The Straits Times, 18 February 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014 80 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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    Lock icon Checkpoint breach: Poor responses, judgment
    805 1  -  DPM Teo tells of missteps that led to woman slipping in and evading police By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean yesterday gave Parliament the first detailed account of missteps by Home Team officers that led to a Malaysian woman entering
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    Lock icon Heftier fines for rail disruptions ‘will better reflect their severity’
    483 1  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg RAIL operators will face heftier fines in future whenever their trains break down. Instead of a top fine of $1 million for each disruption, the maximum penalty is raised to 10 per cent of the annual
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    Lock icon S. Korean’s gold medal for Russia sparks outcry
    76 1 SPEED skater Victor Ahn’s (right) gold for Russia at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Saturday has triggered outrage in his birth country South Korea, where he had fallen out with Korean Skating Union officials and defected in 2011. Yesterday, the Korean government
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      141 1 KOREAN SOPRANO SUMI JO INDONESIAN ELECTIONS MAID IN POLITICS THE DOWNSIDE OF FAME 12 YEARS A SLAVE GRAVITY BAFTAS NOW, OSCARS NEXT? PINEAPPLE TARTS FRAUD CASE OFFICIAL PLEADS GUILTY HOME B1 TOP OF THE NEWS A3 LIFE! C4 LIFE! C15 The Straits Times is taking part in the IFRA International
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon UN report details North Korea’s ‘shocking atrocities’
      560 2 / 3 Crimes against humanity should be brought to international court: Panel AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA North Korea’s leaders should be brought before an international court for a litany of crimes against humanity that include exterminating, starving and enslaving its population, a United Nations team has
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      Lock icon Regional peace depends on South China Sea code: Kerry
      586 2 / 3  -  By ZAKIR HUSSAIN INDONESIA BUREAU CHIEF IN JAKARTA zakirh@sph.com.sg AS HE wrapped up his three-na-tion Asia visit, top US diplomat John Kerry warned that the future stability of the region would depend on how well, and how soon, Asean members and
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      Lock icon Ex-protocol chief at MFA pleads guilty to cheating
      623 2 / 3  -  Prosecution seeks 18-month jail term, saying his acts were deliberate By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg THE former Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) protocol chief at the heart of the pineapple tarts fraud case pleaded guilty yesterday. Lim Cheng Hoe, a 61-year-old public service
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      Lock icon Lim ‘just wanted petty cash for gifts’
      302 2 / 3  -  WALTER SIM LIM Cheng Hoe, the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) chief of protocol, was not a “consumer of pineapple tarts and wine”, because he is diabetic. Rather, his lawyer Philip Fong painted a picture of a civil servant who wanted to
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Errors of judgment
        37 4 UNACCEPTABLE errors of judgment by police and immigration officers allowed a Malaysian woman to enter Singapore illegally, then elude the authorities for three days, said DPM Teo Chee Hean. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Golf club membership fees
        48 4 MEMBERSHIP fees for some golf clubs might dip in the short term following the Government’s decision on leases, but they are almost certain to head up in the long term amid scarcity of land and growing demand for facilities. TOP OF THE NEWS A10
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Thai woes continue
          56 4 THAILAND wrung out a relatively meagre 2.9 per cent economic growth last year, thanks to the protracted political unrest that battered many sectors, particularly tourism. Things look bleaker still this year as the budget has been held up, affecting infrastructure and other development projects, while economic programmes
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          Lock icon Minister was ‘maligned’
          63 4 PENANG Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (right) claimed in court that seven defendants had maligned him in charging that he leaked state secrets to Singapore in 2011. Two others who were accused with him received apologies in what Mr Lim said was a proof that he was
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          Lock icon Seoul condemns attack
          58 4 SOUTH Korea has condemned the killing of three of its nationals in what looks like a suicide bomb attack in Egypt’s South Sinai. The attack, whose perpetrators are still not established, was the first on tourists since wanton killing became commonplace following the ouster of Islamist president
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon ‘No’ to short cuts
          35 4 SHORT cuts to raise productivity, such as cutting costs, can only get a country so far. What’s needed are longer-term measures and incentives to drive innovation, says Fiona Chan. PAGE A21
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        Lock icon THAILAND’S STICKY RICE PREDICAMENT
        55 4 Where all else has failed, try rice. This seems to be the play of the Bangkok protesters as they try to pin the collapse of the rice export trade on the Yingluck Shinawatra government. It will be a sad day for Thai democracy if they succeed.
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Indonesia election fever
          67 4 INDONESIANS in Singapore, from maids to professionals, are fired up about their country’s coming polls. They are doing their part by inviting candidates here for talks, helping to run their campaign and setting up websites calling for a clean government. PAGE B1 Mr Yoga Dirga Cahya, who
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          Lock icon Tourist arrivals hit high
          45 4 A RECORD 15.5 million tourists visited Singapore last year, and they spent $23.5 billion, also a new high. Still, tourism receipts grew by just 1.6 per cent from 2012 the slowest since 2009, according to the Singapore Tourism Board. PAGE B5
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon Surprise dip in exports
          52 4 A DECLINE in electronics shipments sent exports sliding by a sharper-than-expected 3.3 per cent in January over the same month last year. However, economists say this was partly due to the timing of Chinese New Year and that exports may stage a gradual recovery this year.
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Wenger bites back
          48 4 ARSENE Wenger called Jose Mourinho an embarrassment to Chelsea after his rival described him as “a specialist in failure”. The Arsenal manager was speaking after the Gunners on Sunday beat Liverpool to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals. Chelsea were eliminated by Manchester City. PAGE B17
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          Lock icon Irving’s MVP show
          64 4 KYRIE Irving and Carmelo Anthony put on a dazzling show that vaulted the East to a 163-155 win over the West in the highest-scoring NBA All Star game ever on Sunday. Irving, named the game’s Most Valuable Player, had 31 points and 14 assists. PAGE B15 Irving,
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Rising art appreciation
          38 4 THE fourth edition of the Singapore Biennale ended on Sunday with over 560,000 visitors. The Singapore Art Museum, the organisers, said the visitorship numbers reflect a growing appreciation and understanding of contemporary art. PAGE C3
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          Lock icon Leon’s young girlfriend
          86 4 HONG Kong singer-actor Leon Lai has struck up a low-key romance with a model young enough to be his daughter, says Apple Daily. Lai, 47, is said to have met the model, believed to be about 23, at a gathering of friends before he began to pursue
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Navigating Singapore's country clubs
          50 4 TheBzgStoiy THE Singapore Island Country Club can trace its roots back to 1891. We look at the country clubs in Singapore in the light of the recent announcement by the Law Ministry on the non-renewal of land leases for golf courses. ST PHOTO: CHEW SENG KIM
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon S’poreans talk Budget
          31 4 ORDINARY Singaporeans, from retirees to arts practitioners, talk about how talk about how the last Budget impacted their lives and what they hope the next Budget will deliver.
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      Lock icon New home sales pick up after Dec’s 5-year low
      440 5  -  Sell-out success of The Hillford helped boost sales in Jan, say experts By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg NEW home sales picked up last month from the five-year low recorded in December after developers launched more units in the lead-up to the Chinese
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      Lock icon Second man sentenced also gets 15 weeks’ jail
      514 5  -  LITTLE INDIA RIOT By HOE PEI SHAN hpeishan@sph.com.sg THE second man sentenced over December’s Little India riot has received an identical 15-week jail term for failing to disperse when ordered to do so by police. Construction worker Singaravelu Vignesh got the same
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      Lock icon Funding review not meant to ‘level down’ schools
      854 6  -  Minister adds that education in independent schools will remain affordable By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg THE recent review of funding for independent schools was never meant to level them down, Education Minister Heng Swee Keat told Parliament yesterday. “Our aim is to ensure
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      Lock icon Classifying breach wrongly ‘a major factor’ in response
      825 6 DPM Teo Chee Hean took questions from various MPs in Parliament yesterday about what led to the border breach and how it could have been avoided Mr Hri Kumar Nair: Why did the first two officers allow the car to go through
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      Lock icon MORE LOCAL TALENT FOR SMEs
      380 6  -  The Straits Times asks Singaporeans how their lives were changed in big or small ways by the last Budget and what they hope will be in the one to be unveiled on Friday By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg WHILE his peers are gunning for cushy
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      Lock icon Finding ‘yin-yang balance’ for S’pore
      632 7  -  More must be done to shift from competitiveness to caring for one another: PM By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg IN THE balance between competitiveness and care for one another, Singapore needs to do somewhat more to tilt towards the latter, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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      Lock icon Important for China to integrate smoothly into international system: PM Lee
      536 7  -  CHARISSA YONG AS CHINA grows in strength, one of its major challenges will be to integrate smoothly into the international order while defending its interests at the same time. A peaceful integration is important because “China will not be
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      Lock icon Golf club fees may go down and then up again
      714 10  -  Prices will rise in the long term with growing demand, say brokers By YASMINE YAHYA yasminey@sph.com.sg MEMBERSHIP fees for some golf clubs might dip in the short term following the Government’s decision on leases, but they are almost certain to
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      Lock icon Bukit location holds sentimental value for SICC members
      365 10 RACHEL SCULLY PROFESSIONAL golfer Lam Zhiqun plays golf at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) as often as he can, so having to give up one of the club’s courses has hit him hard. The SICC, which Mr Lam, 25, deems his
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      Lock icon Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacks own plane in asylum bid
      488 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG GENEVA In what experts said was an extremely rare occurrence, the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight hijacked his own aircraft yesterday while the captain was in the bathroom and forced it to land in Geneva so he
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; BLOOMBERG; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  488 words
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      Lock icon Golf course land could suit waterfront homes to a tee
      418 10  -  By RACHEL SCULLY rjscully@sph.com.sg PROPERTY consultants say land to be given up by golf courses will be sought after for housing as it promises waterfront living. This land, which may be up for grabs after 2030, includes prime locations in
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Thai economy falls victim to political turmoil
      759 11  -  Growth figures pulled down and investment stalled as government remains constrained by political impasse By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg THAILAND’S political unrest pummelled economic growth in the three months until December last year, while the impasse is holding up
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      Lock icon Depositors yank cash out of bank offering govt rice scheme loan
      403 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BANGKOK A Thai state-owned bank faced unusually large withdrawals from depositors yesterday, following reports it has agreed to lend money to the Yingluck administration to help pay rice farmers in a pledging scheme. Government Savings Bank
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      Lock icon Baptism of fire for Renzi, Italy’s unelected new PM
      919 17  -  He has to start bartering over jobs, money to fix ailing economy By JONATHAN EYAL EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com ITALY is poised to take its biggest national gamble in generations by installing a new government led by the youngest prime
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      Lock icon Africans getting a kick out of Shaolin
      442 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DAKAR Ten grey-suited Buddhists crouched like leopards stalking a muntjac before barrelling across the stage in an explosion of gravity-defying pivots, kicks and somersaults that would make an osteopath wince. These are the warrior monks of China’s fabled Shaolin Temple, the
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      Lock icon Britain trying to save its pubs
      494 17 NEW YORK TIMES LONDON One by one, the pubs are disappearing in Hampstead, a jewel-box village of cobbled lanes and Georgian homes that has become one of London’s most fashionable neighbourhoods. The Nags Head has become a realty office. The King of Bohemia is
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      Lock icon Nuclear talks will lead nowhere: Iran’s leader
      450 18 Khamenei not optimistic on eve of talks with world powers over controversial programme AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEHERAN Iran’s top decision-maker Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that while he is not against a resumption of nuclear negotiations with the world’s major powers, the talks will “lead
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      Lock icon Safety breaches ruled out in Schumacher accident
      330 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LYON French investigators said yesterday that Formula One legend Michael Schumacher’s ski accident in the French Alps was not due to safety breaches, and closed a criminal investigation into the case. Schumacher (right) has been lying in a coma in a
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      Lock icon Merkel’s crisis-hit govt replaces minister
      367 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition has swiftly moved to replace a minister in a widening crisis for the two-month-old government sparked by a child porn probe. Mr Hans-Peter Friedrich abruptly resigned from the agriculture portfolio last Friday under pressure over suspicions he
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      Lock icon WHALE OF A FIND
      46 18 People looking at one of two sperm whales found stranded on Henne beach on the eastern coast of Denmark yesterday. The unusual sight drew crowds, who gathered to take pictures. Biologists later cut the whales up to conduct autopsies. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Attackers kill 106 in Nigerian village
        107 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KANO (Nigeria) Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed more than 100 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria, a local senator has said. The attackers stormed the village in Nigeria’s restive north-eastern Borno state on Saturday, slaughtering scores of civilians and
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        Lock icon Kiev protesters get amnesty
        124 18 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE KIEV Ukraine yesterday granted amnesty to opposition protesters after they agreed to end an occupation of Kiev’s city hall and other public buildings, while opposition leaders were set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel to ask for assistance from the European Union. A
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      Lock icon Australia undergoing manufacturing crisis
      813 19  -  Sector shedding jobs, but mining, financial services are on the rise By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com IN 1992, brothers Peter and Rod Higgins set up shop in a small office in Sydney to help homebuyers find a mortgage. As Australia’s property
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      Lock icon India unveils indirect tax cuts
      514 19 REUTERS NEW DELHI The Indian government has announced a package of indirect tax cuts to breathe life into spending and investment, and trumpeted its record of growth and reform over the past decade in an interim budget before an election it looks set to lose.
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Gold price hits 3-month high over US recovery worries
        83 19 BLOOMBERG LONDON Gold prices have advanced to the highest level in more than three months as speculation that the US economic recovery will slow spurred demand for a haven. Silver headed for the longest run of gains since at least 1968.
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        Lock icon Foxconn boss aims to give younger leaders freer rein
        92 19 TAIPEI Foxconn chairman Terry Gou hopes to pass the baton over to younger leaders by spinning off parts of his sprawling electronics empire, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. “I believe I can work for another decade, but even if I
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      Lock icon S’pore group sets blueprint for Myanmar power deals
      321 19 REUTERS YANGON A subsidiary of Singa-pore-based Navigat Group said it has begun supplying power under a purchasing agreement that will be the template for future deals by Myanmar, which has one of the lowest electrification rates in Asia. MAXpower (Thaketa) Co said
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      Lock icon Concerns as Japan’s Q4 growth slows
      743 20 Challenge for policymakers as stimulus fails to speed up spending momentum REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s economy grew at a much slower pace than expected at the end of last year, posing a challenge to policymakers as massive government stimulus efforts showed few signs of sparking
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      Lock icon Chinese bank wants to be sole local govt lender
      294 20 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China Development Bank (CDB), the nation’s largest policy lender, is proposing to become the sole financier to local governments as mounting debt threatens efforts to promote urbanisation. The evaluation of loans, extension of credit and debt servicing to the
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Penang chief denies meeting S’pore political leaders
        684 12  -  He is suing 7 parties over allegation he leaked state secrets on 2011 trip By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR yyennie@sph.com.sg PENANG Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng yesterday denied meeting any Singapore political leaders during an investment mission in 2011,
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        Lock icon Manila traffic may slow to 1kmh crawl
        347 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Residents of the Philippine capital got their first taste yesterday of a traffic nightmare that will likely worsen and drag on for four years, city officials warned. Several lanes of Metropolitan Manila’s main highways were shut yesterday as part of
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        Lock icon Malaysians cheated of $687m last year
        413 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA A 63-year-old woman fell in love with someone claiming to be a 55-year-old American general, whom she met on social media. She eventually banked in a total of RM6.5 million (S$2.5 million) to help him in business, although
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        Lock icon Five of seven missing Japanese divers found alive
        355 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEMAWANG (Bali) Five Japanese scuba divers were found alive yesterday clinging to a coral reef in rough waters off the Indonesian resort island of Bali, three days after they went missing. Fishermen spotted the divers, among seven women who went
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        Lock icon Shrimp spying claims mind-boggling: Jakarta
        462 13 Australia reportedly monitored trade talks with US law firm REUTERS BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said that reports of Australian spies targeting Indonesian officials during a trade dispute with the United States were “mind-boggling”. Indonesia has been embroiled in trade disputes
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        Lock icon Australian Foreign Minister on first official visit to Malaysia
        260 13 PHOTO: REUTERS PUTRAJAYA Malaysia’s business and investment ties with Australia are set to expand with the bilateral free trade agreement that went into force last year, Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said as he welcomed his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop yesterday. “Among
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        Lock icon Asylum-seekers hurt in attempt to escape from PNG detention centre
        436 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Thirty-five asylumseekers broke out of an Australian immigration detention centre on Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Manus Island, and several were injured, officials said, as tensions mount about their fate under hardline policies. Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison
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        Lock icon China ‘tried to spy on German govt, banks’
        313 13 BERLIN Chinese intelligence agencies attempted to infiltrate the e-mail accounts of senior German government officials ahead of an international summit in Russia last year. German magazine Der Spiegel has reported that senior members of several federal ministries and banks received malware-infected e-mails
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        Lock icon Snowstorm leaves 19 dead in Japan
        452 14 1,600 others hurt; towns cut off by heavy snow facing food, petrol woes AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TOKYO A severe snowstorm sweeping across Japan has killed 19 people and left more than 1,600 injured, media and officials said yesterday, as the extreme weather sparked widespread
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        Lock icon Students feared trapped after roof collapses in S. Korea
        167 14 SEOUL Three university students were killed and up to 50 others were feared trapped after half the ceiling of a two-storey resort building in the southern city of Gyeongju, in South Korea, collapsed late yesterday, according to Yonhap news agency. Witnesses
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        Lock icon State media takes Beijing govt to task over pollution
        604 14 REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING The Chinese government’s failure to take emergency steps at the weekend to rein in pollution was “indefensible”, state media said yesterday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital.
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        Lock icon China to expand ‘hatch’ scheme for abandoned babies
        368 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China will provide safe havens for parents to abandon unwanted children across most of the country, despite debate on whether this would result in more babies being dumped, state media reported. The country has set up 25 so-called “baby
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        Lock icon Singer Kao Ling-feng dies at age 63
        274 14 TAIPEI Taiwanese singer Frankie Kao Ling-feng, who was stricken with leukaemia, died yesterday evening. He was 63 years old. News of his death was reported by Taiwanese media and confirmed by his personal assistant. In his heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, the
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        Lock icon Seoul outraged by blast on Egypt bus
        547 15 Bombing on tourist bus believed to be suicide attack AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea voiced shock and outrage at the bombing of a tourist bus in Egypt that killed three of its nationals as well as the Egyptian driver. The bomb tore through
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        Lock icon Kerry ‘naive’ to call for more Internet freedom in China
        341 15 CHINA CRITICISES U.S. REUTERS BEIJING China yesterday criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry for his “naive” call for more Internet freedom in the country, and wondered why his discussion with Chinese bloggers had not touched upon Edward Snowden. During
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          Lock icon China’s Vice-Foreign Minister in N. Korea
          94 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China’s Vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin is visiting North Korea, the ministry said yesterday, making him Beijing’s most senior envoy known to visit Pyongyang since its young leader executed his uncle, a key China interlocutor. The late Jang Song-Thaek was North Korea’s
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          Lock icon Clean-up begins after Java volcano eruption
          101 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JAKARTA Key tourism sites on the Indonesian island of Java have begun clean-up operations after Mount Kelud’s explosive eruption last week blanketed a significant swath of area in grey ash. Workers removed covers on the iconic stupas and statues of Borobudur temple
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          Lock icon Man gets suspended term for lese majeste
          92 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Thailand’s top court yesterday passed a suspended prison sentence on a schizophrenic 73-year-old man for breaching the kingdom’s royal defamation laws, which are among the world’s toughest. Bandhit Aniya was originally sentenced in 2006 to a four-year suspended prison term
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        Lock icon Plutonium hoarding of ‘extreme concern’
        314 15 CHINA CRITICISES JAPAN REUTERS BEIJING China said yesterday it was “extremely concerned” by a report that Japan resisted returning to the US over 300kg of mostly weapons-grade plutonium, in the latest dispute between the two Asian neighbours. Japan’s Kyodo news agency said Washington had pressed
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        Lock icon Ex-Delhi chief’s party takes on big guns in polls
        669 16  -  AAP candidates already hitting campaign trail in national debut By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg DAYS after giving up power in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), unfazed by criticism, is moving ahead with its plans to contest
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        Lock icon 18 die in Nepal air crash
        343 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS KATHMANDU Nepalese troops recovered 18 bodies yesterday from the snow-blanketed wreckage of a plane that crashed into a hillside, the latest disaster to hit the country’s internationally blacklisted airlines. Body parts and debris from the Nepal Airlines plane, which was carrying
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        Lock icon Indian ex-editor charged with raping colleague
        315 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PANAJI (India) Indian police have formally charged a former news magazine editor with raping a female colleague in the holiday state of Goa, in a case that has dominated local media headlines. Tarun Tejpal, 50, founder of top investigative magazine Tehelka, has
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        Lock icon Pakistan calls off talks with Taleban
        410 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the “heinous” execution of kidnapped soldiers by a Taleban faction, casting an uncertain peace process with the insurgents into doubt just two weeks after talks began. “Such incidents have an extremely negative impact on
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Thailand’s sticky rice predicament
      433 21 THAILAND has ample company in the use of agricultural subsidies as a partisan tool in politics, by distorting international commodity trade to favour home producers. But unfortunately, it has chosen strange company to keep, given the high costs of such programmes. In Japan, the farm vote
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      Lock icon Short cuts just don’t work
      1543 21  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY The productivity efforts of local firms so far have focused more on cutting costs than on innovation. But this may not be the right approach to a sustainably higher level of productivity. By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg FOUR years
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      Lock icon Mapping way out of South China Sea rows
      1382 22  -  Two academics have come up with a novel proposal on how China can start a paradigm shift in the disputes in the South China Sea: Base its claims on the largest disputed islands. This brings it in line with international law and
      Sources: CLIVE SCHOFIELD, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA, AND I MADE ANDI ARSANA, GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY, INDONESIA; ST GRAPHICS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  1,382 words
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      Lock icon US risks turning into a Downton Abbey economy
      926 22  -  By LAWRENCE SUMMERS The writer is Charles W. Eliot university professor at Harvard and a former US Treasury secretary FINANCIAL TIMES INEQUALITY has emerged as a major issue in the United States and beyond. A generation ago, it could reasonably have been
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    • FORUM
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        Lock icon Inclusive CPF review to benefit all workers
        400 23  -  Heng Chee How Deputy Secretary-General National Trades Union Congress THE labour movement recently called for an inclusive review of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates for workers of all ages (“Problems with raising CPF rates for older workers” by Mr Clayton Teo,
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        Lock icon Erect plaque in memory of blast victims
        251 23  -  Patrick Low WE SHOULD forgive, but never forget that our sovereignty is a most precious asset that took time to build (“We can forgive, but we should never forget”; Feb 8). Many young people did not know about the bombing of MacDonald House
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        Lock icon Why allow private enrichment classes in school?
        217 23  -  Sng Ah Beng MY CHILD, who is in Primary 2, was given the option of signing up for after-school lessons a package covering English, maths and sports conducted by a private organisation. Although the lessons are not compulsory, the move sends a wrong
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          Lock icon Name roads after outstanding pioneers
          190 23  -  Gopinath Menon THERE has been talk on other ways to recognise the contributions of the pioneer generation, besides providing health-care benefits (“Go beyond health care to help seniors” by Mr Patrick Liew; last Wednesday). In this vein, why not rename some streets in the city
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          Lock icon Issuing of tourist visas too lax?
          120 23  -  Ada Chan Siew Foen (Ms) A STUDY of sex trafficking victims by a Singapore-based academic provided a glimpse into their plight, with many tricked and lured into the trade (“Study sheds light on sex trafficking in Singapore”; Feb 10). It was also found that
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          Lock icon Short timeframe for applications
          64 23  -  Mohamad Shiran Mohamad Shariff WHY does the Family and Juvenile Justice Division accept applications for Beyond Parental Control orders only on Fridays, between 1.30pm and 4pm, when it is becoming more complex to handle children with behavioural problems these days? After all, the Subordinate Courts conduct
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        Lock icon Space flight: Help make the impossible possible
        327 23  -  David Liow Tah Wei WHILE we can always pull off great feats like organising the Youth Olympic Games and night F1 races, we still need to continually showcase our potential to excel in whatever we do. Space science is not new. However, space
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        Lock icon Ban use of glue traps
        183 23  -  Khaled Talib I WAS recently involved in a project to save a kitten that was found in a drain near a temple in Woodlands. It had been caught on a glue trap meant for rats, and thick sticky adhesive was found all over its face
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        Lock icon FORUM ONLINE
        61 23 1. MS NICOLE LIM: Support effort to reach for the stars. 2. DR EDMUND LAM: Develop app to counter terror. 3. MR OSMAN SIDEK: ‘Us-versus-them’ attitude not the cause of disquiet. 4. MR MUHAMAD DANISH KARLIN: Double-decker, articulated buses meant to serve different routes. 5. MR LI ZHI
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        Lock icon Tax rule on property traders lacks clarity
        248 23  -  Yeo Chee Kean I HAVE been investing my savings in residential properties, earning rental income and making capital gains, thanks to a buoyant property market. Last year, I was shocked to find that the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) had taxed my
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        Lock icon Low tax rates should spur giving culture
        350 24  -  Joachim Sim LAST Saturday’s commentary (“Please be fair, raise our taxes”) gives a refreshing perspective on the tax system as a contributing factor in social development. It also surfaced a plausible motivation for people and companies to want to be socially responsible. In
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        384 24 Should CPF contribution rates for older workers be raised? Will it help them save for retirement, or discourage firms from hiring them? It is a double-edged sword. If the CPF rate is increased, the increased cost of employment will result in companies continuing to... favour younger employees over
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        Lock icon Objectors can post own FAQs on sexuality
        202 24  -  George D. Bishop (Dr) PASTOR Lawrence Khong and the Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association (Pergas) are certainly welcome to their points of view (“Raise level of debate on sexuality issues: MP Nair”; last Saturday). However, it is inappropriate for a government
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      87 24 PUNCHLINES There are now 100,000 Singaporeans licensed to drive taxis here News HIRED But you don’t have any passenger with you! HIRED Oh! The “HIRED” sign refers to me! WRITE IN: Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words
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      704 1  -  Maids, students, working professionals more informed about April elections By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg AFTER a day of cooking and cleaning, Ms Yatik is ready for a taste of politics. The 36-year-old Indonesian maid is a volunteer for Mr Yoga Dirga Cahya,
      PHOTOS: COURTESY OF MR YOGA DIRGA CAHYA AND MS YATIK  -  704 words
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      Lock icon New law allows arrest of guides without licence
      520 4  -  PARLIAMENT By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg TOUR guides suspected to be operating without a licence can now be searched, questioned and arrested on the spot, after legislation was passed in Parliament yesterday. The amendments are part of efforts to raise the professionalism and
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        Lock icon New powers for aviation agency
        211 4  -  GOH CHIN LIAN THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has been given new powers and tools to perform its role more effectively. It can now detain an engine or other equipment on an aircraft, as long as it has reasonable grounds to believe that
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        Lock icon Plan on pre-abortion counselling
        182 4 THE Ministry of Health (MOH) is proposing that pre-abortion counselling be compulsory for all women seeking a termination of pregnancy here. It will hold a public consultation on the proposal in the second half of this year, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said yesterday in a
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      Lock icon Cheaper sensor to check water quality
      440 4  -  Device being developed in S’pore can help local fish farmers By DAVID EE davidee@sph.com.sg A WATER-QUALITY sensor being developed in Singapore will cost nearly half the price of similar systems now in the market, which could be a boon for local fish farmers on
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      Lock icon Non-profit sector doing well but ‘gaps remain’
      318 4  -  By GRACE CHUA caiwj@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S well-developed non-profit sector is ahead of those in other South-east Asian countries, and charitable donations by both individuals and institutions here have risen steadily over the past decade, according to a new report on strategic philanthropy released yesterday
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      Lock icon Revised voter rolls open for inspection
      300 4  -  THAM YUEN-C SINGAPORE’S voter rolls have been revised and will be open for public inspection from today. Eligible voters have until March 3 to check their particulars in the Registers of Electors, the Elections Department said in a media statement yesterday. They can do
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      Lock icon Tourist numbers hit record high in 2013
      582 5  -  But STB says growth in arrivals and spending lowest since 2009 By JERMYN CHOW jermync@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Melissa Lin A RECORD number of tourists came and spent more here last year, but growth was the lowest since 2009, as business travellers tightened
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      Lock icon KEEPING A COOL HEAD
      63 5 A man keeping cool with a can of cola along South Bridge Road yesterday afternoon. The Singapore Civil Defence Force anticipates more vegetation fires due to the dry spell which started earlier than usual. Meanwhile, the PUB has been running its desalination and Newater plants at
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      Lock icon MediShield Life premiums a hot topic at Facebook chat
      418 5  -  By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma HOW high new MediShield Life premiums will rise, and whether they can and should be used for preventive health screening were hot topics at a webchat last night on changes to the insurance
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      Lock icon CPF an innovative tool to build assets: Prof
      230 5  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Central Provident Fund (CPF) model is a “highly innovative” system which helps its people build assets, one of the world’s top social development experts said yesterday. This is evident in how CPF provides security in retirement
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      Lock icon Patients’ artwork on corporate gifts of heart
      463 6  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg MISS Siti Rasyidah Lokman Hadan began drawing to pass the time when she was in hospital. Now, four of her art pieces are being used in namecard holders, coasters and other corporate gifts which MOH Holdings (MOHH) gives out
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      Lock icon Manager of unregistered school fined over fee collection
      321 6  -  It is first such case here; $80k taken from students before application approved By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg A MANAGER of an unregistered Indian international school has been fined $18,000 for collecting fees from students in the first such case in Singapore. Kalaibharathi
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      Lock icon Soccer coach saves 4 from fire
      549 7  -  He also ran up and down the stairs to warn others By CAROLYN KHEW kcarolyn@sph.com.sg MR FAIZALTULAMRI Noorali has emerged as a local hero after a fire broke out in a unit of his Housing Board block in Choa Chu Kang Avenue 2 yesterday
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      Lock icon NEA asks court to ‘acquit’ firm booked over ‘toxic’ material
      397 7  -  By KHUSHWANT SINGH khush@sph.com.sg THE National Environment Agency (NEA) has asked a court to effectively acquit a firm that the agency had booked last year for moving harmful material illegally. Galaxy Logistics had faced a fine of up to $30,000
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        Lock icon Cleaners to get tiered wages based on type of jobs
        523 2  -  But MPs express concern over how the pay scales will be drawn up By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg CLEANING companies will soon come under a new licensing scheme that requires them to pay cleaners tiered wages according to
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        Lock icon Police get more powers to flush out suspected litterbugs
        429 2  -  TOH YONG CHUAN IN A move to curb killer litter, the police have been given powers to compel flat dwellers to reveal the names of suspected litterbugs. Even those who throw litter out of vehicles are not spared, under changes to
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        Lock icon Wage model: A case for more transparency?
        814 2  -  FROM THE GALLERY By ROBIN CHAN ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR chanckr@sph.com.sg SLOWLY, but surely, cleaners who have suffered through low wages are getting higher pay. This was after the House passed a Bill yesterday that will ensure that only cleaning companies which adopt a
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      • THE DEBATE IN 2 MINUTES
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          Lock icon ON THE AGENDA
          42 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean gave a detailed account of how a Malaysian teacher slipped past the Woodlands Checkpoint illegally last month. The House also passed six Bills, including one which raised the maximum penalty for train disruptions.
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          Lock icon Officers redeployed
          87 2 ONE officer was slow to raise the alarm, another did not do it at all. Their slip-ups at the Woodlands Checkpoint which allowed Nurul Ruhana Ishak to slip through were compounded by two commanders who failed to classify the incident as a major security breach. This led to
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          Lock icon Stiffer fines for train disruptions
          110 2 THE highest penalty for each train disruption was raised to 10 per cent of a rail line’s annual fare revenue, or $1 million, whichever is higher. SMRT and SBS Transit could face fines many times more than the current $1 million cap due to changes
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          Lock icon Boost to cleaners’ pay
          64 2 A NEW licensing scheme for cleaning firms to boost cleaners’ pay was passed into law, but MPs disagreed on how the tiered wages of cleaners are set and whether to publish the details. Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan felt it was overly intrusive to
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          Lock icon Tougher action over worksite deaths
          34 2 THE Manpower Ministry will review its demerit point system and ask the courts to hand out deterrent sentences, including jail time, to address a spike in construction site deaths.
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          Lock icon No levelling down of independent schools
          67 2 EDUCATION Minister Heng Swee Keat pledged to give independent schools “appropriate resources” to develop their students, saying its aim remains to pursue excellence at all levels and never to level down. Schools with students in the Gifted Education Programme and Integrated Programme will be
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          Lock icon Anti-graft body’s ratings questioned
          63 2 DEFENCE Minister Ng Eng Hen took issue with Transparency International’s flawed assumptions and weak processes in giving Singapore a “poor” rating for the way it spends money to buy weapons. He questioned its credibility in putting Singapore on a par with Iraq and Afghanistan, yet citing
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        Lock icon Report on defence spending ‘flawed’
        722 3  -  Ng Eng Hen questions credibility of watchdog after S’pore’s ‘poor’ rating By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT study.” jermync@sph.com.sg DEFENCE Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday took issue with an international anti-corruption watchdog that gave Singapore a “poor” rating last year for the way it spends money
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        Lock icon Courts can now settle ‘rights of way’ disputes
        599 3  -  By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg WHEN land is redeveloped, people sometimes lose a path they have long used to reach a main road. Or developers may be stuck with an existing path that gets in the way of their plans for the land.
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        Lock icon MOM to tighten safety enforcement
        457 3  -  By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg THE Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will step up safety enforcement measures on several fronts, in the wake of a spike in construction site deaths. First, it will review its demerit point system, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower
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        Lock icon SIT becomes 5th autonomous uni here
        347 3  -  By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg THE five-year-old Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) is now Singapore’s fifth autonomous university, with the passing of a Bill in Parliament yesterday. With the new status, it can confer its own degrees, unlike before when it awards only joint degrees
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      483 9  -  Electronics behind 3.3% slide; timing of CNY may be a factor, experts say By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg REDUCED electronics shipments sent exports sliding a bigger-than-expected 3.3 per cent in January over the same month last year. Economists, who had tipped a 1.2 per
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      717 10  -  Economists’ forecasts go up to $6.5b, exceeding official estimate of $2.4b By ALVIN FOO ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT alfoo@sph.com.sg ECONOMISTS expect to see a handsome surplus for the government coffers this financial year thanks to better economic growth last year. Experts said they predict
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      604 11  -  CBRE says this may then increase investment and leasing activity By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A LIMITED supply of office space could boost rents this quarter and in turn spur investment and leasing activity, said consultancy CBRE yesterday. Research head Desmond Sim noted
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      345 11  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg CHIEF financial officers (CFOs) must be business partners in their firms but also ensure that their work is grounded in a solid understanding of finance, said the Singapore CFO Institute yesterday. Its remarks were in response to a
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      306 11  -  By MOK FEI FEI OWNERS of small and medi-um-sized enterprises (SMEs) can get instant help, thanks to a new mobile application aimed at connecting them with the latest information. The Breeze Biz app, developed by Standard Chartered Bank, includes postings of networking and
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        537 12  -  Three local lenders up between 0.7% and 2.6% as results meet expectations By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday led the shares of local lenders upwards after investors gave the thumbs up to its full-year results, announced last Friday. UOB rose 2.6 per
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        334 12  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg A LEGAL tussle for shares in local luxury brand TWG Tea has erupted between co-founder Manoj Mohan Murjani and majority shareholder Osim International. Lifestyle products company Osim announced yesterday that it had received a writ of summons the same
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        186 12 CROSS-BORDER initial public offerings (IPOs) had a bumper year last year with US$32.4 billion (S$41 billion) raised globally, a report by law firm Baker McKenzie has shown. This was a 97 per cent surge over 2012 and triple the growth rate of domestic
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        223 12  -  By JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg REAL estate company Hiap Hoe has bought a A$90 million (S$100 million) commercial building in Australia, it announced yesterday. The property, 130 Stirling Street, sits on a 5,033 sq m site on the northern fringe of Perth’s central business
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        441 13  -  STI among top performers as strong earnings data encourages investors BULLS AND BEARS By ANITA GABRIEL SENIOR CORRESPONDENT anitag@sph.com.sg LOCAL shares rose in league with other Asian bourses yesterday, partly buoyed by last Friday’s encouraging gains on Wall Street. The Straits Times Index
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          18 13 STI trading volume 200.19 million shares STI up down Gainers: 25 Losers: 4 Unchanged: 1
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          85 13 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 707.23 529.43 837.36 987.41 222.29 196.10 269.34 3.90 3.73 2.72 11.92 0.86 0.52 1.49 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas 194.57 469.80 802.34 774.82 1,219.37 741.76
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          21 13 Stock trading volume 2.55 billion shares worth $1.03 billion Up down Gainers: 275 Losers: 125 Unchanged: 383
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          55 13 Yesterday’s close Index Change 237.53 80.08 6.08 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 22,535.94 14,393.11 1,946.36 2,135.415 1,160.386 1,827.48 19.567 21.997 8.11 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 4,555.368 1,332.37 5,382.894 16,154.39 4,244.025
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          153 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 17, 2014 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS DBXT MSEurope 10US$ 6067 477.4 6.7 DBXT E50 10US$ 5220 311.1 5.0 Feb 17 CENTS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** 71.0 0.7 DBXT MSINDO
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          34 13 By Volume CENTS Vol By Volume CENTS Vol Charisma Energy ................6.4 95,351,000 6 310,634,000 Vallianz Hldgs ...................14.5 62,219,000 12 1 307,673^000 Ocean SKy 18.4 234,830,000 Charisma Energy 6.4 95,351,000 8.6 80,232,000 0.9
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          60 13 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL HIGH LOW COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY GROSS HIGH LOW YIELD NET P/E M CAP SMIL 215 152.5 CapMallsAsia 180.5 1 6446 181.5
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          59 13 Feb 17 Against S$ 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: 1.1373 1.1379 0.9030 0.9034 1 1475 1.1481 0.9115 0.9111 1.7260 1.7264
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          224 13 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS UOB MB eCW*****3 1.9 90.0 0.9 CapMallAsNBeCW*****3 1.5 36.4 0.4 UOB MB eCW*****2 19.1 30.8 4.5 UOB MB eCW*****1 13.7 30.5 3.2 WE Hldgs W*****7 0.5 25.0 0.1 UOB MB eCW*****1 9.8 24.1 1.9 UOB MB eCW*****2 7.1 18.3 1.1 STI 3050MBeCW*****0
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          21 13 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.8 -0.3 113 CityDev NCCPS DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS 100 ***** +71
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          408 13 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale 1217 866 CIMBAsean40 100US$ US1010 +25 28 ***** ***** DBXT AUD Bonds 5AU$ A***** 121 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 114 3173 2879 DBXT DBCBDJUBS 10US$ US2914 2110 1764 DBXT DBCBLEB 10US$ US1764 143 119 CIMB APAC Div
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          68 13 A KS Energy subsidiary has won a contract to lease a new 300ft drilling rig in Vietnam to Vietsovpetro. The company yesterday said the one-year charter contract, with an option for a one-year extension, will start in the second quarter. Its total value, excluding the potential extension, is
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          76 13 A JOINT venture of AsiaMedic has been licensed to run Singapore’s third private cord blood bank. Cryoviva Singapore was set up in July last year by Cryoviva International and Catalist-listed AsiaMedic to meet the rising demand for cord blood banking services. It allows the public to store the cord
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          81 13 A FIRE has partially damaged one of Mapletree Logistics Trust’s properties in China, it was reported yesterday. The trust’s manager said the blaze last Saturday was at the Mapletree Xi’an Distribution Centre. It was extinguished and there were no injuries. One of the two blocks was partially
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      113 15 NEXT 48 HOURS Today Football Malaysia FA Cup q-finals, 2nd leg: Kedah v Johor DT (StarHub Ch201 and 76.25MHz, 8.30pm). Uefa Champions League, last 16, 1st leg: Manchester City v Barcelona (mio TV Ch111), Bayer Leverkusen v PSG (mio TV Ch112) tomorrow, 3.40am. Tennis ATP Rio Open: Day 2, sessions
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      135 17 LOTTERY Draw No. 2928/2014 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 Results of Draw Winning No. 01 04 05 12 30 45 Add. No. 09 Group 1 Prize *846,257 Next Draw No. 2929/2014 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 Group 1 Prize *650,000. Draw Venue: Singapore Pools (Private) Limited 210 Middle Road, #01-01 Singapore Pools
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      761 18 City relish Barca clash to show they can outgun their role models LONDON If there is one club whom Manchester City want to become, they are Barcelona. In recent seasons, the Premier League side have sought to follow the Spanish giants’ blueprint. They even
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      47 18 Round of 16,1st leg: Tonight Manchester City v Barcelona mio TV Ch111, tomorrow, 3.40am Bayer Leverkusen v PSG mio TV Ch112, tomorrow, 3.40am Tomorrow night Arsenal v Bayern Munich mio TV Ch111, Thursday, 3.40am AC Milan v Atletico Madrid mio TV Ch112, Thursday, 3.40am
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      365 18 REUTERS PARIS Bayer Leverkusen are confident their recent poor form will not stop them from overcoming Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie in Germany tonight. It will be the first time the sides have met in Europe and the Germans
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      312 18 LONDON Manchester City midfielder Jesus Navas knows what it takes to beat Barcelona, which is more than some of his team-mates can say. Having spent a decade playing against Barcelona before his £14.9 million (S$31.3) move from Sevilla to City, Navas managed to be
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      566 15 Record points tally registered in see-saw All Star showdown REUTERS NEW ORLEANS Kyrie Irving and Carmelo Anthony set aside the unrest with their respective teams and put on a dazzling show that vaulted the Eastern Conference to a 163-155 comeback win over the
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      336 15 XINHUA AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China made Women’s Tennis Association history yesterday, providing Asia a boost ahead of the WTA Championships in Singapore. Two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na became the first Asian player to hold the world No. 2 singles ranking while Peng
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      433 15 Basketball NBA All Star game In New Orleans: Eastern Conference 163 Western Conference 155. Cricket 2nd Test In Wellington, 4th day: New Zealand 192 and 571-6 in 189 overs (overnight 252-5: B. McCullum 281 n.o., B. Watling 124, J. Neesham 67 n.o.; Z. Khan 3-129, M. Shami 2-136). India
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      607 16  -  FAS chief admits there will be greater competition for sponsors and fans By FABIUS CHEN fabiusc@sph.com.sg ITS opening this year is set to usher in a new era of Singapore sport. But the $1.3 billion Sports Hub and its retractable dome roof could well
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      584 16 WINTER OLYMPICS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS SEOUL The Olympic victory of South Korean speed skater Ahn Hyun Soo competing for Russia has triggered outrage in his birth country, where the government yesterday announced a comprehensive inquiry into the national skating
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      477 16 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCHI When it comes to Olympic skiing, Singapore-born violin virtuoso Vanessa Mae may be more like an amateur plucking away on a one-stringed banjo than a professional slalomer but some of the sport’s biggest names are thrilled
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        63 16 LONDON David Beckham reportedly wants to make Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo his first major signing for his new Miami-based Major League Soccer (MLS) team. An MLS source told British taboid The Sun: “Becks understands the need for a big, big name in the team when
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        71 16 REUTERS MADRID Real Madrid extended their unbeaten run to 25 matches, rejoining Barcelona and Atletico Madrid on 60 points at the top of Spanish football’s top flight, after Jese, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric scored in a 3-0 win at Getafe on Sunday. Barcelona
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        62 16 REUTERS SOCHI British freestyle skier Rowan Cheshire, 18, was knocked unconscious in a heavy fall during training on Sunday for the Winter Olympics halfpipe event, the official Olympic News Service reported. Cheshire landed heavily on her face and was taken away on a stretcher at
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        55 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES American golfer Bubba Watson surged to his first victory since the 2012 Masters on Sunday, capping a flawless seven-under par 64 with a birdie for a two-shot Northern Trust Open triumph. His 15-under total of 269 gave him a two-stroke victory
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      725 17 Suarez penalty claims brushed away by Arsenal boss, as is Mourinho’s slur THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsene Wenger described Jose Mourinho as an embarrassment to Chelsea on Sunday as the Arsenal manager responded strongly to his rival’s claim that he is
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      786 17  -  The Rooney deal will create an environment where overpaying will become standard and, if it does not buy a quick fix, United will find themselves in serious trouble. By TONY EVANS THE TIMES, LONDON stsports@sph.com.sg COMMENTARY THERE is an uncharacteristic whiff
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      310 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud issued an apology on Sunday after a British tabloid newspaper alleged that he had an extra-marital affair. The Sun on Sunday claimed that Giroud spent a night in the team hotel with lingerie model Celia
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      288 3 Spring Dreams of the Red Mansion 28 February 2014 (Friday) 1 March 2014 (Saturday) 8pm SCO Concert Hall SCO -Yangzheng Foundation Young Audience Development Series m- ie» a» Os Ul Dream of Red Mansion Suite Wang Li Ping Cloud Liu Wen Jin Love Song of Tianshan Kuan Nai-chung Unforgettable Songkran
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      124 8 ‘You know, somebody asked me one day about a hooker, and I said, ‘Ah, I ain’t never paid for it’. And I thought, what am I sayin’? I been married six times, I reckon I have paid for it. Through the nose, baby’ Rocker Gregg Allman
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      1179 8  -  Adults may have patience and resources, but it does not get easier to memorise musical notes Culture Vulture Clara Chow clarac@sph.com.sg A year ago, at the age of 35, I started learning the bass guitar again. It was my second attempt. At 27, I
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        117 8 The Steinway Gallery Singapore is presenting a showcase featuring doctors who have a passion for music. The pieces, played on Steinway pianos, will be presented by Dr Chang Tou Liang, who is also Life!’s classical music reviewer, Dr Au Kah Kay and Dr Lin Xiu Min. All
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        95 8 Traditional Toba and Karo Batak houses can still be found in the villages around Lake Toba in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Find out the differences between these two types of dwellings at a talk by Lee Chee Kien, an architectural historian and registered architect in Singapore.
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        75 8 This exhibition features the works of 43-year-old Filipino photographer Bubuy Bal- angue. They capture poignant moments such as a scene on the subway platform or a person walking on the street. The photos focus on finding beauty in the ordinary. Where: Orange Thimble, 56 Eng Hoon Street,
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        83 8  -  Rachel Lim The Singapore Association of Mental Health and The Arts House are jointly presenting Rainbow Voices, featuring poetry and paintings by beneficiaries of the association. The poetry, penned by patients with mental illness, with mental illness, offer an insight to their thoughts and struggles. The participants
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      837 15 Best Film and Best Actor awards go to 12 Years A Slave, while Gravity wins six trophies, the biggest haul Reuters London The harrowing drama 12 Years A Slave won the Best Film award at Britain’s top movie honours on Sunday, cementing its
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      428 16 Reuters Los Angeles/New York The Lego Movie (right), an animated film that depicts a world based on the colourful toy blocks, collected US$48.8 million (S$61 million) to top box office charts for a second week, finishing far ahead of romantic comedy About Last Night, which
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        569 2  -  Lisabel Ting In TheatreWorks’ upcoming season, expect to see a lot more dance than traditional theatre on stage. The company’s managing director, Tay Tong, says: “We have always been working across disciplines. For us, performance is not just theatre or talking heads in the
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        690 2 New York Times London A record £413 million (S$870.8 million) of Impressionist and modern art sold at Sotheby’s and Christie’s in one week. Nearly £200,000 went for a canvas painted by a 24-year-old with a fire extinguisher a week later. Auctions of high-end artworks
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        1231 3  -  Art showcase attracts 560,000, with positive responses to South-east Asian focus and community engagement Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Singapore’s first South-east Asian-focused Biennale has ended with record numbers and an overall positive response from visitors who saw the artworks. The fourth edition of the Singapore
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        659 3 New York Times New York Few would dispute that Canadian singer-songwriter k.d. lang has one of the great pop singing voices. But in recent years, the 52-year-old has retreated from the spotlight. On Tuesday, in a bold career move, she is replacing Fantasia Barrino
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        1622 4  -  South Korean soprano Sumi Jo wears haute couture gowns on stage, but when offstage, she is happy in jeans and sneakers and walking her two dogs Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Korean soprano Sumi Jo has two closets at home. One holds more than 250 haute couture concert
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        845 5  -  First art survey of sonic practices highlights dynamic registers animating the field Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Over the voices of strangers, the sounds of food being cooked and the hum of traffic along Bras Basah Road, the idea for the first art survey
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        685 5  -  Germaine Cheng Review Dance THE ORDINARY MAN (HUAYI CHINESE FESTIVAL OF ARTS) T.H.E Dance Company Esplanade Theatre Studio Sunday Contemporary dance is often thought to be dark, heavy and sombre; T.H.E Dance Company makes bold strides with its Huayi Festival commission, the unabashed
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        700 5  -  Akshita Nanda Arts Correspondent Enter Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World or see Franz Kafka’s tragic human-turned-cockroach from Metamorphosis scuttle on the floor of The Arts House this Saturday. A dozen university students are turning their favourite stories into a living library of drama skits. Bringing
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        706 6 / 7 New York Times White Plains, New York Growing up in Woodlawn, a section of the Bronx also known as Little Ireland, Kristi Corcione envied her Irish-American friends. They got to take Irish dancing lessons, but as the self-described “token Italian” in her neighbourhood, she was not
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        290 18 Hong Kong Heavenly King Leon Lai has struck up a low-key romance with a model young enough to be his daughter, says Apple Daily. Singer-actor Lai, 47, met the model, whose age is about 23, at a gathering of friends before he began to pursue
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        367 18 Agence France-Presse London Paul Smith brought paisley prints and pyjamas to the catwalk at London Fashion Week on Sunday, while Vivienne Westwood took a look through her back catalogue for a thoroughly English collection. On a day filled with shows by established British names,
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        384 18 Agence France-Presse Beijing A top European prize for Chinese thriller Black Coal, Thin Ice provoked curiosity yesterday with the film not yet released at home and some asking whether political sensitivities might block it. The film about a washed-up former cop investigating a
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        101 18 Simon Cowell, a first-time dad at age 54, on Sunday shared three images of his newborn son on Twitter, commenting in one caption: “I never knew how much love and pride I would feel.” The former American Idol judge is shown with his socialite girlfriend
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          107 18 Actor Charlie Sheen, 48, announced his engagement in a poem to People, the magazine reported. He asked his porn star girlfriend Brett “Scottie” Rossi, 24, to marry him during a Valentine’s Day getaway to Hawaii, his publicist said. “With all due respect to Donna that maiden
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          55 18 Actors Emily Blunt, 30, and John Krasinski, 34, welcomed their first child on Sunday. Krasinski, 34, took to Twitter to announce the news: “Wanted to let the news out directly. Emily and I are so incredibly happy to welcome our daughter Hazel into
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      987 9  -  With 300,000 Star Wars collectibles, Rancho Obi-Wan in California attracts die-hard fans like Nicholas Yong from around the world Nicholas Yong A LONG time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, an old chicken coop was converted into a Star Wars shrine. Well okay, it was only
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      990 12  -  Douglas Chew visits two very different theme parks in Sapporo and Nagasaki that are worth exploring Douglas Chew APPEARANCES can be deceiving. Standing in front of a huge red brick building that could conceivably be a chocolate factory but does not resemble in any way my image of
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      1081 14  -  and friends enjoy the simple way of life in the country’s southern region Lauren Lim THE charm of Southern Laos lies very much in the fact that it is relatively untouched, which one travel guide even described as “refreshingly raw”. My friends and I found this
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        465 15  -  ACTIVITY BY JENNIFER CLAUDINE LOOI ACTIVITY Part 1 Fill in the blanks with the antonyms of the words in the brackets. Hooves clash in mid-air, a stallion bites his (1) (ally) while delighted spectators cheer wildly. In southern China, some welcome the Year of the Horse by watching
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        521 17  -  Ice dancing couple’s persistence helps them clinch gold at Winter Olympics Text: Laremy Lee Sources: BBC.co.uk, Guinness WorldRecords. com, Singapore Monitor, The Straits Times Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Feb 15, 1984 Britons Jayne Torvill, 26, and Christopher Dean, 25, gave a stunning performance here last night to
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      236 9 WINDSOR PK 3200SF 2.5sty terr 3+1+1 Modern spacious lush green *****000 Z.Ng D21 listing can be found after D11 CHU LIN ROAD Hillview. 2-sty Semi-d. 3300 sf 4rm Vacant. Unfurn. $4.2K. Call Tony Kwek *****270 ALMOND BUNGLW 5-RMS family. P/ furn. Quiet. Avail Immed. Ivy *****318 UR SPRINGSIDE WALK TERR
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      356 9 THE CLIFT 495 sf. 1 bdrm. F/furn. City view. Convenient. MRT/ eateries. $4k. Immed. Darren *****060 SPOTTISWOODE RES (NEW). 2 rms. Immed. High flr. sea view. P/furn. MRT. View daily. www.susangoh.com ICON. 1 BDRM loft. High flr. Panoramic city view F/furn Well kept. MRT. F/facilities. Immed. Jane 9711-1126 1BDRM SPOTTISWOODE
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      436 9 CSM Sentosa/ G51 Sentosa/ Sentosa/ Sentosa/ 004 Telok Blangah 004 Telok Blangah 004 Telok Blangah 004 Telok Blangah Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent a; Reflections m tfS S N S' V 1 V MV Luxurious waterfront residences FOR LEASE
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      172 9 NEW LIST PEAK Balmeg 4-bdrm 1755 sf. Sea view. Windy, spacious. Co. lease Immed. Jocelyn 8113-1391 BOTANNIA 3-RM, 1291 sf renovated, greenery view. P/furn, near Mall, Sch, $4.5K. Eric 9062 7773 DOVER PARKVIEW 2-BDRM, 936 sqft. Unblocked view. Near MRT/amenities. Furn. Avail Mar. *****581 Amos NORMANTON PK 3+1, good cond.
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      322 9 Cavenagh Lodge Cavenagh Road μ Mins to Int’l Schools and Orchard Road μ Swimming pool, gym and BBQ Pits μ 3+1 bdrms, 1,348 to 1,697 sq ft μ Minimum 6 months lease available We welcome enquiries viewings on weekends Call *****223 Belvedere 2616 sf penthse Cairnhill Mansion 2050 sqft Emerald
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      305 9 LAURELS 3+1 1313 sf, Pool view $7.2k. 2+study, windy L’viv 2+study, 1076 sqft, MRT $5.5k. Jo 9671-7955 THE LAURELS CAIRNHILL FH, 1-room, 549 sqft, pool view. Pte lift. Rent/ Sale. Desmond Lim 8288 8098 UE SQUARE CONVENIENT, 1KM River Valley Pri,. 2-rm, 1163 sf, $4.5K Avail Mar 2014. Joyce *****098
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      486 9 THE REGALIA 3+1, 1250sf, Orchard/ MRT, f/facilities. P/furn. $4.2K. *****939 URBAN SUITE 1615SQFT Brand new. Renovated. Furn. Anthony *****000 SCOTTS 28 #19 1640sf. 3+1 Unblock. 2 MRTs/ Orchard $7.3K. Alice 9637 6635. $NEG UE SQUARE 3+1/2+1 Nice. Furn. Good cond. Cold Storage. 9271-9428 BOTANIC ON LLOYD 3500 sf 4 1
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      783 9 tMjJ BukitTimah/ I G3 Bukit Timah/ DIO Holland Rd/Tanglin DIO Holland Rd/Tanglin Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent Cliveden AT GRANGE Brand New 3+1 4+1 penthouses •2,153/2,842/4,392/ 6,028 sf Prestigious condo with full facilities Call 6877 1818/8412/ 8479 7 City Developments Limited RV EDGE PENTHSE 2 bdrm ensuite.
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      395 10 NO COMMISSION ON Tenant. Paya Lebar Brand new Studio. Free parking wifi /can cook. $1200-$1700. 9183-0615 8118-8359 D’WEAVE JUST TOP! Paya Lebar MRT. 1/2 bdrm. Fr 398-581 sf. Fr $2.3K$3K. Call John 9180 4363 2 BDRM Lor 29 Geylang Torieview. Nice Quiet Aljunied MRT. Convenient. Immed. *****339 Andy CENTRA SUITES
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      393 10 COSTA RHU 2-BDRM. F/furn 990 sf. Garden/ bay view. Near city/ MRT. $3800. Avail 1/4. Mital *****737 COSTA DEL SOL, 1227sf. 3+1 #29. Awesome view. $5K. The Shore Res. 2rm. 893sf #18. $4.5K. Alvin *****618 ONAN SUITES. NEW 2-rm. 689 sf. P/furn. Cosy. Quiet Balcony. Near Katong/ Joo Chiat. 9638-3595
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      276 10 THE SUMMIT 2-BDRM F/furn Unblocked view. High ceiling. Full facilities. Immed. Colin 8222-9388 DTZ. 1) CASA MERAH, 3+1 bdrms MRT. full facilities. Immed. 2)Aquarius by the Pk, 3rm Call *****575 Billy HSR LANDBAY CONDO. (NEW list) 2 bdrm. Spacious layout. Resort living, beach, f/furn Immed *****813 Silvester $2800 ONLY 2+1
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      278 10 WATERVIEW TAMPINES. Just TOP. 2/3-bdrm. High flr, res view, windy. Furn/ unfurn. Lorelle 9047 0330 KENSINGTON PK S’goon Gdn/ Country Club. Near amenities. F/furn. 1800 sf. $4.2K neg. 9618-7338 Ng SUNNYDALE 3 BDRMS. Best poolside unit! Fully furn. Facilities. Resort-like. NEX Circle MRT. 9338-0331 JK ESPARINA STUDIO NEW! 330sf Buangkok
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      364 10 JADE 2+1+balcony 1000SF stone throw mrt/mall high flr f/furn well kept Immed $3.5k nego Jo *****164 D.23 OPP BT Panjang bus terminal. 3+1. Maysprings. 1388 sqft. Newly refurbished. 9456-2734 Remax Das THE MADEIRA FOR rent $3360. Bt Gombak MRT. 1320sqft. F/furn. *****598 TREEHOUSE PENTHSE 3+STUDY+1, 1970sf Rooftop spa $5.2K. Annie
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      299 10 4’I’ @120 BT Merah view, furn, new paint, immed, convenient, Tiong Bahru MRT, call Gina *****984 5-RM BT PANJANG Senja. Corner. Spacious. Windy. Nice interior. Fully aircon. Immed. VTPC *****090 3+1 143 Petir. High/ lift level. Low f/furn. aircon. Near Bt Panjang Plaza. Immed. *****339 Andy 5’I’ TOH YI Dr.
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      358 10 BLK.7 C’WEALTH AVE 3-rm Reno. Buona Vista MRT. Immed. Betty 9146 2230. 3+1 SENGKANG 260. Mins MRT. Aircon, furn. Unblock 1+1, Blk 211, 1-2 pax. Very nicely reno. $neg. *****611 5-RM BLK 325A Sengkang Eastway. Fully reno/ Furn. Near MRT, good sch. Im-med.Sat2-3pm. *****889 3+1 BLK 493A High flr, New
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      458 10 2+1 REDHILL BLK 86, $2.5k 31 Tanglin Halt $2.3K. Blk 115 Bt Pumei 3+1, $2.8k f/furn, aircon. 9068 2896 HOUGANG MRT FULL svc ensuite rm. SCV, Wifi. Immed $1.2Kpm 8182 3333 RIVER VALLEY CLOSE common master rm. MRT, Orchard. Facilities. Owner *****767, No agt fee BALESTIER PLAZA, BESIDE Shaw Plaza.
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      482 10 LOW RENT! NEAR MRT, bus stop. Many areas avail. All tenants welcome. Pls call now! Nazli 9798 9911 PN NO AGT FEES. Rms avail all area, immed Mrt amenities *****468 William URGENT! THE PINNACLE, Cantonment, Queen St, Q’town, Boon Keng, Kim Tian. 9011-7867 MG Goh PRIVATE/ HDB COMMON Master rm
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      424 10 CITY IND BLDG CITITECH IND BLDG. Near Aljunied MRT. Good layout. From 1,324 sf. Tel: 6877-1818 /8363 B2 KIAN Teck 2200 sf/ Joo Koon 8500 sf/ Benoi 32,000sf/ gul 38,000 sf, Open yard Jurong 15,200 72,000 sf. Call 8110-9911 WOODLANDS LINK JTC fty #05-29 Takeover 2500sf $20k. F/furn/ aircon/ power
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      1009 11 fill Factory/lndustrial 011 Factory/lndustrial fill Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Space for Rent fUf Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SPACE Techplace l/ll Techplace II Blk 5008 INEWI Tampines Biz-Hub 25 Ubi Road 4 27 Ubi Road 4
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      173 11 OFF INTERNATIONAL ROAD Single storey High Ceiling Land 53 000sf Built-In: 51,000sf With 4 overhead cranes Workers Dormitory for 150 paxs Tenure: Bal 41 years DOMINIC 9825 2101 FOOD FTY@ PANDAN Loop. Corner unit. 2528 sf with Mezzanine office. F/ equipped with Exhaust Grease Trap. Tenanted $7K p/ mth No
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      246 11 PRIMAX RARE FH B1 modern architect 14’ container parking. Ceiling hgt 6.5m. $635 psf. Gavin 9839-9191 TAG A @TAGORE, B1 Ind, FH, fr 2357sf $1.515M onwards. No ABSD. Future NS MRT. Call Jason Lau 8101 0180 WOODLANDS 11. 1528-1938 sf. 8B Admiralty 1635 sf. Ubi Biz Hub, 1023 sf. Also
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      369 11 3 STY TERR Fty, Woodlands Ind Pk E5. Approved dormitory with attached, 7265 sqft. Martin 9450 1144 ERA OXLEY BIZHUB B1 Factory. 2adjacent unit 936 /947sf. Below $725psf/rental below $3psf.Immed *****221 B1 FREEHOLD GRD flr duplex unit fr $700psf. 4864sf high ceiling Leon ERA *****194/*****494 WIN5 GRD FLR $330 psf.
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      370 11 8 Office Space I Office Space for Rent Ulr for Rent Marketed By Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES r Q i MEDICAL SUITES FOR LEASE SUITABLE FOR CLINIC USE, ETC. SCOTTS MEDICAL CENTER Minutes walk to Orchard MRT Station Surrounded by offices, shopping malls and reputable hospitals Located on
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      397 11 OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE The Adelphi 2,368 sf Shenton House 1,722 sf 4 Robinson Road 1,766 sf Rent negotiable TEL: 6227 1026 AMOY STREET μ Conservation Shophouse μ 3rd floor office space μ Near Tg Pagar and Telok Ayer MRT μ Renovated with attic floor μ 2176 sqft μ Available
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      415 12 20 COLLYER QUAY Next to Raffles Place MRT Station 700 sq ft 1,992 sq ft 6428 7864 884 853 I 6534 3132 DA JIN FTY Bldg Upper Paya Lebar. Approx 550 sf (aircon/ carpeted) $1100. Approx 400 sqft (aircon) $800. Immed. 9030-5655 CONSERVATION OFFICE South Bridge Rd. Clarke Quay Raffles
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      489 12 PENINSULA PLAZA 1776 sf Marina view, newly renovated $15k neg. High floor Cityhall MRT. Immediate. 6 RAFFLES QUAY 1272sqft Partially fitted. Asking $11.5k neg, Daily viewing from 10-6pm. *****373 $3-$5PSF RAFFLES CTRL. Orchard MRT, aircon, 1000 -*****sf. Office/childcare /schs. Vic 9878-9399 DTZ CLARK QUAY THE Central 581 sf. High flr.
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      522 12 ***GOLDHILL PLAZA, #02, 2443 sf. 2 adjoining units. 6 huge rms. New fittings. Mins to MRT. Kat *****138 BEAUTIFUL RENO MOVE-IN office Bt Batok, all ready just bring your documents will do! 1927sqft. *****570 ARCSPHERE GEYLANG LOR 23, 969 sf. 2 units side by side. Suit Office/B1. Mins to MRT.
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      387 12 W s?'" I S?“' I K pa High floor office units available for sale Office unit sizes from 635 sq ft to 1,475sq ft B CENTER A BCA Green Mark Platinum commercial development in CBD, located at 160 Robinson Road Rare strata-titled office space Sheltered access to Tanjong Pagar MR!
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      360 12 Shop Space for Rent Shop Space for Rent Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES RENDEZVOUS GRAND HOTEL SINGAPORE Restaurant Retail Space for Lease Suitable for F&B hair salon jewellery gems medical aesthetics gifts souvenirs Sizes are 1,800 sq ft and 1,900 sq ft Close proximity to Bras Basah MRT Station
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      1184 12 junc n F&B and Retail Space for Lease Located atChoa Chu Kang Road/Woodlands Road Easy accessibility via major expressways LRT Station adjoins the mall Close proximity to key residential nodes including Bukit Fbnjang, Upper BukitTimah, Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang Anchor tenants Giant Hypermarket and Foodfare Unit sizes from
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      283 13 MCNAIR SHOPHOUSE $1.65M neg GST. 83/94 sqm, Shop/Res Tenanted. 72 yrs balance. *****270 Doris 2-STY SHOPHOUSE F’hold. Jln Besar approx 2500 sf Tenanted. Near main road Liz 9688-5988 *****181 AUCTION 25/2 2STY Corner F&B Shophouse Sembawang 2231 2500 sf, tenanted 9792 2639 Michelle FHOLD! 2-STY SHOPHOUSES 1) S’goon 1360/ 2970
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      369 13 MACPHERSON MALL Retails with Anchor tenants for sale yet FH. Mins MRT, free shuttle bus *****080 YKK 3-STY SHOPHSE FH Telok Ayer, CBD Land 2702/Built 6836 sf, 2 adjoining units $16.5m Jim Lee *****300 ARAB STREET SHOP houses 1) FH 2½ sty. 2700sf. Rare! Grease trap. MRT. $8.6M+ 2) 2
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      365 13 GUTHRIE HOUSE L1 F&B UNITS AVAILABLE Exciting new L1 layout to be created after revamp Prominent F&B units facing Sixth Ave In the midst of Bukit Timah residential enclave Within 5 mins’ walk to upcoming Sixth Ave MRT Station 6466-2555 6460-7623 THE ADELPHI OFFICE bldg. F&B for rent. 1000sf to
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      389 13 COGENT1.LOGISTICS HUB 1 Buroh Crescent. World 1st Only ramp-up warehouse with integrated container depot for trpt efficiency. Plenty of dock levelers. General Chemical cargo storage, all types of cargo. Agts welcome, call now *****310, onestopsales@ sh-cogent.com.sg WAREHOUSE/ B2 FACTORY @Yishun built-in toilet.40ft container to dr-step. Grd 2nd level. 1600/ 3000
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      558 13 JB SENAI FACTORY FOR SALE RENT Land 43,560sf /87,120sf Built-up: 27,383sf 55,365sf Freehold 9M Ceiling Good Layout Near Senai Airport/Amenities DOMINIC 9825 2101 47/A-65/A KIM CHUAN Dr, FH 34,729 sqft, zoned ’B2’ plot ratio 2.5, regular shaped wide frontage near Bartley Tai Seng MRTs. 9387-9668 9688-9668 D.08 LAND FOR redevelop
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      589 14 TENDER NOTICE The National Service Resort Country Club (NSRCC) invites tenderers to supply, deliver, install and commission slot machines at 10 Changi Coast Walk, Singapore *****9. Tender Briefing and Tender Document: The tender briefing will be conducted on Thursday, 20 Feb 2014 at 2pm at the NSRCC Board Room, 10
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      348 16 COUNTER OFFICERS The Riverwalk Singaporeans only. Min ’O’ levels NITEC. *Salary$1400 p.m Incentives/AWS/Uniform Basic PC knowledge. 5.5 days/ 5 days week effective May 2014 BUREAUSERVE PTE LTD RIVER WALK rs@bs-riverwalk.com.sg Tel 6535-2124 OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE Good customer svc skills Leadership skills Min ’A’ Level/Diploma Min 2 years working experience is an
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