The Straits Times, 29 January 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014 94 PAGES IN FIVE 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 Next 50 years exciting for young S’poreans: PM
    629 1  -  He tells them to seize opportunities and build on past generation’s achievements By RACHEL CHANG rchang@sph.com.sg YOUNG Singaporeans should not worry that they will have a tougher time than their parents because they were born too late and missed out on opportunities,
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    Lock icon Education ‘can help close some gaps’
    50 1 EDUCATION Minister Heng Swee Keat said education can help address some of the emerging divisions in Singapore, but warned there are larger forces at work. A survey also found that prejudice based on nationality is more prevalent than that based on race or religion.
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    Lock icon LionsXII fight back to draw 2-2
    76 1 THE LionsXII staged a rousing Malaysian Super League fightback against big-spending Johor Darul Takzim, drawing 2-2 at Larkin Stadium. Fandi Ahmad’s men were two goals down as forward Luciano Figueroa and playmaker Pablo Aimar opened the scoring, but two goals in two minutes from
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    Lock icon Guided nature walks at Istana Open House
    462 1  -  By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg THOSE with a keen nose may recognise the Bread Flower vine by the “pandan” scent of its flowers. But few would know that this graceful plant was a favourite of former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew and his late
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      106 1 THE LION MEN ‘EXTINCT’ ORCHID FOUND FLOWER POWER RETURN OF THE AH BOYS RAHUL GANDHI ‘I’M AFRAID OF NOTHING’WORLD A12 HOME B8 LIFE! C2&3 AMANDA TAN AT HSBC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS OUT TO MAKE HISTORY SPORT B20 L TOP OF THE NEWS A3, HOME B2 L SPORT B20 WATCH THE VIDEO
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      Lock icon Last HUDC estate starts voting on going private
      609 2 / 3  -  Braddell View ‘very close’ to getting required 75 per cent mandate By JANICE HENG, RACHEL AU-YONG janiceh@sph.com.sg rachelay@sph.com.sg THE HUDC era of public housing came to an end yesterday, with Braddell View becoming the last such estate to be put up for
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      Lock icon RIVER HONGBAO KICKS OFF
      99 2 / 3 Dancers from the acclaimed Yunnan Opera Theatre, dressed in their traditional tribal costumes, giving the media a preview of their performance for the River Hongbao 2014 yesterday. The annual Chinese New Year carnival begins today at the Floating Platform Marina Bay. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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      Lock icon Jail for maid who buried dead baby in backyard
      413 2 / 3  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg AN INDONESIAN maid who buried her dead newborn baby in her employer’s backyard was yesterday jailed for three months. Musliyati, 37, showed no expression when she was sentenced. The court heard that when she suspected last October
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      Lock icon Heng: Education can help close some gaps, but...
      593 2 / 3  -  Collective effort needed as larger forces are also at work By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg EDUCATION Minister Heng Swee Keat said yesterday that education can help to address some of the emerging divisions in Singapore society, but cautioned that there were also larger
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      Lock icon Anwar to run in Selangor state by-election
      551 2 / 3  -  By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN PETALING JAYA yyennie@sph.com.sg IN A surprise move that raised questions about his national ambitions, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is to contest a by-election in Selangor state. The move appears to be designed to placate infighting
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    • THE NEWS IN MINUTES
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        45 4 YOUNG Singaporeans have many opportunities before them but must bear in mind that the country’s continued success rests on unity across race and religion, income, and locals versus new arrivals, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon ‘Steady level’ of investments
        46 4 SINGAPORE raked in $12.1 billion in corporate investments last year but is likely to draw less this year. The EDB projected that the country will attract $10 billion to $12 billion of fixed asset investments this year. TOP OF THE NEWS A8
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          Lock icon All the President’s men
          70 4 ANALYSTS say appointing China’s most powerful men in the national security commission and a reformfocused taskforce shows President Xi Jinping is giving top priority to their work, but they disagree over whether naming Premier Li Keqiang his deputy in both bodies is merely symbolic. PAGE A10
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          Lock icon Golkar’s nostalgia tactic
          42 4 AS DISENCHANTMENT with the Indonesian government grows and as many marked the sixth anniversary of former president Suharto’s death, his ex-party Golkar hopes to tap nostalgia for life under Pak Harto ahead of April’s polls for Parliament. PAGE A16
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          Lock icon Penang tightens security
          49 4 PENANG police have formed a special task force to step up security in the wake of an attempted firebombing of a Catholic church on Monday morning, after it received reports about banners that call Jesus the son of Allah in front of four churches. PAGE A16
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          Lock icon Sisi’s challenge
          47 4 GENERAL Abdel Fatah al-Sisi may be promoted by Egypt’s media as a national saviour as he takes the first steps to become the next leader, but he faces the challenge of taking the country forward in the face of an increasingly unruly population. PAGE A18
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        Lock icon ACT AGAINST INEQUALITY
        44 4 Income inequality all over the world is getting worse, as Oxfam’s latest report shows. Are governments and supranational organisations doing enough to turn it around? It is high time for the Group of 20 to act. The Straits Times OPINION A22
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          Lock icon Populism on the rise
          52 4 AS INDONESIA gears up for the polls this year, the local culture of ritualised gift-giving will probably intensify further. But a more worrying trend is growing populism. Minorities might become the targets of populist politicians who eye the majority vote, writes By Invitation columnist Farish Noor.
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          Lock icon Changi traffic grows 5%
          48 4 TRAFFIC growth may be slowing, but Changi Airport (above) is still setting records. Last year, 53.7 million passengers passed through its gates a 5 per cent rise from 2012. Seven in 10 passengers were from South-east and North-east Asia. PAGE B4 ST FILE PHOTO
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          42 4 AFTER consulting about 500 people from all walks of life, the MediShield Life review panel said it will urge the Government to help the elderly and lower-income group pay the premiums for Singapore’s latest national insurance scheme. PAGE B5
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Home resale prices drop
          47 4 PROPERTY analysts said resale prices of private homes would likely slump further this year as buyers remain choosy. This comes even as the resale prices of such homes tumbled even faster last month, dragged down by prices in the suburban areas. PAGE B11
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          Lock icon Very healthy response
          54 4 THE dreaded uphill monkey bars may be missing. But with five new obstacles plus a mystery challenge among the nine barriers, it’s certainly not easier for the men (and women) taking part in the Men’s Health Urbanathlon. Registration closes on Friday and entries have already exceeded last
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          Lock icon Stan’s the man
          67 4 RECOGNITION at last as Stanislas Wawrinka tweeted “No words” followed by a string of exclamation marks with a picture of himself carrying the Australian Open trophy. With his first Grand Slam tennis title last Sunday, the 28-year-old Swiss finally steps out of compatriot and 17-time major winner
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          Lock icon Cup runneth over
          54 4 TO PLAY a prostitute turned mamasan in her new comedy Golden Chickensss, Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng boosted her breasts to 38G with the help of prosthetics, and ended up suffering aches and pains. PAGE C4 Sandra Ng in the poster for her new film Golden Chickensss.
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          40 4 DAFT Punk might have won big at the Grammys, but it was the hat of music producer Pharrell Williams that dominated the event’s chatter. Take a look at the best tweets about the now infamous hat on www.stcommunities.sg
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          39 4 FEATHERS were ruffled in Hong Kong over a secret tunnel that connects the Legislative Council building’s carpark to government offices next door. Read ST Hong Kong correspondent Li Xueying’s blog to find out why. www.stasiareport.com
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          Lock icon What those Chinese New Year greetings mean
          71 4 WE SAY them at lo hei and while visiting, but what do greetings such as wan shi ru yi and nian nian you yu actually mean? Find out more in our Chinese New Year Survival Guide. www.straitstimes.com/cny-2014 Children playing under Chinese New Year
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          57 4 NEWS of the concrete truck driver’s sentence has brought closure to Mr Francis Yap and his wife, a year after an accident took the lives of their two sons Nigel and Donavan. The driver’s sentencing has brought closure to Madam Suliani Ang and Mr Yap. ST PHOTO: KUA
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          Lock icon The Big Spell 2014
          34 4 MORE than 1,000 primary school pupils will compete over the next three months to find Singapore’s top speller. The annual RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship was launched last Saturday.
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          Lock icon Man’s acts stop traffic
          26 4 A MAN was seen throwing chairs and other large objects onto a road, stopping traffic. The incident happened at about 5.25am yesterday.
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          Lock icon Kudos for giving free meal
          42 4 STOMPER M gives a thumbs up to the owner of a kway chap stall at Ghim Moh market, who did not charge an elderly woman for a plate of food as she did not bring enough cash.
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      Lock icon Asia’s rise in next 50 years a ‘tectonic shift’
      360 6  -  But odds are that the future will be peaceful, says PM Lee By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE world will see a “tectonic shift” with Asia’s rise in the next 50 years, but this future is likely to be a peaceful one,
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      Lock icon Officers donning religious symbols ‘can affect perceptions’
      746 6  -  By ANDREA ONG andreao@sph.com.sg IF UNIFORMED officers don religious attire or symbols like a tudung or a cross, it may affect perceptions of their impartiality, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. This is especially so if it is a dispute involving race or
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      Lock icon More expats ‘because economy has grown’
      314 6  -  CHARISSA YONG THERE have been more foreign professionals here over the years because the economy has grown and there are not enough Singaporeans to fill the jobs available, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at a forum yesterday. There are about 150,000 professional Employment
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      Lock icon Worker falls to death in latest construction fatality
      512 6  -  By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg A BANGLADESHI construction worker fell four storeys to his death yesterday after a structure that he was standing on collapsed at a worksite along Eunos Road. It was the latest of at least five construction site accidents this
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      Lock icon Shocking evidence of child sex abuse in Aussie Salvation Army homes
      448 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Children were sodomised with a garden hose, locked in outdoor cages and savagely beaten by Salvation Army majors in graphic cases of abuse detailed yesterday to an Australian inquiry. A Royal Commission into child sexual abuse
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      Lock icon S’pore to get ‘steady level’ of investments
      512 8  -  EDB cites constraints as it forecasts lower inflow of capital this year By YASMINE YAHYA FINANCE CORRESPONDENT yasminey@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE attracted $12.1 billion in corporate investments last year but is likely to draw less capital this year as the economy runs up against land
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      Lock icon Bird flu: No live chickens for CNY in Hong Kong
      458 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG A cull of 20,000 chickens was under way in Hong Kong yesterday after the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus was found in poultry imported from mainland China, days before Chinese New Year. Fears over avian flu
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      Lock icon Japan revises teaching manuals to include island claims
      664 8  -  By KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO wengkin@sph.com.sg IN A move certain to further worsen ties with China and South Korea, the Japanese government has revised high school teaching manuals to include the description of the disputed Senkaku and Takeshima islands
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      Lock icon Up to 35% fewer new skilled jobs this year
      373 8  -  YASMINE YAHYA THE number of new skilled jobs created by companies is forecast to fall by up to 35 per cent this year. In its annual review released yesterday, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said 21,400 new skilled jobs were created
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      48 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE NIGHTSPOTS GO BIG ON THURSDAYS Start partying earlier Look out for these stories in the only English paper available on Saturday Grandma, hongbao, oranges Ali Kasim spends CNY with LionsXII star Gabriel Quak Oi! Pantang*!Brian Miller on horse luck (*bad luck)
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thai polls to go on despite warning of violence
      499 9 Election officials say Feb 2 too soon, could ‘end in chaos’ given the unrest REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Thailand’s prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has confirmed a general election will go ahead on Feb 2, despite a warning that it could end
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      Lock icon Buddhist monk a key protest figure – despite ban on political involvement
      408 9 Buddhist monk a key protest figure despite ban on political involvement AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK A saffron-robed monk takes to the stage in the Thai capital and urges cheering protesters to fight a “black-hearted” government testing a taboo in the devout kingdom about clerics getting involved in politics. Since opposition protests
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        Lock icon China-Taiwan talks to avoid ‘sensitive political issues’
        433 10 REUTERS TAIPEI Taiwan’s chief policymaker on China said yesterday he would not discuss “sensitive political issues” when he meets his mainland counterpart in China next month in what will be the highest-level official talks between the two sides since 1949. The talks to
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        Lock icon Analysts abuzz over Xi’s picks for new bodies
        679 10  -  Appointments offer peek into politics of Communist Party’s inner circle NEWS ANALYSIS By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg CHINESE President Xi Jinping’s pick of deputies in China’s national security commission and a re-form-focused task force he heads is drawing scrutiny
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        Lock icon Agency’s creation a sign of Xi’s consolidation of power
        360 10  -  ESTHER TEO CHINA’S new national security commission is the latest sign of President Xi Jinping’s rapid consolidation of power. Mr Xi will lead the new agency, with Premier Li Keqiang and legislature chief Zhang Dejiang as joint deputies. Analysts say it
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        Lock icon Bigwigs helm new reform group
        224 10  -  ESTHER TEO IN A signal that Beijing is serious about reforms, its leaders have established a new body to supervise the country’s boldest economic and social changes in 30 years. Headed by President Xi Jinping and with Premier Li Keqiang, Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli and propaganda
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        Lock icon Two leaders not in the line-up
        294 10  -  ESTHER TEO WHEN the line-up for two newly minted high-level bodies was announced last week, two of the Communist Party’s top leaders were missing. Mr Yu Zhengsheng and Mr Wang Qishan were the only two members of the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee, China’s apex
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        Lock icon Tokyo governor race turns into fight over nuke power
        504 10 REUTERS TOKYO Tokyo’s consumption of nuclear power is “selfish” and unsustainable since Japan’s capital hosts no nuclear reactors, former prime minister Morihiro Hosokawa said yesterday, questioning the government’s energy policy. Mr Hosokawa, who is running for Tokyo governor on a plank
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        Lock icon Opposition fury after Rahul accuses rival of abetting riots
        838 12  -  He is branded ‘irresponsible’ over attack on Modi in first TV interview since joining politics By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg INDIA’S main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party reacted with fury after the ruling party’s vice-presi-dent Rahul Gandhi accused
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        Lock icon Pakistan university calls off Malala book launch
        302 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PESHAWAR (Pakistan) A launch ceremony for education activist Malala Yousafzai’s book at a university in her native Pakistan was cancelled after pressure from the provincial government, organisers and officials said. Malala, 16, survived a Taleban assassination attempt in Pakistan’s north-west in
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        Lock icon India set to buy Japan-made military aircraft
        602 12 REUTERS NEW DELHI India is set to become the first country to buy a military aircraft from Japan since World War II, helping Prime Minister Shinzo Abe end a ban on weapons exports that has kept his country’s defence contractors out of foreign
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        Lock icon France’s former first lady adds buzz to charity
        359 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI Former French first lady Valerie Trierweiler met malnutrition experts on the second day of a charity trip to India after her split from President Francois Hollande over the weekend. Ms Trierweiler spent the first day of her two-day trip
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        Lock icon Growing nostalgia in Indonesia for life under Suharto
        620 16  -  T-shirts, stickers of former president appear as discontent with govt grows By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg T-SHIRTS portraying Indonesia’s founding president Sukarno have long been popular but in recent months, those bearing imprints of his controversial successor Suharto
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        Lock icon Special unit to patrol Penang’s places of worship
        464 16  -  By LESTER KONG MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR lestkong@sph.com.sg PENANG police have formed a special task force to fortify security at places of worship in the wake of the firebombing of a Catholic church on Monday morning. State police chief Datuk Abdul
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        Lock icon Landslide in eastern Java kills seven
        206 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA A landslide triggered by days of rain buried a village on the Indonesian island of Java early yesterday, leaving at least seven people, including a couple, dead, the Jakarta Post reported. The victims were aged between 20 and 50. Fourteen people
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          Lock icon Philippine troops kill 17 militants
          87 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA The Philippine military yesterday said it had killed 17 militants opposed to a peace deal between the government and the country’s main rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). More than 1,500 troops are involved in the offensive against the Bangsamoro Islamic
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          Lock icon People smuggler gets 7 years’ jail
          73 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA An Indonesian court yesterday jailed a Pakistani people smuggler for seven years for arranging an asylum boat voyage to Australia that turned fatal when the vessel sank with some 90 lives. Pakistani Javaid Mahmood was arrested in May last year. He
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        Lock icon 10 Philippine cops in torture probe
        366 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Ten Philippine police officers were suspended for running a secret prison where jailors wearing wigs and masks beat and abused inmates. The Commission on Human Rights and global rights organisation Amnesty International criticised the Philippine National Police and demanded the prosecution
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        Lock icon Syrian conflict a rallying point for JI radicals
        497 17  -  Fighting raises new risks of homegrown extremism in Australia and Indonesia By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF in JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg INDONESIAN Abdul Rahim Ayub fought alongside militants in Afghanistan in the 1980s before Jemaah Islamiah leader Abu Bakar Bashir named him to
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        Lock icon Syrian ‘no’ to food aid a blow to peace talks
        322 17 WASHINGTON POST GENEVA Hopes faded for a quick win at peace talks between Syria’s warring factions after the Syrian government declined to authorise a convoy of food to enter a besieged neighbourhood in the centre of the city of Homs
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      Lock icon Presidency a big risk for Egypt’s army chief
      796 18 Economic issues, public empowered to protest will still pose a challenge NEW YORK TIMES CAIRO When Egypt’s first freely elected president, Mohamed Mursi, named General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defence minister, the officer pledged to keep the military out of politics and make
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      Lock icon Gunmen kill senior Egyptian Interior Ministry official
      204 18 REUTERS CAIRO Two gunmen on a motorbike have assassinated a senior Egyptian Interior Ministry official outside his home in Cairo, security officials said, putting pressure on the military-backed government as it struggles to contain an Islamist insurgency. “General Mohamed Saeed, head of the
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        Lock icon Flatulent cows cause blast
        100 18 REUTERS BERLIN Methane gas from 90 flatulent cows exploded in a German farm shed, damaging the roof and injuring one of the animals, police said. High levels of the gas had built up in the structure in the central town of Rasdorf in Monday’s incident, then
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        Lock icon Church appeals to thieves
        71 18 REUTERS ROME The Catholic Church has appealed to thieves to return a stolen gold reliquary that contained a blood-soaked piece of cloth most likely from the cassock that the late Pope John Paul II was wearing when he was shot in an assassination attempt in 1981.
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        Lock icon Kenya fines ivory smuggler
        80 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NAIROBI A court in Kenya on has slapped a record sentence on a Chinese ivory smuggler, the first person to be convicted under tough new laws designed to stem a surge in poaching. Tang Yong Jian, 40, was yesterday ordered to pay 20 million
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        Lock icon UK royals urged to cut costs
        61 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE urged LONDON British lawmakers yesterday urged Queen Elizabeth II’s royal household to further reduce running costs and get to grips with a backlog of property repairs. The Public Accounts Committee report revealed that Queen’s reserves were down to £1 million (S$2.1 million)
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      Lock icon Ukraine’s PM resigns in bid to defuse crisis
      463 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG KIEV Ukraine’s Prime Minister Mykola Azarov yesterday announced his resignation in a bid to defuse the country’s deadly crisis, giving in to months of pressure from demonstrators as Parliament scrapped anti-pro-test laws that had infuriated the opposition. Mr Azarov’s
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      Lock icon LUCKY: Doc fends off shark, stitches own wound
      302 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WELLINGTON A New Zealand doctor fought off an attacking shark with a knife before heading ashore to stitch his own wounds and on to the nearest pub for a beer. Reports yesterday said Dr James Grant was spearfishing near Colac
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      313 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Police reportedly have found human remains in the search for a 12-year-old boy snatched by a crocodile in northern Australia, and scaled back operations to a body recovery mission. Police yesterday would not go into details but acting commander Michael
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      495 20 BLOOMBERG MUMBAI India’s central bank unexpectedly raised its benchmark interest rate to fight inflation and after the rupee tumbled in the volatility roiling emerging markets in the past week. Governor Raghuram Rajan yesterday boosted the repurchase rate at which the Reserve Bank
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      114 20 Employees of Japanese weather forecasting company Weathernews displaying some of the 1,000 pod-shaped pollen counting robots called “Pollen-robot”, which are ready to be shipped as nationwide monitors to observe pollen levels ahead of the hay fever season, at the company’s headquarters in Chiba, suburban
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      544 20  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg AS BIG players in Indonesia’s forestry sector come under increasing pressure to show that they are not damaging the environment, some are pledging to change their ways. The latest to jump on the bandwagon is
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        61 20 REUTERS SHANGHAI A parcel of land in a suburb of Shanghai sold for a record 10.1 billion yuan (S$2.1 billion) at an auction yesterday, the priciest plot of residential land ever sold in the city, the Xinhua news agency reported. The winning bid was by
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        76 20 REUTERS LONDON London police yesterday said they found the body of a man hanging in a house in central London, after Deutsche Bank announced the death of its former executive William Broeksmit, 58. The bank had told its employees on Monday that Mr Broeksmit,
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      431 20 BLOOMBERG SHANGHAI China’s elev-enth-hour rescue of wealthy investors in a high-yield trust threatens to drive more money into the nation’s US$6 trillion (S$7.6 trillion) shadow-banking industry, undermining regulators’ efforts to deter excessive risk-tak-ing. Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the nation’s largest lender,
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        674 21 His work had yet to bear fruit for a firm losing market share BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI The sudden death of Tata Motors’ head of Indian operations is another blow to a company facing a host of challenges and difficult strategic decisions. Managing director Karl
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        545 21 REUTERS NEW YORK Lower-than-ex-pected holiday iPhone sales and a weak revenue forecast by Apple renewed fears about Chinese demand and a tepid global market, wiping 8 per cent off company stock. This year was to have been Apple’s watershed moment in China, when
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      438 22 ANTI-POVERTY campaigner Oxfam’s graphic factoid on income inequality that the 85 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorer half of humanity may grate but will not shock. Short of revolution and a remix of economic orthodoxies, the prevailing belief is
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      1185 22  -  Growing populism is a far more worrying concern than the local culture of ritualised gift-giving BY INVITATION By FARISH A. NOOR By FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is Associate Professor at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies RSIS, Nanyang Technological University. AS INDONESIA
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        253 25  -  Georgie Lee Heng Fatt I AM encouraged by Education Minister Heng Swee Keat’s call for all Singaporeans to offer ideas on how Singapore can mark its 50th birthday (“Big bash ‘for all’ as little red dot turns 50”; last Saturday). His statement that “turning
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        188 25  -  Adam Tan BEFORE reviewing the penalties for flouting MRT rules, the authorities and train operators should do more to educate the public on the regulations (“Penalties for flouting MRT rules under review”; last Saturday). For instance, not many know that it is an offence to pass
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        120 25  -  Lim Bee Khim (Ms) Director Corporate Communications Ministry of Finance WE THANK Dr Vivienne Wee and Ms Edwina Shaddick for their suggestions on the Budget process (“Budget process needs to be more open and inclusive”; last Friday). The Budget is always finalised and formally approved by
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        213 25  -  Murugeswathy Ramasamy (Madam) WHILE I applaud MediaCorp’s Vasantham channel for showing interesting and engaging Tamil programmes, I am disturbed by the language used in some shows. Last week, English was used in almost 80 per cent of a programme called Friends. Even
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        103 25  -  Helen Lim (Ms) Director Media Relations Land Transport Authority WE THANK Ms Amy Loh Chee Seen for her feedback (“Commercial outlets ‘taking over’ five-foot ways”; Jan 18). The Land Transport Authority carries out regular inspections and also responds to public feedback on footway
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        355 25  -  Michael Dee THE Singapore Exchange’s (SGX) new “circuit breakers” come 25 years too late, do not cover shares priced below 50 cents, and delay trading by only five minutes it is 15 minutes on the New York Stock Exchange (“SGX circuit breakers to kick
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        70 25 1. MR FRANCIS CHENG: Hard to seek redress against reckless cyclists. 2. MR TAN CHIN AIK: Don’t forget aim of protecting consumers. 3. MR AHMAD BAHKTIAR OTHMAN: Outdoor education’s role in raising environmental consciousness. 4. MCDONALD’S: Happy to support tray-return initiatives. 5. DR REBECCA CHAN: Deploy child safety
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        258 26  -  RETIREMENT AGE Lawrence Loh Kiah Muan WITH our ageing population and concomitant tight labour force, raising the retirement age may help to increase the labour supply without affecting the employability of younger workers (“Raising, scrapping retirement age ‘has social, political costs’”; last Saturday). For
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        227 26  -  Kevin Yong AGEING issues expert Monika Butler expressed the view that raising the retirement age may increase inequality between the rich and the poor (“Raising, scrapping retirement age has ‘social, political costs’ last Saturday). According to her, the poor may have to take
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        181 26  -  Nicholas Tee Senior Executive Corporate Communications StarHub WE SHARE Mr M. Lukshumayeh’s passion for local football and thank him for his feedback (“Screen Malaysia Cup matches at CCs”; last Friday). StarHub is a proud advocate of local sports. As the principal sponsor and official broadcaster
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      39 26 PUNCHLINES look! an orchid thought to be extinct! What should we do? We’re so LUCKY! let’s try our luck at the $10 million toto draw S T ILLU S TR A TI O N A D A M LEE
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      717 1  -  It is being tested as a means to tackle first- and last-mile transport problems By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg A NEW driverless car will start tooling around the National University of Singapore (NUS) campus in tests that may one day see such vehicles shuttling
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      615 2  -  But most feel that bias in all aspects has not increased, survey shows By MARYAM MOKHTAR, THAM YUEN-C maryamm@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to prejudice, some 32.1 per cent of Singapore residents see prejudice based on nationality as being
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      536 2  -  MARYAM MOKHTAR MINISTER of State Sim Ann yesterday said preserving the common space in a diverse society like Singapore’s can be an “untidy business”, characterised more by goodwill and give and take than rules of consistency and logic. On the Government’s role
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      59 2 Magician Kyle Ravin performing magic tricks at Underwater World Singapore (UWS) yesterday to celebrate Chinese New Year. The performance managed to get into the Singapore Book of Records for being the Republic’s first underwater magic performance. The public can catch the performance at UWS from
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      315 2  -  THAM YUEN-C SINGAPORE remains a largely conservative society in which ex-tra-marital sex and having a child out of wedlock are still frowned on, according to a survey. Eight in 10 of the residents polled said extra-marital affairs are almost always wrong while seven
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      352 4  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg ELECTRONIC Road Pricing rates will fall by as much as $2 at seven gantries, including those at the new Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE), and go up by $1 at four others from next
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      434 4  -  Figure rises to 53.7 million, thanks to strong travel demand from Asia-Pacific By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg MORE passengers than ever passed through Changi Airport last year. While the growth in passenger traffic may be slowing down compared to recent years, the airport
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      508 4  -  By ANG YIYING ayiying@sph.com.sg THE tables were turned on some 100 teachers, who became the students yesterday in a hands-on workshop, discussing fun ways to teach spelling and jotting down their ideas in groups. The 10-minute activity at a special briefing for teachers to
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      392 4  -  ROYSTON SIM FEWER public tickets will be available for the upcoming Singapore Airshow, with about 80,000 on sale a 13 per cent drop from the number sold at the 2012 edition. Mr Jimmy Lau, managing director of organiser Experia Events, said this was because
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      189 4  -  By ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg OFFICIAL discussions to build a high-speed railway between Kuala Lumpur-Singapore began this month, with the first meeting identifying matters for joint deliberations. In a joint statement yesterday, the two countries said the High Speed Rail Work Group
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      394 4  -  By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg THIS year’s Total Defence campaign marks its 30th anniversary by paying tribute to those in the community who have played a role in defending the country. Organisers said they want to recognise every deed big
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      589 5  -  ‘Strong call’ for Govt to help elderly, needy with premiums By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma THE MediShield Life Review Committee said it will call on the Government to help the elderly and low-wage earners pay the premiums for Singapore’s next-generation
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      496 5  -  By GOH CHIN LIAN chinlian@sph.com.sg MEMBERS of the PAP’s new wing for seniors met for their first dialogue last night and came to a consensus that health-care costs are their biggest concern. However, they differed on how best to set
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      453 5  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg THIS year’s first launch of new Housing Board flats has met with a slightly warmer response than the previous one, ahead of its close at midnight last night. As of 5pm yesterday, there were 1.6 first-timers applying for
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      668 7  -  School goes ‘gradeless’ for freshmen and beefs up practical experience By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg LAW students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) will soon graduate with a wider spread of knowledge and skills following changes to broaden legal education. These include
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      424 7  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg BREAD that can help lower blood sugar levels sounds like a dieter’s dream. But the yeasty idea will become a reality by this year, thanks to the work going on at a newly opened nutritional
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      336 7  -  FENG ZENGKUN PEOPLE can now submit ideas for new Codes of Animal Welfare setting out standards for the proper care of pets, for both owners and those in the industry. The electronic consultation will be held until Feb 28 on the website
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      412 8  -  Singaporean woman became part of classic Nigerian get-rich-easy scam By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg ALL she had to do was receive another person’s money in her bank accounts and pass it to associates for which she would get up to $5,000 in
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      418 8  -  FENG ZENGKUN AN ORCHID species thought to be extinct in Singapore has been found in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve after more than 80 years. Researchers from Singapore and the Netherlands found a single specimen of the Vrydagzynea lancifolia named for its lancelike
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      534 8  -  CITY HARVEST CASE By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg A MYSTERY report mentioned for the first time in court yesterday suggests that City Harvest Church had come under the authorities’ radar as early as 2005. That is several years before founder Kong Hee and five
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      Lock icon Trespass: Teacher remains silent during parents’ visits
      365 8  -  By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg THE parents of the Malaysian teacher who sneaked into Singapore visited their daughter twice last week at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH), but returned to Kedah without even exchanging a word with her. Nurul Ruhana Ishak, 28,
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      326 2 Read it in tomorrow HEALTHY FEASTING Go for less sinful options this Chinese New Year Making of Learning We Provide Services for Want to improve your English GP, Mathematics H1H2 Science Grades at O A Levels? Interviews with employers during fairs and job placement exercises! Skills Upgrading Courses: Back-to-Work-Women Programme
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      34 8 Look out for these stories in the only English paper available on Saturday Grandma, hongbao, oranges Ali Kasim spends CNY with LionsXII star Gabriel Quak Oi! Pantang*! Brian Miller on horse luck (*bad luck)
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      127 9 ONLY THE GREATEST ATTRACTS THE BRIGHTEST. DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? WORK-LIFE EXCELLENCE AWARD 2014 Work-life harmony is one of the top criteria that jobseekers look out for in employers. Organisations which place emphasis on work-life friendly practices tend to have more motivated, engaged and productive employees. Apply for
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      327 11  -  Electronic communication now under close scrutiny after rate-rigging bid By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg SEVERAL banks here have restricted online chatroom access and imposed closer monitoring on the use of electronic communication by their traders. Checks yesterday with the three local lenders DBS Bank,
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      718 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg PRIVATE home resale prices in Singapore fell even faster last month, dragged down by home prices in the suburban areas. Analysts said resale prices would likely slide further this year as buyers remain choosy. However, some added that the drop
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      439 11  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg LOCAL businesses keen to improve their products and processes can get help from a $7 million research facility launched yesterday. The Materials Centre of Innovation, which started operating last September, aims to help 450 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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      443 12  -  Open to directors based in Asia, it will cover governance with a global view By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg DO ASIAN company boards suffer from “groupthink” an unwillingness to speak out for fear of harming relationships? That is one of the challenges to be
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      455 12 BLOOMBERG MORGAN Stanley turned more bearish on sovereign and corporate debt in emerging markets as declines in their currencies accelerated and funding costs increased. The US bank cut its recommendation on foreign-currency bonds to “sell” from “reduce”, and on lo-cal-currency notes to “reduce”
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      305 12  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg FORMER foreign minister George Yeo has joined the Singapore Manufacturing Federation’s (SMF) inaugural board of governors, the industry association said yesterday. The three-member board will be activated when there are “un- resolved issues which may affect the interest of the federation”,
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      185 12  -  CHIA YAN MIN A SINGAPORE firm that provides eGovernment services is opening an office in Oman’s capital Muscat. CrimsonLogic decided to set up the outlet after it won a contract with Oman’s Directorate General of Customs. It is developing a customs management platform
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        408 13 Singapore Manufacturing Federation Centre for Corporate Learning L I run a mid-sized firm in the service industry and while I am trying to boost productivity, I still need manpower to run some operations and provide customers that human touch. However, it is very hard to find locals who
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        1270 13  -  Some perceive the general manufacturing sector as a sunset industry, but industry players show that they are more than capable of keeping up with the times, either through innovation or succession planning. This week, Rachael Boon speaks to LHL International. Rachael Boon today.” rachaelb@sph.com.sg
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        531 14  -  Loss-making mainboard-listed firm is target of reverse takeover bid By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg MAINBOARD-LISTED China Bearing, which is mired deep in red ink, has become the target of a reverse takeover bid by a group of Indonesian mining companies. If the deal succeeds, China
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        404 14  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg THIRD-QUARTER earnings at SMRT Corp slumped 44 per cent to $14.23 million as its rail operations suffered their first-ever quarterly operating loss. Revenue rose 4.1 per cent to $293.3 million. SMRT said the growth
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        306 14  -  MELISSA TAN MARINE group Nam Cheong has secured a US$70 million (S$89.3 million) contract to sell five vessels to a repeat customer. The ships four for emergency rescue and one for supply are being built at the firm’s subcontracted yards in China. They are
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        396 14  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine group Eu Yan Sang International’s second quarter earnings dipped as higher expenses including a bigger tax bill took their toll. The firm said yesterday that its earnings for the three months ended
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        438 15  -  Market up by 0.66% after three consecutive sessions of losses BULLS AND BEARS By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares yesterday rebounded modestly after their recent falls. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 19.98 points or 0.66 per cent to close at
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          18 15 STI trading volume 223 million shares STI up down Gainers: 18 Losers: 8 Unchanged: 4
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          85 15 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 706.13 529.73 848.66 1,017.58 222.80 196.46 276.12 -0.18 0.23 3.10 -6.42 -0.50 -0.25 -1.14 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 190.47 459.93 796.09 774.80 1,168.05 750.12
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          21 15 Stock trading volume 2.07 billion shares worth $1.1 billion Up down Gainers: 171 Losers: 192 Unchanged: 426
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          55 15 Yesterday’s close Index Change -15.46 -25.57 21,960.64 14,980.16 1,916.93 2,038.51 1,079.84 1,781.25 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 6.59 5.21 -3.37 2.37 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Monday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,341.65 1,271.79 5,175.11 15,837.88 4,083.61
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          153 15 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 28, 2014 Top Rises Jan 28 CENTS (0) Jan 28 DBXT MSINDO 10us$ 1165 19.1 1.3 DBXT FTChina25 10US$ 2707 11.5 0.3 JSH 3292 117.2 2.9 JMH 5397 109.5 1.6 UOB 2031
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          39 15 By Volume CENTS Vol By Volume Charisma Energy ...................7 133,643,000 Vol Transcu Grp China Bearing ....................4.9 90,617,000 0.1 7 5.7 185.976.000 Vallianz Hldgs ...................15.2 43,187,000 121.242.000 118.829.000 90.617.000 Mirach Energy ...................17.1 28,225,000 CCM Grp 2 4.9 11
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          59 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 226 152.5 CapMallsAsia 180.5 unch 6231 181 179.5 1.8
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          82 15 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL HIGH LOW COMPANY C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 197.5 126.4 ARA 177 -0.5 123
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          28 15 (US$) (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 15 Jan 28 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1183 1.1191 0.8782 0.8787 1 1475 1.1481 0.9015 0.9011 1.7398 1.7406
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          187 15 Top Rises Jan 28 CENTS KepCorp MBePW*****3 8.7 45.0 2.7 UOB MB eCW*****3 5.5 41.0 1.6 UOB MB eCW*****1 14.5 13.3 1.7 SingTelMBeCW*****2 2.7 12.5 0.3 STI 3050MBeCW*****8 3.4 9.7 0.3 SingTelMBeCW*****3 4.9 8.9 0.4 Sinarmas eW*****8 30.5 7.0 2.0 KepCorp MBeCW*****1 10.7 5.9 0.6 KepCorp MBeCW*****1
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          23 15 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol C000) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 City Dev NCCPS 105 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 F&NTrea 2.48%bl***** ***** unch susp
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          432 15 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1510 1192 CIMBASEAN40 100S$D 1236 -16 4 1217 866 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US943 -37 20 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 113.5 3323 2879 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2914 2110 1775 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$
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          88 15 WAREHOUSE developer Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has leased out 495,000 sq ft of space at GLP Park Langfang in the Chinese province of Hebei to retailer Suning Commerce. Suning, which has 1,600 stores across China, Hong Kong and Japan, will use the facility as its regional distribution
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          166 15 SOUND card maker Creative Technology reported a net loss of US$4.08 million (S$5.2 million) for the second quarter yesterday on the back of falling sales. The firm said “uncertain and difficult market conditions” had sent net profit down from the US$38.12 million racked up in the same period
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      32 14 EDB SEES FOREIGN INVESTMENTS HOLDING STEADY THIS YEAR It reports $12.1 billion in fixed-asset investments for 2013, which is within the trend over the last 5-10 years Today in THE BUSINESS TIMES
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      539 20  -  They recover from two goals down to draw against Johor By FABIUS CHEN In JOHOR BARU fabiusc@sph.com.sg Johor DT 2 LionsXII 2 WHAT a difference a substitution can make. When Johor Darul Takzim star Pablo Aimar came off in the 66th minute of last night’s Malaysian Super
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      28 20 L Selangor 1 Pahang 0 L ATM 1 Perak 0 L Kelantan 1 PKNS 2 L Sarawak 3 Sime Darby 0 L Terengganu 2 T-Team 0
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      122 20 P W D L F A Pts 1 Selangor 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 2 Terengganu 3 2 0 1 4 2 6 3 ATM 3 2 0 1 3 1 6 4 Kelantan 3 2 0 1 4 3 6 5 PKNS FC 3
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      558 20  -  By SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg AMANDA Tan’s shot at making Singapore golf history looked to have vanished when her drive dropped into a pond at the Sentosa Golf Club yesterday. Coming on the 18th hole of a crucial round, most golfers let
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      779 16 Wawrinka, like Federer, is now a Slam winner but is not eyeing No. 1 status yet THE TIMES, LONDON MELBOURNE He sent out a Twitter picture of himself cradling the Sir Norman Brookes Trophy accompanying a message “No words” that was followed by a
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      649 17  -  Feared monkey bars gone but 5 new obstacles plus surprise challenge now By CHUA SIANG YEE siangyee@sph.com.sg CONTESTANTS at this year’s Men’s Health Urbanathlon will be pushed to their limits once more with five new obstacles and a mystery challenge. Pang Lee Cheng, general
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      228 17 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR South Korea’s Olympic badminton gold medallist Lee Yong Dae has been hit with a one-year ban for missing doping tests, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said yesterday. The 25-year-old won a mixed doubles gold at the 2008 Games in Beijing
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      381 17 REUTERS OKLAHOMA CITY Coming up against a red-hot Kevin Durant can be frustrating. “Not fair, Kevin Durant,” the Hawks’ official Twitter account posted on Monday after the Oklahoma City Thunder forward scored 41 points and hit the game-winning shot in
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      236 17 Basketball NBA Philadelphia 113 Phoenix 124, Brooklyn 103 Toronto 104, Chicago 86 Minnesota 95, Milwaukee 86 LA Clippers 114, Oklahoma 111 Atlanta 109, Utah 106 Sacramento 99. Cricket 1st Test In Dhaka, 2nd day: Bangladesh 232 (S. Al Hasan 55, M. Rahim 61, S. Gazi 42, S. Eranga 4-49,
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      674 18 Sub-standard players will make way for quality buys in summer THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON David Moyes has warned Manchester United’s underperforming players that they are running out of time to be part of the club’s future as he looks to follow the signing of Juan
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      305 18 LONDON With Wayne Rooney set to extend his Manchester United career, Chelsea have moved to make Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa their new top transfer target. United striker Rooney has been monitored by Blues boss Jose Mourinho since he rejoined Chelsea in
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      418 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS JEREZ (Spain) Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel said he and his Red Bull team will be stepping into the unknown as they target their fifth straight world drivers’ and constructors’ titles this year. A series of technical regulation
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        95 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE Wallaby vice-captain Quade Cooper declared yesterday on the eve of his second professional bout that the fight game had boosted his rugby career and he wanted to go on boxing. Cooper, who will take on 40-year-old Australian boxer Warren “The Fortress” Tresidder in
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        78 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LAUSANNE International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said on Monday athletes could make political statements if they so wished at press conferences during the forthcoming Sochi Winter Olympics but not during the events themselves. The run-up to the first Winter Games in Russia which
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        70 18 REUTERS MADRID Footballers from Spanish third-tier side Racing Santander have threatened to boycott tomorrow’s King’s Cup quarter-final second leg at home to Real Sociedad unless president Angel Lavin and his board quit. “As has been reported in the media, we are owed wages going back several
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      538 19 Manager able to beef up Arsenal with cash from richest kit deal with Puma AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger will hold the keys to the biggest transfer warchest in Arsenal’s history after it was revealed that it is only a matter of time before
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      262 19 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Newcastle United on Monday agreed to sell Yohan Cabaye to Paris Saint-Germain for a fee of about £20 million (S$42 million) after the France midfielder told Alan Pardew that he wished to leave the north-east club this month.
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      442 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON As Tottenham Hotspur prepare to face a test of their European credentials when they face Manchester City today, goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has warned that he could quit the club if they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Before yesterday’s
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        71 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRENCH striker Nicolas Anelka thanked Lazio for their interest on Monday but said he wanted to stay with West Bromwich Albion despite the furore over his “quenelle” goal celebration. There has been speculation he could leave the Premier League side and bow out
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        56 19 THE TIMES, LONDON DANI Osvaldo’s disciplinary problems do not appear to have dissuaded Inter Milan and Valencia from making an approach for the forward, who has been banned by Southampton for a fortnight after head-butting Jose Fonte, a team-mate. Southampton want to recoup the £14.5 million (S$30.7
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        64 19 THE TIMES, LONDON SUNDERLAND have agreed a £3 million (S$6.3 million) fee to sign Ignacio Scocco, who would become the fourth player to join the club this month if the transfer goes through. The forward has scored three goals in 17 appearances for Internacional. Scocco,
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        25 19 REUTERS SWANSEA City have completed the signing of French striker David Ngog from Bolton Wanderers, the Premier League club said on Monday.
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      344 1 Boob talk Sandra Ng spills on her large fake breasts Sundance Festival Screen kiss Joshua Tan, Felicia Chin lock lips C4 Memorable movies at the festival Prima donna? Eddie Peng dropped from movie C5 C7 C12 AH BOYS TO Tosh Zhang (left) and Wang Weiliang are about to break from
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        1482 2 / 3  -  Tosh Zhang and Wang Weiliang of Ah Boys To Men fame take on leading roles in The Lion Men Gwendolyn Ng nggwen@sph.com.sg Thousands of hopefuls were whittled down to seven, who became stars as a result of Ah Boys To Men. Now,
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        452 2 / 3 Ilo Ilo’s success has opened doors for one of the much-lauded movie’s stars: Actor Chen Tianwen’s next project is a comic movie filmed in Qingdao, China, which stars South Korean pop star Jang Woo Hyuk, formerly of the K-pop boyband H.O.T. The China production
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        478 2 / 3 The Lion Men story bears a resemblance to a 2012 Taiwanese hit movie, Din Tao: Leader Of The Parade (right). But director Jack Neo says his new movie is not a rip-off. “The basic structure of certain movies is the same. Look at cop movies
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        699 2 / 3  -  Andy Chen Review Drama THE LION MEN (PG) 130 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Supreme (Tosh Zhang) is the two-time global lion dance champion, but he is frustrated that he is not allowed to modernise the traditional folk art form. After he and his
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        404 2 / 3 When director Jack Neo held auditions here for The Lion Men and picked a few fresh local female faces, hopes were high that he would produce the Next Big Thing, some Ah Girls to go with the extremely popular Ah Boys. Instead, he cast
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        826 4  -  Actress Sandra Ng had aches and pains wearing a prosthetic 38G chest in her new movie Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg Big breasts are really a pain, as Hong Kong actress Sandra Ng found out. The star and producer of the comedy Golden
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        459 4  -  Boon Chan With huge buck teeth, loud clothes and an over-the-top mainland accent, the role of the eager newbie prostitute Wu Lu in Golden Chickensss is not one for the faint of heart. So props to Ivana Wong, 34, for pulling it off
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        1060 5  -  Joshua Tan gets to pucker up with Felicia Chin in Chinese New Year telemovie Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg His overseas university studies caused actor Joshua Tan to be left out of The Lion Men movie, where his Ah Boys To Men friends have gathered
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        607 6  -  Likeable cast and gags keep gambling comedy From Vegas To Macau entertaining Boon Chan bchan@sph.com.sg Review Comedy FROM VEGAS TO MACAU (PG13) 94 minutes/Opens tomorrow/ The story: Master gambler Ken (Chow Yun Fat) is rumoured to be able to tell the value of a
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        793 6 New York Times Universal City, California A drained Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Pictures, sat down for lunch in the studio’s executive dining room here last month and let loose a dramatic sigh. Who could blame her? Fast Furious, Universal’s biggest franchise, was reeling after
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        840 7  -  Premiering features take spotlight but short film section and retrospective of independent works impress John Lui Film Correspondent In Park City, Utah johnlui@sph.com.sg As the sun sets on Sunday, the final day of the Sundance Film Festival here at its heart in
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        471 7 New York Times New York Kate DiCamillo, who was recently named the American national ambassador for young people’s literature, received another one of the field’s highest honours on Monday: The John Newbery Medal went to her book Flora Ulysses (Candlewick Press), the story of a
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      521 10 New York Times New York In 1998, Stephen Glass was all but banished from the profession of journalism. On Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that he was not welcome as a lawyer either. More than 15 years after the revelation that Glass,
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        440 12 Reuters Agence France-Presse Los Angeles Oscar-winning film-mak-er Quentin Tarantino sued media outlet Gawker for copyright infringement in a United States district court in Los Angeles on Monday, after the website published links to download the script for what was to be his latest movie, The
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        302 12 Hong Kong Is up-and-coming actor Eddie Peng (above) too big for his boots? Apple Daily identified him as the star who has been dropped from director Derek Yee’s remake of his 1977 Shaw action film, Death Duel, and said Peng’s contract befitting
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          57 12 Actress Maggie Cheung, 49, is in love again, this time with a rocker of British-Chinese parentage who is 15 years her junior, says Apple Daily. The newspaper says she has been seen walking a dog at Repulse Bay with Adrian da Silva, the singer and
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          74 12 American reality star Kim Kardashian will attend Vienna’s opulent Opera Ball on Feb 27, her host Richard Lugner announced on Monday. She will join the ranks of Sophia Loren, Faye Dunaway and, more recently, Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson, as guests of Lugner,
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        1062 2  -  Oo Gin Lee ginlee@sph. com. sg It looks as though Windows 8 may meet an early demise. Last week, HP announced its new Windows 7 campaign to boost flagging PC sales in a year that analysts are calling the worst in PC sales history. Both
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          104 4 / 5 Citing popular demand, HP has begun to offer desktop and laptop computers in the United States with Microsoft’s older Windows 7 operating system. Although HP continues to sell systems with the latest Windows 8.1, its retail website clearly focuses on Windows 7 PCs. Though
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          105 4 / 5 Dolby’s Atmos sound platform has been installed in the Digital Xtreme hall at Cathay Cineplex Jem. The sound system gives movie makers the ability to place specific sounds anywhere in the theatre for a more immersive cinema sound experience. Dolby Atmos made
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          110 4 / 5 Mirrorless cameras bucked the downtrend even as consumers here bought significantly fewer digital cameras last year, according to the market research firm GfK. The market declined by 26 per cent in total value as digital camera sales dropped by
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          89 4 / 5 Smartphone users in South Korea may enjoy LTE wireless speeds of up to 300Mbps by year’s end. Korean telcos SK Telecom and LG U+ are planning to launch these mobile services this year. They are able to achieve this speed with
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          96 4 / 5 “*****6” topped “password” as the most frequently used password last year, according to SplashData, a company which makes password management software. SplashData started analysing passwords leaked by hackers in 2011. It found that the top password used in 2011 and 2012 was
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          95 4 / 5 Shares of the Japanese game company slid 10 per cent after it slashed Wii U (above) sales expectations for the period between March last year and April. It now expects to move only 2.8 million Wii U game consoles,
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          110 4 / 5  -  Compiled by Vincent Chang Lenovo has agreed to pay US$2.3 billion (S$2.94 billion) for IBM’s low-end server business. The Chinese company is expected to offer jobs to the 7,500 employees currently working for IBM. Lenovo’s chairman and chief executive officer, Mr Yang
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        375 4 / 5  -  The app version of the online business directory portal is optimised for use on the smaller screens of mobile devices. VINCENT CHANG reports reports VINCENT CHANG vinchang@ssph.com.sg Hunting for an ATM to get some cash is an experience we are all too familiar with. If
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        1825 6 / 7  -  Start the Year of the Horse afresh with shiny, new gadgets. OO GIN LEE, SHERWIN LOH and VINCENT CHANG comb the digital world for tech toys in auspicious red and gold tones OO GIN LEE, SHERWIN LOH, VINCENT CHANG Klipsch KMC 1 Bluetooth Speaker $399, from
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        831 9  -  TREVOR TAN checks out Google Glass to see how this wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display works TREVOR TAN trevtan@sph.com.sg The trend of wearable technology is gaining momentum, as more smartwatches and fitness trackers pour into the market. But no such
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        530 10  -  By Sherwin Loh sherwinl@sph.com.sg Attempts by handset makers to differentiate themselves have brought about innovative features in the newer smartphones, from multitasking (Samsung) to waterproofing (Sony). Very few brands have focused on the operating system (OS) the brands are rarely the creators of the OS and the
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        420 10  -  By Sherwin Loh Testing a brand’s flagship product comes with its own high level of expectations. You want them to be the best, but having tested and liked a few of Klipsch’s earlier earphone models, my fear was on how much improvements the company could have made with
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        1821 12 / 13  -  With 1 Gbps broadband plans being offered, home users should check if their networks can support such bandwidth. VINCENT CHANG reports VINCENT CHANG vinchang@sph. com. sg Only a couple of years ago, the idea of a 1Gbps fibre broadband connection for just $50 a
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        528 14  -  By Vincent Chang vinchang@sph.com.sg Dell’s Venue Pro 11 is aimed squarely at Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2. Like the Surface Pro 2, it has a 10.8-inch, 1,920 x 1,080-pixel screen and is powered by a capable Intel Haswell-class Core i5 processor. Ostensibly, the Venue Pro 11 is
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        506 14  -  By Vincent Chang This Panasonic Toughpad is probably one of the few tablets that can be given to a child without worrying that he will break the screen, or worse, damage the device. In fact, I would be more concerned for the kid because if this tablet
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        627 15  -  By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph.com. sg This full-frame DSLR is the successor to the highly acclaimed D600, which was also named Digital Life Editor’s Choice. Some D600 users had complained so much about dirt accumulating on the camera’s image sensor that Nikon had to issue a statement on the
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        530 15  -  By Trevor Tan Some argue that mirrorless cameras are not really compact when compared with DSLR cameras. Panasonic decided to prove these people wrong with its Lumix DMC-GM1. The GM1’s body is slightly shorter than a playing card and only 3cm thick minus the lens. When the
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        389 16  - Skechers GOrun Ride 2 Nite Owl By Trevor Tan trevtan@sph. com.sg Being a nocturnal jogger who enjoys the cool of the night and the reduced human and motor traffic, I was excited about giving these glow-in-the-dark running shoes a spin. Skechers’ GOrun Ride 2 Nite Owl uses photoluminescence technology to
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        478 16  -  By Trevor Tan Most smart watches and fitness trackers cost $200 or more, so the LifeTrak Move C300, which costs less than $100, is a useful and cheaper alternative. Its design is quite plain certainly not one to turn heads. But its easily replaceable silicone strap feels
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      559 18  -  By Trevor Tan NETWORKING Aztech HL117EW $199 Does Wi-Fi coverage seem to vanish in certain parts of your home? Aztech offers this solution its HL117EW HomePlug AV 500Mbps dual-band wireless-N extender. It transforms the power network in your home into a networking infrastructure and WLAN connection. You plug
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        869 20  -  By Trevor Tan The decision was unanimous. The winner: Royston Wee. On hearing the result, the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter sank to his knees, his arms in the air, celebrating his victory. But the first thing he felt was a sense of relief. And this,
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      318 5 OFFER TOP All makes models. Viewing your convenience. 9661-9661 WANTED! ALL MODELS, pte commercial. Immed high *****905/ *****789 ITERLY MOTOR BUY/ sell all makes models. Highest offer! Mr Ong 6283-1818 GEAR BOX SPECIALIST KATC Autotrans Pte Ltd Come for Free Check Advise GEAR BOX SYMPTOM Car Vibrates or Jerk? Loss
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      396 5 2011 NISSAN CABSTAR 3.0 Tip top. Best deal! 100% loan. Asking good price High trade in 6555-3300 10/96 TOYOTA DYNA 150 D COE 9/16 w/ 4ft cabin hgt Canopy. 100% loan, inhse loan Best deal 9760-8080 9/’10 MITSUBISHI FB70, 10ft refrigerator truck, white. Low KM. agt svc. *****115 AUG ’00
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      1084 5 Properties Classification Guide Residential Properties for Sale Houses for Sale 402 D01 Raffles PI/ Marina/ Chinatown 402 D02 Anson/Tg Pagar 402 DOB Queenstown/Tiong Bahru 402 D04 Sentosa/Telok Blangah 402 DOS Pasir Panjang/West Coast/ dementi Town 402 D06 High Street/ North Bridge Rd 402 D07 Rochor/ Bugis/ Beach Rd 402 DOB
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      47 5 1XX OCEAN DRIVE bunglw, seafront living. A&A 2012 worth $5.6m. 2-sty+ basement, 5 bdrm, land 9580/ *****sf. Alan 9852 9055 SUPERB FRONTAGE, WIDE waterway *****/ *****sqft $30m. Treasure Island. 6+1 Move-in. *****391 Owner TREASURE ISLAND. WIDE Frontage. Land 8645 sf/ Built 8000sf. 5+1 bdrms. $22.8M. Owner *****676
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      35 5 WEST COAST LANE Inter Terrace. $2.8M neg. Below bank val. Land 1975sf Built 2000sf. Yvonne *****470 WEST COAST LANE Corner Terr $1236 psf Only, $4.5M Neg. Land 3635 sf, 12m by 26.6m. Yvonne 9477 7470
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      279 5 ADORABLE BRIGHT KIM Yam Conserved 3+1. All reno. Rare split level isabelredrup.com/ir2.php$3.3m. *****055. Susan **BT TIMAH AREA *****sf Bt Tunggal area *****sf Cable Rd vicinity *****sf Holland Park (x2) *****sf Holland Road *****sf Kampong Chantek *****sf Leedon vicinity *****sf Mount Echo Park *****sf Oei Tiong Ham Rd *****sf Oriole Crescent
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      271 6 LIVE ON CLOUD-9! Semi-d’s $1660 psf! Holland/ Mt Sinai. Brand new, beautiful design. Cath 9777 3100 RS COMMANDING 20,000 SQFT. Off Holland. Excellent wide frontage. 6+1. Designer decor. Must see! 9325-5000 SWETTENHAM GCB BLUE Chip designer hilltop bunglw. *****/ ***** sf. Hurry! Harvest 9678-3035 MOONBEAM TERR/ MT Sinai 3-sty Semi-d
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      201 6 MERRYN RD SEMI-D SUITS A&A, squarish, white frontage 4111/3252sf, 1km SCGS, Jessica 9831 3067 KG CHANTEK EXCLUSIVE 2sty GCB 8105sf Wide frontage, 5+1, pool, patio. Good tenant. $11.8M! Sole Agt Elchdan Prop 9759 0734 BEST BUNGLW Sunset! ***** sf, 6 spacious rms. Library, Pool, Huge Patio, Perfect for entertainment Must
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      216 6 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Single Sty Semi-D, Siglap. 3+1 rms, 2800sf, pk 2 cars Serious seller. 6100 9959 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM 3-sty Inter Terr, Onan Rd. 1800 3400 sq.ft. Bring cheque. 6100 9959 (appt) CORNER TERRACE Lor L Telok Kurau. 2275/1688 sf. 3+1 rm. Original. Tenanted $3.3M neg. Jim 9769 2999
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      214 6 $11XX PSF ONLY! 4300 sf Semi-D. High Ceilings, 2.5 sty, Elevated. Walk to Park. Almost sold! *****000 LIMAU GDN 2-STY Semi-d 3312/ 2800 sf 4-bdrm Reno. Bank Value $4M. Call Bernadine Tok *****608 BEAUTIFUL BUNGLW 6860/ 5200sf. 5+1. F’hold. Elevated land. Breezy. Greenery. Nice gdn with 17metre pool. Steve *****365
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      217 6 BELOW VAL! FH Corner terr land 2900sf. Ideal for A&A /rebuilt. Tai Hwan/Li Hwan area. Serious Seller. Hurry! CHARMING S/STY BUNGLW Jln Insaf, land 5308sf Junction 8/ MRT, $7.88M, FH, David 9247-3330 JLL D21 listing can be found after D11 2½ STY CORNER terr. Yunnan. F’hold. 5145 sqft 6+1. Loh
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      295 6 THE ROCHESTER $1390 psf High flr unblock, MRT, mall 3+study 1862sf #1x 2.58m 1-rm loft 1023sf #3x 1.42m Call Eric 9062 7773 ERA DUO RES@BUGIS fr$18xxPsf 1Bdrm, 538sf. #27. $1.39M 2+study 1023sf#46$2.36M 3bdrm,1615sf #23. $3.018M 4bdrm, 1927sf.#32 $3.93M SOUTHBANK, 958 SQFT, 2+1 Unblock bay view. High flr. Tenanted. Serious seller.
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      288 6 NATHAN SUITES 65 Exclusive units.TOP soon! Min to city.Attractive disc of 20% 3-Bdrm, 1776 sqft, $3.77m 4-Bdrm, 2034 sqft, $3.9m Penthse 4747 sqft $9.04m Showflat by appointment. NATHAN SUITE, TOP Soon 20% disc, FH, fr $17xxpsf 3-rm, 1443 sqft, fr $3.01m 3-rm, 1776 sqft, fr $3.09m 4-rm, 2034 sqft, fr
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      239 6 THOMSON 800 D11. FH. MRT Only $13xx psf! Rare! High floor. Unblocked city view. 3+1. Don’t miss!! Call now!! HILLCREST VILLA/ BINJAI Crest. 3050 sf Cluster hse. 5+1. Aspac 9023-6389 LOVELY IDYLLIC CLEMENTI Pk So green! The view! 3+ Big master breezy balcony isabelredrup.com/ir8a.php $2.45m. *****055. Susan CLEMENTI PARK 1800
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      273 6 BEST PRICE! TREVISTA 3rm 1119 sqft. Unblocked. Mid flr No west sun. Near Mrt/mkt $1.64M neg. Sell Vacant. BARTLEY RIDGE SELLING Fast Near MRT $10xxpsf up Val for 2+study/3/4rm/ Dual key. Call to view now! BARTLEY RIDGE 2-MIN MRT Affordable from $11xx psf! 1km Maris Stella. 2+Study, 3/4 rm, Dual
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      209 6 DROOL OVER THIS Totally Renovated Maisonette on a quiet st near Joo Chiat! greenery 3+balcony A gem isabelredrup.com/ir3.php$2.55m. *****055. Susan ***THE SHORE RES Choice 1/2/3 rm. Spacious. Resort living. F/facilities. Mins to full amenities. Top location neg. Jolene 932 55 638 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Crystal Rhu 1281 sqft. 3+1 Unblocked.
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      406 7 GSM Serangoon Gdn/ Dig Hougang/ Sengkang/Punggol Pte Apts For Sale Serangoon Gdn/ Dig Hougang/ Sengkang/Punggol Pte Apts For Sale GSM Serangoon Gdn/ 019 Hougang/ Sengkang/Punggol Pte Apts For Sale Q Serangoon Gdn/ Hi Serangoon Gdn/ Serangoon Gdn/ 019 Hougang/ Sengkang/Punggol Sengkang/Punggol Sengkang/Punggol Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale
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      108 7 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 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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      236 7 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 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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      299 7 THE QUINTET 2142 sf Very Rare, corner. 4+1, Patio. Nice hse. Pool view. Windy. $1.65M neg. Must sell!! 8161-0413 û IDEAL HOME! CASHEW Hgts 3+1 999 yr 1227 sf, vacant, Future MRT, Partial pool view YapCC *****190 DTZ TREEHOUSE. RARE! 4 bdrm 1014 sf. High flr. Greenery/ Pool view.TOP. Convenient
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      353 7 5I BLK 652 #02 Jalan Tenaga 4rm Unblocked Huge. Vacant. Future MRT Lift level *****534 Kat 228, 4’A’, MUST sell! Rare! Central location. Spacious View to appreciate. Bring cheque!Chinese ratio filled 3’S’ BLK 105 Bishan. Reno Mid floor. Valued $373K. 4NG Corner Shunfu Blk 305 MRT Rajan *****037 4’A’ BLK
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      363 7 BLK 440 4A, 106sqm. Valuation $420k. Near MRT/ Shpg Ctr. $neg. Serious seller! Joanne 8138 4508 CNY SALE! 5’I’ corner 608. 4 bdrms. Nice reno. Val $520K any serious offer consider. Wendy *****768 LHG PROPERTIES-HDB Div 5’I’ corner 680 A1 $0K neg 4’A’ corner 440/293. MRT A1. Below $20K. *****366
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      1099 8 Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale Juronq West HDB Apts for Sale T=i BUY IT-SELL IT-FIND IT GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS YISHU
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      210 8 3’A’ BLK 209. Top flr, reno new aircon. Lift upgrading paid. Low COV. Near mkt/ shops. Chia 9735 4070 4’A’ 498E. 200% Reno 4-rm Blk 243, 3 min MRT. 5-rm 370. Reno. Sell only! Joi 9235 1188/ 9061 3445 BUY ME NOW! No COV! Beautiful 4’A’ Blk 146 Lor 2
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      374 8 4RM 689A CHOICE location. Must sell! All eligible. Cosy condo layout.$0 cash.View anytime. Lyn 9698 2333. URGENT SALE! GRAB or regret! 4S Corner 807. 100% reno. Can move in early. Val $415K. Any offer can consider. SMS *****627 SELL BELOW VAL. 4ng Blk 220 Val $428K. Corner, reno nice. All
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      265 8 396A DUNEARN RD Newly A&A 3-sty Semi-D, 3800/ 6100 sf, 7+1+pool. Quiet, immed. Also sale. Owner 9863-5635/9727-2996 RARE SPACIOUS house University Rd 4431/ 4500 sf 5+1 rm Gdn, immed $12K Sandy Chia *****660 NEAR PARK! WATTEN 2 sty 4900sf link-bunglw. Newly reno 4+1. Big gdn/ immed. $11.5K neg! *****555 AC
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      318 8 S’GOON GDN 3-STY Terr. 5 bdrm. Built 3300 sf. Reno. Furn. French/ Australian sch. $7.4K up. 9852 9055 CHUAN DR 4-BDRM modern terr hse 2000/ 4000 sf. $7K. Bee Bee 9069 4826 RARE! 2 STY. 1950/2000sf 3mins NEX/ MRT. Int’l sch. $4.8K. Immed. 9851-6911 IL SEMI-D MEI Hwan. 3+1 all
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      293 8 TIONG BAHRU 2-BED/ Patio 1200sf all new reno/trendy isabelredrup.com/ir45.php See also ir8b/16/34/3b/18 $6k up. *****055. Susan SPOTTISHWOODE PK $2.6K. Conservation 1+1. Studio. Spottishwoode Res. 630 sf $4.5k. Near Outram Park MRT. Alvin 9386-2684 DORSETT RES. 689 sf, 2 bdrms, P/furn, $4.7K Quality Fittings, 2 mins Outram MRT. Silvia Ang *****755
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      297 9 CARIBBEAN 2 BDRM, high flr. Sea/ cable car view. F/furn. Harbourfront MRT/ Vivo. VTO. Alan *****055 INTERLACE 3 BDRM. 1593/ 1733 sf. Unblock view. Just TOP. Near amenities/ Vivo Ikea. VTO. Kim *****309 INTERLACE 3 ROOM 1259sf Mid flr. Beautiful.Hortpark, greenery view/ Int’l sch/ Shopping. $4.8k nego. INTERLACE BRAND NEW
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      407 9 THE LAURELS @CAIRNHILL. 2-bdrm 883 sqft, pte lift, pool view, high flr, bright. MRT. Immed. 9667-4545 CENTENNIA SUITES BRAND new! 4+1 2260sf. High flr, unblocked, windy. Pte lift. Spacious. Ivy 9726 7472. MIRAGE TWR 3+1/4+1. High flr. F/furn Opp Great World City. Immed. Reasonable 9009 2341/9851 2159 Poh NEW LIST
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      433 9 D.10 SUI GENERIS BALMORAL CRES. 1572 sqft, 3+1 $7,500 1755 sqft, 3 rm..$8,200 Nice Balcony, Pool facing Quality fixture fitting 0.7mth commission to co-broke agents Silvia Ang 9626-5755 CBRE Sky 11 2713sf 4+1 High flr, unblock, immed........ $11.8K Garden apt 2350sf 3+1+ balcony, Reno, low rise devt unblock, immed S11.8K
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      344 9 NEWTON.GEMS P/FURN 1 bdrm 730 sqft $4200 2 bdrm 1051 sqft $5000 Silvia Ang *****755 CHARMING TOWNHSE COMPASS Chancery 3+1 2405sf. Pool, Gym, BBQ. Patrick *****344 JLL L’VIV JUST TOP. 1+ study. 613 sf. Very high flr. P/full furn. Immed. Keys with me. A1 cond.Adeline 9769-8138 CITY EDGE. 2 bdrm.
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      296 9 ***GPS CORPORATE TEAM Costa Rhu, 2 rm, $4.2k. Parkshore, 3 rm, 1324sqft. Pebble Bay, 3 rm 4 rm. Sea Ave, 2 rm, 990sqft. Immediate. Call 6100-1132 AXIS @SIGLAP 2bdrm $3.3k Axis Siglap 2bdrm 1711sf penthouse, $4.5K, Immed. Finland Gdns 4bdrm $4.2K, immed. Jim 9769 2999. $3.2K NEG. NEW Condo. 2bdrm/Balcony/
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