The Straits Times, 31 December 2013

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    34 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUE S D A Y DE C EMBER 31 2013 64 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
    Lock icon Cut in supply of 3-room and larger BTO flats
    461 1  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg AFTER three years of ramped-up launches, the supply of new Housing Board flats will fall 3 per cent next year to 24,300. The drop comes from the number of new three-room and larger flats being slashed by
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    Lock icon Major crawl on second day of new expressway
    558 1  -  LTA to ease choke points and add signs on Marina Coastal Expressway By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THOUSANDS of motorists and commuters found themselves stuck in traffic for as long as two hours along the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) yesterday,
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    Lock icon Docs working ‘hour by hour’ on Schumi
    65 1 A SKIING injury has left Formula One legend Michael Schumacher (left) in a coma and fighting for his life, with severe brain trauma that doctors fear he may not recover from. The 44-year-old, a seven-time F1 champion with a record 91 race wins,
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Suspected suicide attack on Russian bus kills 14
      730 2 / 3 Bomb similar to one used in Sunday’s blast at Volgograd railway station ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES MOSCOW A blast that tore through an electric bus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd during yesterday’s morning r us h
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      Lock icon Schumacher fighting for his life after ski accident
      506 2 / 3 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GRENOBLE (France) Formula One’s most successful driver Michael Schumacher was fighting for his life in hospital yesterday after a ski injury, with doctors uncertain if he would recover from severe brain trauma. What they could say for certain was
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      Lock icon Economists expect 2013 growth to hit nearly 4%
      537 2 / 3  -  This is close to the high end of govt forecast; momentum likely to last By ALVIN FOO ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT alfoo@sph.com.sg ECONOMISTS believe Singapore’s economy has powered ahead by nearly 4 per cent this year close to the top end of the Government’s
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Congestion on new highway
        45 4 THOUSANDS of motorists and commuters inched their way along sections of the Marina Coastal Expressway yesterday the second day of its operation. The congestion was worst during the morning peak hours and persisted over lunch time. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon ‘More options’ for consumers
        42 4 THE Personal Data Protection Commission says its policy of letting firms send SMS and faxes to existing customers without checking the Do-Not-Call registry is not a U-turn but an expansion of consumer options. TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Shop visit sparks debate
          51 4 CHINESE President Xi Jinping’s surprise visit to a no-frills bun shop was greeted with both praise and cynicism. While some saw it as political showmanship, many believed it could help boost his anticorruption and frugality campaigns and force officials to be close to the masses. PAGE
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          Lock icon It’s US Army v Marines
          43 4 THE Pentagon, winding down the war in Afghanistan, is calling for an Asia-based US Army infantry brigade to counter China’s growing influence enraging the US Marines which sees it as duplication of its efforts and expertise. PAGE A16
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          Lock icon $3.8b for Lebanese army
          47 4 IN A sign that Saudi Arabia is seeking to strengthen its regional position and counter Iran’s influence through the Shia militant group Hizbollah, it has pledged US$3 billion (S$3.8 billion) to Lebanon to boost its military with arms bought from France. PAGE A18
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          Lock icon Boon for smog busters
          46 4 RECORD levels of toxic smog cloud China’s skies, but growing public anger and political will to deal with the problem mean big business for pollution busters. China’s clean-tech market is set to triple to US$555 billion (S$705 billion) by 2020. PAGE A19
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon US has edge over China
          44 4 LEADERS in Beijing will have a tougher job turning around China’s economy than their US counterparts, says economics professor Linda Lim. The United States will keep its edge over China, thanks to its ability to attract talent. PAGE A20
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        Lock icon THAILAND IN GRAVE PERIL
        42 4 The choice before Thailand is democratic rule or dictatorship, whether by the military or unelected civilians. The choice is clear, but events suggest the outcome is uncertain. For Thailand’s sake, let democracy prevail. The Straits Times OPINION A20
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Work ‘not up to mark’
          68 4 DESPITE their supposed experience in the sector and their relatively good command of English, Sri Lankan construction workers, who first arrived in Singapore three months ago, are falling short of the expectations of their bosses here. PAGE B1 Mr Chaminda Senarath Wijerathna (left), 34, and
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          Lock icon ‘Report to ICA daily’
          63 4 THE project manager accused of taking part in the Dec 8 Little India riot will still have to report to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority daily. Arun Kaliamurthy, 28, who was here as a tourist when the riot occurred, had asked the court to change ICA’s
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Budget wishlist for 2014
          48 4 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday issued its wishlist for the 2014 Budget, urging the Government to keep extending aid to small and medium-sized enterprises over the next few years as these businesses continue to strive for better productivity. PAGE B9
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon No Russell, no problem
          75 4 KEVIN Durant had 33 points, 13 rebounds and five assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder nailed their second straight victory without star point guard Russell Westbrook, beating the Houston Rockets 117-86 on Sunday. Jeremy Lamb added 22 points and five assists for Oklahoma, who have the
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Oscar winner’s switch
          67 4 HONG Kong art director Tim Yip (above) has been lionised in the cinematic world for being the first and only Asian to have won an Oscar for art direction for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). But he had no qualms about stepping away from films at the
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          24 4 HOLLYWOOD heart-throb Keanu Reeves (above) leads a star-studded cast of Japanese actors in the samurai fantasy film 47 Ronin. PHOTO: UIP
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        • Article
          Lock icon Impact of make-up
          22 4 TWO picture-perfect beauty bloggers went on camera barefaced to demonstrate how make-up can dramatically change the way they look.
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          Lock icon A BMW or an M5?
          32 4 WHAT looks like an M5, has four exhausts like an M5, yet sounds like a regular BMW? One car spotted by STOMPer Mrskitty on a Singapore road.
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          Lock icon Whatsapp poser
          18 4 STOMPER Anthony received a suspicious message via Whatsapp, and wants to warn fellow users about it.
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          Lock icon Mattress ‘on the move’
          21 4 A STOMPER saw a driver transporting a mattress on top of his vehicle at the Central Expressway.
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          Lock icon The Wanted concert
          66 4 BRITISH-Irish boyband The Wanted are set to give fans a full concert at their New Year countdown gig tonight. Read more about what they are looking forward to (and what they absolutely don’t want to have) while they are here in Singapore. stcommunities.sg The Wanted comprising (from
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          Lock icon Biggest stories of 2013
          50 4 AS 2013 draws to a close, we take a look at the biggest stories of the year and check out what 2014 has in store. Read our journalists’ commentaries and essays as well as view a gallery of noteworthy pictures in our Big Story. www.straitstimes.com/ goodbye-2013-hello-2014
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          Lock icon Fame for Beijing eatery
          39 4 A STEAMED bun eatery in Beijing has gained instant fame after Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise visit last weekend. The shop was packed and items that Mr Xi ordered were sold out. www.stasiareport.com
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          Lock icon Schumacher shock
          36 4 THE motorsports world reacted with shock to the news that Formula One legend Michael Schumacher (right) was in a coma after a coma a skiing accident. Read more reactions to the accident on www.straitstimes.com
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      Lock icon Student was the ‘darling’ of family
      489 6  -  FATAL FALL By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg MR LEE Jun Jie, a 23-year-old National University of Singapore (NUS) student, had a simple home-cooked lunch with his family on Christmas Day. “We just talked about normal things,” his younger sister told The Straits Times. It turned
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      Lock icon Bus driver charged over fatal crash
      339 6  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg THE driver of an SMRT bus that overturned in July, resulting in the death of a 19-year-old passenger, was charged yesterday. Zhang Kun, a 39-year-old Chinese national, is accused of causing the death of Malaysian Sasikumar Gunasakaran by
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      Lock icon Do-Not-Call exemption ‘gives consumers options’
      522 6  -  Head of commission says this in detailed response to criticisms By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg AFTER four days of continual criticism from consumers and privacy advocates, the head of the Personal Data Protection Commission came out yesterday with a detailed explanation on the reasons
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      Lock icon Eight shot dead in clash with Xinjiang police
      510 6  -  By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg IN THE second violent incident to rock China’s restive western region of Xinjiang this month, security forces shot dead eight attackers and arrested one during an assault on a police station. The
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      Lock icon US officials ‘satisfied’ with audit into S’pore institute
      433 6  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg A UNITED STATES government audit into the Singapore Institute of Microelectronics (IME), employer of the American researcher found hanged in his apartment here in June last year, has been successfully completed. The “process audit” of Dr Shane
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      Lock icon MCE choke points ‘likely to ease with familiarity’
      615 8  -  Experts say it will take motorists time to get used to various exits By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg MOST of the congestion points in the newly opened Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) are likely to dissipate over time, experts say. This
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      Lock icon Motorists tweaking travel plans to avoid jams
      926 8  -  By ROYSTON SIM, KENNY CHEE roysim@sph.com.sg kennyc@sph.com.sg STUNNED by the congestion around the new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) yesterday, motorists said they would make adjustments to their travel plans in the coming days to avoid the jams. The main choke point appeared to
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      Lock icon Travel advisory
      232 8 IN A travel advisory yesterday, the Land Transport Authority advised motorists using the MCE to adjust their travel patterns: L WESTBOUND MOTORISTS TRAVELLING FROM EAST COAST PARKWAY (ECP) TO AYER-RAJAH EXPRESSWAY (AYE) Westbound motorists travelling from ECP should join MCE at Exit 14B near Fort Road to get
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      46 7 The stars were on our side in 2013 All four of them. This year, we launched four new cars with four distinct personalities. The A-, CLA-, E- and S-Class, each with great success. For those who made this possible, thank you for being on our side.
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      31 8 WATCH THE VIDEO www.straitstimes.com SHAWN LEE MILLER checks out the morning madness on the MCE Download a QR code reader app on your smartphone and scan this code for more information.
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      150 9 The A-Class. Every family has its rebel. It is a new class of drive for a new breed of driver. The new A-Class is for a generation that thinks for itself and goes where it pleases. Available in Urban, Style and AMG Sport equipment lines, and engineered for high torque
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Xi serves up politics with simple meal
      764 10  -  NEWS ANALYSIS Visit to eatery is part of drive to show CCP is in touch with people: Analysts By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg IT WAS not hunger or a craving for ordinary food that drove Chinese President Xi
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      Lock icon President to head reform steering group
      131 10 REUTERS BEIJING President Xi Jinping will head a group to steer economic and social reforms, a sign that he is determined to push through change amid fears of resistance from vested interests, said Xinhua news agency. This team will likely be more powerful than
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      Lock icon Ex-security czar’s close associate in corruption probe
      322 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A former close colleague of China’s ex-chief of internal security Zhou Yongkang is under investigation for “law and discipline violations”, the authorities said, stepping up anti-graft inquiries another notch. Li Chongxi, chairman of the Sichuan province’s Political Consultative Conference a
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      Lock icon Saudis pledge $3.8b to Lebanese army
      692 18 Move to boost role in region amid frustration over US’ Mid-East policy ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT Saudi Arabia has pledged US$3 billion (S$3.8 billion) to Lebanon to help strengthen the country’s armed forces and purchase weapons from France. It is a sign that Saudi Arabia,
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      Lock icon At least 70 reporters killed on the job this year
      252 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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      Lock icon 4 soldiers hurt in Egypt bomb blast
      427 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO A bomb near an Egyptian army intelligence building has wounded four soldiers, the third such blast within a week of the Muslim Brotherhood’s designation as a terrorist organisation. The explosion on Sunday, which the army called a
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      Lock icon Turkey may allow retrial in coup case
      300 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA Turkey could change laws to allow the retrial of hundreds of military officers convicted of plotting to overthrow Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government, a senior party official has been quoted as saying. The comments by senior legislator Mustafa Elitas
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Chinese copter ready for rescue
        62 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Most of the passengers and some of the crew stranded on a scientific expedition ship off Antarctica will be evacuated by a Chinese helicopter should the weather allow it, Russia’s foreign ministry said yesterday. The Russian-flagged MV Akademik Shokalskiy has been stuck
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        Lock icon Aussie region on cyclone alert
        53 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY A powerful cyclone packing expected winds of more than 200kmh was threatening the sparsely populated and resource-rich Pilbara region on Australia’s west coast late yesterday. A red alert was issued as the category-three cyclone intensified offshore, forcing towns into lockdown and shutting
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        Lock icon Residents flee S. Sudan clashes
        73 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JUBA Hundreds of people have fled South Sudan’s flashpoint town of Bor as the army warned of an imminent attack by the “White Army” militia yesterday. More than 1,000 people have been killed since clashes erupted in the capital, Juba, earlier this month
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      Lock icon Spain arrests eight in bank hacking network
      217 18 WASHINGTON POST MADRID Spain’s national police, acting along with an unidentified US security agency, have arrested eight members of a global banking hacking network responsible for stealing more than US$60 million (S$76 million) from cash machines worldwide. Spanish police said in a statement
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      Lock icon Opportunity glimmers amid China’s toxic smog
      692 19 Growing market for firms that can help lower emissions, tackle pollution REUTERS XINHUA SHANGHAI As China’s smog levels crept past record highs early this month, the phone lines at pollution-busting kit maker Broad Group lit up with Chinese customers worried about hazardous pollution levels
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      Lock icon Local governments in China owe $3.7 trillion in total
      322 19 REUTERS SHANGHAI China’s local governments are carrying total debt of 17.9 trillion yuan (S$3.7 trillion), data released yesterday revealed, a load that is smaller than the most dire market forecast but which still shows fiscal stresses are a key source of
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      Lock icon Falling yen powers Nikkei to record gain in 40 years
      422 19 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TOKYO On the last trading day of the year, Japanese shares posted their best annual performance in more than 40 years, leaving other major markets in the dust, mostly thanks to a plunge in the value
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      Lock icon Polluted: An area the size of Belgium
      279 19 REUTERS BEIJING About 3.33 million hectares of China’s farmland an area the size of Belgium is too polluted to grow crops, a government official said, highlighting the risk facing agriculture after three decades of rapid industrial growth. China has been under pressure to
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Railway workers to end 3-week strike
        103 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL Thousands of South Korean railway workers have agreed to end a three-week partial strike after lawmakers promised to reflect their opinions in the government’s controversial plan to reorganise railway services. More than 6,000 unionised workers of the Korea Railway (Korail) about
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        Lock icon Greece eyes return to bond markets
        91 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ATHENS Bailed-out Greece is hoping to return to bond markets in the second half of next year but only if growth and a primary budget surplus permits, says its Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. In an interview published in the Realnews weekly on
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        Lock icon Swatch shares hit by workshop fire
        70 19 REUTERS GENEVA Shares of Swatch, the world’s largest watchmaker, fell when trading opened yesterday in Zurich on concern that the destruction of a workshop that makes timepiece movements may disrupt the wider Swiss watch industry. Mr Jon Cox, an analyst at Kepler Cheuvreux, said
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Call off KL protest: Home Minister
        575 12  -  Analysts say police may use force to stop rally against rising cost of living By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg HOME Minister Zahid Hamidi has warned that there will be no compromise with the organisers and participants of a planned protest
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        Lock icon Cambodia’s opposition calls a break on marches
        384 12 PHNOM PENH The opposition in Cambodia has announced a week-long moratorium on public marches to give the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen time to mull over a proposal for negotiations. “We can block a road whenever we want,” Cambodia National Rescue
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        Lock icon Bangladesh capital cut off to block opposition march
        364 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG DHAKA Bangladesh’s capital has been effectively cut off from the rest of the country, with transport services into Dhaka halted, in a bid to thwart the second day of a march against next week’s elections. Bus, ferry and train
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        Lock icon Boy in coma after 300m fall from Ferris wheel
        342 12 GEORGE TOWN A six-year-old boy in Penang got onto a Ferris wheel unnoticed and is in a coma after slipping off the ride from a height of almost 300m. Mohamad Khairul Naimme Abu Kassim was alone on the ride at the
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        Lock icon Thai army allays fears of possible coup
        699 14  -  It insists military not holding secret meetings or operations as speculated By NIRMAL GHOSH INDOCHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BANGKOK nirmal@sph.com.sg THAILAND’S powerful army tried to allay fears yesterday that it may seize control amid the country’s deepening political crisis, even as protesters in
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        Lock icon Abe shut door on dialogue with war shrine visit: China
        469 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s Foreign Ministry has accused Japan’s Prime Minister of hypocrisy and said he would not be welcome in China after he visited a shrine honouring Japan’s war dead. Ministry spokesman Qin Gang yesterday said that Japanese
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        Lock icon UP IN ARMS OVER FIRECRACKERS
        74 14 Environment group members wearing gas masks to protest against the use of air-polluting firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices in the coming New Year revelry during a rally in Quezon City, Metro Manila, yesterday. A total of 193 people in the Philippines were reported to be
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        Lock icon Alzheimer’s patients find care overseas
        296 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHIANG MAI Residents of this facility for people with Alzheimer’s disease toss around a yellow ball and laugh under a cascade with their caregivers, in a swimming pool ringed by palm trees and wind chimes. Madam Susanna Kuratli, 65, once a painter of
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        Lock icon Suspension of newspaper temporary: Malaysian govt
        288 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Home Ministry has said the suspension of The Heat news weekly is “temporary” and that it is looking into the publisher’s reply to its show cause letter. The newspaper, which focuses on politics and socio-economic issues, was ordered to cease publication
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        Lock icon US Army in turf war with Marines over Pacific role
        636 16 Plan to deploy infantry troops in Asia slammed as duplication of effort WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON As the Obama administration winds down the ar-my-centric war in Afghanistan, it also sets the stage for the intensifying rivalry between the United States Army
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        Lock icon S’porean couple among injured in Hong Kong fire
        325 16 HONG KONG At least two Singaporeans were injured when fire raced through an apartment block that houses both residential units and budget lodgings for tourists in Fortress Hill, Hong Kong, on Sunday morning. A Singaporean couple was staying at Yessin Hostel on
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        Lock icon Catch of the day: Pistol and bullets
        179 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK MALACCA An angler was shocked to find himself netting a bag of weapons instead of fish and shrimp from a river in the state of Malacca. The unexpected finds were a pistol and 33 bullets. The 31-year-old angler, a
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          Lock icon Scout HQ moving to KL
          76 16 KUALA LUMPUR The headquarters of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement in Geneva, Switzerland, will be relocated to Kuala Lumpur next year, said Malaysia’s national Scouts chief, Datuk Seri Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh. Dr Shafie said on Sunday that the decision was agreed upon
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          Lock icon 7 kids drown on school trip
          76 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI Seven Vietnamese schoolchildren drowned while swimming in the sea during a picnic near the southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City, local police said yesterday. The school trip, involving more than 100 students and led by teachers, ended in tragedy
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          Lock icon Smoking curbs on officials
          80 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING Party cadres and government officials must not smoke in public places or buy cigarettes using public funds, and should encourage their colleagues to quit smoking, said a circular issued jointly by the executive arms of the Chinese government and ruling Communist Party. Sunday’s
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        Lock icon Checks show JB immigration complex plagued by breakdowns
        297 16 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU Visit Malaysia Year 2014 is set to kick off tomorrow, but the Johor Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex is still plagued by frequent breakdowns of lifts and escalators. Checks by The Star newspaper at the
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        Lock icon SOME SUN, SURF AND FLOTSAM
        82 16 Tourists sunbathing next to debris on Kuta beach, near Denpasar, on Bali Island yesterday. Kuta, the most popular beach on Bali, has been inundated in the past few days by debris washed ashore by waves. Residents say the phenomenon is a seasonal event. It begins
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      452 20 THAILAND is sliding into anarchy, which from experience has meant intervention. Following a spell of military rule, elections will be called or, more likely, forced on the caretakers. A government could also be appointed via some constitutional artifice. What follows has not varied much
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      1439 20  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Leaders in Beijing will have a tougher job turning around China’s economy than their American counterparts. The US also remains a hub for talent. By LINDA LIM FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is professor of strategy
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      1051 21  -  By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg JAPAN is rapidly drifting to the right. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s surprise visit on Dec 26 to the infamous Yasukuni war shrine has established beyond any doubt his nationalistic credentials and the dangerous
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      934 21  -  By CLIVE CROOK The writer is a Bloomberg View columnist. BLOOMBERG THE standard complaint about President Barack Obama that he is better at giving speeches than running the government was a cliche even before the opening of 2013, his worst year
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      888 21  -  By KISHORE MAHBUBANI The writer is dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, and author of The Great Convergence: Asia, The West And The Logic Of One World. BLOOMBERG CHINA and Japan,
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        488 22 What sports should be getting more support in Singapore and why? Archery, swimming and rowing.... What I have seen among local archers is an incredible amount of passion, dedication and force of will. There is also the drive in many to one day compete internationally... These three sports
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        230 22  -  Toh Cheng Seong UNLIKE Mr Alain Choo Wai Hung, I do not recall that Hong Kong’s MTR trains arrive every 11/2 minutes (“Singapore transport system still needs work”; last Friday). Its website says train arrivals vary between two and 12 minutes during peak hours,
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        220 22  -  Paul Chan Poh Hoi I SHARE the editorial’s observations that Japan’s political leaders need to seek closure with their nation’s militaristic past and move on (“Caught between rocks of own making”; Dec 23). Attempting to alter records of historical transgressions is foolhardy. A layman can
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        104 22  -  Faith Jasmine Sim (Ms) Hong Kong TO A certain extent, I agree with Ms Li Dan Yue that couples prefer in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) because they want kids who are of their genetic make-up (“IVF trumps adoption”; last Friday). However, as an adoptive
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        197 22  -  WOMEN IN BOARDROOMS Paul Heng I REFER to last Friday’s editorial (“More women for Singapore boardrooms”). There is another perspective that needs to be considered the willingness and availability of women leaders to be board members. Like it or not, the expectations of society
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        356 22  - Busy, but these women still sit on SOS board for free Christine Wong (Ms) Executive Director Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) I AGREE that no woman should be in the boardroom just because she is a woman (“More women for Singapore boardrooms”; last Friday). Singapore has a growing pool of educated,
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        418 22  -  Paul Sim Ruiqi I READ the Christmas Day editorial (“Season of compassion”; last Wednesday) with hope for the future of volunteerism in Singapore, having recently returned from an overseas mission trip. I call on more of our young people to contribute locally in a sustainable way
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        206 22  -  Tan Chin Hwee MR KELVIN Quek raised some questions regarding Project Jewel’s viability (“Who is Project Jewel’s target customer?”; last Friday). Many Singaporeans already enjoy going to Changi Airport for leisure. Fifty million passengers pass through the airport every year, and
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      734 1  -  Firms hopeful they will improve amid plans to recruit more of them By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg FOUR months after arriving here with a glowing reputation, Sri Lankan construction workers are struggling to maintain their brand name. Despite their supposed experience in the
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      661 2  -  New rules include pre-sale screening, with checklists to curb impulse buying By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg BUYING a dog, cat or rabbit from a pet shop will become harder in the new year, with a new move by the Government to reduce impulse buying by
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      339 2  -  By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg RAISIN muffins sold here by home-grown chain BreadTalk are safe to eat, it said yesterday, following media reports in Hong Kong that elevated levels of aluminium had been found in the baked treat. BreadTalk said the aluminium in
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      363 2  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg THE skies were somewhat hazier than usual yesterday due to dust and a spell of dry weather farther north. On Sunday afternoon, the Pollutant Standards Index, a measure of air quality, began creeping up. At lunchtime yesterday,
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      565 4  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg THE project manager accused of taking part in the Dec 8 Little India riot will still have to report to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority daily, the court heard yesterday. Arun Kaliamurthy, 28, an
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      427 4  -  Design standards next year to ensure better readability, such as larger fonts By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg MR PETER Ng, a 67-year-old retiree, could not locate public toilets on a few occasions as he was having trouble reading the signs. Said Mr Ng:
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      280 4  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg A NEW service on a taxi booking app that lets passengers pay drivers more to get a cab is being removed as it may not comply with regulations. GrabTaxi, the app
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      611 6  -  Is your child starting school for the first time next week? In a new series, The Straits Times shows you five things you can do to make his or her transition a smooth one. PREPARING FOR SCHOOL By SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR
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      131 6 CHEAPER natural gas means home-owners can expect lower electricity bills for the next three months. The new rate for next month to March will be 25.65 cents per kilowatt hour (kwh), down from 26.08 cents. A family in a four-room Housing Board flat,
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      179 6 ABOUT 800,000 Singaporean households living in Housing Board flats will receive $135 million in utilities rebates next month. The GST Voucher Utili-ties-Save (U-Save) is paid out four times a year. In next month’s payout, eligible households will receive a rebate
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      365 6  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A 40-YEAR-OLD man who had paid sex seven times with an underage girl was jailed for 14 weeks yesterday. Aw Kok Pheng paid the girl who was younger than 18 $300 to $400 each time for
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      525 7  -  Specialist was jailed and fined in 2011 for under-declaring income over 2 years By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma AN EYE specialist convicted of under declaring her income over two years has been suspended for four months by the Singapore Medical Council
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      360 7  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A MAN who threatened to throw his lover’s eight-year-old daughter out of the window of a ninth-storey flat was fined $1,000 after the judge deemed that he had no intention to carry out the threat.
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      198 7  -  ELENA CHONG A FILIPINO technician who took upskirt videos of five women in one day was jailed for five weeks yesterday on one charge of intruding into the privacy of a woman. Victor Soliman Gotengco Jr, 33, admitted to one count of placing his
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      758 8  -  Around $44,000 channelled via Singapore Casket-SG Gives partnership this year By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg WHEN Mr Loh Ngiap Kwang died suddenly from a heart attack in January, his shocked family members rushed to make funeral arrangements and held vigil at the wake for four
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      347 1 New pet buyers to be screened for suitability B7 Eye doc suspended for tax evasion B2 ID OCBC Bank WORLD’S STRONGEST BANK 2011 -2012 2013(znd) Ranked by Bloomberg Markets 7 Celebrate PROSPERITY WITH 2,500 GIFT SETS SPENDS REDEEM* 1 Jan-30Jan 2014 Exclusive New Moon abalone gift set A when you
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      359 3 OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO 800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd For being re-appointed as Public Waste Collector for the Ang Mo Kio Toa Payoh Sector Building a Legacy of Protecting the Environment From 1 January 2014, 800 Super Waste Management Pte Ltd will be providing refuse collection and recycling services
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      236 4 The Lion’s Roar Singapore Buddhist Federation 5 th JAN 2014 12 th JAN 2014 19 th JAN 2014 "HONOURING THE 6 DIRECTIONS BY BRO. SOON HAN "CHOOSING THE RIGHT MEDITATION OBJECTS FOR CONCENTRATION" BY DR. NG WAI CHONG "WHAT BOSSES WANT" BY SIS. STELLA LIN [NO TALKS ON 26™ JANUARY
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      458 6 CHRISTMAS PROMOTION Have yourself a very special Straits Times 2014 calendar! Go to photobank. com.sg and pick from thousands of pictures taken by our photojournalists. ceremony of the 117th IOC Session.Fireworks light up the night sky aroundthe Esplanade, as the 117th IOC Session gets off to a rousing start. Last
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      12 6 IN TOMORROW’S PAPER: What is the right way to praise your child?
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      531 9  -  Continued help for SMEs, affordable industrial space at top of SCCCI’s list By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) has become the first business chamber to issue a wishlist for the 2014 Budget, expected in February.
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      513 9  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg PRICES of resale homes stayed mostly flat last month, although units in the central region eked out a small rise. Overall, non-landed private resale prices inched up 0.1 per cent last month from October, according to figures
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      1785 10  -  After $1b of investment, research hub reaping rewards for S’pore economy By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg A DECADE ago, this corner of Buona Vista was nothing more than a wide expanse of undeveloped land. After almost $1 billion of investment, the science hub now
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        507 11  -  It is the first Asian bourse to get approval for trillion-dollar market By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has become the first Asian bourse to win approval to clear trades for United States customers in a vast market known
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        411 11  -  By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg DBS Bank has launched a fully automated online account opening service for companies that promises to save them time and paperwork. The service, on offer since Dec 13, means the time taken to open a corporate account will be
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        443 11 REUTERS THE price of gold yesterday headed for its biggest annual loss in more than three decades at nearly 30 per cent, as firm equities and the prospect of a recovery in the global economy stole its shine. Bullion has been
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        466 12  -  STI edges to last year’s close, and is 13.79 pts from breaking even for year BULLS AND BEARS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg TRADING volumes remained weak yesterday, but the local market still managed to extend its winning streak to a seventh session. The benchmark
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          18 12 STI trading volume 108 million shares STI up down Gainers: 14 Losers: 9 Unchanged: 7
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          85 12 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 720.39 540.21 855.36 1,073.58 223.29 197.78 282.57 0.38 1.81 1.44 20.15 0.45 0.08 0.27 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 189.06 480.81 823.86 799.35 1,178.82 749.75
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          21 12 Stock trading volume 2.78 billion shares worth $669 million Up down Gainers: 232 Losers: 167 Unchanged: 390
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          55 12 Yesterday’s close Index Change 1.63 112.37 9.06 23,244.87 16,291.31 2,011.34 2,097.53 1,054.22 1,872.52 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI -3.72 3.37 11.46 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close SET Thailand Dow Nasdaq 4,274.18 5,356.80 1,298.71 16,478.41 4,156.59
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          177 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 30, 2013 Top Rises Dec 30 CENTS DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 107.8 0.8 Lyxor Indonesia10US$ 7048 66.0 0.7 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ 2914 29.2 0.8 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 26.0 0.2 IS
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          59 12 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 196.5 +2 1462 196.5 194.5 1.7
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          80 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 197,5 126.4 ARA 185.5 +0.5 82 185.5 185
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          47 12 By Volume CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................8.2 324,132,000 Vol Charisma Energy Vallianz Hldgs ...................20.5 172,915,000 5.9 324.132.000 276.022.000 259 707 000 WE Hldgs 4 Vallianz Hldgs Charisma W*****3 ............5.7 45,361,000 1.4 172’915’000 ChinaGaoxian W*****8 0.8 39,863,000 163.093.000 64.426.000 62.879.000 57.324.000 WE Hldgs W*****7 ............1.3 30,459,000
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          54 12 Dec 30 Against S$ 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: 1.1227 1.1231 0.8851 0.8852 1 1839 1.1846 0.9336 0.9334 1.7447 1.7454
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        269 12  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE company is playing its part in helping to restore a ferry service between Canada and the United States that was shut down in 2009. The marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering has bought a stake
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      196 9 SGX gets nod to clear US derivatives B10 Research hub for world’s best scientists B11 LAND FOR TENDER HDB IS THE GOVERNMENT’S AGENT FOR THE SALE OF SITES Land Parcel at Sims Drive Located near Aljunied MRT Station Well-linked to major expressways such as the Pan Island Expressway and Kallang-Paya
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      60 11 READ ALL ABOUT IT IN DL TOMORROW BEST OVERALL SMARTPHONE Can the Apple iPhone 5s stave off the Android onslaught? How did a Ferrari crash affect China’s politics? Find out in the new best-selling book When the Party Ends: China’s leaps and stumbles after the Beijing Olympics by Peh Shing
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      558 18 Messages of support come from both within and beyond the sporting arena ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GRENOBLE (France) As Formula One legend Michael Schumacher attempts to turn the corner following a critical head injury from a skiing accident, he will be fuelled by
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      861 18  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg SHIPS, it has been wisely noted, are “safe in a harbour, but that is not what ships are for”. Michael Schumacher, it might be similarly said, is safe while lolling in his drawing
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      404 18  -  By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg ON PAPER, he has inherited a LionsXII squad weakened by the departures of several key players. But that will not stop Fandi Ahmad from sending a side out with all guns blazing when the new Malaysian football season starts on
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      100 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS Michael Schumacher: The most successful F1 driver World champion L 1994, 1995 (Benetton) L 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (Ferrari) No. of grand prix races: 308 Podiums: 155 Points scored in F1: 1,560 Records L 7 world titles L 91 victories L 69 pole positions L
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      451 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE Swiss tennis great Roger Federer insists he is still capable of winning a Grand Slam singles crown despite a relatively poor season which saw him slip to world No. 6. The 32-year-old won only one title in an injury-hit 2013, leading many
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      350 15 REUTERS MELBOURNE England team director Andy Flower has backed Alastair Cook’s captaincy and will have talks with his new boss in Sydney this week about his own future in the wake of the tourists’ fourth straight loss in the Ashes series. Flower,
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        66 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE Russia’s world No. 4 tennis star Maria Sharapova marked her comeback from injury with a straight-set demolition of Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in the first round of the Brisbane International yesterday. The 26-year-old, who had not played since a shoulder injury forced her off
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        58 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON Everton captain Phil Jagielka could be sidelined for up to four weeks with a hamstring injury. Everton manager Roberto Martinez said the England defender picked up the injury during the loss to Sunderland on Boxing Day in the Premier League. Jagielka missed his
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        80 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES Thaddeus Young scored 25 points, Evan Turner added 22 points and Philadelphia snapped their 13-game road losing streak by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 111-104 in the National Basketball Association on Sunday. Spencer Hawes had 19 points and eight rebounds for
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        92 15 XINHUA BEIJING Chinese athletes have won 124 titles from world championships and World Cup finals this year, according to a report from the State General Administration of Sport. About 32 per cent of the titles came from 11 Olympic sports swimming and diving, badminton, gymnastics,
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      1152 16  -  From watching rising stars grow to seeing an evergreen veteran retire; from big international stars coming to town to the return of a national hero, 2014 promises to be a bumper year for sports in Singapore. Wang Meng Meng examines 10 things to
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      508 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood has vowed to continue his attacking philosophy against Manchester United at Old Trafford (Thursday, 1.30am, Singapore time). Spurs failed to score three goals in any of their Premier League games under his predecessor Andre Villas-Boas
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      339 17  -  OBITUARY By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg HUMBLE, generous and a very good footballer this is how former Singapore international Quah Kim Siak will be remembered by those closest to him. The fourth of six brothers from the Republic’s most famous footballing family died on
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      581 17  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg IT IS often said that England’s top flight is the best football league in the world. And if the level of competitiveness on show in the current campaign is anything to go by, that
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      298 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger refused to contemplate title glory after Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Newcastle on Sunday put them back atop the Premier League but he let it be known that his boys have grown into men. The Frenchman admitted that he was
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      306 1 Fleet fingers Violinist Gil Shaham inspires Bright Sheng’s composition C7 Culture Vulture Travels via hotel libraries C8 Bye bye 2013, hello 2014. Life! picks 10 things to look forward to in the new year, chief of which is pop sensation Bruno Mars’ solo gig here. DESIGNING MAN C2&3 Oscar-winning art
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      276 9 The Straits Times is launching its newest e-book, ST100, which takes a look at the news highlights of the past year in 10 top 10 lists. Here are excerpts of arts, food and entertainment stories. RAITS TIMES THE STRAITS TIMES 10 Top 10 lists in an
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      221 9 When: Since April What: At least five bigname overseas food chains, selling everything from fluffy doughnuts to elegant macarons to handmade dim sum, set up shop here. Singapore’s growing food-and-beverage scene has been sizzling with an increasing number of well-known overseas F&B brands entering the market. New
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      214 9 When: Through the year What: It was a banner year for music fans as Singapore’s annual gig calendar got busier with several new festivals. In May, the inaugural Singapore Social concerts featured an A-list bill of acts such as Aerosmith, Psy and CeeLo Green, who rocked
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      848 10 Hollywood is expected to have a banner year by serving up more of the same, reaping more multiplex revenue than before New York Times Los Angeles This was the year that Hollywood hit ticket-selling heights by stranding Sandra Bullock in space, educating monsters, bringing back Superman (again)
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      405 10 Associated Press Warsaw Wojciech Kilar (below), a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for many films, including Roman Polanski’s Oscarwinning The Pianist (2002) and Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), died on Sunday. He was 81. Kilar died in his hometown
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        263 2  -  Akshita Nanda If 2013 was packed with must-watch concerts, plays and blockbuster movies, 2014 is set to offer even more to entertain. From pop-culture sensation Stefanie Sun’s newest Mandopop album to achingly hip interior design on display from Parisian trade show Maison Objet, the
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        259 2  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi 1 American singer Bruno Mars came out of nowhere three years ago to become a Grammy award-winning and chart-topping pop act. Mixing classic genres such as soul, rock, funk and reggae and giving them a contemporary twist, he is one of those rare artists whose
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        188 2  -  Boon Chan 2 The last time home-grown Mandopop star Stefanie Sun, 35, released an album, things were very different. For her, that is. It’s Time came out in March 2011. Two months later, the girl-next-door walked down the isle with her Dutch-Indonesian business executive beau,
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        217 2  -  Melissa Kok Book it HOSTESS CLUB WEEKENDER Where: Fort Canning Park When: Feb 22 from 3pm Admission: $118 from EventClique.com or $150 at the door 3 Independent music company Hostess Asia is beefing up Singapore’s annual gig calendar with a new indie music festival on Feb 22.
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        273 2  - Maison Objet Asia Natasha Ann Zachariah 4 The biggest design trade show in Paris, France finally lands on Singapore’s shores in March a year after building up hype for its inaugural Asian debut. Industry watchers are anticipating that the arrival of the Maison Objet Asia lend French flair the local
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        267 2  -  John Lui 5 Next year will see the rebirth of the Singapore International Film Festival, a yearly event that went away in 2012 and, many thought, would never be seen again. The most important reason to get excited about it is that the brand, founded in
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        270 3  -  Yip Wai Yee 6 The films of director Jack Neo (right) have mostly been box-office gold, but it was his national service two-parter Ah Boys To Men (2012, 2013) that shattered records. The first part earned $6.2 million, while the second made $7.9
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        263 3  - Visit Victoria Concert Hall Theatre Akshita Nanda 8 When the refurbished Victoria Concert Hall and Theatre open to the public in August, they will revitalise the city centre and add much needed performing spaces for the arts. The theatre will host arts productions during the six-week Singapore International Festival Of
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        203 3  -  Huang Lijie 9 Hailed as a landmark Chinese language play in recent times, the eight-hour epic A Dream Like A Dream (right) by renowned Taiwanese dramatist Stan Lai (below) will be staged in February as part of the Esplanade’s annual Huayi Chinese Festival
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        241 3  -  Yip Wai Yee 7 Former Wong Kar Wai collaborator Christopher Doyle is attached to the film as cinematographer. Award-winning local playwright Haresh Sharma is penning its screenplay, his first in 15 years. He co-wrote The Teenage Textbook Movie with Philip Lim and Edmund Tan in 1998. Surely this
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        257 3  -  Clarissa Oon 10It is not every day that an arts festival has the budget and clout to bring in icons, but then the Singapore International Festival of Arts is no ordinary festival. The rebooted national arts festival, now run by an independent company, has confirmed luminaries such
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        1335 4  -  Art director Tim Yip, who won an Oscar for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, designs for the theatre and works as an artist Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Hong Kong art director Tim Yip is lionised in the cinematic world and many expect him to continue to
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        257 4 1962: Born in Hong Kong, the fourth of five children, to a Macau casino supervisor and housewife Early 1980s: Graduates from Hong Kong Polytechnic with a degree in photography, works as a freelance commercial photographer 1986: Works on first film, the seminal gangster flick A Better
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        485 5 Highlights from Rotation The Art Of Tim Yip exhibition Book it A DREAM LIKE A DREAM Where: Esplanade Theatre When: Feb 6 to 9, Part 1 at 1.30pm and Part 2 at 7.30pm daily Admission: $48 to $148 (Feb 6 and 7) and $68 to $188 (Feb 8 and 9),
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        499 5  -  Lisabel Ting Hear music from the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies played using only the sheng, a Chinese wind instrument, at a concert in the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Sunday. Resonance, an ensemble comprising entirely of sheng musicians, will present Soundscapes A Remix Of Popular
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          566 6  -  When the curtain rises, what the audience usually sees is what happens on stage slick music, perfect scene changes and impeccable lighting. What is out of sight and out of mind is the hard work behind the scenes to keep arts venues in
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          540 6 Yeo Han Kiang, 42, senior building specialist at the Singapore Conference Hall Mr Yeo, who used to work in hotels and shopping centres as a building technician, says his current job handling the cleaning and security at the Singapore Conference Hall is a lot
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          370 6 Noor Faizal, 34, production co-ordinator at the Esplanade Working at the Esplanade lets Mr Noor do what he loves most listening to awesome music. The 34-year-old’s love of music began in secondary school. “I started jamming with friends,” says Mr Noor, who plays the bass
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          412 6 Chua Ng Ger, 69, duty officer at The Substation Any artist who has worked at The Substation will know duty officer Chua Ng Ger. The jovial 69-year-old, who has been taking care of the building and locking up at night for the past 21
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        707 7  -  Impressed by Israeli violinist Gil Shaham, composer Bright Sheng wrote the piece for him Akshita Nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Watching Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham’s fingers fly on his instrument inspired composer Bright Sheng to write a concerto specially for him to play. Shaham, 42, will premiere Let
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        654 7  -  Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer Raffles Institution (RI), which celebrates its 190th anniversary this year, is known for producing Singapore’s first two prime ministers, top civil servants and leading professionals in many fields. But a group of seven old Rafflesians, including Cultural Medallion recipient Lee
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        304 7 Reuters London BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow said on Sunday that a painting featured on it was revealed to be a genuine work of 17th-century Flemish artist Anthony Van Dyck worth up to £400,000 (S$836,000). The portrait of a bearded Brussels magistrate wearing
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        114 8 ‘Niall is my son. I had him really young. my really I had a choice to give him to a circus or a boyband, and I chose the boyband. He’s doing much better there doing because his backflips were terrible’ Downton Abbey actor Allen Leech (left)
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        1106 8  -  Raiding the collection of tomes is also a great getaway Culture Vulture Clara Chow clarac@sph.com.sg On a cruise to Phuket recently, I accidentally found myself in Australia. Shortly after boarding the ship Mariner of the Seas, I made my way to its library with
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          88 8 Local photography collective 5ive Foot Way presents Days We Met, its second group exhibition. It will showcase 30 photographs, in both colour and black and white, by the collective’s members. The exhibition is the group’s attempt at exploring itself through experiencing life, and the group
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          124 8 Playground Entertainment presents its debut production, Firecrackers Bombshells. The comedy follows the lives of a family preparing for Chinese New Year, when secrets start to surface and create chaos during the festivities. The heart-warming show explores themes of prejudice and acceptance. It is directed
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          103 8 Creative Edge, the youth training division of I Theatre, presents its maiden production, People. The 90-minute show revolves around the lives of 14 individuals, who are loosely connected by an earthquake in Japan, and how they try to resume normal lives after being affected by
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          109 8  -  Lisabel Ting Local watercolour painter Aaron Gan (above) presents his second solo show, Vivid Vistas. Eschewing typical Singapore street scenes, he paints atmospheric skies above vegetation, fluid bodies of water, and even helicopters carrying the Singapore flag over Marina Bay Sands. Gan, who started painting
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        929 8 Bloomberg Boston The priciest segment of the art market surged to record highs this year amid demand from established collectors and wealthy new buyers from emergingmarket economies. The top 10 auction lots raised US$752.2 million (S$955 million), a 27 per cent increase from last
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        442 12 Agence France-Presse Xinhua Beijing Chinese director Zhang Yimou said his family spent years in hiding, as the official Xinhua News Agency said he may face a fine of more than 7 million yuan (S$1.5 million in the country’s biggest penalty for
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        305 12  -  Eddino Abdul Hadi Family, good. Durians, bad. So say British-Irish boyband The Wanted, who are in town for a New Year countdown show. At a brief press conference at The Regent Singapore hotel yesterday, Siva Kaneswaran, 25, says he is looking forward to
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        265 12  -  Gwendolyn Ng The highly anticipated Voice Of China movie I Want You, which is helmed by Singaporean talents, opened in China last Friday with a disappointing 1 million yuan (S$209,000) at the box office. The high profile project is a spin-off of the
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          95 12 Taiwanese singer Valen Hsu married her South Korean boyfriend, SM advertising executive Choi Jae Sung, in Seoul last month, after a five-month courtship, she announced on Sunday. According to Taiwan Apple Daily, the couple, both 39, hit it off when they met at an art gallery event
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          53 12 Call Me Maybe singer Carly Rae Jepsen has had her calls returned by Broadway. Producers of Rodgers Hammerstein’s Cinderella say the Canadian singersongwriter will take over the role of Cinderella starting on Feb 4 for 12 weeks. She will join Fran Drescher (The Nanny), who
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      299 4 MINI COOPER S 1.6 3DR Mar 2010, 40,032km. Visit 280 Kampong Arang Rd or call Tam at 9687 0707 MINI JCW CONVERTIBLE Feb 2013, 15,485km. Visit 280 Kampong Arang Rd or call Shawn Lim at 9846 5368 3/2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER For Sales. Good Condition. Test Drive To Believe. Call Now
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      67 5 WALK TO PARAGON! 1600 sf Terr, 3+1. Attractive price, View Now! Many others avail! Call *****000 now RARE! QUEENS RD Semi-D 6000 sqft, 5+1, pool, 1km Nanyang/ RPGS. Next to mall. Call *****000 now ORIOLE/ LINDEN VICINITY, 10,400 sft, evelevated high grd, in good cond, needs minor reno. $20.8M neg.
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      159 5 GOOD CLASS BUNGLW ASTRID HILL *****sf s/sty BELMONT 22Ksf $36M neg BIN TONG PARK *****, ***** sf beautiful land BT TUNGGAL 16ksf, hilltop pan oramic view, wide front HOLLANDPK15ksf brand new MT ECHO PK 1 5100 sf beautiful land. Priced to sell MT ECHO PK ***** sf. Beautiful hse. Almost
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      238 6 GALLOP GCB 2½-STOREY Beautiful elevated land, approx 15,130 sf. Serene Douglas Wong *****193 EAST SUSSEX LANE approx 15,100/ 11,500 sqft. 6 ensuites. Excellent design. Douglas Wong *****193. MAPLE VICINITY, 2.5 sty detach elevated land 5211/ 6000 sf, 6+2+1, pool, tiptop, FH, Nancy *****887 SEMI-D HOLLAND GROVE Land 3150/ 5000sf. 2½
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      240 6 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM 2-sty inter terrace, walk to Bedok MRT, park 2 cars, 3rm, Ask $2.3M. *****959 BEST IN SIGLAP! Terrace 1820 sqft, 3 rms, Like New, Designer’s Dream! Quick! Call Realstar *****000 AFFORDABLE! SIMEI SEMI-D 4300 sqft, 6 rms, High Ceiling, Walk to park, Low Quick! Call *****000 FIDELIO
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      227 6 2½ STY TERR Nemesu Ave. Newly rebuilt 1 yr ago. 1500/ 2800 sqft. 4 bdrms. Marvin Ng *****836 ERA D21 listing can be found after D11 WESTWOOD CORNER 3-STY land 2233 sf 5 rm outdoor family area near carporch Jurong Pt MRT. $1.94M $2.69M! FH CLUSTER semid, Dallavale. Corner. Reno.
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      266 6 TOP THE INTERLACE. 2rm 1055sf. Gd rental. 3rm 1798sf, south facing.4rm 1981sf best deal.*****668 VARSITY PARK BEAUTIFUL 2292 sqft. 3+1, well Reno spacious, quiet. Don’t miss! Alan *****506 HUNDRED TREES. 956 yrs. 2bdrm. Just TOP. Ready to move-in. Facing greenery. Call *****157 for viewing. WEST COAST JLN Mas Puteh $980k!
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      153 6 LINCOLN RES BRAND New 3bdrm 1884 sf, $3.21m 4bdrm 1841 sf, $3.357m Penthse 2497 sf, $4.225m THE HILLFORD-JLN Jurong Kechil. 1st Retirement Resort in S’pore. 60 yr lease fr 2/’13. 1 rm 398 sf $4xxK 2 rm 506 sf $5xxK/ 2 rm dual key $7xxk. Shop avail. AMAZING CLEMENTI PARK
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      132 6 2+1 VISTAYA VIEW. F’hold Next to Paya Lebar MRT. 1076 sf. High flr. Move in. Must sell! Lina 9128 7675 DROOL OVER OUR 3/walkup Elegant designer finishes! Quiet modern spacious isabelredrup.com/ir3.php $2.5m. *****055. Susan JUST TOP! HAIG 162, 1-bdrm high flr unblock view. Mins Parkway Parade/amenities FH. $710k. *****079 Joel
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      103 6 4 BDRMS AT Stratford Ct. 1506 sf. Spacious layout. Near MRT, Expo. Ask $1.5m Neg. Francis *****523 THE GLADES YR end promotion fr $6xxK. 1/2/3/4 rm avail. MRT/Gd rental potential. 9743 4668 FERRARIA PK FH 1rm 646 sf Rare! High floor. Spacious. F/reno. Quiet. F/facilities. Hurry! 9889 7799 Maggie TAMPINES
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      99 6 CHUAN PARK $1.26M Only! 1173 sf. 2rm. Above 15th Flr Renovated. Australian Sch. MRT. Cheong 9837 9888 ICONIC NEW BLDG in AMK. The Panorama. Walk to future Mayflower MRT. Call Maggie Choo 9018 0432 NEW LAUNCH!! THE Panorama AMK Ave 2. MRT/ good sch/ shpg. VVIP preview: Kristine 9638 8517
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      226 7 NEW LAUNCH!! THE Panorama AMK Ave 2. MRT/ good sch/ shpg. VVIP preview: Michael *****686 THE PANORAMA 1, 2, 2+ study 3,3+Study,4,5 bdrm Penthse. CHIJ. Fr $7xxK. Janice Farm 8611 3399 ICONIC NEW BLDG in AMK. The Panorama. Walk to future Mayflower MRT. Call Stephanie Lim *****372 ICONIC NEW BLDG
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      230 7 THE PANORAMA 1, 2, 2+ study 3,3+Study,4,5 bdrm Penthse. CHIJ. Fr $7xxK. Leon Teo 9668 8587 ICONIC NEW BLDG in AMK. The Panorama. Walk to future Mayflower MRT. Call Thomas Low 9170 8102 THE PANORAMA. FR $7xxk. Walk to Future Mayflower MRT. Shpg hub/ good sch. Call SC Khaw *****311
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      290 7 THE PANORAMA 1, 2, 2+ study 3,3+Study,4,5 bdrm Penthse. CHIJ. Fr $7xxK. Boh TJ 9816 5679 D21 listing can be found after D11 LAKEHOLMZ TASTEFULLY DESIGN 3+1. High flr. Pool view. Mins to MRT/ Shpg Mall. Ben Woo 9455 1329 CENTRIS. 3+1. (JURONG Pt) 1066 sqft, reno, unblocked. Great location!
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      309 7 3NG BLK 132 Bt Batok near Central, MRT, Westmall, eateries. Lift flr Val $318k Must view! 9733-6569 4’A’ CORNER BLK 206 Bt Batok St 21. High flr. Lift level. Mins to MRT/ West Mall. Wendy Ang *****108 T BLANGAH DR 5-Rm. Pt Blk Balcony Nth, Main Dr East. 123sqm. Motivated
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      313 7 BELOW VALUE $20K nett! 4’A’ 571 corridor. Unblock. Valued. Sellling $450K. Hurry Kelly 9147-7583 3’NG’ 311. MINS to MRT/ Mall/amenities. Low COV! 3½-rm 108. Near mkt/Mall Don’t miss! Call *****457 **3’NG’ BLK 126 High/ lift flr. 70 sqm/ 5-Rm corner Blk 452. 4 bdrm. 121 sqm. Near MRT. Eric 9818-1929
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      286 7 EARLY MOVE-IN POSSIBLE! Blk 21 Queens Close, 5I 125sqm, 4-bdrooms, priced to Sell. James: 8123 9399 3’S’ CORNER UPGRADED Blk 97 C’wealth. Unblock. Mid flr. Clean, bright, no noon sun. Privacy. Val: $350K. BLK 354B 4-RM Admiralty Drive. Near Sembawang MRT/ Mall. High flr. Val $445K. Nicholas 8118-2111 BESIDE MRT
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      289 7 OPEN HSE! 4’A’ corner 286 St 22. 103 sqm Privacy. EA 230J St 21. 151 sqm. 4 bdrms. SMS for viewing. 4’A’ 277 TAMPINES. Mins MRT. Nicely reno. 100% move-in. High flr. Corner. Spacious. Alan 9681-4605 4’NG’ 230 TAMPINES. New list. High flr. Unblocked. Near future MRT. Hurry! Alvin Lim
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      292 7 VALUE BUY!! $390K. 4A blk 284. Corner. Near Chong Fu Pri. sch. Zana *****142 LEEDON PARK. CLOSE to Holland Village. 2-sty.Land *****sf 4bdrm corner unit Hurry 9675 4620 DTZ MT SINAI RISE Semi-d, 3 sty 6+1, 5800/ 3800 sf, nice, $13k, Immed, 9388 6383 KING’S RD University Pk D/sty Semi-D
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      292 7 THE SAIL 1-RM $3.8k-$5k. 2rm Sea/bay view $4.8-7k 3/4 rm, bay view, $6k-12k Marina Bay Suites, 3/4 rm, $7.5k-13.5k. Neo 9384-2121 MARINA BAY SUITES ¨C 2045 sqft 4 bdrm, $12.8K, 2680 sqft 4 bdrm, $17K. Chen Li Meng 9684 3601 THE SAIL/ ONE Shenton. View both units together! 1-bdrm apt.
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      354 7 REGENT PK 2-BDRM, 904 sf, F/facilities. F/furn, Near Clementi MRT/ Mall/ good schs. *****883 Frieda 1-BDRM. VISTA PK. 775sf. Ground flr F/furn/facilities. Sci Pk/ NUS/ MRT $2.7Kneg, immed Sam *****335 LANDRIDGE 1894 SF. 3+1. Newly reno. MRT. NUS. Cheng N.T. *****320 SKF BLUE HORIZON 1200 sf. 3+1 f/furn, sea view,
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      287 8 HILLTOPS 807SF 2BDRM+1. P/Furn. Quiet. Immed. Ask $6.5K.Full mth commission Call Now! Owner *****150 KIM SIA COURT (Behind Lucky Plaza) 2+1 rms. Furn. Orchard MRT. $3.6k. Immed. 9851 2159 Clinton SCOTTS 28/ TANGLIN/ Aspen/ Claymore. 1/ 2/ 3/ 4+1. $3.5k up. 8180-8484 WATERMARK ROBERTSON Quay. Lovely 3-bdrms 1356 sqft. $6.5K.
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      263 8 HOLLAND PEAK CONDO. Quiet. Faces greenery. 3+1, 1500 sf. Agt 9068 2259 ARCADIA GDN High flr 4+1+1 Gd cond, big balcony w/ Lush greenery, Bright, Unblocked view. 9154-4164 IRIDIUM 3-BDRM, WALK to Novena/ Newton. Mins to CBD/ Orchard. Avail Jan. $4.xK Michelle 9800-9538 PEPPERMINT GR. NOVENA MRT mins walk. 2
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      281 8 NEW! WATERBANK HIGH flr. Sea/ Marina Bay/ unblock view. 3+1 $5.5K. *****484 SANCTUARY GREEN #11-XX 1356 sf, 3+1, F/furn.....$5.5K COSTA RHU 1335 1399 sqft 2+1... $5K 990sf 451sf open terrace 1441 sf, 2+ terrace $4.5K 1647 1776 sqft 3+1.... $6K 2164 sqft 4+1...$8.5K neg 2088 sqft 4+1...$8.5K neg Hp: 9679
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      285 8 **CHANGI GREEN CONDO. Nice interior. 3+1 rms. Quiet facing. Agt 9068 2259 CHANGI GREEN CONDO 3+1, f/furn. Near MRT/ SIA Training Ctr. $3.5K. *****060 BLK 16 MELVILLE Park. 3+1 bdrm. F/furn, Aircon, High flr, Bright, Nice, Beautiful. Near MRT. Kris 9385-6381 MISS REGRET! Spacious 3-rm Apt Tampines Ct F/furn. Mkt/
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      325 8 NORTHVALE 3-BDRMS. OPP Lot 1/ Central. 1291 sf. Spacious. F/furn. Full facilities. Shirley 9366-2091 THE PETALS 2BDRM Duplex Penthse 1905 sf. P/ furn. Greenery. Amenities mall immed. YuenFE *****664 MADEIRA 2+1, 958 sf #20. pool view, f/furn. 5 mins MRT, immed. Cj *****179 AN INSPIRED LIFE begins in La Casa
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      253 8 4’A’ BLK 191/ 5rm Blk 472 Pasir Ris $2.5K/ $2.6K Immed. 9817-5019 Tee HB APPROVED 5-RM SENGKANG Blk 200A. Nice decor. 5 mins to MRT/ Mall. Avail mid Jan. Alan *****506 5’I’ BLK 295B Compassvale Cres. High flr. F/furn. Pref family. Avail immed. neg. Jenny Goh *****049 DTZ 4’A’ BLK
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      208 8 2+1, AMK 232. 2+1 S’goon N 106. 3+1 Jurong West 755/ Sengkang Ctrl 272C. Furn. Immed. Ong TL 9027-1377 4’S’ CORNER 774 Yishun. EA 507D Wellington Circle. All avail immed. neg Call Rajan 9459-3037 PN 3+1 JURONG 755 $2500/ Bt Panjang 111 $2200. F/furn, aircon. *****667 Tony ENSUITE ROOM Rosalia
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      228 8 COMMON RM S’GOON North, 6ft cabinet Queen-size bed Cosy, Aircon Fan. $600/ $750. Kelly 9151-5417 TELOK BLANGAH COMMON rm. for 4 pax/ Boon Keng Blk 11 Aircon Furn. Attach toilet. Sharon 9858 8090 MRT! TOA PAYOH Blk 73/ 95/ 107. F/Furn. Aircon. Eateries. Immed. $700 to $1K. Call *****513 Juliana
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      308 8 GENTING BUILDING 83 Genting Lane Ç Factory/warehouse Ç B1 category usage Ç 3rd floor Ç Floor Loading 15KN Ç Ceiling height 4.6m Ç 2 cargo lifts (4500kg) Ç 1 passenger lift (1800kg) Ç 2712 sqft Ç Rental $2 psf For enquiry please call 6334-7195 www.tanjinchwee.com.sg OOD FTY 2600-4200 sf. Rent/
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