The Straits Times, 11 July 2012

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    24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 WEDNE S D A Y J ULY 11 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon Govt shares blame for MRT breakdowns
    605 1  -  Transport Ministry, LTA could have done more and better, says Lui By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THE Transport Ministry and its regulator for land transport must shoulder some of the blame for last December’s two massive MRT breakdowns, the minister in charge said
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    Lock icon Indonesia a model of how to cut debt: Merkel
    398 1  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel held up Indonesia as a model of how countries could cut their debt in a few years, noting that European countries reeling from the financial crisis might draw inspiration
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    Lock icon China’s trade growth slows
    51 1 BAD news keeps piling up for China’s economy. Latest figures show trade growth slowed sharply in June. Imports grew at less than half the pace expected and exports also dropped. The figures raised fears of a hard landing for the world’s No. 2 economy. L WORLD
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    Lock icon Healthier combat rations for troops
    44 1 IN A move to keep them trim and fighting fit, new combat rations will be rolled out to Singapore’s soldiers. The move likely to take place next year will lead to low-fat, high-protein and high-carbohydrate meals. L HOME B1
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Foreigners, firms now form 7% of home buyers
      496 2/3  -  Figure down from 20% last year; market moving to ‘more stable path’ By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg COOLING measures have slashed the proportion of private homes bought by foreigners and companies and largely driven speculators out of the market. National Development Minister Khaw
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      Lock icon Govt collected $1.1b in casino taxes in 2011
      421 2/3  -  By NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg THE Government collected $1.1 billion in taxes from the two integrated resorts in fiscal year 2011 and $900 million in the previous year, Minister of State for Finance Josephine Teo told Parliament yesterday. This was on top
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      Lock icon Maid’s death: Man is discharged
      686 2/3  -  But cleaner faces new charges not related to the murder By K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A BANGLADESHI cleaner was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal yesterday over the death of an Indonesian maid, whose body was found in a water tank. Repon
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      Lock icon ST wins accolade for The Big Spell
      441 2/3  -  By SHERYL QUEK sherquek@sph.com.sg THE Straits Times has won an international award for its execution of a national spelling contest among schools here. The RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship, which attracted 1,200 prima-ry-school contestants here, has been presented a jury commendation in
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Govt, LTA fell short: Lui
        81 4 TOP OF THE NEWS TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew yesterday said for the first time that his ministry and the Land Transport Authority share the blame for last December’s massive MRT breakdowns. The acknowledgment came in a ministerial statement he gave in Parliament laying out
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        Lock icon Containing storm water
        60 4 NEW buildings should take responsibility for containing storm water on their own, said national water agency PUB’s chief executive Chew Men Leong. To do that, property owners can build in garden roofs or detention tanks to slow or retain storm water suggestions that PUB will push out
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        Lock icon Bid for presidency
        51 4 WORLD MS PARK Geun Hye, the daughter of an assassinated former leader, has launched her bid to become South Korea’s first female president with polls placing her as front runner in December’s election. She is expected to win the ruling New Frontier Party’s nomination next month. PAGE
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        Lock icon MCA makes graft claims
        58 4 AFTER months of attacks by the opposition, Malaysia’s ruling coalition is now trying to turn the tables on its rivals. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has levelled fresh corruption charges against the government of opposition-held Selangor state, saying it had bailed out a property company by
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        Lock icon Egypt’s House sits
        62 4 EGYPT’S Islamist-dominated Parliament convened yesterday in defiance of a ruling by the country’s highest court and swiftly voted to seek a legal opinion on the decision that invalidated the chamber. The parliamentary session lasted just five minutes but it pushed the country deeper into a potential power
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        Lock icon History and the nine dotted lines
        87 4 OPINION THE Chinese map of the South China Sea with its nine dotted lines denoting an area where China believes it has legitimate claims was drawn after the Second World War. During the Cold War that followed, the Chinese map seemed to have aroused
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        Lock icon Death penalty: Reactions
        52 4 HOME CIVIL society groups and human rights activists yesterday welcomed the Government’s proposal to remove the mandatory death penalty for some cases of murder and drug offences. They called the move a progressive and forwardlooking development, but had questions on how such legislative changes would be implemented.
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        Lock icon More young addicts
        50 4 THE number of arrests of new drug abusers aged below 20 almost doubled last year from 2010, from 155 to 225. This was a 10-year high even as there was a 17 per cent fall in the total number of new abusers who were arrested. PAGE B3
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        Lock icon From land to sea
        47 4 FORMER Singapore Zoo stalwart Biswajit Guha quietly joined Resorts World Sentosa’s Marine Life Park four months ago. In his first interview in his new post, he outlined his plans for the marine park and talked about why he left the zoo. PAGE B7
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        Lock icon For the child’s sake
        60 4 PARENTS who refuse medical treatment for their sick children may find themselves probed by the Child Protection Service (CPS). The CPS has come into the spotlight with the case of a three-year-old boy whose parents had a court order taken against them for insisting that he
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        Lock icon Faster Giro set-up soon
        55 4 MONEY BANKS are working to sharply cut the time taken to approve Giro payments, a process that now can take two weeks. A new system on the drawing board will allow for almost instant transfer of funds between banks and cut Giro set-up times down to
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        Lock icon New $412m Mead plant
        27 4 THE baby food giant Mead Johnson Nutrition has invested US$325 million (S$412 million) in a manufacturing and research facility in Tuas. PAGE B12
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        Lock icon Funnyman Black is back
        63 4 AMERICAN comedian Jack Black is almost upstaged in his new movie, Bernie, by the real townsfolk of Carthage, Texas, who were recruited as actors by director Richard Linklater. Bernie is based on the true story of an assistant funeral director who is pushed to breaking point
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        Lock icon Li is China’s 3rd singles
        62 4 SPORT CHINA have left Asian Games champion Wang Shixian, a former world No. 1, out of their Olympic badminton team. Joining world champion and current No. 1 Wang Yihan and No. 2 Wang Xin in London for the women’s singles will be the in-form All-England
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        Lock icon Myanmar girl band
        90 4 LIFE! THEY have been called ugly by their countrymen, for whom Korean pop singers are beautiful because they are fair-skinned and look perfect. But the five-member Myanmar girl band Me N Ma say they are not interested in undergoing plastic surgery. They were in town over the
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        Lock icon Top news stories
        63 4 WHAT’S ONLINE www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Probe into City Harvest came after complaints: Chan Chun Sing L Ex-MOE scholar jailed five years for sexual abuses L Death penalty no longer automatic for some drug, murder offences L Primary school gets surprise visit from Man Utd star
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        Lock icon Top citizen journalism stories
        70 4 www.stomp.com.sg L Maid caught with “sexy” diary and employer’s undies, but agency wants “proof”QRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidit.be L Lamborghini police car might be useful in nabbing speedsters in Singapore L Heartbreaking photos: Animals left for dead in Fukushima after nuclear accident L Youth slips iPhone casing into his pocket
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        Lock icon Top videos
        34 4 www.razortv.com.sg L JJ Lin thanks ex-girlfriend for his Compass Award win L New immigrant and his family prefer Singapore L Korean rice cake carbonara? L Tanya’s “new man” is her lucky charm
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      Lock icon PUB chief: Developers can help manage storm water
      673 6  -  Roof gardens, tanks will be needed; part of PUB moves to prevent floods By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg THE chief executive of the national water agency has called on owners of new buildings here to take responsibility for containing storm water on their
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      Lock icon Wife of late president Benjamin Sheares dies
      288 6 THE wife of Singapore’s second president, the late Benjamin Sheares, died peacefully on Sunday at the age of 95. Madam Yeo Seh Geok had kept a low profile since her husband’s death in 1981 while in office. Her son, heart surgeon Joseph Sheares,
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      Lock icon Ex-SPH exec to plead guilty to 3 charges
      319 6 FORMER Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) senior vice-president Peter Khoo Chong Meng will plead guilty to one criminal breach of trust and two corruption charges. His lawyer, Mr Alfonso Ang, told a district court yesterday that Khoo, 49, would not be making representations
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      Lock icon Schoolboy Schooling all set for Olympic plunge
      72 6 At 17, Joseph Schooling, seen here having lunch while watching his teammates in action at the recent US Olympic trials, is just a schoolboy. But this Singapore swimmer, one of the country’s youngest ever Olympians, is no ordinary teenager, as The Straits Times
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      Lock icon S’pore must grow at pace acceptable to its people: PM
      567 7  -  ‘Inflow of mainland Chinese brings benefits but has to be managed’ By ROBIN CHAN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT chanckr@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE has to adapt to a changed world and grow at a pace that Singaporeans can accept, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Singapore ‘befriends all countries’
      311 7  -  JASON OU SINGAPORE does not take sides in the South China Sea territorial disputes and calls for a code of conduct to head off unnecessary conflicts among claimants, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. He acknowledged the intractability of the disputes given the long history
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      Lock icon PM on three-day visit to India
      354 7  -  By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrived in India last night for a three-day official visit that will see the two countries deepen their cooperation with the signing of new agreements on vocational education and skills development. They
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon China trade growth slows down sharply
      706 8  -  Rising fears of hard landing; trade surplus hits three-year high BY GRACE NG CHINA CORRESPONDENT graceng@sph.com.sg BEIJING China’s trade growth slowed down sharply last month, raising fears of a hard landing for the world’s No. 2 economy, and piling pressure on Beijing to support
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      Lock icon ST interview with Myanmar chief
      74 8 MYANMAR’S reformist leader Thein Sein reveals to Straits Times Senior Correspondent Nirmal Ghosh (right) how his journey from military general to prime minister, and finally, president, shaped his outlook. Speaking from the capital Naypyidaw, Mr Thein Sein says he sees the armed insurgents he battled
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Noda risks China’s ire with plan to buy disputed isles
        588 9 Analysts warn that plan, seemingly meant to cool tensions, may backfire REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s Prime Minister appears to be trying to cool tensions with China with a proposal to buy the islands at the centre of a row with Beijing,
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        Lock icon WHEN THE MERCURY RISES...
        56 9 Pucchi, a 20-year-old male sea lion, using a ladle to sprinkle water onto a street near his aquarium in the Shinagawa Aqua Stadium in Tokyo yesterday. Pucchi’s act was part of a cool-down drive as temperatures in the Japanese capital soared to over 30 deg C.
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        Lock icon ‘High chance’ of El Nino this summer
        450 9 REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s weather bureau says its climate models indicate that there is a strong possibility the El Nino weather pattern, which is often linked to heavy rainfall and droughts, will emerge this summer. The Japan Meteorological Agency changed the language in its
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        Lock icon Casino operators eye Taiwan as gaming gets the nod
        590 10  -  Govt steps up efforts on legal framework as outlying isles vote for integrated resort By LEE SEOK HWAI TAIWAN CORRESPONDENT seokhwai@sph.com.sg TAIPEI Gaming companies are showing renewed interest in Taiwan after the island’s outlying Matsu islands voted to host an integrated
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        Lock icon Piranha attacks in China prompt calls to go fishing
        395 10 XINHUA NANNING Residents in a southern Chinese city have been mobilised to go fishing to rid a local river of fierce red-belly piranhas that had attacked swimmers days before. The fishing order came after the government of Liuzhou City held an
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        Lock icon Ex-strongman’s daughter in new bid to lead S. Korea
        786 11 She’ll be its first woman president if she wins SEOUL Ms Park Geun Hye hopes to be secondtime lucky. The daughter of the late South Korean strongman Park Chung Hee yesterday launched her second and possibly last bid to become the
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Bishop quits posts
          70 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING Chinese bishop Ma Daqin has been placed in isolation after announcing that he was quitting his government posts in a challenge to Beijing’s control over the Catholic clergy, a Hong Kong church activist and Catholic websites said. The Vatican yesterday called on China to
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          Lock icon Voter registration
          51 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR The Election Commission (EC) said only 20,000 Malaysians abroad have registered as voters for the 13th General Election, not half a million, as certain parties claimed. EC deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said the registration turnout did not match the alleged
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          Lock icon Royalist in court
          48 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK A Thai media mogul who founded the royalist “yellow shirt” protest movement appeared in court yesterday accused of insulting the monarchy by quoting a member of the rival “red shirts”. Sondhi Limthongkul faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty.
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        Lock icon More graft claims against Selangor govt
        671 12  -  MCA MP alleges it bailed out firm by buying swamp land at inflated prices By CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF carolynh@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) MP Chua Tee Yong has come out with fresh corruption charges against the opposition-held Selangor government, saying
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        Lock icon $1.4M FOR COLLECTION OF GANDHI HISTORY
        96 12 This reproduction photograph released by Sotheby’s auction house yesterday shows Mahatma Gandhi (middle row, fifth from right) and his close friend Hermann Kallenbach (middle row, fourth from right) at Tolstoy Farm, South Africa, in 1910. India has paid US$1.1 million (S$1.4 million) to buy
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        Lock icon Sword-wielder said he was ‘messenger of God’
        503 13 Malaysian who stormed PM’s building may be part of cult AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR A samurai sword-wielding attacker shot dead by Malaysian police near Prime Minister Najib Razak’s office had told his wife that he was a
        AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; PHOTO: FACEBOOK  -  503 words
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        Lock icon Selangor freezes ruling on separate seating in cinemas
        268 13 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SHAH ALAM The Selangor government has ordered a freeze on a ruling made by the Kuala Selangor District Council (MDKS) that unmarried couples must sit separately in cinemas, in legislation made by leaders of Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS).
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      • Article
        Lock icon UN law-based S. China Sea code mooted
        543 14 But Beijing warns against bid ‘to take China-Asean relations hostage’ AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG PHNOM PENH Asean wants a UN maritime convention to be the basis for settling competing claims in the South China Sea, according to a draft document agreed upon by their
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        Lock icon Retired general nominated to be Myanmar V-P
        385 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAYPYIDAW A retired Myanmar general, seen as a hardliner because of his close ties to the former junta and its deadly crackdown on monk-led rallies in 2007, has been nominated for the post of vice-president, a military official said yesterday. Yangon
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      Lock icon Egypt House holds session
      565 15 Open challenge to army as Parliament reconvenes despite court order ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG REUTERS CAIRO Egypt’s Islamist-led Parliament reconvened yesterday in an open challenge to the generals who dissolved the assembly last month, stirring up tensions with the military just 10 days into Mr Mohamed Mursi’s
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      Lock icon Libyans in a hurry to build new democracy
      552 18 Workers rush to build venue for nation’s 1st elected representatives AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TRIPOLI Out of sight, in a large hall lit by welding sparks, workers in Libya are rushing to build an assembly fit for the country’s first elected representatives since
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      Lock icon Hostage drama at school complex
      159 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS An armed man who took hostages yesterday morning at a school complex just south of Paris later released them all unhurt and was taken into police custody, the authorities said. The drama began as parents dropped their children off at the complex,
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      Lock icon US among most food-secure nations: Report
      268 18 REUTERS NEW YORK People in the United States and other advanced nations consume an average of 1,200 calories per day more than those in low-income countries, but even in these wealthy nations food supplies lack enough micro-nutrients. The Global Food Security Index, released yesterday,
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      Lock icon Congolese warlord gets 14 years’ jail
      450 19 He’s first war criminal sentenced by International Criminal Court AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE Thomas Lubanga, jailed for 14 years yesterday and earning himself the dubious distinction of becoming the first war criminal to be sentenced by the International Criminal Court (ICC), started
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Oct launch for Windows 8
        95 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft’s next-generation operating system will be available in October as the software giant strives to stay relevant in a mobile era centred on tablets and smartphones. “This will be the biggest product and services launch year in our company’s history,” Microsoft
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        Lock icon 1st Israeli PM ever convicted
        120 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM An Israeli court has cleared former prime minister Ehud Olmert, 66, of the central charges in a multi-case corruption trial that forced him from power, but convicted him of a lesser charge of breach of trust. The verdict was seen as a
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        Lock icon Residents fail in missile bid
        104 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON A British judge has rejected a bid by residents of a London high-rise block to stop having their building used as a missile base during the Olympic Games. Judge Charles Haddon-Cave said yesterday that Britain’s Ministry of Defence acted legally when it
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      Lock icon Abuse in Aussie military revealed in damning report
      483 20 Details include rape allegations that never went to trial: Defence minister AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A damning report on the Australian military has detailed 24 allegations of rape that never went to trial and other abuse claims dating back more than 50 years
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      Lock icon ALL DOLLED UP FOR BODYPAINTING FESTIVAL
      91 20 A participant from France posing with body paintings designed by French bodypainting artist Johanna Soegeng during the 15th World Bodypainting Festival in Austria’s Poertschach. More than 200 artists from 44 countries showed off their creations at the annual event held on Sunday all hoping
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      Lock icon German minister’s youth curfew plan rouses critics
      277 20 REUTERS BERLIN German children could be barred from going to evening pop concerts and Christmas markets without an adult chaperone if a proposed curfew to try to curb binge drinking gets the nod. But the suggestion by German Family Minister Kristina Schroeder has
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Russia okays WTO entry
        64 21 REUTERS MOSCOW Russian lawmakers voted to ratify accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), bringing Russia into the club that sets trade rules after an 18-year negotiating marathon. The Lower House vote seals Russia’s entry to the WTO under a deal that will oblige Moscow to
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        Lock icon Bankers face job cuts
        73 21 BLOOMBERG LONDON Investment bankers in Europe are girding for a second wave of job cuts in less than a year after the euro zone’s debt crisis drove fees to a nine-year low. The situation may be most acute at Switzerland’s Credit Suisse and UBS, analysts say.
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        Lock icon Genting wins $1.3b deal
        47 21 XINHUA KUALA LUMPUR Genting’s Indonesian subsidiary won a bid to develop a US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) coal-fired power plant in Indonesia. PT Lestari Banten Energi signed a 25-year deal with state-owned PT PLN to finance, build and maintain the 660-megawatt coal-fired power plant.
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      Lock icon Ex-Barclays CEO to forgo $39m bonus
      503 21 Diamond’s move comes as politicians ask whether he misled them over regulator ties BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Former Barclays chief executive Robert Diamond will forgo a £20 million (S$39 million) payoff as politicians investigating a rate-rigging scandal questioned whether he misled them about the
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      Lock icon Boeing revival takes off with the 737 Max
      323 21 BLOOMBERG FARNBOROUGH (England) Boeing, bruised at the annual air show last year by the success of the Airbus SAS A-320neo, is punching back with its 737 Max as its European rival lost out on major contracts this year. Boeing picked up an
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      Lock icon Euro nations to speed up aid to Spain’s banks
      520 22 Loans totalling up to $156b may be moved from Madrid’s balance sheet BLOOMBERG BRUSSELS European governments will jumpstart as much as ¤100 billion (S$156 billion) in loans to shore up Spain’s banks, and may move the costs off the Spanish government’s
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      Lock icon Echoes of MF Global as client funds go missing at another US brokerage
      527 22 REUTERS NEW YORK Less than nine months after MF Global’s collapse sent shockwaves through US futures brokerages, news that more than half the customer funds at Peregrine Financial Group are missing is threatening to shatter the industry’s
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      437 23 THE call made by President Tony Tan Keng Yam that more local scientists be trained to propel Singapore’s research ambitions is consistent with practices of research-intensive nations with small populations. Israel, Finland and Sweden are notable examples. But whereas these countries have the advantage
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      1035 23  -  BY INVITATION By WANG GUNGWU FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a University Professor at the National University of Singapore, and chairman of the managing board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. THERE has been much debate about
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      1142 24  -  By ANDY HO SENIOR WRITER andyho@sph.com.sg THE scientific world was abuzz last week with the “God particle”. Or, at least, that was how the world media hyped it up. Scientists at Europe’s US$10 billion (S$12.7 billion) Large Hadron Collider called a press conference to announce their discovery
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      923 24  -  By CHING CHEONG SENIOR WRITER chingcheong@gmail.com HONGKONG’Snew Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying will face several formidable tasks in his next five years trying to balance the divergent political demands of his masters in Beijing and his people in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). His
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      785 24  -  By BRUCE GALE SENIOR WRITER bruceg@sph.com.sg PREDICT a positive outcome to peace talks between the government in Manila and Muslim insurgents in the southern Philippines these days and you may well be accused of over-opti-mism. Such negotiations have failed so many times since the 1970s
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      1126 25  -  By MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is the Asia regional director of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue based in Singapore. SOUTH-EAST Asia has long boasted a decent record of managed diversity. The largest states of the region are home to societies in which people
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        212 26  -  EDUCATION Yeo Boon Eng (Ms) MONDAY’S article (“GCE debate rages as study shows UK kids’ maths woes”) shows how lucky we in Singapore are to have equal educational opportunities. While teachers in Britain claim that the current system using the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
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        64 26 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR LEONG ONN KWONG: Copy India, bring in cheaper generic drugs. 2. MR WONG KIN HUNG: Don’t neglect riding helmets for NParks staff. 3. MR TAN KEONG BOON: New citizens should do volunteer work. 4. MR SHYAM LAL VERMA: What’s in a (Burmese)
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        362 26  -  Kwan Jin Yao READERS critical of parents who enrol their children in two nurseries or kindergartens simultaneously may be quick to single out the immense pressures co-curricular activities, multiple syllabuses and homework bearing down on pre-schoolers (“1 child, 2 schools to attend”; Sunday).
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        273 26  -  Alvin Hang Director, Corporate Communications Relations Singapore Sports Council WE THANK Ms Sarah Chew (“Aspiring gymnasts need help to make dreams come true”; June 26) and Ms Lim Tsiao Hui (“Don’t let sporting dreams remain as dreams”; Forum Online, June 29).
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          75 26  -  Chee Chi Weng MCDONALD’S was right to stop accepting payment via ez-link cards (“Businesses slow to exploit new technology” by Mr Anthony Prakasam; last Saturday). When ez-link cards used to be accepted, parents worried that their children would frequent the fast-food outlets and deplete the
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          106 26  -  Anthony Lu ON MONDAY morning, I witnessed an accident at the junction of Bedok North Road and Bedok North Avenue 1. A woman and two young children were knocked down by a van while crossing Bedok North Avenue 1. The lights were in their favour, though they
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        356 27  -  Dr V. Subramaniam PROFESSOR David Chan (“Five Cs to manage integration”; June 16) uses the term “Singaporeans”, which is vital to integration efforts, and wisely eschews words like “race” or “racial” when referring to the ethnic communities. British Singapore constructed cultural differences based on the
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        261 27  -  Jimmy Koh I AM not surprised that the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) discovered a poor standard of financial advice by insurance advisers when it conducted a mystery shopping survey (“Findings of MAS financial advice survey ‘disturbing’”; last Saturday). The finding is unsurprising because
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        150 27  -  Ang Kok Chye WHILE consumers may be deterred from taking up insurance policies because of having to pay an upfront fee for advice, consumer education can help alleviate this situation (“Fee-based model ‘may leave more underinsured’”; July 3). In the long term, I hope consumers
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        166 27  -  K. Kesavapany President Singapore Indian Association I COMPLIMENT Mr Tarun Das on his succinct account of the current state of India-Singapore relations (“Why India needs to take S’pore seriously”; Monday). It is indeed one of the healthiest relationships in this part of the world. I
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      779 1  -  Soldiers’ food will be tweaked to provide low-fat, high-energy meals By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S soldiers will be served healthier combat rations to keep them trim and fighting fit in a move likely to take place next year. The change will result
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      810 2  -  Reforms ensure more nuanced stand, while keeping tough stance NEWS ANALYSIS By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg WHEN the law on the mandatory death penalty is changed later this year, few hardcore criminals are expected to escape the hangman’s noose. Under the proposed reforms
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      91 2 A cement mixer and a silver Mitsubishi Lancer were involved in a T-bone or side collision yesterday at the junction of Punggol Road and Punggol Drive. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it received a call for assistance at 4.02pm, and an ambulance arrived
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      156 2  -  CHIA YAN MIN AS A result of a road accident at age 11, student Kelvin Goh walks with a limp and has limited vision in the right eye. But that has not deterred the 21-year-old from signing up for a challenge on Aug 26 that
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      581 3  -  225 held last year, even as total number of new abusers nabbed drops 17% By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE number of arrests of new drug abusers aged below 20 increased sharply last year from 2010, rising to 225 from 155. In
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      572 3  -  By BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg CIVIL society groups and human rights activists yesterday welcomed the Government’s proposal to remove the mandatory death penalty for some cases of murder and drug offences. They called the move a progressive and forward-looking development, but most still wanted
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        594 4  -  DPM Teo didn’t dismiss suggestion of paid parental leave for both parents By PHUA MEI PIN mpphua@sph.com.sg DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday indicated that the Government was open to ideas to get fathers more involved in parenting which
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        795 4  -  FROM THE GALLERY By JEREMY AU YONG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT jeremyau@sph.com.sg EVEN before the suggestion left her lips, Non-Constituency MP Lina Chiam knew that it was a radical one. “I’d like to ask a very controversial question,” she said when Deputy Prime Minister Teo
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        267 4  -  By DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is tightening the process for the granting of patents and opening the door for foreign -qualified patent specialists to do work here. These were among changes made to two laws yesterday, in a move to further attract foreign in- vestment
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        422 4 ON THE AGENDA The second day of this week’s Parliament sitting was dominated by a ministerial statement on the Government’s response to the Committee of Inquiry (COI) report released last week on the December MRT breakdowns. The highlights: Sharing the blame Transport Minister Lui Tuck
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        674 5  -  It will supervise SMRT more closely and strengthen regulatory process GOVT’S RESPONSE TO THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY REPORT By MARIA ALMENOAR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT mariaa@sph.com.sg THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) will supervise SMRT more closely and strengthen the way it regulates train operators. Among other
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        754 5  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg FOURTEEN MPs rose to ask Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew about issues related to the Government’s response to the Committee of Inquiry report. Here is a summary of the exchange: Who polices the regulator Nominated MP Eugene Tan asked
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        379 5  -  ROYSTON SIM THE costs of improving the reliability of the train network will not be passed on to commuters, Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew promised yesterday, as he addressed MPs’ concerns over this issue. He also told the House that he will ask the
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        462 5  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg FORMER SMRT chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa got it wrong when she said the operator could not rope in help from agencies such as the police and Singapore Civil Defence Force in a major rail incident. Transport Minister Lui
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        424 6  -  Ministry explains that Housing Board generally incurs loss on BTO projects By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg FLAT-BUYERS receive subsidies that are bigger than they seem at first glance, said the National Development Ministry (MND). This is because the Housing Board generally makes a loss
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        328 6  -  DARYL CHIN THE National Development Ministry is confident that the construction industry can deliver on the large infusion of HDB flats promised in the coming years without compromising on quality. It said the industry should have enough capacity to meet all construction
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        376 6  -  PHUA MEI PIN A POLICE investigation officer who handled a case in which two expatriates charged with assault jumped bail has been charged with neglect of duty. This was disclosed in Parliament yesterday by Second Minister for Home Affairs S. Iswaran, who,
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        503 6  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN tohyc@sph.com.sg ONE in three job-seekers who found employment through job centres last year was 50 years old or older, Minister of State for Manpower Tan Chuan-Jin said yesterday as he outlined continuing efforts to help older workers.
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          93 6 THE Government is looking into tightening the rules on tour guides so that the Singapore Tourism Board will have more clout to clamp down on unlicensed activities. Mr S. Iswaran, Second Minister for Trade and Industry, said the current regulatory framework has some “inherent limitations”.
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          120 6 DR YAACOB Ibrahim, chairman of self-help group Mendaki, said yesterday that there will be enough money to fund the tertiary education of needy Malay students, even though more are now eligible for the aid. Dr Yaacob, who is also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, said
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          57 6 THE HDB is checking its estates to ensure large foreign-worker enclaves do not develop in them. It will consider measures, if necessary, to discourage any nationality from becoming dominant, said National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan. He noted that about 138,000 foreign workers employment-pass, S-Pass and some work-permit
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          103 6 THE Government is studying stricter restrictions on the number of homes in low-density residential areas. In such areas, there is a cap on the maximum number of units to ensure “the redevelopment will be at a pace and density that the local road infrastructure
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          Lock icon Several factors in rental flat wait
          70 6 THE waiting time for a HDB rental flat is dictated by several factors such as the location, ethnic quota and type of flat. Chinese, on average, wait four months, Indians, six months and Malays, seven months, said the National Development Ministry in a written
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      720 7  -  Ex-zoo GM moves from land to marine life with ease By TAN DAWN WEI ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR dawntan@sph.com.sg FOR 18 years, Singapore Zoo stalwart Biswajit Guha tended to land creatures, but he has since moved on to taking care of sea animals.
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      466 7  -  TAN DAWN WEI THE last piece of puzzle for the $7 billion Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) will be in place by the final quarter of this year. Workers are putting the finishing touches to the integrated resort’s Marine Life Park,
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      463 8  -  Visitors can also get goodie bags, and meet Halloween ghouls and Durian Man By GOH SHI TING stgoh@sph.com.sg VISITORS to the Straits Times Appreciates Readers (Star) carnival on Sunday do not need to go hungry while enjoying top music acts like home-grown singer Tanya
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      102 9 Curious students viewing up close the wood and gold themed costumes at a preview of Floral Extravaganza, a fashion show that incorporates drama and dance. Visitors will be able to see fresh flowers like baby’s breath, orchids and even tree barks incorporated into
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      583 12  -  Baby food giant will do research to understand needs of babies in region By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg THE baby food giant Mead Johnson Nutrition has invested US$325 million (S$412 million) in a manufacturing and research facility in Tuas. The facility is expected
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      443 12  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg LONDON-BASED law firm Withers has opened an office in Singapore, as it aims to capture a share of the ever-growing pool of wealth here with its suite of services for rich families. Singapore’s increasing importance
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      724 13  -  Market abuzz as sentiment improves; price-sensitive tenants check growth By AMANDA TAN tamanda@sph.com.sg RENTS of prime industrial spaces continued to inch up in the second quarter amid better business sentiment in a sign of a generally vibrant sector. Sentiment improved despite increased fears
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      756 14  -  Shares for Asia’s largest health-care operator over-subscribed by 100 times By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg THE mega dual listing of IHH Healthcare, Asia’s largest healthcare operator, in Singapore and Malaysia looks set to be a runaway success. The shares on offer have
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      185 14 Export Strategy Workshop L Date: July 16 to Aug 3 L Time: 1pm to 5pm L Venue: IE Singapore Having the right overseas strategy for a business is crucial. But surveys have found that 43 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises do not have a clear overseas
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        1058 15  -  While there are many female hairdressers, not many have risen to the very top. In the last of a four-part series on female entrepreneurs, Esther Teo talks to haircare business founder Leonica Kei, who has made her mark here. Esther Teo
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        592 15  -  Associate Professor Nitin Pangarkar Department of Strategy and Policy at NUS Business School L We have a trading company that has been around since 1998. Our turnover grew consistently until 2009, when the financial crisis took a toll. Among other things, we sell ball bearings and electronic components.
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        677 16  -  Each time the US dollar rises in value, regional markets tend to fall By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg AMID the baffling complexity of modern financial markets, one simple rule still seems to be holding when the greenback goes up, regional markets
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        235 16  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) wants to contact the controlling shareholder of embattled China Sky Chemical Fibre to break the impasse over the suspended counter. Sias president David Gerald said the investors’ lobby group has contacted China
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        418 17  -  It closes up, even as Asian bourses slip on bearish Chinese trade data BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE stocks were boosted by a late buying charge yesterday, bucking a trend in which other key regional bourses closed in the red.
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          76 17 KEPPEL Kazakhstan and its consortium partner Ersai Caspian Contractor have clinched a deal to build a jack-up rig worth US$242 million (S$308 million). Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2015, the rig will be deployed in the Caspian Sea when completed. The buyer is a unit
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          83 17 A MALAYSIAN unit of Etika International Holdings has taken up a franchise deal with US-based Cajun Global to develop and operate Texas Chicken restaurants in Malaysia and Brunei over the next 10 years with effect from next year. The fast-food outlets will serve American-styled fried chicken. Etika has
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          83 17 HH PROPERTIES’ hotels at Zhongshan Park off Balestier Road will open ahead of schedule. The 405-room Days Hotel Singapore is scheduled to open in December while the 384-room Ramada Singapore will start operating in February next year. HH, a joint venture between Hiap Hoe and SuperBowl Holdings, has
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          95 17 STI TRADING VOLUME 245.52 million shares STI UP DOWN Gainers: 28 Losers: 2 Unchanged:0 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 694.10 458.87 637.63 868.43 227.22 206.40 287.16 5.95 3.96 2.72 3.82 -0.36 1.70 3.20 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv
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          72 17 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.73 billion shares worth $1.13 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 251 Losers: 129 Unchanged: 413 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 19,396.36 8,857.73 1,829.45 2,164.438 905.7458 1,624.29 -31.73 -39.15 -6.68 -6.376 -8.46 3.98 Yesterday’s close Index
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          197 17 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 10,2012 Top Rises Jul 10 CENTS (0) Jul 10 CENTS Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 30.0 0.3 JMH 5176 IS ASIA HYG100S$D 1351 21.0 1.6 2.3 Asia Pac Brew 3469 19.0 0.6 DBXT
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          56 17 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +0R'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 173 112.5 CapMallsAsia 162 +2 3066 162
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          80 17 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 $MIL 161.5 101.5 ARA 140.5 -1 106 141.5 140
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          29 17 By Volume CENTS Vol MapletreeLog 98 168,852,000 Vol 98 168,852,000 1.9 ISliSSliOOO 118.502.000 83.003.000 79.040.000 8.4 Golden Agri 71.5 47 Metech Int W*****7 0.5 18,722,000 62;628;000 50.850.000
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          43 17 Jul 10 AgainstS$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$toone unitofforeigncurrency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$to100units offoreigncurrency: 1.2929 1.2940 1.0188 1.0189 1.2430 1.2449 0.9802 0.9795 1 5600 1.5613 1.2293 1.2294 Source: OCBC
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          34 17 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA2.15%*****1 101.7 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 100.5 -0.1 384 CapMallT2%bl***** 101 +0.3 3 CityDev NCCPS 113 -1 1 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +16 0 EuNetw cbl***** 112
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          334 17 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1261 856 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US999 +8 10 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 130 113 ABF SG Bond ETF 124.9 3860 2990 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2990 2298 1959 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ US2173 122.4 122.2 CIMB APAC Div
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      153 20 SPORTS FIXTURES HIGHLIGHTS LOTTERY L Jjl Draw No. 2760/2012 f 1VI J Monday, 9 July 2012 Group 1 Prize: $350,534 each 2 Winning Share(s) Sold at: 1) Singapore Pools Branch, Blk 147 Silat Avenue #01-24 (One QuickPick System 7 Entry) 2) 7-Eleven Store, 6 Sixth Avenue (One System 12 Entry)
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      32 21 Racecards for South Africa, Hong Kong and Europe are available at www.turfclub.com.sg 1 Turf Club Avenue, Singapore Racecourse, Singapore *****8 www.turfclub.com.sg S I N G A PORE TURF CLUB /7b tf /M)
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      356 22 REUTERS LONDON A seventh Challenge Cup secured, Roger Federer was ready for a week’s holiday on Monday before returning to London to complete what he hopes will be a unique Wimbledon-Olympic double triumph. The moment London was awarded the Games seven years ago, he tapped
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      383 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Chelsea captain John Terry took the stand in his racism trial yesterday to angrily deny that he is prejudiced or that he racially abused Anton Ferdinand during an English Premier League match on Oct 23. The England
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      244 20 LONDON Chelsea appear to have won the race to sign Oscar, the Internacional playmaker who has been dubbed the “new Kaka” in Brazil. Despite already splashing out £42 million (S$84 million) on Marko Marin and Eden Hazard, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s latest revolution shows no
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      386 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON As one Asian star footballer left Old Trafford, another has arrived to take his place. Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa yesterday left home for Manchester United, vowing to secure a starting slot when the Premier League season kicks off next month. “It is a
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      231 20 LONDON Roberto Mancini has finally agreed a new five-year contract worth almost £38 million (S$76 million) with Manchester City. It will make him the high-est-paid manager in European football after Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid. Sheikh Mansour, City’s billionaire owner, has rewarded Mancini for delivering
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      107 20 Cricket 3rd and final Test In Kandy, Sri Lanka, 3rd day: Pakistan 226 and 27-1. Sri Lanka 337. Sri Lanka lead the series 1-0. Tennis ATP Hall of Fame Championships In Newport, Rhode Island, 1st rd (selected): Nicholas Mahut (Fra) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Sui) 6-0 7-6 (7-2), Dudi Sela
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      514 21  -  Sundram blames loss on game plan that did not work By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg INJURIES, suspensions and National Service commitments finally got the better of the LionsXII last night as they crashed to a shock 1-2 loss to T-Team, just their third defeat in 13 league trips
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      485 21  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: At the age of 11, he spent his Sunday afternoons watching carpark rallies that his father helped organise. Now, almost a decade later, Amrit Mirchandani has joined the ranks of all those drivers he saw speeding around the parking lots
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      715 21  -  HORSE RACING I Written by i Michael Lee TOP jockey Opie Bosson is hoping he pulled the right rein in his bid to cracking it for a second Emirates Singapore Derby win this Sunday. Given first refusal for either Gingerbread Man or Red Beard both
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        51 21 SINGAPORE and Australia played out a goal-less draw in an Asian Football Confederation Under-22 Championship qualifier in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, yesterday. Australia captain Terry Antonis was sent off in the 42nd minute and Singapore’s Farhan Rahmat followed suit just before full-time. The Young Lions face Macau
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        64 21 REUTERS LONDON Australian Mark Webber, 35, ended speculation about a move to Ferrari yesterday by signing an extension to his Red Bull contract that keeps him alongside Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel for next season. “There were discussions with Ferrari, but my
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        77 21 JAKARTA Javier Tan and Joey Yeo gave Singapore a dream start at the Asian School Tenpin Bowling Championships yesterday when they won the boys and girls’ singles titles. Javier, 17, posted a total of 1,359 pinfalls to grab the gold, while teammate Joel Tan,
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        63 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON South Africa wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, 35, has been forced into retirement after suffering a severe eye injury during his country’s tour match against Somerset on Monday. He had been a mainstay of the South Africa side for 15 years, appearing in 147
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      200 1 Sassy, not sexy No bikinis for Myanmar girl band C3 A killer combo Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine in Bernie C4 From opera to Multiracial children’s choir takes on Liang Wern Fook C9 Singer-songwriter Tanya Chua is now ofcially Singapore’s best Chinese pop artist. She may not be as popular
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      540 2 TANYA (1999) Tanya Chua’s debut Mandopop album built upon her English debut Bored (1997). Even so, the eponymous album manages to be impressively coherent in its own right, balancing commercial dictates with a singer-song-writer’s distinctive voice. It sold more than 200,000 copies in the fiercely competitive Taiwan market.
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      890 3  -  Despite flak over their lack of looks, Me N Ma Girls from Myanmar just want to make music Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Some of their countrymen call them plain ugly. Others say they are completely unrecognisable, forgettable even, when they are apart from the group. Despite
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        461 5  -  Slick car-chase scenes in Motorway are exciting despite the sketchy storyline Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Someone has clearly been watching Drive (2011), the oh-so-cool crime thriller by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn. While the magnetic getaway driver played by Ryan Gosling was the focus of that film, Motorway takes
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        558 5 Associated Press Beverly Hills, California Now that Christopher Nolan is done with his epic Batman trilogy, the film-maker has quashed speculation that he might be involved in a Justice League movie featuring the Dark Knight. Writer-director Nolan said his take on Batman wraps up
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        469 8/9  -  A ridiculous plot and a rehash of themes make this fourth instalment one sequel too many Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Review Family Animation ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (G) 96 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano) gets separated from his mate Ellie (Queen
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        450 8/9 Associated Press Philadelphia The kids from Riverdale are no strangers to high school angst, worries about fitting in, or music. Neither are the teens from Glee. Now, Archie, Betty, Veronica and resident boy genius Dilton Doiley will match wits and maybe a vocal
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        107 8/9 SINGAPORE 1. (1) The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3. Painted Skin: The Resurrection 4. (2) Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 5. (3) The Dictator 6. (6) Prometheus 7. (4) Sadako 3-D 8. (5) How I Spent My Summer Vacation 9. (7) Snow White And
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        629 8/9  -  SLO Children’s Choir performs Singapore folk songs for the first time Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg The Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) Children’s Choir has sung in French, German and even Elvish, as made up by J.R.R. Tolkien, but its child performers now face their greatest challenge pronouncing words
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        879 8/9 New York Times Buranovo, Russia For years, Buranovo was a dying village, one of many in the Russian countryside left behind by an oil-driven boom that revitalised drab Soviet cities and drew the young away from the farms that had sustained their parents. In
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      793 10  -  Songwriter Paul Lee will perform drama tunes with his friend and idol, Maggie Theng Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg When renowned songwriters Paul Lee Wai Shiong and Peter Lee Shih Shiong first started writing theme songs for local television productions, they were still uniform-wearing secondary school students.
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      734 11 No green bile or head-spinning as in the original horror film, but the stage version plays to audiences going in scared Associated Press New York Times Los Angeles Forget the movie. This Exorcist is turning heads by not turning heads. “We’re not going to throw up
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      756 12 Louis Vuitton is the latest designer to open a jewellery store at Paris’ elegant Place Vendome International Herald Tribune Paris Under the rafters, the jewellery workers have a bird’s-eye view through small windows of Place Vendome, that noble Parisian square with Napoleon on his thin plinth
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        496 14 Associated Press Agence France-Presse Reuters New York Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reached a settlement on Monday, legally sorting out their divorce with the same speed that kicked off their much-scrutinised romance seven years ago. Just as Hollywood was settling in for what was expected
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        271 14 New York Times New York Celebrities including Meryl Streep, Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks (right), Mike Nichols and Rosie O’Donnell were among about 800 people who attended Monday’s memorial for writer and film-maker Nora Ephron, who died on June 26 at age 71. And, of course, there
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          51 14 Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman will be in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, part two of the futuristic adventure series, said Lionsgate Films. He will play Plutarch Heavensbee, the new head game-maker overseeing the televised fight to the death staged by a repressive government in post-apocalyptic North
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          40 14 Producers of The Social Network (2010) Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti will reteam to produce the film adaptation of E.L. James’ best-selling erotic trilogy Fifty Shades Of Grey, said Universal Pictures and Focus Features.
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          37 14 NBC’s The Voice is teaming a crooner and a country singer for its new season. Michael Buble will advise coach Blake Shelton’s team of contestants when the singing contest returns in September.
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      636 6  -  Colourful gemstones and spectacularly cut diamonds are the highlights of the annual jewellery festival by karen karen teng MORE than US$100 million (S$126 million) worth of jewellery will be on display and sale during the eighth Singapore International Jewellery Show, which begins its four-day run from
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      296 6 Spend at least $500 in a single receipt on the same day during the Singapore International Jewellery Show 2012 to take part in: SURE-WIN DIP Prizes are sponsored by over 30 brands such as Ming Kee Jade, Singa Gold, and Li-Hong Jade Craft Design. DAILY DRAW WITH
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      430 6 w SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY SHOW 2012 8th International Jewellery, Gems, Accessories ft Lifestyle Exhibition Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Halls A B 12th -15th July 2012 Opening Hours 12 July 1pm 8pm 13-14 July 11am 8pm 15 July 11am 7pm FOR TRADE PUBLIC FREE ADMISSION For security reasons, please bring your
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        642 2  -  Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com.sg All eyes were on Apple, Microsoft and Google last month, when the three titans announced new hardware, as well as updated software for their mobile operating systems. I could sing the praises of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, or talk
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          88 3 Advertising agency BBR Saatchi Saatchi Israel is looking for a programmer and the firm is conducting its interviews not in an office or hotel but inside the popular Blizzard game, Diablo III, news site DesignTaxi reported. The chief executive officer of the agency, Mr
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          98 3 Apple has asked for its products to be pulled from the listing of a major eco-friendly certifying agency, tech website Ars Technica reported. The national registry of desktops, notebooks and displays EPEAT (Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool) is one of the largest green
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          79 3 Electronics parts maker Nihon Dengyo Kosaku and Volvo Technology Japan, the research branch of the carmaker, have succeeded in wirelessly transmitting more than 10kW of electricity over a distance of more than 4m. The Japanese news portal Tech-On! reported that the power was pumped out as
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          82 3 Struggling BlackBerry maker RIM will need to spend up to US$1 billion (S$1.27 billion) to make sure its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system (OS) makes it into consumers’ hands, the tech website AfterDawn reported. Some analysts believe that RIM may need to spend
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          126 3 The British government said it now believes that United Kingdom’s Internet infrastructure will be able to cope with the demand generated during the Olympic Games, the BBC reported. It had earlier told businesses to be prepared in case Internet service providers
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          77 3 After several defeats in court that have led to a ban on the sales of some of its products, Samsung finally got a favourable judgment when the High Court of England and Wales ruled that the Galaxy Tab did
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          70 3  -  Compiled by Tan Chong Yaw Yahoo and Facebook announced last Friday that they have settled a patent dispute with a deal that analysts said would likely be good for both sides, reported the tech site Computerworld. Yahoo had sued Facebook in March for infringing
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        491 4  -  Thanks to state-of-the-art 3-D technology, you would think Spidey is really swinging across New York in the new film. SHERWIN LOH reports SHERWIN LOH sherwinl@sph. com. sg The men behind the camera and mask for The Amazing Spider-Man may be different, but one thing
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        542 4 The new technology will be introduced in December and is expected to be used in the English Premier League too Associated Press Football finally embraced goal-line technology last Thursday as Fifa’s lawmaking panel approved two systems for use in matches. Fifa
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        622 6  -  With tablet sales projected to rise, more are adding iPads and Android tablets to their gaming platforms as they see an opportunity for profit Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com. sg The big names in video games are making their way to touchscreen tablets. Mass Effect, Assassin’s Creed,
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        Lock icon 1 Ascension: Chronicle Of The Godslayer
        197 8  -  By Oo Gin Lee 1Ascension: Paying almost $5 for this game was a painful experience because it made me think hard about the $60 I had forked out a few months back for a physical copy of the game. It is an exact replica
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        215 8  -  By Trevor Tan 3Civilization The turn-based strategy game, Civilization, makes it way into the tablet realm in the form of Revolution. You start a new game by playing a scenario or selecting a random map. In scenario mode, you must follow specific guidelines and achieve certain objectives.
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        208 8  -  By Oo Gin Lee 2Assassin’s The aim of the game is to take out your opponent but with cards, not your blade sword. hidden blade or sword. Recollection marks French gaming giant Ubisoft’s foray into the strategy card-game genre. In the single-player campaign, you build a
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        222 8  -  By Sherwin Loh 4Final When it comes to role-playing games, it is hard to top the Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy III was launched in 1990, and given a 3-D remake in 2006. This is the version you will find on smartphones and tablets. Considerable effort
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        209 10/11  -  By Seow Tein Hee 5Grand Live vicariously on the streets of Liberty City with Grand Theft Auto III. The iOS version retains all the gameplay elements of its Sony PlayStation 2 heritage, including fist fights and unloading bullets at rival gangs and law enforcement agents.
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        234 10/11  -  By Sherwin Loh 8Max The problem with action games on touchscreen devices is that a physical controller works a lot better, especially if the game requires slick moves and quick responses. Having a physical toggle stick or button to press means you can play on reflex
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        233 10/11  -  By Oo Gin Lee 6Magic Magic 2013 is the third version of Magic The Gathering: Duels Of The Planeswalker series and the first making an appearance on the iPad. I have bought and played every single version and every expansion pack from the start of the series.
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        183 10/11  -  By Seow Tein Hee 9Mirror’s The iOS version of Mirror’s Edge takes a side-scroller approach instead of the original first-person perspective, though the characters and environment are still presented in a 3-D polygon style. The view might have changed, but the gameplay remains faithful to the original.
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        203 10/11  -  By Trevor Tan 7Mass You are Randall Ezno, a top agent with the secret pro-human organisation known as Cerberus. The graphics of this game, which was released with Mass Effect 3, look great on the Retina display of the new iPad. The Mass Effect feel and
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        192 10/11  -  By Trevor Tan 10Need Need For Speed is one of the most successful racing game series, with several iterations for the iPad. The latest is Shift 2 Unleashed. You drive via a cockpit view. It does feel as if you are driving a
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        1018 12  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph. com. sg This is a heavyweight camera in every sense of the word. It starts at 1.53kg. Or slightly more than the slightly weight of four cans of beer. Throw in the battery and it weighs in at 1.7kg. Add a photographer’s favourite
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        352 14  -  Samsung’s update of its underrated EX1 prosumer compact launched in 2010 checks every box on a photographer’s wish list, and then some. Yet, it has managed to stay pint-sized. TAN CHONG YAW checks out a pre-production unit □LI EXCLUSIVE: i TAN
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        503 15  -  By Alfred Siew The writer is a freelance writer So small that it could fit inside some evening bags, this Giada Mini PC lives up to the mini in its name. Under its plastic cover is an Intel Core i5-2467M central processing unit (CPU), 4GB memory,
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        263 16  -  AARON TAN gets his hands on a prototype of Toshiba’s upcoming ultrabook, which offers a unique widescreen display AARON TAN Aaron Tan is an infocomm professional Display The 14.4-inch cinematic display with an aspect ratio of 21:9 is unique. Its 1,792 x 768 pixel screen
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        467 16  -  By Aaron Tan If good looks are not enough to make you shell out for this stunning Samsung monitor, its speedy visuals may be the clincher. Perched on a hinge roughly 15cm wide, the monitor is a demonstration of Samsung’s well-honed design sense across its portfolio of
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        450 17  -  SINGAPORE By Tan Chong Yaw cytan@sph. com. sg App: RPS Mutants Why it’s cool: A childhood game is updated and cranked up to a frenetic pace with surprises thrown in Price: Free, from the Apple App Store The traditional children’s game scissors, paper, stone gets an update
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        446 20  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph. com. sg The new Spider-Man movie took its cues from the previous films, added fun elements from the current spate of superhero flicks, and spun out something new for fans. The new Spider-Man game tries to do the same, but doesn’t fare as
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        415 21  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg The inexorable procession of Lego games hitting the shelves left me quite jaded. I declared that the titles, which covered Harry Potter and Indiana Jones, were too similar in gameplay and lacked originality. I mean, how many times can you
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        497 18  -  By Seow Tein Hee teinhee@sph. com. sg Think of the Sony Xperia U as a scaled-down version of Sony Mobile’s flagship model, the Sony Xperia S. This compact Android smartphone retains the signature angular look of Sony’s recent Xperia smartphones, but comes with a smaller 3.5-inch display.
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        447 18  -  By Seow Tein Hee Balancing design or performance with affordability is no easy task. The LG Optimus L5 is affordable but comes up short on design and performance. Design-wise, it is no head-turner. Blame that on its boxy rectangular appearance and the lack of curves. The build
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        899 22  -  TREVOR TAN details the cutting-edge technology which Getty Images will make use of to document the London Games TREVOR TAN trevtan@sph.com.sg For the first time at the Olympic Games, photos will be shot in 3-D. Getty Images, the official photo agency
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        605 23  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com. sg Since my school days, I have worn many football boots of different brands during my amateur football career. But the last two pairs of boots I’ve bought have been from Adidas’ Predator series. This is partly because they are what Steven
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        472 23  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg I never saw the need for a waterproof case for my smartphone, much less such a pricey one, until I ended up all but drowned in the rain. It wasn’t just any drizzle but a massive downpour which soaked
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        604 24  -  By Tan Chong Yaw cytan @sph. com.sg Although it looks like a consumer printer, this latest monochrome laser printer from Canon is meant for the workplace. This means it is pricier but more reliable and faster, and with fewer functions. This is a printer, not an all-in-one
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        652 25  -  Upcoming Newstead speciality store caters to all mobile platforms. SEOWTEIN HEE reports SEOW TEIN HEE teinhee@sph.com.sg Tech retailer Newstead is launching its first mobile accessories store which caters to all mobile phone users. Currently, it has 11 Nubox stores which carry accessories for
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        120 25 Dress IT, Perk IT and Style IT Smartphone and tablet cases for all mobile operating systems will be showcased in these three zones. Customers can expect tablet cases, such as the Incase Book Jacket 360 (right) for the new iPad, priced at $109. Link IT Products
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        105 26 Sony Xperia $388 (without contract) Sony Mobile has added another affordable Android smartphone to its Xperia line-up with the Neo L. At 131.5g and 12.2mm thick, the Neo L might not be the slimmest or lightest smartphone, but it does have Sony’s signature stylish sleekness
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        81 26 What can you do with the Samsung Galaxy Beam’s 15-lumen pico projector? Beam a movie from the Google Android 2.3 smartphone to a blank wall and view it as if it were projected on a 50-inch screen. Storage space is not an issue it
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        108 26  -  Compiled by Seow Tein Hee $699 Fill your house with the sound of music. Plug your iPhone, iPod or iPad into the front USB input and let the music flow from your mobile device through this AV receiver. You can also stream music wirelessly
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        Lock icon CAMERA LENS Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
        65 26 $1,699 With its 18-300mm range, this Nikon lens can capture wide-angle shots and images of far-off subjects. At 300mm focal length, the lens is capable of aperture speeds of f/5.6. Autofocusing is quiet, while the lens’ vibration-reduction feature ensures that
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        747 27  -  By Seow Tein Hee Cheng Shun Ling has so much to say about wildlife conservation that she decided to make a career of it and quit her job as creative director of a social media marketing company. If a picture paints a thousand words, her nature
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      296 5 2007 BMW 523I Grey. 1owner. PML maintained. Accident free. A1 cond. Low mileage. Only $85.8K. Loan/Trade-in. 6299-2338 02/’08 335I CONVERTIBLE. 1 owner. OMV $79.8K. Maintained by PML. Done *****km, accident free. Ask $168K. Call *****234 11/2010 BMW X1 18i. Low km. Full agt maintained. $155.8K. Mthly $1837. Full loan. Daphny
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      519 5 11/05 BMW 320I. Black. OMV $40k. High Trade In. $53,800. *****868 Tan 07/’08 BMW 320I XL. White On Black. Full Agt Svc. Tip Top Cond. *****868 Tan 10/08 525I XL 2.5A 218Bhp Black 17" s/rims, Low km 9697 2434 6472 7757 6/’05 645CI CONVERTIBLE. OMV $102K. 80km. New tax, s/rims
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      302 5 3 UNITS! OPTRA 1.6AT. ’06, ’07 ’09 Models. 1 owner. Low KM.$29.8K. *****320 3/’09 AVEO5 1.4M. Showrm cond, free leather seat, rim alarm, $40.8K. *****320 06/’05 AVEO-5 1.4M. Tip Top cond Mthly $538. Normal Plate. *****868 1 OWNER MID 06 Aveo 5. HatchBack Auto. Done 24k F/loan. By appt *****229
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      351 6 10/’07 FIAT PANDA 1.3A Silver, High OMV $13,249. Accident free Well-kept Interior. Mthly $537. Depreciation $4.4K only *****313 8/’06 PUNTO 1.4M 3-dr. 6 airbags, 5-star Euro safety rating. Accident free. Dr step viewing. 9794-6809 GRANDE PUNTO 03/08. 5 DR 1.4A snow white 1 owner must view *****696 PUNTO GRANDE 04/08.
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      273 6 WOW! GV 1.99% full inhse loan g’teed. ’07 Stream x $728 mthly only. A1 cond. No payslip/ cash required. Call *****670 JC 10/11 FIT 1.3GF A (OPC) Black 1 owner.5k km only Accident free. $68.8K. 100% Loan 1.88% int. Trade-in avail. 6299-2338 8/09 FREED 1.5A G Black DVD Player/Power Door/
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      285 6 4/’08 ACCORD 2.0A. 1 owner. Well kept. Low mileage. $*****. Full loan mthly $1009. Daphny *****530 3/’09 ACCORD 2.0A. 2 owners. Low km. Well maintained. $89,800 neg. Full loan avail. Liam *****010 8/’06 ODYSSEY 2.4A Absolute. Well kept. 2 owners. $*****. Full loan mthly $985. Daphny *****530 FIT $89.8K MTHLY
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      398 6 *PROMO! $200 VOUCHERS ’08 Fit silver SR 1.3A, 1 owner, low km $56k Stock cond. Call *****361 ’07 STREAM PEARL white, Full bodykit. Low KM. Japan DVD player, Ask $56k! $200 vouchers. *****111 07/2008 HONDA ACCORD. 2.0A. Beige. Maintained by Kah Motor. 1 owner. Asking $79.8K Call Ben *****089 10/06
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      474 6 10/06 ACCORD JDM 2.0A. High OMV/ trade-in. Tiptop. $54,800. *****868 3/07 CIVIC HYBRID 1.3A. OMV $25K. High Trade In. $55,800. *****868 Tan 3/06 CIVIC 1.8M Pearl White OMV $19K Trade In $44.8K. Tan *****868 1 OWNER 9/’08 Fit 1.3GA. Pearl white. 100% A1. Low km. OMV $11.9k *****387 1 OWNER
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      1168 6 Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Hyundai for Sale Results of July 2012 1st Open Bidding Exercise For COE MATS COE results for the last six months* (January June 2012) ‘This table will be updated monthly. $1 DRIVEAWAY! END ’06 Avante 1.6A! Agt Maintained, High Loan/ Trade
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      508 6 2012 LOTUS EVORA 3.5M Done 3000 Km only. 3yrs warrranty. High trade-in. 6452-5535. Tan Wei Auto 11/11 ELISE CR 1.6MT. 1 Owner. 1,300km. Agt warranty. Motorway 6468-2200 AUG ’09 QUATTRO Porte S. White/ Cream leather 12,000km. Call 9111-9650 4/’08 GRANTURISMO 4.2 Auto. Silver. 1 owner. Mint condition. Call 9692 7026
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      221 7 SIME DARBY SELECT. Merc SLK 200K. Jun 09. *****km. Black. Select Approved Inspection Warranty*. Please call 6471 0077 SIME DARBY SELECT. C180 CGI Aug 10. *****km. Beige. Select Approved Inspection Warranty*. Call 6471 0077. 2/08 E230 AVANTGARDE Grey OMV $55K 1 owner C&C maintained. Done only *****Km. Tip-top cond. $116.8K.
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      266 7 ***COUPE AMG SPORTS Package, panoramic roof, memory seats, Harmon Kardon L7. Tel 6440-8638 JAN ’09 C200 Grey On Black. Classy Executive’s Car! Fantastic Cond. 54K km. $130,800. *****625 R350 10/07 THE S class MPV for VIPs! Integrated GPS, Bluetooth, Thule rack etc. $139k neg! *****002 MERC BENZ E250 Cabriolet Fulfill
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      450 7 1 OWNER 12/07 Benz C180K AVG. Accident free. 100% loan *****667/*****822 NICE NO ’222’. 4/08 E200 Avantgarde. Black. Tip top. Accident free. 8137 6098 06/11 BENZ S350 CGI, C&C Warranty, $70K Off New Car Price Call *****531 1/’09 S600 VERY low km. Black. Pristine cond. OMV $155K. High spec *****121
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      426 7 UNIQUE END ’07 Lancer 1.5EX AT!! Customize $4k Bodykit, s/rim. High/ Loan Trade-in. Ken *****940 LOW MONTHLY! END’2006 Lancer Sport 1.6M. 100% accident free Low km. $0 driveaway avail *****065 4/’07 LANCER 1.6A Black. Orig cond. Well kept. Low km. Low mthly Accident free. To view 8399-7503 LANCER 1.6A GLX
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      321 7 2/07 LATIO PREMIUM 1.5A Black Leather seats, Sport Rims. Road Tax till 2013 Low mileage Accident free $40.8K. Call 6299-2338 CHEAPEST! 3/’06 NISSAN Latio 1.5A. 1 owner Silver. Reasonable mileage done. OMV $16K. Accident free Ask $35K. Call 9070-2458 CHEAPEST IN THE Mkt! 10/’08 Teana 2.5A V6. Keyless entry OMV
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      423 7 6/06 MURANO 2.5A .1 owner, GPS, Full agt service Accident free *****186 11/08 LATIO 1.5A Premium. New Facelift. Low mileage $56,800. *****868 Tan OFFER $23.8K NETT! 8/’05 Sunny 1.6A. 1 owner. OMV $12.9K. A1 cond *****387 9/09 SYLPHY 1.5A F/loan Done 20k km w/ warranty Accident free. *****431 3/07 CEFIRO
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      395 7 5/’07 CAYMAN TIPTRONIC. Stuttgart unit, low km, lovingly cared for, tip top. Upgraded 20" Rims Sports Exhaust. A Real Head-Turn er! 9654-1218/ 6465-4468 ORSCHE BOXSTER S ED 2 May 2009 White. 9,300km For enquiries, please call PPSL 1800-*****77 P ORSCHE CAYENNE S HYBRID Sep 2010 Black. 20,300km For enquiries, please
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      369 7 ’08 R1 (OPC) Black, cheapest. 1 lady owner, stock cond $26.8k. Free $200 vouchers. Call *****622 FINANCE INTEREST 1.5% subsidize $1000 insurance! ’2008 Forester 2.5 Turbo. Call hp *****045 3/06 LEGACY 2.0A Sporty Black. High Trade In. Good Cond. $41,800. *****868 07/’2010 LEGACY 2.5GT Wagon black, COE $***** No agt.
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      436 7 06/’07 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5A Red w/ sporty bodykits. $0 driveaway. High trade-in. Call/ SMS Now! *****571 ’07 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.6 Super low km. Nice colour Don’t miss! Grab now 8288 9797 11/’2008 SWIFT 1.2A. Black. 1 owner. *****km only No accident. Cheap! *****241 12/’06 VITARA 2.0A. White. Accident free, No
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      264 7 CLEARANCE SALE $29k Sept ’05 Altis, $12k cashback 70k km done only, 1 owner 9115 2539 10/’07 CAMRY 2.4A Silver. 1 owner. Svc/ maintained by Borneo Motor. Low km. Showrm cond. 8101-4721 2/’07 TOYOTA MARK-X 2.5A. Blue. High OMV. Full bodykit. High trade-in. Accident free. 9070-2458 CHEAPEST IN TOWN! 1/’08
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      492 8 12/’05 CROWN SILVER. 1 owner. OMV $59.2K. Well kept. $7K depreciation per yr. Ask $65.8K. *****381 12/’06 RACTIS 1.3A OPC. Fuel saver. CVT transmission. F/bodykit. DVD. New leather seat. 9794 -6809 08/’07 MARK X 6-speed V6 engine. 1 owner. Low Km. Electric seat. Full bodykit. High OMV/COE. *****809 SELLING BELOW
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      414 8 07 FORTUNER Accident free. 100% inhouse loan. $65.8K.Owner 8138-0800 4/’08 ALPHARD 2.4A MPV. 1 owner, tax 4/’13. Accident free. $120.9K. *****922 2/’08 MARK X Zio 2.4A. White. Well kept. Accident free. $83,999. *****922 1 OWNER ’09 Camry 2.0A. Fty GPS, new tax, warranty *****886/ *****822 ’92 COROLLA 1.3M For sale
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      292 8 12/10 GOLF 1.4A TSI. White 3 years VGS warranty 1owner. Accident free. A1 condition. 100% loan 1.88% $108.8K.6299-2338 BEAUTIFUL RED GOLF GTi 2.0A Apr ’07 Stock A1 cond. Accident free. Low km. No regrets! *****030. 8/’2010 VW SCIROCCO 1.4 A. Warranty maintained by Agt. $*****0 neg. Full loan avail. Liam
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      413 8 MAR 09 V70 2.5T Estate. Full svc record. Tip top cond. Grey w/Black Interior. Ask $115k. Call *****118 12/2009, XC60 3L electric silver. Only 9600 kms! Superb cond. Under warranty Direct owner. 8180-8789 SELLING BELOW Cost Jan ’06 S40 T5 2.5 Auto Silver. Low Mthly $869 Hua Yang Credit *****993
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      758 8 Vehicles for Hire Vehicles for Hire Of Think One Leasing Brand New Perfect Van for Rental Ben Ang 9848 0055 Alice Aw *****488 Mable Xiao 8288 1050 HDB season parking S$65/mth Huge storage area G-Plate registration P-Plate registration GVP-Plate registration Pte-Plate registration PRIME SECTION CAR RENTAL B/NEW Honda Airwave 1.5
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      210 8 Other Commercial fffl Other Commercial fWS Other Commercial Other Commercial Hff Vehicles for Sale Up Vehicles for Sale dfef Vehicles for Sale Vehicles for Sale first in the world 3D SCROLL COMPRESSOR ECO-FRIENDLY ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH PERFORMANCE JIC First in the Industry, latest model 2-Compartment Multi-System Dual Temp Control Flexible
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      402 8 WANTED! ALL MODELS, pte commercial. Immed high *****905/ *****789 USED CAR, LORRY Van wanted. Highest offer above $2K. Call *****022 USED CARS WANTED! All makes models Best Cash deal. Call 9665 6068 EDMUND 9838-7645 TO Confirm the Highest Value for your car. No Regrets. USED CAR WANTED. Best offer. Cash
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      415 8 23/04/1996 COE 31/3/2016 Mitsubishi FV 415J. Tipper dumper truck. *****023 5/’94 TOYOTA DYNA 150D. COE 4/2014. Good cond. Good price. Call *****918 09/’04 NISSAN CABSTAR lorry hood. Good cond. Low COE. $neg. *****926 10/’96 FUSO FV415 24ft, 26 tons. Crane 15 tons. COE 9/’2016. 9660-1900 Chua 07/’05 KIA 2700 with
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      407 8 8/05 OPEL COMBO 1.7 COE till ’17. Newly clutch servicing. S/rims, rear glass. Low mileage. 9023-3393 DEC 05 FIAT Doblo 1.3 $17,800 Oct 06 Peugeot Partner 1.6 $20,800. A1 Cond. View *****018 TOYOTA HIACE H/ Roof 3.0 from Japan. 3yrs warranty avail in G/P/CB Plate. Fr $60,800. Call 6555 3300
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      499 9 New Sentosa Villa for Sale! Stunning golf course views Newly furnished with bespoke designer furniture Sculptures exclusively by Kumari Nahappan 7,300/7,000sqft 5+1 large spacious rooms Price: $17mm Full commission payable Owner 8699-9947 1) Faber Terr Semi-D $5.xM 5600/6500sqft,8+1 Big gdn. 2)Faber Ave Semi-D 4200sf $5.05M. 2 mins Nan Hua Pri.
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      858 9 D15-16 East Coast Houses for Sale D15-16 East Coast Houses for Sale DISTRICT 15 FREEHOLD ROSEBURN AVE BRAND NEW 2Vi Storey Bungalow rms ensuite family +1 LiftT Roof. GdrH-_CCTV High End Fittings •kFully fitted wet and dry kitchens with top quality appliances Built-in wardrobes in all bedrooms ,660/9,804 sqftl 24m
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      1172 9 CDL NEW LAUNCH S’goon CDL NEW LAUNCH S’goon 97 terrs. Chomp Chomp. 5rms. 2-sty Basement. VVIP discount. *****924 **ERA CHEONG 9837-9888 2-sty Terr Clover Rise. F’hold. 1802/2100 sqft. 4+1 Designer decor. 600m Mrt. Joel Li 9791 5522 S’GOON GDNS TERR, 1800/ 1400 sqft, concept home. Selling with tenancy. Best Investment
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      555 9 Marina Bay Suites Magnificent views of the Bay Facilities, Sky Garden Pte Lift Life style living at its best 3 Bedroom/4 Bedroom/ 4 Family 1,625sqft/ 2,056sqft/ 2,680sqft Attractive fee, Agents welcome! Units with Panoramic views released! Mabel Tan: 9699 9767 (CEA Reg No: R*****7B) DTZ Debenham Tie Leung (SEA) Pte
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      355 9 SCOTTS SQUARE Direct fr developer! μ Freehold μ 1 bdrm 624/635sf μ Choice units avail! μ Heart of Orchard! For enquiries/appt: Pauline Sng 9070 1107 Savills Residential CEA No: R*****5E Agy Lic: L*****87F Brand new Fhold D.10 Ferrell Residences TOP obtained. 34luxurious-3+1: 1841 sqft penthse 4 rms :5608 sqft Newton/
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      410 9 Ifll D09-10 Orchard/ H D09-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Tanglin/Holland Pte Apts for Sale Pte Apts for Sale Brand New Freehold DIO Ferrell Residences TOP Obtained 34 exclusive luxurious units -3 1 -1841 sqft !> Penthouse 4 bdrm 5608sqft Newton and Steven MRT Wlffli/fc oppACSand SCGS Estee Liu Li Ying 9188
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      445 9 MKZ MACKENZIE 2-bdrm fr $960K. Beside Istana. Good rental yield. Walk to MRT. Mavarick *****337 THE MKZ (F’HOLD). Live beside Istana, 2 bdrms fr $9XXK. Less than 400m to MRT. Sylvia *****888 FERRELL RESIDENCES Just TOP! F’hold. 1841 sqft 3+1 study. Unblock view. Windy bright. Near ACS SCGS FORD AT
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      3074 10 AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale Ang Mo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale Ang Mo KioHDB Apts for Sale Ang Mo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB Apts for Sale AngMo KioHDB
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      473 10 NEW LIST! 4-RM Blk 404. Fajar, High flr. Bright, Windy. Renovated. Serious Seller. Ong TL *****377 3’A’ BLK 148. High flr, NS facing, unblock, renovated Near to amenities. See to believe! Andy 9025-4507 4RM 627 SENJA Rd,93 sqm Bright, spacious. Face NS. Low flr. Near Future MRT/ Eateries. Isabel *****984
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      408 10 4’A’ CORNER 419. 114 sqm. High floor, All races. Reno. Near MRT/shpg/Downtown East. Ken 9638-8929 LV BLK 776 4’A’. 410 sqm. Well kept. Amenities. Val $410K Call Joe 9116 0001 now! 3-RM CHANGI VILLAGE well reno, spacious, lift level, resort living *****889 agt 4’A’ BLK 295 Rare! High flr, reno,
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      642 11 4’A’ TAMPINES 503. Rare! Near interchange/ MRT. Spacious, simple. All races. Value $485K. Call for appt 4’S’ BLK 459 #09 Simple. Val: $404K. Lift upgraded, Can contra, all races. Call Angela (CBRE) *****360 EA CORNER 335. F/reno. Schs/ shops. Val $608K $neg. Ahmad 9455-2894 5’I’ CORNER BLK 496C Tampines. High
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      456 11 SEMI-D @FABER GDN. Reno, serene, near Bishan Pk/ Thomson Plaza. $5.xK neg Immed. Evelyn 9186 2350 GOLDEN HILL VILLAS $6.5K! 3606 sqft Corner Terr 4+1 Mins MRT, Int’l Sch. Sherry 9844 4400 marshe.sg ENTOR AVE CORNER Terr 6 rm 3300/3849 sqft. Nice patio. Reno. $7.2K! Ennily 9665 3089 L JLN
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      1503 11 ©Central Houses tCtt Central Houses I Central Houses for Rent |||f for Rent |g|f forRent Black White Bungalow for Lease Cable Road Land Area 17,286 sq ft Built up Area- 10,176 sq ft Lap pool Formal/lnformal living dining areas call Surahni 6422 4269 Audry 6422 4255 Far East Organization INSPIRING
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      1014 11 D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Rent BEATS Private Apartment Rentals in Districts 1 -11 (IQ 12) The property data is obtained
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      265 11 THE ROCHESTER 1-RM furn. Mendon Spring 6+1, 2000 sqft. Students welcome. $5k Kelvin *****181 landz WESTBAY 3+1 FURN $3.6K. Citylights 1-rm 570 sqft. Sea/ Bay/ Flyer view. $4K. Tani *****368 Landz MARINA BAY Res 4+1 2368 sqft $16K high flr; 5+1 Pent -hse 3972sqft f/furn $35K; *****998 Katherina Wang VISTA
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      510 12 ICON 1119 SQFT 2+1. High flr Sea view. Bright cosy. P/ furn. F/facilities. Amenities MRT. Avail immed. Hurry! THE BANYAN CONDO 3bdrm F/furn, sea view. Immed. Near Pasir Panjang MRT. Call Bob Hum 9009 3233 WESTBAY CONDO 2 bdrm. 893 sqft. F/furn. Excellent cond/ view. $3.3K. Avail 27/7. Rarely available!
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      569 12 IRH D09-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland D09-10 Orchard/ |l Tanqlin/Holland 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Tanqlin/Holland Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent Pte Apts for Rent IRH 009-10 Orchard/ Tanqlin/ Holland IRH 009-10 Orchard/ rn Tanqlin/Holland 4. Far
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      301 12 Ardmore Pk Blk 15 $20k Ardmore Pk Blk 11 $18k Grange Res 2853 sqft $18k Grange Res 2583 sqft $16k The Grange 2293sqft $13.8k Orchard View 2530sqft $17k Cuscaden Royal 3+1 $7.5k St Regis 1507sqft 3+1 $9k Balmoral Spring 3+1 $4.8k High Pt Renovated 4+1 $8k Sky@eleven 2271sqft $10.5k The
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      418 12 Arc Draycott 1130 sqft 2 bdrms. Pool view......$5.8K Res Evelyn 1528 sqft. 3+1 High flr. Windy. MRT....$7.5K Rhapsody on Mt E. 1561 sqft 3+1. High flr. Unblock..$7.8K Rochelle 1700 sqft 3+study New. Unblocked. MRT. $7.2K The Cornwall 1044 sqft 2+1 F/furn. MRT/ malls......$5.5K Arthur Kwok 9853-1740 One Devonshire 4rm....$8.2k Cairnhill
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      853 12 Singapore’s Prime Residential Address DravCott 8 Luxurious 4-brm with private lift (2,896 2,906 ft 2 Near Orchard Road, Tanglin American Clubs Award winning clubhouse with full facilities Concierge services 24/7 maintenance hotline Leasing Enquiry Hotline 9656-5886 I 6494-3678 Jones Lang Katherina Wang LaSalle cEAReg.RMaa/oi Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants Re
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      526 12 ST MARTIN APT. 2 bdrms. Opp St Regis. Mid August. Tanglin Res 1808 sqft. 4+1. Call Sherry Tan 9735 3597 FOR GROUND FLOOR lovers The Element 2 bdrm. 1033 sqft. F/furn Designer decor End Aug. Yuen 9682 6664 RARE! TANGLIN PK 2+1 rm 1023 sqft. Low flr. Designer decor F/furn
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      612 12 RICHMOND PK 2+1, 1201sqft $5.8K, high flr/ Sutton Pl. 3400 sqft, 4+1 Aug. Face pool. *****878 Sucipto S MACKENZIE 88 1-RM $3K. Vida 1-rm 528 sqft $4.2K. The Inspira 3-rm P/furn. $6K. Gigi 9228-6169 Landz D.10 THE BELMONT 4+1 rms. 3000 sqft Near Holland V/ MRT. Avail Immed. $8K. *****998
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      712 13 D’GROVE VILLAS. NICE reno. 3+1 bdrms mais 1700 sqft. $6.5K. Pris *****292 VILLAGE TOWER 2700 sqft 4+1, New designer kitchen. $9K. MRT. *****979 Irene BALMORAL PL. 2-RM 960 sqft. P/furn, MRT. Immed. Francis Chew *****800 VERDURE HOLLAND 2+1 rm 980 sqft. P/furn. Immed. Jasmine *****230 SIXTH AVE CTR 2rm balco
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      549 13 LEONIE TOWER 3250 sqft 4+1 Reno. Greenery Quiet. $11K. DHA 9639-9969 Yeo D09 PACIFIC MANSION 2/3 rms. Furn. Spacious. Pool/ Gym. MRT. Irene *****911 MRT! RIVER VALLEY 3+1 1250sqft, greenery, quiet. amenities *****070 WWH Pandan Valley Terr 4+study 3275 sqft, with balcony, greenery view, single level, p/full furn, avail 15/8....$8K
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      591 13 4+1+1 PENTHSE HILLINGTON Green. Beautiful panoramic view. (2700 sqft) Pte lift lobby Rare! Allen *****294 MAPLEWOODS BEAUTIFULLY RENO, 3+1+ patio/ Adam Park. 3+1. Pool/ greenery. $4.3K. Jessica 9005-8313 RESIDENCES EVELYN 2+1 rms. 1141 sqft. $5.6K. Beautiful, good location. Call *****208 Audrey Phua TWO GORGEOUS BALCONIES Dairy Farm. Huge 2 bdrm.
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      648 13 MANDALAY TOWERS, 2500 sqft, 4+1 rm. P/furn. Spacious. neg. Avail Immed. Cynthia *****398 ERA BRAND NEW! THE Verve Jln Raja. 624 sqft, 1+1. Pool view. Windy. Min to MRT/ amenities. Kate *****720 CALARASI (KIM KEAT) 3+1. 1206sqft. Furn. Facilities Immed. $3.5K. Whampoa Mkt. Tricia Tan *****668 KIM KEAT HSE 3-Bdrms
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      887 14 m Ini NEW Food Facility For Lease! First ramp-up multi-user food facility in Singapore with 40-foot container access Unit sizes approx. 1,000m 2 to 5,200m 2 with attached mezzanine office Floor to floor height of 7m Dedicated loading/unloading bay Designed to comply with HACCP principles Forviewing or enquiries, Cheryl 6508
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      564 15 PRIME TRAS ST 4 x shophses ***** sqft. ($28M). Lower Delta 4-sty bldg ***** sqft ($28M). Leng Kee 6-sty bldg ***** sqft ($30M) Wcega Plaza 2600 sqft. ($3xx psf). Redhill Forum 1300 sqft ($5xx psf) LW Techno Toh Guan 1500 sqft ($4xx psf) Woodlands Northland 1650/ 3550 sqft ($2xx psf)
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      357 15 BUGIS VILLAGE WILKIE EDGE Retail: 320 635 sq ft GTO-based Rental Near Dhoby Ghaut MRT Stn Call: 6826 5847 861 GOLDEN SHOE CAR PARK Retail: 1,302/1,464/ 1,496 sq ft Near Bugis MRT Stn Call: 6826 5845 Retail: 1,023 sq ft Near Raffles Place MRT Stn Call: 6826 5761 THE PLAZA
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      480 20 Expanding childcare group In Jurong West requires 1. CPT English Teacher 2. DPT English Teacher 3. Fundamental Teacher Passionate, committed, mature responsible S’porean/ PR only Call *****127 Kent Ridge Tutors A pioneer and leading education chain with multi-million revenue and hundreds of thousands students since 1988 seeks Teaching Partners/ Tutors
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      127 20 SALES PERSONNEL *Experience EA with CEI cert *Construction background preferred *Own vehicle preferred *Able to handle Mandarin speaking clients. S’porean/ PR only 6853-5885 for interview LABOUR RESOURCES P/L (Lic no. 08C5105) Renovation firm requires SALES CUM PROJECT COORDINATOR *High commission (60% profit for experienced applicants) *Hardworking self-driven *S’poreans/ PR/ M’sians
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      526 21 NOVENA SALES Position and Personal Trainers position available. Basic Salary Com. S’porean SPR Only. Call Andrew *****263 A GREAT SALES Career! Seeking self-driven Sales Exec. (Major telco). $1.6K above.All training provided Singaporeans PRs only. Contact *****374 NOW CARTIMES AUTOMOBILE (UBI) requires experienced Sales Advisor for New Pre-Owned cars. Very high
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      361 21 Shoes Co. requires SALES PROMOTER (Departmental Store) Full/ Part-time Basic Commission Shift work S’porean/ M’sian Start work immediately Call *****016 (After 10am) or walk in for interview: No 35 Tannery Rd (Blue Bldg) Ruby Industrial Complex, #06-07, S(*****0) SALES CONSULTANTS The Skin Pharmacy NEX/CITY SQUARE MALL Pleasant looking, speak well,
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      337 22 Italian Fine Dining Restaurant WAITERS/WAITRESSES-$1700 Minimum 1 year of experience Without experience but willing to learn are welcomed Part-timers are welcomed too. Salary from $7.80 to $8.80 per hour APPLICABLE TO SINGAPOREANS AND SINGAPORE PRS ONLY Monthly Variable Component, Medical and Meal Allowances are provided Required to work split shifts,
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      640 22 yj Hair/ Beauty |CjJ Hair/ Beauty SUPER WHITE SKIN LAB Due to expansion, we are inviting candidates to join us as: Beauty Consultants Customer Service Officers Singaporeans PRs preferred Please call at 8232 1563 for an interview Hair Stylist (Perm or Freelance) High basic commission Pleasant personality Singaporean/ PR only
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      865 22 Welmet Dongjin Engineering (S) Pte Ltd An established Marine-Engineering Co. requires: ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK ‘O’ Level 2 years working experience PC literate and fluent English General administration duties Independent and good sense of responsibility Interested applicants, pls call or email in for an interview appointment Tel: 6897 8511 Fax: 6897 9528
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      903 22 Established Printing Company requires ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE Certificate/Diploma in Accountancy. Able to work under pressure and meet tight deadline reporting. Hands on in accounting software, preferable Landmark Accountancy System. Relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Cash Management and Bank reconciliation. Handle English Mandarin speaking associates. To commence immediately. Only Singaporean and PR
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      321 22 Operations Controller (Container) Experience in haulier/ shipping industry Good planner, organized and able to manage a team of drivers to fullfill orders in an efficient effective manner, effectively plan and schedule driver daily activities. Good knowledge of Portnet, JP online PSA/local regulations on container trucking regulations on container trucking Email
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      352 23 A precision company has immediate vacancies for the following posts 1) MOULD MAKER 2)CNC MILLER MILLER 3)APPRENTICE S’poreans, M’sians PRs are welcome Interested call 6 252 2120 998 Toa Payoh North #07-10 B1 BUILDING CONTRACTOR REQUIRES: 1 SITESUPERVISOR 2. SAFETYCOORDINATOR (WHSC) 3. QUANTITYSURVEYOR •With relevant Diploma/Degree •Singaporeans/PRs only •Exp in
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      449 23 NITEC MECHANICAL/ ELECTRICAL certificate Experience in repairing electrical appliances such as fans, washing machines and wine chillers Class 3 license required with clean record Sg/ Sg PR Malaysian Contact Christopher *****449 to arrange for interview. TECHNICIAN ASST NEEDED Bt Batok area. Fast pace physically fit. Preferably with class 3 licence.
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      195 23 OPERATOR FORKLIFT Driver needed@Jurong Island 12-hrs shift. Trpt provided. S’poreans/PRs. *****935 CHANGI WAREHSE NORMAL $46,1st $48, 2nd $54 Call 9382-6603 6281-7702 BEDOK/ TAMPINES X88 1st $40, 2nd $45, 3rd $48. Trpt. Simple job *****823 JURONG PACKERS. 1ST/ 2nd. Immed. High pay/ trpt 6271-7802 (TLK 06C3125) TAMPINES/ HOUGANG. NEW Fty. 1st,
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      488 23 J Logistics Pte Ltd WAREHOUSE ASSISTANTS Minimum 1 year experience in warehouse/logistics environment With valid forklift license Working location at Penjuru or Senoko Singaporean and Malaysian are welcome to apply. Call *****072 or *****291 to arrange for interview 46 Penjuru Lane, C&P Hub 1, Singapore *****6 Delivery cum Warehouse Asst
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      276 23 WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR. HANDLE Eng mandarin speaking colleagues. WalkIn interview 102 Pasir Panjang Rd. Call *****872 ELIVERY DRIVERS CLASS 3 Warehouse Assts Pasir Panjang, start immed. Pls call *****202 no agt pls. D STATIONERY CO REQUIRES Store Asst Cum Delivery Driver. Physically fit. Walk in: 150 Ubi Ave 4 #06-00 Ubi
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