The Straits Times, 31 July 2014, Afternoon Edition

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2014 106 PAGES IN SIX 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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  • 106 1 FIRST the Commonwealth, next the world. Singapore shooter Jasmine Ser has set her sights on the world championships after claiming gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3 Positions on Tuesday evening (yesterday morning Singapore time) in Glasgow. The 23-year-old edged out home favourite Jen
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  • 391 1  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg COMPANIES can soon tap more government funds to promote flexible travel arrangements, in a move to ease the crush on public transport in the morning. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has launched a “Travel Smart Network” to provide
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  • 53 1 AFTER slumping in the first three months of the year, the American economy rebounded more than forecast in the second quarter, hitting an annual rate of 4 per cent. The good news also came on the back of an increase in employment.
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  • 467 1  -  SNEF head lauded for helping build ties between Govt, labour and bosses By AARON LOW ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR aaronl@sph.com.sg ONE of Singapore’s biggest employers’ groups is getting a new chief: Dr Robert Yap, 62, a veteran of the local logistics industry. He
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 583 2 / 3  -  Indonesian leader calls for an end to ‘indiscriminate military operations’ By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is appealing to world leaders and the leaders of Hamas and Israel to bring about an immediate ceasefire
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    • 351 2 / 3  -  By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg TWO days after a woman died in hospital following a heart attack, her children waited at a ward to thank Ms Karen Koh for the help she had given. Until that point, Ms Koh, 38, had “never felt
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    • 518 2 / 3  -  By LEE JIAN XUAN jianxuan@sph.com.sg A REPORTED move by Malaysia to raise toll charges for the Causeway has drawn mixed reactions from regular travellers on both sides of the Johor Strait. While some leisure seekers said they would cut down on
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    • 544 2 / 3  -  KL government is studying other options, says DPM Muhyiddin By YONG YEN NIE MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR yyennie@sph.com.sg FOLLOWING an uproar over what commuters say is a steep toll hike at Johor’s main border checkpoint, the Malaysian government said
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 50 4 MR STEPHEN Lee, 67, will step down as president of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) on Sept 1, after 26 years in the post. He will be succeeded by Dr Robert Yap, 62, a veteran of the local logistics industry. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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      • 50 4 FORMER security czar Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China’s biggest corruption probe in history, is unlikely to get off lightly, experts said. His trial may even dwarf that of fallen political star Bo Xilai last year. TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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      • WORLD
        • 54 4 KIDNAPPING Europeans is bankrolling Al-Qaeda. While European governments deny paying ransoms, a New York Times investigation found that Al-Qaeda and its direct affiliates have earned at least US$125 million (S$155 million) from kidnappings since 2008. PAGE A10 Italian Mariasandra Mariani spent 14 months as a kidnap victim. PHOTO:
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        • 49 4 OVER the last week, protests, some violent, have broken out in India as student groups and activists agitate against an English language test that is part of a tough examination applicants must take to get into the top echelons of the Indian bureaucracy. PAGE A18
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        • 52 4 GATE No. 4 at Bangkok’s Government House has been bustling since the junta declared it one of the channels for the public to send their complaints, requests and tip-offs. The people can also do so via a dedicated website, a post office box or a telephone hotline.
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        • 51 4 AN EXPERT taskforce being set up will have its work cut out as it focuses on how the aviation industry can better gather and disseminate information so airlines can assess the risks linked to flying over conflict zones, the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organisation said. PAGE
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      • OPINION
        • 55 4 IN 2008, then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Singapore might score an A-minus for acute care services but “below C” for palliative care. Palliative care standards have since improved but are still some way from the A grade, says reporter Janice Tai in the Eye
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      • HOME
        • 76 4 SUNGEI Road flea market has been in operation since the 1930s but it looks like its time could be up. Traders must make way for a new MRT station in 2017 they have been told their proposal to move to one of four other sites has
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        • 39 4 A SERIES of technology “roadmaps” covering the next few decades will help Singapore become a greener country. A $100 million fund will also help buildings and data centres to become more energy efficient. PAGE B3
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        • 34 4 TUESDAY’S article, “ComChest charity show raises over $6.2 million”, reported that the number of beneficiaries under ComChest’s care is 30,000 instead of 300,000. We are sorry for the error.
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      • MONEY
        • 52 4 OIL and gold prices are expected to remain buoyant in the short term amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in Europe and the Middle East, said analysts. But any sign of a decisive conflict resolution should result in a pullback from their recent rise, they added.
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      • SPORT
        • 45 4 AFTER his British Open win earlier this month, Rory McIlroy is raring for more success, starting with a first World Golf Championships victory at the Bridgestone Invitational. These days, the world No. 2 is a more focused and composed golfer. PAGE B17
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
        • 34 4 SPOT giraffes and elephants on River Safari’s new cruise which takes visitors on a ride around the Upper Seletar Reservoir. Watch the video: http://bit.ly/1nSKtAc ST PHOTO: JAMIE KOH
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        • WEB SPECIALS
          • 34 4 FIND out how many calories you’ll burn just by washing the dishes. This and more in 100 Hot Bods, a new e-book in The Straits Times Star app. http://bit.ly/1xxXOOe
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        • WEB SPECIALS
          • 23 4 IS BOLT, Instagram’s new one-tap photo-sharing app, the answer to Snapchat? We check out its features. http:// bit.ly/1xwH75G
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        • WEB SPECIALS
          • 27 4 DID you know that Peking duck originated from Nanjing? Check out fun facts from the new museum launched by China’s famous Quanjude restaurant. bit.ly/1s29SHU
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      • LIFE!
        • 69 4 POPULAR home-grown blogger Wendy Cheng, who is also known as Xiaxue, will make her movie debut in upcoming flick Our Sister Mambo. The outspoken 30-year-old, who has more than 264,000 “likes” on Facebook, will be playing a version of herself in the romantic comedy. PAGE C12
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        • 87 4 VETERAN Hong Kong-born singer Wakin Chau, 53, steered away from the love ballads he is known for when recording his new album Jiang Hu, The Rhapsody. He said it is nauseating for a man his age to be whispering sweet nothings, and described the 21/2-year
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    • 615 6  -  Experts say little room for deals or leniency in politically significant case By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg FORMER security czar Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China’s biggest corruption probe in history, is unlikely to get off
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    • 341 6  -  ESTHER TEO BEIJING The fall of retired security czar Zhou Yongkang made front-page news as netizens clamoured for more information on the once-powerful politician who is being investigated by the Chinese Communist Party for corruption. After months of official silence
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    • 612 6  -  IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg AN ELDERLY patient died because of “medical misadventure”, a coroner’s inquiry found yesterday, after a transfer team failed to ensure that her ventilation equipment was working properly when moving her between hospitals. State Coroner Marvin Bay called for
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    • 479 6 REUTERS BEIJING China will ensure “orderly” migration of some 100 million rural workers into cities by 2020, supported by expanded social welfare and more job opportunities, the government said yesterday, as part of plans to push its urbanisation programme. Chinese leaders have pledged
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    • 542 8  -  Labour movement pays tribute to outgoing leader of employers’ body By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg MR STEPHEN Lee has seen Singapore through various crises and economic downturns, and is an institution at the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). A key figure in
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    • 440 8  -  CHIA YAN MIN LABOUR relations leaders believe Dr Robert Yap will face some testing issues once he takes over as president of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) in September. The labour crunch, restructuring to raise productivity, hiring of older workers and ongoing
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    • 530 8  -  By ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg ARRANGING for morning exercise sessions is one way companies can tap government funds to encourage their employees to travel to work early. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday launched a Travel Smart Network to help companies
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    • 375 8  -  By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A BID by the Attorney-Gener-al’s Chambers (AGC) to prosecute blogger Alex Au for contempt of court was allowed by the Court of Appeal yesterday. Its decision paves the way for a hearing in the High Court on whether
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    • 476 9  -  Data from Health Ministry shows average stay is half a day longer than in 2008 By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma @STHealth PATIENTS are staying half a day longer in hospital now than they did in 2008. The average stay last year
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    • 176 9 PRACTICE makes perfect for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who had his first go at delivering his speech for this year’s National Day Rally at a practice session yesterday. It will be his 11th National Day Rally speech since he took over the helm in 2004. This
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    • 218 4 TOMORROW IN THE STRAITS TIMES PRINT ONLINE How to spend the National Day weekend Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy I ft I 11 R mill 2014 S. T Lee DISTINGUISHED LECTURES THE OLD NORMAL FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY After the North Atlantic Financial Crisis, Dr Posen argues that
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    • 71 4 EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF SOCIAL SERVICE Apart from focusing on the poor, the social sector should look at the environment and social cohesion. The nation will certainly benefit from a wider remit, but it will call for better cost management, greater private sector support, and more dedicated volunteers and professionals.
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  • WORLD
    • 417 10 NEW YORK TIMES ITALIAN tourist Mariasandra Mariani was admiring the rolling sand dunes in southern Algeria three years ago when her tour guide screamed at her to run. Several cars were sprinting towards them in what seemed like an impromptu kidnapping operation. Ms Mariani ran to
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    • 929 10 Its operations are being bankrolled by govts who pay for release of hostages NEW YORK TIMES BAMAKO (Mali) The cash filled three suitcases: €5 million (S$8.3 million). The German official charged with delivering this cargo arrived here aboard a nearly empty military plane and was whisked
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    • 111 10 NEW YORK TIMES AMOUNTS paid to Al-Qaeda and its affiliates in ransom since 2008 for reported kidnappings (in 2014 dollars): L France: US$58.1 million (S$72.2 million) L Qatar and Oman: US$20.4 million L Switzerland: US$12.4 million L Spain: US$11 million L Austria: US$3.2 million What
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    • 363 10 NEW YORK TIMES INTERNAL Al-Qaeda documents and accounts by survivors suggest that kidnappers from the three main affiliates of Al-Qaeda coordinate their efforts and abide by a common kidnapping protocol. To minimise the risk to their fighters, these affiliates Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, in northern
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    • 727 12  -  Experts say leaders will refocus on reforms for economic growth By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg IT IS largely a power play, but the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) formal investigations into retired security czar Zhou Yongkang and the
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    • 326 12 BLOOMBERG BEIJING After an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign at home, China’s graft busters could be turning their attention next to hunting corrupt officials who have fled the country with cash they stole. The Global Times newspaper reported yesterday that the Central
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    • 611 12 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS BEIJING Born in eastern China to a beet farmer who caught eels as a sideline, Mr Zhou Yongkang rose to become one of the country’s most feared men despite his humble background. Little is known about his
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    • 413 16 Move against vocal critic of Beijing comes after week of deadly clashes REUTERS BLOOMBERG BEIJING Chinese prosecutors have filed charges of separatism against a prominent Uighur writer and vocal critic of the Chinese communist government, as security forces flooded violence-prone Xinjiang province following deadly
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    • 250 16 BLOOMBERG JAKARTA The incoming president of Indonesia is backing Singapore’s plan to wield heftier fines against overseas polluters, as long as sovereignty is respected. A year after the city-state endured its worst-ev-er air quality, Singapore presented a Bill to Parliament this month that subjects foreign
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    • 147 16 Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean (front row, centre) being briefed on the upcoming $4 billion Raffles City Chongqing project yesterday when he visited the south-western municipality of Chongqing, one of China’s five core cities. He was accompanied by Minister for
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    • 590 16 NEW YORK TIMES KBAL GOH (Cambodia) For as long as Cambodian rice farmers can remember, their product has had an unsavoury reputation. Tough, dirty and unmilled, it was impossible to cook evenly, and even farmers traded it as pig feed in exchange for
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    • 529 18  -  Claims of language discrimination in exam to join the civil service By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg FOR two years, Ms Pragya Tiwari did nothing but prepare for one of India’s toughest examinations to get into the top echelons
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    • ASIA BRIEFS
      • 72 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SIMPANG RENGGAM (Johor) A two-year-old boy died after he was hit by a firecracker on the first day of Hari Raya on Monday in Kampung Ithnin Maar of Simpang Renggam near Kluang. The firecracker is believed to have been thrown in
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      • 87 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI A court in southern India yesterday sentenced a headmistress and nine school officials to jail over a school fire that killed 94 children a decade ago, in the first convictions surrounding the tragedy. The founder of the school
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      • 66 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korea fired four unidentified short-range projectiles towards the Sea of Japan yesterday in the latest of a series of missile, rocket and artillery tests, the South’s defence ministry said. The ministry declined to confirm a Yonhap news agency report that the
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    • 280 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI A major landslide yesterday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains, killing at least 17 people and leaving up to 200 feared trapped, an official said. Emergency forces rushed to a remote village in Pune district of Maharashtra
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    • 513 18 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI Every night, about 30 tractors loaded with coal arrive at the edge of a forest in eastern India. A fleet of trucks, engines and lights switched off, is waiting to ferry the cargo to the country’s biggest black
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    • 534 19  -  It gets 26,000 complaints, opinions after feedback channels launched By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg IT’S A Monday morning at the Government House, the office for generations of Thai prime ministers. While much of the compound slowly wakes
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    • 439 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHNOM PENH Two former Khmer Rouge leaders have begun their second trial at a United Na-tions-backed court in Cambodia on charges including genocide of Vietnamese people and ethnic Muslims, forced marriages and rape. The complex case of the regime’s two most
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    • 224 19 THE STAR ASIA NEWS NETWORK HULU SELANGOR Robbers attempting to blast open an automated teller machine (ATM) at a bank in Bukit Beruntung town of Selangor brought down the ceiling at its service area instead. Though the ATM was damaged, it did not open,
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    • 579 20 It snubs Israeli offer as fresh shelling kills 19 in school at UN refugee camp AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES GAZA/JERUSALEM The Israeli army announced it would observe a four-hour humanitarian lull in Gaza yesterday but said it would not apply in
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    • 501 20 WASHINGTON POST JERUSALEM The airwaves are filled with images of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip inflicted by Israel. United States President Barack Obama is pressing for an immediate ceasefire. More than 50 Israeli soldiers have been killed. But at home,
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    • 356 20  -  By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE distress and destruction in Gaza have touched Singaporeans. Many, including top political leaders, have gone on social media to call for an end to the Middle East conflict, which has killed over 1,200 people. Netizens, particularly those in
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    • 280 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS TRIPOLI Islamist groups seized the headquarters of the army’s special forces in Libya’s second city Benghazi after days of fighting, plunging the country further into lawlessness and uncertainty. Ansar al-Sharia, blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by Washington, posted on its
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    • 565 21 Founder says public entitled to know scandal involving Asian politicians SYDNEY An Australian court last month issued a gag order on a highly sensitive bribery case which names serving and former leaders from Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. The court order, published by the whistle-blower
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    • 50 21 Graffiti decorates the walls of an abandoned building in the Tunisian island of Djerba. More than 100 artists from 40 countries were invited by France-based Tunisian artist Mehdi Ben Cheikh to turn Djerba’s Erriadh district into an “open sky museum”.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 83 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CONAKRY (Guinea) At least 33 people, including 11 children, died in a stampede at a rap concert on a beach in the Guinean capital Conakry, police said yesterday, raising the overnight toll by nine. Police said the victims were trampled underfoot on Rogbane
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      • 78 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Two former senior journalists at the defunct British tabloid News of the World will be charged with conspiring to hack phones, prosecutors said yesterday. Neil Wallis, the paper’s former deputy editor, and ex-features editor Jules Stenson will make their first court appearance in
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      • 85 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON The United States plans to sell 5,000 Hellfire missiles to Iraq in a US$700 million (S$875 million) deal, officials said on Tuesday, as Washington tries to help Baghdad retake ground captured by Sunni militants. The US, which has been reluctant so
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    • 457 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG Hong Kong was quarantining all people from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia who were showing Ebola-like symptoms on arrival in the city, as fears grow worldwide about the spread of the deadly virus. Meanwhile in Europe, fears that the
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    • 544 22  -  But it’s a challenge to gather info for airlines to assess conflict zone risks By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg AN EXPERT task force being formed to plug security gaps that led to the MH17 crash will have its work cut out, the
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    • 470 22 NEW YORK TIMES AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MOSCOW Russia, facing the toughest round of Western sanctions imposed since the Ukraine crisis erupted, has adopted a nonchalant public stance, with President Vladimir Putin stressing the importance of self-reliance and a new poll released
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    • 541 24 More than 350 new airports projected for Asia-Pacific over next decade AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SINGAPORE Faced with snaking queues at immigration, overflowing baggage carousels and expensive flight delays, Asian nations are rushing to build hundreds of new airports to cope with surging
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    • 384 24 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Gains in consumer spending and business investment helped the United States economy rebound more than forecast in the second quarter following a slump in the prior three months that was smaller than previously estimated. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose at a
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 69 24 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT Banks in the euro zone eased credit standards for loans to businesses in the second quarter for the first time since 2007, the European Central Bank (ECB) said yesterday. Announcing the upbeat results of its quarterly euro area bank lending survey, the
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      • 76 24 REUTERS NEW DELHI Amazon will invest an added US$2 billion (S$2.5 billion) in India as the e-commerce giant ramps up business in the country, the company said yesterday, a day after local rival Flipkart announced a fresh round of US$1 billion funding. “At current scale and growth
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      • 62 24 REUTERS BUENOS AIRES Argentine bonds rallied after government officials met holdout creditors in a bid to avert a second default in 13 years. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof said he would resume talks aimed at avoiding a default yesterday, after 12 hours of meetings failed to
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  • OPINION
    • 439 25 THE character of social service is determined fundamentally by its devotion to the poor, the underprivileged and the disadvantaged. This is natural because society is only as strong as its weakest links, and social service therefore means serving the most vulnerable. Whether countries are
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    • 1170 25  -  EYE ON SINGAPORE Recently announced guidelines to boost care for dying patients are a good step forward, but more needs to be done. By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg BACK in 2008, then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said Singapore might score an A-minus
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    • 759 25  -  By ADAM MINTER BLOOMBERG IT WAS on Saturday night, the fourth and final evening of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) Annual Conference, that I finally faced feelings of inadequacy. In retrospect, it was an inevitable crisis, but not for
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    • 1184 26  -  The Indonesian President wrote an open letter to world leaders on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. By SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO FOR THE STRAITS TIMES ON MONDAY, after celebrating the joyous Islamic day of Eid al-Fitr with my fellow countrymen in peace and serenity,
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    • 949 26  -  By JAMES M. DORSEY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, co-director of the Institute of Fan Culture of the University of Wurzburg and the author
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    • 880 26  -  S.E.A VIEW By RAZEEN SALLY FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The author is Visiting Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. IN TRADE policy, the negotiating action is now in “mega-regionals” big-block trade agreements revolving around one
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    • 100 26 THERE are three megaregional free trade agreements being negotiated: the United States-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Chinese-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the European Union-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The TPP has 12 members the US, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Japan,
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    • FORUM
      • 421 27  -  Wilfred Ling I URGE the Government to proceed with caution in allowing Central Provident Fund members to invest in private pension plans (“Private pension plans an option: Tharman”; July 23). In 2004, the CPF Board solicited feedback from industry players and the public
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      • 325 27  -  Kevin Teoh Divisional Director, Foreign Manpower Management Division Ministry of Manpower THE report (“Errant bosses faking addresses of foreign workers”; Sunday) suggested that the practice of employers falsely declaring their foreign workers’ addresses in the Online Foreign Worker Address Service (Ofwas)
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      • 387 27  -  Bey Mui Leng (Ms) Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore MR WILFRED Ling (“Why exchange-traded funds are not popular here”; July 9) commented that many financial advisory firms are unclear about whether they are permitted to offer advice on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). As he
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      • MY POINT
        • 117 27  -  Tan Kok Keong I AM surprised that the spouse relief is only $2,000 per year, or about $5.50 per day, for those whose spouses do not have an annual income exceeding $4,000 in the previous year. Even the maid levy relief is up to
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        • 102 27  -  Seah Kian Chong CYLINDRICAL laundry pole holders are mostly found in flats built in the 1960s and 1970s. They tend to collect rainwater, making them potential mosquito breeding sites. Several residents of these older flats are aged and tend to be forgetful, so reminders
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        • 64 27  -  Yap Liang (Ms) I WONDER if appropriate measures are in place to guard against the spread of the Ebola virus to Singapore, even though the disease seems to be confined to a faraway continent (“Ebola ‘could spread beyond Africa’ yesterday). Given the frequency of air travel,
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      • 254 27  -  Ho Ting Fei (Dr) FIVE years after my retirement from teaching at the National University of Singapore, it is heartening to read about the proposed changes to the requirements for students to qualify for honours studies during their undergraduate course (“NUS lowers grade
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      • 71 27 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR MOK SOH HAH: Improve ease of commuting between Singapore and Malaysia. 2. MR GURMIT SINGH KULLAR: Getting a taxi has become a game of chance. 3. MS LI DAN YUE: Other flexi-work options worth considering. 4. MR HASSAN HASAA’REE ALI: Do more
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      • 184 27  -  Leslie Fong DR AUGUSTINE Tan’s commentary (“Singapore’s competitiveness at risk”; Tuesday) on Singapore’s eroding economic competitiveness makes for sobering reading. He has posed several trenchant questions that deserve a considered response from the authorities. To my mind, the thread that runs through these queries is
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      • 146 27  -  Tan Soon Meng IT IS scholarship application season once again and there have been advertisements and articles on the Singapore Police Force (SPF) Overseas Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Overseas Scholarship both among the most prestigious scholarships here. It seems anachronistic
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      • 370 28  -  Edmund Lam (Dr) YALE University law professor Stephen Carter highlighted a grave concern of some New Yorkers about the “poor door” a separate entrance for cheaper units in a proposed new luxury housing development in Manhattan which is a worthy lesson for Singapore
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      • 319 28  -  Michael Leong WHILE I understand the intuitive appeal of how implementing tipping and doing away with the service charge would lead to better service (“Encourage tipping, and do away with service charge” by Mr David Goh; Forum Online, Tuesday), I disagree that tipping
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      • 210 28  -  Swee Bee Lan (Ms) THE report (“HK boy found in Singapore: Father arrested”; Sunday) on an 11-year-old boy who was found wandering along Marina Promenade, and who was unable to respond to questions, raised the possibility that he could be a
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      • 58 28 Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer's full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg. Readers can
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  • HOME
    • 720 1  -  NEA turns down alternative sites traders suggested By MELODY ZACCHEUS melodyz@sph.com.sg AROUND eight decades of history seem set to come to an end for Sungei Road flea market. As it has to make way for the Sungei Road MRT station, due to
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    • 564 3  -  They include pointers on cutting energy use and carbon emissions GRACE CHUA, FENG ZENGKUN ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENTS caiwj@sph.com.sg zengkun@sph.com.sg THE path towards a greener Singapore is being charted in a series of technology road maps, which will guide the country in
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      379 3  -  By FENG ZENGKUN FOUR technology road maps which will guide Singapore’s research and development in certain areas as far as 2050 were unveiled yesterday. Here are some of the findings. SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGY L Solar power could supply up to 30 per cent of Singapore’s electricity needs in
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    • 119 3 About 300 Indian expatriates and Singapore businessmen were treated to song and dance performances at a networking dinner yesterday, attended by Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan. Earlier in the day, a golf game was also held at the same venue, the
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    • 484 4  -  Experts say there is more awareness of mental illness and how to get help By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg THE overall suicide rate dipped last year, with experts attributing the decline to greater awareness of mental illness and how to get help. The number
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    • 566 4  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg THE local authorities have rejected insinuations that two pieces of evidence related to US researcher Shane Todd’s death were destroyed to prevent further DNA testing on them. His parents believe he was murdered even though evidence
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    • 471 6  -  It opens the door to further trials to find a treatment for the disease By KASH CHEONG kashc@sph.com.sg SCIENTISTS in Singapore believe they are a step closer to finding a treatment for dengue fever. Researchers from Singapore General Hospital and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical
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    • 388 6  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg AT FIRST, Ms Victoria Teoh wanted to be a doctor, but learning about how closely nurses work with patients made her change her mind. “I wanted to walk with the patient on the road to recovery,” she said. “Suddenly, nursing made
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    • 310 6  -  MELISSA LIN A NEW cruise launched by wildlife park River Safari will take visitors on a 15-minute scenic ride around the Upper Seletar Reservoir. The cruise plies the man-made lake on the outskirts of the Night Safari and Singapore Zoo. Visitors may spot animals
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    • 298 6  -  By LIM YAN LIANG yanliang@sph.com.sg WHETHER there is a fire, earthquake or a chemical attack, safety ambassadors from Pei Hwa Secondary School know exactly what to do to keep their classmates calm and out of harm's way. Trained twice a year by teachers from
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    • 433 8  -  Stiff competition as Phase 2C of Primary 1 registration exercise starts By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg FIFTY-NINE primary schools were oversubscribed when the first day of Phase 2C of the annual Primary 1 registration exercise closed yesterday. These schools, which are likely to go through a ballot,
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    • 398 8  -  By AMANDA PHOON rhphoon@sph.com.sg RAFFLES Institution (RI) lost The Big Quiz to Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) yesterday, its win scuppered by Catholic Junior College (CJC). CJC deflected its question to RI: “The Hazard Risk and Impact Assessment Unit has been set up
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    • 91 8 United States Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus calling on Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday at the Ministry of Defence headquarters. He also met Permanent Secretary for Defence Chan Yeng Kit and Chief of Defence Force Ng Chee Meng. On his three-day visit, which ends today, Mr Mabus
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    • 353 8  -  By WALTER SIM identity. waltsim@sph.com.sg A CLEANER who is intellectually disabled was jailed 18 months yesterday for molesting an eight year-old girl in a toilet at his workplace. Mohd Nizam Mohd Nor, 45, however was spared caning because of his condition. The incident occurred
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    • 313 8  -  By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Polytechnic has documented its lush greenery and wildlife in a 120-page cof-fee-table book to commemorate its 60th anniversary this year. Its 38ha campus is home to about 230 plant species, including some of the rarest species on
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    • 776 9  -  Customers who need vans, delivery services are linked to 3rd-party drivers By CHERYL FAITH WEE cherylw@sph.com.sg MORE people are using mobile applications to hire delivery vans when they need help moving things, from furniture to food. A pair of Hong Kong
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    • 195 3 STORY BEHIND DEFINING IMAGES Photojournalists Desmond Lim and Kevin Lim and journalist Joyce Lim of The Straits Times have covered their share of major natural disasters, from the 2009 Padang earthquakes in Sumatra, to Cyclone Haiyan which struck the Philippines in 2013 and Cyclone Nargis which hit Myanmar in 2008.
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    • 170 4 GAS TARIFFS Gas tariffs will be revised with effect from 1 August 2014. The gas tariff for households will decrease by 0.02 cent per kWh to 21.06 cents per kWh. Rates reflected are not inclusive of 7% GST Co. Reg. No. *****6090N CITYGAS www.dtygas.com.sg City Gas Pte Ltd (os Trustee
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    • 23 9 Sign up for ST Run at the Hub and get one entry ticket to Alive Museum Singapore worth $25 Register now at www.straitstimesrun.com
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  • MONEY
    • 629 10  -  Oil prices likely to stay till ‘concrete cues’ of solution seen in conflicts By ALVIN FOO ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT alfoo@sph.com.sg OIL and gold prices are likely to remain buoyant in the short term amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in Europe and the Middle East, say
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    • 646 11  -  Analysts upbeat on $6b takeover bid; focus now on funding, China strategy By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg OCBC Bank shares jumped to a near seven-month high yesterday, a day after the Singapore bank announced it had secured enough
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    • 396 11  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A SLOWDOWN in the private housing market weighed down second-quarter earnings for property developer Tuan Sing, it reported yesterday. Tuan Sing develops projects such as Sennett Residence in Potong Pasir and Cluny Park Residence in Bukit Timah.
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    • 377 11  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg OUE Commercial Reit posted stronger results than predicted for the second quarter, after accounting for lower expenses and finance costs. The trust posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 1.43 cents for the three months to June 30,
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    • 415 11  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg ONE of the more familiar names in the insurance industry has been quietly reducing the number of channels through which it sells its products. HSBC Insurance has stopped selling new policies through retail independent financial advisers. This
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    • 459 12  -  By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg INVESTMENT bank Goldman Sachs is under fire from a high court judge over the “ludicrous” legal fees it is seeking from the executive of a Singapore firm who lost a court case against the financial giant in London.
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    • 656 12 India’s largest online retailer will develop infrastructure, buy tech firms BLOOMBERG MUMBAI Flipkart, the retailer that pocketed US$1 billion (S$1.24 billion) in the biggest fundraising by an Indian e-com-merce company, is happy to keep losing money as it tries to maintain a
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    • START SINGAPORE
      • 97 12 SINGAPORE-BASED start-up Knowlarity communications has raised US$16 million (S$19.8 million) in a funding effort led by US-based venture capital firm, Mayfield Fund with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital. The new funds will be used to fund product development and international expansion. Founded in 2009, Knowlarity
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      • 179 12  -  GRACE CHNG T-WARE beat 16 start-ups to win the top prize in the 2014 Asian Entrepreneurship Award in Kasiwa-no-ha city earlier this month. It makes a “smart jacket” called T.Jacket that helps to calm autistic patients by simulating a hug. The local start-up won three
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      • 333 12 A MOBILE app developed here offers a cheap and easy way to streamline administrative functions. Applying for leave and submitting medical, transport and business expenses is as easy as making a phone call. Founder Charles Koh (below) of SG Workflowww said the app is convenient
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    • COMPANIES MONEY
      • 614 13  -  Jet-upgrading, new seat class among airline’s moves to head off key rivals By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg EARNINGS at Singapore Airlines (SIA) plummeted by 71 per cent to $35 million in the first quarter as the carrier was again battered
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      • 373 13  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S strong business ties with Tianjin mainland China’s fourth most populous city are set to get a boost from market reforms there, officials said. The Singapore-Tianjin Economic and Trade Council (STETC) officials met yesterday in Tianjin, 120km south-east
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      • 421 13  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg TRANSPORT operator SMRT Corp lifted earnings by 36.8 per cent in the first quarter, it reported yesterday. Net profit came in at $22.36 million for the three months to Jun 30, while revenue rose 4.3 per
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      • 453 13 HSBC Holdings and ABN Amro Bank have sued Chen Jihong, the Singapore national detained in China and said to be at the centre of a probe over whether metals were pledged multiple times as collateral for loans. HSBC asked the
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    • MONEY MARKETS
      • 424 14  -  STI down 2.43 points in quiet market pending US Fed meeting outcome BULLS AND BEARS By ALVIN FOO alfoo@sph.com.sg LOCAL investors stayed their hand yesterday as they await some key market-moving events in the United States. The anaemic trading left thebenchmark Straits Times
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        • 18 14 STI trading volume 170.79 million shares STI up down Gainers: 5 Losers: 19 Unchanged: 6
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        • 85 14 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and Gas Points Change Real estate Real estate hldg dev 175.96 517.30 877.63 850.27 1,332.41 818.58 753.46 761.23 780.83 563.45 890.60 943.04
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        • 21 14 Stock trading volume 1.8 billion shares worth $892.7 million Up down Gainers: 137 Losers: 281 Unchanged: 371
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        • 55 14 Yesterday’s close Index Change Yesterday’s close Index Change 91.68 28.16 20.64 -1.949 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 24,732.21 15,646.23 2,082.61 2,181.243 1,150.561 1,878.34 4.823 1 Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Tuesday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,088.802 1,518.79 5,622.886 16,912.11 4,442.698
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 47 14 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol Artivision Tech ...................9.8 82,547,000 APAC Strategic ....................5.7 75,518,000 85.553.000 85.295.000 82.547.000 75.518.000 Golden Agri-Res ...................54 42,022,000 55.433.000 IHC 25.5 SIIC Environment ..............16.3 27,440,000 HPH Trust USD ..................74.5 20,993,000 9.8 Mirach Energy 18.4 17,588,000 5.7 6.7 Asiasons Capital 5.1 15,603,000
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        • 233 14 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: JULY 30, 2014 Top Rises Jul 30 CENTS DBXT MSKorea 10US$ 6735 110.6 1.3 Hyflux 6% CPS 10 ***** 50.0 0.5 Lyxor AsiaCS 10US$ 6270 48.5 0.6 DBXT MSTaiwan 10US$ 2263 26.1 0.9
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        • 103 14 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 'ODD DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 710 565 HongkongLand USD US673 +1 2277 678 668 2.7 13.3 *****.4 6460 4934 JMH
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        • 108 14 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 194 156 ARA Asset Mgmt 171.5 unch 425
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        • 20 14 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 9 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 53 14 Jul 30 Against S$ 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: 1.1650 1.1660 0.9374 0.9375 1.1439 1.1451 0.9207 0.9204 1.6652 1.6669 1.3399
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        • 154 14 Top Rises Jul 30 CENTS OCBC Bk MBeCW*****2 11.4 9.6 1.0 OCBC Bk MBeCW*****2 8.7 7.4 0.6 YangzijiMBeCW*****2 5.9 7.3 0.4 ChasenHldg W*****0 5.3 6.0 0.3 UOB MB eCW*****2 14 5.3 0.7 Charisma W*****3 2.8 3.7 0.1 DBS MB eCW*****1 12.2 1.7 0.2 CapitalaMBeCW*****2 7.6 1.3 0.1
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        • 40 14 TEE Land-linked developer Chewathai (CWT) has appointed RHB OSK Securities (Thailand) as its financial adviser for its proposed listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. The Thai company develops projects for sale and constructs ready-built factories for rental.
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    • 976 22  -  AT THE GAMES After Commonwealth gold, she faces stiffer challenge at world c’ships, Asiad By SANJAY NAIR IN GLASGOW nsanjay@sph.com.sg AFTER winning gold for the first time in four years, Singapore shooter Jasmine Ser is ready to prove her appetite for bigger challenges at
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    • 471 22  -  SANJAY NAIR, CHUA SIANG YEE EMBATTLED shooter Gai Bin has issued an open challenge to Singapore’s young guns to speed up his retirement. The former Sportsman of the Year returns home today emp-ty-handed from the Commonwealth Games, extending his winless streak
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    • 706 17 While still erratic at times, he’s more focused and confident of his abilities NEW YORK TIMES AKRON (Ohio) Now that Rory McIlroy has won his third Major, his next goal is to claim his first World Golf Championships title this weekend at the Bridgestone
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    • 394 17 REUTERS PARAMUS (New Jersey) Tiger Woods, returning from a back injury, still drives TV ratings and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem is as keen as the former world No. 1 to see the golfer enjoy a big finish to 2014, but
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    • 810 18 Former player thinks strong defence is needed to recreate Showtime era REUTERS LOS ANGELES With three Los Angeles Lakers greats looking on, newly-appointed head coach Byron Scott pledged to make defence his top priority as he bids to revive the fortunes of one of the
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    • 414 18 REUTERS TORONTO Roger Federer’s backhand has been described as a thing of beauty and perhaps the most exquisite stroke the tennis world has seen, but the Swiss’ coach Stefan Edberg feels his own was a little better. When asked on Tuesday who possessed the
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    • 148 18 Today Commonwealth Games Gymnastics: Men’s women’s individual apparatus finals (10pm). Diving/Athletics (tomorrow, 2am). Today at the Games: Day 8 (tomorrow, 3am) MediaCorp okto. Cricket 3rd Test: England v India, day 5 (mio TV Ch123 StarHub Ch236, 5.55pm). Football Guinness International Champions Cup: Man City v Liverpool (StarHub
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    • 423 18 Cricket 3rd Test In Southampton, 4th day, at lunch: England 569-7 dec (I. Bell 167, G. Ballance 156, A. Cook 95) 80-2 (Ballance 38, Cook 29 n.o.). India 330 (Overnight 323-8: A. Rahane 54, M.S. Dhoni 50; J. Anderson 5-53, S. Broad 3-66). Football Uefa Champions League 3rd qualifying
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      • 88 18 BLOOMBERG RIO DE JANEIRO An Austrian boat was damaged by garbage as its crew practised for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, where a member of the sailing team said he saw a dead dog floating in the water. Sailors
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      • 63 18 BLOOMBERG LOS ANGELES The sale of the National Basketball Association franchise Los Angeles Clippers to billionaire Steve Ballmer should be completed by the end of next month, an attorney for owner Rochelle Sterling said on Tuesday. “We’re not going to jinx anything but we’re on a
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    • 357 18 WASHINGTON POST LAS VEGAS Kevin Durant understands that questions about his future are unavoidable. His contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder will expire in 2016 and he will be the most in-demand free agent, with fans specifically in his home town of
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    • 584 19 United defender shows van Gaal he is on the road to the required standard THE TIMES, LONDON WASHINGTON Louis van Gaal admitted that Luke Shaw was “lucky” to play against Inter Milan on Tuesday and claimed the England defender only featured because of
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    • 427 19 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Southampton’s torrid summer lurched to a new low on Tuesday when Morgan Schneiderlin, the English football club’s sought-after France midfielder, went public with his criticism of Ralph Krueger, the embattled chairman of the club. Minutes after Krueger had said neither
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      • 52 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BUENOS AIRES Alejandro Sabella, who steered Argentina to the World Cup final, has quit as national team coach. Sabella, whose side lost 1-0 to Germany in the final at Brazil’s Maracana earlier this month, is likely to be succeeded by either Gerardo Martino or
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      • 44 19 REUTERS BUENOS AIRES The father of Juventus striker Carlos Tevez was kidnapped in Buenos Aires on Tuesday before being released following the payment of a ransom. Tevez said on Twitter later that his father had been released without harm.
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      • 54 19 XINHUA RIO DE JANEIRO Luiz Felipe Scolari has been appointed as the manager of Brazilian top-flight club Gremio, just two weeks after he resigned as Brazil coach. The 65-year-old replaces Enderson Moreira, who stepped down following the club’s 3-2 loss to Coritiba in Brazil’s
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      • 42 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Liverpool announced on Tuesday the signing of 19-year-old Belgium striker Divock Origi from Lille, but said they will loan him back to the French side for the 2014-15 campaign. Origi is Liverpool’s fifth close-season signing.
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    • 393 19 LONDON Chelsea may be forced to sell their No. 1 goalkeeper Petr Cech because of the London football club’s failure to offload £50 million (S$105 million) flop Fernando Torres or John Obi Mikel. Manager Jose Mourinho admitted on Tuesday that the English
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      • 74 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE IN THE men’s 400m hurdles, Wales’ defending champion Dai Greene, the 2011 world gold medallist who has been struggling with injury, failed to come through his heat yesterday. “I knew I was playing catch-up from a few months ago, I didn’t expect to be
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      • 65 20 THE TIMES, LONDON TONY Murphy, a tennis coach from Northern Ireland, swapped one racket for another to reach the third round of the men’s singles badminton competition with a 2-1 win over Pakistan’s Muhammad Bhatti. Murphy made a slow start against his opponent but came
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      • 97 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STEVEN Kari won gold for Papua New Guinea in the men’s 94kg weightlifting event following a controversial finale on Tuesday. The 21-year-old lifted a total of 349kg (149kg 200kg) to take the gold by the narrowest of margins ahead of Australia’s Simplice Ribouem.
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    • 312 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW Singapore’s three top seeds in the table tennis mixed doubles all had winning starts yesterday. After the women and men won gold in the team events, they began their pursuit of further medals with a perfect start.
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    • 506 20 Jamaican denies making stinging comments about relevance of event AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE TIMES, LONDON GLASGOW Usain Bolt yesterday denied a report that he called the Glasgow Commonwealth Games “a bit s***”, ahead of his appearance in the 4x100m relay. He accused The
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    • 411 20 REUTERS GLASGOW Stephanie McPherson needed the heart of a lion and every ounce of effort to lead a Jamaican clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 400m at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. With England’s Olympic silver medallist Christine Ohuruogu
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    • 376 20 REUTERS GLASGOW Two years on from a disappointing Olympic campaign, Australia’s swimming team head into next month’s showdown with the United States at the Pan Pacific Championships with confidence, following a record medal haul at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Australians, who won just
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    • 565 21  -  Badminton bronze a good start but let’s aim higher, urges game’s sage AT THE GAMES By WANG MENG MENG IN GLASGOW meng@sph.com.sg AMID the euphoria of a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, with the promise of more to come, Singapore badminton chief coach
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    • 91 21 ATHLETICS Women’s 200m semi-finals: Shanti Pereira (pending heats). BADMINTON Rd of 16 Men’s singles: Derek Wong, Huang Chao. Men’s doubles: Danny Bawa Chrisnanta/Chayut Triyachart. Women’s singles: Liang Xiaoyu. Women’s doubles: Fu Mingtian/Vanessa Neo, Yao Lei/Shinta Mulia Sari. Mixed doubles: Yao/Chayut, Fu/Terry Hee, Neo/Chrisnanta. TABLE TENNIS Men’s
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    • 109 21 ATHLETICS Men’s 200m heats: Lee Cheng Wei (21.87sec), Muhammad Naqib Asmin (21.90). BADMINTON Men’s singles rd of 32: Derek Wong bt Georgie Cupidon (Sey) 21-3 21-4, Huang Chao bt Ayman Ibn Jaman (Ban) 21-7 21-7. Women’s singles: Liang Xiaoyu bt Diana Archer (Gha) 21-4 21-2. Danny Chrisnanta/Vanessa
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    • 135 21  -  WANG MENG MENG THINK Scotland and images of bagpipes, whisky, the Loch Ness monster and kilts come readily to mind. But the Scots also swear by their own culinary excellence, and their gift to international cuisine is a delicacy
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    • 882 21  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg LET’S be grateful for Joseph Schooling. Let’s accept that in a somewhat sportingly impoverished nation he is giving us a rare opportunity to take a world-class journey with him through an athletic life. Think of it as
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      • 2789 2 / 3  -  Singapore jumps on the bandwagon with new drama Blessings Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Whether it is to undo a wrong or to go into the future to find out what is in store for you or your loved ones, the ability to travel through time
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      • 712 2 / 3  -  Wakin Chau says having no sales pressure allows him to do what he really wants to do Boon Chan Media Correspondent bchan@sph.com.sg While making his new album Jiang Hu, The Rhapsody, veteran Hong Kong-born singer Wakin Chau says he ended up feeling like a music courtesan.
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      • 556 2 / 3 Obituary New York Times New York James Shigeta, an actor who challenged social boundaries when he emerged in the late 1950s as one of the first Asian-Americans to play leading roles in Hollywood, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 85. The cause was
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      • 1146 6  -  The Knick shows the conventions and confines of 1900s society, and surgeries in sordid detail Couch Grouch Tay Yek Keak stlife@sph.com.sg I made the mistake of stuffing potato chips blissfully into my mouth while watching The Knick. Within the opening scenes of the first episode directed
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      • 619 6  -  Melissa Kok Singapore singer-songwriter Renny Goh has never lived abroad nor has she been to the United States. But she is taking a leap of faith by moving to the music mecca of Los Angeles to pursue her passion. Goh, 26, a regular in
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      • 878 4  -  King Creosote, MC Taylor and Stone Jack Jones are not afraid to dig deep into their roots and celebrate their heritage Sound Bites Yeow Kai Chai kaichai@sph.com.sg The sun may be rising in the East but when it comes to soft power, the United
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          214 4  -  Boon Chan GOOD MORNING, HARD CITY Adrian Fu Rock Records Hong Kong’s Adrian Fu makes his debut as a singer with this disc, but if you are someone who reads album credits, his name will certainly be familiar. He has previously composed for top singers such as Eason
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          237 4  -  Chang Tou Liang It would seem like eve r y y ou n g hot-shot pianist has to establish his credentials by cutting his teeth on Chopin’s 24 Etudes, long considered the ideal marriage of technical wizardry and musical poetry. The Polish-Canadian Jan Lisiecki, just 18 years old when
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        • 224 4  -  Chang Tou Liang The 20th-century trumpet is an extraordinarily versatile instrument, equally at home with classical forms as well as jazz and contemporary music. Its powers of sustaining long notes and agility in articulation make it ideal for the blues idiom and extroverted pyrotechnics. These 20th-century French trumpet
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      • 569 5  -  Members of alternative rock band Travis are now all dads and put their families first Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg Scottish alternative rock band Travis are leaving behind their art school days and songs about being 17 and embracing middleaged life. Priorities have changed for the
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      • 354 5 Agence France-Presse London Led Zeppelin are to issue an unreleased version of their most famous song, Stairway To Heaven, the legendary rock band said on Tuesday, after more than four decades hidden in the vaults. The alternative mix of the epic track will be released
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    • 938 7  -  A new exhibition offers visitors a multi-sensory experience Deepika Shetty Arts Correspondent deepikas@sph.com.sg Anew exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum encourages visitors to get touchyfeely with artworks. Sensorium 360°: Contemporary Art And The Sensed World, opens today. The three-month-long show offers a multi-sensory experience with a
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    • 546 7 UNSEEN: TOUCH FIELD, 2014 (above) By Alecia Neo (Braille drawings, book, video projection and sound, video duration 15 minutes) The visitor steps into an almost dark room and feel what unfolds like an endless topographical illustration. Touch Field, which depicts Taipei’s cityscape, is a tactile installation that unravels
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    • 711 8 Social media platforms give pop idols and sports personalities an avenue to voice their opinions Agence France-Presse Washington Pop idols and professional athletes are going public with strong views about Gaza, putting their relations with fans on the line while stirring up a social
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    • 610 8  -  Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg Peking opera songs were performed by professionals and amateurs over lunch at a Chinese restaurant here last Saturday. The 230-seat Imperial (Herbal) Restaurant in River View Hotel was packed when popular Peking opera tunes were sang by China-born
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    • 426 8 Agence France-Presse San Francisco Amazon on Tuesday played to book lovers’ budgets by putting out word that its battle with publishing giant Hachette is about making sure they pay less for digital titles. “A key objective is lower e-book prices,” the online
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    • 867 9 Fashion designers are opening luxurious hotels in Dubai to capitalise on its hip and trendy image New York Times Dubai, United Arab Emirates The air conditioning vents in the Palazzo Versace hotel here zigzag like the Versace design. Every piece of the giant, colourful mosaics that
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    • 593 9 Reuters New York At first, Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer thought she was seeing early concert footage of American musician James Brown but then was told it was a screen test by actor Chadwick Boseman to play the Godfather of Soul in the new biopic Get On Up.
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    • 855 10  -  Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is the next celebrity due to play Hamlet, a role which has tested thespians for 400 years PHOTOS: REUTERS, ST FILE Ben Brantley New York Times New York In the more than 400 years since Richard Burbage originated it in London, the role
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      • 606 12  -  Yip Wai Yee yipwy@sph.com.sg Popular local blogger Wendy Cheng (right), better known by her online moniker Xiaxue, will be making her movie debut in the upcoming flick Our Sister Mambo. The outspoken 30-year-old will be playing a version of herself as a
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      • 376 12 Bloomberg New York A German businessman and contemporary art collector, who bought British artist Tracey Emin’s unmade bed with rumpled sheets, empty alcohol bottles and cigarette packets for £2.5 million (S$5.3 million), is loaning My Bed to the Tate Museum. Count Christian
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      • 257 12 Hong Kong Girl group Robynn Kendy are rejecting talk that they have an edge over other contestants on the talent show The Voice Of China because of member Robynn Yip’s political links, said Apple Daily. Yip, 28, is the granddaughter of Chinese communist
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      • 333 12 Agence France-Presse Tallinn Hollywood tough guy Steven Seagal has had his blues gig cancelled at a festival in Estonia following an uproar in this formerly Soviet-ruled Baltic state over the star’s pro-Russia views, the authorities said on Tuesday. Seagal is reported to back Russian President
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      • 168 2 FRIDAY, AUG 1 Brace Yourself From 7 To 70 Find out why and when you or your child should start orthodontic treatment and learn about the advances in orthodontics including ceramic (clear) braces and “invisible” lingual braces. National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, Main Building, Level 1, 1pm
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      • 264 2  -  NG WAN CHING Deputy Editor wanching@sph.com.sg For someone going through cancer treatment or a cancer survivor, living a healthy life may take on more meaning as it could lower the chances of the disease recurring. It is still about having adequate exercise, eating a balanced diet,
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      • 327 4 / 5  -  Joyce Teo finds out about the importance of hydration and the nutritional value of what we drink Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg With the weather in Singapore predicted to get even hotter, it is all the more important to stay hydrated, particularly if you exercise frequently outdoors. Our bodies are
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        481 4 / 5 Kopitiam drinks People usually order them without a thought. But often, too much sugar is added, says senior dietitian Lynette Goh from National Healthcare Group Polyclinics. “Drinks that are low in naturally occurring sugars, and free of artificial sweeteners and added sugars are generally more advisable,” she said.
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      • 285 4 / 5 An ideal drink for children after exercising is low-fat milk, said Eat Right Nutrition Consultancy’s Derrick Ong. Milk contains carbohydrates (lactose), water, protein and electrolytes, which all aid in helping the body recover after exercise. Milk also contains B-vitamins and calcium, which not all other recovery beverages contain.
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      • 442 4 / 5 facebook Definitely a bottle of water. Many people think sports drinks such as H2O and 100PLUS help replenish the fluids lost when we perspire, but they may not realise that these drinks contain unnecessary sugars. Plain water is good enough, unless you are exercising excessively. Samantha
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      • 943 6  -  DR ANG PENG TIAM angpt@parkwaycancercentre.com Dr Ang, medical director of Parkway Cancer Centre, has been treating cancer patients for 23 years. In 1996, he was awarded Singapore’s National Science Award for his outstanding contributions to medical research. There was the usual chatter at the family dinner table,
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      • 383 7 Visitors to the Health You exhibition next month can attend seminars and workshops to increase their knowledge of health matters. There are a few to choose from. The Health Promotion Board has a programme for adults aged 18 to 49 which aims to equip
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      • 672 8 / 9  -  DR MANISHA MATHUR consultant at the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital QI am 37 years old. I have irregular but frequent menses flow. It can come two or three times a month. It usually ranges from spotting to
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      • 455 8 / 9  -  DR KELLY LOI obstetrician gynaecologist, fertility and in-vitro fertilisation specialist at the Health Fertility Centre for Women at Paragon Medical Suites QI have two daughters, aged 17 and 23. I would like them to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV). What are
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      • 423 10 / 11  -  Health-care providers are holding regular non-medical activities to help cancer patients, survivors and their families cope JOAN CHEW joanchew@sph.com.sg Twice a week, part-time real estate agent Helen Wong, 59, heads to the National University Hospital (NUH) Medical Centre for chemotherapy. In 2007, she was diagnosed with
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        398 10 / 11 Yoga, the practice of connecting mind and body, has been shown in studies to be good for cancer patients in their physical functioning. One study randomly assigned 410 cancer survivors who had trouble sleeping to standard care, or standard care plus four weeks of yoga. The study, published in
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        300 10 / 11 At 70, former butcher Tang Jin is picking up a new skill by learning sign language. He was diagnosed with laryngeal (voice box) cancer at the age of 53 and had his voice box removed years ago. He now speaks with the help of a voice prosthesis, a valve
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        423 10 / 11 Nutrition is of vital importance to a cancer patient’s health, hence hospitals are constantly searching for ways to whet his appetite. This year, the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore is collaborating with restaurant group Les Amis for five masterclass cooking demonstrations by their chefs. In each hour-long class, which
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        477 10 / 11 Art therapy uses the creative process of making art to help people adults as well as children resolve any issue, develop and manage behaviour and feelings, reduce stress, and improve self-esteem and awareness. It is one of several new classes organised by CanHope. Open to all cancer patients,
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    • Herbal Help
      • 721 12 / 13  -  Bugbane rhizome helps to promote the eruption of rashes from chicken pox and measles to hasten recovery. Joan Chew reports Mr Tun Chu Song a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner at the Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic Joan Chew joanchew@sph.com.sg WHAT IT IS: Bugbane rhizomes (right) are the stems
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      • 309 12 / 13 WHAT MAINSTREAM MEDICINE SAYS Chicken pox is caused by the varicella zoster virus, which is most commonly spread through the air. It can also be transmitted through contact with a patient’s skin rash, which contains the virus, said Dr Wong Sin Yew, an infectious
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        1181 14  -  Neonatologist Ho Lai Yun likens what he does to being a gardener. Joan Chew reports Joan Chew Joanchew@sph.com.sg I specialise in neonatology because... Out of 40,000 babies born here each year, about three to five per cent of them are born prematurely or with an obvious medical condition
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      • 723 15  -  New study tracks how Chinese herbs may help those who suffer impaired thinking skills. Joan Chew reports Joan Chew Joanchew@sph.com.sg A stroke is devastating, especially when it seriously affects physical functions, speech and mobility. Sometimes, what may be less obvious but no less devastating is
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    • Eat To Live
      • 475 19  -  Indulge in this tuna fish ball soup made with fat-free stock SYLVIA TAN wdspice@gmail.com Sylvia Tan is a freelance writer and cookbook author. Her previous recipes for Eat To Live can be found in two cookbooks, Eat To Live and Taste. Nothing beats a good
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      • 354 19 RECIPE (Serves four to five) INGREDIENTS Tuna balls 200g tuna steaks, filleted and boneless, available frozen at supermarkets Half a length of leek, tender white part only 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms tsp salt White pepper to taste 1 egg white to bind 1/2cup dried
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      • 363 19  -  KITCHEN Sylvia Tan My frying pan caught fire the other day and I was shocked at how fast it happened and how high the flames were. I put the fire out by placing the burning pan in the sink and turning on the tap
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      • 807 20  -  DHL Express Singapore MD Herbert Vongpusanachai picked up the sport when he gained weight after turning 40. Joyce Teo reports Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg What do you do to keep fit? My passion is cycling. My go-to place is East Coast Park. I cycle 40km every
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    • 395 5 2006 MITSUBISHI FUSO FE83, 15ft lowbed. Very orig. A1. neg. *****800 2004 MITSUBISHI FB511 Canter 10ft diesel. COE 2019. A1. neg. *****837 MITSUBISHI FUSO 10-TON hood.1 owner,fully done up COE 12/2020. *****856 9/2005 NISSAN/ MIT 10ft A1 cond. Can renew COE. From $15.8K. *****014 BRAND NEW EURO5 Cabstar Immed. 3
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    • 403 5 2/2007 RENAULT KANGOO 1.5 Manual. A1 Cond. No Repair Needed. Loan Avail. View/ Test Drive *****261. 04/06 FIAT DOBLO 1.9 Good cond. 100% loan avail Best Price! Asking only $14.5K Call *****581 *****300 2007 BENZ VITO 111L. Best deal in town 100% loan Asking $28.5K. Call now 9674-1842 6555-3300 2005
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    • 1055 6 Properties Residential Properties for Sale Houses for Sale 402 D02 Anson/ Tg Pagar 402 D03 Queenstown/Tiong Bahru 402 D04 Sentosa/ Telok Blangah 402 D05 Pasir Panjang/ West Coast/ ClementiTown 402 D06 High Street/ North Bridge Rd 402 D07 Rochor/ Bugis/ Beach Rd 402 D08 Little India 403 D09 Orchard/ Cairnhill
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    • 29 6 LIONEL LOO 1-6PM Sentosa *****/*****sf. Nice view! Unblocked. Breezy. Rare! *****592 *****062 DTZ WEST COAST RENOVATED 2sty semi-d. 3900 sf. Near amenities. Tranquil. Move in. $4.95M neg. 9154 3033.
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    • 68 6 6000SF BEAUTIFUL LAND, rebuild to 2/ 3 hses. Near NUS. Nice quiet. Buyers call Tan 9066 2626 DTZ **D10 PALMS Sixth Ave. Freehold. Strata Semi-Ds. 4bdrm study. TOP soon! 4596-4951 sf. w/ pte pool, home lift, 2 private car lot Fr $5.xm. Developer sales. Additional 7% rebate now! BRAND NEW
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    • 346 6 BISHOPSGATE *****/***** SF. Best of best quality. Private, serene. Beautiful land, almost new. Park 8 cars. Best layout. Call Sole Agt 9456-7348 Newsman LAND FOR REBUILD Leedon 40K sf flat/ Astrid Hill 32K sf/ Queen Astrid Pk 30K sf elevated/ Belmont 25K 30K sf hilltop. *****348 D.10 MOVE-IN. VIEW to
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    • 295 6 Raffles PI/ Marina/ filjl Raffles PI/ Marina/ Raffles PI/Marina/ Raffles PI/Marina/ £TF Raffles PI/Marina/ fik| Raffles PI/ Marina/ D01 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown D01 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown 0Q1 Chinatown D01 Chinatown r L Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts For Sale Pte Apts
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    • 161 6 JLN PUNAI SEMI-D. 6+1 with attached. 3-storey, 3600/ 5300sf approx. $3.99M up. Alvin Lim 9848-5533 ERA 2-STY TERR @JLN Krian. FH 3+1. Mins Kembangan MRT Nice land abt 2252/2100sf Rebuild 3½-sty. Must sell!! 2.5-STY CORNER TERR Changi Rd. 2766/3000sf, Pk 2car, 4+1, wide frontage NE. $3.xM. 8383-8345 Tim Open House
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    • 203 6 FH BUNGLWS@Mountbatten Land 4500/5000/6000sf. More than 3 units avail. Orig to move in. Dont miss! RARE! KERIS 2.5 sty corner terrace 2439 sf small yard, 3+1. Renovated. Bright breezy. Call *****000 BRAND NEW SEMI-D 3x only 1km Reputable Sch! Katong 2200/ 4100 sf, 6 rms, pool, price to close. *****000
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    • 198 6 Open House ARE YOU FREE on 2/3 Aug? M.O.R.E Dynamic Alliance 1)S’goon Gdn 2.8ksf $3.xm 2)Thomson 3ksf 1sty $2.xm 3)Seletar4k/8ksf$888psf+ Suits redevelop. *****772 KENT HOMEGURU *****777 Brand New 2.5sty Semi-D 2346/4000sf. Pool Cul-De-Sac. Kovan MRT. $3.Xm! www.homeguru.com.sg Open House ARE YOU FREE on 2/3 Aug? M.O.R.E Dynamic Alliance $900psf!!! 4200sf
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    • 147 6 OPEN HOUSE BESIDE PEIRCE RESERVOIRS Rare 2-sty corner semi-d, approx 2210/ 2400sf. 4+1. Lush. Nice! CS 9098 8888 20 MAYFLOWER AVE 3.5 sty brand new semi-d showhse with ID! All Agts Welcome! Owner *****111/*****666 D21 listing can be found after D11 3-STY SEMI-D 2490/ 3250 sf. 5 bdrms ensuites +maid
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    • 226 6 SPRINGLEAF 3½STY SEMI-D 3900sf. 6+1. A1 deco $3.xM Phoenix 3sty Semi-d. 4000 sf. $3.xM Jason *****466 8 UNITS SEMI-D. Just TOP. Wak Hassan Place Sembawang 3-sty, 5+1 rms basement s/pool. Land 2339-3691 sf. From $3.6M. LuxuryLiving WAK HASSAN SEMI-D Living by the sea. Various sizes Land fr 2339 3691 sqft.
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    • 1239 7 Property Prices i ait 'ritrir ■JJLili Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in June 2014. This week: 21-28 District 27 Eight Courtyards Euphony Gardens Lilydale* Lilydale* Nine Residences Orchid Park Condominium Orchid Park Condominium Skypark Residences* Skypark Residences*
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    • 32 7 HILLCREST ARCADIA. HIGH flr, rare corner, unblocked view, 1884sf, 3+study, $1k+ psf. 9477 7470 Yvonne LUCIDA SUFFOLK 1bdrm 624 sf. FH. Unblock. MRT United Sq /Novena. Vacant $1.16M neg. Willy 9022 1131
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    • 38 7 Madeline Seah 8112 7645 ADRIA F’HOLD. TOP 2013. 689 sf/ 2 bdrm. New reno. Unblock view. MRT/ amenities nearby. Serious seller. MIRO 2-BDRM LOFT 1302 sf Sell with tenancy Low flr. Novena MRT/ United Sq Amenities. Asking $2.xxM.
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    • 230 8 HILLCREST ARCADIA 2745 sqft. 3+1+Study, Beautiful reno, face greenery, 99yrs Angeline 9789-2388 ERA KILAT CT 2,100SF 3/4 bedders, 3 bathrms, 2 balconies, 600+sf gdn. Reno, new AC, furn avail midAug. Sales $1.875M. Call Matthew Tan 9054-7806 1 6 X X P S F CASCADIA. NEW disc! F’hold. Bt Timah. 1/
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    • 342 8 Good Investment REALLY! BALESTIER FH city fringe, last 2 units 3 bdrm < $1,000,000. Developer’s res shop. Rick *****338 BEACON HGTS 2+1, 893 sf 999 yrs, high flr, good layout, Unblock windy Sunday 12-1pm Steven 964 ***** DON’T MISS GRAB! $1.1XX PSF ONLY! 2rm The Aberdeen FH. Reno 1109 sf.
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    • 306 8 new listing PARBURY HILL CONDO FH. 1453 sf 3+1. Pool view. Nice layout. 100% renovated. Priced to sell Su *****188 Good Buy WATERFR0NT GOLD. IMMED move-in. 1378 sf. High flr. Spacious. Best price $11xx psf. 4 rm. *****890 Eve BREEZE EAST 1780 SF. 3+1 bdrms. Near Bayshore. Mins to beach.
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    • 230 8 THE SCALA 1BDRM $808K! #17 Spacious 474sf. Windy Just TOP! Lor Chuan MRT. Sole Agent. View by Appt. Good Investment AFFORDABLE! FH. MIN walk to Kovan MRT. Dual Key. Future transformation of Defu. Rosalind 9186 3880 PRICE REDUCED BY $2xxK! Last 2 units. 5-min S’goon MRT/Nex. FH. 3/4rm 1130sf $1.5xM
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    • 659 8 BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale BedokHDB Apts for Sale CLASSIFIED GUIDE TO HDB TOWNS CLASS CODES -BUY IT-SELL IT FIND ITWOODLANDS., YISHUr 3 riSHUN PUNGGO SENGKAN CHOA CHU KANG inu ixMi'ivj BUK(T PANJA PASIR RIS/CHANGI
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    • 94 8 3’NG’ BLK 312 Near Bt Gombak MRT High flr, unblock. Lift level. *****588 4A BLK 623 stone throw to West Mall/ MRT/ Ctrl Don’t miss,good buy *****268 3RM, 75 TELOK Blangah. High Flr. Reno. N/S. mkt/ food ctr,coffeeshop, 24hrs NTUC, MRT/ Vivo/ Sentosa BARGAIN! 5’I’ 146 Gangsa Road. Corner. Reno.
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    • 572 9 HDB HDB HDB BukhJ’anjang HDB HDB Median Resale Prices in 1st Quarter 2014 yii i£Resale transactions take place on a ''willing buyer-willing seller" basis. Buyers need not pay any COV if the resale price negotiated and mutually agreed between both parties is at or below market valuation. The price is
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    • 121 9 3’NG’ BLK 242 Windy. Near IMM, Jurong E. MRT, mkt 3’A’ Blk 313 Windy, mkt, Chinese Gdn MRT, stadium. 4’NG’ 218 ST 21. Corner. Dr to dr. 91sqm. Lift level. Fee paid. Temple, mosque MRT. PR eligible. All races. 3½’NG’ 261 CORNER. Mid flr 84 sqm. Rare Spacious Serious seller.
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    • 274 9 4’A’ BLK 550 #07. $398K Open house on Sat 4-6pm, 104 sqm, bright. All races. Mkt/ shop/ 1km Rulang Pri. 4-RM 677A JURONG West St 64. High flr Nice Reno Move in. Ask $448,888. *****906 Jackson Tan KL GOOD DEAL! BLK 64, Kallang Bahru, 3’I’, 65sqm. 2bdrms+ Utility rm, $328K
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    • 356 9 4’A’ BLK 642A D&B #17. Move in. Unblocked. LRT. All races. neg. Serious seller. Frankie 9380 8333 MUST VIEW 5’I’ 138 EDGEDALE Plains Bright Reno Windy High flr Meetoh sch. $neg. View to appreciate Keith *****226 ENBLOC 2’S’/ 3’S’ Tanglin Halt 34/ 31. 46/52 sqm. Mid/ low floor. All races.
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    • 143 9 5I 304 Canberra Rd Corner 123 sqm. Reno. Well kept. Low flr lovers. Ask $435k. Call Donny 9090 9049 EA 310B ANCHORVALE Rd High floor. reno. Move in cond. Near amenities/ sch call 8333 8687 Eric Toh EA 324C SENGKANG Reno 127sqm 4bdrm Corner #03 NE Facing. 5mins to MRT
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    • 122 9 5-RM BLK 187B. Well kept. Mid flr, NS. All races/ PR. Near LRT/ Rivervale mall. Ask $448k neg. *****993 BLK 143 SERANGOON North, 4’S’ Spacious, Quiet. Bust stop/shops/NTUC.Serious seller. Lilian 8200-1833 FIRE SALE! 841 5’I’ Corner. Well Kept. Near Amenities Popular Schs. Great area Don’t Miss! Call Now! neg GOOD
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    • 165 9 4’NG’ 819 CORNER. High flr, 100% unblock. Future MRT St Hilda’s Sch. 24 hr supermkt/ eateries. Must Sell 5’I’ CORNER 718 cosy home N/S facing, Windy, Poi Ching Sch. NTUC/ Eateries. $540K neg. Must Sell 5-RM BLK 342. Corner. Mid flr. Unblocked. Nicely reno. Bright breezy. Don’t Miss. Shanice 9833
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    • 129 9 5I 777 ALMOST sold, corner 121 sqm, Renovated, MRT 5I 351 Corner, Convenient 4A 733 Low flr 103 sqm MRT. Martin *****144 OT ALMOST SOLD! 173, 5’I’ Corner. High flr. Near MRT. Reno. Chinese owner. All races/ PR welcome. VTO! BLK 554 HIGH flr, 4’A’, reno Blk 737 4’A’ Low
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    • 1279 10 ®fj>I Raffles PI/Marina/ VffM Raffles PI/ Marina/ UffM Raffles PI/Marina/ Vtfl Raffles PI/Marina/ Hffl Raffles PI/Marina/ Raffles PI/ Marina/ eraj Raffles PI/Marina/ VffM Raffles PI/Marina/ Uff\ Raffles PI/Marina/ Raffles PI/Marina/ □01 Chinatown D01 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown 001 Chinatown QQ1 Chinatown
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    • 167 10 TAMARIND 2STY SEMI-D, 4900sf, 4rms+maid’s, gdn Immed, Joreen 9068 8643 THE SAIL 1-RM, $4k-$5k. 2rm Sea/bay view $5k-7k 3/ 4 rm, bay view, $6k-12k. Marina Bay Res. 1 rm, Sea Marina Bay Suites, 4 rm. Few units. Neo 9384-2121 Expat's Choice Care Honesty ELITE OFFICE@ THE Sail #B1 1) Sail
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    • 190 10 GrabOr Regret SPOTTISWOODE RES. TOP! 3x 2 rms #25up Designer decor. F/furn seaview MRT $neg Chelsea 9387-6814 NEAR OUTRAM STUDIO. Furn, aircon, wifi, cook. No comm 9187-3259 landlord NEIL RD CONSERVATION style Apt 882sf one big rm Spacious Living *****234 ICON 936 SQFT, 2 bdrms, High flr. Fully furn. Immed.
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    • 378 11 BERTH PENTHSE 3089/ 3369sf 4+1/5+1 Beautiful Bay /city sea view $9.8k $11K David 9485-5236 INTERLACE 3RM $5.6K only! 1733 sqft. Spacious rooms. Brand new cond. Unblock. Sole agt *****070 Henson CARIBBEAN 3RM X 3 units. $5.8K/ 3+study $7K/ 3+ patio $7.5K/ 4rm $9K near MRT. Call Jane 9430 0426 MARINA
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    • 443 11 tilftM Rochor/ Bugis/ llftt Rochor/ Bugis/ 007 Beach Rd D07 Beach Rd Pte Apts For Rent Pte Apts For Rent CONCOURSE SKYLINE BEACH ROAD Apt type: 1 1+1 2+1 4+1 bedrooms Sizes: 861 1,173 1,410 2,282 sq ft Panoramic: Sea Flyer City view Link walkway to Nicoll Flighway MRT S'pool
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    • 244 11 ALK TO ORCHARD/ MRT/ ACS. 4 bdrm apt 2300 sf. P/furn. $5.2K. Owner 9850-2663 W RIVERGATE 4RM $9K only! 1722sqft. Prefer Corp lease Pool greenery. Immed. Sole agt *****070 Henson D09 LUMA 2 bdrms 904 sf. Suites@Central 1rm 624 sf. Cairnhill Res 3 bdrms 1173 sf. F/furn. Call *****893 SCOTTS
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    • 500 11 $3,200/ MONTH ONLY. Parc Sophia 1 1 for rent. 667sqft. Fully furnished. Immed. Maple 8380 1811 THE IMPERIAL, 3+1, 1400 sf P/furn. Washer, dryer. Pool, gym. Immed. $6.5K neg. Johnny 9389-8708 ORCHID/ 2 MRTS. Heavenly Quiet! Low-rise colonial 3rm. 1650 sf. Pool. $5.3k Avail Oct Owner *****801 TIARA 3+1 NEWLY
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    • 402 11 NEW LIST! BOTANIC GDN Mansion. Spacious 1399sf. 3+1 f/reno. Best unit. $5.2k June Loy 9793-0080 DUCHESS RESIDENCE 2992 sf, 4+1 garden mais, $11.8k Paterson Res, 1496 sf, 3+1, $7.2k. Eileen 9022 5599 ST REGIS, PENTHSE 5102 sf, 3 bdrms. Pte Pool, Duplex, Balcony end Aug, P/furn $22K Silvia Ang *****755
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    • 990 11 Pastoral View Bassein Road μ Mins walk to Novena MRT Station, Square 2 and Novena Velocity μ Mins drive to int’l schools μ 1-3 bdrms, 614 to 1,238 sq ft Call *****223 PARK INFINIA. 1-BDRM 560 sf. Big s/pool. High flr. Near MRT. Town. F/facilities. Wc wong 9009-8511 BRAND NEW
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    • 169 11 **RICHEAST GDN GRD flr w/ patio. 2500sf, Mais, 4bdrm Avail Sept by appt. Sole Agt, Sylvia 9693-5859 RARE OPPORTUNITY SANDALWOOD 2 BEDROOM/ Studio PH. 2100/ 1500 sf, huge roof terr. Pool view. Resort living. 9487 4441 NEW LIST! ONE Amber. 1 bdrm F/furn. Face sea. High flr. Mins Parkway. Convenient.
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    • 407 12 FERNWOOD TOWERS 1195SF 2bdrms, beautiful reno, near Changi Biz Pk/ city. Immed. 9829 1106 Cheng 1)$2600!! 2 BDRMS@ESPIRA Res! Lor K. Furn. 2) 2 bdrm Stratford Ct Tanah Merah MRT. 9270-2477 FERNWOOD TOWER 1200SF 3bdrm, unobstructed view, full condo, walk to Siglap/ ECP $3k Jimmy *****840 SHORE RESIDENCES. BRAND new!
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    • 325 12 Thomson/ Bishan/ Ang Mo Kio Pte Apts For Rent Centro Residences at Ang Mo Kio Central Minutes to Australian International School and Lycee Frangais de Singapour Next to AMK Hub and 2-min walk to Ang Mo Kio MRT Station 50m lap pool, gym, tennis and basketball courts •3-4 bedroom units
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    • 240 12 **POWERFUL NEGOTIATORS LAKEFRONT Res (Just TOP) 1,2,3,4bdrm $2800 above Centris 2bdrm PH $4500 Summerdale 3+1 $3300 Lakepoint 3+1 $3800 CASPIAN 1RM 700SF $3000 Caspian 2rm 936sf $3.8K Lakefront 2rm 721sf $3.5K Summerdale 3+Study 3.9K LAKEFRONT RES 4BDRM Brand new. unblock view. Walk to MRT. facilities neg James *****383 LAKEFRONT/ CASPIAN
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    • 304 12 Ang Mo Kio HDB Apts For Rent ii\'b\ Ang Mo Kio HDB Apts For Rent Ang Mo Kio HDB Apts For Rent Ang Mo Kio HDB Apts For Rent HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 1 st Quarter 2014 Notes: 7. indicates no subletting transactions in the quarter. 2. Figures marked
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    • 150 12 2+1 VERSAILLES P/FURN NEAR MRT avail Immed. 3+1+ maid East Pt Green p/furn Near MRT. Immed CHANCERY TOWNHSE, 3000 sf. P/furn. Immed. $6K. D’Cambridge, 2-bdrm, 750 sf, $3.4K. Bee *****408 SIGLAP CENTRE APTS 3 bedroom 1,290 and 1,625 sqft. Call Benedict *****558 Samuel *****823 3-RM BAYSHORE PK F/furn /aircon. Move
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    • 177 12 4’A’ BLK 269 Bishan st 24, Aircon, high flr p/furn, well kept. Amenities. Immed. Elizabeth 9247-2805 APPROVED 4-RM BLK.177 Bishan (lock 1 rm). F/furn, AC $2500 neg near Bishan MRT. Joyce 9238 6893 BLK 313 SHUNFU. 3-rm. Reno, 2 toilets. New. High flr. F/furn. F/aircon. Avail 15th Aug. 9683-0880 Clement
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    • 167 12 CLEMENTI BLK 376 1+1 F/aircon. F/furn. 3 mins to MRT. Immed. Prefer single /couple. Jerry 9385-2288 3-RM 629 HIGH flr, next to corner, bright cosy $2k, unfurn aircon immed, very convenient. *****181 Ancy HOUGANG BLK 420 4-rm. Reno. Aircon. MRT. $2880. Immed. Chris 9693-7990 EM 50 TEBAN Gdn. 1561 sf.
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    • 364 12 3 ROOM BLK 32 sea view Aircon, F/furn. Avail 1 Aug. Professional welcome. Call Pearlyn *****008 DTZ BLK 60 MARINE Dr 4’I High flr. F/furn, nice reno. Near amenities. $2.8K. Avail 10 Sep. Silvia 9750 8318 ERA Don't Miss 2+1 BLK 64 Marine Drive. High floor. Aircon. F/furn. Near Parkway/
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    • 399 12 3’I’ BLK 3 Lor 7, Toa Payoh 3’NG’ blk 225 AMK, immed 3’NG’ blk 215 S’goon Ave 4 4’A corner blk 646 Yishun 4’A’ 616 Hougang, immed 5’I’ corner blk 733 W’lands EA corner blk 104A AMK. 3’I’ CORNER 644 Hougang 3’NG’ 515 Jurong W St 52 5’I’ 494B/ 505
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    • 447 12 GERMAN/ FRANCE/ FOREIGN Single/ expat family looking for whole unit in all areas. Rent/ sale. High budget. Sky *****725 ERA TENANTS JUST arrived! Urgently looking for whole units High 969-***** Pan WHOLE UNITS WANTED Sale rent in all areas. Ready buyers tenants. Please call 9731-8757 Koh, ERA A M’SIAN COUPLE
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    • 341 13 SENOKO DR, 8800SF workshop 3.5m ceiling. B2. Suit storage, Engr Eldix @Mandai ramp up 1561sf w/parking space. B1. Brand new. NEW HI-TECH B1 Serangoon Nth. Ceiling height 6-8m. Ground flr avail. Air-con. *****727/*****485 NEW B1 HI-TECH Building Corp image. Good tenants. 1,700sf onwards. Near MRT *****243/ *****305 WOODLANDS SPECTRUM B2
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    • 370 13 1) RARE! AMK Terr Fty for Assignment. Easy access. 2) East Point 2 sty Terr Fty #01 for rent. 3500sf. neg TRADEHUB 21, 1722 sqft, Light Ind, Bare w/ attached toilet, carpark. Immed. Francis 9825 6808 PN. *HARVEST W’LANDS B2 ramp up. #03. 1906 sf. $3.4K. No GST. Bare. Immed.
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    • 406 13 LHK 3 (NEW industrial rd Area 800sf aircon and partitioned. Call *****997 1119SF. FITTED UNIT Toh Guan. B1 usage. Free parking. Call 9766-1366 Long WOODLANDS IND/ GENTING #01/#02. 2400 to 8000 sf All trades. Sam 9109 2355 HENDERSON BLK211 4435sf office cum warehse. $1.70 psf up ImmedAgt *****629 PRIMZ BIZHUB
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    • 284 13 fifl Factory/lndustrial I GBt Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial fUf Space for Sale Space for Sale |||f Space for Sale Enterprise One along Eunos Link I t No additional buyer's stamp duty Tenanted units offering immediate rental income Sizes from 2,164 sq ft Near PIE KPE CTE Ramp-up vehicular access to all levels
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    • 329 13 Call Now TUAS B2 *****/ ***** sf. 12m ceiling Corp image. MRT Lease 40 yrs. most trade. 9487 9007 Josh. FHOLD LAND *****sf/ 2sty Plot ratio 2.5 $550ppr up F’hold land 8120 *****sf Sole agt LamHH *****433 MIDVIEW BLDG@BT BATOK. 1668 sqft. B1. Fully fitted. Asking $400 psf. Bal 43
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    • 229 13 RAFFLES PLACE Next to Raffles Place MRT Area 1200sqft at Reasonable Rent City Developments Limited CONTACT OWNER Ms Judy 9819-4748 JK 6236-5005 Medical Suites For Lease μ Unit size from 678 sqft to 1,442 sqft μ Suitable for various medical professions μ MRI facility available within the center μ Direct
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    • 366 13 e V GALAXIS WORK LOFTS ra FUSIONOPOLIS OFFICE SPACE at one-north FOR LEASE 6508 8790/6508 8767 spacetobe.com.sg ascendas Space to be The Herencia @Kim Yam asking rental from $1 > Rental from $4 psf Immediate Occupation With shuttle bus service to Somerset MRT Fitted out units upon request Existing tenants
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    • 196 13 D01 SOUTH BRIDGE Rd Near Raffles/ Clarke Quay MRT approx 1249 sqft 2nd level only $4.80psf Avail immed *****722 *****758 Choice Unit Care Honesty THE HERENCIA 500-***** sf. Next to Robinson Quay/ Mohd Sultan. $3.80-$5.30 psf. Gavin 9839-9191 EUNOS TECHPARK VARIOUS sizes office avail. Fitted, wifi, utility, aircon. incl. Pool,
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    • 191 13 BEACH ROAD: 1140SF. 100m from Raffles Hotel. 5 mins walk from City Hall/ Bugis. F/furn. Contact *****170 SOUTH BRIDGE RD 2nd +3rd flr conservation office 2400 sf. Chinatown MRT. $6.5K. 9488-1110 Simon INT’L PLAZA/MAXWELL HSE 473/ 936/ 1200/ 1410/ 2357 sf. City/ Sea view. High flr. Matt *****337 UBI AVE
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    • 338 13 SINGAPORE INT’L BIZ Hub Henderson. 500 sf. 6-8 pax. F/furn. Only $1950, no GST. *****555 FAR EAST SHPG Ctr 183sf. Suit shop/office. F/fitted. Glass door,aircon.MRT. Mid Aug. Cecilia 9818 9028 CECIL ST $5.80 psf 3300/ 6000 sf. Well fitted. High flr. Lobby frontage. Must view! Lionel *****807 FP 600SF CBD
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    • 514 14 BT TIMAH SHPG Ctr. 1733 sf Nicely fitted, Wall cabinets. New Carpet/ Paint. $5K. Call Mae Lee 9632 4398 1)UBI TECHPK 1173SF $3.2k Neg Reno. F/aircon Immed 2) Central link Jln Bt Merah. 1065 sf, $3.2k neg. INT’L BIZ PK. 350-16,000sf. Jurong E MRT. Corp image. Amenities. *****000 D13 3020/
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    • 261 14 1) NEW! CLARKE Quay. TOP 2015. 323-2357sf fr $825K 2) Central, 926 sqft facing river. Reno. $3M also rent Teresa Wong 9618-2815 MANHATTAN HOUSE 527 sf CBD/ MRT/ Courts. Biz can get 80% loan ask $780k SMS owner 9850 0255 VISION EXCHANGE F&B/ Medical Suites Jurong Commercial Hub. No SSD/
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    • 349 14 VISION EXCHANGE. 99 yrs New commercial building. Office/ shops. Jurong East MRT. Good investment!! INT’L PLAZA. 936/ 2357 sf. Best Price! City/ sea view. High flr. Vacant possession. Matt 9668-9337 CANTONMENT RD. FH. 2-sty Conserved/ Mezzanine/ Attic. 1375/ 3064 sf. Outram MRT. C&W 9724 3662 CT HUB2 OFFICE/ Retail/ B1
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    • 468 14 r Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES Orchard Plaza (next to Orchard Point) 205 to 883 sq ft Suitable for Retail, Beauty Salon, Language School, Showroom, etc. Attractive rental Call *****411 www.fareast.com.sg J ROCHESTER MALL (A Learning Place) μ 370sf/1500sf suitable for F&B μ 200sf to 1400sf suitable for enrichment,
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    • 330 14 2ND FLR Binjai Pk. Suitable for office/ music sch. 1033sf 3 rms walk up $3.xK Amenities. Lily 9671 3228 PAGODA ST GRD flr 1441 sf All trades. Good frontage! Large outdr area. Agts welcome. Owner 6908 0671 JALAN SELASEH SHOPHSE 2100sf. Wide frontage with carparks. Suit clinic, Retail training ctr
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    • 434 14 AVA PROCESSING RM 200sf $1.9K. Office space 440sf for rent @No 9 Jln Tepong Rd S*****7-LEE *****759 ORCHARD RD CONCORDE shops 474sf Suits all trade Good location. 6337-6763 FAR EAST PLAZA, with excellent frontage fr $3.9k Agts welcome. 9615 6150. GEYLANG LOR 12 Grd Flr. 1810 sf. Heavy Traffic, Best
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    • 231 14 MACPHERSON MALL F’HOLD Shop Restns fr $3500psf Anchor tenant NTUC, Ibis style Hotel, Mins MRT. Free shuttle bus *****080 YKK RARE! VISION EXCHANGE Medical Suites/F&B Jurong Gateway. No SSD/ ABSD! 99yrs. 9336 7732 Mervyn SHOP THE Plaza 743sf x 2 units. Tenanted till 2016. Rental yield above 4%. Ask $1.5M.Willie
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