The Straits Times, 10 December 2012

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 M O ND A Y DE C EMBER 10 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon ‘Limits’ to attracting S’poreans to key services
    521 1  -  Bosses keen but higher pay demands would drive up operating costs: DPM By POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS remain high on the wish lists of operators and providers of public transport and other essential services. But while the Government would like to encourage
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    Lock icon VAN PERSIE’S WINNER SETTLES MANCHESTER THRILLER
    87 1 SPORT B18 Robin van Persie (right) scoring an injury-time goal that gave Manchester United a 3-2 win over Manchester City yesterday. The result marked the end of City’s near two-year unbeaten home run in the Premier League and put them six points behind their
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    Lock icon Only 15, but schoolboy is an Internet consultant
    335 1  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg GIVE Neo Soon Keat, 15, a computer and a Web connection, and you have an Internet whiz-kid. The Greenridge Secondary School student is already making US$2,000 (S$2,440) a month, hosting the websites of about 300 small
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      154 1 THE LIFE! INTERVIEW POET LEE TZU PHENG IS HER OWN HARSHEST CRITIC LIFE! C4 ST CAUSES WEEK WHY HE WANTS TO RUN 1,000 KM BEFORE CHRISTMAS HOME B4-5 COUP FOR S’PORE NETBALL FAMED KIWI IS NEW COACH SPORT B15 CHINA’S NEW ANTI-GRAFT CHIEF WANG QISHAN GETS TOUGH WORLD A10 76
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Mursi scraps decree but will proceed with referendum
      578 2/3 Egypt President cancels his sweeping powers but fails to sway opponents REUTERS BLOOMBERG CAIRO Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has revoked a decree that gave him sweeping powers and sparked violent protests, but refused to cancel Saturday’s referendum on a new Constitution demanded
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      Lock icon Spotlight on worthy causes this week
      602 2/3  -  By LESLIE KAY LIM llim@sph.com.sg TODAY marks the start of the first Straits Times Causes Week. Spotlighting charities and issues in the paper’s Home section, it will feature stories of various individuals and groups, and the causes they are passionate about. The dedicated week
      PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES, BEYOND THE BORDER, BEHIND THE MEN  -  602 words
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      Lock icon Tray-return initiative a success – when volunteers are around
      598 2/3  - Tray-return initiative a success when volunteers are around By NG KAI LING, IAN POH kailing@sph.com.sg pohian@sph.com.sg THE practice of patrons clearing their own tables at hawker centres seems to be having a growing ripple effect, after a nudge from the National Environment Agency (NEA). Observation surveys done by the NEA,
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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          Lock icon Price of hiring S’poreans
          44 4 HAVING more Singaporeans working in the essential services sector would mean a higher operating cost, said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. This is because many Singaporeans tend to go for higher value jobs and expect higher wages. PAGE A1
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          Lock icon Seniors’ crime wave
          58 4 A SPATE of grisly murders by a Japanese grandmother in her 60s (right), apparently to get insurance benefits, has spurred concern over a growing problem in Japan, the elderly are likely to live alone, with many facing financial difficulties. This is believed to be behind the rise
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        Lock icon Rebuilding trust with workers
        47 4 OPINION THE strike by some SMRT bus drivers could have been avoided if more trust and better communication had existed between the workers and management. Hence, the importance of heeding the advice issued by the Singapore National Employers Federation to employers. PAGE A18
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Shopping boom online
          43 4 YOUNG online shoppers are a growing force in China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with shopping at bricks-and-mortar shops increasingly being seen as inconvenient and expensive. Online sales last year exceeded $340 billion in the region. PAGE A8&9
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          Lock icon LDP ‘set for comeback’
          90 4 JAPAN’S major opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will win big in Sunday’s general election, if opinions polled in recent days rightly reflect voter sentiment. Reacting to the findings, other parties are frantically reminding voters of how the LDP had bungled its rule in the run-up to
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          Lock icon Spotlight on media ethics
          58 4 THERE is much soul-searching over media ethics after the death of Ms Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse at a London hospital that treated Prince William’s wife Kate. As the world focused on the culpability of two Australian DJs in her death, the Australian media is calling for
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Dating voucher for Xmas
          41 4 WHILE dating vouchers are seen by some as intrusive and embarrassing, Mr Choong Chyi Kei, who is a director of an event management firm, will give $20 dating vouchers to two single friends for Christmas. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Test results, a year late
          48 4 A YEAR after they took an English proficiency test to join an MBA programme, 34 students were stunned to find they had failed it. The foreign students at the AEC College in Bukit Merah said they had sat the test twice. PAGE B2
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          Lock icon Lessons for medical staff
          42 4 ALMOST 100 clinicians who teach medical students and health-care staff will be schooled on how to do their job better. A new institute will show medical professionals how to teach others in the medical profession better. PAGE B7
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Firms ‘may downsize’
          43 4 COMPANIES may be looking to downsize or move out as they confront both higher foreign worker levies and slower growth next year, said economists. This in turn could lead to a weaker job market and slower job growth. PAGE B10
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          Lock icon More insurance disputes
          39 4 CONSUMERS are complaining less about how financial institutions sell their products partly the effect of tighter rules, a new report shows. But disputes over insurance claims and fees and charges have increased in number. PAGE B10
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Doubles triumph
          45 4 FENG Tianwei and Yu Mengyu captured the women’s doubles title at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals yesterday. The victory was the perfect send-off for head coach Zhou Shusen, who is leaving the post after four years. PAGE B14
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          Lock icon Countdown for Lions
          46 4 SINGAPORE have gone 270 minutes without scoring against the Philippines, whom they host in the second leg of the Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup semi-finals. The Lions must find their scoring boots on Wednesday if they are to make the final. PAGE B17
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Keeping to doll-like look
          58 4 JAPANESE model-singer Tsubasa Masuwaka, the creator of the popular Japanese eyelash and eye make-up brand Dolly Wink, wants to continue wearing the doll-like look even if she is in her 40s or 50s. “I really like the look and I will dress like this as long
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          Lock icon Zouk Out still sizzles
          71 4 OVER 40,000 turned up at this year’s Zouk Out, proving that the 12-year-old beach party can still pull in bikini babes and buff hunks. The two-day fest at Siloso Beach began last Friday night and featured over 20 DJs, including Calvin Harris, Paul Van Dyk, Kaskade
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          63 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L Arrested PRC workers had contacted MOM before acting on their ownQRcodegeneratedohttp://qrcode.lileidiot.be L Two workers from China charged for criminal trespass after crane protest L Condo resale prices may reach historic high in fourth quarter L Kate hospital hoax call staff member in
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          Lock icon Top citizen journalism stories
          69 4 www.stomp.com.sg L No less than 42 bikers ‘challenge’ wardens to book them in Sengkang L Shocking pictures of baby bruised by Jurong nanny L Distraught-looking auntie sits in the middle of the road in Geylang L Mixed rice comes with worm but stall owners say eat
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          Lock icon Top videos
          29 4 www.razortv.com.sg L The hottest new actor in Asia L Imran Khan: The rising star of Pakistani politics L Rock out, Gangnam Style L Alien: ‘Prince of Darkness’
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      Lock icon ST readers all set for Hobbit preview
      527 6  -  SIPt Straits Times Appreciates Readers By YIP WAI YEE yipwy@sph.com.sg HOBBIT fan Aretha Lin cannot wait for Wednesday to come. That is because she will get to watch the film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, one day ahead of its theatrical release here.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Who wants to be a bus driver?
      474 6  -  Firms find it hard to recruit drivers, given the low pay and daunting hours Who is the Singapore bus driver? Christopher Tan and Royston Sim speak to the two bus operators, SBS Transit and SMRT, as well as talk to four drivers to
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      Lock icon WP: Put public interest before shareholders’
      314 6 COMMUTERS should not be made to pay higher fares to raise bus drivers’ wages, the Workers’ Party (WP) said, adding to the chorus of calls against a possible fare hike. The opposition party said in a statement yesterday that the Government and transport operators
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      Lock icon Restaurant cook for 18 years before job switch
      229 6 NAME: See Chip Yew AGE: 45 YEARS OF SERVICE: Six ROUTE: SBS service 157 BEFORE he became an SBS Transit bus driver, Mr See Chip Yew was a cook for 18 years in a restaurant serving Hong Kong cuisine. The 45-year-old said
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      Lock icon A Credit to his profession
      260 6 NAME: Robert Credit AGE: 29 YEARS OF SERVICE: Three ROUTE: SBS service 174 regularly MR ROBERT Credit was driving a tour bus in Malaysia when he met a passenger to whom he took a fancy. They dated and got married about three years ago. She
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      Lock icon Passengers have become his friends
      247 6 NAME: Kor Ing Chwee AGE: 55 YEARS OF SERVICE: 27 ROUTE: SMRT service 854 THE desire for a stable paying job drove Mr Kor Ing Chwee to join Trans-Island Bus Services (Tibs) more than 20 years ago, before it merged with SMRT. He was doing
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      Lock icon 90-minute commute from JB to get to work
      190 6 NAME: Ragunathan Gurusamy AGE: 42 YEARS OF SERVICE: 14 ROUTE: Many, including SMRT service 851 EVERY day, Mr Ragunathan Gurusamy spends at least 90 minutes commuting between his house in Johor Baru and SMRT’s Ang Mo Kio bus depot. For his morning
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      Lock icon ‘Killer granny’ puts focus on crime wave by Japan’s elderly
      773 7  -  Financial woes, family unit breakdown cited as reasons By JULIAN RYALL FOR THE STRAITS TIMES jryall2@hotmail.com TOKYO Even by the standards of vicious crimes committed in Japan, Miyoko Sumida stands out. Last Wednesday, police filed a new murder charge against
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      23 7 In your tomorrow Art in surprising places Pro bono champion Lawyer Josephus Tan has clocked the most number of hours for pro-bono work
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Online shopping boom in Asia
      1107 8  -  Be it shampoo, designer bags or the latest bargains in cutting-edge gadgets, more Asian consumers are going online to satisfy their wants and needs. Thanks to an unlimited variety of products, competition and improved services, online shopping these days is bigger and better than ever,
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      Lock icon Popularity grows as quality improves
      358 8  -  CHINA HO AI LI BEIJING In China, office workers do not twiddle their thumbs when they have an idle moment. Many tap their keyboards or touchscreens instead to check out new arrivals and bargains for clothes or shoes on the Internet. Online shopping is huge
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      Lock icon 10m use smartphones for purchases
      357 8  -  SOUTH KOREA HWANG YOUMEE SEOUL South Koreans spent $9 billion on Web purchases in the second quarter alone this year, a 10.6 per cent increase over the same period last year. But that growth rate was considered slow. Last year, the industry saw $43.2 billion
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      Lock icon 22% jump seen in Internet shopping
      283 8  -  TAIWAN LEE SEOK HWAI Additional reporting by Brenda Wu TAIPEI Web services engineer Lee Yi-chiun, 37, spends between NT$4,000 and NT$5,000 (S$210) on online purchases every month, mostly on daily necessities such as toilet rolls and food for his cat and dog. There are
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      Lock icon Easier to shop direct but orders set to grow
      456 9  -  HONG KONG KAREN HA HONG KONG Marketing academic Brendon Chen works at the City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong. At its doorstep is a popular mega-mall, Festival Walk. Yet, he prefers to let his fingers do the shopping. “It
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      Lock icon ‘20% of daily purchases’ via Internet
      293 9  -  JAPAN KWAN WENG KIN TOKYO Free shipping and faster delivery times are helping to boost online shopping in Japan. Amazon Japan has 10 distribution centres nationwide to cut down on delivery times. Yahoo Japan recently announced a partnership with major office supplies firm Askul
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon China’s new graft-fighter launches a blitz
        1089 10  -  One by one, high-ranking officials are falling on Mr Wang Qishan’s sword since he became China’s new disciplinary czar last month. In the first of a two-part special report, China Correspondent Kor Kian Beng examines the reasons for the unprecedented vigour of the crackdown.
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        Lock icon Rare Beijing protest against high-speed rail project
        330 10 REUTERS BEIJING The city’s authorities have allowed a rare protest to take place against a new high-speed rail line, with about 300 demonstrators shouting slogans and disrupting traffic in a busy eastern suburb. Residents told Reuters they were concerned that the new line
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Anti-China rallies: 20 held
          88 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI Vietnamese police have broken up anti-China protests in two cities and detained 20 people in the first such demonstrations since tensions between the communist neighbours flared anew over rival claims to the oil- and gas-rich South China Sea. Police initially allowed about 200
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          Lock icon Jet overshoots Japan runway
          67 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO An All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight from Tokyo’s Haneda airport overran the runway at a northern Japanese airport, the airline said yesterday. None of the 161 passengers and six crew members were injured, and no damage to the Boeing 737-800 plane was reported
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          Lock icon US rescues abducted doc
          72 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL United States soldiers have killed seven Taleban insurgents in a pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan. The mission was launched when intelligence showed that Dr Dilip Joseph was in “imminent danger of injury or death”, Nato’s International Security
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        Lock icon N. Korea halts rocket launch prep: Report
        353 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL North Korea has stopped all preparations for a rocket launch at a site in the country’s north-west, a South Korean official told Yonhap News Agency. The Yonhap report released yesterday came after North Korea said earlier yesterday that
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        Lock icon LDP could regain power in Japan polls
        736 11  -  Pundits say ex-PM Abe’s party and Komeito may win 300 of 480 seats By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT wengkin@sph.com.sg TOKYO Early opinion polls here say the opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is poised to win a majority in Sunday’s general election. Since
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        Lock icon Najib reaches out to secure Indian vote
        795 12  -  He highlights what govt has done and promises more help at meet By TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sought to consolidate Indian votes ahead of the next general election by highlighting what his administration
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        Lock icon Bopha heads north
        300 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MANILA Heavy rain raised fears of flooding in the north of the Philippines as Typhoon Bopha looked set to make landfall, days after it slammed into the south of the country, leaving almost 1,400 dead or missing and causing about 8 billion pesos (S$238
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        Lock icon Young Global Leader who passed on RI
        980 13  -  Indonesian grad’s micro-business outfit helps these entrepreneurs to grow their income PEOPLE TO WATCH By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA Fifteen years ago, Aldi Haryopratomo turned down an Asean scholarship to study at Raffles Institution, annoyed that although he had topped
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      Lock icon Tragic radio prank sparks debate on media ethics
      875 14 London nurse’s apparent suicide follows call by two Australian DJs REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON There is renewed soul-searching over media ethics after the apparent suicide of Ms Jacintha Saldanha, 46, the nurse at a London hospital that treated Prince William’s
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ASSOCIATED PRESS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS  -  875 words
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      Lock icon Nurse had plans to return to India for Xmas
      345 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGALORE Ms Jacintha Saldanha, 46, the nurse at King Edward VII hospital who apparently killed herself last Friday, was planning to come to India to celebrate Christmas with the family, according to a relative. The Indian-origin nurse’s sis-ter-in-law Irene
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      Lock icon Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda a potent force
      588 15 US aims to stop extremist group taking power if regime falls NEW YORK TIMES BAGHDAD The lone Syrian rebel group with an explicit stamp of approval from Al-Qae-da has become one of the uprising’s most effective fighting forces, posing a stark challenge
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Chavez names successor
        100 15 REUTERS CARACAS Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez was due to return to Cuba yesterday for more surgery after a recurrence of cancer led him to name a successor in what was the first sign that the disease might force an end to his 14-year rule. The 58-year-old socialist
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        Lock icon Moon astronomer dies
        85 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British astronomer Patrick Moore, renowned for his work mapping the moon’s surface, died last night at the age of 89, his friends and staff announced. The astronomer “passed away peacefully” at his home in Selsey on the southern English coast, they said in a
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        Lock icon Iran starts YouTube rival
        51 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Iran has launched its own video-sharing website to compete against YouTube, whose content is deemed inappropriate by the Islamic regime, state television reported. Mehr, meaning affection in Farsi, aims to attract Persian-speaking users and promote Iranian culture, according to the website’s About Us
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      Lock icon Italian Premier to quit as Berlusconi plans comeback
      342 15 BLOOMBERG ROME Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is stepping down, the president’s office announced just hours after the man he replaced, Mr Silvio Berlusconi, said he would run again for head of government. Mr Monti will try to corral his coalition, which
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      Lock icon Output and retail sales in China beat expectations
      601 16 Inflation also rebounds signs that 2012 growth will exceed govt targets BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s industrial output and retail sales exceeded forecasts last month, while inflation rebounded from a 33-month low, in signs that the economic recovery is accelerating. Factory production climbed 10.1
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      Lock icon Chinese firm wins bid for US-backed battery maker
      300 16 REUTERS WILMINGTON (Delware) China’s largest maker of auto parts won a politically sensitive auction of A123 Systems, a bankrupt maker of batteries for electric cars that was funded partly with US government money, A123’s investment banker said. Mr Timothy Pohl of Lazard
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Toyota ‘delaying new China line’
        124 16 REUTERS TOKYO Toyota Motor is set to delay the launch of a new production line at its plant in Tianjin, northern China, because a decline in its Chinese sales is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported yesterday. Toyota had hoped
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        Lock icon Tax protests at Starbucks cafes
        86 16 REUTERS LONDON Hundreds of demonstrators protested at Starbucks cafes across Britain last Saturday, accusing the United States coffee chain of avoiding paying corporation tax at a time when the British government was cutting essential services because of a fall in revenues. Demonstrations were held at
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      Lock icon US reserves rock global gas market
      640 17 New techniques to tap vast reserves reverse predictions of lower supplies WASHINGTON POST COVE POINT (Maryland) A vast dock stands less than 2km offshore here, its concrete legs planted in the water and its steel tentacles poised to suck natural gas in a liquid
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      Lock icon Drilling deep into shale
      303 17 WASHINGTON POST FRACTURING widely known as fracking in the Marcellus Shale, a 380-million-year-old layer of rock that runs from Ohio to Virginia, trapping an estimated 14.2 trillion cubic m of natural gas, has yielded tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in
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      Lock icon LNG exporters feel the squeeze
      390 17 WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON The unwieldy nature of LNG facilities both costly and time-consuming to build makes the global natural gas market a peculiar animal, different from markets in oil or commodities such as sugar. Those prices are international; natural gas prices are negotiated project by
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      434 18 THE least helpful perspective on the current spate of labour disputes is a stereotyping of workers from China as defiant and activist. As SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek noted, “it takes two hands to clap”. He acknowledged that the transport operator’s management has deep-seated “managerial,
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      1314 18  -  EYE ON THE WORLD By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com IT FELT like an old friends’ reunion: Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Russian President Vladimir Putin locked in a warm embrace as the summit between their countries concluded in Moscow over the
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      870 19  -  By IAN STOREY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. AS BRUNEI settles in to become Asean’s new chair, the most contentious issues it faces are rising tensions in the South China Sea, and
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      1033 19  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. NORTHAmericannatural gas companies, in the midst of tapping vast new reserves from underground shale rock, are looking to energy-hungry Asia as the main
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      994 19  -  By GOH SUI NOI SENIOR WRITER suinoi@sph.com.sg TENSIONS in the South China Sea rose a few notches again in recent weeks as the region responded to China’s recent unneighbourly moves. The latest has been to pass regulations allowing police in southern Hainan province
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      1117 20  -  By SALIM OSMAN SENIOR WRITER salim@sph.com.sg FOR many weeks, petrol stations across major cities in Indonesia were a scene of chaos as motorists queued up for hours to buy subsidised petrol that had suddenly become a scarce commodity. There was violence in some regions as
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      1163 20  -  By STEPHEN L. CARTER The writer is a professor of law at Yale University, and author of the novel, The Impeachment Of Abraham Lincoln. BLOOMBERG I’VE finally figured out why we spend so much time treating our political opponents as implacably evil. It’s because Hollywood, which
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        198 21  -  Grace Lim (Ms) Chief Financial Officer KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital THE cost of consumables, equipment and manpower has risen steadily over the years and, despite our best efforts to contain costs by raising productivity, collective bulk purchasing and automation, we occasionally have to revise
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        326 21  -  Tai Lung Keow (Madam) I AM in my mid-60s and have been retired for six years. Today, seniors take part in many activities, and society has been trying to engage seniors more. But the generation gap between the elderly and the young, who organise the activities,
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        100 21  -  Ronald Pereira THE current health insurance scheme for middle-income retirees, especially those with pre-existing diseases like diabetes, is inadequate. If one is hospitalised, MediShield coverage by the appointed insurers excludes any claim where it is determined that the underlying cause of admission is a
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        307 21  -  Tai Ji Choong Director, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE THANK Mr Chua Tiong Guan (“Tougher laws work only if they are enforceable realistically”; Nov 22) and Mr Edwin Lim (“Work harder to educate foreign workers not to litter”; Forum Online, Nov 24) for
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        169 21  -  Tracy Carol Ayre (Dr) Director, Nursing Singapore General Hospital UPON discharge from the Singapore General Hospital, patients would be given a follow-up appointment at either the specialist outpatient clinics, or a polyclinic and general practitioner clinic, if their condition is stable (“Needlessly troublesome red tape
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        407 21  -  Bev Postma (Ms) Executive Director Food Industry Asia (FIA) WE SHOULD question the simplicity of using such broad brush regulations to solve a hugely complex problem like the rising prevalence of obesity (“New media may offer escape hatch for unhealthy food
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      589 21 PUNCHLINES Stop at red light? Not these drivers NEWS ITEM ST PHOTOS: AZIZ HUSSIN, NURIA LING At the junction of East Coast and Joo Chiat roads (left), five motorists were spotted racing through despiteScotts Road (right), 24 were seen beating the light. the red light, and at a junction along
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      757 1  -  Some take offence but others find it timely with more drawn to such events DATING VOUCHER By KEZIA TOH keziatoh@sph.com.sg THIS Christmas, two single friends will receive a helpful nudge a $20 dating voucher from Mr Choong Chyi Kei, a director at an event-management firm. Mr
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      748 2  - Students told they failed English test a year late Midway through MBA at private college, 34 foreigners told they failed By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER sandra@sph.com.sg THEY had forked out about $16,000 each to join an MBA programme and were midway through the course. So the 34 students were stunned
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      375 2  -  By TAN CHONG YAW, SEOW TEIN HEE cytan@sph.com.sg teinhee@sph.com.sg CALL him Singapore’s top gun in cyberspace. Endi Haikal Sham, 13, outshot about 300 competitors at the weekend to emerge the champion in Digital Life’s inaugural gaming competition, dubbed the King Of Shooters. “I
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      98 2 PRESIDENT Tony Tan Keng Yam will be overseas on private visits from Dec 9 to Dec 18 and from Dec 27 to Jan 2, his office said in a statement yesterday. During his absence, the functions of the Office of the President will be exercised
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        616 4/5  -  JANICE TAI THE hunt is on to find Singapore’s national butterfly. Members of the public will be asked to vote in a poll next year. One species in the running is the common rose butterfly, which has white and red colouring reminiscent of
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        733 4/5  -  Financial consultant dons running shoes to help chronically ill children By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg FINANCIAL consultant Sean Ong used to spend the Christmas season lounging on the couch, watching re-runs of festive movies on TV. But this Christmas Eve will be different for
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        410 4/5 L Canossaville Children’s Home: Offering residential care to girls aged between six and 12 years, Canossaville Children’s Home works with girls who come from family situations which could put them at risk. A student-care centre offers before- and
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        654 4/5  -  JANICE TAI FOR days on end, Chinatown resident Toh Kuen Tuck used to coop herself up in her humid one-room rental flat. The 77-year-old was jobless and could not afford to go out to shop or drink coffee with her friends. “I wanted to
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      576 7  -  New institute aims to raise standard of ‘on-the-job’ teaching for clinicians By POON CHIAN HUI chpoon@sph.com.sg ALMOST 100 clinicians who teach medical students and health-care staff have been schooled on how to do their job better. This has been made possible by a
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      373 7  -  POON CHIAN HUI RESIDENTS of Pasir Ris yesterday got a taste of what it would be like to navigate through a cluttered corridor to rescue someone. Potted plants and shoes in their path made it tricky to push a stretcher down the 1.5m-wide corridor and then
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      344 7  -  By NG KAI LING kailing@sph.com.sg NTUC First Campus said it will increase from 11 per cent to 15 per cent the number of places set aside for children from low-in-come families, to encourage their parents to send them to childcare. It also
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      518 9  -  Dedicated experts will help Hong Kah North residents manage their health issues By JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg RESIDENTS of Hong Kah North now have the services of a nutritionist, an exercise therapist and a counsellor on their doorstep, with the launch of Singapore’s first Healthy Lifestyle
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      371 9  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg CABBIES who pick up passengers from Changi Airport this month stand a chance to win up to $1,888 in cash. The weekly lucky draw has been introduced by the airport’s operator, Changi Airport Group, in a bid to
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      174 9 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong presented trophies to champions of the National Street Soccer League yesterday. The event was organised by the Teck Ghee Community Centre Management Committee in Ang Mo Kio GRC, of which Mr Lee is an MP. Since October, a total of
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      508 1 PART B HOME MONEY SPORT M O N D A Y DE C EMBER 1 0 2 0 12 Doctors learn how to be better teachers B2 13-year-old emerges King of Shooters B7 Occupy a position many would envy. The world of the UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card revolves around one
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      349 2 Advertisement I CHOOSE TRICHOLOGY FOR MY HAIR loss problem Premature Hair Loss has always been a major concern for most women, especially when looking good and maintaining a good image at all times has become a societal norm. From the time you leave your house to the time you are
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      71 7 L a if you're keen on working dose to home, your neW job may just be around the corner at www.STJobs.sg 1 STJOBS.sg Your ideal job isn't hard to find. A product of SPH, Singapore’s trusted media group. n w Available on the J App Store OUT NOW! GOLIONS! ON
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      206 7 TRICHOLOGI by Leonica Kei HAIR SCALP PROBLEMS Diagnosis and treatment Trichology is the science dealing with the study and treatment of hair loss and scalp problems. A graduate of the Institute of Trichologists in London, Leonica is a qualified trichologist and has been practicing since 1997. For consultation appointment please
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      162 7 Innovative Oral Hygiene ioFresI US Patented Floss Brush At One Go to enhance your daily flossing/brushing routine. s Longer and tapered bristles to remove invisible bacteria and plaque to protect the gums and prevent bad breath. S Shorter and rounded bristles to massage the gums. s Bristles are made of
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      624 8  -  GettingcreativewithnamesPropertydevelopershighlightkeyattributestoensurethatnewprojectsstandoutfromthecompetition ByKarenTeng Karen Teng SINGAPORE’S blistering property market has inspired developers to come up with creative names for new projects. Want to stay at Rich Residence at Richards Avenue in Kovan estate? If you drive a Nissan Lafesta, how about matching your car with a home
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      182 8 PRAWNS bred the Sakura way, which refers to an advanced Japanese technique of organic farming and food production, are now available in Singapore for the festive dining season. A 250g pack of extra large prawns is priced at $5.95. Sampling is available at selected NTUC FairPrice Finest
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      170 8 THE iconic men’s shoes from Hush Puppies have been updated with British touches. The premium collection under Hemingway Design features brogues and boots, and they come with details such as contrast stitching, coloured soles and tonalsuedes. With five decades of history, Hush Puppies is
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      207 8 THE Chinese tradition of buying dining utensils for one’s godchildren has been immortalised in solid gold at MaxiCash’s new branch in Tampines Central near the MRT station. The public-listed pawnbroker chain has included a pair of chopsticks, a spoon and a bowl in its ongoing
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        32 8 Executive Living’s new fabric sofa gallery at 246 Balestier Road has antibacterial modular and customised designs with 10 years structural warranty. Choose from over 300 options including colours and fabrics.
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        9 8 ScotchMagicTapecanbeusedwith 3M hoe-shapeddispenseravailableinfour nsatPopularbookstoresfor$12.90 matte-finishinvisibletapecanbeused orwithapen,pencilormarker. onphotos
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        40 8 Till Sunday, get up to 50 per cent off prices for tyres and rims at Stamford Tyres outlets. You can get wiper blades, lights and car perfumes at up to 70 per cent off during this year-end promotion.
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        33 8 To win tickets to Tiger Beer’s festive celebration at the Pit Building on Dec 22 from 8pm, log on to haveyoubeengood.sg and share tongue-in-cheek reasons on how good you have been.
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        34 8 FromFridaytillNewYear’sDay,Penanghawk ers’ fare is available for lunch and dinner at York Hotel. On weekdays, pay $25.80 per adult and $18.80 per child. On weekends and public holidays, pay $28.80 and $20.80 respectively.
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        34 8 SawadeeBangkokHaveyousubmittedyourcontestformto win a pair of tickets to Bangkok on Cathay Pacific? Log on to mylifestylemydrive.com and answer two simple questions to enter. Contest ends this Sunday, Dec 16. Terms and conditions apply.
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      120 8 SPH’s portalsgetthumbs up ACCESSIBILITY and user-friendliness helped online portal STProperty grab the gold award for Best in Mobile Media in the recent Asian Digital Media Awards.AnotherportalSTJobsreceivedtheBestin CrossMediaAdvertisingsilverawardforanintegrated campaignusingtraditionalmediaanddigitalmedia. TheawardsweregivenoutbyWAN-IFRAAsiaPa-cific,asubsidiaryofWAN-IFRA(WorldAssociationof NewspapersandNewsPublishers),whichisaglobal organisationoftheworld’spress. STProperty,which is under Singapore Press Holdings (SPH),has an app specially developed for iPhone and iPad users on the go.
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      806 10  -  Analysts warn that already some firms are closing down or moving elsewhere BY AARON LOW ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT aaronl@sph.com.sg A COMBINATION of strict foreign worker policies and slow growth could force companies to start shedding workers and downsize next year, warned economists. This in
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      524 10  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg CONSUMERS are complaining less about how financial institutions sell their products partly the effect of tighter rules, the latest report by the financial mediation body shows. But while overzealous sales pitches are less common, disputes over insurance claims and
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      547 11 Highlighting internship, ability to adapt could help grads up their game AT WORK WITH CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg UNCERTAIN economic conditions do not make for the best of career starts, and students graduating in the next few months have every right
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      764 11  -  TALKING TO EXPLOIT TECHNOLOGIES CEO PHILIP LIM By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S research laboratories have developed a wealth of technologies that could generate more than $500 million in commercial value for companies in the coming years. The new-tech innovations are embedded in about
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      805 12  -  Rather than being arm-twisted, Olam shareholders may be in for sweet deal CAI JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg OLAM International’s critics are hard to appease angry about its vulnerability to short-sellers on the one hand, scathing about its move to defend itself
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        51 12 JAMES BEELAND ROGERS JR: Appointed non-executive director of Geo Energy Resources with effect from Dec 3. Better known as Jim Rogers, he also holds directorships at Genagro and Spanish Mountain Gold. The 70-year-old has authored books such as A Gift To My Children and A Bull in
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        55 12 DATUK SERI WONG CHUN WAI: Appointed non-executive director of Cityneon Holdings, upon the nomination by Star Publications (Malaysia), a substantial shareholder of the company. Mr Wong, 51, has worked for 27 years in various capacities in the editorial department of Star Publications, and is currently an executive director
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        59 12 HEMANT K. BHATT: Appointed chief executive officer commercial, at Golden Agri-Resources. Mr Bhatt, 49, will be responsible for leading the strategy of the group’s global downstream ambitions, as it builds on its end-to-end supply chain capabilities. He will also be responsible for all merchandising and distribution activities. He
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      29 11 Gold refinery Metalor’s Singapore plant, expected to be completed next year, will have an annual capacity of 150 tonnes of gold and produce investment-grade bars in various sizes TodayinTHEBUSINESSTIMES
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      168 11 MOVIE NIGHT COStume CONTEST Straits Times Appreciates Readers On Dec 12, The Straits Times will be holding a special screening of the blockbuster movie THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY for its readers with tickets. Come dressed as a character from the movie and you stand to win a Samsung tablet
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      559 18  -  Van Persie pops up with free-kick winner after City pull back two goals Manchester City 2 Manchester United 3 By RICHARD JOLLY stsports@sph.com.sg IF THE attention was focused on Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall beforehand, after 90 enthralling, ac-tion-packed minutes, the spotlight was transferred to Wayne Rooney
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      520 18  -  I HORSE RACING Written by. Michael Lee in Hong Kong SINGAPORE sprinter Super Easy never got info contention in yesterday's HK$15 million Longines Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) at Sha Tin to finish out of the placings. The Michael Freedman-trained four-year-old entire went into
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      394 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON If the quality of the Manchester derby was an advertisement for the English Premier League, the scenes that followed Manchester United’s late winner yesterday most certainly were not. United centre-back Rio Ferdinand was left bleeding after appearing to be struck in
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      465 14  -  Feng Yu’s victory a fitting farewell gift for departing head coach Zhou By TERRENCE VOON SPORTS CORRESPONDENT tvoon@sph.com.sg ZHOU Shusen’s final act as the Singapore women’s national head coach was a triumphant one. Seated on court for perhaps the last time in a Singapore jacket, he
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      411 14 THE TIMES, LONDON KOLKATA England made heavier work than expected of wrapping up the third Test match at Eden Gardens yesterday, but they now take an unbeatable 2-1 lead over India into the final cricket game in Nagpur starting on Thursday. History beckons, with England moving
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      545 15  -  World C’ship-winning Ruth Aitken will replace fellow-Kiwi Carpenter By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg RUTH Aitken spent nearly a decade at the helm of the much-feared New Zealand netball team, winning one World Championship and two Commonwealth Games titles. Come August, the famed Kiwi will have a
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      512 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS CHONBURI (Thailand) Charl Schwartzel yesterday shot his third seven-under 65 of the tournament to wrap up a dominating victory at the Thailand Golf Championship, extending his already commanding lead to win by 11 shots. The South African led from the first round
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        76 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Mesut Oezil grabbed two goals as Real Madrid twice came from behind to defeat Valladolid 3-2 in a Spanish Primera Liga football game on Saturday. Former Manchester United striker Manucho gave Valladolid first-half leads that Karim Benzema and Oezil cancelled out,
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        76 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING (Texas) Police charged Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Josh Brent with intoxication manslaughter after he flipped his car in a pre-dawn accident that killed team-mate Jerry Brown, 25, on Saturday. The death was the second tragedy to hit the National Football League
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        66 15 SINGAPORE entered the semi-finals of the Asian Cricket Council Challenge Trophy after they beat Thailand by 162 runs in Chiangmai yesterday. Brief scores: Singapore 289-7 in 50 overs (An Mutreja 88, Kshitij Shinde 59). Thailand 127 in 35 overs (Ryan Raina 44; Chetan Suryawanshi 2-14, Anish
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        56 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A Swansea City supporter has been arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Norwich City defender Sebastien Bassong during Saturday’s Premier League game between the football sides, the Welsh club said. The Cameroon international indicated to referee Howard Webb that he had been
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        44 15 SINGAPORE lost 1-3 to Chinese Taipei in a pool match at the third Women’s Asian Hockey Federation Cup yesterday. In other matches at the Sengkang Hockey Stadium, Hong Kong beat Pakistan 5-0, while Thailand beat Sri Lanka 2-1.
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      508 16 Filipino star at crossroads after being knocked out in Las Vegas NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS Manny Pacquiao never saw it coming. He never saw the punch that snapped his head back on Saturday and dropped him to the canvas and left him
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      286 16  -  By JULIAN TURNER jturner@sph.com.sg DRAGON FIRE boxing promoter Angelo Hyder is hoping to lure Juan Manuel Marquez back to Asia to fight Indonesia’s Chris John at Marina Bay Sands (MBS). World Boxing Association featherweight champion John outpointed the Mexican in Indonesia in 2006 and Hyder
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      315 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO Leave it to Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau’s vaunted defence to crash New York’s three-point party. Marco Belinelli and Luol Deng scored 22 points apiece, as the Bulls beat the Knicks 93-85 in a National Basketball Association game on Saturday,
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      454 17 LONDON Everton put a dent in Tottenham’s Champions League hopes while enhancing their own with a 2-1 win at Goodison Park yesterday. The come-from-behind victory helped Everton leapfrog Spurs into fourth place on goal difference. Both have 26 points. More importantly, it ended the hosts’ winless
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      481 17  -  Singapore haven’t scored in their last three games against the Philippines By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg WHO will put the ball in the Filipinos’ net? After 270 minutes of football, the Singapore team are still stumped for an answer. But it is a conundrum they
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      255 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Teerasil Dangda buried a late cannon-ball header last night to earn Thailand a pulsating 1-1 draw with defending champions Malaysia in the first leg of their Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup semi-final in Kuala Lumpur. The striker, rising near the penalty
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      302 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed he will review his side’s opening penalty in the 2-0 win against West Bromwich Albion and speak to Santi Cazorla if he believes the Spaniard dived. Cazorla went down in the 26th minute at the Emirates
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      390 17 REUTERS LONDON Chelsea striker Fernando Torres has rediscovered his scoring touch and he believes manager Rafael Benitez has had a hand in his return to form. The much-maligned Spaniard sparkled under his compatriot during their time at Liverpool. And despite his recent struggles,
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      478 1 Pretty Dolly Make-up maven Tsubasa Masuwaka’s beauty regimen C2 Zouking out Annual beach party sizzles on Sentosa C13 Jeremy Au Yong Finding love with a voucher C14 Poet Lee Tzu Pheng last had her book published 15 years ago. Landmark Books has just published three all at once: a book
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        1104 2  -  Cartoonist Lat says his works may explore sensitive issues but they reflect the common folk 8 QUESTIONS WITH Lat Nicholas Yong nicy@sph.com.sg Renowned cartoonist Mohammad Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, laments that readers have become less discerning. The 61-year-old Malaysian artist says modern audiences
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        911 2  -  Huang Huifen When Japanese model-singer Tsubasa Masuwaka met the media at the Mandarin Orchard Singapore last Friday, she drew admiring gasps from a few of her doe-eyed lookalikes. One was even close to tears when Masuwaka shook her hand. The brouhaha was understandable. The 27-year-old is creator of
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        422 2 Agence France-Presse Washington DC South Korean superstar Psy, famed for his Gangnam Style mega hit, was to perform as planned yesterday for a United States audience that included President Barack Obama, after he apologised for anti-American remarks. In 2002, the singer smashed a model
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        2076 4  -  It takes Lee Tzu Pheng up to 15 years to get new poetry ready to print THE LIFE! INTERVIEW WITH Lee Tzu Pheng Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg As a teen, award-winning poet Lee Tzu Pheng was convinced that her poetry was rubbish so she studied a
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      334 3 Reuters New York Dukkah on your snack crackers? Cajeta in your stir-fry? These international ingredients are among the flavour trends that United States spice company McCormick thinks will be hot a few years from now. Its 2013 Flavor Forecast identifies certain trends and flavour combinations it thinks
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      722 5  -  Death of 43-year-old tenor, who suffered from diabetes and kidney failure, shocks friends Natasha Ann Zachariah natashaz@sph.com.sg Well-loved local opera singer Lim Shieh Yih, who was also head of vocal studies at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa), died suddenly, shocking colleagues and
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      1162 6  -  Actor Moses Chan trained hard to lose 22kg for a role which earned him an Asian Television Award Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Hong Kong TVB actor Moses Chan lost 22kg so that he could play the role of a manipulative, violent man in the controversial
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      597 6  -  Review Concert SHINEE CONCERT SHINEE WORLD II IN SINGAPORE Singapore Indoor Stadium Last Saturday Rachael Boon They were here two Fridays ago for SMTown Live World Tour III, and then in Hong Kong last week for the Mnet Asian Music Awards show. So you would
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      366 6 New York Times New York The Lenox Lounge, where Billie Holiday had a table, Dizzy Gillespie played his trumpet and James Baldwin soaked up the scene, where the burgundy leather couches and Art Deco light fixtures stir up memories of other eras, and where, even now,
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        656 8  -  The Spirit of Enterprise uses new enhanced selection criteria to pick the 33 award winners this year by narendra aggarwal THE Spirit of Enterprise (SOE), a non-profit volunteerbased organisation, is celebrating its 10th anniversary by enhancing the criteria for its annual SOE Awards, conferred on deserving business
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        344 9 SOE Entrepreneurship Award Honouree Mr Charles Wong (below) Charles Keith (Singapore) SOE Award Honourees Mr Wong Hong Ting —2359 Media Ms Josephine Ng —A-changin Mr Derrick Koh Achievia Education Hub LLP Mr Andrew Au AG Delta Mr Tan Kok Hiang, Henry Alpha-Health (Asia)
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        671 10  -  Winning patients’ trust reaps rewards for White Dental Group by ahmad osman BRINGING back the smiles and restoring the confidence of patients with embarrassing bad breath is what White Dental Group does well. Located at Bukit Timah Road, the clinic in Balmoral Plaza is one of
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        751 11  -  NtC Integration’s founder Wilson Ng relies on business acumen to grow his multiple award-winning business further by mike mike lee ONE year into his personal computer hardware enterprise, Mr Wilson Ng (right) accepted a Mongolian businessman’s order for 100 second-hand computers to be delivered within a month.
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        732 12  -  They key to Econ Healthcare’s entrepreneurial success is a commitment to holistic health for senior citizens by ahmad osman DRIVEN by a passion to provide affordable quality health-care services for the elderly, Mr Ong Chu Poh used his savings to set up the first
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      740 13  -  The 12th edition of ZoukOut proves that the annual dance festival can still rock a crowd Melissa Kok Eddino Abdul Hadi melk@sph.com.sg dinohadi@sph.com.sg It is 3am on Saturday at Siloso Beach and 20-year-old Adrien Mallac-Sim is bobbing his head to the electro-house tunes of Australian DJ act Knife
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      342 13 Reuters Los Angeles Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen and newcomer blues-rock band Alabama Shakes landed the top awards in Rolling Stone magazine’s annual list of the year’s best music last Friday, which featured many of next year’s leading Grammy nominees. Springsteen’s 17th studio album, Wrecking Ball,
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      127 14 Go ahead quote me ‘I exercise my right every second of every day to make her laugh and smile and she’s a really happy baby. I count my lucky stars every day because she is really interactive and happy and, like, nice to people. She’s a nice person’ Actress Drew
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      911 14  -  Dating vouchers launched last week are perfect for parental blackmail Jay Talking Jeremy Au Yong jeremyau@sph.com.sg It’s the holiday season again, that special time of the year when you can walk down Orchard Road, look at the festive lights and think to yourself: “It’s beginning
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      498 15  -  Energy levels were high as the performers rocked the stage at the concert Ang Yiying ayiying@sph.com.sg Electric youth fired up the stage at the ChildAid concert last Friday and Saturday. The opening act featured classical musicians and the orchestra playing a high-octane original number by ChildAid
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      391 15  -  Review Concert CHILDAID 2012 Marina Bay Sands Grand Theatre Last Saturday Chang Tou Liang It has been eight years since ChildAid had its first edition. The annual concert that showcases the best of young Singapore musical talent has taken on a more classical sheen,
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      653 16  -  Tanya Chua’s English concert had some good moments but the tempo needed perking up Review Concert TANYA CHUA JUST SAY SO CONCERT Esplanade Concert Hall Last Friday Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Local singer-songwriter Tanya Chua returned to her roots at her Friday gig. Her English music roots,
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      501 16  -  Review Dance drama RAMAYANA Temple Of Fine Arts TRCC Theatre/Last Friday Akshita Nanda The Temple Of Fine Arts’ staging of the Hindu epic, Ramayana, was a spectacular blend of dazzling costumes, fine talent and a lot of heart. With nearly 200 students and teachers from the school
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        294 18 Hong Kong Thirteen years after questions were first raised as to whether Jackie Chan’s love child, Etta Ng, will inherit his millions, the superstar said he is not leaving the now 13-year-old a cent, said a report. Neither will Jaycee Chan, his son
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        475 18 Hong Kong Entertainer Eric Tsang told a story of a diseased dog, apparently to vent his frustration, after a police report over an alleged assault was made against him. Restaurant owner Kenny Wee made a statement at a police station last Friday,
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          86 18 Composer John Williams, who wrote the soundtrack for Lincoln, pushed for singer James Taylor to play the lead role in the Steven Spielberg film, the singer-songwriter said. The role went to Daniel Day-Lewis. Taylor told an audience at the National Press Club last Friday
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          49 18 The Los Angeles police department apologised last Saturday to the family of rapper Notorious B.I.G., murdered 15 years ago, after releasing his autopsy report without informing them first. It was due to an administrative error, it said. The murder is as yet unsolved.
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          29 18 American country pop group Lady Antebellum’s lead singer Hillary Scott said she is expecting. It is the first child for her and husband drummer Chris Tyrrell.
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      218 8 Congratulations Dr. Tan Shuh Chern Founder of White Dental Group for being the Honouree of the Spirit of Enterprise Awards 2012 t i s 1 T? GREAT SMILES ARE OUR BUSINESS We would like to thank all our patients, colleagues, friends and partners for their trust and support over the
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      476 7 11/’08 DAIHATSU TERIOS 7 1.5M. 7-seater. White. 1 owner. $56.9K. 9387-4798 3/07 TOYOTA VIOS 1.5 Auto tip top, leather. Spacious. 4-dr. $28,800. 9824 3249 06 LOW MILEAGE, Accident free. Monthyl installment from $250. *****856 $26.8K 8/’08 VERNA 1.4M. Well-kept, low km, 100% loan avail.. Tel: *****000 1 OWNER! 4/’09 Chevrolet
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      462 7 2/09 MITSUBISHI L200 S/C Tip top cond. Easy loan, high trade in. *****389 2001 ISUZU TFR69, COE till 2021, D/Cab, easy loan, high trade in. *****678 8/06 SSANGYONG MUSSO D/Cab Auto Diesel, easy loan/ trade in. *****080 7/2008 MITSUBISHI L200 DoubleCab 4x4 One owner new paint A1 *****033 5/’05, NISSAN
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      235 8 ROYAL KNIGHTS *****636 Lengkong Satu. semi-d. With basement. 4107/ 4000 sf. Call Royston ECG DYNAMIC ALLIANCE 3sty Semi-d Kembangan MRT 8+1. 3400/ 7000 sqft. By appt. kc 9277-7772 NEW DETACHED BUNGLW. Braddell Hieghts. 4+1. Fh. Pk 4 cars. 0.3 km to MRT/ NEX. Margaret 9680 1771 D.15, 37 37G Everitt
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      175 8 CLOSING SOON BRINGcheck 1)Pavillion Circle $2.75M 2)Verde Ave 5+1 $1.7M 3)Verde Crescent (2 units) 4)Verde View (2 units) View: www.primehome.sg $730 PSF BUNGLW 2.5 sty Almond Cres 7800/ 6k sf $1.8M Semi-d 3sty Westwood Walk 2021/ 2650 sf 5+1, Angela 906-***** ALMOND ST 2 sty Detached 6320/45xx sqft 5+family+ 1+1
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      544 8 Properties D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale D01-08 City South-West Pte Apts for Sale ECHELON LAUNCHING SOON!!! Appointed Marketing Agency: at Alexandra By City Developments Ltd Register for Preview NOW! Next to Redhill MR! Station High Rise devt with magnificient views! Mins
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      162 8 DRAYCOTT 8. 4 bdrm, excellent cond. Good location, with conceige svcs. By Appt *****888 Dennis BALMORAL HILLS. 1841 sqft. FH 4+1. High flr. No noon sun. Min to MRT/ Orchard. Also rent. *****393 Helen STAR BUY! $1200 psf/$1.8M Jervois Jade, GCB enclave High flr. Unblock. 1496 sf. 3+1. Swing to
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      295 9 D.11 NEW FH 3 bdrm units. Immed occupation. Spacious layout. Mins to MRT. Call Tricia Lim 9108 3165 2/ 1+1 BDRM Penthouse Newton. F’hold 807/ 1055/ 1184 sqft. Call 8305 6577. DEVELOPER SALE BEST deal 2+1/ 3+1 fr $755K Central Imperial/ 1+1 from $635K Prime Res/ 1+Patio $728K Royce Res.
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      260 9 BARTLEY RES. HUGE Disc!! 2+1 1109sf. $1.2xM/$11xxpsf 3rm 1098sf price fr $1.2xM 4rm 1378sf price fr $1.6xM Call now to view showflat ***LAUNCHING SOON@ SENGKANG MRT. New Condo not to be missed! Hotline: *****884 Dennis BARTLEY MRT FR $11xx psf! Maris Stella High/ Paya Lebar Hub/Nex. Good inve stment. *****939
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      329 9 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES n SEMBAWANG BUY I-SELL IT FIND IT WOODLANDS YISHU CHOA CHU KANG BUKIT PANJANG PUNGGOI SENGKANG r ANGMOKIO
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      148 9 TRIVELIS DBSS. NO COV/ resale levy. 3/ 4-rm. Malay Indian ratio not filled. Roger Chua 9010-6009. 3’I’ BLK 645 Corner. Low flr. 60sqm. Simple, well maintained. All races/ PR. VTO. Call for appointment. 4’S’ CORNER BLK 697, Nice reno. High flr. Val $405K. 3’NG’ Blk 308. Mid flr. Near MRT.
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      143 9 EA CORNER blk 307B. Low flr 128 sqm, reno, all races /PR. No contra. Val $575k. VTO. Saadiah 9005-1985 4’S’ BLK 334. Simple reno. Next to NEX Mall MRT Interchange. Chinese ratio filled. Valued. No contra. 3’A’ BLK 203 Tampines. Low flr, lift level, next to corner. Move in cond.
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      205 9 3’NG’ BLK 217 Yishun. Mid flr. Lift level. Simple. Mins to MRT/ Northpoint. Malay owner. Val $320K. VTO 4S BLK 760 Yishun 84 sqm Mid flr, all races, move-in, Valued, min walk to MRT. Near amenities. Call Now LEITH RD. 2-STY semi-.d. 4+1, 4200/3200 sf. French Australian Schs, $8.5K neg.
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      238 9 DUNEARN RD. NEWLY rebuilt. 6500/ 9500 sqft. 4levels, pool. Opp MRT, Botanic Gdns $27K. Also sale 9863-5635/ 9727-2996 GCB DALVEY EST. Stunning design. Land 15,200 sqft. 7bdrms, private in/outdoor pool. Park 6 cars. $2x,000. Must go! Neo 9060 7875 EMERALD HILL RD. Beautiful 3 level conservation hse. 5 mins walk
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      187 9 61 GOODMAN RD. Prime. Bunglw Newly rebuilt. 4500/ 7300 sqft 6+1+ pool 2-sty attic basement. $25K. Also sale Owner 9863-5635 9727-2996 70% TO AGENT! Semi-d. 2½ -sty. Macpherson. 3 MRTs. 5+1+1. 4 baths. Huge living/ dining/family rm.4 car lots. $6.8K ono. P.L. 9387-6700 27A TOH AVE Semi-D Newly rebuilt. 3500/
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      440 9 1) TOH TUCK Pl 2 sty Inter Terr 4+1 Unfurn. A1! $4.8K 2) Off Keat Hong 2 sty Inter Terr 3+1 F/furn. $3.8K D20 THOMSON Ridge 3sty Semi-d. 5rm ensuite $6.8K D14 Jln Grisek Corner 3 sty Terr pool. 2800 sf 3rms $8.5K/ D23 Almond Cres Bunglw 3sty 7800/ 6k
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      383 9 **RIVERGATE SPACIOUS 3+1 2088sf. P/furn. F/facilities Mins to amenities. Immed. Jennifer 9066 6078 PN ROYALVILLE 2200 SQFT 3+1 New kitchen, toilet, bdrm, all elect. appliances. Patio $6.6k. Bernard 9850-0222 TANGLIN. HIGH FLR. Reno. Modern, 1927 sqft. 3+1, morning sun. P/furn. MRT. Call *****366 Sumiah RBANA 2-RM 1044 SF. F/ furn.
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      279 10 $4200. THE HILLLSIDE 1586 sf, 3+1+1 p/furn, f/facilities, vacant, near Orchard. Immed.Call Desi *****238 LA SUISSE I Swiss View Tranquil hilltop living! Greenery view 2110sf 3+1 Avail immed. $6.5K.Lai 8322-1111 VIDA NOVENA. United Sq Top flr. High ceiling. 3 bdrm. Approx 1400 sqft. $8K up. Ron 9852 9055 CLEMENTI PARK
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      241 10 WATERFRONT KEY 3RM high flr Unblk partial view of reservoir. PIE/Mkt mall full/P furn *****845 Nick PARKSHORE 1722 SQFT. Spacious 3+1. Mins to MRT, Close to Town. *****111 www.apartment-sg.com ESTA 2BDRMS. 1001 sqft. Avail in Jan. Bright. Good ventilation. Near Parkway Parade Call Ben *****398 CHANGI CT 1163 sf. 3
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      225 10 CLOVER BY THE Park. 3 bdrms. Excellent amenities location. P/furn. Well maintained. Ivy *****831. BISHAN POINT NEXT to Ai Tong Sch 3+1 rm 1184sqft High flr Best view $3.6K Avail. Immed. Lai 8322-1111 BISHAN 8 CONDO. Ground flr patio, 979+355 sf. 2+1 F/furn unfurn. All race. $4.3K. Henry 9684-8586 2BDRM
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      325 10 NO AGT FEES! Common rm Casa Rosa Condo, f/furn Near Serangoon/ Bartley MRT. $1.1K. SMS *****711 AIRCON RMS 1-WK $490+ ½mth $900+/1mth $1500+ Hotel Hamilton 6296-9041 BUGIS MRT. 101 Beach Rd. F/furn studio with svc. $5000 p/mth. 8228-5860 SIMEI/HOUGANG MRT FULL service ensuite rm. Newly designer furn. SCV Internet. $1.6K/
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      250 10 5’I’ HOLLAND CL. Corner, balcony. P/furn. Aircon. Reno. MRT. $4K. Avail Jan ’13. Staphnie 9626-7886 4-RM 671A KLANG Lane. Part/ f/furn. Prefer professional/ expat/ family. Avail immed. Call to view. 8 JLN KUKOH 2+1+Study. High flr. Corner. F/ furn. Aircon. Convenient. Immed $3.3K. Alice Ng 9800-2616 3-RM 27 JLN Bahagia.
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      282 10 2+1 TAMPINES 825. Lift. 305 Shunfu Rd. Near MRT. 2+1+1, Blk 93 Jln Dua. All races. Ang LS 9436-2958 URGENT MASTER/ COMMON Rm wanted in all areas. All races. Legal tenants. Reliable svc. 8126-9991 Chris. PRIVATE/ HDB COMMON Master rm urgently wanted at all areas, with ready clients. Navaa 9010-4177
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      263 10 Paya Ubi Industrial Park LEASE Terrace Factories (also for SALE) -200 to 7500 sqft -free parking with toilet -own parking space (not inclusive in listed area) -$2.00 psf onwards Tel: *****222 Office: 53 Ubi Ave 1 #01-11 NORTHPOINT BIZHUB D27 Many units avail. Call now to view. Ramp up Factory/
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      362 10 $3500 TRADEHUB 21 Fitted $3500 Harvest Woodlands $4800 Northstar AMK $3000 T Payoh.*****077 WOODLANDS 11. JUST TOP. 180 sqm. Dock levellers. Ample carparks. Canteen. Call Owner *****277 WOODLANDS 11, BRAND new Just TOP! 650m to Admiralty MRT, 1830sqft. Clean Great image! *****642 ***ENTERPRISE HUB Toh Guan 3100 sf fitted office
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      428 10 532 532 ti S3 II Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale I I FACTORIES for SALE AT ISKANDAR MALAYSIA Freehold Medium Industry Gated Guarded Easy access to major highways Build-up: 4746 sq ft ***** sq ft Low down payment Please Contact: 9732 9100 for details SUNTEC TOWER 2 •Approx. 1,740 sqft. •Nice
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      1074 11 Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent NEW OFFICE SPACE ORCHARD 510 to 1,200 sqft 3,500 to 8,000 sqft Attractive rent parking rate Suitable for trades including training, institutions, services showroom Fort Canning view/City view Units are subdivisible Direct lobby frontage/Regular
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      409 11 EUNOS TECHPARK 1302 sqft 60 Kaki Bukit Pl, #04-08, tenanted $2500, 3/2014, Bal 43 yrs lease. $640K. NO GST. *****063 Owner VERTEX 1561 SQFT. Fully fitted Beautiful. Tenanted till July 2014. Motivated seller! neg Lydia 9030-9094 355 2000 sqft. CBD offices. High rent. Good yield! Avail immed. David Poh Commercial
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      507 11 Properties Travel COMMERCIAL SPACE PASIR PANJANG *346 30,000 sq.ft. Suitable for many trades such as Cafè, Bakery, Food Court, Restaurant, Supermarket, Wholesale Retail Shop, Bookstore, Kindergarten, Childcare, Enrichment Centre, Tuition Centre Office CALL 6578 9966 HDB SHOP BLK 77 Indus Rd, approx 650 sf. F/aircon, face main rd. All trades.
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      299 11 F&B/ RETAIL SHOP Below hotel Jln Bt Merah/ Alexandra Rd. with Supermkt Special disc. *****655 Pat ORCHARD TWR. 2600 sqft Tenanted with good yield! F’hold. Great location/ MRT. Ms Tan 9170-2323 BLK 139 TECK Whye Lane 100% commercial 656 sqft Wide Frontage Good facing Ask Below Bank Val, Rare!! ALEXANDRA
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      398 11 INT’L PLAZA CAFE takeover 312sf. Corner. Nice frontage decor. Heavy crowd. F/equipped *****332 Ken AMK AVE 4 HDB coffeeshop/ Geylang. Rent $8K $30K. Good human traffic. Call *****788 Kelvin Lim SHENTON WAY 1ST level F&B. 162sf. Fronting main road.Excellent traffic, publicity. $neg.9666-5555 DIC BAR IN NUS Staff Club for rental.
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      228 11 NEAR EUNOS BRAND New Grd Flr 22K/ 35K/ 75K sf. Own container bay. HIgh ceiling. Savills 9825-2101 STAND-ALONE 3-STY TERR in Ubi. About 8000sf. With aircon. Cargo lift. Carpark lots. Desmond 9180 3178 KALANG WAY IND. B2. 20,000 sf. Showrm/ #03/ #04. Aircon. Immed P/furn Eunice 9147 4428 ERA. UBI
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      380 13 WATS NOTICES BUY IT. SELL IT-FIND IT Toil free 1800-289-8822 Email notices@sph.com.sg www.cats.com.sg/notices BANKRUPTCY ACT (CHAPTER 20) BANKRUPTCY RULES Re: JAMILAH BTE ABDOLLAH (NRIC No. S*****30E) Debtor Ex-parte: HONG LEONG FINANCE LIMITED (RC No. *****0003D) Creditor STATUTORY DEMAND UNDER SECTION 62 OF THE BANKRUPTCY ACT NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT To: JAMILAH
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      217 13 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Lim Chee Siong (S*****04D) have applied to the Hotels Licensing Board, Singapore for a Certificate of Registration in respect of premises known as LOFI INN@HAMILTON at 27 Hamilton Road Singapore *****6 and that any person who knows any reason why a Certificate of
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      1338 13 Education Notices Jl SALE BY RECEIVERS SAAG CONSOLIDATED (M) BERHAD (*****-X) (Receivers Appointed For The Charged Assets) The Receivers appointed for the specific assets of SAAG Consolidated (M) Berhad ("the Company"), are inviting offers to acquire the following assets of the Company located at Kawasan Perindustrian Pengkalan Chepa II, *****
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      888 14 Classified Jobs Executive Appointments CATS Recruit Guide Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email: cats@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/Infocomm 715 Lecturing/Teaching 718 Tutors 721 Nursing/Health Care 724 Art/ Creative 727 Marketing/ Communications 730 Sales 731 Retail Sales 733 Counter/ Receptionists 734 Call Centres/Telemarketing 736 Customer Service
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      805 14 WATS RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.cats.com.sg/recruit Lecturing/Teaching Lecturing/Teaching Lecturing/Teaching Lecturing/Teaching Lecturing/Teaching Requirements: A 3-year full-time local polytechnic diploma with at least a credit in GCE 'O' level ELI or A university degree where the medium of instruction is English with at least a credit in GCE 'O'
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      248 14 Sales Sales Leading company dealing with Liquor and Beer Product is looking for suitable candidates: Van Sales Effectively bilingual Self-motivated physically fit Good communication skills Sales driven, able to achieve sales target Posses driving licence, vehicle provided Interested applicants, please walk-in between 11 am- 4pm on 10 11 Dec at
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      682 14 NEW USED Car Sales Exec Turf City. Class 3 lic Male female. Basic Comm $3K above. S’porean/ PR only. Sam 9382-2080 EXPERIENCED SALES EXEC for wholesale of mobile phone. Near City Hall MRT, 5.5days $2k up S’poreans/ PR/M’sian. E: mm@eepl.biz IMMEDIATE VACANCY!! Travelling opportunities!! Sales Executive. Event/ Telco. Training provided.
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      1137 15 Retail Sales Retail Sales Retail Sales Chadfcnger® The Leader in Computer Retailing Retail Associates Last Chance to join us for the year ending 2012! Calling Singaporeans PRs!! Enjoy additional $200/mth Join Bonus up to $650* Choose 5 or 6 Day work week Pleasant and cheerful disposition Passion in IT retail
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      373 15 1. Full Time Part Time Service Crew 2. Full Time Part Time Kitchen Crew Requirements: Minimum 1 to 2 years’ experience, preferably in restaurant or F&B industries Friendly, service oriented and pleasant personality Able to perform shift duty; work on weekends and Public Holidays Excellent communication interpersonal skills Only Singaporeans
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      203 15 A well established beauty company seeking: 1) Beautician 2) Beauty Consultant ✱16 months Basic Salary ✱Incentives Offered ✱Attractive Commission ✱Preferred Experience ✱Flexible Working Hours Only Singaporeans, PRs or Malaysians need apply (part-timers are welcome) Walk in interview (Mon-Sun) 11am-5pm 135 Middle Road, 01-11 Bylands Building S*****5 HP: 8168 5199 Email:
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      150 15 Precision Tooling Co. Urgently Requires: Admin Clerk Minimum requirement: ‘O’ Level 2 yrs experience Singaporean PR Interested, please call: 6392 6722 Or email: enquiry@ultrafine.com.sg Blk 16 Kallang Place #03-17 Singaproe *****6 ADMIN EXEC *Students waiting for ’A’ result are welcome *Able to work on weekends *Able to liaise fluently with
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      463 15 Classified Jobs We are an ISO9001, ISO*****, OHSAS*****, bizSAFE Star, People Developer and Singapore Quality Class certified leading mechanical engineering service provider. OPERATORS To operate and maintain a government water plant at the eastern part of Singapore. Work will be an 8 hours rotational shift. Possess NTC or equivalent. Interested
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      395 15 FINANCE ASST. FRESH dip/ degree. Handle invoices/ bank a/cs/ AP. 6532-3221 HR-PRO (Lic 03C*****) LAW FIRM REQUIRES Shorthand Typist. Good salary. Call Mr Tan 9622-9898 HUMAN RESOURCEHR EXECUTIVE, With HR knowledge and experience. 5.5 days, 9am 6pm. Working area: Woodlands. Tel: *****188 Email: hr@leong-guan.com. Production Technician x20 (URGENT) (Island wide)
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      331 15 $1700 Production Operator 5 days or shift West area Transport provided Good benefits Call *****737 Manfield Employment, lic. 95C2823 Changi Sewing Specialists *5-day work perm shift *6.30am-3.15pm $1260 *3.30pm-12am $1436 Woodlands Jurong *12-hr Perm or 8-hr rotate *7.30pm-7.45am $1215 *7.45am-3.45pm/ 3.30pm-11.30pm $1200 *8am-8pm $1.2K-$1.3K *8pm-8am $1.3K-$1.4K Transport Co benefits Call
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      339 16 OPERATOR FORKLIFT Driver needed@Jurong Island 12-hrs shift. Trpt provided. S’poreans/PRs. *****935 JURONG OPERATOR 8-8pm $65/Technicians $1.2-$2 K 6347-7688. hr@visionman power.com Agy:02C5351) REDHILL/ YISHUN/ 2ND/ 3rd/Data Clerk.Changi/ Ubi Packers. $40. 6385-6467 *UBI/ CHANGI 8AM 5PM/ 5-11pm $42. 10pm-7am $51 *****688. Agy:02C5351) WOODLANDS OPERATOR 8AM-8PM $77, 8pm-8am $87. *****603/ *****702 TOA PAYOH
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      444 16 STORE ASST $1.8K+OT Tuas Forklift Class 3 lic. Temp Team (01C3135) *****694 PACKERS NEEDED. 5 days. Walk-in 30 Loyang Way #06-12. Tel: 6720-0567. SECURITY OFFICERS/ SUPERVISORS urgently required Singaporean PR only Hougang 1 10am-10pm Loyang-condo, Changi Kallang, River Valley Day Night $1700 to $2100 Kallang, River Valley Relief $60 to
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      500 16 Security Security Security m (r9 V fes Joining Bonus of $10,000* for all Singaporeans** Earn up to $3,100* **including personnel from SAF, SPForSCDF AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS Requirements: 3 'N' Levels NITEC 1 '0' Levels Diploma in any discipline Physically and medically fit Normal colour vision No criminal record RES A
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      305 16 PICO GUARDS PTE LTD PLRD ‘A’ GRADE IMMEDIATE VACANCIES PROTECTION OFFICERS a) SUPERVISORS $2.2K-$2.5K b) SECURITY OFFICERS $2K 6 days work week 12 hrs shift ($2K) 5 days work week 12 hrs shift ($1.7K) LOCATIONS: Islandwide BENEFITS: Good opportunities for promotion REQUIREMENTS: Min Sec 2 or equivalent WSQ certified or
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      407 16 10 SECURITY OFFICERS Supervisors Pasir Panjang CCK/ Jurong E/ Newton. Salary fr $1.8K$2.2K Medical Benefits. 8-hr 12-hr shift avail. G’teed 13th month bonus ($1.8K). Interested, pls call 9147-5549/ 9649-8548 $1.8K/$65 LIC GUARD AMK Ave 4 near YCK MRT/ Tg Katong Rd near Paya Lebar MRT/ River Valley/ Clemenceau Ave/ Kaki
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      350 16 Established Cleaning Co has various vacancies S’pore Republic Poly: 1. RESIDENCE MANAGER *Min 5 years related experience *Good co-ordination communication skills Computer literate Email: benlim@800super.com.sg 2. CLEANING SUPERVISOR *Min 3 yrs experience with WSQ cert (1st 2nd shift) *Good co-ordination communication skills Interested please call: Ben Lim *****881 Simon *****249
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      519 16 CLEANERS REQUIRED Compass Green Condo (near Changi). S’porean/ PR/ M’sian are welcome. Roger Tan *****503 LEANERS NEEDED URGENT 5½ days wk Ang Mo Kio. Salary neg with benefits. With or w/o experience. *****992 C FULL-TIME CLEANERS FOR Shopping mall CCK 2 min to MRT. $1000. Tel: 9052-1495/ 8169-6383. S’porean/ M’sian
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      339 17 Distribution Co. urgently requires DELIVERY DRIVER/ DESPATCH RIDER (High Interested, please walk in Blk 3016 Bedok North Ave 4 #06-05 DELIVERY DRIVER X6. Independent contractor 1 year contract. Full/ Part-Time. Must have own van. To represent the company in performing local order deliveries while using our company uniforms provided. Tel:
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      228 17 Amember of Receive trainingallowance* withourTrain&Place programme. To apply for the Taxi Driver’s Vocational Licence through us, you should: Be a Singapore citizen and at least 30 years old Hold a valid Class 3 driving licence for at least 1 yr Have at least GCE ‘N’/’O’ level with a pass in
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      23 17 Gas Delivery Driver Salary $2500-$3000++ Call *****520 or walk-in No 8 Defu Lane 11 8282-0028•8444-4258 CLASS3,4& ATTENDANTS PreferredintheWestarea Walk-inInterview: 10-14Dec12 120LowerDeltaRoad#04-10 CendexCentreS(*****8) Tel:*****666
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      147 17 PRIME MOVER DRIVERS *Min Pri 6 with class 3 lic. Basic $1.8K (21 shift) Box incentive/full benefits Upgrade to class 4 (sponsored by co) Progression to IGH ($2.5K-$4K) Walk in interview from 2-4pm Handling System Co Pte Ltd. Blk 221 Henderson Bldg. #08-02/03/04 CLASS 3/4 DELIVERY DRIVERS REQUIRED AT TUAS
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      759 17 E Other Positions SaJ Other Positions Other Positions ie2i HU Job Fair Training Opportunities Career Progression Better Paying Job e2i is collaborating with the majorshipyardsto recruit suitable candidates as Marine Technical Associates. Visit our job fairto find out more! Date: 20 December 2012, Thursday Time: 10.00am (Session 1) 2.00pm (Session
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      121 17 PET SHOP Bedok requires 1) Asst Pet Groomer 2) Driver. Able to work on weekend. Call 8113 0933 LOOKING FOR 6 Quality Car Washers in East Central. $60 Daily cash avail. PR/ S’porean/ M’sian. *****661 CAR GROOMING TRAINEE required East Central. Good Hardworking committed. Call *****661 PROJECT/ EVENT COORDINATOR. Fresh
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