The Straits Times, 3 December 2013

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  • 575 1  -  But Yingluck says she is open to other options if they are constitutional By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg EMBATTLED Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rejected an-ti-government protesters’ demands that she resign and hand over power to an unelected “people’s council”, but
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  • 432 1  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg THE supply of new flats will be tapered off from next year, Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday. His comments came at the close of the Housing Board’s larg-est-ever launch of Build-to-Order
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  • 37 1 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday that the role of personal responsibility in Singapore’s social culture must not be eroded, even as the Government steps up its social policies.
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  • 45 1 THREE sisters from Alor Setar were found murdered after they went missing last Friday. The oldest girl, 14, was discovered in a field, with the bodies of her sisters later found in a canal nearby. L WORLD A9
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    • 18 1 ATHLETE WAN LAY CHI TOP THROWER QUITS SPORT B18 VIOLINIST SIOW LEE-CHIN COMEBACK CONCERT AFTER ACCIDENT LIFE! C3
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    • 585 2/3  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg EAGER to be rid of pesky telemarketing calls and texts, consumers yesterday flocked to list their numbers on a new registry that lets them block such sales tactics. The national Do-Not-Call (DNC) registry opened a month ahead
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    • 509 2/3  -  Response team will visit callers, link them with agencies By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg THE Community Chest (ComChest) launched a new 24-hour hotline yesterday that offers help within 48 hours to people in times of distress. The ComChest Care line’s quick response
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    • 394 2/3 NEW YORK TIMES HONG KONG China’s latest display of ambition in space involves sending a Jade Rabbit roaming across the Bay of Rainbows. A rocket blasted off from southwest China early yesterday carrying the country’s first robotic lunar rover, the Jade Rabbit, which will
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    • 487 2/3  -  Vice-President to reaffirm US commitment to Japan and region By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg UNITED States Vice-President Joe Biden has kicked off a threenation visit to assuage growing concerns about Washington’s Asia policy, but attention will
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 46 4 A THREE-YEAR period of ramped up new flat supply will be tapered off from next year, Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday, as HDB’s biggest-ever launch of Build-to-Order and balance flats drew to a close. TOP NEWS A1
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      • 38 4 FAMILIES struck by a sudden crisis such as the death of a breadwinner are among those who can find help from a new 24-hour helpline launched by the Community Chest yesterday. TOP NEWS A2
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      • WORLD
        • 49 4 CHINA and Britain sought to put behind them a row that had affected business deals and high-level contacts as Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang (above right) met visiting British premier David Cameron yesterday. “We have become indispensable partners for each other’s development,” Mr Li remarked. PAGE A8
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        • 42 4 TAIWAN made about 30 flights into China’s newly declared air defence zone, Taiwanese Defence Minister Yen Ming told Parliament. Meanwhile, South Korea announced plans to expand its air defence zone and said it will not negotiate. PAGE A10
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        • 46 4 A DRAFT Egyptian Constitution has opened the way for a presidential election to be held before parliamentary polls, in a move that could strengthen the military establishment’s grip. The draft must be put to a referendum this month or next. PAGE A19
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      • OPINION
        • 33 4 SINGAPORE is now the number two wealth management centre in the world. Will it displace Switzerland? The competition is between a state-driven versus an industry-driven financial sector governance model. PAGE A22
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      • HOME
        • 94 4 THE Taoist Mission is appealing for $1.5 million to complete restoration work on the 170-year-old Singapore Yu Huang Gong temple. The group has already spent $2 million on the national monument in Telok Ayer. Taoist Mission president Lee Zhiwang said the timber beams and columns have to
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        • 61 4 STUDENTS who graduated from the Institute of Technical Education last year started their working lives with an average monthly salary of $1,646 the highest in four years. A survey also found that engineering students took home the highest overall monthly pay. Small and medium sized
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        • 48 4 POLICE are increasingly turning to social media in an effort to catch crooks. At least 10 cases have been solved using sites such as Facebook, with some criminals even turning themselves in when closed-circuit television pictures of them were posted online by officers. PAGE B7
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      • SPORT
        • 35 4 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers has admitted to concerns about his squad’s depth, with key striker Daniel Sturridge set to be ruled out for two months with an ankle injury. PAGE B17
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        • 40 4 WAN Lay Chi, holder of the national junior, Under-23 and other age-group shot put and discus records, is calling it quits prematurely, vexed by a perceived lack of support from the Singapore Athletic Association. PAGE B18
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      • LIFE!
        • 45 4 A SINGAPORE playwright and academic has written a book on Chinese-language theatre in Singapore. Dr Quah Sy Ren (above), 49, says the 251-page book, Scenes: A Hundred Years Of Singapore Chinese Language Theatre 1913-2013, serves as an outline of theatre history. PAGE C2
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        • 52 4 CHECK out the artwork at five MRT stations on the soon-to-open Downtown Line. The works are at Promenade, Bugis, Downtown, Telok Ayer and Chinatown stations. Some draw inspiration from history and culture, while others are focused on the station’s architecture or creating an experience for commuters.
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      • MONEY
        • 37 4 CHANGE is imminent at Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate. The three-year leases for 58 tech start-ups at Block 71 expire in March, and they will likely have to find new homes elsewhere. PAGE B9
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          • 74 4 VIEW pictures of six Manchester United icons, including David Beckham, at the London premiere of the film, The Class Of 92. The documentary focuses on six players who went on to star for the first team during a period of unprecedented success. stcommunities.sg (From left) Paul
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          • 41 4 THAI Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said yesterday she would “open every door” to find a peaceful solution to the current political crisis. Follow us for more stories and photos as we track the developments in Thailand. straitstimes.com/turmoil-in-thailand
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          • 37 4 HAVING lost faith in their own medical system, a sizeable number of mainland Chinese are flocking to Hong Kong in search of cheaper, under-the-counter cancer drugs. But such trends are worrying, experts say. www.stasiareport.com
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          • 43 4 WATCH a video and view pictures of a tiny robotic device engineered to fly small packages to Amazon.com consumers within 30 minutes. The mini-drones are powered by electric motors and could cover areas within a 16km radius of fulfilment centres. stcommunities.sg
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          • 27 4 WHERE can you get the best cheng tng, mee rebus and Chinese rojak? Find out in a special six-part series on Singapore’s hawker masters.
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          • 26 4 ST READER Benjamin Lew wins a Liverpool jersey autographed by John Barnes, and gets a surprise meeting with the former star himself.
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          • 23 4 MARATHON runners were seen relieving themselves openly in Orchard Road as there were no toilets available along the race route.
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          • 27 4 STOMPER Ann was concerned to see a family of six travelling on the road on two electric bicycles, from Bugis to Geylang.
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    • 43 4 YESTERDAY’S article, “He can’t see well, but he can do well”, stated that Madam Lee Lay Hong’s children were aged 16 and 18 when they are, in fact, aged 16 and eight. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 684 5  -  Compact between personal and collective responsibility By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg DEPUTY Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday placed personal responsibility front and centre in the Government’s approach to building an inclusive society. He said the Government will continue to tilt its policies in favour
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    • 325 5  -  By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg JUST giving disadvantaged families more does not boost social mobility, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. “The most important question is not how much we redistribute, but how we do so,” he said, citing studies
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    • 566 6  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg THERE are no reports of Singaporeans affected by the protests in Bangkok, but those who are holidaying there are taking extra precautions to ensure their safety. Many told The Straits Times they are avoiding protest areas typically near government institutions,
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    • 685 6  -  NEWS ANALYSIS Thai PM shows herself as being open to talks: Analysts By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg IN THE complex chess game of Thai politics, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is positioning herself as being conciliatory and open to negotiations,
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    • 495 6  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg ONLY a handful of Singaporelisted companies are likely to be affected directly by the unrest in Thailand, analysts say. They include brewer Thai Beverage Public, whose share price has dropped as the instability has intensified, instant beverage maker Super Group
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    • 375 7  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg A MAN robbed a woman at knifepoint in her car on Sunday afternoon in Geylang Bahru, in a crime rarely seen in Singapore. The victim, a woman in her 30s, was parking her vehicle near a food
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    • 550 7  -  A first as it bought only refurbished vessels before By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE will, for the first time, buy two brand new submarines so it can retire its oldest Challeng-er-class vessels and maintain its reputation as South-east Asia’s best-equipped military.
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  • WORLD
    • 669 8  -  Both sides to promote collaboration of firms in areas like nuclear energy By HO AI LI CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING hoaili@sph.com.sg CHINA wants to take part in Britain’s high-speed rail and nuclear energy projects, Premier Li Keqiang told visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron
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    • 223 8 REUTERS BEIJING Ping-pong diplomacy gave way to its soccer equivalent yesterday when the English Premier League, part of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s delegation to China, agreed to help nurture the sport in its most promising growth market. The Chinese Super League will give
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    • ASIA
      • 577 9  -  Businesses, consumer groups call hike of at least 14.89% ‘excessive’ By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg AFTER weeks of speculation, the government confirmed it will hike electricity tariffs by at least 14.89 per cent, as part of continuing efforts to
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      • 527 9 ALOR STAR Ms Siti Aishah Ariffin, 40, was frantic when her three daughters went missing. And then, the bad news just would not stop. First, her eldest daughter Nor Syafika Nadia Rusdi, 14, was found dead, face down in a padi
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      • 531 10 But Taipei makes no mention of Beijing scrambling planes in response AIR DEFENCE IDENTIFICATION ZONE TAIPEI Taiwan said yesterday that its military planes have made about 30 flights into a part of mainland China’s newly declared air defence zone which overlaps a similar Taiwanese
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      • 260 10 REUTERS TOKYO The United States Navy’s first advanced P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft has arrived in Japan, the start of a deployment that will upgrade the US’ ability to hunt submarines and other vessels in seas close to China as tension in the
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      • 219 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA China has a sovereign right to establish a maritime air defence zone over another region as it did in the East China Sea, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines said yesterday. Ambassador Ma Keqing defended Beijing’s decision to establish the
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      • 127 10 BEIJING Chinese state media used the 70th anniversary of the Cairo Declaration on Dec 1 to invoke the historical document as an argument against Japan’s claim over an island chain. Beijing wants the document back in world view as it stakes claim to the
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      • 369 10 BLOOMBERG TOKYO/WASHINGTON The United States and Japanese governments’ split over how commercial airlines should operate in China’s recently declared air defence zone has put carriers at the centre of an escalating political dispute. The US State Department has urged airlines to notify the
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      • 59 10 A “moss car” on display yesterday at the first China (Shenzhen) International Industrial Design Expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The expo opened last Saturday and features more than 5,000 exhibits from 25 countries and regions. The eco-friendly car covered in moss comes from Italy and costs
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      • 424 12 Many boys still in the army, though official process set up to help them ASSOCIATED PRESS CHAUNG THA (Myanmar) He disappeared when he was 12 years old, a skinny boy named Min Thu who thought he had stumbled on the golden ticket. It
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      • 354 12  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg POLICE rounded up 19 workers in Batam for unruly behaviour as tensions rose between labour unions and employers, with workers vow- ing to keep up the pressure for higher wages. The
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      • 653 13  -  Opposition to proposed tougher law sinks approval rating to a low of 49% By HAU BOON LAI JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO boonlai@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Shinzo Abe is taking a beating in popular support as opposition grows against the Japanese government’s rushed attempt
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      • 279 13 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Pirates wielding rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s have prompted Japan to ease a samurai-era ban on civilians carrying guns, allowing guards on locally registered oil tankers to be armed for the first time. Shipping companies can place security personnel
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      • 557 15 Level of most dangerous air pollutants more than 10 times WHO threshold BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Shanghai warned children and the elderly to stay indoors as the level of the most harmful pollutants exceeded more than 10 times the level deemed safe by the
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 68 15 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stepped down as adviser to national oil firm Petronas. Dr Mahathir, who was hospitalised for 10 days for a chest infection last month, said his decision effective Dec 1 comes after
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        • 79 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency questioned the energy minister as a witness in a graft scandal yesterday, in a case that could further damage the president’s ailing party ahead of polls. Mr Jero Wacik was questioned in relation to Rudi Rubiandini, the ex-chief of Indonesia’s main
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        • 46 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Archaeologists in China have unearthed the skulls of more than 80 young women who may have been sacrificed more than 4,000 years ago, state media said. The skulls were found at the Shimao Ruins, a neolithic city in Shaanxi province.
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    • 578 17 General strike declared after president rejects EU alliance AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG KIEV Ukrainian protesters yesterday declared a general strike and blockaded government buildings after violent clashes in which more than 100,000 sought early elections over the authorities’ rejection of a historic European Union pact. Nearly
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    • 319 17 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The terrorism threat against the United States is increasing and Americans are not as safe as they were a year or two ago, the leaders of the US House and Senate intelligence committees have said in a joint interview
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    • 500 19 Draft charter allows for a presidential election before parliamentary polls REUTERS CAIRO A draft Egyptian Constitution has opened the way for a presidential election to be held before parliamentary polls, potentially changing the transition plan outlined by the army when it ousted president Mohamed
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    • 211 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The most popular giant panda in US-China relations finally has a name as the Smithsonian’s National Zoo named its female 100-day-old cub Bao Bao, after receiving more than 123,000 votes online from the public. Bao Bao, which means “treasure” or
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 85 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZAGREB Staunchly Catholic Croatia has voted to outlaw same-sex marriage in a referendum sought by a Church-backed group, but opposed by rights groups. A total of 65.76 per cent of voters said they wanted to amend the Constitution to include a definition
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      • 79 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Pope Francis in a closed-door meeting yesterday, during which they were expected to discuss negotiations between Israel and Palestine, which resumed in July after a three-year hiatus. The pontiff is expected to travel to the
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    • 655 20 Move ends ban, follows vow to give private firms bigger role in economy AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI New share offerings will resume in China as early as next month, the country’s stock regulator said, ending a ban in place for more than
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    • 278 20 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI Guangzhou R&F Properties, a landlord in the southern Chinese city’s business district, will pay RM4.5 billion (S$1.8 billion) for six sites in Malaysia from a royal family, marking its first acquisitions abroad. R&F will purchase 47ha of land
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 73 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japanese firms, buoyed by government stimulus and growing profits, will usher in their biggest annual capital spending increase since the 2008 global financial crisis, a survey shows. The Nikkei business daily said investments in plants, equipment and other capital spending by nearly 1,400
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      • 78 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL The second daughter of Samsung chairman Lee Kun Hee has been made a president at the firm’s de facto holding company, cementing his family’s hold on the South Korean giant. Ms Lee Seo Hyun, 40, will lead management planning at Everland’s fashion
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      • 54 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT Deutsche Telekom is planning to axe 4,000 to 6,000 jobs in a radical shake-up of its IT services subsidiary, T-Systems, the business daily Handelsblatt reported yesterday. The jobs would be cut over the next three years, it added. T-Systems has a total workforce
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    • 569 21 Home-grown manufacturing reduces its demand for goods from abroad BLOOMBERG LONDON Not long ago, before the financial crisis and the global recession it triggered, economists referred to Americans as the consumers of last resort. When the United States grew at a healthy pace,
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    • 291 21 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Amazon.com is testing drones to deliver goods as the world’s largest e-commerce company works to improve efficiency and speed in getting products to consumers. Chief executive officer Jeff Bezos unveiled the plan on Sunday on US television, showing the flying machines that
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    • 291 21 BLOOMBERG SEATTLE Hilton Worldwide Holdings, the lodging chain bought by the Blackstone Group in 2007, plans to raise up to US$2.4 billion (S$3 billion) in its US initial public offering, the most ever for a hotel company. After the IPO,
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    • 444 22 RELATIONS between Iran and the secular West have been so fraught that expectations raised over the interim nuclear agreement have to be heavily qualified. The deal was not a breakthrough as plenty could still go wrong. It was nevertheless a notable diplomatic achievement
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    • 1363 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Singapore may overtake Switzerland as the world’s top wealth management centre. The competition is between a state-driven versus an industry-driven financial sector governance model. By WOO JUN JIE, YVONNE GUO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ment centres. stopinion@sph.com.sg The authors are PhD
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    • 913 23  -  What was China up to, when it imposed an air defence zone over the East China Sea that predictably saw a pushback from the United States, Japan and South Korea? Was it a mistake? A test of US resolve? Or an act to shore up
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    • 920 23  -  By BENJAMIN ZAWACKI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is the Senior Legal Adviser for South-east Asia at the International Commission of Jurists and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. SELDOM before in Thailand’s decades-long “democratic development” has so much been
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    • 515 23  -  By MAX FISHER WASHINGTON POST CHINA has one of the largest and most consequential militaries in the world, but how Beijing thinks about its military and makes military decisions is largely a mystery to the outside world. The People’s Liberation Army is technically
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    • 683 23  -  By BEPPE SEVERGNINI Beppe Severgnini is a columnist at Corriere della Sera, a Milan-based Italian newspaper. NEW YORK TIMES SILVIO Berlusconi is a renowned political escape artist. But what happens when the escapologist is chained under water, and won’t be able to
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    • FORUM
      • 272 24  -  Elgar Lee LAST Saturday’s article (“Asset-rich, cash-poor retirees speak up”) highlighted the Government’s increasingly challenging balancing act when citizens approach it for aid. On the one hand, there are quarters calling on the Government to do more for the poor by setting a poverty
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      • 194 24  -  Louis Lee Lip Kian ASSET-RICH, cash-poor Singaporeans should not expect government aid (“Asset-rich, cash-poor retirees speak up”; last Saturday). The rational and responsible thing to do would be to sell the property, or monetise it in some way, and use part of the sale proceeds
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      • 199 24  -  DIRECT SCHOOL ADMISSION Tan Soon Meng MS VIVIEN Tan urged parents to consider whether their children can cope academically if they gain entry through Direct School Admission (DSA) to a school with a higher Primary School Leaving Examination cut-off point than their scores (“Direct
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        71 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MS ADA CHAN: Emphasise mental health education. 2. MR WONG LOCK CHANG: Where taxi service falls short. 3. MS MANJU VENUGOPAL: Phone etiquette on public transport. 4. MR RAYMOND ANTHONY FERNANDO: Medisave boost for NSmen Don’t forget pioneers. 5. MR PETER LOON: Find
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      • 144 24  -  Jolly Wee I HOPE the executive condominium (EC) scheme, while intended to help the “sandwiched” class of home hunters who are priced out of private property, will not create a new category of asset-rich, cash-poor Singaporeans later on (“Asset-rich, cash-poor retirees speak up”; last
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      • 245 24  -  Geoffrey Kung I AGREE with the divergent views expressed by Mr Ang Miah Boon (“Higher property tax will put squeeze on retirees”) and Mr Toh Cheng Seong (“Prudence vital for asset-rich, cash poor”) last Wednesday. I belong to the large group of retirees who
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      • 183 24  -  Suhaimi Salleh President Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday Memorial Scholarship Fund Board THE headline of the report (“Govt will continue to help Malays”; Nov 24) and its sub-head (“789 get $1.2m worth of bursaries; Shanmugam urges support for community in tackling concerns”) may have created the impression
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        • 89 24  -  Christopher Chong WHILE it is heartening to learn that the employment rate of Singapore residents aged 25 to 64 rose to a high of 79 per cent this year (“Real income growth highest since 2008”; last Saturday), it is unclear how Singaporeans fared as the
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        • 119 24  -  Wong Boon Hong THE Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) recently removed its online annual return filing submission, forcing all companies to download and install its highly unreliable beta version of XBRL Preparation Tool for Microsoft Excel as a replacement. While most small
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        • 123 24  -  Audrey Cheong (Ms) MY FRIEND, who is a pensioner, was warded in the National University Hospital (NUH) in July. After her discharge, she was taken aback to learn that the subsidy she was entitled to was pegged to the Singapore General Hospital’s (SGH) ward
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      • 216 25  -  EASING PATIENT LOAD IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS Ian Sim THE latest measure by Changi General Hospital (CGH) to divert some patients with less serious conditions from its accident and emergency (A&E) department to nearby general practitioner clinics is a good example of a patient-centric initiative (“Hospital eases
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      • 292 25  -  Matthew Yeo Cheng Heng THERE are lessons to be learnt in the aftermath of the penny stock saga, which has dented confidence in the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Some readers have called for a ban on contra trading, but the root problem is that
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      • 298 25 With the end of the O-level exams, students once again have to make tough choices. Should they pursue their interests or take the “safest” route to success? The “safest” route to success isn’t even safe to begin with. It doesn’t mean going to a junior college guarantees a
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    • 685 1  -  Reduced talent pool in engineering helps push salary up 18% to $1,650 By PEARL LEE thority leepearl@sph.com.sg STUDENTS who graduated from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) last year started their working life with an average monthly salary of $1,646 the
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    • 510 2  -  Visitors will be advised to avoid footpaths if reptiles are spotted there CROC SPOTTED ON FOOTPATH By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg THE National Parks Board (NParks) has stepped up patrols at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve since visitors, including school children, encountered a crocodile on one
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    • 349 2  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg ANIMAL lover Yeo Chong Lin is used to rescuing tortoises from the drain next to his bungalow after it rains. But the 80-year-old resident of Springleaf estate in the Thomson area was shocked to find five wild
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    • 616 3  -  Net users advised to be wary as fake sites put them at risk of online fraud By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg DUPLICATE websites set up by online scammers and hoaxers have become so common that security experts are warning Internet users to be
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    • 476 3  -  By ANDREA ONG, MARYAM MOKHTAR andreao@sph.com.sg maryamm@sph.com.sg THE Aljunied-Hougang-Punggol East Town Council (AHPETC) is in contact with the organiser of a trade fair in Kovan to resolve the issue of the event proceeding without a licence, said its chairman Sylvia Lim yesterday.
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    • 511 4  -  Software bug behind service disruption has been fixed, says telco By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg MANY M1 mobile users were cut off from the Internet for several hours yesterday morning, following a scheduled upgrade of the network the previous night.
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    • 173 4  -  FENG ZENGKUN SINGAPORE Press Holdings’ online classifieds umbrella ST701 has bagged two awards. The launch campaign for STClassifieds, its subsidiary for shopping, won the Print Campaign of the Year at the Institute of Advertising Singapore’s Hall of Fame awards last Friday. The campaign was
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    • 268 4  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg A NATIONAL University of Singapore (NUS) law professor has received an international award for achievements in the field of environmental law. Emeritus Professor Koh Kheng-Lian received the 2012 Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Law for “pioneering” contributions to
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    • 262 6 PEOPLE eligible for GST vouchers who have yet to sign up for them have until Dec 31 to do so, the Ministry of Finance said in a reminder yesterday. Resident citizens who do not own more than one property and whose home had an
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    • 637 6  -  170-year-old Taoist ‘national secret’ undergoing extensive restoration By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg THE Taoist Mission is appealing for $1.5 million to ensure that the extensive restoration work to save the historic 170-year-old Singapore Yu Huang Gong temple can be completed. The mission has already
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    • 322 6  -  MELODY ZACCHEUS QUEENSTOWN, Tiong Bahru and Geylang Serai are among more than 100 towns here hoping to take home the 2014 Heritage Town Award. Launched by the National Heritage Board (NHB) in 2010, the award involves a three-month-long search for a
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    • 425 7  -  Posting CCTV shots of baddies on social media a good move by police By YEO SAM JO yeosamjo@sph.com.sg THE police learnt just how valuable social media can be in crime fighting when some villains turned themselves in after closed-circuit television images of
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    • 291 7  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A MAN who left his neighbour with serious head injuries after bashing him with an iron bar over a long-simmer-ing dispute was jailed for six months yesterday. Unemployed Sut Yew Khun, 51, hit Mr Goh Sam Choon repeatedly
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    • 352 7  -  By ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg A MALAYSIAN man who came to Singapore to help a loan shark commit acts of harassment was jailed for 13 months and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane yesterday. Lim Swee Heng, 47,
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    • 253 7  -  By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg POLYTECHNIC students proposed solutions to some of South-east Asia’s biggest problems at the conclusion of the three-day Youth Model Asean Conference yesterday. More than 160 participants from five polytechnics debated issues ranging from poverty to human trafficking before making
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    • 813 9  -  Leases for 58 tenants expiring; MDA wants to inject new blood into project By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg THE Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate the heart of the Singapore start-up community will undergo a shake-up. The three-year leases for 58 tech start-ups at
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    • 395 10  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg A CHINESE local government has lauded the efforts of the Singapore head of a non-profit body to nurture business ties between professionals here and in China. Governor of the Singapore International Foundation, Professor Cham Tao Soon, 74, was
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    • 400 10  -  Unnamed developer lodges offer for residential plot near Aljunied MRT station By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg A SMALL residential site in Geylang East Avenue 1, near Aljunied MRT station and set to benefit from the rejuvenation of nearby Paya Lebar, is about to be put up
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    • 506 11  -  Winner of Sports Hub’s wireless licence gets funds from equity firm By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg A LOCAL firm that just won the licence to put in the Singapore Sports Hub’s wireless communications system has bagged $150 million in fresh funding. Consistel said
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    • 384 11  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg A NEW man will be in charge of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in the new year. Mr Andrew Tan, 46, the former chief executive of the National Environment Agency (NEA), will assume
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    • 416 11  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg PROPERTY developer Chiu Teng Kallang has failed in its High Court bid to reduce the amount it owes the Government over the development of a mixed-use site in Kallang. The dispute concerns a difference in valuation of about $30 million.
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    • 114 11 TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang is attending the 9th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Bali today and tomorrow. The conference will continue its negotiations on the Doha development agenda, and discuss future approaches and initiatives for the WTO. Trade
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    • MONEY COMPANIES
      • 494 12  -  New vetting framework may revive interest after recent scandals: Banker By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg WARY retail investors could regain interest in scandal-hit China firms listed here if institutional and other large investors show the way, said an OCBC Bank investment banker yesterday.
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      • 443 12  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) expect to spend more on new technology and assets in the coming months, to improve productivity. Some of these investments will result in lower costs over time, and thereby
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      • 419 12  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg TROUBLED mining company Blumont Group, one of three penny stocks that suffered price crashes in October, faces more woes. It announced yesterday to the Singapore Exchange that the company is being sued by Austral-ia-listed minerals explorer Prospect Resources.
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        • 55 13 THE Singapore Exchange is collaborating with the China Futures Association to further develop the derivatives markets in both countries. The two sides yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding in Shenzhen. Under the agreement, they will jointly explore areas of cooperation, including information sharing, training and regular meetings on
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        • 90 13 REUTERS MALAYSIA’S lottery operator Berjaya Sports Toto said yesterday it was cancelling plans to list its unit, Sports Toto Malaysia, as a business trust in Singapore. The cancellation of the listing, tipped to be worth up to US$390 million (S$488 million), comes after the firm said the
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        • 85 13 CONGLOMERATE Sembcorp Industries has opened a new multi-utilities centre on Jurong Island, boosting the expansion of its utilities business there. Built at a cost of $154 million, the facility offers a range of energy, water and on-site logistics services to companies in Jurong Island’s Banyan, Tembusu and Angsana
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      • 417 13  -  Cheery China factory data trumps worries of weak US retail sales BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares eked out some gains amid a muted trading session yesterday after bright China manufacturing data outweighed worries of weak United States holiday season
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        • 18 13 STI trading volume 163 million shares STI up down Gainers: 18 Losers: 10 Unchanged: 2
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        • 85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 726.50 535.15 845.37 1,008.03 226.36 199.63 274.23 1.51 -0.17 -2.32 -8.56 0.33 -0.33 0.98 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas -1.76 2.53 7.76 -0.81 -16.47 8.26
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        • 21 13 Stock trading volume 1.45 billion shares worth $615 million Up down Gainers: 157 Losers: 210 Unchanged: 429
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        • 55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change 157.26 24,038.55 15,655.07 2,030.78 2,207.37 1,035.54 1,818.15 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI -6.80 -14.09 -13.13 -54.07 5.43 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,321.98 1,374.26 5,279.52 16,086.41 4,059.89
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        • 144 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 2,2013 Top Rises Dec 02 CENTS (0) DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1204 76.4 5.3 Lyxor China H 10US$ 1555 32.6 1.7 IS MS India 100US$ 600 30.1 4.2 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100
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        • 56 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 201 -3 2871 203 200 1.6
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        • 77 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 197.5 126.4 ARA 180.5 -5 172 185.5 179.5
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        • 33 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Vallianz Hldgs ...................10.3 103,093,000 0.8 184,053,000 Mirach Energy ...................18.7 35,743,000 160,107,000 Vallianz Hldgs 10.3 103’093,000 3.4 95,674,000 0.5 42,291,000 Charisma Energy ................5.6 16,783,000 1.8 41,125,000
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        • 52 13 Dec 2 Against S$ 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: 1.1475 1.1477 0.9159 0.9160 ***** 1.1797 0.9415 0.9414 1.7044 1.7047 1.3604
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      • 733 6 New York Times New York Andre Schiffrin, a publishing force for 50 years, whose passion for editorial independence produced shelves of serious books by authors such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Gunter Grass and Michel Foucault, died in Paris on Sunday. He was 78. The cause
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      • 753 7  -  Controversial Italian artist Oliviero Rainaldi’s works call for closer examination Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Italian artist Oliviero Rainaldi is better known for his controversial statue of the late Pope John Paul II that was unveiled in 2011 in Rome. Critics said the sculpture looked more
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      • 136 8 ‘It’s all handmade, theatre we’re not so dependent on technological stuff. Language is the source of the imagination. You can travel farther in language than you can in any film’ Playwright Sam Shepard (left) on why he writes mostly for theatre ‘I didn’t have enough sex.
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      • 989 8  -  The Singapore Biennale showed diverse practices but does not say more about South-east Asian art Culture Vulture Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg With the Singapore Biennale almost halfway through its run, the large-scale exhibition organised by the Singapore Art Museum has drawn as many opinions as visitors.
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      • 680 8 Bloomberg Reuters Beijing A work by modern painter Zao Wou-ki sold for 76 million yuan (S$3.2 million) on Sunday at Sotheby’s first major auction in China, breaking the record for the artist’s work set earlier this year in Hong Kong. “I’m very, very thrilled,”
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        • 104 8  -  Lisabel Ting Ode To Art presents Dialogues In Ink (above), the first solo exhibition by artist Qin Feng in Singapore. Qin, who was born in Xinjiang, China, lives and works in China and the United States. His works of ink and mixed media on paper
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        • 105 8 Skinned Knee Productions presents Ox, a performance which combines cinema with live theatre, set in the nontraditional venue of The Vault bar. The show, written by Adeline Pang, explores the connection between love and grief, tradition and modernity, and memory and reality through the lives of
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        • 90 8 Singapore’s Intercultural Theatre Institute will be the main focus of an international symposium in Germany from today to Friday. The symposium, titled Research Institute: Interweaving Performance Cultures, is organised by Berlin’s Freie Universitat. It aims to bring together a diverse group of practitioners and scholars to consider
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        • 104 8 The Philharmonic Orchestra will be holding its annual New Year’s Eve countdown concert at the School Of The Arts Concert Hall. New Years’ Eve Gala Concert 2014 will be conducted by Lim Yau and presented by Andrew Mowatt. The orchestra will be playing pieces that include Dvorak’s Carnival
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      • 513 12  -  Players from The Philharmonic Winds balance saucy interludes with intimate playing Review Concert CIRCUS MAXIMUS! The Philharmonic Winds Esplanade Concert Hall/Sunday Chang Tou Liang Composers who write for wind orchestras tend to be specialists, but when a traditional mainstream composer attempts to create music for woodwinds
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      • 480 12  -  Review Concert PIANO QUINTET SERIES X Take 5 Esplanade Recital Studio/Sunday Albert Lin It is often remarked that the strength of a cast lies in the sum of its weakest parts. What happens when five of Singapore’s most prominent virtuosos, all former first-prize winners
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      • 618 13 Visitors are queuing for hours for a 45-second experience of artist Yayoi Kusama’s art installation New York Times New York Adam Friedman emerged from the twinkling lights and reflecting water of Yayoi Kusama’s “infinity room”. “Calming, ethereal and meditative,” he said, after groping for
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      • 406 13 Associated Press Reuters Los Angeles Speed played a role in the crash that killed The Fast And The Furious actor Paul Walker in Southern California last Saturday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. It said it will take time, though, to determine how fast
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      • 721 11 Easy access to Ethiopia Today marks the first of three weekly flights by Ethiopian Airlines (above) to Singapore, which utilise the Ethiopian Boeing *****0 aircraft with 24 seats in Ethiopian Cloud Nine Business Class and 211 seats in Economy Class. The flights offer connectivity options to passengers
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    • 931 14 The Wolf Of Wall Street, which runs for two hours and 59 minutes, is about scammers scamming scammers New York Times Los Angeles Last week, director Martin Scorsese winged off to Marrakesh, Morocco, where he will spend nine days adjudicating Prince Moulay Rachid’s film festival.
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    • 452 14 New York Times Los Angeles Billboards that buried the princesses in snow. Television ads that emphasised action and screwball comedy while playing down romance and sisterhood. Trailers that concealed the Broad-way-style musical numbers. Was it enough to convince boys that Frozen (above) is not just
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    • 223 7 BREATH-TAKING VIEWS! 5000 sf Coronation bunglw 5 rms, Lift, pool. Cul de sac 1km Nanyang/ RGPS. Priced right!! Faith *****269 EAST SUSSEX LANE approx 15,100/ 11,500 sqft. 6 ensuites. Excellent design. Douglas Wong *****193. INTONG ELEVATED PLOT ***** sf. Wide frontage, best plot Priced to sell. 9383-9025 B PRICE REVISED!!!
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    • 275 7 CALDECOTT CL. FH 9989 sf. 5 bdrm. 2-sty bunglw. Matured gdn/ koi pond. $1700 psf. Kesavan *****943 VILLAS GILSTEAD Semi-D $750 psf! FH. 4+1+1+patio, 6 baths, 6974 sf. Pool. Michael www.*****785.com SHELFORD RD. 3-STY terr FH. Land 2205 sf. Rare 4+1 Orig. Priced to sell. Connie 9182-8823 8118 8889 RARE!
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    • 271 7 ECG LANDED PREMIER 3.5sty Semi-D 2768/4200 sf. FH 5+1 Exquisitly Design 3.5sty corner terrace 6+1 S/pool, FH, 2196/4050 sf. 3sty inter terr, 1964/4986 sf 7+1, Near Amenities, FH For best deal call *****516 SANDALWOOD CONSERVATION TERRACE Foreigners can buy! 3400 sqft/ pool/ parking/ chic layout. isabelredrup.com/ir30.php$4.2m. *****055. Susan SIGLAP SPARKLER!
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    • 287 7 T.O.P. SOON! NEW Houses! Jalan Nipah, 3400/5300sf Jln PariKikis 3300/4500sf Terrace/Semi-D *****959 2-STY SEMI-D SENNETT Rd. FH. 7200/ 3800 sf. Reno. Regular shape. Sell below Val. Eileen Lau *****681 THE SPRINGFIELD, 99 yrs. 4rm. 3 sty+gdn+basement, pool, gym PMC 6285-2688 D16 EASTWOOD DRIVE 3-sty Semi-D. 3,500/3,900 sqft 5+1 rms. Tel
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    • 197 7 MODERN DESIGNER 2.5-STY Corner Terr Cowdray Ave. Lap pool. 4+1. 2160/3550sf Face NE! 8100 0055 Ben BEST DEAL @S’GOON Gdn. 2.5-sty Terrace 6+1. Land 2711/4000sf cul de sac Only $3.xM neg! 8100 0055 AUCTION 17/12. CHARTWELL Dr. 4212/6500sf. 3-sty. 6+1 5 baths. High grd. Pool. Spacious! DTZ *****662 NEW PUNGGOL/
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    • 242 7 CHARMING SARACA SEMI-D 4410/ 2400 sf. 4+ study. 999 yrs Big garden. Mall. Eateries. Eddie *****434 NEAR AMENITIES JLN KAYU 2-STY semi-d Land 4187 sf. 5+1. A1 reno Future devt in master plan. $4.8M. James 9067-7376 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Semi-D Kelulut/ Saraca Brand new Semi-D Jitong Land $900psf. 6100 9959
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    • 303 7 INTERLACE TOP VIEW Daily Various facing available 2 bedroom 807 sf $1.3xM 2 bedroom 1044 sf $1.5xM 2 bedroom 1055 sf $1.6xM 2 bedroom 1076 sf $1.6xM 3 bedroom 1259 sqft $1.8M 3 bedroom 1464 sqft $2M 3 bedroom 1593 sf $2.0xM 3 bedroom 1765 sf $2.4xM 3 bedroom 2110
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    • 273 8 CAIRNHILL CREST PENTHSE. 2734 sf 4+1 ensuite. $6M Near Paragon/Centrepoint Act Fast! *****991 Angela EURO-ASIA CT FH, 3+1, 1540 sqft. Near MRT/ City. Tenanted. $2.28m. Bowie: 9668 0852 9380 3803 ASPEN HGTS 999 leasehold full condo facilities, 3bdrm 1324sf,quiet facing /4bdrm 1582sf pool view, $1650psf FH PARC SOPHIA 2 bdrms,
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    • 703 8 I Newton/ Novena I iilf Newton/ Novena m Newton/Novena ca Jewton/ Novena I tilf Newton/ Novena Newton/ Novena DU Pte Apts For Sale Dll Pte Apts For Sale DU Pte Apts For Sale Dll Pte Apts For Sale DU Pte Apts For Sale Dll Pte Apts For Sale A. DISTRICTS
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    • 97 8 HACIENDA GR FH. 3rm walk up. 1561 sf. High ceiling. Bright, spacious. Greenery. Below $2M SMS *****943 OLD WALK UP. Plot ratio 3. Near new KM Residence, Haig Road.Enbloc potential $1.75M neg. 9222-5559 D15 $11XX PSF. Clearwater 1378sf. 3+1+yard. Superb layout. Direct pool reservoir view. Agnes *****472 MARTIA RES. PENTHOUSE.
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    • 264 8 THE SEAVIEW CONDO 3-rm 1410 sf. Quiet. Unblocked. Opp. Parkway/ Tao Nan. $2.35M. Kelvin *****397 URBAN VISTA!! 21%+5%!!! Penthse going @$945k up! 3-bdrm from $1.10 Mil up 4 Dual Key 6 units left Star buy unit avail! Call me AQUARIUS BY THE Pk Penthse. Exclusive 1873 sf reno 3 Family.
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    • 246 8 REGENTVILLE, HIGH FLR, 3+1 unblock 1152sf $990K 3+1 unblock 1335sf $1.2Xm 2+1 Penthse 1744sf $1.3Xm 4+2 Balcony2077sf$1.6Xm Min Rosyth Sch/ Amenities MIDTOWN RES. QUICK! Left 3rm $9xxK yet before Disc with shpg mall below! MRT/bus interchange 2min away only. 9431 2080 YKK KENSINGTON PK 3RM. Near Chomp Chomp walk-up apt
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    • 283 8 *THE WARREN. CCK MRT. Premium Blk! 4-bdrm, 1572 sqft. Best pool facing. Must view! Su Yin 8513-7002 $7XXK! 2-BDRMS F’HOLD HillsTwoOne Hillview. 3 bdrm dual key concept fr $1M. 9270-2727Joseph SUNRISE GDN. 1300 sf. Best units. 3+1 bdrms. Face pool Morning sun. *****592 HB URGENT SALE! BLK 720 Hougang Mais
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    • 319 9 4’A’ CORNER. BLK 260. Recess area, 107 sqm, high flr Reno, unblock facing. Sell only. Valued. *****596 5’I’ 389. 3+STUDY, 118 sqm. Low flr. Near Gombak MRT. Val $600K. Open hse Sat 2-4pm. 9387-4249 AP NEW LIST! 2’S’ Blk 28 Jln Bt Merah, upgraded w Utility room. High flr, unblock,
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    • 329 9 CALL BIANCA@ *****914! 4NG 350 Bright Windy!! 3NG-M 520 Corner High flr 3NG 346 Good Amenities!! $0 COV 3½RM Corner 354 #04 MRT/ amenities. Lift upgraded All races. Immed Val $443k Roza *****697 303 3NG GREENERY lovers! Well-kept, upgrade done and paid! Val $390K, view Sat/ Sun 2-3pm 5-6pm 4’A’
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    • 260 9 5’I’ BLK 567, Corner. 121 sqm. A1 decor. Greenery. Value $510K. Can contra. Sat/Sun 1-3pm 9733-9784 ***CO-BROKE WELCOME 3A 318 Can Contra, Simple. 3NG Blk 303 Quiet, Orig. 3NG Blk 304 Low Flr, Can Contra. Bianca 9753-1914 3’NG’ BLK 253 Jurong East Street 24, Near MRT. Rare Corner! Low floor.
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    • 329 9 5’I’ BLK 661B St 64. Mid flr. Reno. Near interchange/ Jurong Pt/ SAFRA. Valn $520K. Tan 9835-7874 5’I’ BLK 728. Corner Unit. Spacious. Near amenities schs. Val: $450K. Sell Val. Call Don 9009 1611 MUST SELL! 3 St George’s 3’I’. 59sqm. #05. Lift level. View Sat 5pm Sun 2pm. Alex
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    • 324 9 5’I’ CORNER. BLK 105D. #12 Full reno. 1184 sf. Face SE. Sch/ mkt/ LRT. Val $528K. VTO. Eileen Lau *****681 3I 152 MEI Ling St. High flr Unblocked. Well kept. Lift. Upgraded utility rm. MRT. Near shops. *****000 CK 3’I’ BLK 6 Ghim Moh High flr reno, vacant, can contra
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    • 291 9 5’I’ 125 HIGH flr unblocked 120sqm big hall,move in.All races/ PR can buy. Valued Must sell! 9387-3403 See 5I 158A. MALAY hse. Reno 5I 319C, Designer decor!! 5’I’ 206D High flr, corner. EA 122C, Reno. All races 5-RM BLK 304B, Corner Well maintained, Granite flooring, Near MRT Mall. Call Sally,
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    • 286 9 128 T PAYOH Lor 1, 3’I’ 67 sqm. Mid flr, lift level, reno. Bright windy, cosy. Near MRT. All eligible. HIP paid. MRT 4’A’ 703, 101 sqm, high flr, next to corner. Nice. Val $420K. Can contra. Serious seller. Lily *****700 NEW LIST! 5-RM Premium D&B Blk 689F high flr.
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    • 390 9 Villa Delle Rose 2 92 Taman Nakhoda 2800-3200 sq ft 3+1 maisonette Next to Botanical Garden 5 min walk to Holland Village Condo facilities Brentwood Villas 14 30 Lloyd Road 2242 sq ft 4+1+1 5 min walk to Somerset MRT Townhouse 24 hours maintenance hotline Pontiac Land Group 9751 6918
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    • 366 9 CLUNY, BOTANICAL 5800SF Modern Design, Superb view, Pool, MRT, Nanyang, $15.5k, James 8383-9800 PRINCESS OF WALES. 3-sty designer Semi-D. 4 bedroom. Pool. Quiet. Shops. Ask $15K. Paul 8233 3852. CORONATION DRIVE. 2-STY Semi-D. Renovated. 3900/ 3600 sqft. 4+2. Patio. Quiet. $11K. Jackie *****000 BUNGLW VICTORIA GCB for CEOs craving for
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    • 264 9 HAIG ROAD 3-STY corner/ inter terrace. 3/ 5 bdrms, f/aircon, newly renovated, Parkway/ East Coast Pk/ Canadian Int’l sch, immed, $7K. Call: 6236-0242. S/STY COLONIAL HOUSE at Kuo Chuan Ave! 2 bdrms Semi-D with pte garden, Marine Parade/ Tao Nan/ CHIJ. Call *****246 2-STOREY INTER TERR off Telok Kurau. 3+1
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    • 387 10 NEW! ESTE VILLA Cluster Hse. 4sty/basement/ pte lift Big master rm/ 3+ stu dy+1. Alice *****635 ERA SELETAR ESTE VILLA Cluster Hse 3500sf 4+1rm Gym Pool. Shuttle MRT. Immed Call 9101-6433 LamHH DTZ û MARINA BAY RES 3+1, 1,981 sf $11K 4+1, 2,300sf.......... $16K û MARINA BAY SUITES 4+1, 2680sf
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    • 305 10 ICON 904 SQFT 2+1 Fully Designer Furnished $5200 p.m. *****177/ *****177 ICON 1-BDRM 581SF. F/furn. $4.2K. Available immediate. Owner *****113 DORSETT RES 2RM New Mrt Unblocked Pool/ Greenery Vacant. Call 9234 9234 FP BUDGET $1K-$2K+ New!!! 1 min 2 MRTs-Outram City 1, 2, 3 rms Studio Apt Pearl Bank Apt
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    • 405 10 INTERLACE (6 UNITS) 1593 /1604/ 1755/ 1916/ 3400 sf. $6K up. Keys collected. Sole agt Eileen 9022-5599 BRAND NEW. THE Interlace. 2 bdrms. 1055 sf. High flr. Unblock view. F/facilities. Immed. Irene 9677 6428 OCEANFRONT 3025SF 4+1 Full Seaview. $20k. Hurry! Act Fast! *****991 Angela OCEANFRONT 1733SF 3+1 Sea/Marina view.
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    • 381 10 THE BENCOOLEN. 2+1 Bugis MRT/shpg. High flr, F/furn Pool, gym tennis. $4k. Immed. Clinton 9851 2159 CITY SQ RESIDENCES 1216 sqft, 3+1, F/furn. Bright, no blockage. Near MRT/ Mall Immed. Carol C *****739 JUST TOP! CITY Studios 2bdrms. 650sf. Brand new reno. A1 location. Immed $3xxx. Kumar *****864 CITYLIGHTS PENTHSE/
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    • 763 10 Orchard/ Cairnhill IWf Orchard/ Cairnhill D09 Pte Apts For Rent D09 Pte Apts For Rent at home in the Double frontage at 49 St Thomas Walk& 13 Devonshire Roai 5 minutes walk to Somerset MRT Orchard Road 1,2 3 bedroom apartments Unit sizes 614 1,841 sq ft Pool, gym, 24-hour
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    • 795 10 EfiW BukitTimah/ Efitl BukitTimah/ DIO Holland Rd/Tanglin DIO Holland Rd/Tanglin Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent CBRE Agency Licence No.:L*****63l THE ORANGE GROVE O.Smth Commission to agent (Limited time only) m 1 Brand new, Fully Furnished] quality fittings, Gourmet Kitchen, Spacious balcony Less than 5 mins'drive to Road;
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    • 383 10 SOHO CENTRAL Near Clarke Quay. Resident cum office 650/872 sqft MONTCLAIR Near Whitley Road. 3800 sqft. 5 bdrms Goh: 9177-0189 BRAND NEW! MOVE in now! 1rm. Spacious from $3.5K 2rm Best layout fr $4.5K 3rm nice view from $6K. 3rm best unit from $6.5K Call Lawrence 9231 8470 THOMSON 800,
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    • 363 10 REGAL COURT 2-BDRM, 956 sf, high flr, f/furn/ pool/ security, near all amenities Immed. Call *****173 Chris BRAND NEW NOVA 4 8 (Balestier) 3+1 F/furn. MRT Hospital, eateries, mid flr. Immed. LW *****372 VISTA RES. BRAND new 2 3 bdrms. From $4K up. P/furn. Shuttle to Novena MRT. Febrina 9450-4743
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    • 368 11 PARBURY HILL 3BDRM 1453 sf, New reno. F/ furn. unblock view. spacious. F/ facilities. YuenFE *****664 OCEAN PK 3+1. 2100sf. Nice Reno. Good view, balcony. Bright. Windy. F/facilities. CHIJ Katong.9831 9315 NG BAYSHORE PK 2+1 936 sf f/furn, nice, cosy, unblock. Pool view. All races.Immed Call 9298 4562 Benny WATER
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    • 339 11 NEWLY RENO. STUDIO/ 1+1 S’goon MRT Furn Aircon Immed. $1.7K-$2.2K. Long/ short term. Call *****121 3 BDRMS study. Prive EC Near Punggol MRT, p/furn, brand new with balcony pool view, immediate $neg AVAIL JAN. RIO Vista High flr. 3+1. 1238 sf. F/furn. Shuttle bus to MRT/ NEX. neg. Tess Lim
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    • 349 11 F/FURN 1-BDRM APT Kinta Road Niven Road. S/pool, security. 2min walk MRT. $3.5K up. Housekeeping option. *****471 perlodge@singnet.com.sg NEAR DHOBY GHAUT MRT, Wilkie Rd master bdrm. F/furn aircon, pool. Avail immed Owner *****245 *****177 RENT SPECIALIST Long/ short term. Orchard Balestier, Novena, Farrer, condos/ apts. *****415 608 3’NG’ LIFT LEVEL
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    • 323 11 BLK 35 MARINE Crescent 3 ’I’ high flr, Unblock, near Amenities, rental neg. Immed. Eliza 9759 -0868 5-RM 628 PASIR Ris. F/furn Elias Mall/ Sheng Siong. Immed. Anna 9006 3833 5I (3+1) BLK 176B Edgefield Plains. #07. 100% reno. Aircon, fully furn, mins to amenties. Rajan *****037 2+1, 87 C’WEALTH
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    • 292 11 YISHUN BLK 753, Approved 2+1, #01, f/furn, aircon, Next to MRT/ amenities. $2.2K neg Jane *****426 2+1 BLK 736. High flr. F/furn. Aircon. All races!!! 5 mins to MRT. Ask $2.2K neg. 8548-9328 Annie WOODLANDS 3+1 825 $2.5k 3+3 403 Immediate $2.5k 2+1 Bt Batok 238 $2.2k Furnished. KC 9068
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    • 341 11 011 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! ONE-NORTH SPACE BUSINESS PARK SPACE k Usage for 60:40 office space O o o o Your perfect mobile companion for Business Space now on
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    • 363 11 988 Toa Payoh North Space for Lease r» Brand New Building Good corporate image. Column-free space Sizes from 1,700 120,000 sq ft 6 mins walk to Braddell MR! station Linked to PIE GTE For leasing enquiries, call 6377 8000 mapleiree 6377 6563 industrial KAKI BUKIT AVE 1. 3,*****,000 sqft. Clean/
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    • 201 11 B2! KAKI BUKIT! 5-6m high 1600-5500sf, ramp up/toilet, 3 carpark Free! Cheapest! KPE/PIE. *****222 CO BROKE WELCOME, just TOP, 1, Oxley Biz Hub 1 (B1) 936 sf, asking $2.5k, pls call Alfred 9012-0651 XLEY BIZ HUB. #02#07. $2.7K-$4.6K. Near Tai Seng MRT. Immed. Doreen 9061-5801 O HENDERSON BLK 219. 2500
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    • 287 11 MACPHERSON, TAI SENG, Ubi vicinity. MRT Grd/ upper flr. 1300-***** sf. Fr $1.60psf *****607 Ng. OT 1) SENOKO *****/ ***** sf 2) Wcega Tower 960 sqft 3) Hillview Warehse 400/ 800 sqft. Kelvin *****903 1) GROUND FLR warehse 1650sf. Near Tai Seng MRT 2) Valiant 600 sf Warehse No GST.
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    • 224 11 SG KADUT ST. #01, 6560sf $1.80psf/ Sindo Tannery 3412sf, $5460. *****880 Paya Ubi Industrial Park SALE-Terrace Factories (Also for LEASE) 200 to 7500 sf own parking space (not inclusive in listed area) free parking with toilet $365 psf onwards Office: *****222 53 Ubi Ave 1 #01-11 6 STY BLDG BT
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    • 774 12 Factory/lndustrial r| Factory/lndustrial ns] Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Space for Sale Space for Sale Enterprise One along Eunos Link tS ai No additional buyer's stamp duty Tenanted units offering immediate rental income Sizes from 2,164 sq ft Near PIE KPE CTE Ramp-up vehicular access to all levels Completed project with
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    • 437 12 Changi Business Park Retail, Hotel and Convention Centre Good Corporate Image OPP Expo MRT Mins to airport SUITS IT/ IT Related Cos 16,000 sq ft above UE BIZ HUB EAST OBTAINEDT.O.P United Engineers Developments *****771/ *****271/ *****888 20 COLLYER QUAY Excellent Seaview Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 700 sq
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    • 667 12 Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale Office Space for Sale High floor office units available for sale Office unit sizes from 635 sq ft CENTER Premier commercial development in CBD, located at 160 Robinson Road Rare strata-titled office space Sheltered access to Tanjong Pagar MR! Station (less than
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    • 888 13 CB Office Space fifl Office Space ffll Office Space gfl Office Space HHf for Sale for Sale for Sale for Sale The Westcom B2 Ramp-up Industrial Space atTuas [> Over 86% sold Choice warehouse units available 42-year lease Warehouse and factory units Tuas will transform to a mega world class
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    • 317 13 ®Mr 1 67 Mr I® Mr I® Mr iiiij'Utt:m THE CENTRAL Above Clarke Quay MRT Station Average shopper traffic over 1 million month City centre residences PMETs tourists Unit sizes from 140 sq ft to 3,003 sq ft Suitable for retail lifestyle WEST COAST PLAZA Proximity to Clementi, Dover and
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    • 257 13 JLN BESAR. 4 adjoining units. 2 sty shophse. 6000 sf. F&B approved. Good crowd. Jerry 9655-9990 5-STOREY BLDG WITH lift. 2200 sf per floor. Outram MRT. All trades. SMS Lim *****377 Agents welcome BUKIT TIMAH SHPG Centre, 8,800 sqft. For takeover/ Childcare/ Medical Clinic/ Sch. With toilet 9798 2558 ORCHARD
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    • 342 13 PEOPLE’S PK CENTRE. Approx 670/1001 sf. Rent neg. HB *****273 Jean GOLDEN MILE COMPLEX. Approx 200 sf, #03.Owner *****703/*****757 CAR SHOWROOM/ OFFICE for rent. Turf City Bukit Timah. Hp: 9452-1365. KATONG, JOO CHIAT off East Coast Rd shop near I12 Katong. Chan *****130 GEYLANG MAIN RD (near Lor 33) #01,
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    • 242 13 FH SHOP. LOFT Nathan. #01, 635 sqft, face main rd with grease trap #02, 431 sqft. Suits shop office. TOP soon! Kat 9026-1138 2 ADJOINING SHOP at Jln Besar. Facing main road. Pagoda St 99yrs/ FH. High visibility; East Coast, face main rd $4.Xm 9007 4405 FROM $1.6XM! 334SF. Hurry
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