The Straits Times, 24 December 2012

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 M O ND A Y DE C EMBER 24 201 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MICA (P) 002/02/2012
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    Lock icon Victorious Lions mobbed on return from Bangkok
    406 1  -  By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg ISA HALIM has been a member of the national football team since 2005. But in his seven years with the national team, the 26-year-old midfielder has never witnessed a homecoming quite like the one the Lions received yesterday. More
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    Lock icon Fraud alleged as Islamists claim victory in Egypt vote
    511 1 Opposition wants probe as unofficial tally shows 64% back new charter AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON POST CAIRO Egypt’s deeply divided political factions look set to move into a new phase in the battle over the country’s future, after the
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    Lock icon Punggol East plaza: Works to resume
    81 1 RIVERVALE Plaza, a key commercial centre in Punggol East, will be upgraded by next June, said North East District Mayor Teo Ser Luck yesterday. The MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC has taken over constituency duties in neighbouring Punggol East, following Mr Michael Palmer’s abrupt
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      Lock icon Anti-Christmas clerics rebuffed in Indonesia
      564 2/3  -  Muslims ignore order calling on them not to offer festive greetings By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF zakirh@sph.com.sg JAKARTA All across the capital, banners and billboards put up by banks, conglomerates and city authorities convey Christmas greetings, and shopping malls are as festively decorated as
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      Lock icon Shoppers pack the malls but shopkeepers not so jolly
      603 2/3  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg WHILE shoppers turned up in droves for the last weekend before Christmas to snap up last-minute buys, most retailers said this year’s business was not as merry as last year’s. While the Orchard Road area was
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      Lock icon School shooting: Gifts pour in worldwide for Newtown’s kids
      354 2/3 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWTOWN (Connecticut) Newtown children are being showered with gifts tens of thousands of teddy bears, Barbie dolls, soccer balls and board games. And those are only some of the tokens of support from around the world for the town
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          Lock icon Islamists claim victory
          59 4 EGYPT’S deeply divided political factions look set to move into a new phase in the battle over the country’s future after the ruling Islamists claimed victory in a referendum on a new Constitution. But the opposition National Salvation Front said it was appealing to the electoral commission
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          Lock icon Conservatives rebuffed
          60 4 INDONESIA’S key Muslim leaders and the public have rebuffed the conservative Indonesian Ulama Council, who sparked a seasonal controversy by saying Muslims should not extend Christmas greetings to Christian relatives and friends. Observers see the issue as a stark reminder that the spirit of religious tolerance and pluralism
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          44 4 WHEN politics turns divisive between feuding neighbours, sports get a boost. Four years after India and Pakistan played their first cricket series in 2008, batsmen and bowlers from each side will play five matches across different Indian cities, starting tomorrow. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Taleban softens stance
          71 4 THE Taleban (above) in Afghanistan has begun airing a softer vision for the country’s future and expressing its willingness to govern alongside other Afghan factions, in talks with Kabul officials. But observers are wary, given that the group is riven by power struggles and sometimes there seems
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          Lock icon Cliffhanger for economy
          72 4 STRONG sales of computers, machinery, cars and other electronics in the United States, according to last Friday’s data, suggest the economy could be finally breaking free of the slow, inconsistent recovery it has been experiencing for more than three years. But analysts worry that it might well
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        Lock icon Finding courage to act on guns
        46 4 OPINION WHY the United States finds it so hard to control gun ownership baffles the outside world, especially after the massacre of children. The buck stops with elected politicians. They must now summon up the courage to act. PAGE A19
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          Lock icon Limit shower to 5 mins
          66 4 NATIONAL water agency PUB will distribute 90,000 waterproof digital timers to schools and communities and also come up with a “shower dance” to teach children to keep bath times under five minutes. The moves are part of a drive to cut the average household water
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          Lock icon More fall prey to lucky draw scams
          60 4 PHONE scams continue to snare victims but while more people were cheated in those involving lucky draws, fewer lost money in kidnapping related ones. This picture was revealed by the police yesterday in comparing statistics from the first eight months of this year
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          Lock icon Tycoon’s driver cleared
          72 4 A DRIVER of Indonesian tycoon Jusuf Merukh obtained a High Court judgment ruling that he was not liable for selling the three condominium units owned by the tycoon’s firm. Mr Merukh had named Mr Daniel Long as a director of Merukh Singapore Properties. When Mr Merukh, 77,
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Has her music career peaked?
          62 4 BRITISH pop singer Leona Lewis (right) does not seem bothered that her career could be seen as having peaked with Bleeding Love, which hit No. 1 in 34 countries in 2007. Her new album Glassheart peaked at No. 3 on the British charts. Her previous
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          Lock icon Director postpones premiere
          49 4 CHRISTOPHER McQuarrie, director of new crime thriller Jack Reacher, decided to postpone the film’s premiere in the United States after the Dec 14 Sandy Hook shootings. But he drew the line at saying he would relook his approach towards depicting violence in the movies. PAGE C5
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        62 4 MONEY IT CAN certainly pay when a prominent individual attaches himself to a firm just ask Geo Energy Resources and Etika International Holdings whose shares soared after it was announced that prominent businessmen were involved. Experts point out that investors have always followed the lead of these “market
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        Lock icon Sachin calls it quits on ODIs
        44 4 SPORT INDIAN cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s (left) retirement from one-day internationals (ODIs) yesterday signalled the winding down of an extraordinary career which has established him as one of the greatest cricketers of all time. PAGE B15 PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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      • WHAT’S ONLINE
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          55 4 www.straitstimes.com www.facebook.com/ thestraitstimes twitter.com/stcom L AFF Suzuki Cup: Lions crowned kings of Asean for 4th time Lo Amazingly, worldQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidit.be survives Mayan “apocalypse” L Latin American food hits Singapore food scene L S’poreans not only emotionless but unhappy as well L Google working on “X Phone”, “X tablet”
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          61 4 www.stomp.com.sg L SMRT bus driver watches movie on iPad while driving L “Impatient” driver leaves vehicle in middle ofQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be lane at carpark L “Roving Santa on wheels” brings a special X’mas cheer to S’poreans out on the road L First tissue packets on tables, now man
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          34 4 www.razortv.com.sg L Christmas light-up along Nassim Road L What men want for Christmas L Christmas specials atQRcodegeneratedonhttp://qrcode.littleidiot.be student fine-dining restaurant L Jackie Chan backpedals on retirement announcement QR code generated on http://qrcode.littleidiot.be
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      Lock icon Stalled works at plaza in Punggol East to resume
      539 6  -  New contractor engaged; Rivervale Plaza’s upgrading to be done by June By TESSA WONG twong@sph.com.sg THE stalled upgrading of River vale Plaza, a key commercial centre in Punggol East, will be completed by June next year, said North East District Mayor
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      Lock icon Pharma giants race to develop single drug to fight several cancers
      715 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK For the first time ever, three pharmaceutical companies are poised to test whether new drugs can work against a wide range of cancers independently of where they originated breast, prostate, liver or lung.
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      Lock icon Switching on protein key to stopping killer cell
      258 6 THE NEW YORK TIMES THE genetic alteration the drug targets has tantalised researchers for decades. Normal healthy cells have a mechanism that tells them to die if their DNA is too badly damaged to be repaired. Cancer cells have grotesquely damaged DNA,
      THE NEW YORK TIMES; PHOTO: INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY  -  258 words
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      Lock icon Reform Party, SDA say they will contest the ward
      331 6  -  TESSA WONG KEEN on staking their claims on Punggol East early, the chiefs of the opposition Reform Party (RP) and Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) have visited the sin-gle-seat ward. The Workers’ Party has said it is ready to “offer a choice”
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      Lock icon MISBEHAVING MONEYLENDERS
      473 8  -  Number of complaints up to November stands at 248, more than double the 93 cases for the whole of last year By JALELAH ABU BAKER years. jalmsab@sph.com.sg EVEN with numbers for this month not counted, the tally of complaints against licensed moneylenders so far this year has far
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      Lock icon Journalist shot dead amid anti-rape protests in India
      651 8  -  By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE INDIA CORRESPONDENT mkritti@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI Police shot dead a journalist at a protest against a sexual assault on an actress in north-east-ern India, even as tensions continued to boil in the country’s capital over the brutal gang rape of
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      Lock icon MAS proposals could help prevent debt cases like these...
      696 8  -  By MAGDALEN NG, YASMINE YAHYA EVEN while trying to pay off her credit card debt of $150,000, she would still get calls from telemarketers asking her if she would like to apply for more credit cards. “It’s crazy,” said the 50-year-old
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      Lock icon Illegal animal trade active on local sites
      564 9  -  Study finds 23 websites offer banned wildlife, parts By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg A “PET” tiger, a grey tundra wolf and exotic parrots were some of the animals that online wildlife traders tried to sell to Singaporeans last year. A new research project by
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      Lock icon FOREIGN WORKERS IN FINE FORM
      98 9 Six finalists for the “Mr Mandai” title a body-building contest for foreign workers living at SCAL Dormitory Mandai show off the buff forms they hope will help them win. The final six were whittled down from an initial 50. Each contestant had to model in
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      23 8 In your tomorrow THE BEST WORST CHRISTMAS GIFTS Newsmakers tell Life! about some memorable presents Peace Centre cafe in spotlight over controversial name
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      644 10 Cricket: India and Pakistan are resuming ties on the field REUTERS NEW DELHI Cricket legend Kapil Dev remembers what it was like playing for his country against India’s bitter rival, Pakistan, when he made his international debut in 1978: a bowler was expected to aim at the batsman’s
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      Lock icon Soccer: Viets get a lack out of anti-China protests
      672 10 REUTERS HANOI Under the watch of plainclothes police, midfielder Nguyen Van Phuong unleashed a powerful left-foot drive into the top corner. Dissidents cheered from the sidelines. “Down with China,” some shouted. Phuong pumped his fist. As tensions between Beijing and Hanoi
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon A tangled web of lawsuits and sibling rivalry
        352 11  -  HWANG YOUMEE SEOUL The feuds of South Korea’s richest business families are a tangled web of lawsuits and aggrieved siblings. Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee might have installed his heir apparent Jae Yong safely as vicechairman of Samsung Electronics, but he still
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        Lock icon The staying power of chaebols
        875 11  -  Little success in govt effort to rein them in as families tighten control SOUTH KOREAN FAMILY-OWNED CONGLOMERATES By HWANG YOUMEE FOR THE STRAITS TIMES smallspender@gmail.com SEOUL Politicians promised to rein in South Korea’s chaebols, the large, family-owned groups that dominate the economy, during the campaign
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          Lock icon China tests bullet train
          114 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China has tested its 2,298km high-speed rail line, the longest in the world, as it prepares to start passenger service on Wednesday. Bullet trains on the line from Beijing to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou can run at an average speed of
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          Lock icon Ex-Gerakan leader dies
          100 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Malaysia’s former Gerakan president, Tun Dr Lim Keng Yaik, has died at the age of 73. Dr Lim began his long political career in 1968 by joining the Malaysian Chinese Association but was expelled in 1973. In the same year, he
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          Lock icon Organ harvesting in Taiwan
          62 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI A Taiwan hospital has harvested organs and other body parts from one of six executed death row inmates, in a controversial procedure that could help five patients. The authorities executed the six last Friday, the largest number to be put to death in
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        Lock icon N. Korean ‘rocket launch’ was ballistic missile test: Seoul
        329 11 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL North Korea’s recent “rocket launch” amounted to the test of a ballistic missile capable of carrying a half-tonne payload as far as the west coast of the United States, according to the South Korean
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        Lock icon Taleban softening stance on Afghanistan
        613 12 It expresses willingness to rule with other factions, but questions remain NEW YORK TIMES KABUL After years of deriding Afghanistan’s government and army as corrupt tools of Western occupiers, the Taleban has begun publicly airing a softer vision for the country’s future, with senior leaders
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        Lock icon From war reporting to saving Afghan mums
        664 12  -  PEOPLE TO WATCH By HIMAYA QUASEM hquasem@sph.com.sg IT IS an image that has become seared in Mr Farhad Javid’s memory the bruised and bleeding face of an Afghan child bride, severely beaten by her elderly husband. Her crime? Not being able to produce
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        Lock icon Moscow attempts to woo back New Delhi
        471 12  -  By KRITTIVAS MUKHERJEE, NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENTS mkritti@sph.com.sg gnirmala@sph.com.sg NEW DELHI Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives here today, seeking to sign big-ticket defence deals and convince New Delhi of Moscow’s continuing importance in the face of India’s growing ties with Western powers. Agreements
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        436 14/15 Big names fell prey this year to lust and greed. Here is a look at some of the headline grabbers that will continue to make news next year. TAIWAN’S OWN SCANDAL: Next magazine published an expose of Taiwanese party boy Justin Lee sexually assaulting 28 women and filming it.
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        108 14/15 BBC’S SAVILE COVER-UP AND NIGHTMARE ON SESAME STREET: There was nothing funny about the 199 cases, 450 victims and 31 rapes. News of the crimes by British comic and TV presenter Jimmy Savile, who died at the age of 84 last year, created such outrage in Britain that the
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        302 14/15 RIGGING OF LIBOR: In a year rife with banking scandals, the biggest was the rigging of Libor, a flagship instrument that underpins about US$550 trillion (S$671 trillion) of loans and financial contracts, and other benchmark interest rates. In June, Barclays Bank was fined a record US$450 million for allowing
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      Lock icon A blue Christmas for Europe retailers
      384 16 Consumers in crisis-hit region shopping later and spending less ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS Across Europe, holiday “shoppers” this season are doing more browsing than buying. Retailers remain hopeful for a last-minute burst of Christmas consumerism, and some governments were encouraging it by allowing stores to
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        Lock icon Pope pardons ex-butler
        105 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was jailed 18 months for stealing secret papal memos, but banished the once loyal servant from the Vatican forever. The pardon for Gabriele, who was sentenced in October by a Vatican court
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        Lock icon Man found dead on train
        90 16 REUTERS BERLIN A 65-year-old man thought to be sleeping while sitting upright on a Berlin underground train as it cross-crossed the German capital was actually dead. “It’s tragic,” a Berlin police spokesman said yesterday. “We don’t know how long he was sitting dead on the
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        Lock icon Sydney heliport plan on hold
        93 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A plan for wealthy executives and tourists landing in Sydney to flit directly to the city’s famous harbour via a floating heliport has been put on hold after fierce public opposition. According to reports, the Roads and Maritime Services issued the licence
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      Lock icon Santas, Santas everywhere
      139 16 What’s Christmas without Santa? True to form, he has appeared around the world even at the most unusual of events. People dressed as Santa Claus taking a traditional Christmas bath in Monaco yesterday (above); others rowing a boat in a canal in Venice in Italy (below, left);
      PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS; PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  139 words
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      Lock icon Cliffhanger for the improving US economy
      682 18 Hopes of robust growth rise on solid data but fiscal cliff impasse may hurt WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON The United States economy is finally breaking free of the slow, inconsistent recovery it has been experiencing for more than three years, economists say, but it might
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      Lock icon Green shoots of recovery taking root
      397 18 BLOOMBERG THESE are the few tell-tale signs of the US economy coming back to life. HOUSING New-home sales climbed to a 380,000 annual rate last month, the most since April 2010, according to the median forecast of 60 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. House prices
      BLOOMBERG; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  397 words
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        Lock icon MF Global settles legal dispute
        75 18 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK MF Global has settled a legal dispute with a British affiliate in a deal that will bring the failed brokerage US$500 million (S$610 million) to US$600 million, allowing it to pay customers more if a judge approves the settlement. Announcing the agreement
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        Lock icon China firm builds Lao complex
        72 18 BLOOMBERG VIENTIANE A Shanghai-based company has started construction on a US$1.6 billion project in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, boosting Chinese presence in Asean’s smallest economy. Shanghai Wanfeng Group reached an agreement with the Lao government in December last year to develop 365ha around
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        Lock icon Chinese private firms ‘copycats’
        77 18 XINHUA BEIJING Privately owned firms in China rely on copying their counterparts’ technology, with few bothering to innovate, said the Report on Chinese Non governmental Enterprises’ Competitiveness 2012. The report, released on Saturday by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, surveyed 622 private firms in 19
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      Lock icon BOJ faces threat to independence as Abe steps up pressure
      264 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s incoming premier Shinzo Abe has stepped up pressure on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to set a 2 per cent inflation target, threatening to change a law guaranteeing the bank’s independence if it did not agree.
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      457 19 MOST of the civilised world would be amazed at the parsing of the gun debate in the United States, so soon after the Connecticut school massacre had pricked the nation’s collective conscience. Surely, revulsion over the killing of children in their classrooms would instigate
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      1553 19  -  Assertive. Bo Xilai. Communist Party leadership handover. These mark the key trends that shaped China in 2012. EYE ON THE WORLD By PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be a momentous year a major leadership change on the
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      1093 20  -  By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF nirmal@sph.com.sg THE dust from the violent incident at the Letpadaung copper mine in Myanmar is yet to settle. But the contours of a complicated reality with political implications are revealing themselves. Before dawn on Nov 29, riot police moved
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      Lock icon Linking Asean together with tunnels
      861 20  -  By ERIC FRECON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer teaches at the French Naval Academy, researches at the Asia Centre (Paris) and wrote Chez les pirates d'Indonésie (Among The Indonesian Pirates), 2011. ASEAN leaders keep making the call to enhance “connectivity” at many summits. The
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      817 20  -  By DOUG BANDOW FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, and author and editor of several books. SOUTH Korea has elected a new president, Ms Park Geun Hye. The vote was
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      984 21  -  By MICHAEL RICHARDSON FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer is a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ASTHEUnitedStates shifts forces to the AsiaPacific area, it must reassure allies and security partners in the region that it can maintain a stable balance
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      910 21  -  By GAIL COLLINS NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE WELL,theMay-ans were sort of right. The world didn’t implode when their calendar stopped on Dec 21. But the National Rifle Association (NRA) did call for putting guns in every American school in a press conference that
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      931 21  -  By CAROLYN CHEN The writer is an associate professor of sociology and director of the Asian American Studies Programme at Northwestern University. NEW YORK TIMES SYNDICATE AT THE end of this month, American high school seniors will submit their college applications
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        294 22  -  RISING PROPERTY PRICES Stephen Chia THE call to reduce land cost as a means of reducing housing costs is well-intentioned, but impractical (“Property price spiral: Tackle land costs” by Ms Patricia Howe, and “Merge high-end public housing” by Mr George Seah;
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        62 22 1. MS LI DAN YUE: Pro bono work free, and freely from the heart. 2. DR TAN TEE KHOON: Why property agents deserve their commissions. 3. MADAM TOH LAY CHOO: Pre-recorded messages will work better than stickers. 4. MR ALBERT TYE: LTA stickers a safety hazard. 5. MADAM
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        250 22  -  Andrew Fung General Manager Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices WE THANK Dr Danny Tan for his letter (“Gender-based hiring sends wrong message”; last Friday). He has rightly pointed out that relief teachers should be assessed on their ability to meet the
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        88 22  -  Trudy Loh (Ms) Deputy Director Language Councils Secretariat National Heritage Board WE THANK Mrs Jane Lai (“Pronunciation differs from 30 years ago”; last Thursday) and Mr Mohammad Yazid (“Pronounce Singapura correctly, please”; last Tuesday) for raising awareness of the proper pronunciation of “Singapura”. The official standardised pronunciation should
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          69 22  -  Jeremy Cheong KUDOS to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for using colourful stickers to persuade bus commuters to move to the back (“LTA wants ‘move to back of bus’ message to stick”; last Tuesday). However, commuters are a stubborn lot, and are protective
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          106 22  -  Suppayah Thrungadam I VISITED Yishun Polyclinic on Dec 14 to seek a medical report to validate my driving licence, a requirement that I must fulfil as I will turn 65 in February. After waiting an hour for my turn, the polyclinic turned me away and
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        242 22  -  Claire Chua (Mrs) Director (Corporate Communications) Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore CONTRARY to the report (“Singapore subsidiary wins $13.6m case against taxman”; last Friday) that the High Court had held that anti-avoidance rules did not apply in the case, Justice Andrew Ang
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        227 22  -  Noel Low MY WIFE and I joined a package tour to Thailand and returned last Monday. The package included a return flight by the Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways. I was told that seat selection could be made 48 hours before departure and so, at precisely
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      29 22 PUNCHLINES Any suggestions to lure shoppers back to Orchard Road? Start thematic side streets and malls. Build more linkways and skybridges. Improve vehicle traffic. Slash all prices by 50%!
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      476 1  -  PUB to distribute timers for baths and also introduce a shower dance By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg THE timer lights up five minutes into your shower. The signal to prompt the person to finish showering is part of a new strategy by national water agency
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      Lock icon Subsidies spur more firms to hire the disabled
      689 2  -  Employers not just from F&B sector, but also design, events management By LESLIE KAY LIM llim@sph.com.sg WITH more measures rolled out to spur employers to hire the disabled, a more diverse group of companies beyond the usual F&B types have begun to
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      Lock icon S’pore-made Warthog still popular among British troops
      574 2  -  By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg TWO years after the first made-in-Singapore Warthog armoured vehicle was fielded in Afghanistan, it is still proving to be a hit among British soldiers and feared by Taleban insurgents. The Warthog, produced by Singapore’s leading defence contractor
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        372 4/5  -  The word “sex” has probably been spoken or written about more this year than in any other year in Singapore. From neighbourhood coffee shops to office pantries to dinner parties, sex scandals involving top civil servants, teachers and other high-fliers fuelled many a
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        Lock icon Ex-SCDF chief the butt of jokes
        282 4/5 PETER LIM SINCE former Singapore Civil Defence Force chief Peter Lim Sin Pang, 52, made the news in January in a similar sex-for-contracts case as former anti-drug agency chief Ng Boon Gay, the fireman jokes have come hot and heavy. Most famous was a
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        Lock icon Sex blogger stripped of scholarship
        354 4/5 ALVIN TAN IT IS a sure-fire way to achieve your 15 minutes of fame: Post sexually explicit photos and videos of yourself and your girlfriend on your blog, then spread the word. That was what Mr Alvin Tan, a law undergraduate on a scholarship, did
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        Lock icon Teachers in the news for wrong reasons
        447 4/5 THE phrase “hands-on training” took on new meaning this year, with no fewer than five educators in court for allegedly having sex with their young charges. Students at Singapore’s premier law school were shocked when they heard news that a well-liked professor had
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        Lock icon From busting criminals to battling to stay out of jail
        445 4/5 NG BOON GAY IT HAD all the right ingredients for a juicy courtroom drama: an alluring IT executive facing off an impassioned legal eagle defending a tough-as-nails drug buster against sex-for-contracts charges. Details spilled were enough to make any straight-laced
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        397 4/5 MICHAEL PALMER limze@sph.com.sg ELOQUENT and earnest and with a mischievous sense of humour former Speaker of Parliament and school rugby player Michael Palmer has never lacked female attention. But it was his inability to resist crossing the line with one of them former People’s
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      Lock icon More fall for lucky draw phone scams
      372 6  -  But police say fewer lost money in ‘kidnap traps’ between Jan and Aug By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg PHONE scams continue to snare victims but while more people were cheated in those involving lucky draws, fewer lost money in kidnapping-related ones. This picture was
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      Lock icon NTU STUDENT CROWNED MISS CHINATOWN
      90 6 Miss Singapore Chinatown pageant winner Stella Kae (centre), 23, posing with first runner-up Goh Yiling (right), 20, and second runner-up Tifflin Tan, 17, at Chinatown Point yesterday. There were swimsuit, party wear and cheongsam sections as well as a question and answer segment. Miss Kae,
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      Lock icon New traffic signals for Yishun junction
      164 6  -  FENG ZENGKUN RESIDENTS near the intersection of Yishun Avenue 1 and Yishun Street 81 got their wish yesterday new traffic signals at the junction to ease the vehicular flow. Since 2010, the residents had been raising their concerns that a new condominium and HDB
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      Lock icon Tycoon’s ex-driver ‘acted honestly’
      546 7  -  Judge finds him not liable for selling three condo units after boss’ death By K.C. VIJAYAN LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg A DRIVER became the “spiritual confidante” of Indonesian tycoon Jusuf Merukh, who then named him a director of a company he owned. When Mr Merukh, 77, died
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      99 7 Passers-by at the Bugis+ shopping centre being asked by Singapore Polytechnic students to form anti-drug messages using placards yesterday. The students were promoting the 15th anniversary of DanceWorks!, an annual dance competition with an anti-drug theme. The event, which will be held from February
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      Lock icon 20 held for vice, other offences at the weekend
      175 7 TWENTY people involved in offences from vice to drink-driving were arrested over the weekend in western Singapore. The multi-agency effort was led by the Jurong Police Division, and lasted 17 hours from Friday to Saturday. Officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau,
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      Lock icon One woman’s efforts to spread some cheer
      616 9  -  42-year-old organises charity distributions of food, necessities By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg HOUSEWIFE Joanne Guo who has six children, three of whom have special needs received some welcome help yesterday in the form of a 100kg hamper filled with necessities. Another 549 needy families
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      Lock icon New plan to help families of jailed drug addicts
      313 9  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg SOME families of jailed drug addicts will get dedicated social workers assigned to help them under a pilot programme next year. This was revealed yesterday by Madam Halimah Yacob, Minister of State for Social and Family Development.
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      229 1 O N D A Y DE C EMBER 24 2 0 12 B9 Woman’s efforts to help the needy More fall for lucky draw phone scams B6 At Mercedes-Benz, aftersales is not an afterthought My Convenience. My Service Convenient Services Centralised Booking System 60-minute Express Service Star Collection and Return
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      614 8  -  Online retailers get real in pop-up stores to draw customers with discounted prices for branded and designer labels By Karen Teng SINGAPORE women’s demand for designer bags has led online retailers to promote their sales in venues such as hotel ballrooms to woo more customers. In
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      244 8 IN ITS continuing efforts to raise professionalism in the real estate industry, ECG Property has launched a new business centre at Toa Payoh Central, widely regardedasSingapore’shousinghub. A key feature at the centre is the Consultant Tracking Machine, which facilitates quick round-the-clock submission of property-related documents
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      Lock icon Healthy muesli in Sunshine bread
      135 8 THE goodness and health benefits of muesli can now be enjoyed in Sunshine Bakeries’ new Enriche d Muesli High Fibre bread. Traditionally enjoyed as breakfast cereal, muesli is made with a combination of rolled oats, wheat flakes, nuts, seeds and dry fruits. The new bread
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      Lock icon Crocs unveils new shoes
      187 8 CROCS, the brand of colourful, soft and lightweight shoes, now has an extended collection featuring its signature Croslite materia Described by the company as “proprietary closedcell resin”, the material gives the shoes unique features including durability and versatility. The new options are suitable for work or
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      201 8 FOR a short getaway in Singapore’s shopping and dining hubs, sign up for the festive package deal at these luxury hotels. Till Saturday, get a Yuletide Retreat room for $298++ at Fairmont Singapore. From Dec 30 to Jan 2, pay $728++ for a deluxe room.
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        35 8 Yamie ready-to-eat rice is halal with no trans-fat and comes in four flavours. No refrigeration is needed. To use, just microwave for two minutes. A pack is $3.15 at supermarkets and convenience stores.
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        32 8 Pay less than $100 for branded household appliances like bar fridge, LCD television and washing machine during the electronics fair at Singapore Expo Hall4from 11am to 9pm, Friday to Sunday.
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        36 8 pired by the Ins auty of the bbataha Reef tional Marine rk in The llippines, Swiss Phi and Oris has nched a limited lau ition watch. ed y $4,000 for e rubber strap rsion.
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        33 8 Kinder Fun’s ergonomic desk with electronicall y adjustable height for kids aged three and above is priced from $2,280. Available at #02-16 United Square shopping centre and #05-15 The Centrepoint mall.
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        34 8 A water heater or clothes dryer comes with free installation from City Gas. Five lucky customers stand to win rebates for their purchases. Promotions end on Jan 31. Details are at www.citygas.com.sg
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        22 8 DelightfuldessertOreo cookie bits can be enjoyed in the festive Crème Brulee McFlurry dessert at all McDonald’s kiosks for $2.90 each.
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      83 9 NAAM RAS KIRTAN DARBAR 2012 4 days of Kirtan and Katha by Top Jathas Sikh History Exhibition Display of Relics Live Gurbani writing on rice grains Daily Gatka Performance by Bir Khalsa 1 m -V; I i 27 th to 30 th Dec 2012 Singapore Expo Hall 7 Thurs to
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      103 9 Merry Christmas, Singapore Straits Times cartoonist Adam Lee gives his take on the year’s big stories Yes, it's all my fault... I told him I want Kai Kai and Jia Jia WHAT!! Your boy is the top scorer for PSLE 2012? SHHHHHhhhhhhh... This is illegal! Go back to work... or
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      839 10  -  Taking cue from market gurus can pay off but even they make bad calls By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg IT CAN certainly pay when a prominent individual attaches himself to a firm just ask Geo Energy Resources and Etika International Holdings. The shares of both firms
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      Lock icon CPF insurance scheme entry age to be raised to 21
      514 10  -  By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg THE automatic entry age for the Dependants’ Protection Scheme (DPS) will be raised from 16 to 21 from Jan 1 as more young people start work at a later age. The DPS is an optional term
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      507 11 Vital drive saves money and trees Finance ministry dept leads the way in Govt’s green revolution AT WORK WITH CHERYL LIM cherlim@sph.com.sg YOU might imagine that staff at a department tasked with handling the Singapore Government’s administrative services would be knee-deep in paperwork. In fact, it is almost entirely a
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      481 11  -  TALKING TO ASIA CAPITAL REINSURANCE By MAGDALEN NG songyuan@sph.com.sg BETTER risk management in floodprone areas and other vulnerable places will do much to keep insurance premiums down, said a senior industry figure, Mr Clarence Yeung. The chief operating officer of Asia Capital Reinsurance (ACR)
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      792 11  - Short-sellers boon or bane? CAI JIN By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg IN JUST two days last week, Olam International surged 10 per cent, as it pressed ahead successfully with a US$750 million (S$916 million) cash call to fend off short-sellers attacking its stock. To get the message across
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        703 13  -  Uncertainty over outcome raises anticipation on trading floor MARKETS INSIGHT By GOH ENG YEOW SENIOR CORRESPONDENT engyeow@sph.com.sg REGIONAL markets may suffer a knee-jerk sell-off as they react to Wall Street’s drop on “fiscal cliff” fears last Friday. But while the nail-biting drama
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          2382 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS A unit trust or investment-linked insurance policy qualifies for inclusion under the CPF Investment Scheme if it has: a three-year track record, top quartile performance, a sales charge not exceeding 3 per cent and an expense ratio that is lower than the median of existing funds in
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          85 13 HASANAND NANANI: Resigning as executive director and chief executive officer of S i2i Limited from Jan 1. Mr Nanani, 65, had been appointed to that role on Feb 10 this year. MANEESH TRIPATHI: Appointed as chief executive officer of S i2i Limited with effect from Jan 1
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      412 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS MADRID Jose Mourinho saw the biggest gamble of his career backfire after his shocking decision to bench veteran Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas for Saturday’s game at Malaga resulted in a 2-3 loss. For all of Madrid’s problems
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      262 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Roberto Mancini has urged his Manchester City team to kill games off early after an inju-ry-time goal salvaged a 1-0 win over Reading on Saturday. And it seems that the club are already looking to reinforce their striking options, with City
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      299 1 8 Questions With Leona Lewis Jay Talking Singer gets darker on new album C2 All I do not want for Christmas Violence in movies Jack Reacher director says impact hard to measure C10 C5 Designer of the Year Tan Cheng Siong says he will cry if Pearl Bank Apartments, the
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        336 2 New York Times New York Lee Dorman, a bass guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, who played on one of the genre’s most recognisable songs, In-a-Gadda-da-Vida, died last Friday in Laguna Niguel, California. He was 70. Dorman was found dead in his car outside
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      864 11 Federal regulators require the Hemingway museum to get a licence to keep the six-toed cats New York Times Key West, Florida As any visitor to Ernest Hemingway’s house knows, the grounds here boast more than just Papa’s typewriter, his white iron-framed bed and the oft-used
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      398 11 Washington Post New York Paramount Pictures and Mario Puzo’s heirs agreed to drop legal action that began when the movie studio sued The Godfather author’s estate to prevent the publication of a sequel to the novel about a Mafia family. The parties voluntarily dismissed the
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        345 12 May-December romance: One begins... Agence France-Presse Associated Press London The Rolling Stones’ guitarist Ronnie Wood has married his girlfriend of eight months (both left), a theatre producer 31 years his junior, newspapers said on Saturday. The Sun and the Daily Mirror carried photographs of the 65-year-old
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        260 12 May-December romance: ...another ends Reuters Los Angeles Two And A Half Men star Ashton Kutcher filed for divorce from actress wife Demi Moore (both right) on Friday in Los Angeles, following more than a year of separation, according to court documents. The actor’s divorce petition
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          101 12 Actress Shu Qi posted a puzzling note on Weibo in the early hours last Saturday, which led to talk of her rekindling a romance with old flame, singer Leon Lai. In her note posted just after the Dec 21 doomsday-that-never-happened, she wrote: “We did
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          45 12 Pitch Perfect star and Bridesmaids scene-stealer Rebel Wilson will host the 2013 MTV Movie Awards, the cable TV channel said. She will play host and star in a satirical narrative on the April 14 awards show in Los Angeles.
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        235 12 Agence France-Presse London Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan (both above) were reunited on stage for the first time in 23 years last Friday as the Australian pair duetted on their 1988 smash hit Especially For You at a show in London. “How long have you
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      328 4 APR’09 ML350. FACELIFT C&C Svc’d, Black, 48kKms, 1 Owner, *****040 Grab! 4/’07 C180 SPORTS. 82k km Very Well Maintain. HighOMVKelvin *****505 ’07 MERC S300 OMV $84K, Rev Cam/ Sunroof/ Power Tailgate C&C. 9830-2833 1 OWNER. ’05 SL350 Roadster. 30,000km. C&C Maintained. 6468-2200 10/11 S300L. LATEST model. 1 Owner. 8,000km. C&C
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      224 5 11/08 ALTIS 1.6A Silver 1owner. Agent maintained. Low mileage Accident free Showroom cond. $0 Driveaway. $60.8K. 6299-2338 12/2011 ALTIS 1.6A Black New facelift! Done 12k km. 5 Years Warranty by BM. 100% Accident free. Ask only $101.8K. 6299-2338 7/09 CAMRY 2.0A Silver 1owner. Agent maintained. Done 20K km. Brand New
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      2764 6 ECHELON Huttons® realestategroup HUTTONS ASIA PTE LTD Estate Agents Licence No: L*****99K SHOWFLAT UNVEILS!! Call SMS For Appointment To View Showflat Alicia Yong 9834 7887 9221 5877 JURONG AREA. TRUCK, Van, Pick-up. Long/ short term. 28 Benoi Place. *****186 GREAT SAVING! WIDE range of car for rent fr $60/day* Call
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      117 6 ECHELON-BY CDL, REDHILL MRT, 43 sty, iconic 2 twrs, 1-4 rms/ penthouse. Good investment! View showflat call DebraTan *****383 THE COAST 3 bdrm, 2024 sf. $2050 psf. Unblocked sea view. Pte lift. Don’t miss! 9233-2158 Marcus. $2250PSF! THE SAIL with bay/ park view, 904 sq.ft, Tower 2, 2rms, vacant possession.
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      253 6 FH 36 STY Iconic Twr. CBD/ Outram MRT/ Marina Bay/ Orchard. 1-3 bdrm/ duplex/ PH. Sky facilities.*****166 CITY SQUARE 2-RM $1.55M 3-rm $1.95M.The Sail 1-rm $2100 psf, 3-rm $2500 psf. Oceanfront 2rm $1600 psf 3+1 REGENT PK 1170 sf. Tenanted till 5/’13. Convenient Alton Boo *****888 D’LEEDON DEVELOPER SALE Next
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      96 7 SALE FR DEVELOPER 999 yrs. Kovan Apt. 15+3+3%. VVIP disc. $9xxK only. Flr plans: www.onerobey.tk 9001-5708 Callie Httns NEW LAUNCH IN D.19! Blue Chip Investment Not to be Missed! Good locale,beside MRT! Eddy Toh 9026-2618 BLUE CHIP INVESTMENT!!! Just beside MRT. Call now Co-broking most welcome. Linda Mo 9296-7678 NEW
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      221 7 NEW LAUNCH IN D.19! Blue Chip Investment Not to be Missed! Good locale,beside MRT! Joy Tan 8299 2626 NEW LAUNCH IN D.19! Blue Chip Investment Not to be Missed! Good locale,beside MRT! Corinna 9796 1714 BLUE CHIP INVESTMENT!!! Just beside MRT. Call now Co-broking most welcome. Jerry Tay 9060 7079
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      192 7 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Alvin Ong 8180-2093 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual key Penthse. Reg now! Joyce 9683-9000 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Clarence Yee 9295 5909 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual key Penthse. Reg
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      198 7 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Jasmine Thye 8112 0188 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual key Penthse. Reg now! Yee Joo 9695 8789 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5rms, Dual key Penthse. MRT. Chow Beng Yee *****607 FORESTVILLE EC @WOODLANDS Dr 16. 2/3/4/5-rms, Dual
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      338 7 EUNOSVILLE HUDC BLK 824 #04 asking $1.4M neg 1680 sqft, potential enbloc $2M. 3 mins to MRT. New reno. SMS *****511 ERA No.1 Top Agt (3 yrs). BLK. 713 HUGE 1700 sf Single level. Kovan MRT. Must view! Call Tracy *****483 $10K NEG. 3’NG’ Blk 449 #04. Lift upgrading. Val
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      955 8 Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale CATS Classified GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHUN BUY IT* SELL
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      201 8 THE SAIL 1-RM $4.2k-$5.7k 3-rms $6.5k-$10k bay view Marina Bay Res. 1 rm, sea view. Neo 9384-2121 C21 MERAPRIME 4+1, 1313 sqft High flr. Good view. Breezy P/ furn. Near Mall/ MRT. $neg Lim YC 9382-0550 STELLAR 3BDRM, GRD flr with patio, 1324 sf. Face greenery, quiet. Avail immed. Alton
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      289 8 GARDENVILLE 3+1 RM 1625 /1904 sf. Greenery view. P/furn.Facilities/amenities Sylvia 9667-1882 ERA 7 DRAYCOTT, ARDMORE Pk vicinity 2121 sf. 3 bdrm ensuite. Orchard Hilton Hotel. Immed. Jo *****201 TANGLIN RES MAIS 4 bdrms roof gdn. Pool view, greenery. Near Botanic Gdn Tanglin Mall. Jo *****201 ORCHARD $3.5K NEW studio MRT/Plaza
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      310 8 OLEANDER TOWERS 2BDRM High flr. Windy, f/furn. 893 sqft. 3 mins walk to MRT. $3.7K. John 9858 2548 D’MIRA BOON Teck Rd. Just TOP! 1259 sf. 3-bdrm. Low flr. P/furn. Pool view. Immed. MRT/ amenities. THE TRUMPS 1421 sf. 3+1+1. Bright spacious. Good cond. MRT. Avail immed. Desmond Ng 9339-8395
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      242 8 BISHAN 8 CONDO. Ground flr patio, 979+355 sf. 2+1 F/furn unfurn. All race. $4.3K. Henry 9684-8586 BISHAN POINT NEXT to Ai Tong Sch 3+1 rm 1184sqft High flr Best view $3.6K Avail. Immed. Lai 8322-1111 RIOVISTA *****458 3RM Emma 1238 sqft/ pool facing partial furn/ reno. Avail. immed. *****458 SUMMER
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      359 9 APPROVED 3+1 BLK 8A Boon Tiong. 5 mins to MRT. Designer decor. Furn. Immed. 9168-8998 Ben $3.1K NEG! 644 Pasir Ris Drive 10. EA. 4 bdrms. spacious. 2yrs lease. F/furn. Immed. Yann 9220-3936 498J TAMPINES ST 45, 4’A’ nice unit, f/furn. 102 sqm. Avail end Dec. $2600 View Sat/Sun 9226-5473
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      364 9 NEW NORTHPOINT BIZ hub (B1). 1614 sqft. Bare unit, ramp up. Sale rent. VTO. Call 9616-0781 David OT **JOHN KOH 9423-0077 $3200 TradeHub 21 Fitted $1700 Woodlands Bizhub 1.80psf Harvest Woodlands OOD FTY 1230-2750 sf Aljunied/Admiralty. Rent/sale. Direct loading. 8399-9499 Peggy F GUL DR FACTORY/ warehse 8k/16k/22k sf.Office 2300/ 4900sf.Bare.Ceiling
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      623 9 CENDEX CENTRE 120 LOWER DELTA ROAD AREA: 4500/9000 sq ft Ê Excellent Corporate Image with Million Fittings Ê Nice Panoramic View Ê Mins. to Tiong Bahru MRT/ AYE/ ECP/ CTE Ê Ample Parking Lots (600 Lots), $70 per car lot For Sale $1000 psf/Rental $4.20 psf Full commission to Agent
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