The Straits Times, 27 March 2012

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    19 1 THE STRAITS TIMES. MICA (P) 002/02/2012 TUESDAY, MARCH 27 2012 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 90 CENTS
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      Lock icon PRs make up 10% in P1
      58 1 PERMANENT residents make up about 10 per cent of each primary school’s cohort. Many of their places in popular schools could now go to Singaporeans after a change in the Primary 1 registration. Over half of schools had balloting last year an indication of
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      Lock icon Titanic director reaches the abyss
      69 1 FILMMAKER and ocean enthusiast James Cameron (above) became the first solo explorer to reach the deepest point of the ocean when his custom-built, one-man submarine touched down in the western Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench. The Oscar-winning director surfaced about four hours later with descriptions of
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      Lock icon ‘Model teacher’ jailed
      64 1 A TEACHER in a primary school in the east, popular among his colleagues and young charges, was yesterday given a 10-year jail term and six strokes of the cane for molesting two pupils and performing oral sex on a third. He lured two of his three victims
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    Lock icon Financial advisory sector faces shake-up
    674 1  -  MAS to review industry in move to lower costs, raise professionalism BY ROBIN CHAN chanckr@sph.com.sg THE financial industry is in for another dramatic shake-up, this time involving tens of thousands of insurance agents and financial advisers that make their living through commissions. The Monetary Authority
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    Lock icon Bigger bus bays, more priority on roads to speed up bus rides
    394 1  -  BY ROYSTON SIM THE Government hopes to implement more measures to give buses priority on the roads to ensure a smoother, faster journey for commuters. Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew said yesterday that this will be on top
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      71 1 WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Pay more to watch Euro 2012 Holiday fun on the high seas Singapore shoot down North Korea LIFE! PAGES C6&7 PRIME, PAGE A4 SPORT, PAGE B11 BREAKING NEWS: www.straitstimes.com INTERACT: www.stomp.com.sg EMAIL: stomp@stomp.com.sg VIDEOS: www.razortv.com.sg NEWS TIPS: 1800-*****28 CALL 6388-3838 TO SUBSCRIBE OR GO TO www.sphsubscription.com.sg
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        58 2 WE SAY Singapore’s parks and other green spaces are treasures which need to be tended with care. As more ideas are sought to shape “destination” parks, care should be taken so they are not overbuilt. Parks should remain as green lungs to help ease the
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          Lock icon Food for thought
          40 2 While it is natural for humans to eat meat, Stephanie Yap says that we should also pause and think about whether an animal’s suffering is a price worth paying for a delicious meal. L REVIEW PAGE A20
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          Lock icon Invincible Tiger no more
          45 2 Rohit Brijnath says that the fascination with Tiger Woods, who now seems like an old man in a new age trying to tell us it is still his time, is that inevitability no longer walks alongside him. L SPORT PAGE B8
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        Lock icon Closing the savings gap
        48 2 OUR READERS SAY Ng Ya Ken says the failure of Singaporeans to save enough for retirement will place a burden on future generations, while Tan Hwee Heng suggests boosting savings by reducing access to CPF for property purchases and financing. L FORUM PAGE A21
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        16 2 www.straitstimes.com L Grace Chng describes how Apple has changed in its post-Steve Jobs era
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      Lock icon All hot over Jakarta’s latest anti-porn drive
      884 2  -  Critics say President’s crusade is a distraction from more pressing problems in the country BY JOHN MCBETH SENIOR WRITER thane.cawdor@gmail.com AN INDONESIAN woman attending a recent anti-corrup-tion dialogue with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was surprised when a palace protocol officer approached her before
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      Lock icon Ministers and office-holders to get National Bonus of 1.6 months
      511 3 MINISTERS and other political appointment holders will be paid a National Bonus this month equivalent to 1.6 months’ pay, the Public Service Division (PSD) said in a statement yesterday. The National Bonus is a new bonus that provides a direct
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      Lock icon NUS scholar punished for Net posting
      647 3  -  Fine, community service before he can graduate BY JENNANI DURAI jennanid@sph.com.sg THE Chinese undergraduate who sparked an online furore after making derogatory comments about Singaporeans will have to pay a fine and perform community service if he wants to graduate. This is the first
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      Lock icon N. Korean rocket plan ‘worries’ China
      686 4 Washington and Beijing agree to coordinate response to provocation, US says after talks AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL: China has expressed serious concern to its ally, North Korea, about a planned rocket launch next month that the United States and other countries suspect to
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      Lock icon $69.55 Price goes up threefold for Euro 2012
      654 4  -  BY LESTER WONG FOOTBALL fans who want to catch the action in June’s European Championship (Euro 2012) will have to fork out more than three times what they paid for the last edition four years ago. StarHub announced yesterday that its Euro
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      Lock icon PM Lee meets leaders at nuclear summit
      560 4  -  BY CHUA LEE HOONG SEOUL: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong met leaders of four countries late yesterday after arriving here for the second Nuclear Security Summit. The meetings were with President Hu Jintao of China, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Disruptions: LTA, SMRT reports out next month
      689 6  -  Inquiry will also consider police and public input on service breakdowns BY ROYSTON SIM roysim@sph.com.sg THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) and train operator SMRT will submit reports of their separate investigations on two major train disruptions to the Committee of Inquiry (COI) by
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      Lock icon Veteran insurance agents reeling from proposed changes
      729 6  -  BY MAGDALEN NG SOME of the most senior and well-estab-lished insurance agents were left reeling by the sweeping changes proposed by the regulator to the life insurance industry last night. This is because these established agents, who are at the managerial and director
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      Lock icon Advisory firms ‘likely to consolidate’
      735 6  -  BY YASMINE YAHYA THE financial advisory industry expects consolidation in its ranks, with the industry set to undergo the most wide-ranging shake-up in more than a decade. Among the areas highlighted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon yesterday evening in
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      Lock icon Unskilled workers will get to stay on longer
      510 7  -  Maximum employment period being extended to 10 years BY JANICE HENG, TOH YONG CHUAN janiceh@sph.com.sg tohyc@sph.com.sg FROM July 1, companies will be able to employ unskilled foreign workers for longer. Now, unskilled Work Permit holders from non-traditional sources Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Philippines,
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      Lock icon Tibetan exile’s fiery protest
      242 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI: A Tibetan exile set himself on fire and ran shouting through a protest in the Indian capital yesterday, just ahead of a visit by China’s President and following self-immolations in Tibet protesting against Beijing’s rule. The protester was engulfed in flames when
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      Lock icon PRs make up about 10% of P1 cohort
      699 8  -  Registration changes will mean more slots for Singaporeans BY LEONARD LIM STACEY CHIA limze@sph.com.sg staceyc@sph.com.sg PERMANENT residents make up about 10 per cent of each primary school’s cohort, and many of their places in popular schools could now go to Singaporeans after
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      Lock icon PRs understand new rule, but say timing is abrupt
      667 8  -  BY LIN ZHAOWEI MATTHIAS CHEW MS JIN Mei, 43, downgraded from a condominium to a Housing Board flat next to Tao Nan School five years ago, hoping that she could enrol her daughter in the brand-name primary school. However, the permanent
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      Lock icon Schools will have to sacrifice student diversity
      620 8  -  NEWS ANALYSIS BY SANDRA DAVIE SENIOR WRITER NO DOUBT Singaporean parents with young children are cheering the change in the Primary 1 registration scheme, giving Singaporeans further priority over permanent residents (PRs). On Sunday, the Education Ministry (MOE) announced that available places in
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      Lock icon Musical chairs, China-style
      770 10  -  Bo Xilai’s sacking raises his rivals’ chances of capturing prized seats in Standing Committee NEWS ANALYSIS BY PEH SHING HUEI CHINA BUREAU CHIEF shpeh@sph.com.sg Additional reporting by Chua Chin Hon in Washington BEIJING: Call it musical chairs with Chinese characteristics. The number of seats remains the same,
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      Lock icon THE BIGGEST WINNERS
      591 10  -  PEH SHING HUEI L Zhang Dejiang, 65 THE low-profile Vice-Premier was not regarded as a front runner for a seat in the new Politburo Standing Committee. But the scandal has catapulted the two-term Politburo member into national, and global, limelight. As the replacement for Mr Bo Xilai
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      Lock icon Chongqing leadership upheaval widens
      479 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BEIJING: A district head in the scan-dal-rocked megacity of Chongqing has been taken into police custody, Chinese media reported. The detention signals a widening of a leadership upheaval in the city of 32 million that already has felled its top official Bo
      ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  479 words
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      Lock icon WHAT’S ONLINE FOLLOW AND ENGAGE ST ONLINE
      90 10 News: www.straitstimes.com Connect: www.facebook.com/thestraitstimes Follow: twitter.com/stcom TOP THREE WORLD STORIES ONLINE L Sperm-hunting women prowl Zimbabwe highways L McDonald’s CEO Jim Skinner to retire after 41 years at company L French police kill Al-Qaeda militant as battle ends siege More Forum letters online
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        Lock icon N. Korea upstages N-security agenda
        565 11 Announcement of satellite launch steals spotlight from summit’s aim to lock down world’s nuke material supply ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS SEOUL: The start of the Nuclear Security Summit yesterday was supposed to be a chance for US President Barack Obama and other leaders to find ways
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        Lock icon North’s rocket ‘will be shot down’ if it strays into S. Korea
        258 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea is preparing to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it strays into the South’s territory during a launch planned for next month, the defence ministry said yesterday. The South Korean and US
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        Lock icon Move to boost nuclear security
        208 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: World leaders at a nuclear security summit will promote efforts to minimise use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) which can be weaponised, according to a draft communique seen yesterday. Leaders or top officials from 53 countries, plus four international organisations, are meeting
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        Lock icon Full steam ahead for HK leader-elect
        606 12 Leung discusses with Beijing officials the formation of his team AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Chief Execu-tive-elect Leung Chun Ying got down to business yesterday after winning the most divisive leadership election the city has seen since the 1997 handover to China. He
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        Lock icon Some tycoons close ranks behind Leung
        391 12 HONG KONG: Some of the tycoons who backed defeated candidate Henry Tang have signalled they may be ready to reconcile with the victor, but others remained non-committal in a sign of the divisions the new leader faces. Mr Henry Cheng, chairman of New World
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        Lock icon Chinese bank manager ‘fled with millions’
        394 12 HONG KONG: Police are on the hunt for a Chinese bank branch manager who allegedly fled China with millions in embezzled funds, reported Chinese media. Police in Wuxi said on Sunday that the Ministry of Public Security has issued a warrant for Sun Feng,
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        Lock icon Chinese teacher shortage ‘could hurt BN’ at polls
        619 13  -  Rally on Sunday ‘raises pressure on Malaysian govt to act’, say analysts BY TEO CHENG WEE REGIONAL CORRESPONDENT chengwee@sph.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian officials are calling for calm within the Chinese community, after thousands gathered to draw attention to a shortage of teachers
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        Lock icon Tianjin Eco-City ‘doing well in wooing residents’
        406 13  -  GRACE NG TIANJIN: The Singapore-Tianjin Eco-City is doing well in offering amenities such as schools and community spaces to draw more residents here, Minister of State for Trade and Industry and National Development Lee Yi Shyan said. “Progress is on track,” he noted
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        Lock icon Myanmar must respect poll outcome: President
        574 14 Thein Sein admits errors but says govt is trying to ensure free, fair elections AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ASSOCIATED PRESS REUTERS YANGON: Ahead of by-elections this Sunday expected to sweep opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into Parliament, Myanmar’s President has urged the country to respect
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        Lock icon Tokyo court orders Google to stop search suggestions
        329 14 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: A court in Japan has ordered search giant Google to suspend its auto-complete function because it breaches one man’s privacy, according to his lawyer. Tokyo District Court approved a petition by the man, who claimed that typing his name
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        Lock icon Jakarta ‘must invest more in education’
        644 15  -  Boost in worker quality needed as high growth alone can’t lead to more jobs, say global groups BY ZUBAIDAH NAZEER INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT zubaidah@sph.com.sg JAKARTA: Two international organisations have warned Indonesia in separate reports that strong economic growth alone cannot guarantee more jobs, especially outside
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        Lock icon India to probe army chief’s bribe claim
        281 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: India’s Defence Minister has ordered federal investigators to probe revelations by the country’s top military officer that he had been offered a US$2.8 million (S$3.5 million) bribe to clear a procurement deal. In an interview with a Hindu newspaper
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        Lock icon into the deep
        401 16 Here’s a look at the underwater expedition of Oscar-winning director James Cameron, who became the first person to journey to the earth’s ultimate abyss in a specially designed submersible Deepsea Challenger WHY HE DID IT Geological aims Rocks from the trench may provide clues on stresses accumulating
        Sources: DEEPSEACHALLENGE.COM and BBC; PHOTOS and ARTIST’S IMPRESSIONS: AP, ACHERON PROJECT PTY LTD and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC GRAPHICS: LIM YONG and G. CHANDRADAS TEXT: RUPALI KAREKAR and LIM YONG  -  401 words
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        Lock icon Titanic’s director tours ‘alien world’ – 11km undersea
        735 16 Titanic’s director tours ‘alien world’ 11km undersea James Cameron becomes first solo explorer to reach deepest point of ocean via submersible WASHINGTON POST AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The director of The Abyss has reached the abyss. Filmmaker and ocean enthusiast James Cameron became the first solo explorer to reach the deepest
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        Lock icon Cameron marries his twin loves
        591 16  -  BY BOON CHAN MEDIA CORRESPONDENT JAMES Cameron has no wish to choose between the two passions in his life as a record-setting film-maker and deep sea explorer. “Hopefully, I don’t have to choose between them. Hopefully, I can do the two in parallel,” he said
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          Lock icon 1.3m BMWs recalled
          140 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE FRANKFURT: German luxury carmaker BMW said yesterday it was recalling some 1.3 million cars worldwide due to battery problems that could, in extreme cases, result in a fire. “In order to carry out a quality measure, BMW is recalling all BMW 5 and 6 Series
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          Lock icon Yaacob attends Haj meet
          158 18 SINGAPORE Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim is in Saudi Arabia for a five-day visit ending Friday, to attend the Annual Haj Ministerial Meeting in Jeddah. He will discuss with Saudi Minister of Haj, Dr Bandar Bin Mohamed Hajjar, the arrangements for Singaporeans performing the annual
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          Lock icon Massacre suspect caught
          107 18 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE COTABATO: Philippine police have arrested a wanted member of a powerful Muslim clan blamed for the country’s worst political massacre. Ipeh Ampatuan, 27, was believed to have been escaping to remote marshland near southern Cotabato city on Sunday when a blast destroyed the boat he
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          Lock icon Shanmugam in Laos
          106 18 FOREIGN Minister K. Shanmugam will make a two-day introductory visit to Laos at the invitation of Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, starting today. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said Mr Shanmugam will call on Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong and
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        Lock icon Ringing in 2013 – nine months early
        66 18 Ringing in 2013 nine months early Musicians dressed in mediaeval costumes parading in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa on Sunday as they celebrate New Year’s Day welcoming 2013 nine months before the rest of the world. Pisa has revived a tradition dating back centuries, when the Italian city
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        Lock icon Honking for more business in India
        247 18 SLICEOFLIFE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: German carmaker Audi makes special horns for its vehicles sold in India where local drivers hoot so much as they fight their way through chaotic traffic, the firm’s country director has revealed. “Obviously for India, the horn is a
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      409 19 ENCOURAGINGLY, the National Parks Board (NParks) has received some 4,000 suggestions so far in the public consultation for its City in a Garden programme. Such public interest bodes well for community engagement efforts here. One-third of the ideas were on parks. NParks had rightly asked
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        918 20  -  BY KYAW SAN WAI FOR THE STRAITS TIMES The writer, a Myanmar national, is a research analyst with the external programmes at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University. MYANMARISholdingmuch-anticipated by-elec-tions on April 1. Although only 48 seats a mere fraction
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        1019 20  -  BY STEPHANIE YAP ysteph@sph.com.sg THE chickens dangle in clusters from vertical racks, like mangoes hanging from a tree. The birds are alive, technically. Tubes deliver air, water and food to each chicken; other tubes remove waste. The chickens do not struggle, or even cluck
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        745 20  -  BY DAVID IGNATIUS WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP WHAT’S riveting about the documents taken from Osama bin Laden’s compound, beyond the headline items about plots to kill American leaders, is the way they allow the reader to get inside the terrorist mastermind’s head. I’ve seen only
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        335 21  -  Liew Kai Khiun IN THE month when the world falls silent to mark the first anniversary of the devastating Tohoku earthquake, I was shocked to read of a Chung Cheng High School teacher’s insensitive portrayal of a
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        228 21  -  SUCCESSFUL FIRMS... Tang Li I SALUTE Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam for reminding the business community that it has a crucial role in building a better society (“An inclusive S’pore: ‘Firms must play role’”; last Wednesday). If I read Mr Tharman correctly, prosperity is created when businesses
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        125 21 1 MR SEE SIEW LENG: Review CPF policy on buying second property 2 MR CHUA BOON CHYE: Let seniors aged 60 or older withdraw from Ordinary Account first 3 MR TAN KIN LIAN: Doctor misread my view on MediShield coverage for birth defects 4 MRS CARRIE YOUSOOF: Three
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        129 21 “Review policy allowing the use of CPF savings to invest in property.” MR SEE SIEW LENG: “Many couples accumulate substantial Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings even after owning the first property. What better way to earn cash returns than to invest in more properties by forking out
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        236 21  -  Ng Ya Ken LABOUR economist Hui Weng Tat worries that many Singaporeans are unaware that their Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings are insufficient for their retirement needs (“Retire on CPF savings? Think again”; last Wednesday) He was not only referring to lower-wage workers and retirees,
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        341 21  -  Ng Say Kiat Vice-President For Singapore Pest Management Association THE guidelines on fogging were formulated in 2006 by our association, the National Environment Agency (NEA) and relevant organisations (“Frequent fogging and insecticide concerns in mosquito control” by Dr Ong Siew Chey, last
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        368 21  -  Tan Hwee Heng I AGREE with Professor Hui Weng Tat that Singaporeans must be fully aware that current policies will not ensure sufficient Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings for retirement (“Retire on CPF savings? Think again”; last Wednesday). Relying on property
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      588 2  -  BY GRACE CHUA MARINE conservation group Sea Shepherd has called for the removal of Singaporean wildlife consultant Giam Choo Hoo from a prominent United Nations group that regulates endangered-spe-cies trade. Dr Giam represents Asia on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
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      518 2  -  Netizens slam her racist comments on Facebook, Twitter BY JENNANI DURAI, THAM YUEN-C jennani@sph.com.sg yuenc@sph.com.sg A POLYTECHNIC student’s derogatory post about Indians on social networking site Twitter has gone viral and stirred angry reactions from netizens. In an expletive-laden post, the Nanyang Polytechnic
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      201 2  -  TOH YONG CHUAN THE Elections Department has asked voters who have changed their addresses recently to check the electoral registers from today. This is in preparation for an update of the registers on April 13. On that day, the Registration Officer will remove
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      396 2  -  BY JANICE HENG FOR the first time, an employment agent has been jailed for helping an employer lie about his S-Pass holders’ salaries. As an employment agent, Singapore permanent resident Shokkanarayanan Ramakrishnan, 43, knew that a minimum salary was required for a foreign
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      220 2 EMPLOYEES at Shell’s Pulau Bukom refinery yesterday got a scare when a power failure triggered a fire alarm. Flames and smoke were seen coming out of a processing plant on the island, said sources. The power trip had caused the plant’s “flare system”
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      534 3  -  Drivers can pay at ATM at carpark exit if CashCard balance is low BY CHRISTOPHER TAN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT christan@sph.com.sg STUCK at a carpark exit because of insufficient funds in your CashCard? Such a predicament a source of even worse distress if vehicles are
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      301 3  -  JOSE HONG AS RENOVATION work goes on at the iconic City Hall and former Supreme Court, fittings such as windows, light fixtures, timber ceilings and metal canopies have been carefully removed to be restored. These old fittings are now in storage in Singapore or
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      558 5  -  Financial adequacy, corporate governance could be added to report card’s list of indicators BY DARYL CHIN darylc@sph.com.sg FINANCIAL adequacy and corporate governance are two new indicators that could be incorporated in a half-yearly report that tracks the performance of Singapore’s town councils. This comes
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      502 5  -  BY SALMA KHALIK HEALTH CORRESPONDENT THE head of Changi General Hospital (CGH), Mr T.K. Udairam, is resigning from his position to focus on his wider responsibilities at the Eastern Health Alliance (EHA). Health Minister Gan Kim Yong told The Straits Times that
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      681 6  -  Seven youths linked to teen’s slashing death now face lesser charges BY FIONA LOW fionalow@sph.com.sg SEVEN of the 12 youths involved in the Downtown East gang clash of 2010 that left a student dead had their murder charges reduced to lesser ones yesterday. Of the
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      364 6  -  BY CHERIE THIO THE body of an unidentified man, said to be in his 30s, was found in the sea off Labrador Park on Sunday morning. A day earlier, another body was found floating in the waters nearby. No link has been
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      138 6 THE first private school to be taken to court last year for allegedly flouting Council for Private Education (CPE) rules has been acquitted. Cambridge Business School’s three former managers were also granted a discharge amounting to an acquittal last Friday after the prosecution
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      240 6 WHILE the passengers of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight were watching videos or sleeping on Sunday, two men were helping themselves to valuables in their carry-on bags. The duo, both Chinese nationals, rifled through the bags that had been stowed in overhead cabins
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      397 6  -  BY THAM YUEN-C A MAN driving a Ferrari was beaten up by six youths outside Orchard Towers on Sunday after he got into a fracas with one of them. This happened at about 5.30am in Claymore Drive. Someone filmed the incident
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      681 7  -  BY SELINA LUM A PART-TIME housing agent wants Singapore Pools to pay him prize money of $910,000, insisting that he had won the top prize of $10,000 on each of 91 Scratchit! cards he bought. Mr John Berchmans, 69, who took the stand
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      138 4 Spare a momentto care The President’s Challenge has established itself as a flagship fund-raising platform for our social services sector. I am glad to announce the launch of President’s Challenge 2012 and hope that the President’s Challenge will grow into a movement involving people from all segments of our society
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      939 8 Former world No. 1 ends drought to raise hopes of a thrilling Masters ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO (Florida): It is official Tiger Woods is back. After a drought that stretched over 924 days, 27 tournaments, and one very public sex scandal, the former world No. 1 at
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      498 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS CARLSBAD (California): While Tiger Woods may have been celebrating a significant win on Sunday, the most dominating performance belonged to Taiwan’s Tseng Ya-ni. The world’s top female golfer won the Kia Classic for her second
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      860 8  -  SPORTINGLIFE BY ROHIT BRIJNATH rohitb@sph.com.sg EVEN amid the throng on TV, even before you see the unsmiling taut face, you see him coming. It’s the red Sunday shirt. It’s his power colour. His mother told him that and this he
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      601 9  -  Back from injury, Shahril calls today’s match with Terengganu a Cup final BY SANJAY NAIR nsanjay@sph.com.sg AS THE LionsXII welcome captain Shahril Ishak back into the fold, another key player has been hit by injury. In-form striker Sufian Anuar looks set to miss tonight’s Malaysian FA
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      564 9  -  EYEONEPL BY ALEKSANDAR DURIC stsports@sph.com.sg IN A perverse way, Fabrice Muamba may have saved Bolton Wanderers from relegation. An entire city has rallied behind the group of footballers, who themselves are playing for a greater cause. A near sell-out crowd of 27,000 a rarity at
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      260 9  -  SANJAY NAIR RUGBY powerhouses Anglo-Chi-nese School (Independent) have failed to make it to the B Division final for the first time since 1997. They were edged out 12-13 by fierce rivals Raffles Institution (RI) in a pulsating semi-final at Republic Polytechnic yesterday. A
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      418 9 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Bolton will return to White Hart Lane today for the first time since Fabrice Muamba collapsed on that pitch, with several players dealing with flashbacks of their teammate’s near-death experience. And Bolton manager Owen Coyle admitted that he does not
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        92 10 THE TIMES, LONDON LONDON: Alex Ferguson believes that Rio Ferdinand’s influence on and off the pitch will remain central to Manchester United’s success, with the club determined to end speculation about the defender’s future by extending his stay at Old Trafford. The 33-year-old
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        58 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS MACERATA (Italy): The Italian volleyball federation said former Olympic silver medallist Vigor Bovolenta, 37, has died after suffering a heart attack during a second-tier league game. Attempts to resuscitate him failed after he collapsed on court during a Serie B2 match between his
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        65 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS SAO PAULO (Brazil): A fan was shot to death and three were hospitalised in a serious condition after a fight between rival supporter groups in Brazil on Sunday. Andre Alves, 21, was killed with a shot to the head in a
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        86 10 FORMER Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has been appointed brand ambassador by retail group Courts Singapore for a year. The legendary Danish shot-stopper will be in town for two days, and will be at the Courts Megastore in Tampines on April 8 at 3pm for
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        36 10 REUTERS LONDON: Adam Parr has resigned as chairman of Formula One team Williams and will leave at the end of the week, the former world champions said in a statement yesterday.
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      812 10 Chelsea may need to win Champions League to stay in tournament THE TIMES, LONDON REUTERS AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has warned the club of the ramifications of failing to qualify for the Champions League ahead of their quarter-final clash with Benfica today. The
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      513 10  -  BY TONY EVANS THE TIMES, LONDON A EUROPEAN Super League is coming. It will arrive by stealth, facilitated by Financial Fair Play (FFP), Michel Platini’s attempt to impose fiscal sanity on the game. The effect of the Uefa president’s plan
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      457 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY: With his All-Star point guard on the bench with three early fouls, two-time National Basketball Association scoring champion Kevin Durant took it upon himself to keep the Oklahoma City Thunder rolling. After he did, even the mighty Miami Heat could not recover.
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      189 10 REUTERS ATLANTA: It took four overtimes for the Atlanta Hawks to edge the Utah Jazz 139-133 in the National Basketball Association’s longest game in nearly 15 years on Sunday. They produced the league’s first quadruple-overtime game since November 1997, when the Phoenix Suns and
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      602 11  -  Singapore, boosted by Wang’s return to form, rout North Korea BY TERRENCE VOON tvoon@sph.com.sg DORTMUND: It is still early days yet, but Singapore’s terrific trio at the World Team Championships are looking the part of defending champions. Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei served up another
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      552 11  -  TERRENCE VOON DORTMUND: Li Jiawei does not go anywhere at the World Team Championships without her iPad and iPhone. Both devices, wallpapered with images of a baby boy, are the means by which she keeps in touch with her two-year-old son, Tianrui.
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      223 11 Today Basketball NBA: New York v Millwaukee (Live, Ch216, 7.30am). Cricket 1st Test: Sri Lanka v England, day 2 (Live, StarHub Ch235 and mio TV Ch122, 12.15pm). Football Malaysia Cup q-final, 2nd leg: LionsXII v Terengganu (Jalan Besar, 7.45pm. Live, StarHub Ch201 HD Ch255, 7.30pm). Asian Olympic
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      74 11 GLENN HODDLE, the former England national football team manager, believes he has unfinished business with the Three Lions. The 54-year-old has declared his interest in leading his country again on a caretaker basis at the European Championship in Poland
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      692 11 Basketball NBA Cleveland 83 Phoenix 108, Minnesota 117 Denver 100, Atlanta 139 Utah 133 (4OT), Boston 88 Washington 76, San Antonio 93 Philadelphia 76, Oklahoma City 103 Miami 87, Portland 90 Golden State 87, LA Lakers 96 Memphis 102. Cricket 3rd final Test In Wellington, day 4: S. Africa
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      74 10 Win a trip to the If you are between 6 and 12 and sporty, and want to be part of the London 2012 Olympics, here’s your chance to be one of three McDonald’s Champions of Play. Send in a video or photo of you playing your favourite sport and a
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      13 12 For the loved ones whom you remember... “In Memoriam -r WAT3 CLASSIFIED y
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          106 13 SHIPPING company Cosco Corp said yesterday that its 51 per cent-owned unit, Cosco Shipyard Group, has clinched a contract worth more than US$150 million (S$190 million) with a European shipowner to build a special vessel to install offshore wind turbines. This is
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          175 13 OFFSHORE services firm Swiber Holdings has won a contract worth about US$273 million (S$345 million) for construction work in the Gulf of Mexico. The deal includes buying, transporting and installing a pipeline in the Gulf. Work starts right away and will last into
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          96 13 A UNIT of construction firm Koon Holdings has won a contract to build sea-water intake facilities at Sembcorp Cogen’s gas turbine plant to be built in Jurong Island. The proportionate value of the contract works to be undertaken by Koon Construction and Transport is
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        369 14 REUTERS BLOOMBERG TOKYO: Stock exchange mergers are crumbling from Frankfurt and New York, to Singapore and Sydney. In possibly the latest such failure, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and London Stock Exchange (LSE) plan to dissolve their struggling joint venture in
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        208 14  -  YUNITA ONG A SUBSIDIARY of Indian conglomerate Tata is linking up with the Economic Development Board (EDB) to help smaller foreign firms get a foothold in Singapore. This is part of EDB’s strategy to partner firms and institutions known as “multipliers”
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      394 15  -  Airline’s cargo arm still has legal battles pending in other jurisdictions BY KARAMJIT KAUR AVIATION CORRESPONDENT karam@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE Airlines, accused of pricefixing by the South African competition watchdog, will pay $4.1 million to settle the case. This is the first
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      546 15 NEWS ANALYSIS REUTERS SYDNEY: Australia has benefited hugely as the rise of China boosted the value of its commodity exports to stratospheric heights, gifting the country with mountains of cash. But years of living off the fat of the land have left the economy
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      584 15 REUTERS SYDNEY: China Eastern Airlines and Australia’s Qantas have teamed up to set up a regional low-cost carrier, marking the first move by a big Chinese airline into the no-frills budget sector. China’s third-largest airline by market value and Australia’s
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      584 16  -  Bumitama Agri was supposed to list last June BY MELISSA TAN melissat@sph.com.sg AN INDONESIAN palm oil company aims to raise up to $222 million in an initial public offering (IPO) that it postponed last June when markets faltered. Bumitama Gunajaya Agro, which will
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      425 16 ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA: Australia has banned Chinese technology giant Huawei from bidding to help build a nationwide high-speed Internet network, due to concern about cyber attacks traced to China. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said yesterday that the move was among “prudent decisions” to
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      446 17 TAKING PULSE WITH ANDY MUKHERJEE Source: Fiscal Policy in a Depressed Economy by Bradford Delong and Lawrence Summers Bad health adds up. The longer it takes for a depressed system to return to business as usual, the weaker is its future potential.
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      463 17  -  BY JONATHAN KWOK NAVIGATING a safe route through choppy seas in the shipping industry is tricky now, although global lender Standard Chartered (Stanchart) still sees some cause for optimism. Demand for shipping cargo space has sunk to such low levels that some shipping
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      235 18 RENDEZVOUS GALLERY RENDEZVOUS GALLERY the newly revamped retail wing of the Rendezvous Grand Hotel Singapore is an exotic enclave of culinary treats.Teaming contemporary cuisines with traditional tastes like the famous Rendez-Vous Nasi Padang stall, the Rendezvous Gallery is the ideal meeting place for modern connoisseurs and nostalgic foodies alike. Be
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        1207 4  -  Chefs forage and experiment with cooking techniques at the Melbourne Food Wine festival sim ee waun stlife@sph.com.sg Sim Ee Waun is a veteran freelance journalist and has been writing about food and travel for more than 23 years. She is based in Singapore and
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        1016 6  -  More younger Singaporeans are opting for cruise holidays as companies rebrand themselves to appeal to both young and old huang huifen hfhuang@sph.com.sg For a short getaway two months ago, corporate finance associate Tan Jing Sheng, 27, and his girlfriend travelled to Phuket onboard Royal Caribbean
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        952 7 Here are some new cruise itineraries for this year and early next year. Five-night Redang/Koh Samui/Bangkok cruise onboard SuperStar Virgo What: Sail to beach destinations Redang and Koh Samui onboard the refurbished 13-deck SuperStar Virgo, the largest ship in Star Cruises’ Asian fleet. New facilities
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        264 6 This year, cruise lovers will be spoilt for choice with double the number of ships making maiden calls in Singapore compared to last year. The opening of the $500million International Cruise Terminal in Marina South in the second quarter will bring three large ships here:
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      441 8  -  reviewconcert GREAT MASTERS OF CHINESE MUSIC Ding Yi Music Company/Esplanade Concert Hall/Sunday chang tou liang Not since the coming of the Berlin Philharmonic has Esplanade Concert Hall been filled to the rafters for a classical concert. This concert by the Ding Yi Music Company, a young
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      358 10 Reuters Los Angeles Stan Lee is barging into the pages of his own comic book as a character based on himself who rubs elbows with superheroes call it a cameo for the reality TV age. His new series Stan Lee’s Mighty 7, which hit
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      400 11  -  reviewconcert TAKE 5 PIANO QUINTET SERIES Esplanade Recital Studio/Sunday marc rochester Exploring the darker recesses of the piano quintet repertoire, it is almost inevitable that Take 5 should unearth a dud or two. Not that Respighi’s is an out-and-out waste of space, but it is
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        435 14 Reuters Associated Press Bloomberg Los Angeles Post-apocalyptic action movie The Hunger Games opened with US$155 million (S$196 million) at United States and Canadian box offices, the highest domestic opening for a movie that is not a sequel, and established what may become one of Hollywood’s
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        174 14 Reuters London A woman suspected of breaking into the home of music mogul turned TV producer Simon Cowell, reportedly armed with a brick, was to appear in court yesterday. Cowell, who created The X Factor show that airs in Britain and the United States, was
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        424 14 Associated Press Islamabad The Indian James Bond can disarm a bomb while flying a helicopter, dodge bullets from deadly assassins and save his country from nuclear disaster. But getting into cinemas in neighbouring Pakistan has proved to be an impossible feat. Pakistan banned the Indian film
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      170 7 5 ’I’ 683B. CORNER All races,reno, green view. Val $445k. Below COV. Rare! Kelvin *****403 Sole Agt 3’NG’ 374 CLEMENTI Well kept. Lift level. A1 location 3’I’+utility Blk 19 Ghim Moh Move in. Derrick *****122 3’NG’ 506 WEST Coast. High/ lift flr. Unblock view. Move in. Opp MRT/ central. 9853
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      193 7 3’I’ BLK 210 Boon Lay. Very high flr. Unblock. No noon sun. Move-in. Valued. Call Simon Tong *****123 5’I’ CORNER 275C Lift level. Open View, F/renovated. Val $420k, Serious Seller. Bernard Wu *****139 852 4’A’. HIGH flr. Lift level Reno. All races. Val $378K Amenities. Serious seller 9186-5151 HC Huang,
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      242 7 ANCHORVALE RD, 310 EA. (Design Build). 1356 sqft. 3 rm. LRT. Val $570K, COV $60K. Tom Leow *****193 EA BLK 310B. #16. 3+study 126 sqm, corner. Squarish layout. Reno. Val $580K. View now! 9383-6918 Dion LOW CASH! 5’I’ blk 158C Rivervale. Low flr corner, reno, unblocked. PR not eligible. Saadiah
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      638 9 PROPERTY ELITES DIVISION. 2/ 3-rm. Suites@ Central. 1033 1410 sqft/ Metz 570 sqft. Jason 9857-4365 PN LEONIEHILL RES 2/3/ Pent hse maid+balcony, unblock Wilmer Hse 4-rm 2200 sqft, Leslie Lee-*****066 FORD AVENUE PRIME locale 506 sqft. Holland Village MRT. Pool gym. Full furn. $3.3K. Fred *****077 ELIZABETH TWR BEAUTIFUL Newly
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      558 9 REGENCY PK. 3650 sqft. 4+1. Big unit Nice pool view neg. Call ABS 6344-2266 HORIZON TWR (MRT/TAKASHIMAYA) 4+1+1. Pte lift. $7k Connection *****968 REGENCY PK 4+1, 3650sqft Reno. Furn. Immed. $12K neg.Sandra *****773 DTZ ST THOMAS SUITE New. 3+1. 1800 sqft. Orchard MRT. $9K. Agt 9009-4685 TRESOR AT DUCHESS. 2000
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      516 9 CLEMENTI PK PENTHSE 4+1, 4400 sqft (terr) greenery, quiet. $10K *****969 ARCADIA GDN LOVELY 4+1. 3700 sqft. Greenery, $11K. Connection 9680-7799 HUME PK II 1475 sqft, 3+1+1 Mid flr. Pool view. Nice. $3.6K. 9738-9979 Irene HILLCREST VILLA/ WATTEN Res cluster hse3150/ 4800 sqft.5+1. Aspac 9023-6389 SOLEIL NOVENA MRT huge 2rm
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      562 9 COSTA RHU. 4+1. 2056 sqft. High flr. All rms pool facing. Good cond. Avail early May. $6.5K neg. *****722 EMERALD EAST. TG Rhu. 3 1. 1200 sqft. Pool, tennis ct. Quiet $4.1K neg *****329 EASTWOOD REGENCY 2RM Penthse. P/ furn, designer decor. *****991 Lily EASTVIEW 3+1. OPP Parkway, High flr.
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      463 9 THE JADE 3+1, 1345 sqft. High flr. F/furn. Nice. MRT. No commission fr tenant. $4288 neg. Alvin *****618 LAKEHOLMZ 4+1. HIGH flr. F/furn. $4.2K. Avail 1st Apr. Steven Teo 9477 9931 HILLVIEW REGENCY 2+1, Nice. Avail 4th May. Open hse 31st Mar. 9008 8952. LAKEPOINT 1900 SQFT New interior, 4-rm.
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      751 9 Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE Franklin# Rutherford# Chadwick Curie Cavendish Aquarius (fitted) Alpha Kendall Teletech Park LOGISTICS SPACE Changi Logistics Centre* Logistech 6 Changi South Street 2* 7 Changi
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      394 9 482 ADMIRALTY LINK 4-rm. Nice unit, 88 sqm, high flr, 3-rm aircon, f/furn, immed $2.3K neg. 9668-8116 3+1. 406 SEMBAWANG Dr. MRT. High flr, prefer family, EP/ PR holders. Avail 16 April. Dennis 9848 8181 3-RM BLK 333 AMK, f/furn. aircon, good condition location, MRT, avail 1st May, Chris *****801
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      373 9 APPROVED 5-RM SIMEI Blk. 151. Corner. High flr. Newly reno. Aircon. F/furn. MRT/ Eastpoint. Mark 9767 6012 APPROVED 4RM W/SEAVIEW Bedok S Blk 36. Very high flr. Corner. F/furn/ Aircon. Mkt/ MRT. Mark 9767 6012 875 TAMPINES 4-RM Corner 3+1. Aircon, furn. Lift level. Mkt/ sch. *****236 APPROVED 4-RM BEDOK
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      282 9 5’A’ BLK 62 Chai Chee Rd. Approved. 4 bedrooms. Air -con. Fully furn. Avail early April. *****519 Shirley Ho JAPANESE FAMILY JUST arrive in S’pore urgently look for unit in all areas. High budget. Call *****005 Tan READY TENANTS AVAILABLE. All areas. Good budget for immediate viewing. call/sms Simon *****689
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      399 9 Sg Kadut repair 1500sqft$3k Senoko(food)#1 2ksqft$1.50 Joo Koon 3000sqft$0.95psf Bt Batok 3000sqft..$1.80psf Northlink 3100sqft......$5.6k First EastCtr3283sqft $2.30 Gordon 4000sqft....$1.50psf Sg Kadut 4ksqft open.....90¢ Sg Kadut #1, 4920sqft.$1.50 Tuas 6ksqft #01......$1.50psf Westpoint 7000sqft$1.50psf Genting(bldg)*****sqft$36k Tuas #1 14ksqft(scrap) $1.50 Penjuru 35ksqft #1.$1.50psf 9880-2880 (Patrick Tan) SLP South Team: *****313 Meissa MRT. FREEHOLD!
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      638 10 PROPERTY ELITES DIVISION. 2/ 3-rm. Suites@ Central. 1033 1410 sqft/ Metz 570 sqft. Jason 9857-4365 PN LEONIEHILL RES 2/3/ Pent hse maid+balcony, unblock Wilmer Hse 4-rm 2200 sqft, Leslie Lee-*****066 FORD AVENUE PRIME locale 506 sqft. Holland Village MRT. Pool gym. Full furn. $3.3K. Fred *****077 ELIZABETH TWR BEAUTIFUL Newly
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      558 10 REGENCY PK. 3650 sqft. 4+1. Big unit Nice pool view neg. Call ABS 6344-2266 HORIZON TWR (MRT/TAKASHIMAYA) 4+1+1. Pte lift. $7k Connection *****968 REGENCY PK 4+1, 3650sqft Reno. Furn. Immed. $12K neg.Sandra *****773 DTZ ST THOMAS SUITE New. 3+1. 1800 sqft. Orchard MRT. $9K. Agt 9009-4685 TRESOR AT DUCHESS. 2000
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      516 10 CLEMENTI PK PENTHSE 4+1, 4400 sqft (terr) greenery, quiet. $10K *****969 ARCADIA GDN LOVELY 4+1. 3700 sqft. Greenery, $11K. Connection 9680-7799 HUME PK II 1475 sqft, 3+1+1 Mid flr. Pool view. Nice. $3.6K. 9738-9979 Irene HILLCREST VILLA/ WATTEN Res cluster hse3150/ 4800 sqft.5+1. Aspac 9023-6389 SOLEIL NOVENA MRT huge 2rm
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      562 10 COSTA RHU. 4+1. 2056 sqft. High flr. All rms pool facing. Good cond. Avail early May. $6.5K neg. *****722 EMERALD EAST. TG Rhu. 3 1. 1200 sqft. Pool, tennis ct. Quiet $4.1K neg *****329 EASTWOOD REGENCY 2RM Penthse. P/ furn, designer decor. *****991 Lily EASTVIEW 3+1. OPP Parkway, High flr.
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      463 10 THE JADE 3+1, 1345 sqft. High flr. F/furn. Nice. MRT. No commission fr tenant. $4288 neg. Alvin *****618 LAKEHOLMZ 4+1. HIGH flr. F/furn. $4.2K. Avail 1st Apr. Steven Teo 9477 9931 HILLVIEW REGENCY 2+1, Nice. Avail 4th May. Open hse 31st Mar. 9008 8952. LAKEPOINT 1900 SQFT New interior, 4-rm.
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      751 10 Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent Factory/lndustrial Space for Rent FOR LEASE! SINGAPORE SCIENCE PARK SPACE Franklin# Rutherford# Chadwick Curie Cavendish Aquarius (fitted) Alpha Kendall Teletech Park LOGISTICS SPACE Changi Logistics Centre* Logistech 6 Changi South Street 2* 7 Changi
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      394 10 482 ADMIRALTY LINK 4-rm. Nice unit, 88 sqm, high flr, 3-rm aircon, f/furn, immed $2.3K neg. 9668-8116 3+1. 406 SEMBAWANG Dr. MRT. High flr, prefer family, EP/ PR holders. Avail 16 April. Dennis 9848 8181 3-RM BLK 333 AMK, f/furn. aircon, good condition location, MRT, avail 1st May, Chris *****801
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      392 10 5’A’ BLK 62 Chai Chee Rd. Approved. 4 bedrooms. Air -con. Fully furn. Avail early April. *****519 Shirley Ho APPROVED 5-RM SIMEI Blk. 151. Corner. High flr. Newly reno. Aircon. F/furn. MRT/ Eastpoint. Mark 9767 6012 APPROVED 4RM W/SEAVIEW Bedok S Blk 36. Very high flr. Corner. F/furn/ Aircon. Mkt/
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      265 10 JAPANESE FAMILY JUST arrive in S’pore urgently look for unit in all areas. High budget. Call *****005 Tan READY TENANTS AVAILABLE. All areas. Good budget for immediate viewing. call/sms Simon *****689 M’SIAN LADIES work in Accountancy firm, PR looking for whole unit within a mth, co lease, immed deposit. Call
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      395 10 SLP South Team: *****313 Meissa MRT. FREEHOLD! 980/1668/2918sqftFr.$3psf Redhill MRT 872/1227/1900sqft Fitted Commonwealth MRT 1432-30k sqft Fr. $2.90psf Henderson Ind Pk F’HOLD! 2200/3800-4200sqft Reno Many More Units for SALE Henderson Warehse/ Office FOR RENT $1.50 to $2 psf 1800 sqft Partial Fitted 2100 sqft Partial Fitted 2430 sqft Fitted high
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      371 11 Carpenter Street Approved School Premise For Immed Takeover 2657 sqft -Rental $9860 (non neg). No agents Please call 6438-7018 FITTED OFFICE The Central 776 sqft (Carpeted) Gateway 659 sqft (1 Mgr room, 5 workstations) City House 947 sqft (1 Mgr room, 1 meeting rm) Suntec Tower 1 1098 sqft (2
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      155 11 W I 67 Kr 1 61 Kr BUSINESS SPACE COMMONWEALTH MRT 1000 11,000 sqft Suitable for R&D, office, data centre, support service warehouse Within 0.5km from Biopolis, OneNorth, PIE/ AYE Holland Village Available Immediate Rental from $3.50 psf È 9115-6067 9191-1920 6474-2112 TOA PAYOH UBI 19 Ubi Road 4 •Office
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      446 11 Conservation Shophouse Office For Rent Club St #01, 1100 sqft.....$8k Craig Rd 1600 sqft.......$5.8k Hong Kong 4435 sqft....$21k North Canal 1639 sqft.....$4k Telok Ayer 1938 sqft...$8.7k Temple St 1100 sqft....... $4k Tras St 3250 sqft.......$18.2k Trengganu 1380 sqft...$4.2k Edwin Kheng *****455 HSR KECK SENG TOWER From 6,060 sq ft Ample
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      386 12 Shops •Sizes from 505 sq ft to 1,505 sq ft Kiosks •230 sq ft •Available immediately •Suitable for ladies’ and teens’ apparels and accessories, gifts/hobbies, telecommunication, jewellery and watches, health and beauty products, home accessories, lifestyle trades, F&B, etc •Opposite Novena MRT Station •Accessible by CTE/ECP/PIE •Good catchment of shoppers
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