The Straits Times, 30 September 2014

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  • 28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 96 PAGES IN FIVE 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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  • 535 1  -  They vow to stay until decision on constitutional reform is reversed By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg SWATHES of Hong Kong remained paralysed, with protesters unmollified by the government’s gesture of withdrawing riot police. In the worst political crisis in
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  • 498 1  -  By JANICE HENG, LINETTE LAI janiceh@sph.com.sg linettel@sph.com.sg FROM next January, incentives will be given to companies that voluntarily rehire workers past age 65, before legislation kicks in to raise the re-employment age to 67. This “promotional approach” was suggested by a
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  • 66 1 BUILDERS of Downtown Line Stage 2 have made up some time lost due to a contractor folding and the MRT line will open by the first quarter of 2016, if not earlier. The opening had been delayed from late-2015 to mid-2016 after Austrian
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  • 47 1 START-UPS needing business advice and funding can now turn to the Action Community for Entrepreneurship, which has become an organisation led by the private sector. This is a milestone event, says its new chairman, Dr Steven Fang (left). L MONEY B7
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 525 2 / 3  -  Ramped-up construction to see stalled project open by Q1 2016: Minister By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg DOWNTOWN Line Stage 2, an MRT line which links Upper Bukit Timah to Marina Bay, will open, at the latest, by
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    • 538 2 / 3  -  TUSSLE OVER WIDOW’S FORTUNE By CAROLYN KHEW, TOH YONG CHUAN kcarolyn@sph.com.sg tohyc@sph.com.sg THE Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has called a truce to the tussle between the niece of a rich widow and a former China tour guide over control
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    • 654 2 / 3  -  Move to reduce risk of bottles used in fights by rowdy crowds By MARISSA LEE, LESTER HIO lesterh@sph.com.sg marilee@sph.com.sg A SHARP increase in rowdy behaviour and large crowds at Tekka Centre’s hawker centre on the weekends is prompting the police
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
      • 52 4 ROADS were closed, bus services suspended, and offices shut yesterday in Hong Kong a day after clashes between tear-gas wielding police and thousands of pro-democracy activists, who have vowed to camp out on the city’s streets for “as long as it takes”. TOP OF THE
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      • 39 4 THE US underestimated the threat posed by ISIS militants, President Barack Obama said in a TV interview, and stressed the importance of Iraq and Syria’s determination to resolve their domestic crises. TOP OF THE NEWS A6
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      • WORLD
        • 36 4 INDONESIA’S outgoing Parliament has approved next year’s Budget with a smaller than-expected deficit. President-elect Joko Widodo will have his work cut out for him, however, in winning over an opposition-led Parliament. PAGE A10
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        • 59 4 ABOUT 5,000 US and Filipino troops have begun an annual exercise focused on maritime security and territorial defence. The wargames underscore the Philippines’ quest to counteract China in the South China Sea, where the two countries vie bitterly for resource-rich territory. PAGE A12 The US and the Philippines
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        • 48 4 A DECADES-OLD military training programme for high school and university students in China has come under fire for being outmoded after a recent suicide, as well as a brawl between drillmasters and trainees. But proponents say the practice instils discipline in coddled youngsters. PAGE A13
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        • 44 4 FACEBOOK is launching an improved ad server, called Atlas, which will help advertisers measure how often individual users of the social networking site and its subsidiary Instagram look at their ads, and tailor promotions based on the information. PAGE A17
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      • 55 4 Two aspects of the unfolding war against ISIS would give optimists pause. One, troops are required as air strikes will not dislodge the extremist group. Two, there has to be a political solution going hand in hand with societal reform in Arab nations.
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      • OPINION
        • 52 4 TEMASEK Holdings and JTC Corp’s planned merger of four subsidiaries would result in an entity that would dwarf the world’s largest firms. But apart from size, adapting to local cultures and contexts is also key, says Professor Stephen Cairns in the weekly Eye On The Economy column.
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      • HOME
        • 70 4 SINCE May, cameras have been installed in cars at 40 of Singapore’s carparks, to keep an eye out for crimes such as theft and vandalism. Some gadgets are switched on all the time, while others start recording when they detect motion. PAGE B1 Pasir Ris resident
          ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG  -  70 words
        • 46 4 LETTERS may be passe but the booming e-commerce industry has been boosting SingPost’s business. Online shopping has almost doubled its mail parcel volume in the past seven years. It processes around 1.2 million mail parcels from online shopping every month. PAGE B2
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        • 34 4 MORE than 160,000 low-income households can now apply for free digital set-top boxes, which will let them continue watching free-to-air television channels when analogue broadcasting stops in 2020. PAGE B4
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      • MONEY
        • 50 4 THE Hungry Ghost Festival brought property buying to a standstill last month. The National University of Singapore’s Institute of Real Estate Studies price index yesterday showed prices of suburban units rose by just 0.1 per cent, as did those of small resale private homes. PAGE B8
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      • SPORT
        • 52 4 UNITED STATES golfer Phil Mickelson has drawn criticism after he expressed his disapproval of how US team captain Tom Watson managed the players in their failed bid to win the Ryder Cup. Pundits said it was unbecoming of Mickelson not to stand by his skipper in public.
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      • LIFE!
        • Article, Illustration
          67 4 K-POP will be part of the line-up at this year’s International A Cappella Festival. The organisers have lined up a diverse programme for the festival, which kicks off tomorrow. Zenith from South Korea has prepared K-pop songs from groups such as EXO and 2PM. PAGE C11 South
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        • 66 4 ACTOR George Clooney and his new bride, lawyer Amal Alamuddin, made their first post-nuptials public appearance on Sunday in a vintage water taxi, leading a flotilla of boats down the Grand Canal in Venice. The Clooneys are expected to honeymoon in Marrakech in Morocco. PAGE C14 Lawyer
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
        • 35 4 COLIN Schooling is baffled when people say his son Joseph Singapore’s Asian Games swim sensation is a foreign talent. Mr Schooling, a Singapore-born Eurasian, proves it in this video. http://bit.ly/1DQJ7M0 PHOTO: YOUTUBE
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      • VIDEO
        • 30 4 OUR correspondent on the ground Li Xueying captures footage of the stand-off between protesters and the police and authorities, as the Occupy Central movement gathers steam. http://bit.ly/1rwMvXp
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      • WEB SPECIAL
        • 34 4 OUR video journalist Amanda Wong captures the animals at a simulated wild environment in Chengdu, China, before they are freed eventually to help boost the local panda population. Go to http://bit.ly/1wO8Hwy
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    • 419 6  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg PERFORMANCES at the upcoming Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre in Shenton Way will include collaborations with non-Chinese arts groups, said its chief executive Choo Thiam Siew. For instance, non-Chinese musicians could be invited to play for say, a Chinese dance, he
      ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA  -  419 words
    • 576 6  -  Report shows profits being moved to lower tax jurisdictions overseas By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AUSTRALIA has signalled that it will take a tough stance against tax avoidance after a report showed the nation’s biggest companies have
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    • 528 6 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO At least 36 people are feared to have died after a Japanese volcano erupted without warning last Saturday, raining hot ash and rocks on hikers. Twelve people were confirmed dead yesterday in Japan’s first fatal volcanic eruption since 1991,
      REUTERS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; PHOTO: REUTERS; PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; ST GRAPHICS  -  528 words
    • 535 6 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has admitted that the US underestimated the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters in Syria, as the US-led air strike coalition yesterday pounded ISIS targets. In a TV interview aired
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    • HONG KONG PROTESTS
      • 573 8 / 9  -  But it is unlikely to respond with hardline tactics just yet, they say VIEW FROM BEIJING By KOR KIAN BENG CHINA BUREAU CHIEF IN BEIJING kianbeng@sph.com.sg A GAG order on Chinese media outlets not to report on the unprecedented tumult in Hong
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      • 595 8 / 9  -  VIEW FROM HONG KONG By LI XUEYING HONG KONG CORRESPONDENT xueying@sph.com.sg ABOVE the sea of black-clad youth massing on the roads of Admiralty, Hong Kong’s famous glass and steel skyscrapers soar, as indomitable as ever. While some of their offices
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      • 376 8 / 9  -  By MELISSA LIN mellinjm@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS in Hong Kong should avoid crowds and any demonstrations, says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. In addition, they should monitor the local news closely, listen to the authorities and buy comprehensive travel and medical insurance, the
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      • 609 8 / 9  -  By FIONA CHAN SENIOR ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT fiochan@sph.com.sg INVESTORS bailed out of shares and dumped the Hong Kong dollar yesterday while banks, jewellers and fashion stores shut their doors as pro-democra-cy protests brought parts of the island to a standstill. Analysts expect investors
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      • 470 8 / 9  -  By MELISSA TAN, FIONA CHAN melissat@sph.com.sg fiochan@sph.com.sg SOME Singapore firms with business in Hong Kong were forced to shut their outlets yesterday amid escalating protests. DBS Group Holdings and OCBC Bank temporarily halted operations at some bank branches while retailers closed shop
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  • WORLD
    • 700 10  -  Jokowi may run into opposition if he seeks to revise it for his programmes By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA wahyudis@sph.com.sg INDONESIA’s outgoing Parliament has approved the state Budget for next year, but did not take into full account the programmes primarily a fuel
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    • 576 10  -  By ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT IN JAKARTA zubaidah@sph.com.sg OUTGOING President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has vowed to continue fighting for local leaders to be directly elected even after he steps down on Oct 20, as doubts are raised over whether plans to overturn
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    • ASIA
      • 464 12 Annual war games in S. China Sea come as Beijing grows more assertive REUTERS MANILA Thousands of Philippine and American soldiers yesterday began annual war games near disputed waters in the South China Sea, testing the readiness of the two oldest security allies in
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      • 69 12 Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha (above) at a military parade yesterday that marked his retirement today as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army at the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy in Nakorn Nayok. General Udomdej Sitabutr, the deputy army chief who is Gen Prayuth’s confidant, will become
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      • 533 12 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KABUL Afghanistan inaugurated its first new president in a decade yesterday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a pow-er-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test. Just before Mr Ghani was sworn in, a
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
        • 73 12 BANGKOK Thailand’s Siriraj Hospital has reportedly become the first in the world to have developed a vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus, the National News Bureau of Thailand reported yesterday. Doctors from the hospital have conducted thorough research on ways to treat patients infected with
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        • 93 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan yesterday demanded that North Korea promptly report the results of its probe into the Cold War kidnappings of Japanese citizens as the two nations began talks in China. The meeting of senior officials in Shenyang came after Tokyo announced in July
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        • 76 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SIBU (Malaysia) A Singapore training aircraft skidded and veered off the airport runway while landing in Sibu, Sarawak, yesterday. The plane, King Air C90B with three people on board, had earlier taken off from Seletar Airport in Singapore. Seven flights
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      • 456 12 REUTERS TOKYO Plans to open Japan’s first casino in Tokyo before the 2020 Olympics are becoming increasingly unlikely, with developers facing skyrocketing building costs and a city government that no longer considers casino development an economic priority. Prime Minister
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      • 719 13  -  Training accidents reignite debate on usefulness of practice By ESTHER TEO CHINA CORRESPONDENT IN BEIJING esthert@sph.com.sg FOR 10 days earlier this month, Ms Feng Qirui woke up before the crack of dawn and put on her neatly pressed military uniform. A series
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      • 285 13 REUTERS SHANGHAI A Chinese court has sentenced two people to death and another to life imprisonment for the murder of a state-backed imam in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said. In late July, three
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      • 232 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea’s efforts to rid itself of a reputation for casual racial discrimination and overbearing ethnic nationalism will come under scrutiny this week from the United Nations’ top expert on racism. Tasked with assessing racism, xenophobia and related intolerance around the
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      • 673 14 Urban boom and robust economic growth propel rise of consumer society REUTERS PHNOM PENH Mr Chy Sila has come a long way since he invested his US$500 life savings in a small shop in Cambodia’s capital to sell bootleg music and pirated movies. Fast-forward 16 years
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    • 635 15 Indian PM goes from shunned to embraced as he drinks in the love AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi basked in a rock star US welcome as he vowed to build a strong, confident country ahead of his first
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 122 15 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has written to congratulate Ms Ewa Kopacz on her appointment as Poland’s Prime Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement yesterday. PM Lee noted that Singapore and Poland enjoy good relations, and thanked Ms Kopacz for Poland’s
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      • 112 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA More than 3,000 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean so far this year. This is more than double the previous peak in 2011, the International Organisation for Migration said. Europe is by far the most dangerous destination for “irregular” migrants,
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    • 457 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BIRMINGHAM Britain’s ruling Conservative party was to announce plans to scrap an inheritance tax as it sets out economic policies aimed at wooing voters ahead of a general election next May. Its final party conference be- fore what is expected to
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    • 295 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW YORK Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and India’s new Prime Minister Narendra Modi have pledged to boost cooperation in the most substantive interaction between the two countries’ leaders in 11 years. The two prime ministers both appeared upbeat
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    • Article, Illustration
      113 15 Pro-Ukraine supporters dismantling a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin after it was toppled during a rally in the eastern Ukrainian town of Kharkiv near the Russian border on Sunday. The 8.5m statue had been seen as a symbol of Soviet legacy and Moscow’s control. It was
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    • 562 16 Sonar systems to probe 5,000m below sea level in southern Indian Ocean AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 enters a new underwater phase this week, almost seven months after the jet went missing, with two specialist ships to join the hunt.
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    • 417 16 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Flight cancellations that stranded travellers across the US will take days to unwind after a Chicago-area air-traffic centre was crippled by a worker’s alleged sabotage. More than 180 flights were cancelled yesterday after 900 were erased
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    • 249 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE HAGUE Three people including a child died after a souped-up “monster truck” ploughed into a crowd during a show in the Netherlands. Five people out of the 18 injured in Sunday’s accident were reported yesterday to be in a
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    • 308 16 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS LOS ANGELES California has become the first US state to require students on college campuses to receive active consent before all sexual activity. Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law a Bill that will impose this new standard for
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    • 427 17 People-based marketing key feature of network’s revamped Atlas server BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Facebook is able to track its 1.3 billion users on desktop computers, mobile devices and other websites. Now, advertisers will be able to do the same, using the social networking service’s data.
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    • 90 17 A worker at an electronic shop sorting boxes of Microsoft’s Xbox One in Shanghai. The game console officially hit the shelves yesterday in China, after the government lifted a 14-year ban on game consoles. The launch, which was delayed a week for
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    • 336 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BLOOMBERG LONDON The European Union will accuse United States tech giant Apple of taking illegal aid from the Irish state through sweetheart tax deals over two decades, in a report to be released today. A European Commission (EC) investigation
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    • 200 17 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON The Alibaba Group works with the Chinese government on security issues just as Google and Facebook cooperate with the US government, chairman Jack Ma has said in a US television interview. “We have a very strict process working with the
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    • 506 20 Rise a positive sign for economy in which bosses are also hiring more REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Rising incomes helped consumers in the United States spend more in August, a positive sign for the economy which appears to be shifting into a higher gear.
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    • 409 20 REUTERS LONDON Hundreds of companies around the world are chasing an emerging market for cheaper copies of costly biotech drugs, with more than 700 so-called “biosimilars” now in development or already approved, according to a major study of the sector. Biotech medicines made
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    • MONEY BRIEFS
      • 86 20 BLOOMBERG NEW YORK Microsoft said it plans to open its first flagship store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, about six blocks from a similar location operated by Apple. Microsoft’s store will open at 677, Fifth Avenue, according to a blog post yesterday. The company did
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      • 79 20 NEW YORK Pimco co-founder Bill Gross’s exit from the investment firm had an immediate impact on the company, with investors withdrawing about US$10 billion (S$12.7 billion) following the announcement, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Some within the
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      • 82 20 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Italian prosecutors are investigating past individual tax filings of Prada’s chief executive officers, making the two fashion executives the latest target of a government probe in the country. Ms Miuccia Prada and Mr Patrizio Bertelli were informed of the examination by the
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    • 301 20 REUTERS WASHINGTON One of the more unusual trials to come out of the 2008 financial crisis was set to begin yesterday, when a federal judge will consider whether the US government’s rescue of American International Group (AIG) was, in fact, legal. The trial is
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  • OPINION
    • 451 21 THE air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is showing encouraging gains in disabling the sinews of war, such as command posts and arms caches. Casualties inflicted are harder to determine as ISIS forces had been moved around as soon
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    • 980 21  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY The mega-merger of Singapore’s urban planning firms will give them an edge in leading urbanisation efforts in Asia. But size is not the only factor that matters in this potentially game-changing deal involving Ascendas, Jurong International, Surbana and Singbridge.
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    • 633 21  -  By ADAM MINTER BLOOMBERG WHAT’S worse for big business in H on g K on g street protests or the tear gas fired to disperse the protests? That’s the uncomfortable question now confronting Hong Kong’s buttondown business community, which has
      BLOOMBERG  -  633 words
    • 1048 22  -  By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com PRESIDENT Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono walks away from the Merdeka Palace next month with his legacy in tatters after allowing political opportunists to hijack his government’s own legislation and deliver a demoralising blow to Indonesia’s democratic development. Let’s get one
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    • 1069 22  -  By PETER DRYSDALE economy. The writer is editor of the East Asia Forum based at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. This article appeared on its website www.eastasiaforum.org BEFORE he was elected India’s Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi was persona non
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    • 689 22  -  By LEONID BERSHIDSKY BLOOMBERG THERE is probably nothing more meaningless and hypocritical in em-ployer-employee relations than an “unlimited vacation policy” of the kind that billionaire Richard Branson has announced for his personal staff of 170. Though he cites Netflix’s decision not to track vacation
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      • 171 23  -  Soh Ah Yuen WHILE community events, charity functions, night markets and even getai shows can be held side by side, events that can draw emotive crowds, such as the Central Provident Fund rally at Hong Lim Park last Saturday, should be held in isolation and
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      • 201 23  -  Tay Hong Yi THE behaviour of the protesters at Hong Lim Park last Saturday was downright reprehensible, not because of their vitriol but because of the circumstances (“Chaos at Hong Lim Park charity carnival”; Sunday). The expression of alternative views must not be
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      • 168 23  -  K.S. Rajan I AM a lifelong learner and have been continually upgrading myself for the past 40 years. In fact, my family and friends call me a “seminar junkie”. I have benefited from attending hundreds of courses, including programmes on public speaking, neuro-linguistic programming, derivative
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        • 131 23  -  Ng Eng Juan I FULLY agree with the points raised by Mr Sebastian Liew (“What’s wrong with being a housewife?”; last Wednesday) and Mr Tan Eng Tat (“Dual incomes should be a choice, not a must”; last Friday). Housewives make significant and meaningful contributions to families,
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        • 116 23 Lim Lih Mei (Ms) money CENTRAL Provident Fund members who wish to invest their savings are likely to welcome the lower cap on total expense ratios for unit trusts and investment-linked insurance products (“Thousands of CPF investors could gain from new rules”; last Friday).
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        • 112 23  -  Cheong Kok Kong DR CELIA Tan Ia Choo mentioned that one of the reasons the community sector is having a hard time recruiting physiotherapists is that their remuneration does not match that in other health-care sectors (“Vital to retain physiotherapists in public sector”; last Friday). Psychologists
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        • 86 23  -  Chaitali Tarafdar (Mrs) ENGLISH should be used in a comprehensible manner, so people can understand it. However, if we open any model composition book, we see vocabulary that is neither used in daily life nor easily understandable. Encouraging young children to excessively embellish their compositions with
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        • 120 23  -  Charlie Wee Kian Siang ON SEPT 19, my wife, our two sons and I had a buffet dinner at Chiso Zanmai, a restaurant at the Central Mall in Clarke Quay. I was shocked to be presented a bill for four adults, when my younger son
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        78 23 1. MR LIM SOO HUAT: Protesters’ actions uncalled for. 2. MS EVE LOH: Women more drawn to boards of non-profit groups? 3. MS CAROLINE CHEE: Rejoice in diversity of options for women. 4. MS LI DAN YUE: To work or not to work? Respect women’s decisions. 5. MR
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      • 159 23  -  Ada Chan Siew Foen (Ms) MR RAYMOND Anthony Fernando (“Reward ‘role model’ maids and their employers”; Forum Online, Sept 18) and Mr Seah Seng Choon (“Recognition of outstanding maids, employers”; Forum Online, Sept 20) wrote about initiatives to recognise exemplary foreign domestic workers and
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      • 220 23  -  Robert Lim I SUPPORT National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan’s vision of a city with fewer vehicles and more space for living (“Khaw’s vision: Fewer cars, better lifestyles”; Sept 17) as well as Mr Osman Sidek’s call for proper cycling infrastructure (“Turning cycling
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      • 239 23  -  Sylvia Jackson Yap (Ms) Registrar Strata Titles Boards WE REFER to Mr Chiu Mung Hing’s letter (“In a bind over water leakage”; last Tuesday). The Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act presumes the defect is within the upper unit when there is water leakage
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      • 346 24  -  Yeoh Teng Kwong ASSOCIATE Professor Ang Swee Hoon wondered “whether engaging in one marquee event (the Singapore Grand Prix) by itself” is sufficient to reposition Singapore as a fun and bold city (“Do F1 benefits roll on after race week?”; last Saturday).
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      • 326 24 Should the Government be responsible for ensuring health-care affordability, even in the private sector? Should it buy drugs in bulk for all patients, and set recommended prices? The Government should provide only basic medical care in government medical establishments. Private hospitals should be free to set their own
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      • 67 24 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. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms, Mrs or
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      • 216 24  -  Yik Keng Yeong (Dr) WHILE it is true that the Government must be more proactive in managing health-care costs (“Govt’s duty to ensure health-care affordability” by Mrs Charis Mun; last Saturday), the suggestion that it should buy drugs in bulk
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    • 575 1  -  Motorists with in-car cameras help fight crime in pilot scheme By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg AN EXTRA set of eyes has been watching over 40 of Singapore’s carparks for the past five months. The Straits Times has learnt that Bedok Police Division launched a
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    • 607 2  -  Growth in e-commerce helps double mail parcel volume over past 7 years By CHERYL FAITH WEE, JANICE TAI cherylw@sph.com.sg jantai@sph.com.sg BIG e-commerce players are boosting business for SingPost, which has seen its mail parcel volume nearly double over the past seven years.
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    • 439 2  -  JANICE TAI THE average Singaporean posts only six letters or cards a year now, Singapore Post data shows. While the postman is delivering letters to more households, he is handling fewer letters. Domestic mail volume dipped by 3.1 per cent between 2011 and last year.
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    • 467 2  -  By JOYCE LIM joycel@sph.com.sg MADAM Hirnie Tahir lost her cashier job when her degenerative eye disease became worse last year. Her former husband was in jail and she needed money for her four children, aged five to 11. Then came a surprise
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    • 251 2  -  By JERMYN CHOW DEFENCE CORRESPONDENT jermync@sph.com.sg THE Central Manpower Base (CMPB) in Depot Road, where hundreds of thousands of young men have been called up for national service (NS) and pre-en-listment screening since 1989, is moving to a new home
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    • 582 3  -  More new hires but they lack experience needed for complex jobs By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg THE number of crane operators has nearly doubled in the past year, but construction projects may still be delayed as many new hires do not have the experience needed for
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    • 350 3  -  CHANG MAY CHOON SEVENTY-NINE companies have been fined or warned for unsafe crane operations, following checks by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in July and last month. The ministry inspected 80 work sites during that period as part of “Operation Goldcrest”,
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    • 916 4  -  Protest co-leader seeking to apologise to special needs children and parents HONG LIM PARK FRACAS By NUR ASYIQIN MOHAMAD SALLEH asyiqins@sph.com.sg PARENTS of a special needs group whose performance at Hong Lim Park was disrupted by protesters from an adjacent event are declining
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    • 416 4  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg MORE than 160,000 low-income households can now apply for free digital set-top boxes. This will allow them to keep on watching free-to-air television channels, when the nation pulls the plug on analogue broadcasting in 2020. Yesterday,
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    • 439 5  -  Prosecution says this shows finance manager knew what was going on CITY HARVEST TRIAL By IAN IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg CITY Harvest Church (CHC) finance manager Sharon Tan was aware of what “round-tripping” meant and had even used the term in an e-mail to her
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    • 321 5  -  By JALELAH ABU BAKER jalmsab@sph.com.sg A BOUNCER at a Sentosa Gateway club ended his first day of work in hospital after he was allegedly slashed in the throat early on Sunday morning. The 29-year-old, who is described as short and friendly,
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    • 369 5  -  ELENA CHONG A MOTORCYCLIST who punched and shattered the window of a Volkswagen, in a road rage incident on Nov 16 last year, was sentenced to three weeks’ jail yesterday. But Briton James George Palin, 33, is appealing against the sentence
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    • 667 6  -  He is the first murderer to be denied re-sentencing after law change By SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A 39-YEAR-OLD killer who has been on death row for five years for knifing an elderly housewife more than 110 times in 2005 was yesterday denied
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    • 500 6  -  By PRISCILLA GOY goyshiyi@sph.com.sg A BOOK and university scholarship were launched yesterday to commemorate the late Mr Tan Siak Kew, a philanthropist and business and community leader, and vocal education advocate. He was also one of the founders of Nanyang University, and served as
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  • MONEY
    • 954 7  -  ACE Ltd will mentor entrepreneurs, give them a voice on policy matters By GRACE CHNG SENIOR CORRESPONDENT chngkeg@sph.com.sg THE establishment of ACE Ltd will offer start-ups valuable business guidance while giving entrepreneurs a new voice. The Action Community for Entrepreneurship will also get
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    • 490 8  -  Firms can take the lead, collaborate, and innovate, says Balakrishnan By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg THE real estate industry has a major part to play in building sustainable cities, said Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday. Dr Balakrishnan said at the
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    • 476 8  -  By JACQUELINE WOO tsjwoo@sph.com.sg THREE industrial plots tailored mainly to meet the demands of smaller business operators have been put up for sale. Two sites are on the confirmed list a 0.8ha parcel in Tuas South Street 9 that has been designated as Plot
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    • 275 8  -  RENNIE WHANG THE huge number of units being launched by Chinese developers in Iskandar could affect rental yields, Datuk FD Iskandar, the president of the Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia, warned yesterday. “Iskandar is very exciting for Malaysia and we are
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    • 383 8  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg THE Hungry Ghost Festival brought property buying to a standstill last month and left resale home prices flat. Developers also shied away from launching projects while buyers pulled back in anticipation of attractive discounts at upcoming launches, market watchers said.
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    • 455 10  -  Optimism index across major sectors at all-year low By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg BUSINESS confidence ahead of the fourth quarter is at an all-year low, according to a new survey. While companies still expect some degree of expansion, they are not
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    • 433 10  -  By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg RETAIL property is experiencing mixed fortunes these days, with prices holding firm amid investor demand while rents soften as consumer spending slows. A state of the market report by consultancy DTZ suggests that buyers of shop space might be on
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    • COMPANIES MONEY
      • 326 11  -  World’s 1st wholesale contract ‘boost for bid to be regional precious metals hub’ By RACHAEL RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg GOLD trading looks set for a boost with the launch of a new product on the local bourse next month. Wholesalers will be able to buy
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      • 628 11 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Rising wealth in Asia is spurring more “diseases of the affluent” such as metabolic disorders and hypertension, said IHH Healthcare, the region’s largest hospital operator. Demographic shifts, from a burgeoning middle class to ageing populations, are boosting demand for
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    • MONEY MARKETS
      • 462 12  -  Investors stay on sidelines despite US economy growing 4.6% in Q2 BULLS AND BEARS By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg LETHARGY continued to put a dampener on the local stock market yesterday, with turnover slumping to the lowest level since Boxing Day
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      • 330 12  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg MARINE services company EMAS Offshore is gunning for a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange mainboard. The firm launched a $58.8 million initial public offering (IPO) yesterday of around 48.6 million shares at $1.21 apiece. Around 18.7 per cent,
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      • MARKET SUMMARY
        • 18 12 STI trading volume 114.6 million shares STI up down Gainers: 12 Losers: 10 Unchanged: 8
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        • 85 12 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 759.91 533.39 846.73 858.39 225.15 193.30 261.27 0.86 0.07 -0.48 -2.93 0.18 0.19 0.01 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 151.54 514.37 826.98 838.18 1,244.60 815.87
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        • 21 12 Stock trading volume 979 million shares worth $617.4 million Up down Gainers: 177 Losers: 193 Unchanged: 421
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        • 55 12 Yesterday’s close Index Change -449.2 80.78 Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 23,229.21 16,310.64 2,026.6 2,357.71 1,324.943 1,846.34 -5.04 9.992 12.339 5.84 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 9.448 -14.37 5,142.011 1,585.79 5,264.217
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 256 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: SEPT 29,2014 Top Rises Sep 29 CENTS DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 122.4 0.7 SPDR S&P 00 US$ ***** 112.2 0.4 SPDR DJIA US$ ***** 95.6 0.4 DBXT AUDBonds AU$ ***** 84.5 0.4 DBXT
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        • 63 12 By Volume CENTS Vol Mirach Energy 17.2 63,162,000 Vol Mirach Energy APAC Strategic ....................5.7 31,074,000 63,162,000 SunVic Chemical ..................58 24,951,000 Singapore eDev 0.2 19,721,000 45,248,000 Charisma Energy ................3.3 16,248,000 Vibrant Group ....................10.5 16,173,000 41,808,000 APAC Strategic Ramba Energy 51.5 14,384,000 HPH Trust USD ..................68.5 13,048,000 Tuan Sing Cedar
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        • 79 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'ODD DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 565 HongkongLand USD US678 -7 2958 685 662 2.7 13.4 ***** NET P/E M
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        • 106 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY C0RRENCYLAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 194 161 ARA Asset Mgmt 176.5 +2.5 104 177
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        • 20 12 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 3 mths 0.***** SWAP Offer rates (S$) 0.***** 9 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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        • 59 12 Sep 29 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Against US$ Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.1116 1.1127 0.8718 0.8723 ***** 1.1435 0.8965 0.8964 1,6171 1.6180 1.2682
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        • 16 12 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 CityDev NCCPS 109 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS
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        • 184 12 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale Vol 000) 118 108.3 ABF SG Bond ETF 117 13 139.4 119 CIMB APAC Div SSD 126.5 -1 110.5 94 CIMB APAC Div USS US99.3 -0.7 1397 1222 CIMBASEAN40 SSD 1366 -9 1300 927 CIMBASEAN40 USS US1069 +1
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    • 91 14 Today Asian Games Daily live action belt, Day 11 Table tennis: Men’s Women’s Team finals. Diving: Men’s 3m Sync Springboard finals. Athletics (MediaCorp okto, 1-9pm). Cricket Champions League Twenty20: Lahore Lions v Perth Scorchers (6.20pm), Northern Knights v Barbados Tridents (10.20pm) mio TV HD Ch123 StarHub Ch236. Football AFC Cup
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  • SPORT
    • Asian Games 2014 • Incheon • Sept 19-Oct 4
      • 292 20  -  CHUA SIANG YEE THREE members of the national swimming squad at the Incheon Asian Games allegedly returned to the athletes’ village drunk in the early hours of Saturday morning. The Straits Times understands that at least two were heavily intoxicated and needed assistance
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      • 713 20  -  Women’s paddlers fail to repeat silver showing from four years ago AT THE GAMES By CHIA HAN KEONG ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR IN INCHEON hankeong@sph.com.sg TWO years ago in London, Feng Tianwei faced a 19-year-old Japanese who stood in her way to glory and beat her
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      • 482 20  -  AT THE GAMES By CHUA SIANG YEE IN INCHEON siangyee@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE had nine representatives in the canoe sprint finals but ended up with no medals. So it was little wonder that coach Balazs Babella pulled no punches when he met the media yesterday at the
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      • 438 19 Shuttler shows, at 30, that he is still a class above world champion Chen AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE INCHEON Badminton king Lin Dan saw off world champion Chen Long in an epic Asian Games final yesterday as he defended his title and showed he can still
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        • 75 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CRITICS of the decision to dispense with headguards in amateur boxing were given more ammunition when Pakistan’s Muhammad Waseem claimed a medal 28 seconds into his quarter-final. Flyweight Waseem and Azat Usenaliev accidentally clashed heads moments after the starting bell with the Krygyzstan
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        • 84 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE THE toss of a coin put Kuwait into the men’s cricket quarter-finals and sent Maldives crashing out when rain made play impossible in their group match. Without a ball bowled, Mahmoud Bastaki correctly called “heads” to give Kuwait their first win of the
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    • 288 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Five-time European champions Bayern Munich travel to Russia today, where they will take on domestic giants CSKA Moscow behind closed doors in the Champions League Group E. Pep Guardiola’s injury-rav-aged side sealed a last-minute 1-0 victory over Manchester City
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      • 78 15 REUTERS BEIJING Tennis’ US Open champions Marin Cilic and Serena Williams kicked off their China Open campaigns with wins against underdogs yesterday. However, Rafael Nadal suffered defeat in a rare doubles outing on his return from injury. Williams beat Spanish qualifier Silvia Soler Espinosa
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      • 64 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENERAL SANTOS (Philippines) Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has brushed off Floyd Mayweather’s latest taunts, saying he pitied his American rival as he urged him to read the Bible. Mayweather recently posted pictures on his social media account, showing Pacquiao knocked down in
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      • 57 15 REUTERS LONDON West Brom striker Saido Berahino hailed a “great week” for his side after helping them wrap up a third win in eight days on Sunday. He scored twice as the English Premier League football side followed up wins over Tottenham and Hull with a
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      • 49 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MOSCOW Russian pole vault star Yelena Isinbayeva, 32, has set her sights on bagging a third Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Games. The athlete, who gave birth to a daughter in June, said her coach has already scheduled her working plan.
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      • 51 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PONFERRADA (Spain) Michal Kwiatkowski timed his breakaway to perfection to become the first Polish cyclist to win the men’s road race world title on Sunday. In the 254km race held in wet conditions, Australia’s Simon Gerrans came in second ahead of Spain’s Alejandro
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      • 66 15 LONDON English football club Hull City’s captain has become the unwitting subject of a bizarre deception after model Josie Cunningham admitted she was tricked for 18 months into believing the father of her baby was Curtis Davies. She claims she was “manipulated” into having
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    • 263 15 REUTERS PARIS Paris Saint-Germain will be without striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has a nagging heel problem, as the French champions look fragile ahead of Barcelona’s visit in the Champions League Group F. After drawing their first game at Ajax Amsterdam, Laurent Blanc’s side
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    • 873 16 / 17  -  Apart from uniting people, Run at the Hub proves everyday heroes abound By MARC LIM SPORTS EDITOR marclim@sph.com.sg AS SPORTS writers, we often get so carried away with the amazing that we forget that extraordinary feats also exist in the ordinary. Not everyone has
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    • 259 18 THE TIMES, LONDON 1 US tame the ‘big dogs’ It all started so well for the Americans with their avowed targets, Rory McIlroy and Ian Poulter, beaten in the Friday morning four-balls. 2 Rory sparks to life McIlroy played Rickie Fowler, friend
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    • 422 18 REUTERS GLENEAGLES Paul McGinley has paved the way for captains of the future with the special way he plotted Europe’s 161/2-111/2victo-ry in the 40th Ryder Cup, his players have said. The Irishman seemed one step ahead of United States counterpart Tom
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    • 81 18 Amateur golfers in action at the second and final qualifiers of the Singapore Press Holdings World Golfers Championship at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course yesterday. Forty golfers have qualified for the finals at the Serapong course next Tuesday. The winners of the tournament’s five
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    • 435 1 Classic Singapore plays PART C Enduring appeal of The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole Revamping museums Rijksmuseum director on throwing out the rulebook C11 C2 Mr and Mrs Clooney Their first post-nuptial appearance C14 Pointe form Dance takes cent estage in the year-end arts calendar with two major
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      • 1724 2  -  Life! picks the classics of Singapore’s Englishlanguage theatre and tells you why they matter in this fourth of a monthly series Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Play: The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole (drafted in 1984, staged in English and Mandarin in 1985)
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      • 699 2 New York Times New York The authors are uniting. Last spring, when Amazon began discouraging customers from buying books published by Hachette, the writers grumbled that they were pawns in the retailer’s contract negotiations over e-book prices. During the summer, they banded together and
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      • 1126 4 / 5  -  Two festivals in the next two months will draw audiences with international and home-grown works and crowd-pleasing activities Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg The dance floor will be set ablaze over the next few months, as the curtain rises on two major festivals in Singapore. The ninth edition of the
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      • 463 4 / 5 DA:NS FESTIVAL Visual artist and dancer Daniel Kok (right) likes it when things get awkward. “I’m always interested in a way of dancing that can potentially become a little bit uncomfortable,” the 37-year-old says. “It could make you feel strange because you find it
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      • 433 4 / 5 Flamenco innovator Maria Pages (right) is taking on Bizet’s famous 19th- century opera Carmen in her own indomitable fashion. “I, Carmen does not follow the normal opera story, but is another project completely,” the 51-year-old tells Life! over the telephone. “The idea behind it is
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      • 437 4 / 5 M1 CONTACT CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL Experience the different styles and approaches of four artists in DiverCity, the opening act of the M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival. The platform boasts a new look this year. In previous editions, home-grown contemporary dance companies each presented a short piece,
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      • 477 4 / 5 The M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival will close with a quartet of works from invited international artists. Taiwan’s Tung I-Fen presents a duet, How To Say…, in which two performers strip language of meaning to focus on pure sound, while Japanese choreographer Miwa Okuno presents Highlight
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      • 166 6 ‘I thought, “Oh, this is going to be embarrassing.” Here I am, the older woman. I know about rock ’n’ roll. All these hot girls with short skirts looking beautiful. And I’m going to be like Grandma. But I was literally the one with the shortest
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      • 998 6  -  Curation at such venues offers fresh insights that may be absent in state-owned museums Culture Vulture Huang Lijie lijie@sph.com.sg I never thought pink was Vincent van Gogh’s colour. I knew his roiling yellows in light-drenched wheat fields and sunflower petals, his turbid, shape-shifting
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        • 60 6 Presented in Malay and English, LakiBini 2.0 explores honesty in marriage with anecdotes that the audience can relate to. The cast include familiar faces from the TV industry, including Suria actor Ainon Talib, and theatre performer, Farez Najid. Where: Goodman Arts Centre, Blackbox When: Thursday to Saturday, 8pm,
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          77 6 Thirty-five watercolour works of late Malaysian pioneer artist Khaw Sia are on show, selected from his four-decade-long career. The works feature a range of subjects, from landscapes to orchids, and include Two Varieties Of Crabs (inset). He was also celebrated for his paintings of local Malaysian landscapes, done in
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        • 88 6 MusicSG, the National Library Board’s online resource for local music, has been revamped with new content. The public will have access to 13 new video profiles of home-grown artists such as Inch Chua, West Grand Boulevard as well as Jack and Rai. Through video interviews,
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        • 82 6  -  Cheryl Mui Indian singer-composer Pritam Chakraborty will be here for a concert on Saturday. The awardwinning musician is behind hits from films such as Barfi (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) and the Dhoom trilogy. He will be joined by singers Mohit Chauhan and Harshdeep Kaur,
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      • 595 6  -  Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer At 80, Chinese calligrapher and painter Liu Pau Kiang still wields the brush to write and paint every day. So it is no surprise to see more than 150 of his calligraphy works and paintings, all completed within the last two
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      • 989 11  -  Director of the famed Rijksmuseum museum courted controversy to speed up the renovation of the building Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Art historian Wim Pijbes (below) is unabashed that he stirred up a scandal after he was made director of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in
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      • 493 11  -  Cheryl Mui K-pop will be part of the line-up at this year’s International A Cappella Festival. To cater to as wide an audience as possible, the organiser The A Cappella Society has included a diverse programme at the seventh edition of the festival, which kicks off tomorrow.
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    • 532 12  -  Singer-songwriter bags two top awards at Composers and Authors Society of Singapore Awards Lisabel Ting lting@sph.com.sg Local Mandopop singer–songwriter JJ Lin is truly pop royalty, particularly when it comes to, well, royalties. At Sunday’s ceremony for the 19th annual Composers and Authors Society of
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    • 317 12 New York Times Bloomberg New York There are few sure things in Hollywood, but Denzel Washington is certainly one of them. Sony’s The Equalizer, starring Washington (left) as a retired mercenary pitted against ultra-violent Russian gangsters, was No. 1 at North American theatres over the weekend, taking
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      • 485 14 Agence France-Presse Reuters Venice–Itwasastrange sight indeed eternal Hollywood bachelor George Clooney showing off his wedding ring, a day after he finally got hitched. He and his bride, lawyer Amal Alamuddin, made their first post-nuptial public appearance on Sunday on a vintage water taxi, leading a flotilla
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      • 178 14 Amal Alamuddin is proving to be a boon for fashion retailers, after a Dolce Gabbana dress she wore at the weekend wedding celebrations sold out at the stores, reported the Daily Mail. She had arrived in Venice last Friday with George Clooney on a speedboat in the black-and-white
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    • 1103 7  -  discovers that a trip to Scotland and England is more than just visiting castles and museums Aaron Tan A WILD rabbit lunged from its burrow to nibble at a patchy lawn while a flock of sheep grazed on a distant hill not too far
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    • 64 11 Singapore* International Indian Shopping Festival 2014 2nd to 5th October 2014SuntecCity Convention Centre Hall 401 &402 4 Days of Fun, Fashion and Festivities Highlights: 200+ Booths Over 1000+ products Meet Greet with Stars Rajasthani Village Live Demo Workshop Kids Corner wsr Entertainment Competitions Festive food Explore Enjoy Enrich EXPERIENCE Tor
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  • LITTLE RED DOT
    • 212 1 ingapore’s Department of Statistics has found that all income groups are forking out more money for the finer things in life. It means that people are enjoying things, such as eating at upscale restaurants, travelling in cars instead of buses or trains and
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      • 554 3  -  ACTIVITY BY ANG YIYING ST, Sept 18 How to let more watch NDP 2015? By Jermyn Chow Only about 26,500 people can be seated at the Padang, where next year’s National Day Parade (NDP) will be held, but half a million more can
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      • 469 4  -  ACTIVITY BY ANG YIYING Additional reporting by Walter Sim ST, Sept 19 Govt help boosts income, cuts costs for the poor By Janice Heng Help extended by the Government has boosted the incomes of low-income households and reduced the amounts they have to spend, according
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      • 421 8  -  Natalie Wong writes about the life of early clothes-washers at Dhoby Ghaut, in the second of a series on the pioneers of Singapore Natalie Wong When you think of Singapore’s service industry today, images of salesmen, hotel staff and waiters come to mind. However, early Singapore’s
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      • 152 9  -  brings you news from the region Eileen Aung-Thwin I ndonesia’s lawmakers have finally given approval for the country to join the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution. This treaty requires participating countries to work together in tackling the haze. WHY IT MATTERS Members of Parliament
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      • 118 9 A study has found that a quarter of the world’s diabetes sufferers live in China. This means that 12 per cent of the country’s population or more than 100 million people have this disease. More than 600 million Chinese are on the brink of getting diabetes.
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      • 125 9 Thailand’s military government has removed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (right) from the official history textbook. Mr Thaksin, who was in power from 2001 to 2006, is a controversial figure. To the Thai elite, he was seen as a threat to their power. To his supporters,
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    • 333 9 HAIG LANE/ ROAD 3-storey Inter Corner Terrace Detached 5/ 7 rm F/aircon, newly reno, Parkway/ East Coast Park/ Canadian Int’l sch, immed, $6.5K/ $7.5K/ $13K. Tel: 6236-0242. S/STY COLONIAL HOUSE at Kuo Chuan Ave! 2 bdrms Semi-D with pte garden, Marine Parade/ Tao Nan/ CHIJ. Call *****246 $3,988 ONLY! JOO
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    • 636 9 Brand New Residence for Lease Spacious 4-bedroom residences (3186 sq ft) with luxurious designer fittings spectacular vistas that span the horizon. Full recreational facilities including swimming pool,Jacuzzi,gym,spa, children’s playground,BBQ terrace and Clubhouse with gourmet kitchen. Residence Concierge by Capella and complimentary Handyman service. A luxury residential development by Pontiac Land
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    • 337 10 Four Seasons Park 3821 sf, 6+1, High floor.............. $20K Townhse Apt 3000 sf, 4+1+1 Beautifully reno.............. $8K Regency Park 3649 sf, 4+1, P/furn Reno Low flr $12,250 CITIPROP PROPERTY MGMT Marida Jacobs 9754 0064 ST REGIS, PENTHSE 5102 sf, 3 bdrms, Pte Pool, Duplex, Balcony, P/furn, $22K. Call Silvia Ang
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    • 314 10 CLEMENTI PK 4+1 4400sf Big living terr. Unblocked Reno. Move in. 9475 4785 www.michaelciola.com.sg Expat's Choice CAVENDISH PK 3RM 1290 sf Near Int’l Sch, Dover MRT. P/furn. Immed. $3.6K neg. Stephen Tan 9853 8843 THE INTERWEAVE 1-BDRM 431sf, high flr, unblk, windy p/full/furn, $2400 neg. Thea *****969 View tdy!! Check
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    • 464 11 UNITS NEEDED, EXPAT Tenants. Good budget. All areas. Avail immed. Call 9123-8005 Freddie Xu. READY TENANTS IN Need of Whole unit for rent. Personal Corporate lease. All Areas. Jimmy 8115 4033. BUYERS, TENANTS WANTED Apt, condo, cluster hse, etc Owner call *****801 Ram TENANTS JUST ARRIVED! Urgently looking for whole
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    • 355 11 011 Factory/lndustrial 071 Factory/lndustrial 071 Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial Factory/lndustrial fUf Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent Space for Rent FOR LEASE! BUSINESS PARK SPACE HI-SPECS INDUSTRIAL SPACE 84 Genting Lane fr 1,099 sqft 53 Serangoon North Ave 4 fr 2,260 sqft 18 Woodlands Loop fr
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    • 280 11 GOOD LOCATION UBI AVE 3 Vertex. Est 1464sf. Close to service lift. Attached toilet. $neg Immed. *****555 Priscilla AMPLE LOADING BAY Loyang. 2,700-19,000 sf. TPE. *****140/*****242 *****-*****SF 1 KALLANG Way 2A. Accessible. Call 6309 1068 ALJUNIED FTY APPROX 915 sqft. Partition, Aircon. Car park, Security. *****809 PANTECH BIZHUB PANDAN Loop
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    • 314 11 Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale Factory/lndustrial Space for Sale jP|fflSESB38l Factory B2 k jn Loyang Loyang Enterprise sggs 5.4 Unit sizes ranging from Direct loading/unloading of goods 3,000 to 14,680 sqft within the units 40-footer at ground level 6.2m-8.6m floor-to-floor height 20-footer access to all levels Heavy floor loading of up
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    • 180 11 BEST PRICE E9 PREMIUM B2 Woodlands VIP Preview. Developer Sales Team. Investor talk Sun 3-5pm. Star buy $250 psf. Appt, May *****270 SUNGEI KADUT DETACHED, balance 11 yrs, land 50k sf/ flr area 47k sf, high ceiling, Zoned B2. Call 9380-8662 PAIR OF SEMI-D fty Tuas View Sq. ***** sf
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    • 196 12 OFFICE FOR RENT Fully-Fitted Near MRT Attractive Rent Tanglin Road 417 789 1,002 4,443 16,580 sqft Lush Greenery with Extensive Landscaping Tanjong Pagar 260 634 770 990 1,600 2,200 4,050 sqft Near Tanjong Pagar MRT. Great Layout. Pasir Panjang 520 to 7,000 sqft (sub-dividing allowed) Suitable forTraining Centre,Ancillary Office, Storage
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    • 500 12 CAPITA GREEN 6000-26K sf ORQ/MBFC 5000 17K sf Keppel/ GE Twrs 1K 6K sf Call Glen *****000 ERA NOVELTY BIZ CTR. Mins walk Tai Seng MRT. 1216 sf, #03-02, ramp up w/ carpk. $2.8k. Eileen 9022 5599 PAYA LEBAR SQ. TOP soon 1066sf $6.5K. Also sale, shop rent various sizes.
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    • 380 12 TG PAGAR MRT. 412 sqft. Nehsons Bldg. High flr. Central AC. $2.3K. *****321 OFFICE/ TUITION CTR Bt Batok MRT. 1K sf. F/ fitted. Aircon. Owner 9018 0748 HOME BIG/ SMALL Office for rent. 3 mins to Lavender MRT. Call *****256 HIGH ST CTR lovely spacious office. High flr 550sf. $3750pm.
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    • 853 12 ®atr ll®a s r |®a?„r Ifflaar Far East Organization INSPIRING BETTER LIVES orchardcentrai Shops Restaurants for Lease Hip and trendy location at the heart of Orchard Direct access from Somerset MRT Station Orchard Gateway Catchment of shoppers from Somerset precinct comprising tourists, residents and office executives International and local brands:
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    • 285 12 RARE! SHOP Ann Siang, 1076 sf avail Dec ’14, near Chinatown Maxwell, high traffic. Yap CC 9061-6190 342 UBI HDB 2-sty shophse 1350 sf, heavy human traffic. Immed. Agt welcome. $6.5K. Owner *****391 ***BALESTIER MAIN ROAD Approx 1600 sf. Good traffic. Glass frontage all trade Immed. Owner 8551 8959 AR
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    • 237 12 near acBLK 803 KING George’s ave #02. Approx 800sf. Toilet. shop/office *****280 Agt THE BENCOOLEN STREET facing. Salon, jewellery. 400 sqft. *****594 APPC VIVA VISTA MALL Shop. FH Basement near escalator, Water pt, central AC, suits many trades incl F&B (no open fire). Ask $1.45M neg. Pls call Mel *****891
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    • 650 13 GROUND FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACES FOR RENT! *Attractive Rental Rates PASIR PANJANG 14,000sqft Up to 4.6m High Ceiling Exclusive Loading Bays Suitable for Logistics TUAS SOUTH 3,500 to 140,000 sqft Up to 10m High Ceiling Easy 24-hourAccess Direct LoadingAccess Suitable For Factory Use CALL6578 9966 SHOP THE Plaza 743sf x 2
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    • 383 13 best price **AZ PAYA Lebar Ground flr Corner 1141sqft. Aircon. 6m High ceiling. Immed. $neg. SM Chia *****500 8,000-21,000 SF. 8 Pandan Cres. Loading Bays. Call 6309 1068 CHANGI STH WAREHOUSE/ office. 4.5K/5.4Ksf. Facing Xilin Ave. Call *****657 PENJURU LANE WAREHSE/ Office 1.5k/13k sqft, 7m, 20kN/m2 Call *****433 TUAS AVE
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