The Straits Times, 30 December 2014

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    28 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SINCE 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014 70 PAGES IN FOUR PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 073/02/2014
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  • Article
    Lock icon India on high alert after bomb blast
    68 1 A BOMB blast in Bangalore that the Indian authorities have called a terror attack has put intelligence agencies and police across the country on high alert for similar attacks, just days before the New Year and ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit
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    Lock icon Illegal hawking: Complaints rising
    55 1 REPORTS of illegal hawking are on the rise, with more than 3,300 made between January and November this year. The National Environment Agency has also caught more culprits this year and warned the public that snacks from such vendors may not have been prepared to the
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    Lock icon Plane likely ended up in sea, says rescue agency chief
    681 1  -  Search effort widens, but no signs of wreckage yet By WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT wahyudis@sph.com.sg MORE nations have joined the effort to locate the missing Indonesia Air Asia jet, which a senior Indonesian official said might have ended up in
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    Lock icon Focus on helping families live closer
    67 1 HELPING families live near each other and assisting singles and low-income families will be among the Housing Board’s priorities next year. National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan vowed to do his best to meet their wishes. But he conceded there could be problems, especially
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      48 1 THE INTERVIEW EARNS $20M ONLINE HIT LIFE! C8 FIRM WHICH FAVOURED FOREIGNERS BANNED FROM HIRINGHOME B1 MORE REPORTS INSIDE L Singapore has covered a third of allocated search area. PAGE A6 L Fewer air crashes, but more fatalities. PAGE A8 L Relatives struggle to keep calm. PAGE A9
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      7 1 MARILYNNE ROBINSON BEATING WRITER’S BLOCK LIFE! C2&3
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Hundreds rescued from burning Italian ship
      583 2 Five bodies recovered as evacuation is completed; criminal probe begins AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BARI (Italy) At least five people died after a car ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, Greek and Italian officials said yesterday, as survivors described a terrifying ordeal that could easily
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      Lock icon HDB to focus on helping families live close together
      622 3  -  Needs of singles and low-income families also priorities for 2015: Khaw By JANICE HENG janiceh@sph.com.sg AS THE backlog of first-timer demand for new Housing Board flats has been cleared, next year’s focus will be on helping families to live close together,
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      Lock icon ‘Good’ if resale price slide continues
      362 3  -  JANICE HENG THIS year’s slow slide in public resale flat prices is what National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan hopes to see in 2015 too. “If what we observe this year continues into next year, I would consider that a very good development,” he
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Search for QZ8501 continues
        50 4 INDONESIA resumed its search yesterday for AirAsia passenger jet QZ8501, which is focused off Belitung island. Singapore has committed four naval vessels to aid in finding the plane, which could be lying on the sea floor, according to an Indonesian official. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Floods delay school opening
        41 4 STUDENTS in West Malaysia will start school next month a week later than scheduled due to floods that have caused mass evacuations across the peninsula and disrupted the lives of countless families. TOP OF THE NEWS A10
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon Pakistan rallies for fight
          58 4 PAKISTAN has at last got its act together as it earnestly carries out plans to eliminate terrorist threats based at home and in Afghanistan, following the killing of 149 Pakistanis most of them teenagers by militants in a school this month. Never before has such an
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          Lock icon Japan arrests fishermen
          38 4 JAPAN arrested two Chinese skippers over the weekend for allegedly poaching coral in Tokyo’s territorial waters, casting a cloud on the two countries’ talks scheduled for mid-next month to re-establish a maritime hotline. PAGE A12
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          Lock icon Ebola exposes flaws
          56 4 HAVING killed more than 7,500 people around the world, the Ebola virus has yet to be brought under control. Its rampant spread exposes the unpreparedness of governments and aid groups in jointly fighting an explosive disease outbreak. PAGE A16 A public health alert against the Ebola virus
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          Lock icon Shunning Abenomics
          51 4 FOREIGN investors are not buying into Japan’s Abenomics anymore, as they fail to see signs of the country snapping out of a recession soon. Their purchase of Japanese shares has gone down 94 per cent this year compared with last year, as growth continues to be limp. PAGE
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        Lock icon GETTING CREATIVE TO PROMOTE HEALTHY HABITS
        52 4 Concerted effort is needed to improve health among the Malays, who now suffer disproportionately from chronic ailments such as diabetes, heart trouble and kidney failure, compared with other ethnic groups in Singapore. Creativity will help to get across key health messages. The Straits Times
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      • OPINION
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          Lock icon Hope amid uncertainty
          43 4 ECONOMISTS are hopeful that 2015 will be a year of growth surprises. The bright spots are the United States’ economy and low oil prices. But uncertainty prevails and a slowdown in China could hurt Singapore, writes Fiona Chan. PAGE A18
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      • HOME
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          Lock icon Hiring ban on firm
          45 4 A SINGAPORE marine company may not hire foreign workers for two years because it discriminated against Singaporeans. The ban on Prime Gold International was imposed after it was found to have retrenched Singaporeans unfairly, said the Ministry of Manpower. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Surprise for residents
          75 4 A NEW columbarium slated for Sengkang West in 2016 is making residents uneasy. The proposed site is next to the upcoming Fernvale Lea, which will have people moving in early next year. Some said they had no idea they would be living next to a resting place
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      • LIFE!
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          49 4 THE triple bill of exhibitions at the Singapore Art Museum, Still Moving, is a knockout show serving a one-two punch and a sweet salve at the end. The exhibitions, co-curated by the museum and three partners, feature photography and new media works by 46 artists. PAGE C5
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          Lock icon $20m in online sales
          71 4 SONY Pictures said The Interview has earned more than US$15 million (S$19.8 million) in online sales and another US$2.8 million in theatres, an impressive return made possible by the publicity surrounding the cyber attack blamed on North Korea. The comedy depicts the assassination of North Korean
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      • MONEY
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          Lock icon SMEs face rough 2015
          49 4 BOSSES of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) expect the first half of next year to be fairly hard going, according to a new index compiled by the Singapore Business Federation and DP Information Group. SMEs are predicting slower growth amid weaker market sentiment. PAGE B8
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Pouty Portuguese rants
          75 4 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho (below) blasted the referee after the Blues’ 1-1 Premier League draw with Southampton on Sunday. This is not the first time he has engaged in mind games by putting pressure on match officials while diverting attention away from a sub-par Chelsea performance. PAGE
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        Lock icon What it should have been
        53 4 THURSDAY’S article, “Vandalism case: Teen guilty of theft, trespass”, reported that 18-year-old David William Graaskov stole four spray cans before going to the rooftop of a Toa Payoh HDB block on May 7. In fact, he did not proceed to the rooftop. We are sorry
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon 2014: The hottest social media stories
          45 4 FROM sniffing out fishy business dealings at Sim Lim Square to ratting on Bukit Batok’s rodent problem, we recap this year’s hottest stories which broke online and made waves offline. http://str.sg/ZP7 PHOTOS: ST FILE PHOTO, TNP FILE PHOTO, STOMP
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      • WEB SPECIALS
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          Lock icon The coolest videos
          29 4 REPLAY the year’s memorable moments with your favourite Straits Times videos. Start by going through Hell Week with the navy combat divers. http://str.sg/ZP8 ST FILE PHOTO
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          Lock icon The funniest memes
          31 4 WRAP up the year on a fun note, with the wackiest Internet memes. Jover Chew, villain of the Sim Lim Square saga, tops the list. http://str.sg/ZPX PHOTO: SGAG
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      Lock icon Rough weather, choppy seas complicate search for plane
      617 6  -  NEWS ANALYSIS MISSING FLIGHT QZ8501: THE SEARCH By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg INDONESIA AirAsia Flight QZ8501 is believed to have crashed in fairly shallow waters and, based on the last point of contact, the authorities should have a broad sense of
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      Lock icon Singapore has searched a third of allocated area
      841 6  -  Military aircraft and ships scour Java Sea for signs of missing plane By FENG ZENGKUN zengkun@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Danson Cheong SINGAPORE has covered about a third of the area it was allocated in the search for the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501,
      PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO; Source: NATIONAL SEARCH AND RESCUE AGENCY(BASARNAS); ST GRAPHICS; PHOTOS: AGENCE FRANCEPRESSE  -  841 words
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      Lock icon Air crashes at record low but fatalities may hit high
      519 8 2014 dominated by 2 Malaysian disasters, handful of weather incidents MISSING FLIGHT QZ8501: THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON The loss of Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 would cap one of the deadliest years in civil aviation for almost a decade
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      Lock icon A-320 among safest jets to fly
      389 8  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg THE workhorse of many airlines, the Airbus A-320 is one of the safest planes in the air. In the 26 years since it entered commercial service, the aircraft type, which was used for the doomed Indonesia AirAsia Flight
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      Lock icon Budget carrier AirAsia is Airbus’ biggest customer
      498 8 BLOOMBERG REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes and Airbus have fostered a close relationship over the years, with the entrepreneur building his airline exclusively around jets from the Toulouse, France-based manufacturer. The budget carrier rose from having just two planes in 2001
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      Lock icon Distraught relatives struggle to remain calm
      519 9  -  Some 150 family members anxiously await news at airport in Surabaya MISSING FLIGHT QZ8501: THE HUMAN DRAMA By AMIR HUSSAIN IN SURABAYA amirh@sph.com.sg GRIEVING relatives of passengers on board the missing Indonesia Air Asia jet struggled to stay calm as hopes of seeing their
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      Lock icon Hwa Chong teacher on missing plane
      308 9  -  PEARL LEE, DANSON CHEONG A BIOLOGY teacher from Hwa Chong Institution is among the passengers on board the missing Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501 flight. Indonesian Florentina Maria Widodo, 26, who teaches A-level biology at the college, was also an Asean scholar. She joined the National
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      Lock icon Maid meant to take earlier flight
      163 9  -  AMELIA TAN INDONESIAN maid Yuni Astutik, 40, was supposed to have reached Singapore a day earlier, but took Sunday’s Air Asia Flight QZ8501 as all flights from Surabaya to Singapore last Saturday were fully booked. The mother of two, who has worked for Singaporean
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      Lock icon They were supposed to be on ill-fated flight
      278 9 CARELESSNESS by her husband may have saved the family of former beauty queen Anggi Mahesti from a tragic fate on board Sunday’s missing Indonesia AirAsia flight after he failed to notice an e-mail and a call informing him of an earlier departure
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      Lock icon Still hoping for a miracle
      180 9 KUCHING (Malaysia) The family members of passenger Sii Chung Huei, the only Malaysian on board the missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501, are still hoping for a miracle. Mr Sii, 56, is said to be a Kuching-based forestry supervisor who regularly visited Indonesia for work, the
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      Lock icon 15-year-old may have lost her whole family
      191 9 WHEN Chiara Natasha, 15, heard on Sunday that Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 which both her brothers and her parents were on was missing, she froze. She told Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao at the crisis centre in Surabaya’s Juanda International Airport yesterday that she
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      Lock icon Floods delay start of school term in Malaysia
      834 10 Some 340 schools in 7 states used as relief centres or ravaged by water THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA With several states still under water and thousands of residents housed in temporary flood relief centres, the new school term for tens
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      Lock icon Massive floods continue to batter region
      455 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Massive floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains continued to wreak havoc in the region, including the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. A tropical storm battered the southern Philippines yesterday, leaving one person dead and causing thousands to flee their homes. One person
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      Lock icon Low- to mid-income S’poreans pay less for medicine from Jan 1
      436 10  -  By LINETTE LAI linettel@sph.com.sg LOWER- to middle-income Singaporeans will pay less for medicine at polyclinics and subsidised specialist outpatient clinics (SOCs) from Thursday, when the new year starts. Such patients with Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) cards will get
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon India on high alert after bomb blast
      676 11  -  One killed, three hurt in Sunday’s ‘terror attack’ in Bangalore By NIRMALA GANAPATHY INDIA CORRESPONDENT IN NEW DELHI gnirmala@sph.com.sg A BOMB blast in Bangalore that the Indian authorities labelled a terror attack has put intelligence agencies and police across the country on high
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      Lock icon Pakistan cracking down on Islamist extremists at last
      584 11 WASHINGTON POST ISLAMABAD After pledging for years to crack down on violent Islamist extremists, the Pakistani authorities are now taking exceptional steps to do so, with a major military operation against the militants and a vow to rein in radical propaganda. The
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      Lock icon Islamabad court grants bail to Mumbai attack ‘leader’
      319 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ISLAMABAD A Pakistani court yesterday suspended a detention order on the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, government lawyers said, a move likely to further inflame tensions with India. Officials said the government is likely to challenge the
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon China eyes deal to retrieve ill-gotten assets in US
        431 12 REUTERS BEIJING China is looking at signing an agreement with the United States to target assets illegally taken out of China by corrupt officials, a newspaper said yesterday, as the government tightens the screws in its anti-graft battle. China has vowed
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        Lock icon Japan arrests 2 Chinese over coral poaching
        553 12 Coastguard detains captains after they resist inspections of vessels BLOOMBERG XINHUA TOKYO Japan detained the captains of two Chinese coral-fishing boats for refusing to allow their vessels to be searched, incidents that came amid a report that the countries may resume talks to
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        Lock icon 8 fired after tainted pork enters market
        375 12 CHINA FOOD SAFETY SCANDALS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING China has dismissed eight officials after pork from pigs infected with a “highly contagious virus” was found to have entered the market, state media said yesterday. The country’s latest food scandal was revealed in an investigation
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        Lock icon Probe into fatal work site accident
        140 12 XINHUA BEIJING Beijing has set up a special team to investigate a construction site accident which killed 10 workers and injured another four, the local authorities said yesterday. The incident occurred at a construction site at Tsinghua High School campus’ south side at around
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        Lock icon Subway probes reports of doctored food labels
        283 12 REUTERS SHANGHAI US fast-food chain Subway is investigating media reports in China that workers at an outlet in Beijing doctored food labels and used produce beyond its expiry date, a Shanghai-based spokesman for the company said yesterday. Chinese media reports that started circulating
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        Lock icon SHEPHERDING IN THE NEW YEAR
        44 12 A child getting up close with an installation of sheep figures in Beijing, put up as part of celebrations leading to the New Year. 2015 is the Year of the Sheep, according to the Chinese calendar.PHOTO: REUTERS PHOTO: REUTERS
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        Lock icon Seoul offers high-level talks with Pyongyang
        486 13 South Korea’s proposal comes amid North’s cyber dispute with US AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL A top South Korean official yesterday offered to hold high-level talks with North Korea in January, as Pyongyang battles growing pressure over human rights and a cyber row with Washington. Mr
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        Lock icon Another bird flu death in eastern China
        369 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING A man has died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in eastern China, state media reported yesterday, at the end of a year in which cases of the virus have accelerated. The deceased man was one of two recent cases
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        Lock icon S. Korean clinic probed over selfies of staff partying in operating theatre
        257 13 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK SEOUL The South Korean health authorities said yesterday they are investigating a plastic surgery clinic in Seoul after photographs emerged online showing medical staff partying in an operating theatre. In one selfie,
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        Lock icon Plan for independent missile defence drill
        169 13 XINHUA SEOUL South Korea plans to conduct its first independent missile defence drill in the first half of next year, Yonhap News Agency reported yesterday citing government officials. Yonhap quoted a government official as saying the exercise will be staged to verify the effectiveness
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        Lock icon Disruption in Google’s Gmail service in China
        402 13 REUTERS BEIJING Google Inc’s Gmail has been blocked in China after months of disruptions to the world’s biggest e-mail service, with an anti-censorship advocate suggesting the Great Firewall was to blame. Large numbers of Gmail Web addresses were cut off in China on
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        Lock icon Developers keen on former Clark airbase
        611 14 Asian builders may join US rapper to promote alternative urban centre BLOOMBERG MANILA The plan by the Philippines to develop the former Clark Air Base has drawn interest from Asian developers, who may join a Black Eyed Peas rapper in promoting an alternative urban
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        Lock icon Thailand to clamp down on human trafficking
        277 14 BANGKOK Thailand is stepping up efforts to regulate the workings of fishing trawlers and put stringent laws in place to combat growing incidents of human trafficking related to the fishing industry. The decision by Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha comes after a recent
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        Lock icon Indonesia sinks two more vessels caught poaching
        332 14 JAKARTA The Indonesian navy has blown up two boats from Thailand after a local court determined their involvement in illegal fishing. The incident follows orders to the navy and maritime ministry from Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to sink ships fishing in territorial
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        Lock icon 200 test positive for HIV in Cambodian commune
        355 14 PHNOM PENH More than 200 people, including families, children and migrant workers, have tested positive for HIV in the remote Roka commune in north-west Cambodia, in an outbreak which the authorities have blamed on activities of an unlicensed doctor. Officials in Battambang
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      • ASIA BRIEFS
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          Lock icon Hippo dies after two accidents
          119 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI A hippo in Taiwan died on Monday after suffering two accidents last week, once when it fell from a moving truck and again when its container was dropped as it was being returned to its pond. The animal, named A Ho after
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          Lock icon 8 in KAL probe to be punished
          123 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL South Korea’s transport ministry vowed to punish eight of its officials yesterday after admitting their investigation into a “nut rage” incident involving Korean Air heiress Cho Hyun Ah was unfair. Ms Cho, 40, is facing arrest after being accused of
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          Lock icon 2 plead guilty to insulting royals
          117 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK Two Thais accused of defaming the monarchy in a university play pleaded guilty yesterday amid an intensifying junta crackdown on perceived royal slurs under the kingdom’s controversial lese majeste law. Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is shielded by some of
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      Lock icon Crisis as Greece faces snap election
      480 15 Parliament fails to elect president; bailout programme may be derailed REUTERS BLOOMBERG ATHENS Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is to propose holding an early national election on Jan 25 after Parliament rejected his nominee for president. Greek lawmakers yesterday failed to elect a new
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      Lock icon Royal Guards separated from the public
      303 15 REUTERS BLOOMBERG LONDON The soldiers who stand guard outside Britain’s royal palaces have been moved behind metal fences because of fears of a terror attack, local newspapers reported. The Royal Guards, a popular tourist attraction outside royal residences because of their ceremonial uniforms, have
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      Lock icon 2 mosque fires in Sweden in days
      291 15 REUTERS STOCKHOLM Fire has ripped through a Swedish mosque in the second suspected arson attack on a Muslim centre in four days in a country caught up in a fierce debate on immigration. Firefighters extinguished yesterday’s blaze in the southern town of Eslov
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      Lock icon Chaos and joy as snow blankets Europe
      457 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PARIS Heavy snow brought chaos and joy across Europe, with about 15,000 people stranded overnight in the French Alps while skiers revelled in the fresh snow-capped slopes. A winter storm left thousands of Britons without power, sent trucks sliding across icy
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      Lock icon Stranded Singaporeans make the best of delay
      322 15  -  By OLIVIA HO oliviaho@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS were among the travellers affected, as heavy snow and icy weather hit Europe over the weekend, disrupting travel in France, Britain and Germany. About 140 Singaporean students were stranded for a day in their hostel, UCPA La Plagne
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      Lock icon BAHRAIN OPPOSITION LEADER ARRESTED
      83 15 A protester holding up a portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the banned Shi’ite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, at a protest against his arrest on Sunday in Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of capital Manama. After the announcement of his arrest, clashes broke out between security forces
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        49 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BAGHDAD A suicide bomber attacked Shi’ite pilgrims north of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 17 people, officials and blast survivors said. The attack in the Taji area, which targeted a tent serving refreshments to pilgrims, also wounded at least 35 people.
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        52 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KIEV Ukraine’s Parliament adopted an austerity budget that hikes import prices and shrinks social spending in order to balance the books under a plan backed by the International Monetary Fund. The highly-disputed 2015 plan was rammed through by the government led coalition after a
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        58 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE YAOUNDE Cameroon’s air force attacked Boko Haram positions in the far north of the country for the first time after the jihadists seized a military camp, the government announced. President Paul Biya personally ordered Sunday’s air strike, which forced the Boko Haram insurgents from
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      665 16 Common sense, cultural sensitivity are vital when devising strategies WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON A year after it began, the Ebola epidemic in West Africa remains unpredictable, forcing governments and aid groups to improvise strategies as they chase a virus unencumbered by borders or
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      296 16 NEW YORK TIMES FERGUSON A spokesman for the Ferguson, Missouri, police department has been placed on unpaid leave after he admitted that he referred to a memorial for the black teenager fatally shot by a white officer as “a pile of trash in the
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      232 16 REUTERS BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON A man in Tokyo in his 30s is being tested for the Ebola virus after reporting a fever of more than 38 deg C. Japanese officials said he returned this month from Sierra Leone, where he attended a burial and had
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      64 16 Members of the “Cryophil” winter swimming club decked out in Santa hats but not much else having a good time as they walk along the Yenisei River outside Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk ahead of New Year and Christmas celebrations. The air temperature in
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      529 16 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK After years of looking for mutations that cause diseases, investigators are now searching for those that prevent them. By understanding how protective mutations work, they hope to develop drugs that mimic them and protect everyone, turning genetics research
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      569 17 They say short-term stimulus won’t work, Japan needs structural changes BLOOMBERG TOKYO Foreign investors have had about enough of Abenomics. After pumping record amounts of cash into Japanese shares last year, they have hardly added to their holdings this year. Inflows are down 94
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      Lock icon Indian refiners prosper amid oil bust
      413 17 BLOOMBERG NEW DELHI The slump in oil prices has almost doubled the value of India’s big, state-owned refiners, outpacing the rest of the industry from China to the United States. The companies had been forced to make a large proportion of sales at below
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      327 17 BLOOMBERG TRIPOLI Oil rose for the first time in three days as a fire at storage tanks in Libya’s biggest crude terminal boosted speculation that output from the holder of Africa’s biggest reserves will be disrupted. Brent futures added as much as 1.6
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        78 17 WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK US retailers are optimistic that Christmas sales will hit a three-year high. Analysts say consumers are spending more liberally, with jewellery and women’s clothing the strongest categories, while consumer electronics and toy sales were helped by products like Apple’s iPhone
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        47 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China has merged Beijing Energy Investment Holding and Jingmei Group into a new 200 billion yuan (S$42 billion) business. The new Beijing Energy Group will manage coal-fired power plants, renewable energy projects, heating supply and coal mine development, Xinhua reported yesterday.
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        56 17 BLOOMBERG RIYADH Saudi Arabia hopes to open its US$509 billion (S$673 billion) stock exchange to foreign investors in April. Sources say the Capital Market Authority informed brokers and fund managers of the timeline in London last month. The Saudi Stock Exchange is the largest
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      Lock icon Japan's regional banks face stress test
      241 17 REUTERS TOKYO Japan’s financial regulator is running stress tests to see if too much cash in the system is stifling smaller banks’ ability to earn, unlike regulatory tests elsewhere that have been designed to see whether lenders had enough capital to cope with financial
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      383 17 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China has moved to cut oil company tax bills as crude prices head for the biggest annual decline since 2008, sparking gains by producers led by PetroChina. From Jan 1, China will raise the level for the windfall tax on output
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      456 18 THE latest health statistics ought to spur greater intervention efforts to break a worrying cycle prevalent in the Malay community. Obesity is generally on the rise in Singapore but is more pronounced among Malays from 11 per cent in 1992 to 24 per cent in
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      1057 18  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY There is cause for optimism when it comes to the economy, though uncertainty still prevails. By FIONA CHAN By DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR fiochan@sph.com.sg EVERY year since the end of the global financial crisis in 2011, economists have predicted
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      595 18  -  By YANG ZIMAN CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PEOPLE in Asian countries where Chinese characters are widely used, including China, Japan, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, have been voting for the most representative characters of the year for the past few years. The polls, normally organised by academics
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      1022 19  -  Experts alarmed as new governor wavers over $50b seawall, $1b monorail By JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com NEW Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama may have shown he can take on bureaucrats and Islamic militants alike, but a multibillion-dol-lar question hangs over whether
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      893 19  -  By JOCELYN CHIA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a lawyer-turned-comedian who grew up in Singapore, and currently resides in New York City. ON CHRISTMAS Eve, Sony decided to release The Interview, which many lauded as a triumph
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      866 19  -  By CHRYSTIA FREELAND NEW YORK TIMES AS THE United States gears up for a political brawl over immigration next year, one of the concerns shaping the debate will be the fear that English-speak-ing Americans will be culturally and linguistically overwhelmed by newcomers, many of them Spanish-speaking. An
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        300 20  -  Marietta Koh (Mrs) LIKE Senior Minister of State Indranee Rajah, I am jolted by how unexpectedly horror can rear its ugly head in the most ordinary of places and most mundane of situations (“When horror strikes in the heart of peaceful places”; last Saturday).
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        75 20 1. MR HAN MING GUANG: Better sexuality education one way to reduce abortions. 2. MR ADAM TAN: Crucial military skills can’t be outsourced. 3. MS JUDY LIM: Customers play a part in raising service levels. 4. MS KOH WEE LENG: Managements must be committed to boosting service. 5.
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        Lock icon Cost of spending too much time on homework
        171 20  -  Ada Chan Siew Foen (Ms) THE study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development may not have provided a complete picture of the number of hours 15-year-olds here spend on homework (“S’pore ranks third globally in time spent on homework”; last
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        252 20  -  Quek Koh Choon (Dr) THE report (“Rise in number of alcoholics”; last Thursday) is rather disturbing. Many people start drinking alcohol during their national service. Peer pressure and the idea that being able to hold one’s liquor is manly both play a part. Also,
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        Lock icon Penalties against illegal parking can be tougher
        239 20  -  Lim Ee Hui WHILE the points raised in yesterday’s editorial (“Tackling illegal parking holistically”) are valid, I support the Land Transport Authority’s enhanced illegal parking penalties. It is common for motorists to park at the most convenient spots, even if this is illegal,
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        Lock icon Upper-floor residents should foot entire bill
        182 20  -  LEAKING CEILINGS Lawrence Loh Kiah Muan I AM dismayed by the Housing Board’s inability to gain access to flats to repair leaking ceilings, due to uncooperative neighbours (“HDB should have access to flats for ceiling repairs: Khaw”; last Tuesday). This problem is not peculiar
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        137 20  -  Steven Lee Thien Poh MR JEFFREY Law Lee Beng said upper-floor residents “may deem it (paying part of the repair cost) unfair since they are not the ones affected by the leak” (“How to get upper-floor residents to cooperate”; last Saturday). This is a selfish
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          131 20  -  Thomas Lee Chee Chee IT IS a good idea to paint bus lane operating hours on the road (“Bus-lane violations down; priority measures up”; yesterday). I wonder if the authorities can also consider painting speed limits on the road at regular intervals. Currently, speed limit
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          97 20  -  James Wong Ah Yen THE escalators at the overhead bridge outside Far East Plaza often break down. These serve very heavy human traffic throughout the day, and the users include many tourists. The escalators should be replaced as the frequent breakdowns present a poor
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          101 20  -  Lim Siew Hway (Ms) LAST Wednesday’s article (“More young adults in Asia go for real Christmas trees”) described the hard work involved in bringing real Christmas trees here. I cannot understand why there is a craze for real Christmas trees in Singapore when the world is trying
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          107 20  -  Phil Roberts AS AN animal lover and a dog owner, I disagree with the comments by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals executive director Corinne Fong (“Show tolerance to community animals: SPCA”; last Saturday). Abandoned dogs should not become part of
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        309 20  -  Charis Mun (Mrs) I WELCOME the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s move to increase the availability of bonds to retail investors (“New framework to make it easier for retail investors to buy corporate bonds”; ST Online, last Tuesday), but I cannot see
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        Lock icon Side effect of cap on mall clinics
        358 21  -  Cheng Shoong Tat THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has not explained how public interest is compromised by commercial buildings having more than 20 per cent of their floor area occupied by clinics (“New cap on clinic space in commercial buildings”; last Wednesday). Planning
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        310 21 Should short-term rentals of private homes be allowed? Would this boost tourism? What about the effect on residents? Having tourists traipsing through residential estates will only destroy the amenities for those who live there. Do not confuse this with homestays where visitors stay with families in their homes.
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        254 21  -  Yik Keng Yeong (Dr) IT IS hard to disagree that advances in paediatric neonatology have allowed the survival of very premature babies (“Flawed rationale for 24-week rule on abortions” by Mr Darius Lee, Dec 22; and “Concept of foetal viability too subjective” by Mr
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      582 1  -  2-year ban after it laid off locals and hired foreigners to take their place By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg A SINGAPORE marine company has been barred from hiring foreign workers for two years because it discriminated against Singaporeans. The ban on
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      527 2  -  Special pact allows up to 30 doctors and 15 dentists on restricted practice By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com//ST.Salma THERE are 15 dentists and up to 30 doctors practising here who can legitimately turn away all Singaporean patients and treat
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      572 2  -  By WALTER SIM waltsim@sph.com.sg A SHORT distance across the border from their conflict-riddled homeland, a group of Syrian refugee children will start 2015 in a school with a Singaporean touch. The four-storey Temasek Education Centre in Kilis, southern Turkey, has Singapore’s national
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      450 2  -  By THAM YUEN-C yuenc@sph.com.sg PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan paid tribute yesterday to the late businessman Michael Fam, who they said had contributed greatly to Singapore and Singaporeans’ lives. Mr Lee, in a condolence
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      400 3  -  Number of such unlicensed vendors caught has also gone up, says NEA By OLIVIA HO oliviaho@sph.com.sg ILLEGAL hawking appears to be on the rise here, with more complaints against unlicensed sellers of snacks from roasted chestnuts to curry puffs. The National Environment Agency (NEA)
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      Lock icon Residents surprised by columbarium plan
      534 4  -  They say they were unaware facility would be next to upcoming BTO area By LESTER HIO lesterh@sph.com.sg A NEW columbarium expected to come up in Sengkang West in 2016 to provide a resting place for the dead has already stirred up unease among the living.
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      Lock icon Relief from train noise, but new problem arises
      431 4  -  LESTER HIO A NEW enclosed sound barrier built on elevated MRT tracks along Toh Guan Road in Jurong East has provided residents nearby much-needed relief from the noisy MRT line nearby. The 150m-long, 4.5m-high sound barrier, completed in May, is part of
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      Lock icon Jailed for using boss’ money, KrisFlyer miles
      343 4  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg SHE was entrusted to pay her employer’s income tax of more than $130,000 and had access to several of his Webbased accounts. But the 47-year-old former executive assistant of French national Jean Hubert Francois Larenaudie, who is
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      390 4  -  By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg JAPANESE e-marketplace giant Rakuten is partnering local telco M1 to try and recruit more merchants and cash in on the booming online market here. M1’s corporate customers will get to list and market their products for
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      Lock icon Insurance scheme for motor industry?
      611 5  -  Proposal from Case meets with some reservations VOLKS AUTO SCANDAL By KOK XING HUI kxinghui@sph.com.sg THE consumer watchdog has suggested an insurance scheme to protect those who have put down money to buy vehicles, in the wake of a cheating case involving millions of dollars
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      Lock icon Two errant lawyers disciplined by tribunals
      585 6  -  One managed case poorly, the other ‘talked behind the back’ of a lawyer By K.C. VIJAYAN SENIOR LAW CORRESPONDENT vijayan@sph.com.sg TWO lawyers were recently dealt with separately by disciplinary tribunals. One was fined $20,000 for poor case management and another reprimanded for “talking behind
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      Lock icon Man gets 15 weeks’ jail for vice offences
      334 6  -  By ELENA CHONG COURT CORRESPONDENT elena@sph.com.sg A 38-YEAR-OLD Singaporean was jailed for 15 weeks yesterday for vice-related offences. Gerald Koh Chee Kong, who is the last person in the case to be dealt with, admitted to two of four charges under the
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      340 6  -  CALVIN YANG UNITED States Navy warship USS Fort Worth arrived in Singapore yesterday morning to start its 15-month operation in the Asia-Pacific region. It is the second US Navy littoral combat ship (LCS) deployed here to support the US rebalance to the
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      Lock icon Child sex abuse case: Accused duo win defamation suit
      372 6  -  K.C. VIJAYAN EVEN as a Canadian school administrator and an Indonesian teaching assistant stand trial in Jakarta for child sex assault, their lawyers in Singapore have successfully sued the mother of an alleged victim for defamation. The Singapore High Court has
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      Lock icon Teen on probation had sex with 2nd minor
      326 6  -  By IAN POH pohian@sph.com.sg A TEENAGER who had sex with a minor just one month into a probation term for a similar offence committed with another girl was placed on 21 months’ probation yesterday. Lee Sze Kiat, 16, ran into his second
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      73 5 Love is... Being born in the luckiest place in the world GET YOUR COPY NOW! 50 Things To Love About Singapore is edited by The Straits Times’ Susan Long and written by its most authoritative beat reporters. Available at $25 (with GST) at all leading bookshops and www.stpressbooks.com.sg Get your
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      91 7 Love is in the little things... The Straits Times celebrates Singapore’s 50th birthday in a big way with 50 Things To Love About Singapore, edited by The Straits Times’ Susan Long and written by its most authoritative beat reporters. Expect not a fawning love note but an intimate, keenly observed
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      598 8  -  Firms polled predict weaker growth, sentiment in first 6 months By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg BOSSES of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) expect the first six months of next year to be fairly hard going, according to a new index yesterday. SMEs are
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      934 9  -  Sector’s increasing regulations give rise to higher demand for skilled staff By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg COMPLIANCE is a field that may appear dull to many, but it is one of the hottest niche areas in the financial industry today. Recruitment firm Hays said
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      554 9  -  RACHAEL BOON BANK customers barely know that compliance professionals exist until they want to complain, said a veteran in the field, but that has not stopped him from enjoying his work. Mr Conrad Lim, 50, deputy chief executive of LGT Bank (Singapore), said: “I am
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      594 10  -  Price fluctuations this year make it hard to deduce trends: Experts By CHERYL ONG ocheryl@sph.com.sg RESALE apartment prices slipped again last month after picking up in October, in yet another monthly fluctuation in price movements in a topsy-turvy year. Prices of completed non-land-ed
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      335 10  -  By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) released its Budget wishlist yesterday, calling for assistance so that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can broaden their access to manpower and expand across the region, as well as an extension of existing schemes.
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      656 10 BLOOMBERG HONG KONG Xiaomi Corp’s valuation could more than double to US$100 billion (S$132 billion), spurred by its latest financing round, according to billionaire investor Yuri Milner. China’s largest smartphone vendor has the same potential as Facebook and Alibaba to reach that
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      284 10  -  CHERYL ONG AN INDUSTRIAL site in Tuas South Street 7 was put up for sale yesterday under the Industrial Government Land Sales Programme for this half of 2014. The 0.5 ha plot was initially on the JTC Corporation’s reserve list and was made
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        558 11  -  By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg AN ADVANCED surveillance system at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has detected an average of 120 instances of possible market manipulation per day this year. That amounts to more than 2,400 potential cases red-flagged by the Smarts system
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        268 11  -  By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg REAL estate developer and operator OUE will pay HK$1.51 billion ($256.4 million) for a stake in a Hong Kong-listed real estate developer. OUE Lippo, a unit of the company, has entered into a conditional subscription agreement with
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        265 11  -  MARISSA LEE ASCENDAS India Trust (a-iTrust) is buying a special economic zone that will be focused on information technology (IT). The price is not expected to exceed 6.4 billion rupees ($133 million), said trust manager Ascendas Property Fund Trustee. This price will be
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        296 11  -  By RACHAEL BOON rachaelb@sph.com.sg UNITED Engineers is selling two subsidiaries to Singapore-based Dymon Asia Private Equity, it announced yesterday. Dymon will acquire 51 per cent of UE Managed Solutions (UEMS) and 100 per cent of UE ServiceCorp (Taiwan), which is also known as
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        440 11  -  Better trading, clearing systems to lower costs, boost efficiency, risk controls By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) will be upgrading its trading and clearing systems for derivatives, to make them more efficient as that segment of the bourse operator’s business grows. The
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        470 12  -  Local bourse not overly affected by disappearance of Air Asia flight BULLS AND BEARS By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE shares may have kept up the Santa rally yesterday but Scrooge made his presence felt in terms of miserly turnover. Friday’s record
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          18 12 STI trading volume 107.42 million shares STI up down Gainers: 19 Losers: 7 Unchanged: 4
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          85 12 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 745.80 490.60 807.44 739.24 221.53 186.36 239.82 1.40 0.96 1.77 -2.68 0.26 0.41 0.65 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 126.23 491.57 838.59 884.17 1,148.78 803.38
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          21 12 Stock trading volume 873.3 million shares worth $542.6 million Up down Gainers: 201 Losers: 164 Unchanged: 832
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          55 12 Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Shanghai Comp Shenzhen Comp Bursa KLCI 23,773.18 17,729.84 1,927.86 3,168.016 1,418.489 1,768.41 423.84 -89.12 -20.3 10.413 -20.989 3.97 Yesterday’s close Index Change Jakarta Comp SET Thailand Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close Dow Nasdaq 5,178.373 1,498.22 5,473.78 11.39 -12.19
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          186 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: DEC 29, 2014 Top Rises Dec 29 CENTS SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 169.3 0.6 (0) DBXT MSAsExJp US$ 3546 51.6 1.1 Lyxor ChinaH US$ 1650 45.0 2.1 CIMBASEAN40 S$D 1381 41.0 3.1 IS
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          80 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL ‘000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS 714 579 HongkongLand USD US672 -3 1242 678 667 2.7 13.3 *****.9 NET P/E M
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          53 12 By Volume CENTS Vol CENTS Vol APAC Strategic ...................4.7 50,474,000 Magnus Energy ...................0.5 29,091,000 OLS Enterprise .....................1.3 25,651,000 Golden Agri-Res ....................45 24,462,000 28 63^174^000 SIIC Environment ...............13.9 17,867,000 Mirach Energy ....................8.5 15,258,000 HPH Trust USD ..................68.5 14,080,000 Magnus Energy 0.5 29,091,000 Healthway Med ...................4.7 10,814,000 1.3 25,651,000 Golden
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          59 12 Dec 29 Against S$ 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: 1.0759 1.0767 0.8134 0.8136 1.1378 1.1390 0.8607 0.8602 1.6108 1.6118 1.2178
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          22 12 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 104 ci unch 32 CityDev NCCPS 106.5 +0.5 1 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS
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          172 12 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) Company Last Sale Vol (’000) 118 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF 116.7cd -0.3 24 139.4 119 CIMB ABAC Div SSD 132.9 110.5 94 CIMB ABAC Div USS US98.2 1401 1222 CIMBASEAN40 SSD 1381 +41 0 1300 927 CIMBASEAN40 US$ US1047 +2
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          91 12 OTTO Marine’s shipyard division has sold a ship that handles anchors and delivers supplies for offshore vessels for US$100 million (S$132.4 million). The vessel is being built at Otto Marine’s shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. It is expected to be completed in next year’s second quarter. Otto Marine subsidiary
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          78 12 KEPPEL AmFELS, a United States-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine, has won a contract valued at around US$100 million (S$132.4 million) to build one of the world’s largest land drilling rigs. The rig, which is scheduled for delivery in mid-2016, will be capable of operating in
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          69 12 SHIPBUILDER Nam Cheong has secured sale contracts for two vessels worth about US$45 million (S$59.6 million) in total. An anchor handling and supply ship is being bought by a Netherlands-based repeat customer, Vroon B.V., an international shipping firm. Another repeat customer, Nigerian engineering firm E.A. Temile Development Company,
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      589 20  -  Despite failed AFF Cup defence, he is retained to oversee SEA Games prep By JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg DESPITE Singapore’s disappointing exit at last month’s Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup, national head coach Bernd Stange has managed to keep his job for now. The Football
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      527 20  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg JOSE Mourinho’s outburst after Chelsea’s 1-1 draw against Southampton may appear to be an emotional rant from the pompous Portuguese. But if you read between the lines, every word is calculated, and it is actually
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      359 20 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manchester United on Sunday failed to answer the questions demanded of a team with pretensions of being back in the Premier League title race. They missed a series of chances and emerged for the restart to play as
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      246 17 Badminton Copenhagen Masters In Frederiksberg, finals (Den unless noted) Men’s singles: Viktor Axelsen bt Jan Jorgensen 22-20 21-9. Doubles: Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen bt Mads Conrad-Petersen/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-18 21-15. Women’s doubles: Kamilla Rytter Juhl/Christinna Pedersen bt Suci Rizky Andini/Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (Ina) 21-18 21-16. Mixed doubles: Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Pedersen
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      562 18  -  Top runner Soh sets up online petition appealing for Quek to stay on By MAY CHEN maychen@sph.com.sg HE HAS helped nurture two of Singapore’s best long-distance runners, and brought glory this year to the school which hired him. So when news spread that Raffles
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      579 18 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Formula One executives fear a third team will collapse in the new year as the sport dithers over a multi-million-pound plan to slash costs. After Marussia and Caterham’s demise, F1 is plunged into a fresh season without
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      658 18 THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS LONDON This has been the longest year in the life of Michael Schumacher. On Dec 29 last year, the seven-time Formula One champion was one of the fittest and richest sportsmen in the world, newly retired and on a carefree
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        77 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Fernando Torres completed his return to boyhood club Atletico Madrid after his new owners AC Milan agreed a loan deal with the Spanish football champions yesterday. The 30-year-old agreed a permanent transfer with the Italian Serie
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        62 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO World championships silver medallist Tatsuki Machida has surprisingly decided to retire from competitive skating after finishing fourth in the Japanese figure skating championship on Sunday. The 24-year-old had been selected to compete at the upcoming world championships by the Japan Skating Federation,
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        81 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUBAI Uefa president Michel Platini has reiterated his desire to introduce a “white card” that would lead to a footballer being sin-binned. This would relate to incidents like play-acting and criticism on the field and would not involve suspension, a system that is
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        76 18 LONDON Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has hit out at a lack of support from his players at Stamford Bridge that led to his departure from the English football club in 2012, the Daily Star reported. The Portuguese, now in charge of Russian giants Zenit
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      562 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Manuel Pellegrini accused his Manchester City players of complacency after they allowed a two-goal lead to slip away in a costly 2-2 draw with lowly Burnley on Sunday. The defending champions wasted
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      473 19 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A relieved Arsene Wenger could reflect on a bout of resilience from his Arsenal side on Sunday against a team who thought they could undermined the Gunners. “It was more a fight today than a creative game,” he
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      361 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE An unbeaten half-century by Shaun Marsh put Australia in a strong position yesterday, setting India a near-record task if they are to win the third cricket Test in Melbourne. Marsh produced one of his finest knocks with 62 to steer
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      403 19 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Newcastle United’s English Premier League season has been an exercise in lurching from crisis to surprised satisfaction and back towards calamity. After four defeats in succession, a 3-2 league victory over Everton on Sunday stopped the rot for Alan
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      332 1 Shaken and stirred Passing the baton Getting lost in the art museum’s triple-bill Online hit Corrie Tan’s take on the year in arts C6 C5 The Interview fights back with almost $20m in Internet sales C8 Marilynne Robinson took three decades to write four novels but each is a classic.
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        1488 4  -  Life! picks the classics of Singapore’s Englishlanguage theatre and tells you why they matter in this seventh of a monthly series Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Play: Mergers And Accusations (first staged in July 1993) Playwright: Eleanor Wong What it is about: Lawyer Ellen Toh is in
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        381 4 Reuters Caracas, Venezuela An ice-cream store listed in the Guinness World Records book for its 863 different flavours has become the latest victim of Venezuela’s economic crisis. On its Facebook page, the famous Coromoto ice-cream shop in the highland town of Merida
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        1054 5  -  The intricacies of imagemaking are showcased in photos and new media works by 46 artists Huang Lijie Arts Correspondent lijie@sph.com.sg Review Concert STILL MOVING: A TRIPLE BILL ON THE IMAGE Singapore Art Museum/Till Feb 8 The triple bill of exhibitions at the Singapore Art
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        926 6  -  It’s a year of ups and downs with the staging of major festivals, passing of the baton and renewal of old spaces Culture Vulture Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Follow Corrie Tan on Twitter @CorrieTan At the end of each year, there is always some
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        693 6 Obituary New York Times New York American pianist Claude Frank, widely admired for his insightful, sensitive performances of the solo and chamber works of the Germanic masters, and an influential teacher to generations of pianists, died last Saturday at his home in New York, three days
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      818 8 The film, bought or rented online over two million times, is a test case for simultaneous video-on-demand and theatrical release Reuters Bloomberg New York Sony Pictures said The Interview has earned more than US$15 million (S$19.8 million) in online sales and another US$2.8 million in
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      953 8 New York Times Los Angeles When director Michael Mann began work on his new film, Blackhat, an international thriller about good and wicked hackers, he wanted to start by researching some technological basics, such as “What’s electricity?” and “How does it flow?”. Also, “how
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      1106 9 The Cosby legal team uses aggressive legal and media strategy to keep accusations of sexual misconduct quiet New York Times New York In 2005, when Ms Tamara Green alleged that Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her in the early 1970s, his lawyer publicly branded the
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      1089 9  -  Alan Feuer New York Times New York The invitation said I was to present myself at 9pm that Saturday in the lobby of the New Yorker Hotel on Eighth Avenue and 34th Street. I was to go alone and, on arrival, keep
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      764 10 New York Times New York A quick glance at the digital scrapbook Pinterest makes it seem like the anti-Facebook. It has no stream filled with friends’ faces and baby pictures, but rather a sprawling, colourful grid of recipes, photographs of clothes and a shopping list of
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        411 12 New York Times Reuters New York Seven major films opened in a varying number of theatres on Christmas Day, and by Sunday, very different Hollywood camps were celebrating. Angelina Jolie’s World War II drama Unbroken was an unexpected hit, debuting at No. 2 after the
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        160 12 Reuters New York Comedian Chris Rock (right) and his wife, Malaak Compton-Rock, will divorce after nearly 20 years of marriage, People magazine reported on Sunday. “After much contemplation and 19 years of marriage, Chris and I have decided to go our separate ways,” she
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      387 9 Must View best price *HERITAGE APT Ardmore Park. 4+1 3156sqft $12K. Duplex PH4+1 4392sf $17K P/furn.SM Chia *****500 VOLARI 2034 SF. 3rms.High flr unblock, greenery/ pool view. Immed. Also for sale. $neg. J Wang 9690-5831 GRANGE RESI 4+1. 2583 sf. Spacious. Unblock. Greenery Walk to Orchard shpg belt. $neg.Wang *****831
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      327 9 TRELLIS TWR MRT, Toa Payoh Hub. Studio facilities. neg. Agt 9068 2259 Expat Choice NIN RESIDENCE 2BDRM 850sf. Just TOP immed,un Blk view, $3.5K Neg,P/furn Call 8118-2111 Nicholas. EURO ASIA PARK. 2-bdrm. 1012sf. Facility. Greenery. MRT. $3.5K neg. *****461 D14 ATHENA VILLE, 1/2/3 bdrm apt. p/furn, convenient. Rent call *****165
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      291 9 AZALEA 3+1 P/FURN F/ facilities Expat choice. Cheap rent $3.1K. Avail mid Jan. Tom Leow *****193 DTZ ESTELLA GDNS, 3+1 +balcony, pool view, good cond. F/furn. 9100-0072 Gabriel SIMEI GREEN $3.XK 1195 sf 3+1, fully furnished, Aircon Immed. MRT. *****993 Excellent Location SPRINGBLOOM 1+1 893 sf. F/furn. Unblocked. MRT at
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      429 9 HDB Median Sub-letting Rents in 2nd Quarter 2014 Town Classcode 3-Room 4-Room 5-Room Executive Ang Mo Kio 482 $2,000 $2,500 $2,800 Bedok 483 $2,000 $2,400 $2,600 Bishan 484 $2,100 $2,650 $3,000 Bukit Batok 485 $1,910 $2,400 $2,550 Bukit Merah 486 $2,250 $2,900 $3,300 Bukit Panjang 487 $1,800 $2,000 $2,200 $2,300
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      145 9 Must View BLK 437 FAJAR Rd, 5I corner #05 living rm unblock f/furn, avail mid Jan’15 movein cond all races VTO 4RM CORNER BLK 148 Gangsa. High flr. F/furn aircon. Beautiful $2.1k neg Immed. 9145-7788 Eddie EA 183 JELEBU. Corner. 3bdrms Opp Bt Panjang Plaza. 9144 3973 Wang JKL **2+1+1
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      162 9 $2.3K NEG 5’I’ (PT Blk) 653 Hougang. Mid flr. 3-rm w/ aircon. New paint. Unfurn. Immed. Irene 9818 0063 3’I’ CORNER BLK 619 F/furn Immed. Family professional pref. *****397 Stanley Must View 3+1 CORNER JURONG W 731 F/furn, aircon. Spacious $2.6K. Prof family. Avail immed. Eddie 9108-3115 Face Greenery BLK
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      61 9 4RM CORNER BLK 510A Sembawang High flr f/furn aircon. $2.3K neg. Beside NTUC. 9145-7788 Eddie Own V A cars? r A LI fT" If you're looking for a landed home with a large enough driveway, turn to the Print Classified Properties section. To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289
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      208 9 RIVERVALE WALK. F/FURN. Immed. $2.4K. Near Amenities. 9271-6655 Patrick Ng Excellent Location 3-BEDROOMS (2 LOR Lew Lian) Opp NEX/ MRT, $2.6K, All races. Immed move-in. Owner *****766 4’A’ CORNER 728 Tampines High flr. Unblock. Furn. AC. MRT mkt. Immed. $2.4K neg. Victor 9788 6868 PN 137 POTONG PASIR 4A Full
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      262 9 AIRCON RM, F/FURN, near Tiong Bahru MRT, 1 or 2 pax, no agt 8522-3089 Near MRT BRADDELL MRT ROOM (Studio) Toilet, Aircon, WiFi, No owner, Can cook, Immed, $1.6K. Owner 8288 3766 OMMON RM Blk 28 Kelantan Rd. Furn, AC, Wi-Fi, 24hr super -mart. Immed. 9875-6046 C Immediate PAYOH MRT
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      243 9 PAYA LEBAR (MacPherson MRT Station) Office/ Industrial/ Warehouse Spaces: 468, 600, 700, 1000, 1313, 1500, 2000, 3000 sqft Pleasecall6745-9677 Ms Chee Ms Chan BJS ENGINEERING BRAND NEW DORMITORY FOR RENT IN TUAS 10,12 14 pax/room With Laundry Proper Ventilation No Cooking Allowed Other facilities in the same premises: Minimart Foodshop
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      732 10 FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE Franklin# fr 822 sqft Rutherford# fr 999 sqft Chadwick fr 4,034 sqft Curie fr 2,320 sqft Cavendish fr 2,086 sqft Alpha fr 506 sqft Aries fr 1,060 sqft Gemini fr 289 sqft Capricorn fr 748 sqft Cintech I/II/III fr 817 sqft Galen fr 723
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      41 10 Good Investment CT HUB @KALLANG, 1012 sf Auction 21/1. High floor Near MRT, Tenanted, Good Yield. Jaime *****300 KF F’HOLD ELITE II Tannery Lane #07-04. 1539sf. Face loading bay. 9631-6939 A’POSH BIZ HUB, Yishun Ave 6. 1281/2562/4112sqft $580 psf. Call 9056-0611
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      26 11 If you're looking to buy or rent an HDB apartment, turn to the Print Classified Properties section. To advertise, call the Print Classified Hotline: 1800-289 9988.
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      344 12 UNIAPOLIS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UEN: *****1906W (26/4/2014 to 25/4/2015) LCCI Bookkeeping $188 Preparatory course 1. LCCI Group Diploma in Accounting 2. CAT/ACCA exam Tel: *****215/ *****962 AMK NEW BUNGLW for full lodging. Teacher’s family internet, tuition. *****988 JAPANESE@PYAESS. Raffles Place MRT. www. pyaess.edu.sg. 6327-1377 JC TUITION SPECIALIST Tuition Classes for
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      242 12 PHYS, CHEM, BIO Tuition. Concept learning Results! Sec 1-JC2. Call: *****908 Daniel Milton Education FREE TRIAL 9026-5752. 15+ yrs local experience. Master degree. Marine Parade HCL/ CL/ GEP HCL. P4-JC ECONS GET ’A’ Grade H1/H2/IB. Small group 1-1. Proven track records. 6 yrs experience 9168-5873 PROFESSIONAL CHINESE Teacher, home tuition
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      1377 12 Notice of Temporary Closure of Coleman St To facilitate hoisting works at The National Gallery Singapore, Coleman St will be closed from 1 January 2015 to 31 January 2015 from 0001hrs to 0600hrs. Directional signage will be put up to guide motorists. For queries, please contact Takenaka-Singapore Piling Joint Venture
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      365 13 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit SALES MKTG Execs (10x) upto $4K. S’porean only. Outgoing self-motivated. Start immed. 8198-7655 RICE CO AMK hiring Fulltime/ Part-Time Outdoor Sales Rep. Basic salary comm $3K up. 6570-3052. FASHION SALES Supervisor. Experience 9616-2621 enquiry@despring.com Future State Fashion Label 1.
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      354 13 We are HIRING! SERVERS/BARTENDERS/BUSSERS (FULL-TIME&PART-TIME) Full-time monthly salary up to $2500 Part-time rate: $10 to $12 per hour 5-day work week Staff meals, discounts, uniforms provided Interns, students and school-leavers are welcome NO EXPERIENCE? No worries, come on in we train you as long as you enjoy serving customers! PART-TIME
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      87 13 WE ARE HIRING! New aircon F&B shop at East Village 430 Upp Changi Rd, East Village, (Simpang Bedok area) Cut vegetables, prepare cook with recipe given Salary: $1500-$2000 Part timers $7-$8 Working hrs, 7am-3pm Kopi ’Maker’ 3pm-11pm Call 9833 7707 STEAMBOAT BBQ RESTN Katong/ Yishun need: Full/ Part-time Service, Kitchen
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      93 13 MEXICAN NORTH Indian restn need 1) Mexican cuisine chef 2) North Indian cuisine Chef 3) Service crew 4) Asst Manager, 5) Dishwashers 6) Part Time Riders. Call 9451-650 *****870 or send resume patrosbar@singnet.com.sg **HOTEL CAFE REQUIRES 1) Cook 2) Manager 3) Supervisor 4) Waiters and Waitresses. Call *****704 (after 12pm)
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      304 13 Hair/ Beauty ily Hair/ Beauty JEAN YIP HAIRDRESSING HAIR SPA| HAIR CONSULTANTS Monthly salary package from $2,000-$6,000 HAIR THERAPISTS Monthly salary package from $1,800-$3,000 CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICERS Monthly salary package from $1,800-$3,000 No experience required Training will be provided Call 8200 7403 FAST FOOD STALL (pizza/ pie) requires Asst Chef/
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      184 13 DANCE STUDIO REQUIRES Full/ Part time Administrator. Loves children. IT savvy. Min Dip. Locals only. CV:hr@myballetstudio.com ADMIN ASST REQUIRED. 5 days work. Location Penjuru. Attractive salary. Email to: patricia_naidu@ yahoo.com.sg ADMIN CLERK NEEDED. Computer knowledge. Call *****793 *****594. Add: 1 Bukit Batok Crescent, #09-28, WCEGA Plaza. ADMIN REQUIRED. MULTITASKING Billingual
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      699 14 Well known Taiwanese food chain with over 140 outlets seeking for: Admin Assistant J CBD location 5 day work week (9am to 6pm) J Entry level position ’O’/’N’ level/ ITE. Computer-literate J Provide administrative support, including billing customers, calculation and tally of receipts J Communicate with outlets and transporters for
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      279 14 Logistics/Warehse Asst Perm Posts Location: Islandwide Transport provided With/Without Experience Good salary OT Call *****367/*****723 Manfield Employment Svc Lic: 95C2823 Export cum Admin Asst Exec ‘N’Level with relevant work experience Handle export shipment Arrange Schedule delivery Other Office admin matters Email: recruit@jpn.sg WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT Salary $1600-$1800 5½ day work week
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      365 14 Security Security Security Security Security FULFILL YOUR ASPIRATIONS PROTECTION OFFICER Requirements: Minimum Secondary 2 Assignment: Jurong Island Harbourfront Changi Cargo AETDS Hotline: 6773 9466 Mobile: 9002 6669 8421 2088 9052 0863 E-mail: recruit@aetos.com.sg Terms and conditions apply. Like us on www.facebook.com/aetosholdings/ WALK-IN INTERVIEW Monday to Friday, 9am 5pm AETOS Holdings
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      285 14 SingTec Security Security Officers (Gross $2,000 above) Commercial Bldg/ Warehse Day Night Shift: AMK, Changi Alps Ave Day Shift: Bedok, Gul Way, Paya Lebar, Penjuru, Senoko, Telok Blangah Weekly cash benefits Possess PLRD Licence Tel: 6545-2288 Security Supervisor Relief Sup (D/N).......$2500 Sgoon Nth Ave 5 (N)$2200 Security Officers Relief (D/N)..$2000+$200
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      396 14 Immediate vacancies SECURITY OFFICERS Salary: $1700 Working location: Bedok 4 days’ work, 2 days’ off, rotating shifts 20 days work per month Walk-in interview from Mon to Fri, 10am 4pm Taurean Protective Services Pte Ltd 756 Upper Serangoon Road #03-20 Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre or call Colin: 9155 8872 Muhd
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      181 14 ****LICENCED SECURITY OFFICERS Required at Eastwood, Lor L Tlk Kurau Burn rd. Call 6467-8156 SCH IN BT Batok, Punggol, AMK, Sembawang (day). Clementi(night).*****566 DAY/NIGHT OFFICER AMK 5days/week $1550/mth. Call 9839 3718/6748 4233 NIGHT OFFICER @UPP Bt Timah 6day. Perm $1.9k/ mth. *****718/ *****233 DAY/ NIGHT OFFICER Woodlands. 5day wk $1550
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      385 14 Cleaner needed at Shopping Centre at ION Orchard 7am-3pm $1200 3pm-11pm $1250 5pm-11pm $1000 11pm-7am $1250 5 days also available 8345 1942 Office Tea Lady Cum Cleaner Withexperienced Location:13APandanCrescent Preferablylivinginnearbyarea Singaporeanonly Contact HR: 6775 6964 (Mon-Fri) (NoAgent) Floater, Cleaner urgently required at Jurong Area Attractive salary Call 9220 1966 Cleaners
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      212 14 SCHOOL CLEANERS NEEDED Yishun, Woodlands Sembawang areas. Only S’poreans. Interested please Call *****613. MARINA BAY SANDS seeks Male/ Female Toilet Cleaners, 7am-3pm/ 3pm-11pm 11pm-7am. Interested Pls Call *****677 *****913 ORCHARD AREA SHOPPING mall requires Cleaners Floaters, 8am-5pm/ 5pm11pm/ 11pm-8am. Pls call *****503 *****745 **URGENTLY REQUIRED RUBBISH C ollectors Floaters Chinatown
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      183 15 URGENTLY REQUIRED CLEANERS Hort Park (Alexandra Rd) S’porean only pls call 9006-9667 SCHOOL CLEANERS NEEDED at Telok Blangah,C’wealth, Selegie River Valley. 9787-6664 9851-8198 CLEANERS REQUIRED AT Yishun (HDB), Tanjong Pagar Bishan (Office) Call: 6846 9896 FAR EAST PLAZA requires Cleaners Working hrs: 8am to 5pm. Call *****976, 10pm-6am call *****464
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      478 15 HDB CLEANERS NEEDED Jurong East. Pls contact: 9008 4406 OFFICE CLEANERS NEEDED Little India, Tg Pagar, Sin Ming *****122/ *****606 CONDO AT BT Panjang/ Ghim Moh requires cleaners. $1.1K-$1.4K. *****510 $60/5DAY WKLY PAY +Meal Hotel Cleaner 11pm to 6am MRT. Immed. 6291 0989 FULL/PART TIME CLEANER All Area/ High wage.
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      360 15 Company cum Personal Driver Able to start work immediately Able to work overtime on weekends public holidays Preferable with bike Basic salary $2200 Location: Sentosa Working hours: Mon Fri 10am to 7pm Sat 10am to 3pm Interested please call personally at Tel: 6383 6333(Ms Ng) PRIMEMOVER DRIVERS 22 WORKING DAYS!
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      331 15 Requires: CLASS 3 4 DRIVERS S’poreans only Call Melvin 9687 6598 No. 7 Gul Circle #02-01, (Bus 255) AMBULANCE COMPANY REQUIRES Drivers, Medics, 1st Aider Assistant. Training provided. Good basic, OT allowances. Good welfare. All are welcome. Call/SMS 8180-3333 or email civic@ civicambulance.som.sg CLASS 3 DRIVERS for 14ft lorry. Min
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      356 15 TEMPORARY CLERK μ Able to liaise with English Chinese speaking clients μ Basic computer knowledge μ Willing to work on weekends μ ’A’ levels student are welcome μ Able to commit from 05 Jan to 17 Feb μ Work location: W’lands Please call 6482 2644 Perm/ Contract Temp/ Part time
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      457 15 WorkPro Job Fair Chong Pang For a fulfilling career, do join us at the upcoming career fair! Meet employers who are keen to hire mature and back-to-work Singaporeans! Date 9 Jan 2015, Fri Time 10am to 4pm Venue Chong Pang Community Club Level 1, Multi-Purpose Hall 21 Yishun Ring Road
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      113 15 24 hrs Supermkt various location CASHIER Working hrs: Full-time (8hrs): 7am-3pm/ 3pm-11pm/ 11pm-7am ($1500 up) Flexi hrs (5hrs, Full-time, 6 days) STACKER Working hrs: 11am-7pm, 3pm-11pm ’N’/ ’O’ level/ SPM preferred Govt Sch Students/ Housewives Retirees Awaiting NS Students waiting for results/ S’porean welcome Walk-in interview: 1pm-5pm 371 Serangoon Road
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      60 15 Urgently needed!! 1) PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING SUPERVISOR 2) PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE OPERATOR 3) GENERAL WORKER 4) MATERIAL HANDLER 5) PACKER Attractive benefits, high pay Interested applicants, pls walk in to: No.2 Pandan Avenue (SBS 78 from Clementi MRT 6th bus-stop) 6278-2188 SPC TELOK BLANGAH requires Full-time or Parttime 1)
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      146 16 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Hiring achief information officer? We can help you fill that position. Call the Recruit toll-free hotline 1800-289-8822 or your advertising agency. A FIRST FOR E NEWSPAPER A Yo u c a n n o w f i n d
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      43 16 To send article contributions, comments, views and story ideas, e-mail recruit3@sph.com.sg When you contribute to The Straits Times Recruit, we take it that you agree, at no charge, to allow us to use, archive, resell or reproduce the letters and contributions inanywayandinany medium.
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