The Straits Times, 18 February 2010

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  • 19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 094/11/2009 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 2010 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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    • 49 1 IT HAS been four days since the casino at Resorts World Sentosa opened, and already eight visitors have landed in trouble with the law. The eight include three foreigners, and five people who tried to get in without paying the $100 entrance levy. ?PRIME PAGE A3
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    • 55 1 AS SINGAPOREANS stay out later and later, either for work or play, they are doing their grocery shopping in the wee hours as well, and supermarkets are rushing to cater to this trend. Once only a curiosity here, there are now more than 50 of these 24-hour
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    • 55 1 FORMER Singapore Exchange chief executive officer Hsieh Fu Hua has been named as special adviser to Temasek Holdings’ CEO Ho Ching. Mr Hsieh’s role includes supporting the company’s management in leadership development and talent management. He was appointed to Temasek’s board as a non-executive director on
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    • 45 1 SINGAPORE’S non-oil exports last month fell by an unexpected 8.9 per cent compared with December, but analysts say it is too early to draw conclusions about the economy. Compared with a year ago, exports rose 20.8 per cent. ?MONEY PAGE B16
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    • 44 1 PRESIDENT Barack Obama has announced US$8 billion (S$11 billion) in loan guarantees to build the first US nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, in a bid to reduce dependence on foreign oil and promote clean energy. ?PRIME PAGE A8
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  • 660 1  -  Jan figures up sharply on Dec; about half of units sold are in prime areas BY JESSICA CHEAM jcheam@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE’S private property market is off to a strong start this year, with new-home sales in January coming in at a record-setting pace.
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  • 85 1 Swimmers Tao Li and Quah Ting Wen (far right) showing off their “hongbao” at the Singapore National Olympic Council’s Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme awards and appreciation dinner yesterday. The pair, who won 10 golds between them at last year’s SEA Games, walked away with $40,000 each. Deputy Prime
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  • 703 1  -  BY CAROLYN HONG MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has gone ahead and caned three Malaysian Muslim women found guilty under Islamic law of having sex outside of marriage. The unidentified women are the first women to be caned in Malaysia, and their cases went
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  • prime.commentary
    • VIEWPOINTS
      • 92 2 WE SAY Singapore did away with tipping about 30 years ago and has been the better for it. No tipping means no awkwardness or the need for mental arithmetic. Moreover, the current service charge levied can be shared among service staff. So the Restaurant
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      • 19 2 COLUMNS Zuraidah Ibrahim feels nostalgic reminiscing about childhood memories of Chinese New Year. REVIEW PAGE A20
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      • 21 2 The grievances of “suffering artists” should not outweigh the art itself, says Yong Shu Hoong. LIFE! PAGE C4
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      • 28 2 OUR READER SAYS Incorruptibility is but one quality that a government must have to earn its citizens’ trust, says David Tan. FORUM PAGE A21
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      • Article, Illustration
        17 2 www.straitstimes.com Loh Keng Fatt thinks property developers may be stretching the truth with their ads.
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    • 940 2  -  Govt needs to show it is serious about boosting productivity this time BY FIONA CHAN fiochan@sph.com.sg WILL there or will there not be a bold and fundamental shift in the Singapore economy? That’s the question being asked two weeks after the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC)
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  • prime.news
    • 361 3  -  One man stole phone after losing money; some caught trying to dodge $100 levy BY ELENA CHONG elena@sph.com.sg IT HAS been four days since the casino at Resorts World Sentosa opened, and already eight people have ended up in trouble with the law. The
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    • 341 3  -  ELENA CHONG AN ANIMAL abuser who swung a cat against a wall and killed it was sentenced to 10 weeks’ jail yesterday. Odd-job labourer ZamZam Ismail, 41, admitted to the act of mischief at the void deck of a block in Bukit Batok. The
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    • Article, Illustration
      76 3 The number of reports of alleged cruelty last year which the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigated. The figure is 13 per cent more than the previous year. SPCA animal care officer Logeswary cuddles Magic, a cat put up for adoption. Those found guilty of acts
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    • 738 4 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS But carmaker says data is of limited help in solving fatal crashes WASHINGTON: American lawyers and safety advocates are stepping up efforts to get access to the “black box” installed in Toyota cars, saying this could help shed light
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    • 223 4  -  TEXT: JEANETTE WANG Like airplanes, more cars are coming with a “black box”. The Event Data Recorder (EDR) collects data from a crash to help determine the cause of accidents. WHAT IT IS The EDR records data from a car’s computers several seconds before
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    • 784 8 BBC REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS Aim is to cut carbon emissions, rely less on oil from volatile regions LANHAM (Maryland): US President Barack Obama has placed an US$8 billion (S$11 billion) bet on nuclear power, unveiling loan guarantees to spur construction of
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    • 183 8 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last night joined in the River Hongbao 2010 carnival held at the Marina Bay floating platform. He was accompanied by his wife Ho Ching and several MPs, including Dr Amy Khor (left), Mr Liang Eng Hwa (fourth from right) and Mr
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    • 374 8  -  BY KOR KIAN BENG POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR the second time within a year, the registers of voters are being updated. According to a notice published yesterday in the electronic version of the Government Gazette, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has directed the Registration Officer
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  • prime.people
    • 628 6  -  Role is a more active one than was first thought; he will help in ‘leadership development and talent management’ BY GABRIEL CHEN gabrielc@sph.com.sg THE former chief executive officer of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, has been appointed as “special
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  • 383 8  -  CAROLYN HONG THE Malaysian government’s revelation that it caned three Malaysian Muslim women last week raised new concerns, even as debate continued over the caning sentence imposed on Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for drinking beer. “It came as a big surprise to me, especially with Kartika’s
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  • WORLD.
    • 871 9  -  Top Malaysian brands at premier mall also oppose relocation to higher floors BY LESLIE LOPEZ SENIOR REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT ljlopez@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Suria KLCC, Malaysia’s premier retail centre at the iconic Twin Towers complex, is facing a revolt from several of its most established tenants.
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    • 121 9 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Men don’t know their partners MOST COMMENTED ON Hongbao headache. Says Misnomer: “The amount of money should just be a token sum, otherwise it loses its meaning. I used to receive two small melon seeds inside my hongbao
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    • world.regional
      • 589 10 CAPTURE OF TOP TALEBAN COMMANDER AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Military intelligence arm had helped create Taleban, kept up links WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s capture of the Taleban’s top commander, with CIA help, would represent a dramatic shift after years of protecting the leaders of a militia that
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      • 713 10  -  BY SHEFALI REKHI DESPITE the arrest of the Taleban’s top military leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, observers say it could be a while yet before the group’s one-eyed chief Mullah Mohammad Omar is nabbed. Senior Pakistani military officials yesterday confirmed they had Baradar. He
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      • 334 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: A previously unknown Islamist group that said it had splintered from a larger Pakistan-based outfit has claimed responsibility for a weekend attack in India, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Hindu, a respected Indian newspaper, said it had been contacted
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      • 87 10 A rescued child labourer holding a placard during a protest in New Delhi yesterday. Hundreds of rescued labourers participated in a march demanding that the government allocate 6 per cent of India’s gross domestic product to education and to avoid the privatisation of education, according
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      • 387 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: Top weapons makers, vying to feed India’s voracious appetite for arms, brought their helicopters, night vision goggles and mine-proof vehicles to New Delhi this week in hopes of winning a share of one of the world’s largest defence budgets. With
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      • 748 11 D A L A I L A M A S VI S IT ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON POST But diplomatic nuances may not appease China WASHINGTON: The Dalai Lama’s chief envoy said United States President Barack Obama probably will not make
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      • 86 11 Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz making a port call in Hong Kong yesterday. Together with four other American warships, the aircraft carrier dropped anchor at Victoria Harbour, in a sign that tensions between China and the United States may be easing after flare-ups over the Dalai
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      • 583 14  -  71 killed last year, with politically fuelled massacre in Philippines making up nearly half, says report BY ALASTAIR MCINDOE PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT amcindoe@yahoo.com MANILA: Seventy-one journalists were killed around the world last year the worst year on record as an unprecedented massacre in the Philippines added
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      • 363 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: A teenager received a suspended jail sentence for posting insulting comments on a romantic rival’s Facebook page in the latest case to bring Indonesia’s tough defamation laws under scrutiny. Farah Nur Arafah, 18, was convicted on Tuesday by three district
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    • world.international
      • 610 16 NEW YORK TIMES REUTERS London: Killers used fake passports, some stolen from Britons in Israel BEIRUT: The murder was straight out of a cheap spy thriller. At least 11 professional assassins, some wearing wigs and fake beards, tracked a senior Hamas official to
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      • 582 18 NEW YORK TIMES 100,000 pregnant women sought for project but worries surface over financing, flawed study NEW YORK: Alejandra, a 30-year-old Colombian-born waitress, was exactly what scientists were looking for a pregnant woman. The scientists have been dispatching door-to-door emissaries
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      • 336 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO: Egypt’s most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, and his parents were most likely brother and sister. Two years of
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      • IN BRIEF
        • 102 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS: France used soldiers as guinea pigs in nuclear tests in the 1960s, deliberately exposing them to radiation from atomic blasts to test the effects on their body and mind, a secret military report said. The findings, first published in the Le
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        • 79 18 BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR WASHINGTON: The American University here has launched an Asean Studies Centre, the first of its kind in the United States. The centre, which will promote research on Asean, is part of the university’s School of International Service, the largest and one of the oldest schools
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        • 108 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS KUALA LUMPUR: More than 200 Malaysians demonstrated outside the Australian High Commission here yesterday after some Australian lawmakers urged the Malaysian authorities to drop the sodomy charge against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Carrying posters that read “Respect our law”, the protesters, which included Malaysian
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        • 100 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA: A 21-year-old pregnant woman will be tried on charges of harbouring Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorist until he was killed in a raid last year, prosecutors said yesterday. Putri Munawaroh was married to an aide to Noordin Top, a regional Al-Qaeda commander behind a string of
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        • 65 18 BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday that arrangements are being made to extradite the nine foreigners who were recently detained under the Internal Security Act for alleged links with international terrorist organisations. He said they were on the most wanted lists
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        • 75 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TAIPEI: Taipei plans to establish a string of “Taiwan Academies” around the world in a race with Beijing to promote traditional Chinese language and culture, an official said yesterday. President Ma Ying-jeou has told the Cabinet-level Council for Cultural Affairs to work out a plan
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        • 105 18 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JAKARTA: Indonesia and Malaysia are studying the possibility of cooperating in the defence industry. Speaking after a ceremony to honour former Malaysian armed forces commander General Abdul Aziz Zainal, Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the two countries are also looking at jointly
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      • 555 18 Worst-ever death toll as of population HAITI QUAKE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS PORT-AU-PRINCE (Haiti): Haiti’s catastrophic Jan 12 earthquake is the most destructive natural disaster any country has ever experienced in terms of the number of people killed as a share of the country’s population, Latin America’s main development bank said.
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  • REVIEW & FORUM.
    • 451 19 SINGAPORE did away with tipping about 30 years ago and has been the better for it. So, the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS), which wants to study the practice in the United States, should offer very good reasons if it intends to bring back
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    • 845 19  -  BY BARRY EICHENGREEN The writer is professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley. PROJECT SYNDICATE EUROPE is now moving ineluctably towards a bailout for Greece. There will be emergency financing. There will be conditions. There will be the obligatory promises
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    • 788 19  -  S T N U S E CO N O MI CS DEP A RTMENT S ERIE S O N THE IMP A C T O F C HIN A S G R O WTH ALBERT HU GUANGZHOU The writer is an
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    • review.
      • 990 20  -  BYZURAIDAHIBRAHIM ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM ASSOCIATE EDITOR IT IS Chinese New Year and I am feeling nostalgic. Yes, I know I am Malay. This year, though, I bought kumquats and hung Chinese couplets on a wall. On New Year’s Eve, we came home late after
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      • 920 20  -  BY GWYNNE DYER The writer is a London-based independent journalist. “WEASTOUNDEDthe world in 1990 and in 1994, and we shall do so again,” wrote former South African president F.W. de Klerk on the 20th anniversary of the day in February 1990 when he announced
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      • 691 20  -  VERDI C T O N TH A K S IN S BILLI O N S BY PAVIN CHACHAVALPONGPUN The writer is a fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. ALL eyes are now on Feb 26, judgment day for the fugitive former Thai prime
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    • forum.
      • 310 21  -  Dr Claire Ang WHILE I congratulate Muhammad Haikal Abdullah (“He’s 13 and ready to enter university”, Feb 5) on scoring As in A-level physics, chemistry and biology at such a tender age, I am concerned over his intention to study medicine
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      • 362 21  -  INCORRUPTIBILITY NOT ENOUGH David Tan DR YIK Keng Yeong’s letter (“...As long as PAP remains incorruptible”, Feb 9) alluded to the negative ramifications of political competitiveness and the positive prognosis of firm and decisive leadership. Political leadership dictates that a government’s overriding mandate is
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      • 214 21  -  Simon Pelz WHEN my wife was expecting our first child, we tried to sign up for an insurance plan for hospitalisation. But we discovered we had to wait for our child’s birth, so insurers could check on our baby’s health condition and determine
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      • 244 21  -  Teng Kee Yew UNLIKE the road toll, which is collected for highway use and upkeep, the aim of the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) scheme is to regulate traffic. Since the widening of various roads along the Central Expressway, especially in the Ang Mo Kio
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      • 74 21  -  Ng Say Cheong Deputy Director (Upgrading Construction Management) Housing Development Board I THANK Ms Stella Kon for her feedback, “Noise from lift” (Feb 9). The purpose of the audible announcements is to cater to the needs of the visually impaired. With the announcement, they will
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      • 238 21  -  Kwan Jin Yao I REFER to recent reports on the education system, and the wonderful letter by Mr Aloysius Teo, “Lessons from school of life” (Jan 29). The education landscape in Singapore is diverse and unique, particularly in recent years.
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      • Article, Illustration
        95 21 More letters on www.straitstimes.com 1 MR TAN CHAK LIM: Levy $100 casino fee on work permit holders, not PRs 2 MR LIEW KAI KHIUN: Don’t underestimate casino gambling’s negative consequences 3 MR PATRICK SIO: HDB can help change image of rental flats 4 MR LIM ZI ZHAO: Concern
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      • 79 21 Letters should be sent only to 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 a letter. Please e-mail your letter to stforum@sph.com.sg or fax it to
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      • 160 21  -  Foo-Ho Yoke Ming (Mrs) Deputy Director (Branch Operations) Housing Development Board I REFER to the letters by Madam Mary Tan (“How often does the HDB conduct checks?”, Feb 6) and Mr Ng Kwong Yee (“Room for pragmatism”, Feb 8). HDB flats are meant for owner
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  • HOME.
    • 851 1  -  24-hour stores sprouting up in the last few years to meet demand BY JESSICA LIM limjess@sph.com.sg SINGAPOREANS are staying out later and later, for work and play, and are getting their grocery shopping done in the wee hours as a result. Now, supermarkets are
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    • 98 1 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Ex-TV actor flip-flops in court Goodbye RJC Universal Studios opens MOST COMMENTED ON A system that’s the envy of many nations. Says grandfather: “Some people believe Singaporeans are being shortchanged, the system stinks, the poor are sidelined; but
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    • 456 2 MORE than 24,000 needy residents from the North East District stand to benefit from a $2 million community partnership between the North East Community Development Council (CDC) and religious society Zhi Zhen Tan Dao Xue Hui. Launched yesterday by North East District Mayor
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    • 1100 2  -  Schools come up with innovative ways to get students to be on time BY LEOW SI WAN siwan@sph.com.sg SCHOOLS which have come up with novel ways to get their students to be on time have managed to shave tardiness rates by between 20 per cent
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    • 530 3  -  Demand for firstand business-class seats is taking off BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg ASIAN air carriers are leading the way as the industry picks up speed after a slowdown in pre-mium-class air travel, say observers. Following the rough patch, business has improved in firstand business-class
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    • 728 3  -  BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT HOSPITALS in Singapore were recently shown how some of their counterparts in the US have cut the number of deaths and shortened the stays of patients in intensive care units (ICUs). Aside from sharing information on its electronic intensive care
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    • 382 6  -  KHUSHWANT SINGH TWO months ago, an event manager pleaded guilty to hurling himself against an auxiliary police officer and then injuring the officer by hitting him as he drove off in his car. Yesterday, Wilson Raj Perumal (right), 44, had second thoughts about
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    • 643 6  -  Malaysian is accused of strangling victim described as his lover BY SELINA LUM selinal@sph.com.sg A 28-YEAR-OLD Malaysian went on trial yesterday for the murder of a 61-year-old transvestite, nearly two years after the cleaner was found dead in his Ang Mo Kio flat. The
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      • 102 6 A CHINESE national who operated a brothel in Clementi was jailed for 21/2 years yesterday for bribing a police officer. In return for tip-offs on the timing of anti-vice raids, Zhong Xiaoqin, 36, plied Ong Thiam Hock, a senior staff sergeant, with cash and sex. Between
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      • 87 6 A CONSTRUCTION worker was beaten and robbed of his mobile phone and haversack early on Monday morning while waiting for a taxi along Bukit Timah Road. He said that two men approached him just after 3am and asked to borrow his mobile phone. When
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      • 81 6 A BRITON was shopping at Carrefour in Plaza Singapura on Monday afternoon when her wallet was stolen. She had placed her handbag in a shopping cart as she wheeled her three-year-old son around in the same trolley. As she was pushing the trolley down the canned
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    • 240 6  -  ELENA CHONG A LOAN shark runner who bit a cop while trying to resist arrest was jailed yesterday. Kwer Chin Han, 29, had gone to Block 88, Redhill Close, on Nov 28 last year to scrawl O$P$ on the fifth-floor staircase landing to harass
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    • 344 6  -  BY CAROLYN QUEK A SINGAPOREAN man was killed in a car accident on an expressway near Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday afternoon, when the Chevrolet he was in skidded off the highway and landed in a drain. Mr Tan Chee Ming, 39, who was a
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    • 683 7  -  S’pore firm develops emulsion fuel to curb reliance on fossil fuels BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg WATER and oil do not mix, but a Singapore start-up begs to differ. Singapore Emulsion Fuel (SgEF) has formulated diesel that is one-fifth water, and is marketing
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    • 443 7  -  GRACE CHUA THE National Environment Agency (NEA) says that the smell of burning and smoky air over some areas last week was due to bush fires, not haze. Drier conditions last week resulted in hot spots in Singapore, the agency said. But
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    • 168 7 APART from family members, your friends are the people who will help you through good times and bad. But what is true friendship? And can it actually improve your life and your health? Some scientific studies have suggested that strong social ties can
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    • 163 8 www.straitstimes.com.sg MOST-READ ONLINE STORIES Singapore athletics runs into trouble Tormented Terry Torres set to return for crunch clash against City MOST COMMENTED ON Singapore athletics runs into trouble Said hurrycurry: “It seems that national athletes have to co-share or pay the
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    • 919 8  -  SEA Games athletes get bonus, urged to step up in Asian, C’wealth meets BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg DESPITE being the smallest-ever contingent for a SEA Games, Singapore’s athletes plundered 33 gold medals in Laos last December. Their reward: A $455,0 0 0 hongbao, handed out just in
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    • 468 8  -  BY FRANKIE CHEE THIS Chinese New Year must be the most bountiful one 15-year-old Goh Jiayi has enjoyed. The national marksman, who shot her way to gold in the women’s 10m air rifle at the 25th SEA Games in Laos, received a $10,000 “hongbao” from the
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    • 985 9 United don’t look like champions-in-waiting despite ending Milan jinx THE TIMES, LONDON AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MILAN: Manchester United’s 3-2 win at the San Siro was historic, but it also exposed enough flaws in both AC Milan and the English champions that could preclude them from adding another
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    • 331 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: He is disappointed that Liverpool are not playing in the Champions League but manager Rafael Benitez is determined to win the Europa League. Today’s visit of Unirea Urziceni, a side who had been plying their trade in
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    • 286 9 REUTERS MADRID: Cristiano Ronaldo and his Real Madrid team may have been thoroughly outplayed by Lyon on Tuesday in the Champions League, but that is not anything to worry about. At least according to the world’s costliest footballer. “We aren’t too worried about this 0-1
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    • 216 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: David Moyes slammed his Everton side for throwing away a giftwrapped ticket to the last 16 of the Europa League on Tuesday. “We’ve been undone by sloppy defending and it has cost us dearly. We had the chances to kill off the tie
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    • 411 10  -  Etoile struggle with fatigue, but equalise twice against Sengkang Etoile FC 2 Sengkang Punggol 2 BY LIN XINYI linxinyi@sph.com.sg FOR a second straight game, newcomers Etoile FC left it till late. But unlike the 86th-minute goal that earned them all three points against Beijing Guoan last
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 94 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS ISTANBUL: Guus Hiddink has agreed to a two-year contract as coach of the Turkish national football team. The Dutchman’s contract as Russia coach ends on June 30 and he will sign a contract committing him to Turkey until August 2012, with an
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      • 72 10 REUTERS DENVER: Denver Nuggets coach basketball George Karl has been diagnosed with throat cancer. The 58-year-old, who was treated for prostrate cancer in 2005, coached the West’s All-Star team on Sunday and has led the Nuggets to the second-best record in the Western Conference. The
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      • 49 10 NATIONAL youth paddler Isabelle Li won her fifth girls’ singles title on the International Table Tennis Federation Junior Circuit at the Egypt Junior Open on Saturday. In the final, the 15-year-old Singapore Sports School student beat Germany’s Sabine Winter 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 13-11.
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      • 102 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY: Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has admitted he may not play Test cricket again, after undergoing surgery for a painful elbow injury. The injury has sidelined him for the entire Australian summer, continuing a run of setbacks which have prevented him
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    • 351 10 REUTERS KOLKATA: Rain and Hashim Amla frustrated India’s bid for a series-levelling victory in the second and final cricket Test against South Africa yesterday. Only 34.1 overs were possible on a rain-soaked fourth day at Eden Gardens, raising the tourists’ hopes of saving
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    • 345 10 REUTERS JEREZ (Spain): Top drivers are not expecting another Brawn-like phenomenon of the kind which stunned Formula One last year. Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren will be the forces to be reckoned with this year, they forecast on Tuesday. Last year,
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    • 84 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LOS ANGELES: Shannon Brown (above) set career highs with 27 points and 10 rebounds while starting in place of the injured Kobe Bryant as the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a 104-94 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday. The guard
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    • 37 10 VYACHESLAV BYKOV, Russia’s ice hockey coach on forward Alex Ovechkin (right), who scored two goals in Russia’s 8-2 win over Latvia in their Olympic opener on Tuesday
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      362 10 Today Football S-League: Woodlands Wellington v Beijing Guoan (Woodlands, 7.45pm). Golf WGC-Accenture Matchplay C’ship: Day 2 (Live, Ch26 Ch304, tomorrow, 3am). Tennis Dubai C’ships: Q-finals (Live, Ch113, 11am and 4pm). ATP/WTA Memphis C’ships: 2nd rd (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 3am). Winter Olympics Speed skating (8am). Short-track speed skating
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    • 761 10 Basketball NBA New Jersey 103 Charlotte 94, Miami 105 Philadelphia 78, Detroit 108 Minnesota 85, Chicago 118 NY Knicks 85, Phoenix 109 Memphis 95, Oklahoma City 99 Dallas 86, Utah 104 Houston 95, Portland 109 LA Clippers 87, Boston 95 Sacramento 92, LA Lakers 104 Golden State 94. ABL
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    • 225 11 WINTER OLYMPICS ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS VANCOUVER: Yevgeny Plushenko of Russia opened with a hotly-de-bated quadruple jump to fire the first shot in the defence of his Olympic men’s figure skating title. He was the only skater to successfully execute the four-rotation quad jump in the short programme
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    • 368 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE S. Koreans’ work ethic carries their success over to the long track VANCOUVER: Forget secret formulas, and try old-fashioned hard work. That, insisted speed skater Lee Sang Hwa, is the reason for South Korea’s success on ice. She followed compatriot Mo Tae Bum to
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 85 11 REUTERS AUSTRIA’S Christoph Sumann took an unlikely route to an Olympic silver medal on Tuesday, going straight from the potty to the course, before claiming a silver medal in the men’s 12.5km biathlon pursuit. “I had some problems with my belly and I went straight from
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      • 61 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS JAROME Iginla scored three goals, and Dany Heatley scored twice, as favourites Canada overcame some early nervousness to roll over Norway 8-0 in their Olympic ice hockey men’s opener on Tuesday. In other games, Alex Ovechkin and Danis Zaripov scored two goals each as
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      • 82 11 REUTERS A PHOTOGRAPHER caused a delay during the women’s luge competition when he accidentally knelt on a switch that sent water spurting on to the track. Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger was just about to push off for her fourth run down the Whistler course when a red warning
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    • 159 8 And the nominees are... Darren Choy Quah Ting Wen Jasmine Ser Feng Tianwei Aleksandar Duric 100Plus Outdo Yourself Readers' Contest Which Singapore athlete inspired you the most in 2009? Write a 200-word piece explaining your choice and you stand to win these prizes: 1st prize: $500 cash 100 cans of
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    • 14 8 SPEEDY VICTORIES Lee Sang Hwa wins another speed skating gold for South Korea. B11
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  • 920 11 OBITUARIES CHIN MEE SHIN Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 16 Feb 2010, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Kew Kow Thian Sons: Chin Sit Fah Chin Hoe Fah Chin Keong Fah Daughters: Chin Lee Fah Lynns Chin Yoon Fah Chin Yew Fah Jasmine Chin Foong Fah Connie Chin Kim Fah
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  • 745 12 OBITUARIES With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of M MR VINOD KUMAR GOMBER Departed 14 February 2010 Group Executive Officer Emaar Properties PSJC and RSH Limited From: The Management and Staff of P. T. MITRA ADIPERKASA TBK MAP Mitra Adiperkasa f With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences
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  • MONEY.
    • money.markets
      • 535 13  -  Wall Street gains more than offset impact of China’s fresh bank curbs BULLS AND BEARS BY JONATHAN KWOK jonkwok@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE stocks got off to a roaring start on the first trading day in the Year of the Tiger, as overnight gains on Wall
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          99 13 STOCK TRADING VOLUME 1.41 billion shares worth $1.43 billion UP DOWN Gainers: 296 Losers: 143 Unchanged: 822 FTSE ST INDEXES Mid Cap Small Cap All Share Fledgling China China Top Oil and gas Points Change Points Change Points Change Basic materials 6.52 672.44 Utilities 10.44 4.16 525.76 8.20 5.24
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        • 245 13 REUTERS Tokyo Nikkei 225 Yesterday’s close: 10,306.83 (+272.58) Tokyo stocks surged 2.7 per cent, in their biggest rise in over two months, with resourcerelated stocks in demand after a jump in commodity prices. Kuala Lumpur KLCI Yesterday’s close: 1,259.07 (+5.68) Malaysian shares rose 0.45 per cent. Investors bought palm
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      • 372 13  -  BY MARISSA LEE TWO Singapore-listed property groups, Yanlord Land and Ho Bee Investment, have acquired a 13.69ha residential development site in a fast-grow-ing area of Shanghai for 3.82 billion yuan (S$789 million). This is the first joint venture between Yanlord, based in China,
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      • SINGAPORE STOCKS
        • 431 13 For a full list of SGX stocks, warrants and bonds, visit btstocks.asiaone.com TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 17,2010 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS GLD 10US$ ***** 482.4 3.2 DBXT FTVietnam 10US$ 4502 173.9 2.8 DBXT MSAsExJp 10US$ 2692 159.9 4.4 JMH 3090 134.6 3.2 DBXT Nifty 10US$ ***** 110.8
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        • 406 13 Top Rises Feb 17 CENTS BukitSem W*****8 248 20.0 8.8 Yanlord.ES.1002 178 18.0 11.3 CityDev.ES.1002 1096 16.0 1.5 SIA.ES.1002 1470 10.0 0.7 F N.ES.1002 411 9.0 2.2 SIA BNP eCW*****2 73 6.5 9.8 SIA BNP eCW*****9 23.5 4.5 23.7 Noble Grp.ES.1002 306 4.0 1.3 SembMar.ES.1002 349 4.0
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        • 180 13 By Volume CENTS Vol Genting SP 102 -4.0 -3.8 219,217,000 Golden Agri 56 2.0 3.7 118,020,000 Asia Water 10.5 -3.5 -25.0 43,284,000 SingTel 300 -2.0 -0.7 32,541,000 Transcu Grp 12.5 -1.0 -7.4 31,191,000 Abterra 4.5 0.0 0.0 26,862,000 IndoAgri 213 9.0 4.4 26,273,000 StraitsAsia 221 12.0 5.7
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        • 105 13 FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES: (9AM): S$ TO ONE UNIT OF FOREIGN CURRENCY Feb 17 2010 Buying Selling Aust dollar 1.2550 1.2930 Can dollar 1.3380 1.3540 Euro 1.9230 1.9450 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4139 0.4145 NZ dollar 0.9840 1.0050 Sterling pound 2.2030 2.2290 US dollar 1.3960 1.4120 S$ TO 100 UNITS OF
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        • 398 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 446 170 5606 CapitaLand 400 +7 ***** 402 397 2.6 15.3 *****.9 189 93.5 5417 CapitaMall 180 +2 7373 182 179 4.9 20.3 5723.6
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        • 612 13 52-WEEK TEL CURRENCY LAST 'VOL DAY GROSS NET M CAP HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE +OR-'000 HIGH LOW YIELD P/E $MIL 133 35.5 5600 Allgreen 115 +1 3138 116 114 1.7 28 1828.9 109 47.5 7533 AscendasIndT 97 unch 914 97.5 96 7.8 12.9
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    • 286 14 SCHEMES that help boost worker productivity top the Budget 2010 wish lists of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) and the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMa). SCCCI wants the Government to announce tax incentives for training running alongside the Skills Programme for
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    • 410 14  -  They accounted for 27% of deals by non-S’poreans BY HARSHA JETHNANI harshamj@sph.com.sg MALAYSIANS are snapping up more private homes in Singapore than any other nationality, according to a new report. DTZ Debenham Tie Leung found that last year, they accounted for 27
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    • 360 14  -  BY FRANCIS CHAN MR SHANE Tregillis (left) will part ways with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) after eight years, when his contract with the central bank and financial regulator expires next month. Mr Tregillis is the deputy managing director for market conduct, which
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    • 301 14  -  GABRIEL CHEN GLOBAL economic woes triggered a lower take-up of industrial space last year at landlord JTC Corp. It was hit by a negative net take-up of 24,800 sq m in ready-built factory space last year; a sharp reversal of the positive net
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    • 608 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing slashes holdings amid rising tension and concern about US deficit WASHINGTON: China has slashed its holdings of United States Treasury bonds after expressing concern over the swelling US deficit, and amid rising Sino-US tensions, according to US government data. The
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    • 374 15 REUTERS WASHINGTON: US housing starts hit their highest level in six months and industrial output rose a solid 0.9 per cent last month signs that an economic recovery is taking a firm hold as the year begins. Groundbreaking activity for new homes rose 2.8
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    • 314 15 REUTERS NEW YORK: The trustees for the holders of securitised senior mortgages on Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan of which the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) was an investor have moved to foreclose after the owner of the
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    • 177 15 THE recently installed top man at DBS Group Holdings, Mr Piyush Gupta, wasted no time in getting down to grassroots business in the Year of the Tiger. He visited the Tanjong Pagar POSB branch bright and early yesterday to greet customers and staff
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    • 616 15 ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS: Greek Customs officials and finance ministry employees have walked off the job, as labour protests grew against government austerity measures aimed at pulling the country out of a debt crisis that has shaken the entire euro zone. The three-day Customs strike
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    • 303 15 REUTERS TOKYO: Morgan Stanley may hand over to creditors its US$2.4 billion (S$3.4 billion) investment in a chain of Japanese hotels when the debt is due in April, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter. Morgan
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    • 638 16  -  Weak pharma exports lead to 8.9% fall from December, but figure is up 20.8% year-on-year BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg THE pace of Singapore’s exports took an unexpected breather at the start of the year after ending 2009 on a high note. Exports, excluding oil,
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    • 120 16 www.straitstimes.com MOST-READ ONLINE Surprise bonus for Income customers MOST COMMENTED ON Barang Barang furniture shops close. Says sher_2010: “We saw an Internet ad for its CNY sale and bought items on Feb 6 for delivery in March. We received a letter
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    • 30 14 FOUR-DIGIT DRAW February 17 2010 FIRST◆6638 SECOND◆1652 THIRD◆2676 STARTERS 1536 1866 2561 2605 4807 4835 5178 7237 8934 9340 CONSOLATIONS 0713 1123 1339 1552 4874 5359 8065 8180 8833 9702
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    • 279 1 Ringside seat Brits awards Lady Gaga wins three Culture Vulture Audiences get to play wedding guests Why do people value suffering artists more? C10 C4 C5 American graffiti artist Daze, or Chris Ellis, has gone from spraying New York subway carriages with his art to having it exhibited in museums.
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  • Life!
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      • 1302 2  -  From a dirty word, street art is gaining credibility as commissioned artworks and gallery exhibits deepika shetty deepikas@sph.com.sg Look out for bright splashes of graffiti on the walls of VivoCity. Street/graffiti artist Chris Ellis, better known as Daze, will literally bring street art to the mall
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      • 692 2 Graffiti art is not about shadowy operations and getting into trouble with the law, say six Singapore artists whose work will be on show in an exhibition titled Is This Home, Truly? Mazlan Ahmad, 34, a self-taught, full-time artist, says: “The public still does
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      • 834 3  -  Opening with the knifing of an MP, a new play examines if language hurdles can be overcome akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg What happens when you need help from a total stranger, yet do not have a common language in which to ask for it? Model Citizens, the new play
        PHOTOS: THE NECESSARY STAGE  -  834 words
      • 550 3  -  magdalen ng Just as humans draw graffiti on walls to make their mark or leave a message, nature does the same that is the idea behind a new contemporary dance production, Graffiti Of The Celeste. Choreographer Angela Liong, who is passionate about the issue of
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      • 374 3 Associated Press Paris French audiences used to turn up their noses at Broadway-style musicals. Has a new staging of A Little Night Music won them over at last? Parisian theatregoers and critics are heaping praise on the first-ever French production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh
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      • 102 4 ‘I like to drink cups of tea on my balcony with my buttocks exposed to the world. There are probably clips on YouTube at this point’ Actor Adam Garcia ‘Women find any man on TV sexy. You can’t take it seriously. If a guy goes on
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      • 949 4  -  From American Idol wannabes to Nobel laureates, victimhood can serve to elevate an culture vulture yong shu hoong stlife@sph.com.sg Yong Shu Hoong is a poet, freelance writer and Singapore Literature Prize winner. Unless you have a heart of stone, you cannot help but be moved by the
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        492 4 HIGHRISE LIVING IN THE HEARTLANDS Look at life in the heartlands through the eyes of senior citizens in Encore II: Heartland! Heartland! staged by The Necessary Stage’s Theatre For Seniors (right). The three-year drama and theatre programme for senior citizens above 50 years old was started in 2008.
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      • 861 5  -  The audience at the play Ringside are the guests of a faux-wedding party by a British artist akshita nanda akshitan@sph.com.sg Singletons fending off questions about marriage from relatives over Chinese New Year may find that an upcoming play here by a Briton will touch a chord. The
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      • 568 5 Reuters Agence France-Presse Berlin Banksy, the British street artist who keeps his identity secret to avoid prosecution for graffiti, introduced his documentary film at the Berlin Film Festival via video message in a hooded sweater, his voice disguised, his face dark. He said on
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      • 599 5  -  magdalen ng This year’s Huayi Chinese Festival of the Arts that kicks off tomorrow at the Esplanade holds more than just the attraction of being an overseas gig for Taiwanese singer-producer-composer Sandee Chan. While her performance on Saturday night is slap-bang in the middle of Chinese
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      • 860 6 The Economic Strategies Committee, which proposes to make Singapore a leading global city, recently suggested siting museums and galleries underground to optimise Singapore’s land resources. Planners working to make such venues happen may want to look to underground museums overseas for inspiration. The few described here have evolved
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    • 584 8  -  reviewconcert THE ANSWER IS... STEFANIE SUN 2010 RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT Resorts World Convention Centre, Compass Ballroom Tuesday boon chan media correspondent When local singer Stefanie Sun held her concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium seven months ago, she seemed subdued for
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    • 610 8 Agence France-Presse Associated Press Cash-strapped EMI is selling Abbey Road studio where famous Beatles’ songs were recorded London Paul McCartney has spoken of his hopes that the historic Abbey Road studio could be saved after it was reportedly put up for sale by British music
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    • 232 8 Associated Press New York With a little help from Martha Stewart, Anthony Bourdain (right) wants to expand America’s notion of food porn. The celebrity chef, whose habit of slinging strong opinions and foul language has earned him a culinary bad boy rap, next week launches
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      • 405 10 Agence France-Presse London Glam pop artist Lady Gaga on Tuesday won three awards at the 30th Brits, Britain’s top music awards, where she paid an emotional tribute to the late fashion designer Alexander McQueen. The eccentric New Yorker was awarded all three prizes she was
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      • 285 10 Hong Kong Veteran actress Michelle Yim’s long-time beau, Wan Chi Keung, died on Tuesday after an 18-year battle with nasopharyngeal cancer. The former footballer and actor was 53. The cause was organ failure, said the Hong Kong celebrity soccer squad in a statement. He
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      • 463 10 Reuters Berlin Iran prevented a film director from travelling on Tuesday to the Berlin film festival, the same day a drama and a documentary about the country were screened, festival organisers said. They said a travel ban had been imposed on Jafar Panahi (below),
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    • 363 2  -  Gloria Chandy Editor gloria@sph. com. sg Before Facebook and Friendster, there was FRANCE and ITALY to bond friends. Those of a certain generation will remember scribbling “Friendship remains and never can end” (FRANCE) and “I trust and love you” (ITALY) in the autograph books
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    • 352 3 Reuters Doctors and nurses in popular dramas like ER and House are not administering first aid correctly most of the time, study finds Enjoy hospital dramas on television if you will. However, while they seem true to life, do remember that they are just plain entertainment. Do
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    • 215 3 The New York Times Most pipe and cigar smokers say that they do not inhale. However a new study suggests that they may be doing so. The study, based on breathing tests in people aged 48 to 90 years, found that the pipe and
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      • 840 4  -  Dr Stephen Lee stslee@rafflesmedical.com Dr Stephen Lee is an ear, nose and throat surgeon and senior partner and consultant at the ENT department at Raffles Hospital. He has published more than 20 articles locally and internationally and authored three textbooks. George (not his real name),
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      426 5 It is a good idea to limit salt intake as 75 per cent of salt you eat is already in the food you You need salt in your diet. However, you could, unwittingly, be consuming more of it than is good for you. If you have too free
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    • 274 6 Fact or fiction The New York Times The claim: If you have a seafood allergy, avoid CT scans. The facts: Seafood allergies represent the most common form of food allergies in adults. However, myths about the condition abound. The most prevalent falsehood may be that allergies
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      562 7  -  Vitamin C boosts our immune system and protects our cells and tissues from being damaged. GERALDINE LING reports GERALDINE LING lingg@sph.com.sg The body’s immune system protects and keeps us healthy every day by waging a seemingly endless war against harmful bacteria, viruses and other body-harming substances. To keep
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    • 1301 8/9  -  Dementia can hit those who are below 60. GERALDINE LING finds out that there is no cure, although the disease can be slowed down with medication and structured programmes GERALDINE LING lingg@sph. com.sg Young onset Alzheimer’s Disease a form of dementia which strikes people under the
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    • 306 10 The New York Times Be careful with those herbs and supplements you are taking. They may be harmful if you are on medication If you are on medication but also taking herbs and supplements daily, be cautious of mixes and portions. Researchers warn that popular herbs and
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    • 201 10 A new review of recent research on chocolate and stroke risk found that at least two large studies suggest the health benefits of chocolate in lowering the risk of stroke. Health website WebMD reported that the results of the studies will be presented in April
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        • 1358 12 / 13  -  Geraldine Ling lingg@sph. com.sg Friends help to boost your emotional and psychological well-being by giving you support in good times and bad People who need people are the luckiest people in the world, Barbra Streisand sang in the hit musical Funny Girl. Like it or not, you
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      • 594 14 / 15  -  Two women tell GERALDINE LING the joy they have derived from the enduring friendship they share GERALDINE LING lingg@sph.com.sg One is soft-spoken and demure. The other is extroverted and chatty. They have been the best of friends for 46 years. Accounts executive Goh Beow Leng
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      • 411 14 / 15  -  While we all need friends, it is almost impossible to be good friends with everyone as people are different. Psychologists tell Mind Your Body why these three types of friends help keep you healthy and happy Geraldine Ling HAIR: SAM WOO, KIMROBINSON STUDIO; MAKEUP: CORENE
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    • 1194 16 / 17 Featurewell New research has changed the way scientists view fat cells, now known to be active coordinators of the body’s energy supplies and not simply passive storage sites Scientists once thought that fat cells were just passive storage sites, but it turns out they are dynamos.
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    • 384 16 / 17 AFP Their infants’ chubby little cheeks have often been a source of pride and joy for parents beaming over their new born babies. Friends and family “ooh” and “aah” over plump little tykes. However, there is reason to be cautious over a child’s weight
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    • 1025 18 / 19  -  When valves in the veins become faulty, the result is poor blood circulation which can lead to painful bulging veins in your legs. STACEY CHIA reports STACEY CHIA staceyc@sph.com.sg Varicose veins are not just a cosmetic issue for the vain: there can be complications if they are
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    • 504 18 / 19 Most people know about the damaging effects on skin from long exposure to the sun. Some think they can avoid direct contact with the sun and still get a deep, rich tan safely in a salon. However, they might not be that safe indoors on a sunbed
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      • 224 20  -  Dr Derrick Aw QMy hair started greying when I was in my 30s. Now I am 42 and my eyebrows and eyelashes are also starting to turn grey. It is really affecting my self-confidence. What can I do to stop the greying on my face?
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      • 613 23  -  They are rich in antioxidants and help up the flavour quotient of salads and pastas. But beware the canned versions as they lack the nutritive value, says GUY HOH GUY HOH guy_hoh@hotmail.com Rich in antioxidants and monounsaturated fats, the olive is the fruit of life. Green olives
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      • 248 23 Scientists from the University of Missouri have come up with a soya substitute for chicken that seems to mimic the real thing. Leading the effort is Fu-Hung Hsieh, a professor of biological engineering and food science at the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the
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    • 498 6 402 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST HOUSES FOR SALE Blair/Neil Conservations 5 mins to Shenton/IRs **5000 sq ft pool.............. $7.2m 4 bedrms outdoors F’hold/MRT/PRs eligible 3400 sq ft............................ $6m 3 bedrms/maid/2 terrace www.isabelredrup.com IR 28/24/32/29/22 Call *****5055 No agts please SUPER URGENT BLAIR Sale. Blair Beauty! Modern Conserved 3+2. Elegant. Roof terrace.
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    • 631 6 405 D12-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES FOR SALE D.13 LICHI AVE Modern living. F’hold 3-storey+ basement. 1702 3528 sqft. 3 ensuite+1. Contemporary design. 9667-7239 Agt OWNER AUCTION 26/2 11-11C Mattar Rd, Aljunied 4-storey residential bldg 7387sqf Fhold Potential to rebuild. *****526/ *****611 ACT FAST BEFORE prices rise! Call to get a
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    • 500 6 406 D15-16 EAST COAST HOUSES FOR SALE SELLING AT VALUATION $1.5M! Near Pk. 2 storey terr 1800sqft. 4+1 rms. Face North. *****855 EAST COAST F‘HOLD Corner terr. 2400/ 2600 sqft 3+2 rms. 2 storeys. Cosy. 9365-9909 407 D17-18 CHANGI/PASIR RIS HOUSES FOR SALE RIVERINA 3/STOREY INTER terr. Charming patio, walk
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    • 449 6 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE CITY LIGHTS 2 rms. #25up 872 sqft.. $1450 psf 3 rms. Mid flr. 1313 sqft ..$1280 psf 3 rms #20 up 1313 sqft... $1300 psf 3 rms #35 up 1410 sqft.. $1420 psf 4
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    • 329 7 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE PROVEN TELOK BLANGAH SPECIALIST I would like to express my heartfelt thanks gratitude to all Residents of T. Blangah for all the support. I will continue to provide my committed professional service. WISHING ALL HAPPY AND PROPEROUS NEW YEAR 2010! Looking forward
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    • 327 7 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS FOR SALE INTERLACE PHASE 2 Launch! New showflat! New units 2/3/3+1/ 4rm/ Penthse. Attractive Iconic Design. Sentosa IR/ Vivo CARIBBEAN 2 RM, 893sqft $1.3xm Caribbean 3 rm, nice unit, $1.7xm Caribbean 3+1, 1335sqft. $1.88m 4rm 1636sqft $2.38m *****042 CLIFT 2RM 775sqftsqft $16xxpsf Lumiere Studio #1x-03,
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    • 405 7 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS FOR SALE VOGX BRAND NEW modern, 2 level penthse with lap pool. 1593 sqft. 2+1. Mins to MRT. Ask $950 psf. Great potential. DTZ *****599 RESORT-STYLE SKY VILLA The Oceanfront Sentosa Cove. 4 rms. 2745 sqft. F/facilities. Beautiful marina view. *****188 BERTH SENTOSA Cove 4
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    • 560 7 413 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR SALE CITYSQUARE RES 3+1 bdrm. 1216 sqft. Corner unit faces pool. Next to Mall/ MRT. Ask $1.5M neg. Cobroke welcome. 9387-0313 QUEENS. 3+1. 1184 sqft. High flr/ Seaview. Bright Windy. Near MRT/ Sch/ IR. Ask $1.25M up. *****427 for viewing. No agt BLUE
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    • 1078 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE Ardmore Park Luxurious Penthse 8740 sqft. St Regis Sky Villa with Pool BLVD Residences Mini Penthouse 3961 sqft, 4+1 Grange Residences 2853 sqft Gallop Green fr 3200 sqft, 4+1 Ardmore II 2034 sqft, high
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    • 383 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE LATITUDE, PRIME D10 Location Off River Valley Road. Spacious 3and 4 bdrm apt 1800 to 2900 sqft every unit with balcony overlooking s/pool. Call: *****773 or *****955 ARDMORE II 4+1 rms 2023 sqft. High Flr. TOP Soon. Facilities The Sixth Ave Res
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    • 317 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE D.09. $100K BELOW Bank Value! The Inspira. Brand New! Just TOP. F’Hold. 3+1. 1206 sqft. Mid flr. Clarke Quay/ Mohd Sultan. D.09 MARTIN PLACE Studio/ 4 bdrm. 645/ 2002 sqft. High low flr. Unblocked. Good investment. F’hold. Pool view. 9009-2008 SOMMERVILLE PK.
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    • 391 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE NEW LAUNCH Cavenagh!! F’hold. 1/2/3/4 bdrms/ Penthses. $1750 psf up. Mins to Centrepoint/ Orchard/ MRT. 9145-1568 LUXURIOUS APT. JIA Wilkie. F’hold. 2/ 3 bdrm 1206-1658 sqft. Private lift. 10 mins walk to MRT. Developer’s sale unit. 8111-4599 F’HOLD. THE EQUATORIAL. 2+1 study
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    • 361 7 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE LOWEST PRICE IN the market. Ardmore Park, 4 bedroom, 2885 sqft, fr $2875 psf 76 units available. Call now for details. LOWEST PRICE IN the market. Ardmore II, 2023 sqft, fr $2700psf, 80 units available. Call me now for presentation. WHERE TO
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    • 653 8 414 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR SALE 2+ STUDY PENTHSE. Nice Clarke Quay view. 1100 sqft. $2.12M. TOP 2014. 999 yrs. Preview Showflat. Buy now! Hurry! *****918 THW WHARF RES. Vintage collection. Converted old shophouse. 3 storey. 4 bdrms. 4500 sqft. Pte parking. Call Joseph *****423 ASPEN HGTS, 2/3/4
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    • 429 8 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/CLEM ENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11&21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11&21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR SALE 415 D11 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI
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    • 372 8 New 3+S 4-bedroom units released FREEHOLD Next to future King Albert Park MRT Station All 3+S and 4 bedders comes with private lift Surrounded by prestigious schools and institutions Cascading pools with 5 differently themed enclaves, each eliciting a unique ambience of miami lifestyle Selling Fast! Call *****000 www.fareast.com.sg Sales
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    • 93 8 NEWTON SUITES 3 Beds. 1238sqft. Huge balcony for Bt Timah Hill view. Near MRT/ Shpg/ eateries alankoh.com/71 85 *****226 VIVA 2+ STUDY. 1044 sqft. City view. #16 up. F/ facilities. Near MRT/ shpg mall/ top schs. $1788 psf neg. Brand new! Urgent! 1) TRILIGHT @NEWTON #29-08 5800sqft. 4+Study 3level. Pool.
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    • 349 8 NEWTON ONE, F’HOLD 4+1 rm. Rented. $10K p/mth. 1916 sqft. Only $1720 psf. 360 degrees open view. *****789 Owner. NOVELIS NOVENA, 650 sqft 1+1 4% returns. Corp lease. Great investment! 950 sqft 2+1 vacant. High flr. 8181-3399/ 9172-8818 $745PSF ONLY! HUME PK II. F’hold 3+1. 1475 sqft. Pool view. Well
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    • 859 8 416 D12-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS FOR SALE 416 D12-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTE APTS FOR SALE ASTORIA PK 3+1 1194 sqft. Asking $920K. Vacant possession. Next to Kembangan MRT. Tower E. Good investment. High returns COSMO GUILLEMARD. 1 bdrm apt 398 sqft. F’hold. Pool gym. Just TOP. Excellent investment yield.
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    • 303 8 417 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE PASEDENA 3+1 BDRMS #03-02. 1496 sqft. Prime area. Near Novena MRT, SJI, amenities. $1.45M Below $1000 psf. 9852 9055 BELVEDERE 1238 SQFT 3+1. Park View. Greenery, serene, breezy. Mountbatten MRT/ city/ airport. Best value. $1.68M. *****819 KATONG PK TWRS. 1500/ 1700/ 2200
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    • 512 9 417 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE THE WATERSIDE F’HOLD. 3+1. High flr. Sea view. Windy. Nicely renovated. No afternoon sun. F/facilities. 2142 sqft. Serious seller. CHANGI COURT 840 sqft. F’hold. 2-bdrms. Full amenities. Near CTE/ KPE/ ECP/ MRT. $650K. Max *****003. www.maxleow.sg HERITAGE RESIDENCES AT Lor L. 2
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    • 688 9 417 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR SALE CASA MERAH 1529 sqft, 4+1+ big balcony, bright, 5 mins walk to MRT. Call *****576/ *****101 *THE MEDLEY Brand New corner Penthse, f’hold. 3+1. 1346 sqft. Walk to MRT. $1.28M. *****501 JOO CHIAT TERR. Aspen Loft. F’hold. 830 sqft. Studio. Windy. Pool
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    • 618 9 421 D25-28 NORTH PTE APTS FOR SALE 421 D25-28 NORTH PTE APTS FOR SALE 419 D19-20 SERANGOON/THOMSON PTE APTS FOR SALE $870K GARDENS Bishan. 3rm. $930k Gdns Bishan. 1227sqft. Best deals! Near Ai Tong. View www.samanthakohera.com PALM GROVE CONDO 1701 sqft. 3+1 penthse. Facing pool. F/facilities. 999yrs. Near Kovan MRT.
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    • 338 9 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 426 BEDOK HDB APTS FOR SALE 421 D25-28 NORTH PTEAPTS FOR SALE THE ESTUARY Yishun. Near reservoir/ Khatib MRT. 1-4
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    • 266 9 422 MIXED DISTRICTS PTE APTS FOR SALE D.03 YONG SIAK St. Tiong Bahru. F’hold walk-up apt. #01/ #03. D.17 Estella Gdn. F’hold studio/ 3+1. $500K up. 9118-7737 ERN 425 ANG MO KIO HDB APTS FOR SALE BLK 155. 3’NG’ #02. Near amenities, MRT. Windy, cosy. Original. Valuation $230K cash. All
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    • 375 9 427 BISHAN HDB APTS FOR SALE LOW CASH 5’I’ Corner Blk 190 Bishan. Others Avail: 260/ 187/ 117/ 125/ 197/ 216/ 228/ 252/ 271/ 289/ 290/ 292. 9423-4512 NEW LIST! 5I Blk 265. High flr unblocked. 4bdrms. MRT/ Catholic High. Quiet. Valued. *****668 428 BUKIT BATOK HDBAPTS FOR SALE BT
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    • 306 9 430 BUKIT PANJANG HDB APTS FOR SALE 465 5RM HIGH flr HDB with condo facilities. Unblock. Food ct/ mkt. 2 mins LRT. Valued $360k. View by appt. SMS Hector *****363 432 CENTRAL HDB APTS FOR SALE 3RM 60 SQM Blk 536 High Floor. Beside MRT and Chinatown Point Convenient Location.
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    • 417 9 434 CLEMENTI HDB APTS FOR SALE 3’NG‘ BLK 508. High floor. Unblocked. Simple. 71 sqm. Value $246K. Near MRT/ Nan Hwa Pri Sch. No cobroke *****488 OT 3NG BLK 346 CLEMENTI. Nicely renovated, all races. Lift level, unblocked, windy. PR eligible, near MRT, Ash 9027-1310 5-RM PT BLK 337. 5
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    • 429 9 438 JURONG WEST HDB APTS FOR SALE 4’A’ BLK 322 Tah Ching Rd #02. Renovated, simple. Amenities. Valued $330K neg. MRT. Indian ratio filled. 9182-6564 DW 4’A’ YUNG AN 360. 109 sq.m Spacious/ Well kept/ amenities/ lift/ no noon sun/ park/ sch. Low flr. Sure sell! Derek Bay 9666 8357
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    • 522 10 444 QUEENSTOWN HDB APTS FOR SALE BLK 20 HOLLAND Dr, 5-rm. Renovated. Lift level. Face S.W. MRT/ Holland Village. Move-in. All races. Valued $595K. 8111-0596 NEW LIST! TANGLIN Halt 3’S’ Blk 25. Valued $245k. Renovated. Near C’wealth MRT amenities. Co-broke welcome 9768 6650 3’I’ BLK 171 Stirling Rd. High flr.
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    • 444 10 448 TAMPINES HDB APTS FOR SALE TAMPINES EXEC/ 5-RM/ 4-Rm 912, 907, 733, 705, 854, 842B. 3Rm avail. Buyers call for trustworthy svc, Ravoff *****374 TAMPINES 4’A’ BLK 345 High flr Renovated, move in cond. Near sch, shops, mkt, food ctr etc. Valued. *****312 3’A’ BLK 244. Mid flr. Lift
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    • 340 10 450 WOODLANDS HDB APTS FOR SALE BLK 332, 4’S’ 4th flr, lift upgrading. All rms aircon. Kitchen cabinets, good tiles. Near schs MRT. Valued. Serious seller *****500 3’NG’ BLK 145, lift, quiet, move in. 4’A’ Blk 734, corner, windy. A1 5’I’ Blk 717, corner, balcony, nice All high flr, near
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    • 334 10 455 NORTH HOUSES FOR RENT WHITESHORE CLUSTER BUNGLW. 4+ utility study. Build in 4338 4596 sqft. Brand new. Facilities, amenities, sch. *****431 Agt TAMARIND RD 2-STOREY link bunglw. 4+1. 4300 sqft. Well kept. Quiet. Avail 8th March. P/furn. $5K. *****621 Agt Dennis Wee Group $3.XK 1½-STOREY COLONIAL corner terr. 2700/
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    • 708 10 457 CENTRAL HOUSES FOR RENT ELOK HOUSE, HEART of Orchard. Winner of President Design Award 2008. 4+1, all ensuite. Eco design. Roof terr. Quiet. Park 2 cars. $12K. Owner *****128 LYNWOOD GR S/STOREY Bunglw *****/3500 sqft 3+family+patio. Big ground. Mid Feb. 9475-4785 Pls visit: www.michaelciola.com ALLAMANDA BUNGLW. 4500/ 5500 sqft.
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    • 569 10 458 EAST HOUSES FOR RENT EAST COAST 3-STOREY modern semi-d with roof terr, jacuzzi, koi pond. 4+1 ensuite, p/furn, immed, nice city view. $8.8K! *****811 3-STOREY MODERN CORNER Terr near Siglap Ctr. 6+1 rms, new renovation, full city view. P/furn. Only $8.5K. Must view *****811 SEMI-D 2-STOREY 4+1 Renovated. Near
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    • 624 10 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT WESTBAY 2+1 HIGH flr, pool view, renovated, windy, f/furn $2.9K neg. F/facilities. Near NUS/ shpg/ mkt. Avail Mar *****568 EXPAT’S CHOICE. BRAND New Studio near Clarke Quay/ City Hall MRT. 550 sqft with kitchen. Renovated. F/furn. Avail immed. ICON. STUDIO. 840 sqft.
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    • 686 10 462 D01-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTE APTS FOR RENT TWIN REGENCY 2/STOREY Penthse 2121 sqft, 3+study+1. Roof gdn/jacuzzi. Beautiful view. Tiong Bahru MRT. *****862 THE ARRIS 1 BDRM. 624 sqft. MRT. S/pool carpark lot. Value for money. F/facilities $3.4K neg. Serenity. Jason 9848-8815 D’HILLSIDE LOFT. PASIR Panjang Hill. 2+1, 1050 sqft.
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    • 957 10 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT HOLT RESIDENCES PENTHSE 2874 Ardmore Pk 2885 sqft 4+1..... $18K Claymore 2700 sqft 3+1 renovated Cairnhill Crest 1733 sqft 4+1. Tate Res. 3/ 4+1.1900/ 3200 sqft Richmond Pk 2/ 3+1. $4.8K up 38 Steven
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    • 691 11 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT GARDENVILLE 3+1+ FAMILY. 1808 sqft. Excellent cond. Quiet environment. P/ furn. Avail mid March. Call Dennis *****981 ORION AT SHANGRI-LA. 2 units. 3 rms. High flr. Good view. Furn. Aircon. Good rental. Avail immed. Call Mary 9338-2071 DTZ BRAND NEW 2-BDRM. 990
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    • 695 11 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTE APTS FOR RENT VALLEY PK 3+1. High flr, gorgeous view, breezy, immed. near amenities. Best rent $5900 neg. Immed. 1625 sqft. *****962 REGENCY PK BRAND New 3+1 rm! Extensively renovated. 1 Only! Draycott 8 Lovely 2-bdrm Loft. 1500 sqft. High flr. *****001 Agt THE TOMLINSON.
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    • 726 11 463 D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/HOLLAND PTEAPTS FOR RENT TANGLIN RES. 3 bdrm. Beautifully furn. Pool /Gym. $10.5K. P/furn. Maid svc avail. *****255 Agt D.10 WOOLLERTON PARK 2800 sqft. 4+1. Good view. Big balcony. Pool. $9.5K neg. *****255 Agt THE METZ STUDIO Full/ p/furn. High flr. Pte lift. F/facilities. $4.3K neg. Mins
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    • 673 11 464 D11 21 NEWTON BT TIMAH/CLEMENTI PTE APTS FOR RENT SUMMERHILL. 2+STUDY. WINDY. Quiet. F/Facilities. Convenient New Paint and Vacant. Avail Immed. Price Neg! *****538. SIGNATURE PARK 2 3 bdrms. Asking $2800. F/ furn with aircon. Pool side view. Near amenities. Avail immed. 9450-1999 3 BUCKLEY DUPLEX 3+ study/ 4+1
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    • 600 11 464 D11 21 NEWTON BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS FOR RENT SYMPHONY HGTS 3+1. F/P/furn. Nice hse. Full facilities. Immed. Cosy. Amenities. $3K. 9271-6655 CITY EDGE NEXT to Novena MRT. Unblocked view/ balcony. 2 rms. 826 sqft. $3880 (Agt) *****799 HUME PK 3+1. Balcony. 1346 sqft. #06. Designer decor. $2.7K. 6 24 mths.
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    • 442 11 F/P/furn. Immed. 9271-6655 MRT. rms. *****799 PK. Greenery 1259 cond. F/furn $3.5K *****144 Guillemard 5 Amenities. view. Guillemard $2500 $3200 MRT. Mar. sqft F/furn. Immed. co-broke 3+1. Hua to PN CHIJ. Call sqft. Next F/ 466 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT AAA Richard *****563 Costa Rhu Tanjong Rhu
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    • 182 11 466 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT 1) CASA MERAH 4+1 2000 sqft. 2)Arthur Mansion 4+1 1650 sqft. 3)Fort Gdns 3+1. 1442 sqft 4)Atria 3+1. 1615 sq.ft Furn. COSTA RHU 2+1, Renovated. Sanctuary Green 3+1, Vacant, P/ furn, Immed move in. amenities. www.leslie-chan.com *****897 THE PALLADIUM 2 rms. 883
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    • 321 11 466 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT PARKSHORE TG RHU. 3+1. 1325 sqft. S’pore Flyer view. Future Circle Line MRT. Part/ f/furn. F/facilities. Immed. 9669 2135 TANAMERA CREST 3 rms. High flr. Unblocked with sea view. Great layout. Full facilities. Mins to MRT shops. 9386-6122 DTZ STUDIOS WALK-UP APT.
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    • 397 11 466 D15-16 EAST COAST PTE APTS FOR RENT CASA MERAH 1529 sqft, 4+1+ big balcony, bright, 5 mins walk to MRT, immed *****576/ *****101 NEXT TO MRT. Brand new. F/furn. Studio 1rm attach bath 1 living rm kitchen Immed *****978 D.15 PEBBLE BAY. 4+1 balcony. 2800 sqft. Bay view. Avail
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    • 381 11 468 D19-20 SERANGOON/THOMSON PTE APTS FOR RENT JANSEN 28,3 Bdrms Apt. Partial/ unfurnish, near Mkt/Shopping. W/feeder bus to MRT. Immediate Occupation. Philip Tan *****129 THOMSON VIEW 2RMS. 1313 sqft. F/furn. Big balcony. Opp Thomson Plaza. F/ facilities. Avail immed. $2.6K neg. *****890 DW AMARANDA GDNS (S’GOON Ave 3) High flr.
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