband network after problems arose over fulfilling orders and service provision. It has told project manager OpenNet to raise the quota for the number of fibre installations, to
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      Lock icon Union woos cleaners
      51 1 THE largest union in the building sector wants to unionise a third of all local cleaners in five years’ time. The aim is to provide better protection to these low-wage workers, who are vulnerable to exploitation by errant employers. L PRIME PAGE A8 ST PHOTO: LIM SIN
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    • Article
      Lock icon Plot to kill Putin foiled
      60 1 RUSSIAN and Ukrainian security services have foiled a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin, who faces a presidential election in less than a week. Two militants were detained in Ukraine for planning to murder the Russian premier in Moscow after the March 4 presidential ballot, Russia’s
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      64 1 Oscars’ golden oldies Gillard firmly in charge WORLD, PAGE A14 Reds look to more trophies SPORT, PAGE B8 LIFE! PAGES C8-10 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg /A 1800-764 4364 am gold Gold is true. Gold
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    • VIEW POINTS
      • Article
        Lock icon Worrying about Primary 1
        57 2 WE SAY It will be a brave Education Ministry that will seek to satisfy parents on all contentious aspects of Primary 1 school registration. Almost every parent will have some bone to pick with the system. But where matters can be improved, the ministry should strive
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      • COLUMNS
        • Article, Illustration
          Lock icon Don’t lose it with GPS
          47 2 As with most things, says William Choong, navigational skills have a “use it or lose it” quality about them, so we should keep honing our ability to find our way around rather than just relying on GPS devices. L REVIEW PAGE A19
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          Lock icon Screen of dreams
          38 2 Reflecting on Hollywood’s love affair with sport, Rohit Brijnath points out that while real life offers us the field, film can also allow us entry into the athlete’s home or mind. L SPORT PAGE B11
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          Lock icon A quiet success
          42 2 Indonesian human rights campaigner Marzuki Darusman would have been a good foreign minister, says John McBeth, but instead he has quietly become the UN Secretary-General’s go-to man on a range of difficult issues across Asia. L REVIEW PAGE A19
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      • Article
        Lock icon Wisdom of experience
        42 2 OUR READER SAYS Kelly Fu Su Yin takes issue with PestBusters chief executive Thomas Fernandez’s perceived ageist belief in the superiority of the younger worker, and says that in her experience the opposite is true. L FORUM PAGE A20
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Is Indonesia powering ahead on autopilot?
      1031 2  -  Politicians not driving growth, critics say to government’s chagrin BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg A RECENT survey of the Indonesian public seems to confirm what many have felt for months: the country’s politics are in their worst shape since 2004. According to the
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  • prime.news
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Grange Road site tipped for collective sale
      736 3  -  Tricky process, as US govt has freehold rights to site of 99-year condo BY ESTHER TEO PROPERTY REPORTER esthert@sph.com.sg ONE of the largest residential sites in Grange Road could hit the market if talks between home owners and the United States Embassy are
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    • Article
      Lock icon 99-year-lease homes on freehold land ‘harder to sell en bloc’
      400 3  -  BY ESTHER TEO HOMES with 99-year leases that have been built on freehold land will be harder to sell en bloc, experts say. This is because, with an estate where the freehold rights are not held by either the Government
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    • Article
      Lock icon A-level results out on Friday
      58 3 THE results of last year’s Singa-pore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Level examinations will be released on Friday. Students can collect their result slips from their respective schools from 2.30pm. Private candidates can get theirs through the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board website (www.seab.gov.sg) from 2.30pm. They will
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    • Article
      Lock icon Budget debate begins today
      481 4  -  MPs set to raise issues such as help for needy, elderly and SMEs’ woes BY JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg MEMBERS of Parliament will give their views on new Budget measures to help vulnerable groups when they launch their annual debate on the Government’s financial policy today. Some
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      Lock icon ‘Hawker centres with conscience not just a place to eat’
      948 4  -  BY LIM YAN LIANG HAWKER centres with a conscience. From promoting social gracious ness to hiring people with disabilities, the hawker centre of the future hopes to offer patrons not just their favourite local fare, but also some food for
      ST PHOTO: NEO XIAOBIN; PHOTO: DESMOND LUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES; ST FILE PHOTO  -  948 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Not-for-profit rental model ‘will help keep hawker food prices down’
      642 4  -  BY HUANG LIJIE A NOT-FOR-PROFIT rental model of hawker centres will help ensure hawker food remains cheap, said hawkers and industry observers yesterday. Under the panel proposals, hawkers paying subsidised rentals will no longer be able to “assign” their stalls
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      Lock icon Taking THE STRAITS TIMES forward
      842 6 A new team at ST aims to ensure that the paper remains a trusted source of news and views on major developments in Singapore and the world. Zuraidah Ibrahim, 47, Deputy Editor (zuraidah@sph.com.sg) She will oversee Singapore news coverage, straddling the News, Political and Money
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    • Article
      Lock icon Scientists find stem cells that produce eggs
      541 6 Current belief is that women produce a finite number of egg cells ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: For 60 years, doctors have believed women were born with all the eggs they will ever have. Now Harvard scientists are challenging that dogma, saying they have discovered
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      Lock icon DBS stepping up replacement of ATM cards
      586 6  -  BY ROBIN CHAN DBS Bank said it is speeding up the process of replacing its ATM cards, after a fraud scam widened last week and a third ATM was found to have been hacked. The bank is replacing ATM cards with debit cards
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      Lock icon China needs major reform of economy: World Bank
      655 7  -  Current growth model is not sustainable; it must promote free market, key report says BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s current economic growth model is unsustainable. It needs to reduce the dominant role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Building-sector union wooing cleaners
      593 8  -  It aims to recruit 3,000 a year in order to protect them from exploitation BY TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg THE largest union in the building sector is on a drive to unionise more cleaners. Its move is to afford more protection to these low-wage workers against
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      Lock icon Pro-rated payment plan for funds seized from lawyer
      648 8  -  BY K. C. VIJAYAN THE Law Society has proposed that some $7.4 million seized from rogue lawyer David Rasif (right), who disappeared in 2006, be distributed among his victims. Rasif has been an international fugitive since he fled, owing more than $11
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      Lock icon ALL SMOKE AND HIGH DRAMA
      63 8 South Korean presidential bodyguards rappelling down the wall of a building, during an anti-terrorism drill yesterday ahead of next month’s Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. The March 26-27 meeting is expected to see top leaders from more than 50 nations and international organisations gather to
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  • WORLD.
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      Lock icon India’s nuclear plans losing steam
      702 9  -  Anti-nuclear protests hinder plans to ramp up power generation BY NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI: India, where 40 per cent of its people do not have access to electricity, wants to ramp up nuclear power generation by five times in the next eight
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      89 9 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Naked maids, accountants take it off in South Africa L Dutch Prince Friso may never regain consciousness: Doctors L Kevin Rudd to challenge Australian PM Gillard in ballot More Forum letters
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    • world.regional
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        Lock icon Proview banks on court to revive fortunes
        715 10 Firm hopes to win case against Apple in China and resurrect Internet personal access device REUTERS BEIJING: Mr Rowell Yang Long-san, Apple’s nemesis in a battle over the iPad trademark in China, once strutted exhibition halls with dreams of market dominance. His company,
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        Lock icon Legislative chief not taking part in HK poll
        379 10 HONG KONG: Mr Jasper Tsang, president of the city’s Legislative Council, said yesterday that he would not take part in the Hong Kong chief executive election, two days before nomination closes for the race. “After 10 days of serious consideration, I have
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Big day-care plans for elderly in Beijing
        732 11  -  Capital to have 3,000 more centres by 2015 to cope with growing number of seniors BY HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT hoaili@sph.com.sg BEIJING: China’s capital has the fastest greying rate in the country, a fact borne out by the 5,300 day-care centres for
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shanghai’s minimum wage to rise by 13%
        310 11 XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING: Shanghai said yesterday it will raise the minimum monthly wage by 13 per cent, the latest pay increase in China as officials try to combat labour shortages and worker unrest, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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        Lock icon After the riots, a push for peace
        60 12 An Indonesian police officer giving a flower to a motorcyclist during a police “peace action” outside Kerobokan prison in Denpasar on Bali island yesterday, following three days of riots at the facility last week. The Indonesian authorities said last Saturday that they had
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      • Article
        Lock icon PAS leadership steps in to quell mini state rebellion
        545 12  -  Party elders try to resolve state chief minister’s fight with two Cabinet members BY HAZLIN HASSAN MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT hazlinh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: The central leadership of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has intervened in a mini-re-bellion engulfing Kedah state, as it scrambles to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Jakarta airport immigration head arrested
        192 12 JAKARTA: Indonesian police said they had arrested the head of immigration at Jakarta’s airport on suspicion of taking a bribe to issue a fake letter claiming travel by a Singaporean. Mr Rochadi Iman Santoso, head of immigration at the Soekarno-Hatta international airport, allegedly issued the
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        Lock icon Bashir’s jail term restored to 15 years
        564 13  -  Court’s previous ruling had cut hardline cleric’s sentence to nine years for terror acts BY ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: The Supreme Court yesterday reinstated the jail term for hardline cleric Abu Bakar Bashir to 15 years, four months after the High
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        Lock icon Afghans scrap US visit over Quran burning
        412 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS KABUL: The fallout from the Quran burning at a United States airbase, which triggered a week of violence, has widened as Afghan ministers cancelled a visit to Washington and Western nations expanded withdrawals of civilian staff. The moves
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    • world.international
      • Article
        Lock icon Gillard trounces Rudd, vows end to drama
        695 14  -  Among key tasks now to revamp Cabinet, reverse Labor party’s poll slump BY JONATHAN PEARLMAN jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com SYDNEY: Declaring the “drama is over”, Ms Julia Gillard pulled off an emphatic victory over Kevin Rudd in a contest for leadership of the ruling Labor Party.
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        Lock icon PM viewed by many as clunky and robotic
        449 14 Kevin Rudd has screen presence and a common touch, but he is disliked by his colleagues for his chaotic leadership and bad temper. Julia Gillard gets higher marks among many insiders, but to the public, she seems cold or insincere. Here’s a
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        Lock icon Claims of behaving badly towards officials
        427 14 AGENCE-FRANCE PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Despite going into yesterday’s leadership ballot as the clear underdog, Mr Kevin Rudd is by far the most consistent leader in opinion polls as Australians’ preferred prime minister. From the comfort of their lounge chairs, Australians like what they
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        Lock icon Plot to kill Putin foiled, says Moscow
        610 15 Suspects linked to rebel Chechen leader planned to kill him soon after polls ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW: Russian and Ukrainian special services have arrested a group of suspects over an alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, just
        ASSOCIATED PRESS; NEW YORK TIMES; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS  -  610 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Red Cross sends aid as Syrians vote on charter
        363 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS DAMASCUS: A Red Cross team yesterday reached Hama for the first time in over a month, delivering food and other goods to the Syrian city battered by a crackdown on the anti-government uprising. International Committee of the Red
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        Lock icon Romney’s cool homecoming
        1193 16  -  Most people in his home state Michigan say his roots don’t matter in today’s primary vote NOTES FROM THE FIELD BY CHUA CHIN HON US BUREAU CHIEF chinhon@sph.com.sg BLOOMFIELD HILLS (Michigan): The advertisement opens with plaintive piano chords in the background and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney
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    • world.at a glance
      • IN BRIEF
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          Lock icon Four-limb transplant fails
          109 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA: The world’s first quadruple limb transplant has failed after doctors had to remove two arms and two legs that were transplanted onto 27-year-old Mr Sevket Cavdar at Turkey’s Hacettepe University Hospital because of tissue incompatibility. Doctors attached the limbs on Mr Cavdar last Friday
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        • Article
          Lock icon PM says ‘Sorry, Okinawa’
          129 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan’ s Premier Yoshihiko Noda yesterday offered a personal apology to Okinawa over his government’s attitude to the moving of an unpopular United States airbase, which many locals want to see entirely removed from the southern island. In his first trip as prime
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        • Article
          Lock icon Blasts: Third Iranian held
          98 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thai police yesterday said they were holding a third Iranian for questioning in connection with an alleged plot to kill Israeli diplomats in Bangkok. The man, who has denied any links to a string of botched blasts in the Thai capital on Feb
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        • Article
          Lock icon Bo Xilai signals allegiance
          119 17 HONG KONG: Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai has held a second municipal party meeting in two weeks to underscore the importance of upholding Beijing’s policies. It was seen as a sign the embattled party boss might have waded through the recent political storm surrounding his
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          Lock icon New Murdoch paper a hit
          108 17 WASHINGTON POST LONDON: Mr Rupert Murdoch said News Corp’s first Sunday edition of The Sun sold three million copies, topping the circulation of its predecessor News of the World, which he closed down in the wake of a phone-hacking scandal last July. Mr Murdoch announced
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        • Article
          Lock icon 231 Nobel Peace hopefuls
          135 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OSLO: A total of 231 nominees are up for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, the Nobel Institute said yesterday, with Mr Bill Clinton, Mr Helmut Kohl, the European Union and Private Bradley Manning, who is suspected of passing classified documents to WikiLeaks, known
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        Lock icon Civilian use of drones set for take-off
        495 17 SLICEOFLIFE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON: Heads up: Drones are going mainstream. Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asia are in demand by US police departments, border patrols, power companies, news organisations and
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • Article
      Lock icon Worrying about Primary 1
      451 18 FEW things bring young parents as much stress as the perceived “lottery” aspect of the Primary 1 school registration. This has been so despite the process being widely praised as having met two important tests: transparency and the unambiguous application phases of descending priority, from citizen
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      Lock icon What ails Europe?
      803 18  -  BY PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK TIMES THINGS are terrible in the United States, as unemployment soars past 13 per cent. Things are even worse in Greece, Ireland and arguably in Spain, and Europe as a whole appears to be sliding back into recession. Why has Europe become
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      Lock icon Rule of law still elusive in Asean
      812 18  -  BY BARRY WAIN Barry Wain is a writer-in-residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This article is based on his presentation at the conference, A Dialogue On The Rule Of Law, organised by the Singapore Academy of Law, the National University of
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    • review.
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      360 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Cardiff’s Malaysian chairman Chan Tien Ghee insists his club will use the pain of their League Cup final defeat by Liverpool as motivation to win promotion to the English Premier League. He was at Wembley on Sunday to see his
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        90 10 REUTERS LONDON: Fulham have signed Mali midfielder Mahamadou Diarra until the end of the season pending a visa being granted, the English Premier League football club said yesterday. Diarra, 30, played for Monaco for the second half of last term after four seasons at
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      572 18  -  Overcapacity, soaring oil prices and flagging trade threaten to sink industry BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg THE container shipping industry is in for another stormy year after Danish giant AP Moller Maersk reported that it would record a net loss this year.
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      100 18 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE MONEY STORIES ONLINE L Wall Street ends higher after solid blue-chip gains L Top Olympus lender denies board ambush, but may fill chair L UOB profits affected by provisions for bad loans More Forum letters
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        504 13  -  It slides for fourth straight trading day after positive start BULLS AND BEARS BY ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg CONCERNS about high oil prices and the usual doubts over Greek debt default sent the local bourse down for the fourth consecutive trading
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          96 13 HSBC Holdings, Europe’s largest bank by market value, posted a 27 per cent increase in full-year profit, boosted by an accounting gain on the revaluation of its own debt. Net income rose to US$16.8 billion (S$21 billion) last year from US$13.2 billion the year before, a bank statement said
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          88 13 FOOD and logistics firm QAF posted a 21 per cent increase in net profit to $59.1 million for the full year ended Dec 31, compared to the previous year. Revenues rose 14 per cent to $977 million for the full year, with all its business segments bakery, primary production,
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          96 13 AUTOMATIVE parts maker Armstrong Industrial saw its net profit plummet 67.3 per cent to $2.2 million for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with that of the same period a year ago. Revenue also fell 12.5 per cent to $49.2 million, after the firm was hit by
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          84 13 PT BERLIAN Laju Tanker said yesterday that it has defaulted on six of its debt instruments, both on dollar-denominated debt and local currency bonds, due this month. The company said it had made no payment to six of its debt instruments, including two worth a total of $44.1
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.72 billion shares worth $1.24 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 124 Losers: 286 Unchanged: 365 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Basic materials Points Change -6.15 686.14 -6.59 461.41 -7.56 714.58 -3.43 651.44 -4.81 256.36 -5.23 229.88 -0.54 254.65 Consumer
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          235 13 REUTERS Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 9,633.93 (-13.45) Japan’s Nikkei eased from a seven-month high, ending a three-day rally as investors took profits after the index briefly topped 9,700. HK Hang Seng Index Yesterday’s close: 21,217.86 (-189) Hong Kong shares reversed course to end 0.88 per cent lower, tracking
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          234 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 27,2012 Top Rises Feb 27 CENTS DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 4482 235.5 4.4 DBXT DBLCI-OY 5US$ 4109 71.8 1.4 DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 3829 36.5 0.8 Lyxor Russia 10US$ 471 31.5 5.6 DBXT
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          338 13 Top Rises Feb 27 CENTS Kep Corp.ES.1202 1092 10.0 0.9 (0) Feb 27 ComfortD.ES.1202 149.5 5.5 3.8 Capitaland.ES.1203 311 5.0 1.6 CapitaMall.ES.1202 176 4.5 2.6 CapitalaMBeCW*****3 12 1.0 9.1 Capitaland.ES.1202 313 1.0 0.3 DBS BP ePW*****2 48 1.0 2.1 Enviro-Hub W*****9 3 1.0 50.0 SembMar.ES.1202 528 1.0
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          46 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS o/o Vol 55 -0.3 -5.2 72,522,000 Golden Agri 75 0.0 0.0 67,877,000 Denting SP By Value CENTS Value CENTS Value Genting SP 159 -4.5 -2.8 105,830,130 232 0.0 0.0 72,109,150 Noble Grp UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS
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          57 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 27 2012 Selling Buying Feb 27 2012 Selling Buying Aust dollar 1.373 ..,.1.308 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF FOREIGN CURRENCY 1.281 ....1.232 Euro 1.724 Malaysian ringgit 42.427 40.796 2.034 ....1.956 NZ dollar Indonesian rupiah 0.0145 0.0132
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          60 13 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 192 112.5 CapMallsAsia 154.5 -2 ***** 155.5 152 1.9
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        459 14  -  Drop in output of palm products, high costs hit Q4 results BY GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg HIGH hopes held by analysts for Golden Agri Resources may not materialise, given the fall in fourth-quarter profits reported yesterday. A drop in production
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        359 14  -  YUNITA ONG A SIGNIFICANT fall in taxation allowed XinRen Aluminium to lift full-year net profit by 10.6 per cent to 421.8 million yuan (S$84 million). Revenue was up as well, increasing 10.2 per cent to 6.85 billion yuan. However, XinRen was hit hard by
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      670 15  -  Strong showing by utilities unit helps offset lower marine segment earnings BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg SEMBCORP Industries (SCI) yesterday posted a 10.2 per cent rise in fourth-quar-ter net profit to $251.9 million. Revenue for the three months ended Dec 31 was $2.25 billion,
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      414 15  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK THE quiet stock market in the last three months to Dec 31 hit earnings at stockbroker UOB Kay Hian, although the firm painted a more upbeat picture for this quarter. Fourth-quarter earnings were $17.5 million, down 60
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      695 16 Germany urged to drop its opposition to raising crisis ‘firewall’ to ¤750b BLOOMBERG REUTERS MEXICO CITY: Finance ministers from the world’s largest economies have ratcheted up the pressure on the euro zone to increase the size of its ¤500 billion (S$841 billion)
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      381 16 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON: Employment in the United States will improve more this year than previously estimated, helping the economy to keep growing, economists said in a survey. Payrolls will expand by 170,000 a month on average in 2012, up from a November
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      431 16 TAKING PULSE WITH ANDY MUKHERJEE Source: IMF, EU Mr Dan Bricklin and Mr Bob Frankston, the co-inventors of the spreadsheet computer program, deserve to share a Nobel Peace Prize. They have done more than anyone else in recent history to make mankind happy.
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      456 17  -  Aggressive marketing and wide array of new releases boost numbers BY CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg HOME sales over the past week stayed strong, with few signs of the expected declines brought about by December’s property measures. Parc Rosewood at Woodlands has moved 55 more units
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      340 17  -  CHERYL LIM OFFICE rents here are likely to keep sliding but the decline will not be as bad as in 2009 when the financial crisis was raging, according to a Colliers International report. Colliers expects rents to fall by between 10
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      356 17 REUTERS LONDON: Prudential, Britain’s biggest insurer, is considering moving its headquarters from London to escape tough new capital rules for European insurers. The company did not specify where it would move to but there has been long-run-ning speculation that Prudential could relocate its headquarters
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      1080 17  -  A diversified unit trust portfolio offers investors an opportunity to weather market volatility BY NARENDRA AGGARWAL Brought to you by Most risky asset markets enjoyed strong rallies since the start of the year despite the problems in Greece and parts of Europe. The problems in
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      399 1 Heavyweight support Hornbill festival Veterans lend students a hand at NUS Arts Festival C7 Visual feast of tribal life in Nagaland C4&5 Sold out Tickets snapped up for two-night Lady Gaga concert C11 Veteran actors took home the top awards at the Oscars ceremony. There were few surprises in store
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        1063 2 KLM’s Meet And Seat lets passengers pick whom they want to sit with after viewing Facebook profiles New York Times On his eight-hour flight to New York from Switzerland last month, Jeff Jarvis, a well-known blogger and journalism professor, found himself seated next to a woman eager
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        464 2 New York Times Long-term travel is a challenge few people are willing to take on. But in 1996, when Jodi Ettenberg was still in high school, a PBS documentary about the Trans-Siberian Railway got the Montreal native to dreaming about it. Eventually, she went to
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          125 3 As part of STA Travel’s Break Free Natas sale, customers will be given discounts of up to 35 per cent and cash savings of up to $3,160 on a number of travel packages. For example, there is a 10 per cent discount on passes from Rail Australia,
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          69 3 From now till March 31, DoubleTree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur, is offering 20 per cent off room rates and dining (right) as part of its Paradise Escapade promotion. Bookings must be at least three days prior to arrival. The deal is valid for stays until the end
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          98 3 Silversea Cruises has announced new fares on select voyages sailing from next month till November, with destinations spanning Africa, Asia and the Americas to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. For example, the Silver Shadow departs Vancouver on June 7 on a week-long trip to Seward in Alaska, with
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          65 3 To celebrate the fourth edition of the annual Singapore Restaurant Week, DiningCity.com is offering a pair of return tickets to Amsterdam worth $3,200 on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. To qualify for the lucky draw, reserve a table at any participating restaurant between now and March
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          116 3 Insight Vacations is launching two special photography tours in Europe this August. Each tour group will be accompanied by a professional photographer, with an extra night in London for guests to catch the post-London Olympics atmosphere. In addition to the sightseeing itinerary, travellers will be taught the creative
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          95 3 If you are planning a family trip over the Easter period, Il Salviatino, a luxury villa in Tuscany, is launching a Family Time package from March 15 till April 30. This includes three nights’ accommodation, museum tickets, spa massages for parents, and two hours of complimentary babysitting
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          112 3 Lightfoot Travel is offering luxury cruises on the Silolona vessel around the islands of East Indonesia, as well as Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar. For example, from June 29 to July 4, it will be on a six-day cruise to the Indonesian island of Komodo, home of
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          128 3  -  Nicholas Yong, Huang Huifen Get Lufthansa return airfare deals to more than 30 European destinations such as Barcelona, London, Paris (right) and Rome from $1,212, inclusive of taxes and surcharges. Book online before March 10 for departures from Singapore between March 12 and Aug 31,
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        1616 4  -  Tribes in Nagaland in north-east Asia show off their rich heritage in a colourful festival tan chung lee stlife@sph.com.sg A visit to the remote Nagaland highlands in north-east Asia, seeing tribes come together to celebrate their famous Hornbill Festival, is like being transported back in time. The
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        927 5 Smith Center in the gambling haven hopes to revive the city’s economy and arts scene Associated Press It is a desert oasis that hangs its priciest paintings on casino walls, where neon signs are a point of pride and themed-hotels pay tribute to architecture’s golden
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        120 6 ‘I had journalists asking me if this meant I was coming out, if I was a lesbian now’ Actress Emma Watson (right) on the initial reception to her cropped do ‘I overestimated my fame and thought there would be helicopters and people camped out. That didn’t
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        791 6 Italian fashion houses such as Giorgio Armani move from suits to suites to court wealthy travellers Agence France-Presse Milan From Dubai to Jamaica, Australia to Brazil, high-end fashion hotels are mushrooming as growing numbers of luxury travellers seek a taste of the glamour and indulgence
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      995 7  -  Next month’s three-week event sees professionals working with students corrie tan corriet@sph.com.sg It was launched in 2006 to commemorate the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) 100th anniversary. But the NUS Arts Festival, which will take place this year from March 9 to 25, has since
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      389 7 THE SINGAPORE STORY What: For the festival’s opening performance, renowned Indian violinist and composer Dr L. Subramaniam has written an original composition, The Singapore Story, for the National University of Singapore (NUS) Indian Instrumental Ensemble. He will also perform his other critically acclaimed pieces with his son, violinist
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      1022 8/9  -  From the host to the nominees to the eventual winners, the Academy Awards seems to have gone back in time john lui likely johnlui@sph.com.sg Associated Press The 84th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony was like a pensioner who had given up on hair dye and Botox and
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      378 8/9 Reuters Los Angeles “Mr Oscar” Billy Crystal (below) seemed to be able to do no wrong, until this year. The comedian, who hosted his ninth Oscar show after an eight-year absence, drew early reviews which were mostly negative, with a number of critics panning the ABC
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      678 8/9  -  elisabeth gwee Just as there were no surprises among the winners, neither were there any on the red carpet. The stars played it safe, channelling an old-world glamour in gowns in classic shades of ivory, pale pinks and blues, and the Oscar night staple,
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      687 10 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Teheran, Iran Iran’s state TV described the country’s Oscar win for Best Foreign Film as a victory over Israel, in a gesture of official approval towards an Iranian movie industry criticised by hardliners. The official reaction to the victory of
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        119 10 Was it a shadow or a genuine slip? Singer Jennifer Lopez lit up the Twitterverse when she seemed to have a wardrobe malfunction on the Oscar stage when presenting awards for costume design and make-up with actress Cameron Diaz (both below). As Lopez spoke, her left
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        139 10 New York Times Associated Press One of the few surprises came before the ceremony began, when comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (below) approached E! host Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet. Baron Cohen was in character from his new movie, The Dictator, dressed in full
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        222 10 Associated Press It was not hard to spot Elvis Presley’s old leading lady on the Oscars red carpet. She was the one wearing the nun’s habit. Mother Dolores Hart (above), who left Hollywood 49 years ago to pursue a religious life, made a dramatic return
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        65 10 Associated Press Uggie, the dog in the Oscar-winner The Artist, got a deserved shout-out from the Best Director winner, Michel Hazanavicius, and made an appearance onstage when the movie won Best Picture. However, the director allowed that the canine star does have his limits. “I
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      951 10  -  anand giridharadas International Herald Tribune Cambridge, Massachusetts Like many writers, Jonathan Franzen (below) is a serious believer in isolation. He has declared it “doubtful that anyone with an Internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction”. He has claimed to write behind soundproof walls
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      530 11  -  Fans rushed to queue for the second Lady Gaga concert and all tickets have been snapped up chen shanshan sschen@sph.com.sg Even with a second show added to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Ball concert here in May, all tickets for the two shows were sold out
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      570 11 New York Times New York Generation after generation, Monopoly money stacked up in piles of pink, green and gold, Hot Wheels raced across floors and Barbie was, well, just a doll. Not anymore. Classic toys have been upgraded to entertain technology-obsessed children. Where they once
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        424 12 Associated Press Wellington Police arrested Xena actress Lucy Lawless and five Greenpeace environmental activists yesterday after the group spent four days protesting aboard an oil-drilling ship docked in New Zealand. Police removed the group from its perch atop a 53m drilling tower on the Noble
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        212 12 Hong Kong What is a wife to do when her husband is in China and a woman there is throwing herself at him? In the case of actress Cherrie Ying, she threw down the gauntlet on her microblog on Sunday, and threatened to name and shame
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        165 12 Agence France-Presse Berlin Top designer Karl Lagerfeld has offered German Chancellor Angela Merkel fashion advice, recommending she wear better-designed legwear and unbutton her jacket. The 57-year-old German leader’s typical outfit is a single-coloured trouser suit. She been mocked by some critics as a mousy bumpkin from
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          68 12 Jennifer Aniston’s comedy Wanderlust tanked at the weekend North American box office, debuting at No. 8 with US$6.6 million (S$8.3 million) in ticket sales. She has not had a No. 1 box-office debut since her appearance in the 2009’s He’s Just Not That Into You. The No.
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          63 12 Television host Chang Hsiao-yen is handing over the Taiwanese quiz show All Pass to a successor, Bowie Tseng, in March. Chang, who taped the show on Sunday though she was sick, described Tseng as a “suitable candidate”. Tseng, who has been active in China,
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          63 12 Actress Song Hye Kyo has filed a defamation complaint against 41 Internet users, the Korean police said last Friday. Police have started investigating them, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said. They said Song is accusing them of posting comments on websites since September 2008 claiming she has
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          54 12 Singer Celine Dion has cancelled several upcoming concerts in Las Vegas because of a virus. Caesars Palace officials say her doctor advised her to rest for a week to recover from the virus, which caused an inflammation of her vocal cords. Her next scheduled concert at
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      249 6 UE SQUARE, 3+1 rm. 1486 sqft. Bright/ spacious. $2.3M. Winnie *****413 PRICE DROP CLEMENTI Pk Heavenly 4 bedroom all renovated ground floor opens to garden! Quality! isabelredrup.com/ir17.php$2.8M. *****055. Susan D.21 PRICED TO sell! The Hillside. 1518 sqft. 3+ study 1. F’hold. Face pool. Best stack. Quiet. $1.4xM. Call Jimmy 9455-0243
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      281 6 NOVA 88 F’HOLD. 549 sqft. SOHO Studio. Natural light design. Equipped. Mins to MRTs. Helynn 9637-4687 HSR PAXEL! SHOWFLAT cond.Marque Irrawaddy, 3 study, high flr, unblock, Near Amenities. *****291 CASA FORTUNA, F’HOLD. 2rm, 1044 sqft. High flr, unblock. $1250 psf. Bright breezy. Carolyn *****223 TREVISTA. JUST TOP! Mins walk to
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      781 7 D.15 NEW LAUNCH. VVIP Preview. T. Kurau. Studio, 2, 3 rm penthse. 431-2056 sqft. Freehold. $5xxK up. COSTA DEL SOL. 1313 sqft. #22. $1.68M. Full sea view. Tanjong Ria 1206 sqft. #07 $1.35M. Crystal 9004-7717 SIMSVILLE 2 BDRM. 980 sqft. F/facilities. Near Paya Lebar MRT. Asking $938K. Tom Leow 9631-3193
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      559 8 D.10 BELMONT. GCB. Land 27K, built-up 11K sqft. 7+3 Beautiful inground pool. Immed Cannes 9023-7170 CONSERVATION TERR HSE. Novena/Balestier newly re no, 2-sty+attic, built 3000 sqft. Philip Lim *****209 EXQUISITE GCB: BT Sedap 4+1/ Peel Rd 6+1. Land 20K sqft. Pool. Tranquil. Immed $2xK. Lyn KF 9018-3953 PRINCESS OF WALES
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      641 8 NORMANTON PK. 1270 sqft. Biopolis. Renovated.$3.5K. Cheng N.T. 9710-1320 SKF DOVERPARK VIEW 3+1 Top flr. Huge 1249 sqft. Best view! $4.5K. 9800-7567. HARVEST MANSION 2-RM/ The Coast 3-rm. sea view, Immed. Chan LC 9100-5118 REFLECTIONS #20 UP. Panoramic view of Sentosa. 3rm, p/furn *****288 Amy HARBOUR VIEW TWR 3-rm, aircon
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      401 8 CAIRNHILL CREST. 3/ 4-rm. 1733/ 2013 sqft. Spacious living. Walk to MRT/ shpg. Immed. Laura *****539 BELMOND GREEN 3+1. Beautiful furn. Pool view. Full facilities. Mins to Orchard Road. immed. 9139-9084 1. THE ORION 3+1 rm. P/furn 2. Cuscaden Res 3rm. Furn Orchard vicinity. Mins shpg Immed Call *****888 Sam
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      581 8 HOLLAND RES. BRAND new. 973 sqft. 2+1, Near MRT. $6.5K. Steve 9617-0316 SCOTTS SQ 1/2 rm.ION/pool view. David *****500. www.ResidentAgent.sg DRAYCOTT 8. 4+1. Resort facilities. Near Orchard. Avail Apr. Agt 6356-5766 WING ON LIFE renovated. Highflr 4+1, spacious, 3250 sqft, f/facilities *****006 THE SOLITAIRE, 3+1, 1561 sqft, balcony. High flr,
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      547 8 LINCOLN RES 4+1. 1841sqft Balcony. Brand New! Walk to Novena MRT. Sole Agt *****127 *****343 LV NEWTON ONE 4 bdrms. 1916 sqft. $8.5K. Nice reno. Newton MRT. F/ facilities incl. Tennis Ct. 9856 1355 RAINTREE 3+1 $4.2K P/furn Cavendish Park, 3+1, $4.5k Amaryllis Ville, 1-bdrm apt, $3.9k. All high flr,
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      638 8 NEW! TREVISTA 3 bdrms. Partial/ f/furn. High flr. MRT. Immed. $5K. Also for sale. CT Ong 9029-7301 NOVENA VICINITY 3-RM apt. Walk to MRT/ mall. High flr. P/furn. Immed. $4.2K Lewis 9455 0999, OT THE TRUMPS. MRT 1356sqft 3+1 Beautiful cond! Spacious layout. Bright. Cosy. $4.6K. *****680 Linda 3+1+ PATIO
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      550 9 EDELWEISS PARK 3+1, pool/ gdn view. Partial/ furn. Immed. Shuttle bus to MRT. Suriati 9669 2135 SIMEI GREEN 3+1. Reno. Kitchen toilets. New aircon. F/furn. Mins Simei MRT. Ramjoo 9384-1973 PINEVALE. 1281 SQFT. 3+1. High flr. Immed. Reno. $3.4K. S Yong *****303 THE EDEN 3RMS high flr. Excellent cond. P/furn
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      417 9 EXCELLENT LOCATION! BLK 228 Jurong E. Furn. Aircon Mins to MRT Hawker Ctr. Immed. 9009-7912 Tok TB MASTER: JURONG W./ CCK Common: Tampines/ Ubi/ Sembawang/ Pasir Ris. Suit all. Khairan *****539 787E WOODLANDS F/FURN. Aircon fan. Near MRT amenities. Immediate. Call Johnson Seah 9694-9759 2RM C’WEALTH. MRT. Good location. Nice
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      474 9 2+1+1 MARSILING DR, Blk 6. No aircon. Avail 16/3. $1800. Owner 9093-6780 CORNER 5-RM 627 Houg ang. Beautiful, furn. $2.8K Immed. Jane 9025-0099 AMK BLK 512 #12-2514 3½ rm for rent $2.2k f/furn topflr near MRT *****665 $1780 BLK 645 Yishun. Above shop. 2+1. P/furn. William 9794-9992 APPROVED 3-RM BLK
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      235 9 CCK CENTRAL 5’A’ Blk 344 High flr Corner. 3+1. F/furn Reno. MRT/ Lot 1. Immed. Can co-broke. Oh *****693 BLK 689A CCK 5-rm. Furn. F/aircon. Asking $2300. Avail immediate. All races. Michael Chua 9487-9443 5-RM 434 CCK (5 mins) MRT.3 new aircon/big wardrobe. *****247 BK Lim 2+1 BEDOK 122. 20th
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      318 9 MERICAN BORN CHINESE family of 3 just arrived, now stay Svc Apt needs whole unit in 1 mth, all areas, immed deposit. Goh KH *****177 A 4 OR 5 rms flat wanted. Near Lim Chu Kang area Preferred move in immed. For workers stay. Call *****117 Joey. No agts pls
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      449 10 Prime Office Space Large floor plate Sheltered walkway to MRT station bus stops More than 400 car park lots, accessible from outside ERP Unique retail dining choices at lower floors Call 6508 3185 Steven Shophouse Office for Lease μWalking distance to Raffles Place and Chinatown MRT Stations μUnit size of
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      375 10 INT’L PLAZA, 4779 sqft, good layout. Immed. above MRT. 6225-5588 HFP PEOPLE’S PK. 1012 sqft Fitted rm/Int’l Plaza 473/937 2357sqft. HB *****273 915 SQFT OFFICE cum Store Ubi Ave 1. Carpeted, Aircon. Furn. *****595 Doris 2336 SQFT Shunli, Kaki Bukit. Renovated. #03. Immed. Call: 9632-1877 TAN BOON Liat 1350/ 4176
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      530 11 SUNTEC CITY •High floor fitted offices with unblocked view •2196/ 3079 sqft •With tenancy GB BUILDING •2000/ 3000/ whole floors •vacant/tenanted THE MEZZO •F’hold, 689 969 sqft •ground flr, condo facilities Jason Tan 8111 0107 9852 0128 Suntec Offices Twr1 10,097sqft High flr Tenanted till ’15. Good yield GB Building
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      1089 11 Shop Space for Rent Shop Space for Rent Shop Space for Rent orch.ardcen.tral Prime F&B Units for Lease Next to Somerset MRT Station Ample parking lots, with valet services Areas from 1,000 sq ft to 6,000 sq ft Join established F&B tenants like Ootoya Japanese Restaurant, Tung Lok Seafood, Victoria
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      268 11 UPP PAYA LEBAR shop for rent, new reno, all trades, 1800 sqft, $6.5K, immed, *****350 Raymond Tan SYED ALWI RD opp Mustafa #02 #03, approx 1500 sqft. All trades, immed, pls call Benny Lek *****663 ASSIGNMENT SHOWROOM. ENTERPRISE One. 4000 sqft. Suit lighting/ accessories. Yeo *****003. TYRWHITT ROAD. 2-STY all
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      261 11 FAR EAST PLAZA. 334sqft T.Payoh. Blk 185. 300sqft Marine Parade Ctr. 108sqft Good Frontage! *****003 QUEENSWAY SHPG CTR. Approx 248sqft. Takeover #02. $3.3K. Good frontage Immed. Jun 9109-1379 DTZ LUCKY PLAZA PRIME locale. 200-550sqft.#01 others. Far East Plaza Shpg Ctr. 300-950sqft.Ed*****983 FAR EAST SHPG Ctr. Orchard MRT. 269 sqft. Full
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      252 11 TG PAGAR. GROUND flr shop space 1300 sq.ft Immed. Annie 9021-6556 HIGH ST CTR. 980sqft, face Parliament Hse. No water. Immed. $13.7K. *****582 Retail Shops Sale Far East Plaza 226-600 sqft. $1.3M-$5M Lucky Plaza 237-334 sqft. $3M-$3.5M Orchard Twr 431-635 sqft $2M-$4M Retail Shops Rental Far East Plaza 226-1830 sqft.
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      202 11 F’HOLD FAR EAST Plaza level 02 03, 345/ 409/ 420 /592 sqft. Near concourse escalator. Good crowd. Alvin Chua *****201 EXCELSIOR SHPG CTR, #02 $820K! 487 sqft. Water supply Tenanted $2.5k till 09’2012. *****310 EL *****713 STELLA F’HOLD @Joo Chiat for 4 units, approx land 8384/ ***** sqft Rent $37.3K.
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      430 11 THE ARCADE RAFFLES Pl. (>30yrs old) Busy #01/ 366sqft/999yrs. Tenanted. $3.xMil. Segar 8382-7997 MRT/ ORCHARD PLAZA. 215 sqft. Best for all trades. Lift level/ amenities. Good frontage. Jayyne *****019 SIM LIM SQUARE #04. 2 frontages. High ceiling. Tenanted till Aug ’12, no GST. Hp 9673-6477 Ginza JOO CHIAT VICINITY Ground
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      315 11 PIONEER SECTOR 2. High ceiling. 22,000 sqft. $1.40 psf. #02. Immed. S Yong *****303 û AVAIL UP TO 480,000 sqft Pioneer Road. Factory/ Warehouse. Near AYE. Call *****265 LOYANG S/STY GROUND flr, area 5700sqft, high ceiling 8m. Available April 2012. Huttons 9111-4537 Janice PASIR PANJANG/ PAYA Lebar. Ground floor, high
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      1275 14 >4 BEATS NOTICES BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT Toll free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices NOTICE TO ALL PURCHASERS FINANCIERS OF UNITS IN “SAMAWORLD PARKVIEW AND HILLVIEW RESORT APARTMENTS” OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT KNOWN AS “AMBER COURT” BUILT ON THE MASTER TITLE NO. *****, LOT NO. *****, MUKIM DAN DAERAH BENTONG, NEGERI
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      999 14 This notice was first published in the Straits Times on 17 January 2012. IMPORTANT NOTICE DB PLATINUM Société d'investissement à capital variable (Investment Company with variable Capital) Registered Office: 69, route d’Esch, L-1470 Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg: B-104.413 (the "Company") Re: NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF THE SUB-FUNDS DB Platinum Commodity Euro
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      358 14 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT CHAPTER 20 THE BANKRUPTCY RULES IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy O.S. No. 331 of 2012/F In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20) And In the matter of LEE TIAN MENG (NRICNo. S*****05D) Between RHBBANK BERHAD (Malaysia RC No. 6171-M)
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      814 15 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 733 Counter/ Receptionists 734 Call Centres/Telemarketing 736 Customer
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      196 15 WATS RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.cats.com.sg/recruit $128K BUSINESS ADVISOR needed. Only for PR or S’porean. With Diploma/ ’A’ level or Degree. Incentives trip to Gold Coast with bonus and incentives. Call: Valerie *****112 PROJECT MGMT TRAINEE, new office opening. Dip above. Fresh grad are welcome. S’porean/ PR
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      762 15 F&B Group has vacancy for: ACCOUNTANT Staying around West area Able to handle full sets of A/Cs (Management report, GST and consolidated A/Cs) Oversee full spectrum of accounting operations Degree in Accountancy ACCA or years of experience Knowledge of UBS accounting software an advantage Hardworking, independent, efficient committed to role
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      643 16 1 Sales Consultants (Full-time/Temporary/Midnight) 2 Cashiers (Full-time/Temporary) For all positions: 5-day work week, including weekends and public holidays with rotating shift. Students who are able to commit for at least 3 months are welcome to apply. Singaporeans, PRs Malaysians may apply. WALK~IN INTERVIEW: Monday-Friday, 2pm -5pm Human Resource Department, #038-007
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      469 16 tTCt Hotel/Restaurant/ CTCt Hotel/ Restaurant/ CKi Hotel/ Restaurant/ \CKi Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Lounge Lounge Lounge A »1 '3 Marche International Looking for a new opportunity? Marche International is opening a new concept in downtown Singapore. Be part of a fun, exciting energetic team and start your career with us now.
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      198 16 Job Vacancies with Fig and Olive Location:Jurong Pt, Vivo City, Downtown East Causeway Pt (New Outlet) Job vacancies for: Kitchen Crews, Supervisors, Restaurant Manager, Cooks Waiters. M’sian, PR S’porean Only. Walk-in on 28/02 29/02 1 Pasir Ris Close eHub Downtown #02-119 S(*****9) Send resume to: enquiry@figolive.com Qian-Xi Group Of Restaurant
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      438 16 Eatzi Gourmet Pte Ltd (Defu Lane 10) Cake House Division requires 1. SNR PASTRY COOK Min 3 Years experience in similar capacity Possess good organizational supervisory skills Creative Artistic 2. PASTRY COOK Min 1 Year experience in pastry or baking Attendance Bonus, Duty Meal Uniform provided Fresh graduates from Shatec
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      402 16 General Clerk û Basic book-keeping û Computer literate û 5.5 days week û Able to liaise with Mandarin English speaking personnel û Only S’porean PR Call 6748-6492 (Working place at Jln Besar) ADMIN ASST *Must be able to liaise with Eng Mandarin-speaking clients *Invoicing/ Warehouse/ Adhoc duties *At least 1
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      995 17 An established F&B Group has vacancies for: A. Accounts Executive Able to handle accounting duties to full sets of A/Cs Diploma, LCCI or relevant qualifications B. HR Executive Partial or full HR Spectrum (payroll, recruitment, training Employment Act) Knowledge of Work passes doc, etc C. Admin cum Purchaser Knowledge in
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      797 17 Technical Technical Technical Technical Engineering Positions in Power and Water Technology Industries e2i is partnering industries leaders to hire various engineering positions For more information on job requirements, log on to reg.e2i.com.sg/manufacturing. DATE TIME VENUE 2 March 2012, Friday 2pm e2i (Employment and Employability Institute) Blk G, Registration Hub 141
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      540 17 1) Warehouse Assistants Min ’N level SPM Basic computer knowledge Relevant experience preferred able to start immediate Able to perform OT 2) General Worker Min. Secondary education Experience in any of the following will be of advantage Building Maintenance/Carpentry/ Electrical knowledge Must be physically fit Able to perform overtime on
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      362 17 START IMMED! AMK 8-5pm $43 Woodlands 8-5.30pm $48 Tampines. Male/female. 8-5pm $48,1.30-11pm $54. 8-8pm $62, 8pm-8am $69 Hougang 7-3pm $40. 3-11pm $45,11-7am $48 Jurong Male/ Female packer 8am-5pm $50/ QC $47 1st $46, 2nd $49. 7-7pm $60. 7-7am $68 Jurong NTC, Tech/Welder 1-10pm $72, 8-5.30pm $55 6456-2003/ *****844 $1200++ Operators
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      395 18 JURONG FTY 1) General Workers. 2)_ Forklfit Driver. 5 days $55. 9488 7276 HOUGANG/ WOODLANDS/ UBI. Sit job. 1st $40, 2nd $45, 3rd $48. 6385-6467 CHAI CHEE OPERATOR 1st $38, 2nd $43, 3rd $46. Call 6281-7702/ 6383-1186 JURONG NORMAL $46, 7am -7pm $63, 7pm-7am $70. Call *****603/ *****702 BT BATOK
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      273 18 WAREHSE ASSTS. JURONG/ Woodlands logistics co. Forklift lic. Call 9116 5403 CHANGI. STORE ASST/ Forklift Driver. 8/12-hr night. $50/ $77. Call *****462 STOREKEEPER REQUIRED Hillview. Class 3 driving lic. Call 9847 8131 for appt. JOO KOON PICKERS 10am7.30pm $53, *****138 (05C4899 138 Employ) TEMP PACKERS Delivery Macpherson for 2 days.
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      33 18 Matriq Security (Grade A Security Agency) Security Officer $1700 $1900 (Gross) Clementi ($1900) (Relief $70 per day) AMK, Upp East Coast, Sengkang, Clementi. Weekly advance $350 14 days Annual leave Tel: 6396 7371
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      56 18 6-monthContractfor DAY SECURITY OFFICERS Location:112EastCoastRoad Mon–Fri@$80p.d. Sat,Sun,PH@$100p.d. Minimumworkcommitment: 26daysp.m. 4scheduled‘off’days Walk-inInterviewat 315OutramRoad,#10-06 TanBoonLiatBuilding,S(*****4) orCall*****047 SIRD Grade ’A’ Company needs AD-HOC SECURITY •From 29 Feb to 18 Mar 2012 •Bt Batok Hillview Area. •Gross $1600 •Limited Slots Call 9383 3200 URGENT! SECURITY Officers for Condo@ Balestier. Schs Fty. Yearly Basic Incremental
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      432 18 IMMEDIATE POSITIONS AVAILABLE!!! 1. Security Officers a.Location:Changi -Salary $2200/--Trained Malaysian Officers $1900/b..Location Changi (5 DAY WORK WEEK) -4 weekdays and 1 weekend -Salary: $75 per day c.Location: Chai Chee Tekka, Selegie Rd, Orchard, Tuas, Jalan Bahar, Kent Ridge, University Town, Jurong Island, Novena, Marina South -Salary: up to $1800/ -Trained
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      473 18 -IMMEDIATE VACANCYDAY SHIFT OFFICER Cairnhill Circle (Night/Condo) $1.7K Farrer Road (Night/Condo) $1,750 River Valley (Day/Night/Condo) $1.9K Tanah Merah (Night/Dorm) $2k Sentosa (Day/Night/Condo) $1.9K Supervisor $2.1K Site Executive $2.2 with own bike Relief Take Home $60 Call Hassan 9817 6611 SECURITY OFFICERS required CONDO Mt Sinai Rise (D) .........$1.7K Cairnhill Circle
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      977 18 CLEANING COMPANY REQUIRES OPERATION EXECUTIVE Highly motivated, dynamic, able to work independently long working hours. Excellent Communication interpersonal skill Class 3 license own vehicle preferred with transport reimbursement) Good remuneration package. Singaporean/PR only (No agent) Call *****308 for interview CLEANERS Local $1300 allowance Mandai area Lunch provided Call *****378 Local
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      497 19 DISHWASHERS (8-HRS/ 12HRS) Supervisors Cleaners, Outram Pk. *****933 REQUIRES CONDO CLEANERS Upper Changi Road. Call *****151 SUPERVISOR REQUIRED Ubi area. 6 days week. $1500. Call *****118 CONDO CLEANER NEEDED River valley area. S’porean PR only. Call 8405-4844 CONDO CLEANERS NEEDED Boon Keng. S’porean PR Only. Call: 9335-9715 CLEANERS REQUIRED Bt
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      362 19 Established Seafood Trading Co requires urgently ASSISTANT CHIEF DRIVERS (Salary $2000 to $2500) DELIVERY DRIVERS (Salary $1800 to $2000) μ Able to handle Eng Mandarin speaking customers μ Possess Class 3 driving license KITCHEN HELPERS For the above positions: μ Can start work immediately μ 6 days work week {S’porean/
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      272 19 Night Shift (7pm-4am) 1) Class 4 Delivery Driver $1.8k-$2k 2)Delivery Asst $1.3k-1.5k Contract based Stay in West area Interview at: No. 1 Fishery Port Rd 10am-12pm 2pm-5pm Nelson Tan 9487-2242 Working Location East Forklift/ Tractor Drivers x10 Minimum Secondary 2 At least 2 years of Class 3 driving experience 5
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      585 19 BIZLINK RENT-A-CAR NEED a Driver. Class 3 driving lic. Able to handle Mandarin English speaking customers. Positive attitude. Hardworking. Willing to work long hrs. Pls call: 6285-6616. EXPERIENCED PRIME MOVER Driver. Container Trucking/ Low-bed driving skill. Incentives parking allowance. Above $2500. Please call *****050 SUB-CONTRACTOR LOOKING FOR Class 3 Drivers.
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      514 19 CO. IN TUAS requires Class 4, 14/ 24ft Lorry Driver. S’porean. Call 6292-6136 CLASS 5 LORRY Crane Driver, over $2K, Bukit Batok. Pls call Ms Tao 8128-8109 CLASS 4 TIPPER Truck Driver. 10 Admiralty St, #01-78. Call *****860 DRIVER (CONTRACT BASIS) required. S’porean only. Please call *****171 DRIVER REQUIRED. WALK
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      235 19 Zac Butchery Deli is looking for the following position: BUTCHER Prefer stay in east area Retail environment Attractive pay Walk in to: 331 Changi Rd S(*****6) (Next to SPC Petrol stn) From Tue to Sat 2-7pm Spiral Marine Pte Ltd 2 Sixth Lok Yang Road Traffic Controller Arrange Daily Delivery
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      366 19 TECHNICIANS Post A: Mold/ Wirebond assembly, repair, setup, debug, testing calibration. Post B: Inspection measurement of mechanical electrical parts. Knowledge of profile projector, micrometer CMM. Post C: Understand schematic diagram perform electrical installation. Knowledge in Basic Solid Edge Auto-cad drawing. For the above positions: NTC/ NITEC/ Diploma (S’pore and M’sia
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      368 19 RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT $2K-$5K. Home based. WMS (C*****1C) Email to: hr5@wmsgroup.net GENERAL WORKERS REQUIRED. Physically fit. S’porean/ PR/ M’sian only. Call 6293-1435 CAR GROOMING TRAINEE. Full/ part-time. Hardworking. Good S’porean/ PR. M’sian. Call *****219 IN SEARCH OF the Best Car Washers. Good S’porean/ M’sian/ PR welcome. Pls Call *****219 WELDER/ REPAIRER/
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