The Straits Times, 20 December 2016

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  • 408 1  -  Seow Bei Yi, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof byseow@sph.com.sg zaihan@sph.com.sg A 53-year-old driver was arrested yesterday after leaving a scene of carnage along the Ayer Rajah Expressway(AYE)at8am. Driving against the flow of traffic at high speed, the silver Mercedes-Benz ploughed into oncoming traffic before slamming
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  • 463 1  -  Analysts expect US dollar to remain strong against Asian currencies in the coming year Chia Yan Min Economics Correspondent chiaym@sph.com.sg Asian currencies have weakened considerably against the surging greenback in the wake of the United States Federal Reserve’s decision last week to
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  • BRIEFING
    • What’sNext
      • 54 2 Australia and France are to sign a deal today allowing French naval contractor DCNS to build a new fleet of submarines for Australia, in a deal worth A$50 billion (S$52.5 billion). Australia’s Defence Minister Marise Payne said the fleet was the “largest defence procurement
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      • 60 2 The steering committee for the third Enabling Masterplan will present its report and recommendations at a media conference today. This comes after a series of consultations involving over 400 members of the public over eight months.The masterplan is a blueprint to guide the development of
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      • 79 2 The Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to hold its negative interest rates and 10-year government bond yield target steady at the end of its two-day deliberations today, as a weaker yen and positive overseas conditions augur well for Japan’s economic prospects. Economists predict
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    • What’sNews
      • 59 2 Asian currencies have weakened against the surging greenback in the wake of the US Federal Reserve’s decision last week to raise a key interest rate. This could prompt investors to move money out of emerging markets and into US dollar-denominated assets,
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      • 51 2 China’s foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying yesterday took issue with US President-elect Donald Trump’s comment that China had stolen a US underwater drone. But she added that the two countries are “in communication” and the issue will be dealt with appropriately.
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      • 74 2 Hospital visits spiked, roads were closed and flights cancelled yesterday as China choked under a vast cloud of toxic smog, four days after the city of Beijing issued a red smog alert. Since last Friday, at least 23 cities in the world’s most populous
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      • 46 2 Hong Kong Customs has seized 10,000 items of fake branded goods worth HK$10 million (S$1.9 million) from the popular Ladies Market, in its largest haul in more than three years. Despite several raids on the shopping hot spot, counterfeit activitiescontinuetothrive.A11
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      • 54 2 With bad news piling up, who can save the human race? Storytellers, writes Tham Khai Meng, who believes in the power of new stories to unite people. But first, there’s a need to make sure schools do not educate storytelling and creativity out of
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      • Straits Times Digital
        • 19 2 Food places that have played host to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong andvisiting foreign dignitaries. http://str.sg/foodvips
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        • 22 2 Some of Life’s picks of the year’s best and worst in movies, TV, gigs and fash ion. http://str.sg/bestandworse
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      • 54 2 Memories at Old Ford Factory in Upper Bukit Timah Road will reopen to the public on Feb 16 after a year-long revamp to make the museum more dynamic and exciting. On display will be some rare war records, such as a register of deaths
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      • 48 2 One of Singapore’s biggest video game arcades, Virtualand, will shut its14,000sqftflagshipoutletat Bugis Junction on Jan 3 after 17 years at the mall. The arcade is in talks over a possible move elsewhere, while IT retail chain Challenger will take over the space. B2
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      • 52 2 Some financial industry players are exploring a secondary, private exchange for investors to buy shares in non-listed companies. The aim is to give more small and medium-sized enterprises a venue to raise capital without the constraints of being listed, while giving investors access to a
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      • 68 2 Cristiano Ronaldo hailed “the perfect end” to a stellar year, after his hat-trick helped Real Madrid lift the Club World Cup on Sunday. “It was a perfect year. I am very happy to end the year in such a way,” the 31-year-old said. The
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      • 65 2 At 83, when most people have long retired, artist Yu Loon Ching is staging his first solo exhibition after a lifetime of painting, publishing and doing art-relatedwork. His show, comprising 40 mostly black-and-white works in ink that he created with a ballpoint pen,
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    • 304 2  -  WhyItMatters Irene Tham Tech Editor itham@sph.com.sg Social media giant Facebook last Friday started to roll out new tools to let users and third-party checkers flag inaccurate articles, following mounting pressure to weed out fake news. Select Facebookusers in the United States can flag a fake article
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    • 183 2 REACH US AT Website: www.straitstimes.com Facebook: www.fb.com/thestraitstimes AMITY C* GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL Working in Partnership with THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON STEP INTO THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE. PURSUE A UK BACHELOR PROGRAMME FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON ADMISSIONS OPEN FOR FEB. 2017 INTAKE Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Business Studies Bachelor of
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  • TOP OF THE NEWS
    • 687 3 But Lagarde gets no jail time in case linked to misuse of funds when she was finance minister NYTIMES REUTERS PARIS Ms Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has been found guilty on criminal charges linked to
      NYTIMES; REUTERS; PHOTO: BLOOMBERG  -  687 words
    • 668 4  -  53-year-old was mumbling and appeared angry in aftermath of expressway carnage, says witness Seow Bei Yi, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Fabian Koh byseow@sph.com.sg zaihan@sph.com.sg fabkoh@sph.com.sg The driver of the Mercedes-Benz that left a trail of carnage yesterday was seen mumbling and talking to himself when
      PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, COURTESY OF ROZAIDY; TEXT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS: BRYANDT LYN, LIM YONG  -  668 words
    • 213 4 A silver Mercedes-Benz driving against traffc on the Ayer Rajah Expressway towards Tuas caused a six-vehicle collision, leaving one dead and four others injured. •At about 8am yesterday, a driver of a silver Mercedes-Benz is believed to be driving in the direction of Tuas Checkpoint. He is
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    • 877 4 (2nd Edition)  -  53-year-old was mumbling and appeared angry in aftermath of expressway carnage, says witness Seow Bei Yi, Zaihan Mohamed Yusof, Fabian Koh byseow@sph.com.sg zaihan@sph.com.sg fabkoh@sph.com.sg The driver of the Mercedes-Benz that left a trail of carnage yesterday was seen mumbling and talking to himself when
      PHOTOS: CHEW SENG KIM, COURTESY OF ROZAIDY; TEXT: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS: BRYANDT LYN, LIM YONG  -  877 words
    • 304 4  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof To his neighbours in Jurong West, Mr Jackie Liong Kuo Hwa was a celebrity of sorts as they often saw him in television commercials. “He had appeared in fast-food and coffee commercials on TV,” said a neighbour, who
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    • 304 4 (2nd Edition)  -  Zaihan Mohamed Yusof To his neighbours in Jurong West, Mr Jackie Liong Kuo Hwa was a celebrity of sorts as they often saw him in television commercials. “He had appeared in fast-food and coffee commercials on TV,” said a neighbour, who
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    • 995 6  -  3 late philanthropists’ charity to continue, with sale of bungalow expected to raise funds for causes Amelia Teng ateng@sph.com.sg More than 40 years ago, a young Mr Ong Tiong Tat spotted a man eating char kway teow
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    • 581 6  -  Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg Changkat Changi Secondary School student Kevin Cheong went from being a self-proclaimed failure at Secondary 3 to scoring nine points for his N-level exams this year. It is a huge change for the Normal (Academic)
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    • 672 7 Minister also calls for probe into alleged atrocities committed against them by Myanmar troops YANGON Malaysia has called the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar a regional concern and urged Asean to coordinate humanitarian aid and investigate alleged atrocities committed against them.
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    • 606 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SEOUL A friend of South Korean President Park Geun Hye at the heart of a major corruption scandal that led to an impeachment vote against Ms Park has denied all charges on the first day of her trial for
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    • 433 7  -  Goh Sui Noi China Bureau Chief In Beijing suinoi@sph.com.sg The Chinese and US militaries are communicating with each other through unimpeded channels and the underwater drone issue will be dealt with appropriately, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. “The two sides
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    • 2016: A YEAR OF DISRUPTION
      • 829 8 / 9  -  2017 polls in Europe may be gauge of anti-EU sentiments emboldened by Brexit outcome Jonathan Eyal Europe Correspondent Jonathan.eyal@gmail.com LONDON No people were killed, no palaces were stormed, and no leaders fled their country. Nonetheless, this year’s British decision to leave the European Union
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      • 435 8 / 9  -  The impact of Britain’s vote to pull out of the European Union extends far beyond its shores. Europe Correspondent Jonathan Eyal takes a look at the fallout Jonathan Eyal LONDON “Well done, Britain!” was how an ecstatic Marine Le Pen, leader of the
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      • 315 8 / 9 LONDON Many businesses will be affected by the Brexit vote. But one sector of Britain’s economy has already been dealt a grievous blow: the opinion polling firms that were spectacularly wrong in predicting the European Union referendum’s outcome. The fact their error came after the same
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      • 529 8 / 9  -  Jonathan Eyal LONDON Britain’s political elite wanted the referendum about the country’s continued membership in the European Union (EU) to be a debate about economic choices. But for most of the ordinary Britons who voted to get out of the EU, the main preoccupation
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      • 144 8 / 9 A combination of persuasive Leave personalities and bad Remain strategy led to one of the biggest upsets of2016. These are four key figures in the Brexit vote. Britain’s political elite wanted the referendum to be about economic choices. But for most of the ordinary Britons who voted
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      • 578 8 / 9 LONDON Britain’s economy may only be the world’s fifth largest, yet when it comes to financial services, nobody beats London as a global finance capital. More US dollars are traded in London each day than in the United States itself, while
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      • 607 8 / 9  -  Grace Leong gleong@sph.com.sg The shock Brexit vote on June 23 has so far generated more uncertainty than actual disruption to the global economic and political environment. The initial economic shock from the vote globally and for Singapore has been less than feared,
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  • WORLD
    • 950 10 Those with means fly overseas or holiday in less-affected areas BEIJING Large parts of northern China continued to choke under a vast cloud of toxic smog yesterday yesterday, worsening late in the evening and disrupting life in dozens of cities. North-eastern China’s Liaoning
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    • ASIA
      • 817 11 Some see China’s seizure of drone as a taunt; lack of repercussions may embolden Beijing NYTIMES REUTERS BEIJING China’s brazen seizure of a United States Navy drone in international waters in the South China Sea has raised questions. Diplomats and analysts said
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      • 264 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HANOI Days of unseasonably torrential rains have killed at least 24 people in central Vietnam, the authorities said yesterday. The rains have inundated swathes of the region, including the tourist-draw town of Hoi An. Vietnam regularly experiences tropical storms
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      • 218 11 Seafood from the South China Sea will soon be available at a restaurant in Beijing, Chinese media reported, amid a spat between China and the US over Beijing’s seizure of a US military drone in the waterway. Beijing restaurant Nansha
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      • 620 11  -  Chong Koh Ping China Correspondent In Beijing kohping@sph.com.sg Hong Kong Customs has seized 10,000 items of fake branded goods worth HK$10 million (S$1.9 million) from the popular Ladies Market its largest haul in more than three years. Officers also arrested
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      • WORLD FOCUS
        • 1167 12 / 13  -  Model town in Japan is big on green features, home conveniences and community spirit Walter Sim Japan Correspondent In Fujisawa City, Kanagawa waltsim@sph.com.sg Cosmetics maker Kousuke Michibata did not know if it was a smart move to uproot his family from central
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        • 333 12 / 13  -  Residents in Yuhua are the first in Singapore to experience “Smart Living” in a Housing Board estate, with elements such as an elderly monitoring system to give caregivers peace of mind. The trial started in April for 9,000 residents in nearly 3,200 flats, with the features
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      • 557 14  -  But there is no one strong enough to lead charge against PM Modi Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In New Delhi gnirmala@sph.com.sg As Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government struggles to bring back normalcy following last month’s ban on high-value banknotes, the unpopular move
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      • 484 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK A rainbow-headed snake, a tiny frog and a lizard with dragon-like horns are among more than 150 new species confirmed by scientists last year in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region, researchers said yesterday. Winding its way from
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      • 140 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI India’s central bank has imposed fresh restrictions on deposits of banned currency notes into bank accounts, days before the Dec 30 deadline to swop old rupee bills for new ones. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed chaos last month with his
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      • 348 14  -  Walter Sim Japan Correspondent In Tokyo waltsim@sph.com.sg Japan’s Nissin Foods has said it will reduce the salt content in its cup noodles by 15 per cent by 2020, in a bid to woo increasingly health-con-scious consumers. The plan, reported by financial
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      • 475 15 Supply likely to be restored by Thursday after outcry; about four million residents and business affected KUALA LUMPUR A scheduled water cut in greater Kuala Lumpur that began yesterday is expected to last until Christmas Eve, drawing flak from citizens and politicians alike for being
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      • 487 15 NYTIMES JAKARTA Indonesia has a shortage of skilled workers in fields ranging from medical services to riculture–andwillneedtensofmillions more in the coming decades. It particularly needs more engineers, a problem that could thwart President Joko Widodo’s ambitious plans to upgrade Indonesia’s outdated infrastructure. The
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      • AsiaBriefs
        • 76 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SHANGHAI China has charged 10 people over a power plant collapse that killed 74 last month, state media reported yesterday, after first detaining 13 people in the immediate aftermath of the accident. A platform more than 70m high in a cooling tower
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        • 96 15 KUALA LUMPUR Member parties constituting Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan alliance yesterday said they support the Democratic Action Party’s proposal for Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to be made interim prime minister and deputy prime minister if the opposition wins the
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        • 103 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI India yesterday accused Pakistani militant leader Maulana Masood Azhar of masterminding an attack on an air force base in January that led to a breakdown in relations between the two nuclear-armed countries. Seven soldiers were killed in the attack on
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      • 82 16 Thai royal officials dressed in Brahman costumes marking the sacrificial ceremony for the restoration of the Royal Chariots at the National Museum in Bangkok yesterday. The chariots will be used to carry the body and royal urn of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in the
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      • 627 16  -  Poll of Filipinos shows 4 in 5 fear ‘extrajudicial killings’, but say it is ‘very important’ to curb crime Raul Dancel Philippines Correspondent In Manila rdancel@sph.com.sg Four in five Filipinos fear that they, or someone they know, may die at the hands
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      • 299 16 AGENCE FRANCE–PRESSE JAKARTA Indonesia’s police chief Tito Karnavian vowed yesterday to crack down on any vigilantes trying to enforce Islamic rulings before Christmas, saying religious edicts do not amount to law in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Police General Tito’s remarks came as religious
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      • 344 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANILA Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has tapped a China-backed multilateral lender to help fund his government’s infrastructure build-up, as he seeks closer relations with Beijing. The Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has been viewed by some as a
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    • WORLD
      • 691 17 Millions urge 37 electors to defect to deny Trump his election win REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NYTIMES WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON Many United States Democrats are hoping that yesterday’s Electoral College vote to officially select the next president has provided a last barrier to
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      • 106 17 Puerto Rico’s Miss Stephanie Del Valle (fourth from left), who has been crowned Miss World 2016, taking the stage during the grand final of this year’s pageant in the United States on Sunday with finalists (from left) Miss Philippines Catriona Elisa Gray; Miss Dominican
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      • 355 17 REUTERS LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May has criticised a wave of strikes sweeping Britain as unacceptable action that showed “contempt” for ordinary people in the run-up to Christmas. Among the planned strikes this month are walkouts by airline cabin staff, baggage handlers,
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      • WorldBriefs
        • 96 17 REUTERS MOSCOW At least 41 residents of the Siberian city of Irkutsk have died after drinking scented bath oil in a desperate search for an alcoholic high in one of the deadliest cases of its kind in years, Russian investigators said
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        • 65 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CARACAS A jetload of new 500-bolivar (S$70) notes finally arrived in Venezuela on Sunday after its delayed arrival sparked protests and looting that jolted President Nicolas Maduro’s unpopular government. The government had briefly pulled from circulation the largest-denomination 10 0-bolivar bill
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        • 71 17 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE VIENNA Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) said yesterday it has struck a “cooperation pact” with the party of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is courting populist movements across Europe in an anti-EU drive. FPOe chief Heinz-Christian Strache signed the five-year
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        • 76 17 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE KANO (Nigeria) At least six people were killed in an eruption of communal violence at the weekend between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, police told Agence France-Presse yesterday. The violence was sparked last Saturday after the body of a herder,
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        • 72 17 AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE QUITO A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador’s Pacific coast before dawn yesterday, causing one death and heavy damage to hotels and homes in resort towns, officials said. The north-western province ofEsmeraldas–hithardbya devastatingtemblorinApril– bore the brunt of the
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      • 774 18 Relief effort resumes after deal struck over besieged pro-government villages REUTERS UNITED NATIONS The United Nations Security Council unanimously called yesterday for UN officials and others to monitor evacuations from eastern Aleppo. The 15-member council adopted a French-drafted resolution that “demands all parties
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      • 474 18 WASHINGTON POST ALEPPO After years of fighting in Aleppo, much of Syria’s largest city has been destroyed. Entire neighbourhoods in the rebel-held east have been reduced to rubble by government air strikes, with civilians forced to survive on limited food and medical supplies. Now,
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      • 385 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CILVEGOZU (Turkey) Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter feed offered a tragic account of the war in Syria, was evacuated from the divided Syrian city of Aleppo yesterday, a Turkish non-governmental organisation announced on social media. “This morning @AlabedBana was also
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      • 618 19 Shootout at historic tourist attraction leaves 10 dead; gunmen believed to be linked to ISIS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NYTIMES REUTERS WASHINGTON POST AMMAN Jordanian police said they found suicide belts and other explosives in the hideout of suspected ISIS militants behind an attack
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      • 685 19 NYTIMES ISTANBUL After two months, the battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS has settled into a grinding war of attrition. The front lines have barely budged in weeks. Casualties of Iraqi security forces are so high that commanders heading the
        NYTIMES; Source: NYTIMES; STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS; PHOTO: REUTERS  -  685 words
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    • 100 15 SHORTLISTED FINALIST Nathan Hartono The former ChildAid performer did Singapore proud on the musical stage by becoming the frst home-grown singer to clinch second place in the popular Chinese reality TV show Sing! China. Do you know of any Singaporeans whose inspiring or extraordinary acts have made an impact on
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  • OPINION
    • 450 20 The Straits Times says Singapore introduced competition in its telecoms industry several years ago by breaking the monopolyofSingtel.M1’sentryin1997andStarHub’sin 2000 were meant to provide consumers with more choices and lead to higher levels of service at more competitive prices. Last week, the Government announced the
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    • 1481 20  -  Doomsday scenarios are aplenty these days–but no, the world is not going to hell in a handcart just yet. What –or who–will save the day? My bet is on storytellers. ByInvitation Tham Khai Meng For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is worldwide
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    • 947 21  -  Edward Luce FINANCIAL TIMES The biggest surprise since Mr Donald Trump’s election victory is his decision to pick a fight with China. Not once in his campaign did he mention the word “Taiwan”. Yet all of a sudden, there is now a threat overAmerica’s“oneChina”policy– a
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    • 777 21  - Friends foes and free speech on climate change Megan McArdle BLOOMBERG VIEW The Department of Energy has baulked at a request from the Trump transition team to provide the names of all department employees or contractors who attended UN global climate talks in the last five years. “We are going
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    • 786 21  -  Albert R. Hunt For 40 years after World War II, the dominant national security issue for any new US administration was dealing with the Soviet Union. After a quarter-century hiatus, it’s deja vu. US President-elect Donald Trump
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    • 1471 22  -  To boost the fertility rate, Singapore should reconsider its ban on social egg freezing and allow the three-parent technique Alexis Heng For The Straits Times stopinion@sph.com.sg The writer is a stem cell scientist based at the University of Hong Kong. He had previously worked inthefield
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    • 758 22  -  Robert Gebelhoff WASHINGTON POST It may be one of the most tragic stories in economics: the rise and fall of microcredit. Theconcept–reducingpovertyinimpoverished countries by giving very small loans to people withoutcollateral–wasoncethemostpromising innovation in development economics. But after its inception in the early 1980s and its subsequent explosion
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  • FORUM
    • 382 23  -  Hajime Ichiseki (Dr) I hope Singaporeans will correctly understand the significance of the new medical code of ethics by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) (“Doctors barred from paying agents percentage of fees”; Dec 14). I agree with SMC president Tan Ser Kiat
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    • 580 23 Will having a rating system for travel agencies help to improve service? What elements should be included in such a system? All travel agency staff should be made to go through tests before being licensed. Do surprise checks on travel agencies. Maybe the Singapore Tourism Board will have to
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    • 69 23 WRITE IN: Letters should be meant for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. They should be no longer than 400 words and must include the writer’s full name, address and phone numbers. The Forum editor reserves the right to edit the letters. For women, please indicate Miss, Ms,
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    • 251 23  -  Seah Seng Choon President Foreign Domestic Worker Association for Social Support and Training Awomanwas recently arrested for allegedly planning to mount a suicide-bomb attack in Indonesia (“Woman in Jakarta plot wasamaidinS’pore”; Dec 15). The fact that she worked in
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    • 31 23 1. MR LOONG CHIKTONG: Boost safety at work with protective gear. 2.MRJOETEOKOKSEAH: Demarcate footpaths and cycling tracks clearly. 3.MRFRANCISTAY: Can emergency vehicles run red lights here? MORE LETTERS ON www.straitstimes.com
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    • 240 23  -  Michael Loh Toon Seng (Dr) There are a variety of reasons why it is difficult to get a cab (“LTA scrapping minimum daily mileage fortaxis”; Dec 18). One reason, I suspect, is that many drivers are not hungry enough, and
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    • 209 23  -  Reuben Cheang There are many cases of unauthorised bib transfers among runners during races here. Runners who sign up for a race may not be able to make it to the starting line for many reasons, such as other
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    • 200 23  -  Irwan Jamil I was floored when Mr Bai Zhongkai called for national caretaker coach V. Sundramoorthy’s resignation and suggested replacing him with a big-name foreign coach (“Start change in S’pore football with team management”; Dec 17). Let us not forget that
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    • 206 23  -  Chan Siang Ming I agree with Mr Bai Zhongkai, who questioned the readiness ofV. Sundramoorthy for the national coach position (“Start change in S’pore football with team management”; Dec 17). While teams like Myanmar and Cambodia have joined Thailand and Vietnam
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    • 157 24 Jumping into freezing water for fun might require extraordinary effort, but this Superman was up to the task on Sunday. The swimmer, dressed as the legendary superhero, was taking part in the 78th Coupe de Noel, or Christmas Cup. This is a swimming
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    • 47 24 FORUMTEACH WHAT TO DO IF MA D S SUSPE TED OF BEING RADICALISEDA23 Current Affairs Special How SMEs and Digital Economy—can digital technology help SMEs transform? Broadcast details 20 December 2016 9.35pm on StarHub TV E City CH111/825 ●10.00pm on zaobao.sg Chinese programme with English subtitles http://bit.ly/zb-it-matters
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    • 31 24 WEATHER Thundery showers mainly over southern, eastern and western Singapore in the morning. High 33 deg C Low 24 deg C 24-hr PSI as of 5pm yesterday: 36 to 51 (Moderate)
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    • 666 1  -  Revamped Old Ford Factory museum to show rare war record Melody Zaccheus melodyz@sph.com.sg Squeezed into the pages of a thick, crumbling leather-bound death register from the Bidadari Cemetery are the names of the war dead. They run into the thousands. These were Singapore
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    • 424 2  -  Virtualand to exit after 18 years; IT retailer Challenger to move in Tiffany Fumiko Tay tiffanyt@sph.com.sg One of Singapore’s biggest videogame arcades is soon to be no more, as Virtualand announced yesterday it would be shutting its 14,000 sq ft flagship outlet at Bugis Junction
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    • 392 2  -  Elena Chong Court Correspondent elena@sph.com.sg He was 70 and suffered from several chronic ailments, but he believed in working hard. Since 2008, cleaner Lai Seow Wah had worked at Singapore Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng, a columbarium in Bishan Lane. On July 1,
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    • 229 2  -  Fabian Koh There will be greater police presence and increased checks on bags and personal belongings this festive period, especially on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Police officers, auxiliary police officers and security officers will be deployed for crowd control, alongside officers from
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    • 591 3  -  Efforts will be ramped up, with much scope seen in designing energy-efficient buildings Lin Yangchen linyc@sph.com.sg Something grew more slowly than Singapore’s economy in the last decade, and it was good news for the environment. From 2000 to 2012, the
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    • 425 3  -  Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg Peg ElderShield payouts to inflation or review it every three years to ensure the payouts keep pace with rising costs. And make the payouts last until the end of the beneficiary’s life instead of the current maximum of six
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    • 266 3  -  Rachel Au-Yong Self-help groups play a key role in buildingbridges between communities, a role which has been amplified, given recent world events, President Tony Tan Keng Yam said yesterday. He highlighted the Collaborative TuitionProgramme–whereaffordable tuition is available to primary school pupils of
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    • 240 4  -  Fabian Koh fabkoh@sph.com.sg Residents of Punggol, especially those in Ponggol Seventeenth Avenue, will become more connected to the town centre with the opening of Punggol Point LRT station (PW3) on Dec 29. It will join Sam Kee station (PW1), Nibong station (PW5),
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    • 498 4  -  Govt extends its stay beyond year-end; club will rent part of land until Aug 31 K. C. Vijayan Senior Law Correspondent vijayan@sph.com.sg Jurong Country Club (JCC) will get to hand over its land to the Government on Feb 1
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      81 4  -  K.C.Vijayan Golf course equipment, grasscutting vehicles, utility trucks and other capital items have attracted bids totalling over $400,000. Some 20 pieces of artwork to be auctioned off, including: Tiger Woods oil painting (above) original price $,1888 Jurong Country Club Lake View oil painting original price $10,000 Heron Paradise and
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    • 131 4 2FA and why it’s necessary Come Jan 15, two-factor authentication (2 FA) will be made compulsory for all SingPass users. Currently, more than 100 government e-services including the Central Provident Fund and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore require the mandatory 2FA to perform e-transactions. In the third episode of video
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    • 450 5  -  Ex-delivery driver tailgated car boy was in at 80kmh before crash Elena Chong Court Correspondent elena@sph.com.sg A seven-year-old boy is now paralysed on the right side of his body because Lai Kum Tai, 40, tailgated the car the boy was in
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    • 353 5  -  Kok Xing Hui kxinghui@sph.com.sg Those impressed by the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympics are in for a treat. Its choreographer, Zhang Jigang, is directing the musical Legend Of The Moon in Singapore next month. The 105-minute show uses drama,
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    • 745 6  -  Annual affair, which began in 2013, has raised nearly $9,500 to feed 4,500 animals Lin Yangchen linyc@sph.com.sg Every day for the past 20 years, Madam Nancy Koh has been feeding the stray cats in her Beach Road estate, paying for the
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    • 414 6  -  Toh Wen Li tohwenli@sph.com.sg The spirit of giving is alive and well despite the slowing economy. At the Boys’ Brigade (BB) headquarters yesterday, 30 boys, with some of their families, packed 200 food hampers in just over half an hour for
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    • 303 6  -  Elena Chong elena@sph.com.sg A freelance make-up artist and beautician who solicited clients at bars around Orchard Towers was sent to jail for three years yesterday for cheating offences. In a nine-month spree that ended last June, Nur Alya Sefira
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      • 67 6 SBS Transit will extend the operating hours of train services and selected bus services on Saturday. Train services on the North East and Downtown Lines will beextendedbyabout1¼hours on Christmas Eve. The Punggol and Sengkang LRT systems will also run longer. The last timings
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      • 74 6 A Sembcorp rubbish truck caught fire on the Bukit Timah Expressway near Mandai yesterday afternoon. The Singapore Civil Defence Force was alerted to the fire around 12.15pm. Firefighters extinguished the flames using a water jet. There were no reported injuries and the cause of
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    • 494 7  -  School’s Normal (T ech) mix of academics and vocational training sees 98% pass rate Beyond N levels Yuen Sin yuensin@sph.com.sg When Crest Secondary School began in 2013, it had difficulty convincing parents that the school was a viable option for their children in the Normal
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    • 296 7  -  Yuen Sin When Ryan Ang was in primary school, his mother used to get calls from his teachers all the time because of his disruptive behaviour in class. The Crest Secondary School student, now 16, did not take his studies seriously and
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    • 211 7  -  Ang Yiying ayiying@sph.com.sg When Chong Hui Min collected her N-level results yesterday, she started crying. “I waited for this for two years,” Hui Min, 17, said several times as she looked at her results. She read six subjects and obtained four distinctions, with an
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      • 710 8  -  The hands-on learning experience in her course makes it enjoyable for ITE student Nur Sabrina Norazmi AUDREY NG A FUN approach to learning about the goings-on in a logistics warehouse beats the usual classroom lessons for Institute of Technical Education (ITE) student Nur Sabrina Norazmi. The 17-year-old
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      • 586 8  -  MEREDITH WOO MS HAZEL Bong was devastated when she did not perform well in the O-level examination and was unable to get into a local polytechnic or junior college. The dream to pursue diploma studies in law was seemingly over for this N-level certificate holder then. “There
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      • 612 8  -  ESTHER TEO WHEN he was a teenager, Mr Jonathan Tan was “extremely playful” and found it difficult to concentrate on his studies. After getting 13 points for his N-level examinations in 2010, he took his friend’s recommendation to enrol in St Francis Methodist School’s Upper Secondary Australian
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    • 184 4 Running out of Christmas gift ideas? mi it; m THE STRAITS TIMES a a is*m j Singing cop eyes music career m Business More workplaces go hip X> Top olTheNcws iff as i?S Printed on actual copy on chosen date 3K Looking to a brighter firture, together sir S pore
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    • 812 11  -  The sport has helped Azlan Ithnin overcome his body-image issues and depression FitAndFab Felicia Choo feliciac@sph.com.sg Q When did you start exercising regularly and why? A In 2009, after an episode of depression, I decided that I wanted to run a marathon.
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    • 269 12 Study of442 US-born babies showed that 18 infants–4%–had microcephaly AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MIAMI About 6 per cent of babies born in the United States to mothers infected with the mosquitoborne Zika virus while pregnant had birth defects, US researchers said last Thursday. The report
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    • 397 13  -  just control your portion sizes and go for the healthier choices Joyce Teo joyceteo@sph.com.sg Take every opportunity to be with precious friends and family during this festive season and indulge yourself: A big Christmas feast will not hurt the average, healthy person, so do not
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    • 337 13 SPINACH&CHEESE QUICHE Prep time: 10min Cooktime: 30min INGREDIENTS 1 large bunch baby spinach (100g) (can replace with to 1 cup of othervegetablessuchas broccoli or frozen vegetables) 8 eggs 150g cherry tomatoes, halved or normal tomatoes, diced 1 cup (90g) grated parmesan cheese
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    • 168 13 FBConnect Here are some stories published elsewhere that we think you might be interested in. Find them on The Straits Times Mind&Body Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Straits TimesMindBody. SCREEN TIME AND KIDS Spending hours on the phone is just as bad as TV for
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    • 364 13 Source: Health Promotion Board Here are some pointers on festive feasting for people with diabetes or high blood pressure. 1. If you have diabetes, watch your carb intake Among the many nutrients in food, carbohydrates have the greatest and most immediate impact on your
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    • 645 14  -  It eludes us when we need it the most We go to bed reluctantly and get up reluctantly Living Gary Hayden gary@garyhayden.co.uk GaryHaydenisascienceand technology writer. His new book, Walking With Plato, is out at major bookshops here. When I was a child, I found
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    • 578 14  -  HelpAtYourFingertips Joyce Teo Parents are keen to see their pre-schooler succeed in school but they may not know how to create the environment for success. They may have misconceptions about their child’s readiness for school, said Ms Zhang Gui
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    • 834 15  -  Many shoulder problems can be effectively treated with minimally-invasive techniques Tan Chyn Hong tanchynhong@toc.com.sg DrTanChyn Hong isan orthopaedic surgeon specialising in the shoulder, knee and elbow at The Orthopaedic Centre (Novena) at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre. I once had a teenage patient, D, who
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    • 1050 16  -  Give the gift of health and the gift of your time Linette Lai linettel@sph.com.sg What do you give the health nuts in your life for Christmas? Here are some ideas for gifts that will help your loved ones shed some pounds or at least
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    • 807 1  -  Secondary, private exchange would allow investors to buy shares of non-listed firms Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Singapore could benefit from having a secondary, private exchange to allow investors to buy shares of non-listed companies. This idea a relatively new one here–isunderscrutinyfromfinancial industry players. The
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    • 364 1  -  Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg CapitaLand Commercial Trust is putting retail and office space at mixed-used development Wilkie Edge in the Selegie area up for sale. The space will be sold through an expression of interest exercise closing on Jan 19. Cushman Wakefield has been appointed
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    • 604 1 REUTERS Singapore dollar bonds worth $22 billion are callable or due to mature next year, exposing issuers and investors to refinancing risks as borrowing costs rise in the US. The US Federal Reserve last Wednesday raised policy rates by 25 basis points (bp)
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    • 1751 2  -  Turbulence unlikely to settle next year, say analysts, with overcapacity a major problem Looking back: A rough sea Jacqueline Woo tsjwoo@sph.com.sg For an industry that has seen no end of drama over the past six years or so, 2016 will go down as
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    • 747 3 US, Aussie and HK dollars the favourite picks for Chinese not wanting to send funds abroad BLOOMBERG BEIJING Chinese savers, eager to convert their yuan before the currency’s depreciation continues further, are snapping up US dollar investment products that offer options for
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      • 113 3 BLOOMBERG TOKYO Japan posted a trade surplus for a third straight month in November as imports continued to fall faster than exports. Exports fell 0.4 per cent in November from a year earlier, after declining 10 per cent in October, according to finance
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      • 124 3 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SYDNEY Australia avoided a feared downgrade of its coveted AAA credit rating yesterday after sticking to its ambition of returning the budget to surplus in 2020-21 despite softer growth forecasts. The country’s resources-driven economy has enjoyed more than 2 0 years
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      • 74 3 BLOOMBERG BEIJING China’s overheated property market continued to cool in November as the authorities rolled out renewed home-buying curbs. New-home prices, excluding government-subsidised housing, gained from the previous month in 55 of the 70 cities tracked by the government, compared with 62 in October,
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    • 519 4  -  Analysts expect US dollar run to continue in the wake of last week’s interest rate hike BullsAndBears Wong Wei Han whwong@sph.com.sg Asian shares were sold down yesterday as the strong US dollar sucked capital out of regional markets, a trend that some
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    • 43 4 1 SingaporeExchange’s SingaporeKilobarGold Contract,launchedinOctober 2014,hasbecometheworld’s firstsyariah-compliantgold futures.Thecontractwas certifiedcompliantbyAmanie Advisors. 2 SharesofCreativeTechnology closedunchangedat96.5cents yesterdaydespitethecompany disclosingovertheweekend thatsubsidiaryZiiLabshad filedpatentinfringementsuits againstsevenchipmakersin theUnitedStates. 3 CacheLogisticsTrustwill divestamulti-tenanted, two-storeywarehousein ChangiNorthtoAgility InternationalLogisticsfor $25.5million. 4 SingaporeTechnologies EngineeringsaiditsSingapore shipyard,Singapore TechnologiesMarine,andits USshipyard,VTHalterMarine, securednewcontractsworth $138millioninthefourth quarter. 5 CoscoCorporation(Singapore) yesterdayrequestedatrading haltinitssharespendingthe releaseofanannouncement. Thestocklastchangedhandsat 29centslastFriday.
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    • 344 5  -  Joint venture gets positive response to launch of its first communities in Queensland Rachael Boon rachaelb@sph.com.sg A new brand for resort-style retirement homes Down Under has been unveiled by a joint venture between units of Singapore main-board-listed Thakral Corp and a Queensland
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    • 458 5 BLOOMBERG LONDON Barclays is set to tell 7,000 clients to do more trading with the firm or find another bank, the latest move in an indus-try-wide trend of winnowing down customer lists to the ones that produce
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      • 75 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ZURICH World football governingbody Fifa fined England 45,000 Swiss francs (S$63,450) yesterday for wearing a poppy tribute to the British war dead during their Nov 11 World Cup qualifier against Scotland. Fifa rules ban “political” symbols on shirts during official
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      • 73 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BRISBANE Australia’s cricketers prevented a world-record, 490-run chase by Pakistan yesterday to win a gripping first Test by just 39 runs and preserve their 28-year unbeaten streak at Brisbane’s Gabba ground. Relieved skipper Steve Smith ran out Yasir Shah for 33 to
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      • 63 7 REUTERS BERLIN Germany’s Koenigssee will host the 2017 world championships after they were taken away from Russia’s Sochi following the country’s doping scandal, the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) said yesterday. Germany was picked due to its location, suitable for all the
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      • 98 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE GLASGOW Hong Kong snooker player Marco Fu came back from 1-4 down to beat Scotland’s John Higgins 9-4 in the final of the Scottish Open on Sunday. It was his first ranking title in three years. Higgins started the match
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    • 650 8 True to his personality, the five-time NBA winner stays cool in heart-tugging ceremony AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS SAN ANTONIO (Texas) The San Antonio Spurs’ 113-100 National Basketball Association (NBA) victory over the New Orleans Pelicans was just the curtain-raiser on Sunday to the team’s
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    • 433 8 AGENCEFRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON Bradley Beal scored 41 points to lead the Washington Wizards to a 117-110 National Basketball Association (NBA) victory on Sunday over a Los Angeles Clippers team suddenly struggling on the defensive end. Beal’s second 40-point game of the season also
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    • 1231 9 Retirement not on Swiss’ mind as he bids to return with a bang in the new year NYTIMES NEW YORK The Federer family has shared many a road trip, but, in this unusually settled period, the patriarch and primary breadwinner has been fielding more and
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    • 850 9  -  SportingLife Rohit Brijnath rohitb@sph.com.sg Needles, thread, pins, screws, bolts, nuts, glue, cement, sealant, nails. In Mallorca in Spain the local hardware shop must have already got its annual order for this Christmas. Anything that can hold Rafael Nadal’s weathered, knee-aching,
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    • 648 10  -  After trophy-less season, Tampines are also close to signing Japanese and Korean players Chua Siang Yee siangyee@sph.com.sg Hope springs eternal and even after a disappointing 2016, in which their star-studded squad finished emp-ty-handed, Tampines Rovers are still able to recruit quality players as they
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    • 598 10 REUTERS THE GUARDIAN LONDON Andy Murray has said that he is determined to keep his world No. 1 ranking and not take anything for granted, after he won a record third BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
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    • 668 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESS REUTERS BARCELONA Barcelona striker Luis Suarez hopes team-mate Lionel Messi will follow his lead by signing a long-term contract to see out the remainder of his prime years at the Nou Camp. Suarez celebrated a new five-year
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    • 795 12 Frenchman unhappy with decisions, stops short of criticising ‘protected’ officials THE GUARDIAN AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claimed that his team were the victim of two offside goals in their 2-1 Premier League defeat at Manchester City and he directed his anger at the
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    • 224 1  -  Dance duos are making waves in Singapore’s dance scene, with at least three groups popping up Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg They say it takes two to tango. And while that saying has dubious connotations, it seems like dance duos are definitely making positive waves in the scene here. At
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      • 605 2 To many in the dance circle, collective Ah Hock Peng Yu was an important part of the scene in the early2000s. Made up of choreographic duo and coupleAaronKhek,43,andIxWong, 42, it received commissions performing for the Arts House, the Esplanade, the former Singapore Arts Festival as well as
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      • 686 3  -  Maya Dance Theatre celebrates its 10thyear anniversary with new renderings of its past work Nabilah Said nabilahs@sph.com.sg Annual choreographic platform Release 6.0 takes on a sweet note next year as organiser Maya Dance Theatre turns 10. The company’s present members and past
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      • 742 3 NYTIMES NEW YORK When a 232-page handwritten score of Mahler’s epic Second Symphony (Resurrection) sold for US$5.6 million (S$8.1 million) at Sotheby’s in London last month, it shattered a nearly 30-year record for the highest price paid at auction for a musical manuscript.
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      • 616 4  -  Artist Yu Loon Ching’s Between The Lines comprises mostly black-and-white works in ink Leong Weng Kam Senior Writer wengkam@sph.com.sg At 83, when most people have long retired, artist Yu Loon Ching is staging his first solo exhibition after a lifetime of painting, publishing and doing
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      • 758 5 Graphic novels tackling subjects such as politics now have dedicated shelves at bookstores in the German capital AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN Better known for its electronic music and street art, Berlin is now also home to a budding graphic novel scene, in a country that has
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      • 611 5 NYTIMES NEW YORK Alice Hemmer’s favourite part of Jack Kerouac’s novel On The Road does not involve the drug-addled road trips, encounters with prostitutes in Mexico or wild parties in Manhattan. The five-year-old likes the part when Sal Paradise eats ice cream and apple pie
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    • 1012 8 The Hungarian actress made headlines with her diamonds-and-furs lifestyle and marriages to millionaires Obituary NYTIMES WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Hungarian actress whose self-paro-dying glamour and revolving-door marriages to millionaires put a lustre of American celebrity on a long but only
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    • 842 8 NEWYORK•Youmaynothaveseen much of actor Alan Tudyk’s face, but if you have been watching Disney movies lately, you would have heard a lot of his voice. He is behind characters in WreckIt Ralph (2012), Frozen (2013), Big Hero Six (2014), Zootopia (2016) and Moana (2016).
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    • 830 9 The late-night sketch show draws viewers and praise with its Trump parodies WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON It is an unusual time for late-night humour. Rarely has the news cycle been so ripe for comedic commentary and the landscape so saturated with options for viewers. Saturday Night
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    • 297 9 NYTIMES NEW YORK Comic-book author and screenwriter Marc Andreyko felt unfathomable horror when he heard the news of the June 12 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Feeling compelled to help, he posted on Facebook a suggestion to create
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    • 836 10 A new theory says it was coincidence rather than betrayal that led to the arrest of the Jewish teen by the Nazis WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON For two years, Anne Frank’s family hid in secret rooms in Amsterdam, knowing that a curtain left open by mistake,
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    • 493 10 NYTIMES NEW YORK The set-up is warm and fuzzy. “Girls, I got y’all some gifts,” says Steven Howard, presenting his two young daughters with prettily wrapped packages. The cameras then reveal what is inside: the distinctive pointed hoods of the Ku Klux Klan.
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      • 74 12 Actors Takeshi Kaneshiro (left) and Sandrine Pinna ham it up with a game machine prop while promoting the Wong Kar Wai-produced movie See You Tomorrow in Beijing on Sunday. The romantic comedy, which features games arcade scenes, stars Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Angelababy,
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      • 360 12 BLOOMBERG LONDON/SHANGHAI The Matt Damon film, The Great Wall, sold about 462.5 million yuan (S$96.2 million) in tickets in China during its opening weekend, a sign that pairing a bankable Hollywood actor with a celebrated local director and theme may be a recipe for
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      • 396 12 NYTIMES NEWYORK Sylvester Stallone suggested on Sunday that he was not interested in taking a top arts leadership role in the Trump administration, including as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. “I am flattered to have been suggested to be involved with
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    • 202 5 326 Mercedes For Sale ITECH INTERNATIONAL BRAND NEW MERCEDES Benz GLA200 $*****0 G’teed Delivery. Loan Trade In Available. *****606/ *****535 AUTOMOBIL SG BRAND NEW! BENZ E200/220 Avantgarde Sunroof, Keyless Many Options. 7-Days Delivery. $188K. Max 9794-6555 GLA200 $116K NO COE! $25K Deposit $1684 Mthly. Many colours. 201 Henderson Rd #07-28
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    • 232 5 Nissan For Sale 329 8/07 NISSAN LATIO 1.5A. 1 owner. Well kept. Min Parf $7790. Ask $13.5K. *****617 Porsche For Sale 333 CARTIMES RARE JUN 2011 Panamera 4 highest OMV. high spec with very low KM. Fty Accessories worth $35k. 1 owner with full agt svc. Benny *****653 THINK ONE
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    • 175 5 344 Toyota For Sale KA HUP VEHICLES BRAND NEW HARRIER 2.0 Elegant Panoramic. Ready stock. 3 days delivery. Choice of colours. 3 years warranty backed by own workshop. Call Johnson 9072-2292 QUANTUM ARMOUR PTE LTD BRAND NEW! TOYOTA Sienta $100,800! COE ’1 Bid G’teed’. Ready stock. Test drive avail. 33
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    • 157 5 344 Toyota For Sale STARLINK TOYOTA C-HR NOW on Presale 1.2L Turbo: Keyless, Safety Sense, 8" orig headunit! 8 colors! Jan-Feb 2017 Delivery 01-75 MidviewCity *****585 SAN HUP BEE 3 DAY DELIVERY! New Vellfire 2.5. Downpayment $49,800; Monthly $1451. #04-20 AML Call 9452 8805 8126 6423 SAN HUP BEE 3
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    • 151 5 344 Toyota For Sale SAN HUP BEE 3 DAY DELIVERY! New Estima Area Premium downpayment $39.8k; mthly $1353. #04-20 AML *****805 *****283 P.I.N CARS $92,800 NO COE/ $139,800 New Toyota Harrier premium Panoramic Roof. G’teed COE. Call *****667/ *****776 TAN WEI AUTO 10% DOWN BRAND New Prius 1.8S Hybrid. Pioneer
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    • 181 5 344 Toyota For Sale JCWC AUTOMOBILE BRAND NEW MODEL Esquire 2.0Gi 7/8-seater. Be the 1st to own! Ready to order. Act now! 9151 2330 6569 6969 SMARTCARS BOUTIQUE 2016 NEW HARRIER 2 0 Elegance/ Premium. Immed Stock.G’teed COE. Free Servicing. Call Yvonne 8161 8151 CREATIVE AUTO 5/’08 TOYOTA CAMRY 2.4GA.
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    • 176 6 344 Toyota For Sale ABWIN G’TEED CHEAPEST BRAND new Toyota Harrier/ Estima/ Sienta. G’teed delivery before CNY. Call *****363 CS LECO PRESTIGE NEW HARRIER 2.0A Elegance/ Premium.Ready stock. G’teed COE. Pls call 9727-7767/ 9680-5993/ 8377-7777 HUP LONG 1.99% BRAND NEW Toyota Wish 1.8X. Ready Stock. G’teed Delivery. Hup Long: 6743-0018
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    • 120 6 344 Toyota For Sale HUP LONG 1.99% BRAND NEW Toyota Vellfire 2.5. Ready Stock. G’teed Delivery. Hup Long: 6743-0018 6742-0018 HUP LONG 1.99% BRAND NEW Toyota Alphard 2.5 SC Ready Stock G’teed Delivery. Hup Long: 6743-0018 6742-0018 HUP LONG 1.99% BRAND NEW Toyota Sienta 1.5. Ready Stock G’teed Delivery. Hup
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    • 122 6 344 Toyota For Sale STEVEN MOBILE 06/2009 VIOS 1.5A, Silver, OMV $12,468, Like New, Good Cond, 80% Loan Available, *****282 *****909 SHIN AUTOMOBILE CHRISTMAS PROMOTION!!! SIENTA G LED with lots of freebies just $101.8k Hurry! Call *****457 *****827 SHIN AUTOMOBILE HARRIER PREMIUM ROOF drivein a week! Last 2 units! Promotion
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    • 110 6 344 Toyota For Sale AUTOLUX PTE LTD $103,800 NEW JDM Toyota Sienta 1.5 G 7 Seaters MPV Trade in Your Price* Call 9173-4504 9652-9772 AUTOLUX PTE LTD $165,800 FACELIFT 2017 Estima Aeras Premium Ready stock! Trade in your price* *****655/ *****289 AUTOLUX PTE LTD $138,800 NEW TOYOTA Harrier 2.0 Ready
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    • 152 6 344 Toyota For Sale STARLINK CROWN ATHLETE 2.0T. Ready Stock! $178,800 1 Bid G’teed COE No Top Up! 10-Yr Loan. 01-75 MidviewCity *****585 $115K NO COE! Monthly $1744 Deposit $20K. 3 day delivery! Few colors 201 Henderson Rd #07-28 S(*****5) *****333 Volkswagen For Sale 346 8/’10 POLO 1.2A Turbo, 1
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    • 368 7 Vehicles Wanted 363 HIGHEST OFFER. USED/ Scrap Private commercial vehicle Cash Deal Call 9763-7337 OFFER TOP All makes models. Viewing your convenience. Call 9661-9661 WANTED! ALL MODELS, Pte commercial. Immed. High price. *****905/ *****789 HIGH CASH Any Makes Models. 2 dr/ 4 dr. Genuine offer. Call: 9621 9258 HIGHEST ALL
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    • 313 7 Lorries For Sale 387 8/’08 TOYOTA DYNA 10ft. Diesel. Half Canopy, Excellent cond! New Tax, High loan/ trade in available Call Chan 9380 6856/6555 3300 INDEX CREDIT PTE LTD NEW TOYOTA DYNA. Easy Loan, Low price. Immed delivery, various colours. EuroV engine, Ready stocks. Call *****800, *****686 CAR (S) PTE
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    • 353 7 Lorries For Sale 387 8/2016 ISUZU NMR85 15ft Wooden deck. Like new Agt warranty, 12 free servicing Loan/ trade-in. 9672-0298 9/14 MIT CANTER FEB21 14ft Metal deck. Agt warranty. 4 free servicing. 55k km. 100% loan/ trade-in 9672-0298 LIAN FONG CREDIT TRADING BRAND NEW TOYOTA Dyna $41k warranty 3yrs 100k
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    • 376 7 Lorries For Sale 387 05/09 MIT FE83 Low deck metal body. Original paint. LowKM. 100% accident free. Call Jerry @*****163 COE +5YEARS ISUZU NPR85 14ft box truck. Non-VPC/ Class 3. 6.5Ft hgt. New paint. Refurnished. Lum *****870 6/’12 NISSAN NAVARA D/cab 2.5 4X4. Silver Low km. Accident free, $69.9K. *****922
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    • 374 7 Mini Buses For Sale 388 2/2010 TOYOTA HIACE High roof, Tip top cond. Trade in/ Loan avail. Only at $44.8K. Kho 9231 3300/ 6555 3300 2014 MERCEDES VIANO luxury minibus. Only 46k Km mileage. Good as new car. neg. High loan avail. *****138 11/14 MIT ROSA 21 seater bus. 1
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    • 390 7 Vans For Sale 391 Vans For Sale 391 SHUN HENG AUTO ENTERPRISE 8, KAKI BUKIT AVE 4, #02-41/42, S*****5 (TEL: 6344 1918) shunhengae@gmail.com *****404 (GARY) *****066 (PATRICK) Est.1989 DEALER WHOLESALE PRICE AVAILABLE Every purchase of a BRAND NEW Vehicle from us are entitled to an exclusive package with TUFF KOTE
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    • 377 7 09/2006 MITSUBISHI L300 van 1unit left selling very fast tip top condition no repair needed. 9776-4550 Roger 01/2009 OPEL COMBO van very good cond. Van no repair needed cheapest in the mkt only $*****. 9776-4550 04/2008 OPEL COMBO van for sale only $***** very cheap van no repair needed call
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    • 335 7 Vans For Sale 391 11/06 MERCEDES VITO 111L manual. New 5 yrs COE. New paint. A1 cond. Sell $34.8K. Rosson Ng *****033 12/2015 TOYOTA HIACE (M). New paint. 100% accident free. Selling price $79,800. Call Rosson Ng *****033 MYCAR PTE LTD TOYOTA HIACE 3.0A/ 3.0M $93,800/ $92,800. Ready Stocks AML
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    • 1131 8 PropertiesCLASSIFICATION GUIDE 434 Clementi 435 Geylang 436 Hougang 437 Jurong East 438 Jurong West 439 Kallang/ Whampoa 441 Marine Parade 442 Pasir Ris/ Changi 443 Punggol 444 Queenstown 445 Sembawang 446 Sengkang 447 Serangoon 448 Tampines 449 Toa Payoh 450 Woodlands 451 Yishun 452 Mixed/ Other Estates RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR
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    • 255 8 D11 NEWTON/NOVENA HOUSES FOR SALE 404 SUN OPEN HOUSE 2 to 5pm. Watten 2 sty 4000sf f’hold semi-d. 4+2 rms. 300m to MRT. Within 1 km to RGPS/ RGPS. *****000 sole agent DON’T MISS BINJAI Pk 17K/ 10K sf. Brand new. Only $1100psf! Wide frontage, motivated seller. *****025 Joanne Sole
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    • 2363 9 Property Prices Here is the list of private residential property transactions with caveats lodged for apartments, condominiums and executive condominiums in November 2016 This week: 16 19 PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE SQ FT PROJECT NAME PRICE
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    • 285 10 D05 PASIR PANJANG/WEST COAST/ CLEMENTITOWN PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 ONE ONLY 4 rm PH Parc Riviera! Sea view. $937 psf. Star Buy $576K. NS facing. Developer Sale! *****072 YEW HOO LEONG (KEN) 9686 0729 PARC RIVIERA. 1-4 bdrms fr $5xxK. <$1,100 psf. Tallest condo in West Coast. Reservoir view.
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    • 279 10 D10 BUKITTIMAH/ HOLLAND RD/TANGLIN PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 Since 1993 OPEN HOUSE THE BOULEVARD RES Orchard. FH. 3bdrms 2034sf High flr, NS facing. F/reno. Urgent! Eileen Lau *****681 Visit SRX.com.sg/code-2301 3 BILIK High Floor BRAND NEW ARDMORE Three 3 bdrm 17xx sf fr $5.1M. ABSD Assistance applies. Jane Ang
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    • 311 10 D12 BALESTIER/TOA PAYOH/ SERANGOON/BOONKENG PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 GREAT PRICE! PENTHOUSE Gem 1700sf 4rm skyterr view All dressed up. 3 mins Scotts Rd. Near NTUC. 9099 5185 D14 GEYLANG/ EUNOS/ PAYA LEBAR PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 D.14 GEYLANG F’HOLD Beautiful Apt. Well kept. No repairs needed. Spacious 16xx
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    • 302 10 D17 CHANGI/LOYANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 D17 CHANGI/LOYANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 D17 CHANGI/LOYANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 D17 CHANGI/LOYANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 D17 CHANGI/LOYANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 D18 TAMPINES/PASIR RIS PTE APTS FOR SALE 418 New Listing SEASTRAND 2BDRM 2 bath. 990
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    • 79 10 D22 JURONG/BOONLAY PTE APTS FOR SALE 420 FR 669K ONLY! Westwood EC Limited starbuy! TOP soon! Deferred payment scheme! 3/4/5 rms. Direct Developer Sale Team *****808 Hurry! D23 HILLVIEW/ BUKIT PANJANG/ CHOA CHU KANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 420 FR $356K ONLY! Sol Acres EC Limited starbuy! TOP soon! Deferred
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    • 311 11 CLEMENTI HDBFORSALE 434 New Listing 4A BLK 350 High flr. $555k Early move in. Newly reno. Keys on hand. Beside mkt. Near MRT. Vincent 9115 0321 GEYLANG HDB FOR SALE 435 Vincent Lee 9115 0321 2RM, 71 CIRCUIT Rd. High flr. Best 2rm in the mkt! 6 yrs old reno.
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    • 418 12 PUNGGOL HDB FOR SALE 443 PUNGGOL HDB FOR SALE 443 PUNGGOL HDB FOR SALE 443 BLK 172C 5’I’ Walk to Punggol Plaza/ NTUC/ Coral Edge LRT 110 sqm. Reno. All races. Call Susanne Chan *****518 Visit SRX.com.sg/code-8543 Near MRT JUST 5 YRS! Near MRT Mall 4’A’ 288C. Corner, spacious. Serious
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    • 120 12 D01 RAFFLES PL/ MARINA/ CHINATOWN PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 SAIL MARINA Bay. 2000sf 4+1 rms. Very high flr. Full bay view. Ms Goh *****189 THE SAIL 2-BDRM Near MRT. 883sf. Face pool. Facilities. Well furn. Owner 9048 1009 MRT. MARINA BAY Suites. High flr. Sea view. 3+1. 1593 sf.
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    • 1008 13 D04 SENTOSA/ TELOK BLANGAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D04 SENTOSA/ TELOK BLANGAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D04 SENTOSA/ TELOK BLANGAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D04 SENTOSA/ TELOK BLANGAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 D04 SENTOSA/ TELOK BLANGAH PTE APTS FOR RENT 462 CARIBBEAN (MRT) LOVELY 3+study Direct
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    • 228 13 D14 GEYLANG/EUNOS/ PAYA LEBAR PTE APTS FOR RENT 465 APT GEYLANG near Kallang MRT. Families Profs. Spacious 3-bdrm, approx 1500sf. $2.5K neg. Pris *****292 D15 KATONG/ JOO CHIAT/ EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 466 ULCRUM BRAND NEW 2bdrms/2baths, High flr Balcony best seaview $4k 700sf Owner *****266 F SIGLAP
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    • 170 14 (SOUTH) PTE RMS FOR RENT 510 Near MRT OUTRAM-PEARL BANK APTS Studio Apt $1800 $2000. Common Master Rooms. $1.2k ~$1.6k. @*****666 alx. (EAST) PTE RMS FOR RENT 512 Prime Location WINDY HEIGHTS COMMON rm Furn, aircon. Spacious. Near MRT, amenities. Simple cooking. Immed. Darryl 9061-3717 LICHI AVE, OFF Upp Aljunied
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    • 159 14 (MIXED) HDB RMS FOR RENT 520 MRT! WEST COAST/ Beauty World Boon Lay W’lands Clementi Bt Batok/Panjang /Jurong/Hougang *****681 DORMITORIES FOR RENT 521 C/W COOKING/ PER h e a d charge, Minimart, Recreation, Clean 24 hrs security, Agent welcome. *****518 ROOMS WANTED (RENT) 524 HDB/ CONDO, MASTER/ Common wanted by
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    • 672 14 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 FACTORY/ INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR RENT 531 NEW! B2 GRD flr fty. 11m high, 24m depth col free. Fr 10k sf, fr $1.10psf. Tuas Sth. Immed Owner *****027 *****699 INDUSTRIAL BUKIT MERAH(B1) AYE/CTE/MRT. Grd/Upp flrs. Ample loading. *****000 976SF TOA PAYOH. Servicing, storage IT. 6 mins
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    • 423 14 FACTORY/INDUSTRIAL SPACE FOR SALE 532 Alex Chan Z.T 8722 7733 1) VERTEX RAMP Up, 2239 sqft, Balance 50yrs, $480psf 2) Chia Ping Rd, 110,087/ 75,616sf, Plot ratio 2.5 $6.3m THE FRONTIER, FACING Ubi Road One, 2077 3810 sf. $1.19M/ $1.99M. 9631-6939 PANTECH BIZ HUB, Pandan Loop 2110/1163sf Reno, good view.
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    • 388 14 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 534 119-5,974SF OFFICE fr $1.XX psf/mth. Fitted options avail. Ample Parking. Available immediately. Call *****966 0 MCCALLUM ST, Near Tanjong Pagar MRT. 3611 sf 7309 sf. Bare unit. Call 6592-6367 2 CHINATOWN MRT, TRENGGANU #03. Pantry, toilet. Est 800sf Dance/ photo studio/ office. Owner *****377/ *****027
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