The Straits Times, 29 October 2013

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 82 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 050/02/2013
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Jeep crashes into crowd in Tiananmen; 5 killed, 38 injured
    450 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Five people including a foreign tourist were killed when an SUV crashed into a crowd in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square yesterday and burst into flames, causing a tower of smoke to billow near a giant portrait of Mao
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    Lock icon Mass protests in Indonesia over pay
    51 1 TENS of thousands of Indonesians have gone on strike at industrial estates nationwide, demanding higher wages to match the rising cost of living. Three million workers are expected to join the protests, raising the threat of a halt in major production areas. L WORLD
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    Lock icon Seafood supplies ‘running out’
    57 1 SUPPLIES of seafood around the world are “fast running out” as a result of overfishing, experts warned at a seafood forum yesterday. A large majority of the world’s fisheries are fully exploited or over-exploited, they said, and called on industry players to pursue responsible fishing practices
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    Lock icon More, and heavier, monsoon rains ahead
    565 1  -  December and January rainfall could be up to 20% higher: Met Service By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Charissa Yong KEEP your brolly handy this coming monsoon season could be even wetter than normal. The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said yesterday that in-house
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Major storm lashes Britain, parts of Europe
      682 2 / 3  -  4 die as hurricane-force gusts fell trees; floods cause transport chaos Additional reporting by Audrey Tan ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON A major storm with hurricane-force gusts lashed southern Britain, the Netherlands and parts of France yesterday, knocking down trees, flooding low areas
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; REUTERS; BLOOMBERG; PHOTOS: DEMOTIX, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  682 words
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      Lock icon Only green builders to get big govt jobs from 2017
      517 2 / 3  -  They will need to be certified as such before they can bid for the projects By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg CONSTRUCTION firms must be certified “green and gracious” by the Government if they want to bid for public housing, school and
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      Lock icon Private home resale prices down for 2nd month
      446 2 / 3  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg RESALE prices of private homes fell again last month after declines in August, underlining the view that the market is weakening. Overall prices dipped 0.7 per cent in September from August, according to the Singapore Residential Price Index
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • Article
        Lock icon Keep your umbrella handy
        42 4 THE upcoming monsoon season is predicted to bring more thunderstorms and rainy days than normal. The Meteorological Services Singapore said total rainfall in December and January could be up to 20 per cent above average. TOP NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Govt goes for green builders
        31 4 FROM 2017, construction firms that want to bid for government projects must be certified “green and gracious” by the Building and Construction Authority. TOP NEWS A3
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Social ‘revolution’
          45 4 A BOLD proposal in China calls for a basic social safety package for citizens, opening up key industries to foreigners and allowing collective sale of land by farmers to developers. The reform plan is co-authored by President Xi Jinping’s economic adviser. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon Test of Sharif’s policies
          48 4 LAST month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) saved Pakistan from a possible default by agreeing to lend it billions of dollars. This week, as IMF officials visit for a review, economic policies of Premier Nawaz Sharif will be put to the test. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Tunnel links continents
          49 4 A NEW sea tunnel connecting the European and Asian sides of Turkey’s Istanbul city will open today, 150 years after the project was first imagined by Ottoman sultan Abdoul Medjid in 1860. But the project has been criticised by some as being too grandiose. PAGE A13
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          Lock icon High jobless rate in EU
          52 4 LABOUR woes may scar the euro zone’s recovery from its longest recession. The region will not prosper if Italy cannot restore economic growth. Last month, data showed that the jobless rate among Italians aged between 15 and 24 hit a high of 40.1 per cent.
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Penny foolish?
          32 4 THE recent fiasco involving three local stocks wiped billions off investors’ portfolios. More seriously, it exposed major structural problems in Singapore’s stock trading processes, writes reporter Jonathan Kwok. PAGE A16
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        • Article
          Lock icon Taking on farm living
          47 4 IN 2001, retired American Express executive Gavin Reid and his wife Judy swopped business careers in Hong Kong for running a lifestyle block in New Zealand. The couple have not looked back. They shared their story with senior writer John McBeth. PAGE A17
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        Lock icon REINFORCE THE SINGAPOREAN CORE
        70 4 The existential imperatives of a little red hub have not yet permeated the psyche of Singaporeans as much as that of a little red dot. To be a hub, its people must remain open to the outside world. But the Singaporean core needs to be reinforced
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon More car complaints
          45 4 COMPLAINTS from car buyers are on the rise after a new consumer law was brought in last year. The Small Claims Tribunal and Consumers Association of Singapore said they have heard more moans about vehicle purchases under the “lemon law”. PAGE B4
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          Lock icon NTU honours Han Suyin
          59 4 THE Nanyang Technological University is launching a scholarship for translation studies next month to mark the first anniversary of the death of writer Han Suyin, best known for her 1952 novel A Many Splendored Thing. PAGE B6 Han Suyin with her daughter Chew Hui Im in
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          Lock icon Jailed for knife attack
          43 4 A BARTENDER tracked down his ex-girlfriend through pictures she posted online and slashed her male companion. The victim lost a finger. Muhammad Nurafiyan Mohamed Sani was sentenced to three years’ jail and six strokes of the cane. PAGE B8
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          Lock icon Hands on with PS4
          79 4 GO TO our Facebook page to check out The Straits Times readers’ video game collections and “like” your favourites. Think yours is more impressive? Show us by sending us a picture, and stand a chance to be among the first in the world to play with
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        • Article
          Lock icon What does Fox say?
          49 4 YLVIS’ viral hit song The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) has attracted more than 168 million views on YouTube, but Morgan Freeman is not impressed. Watch a video of the velvety voiced actor reading out the lyrics to the song on ST Communities. stcommunities.sg
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          Lock icon Move over, McDonald’s
          27 4 CHINESE fast-food chains are giving their US counterparts a run for their money as they tempt cost-conscious Chinese diners with healthy, homegrown fare. www.stasiareport.com
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          Lock icon Australia’s ‘lost world'
          66 4 VIEW a picture gallery showing the new animal species found in a remote part of northern Australia. Scientists exploring the Cape Melville mountain range called the area a “lost world” after three new vertebrate species were found. A leaftail gecko (above) and a boulder-dwelling frog (below) are
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      • razortv.com.sg
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          Lock icon See largest T-Rex skull
          57 4 FOR the first time, the world’s largest Tyrannosaurus rex skull is on display at the Science Centre Singapore. Palaeontologist Jack Horner with a Tyrannosaurus rex skull, part of the Titans Of The Past Dinosaurs And Ice Age Mammals exhibition at the science centre. PHOTO: JOSEPH NAIR
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          Lock icon Off-road cabby
          23 4 STOMPER Sakinah was concerned to see a cabby driving onto a walkway in Marsiling, just to allow a passenger to alight.
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          Lock icon What it should have been
          51 4 SUNDAY’S article, “Yummy ramen in an instant”, stated that food manufacturer Nissin’s Tokyo Shoyu offered a surprisingly good flavour, with hints of pork when the product has, in fact, been certified halal and achieves its meaty flavour without using pork. We are sorry for the
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Buying stake in ARA
          51 4 STRAITS Trading is buying a slice of property fund manager ARA Asset Management as it seeks to boost its real estate business. It will acquire a 20.1 per cent stake from the Cheung Kong Group and ARA group chief executive John Lim for $294.4 million. PAGE
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon ‘Arsenal’s advantage’
          70 4 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho insists he has to send out an understrength team for today’s League Cup fourth-round clash against Arsenal, just 48 hours after his side’s 2-1 English Premier League win over Manchester City on Sunday. PAGE B22 Mourinho claims Arsenal have been given an unfair advantage
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        • Article
          Lock icon Friendly tee-off
          47 4 THE Match at Mission Hills exhibition game yesterday between golf world No. 1 Tiger Woods and No. 6 Rory McIlroy felt more like a reunion of old golfing pals as they ignored fans to exchange friendly banter. The event was won by McIlroy. PAGE B20
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Influential singer
          65 4 IT IS said that the late American rock icon Lou Reed’s seminal 1960s band, The Velvet Underground, inspired many to form their own bands some of which can be found in Singapore. DJ Chris Ho’s 1980s band Transformer was one of them. PAGE C13 Music legend Lou Reed
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          Lock icon US mega club to close
          51 4 MEGA nightclub Avalon will be closing its Singapore doors, just two years after it opened to much fanfare at Marina Bay Sands. The US club’s last day of operations will be this Saturday, according to its Facebook page. Avalon also has a Hollywood branch. PAGE
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      Lock icon Abe’s military talk ignores US stance
      598 6  -  Americans don’t wish to be drawn into armed conflict involving China NEWS ANALYSIS By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Kor Kian Beng in Beijing JAPAN’S Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to counter China’s rising military power, but he
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      Lock icon S’pore heading for ‘slower but better growth’
      493 6  -  By SUMIKO TAN ASSOCIATE EDITOR IN PARIS sumiko@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE is entering a new phase where, as its economy matures, it expects “slower but qualitatively better growth”, said Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. Addressing French businessmen in Paris, he said Singapore
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      Lock icon Guard in ‘gongfu’ fight sent for counselling
      347 6  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg THE security guard who was filmed in a “gongfu” fight with a keychain peddler outside The Cathay mall has been sent for counselling by his company. Yesterday, Reachfield Security and Safety Management general manager Grace Lim shed light
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      Lock icon PM meets S’poreans, calls on Hollande
      361 6  -  SUMIKO TAN PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is on an official visit to France, called on President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace yesterday afternoon. Earlier, he was given a welcome ceremony at the Hotel des Invali- des, a complex of 17th-century buildings
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    • Article
      Lock icon Plan to boost solar power without destabilising grid
      478 6  -  By FENG ZENGKUN, GRACE CHUA ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENTS zengkun@sph.com.sg caiwj@sph.com.sg SOLAR power may be environmentally friendlier than energy derived from coal or gas, but its unreliability could lead to blackouts and power disruptions. This is why as Singapore ramps up its use of
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      Lock icon US ‘snooped on 60m phone calls in Spain’
      521 7 Leak comes as Washington denies Obama knew of Merkel phone-tap ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE MADRID Transatlantic tensions reached boiling point yesterday as fresh allegations emerged of mass snooping in Spain while Washington sharply denied reports that President Barack Obama knew US spies
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE  -  521 words
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      Lock icon ST readers enjoy football treats in London, Barcelona
      455 7  -  By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg IT WAS an experience usually reserved for celebrities: Hob-nob-bing with football stars, sitting in front-row seats and being chauffeured around in a Mercedes. But this was what some lucky Straits Times readers actually got to experience over the
      PHOTO: COURTESY OF MERVYN SNG; PHOTO: COURTESY OF TUNG HON KENG  -  455 words
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      116 7 Experience Nanchang. Vy CHINA EASTERN tJ Your passage to timeless traditions. China Eastern Airlines now flies you to Nanchang, 3 times weekly. Set against a charming backdrop of historical pavilions and flowing lakes, the capital of Jiangxi Province uniquely blends craft and culture. Nanchang is one of 27 city links
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Reform plans for China seen as ‘ambitious’ roadmap
      732 8  -  Report calling for bold changes fuels speculation ahead of key party meeting By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg A BOLD reform proposal co-au-thored by President Xi Jinping’s economic adviser has intensified speculation on the scope of policy changes
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      Lock icon Mongolia to be China-Russia ‘transit corridor’
      415 8 REUTERS BEIJING Mongolia has agreed to establish a working group with China to oversee the construction of new road, rail and pipeline infrastructure connecting the two countries with Russia, a member of a Mongolian government delegation to Beijing said. Landlocked Mongolia aimed to become
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      Lock icon Easier to start firms with rule change
      210 8 REUTERS CHINA DAILY/ ASIA NEWS NETWORK SHANGHAI China has eliminated some registered capital requirements for establishing new companies, in a move to support long-term growth by cutting red tape and supporting small businesses. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has in recent weeks emphasised the
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      Lock icon MEET THE EXTREME-ABILITY ROBOT
      41 8 Shanghai Jiaotong University yesterday unveiled its six-legged robot. It can perform tasks such as search and rescue, exploration, and transferring objects under extreme conditions such as nuclear radiation zones, underwater sites and fires. PHOTO: CHINA NEWS SERVICE
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Anti-graft activists on trial in China
        462 9 3 urged asset disclosures; case signals Beijing won’t tolerate open challenge REUTERS ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Three Chinese who agitated for officials to disclose their assets went on trial yesterday, the first ever court hearing with anti-graft activists in the dock and a
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        Lock icon China official suspended over unpaid bills
        270 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE XINHUA BEIJING A Chinese Communist Party official has been suspended after running up unpaid bills of 700,450 yuan (S$142,475) at a speciality pig trotter restaurant, reports said yesterday. Mr Han Junhong, the party secretary of Wangluo in the poor central province of
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        Lock icon TYING THE KNOT OVER THE EDGE
        62 9 Ms Fang Jing, in a wedding gown, and her husband, surnamed Zhao, posing for photographs as they hang from a cliff during a rock climbing exercise in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday. The couple love outdoor sports and they decided to have
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        Lock icon Chinese Wikipedia: A fiery cultural canon
        345 9 NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING The Chinese-language version of Wikipedia has become a battlefield for editors from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in a region charged with political, ideological and cultural differences. The online encyclopedia’s editors, all volunteers, give opposing views on politics, history and
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        Lock icon ‘Crunch time’ for Pakistan as IMF visits
        583 10 PM Sharif faces first formal test of his economic policies in IMF reform review REUTERS ISLAMABAD Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces the first formal test of his economic policies this week during a visit by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). And it
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        Lock icon Fukushima ‘needs drastic steps’
        297 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO In their first meeting since Japan created a new, more independent nuclear agency 13 months ago, the top regulator yesterday urged the head of the utility that runs the crippled Fukushima power plant to take “drastic steps” to mitigate a spate of mishaps
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        Lock icon Modi rally blasts: Islamist group probed
        477 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PATNA The authorities are investigating an outlawed Islamist group that has been blamed for ordering a series of deadly bomb blasts near an Indian opposition rally by a Hindu nationalist leader, police said yesterday in a grim prelude to national elections next
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon 3 bomb squad men killed
          89 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Three members of a Thai bomb disposal squad were killed yesterday as they tried to defuse a device buried in a road in the restive south, police said. The bomb was detected underneath the road in the Bacho district of Narathiwat province
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        • Article
          Lock icon 15 die in Bangladesh clashes
          85 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA Fresh violence in Bangladesh has killed at least 15 people in the past four days as the opposition holds a nationwide strike demanding the prime minister quit, police said yesterday. Opposition members who have been clashing with police and ruling party activists
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          Lock icon Nato’s ‘minimalist mission’
          112 10 NEW YORK TIMES BRUSSELS After months of tense negotiations over the size and role of a postwar presence in Afghanistan, senior Nato officials say they are planning a more minimalist mission with few combat trainers and more military managers. The shrinking ambition is to ensure that the
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        Lock icon ALL GEARED UP FOR A CLASSIC RIDE
        65 12 Participants in a classic car during the two-week “Burma Road Classic” which started in Yangon yesterday. The 1,429km race features 20 antique cars such as Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz from all over the world. The road trip is organised by a travel company, with
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        Lock icon Indonesia-wide protests over workers’ wages
        586 12  -  Thousands strike, hold rallies to push for pay increases, citing rising costs By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg TENS of thousands of workers at industrial estates across Indonesia walked off their jobs yesterday at the start of week-long protests to demand average wage
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        Lock icon S’pore cabby surrenders to Malaysia police
        313 12  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Lim Yan Liang A SINGAPOREAN taxi driver wanted for allegedly killing his wife’s lover and grievously wounding her has turned himself in to Malaysian police after a nearly three-week manhunt. The cabby,
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        Lock icon Ex-Thai PM to be prosecuted for murder
        235 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Thailand’s attorney-general has decided to prosecute former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy on murder charges related to a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests in 2010, officials said. About 90 people died and nearly 1,900 were wounded in a series
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      Lock icon Ottoman sultan’s dream tunnel joins 2 continents
      519 13 Istanbul’s undersea rail link to ease congestion fuels anti-govt sentiment AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Turkey will today unveil the world’s first sea tunnel connecting two continents, fulfilling a sultan’s dream 150 years ago, but also fuelling recent antigovernment sentiment for such mega projects. “Our
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      Lock icon Scientists find three new vertebrate species in ‘lost world’
      332 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY An expedition to a remote part of northern Australia has uncovered three new vertebrate species isolated for millions of years, with scientists yesterday calling the area a “lost world”. Dr Conrad Hoskin, of the Queensland-based James Cook University,
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      Lock icon Explosive testimony expected
      486 14 1st trial from Britain’s phone-hacking scandal that sank a newspaper starts NEWS OF THE WORLD PHONE-HACKING TRIAL AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON The first trial from the phone-hacking scandal that sank Mr Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World opened yesterday, with his key aide Rebekah Brooks and the British
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      Lock icon A BRIGHT IDEA
      127 14 Residents of a remote village in a steep valley in southern Norway are about to enjoy winter sunlight for the first time thanks to giant mirrors. The mountains that surround the village of Rjukan deprive its 3,500 inhabitants of sunlight for six months each year. That was
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      Lock icon Blight of ‘brat-ocracy’ hits child-centred Sweden
      405 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STOCKHOLM Sweden had a head start in the good parenting debate as the first country to outlaw smacking but some argue that its child-centred approach has gone too far and children now rule the roost. Mr David Eberhard, a leading psychiatrist and
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Fresh glitch hits Obamacare site
        106 14 REUTERS WASHINGTON A data centre critical for allowing uninsured Americans to buy health coverage under US President Barack Obama’s health-care law went down on Sunday, halting online enrolment for all 50 states in the latest glitch to hit its troubled rollout, says the Department of
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        Lock icon Predicting killer heat waves
        111 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Meteorologists may have found a way to predict some killer heat waves up to three weeks in advance. Now, the best they can do is about 10 days. An earlier warning would help cities prepare for the heat wave, said Mr Gerald Meehl,
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      Lock icon Joblessness mars euro zone’s recovery
      559 15 Italy’s record high unemployment could jeopardise bloc’s prosperity BLOOMBERG FRANKFURT Euro-zone jobless numbers this week may lay bare a fault line scarring the region’s recovery, as evidence of Germany’s employment muscle contrasts with the scourge of political quagmire destroying work in Italy. While the currency
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon HK home prices ‘to fall 30%’
        65 15 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Barclays has joined UBS and Bank of America in forecasting a Hong Kong property slump, predicting home prices will fall at least 30 per cent by the end of 2015 as income growth stalls and supply increases. A “downward spiral of
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        Lock icon Forex reserves up by $47b
        67 15 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Nations from India to Mexico are taking advantage of a rebound in investment from overseas to shore up their foreign exchange reserves. The reserves of the 12 biggest developing countries, excluding China and those with managed currencies, have risen by US$38 billion
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        Lock icon China shale gas hopes rekindled
        67 15 REUTERS BEIJING Chinese oil giant Sinopec is for the first time pumping shale gas from test wells in commercial quantities, in what it hopes will be a breakthrough in the development of a new energy source. Sinopec Jianghan unit said yesterday that it has more
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      Lock icon LG’S SMART LEARNING CURVE
      96 15 LG Electronics yesterday unveiled a curved-screen smartphone, taking on Samsung in a niche market seen as a first step on the road to fully flexible products. The “G-Flex” uses flexible OLED (organic light-emitting diode) to produce a curved six-inch display. The model is “the best representation
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      Lock icon Confidence, housing deals drop in the US
      292 15 BLOOMBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON A gauge of pending home sales in the United States slumped 5.6 per cent last month the biggest drop in more than three years as rising mortgage rates slowed momentum in the housing market. Other data yesterday showed factory
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      443 16 THE existential imperatives of a little red hub have not yet permeated the psyche of Singaporeans as much as that of a little red dot. A hub is necessarily open, connected, diverse in character (to the point of being messy at times) and
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        434 18  -  Kelvin Sum Faculty/Senior Research Associate IP Academy THERE has been much discussion on the comprehensiveness of copyright and patent laws in our digital world (“It’s about public interest” by Dr Edmund Lam and “Fundamental difference between copyrights and patents” by Mr David Wu;
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        205 19  -  Ada Chan Siew Foen (Ms) I AGREE with Dr Jaclyn Toh Ai Lin that legislating eldercare leave will create a compassionate society and send the message of “family first” (“Ease financial burden of caregivers”; last Thursday). It is essential for Singapore to mandate
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          142 19  -  Patrick Liew Siow Gian YESTERDAY’S commentary (“Sink the old sampan, S’pore now a cruise ship”) referred to Singapore as a “sampan” and “cruise ship”. We have a competitive economy, infrastructure and range of resources. We have what it takes to sail well, even
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        171 19  -  Fong Wei Kurk I CANNOT think of any other country that imposes different taxi flagdown rates based on the brand and model of the vehicle used (“Higher flagdown rates for new taxis”; last Tuesday). It is difficult enough for locals to keep track
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      895 20 14 th NATIONAL EYE CARE DAY Saturday, 9 November 2013, 9am 4.30pm EYE CARE DAY FOR THE FAMILY Singapore National Eye Centre SingHealth Guest-of-Honour: Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Date 9 November 2013, 9.00am 4.30pm Venue Singapore National Eye Centre, 11 Third Hospital Avenue, S
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      577 1  -  Supplies fast running out so traders, retailers need to tackle issue: Experts By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS consume 140,000 tonnes of seafood a year but they may soon have to change their eating habits. Traders and retailers in Singapore were yesterday urged to
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      366 2  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg WHEN cabby Ang Yeow Chuan drives near kidney dialysis centres, he makes it a point to slow down and watch out for patients hailing a taxi. Mr Ang, 59, often gives these kidney patients a discount on cab fares. “Kidney dialysis can
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      503 2  -  Honoured for outstanding work after accident fuels her desire to ‘give back’ By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg HER own personal tragedy reinforced Ms Yogeswari Munisamy’s commitment to social work, a dedication which was yesterday recognised with the Outstanding Social Worker Award. In 1998, just a year into
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      386 2  -  By BRYNA SINGH brynasim@sph.com.sg A 53-YEAR-OLD man, known for his generosity to children, was found dead at the foot of his Boon Lay HDB block in the wee hours of yesterday morning as a blaze raged in his 10th-floor unit.
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      320 3  -  It needs to work towards both social and economic goals, HR congress told By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg WHEN the Government tightened labour policies, it had to defer, to some extent, to popular sentiment against the influx of foreign workers, said a senior official. This was
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      419 3  -  By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg THE new heritage museum at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, slated to open at the end of next month, has received some historic treasures. The artefacts from Gardens’ pioneer Hoo Ah Kay, better known as Whampoa, will take pride of place at
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      409 4  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg BRUNEI’S Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, has written a fourth book that gives his insights on the development of Asean. The book, Association A Part Of The World No Longer Apart, uses the
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      255 4  -  DARYL CHIN CASA Clementi, the Housing Board’s largest public housing project, has been recognised by a leading global association for being expertly managed during its construction. This is the first time Singapore has won the Distinguished Project Award from the world’s largest association for
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      403 4  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg ABUSIVE language by netizens on the wearing of the Muslim headscarf in the public service was criticised by Mufti Mohamed Fatris Bakaram yesterday, as he came out in defence of his predecessor. Singapore’s highest Islamic authority said in a
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      492 6  -  NTU fund mooted by author’s daughter now stands at $500,000 By LEONG WENG KAM SENIOR WRITER wengkam@sph.com.sg TO MARK the first anniversary of of the death of writer Han Suyin next month, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is launching a translation scholarship fund in
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      683 6  -  By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg ANY bilingual person can do it, as can Google. These are just two of the misconceptions that translators hear about their profession. To boost the industry’s standards and credibility, SIM University (UniSIM) has launched a Certification Examination for Professional Translators
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      442 7  -  26TH LAWASIA CONFERENCE By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg THERE is a growing consensus that lawyers should be gatekeepers who blow the whistle on dubious corporate practices, said Attorney-General Steven Chong yesterday. Speaking at the three-day 26th LawAsia Conference at Suntec convention centre, he called for a
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      432 7  -  Wait-and-see approach no longer tenable in these times: CJ Menon By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon has urged Asia-Pa-cific nations to harmonise their commercial laws to boost trade and investment. He was speaking to the largest gathering of Chief
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      461 8  -  He tracks down girl via online posts, severs her cousin’s finger in attack By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A BARTENDER tracked down his ex-girlfriend through pictures she posted on photo-sharing site Instagram and then slashed her male companion, severing one of his fingers completely. The victim
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      209 8  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTORIST who caused the death of a motorcyclist was fined $7,000 and banned from driving for six years yesterday for her negligence while switching lanes. Tan Lea Keow, 50, admitted to failing to keep a lookout for the victim, Mr Png
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      333 8  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A 48-YEAR-OLD man punched and attacked his wife with a knife after she had told him not to make too much noise with his drinking pals at the couple’s HDB flat. Seven months later, while out on bail,
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      295 8  -  ELENA CHONG AN AIRLINE passenger who stole a trolley bag belonging to a person sitting in front of him was jailed for nine months yesterday. Liu Yanjun, 40, had been on a Tiger Airlines flight from Macau to Singapore when an attendant spotted
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      697 1 Car complaints up since ‘lemon law’ B2 Social workers rewarded for passion B4 w NUSI Law National University of Singapore Graduate Certificate in International Arbitration The increasing use of arbitration and other dispute resolution mechanisms means that more professionals will be called upon to act as arbitrators. Conducting arbitration properly
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      1544 10  -  Singapore’s multi-pronged approach to addressing its energy needs has helped improve potential problems surrounding supply and security of sources. But today, the industry is facing a different sort of problem. In the first of a new five-part series on Singapore’s energy sector, Arti Mulchand looks at
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        615 11 A LOVE for Lego was what drew 22-year-old Rochelle Hung to the National University of Singapore’s student organisation Energy Carta. Earlier this year, Energy Carta organised an event called Changing the Game, which visualised energy usage through the use of Lego bricks. Ms Hung, a
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        567 11 IT IS a Saturday but one of Senoko Energy’s vice-presidents is at Woodgrove Secondary School helping staff to develop an education module for next year and exploring how the school can become more energy-efficient. Woodgrove Secondary is one of 18 schools that has been
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      474 12  -  It aims to sell 1,000 homes a year in Singapore as it splits from F&N By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE real estate unit that will be spun off from parent company Fraser Neave (F&N) and listed separately on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) outlined its strategy and
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      225 12  -  ALVIN FOO DEVELOPER Far East Organization is buying two prime commercial properties in Australia, it announced yesterday. It has inked conditional contracts to purchase the Clocktower Square complex in Sydney for A$72 million (S$85.4 million) and the Harbour Town centre in
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      278 12 REUTERS MELBOURNE China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining is under pressure to raise its US$191 million (S$236 million) offer to take its Australian Yancoal unit private from mainboard-listed Noble Group, a key Yancoal shareholder, people familiar with the process said. Yanzhou proposed in July
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      664 13  -  Bosses want help with rising rents and a dedicated agency for SMEs By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg BUSINESS leaders have called on the Government to do more for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including combating greedy landlords and helping exporters. The suggestions were
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      291 13  -  MOK FEI FEI OCBC’s mortgage insurance business has recorded a more than 60 per cent increase in the number of new policies issued in the first nine months of the year. The bank’s newer plans Mortgage Protector Plus plan launched in 2010
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        343 14  -  Storage site it bought spikes in value; now to become mixed-use project By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg LAND that crane firm Tat Hong Holdings entered an agreement to buy in Iskandar in 2011, as a site to store equipment has shot up so much
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        352 14  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg VIVA Industrial Trust, which holds business parks and other industrial properties, aims to raise $463.3 million in a listing on the local exchange next month. The trust’s manager, Viva Industrial Trust Management, said it is launching its initial public offering
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        455 14 BLOOMBERG THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) wants to lure more high-speed traders to its stock market as it grapples with lower volume. Computerised trading firms, which execute transactions in fractions of a second, account for a negligible share of volume on the SGX’s cash
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        321 14  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg HIGHER patient numbers lifted third-quarter net profit at health-care provider Raffles Medical Group, it reported yesterday. Earnings came in at $13.9 million for the three months to Sept 30, up 10.3 per cent from the same period last
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        446 15  -  Market here ends flat, while other bourses in region notch up gains BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg LOCAL investors shrugged off the strong showing in Wall Street last Friday and left the market flat on the back of lacklustre
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          99 15 HEALTHWAY Medical Corporation posted a 846 per cent spike in net profit to $10.1 million for the third quarter. Revenue for the three months to Sept 30 was up 3.3 per cent to $20.4 million from the same period a year earlier. There was a gain on
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          96 15 AN INCREASE in smartphone shipments and selling prices of handset solutions drove net profit up a striking 1,141 per cent to 21.97 million yuan (S$4.5 million) at Longcheer Holdings in the first quarter. Revenue for the three months to Sept 30 soared 103 per cent to 1.25 billion
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          69 15 UOL Group announced yesterday that subsidiary Pan Pacific Hospitality has entered into a conditional agreement to form a joint venture company in Myanmar. The joint venture with Shwe Taung Junction City and City Square will develop a 348-room hotel in Yangon city centre. The venture may also manage
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          18 15 STI trading volume 187.86 million shares STI up down Gainers: 13 Losers: 12 Unchanged: 5
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          85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 742.31 540.61 860.76 1,024.12 232.68 205.7 277.95 -1.98 -4.7 -12.95 -58.72 -0.93 -1.38 -1.8 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 188.85 485.62 836.18 816.93 1,261.81 774
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          21 15 Stock trading volume 3.02 billion shares worth $827.1 million Up down Gainers: 105 Losers: 314 Unchanged: 380
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          56 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change 108.24 307.85 13.75 0.914 -2.092 22,806.58 14,396.04 2,048.14 2,133.869 1,037.849 1,818.39 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 0.82 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Last Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,590.538 1,448.9 5,441.411 15,570.28
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          167 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 28, 2013 Top Rises Oct 28 CENTS Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 8548 92.7 0.9 (0) Oct 28 CENTS DBXT E50 10US$ 5100 24.7 0.4 DBXT S&P500 10US$ 2905 21.0 0.6 Lyxor China H 10US$
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          28 15 By Volume CENTS Vol By Volume CENTS Vol Sky One 9.2 389,811,000 Digiland 0.1 291,958,000 VMM 5.9 233.637.000 Rowsley W*****3 .............11.2 54,300,000 107.552.000 95.612.000 2.2 3.7
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          59 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 206 unch 1901 207 203 1.6
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          78 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL HIGH LOW COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 197.5 126.4 ARA 175 halt 2.9
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          60 15 Oct 28 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1872 1.1879 0.9609 0.9614 1 1832 1.1834 0.9578 0.9577 1.7065 1.7067
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          176 15 Top Rises Oct 28 CENTS NKY *****MBeCW*****3 7 16.7 1.0 NKY *****MBeCW*****3 19.7 13.9 2.4 Oct 28 CENTS SingTelMBeCW*****2 1.2 9.1 0.1 SingTelMBeCW*****9 7 6.1 0.4 BiosensoMBeCW*****2 5.1 4.1 0.2 VardHldgsMBeCW*****1 6.3 3.3 0.2 OCBC Bk MBeCW*****2 13.7 3.0 0.4 GentingSMBeCW*****1 7.2 2.9 0.2 Wilmar MBeCW*****1 12
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          23 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol CDOO) CapMallA2.15%*****1 101.4 CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.8 +0.1 30 CityDev NCCPS 106.3 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 *****
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          382 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last 114.4 99.2 CIMB APAC Div 100US$ US104.4 1217 706 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1095 +11 1 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 125 107.1 ABF SG Bond ETF 114.5 3340 2890 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2890 2120 2120 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$
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      638 22 He claims that Arsenal have unfair edge as they’ve more time to recover AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LONDON Jose Mourinho insists he has been left with no choice but to send out an under-strength Chelsea team for tonight’s League Cup fourth-round tie against Arsenal.
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      574 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manchester United are not shying away from the fact that winning the League Cup ranks high in their priorities this season. And, as they take on Norwich City in the fourth round at Old Trafford today, unlike Chelsea and Arsenal,
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      256 22 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Michel Platini has defiantly insisted that “no one is tougher on racism than Uefa”, after Sepp Blatter attacked the European governing body’s punishments as too soft, criticising Uefa’s ground closures as “nonsense”. Blatter and Platini are at odds in the fight
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      426 22  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg IF ARSENAL are to win the English Premier League this season, they will need to negotiate a tough November to prove their credentials. They face an important trip to Old Trafford to take on defending champions Manchester
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      508 17 Red Bull driver, 26, has time and talent to add to his four straight world titles REUTERS NEW DELHI Sebastian Vettel has the talent to surpass Michael Schumacher’s record seven Formula One titles after becoming the sport’s youngest quadruple champion, according to Red Bull team
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      453 17 Badminton French Open In Paris, finals Men’s singles: Jan O Jorgensen (Den) bt Kenichi Tago (Jpn) 21-19 23-21. Doubles: Gideon Markus Fernaldi/Markis Kido (Ina) bt Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (Mas) 21-16 21-18. Women’s singles: Wang Shixian (Chn) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (Tha) 21-18 21-18. Doubles: Bao Yixin/Tang Jinhua (Chn)
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      487 18 Williams aims to do better next year despite ending 2013 with 78-4 record AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISTANBUL Serena Williams believes her best years may still be ahead of her after she ended 2013 in record-breaking style on Sunday. The 32-year-old American successfully defended her WTA Championships
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      837 18  -  NEWS ANALYSIS By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg ISTANBUL Turkey has no tennis superstars, not even one in the world’s top 100. Yet this football-loving nation has been going nuts about tennis for the past few years. It was common to see signs such
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      281 18 REUTERS BASEL Roger Federer’s difficult season continued on Sunday when he lost to Juan Martin del Potro in the final of the Basel Open for the second year running. The Swiss played some of his best tennis this year but it was not enough
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      407 19 L LeBron James (right) Miami Heat forward, 28 years old If James wants to be remembered as the greatest basketballer ever, he needs a stellar season. Should he win his third straight regular-season Most Valuable Player award,
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      401 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Finally back on top of the Atlantic division, all the New York Knicks keep hearing is that they are going to fall back. Second in the Eastern Conference to champions Miami Heat last regular season, now they are
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      311 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI By now, the Miami Heat know a thing or two about planning championship celebrations. They are getting a fair amount of practice. A pair of 3D videos that will turn the court into a theatre screen and even the infamous yellow rope which
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      594 20  -  Untroubled by overzealous fans, McIlroy cards 67 to beat Woods By STANLEY HO IN HAIKOU, HAINAN stanho@sph.com.sg IT WAS billed as a win-ner-takes-all duel between two of the most recognisable golfers in the world. But throughout yesterday’s The Match at Mission Hills exhibition game between
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      419 20  -  STANLEY HO GUAN Tianlang (right) wished he had met Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy earlier it could have saved his shattered US Masters dreams last week. The Chinese golf sensation, who celebrated his 15th birthday last Friday, failed
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      841 20  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg A RETIRED Indian cricketer is discussing a book project with a journalist friend a few months ago. He is interested in a book but of a certain type. He might examine greatness but not gossip, he
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      353 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUALA LUMPUR Ryan Moore defeated Gary Woodland in a play-off to win the storm-hit US$7 million (S$8.7 million) CIMB Classic in Malaysia yesterday, crediting a recent four-week break aimed at polishing his game. The two Americans, who were tied on 14-under 274 after
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      608 21 Man City manager rues ‘stupid’ errors in all three away EPL defeats THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Manuel Pellegrini found himself stalked by a familiar ghost on Sunday but this time he failed to back his Manchester City goalkeeper for his part in another defensive clanger that
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      194 21 P W D L F A Pts 1 Arsenal 9 7 1 1 20 9 22 2 Chelsea 9 6 2 1 16 6 20 3 Liverpool 9 6 2 1 17 8 20 4 Tottenham 9 6 1 2 9 5 19 5 Southampton 9 5 3 1
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      373 21 ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG Carson Yeung says he is a celebrity hairdresser, property developer, casino high-roller and millionaire stock investor. Hong Kong prosecutors say the owner of Birmingham City football club is a money launderer who grossly inflated his income. The competing portrayals emerged from
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      325 21 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON After huffing and puffing with little effect for 80 minutes, Tottenham were grateful for a shocking penalty decision by referee Michael Oliver for the win over Hull City on Sunday that moved them to fourth in the Premier
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      384 21  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg WHILE their beloved Liverpool are thriving on the pitch, Reds fans are coming up trumps off it too. Just ask Wilson Goh, whose declaration of faith in the Merseyside giants in Carlsberg’s Test Your Faith campaign has won him an all-expenses-paid
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        63 21 Athlete Choo Leng Hin won the Republic’s first medal at the Asian Youth Paralympic Games in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Choo, who was born with cerebral palsy, won silver in the T37 100m race with a time of 13.68sec. He said: “This is very encouraging for
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        69 21 XINHUA VERVIERS (Belgium) China’s Xu Xin won the men’s table tennis World Cup by beating three-time champion Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus 11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 in the final on Sunday. It was top seed Xu’s first men’s singles title at a major championship.
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        84 21 BLOOMBERG LONDON British Open organisers have overhauled the qualification process for golf’s oldest Major to make it tougher and ease a congested golfing calendar. The Royal Ancient Golf Club, which governs the sport outside the United States and Mexico, is moving away from its
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        59 21 REUTERS BERLIN Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-1 Bundesliga win over Hoffenheim last week will not be replayed despite a phantom goal, with the ball going in through a hole in the netting, Germany’s sports court ruled yesterday. The Hoffenheim appeal was rejected because there was, at no
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        443 2 / 3 Lasalle College of the Arts L Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in acting: Students learn performance techniques and acting skills through a variety of genres and disciplines, from Shakespeare to experimental contemporary work. First- and second-year students learn the foundations of theatre, such as world drama, and
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        1878 2 / 3  -  Theatre students get to experience how the industry works through productions they put on while studying Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Take a pause before you dismiss that student production as “amateur” or “unprofessional”. The theatre diploma and degree programmes offered by Lasalle College of the Arts, the
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        523 2 / 3 A Day In Paris What: This cosy children’s theatre production by the Level 2 students of Lasalle’s musical theatre course was devised by the students themselves, under the direction of visiting Australian director Brendan O’Connell. It promises a theatrical tour of the romantic city. For
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        240 4 / 5  -  The Singapore Biennale has challenged five home-grown artists to break new ground Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg The ongoing Singapore Biennale, with its theme of “if the world changed”, has been a curious, self-fulfill-ing prophecy. It has altered the lives of five home-grown artists participating in it, who
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        530 4 / 5  -  LIM SHING EE Work: Mangrowe (2013) at SAM at 8Q For artist Lim, 37, two is better than one. She was active in the art scene here and until she moved to Japan in 2005, she practiced as an individual artist. The fine arts graduate of
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        509 4 / 5  -  SHIRLEY SOH Work: Seeing (From) The Other (2013) at The Peranakan Museum Soh, 57, may be better known for her ceramic works, but this did not stop her from tackling a new medium, embroidery, for her first showcase in two years. Her artwork in the biennale is a
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        540 4 / 5  -  SAI HUA KUAN Work: The Rise And Fall Of 1˚17’N 103˚50’E, 1˚5’0”S 75˚55’0”W A Circular Journey (2013) at the Singapore Art Museum annexe in Queen Street, SAM at 8Q The experience of speaking with the artist in person reminds you of his well-known work, Space Drawing. The
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        588 4 / 5  -  SUZANN VICTOR Work: Rainbow Circle: Capturing a Natural Phenomenon (2013) in the rotunda of the National Museum of Singapore The Sydney-based artist was pleasantly surprised when she arrived at the National Museum of Singapore earlier this month to install her work. Victor (top), 54, who has lived
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        693 4 / 5  -  Lisabel Ting When asked for a word to describe himself, South Korean contemporary artist Osang Gwon chooses “lazy”. To anyone else, that description does not sound accurate at all. The 39-year-old has taken part in more than 25 solo and group exhibitions in
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        125 6 ‘This is undoubtedly the largest and most spectacular birthday candle I’ve ever received’ Actor Ryan Reynolds (right) unveiling his look-alike wax figure on his 37th birthday at Madame Tussauds Hollywood ‘If you chuck away too many things, you end up discovering there was value in them’
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        1098 6  -  I am taking baby steps towards appreciating the intellectual exercise in contemporary dance Culture Vulture Ong Sor Fern sorfern@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/OngSorFern Dance is the most physical of the art forms. The pleasure of watching dance, for me at least, often lies in the beauty of watching
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          110 6 Chinese-born Nobel Prize-winning author Gao Xingjian’s Nocturnal Wanderer comes to life this weekend in a reading of the work. Presented by The Arts House and Lumenis Theatre Company in conjunction with the Singapore Writers Festival, the play is a surreal tragicomedy about dreaming, love
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          111 6 Painter Mark Luo’s first solo exhibition, Natural Simplicity, will open at Pan Pacific Singapore’s public art space tomorrow. His contemporary abstract paintings in acrylic are colourful pieces which illustrate the alluring moments of calm and quiet in nature. All works will be on sale
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          124 6 Chinese artist Liu Qiming will hold a solo exhibition in Singapore called Floating Clouds at Studio67 Art Space in December. On display will be new works in his Cloud series, a collection of oil-on-canvas works which capture different clouds suspended in the middle
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          128 6  -  Lisabel Ting Senses And Beyond is an exhibition which features four Filipino artists: Josue Mangrobang, Malyn Bonayog, Nelson Bosito and Rene Cuvos. They are all graduates from the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts. Their common artistic goal is to go beyond the
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        461 6  -  Chang Tou Liang Review Concert THE SONGS OF FRANCIS POULENC 3rd Singapore Lieder Festival Living Room The Arts House/Last Sunday In the birth anniversary year of Wagner, Verdi and Britten, it should not be forgotten that 2013 is also the 50th death anniversary of
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        1560 11  -  Galleries in the arts cluster plan a variety of exhibitions to coincide with the buzz over the ongoing Singapore Biennale Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Singapore’s action-packed visual arts week featured several exhibition openings around town, culminating with the opening of the 2013 Singapore Biennale
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        638 12  -  Mark Zuckerberg is seen in 67 portraits by various artists in this single work Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Artist Zhu Jia, a pioneer of video art in China, is unabashed about calling his recent work, The Face Of Facebook (2011-2012), a one-of-a-kind piece of
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        353 12 New York Times New York Arthur C. Danto, a philosopher and art critic who championed avant-garde artists such as Andy Warhol and proclaimed the end of art history, died last Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89. The cause was heart failure,
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      684 13  -  Many indie singers and songwriters here are inspired and influenced by the American rock icon Lou Reed, who died at age 71 Obituary Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent dinohadi@sph.com.sg There is a famous saying about American rock icon Lou Reed’s seminal 1960s band The Velvet Underground
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      1125 13 New York Times Associated Press New York Lou Reed, the punk poet of rock ’n’ roll, brought dark themes and a mercurial, sometimes aggressive disposition to rock music. His work with The Velvet Underground in the 1960s had a major influence on generations of rock
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      299 13  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi 1The Velvet Underground Nico (1967) While it is now credited as one of the most influential rock albums of all time, The Velvet Underground’s first album was a commercial and critical flop at the time of its release. The proto-punk sound, as well as
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      630 14  -  After two years, the American club at Marina Bay Sands is set to close on Saturday Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg Brand-name nightclub Avalon will be closing its doors, seemingly for good, just two years after it opened to much fanfare at Marina Bay Sands. The American superclub’s
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      470 14 Reuters Los Angeles Michael Jackson’s personal physician, convicted of manslaughter for administering a lethal dose of anaesthetic to the pop singer, was released from a Los Angeles prison yesterday, after serving half of his four-year sentence. Conrad Murray (right) was released
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        258 16 Taipei Actor Jimmy Wang Yu, 70, says he has split up with his 30-year-old girlfriend after her mother objected to their marriage plans. The 1960s Shaw superstar told Hitoradio that he struck up the romance with a mainland Chinese customs officer in May
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        397 16 New York JJ Abrams, pop’s reigning futurist who is behind the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, launches something very old-fashioned today a book. S., a hardback novel conceived by Abrams and written by novelist Doug Dorst, is also unsurprisingly one-of-a-kind, reported the New York Times.
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          84 16 Rapper Chris Brown, 24, was arrested and charged with felony assault early on Sunday in Washington after he got into a fight with a man outside a hotel near the White House. Police said Brown’s friend and bodyguard Christopher Hollosy, 35, was also involved in the
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          46 16 Fleetwood Mac are axeing planned performances in Australia and New Zealand as bassist John McVie is treated for cancer. Members Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham said they were sorry to cancel the 14 show dates. McVie’s cancer is not specified.
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          65 16 Singer-songwriter Lorde, 16, has become the youngest artist to enter Britain’s singles charts at No. 1 since 1998, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. New Zealand-born Lorde’s debut single Royals beat former TV talent show winner James Arthur to the top of
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          71 16 Hobbit fans will get a sneak peek at the second film of the trilogy The Desolation Of Smaug after director Peter Jackson announced a global live presentation next week. Cinemas in London, New York, Los Angeles and Wellington will be satellite-linked on Nov 4 for
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          20 16 Actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis, who became engaged in January, are expecting their first child.
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          39 16 Singer Ciara and rapper -producer Future are engaged. Future surprised her with a 15-carat diamond ring over the weekend, a publicist said. She was already celebrating her 28th birthday in New York when he proposed.
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      959 7  -  falls under the spell of nature’s wonders in Spain Yap Su-Yin FOR dreamy walks by the beach, long lunches with charming sea views, romantic dinners by the coast, and culture to boot, Cadaqués in the North-East of Spain is irresistible. Against the backdrop of an azure
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      209 1 ood from the Heart, a non-profit organisation, launched a campaign this month to get primary school pupils to finish their food. The organisation believes F that its Clean Plate campaign will teach children to value food from a young age. Last year, Singapore produced 703,200 tonnes of
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        598 2  -  ACTIVITY BY SHERYL QUEK ST, Oct 22 New scheme to train next generation of hawkers By Bryna Singh Veteran chefs will pass on their skills under a scheme being launched today to preserve Singapore’s hawker heritage. The Hawker Master Trainer Pilot Programme is a collaboration
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        592 4  -  ACTIVITY BY SHERYL QUEK ST, Oct 21 Anger management issues among children on the rise By Lim Yi Han Getting calls from teachers complaining about her 10-year-old son’s behaviour is something that Madam Toh is used to. The 48-year-old factory worker, who declined to give her full
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        559 7  -  This is the second in a series of fictional stories on the maritime industry, penned by a special guest writer BY R. CHANDRAN R. Chandran is a writer, actor and founder-director of Act 3 Theatrics. A full moon was lighting up the night sky. Waves were
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        473 9  -  This week’s featured writer, Ms Ann Peters, is a 65-year-old Singaporean editor with a local health publication. She shares her writing tips with Debra Ann Francisco Debra Ann Francisco What inspires you to write? I love eavesdropping whenever I can because you hear so much. I can also
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        132 12  -  brings you news from the region Eileen Aung-Thwin Bicycles have been successfully integrated into Taipei’s public transport system. A government-run bike-sharing scheme called YouBike offers commuters the use of 3,859 bicycles at 115 YouBike stations across the city. Last month, the YouBike fleet clocked 1.25
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        110 12 South Korea has introduced a “tourist police” force to protect tourists from being overcharged for their purchases in Seoul. WHY IT MATTERS The number of foreign travellers to South Korea has grown over the years, topping the 10 million mark for the first time last year. Korea
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        127 12 Xiangtan city in China is spending 15 billion yuan (S$3 billion) on projects to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birthday of Mao Zedong, founder of Communist China. He was born in Shaoshan, which is part of Xiangtan. However, China suffered many horrors under his leadership, including
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        484 13  -  IN THE NEWS looks at what the news can teach you about being your best self Eileen Aung-Thwin WHAT: Supermarket trolleys WHY: Supermarkets are losing their trolleys despite efforts to encourage shoppers to return them after use. Sheng Siong lost an average of 38 trolleys each month
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          158 16  -  by Nathan D. Wilson Reviewed by Millennium Tan Tan, 12, from Qi Hua Primary School. She likes gaming and drawing. When his parents are kidnapped, 12-year-old Henry York is sent to Kansas to live with his cousins. Lying in bed at night, he keeps hearing thumps and scratches
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          207 16  -  by Micheal Morpurgo Reviewed by Herman Rothman associate librarian, National Library Board I love short stories as much as I love animals. Not only does Micheal Morpurgo’s Snow Tales have both, but it also throws in valuable life lessons, making this book
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          174 16  -  by E. D. Baker This week, Little Red Dot shares book recommendations from a National Library Board associate and two Junior Reading Ambassadors Reviewed by Jolynn Hong Min En En, 10, from Townsville Primary School. She likes watching television and having
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        650 17  -  Cattle herds travel from Texas to Kansas in a yearly drive to satisfy the demand for beef Text Nur S yahiidah Zainal March 1870, Texas, the United States Keechi Ranch bustled with activity in preparation for an upcoming cattle drive under the supervision of wagon boss
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      302 7 NAMLY BUNGLW. 2-5PM daily by appt. 2½ sty 5450 /6000 sf, 5+1. Pool. Park 4 cars. Melvin, 8100 5008 HILL-TOP GCDS FOR rebuild. Bt Timah ***** sf. Quiet Holland ***** sf Scenic. Tanglin 17K sf. *****780 INTONG ELEVATED PLOT ***** sf. Wide frontage, best plot Priced to sell. 9383-9025 B
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      254 7 CHARMING CUTE KATONG Conservation 3+2/ Roof rare architecture! 3400 sf isabelredrup.com/ir12.php $3.4m. *****055. Susan FH 3-STY CORNER terr. NE. Fedelio St. 3340sf. 6rm. Spacious. Lush greenery. Beautifully done up. $4.7M ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Inter Terr 2-sty, 3+1 bdrms Opera Estate. 1700sf. MRT. $2.3M Only! 6100 9959 INTER TERR/ SEMI-D D.15
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      160 8 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Seletar Hill vicinity lands for rebuild, 3400-4000sf. 999 yrs. Rare! 6100 9959 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Semi-D Saraca vicinity. 2-sty, land 4400sf, F’hold. $9xxPSF Only. 6100 9959 NEW LISTING! 6 bdrms Bungalow Kasai Rd 2½ sty +basement. 4422/ 6870 sf Pool, lift. 9652-8718 PSY BEGONIA 4+1, 2-STY corner
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      241 9 D17 THE INFLORA @Flora Dr Fr $8xxpsf,Future 5Airport Access to PIE/ECP/TPE. Fr $4xxk Christina *****265 D17 THE INFLORA @Flora Dr Good Rental Potential! 2rm fr $6xxk. Face NS. Sch /Expo. Daniel 8282 2994 D17 THE INFLORA @Flora Dr 1bdrm fr $4xxK. Low Rise Devt Condo EC Price! 396unit Leidiya *****167
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      297 9 LA FIESTA, 1 min walk to Sengkang MRT/ Compass Point. Near future hospital. Call Bee Leng 9008-3410 THOMSON THREE. MORE than 70% sold. 3-min walk to future MRT. Attractive George Tay *****676 THOMSON VIEW TOWNHSE 4+1, 3840 sqft. Enbloc, future MRT. 99 yrs. $3.6M. Connection *****654 D21 listing can be
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      359 9 DON’T MISS! TREE House penthse 3+1+1, 1970sf. Nice kitchen. Roof terr/ jacuzzi. $2.35M. Annie 9021 6556 YEW MEI GREEN, 1335 sf Corner, reno, unblock. 3+1 $809psf. Ram 9005 7801 MEADOWS PEIRCE, F’hold 2 bdrm, 915 sqft. Spacious Greenery facing. Immed move in. Near all amenities LILYDALE, 3RM 1195 sf High
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      340 9 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHU CHOA CHU KANG BUK ANJANG JURONGWEST BUKIT BATOK '—s JUKI riSHUN 4 x
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      158 9 $5K ONLY! 5’I’ Blk 8A Boon Tiong Rd. Corner unit/ 115sqm Face SE. Can contra. Solomon 9027-7546. GOOD LOCATION! #18 Blk 539, 5’I’. Val $545k. Can contra, You offer I try! Pk, LRT 2015 MRT/ 3 shpg ctrs RARE! DESIGN build premium apt 4-rm, 93 sqm. 627 Senja #28, val
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      240 9 4A 440. COV $3K up. All PR eligible. MRT. Move-in. Lift. 4A 293 Val $418K. Movein. Corner. Sunshine Place. 4A 442. 90sqm. High flr. Full amenities. $10K COV. 4A Blk 4 corner. Val $380k 4A 676 corner. Mid flr. Balcony, F/aircon. Val $425K. 5-rm 684B Corner $0 cash 110sqm Val
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      168 9 3’A’ BLK 610 #07. Well reno. Lift upgrade. Amenities All races eligible. Val $355K. Jeremy *****232 3½-RM 508 WEST Coast. Corner, high flr. PR eligible 3’I’ 410 Pandan 9151-7003 BLK 37 CIRCUIT Rd, 3rm, 58 sqm, high flr, unblock, new reno. Near Sch, MRT. Val $306K. All PR eligible COV
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      186 9 3NG BLK 308 High flr, lift. 67sqm Orig cond. Holy Innocent Pri. Low Serious seller. Vincent 9009 3931 3-RM 645 HIGH floor, reno. 5’I’ 465, 4 bdrms, MRT 5’I’ 941 High flr. Corner. Windy. Near shpg mall. 4’A’ 135 LOR Ah Soo. Val. $460K. Move in. High flr. 4’I’ Blk
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      153 9 BLK 671B EA 4bdrm corner Marble flr, square layout, NS facing. Valn $568k. 828 EA corner #10, 4bdrm 676B 5’I’ vacant, can contra, nice reno, valn $508k. All races eligible. MRT/ mall/amenities. Don’t miss! AT VAL $395K! 4’A’ Blk 810 Jurong W. Spacious 107 sqm. Good layout. Face NS. Sell
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      287 9 RARE 4A, BLK 547 St 42, Renovated, Bright, Breezy, Move-in High flr Val $428k Call Janette 9858-5410. RARE! 987D 4’A’. 8 yrs. Stone throw to MRT. High flr. Corner. Serious seller Call now! Wang *****250 $10K COV! 4’NG’ 93 sqm Blk 527 Corner/ #08/ MRT All races/ PR eligible. Val
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      325 10 PUNGGOL, A BIG change!!! 5I 197B a fusion of fashion 4A 299 a frame for height. 4A 643 a tropical paradise 4A 638A a luxury appeal 4A 301A a retreat to space 4A 301C a design secret BELOW VALUE! 5’I’ 174A Edgedale Plains. Reno. LRT /Punggol Plaza. Val $526K Grab
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      384 10 4A 106 CORNER #9. 101sqm 4A 264C High flr. Move in. 5’I’ 122 High flr. Corner.. 5’I’ 302A High flr. Reno. Carlos Tan 8298-2288 ML SENGKANG EASTWAY 5’I’. Low cash. High flr. Corner. Well reno. Aircon. Genuine seller. Vern ERA *****889 131 RIVERVALE 4’A’ Reno 319C Anchorvale 5’I’. Mins MRT/
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      334 10 TOA PAYOH 3’I’ Blk 100 High flr, windy, reno. Val $357K. Braddell MRT/ ame nities. Joshua 9270 7830. VERY NEAR MRT! Jumbo ’Dual Key’ Blk 830. Val $745K. 4A Blk 792. Valued $410K. 4NG Blk 108. Val $378K. 4S Blk 845. High flr. VTO. 3A Blk 311. High flr. Serious
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      764 10 Brentwood Villas 14 30 Lloyd Road 2242 sq ft 4+1+1 5 min walk to Somerset MRT Townhouse Villa Madeleine Oxley Road 4302 sq ft 4+1+1 Resort-style townhouse Private gardens 5 min walk to Somerset MRT 24 hours maintenance hotline Villa Delle Rose 2 92 Taman Nakhoda 2800-3200 sq ft 3+1
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      320 10 S/STY COLONIAL HOUSES at Kuo Chuan Ave. 2 bdrms semi-D with pte garden, Marine Parade/ shops/ sch Enquiries call 6236 0246 KOON SENG CONSERVATION Gem 3 levels Elegance. 4+1 gdn/carpk. See gallary on isabelredrup.com/ir47.php$11k. *****055. Susan FRANKEL BUNGLW $12.8K 6000/4500sf 6+1 Pk/ MRT BoscombeBunglw 7+1+pool 6800 sf $17.8K. *****611 SIGLAP
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      391 10 tsa Sentosa/ Q04 Telok Blangah Pte Apts For Rent (MM Sentosa/ D04 Telok Blangah Pte Apts For Rent mm Sentosa/ D04 Telok Blangah Pte Apts For Rent GSM Sentosa/ 004 Telok Blangah Pte Apts For Rent Reflections -I v <£ ,y m Luxurious waterfront residences FOR LEASE within walking distance
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      273 10 THE SAIL STUDIO $4.0K. 2rm City/Sea view $5K-6K 3/4 rm, bay view $6.5-12k Marina Bay Suites 3/4rms Call Neo 9384-2121 REA MARINA BAY RES 1980 sf. 3+1. High flr. Full bay view, 2 balcony face sea gdn. Avail 1/11. 9147-5661 Zeno MARINA BAY SUITES high flr immed 1603 sqft $8.8K,
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      230 10 THE BEACON 3+1/1485SF. Tastefully p/furn. Balcony. Breezy. CBD/ MRT. Immed. $5.8K. Susan 9008 1899 ICON 1BDRM -LOFT 786sf. Unblock city view, f/furn. Immed. Tg Pagar MRT/ office bldg. $4.3K. *****368 DORSETT RES. JUST TOP. Outram Pk MRT doorstep. 1/ 2 rm, 678/ 689 sf. Immed. Daisy *****342 WIN REGENCY 4BDRM
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      299 10 ***THE BERTH Sentosa 3rm 1615 sqft P/furn $6.5K Good layout. Boat berthing Pool. Ricky *****062 THE INTERLACE 3/4BDRM 1744/1905/2045/2142sf new fr $6k onwards. good view, call *****786 Josie CARIBBEAN 2RM $5K, furn. 3rms x 3, $6K up immed. The Coast 3-rm penthse $10K. Sam Lim *****251 INTERLACE BRAND NEW 3+1
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      749 11 iTitfl Orchard/Cairnhill/ Orchard/Cairnhill/ D09 RiverValley 009 River Valley Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent Cavenagh Lodge at Cavenagh Road Minutes to international schools and Orchard Road Free shuttle bus service to nearby MRT stations Swimming pool, gym and BBQ pits •2 3+1 bedrooms, 969 to 1,697 sq ft
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      365 11 THE LAURELS 2RMS 883 sf Rivershire 4+1bdrm $6.6k Robertson 100, 3rm $5.9k *****270 *****038 CENTENNIA SUITES 3BDRM 1754 sf. Just TOP! High flr. Facilities. Opp Great World. $9.8K! Gavin 9023 9338 SCOTTS 28, 3+1 High flr. Unblock. Approx 1733 sqft. P/furn. Mins MRT. 1st Nov. $7.6K. Florence *****821 NEW 1
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      390 11 ESPADA@ ST THOMAS Walk Lovely 2rm.Near Somerset MRT. Tennis Ct Heated Pool $5.2k. Kei *****598 D9 THE BEAUMONT Studio apt. 5 mins MRT/ Orchard Rd facilities. *****828 2-BDRMS, POOL VIEW, High flr. Brand new. The Laurels Orchard. Owner 9731-6179. UE SQUARE STUDIO 800 sf. Furn. Immed facilities $4K. 9007-1033 Eileen
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      535 11 TANGLIN HILL CONDO 3315 sf. 4+1. Lower mais. Quiet, pool greenery view. neg. Katherine *****259 THE BALMORAL. 2680 sqft. 4+1. F/facilities. Hilltop ambience. Reasonable offer secures. Owner: *****307 THE BALMORAL 2900 sf. 4+1. New Reno. Pool view. Quiet. Near Orchard.$12k. Julia *****281 ERA FONTANA HEIGTHS 4000SF Penthse/ 4200sf 4+family +1,
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      473 11 ****ROCHELLE NEWTON 3+study, 1507 sqft, $6.7K. 4+1, 1701 sf $7.5k, Immed. 3+1, 1356 sf, $6.5k, F/furn. 19 SHELFORD. 915 sf. High flr. 2+1. Mins main rd/ MRT. Prefer family. P/furn $3.4k Chan WH *****038 OT PENTHOUSE ARCADIA Designer duplex for CEOs 7500 sqft. 7+1. Avail. Oct. Albert 9682-6220 APPC THE
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      326 11 MOONSTONE VIEW 3+1 furn/ very near amenities, city, MRT. Avail fr 17/11. All are welcome. Pat 9008-2992. THE TIER (NEAR N o v e n a MRT) 1 bdrm study. Cosy, unblocked, high flr, breezy. Immed. Serene 9101 5000. TRELLIS TWR 4+1 1500sf. High flr. Unblocked. Immed Mins MRT Amenities.
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      458 11 1) IMMED. NEW roof terr. 3+1. Marine Ville Penthse. Approx 2260 sf. P/ furn. 2) Grand Duchess. Grd flr. 1453 sf W/patio. Avail Dec. TELOK KURAU LOR J. 3+1 rm. furn. Quiet. Greenery $3.5K neg Near MRT park Immed. Cecilia *****792 RARE! SPACIOUS 3+1 rm Mandarin Gdn. 1800 sqft. Split
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      353 11 STUDIOS@ TANAH MERAH. F/furn aircon kitchen ette. Mins to MRT. $1.7K up Immed. 9321-8529 Sheila SUNHAVEN CONDO, WALK to SIA training ctr, 2 bdrm, mid flr, spacious bright, $2600. Nicole *****817 1. CASA MERAH 2rm, Immed 2. Casa Merah 3rm, Immed 3. Sunhaven 2rms, Immed Call *****575 Billy HSR CASA
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      313 11 SPRINGBLOOM 3+1, 1302 sf. Reno. Unblocked. Bright windy. Next to MRT. neg. Immed. Vincent 8444-7716 $3.7K COUNTRY GRANDEUR 3+1, 1443 sqft, spacious unblocked, pool/ gym/ tennis ct thomson plaza, bishan park, immed, high floor GARDEN AT BISHAN 1bdrm Grd flr with patio, 700 sf. F/furn. avail 1st Dec. $2.5K call/
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      349 12 HILLVIEW HGT 3+1 r m f/furn fully aircon. Near amenities. Call or SMS owner *****859/*****513 THE WARREN 4+1. 1475sf. Pool view! Furnished. Near MRT/Amenities. Full Facilities. 9733 6340 Melvin GUILIN VIEW 3+1 Very High flr Near MRT. Avail Immed. neg. Call 8406-6398 ***PETALS, 3+1, VACANT. Immediate. $2900. Call Clarence 9663
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      386 12 SIN MING 4RM. Renovated. F/aircon. P/furn. Near Ai Tong. Move in Dec. Call Paige 8189 0066 DTZ APPROVED UNIT! 288G Bt Batok. 5’I’, 120sqm. F/furn. Nice reno. Immed. $2.6K neg. Alvin Toh 9177 9618 BLK 162 2+1 f/furn. 2 aircon. Mid flr. Amenities. Avail 1st Nov. Nice owner. $2.3K neg.*****222
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      365 12 EA BLK 184, Corner, 3 bdrm with walk-in wardrobe,high flr, nice reno, near LRT, shops, Chinese landlord. EA 186 PUNGGOL. 3-bdrm Avail Nov. Spacious unit Mall nearby,3stops to MRT Viewing: Karen *****884 2 UNITS 43 Tanglin Halt 2+1/ 1+1 F/furn, aircon. Avail 1 Nov/ 1 Dec. Mins MRT. Rajan 9459-3037
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      427 12 RMS WITH ATTACHED bath, 7-rm apt. beside Outram MRT. Furn, aircon. Expats choice. SMS to *****377 KILLINEY ROAD. FULLY furnished. Wifi, tv and fridge. swimming Pool. Immediate. Savills *****101. $700/ $800 BT Timah Condo near Plaza/ LRT/ Rail Mall. Call *****161 Owner WING FONG MASTER rm. Aircon. F/furn. Wifi. Privacy.
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      453 12 TENANTS JUST ARRIVED! Urgently looking for whole units High budget. Personal/ co lease. Call 969-***** Pan LHG PROPERTIES INVITES you to sell your Home with us. Best Tactics for Best Prices. Call *****446 Chua CBD-STYLISH CONSERVATION Shophse, reno, hardwood flr. P/fitted. 1200sf $4.60 neg.Dora *****678 HIAP HOE GROUP FOR LEASE
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      716 12 011 Factory/lndustrial fSI Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial 0! Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! Changi Logistics Centre Logistech* Nan Wah 6 Changi South Street 2 LogisHubldClementi* 9 Changi South Street 3* 7 Changi South Street 2* 5 Toh
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      299 12 HENDERSON 4250 SF. Rare dual entrance. High ceiling. $1.60 psf. *****096 Wong HENDERSON 4000 SF. Rare ground floor direct loading Ask. *****096 Wong SF RUBY/ VALIANT IND complex MacPherson, 1302/ 750 sf. Tel. 6744-0066 GL OPEN YARD SG Kadut 30K sf/ Tuas 4300/ 10Ksf Cover 2400 sf. *****197 Loke WOODLANDS
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      457 12 flW Factory/lndustrial Of] Factory/lndustrial fUf Space for Sale Space for Sale For Sale (Expression of Interest) Rare Large Land in Jurong Sizable Land: 200,000 sq ft Ideal for warehousing/general industry Huge open yard Low plot ratio utilized currently Excellent connectivity to highways seaport EOI Closing Date: 14 Nov 2013 (Thu),
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      707 13 RCV Factory/lndustrial R5J Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial RH Factory/lndustrial RE Factory/lndustrial Up Space for Sale Space for Sale Hfef Space for Sale iff Space for Sale Hi Space for Sale AT KAKI BUKIT 5-STOREY CORPORATE BUILDING WITH BASEMENT CARPARK SI m m r* H SSS* Hill) a), am ill HI HI r
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      565 13 Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Office Space for Rent Cap/taCommercial Trust Prime Office Space Choice Locations TWENTY ANSON 3,100- 13,165 sq ft (fitted/sub-divisible) NearTanjong Pagar MRT Stn Call: 6826 5861 /6826 5761 SIX BATTERY RD 560 5,000 sq ft Above Raffles Place MRT
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      439 13 2ND FLR CONSERVATION office Boat Quay! Good cond! Nice layout 1080 sf, Near Raffles Place MRT! Immed $5.8K. 9100-8520 *HORIZON TWR. SPACIOUS 4-bdrm 2368 sf. Prime Orchard/ River Valley location. En-bloc potential. Call Joel 9711-9191 for enquiries IDEAL OFFICE/ LAW Firm/ Property Space at Toa Payoh Central for rent. P/
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      457 13 180 SF RMS with aircon PUB window wifi. MRT. Beautiful reception, 24-hr access fr $480. *****226 ORANGETEE BLDG @TOA Payoh Central, 1000/ 1400 sqft. Near Amenities, High flr, MRT, Immed. 9686 0116 DHOBY GHAUT MRT, Peace Ctr 225/ 300/ 635-1722 sf. Chinatown, Lavender MRT 110-314sf. Carol *****947 LAVENDER MRT 650/750
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      340 13 A’POSH BIZ HUB, Yishun Ave 6.1281/1550/3843sqft Choice units! 9139-0654 FRENCH RD OUTSIDE Lavender MRT 680 sf. Reno, aircon. $2.8K *****223 PC MINS TO BUGIS MRT Approx 250 to 700 sqft, Individual aircon, *****585 SOHO CENTRAL 824 sf Loft. Hotel MRT. Avail Nov. 9100-0072 Gabriel FIRST CTR. 1335 sqft. $3.1 K.
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      401 13 SPA SPACE WITHIN HOTEL FOR LEASE 1,533 sq ft Fully fitted unit with massage rooms and individual shower cubicles Ample car parking lots Close proximity to Farrer Park MRT Available Immediately Call 6350 5163 6354 9620/ 6350 5112 EATING HSE AT 141 CECIL ST FOR RENT 1705 sqft 1st/2nd floors
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      842 14 67 a s „r 167 Mr 169 Mr r JeP Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Katong Bringing A Fresh Retail Change to Katong A refreshed family mall that meets the needs of the community with a host of retail options, F&B choices and services. •Tenants: Fairprice Finest Supermarket, Tomi
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      649 14 UE BIZ HUB EAST 895 1,100 1,805 sqft available for F&B 4,143 sqft for enrichment retail 9822 8220 8688 7375 ROCHESTER MALL (A Learning Place) 198/285/360/368 sqft available for enrichment tuition centers training schools beauty lifestyle accessories etc 2,126 sqft available for F&B •Atrium Kiosk space available 9687 2999 9822
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      326 14 CRAIG RD 3-STOREY Corner unit. Heavy foot traffic! 1916/ 4758 sf. est. $12.8M Call Owner *****682 SIM LIM SQUARE. Wide frontage, corner unit. Good human traffic, MRT. $1.25M. Owner 9182-8479 JLN BT MERAH 2-sty HDB shop hse 1367sf Bal 69 yrs. Face main rd. Good locati on. Sell vacant. 9100
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      412 14 JALAN BESAR 2-STOREY shophouse. 2300 sq.ft. Freehold. MRT. Only asking $5.4M. Joe Han *****380 WATERLOO CTR 7200sf. Best frontage. Next to MRT! Suit medical, spa, sch $11.8M. Lynn 9799-9966 BEAUTY WORLD CTR #01 140 s.f Next to future MRT. $6xxK Good rental yield. Stephen *****181 BOON TAT ST. Shophouse, lift
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      479 14 59 JALAN PEMIMPIN 9,537 sq.ft. Fitted/ Bare Avail in Nov 2013 Accessible islandwide via CTE PIE Near Bishan Marymount MRT Agents welcome For viewing/ enquiry, call owner at 6223 7211 CENTURY WAREHOUSE 100E Pasir Panjang Rd *Easy access via PIE, AYE, ECP CTE expressways *1,658 1,830 3,488 sq.ft. *6 meters
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      530 14 PUTERI COVE RES Luxury Waterfront Living. F/ Condo Retail. S’pore Developer. Jasmine *****498 ORCHARD RD OF Auckland Apt for sale! F/furn. $370K 1/2 bedder in London for sale! Contact 9898-8170 FOREIGNER ELIGIBLE. AGRILAND possible for change of use. 40 acres. Gelang Petah,Rm 13psf. *****778 BRAND NEW HOTEL in Gelang Petah.
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      764 17 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWU OS No. 164 of 2013 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap.50) And In the Matter of GLOBAL HARVEST TRADING PTE. LTD (RC No. *****0692H) Between LINGHOLM PTE LTD (Company Registration No. *****1839R) …Plaintiff(s) And GLOBAL HARVEST TRADING PTE.
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      439 20 *WEEKLY PAY* $360wk/1600mth Hotel Kitchen Cleaners 11pm-6am Near MRT. Meals Provided. No Experience Can Apply. Immed: 6291 0989 CLEANERS *Orchard Rd *Jurong *Katong *Physically fit Interested pls call *****785 Jurong Shipyard OFFICE CLEANER •Basic: $1200 •5.5 days •Mon-Fri: 7.30am-4.15pm Sat: 7.30am-11.30am •Work Location at Tuas •Transport provided •Singaporean only Call:
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