The Straits Times, 24 February 2015

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    31 1 THE STRAITS TIMES CELEBRATING 170 YEARS, SINCE 1845- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 82 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS TO SUBSCRIBE: 6388-3838 www.sphsubscription.com.sg 90 cents A Singapore Press Holdings publication MCI (P) 032/02/2015
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    Lock icon Budget boost for the middle class
    1160 1  -  Sandwiched class gets help with childcare, school, training expenses By ZAKIR HUSSAIN DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR zakirh@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S Budget, as it celebrates 50 years of independence, was firmly focused on preparing the nation for a challenging future while addressing the present needs of the middle
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      64 1 TERROR THREAT GREEK DEBT CRISIS U.S. MALL ON HIGH ALERT WORLD A21 AR’ OCK’ D A21 K’ 1 ‘ROCK STAR’ VS ‘ROCK’ TOP OF THE NEWS A10 More Budget reports: TOP OF THE NEWS A2-7 Editorial: A22 14-page Budget Special: C1-14 MORE STORIES IN ST DIGITAL Opinion Editor Chua Mui
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • BUDGET 2015
      • Article
        Lock icon Retirement savings boost for older workers
        821 2 / 3  -  CPF contribution rates of those aged above 50 to go up from next January By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg RETIREMENT savings for older workers will get a major boost, after the Government moved to raise their Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rates.
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        Lock icon CPF
        24 2 / 3 $6,000 New salary ceiling for CPF contributions, up from $5,000 544,000 Number of CPF members who will benefit from the higher salary ceiling
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        Lock icon ‘I can save more in CPF account’
        344 2 / 3  -  Madam Tan Kar Tiau, 52 Assistant teacher, earning about $1,500 a month How she benefits From next year, her CPF contribution rate will rise by 2 percentage points. She will also get an additional 1 per cent interest on the first $30,000 of
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        Lock icon CPF salary ceiling to be raised to $6,000
        386 2 / 3  -  By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg MIDDLE-INCOME workers will be able to grow their retirement savings as more of their income will be used to calculate Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions. The CPF salary ceiling will be raised to $6,000 from Jan 1 next
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        Lock icon Higher caps for contributions to voluntary savings scheme
        311 2 / 3  -  By GRACE LEONG gleong@sph.com.sg THE caps on contributions to the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) have been raised to $15,300 for Singapore citizens and permanent residents, and $35,700 for foreigners. The SRS is a voluntary retirement savings scheme that complements the Central Provident
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        30 2 / 3 $500 SkillsFuture Credit that all Singaporeans aged 25 or older will receive for education and training $1 billionAverage annual spending on continuing education and training from now to 2020
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        Lock icon Help with mid-career switch
        366 2 / 3 Ms Megan Chee, 39 Duty manager at Goodwood Park Hotel How she benefits Subsidies that cover at least 90 per cent of training course fees for workers making a mid-career switch. How workers benefit Singaporeans aged 25 and above will get $500 next year to use
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        Lock icon Grant, top-ups in push for workers to upgrade skills
        585 2 / 3  -  All S’poreans will have SkillsFuture Credit account with initial $500 grant By AMELIA TAN ameltan@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS aged 25 and above will get $500 from next year and more top-ups in future to offset the cost of courses. The grant is part
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        33 4 $350 million What the Government will spend on the Silver Support Scheme in the first full year 150,000 Number of seniors who will automatically receive Silver Support payments starting early next year
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        Lock icon Cash payouts for the poorest elderly
        736 4  -  Starting next year, they will get an average of $600 every three months By RACHEL CHANG ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR rchang@sph.com.sg TO FORGE a new compact of “fairness in retirement”, the Silver Support Scheme will entrench cash payouts for the poorest elderly in Singapore. Payouts
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        Lock icon Delight at easing of financial burden
        454 4  -  Mr Chan Sze Oon, 84 Retiree, receives $450 a month under Public Assistance How he benefits From next year, he will get quarterly payouts of between $300 and $750 under the permanent Silver Support Scheme for poor Singaporeans aged 65 and older. This year,
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        Lock icon Budget that looks forward and corrects a policy course
        1163 4  -  COMMENTARY By LYDIA LIM ASSOCIATE OPINION EDITOR lydia@sph.com.sg A MEASURE of any government Budget is the extent to which it positions a nation for the future, rather than merely plugging gaps in the present or, worse, making up for past mistakes.
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        Lock icon Families
        23 5 $60New concessionary maid levy for households with children aged below 16 144,500Number of households that will benefit from the reduced maid levy
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        Lock icon 50% tax rebate for middle-income earners
        557 5  -  Sum capped at $1,000; lower-income to get higher GST Voucher payouts By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg ABOUT 1.5 million middle-in-come earners who pay personal income tax will receive a 50 per cent rebate of up to $1,000. As for lower-income Singaporeans, they will get a
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        Lock icon Savings on maid levy, help for aged parents
        360 5  -  Mr Ong Ai Bin, 52 How he benefits $500 SkillsFuture Credit, savings of $2,460 through the revamped concessionary Foreign Domestic Worker Levy. He will also get higher CPF contribution rates and save on his son’s exam fees, which would have cost him
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        Lock icon Fees for major exams waived
        475 5  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREAN students in mainstream schools here will no longer have to pay fees for major exams –the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE), as well as the O-, N-and A-level exams. Singaporeans enrolled in full-time courses at the five polytechnics and the
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        Lock icon Maid levy cut to $60 for eligible families
        418 5  -  By THAM YUEN-C ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR yuenc@sph.com.sg THE maid levy for families with young children and elderly parents will be halved to $60 a month, in a move by the Government to help middle-income households cope with the cost of living. The
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        Lock icon Lower childcare fees for parents under new scheme
        398 5  -  By KOK XING HUI kxinghui@sph.com.sg PARENTS whose children are in childcare centres stand to benefit from lower fees under a new scheme. While details are still scant, the new partner operator scheme will have childcare operators commit to keeping fees affordable. A
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        Lock icon Businesses
        35 6 $7.5 billion Estimated spending over three years for the Transition Support Package to help companies adjust to restructuring $500 million Top-up to the Special Employment Credit Fund to encourage companies to hire older workers
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        Lock icon Foreign worker levy hike deferred for a year
        587 6  -  Additional adjustments made for manufacturing, construction firms By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg LEVY hikes for firms employing foreign workers have been deferred for 12 months. The move will give companies more breathing space as they battle a tight labour market and rising
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        Lock icon Package to boost productivity to be phased out
        592 6  -  By CHIA YAN MIN chiaym@sph.com.sg A PACKAGE of schemes introduced in 2013 to help companies become more productive will be gradually phased out to give firms time to adjust to rising costs as they restructure. The programme, called the Transition Support Package,
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        Lock icon Fears over extra costs allayed
        334 6  -  Add-Plus Electronic How it benefits Foreign worker levies in the manufacturing sector frozen at current rates until 2017 How other companies will benefit L Basic-tier levy for R2 workers in the construction sector will be raised from $550 to $650 in 2016, and then $700
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        Lock icon A leg up on wages
        291 6  -  First Kick Academy How it benefits Wage Credit Scheme extension How other firms benefit L Corporate income tax rebate of 30 per cent of tax payable, with a cap of $20,000 for each year of assessment L Enhancement and extension of Temporary Employment Credit and
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        Lock icon Finances
        20 7 22%New top marginal personalincome tax rate, up from 20% 80%Personal income taxes paid by the top 10%of Singapore taxpayers
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        Lock icon Temasek to contribute more to govt income
        472 7  -  Change could boost govt coffers by $4b-$5b annually, says economist By WONG WEI HAN whwong@sph.com.sg THE Government is moving to include up to half of long-term investment returns from investment company Temasek Holdings in the national financial accounts. One expert has given a
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        Lock icon Top 5% of earners to pay more income tax
        583 7  -  By MOK FEI FEI feimok@sph.com.sg THE rich will be giving a little more back to the wider community with higher personal income taxes coming their way. Income tax rates for the top 5 per cent of income earners those pulling in
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        Lock icon Not too bothered about paying more tax
        371 7  -  MOK FEI FEI PRIVATE tutor and entrepreneur Anthony Fok is taking the income tax hike in his stride. The 31-year-old set up tuition agency JCEconomics.com in 2012, raking in some $400,000 in income last year as its sole proprietor and employee. That puts
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        Lock icon Petrol duty up but there’s a one-year road tax rebate
        597 7  -  By ADRIAN LIM adrianl@sph.com.sg PUMP prices are set to rise, with the Government announcing an immediate hike in petrol duties during its annual Budget yesterday. But a one-year road tax rebate of 20 per cent for cars and 60 per
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    • THE NEWS IN 5 MINUTES
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        Lock icon Preparing for the future
        40 8 DEPUTY Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, in his Budget statement yesterday, announced a broad range of measures to support workers and their families throughout their careers and into retirement. TOP OF THE NEWS A1
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        Lock icon Abbott tightens citizenship law
        39 8 AUSTRALIA will seek to revoke citizenship for dual nationals involved in terrorism, and will appoint a counter-terrorism chief to tackle rising threats by extremists, said Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday. TOP OF THE NEWS A10
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      • WORLD
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          Lock icon ‘No power’ to the people
          52 8 THE Philippine government has decided to downplay the 29th anniversary of the People Power Revolution tomorrow, in the hope of denying the opposition a chance to pressure President Benigno Aquino to resign. But unfazed protesters are determined to take to the streets on the day.
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          Lock icon Theatre activists jailed
          74 8 A JAIL term of 30 months is the price two Thai theatre activists will pay for staging a play deemed insulting to the monarchy, as the military government continued to silence critics with Thailand’s lese majeste law. At least 40 people have been arrested since the coup
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          Lock icon Stress on correct history
          49 8 JAPAN’S Crown Prince Naruhito has urged the Japanese to remember history “correctly”, in a rare comment published on his 55th birthday. Some analysts believed it was a thinly veiled rebuke for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is keen to downplay Japan’s wartime atrocities. PAGE A18
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          Lock icon Greece submits reforms
          44 8 GREECE has submitted reform proposals, believed to include tackling tax evasion and graft, to its European creditors to secure a fourth-month extension of its lifeline debt bailout. The country’s safety net will collapse if the plan is not approved. PAGE A21
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        Lock icon A FORWARD-LOOKING BUDGET
        49 8 For the Budget's transformative agenda to be fulfilled, nothing less than a sea change is called for in Singapore's business culture and social culture. Innovation must be a daily preoccupation and the acquisition of deep skills must be a lifelong pursuit. The Straits Times OPINION A22
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          Lock icon Digital revolution looms
          48 8 FINANCIAL technology offers cross-border wire transfers at a fraction of current charges, DIY fund management and phone-to-phone payments. But it is in its infancy in Singapore as banks here don’t embrace it. Still, disruption is nigh, experts tell Assistant Money Editor Yasmine Yahya. PAGE A22
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          Lock icon Higher risk of blindness
          48 8 A GENE mutation in some Chinese gives added protection against heart attacks but also leads to an increased risk of going blind, a study led by Singapore scientists has found. About 2 to 3 per cent of Chinese Singaporeans have the gene. PAGE B1
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          Lock icon Refunds not guaranteed
          50 8 REFUNDS for spa or facial packages are not guaranteed even in the event of serious illnesses, said lawyers, after a woman fought to get a refund for a facial package on being diagnosed with breast cancer. Beauty and wellness salons said such cases are rare. PAGE B2
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          Lock icon Call to relax drone rules
          61 8 USERS are asking for rules regarding the flying of drones to be streamlined and less obstructive. They say the current review of regulations should not stifle innovation and development of such unmanned aerial vehicles, while protecting privacy and safety. PAGE B4 Users want less obstructive
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      • MONEY
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          51 8 AN EXTENDED slide in oil prices pulled down consumer prices last month the third month in a row as electricity, petrol and other oil-linked items got cheaper. The consumer price index fell 0.4 per cent last month, compared with the same period last year. PAGE
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      • STRAITS TIMES DIGITAL
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          Lock icon Listen to sub:shaman in ST Sessions
          74 8 INDIE home-grown band sub:shaman has been going places since the quintet started playing together in 2012. It has performed in several high-profile gigs and was selected by Grammy-winning producer Steve Lillywhite for his workshop here in 2013. See the quintet perform and talk about
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      • SPORT
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          Lock icon Confident Liverpool
          73 8 LIVERPOOL manager Brendan Rodgers says his team are eyeing a Champions League berth and have Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United in their sights. After their 2-0 victory over Southampton on Sunday, it was no surprise to hear Rodgers say: “We relish every game we play.” PAGE B18
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      • LIFE!
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          Lock icon Frogmen’s great leap
          75 8 AH BOYS To Men: Frogmen powered into the lead in this year’s Chinese New Year box-office contest with $2.83 million, the brawniest opening weekend total for an Asian film in Singapore, said Golden Village Pictures yesterday. Frogmen’s opening is also the biggest of the Jack Neo national
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          Lock icon Adrift and having fun
          85 8 CELEBRITY chef David Myers wants diners in Singapore to let loose and get social at his new restaurant Adrift. The East meets West sharing plates joint has just opened at Marina Bay Sands. The 4,000 sq ft restaurant-bar at the lobby of Tower 2 will also
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      • SINGAPORE SLIDER
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          Lock icon Then & Now: Capitol Theatre
          33 8 Then Now: Capitol Theatre FIND out how Capitol Theatre, which is undergoing a major makeover, has changed over the years since it first opened in 1930. In our Singapore Slider series at http://str.sg/4b4
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      • WEB SPECIAL
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          Lock icon Till we tweet again
          37 8 AUSTRALIAN rapper Iggy Azalea says she’s had it with Twitter. But going by the experience of other celebrities, it isn’t always so easy to quit the tweet. See who they are at http://str.sg/oYG
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      Lock icon US mall on high alert after terror threat
      729 10  -  Mall of America among shopping venues targeted by Somali militants By JEREMY AU YONG US BUREAU CHIEF IN WASHINGTON jeremyau@sph.com.sg SECURITY is being beefed up at one of the largest malls in the United States after it became one of the subjects
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      Lock icon FRENCH CARRIER JOINS CAMPAIGN
      116 10 French navy personnel on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier in the Gulf on Sunday. A Defence Ministry official said France deployed the carrier yesterday as part of the US-led campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants in Iraq. Said the
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      Lock icon KL warns of girls falling into sexual jihad trap
      440 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE PETALING JAYA Malaysian police are on the alert for a new tactic by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to get girls from around the world to join its ranks. Special Branch Counter
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      Lock icon Australia to tighten citizenship laws to fight terrorism
      507 10  -  By JONATHAN PEARLMAN FOR THE STRAITS TIMES IN SYDNEY jonathanmpearlman@gmail.com AUSTRALIA will strip the citizenship of dual nationals who fight overseas with terrorist organisations after a review found that the nation faces a heightened security threat of attacks by home-grown extremists, Prime
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      Lock icon Sengkang columbarium issue: HDB rejects flat buyers’ refund requests
      438 10  -  By LESTER HIO lesterh@sph.com.sg THE Housing Board has rejected the requests of unhappy flat buyers for refunds on their Build-To-Order (BTO) flats, made last month when they discovered that a temple with a commercial columbarium would be built near the estate
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon The estranged uncle and aunt
      288 12  -  RAUL DANCEL IN A country where nepotism is a hallmark of politics, it is striking to hear that President Benigno Aquino’s uncle and aunt-in-law are leading efforts to unseat him. Yet, Mr Jose Cojuangco, younger brother of Mr Aquino’s mother, the former president Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino,
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      Lock icon Aquino faces calls to quit ahead of People Power anniversary
      820 12  -  His ‘failure’ to take responsibility for a botched police raid sparks protests By RAUL DANCEL PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT IN MANILA rdancel@sph.com.sg PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino is facing an unprecedented challenge with growing calls for him to step down ahead of tomorrow’s
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      Lock icon Rahul takes leave from House to focus on party
      453 12 REUTERS XINHUA NEW DELHI Mr Rahul Gandhi (left), a leader of India’s Congress party, is taking a leave of absence from Parliament to focus on party work, an official has said, setting off speculation of a long-awaited change in the party
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    • ASIA
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        Lock icon Thai performers jailed 30 months for lese majeste
        514 13  -  Clampdown on slights against royal family continues as succession looms By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BANGKOK tanhy@sph.com.sg A THAI court yesterday sentenced two people to 30 months’ jail each for their role in a play deemed to insult the monarchy
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        Lock icon KL fugitive has ‘full protection’ of Aussie govt
        370 13  -  By SHANNON TEOH MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT IN KUALA LUMPUR shannont@sph.com.sg A FORMER police commando in Malaysia sentenced to death for the high-profile murder of a Mongolian translator in 2006 is being given “full protection” by Australia, he purportedly said yesterday in a teleconference
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        Lock icon Football turns sleepy town into big draw
        1152 14  -  Thailand’s Buriram team storms up league tables, sparks tourism boom By TAN HUI YEE THAILAND CORRESPONDENT IN BURIRAM (NORTH-EAST THAILAND) tanhy@sph.com.sg IT IS Sports Day at Bualuang Witthayakhom school. Students shuffle into the compound in standard issue green shirts over sweat pants. Teachers
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        Lock icon Is ‘Uncle Newin of Buriram’ just cooling his heels?
        903 14  -  TAN HUI YEE MR NEWIN Chidchob, football club owner, stadium builder and motor-racing circuit developer, is talking about the four-star hotel he has just built in his hometown of Buriram. “I could have built 500 rooms, but I did only 60.
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        Lock icon Kim urges army to be combat ready
        529 15 Call comes ahead of joint US-S. Korea military drills AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has urged the army to ensure its combat readiness ahead of joint United States-South Korea military exercises that have previously seen an annual spike in
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        Lock icon Foreigners banned from N. Korea run due to Ebola fears
        347 15 REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL North Korea has banned foreign runners from participating in an international marathon scheduled to be held in its capital in April, citing fears about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, said agencies specialising in North
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        Lock icon HK democracy push goes on to malls, campuses
        588 16 Protesters tap into resentment against visitors, students from the mainland REUTERS HONG KONG Nearly three months after the police cleared away the last of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, lingering anger is stoking a new front of radical activism that has turned shopping
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        Lock icon Fireworks fire up China’s pollution levels
        444 16 XINHUA BEIJING Air pollution reached “dangerous levels” in 106 cities in China at the height of the Chinese New Year celebrations as a result of firecrackers and fireworks, a Xinhua tally has found. Between 8pm last Wednesday, the eve of Chinese New Year, and
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        Lock icon By rail from Spain to China
        321 16 CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK XINHUA HANGZHOU A cargo train with 64 containers has completed its maiden journey from the Spanish capital Madrid to China’s eastern city of Yiwu. The train travelled for 24 days along the Yixin’ou cargo line, the longest of all the
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        Lock icon Online cartoons with graft-busting Xi are a hit
        425 16 XINHUA REUTERS BEIJING Three online animations on China’s anti-corruption campaign featuring President Xi Jinping have been a hit over the Chinese New Year, with netizens delighted to see what is apparently a relaxing of attitudes over depicting Chinese leaders in cartoon form.
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        Lock icon SUV driver crashes into Taipei presidential office
        258 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI Taiwanese police have arrested a man who crashed a sport utility vehicle into a security barrier outside the presidential office the third time in just over a year this has happened. The 39-year-old at the wheel of the black SUV
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        Lock icon Naruhito sounds alert on war history
        536 18 Crown Prince’s call to remember past ‘correctly’ seen as rebuke to Abe AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japan’s Crown Prince has warned of the need to remember World War II “correctly”, in a rare foray into an ideological debate as nationalist politicians seek to downplay the
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        Lock icon At least 69 dead as ferry sinks in Bangladesh
        365 18 BLOOMBERG AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DHAKA At least 69 people, including eight children, died after a passenger boat sank in Bangladesh over the weekend in the nation’s second deadliest ferry disaster in almost seven months. The MV Mostafa was struck by a cargo
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        Lock icon ‘Deal kept Canberra silent on Sri Lanka abuses’
        349 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia stayed silent about human rights abuses in Sri Lanka in exchange for its cooperation in cracking down on people-smuggling, Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said in an interview. Mr Wickremesinghe said former president Mahinda Rajapaksa
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        114 18 Indonesian elementary school pupils in Surabaya, East Java, donating coins yesterday as a symbolic return of the Australian monetary aid given to Aceh during the 2004 tsunami recovery efforts. The movement first emerged on social media and was sparked by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott saying
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          84 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE OLONGAPO CITY (Philippines) A United States Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipina refused to enter a plea as he sought to have the case dismissed, but his trial will go ahead nevertheless, lawyers said. The court overseeing proceedings against Private First
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          92 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK PETALING JAYA Several Malaysia Airlines flights to and from Kuala Lumpur International Airport have been diverted and rescheduled due to severe weather conditions. Malaysia’s national carrier said in a statement yesterday that it was closely monitoring the situation and would adjust its
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          67 18 REUTERS KATHMANDU Nepal will arrange regular weather forecasts and tighten safety measures on Mount Everest to reassure climbers, said an official, after an avalanche killed 16 sherpas last year. The country is developing a system with meteorological officials to provide regular weather forecasts, and
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        360 18 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japanese Farm Minister Koya Nishikawa has quit after allegations of wrongdoing over political donations, in the third Cabinet resignation in less than six months. Mr Nishikawa accepted donations from a company in the sugar industry while he was involved in negotiations
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        505 19 Foreign ministers to meet; separatists send mixed signals AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS PARIS The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet today in Paris to get a stalling peace deal between the central authorities and separatist rebels back on track, a
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          35 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GENEVA The World Health Organisation yesterday called on health-care providers worldwide to switch to “smart” syringes to prevent them from being reused, to battle deadly diseases spread by needle-sharing.
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          36 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CAIRO –An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced Alaa Abdel Fattah, a leading dissident in the 2011 uprising that toppled strongman Hosni Mubarak, to five years in prison over an illegal protest.
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          46 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI Babies who are fed formula have far higher levels of arsenic than breastfed infants, according to a study in Environmental Health Perspectives journal. Arsenic in the urine of six-week-old formula-fed babies was 7.5 times higher than in breastfed babies.
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        434 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS MECCA (Saudi Arabia) The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious seat of learning, has called for education reform in Muslim countries to contain the spread of religious extremism. Speaking at a counter-terror-ism forum in the Saudi holy city
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        858 20 The senior MPs deny wrongdoing after media exposure in undercover op AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON An undercover report claims two British former foreign ministers offered to use their positions to help a private company in exchange for payment. The allegations against senior Conservative Party
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        616 20 NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Until recently, Chi-nese-Americans have figured little in the debates over police misconduct and racial injustice that have roiled the United States. But the indictment this month on manslaughter charges of Peter Liang, 27, a Chinese-American officer whose ricocheting bullet killed
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        323 20 NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON A newly disclosed National Security Agency (NSA) document illustrates the dramatic acceleration of the use of cyberweapons by the United States and Iran against each other, both for spying and sabotage. This comes even as Secretary of State John Kerry
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        508 21 No details available, but plans said to include tackling tax evasion, graft AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS ATHENS Greece’s new antiausterity government yesterday submitted a list of reform proposals to Brussels in a bid to secure a four-month extension to its lifeline debt
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        509 21 REUTERS BRUSSELS The “rock star” took on the “rock”. The “rock” won. Germany’s Dr Wolfgang Schaeuble the “immovable object”, in the words of one economist stopped Greece’s charismatic new finance minister Yanis Varoufakis in his tracks, forcing Athens to extend a bailout programme on
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          117 21 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO Japanese carmaker Honda’s president is stepping down as the firm grapples with an exploding airbag crisis linked to at least five deaths and the recall of millions of vehicles. The company said yesterday the departure of veteran Takanobu Ito, 61, and his replacement
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          110 21 BLOOMBERG MOSCOW Russia plans to open its first Islamic bank this year, seeking to attract syariah-compliant funds from the United Arab Emirates, then from other Arab states, Malaysia and Indonesia, to finance government backed projects such as railroads and domestic manufacturing even as international sanctions
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      264 17 COURTS JOINS IN THE PREPARATION TO GET THE NATION FUTURE READY. As the nation celebrates her 50th birthday, the 2015 Singapore Budget rightly focuses on building Singapore’s future. Courts would like to be a part of celebrations by offering Courts’ SkillsFuture vouchers. The voucher can be used to help offset
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      418 22 WITH an assured hand, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam has crafted a pro-future Budget that articulates integrally with pro-people policies. Given the far-reaching nature of the change envisioned and the implications, it wouldn’t do to put one before the other. It is change that has been sharpened further,
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      1476 22  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Mobile payments via your phone. Low-cost wire transfers. Financial technology that uses start-up know-how in banking services is set to take Singapore by storm. By YASMINE YAHYA ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR yasminey@sph.com.sg Singaporeans are well known for being technologically
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      842 23  -  By ZAID HAMZAH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is an intellectual capital practitioner and author who lectures part-time on the Law of Investments and Financial Markets at RMIT University. TWOmajorcorporatedevelopments will take place this year that will accelerate the
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      755 23  -  By NAYAN CHANDA FOR THE STRAITS TIMES stopinion@sph.com.sg The author is editor-in-chief of YaleGlobal Online, published by the MacMillan Centre, Yale University IS CHINA, the poster child for globalisation, about to shift into reverse gear on international engagement? A series of recent
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      808 23  -  By FRANK BRUNI NEW YORK TIMES OVER four decades at two universities, Professor Anne Hall has taught thousands of students, enough to know that they come to college for a variety of reasons, with a variety of attitudes. Many are concerned only with jobs. Some
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        418 24  -  Edwin Pang I WAS intrigued to read about the archaeological evidence that has been unearthed, pointing to Singapore being a kingdom with a bustling port in the 14th century until it was attacked by Javanese forces in the 15th century (“Preserving Singapore’s heritage: Digging
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        65 24 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1. MR LENNEL TAN: Giving way to emergency vehicles –More work needed. 2. MISS BETH LIM: Develop intrinsic love for mother tongue. 3. MR LIN WEIZHONG: To promote graciousness, remove reserved seats. 4. MR JAMES G. TIETJEN: Commuters deserve smooth, safe bus rides. 5.
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        267 24  -  Lee Yong Se THE mindset of Singaporeans is that the environment is the responsibility of someone else, be it the Government or the cleaners (“‘5 million people, 70,000 cleaners... that’s ridiculous!’”; Feb 14). Such a mindset must change before we can see a noticeable
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        257 24  -  Deborah Fordyce (Ms) Executive Committee Member Transient Workers Count Too THE efforts made by the National Environment Agency (NEA) to engage and educate foreign workers in keeping the environment clean are commendable (“Anti-littering efforts through enforcement, engagement” by NEA; Feb 9),
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        257 24  -  Shirley Loh (Ms) I CALLED the non-emergency number 1777 for an ambulance one Saturday at 3.30am, as my husband, who is in his 50s, had a bad bout of food poisoning, severe pain in the stomach and was too weak to walk. I was
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        223 24  -  Alice Cheah (Ms) AT A recent briefing to members of the Association of Employment Agencies, Singapore (AEAS) by labour attache Vicente Cabe from the Philippine Embassy, it was highlighted that it is mandatory for employers who wish to hire Filipino domestic
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        393 24 Does having local international schools go against the concept of meritocracy? Aren’t our schools good enough?... No need to go to an international school at all. It encourages elitism and isolationism. Loh Wai Poon It’s fine to have local international schools, as long as top local schools remain
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          161 24  -  Seah Kian Chong EVEN though I drive mostly on weekends, I have often seen public buses running the red light. It is anybody’s guess as to how often this happens on a daily basis. There could be several reasons why the drivers are doing so.
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          139 24  -  Edwin Yang Jiajing FOR public transport operators, profits from rental of retail space or advertising sales should be channelled towards improving the efficiency of their trains and buses (“Balancing financial viability with affordable fares”; Feb 14). Profits should be an incentive to improve efficiency, but
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        175 24  -  Cheang Peng Wah IT PAINS me to see that after all the effort and money in commercialising MediaCorp, and bringing in media whales such as Lucasfilm to Singapore, Channel 8’s Chinese New Year Eve gala show is a far cry from that produced by China
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      694 1  -  S’pore researchers find gene mutation in some East Asians By SALMA KHALIK SENIOR HEALTH CORRESPONDENT salma@sph.com.sg www.facebook.com/ST.Salma A GENE mutation in some Chinese is proving to be a doubleedged sword. It gives them added protection against heart attacks, but also significantly increases
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      590 2  -  Public can check details till March 9; new overseas polling station in Dubai By RACHEL AU-YONG rachelay@sph.com.sg THE lists of Singaporeans eligible to vote at the next general election have been updated and are open for public inspection, the Elections Department (ELD) said yesterday.
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      448 2  -  By KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) is among the 50 most admired companies in the world, scoring top marks for the quality of its products and services. An annual poll by Fortune magazine, which was released
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      591 2  -  By CHERYL FAITH WEE cherylw@sph.com.sg WHEN a person becomes so seriously ill that she is unable to use up a spa or facial package bought earlier, getting a refund from the beauty salon is not a given. A customer of
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      308 2  -  By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg THE Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) scientist who started an arts grant out of her own salary will stop accepting new applications by Sunday. Dr Eng Kai Er, 30, wrote in her blog three
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      525 4  -  Situation ‘hinders nation’s plan to be a content hub’ By IRENE THAM TECHNOLOGY CORRESPONDENT itham@sph.com.sg AFTER six years of paying what they call “protection money” to the two major telcos, smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) here are making a last-ditch plea for
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      385 4  -  By CALVIN YANG calyang@sph.com.sg FROM understanding the elderly’s challenges to coming up with innovations to boost support for their caregivers, a research facility dedicated to helping Singapore deal with an increasingly older population was unveiled yesterday. The Next Age Institute (NAI) is an
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      429 4  -  By LESTER HIO lesterh@sph.com.sg REGULATIONS for flying drones in Singapore should be streamlined and less obstructive, according to users and developers of the gadgets here. They hope that the current review of drone regulations by the Ministry of Transport and the
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      568 5  -  Cats bring cheer at two hospitals By KOK XING HUI kxinghui@sph.com.sg DOGS have been doing it for years. Now the more aloof cats are popping up in therapy sessions to cheer patients up too. At least two community hospitals hold regular cat therapy programmes
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      Lock icon Dogs come to the aid of special-needs kids, elderly
      383 5  -  By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg AN ANIMAL welfare group in Singapore is reaching beyond stray dogs to help the elderly and underprivileged children. To reflect its expanded role, the Save Our Street Dogs changed its name to SOSD last month. “Saving dogs
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      328 5 YOUNG people who want to make a difference to people around them can win cash prizes to help them achieve their goal. The Shop For Your School competition is back for the fourth time and is presented by Singapore Press Holdings Foundation (SPHF)
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      513 6  -  Some clinicians recommending this therapy option at earlier stage now By JANICE TAI jantai@sph.com.sg THEY may bring on a chorus of “yucks”, but maggots are increasingly being used to save limbs. Around 1,100 vials containing 220,000 maggots were shipped to seven public and
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      243 6  -  JANICE TAI IT ALL starts with the flies some 10,000 of them stored in 30 cages in a laboratory at Science Park II. These Lucilia cuprina flies, also known as green bottle flies, are fed a mixture of protein and sugar, with a vitamin
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      195 6  -  IAN POH SICK of a hawker drilling holes at his stall downstairs, a man confronted the hawker with a knife. Goh Buck Song (above), 41, was fined $1,000 yesterday for causing alarm to Mr Chiong Chee San, 39, who had been renovating his outlet
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      508 7  -  Users can click on an animal to find how the flora and fauna interact By AUDREY TAN audreyt@sph.com.sg A NEW online database has been launched compiling research on how Singapore’s flora and fauna interact with each other. Called Animals and Plants of Singapore, it
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      Lock icon A special reunion for Catholic High’s Pri 1 class of 65
      498 7  -  By KASH CHEONG, PRISCILLA GOY kashc@sph.com.sg goyshiyi@sph.com.sg ROUND-TABLE ping pong, Xian Feng Hao, a Chinese comic as popular as Transformers, and five-cent pineapple water from hawker carts outside school. Nearly 100 Catholic High School alumni who were in Primary
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      263 7  -  IAN POH A TEENAGER who went to live with her paternal aunt was molested by her uncle as she slept and was left so traumatised that she tried to kill herself. The 58-year-old driver was jailed for 11 months yesterday after he
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      180 7  -  ANDREA NG A TRACK fault on an open viaduct disrupted train services between Yew Tee and Kranji MRT stations on the North-South Line for more than three hours yesterday afternoon. According to train operator SMRT’s Facebook post, a train stalled before Kranji
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      631 8  -  Cheaper electricity, petrol, oil-related items help extend headline deflation By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg AN EXTENDED slide in oil prices pulled down consumer prices in January, the third month in a row, as electricity, petrol and other oil-linked items became cheaper. It
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      580 8  -  By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE strengthening greenback and rising interest rates pose increasing risks to companies here, especially smaller ones, bankers have warned. Noting that firms may see profits drop owing to foreign-ex-change losses, they said that Singapore firms should
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      492 8 BLOOMBERG REUTERS LONDON HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, said full-year profit fell 17 per cent, more than analysts estimated, as costs increased and the company made provisions for fines and settlements. The London-based bank apologised again over tax-dodging claims
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      653 9  -  Tech companies becoming a big driver of demand, says consultancy By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg THE surge in the supply of new office space over the next two years is likely to be absorbed fairly quickly as firms want high-quality facilities,
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      408 9  -  MELISSA TAN THE blue-chip stock that gained the most ground over the Year of the Horse has, coincidentally, turned out to be pretty much the animal’s urban equivalent. Transport operator ComfortDelGro (CDG) took the crown with its 48.3
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      556 9  -  By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg THE conventional portfolio management strategy often centres on chasing returns first, ahead of managing risks. But Mr James Beaumont, head of product consulting and solutions at Natixis Global Asset Management, takes a different tack. He is influenced by the
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      572 10  -  Telcos did best in lead-up to CNY as consumer stocks weighed down STI By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg INVESTORS hoping for a Chinese New Year share rally have been sadly disappointed this year. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose only about 0.8 per
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      493 10  -  MELISSA TAN OFFSHORE service providers here could be in dire straits if oil prices remain low for more than a year, an industry veteran has warned. Miclyn Express Offshore deputy chief executive Venkatraman Sheshashayee, who goes by the name Shesh, said
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      565 10  -  By ONG KAI XUAN ongkx@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE firms interested in tapping the vast Africa market should move fast before global investors crowd in, experts on the continent say. Africa is today the second-fast-est-growing economic region after Asia, with increasing political stability, saidDeloitte Singapore’s assurance
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      275 10 REUTERS KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian state fund 1MDB yesterday said the refinancing of its debt will involve the finance ministry “as relevant and as required” after media reported that the government may inject up to RM3 billion (S$1.1 billion) into the fund.
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        787 11  -  Al-Bukhary unit trying to dispel negative public impression By REME AHMAD ASSISTANT MONEY EDITOR IN KUALA LUMPUR reme@sph.com.sg THE name of tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary often evokes negative perceptions in Malaysia, partly because the publicity-shy tycoon does not give media interviews. Mention his
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        544 11 BLOOMBERG WASHINGTON Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is testifying before Congress today, with the Fed facing its gravest political threat since the drafters of the Dodd-Frank Act tried to strip it of its supervisory powers. The Fed is being pressured
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        324 11 REUTERS BANGKOK Thailand’s largest retail conglomerate, Central Group, plans to invest 37 billion baht (S$1.5 billion) this year, expanding at home and across South-east Asia by opening new malls to tap into cross-border trade and lining up acquisitions. Controlled by Thailand’s richest family
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        388 12  -  STI down 14.36 points, regional markets up over possible Greek deal BULLS AND BEARS By MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg A MINOR sell-off in Singtel weighed down the market yesterday as traders got back into the swing after the Chinese New Year break and took
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          21 12 Feb 23,2015 3,421.30 -14.36 STI trading volume 308.9 million shares STI up down Gainers: 15 Losers: 14 Unchanged:1
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          86 12 Points Change Mid Cap Small Cap Fledgling Catalist China China Top Maritime 781.46 493.76 828.10 713.17 234.64 192.02 248.87 -1.66 0.70 3.09 -3.27 -0.83 -0.10 0.27 Points Change Basic materials Consumer goods Consumer serv Financials Health care Industrials Oil and gas 133.81 486.77 857 .24 895.23 1,235.81
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          25 12 Feb 23,2015 821.38 -2.89 Stock trading volume 1.05 billion shares worth $1.21 billion Up down Gainers: 201 Losers: 196 Unchanged: 390
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          61 12 *Last Tuesday’s close (Feb 17) Yesterday’s close Index Change Hang Seng Nikkei 225 Seoul Kospi Bursa KLCI Jakarta Comp SET Thailand 24,836.76 18,466.92 1,968.39 1,809.39 5,403.277 1,593.89 4.68 134.62 6.94 1.52 3.173 -9.56 Yesterday’s close Index Change 5,907 .98 Sydney ASX 200 Friday’s close 18,140.44 4,955.966 3,246.906 1,610.727
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          183 12 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 22,2015 Top Rises Feb 23 CENTS DBXT MSJAP US$ 4873 189.2 2.9 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** 141.6 0.5 DBXT E50 US$ 5058 121.2 1.8 DBXT China50 US$ 3491 55.8 1.2 Lyxor US
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          82 12 52-WEEK CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 263 213 Ascendas Reit C0RRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 226 186 CapitaMall Trust 'VOL ‘000 DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET 830 612 HongkongLand USD M CAP
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          115 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 92 74 Asian Pay TV Tr +0R'VOL ODD DAY HIGH LOW GROSS YIELD NET P/E M CAP $MIL 188 164 ARA Asset
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          50 12 By Volume CENTS Vol Golden Agri-Res 42 61,941,400 Vol Golden Agri-Res 42 61,941,400 IHC 28 Genting Sing 105.5 22,801,300 38,560,500 38.115.300 SIIC Environment 13.1 18,925,700 29,112,400 28.819.100 22.801.300 CapitaMall Trust 212 13,544,700 20,982,200 Del Monte Pac R 0.2 13,156,100 Global Logistic 252 12,714,300 UniFiber System 1.1 10,893,100 1
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          23 12 (S$) 1 mth 0.***** 2 mths 9 mths 0.***** 6 mths SWAP Offer rates (S$) 9 mths 12 mths Source: Thomson Reuters
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          67 12 Feb 23 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar Bid Offer S$AJS$ to one unit of foreign currency: NZ dollar S$/US$ to 100 units of foreign currency: 1.0640 Danish krone 0.7815 1.0843 1.0849 0.7969 0.7965 1.6452
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          198 12 Top Rises Feb 23 CENTS NKY *****MBeCW*****2 16.5 16.2 2.3 NKY *****MBeCW*****2 8.7 14.5 1.1 DBS MB eCW*****1 11.9 14.4 1.5 DBS MB eCW*****0 DBS MB eCW*****2 ..16.5 GentingSMBeCW*****1 6.7 8.1 0.5 SembMar MBePW*****9. ..11.3 7.6 0.8 AP Strat W*****6 ....8.7 SGX MB eCW*****3 18.3 7.0 1.2
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          22 12 Vol Company Last Sale +or-('000) +orVol COCO) CapMallA3.8%b*****2 102.4 -0.4 10 OCBC Bk 4.2%NCPS 106 DBS Bk 4.7% NCPS FibreChem NCPS
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          165 12 52-Wk Last Vol High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) 118 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF Last Sale 118 110.2 ABF SG Bond ETF 114.8 -0.7 131 140.5 122.3 CIMB APAC Div SSD 140.5 +4.1 2 110.5 95.9 CIMB APAC Div USS US101.2 1419 1275 CIMBASEAN40 SSD 1419 +12 0 1300
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          111 12 FOOD Empire registered a net loss of US$13.6 million (S$18.5 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 2014, compared to a net profit of US$11.3 million the previous year, as it was hit by foreign exchange losses. “Excluding the impact of foreign exchange losses, net profit after tax
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          81 12 INVESTMENT manager BlackRock holds 4.95 million shares of Keppel Land, or about 3.2 per cent of its issued shares, after recent purchases. Announcing this yesterday, KepLand parent Keppel Corp said BlackRock bought nearly two million KepLand shares between $4.5438 and $4.5526 from Feb 18 to 20. It said
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          66 12 THE offshore marine equipment and service provider swung to a net loss of $5.29 million for the year ended Dec 31, from $6.02 million in profits a year ago. Group revenue fell 9.8 per cent from $83.83 million last year to $75.62 million. This was partly due
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      824 18 Jose lashes out at referees and critics of Chelsea players in Sky Sports show THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON Jose Mourinho is nothing if not a man of extremes. Just a few minutes after responding to seven successive questions with the stock phrase “I don’t speak”
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      437 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has Arsenal and Manchester United in his sights after his team closed on the Champions League places with a 2-0 success at Southampton on Sunday. A glorious 35-metre strike by Philippe Coutinho put Liverpool ahead in the
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      534 18  -  EYE ON EPL By ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg THE irony of football is the teams who want to play in the Champions League next season could be hampered by their participation in the current edition. The race for the lucrative top four spots
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      334 14 New signings Shumpert and Smith lauded by coach in win over Knicks REUTERS NEW YORK When the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired guards J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert from the New York Knicks in early January, they were lacking chemistry and mired in a 1-9 slump. After their
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      386 14 Basketball NBA NY Knicks 83 Cleveland 101, Milwaukee 86 Atlanta 97, Detroit 106 Washington 89, Indiana 104 Golden State 98, Orlando 103 Philadelphia 98, Oklahoma City 119 Denver 94, Dallas 92 Charlotte 81, Portland 92 Memphis 98, LA Lakers 118 Boston 111 (OT). Football Dutch Eredivisie Twente Enschede 1
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      631 15 Hospital stay just ‘precaution’ after 240km impact in Barcelona testing REUTERS THE TIMES, LONDON BARCELONA McLaren’s Fernando Alonso was kept in hospital overnight after crashing heavily on the final day of Formula One’s second pre-season test in Barcelona on Sunday. The Spaniard, a double world champion
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      402 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS LOS ANGELES James Hahn’s first US PGA Tour win has been so long in the making, the golfer is not surprised no one seemed to see it coming. The engaging South Kore-an-born American kept his nerve to
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        58 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao hinted yesterday that his long-awaited fight against American Floyd Mayweather could be his last, saying he would head into the May bout with retirement on his mind. “It is coming close. We will announce it,” the 36-year-old said
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        58 15 REUTERS MILAN Parma’s players are prepared to pay for their own transport to Sunday’s Serie A football match at Genoa if the club cannot afford a bus. The Italian outfit’s home match against Udinese was called off last Sunday because the cash-strapped club could
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        65 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON A former police officer and Chelsea fan apologised on Sunday for his presence during an alleged racist incident involving football supporters on a Paris Metro train last week. Richard Barklie, 50, a director with rights group the World Human Rights Forum, admitted
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        57 15 REUTERS MOSCOW– Russia’s sports ministry will lead an investigation into the death of Alina Yakimkina, 21, who collapsed and died during a Russia Cup biathlon race in Tyumen on Saturday. The sport has been hit by doping scandals but the ministry dismissed allegations that Yakimkina
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      427 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUBAI Novak Djokovic previewed his defence of the Dubai Open title this week with a tribute to the role of his head coach Boris Becker in the spectacular advances made in the 14 months they have been working together. During that time the
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      633 16 Beating lowly Scotland lifts spirits after two crushing World Cup defeats REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHRISTCHURCH England captain Eoin Morgan finally found something to celebrate yesterday, after a harrowing week for his team and himself at the cricket World Cup. The 28-year-old had barely been able to
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      346 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MELBOURNE India’s World Cup hero Shikhar Dhawan is an unconventional cricketer who met his wife, an amateur boxer, via Facebook and splits his time between New Delhi and Melbourne. Long before he played two match-winning innings of 73 against
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      829 16  -  SPORTING LIFE By ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg A FEW years ago, lolling in an empty stadium amid black-and-white photos of cricketing ghosts, an Indian fast bowler tells a poignant tale. Almost everyone in his generation wanted to be a batsman. Because they knew:
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      306 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON There is more gold coming for Olympic record-setting swim star Michael Phelps. But this time, it is a wedding ring. Phelps, whose record career haul of 22 Olympic medals includes 18 golds, got engaged to his girlfriend over the weekend, according to
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      572 17  -  Chaotic Indonesian league upsets club but any move unlikely this year By JONATHAN WONG jonwong@sph.com.sg UPSET at the confusion and disruption surrounding its domestic football scene, Indonesian club Sriwijaya have threatened to quit their country and are considering a move to join Singapore’s S-League. The
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      423 17 REUTERS BERNE Juventus playmaker Andrea Pirlo hopes this could be the season the Italian football club finally re-establish themselves on the European stage as he dreams of winning the Champions League again before he retires. Juve’s maestro has been helping steer them towards a
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      459 17 THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON Here is the dilemma for Manuel Pellegrini and Manchester City. Their 5-0 demolition of Newcastle United in the Premier League on Saturday was a timely reminder of just what they can do when playing on their own terms, but today
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      146 1 A Language Of Their Own Chay Yew’s play impressed legendary New York director New celebrity restaurant US chef David Myers opens at Marina Bay Sands D6 ew celebrity restaurant S chef David Myers opens Marina BaySands D10 Shout for joy Ah Boys To Men: Frogmen tops CNY box office D12
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        1331 2 / 3  -  Film by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu wins four big prizes, including Best Picture, Directing and Original Screenplay John Lui Film Correspondent johnlui@sph.com.sg Flashy ensemble movie Birdman won the major prizes at the 87th Academy Awards yesterday. The sprawling film beat the more intimate Boyhood, a portrait of a
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        1338 2 / 3  -  Alison de Souza In Los Angeles Good things come to those who wait and work hard –that was the moral of the Oscars fairy tale told by winners Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne. Speaking to Life! and other press backstage at the ceremony, a beaming Moore,
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        572 4  -  Leslie Kay Lim llim@sph.com.sg The Oscars red carpet lived up to its name this year, with the crimson colour being the hue of choice for many stars, including Rosamund Pike and Dakota Johnson. Even Selma star David Oyelowo rocked a burgundy suit, complete with matching vest and bow
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        737 5  -  Liang Guanhua was nervous about playing the owner in Teahouse, but the director convinced him he could Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Chinese actor Liang Guanhua got the jitters more than 15 years ago when he found out that he had been cast as Wang Lifa,
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        302 5  -  Corrie Tan Next month’s production of Teahouse by the renowned Beijing People’s Art Theatre has a special sponsor. Retiree David Liao (below), 62, reached into his own pocket to make a personal donation of more than $100,000 to bring this production of Teahouse to
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        1435 6  -  Life! picks the classics of Singapore’s Englishlanguage theatre and tells you why they matter in this ninth of a monthly series Corrie Tan corriet@sph.com.sg Play: A Language Of Their Own (first staged in the United States in 1994, first staged in Singapore in 2006)
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        713 6 Obituary Agence France-Presse New York Times New York Jazz trumpeter Clark Terry, whose seven-decade career spanned a golden era of jazz, recording with greats such as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones, has died at 94. His wife Gwen announced on Facebook
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        637 10  -  Celebrity chef David Myers teams up with bartender Sam Ross in new sharing plates joint Melissa Kok melk@sph.com.sg Celebrity chef David Myers wants diners here to let loose and get social in his new restaurant Adrift, an East-meets-West sharing plates joint that has just opened
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        410 10  -  Review Concert IN::MUSIC HANJIN: HAPPINESS CAN BE SIMPLE Esplanade Recital Studio/Sunday Boon Chan Home-grown Hong Kong-based artist Hanjin Tan is many things to different people. Obligingly, the singer songwriter arranger -producer actor catered to the different segments of his fanbase at his hour-plus gig.
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        827 7  -  Four days, 180km of dirt roads and wooden bridges, plus one dodgy nocturnal boat ride are offset by countless smiles that warm Tang Shuquan’s heart Tang Shuquan’s I LIGHTLY feathered the brakes on my spanking new rental bike to test their responsiveness, and made some
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        777 8  -  David Bowden ventures to a less explored part of Switzerland in search of the “green fairy” and discovers food secrets along the way David Bowden TRAVELLING anywhere in Switzerland takes you on a scenic journey, and the train from Neuchâtel (or new castle) to Môtiers did
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        164 9 Cultural hotspots at Natas Sample a flavour of the countries on your see-the-world wishlist at Natas Travel Fair. Enter a fully furnished ger the dwelling of nomads in Mongolia and take a snapshot with a Mongolian woman dressed in the finest traditional garb, with an expert on hand
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          113 9 Say hello to local artistes at ASA Holidays’ travel fair, especially if you are going on tours with them. Romeo Tan, Vivian Lai, Bryan Wong and Desmond Tan, who will be hosts on six-to eight-day tours to Sydney, Taiwan, Korea and South Australia respectively, will be at
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          76 9 JTB Corporation will hold two distinct fairs JTB In-house Fair over two weekends. For deals in solo tours, such as a better exchange rate on a JR Pass or land tour discounts, head for the fair on Feb 28 and March 1. For spring and summer group
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        226 12 Box-office champ #1 AhBoysToMen:Frogmenpowered into the lead in this year’s Chinese New Year boxoffice contest with $2.83 million, and scored the brawniest opening weekend total for an Asian film in Singapore, said Golden Village Pictures yesterday. The previous record holder was the Stephen
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        248 12 Box-office champ #2 New York Times Reuters New York Fifty Shades Of Grey is dominating the North American box office and the British music chart. As expected, the steamy film was No. 1 for a second week, taking in an estimated US$23.2 million (S$31.6
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          80 12 Actress Emma Watson (right) has waved aside a rumour that she is dating Prince Harry. Responding to a report in Women’s Day magazine about the pair’s secret dates, she wrote on Twitter on Sunday: “Remember that little talk we had about not believing everything
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          127 12 Despite pleas from music industry figures such as 50 Cent, Epic Records is not helping Brooklyn rapper Bobby Shmurda get out of jail. Barely six months ago, the subsidiary of Sony wooed the 20-year-old with a seven-figure, multi-album deal, on the strength of a viral
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        256 12 Agence France-Presse Sydney Australian Oscar winner Cate Blanchett plans to leave her home in Sydney and move to the United States where her artistic director husband Andrew Upton will pursue freelance writing opportunities, a report said yesterday. The actress, who won
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        246 12 The Korea Herald/Asia News Network Seoul K-pop and K-drama star Kim Hyun Joong has reportedly kissed, made up and made a baby with the ex-girlfriend he assaulted. According to South Korean magazine Woman Sense, “the two have successfully mended their relationship” and the
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      226 1 oof woof. I’ve been busy on a neighbourhood patrol with other pets. We are lucky because we have owners who love us and take care of our needs, but the recent festive period was a jarring one for many pets. As people did their spring
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        425 2  -  ACTIVITY BY NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL ST, Feb 6 Picking up Chinese dialects, culture at CHIJ Kellock By Calvin Yang For about five minutes on Feb 5, girlish voices repeating “tsek, no, sa”, or “one, two, three” in Teochew, could be heard inside the hall at
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        536 3  -  ACTIVITY BY NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL ST, Feb 3 Tapping social networks to refurbish homes for poor seniors By Kok Xing Hui The success of a recent charity drive which tapped the social networks of young people in Singapore has inspired a similar drive to raise
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        561 6  -  ACTIVITY BY NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL ST, Feb 10 Dine with your parents and pay less By Priscilla Goy Eat with your family at a cafe and get 10 per cent off your bill. More than 200 families have taken part in an initiative which aims
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        984 4 / 5  -  Travel articles are great reads if you want to improve on your vocabulary and spelling. By Debra Ann Francisco Read the following travel reviews and complete the crossword puzzle on the facing page. Articles by Bryna Sim The Sunday Times, Jan 25, 2015 Mysterious Mergui and other archipelagos
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        519 7  -  Pupils get a lesson on preventing skin cancer. Amanda Liaw reports Amanda Liaw There is a special type of bracelet that changes colour and could save its wearers from cancer. Made from transparent UV beads that change from colourless to blue and purple when exposed to
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        967 8 / 9  -  Little Red Dot’s Shop For Your School returns for the fourth time. Devise a plan to benefit your neighbours and you stand to win up to $5,000 to make it happen. Laremy Lee reports Laremy Lee Up to $10,000 is up for
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        897 10 / 11  -  Do you know what has been happening around the world? How do you feel after reading about these incidents? Write in to stdot@sph.com.sg and tell us TEXT: NUR SYAHIIDAH ZAINAL SOURCES: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS ACTIVITY Look through The Straits Times for an article on a disease or
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        171 12  -  brings you news from the region Eileen Aung-Thwin A plane carrying 58 people crashed into the Keelung River in Taiwan on Feb 4. Fifteen people survived and 12 are missing. The engine of the TransAsia plane stalled shortly after taking off. The plane hit an elevated road
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        146 12 Japan might make it compulsory for workers to take at least five days of paid holiday a year. The government hopes such a move will help improve workers’ mental and physical health. A survey found that employees were allowed an average of 181/2days of leave in 2013.
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        117 12 A Malaysian minister called on Malays to boycott Chinese businesses that do not lower the prices of their goods. Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said goods prices should fall in line with plunging oil prices. WHY IT MATTERS Mr Ismail has angered
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        550 13  -  looks at what the news can teach you about being your best self Eileen Aung-Thwin IN THE NEWS WHO: Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean. WHAT: Mr Teo said one of the key ingredients for Singapore’s future success is our society’s ability to resolve conflicts. A
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        429 14  -  ACTIVITY BY ALISON DRAGON-HUMPHRIES ACTIVITY Comprehension cloze Fill in the blanks below with suitable words from the box on the right. The largest glacier in East Antarctica, containing ice equivalent to a 6m rise in global sea levels, is melting due to warm ocean water, Australian scientists
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        454 15  -  ACTIVITY BY ALISON DRAGON-HUMPHRIES ACTIVITY Part 1: Poster designing Design a poster for your science noticeboard to inform others about the fate of the melting glacier, Totten Glacier. Use pertinent information from the article (on page 14) and make the poster an interesting visual reminder for everyone. Plan
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        619 16 ACTIVITY Comprehension cloze Fill in each blank with an appropriate word. Budget carrier Scoot is putting the finishing touches to its first Boeing 787 plane (right) to get it certified fit to fly to Singapore today. A 31-strong team of pilots, cabin (1) and engineers has been
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        614 17 Back and eye problems plague artist Michelangelo after completion of artwork in Sistine Chapel Rome, October, 1512 The great sculptor and artist Michelangelo has laid down his brushes and is seeking a healer for his back and eyes. For four years, he has laboured to
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        271 18 Two weeks ago, Little Red Dot ran a story about the “In Our Shoes” workshop and exhibition, where tertiary students designed shoes based on themes related to Singapore. Some of our young readers put on their creative hats and got designing too. Here are four of their shoe
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      44 1 is feeling TUESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2015 Name Write your mood here page20 Don’t forget to sign up for The Big Spell Got shades? Schools try sun-protection campaign page7 Sistine ceiling unveiled to great fanfare But painter Michelangelo suffered great pains to complete it page17
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      58 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. High Middle Foundation All You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: Listening Speaking
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      63 19 Ben is missing the other half of his pair of socks. Can you help him find it? Circle your correct answer. Have fun! I’ve got a drawer of 10 white socks and 10 blue socks which are all jumbled up. With my eyes closed, how many socks must I pick
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      112 20 Last chance to sign up If you think you can outspell and outlast other pupils to become Singapore’s top speller, this is the competition for you. Get your teacher to nominate you for the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship soon, because registration closes on March 2. The first preliminary
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      31 1 From expanding airports and hospitals to training workers and strengthening families, Budget 2015 lays the foundation for a more vibrant and resilient Singapore. ILLUSTRATION: CHNG CHOON HIONG
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      68 2 90% Minimum share of training costs that will be subsidised for selected courses for Singaporeans aged 40 and above 2,000 Number of SkillsFuture Study Awards to be given out annually for workers to develop specialist skills 100Number of SkillsFuture Fellowships a year for Singaporeans to achieve mastery in
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      442 2  -  Better internships, on-the-job training after graduation among new moves By AMELIA TENG ateng@sph.com.sg STUDENTS will soon get more help in charting their careers even before they finish school. Those at polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) will be offered better
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      376 2  -  AMELIA TENG ALL it took was a five-month stint at Singapore engineering firm Hope Technik for Mr Mohamad Jafry Samsudin to decide that he wanted to eventually join the company. Mr Jafry, 28, served as an intern at the firm in 2012, when he
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      395 2  -  By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg MORE help will be extended to Singaporeans looking to upgrade themselves with training and education, with the Government raising subsidies for workers. Education and training subsidies for all Singaporeans aged 40 and above will be set at a
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      423 3  -  2,000 study awards and about 100 fellowships may be given out per year By PEARL LEE leepearl@sph.com.sg ENTREPRENEUR Edwin Neo, 34, had studied interior design but found a passion for shoemaking while working at a local shoe repair chain. He repaired shoes for
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      392 3  -  CORRESPONDENT’S TAKE By JOANNA SEOW joseow@sph.com.sg BOSSES, unions and human resource experts welcomed the enhancements to training support and skills plans announced yesterday. As part of the new SkillsFuture measures, mid-career workers can tap more financial support for continual education, while younger workers
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      334 3  -  EXPERTS’ TAKE By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg A FALL during a shoot about a decade ago tore Mr Senthilnathan Manickam’s knee ligament and forced the freelance cinematographer to rethink his career options. “I was out of work for six to eight months,” said the 41-year-old
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      40 4 6% Maximum interest rate on CPF savings, with extra interest of 1% on first $30,000 of total CPF balances 60% Proportion of today’s CPF members aged 55 or older who would earn up to 6% on their retirement savings
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      567 4  -  From Jan 1, additional interest on first $30k of their total savings By AW CHENG WEI awcw@sph.com.sg COME January, older Central Provident Fund (CPF) members will earn an additional 1 per cent interest on the first $30,000 of their total CPF savings.
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      521 4  -  CORRESPONDENT’S TAKE By TOH YONG CHUAN MANPOWER CORRESPONDENT tohyc@sph.com.sg AMID the range of changes affecting workers’ retirement yesterday, one thing was clear. The changes will put to rest one of the biggest worries facing Singaporeans whether they can save enough for their retirement.
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      407 4  -  EXPERTS’ TAKE By CHARISSA YONG charyong@sph.com.sg THE tweaks to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings scheme correct a past assumption that economists and analysts say does not hold today: That for older workers to be employable, the cost of hiring them should be lowered through
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      27 5 $600 Average quarterly payout that recipients will get under the Silver Support Scheme 30% Proportion of elderly Singaporeans who will receive assistance from the scheme
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      623 5  -  Experts like automatic inclusion of elderly and quarterly payouts By WALTER SIM, RACHEL CHANG ASSISTANT POLITICAL EDITOR waltsim@sph.com.sg rchang@sph.com.sg THE new Silver Support Scheme has been lauded by experts for its automatic inclusion of needy elderly as opposed to requiring them to opt in and
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      25 6 300% Higher tax deduction for donations made this year $30,000 New maximum rebate for cars that emit no more than 95g/km of carbon
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      392 5  -  RACHEL CHANG THE new Silver Support Scheme will forgo traditional measures and use a three-dimensional way of determining if a senior Singaporean is eligible for cash payouts. Wages cannot be used as a measure as the scheme is aimed at retired people, while
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      520 6  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg CHANGES to the Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme should encourage the drive towards more environmentally sound vehicles while punishing the big emitters. The changes, effective from July, mean fewer cars will get rebates while the surcharges
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      645 6  -  CORRESPONDENT’S TAKE By CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg THERE are few better ways to motivate people to go green than through the colour of money. Thus, the higher petrol duty and tightened Carbon Emissions-based Vehicle Scheme (CEVS)
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      450 6  -  Those giving to good causes in Jubilee year can claim 300% tax deductions By KOK XING HUI kxinghui@sph.com.sg IN A bid to foster a spirit of giving in the Jubilee year, those donating to charities this year can claim tax deductions of 300
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      30 7 $6 million Additional grant to self-help groups that help children from needy families $250 million Cost of measures to help primary to post-secondary students over the next three years
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      637 7 LOW-INCOME ELDERLY COUPLE A couple both aged 70, with little income and living in a three-room flat they own, can enjoy the following combined benefits: 1 Help with living costs $600 every year in cash from the GST Voucher (GSTV) Cash scheme $500 every
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      29 8 $600 million Cost of enhancing the Capability Development Grant to help companies innovate $1 billion Top-up to National Research Fund to pay for more research and development efforts
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      503 8  -  Measures include Spring’s $500m venture debt risk-sharing programme By MARISSA LEE marilee@sph.com.sg THE shift to a more innovative economy has received a big boost, with a helping hand for companies to develop, test and market new products that includes a $1 billion top-up of
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      280 8  -  MARISSA LEE MOVES to help firms innovate, including making it easier to apply for grants, got the nod of approval from a company that has had its applications turned down in the past. TalariaX, a small firm specialising in mobile messaging and messaging apps, hopes
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      322 8  -  MARISSA LEE NEW and enhanced tax incentives as well as stronger grant schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the new measures announced yesterday to encourage firms to grow beyond the constraints of Singapore’s small domestic economy. Growth will have
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      308 8  -  MARISSA LEE EXPANDING overseas has become a huge source of revenue growth for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) such as luxury tour provider Country Holidays. The company, which has offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore and Dubai, also has its sights set
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      29 9 13% Increase in productivity since the start of the restructuring drive in 2009 $26 billion Committed spending on public transport infrastructure for the next five years
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      517 9  -  But other concessions will be extended to March 31, 2020 By RENNIE WHANG wrennie@sph.com.sg STAMP duty concessions for real estate investment trusts (Reits) on the purchase of properties will be allowed to lapse after they expire on March 31. Their original objective to enable
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      594 9 The Transition Support Package, introduced in 2013 to help companies become more productive, will be gradually phased out to give firms time to adjust to rising costs as they restructure. However, firms will get some relief with enhancements to the Temporary Employment Credit and Special Employment Credit,
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      1763 5 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in January 2015 This week: 17 21 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT Glasgow Residence 660,000
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      343 9 Excellent Location GOLDEN LANDMARK. 2 mins walk to Bugis MRT, 333sf, Face Concourse, waterpt, double frontage. $750K. Enbloc potential. Good yield. Owner 8518-5382 Excellent Location NEAR MRT 1)JUNCTION NINE MALL Yishun F&B/ shop710 sf #01xx $3m, 355sf $1.4m 2)Vision Exchange Jurong F&B/Shop 517sf $2.64m, 301sf 1.45m. Roy *****199 Excellent Location
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      666 9 LS^/ MAY i 6 2003 EM PLOY^«SiS 002 F« D FF,C ER 61 ISTOMS MJANES ICER 607 c NT NOT PERMI £.a» u 6070 e/WP£.Oy Wf/vr/v rp ep/if SIBtfSXS^ SHE 5*® f \H0'' iwMfi 1/ st\-i'' Es RVJX K J 6 L r£Dpo UR H 0 I I Ij SHOPPING
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      427 9 EXCEL LEARNING STUDIO A Commitment To Excellence Premium Education Centre Orchard MRT Small group classes (2-4) and Individual tuition Specialises in IBDP IGCSE, GCE 'O' 'A' Levels subjects Tuition for all Primary Secondary Schools subjects Trained IB Tutors for ARC (SOTA), TOK, EE, IA, etc Diagnostic Tests, AEIS, High Ability
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      137 9 INVITATION TO TENDER FOR FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF INTERACTIVE TABLE WALL PROJECTION FOR NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE National Gallery Singapore would like to invite tender offers for the above mentioned. The tender documents will be made available from 24 February 2015 onwards at National Gallery Singapore’s website: www.nationalgallery.sg/business-opportunities. There is a
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      631 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE CWU No. 37 of 2015 IN THE MATTER of Section 254(1)(e) of the Companies Act (Chapter 50) And In the matter of SQUARE HE FOODS PTE. LTD. (UEN No: *****0972D) Between AVIC ASSOCIATES PTE LTD (UEN No: *****9086K) …Plaintiff And SQUARE
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      590 10 INDUSTRIAL LAND AVAILABLE FOR E-BIDDING FOR USED CAR DISPLAY CENTRE AT NO. 5 COMMONWEALTH LANE There will be a tender via e-bidding for a parcel of land under Temporary Occupation Licence (TOL) for a term of three (3) years: Location of Land Approx. Land Area 5 Commonwealth Lane Lot *****A
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      409 10 JTC SPACE TANJONG KLING (SMALL FOOTPRINT STANDARD FACTORIES) Premium three-storey standard factories at Buroh Street (Tanjong Kling) Spacious interior with floor-to-floor height of 6m High floor loading of 12.5kN/m 2 throughout all levels Direct doorstep loading/unloading bays that can accommodate up to 20ft. container Uniquely incorporated with structural provisions for
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      163 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE HC/CWU O.S. No. 18 of 2015 In the matter of Section 254(2)(a) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the matter of US OIL GAS TRADE PTE. LTD. (Singapore UEN No. *****4306C) Between ORIENT PRESTIGE SHIPPING LIMITED (British Virgin Islands
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      170 10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 1048 of 2013 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) And In the Matter of DONG QUAN SINGAPORE PTE LTD (RC No. *****6059G) Between YAN FEI (Chinese Passport No. G*****103) Plaintiff And 1. JIEYANG (NRIC No. S*****53A)
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      977 11 THE STRAITS TIMES RECRUIT Executive Appointments 1800-289-8822 Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 www.sphclass.com.sg/recruit Classified Jobs Executive Appointments lassified Jobs assified as ie o s bs s Recruit Guide e Classified Jobs 1800-289-9988 email class@sph.com.sg 706 Professionals/ Executives 709 Engineers 710 Building/ Construction 711 Finance 712 IT/ Infocomm 715 Lecturing/ Teaching 718 Tutors
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      552 11 Train Work as Health Care Assistants Clinic Admin Assistants Therapy Assistants Operating Theatre Assistants 90% -100% funding for S’poreans Eligible Candidates No Experience Required Job Opportunities with Jurong Health Services Pte Ltd Course Preview: 26 Feb 2015 1.00pm Please SMS *****892 Call *****102 indicating your name interest to register for
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      604 11 Charles Keith Group of Companies has established as a fast–fashion retailer with more than 400 stores worldwide. In Charles Keith Group, we believe in our business philosophy of offering fast-fashion products and services to its customers with utmost commitment to perfection. CUSTOMER SERVICE FASHION ASSOCIATE Passionate in delivering premium customer
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      366 11 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Recruitment Drive Ichiban Sushi AMK Hub 53 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #02-01 AMK Hub (S)*****3 Date; 24 Feb 25 Feb 2015 Time: 2pm Spm SERVICE KITCHEN SUSHI STAFF Extra $100 allowance for S’poreans Eligible Applicants Annual Bonus Medical Leave Benefits bonus Dining Birthday
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      500 11 Hotel Chancellor Orchard opening soon in Cavenagh Road Orchard Road requires: 11.Sales Co-ordinator 12.Floor Supervisor 13.Linen Attendant 14.Room Attendant 15.Cleaner 16.Coffee House Manager 17.F&B Executive 18.Waiter Waitress Cashier 19.Cook 20.Dishwasher 21.Maintenance Technician 1. HR Executive 2. Accounts Officer Assistant 3. Purchaser Admin Asst 4. Credit Officer 5. Security Supervisor 6.
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      416 12 LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME Western Cook Service Crew. 6 days work. Able to start immed. Only S’porean. Pet Cafe *****949 CAFE WEST Service Crew Mon-Fri, PH Off. S’porean only. Call 9012-0573 FAR EAST CHICKEN Rice 1) Gen worker cum Dishwasher 12.30-8.30pm. 2) Experienced Kitchen Helper 7am3pm. Liaise with Mandarin Dialect speaking
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      137 12 SPA ELEMENTS Orchard needs Beautician. Attractive pay. Immed. *****712 EXPERIENCED BEAUTICIAN Also hair cutting threading knowledge. *****555 SPA THERAPIST, $2.1K up. No experience, training provided. 9476 5931 (West) 8189 3202 (Central) SALES COORDINATOR/ INVOICING CLERK ‘N’ ‘O’ level with positive attitude Effectively bilingual PC literate Able to work independently well-organised
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      172 12 Payroll Assistant Min qualification of ’O’ level or ITE Working Hrs: 9am to 6pm With EPE system experience will be advantage Singaporean only Location: Serangoon North Email: recruitment.nafa@ gmail.com ADMIN EXEC IT Proficient in graphics artwork design Near Bugis MRT 5 days week S’porean only Email resume to: celcem@celcem.com.sg Fruit
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      114 12 FILING/DATA-ENTRY CLERK NEEDED urgently at Tuas. Gross Salary $1.1k, Only S’poreans, Call *****767. Walk in: 9.30am-4pm #01-34 The Splendour. 31 Bt Batok Cres. E: resume1 @expertise-gp.com ADMIN CUM ACCOUNTS Asst. Handle full spectrum of admin, a/cs HR duties. With MYOB knowledge. Salary with experience. Resume photo to zowa zowamedical.com.sg DISTRIBUTION
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      154 12 GENERAL ASST. CITIZEN. 5.5 days week, 9am-6pm. Salary $1.5K. No experience acceptable. leeyachin tenengineering.com.sg A/CS CUM ADMIN Asst required Woodlands area Min ’O’ level. Able to start work immed. S’poreans Pls call *****661 fr 9am-5pm OPERATION ASST. CITIZEN. 5.5 days/week, 9am-6pm-Salary $1.5k. No experie nce acceptable. leeyachin tenengineering.com.sg ADMIN/ ACCOUNTS
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      144 12 ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN Asst Kaki Bukit (Eunos). PC literate. S’porean. Immed. Call 6748 1818 or email: bqs1973@singnet.com.sg FREIGHT FORWARDER Jurong requires A/cs Asst. Must have experience. ’O’ levels above. PC literate. Interested call 6863-0108 ACCOUNTS ASST. BASIC accounting knowledge. Proficient in MS Office.5.5-day. Call: 6853 5161 Or email: sales@houstrek.com A/CS
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      134 12 A trading company Alexandra Road hiring SHIPPING COORDINATOR 5 days week Start immediately Liaise with Mandarin speaking customers Experienced in handling all shipping documents: import, export, LC docs Interested pls write in with contact expected salary: angelinetan@flagshipfoods .com.sg Basic $1,400 $1,800 Allowances OT 5 Days Boon Lay Changi/ Company trpt
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      169 12 ELECTRICAL STRUCTURE Cabling Technician needed Energetic, hardworking willing to learn. At AMK area. Pls call 9003 3908 DATA ENTRY OPERATOR required at Bedok area. Computer literate. Please call *****196/ *****903 JURONG AREA REQUIRES Foreman. Installing of Gas Pipe Line (Ammonia Liquid) Call 9231 6561, No agt MAINTENANCE FIRM LOOKING for
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      143 12 AMK/ NORMAL/ AMK/ ADMIRALTY NORMAL/ 1st/2nd/3rd; Jurong Male/ Female Day $55 *****689 PRODUCTION CUM GENERAL Worker, $300 weekly pay. 5.5 days. Call 6286-0328 PCBA Co. requires PRODUCTION OPERATORS μ PCBA testing/ soldering/ QC/ machine operation μ 5 days/shift work available μ No experience required μ Aircon environment Walk-in daily at
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      777 13 Charles Keith Group of Companies has established as a fast–fashion retailer with more than 400 stores worldwide. In Charles Keith Group, we believe in our business philosophy of offering fast-fashion products and services to its customers with utmost commitment to perfection. WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT (Temp*, Part-Time* Full-Time) Pack unpack goods, count
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      406 13 GUARANTEED $2,400* Earn at least EXTRA Allowance for Security Personnel with own bike* Join the Certis CISCO Family as a Protection Officer, Security Concierge or Enforcement Officer Security assignments at Changi, Benoi Rd, Choa Chu Kang, Orchard Bukit Merah Walk in Now! Certis CISCO Centre II, Recruitment Centre 20 Jalan
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      127 13 OPERATIONS EXECUTIVES *3 vacancies *Must have own car *Minimum Security Supervisor Cert *Salary petrol allowance will commensurate with relevant experience. Mr Tan 9456 5570 Security Supervisor Jurong East (N).......$2200 Security Officer Relief (D) $2200 Tuas South (D/N)..... $2100 Exeter Rd (D).......... $2000 Loyang (0) $1800 Benoi Crescent (D).. $1800 *****011
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      501 13 Immediate vacancies Security Officers Wanted Jurong Island 20 Officers $2100 Other Areas 10 Officers $1800 above Bedok South 2 Officers $1700 (4 days work 2 days off rotating shifts) Support Officers with m/bike $80 per day bike allowance Walk-in interview from Mon to Fri, 10am 4pm Taurean Protective Services Pte
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      384 13 Estab cleaning co. requires Midnight Driver cum Operations Supervisor *10.30pm-10.30am 6-day wk Salary $2300 Must have class 3 licence Company van provided can be driven home Meals provided S’porean only Immediate vacancy 6457 1646/ 6457 1130 *WEEKLY PAY* $60 5day Hotel Cleaner 11pm 6am Near MRT/ Meal Provided Immed: 6291
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      199 13 CLEANERS NEEDED AT Botanic Gardens. Part Time Full Time. Interested Please Call: 9791 2744 ONDO CLEANERS REQUIRED Balestier, Mon-Sat 7am-2pm, immed. Pls call *****646 C EXPERIENCED CLEANERS REQUIRED AT Boon Lay, Bishan. Both Near MRT. Good Pay. Call 6766 7600 NTU JURONG West area requires Floater Cleaner 8am-5pm, Sunday off.
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      425 13 OFFICE CLEANERS NEEDED near Jurong East MRT. 5½ days week. Tel: *****500 HOME SPRING CLEANERS. Immed, CPF. 8.30-5.30pm. $1600-$1800. 6271 7177 MIDNIGHT KITCHEN WASHER Tuas/ Changi Expo. Call 9834-1933 CARPARK CLEANERS NEEDED near Expo MRT. $1300/ month. Pls call 9667 2228 CLEANERS NEEDED NEAR Yishun MRT. 5pm to 11pm $850/
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      2054 14 IN the internet age, resume writing is still playing catch up. This is largely due to the fact that job seekers mistakenly think that what had worked a decade ago for their resume can still be applied today. In fact, most people expect their tried-and-tested methods to continue working. The
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      82 14 Catering Solutions at Tuas: 1) DRIVERS (2 positions) ∞$1800-$2000 2) COOKS (7 positions) μ 3pm-11pm, $1800 3) FOOD PACKERS/ KITCHEN ASST μ $1200-$1600 For all positions: μ No experience needed μ Training provided μ Transport provided μ Singaporean only *****660 Changi Airport requires: 1) Bar Store 2) Asst Loader Can
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      75 14 Loading Store Assistants Needed At Changi, can start immediately 6 days week, 8hrs daily No experience needed Nelson 9643 3901 Chester 9711 5199 CASHIERS PUMP Attendants Required SPC Station AMK Ave 1. Full/ Part-time. S’porean only. Tel 6457-4417/6456-4968 *GENERAL WORKERS. STAY Jurong, Marsiling, Cle menti. Pls call *****156 HAND PICKER
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