The Straits Times, 28 January 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2014 74 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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    Lock icon Driver in fatal Tampines crash jailed two weeks
    293 1  -  ELENA CHONG L SEE TOP OF THE NEWS A6 A CONCRETE truck driver who caused the deaths of two young brothers at a junction in Tampines exactly a year ago was jailed for two weeks yesterday. Munir Mohd Naim will also be
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    Lock icon New code of conduct to cover all lawyers here
    485 1  -  Panel proposes key changes in review of legal framework By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg KEY changes to the legal system are being drawn up in a bid for a more consistent way to regulate and discipline lawyers. Top of the list is
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    Lock icon Puea Thai insists on polls
    35 1 AS PROTESTERS continued to push for Thailand’s caretaker prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down, her Puea Thai party insisted yesterday that elections proceed, despite earlier disruptions to advance polling.
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    Lock icon China, Taiwan officials to hold historic govt-to-govt meeting
    102 1 CHINA and Taiwan officials are meeting formally next month on a government to-government basis, in a historic move that promises to take cross-strait relations to a new level. It is the first such encounter since a civil war between the then ruling
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Malaysia’s political leaders denounce Penang church attack
      489 2  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg THE firebombing of a church in Penang yesterday morning, after weeks of heightened tension between Christians and Muslims in Malaysia, has been condemned on both sides of the political divide. Penang Chief Minister Lim
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      Lock icon Asian shares slump on China fears
      534 2  -  Thai unrest and currency woes in Argentina and Turkey add to jitters By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg HOPES of a pre-Chinese New Year stock market rally have been all but extinguished as a sell-off of emerging markets continued yesterday. Worries over China’s financial sector were
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      Lock icon See a GP first and get $50 off A&E fees at CGH
      664 3  -  By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma FACED with a busy accident and emergency department (A&E) that sees more than 400 patients a day, Changi General Hospital (CGH) has come up with a novel way to try
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      Lock icon China and Taiwan make historic date
      443 3  -  Top officials from both govts to meet formally for the first time on Feb 16 CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS By LI XUEYING SENIOR HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg IN A move hailed as a historic milestone for cross-strait ties, Chinese and Taiwanese officials will be shedding their
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        Lock icon Changes to legal framework
        49 4 KEY changes to the regulatory framework of the legal profession in Singapore have been announced. A Legal Services Regulatory Authority will be set up to oversee licensing for firms. Foreign and local-qualified lawyers will come under the same discipline system. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Property curbs ‘to stay’
        41 4 PROPERTY cooling measures have taken their toll on the housing market, but experts say it is unlikely that the Government will announce any major removals of these policies in the upcoming Budget. TOP OF THE NEWS A7
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Syariah police
          46 4 MALAYSIA is gearing up for a police unit under the country’s Islamic law, which has unnerved constitutional experts and syariah lawyers. Officials were tight-lipped about the reason behind the move, but it may help the Prime Minister win over more conservative Malays. PAGE A8
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          Lock icon China testing the waters?
          67 4 CHINA’S display of military power near the contested James Shoal on Sunday is set to weigh against the amity with Malaysia, a claimant usually intent on setting aside territorial disputes in favour of diplomatic and trading ties, said analysts. PAGE A10 Soldiers from China’s South Sea
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          Lock icon Japan’s trade deficit
          50 4 JAPAN’S trade deficit has hit a historic high of 11.5 trillion yen (S$143 billion) last year, making a mockery of the government’s determined efforts to depreciate the yen. The disappointing index resulted from exporters’ reluctance to lower prices and companies’ moves to shift production overseas. PAGE A19
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        Lock icon SHOW FLEXIBILITY IN SETTLING SYRIAN CRISIS
        55 4 Whichever way President Bashar al-Assad is viewed, he has a critical role in any settlement to end the Syrian civil war. The peace talks going on will flounder and the country could disintegrate if the Americans get their way in wanting Mr Assad removed.
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Funding the Budget
          32 4 CAN the Government find other means to fund spending at a time when the population is rapidly ageing? Money Editor Lee Su Shyan discusses the issues involved. PAGE A20
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          Lock icon Reopening delayed
          87 4 THE Chinatown Food Street may not open in time for Chinese New Year. Building works in the 100m stretch in Smith Street have been delayed due to the crowd during the festive season, and the developer has been unable to apply to open in time. The tourist spot
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          Lock icon S’pore, US to boost ties
          44 4 SINGAPORE and the United States have flagged new areas of cooperation in energy, climate change and sustainable development in the second Strategic Partnership Dialogue. They also called for a code of conduct on the South China Sea. PAGE B6
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Competition for deposits
          39 4 BANKS here are competing fiercely for depositors, as the era of unusually low interest rates draws to a close. Aside from higher rates, lenders are spreading festive spirit by offering freebies to attract deposits. PAGE C9
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Big carrots for Rooney
          51 4 MANCHESTER United have shared privileged information with Wayne Rooney in a bid to persuade him to stay on. The club’s vision, which could see Rooney sign a £15 million-a-year deal, shows the lengths to which manager David Moyes is going to keep the England striker. PAGE
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon More local dancers
          40 4 SINGAPORE Dance Theatre has more local faces now. The flagship dance company employed only one Singaporean dancer five years ago and three in 2011. Today, it has five local dancers out of 37 full-time members. PAGE C3
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          Lock icon Record fee for Andy
          76 4 HONG Kong superstar Andy Lau is to be paid a record 30 million yuan (S$6.3 million) to be a judge-mentor on talent show The Voice Of China, said a report. The amount is the highest earned by any talent show judge from China, Hong Kong and
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        Lock icon Chinatown rush
        44 4 CHINESE New Year is just around the corner. Still haven’t checked out the action in Chinatown? Join in the hustle and bustle in this clip. Time’s running out if you have yet to buy your CNY goodies. ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG
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        Lock icon Zen amid chaos
        61 4 EVEN as Bangkok and its surrounding provinces are in a state of emergency, it is all peaceful at a 17th-century temple in Thonburi. Watch the video by ST Indochina bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh. www.stasiareport.com The Wat Arun, a 17th-century temple on the Thonburi west bank of the
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        Lock icon Festive treats
        34 4 GET into the festive spirit with our list of must-watch Chinese New Year movies. Check out more interesting things to do, see and eat in our Chinese New Year Survival Guide. www.straitstimes.com/cny-2014
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        Lock icon Driver jailed
        32 4 A CEMENT truck driver who negligently caused the deaths of two boys in Tampines has been jailed for two weeks. See more videos and graphics on the case at www.straitstimes.com
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        Lock icon Daft Punk’s sweep
        40 4 FRENCH electronic duo Daft Punk came away huge winners at the 56th annual Grammy Awards, as their album Random Access Memories swept top categories like Best Album and Best Record. More Grammy results and news at stcommunities.sg
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      Lock icon Finally, closure for dead boys’ parents
      645 6  -  Couple who have struggled to rebuild their lives say they’ve forgiven driver By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg WHETHER it is a two-week or two-year jail sentence for the driver who killed their two sons, it does not matter to Mr Francis Yap and his wife,
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      Lock icon Tipper truck and car collide at same junction
      356 6  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg A TIPPER truck was involved in a collision with a car yesterday at the Tampines junction where a concrete mixer knocked down and killed two young brothers a year ago today. Yesterday’s accident also took place on
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      Lock icon Front-line sales assistants top list of wanted workers
      467 6  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WANTED: sales assistants, waiters and cleaners. These three jobs were among those with the most vacancies last year, when overall openings grew nearly 10 per cent from 2012 amid a labour squeeze, according to yesterday’s Ministry of Manpower
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      Lock icon Man jailed 20 years for setting ex-lover on fire
      464 6  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg THE cabby who killed his ex-girl-friend by dousing her with petrol and setting her on fire shook his head as he was sentenced to 20 years in jail yesterday. Before being led away, Lim Ghim Peow, 45,
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      Lock icon Parliament sits Feb 17
      22 6 PARLIAMENT will sit on Monday, Feb 17 at 1.30pm, the office of the Clerk of Parliament said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Driver failed to check his left side
      440 6  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg MUNIR Mohd Naim had 20 years of experience driving concrete trucks and a clean record. But a year ago today, witnesses saw him fail to stop as he turned left at the Tampines junction where he knocked
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      Lock icon Property curbs ‘likely to remain for a while yet’
      614 7  -  Household debt still high and prices elevated in some segments: Experts By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg PROPERTY prices and sales volumes have been in slow decline for six months but cooling measures, especially loan curbs, will be here for a while yet,
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      Lock icon SME help scheme gets another $10m, its scope broadened
      505 7  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg AN ADDITIONAL $10 million has been set aside to expand a grant that helps small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) improve their operations. The measure will bring total funding for the Innovation and Capability Voucher to $42 million,
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon KL to set up syariah police unit
      660 8 Plan raises question of overlapping powers with states, more Islamic encroachment into public life THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA The Malaysian government is setting up a unit to police criminal offences under the country’s Islamic law, a plan that has raised questions
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      Lock icon Selangor lawmaker quits, state chief under pressure
      532 8  -  By REME AHMAD ASSISTANT FOREIGN EDITOR reme@sph.com.sg A SELANGOR state assemblyman quit yesterday, paving the way for a by-election that many here speculate will lead to the appointment of a new menteri besar. In a statement yesterday, Kajang assemblyman Lee Chin Cheh said
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      Lock icon Egypt army chief ‘set to run for president’
      746 16 Promotion to field marshal fuels talk that he will retire from military REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO Egypt’s top military council has approved the public’s request for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to run for president, according to sources yesterday.
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      Lock icon Tunisian leaders sign new Constitution
      440 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TUNIS Tunisia’s leaders yesterday signed the new Constitution adopted by lawmakers overnight, a key goal of the revolution three years ago that touched off the Arab Spring. The historic document, seen as one of the most modern in the Arab world, was signed
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      Lock icon Syrian peace talks stall over power transfer
      402 16 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE REUTERS GENEVA Syrian peace talks were deadlocked after a session yesterday aimed at tackling the explosive issue of transfer of power, delegation sources from the warring sides said. The sources said the talks in Geneva had broken up with no
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      Lock icon Obama using online blitz to promote State of Union speech
      458 16 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama is deploying just about every trendy social media tool to promote a century-old ritual the annual State of the Union address. From a kickoff Web video by his chief of staff to a presidential
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      Lock icon Ukraine may call state of emergency, warns minister
      628 17 Peace talks at risk as rebels seize govt building AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KIEV A Ukrainian government minister has warned protesters that a state of emergency could be imposed to deal with the country’s deadly crisis, after radicals seized the justice ministry in Kiev.
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      Lock icon Beware, good cholesterol ‘can turn bad’
      427 17 CLEVELAND (Ohio) Good cholesterol can turn harmful and increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, research by US doctors has shown. Good cholesterol normally keep blood vessels clear and is beneficial for the health of the heart and arteries. But a study published
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      Lock icon Braving fire and freezing water to be a Tough Guy
      281 17 LONDON Some 7,000 competitors braved torrential rain and howling winds to participate in the annual Tough Guy challenge on a farm in Perton in Staffordshire. Participants waded through freezing cold water up to their necks, crawled under barbed wire, ran
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon $122k stolen in toy-gun heist
        89 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME Thieves armed with toy weapons stole €70,000 (S$122,400) yesterday after breaking into a post office in Florence through a tunnel they had dug, according to the police. Some €50,000 in cash and €20,000 in tax stamps were stolen by the thieves, who
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        Lock icon UN ruling on Peru-Chile spat
        75 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE The United Nation’s top court was set to rule yesterday in a maritime dispute between Peru and Chile dating back over a century, over rich fishing waters in the Pacific Ocean. After six years of legal wrangling, judges before the Hague-based
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        Lock icon No police action on TV chef
        95 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON British police said yesterday they will take no further action against television chef Nigella Lawson after she admitted in court to drug-taking. Scotland Yard said in a statement that pursuing Ms Lawson, 54, risked deterring future witnesses from being candid in
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      Lock icon China details $3.8 trillion local debt risk
      621 18 Most local govts repaying vast majority of their debts on time, audits show REUTERS BEIJING China’s local governments have published separate audit reports detailing their combined public debt of US$3 trillion (S$3.8 trillion) for the first time ever, to increase transparency and quell
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      Lock icon HSBC apologises for not allowing large cash withdrawals
      452 18 LONDON British bank HSBC has issued an apology to customers who were not allowed to withdraw large amounts of cash from its branches in Britain. Customers told British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Radio 4 that they were prevented from taking money out of
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      Lock icon Viet ex-banker jailed for life over $294m fraud case
      241 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS HANOI A Vietnamese court yesterday sentenced a former banker to life in prison for a fraud involving more than US$230 million (S$294 million), one of the communist country’s largest-ever such cases. A Ho Chi Minh City court found
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      Lock icon Famed Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil dies at 87
      283 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZURICH Mr Raymond Weil, founder of the watch brand of the same name and considered one of the great innovators of the Swiss watch industry, has died at 87, the company said yesterday. He made his name by putting the
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      Lock icon Nobu hotel chain to open first Asia hotel in Manila
      417 18 REUTERS MANILA Luxury boutique hotel chain Nobu will set up its first Asia hotel in a US$1.3 billion (S$1.6 billion) Philippine gambling complex operated by Melco Crown Entertainment, mainly targeting wealthy Chinese punters. The Manila-based City of Dreams casino-resort is
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      Lock icon Foxconn eyes plants in US, Indonesia
      251 18 REUTERS TAIPEI Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, the major supplier of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, may build high-tech factories in the United States and low-cost plants in Indonesia as the appeal of “Made in China” fades. Beset by rising costs and labour unrest in China,
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Uniqlo plans HK listing
        53 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The operator of Japanese cheap-chic clothing chain Uniqlo is planning a secondary share listing in Hong Kong, as the company expands its brand across Asia and beyond. Fast Retailing said it was on track to issue depositary receipts on the Hong Kong bourse
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        Lock icon LG posts surprise loss
        59 18 BLOOMBERG SEOUL LG Electronics, the world’s second-largest maker of television sets, posted an unexpected loss as a stronger South Korean won curbed the value of overseas sales and the company boosted promotion of the G2 smartphone. The net loss, excluding minority interests, was 63.4 billion won
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      Lock icon Japan’s trade deficit hits record high
      663 19 Benefits of cheaper yen offset by soaring post-Fukushima energy bills AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s trade deficit swelled to a record 11.5 trillion yen (S$143 billion) last year, data showed yesterday, as the benefits of a cheaper yen for the export driven economy were diluted
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      Lock icon US set to regulate bitcoin transactions
      472 19 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK California and New York, home to Silicon Valley and Wall Street respectively, are preparing to write rules of the road for entrepreneurs driving a surge of interest in bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The outcome could determine how big a threat
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      Lock icon Young minister shaking up Argentina’s economy
      469 19 NEW YORK TIMES BUENOS AIRES As Argentina absorbs the shock from a sharp currency plunge, President Cristina Kirchner’s young Economy Minister, Mr Axel Kicillof, a scholar with rockabil-ly-style sideburns, is emerging as the face of policy shifts that are sending tremors through markets around
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      Lock icon Samsung inks global patent deal with Google
      314 19 BLOOMBERG, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of smartphones using Android software, signed a global patent-licensing agreement with Google to share their technologies. Samsung said in a statement that the agreement covers existing patents and those filed during the next
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        Lock icon Thai ruling party calls for polls to go ahead
        587 9 But PM Yingluck is due today to meet election body to discuss possible delay AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s ruling party yesterday called for controversial elections to go ahead on Feb 2, despite widespread disruption to advance voting by opposition protesters
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        Lock icon Thai police rescue hundreds of Rohingya from traffickers’ camp
        353 9 REUTERS BANGKOK Thai police rescued hundreds of Rohingya Muslims from a remote camp on Sunday in their first raid on illegal Rohingya smuggling camps since last January. Police detained 531 men, women and children at a camp near the town of
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        Lock icon China risks Asean unease with patrol off Malaysia
        756 10  -  Move will irk KL, may shift state of play in territorial dispute: Experts By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR esthert@sph.com.sg yyennie@sph.com.sg CHINESE ships patrolling an area contested by Malaysia are likely to cause
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        Lock icon Hollande’s ex braves India media scrum
        399 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI A smiling Ms Valerie Trierweiler braved a media scrum in India yesterday, her first public appearance since breaking up with French President Francois Hollande. She appeared relaxed, but declined to talk about her private life to a pack of journalists as
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        Lock icon Man gets death for killing doctor
        300 10 REUTERS BEIJING A court in eastern China yesterday sentenced to death a man who went on a rampage in a hospital and killed a doctor over the results of an operation on his nose, state media said. The case of Lian Enqing in Zhejiang
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        Lock icon Japan govt disowns NHK chief’s remarks
        440 11 Comments on ‘comfort women’ were his personal opinion, says Tokyo AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan has distanced itself from comments made by the new head of national broadcaster NHK, who said the Imperial Army’s system of wartime sex slavery was not unique to Japan.
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        Lock icon SUSPECT IN JAPANESE POISONING CASE
        86 11 Factory worker Toshiki Abe, a suspect in the alleged poisoning of frozen food with pesticides, leaving the police office in Ota city of Japan’s Gunma prefecture yesterday en route to the prosecutor’s office. The 49-year-old was arrested last Saturday, according to local media, but has
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon S. Korea farms in lockdown
          124 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea has imposed a 12-hour lockdown on poultry farms in three provinces to curb a spreading bird flu outbreak. The travel ban on poultry farmers and other members of the industry, including vets, took effect yesterday morning in Gyeonggi province which
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          Lock icon Maid abuse: HK mum held
          112 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG A Hong Kong housewife has been arrested for allegedly assaulting her Bangladeshi maid, the police said, in the latest in a series of cases highlighting the abuse of foreign domestic helpers. The arrest of 58-year-old Cheung Sau Kuen, a mother of
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          Lock icon $2.6b pledge for Myanmar
          115 11 REUTERS YANGON The World Bank on Monday warned Myanmar against corruption as it unveiled a US$2 billion (S$2.6 billion) aid package designed to provide better health care and improve supplies of electricity. The World Bank has ranked Myanmar 182 out of 189 countries in its annual
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        582 12 Afghan exit likely to hit US security interests in region NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON The risk that President Barack Obama may be forced to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year has set off concerns inside
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        798 13  -  He has grown more confident and assertive as Congress V-P By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg FOR many years after entering politics, Congress vice-presi-dent Rahul Gandhi seemed ill at ease addressing a crowd; he often read haltingly from a sheet
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        319 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH Cambodian riot police used smoke grenades and electric batons to disperse protesters in the capital who were demanding that the government issue a licence for an independent television station, in the latest of a series of violent crackdowns on
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        316 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI An overcrowded boat that capsized off India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, leaving 21 dead, was not carrying life jackets, and rescuers did not come for two hours, officials and survivors said. The private boat was on Sunday afternoon carrying
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        608 14 Many making use of investment scheme by buying foreign residency REUTERS HONG KONG Step by step, the authorities in China are making life tougher for officials looking to spirit assets and family members out of the country to avoid close scrutiny and
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        409 14 REUTERS BEIJING A senior Chinese official called for stricter management of religious activities, state media said yesterday, following explosions in China’s western region of Xinjiang which the authorities say were masterminded by a religious extremist. Police shot dead six people and six more
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        79 14 REUTERS People walking among the debris after a fire in Baojing Dong Minority village in Zhenyuan township, Guizhou province, on Sunday. More than 100 houses were destroyed after a fire broke out in the three-century-old ethnic village last Saturday. Nearly 2,000
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        342 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Chinese netizens flooded the country’s social media networks yesterday with condolences for the troubled Jade Rabbit moon rover, which experienced a “mechanical control abnormality” over the weekend. State-run media reported last Saturday that the country’s first moon rover had
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        360 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING Four members of a high-profile Chinese rights movement went on trial yesterday in an escalating crackdown, a day after its founder was sentenced to prison and a prominent dissident taken away by police. The proceedings bring the total number
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        540 15 But some fear Pyongyang will cancel event to protest against military drills AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea has proposed holding family reunions for those separated by the Korean War in the middle of next month, ahead of joint military drills with the United States
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        468 15 NEW YORK TIMES SEOUL As the Chinese New Year holiday approaches, Seoul’s increasingly well-heeled residents are scouring store shelves for tastefully wrapped boxes of culinary specialities. Among their favourite choices: imported wines, choice cuts of beef, rare herbal teas. And Spam. Yes,
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        115 15 Many Asian cities are awash in red as the Chinese New Year approaches. Here’s a look at some of the major cities decked out and all ready to usher in the Year of the Horse. Two policemen walking past a shop selling
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        483 15 REUTERS BANGKOK Mr Karl Slym, managing director of India’s Tata Motors, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said yesterday could be possible suicide. Mr Slym, 51, had attended a board meeting of Tata’s Thailand unit
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      448 20 NO DIPLOMATIC process in recent times to settle a domestic rebellion could be as unhappily misnamed as the Syrian “peace” talks. The objective ought to be ending the suffering of the Syrian people, who have endured atrocity at the hands of both government and rebel
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      1021 21  -  By SHERMAN KATZ FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a Senior Adviser at the Centre for the Study of the Presidency and Congress in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON’Srecentpushtoconclude negotiat i on o f t h e Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has obscured similar talks
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      862 21  -  By PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK TIMES RISING inequality has obvious economic costs: stagnant wages despite rising productivity, rising debt that makes us more vulnerable to financial crisis. It also has big social and human costs. There is, for example, strong evidence that high inequality leads to
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      864 21  -  By PANKAJ MISHRA BLOOMBERG BOLLYWOOD’S biggest international success, after many expensive and absurd attempts to break through abroad, was the 2009 film, 3 Idiots. Based on a novel by the Indian writer Chetan Bhagat, the movie follows three engineering students struggling to
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      346 22  -  Leong Choon Kit (Dr) THE Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) is an excellent strategy to improve our health-care system, and I commend the respective agencies for their efforts (“Health help plan crosses half a million mark”; Jan 20). However, the number of participating clinics
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      274 22  -  Bobby Jayaraman MR LAWRENCE Loh Kiah Muan (“Rising rents hurting businesses”; last Saturday) seems to believe that landlords can raise rents simply because they bought properties at high prices or are real estate investment trusts that need to deliver higher dividends to unitholders. Shopping
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      205 22  -  Jose Raymond THE kinks in the public-private partnership model, on which the Singapore Sports Hub is run, have not been ironed out completely (“No mobile coverage at new Sports Hub? IDA steps in”; Jan 18). Besides the latest problem between the developer
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      140 22  -  Ho Kong Loon IN TRAFFIC accidents where no one is hurt or killed, the drivers often get out of their vehicles and take pictures and videos of the damage to their prized possessions. I concede that gathering evidence to bolster claims against the other
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      166 22  -  Denis Distant THE relevant authorities should do something about the severe human congestion on Sundays along the very narrow passageway linking Lucky Plaza to the Tang Plaza bus stop. It is used by commuters headed for the underpass connecting Tang Plaza to Orchard MRT
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      84 22 1. DR EDMUND LAM: ‘No win, no fee’ arrangement worth considering. 2. MR HENG CHO CHOON: Making a case for contingency fees. 3. MS ADA CHAN: S’poreans not short on empathy. 4. MR RAMAKRISHNAN KANDASAMY: Accept apology and show magnanimity. 5. MADAM TAN SHU HWEE: Efficiency shouldn’t be
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        111 22  -  Lim Boon Wah THE change in certificate of entitlement (COE) categorisation, which kicks in next month, is meant to better separate mass-market cars from luxury cars, so average buyers can more easily acquire the former for their daily use. However, car distributors seem to
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        99 22  -  Kwok Liwei A NUMBER of people have been concerned about the significant increase in the premiums of private Shield plans. I agree that the Government should closely monitor and manage public hospitalisation costs, and that premiums for basic MediShield plans should be kept affordable. However,
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        113 22  -  M. Lukshumayeh SINGAPOREAN businessman Pang Chin Keong should be applauded for motivating our SEA Games athletes (“Pang offers $500k if S’pore tops SEA Games”; last Friday). Perhaps he could consider offering rewards to our Paralympic athletes as well. After all, they are also national athletes and
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        88 22  -  Victor Gomez THE National Environment Agency said foreign-registered vehicles “will be fined or turned back to Malaysia if they fail the (smoke emissions) test” (“Smoky foreign vehicles: NEA replies”; Jan 13). If the drivers are merely fined, are they allowed to drive their smoky
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        140 22  -  Lim Siew Imm (Ms) RUBBISH trucks should collect trash from bus stops and shopping centres from 11pm onwards on weekdays, and between midnight and 3am on weekends, to prevent rats from rummaging through the waste. The bins used by restaurants for waste disposal
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        65 22  -  Samuel Ng MANY train commuters use the fare gates meant for disabled people and those with prams or luggage, even when they see these people waiting to use the gates. What is even more frustrating is to see MRT staff standing near the gates and
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      230 23  -  BUS SERVICES Wong Tuck Yin IN AN upcoming trial, bus operators can get up to $6,000 per service each month for every six seconds of waiting time they shave off, and can lose up to $4,000 for every six-second deterioration (“SBS and SMRT gear up to
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      410 23 Should revenues from COE, road tax and ERP be used to subsidise bus and train fares across the board? Would this encourage motorists to switch to using public transport? Certificates of entitlement and Electronic Road Pricing were designed to control the vehicle population and usage. Revenue from these
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      250 23  -  Teo Mee Hong (Ms) IN SEEKING to outsource the running of hawker centres to not-for-profit social enterprises (“Not-for-profit model sought for 4 food centres”; Jan 4), the Government is looking for partnerships to provide a livelihood for hawkers while offering affordable food to the
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      44 23 PUNCHLINES A carrot-and-stick approach is beinG adopted to tackle bus bunchinG the approach may still workbut older passengers may cause the bus to be delayed er, uncle... you’ll get a 50% discount if you walk faster to catch the bus ST ILLUSTRATION ADAM LEE
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      503 24 LUNAR NEW YEAR OPEN HOUSE I I I singaporeartmuseum 4*4*i Ride into the new year with contemporary art at Singapore Art Museum! Make wear your very own fun horsehat, pose with Chinese New Year decorations.Then ink your well wishes for family friends with Chinese couplets, or make a Biennale-inspired puppet
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      752 1  -  New operators, including private ones, must keep fees low in return for aid By PRISCILLA GOY, JANICE TAI goyshiyi@sph.com.sg jantai@sph.com.sg PARENTS can look forward to big-name private operators setting up more childcare centres in the heartland and charging a fraction of their
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      Lock icon Chinatown Food Street reopening delayed
      569 2  -  Overhaul works held up by crowds shopping for festive goods: Operator By CAROLYN KHEW, MELISSA LIN kcarolyn@sph.com.sg mellinjm@sph.com.sg CHINATOWN Food Street, known for serving up local roadside fare in the tourist spot, may not open in time for Chinese New Year. This is because of
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      503 2  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg THE police are being urged to investigate a religiously insensitive Internet hoax that has appeared on Facebook more than six years after it first circulated via e-mail here. The image shows a packet of grocery retailer
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      233 2  -  CAROLYN KHEW CHINESE restaurant Tien Court reopened on Sunday after a two-week suspension for food poisoning. Diners flocked to the 150-seat restaurant at the Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore, said a spokesman for the hotel, filling up 85 per cent of the place for dinner
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      Lock icon Food catering orders up for CNY
      400 2  -  By SEOW BEI YI byseow@sph.com.sg FOOD catering services are getting more popular this Chinese New Year, with at least three of them seeing an increase of about 10 per cent to 15 per cent in customer orders. This is because more people are turning
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      550 4  -  He wants more time to implement his plans for ageing constituency By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg LABOUR chief Lim Swee Say has declared his interest to run in East Coast GRC in the next general election, saying he hopes
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      Lock icon Zookeeper loses fingertip as sea lion mistakes it for food
      296 4  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg A ZOOKEEPER lost part of her finger when a sea lion at the Singapore Zoo mistook her hand for food. The keeper, who goes by the name Kaitri, was conducting a regular training session with the
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      331 4 THAILAND’S Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a former criminal prosecutor known for her advocacy work for women inmates, will learn about Singapore’s Yellow Ribbon Project and its successes in rehabilitating former offenders during her visit here as the 42nd Lee Kuan Yew Exchange
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      Lock icon Fugitive jailed for fatal stabbing 13 years ago
      330 4  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg HE WAS on the run for more than 10 years after fatally stabbing a man. Eng Bak Siong was finally caught and extradited to Singapore in July last year after the Malaysian police arrested him for
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      Lock icon New body to raise level of Chinese music performances
      427 5  -  Federation to represent over 200 music groups and thousands of professionals By LEONG WENG KAM SENIOR WRITER wengkam@sph.com.sg A NEW organisation to promote Chinese music and raise its performance standards has been sent up. The Singapore Chinese Music Federation, as it
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      312 5 A MEGA concert featuring more than 4,300 Chinese musicians and choral singers will be the first major music event to be staged at the new national stadium in the Singapore Sports Hub. The June 28 performance is being organised by the
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      476 6 Both sides looking at energy, climate change and sustainable development SINGAPORE and the United States have flagged new areas of cooperation in energy, climate change and sustainable development as they reviewed a robust array of initiatives undertaken by both countries as part of
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      85 6 A new pedestrian bridge connecting Merlion Park to the Marina Promenade in front of the Esplanade is being built. The curved structure will be 6m wide and 220m long when completed. It is being built parallel to the Esplanade Bridge to supplement the current 2m-wide walkway
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      Lock icon Singles getting two-room flats in excess of quota
      485 6  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg SINGLES have been able to get new two-room flats in excess of their quota because families have not been fully taking up their allocated share. This trend is set to persist as families prefer to buy bigger flats
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      359 6  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE leaped nearly 50 places places to No. 4 in the latest world index on environmental performance. It went from 52nd of 132 countries in 2012, the last time it was ranked, to fourth spot overall behind Switzerland,
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      Lock icon HDB blocks upgraded as energy consumption rises
      249 6  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg ELECTRICITY consumption in homes has gone up, and Housing Board flats are being upgraded to cater to it, said Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan yesterday. Nearly 2,400 blocks have been upgraded since 1995 to support the higher
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      238 6  -  LINETTE LAI THE National Kidney Foundation (NKF) received $12,600 yesterday to fund artificial kidneys for 35 dialysis patients from KembanganChai Chee constituency. The money, donated by the Kembangan-Chai Chee Citizens Consultative Committee (CCC), will pay for a year’s supply of
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      654 7  -  It was rightfully owed financial relief, Appeal Court rules By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg THE owner of two office towers at the Marina Bay Financial Centre won a $6.9 million refund after the Court of Appeal overruled the taxman. Property laws
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      442 8  -  Judge says any redress surgeon seeks over suspension falls under contract laws By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg ORTHOPAEDIC surgeon Kevin Yip, who asked a court to review a three-month suspension from Gleneagles Hospital, was told to sue the
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      Lock icon Engineer jailed 12 weeks for underage sex
      344 8 ONLINE VICE RING CASE A MYANMAR national became the seventh man to be jailed for having commercial sex with a 16-year-old girl. Lu Maw, 34, who is a permanent resident, was sentenced to 12 weeks’ jail yesterday. He was an engineer at the
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      Lock icon Teaching assistant jailed for stealing credit cards
      348 8  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg A TEACHING assistant who went on a $15,000 spending spree after stealing credit cards from colleagues was jailed for six weeks yesterday. Sri Devi Suppiah, 29, bought jewels, electronic items, cosmetics and even DVDs with the stolen cards, the
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      38 6 Why are Uighurs in Xinjiang unhappy? Find out in the new best-selling book When the Party Ends: China’s leaps and stumbles after the Beijing Olympics by Peh Shing Huei Get a copy now from leading bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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      279 8 Y'4 wit 1 <! THE STRAITS TIMES □L FORUM dQM Supported by mda Media Development Authority Singapore THE RISE OF MADE-IN-SINGAPORE GAMES Made-m-Singapore games have made an impact here and around the world over the last two years. Some games have hit over a million downloads while others have been
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      20 8 Driver jailed for Tampines accident. Mum of boys who died says: I still don’t dare go near the traffic junction
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      667 9  -  Freebies such as gold-plated horse figurines offered to lock in deposits By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg BANKS in Singapore are competing fiercely for depositors, as the era of unusually low interest rates draws to a close. As the United States
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      564 10  -  Mass market units may be hardest hit with prices plunging up to 15%: OCBC By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg RESIDENTIAL property prices in Singapore could fall up to 10 per cent across the board this year, an industry expert said.
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      395 10  -  MELISSA TAN INVESTMENTS in Singapore hotels surged last year partly owing to the sale of The Westin Singapore, said property consultancy Savills in a report yesterday. The total sum invested last year was $2.45 billion more than five times the $467
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      416 10  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS not only expect to retire a bit later than others in the region but they also believe they will still work in some form of employment after they step down from their main job. The findings
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      277 10 ASIAN real estate investment trusts (Reits) demonstrate better longer-term total return performance than equities and bonds, according to a new report issued by the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (Aprea). In the January issue of its real estate index bulletin, Aprea said the
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      442 11 Keppel Reit owns 92.8% stake in tower, valued at $490m as of Dec 31 BLOOMBERG KEPPEL Reit, the second biggest office property trust in Asia excluding Japan, is seeking buyers for its 30-storey Prudential Tower in Singapore’s Central Business District, according
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      464 11 BLOOMBERG LOTUS Peak Capital, a Singa-pore-based investment manager, will start a fund of hedge funds to benefit from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s efforts to stoke the world’s third-largest economy. The Abenomics Long Short Fund will start on Feb 3 with about US$15 million
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      383 11  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg SECOND quarter earnings at developer Wing Tai Holdings tumbled 45 per cent to $48.4 million on the back of lower contributions from properties under construction. The firm, which develops upmarket homes, said yesterday that revenue was also down 23
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      295 11  -  By FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg THE National University of Singapore’s (NUS) business school has climbed four spots in a yearly ranking of Master of Business Administration (MBA) programmes to overtake Nanyang Technological University (NTU), which slid six places. NUS Business School ranked 32nd in the
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        417 12  -  Greater sales, better productivity push earnings to five-year high By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg HIGHER sales and improved productivity propelled earnings at lifestyle product firm Osim International to levels not seen in around five years. Net profit for the 12 months to
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        561 12  -  By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg LOCAL electronic component distributor Serial System yesterday laid out ambitious plans as it strives to notch up US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) in revenue this financial year. The firm’s portfolio will be expanded to include higher-value components aimed
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        337 12  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg LIONGOLD Corp, one of three Singapore-listed penny stocks that took a drubbing in the market in October last year, has some potentially good news for investors. The company said yesterday that its wholly owned mining project in Bolivia
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        279 12 BLOOMBERG OUE Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust, the second trust Singapore developer OUE has listed in the past six months, opened lower on its first day of trading amid concerns that the yield and credit rating are below those of its peers.
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        430 13  -  It drops 1.09% amid concerns about instability in China and US tapering BULLS AND BEARS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg LOCAL shares plunged to a four-month low yesterday on fears of financial instability in China although a late rally eased some pain for
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          18 13 STI trading volume 288 million shares STI up down Gainers: 2 Losers: 25 Unchanged: 3
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          85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 706.31 529.50 845.56 1,024.00 223.30 196.71 277.26 -5.70 -6.68 -10.84 -18.54 -2.19 -2.02 -3.34 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 192.84 460.48 793.65 772.33 1,175.95 743.44
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          21 13 Stock trading volume 2.45 billion shares worth $1.34 billion Up down Gainers: 68 Losers: 372 Unchanged: 349
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          55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change -473.96 -385.83 -30.22 -21.09 21,976.10 15,005.73 1,910.34 2,033.30 1,083.21 1,778.88 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI -6.32 -23.69 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Friday’s close Sydney ASX 200 Dow Nasdaq 4,322.78 1,288.59 5,240.93 15,879.11 4,128.17
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          212 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 27, 2014 Top Rises Jan 27 CENTS DBXT S&P Short 10US$ 2670 85.5 2.6 DBXT STGLDv100 10US$ 3080 38.3 1.0 CENTS IS Asia BND 100US 1024 16.6 1.3 IS ASIA HYG100US$ 1068
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          70 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E 86 60 HPH Trust US$ US67 unch ***** 67 66 9.9 19.7
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          94 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 C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 197.5 859 392 Fortune Reit HK603 cd +15
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          33 13 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................7.2 136,247,000 5.8 179,531,000 11 139,691,000 Charisma Energy 7.2 136’247’000 Vallianz Hldgs ...................15.6 40,999,000 Mirach Energy .....................17 39,180,000 132,422,000 0.1 115,471,000 11.6 73,676,000
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          28 13 (US$) (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** 6 mths 0.***** 9 mths 12 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 3 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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          60 13 Jan 27 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1140 1.1146 0.8727 0.8731 1 1528 1.1536 0.9037 0.9031 ***** 1.7468
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          193 13 Top Rises Jan 27 CENTS STI 2950MBePW*****0 4.5 40.6 1.3 NKY *****MBePW*****4 7.4 29.8 1.7 STI 3350MBePW*****8 13.2 29.4 3.0 NKY *****MBePW*****4 21 27.3 4.5 STI 3150MBePW*****8 6 17.6 0.9 STI 3100BPePW*****7 6.9 16.9 1.0 STI 3150MBePW*****0 9.5 14.5 1.2 Wilmar MBePW*****1 10.6 12.8 1.2 Acma Ltd
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          27 13 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol CDOO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.7 -0.3 30 CityDev NCCPS 105 -1 3 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +10 0 F&NTrea 2.48%bl*****
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          429 13 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1510 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1252 -19 2 1217 866 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US980 -20 4 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 113.5 4 3323 2879 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2914 2110 1775 DBXT DBCBLEB
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          61 13 OFFSHORE marine group ASL Marine Holdings and its wholly owned unit, PT Sukses Shipyard Indonesia, have agreed to buy a shipyard in Batam for US$20 million (S$25.6 million). The shipyard, to be purchased from PT Loh Loh Construction Indonesia, is next to ASL Marine’s existing shipyard in Batam.
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          89 13 CORD blood bank Cordlife Group has reached an “amicable settlement” with competitor Cryoviva Singapore over a lawsuit that it filed last week. Cordlife took Cryoviva to the High Court alleging it had passed off and infringed its registered trademarks and copyrights. It also sought an injunction to restrain
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          90 13 WAREHOUSE developer Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has signed three new leases for a total of 43,000 sq m of space in China. Sankyu Logistics has taken up 16,000 sq m of space at its GLP Park Teda and GLP Park Xiqing, both in Tianjin. Online retail firm
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      835 9 Home prices ‘may fall up to 10%’ B12 Serial System sets $1.3b revenue target B10 A message from UE Centennial Venture Pte. Ltd. to Stockholders and Bondholders of WBL Corporation Limited DELISTING EXIT OFFERS FOR WBL CORPORATION LIMITED (“WBL”) CLOSING OF EXIT OFFERS 11 FEBRUARY 2014 5.30 P.M. UE Centennial
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      136 10 Myanmar Civil Aviation Development Conference 2014 24 26 March 2014 I Yangon, Myanmar Group booking is available too! Enjoy up to 20% discount* if you sign up in groups of 3 or 6. Terms and conditions apply To register, visit www.mcadc.sphereconferences.com or contact Jiahui atjiahui@sphereconferences.com or +65 6848 5378 Event
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      40 10 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 Huei Get a copy now from leading bookstores and www.stpressbooks.com.sg
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      31 10 Will Young LionsXII roar again this year? Read about it and other hot stories in 2013/2014 in our new e-book ST100 Sponsored by FREE Download ST100 now from the App Store
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      26 11 L/**"'> L FIND < THE ONES THAT FIT! Q Recruit the right people through I CATS Recruit. Call 1800 289 8822 or email I recruit@sph.com.sg to advertise.
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      78 11 Sale by Expression of Interest (EOI) Rare Large Industrial Land in Tuas Excellent site with redevelopment potential Close to MRT, future sea port and Iskandar Malaysia Land approx. 1,850,000 sq ft Max allowable plot ratio 1.4 EOI Closing: 18 Feb 2014 (Tue), 2pm For more information on how to participate
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      207 11 The Straits Times “Singapore Airshow 2014” Contest Win an excitingflight on a CH-47 Chinook 30 lucky winners will get a ride on the helicopter and also 4 passes each to the Singapore Airshow 2014 on Feb 15. To win, answer this question: Q: Name this aircraft here. 1. B-24 LIBERATOR
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    916 14 OBITUARIES MOK YUET SAN Age: 90 passed away peacefully on 27 January 2014. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Seet Tuck Seng (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Seet Hon Fye Tan Kah Luan Seet Hon Chiew Toh Chee Leng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Seet Wai Chun Lee Keng Hong Seet Wai
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      113 15 PLAY FUTSAL WITH YOUR BUDDIES... AT ANFIELD! Fancy playing on the Anfield pitch and scoring a goal at the Kop end? The Straits Times is partnering Standard Chartered Bank, the main sponsor of Liverpool Football Club, to choose 40 teams comprising members of the public to compete in the local
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      155 15 Today Basketball NBA: Oklahoma v Atlanta (StarHub Ch216, 9am). NEXT 48 HOURS Tomorrow Basketball NBA: New York v Boston (8.30am), Golden State v Washington (11.30am) StarHub Ch216. Football MSL: Selangor v Pahang (StarHub Ch222, 4.40pm), Johor Darul Takzim v LionsXII (StarHub Ch201 HD Ch255, 8.30pm). English Premier League: Liverpool v
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      140 17 LOTTERY Draw No. 2922/2014 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 Results of Draw Winning No. Add. No. 06 24 27 29 40 43 I 04 Group 1 Prize *912,785 Next Draw No. 2923/2014 Thur, 30 Jan 2014 Group 1 Prize *1,600,000.. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore
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      724 18  -  Tennis great sees Li right up there with Serena and other leading women By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg DESPITE Serena Williams’ conspicuous absence from the business end of last week’s Australian Open, women’s tennis great Chris Evert believes her fellow American is still head and shoulders
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      539 18  -  MAY CHEN CHUA SIANG YEE THERE is neither a Big Four nor talk of a “golden generation” evident in the men’s tour but Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) chairman and chief executive officer Stacey Allaster would not have it any other way. “I think
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      400 18  -  By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg ALL the attention may be on the courts when the world’s top female tennis players arrive this October for the Women’s Tennis Association Championships in Singapore but WTA chief executive Stacey Allaster is determined to
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      402 15 FORMER national paddler Ma Liang has been appointed the new assistant coach for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) table tennis training team. The 23-year-old had won a SEA Games men’s doubles gold, teaming up with Pang Xuejie at the 2011 Palembang Games.
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      528 15 Miami, firing on all cylinders, can even rest James in 4th quarter REUTERS MIAMI The teams Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs were the same ones who played in last year’s National Basketball Association Finals. But this was not that match-up and Heat coach Erik
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      401 15 REUTERS LA JOLLA (United States) Scott Stallings birdied six of the last 11 holes to break clear of a tightly-bunched leader board and clinch his third PGA Tour title by one shot at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego on
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      294 15 REUTERS NEW YORK Forward Carmelo Anthony did not turn in a virtuoso performance this time but still gave the New York Knicks enough to stave off the Los Angeles Lakers 110-103. Anthony, who tallied a Knicks-record 62 points in their win over the Charlotte
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      366 15 Badminton India GP Gold In Lucknow, finals (Chn unless stated) Men’s singles: Xue Song bt K. Srikanth (Ind) 16-21 21-19 21-13. Doubles: Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen bt Huang Kaixiang/ Zheng Siwei 21-17 19-21 22-20. Basketball NBA Miami 113 San Antonio 101, New York 110 LA Lakers 103, New Orleans 100
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      500 16 Moyes says Mata’s arrival kick-starts revolution to build an exciting team AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Manchester United manager David Moyes hopes that his side’s Premier League match with Cardiff City today represents the first stage of an “exciting” revolution spearheaded by new signing Juan
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      352 16 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Wayne Rooney has been given privileged access to Manchester United’s transfer targets and £150 million (S$316 million) worth of rebuilding plans under David Moyes to convince him that his future lies at Old Trafford. The
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      111 16 Today Liverpool v Everton mio TV HD Ch102 StarHub Ch227, tomorrow, 4am Manchester United v Cardiff City HD Ch103 Ch228, tomorrow, 3.40am Norwich City v Newcastle United HD Ch105 Ch230, tomorrow, 3.40am Southampton v Arsenal HD Ch104 Ch229, tomorrow, 3.40am Swansea City v Fulham HD Ch107 Ch232,
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      409 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Jose Mourinho revealed on Sunday that Juan Mata has been told he will operate in his favoured central role at Manchester United. The sale of Mata has drawn criticism from some Chelsea supporters and prompted questions about how United
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      652 16  -  By GRAEME SOUNESS THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg COMMENTARY IF JUAN MATA comes close to replacing Paul Scholes in Manchester United’s midfield, the £37 million (S$78 million) they have paid Chelsea for the Spain international will be well-spent. You would have to
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      349 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal and Manchester City on Sunday received difficult English FA Cup fifth-round fixtures right in the middle of a season-defining month for the Premier League’s top two. The Gunners must take on Liverpool at home just days before facing Bayern
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      603 17  -  Big-spending JDT tapping Baihakki and Hariss’ knowledge of LionsXII By FABIUS CHEN IN JOHOR BARU fabiusc@sph.com.sg SOMETHING is not quite right with Pablo Aimar, the high-est-paid footballer in the Malaysian Super League (MSL). The Spanish playmaker sat on his own, with his back facing the rest
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      384 17  -  FABIUS CHEN AS A teen, he watched wide-eyed as Pablo Aimar weaved his magic against some of European football’s best defences. Never did Afiq Yunos (right) imagine that he would one day come up against the gifted playmaker from Argentina on the football
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        67 17 Jen Amanda in 2-shot lead SINGAPORE teen golfers Jen Goh and Amanda Tan took a two-shot lead into the final round of the HSBC Women’s Champions qualifying tournament, after both shot six-over 78 in the first round at Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong course yesterday. Lying third was Koh Sock Hwee
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        115 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARADISE ISLAND (Bahamas) Jessica Korda’s unusual birdie at the 72nd hole lifted her to a one-shot triumph over Stacy Lewis on Sunday in the season-opening Bahamas LPGA Classic. Tied for the lead with Lewis as she arrived at the Ocean Club Golf Course’s par-five
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        81 17 REUTERS LONDON Paolo di Canio has described two of his former players, midfielder Lee Cattermole and full-back Phil Bardsley as “rotten”. The Italian, who was sacked as manager of the English Premier League football club in September after only 13 league matches in charge, believes
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          111 8 Angles Of Incidence is an outdoor installation at the Botanic Gardens. Created by Singapore architect Randy Chan and British artist Philippa Lawrence, it is inspired by the universal themes of heritage and memory. The installation, situated near the iconic 80-year-old kapok tree in the gardens,
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          117 8 Art Seasons Gallery and OCBC Art Space present Searching For Magic, a solo exhibition by Teng Yen Lin. Teng, 24, combines life-size 2-D drawings with 3-D effects to create a series of anamorphic works, which require viewers to look at them from a certain
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          128 8 Professional artists who live and work at Wessex Estate will open their doors in March for the eighth open studio event, ArtWalk@Wessex. Set amid the leafy environs of Portsdown Road are historical 1940s black-and-white houses and walk-up apartments which are now the homes and studios of
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        335 16 Hong Kong Andy Lau is to be paid a record 30 million yuan (S$6.3 million) to be a judge-mentor on China’s talent show The Voice Of China, said a report. The amount is the highest earned by any talent show judge from
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        238 16 Taipei Singer Wang Leehom (right) debuted his bride to reporters on Sunday at a baking school. The unusual setting for the press conference came after Sunday’s news that he tried to return 270 boxes of cakes to a French wedding gift shop, alleging
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          61 16 Actress Fann Wong (right) is not pregnant, says her management in response to widespread speculation. She is on holiday and that is the reason she has been keeping a low profile. If there is any good news on the family front, she and Taiwan-based actor husband
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          91 16 Jay Leno, who leaves NBC’s The Tonight Show on Feb 6 after a 22-year run, said in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes programme that he would not host another late-night chat show. “I could not recreate what we have, he said on
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        531 16  -  Exposure to loud sounds, including music blasted through earphones, can cause hearing loss. Amanda Phoon reports reports Amanda Phoon I n Singapore, it is a common sight to see young people plugged into their mobile phones or music devices. Some even turn up the
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        563 17 On the 15th day of Chinese New Year, singles throw oranges into the sea to look for love Penang, Malaysia, Feb 17, 2011 I t’s not just women who are tossing oranges now, you know,” said Ms Christine Chng. “Men are doing it too.”
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        633 18 / 19  -  Food on the dining table during Chinese New Year is full of significance and symbolism. reports Serene Luo Chinese New Year would not be complete without a feast. In the past, when most people whether they were peasants, farmers or blue-collar workers were poorer, Chinese
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      55 5 1XX OCEAN DRIVE bunglw, seafront living. A&A 2012 worth $5.6m. 2-sty+ basement, 5 bdrm, land 9580/ *****sf. Alan 9852 9055 PARADISE ISLAND Ocean Drive PH, pte lift, pool, jacuzzi. Fr $6M up. All below $2k psf! Roy 9003 8996 OPEN HSE *****741. Only $16.8M! Sentosa bungalow amidst lush greenery 8170
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      44 5 JEWEL IN FABER Hill. FH 1)Semi-D 3401/3711sf. 7 yrs 5+1. Bright&breezy $4.15M 2)Semi-d 5611/7111sf $5.7M 3)Terrace 2145sf Like New 4)Bunglw 8150/10Ksf. Pool Like new, designer decor 5+1 Daniel Ling *****605 ADORABLE BRIGHT KIM Yam Conserved 3+1. All reno. Rare split level isabelredrup.com/ir2.php$3.3m. *****055. Susan
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      373 5 EMERALD HILL CONSERVED designer decor5000sf 5+2 isabelredrup.com/ir8.php$11m. *****055. Susan GOOD CLASS BUNGLW ASTRID HILL *****sf s/sty BINJAI ***** sf charming BT TUNGGAL 16ksf, hilltop pan oramic view, wide front HOLLANDPK15ksf brand new NASSIM 22K/16Ksfbrandnew PEEL RD *****/8300 sf park 10 cars, tasteful reno, quiet, priced to sell!! SWETTENHAM *****sf,Elevated,wide frontage,pk
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      245 5 MOONBEAM TERR/ MT Sinai 3-sty Semi-d 4017sqft 4+1 999yrs on highland. Below $7M. Clinton 9851-2159 RAFFLES PK BUNGLW. 7000 to 10Ksf. Elevated sq. land 2)Chancery Cluster bunglw $6.8M. 5866sf. 4+Pool 2yr FH. Daniel Ling *****605 BEST BUY! 1KM ACS/ SCGS 1) Corner Barker Terraces 2750sf, Top of hill! $3.6m 2)
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      211 5 SUNSET BUNGLW. 7700 sf. Jln Kg Chantek GCB 27.5K 12K sf. Hilltop view. FH. Daniel Ling *****605 PRICED TO SELL Beautiful 3 sty semi-d Clementi Green 4800sf, 4-rm ensuite. Park 4 cars. Alan 9387-6506 UNBELIEVABLE! BELOW $1K psf. ***** sf Bunglw. 5+1, Nice frontage, walk to park Quiet View now
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      223 5 2-STY DUNBAR WALK SemiD. 5500 sqft. 5 rms 1. Kembangan MRT. Quiet. Big Gdn. *****696 Vivian **GOODMAN BRAND NEW Bunglw 4890sf Pool Best$ Brand new Semi-D 3800sf. 5+1 $4M+ Vin 9006-8683 UNIQUE PERANAKAN TERR! Martia Rd Area. 2600 sqft, 5 rms, Like New! $3.4m. View Now! Call *****000 UNBELIEVABLE PRICE!
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      215 6 EDMUND SEAH 9685-1115 S/sty terr Portchester Ave. Land 2153 sf Suits rebuild. Near Chomp Chomp. *EDMUND SEAH 9685-1115.. 2½ty modern corner terr Cowdray Ave 2160/ 3500 sf. 5 rms. Like brand new. $999PSF JANSEN CLOSE FH 3 sty inter terr. Approx built-up 2700/ land 1817 sf. Reno. Mrt Agnes *****472
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      254 6 WESTWOOD DR INTER Terr. 1884 2900 sf. 3 sty. 4+1 granny North. Good layout. $1.79m neg Tan *****007 DWG LANDED ESTATES Dept Woodgrove Bunglw. 6100/ 6585sf 5+1 Ensuite. S/pool Near amenities. *****600 RARE 3STOREY SPRINGSIDE terr Land 1860 sf. Built up 3100 sf. 5 bdrm. 3 yrs reno Young couple
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      230 6 URBAN SUITES PENTHOUSE 4715sf 4rm. 20m pte pool. $16m! Freehold. MBS view. see: www.hensonpang.com CAIRNHILL RES 3RM 1173 sf $2.85M! FH. New. Pool Greenery. Windy. Paragon. see: www.hensonpang.com RARE CAIRNHILL PLAZA 2293 sqft, 3+1, unblocked In the heart of Orchard Call *****888 CS Chong TRILLIUM 4RM 2217SF. FH. Priced to
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      181 6 NATHAN SUITES 20% Disc! F’Hold, TOP Soon, Pte Lift. 3 Bedrm 1443sf fr. $3.01m 3 Bedrm 1776sf fr. $3.08m 4 Bedrm 2034sf fr. $3.9m CUSCADEN RES 3+1, 1442 sf High flr,pool view Priced to sell. Tenanted. Near Forum Melissa 9005-3852 OT THE TRESOR 3+1+1+PATIO, 2 attached. 1604 sf. Reno. Vacant.
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      141 6 CLEMENTI PARK 1800 sqft. Ideal size facing greenery. isabelredrup.com/ir32.php$2.1m. *****055. Susan TREVISTA 3 BDRMS. 1109 sf. High flr. Unblock. Near Braddell MRT. $1.6M neg. Vacant. Benson *****869 COUPLE PARADISE. NOVENA Duplex Penthouse. 1690 sf. Tranquil. All dressed up Only $2.6M! 9647-0798 BALESTIER PT. 1636 sf. 3+1. FH Orig Serious seller
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      162 6 WINDY HEIGHTS SPACIOUS 2476 sf. 4+1. F’hold. Pool view. Quiet, Kembangan MRT. Chris 9007 2722 WINDY HEIGHTS 4-BDRMS. 2476 sqft. High flr. Reno. $2.65M. Near MRT/ amen ities. Darryl *****717 ERA 4 MINS MOUNTBATTEN FH. 3 mths TOP. 1/ 2-bdrm. A1 invest/ capital gain. Sports Hub. Call 8188-9509 Eddy DIST.15
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      210 6 THE MAKENA 1152/1636 sf Meyer Res 904 sf $1.6xM The Meyerise 872/ 1819 sf SilverSea 1496sf TOP soon PEBBLE BAY 99YRS Choice Unit. 3rm 1893sf. High Flr Unblock River/CityView. F/ Facilities! Vivek *****536 FIRE SALE! NEXT TO MRT Star Buy fr $12xx psf only!! 1 to 4 bdrms from $6xxk.
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      246 6 THE MINTON 3 bdrms. Nice layout. Mins walk to MRT/ NEX. Pool view. $1.5M neg. Call Reis *****659 HTNS RIO VISTA $9XXPSF 3bdrm 3 toilets 1246 sf. Well kept. Spacious. Facing pool. www.freehold-99.com 1BDRM SUNSHINE Lodge, mins to NEX Mall/ MRT. 721sf, well kept. FH, vacant, huge rm, $799k neg!
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      249 6 vaSKYVUE BISHAN, 3 mins to MRT/Junction 8. Choice units fr 1/2/3 rm Penthse Showflat fr 10am to 6pm. SKYVUE BISHAN, 3 mins to MRT/Junction 8. Choice units fr 1/2/3 rm Penthse Showflat fr 10am to 6pm. SKYVUE BISHAN, 3 mins to MRT/Junction 8. Choice units fr 1/2/3 rm Penthse Showflat
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      929 7 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale T=i BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHU riSHUN 4 7 PUNGGO I SENGKAN CHOA CHU KANG inu i\hinV7 BUKIT
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      158 7 NEW LIST! 3’I’ +UTILITY-RM Blk.65 Kallang Bahru high flr. Well maintained. Near mkt/food ctr. Ask $342K. 3-RM BLK 32 Jln Bahagia #08. Bright, breezy. Reno. Val $287K. Near market/ shops. Karen 9696 2692 3RM BLK 98 Whampoa Dr. Low flr. Reno. Move in. Val $310K. Near market CTE. neg. Angeline
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      362 7 LOW 4’A’ Blk 410, high flr. Move-in. Val $395K. Near MRT amenities. Can contra. 9682-5099 Lim SELL WITH FURNITURE!! EA Blk 502A Greenery view/ Corner 130sqm. Min MRT/ Sun Plaza. Val $560K only VALUE BUY! $0 COV. 5rm D&B Blk 356B. MRT. 3rm study. Call 8315-2142 Zana MUST SELL ANCHORVALE
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      763 7 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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      215 7 NEAR PARK! WATTEN 2 sty 4900sf link-bunglw. Newly reno 4+1. Big gdn/ immed. $11.5K neg! *****555 AC JLN JAMBU AYER, 3-Sty Semi-D, 6 ensuite, P/ furn, Park 2 cars. Gdn, Balcony, Amenities. 9667 4545 D.13. JLN MULIA 2-storey corner terr. Land 1400/ 1000 sf $3.xk p/mth. Call Richard Ong 9647-9755
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      375 8 1) THE SAIL 2-RM, IR, bay. 2) One Shenton 1/ 1+1/ 4rm bay/ sea/ city view immed 3)Interlace 3+study/ 4 bdrm, sea facing, rent/ sale MARINA BAY SUITES 1603 sf $8K/ 2055 sf $10K/ 2680 sf $12K. View anytime. 1 mth commission to Agent. Vanessa *****868 MARINA BAY SUITES ¨C
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      375 8 CARIBBEAN 2 BDRM, high flr. Sea/ cable car view. F/furn. Harbourfront MRT/ Vivo. VTO. Alan *****055 CARIBBEAN $6.2K. VIVO/ MRT. 1227 sqft. 3+1. Pool Quiet. Monica 9026-8489 PASIR PANJANG RD Opp NUS. 4rm with aircon. Large living. Quiet. P/furn. $4800 p/mth 9021 8218 HUNDRED TREES 2+STUDY 915sf. Balcony. Brand new.
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      447 8 MIRAGE TWR 3+1/4+1. High flr. F/furn Opp Great World City. Immed. Reasonable 9009 2341/9851 2159 Poh **URBAN SUITES 2002SF. #15-03, 4+1, $9.5K. MRT. Laurels, 1819 sf, 4+1, $8.8K Just TOP Eileen *****599 $3.6K PARC EMILY. 549 sf 1-bdrm. Full/P/furn. Bright. 3 mins to MRT. F/facilities. Eileen Koh 9022 5599 CENTENNIA
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      419 8 GALLOP GABLES 2-BDRM patio. Ground flr. 1560 s.f Quiet. Near MRT. $5200 Avail mid Feb. 9727-6811 PALM SPRING 1500 sf. 3+1+1. P/furn. $5.5k/ Blossomvale. 1350 sf. 3+1. $4.9k. *****223 John VALLEY PARK 1109SF 2 rms $4.2K; 1216 sf $4.7K; 1 rm $3.5K Claremont 1200 sf 3+1 $4.7k *****900 Kelvin ORCHARD
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      331 8 NOVENA MRT/SHPG CASA Irrawaddy. High flr 3-bdrm p/furnish, huge, unblocked nego Immed *****018. REGAL CT. $3.1K. 2 bdrms. F/furn. High flr. Bright Windy. Near amenities. Immed. Kelyn 8438-5388 ST FRANCIS LODGE. 3 rms. Convenient. MRT/eateries F/furn, Immed. Best deal $3.6K. 9633 5822 Lyndy MOONSTONE RES. 1+1. 635 sf. Potong Pasir
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      362 8 MODA@42 EAST COAST Rd. 646-969 sf. 2 bdrms. Good Spacious layout. Near I12 Katong Parkway Parade. PARK EAST Siglap, 872 sf nicely reno, furn Immed Pomex Ct 872 sf, furn avail soon YapCC *****190 DTZ YUPPIE’S DELIGHT! SUITE East Coast. Cosy Studio 360sf F/furn with facilities neg. Immed. 9299-5537 MANDARIN
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